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SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12. 1917. 63 oanmmcn DEPARTMENT. m;§{}¤¤¤°° D°Pm· Ommanon Smzvionz For the current expenses of the Ordnance C“"°°*°¤P°¤S°·°· Department in connection with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, t ewriters, and adding machines, including their exchange, and oihpce furniture, tools, and instruments of service; for incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance stores; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office; subscriptions to periodicals, which may be paid for in advance; and payment for mechanical labor in the office of the ‘ Chief of Ordnance; and for purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger·carrying vehicles, $350,000. _ Onnnimon sroizns, AMMUNITION: Manufacture and purchase of ,m‘§1'{‘,,‘,f.‘,,§’,{"*i°“ ’°' ammunition for small arms and for hand use for reserve su ply, Mm, ufagum ¤¤d ammunition for burials at the National Soldiers’.Home in Wasiimg- P · ton, District of Columbia, ammunition for firing the mornin and evening gim at military posts rescribed by General Orders, iluinbered Seventy, Head uarters oip the Army, dated Jul twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixtysseven, and at National {Tome fihr Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several branches, including National Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and soldiers’ and sailors’ State home, $12,000,000. Provided, That not more than one-half of this sum shall be expended {gfx, ,0,, pub in the purchase of the articles provided in this appropriation. chases SMALL-Arms TARGET Pnaorrcnz For manufacture and purchase of xgggjiaerms ¤¤z¤¢ ammunition, targets, and other accessories for small-arms, hand, pammémmm, tarand machine-gun target practice and instructions; marksmen’s g°*‘·°”· medals, prize arms, and insignia for all arms of the service; and ammunition, targets, target materials, and other accessories which _ may be issued for small-arms target practice and instruction at the ,,,§§$“°““°“°"“““‘ educational institutions and State soldiersi and sailors’ orphans’ homes to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such revrulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, $2,000,000. M hi.u~:UrAo·ruRn or Arms: For manufacturing, repairing, procuring, ,mZ‘l`“°`°°“d°" °°°" and issuin arms at the national armories, $6,000,000. Provideci That not more than twenty per centum of this sum shall {ZE for pu,- be expended in the purchase of arms. °**”°°· Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation may be used to pro- { '1‘¤¤1¤b<»¢¤·,§¤r¤¤-inucure gauges, dies, jigs, tools, fixtures, and other special aids and ap- §§§{"° "p“"“t° P"' pliances, including specifications and detailed drawings, necessary for the manufacture y private manufacturers, of arms necessary to arm the land forces likel to be required by the United States in time of C _ Om war, and in the purchase of lots of arms to complete the object of this a,a°?mp°°m°° m ` proviso the existing laws prescribing competition in the procurement of supplies by purchase shall not govern m orders not to exceed $50,000 in any one case. Onnxsxon sromzs arm surrtms: For overhauling, cleaning, re- P¤¤¤¤rvi¤z.¤¤¤-.¤r¤- pairing, and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of °°°°°' troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for purchase and manu- _ facture of ordnance stores to Hll requisitions of troops; for Infantry, Eq°“"”°'""‘ Cavalry, and Artillery equipments, including horse equipments for Cavalry and Artillery, $10,000,000 P . Provided, That not more than $6,000,000 of this appropriation may Amount tm pmbe used for the purchase of ordnance stores. °""°“‘ NATIONAL morur AND manans Fon. RIFLE CONTESTS! For the pur· %*,?§‘Q,°,‘}*§{t’,;,,d,;,, pose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to p¤¤•¤.•¢¤·