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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1908. 115 1>mL11>r1Nr: scorrrs. rmnppme scouts. Pa * of officers of the line: Fift first lieutenants sevent -five thou- °“‘°°*S· . sand ilollars. y ’y Pm p‘1°3' Fifty second lieutenants, seventy thousand dollars. Eight first lieutenants (battalion adjutants), fourteen thousand four hun red dollars. Eight second lieutenants (battalion q uartermasters and commissaries), twelve thousand eight hundred dollars. Difference in additional pay to officers serving in higher grades under authority of law in battalion of Philippine Scouts: d pight majors from captains (not mounted), five thousand six hundred o lars. - Fifteen captains from first lientenants (not mounted), four thousand five hundred dollars. Additional for length of service, thirty-four thousand seven hun- L<>¤¤¤vi¤¥- dred and twenty dollars. . Noncommissioned officers and privates, nfty companies, five hundred 1¤¤¤¤¤><1 ¤¤¢¤· andlpixteen dmousand six hundred] dollars} ud f m e s ci `c a o riations ereinbe ore m e or officers and SP°°m° *PP'°P"l" enlisted lsen in iii: lilne of the Army and in the several staff corps d°°°f°rWylncrmw` and departments, enlisted men in the Hospital Corps, officers and enliste men in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, and ofiicers in the _Philippine Scouts, being based upon former rates of pay, said specihc appropriations are ·hereby increased to the amounts necessary for gyment of such increase of pay at the rates established in this Act: ovided, That the sum of seven million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any ,,,.,’§‘{,?{,',?f’“"' ""*’“" money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide for such increases in the said slpeciiic appropriations, and for the purpose of paying officers and en isted men, including enlisted men of the _ Hospital Corps, at the rates provided for in this Act. ` A l the money hereinbefore appropriated, except the appro riation PW ¤¤¢=¤¤¤*¤· for mileage of officers and contract sur eons when authorizedlhy law, for pay of the Army and miscellaneous shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers of the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. ENCAMPMENT AND MANEUVERS, onoamzuo mmru: For paying the g;¤;g;‘:, expenses of the organized militia of any State, Territory, or of the memwnu Amy. Ki District of Columbia, which may be authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in such encam ments as may be established for the field instruction of the troops ofp the Regular Army, as provided by sections fifteen and twenty-one of the Act of January twenty-first, vox. z2,pp.m,m. nineteen hundred and three, entitled "An Act topromote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purp0ses," to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, one million dollars. SUBSISTENGE DEPARTMr1NT. mggpeistencv Derm- Purchase of subsistence supplies: For issue, as rations to troops, Supplies. civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, nurses, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts, and military convicts at posts; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the army transport service: hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while held‘ under observation: authorized issues of candles; authorized issues of