866 SIXTY—FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 143. 1918. authorize their purchase without regard to the laws prescribing advertisement for proposals for supplies and materials for the Army; for the purchase of veterinary sup(p `es and hire of veterinary surgeons; for expenses of medical sup ly epots; for medical care and treat- Pd W mamm ment not otherwise rovided) for, mcluding care subsistence m ew. W private hospitals, ofpoflicers, enlisted men, and civ1l1an employees of the Army, of applicants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and Not pp,ic8b,e Um olther pirsops in mifitary custody or cpgnfincgétiexjrt, phenrmpntitfd n¤1¤uga,em. thereto y aw, regu ation, or contract: ravi urt cr, at t is shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private C I I . hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furlough; for the proper expenses. care argdl treatment of epidemic and pogtagious diseases in the Arnply or at itary posts or stations including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the paiymerit of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for, for bed ing and clothing injured or destroyed in suclkprevention; for the pay of male and female nurses, not inc uding pho hurse Corps (ferpalegg afriiid of coc:iks,1s£d otheiéciviliaplis employe ort e roper careo sic officersan so `ers,un er suc re u ations fixing their number qualifications assignment pa and allowances as shall have been br shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants- for enlistment and enlisted men, and to render other professional services from time to time under p)roper authority; for the pay o§ other employees of (tihp lgledicalf epartmenotli for the ayment 0 ex ress companies an oc trans ers employ directly gy Mediclzgl Depsirtdrppnii) the tranpportagion of piedicsjl and ospit sup es mc u g_ 1 ers’ samp es an water or an sis· Hot S I Mk for suppgiesfbr use in teaching the art of cooking to the enlisted fbrce Hospital, ’ " of the edical Department; or the supply of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for a vertising, printing, binding, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the I in I Medical Department, $267,408,948. em, mgjpr gamma, Iivcrzmsn IN Mnnrcar. Dnrxnrmnivrz That the Medical Depart- §,{’,3S;g; ,§‘g§_‘ meipg of the R_pg11la§·ll§rmy be, andbis hgrzby, incpleased by pne Assiito. .p· - an urgeon ener or service a roa uring e presen wa1·, w 0 shall have the rankiof major general, and two Assistant Surgeons General, who shall have the rank of bngadier eneral, all of whom .,.,0 mia, gm,,,,, shall be appointed from the Medical Corps of thegftegular Arm . nggemlgcupct grjsgggg That the President may nominate and appoint in the Medical {Amy, Departtmleintsogf the lglamonpll lpnd withkthe adprice and con- _ sento the nate, romt e e eserve so th R
not Arrlrnhy no; to exceed twoi mgjor gepierilalsifrzlcl foué·01lii·igadier9g14=ixii¢§'i]aig1:
abovecolonels. atl, OCOIDIHISSIOHG 0 C€I'SO li 6 B -08.l SOf lZl1B B 8.I' V°L 35* *’·“· Army, none of whom shall have rank above that o?)colon 1, sh %ll1b proportionately distributed in the several grades as now; proivideril W y aw. _ _ I cog:} i M ° That the commissioned officers of the Medical Reserve Co s of the g,Q,§§_"‘*’“"°“ °' Regular Army, none of whom shall have rank above that olfpcolonel, shall be ppoportionately distributed 11] the several grades as now mmm rpipvlidepii y avgl for thehlgedical faourpls 0; the Regular Army: Pmrmeaé aa e ., at not `ng in t Act s e eld or constru d t “"“""·°‘°·0 cm ml discharge any officer of the Regular Army or deprive hinti og; Zim? mm, Zum mission whic he now holds therein. cm,ac,, or‘a¤aps1¤. C Hgsrrrin cans, (EENAIH Zorn eruimsoxsz For paying the Panama ana suc reasona e c arges exc usive of subsistenc , b approved by the Secretary of, War, for caring in its Ghoigailrziilslr fo? o cers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of ,,m_,m_ the Army admitted thereto upon the reguest of proper military mgpsbsistenca pay- authority: Promded, That the subsistence 0 the said pat1ents, except ' commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the y at the rates provided therein for
