APRIL 21 (calendar day, April 25), 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JONES, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 79551 The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred 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, reports the same to the Senate with various amendments, and presents herewith information relative to the changes made: The changes in the amounts of the House bill recommended by the committee are as follows: Military activities: Quartermaster Corps INCREASE Incidental expenses of the Army (employment of 16 civilians to take the places of a like number of warrant officers). Barracks and quarters.. Total, Quartermaster Corps. - Signal Corps- Telegraph and telephone systems ($68,378 for telephone projects and $25,000 for radio equipment) _ . $24, 000. 00 152, 060. 00 176, 060. 00 93, 378. 00 Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Shiloh National Military Park, resurfacing road from Monument on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N. C. Old Fort Niagara, N. Y., repairs, preservation, etc... Total, Quartermaster Corps... Total increase.. 50, 000. 00 100, 000. 00 225,000.00 400,000.00 782, 138.00 Subsistence of the Army (subsistence to certain personnel on transports on account of comptroller's decision)... Army transportation (increase in limitation of pay for 40 vehicles from $2,000 to $2,500 each and decrease of pay for 150 vehicles from $1,500 to $1,200 each, net decrease).. Total, Quartermaster Corps.. 5, 000. 00 1, 260. 00 6, 260.00 2 5, 475.00 25, 000. 00 30, 475.00 Engineer equipment of troops (engineer equipment for Total, Corps of Engineers. Chief of Infantry: Tank Service, incidental expenses - Corps of Engineers— Birthplace of George Washington, Wakefield, Va. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: Total decrease. Net increase... Amount of bill reported to Senate... $5, 000. 00 239,855.00 244,855.00 570. 00 2,500.00 45, 000. 00 329, 660.00 452, 478.00 456, 695, 864.00 SR-71-2-VOL 2-10 APRIL 21 (calendar day, APRIL 25), 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. DALE, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 4094] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4094) authorizing W. L. Eichendorf, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near the town of McGregor, Iowa, having considered the same, report favorably thereon, and recommend that the bill do pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the Department of War as will appear by the annexed communication, which is made a part of this report. WAR DEPARTMENT, April 12, 1930. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate. So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill, S. 4094, Seventy-first Congress, second session, authorizing W. L. Eichendorf to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of McGregor, Iowa. F. TRUBEE DAVISON, Acting Secretary of War. Hon. HIRAM W. JOHNSON, Chairman Committee on Commerce, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULture, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR: Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of April 8, transmitting a copy of a bill (S. 4094) with request that the committee be furnished with such suggestions touching its merits and the propriety of its passage as the department might deem appropriate. This bill would authorize W. L. Eichendorf, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto |