BULLETIN WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, March 28, 1922. Procurement Code, fiscal year 1923.-1. The Procurement Code is for use in connection with "Instructions pertaining to the coordination of purchase and financial procedure in procurement of supplies and services" published in General Orders, No. 20, War Department, May 20, 1921, and is divided into two sections, (1) Purpose List and (2) Station List. 2. Purpose List.-a. In the process of procuring supplies or services, or the prosecution of a construction or repair project, from appropriations made by Congress and assigned to the Secretary of War, beginning with the inception of each transaction by the obligation of an appropriation or the issue of instructions to obligate and ending with payment therefor, it is necessary that records be maintained on the books of the Chief of Finance, under each appropriation, showing, in connection with each purpose for which an appropriation is available, (1) the amounts represented by procurement authorities, and (2) similar information relative to disbursements and settlements made in the discharge of these obligations. b. That information may be furnished and data compiled and recorded in a uniform manner, the various appropriations of the War Department have been classified into purposes for which each is available, along lines that experience has demonstrated as necessary to provide information for presentation to Congress in accounting for the disposition of appropriations, and, in so far as current requirements are concerned, to support estimates for appropriations to meet subsequent fiscal year needs. c. To facilitate the notation of the purpose concerned in a transaction on the various papers involved, a code number has been assigned to each purpose which will be used in lieu of describing the purpose by written words. General Orders, No. 20, War Department, 1921, requires that each Procurement Authority issued be given an Authority Number which embraces a Purpose Number. A Purpose Number given as a part of an Authority Number indicates, (1) the War Department branch issuing the Procurement Authority by the group to which the number belongs, (2) the appropriation involved as shown by the appropriation heading under which it appears, (3) the purpose that is stated opposite the number. 97231-22-1 MAY 1 2 1922 CAMP MCLELLAN, ALA 2 d. The groups of Purpose Numbers of the War Department branches are as follows: 1 Ordnance Department... Appropriations transferred to War Department from other 8000-8999 As it is not known in advance what funds will be transferred to the War Department from other departments, this bulletin does not contain any purpose numbers under the last-named heading. These purpose numbers will be published when required. 3. Station List.-The Station List gives, (a) the numerical and letter designation of the branches and other activities of the War Department to which funds may be apportioned, (b) the same with respect to headquarters of departments, corps areas, expeditionary forces, and States of the Union, and (c) the numerical designation of the stations of the Army to which Procurement Authorities may be issued. This Station List has no direct bearing upon the Purpose List, but is designed to permit the use of code numbers in lieu of written words whenever desired in connection with procurements and settlements. 4. The provisions of this bulletin will apply to (a) all projects involving appropriations which first become available July 1, 1922, 3 including any of such projects that may be initiated by the issuance of Procurement Authorities prior to that date, and (b) to all projects begun after June 30, 1922, under continuing appropriations which are available in both the fiscal years 1922 and 1923. 5. Bulletin No. 10, War Department of 1921, is rescinded, effective June 30, 1922, except that its provisions will continue to apply to the completion of all projects under appropriations which cease to be available after June 30, 1922, and to all projects begun before July 1, 1922, under continuing appropriations available in both the fiscal years 1922 and 1923. Section I.-Purpose List. QUARTERMASTER CORPS. Purpose Nos. 0 to 999, inclusive, and 9000 to 9499, inclusive. 1 Appropriation: Subsistence of the Army-(Sub.). General purposes. Rations for troops, warrant officers of the Mine Planter Service, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, civilian employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, nurses, applicants for enlistment while under observation; general prisoners of war, including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made; Indians employed as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts, masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army. 2 Commutation of rations or meals (except for cadets of the Military Academy). 3 Commutation of rations for cadets of the United States Military Academy. 4 Prizes for school graduates. 5 Advertising. 6 Articles other than issue. 7 11 Commutation of rations furnished enlisted men for which reimbursement will be made by soldier. 8 Subsistence of masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service. 