336 Roads . Sewer . Hospitals. Con str uc tio n, re- pairs , etc . Temporary camp hospitals . Rentals, etc . Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Restoring post hos- pital . Proviso. N e w construction forbidden . Seacoast Defenses . United States . Insular possessions . All expenses of fortifi- cations under specified branches .
. Balance fr om "Rock Island Arse nal" ap- propriationo, Panama Canal . Balance from "Frankford Arsenal" appropriation . Signal Corps . Signal Servi ce . Telegraph and tele- phone systems . Purchase, operation, etc . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CH. 232. 1928 . For ra kes, shovels, and brooms ; repairs to roadway, pavements, macadam and asphalt block ; repairs to street crossings ; repairs to street drains, and labor for cleaning roads, $8,469
- for two- thi rds of
said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $5,646 . For wast e, oil, motor an d pump re pairs, s ewer pip e, cemen t, brick , stone, supplies, and personal services, $6,690 ; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $4,460 . CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HOSPITALS For cons truction and rep air of ho spitals at milit ary post s alread y established and occupied, including all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requ ireme nts of incr eased garri sons, and for te mpora ry ho spital s in stan ding cam ps and cantonments ; for the alteration of perma- nent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temp orary ho spital b uildings at perm anent po sts, con structio n and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and re ntal and alterat ion of b uildings for use for hos pital pu rposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary tem- porary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $655,000, of whic h sum $85,0 00 sh all b e avai lable imme diatel y and excl usivel y for resto ring t he po st ho spital at J effer son Ba rrack s, Mi ssouri Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the construction of new hospitals . SEACOAST DEFENSES For all expenses properly pertaining to the respective branches below stated as may be incident to the preparation of plans and the construction, purchase, installation, equipment, maintenance, repair, and operation of fortifications and other works of defense, and their accessories, including personal services, maintenance of chan nels to sub marin e min e whar ves, purch ase of land s and right s of way as autho rized by law, an d experi mental, test, an d develo pment work, as follows UNITED STATES.-Signal Corps, $115,000 ; Corp s of Eng inee rs, $516,000 ; Ordnance Department, $1,023,000 ; Chief of Coast Artillery, $304,127 ; INSULAR POSSESSIONS .-Signal Corps, $35,000 ; Corps of Engineers, $384,61 0 ; Ordnance Department, $332,762 ; Chief of Coast Artillery, $221,90 0, and i n additi on there to there is here by reapp ropriate d and made av ailable for this purpose the sum of $54, 000 of t he unexp ended balance of the continuing appropriation for "Rock Island Arsenal "; PANAMA CANAL.-Signal Corps , $34,120 ; Corps of Engineers, $609,35 0 ; Ordna nce D epart ment, $329,000 ; Chief of Coast Artillery, $133,8 47, and in addit ion ther eto ther e is her eby reap propriat ed and made a vailable for thi s purpos e the su m of $68 ,940 of the unex pended ba lan ce of the co nti nu ing appropriation for "Frankford Arsenal" ; In all, $4,038,716 . SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE AR MY Telegraph and telephone systems : Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and sig- naling systems ; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal
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