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 630 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 418. 1916. contract ns and e§>ert accountant, Inspector General’s Deartment, when authoriz by law, shall be disbursed and accounted liar b officers of the Quartermmter Corps as pay of the Army, and for tllat purpose shall constitute one fund. _ _ -, Snnsrsrnuca or mn Amar; l’urchase of subsistence supplies: ee. ’ For issue as rations to troops, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, nurses, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general lprisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, ut for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed with the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts; for the su sistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army transport service; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; meals for recruitixxg parties and Explicants for enlistment while under observation; or sales to officers g·**•·•",·rm° mm and enlisted men of the Army: Provided, That the su.m_ of $12,000 is authorized to be expended or supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the National Guard who may be competitors in the national rifle match: F¤¤¤¤*“*°•*- Provided further, That no competitor shall be entitled to commutation of ntions in excess of $1.50 lper day, and when meals are furnished no greater expense than t at sum per man per day for the M nr `od the contest is in progress shall be incurred. For pa ents: um. ea:. xncommutation of rations to the cadets of the United States ll§itary Academy in lieu of the regular established ration, at the rate of 40 cents fper ration; of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu o rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men and male and female nurses when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in departments and Army rifle courptpetitions while traveling to and from places of contest, male and fe e muses on leaves of absence, applicants for enlistment, and general prisoners while traveling under orders; of commutation of rations in lieu of the regular esta lished ration for members of the  Corps (female) while on duty in hospital, at 40 cents per ration, and or enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while eld under observation, and general prisoners sick therein, at the rate of 30 cents per ration (except that at the general hospital at Fort_Bayard, New Mexico, 50 cents per ration and at other general m§’$'°'b°"°"“°“ hospitals 40 cents per ration are authorized for enlisted patients therein), to be paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate rom the Arm schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such lprizes at the various schools not to ¤¤· exceed $900 per annum; for other necessary ex enses incident to ’ _ the purchase, testmg, care, pfeservation, issue, sale, and accounting &CQ’,p’;°*’ md for subsistence supp `es for the Army, $20,000,000; Promkled further, That hereafter the officers and enlisted men of the Navy and the Marine Corps shall be permitted to purchase subsistence supplies at _ the same price as is charged the officers and the enlistedmen of the _N,*’°"{_;*g_?ggs§°” Army; and the officers and the enlisted men of the Army shall be piermitted to purchase subsistence supplies from the Navy and arme Corps at the same price as is charged the officers and the _ enhsted men of the Navy and Marine Co . Q,§§,>;‘g,{ggmsg§§p‘g?· Rueunuz surrnms, Quanrmmasrne llgnrsz Regular supplies of tl1e_Quartermaster Corps, mcluding their care and protection, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus required for heaf offices, hospitals, barracks and quarters, and mounting stations, alffd United States disciplinary barracks;  ranges, stoves, coffee roasters; and appliances or cooking and serving food at posts, in the field, and