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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cs. 366 . 1929 1355 when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economi- cally issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty 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 department and Army rifle competitions when trav elin g to and fro m pl aces of cont est, app lica nts for enli stme nt, and general prisoners while traveling under orders. For payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, Adve rtisi ng. and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge ; advertising ; for providing prizes to be established cooks ~ for bakers and by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who gradu- ate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed $900 per annum ; and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army ; in all, $24,374,552. Regular quartermas. Regular supplies of the Army : Regular supplies of the Quarter- ter supplies. master Corps, including their care and protection ; stoves required for the use of the Army for heating offices, hospitals, barracks, and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States disciplinary barracks ; also ranges, stoves, coffee roasters, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts in the field and when traveling, and repair and maintenance of such heating and cooking appliances authorized issues of candles and matches ; for furnishing heat and qtt r s, td light to light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, enlisted men, and warrant officers, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, contract surgeons when stationed at and occupying public quarters at military posts, officers of the National Guard attending service and garrison schools, and for recruits, Recreation buildings. guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, the buildings erected at private Vol.32,p.282. cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902 (U . S . C ., u . S. Code, p.219. p . 219, sec . 1346), and buildings for a similar purpose on military reservations authorized by War Department regulations ; for sale sales to officers. to officers, and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at established posts ; for post Bake ries, ice, etc. bakery and bake-oven equipment and apparatus ; for ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and offices at such places as the Secre- tary of War may determine, and for preservation of stores ; author- ized issues of soap, toilet paper, and towels ; for the necessary furni- supplies for schools. ture, textb ooks, paper and e quipme nt for the post s chools and libraries, and for schools for noncommissioned officers ; for the pur- chase and iss ue of instrum ents, o ffice furnitu re, sta tioner y, and other authorized articles for the use of officers' schools at the several mili- tary posts ; for purchase of commercial newspapers, market reports, and so forth ; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including recruits ; for masrage, etc ., for ani- forage, salt, and vinegar for the horses, mules, oxen, and other draft and riding animals of the Quartermaster Corps at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted, and for remounts and for the authorized number of officers' horses, including bedding for the animals ; for seeds and implements required for the raising of forage at remount depots and on military reservations in the Hawaiian, Philippine, and Panama Canal Departments, and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation ; for the 54835« 29--PT 1-89

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