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l«ate & far smr^ ftsvor&bXe lr:^e«filaa i « the r l s l tor on eat»jriaf t>9 post t ^ n v&« t^« eA«« of the b&rrea ac^tditlon at tbe trl«2tfl«

*2« Dofisl««ttl«« LA t\M mppnixaoM of th» p0»t wttr« tbft «ttb* J*et aKtt*r of wmawif os cmiAltiu?* Kfc ?t« ?;1SSOII}«L ^ Brl£adi«r 0*a«r«l tt« 4 . XtniHuB «ft«r Til* I s s^et loa of tlw pMt last ««KM»r« Tb* •«rk»r vai* podAtvd o«t t* ths Corf* - rva Cosmuuifivr %nd t o Bric&4ieT tantTAl S*«T«« on thetr Urt Irs^et loo *f th* post asd, »« tKr «« X teflv* ftltsltvi m» qosstlfla frcm «ith«r of than a* t» t))« scnr** of th* tvBAm l2nr#lT*d or ocBBwnt* a* to t)w advlsobll i t / of t^• •xpcndl* t«r* of <^**i II—III fvndo for I t* eon«tr««tloQ«

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*U» T>w BOttsr of ooBsstrsotloo vao dl*«u*so4 oa SOVOTOI OO«> Booi—o -«Uh tlw iHMB S. $«. Uoot . Col. T*\ a. o^loigbllT!, aai tli* d**ica^ a* m i x a« tho vork Itoelf» wao vorbaUy agyrotod by MK« T%a rapdatioe* govormlni; tho oxpuodltar* ef fU3ftd* for tM* p«rpos* ver« sonoldorody and It vfl t a.graod t>«.t tiM fvad* prorldoA uiui«r the a|H' proprlottoa aot for tho f • T., oodl&c Jmao 50, igs^» irtiUh js^wridt* In party 'Iffotajd* "^ti.l^, '' nirvvtn acd jrfllDiafO and for thft o&r* &cd I s -pcawj*ogit of {rottZbuLs &t SLlHtary poat« oad atSLtloo**, v«re applic&blo*

"5» It la believed that tSf coaotrTtetloB of tMa mar^r, for t>»* parpoaa de«i|piat«d, *a« ^uatifled, ai th«r» NiO forweriy }»ooa very l i t t l e h«adva/ cuide 1& Inprovlsg tiM otKeriri** oaattr&otivo a|^ pparanOo of t>M grooad* at Fort S^ascnila*" ,

T>i* appropriation i s question Iff tviM in tb« aet of iareh 25,

19£7« l;! -^tat. 1U6, 4aid ^{nrldeot

'*Por t>* eorstrootloc ead repair by the ,ttftrfcer»!i«ter ^orpo •f road*, waltoa, a»d KbarroSs for t ^ pay of eiaploye»«| foo* tM di»-p—al of drainage} for dr«dting ehfuixiel*! Had for ooro hud improrenAirt of groiiBd* at lallit&ry posts and at&tlons, « " « "

bx dooision Ly the Controller of the ireasury* ^9 Coxip. lOO.

100, there w^j disali(i»ed credit for payaont nMuio for a ^comoriol

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tolblot oreotod la tho '*raKy Vor eoXIofo «t ftsblngtoBg vrS.^ tlw

pajnent t>>orofor having boom nade fro« fYm Jtipi^ojfrlatioB "Sarrook*

sod ^oftTtert^* It IPSA stated in tbo doololon tlsot a t^ihlet t^

orooted Tso mors properly idostlfled olth th* oonotraotlgsi of th*

^lldlng^ Wff that horing twMa eouplotod. olth lAproooooot* Tho a ^

proprtoiioa t r m w^ioh tho paynont la that oaso wao o&de oofztoined

a* prorislott for laprovoaovt of »usti buildings sad vas aooordXi:gly

!h«ld sot araillobXe thorofoHr*

It lo Ofident frOBi tito doasripfctoo of the oorHr In thi* «ese

that It oowrtitvtod aa Ivprovogioat of tho grooodo am olalaed by the

jpiaaaoo 0rft#*r4 7 ^ payooart in the present easo oo* muds froa ao

oppro^iot iw o^ioh prortded opsoiftoslly for imjptmwm^ Q£ fcb*

i;ro«ado at military j ^ t s said t>io oxpsndltoro opipMUr* to eoise vitfc-

1» tho porrt— of tltat ap$r«|rl«tl«n«

tpoo rovlov |25d io oertifiod for erodit la tht dlsbnrolrc

«ffle*r*s sooowsto.

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