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 132 74TH CONGRE SS. SESS. I. CH. 54. APRIL 9, 1935. and repa irs required at the Army and Navy Hospital a t Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the c onstruction an d repair of gen eral hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in stan ding c amps a nd cant onment s ; for the al teration of pe rmanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and Temporary cam p repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, hospitals, etc. and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary tem- por ary quar ters for hos pita l pe rson nel, out buil ding s, h eati ng a nd lau ndry app arat us, plum bing, wa ter and sewe rs, and elec tric wor k, cooking apparatus, and roads and walk s for the same, $452,909. Signal Corps. SIGNAL CORP S Signal Service. Telegra ph and tele- phonesystems. Purchase, operation, etc. Exceptions. Electrical installa- tions. Civilian employees. Experimental re- search, etc. SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY Telegraph and telephone systems : Purchase, equipment, opera- tion, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems ; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments ; wind vanes, barome- ters, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instru- ments ; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps ; motorcycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or signal- ing systems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance ; prof ession al and scien tific b ooks o f refe rence, pamph lets, p eriodi cals, newspape rs, and maps fo r use of the S ignal Corps and in the office of the Chief Signal Officer ; telephone apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long- dista nce, a nd leas ed-lin e tele phone service at or conne cting any po st, camp, ca ntonment, depot, arsenal, hea dquarters, hosp ital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting the local telephone service for the various bureaus of the War Department in the District of Columbia, and toll messages pertaining to the office of the Secretary of War ; electric time service ; the rental of com- mercial telegraph lines and equipment, and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, including payment for official individual telegraph messages trans- mitted over commercial lines ; electrical installations and mainte- nance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire control, and direction apparatus, and material for Field Artillery ; salaries of civilian employees, including those neces- sary as instructors at vocational schools ; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or other- wise ; experimental investigation, research, purchase, and develop- ment, or improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of signal- ing and accessories thereto, including patent rights and other rights thereto, inc luding machine s, instruments, and other equi pment for laboratory and repair purposes ; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings re quired for sto ring or guardin g Signal Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required, $4,827,917.