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 728 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 253. 1922. the health and comfort of the troops and for ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and offices at such places as the Secretary of War may determine, and for preservation of stores; materials for cle and preserv1.r;§` ordnance and ordnance stores except at est ents under e direct control of the Chief of Ordnance; . for cold storage; for the construction and maintenance of laundries at  posts in the _United States and its island possessions; Supplies for schools. authoriz issues of soap, toilet paper, and towels; for the necessary °°°' furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries, and for schools for noncommissioned officers; for the purchase and issue of instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles for the use of officers’ schools at the several military posts; for purchase of relief maps for issue to o anizations, commercial newspapers, market reports, and so foigi; for the tableware and mess furniture for ldtchens and mess halls, each and Forage, etc., lor ml- all for the enlisted men, including recruits; for forage, salt, and vine ar mm" for the horses, mules, oxen, and other draft and riding animals of %he Quartermaster Co at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the fieldim and for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artille, and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted·Iibr remormts and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, includiqgl bedding for the animals; for seeds and implements required for e raising of forage at remount delpots and on military reservations in the Hawaiian and Philip ine Is ands, and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, wllien specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation; Stationery, printing, for straw for soldiers’ beddingéstationery, thewriters and exchange °*°’ of same, including blank boo and blank fbprms for the Army, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders p,,,,,,,.,_,_ and reports, $11,500,000; Promkled, That from this appropriation, m&°*m°*'° d°$*l=· not to exceed $850,000 shall be expended for the pay of civilian ` employees; not to exceed $1,250,000 shall be expended for power, heat, and electric current; not to exceed $57,000 shall be expended for maintenance and repair of buildings (includin repair of machinery) for laundries; not to exceed $225,000 shall ie expended for the maintenance and repair of heating apparatus (other than stoves); not to exceed $175,000 for maintenance and repair of electric wiring and fixtures; not to exceed $15,000 for the repair and exchange ori typewriters; not to exceed $3,500,000 for fuel; not to exceed $4,500,000 for forage; including salt and vinegar and bedding for animals, and straw for soldiers’ bedding; not to exceed $200,000 for ice; and not to ,n§§;{g*B:¤g,'§'*'°"¤°° exceed $125,000 shall be expended for stationery: Provided further, ' ` That the Secreta of War is authorized and directed to sell as soon as plossible after ge approval of this Act, upon such terms and under suc conditions ashe maydeem most advantageous to the best interests of the Govemment, such horses and mules now being held at remount stations and posts or with orvanizations of the National Guard or _ units of the Reserve Officers’ 'llzraining Cor s as are not in actual use. },Q§Q;{g'éf‘§;,mu,w CLOTHING Axn nqvrracnz For cloth, wooiens, materials, and for the metre. purchase and manufacture of clothing for the Army, including enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, for issue and for sale; for ayrnent of commutation of clothing due to warrant officers of the ltiine Planter Service and to enlisted men; for altering and fitting clothing and washiqgl and cleaning when necessary; for operation o laundries; for the au orrzed issues of laundry materials for use of general tprisoners connned at military posts without pay or allowances, and or applicants for enlistment while held under observation; for equipment and repair of equipment of dry·cleaning plants, salv e and sorting storehouses, hat repairing shops, shoe repair shops, iiilothing repair