SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 291. 1924. 479 tion, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War, and not exceeding $75,000 shall be available for printing and binding under the direc- mfg Ohm °* E¤¤l· tion of the Chief of Engineers. ' ooN·r1NcENo1Es or THE Army. For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided my °°°"”°°"°'°S‘ for and embracing all branches of the military service, including the office of the Chief of Staff ; for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices in the District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified; to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of War, and _ for such purposes as he may deem proper, $68,540: Provided, That §{,'§";,"'}’,;,,,, supplies, not to exceed $49,040 of the money herein appropriated shall be ¤di¤¤S*i¤¤¤*¤im¤·¤*¢- expended for the payment of salaries of civilian employees connected with the sale of war supplies and the adjustment of war contracts and claims: Provided further, That none of the fimds p$p'Z?tS§°$°°i,t§'§{°P.2? appropriated in this Act shall be used for the payment of expenses “'i’*°S'°$“'*°**°· connected with the transfer of surplus property o the War Department to any other activity of the Government where the articles or lots of articles to be transferred are located at any place at which · the total surplus quantities of the same commodity are so small that their transfer would not, in the opinion of the Secretary of Ad , , N nm War, be economical: Provided further, That the amount expended ma. °S ` or obligated for advertising sales of surplus War Department property durirpg the Hscal year 1925 shall not exceed $50,000; Provided ,,§,§§,‘§$2,°§,,c{§d_”““ further, at no auctioneer shall be paid more than $100 per day out of any money appropriated by this Act for services ren ered. GENERAL STAFF Cours. cmu! Simcmm conrmcmxcms, mxmrxnr INTELLIGENCE n1v1810N. ag§l°m'°°°° D`"' For continsgent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division, C°¤uwmxpww` General Sta Corps, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, includin the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, and siigbscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; for cost of special instruction at home and abroad, and in maintenance of students and attachés; for the hire of interpreters, special a nts, and guides, and for such other purposes as the Secretary o§eWar may deem proper, including $5,000 Om _ mw or the actual and necessary expenses of officers of the Army on opeaaaggngor fufeig; duty abroad for the purpose of observing operations of armies of °"““°°‘· foreign States at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were necessary for obtaining military lnformation, $65,500, to be expended under the direction of the homo Secretary of War: Provided, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, r¤n¤a11a1s,m. Shall apply neither to subscriptions for foreign and professional R‘S"’°°‘3°*8"‘m‘ newspapers and Periodicals nor to other payments made from this appropriation in compliance with the laws of foreign countries under . w 1ch the military attachés are required to operate. I Salaries, Office of Chief of Staff: For personal services in the ¤£i,`?1c€;°Z'?K?§°;gs?i' District of Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923," $220,300. 45822°—-251--33