326 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 69. 1898. at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several Branches, and marksmen’s medals and insignia for all arms of the service, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1zq»u-or mmnee. For repairing and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the °"" liialnds of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, ten thousand o ars. or-amuse mm. For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fall requisitions of troops, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. nqnipmenu. For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse ' equipments for cavalry and artillery, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Pr• ¤•>rvi¤z· M- For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance on hand at "°" °'d"“'°°‘ · the arsenals, five thousand dollars. _ Morning and even- For firing the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed '““‘“" by General Orders, Numbered Seventr, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twentythird, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several bran che , including material for cartridges, bags, and so forth, fifteen thousand £¤¤*~¤¤l *0* ·=·¤*=¤· dollars. And when, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, it is nec- °essary to purchase material abroad for the manufacture of sacks for ` artillery cartridges, it shall be admitted free of duty. Artillery mgm. For targets for artillery practice and implements for mechanical maneuvers, five thousand dollars. ¤¤¤t¤ f=¤¤¤¤¤·i¤z Manufacture, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at the national °r?:é:a$3». armories, four hundred thousand doHars: Prooidod, That this appro- 1i•z¤=i¤•>s¤¤·· priation shall be applicable to the manufacture of the magazine arm recommended for trial by the board recently in session and approved P¤fi¢l¤¤¤; vfmglpny by the Secretary of War. And the cost of all stores and supplies sold i;i?c:Q’ast°g1,m. °°’ to any State or Territory under section three of the Act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (page five WL 2°·1>-5*2- hundred and ninety-two, volume twenty-nine, Statutes at Large), shall be credited to the appropriation from which they were procured, and remain available to procure like stores and supplies for the Army in __ lieu of those sold as aforesaid: Provided further, That not more than 2f,‘Q}";{’,‘§jTk" sixty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated for the Ordnance rt¤»In.ws1. Department in all its branches shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department. ¤°¤**·¤¤¤*=¤P¤¤*¤· CONTINGENT EXPENSES. <{·>¤¤¤¤¤¤·M¤z Gm- To defray the contingent expenses of the Commanding Generals °"‘ Office, in his discretion, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Hcwlquarters do- For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military """"°‘""’“" departments and in inspection districts, including the staff corps serving thereat, except the Department J udge-Advocates, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, binding, maps, books of reference, professional newspapers and periodicals, and police utensils, three thousand dollars, to be alloted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders. anxaelq- lnforma· For contingent expenses of the military information division, Adju- "‘$;,,_ ,,_ ,4,, ’C8lllZ-G8ll€1'3·l’S Office, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars. sm·=¤ls•·¤·ir·». omvrcn on rim 01111:1* SIGNAL OFFICER. nrpen-M. SIGNAL Srmvicn or rum ARMY: For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of tield electric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; telephone apparatus (excluding exchange service), and maintenance of
