FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 38, 53. 1898. 26] for roads and walks, and for repairs to machinery and tools, one hundred and fifty dollars; Contin ning the construction and repair of the roads between the south Rmds,ew. guardhouse and the southern boundary line of reservation, and for continuing the laying of a stone walk along same, one thousand dollars; Cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances and repairs Museum for ordnance museum in new academy building, three hundred dollars; Lumber and other materials for general repairs of cavalry stables, Cavalry manu. one hundred and fifty dollars; Whitewashing or painting interior of riding hall (walls and ceilings), Riding M11. _ three hundred dollars; Two additional bath tubs and iixtures in cavalry barracks, one hun- B¤¤¤*¤l·¤· ew dred and fifty dollars; - Three hundred and seventy tables for rooms in the cadet barracks, at T¤l>1•¤. ew two dollars and fifty cent each, nine hundred and twenty-five dollars- · Repairing and renewing roofs of eighty-five sets of married enlisted 1'·P¤*¤¤s¤¤>f¤· men’s quarters, two thousand dollars; Removing and rebuilding the south dock and ferry slip and freight Dockhouse on dock, twenty thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars, to be immediately available- • Rebuilding area walls in rear ot cadets’ mess building, draining same, 5** *‘¤“¤» é*¤· and repaving areas with granolithic or other suitable pavement, one thousand dollars; Completing the construction of a set of filter beds and connecting the m°°='b°**¤- same with the new reservoir, including all necessary appurtenances, to be immediately available, sixteen thousand dollars; Completing necessary improvements to the water-supply system, to W•¤•r ¤¤1>r1y- be immediately available, ten thousand dollars; Total for Buildings and Grounds, Military Academy, sixty thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars. Approved, March 5, 1898. CHAP. 53.-An Act To authorize two additional regiments of artillery. M'*"°h 8- lm- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nited States of America in Congress assembled That the artillery of the Army jjlnyihom, N i shall consist of seven regiments, and that the total number of enlisted ments or msuay dt men in the Army of the United States, including Indian scouts and the {{,'§,f*{,f",$g,,_},*,;,§;;,_§,,f’}’· Hospital Corps, shall be increased one thousand six hundred and ten, rm,pp.au2,m,sm. the increase to be exclusively for the artillery arm. Sec. 2. That each regiment of artillery shall consist of one colonel, mgggiggfgg one lieutenant-colonel, three majors, twelve captains, fourteen nrst pm'" lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one chief musician, two principal musicians, and twelve batteries: Provided, That two batteries of each regiment may, gfym R in the discretion of the President,be organized as iield artillery, and s., sec. 1101,upl` mj each battery that may be so organized shall have, in addition to the *““°“"°“· battery organization now authorized by law, four corporals, two farriers, and one saddler: And provided further, That each of the remaining A*}m‘““°"“l °°”· batteries that are not organized as iield artillery may, in the discretion gm ` of the President, have two additional sergeants. Sec. 3. That all vacancies created or caused by this Act shall be iilled P¤>¤=°**°¤¤· by promotion, according to seniority, from the next lower grade in the arm; and the existing provisions of law governing examinations for Vol.26.P·562- promotion shall apply to appointments made under this Act. Approved, March 8, 1898.
