SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CH;252. 1909. 743 lanmdry work may be done for other branches of the Government and surplus electric light and power may be sold on such terms and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the fumds received from such sales rssorpmeeas, em. and in payment for such laundry work shall be used to defray the cost of operation of said ice, laundry, and electric plants; and the sales and expenditures herein rovided for shall be accounted for in accordance with the methods prescribed b law, and any sums remaining, after such cost of maintenance andr operation have been defrayed, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of operation of such plant is paid, mne million three hundred thousand dollars. A¤*°¤¤*· For the purchase of the necessary instruments, office furniture, m§g_$,;Pm°"° °* P°” stationery, and other authorized articles required for the equipment ` and use of the officers’ schools at the several military posts, twelve thousand dollars. INCIDENTAL Exrnusms: Postage; cost of telegrams on official busi- I“°*‘*°“‘“l°"P°“°S· ness received and sent by officers of the army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty, under the direction of the Quartermastef: Department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post uartermasters at military posts, and for_prison overseers at posts designated by the War Department for the confnement of general prisoners, and for the United States military rison guard; for expenses of expresses to and from frontier osts and) armies in the iield, of escorts to paymasters and other disburs officers, and to trains where military escorts can not be fumishlrld; expenses of the interment of officers killed in i¤°¤¤‘¤¤¤¤- action or who die when on duty in the iield, or at military posts or on the frontiers, or when traveling under orders, and of noncommissioned officers and soldiers; and in all cases where such ex enses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement may be made of expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial and transportation of remains of officers, inclu - ing acting assistant surgeons, not to exceed the amount now allowed in the cases of officers, and for the reimbursement in the cases of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowed in their cases, may be paid out of the proper funds appropriated by this Act, and the disbursing officers shall be credited with such reimbursement heretofore made; but hereafter no reimbursement shall be made of such exenses incurred prior to the twenty-first day of A ril, eiglhteen hundred and ninety-eight; authorized, office furniture, lure of abor- C _ { m rl_ ers in the Quartermastens Department, including the care of officers’ mniliai ° °° mounts when the same are furnished by the Govemment and the hire ' of interpreters, spies, or guides for the army; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the Quartermastefs Department, and clerks, foremen, watchrnen, and organist for the United States military prison, and incidental expenses of recruitinlg; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, inc uding escape military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than fifty do lars for each deserter or esca ed military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of VVii,r, be paid to any civil onicer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement, under court—mart1al sentence, involving dishonorable discharge ;for the following expenditures mgm ¤¤r>¤¤¤i- required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light ‘ artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers’ horses, and for the trains, to wit: Hire of veterinary surgeons, purchase of medicines
