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400 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 837. 1890. appropriation "Signal Service, ay, and so forth," and whe11 paid, inclu ing the interest thereon, shall be charged to that appropriation for the fiscal year in which the soldier is discharged. Pro/vided further, That the Secretary of War is authorized, in his 1>e¤¤.n¤·¤mlu·my. discretion, to detail for the service with the Signal Cor s not to exceed five commissioned officers of the regular Army, to Tie exclusive of the second lieutenants of the Signal Corps, authorized by law, and the re lar Arm officers herein authorized to be detailed for the Signal C-dips, shallyreceive their pay and allowances from the appropriations for the support of the Army. ' m Ngzgs of =:¤<;¤d romded further, That no money herein appropriated shall be used ,u§},d ,,,6,,, °` for pay and allowances of second lieutenants appointed or to be appointed from the ser eants of the Signal Corps, under the rovisions V0l.:I),p.219. of the act approved .Tune twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, in excess of the number of fourteen, or for the pay and allow- _ gnceslof) exceeding three hundred and twenty enlisted men of the 1gna o s.

  • "¤b§*“°¤°° ’*°“"~ Provideyfurther, That officers and enlisted men of the Signal

Corps maycléurchase subsistence stores under the same regulations as prescri for officers and enlisted men of the Army, as authorized RS.,se¤.1144.p.¤>?. by section eleven hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes, and paragraph fourteen hundred and two of the Army Regulations, _ . eighteen undred and eighty-nine. _,°§FQ'l{;d_,f,°§0L?m‘$ Provided further, That the pay of the enlisted men, including the mmm m me check. items of commutation of quarters, and commutation of fuel, shall be '”°“°°" paid monthly to each enlisted man entitled thereto by one check upon ‘ one properly certified voucher. - Tmnspmadom TRANSPORTATION. , , For transportation of officers of the Signal Corme (including their baggage) when travel' on duty under orders, to in lieu of actual cost of transportationliugor transportation of the enlisted men of the Signal Corps or civilian employees (including their bag age) when traveling on duty under orders; trans ortation of materials, animals, and fun s for freight, wharfages, tolls, and ferriages, drayages, and cartages, and for the purchase of special-delivery and registerin stamps; for purchase of necessary harness and other articles, and for gxfipses of repairs to means of transportation, seventeen thousan dollars. For forage and straw for seven public animals (not exceeding four to be horses), one thousand dollars. For horse and mule shoes, nails, and ex enses for shoeing once each month for seven public animals, fifty d)ollars. For veterinary supp ies, twenty-1ive do lars. For blacksmith’s supplies, tools, lathes, and materials, one hundred dollars. ` ?*’·¤*¤¤¤*¢<=¤¤¤*¤¤¢¤· NATIONAL cnmmrnmizs. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤¤>· For national cemeteries; For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries,

 pif laiboexéersl and otgielr pfnployees, purchase of tools and materials,

one un r thousand dollars. $¤P·**i¤*¤¤d¤¤°¤· For superintendents of national cemeteries: For pay of seventy- four sigperintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-one thousand one hundr and sixty dollars. H°*¤'¤°¤°°· HEADSTONES Fox Gaxvms OF SOLDIERS: For continuing the work 0f_ furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village ceme- _ teries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United v°’·‘*·P·““· States, and other burial places, under the acts of March third, eight- V0!->¤¤.1>-28k een hundred and seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, ten thousand dollars.