_ 388 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 234. 1898. T¤¤!·9v¤¤=¤¤•·¤ we TRANSPORTATION AND nnoauxrrrrze, MARINE Cours: For transrecruiting. . . . . . . portation of troops, lllcllldlllg ferriage, and the expense of recruiting service, fifteen thousand dollars. , 1<¤¤=¤r=¤f¤¤¤¤¤k¤- Fon 1mI>Ams or r.AIaaAoKs, MARINE Cours: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars. For repair of barracks and officers’ quarters at Mare Island Navy- Yard, California, damaged by earthquake, five thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be immediately available. Pgieurzflvg building. For rent of building used for manutacture of clothing, toring sup- ° P "" plies, land office olfi assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two thousand dollars. mB¤rr¤·¤k¤. Annnw h Reipaifsl tpl marine barracks, Annapolis, Maryland, one thousand tive ‘ un re dollars. F¤¤z¤- Fo1zAcE, MAE11m Cours: For forage in kind for five horses of the Quartermastefs Department, and the authorized number of otl:ieers’ horses, three thousand dollars. nam.: qumn. Hmm or oimncriias, Mmmm Cours: For hire of quarters for onicers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them, tour thousand live hundred dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s, and qnarteI·master’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, assistant quartermaster’s office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for the leader of the Marine Band, twenty-one dollars each per month, two thousand and sixteen dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted ` men employed as above, and in the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of Columbia, at ten dollars each per month, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars. R·m¤hu¤~s·»¤·»»¤r for To reimburse the enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps }Q;{§j_§‘,.RTQ‘§Q§f’*" who incurred loss of clothing by the fires which occurred at the navy- ` yard. Wzisliiiigton, District of Columbia, on the twenty-second and twenty-ninth days of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, fifty- g»rm.»a one dollars and seventy-three cents: lvovided, That the accounting °"“°""'°" "f l""°"‘ officcrs of the Treasury shall in all cases require a schedule and certilicate from each person making a claim under this Act. c·»¤m·gen¤. CUNTINGENT, MARINE Cours: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertising, washing of bed sucks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and sheets., funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, telegraphing, rent of telephones. purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water tixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls. plates, spoons, knives and torks; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons. purchase and repair of public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of iire extinguishers. purchase of tire hand grenades. purchase and repair of carts, Wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers: purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice. towels, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers. and periodicals; improving parade grounds. repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain. water, and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas,
