FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. (JH. 69. 1898. 32] For mileage to officers when authorized by law, one hundred and Mi1¤¤s¤ *0 vfivs thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the maximum sum to be Pr<·¢ai¤<>¤- allowed and paid to any officer of the Army shall be seven cents per mm"' mile, distances to be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes: Provided further, That when any officer so traveling shall travel in whole m,T;g;¤L 02; l¤>_¥¢l·;·gdor in part on any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United" °` m °’ °' States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacific railroads, or over the railroad of any railroad company which is entitled to receive only fifty per centum of the compensation earned by such company for transportation services rendered to the United States, he shall be furnished with a transportation request by the Quartermastefs Department for such travel; and the cost of the transportation so furnished shall be a charge against the officer’s mileage account for such travel, to be deducted by the Paymaster who pays the account, at rates paid by the general public for travel over such roads: Provided further, That officers who, by reason of the decision of per mmm the accounting officers of the Treasury, have been compelled to pay {XSD; t.$’cZ°,-l‘£’,"EEI from their own means one-half of the cost of their travel fare over rail- °·¤· ' roads known as fifty per centum railroads, shall be reimbursed the same by the Pay Department, and paymasters against whom disallowances » have been made by the accounting officers of the Treasury under such decision shall have the amount so disallowed passed to their credit. For traveling expenses and commutation of quarters for civilian °"'*“*¤ PhY•*¤*¤¤¤· physicians employed by the Surgeon—General, five hundred dollars, Making in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thirteen A·¤¤¤¤¤- million six hundred and fourteen thousand four hundred and two dollars. All the money hereinbefore appropriated, except the appropriation A°°°‘“*“”€· “i'or mileage to omcers when authorized by law," shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. smssrsrnuon nnrnnrmnnr. m§,$§j“‘“‘°“°° D°P’“” SUBSISTENCE or THE ARMY: Purchase of subsistence supplies: §};§{}}1f;__ For issue, as rations to troops, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, general prisoners at posts, prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), estimated for the fiscal year on the basis of nine million seven hundred and thirty-six thousand three hundred and seventy-tive rations; for sales to-officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized issues of candles; of toilet articles, barbers’, laundry, and tailors’ materials for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances, and recruits at recruiting stations; of matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the iield; of flour used for paste in target practice; of salt and vinegar for public animals; of issues to Indians visiting military posts, and to Indians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts. For payments: For meals for recruiting parties Paynwntsand recruits; for hot coffee, canned beet, and baked beans for troops traveling, when it is impracticable to cook their rations; for scales, weights, measures, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, printing, advertising, commercial newspapers, use of telephones, office turniture; for temporary buildings, cellars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermaster’s Department); for extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in H¤¤=~<1-uy wethe Subsistence Department for periods of not less than ten days, at rates fixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Sub- °*'i“¤¤ °¤P*°F°°* sistence Department, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the _ Army. For the payment of the regulation allowances for commutation u§,‘},’f‘““‘“"°“ "' "" in lieu of rations: To enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance sergeants vox. xxx--21
