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S EVEN TY-FI RST C ONGRESS . SEss . III . CH. 279 . 1931 . Hospitals . Construction, repairs, etc . Temporary ca mp hospitals, etc . Seacoa st defen ses . All ex penses o f, etc ., For all expenses as may be incident to the
of pla ns un der specified Y preparation branches . an d the con struc tion, pur chase , ins tall ation , equ ipme nt, m ainte - nance, repair, and operation of fortifications and other works of defense, and their accessories, including personal services, mainte- nance of channels to submarine mine wharves, purchase of lands and rights of way as authorized by law, and experimental, test, and development work, as follows United States .
United States, $1,127,858, of which $86,724 shall be available immediately ; Insula r posses sions .
Insular departments, $962,516, of which $72,990 shall be available
immediately ;
Panama Canal .
Panama Canal, $648,632, of which $121,627 shall be available immediately ; In all, $2,739,006 . Signal C orps. Signal Service . Telephon es, Local exemption . CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HOSPITALS For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the re- quirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments ; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary tem- porary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $580,180 . SEACOAST DEFENSES SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY Telegraph and tele- phone systems .
Telegraph and telephone systems : Purchase, equipment, operation, Purchase, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and sig- et c'
naling sy st ems
signal equipment and stores heliograp hs signal ,, lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments ; wind vanes, barom- eters, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instru- ments ; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps ; motor cycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or sig- naling systems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance ; professional and scientific books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps for use of the Signal Corps and in the office of the Chief Signal Officer ; telephone apparatus, including rental an d pay ment for comme rcia l, ex chang e, m essag e, tr unk- line, long - di stanc e, a nd le ased- line tele phone ser vice at or con necti ng an y post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, avia- tion station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting the local telephone service for the various bureaus of the War Depart- ment in the District of Columbia, and toll messages pertaining to the office of the Secretary of War ; electric time service ; the rental of commercial telegraph lines and equipment and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, head- quarters, ho spital, aviation station, or other office or station of the
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