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516 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1328. 1902, priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of such land at or in the vicinity of Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York, respectively, as may be required for military purposes, and for building barracks or quarters on such lands to be devoted to military pu es; and the Secretary of VVar is hereby authorized to make Such puriihgges of lands for the estab- .lishment of military posts at or in the vicinity of such places, respecgg";’{;mmm of tively: Provided, That no part of the moneys so appropriated shall be fue1,etc. paid for commutation of fuel or for quarters to officers or enlisted men: Civilian emplcyees. P1·0*mIded fart/wr, That the number of and total sum paid for civilian employees in the Quartermastefs Department, including those paid from the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, army transportation, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee aid therefrom shall receive a salary of more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, except upon the approval of the Secretary of War. P¤¤¢¤¤¤h¤¤¤¤¤» em- osr EXCHANGES! For the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchange, school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, to be ex ended in the discretion and under the direc- " tion of the Secretary of lhlar, five hundred thousand dollars. ghlgg;¤“- For the proper shelter and protection of officers and enlisted men of ` the Army of the United States lawfully on duty in the Philippine Islands, including the acquisition of title to building sites where nec- M¤<>¤¤¢· essary, to be expended in the discretion of the President, and to be m§;P<>¤’¤ ¤¤ ¤P¤¤di· immediately available, one million five hundred thousand dollars; and the President is directed to report a detailed statement of the expenditure.of this sum to each session of Congress until the entire appropriation is expended. T'**¤¤P°’°*¤°¤- Tmuisronrarron OF THE ARMY AND ITS SUPPLIES: Transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops when moving either by land or water, and including also the transportation of recruits and recruiting rties heretofore paid from the appropriation for "Ex uses fdr recruiting;" of supplies to the militia furnished by the V8; Department; of the necessary agents and employees; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and other quartermaster stores, from army depots or (places of purchase or delivery to the several osts and army depots, an from those depots to the troo in the field; of horse equiplments and subsistence stores from the plfces of purchase and from the places of delivery under contract to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other vessels and boats required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters and other employees; extra—duty pay of enlisted men driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as trainmasters and in opening roads and building wharves; transportation of funds of the Army: the expenses of sailing public trans rts on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic anci)(Paciiic oceans: for procuring water, and introducing the same to buildings, at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance, and for the disposal of sewage and drainage. and for constructing roads and g1_;’g{¤r;$?rg8g·;_ l¤¤d· wharves; for the dpayment of army transportation lawfully due such land-grnt railroa s as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in