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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 262 -JUNE 30, 1941 GENERAL STAFF CORPS CONTINGENT FUND, CHIEF OF STAFF For such emergent military uses as the Chief of Staff may deter- mine to be necessary, to be expended at his discretion, notwith- standing any other provision of law, $25,000,000, and any advances made from this fund to meet emergency requirements to which any other military appropriation would be legally applicable may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, be reimbursed from such appropriations when sufficient funds are found to remain therein, such reimbursed amounts to be available for the purposes of this appropriation. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES For miscellaneous expenses requisite for and incident to the mili- tary intelligence activities of the Army and maintenance of the mili- tary attaches at the United States Embassies and Legations abroad, including the purchase of lawbooks, maps, professional books of ref- erence, and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; for the hire of interpreters, special agents, and guides, and for such other pur- poses as the Secretary of War may deem proper, including not to exceed $5,000 for the actual and necessary expenses of officers of the Army on duty abroad for the purpose of observing operations of armies of foreign states at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were necessary for obtaining military information. $640,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided,That section 3648, Revised Stat- utes (31 U. S . C . 529), shall not apply to payments made from appro- priations contained in this Act in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or their ministerial regulations under which the military attaches are required to operate. 367 Post, p. 810. Emergent military uses. Advances. Post, p. 811. Miscellaneous ex- penses. Observing operation of foreign armies. Post, p. 811. Proviso. Waiver of certain provisions. FIELD EXERCISES For expenses required for the conduct of special field exercises, including participation therein by the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, and including pay and travel of temporary employees and officers and enlisted men of the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, not otherwise provided for, allowances for enlisted men for quarters and rations, troop movements and travel of personnel of the Regular Army, in connection with special field exer- cises, including special combat training for small units, movement of materiel, maintenance and operation of structures and utilities, rental of land or purchase of options to rent land without reference to section 3648, Revised Statutes, use or repair of private property, and any other requisite supplies and services, and for settlement of claims (not exceeding $500 each) for damages to or loss of private property resulting from such exercises that have accrued or may hereafter accrue, when payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages, and each claim is sub- stantiated in such manner as the Secretary of War may prescribe by regulations and is approved by the Secretary of War, or by such other officer or officers as he may designate, whose action thereon shall be conclusive, $28,587,000: Provided, That the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1941 is extended and made avail- able until June 30, 1942. Participation by National (itunlr, etc. Rental of land, etc. 31 U. S. C. §529. Private property damage claims Proviso. Reappropriation. 4 Stat. 353.

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