74 TH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 404 . MAY 15, 1936 . CLAIMS OF OFFICERS, EN LIS TED ME N, AND NUR SES OF THE AR MY FOR DESTRUCTION OF P RIV ATE PROPERTY For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for priv ate property lost , destro~-ed, cap tured, aban- doned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U . S. C., title 31, sees . 218-222), $15,000 . QUARTERMASTER CORPS Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies : For issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men wh en ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed by the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts ; ice for i ssue t o org aniza tions of enlisted men and offices 1 at such places as the Secretary of War may determine, and for preservation of stores ; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport S erv ic e ; mea ls for recruiting parties and appl i- cants for enlistment while under observation ; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army . For payments : Of the regula- tion allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, and to enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty . For p aym ent of the regulation allowance of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon In charge ; advertising ; for providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed $900 per annum
and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence sup- plies for the Army ; in all, $26,887,384, and, in addition, $501,714 of the appropriation "Pay of the Army, 1936", which shall remain avail- able until June 30, 1937 : Provided ., That none of the money appro- priated in this Act shall be used for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes for other than cooking purposes, except to supply an expressed preference therefor or for use where climatic or other conditions render the use of butter impracticable . Regular supplies of the Army : Regu lar supp lies of t he Q uart er- master Corps, including their care and protection ; fie ld rang es, fi eld stoves for cooking food, coffee roasters, field bakery equipment, and appliances for c ooking and servin g food at posts ( except fixed installations in buildings), in the field and when traveling, and repair and maintenance of such eq uipm ent ; authorized issues of candles and matches ; auth orized issues of soap, toilet pap er, and towels ; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries, a nd for schools fo r noncommis- sioned officers-, for the purchase and issue of instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles for the use of 1So in original. Destruction of pr i- va te pr opert y of offi- cers, etc. Pare ment of claims. Vol. 41, p. 14 36. U.S.C.,p.1369. Quartermaster Corps. Subsistence of the Armre . Purchase of supplies for issue as rations . Ice . 1 285 Sales to of ficers, etc . Parem ents . Commutation allow- ances . Priz es, etc . Subsi stenc e sup plies . Ante, p. 124 . Pror iso . Oleomargarine re- striction . Regul ar sup plies of the Army . Fi eld cooking appli- ances, etc . Furniture, school supplies, etc .
