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 1282 Donation to d is- cha rged priso ners. Finance Service. Paowances,s,etc.ing For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance abroad. Department, including not to exceed $750 for allowances for living Ante, p. 818. quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (46 Stat ., p . 818), $1,126,290. Privat e prop erty CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PRI VATE PROPERTY damages. Paymen t of c laims for. Precis e. Sett lem ent by Ge n- eral Accounting Office. Private property of officers, etc. Payment of claims for losses, in the service. Vol. 41, p. 1436. U.S. C.,p. 989. SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CE. 279 . 1931 . $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the dis- cretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen 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, $140,000 . FINANCE SERVICE For payme nt of claims not e xceedi ng $50 0 each in am ount f or damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, rac- tice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have acc rue, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $100 : Provided That set- tlement of such claims shall be made by the General kccounting Office, upon the ap proval and re commendation of the Secre tary 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 satisfaction of such damages. CLAIMS OF OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, AND NURSES OF THE ARMY FOR DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, aban- done d, or dalli aged in the mili tary s ervice of t he Uni ted S tates, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U . S . C ., title 31, sets. 218-222), $30,000. Q uarte rmaste r Cor ps. QUARTERMASTER CORPS Subsistence. Purchase of supplies Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies : For for issue a s rations. issu e as ration s to troops, inc luding retir ed en listed men when o rdered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital ma- tron s, ap plican ts fo r enli stmen t whil e held unde r obse rvati on, ge neral 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 coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations ; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment Sales to officers, etc. while under observation ; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men Payments. of the Army. For payments : Of the regulation allowances of com- Com mutation allow- ances. mutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men 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 traveling to and from places of contest, applicants for enlistment, 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 observa-
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