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 620 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 165. APRIL 26, 1934. Finance Service. Pay of clerks, etc. Vol. 46, p. 818, U.S.C.,Supp. VII, p. 20. Destruction of pri- vate property of offi- cers, etc. Pay ment of elsims for. Vol. 41, p. 14.6. U.S.C.,p. 989. Quartermaster Corps. Subsistence. P urcha se of supp lies, for issue as rations. Sales to officers, etc. Payments . Commutation allow- ances. Advertising. P rizes for baker s and cooks. FINANCE SERVIC E For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, including not to exceed $450 for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved dune 26, 1930 (U .S .C., Supp . VI, title 5, sec . 118a), $966,114 . Pri vate propert y CLAIMS FOR DA MAG ES TO AND LO SS OF PR IVA TE PRO PER TY damages. Payment of claims. For payment of claims not exceeding $500 each in amount for damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, prac- tice, operation, or maintenance of the Arm that have accrued, or Settlement by Gen- may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $10,000 : Pr ovid ed, That eral Accounting Office. settlement of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, upon t he approval a nd recommenda tion of the Se cretary 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 DEST RUCTIO N OF PR IVATE P ROPERT Y For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, aban- doned, or damaged in the military services of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U.S .C ., title 31, sees . 218-222), $15 .000. QU ARTE RMA STER CO RPS Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies : For issue a s ratio ns to t roops, includ ing ret ired e nlisted men wh en ord ered 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), India ns emp loyed by th e Army as gu ides and sc outs, 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 cooked or travel rations ; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation ; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army. For payments : Of the regulation allowances of com- mutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically 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 regula - tion allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistenc e at public ex pense, and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge ; advertising ; for providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such