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WAR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, 1931

MAY 23, 1930.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. BARBOUR, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 7955]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7955) making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 5, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 35, and 38.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert $2,500 each, thirty such vehicles at $2,000, and on page 22 of the bill, line 22, strike out "forty" and insert in lieu thereof ten; and the Senate agree to the

same.

Amendment numbered 9:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended to read as follows: Including interior facilities, necessary service connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, and similar improvements,

all within the authorized limits of cost of such buildings; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 10:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lines 3 and 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike out the following: "as a heavier as well as a lighter than air field,"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 11:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert the following:

Provided further, That the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into contracts for the purposes specified in the foregoing cts, to an amount not to exceed $2,773,000, in addition to the appropriation herein made, but no contract shall be let or obligation incurred that would commit the Government to the payment of a sum exceeding $750,000 for completing all of the Army construction projects in Porto Rico embraced by the Budget for the fiscal year 1931.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 13:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 13, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended to read as follows:

: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building, the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: Provided further, That the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 23:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lines 4 and 5 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike out the word "contemplated" and insert in lieu thereof provided; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 37:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 37, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert the following:

Provided, That in the procurement of articles of furniture, equipment, and furnishings, or replicas thereof, required to restore the appearance of

the interior of the mansion to the condition of its occupancy prior to the Civil War, obligations may be incurred without advertising when in the opinion of the Quartermaster General it is advantageous to the Government to dispense with advertising.

And the Senate agree to the same.

The committee of conference have not agreed on amendments numbered 39 and 43.

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STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7955) making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes, submit the following statement explaining the effect of the action agreed upon by the conference committee and submitted in the accompanying conference report:

No. 1: Appropriates $57,480 for contingencies, Military Intelligence Division, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $62,480, as proposed by the House.

No. 2: Appropriates $80,760 for Army War College, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $82,020, as proposed by the House.

No. 3: Appropriates $24,669,783 for subsistence of the Army, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $24,675,258, as proposed by the House.

Nos. 4 and 5, relating to incidental expenses of the Army: Strikes out, as proposed by the Senate, provision for lecture fees at the Army Music School, and appropriates $3,904,738, as proposed by the House, instead of $3,928,738, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 6, 7, and 8, relating to Army transportation: Appropriates $14,975,000, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $15,000,000, as proposed by the House; authorizes the purchase of 10 passengercarrying automobiles at $2,500 each and of 30 such vehicles at $2,000 each, instead of 40 cars at $2,000 each, as proposed by the House, and 40 cars at $2,500 each, as proposed by the Senate; and authorizes the purchase of 150 passenger-carrying automobiles at $1,200 each, as proposed by the Senate, instead of such number of such vehicles at $1,500 each, as proposed by the House.

Nos. 9, 10, and 11, relating to military posts: Restores the matter inserted by the House specifying certain objects to be included as utilities and appurtenances, amended to omit "sidewalks, driveways, grading and seeding lawns"; makes $125,000 of the appropriation proposed by the House available toward construction of barracks and quarters at Scott Field, Ill., as proposed by the Senate, removing, however, the Senate proposal to designate such field as a heavier as well as a lighter than air field, and inserts, in lieu of the contract authorizations proposed by the House and Senate, a contract authorization of $2,773,000, to which is attached a limitation of $750,000 on obligations which may be incurred for completing construction projects in Porto Rico.

Nos. 12 and 13, relating to barracks and quarters and other buildings and utilities: Appropriates $11,000,000, as proposed by the House, instead of $11,152,060, as proposed by the Senate, and restores the limitations proposed by the House, amending the one relating to construction to exempt projects costing $20,000 or less.

No. 14. Strikes out the limitation proposed by the House on the use of the appropriation for construction and repair of hospitals for constructing hospitals or extending or adding to existing hospitals.

Nos. 15, 16, and 17, relating to seacoast defenses: Appropriates $85,000 for construction of shore-protection works at Fort Screven, Ga., as proposed by the Senate.

No. 18: Appropriates $3,010,000 for signal service of the Army, as proposed by the House, instead of $3,103,378, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 19: Appropriates $268,970 for engineer equipment of troops, as proposed by the House, instead of $263,970, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 20: Appropriates $9,719,161 for ordnance service and supplies, Army, as proposed by the House, instead of $9,479,306, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 21: Appropriates $1,870 for incidental expenses, tank service, as proposed by the House, instead of $1,300, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 22: Appropriates $79,500 for pay of property and disbursing officers, National Guard, as proposed by the House, instead of $122,200, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 23 and 24, relating to the Organized Reserves: Expresses more fully the objects of expenditure incident to personal injury or disease sustained or contracted in line of duty, as proposed by the Senate, except that the word "provided" is substituted for the word "contemplated," and amends, as proposed by the Senate, the limitation with respect to flight training so as to apply to officers "physically and professionally qualified to perform aviation service as an aviation pilot," instead of "qualified to perform combat service as an aviation pilot."

Nos. 25 to 34, both inclusive, relating to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Provides specifically for expenses incident to transportation of warrant officers and enlisted men and of their dependents in connection with duty with Reserve Officers' Training Corps units, and amends the limitation on enlarging the number of mounted, motor transport, or tank units by prescribing as the maximum number the number in existence on January 1, 1928.

No. 35: Appropriates $2,814,772 for citizens' military training camps, as proposed by the House, instead of $2,884,772, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 36: Corrects the name of an annuitant under the acts of May 23, 1908, and February 28, 1929, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 37: Restricts the authorization proposed by the House to obligate available funds for the restoration of the Lee Mansion without advertising when advantageous to the Government to funds used in the procurement of articles of furniture, equipment, and furnishings, or replicas thereof, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 38: Continues available the unobligated balances of the appropriations previously made for the Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania Battle Fields Memorial, as proposed by the House, instead of coupling with such a continuance an additional appropriation of $50,000, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 40, 41, and 42: Appropriates $232,500 for completing the monument on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N. C., as proposed by

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