locomotives with driving wheel brakes, and for other purposes,' and other safety appliance Acts, and for other purposes," approved April Reports, etc., of acci- fourteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, and with the "Act requiring dents. common carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce to make full reports of all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission and authorizing investigations thereof by said commission," approved May sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, and to execute and enforce the requirements of the said Acts, including the employment of inspectors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The unexpended balance of the appropriation to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate in regard to the use and necessity for block-signal systems and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains and any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation which may be furnished in completed shape, including experimental tests, at the discretion of the commission, of such of said systems and appliances only as may be furnished in connection with such investigation free of cost to the Government, is hereby reappropriated and made available for said. service for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ARMORIES AND ARSENALS. Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Georgia: For one oil house, two thousand five hundred dollars. Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California: For ammunition storehouses, thirty-nine thousand dollars. Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For overhauling and extension of boiler and heating plant, forty thousand five hundred dollars. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois: For installation of oilstorage tanks with necessary buildings and connections, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For maintenance and operation of power plant, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For operating and care and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct; and for maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, eighteen thousand dollars; In all, thirty-eight thousand dollars. Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey: For a service magazine, and for improving the refrigerating plant, four thousand dollars; For the purchase and installation of an underground electric transmission system, six thousand five hundred dollars; In all, ten thousand five hundred dollars. Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey: For the construction of one magazine for the storage of ammunition, twenty-five thousand dollars. Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For extending the steam-heating system, six thousand dollars; For rearranging the power plant and making additions thereto, including new power house, fifty-five thousand seven hundred dollars; For replacing crane runway in foundry by one of iron construction, seven thousand dollars; In all, sixty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars. Testing machines, Watertown Arsenal: For the necessary professional and skilled labor, purchase of materials, tools, and appliances for operating the testing machines, for investigative test and tests of material in connection with the manufacturing work of the Ordnance Department, and for instruments and materials for operating the chemical laboratory in connection therewith, and for maintenance of the establishment, fifteen thousand dollars. Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York: For converting an old Watervliet, N. Y. foundry into a storehouse, three thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs to stone and brick walls surrounding the arsenal, five thousand dollars; For equipping with motors four thirty-six-inch lathes used in small gun shop, two thousand nine hundred dollars. In all, eleven thousand four hundred dollars. Repairs of arsenals: For repairs and improvements at arsenals, and Repairs. to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, including one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for machinery for manufacturing purposes in the arsenals, two hundred and ninety thousand dollars. UNDER QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Quartermaster's De partment. Proviso. Military posts: For the construction and enlargement at military Military posts. posts of such buildings as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, including the installation therein of plumbing and of heating and lighting apparatus; but no part of this sum shall be used for the purchase of land, for construction of buildings at coast artillery posts, nor for the establishment of any military prison, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter no money appropriated for military posts shall be expended for the construction for officers. of quarters for officers of the army, or for barracks and quarters for the artillery the total cost of which, including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed, in the case of quarters of a general officer, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, of a colonel or an officer above the rank of captain, twelve thousand dollars, and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, nine thousand dollars. Barracks and quarters for seacoast de Barracks and quarters, seacoast defenses: For the construction and enlargement of barracks and quarters for the coast artillery and of fenses. other buildings in connection with the adopted project for seacoast defenses, including the installation therein of plumbing, and of heating and lighting apparatus, to be expended as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used for the construction of officers' quarters to cost in excess of the limits established in the officers. sundry civil appropriation act, approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight. Replacing barracks and quarters, Philippine Islands: To provide shelter and protection for officers and enlisted men of the army, including buildings for offices and storage of supplies, in lieu of the buildings at Camp Bumpus, destroyed by typhoon November sixth, nineteen hundred and nine, and at Camp Keithley, destroyed by fire March fourth, nineteen hundred and ten, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Proviso. Philippine Islands. destroyed by cyclone, Replacing quarters etc. Philippine Islands Seacoast defenses, Philippine Islands and Hawaii: For continuing and the construction of the necessary accommodations for the seacoast artillery in Philippine Islands and Hawaii, three hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars. Hawaii. Cavalry post, quar Cavalry post, Hawaii Territory: For continuing the construction of the officers' quarters, barracks, storehouses, and so forth, necessary ters, etc. for the accommodation of headquarters and two squadrons of cavalry, a contract is hereby authorized to be entered into, in addition to the appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars heretofore made, not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars, subject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress. Presidio, San Fran Presidio Military Reservation, San Francisco, California: For con- cisco, Cal tinuing the improvement of the grounds within the Presidio Military Improving grounds, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. itary prison. Reservation, San Francisco, California, seven thousand and five hundred dollars. Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: For completing the Reconstructing mil- reconstruction, upon land owned by the United States, of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, this amount to be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of the prison, one hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars. Fort Monroe, Va. Repairs, etc. Sewer system. Fort Hancock Mili- Fort Monroe, Virginia: Wharf, roads, and sewer: For repair and maintenance of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, fuel for waiting rooms, and water for flushing urinals and closets, painting, repairs, brooms, and shovels, nine hundred and eighty dollars; repairs to apron of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, four thousand one hundred and fiftyfive dollars; wharfinger, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, nine hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars; for one-half of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, three thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Repairs and operation of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and general police: For rakes, shovels, and brooms; repairs to roadway, pavements, macadam and asphalt block; repairs to street crossings; repairs to street drains; two thousand one hundred and seventy dollars; six laborers cleaning roads, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, five thousand and fifty dollars; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, three thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. Maintenance of sewer system: For waste, oil, and pump and boiler repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, two thousand one hundred dollars; two engineers, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred dollars each; in all, six thousand one hundred dollars; for two-thirds. of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, four thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. Fort Hancock Military Reservation, New Jersey: The Secretary of tary Reservation, N.J. War is hereby authorized to accept a conveyance from the riparian commissioners of the State of New Jersey, dated the twenty-second day of December, in the year nineteen hundred and nine, of a tract of submerged land in front of the military reservation of Fort Hancock, New Jersey, required for the construction and maintenance of the proposed sewer outlet from the said military reservation, and to pay the consideration of one hundred dollars therein specified. Nebraska rifle range: For the purchase of land in the State of Nebraska, the site to be selected by the Secretary of War, for a rifle range for the use of the United States Army, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. NATIONAL CEMETERIES: For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For pay of seventy-six superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Headstones for graves of soldiers: For continuing the work of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, also for continuing the work of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of civilians interred in post cemeteries under the Acts of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, seventy-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Shields. For the erection of a monument over the grave of Brigadier-General Brig. Gen. James James Shields in Saint Mary's Cemetery, at Carrollton, Missouri, as Monument, Carrollauthorized by the Act approved March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, three thousand dollars. Private Laws, p. 137. Repairs to ways. road Provisos. Repairing roadways to national cemeteries: For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, twelve thousand dollars: Provided, That no railroad shall be permitted upon the right of way which may have railroads forbidden. been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States: Provided further, That no part of this sum shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair Limited of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of than a single approach to any national cemetery. Restriction. approach. to single Mound City, Ill. For the completion of a protective fence along the roadway leading Fence, etc. from Mounds to the national cemetery near Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, and for the drainage of the ponds or borrow pits caused by the construction of said roadway, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the Quartermaster-General. Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana: The act of sale by the New Orleans Terminal Company, dated July twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, conveying certain lands and servitudes to the United States for the enlargement of the Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana, in exchange for the right to close the river road, be, and the same is hereby, accepted as sufficient title to the premises described therein, for the purpose of the expenditure of any moneys appropriated, or which may be appropriated, for the improvement and maintenance of the same. Chalmette, La. Title recognized. soldiers. Burial of indigent soldiers: For expenses of burying in the Arlington Burial of indigent National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding forty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Antietam battlefield: For repair and preservation of monuments, tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, three thousand dollars. Antietam battlefield. Repairs, etc. For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superin- Superintendent. tendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster's Department and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected and appointed to this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, one thousand five hundred dollars. Interment, etc., of remains of officers, Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, civilian employees, and so forth: For the expenses of interment, or of preparation and trans- soldiers, etc. portation to their homes or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, and enlisted men of the army active list; for the expenses of interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, inclusive of Alaska, or on army transports; for the expenses of removal of remains from abandoned posts Removal from abanto permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the doned posts. individuals. remains of federal soldiers, sailors, or marines interred in fields or Reimbursement to abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services, to be paid out of the funds appropriated by this Act, but no reimbursement shall be made under this Act of such expenses incurred prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, sixty-five thousand dollars. Confederate Mound, Chicago. Little Rock, Ark. Burial of indigent soldiers, etc. Driveway to department branch printing office. Insane Porto Rican soldiers. Care, etc. Military parks. Chickamauga and Chattanooga. sioner. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care, protection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as "Confederate Mound" in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, two hundred and fifty dollars. Burial of indigent patients: For expenses of burying in the Little Rock, Arkansas, National Cemetery, including transportation thereto, indigent ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die while patients at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding thirty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, four hundred dollars. CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAY, WAR DEPARTMENT BRANCH PRINTING OFFICE: For the removal of the earth embankment adjoining the War Department branch printing office, located at seventeen hundred and twenty-five F street northwest, bounded on the west by the cement walk east of the War Department branch printing office, on the north by the War Department stables, on the east by the paved alley. west of the Winder Building, and on the south by the street sidewalk, to the grade of the paved alley alongside the Winder Building; the construction of a concrete retaining wall to hold up the sidewalk.leading into the branch printing office, and for concreting the entire area excavated, one thousand and seventy-five dollars. CARE OF INSANE SOLDIERS OF THE PORTO RICO REGIMENT OF INFANTRY: For the care, maintenance, and treatment, at asylums in Porto Rico, of insane soldiers of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, to be available to meet the expenses which have already been incurred during the present fiscal year and which may be incurred during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, seven hundred and twenty dollars. NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: For continuing Additional commis- the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park; for the compensation and expenses of three civilian commissioners, maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, messenger, office expenses, and all other necessary expenses; foundations for state monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; for roads and their maintenance; the purchase of small tracts of lands heretofore authorized by law, including eight thousand dollars for continuing the improvement and maintenance of the road owned by the Government from Stevens Gap by way of Davis's Cross Roads to Crawfish Springs in the park; in all, fortythree thousand dollars. Shiloh. Shiloh National Military Park: For continuing the work of establishing a national military park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services, labor, historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and |