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 330 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 232 . 1928 . Assignment of Army cle rks, etc ., to Depart- ment duty forbidden. Pay forbidden to re- tired officer sellin g sup- plies to Army. To officer retired be- fore 64 years, employed by parties making di- rect sales to depart- ment or Army. Mileage. Officers, etc. Courts martial, etc ., expenses. Finance Service. Pay of clerks, etc. No cl erk, m esseng er, or labor er at headqua rters of tac tical divi- sions, military departments, brigades, service schools, and office of the Chief of Staff shall be assigned to duty in any bureau of the War D epartment. None of the money appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay any officer on the retired list of the Army who for himself or for oth ers engag es in the selling, contract ing for t he sale o f, negoti ating for the sale of, or furnishing to the Army or the War Department any supplies, materials, equipment, lands, buildings, plants, vessels, or munitions. None of the money appropriated in this Act shall be paid to any officer on the retired list of the Army who, having been retired before reaching the age of sixty-four, is employed in the United States or its possessions by any individual, partnership, cor- poration, or association regularly or frequently engaged in making direct sales of any merchandise or material to the War Department or the Army. MILEAGE OF THE ARMY For mileage, reimbursement of actual traveling expenses, or per diem allowances in lieu thereof, as authorized by law, to commis- sioned officers, warrant officers, contract surgeons, and expert account- ant, Inspector General's Department, $740,000. EXPENSES OF COURTS-MARTIAL For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military com- missions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and wit- nesse s atte nding same, contra ct ste nograph ic rep orting servi ces, a nd expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $90,000. Deserters, etc. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS, AND SO FORTH Payment for appre- hension, etc ., of. For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit ; and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the dis- cretion o f the Sec retary of War, be paid to a ny civil officer o r citizen Donations to di s- charged prisoners. for such services and expenses ; for a donation of $10 to each prisoner . discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confine- ment under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, $110,00 0 . FINANCE SERVICE For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, $1,050,000. P riva te prop erty da mages, etc. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY Payment of claims for. For payment of claims not exceeding $500 each in amount for dam- ac res to or loss of private p roperty i ncident to the tr aining, p ractice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, or may Proviso. hereafter accrue, from time to time, $3,000 : Provided, That settlement Settlement by Gen. eral Accountin g Office. Of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full s atisfa ction of suc h dama ges.

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