Show I NEWS OF TUB ARMY Persons Snpiilyinsr Material to Government Gov-ernment Will Be Protected Kansas City Times Sept 12 An order published by the war department depart-ment gives publicity to an act of Congress Con-gress for the protection of persons furnishing fur-nishing materials and labor for the construction con-struction of public works I provides that hereafter persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building build-ing or the prosecution and completion of any public work or for repairs upon any public building or public work shall be required I before commencing such rIJe to execute the usual penal bond with good sureties with the additional obligations that such contractor or contractors con-tractors shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them labor and materials in the prosecution of the work provided for in the contract and any person or persons making application cation therefor and furnishing affidavit to the department under the direction of which the work is being or has been prosecuted that labor or materials for the prosecution of such work has been I supplied by him or them and payment for xhich has not been made shall be furnished with a certified copy of said contract and bond upon which said person per-son or persons supplying such labor and materials shall bave a right of action and hal be authorized t bring suit in the name of the United States for his or their use and benefit against said contractor con-tractor and sureties and to prosecute the same to final judgment and execution Provided that such action and its prosecutions pros-ecutions shall Involve the United States in no expense Section 2 provides that in such case the court in which such action is brought Is authorized to require proper security for cost in case judgment is for the de |