Amendment numbered 32:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 32, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the amount proposed in said amendment insert three million five hundred thousand, and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 35:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 35, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the amount proposed in said amendment insert one hundred thousand; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 40:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the amount proposed in said amendment insert seventy-seven thousand one hundred; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 41:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In line 14 of said amendment strike out the colon and the words "And provided," and strike out all of lines 15, 16, 17, and to the period in line 18, so that the amendment will read:

Provided further, That of the foregoing total amount eighteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be immediately available for the purchase of one thousand four hundred acres of land, more or less, adjoining the military reservation of Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, as an addition to the rifle range: And provided further, That three thousand six hundred dollars of the foregoing total amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be immediately available for the purchase of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the east half of section two, in township one south, range one east of the Salt Lake meridian, as an addition to the target range of Fort Douglas Military Reservation, in the State of Utah.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 57:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 57, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In line 8 of said amendment strike out the words "upon consideration of all the circumstances," and the commas preceding and following same, so that the amendment will read:

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The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to convey to the owners of premises which encroach upon the military reservation of Fort Marion in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the portions of the reservation which have been occupied by them, under license or claim of

title, upon the payment by said owners of such sums of money as the Secretary of War shall determine proper to be paid for the said lands.” And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 61:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 61 and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:

In line 12 of said amendment strike out the word "provided," and insert the words appropriated, to be expended from the amount appropriated in this act for water and sewers at military posts; so that the amendment will read

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For the acquiring of water rights and necessary lands therewith connected for a permanent water supply for Fort William Henry Harrison, in Montana, the amount of twenty thousand dollars appropriated therefor by the act approved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An act making appropriation for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine,' is hereby reappropriated and made available, and forty thousand dollars additional, or so much thereof as may be necessary for said purposes, including the acquiring of water rights and lands for intakes and right of way for pipe lines from such intakes to said fort, is hereby appropriated, to be expended from the amount appropriated in this act for water and sewers at military posts; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire such rights and lands by purchase or by condemnation proceedings."

And the Senate agree to the same.

J. A. T. HULL,

JAMES HAY,

Managers on the part of the House.

F. E. WARREN,

J. B. FORAKER,

JAS. P. TAIAFERRO,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

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STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE.

Statement on the part of the House conferees on the act making appropriation for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910:

Amendment No. 1 authorizes the organization of school detachments at each of the service schools without increasing the number of enlisted men in the army, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 2 provides for contingent expenses at military posts, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 3 changes the word "defense" to "artillery," and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 4 provides for a buzzer system at Fort D. A. Russell, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 5 increases the appropriation for officers of the line, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 6 relates to payments to officers for exercising higher command, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 7 increases the pay for length of service, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 8 increases the appropriation for pay of enlisted men, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 9 increases the pay for length of service of enlisted men, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 10 relates to six months' pay to families of deceased officers and enlisted men, and the House recedes, and agrees to same with an amendment.

Amendment No. 11 provides for a private secretary to the Chief of Staff, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 12 is a total, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 13 increases the appropriation for the Medical Department, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 14 provides for a second examination after one year for officers of the Medical Corps of the grade of major who failed in their examination. The House recedes from its disagreement.

Amendment No. 15 provides for equalization of promotion and grants certain files on the retired list to officers who had suffered foss by regimental promotion, and the Senate recedes.

Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 provide for extra pay for retired officers when on active service, and the House recedes from both amendments.

Amendment No. 18 provides that service as a contract surgeon in the civil war should have the same effect on promotion as service in the line or staff, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 19 is in relation to pay of enlisted men on the retired list, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 20 relates to mileage to officers and contract surgeons, and the House recedes.

Amendments Nos. 21 and 27, relating to officers of the national guard attending service and garrison schools, is simply the elimination of the provision inserted by the House from one section of the bill and insertion of the same in another section of the bill, and the House recedes from both amendments.

Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 simply rearrange the language as adopted by the House, and the House recedes from both amendments. Amendment No. 24 relates to encampments and maneuvers of the organized militia, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 25 authorizes the appointment of noncommissioned officers at general recruiting depots, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 26 provides for West Point cadets attending the inaugural ceremonies, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 28 is verbal, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 29 is the insertion of a comma, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 30 relates to the purchase of horses for the army, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 31 relates to removal of suspension of accounts for certain fiscal years, and as the department reports all accounts adjudicated, the House recedes from its disagreement.

Amendment No. 32 is the amount appropriated for barracks and quarters, and the House recedes and agrees to the same with an amendment fixing the amount at $3,500,000.

Amendment No. 33 provides for the erection of a chapel at Fort Des Moines and for the completion of the stable at the engineer post, Washington Barracks, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 34 is an increase in the amount of the appropriation for transportation of the army and its supplies, and the House recedes. Amendment No. 34 inserts the words "and repair" in the provision for roads, walks, etc., and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 35 increases the appropriation for roads, walks, etc., and the House recedes from its disagreement and agrees to the same with an amendment making the increase $100,000.

Amendment No. 36 relates to the completion of military and postroads, etc., in Alaska, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 37 relates to barracks and quarters in the Philippine Islands. The Senate reduced the amount appropriated by the House one-half, and the House recedes from its disagreement and agrees to the amendment of the Senate.

Amendment No. 38 increases the appropriation for the construction and repair of hospitals; and amendment No. 39 appropriates the amount increased by the Senate for the construction of a hospital at Fort Yellowstone, and the House recedes from its disagreement to both amendments.

Amendments Nos. 40 and 41 relate to shooting galleries and ranges. The Senate increased the amount appropriated by $82,100; $5,000 of the increase was to be used at the United States rifle range and wharf at Pensacola, Fla. By an agreement of the conferees the provision for Pensacola, Fla., was stricken out and the amount of the increased appropriation reduced to $77,100. The House recedes from both amendments and agrees to the same with the amendments above indicated.

Amendment No. 42 provides for storehouses on Corregidor Island, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 43 relates to disbursements in the Quartermaster's Department and allows the use of the total available balance, under certain conditions, for payments, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 44 makes all persons admitted to treatment in the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., subject to the rules and articles of the Army of the United States, and the House recedes. Amendment No. 45 is an increase of expense at engineer depots, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 46 relates to ammunition, targets, and target material at educational institutions and state soldiers and sailors orphans' homes, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 47 increases the appropriation $30,000, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 48 is an increase of the amount for national trophy and medals for rifle contests, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 49 is simply a reappropriation of the unexpended balance for range finders and other instruments for fire control, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 50 extends the appropriation for automatic rifles to June 30, 1911, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 51 relates to ordnance contracts, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 52. relates to sales of ordnance stores, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 53 authorizes the Ordnance Department to use the funds in their hands, under certain restrictions, and to apply to the Ordnance Department practically the same rule as provided under amendment No. 43, relating to the Quartermaster's Department, and

the House recedes.

Amendment No. 54 simply provides as to the rank detailed officers shall take in the Ordnance Department, and the House recedes.

Amendments Nos. 55 and 62 relate to sales of ordnance stores to officers of the Navy and Marine Corps and is same as passed by House. The Senate changed the section in the bill only, and House recedes.

Amendment No. 56 is to authorize the acceptance by the Secretary of War of a strip of land at the Salisbury National Cemetery for sidewalk purposes. On account of the Government being compelled to make a new entrance to the cemetery to escape danger of passing trains, this seems necessary to complete the work heretofore authorized, and the House recedes.

Amendment No. 57 authorizes the Secretary of War to convey certain rights to an unused portion of the military reservation at the city of St. Augustine, Fla., on such terms as may be fixed by the Secretary of War, and the House recedes and agrees to same with an amendment. Amendment No. 58 provides for the construction of a public road from a point near the southern end of the new Highway Bridge through the Arlington Reservation, and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 59 provides for the construction of a national road or highway in St. Louis County, Mo., from the national cemetery to Jefferson Barracks, and the Senate recedes.