578 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 303-JUNE 28,1944 [58 STAT. designated posts of duty, is hereby authorized to prescribe such per diem rates of allowance, whether or not orders are given to such officers for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same vicinity, and without regard to the length of time Personnel on special away from their designated posts of duty under such orders, and tries.n fo also the actual and necessary expenses or per diem in lieu thereof as he may determine and approve for military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establishment on special duty in foreign countries; courts martial. Expenses of courts martial: For expenses of courts martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending same, contract stenographic reporting services, and expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $300,000; Deserters. Apprehension of deserters: For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and no greater sum than $25 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for expenses incident to confinement of military prisoners in nonmilitary Dishonorable dis- facilities; for a donation of $10 to each prisoner discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confinement under court-mar- Discharge for fraud- tial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; and for a donation of not to exceed $10 to each person discharged for fraudulent enlist- ment as authorized by law; $400,000; Compensation and Finance service: For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, including not to exceed $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and 46 Stat.818. light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), $48,500,000; Damages icident Claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property, or per- Army, etc. , a ctivities. sonal injury, or death: For payment of claims under the provisions 57 Stat. 372. 31 U.tS. C ., Supp. of the Act approved July 3, 1943 (31 U. S. C. 223b), not otherwise III, 223b . provided for, $2,000,000; Claims of military and civilian personnel of the War Department for destruction of private property: For the payment of claims for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of 41 stat. M436. an Act approved March 4, 1921, as amended (31 U. S. C. 218-222b), 31 U. S. C., Supp. II, i 222a, 222b. $2000,000; In all, Finance Service, Army, $4,743,166,295, to be accounted for as one fund. QUARTERMASTER CORPS QUARTERMASTER SERVICE, ARMY Recreational facili- Welfare of enlisted men: For the equipment and conduct of school, reading, lunch, and amusement rooms, service clubs, chapels, gym- nasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers, salaries of civilians employed in the hostess and library services, transportation of books and equip- ment for these services, rental of films, purchase of slides for and making repairs to moving-picture outfits, and for similar and other recreational purposes at training and mobilization camps now estab- lished or which may be hereafter established, including expenses for itig et f the entertainment and instruction of enlisted personnel, $58,000,000: waitreso.rporfi Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- able for payment to or expenditure on account of any civilian personnel
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