348 FIF’1`Y-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 1622. 1904. m¤b“¤°¤°¤“· ln all, for pay of civil force, twenty-eight thousand nine hundred ` and eleven dollars and twenty-eight cents, and the money herein specifically appropriated for lpay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in acco ancewith existing law as (pay of the Marine Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fun ; P’°'*¤*°¤¤~ °*°· In al], pay Marine Co s, two million one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred add seventiyysix dollars and seventy-eight cents. Pnovxsioxs, MARINE C0Rrs: or noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to enlisted men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment ‘ of board and lodgin of recruiting parties, transportation of provisions, and the empibyment of necessary labor connected therewith, and for ice for preservation of rations, four hundred and ninety-two thousand and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines on shore duty to any rations, or commution thereof, other than such as now are or may ereafter be allowed .Q“•;“mumm; to enlisted men in the Army: Provided, however-, That when it is imuugm. practicable or the expense is found greater to supply marines servmg ` on shore duty in the island possessions and on oreign stations wi the army ration, such marines may be allowed the navy ration or commutation therefor. mm"' Cwrrmno, Minmvn Oonrsz For noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates authorized by law, four hundred and twenty-two thousand three hundred and sevent dollars. "“"· Firm., MARINE CORPS: hor heating barracks and quarters, for ranges · and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, main- _ _ taining. electric lights, and for hot-air closets, sixty thousand dollars. M“‘“'>"°°’°* l".lILITABY sronns, MARINE Cones: For pay of chief armorer, at three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day; for purchase of military eqgilpments, such as rifles, revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabba s, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, iiags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, sriare parts for repairing muskets, purchase and repair of tents and tie d ovens, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of rizes for excellence in gunner? and ride practice, good-conduct badges; for incidental expenses o the school of application; for the construction, equipment, and maintenance of schoo , library, and amusement rooms and gymnasiums for enlisted men; purchase and repair of signal equipment and stores; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for entrance fees in competitions; and for procuring, preserving, and handlin ammunition, and other necessar ‘ military su plies, one hundred and: ten thousand eight hundred andy ninety-hre rlbllars. _u}{n·*`§¤¤***°’*”°¤*'°¤ To reimburse the Ordnance Department, United States Army, for ' two thousand magazine rides, caliber thirty, latest model, delivered to the assistant quartermaster, United States Marine Corps, Philadel hia, Pennsylvania, on An st seventeenth, nineteen hundred and three, twenty-eight thousanrihve hundred and forty dollars, to remain avail- _ able not to exceed two years, to replace like ordnance stores. '*""“"!""““"’“·°'°·. TRANSPORTATION AND RECRUITING, MARINE CORPs: F or transportation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting aeriyice, one undred and twenty-one thousand six hundred and twenty o ars. B°P=¤¤~**~—¤¤<‘*¤- Fon izrams or mnmoxs, MARINE Cours: Repairs and improvements to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Narragansett Station, Rhode Island; New York New York; League Island. Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland: head; quarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Lorfolk, Virginia: Port
