532 FORTY-N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 362. 1887. giglml Sm-Vg6g_ SIGNAL SERVICE. onsnnvarroiv AND misrour or sromus. Observation and To be expended by the Secretary of War: For expenses of the mete- "’P°’° °f*’°"“°· orological observation and report, by telegraph, signal, or otherwise, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture of the United States, as follows: Instruments. For the manufacture, purchase, and repair of meteorological instruments, and expenses in connection therewith, including those already issued and to be issued to voluntary unpaid observers, and the Secretary of War shall establish regulations respecting such issue, ten thousand dollars. Telepaphing. For telegraphing reports, messages, and other meteorological information in connection with the observation and report of storms, one hundred and thirtyeight thousand dollars. Sis¤¤l¤· For expenses of storm, cautionary, olfshore, cold-wave, and other signals on the sea, lake, and Gulf costs of the United States, and in the interior, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, including the pay of observers, services ,ot‘ operators, lanterns, and flags, ten , thousand dollars. _ Btw'"- °*’°· For the maintenance and repair of the military-telegraph line connecting the signal-stations along the Atlantic coast of the United States, including services of operators, repairmen, materials, and general service, six thousand dollars. _ I¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤¤°l· For manufacture, purchase, and repair of instrument-shelters, and ex- ""' peuses in connection therewith, two thousand dollars. Contingent ox- For rent, hire of civilian employees, furniture, light, stationery, ice penses, outside or Stoves and fixtures, repairs, rent of telephones, textbooks, lumber, and “ “*l““g*°“· other expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation outside “ of Washington, District of Columbia, thirty-tive thousand dollars. River and Hood For river and flood observations, and expenses in connection there- °‘*“°"““°““· with, nine thousand dollars. _ Maps and bullo- For expenses (including paper, forms, printing and lithographing ms- supplies, hire of civilian printers and engravers) of preparing, printing, distributing, and displaying weather maps or weather bulletins, and Printing oaice. for the maintenance of a printing ohice, under the direction of the Chiet Signal Officer, in the city of Washington, for the printing of the necessary orders, circulars, maps, or bulletins, as may be necessary to carry into effect the appropriations made for the support of the Signal Serv- _ ice, twenty-tive thousand dollars. C¤¤¤¤¥¢¤¤¤¤¥¤· For observations, and expenses incidental thereto, announcing the l‘°"‘· probable approach and severity of frosts or rains, for the benefit of the cotton region of the United States, seven thousand dollars Milifefy — *¤1•>· For maintenance and repa.ir of militarylelegrapn lines, including rent 8’“Ph 1‘“"· of offices, salaries of civilian operators and repairmen, lights, stoves
- 1nd tlxtures, supplies, and general repairs, twenty-four thousand dollars.
Qable, wvpth of For the repair of the Signal Service cable at the mouth of the Colum- C°*“’—“""’ R“’°"· bia River, in Oregon and Washington Territory, five hundred dollars, _ the same to be immediately available. Teliswvl} Me- For the construction and maintenance of a military-telegraph line ?,‘;?m uf" from San Francisco, California, to a point at or near Point Reyes, Cali- ’{brnia, via Point San Jose, California, two thousand five hundred dollars. PAY. r Pay, eto.,o£ om- For pay of one brigadier-general and sixteen second lieutenants, ¢¤¤¤ ¤¤d ¤¤¤¤· twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; for longevity pay to officers of the Signal Corps, to be paid with current monthly pay, four thonsand six hundred and eighty dollars; for pay of not exceeding one hundred and fifty sergeants, thirty corporals, and two hundred and
