55 STAT.] 77Tr CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 262-JUNE 30, 1941 the Chief of Air Corps and the Secretary of War, $4,341,735,322, of which $2,506,868,000 shall be immediately available, and not to exceed $1,201,159,597 shall be available for payments under contracts for the procurement of Air Corps supplies and equipment, as authorized by appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941, and not to exceed $792,381 shall be for the payment of obligations incurred under con- tracts executed prior to July 1, 1939: Provided, That in addition to the amounts herein appropriated the Chief of the Air Corps, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts between the date of the approval of this Act and July 1, 1942, for the pro- curement of Air Corps supplies and equipment to an amount not in excess of $104,258,995: Provided further, That this appropriation may be expended without reference to the limitation contained in section 1 of the Act approved April 3, 1939 (Public, Numbered 18, Seventy-sixth Congress), as to the number of airplanes to be procured and maintained: Provided further, That the provisions of the Act to facilitate the procurement of aircraft for the national defense, approved March 5, 1940, as amended by section 401 of the Second Revenue Act of 1940, approved October 8, 1940, shall be effective during the fiscal year 1942. MEDICAL DEPARTMEiNT ARMY MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital sup- plies, including disinfectants, for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and transports, for laundry work for enlisted men and Army nurses while patients in a hospital, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; for the purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary surgeons; for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment of patients, including supernumeraries, not otherwise provided for, including care and subsistence in private hospitals of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of appli- cants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, when entitled thereto by law, regu- lation, or contract: Prod-ided, That this shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furloughs or leaves of absence in excess of twenty-four hours; for the proper care and treatment of epidemic and contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention; for the care of insane Filipino soldiers in conformity with the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908 (24 U. S . C . 198); for the pay of male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of internes who are graduates of or have successfully completed at least four years professional training in reputable schools of medicine or osteopathy at not to exceed $720 per annum each; for the pay of civilian physi- cians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other professional services from time to 379 Payments under contracts. 54 Stat. 365 . Contracts executed prior to July 1, 1939. Provisos. Additional contracts, limitation. Waiver of limitation as to number of air- planes. 53 Stat. 555. 10U. S.C.§292b. Facilitation of pro- curement of aircraft. 54 Stat. 45, 1003. 10 U. S .C. §310 note; 34 U.S. C. 496a. Post, pp. 670, 812. Supplies. Care, etc., in private hospitals. Proriso. If on furlough, etc. Epidemic and con- tagious diseases. Insane Filipino sol- diers. 35 Stat. 122 . Pay of nurses, cooks, and other civilians. Civilian physicians
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