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FlFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3078. 1906. 241 not less than ten days as artiiicers on work in addition to and not strictly in line with their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photogra hers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrigrhts, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers, office furniture and iixtures, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, eight thousand dollars. For purchase of material for use in instruction of artillery troops in m}}l***°'i*‘ *°'i“¤"“°· their special duties in connection with the loading and planting of sub- ` marine mines, nine hundred dollars. For purchase of special apparatus and for experimental purposes of AP¥‘*“’“"S· °‘°· the department of e ectricity, mines, and mechanism, and the de artment of chemistry and explosives, Fort Totten, New York, three mousand four hundred dollars. For purchase of slpecial apparatus and materials for electrician sergreants division, Sc ool of Submarine Defense, Fort Totten, New ork, two thousand seven hundred dollars. For purchase and binding of professional books of recent date treat- B°°“- ing of military and scientific subjects for library of School of Submarine Defense, and for use of school, one thousand dollars. ormcr: or run cmnr sreiun orrionn. m<{*gg> °h¤¤* $*8- Sroxar. Snavrcn or rms ARMY: For expenses of the Signal Service E¤v¤¤¤¤*- of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equi ment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments and) stores, binocular-glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons; telephone apparatus (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts; iire control and direction apparatus and material for Held artilery; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines and cables, m}'g¤Z¤¤Ph¤¤·i¤¤*>*¤ including salaries of civilian emplo ees, supplies, and general repairs, ` and other expenses connected with, the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Arm , by telegraph or otherwise, two A hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That of the receipts of the €gQQ§"'Q,, [mm MM Vlrashington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System that have ¥`;_;¤z§_¢· g<;S¤:,¤m{:¤ been covered into the Treasury of the Unite States, the sum of one at. ‘ hundred and seventymine thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, made available for defrayin the cost of such extensions and betterments of the system as may he approved by the Secretary of War, the extent of such extensions and the cost thereof to be reported to Congress by the Secretary of War. rar or orrronics or THE LINE. Pur- For pay of officcrs of the line, live million three hundred and sixty- Lirw ¤¤i<=¤¤- nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars: l'r·w~ided, That all nt aI_ commissioned officers of the Army may transfer or assign their pay 1¤wZ2il"m° ° accounts, when due and pgyable, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescri ._ _ For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their cur- ¤~¤¤s¤ri¢>’- rent monthly pay, one million dollars. mr or ENLISTED zum:. . For pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, eight E¤“¤°°d mmmillion seven hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred and six dollars and twenty-five lcentsz Provided, That hereafter enlisted gmgwg Memen men qualifying as expert riiiemen shall receive in addition to their sm. ' pay three dollars per month; those qualifying as sharpshooters, two vox. xxxiv, rr 1--16