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PROVISIONS

OF PUBLIC, 163, SEVENTY- PROVISIONS OF ACT OF MARCH 31, 1933— FIFTH CONGRESS-continued

The President may, in his discretion, authorize the Director to undertake projects on lands belonging to or under the jurisdiction or control of counties and municipalities and on lands in private ownership, but only for the purpose of doing thereon such kinds of cooperative work as are or may be provided for by acts of Congress, including the prevention and control of forest fires, forest tree pests and diseases, soil erosion, and floods. Adequate provisions for maintenance must be made in regard to work done on non-Federal lands.

Section 4: Transfers to the corps all enrolled personnel, records, papers, property, funds, and obligations of the Emergency Conservation Work. Provides for operation of camp exchanges.

Section 5: Authorizes the Director, and under his supervision, the heads of other Federal departments or agencies cooperating in the work of the corps to appoint civilian personnel without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations.

Section 6: The President may order Reserve officers to active duty with the corps under the provisions of section 37a of the National Defence Act and the act of February 28, 1925.

Section 7: Enrollment is limited to 300,000 men at any one time, of which not more than 30,000 may be war veterans. In addition thereto, camps or facilities may be established for not to exceed 10,000 additional Indians, and 5,000 additional Territorial and insular possession enrollees.

Section 8: Enrollees (other than war veterans, enrollees in the Territories and insular possessions, Indians, not to exceed one mess steward, three cooks, and one leader, per each company) must be unmarried male citizens of the United States between the ages of 17 and 23 years, both inclusive, and must at time of enrollment be unemployed and in need of employment.

The Director may exclude from enrollment such classes of persons as he may consider detrimental to the wellbeing or welfare of the Corps, but no person may be excluded on account of race, color, or creed.

Enrollments are to be for a period of 6 months. Total service (except for war veterans, 1 mess steward, 3 cooks, and 1 leader per each company) may not exceed 2 years. In discretion of Director continuous service not required if enrollee attends an educational institution while on leave of absence. Director may issue certificates of proficiency.

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The President, may, in his discretion, extend the provisions of the act to lands owned by counties and municipalities and lands in private ownership, but only for the purpose of doing thereon such kinds of cooperative work as are now provided for by acts of Congress in preventing and controlling forest fires and the attacks of forest tree pests and diseases, and such work as is necessary in the public interests to control floods.

No discrimination shall be made on account of race, color or creed; and no person under conviction of crime and serving sentence therefor shall be employed under the provisions of the act.

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Section 9: Compensation of enrollees is to be in accordance with schedules approved by the President.

Enrollees with dependents shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Director, make allotments of pay to dependents; enrollees without dependents may make deposits of pay in amounts specified by the Director with the Chief of Finance, War Department, to be repaid in case of emergency or upon completion of or release from enrollment, and to receive the balance of their pay in cash monthly. Indians may be excluded from these regulations.

Pay shall not exceed $30 per month for enrollees except 6 percent may be paid $45 per month as leaders and an additional 10 percent may be paid $36 per month as assistant leaders.

Section 10: Enrollees are to be provided, in addition to monthly pay, with such quarters, subsistence, and clothing, or commutation in lieu thereof; medical attention, hospitalization, and transportation as the Director may deem necessary.

Burial, embalming, and transportation expenses of deceased enrollees, regardless of the cause and place of death, are to be paid in accordance with regulations of the Employees' Compensation Commission.

Provisions of the act of February 15, 1934 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 796) relating to disability or death compensation and benefits, are also to apply to the enrolled personnel.

Section 11: Designates the Chief of Finance, War Department, until otherwise ordered by the President, as fiscal agent of the Director.

Funds allocated to Government agencies for obligations under the act may be expended in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations governing the usual work of such agency, except as otherwise stipulated in this act.

In incurring expenditures, the provisions of section 3709 Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), are not to apply to any purchase or service when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300.

Section 12: The President may utilize the services and facilities of such departments or agencies of the Government as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the act.

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The President is authorized to provide for housing the persons so employed and for furnishing them with such subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and hospitalization, and cash allowance, as may be necessary, and, in his discretion, to provide for the transportation of such persons to and from the places of employment.

Insofar as applicable, the benefits of the act entitled "An act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, is to extend to persons given employment under the provisions of the act.

Authorizes the President to utilize such existing departments or agencies as he may designate.

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Section 13: The Director and, under his supervision, the cooperating departments and agencies of the Federal Government, may enter into such cooperative agreements with States and civil divisions as may be necessary for the purpose of utilizing their services and facilities.

Section 14: The Director may authorize expenditures for supplies, materials, and equipment for enrollees to be used in connection with their work, instruction, recreation, health and welfare; also expenditures for the transportation and subsistence of selected applicants for enrollment and of discharged enrollees while enroute upon discharge to their homes.

Section 15: Personal property as defined in the act of May 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 311), belonging to the corps and declared surplus by the Director, is to be disposed of by the Procurement Division, Treasury Department, in accordance with the provisions of said act. Unserviceable property in the custody of any departments is to be disposed of under the regulations of that Department.

