and ordnance stores, to be paid from such appropriations: Provided further, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1938 shall not exceed $54,860, and the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each...

Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service..

Office of Chief of Coast Artillery.

National Guard Bureau, War Department_

In all, salaries, War Department, $4,762,167: Provided, That the number of warrant officers and enlisted men on duty in the offices of the Chiefs of Ordnance, Engineers, Coast Artillery, Field Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Chaplains on March 5, 1934, shall not be increased, and in lieu of warrant officers and enlisted men whose services in such offices shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1938, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the appropriation "Pay of the Army" shall be available.

In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary of War the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, WAR DEPARTMENT

For stationery; purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; purchase of an automobile for the official use of the Secretary of War at not to exceed $2,500, including the value of a vehicle exchanged; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street-car fares; postage to Postal Union countries; and other absolutely necessary expenses,

$424, 160. 00 50, 337.00

28, 160.00

150, 700,00

$253,000, and it shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any bureau, office, or branch of the War Department or of the Army having or maintaining an office in the War Department proper, at Washington, District of Columbia, any sum out of appropriations contained in this Act (or accruing thereto) made for the Military Establishment for any of the purposes mentioned or authorized in this paragraph.

LIBRARY, SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE

For the purchase of the necessary books of reference, periodicals, and technical supplies and equipment_-

ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM

For the procurement, preparation, and preservation of specimens and the purchase of technical supplies and equipment.

PRINTING AND BINDING, WAR DEPARTMENT

For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureaus and offices, and for all printing and binding for the field activities under the War Department, except such as may be authorized in accordance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office, $500,000: Provided, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War, and not exceeding $68,200 shall be available for printing and binding under the direction of the Chief of Engineers-

[Total, contingent expenses, $788,000.]

MILITARY ACTIVITIES

CONTINGENCIES OF THE ARMY

For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators, and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices in the District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, and for examination of estimates of appropriations and of military activities in the field, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government.

[Total, War Department, proper, $5,550,167.]

GENERAL STAFF CORPS

CONTINGENCIES, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION

For contingent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division, General Staff Corps, and maintenance of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; for the hire of interpreters, special agents, and guides, and for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper, including not to exceed $5,000 for the actual and necessary expenses of officers of the Army on duty abroad. for the purpose of observing operations of armies of foreign states at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were necessary for obtaining military information,

$253, 000.00

25,000.00

10,000.00

500,000.00

17,500.00

$89,450, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That section 3648, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), shall not apply to payments made from appropriations contained in this Act in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or their ministerial regulations under which the military attachés are required to operate..

FIELD EXERCISES

For all expenses required for the conduct of special field exercises, including participation therein by the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, comprising allowances for enlisted men for quarters and rations, movement of matériel, maintenance, and operation of structures and utilities, and any other requisite supplies and services, and for settlement of claims (not exceeding $500 each) for damages to or loss of private property resulting from such exercises that have accrued or may hereafter accrue, when payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages, and each claim is substantiated by a report of a board of officers appointed by the commanding officer of the troops engaged, and is approved by the Secretary of War, whose action thereon shall be conclusive__

ARMY WAR COLLEGE

For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary special stationery; textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, newspapers, and periodicals; maps; police utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services, and expenses of special lectures; for the pay of employees; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses--[Total, General Staff Corps, $470,227.]

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF SCHOOL, FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and material for instruction; employment of temporary technical, special, and clerical services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas_.

WELFARE OF ENLISTED MEN

For the equipment and conduct of school, reading, lunch, and amusement rooms, service clubs, chapels, gymnasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers, salaries of civilians employed in the hostess and library services, transportation of books and equipment for these services, rental of films, purchase of slides for and making repairs to movingpicture outfits, and for similar and other recreational purposes at training and mobilization camps now established or which may be hereafter established

[Total, Adjutant General's Department, $71,620.]

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

PAY, AND SO FORTH, OF THE ARMY

For pay of not to exceed an average of twelve thousand three hundred and fifty commissioned officers, $34,532,895: Provided, That on and after July 1, 1937, there shall be authorized one thousand and eighty-three officers of the Medical Corps and two hundred

