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agreement to be made with Eastern Dispensary by the Board of Charities, $1,500.

Tuberculosis Hospital: For provisions, fuel, forage, harness, and vehicles and repairs to same, gas, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other necessary items, $2,000.

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Board of Children's Guardians: For maintenance of feeble-minded dre children (white and colored), $4,300.

Feeble-minded chil

For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of Care, etc., of children. said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, $23,000.

Increase to sectarian

Authority is granted to pay, in addition to the sum of $1,500, here- institutions. tofore authorized, a further sum not to exceed $3,600 to institutions adjudged to be under sectarian control, fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen.

Industrial School for

Industrial Home School for Colored Children: For maintenance, Colored Children. including purchase and care of horses, wagons, and harness, $1,500. Industrial Home School: For maintenance, including purchase and selndustrial Home care of horse, wagon, and harness, $3,080.

School.

Hospital for the Insane: For support of indigent insane of the Dis- Indigent insane. trict of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law,

$40,000.

Writs of lunacy: For writs of lunacy, including the same objects Lunacy writs. specified under this head in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $2,500.

Workhouse: For maintenance, including superintendence, custody, clothing, guarding, care, and support of prisoners, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $8,600.

Small parks: For the condemnation of small park areas at the intersection of streets outside the limits of the original city of Washington, fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, $8.60.

Temporary services: The limitation on the amount to be expended for personal services authorized by section two of the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen is increased from $74,000 to $78,500.

Reformatory: For construction of roads, grading of sites, and other development work, fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, $20.75. Judgments: For payment of judgments, including costs, against the District of Columbia, set forth in House Document Numbered Two thousand and twenty-nine of the Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, except the judgments with interest and costs in favor of Samuel T. Kalbfus and Edward S. Wood, $6,877.95, together with a further sum to pay the interest at not exceeding four per centum on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment.

Workhouse.

Small parks.

Temporary services.
Allowance increased.
Vol. 39, p. 714.

Reformatory.

Judgments.

Exception.

Half from District

One-half of the foregoing amounts to meet deficiencies in the appro- revenues. priations on account of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Washington Aque

Washington Aqueduct: For operation, including salaries of all duct. necessary employees, maintenance, and repair of the Washington From water revenues, Aqueduct and its accessories, including the same objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $10,000, to be paid out of the revenues of the Water Department.

War Department.

Contingent expenses.

Stationery.

National parks.

Gettysburg, Pa.

Chief of Engineers.

Muskingum River,

Ohio.

Refund of rentals.

Vol. 38, p. 637.

Squares 612,613,D.C.
Clearing titles.

Provisos.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES.

For purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $10,000.

For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices, $7,500.

NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS.

Gettysburg National Park: For building and properly preparing a roadway or avenue from the Confederate Avenue around the Virginia Memorial within the limits of the Gettysburg National Park, $927.

OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.

For refund of rentals to certain lessees of land and water power on the Muskingum River, Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $653.72.

For extinguishing adverse private claims of title in and to squares six hundred and twelve and six hundred and thirteen, so called, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, $6,060, one half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and one half out of the United States Treasury: Provided, That the amount paid for any one lot shall not exceed the proportion of the whole amount that the area of said lot bears to the whole area of said squares: Added to park sys- Provided further, That the lands acquired hereunder shall become a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and be under the control of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.

Limitation.

tem.

River and harbor work.

Damage claims.
Vol. 36, p. 676.

Army.

Quartermaster Corps.

Pay.

Mileage.

Subsistence.

Regular supplies.

Incidentalexpenses.

RIVER AND HARBOR WORK.

To pay the claims adjusted and settled under section four of the river and harbor appropriation Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Two thousand and forty of the Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, $363.70.

MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.

QUARTERMASTER CORPS.

For pay of the Army, including the same objects, except mileage, specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $647,833.33.

For mileage to commissioned officers, including officers of the National Guard, contract surgeons, and expert accountant, Inspector General's Department, when authorized by law, $150,000.

Subsistence: For subsistence of the Army, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $1,735,500.

Regular supplies: For regular supplies, Quartermaster Corps, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $3,061,149.68.

Incidental expenses, Quartermaster Corps: For incidental expenses, Quartermaster Corps, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $739,520.96.

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Transportation: For transportation of the Army and its supplies, Transportation. including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $11,415,770.75.

Clothing, and camp

Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage: For clothing and camp and garrison equipage. and garrison equipage, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $13,057,972.

