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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 178. 1923. 140]. men, electricians, mechanics, and laborers; for compensation of civilian lecturers and for payment of tuition fees of not to exceed ,u';"*“°¤°*°"*1'¤¤*l· fifty student officers at civil technical institutions in addition to the m` 2 per centum of commissioned officers authorized to attend technical, professional, and other educational institutions as provided for in section 127a of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended V°‘·“·P·’“°· by the Act of June 4, 1920; for unforeseen expenses; and for travel 0,§g,‘,Q°' °’¤°°°°°S °' expenses of officers on journeys approved by the Secreta of War j and made for the purpose of instruction: P·r0»v·ided, That the travel- mtsmueage. ing expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances; and for other absolutel necessa expenses: Provided Pmmm further, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, gall not a ply to sub- 1z.s.,s¤¤.aais,p.11s. scriptions for foreign and professional newspapers andp periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation, $30,000. ENGINEER EQUIPMENT or Txoors. E¤¤iP¤¤¤¤*¤f¤‘¤<>P=- For pontoon material, tools, instruments, supplies, and appliances ,,,,§°'°“°'· ““l’l’“°s· required for use in the engineer equipment of troops, for military surveys, and for engineer operations in the field, inc uding the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of the necessary motor cycles; the purchase and preparation of engineer manuals and for a reserve supply of above equipment, $70,000. CIVILIAN ASSISTANTS T0 ENGINEER orrrcmzs. °"m“‘ “““°°““· For services of surveyors, survey parties, draftsmen, photogra- ,,wsf"l°°°°f’“"°Y°”’ phers, master laborers, clerks, and other employees to Engineer officers on the staifs of division. corps, and department commanders, $40 000. _ ’ ENGINEER OPQATIONS IN THE FIELD. m°ld°P°¤*i°¤S· For expenses incident to military engineer operations in the field, ,,§f‘“‘°‘°“""' °‘P°“““· including the purchase of material and a reserve of material for such operations, the rental of storehouses within and outside of the District of Columbia, the operation, maintenance, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such expenses as are ordinarilé provided for under appropriations for “Engineer Depots," " »1v1l1an assistants to engineer officers," and “Military Surveys and Maps," $90,000: P»ro·v§¢-led {xxx, 0, Options That when to the interest of the Government funds appropriated onmaterials. under this head may be used for_ the purchase of options on materials for use in engineer operations in the field: Proozdeti further, That ugjggypggjxgixgj so much of this appropriation as is necessary to provide facilities for Engineer training of troops may be expended for military construction work of a temporary character at camps and cantonments and at training areas, for training purposes only. <·oN·rrNcExciEs, ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, I>1=m.IrPINE IsI.AN¤s. PmliPP*¤°¥Sl¤¤°S- For contingent exlpenses incident to the operations of the Engineer °°“°““"“" Depzwtment in the hilippine Islands, to be expended at the iscretion of the Secretary of War, $2,000. BIILITARY scnvsrs AND MAPS. mg};{*”‘YS“"°¥‘ ml For the execution of topographic and other surveys, the securing ingmws 0* smutof such extra topographic data as_may be required, and the preparation and printing of maps required for m1l1tary_purposes, to be immediately available and remain available until December 31,