operation and maintenance

operation and maintenance For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers’ Home, to be paid from the Soldiers’ Home permanent fund, $8,024,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not lie available for the payment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army.