naval proving grounds, naval ordnance plants, and naval torpedo stations; for the pay of chemists, clerical, drafting, inspection, and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, naval ordnance plants, Schools at ordnance and naval ammunition depots, and for care and operation of schools at ordnance stations at Indianhead, Maryland; Dahlgren, Virginia; and South Charleston, West Virginia, $167,570,000. stations. Post, pp. 671, 814. Active list officers. Retired officers. Enlisted men. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS PAY, SUBSISTENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF NAVAL PERSONNEL Pay of naval personnel: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on the active list, pay, $41,921,503, including $2,769,010 for increased pay for officers of the Regular Navy for making aerial flights, no part of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by more than nine officers above the rank of captain, nor by nonflying officers or observers at rates in excess of those prescribed by law for the Army, which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such nonflying officers or observers; rental allowance, $8,236,148; subsistence allowance, $5,075,407; in all, $55,233,058; officers on the retired list, $17,487,566; for hire of quarters for officers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them, and hire of quarters for officers and enlisted men on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions which may render them uninhabitable, $9,030; pay of enlisted men on the retired list, $16,509,600; interest on deposits by men, $19,800; pay of enlisted men as authorized by Chief petty officers, law (in addition to chief petty officers of the Naval Reserve or of the retired list called to active duty, the number of chief petty officers shall not exceed 8 per centum, of which those with permanent appointments shall not exceed 7 per centum, of the number of regular enlisted men), extra pay for men as authorized by law, and cash prizes for men for excellence in gunnery, target practice, communication, and engineering competition, $179,508,173; outfits for all enlisted men of the Navy on first enlistment, civilian clothing not to exceed $15 per man to men given discharges for bad conduct or undesirability or inaptitude, reimbursement in kind of clothing to persons in the Navy for losses in cases of marine or aircraft disasters or in the operation of water- or air-borne craft, and the authorized issue of clothing and equipment to the members of the Nurse Corps, $1,785,174; pay of enlisted men undergoing sentence of court martial, $62,835; pay and allowances of the Nurse Corps, including assistant superintendents-pay, $683,620; rental allowance, $43,200; subsistence allowance, $27,375; pay retired list, $352,500; in all, $1,106,695; rent of quarters for members of the Nurse Corps; pay and allowances of transferred and assigned men of the Fleet Reserve, $15,755,300; reimbursement for losses of property as pro40 Stat. 389; 44 Stat. vided in the Act approved October 6, 1917 (34 U. S. C. 981, 982), as limitation on number. Nurse Corps. Fleet Reserve. 1368. Proviso. Enlisted men as household servants. Post, p. 814. amended by the Act of March 3, 1927 (34 U. S. C. 983), $10,000; payment of six months' death gratuity, $392,000; in all, $287,879,231: Provided, That, except for the public quarters occupied by the Chief of Office of Naval Operations, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and messes temporarily set up on shore for officers attached to seagoing vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels including officers' messes at the naval air stations, and at submarine bases, to landing forces and expeditions, and in addition not to exceed one hundred in number at such places as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Navy, no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the pay, allowances, or other expenses of any enlisted man or civil employee performing service in the residence or quarters of an officer or officers on shore as a cook, waiter, or other work of a character performed by a household servant, but nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the voluntary employment in any such capacity of a retired enlisted man or a transferred member of the Fleet Reserve without additional expense to the Government, nor the sale of meals to officers by general messes on shore as regulated by detailed instructions from the Navy Department; Subsistence. Subsistence of naval personnel: For provisions and commuted rations for enlisted men of the Navy, which commuted rations shall be paid at the rate of 50 cents per diem, and midshipmen at 75 cents per diem, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital. and credited at the rate of 70 cents per ration to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of members of the Fleet Reserve and retired enlisted men in naval hospitals; furlough rations as allowed by law; subsistence of men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); quarters and subsistence of men on detached duty; subsistence of members of the Naval Reserve during period of active service; subsistence in kind at hospitals and on board ship in lieu of subsistence allowance of female nurses and Navy and Marine Corps general courts-martial prisoners undergoing imprisonment with sentences of dishonorable discharge from the service at the expiration of such confinement; in all, $41,399,256: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the ucts. procurement of any article of food or clothing not grown or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of the Navy shall determine that articles of food or clothing grown or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured of satisfactory quality and in sufficient quantities and at reasonable prices as and when needed, and except procurements by vessels in foreign waters and by establishments located outside the continental United States, except the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, for the personnel attached thereto; Transportation and recruiting of naval personnel: For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers of the Navy while traveling under orders, including the cost of a compartment or such other accommodations, as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, for security when secret documents are transported by officer messenger, and including $5,000 for the expenses of attendance, at home and abroad, upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the Navy Department; for mileage, at 5 cents per mile, to midshipmen entering the Naval Academy while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as midshipmen, and for transportation of midshipmen, including reimbursement of traveling expenses while traveling under orders, after appointment as midshipmen; for actual traveling expenses of female nurses; for travel allowance or for transportation and subsistence as authorized by law of enlisted men upon discharge; transportation of enlisted men and applicants for enlistment at home and abroad, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; transportation to their home, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men discharged on medical survey, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu Proviso. Transportation and recruiting. Midshipmen. thereof; transportation of sick or insane enlisted men and insane supernumerary patients to hospitals, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway, steamship, and airway guides and other expenses incident to transportation; expenses of recruiting for the naval service (including lodging and subsistence of applicants); rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for and obtaining men; actual and necessary expenses in lieu of mileage to officers on duty with traveling recruitTransportation of ing parties; transportation of dependents of officers and enlisted men, including those of retired and reserve officers, and of retired and reserve enlisted men of grades entitled to transportation for dependents in the Regular Navy, when ordered to active duty (other than training) and upon release therefrom, $2,575,385; expenses of funeral escorts of naval personnel; actual expenses of officers and midshipmen while on shore-patrol duty, including the hire of automobiles