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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 404. MAY 15, 1936 . Of fice of Chief of Staff, $22 1,100. Ad jutant Genera l's office, $1 ,366,747. F or perso nal serv ices, to be empl oyed exc lusively in asse mbling, classifying, and indexing the military personnel records of the World Wa r, and for the purchase of necessary supplies and mate- rials used in such work, $104,595. Office of the Inspector General, $27,340. Office of the Judge Advocate General, $108,240. Office of the Chief of Finance, $378,780. Office of the Quartermaster General, $771,387. Of fice of the C hief Signal Of ficer, $122,2 13. Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $221,980. Office of the Surgeon General, $272,530. Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $66,400. Office of Chief of Engineers, $123,260 : Provided, That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office o f the Ch ief of E ngineers, to car ry into effect t he vario us appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations : Provided further, That the expendi- tures on this account for the fiscal year 1937 shall not exceed $323,960 ; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amou nt paid to each. Office of Chief of Ordnance, $424,160. Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $50,337. Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $26,180. National Guard Bureau, War Department, $148,403. In all, salaries, War Department, $4,700,932 Provided, That the number of warrant officers and enlisted men on duty in the offices of the Chiefs of Ordnance, Engineers, Coast Artillery, Field Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Chaplains on March 5, 1934, shall not be increased, and in lieu of warrant officers and enlisted men whose services in such offices shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1937, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the appropriation "Pay of the Army" shall be available. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary of War the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for t he grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only on e position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may b e made t o rates higher t han the average of the c ompensat ion rate s of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, o r (2) to require the red uction i n salary of any person w hose com - pe nsation was f ixed as of Jul y 1, 1924, in accordance w ith the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any p erson wh o is tra nsferred from on e positi on to an other po sition i n the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, 1279 Designated offices. World War personnel records. Provisos. Draftsmen, etc ., pare - ab le f rom other appro- priations. Maxi mum ex pend i- ture, 1937 . Report to Congress . Proviso. D etails not to be in. cre ased . Civilians to fill va- can cies. U.S.C.,p.85 . Funds available. Post, p. 1282 . Res triction on ex- ceeding average sala- ries. Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776; Vol. 46, p. 1003. U.S.C.,p.85 . Exceptions. Proviso. Restriction not appli- cabl e to clerical-me- chanical service. No reduction in fi xed salaries. Vol . 42, p. 1490 U . S.C ., p. 86. T ransfer s witho ut re- duction.