5 ties under orders issued by the proper authorities, the following will be used as a basis of what is allowable, the daily expense to commence with the charge for breakfast and end with the charge for lodging, each day's expenses to be listed separately as indicated in the form outlined above. The vouchers covering payment will be accompanied by a statement, in duplicate, of the actual and necessary expenses incurred, itemized so as to show in complete detail the nature of the expense pertaining to each day of travel, a copy, in duplicate, of the order directing the travel, and a copy, in duplicate, of the itinerary if not included as a part of the order. a. Fares upon railroads, steamers, or other usual modes of conveyance, including the actual cost of transportation of personal baggage, not in excess of 150 pounds to each purchased ticket whenever an extra charge is made therefor. b. Cost of seat in parlor car, one lower berth in sleeping car, or customary accommodations on steamer, where same are not included in the travel fare, and fees to porters or to stewards, not to exceed 25 cents for each 12 hours or fraction thereof of actual travel. Receipts for Pullman travel expenses, where reimbursement for such expenses is claimed, must be furnished as vouchers to the account, or explanation submitted as to the failure to do so. c. Hire of special transportation, either by land or water, where there are no regular means of conveyance. Ferriage, tolls, driver's service, and horse keeping, when transportation is hired. Subvouchers, properly receipted, will be required for these items when they exceed $1. When not practicable to obtain such subvouchers, the officer or noncommissioned officer will so certify. d. Transfer coach fare en route to and from depots and hotels, or, when there are no such conveyances, moderate and necessary taxicab or hack hire not to exceed the authorized local rates, cost of transfers of baggage not to exceed $1 for each transfer, and fees to porters for handling baggage not to exceed 25 cents for each transfer of same. Items of taxicab, hack hire, or transfer coach fare en route to and from depots and hotels require explanation as to the distance and the necessity for same. e. The actual cost of meals while traveling, where same are not included in the travel fare, and fees to dining-room waiters on train or boat not in excess of 15 cents per meal, provided the total charge for these items does not exceed $5 per day. The actual cost at hotels of meals, lodging, baths, and fees to wait 6 ers and bell boys not to exceed 50 cents per day or 15 cents to waiters for single meals at restaurants, and the actual cost of laundry, to a total not to exceed $5 per day for the time actually and unavoidably consumed in making the inspections, the period to be determined by the terms of the officer's or noncommissioned officer's orders and the approved itinerary, counting from the day of departure from his station to the day of return thereto, both days inclusive. Reimbursement for tips or gratuities given in the States of Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee will not be made, as these States have enacted statutes forbidding the practice of tipping. Subvouchers, properly receipted, will be required for items of board and lodging. When not practicable to obtain such subvouchers, the officer or noncommissioned officer will so certify. Charges for baths, where baths are not included in the charge for lodging. will in every instance be supported by subvouchers. All items of actual expense authorized above are for travel by the shortest usually traveled routes and at places named in the order or approved itinerary, and in proceeding from point to point in the order stated therein. Expenses incurred by any deviation from the itinerary or shortest usually traveled routes can not be considered as actual and necessary expense of the inspection. The officer or noncommissioned officer will certify on the detailed statement that the account is correct and just and that the amounts charged therein were actually paid by him. [300.53, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: FRANK MCINTYRE, OFFICIAL: P. C. HARRIS, The Adjutant General, WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1919 BULLETIN } WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, December 29, 1919. Six months' pay to widows, children, or other dependent relatives of certain officers or enlisted men_-_ Section. Discontinuance of certain units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps-‒‒‒‒ II III Executive order-Military reservations in Alaska---Establishment of units of Reserve Officers' Training Corps at educational institutions IV I__Six months' pay to widows, children, or other dependent relatives of certain officers or enlisted men.-The following act of Congress is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: AN ACT To provide for the payment of six months' pay to the widow, children, or other designated dependent relative of any officer or enlisted man of the Regular Army whose death results from wounds or disease not the result of his own misconduct. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter, immediately upon official notification of the death from wounds or disease, not the result of his own misconduct, of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Regular Army or on the retired list when on active duty, the Quartermaster General of the Army shall cause to be paid to the widow, and if there be no widow to the child or children, and if there be no widow or child to any other dependent relative of such officer or enlisted man previously designated by him, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate received by such officer or enlisted man at the date of his death. The Secretary of War shall establish regulations requiring each officer and enlisted man having no wife or child to designate the proper dependent relative to whom this amount shall be paid in case of his death. Said amount shall be paid from funds appropriated for the pay of the Army. SEC. 2. That nothing in this act shall be construed as making the provisions of this act applicable to officers or enlisted men of any forces or troops of the Army of the United States other than those of the Regular Army, and nothing in this act shall be construed to apply in commissioned grades to any officers except those holding permanent or provisional appointments in the Regular Army. Approved, December 17, 1919. [247.1, A. G. O.] II__Discontinuance of certain units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.-The authority for the establishment of In 157298°-20 |