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FIFTY-THIRD CON GRESS. SEss. II. Ch. 228. 1894. 237 officer so traveling 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 Paciiic railroads, he shall be allowed for himself only four cents per mile as a subsistence fund ior every miie necessarily traveled over any such railroads: And provided _/hrther, That the transportation furnished by the Transportation by Quartermaster’s Department to officers traveling without troops shall Q;‘;f,fj{,’§““‘°"“ W be limited to transportation in kind not including sleeping or parlor P ` car accommodations, over free roads, over bond—aided Pacific railroads, and by conveyance belonging to said Department, and the Secretary of \Var shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein. And hereafter no portion of the appropriation for mileage to officers Resrriciion ¤r miie traveling on duty without troops shall be expended for inspections or “g°‘ investigations, except such as are especially ordered by the Secretary ‘ of War, or such as are made by Army and department commanders in visiting their commands, and those made by Inspector-General’s Department in pursuance of law, army regulations or orders issued by the Secretary of War or the Commanding General of the Army; and Duty it be man. all orders involving the payment of mileage shall state the special duty enjoined. _ For traveling expenses and commutation of quarters for civilian Civiiiaii i>iiy¤ici¤¤¤- physicians employed by the Surgeon-General, one thousand dollars. Making in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thirteen A¤i·>¤¤¢ million forty thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty- eight cents. All the money hereinbefore appropriated except the appropriation A¤¤·~¤¤ii¤s· “for mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops when authorized by law " shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. mggii i¤¤»¤¤» ¤¤r¤¢» For the purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to S¤vrii¤¤— troops, civil employees when entitled thereto. hospital matrons, military convicts at posts, prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), estimated for the iiscal year on the basis of nine million eight hundred and eighty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-ilve rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of theArmy; for authorized extra issue of candles; for matches for lighting public iires and lights at posts and stations and in the field; for salt and vinegar for public animals; for issue to Indians visiting military posts and to Indians 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, measures, weights, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, printing, advertising, commercial newspapers, use of telephones, office furniture; tor temporary buildings, cellars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermastefs Department); for extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in the Subsist- E¤¤**¤°YP°Y· ence Department for periods not less than ten days at rates iixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Subsistence Department, and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies ior _ _ the Army; for the payment of the regulation allowances for commu- n§,g*:;f¤°°‘*°¤ °# tation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance sergeants on duty at ungarrisoned posts, to enlisted men stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind. to enlisted men selected to contest for_ places or prizes in the department, division, and Army riile competitions while