when necessary for the use of shore-patrol detachment; in all, $8,355,128; Naval Reserve personnel on active duty: For pay and allowances for Naval Reserve personnel (exclusive of Fleet Reserve personnel) on active duty with the Navy as provided by law (53 Stat. 819-821), $74,326,368; dependents. Naval Reserve. Total. Provisos. of Care Veterans' Administration pa tients. In all, for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, Naval Reserve aviation officers on active duty, and members of the Naval Reserve when called to active duty in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency declared by the President, $411,959,983, and $1,000,000 of such amount shall be available immediately, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel" shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Provided, That additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Veterans' Administration in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers appropriated for in this Act: Provided Midshipmen sea further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipman appointed from enlisted men of the Navy who has not served aboard a vessel of the Navy in full commission or performed equivalent service with fleet aircraft for at least nine months prior to admission to the Naval Academy: Provided further, Involuntary retire That during the existing limited emergency no officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who has been or may be adjudged fitted shall be involuntarily retired. service requirement. ment. Post, pp. 671, 814. 54 Stat. 1105. 5 U. S. C. § 73c-1. / MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS For equipage, supplies, and services under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, including commissions, interest, and exchange; ferriage and bridge tolls, including streetcar fares; rent of buildings and offices not in navy yards except for use of naval attachés and recruiting officers; accident prevention; services of civilian employees under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, including services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department; freight, express, and parcel-post charges, including transportation of funds and cost of insurance on shipments of money when necessary; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 Provisos. (Public, Numbered 839, Seventy-sixth Congress), and regulations promulgated thereunder and of naval personnel as provided by law and regulations; for transportation on Government-owned vessels, notwithstanding the provisions of other law, of privately owned automobiles of Navy and Marine Corps personnel upon change of station, and ice and mechanical devices for cooling drinking water on shore (except at naval hospitals and shops at industrial navy yards), pertaining to the Navy Department and Naval Establishment, $20,475,000, of which amount $500,000 shall be available immediately: Provided, That without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money requisi- expenditures. tions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Navy and Marine Corps on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts 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: Provided further, That during the dependents, etc., upon fiscal year 1942 the dependents and household effects of such personnel of the Naval Establishment on duty at stations outside the continental limits of the United States, and in Alaska, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Navy, may, prior to the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their stations, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) to such locations in continental United States as may be selected by the Secretary of the Navy, by the use of either Government or commercial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty stations to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appropriations of the Naval Establishment available for travel and transportation may be used for this purpose. CLOTHING AND SMALL-STORES FUND Clothing and small-stores fund: For purchase of clothing and small stores for issue to the Naval Service, to be added to the "Clothing and Small-Stores Fund", $3,000,000. NAVAL SUPPLY ACCOUNT FUND To increase the Naval Supply Account Fund established by the Act approved March 1, 1921 (31 U. S. C. 644), $20,000,000. FUEL AND TRANSPORTATION, NAVY Transportation of change of station. Post, p. 671. Post, p. 671. 41 Stat. 1169. Post, p. 671. For coal and other fuel for submarine bases and steamers' and ships' use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same and the removal of fuel refuse from ships; maintenance and general operation of machinery of naval fuel depots and fuel plants; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, and ice for the cooling of water, including the expense of transportation and storage of both, $18,283,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be immediately available, and of which $3,000,000 shall be available for expenditure only upon order of the President: Provided, That fuel acquired other than by purchase shall not be issued without charging the applicable appropriation chased. with the cost of such fuel at the rate current at the time of issue for fuel purchased: Provided further, That the President may direct the use, wholly or in part, of fuel on hand, however acquired, to be charged at the last issue rate for fuel acquired by purchase, when, in his judgment, prices quoted for supplying fuel are excessive. 278941°-42-PT. I—11 Provisos. Use of fuel on hand. Post, p. 671. Post, pp. 671, 814. 54 Stat. 144. 34 U.S. C. §§924-929. Post, pp. 557, 671, 753, 815. Post, p. 671. Post, p. 672. Provisos. Purchase of vehicles. Maintenance, etc. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT For surgeons' necessaries for vessels in commission, navy yards, naval stations, and Marine Corps; and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy yards, naval medical supply depots, Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, and Naval Academy; for tolls and ferriages; purchase of books and stationery; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sanitary, hygienic, administrative, and special instruction, including the issuing of naval medical bulletins and supplements; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled busses; services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department; trees, plants, care of grounds, garden tools, and seeds; incidental articles for the Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, naval medical supply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks; washing for medical department at Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, naval medical supply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy yards and naval stations, and ships; and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the Naval Medical School and naval medical supply depots; for dental outfits and dental material; and all other necessary contingent expenses; in all, $6,508,916. CARE OF THE DEAD For the care of the dead, as authorized in the Act of April 20, 1940 (Public, Numbered 465), $128,000. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For the labor, materials, and supplies necessary, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy, for the general maintenance of the activities and properties now or hereafter under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, including accident prevention; the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles for the Navy Department (not to exceed ten in number) and the Naval Establishment not otherwise provided for; for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, and part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such engineers and architects as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $14,830,000: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1942 the motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: Eight at $1,600 each, and sixty at $600 each, and motortruck chassis with station-wagon-type bodies, and motorbusses as required: Provided further, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including the compensation of civilian chauffeurs and the compensation of any greater number than ninety enlisted men detailed to such duty, shall |