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488 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1027. 1888. b·}cvP¤P¤¤¢i¤¤¤v¤ir act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall °'be credited to the appropriation for " manufacture o arms at national VOL ¤’4· P- *0*- armories/’ which a propriation for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and thereafter shall be available until exhausted. °Y¤¤m**°€“”** For the purchase by the Secretary of War of pneumatic dynamite s of different calibers, and the necessary machinery to fire and hdiidle the same, ammunition, and carriages for the same, all complete and mounted in place ready for military use, four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as he may deem proper. P*¤¤°¤"i¤€°’d¤¤¤°° For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance stores on hand at the arsenals, five thousan dollars. Fi¤i¤z¤¤<>¤·*¤z wd For firing the morning and evening gun at military fposts, pre- °"°m°“ g°°S` scribed by general orders number sevent , headquarters o the army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundlred and sixty-seven, thirty thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Tvsm- For targets for artillery practice, five thousand dollars. necmmng mmm. RECRUITING SERVICE. E¤P°°S°°- For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous to depot, one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. ssgmsemm. SIGNAL SERVICE. Hxperisvs- For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows : Purchase, equipment, and repair of held electric telegralphs ; signal erpliipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, he iostats, and ot er necessary instruments, inclu ing absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target-ranges; telephone apparatus an maintenance of same; in all, five thousand dollars. oonuugeurexpenscs CONTINGENT EXPENSES. “gqm¤¤é¤¢¤11¤s-G¤¤- For contingent expenses of the office of the Commanding-General, S ° °°` one thousand two hundred dollars. D;·¤15¤r¤¤;G¢¤¤¤¤*`¤ For contingent expenses of the Adjutant-Generals Department at p°’m"°tlhtiilheadquarters of military divisions and departments, two thousand o ars. vg;} fg'1?°"h°'° P"* For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other ` estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, fifteen thousand dollars. g_'1··==*h1;_¤q;¤¤6,NAj{h ,_ Srzc. 2. That the Secretary of War be authorized to enter into negodonallc ground mums- tiations for the urchase of the two hundred and twenty-five acres of md- land on the Hudson River. directly south of the Militarv Reservation at West Point, belonging to the estate of Edward V. Kinsley, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary for the purposes of the Military Academy, and to receive offers for the sale of their interest in such land from such of the heirs of said Kinsley as are competent and willing to sell such interests; and the Secretary of War is authorized to submit all offers so made and the %uestion of the value of said two hundred and twenty-five acres to a oard to consist of the Superintendent of the Military Academ and two competent civilians, who P~¤r><>¤- shall make due investigation and, report concerning said value; and the Secretary of War s all submit said offers and the rgport of said K¤v¤¤•¢¤ board, with his opinion, to Congress, at its next session. he ex nses of said board an compensation at the rate of ten dollars a day gi not more than ten days for each of the civilian members shall bepaid from the appropriation for contingencies of the Army. Approved, September 22, 1888.