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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 477-JULY 2, 1942 such prevention; for the care of insane Filipino soldiers in conformity with the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908 (24 U. S . C . 198); for the pay of male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their num- ber, qualifications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of internes; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay of other employees of the Medical Department; for the payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders' samples and water for analysis; for supplies for use in teaching the art of cooking to the enlisted force of the Medical Department; for the supply of Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, $731,667,638, of which amount not to exceed $975,000 shall be for payment of obligations incurred under contract authorizations under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941. CORPs OF ENGINEERS ENGINEER SERVICE, ARMY Engineer Service: For the design, development, procurement, man- ufacture, maintenance, alteration, repair, installation, storage, and issue of engineer equipment, instruments, appliances, supplies, mate- rials, tools and machinery required in the equipment and training of troops and in military operations, including military surveys, and including the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles; for the operation and maintenance of the Engineer School, including (a) compensation of civilian lecturers, and (b) purchase and binding of scientific and professional books, pamphlets, papers, and periodicals; for the procurement, preparation, and reproduction of maps and similar data for military purposes; for expenses incident to the Engineer Service in military and training operations, including military surveys, and including (a) research and development of improved methods in such operations, (b) the rental of storehouses and grounds and (c) repair and alteration of buildings, including heat, lig]t, power, water, and communication service, not otherwise provided for and (d) expenses of railroad operation, includ- ing purchase or lease of equipment and materials and the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of railroad motive power and roll- ing stock, and the acquisition of lands, rights-of-way thereon, and other interests therein and temporary use thereof, $874,132,192. Military posts: For construction and installation of buildings, utilities, flying fields, fortifications, and appurtenances thereto, or other facilities required for military use and for each and every object and expense connected therewith, including (a) housing, storage, interior facilities, fixed equipment, piers, roads, railroads, communi- cations, water, sewerage, and electric systems, (b) expenses incident to the preparation of plans, the purchase and installation of equip- ment, (c) the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies, equipment, printing, binding, communication service, newspapers, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, at the seat of government and elsewhere, (d) the purchase, maintenance, repair, operation and exchange of passenger-carrying vehicles, (e) the acquisition of land, 621 Insane Filipino soldiers. 35 Stat. 122 . Nurses, cooks, and other civilians. Internes. Ante, p. 314. Civilian physicians. Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. 54 Stat. 873; 55 Stat. 126. Equipment, instru- ments, etc. Ante, p. 318. Engineer School, maintenance, etc. Maps, etc. Military and train- ing operations. Railroad operation. Military posts. Ante, p. 316. Acquisition of land

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