GENERAL ORDERS, No. 46. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, March 23, 1905. The following acts and joint resolution of the Congress are published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Page. I--An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending II--An Act making appropriations for sundry civil ex- IV..An Act authorizing the President to reinstate Alex- V.-Joint Resolution permitting Ying Hsing Wen and Ting Chia Chen, of China, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point.... I..An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: WAR DEPARTMENT. To enable the Secretary of War to pay the amounts due certain newspapers for publishing advertisements for proposals for construction work and military supplies and set forth on pages eighteen and nineteen of House Document Numbered JUL 9 Read Two hundred and eighty-seven of this session, one hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-two cents. To enable the Secretary of War to pay the amounts due certain newspapers for publishing advertisements for construction work, and so forth, and set forth on page nineteen of House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-seven of this session, twenty-one dollars and thirty-three cents. CREDIT IN ACCOUNTS OF MAJOR GEORGE T. HOLLOWAY: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to open the accounts of Major George T. Holloway, additional paymaster, United States Volunteers, and to credit him with the sum of one hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty-three cents, as recommended, under authority of the Secretary of War, by the Paymaster-General United States Army. REFUND TO THE ESTATE OF HARRY PARSHALL: To refund to Jessie M. Parshall, of Valentine, Nebraska, widow of Harry Parshall, formerly second lieutenant, twenty-second United States Infantry, the sum belonging to the said Harry Parshall and erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of "Miscellaneous receipts" by Captain O. B. Meyer, Fourteenth United States Cavalry, as per certificate of deposit Numbered Three hundred and three of September twentieth, nineteen hundred and four, fifty dollars. REIMBURSEMENT TO MAJOR J. B. HOUSTON: To reimburse Major J. B. Houston, paymaster, United States Volunteers, the amount refunded by him to the Government on account of payment on September third, nineteen hundred, at Portland, Oregon, of two sets of forged final statements of discharged enlisted men, through no fault on his part, three hundred and thirty-three dollars. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF LIEUTENANT EBEN SWIFT, JUNIOR: That the accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Eben Swift, junior, Eleventh United States Cavalry, the sum of four hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents standing against him on the books of the Treasury. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF LIEUTENANT JOHN J. BONIFACE: That the accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to credit in the accounts of Lieutenant John J. Boniface, Fourth United States Cavalry, the sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-two cents standing against him on the books of the Treasury. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES KELLER: That the accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to credit in the accounts of Captain Charles Keller, Corps of Engineers, the sum of thirteen dollars and sixty-three cents now standing against him on the books of the Treasury. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF COLONEL JAMES M. MARSHALL: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to reopen the accounts of Colonel James M. Marshall, Assistant Quartermaster-General, United States Army, and to credit him with the sum of thirty-three dollars, expended by him in July, eighteen hundred and ninety three, under instructions of the Assistant Secretary of War and the Quartermaster-General, in payment for preparing an abstract of title of certain land donated to the United States for the military post at Fort Harrison, Montana. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF CAPTAIN JOHN STEPHEN SEWELL: The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and hereby directed to allow and credit on the books of the Treasury the sum of two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents in settlement of the accounts of Captain John Stephen Sewell, Corps of Engineers. STATE OF TEXAS: The Secretary of War is hereby directed to inquire, and report to Congress for its consideration, what sum or sums of money were actually expended by the State of Texas during the period of time between February twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, in payment of State volunteers or rangers called into service by authority of the governor of Texas, in defense of the frontier of that State against Mexican marauders and Indian depredations, for which reimbursement has not been made out of the Treasury of the United States. MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. PAY OF THE ARMY: For pay of officers of the staff and line, five hundred thousand dollars; For pay of enlisted men, nine hundred thousand dollars; In all, one million four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for "Pay, and so forth, of the Army" for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, which is hereby reappropriated for said pur poses. For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, when authorized by law, one hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for "Pay, and so forth, of the Army" for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, which is hereby reappropriated for said purposes. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. REGULAR SUPPLIES: For regular supplies of the Quartermaster's Department, including all objects mentioned under this head in the army appropriation Act for fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, seven hundred thousand dollars, together with the further sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for "Regular Supplies" for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, which is hereby reappropriated for said purpose. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, ninety thou sand dollars. MILITARY POST, FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA: To complete the purchase of land lying south of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation for use as a target range, and for the purchase of the improvements thereon, fifteen thousand dollars. For repair of the Tennessee soldiers' monument, the property of the United States, in the national cemetery at Knoxville, Tennessee, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY TAKEN FROM COnfederate oFFICERS AND SOLDIERS AFTER SURRENDER: For payment of claims filed with the Quartermaster General under Act of February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, and amendments thereto, for horses, saddles, and bridles taken from Confederate soldiers in violation of terms of surrender, one hundred thousand dollars. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. SURVEY FOR WAGON ROAD FROM VALDEZ TO FORT EGBERT, ALASKA: For a survey and estimate of cost of a wagon road from Valdez to Fort Egbert, on the Yukon River, to be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, five thousand seven hundred dollars and sixty-three cents. SURVEY FOR MILITARY TRAIL BETWEEN YUKON RIVER AND COLDFOOT, ALASKA: For surveying and locating a military trail under the direction of the Secretary of War, by the shortest and most practicable route, between the Yukon River and Coldfoot, on the Koyukuk River, to be immediately available, one thousand four hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifteen cents. MILITARY ACADEMY. CURRENT AND ORDINARY EXPENSES: For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, two hundred and thirtyseven dollars. Fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam-heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, five thousand dollars. For fuel for cadets' mess hall, shops, and laundry, ten thousand dollars. For postage and telegrams, fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, ten dollars and thirty-eight cents. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES: For the printing by the Public Printer of six thousand copies of the Jubilee Centennial History of the United States Military Academy, one thousand of which shall be for the use of the Senate and two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and the balance to be distributed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy under the direction of the Secretary of War, or so much thereof as may be necessary, three thousand two hundred and thirty dollars. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS: Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, six thousand dollars. For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, fifteen thousand dollars. Marion Branch, at Marion, Indiana: For household, includ |