and Coast Artillery troops to be stationed there, including water, sewer, and lighting systems, roads, walks, and so forth, and for repairing and remodeling existing buildings to render them suitable for sheltering troops, $1,290,000;

In all, specifically for fortifications and armament thereof for the Panama Canal, $2,639,048.30.

SEC. 2. No part of the money appropriated by this Act shall be used for payment of salaries or expenses of the Joint Land Commission, established under article fifteen of the treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama, in adjudicating or settling any claim originating under any lease or contract for occupancy, made by the Panama Railroad Company in the Canal Zone, or for the payment of any awards made by said commission on account of any such claims.

SEC. 3. That in prescribing regulations under the provisions of section five of the sundry civil Act of August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the President shall provide that in lieu of furnishing to the auditor individual detail collection vouchers, not provided for in said regulations, two competent persons, one from the office of the Auditor for the War Department, designated by the auditor, and one from the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, designated by the comptroller, shall be sent semiannually, at such time as may be designated by the comptroller, to the Canal Zone, to examine the accounts and vouchers and verify the submitted schedules of collections and report in triplicate to the Auditor for the War Department, the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the auditor of the Panama Canal; and such persons shall make such other examination into the accounts of the Panama Canal as may be directed by the comptroller, and for all such purposes they shall have access to all records and papers pertaining thereto. Such examination and inspection shall be made for the period covered by the persons designated as soon as practicable, and the report of such persons shall be promptly filed. Such persons shall be furnished their transportation going and returning, including meals, and be paid a per diem of $4 from the day of sailing from the United States until return thereto, both days inclusive, in lieu of subsistence on the Isthmus and all other expenses, out of such appropriation for the Panama Canal as may be designated by the governor.

SEC. 4. That appropriations herein for printing and binding shall not be used for any annual report or the accompanying documents unless the copy therefor is furnished to the Public Printer in the following manner: Copies of the documents accompanying such annual reports on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year; copies of the annual reports on or before the fifteenth day of November of each year; and complete revised proofs of the accompanying documents and the annual reports on the tenth and twentieth days of November of each year, respectively. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner of Patents, or the Comptroller of the Currency.

SEC. 5. That no part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen for the purchase of any typewriting machine at a price in excess of the lowest price paid by the Government of the United States for the same make and substantially the same model of machine during the period of the fiscal years nineteen hundred and thirteen and nineteen hundred and fourteen; such price shall include the value of any typewriting machine or machines given in exchange, but shall not apply to special prices granted on typewriting machines used in schools of the District of Columbia or of the Indian Service.

SEC. 6. That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officers and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, and all laws or parts of laws to the extent they are in conflict with the provisions of this Act are repealed.

Approved, March 3, 1915. [38 Stat., 836, 843, 883.]

An Act To authorize aids to navigation and other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to establish, provide, or improve the following aids to navigation and other works in the Lighthouse Service, under the Department of Commerce, in accordance with the respective limits of costs hereinafter respectively set forth, which shall in no case be exceeded.

PANAMA CANAL.

Two lights on the Pacific coast, necessary as aids to navigation near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, at a total cost not exceeding $48,000; one of them at Punta Mala, the other at Bona Island.

And for the construction of these two aids the Secretary of Commerce may, by satisfactory arrangement with the Governor of the Panama Canal, have them constructed and maintained through the Panama Canal force.

Approved, March 3, 1915. [38 Stat., 927.]

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

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 they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes:

PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.

That the appropriation of $400,000 for erection on the Isthmus of Panama of barracks, quarters, and other buildings for accommodation of marines, contained in the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby reappropriated, and $200,000 thereof made available for the erection of marine barracks at Mare Island, California and $200,000 thereof made available for the erection of marine barracks at Norfolk, Virginia.

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING.

High-power radio stations: Toward the purchase and preparation of necessary sites, purchase and erection of towers and buildings, and the purchase and installation of machinery and apparatus of high-power radio stations (cost not to exceed $1,500,000), to be located as follows: One in the Isthmian Canal Zone, one on the California coast, one in the Hawaiian Islands, one in American Samoa, one on the island of Guam, and one in the Philippine Islands, $400,000, to be available until expended.

Approved, March 3, 1915. [38 Stat., 937, 946.]

An Act For the relief of F. W. Theodore Schroeter.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to F. W. Theodore Schroeter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,397.66, to compensate him for injuries received while in the employ of the Government of the United States on the Panama Canal September twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seven: Provided, That in case of the death of the claimant, payment of such claim shall be made to the legal representatives.

Approved, March 3, 1915. [38 Stat., 1545.]

An Act For the relief of L. V. Thomas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to L. V. Thomas the sum of $1,680, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, for personal injuries received while working on the Panama Canal in the employ of the Panama Canal Commission as a carpenter. Approved, March 3, 1915. [38 Stat., 1546.]

An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judical expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 5. That hereafter subscriptions to periodicals, which have been certified in writing by the respective heads of the executive departments or other Government establishments to be required for official use, may be paid in advance from appropriations available therefor.

Approved, March 4, 1915. [38 Stat., 1049.]

