Bond of secretary.

section thirty-two, chapter one, title one, of an Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes; " and all such receipts and disbursements shall be accounted for in the manner prescribed in said section.

SEC. 3. That the secretary of the district of Alaska, before entering upon the duties of said office, shall execute a bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and in such penal sum as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, conditioned upon the safe-keeping, faithful disbursement, and proper accounting for all moneys from whatsoever source which may come into his hands as such secretary.

ARMY AND NAVY.

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.

CHAP. 160.-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent Feb. 18, 1904. deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June [H. R. 10954.] thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for [Public, No. other purposes.

22.1 33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 15.

ciencies appro

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 Urgent defihereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury priations. not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

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MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.

UNDER THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.

For the purchase of supplies and equipments for use in Military telethe construction, maintenance, and repair of military graph lines. telegraph lines in Alaska, two thousand five hundred

dollars.

home remains

Bringing home remains of officers and men, Navy and Bringing Marine Corps, who die abroad: To enable the Secretary from abroad. of the Navy, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who die or are killed in action, ashore or afloat, outside of the continental limits of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, Proviso. That the sum herein appropriated shall be available for til used. transportation of the remains of officers and men who have died or who have been killed while on duty at any

Available un

time since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and shall be available until used, and applicable to past as well as future obligations.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for "Bringing home remains of officers and men, Navy and Marine Corps, who die abroad," two hundred and thirtyseven dollars and eight cents.

Cavite, P. I.

Guantanamo,

Cuba.

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Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: For extension of construction and repair joiner shop, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

UNDER THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

For necessary expenditures incident to the occupation and utilization of the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, to be used for such purposes as the Secretary of the Navy may direct, two hundred thousand dollars.

(Bounty for destruction of enemy's vessels. See p. 79.)

Apr. 21, 1904. [S. 1399.]

[Public, No. 126.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 225.

struction

in.

Retired army

CHAP. 1403.-An Act To amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of Revised Statutes, so as to provide for detail of retired officers of the Army and Navy to assist in military instruction in schools.⚫

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemMilitary in-bled, That section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the schools. Revised Statutes, concerning the detail of officers of the and navy off Army and Navy to educational institutions, be, and the cers may be de- same is hereby, amended so as to permit the President to tailed to assist detail under the provisions of that Act, and in addition to the detail of the officers of the Army and Navy now authorized to be detailed under the existing provisions of said Act, such retired officers and noncommissioned officers of the Army and Navy of the United States as in his judgment may be required for that purpose to act as instructors in military drill and tactics in schools in the United States and Territories where such instructions shall have been authorized by the educational authorities thereof, and where the services of such instructors shall have been applied for by said authorities.

pay extra cost.

SEC. 2. That no detail shall be made under this Act to Schools to any school unless it shall pay the cost of commutation of quarters of the retired officers or noncommissioned officers detailed thereto and the extra-duty pay to which they may be entitled by law to receive for the performance of special duty: Provided, That no detail shall be made Provisos. under the provisions of this Act unless the officers and compulsory. noncommissioned officers to be detailed are willing to accept such position: Provided further, That they shall receive no compensation from the Government other than Compensatheir retired pay.

Detail not

tion.

etc., issue au

SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is authorized to Ordnance, issue at his discretion, and under proper regulations to be thorized. prescribed by him, out of ordnance and ordnance stores belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose, upon the approval of the governors of the respective States and Territories, such number of the same as may be required for military instruction and practice by such school, and the Secretary shall require a bond in each case, for double the value of the property, Bond. for the care and safe-keeping thereof and for the return of the same when required.

SEC. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately.

Effect.

CHAP. 1404.-An Act To recognize and promote the efficiency Apr. 21, 1904. of army chaplains.

[S. 2424.] [Public, No. 127.]

Army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 33 Stats. L., tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- pt. 1, p. 226. bled, That hereafter the President may, from time to time, Promotion of select from among the chaplains of the Army any chap- chaplains in. lains having not less than ten years' service, in the grade of captain, who shall have been commended as worthy of special distinction for exceptional efficiency by the regimental or district commanders with whose commands they may be serving as chaplains, approved through regular military channels, and may, with the advice and consent of the Senate, promote such regimental or artillery chaplains to be chaplains with the grade, pay, and allowances of major; every such promotion being made with a view to active service until the statutory age for the compulsory relinquishment thereof, except in cases of physical disability incurred in the line of duty: Provided, Provisos. That the total number in active service so promoted shall not at any time exceed fifteen, and that the remaining chaplains shall have the grade, pay, and allowances of captain, mounted, after they shall have completed seven years of service: And provided further, That all persons Grade of new who may hereafter be appointed as chaplains shall have appointees. the grade, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant, mounted, until they shall have completed seven years of

service.

Limit.

SEC. 2. That all officers provided for in this Act shall have a uniform designation in official address as chaplains of their respective regiments or of the Artillery Corps.

SEC. 3. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as depriving any chaplain of his commission in the Army, or as interfering with existing law pertaining to regimental and corps assignments or transfers, and that nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to increase the number of chaplains, as now authorized by law, or to reduce the grade of any now serving.

SEC. 4. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Apr. 21, 1904.

CHAP. 1407.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifications [H. R. 12446.] and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the [Public, No. procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for 130.] other purposes.

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 334.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asemFortifications bled, That the sums of money herein provided for be, and appropriations. the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely:

Seacoast batteries.

Sites, Ha

waii.

Seacoast

guns.

Seacoast mortars.

Rapid-fire

guns.

For construction of seacoast batteries in the insular possessions, seven hundred thousand dollars.

For procurement of land needed as sites for the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, two hundred thousand dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue, for the insular possessions, of seacoast guns and their mounts, including sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue, for the insular possessions, of seacoast mortars, with their mounts, including sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, seventy-eight thousand dollars.

For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of rapidfire guns for coast defense for the insular possessions, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars.