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to enlist for the periods specified above, and upon entering into a new contract of enlistment for a period of three years under this authority shall be given credit for the period served under the old enlistment contract and the previous enlistment shall in such cases and with the consent of the enlisted man be canceled." That to comply with the provisions of section 110, 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, it is hereby provided that staff officers, including officers of the Pay, Inspection, Subsistence, and Medical Departments, appointed in the National Guard of the District of Columbia shall have had previous military experience and shall hold their positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a court-martial legally convened for that purpose, and that vacancies among said officers shall be filled by appointment from the officers of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.

(Appropriations available for certain printing, binding, and blank books:) That the appropriations herein made for the support of the Army and the National Guard are available for such printing, binding, and blank books as may be necessary in putting in effect the objects of the appropriations.

(Restrictions in the use of appropriations:) That no part of any of the appropriations made herein nor any of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support and maintenance of the Army or the Military Establishment shall be expended for the purchase of real estate for the construction of Army camps or cantonments except in such cases at National Army or National Guard camps or cantonments which were in use prior to November 11, 1918, where it has been or may be found more economical to the Government for the purpose of salvaging such camps or cantonments to buy real estate than to continue to pay rentals or claims for damages thereon, and except where industrial plants have been constructed or taken over by the Government for war purposes and the purchase of land is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Government.

That no part of the appropriations made in this bill shall be available for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman, or other person having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch or other time-measuring device a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and the completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriations made in this bill be available to pay any premium or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Government plant: And provided further, That no part of the moneys appro

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priated in each or any section of this act shall be used or expended for the purchase or acquirement of any article or articles that, at the time of the proposed acquirements, can be manufactured or produced in each or any of the Government arsenals of the United States for a sum less than they can be purchased or procured otherwise.

(Certain special organizations of the Army to be continued:) That the several organizations of the Army, to wit: The Chemical Warfare Service, the Air Service, the Construction Division, the Tank Corps, and the Motor Transport Corps, with their powers and duties as defined in orders and regulations in force and effect on November 11, 1918, shall be continued to and until June 30, 1920.

(Grade of officers of the emergency Army appointed to the Officers' Reserve Corps:) That officers of the emergency Army appointed to the Officers' Reserve Corps may be appointed therein to the grade held by them in the emergency Army or next higher grade, as the Secretary of War may direct.

CHAPTER I.

Memorial archway at Vicksburg, Mississippi: That there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the unexpended balance of an appropriation under an act of Congress approved September 8, 1916, for the National Memorial Reunion and Peace Jubilee, held at Vicksburg, Mississippi, which unexpended balance is understood to be about $35,000, for the following purposes, to wit:

(I) The sum of $3,000 to be paid to Frederick A. Roziene, president of the National Association of Vicksburg Veterans, to reimburse him in part for his personal expenditures in bringing the subject to the attention of Congress and the country.

(II) The sum of $32,000, but not exceeding the sum which may remain of said unexpended balance after the said payment to Frederick A. Roziene is made, for the purpose of securing designs and plans for, and the construction of, a memorial archway to be erected at the intersection of Clay Street, extended, in the said city of Vicksburg, within the bounds of the Vicksburg National Military Park.

SEC. 2. That the aforesaid memorial archway shall be constructed under the supervision and approval of the Secretary of War, and the work shall be committed to a commission, to be known as the " Vicksburg Memorial Arch Commission," composed of three members who served in the Civil War and participated in the siege and defense of Vicksburg, in eighteen hundred and sixty-three. One of the members shall be the president of the National Association of Vicksburg Veterans, who served in the Federal Army; one shall be the chairman of the Vicksburg National Park Commission; and one shall be a resident of the State of Mississippi, who served in the Confederate Army, and who shall be designated by the governor of the State of Missis

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sippi. The duties of the commission shall be to secure appropriate designs and plans for the said archway, to select and employ the architects and sculptors for the erection of the same, and to make contracts therefor not exceeding the available amount herein appropriated. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation. After the dedication thereof, the said structure shall become a part of the National Military Park, at Vicksburg, and be under the control of the Vicksburg National Park Commission.

CHAPTER II. .

Disposal of real property by sale or lease: That the President is hereby authorized, through the head of any executive department, upon terms and conditions considered advisable by him or such head of department, to sell or lease real property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto acquired by the United States of America since April 6, 1917, for storage purposes for the use of the Array, which in the judgment of the President or the head of such department is no longer needed for use by the United States of America, and to execute and deliver in the name of the United States and in its behalf any and all contracts, conveyances, or other instruments necessary to effectuate any such sale or lease.

That all moneys received by the United States as the proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of "Miscellaneous receipts," and a full report of the same shall be submitted annually to Congress.

Exchange of Army cold-storage plant, Chicago, Illinois: That the President is hereby authorized, through the Secretary of War, upon terms and conditions considered advisable by the Secretary of War, to dispose of the United States Army coldstorage plant in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, with machinery and equipment therein contained, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and to accept in part payment therefor a warehouse adjacent to the Army general supply depot in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, containing approximately six hundred and fifty thousand square feet of storage space, together with the land comprising the site of same: Provided, That such exchange shall be effected without expenditure for this purpose by the United States, except necessary costs of conveyancing not exceeding $500, hereby appropriated for this purpose. The President, through the Secretary of War, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver in the name of the United States of America and in its behalf any and all contracts, conveyances, or other instruments necessary to effect such sale or exchange.

That all moneys received by the United States as the proceeds of such sale or exchange shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of "Miscellaneous receipts," and a full report of the same shall be submitted to Congress.

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CHAPTER III.

BOUGHTON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: That the Boughton Memorial Association, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and is hereby, authorized to erect and maintain a suitable building, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, in and upon the United States military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the plans of such building to be first approved and to be constructed in such location as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the use of such portion of the ground' floor of said building as may be necessary shall be given to the Post Office Department of the United States, free of charge, for the post-office service of the reservation.

CHAPTER IV.

Transfer of ammunition: That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to turn over on request from other executive departments of the Government, in his discretion, from time to time, without charge therefor, such ammunition, explosives, and other ammunition components as may prove to be or shall become surplus or unsuitable for the purposes of the War Department and as shall be suitable for use in the proper activities of other executive departments.

Medical supplies for the American Red Cross: The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to place at the disposal of the American Red Cross, such medical and surgical supplies, and supplementary and dietary foodstuffs used in the treatment of the sick and injured now in Europe and designed for but which are not now essential to the needs of the American Expeditionary Forces, or needed for use in military hospitals in the United States, or as military or hospital stores for the Army of the United States, to be used by said American Red Cross as it shall determine, to relieve and supply the pressing needs of the peoples of countries involved in the late war. The Secretary of War shall prescribe regulations and conditions for the selection and delivery of said supplies and foodstuffs to the American Red Cross for the purposes aforesaid.

Prosecution of claims by former Government employees: That it shall be unlawful for any person who, as a commissioned officer of the Army, or officer or employee of the United States, has at any time since April 6, 1917, been employed in any bureau of the Government and in such employment been engaged on behalf of the United States in procuring or assisting to procure supplies for the Military Establishment, or who has been engaged in the settlement or adjustment of contracts or agreements for the procurement of supplies for the Military Establishment, within two years next after his discharge or other separation from the service of the Government, to solicit employment in the presentation or to aid or assist for compensation in the

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prosecution of claims against the United States arising out of any contracts or agreements for the procurement of supplies for said bureau, which were pending or entered into while the said officer or employee was associated therewith. A violation of this provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both: Provided, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, July 11, 1919.