the purchase of a gas-engine for operating electric machines, six hundred and fifty dollars;

Pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological sectionrooms, and in lecture-rooms, one thousand dollars;

Models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; Contingencies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.

For department of history, geography, and ethics: For text-books, books of reference, and stationery for use of instructors, and repairs, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely: For tan-bark or other proper cover for riding-hall, to be immediately available and to be purchased in open market on written order of the superintendent, six hundred dollars;

Repairing camp-stools and camp-furniture, one hundred dollars; Furniture for offices and reception-room for visitors, one hundred dollars;

For stationery for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics, one hundred and fifty dollars;

Books and maps, binding books and mounting maps, seventy-five dollars;

For repairs of gymnasium and gymnasium supplies, two hundred and fifty dollars;

Foils, masks, belts, fencing and boxing-gloves, fencing-jackets, gaiters, and repairs, and for metal lined boxes for protection of fencing-gloves and jackets, two hundred and fifty dollars;

Plumes for cadet officers of the first class, seventy five dollars; in all, one thousand six hundred dollars.

For department of law: For stationery, text-books, and books of reference for use of instructors, and for repairing and rebinding same, and furniture for office, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps, purchase and repairs of instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars.

Extra pay of enlisted man employed as draughtsman, two hundred and fifty-six dollars; in all, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars.

For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase and repairs of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of neces

sary materials; for the purchase of samples of arms and accoutrements other than those supplied to the military service; for the purchase and preparation of specimens for use in the testing machine; for books of reference, text-books, and stationery, four hundred dollars; For stereotyping, and for making lithographic drawings illustrating revised course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery, three hundred dollars: Provided, That from the amounts so appropriated extra pay, at fifty cents per day, may be paid to an enlisted man while employed as a draughtsman; in all, seven hundred dollars.

For department of practical military engineering: For purchase and repair of instruments; transportation; purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely: Instruments, for use in instructing cadets in making reconnaissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photog raphy; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnaissances; surveying instruments; one type-writer; instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties, tools and materials for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of one wooden ponton and one canvas ponton bridge train; sapping and mining tools and material; profiling material; rope; cordage; and material for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools; tools and material for the repair of Fort Clinton and the batteries at the Academy, and extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers employed upon the same; extra duty pay of two engineer soldiers, at fifty cents per day each, when performing special skilled mechanical labor in the department of practical military engineering; for models, books of reference, and stationery, one thousand two hundred dollars. For department of drawing: For books and periodicals on art and technology, one hundred dollars.

Models (machine, architectural, and topographical) in flat and fac simile, for second and third classes, one hundred and fifty dollars. Repairs to desks, models, stretchers, and material, one hundred dollars;

Drawing material for use of instructors, tacks, brushes, sponges, glue, alcohol, hectograph, cloth, tumblers, saucers, towels, soap, inkpads, blank-pads, ink, paint, stationery, and contingent expenses, two hundred and five dollars; in all, five hundred and fifty-five dollars.

Extra pay of two enlisted men, employed as clerks in the offices of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, and commandant of

cadets, at thirty-five cents per day, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty cents.

Extra pay of two enlisted men as printers at headquarters, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars.

Extra pay of one enlisted man, employed as watchman, at thirtyfive cents per day, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents. Extra pay of one enlisted man as trumpeter at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.

Extra pay of one enlisted man, employed in the philosophical department, Observatory, as mechanic, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents.

Extra pay of one enlisted man, employed in the chemical department, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty six dollars and fifty cents.

Extra pay of two enlisted men, (cavalrymen), when performing special skilled mechanical labor, at fifty cents per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars: Provided, That the extra pay provided for by the seven preceding paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army regulations.

For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables, and riding-hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharves, three thousand five hundred dollars;

For water pipes, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars. For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), six hundred dollars; Brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths; two hundred dollars;

Chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, and card for recitationrooms, three hundred dollars;

Compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars;

Compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars

Pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, cadet hospital,

chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars;

For pay of five firemen, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For pay of librarian's assistant, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, sta tionery, binding new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For additional tables and chairs, furniture, and contingent repairs to library-rooms, two hundred dollars.

For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars.

For contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, one thousand dollars.

For renewing furniture in section-rooms, and repairing the same, five hundred dollars.

For repairs, upholstering, and carpeting the Academy chapel, five hundred dollars.

For contingent funds to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board; for instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars: Provided, That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best.

For purchase and repair of instruments for band, three hundred dollars.

PUBLIC WORKS.

For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, including roads and bridges on reservation, five hundred dollars.

For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars.

For water-works: Renewal of material in filter-beds; improving ventilation of filter house and water-house; hose for use in cleaning filter-beds, and water-house and for use in fire-service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and for repairs of siphon-house, filter-house, and of four and one half miles of sup

ply-pipes; for shed for tools, and storage of fuel, for keeper at Round Pond, and for tool-house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred and twenty dollars.

For repair of cooking utensils, and the replacement of worn-out cooking utensils in the cadet subsistence department, three hundred and twenty-six dollars and ninety six cents.

For the erection of a fire-proof building on such site of the public grounds at West Point, New York, as may be designated by the Secretary of War, to accommodate all the departments of instruction of the Military Academy, to be constructed according to the plans recommended by the Academic Board and approved by the Secretary of War, four hundred and ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That plans and specifications for said building shall be prepared under the direction of the Academic Board and approved by the Secretary of War, which plans and specifications shall be such that when said building shall be fully completed the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum herein appropriated.

For the erection of a fire-proof building on such site of the public grounds at West Point, New York, as may be designated by the Secretary of War, to be used as a gymnasium and fencing academy for the cadets of the United States Military Academy, to be constructed according to the plans recommended by the Academic Board and approved by the Secretary of War, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That plans and specifications for said building shall be prepared under the direction of the Academic Board and approved by the Secretary of War, which plans and specifications shall be such that when said building shall be fully completed the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum herein appropriated: Provided further, That the sums herein appropriated for erection of one building to be used by all departments of instruction, and one gymnasium and fencing academy, shall be immediately available.

For placing in cadet barracks fifteen alcove partitions, three hunired and fifteen dollars.

For one retiring house, to be immediately available, three thousand dollars.

For repairing and improving the soldier's chapel upon the West Point Military Reservation, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof is may be necessary.