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56 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 12. 1917. and stores, and for administration purposes, except those pertaining to the Coast Artillery; for constructing and repairing ipublic buildings at military sts; for hire of employees;_for rental 0 the authorized allowance oixiluarters for officers, including members of the Officers Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty, on duty with the troops at osts and stations where no public quarters are available ;_ oi barrachs or authorized allowance of quarters for noncommissioned officers and enlisted men on duty where ]p{ublic quarters are not available, including enlisted men of the egular Army Reserve, retired enlisted men, and members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty; of ohnds for cantonments, camp sites, and other military purposes, amibf buildings or portions of buildings for occupation by troops, for use as stables, storehouses, and offices, and for other military purposes; for the hire of recruiting stations and lodgings for recruits; for such furnitme for the public rooms of officers’ messes and for oiHcers’ quarters at mihtary posts as may be approved by the Secretary of War; for wall lockers in permanent barracks, and refrigerators in barracks and quarters; for screen doors, window screens, storm doors and sash, and window shades for barracks, offices, and quarters, and for flooring and framing for tents, ,¤fg;n§g*i°”‘ G“°"* and for the National Guard when called or drafted into the service ' of the United States, $3,000,000. digmiiltmnmo or Provided, That not to exceed the sum of $18,000 of the above san r*p¤.¤as¤¤,ca1. amount may be used for the construction, including plumbing, heating, and lighting, of a chapel at the Presidio of San rancisco, California, to be open to the use of all denominations, subject to such _ regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. s,§,§i?,,Y§}"“°‘°” "` Provided, That no part of the moneys so appropriated shall be _ _ _ paid for commutation of fuel or quarters to officers or enlisted men: “‘““““°”“’1°"°°“‘ And provided further, That the number of and total sum paid for civilian employees in the Quartermaster Corps shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee therein shall receive a. salary of more than $150 per month, except upon the _ approval of the Secretary of War. kiiidiiildlldrriigiil rqvtded further, That $9,500, or so much thereof as may be necesing machinery. sary, is hereby appropriated, in addition to the above sum, for the Biiirchase or alterations and additions to buildings at Jeffersonville pot of the Quartermaster Corps, for the installation of machinery F t Sm Hmm for the manufacture of c.lotl11ng, to be immediate] available: Pro- T.,‘{’ mdedfurther, That the l1m1_t of cost of the nurses’ dbrmitory at Fort mag; ‘*°" Sam Houston, Texas, be increased to not more than $30,000, inv01.és,p.szs. cluding the heating and lighting Extures, which sum shall be aid from the appropriation for Construction and Repair of Hospitalg in the bill for_ the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June mmm 8 Wand M thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. ,.,,.,,,d,,.§,,,,..,m¤.,¤, Proozdedfurticer, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized etc- and directed to purchase such parcels of land, not less than one thousand one hundred and eighty acres, adjoining the military reservation of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as may be needed for the uses of said post, considering present and future needs, and such as may be suitable for encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction of the mobile army of the United States or parts thereof; and for the purposes of this Act there is hereby authorized to be expended, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $330,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be imme- Pommm diately available. q.,¤S,,¤,,,,,,,,§'f§5c_ lirnrranr rosr nxcnaxonsz For continuing the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at milit posts and stations for the conduct of the st excha e schoolmllibr e • P0 ng 7 7 ary? reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, including re-