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 sixTY-E1GHTH CONGRESS. sm. 1. GH. 291. 1924. 483 shall be available only for the compensation and traveling expenses mjgggzfg W°'ld w" of clerks and other employees engaged on work pertaining to the ` audit of World War contracts, and of this amount not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for personal services in the office of the D§;fn°;§}u§;‘,‘§&? ‘” Chief of Finance, War Department. ` CLAIMS rox DAMAGES TO AND Loss or PRIVATE rizornnrr. dP'*"°fgm}”°P°"Y For payment of claims of not to exceed $500 in amount for dam- ,0}’°Ym°°* °‘ mms ages to and loss of private property incident to the training, practice, ° operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $25,000: Provided, That settle- §§&i*§§3,,,t tmom ment of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, 3%;*;*** A°°°““““¤ upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, ' where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and playment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in fu satisfaction of such damages. cmms or OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, AND Ncmsrs or THE ARMY ron v,,]€,°“t,§}',§‘,l,‘}{',°{,;°{,}Z DEsTRUcT1oN or PRIVATE 1>1zorERTY. ¤°°¤‘°· °*°· For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of ,,,5?,{'}‘§§§,,,‘{!,,,°}°im° the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the mi itary service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921, $50,000. V°1‘°’ p` m°’ orrrcn or THE cmnr or r1NANcE. F1?,?,°.§,_ °f cmd °t Salaries: For ‘personal services in the District of Columbia in Civmm °°”°°°°1' accordance with The Classification Act of 1923," $318,720. QUARTERIIASTER Corrs. c3;f§`r°°rm°Si°t SUBSIBTENCE or THE Army: Purchase of subsistence sulpplies: For §‘},g;,""?,,§,?,'§"§; ,,,,,,,,,,,,, issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men w en ordered fw ¤¤¤¤¤· ¤¤=- to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed by the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with coo ed or travel rations; meals for recruiting parties an applicants for enlistment while under observation; for sales to officers, including members of S"'°"°°m°°”·"‘°· the Officers’ Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of _ the Army: Provided, That the sum of $12,000 is authorized to be ;,,,,, in ,,8. expended for supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations **°¤¤*¤”¤m=**°¤- to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the National Guard while _ _ _ competitors in the national rifle match: Provided further, That no R“"°” “’S°“°°°"S‘ competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of $1.50 per day, and when meals are furnished no greater expense than that sum per man per day for the eriod the contest is in progress P ts shall be incurred. For payments: (gf commutation of rations to the cZ¥-igasen et m- cadets of the United States Military Academy in lieu of the regular “°“s·°‘°· established ration; of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry