192 SIXTY·FIF’I‘H CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 29. 1917. market reports,. and so forth; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, includ-
- `°”¤°·°*°·· '°"°"*· ing recruits; of fora e, salt, and vinegar for the horses, mules, oxen,
me and other draft am? riding animals of the Quartermaster Corps at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, and for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry, and batteries of Artillery, and such companies of Infantry_and Scouts as may be mounted; for remounts and for the authorized nun1ber_of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; for seeds and implements required for the raising of forage at remormt depots and on military reservations in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation; or straw for soldiers’ bedding, stationery, typewriters and exchange of same, including _ blank books and blank forms for the Quartermaster Corps, certificates P""°"‘ for discharged soldiers, and for prmting department orders and .. re rts, $101 $00,114.23. ‘ ¥`g,*{,“‘,,,;,,,_ Ilgrovided 'llhat no part of the appropriations for the Quartermaster Corps shall, be expended on printing unless the same shall be done at the Government Printing Office, or by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases where it is impracticable to have the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the purchase of material and hire of the nec labor for the purpose. I'“'“'“‘* “""’°“· INcmr.N·raL nxrnissns, Quanrnnuasrnn &a1>s: Postage; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army, including members of the ofiicers’ Reserve Corps when ordered E‘°°°‘“’ "’*°l‘“ to active duty; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty, under ‘ the direction of the Quartermaster Corps, 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; as additional schoobteschers during the school term at post schools, and as clerks for post quartermssters at military posts, and for overseers of general prisoners at posts designated by the War Department for the confinement of general prisoners, and for the United States disciplinary barrackgvguard; of extra-duty pag at rates to be fixed by the Secr¢g§ of ar for mess stewards an cooks at recruit depots. who are uates of the schools for bakers and cooks, and instructor cooks at the schools for bakers and cooks; for expenses of expresses to and from frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to officers or agents of the Quartermaster Corps to trains where military escorts can not be furnished; authorized office furniture, authorized issues of towels; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster Co , including the care of officer’s mounts when the same are furnisheylyy the Govem— ment, and_the hue of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Arm ; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of tile Quartermaster Corps, and clerks, foreman, watchmen, and organist for the United States disciplinary barracks, and incidental expenses of recruiting; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of dwerters, mcluding escaped military prisoners, and the expenses mcident to their ursrnt, and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or eszyiedl prisonershall, in the discretion of the Secretary of ar, be par to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of $5 to each dishonorably mm mamma discharged prisoner upon ins_ release from confinement under court· · martial sentence invo ving drshonorable discharge; for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of Cavalry, the batteries of Field Artillery, and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers horses, and for the trams, to wit, purchase of picket ropes, blacksmith’s tools
