SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 291. 1924. 497 For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications, including Pr¤¤¤~¤¤¤¤, etcstructures for submarine mine defense, for which there may be no special appropriation available, and for maintaining channels for ;,,,§§f’"‘“'i”° mm d°‘ access to submarine mine wharves, in the insular possessions, $50,000. For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light and S§;[c’{§§}§Q,“§{‘cg* °*°·» power equipment for seacoast fortifications and for tools, electrical I U and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation in the insular possessions, $34,450. snAooAs·r nnrnissns, PANAMA CANAL. P“'“““ C‘“““· For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works of P1““°’ °t°‘ defense, including surveys for roads, Canal Zone, $3,000. _ For the construction of Seacoast batteries on the Canal Zone for S°“°°°““ *”‘"°“°S· defense of the Panama Canal, $27 2,460. _ For the installation and replacement of electric light and power ugh‘}§'t§,L{‘°g s°°'°"‘ plants, and the purchase and instaHation of searchlights for the seacoast fortifications on the Canal Zone, $50,000. _ For protection, preservation, and repgir of fortifications of the P'°S°"°“°“·°°°‘ Panama Canal, for which there may no special appropriation _ _ available, including structures erected for submarine mine defense, 4t.§S`§l’"“"”° "””" d°‘ and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves, $40,000. . . For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light and ¤·ai?¤i¤iil§ii§?$€5’ °t°" power equipment for forti cations and for tools, electrical and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation, $30,000. orrron or cnzrnr or nnorrmnns. nr?g?r?¤s?f Ohm °f Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in Civm°”°°”°°”°1° accordance with ‘ The Classification Act of 1923," $120,593. Draftsman to The services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other ttiegmm crit; Kpiiarh services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be em- °“““°'“· ployed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, fortifications, engineer equipment of troopg, engineer operations in the field, and other military purposes, to plaid from such mm alppropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on t is account for 1.1¤u¤¤ii¤¤,¤¤r·. t e iiscal year 1925 shall not exceed $1 0,000; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. mgii°i°°°°° D°pm` Ordnance service. om>NANon snnvion. _ For the current expenses of the Ordnance Department in connec- C`m°°t°x°°m°s` tion with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising po ice and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, typewriting and adding machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service; for incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance small arms, and other ordnance stores; for instruction purposes; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office; subscriptions to periodicals, which ma be Epaid for in advance; and payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordna11ce· and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motorpropelled or horse—drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $1,200,000.