An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

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 they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

BARRACKS AND QUARTERS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS:

Provided further, That on and after October first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, no officer or enlisted man of the Army shall, except upon his own request, be required to serve in a single tour of duty for more than two years in the Philippine Islands, nor more than three years in the Panama Canal Zone, except in case of insurrection or of actual or threatened hostilities:

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

HOSPITAL CARE, CANAL ZONE GARRISONS: For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusive of subsistence, as may be approved by the Secretary of War for caring in its hospitals for officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority: Provided, That the subsistence of the said patients, except commissioned officers and acting dental surgeons, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals, $45,000.

Approved, March 4, 1915. [38 Stat., 1078, 1080.]

An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

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 they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN.

Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Philippine Islands, $20,000.

EXPOSITION IN CITY OF PANAMA.

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept an invitation extended by the Government of Panama to the Government of the United States to participate in an exposition to be held in the city of Panama; and the sum of $25,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable suitable participation in said exposition by this country, for an appropriate exhibit of the arts, industries, manufactures, products of the soil, mines, and waters of the United States, and, as far as practicable, of the functions of the General Government, and an exhibit of such other articles as the President may direct, including an exhibit relating to the Panama Canal.

Approved, March 4, 1915. [38 Stat., 1125, 1127.]

An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen and for prior years, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen and for prior years, and for other purposes, namely:

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Hospital care, Canal Zone garrisons: For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusive of subsistence, as may be approved by the Secretary of War for caring in its hospitals for officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority, $45,000: Provided, That the subsistence of the said patients, except commissioned officers and acting dental surgeons, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriations for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals: Provided further, That of this sum $2,000 shall be available to pay the canal for similar services rendered during the month of June, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

SEC. 5. That the executive departments and other Government establishments and all branches of the public service may hereafter exchange typewriters, adding machines, and other similar labor saving devices in part payment for new machines used for the same purpose as those proposed to be exchanged. There shall be submitted to Congress on the first day of the session following the close of each fiscal year, a report showing, as to each exchange hereunder, the make of the article, the

period of its use, the allowance therefor, and the article, make thereof, and price, including exchange value, paid or to be paid for each article procured through such exchange,

Approved, March 4, 1915. [38 Stat., 1144, 1161.]

An Act To provide for recognizing the services of certain officers of the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service for their services in connection with the construction of the Panama Canal, to extend to certain of such officers the thanks of Congress, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are hereby extended to the following officers of the Army and Navy of the United States who, as members of the late Isthmian Canal Commission, have rendered distinguished service in constructing the Panama Canal, to wit: Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer: Brigadier General William C. Gorgas, sanitary expert; Colonel H. F. Hodges, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert, and Commander H. H. Rousseau. 147 SEC. 2. That the President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to advance in rank Colonel George W. Goethals to the grade of major general of the line, United States Army; Brigadier General William C. Gorgas to the rank of major general in the Medical Department, United States Army; Colonel H. F. Hodges and Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert to the grade of brigadier general of the line, United States Army; and Commander H. H. Rousseau to the grade of rear admiral of the lower Nine, United States Navy.

SEC. 3. That such officers of the Army and Navy as were detailed for duty with the Isthmian Canal Commission on the Isthmus of Panama for more than three years, and who shall not have been advanced in rank by any other provision of this bill, shall be advanced one grade in rank upon retirement: Provided, That any officer of the Army or Navy now on the retired list with similar service shall be immediately advanced one grade in rank on the retired list of the Army or Navy.

SEC. 4. That the President is further authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint such officers of the Public Health Service as were detailed for duty with the Isthmian Canal Commission on the Isthmus of Panama for more than three years to the grade next above that at present held by such officers.148

SEC. 5. That the numbers in such grades provided for in sections two and four of this Act, except where vacancies occurring in any grade by the provisions of this Act can be filled by such officers in a lower grade as are entitled to the benefits of this Act, shall be temporarily increased during the time such offices may be held: Provided, That the officer who may be advanced and appointed major general in the Medical Department, United States Army, shall thereupon become the head of such department, and the operation of so much of section twenty-six of the Act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, as limits the term of office of the head of the Medical Department, United States Army, shall be suspended during the incumbency of the head of the department who may be appointed under this Act: Provided, That whenever the head of the Medical Department appointed under the provisions of this Act shall become separated from the active list of the Army, by retirement or otherwise, the extra office or grade to which he shall have been so advanced or appointed shall cease and determine, and thereafter the rank of the head of the Medical Department, United States Army, shall be that of a brigadier general: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall operate to interfere with or retard the promotion to which any officer would be entitled under existing law: And provided further, That the officers advanced to higher grades under this Act shall be junior to the officers who now rank them under existing law when these officers have reached the same grade.

SEC. 6. That at any time after the passage of this Act any officer of the Army or Navy to be benefited by the provisions of this Act may, on his own application, be retired by the President at seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which he is retired.149

Approved, March 4, 1915. [38 Stat., 1190, 1191.]

147 See Jt. Res. of Dec. 22, 1913, p. 97, for recognition of services of the late Lieut. Col. David Du B. Gaillard as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and for relief of Mrs. Katherine Davis Gaillard; see also Executive Order of Apr. 27, 1915 (E. O. 212) changing name of "Culebra Cut" to "Gaillard Cut" in honor the late Lieut. Col. Gaillard.

See notes under act of Mar. 4, 1909, p. 52, relating to longevity increases and "Canal Medals.'' 149 Act of Feb. 23, 1917, p. 150, provides for return to active list of officers retired under this section.