PUBLIC LAWS-C. 632-JUNE 24, 1948 Purchase of subsist- ence supplies. Army Transport Service. Sales to officers, etc. Allowances. Prizes. Butter substitutes. Procurement of food or clothing not pro- duced inll . S. Payment of subsi- dies. portraits, or for payment to or expenditure on account of any military personnel within continental United States who engage in decorative art projects or painting portraits to the exclusion of regular military duties; Subsistence of the Army: For purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war, and general prisoners at posts; ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and for cooling drinking water at such places as the Secretary of the Army may determine, and for preserva- tion of stores; subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation; sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army; payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on fur- lough and to enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty; payment of the regulation allowance of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men applicants for enlist- ment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for sub- sistence of supernumeraries necessitated by emergent military circum- stances; prizes to be established by the Secretary of the Army for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks; and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; in all, $500,000,000: Provided, That none of the money appropriated in this Act shall be used for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes for other than cooking purposes, except to supply an expressed preference therefor or for use where climatic or other conditions render the use of butter impracti- cable: Providedfurther, That no part of this or any other appropria- tion contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food or clothing not grown or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of the Army shall determine that articles of food or clothing grown or pro- duced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured of satisfactory quality and in sufficient quantities and at reasonable prices as and when needed, and except procurements by vessels in foreign waters and by establishments located outside the continental United States, except the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, for the personnel attached thereto: Provided further, That none of the funds appro- priated in this Act shall be used for the payment of any subsidy on agricultural or other products; Regular supplies of the Army: For supplies, services, and other expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the design, develop- ment, procurement, manufacture, care, protection, alteration, repair, maintenance, installation, storage, and issue of Quartermaster Corps supplies, materials, and equipment (exclusive of fixed installations in buildings otherwise provided for), including petroleum and other products, market reports and personal services; for supplies and equip- ment for troops and general service schools; for operation of field printing plants not otherwise provided for and contract printing and binding; for purchase, subsistence, and care of animals required in connection with Army training and other activities; for straw for soldiers' bedding; for expenses incident to raising and harvesting forage on military reservations, including, when specifically author- 654 [62 STAT.
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