Supplies and uniforms

§ 9386. Supplies and uniforms (a) Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Air Force may issue to institutions at which units of the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps are maintained— (1) public animals and forage for them; (2) means of transportation, arms, ammunition, supplies, and tentage; and (3) uniforms, except that he may pay commutation at a rate fixed by him annually instead of uniforms. (b) The Secretary may authorize such expenditures as he considers necessary for the efficient maintenance of the Corps. (c) The Secretary shall require, from each institution to which property is issued under subsection (a), a bond or other indemnity in such amount as he considers adequate, but not less than $5,000, for the care and safekeeping of all property so issued except uniforms, expendable articles and supplies expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction. The Secretary may accept a bond without surety if the institution to which the property is issued furnishes to him satisfactory evidence of its financial responsibility.