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 626 SIX;1`Y-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 378. 1910. when traveling on duty, or cash in lieu thereof, for commutation of rations to enlisted men regularly detailed as-clerks and messengers, for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, transportation of provisions, and the employment of necessary abor connected therewith, and for ice for reservation of rations, seven hundred and twenty- three thousand fivelhundred and forty-three dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines on shore duty to any rations, or com- ` mutation thereof, other than such as now_are or may hereafter be §·;>:i•:;tm°rwm_ allowed to enlisted men in the army: Prmnded, however, That when mutation. it is impracticable or the expense rs found greater to supply marines servin on shore duty in the island possessions and on foreign stations with the army ration, such marines may be allowed the navy ration or commutation therefor. . °*<>*·¤i¤¢· Cwmmo, MARINE Cours: For noncommissioned officers, musi- ‘ cians and privates authorized by law, seven hrmdred and twenty- five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. F“°" FUEL, MARINE Cours: For heating barracks and quarters, for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, gugntaining electric lights, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand o ars. “"“""""°'· MHJTABY srorms, MAIIIN1: Corrs: Pay of chief armorer, at four dollars per day; one mechanic, at three dollars per day; two mechanics, at two do lars and fifty cents each per day; one chief electrician, at four dollars per day, and one assistant electrician, at three dollars and fifty cents per day; per diem of enlisted men em loyed on constant labor for a period of not less than ten days; {gr purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, dmms, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officers of the daiy, spare parts for repairin muskets purchase and relpair of tents an iie d ovens, purchase and repair of rnstruments for and,fpurchase of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking? prizes for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good—conduct adges; and medals awarded to officers and enlisted men by the Government for conspicuous, allant, and special service; for mcidental expenses of the School of ip lication; for the construction, equipment, and maintenance of school; library, and amusement rooms and gymnasiums for enlisted men, and the purchase and repair of all articles of field sports for enlisted men; purchase and repair of signal equipment and stores; for the urchase of one site at a cost not to exceed two thousand dollars; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for entrance fees in competitions; and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammrmition and other necessary military supplies; in all, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars. sprmgnera mm. For the purchase of Springfield rifles from the United States Army, Aglpvrchase from fifty thousand dollars. . rmpgpomnou ma TRANSPORTATION AND nscnurrmo, MARINE Cours: For transpor- '°°““““¤· tation of troops, including ferriage and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof, toilet kits for issue to recruits upon their first enlistment and the ex(pense of the recruiting service, two hundred and eighty-two thousand ollars. nepamormmeu. Fon Imrams or BARRACKS, MARINE Cours: Repairs and improvements to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Narragansett Station, Rhode Island; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Anna olis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Nldrfolk, Vir·¤inia· Port Royal and Charleston, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida}? Dry Tortugas, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Mare Island and San