58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 303 -JUNE 28,1944 take-off runways; for purchase of supplies for securing, developing, printing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial photography, including aerial mapping and charting; improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of plants for testing and experimental work, and procuring and introducing water, electric light and power, gas, and sewerage, including maintenance, opera- tion, and repair of such utilities at such plants; for the procurement of helium gas; for travel of military and civilian personnel in con- nection with the administration of this appropriation, including travel by air or rail required in connection with the transportation of new aircraft from factory to first destination; salaries and wages of civilian employees as may be necessary; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities; experimen- tal investigations and purchase and development of new types of aircraft, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof; for the purchase, manufacture, and construction of aircraft, including instruments and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith; for the marking of military air- ways where the purchase of land is not involved; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; for all necessary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aero- nautical equipment, and the rental of buildings and other facilities for the handling or storage of such equipment; for the rental of office space and other facilities in connection with Air Corps pro- curement activities; for the services of not more than four consulting engineers at experimental stations of the Air Corps as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $25 a day for not exceeding fifty days each and necessary traveling expenses; purchase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs, and replacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical and meteorological research in the Air Corps; for maintenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants out- side of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance with law; for publications station libraries, special furniture, sup- plies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories; for special services, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft; for payment of claims resulting from the operation of aircraft, under the provisions of the Act of July 3, 1943 (31 U. S . C . 223b); $1,610,200,000. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital sup- plies for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and trans- ports, for laundry work for enlisted men while patients in a hospital, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; for operation of the Army Medical Library and Museum under the direct supervision of the Surgeon General; for the purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary sur- geons; for expenses of medical supply depots and maintenance of branch depots; for medical care and treatment of patients when entitled thereto by law, regulation, or contract, including their care, treatment and subsistence in private hospitals, whether on duty or on furlough or on leave of absence except when elective medical treatment has been obtained by such personnel in civilian hospitals 583 Photographic sup- plies. Helium gas. Travel expenses. Civilian employees. Development of new types of aircraft. Purchase, manufac- ture, and construction of aircraft. Marking of military airways. Consulting engi- neers. Printing plants. Payment of dam- age claims. 57 Stat. 372. 31 U. 8. 0., Supp. mI §I2b. Supplies Care and treatment of patients.
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