696 FIFTY-FIFTH oonennss. sms. II. ou. an. 1898. Wnr D¤v¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- WAR DEPARTMENT. Ainneiimi m¤p¤· For the employment of such additional temporary tbrce of clerks, "'“'*"°'°°· messengers, laborers, and other assistants as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be proper and necessary to the prompt, efiicient, and accurate dispatch of official business in the War Department and its bureaus, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to such bureaus and offices as the exigencies of the existing situation may demand, for the · six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, two hundred and seven thousand dollars. Additionnl wmp·>· The temporary force authorized by this section of this Act and the §f,{,’jec‘}“}*],1°§‘2,‘}'{.,',§,$’vY clerical force and other employees appropriated for in the Act to proi¤•;¤=;¤mi¤;·;,Q¤¤· vide, ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes, AE} rfnzé. approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the PM PP- °°°· im- Act making appropriations to supply denciencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions and for other objects for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes, approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be appointed for a term not exceeding one year, as authorized, respectively, without v.,;,¤z,p,m. compliance with the conditions prescribed by the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and improve the civil service," approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. That any balance of the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars made for the foregoing purpose for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety- .4»u,p.422. eight by the Act approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall remain available for the payment of liabilities which may be incurred to and including December thirty-nrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. ctuusgsnrsxpmu. For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus, including purchase of professional and scientific books, blank book , pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs•to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, iile cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, spouges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department building) occupied by the Adjutant-General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, Office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, for the six months beginning July iirst, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, thirty thousand dollars. Stationery- For stationery for the 'War Department and its bureaus and offices for the six months beginning July tlrst, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, ilfteen thousand dollars. RM- For rent for the War Department for the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ten thousand dollars. _ Printiuz and bind- For printin and binding for the War Department and its bureaus, "‘* to be executed; under the direction of the Public Printer, for the six months beginning July nrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, one hundred thousand dollars. mglilirerr ¤¤¢=·Mi=·¤- MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. llrgyagggaaug Gen- cozmuarmmc GENERAIJS OFFICE. ¤·>¤¤¤s¤¤¤·¤r<>¤¤¤¤- To defray the contingent expenses of the Commanding General’s Oilice for the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand dollars. Dg;;r;•;;g2G¢¤¤r¤'¤ INSPECTOR-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. Contingent expenses for inspectors-general at the various department headquarters, and at headquarters of army corps and divisions in the
