31 proceeds of such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as "Miscellaneous Receipts." (Printed also on page 12, Part I.) (Reward for apprehension, etc., of deserters:) No greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses. (Printed also on page 13, Part I.) (Donation to certain dishonorably discharged prisoners:) For a donation of $10 to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence, involving dishonorable discharge. (Printed also on page 13, Part I.) * TRANSPORTATION OF THE ARMY AND ITS SUPPLIES. (Travel allowance to persons discharged from certain places:) For travel allowance to persons on their discharge from the United States disciplinary barracks or from any place in which they have been held under a sentence of dishonorable discharge and confinement for more than six months, or from the Government Hospital for the Insane after transfer thereto from such barracks or place, to their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment. (Printed also on page 14, Part I.) (Compensation for service of certain land-grant railroads, how computed:) Provided, That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service. (Printed also on page 14, Part I.) (Payment of Army transportation to land-grant railroads:) Provided further, That in expending the money appropriated by this act a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on conditions that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provisions only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed 50 per centum of the compensation of such Government transportation as shall at that time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so 32 fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: And provided further, That nothing in the preceding provisos shall be construed to prevent the accounting officers of the Government from making full payment to land-grant railroads for transportation of property or persons where the courts of the United States have held that such property or persons do not come within the scope of the deductions provided for in the land-grant acts. (Printed also on page 15, Part I.) CLOTHING AND CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE. (Issue of suit of citizens' outer clothing to certain persons:) For a suit of citizens' outer clothing, to cost not exceeding $15, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; to each enlisted man convicted by civil court for an offense resulting in confinement in a penitentiary or other civil prison; and to each enlisted man ordered interned by reason of the fact that he is an alien enemy, or, for the same reason, discharged without internment. (Printed also on page 16, Part I.) (Purchase of horses:) Provided, That the number of horses purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War, no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster Corps and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. When practicable, horses shall be purchased in open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horse below the standard set by Army Regulations for Cavalry and Artillery horses, except when purchased as remounts or for instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy: And provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for polo ponies except for West Point Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place. (Printed also on page 16, Part I.) BARRACKS AND QUARTERS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. (Title to building sites, etc., Philippine Islands:) The acquisition of title to building sites, and such additions to existing milltary reservations as may be necessary. (Printed also on page 17, Part I.) CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. (Settlement of claims:) Provided, That settlement of such claims shall be made by the Auditor for the War Department, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. (Printed also on page 18, Part I.) RENT OF BUILDINGS, QUARTERMASTER CORPS: For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbia for military purposes during the fiscal year 1920, $75,000: Provided, 33 That this appropriation shall not be available if space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission in Government owned buildings. (Printed also on page 19, Part I.) QUARTERMASTER SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR RIFLE RANGES FOR CIVILIAN INSTRUCTION: To establish and maintain indoor and outdoor rifle ranges for the use of all able-bodied males capable of bearings arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, and approved by the Secretary of War; * * * Provided, That the governors of the States, Territories, or the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate which team shall represent their respective States, Territories, or District of Columbia. (Printed also on page 19, Part I.) 66 (Money designated under certain titles to constitute one fund:) That all the money hereinbefore designated under the 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," "Clothing and camp and garrison equipage" shall be disbursed and accounted for as "General appropriations, Quartermaster Corps," and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. (Printed also on page 20, Part I.) (Selection and purchase of motor ambulances:) Provided, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, select types and makes of motor ambulances for the Army and authorize their purchase without regard to the laws prescribing advertisement for proposals for supplies and materials for the Army. (Printed also on page 20, Part I.) (Medical care and treatment for certain purposes:) For medical care and treatment not otherwise provided for, including care and subsistence in private hospitals, of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of applicants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in the military custody or confinement, when entitled thereto by law, regulation, or contract: Provided further, That this shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furlough. (Printed also on page 21, Part I.) (Subsistence of patients in hospitals, Canal Zone:) Provided, That the subsistence of the said patients, except commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. (Printed also on page 21, Part I.) (Land for hospital and other purposes:) For the purchase of land contiguous to the Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia, twenty-six and nine-tenths acres, more or less, for the final location of the Army Medical Museum, the Surgeon General's Library, and the Army Medical School, and for the improvements now on the land to be purchased, $350,000. (Printed also on page 21, Part I.) 34 ENGINEER SCHOOL. (Traveling expenses of officers on journeys for the purpose of instruction:) Provided, That the traveling expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances. (Printed also on page 22, Part I.) (Employment of skilled draftsmen, etc.:) Provided, That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for "Engineer equipment of troops," "Engineer operations in the field," and other military appropriations, to be paid from such appropriations. * * The Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons who are employed, their duties, and amount paid to each. (Printed also on page 23, Part I.) MILITARY SURVEYS AND MAPS. ** ** (Assistance of Government mapping agencies:) Provided, That the Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance, wherever practicable, of the United States Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Government in this work and to allot funds therefor to them from this appropriation. (Printed also on page 23, Part I.) (Ordnance Department material preferably of American manufacture:) Provided, That all material purchased under the appropriations for the Ordnance Department in this act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make such purchases abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. (Printed also on page 24, Part I.) (Other than clerical services authorized for designing, procuring, etc., ordnance and ordnance stores:) Provided, That the Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army is authorized to employ in the District of Columbia, out of the appropriations made in this act for designing, procuring, caring for, and supplying ordnance and ordnance stores to the Army, such services, other than clerical, as are necessary for carrying out these purposes. (Printed also on page 24, Part I.) (Allowance for subsistence to certain civilian employees:) Provided, That the appropriations hereinbefore made under the heading "Ordnance Department" shall be available for the payment of an allowance not to exceed $4 per day in lieu of subsistence to civilian employees of the Ordnance Department traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated posts of duty. (Printed also on page 24, Part I.) NATIONAL TROPHY AND MEDALS FOR RIFLE CONTESTS: For the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the 35 National Guard or Organized Militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, members of rifle clubs, and civilians, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of rifle practice throughout the United States, including the reimbursement of necessary expenses of members of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, to be expended for the purpose hereinbefore prescribed under the direction of the Secretary of War, $10,000. (Printed also on page 25, Part I.) (Issue of articles of clothing and equipment to the National Guard:) The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue from stores now on hand and purchased for the United States Army such articles of clothing and equipment matériel as may be needed by the National Guard organized under the provisions of the act entitled "An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916. This issue shall be made without charge against militia appropriations and shall be reimbursed in kind for all Federal property brought into service by State troops: Provided, That the provisions of section 62 of the act entitled "An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, shall be considered fulfilled if the first strength mentioned therein be attained by June 30, 1920, and the other increments provided therein be attained by successive years thereafter: Provided further, That this shall not prevent any State from compliance with the provisions of section 62: Provided further, That the appropriations and provisions of this act referring to the National Guard shall become applicable and available upon the approval of this act. (Amendment of section 69, national-defense act-Enlistments in the National Guard:) That section 69 of the act entitled "An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 69. Enlistments in the National Guard: Hereafter the period of enlistment in the National Guard shall be the same as is, or may be, prescribed for the Regular Army: Provided, That all persons who have served as enlisted men in the Army of the United States, or the Organized Militia of the several States, subsequent to April 6, 1917, and who have been honorably discharged from such service, may within six months after such discharge or within six months after the passage of this act enlist in the National Guard for a period of one year and may reenlist for like periods, and that such enlistments shall not be counted in computing the proportion authorized to be enlisted for one year to conform to the period of enlistment prescribed for the Regular Army: Provided further, That enlisted men in the National Guard of the several States now serving under contracts providing for a six-year period of enlistment-three years in an active organization and the remaining three years in the National Guard Reserve-shall be afforded an opportunity |