52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 653 for recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, the buildings . Recreation bu erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May ings 31, 1902 (10 U. S . C . 1346), and buildings for a similar purpose on 32Stat. 282. military reservations authorized by War Department regulations; 10 .C.134 for sale of fuel to officers; fuel and engine supplies required in the Fuel, engine F operation of modern batteries at established posts, $13,551,280, and, pies, etc' in addition, $447,182 of the appropriation "Barracks and Quarters, Additional amoi Army, 1938", such amount of such appropriation being hereby reap- 5e0Pstati. 453. propriated, and of the total of such amounts $2,500,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1939: Provided, That the Provisos. amounts to be assessed and collected by the Secretary of War for wharf, etc.n expenditure for maintenance purposes at Fort Monroe, Virginia, under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1894 (28 Stat. 212), 28Stat.212. shall be $13,520 for wharf and $5,053 for roads and sewerage system: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the Military attac l rental of offices, garages, and stables for military attaches: Provided rent further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be strictedttion available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building, the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: Provided further, That Stablingrental. the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15. Eild- 6. sup- it; Va., hes, re- CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HOSPITALS For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already 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 requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes 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, $494,709. The appropriations made in this Act for the purchase or manu- facture of equipment or material or of a particular class of equip- ment or material shall be available for the purchase of letters patent applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY 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 lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barom- eters, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instru- ments; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps; motorcycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the Hospitals. Construction, re - pair, etc. Temporary hospi- tals, etc. Purchase of letters patent, etc., for certain equipment or mate- rial. Signal Corps. Signal Service. Telegraph and tele- phone systems.
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