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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 178. 1923. 1399 required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; for the purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of. veterinary surgeons; for expenses of medical supply depots; for P"""‘°°*'°°"”°“*· medical care and treatment not otherwise provided for, including care and subsistence in private hospitals, of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of applicants forenlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or conjinement, when entitled thereto by law, regulation, or contract: _ Provided, That this shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who mbmbh if 0,, are treated in private hospitals or by civilian hysicians while on f¤g<>¤&¤,¤¢¤· Mmm furlough; for the proper care and treatment of) epidemic and con- expgiitsldsglous tagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for, for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention; for the pay of · male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and .of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their number, qualiiications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay of other employees of the Medical Department; for tuition of officers of the m'f,‘*,f,*f]j’;9C%Qps°m“” Medical Department, including the Army Nurse Corps, under vu.41,p.7ss.` section 127-a of the Army Reorganization Act approved June 4, 1920; for the payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders’ samples and water for analysis; for supplies for use in teaching the art of cooking to the enlisted force of the Medical Department; for the supply mH2*;kSrri¤z¤ H¤¤1>i- of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for ` advertising, laimdry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses Pm, of the Medical Department, $975,000: Provided That no part of Usp$Msm¢a1¤¤a this appropriation shall be used for payment of any expense con- §§‘,§§‘°“_},,,hH*S(§,g,'§'¤,n‘;E nected with the publication of the Medical and Surgical History of f¤rbi¤<1¤¤- the War with Germany. HOSPITAL cnn, carter, zom: oaiuusorrs. · C¤¤¤1Z¤¤¤· For a in the Panama Canal such reasonable charges exclusive Dm ¤ft¤><>r>¤¤¢h<>s of subsiiszenge, as may be agproved by the Secretary of War for *”mS°'P°“°m°C°°”I` caring in its hospitals for officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto ulpon the request of proper military authority, $40,000: Prbvided hat the  my subsistence of the said patients, except commissioned officers, shall mms. be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. Army imnrcan mvsnrmr. s.,$fy M°°“°°1 Mu` For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and the m};'m°°j’"i¤¤·°*°··’P°°‘ preparation and purchase of new specimens, $7 ,500. Lraizanr, sUnc1coN GENERAL’S orrrcn. 'L“"“Y· For the library of the Surgeon General’s Office, including the pur- Btfmm °‘ b°°¤· chase of the necessary books of reference and periodicals, 15,000.