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218 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 332. 1884. Pay,otc. Pay; For pay of one brigadier-general and fourteen second lieutenants, twentysix thousand five hundred dollars; for longevity pay to officers, to be paid with current monthly pay, four thousand dollars; for pay of one hundred and fifty sergeants, thirty corporals, and three hundred and twenty privates, including payment due on discharge, two hundred thousand dollars; for mileage to officers when traveling on duty under orders, five thousand dollars; cost of telegrams in regard to discharged men, two hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of contract surgeon, one thousand two hundred dollars; for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers at places where there are no public quarters, eight thousand two hundred and eight dollars; in all, two hundred and fortydive thousand one hundred and fifty eight dollars. And the Odioers detailed Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to detail for the servgf d?? “’ s‘g"“1 ice in the Signal Corps not to exceed six commissioned officers, exclum°sive of the second lieutenants of the Signal Corps authorized bylaw; and of the three officers serving in the Arctic Seas. subsistence, Subsistence: For the subsistence of Signal Service enlisted men, and tor commutation of rations of Signal Service enlisted men, including nine thousand and ninety dollars and ninety cents for subsistence stores, authorized articles for sales to officers and enlisted men and company messes, as allowed by paragraph twenty-one hundred and ninety-nine, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. Regular supplies. Regular supplies: Fuel, authorized allowance for officers and enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia, and for various offices at Fort Myer, Virginia, and on the United States military-telegraph lines, six thousand two hundred dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and twenty enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at nine dollars each per month, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and forty-three enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at eight dollars each per month, twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars; forage for twenty-tive mules and six horses, three thousand one hundred dollars; straw for thirty one animals, at seven dollars each per annum, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety-right., Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and seventeen dollars; straw for forty enlisted men at post of Fort Myer, Virginia, and for hospital at that post, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, forty-six dollars and eight cents; stationery, one hundred dollars; stoves and repairs to heating apparatus, six hundred dollars- lights, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty one dollars and eight cents. I¤¢id¤¤¢¤1 ¤ X- Incidental expenses: Oince furniture for post of Fort Myer, Virginia, P°“°°* one hundred dollars; horse and mule shoes, five hundred dollars; blacksmith’s and miscellaneous tools, four hundred dollars; veterinary supplies. three hundred dollars; tire apparatus and disinieotants, two hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. Bcgstesrgfxgcgf of· For interment of officers and men, two hundred dollars. Daum;. For apprehension of deserters, one hundred and twenty dollars. Trmspormion. Transportation: For transportation of material and h1nds,twenty· tive thousand dollars ; for transportation of men, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; means of transportation, namely tive mules, at not exceeding two hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars; one set six-mule harness, eighty-five dollars; one set four-mule ambulance harness, forty-five dollars; for leather, iron, and timbers for repairs to means of transportation, live liundred dollars; in all, thirty- five thousand five hundred and ive dollars. Barracks an d Barracks and quarters: For commutation of quarters toenlisted men q¤¤¤¤¤•· of the Signal Corps, eighty-four thousand one hundred and eight dollars; work and supplies at Fort Myer, Virginia, one thousand tive