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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 54. APRIL 9, 1935 . 127 and the expenses incident to their pursuit ; and no greater sum than $25 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 prisoner discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confine- ment under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, $20,000 . FIN ANC E SE RVI CE Finance Service. Pay of clerks, etc. Vol. 46, p. 818. U.S.C.,p.45. For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Depar tment, inclu ding n ot to exceed $450 for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (U. S. C., Supp . VII, title 5, sec . 118a), $1,068,960 . CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PR IVA TE PROPERTY Pri vat e property damages. For paym ent of claims not exceeding $500 each in amount for Payment of claims. damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $10,000 : Provided, Th at Proviso. Se ttl eme nt by G en- settl ement of suc h clai ms sha ll be made b y the Genera l Acco unting er e] Acc ounting Offic e. 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 satisfaction of such damages. CLAIMS OF OFFICERS, ENLISTED M EN, AND NURSES OF THE ARM Y FOR Destruction of pri- vate property of offi- DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY cers, etc . For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U. S. C., title 31, sees. 218-222), $15,000. Payment of claims. Vol. 41, p. 1436 . U.S.C.,p.1369. QUARTERMASTER CORPS Quartermaster corps. Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies : For subsistence of Army. Purchase of supplies, issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men when for issue as rations. ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospi- P08t, p. 1640. tal 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), Indians e mployed by the Army as guides and scouts, and Ice. general prisoners at posts ; ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and officers at such places as the Secretary of War may deter- mine, and for preservation of stores ; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Tranport 1 Service ; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation ; for sales to officers, including Sales t o officer s. members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army. For payments : Of the regulation allow- Payments. Commutation allow. ances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, ances. and to enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty. For payment of the regulation allowance of comm utation in lieu of ratio ns for e nlisted men app licants for enli st- ment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners while sick inhos- pitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge ; advertising ; for providing 3So in original.