Barracks and quar

Water and sewers.

Barracks and quarters: For barracks and quarters, including the ters. same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $1,295,000. Water and sewers at military posts: For water and sewers at military posts, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $107,000.

Provided, That all the money herein before appropriated under the Accounting, etc. titles "Subsistence of the Army," "Regular supplies, Quartermaster Corps," "Incidental expenses, Quartermaster Corps," "Transportation of the Army and its supplies," "Water and sewers at military posts," and "Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage," shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers and agents of the Quartermaster Corps as "Supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps," and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.

Support of families of enlisted men, etc. Vol. 39, pp. 649, 801.

June 30, 1917.

For the support of dependent families of enlisted men, including the same objects and under the same limitations specified in the appropriations for this purpose in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen as amended by section nine hundred and one of the Act, entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes," approved September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $2,000,000: Provided, That the provision in the Proviso. Applications to be Act of August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amend- made not later than ed by section nine hundred and one of the Act of September eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, for the Federal support of families of enlisted men shall, with respect to enlisted men belonging to organizations of the Organized Militia or National Guard which entered the service of the United States under the calls of the President of May ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and enlisted men of the Regular Army who by the provisions of Acts above cited are beneficiaries thereof only during the time the Organized Militia or National Guard continue in the service of the United States under said calls, apply only to applications stated in the form prescribed by the Secretary of War which are received in the office of the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, District of Columbia, on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

Ordnance Depart

ment.

Ordnance service: For the current expenses of the Ordnance Current expenses. Department, including the same objects specified under this head in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $28,000.

nance.

Ordnance stores and supplies: For overhauling, cleaning, repairing, Preserving, etc., ordand preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops; for Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery equipments, including horse equipments for Cavalry and Artillery, $1,000,000.

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NATIONAL GUARD.

To provide for the procurement of forage, bedding, shoeing, veterinary service, and supplies for horses and mules that may be owned by or issued to organizations of the National Guard, $455,000.

To provide for the compensation of competent help for the care of matériel, animals, and equipment thereof, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided, That the men to be compensated, not to exceed five for each battery, troop, or company, shall be duly enlisted therein and shall be detailed by the battery, troop, or company commander under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and shall be paid by the United States disbursing officer in each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia, $306,790.

For providing arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster stores, camp equipage, and all other military supplies for issue to the National Guard; for the promotion of rifle practice, including the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and equipment of shooting galleries and suitable target ranges; for the hire of horses and draft animals for the use of mounted troops, batteries, and wagons; for forage for the same; and for such other incidental expenses in connection with lawfully authorized encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction as the Secretary of War may deem necessary; and for such other expenses pertaining to the National Guard as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law, $1,000,000.

For travel of Federal officers in carrying out the provisions of section ninety-three of the Act of June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $20,000.

For travel of inspector instructors and sergeant instructors, joining at State stations for duty and returning to duty with regiments, $10,000.

For travel of inspector instructors in making visits of instruction to armories, $20,000: Provided, That said inspector instructors traveling shall not receive more than their actual expenses out of these appropriations.

For transportation of supplies (including transportation of animals bought for the use of Cavalry, Field Artillery, Signal companies, Engineer companies, ambulance companies, and other mounted units) of the National Guard, $50,000.

For expenses of sergeant instructors on duty with the National Guard, including quarters, fuel, light, medicines, and medical attendance, $30,000: Provided, That whenever practicable inspector instructors shall use the State armories for offices.

All the money herein before appropriated for arming, equipping, and training the National Guard shall be disbursed and accounted for as such and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.

Arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, National Guard: To procure by purchase or manufacture and issue from time to time to the National Guard upon requisition of the governors of the several States and Territories, or the commanding general, National Guard of the District of Columbia, such number of United States service arms with all accessories, Field Artillery and Coast Artillery material, engineer, signal, and sanitary material, accouterments, field uniforms, clothing, equipage, publications, and military stores of all kinds, including public animals, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, $1,000,000.

NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. Volunteer Soldiers'

Home.

Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio: For subsistence, including the Dayton, Ohio. same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $40,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $2,000;

For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $8,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $35,000;

Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $22,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $8,000;

Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $35,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $17,000;

Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $15,000;

Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $5,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $4,000;

Milwaukee, Wis.

Hampton, Va.

Leavenworth, Kans.

Santa Monica, Cal.

Marion, Ind.

Danville, Ill.

Johnson City, Tenn.

Hot Springs, S. Dak.

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