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SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS . SEss . II. CH. 366 . 1929 .

1357 and enlisted men when ordered to active duty and upon relief there- from, and including packing and crating

of recruits and recruiting

parties

of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and

recruiting depots

of necessary agents and other employees, including

Tran sporting do- their traveling expenses

of dependents of officers and enlisted men pendants, etc .

a s provided by law ; of discharged prisoners, and persons discharged from Saint Elizabeths Hospital after transfer thereto from the military service, to their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect)

Proofao . Provided, That the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the Cost restriction, place of last enlistment ; of horse equipment ; and of funds for the Army ; for the purchase or construction, not exceeding $200,000, Boa ts, eto . alteration, op eration, and repair of boa ts and other vessels ; for wharfage, tolls, and ferriages ; for drayage and cartage ; for the purchase, manufacture (including both material and labor), main- tenance, hire, and repair of pack saddles and harness ; for the pur- pa ck

etc . and chase, hire, o peration, mai ntenance, and repair of wag ons, car ts drays, other vehicles, and horse-drawn and motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official military and garrison purposes

for purc hase

and hire of draft and pack animals, including replacement of unserviceable animals ; for travel allowances to officers and enlisted Travelall owances, me n, men on discharge ; to officers of National Guard on discharge from Guard, etc. Federal service as prescribed in the Act of March 2, 1901 (U . S. C ., 42V l'ioi' p . 902

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p 197, sec . 751) ;to enlisted men of National Guard on discharge u. S. Code, p.197. from Federal service, as prescribed in amendatory Act of September 22, 1922 (U. S. C ., p. 197, sec . 752) ; and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account of physical disability ; in all, $16,843,882, of which amount Amount for fuel and not exceedin g $2,000,000 shall be avai lable immed iately for t he transport immediately availabl the reo f procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1930.

Motor vehicl e restric . No money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for the a on; hire, operation, maintenance, or repair of any motor-propelled vehicle which shall be employed wholly or in part for personal, social, or similar use, except such use as is prescribed by order for transporting A-HOwanc0- children of Army personne l to and from school, and A rmy personnel in connection with the recreational activities of the Army . None of the funds appropriated in this Act, unless expressly made n,PuTchase emotor ve . available for the purpose, shall be used for the purchase or exchange of motor-propelled freight-carrying or passenger-carrying veh icles for the Army, except those that are purchased solely for experi- mental purposes, in excess of the following quantities and costs per Price limitation . vehicle, including the value of a vehicle exchanged : Twenty-four freight-carrying vehicles at $6,000 each, one hundred such vehicles at $3,000 each, fifteen ambulances at $3,000 each, ten passenger-carrying vehicles at $2,500 each, fifty such vehicles at $1,500 each, and sixty solo motor cycles at $325 each . HORSES FOR CAVALRY, ARTILLERY, ENGINEERS, AND SO FORTH For the purchase of horses within limits as to age, sex, and -size to be prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts, for the United States Military Academy, and for such organizations and members of the military service as may be required to be mounted, and for all expenses incident to such purchases (including $150,000 for encouragement of the breeding of riding horses suitable for the Army, in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, including the pur- chase of animals for breeding purposes and their maintenance), $48 0,000 . Horses . Purchase, etc . Enc ourag ing bree d- ing of riding horses .