SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 209. 1916. 287 die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding $45 for such burial ex nses in each ease, exclusive of cost of grave, $2,000, one-half of whichesum shall be paid ,,$.?,"m!§’m m’°l°° out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. 1 ~ Antietam battle Held: For re air and preservation of monuments, ¤eiii?if.i,I°°m bm ° tablets, observation tower, roadg, and fences, and so forth, made and I"°S°""“°“·°*°· constructed by the United States u on public lands within the limits of the Antietam battle Held, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, $3,000. Suwmmdm, For pay of superintendent of Antietam batt e Held, said superintend- ` ent to perform his duties rmder the direction of the Quartermaster Corps and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the erson selecte and appointed to this position to be an honorably disclliarged Union soldier $1,500. me t I ms Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, civilian employees, and oromeiiféinmimifgew. so forth: For interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, and enlisted men of the Army active list; interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil emlplo ees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die ahroad, in Alaska, in the Canal Zone, or on Army trans rts, or who die while on duty in the Held or at military posts the limits of the United Statesinterment of military prisoners who die at militarlyliosts; removal d0§§g‘;&"§,‘}:’ “"°“‘ of remains from abandoned posts to permanent `tary posts or ` national cemeteries, including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines, interred in fields or abandoned private and cit cemeteries; and in any case where the expenses of burial or siiipment m},§‘§{§,‘j;§§°m°““ ‘° of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the ` active list are borne by individuals, where such ex enses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimliiursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services out of this sum, but no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred and ter'? $57i500. S F I h I 0 K O bm ocx rume, transport to an •rancisco, am reinter in the nationa mm · S z cemetery at San Francisco the remains of Orman K. Osbon, late a rrxniihibiggwsm pvrilivate in the First South Dakota Infantry, also a private in the irty-sixth Regiment United States Volunteers (Colonel J. Franklin Bell), and at the time of his death a teacher in the United States schools in the town of Bolinao, Province of Zambales, Luzon, Philippine Islands, $200, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care, pro- C,f,g*‘ggd°I{,*"° “°““d· tection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as “Confederate ’ ` Mound " in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, $500. For care, rotection, and maintenance of Confederate Stockade °dQ°*g)'g},j'°°° S°°°k· Cemeter , Johnstons Island in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, $250. ` Confederate burial lats; For care, rotection, and maintenance of p§g**°d°m• *>¤’i°l Confederate burial pliits, owned by tlie United States, located and careers. known b the following designations: Confederate cemetery, North Alton, Illinois; Confederate cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; Confederate section, Greenlawn Cemeteriy, Indianapolis, Indiana; Confederate cemetery, Point Lookout, L aryland; and Confederate cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, $1,250. _ Monuments or tablets in Cuba and China: For repairs and preser· m§‘{§’,g',f:°” “‘ °“"° vation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed b the United States in Cuba and China. to mark the places where American soldiers fell, $1,000.
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