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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 185-JULY 1, 1943 Vehicles. Ammunition or ml- itary salutes. Libraries of Ord- nance Department. Consultants. Gases, etv. Part-time employ- ment of scientists, etc. Construction of buildings, etc. Special gas troops. Chemical warfare training. Department, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines, including their exchange, and furniture, tools, and instruments of service; to provide for instruction, training, and other incidental expenses of the ordnance service; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of completely equipped motor-propelled and horse-drawn freight and passenger-carrying vehicles; for ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized; for services, material, tools, and appliances for operation of the testing machines and chemical laboratory in connection therewith; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office, including subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $150,000 for services of such consultants as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $25 per day and for their necessary traveling expenses, $7,992,522,000. ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE, ROCK ISLAND, ILINOIS For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $55,000. CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gases or other toxic substances, incendiary materials and munitions, gas masks, or other offensive or defensive materials or appliances required for chemical warfare purposes, investigations, research, design, experi- mentation, and operation, purchase of chemicals, special scientific and technical apparatus and instruments, including services connected therewith; for the payment of part-time or intermittent employment of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of War, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed; for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of freight- and passenger-carrying motor vehi- cles; construction, maintenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and the machinery therefor; receiving, storing, and issu- ing of supplies, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuels, gasoline, lubricants, paints and oils, rope and cordage, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines includ- ing their exchange, office furniture, tools, and instruments; for inci- dental expenses; for civilian employees; for libraries of the Chemical Warfare Service and subscriptions to periodicals; for expenses inci- dental to the organization, training, and equipment of special gas troops not otherwise provided for, including the training of the Army in chemical warfare, both offensive and defensive, together with the necessary schools, tactical demonstrations, and maneuvers; for cur- rent expenses of chemical projectile filling plants and proving grounds, including construction and maintenance of rail transporta- tion, repairs, alterations, accessories, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, $340,025,000. SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS Infantry School: For supplies, services, and other expenses essen- tial in conducting instruction at the Infantry School, $618,000; Cavalry Activities: For the purchase of textbooks, books of refer- ence, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special, and 360 [57 STAT.

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