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628 SIXTY~FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 418. 1916. years in the line of the Army, who held command in the line or stall? over nine and a half years, who received camplangn badges for seryice in four Indian campai and in the War wit Spam and the Philippine insurrection, anflvého was recommendedby the commanding general in time of war or insmrection for appomtment to the grade of general officer in the Volunteer Army, to the grade of brigadier Qygumm general on the retired list: Pnmdcd, That such officer did not receive ° advanced grade upon retirement nor has since received any advance ,»»·-······-·, ·· , °'i*t“h°ag'“i}?.§‘%d ”°tEh° d3‘£°i '%““°£“°““‘ it · .1 to — t t A . ¤°· at e i ent ,a.u eis ere , au orize appo1n_ 0 •• mis- semi, re- the grade of major general on the retired list of the Army any briga- “'§$,,,,,,,,,,.,,mm dier general now borne on said hst who served with cred1t lil the Army throughout both the Civil War and the War with Spjarn, as well as during the interval between said wars, and who, eing a general omcer, exercised with efficiency and gallantry the command of a brigade or of a higher unit in action or m actual operations against an enemy, and who in consideration of services so rendered was recommended to be a major general, United States Volunteers, b the commanding general of the Army, as shown by the records g?$°dmn¤p,0m., of, the War De artment: Provided, That any brigladier general on ¤¤¤•· the retired list who as senior colonel commanded wit credit a brigade . or higher unit in the Civil War, though not so recommended may' be advanced in grade as authorized by this paragraph if he fulfills the mm other requirements thereof. ”§&Fm‘°{?.§'{.`§{ cfm, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint ¤vP_c*;,_g*;°c,$,», $,1*; and place on the retired list of the Army with the rank of major

•¤¤¤1.¤w. general, any officer on the retired list who served not less than one

year in the Regular or Volunteer forces of the United States during the Civil War prior to A ril ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five and who was honorably discharged therefrom, who has since served not less than forty years as a commissioned officer of the Regular Arm , and who was the last Civil War veteran on the active list of the irmy for over two years before retirement and had ranked eve general officer on the active list in length of service when he retirdx ¤•*”°·*°°“•*°°'°°¤~ nmmno ENLISTED msn. Saljtgii) (pag of four thousand three hundred retired enlisted men, 1 J •

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¤¤¤P**·* *¤·*~·¤· Thirty hospital matrons, at $120 each per annum, $3,600. ¢`<>¤f*—**¤¤*"¤*·¤°¢- _For expenses of courts-martial, courts of in uiry, military commissions, retiring boards, and compensation o? reporters and witnesses attending same, and expenses of taking depositions and d seeming other evidence for use before the same, $60,000. ,,$ '}",,, For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and °‘€°'¤mb‘°- grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, $500. qggggéftioe 0* For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to commis- ’ sioned officers, members of the Nurse Corps, and enlisted men on dugy at places where no public quarters are available, $1,000,000. mm °"‘ "°P"°*“· or interest on soldiers’ de osits, $150,000. '1"`°“‘“°°'· For pay of translator and} librarian of the military information section, General Staff Corps, at $1,800 per annum, $1,800. E=P°’”°°°°°¤'~’¤*· For pggocaf expert accountant for the Inspector Generals Departmen , .,, ,

 *‘°*°°“° For extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty for periods

of not less than ten days in the offices of coast defense artille engi. neers and coast defense ordnance officers, and as switchboarlll operators at seaccast fortifications, $14,803.