FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1007. 1903. 1129
to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and soldiers who die at military camps or who are killed in action or who die in the field or hospital in Alaska and at places outside of the limits of tihihlinited States, or who die while on voyage at sea, forty thousand o rs. . ‘ BRINGING Homm THE REMAINS or oivxr. EMPLOYEES or THE ARMY mfggmy :,*3,*}*2};;
gg ; WH0 DIE ABROAD AND SOLDIERS wuo DIE ON *rRANsroRTs: To enable glcvecs and soldier:
the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to mg °° "°""°"" S their homes the remains of civilian em loyees of the Armv, who have died, or may hereafter die while in the employ of the War Depart-
,_ t ment in Cuba, Porto Rico, IIawa.ii, China, Alaska, and the Philippines,
including the remains of any honorably discharged soldiers who are
°f ; entitled under the terms of their dischargle to return transportation ` on Government transport, and who die w ile on said transport, five J pj_ thousand dollars.
MIscm.I.aNI·:0Us onmcrs, wAR DEPARTMENT. Mi¤<=¤1¤¤¤¤<>¤s. PHILIPPINE Isr.AN1>s: For the relief of the distress in the Philip- g}j,r;g*g·(g,s¥,ge!¤;;?;1¤· pine Islands, to be expended under the direction and in the discretion '
EQ of the Philippine government in such proportions as they deem wise,
in the direct pure ase and distribution or sale of farm implements,
é farm animals, supplies, and necessaries of life, and through the , emcployment of la rin the construction of government wagon roads, L an other public works, to be immediately available, three million i dollars. And the Governor of the Philip ines shall submit to the E*P°¤di¤¤‘¢•·
Secretary of War a statement of all expenditures hereunder.
‘ CARE OF CIVIL REc0RDs or THE LATE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF géfdwlmom CUBA: For classification, arrangement, care, and storage of the civil em. ' records of the late military government of occupation o Cuba, including hire of clerks, messengers, and every other necessary expense in connection therewith, eleven thousand two hundred and eighty dollars, to be immediately available. _ MILITARY r0s·rs: For the construction of buildings at and the M'""" l’°“”’· enlavpgement of such military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of ar, may be necessary, and for the erection of barracks and quarters for the artillery in connection with adopted project for seacoast defenses, and for the purchase of suitable building sites for said barracks and quarters, one million five hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For additional amount necessary for purchase of land for a military {}§,‘}l,‘},’},§,’°l{§·I}fl;d_ post at or near Indianapolis, Indiana, and for necessary expenses inc1— m- ent to the ap raisal and sale of the arsenal pro rty in said city, thirty thousandp dollars, or so much thereof as may hg necessar *. _ For continuing the establishment in the vicinity of Manila, Philip- °(§,'§,1,‘!‘,;5;,},;,,, b,, pine Islands, of a military post, including the construction of barracks, ¤¤k¤·¤¢¤- quarters for officers, hospital, storehouses, and other buildings, as ' well as water supply, lighting, sewerage. and drainage necessary for the accommodation of a garrison of two full regiments of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries of artillery, to be immediately available, one million dollars. · For the purchase of about eight hundred and forty-five acres of {'§'f,€’1°$lli{’€‘,?{,g‘,l'g land lying south of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation, for use as ¤¤8*`=- a target range; also for purchase of the improvements thereon, at not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For purchase of not less than one hundred and ten acres of land §‘g;;§g§':‘g'§,?hflh, adjoining the military post at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and lying between musings. that post and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, the same being required for sites for the additional buildings necessary for the accom-
