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98 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 574. 1886. Quartcrmaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster’s Department shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement: And provided further, That no more than one Ci*’i\i¤·¤ ¤¤¤Pl¤>Y· million five hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated by this °°°· act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the Quar- . termaster’s Department, including those heretofore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, Army transportation, clothing, and camp and garrison equip L i mn tation of age; and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more ¤¤*°*”Y· -than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law, and no part of any of the moneys so appropriated _ shall be paid for commutation of fuel and for quarters to officers or en listed men. Shooting ranges, For shelter and shooting-galleries and ranges, and repairs thereof, °*°· ten thousand dollars. ' llospitnls, con- Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs

  • “‘}*°"°“ *****1 '°· of hospitals, including the extra—duty pay of enlisted men employed on

I""" °f‘ the same, one hundred thousand dollars. _Qnm·teisfoi-hos- For construction of quarters for hospital-stewards, including the P'"'} “*°"`"d’· extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, twelve thousand memo. _ five hundred dollars: Provided, That the posts at which such quarters _§:{°“ tghggg; shall be constructed shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and z},,.`,,; wg, em the quarters shall be built by contract, after legal advertisement, when- ’ ever the same is practicable; but the cost of construction of quarters at any one post shall in no case exceed eight hundred dollars. Clothing, camp, Clothing, camp and garrison equipage: For cloth, woolens, material, °· “ $1 §° ” is °¤ and for the manufacture of clothing for the_Army, for issue and for sale °q"'P°L°‘ at cost price, according to the Army Regulations; for altering and fifting clothing, and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage, and for expenses of packing and handling, and similar necessaries, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mzdical Depart- MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. RICH . Supplies, etc. Medical and Hospital Department: For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, expenses of medical purveying depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, advertising, and other miscellaneous expenses, including disin- , fectants, of the Medical Department, two hundred thousand dollars; and Civilian employ- not over thirty-six thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this ees. paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees in the Medical Departnu nt. Army Medical Medical Museum and library: For Army Medical Museum, preserva- M¤¤•=¤¤¤- tion of specimens, and the preparation or purchase of new specimens,

__;;,,,,,y_ five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgeon-Geneml’s Office,

ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars. Engineer Do- ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. partment. Incidental ex- Engineer depot at Willet’s Point, New York: Incidental expenses p¢¤s¤¤· of the depot: Fuel, chemicals, stationcryhextra-duty pay for soldiers employed in wheelwrighfs work, engine-driving, draughting printing photographing, and lithographing engineer documents, repahs of pub: lic buildings, and unforeseen expenses, three thousand dollars. Materials toxin- For purchase of materials for the instruction of engineer troops at struction or engr- W’illet’s Point in their special duties of sappers, miners and pon- “°" “°°P“· t0I£`EG1`S, one thezusand dollars. ’ Repair) of in. or repairs o instruments for neral use of the Co ‘ strumouts. and for the purchase of small inlgiuments to fill reqnisiiio('iLE€w€1t€ii5;gi sand dollars. ’ Lihnry. Library of the Engineer School of Application: Purchase of profes.