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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 247-APR. 28, 1942 of War, in prescribing per diem rates of allowance, not exceeding $6, in lieu of subsistence, for officers and warrant officers of the Army of the United States traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, pursuant to the first paragraph of section 12 of the Act approved June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 631), as amended, is hereby authorized to prescribe such per diem rates of allowance, whether or not orders are given to such officers for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same vicinity, and without regard to the length of time away from their designated posts of duty under such orders: Provided further, That until June 30, 1943, the dependents and household effects of such military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establish- ment on duty at stations outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of War, may, prior to the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their stations, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) to such locations as may be selected by the Secretary of War, by the use of either Government or com- mercial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty stations to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appropriations of the Military Establishment available for travel and transportation may be used for this purpose, the decision of the Secretary of War to be final as to the dependency of any individual sought to be affected by this provision except as to travel hereafter performed subsequent to arrival in the United States; and movements of this character heretofore effected and payments made or to be made therefor are validated. Apprehension of deserters: Funds appropriated under this title may be used to pay donations of not to exceed $10 each to persons discharged for fraudulent enlistment as authorized by law. Finance Service: For Finance Service, $2,165,000. In all, $421,696,562: Provided, That all funds heretofore and herein appropriated for the fiscal year 1942, under the titles "Pay of the Army", "Travel of the Army", "Expenses of courts martial", "Apprehension of deserters, and so forth", "Finance Service", "Claims for damages to and loss of private property", and "Claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for destruction of private property" shall be disbursed and accounted for as one fund under the appropriation title "Finance Service, Army". QUARTERMASTER CORPS QUARTERMASTER SERVICE, ARMY Subsistence of the Army: For subsistence of the Army, $323,006,000. Regular supplies of the Army: For regular supplies of the Army, including warehouse and fuel-handling equipment, $80,481,000. Clothing and equipage: For clothing and equipage, $62,804,277. Incidental expenses of the Army: For incidental expenses of the Army, including supplies, services, and other expenses essential in conducting instruction of the Army in tank-destroyer activities, $83,807.000. Army transportation: For Army transportation, $777,912,000, which shall be available for the direct charter of vessels in emergency situations. Welfare of enlisted men: For welfare of enlisted men, $5,715,000. In all, $1,333,725,277. 227 37U.S. C. §20. Post, p. 369. Army personnel outside U. S. Dependents and household effects. Post, p. 316. 55 Stat. 371. Persons discharged for fraudulent enlist- ment. Ante, p. 140. Finance Service, Army. Consolidation of funds. 55 Stat. 368, 370, 371, 372. 55 Stat. 372 . Ante, p. 128. Ante, p. 128. Ante, p. 128. Instruction in tank- destroyer activities. Ante. p. 129. Post,p. 314.

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