Provided, That upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the grade of colonel in the Inspector-General's Department after the present lieutenant-colonels therein shall have been promoted or retired, such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter the number of officers authorized for that department shall be as follows: One inspector-general with the rank of brigadier-general; three inspectors-general with the rank of colonel; four inspectors-general with the rank of lieutenantcolonel, and nine inspectors-general with the rank of major. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS: For pay of officers in the Corps of Engineers, three hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.

In all, four hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department, one hundred and fifty-six thousand four hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, forty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.

In all, two hundred and three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Quartermaster's Department, two hundred and seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, sixty-seven thousand and fifty dollars.

In all, three hundred and forty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Subsistence Department, one hundred and forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

In all, one hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Medical Department, one million and seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, one hundred and ninetyfive thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

In all, one million two hundred and seventy-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

PAY DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-eight thousand four hundred dollars.

In all, one hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred dollars.

JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of offi. cers in the Judge Advocate-General's Department, forty thousand dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twelve thousand dollars. In all, fifty-two thousand dollars.

SIGNAL CORPS: For pay of the officers of the Signal Corps, eighty seven thousand nine hundred dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.

In all, one hundred and nine thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.

RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE: For pay of officers of the Record and Pension Office, eight thousand dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, two hundred and fifty dollars.

In all, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Provided, That appointments to fill original vacancies in the lowest grade in the Adjutant-General's Department, the Inspector General's Department, and Judge Advocate-General's Department, and in the grade of captain in the Quartermaster's Department, Subsistence Department, and Pay Department may be made from officers of volunteers commissioned since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the age limit prescribed as to chaplains shall not apply to persons who served as chaplains of volunteers after said date who were under forty-two years of age when originally appointed.

RETIRED OFFICERS.

For pay of officers on the retired list and for officers who

may be placed thereon during the current year, one million five hundred thousand dollars.

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, four hundred and nineteen thousand four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty cents.

In all, one million nine hundred and nineteen thousand four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty cents.

RETIRED ENLISTED MEN.

For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, six hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and twentythree dollars and seventy cents.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matron s' twelve thousand dollars.

For pay of one Superintendent Nurse Corps, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For two hundred and twenty-seven nurses, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

For pay of forty-two veterinarians, at one thousand five hundred dollars, sixty-three thousand dollars: Provided, That twelve of the veterinarians herein provided for, may be assigned to the artillery.

For thirty dental surgeons, at one hundred and fifty dollars per month, fifty-four thousand dollars.

For pay of ninety paymasters' clerks, one hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars.

For paymasters' clerks for length of service, eight thousand seven hundred dollars.

For pay of paymasters' messengers, ten thousand dollars. For traveling expenses of paymasters' clerks and expert accountant of the Inspector General's Department, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For expenses of courts martial, courts of inquiry, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending the same, twenty thousand dollars.

For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.

For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty, without troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, four hundred thousand dollars.

For travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, four million dollars.

For clothing not drawn due to enlisted men on discharge, one million dollars.

For interest on soldiers' deposits, fifty thousand dollars, and so much as may be necessary to pay back such deposits.

For pay of the translator and librarian of the military information division of the Adjutant-General's Office, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector-General's Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, when authorized by law, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter officers so traveling shall be paid seven cents per mile and no more; distances to be computed and mileage to be paid over the shortest usually traveled routes, with deduction as hereinafter provided; and payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers shall be made according to distances and deductions computed over routes established and by mileage tables prepared by the Paymaster-General of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of War; and all payments made by paymasters on account of mileage previous to the passage of this act shall be settled in accordance with distance tables officially promulgated and in use at date of payment. The Secretary of War may determine what shall constitute travel and duty "without troops" within the meaning of the laws governing the payment of mileage and commutation of quarters to officers of the Army: Provided further, That officers who so desire may, upon application to the Quartermaster's Department, be furnished with transportation requests, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, for the entire journey under their orders; and the transportation so furnished shall be a charge against the officer's mileage account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the paymaster paying the account, and of the amount so deducted there shall be turned over to an authorized officer of the Quartermaster's Department three cents per mile for transportation furnished over any railroad which is not a free, bond-aided, or fifty per centum land-grant railroad for the credit of the appropriation for transportation of the Army and its supplies: And provided further, That when the established route of travel shall, in whole or in part, be over the line of any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be

transported free of charge, or over any of the bond aided Pacific railroads, or over any fifty per centum land-grant railroad, officers traveling as herein provided for shall, for the travel over such roads, be furnished with transportation requests, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, by the Quartermaster's Department: And provided further, That when transportation is furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, or when the established route of travel is over any of the railroads above specified, there shall be deducted from the officer's mileage account by the paymaster paying the same three cents per mile for the distance for which transportation has been or should have been furnished: And provided further, That officers of the Army and acting assistant surgeons who, by reason of failure to obtain transportation requests for travel over so-called 'Agreement railroads," have, in addition to paying their own fare over such railroads, been required by the accounting officers of the Treasury to refund to the United States one-half of the cost of travel fare over such railroads, shall be reimbursed by the proper accounting officers the amount so refunded; and paymasters against whom disallowances have been made by the accounting officers on account of failure to deduct the cost of travel fare over such railroads shall have the amount so disallowed passed to their credit: And provided further, That in all cases where three cents per mile has been deducted from the mileage accounts of officers of the Army or acting assistant surgeons on account of transportation which should have been but was not furnished such officers and acting assistant surgeons shall be reimbursed by the proper accounting officers an amount equal to what it would have cost the Government if transportation had been furnished: And provided further, That actual expenses only shall be paid to officers for sea travel when traveling, as herein provided for, to, from, or between our island possessions: Provided, That leaves of absence which may be granted officers of the Regular or Volunteer Army serving in the Territory of Alaska or without the the limits of the United States, for the purpose of returning thereto, or which may have been granted such officers for such purpose since the thirteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, shall be regarded as taking effect on the dates such officers reached or may have reached the United States, respectively, and as terminating, or as having terminated, on the respective dates of their departure from the United States in returning to their commands, as authorized by an order of