63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 787-OCT. 29, 1949 $402,000 of the appropriation "Signal Service of the Army", 1942- 1946, and $3,520,000 of the appropriation "Signal Service of the Army", 1947, shall remain available until June 30, 1950, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed thereunder prior to July 1, 1946, and July 1, 1947, respectively. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital supplies for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and transports, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; operation of the Army Medical Library and Museum under the direct supervision of the Surgeon General; purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary surgeons; expenses of medical supply depots and maintenance of branch depots; 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 or from civilian physicians or dentists; medical care and treatment of authorized personnel of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States when such care and treatment cannot be obtained from medical units of their own country; care and treatment of epidemic and con- tagious 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; pay of male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of patients, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; pay of internes; pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other profes- sional services from time to time under proper authority; pay of other employees of the Medical Department; payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders' samples and water for analysis; supply of Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; advertising, and other necessary miscel- laneous expenses of the Medical Department; $68,031,000. CORPS OF ENGINEERS ENGINEER SERVICE, ARMY For Engineer Service, Army, to be accounted for as one fund, as follows- Engineer Service: For the design, development, procurement, manufacture, maintenance, alteration, repair, installation, storage, and issue of engineer equipment, instruments, appliances, supplies, materials, tools and machinery required in the equipment and training of troops and in military operations, including military surveys; operation and maintenance of the Engineer School, including compen- sation of civilian lecturers, and purchase and binding of scientific and professional books, pamphlets, papers, and periodicals; procurement, preparation, and reproduction of maps and similar data for military purposes; expenses incident to the Engineer Service in military and training operations, including military surveys, engineering planning, 995 60 Stat. 549. Care and treatment of patients. Epidemic and con- tagious diseases. Internes. Civilian physicians Army and Navy Hospital, Hot prings, Ark. Equipment, instru- ments, etc. Engineer School. Military and trai- ing operation
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