9 Necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies. Custom duties. 12 Hot coffee for troops when traveling, when supplied with cooked or travel rations (except recruits and recruiting parties). 13 Hot coffee for recruits while on travel status. 14 345678 Hot coffee for recruiting parties. 15 Meals for recruiting parties (not including applicants for enlistment). 16 17 18 Ration savings. Appropriation: Incidental expenses of the Army—(I. E.). 33 Labor, hire of, in the Quartermaster Corps. 34 Clerks and other employees of the Quartermaster Corps. 4 Section I.-Purpose List-Continued. QUARTERMASTER CORPS-Continued. Pur pose No. Purpose. 35 Clerks, foreman, watchman, and organist for United States Disciplinary Barracks. 36 Incidental expenses of recruiting, not including rentals and lodgings. 37 Reward for apprehension and delivery of deserters and escaped military prisoners. 38 39 41 Donation of $10 to discharged military prisoners. Additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movement and operation of the Army, and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other departments. Clerks for service schools. 42 Experimental and development work. 43 Incidental expenses at R. O. T. C. camps. 44 Telegrams incident to returning soldier to proper station, reimbursement to be made by soldier. 45 46 47 48 60 95 97 Reward for the apprehension and delivery of draft deserters. Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by civil authorities incident to the delivery of soldier A. W. O. L. to military control. Cablegrams. Radiograms. Appropriation: Army transportation (A. T.). General purposes. Animal transportation (Maintenance and Operation) Teamsters, hire of. Other employees, hire of. Draft and pack animals, hire of. Draft and pack animals, purchase of, and expenses incident thereto. Animal-drawn vehicles and spare parts, purchase of. 98 Repairs and maintenance of animal-drawn vehicles and harness. 107 108 109 111 112 Water transportation (Maintenance and Operation.) Construction of Army transports. Construction of river and harbor boats. Construction of Coast Artillery boats. Fuel, for Army transports, including lighterage and loading of fuel. 113 Deck, engine, and stewards' supplies (other than subsistence) for Army trans Pur pose No. 5 Section I.-Purpose List-Continued. QUARTERMASTER CORPS-Continued. Purpose. 129 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 141 142 143 Water transportation (Maintenance and Operation.)—Continued. Fuel for river and harbor boats. Supplies (other than subsistence), for river and harbor boats. Hire of boats, to replace regular river and harbor service. Purchase of Coast Artillery boats. Fuel for Coast Artillery boats. Supplies (other than subsistence) for Coast Artillery boats. Water for Coast Artillery boats. Hire of boats to replace regular Coast Artillery service. Rail transportation ( Maintenance and Operation.) (Includes in addition all commercial transportation.) 147 Recruits, transportation of (including street-car tickets, tools, and ferriages). 148 Supplies for United States Service Schools, transportation of." 149 Baggage of members of the Army Nurse Corps. 151 152 Employees, hire of. Laborers, hire of, including dock and other laborers. 154 Civilian employees, reimbursement of travel expenses and per diem while traveling (except statutory employees of the War Department). 155 Cadets, United States Military Academy, reimbursement of travel expenses. Travel allowances to discharged officers and enlisted men. Railroad equipment, purchase of. 156 157 158 159 Railroad equipment, repairs and maintenance. Fare and sleeping accommodations, when authorized, of individual enlisted men furnished transportation and for organizations (including officers traveling with troops). 161 Applicants for enlistment, transportation of (including street-car tickets, tolls, ferriages). 162 Recruiting parties, transportation of (including street-car tickets, tolls, and ferriages). 164 165 163 Impedimenta of organizations and property accompanying troops changing stations, transportation of (including cost of transportation of records, and colors of inactive organizations incident to Army reorganization). Public animals with troops changing stations, transportation of. Horses of officers changing stations, transportation of (including fare of attendant), unless permanent change of station of attendant is involved, in which case use purpose number covering change of station of such individual. 166 Baggage of officers, transportation of (including baggage of Army field clerks). 167 Baggage of enlisted men, transportation of (including baggage of warrant officers). 168 Baggage of civilian employees, transportation of. 169 171 Dishonorable discharged soldiers and insane persons, transportation of. 172 Dependents upon change of permanent station of officers, transportation of. 173 Street-car tickets, tolls, and ferriages, payment of (except for applicants for enlistment, recruits, and recruiting parties). 174 Clothing and equipage, transportation of. 175 Quartermaster stores, other, transportation of. 176 Subsistence stores, transportation of. |