442 [CHAPTER 423] AN ACT July 1, 1937 [H. R . 66921 Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal ye ar end ing [Public, No. 176]
June 30, 1938, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes, namely SALARIES, WAR DEPARTMENT For compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows Offi ce of Secret ary of War : Secret ary of War, Assist ant Se cretar y of War, and other personal services, $270,300 : Provided, That no fie ld-ser vice a ppropr iation shall be av ailable for p ersona l serv ices in the War Department excep t as may be expressl y authorized herein . Office of Chief of Staff, $228,600 . Adjutant General's office, $1,378,230 . For personal services, to be employed exclusively in assembling, classifying, and indexing the military personnel records of the World War, and for the purchase of necessary supplies and materials used in such work, $90,000 . Office of the Inspector General, $27,220 . Offic e of t he Jud ge Adv ocate Genera l, $109 ,410 . Office of the Chief of Finance, $387,100 . Offic e of t he Qua rterma ster G eneral , $778, 600 . Office of the C hief Sign al Office r, $133,5 00 . Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $232,860 . Office of the Surgeon General, $275,290 . Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $66,400 . Office of Chief of Engineers, $131,300 : Provided, That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appro- priations for rivers and harbors and flood control, surveys, and prep- aration for and the consideration of river and harbor and flood control estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations Provided further, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1938 shall not exceed $413,840 ; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so empToyed, their duties, and the amount paid to each . Office of Chi ef of Ordnan ce, $4 24,160 : P rovid ed, Th at the servi ces of s uch ad dition al tec hnical and c lerical perso nnel a s the Secret ary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, to carry into effect the various appropria- tions for development, manufacture, storage, and issue of ordnance and ordnance . stores, to be paid from such appropriations : Provided furth er, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1938 shall not exceed $54,860, and the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so empl oyed, their duties , and the am ount pa id to each . Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $50,337 . Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $28,160 . National Guard Bureau, War Department, $150,700 . Military Appropri- ation Act, 1938 . War Dep art men t, salaries . Serv ices in the D is- trict of Columbia . Secretary, Assistant, and other personal services . Proviso. Use of fiel d-serv ice funds restricted . Designated offices . Wor ld War perso n- nel records . Provisos . Draftsmen, etc ., payable from other appropriations . Maximum expendi- tures, 1938. Repor t to C ongres s . Chief of Or dnance . Provisos . Techni cal, et c ., s erv- ices. Maximum expendi- tures . '7 5= CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 423-JULY 1, 1937