$89, 450.00

313, 620. 00

67, 157.00

36, 680.00

34, 940. 00

and eight officers of the Dental Corps, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1922 (42 Stat. 721), and the authorized commissioned strength of the Army is hereby increased by seventyfive in order to provide for the increase herein authorized in the number of officers in the Medical Corps and the Dental Corps; pay of officers, National Guard, $100; pay of warrant officers, $1,371,836; aviation increase to commissioned and warrant officers of the Army, including not to exceed five medical officers, $2,270,900, none of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers at a rate in excess of $1,440 per annum, which shall be the legal maximum rate as to such nonflying officers; additional pay to officers for length of service, $9,610,595; pay of an average of one hundred and sixty-five thousand enlisted men of the line and staff, not including the Philippine Scouts, $67,042,594; pay of enlisted men of National Guard, $100; aviation increase to enlisted men of the Army, $574,798; pay of enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, $1,050,447; additional pay for length of service to enlisted men, $5,170,468; pay of the officers on the retired list, $12,999,525; increased pay to not to exceed twelve retired officers on active duty, $14,831; pay of retired enlisted men, $13,521,730; pay not to exceed sixty civil-service messengers at not to exceed $1,200 each at headquarters of the several Territorial departments, corps areas, Army and corps headquarters, Territorial districts, tactical divisions and brigades, service schools, camps, and ports of embarkation and debarkation, $72,000; pay and allowances of contract surgeons, $46,320; pay of nurses, $933,340; rental allowances, including allowances for quarters for enlisted men on duty where public quarters are not available, $6,386,560; subsistence allowances, $6,181,985; interest on soldiers' deposits, $45,000; payment of exchange by officers serving in foreign countries, and when specially authorized by the Secretary of War, by officers disbursing funds pertaining to the War Department, when serving in Alaska, and all foreign money received shall be charged to and paid out by disbursing officers of the Army at the legal valuation fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, $100; in all, $161,826,124; and the money herein appropriated for "Pay of the Army" shall be accounted for as one fund: Provided, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, no officer of the Army shall be entitled to receive an addition to his pay in consequence of the provisions of the Act approved May 11, 1908 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 803): Provided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the pay of any person, civil or military, not a citizen of the United States, unless in the employ of the Government or in a pay status under appropriations carried in this Act on July 1, 1937, nor for the pay of any such person beyond the period of enlistment or termination of employment, but nothing herein shall be construed as applying to instructors of foreign languages at the Military Academy, or to Filipinos in the Army Transport Service, or to persons employed outside of the continental limits of the United States except enlisted men of the Regular Army, other than Philippine Scouts, upon expiration of enlistment: Provided further, That, without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Army on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts, except receipts to be credited to river and harbor and flood-control appropriations and retirement deductions, may be used by them as required for current expenditures, all necessary bookkeeping adjustments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts.

[For modification of the foregoing proviso relative to aliens, see p. 600.]

$161,826,124.00

No payment shall be made from money appropriated in this Act to any officer on the retired list of the Army who, for himself or for others, is engaged in the selling of, contracting for the sale of, or negotiating for the sale of, to the Army or the War Department, any war materials or supplies.

No appropriation for the pay of the Army shall be available for the pay of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Army who is engaged in any manner with any publication which is or may be issued by or for any branch or organization of the Army or military association in which officers or enlisted men have membership and which carries paid advertising of firms doing business with the War Department: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit officers from writing or disseminating articles in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of War.

TRAVEL OF THE ARMY

For travel allowances and travel in kind, as authorized by law, for persons traveling in connection with the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department, including mileage, transportation, reimbursement of actual expenses, or per diem allowances, to officers and contract surgeons; transportation of troops; transportation, or reimbursement therefor, of nurses, enlisted men, recruits, recruiting parties, applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots, rejected applicants for enlistment, general prisoners, cadets and accepted cadets from their homes to the Military Academy, discharged cadets, civilian employees, civilian witnesses before courts martial, dependents of military personnel, and attendants accompanying remains of military personnel and civilian employees; travel pay to discharged military personnel; transportation of discharged prisoners and persons discharged from Saint Elizabeths Hospital after transfer thereto from the military service, to their homes, or elsewhere as they may elect, the cost in each case not to be greater than to the place of last enlistment; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; commutation of quarters and rations to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations, and to applicants for enlistment and general prisoners traveling under orders; per diem allowances or actual cost of subsistence while in a travel status, to nurses, civilian employees, civilian witnesses before courts martial, and attendants accompanying remains of military personnel and civilian employees, $2,463,350, which may be increased, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, by transfers from other appropriations contained in this Act of such amounts as may be required in addition to those herein provided for travel in connection with development, procurement, production, maintenance, or construction activities; and, with such exception, no other appropriation in this Act shall be available for any expense for or incident to travel of personnel of the Regular Army or civilian employees under the War Department, except the appropriation "Contingencies of the Army" and the appropriations for the National Guard, the Organized Reserves, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, citizens' military training camps, and the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and except as may be provided for in the appropriation "Air Corps, Army": Provided, That the expert accountant, Inspector General's Department, shall be entitled to the same travel allowances as other employees of the War Department: Provided further, That, in addition to the authority contained in section 67, National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, a total of not to exceed $2,500 of the appropriations available to the War Department chargeable with expenses of