Section 16: The Director and, under his supervision, the heads of cooperating departments and agencies, are authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay from funds appropriated to carry out the act any claim arising out of operations authorized by the act accruing after its effective date on account of damages to or loss of property or on account of personal injury caused by the negligence of any enrollee or employee while acting within the scope of his employment. The amount allowed on account of personal injury is limited to necessary medical and hospital expenses. This section is not applicable to any claim on account of personal injury for which a remedy is provided by section 10. No claim is to be considered which is in excess of $500, or which is not presented in writing within 1 year from the date of accrual. Acceptance by any claimant of the amount allowed on account of his claim is to be deemed to be in full satisfaction.

Section 17: Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of the act. Further definitizes operation of camp exchanges.

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The President is authorized to enter into such contracts or agreements with States as may be necessary, including provisions for utilization of existing State administrative agencies.

Authorizes to be expended, under the direction of the President, out of any unobligated moneys previously appropriated for public works, such sums as may be necessary, and an amount equal to the amount so expended is authorized to be appropriated for the same purposes for which such moneys were originally appropriated.

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Section 18: The act, except as otherwise provided, is to take effect July 1, 1937.

Approved June 28, 1937.

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Authorizes the President to allocate funds available for the purposes of the act for forest research, including forestproducts investigations by the Forest Products Laboratory.

Authorizes the President, or the head of any Department or agency authorized by him, to construct any project or to carry on any public works, to acquire real property by purchase, donation, condemnation, or otherwise. The provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes not to apply to any property so acquired.

Approved March 31, 1933.

WAR DEPARTMENT

MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF ENROLLEES

Mr. WOODRUM. Please proceed with your statement.

Mr. McENTEE. The War Department, to carry on its very important functions, is asking for an allotment of $268,000,000 from this appropriation. That is $36,000,000 less than was used in 1937 by that Department. Some of the major items in this total include the pay of enrollees, and other personal services. That would include the pay of Reserve officers, amounting to $21,491,568.

Mr. TABER. How much is estimated for the pay of enrollees?
Mr. McENTEE. $113,757,278.

Mr. LUDLOW. For how many enrolled personnel? How many enrollees are you estimating on?

Mr. MCENTEE. That would be on the basis of 315,000 authorized enrollees. Out of that amount, approximately $80,000,000 of the money paid to enrollees for salary will be sent home to the dependents of the enrollees.

Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. You mean out of the $113,757,278.

Mr. MCENTEE. Yes, sir. For supplies and materials, under the War Department, including clothing, equipage, and so forth, the estimate is $36,248,230; and for subsistence, the estimate is $52,703,628. I might add that this is on the basis of a ration cost of 47.23 cents per day.

Mr. LUDLOW. How does that compare with the Navy and Army ration?

Mr. McENTEE. It is slightly higher.

Mr. LUDLOW. Is that due to the purchase of less quantity? Mr. McENTEE. No, sir. Transportation, I believe, would be the main item of additional cost on that, over the cost for the Army.

General TYNER. It is due to smaller units, and the greater number of places or camps, which means a more expensive distribution factor. It involves longer hauls from the point of acquisition to the point of

use.

Mr. LUDLOW. There would be a few cents difference.

General TYNER. For the fourth quarter, the difference was 1 cent and 4 mills. It was a little over 1 cent, on account of distribution, over the ration for the Regular Army. While in the Regular Army, there may be 2,500 men at a post, here we have from 175 to 200.

Mr. McENTEE. For travel of persons, including enrollees, and so forth, the estimate is $10,000,000, and for repairs and alterations the estimate is $5,000,000 plus; that is, on the basis of the present camps in operation. There is another item of structures and parts amounting to $4,298,400. That includes new camp construction, with the necessary equipment, plumbing, electrical supplies, and so forth.

Those are the chief items in the War Department's budget.

The total estimate for educational activities is $5,000,000; the amount estimated for the Medical Service activities is $5,811,076, the quartermaster activities amount to $112,842,318, and the finance activities amount to $143,101,731. Then, there is a little more than $1,000,000 for welfare, Signal Service, and certain procurement functions under the office of the Secretary of War.

Without going into the details, I think that covers the principal part of the funds allocated to the War Department.

Mr. WOODRUM. Do those items cover the $268,000,000 allocation to the War Department?

Mr. MCENTEE. Yes, sir. I have a complete itemization of it.
Mr. WOODRUM. You may include it in the record.

(The break-down referred to is as follows:)

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Mr. BACON. Are all these boys given a thorough medical examination when they arrive at the camps?

General TYNER. Yes, sir; but not as complete an examination as is given to soldiers when they enlist in the Army.

Mr. WOODRUM. You are estimating on 300,000 enrollees.

Mr. McENTEE. Yes, sir; as the authorized strength of the C. C. C., less Indians and territorials.

Mr. WOODRUM. And how many camps?

Mr. McENTEE. We will operate an average of 1,612 camps during the fiscal year 1938, not including Indians and territorial operation. Mr. WOODRUM. Against what number for this year?

Mr. MCENTEE. About 2,000. I say, 1,612 camps as an average. We will be down to 1,500 on January 1, 1938; but until September we will be operating 1,849 camps, when we will drop to 1,600, and then we will drop to 1,500 by the end of the year. We are doing that in order to comply with the act which makes it mandatory that we have not more than 300,000 enrollees. That will give us 1,500 camps after the first of the year, with an average of 1,612.

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