time he was absent without leave, and not in the performance of military duty. SEC. 9. That all applications for relief under this act shall be made to and filed with the Secretary of War within the period of three years from and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and all applications not so made and filed within said term of three years shall be forever barred, and shall not be received or considered. SEC. 10. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 31. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, March 26, 1889. 1st Lieutenant Charles B. Schofield, 2d Cavalry, is announced as aide-de-camp on the staff of the Major General Commanding the Army. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. No. 32. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 29, 1889. The following extracts of an act of Congress are published for e information and government of all concerned: An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, namely: UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ARMORIES AND ARSENALS. For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows: For completing store-house K, thirty thousand dollars. For machinery and shop-fixtures, ten thousand dollars. For general care, preservation, and improvements; for building new roads; for care and preservation of the water-power; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings, bridges, and shores of the island; for building fences and sewers, and grading grounds, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary repairs of the Arsenal Railroad, seven thousand dol lars. For the Rock Island Bridge as follows: For care, preservation, and expense of maintaining and operating the draw, eleven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For protecting Rock Island Bridge by means of sheer-booms, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs to draw-pier of the Rock Island Bridge, and for replacing the cement in the joints of the stones forming the piers of the Rock Island Railroad and wagon bridges, thirty-seven thousand six hundred and eight dollars; and the Secretary of War shall require of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company the reimbursement of one-half of all the expenses incurred in the repairs of said draw-pier under this and the appropriation of fifty thousand dol lars made for this object in the sundry civil appropriation act for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as provided in their guaranty ex ecuted to the United States under the acts of Congress providing for the construction of said bridge. For the construction of a viaduct from the south end of the wagon bridge between Rock Island and the city of Rock Island, over the railroad tracks which adjoin the approach to said bridge, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available until the city of Rock Island shall, by proper instrument, have conveyed to the United States title, authority, and control over the premises to be used for the construction and maintenance of said viaduct, nor until all holders of property abutting on the same shall have executed release of all damages that might accrue to them by the construction and maintenance thereof, in such form as the Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided further, That the work shall not be commenced until the city of Rock Island shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States one-half of this amount towards reimbursing the United States for this expenditure. KENNEBEC ARSENAL, AUGUSTA, MAINE: For water and light supply, one thousand two hundred dollars. SPRINGFIELD ARSENAL, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS: For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, fifteen thousand dollars. FRANKFORD ARSENAL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: For one screw-cutting and milling-machine, complete, largest size, one thousand six hundred dollars. PICCATINY POWDER-DEPOT, DOVER, NEW JERSEY: For finishing magazine number five, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the number of magazines at the powder depot at Dover, New Jersey, shall not exceed five. SAN ANTONIO ARSENAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: For the construction of a new fence in front of the arsenal grounds, four thousand five hundred dollars. SANDY HOOK PROVING-GROUND, NEW JERSEY: For cleaning, leveling, and grading grounds, building and repairing roads, two thousand dollars. TESTING-MACHINE, WATERTOWN ARSENAL: For laborer and material in caring for, preserving, and operating the United States testingmachine at Watertown Arsenal, including new tools and appliances, ten thousand dollars. WATERVLIET ARSENAL, WEST TROY, NEW YORK: For direct sewerage to river, two thousand five hundred dollars. |