SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CH.5. 1927 . WAR DEPARTMENT-MILITARY ACTIVITIES FINANCE DEPARTMENT Pay, and so forth, of the Army : For pay of the Army, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, $1,000,000 . For pay of the Army, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $2,426,809, and in addition thereto the sum of $271,050 of the appropriation " Incidental expenses of the Army, 1927," is rea ppropriated a nd made avail able . Da ma ge cla im s : To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of War under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 567, Sixty-ninth Congress, and House Document Num- bered 73, Seventieth Congress, $336 .72 . For the complete satisfaction of the claims of Colonel Nathan D . Ely , Judge Advoc ate General's Department, a nd Charles Fa lkenthal, master sergeant, Quartermaster Corps, for the loss of personal property stored in Quartermaster warehouses, $375 and $2 7, respectively ; in all, $402 . QU ARTERMA STER COR PS Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops, and so forth, including the same objects spe cified under this head in the War Depart ment Appropri ation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $4,535,893 . Arm y tran sporta tion : Credit is au thorized and directed in th e accounts of disbursing officers of the War Department for the payment of obligations heretofore or hereafter incurred for expert s ervi ces unde r ex isti ng c ontr act ente red into by the War Depa rtme nt in connection with the construction of the ferryboat authorized by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, through a joint board composed of officers appointed by them, shall make a survey of the points of storage of supplies of ammunition and com- ponents thereof for use of the Army and Navy, with special reference to the location of such ammunition and components as are in such proximity to populous communities and industrial areas as to consti- tute a menace to life and property . The results of such survey shall be embodied in a joint report which the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall make to Congress, not later than March 15, 1928, with their recommendations as to what changes, if any, should be made in such storage facilities and their points of location and the feasibility of the joint use thereof by the Army and Navy . Such expenses of the survey as may not otherwise be chargeable to current appropriations may be defrayed in equal parts from current appropriations for " Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Bureau of Ord- nance, Navy Department," and " Current Expenses, Ordnance S ervice , War Depart ment ." Military posts : For construction and installation at military posts of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, as authorized by an Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations for construc- tion at military posts, and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1927, withou t reference t o sections 1136 and 3734 , Revised Statutes, including also in connection with the erection of barracks War Department. Fi nance Dep art- ment . Pay, etc ., of the Army. Fiscal year 1926 . Fiscal year 1927 . 35 Ad ditional am ount available . Vol . 44, p. 262. Property damages cla ims . Vol . 42, p. 1066. Nathan D. Ely and Charles Falkenthal . Quarterma ster Corps. Subsistence. Transportatio n . Expert servi ce for ferry boat allo wed . Vol . 44, p. 877. Ammunition storage . Board of Army and Navy officers to survey location of, in danger- ous proximity to popu- lou s communitie s, etc . Report to Co ngress of results, recommenda- tions, etc . A pprop riat ions avail - able. Military posts . Construction, etc ., of bui ldings at . Vol.44, p. 1235. Restrictions waived . R.S ., sees. 1136 , 373 4, pp.206, 737.
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