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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 423. 1890. 151 For pay of one expert accountant for the Ins ector-General’s De- E*P°'* ¤¢<>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- gartmeng, tg belappointed by the Secretary of IlVar, two thousand ve un re dollars. For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty Gommuwvicn of without troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, one quam"` hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For allowances for travel, retained pay, clothing not drawn, and A, “·>W¤¤¢<=¤» ¤¤¤·. for interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on discharge, nine mm hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-seven cents. _ _ For mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops, Mileage to omem. when authorized by law, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That in isbursing this amount the maximum sum to be Pr°*%*•¤- allowed and paid to an officer shall be four cents per mile, distance mlgémmum “u°"" to be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes, and, in addition thereto, the cost of the transportation actually paid by the officer over said route or routes, exclusive of parlor-car fare and transfers: And provided further, That when any officer so traveling Onsubsidizedmeds. shall travel in whole or in part on any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacino railroa s, he shall be allowed for himself only four cents per mile as a subsistence fund for every mile necessarily traveled over any such railroads: And provided further, That the transportation urnished by the rmnspomseu by ’%l31’lJ6I1D.3.Sl}O1"S Department officers traveling without troops i§,*“:,Y,§‘§§{““°’“ D°‘ s all be limited to transportation in kind, not including sleeming or parlor-oar accommodations,.over free roads, over_bond-aided aciflc railroads, and by conveyance belonging to the said Department; Making in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thu-teen ¤¤<>¤¤¤· million forty-four theéusand eight hun red and twenty-five dollars and sevent -nine cen s. All the nioney hereinbefore appropriated shall be disbursed and Total pay accounts. accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. SUBSISTENCE or THE ARMY. For the purchase of subsistence_ supplies; for issue as rations to lsubslsteuce sup- _ troops, civil employees when ent1tle thereto, contract surgeons, P °°· hos ital matrons, militarylconvicts at posts, prisoners of war (m- cluding Indians held by the Army as pr1soners,_but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), estimated for the fiscal year on the basis of ten million two hundred and thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty rations · for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army ; _ or authorized extra issue of candles, salt, and vinegar; for public animals; for issues to Indians_ visiting mihtary posts and to ndians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts; for payments for cooked rations for recruiting parties or recruits; for hot coffee, baked beans, and canned_ beef for troops traveling when it is impracticable to cook their rations; for scales, weights, measures, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, printing, advertising, commercial _ newspapers, use of telephones, office furniture; for temporary bu1ldings, cellars, and, other means of protecting subsistence suppl1es (when not provided bv the Quartermaster’s Department); for bake oyens at posts and m the field, and repairs thereof; for extra pay to enlisted men employed Extxwduty psy. on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods not less t an_ ten days, at rates fixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Subsistence Department; and for other necessary expenses incident to the p1u·chase,_care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence S11¥pl1€S fo1' lil16_A1‘my; for the payment - of the regulation allowances or commutation in lieu of rations to ·