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 126 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 54. APR IL 9, 1935. tation, reimbursement of actual expenses, or per diem allowances, to officers and contract surgeons ; transportation of troops ; transporta- Recruiting expenses. tion, or reimbursement theref or, of nurses, enlisted men, recruits, recruiting parties, applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots, rejected applicants for enlistment, general prisoners, cadets and accepted cadets from their homes to the Military Academy, discharged cadets, civilian employees, civilian witnesses be fore courts ma rtial, dependen ts of military personnel, and a ttendan ts acc ompany ing rem ains o f mili tary pe rsonne l and civilian employees ; travel pay to discharged military personnel ; transportati on of discharg ed prisoners an d persons disch arged from Saint Elizab eths Hospital after transfer thereto from th e military service, to their homes, or elsewhere as they may elect, the cost in each case not to be greater than to the place of last enlistment ; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel commutation of rations ; commutation of quarters and rations to enlisted men q uart ers, e tc' traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations, and to applicants for enlistment and general prisoners traveling under orders ; per diem. allowances or actual cost of subsistence while Civili ans. in a travel status, to nurses, civilian employees, civilian witnesses befor e court s mart ial, a nd atte ndants accom panying remai ns of feI ncreea ses, by tra ns- military personnel and civilian employees, $2,999,321, which may be increased, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, by transfers from other appropriations contained in this Construction activi- Act of such amounts as may be required in addition to th ose herein ties' provided for travel in connection with development, procurement, production, maintenance, or construction activities ; and, with such Restriction, exception, no other appropriation in this Act shall be available for any expense for or incident to travel of personnel of the Regular Army or civilian employees under the War Department, except the appropriation " Contingencies of the Army " and the appropriations for the National Guard, the Organized Reserves, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, citizens' military training camps, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the nonmilitary activities of the Corps of Engineers, and the Panama Canal, and except as may be provided for in the appropriation "Air Corps, Army " : Frontaos. Provided, That the expert accountant, Inspector General's Depart- Travel allowance, ex- pert accountant. meat, shall be entitled to the same travel allowances as other Attendance at meet- ing s. employees of the War Department : Provided further, That, in l.39,p.199; Vol. addition to the authority contained in section 67, National Defense 40'6 .p . 1034; Vol. 45, p. Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, a total of not to exceed $1,000 of u. S. C.,p.1431. the appropri ations availab le to the War D epartment charg eable with expenses of travel shall be available for expenses incident to attendance at meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the War Department. EXPE NSES OF COURTS MARTIAL Cou rts ma rti al ex- For expenses of courts martial, courts of inquiry, military com- penses. missions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and wit- nesses attending same, contract stenographic reporting services, and expenses of taking deposit ions and securi ng other eviden ce for use before the same, $50,000. Deserters, etc. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS, AND SO FORTH Apprehension of. For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners,