GIFT OF COMPILATION OF LAWS (REVISED STATUTES AND STATUTES AT LARGE) RELATING TO THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS etc. COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918 TABLES OF STATUTES AT LARGE AND OF THE REVISED STATUTES CITED HEREIN WITH THE PARAGRAPHS NOTED IN WHICH THE CITATIONS OCCUR. Year. Month. Statute. ' Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1873 Mar. 3 17 535 461. 1874 Apr 20 18 33 1037. 1874 June 20 18 110 11. 1874 June 23 18 275 15. 1875 Mar. 3 18 410 1099, 1196. 1875 do 18 455 2 1225. 1875 do 18 467 348. 1875 do 18 479 1115. 1875 do 18 481 99,100,101,102,103. 1876 July 24 19 99 231. 1876 July 29 19 102 492. 1876 Aug. 7 19 126 478. 1876 Aug. 12 19 131 634. 1876 Aug 15 19 169 5 896. 1876 . do 19 203 1276. 1877 Feb 27 19 242 1217. 1877 1877 ...do.... do 19 19 243 243 Sec. 1191, R.S Sec. 1270, R. S ... 24. 440,484,525. 1877 do 19 249 Sec 3741 R S 187. 1877 do 19 249 167, 219, 1047. 1086,1125,1132, 1877 Mar. 3 19 335 5 1148,1149. 220. 1877 .. do.... 19 370 1255. 1878 Apr. 10 20 36 212, 213. 1878 June 14 20 130 4 11,74. 1878 June 18 20 150 7 501. 1878 . do... 20 150 8 441,485. 1878 do 20 151 9 524. 1878 June 20 20 216 2. 1878 . do... . 20 219 593. 1879 Feb. 3 20 281 237,238. 1879 June 23 21 31 443! 1879 do 21 34 341,342,344. 1880 May 4 21 113 1881 Jan. 21 21 317 3. 1881 Feb. 24 21 346 502. 1882 June 30 22 118 448,498,618. 1882 . do 22 119 1882 Aug. 5 22 238 1 1261. 1882 . .do 22 241 1 1254. 1882 . do... . 22 255 4 16, 886, 938. 1883 Jan. 16 22 400 8 897. 1883 . do.... 22 400 9 898. 1883. ...do 22 400 10 899. 1883 Mar. 3 22 456 505. 1883 do 22 487 212. 213. 1883 . do 22 552 1 1255a. 1884 May 13 23 22 2 919. 1884 July 5 23 103 1 1015. 1884 . do 23 104 6 1013. 1884 do 23 108 1197 1884 . do... 23 109 168,169,200,201,203. 1884 do. ... 23 111 1277 1884 . do... 23 113 1051. 1884 do 23 147 4 1281 1884 . do 23 158 3 222, 223. 1884 July 7 23 254 2 107 1119. 1885 Jan. 6 23 516 901. 1885 Mar. 3 23 350 75-82, inclusive. 1885 ...do 23 359 585. 1886 Dec. 20 24 351 327. 1887 Feb. 23 24 644 902 / 1887 Mar. 3 24 535 253. 1888 Aug. 1 25 357 1 1006 1888 ...do 25 357 2 1007. 1888 Aug. 8 25 387 1 33. 1888 ...do 25 387 2 34. 1889 Feb. 16 25 672 1309. 1889 Mar. 1 25 776 31 672. 1889 .do. . 25 779 49 914 1889 ...do... 25 780 673. 4939218 38603 II STATUTES AT LAKGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. 'aragraph this compilation. 1889 Mar 1 25 831 616. 1890 June 13 26 152 1229. 1890 do 26 154 398 1890 June 16 26 158 3 1159. 1890 July 11 26 268 2 1250. 1890 Aug 18 26 316 1 1008 1890 \ug 29 26 371 876. 877. 1890 Aue 30 26 374 1129. 1890 .do 26 401 275. 1890 do . . 26 413 4 1048. 1890 Sept 19 26 456 15 518. 1890 Oct. 1 26 562 480. 1890 do 26 646 1136. 1891 Jan 19 26 721 174. 1891 Feb. 6 26 733 1263. 1891 Feb 9 26 737 2 587. 1891 Feb. 24 26 773 308. 1891 Mar. 13 26 1101 18 1025. 1892 Mar 29 27 12 230. 1892 May 10 27 28 4 1282. 1892 July 16 27 177 532. 1892 do 27 178 18 404. 610. 1892 do. .. 27 199 1 1256. 1892 July 27 27 278 578. 1892 July 28 27 321 1017. 1892 Aug. 1 27 340 1 905. 1893 Feb 27 27 479 577. 1893 .do 27 480 444, 446, 506. 1893 do . . 27 484 1218, 1221. 1893 Mar 3 27 593 1 1016. 1893 do. .. 27 715 5 907, 909, 912, 917. 1894 June 28 28 96 903. 1894 July 31 28 205 3 1166. 1894 do. . . 28 206 4 1036, 1169. 1894 do 28 206 5 1043. 1894 .do 28 206 6 1064. 1894 do . . 28 206 7 1040. 1894 do 28 207 7 1171. 1894 do. .. 28 207, 208 8 72, 86, 1033, 1063, 1065, 1162, 1894 do 28 208 9 1170. 1167. 1894 do . . 28 208 10 1168. 1894 do 28 209 11 1074. 1164. 1894 do 28 209 12 1044 1046, 1073. 1894 do 28 209 1047. 1894 do 28 210 14 71, 1042. 1894 do 28 210 16 1079. 1894 do 28 210 18 219. 1894 do 28 211 22 1039. 1894 do 28 211 23 85. 1894 Aue 6 28 236 1102. 1894 do 28 237 ~ 507, 508. 1894 Aug 13 28 278 49-56, inclusive. 1894 do 28 279 1 35. 36. 1894 do 28 279 2 37, 38, 39. 1894 do 28 279 5 40. 1894 do 28 279 6 41. 1894 do 28 279 7 42. 1894 do 28 279 8 43. 1895 Jan 12 28 623 92 1208. 1895 do 28 623 95 1210. 1895 do 28 624 96 221. 1895 do 28 624 98 1211. 1895 Feb 12 28 658 175. 1895 Mar 2 28 807 5 28,29. 1895 do 28 807 31,32,1073. 1 S'l.'i do 28 808 5 193. 1895 do 28 808 7 1249. I JSQK do 28 813 12 196. I QQC An 28 813 13 197 1895 do 28 950 276. 1896 Feb 18 29 g 356. 1896 May 28 29 148 5. 1896 do 29 179 c 1087. 1896 do 29 179 885. 1896 29 268 1151. 18Q7 Mar 3 29 625 246,247. 1 vis Mar 1 T 30 316 3 191. 1898 do 30 316 5 1038. ifiaa do 30 316 3 193. 1898 do 30 316 907,908,909,912,917. 1898 Anr. 26 30 365 413. STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Ill Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1898 May 11 30 404 2 1026. 1898 July 1 30 634 277. 1898 July 7 30 653 910. 1898 30 655 190. 1898 do 30 720 463. 1898 July 8 30 730 87, 88. 1899 Jan 12 30 784 2 482. 1899 Feb 24 30 890 4 911,948. 1 QQQ Feb 25 30 890 226. 1899 Mar 3 30 977 519. 1899 do 30 1225 1899 do 30 1356 1 89, 90, 91. 1899 do 30 1356 2 92. 1899 do 30 1356 3 93. 1899 do 30 1356 4 94. 1 oqn do 30 1356 5 95. 1899 do 30 1356 6 96. 1000 31 624 1224. 1900 do 31 630 270. 1900 do 31 637 84. 1900 do 31 658 1092. 1900 do 31 671 558. 1901 Feb 2 31 748 1 519. 1901 do 31 750 12 439. 1901 do 31 751 15 462. 1901 do 31 752 18 301. 1901 do 31 753 19 366. 368, 753, 754. 1901 do 31 753 19 Sec 1295, R. S . . .. 379. 1901 do 31 755 26 464,548,1243,1244,1245 1246 1901 do 31 756 31 1901 do 31 757 36 380^384, inclusive. ~~* - 1901 do 31 758 40 395. 1901 Feb 15 31 790 1027. 1901 Mar 2 31 901 445. 1901 do 31 902 493,533. 1901 do 31 903 536,584. 1901 do 31 905 171. 1901 do 31 907 203. 1901 do 31 910 1045. 1901 do 31 920 338. 1901 Mar 3 31 1009 5 1118. 1901 do 31 1404 1389 904. 1902 June 28 32 409 324. 1902 do 32 464 1012. 1902 do 32 481 996. 1902 June 30 32 481 996. 1902 do 32 508 494. 1902 do 32 509 465. 1902 do 32 511 520, 567. 1902 do 32 512 310. 1902 do 32 543 904. 1902 July 1 32 629 98. 1902 do 32 711 85 1093. 1903 Jan 30 32 783 466. 1903 Feb 7 32 804 272. 1903 Mar 2 32 932 467, 557, 568. 1903 do 32 934 638. 1903 do 32 939 1291. 1903 do 32 942 468. 1903 Mar 3 23 1012 345. 1904 Feb 18 33 41 148. 1904 Mar 18 33 142 3 1215. 1904 Apr 21 33 225 564, 597. 1904 do 33 226 436, 437. 1904 Apr 23 33 264 549, 560. 1904 do 33 266 302. 1904 do 33 267 509. 1904 do 33 269 263. 1904 Apr 27 33 422 1128. 1904 Apr. 28 33 496 239, 261. 1904 do 33 518 1287. 1905 Feb 3 33 687 4 1216. 1905 Feb 20 33 725 227. 1905 Feb. 24 33 811 49-56, inclusive. 1905 Mar 2 33 831 553. 1905 ...do... 33 832 1030. 1905 do 33 837 1289. 1905 do 33 839 1 918. 1905 do 33 840 1 1143. 1905 Mar 3 33 850 346, 350. 1905 ...do... 33 853 352'. IV STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1905 Mar 3 33 1196 243 1905 do 33 1213 1 994 1905 do 33 1249 1 995 1905 do 33 1257 4 Sec 3679 R S 6 22 900 1906 Feb. 27 34 48 ....do 900. 1906 do 34 49 do 6 22 1906 . do 34 49 3 1083 1906 Mar 9 34 56 240 1906 Mar 30 34 825 j 1000 1001 1906 do 34 826 998 1906 June 8 34 225 1 1021 1906 do 34 225 2 1022 1006 do 34 225 3 1023 1906 do 34 225 4 1024 1906 June 12 34 242 582. 1906 do 34 245 554 1906 do. .. 34 246 303, 504, 510, 511 621 1906 do 34 248 639 1996 . do. . 34 250 488. 1906 do 34 255 186 1906 .. do... 34 258 172, 1153. 1906 June 22 34 448 4 887. 1120 1122 1906 do 34 449 5 952. 1906 June 25 34 456 469. 1906 June 29 34 607 1 1278 iQOfi do 34 607 2 1279 1006 do 34 607 3 1280 1906 do 34 621 229 1906 Juno 30 34 750 305 306 1906 do 34 762 997. 1906 do 34 763 5 1157 1006 do 34 763 6 928 929 1006 do 34 764 9 176 1907 Jan 25 34 864 438. 1007 Mar 2 34 1159 417 1907 do 34 1160 422, 423, 424. 1007 do 34 1162 470 1907 do 34 1163 550. 1907 do 34 1165 401 1907 do 34 1166 1100. 1907 do 34 1167 527, 598, 1154 1907 do 34 1170 1130, 1283. 1907 do 34 1171 495. 1907 do 34 1175 244. 1907 do 34 1217 657. 1907 Mar 4 34 1346 248 1908 Apr 23 35 67 481. 1908 Apr 29 35 70 1288 1908 May 11 35 108 323, 411. 414, r 450. 500. 1908 do 35 109 571, 589, 635, 636 1908 do 35 110 311. 606, 1908 do 35 114 304, 312, 535. 1908 do 35 117 712. 1908 May 16 35 163 385. 1 'IIIS May 22 35 244 4 1252 1908 May 23 35 1325 281, 282. 1 'IIK May 27 35 401 11 704 1908 do 35 415 1077. 1908 May 28 35 430 325. 1908 do 35 431 336. 1000 Feb 18 35 634 53 669, 670 100Q do 35 635 64 671 1909 Feb 23 35 644 Sec 3647 R S 1077 1909 Feb 25 35 647 1029. 1909 Mar 3 35 735 4.50. 1909 do 35 738 565. 1909 do 35 742 489. 1909 do 35 747 1097. 1909 do 35 818 1281. 1909 Mar 4 35 907 4 1131. 1909 do 35 1003 1223. 1909 do 35 1027 9 890. 1909 do 35 1027 28 154 1000 do 35 1094 29 155 1214 1909 do 35 1094 30 156. 1909 do 35 1094 31 157 1000 do 35 1094 32 158 1909 do 35 1095 33 159. 1909 do 35 1095 34 160 1909 do 35 1095 35 161 1191 1909 ...do... 35 1096 36 1192. STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. V Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1909 Mar 4 35 1096 37 162 1909 do 35 1097 38 1193 1909 do 35 1097 39 163 1909 do 35 1097 41 164 1909 do 35 1097 46 1191a 1909 do 35 1097 47 1114 1909 do 35 1098 48 1116 1909 do 35 1104 85 1146 1909 do 35 1105 86 1144 1909 do 35 1105 87 1104 1909 .. do . 35 1105 89 1105 1909 do 35 1105 90 1106 1909 .do 35 1105 91 1107. 190Q do 35 1105 92 1108 1909 .do 35 1105 93 1109. 1909 do 35 1106 94 1110. 1909 ..do.... 35 1106 95 1111. 1909 do .. 35 1106 98 1147, 1227. 1909 ..do.... 35 1107 106 1145. 1909 do. ... 35 1107 109 1112. 1909 ...do.... 35 1109 113 165. 1909 .do 35 1109 117 166 1113. 1909 do 35 1110 118 880 1909 .do.... 35 1110 119 881. 1909 do 35 1110 120 882 1909 ..do.... 35 1110 121 883. 1909 .do 35 1110 122 894 1909 ..do.... 35 1111 128 1212 1909 do 35 1112 12Q 1213 1909 ...do 35 1144 286 1194 1909 Aug. 5 36 125 47, 48. 1910 Mar. 23 36 241 3 44 1910 .do 36 241 4 45 46 1910 ...do 36 244 496 1910 .do.... 36 248 471 1910 ...do 36 249 369 370. 1910 ..do.... 36 252 490 1910 do 36 254 206 1910 ...do.... 36 255 1272 1274. 1910 ...do 36 257 1096 1152. 1910 Apr. 19 36 312 343 1910 ...do 36 324 477 1910 June 17 36 531 4 192 1910 June 25 36 721 1 1219 1910 ...do 36 723 264 1910 ...do.... 36 724 249 1910 ...do 36 773 1133 1911 Feb. 15 36 1919 283 1911 Mar. 2 36 1004 668 1911 Mar. 3 36 1017 357 1911 ..do 36 1019 330 332 333. 1911 ...do 36 1044 289* 1911 ..do.... 36 1045 457 1911 ...do 36 1047 1206 1911 ...do.... 36 1048 1161 1911 ...do 36 1049 650. 1911 ...do 36 1051 1273 1284, 1285. 1911 ...do 36 1077 1 266. 1911 ...do 36 1077 2 267 1911 ..do.... 36 1093 24 109-113 inclusive 1911 ...do 36 1133 128 114 1911 ...do.... 36 1136 145 116-121 inclusive 1911 ...do 36 1137 146 122 1911 ...do.... 36 1137 147 123 1142. 1911 ...do 36 1137 148 124 125. 1911 ...do 36 1138 149 126 1911 ...do 36 1138 150 127. 1911 ...do 36 1138 151 128 129. 1911 ...do.... 36 1138 152 130. 1911 ...do 36 1138 153 131 1911 ...do 36 1138 154 132. 1911 ...do 36 1139 155 133. 1911 ...do 36 1139 156 134 135. 1911 ...do.... 36 1139 159 136 1911 ...do 36 1139 160 137 1911 ...do 36 1139 161 138. 1911 ...do 36 1139 162 13 1911 ...do 36 1139 164 140 1911 ...do.... 36 1140 172 141 1911 ...do 36 1140 173 142 1911 ...do 36 1140 174 143. VI STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation 1911 Mar 3 36 1140 175 144 1911 ..do 36 1140 177 145. 1911 .do .... 36 1140 178 146. 1911 do 36 1140 179 147 1911 ..do.... 36 1141 180 149. 1911 .do 36 1142 181 150 1911 do 36 1142 182 151 1911 .do. . . 36 1142 184 152. 1911 do 36 1142 185 153 1911 Mar. 4 36 1253 1028. 1911 do 36 1389 250 1911 ..do.... 36 1399 254. 1911 .do . . 36 1404 1 1253. 1912 do 37 72 377 1912 June 19 37 137 1 1234. 1912 do . 37 137 2 1235 1912 July 30 37 240 260. 1912 Aug. 9 37 252 328 358. 1912 ..do.... 37 254 334'. 1912 .do .. 37 263 363. 1912 do 37 264 360 1912 Aug. 23 37 375 1041. 1912 do 37 413 4 891 949. 1912 .do.... 37 414 5 939. 1912 do 37 414 6 1084. 1912 ..do.... 37 414 7 1259. 1912 .do 37 414 8 1209. 1912 do 37 415 9 1121 1912 Aug. 24 37 440 235. 271. 1912 do 37 441 245 273. 1912 .do.... 37 487 7 1912 do 37 487 g 878. 1912 .do.... 37 555 6 950, 951. 1912 do 37 571,045 455. 1912 do 37 575 596 1912 do . 37 575 1 288, 309. 1912 do 37 576 313. 1912 .do 37 579 1158. 1912 do 37 586 1 108. 1912 do 37 589 1203 1912 do 37 590 2 640, 644, 646, 648. 1912 do 37 591 2 631, 642, 1236. 1912 do 37 592 3 572'. 1912 do 37 593 1238. 1912 .do ... 37 594 6 503. 1912 Aug 26 37 626 7 942. 1913 Feb 7 37 663 1 268. 1913 do 37 663 2 269. 1913 Mar 2 37 706 475, 476. 1913 do 37 708 1239. 1913 do 37 710 418. 1913 do 37 717 1220. 1913 do 37 719 .534. 1913 do 37 1025 1186. 1913 Mar 4 37 790 4 942. 1913 do 37 857 359. 1913 May 1 38 3 3 1257. 1913 June 23 38 31 257. 1913 do... 38 75 3 1140. 1914 Mar 14 38 768 241. 1914 Apr 6 38 318 1 954. 1914 do 38 335 20. 1914 Apr 25 38 350 11 408. 1914 do 38 350 13 409. 1914 Apr 27 38 353 428. 1914 do 38 356 1237. 1914 do 38 357 456. 1914 do 38 361 1150,1196. 1914 do 38 363 19. 1914 do 38 365 1275. 1914 do 38 369 1067. 1914 May 8 38 771 2 1187. 1914 July 6 38 454 67. 1914 July 16 38 509 5 23. 1914 do 38 509 6 946. 1914 July 17 38 512 1155,1204. 1914 July 18 38 516 296,452. 1914 Aug 1 38 631 265,274. 1914 do 38 680 10 1138. 1914 do 38 680 12 943. 1914 ...do.... 38 680 13 955. STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. VU Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein mth the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1914 Aug. 4 38 682 1091. 1915 Jan 28 38 804 2 115 1915 Mar. 3 38 886 5 21. 1915 do ... 38 889 447. 1915 Mar 4 38 996 5 119. 1915 .do 38 1049 5 1072. 1915 do 38 1049 6 947. 1915 do 38 1065 629. 1915 .do 38 1066 1240, 1247. 1915 do ... 38 1067 319,320,933. 1915 do 38 1069 286 373 442,526,617. 1915 .do... 38 1071 207,208. 1915 do . 38 1077 83. 1915 ...do.... 38 1078 8,9,472. 1915 .do 38 1078 1 173. 1915 do 38 1079 1 1200. 1915 ...do.... 38 1080 407, 1068. 1915 do .... 38 1084 1205. 1915 .do 38 10S4 2 814-822 inclusive 1915 .do.... 38 1084 3 823. 1915 do 38 1085 4 599. 1915 do 38 1137 1297 1915 ...do 38 1161 4 12. 1915 do. .. 38 1161 5 180. 1Q15 do 38 1191 547 1916 Feb. 28 39 15 892. 1916 Mar. 21 39 37 1076. 1916 Apr. 17 39 52 242. 1916 May 10 39 76 889. 1916 .do 39 120 5 888 1916 ...do 39 120 6 941. 1916 Mav 18 39 123 757. 1916 June 3 39 168 5 314,315,316. 1916 ...do.... 39 170 9 523, 1241, 1232. 1916 .do 39 173 10 588 1018 1916 .do . 39 175 13 290 1916 ...do.... 39 176 15 434 1916 ...do 39 176 16 538-545, inclusive. 1916 ...do.... 39 181 21 390-393 inclusive. 1916 ...do.... 39 181 22 394 1916 ...do 39 183 24 556, 559. 1916 ...do 39 183 25 458,459. 1916 ...do 39 185 26 386-389, inclusive. 1916 ...do 39 186 27 637, 641 645, 647, 649, 824. 1916 ...do .. 39 186 28 825,1103. 573 1916 ...do 39 187 29 625,626,630. 1916 ...do.... 39 187 30 1916 ...do.... 39 187 31 787 788 789 1916 ...do.... 39 187 32 790 791*792 793 794. 1916 ...do 39 188 33 795. 1916 ...do.... 39 188 34 607. 1916 ...do 39 188 35 632 1916 ...do 39 189, 190 37 725-729 inclusive* 731 733- 1916 ...do... 39 190 38 737, inclusive. 728-741 inclusive 1916 ...do 39 191 39 742-746 inclusive 1916 ...do 39 191 40 748. 1916 ...do 39 191 41 749 750 1916 ...do 39 191 42 751,752. 1916 ...do 39 192 43 753 1916 ...do 39 192 44 754 1916 ...do 39 192 45 566,755. 1916 ...do 39 192 46 756 1916 ...do 39 192 47 758. 1916 ...do 39 193 48 762,763 1916 ...do.... 39 193 50 764 1916 ...do.... 39 193 51 766 1916 ...do 39 193 52 767 1916 ..udo.... 39 193 53 768 769 770 1916 ...do 39 194 54 771773, inclusive 1916 ...do 39 195-196 55 796-813 inclusive 1916 ...do 39 197 56 759 1916 ...do.... 39 197 58 660 1916 ...do 39 199,200 67 661 662 663 709 710 711 1916 ...do.... 39 200 69 713,714,715,716! 698 699 1916 ...do 39 201 72 665' 1916 ...do 39 201 77 666 667 1916 ! ...do.... 39 202 78 721 722 1916 ...do 39 202 79 723 1916 ...do.... 39 203 80 915. VIII STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited^ herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1916 June 3 39 203 81 705 1916 ...do 39 203 82 680. 1916 .do.... 39 203 83 681,682.717. 1916 do . 39 204 84 683 1916 ..do 39 204 85 684. 1916 .do 39 204 86 718,719 1916 do 39 204 87 685-689 inclusive 1916 ..do.... 39 205 88 720. 1916 .do. . 39 205 89 691,693 1916 ...do.... 39 205 90 694. 1916 .do.... 39 206 93 695. 1916 do 39 206 94 674,675,676. 1916 ..do.... 39 206 97 677. 1916 .do 39 206 98 678. 1916 do 39 207 99 696, 697. 1916 .do.... 39 208 100 473. 1916 ...do 39 209 109 701-703, inclusive. 1916 ...do... 39 209-210 110 664, 700, 706. 707. 1916 .do 39 211 113 777 778 780. 1916 ...do... 39 213 120 189. 1916 ...do 39 216 125 1303 1305-1308, inclusive. 1916 ...do 39 217 126 624,655,656. 1916 July 1 39 286 255. 1916 do 39 287 278. 1916 ...do... 39 336 3 1003. 1916 do. .. 39 336 4 1139. 1916 ...do... 39 336 5 1082. 1916 ...do 39 336 1081. 1916 July 6 39 349 474. 1916 Aug. 11 39 493 361. 1916 do 39 296 339. 1916 ...do 39 497 329. 1916 do 39 504 322. 1916 Aug. 29 39 547 9 1019. 1916 do 39 555 28 1020. 1916 do 39 582 941. 1916 .do 39 602 1298-1301, inclusive. 1916 do 39 604 1268. 1916 ...do... 39 617 913. 1916 do ... 39 622 1066. 1916 do 39 624 583,708 894. 1916 do 39 625 287. 1916 do 39 625 1 284. 285. 1916 do 39 626 25 367 521. 1916 do 39 627 555. 1916 do 39 629 551. 1916 do .. 39 630 1199. 1916 do 39 633 1271. 1916 do 39 634 1290. 1916 do 39 635 178. 1156. 1916 do 39 639 97. 1916 do 39 644 522. 1916 do 39 645 692, 1269. 1916 do 39 646 1 679. 1916 do 39 648 776.781,782,785. 1916 do 39 649 427, 1304. 1916 do 39 660 1188,1189,1190. 1916 do 39 667 1160. 1916 Sept 7 39 729 3 1292. 1916 do 39 729 5 1293. 1916 do 39 729 6 1294. 1916 do 39 729 g 1295. 1916 do 39 743 1 956. 1916 do 39 743 2 957. 1916 do 39 743 3 958. 1916 do 39 743 4 959. 1916 do 39 743 5 960. 1916 do 39 743 5 961. 1916 do 39 743 7 962. 1916 do 39 743 g 963. 1916 do 39 743 9 964. 1916 do 39 744 10 965. 1916 do 39 746 11 966. 1916 do 39 746 12 967. 1916 do 39 746 13 968. 1916 do 39 746 14 969. 1916 do 39 746 15 970. 1916 do 39 746 16 971. 1916 do 39 746 17 972. 1916 do 39 746 18 973. 1916 ...do.... 39 746 19 974. STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. IX Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1916 Sept 7 39 747 20 975 1916 do 39 747 21 976 1916 do 39 747 22 977 1916 do 39 747 23 978. 1916 do 39 747 24 979. 1916 do 39 747 25 980 1916 do 39 747 26 981. 1916 do 39 747 27 982 1916 do ... 39 748 28 983. 1916 do 39 748 28a 984. 1916 do 39 748 29 985 1916 do 39 749 32 986. 1916 do 39 749 35 987 1916 do . . 39 749 36 988. 1916 do 39 749 37 989 1916 do 39 749 38 990. 1916 do 39 749 39 991. 1916 . do.... 39 750 40 992. 1916 do . 39 750 41 993. 1916 Sept 8 39 810 724 1916 do 39 830 4 1135. 1916 do 39 853 765. 1917 Feb. 8 39 900 228. 1917 Mar. 3 39 1012 1270 1917 . do 39 1046 6 1134. 1917 do.... 39 1095 926. 1917 ...do 39 1121 7 927. 1917 Mar. 4 39 1192 906. 1917 do 39 1197 1025 1026 1917 May 12 40 43 179,517. 1917 do 40 45 590. 1917 .. do 40 48 561,569. 1917 do.... 40 50 1101. 1917 ...do 40 52 600. 1917 .. do 40 55 1207. 1917 ...do 40 62 1233. 1917 ...do 40 65 209,516. 1917 do . 40 70 774,775. 1917 ...do.... 40 71 760. 1917 do 40 72 747,895,916. 1917 ...do 40 73 730. 1917 ...do 40 74 643,930. 1917 do 40 75 999. 1917 May 18 40 81 7 627, 628, 658. 1917 do 40 82 10 415 574 581. 1917 ...do 40 82 11 479. 1917 ..do 40 82 12 399 1917 May 29 40 90 351. 1917 June 14 40 181 779. 1917 July 24 40 244 3* 575 1917 ...do 40 245 6 291-295, inclusive. 1917 ...do.... 40 245 3 416 576. 1917 do 40 246 247 9 297 512-515 inclusive 1917 Sept. 24 40 295 12 1062. 1917 Oct. 6 40 357 307 1917 do .. 40 358 372 1917 ...do 40 361 537 1917 do.... 40 383 3 1075 1917 ...do 40 383 6 953. 1917 ..do 40 383 7 931 1917 ...do 40 384 8 932. 1917 ...do 40 385 431-433 inclusive; 602-604, 1917 ...do.... 40 393 inclusive; 935-937, inclu- sive. 732 1242 1917 ...do 40 397 453,454. 1917 ...do 40 398 1 826 1917 ...do.... 40 399 13 827 1917 ...do 40 399 14 828. 1917 ...do.... 40 399 15 829 1917 ...do.... 40 400 16 830 1917 ...do 40 400 20 831 1917 ...do 40 400 21 832 1917 ...do 40 400 22 833 1917 ...do.... 40 400 24 834 402 1917 ...do.... 40 400 25 835 1917 ...do 40 400 26 836. 1917 ...do 40 402 200 837. 1917 ...do 40 402 201 838 839. 1917 ...do.... 40 403 202 840 1917 ...do 40 403 203 841. STATUTES AT LABGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes died herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Year. Month. Statute. Page. Section. Amending. Paragraph this compilation. 1917 Oct. 6 40 403 204 842 844 inclusive 1917 ...do 40 404 205 845 1917 ...do.... 40 404 206 846 847 1917 ...do 40 404 207 848' 1917 ...do.... 40 404 208 849 1917 ...do 40 404 209 850 1917 ...do 40 404 210 851 1917 ...do 40 405 300 852 1917 ..do.. 40 405 301 853 1917 ...do.... 40 406 302 854 1917 ...do.... 40 406 303 855 1917 ...do.... 40 407 304 856 1917 ...do..., 40 407 305 857 1917 ...do.... 40 407 306 858. 1917 ...do.... 40 407 307 859 1917 .. do.... 40 407 308 860 1917 ...do 40 407 309 861 1917 ...do 40 408 310 862 1917 ...do 40 408 311 863. 1917 ...do.... 40 408 312 864 865 1917 . do.... 40 408 313 866 1917 ...do.... 40 408 314 867. 1917 ...do 40 409 400 868 1917 ...do 40 409 401 869. 1917 ...do 40 409 402 870 1917 . do . 40 410 403 871 1917 ...do.,.. 40 410 404 872. 1917 . do ... 40 410 405 873 1917 ...do 40 410 3 421. REVISED STATUTES. Section. Paragraph this com- pilation. Section. Paragraph this com- pilation. 161 1251 1133 . 182 166, as amended . . 885 1135 364 167 923 1136. as amended 1217 168 924 1138 . 211 169.. 893 1141 181 170 944 1143 .. . . 365 173... 874 1144 1195 174 875 1145 1198 175 1248 1147- 400 178 1260 1148 402 179 1262 1201 1263 1150 ....... 210 182 1264 1174 .. 396 184.. 57 1189 579 185 58 24 186 59 1192 30 187. 60 1216 230 188 61 1217 420 189 62 1220 615 190 63 1234 397 217 1185 5*6 219 183 1241 1202 220 1265 1242 1183 228.. 10 1259 552 236 73 1260 562 237 as amended 1136 1261 430 1064 1262 497 278 1031 1263 499 282 1032 1264 425 306 1078 1265 491 1079 1266 426 308 1080 412 309 1034 525 1081 1272 486 355 1011 1274 546 361 69 1275 570 364 70 378 850 410 1279 460 1098 429 635,636 1112... 633 1284, as amended 635,636 STATUTES AT LARGE AND REVISED STATUTES CITED. XI Tables of Statutes at Large and of the Revised Statutes cited herein with the paragraphs noted in which the citations occur Continued. Section. Paragraph this com- pilation. Section. Paragraph this com- pilation. 1285 as amended ....... 587 3646, as amended 1076 1287 as amended 585 3647, as amended . . . . 1077 1288 580 3648 1070 1291 605 3651. 1141 1294 405 3652. 1035 379 3660 1123 1296* 1302 3661. 1124 1298 609 3662 1127 1299 528 3663, as amended . . 1125 1300 652 3664. 1137 1301 653 3665 1126 1302 608 3669. 1117 1303 529, 654 3672, as amended 1132 1304 530 3673. 1163 621 3678 1094 1306 622 3679, as amended.. 6,22,900 1307 623 3681. 1095 1330 362 3682. 17 1333 349 3683. 1085 1334 340 3690 13 1335 . ... 354 3691. 14 341-344 in c 3692, as amended . 1149 1337 347 3709. 170 1340 353 3710. 214 1341 331 3711, as amended.. . . 193 1355 611 3712. 194 1437 1286 3713 195 1654 690 3714, as amended . . 167 1757 920 3715 185 1758 921 3716. 184 1759 922 3717 1228 1764 925 3733. 1226 1765 419 3735 177 1766 531 3736. 1004 1784 879 3737 . 188 1791. 224 3741, as amended 187 1792 225 3743, as amended . . 219 1838 1005 3744 215 2110 403 3745. 216 3466 104 3746 217 3467. 105 3747. 218 3468 106 3748 1184 3477. 68 3752. 1010 3478. 64 3828. 1 3479 65 4870 232 3480. 66 4871. 233 3593. 1165 4872 234 3614. 27 4873. 258 3617. 1089 4874 259 3618 as amended 1148 4875 as amended 260 3619. 1090 4877. 236 3620, as amended . 1086 4878, as amended . 246 3621, as amended.. 1087 4879. 279 3622, as amended . . 1047 4880. 280 3623 1049 4881 252 3624. 1069 4882. 251 3633. as amended 1036 5153, as amended 1091 3639. 26,1088 5266. 1258 3643. 1050 5503. 1222 COMPILATION OF LAWS RELATING TO THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS. ADVERTISING. 1. In newspapers, written authority necessary. No advertisement, notice, or proposal for any executive department of the Government, or for any bureau thereof, or for any office therewith connected, shall be published in any news- paper whatever, except in pursuance of a written authority for such publication from the head of such department ; and no bill for any advertising or publica- tion shall be paid unless there be presented with such bill a copy of such written authority Sew 8828, R. S. 2. Rates not to exceed commercial rates charged to individuals. Hereafter all advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, and all forms of advertising required by law for the several departments of the Government may be paid for at a price not to exceed the commercial rates charged to private individuals, with the usual discounts ; such rates to be ascertained from sworn statements to be furnished by the proprietors or publishers of the newspapers proposing so to advertise : Provided, That * * * the heads of the several departments may secure lower terms at special rates whenever the public interest requires it. Act of June 20, 1878 (20 Stat., 216). 8. Rates in District of Columbia. That all advertising required by existing laws to be done in the District of Columbia by any of the departments of the Government, shall be given to one daily and one weekly newspaper of each of the two principal political parties and to one daily and one weekly neutral news- paper : Provided, That the rates of compensation for such service shall in no case exceed the regular commercial rate of the newspaper selected ; nor shall any ad- vertisement be paid for unless published in accordance with section thirty-eight hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes. Act of Jan. 21. 1881 (21 stnt.. 3/7). APPROPRIATIONS. 4. Permanent, how determined. No specific or indefinite appropriation made hereafter in any regular annual appropriation act shall be construed to be permanent or available continuously without reference to a fiscal year unless it belongs to one of the following five classes: "Rivers arid Harbors," "Light- houses," " Fortifications," " Public Buildings," mid " Pay of the Navy and Marine Corps," last specifically named in and" excepted from the operations of the provisions of the so-called "covering-in act," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and severity-four, or unless it is made in terms expressly pro- viding that it shall continue available beyond the fiscal year for which the appropriation act in which it is contained makes provision. Sec. 7, act of Aug. :>'/. I ill 2 (??' Xtnt., ,)87). 8 4 AFPCOPBIATIONS. 5. Total r die, become insane, or otherwise incapable of acting, it shall be the duty of such company to appoint another agent in his place, as hereinbefore prescribed, and until such appointment shall have been made, or during the absence of any agent of such company from such district, service of process may be upon the clerk of the court wherein such suit is brought, with like effect as upon an agent appointed by the company. The officer executing such process upon such clerk shall immediately transmit a copy thereof by mail to the company, and state such fact in his return. A judgment, decree, or order of the court entered or made after s.ervice of process as aforesaid shall be as valid and binding on such company us if served with process in said district. Ibid. 40. Jurisdiction of United State* courts. Any surety company doing business under the provisions of this act may be sued in respect thereof in any court of the United States which has now or hereafter may have .-jurisdiction of actions or suits upon such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking in the district in which such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking was made or guaranteed, or in the district in which the principal office of such company is located. And for the purposes of the act such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking shall be treated as made or guaranteed in the district in which the office is located, to which it is returnable, or in which it is filed, or in the district in which the principal in such recognizance, stipula- tion, bond, or undertaking resided when it was made or guaranteed. Nrr. />. ibid, p. 280. 41. Forfeiture of rights on failing to pay judgments. If any such company shall neglect or refuse to pay any final judgment or decree rendered against it upon any such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking made or guaran- teed by it under the provisions of this act, from which no appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas has been taken for thirty days after the rendition of such judg- ment or decree, it shall forfeit all right to do business under this act. Sec. a. ibid. 42. Companies estopped from denying power. Any company which shall execute or guarantee any recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking under the provisions of this act shall be estopped, in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it shall have assumed to incur to deny its corporate power to execute or guarantee such instrument or assume such liability. Sec. 7. ibid. 43. Penalty for failing to comply with provisions. Any company doing busi- ness under the provisions of this act which shall fail to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit to the United States for every such failure not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the United States in the same courts in which suit may be brought against such company under the provisions of this act. and such failure shall not affect the validity of any contract entered into by such company. Sec. 8, ibid. 44. Copy of charter to be flled with Secretary of Treasury. Every company, before transacting any business under this act. shall deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury of the I'niled St.-ites a copy of its charter or articles of incorpora- tion, and a statement, signed and sworn to by its president nnd secretary, show- ing its assets and liabilities. If the said Secretary of the Treasury shall be sat- isfied that such company has authority under its charter to do the business pro- BONDS. 11 vided for in this act. and that it has a paid-up capital of not less than two hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars, in (-ash or its equivalent, and is able to keep and perform its contracts, he shall grant authority in writing to such company to do business under this act. Sec. -i. roriayin( Mil,: 5, J!)11 (36 Stat.. /////). CLAIMS. 31 150. Right of appeal. The plaintiff or the United States in any suit brought under the provisions of the section last preceding shall have the same right of appeal as is conferred under sections two hundred and forty-two and two hundred and forty-three ; and such right shall be exercised only within the time and in the manner therein prescribed. Sec. 181, ibid, p. 1142. 151. Appeals in Indian cases, etc. In any case brought in the Court of Claims under any act of Congress by which that court is authorized to render a judgment or decree against the United States, or against any Indian tribe or any Indians, or ngninst any fund hejd in trust by the United States for any Indian tribe, or for any Indians, the claimant, or the United States, or the tribe of Indians, or other party in interest, shall have the same right of appeal as is conferred under sections two hundred and forty-two and two hundred and forty-three; and such right shall be exercised only within the time and in the manner therein prescribed. Sec. 182, ibid. 152. Loyalty a juris diet ional fact in cases y rowing out of Civil War; dis- missal if not proven. In any case of a claim for supplies or stores taken by or furnished to any part of the military or naval forces of the United States for their use during the late Civil War the petition shall aver that the person who furnished such supplies or stores, or from whom such supplies or stores were taken, did not give any aid or comfort to said rebellion, but was throughout that war loyal to the Government of the United States, and the fact of such loyalty shall be a jurisdictional fact; and unless the said court shall, on a preliminary inquiry, find that the person who furnished such supplies or stores, or from whom the same were taken as aforesaid, was loyal to the Government of the United States throughout said war the court shall not have jurisdiction of such cause, and the same shall, without further proceedings, be dismissed. Sec. 184, MM. 153. Duty of Attorney General to appear for defense; ichen. The Attorney General or his assistants under his direction shall appear for the defense and protection of the interests of the United States in all cases which may be trans- mitted to the Court of Claims under the provisions of this chapter, with the same power to interpose counter claims, offsets, defenses for fraud practiced or attempted to be practiced by claimants, and other defenses in like manner as he is required to defend the United States in said court. Sec. 185, ibid. OFFENSES AGAINST THE OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT. 154. Forging bonds, bids, public records, etc.; transmitting same. Whoever shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid, or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the United States ; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published as true, or have in his possession with the intent to utter or publish as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counter- feited bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or shall transmit to, or present at, or cause or procure to be transmitted to, or pre- sented at, the office of any officer of the United States, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official 32 CLAIMS. t>, 1898 (SO Stat., 316). 194. Copy of certificate of appointment of inspectors to be furnished. The proper accounting officer of the Treasury shall be furnished with a copy of the appointment of each inspector, weigher, and measurer appointed under the preceding section. Sec. 3112, R. S. CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 41 195. No payment witliout certificate. It shall not be lawful for any account- ing officer to pass or allow to the credit of any disbursing officer in the District of Columbia any money paid by him for purchase of anthracite or bituminous coal or for wood, unless the voucher therefor is accompanied by a certificate of the proper inspector, weigher, and measurer that the quantity paid for has been determined by such officer. Sec. 3713, R. 8. 196. Certificate of weight to be furnished. That no person shall sell or de- liver any coal within the limits of the District of Columbia unless there shall be delivered to the person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in de- livering such coal a certificate duly signed by the person selling the same and showing the weight of the coal purporting to be delivered and weight of the wagon or conveyance used in such delivery, the total weight of coal and con- veyance, and the name of the purchaser. Sec. 12, act of Mar. 2, 78,95 (28 Stat, 813). 197. Exhibiting certificate when required. That no person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering coal, to whom the certificate mentioned in section six of this act has been delivered, shall neglect or refuse to exhibit such certificate to the sealer or the assistant sealer of weights and measures, or to any person designated by them, or to the purchaser or intended purchaser of the coal being delivered; and when said officers, person so designated, or such purchaser or intended purchaser shall demand that the weight shown by such certificate be verified it shall be the duty of the person delivering such coal to convey the same forthwith to some public scale of the District, or to any private scale the owner whereof shall consent to such use, and to permit the verifying of the weight shown, and shall, after the delivery of such coal, return forthwith, with the wagon or conveyance used, to the same scale and verify the weight of the wagon or conveyance. flee. 13, ibid. HORSES PURCHASE OF. 198. Breeding purposes; appropriation not available for. No part of this appropriation shall be used for breeding purposes. Annual appropriation acts. 199. Appropriation available for breeding purposes. That of the sum thus appropriated * * * may be used by experiments in the breeding and main- tenance of horses for military purposes. Annual appropriation acts, Depart- ment of Agriculture. 200. Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, and Indian Scouts. Hereafter all pur- chases of horses under appropriations for horses for the Cavalry and Artillery and for the Indian scouts shall be made by contract, after legal advertisement, by the Quartermaster's Department, under instructions of the Secretary of War, the horses to be inspected under the orders of the General Commanding the Army; and no horse shall be received and paid for until duly inspected. Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 109.) 201. Horses, mules, oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, etc. Hereafter all pur- chases of horses, mules, or oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, and other seagoing vessels, also all other means of transportation, shall be made by the Quarter- master's Department, by contract, after due legal advertisement, except in cases of extreme emergency. Ibid., p. 110. 42 CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 202. At military posts and stations. When practicable, horses shall be pur- chased in open market at all military posts and stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War. Annual appropriation act. 203. Number of draft animals limited. The number of draft .animals pur- chased from this appropriation, added to those now on hand, shall be limited to such numbers as are actually required for the service. Act of July 5, 1S84 (23 Stat., 109) ; act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 967}. (See annual appropriation acts. ) 204. Draft and pack animals. For the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals in such numbers as are actually required for the service. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 634). (See annual appropriation acts.) 205. Appropriation for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineer horses. Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and so forth : For the purchase of horses of ages, sex, and size as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, for remounts, for officers entitled to public mounts, for the Cavalry, Artillery, Signal Corps, and Engineers, the United States Military Academy, service schools, and staff colleges, and for the Indian scouts, and for such Infantry and members of the Hospital Corps in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, and for the hire of employees: Provided, That the number'of horses purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and, unless otherwise ordered by the Sec- retary of War, no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster Corps and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. When practicable horses shall be purchased in open market at all mili- tary posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Sec- retary of War : Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horses below the standard set by Army Regu- lations for Cavalry and Artillery horses, except when purchased as remounts or for instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for polo ponies, except for the West Point Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place. Annual appropriation acts. 206. Purchase of owned horses. Hereafter when a mounted officer is ordered to duty beyond the seas or to make a change of station in the United States in which the cost of transportation for his authorized number of owned horses exceeds the sum at the time allowed for that purpose in the Army Regulations, the Secretary of War is authorized, under such regulations in respect to inspection and valuation as he may prescribe, in his discretion, to permit the purchase of said horses by the Quartermaster Department, at a price not exceeding the average contract price paid for horses during the preceding fiscal year, the exact price to be fixed by a board of officers. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stats., 254). 207. Field Artillery, Organised Militia. The funds appropriated by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, and by the act entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended, shall be available for the purchase, under sueh regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 43 of horses conforming to the Regular Army standards, said horses to remain the property of the United States and to be for the sole continuous use of the Field Artillery of the Organized Militia. Act of Alar. /,, 1915 (38 Stat., 1071). 208. Same Condemned Army horses to be issued to. The Secretary of War may, under the provisions of this act and such regulations as he may prescribe, issue to the Field Artillery organizations hereinbefore mentioned and without cost to the State, condemned Army horses which are no longer fit for service but may still be suitable for purposes of instruction, the same to be sofd as now provided by law when the latter purpose has been served. Ibid. 209. Issue of public animals to National Guard; allowance of pack mules. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to transfer to those organizations of the National Guard entitled thereto such number of horses and pack mules purchased by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army under the provisions of the act of July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, not required for the proper equipment of organizations of the Regular Army, that can be issued to National Guard organizations under the regulations prescribed *by the Secretary of War, all expenses incident to such transfer to be met from appropriations made for and on behalf of the National Guard; pack mules so transferred may be issued not to exceed six to any one radio company, machine-gun troop or com- pany, or four to any one ambulance company, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 65). OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASE OR SALE. 210. Of rations, tobacco, or articles purchased for sales. No officer belonging to the Subsistence Department or doing the duty of a subsistence officer shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any article enter- ing into the composition of the ration allowed to troops in the service of the United States, or of any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army and furnished for sale to officers and enlisted men at cost prices, or of tobacco furnished for sale to enlisted men, except on account of the United States, nor shall any such officer take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business connected with the duties of his office other than that which may be allowed by law. Sec. 1150, R. 8. 211. Quartermasters and assistant quartermasters. No officer belonging to the Quartermaster's Department, or doing the duty of a quartermaster or assistant quartermaster shall be concerned, directly or indirectly in the pur- chase or sale of any article intended for or appertaining to said department of service, except on account of the United States; nor shall any such officer take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transact- ing any business connected with the duties of his office other than that which may be allowed by law. Sec. 1138, R. S. OPENING OF BIDS BIDDERS' BONDS. 212. Rules and regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War. The Secre- tary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to be ob- served in the preparation and submission and opening of bids for contracts under the War Department. Act of Apr. 10, 1878 (20 Stat., 36), as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 487). 44 CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 213. Bidders' bonds; failure to fulfill contract. He may require every bid to be accompanied by a written guaranty, signed by one or more responsible per- sons, to the effect that he or they undertake that the bidder, if his bid is accepted, will, at such time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War or the officer authorized to make a contract in the premises, give bond with good and sufficient sureties to furnish the supplies proposed or to perform the service required. If after the acceptance of a bid and a notification thereof to the bidder he fails within the time prescribed by the Secretary of War or othet duly authorized officer to enter into a contract and furnish a bond with good and sufficient security for the proper fulfillment of its terms, the Secre- tary or other authorized officer shall proceed to contract with some other person to furnish the supplies or perform the service required, and shall forth- with cause the difference between the amount specified by the bidder in default in the proposal and the amount for which he may have contracted with another party to furnish the supplies or perform the service for the whole pe- riod of the proposal to be charged up against the bidder and his guarantor or guarantors, and the sum may be immediately recovered by the United States for the use. of the War Department in an action of debt against either or all of such persons; Ibid. 214. Bidders to be notified of time and place. Whenever proposals for sup- plies have been solicited, the parties responding to such solicitation shall be duly notified of the time and place of opening of bids and be permitted to be present either in person or by attorney, and a record of each bid shall then and there be made. Sec. 3710, R. S. PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS. 215. Contracts to be in icritina; copy to be filed. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War * * * to cause and require every contract made * * * on behalf of the Government, or by officers under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing and signed by the contracting parties with their names at the end thereof, a copy of which shall be filed by the officer mak- ing and signing the contract in the Returns Office of the Department of the Inte- rior, as soon after the contract is made possible, and within thirty "days, to- gether with all bids, offers, and proposals to him made by persons to obtain the same, and with a copy of any advertisement he may have published inviting bids, offers, or proposals for the same. All the copies and papers in relation to each contract shall be attached together by a ribbon and seal and marked by numbers in regular order, according to the number of papers composing the whole re- turn. Sec. 3744, R. 8. 216. Oath to contract. It shall be the further duty of the officer before making his return according to the preceding section to affix to the same his affi- davit in the following form, sworn to before some magistrate having authority to administer oaths : " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the copy of contract hereto annexed is an exact copy of a contract made by me personally with ; that I made the same fairly, without any benefit or advantage to myself or allow- ing any such benefit or advantage corruptly to the said or any other per- son; and that the papers accompanying include all those relating to the said contract, as required by the statute in such case made and provided." Sec. S745, R. S'. 217. Penalty for failure to make return. Every officer who makes any con- tract, and fails or neglects to make return of the same, according to the prort- CORRESPONDENCE OFFICIAL. 45 sions of the two preceding sections, unless from unavoidable accident or causes riot within his control, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than six months. Sec. 3746, R. S. 218. Printed instructions, blank forms, etc., to be furnished. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior to furnish every officer appointed by them with authority to make contracts on behalf of the Government with a printed letter of instructions, set- ting forth the duties of such officer under the two preceding sections, and also TO furnish therewith forms, printed in blank, of contracts to be made and the affidavit of returns required to be affixed thereto, so that all the instruments may be as nearly uniform as possible. Sec. 3747, R. S. 219. Advances of money to be deposited. All contracts to be made, by virtue of any law and requiring the advance of money, or in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts, shall be deposited promptly in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, according to the nature of the contracts : Pro- vided, That this section shall not apply to the existing laws in regard to the -contingent funds of Congress. Sec. 3743, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, JS77 (19 Stat., 2^9), and sec. 18, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 210). CORRESPONDENCE OFFICIAL. 220. To be free of postage. It shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States: Provided, That every such letter or package to entitle it to pass free shall bear over the words 11 Official business " an indorsement showing also the name of the department, and, if from a bureau or office, the names of the department and bureau or office, as the case may be, whence transmitted. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 3, ^877 (19 Stat., 335). 221. Envelopes to be contracted for by Postmaster General. The Postmaster General shall contract for all envelopes, stamped or otherwise, designed for sale to the public or for use by his own or other departments, and may contract for them to be plain or with such printed matter as may be prescribed by the department making requisition therefor : Provided, That no envelope furnished by the Government shall contain any business address or advertisement. Sec. <)6. act of Jan. 12, 1895 (28 Stat., 624). 222. Penalty envelope may be inclosed for reply to official correspondence. Any department or officer authorized to use the penalty envelopes may inclose them with return address to any person or persons from or through whom official information is desired, the same to be used only to cover such official information and indorsements relating thereto. Sec. 3, act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 158). 223. May be registered free; part-paid letters, etc., free. Any letter or packet to be registered by either of the executive departments or bureaus thereof, or by the Agricultural Department or by the Public Printer, may be registered without the payment of any registry fee ; and any part-paid letter or packet addressed to either of said departments or bureaus may be delivered free; but where there is good reason to believe the omission to prepay the full postage thereon was intentional such letter or packet shall be returned to the sender. Ibid. 46 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 224. Description of. The flag of the United States shall be thirteen hori- zontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be thirty-seven stars, white in a blue field. Sec. 1791, R. S. 225. Addition of a star for every new State. On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag ; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission. Sec. 1792, R. S. 226. Retention of colors by volunteer regiments authorized. The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit volunteer regiments, on being mustered out of the service of the United States, to retain all of their regi- mental colors. Said colors shall be turned over to the State authorities to which said regiments belong, and the regimental quartermaster in making his returns may, in lieu of said colors and in full release therefor, file with the proper officials of the War Department a receipt from the quartermaster general of said State that said colors have been delivered to said State authorities. Act of Feb. 25, 1899 (80 Stat., 890). 227. Use of in registering trade-marks prohibited. No mark by which the goods of the owner of the mark may be distinguished from other goods of the same class shall be refused registration as a trade-mark on account of the nature of such mark unless such mark * * * (b) consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or any simulation thereof, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation. Act of Feb. 20, 1905 (33 Stat., 725). 228. Punishment for the desecration, mutilation, or improper use of within the District of Columbia. That hereafter any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America ; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale or to public view T , or give away or have in possession for sale or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, stand- ard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or dis- tinguish the article or substance on which so placed ; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile or defy, trample upon or cast contempt, either by word or act. upon any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words " flag, standard, colors, or ensign," as used herein, shall include any flajr. standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part >r parts of either, made of any sub NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 47 Ftance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, tho stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without delibera- tion may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America. Act of Feb. S, 1917 (39 Stat., 900). MEDALS AND BADGES. 229. Congressional medal to volunteers for service in suppressing Philippine insurrection. The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and di- rected to procure a bronze medal, with suitable device, to be presented to each of the several officers and enlisted men and families of such as may be dead, who, having volunteered and enlisted under calls of the President for the War with Spain, served beyond the term of their enlistment to help to suppress the Philippine insurrection, and who subsequently secured an honorable discharge from the Army of the United States, or who died prior to such discharge. Act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat., 621). 230* Certificates of merit. When any enlisted man of the Army shall have distinguished himself in the service, the President may, at the recommendation of the commanding officer of the regiment or the chief of the corps to which such enlisted man belongs, grant him a certificate of merit. Sec. 1216, R. S., as amended by act of Mar. 29, 1S92 (27 Stat., 12). NATIONAL CEMETERIES. CAKE AND MAINTENANCE OF. 231. Secretary of War to submit annual estimate. The Secretary of War shall provide for the care and maintenance of the national military cemeteries, and for this purpose shall submit an estimate with his annual estimates to Congress, and section 4876 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed. Act of July 24, 1876 (19 Stat., 99). 232. Acquisition of land by purchase, etc. The Secretary of War shall pur- chase from the owners thereof, at such price as may be mutually agreed upon between the Secretary and such owners, such real estate as in his judgment is suitable and necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions for national cemeteries, and obtain from such owners the title in fee simple for the same. And in case the Secretary of War is not able to agree with any owner upon the price to be paid for Viny real estate needed for such purpose, or to obtain from such owner title in -fee simple for the same, the Secretary is hereby authorized to enter upon and appropriate any real estate .which, in his judgment, is suitable and necessary for such purposes. Sec. 4870, R. S. 233. Appraisement of real estate ichen taken. The Secretary of War, or the owners of any real estate thus entered upon and appropriated, are authorized to make application for an appraisement of real estate thus entered upon and appropriated to any circuit or district court within any State or district where such real estate is situated ; and such court shall, upon such application, and in such mode and under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, make a just and equitable appraisement of the cash value of the several interests of each and every owner of such real estate and improvements thereon. Sec. 4871, R. S. 48 NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 234. Payment of appraised value. When appraisement of the real estate thus entered upon and appropriated has been made under the order and direc- tion of the court, the fee simple thereof shall, upon payment to the owner of the appraised value, or in case such owner refuses or neglects for thirty days after the appraisement of the cash value of the real estate or improvements as aforesaid to demand the saine from the Secretary of War upon depositing the appraised value in the court making such appraisement to the credit of such owner, be vested in the United States, and its jurisdiction over such real estate shall be exclusive and the same as its jurisdiction over real estate purchased, ceded, or appropriated for the purposes of navy yards, forts, and arsenals. The Secretary of War is authorized and required to pay to the several owner or owners, respectively, the appraised value of the several pieces or parcels of real estate, as specified in the appraisement of any of such courts, or to pay into any of such courts by deposit, as hereinbefore provided, the appraised value ; and the sum necessary for such purpose may be taken 'from any moneys appro- priated for the purposes of national cemeteries. Sec. 4872, R. 8. 235. Purchase of additional land in Cave Hill Cemetery. For the purchase of additional land in Cave Hill Cemetery, at Louisville, Kentucky, for the burial of soldiers of the Union Army in the late Civil War and in the War with Spain, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount of land herein authorized to be purchased and the price paid therefor shall be within the dis- cretion of the Secretary of War. Act of Aug. 2J f , 1912 (37 Stat., 440). INCLOSURES, HEADSTONES, AM) REGISTERS. 236. Authority for. In the arrangement of the national cemeteries estab- lished for the burial of deceased soldiers and sailors, the Secretary of War is hereby directed to have the same inclosed with a good and substantial stone or iron fence; and to cause each grave to be marked with a small headstone or block, which shall be of durable stone, and of such design and weight as shall keep it in place when set, and shall bear the name of the soldier and the name of his State inscribed thereon', when the same are known, and also with the number of the grave inscribed thereon, corresponding with the number opposite to the name of the party in a register of burials to be kept at each cemetery and at the office of the Quartermaster General, which shall set forth the name, rank, company, regiment, and date of death of the officer or soldier ; or if these are unknown, it shall be so recorded. Sec. 4877, R. S. 237. Headstones for soldiers buried in priratc, village, or city cemeteries. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to erect headstones over the graves of soldiers who served in the Regular or Volunteer Army of the United States during the war for the Union, and who have been buried in private, village, or city cemeteries, in the same manner as provided by the law of March third,- eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for those interred in na- tional military cemeteries ; and for this purpose, and for the expenses incident to such work, so much of the appropriation of one million dollars, made in the act above mentioned, as has not been expended, and as may be necessary, Is hereby made available. Act of Feb. 3, 1879 (20 Stat. t 281). 238. Records to In ntnintainctl in War Ih-jmrtnient- -The Secretary of War shall cause to be preserved in the records of his department the names and places of burial of all soldiers for whom such headstones shall have been erected by authority of this or any former acts. Ibid. NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 49 239. Marking graves of civilians in post cemeteries. For supplying stone markers for civilian graves in post cemeteries * * * dollars. Act of Apr. 28, 1904 (33 Stat., 496). 240. Marking graves of Confederates who died in Federal prisons and mili- tary hospitals in the North. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain the locations and condition of all the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy in the late Civil War, eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, who died in Federal prisons and military hospitals in the North and who were buried near their places of confinement; with the power in his discretion to acquire possession or control over all grounds where said prison dead are buried not now possessed or under the control of the United States Govern- ment; to cause to be prepared accurate registers in triplicate, one for the superintendent's office in the cemetery, one for the Quartermaster General's office, and one for the War Record's Office, Confederate archives, of the places of burial, the number of the grave, the name, company, regiment, or vessel, and State of each Confederate soldier and sailor who so died, by verification with the Confederate archives in the War Department at Washington, District of Columbia ; to cause to be erected over said graves white marble headstones similar to those recently placed over the graves in the " Confederate section " in the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, similarly inscribed; to build proper fencing for the preservation of said burial grounds, and to care for said burial grounds in all proper respects not herein specifically mentioned, the said work to be completed within two years, at the end of which a report of the same shall be made to Congress. That for the carrying out of the objects set forth herein there be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise apropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some competent person as com- missioner to ascertain the location of such Confederate graves not heretofore located, and to compare the names of those already marked with the registers in the cemeteries, and correct the same when found necessary as preliminary to the work of marking the graves with suitable headstones, and to fix the compensation of said commissioner at the rate of not to exceed two thousand five hundred d9llars per annum, who shall be allowed necessary traveling ex- penses.-- Act of Mar. 9, 1906 (34 Stat., 56). 241. Same, extended, fiscal year 1915. That the act entitled "An act to pro- vide for the appropriate marking of the graves of soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and continued in full force and effect for two years by joint resolution approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for the additional period of one year by a joint resolution approved February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for the further additional period of two years by a joint resolution approved December twenty-third, nine- teen hundred and ten, is continued in full force and effect for two years from this date ; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by said act of March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, is continued and made applicable for expenditure during the additional period of two years herein provided for: Provided, That hereafter the provisions of said act shall include and apply to the graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors lying in all national cemeteries 4939218 4* 50 NATIONAL CEMETERIES. and cemeteries at Federal military stations, or localities throughout the country : Provided further, That the compensation of the commissioner shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. Act of Mar. 14, 1914 (38 Stat., 768). 242. Same, extended, fiscal year 1917. That the act entitled "An act to pro- vide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six ; and continued in full force and effect for two years by joint resolution approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eight ; and for the additional period of one year by a joint resolution approved on February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten; and for the additional period of two years by a joint resolution approved December twenty-third, nine- teen hundred and ten ; and for the further additional period of two years by a joint resolution approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be, and the same is hereby, continued in full force and effect for two years from the expiration of the present continuation, March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen ; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by said act of March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, is continued and made applicable for expenditure during the additional period of two years herein provided for: Provided, That the triplicate registers provided for in the original act shall include the time and place of death of each Confederate soldier prisoner of war : Provided further, That the compensation of the commissioner shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. Act of Apr. 17, 1916 (39 Stat., 52). 243. Monuments, or tablets in Cuba and China. For marking the places where American soldiers fell and were temporarily interred in Cuba and China. * * * dollars, said sum to be immediately available. A'ct of Mar. 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1196). 244. For marking the places where American soldiers fell and were tempo- rarily interred in Cuba and China, * * * dollars, said sum to be immedi- ately available. Act. of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1175). 245. For repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell, * * * dollars. Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 441). INTERMENTS. 246. Honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines. All soldiers, sailors,, or marines, dying in the service of the United States, or dying in a destitute condition, after having been honorably discharged from the service, or who served during the late war, either in the regular or volunteer forces, may be buried in any national cemetery free of cost. The production of the honorable discharge of a deceased man shall be sufficient authority for the superintendent of any cemetery to permit the interment. Sec. 4878, R. S., as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1897 (29 Stat., 625). 247. Honorably discharged Army nurses. Army nurses, honorably discharged from their service as such may be buried in any national cemetery, and, if in a destitute condition, free of cost. The Secretary of War is authorized to- issue certificates to those Army nurses entitled to such burial. Ibid. NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 51 248. Arlington National Cemetery or cemeteries of District of Columbia. For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the ceme- teries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, ex-s;iilors or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, wno have been honorably discharged or retired and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost; not exceeding forty-five dol- lars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Act of Mar. /,, 1907 (3$ Stat., 1346). 249. Little Rock, Arkansas, National Cemetery. For expenses of burying in the Little Rock, Arkansas, National Cemetery, including transportation thereto, indigent ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die while patients at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding thirty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave. Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 724). 250. Officers and men of the Revenue-Cutter Service. Officers and men of the Revenue-Cutter Service dying in the service of the United States, or dying in a destitute condition after having been honorably discharged from the serv- ice, may be buried in any national cemetery free of cost, under the regulations now or hereafter, provided for the burial of officers and men of the Army in national cemeteries. Act of Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1389). JURISDICTION CRIMINAL OFFENSES. 251. United States to have jurisdiction over. From the time any State legis- lature shall have given, or shall hereafter give, the consent of such State to the purchase by the United States of any national cemetery, the jurisdiction and po\\er of legislation of the United States over such cemetery shall in all courts and places be held to be the same as is granted by section eight, article one, of the Constitution of the United States; and all provisions relating to national cemeteries shall be applicable to the same. Sec. 4882, R. S. 252. Penalty for defacing. Every person who willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes any monument, gravestone, or other structure, or who willfully destroys, cuts, breaks, injures, or removes any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of any national cemetery, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than twenty -five dollars, and not more than one hundred, or by imprisonment for not less than fifteen days and not more than sixty. The superintendent in charge of any national ceme- tery is authorized to arrest forthwith any person engaged in committing any misdemeanor herein prohibited, and to bring such person before any United States commissioner or judge of any district or circuit court of the United States within any State or district where any of the cemeteries are situated, for the purpose of holding such person to answer for such misdemeanor, and then and there shall make complaint in due form. Sec. 4881, R. S. ROADWAYS. 253. Repairing roadways constructed by special act of Congress. For repair- ing the roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress * * * dollars. Act of Mar. 8, 1887 (24 Stat., 535). 52 NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 254. Repairs to roadways restricted. No part of this sum shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. Act of Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1399). 255. Single approach only permissible. No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more than a single approach to any national cemetery. Act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat., 256. Railroads not permitted upon right of way. No railroad shall be per- mitted upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks con- structed thereon and maintained by the United States: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. Annual appro- priation acts. 257. Roadway to national cemetery conveyed to city of Springfield, Missouri. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to convey to the city of Spring- field, Missouri, all the right and title of the United States in and to those por- tions of the Government approach roadway to the national cemetery near that city which lie within the present limits of said city, upon the condition that the portion of the roadway so conveyed shall be kept open and maintained without expense to the United States as a public street of the city of Springfield and be available for the use of the public as an approach to said cemetery, and that all expense incident to the conveyance herein authorized be borne by the city of Springfield. Act of June 23, 1913 (38 Stat., 31). SUPERINTENDENTS OF. 258. Porter's lodge to be erected; authority for appointment of superintend- ent. The Secretary of War shall cause to be erected at the principal entrance of each national cemetery a suitable building to be occupied as a porter's lodge; and shall appoint a meritorious and trustworthy superintendent to reside therein for the purpose of guarding and protecting the cemetery and giving information to parties visiting the same. Sec. 4873, R. S. 259. Appointment of superintendent; qualifications, etc. The superintend- ents of the national cemeteries shall be selected from meritorious and trust- worthy soldiers, either commissioned officers or enlisted men of the Volunteer or Regular Army, who have been honorably mustered out or discharged from the service of the United States and who may have been disabled for active field service in the line of duty. Sec. 4874, R. S. 260. Pay, etc., superintendents. The superintendents of the national ceme- teries shall receive for their compensation from sixty dollars to seventy -five dollars a month each, according to the extent and importance of the cemeteries to which they may be respectively assigned, to be determined by the Secretary of War, except the superintendent of the Arlington, Virginia, Cemetery, whose compensation may be one hundred dollars per month, at the discretion of the Secretary of War; and they shall also be furnished with quarters and fuel at the several cemeteries. Sec. 4875, R. S., amended by act of July SO, 1912 (37 Stat., 240). NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 53 TRANSPORTATION AND BURIAL EXPENSES OF. 261. Appropriation for. To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and soldiers who die at -military camps or who are killed in action, or who die in the field or hospital in Alaska, and at places outside of the limits of the United States, or who die while on voyage at sea, * * * dollars. A ct of Apr. 28, 1904 (33 Stat., 400). 262. Reimbursing family, etc., for bringing home dead soldiers In all cases where an officer or an enlisted man in either the Army, Navy, Marine Corps of the United States, or contract surgeon or trained nurse in the employ of the Government, has died while on duty away from home since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the remains have been taken home and buried at the expense of the family or friends of the deceased, the parties who paid the cost of transportation and burying such remains shall be repaid at the expense of the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed what it would have cost the United States to have transported the remains to their homes. Act of Mar. 3, 1S99 (30 Stat., 1225). 263. Appropriation for extended, fiscal year J905. For expenses of the inter- ment of officers killed in action or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts or on the frontiers, or when traveling under orders, and of non- commissioned officers and soldiers; and in all cases where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement may be made of expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial and transportation of remains of .officers, including acting assistant surgeons, not to exceed the amount now allowed in the cases of officers and for the reimburse- ment in the cases of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowed in their cases, may be paid out of the proper funds appropriated by this act, and the disbursing officers shall be credited with such reimbursement heretofore made; but hereafter no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Act of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 269). 264. Appropriation for extended, fiscal year 1911. For the expenses of inter- ment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, and enlisted men of the Army active list ; for the expenses of interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil em- ployees of the Army in the employ of the War Department, who die abroad, inclusive of Alaska, or on Army transports; for the expenses of removal of remains from abandoned posts to permanent military posts or national ceme- teries, including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines interred in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries ; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services to be paid out of the funds appropriated by this act, but no reimburse- ment shall be made under this act of such expenses incurred prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten. Art of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 723). 54 NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 265. Appropriation for limited; fiscal lien r I1H5. For expenses of interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes or to such national cem- eteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secre- tary of War, of the remains of officers, including assistant surgeons, and en- listed men of the Army active list ; for the expenses of interment, or of prepara- tion and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, inclusive of Alaska and the Canal Zone, Panama, or on Army transports, or who die while on duty in the field or at military posts within the limits of the United States ; for the expenses of interment of military prisoners who die at military posts ; for the expenses of removal of remains from abandoned posts to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines, interred in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries ; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services, to be paid out of the funds appropriated by this act, but no reimbursement shall be made under this act of such expenses incurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred and ten. Act of Aug. 1, 191.'t (38 Stat., 631). (Sec annual appropriation acts.) CONFEDERATE CEMETERIES, SECTIONS, PLATS, ETC. 266. Springfield, Missouri, Confederate Cemetery, acceptance of. That the Confederate cemetery near Springfield, Missouri, and which adjoins the national cemetery at that place, having been tendered by proper authority to the United States Government, the same is hereby accepted, under the conditions that the Government shall take care of and properly maintain and preserve the ceme- tery, its monument or monuments, headstones, and other marks of the graves, its walls, gates, and appurtenances; to preserve and keep a record, as far as possible, of the names of those buried therein, with such history of each as can be obtained, and to see that it is never used for any other purpose than as a cemetery for the graves of men who were in the military or naval service of the Confederate States of America ; Provided, That organized bodies -of ex- Confederates or individuals shall have free and unrestricted entry to said cemetery for the purposes of burying worthy ex-Confederates, for decorating the graves, and for all other purposes which they have heretofore enjoyed, all under proper and reasonable regulations and restrictions made by the Secretary of War. Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1077). 267. Same; transfer of, care and maintenance. That the Secretary of War, under this act, is directed to take the necessary steps for the proper transfer of the cemetery to the .Government, and when the same has been duly com- pleted to put it in charge of the keeper of the national cemetery at Springfield, Missouri, requiring him to exercise the same care in the preservation, beautify- ing, and caretaking generally as is done in regard to the national cemetery. Also that a suitable gate or entryway be made in the stone wall which now divides the two cemeteries, so that persons may readily pass from one to the other. Whatever additional funds may be required for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid out of any fund which may be available for the maintenance of national cemeteries. Sec. 2, ibiertains to established bureaus or offices of the War Department, or that, being assumed or engaged in by members of the General Staff Corps, would involve impairment of the responsibility or initiative of such bureaus or offices, or would cause injurious or unnecessary duplication of or delay in the work thereof. Ibid. 316. Officers allowing violations to lose pay, etc. All pay and allowances shall be forfeited by any superior for any period during which, by his order or his permission, or by reason of his neglect, any subordinate shall violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section. Ibid. HEADQUARTERS OF THE SEVERAL TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICTS. DIVISIONS, AND BRIGADES, AND SERVICE SCHOOLS. 317. Clerks and messenger*; i> S. RATIONS COMMUTATION OF. 406. Sick in hospitals. For payment of the regulation allowances of com- mutation in lieu of rations for * * * enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsis- tence at public expense and general prisoners sick therein to be paid to the surgeon in charge. See annual appropriation acts. 407. Hospitals, Canal Zone. The subsistence of the said patients (officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority), except commissioned officers * * * shall be paid to said hospitals (Canal Zone) out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations to enlisted patients in general hospitals. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1080). NOTE. For similar provisions see act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat, 1144), and act of Mar. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 640). VOLUNTEERS. 408. Use of retired officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, rank, pay, etc. In the organization of a recruiting system, after Congress shall have authorized the raising of volunteer forces, the President is authorized to em- ploy retired officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of the Regular Army, either with their rank on the retired list or, in the case of enlisted men, with increased noncommissioned rank ; or he may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint and employ retired officers below the grade of colonel, .with increased volunteer commissioned rank not to exceed in the case of any officer one grade above that held by him upon the retired list, or retired enlisted men with volunteer commissioned rank not above the grade of first lieutenant: Provided, That retired officers and enlisted men while thus employed * * * shall receive the full pay and allowances of the respective grades in which they PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 75 are serving, whether volunteer or regular, in lieu of their retired pay and allow- ances: Provided further, That upon the termination of the duty or, in case of those given volunteer rank, upon muster out as volunteers, said retired officers and enlisted men shall revert to their retired status. Sec. 11, act of Apr. 25, 1914 (38 Stat., 850). 409. Pay, etc., to correspond witli Army. All officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Regular Army. Sec. 13, ibid. WITNESSES. 410. Expenses of. When any clerk or other officer of the United States is sent away from his place of business as a witness for the Government, his neces- sary expenses, stated in items and sworn to, in going, returning, and attend- ance on the court, shall be audited and paid ; but no mileage, or other compen- sation in addition to his salary, shall in any case be allowed. Sec. 850, R. 8. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 411. Annual pay of. Hereafter the annual pay of officers of the Army of the several grades herein mentioned shall be as follows: Major general, eight thousand dollars ; brigadier general, six thousand dollars ; colonel, four thousand dollars; lieutenant colonel, three thousand five hundred dollars; major, three thousand dollars : captain, two thousand four hundred dollars ; first lieutenant, two thousand dollars ; second lieutenant, one thousand seven hundred dollars. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 412. To be paid monthly. The sums hereinbefore allowed shall b paid in monthly payments by the paymaster. Sec. 1268, R. S. 413. Pay of officer holding command higher than his grade. In time of war every officer serving with troops operating against an enemy who shall exercise, under assignment in orders issued by competent authority, a command above that pertaining to his grade shall b.e entitled to receive tha pay and allowances of the grade appropriate to the command so exercised: Provided, That a rate of pay exceeding that of a brigadier general shall not be paid in any case by reason of such assignment.-^-Acf of Apr. 26, 1898 (30 Stat., 365). 414. Pay for mounts. Hereafter the United States shall furnish mounts and horse equipments for all officers of the Army below the grade of major required to be mounted, but in case any officer below the grade of major required to be mounted provides himself with suitable mounts at his own expense, he shall receive an addition to his pay of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum if he provides one mount, and two hundred dollars per annum if he provides two mounts. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 108). 415. National Army. That all officers * * * of the forces herein pro- vided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers * * * of correspond- ing grades and length of service in the Regular Army. Sec. 10, Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82). 76 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 416. Temporary forces, Signal Corps; pay and allowances. That all officers * * * of the temporary forces of the Signal Corps, including the aviation section thereof provided for herein, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as permanent, officers * * * of corre- sponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army. Sec. 8, Act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 245). 417. Authority to transfer or assign pay accounts. Hereafter all commis- sioned officers of the Army may transfer or assign their pay accounts, when due and payable, under such regulations and restrictions as the Secretary of Wai- may prescribe. Ac* of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1159). 418. Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted. Hereafter section thirty-six hundred and twenty, Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of Congress approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- seven, shall not be construed as precluding officers of the Quartermaster Corps from drawing checks in favor of the person or institution designated by in- dorsement made on his monthly pay account by any officer of the Army if the pay account has been deposited for payment on maturity in conformity with such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe : Provided further, That payment by the United States of a check on the indorsement of the indorsee specified on the pay account shall be a full acquittance for the amount due on the pay account. Act Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 710). 419. Acting as disbursing officers, etc., no additional pay alloiued. No offi- cer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the dis- bursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriations therefor explicitly state that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation. Sec. 1765, R. S. 420. Office of general abolished. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of general * * * t such office shall cease and all enactments creating or regulating such office' shall * * * be held to be repealed. Sec. 1217, R. S. 421. Grades of general and lieutenant general revived. That section eight of the act entitled " An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Miltary Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be held and construed to authorize the President, in accordance with the provisions of said act and for the period of the existing emergency only, to appoint as generals the CJhief of Staff and the commander of the United States forces in France; and as lieutenant gen- eral each commander of an Army or Army corps organized as authorized by existing law. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 422. Office of lieutenant general abolished. When the office of lieutenant general shall become vacant it shall not thereafter be filled, but said office shall cease and determine. Act of Afar. 2, J907 (34 Stat., 1160). 428. Same Pay of. That the pay of the grades of general and lieutenant general shall be ten thousand dollars and nine thousand dollars a year, respec- tively, with allowances appropriate to said grades as determined by the Secretary of War. Ibid. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 77 424. Chief of Staff Corps, department, or bureau. Hereafter the chief of any existing staff corps, department, or bureau, except as is otherwise provided for the Chief of Staff, shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general. Ibid. 425. Brevets not to carry increase of pay. Brevets conferred upon com- missioned officers shall not entitle them to any increase of pay. Sec. 1264, R. S. 426. Forfeiture of pay, three months absence without leave. Every officer who is dropped by the President from the rolls jf the Army, for absence from duty three months without leave, shall forfeit all pay due or to become due. Sec. 1266, R. S. 427. Appropriations for " pay of the Army " not available for salary of offi- cers not citizens of the United States. No part of the appropriations made in this act shall be available for the salary or pay of any person hereafter, in time of peace, appointed as officer of the Army who is not a citizen of the United States. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 649). ABSENCE FROM DUTY. 428. Disease resulting from own misconduct. Hereafter no officer or en- listed man in active service who shall be absent Irom duty on account of dis- ease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct shall receive pay for the period of such absence, the time so absent and the cause thereof to be ascertained under such procedure and reg- ulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat., 353). (See also annual appropriation acts.) AIDS. 429. Number, etc., allowed major and brigadier generals. Each major gen- eral shall have three aids, who may be selected by him from captains or lieu- tenants of the Army, and each brigadier general shall have two aids, who may be selected by him from lieutenants of the Army. Sec. 1098, R. S. 430. Additional pay, aids to major and brigadier generals. An aid to a major general is allowed two hundred dollars per year in addition to the pay of his rank, and an aid to a brigadier general is allowed one hundred and fifty dollars per year in addition to the pay of his rank. Sec. 1261, R. S. ALLOTMENTS OF PAY. 431. Authority for making. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit, under such regulations as he may prescribe, any officer * * * on the active list of the Army, any retired officer * * * of the Army on active duty * * * to make allotments of his pay for the support of his wife, children, or dependent relatives, or for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 385). 432. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of. All allotments of pay of officers * * * that have been or shall be puid to designated allottees pre- vious to the receipt by disbursing officer of notice of discontinuance of the same from the officer required by regulations to furnish such notice shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall make such pay- ments. Ibid. 78 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 433. Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officer. If erro- neous payment is made because of the failure of an officer to report, in the man- ner prescribed by the Secretary of War, the death of the grantor, or any fact which renders the allotment not payable, then the amount of such erroneous payment shall be collected by the Quartermaster General from the officer who fails to make such report, if such collection is practicable. Ibid. CHAPLAINS. 434. Appointment of, etc. The President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, chaplains in the Army at the rate of not to exceed, including chaplains now in service, one for each regiment of Cavalry, Infantry, Field Artillery, and Engineers, and one for each one thou- sand two hundred officers and men of the Coast Artillery Corps, with rank, pay, and allowances as now authorized by law. Sec. 15, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 176). 435. Same. The President may appoint for service during the present emergency not exceeding twenty chaplains at large for the United States Army representing religious sects not recognized in the apportionment of chaplains now recognized by law: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to such appointment unless he be at the time of his appointment a citizen of the United States. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 394). 436. Pay, etc., for first seven years' service. All persons who may hereafter be appointed as chaplains shall have the grade, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant, mounted, until they shall have completed seven years of service. Act of Apr. 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 437. Promotion of, with rank, pay and allowances of major. Hereafter the President may, from time to time, select from among the chaplains of the Army any chaplains having not less than ten years' service, in the grade of captain, who shall have been commended as worthy of special distinction for exceptional efficiency by the regimental or district commanders with whose commands they may be serving as chaplains, approved through regular military channels, and may, with the advice and consent of the Senate, promote such regimental or artillery chaplains to be chaplains with the grade, pay, and allowances of major; every such promotion being made with a view to active service until the statutory age for the compulsory relinquishment thereof, except in cases of physical disability incurred in the line of duty: Provided, That the total number in active service so promoted shall not at any time exceed fifteen, and that the remaining chaplains shall have the grade, pay, and allowances of captain, mounted, after they shall have completed seven years of service. Ibid. 438. Chaplains of Field and Coast Artillery; authority for appointment of, pay, etc. In addition to the chaplains now authorized for the Artillery Corps the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and subject to the laws governing appointment of chaplains in the Army, one chaplain for each regiment of Field Artillery and two for the Coast Artillery, with the rank, pay, and allowances now authorized by law for chaplains in the Army. Act of Jan. 25, 1907 (34 Stat., 864). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 79 439. Service in the field, to be furnished means of transportation. When serving in the field, chaplains shall be furnished with necessary means of trans- portation by the Quartermaster's Department. See. 12. Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 750). COMMUTATION OF ALLOWANCES. 440. Of forage; when. When forage in kind can not be furnished by the proper departments, then and in all such cases officers entitled to forage may commute the same according to existing regulations. Sec. 1270, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 243). 441. Of fuel. Allowance of or commutation for fuel to commissioned officers is hereby prohibited. Sec. 8, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 150). 442. Of quarters, etc., where no 'public quarters are available. Hereafter, at places where there are no public quarters available, commutation for the authorized allowance therefor shall be paid to commissioned officers * * * at the rate of $12 per room per month. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1069). 443. Same; no claim for quarters for servants. No allowance shall be made for claims for quarters for servants heretofore or hereafter. Act of June 23, 1879 (21 Stat., 31). 444. Same; not to lose right to on account of temporary absence. Hereafter officers temporarily absent on duty in the field shall not lose their right to quar- ters, or commutation thereof, at their permanent station while so temporarily absent. Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 Stat., 480). 445. Same; duty without troops. The Secretary of War may determine what shall constitute travel and duty without troops within the meaning of the law governing * * * commutation of quarters to officers of the Army. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 901). 446. Same; officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad. Hereafter the officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad shall be entitled to * * * commutation of quarters while on duty, as provided when on other duty. Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 State., 480). 447. Same; at proving grounds. For necessary expenses of officers not occu- pying public quarters at the proving grounds, while employed on ordinary duty thereat, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while so employed, * * * Provided, That hereafter the occupancy by such officers, providing themselves with quarters elsewhere, of one room in the building at the proving ground locally known as the brick house shall not be construed as occupancy of public quarters within the meaning of this act and of the law authorizing allowance and commutation of quarters. Act of Mar. 3, 1915 (38 Stat., 889). 448. Same; Signal Service, Arctic regions. The allowance for commutation of quarters * * * shall be, * * * for officers * * * of the Signal Service serving in the Arctic regions, the same in amount as though they were serving in Washington, District of Columbia. Act of June 30, 1882 (22 Stat., 118). 80 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 449. Of quarters and of heat and light. For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to commissioned officers * * * on duty at places where no public quarters are available. See annual appropriation acts. DEATH IN THE SERVICE. 460. Allowances for; interment expenses; beneficiaries to be designated. Hereafter immediately upon official notification of the death from wounds or disease not the result of his own misconduct of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Army, the Paymaster General of the Array shall cause to be paid to the widow of such officer or enlisted man, or to any other person previously designated by him, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate received by such officer or enlisted man at the date of his death, less seventy-five dollars in the case of an officer and thirty-five dollars in the case of an enlisted man. From the amount thus reserved the Quartermaster's Department shall be reimbursed for expenses of interment, and the residue, if any, of the amount reserved shall be paid subsequently to the designated per- son. The Secretary of War shall establish regulations requiring each officer and enlisted man to designate the proper person to whom this amount shall be paid in case of his death, and said amount shall be paid to that person from funds appropriated for the pay of the Army. Act of May 11, 190S (85 Stat., 108) as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 735). NOTE. The above paragraph is repealed by sec. 312, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 408), to wit : " The laws providing for gratuities or payments in the event of death in the service * * * shall not he applicable after the enactment of this amendment to persons now or hereafter entering the military or naval service, or to their widows, children, or their dependents, except in so far as rights under any such law shall have heretofore accrued." 451. Effects of deceased officers and soldiers. Officers charged with the care of the effects of deceased officers or soldiers, shall account for and deliver the same, or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representatives of such deceased officers or soldiers. And no officer so charged shall be permitted to quit the regiment or post until he has deposited in the hands of the commanding officer all the effects of such deceased officers or soldiers not so accounted for and delivered. One-hundred and twenty-seventh Article of War. 452. Aviation duty, payment in case of death as result of accident. There shall be paid to the widow of any officer or enlisted man who shall die as the result of an aviation accident, not the result of his own misconduct, or to any other person designated by him in writing, an amount equal to one year's pay at the rate to which such officer or enlisted man was entitled at the time of the accident resulting in his death, but any payment made in accordance with the terms of this proviso on account of the death of any officer or enlisted man shall be in lieu of and a bar to any payment under the acts of Congress ap- proved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, and March third, nineteen hundred and nine (Thirty-fifth Statutes, pages one hundred and eight and seven hundred and fifty-five), on account of death of said officer or enlisted man. Act of July 18, 1914 (38 Stat., 516). NOTE. The above paragraph repealed hy sec. 312, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 408). See footnote, par. 450, this compilation. DENTAL CORPS. 453. Composition of; pay and alloivances; number authorized. Hereafter the Dental Corps of the Army shall consist of commissioned officers of the same PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 81 grade and proportionally distributed among such grades as are now or may be hereafter provided by law for the Medical Corps, who shall have the rank, pay, promotion, and allowances of officers of corresponding grades in the Medical Corps, including the right to retirement as in the case of other officers, and there shall be one dental officer for every thousand of the total strength of the Regular Army authorized from time to time by law. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 397). 454. Dental surgeons to be recommissioned, etc. That dental examining and review boards shall consist of one officer of the Medical Corps and two officers of the Dental Corps : Provided further, That immediately following the approval of this act all dental surgeons then in active service shall be recom- missioned in the Dental Corps in the grades herein authorized in the order of their seniority and without loss of pay or allowances or of relative rank in the Army : And provided further, That no dental surgeon shall be recommissioned who has not been confirmed by the Senate. Ibid. DETACHED DUTY. 455. Service with troops, line officers below grade of major. On and after December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, in time of peace, whenever any officer holding a permanent commission in the line of the Army with rank below that of major shall not have been actually present for duty for at least two of the last preceding six years with a troop, battery, or company of that branch of the Army in which he shall hold said commission, such officer shall not be detached nor permitted to remain detached from such troop, battery, or company for duty of any kind; and all pay and allowances shall be forfeited by any superior for any period during which, by his order, or his permission, or by reason of his failure or neglect to issue or cause to be issued the proper order or instructions at the proper time, any officer shall be detached or per- mitted to remain detached in violation of any of the terms of this proviso ; but nothing in this proviso shall be held to apply in the case of any officer for such period as shall be actually necessary for him, after having been relieved from detached service, to .loin the troop, battery, or company, to which he shall be- long, in that branch in which he shall hold a permanent commission, nor shall anything in this proviso be held to apply to the detachment or detail of officers for duty in the Judge Advocate General's Department or in the Ordnance De- partment, or in connection with the construction of the Panama Canal until after such canal shall have been formally opened, or in the Philippine Constab- ulary until the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fourteen, or to any officer detailed, or who may be hereafter detailed, for aviation duty. And here- after no officer holding a permanent commission in the Army with rank below that of major shall be detailed as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of In- sular Affairs with rank of colonel, or as commanding officer of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, or as chief or assistant chief (director or assistant direc- tor) of the Philippine Constabulary, and no other officers of the Army shall hereafter be detailed for duty with the said constabulary except as specifically provided by law. Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 571, 645). 456. Service with troops, extended to include field officers of the line. After September first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, in time of peace, whenever any officer holding a permanent commission in thejine of the Army, with rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major, shall not have been actually present for duty for at least two years of the last preceding six years with a command com- 4939218 6 82 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. posed of not less than two troops, batteries, or companies of that branch of the Army in which he shall hold said commission, such officer shall not be detached nor permitted to remain detached from such command for duty of any kind except as hereinafter specifically provided ; and all pay and allowances shall be forfeited by any superior for any period during which, by his order or his permission, or by reason of his failure or neglect to issue or cause to be issued the proper order or instructions at the proper time, any officer shall be detached or permitted to remain detached in violation of any of the terms of this act; but nothing in this act shall be held to apply in the case of any officer for such period as shall be actually necessary for him, after having been relieved from detached service, to join the organization or command to which he shall belong in that branch in which he shall hold a permanent commission ; nor shall any- thing in this act be held to apply to the detachment or detail of officers for duty in connection with the construction of the Panama Canal until after such canal shall have been formally opened, or in connection with the Alaska Road Com- mission or the Alaska Railroad or the Bureau of Insular Affairs; and nothing in this act shall prevent the redetail of officers above the grade of major to fill vacancies in the various staff corps and departments as provided for by section twenty-six of the act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one : Provided further, That whenever the service record of any field officer is to be ascertained for the purposes of this act, all duty actually performed by him during the last preceding six years, in a grade below that of major, in con- nection with any statutory organization of that branch of the Army in which he shall hold a permanent commission, or as a staff officer of any coast-defense or coast-artillery district, shall be credited to him as actual presence for duty with a command composed as hereinbefore described: And provided further, That temporary duty of any kind hereafter performed with United States troops in the field for a period or periods the aggregate of which shall not exceed sixty days in any one calendar year, and duty hereafter performed in command of United States Army mine planter by an officer assigned to a com- pany from which this detachment is drawn, and duty hereafter performed in command of a machine-gun platoon or a machine-gun unit, by any officer who, before assignment to such duty, shall have been regularly assigned to, and shall have entered upon duty with, an organization or a command the detachment of certain officers from which is prohibited by the act of Congress approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, or by this act, shall, for the purposes of said acts, hereafter be counted as actual presence for duty with such organization or command. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat., 357). DETACHED OFFICERS' LIST. 457. Officers detached for duty. Upon the request of the governors of the several States and Territories concerned, the President may detach officers of the active list of the Army from their proper commands for duty as inspectors and instructors of the Organized Militia, as follows, namely : Not to exceed one officer for each regiment and separate battalion of infantry, or its equiva- lent of other troops: Provided, That the line officers detached for duty with the Organized Militia under the provisions hereof, together with those detached from their proper commands, under the provisions of law, for orher duty the usual period of which exceeds one year, shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty -seven of the act approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, with reference to* details to the staff corps, but the total number of detached officers hereby made subject to these provisions shall not exceed two hundred: And provided further, That the number of such officers detached from AND MISCELLANEOUS. 83 each of the several branches of the line of the Army shall be in proportion to the authorized commissioned strength of that branch; they shall be of the grades first lieutenant to colonel, inclusive, and the number detached from each grade shall be in proportion to the number in that grade now provided by law for the whole Army. * * * The President is authorized to make rules and regulations to carry these provisions into effect: Provided, That the Quarter- master's Department is hereby increased by two colonels, three lieutenant colonels, seven majors, and eighteen captains, the vacancies thus created to be filled by promotion and detail in accordance with section twenty-six of the act approved February second, nineteen hundred and one. Act of Mar. 5, 1911 (36 Stat., 1045). 458. Organization and composition of. On July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the line of the Army shall be increased by eight hundred and twenty- two extra officers of the Cavalry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, and Infantry arms of the service, of grades from first lieutenant to colonel, inclu- sive, lawfully available for detachment from their proper arms for duty with the National Guard, or other duty, the usual period of which exceeds one year. Said extra officers, together with the two hundred detached officers provided for by the act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall, on and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, constitute the detacher officers' list, and all positions vacated by officers assigned to said list, and the officers so assigned shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-seven of the act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hun- dred and one, with reference to details to the staff corps. The total number of officers hereby authorized for each grade on said list entire shall be in propor- tion to the total number of officers of the corresponding grade now authorized by law other than this act for all of the said four arms combined, exclusive of second lieutenants and of the two hundred extra officers authorized by the act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, and exclusive also of the additional officers authorized by the act to restore lineal rank lost through the system of regimental promotion formerly in force; and the total number of officers hereby authorized for each grade in each of said arms on said list shall be in the proportion borne by the number of officers now author- ized by law other than this act for such grade and arm to the total number of officers now authorized by law other than this act for the corresponding grade in all of the said four arms combined, exclusive of the extra and additional officers last hereinbefore specified and excluded. * * * As soon as practi- cable after such promotions shall have been innc'ie there shall be detached from each arm and assigned to the detached officers' list a number of officers of each grade equal to the number of officers of said grade by which said arm shall have been increased by the foregoing provisions of this section ; and thereafter any vacancy created or caused in any of the said arms of the service by the assignmeat of an officer of any grade to said detached officers' list shall be filled, subject to such examination as is now or may hereafter be prescribed by law, by the promotion of the officer who shall be the senior in length of commissioned service of those eligible to promotion in the next lower grade in the arm in which such vacancy shall occur, * * * with a view further to equalize inequalities in past promotions of officers of the line of the Army, on July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the Cavalry shall be increased by seventeen colonels, and the Infantry by four colonels, all of whom shall be additional officers in that grade, and shall not bar nor retard the promotion to which any officer would be entitled if the appointment of the said additional officers had never been authorized ; and after July first, nineteen hundred and 49392* 84 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. nineteen, no vacancies occurring among the said additional officers shall be filled and the offices so vacated shall cease and determine. Sec. 25, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 183). 459. Duty with troops required. No officer of any of said arms of the service shall be permitted to remain on said detached officers' list for more than forty-five days unless he shall have been actually present for duty for at least two years out of the last preceeding six years with an organization composed of one or more statutory units, or the equivalent thereof, of the arm to which he shall belong. Any vacancy created in said list by the removal of any officer therefrom because he shall not have been present for duty as before prescribed in this proviso shall be filled by the transfer to said list of an officer having the same grade and belonging to the same arm as the officer whose removal from said list shall have created said vacancy ; bur, except as before prescribed in this proviso, all officers who shall have been assigned to said list shall remain thereon for not less than four years from the respective dates of their assign- ment thereto, unless in the meantime they shall have been separated entirely from the Army, or shall have been promoted or appointed to higher offices, or shall have been retired from active service. Ibid. DETAILS. 460. Principal assistant, Ordnance Bureau; rank, pay, and allowances. The principal assistant in the Ordnance Bureau shall receive a compensation, includ- ing pay and emoluments, not exceeding that of a major of ordnance. Sec. 1279, R. S. 461. Officer in charge of public buildings and grounds; rank, pay, and allow- ances. The officer in charge of public buildings and grounds shall have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel. Act of Mar. 3, 1873 (17 Stat., 535). 462. Acting judge advocates; rank, pay, and allowances. Acting judge advo- cates provided for herein shall be detailed from officers of the grades of captain or first lieutenant of the line of the Army, who, while so serving, shall con- tinue to hold their commissions in the arm of the service to which they per- manently belong. Sec. 15, Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 751). 463. Chief ordnance officer, to staff of an Army or corps and division com- manders. A chief ordnance officer may be assigned to the staff of an Army or a corps commander, and while so assigned shall have the rank, pay, and allow- ances of a lieutenant colonel. A chief ordnance officer may be assigned to the staff of a division commander, and while so assigned shall have the rank, pay, and allowance of a major. Act of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat., 720). 464. Chief of staff corps or departments. When vacancies shall occur in the position of chief of any staff corps or department, the President may ap- point to such vacancies, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of- ficers of the Army at large not below the rank of lieutenant colonel, and who shall hold office for terms of four years. When a vacancy in the position of chief of any staff corps or department is filled by the appointment of an officer below the rank now provided by law for said office, said chief shall, while so serving, have the same rank, pay, and allowances now provided for the chief of such corps or department. Sec. 26, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 755). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 85 465. Period of staff service. No officer hereafter detailed or appointed under the provisions of section twenty-six of the act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, who has less than four years to serve from the date of his detail or appointment to the date of his retirement shall serve under such de- tail or appointment or be paid as if on the active list beyond the date of his retirement. Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 509). 466. Philippine Constabulary. Officers of the Army of the United States may be detailed for service as chief and assistant chiefs, the said assistant chiefs not to exceed in number four, of the Philippine Constabulary, and that during the continuance of such details the officer serving as chief shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of brgadier general, and the officers serving as assistant chiefs shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of colonel : Provided, That the difference between the pay and allowances of brigadier general and colonel as herein provided, and the pay and allowances of the officers so detailed in the grades from which they are detailed shall be paid out of the Philippine treasury. Act of Jan. 30, 1903 (32 Stat., 783), modified by par. 455. 467. Chief of telegraph and cipher bureau Executive Office. The President be and is hereby authorized to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the Senate an officer of the Signal Corps as chief of the telegraph and cipher bureau of the Executive Office, who shall have, while so serving, the rank, pay, and allowances of a major. Act of Mar. 2, 1903 (32 8tat., 932). 468. First lieutenant, Ordnance Department. Hereafter details for service to the grade of first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department under the provisions of the act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, may be made, from the Army at large, from the grade of first or second lieutenant, and officers so detailed shall, while so serving, receive the pay of first lieutenant. Act o/ Mar. 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 942). 469. Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. The Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department shall hereafter be appointed by the President for the period of four years, unless sooner relieved, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and while holding that office he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier general. Act of June 25, 1906 (34 Stat., 456). 470. Principal assistant to Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs. The Secre- tary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the Army whom he may consider especially well qualified to act as principal assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, and said principal as- sistant, while acting under said detail, shall have the rank, pay, and allow- ances of a major. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1162). 471. Assistant to Cliief of Bureau of Insular Affairs. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail one additional officer of the Army as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, under the same provisions of law in regard to the vacancy in the line thus created and return to the line as govern in the case of the assistant authorized by the act of March second, nineteen hundred and seven ; and the assistant herein authorized while serving in this capacity shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel ; and both officers detailed in the Bureau of Insular Affairs shall hereafter be designated, while on this duty, as assistants to the Chief of the Bureau. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 248). 49392* 86 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 472. Tour of duty; Philippine Islands and Panama Canal Zone. On and after October first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, no officer or enlisted man of the Army shall, except upon his own request, be required to serve in a single tour of duty for more than two years in the Philippine Islands, nor more than three years in the Panama Canal Zone, except in case of insurrection or of actual or threatened hostilities : Provided further, That the foregoing provision shall not apply to the organization known as the Philippine Scouts. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1078). 473. Duty with the National Guard. The Secretary of War shall detail officers of the active list of the Army to duty with the National Guard in each State, Territory, or District of Columbia, and officers so detailed may accept commissions in the National Guard, with the permission of the President, and terminable in his discretion, without vacating their commissions in the Regular Army or being prejudiced in their relative or lineal standing therein. The Secretary of War may, upon like application, detail one or more enlisted men of the Regular Army with each State, Territory, or District of Columbia for duty in connection with the National Guard. But nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the detail of retired officers as now provided by law. Sec. 100, act of June 3, 1916 (89 Stat., 208). 474. Chief of Coast Artillery; rank, pay, and allowances. Hereafter the Chief of Coast Artillery shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general. Act of July 6, 1916 (39 Stat., 849). 475. Staff service with troop, etc., deemed line duty. Hereafter, in deter- mining the eligibility, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, of troop, battery, or com- pany officers for detail as officers of the various staff corps and departments of the Army, except the General Staff Corps, service actually performed by any such officer with troops prior to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, as a regimental, battalion, or squadron staff officer, shall be deemed to have been duty with a battery, company, or troop. Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 706). 476. Performance of Quartermaster Corps duty by regimental, etc., staff ofli- vers. Regimental, battalion, and squadron quartermasters and commissaries shall hereafter be required to perform the duties of officers of the Quarter- master Corps, including the receipting for any money or property pertaining to said corps, when no officer of the Quartermaster Corps is present for such duties, and nothing contained in the Army appropriation act approved August twenty- fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall hereafter, be held or construed so as to prevent competent authority from requiring any officers of the Army to act temporarily as quartermasters wherever there shall be no officers of the Quartermaster Corps and no regimental, battalion, or squadron quartermasters or commissaries present for such duty. Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (87 Stat., 706). 477. Military details under Cuoa and Panama. The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the acceptance by officers of the Army, in the discretion of the President, of such military details under 'the Governments of Cuba and Panama as may be requested by the Presidents of these Republics: Provided, That such details shall not exceed five in number : And provided further, That no officer so detailed shall receive any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from the Government of Cuba or Panama. Act of Apr. 19. 1910 (86 Stat., 324). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 87 478. Military Academy. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to detail a competent officer to act as quartermaster and commissary for the battalion of cadets, by whom all purchases and issues of supplies of all kinds for the cadets, and all provisions for the mess, shall be made, and that all supplies of all kinds and descriptions shall be furnished to the cadets at actual cost, without any commission or advance over -said cost ; and such officer so as- signed shall perform all the duties of purveying and supervision for the mess as now done by the purveyor. Act of Aug. 7, 1876 (19 Stat., 126). 479. War of 1917. That all existing restrictions upon the detail, detach- ment, and employment of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army are hereby suspended for the period of the present emergency. Sec. 11, act of May 18. 1917 (40 Stat., 82). DISCHAEGE. 480. Failure to pass examination; all officers of the Army below the grade of major. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe a system of examination of all officers of the Army below the rank of major to determine their fitness for promotion, such an examination to be conducted at such times anterior to the accruing of the right to promotion as may be best for the interests of the service: * * * Should the officer fail in his physical examination and be found incapacitated for service by reason of physical dis- ability contracted in line of duty he shall be retired with the rank to which his seniority entitled him to be promoted ; but if he should fail for any other reason he shall be suspended from promotion for one year, when he shall be reexamined, and in case of failure on such reexamination he shall be honorably discharged with one year's pay. Act of Oct. 1, 1890 (26 Stat., 562). 481. Same Officers of the Medical Corps, below the rank of lieutenant colonel. Should any officer of the Medical Corps fail in his physical examination and be found incapacitated for service by reason of physical disability con- tracted in the line of duty, he shall be retired with the rank to which his seniority entitled him to be promoted ; but if he should be found disqualified for promotion for any other reason, a second examination shall not be allowed, but the Secretary of War shall appoint a board of review to consist of three officers of the Medical Corps superior in rank to the officer examined, none of whom shall have served as a member of the board which examined him. If the unfavorable finding of the examining board is concurred in by the board of review, the officer reported disqualified for promotion shall, if a first lieutenant or captain, be honorably discharged from the service with one year's pay ; and, if a major, shall be debarred from promotion and the officer next in rank found qualified shall be promoted to the vacancy. If the action of the examining board is disapproved by the board of review, the officer shall be considered qualified and shall be promoted. Act of Apr. 23, 1908 (85 Stat., 67). 482. Final payment on discharge. Officers who at any time were account- able or responsible for public property shall be required, before final payment is made to them on discharge from the service, to obtain certificates of nonin- debtedness to the United States from only such of the bureaus of the War De- partment to which the property for which they were accountable or responsible pertains, and the certificate from the Chief of the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, Treasury Department, and such certificates, accompanied by the affidavits of officers of nonaccountability or nonresponsibility to other bureaus of the War Department, certified to by the commanding officer of the regiment 88 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. or independent organization, shall warrant their final payment : Provided, That officers who have not been responsible at any time for public property shall be required to make affidavit of that fact, certified to by their commanding officers, which shall be accepted as sufficient evidence to warrant their final payment on their discharge from the service. Sec. 2, act of Jan. 12, 1899 (30 Stat., 784). 488. War of 1917. The appointments authorized and made as provided by the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh paragraphs of section one and by section eight of this act, and the temporary appointments in the Regular Army authorized by the first paragraph of section one of this act, shall be for the period of the emergency, unless sooner terminated by discharge or otherwise. The President is hereby authorized to discharge any officer from the- office held by him under such appointment for any cause which, in the judgment of the President, would promote the public service; and the general commanding any division and higher tactical organization or terri- torial department is authorized to appoint from time to time military boards of not less than three nor more than five officers of the forces herein provided for to examine into and report upon the capacity, qualification, conduct, and efficiency of any commissioned officer within his command other than officers of the Regular Army holding permanent or provisional commissions therein. Each member of such board shall be superior in rank to the officer whose qualifications are to be inquired into, and if the report of such board be ad- verse to the continuance of any such officer and be approved by the President, such officer shall be discharged from the service at the discretion of the Presi- dent with one month's pay and allowances. Sec. 9, act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82). FUEL, FOBAGE, ETC., IN KIND. 484. Authority for. Fuel * * * and forage may be furnished in kind to officers by the Quartermaster's Department according to law and regula- tions. Sec. 1270, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 243). 485. Forage., Forage in kind may be furnished to the officers of the Army by the Quartermaster's Department, only for horses owned and actually kept by such officers in the performance of their official military duties when on duty with troops in the field or at such military posts west of the Mississippi River, as may be from time to time designated by the Secretary of War, and not otherwise as follows: To the general, five horses; to the lieutenant general, four horses; to a major general, three horses; to a brigadier general, three horses ; to a colonel, two horses ; to a lieutenant colonel, two horses ; to a major, two horses; to a captain (mounted), two horses; to a lieutenant (mounted), two horses; to an adjutant, two horses; to a regimental quartermaster, two horses. Sec. 8, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 150). 486. Forage; restriction governing. Forage shall be allowed to officers only for horses authorized by law and actually kept by them in service when on duty and at the place where they are on duty. Sec. 1272, R. S. 487. Forage; no discrimination against officers serving east of the Mississippi River. There shall be no discrimination in the issue of forage against officers serving east of the Mississippi River provided they are required by law to be mounted and actually keep and own their animals. Act of June SO, 1882 (22 Stat., 119). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 89 488. Fuel; allowances limited to actual personal necessities. Hereafter fuel may be furnished to commissioned officers on the active list by the Quarter- master's Department for the actual use of such officers only at the rate of three dollars per cord for standard oak wood, or at an equivalent rate for other kinds of fuel, the amount so furnished to each to be limited to the officers' actual personal necessities as certified to by him. Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 250). 489. Forage, bedding, shoeing, shelter, etc.; officers not to be deprived of. Nothing in the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses" of the Government for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight or any other act, shall hereafter be held or construed so as to deprive officers of the Army, wherever on duty in the military service of the United States, of forage, bedding, shoeing, or shelter for their authorized number of horses, or of any means of transportation or maintenance therefor for which provision is made by the terms of this act. Act of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 742). 490. Same Not to be deprived of when offlcer is separated from owned horses through military service. Hereafter when an officer is separated from his authorized number of owned horses through the nature of the military service upon which employed they shall not be deprived of forage, bedding, shelter, shoeing, or medicines therefor because of such separation. Act of Mar. 23, 1910. (36 Stat., 252). LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 491. Absence on account of sickness, wounds, etc. Officers when absent on account of sickness or wounds, or lawfully absent from duty and waiting orders, shall receive full pay; when absent with leave, for other causes, full pay during such absence not exceeding in the aggregate thirty days in one year, and half pay during such absence exceeding thirty days in one year. When absent without leave, they shall forfeit all pay during such absence unless the absence is excused as unavoidable. Sec. 1265, R. S. 492. Cumulative leave. All officers on duty shall be allowed, in the discre- tion of the Secretary of War, sixty days' leave of absence without deduction of pay or allowance: Provided, That the same be taken once in two years: And provided further, That the leave of absence may be extended to three months if taken once only in three years, or four months if taken only once in four years. Act of July 29, 1876 (19 Stat., 102). 493. Commencement and termination of leave Service in Alaska, etc. Leaves of absence which may be granted officers of the Regular or Volunteer Army serving in the Territory of Alaska or without the limits of the United States, for the purpose of returning thereto, or which may have been granted such officers for such purpose since the thirteenth day of October, eighteen hun- dred and ninety-eight, shall be regarded as taking effect on the dates such officers reached or may have reached the United States, respectively, and as terminating, or as having terminated, on the respective dates of their departure from the United States in returning to their commands, as authorized by an order of the Secretary of War dated October 13, 1898. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 902). 494. Accrued leave; officers appointed from Volunteer to Regular Army. Officers appointed to the Regular Army from the Volunteer service, whose serv- ice- has been continuous, shall, in the computation of leaves of absence after 90 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. their appointment in the Regular Army, be entitled to the leave credits which accrued to them as Volunteer officers where such leave credits were not availed of during their Volunteer service. Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 508). 495. To be absent from Philippines. Leaves to be absent from the Philip- pine Islands, other than to return to the United States, which may be granted officers of the Army serving in" said islands and sailing from Manila, shall be regarded as taking effect on the dates such officers reach Manila, and as ter- minating on the dates of their departure from Manila, in returning to their stations. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1171). 496. Instructors at service schools. The provisions of section thirteen hun- dred and thirty, Revised Statutes, authorizing leaves of absence to certain officers, of the Military Academy during the period of the suspension of the ordinary academic studies, without deduction from pay and allowances, be, and are hereby, extended to include officers on duty exclusively as instructors at the service schools on approval of the officers in charge of said schools. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 244). LONGEVITY PAY. 497. Ten per centum increase for each term of five years of service. There shall be allowed and paid to each commissioned officer below the rank of brigadier general, including chaplains and others having assimilated rank or pay, ten per centum of their current yearly pay for each term of five years of service. Sec. 1262, R. S. 498. To be computed on yearly pay of grade. From and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the ten per centum increase for length of service allowed to certain officers by section twelve hundred and sixty-two of the Revised Statutes shall be computed on the yearly pay of the grade fixed by sections twelve hundred and sixty-one and twelve hundred and seventy- four of the Revised Statutes. Act of June 30, 1882 (22 Stat., 118). 499. Not to exceed forty per centum of yearly pay. The total amount of such increase for length of service shall in no case exceed forty per centum on the yearly pay of the grade as provided by law. Sec. 1263, R. S. 500. Maximum for colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major. In no case shall the pay of a colonel exceed five thousand dollars a year ; the pay of a lieutenant colonel exceed four thousand five hundred dollars a year, or the pay of a major exceed four thousand dollars a year. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 108). 501. Service as officer in Volunteers or enlisted men in armies. All officers of the Army of the United States who have served as officers in the Volunteer forces during the War of the Rebellion, or as enlisted men in the armies of the United States, Regular or Volunteer, shall be, and are hereby, credited with the full time they may have served as such officers and as such enlisted men in computing their service for longevity pay and retirement. Sec. 7, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 150). 502. Service in Navy to be counted. The actual time of service in the Army or Navy, or both, shall be allowed all officers in computing their pay. Act of Feb. 24, 1881 (21 Stat., 346). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 91 503. Service of cadet subsequent to act. Hereafter the service of a cadet who may hereafter be appointed to the United States Military Academy or to the Naval Academy shall not be counted in computing for any purpose the length of service of any officer of the Army. Sec. 6, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 594). MILEAGE, ETC. 504. Sea travel; actual expenses of. For all sea travel actual expenses only shall be paid to officers * * * when traveling on duty under com- petent orders, with or without troops, and the amount so paid shall not in- clude any shore expenses at port of embarkation or debarkation; but for the purpose of determining allowances for all travel under orders, or for officers and enlisted men on discharge, travel in the Philippine Archipelago, the Hawaiian Archipelago, the home waters of the United States, and between the United States and Alaska shall not be regarded as sea travel and shall be paid for at the rates established by law for land travel within the boundaries of the United States. Ac* of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 247). 605. Necessity for travel to be stated. The necessity for travel in the mili- tary service shall be certified to by the officer issuing the order and stated in the order. Ac* of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 456). 506. Military information from abroad. Hereafter the officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad shall be entitled to mileage and transportation * * * as provided when on other duty. Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 Stat., 480). 507. Appropriations for, not available for inspections or investigations. Hereafter no portion of the appropriation for mileage to officers traveling on duty without troops shall be expended for inspections or investigations except such as are especially ordered by the Secretary of War, or such as are made by Army and department commanders in visiting their commands, and those made by the Inspector General's Department in pursuance of law, Army Regulations, or orders issued by the Secretary of War. Act of Aug; 6, 1894 (28 Stat., 237). 608. Special duty to be stated in orders involving payment of. All orders involving the payment of mileage shall state the special duty enjoined. Act of Aug. 6, 1894 (28 Stat., 237). 509. Payment of allowances restricted. All allowances for mileage shall be made solely from the sums herein appropriated for such purposes. Act. of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 267). 510. Traveling under competent orders, rate fixed at seven cents per mile; computation of. Hereafter officers, active and retired, when traveling under competent orders without troops, and retired officers who have so traveled since March third, nineteen hundred and five, si' all be paid seven cents per mile and no more; distances to be computed and mileage to be paid over the shortest usually traveled routes, with deductions as hereinafter provided; and payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers shall be made according to distances and deductions computed over routes established and by mileage tables prepared by the paymaster General of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of War. Ac* of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 246). 92 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 511. Duty without troops; Secretary of War to determine what shall consti- tute. The Secretary of War may determine what shall constitute travel and duty without troops within the meaning of the laws governing payment of mileage to officers of the Army. Ibid. 512. Mileage and transportation allowances, foreign armies; officers and enlisted men of, traveling in the United States on official business in connection with aviation. That during the present emergency, officers and enlisted men of foreign armies attached to the aviation section of the Signal Corps as in- structors or inspectors when traveling in the United States on official business pertaining to the aviation section of the Signal Corps shall be authorized, from funds appropriated by this act, the same mileage and transportation allowances as are authorized for officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. Sec. 9, act of July 24, 1911 (40 Stat., 247). 518. Transportation in kind, on request. Officers who so desire may, upon application to the Quartermaster's Department, be furnished under their orders transportation requests for the entire journey by land, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, or by water; and the transportation so fur- nished shall, if travel was performed under a mileage status, be a charge against the officer's mileage account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the paymaster paying the account, and of the amount so deducted there shall be turned over to an authorized officer of the Quartermaster's De- partment three cents per mile for transportation furnished, except over any rail- road which is a free or fifty per centum land-grant railroad, for the credit of the appropriation for the transportation of the Army and its supplies. Ibid. 614:. Travel over bond-aided roads; deduction. When the established route ol travel shall, in whole or in part, be over the line of any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge, or over any fifty per centum land-grant railroad, officers traveling as herein provided for shall, for the travel over such roads, be furnished with trans- portation requests, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, by the Quartermaster's Department. When transportation is furnished by the Quar- termaster's Department, or when the established route of travel is over any of the railroads above specified, there shall be deducted from the officer's mile- age account by the paymaster paying the same, three cents per mile for the dis- tance for which transportation has been or should have been furnished. Ibid. 515. Change of station while on leave of absence. When the station of an officer is changed while he is on leave of absence, he will, on joining the new station, be entitled to mileage for the distance to the new station from the place where he received the order directing the change, provided the distance be no greater than from the old to the new station ; but if the distance be greater he will be entitled to mileage for a distance equal to that from the old to the new station only. Ibid. 516. Officers of the Ordnance Department, duty in connection with that de- partment. That mileage to officers of the Ordnance Department traveling on duty in connection with that department shall be paid from the appropriation for the work in connection with which the travel is performed. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat.. 65). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 93 517. Officers of the aviation section, Signal Corps, duty in connection with aviation service. That mileage to officers in the aviation section, Signal Corps, traveling on duty in connection with aviation service shall be paid from the appropriation for the work in connection with which the travel is performed. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 43). 618. Officers of the Corps of Engineers. In determining the mileage of offi- cers of the Corps of Engineers traveling without troops on duty connected with works under their charge, no deduction shall be made for such travel as may be necessary on free or bond-aided or land-grant railways. Sec. 15, act of Sept. 19, 1890 (26 Siat., 456). QUAKTEBMASTEB COBPS. 519. Office of storekeeper revoked. When a vacancy shall occur through death, retirement, or other separation from active service in the office of storekeeper in the Quartermaster Department and Ordnance Department, re- spectively, now provided for by law, said offices shall cease to exist. Acts of Mar. 3, 1S99 (30 Stat., 977) and Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 748). 620. Doorkeeper to President to have grade of storekeeper. The military storekeeper now on duty at the White House as doorkeeper to the President may be continued in that employment, and shall receive the full pay and al- lowances of his grade from the date of his retirement until' relieved by the President. Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 511). 521. Grade of military storekeeper revived. The President of the United States, in his discretion, be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint Charles P. Daly, chief clerk, office of the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, a military storekeeper in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain, mounted ; and the grade of military storekeeper is hereby revived in the Army of the United States for this pur- pose only. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 626). 522. Pay clerk commissioned as first lieutenant. The President is author- ized to appoint, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to commission to the grade of first lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, a pay clerk of over thirty-one years' service, now in active service, and who has been recommended by the then Secretary of War for such appointment. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 644)- 523. Pay clerks commissioned as second lieutenants. The pay clerks now in active service * * * shall, hereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a second lieutenant. Sec. 9, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 170). QUARTERS. 524. Allowance of. At all posts and stations where there are public quarters belonging to the United States officers may be furnished with quarters in kind in such public quarters, and not elsewhere, by the Quartermaster's Department, assigning to the officers of each grade, respectively, such number of rooms as is stated in the following table, namely: Second lieutenants, two rooms; first lieutenants, three rooms; captains, four rooms; majors, five rooms; lieutenant colonels, six rooms ; colonels, seven rooms ; brigadier-generals, eight rooms ; 94 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. major generals, nine rooms (lieutenant general, ten rooms). Sec. 9, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 151), as amended by act of Mar. 2, 1907 (84 Stat., 1168). 525. In kind; authority for. * * * Quarters * * * may be furn- nished in kind to officers by the Quartermaster's Department according to law and regulations. Sec. 1270, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 243). 526. Public quarters defined. Hereafter the Secretary of War may de- termine where and when there are no public quarters available within the meaning of this or any other act. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1069). 627. Heat and light for. Hereafter the heat and light actually necessary for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers and enlisted men shall be furnished at the expense of the United States under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1167). STOPPAGES AND DEDUCTIONS OF PAY. 628. Rations purchased on credit. The amount due from any officer for rations purchased on credit, or for any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army and purchased on credit from commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted from the payment made to such officer next after such pur- chase shall have been reported to the Paymaster General. Sec. 1299, R. S. 529. Repairs or damages to arms, equipments, etc. The cost of repairs on damages done to arms, equipments, or implements, shall be deducted from the pay of any officer * * * in whose care or use the same were when such damage occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse or negligence of said officer * * * .Sec. 1303, K. S. 530. For deficiencies, final settlement of accounts. In case of deficiency of any article of military supplies, on final settlements of the accounts of any officer charged with the issue of the same, the value thereof shall be charged against the delinquent and deducted from his monthly pay, unless he shall show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, by one or more depositions setting forth the circumstances of the case, that said deficiency was not occa- sioned by any fault on his part. And in case of damage to any military sup- plies, the value of such damage shall be charged against such officer and de- ducted from his monthly pay, unless he shall, in like manner, show that such damage was not occasioned by any fault on his part. Sec. 1304, R- S. 531. Arrears. No money shall be paid to any person for his compensation who is in arrears to the United States until he has accounted for and paid into the Treasury all sums for which he may be liable. In all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld in pursuance of this section, the accounting officers of the Treasury, if required to do so by the party, his agent. -or attor- ney, shall report forthwith to the Solicitor of the Treasury the balance due; and the solicitor shall, within sixty days thereafter, order suit to be com- menced against such delinquent and his sureties. Sec. 1766, R. S. 632. Indebtedness, where judgment has been obtained. The pay of officers of the Army may be withheld under section seventeen hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes on account of an indebtedness to the United States ad- PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 95 mitted or shown by the judgment of a court, but not otherwise, unless upon a special order issued according to the discretion of the Secretary of War. Act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 177). TEAVEL ALLOWANCE. 533. On discharge. Hereafter when an officer shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, he shall receive for travel allowances from the place of his discharge to the place of his residence at the time of his appointment or to the place of his original muster into the service four cents per mile. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 902). 534. Travel expenses; purposes of instruction. For travel expenses of offi- cers (engineers) on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for the purpose of instruction: Provided, That the traveling expenses herein pro- vided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances. Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 719). 535. Actual expenses, duty in Alaska. Hereafter actual expenses only, not to exceed four dollars and fifty cents per day and cost of transportation when not furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, shall be paid to the officers of the Army * * * when traveling on duty without troops, under com- petent orders, within the geographical limits of the Territory of Alaska. Act of May 11, 1908 (85 Stat., 114). 536. Sea travel on discharge; actual expenses. For sea travel on discharge actual expenses only shall be paid to officers. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 903). 537. Travel expenses, officers and enlisted men of foreign armies. The Sec- retary of War is hereby authorized, under such regulations and in such man- ner as he may prescribe, to employ such portion of the appropriations made for transportation of the Army and its supplies as in his judgment may be necessary to defray the expenses of travel incurred by officers and enlisted men of foreign armies attached to the Army of the United States during the present emergency, and that those officers and enlisted men, who may have been per- forming duties in this connection, be reimbursed from this appropriation for the expenditures they have already been obliged to make. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 361). VETERINARY CORPS. 538. Appointment of veterinarians and assistant veterinarians. The Presi- dent is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint veterinarians and assistant veterinarians in the Army, not to exceed, including veterinarians now in service, two such officers for each regiment of Cavalry, one for every three batteries of Field Artillery, one for each mounted battalion of engineers, seventeen as inspectors of horses and mules and as veterinarians in the Quartermaster Corps, and seven as inspectors of meats for the Quartermaster Corps; and said veterinarians and assistant veterina- rians shall be citizens of the United States and shall constitute the Veteri- nary Corps and shall be a part of the Medical Department of the Army. Sec. 16, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 176). 539. Assistant veterinarians; qualifications, etc. Hereafter a candidate for appointment as assistant veterinarian must be a citizen of the United States, 96 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, a graduate of a recog- nized veterinary college or university, and shall not be appointed until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination as to character, physical condition, gen- eral education, and professional qualifictions. Ibid. 540. Same; rank, pay, etc. An assistant veterinarian appointed under this act shall, for the first five years of service as such, have the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant; that after five years of service he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant; that after fifteen years of service he shall be promoted to be a veterinarian with the rank, pay, and allow- ances of captain, and that after twenty years' service he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major. Ibid. 641. Discharge of, where found deficient at examination. Any assistant veterinarian, in order to be promoted as hereinbefore provided, must first pass a satisfactory examination, under such rules as the President may prescribe, as to professional qualifications and adaptability for the military service; and if such assistant veterinarian shall be found deficient at such examination he shall be discharged from the Army with one year's pay. Ibid. 542. Appointment of veterinarians of Cavalry, Field Artillery, and of the Quartermaster Corps to the Veterinary Corps; rank, pay, and allowances. The veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery now in the Army, together with such veterinarians of the Quartermaster Corps as are now employed in said corps, who at the date of the approval of this act shall have had less than five years' governmental service, may be appointed in the Veterinary Corps as as- sistant veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant ; those who shall have had over five years of such service may be appointed in said corps as assistant veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant ; and those who shall have had over fifteen years of such service may be appointed in said corps as veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of captain: Provided, That no such appointment of any veterinarian shall be made unless he shall first pass satisfactorily a practical professional and phys- ical examination as to his fitness for the military service. Ibid. 543. Retirement of former veterinarians for physical incapacity. Veterina- rians now in the Army or in the employ of the Quartermaster Corps who shall fail to pass the prescribed physical examination because of disability incident to the service and sufficient to prevent them from the performance of duty valuable to the Government shall be placed upon the retired list of the Army with seventy-five per centum of the pay to which they would have been en- titled if appointed in the Veterinary Corps as hereinbefore prescribed. Ibid. 544. Reserve veterinarians, pay and allowances; eligible as assistant vet- erinarians. The Secretary of War, upon recommendation of the Surgeon Gen- eral of the Army, may appoint in the Veterinary Corps, for such time as their services may be required, such number of reserve veterinarians as may be necessary to attend public animals pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps. Re- serve veterinarians so employed shall have the pay and allowances of second lieutenant during such employment and no longer : Provided, That such reserve veterinarians shall be graduates of a recognized veterinary college or univer- sity and shall pass a satisfactory examination as to character, physical condi- tion, general education, and professionl qualifications in like manner as herein- PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AEMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 97 before required of assistant veterinarians ; such reserve veterinarians shall con- stitute a list of eligibles for appointment as assistant veterinarians, subject to all the conditions hereinbefore prescribed for the appointment of assistant veterinarians. Ibid. 545. Discharge of at end of probationary period. Within a limit of time to be fixed by the Secretary of War candidates for appointment as assistant vet- erinarians who shall have passed satisfactorily the examinations prescribed for that grade by this act shall be appointed, in the order of merit in which they shall have passed such examination, to vacancies as they occur, such appoint- ments to be for a probationary period of two years, after which time, if the services of the probationers shall have been satisfactory, they shall be perma- nently appointed with rank to date from the dates of rank of their probation- ary appointments. Probationary veterinarians whose services are found un- satisfactory shall be discharged at any time during the probationary period, or at the end thereof, and shall have no further claims against the Government on account of their probationary service. Ibid. RETIRED COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 546. Retired pay. Officers retired from active service shall receive seventy- five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which they are retired. Sec. 1274, R- S. 547. Same. Services in connection with construction of Panama Canal. At any time after the passage of this act any officer of the Army * * * to be benefited by the provisions of this act may, on his own application, be retired by the President at seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which he is retired. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1191). 548. Service as Chief of Staff Corpus or department. Any officer now holding office in any corps or department who shall hereafter serve as chief of staff corps or department and shall subsequently be retired, shall be retired with the rank, pay, and allowances authorized by law for the retirement of such corps or department chief. Sec. 26, Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 755). 549. Civil War service, below grade of brigadier general. Any officer of the Army below the grade of brigadier general who served with credit as an officer or as an enlisted man in the regular or volunteer forces during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, otherwise than as a cadet, and whose name is borne on the official register of the Army, and who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, retired on account of wounds or disability incident to the service or on account of age or after forty years' service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Army with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement : Provided, That this act shall not apply to any officer who received an advance of grade since the date of his retirement or who has been restored to the Army and placed on the retired list by virtue of the provisions of a special act of Congress. Ac* of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 264)- 550. Same With rank of brigadier general. Officers who served creditably in the regular or volunteer forces during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and who now hold the rank of brigadier gen- 4939218 7* 98 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. eral on the active list of the Army, having previously held that rank for three years or more, shall, when retired from active service, have the rank and retired pay of major general. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1163). 551. Examination for return to duty if retired for disability. The Secretary of War shall make a list of all officers of the Army who have been placed on the retired list for disablity and shall cause such officers to be examined at intervals as may be advisable, and such officers as shall be found to have recov- ered from such disabilities or to be able to perform service of value to the Government sufficient to warrant such action shall be assigned to such duty as the Secretary of War may approve. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (89 Stat., 629). ACTIVE DTJTY. 552. Assignment to duty at Soldiers' Home, etc., retired pay only. Retired officers of the Army may be assigned to duty at the Soldier's Home, upon a selection by the commissioners of that institution, approved by the Secretary of War ; and a retired officer shall not be assignable to any other duty : Pro- vided, That they receive from the Government only the pay and emoluments allowed by law to retired officers. Sec. 1259, R. S. 553. Assigned to active duty, above grade of major, retired pay only. Re- tired officers of the Army above the grade of major, heretofore or hereafter assigned to active duty, shall hereafter receive their full retired pay and shall receive no further pay or allowances from the United States. Act of Mar. 2, 1905 (33 Stat., 831). 654. Colonel or lieutenant colonel. A colonel or lieutenant colonel hereto- fore or hereafter assigned to active duty shall hereafter receive the same pay and allowance as a retired major would receive under a like assignment. Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 245). 555. Temporary command of post without garrison; limitation on pay ex- tended to include brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general. When by reason of the movement of troops a post is temporarily left without its regular garrison and with no commissioned officer except of the Medical Reserve Corps on duty thereat, the Secretary of War may assign a retired officer of the Army, with his consent, to active duty in charge of such post. The officer so assigned shall perform the duties of commanding officer and also any necessary staff duties at such post, and shall, while in the performance of such duties, receive the full pay and allowances of his grade, subject to the limitations imposed by the act of March second, nineteen hundred and five, and the act of June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, which limitations shall include the grades of brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 627). 556. Pay for active duty, not to exceed that of major. Hereafter any retired officer, who has been or shall be detailed on active duty, shall receive the rank, pay, and allowances of the grade, not above that of major, that he would have attained in due course of promotion if he had remained on the active list for a period beyond the date of his retirement equal to the total amount of time during which he has been detailed on active duty since his retirement. Sec. 24, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 183). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 99 557. Detailed to the Organized Militia; full pay, etc. In addition to the detail of retired officers now authorized by law, it shall hereafter be lawful for the Secretary of War to detail, whenever in his judgment the public interests require it, not exceeding twenty retired officers for service in connection with the Organized Militia in the States or Territories, upon the request of the governor thereof, and such retired officers shall be entitled, while so employed, to receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades. Act of Mar. 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 932). 558. Detailed a* adjutant ;/f Columbia Militia any retired officer of the Army who may be nominated to the President by the brigadier general commanding the District of Columbia Militia, said retired officer while so detailed to have the active-service pay and allowances of his rank in the Regular Army. Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 671). 559. In tune of tear, full pay, etc. In time of war retired officers of the Army may be employed on active duty, in the discretion of the President, and when so employed they shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grade. Sec. 24, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 183). 560. Recruit iiif/ in connection tcith National Guard. The Secretary of War may assign retired officers of the Army, with their consent, to active duty in recruiting, for service in connection with the organized militia of the several States and Territories, upon the request of the governor thereof, as military attaches, upon courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and boards, and to staff duties not involving service with troops; and such officers while so assigned shall receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades. Act of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 264). 561. Detailed as acting quartermasters, not regarded as service with troops. Assignments which have been made, or may hereafter be made, of retired of- ficers of the Army to active duty as acting quartermasters shall be regarded us assignments to stuff duties not involving service with troops within the meaning of the act of Congress approved April twenty- third, nineteen hundred uii.l four. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 48). ACTIVE DUTY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 562. Detailed ax coUcye />ro/V*.s-or ; retired pni/ only. Any retired officer may, on his own application, be detailed to serve as professor in any college (but while so serving such officer shall be allowed no additional compensa- tion). Sec. 1260, R. S. 568. Same Authority for; no additional allowance. Upon the application of any college, university, or institution of learning incorporated under the laws of any State within the United States, having capacity at the same time to educate not less than one hundred and fifty male students, the President may detail an officer of the Army on the retired list to act as president, superin- tendent. or professor thereof: and such officer may receive from the institution to which he may be detailed the difference between his retired and full pay, and shall not receive any additional pay or allowance from the United States. _ Act of May .',, MM (.?/ Mt.. US). 100 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 564. Same Commutation of quarter* to he paid l>i/ xefiool. Xo detail shall he made under this act to any school unless it shall pay the cost of commutation of quarters of the retired officers * * * detailed thereto to which they may he entitled by law * * *: Provided. That no detail shall be made under the provisions of this act unless the officers * * * to be detailed are willing to accept such position : Provided further, That they shall receive no compensation from the Government other than their retired pay. Act of Apr. 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 225). 565. Detailed to educational hixtitntion*, to reeeire full paii, ete. The act approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, authorizing the detail of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions, be amended so as to provide that retired officers, when so detailed, shall receive the full pay and allowances of their rank, except that the limitations on the pay of officers of the Army above the grade of major as provided in the acts of March second, nineteen hundred and five, and June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six. shall remain in force. Act. of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 738). 500. Educational institutions; pay, etc. The President is hereby authorized to detail such numbers of officers of the Army, either active or retired, not above the grade of colonel, as may be necessary, for duty as professors and assistant professors of military science and tactics at institutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained ; * * *. In time of peace retired officers shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section without their consent. Retired officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel so detailed shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grade, and retired officers above the grade of major so detailed shall receive the same pay and allowances as a retired major would receive under a like detail. Sec. J t 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 192). LONGEVITY PAY. 567. Increase of, limited. No part of this sum shall be used for payment of further increase of longevity pay to officers now on the retired list, and officers hereafter retired from active service shall not be therefrom allowed or paid any increase of longevity pay above the sum allowed and paid to such officers at the date of retirement, unless retired on account of wounds received in battle. Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 511). 568. Same Exception. Hereafter, except in case of officers retired on ac- count /?/ 11. 1908 (35 Stat., 109). 572. Post quartermaster and post commissary sergeants hereafter to be known as quartermaster sergeants. The noncommissioned officers no\v known as post quartermaster sergeants and post commissary sergeants shall here- after be known as quartermaster seargeants. Her. 3, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Mat.. 592). 573. Monthly pay of certain enlisted men. Hereafter the monthly pay of enlisted men of certain grades of the Army created in this act shall be as fol- lows, namely : Quartermaster sergeant, senior grade, Quartermaster Corps ; master hospital sergeant, Medical Department; master engineer, senior grade. Corps of Engineers; and band leader, Infantry. Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, seventy-five dollars ; hospital sergeant, Medical Department ; and master engineer, junior grade, Corps of Engineers, sixty-five dollars ; sergeant, first class, Medical Department, fifty dollars ; sergeant, first class, Corps of Engineers; regimental supply sergeant. Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; battalion supply sergeant. Corps of Engineers; and ,-issisrant engineer, ('oast Artillery Corps, forty-five dollars; assistant band leader, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; and sergeant bugler, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, forty dollars; 102 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. musician, first class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; supply sergeant, mess sergeant, and stable sergeant, Corps of Engineers; ser- geant, Medical Department, thirty-six dollars; supply sergeant, Infantry, Cav- alry, and Artillery; mess sergeant, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery; cook, Medical Department ; horseshoer, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Corps of En- gineers, Signal Corps, and Medical Department ; stable sergeant. Infantry and Cavalry ; radio sergeant, Coast Artillery Corps ; and musicians, second class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, thirty dollars; musician, third class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; corporal, Medical Department, twenty-four dollars; saddler, Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Corps of Engineers, and Medical Department ; mechanic, Infantry, Cavalry, and Field Artillery, and Medical Department; farrier, Medical De- partment; and wagoner, Infantry, Field Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, twenty -one dollars; private, first class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Med- ical Department, eighteen dollars; private, Medical Department, and bugler, fifteen dollars. Nothing herein contained shall operate to reduce the pay or allowances now authorized by law for any grade of enlisted men of the Army. Sec. ,?S, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 574. Monthly pay in time of war. Commencing June one, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and continuing until the termination of the emergency, all enlisted men of the Army of the United States in active service whose base pay does not exceed twenty-one dollars per month shall receive an increase of fifteen dollars per month ; those whose base pay is twenty-four dollars, an increase of twelve dollars per month ; those whose base pay is thirty dollars, thirty-six dollars, or forty dollars, an increase of eight dollars per month ; and those whose base pay is forty-five dollars or more, an increase of six dollars per month : Provided, That the increases of pay herein authorized shall not enter into the computation of continuous-service pay. Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82). 575. Grades of chauffeur, first class, and chauffeur, Signal Corps, created; pay and allowances. That the grades of chauffeur, first class, and chauffeur are hereby created in the Signal Corps. The pay and allowances of a chauffeur, first-class, shall be the same as a sergeant, first class, in the Signal Corps. Pay and allowances of a chauffeur shall be the same as a sergeant in the Signal Corps Sec. 3, act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 244). 576. Temporary forces, Signal Corps; pay and allowances. That all * * * enlisted men of the temporary forces of the Signal Corps, including the aviation section thereof provided for herein, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as permanent * * * en- listed men of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army. Sec. 8, act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 245). 577. Payment to be made by check where no paymaster is on duty. The Sec- retary of War is also authorized to arrange for the payment of the enlisted men serving at posts or places where no paymaster is on duty by check or by cur- rency, to be sent to them by mail or express. ;ii the expense and risk of the United States. Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 Stat., 479). 578. Receipt of any pay or allowances under fraudulent enlistment a mili- tary offense. Fraudulent enlistment and the receipt of any pay or allowance thereunder, is hereby declared a military offense and made punishable by a court-martial, under the sixty-second article of war. Act of July 27, 1892 (27 Stat. t 278). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 103 679. Arrears of pay not to exceed two months. The Army shall be paid in such manner that the arrears shall at no time exceed two months, unless cir- cumstances shall render further arrears unavoidable. Sec. 1189, R. S. 580. During captivity. Every noncommissioned officer and private of the Regular Army, and every officer, noncommissioner officer, and private of any militia or volunteer corps in the service of the United States who is captured by the enemy shall be entitled to receive during his captivity, notwithstanding the expiration of his term of service, the same pay, subsistence, and allowance to which he may be entitled while in the actual service of the United States ; but this provision shall not be construed to entitle any prisoner of war of such militia corps to any pay or compensation after the date of his parole, except the traveling expenses allowed by law. Sec. 1288, R. 8. 581. Conscripts. That all * * * enlisted men of the forces herein pro- vided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as * * * enlisted men of corre- sponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army. Sec. 10, act of May 18, 1917 (40 8tat., 82). ADDITIONAL PAY AND EXTEA-DUTY PAY. 582. Duty at recruit depots. Hereafter the Secretary of War shall be authorized to detach from the army at large such number of enlisted men as may be necessary to perform duty at the various recruit depots and the United States military prison, and of the enlisted men so detached, and while per- forming such duty there shall be allowed for each depot and the prison one who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of battalion or squadron sergeant major, and for each recruit and prison company one who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of first sergeant, five the rank, pay, and allowances of sergeant, and six the rank, pay, and allowances of corporal, of the arm of the service to which they respectively belong. Act of June 12, 1906 (84 Stat., 583. Same; extended. Hereafter one of the enlisted men detached from the Army at large for duty at each of the recruit depots under the provisions of the act of June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, shall, while so detached, have the rank, pay, and allowances of a regimental sergeant major. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 624). 584. Receiving twenty per centum increase in pay proper, not .entitled to. Enlisted men receiving or entitled to the twenty per centum increase of pay herein authorized, shall not be entitled to or receive any additional increased compensation for what is known as extra or special duty. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 903). 585. Constant labor of not less than ten days' duration. When soldiers are detailed for employment as artificers or laborers in the construction of perma- nent military works, public roads, or other constant labor of not less than ten days' duration, such extra-duty pay hereafter shall be at the rate of fifty cents per day for mechanics, artisans, school-teachers, and clerks at Army, division, and department headquarters, and thirty-five cents per day for other clerks, teamsters, laborers, and other enlisted men on extra duty. Sec. 1287, R. S., as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 359). 49392* 104 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 586. Extra duty; details to be in writing. Working parties of soldiers shall be detailed for employment as artificers or laborers, in the construction of permanent military works or public roads, or in other constant labor only upon the written order of a commanding officer, when such detail is for ten or more days. Sec. 1235, R. S. 687. Additional; when granted a certificate of merit. A certificate of merit granted to an enlisted man for distinguished service shall entitle him, from the date of such service, to additional pay at the rate of two dollars per month while he is in the military service, although such service may not be con- tinuous. Sec. 1285, R. S., as amended by sec. 2, act of Feb. 9, 1891 (26 Stat., 737). 688. Privates, first class, of the Medical Department, acting as dispensary assistants, nurses, surgical assistants, etc. Privates, first class, of the Medical Department shall be eligible for rating for additional pay as follows: As dispensary assistant, two dollars a month ; as nurse, three dollars a month ; as surgical assistant, five dollars a month : Provided, That no enlisted man shall receive more than one rating for additional pay under the provisions of this section, nor shall any enlisted man receive any additional pay under such rating unless he shall have actually performed the duties for which he shall be rated. Sec. 10, act of June S, 1916 (39 Stat., 173). 689. Mess sergeants. Mess sergeants shall receive six dollars per month in addition to their pay. Act of May 11, 1908 (85 Stat., 109). NOTE. This additional pay is not payable to soldiers serving in organizations for which the law provides a grade of mess sergeant. 690. Enlisted men qualifying as marksmen. Hereafter enlisted men now qualified or hereafter qualifying as marksmen shall receive two dollars per month ; as sharpshooters, three dollars per month ; as expert riflemen, five dol- lars per month ; as second-class gunners, two dollars per month ; as first-class gunners, three dollars per month ; as expert first-class gunners, Field Artillery, five dollars per month; as gun pointers, gun commanders, observers second class, chief planters, and chief loaders, seven dollars per month; as plotters, observers, first class, casemate electricians, and coxswains, nine dollars per month, all in addition to their pay, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, but no man shall receive at the same time additional pay for more than one of the classifications named in this section. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 45). 691. Duty at recruiting stations. The Secretary of War is authorized to detach from the Army at large such number of enlisted men as may be neces- sary to perform duty at the various recruiting stations, and while performing such duty one member of each party shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of sergeant, and one the rank, pay, and allowances of corporal of the arm of the service to which they respectively belong. Sec. 31, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (SI Stat., 756). 692. Mess stewards and cooks at recruit depots, and instructor cooks at schools for bakers and cooks. Extra-duty pay at rates to be fixed by the Sec- retary of War for mess stewards and cooks at recruit depots, who are grad- uates of the school for bakers and cooks, and instructor cooks at the schools for bakers and cooks. See annual appropriation acts. NOTE. The rates fixed are one dollar per day for mess stewards and fifty cents per day for cooks. A. R. 529. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 105 593. Signal Service men. Signal Service men shall not receive extra-duty pay unless specially directed by the Secretary of War. Act of June 20, 1878 (20 Stat., 219). 594. Offices of coast defense artillery engineers and coast defense ordnance officers, and as switchboard operators at seacoast fortifications. For extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty for periods of not less than ten days in the offices of coast defense artillery engineers and coast defense ordnance officers, and as switchboard operators at seacoast fortifications. See annual appropriation acts. 595. Switchboard operators at interior posts. For extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty as switchboard operators at each interior post of the Army. See annual appropriation acts. 596. Enlisted men serving as stenographic reporters at general courts-mar- tial, courts of inquiry, etc. Hereafter enlisted men may be detailed to serve as stenographic reporters for general courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, and retiring boards, and while so serving shall receive extra pay at the rate of not exceeding five cents for each one hundred words taken in shorthand and transcribed, such extra pay to be met from the annual appropri- ation for expenses of courts-martial, and so forth. Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (87 Stat., 575). 597. Detailed to schools. No detail shall be made under this act to any school unless it shall pay the cost of commutation of quarters of * * * noncommissioned officers detailed thereto and the extra-duty pay to which they may be entitled by law to receive for the performance of special duty Act of Apr. 21, 1904 (S3 Stat. 225). 598. Army service detachment, West Point. Hereafter no part of the moneys appropriated for use of the Quartermaster's Department -shall be used in payment of extra-duty pay for the Army service men in the Quartermaster's Department of West Point Ac* of Mar. 2, 1907 (84 Stat., 1167). 599. Disciplinary Barracks Guard; one to have rank, pay, etc., of battalion sergeant major. In addition to detailing for duty at said disciplinary barracks such number of enlisted men of the Staff Corps and departments as he may deem necessary, the Secretary of War shall assign a sufficient number of en- listed men of the line of the Army for duty as guards at said disciplinary bar- racks and as noncommissioned officers of the disciplinary organizations herein- after authorized. Said guards, and also the enlisted men assigned for duty as noncommissioned officers of disciplinary organizations, shall be detached from the line of the Army, or enlisted for the purpose ; and said guards shall be or- ganized as infantry, with noncommissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and cooks of the number and grades allowed by law for infantry organizations of like strength : Provided, That at least one of said guards shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a battalion sergeant major. Sec. 4, act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1085) . 600. Same Rates of pay. Hereafter the extra-duty pay to the United States disciplinary barracks guard shall be at the following rates per day: Battalion sergeants major, first sergeants, mess sergeants, supply sergeants, 106 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. and sergeants, thirty-five cents; corporals, thirty cents; cooks and mechanics, privates first class, privates, and buglers, twenty cents. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 52). 601. Extra pay to certain enlisted men employed on Washington- Alaska cable and telegraph system. Extra pay to enlisted men of the line of the Army and to enlisted men of the Quartermaster Corps, Medical Department and of the Signal Corps employed in the Territory of Alaska on the Washington- Alaska cable and telegraph systems for periods of not less than ten days at the rate of thirty-five cents per day. Annual appropriation act. ALLOTMENTS OF PAY. 602. Authority for making allotments of pay. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit, under such regulations as he may prescribe, any * * * enlisted man on the active list of the Army, any retired * * * en- listed man of the Army on active duty * * * to make allotments of his pay for the support of his wife, children, or dependent relatives, or for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 385). 603. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of. Allotments of pay of * * * enlisted men * * * that have been or shall be paid to desig- nated allotees previous to the receipt by disbursing officer of notice of dis- continuance of the same from the officer required by regulations to furnish such notice shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall make such payments. Ibid. 604. Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officers. If erron- eous payment is made because of the failure of an officer to report, in the man- ner prescribed by the Secretary of War, the death of the grantor, or any fact which renders the allotment not payable, then the amount of such erroneous payment shall be collected by the Quartermaster General from the officer who fails to make such report, if such collection is practicable. Nothing herein shall be construed to invalidate allotments now in force. Ibid. ASSIGNMENTS OF PAY. 605. Prior to discharge, not authorized. No assignment of pay by a non- commissioned officer or private, previous to his discharge, shall be valid. Sec. 1291, R. S. BONUS FOB REENLISTMENT. 606. Three months' pay, first reenlistment. Hereafter any private, soldier, musician, or trumpeter honorably discharged at the termination of his first enlistment, who reenlists within three months of the date of said discharge shall, upon such enlistment, receive an amount equal to three months' pay at the rate he was receiving at the time of his discharge. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 110). BOUNTY FOB BEENLISTMENT IN TIME OF WAS. 607. Computation of amounts for reenlistment in the line of the Army, or in the Signal, Medical, or Quartermaster Departments. For the purpose of util- izing as an auxiliary to the Regular Army Reserves the services of men who PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 107 have had experience and training in the Regular Army, or in the United States Volunteers, outside of the continental limits of the United States, in time of actual or threatened hostilities, and after the President shall by proclamation have called upon honorably discharged soldiers of the Regular Army to present themselves for reenlistme*nt therein within a specified period, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any person who shall have been discharged honorably from said Army, with character reported as at least good, and who, having been found physically qualified for the duties of a soldier, if not over fifty years of age, shall reenlist in the line of said Army, or in the Signal, Quartermaster, or Medical Department thereof, within the period that shall be specified in said proclamation, shall receive on so reenlisting a bounty which shall be computed at the rate of $8 for each month for the first year of the period that shall have elapsed since his last discharge from the Regular Army and the date of his reenlistment therein under the terms of said proclamation ; at the rate of $6 per month for the second year of such period ; at the rate of $4 per month for the third year of such period ; and at the rate of $2 per month for any subsequent year of such period ; but no bounty in excess of $300 shall be paid to any person under the terms of this section. Sec. 34, act of June 3, 1916 (S9 Stat.,188). CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. 608. Settlement of. The money value of all clothing overdrawn by the sol- dier beyond his allowance shall be charged against him, every six months, on the muster roll of his company, or on his final statements if sooner discharged, and he shall receive pay for such articles of clothing as have not been issued to him in any year, or which may be due to him at the time of his discharge, according to the annual estimated value thereof. The amount due him for clothing, when he draws less than his allowance, shall not be paid to him until his final discharge from the service. Sec. 1302, R. S. 609. Gratuitous issues in case of contagious diseases. The Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of the Surgeon General, order gratuitous issues of clothing to soldiers who have had contagious diseases, and to hospital attendants who have nursed them,- to replace any articles of their clothing destroyed by order of the proper medical officers to prevent contagion. Sec. 1298, R. S. 610. Clothing allowance of sergeants of ordnance. Sergeants of ordnance shall receive the same allowance of clothing as other sergeants in like staff departments Ac* of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 178). 611. Issue of clothing to discharged military convicts. Every prisoner, upon being discharged from prison, shall be furnished with decent clothing. Sec. 1355, R. S. 612. Gratuitous issue of suit of clothing, not exceeding ten dollars, to dis- charged ,military prisoners. For a suit of citizen's outer clothing, to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court-martial sentence involving dis- honorable discharge. Annual appropriation acts. 613. Donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged military pris- oner. For a donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement, under court-martial sentence, involving dis- honorable discharge. Annual appropriation acts. 108 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 614. Indemnity for clothing and bedding destroyed for sanitary reasons. For indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety - eight, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons. Annual appropriation acts. ('[.OTII INC, Ai TKKATION OF. 615. Authority for; amount to be deducted from pay, etc. It shall be lawful for the commanding officer of each regiment, whenever it may be necessary, to cause the coats, vests, and overalls or breeches which may from time to time be issued to and for his regiment to be altered and new-made, so as to better to fit them to the persons, respectively, for whose use they shall be delivered; and for defraying the expense of such alterations to cause to be deducted and applied out of the pay of such persons a sum or sums not exceeding twenty- five cents for each coat, eight cents for each vest and for each pair of overalls or breeches. Sec. 1220, R. 8. 616. Limit of cost for altering and fitting clothing. Hereafter the regimental price fixed for altering and fitting soldiers' clothing shall not exceed the cost of making the same at the clothing depots. Act of Mar. 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 831). COMMUTATION OF ALLOWANCES. 617. Of quarters, etc., where no public quartern arc artiUabh: Hereafter, at places where there are no public quarters available, commutation for the authorized allowance therefor shall be paid * * * when specifically author- ized by the Secretary of War, to enlisted men at the rate of $15 per month, or in lieu thereof he may, in his discretion, rent quarters for the use of said enlisted men when so on duty. Act of Mar. ',, 191.1 < ,?,s totfit.. 1069). 618. Same Signal Service, Arctic region*. The allowance for commutation of quarters * * * shall be, * * * for * * * enlisted men of the Signal Service serving in the Arctic regions, the same in amount as though they were serving in Washington, District- of Columbia. Act of June 30, 1882 (22 Stat., 118). 619. Of quarters, heat and light. For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to * * * enlisted men on duty at places where no public quarters are available. Annual appropriation acts. 620. Of rations. Of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men of furlough, enlisted men * * * when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in departments and Army rifle competition while traveling to and from places of contest * applicants for enlistment, and general prisoners while traveling under orders Annual appropriation acts. DEPOSITS MADE BY ENLISTED MEN. 621. Authority for; method of making and keeping, etc. Any enlisted man of the Army may deposit his savings, in sums not less than five dollars, with any Army paymaster, who shall furnish him a deposit book, in which shall be entered the name of 'the paymaster and of the soldier, and the amount, date, PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 109 and place of such deposit. The amount so deposited shall be accounted for in the same manner as other public funds, and shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and kept as a separate fund, known as pay of the Army deposit fund, repayment of which to the enl'.sted man on discharge from the service shall be made out of the fund created by said deposits, and shall not be subject to forfeiture by sentence of courts-martial, but shall be forfeited \}y desertion, and shall not be permitted to be paid until final payment on dis- charge, or to the heirs or representatives of a deceased soldier, and that such deposits be exempt from liability for such soldiers' debts: Provided, That the Government shall be liable for the amount deposited to the person so deposit- ing the same. Sec. 1305, R. 8., as amended by act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 2>,6). 622. Interest on five dollars or over. For any sums not less than five dollars so deposited for the period of six months or longer, the soldier on his final discharge, shall be paid interest at the rate of four per centum per annum. Sec. 1306, R. S. 623. Regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War. The system of de- posits herein established shall be carried into execution under such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War. Sec. 1307, R. S. DISCHARGE HONORABLE. 624. Travel pay. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, an enlisted man when discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, shall receive 3 cents per mile from the place of his discharge to the place of his acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service, at his option : Provided, That for sea travel on discharge transpor- tation and subsistence only shall be furnished to enlisted men. Sec. 126, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 217). 625. By purchase. When an enlisted man is discharged by purchase while in active service he shall be furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve, unless, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, he is given a final discharge from the Armj.Scc. 29, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 187). 626. Dependent family. When by reason of death or disability of a mem- ber of the family of an enlisted man occurring after his enlistment members of his family become dependent upon him for support, he may, in the discre- tion of the Secretary of War, be discharged from the service of the United States or be furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve, upon due proof being made of such condition. Ibid. 627. Same. The President may provide for the discharge of any or all enlisted men whose status with respect to dependents renders such discharge advisable. Sec. 7, act of Maij /,S. I!) 17 (',<) tftnt.. HI). 628. At termination of war of 1917. That all persons who have enlisted since April first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, either in the Regular Army or in the National Guard, and all persons who have enlisted in the National Guard since June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, upon their application, shall he discharged upon the termination of the existing emergency. Ibid. 110 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. DISCHAKGE DISHONOBABLE. 629. Pay and allowances not to accrue while under suspended sentence. Hereafter pay and allowances shall not accrue to a soldier under sentence of dishonorable discharge, during such period as the execution of the sentence of discharge may be suspended under authority of the act of Congress approved April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and pay which has here- tofore been forfeited under such suspended sentence shall not be held to have accrued to the Soldiers' Home under the operation of section forty-eight hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes, but shall be covered back into the Treasury of the United States. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1065}. DISCHARGE FINAL. 680. How same may be procured. No enlisted man in the Regular Army shall receive his final discharge until the termination of his seven-year term of enlistment except upon reenlistment as provided for in this act or as pro- vided by law for discharge prior to expiration of term of enlistment, but when an enlisted man is furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve his account shall be closed and he shall be paid in full to the diite such furlough becomes effec- tive, including allowances provided by law foj discharged soldiers. Sec. 29, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 187). 631. Men enlisting prior to Nov. 1, 1916. Except upon reenlistment after four years' service or as now otherwise provided for by law, no enlisted man shall receive a final discharge until the expir.'itior. of his seven-year term of enlistment, including his term of service in the Army Reserve, but any such enlisted man may be reenlisted for a further term of seven years under the same conditions in the Army at large, or, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for a term of three years in the Army R-sswve ; and any person who may have been discharged honorably from the Regular Army, with character re- ported as at least good, and who has been found physically qualified for the duties of a soldier, if not over forty-five years of age, may be enlisted in the Army Reserve for a similar term of three years. Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 591). EMPLOYMENT. 682. Prohibited from civil. Hereafter no enlisted man in the active service of the United States in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, respectively, whether a noncommissioner officer, musician, or private, shall be detailed, ordered, or permitted to leave his post to engage in any pursuit, business, or performance in civil life, for emolument, hire, or otherwise, when the same shall interfere with the customary employment find regular engagement of local civilians in the respective arts, trades. >r professions. Sec. 35, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 188). INDIAN SCOUTS. 688. Authority for enlistment of. The President is authorized to enlist a force of Indians, not exceeding one thousand, who shall act as scouts in the Territories and Indian country. They shall be discharged when the necessity for their service shall cease, or at the discretion of the department com- mander. Sec. 1112, R. 8. AND MISCELLANEOUS. Ill 634. Pay for owned horses.< A proportionate number of noncommissioned officers may be appointed. And the scouts, when they furnish their own horses and horse equipment, shall be entitled to receive forty cents per day for their use and risk so long as thus employed. Act of Aug. 12, 1876 (19 Stat., 131). NOTE. Indian scouts are a part of the Army. They are on the same status as to all pay and allowances as are other enlisted men. LENGTH OF SERVICE. 635. Rate of, etc. Hereafter any soldier honorably discharged at the ter- mination of an enlistment period who reenlists within three months thereafter shall be entitled to continuous-service pay as herein provided, which shall be in addition to the initial pay provided for in this act and shall be as follows, namely : For those whose initial pay as provided herein is thirty-sx dollars or more an increase of four dollars monthly pay for and during the second enlist- ment, and a further increase of four dollars for and during each subsequent enlistment up to and including the seventh, after which the pay shall remain as in the seventh enlistment. For those whose initial pay as provided for herein is eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-four, or thirty dollars, an increase of three dollars monthly pay for and during the second enlistment, and a further in- crease of three dollars for and during each subsequent enlistment up to and including the seventh, after which the pay shall remain as in the seventh enlist- ment. For those whose initial pay as provided for herein is fifteen and sixteen dollars, an increase of three dollars monthly pay for and during the second and third enlistments each, and a further increase of one dollar for and during each subsequent enlistment up to and including the seventh, after which the pay shall remain as in the seventh enlistment. Act of May 11, 1908 (85 Stat., 109), amending sec. 1282 and 1284, R> 8. 636. Period of enlistment. Hereafter any soldier honorably discharged at the termination of his first or any succeeding enlistment period who reenlists after the expiration of three months shall be regarded as in his second enlist- ment ; that an enlistment shall not be regarded as complete until the soldier shall have made good any time lost during an enlistment period by unauthorized absences exceeding one day, but any soldier who receives an honorable discharge for the convenience of the Government after having served more than half of his enlistment shall be considered as having served an enlistment period within the meaning of this act. Ibid. 637. Continuance of warrant. Any noncommissioned officer discharged with an excellent character shall be permitted, at the expiration of three years in the active service, to reenlist in the organization from which discharged with the rank and grade held by him at the time of his discharge if he reenlists within twenty days after the date of such discharge. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 638. Commissioned service in volunteer organizations to be counted as con- tinuous service. All enlisted men of the Regular Army who served as commis- sioned officers of United States Volunteers organized in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or who have served or may be now serving as such in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment or in the Philip- pine Scouts, who, upon their muster out, have returned or may return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period of service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuous- 112 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. service pay and to count, in computing the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men. Act of Mar. 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 934). 639. Commissioned service in Philippine Scouts to be counted as continuous service. All enlisted men of the Regular Army who have been appointed com- missioned officers of the Philippine Scouts subsequent to March second, nineteen hundred and three, or who may hereafter be so appointed, and who, upon their muster out, have returned or may return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period of service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuous-service pay and to count, in com- puting the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men. Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 248). 640. Number of years to be counted as an enlistment period in computing continuous-service pay. For all enlistments hereafter accomplished under the provisions of this act, four years shall be counted as an enlistment period in computing continuous-service pay. Sec. 12, Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 590). 641. Same. In all enlistments hereafter accomplished under the provisions of this act, three years shall be counted as an enlistment period in computing continuous-service pay. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 642. Serving out enlistment period. That any enlisted man, subject to good conduct and physical fitness for duty, upon his written application to that effect, shall have the right of remaining with the organization to which he belongs until the completion of his whole enlistment, without passing into the reserve. Sec. 2, Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 591). 643. Service as officer in Reserve Corps, etc., to be counted. Hereafter any enlisted man of the Army who shall be discharged to enable him to accept a commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps, or in any National Guard or militia organization, or in any volunteer force that may be authorized in the future, and who shall enlist in the Army within three months after the ter- mination of his connection as an officer with that corps or with any organiza- tion of the National Guard or militia, or a volunteer force, or during the con- tinuation of his connection therewith, as an officer, shall, in computing con- tinuous-service pay now authorized by law, be entitled to credit for the period of time actually served by him prior to said discharge, and in computing service for retirement and continuous-service pay, service as an officer of the National Guard while in the service of the United States, service in any volun- teer force, and. service in the Officers' Reserve Corps in active service shall be counted. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 74). 644. Enlistments, term of. On and after November first, nineteen hundred and twelve, all enlistments in the Regular Army shall be for a term of seven years, the first four years in the service with the organizations of which those enlisting for a part and, except as otherwise provided herein, the last three years on furlough and attached to the Army Reserves hereinafter provided for. Sec. 2, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 590). 645. Same. On and after the first day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, all enlistments in the Regular Army shall be for a term of seven years, the first three years to be in the active service with the organizations of which those enlisted form a part and, except as otherwise provided herein. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 113 the last four years in the Regular Army Reserve hereinafter provided for. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 646. Reenlistments. At the expiration of four years' continuous service with such organizations, either under a first or any subsequent enlistment, any soldier may be reenlisted for another period of seven years, as above provided for, in which event he shall receive his final discharge from his prior enlist- ment. Sec. 2, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 590). 647. Same. At the expiration of three years' continuous service with such organizations, either under a first or any subsequent enlistment, any soldier may be reenlisted for another period of seven years, as above provided for, in which event he shall receive his final discharge from his prior enlistment. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 648. May be furloughed to reserve; when. Any enlisted man, at the expira- tion of three years' continuous service with such organizations, either under a first or any subsequent enlistment, upon his written application, may be fur- loughed and transferred to the Army Reserve, in the discretion of the Secre- tary of War, in which event he shall not be entitled to reenlist in the service until the expiration of his term of seven years. Sec. 2, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 590). 649. Same. After the expiration of one year's honorable service any enlisted man serving within the continental limits of the United States whose company, troop, battery, or detachment commander shall report him as proficient and sufficiently trained, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be fur- loughed to the Regular Army Reserve under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, but no man furloughed to the reserve shall be eligible to reenlist in the service until the expiration of his term of seven years. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). REMOUNT DETACHMENTS. 650. Authority for, at remount depots. Hereafter from the enlisted force of the Army now provided by law, the President may authorize the organization of remount detachments at each of the remount depots, and may authorize the appointment therein of such noncommissioned officers, mechanics, artificers, farriers, horseshoers, and cooks as may be necessary for the administration of such remount depots : Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize an increase in the total number of enlisted men of the Army now authorized by law. Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1049). SCHOOL FOR BAKERS AND COOKS. 651. Prizes for cooks and lakers. For providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum. Annual appro- priation acts. STOPPAGES OF PAY. 652. Rations purchased on credit. The amount due from any enlisted man for articles designated by the inspectors general of the Army, and sold to him NOTE. All men enlisting between Nov. 1, 1912, and Oct. 31, 1916, are subject to the provisions of the act of Aug. 24, 1912. 4939218 8 114 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. on credit by commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted from the payment made to him next after such sale shall have been reported to the Paymaster General. ec. 1300, R. S. 653. For tobacco purchased. The amount due from any enlisted man for tobacco sold to him at cost prices by the United States shall be deducted from his pay in the manner provided for the settlement of clothing accounts. Sec. 1301, R. S. 654. Cost of repairs or damages to arms, equipments, etc. The cost of repairs or damages done to arms, equipments, or implements shall be deducted from the pay of any * * * soldier in whose care or use the same were when such damage occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse or negligence of said * * * soldier. Sec. 1303, R. S. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE. 655. On discharge. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, an enlisted man when discharged from the service, except by way of punish- ment for an offense, shall receive three and one-half cents per mile from the place of his discharge to the place of his acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service, at his option. Sec. 126, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 217). 656. Sea travel, on discharge. For sea travel on discharge transportation and subsistence only shall be furnished to enlisted men. Ibid. RETIRED ENLISTED MEN. 657. Pay, etc., thirty years' service. When an enlisted man shall have served thirty years either in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or in all, he shall, upon making application to the President, be placed upon the retired list, with seventy-five per cent of the pay and allowances he may then be in receipt of, and that said allowances shall be as follows : Nine dollars and fifty cents per month in lieu of rations and clothing and six dollars and twenty-five cents per month in lieu of quarters, fuel, and light; Provided, That in computing the necessary thirty years' time all service in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall be credited. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1217). 668. Restored to active duty. And he (the President) may also authorize the employment on any active duty of retired enlisted men of the Regular Army, either with their rank on the retired list or in higher enlisted grades, and such retired enlisted men shall receive the full pay and allowances of the grades in which they are actively employed. Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 81). 659. Commutation of quarters, heat and light. For commutation of quar- ters and of heat and light to * * * retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty. Annual appropriation acts. THE NATIONAL GUARD. 660. Composition of. The National Guard shall consist of the regularly enlisted militia between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and of commissiom'd ollicors be- tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty-four ycni-s.--Xrr. ,58, act of Jwic .{. nun (39 Stat., 197). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 115 APPROPRIATION S. 661. Appropriation, apportionment, and disbursement of funds for tin X> paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the National Guard, including the expense of providing arms, ord- nance stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equipage, and all other military supplies for issue to the National Guard, and such other expenses pertaining to said guard as are now or may hereafter he authorized by law. sVr. /;?. ibid., 199. 662. Ratio of apportionment among the States and Territories. The appro- priation provided for in this section shall be apportioned among the several States and Territories under just and equitable procedure to be prescribed by the Secretary of War and in direct ratio to the number of enlisted men in ac- tive service in the National Guard existing in such States and Territories at the date of apportionment of said appropriation, and to the District of Columbia, under such regulations as the President may prescribe. Ibid. 663. Purposes for which available. The sum so apportioned among the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia shall be available under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army when traveling on duty in connection with the National Guard; for the transportation of supplies furnished to the National Guard for the permanent equipment thereof; for office rent and necessary office expenses of officers of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard ; for the expenses of the Militia Bureau, including clerical services, now authorized for the Division of Militia Affairs; for expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National GuaVd, including quarters, fuel, light, medicines, and medical attendance ; and such expenses shall constitute a charge against the whole sum annually appropriated for the support of the National Guard, and shall be paid therefrom and not from the allotment duly apportioned to any particular State, Territory, or the District of Columbia ; for the promotion of rifle practice, in- cluding the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and equipment of shooting- galleries and suitable target ranges ; for the hiring of horses and draft animals for the use of mounted troops, batteries, and wagons ; for forage for the same ; and for such other incidental expenses in connection with lawfully authorized encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, and for such other expenses pertaining to the National Guard as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law. Ibid. 664. Disbursements and accounting. All amounts appropriated for the pur- pose of this and the last preceding section shall be disbursed and accounted for by the officers and agents of the Quartermaster Corps of the Army, and all dis- bursements under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be made as soon as practicable after the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of June of each year upon pay rolls prepared and authenticated in the manner to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Sec. 110, ibid. DISCHARGE. 665. Of enlisted metis An enlisted man discharged from service in the Na- tional Guard shall receive a discharge in writing in such form and with such classification as is or shall be prescribed for the Regular Army, and in time 116 PAY AXD ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. of peace discharges may be given prior to the expiration of terms of enlistment under such regulations as the President may prescribe. Sec. 72, act of June 8, 1'JliJ (33 Mat., 201). Of officers, for unfitness. At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for the service of any National Guard officer may be de- termined by an efficiency board of three commissioned officers, senior in rank to the officer whose fitness for service shall be under investigation, and if the findings of such board be unfavorable to such officer and be approved by the official authorized to appoint such an officer, he shall be discharged. Sec. 77, ibid. 667. For other causes; attached to reserve. Commissions of officers of the National Guard may be vacated upon resignation, absence without leave for three months, upon the recommendation of an efficiency board, or pursuant to sentence of a court-martial. Officers of said guard rendered surplus by the dis- bandment of their organizations shall be placed in the National Guard Re- serve. Officers may, upon their own application, be placed in the ,snid re- serve. Ibid. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 668. Allowance to officers for clothing and equipment. There may be paid to all commissioned officers (without discrimination, and in lieu of the limited pay authorized by this section) an allowance to be used by them in the pur- chase and maintenance of clothing and equipment. Act of Mar. 2, 1911 (36 Stat., 1004). 669. Pay for active service in case of riot, etc. Whenever the National Guard of the District of Columbia shall be ordered to duty in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, or whenever called in aid of the civil authorities, all enlisted men who do duty shall be paid at the rate equivalent to two times the pay of enlisted men of the Regular Army of like grade. Commissioned officers who do duty shall be entitled to and shall receive the same pay and allowances as commissioned officers of like grade of the Regular Army. Each mounted officer arid enlisted man shall be paid a reasonable per diem com- pensation for each horse actually furnished and used by him. Sec. 53, ad of Feb. 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 634). 670. Pay for active service icith Regular Army. When the National Guard of the District of Columbia is called into the actual service of the United States the officers and enlisted men shall, during their time of service, be entitled to the same pay and allowances as are or may be provided by law for the Regular Army. Ibid. 671. Pay to members of bands during annual t-nctmiiJiHcnt and on dayx of parades. During the annual encampment, and on every duty on parade ordered by the commanding general, there shall be allowed and paid for each day of service : To each member of the regularly enlisted bands, four dollars ; to the chief musicians, eight dollars ; and to the principal musicians, six dollars. In event there is no enlisted band or field music, or not a sufficient number of either, the commanding general may authorize the employment of such as he may deem necessary for the occasion : Provided, That the total pay of enlisted musicians shall not in any event exceed the rates authorized by this section. Sec. 64, act of Feb. 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 635). PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AEMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 117 672. Uniforms and equipments to be issued from Army stores. Every organi- zation of the- National Guard (District of Columbia) shall be provided with such ordnance and ordnance stores, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, quarter- master's stores, medical supplies, and other military stores as may be necessary for the proper training and instruction of the force and for the proper perform- ance of the duties required under this act. Such property shall be issued from the stores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, upon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of War. Sec. 31, act of Mar. J., 1889 (25 Stat., 776). 673. Subsistence during annual encampments, etc. During the annual en- campment, or when ordered on duty to aid the civil authorities, the National Guard (District of Columbia) shall be furnished with subsistence stores of the kind, quality, and amount allowed and prescribed by the Army. Such stores shall bo issued from the stores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, upon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of War, to the commanding general upon bis requisitions for the same. Act of Mar. 1, 1889 (.? .7 XfY M 780). i:\r\MPMK.VrS AM) .MA.NKl VKRS. 674. Participation in Anny, etc. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of War is authorized to provide for the participa- tion of the whole or any part of the National Guard in encampments, maneu- vers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field or coast- deferise instruction, either independently or in conjunction with any part of the Regular Array. Sec. 94, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 206). 675. Allotment for expenses of. There may be set aside from the funds ap- propriated for that purpose and allotted to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia such portion of said funds as may be necessary for the payment, subsistence, transportation, and other proper expenses of such portion of the National Guard of such State. Territory, or the District of Columbia, as shall participate in such encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including out- door target practice, for field and coast-defense instruction. Ibid. 676. Pay, etc. The officers and enlisted men of such National Guard while so engaged shall be entitled to the same pay, subsistence, and transportation as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades of the Regular Army are or hereafter may be entitled by law. Tbid. 677. Pay, etc., attending '\ationa1 Guard instruction camps. Officers and enlisted men attending such camps shall be entitled to pay and transportation, and enlisted men to subsistence in addition, at the same rates as for encamp- ments or maneuvers for field or coast-defense instruction. Sec. 97, ibid. 678. Payment* to be made any time after muster. When any portion of the National Guard shall participate in encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field or coast-defense instruction, under the provisions of this act, it may, after being duly mustered, be paid at any time after such muster for the period from the date of leaving the home rendezvous to date of return thereto as determined in advance, both dates inclusive; and such payment, if otherwise correct, shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer making the same. Pec. 98. ibid. 118 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 679. Reduced rates by common carriers permitted. Hereafter nothing in the act of February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty -seven, known as the act to regulate commerce or any amendments thereto, shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates for members of National Guard organizations traveling to and from joint encampments with the Regular Army. Sec. 1, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 646). EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS. 680. To be .the same as for Regular Army.< The National Guard of the United States shall, as far as practicable, be uniformed, armed, and equipped with the same type of uniforms, arms, and equipments as are or shall be pro- vided for the Regular Army. Sec. 82, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 203). 681. Authority for purchase and issue of. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to procure, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, by purchase or manufacture, within the limits of available appropriations made by Congress, and to issue from time to time to the National Guard, upon requisi- tion of the governors of the several States and Territories or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, such number of United States service arms, with all accessories, field-artillery material, engi- neer, coast artillery, signal, and sanitary material, accouterments, field uni- forms, clothing, equipage, publications, and military stores of all kinds, includ- ing public animals, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia. Sec. 83, ibid. 682. Provision for protection, care, etc., of. That as a condition precedent to the issue of any property as provided for by this act, the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia desiring such issue shall make adequate provision, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, for the protection and care of such property. Ibid. 683. New types to be furnished without charge. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, whenever a new type of equipment, small arm, or field gun shall have been issued to the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia such equipment, small arms, and field guns, including all accessories, shall be furnished without charging the cost or value thereof or any expense connected therewith against the appropria- tions provided for the support of the National Guard. Sec. 84, ibid. 684. Replacing prior, etc., issues. Each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia shall, on the receipt of new property issued to replace obsolete or condemned prior issues, turn in to the War Department or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of War, all property so replaced or condemned, and shall not receive any money credit therefor. Sec. 85, ibid. 685. Disposition and replacement of damaged property. All military prop- erty issued to the National Guard as herein provided shall remain the property of the United States. Whenever any such property issued to the National Guard in any State or Territory or the District of Colum- bia shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, or become unserviceable or unsuitable by use in service or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterested surveying officer of the Regular Army or the National AND MISCELLANEOUS. 119 Guard, detailed by the Secretary of War, and the report of such surveying officer shall be forwarded to the Secretary of War, or to such officer as he shall designate to receive such reports. Sec. 87, ibid. 686. Credit allowed for lost, damaged, or destroyed property; ichcn. And if it shall appear to the Secretary of War from the record of survey that the property was lost, damaged, or destroyed through unavoidable causes, he is hereby authorized to relieve the State or Territory or the District of Colum- bia from further accountability therefor. Ibid. 687. Payment for loss, if due to carelessness, etc. If it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of property was due to carelessness or neglect, or that its loss, damage, or destruction could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care, the money value of such property shall be charged to the accountable State, Territory, or District of Columbia, to be paid from State, Territory, or District funds, or any funds other than Federal. Ibid. 688. Disposal, etc., of unserviceable; allowance for. If the articles so sur- veyed are found to be unserviceable or unsuitable, the Secretary of War shall direct what disposition, by sale or otherwise, shall be made of them; and if sold, the proceeds of such sale, as well as stoppages against officers and enlisted men, and the net proceeds of collections made from any person or from any State, Territory, or District to reimburse the Government for the loss, damage, or destruction of any property, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a credit to said State, Territory, or the District of Colum- bia, accountable for said property, and as a part of and in addition to that portion of its allotment set aside for the purchase of similar supplies, stores, or material of war. Ibid. 689. Refusal to pay for loss, etc., a bar to future allotments. If any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall neglect or refuse to pay, or to cause to be paid, the money equivalent of any loss, damage, or destruction of property charged against such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia by the Secretary of War after survey by a disinterested officer appointed as hereinbefore provided, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to debar such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from further participation in any and all appropriations for the National Guard until such payment shall have been made. Ibid. EXPENSES OF ENROLLMENT. 690. Of inarch to place of rendezvous. The expenses incurred by marching the militia of any State or territory to their places of rendezvous, in pursuance of a requisition of the President, or of a call made by the authority of any State or Territory and approved by him, shall be adjusted and paid in like manner as the expenses incurred after their arrival at such places of rendez- vous, on the requisition of the President ; but this provision does not authorize any species of expenditure, previous to arriving at the place of rendezvous, which is not provided by existing laws to be paid for after their arrival at such places of rendezvous. Rcc. IG-l.'i. R. 8. HORSES FOR CAVALRY AXD FIELD ARTILLERY. 691. Authority for purchase.' Funds allotted by the Secretary of War for the support of the National Guard shall be ivaiU:ble for the purchase, under 120 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, of horses conforming to the Regular Army standards for the use of Field Artillery and Cavalry of the National Guard, said horses to remain (he property of the United States and to be used solely for military purposes. See. 89, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 205). 692. Appropriations for extended to include signal companies, engineer com- panies, amoulance companies, and other mounted units. To provide for the purchase, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, of horses conforming to the Regular Army standards for the use of Field Artillery, Cavalry, signal companies, engineer companies, ambulance companies, and other mounted units of the National Guard, said horses to remain the property of the United States and to be used solely for military purposes. Horses so purchased may be issued not to exceed thirty-two to any one battery, troop, or company, or four to a battalion or regimental headquarters, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Mat., 645). 693. Issue of; regulations governing. Horses so purchased may be issued not to exceed thirty-two to any one battery or troop, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and the Secretary of War is further authorized to issue, in lieu of purchase, for che use of such organizations, con- demned Army horses which are no longer fit for service, but which may be suitable for the purposes of instruction, such horses to be sold as now provided by law when said purposes shall have been served. Sec. 89, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 205). 694. Care of, etc.; payment to men detailed. Funds allotted by the Secre- tary of War for the support of the National Guard shall be available for the purchase and issue of forage, bedding, shoeing, and veterinary services, and supplies for the Government horses issued to any battery or troop, and for the compensation of competent help for the cure of the material, animals, and equipment thereof, under such regulations as the Secretary of Wai- may prescribe: Provided, That the men to be compensated, not to exceed five for each battery or troop, shall be duly enlisted therein and shall be detailed by the battery or troop commander, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and shall b< paid by the United States disbursing officer in each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia. Sec. 90, iUd. INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT, RECORDS, ETC. 695. To be made />// Army officers detailed for the purpose. The Secretary of War shall cause an inspection to be made at least once each year by inspec- tors general, and if necessary by other officers of the Regular Army, detailed by him for that purpose, to determine whether the amount and condition of the property in the hands of the National Guard is satisfactory: whether the Na- tional Guard is organized as hereinbefore prescribed ; whether the officers and enlisted men possess the physical and other qualifications prescribed ; whether the organization and the officers and enlisted men thereof are sufficiently armed, uniformed, equipped, and being trained and instructed for active duty in tlie field or coast defense, and whether the records are being kept in accord- ance with the requirements of this :ict. The reports of such inspect ions shall serve as the basis for deciding as to the issue to and retention by the National PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 121 Guard of the military property provided for by this act, and for determining what organizations and individuals shall be considered as constituting parts of the National Guard within the meaning of this act. Sec. 98, act of June 3, 1916 (S9 Stat., 206). INSTRUCTION AT ARMY SKUVICK SCHOOLS. 696. Of officers and men. Under such regulations as the President may pre- scribe, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the governor of any State or Territory or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, authorize a limited number of selected officers or enlisted men of the National Guard to attend and pursue a regular course of study at any military service school of the United States, except the United States Military Academy ; or to be attached to an organization of the same arm, corps, or department to which such officer or enlisted man shall belong, for routine practical instruction at or near an Army post during a period of field training or other outdoor exercises. Sec. 99, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 207). 697. Pa ij and allowance* tcftile attending A run; stew-ice schools; limitation. Such officer or enlisted man shall receive, out of any National Guard allotment of funds available for the purpose, the same travel allowances and quarters, or commutation of quarters, and the same pay, allowances, and subsistence to which an officer or enlisted man of the Regular Army would be entitled for attending such school, college, or practical course of instruction under orders from proper military authority, while in actual attendance at such school, college, or practical course of instruction : Provided, That in no case shall the pay and allowances authorized by this section exceed those of a captain. Ibid. LENGTH OF SERVICE. 698. Active and n-xcrrc service. Hereafter the period of enlistment in the National Guard shall be for six years, the first three years of which shall be in an active organization and the remaining three years in the National Guard Reserve, hereinafter provided for, and the qualifications for enlistment shall be the same as those prescribed for admission to the Regular Army. Sec. 69, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 200). 699. Continuous active service alloioed. In the National Guard the privi- lege of continuing in active service during the whole of an enlistment period and of reenlisting in said service shall not be denied by reason of anything contained in this act. IMd. 700. Compensation for part of first year; other duty accepted in lieu of drills. When any man enters into an enlistment other than an immediate reen- listment he shall be entitled to proportional compensation for that year if during the remainder of the year he shall attend a number of drills w r hose ratio to twenty-four is not less than the ratio of the part of the year so served to the whole year; and when any man's enlistment shall expire the compensation, if any, to which he may be entitled shall be determined in like manner : Provided further, That periods of any actual military duty equivalent to the drills herein prescribed (except those periods of service for which members of the National Guard may become lawfully entitled to the same pay as officers and enlisted men of the corresponding grades in the Regular Army) may bo accepted as service in lieu of such drills when so provided by the Secretary of War. itrc. 110. Ilnd., p. 209. 122 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. PAY AND ALLOWANCES. 701. Pay to certain officers for services. Certain commissioned officers on the active list belonging to organizations of the National Guard of each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia participating in the apportionment of the annual appropriation for the support of the National Guard shall receive compensation for their services, except during periods of service for which they may become lawfully entitled to the same pay as officers of corresponding grades of the Regular Army, as follows, not to include longevity pay : A captain five hundred dollars per year and the same pay shall be paid to every officer of higher rank than that of captain, a first lieutenant two hundred and forty dol- lars per year, and a second lieutenant two hundred dollars per year. Regula- tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of War shall determine the amount and character of service that must be rendered by officers to entitle them to the whole or specific parts of the maximum pay hereinbefore authorized Sec. 109, Ibid. 702. Staff officers, aids-de-camp, and chaplains. That all staff officers, aids- de-camp, and chaplains shall receive not to exceed one-half of the pay of a cap- tain, except that regimental adjutants, and majors and captains in command of machine-gun companies, ambulance companies, field hospital companies, or sanitary troops shall receive the pay hereinbefore authorized for a captain. Ibid. 703. Enlisted men, active service. Each enlisted man on the active list be- longing to an organization of the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, participating in the apportionment of the annual appro- priation for the support of the National Guard, shall receive compensation for his services, except during periods of service for which he may become lawfully entitled to the same pay as an enlisted man of corresponding grade in the Regu- lar Army, at a rate equal to twenty-five per centum of the initial pay now pro- vided by law for enlisted men of corresponding grades of the Regular Army: Provided, That such enlisted man shall receive the compensation herein pro- vided if he shall have attended not less than forty-eight regular drills during any one year, and a proportionate amount for attendance upon a lesser number of such drills, not less than twenty-four; and no such enlisted man shall re- ceive any part of said compensation except as authorized by this proviso and the three provisos next following: Provided further, That the compensation provided herein shall be computed for semiannual periods, beginning the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, in proportion to the number of drills attended ; and no compensation shall be paid to any enlisted man for the first semiannual period of any year unless he shall have attended during said period at least twenty-four drills, but any lesser number of drills attended during said period shall be reckoned with the drills attended during the second semiannual period in computing the compensation, if any, due him for that year. Ibid. 704. Active service pay; when to commence. When the militia is called into the actual service of the United States, or any portion of the militia is called forth under the provisions of this act, their pay shall commence from the day of their appearing at the place of company rendezvous, but this provision shall not be construed to authorize any species of expenditure previous to arriving at such places of rendezvous which is not provided by existing laws to be paid after their arrival at such place of rendezvous. Sec. 11, act of May 27, 190S (So Stat., 401). AND MISCELLANEOUS. 123 705. Officers detailed as assistants to Chief of Militia Bureau. The President may, in his discretion, assign to duty in the Militia Bureau as assistants to the chief thereof not to exceed one colonel and one lieutenant colonel of the National Guard, for terms of four years, and any such officer while so assigned shall, subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, receive out of the whole fund appropriated for the support of the militia the pay and allow- ances of a Regular Army officer having the same rank and length of service as said National Guard officer, whose prior service in the Organized Militia shall be counted in ascertaining his rights under this proviso. Act of June 8, 1916 ., 203). 706. Stoppages: property lost or destroyed. Stoppages may be made against the compensation payable to any officer or enlisted man hereunder to cover the cost of public property lost or destroyed by and chargeable to such officer or enlisted man. See. 110, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 210). 707. Persons not entitled to pay.< Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no money appropriated under the provisions of this or the last preceding section shall be paid to any person not on the active list, nor to any person over sixty-four years of age, nor to any person who shall fail to qualify as to fitness for military service under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall pre- scribe. nor to any State, Territory, or District, or officer or enlisted man in the National Guard thereof, unless and until such State, Territory, or District provides by law that staff officers, including officers of the Pay, Inspection, Subsistence, and Medical Departments, hereafter appointed shall have had previous military experience and shall hold their positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a court- martial legally convened for that purpose, and that vacancies among said officers shall be filled by appointment from the officers of such State, Territory, or Dis- trict./]!)^. 708. Payment of men enlisted by States up to time of muster. That nothing in this act or previous acts of Congress shall be construed to prohibit the paying of men enlisted by State authorities of any State for militia organization for the purpose of bringing said organization up to the minimum necessary to per- mit of the muster in of said organization, from the date of such enlistments to the date of muster in or from date of enlistment to date of rejection, after physical examination. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 624). PROPERTY AND DISBURSING OFFICERS. 709. Appointment of; general duties. The governor of each State and Terri- tory and the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia shall appoint, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, an officer of the National Guard of the State, Territory, or I Mstrict of Columbia who shall be regarded as property and disbursing officer for the United States. He shall receipt and account for all funds and property belonging to the United States in possession of the National Guard of his State, Territory, or District, and shall make such returns and reports concerning the same as may be required by the Secretary of War. Sec. ?'. act of June .}. inn: (39 Stat., 200). 710. Payments to, on requisitions. The Secretary of War is authorized, on the requisition of the governor of a State or Territory or the commanding gen- 124 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. eral of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, to pay to the property and disbursing officer thereof so much of its allotment out of the annual ap- propriation for the support of the National Guard as shall, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, be necessary for the purposes enumerated therein. Ibid. 711. Accounting for funds; bond required. He shall render, through the War Department, such accounts of Federal funds intrusted to him for disbursement as may be required by the Treasury Department. Before entering upon the performance of his duties as property and disbursing officer he shall be required to give good and sufficient bond to the United States, the amount thereof to be determined by the Secretary of War, for the faithful performance of his duties and for the safe-keeping and proper disposition of the Federal property and funds intrusted to his care. Ibid. 712. Bonds not required; when. Officers of the Organized Militia who may hereafter be furnished, under proper authority, with funds for the purchase of coffee or other components of the travel ration for the use of their respective commands, shall not be required to furnish bonds for the safe-keeping and dis- bursement of the same. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 111). 713. Pay of, from general fund. He shall, after having qualified as prop- erty and disbursing officer, receive pay for his services at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and such compensation shall be a charge against the whole sum annually appropriated for the support of the National Guard. Sec. 67, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 200). 714. Traveling expenses. When traveling in the performance of his official duties under orders issued by the proper authorities he shall be reimbursed for his actual necessary traveling expenses, the sum to be made a charge against the allotment of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia. Ibid. 715. Inspection of accounts; how often. The Secretary of War shall cause an inspection of the accounts and records of the property and disbursing officer to be made by an inspector general of the Army at least once each year. Ibid. 716. Rules, etc., to be made by Secretary of War. The Secretary of War is empowered to make all rules and regulations necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section. Ibid. SALES TO. 717. Authority for. Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that the National Guard of any State, Territory, or the Dis- trict of Columbia, is properly organized, armed, aVid equipped for field service. funds allotted to that State, Territory, or District for the support of its Na- tional Guard may be used for the purchase, from the War Department, of any article issued by any of the supply departments of tho Army. Sec. 83, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 204). 718. Cash purchases from Army stores. Any State, Territory, or the Dis- trict of Columbia may, with the approval of the Secretary of War. purchase for cash from the War Department for the use of the National Guard, including the officers thereof, any stores, supplies, materiel of war, and military publications PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 125 furnished to the Army, in addition to those issued under the provisions of this act, at the price at which they shall be listed to the Army, with cost of trans- portation a'dded. The funds received from such sale shall be credited to the appropriation to which they shall belong, shall not be covered into the Treasury, and shall be available until expended to replace therewith the supplies sold to the States in the manner herein authorized. Sec. 86, ibid. 719. May be requisitioned in time of war. Stores, supplies, and materiel of war so purchased by a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia may, in time of actual or threatened war, be requisitioned by the United States for use in the military service thereof, and when so requisitioned by the United States and delivered credit for the ultimate return of such property in kind shall be allowed to such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. Ibid. 720. Net proceeds of sales of condemned stores; disposition of. The net pro- ceeds of the sale of condemned stores issued to the National Guard and not charged to State allotments shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States, as shall also stoppages against officers and enlisted men, and the net proceeds of collections made from any person to* reimburse the Government for the loss, damage, or destruction of said property not charged against the State allotment issued for the use of the National Guard. Sec. 88, ibid., p. 205. NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE. 721. Organization of. Subject to such rules and regulations as the President nuiy prescribe, a National Guard Reserve shall be organized in each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia, and shall consist of such organizations, officers, and enlisted men as the President may prescribe, or members thereof may be assigned as reserves to an active organization of the National Guard. Sec. 78, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 722. Pay when in active training. Members of said reserve, when engaged in field or coast-defense training with the active National Guard, shall receive the same Federal pay and allowances as enlisted men of like grade on the active list of said guard when likewise engaged: Provided further, That, ex- cept as otherwise specifically provided in this act, no commissioned or enlisted reservist shall receive any pay or allowances out of any appropriation made by Congress for National Guard purposes. Ibid. 723. Reserve battalions for recruit training in time of war. When mem- bers of the National Guard and the enlisted reserve thereof of any State, Terri- tory, or the District of Columbia shall have been brought into the service of the United States in time of war, there shall be immediately organized, either from such enlisted reserve or from the unorganized militia, in such State, Territory, or District, one reserve battalion for each regiment of Infantry or Cavalry, or each nine batteries of Field Artillery, or each twelve companies of Coast Ar- tillery, brought into the service of the United States, and such reserve battalion shall constitute the fourth battalion of any such regiment or twelve companies of Coast Artillery. Reserve battalions shall consist of four companies of such strength as may be prescribed by the President of the United States. When the members of three or more regiments of the National Guard of any State, Territory, or District shall have been brought into the service of the United States, the reserve battalions of such regiments may be organized into pro- visional regiments and higher units. If for any reason there shall not be 126 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OP THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. enough voluntary enlistments to keep the reserve battalions at the prescribed strength, a sufficient number of the unorganized militia shall be drafted into the service of the United States to maintain each of such battalions at the proper strength. As vacancies occur from death or other causes in any or- ganization in the service of the United States and composed of men taken from the National Guard, men shall be transferred from the reserve battalions to the organizations in the field so that such organizations may be maintained at war strength. Officers for the reserve battalions provided for herein shall be drafted from the National Guard Reserve or Coast Artillery companies of the National Guard or the Officers' Reserve Corps, such officers to be taken, if practicable, from the States, respectively, in which the battalions shall be or- ganized. Officers and noncommissioned officers returned to their home sta- tions because of their inability to perform active field service may be assigned to reserve battalions for duty, and all soldiers invalided home shall be as- signed to and carried on the rolls of reserve battalions until returned to duty or until discharged. Sec. 79, ibid. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE. 724. Nothing contained in the act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen shall be construed as precluding the payment of travel allowance as provided in section one hundred and twenty-six of the act approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to enlisted men of the National Guard on their discharge from the service of the United States and the appropriation for the transportation of the Army and its supplies for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen shall be available for this purpose and also for the purpose of paying travel pay to officers of the National Guard on their discharge from the service of the United States as prescribed in the act approved March second, nineteen hundred and one. Act of Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat., 810}. OFFICERS' RESERVE CORPS. 725. Composition and object of. For the purpose of securing a reserve of officers available for service as temporary officers in the Regular Army, as provided for in this act and in section eight of the act approved April twenty- fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (38 Stat., 349), as officers of the Quar- termaster Corps and other staff corps and departments, as officers for recruit rendezvous and depots, and as officers of volunteers, there shall be organized, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe not incon- sistent with the provisions of this act, an Officers' Reserve Corps of the Reg- ular Army. Said corps shall consist of sections .corresponding to the various arms, staff corps, and departments of the Regular Army. Except as otherwise herein provided, a member of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall not be subject to call for service in time of peace, and whenever called upon for service shall not, without his consent, be so called in a lower grade than that held by him in said reserve corps. -Sec. 37, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 189). 726. President alone authorized to appoint and commission civilians as re- serve officers up to grade of major. The President alone shall be authorized to appoint and commission as reserve officers in the various sections of the Officers' Reserve Corps, in all grades up to and including that of major, such citizens as, upon examination prescribed by ihe President, shall be found physically, mentally, and morally qualified to hold such commission. Ibid. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 127 727. Proportion of officers in any section not to exceed same grade in Regular \rtn\j. The proportion of officers in any section of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall not exceed the proportion for the same grade in the corresponding arm, corps, or department of the Regular Army, except that the number commis- sioned in the lowest authorized grade in any section of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall not be limited. Ibid. 728. Persons registered as qualified under act of January 21, 1903, to be eligible for appointment for three years. All persons now carried as duly qualified and registered pursuant to section twenty-three of the act of Congress approved January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three (32 Stat, 779), shall, for a period of three years after the passage of this act, be eligible for appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps in Ihe section corresponding to the arm, corps, or department for which they have been found qualified, without further examination, except a physical examination, and subject to the limi- tations as to age and rank herein prescribed. Ibid. 729. Persons qualified for grade of lieutenant colonel or colonel to be ap- pointed as such; grade to cease when they become separated from the service. Any person carried as qualified and registered in the grade of colonel or lieutenant colonel pursuant to the provisions of said act on the date when this act becomes effective may be commissioned and recommissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps with the rank for which he has been found qualified and registered, but when such person thereafter shall become separated from the Officers' Reserve Corps for any reason the vacancy so caused shall not be filled, and such office shall cease and determine. Ibid. 730. Same When called to service in a lower grade. That the second pro- viso of section thirty-seven of the act of June third, nineteen .hundred and sixteen, entitled, "An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," be amended as follows : Provided, That any person who on June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, was carried as qualified and registered in the grade of colonel or lieutenant colonel pur- suant to the provisions of the act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, or any person holding a commission as colonel or lieutenant colonel in the National Guard of any State, Territory or the District of Columbia on June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, who has served satisfactorily as such in the service of the United States under the call of May ninth, nineteen hun- dred and sixteen, or that of June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, may be commissioned or recommissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps with rank for which he had been found qualified and registered, or which he held in the National Guard on June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, or while in the service of the United States ; but when such person shall become there- after separated from the Officers' Reserve Corps for any reason, the vacancy so caused shall not be filled and such office shall cease and determine: Provided further, That any officer of the Officers' Reserve Corps called for service with his consent in a lower grade than that held by him in said Reserve Corps shall, subject to such physical examination as may be prescribed, be considered eligible for recommission in such lower grade. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stats., 73). 731. Age limit for appointment in and discharge of officers after having passed such limit. No person shall, except as hereinafter provided, be appointed or reappointed a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps after he shall 128 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. have reached the age of thirty-two years, a first lieutenant after he shall have reached the age of thirty-six years, a captain after he shall have reached the age of forty years, or a major after he shall have reached the age of forty- five years. Sec. 37, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 189). 732. Not to be discharged during present emergency. During the existing emergency no member of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall be discharged by reason of reaching the age limits provided in section thirty-seven of the national-defense act approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Act of Oct. 6, 1911 (40 Stats., 393). 733. Age of officers not to apply to appointment or reappointment in certain staff departments. Nothing in the foregoing provisions as to the ages of officers shall apply to the appointment or reappointment of officers of the Quarter- master, Engineer, Ordnance, Signal, Judge Advocate, and Meidcal sections of said Reserve Corps. Sec. 37, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stats., 190). 734. Medical Reserve Corps to cease one year after passage of act; officers of may be commissioned in Officer' Reserve Corps. One year after the passage of this act the Medical Reserve Corps, as now constituted by law, shall cease to exist. Members thereof may be commissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps, subject to the provisions of this act, or may be honorably discharged from the service. Ibid. 735. First lieutenants of the medical section, may be assigned to active duty in time of peace; pay and allowances of. The Secretary of War may, in time of peace, order first lieutenants of the medical section of the Officers' Reserve Corps, with their consent, to active duty in the service of the United States in such numbers as the public interests may require and the funds appro- priated may permit, and may relieve them from such duty when their services are no longer necessary. While on such duty they shall receive the pay and allowances, including pay for periods of sickness and leaves of absence, of officers of corresponding rank and length of active service in the Regular Army. Ibid. 736. Commissions to be in force for a period of five years; may be recom- missioned for successive periods in same or higher grades. The commissions of all officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall be in force for a period of five years unless sooner terminated in the discretion of the President. Such officers may be recommjssioned, either in the same or higher grades, for successive periods of five years, subject to such examinations and qualifications as the President may prescribe and to the age limits prescribed herein. Ibid. 737. Rank of officers in various sections to be according to grades and length of service. Officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall have rank therein in the various sections of said reserve corps according to grades and to length of service in their grades. Ibid. 738. The Officers' Reserve Corps in war Assignment to duty, rank, pay^ etc. In time of actual or threatened hostilities the President may order officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps, subject to such subsequent physical examinations as he may prescribe, to temporary duty with the Regular Army in grades thereof which cnn not, for the time being, be filled by promotion, or as officers in volunteer or other organizations that may be authorized by law, or as PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 129 officers at recruit rendezvous and depots, or on such other duty as the Presi- dent may prescribe. While such reserve officers are on ^uch service they shall, by virtue of their commissions as reserve officers, exercise command appro- priate to their grade and rank in the organizations to which they may be assigned, and shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the corresponding grades in the Regular Army, with increase of pay for length of active service, as allowed by law for officers of the Regular Army, from the date upon which they shall be required by the terms of their orders to obey the same. Sec. 38, ibid, 190. 739. Officers ordered to active service to take temporary rank, according to date of assignment; promotion to vacancies in volunteers and temporary va- cancies in Repular Army. Officers so ordered to active service shall take tem- porary rank among themselves, and in their grades in the organizations to which assigned, according to the dates of orders placing them on active serv- ice ; and they may be promoted, in accordance with such rank, to vacancies in Volunteer organizations or to temporary vacancies in the Regular Army there- after occurring in the organizations in which they shall be serving. Ibid. 740. Officers of not entitled to retirement or retired pay; pensionable status. Officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall not be entitled to retirement or retired pay, and shall be entitled to pension only for disability incurred in the line of duty and while in active service. Ibid. 741. Subject to rules and articles of war when ordered to active service. Any officer who, while holding a commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps, shall be ordered to active service by the Secretary of War shall, from the time he shall be required by the terms of his order to obey the- same, be subject to the laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States, in so far as they are applicable to officers whose permanent retention in the military service is not contemplated. Ibid. 191. 742. Instruction of officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps May be ordered to duty with troops, etc., for instruction. To the extent provided for from time to time by appropriations for this specific purpose the Secretary of War is authorized to order reserve officers to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year, and while so serving such officers shall receive the pay and allowances of their respective grades in the Regular Army. Sec. 39, Ibid, p. 191. 748. Period of instruction may be extended with consent of reserve officers. With the consent of the reserve officers concerned and within the limits of funds available for the purpose, .such periods of duty may be extended for reserve officers as the Secretary of War may direct. Ibid. 744. Appointment of reserve officers to active duty in time of war before ap- pointment of Volunteers. In time of actual or threatened hostilities, after all available officers of any section of the Officers' Reserve Corps corresponding to any arm, corps, or department of the Regular Army shall have been or- dered into active service, officers of Volunteers may be appointed in such arm, corps, or department as may be authorized by law. Ibid. 745. Appointment of officers of Regular Army as officers of Volunteers. Nothing herein shall operate to prevent the appointment of any officer of 4939218 9 130 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. the Regular Army as an officer of Volunteers before all the officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps ftr any section thereof shall have been ordered into active service. Ibid. 746. Relative rank and right of retirement of officers of Regular Army not affected by active service in. In determining the relative rank and the right to retirement of an officer of the Regular Army, active duty performed by him while serving in the Officers' Reserve Corps shall not be reckoned. Ibid. 747. Gratuitous service of members permissible. That section three of the act approved February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years and for other purposes," shall not be construed to prohibit the Sec- retary of War from accepting the gratuitous services of members of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army in the furtherance of the enrollment, or- ganization, and training of the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army or in consultation upon matters relating to the military service. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 72). RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS. 748. Senior and junior divisions to be organised at certain universities and colleges. The President is hereby authorized to establish and maintain in civil educational institutions a Reserve Officers' Training Corps, which shall consist of a senior division organized at universities and colleges requiring four years of collegiate study for a degree, including State universities and those State in- stitutions that are required to provide instruction in military tactics under the provisions of the act of Congress of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, donating lands for the establishment of colleges where the leading object shall be practical instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts, including military tactics, and a junior division organized at all other public or private educational institutions, except that units of the senior division may be organized at those essentially military schools which do not confer an academic degree but which, as a result of the annual inspection of such institutions by the War Department, are specially designated by the Secretary of War as qualified for units of the senior division, and each division shall consist of units of the sev- eral arms or corps in such number and of such strength as the President may prescribe. Sec. 40, June 3, 1916 (89 Stat., 191). 749. Units may be established on applications of any qualified State institu- tion. The President may, upon the application of any State institution de- scribed in section forty of this act, establish and maintain at such institution one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 41 ibid. 750. Units not to be established until an officer of the Army has been de- tailed as professor of military science and tactics. No such unit shall be established or. maintained at any such institution until an officer of the Army shall have been detailed as professor of military science and tactics, nor until such institution shall maintain under military instruction at least one hundred physically fit male students. Ibid. 751. Establishment of units at qualified institutions, 'other than State insti- tutions, maintaining a two years' course of military training. The President PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 131 may, upon the application of any established educational institution in the United States other than a State institution described in section forty of this act, the authorities of which agree to establish and maintain a two years' elective or compulsory course of military training as a minimum for its physically fit male students, which course when entered upon by any student shall, as regards such student, be a prerequisite for graduation, establish and maintain at such institution one or. more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 42, ibid. 752. Units not to be established until an officer of the Army has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics. No such unit shall be established or maintained at any such institution until an officer of the Army shall have been detailed as professor of military science and tactics, nor until such insti- tution shall maintain under military instruction at least one hundred physically fit male students. Ibid., 192. 753. Courses of training for the units to be prescribed by Secretary of War. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe standard courses of theoretical and practical military training for units of the Reserve .Officers' Training Corps, and no unit of the senior division shall be organized or main- tained at any educational institution the authorities of which fail or neglect to adopt into their curriculum the prescribed courses of military training for the senior division or to devote at least an average of three hours per week per academic year to such military training ; and no unit of the junior division shall be organized or maintained at any educational institution the authorities of which fail or neglect to adopt into their curriculum the prescribed courses of military training for the junior division, or to devote at least an average of three hours per week per academic year to such military training.-r-ec. 43, ibid., 192. 754. Eligibility for membership in as to age, citizenship, ec. Eligibility to membership in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be limited to students of institutions in which units of such corps may be established who are citi- zens of the United States, who are not less than fourteen years of age, and whose bodily condition indicates that they are physically fit to perform military duty, or will be so upon arrival at military age. Sec. 44, ibid. 755. Detail of active or retired officers as professors of military science and tactics; rank, pay, term of service, conditions, etc. The President is hereby authorized to detail such numbers of officers of the Army, either active or re- tired, not above the grade of colonel, as may be necessary, for duty as profes- sors and assistant professors of military science and tactics at Institutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained ; but the total number of active officers so detailed at educational institutions shall not exceed three hundred, and no active officer shall be so detailed who has not had five years' commissioned service in the Army. In time of peace retired officers shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section without their consent. Retired officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel so de- tailed shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grade, and retired officers above the grade of major so detailed shall receive the same pay and allowances as a retired major would receive under a like detail. No detail of officers on the active list of the Regular Army under the provisions of this section shall extend for more than four years. Sec. 45, ibid. 132 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 756. Detail of enlisted men, active, retired, or reservists.* The President is hereby authorized to detail for duty at institutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained such number of en- listed men, either active or retired or of the Regular Army Reserve, as he may deem necessary, but the number of active noncommissioned officers so detailed shall not exceed five hundred, and all active noncommissioned officers so de- tailed shall be additional in their respective grades to those otherwise author- ized for the Army. Retired enlisted men or members of the Regular Army Reserve shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section without their consent. While so detailed they shall receive active pay and allowances. Sec. 46, ibid. 757. Supplies for issue to instruction camps of educational institutions, where an officer has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics. The Secretary of War is authorized to issue, at his discretion and under such reg- ulations as he may prescribe, such quartermaster supplies and stores belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose, as may appear to be required for the establishment and maintenance of military instruction camps by the students of any educational institution to which an officer of the Army is detailed as professor of military science and tactics, and the Sec- retary of War shall require a bond in each case in the value of the property for the care and safe-keeping thereof and for the return of the same when required. Act of May 18, 1916 (89 Stat., 123). NOTE. Supplies to educational institutions are now being furnished under sections 47 and 56, act of June 3, 1916. ISSUE OF SUPPLIES. 758. Issue of public animals, arms, uniforms, equipment, and means of trans- portation, and to forage public animals so issued, to institutions with estab- lished units. The Secretary of War, under ucb regulations as he may pre- scribe, is hereby authorized to issue to institutions at which one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained such public animals, arms, uniforms, equipment, and means of transportation as he may deem necessary, and to forage at the expense of the United States public animals so issued. He shall require from each institution to which property of the United States is issued a bond in the value of the property issued for the care and safe-keeping thereof, and for its return wheu required. Sec. 47, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 192). 759. Issue of military equipment to other schools and colleges, and detail of instructors thereat. Such arms, tentage, and equipment as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training shall be supplied by the Government to schools and colleges, other than those provided for in section forty-seven of this act, having a course of military training prescribed by the Secretary of War and having not less than one hundred physically fit male students above the age of fourteen years, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail such commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the Array to said schools and colleges, other than those provided for in sections forty-five and forty-six of this act, detailing not less than one Such officer or noncommissioned officer to each five hundred students under military ir struction. Sec. 56, ibid., 197. 760. Commutation to institutions furnishing own uniforms. That the Sec- retary of War, in his discretion, and under such regulations as he may pre- PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ABMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 133 scribe, permit such institutions to furnish their own uniforms and receive as commutation therefor the sum allotted by the Secretary of War to such insti- tutions for uniforms. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 71). 761. Camps for additional training; period of encampment, transportation, subsistence, etc. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain camps for the further practical instruction of the members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, no such camps to be maintained for a period longer than six weeks in any one year, except in time of actual or threatened hostilities; to transport members of such corps to and from such camps at the expense of the United States so far as appropriations will permit ; to subsist them at the ex- pense of the United States while traveling to and from such camps and while remaining therein so far as appropriations will permit; to use the Regular Army, such other military forces as Congress from time to time authorizes, and such Government property as he may deem necessary for the military train- ing of the members of such corps while in attendance at such camps ; to pre- scribe regulations for the government of such corps; and to authorize, in his discretion, the formation of company units thereof into battalion and regimental units. June 3, 1016 (39 Stat., 193), Sec. 48. 762. Appointments of qualified graduates in the Officers' Reserve Corps to be made by the President; conditions. The President alone, under such regulations as he may prescribe, is hereby authorized to appoint in the Officers' Reserve Corps any graduate of the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who shall have satisfactorily completed the further training provided for in section fifty of this act, or any graduate of the junior division who shall have satis- factorily completed the courses of military training prescribed for the senior division and the further training provided for in section fifty of this act, and shall have participated in such practical instruction subsequent to graduation as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years and who shall agree, under oath in writing, to serve the United States in the capacity of a reserve officer of the Army during a period of at least ten years from the date of his appointment as such reserve officer, unless sooner discharged by proper authority ; but the total number of reserve officers so appointed shall not exceed fifty thousand. Sec. 49, ibid. 763. Qualified graduates not eligible for appointment while undergoing post- graduate course. Any graduate qualified under the provisions of this section undergoing a postgraduate course at any institution shall not be eligible for appointment as a reserve officer while undergoing such postgraduate course, but his ultimate eligibility upon completion of such postgraduate course for such appointment shall not be affected because of his having undergone such post- graduate course. Ibid. 764. Commutation of subsistence for remainder of course may be furnished to members who have completed two years of training. When any member of the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps has completed two academic years of service in that division, and has been selected for further training by the president of the institution and by its professor of military science and tactics, and has agreed in writing to continue in the Reserve Officers' Traning Corps for the remainder of his course in the institution, devoting five hours per week to the military training prescribed by the Secretary of War, and has agreed in writing to pursue the courses in camp training prescribed by the Secretary of War, he may be furnished, at the expense of the United States, 49392* 134 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. with commutation of subsistence at such rate, not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as may be fixed by the Secretary of War during the remainder of his service in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 50, ibid. 765. Credit to ~be given for military training. In the interpretation and exe- cution of section fifty of the act of Congress approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, credit shall be given as for service in the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps to any member of that division for any period or periods of time during which such member has received or shall have received at an educational institution under the direction of an officer of the Army, detailed as professor of military science and tactics, a course of military training substantially equivalent to that prescribed by regulations under this section for the corresponding period or periods of training of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Joint Res. No. 169, Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat., 853). 766. Appointment of prior graduates of institutions giving military training to Officers' Reserve Corps and as temporary second lieutenants: age limit, citizenship, etc. Any physically fit male citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, who shall have graduated prior to the date of this act from any educational institution at which an officer of the Army was detailed as professor of military science and tactics, and who, while a student at such institution, completed courses of military training under the direction of such professor of military science and tactics , substan- tially equivalent to those prescribed pursuant to this act for the senior division, shall, after satisfactorily completing such additional practical military train- ing as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, be eligible for appointment to the Officers' Reserve Corps and as a temporary additional second lieutenant in accordance with the terms of this act. Sec. 51, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 193). 767. Appointment of reserve officers as temporary second lieutenants of Regu- lar Army in time of peace for purpose of instruction to be made by President. The President alone is hereby authorized to appoint and commission as a temporary second lieutenant of the Regular Army in time of peace for pur- poses of instruction, for a period not exceeding six months, with the allowances now provided by law for that grade, but with pay at the rate of $100 per month, any reserve officer appointed pursuant to sections forty-nine and fifty-one of this act and to attach him to a unit of the Regular Army for duty and train- ing during the period covered by his appointment as such temporary second lieutenant, and upon the expiration of such service with the Regular Army such officer shall revert to his status as a reserve officer. Sec. 52, ibid, 194. 768. Reserve officers and temporary second lieutenants not entitled to retire- ment or retired pay; pensionable stoJus. No reserve officer or temporary second lieutenant appointed pursuant to this act shall be entitled to retirement or to retired pay and shall be eligible for pension only for disability incurred in line of duty in active service or while serving with the Regular Army pur- suant to the provisions, of this act. Sec. 53, Ibid. 769. In time of war reserve officers may be assigned to active duty in any grades not below second lieutenant, and are subject to rules and articles of war. In time of war the President may order reserve officers appointed under PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 135 the provisions of this act to active duty with any of the military forces of the United States in any grades not below that of second lieutenant, and while on such active duty they shall be subject to the Rules and Articles of War. Ibid. 770. Adjutant General to keep revised list of civilians who have received military training at educational institutions qualifying them for appointment as commissioned officers. The Adjutant General of the Army shall, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, obtain, compile, and keep continually up to date all obtainable information as to the names, ages, addresses, occupations, and qualifications for appointment as commissioned officers of the Army, in time of war or other emergency, of men of suitable ages who, by reason of having received military training in civilian educational institutions or elsewhere, may be regarded as qualified and available for appointment as such commissioned officers. Ibid. CITIZENS' TRAINING CAMPS. 771. Camps of instruction for training of civilians; equipment, transporta- tion, subsistents, sales, etc. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain, upon military reservations or elsewhere, camps for the military instruction and training of such citizens as may be selected for such instruction and training, upon their application and under such terms of enlistment and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War ; to use, for the pur- pose of maintaining said camps and imparting military instruction and training thereat, such arms, ammunition, accouterments, equipments, tentage, field equipage, and transportation belonging to the United States as he may deem necessary; to furnish, at the expense of the United States, uniforms, sub- sistence, and medical supplies to persons receiving instruction at said camp during the period of their attendance thereat, to authorize such expenditures, from proper Army appropriations, as he may deem necessary for water, fuel, light, temporary structures, not including quarters for officers nor barracks for men, screening, and damages resulting from field exercises, and other ex- penses incidental to the maintenance of said camps, and the theoretical winter instruction in connection therewith ; and to sell to persons receiving instruction at said camps, for cash and at cost price plus ten per centum, quartermaster and ordnance property, the amount of such property sold to any one person to be limited to that which is required for his proper equipment. Sec. 54, act of June 8, 1916 (39 Stat., 194). 772. Proceeds of sales; how long available. All moneys arising from such sales shall remain available throughout the fiscal year following that in which the sales are made, for the purpose of that appropriation from which the property sold was authorized to be supplied at the time of the sale. Ibid. 773. Course of instruction to be prescribed by Secretary of War, and detail of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army for duty in connection there- witli. The Secretary of War is authorized further to prescribe the courses of theoretical and practical instruction to be pursued by persons attending the camps authorized by this section ; to fix the periods during which such camps shall be maintained; to prescribe rules and regulations for the government thereof; and to employ thereat officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army in such numbers and upon such duties as he may designate. Ibid. 136 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 774. Travel allowance. That so much of section fifty-four of the act of June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled " An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," as relates to the transportation of citizens who, conformably to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, attend training camps be, and the same is hereby amended so as to provide that said citizens shall be paid as traveling allowances three and one-half cents per mile for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to pro- ceed to the camp and for the return travel thereto: Provided further, That the payment of travel pay for the return journey may be made in advance of the actual performance of travel. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 titat., HO). 775. Pay of candidates, Officers' Reserve Corps, during training. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized out of this appropriation to pay to per- sons designated by him for training as officers in the Army during the period of their training the sum of not to exceed $100 per month in addition to the allowances authorized by said section fifty-four : Provided, That they shall agree to accept appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps in such grade as may be tendered by the Secretary of War Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 70). 776. Appropriation for maintenance of camps on miilitary reservations, etc., for training civilians. To provide for the expense of maintaining, upon mili- tary reservations or elsewhere, camps for the military instruction and training of such citizens as may be selected for such instruction and training, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and to furnish to said citizens the subsistence, transportation, and uniforms authorized by the act of Congress approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, * * * . Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 648). RIFLE RANGES FOR CIVILIAN INSTRUCTION. 777. Secretary of War to submit estimates. The Secretary of War shall annually submit to Congress recommendations and estimates for the estab- lishment and maintenance of indoor and outdoor rifle ranges, under such a comprehensive plan as will ultimately result in providing adequate facilities for rifle practice in all sections of the country. Sec. 113, act of June 3, 1916 (89 Stat., 211). 778. Who may participate. All ranges so established and all ranges which may have already been constructed, in whole or in. part, with funds provided by Congress shall be open for use by those in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States and by all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the controlling authori- ties and approved by the Secretary of War. Ibid. 779. Same. That all home guards, State troops, and militia receiving arms and equipments as herein provided shall have the use, in the discretion of the Secretary of War and under such regulations as he may prescribe, of rifle ranges owned or controlled by the United States of America. Act <>f -June /'/. 191" (40 Stat., 181). 780. Instructors, arms, etc., to be furnished. That the President may detail capable officers and noncommissioned officers of the Krguljir Army and Na- tional Guard to duty at such ranges as instructors for the purpose of Iniinin.ir PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 137 the citizenry in the use of the military arm. Where rifle ranges shall have been so established and instructors assigned to duty thereat, the Secretary of War shall be authorized to provide for the issue of a reasonable number of standard military rifles and such quantities of ammunition as may be available for use in conducting such rifle practice. Sec. 113, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 211). 781. Establishment and maintenance of, appropriation for. To establish and maintain indoor and outdoor rifle ranges for the use of all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War ; to provide standard military arms and ammunition, indoor gallery rifles and ammunition ; for the employment of labor in connection with the establishment of outdoor and indoor rifle ranges, including labor in operat- ing targets ; for the employment of instructors ; for clerical services ; for prizes, trophies, badges, and other insignia ; for the transportation of employees, in- structors, and civilians to engage in practice; for the purchase of materials, supplies, and services, and for expenses incidental to instruction of citizens of the United States in marksmanship, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and to remain available until expended. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 648). See also annual appropriation acts. 782. Director of civilian marksmanship. The President be, and he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appoint, as director of civilian marksmanship, under the direction of the Secretary of War, an officer of the Army or of the Marine Corps. Ibid. NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. 783. Annual appropriation for^The sum of * * * is authorized to be expended for supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the Organized Militia who may be competitors in the national rifle match. Annual appropriation acts. 784. Amount allowed for meals or commutation of rations to competitors. No competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of one dollar and fifty cents per day, and when meals are furnished no greater expense than that sum per man per day for the period the contest is in progress shall be incurred. Annual appropriation acts. 785. Payment of transportation of teams authorized to participate in. ITor the payment of transportation of teams authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in the national matches, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That this amount shall be proportioned among the several States, Territories, and the District.of Columbia, according to the distance from the seat of government to the place where the national matches are to be held : And provided further, That the governors of the States or Territories or the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate which team or teams shall attend from their respective States, Territories, or District of Columbia. Act of Aug. 29,1916 (39 Stat., 6V/8). NOTE. Bulletin No. 37, War Department, 1916, authorizes the attendance of civilian teams at national rifle matches. REGULAR ARMY RESERVE. 786. Composition of. The Regular Army Reserve shall consist of, first, all enlisted men now in the Army Reserve or who shall hereafter become mem- 138 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. bers of the Army Reserve under the provisions of existing law; second, all enlisted men furloughed to or enlisted in the Regular Army Reserve under the provisions of this act; and, third, any person holding an honorable discharge from the Regular Army with character reported at least good who is physically qualified for the duties of a soldier and not over forty-five years of age who enlists in the Regular Army Reserve for a period of four years. Sec. 30, act of June 8, 1916 (89 Stat., 187). NOTE. The Army Reserve, which is by above section embodied in the Regular Army Reserve, existed under the following provision of law : " Hereafter the Army Reserve shall consist of all enlisted men who, after having served not less than four years with the organizations of which they form a part, shall receive furloughs without pay and allow- ances until the expiration of their terms of enlistment." Sec. 2, act of Aug. 2%, 1912 (37 8tat. } 590). 787. Organization, training, mobilisation, etc. The President is authorized to assign members of the Regular Army Reserve as reserves to particular or- ganizations of the Regular Army, or to organize the Regular Army Reserve, or any part thereof, into units or detachments of any arm, corps, or department in such manner as he may prescribe, and to assign to such units and detach- ments officers of the Regular Army or of the Officers' Reserve Corps herein provided for; and he may summon the Regular Army Reserve or any part thereof for field training for a period not exceeding fifteen days in each year, the reservists to receive travel expenses and pay at the rate of their respective grades in the Regular Army during such periods of training; and in the event of actual or threatened hostilities he may mobilize the Regular Army Reserve in such manner as he may determine, and thereafter retain it, or any part thereof, in active service for such period as he may determine the conditions demand. Sec. 81, ibid. 788. Enlistments in the Regular Army and in Regular Army Reserve, in force at outbreak of war, to continue for one year. All enlistments in the Regular Army, including those in the Regular Army Reserve, which are in force on the date of the outbreak of war shall continue in force for one year, unless sooner terminated by order of the Secretary of War, but nothing herein shall be construed to shorten the time of enlistment prescribed. Ibid. 789. Annual rate of pay for members. Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe for their proper identification, and location, and physi- cal condition, the members of the Regular Army Reserve shall be paid semi- annually at the rate of twenty-four dollars a year while in the reserve. Ibid. 790. Active-service pay. When mobilized by order of the President, the members of the Regular Army Reserve shall, so long as they may remain in active service, receive the pay and allowances of enlisted men of "the Regular Army of like grades. Sec. 82, ibid. 791. Continuous-service pay during active service. Any enlisted man who shall have reenlisted in the Regular Army Reserve shall receive during such active service the additional pay now provided by law for enlisted men in his arm of the service in the second enlistment period. Ibid. 792. Commutation of quarters, heat, and light. For commutation of quar- ters and of heat and light to * * * enlisted men of the Regular Army Re- serve * * * when ordered to active duty. See annual appropriation acts. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 139 71)3. Bounty of reservists upon reporting for active duty. Upon reporting for duty, and being found physically fit for service, members of the Regular Army Reserve shall receive a sum equal to $3 per month for each month during which they shall have belonged to the reserve, as well as the actual necessary cost of transportation and subsistence from their homes to the places at which they may be ordered to report for duty under such summons. Sec. 32, act of June 3, 1916 (89 Stat., 188). 794. Not entitled to retirement or retired pay; pensionable status. Service in the Regular Army Reserve shall confer no right to retirement or retired pay, and members of the Regular Army Reserve shall become entitled to pension only through disability incurred while on active duty in the service of the United States. Ibid. 795. Use of Government employees of departments for paying, mobilizing, etc. The President may, subject to such rules and regulations as in his judg- ment may be necessary, utilize the services of members and employees of all departments of the Government of the United States, without expense to the individual reservist, for keeping in touch with, paying, and mobilizing the Regular Army Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and other reserve organi- zations. Sec. 33, ibid. ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS. 796. Enlisted reserve for staff departments. For the purpose of securing an additional reserve of enlisted men for military service with the Engineer, Signal, and Quartermaster Corps and the Ordnance and Medical Departments of the Regular Army, an Enlisted Reserve Corps, to consist of such number of en- listed men of such grade or grades as may be designated by the President from time to time, is hereby authorized, such authorization to be effective on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Sec. 55, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 195). 797. Qualifications for enlistment, issuance of certificates of enlistment, rights conferred, etc. For the purpose of securing an additional reserve of enlisted men for military service with the Engineer, Signal, and Quartermaster Corps and the Ordnance and Medical Departments of the Regular Army, an Enlisted Reserve Corps, to consist of such number of enlisted men of such grade or grades as may be designated by the President from time to time, is hereby authorized, such authorization to be effective on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen. There may be enlisted in the grade or grades hereinbefore specified, for a period of four years, under such rules as may be prescribed by the President, citizens of the United States, or persons who hive declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States, subject to such phsyical, educational, and practical examination as may be prescribed in said rules. For men enlisting in said grade or grades certificates of enlistment in the Enlisted Reserve Corps shall be issued by The Adjutant General of the Army, but no such man shall be enlisted in said corps unless he shall be found physically, mentally, and morally qualified to hold such certificate and unless he shall be between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. The certificates so given shall confer upon the holders when called into active service or for purposes of instruction and training, and during the period of such active service, instruction, or training, all the authority, rights, and privileges of like grades of the Regular Army. Enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps shall take precedence in 140 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. said corps according to the dates of their certificates of enlistment therein and when called into active service or when called out for purposes of instruction or training shall take precedence next below all other enlisted men of like grades in the Regular Army. Ibid. 798. Rosettes or knots to be issued to members and to persons attending at laest one encampment for military instruction of citizens. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue to members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and to persons who have participated in at least one encampment for the mil- itary instruction of citizens, conducted under the auspices of the War Depart- ment, distinctive rosettes or knots designed for wear with civilian clothing, and whenever a rosette or knot issued under the provisions of this section shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect upon the part of the person to whom it is issued, the Secretary of War shall cause a new rosette or knot to be issued to such person without charge therefor. Ibid. 799. Penalty for wearing rosette or knot when not entitled thereto. Any per- son who is not an enlisted man of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and shall not have participated in at least one encampment lor the military instruction of citizens, conducted under the auspices of the War Department, and who shall wear such rosette or knot shall be guilty of misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not exceeding $300, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Ibid. 800. Assignment of members to organizations of the Regular Army, etc. The President is authorized to assign members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps as reserves to particular organizations of the Regular Army, or to organize the Enlisted Reserve Corps, or any part thereof, into units or detachments of any arm, corps, or department in such manner as he may prescribe, and to assign to such units and detachments officers of the Regular Army or of the Officers' Reserve Corps, herein provided for. Ibid. 801. May be ordered to active service annually for purpose of instruction or training. To the extent provided from time to time by appropriations the Sec- retary of War may order enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps to active service for purposes of instruction or training for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year : Provided, That, with the consenf of such en- listed men and within the limits of funds available for such purposes, such periods of active service may be extended for such number of enlisted men as may be deemed necessary. Ibid. 802. Pay and allowances while in active service. Enlisted men of the En- listed Reserve Corps shall receive the pay and allowances of their respective grades, but only when ordered into active service, including the time required for actual travel from their homes to the places to which ordered and return to their homes. Ibid., p. 196. 808. Not entitled to retirement or retired pay; pensionable status.* Said en- listed men shall not be entitled to retirement or retirement pay, nor shall they be entitled to pensions except for physical disability incurred in line of duty while in active service or while traveling under orders of competent authority to or from designated places of duty. Ibid. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF T?HE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 141 804. Uniform to be same as for enlisted men of Regular Army and to be issued in kind. The uniform to be worn by enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, except corps insignia, shall be the same as prescribed for enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve, and that in lieu of any money allowance for clothing there shall be issued to each enlisted man of the Enlisted Reserve Corps in time of peace such articles' of clothing and equipment as the President may direct. Ibid. 805. Clothing or other equipment to remain property of United States. Any clothing or other equipment issued to any enlisted man of the said corps shall remain the property of the United States, and in case of loss or destruction of any article, the article so lost or destroyed shall be replaced by issue to the enlisted man and the value thereof deducted from any pay due or to become due him, unless it shall be made to appear that such loss or. destruction was not due to neglect or other fault on his part. Ibid. 806. Unserviceable clothing and equipment to be replaced. Any clothing or other equipment issued to enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps which shall have become unserviceable through ordinary wear and tear in the service of the United States shall be received back by the United States and serviceable like articles issued in lieu thereof. Ibid. 807. Arms, clothing, etc., issued, to be accounted for on discharge. When enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps shall be discharged or otherwise separated from the service, all arms, equipage, clothing, and other property issued to them shall be accounted for under such regulations as may be pre- scribed by the Secretary of War. Ibid. 808. Enlisted men ordered to active duty subject to rules and Articles of Wa>r. Any enlisted man of the Enlisted Reserve Corps ordered to active service or for purposes of instruction or training shall, from the time he is required by the terms of the order to obey the same, be subject to the laws 'and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States. Ibid. 809. May be discharged when services are no longer required or for miscon- duct. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to discharge any enlisted member of the Enlisted Reserve Corps when his services shall be no longer required, or when he shall have by misconduct unfitted himself for further service in the said corps. Ibid. 810. To forfeit certificate of enlistment for failure to comply with order as- signing to active duty. Any enlisted man of said corps who shall be ordered upon active duty as herein provided and who shall willfully fail to comply with the terms of the order so given him shall, in addition to any qther penalty to which he may be subject, forfeit his certificate of enlistment. Ibid. 811. May be ordered to active duty in time of threatened or actual hostili- ties. In time of actual or threatened hostilities the President may order the Enlisted Reserve Corps, in such numbers and at such times as may be consid- ered necessary, to active service with the Regular Army, and while on such service members of said corps shall exercise command appropriate to their several grades and rank in the organizations to which they shall be assigned and shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the corresponding grades in the Regular Army, with increase of pay for length of service as now allowed by law for the Regular Army. Ibid. 142 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 812. May be mustered into the Volunteer service with grades held in said corps; pay, allowances, etc. Upon a call by the President for a volunteer force the members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps may be mustered into the service of the United States as volunteers for duty with the Army in the grades held by them in the said corps, and shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the corresponding grades in the Regular Army, with increase of pay for length of service, as now provided by law for the Regular Army. Ibid. 813. Certificate of enlistment does not give vested right to be mustered into Volunteeer service of the United States. Enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps shall not acquire by virtue of issuance of certificates of enlistment to them a vested right to be mustered into the Volunteer service of the United States. Ibid. UNITED STATES DISCIPLINARY BARRACKS. 814. Establishment of. The United States Military Prison, Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas, shall hereafter be known as the United States Disciplinary Barracks. Sec. 2, act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1084). 815. Criminals convicted by courts-martial, etc., to be confined in Federal, State, etc., penitentiaries; confinement in disciplinary barracks. Persons sen- tenced to confinement upon conviction by courts-martial or other military tribu- nals of crimes or offenses which, under some statute of the United States or under some law of the State, Territory, District, or other jurisdiction in which the crime or offense may be committed, are punishable by confinement in a penitentiary, including persons sentenced to confinement upon conviction by courts-martial or other military tribunals of two or more acts or omissions, any one of which, under the Statute or other law hereinbefore mentioned, con- stitutes or includes a crime or offense punishable by confinement in a peni- tentiary, may be confined at hard labor, during the entire period of confine- ment so adjudged, in any United States, State, Territorial, or District peni- tentiary, or in any other penitentiary directly or indirectly under the jurisdic- tion of the United States; and all persons sentenced to confinement upon conviction by courts-martial or other military tribunals who are not confined in a penitentiary may be confined and detained in the United States Dis- ciplinary Barracks. Ibid. 816. Control, etc., of. The government and control of the United States Dis- ciplinary Barracks and of all offenders sent thereto for confinement and de- tention therein shall be vested in The Adjutant General of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of War, who shall from time to time make such regulations respecting the same as may be deemed necessary, and who shall submit annually to Congress a full statement of the financial and other affairs of said institution for the preceding fiscal year. Ibid. 817. Commandant, etc., detail from the Army. The officers of the United States Disciplinary Barracks shall consist of a commandant and such sub- ordinate officers as may be necessary, who shall be detailed by the Secretary of War from the commissioned officers of the Army at Large. Ibid. 818. Enlisted men to serve as guards, etc., one guard to have the rank, pay, etc., of a battalion sergeant major. In addition to detailing for duty at said disciplinary barracks such number of enlisted men of the Staff Corps and departments as he may deem necessary, the Secretary of War shall assign a PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 143 sufficient number of enlisted men of the line of the Army for duty as guards at said disciplinary barracks and as noncommissioned officers of the disciplinary organizations hereinafter authorized. Said guards, and also the enlisted men assigned for duty as noncommissioned officers ol disciplinary organizations, shall be detached from the line of the Army, or enlisted for the purpose ; and said guards shall be organized as Infantry, with noncommissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and cooks of the number and grades allowed by law for Infantry organizations of like strength: Provided, That at least one of said guards shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a battalion, sergeant major. Ibid. 819. Authority of commandant; employment of offenders. The commandant of the United States Disciplinary Barracks shall have command thereof and charge and custody of all offenders sent thereto for confinement and detention therein ; shall govern such offenders and cause them to be employed at such labor and in such trades and to perform such duties as may be deemed best for their health and reformation and with a view to their honorable restoration to duty or their reenlistment as hereinafter authorized ; shall cause note to be taken and a record to be made of the conduct of such offenders; and may shorten the daily time of hard labor of those who by their obedience, honesty, industry, and general good conduct earn such favors all under such regulations as the Sec- retary of War may from time to time prescribe. Ibid. 820. Military training of offenders, etc. The Secretary of War shall pro- vide for placing under military training those offenders sent to the United States Disciplinary Barracks for confinement and detention therein whose record and conduct are such as to warrant the belief that upon the completion of a course of military training they may be worthy of an honorable restoration to duty or of being permitted to reenlist ; may provide for the organization of offenders so placed under military training into disciplinary companies and higher units, organized as Infantry, with noncommissioned officers, except color sergeants, selected or appointed from the enlisted men assigned to duty for that purpose pursuant to the provisions of paragraph four hereof ; and may pro- vide for uniforming, arming, and equipping such organizations. Ibid. 821. Remission of unexecuted portion of sentence for good conduct, etc. Whenever he shall deem such action merited the Secretary of War may remit the unexecuted portions of the sentences of offenders sent to the United States Dis- ciplinary Barracks for confinement and detention therein, and in addition to such remission may grant those who have not been discharged from the Army an honorable restoration to duty, and may authorize the reenlistment of those who have been discharged or upon their written application to that end order their restoration to the Army to complete their respective terms of enlistment, and such application and order of restoration shall be effective to revive the enlistment contract for a period equal to the one not served under said con- tract. Ibid. 822. Branch disciplinary barracks at posts. The Secretary -of War may from time to time, designate any building or structure or any part thereof under the control of the Secretary of War and pertaining to the Military Establishment as a branch disciplinary barracks for the confinement and detention of offenders whom it is impracticable to send to the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and all branch discip- linary barracks and all offenders sent thereto for confinement and detention 144 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. therein shall be subject to the laws respecting the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the offenders sent thereto for confinement and detention therein. Ibid. 823. Convicting laws repealed. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3, Ibid. YOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR SOLDIERS. 824. Instruction in agriculture or mechanic arts; civilian teachers to be employed. In addition to military training, soldiers while in the active service shall hereafter be given the opportunity to study and receive instruction upon educational lines of such character as to increase their military efficiency and enable them to return to civil life better equipped for industrial, commercial, and general business occupations. Civilian teachers may be employed to aid the Army officers in giving such instruction, and part of this instruction may consist of vocational education either in agriculture or the mechanic arts. Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186). 825. President to prescribe rules and regulations for conducting. The Sec- retary of War, with the approval of the President, shall prescribe rules and regulations for conducting the instruction herein provided for, and the Secretary of War shall have the power at all times to suspend, increase, or decrease the amount of such instruction offered as may in his judgment be consistent with the requirements of military instruction and service of the soldiers. Ibid. WAR-RISK INSURANCE. ABTICLK I. 826. Establishment of Bureau of War Risk Insurance. That there is es- tablished in the Treasury Department a bureau to be known as the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, the director of which shall receive a salary at the rate of $5,000 per annum. That there be in such bureau a Division of Military and Naval Insurance in charge of a commissioner of Military and Naval In- surance. Sec. 1, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 398). 827. Rules, regulations, methods, etc. The director shall adopt reasonable and proper rules to govern the procedure of the divisions * * * and to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing the same in order to establish the right to benefits of allowance, allotment, compensation, or insurance provided for in this act, the forms of application of those claiming to be entitled to such benefits, the method of making investigations and medical eaxminations, and the manner and form of adjudication and awards. Sec. 13, ibid. 828. Services of Army and Navy surgeons authorized. The bureau shall, by arrangement with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respec- tively,, make use of the services of surgeons in the Army and Navy. Sec. 14, ibid. 829. Information and reports to be furnished by departments, etc. The direc- tor may obtain such information and such reports from officials and employees of the departments of the Government of the United States and of the States as may be agreed upon by the heads of the respective departments. Sec. 15, ibid. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 145 830. Estimates of appropriations to be submitted. That the director shall submit annually to the Secretary of the Treasury estimates of the appropria- tions necessary for the work of the bureau. Sec. 16, ibid., p. 400. 831. Premiums collected for insurance to be deposited. All premiums that may be collected for the insurance provided by the provisions of Article IV shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury to the credit of this appropria- tion (military and naval insurance). Sec. 20, ibid. 832. Military and naval pay deposit fund. That there shall be set aside as a separate fund in the Treasury, to be known as the military and naval pay deposit fund, all sums held out of pay as provided by section two hundred and three of this act. Such fund, including all additions, is hereby made avail- able for the payment of the sums so held and deposited, with interest, as pro- vided in section two hundred and three, and the amount necessary to pay interest is hereby appropriated. Sec. 21, ibid. 833. Marriage to be established. That for the purpose of this amendatory act the marriage of the claimant to the person on account of whom the claim is made shall be shown ( 1 ) By a duly verified copy of a public or church record ; or (2) By the affidavit of the clergyman or magistrate who officiated; or (3) By the testimony of two or more eyewitnesses to the ceremony; or (4) By a duly verified copy of the church record of baptism of the children; or (5) By the testimony of two or more witnesses who know that the parties lived together as husband and wife, and were recognized as such, and who shall state how long, within their knowledge, such relation continued: Provided, That marriages, except such as are mentioned in section forty-seven hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, shall be proven in compensation or insurance cases to be legal marriages according to the law of the place where the parties resided at the time of marriage or at the time when the right to compensation or insurance accrued; and the open and notorious illicit cohabitation of a widow who is a claimant shall operate to terminate her right to compensation or insurance from the commencement of such cohabitation: Provided further, That for the purpose of the administration of Article II of this act marriage shall be conclusively presumed, in the absence of proof, that there is a legal spouse living, if the man and woman have lived together in the openly acknowl- edged relation of husband and wife during the two years immediately preceding the date of the declaration of war, or the date of enlistment or of entrance into or employment in active service in' the military or naval forces of the United States if subsequent to such declaration. In Articles II, III, and IV of this act unless the context otherwise requires "(1) The term 'child' includes "(a) A legitimate child. "(&) A child legally adopted more than six months before the enactment of this amendatory act or before enlistment or entrance into or employment in active service in the military or naval forces of the United States, whichever of these dates is the later. "(c) A stepchild, if a member of the man's household. "(d) An illegitimate child, but, as to the father, only, if acknowledged by instrument in writing signed by him, or if he has been judicially ordered or decreed to contribute to such child's support, and if such child, if born after 4939218 10* 146 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall have been born in the United States, or in its insular possessions. "(2) The term 'grandchild' means a child as above defined of a child as above defined. "(3) Except as used in section four hundred and one and in section four hundred and two the terms ' child ' and ' grandchild ' are limited to unmarried persons either (a) under eighteen years of age, or (&) of any age, if insane, idiotic, or otherwise* permanently helpless. "(4) The term 'parent' includes a father, mother, grandfather, grand- mother, stepfather, and stepmother, either of the person in the service or of the spouse. "(5) The terms 'brother' and 'sister' include brothers and sisters of the half blood as well as those of the whole blood, stepbrothers and stepsisters, and brothers and sisters through adoption. "(6) The term 'commissioned officer' includes a warrant officer, but in- cludes only an officer in active service in the military or naval forces of the United States. "(7) The terms 'man' and 'enlisted man' mean a person, whether male or female, and whether enlisted, enrolled, or drafted into active service in the military or naval forces of the United States, and include noncommissioned and petty officers, and members of training camps authorized by law. "(8) The term 'enlistment' includes voluntary enlistment, draft, and en- rollment in active service in the military or naval forces of the United States. "(9) The term 'commissioner' means the Commissioner of Military and Kaval Insurance. "(10) The term 'injury' includes disease. "(11) The term 'pay' means the pay for service in the United States ac- cording to grade and length of service, excluding all allowances. "(12) The term 'military or naval forces' means the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserves, the National Naval Volun- teers, and any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the Army or the Navy." Sec. 22, ibid. 834. Bureau of War Risk Insurance to act for persons in military and naval service with reference to all contracts for insurance. That the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, so far as practicable, shall upon request furnish information to and act for persons in the military or naval service, with respect to any contracts of insurance whether with the Government or otherwise, as may be prescribed by regulations. Said bureau may upon request procure from and keep a record of the amount and kind of insurance held by every commissioned and appointive officer and of every enlisted man in the military or naval service of the United States, including the name and principal place of business of the company, society, or organization in which such insurance is held, the date of the policy, amount of premium, name and relationship of the beneficiary, and such other data as may be deemed of service in protecting the interests of the insured and beneficiaries. Sec. 2//, ibid., 402. 835. False statements; penalty. That whoever in any claim for family al- lowance, compensation, or insurance, or in any document required by this act or by regulation made under this act, makes any statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. Sec. 25, ibifl. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 147 836. Acceptance of fraudulent payment; penalty. That if any person en- titled to payment of family allowance or compensation under this act, whose right to such payment under this act ceases upon the happening of any con- tingency, thereafter fraudulently accepts any such payment, he shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Sec. 26, ibid. ARTICLE II. ALLOTMENTS AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES. 837. Provisions to apply to all enlisted men. That the provisions of this article shall apply to all enlisted men of the military and naval forces of the United States. Sec. 200. ibid., p. 402. 838. To whom provisions apply; release from, etc. That allotments of pay shall, subject to the conditions, limitations, and exceptions hereinafter specified, be compulsory as to wife, a former wife divorced who has not remarried and to whom alimony has been decreed, and a child, and voluntary as to any other person ; but on the written consent of the wife or former wife divorced, sup- ported by evidence satisfactory to the bureau of her ability to support herself and the children in her custody, the allotment for her and for such children may be waived; and on the enlisted man's application or otherwise for good cause shown, exemption from the allotment may be granted upon- such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations. Sec. 201, ibid. 839. Amount of monthly allotment. The monthly compulsory allotment shall be in an amount equal to the family allowance hereinafter specified except that it shall not be more than one-half the pay, or less than $15; but for a wife living separate and apart under court order or written agreement or for a former wife divorced, it shall not exceed the amount specified in the court order, decree, or written agreement to be paid to her. For an illegitimate child, to whose support the father has been judicially ordered or decreed to con- tribute, it shall not exceed the amount fixed in the order or decree. If there be an allotment for a wife or child, a former wife divorced and who has not remarried shall be entitled to a compulsory allotment only out of the difference, if any, between the allotment for the wife or child or both and one-half of the pay. Ibid. 840. Allotments to persons other than wife or children. That the enlisted man may allot any proportion or proportions or any fixed amount or amounts of his monthly pay or of the proportion thereof remaining after the compulsory allotment, for such purposes and for the benefit of such person or persons as he may direct, subject, however, to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed under regulations to be made by the Secretary of War. Sec. 202, ibid., p. 403. 841. Compulsory deposit where half of pay is not allotted. That in case one- half of an enlisted man's monthly pay is not allotted, regulations to be made by the Secretary of War * * * may require, under such circumstances and conditions as may be prescribed in such regulations, that any proportion of Rich one-half pay as is not allotted shall be deposited to his credit, to be held during such period of his service as may be prescribed. Such deposits shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, with semiannual rests, and, when payable, shall be paid principal and interest to the enlisted man, if 148 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OP THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. living, otherwise to any beneficiary or beneficiaries he may have designated, or if there be no such beneficiary, then to the person or persons who would under the laws of the State of his residence be entitled to his personal prop- erty in case of intestacy. Sec. 203 Ibid. 842. Family allowance; maximum amount of. That a family allowance of not exceeding fifty dollars per month shall be granted and paid by the United States upon written application to the bureau by such enlisted man or by or on behalf of any prospective beneficiary, in accordance with and subject to the conditions, limitations, and exceptions hereinafter specified. Sec. 204 ibid. 843. Payment of. The family allowance shall be paid from the time of en- listment to death in or one month after discharge from the service, but not for more than one month after the termination of the present war emergency. No family allowance shall be made for any period preceding November first, nineteen hundred and seventeen. The payment shall be subject to such regu- lations as may be prescribed relative to cases of desertion and imprisonment and of missing men. Ibid. 844. Amount payable monthly. Subject to the conditions, limitations, and exceptions hereinabove and hereinafter specified, the family allowance payable per month shall be as follows: Class A. In the case of a man, to his wife (including a former wife divorced) and to his child or children (a) If there be a wife but no child, fifteen dollars. (b) If there be a wife and one child, twenty-five dollars. (c) If there be a wife and two children, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents, with five dollars per month additional for each additional child. (d) If there be no wife, but one child, five dollars. (e) If there be no wife, but two children, twelve dollars and fifty cents. (/) If there be no wife, but three children, twenty dollars. (g) If there be no wife, but four children, thirty dollars, with five dollars per month additional for each additional child. Class B. In the case of a man or woman, to a grandchild, a parent, brother, or sister (a) If there be one parent, ten dollars. ( b ) If there be two parents, twenty dollars. (c) For each grandchild, brother, sister, and additional parent, five dollars, In the case of a woman, to a child or children (d) If there be one child, five dollars. (e) If there be two children, twelve dollars and fifty cents. (/) If there be three children, twenty dollars. (flr) If there be four children, thirty dollars, with five dollars per month additional for each additional child. Ibid. 845. To whom same shall be paid under Class A. That family allowances for members of Class A shall be paid only if and while a compulsory allotment Is made to a member or members of such class. The monthly family allow- ance to a former wife divorced shall be payable only out of the difference, if any, between the monthly family allowance to the other members of Class A arid the sum of fifty dollars, and only then if alimony shall have been decreed to her. For a wife living separate and apart under court order or written agreement or to a former wife divorced the monthly allowance, together with the allotment, If any, shall not exceed the amount specified in the court order, PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE AKMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 149 decree, or written agreement to be paid to her. For an illegitimate child, to whose support the father has been judicially ordered or decreed to contribute, it shall not exceed the amount fixed in the order or decree. Sec. 205, ibid,, P. 404- 846. Amount to be paid to those included in Class B. That family allow- ances to members of Class B shall be granted only if and while the member is dependent in whole or in part on the enlisted man, and then only if and while the enlisted man makes a monthly allotment of his pay for such member or members equal to the amount of the monthly family allowance as herein- above specified, except that (a) The maximum monthly allotment so required to be made to members of Class B shall be one-half of his pay. (b) If he is making no allotment to a member of Class A, the minimum monthly allotment so designated to be made to members of Class B shall be $15 per month. (c) If he is making the compulsory allotment to a member of Class A, the minimum monthly allotment so designated to be made to members of Class B shall be one-seventh of his pay, but not less than $5 per month. Sec. 206, ibid. 847. Exemption from additional allotment under Class B. On the enlisted man's application, or otherwise for good cause shown, exemption from this additional allotment under Class B as a condition to the allowance may be granted, upon such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations. Ibid. 848. Family allowance under Class B to be subject to following limita- tions. That the amount of the family allowance to members of Class B shall be subject to each of the following limitations : (a) If an allowance is paid to one or more beneficiaries of Class A, the total allowance to be paid to the beneficiaries of Class B shall not exceed the difference between the allowance paid to the beneficiaries of Class A and the sum of $50. (&) The total monthly allowance to beneficiaries of Class B added to the enlisted man's monthly allotment to them shall not exceed the average sum habitually contributed by him to their support monthly during the period of dependency but not exceeding a year immediately preceding his enlistment or the enactment of this amendatory act. Sec. 207, ibid. 849. Apportionment of allotment and allowance to be prescribed by regula- tions. That as between the members of Class A and as between the members of Class B, the amount of the allotment and family allowance shall be appor- tioned as may be prescribed by regulations. Sec. 208, ibid. 860. Entire amount of allotments to be paid over to Treasury Department monthly. The War and Navy Departments, respectively, shall pay over to the Treasury Department monthly the entire amount of such allotments for dis- tribution to the beneficiaries, and the allotments and family allowances shall be paid by the bureau to or for the beneficiaries. Sec. 209, ibid. 851. Amount of allotment to be certified to War Department; modification of. That upon receipt of any application for family allowance the commis- sioner shall make all proper investigations and shall make an award, on the basis of which award the amount of the allotments to be made by the man shall be certified to the War Department or Navy Department, as may be proper. Whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that an allowance has 150 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. been improperly made or that the conditions have changed, he shall investigate or reinvestigate and may modify the award. The amount of each monthly allotment and allowance shall be determined according to the conditions then existing. Sec. 210, ibid. ARTICLE III. COMPENSATION FOB DEATH OR DISABILITY. 852. To whom same applies. That for death or disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty, by any commissioned officer or enlisted man or by any member of the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) when employed in the active service under the War Department or Navy Department, the United States shall pay compensation as hereinafter provided ; but no compensation shall be paid if the injury or disease has been caused by his own willful misconduct. Sec. 300, ibid., p. 405. 853. Amount of compensation if death results from injury; burial expenses, etc. That if death results from injury, if the deceased leaves a widow or child, or if he leaves a widowed mother dependent upon him for support, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts: (a) For a widow alone, twenty-five dollars. (b) For a widow and one child, thirty-five dollars. (c) For a widow and two children, forty-seven dollars and fifty cents, with five dollars for each additional child up to two. (d) If there be no widow, then for one child, twenty dollars. (e) For two children, thirty dollars. (/) For three children, forty dollars, with five dollars for each additional child up to two. (#) For a widowed mother, twenty dollars. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not be greater than a sum which, when added to the total amount payable to the widow and children, does not exceed seventy-five dollars. This compensation shall be payable for the death of but one child, and no compensation for the death of a child shall be payable if such widowed mother is in receipt of compensation under the provisions of this article for the death of her husband. Such compensation shall be payable whether her widowhood arises before or after the death of the person and whenever her condition is such that if the person were living the widowed mother would have been dependent upon him for support. If the death occur before discharge or resignation from service, the United States shall pay for burial expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars, as may be fixed by regulations. The payment of compensation to a widow or widowed mother shall continue until her death or remarriage. The payment of compensation to or for a child shall continue until such child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries, or if such child be Incapable, because of insanity, idiocy, or being otherwise permanently helpless, then during such incapacity. Whenever the compensation payable to or for the benefit of any person under the provisions of this section is terminated by the happening of the con- tingency upon which it is limited, the compensation thereafter for the remaining beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, shall be the amount which would have been payable to them if they had been the sole original beneficiaries. PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 151 As between the widow and the children not in her custody, and as between children, the amount of the compensation shall be apportioned as may be prescribed by regulations. The word " widow " as used in this section shall not include one who shall have married the deceased later than ten years after the time of injury. Sec. 301, ibid. 854. Amount of compensation if disability results from injury. That if dis- ability results from the injury TOTAL DISABILITY. (1) If and while the disability is total, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts: (a) If he has neither wife nor child living, thirty dollars. (6) If he has a wife but uo child living, forty-five dollars. (c) If he has a wife and one child living, fifty-five dollars. (d) If he has a wife and two children living,, s-i \ty-five dollars. (e) If he has a wife and three or more children living, seventy -five dollars. (/) If he has no wife but one child living, forty dollars, with ten dollars for each additional child up to two. (0) If he has a widowed mother dependent on him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, ten dollars. To an injured person who is totally disabled f.ncl in addition so helpless as to be in constant need of a nurse or attendant, such additional sum shall be paid, but not exceeding twenty dollars per month, as the director may deem reason- able: Provided, however, That for the loss of both feet or both hands or both eyes, or for becoming totally blind or helpless and permanently bedridden from causes occurring in the line of duty in the service of the United States, the rate of compensation shall be one hundred dollars per month : Provided further, That no allowance shall be made for nurse or attendant. PARTIAL DISABILITY. (2) If and while the disability is partial, the monthly compensation shall be a percentage of the compensation that would be payable for his total disability, equal to the degree of the reduction in earning capacity resulting from the disability, but no compensation shall be payable for a reduction in earning capacity rated at less than ten per centum. A schedule of ratings of reductions in earning capacity from specific injuries or combinations of injuries of a permanent nature shall be adopted and applied by the bureau. Ratings, may be as high as one hundred per centum. The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations and not upon the impairment in earning capacity in each individual case, so that there shall be no reduction in the rate of compensation for individual success iii overcom- ing the handicap of a permanent injury. The bureau shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with actual experience. MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND HOSPITAL, SERVICES; SUPPLIES, ETC., TO BE FURNISHED. (3) In addition to the compensation above Drovided the injured person shall be furnished by the United States such reasonable governmental medical, surgi- cal, and hospital services and with such supplies, including artificial limbs, trusses, and similar appliances, as the director m.iy determine to be useful and reasonably necessary : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to 152 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. affect the necessary military control over any member of the Military or Naval Establishments before he shall have been discharged from the military or naval service. HOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS ABE DETERMINED. (4) The amount of each monthly payment shall be determined according to the family conditions then existing. Sec. 302, ibid., 406. 855. Medical examinations, treatments, etc. That every person applying for or in receipt of compensation for disability under the provisions of this article shall, as frequently and at such times and places as may be reasonably required, submit himself to examination by a medical officer of the United States or by a duly qualified physician designated or approved by the director. He may have a duly qualified physician designated and paid by him present to participate in such examination. For all examinations he shall, in the discretion of the director, be paid his reasonable traveling and other expenses and also loss of wages incurred in order to submit to such examination. If he refuses to submit himself for. or in any way obstructs, any examination, his right to claim com- pensation under this article shall be suspended until such refusal or obstruction ceases. ISo compensation shall be payable while such refusal or obstruction continue-*, and no compensation shall be payable for the intervening period. Every person in receipt of compensation for disability shall submit to any reason? Me medical or surgical treatment furnished by the bureau whenever requested by the bureau ; and the consequences of unreasonable refusal to sub- mit to f.ny such treatment shall not be deemed to result from the injury compensated for. Sec. 308, ibid. 856. Vocational training in case of permanent disability. That in cases of dismemberment, of injuries to sight or hearing, and of other injuries com- monly causing permanent disability, the injured person shall follow such course or courses of rehabilitation, reeducation, and vocational training as the United States may provide or procure to be provided. Should such course pre- vent the injured person from following a substantially gainful occupation while taking same, a form of enlistment may be required which shall bring the injured person into the military or naval service. Such enlistment shall entitle the person to full pay as during the last month of his active service, and his family to family allowances and allotment as hereinbefore provided, in lieu of all other compensation for the time being. In case of his willful failure properly to follow such course or so to enlist, payment of compensation shall be suspended until such willful failure ceases and no compensation shall be payable for the intervening period. Sec. 304, iMd, p. 407. 867. Review of awards permissible. That upon its own motion or upon application the bureau may at any time review an award, and, in accordance with the facts found upon such review, may end, diminish, or increase the compensation previously awarded, or, if compensation has been refused or discontinued, may award compensation. Sec. 305, ibid. 858. Time limit for payment in case of death. That no compensation shall be payable for death or disability which does not occur prior to or within one year after discharge or resignation from the service, except that where, after a medical examination made pursuant to regulations, at the time of discharge or resignation from the service, or within such reasonable time thereafter, not exceeding one year, as may be allowed by regulations, a certificate has been PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 153 obtained from the director to the effect that the injured person at the time of his discharge or resignation was suffering from injury likely to result in death or disability, compensation shall be payable for death or disability, when- ever occurring proximately resulting from such injury. Sec. 306, ibid. 859. Compensation not payable until death is recorded; not payable for period reported missing. That compensation shall not be payable for death in the course of the service until the death be officially recorded in the depart- ment under which he may be serving. No compensation shall be payable for a period during which the man has been reported " missing " and a family allowance has been paid for him under the provisions of Article II. Sec. 307, ibid. 860. Compensation not payable for death inflicted as penalty for criminal offenses; not payable under dishonorable discharge. That no compensation shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for a crime or military offense except when inflicted by the enemy. A dismissal or dis- honorable or bad conduct discharge from the service shall bar and terminate all right to any compensation under the provisions of this article. Sec. 308, ibid. 861. Time limit for filing claims. That no compensation shall be payable unless a claim therefor be filed, in case of disability, within five years after discharge or resignation from the service, or, in case of death during the service, within five years after such death is officially recorded in the depart- ment under which he may be serving: Provided, however, That where compen- sation is payable for death or disability occurring after discharge or resigna- tion from the service, claim must be made within five years after such death or the beginning of such disability. The time herein provided may be extended by the director not to exceed one year for good cause shown. If at the time that any right accrues to any person under the provisions of this article, such person is a minor, or is of unsound mind or physically unable to make a claim, the time herein provided shall not begin to run until such disability ceases. Sec. 309, ibid. 862. Payment of claims; when to commence. That no compensation shall be payable for any period more than two years prior to the date of claim there- for, nor shall increased compensation be awarded to revert back more than one year prior to the date of claim therefor. Sec. 310, ibid., p. 480. 863. Assignment of compensation not allowable; exempted from attachment and execution and from taxation. That compensation under this article shall not be assignable, and shall be exempt from attachment and execution and from all taxation. Sec. 311, ibid. 864. Not payable when in receipt of service or retirement pay; laws provid- ing for gratuities, etc., repealed. That compensation under this article shall not be paid while the person is in receipt of service or retirement pay. The laws providing for gratuities or payments in the event of death In the service and existing pension laws shall not be applicable after the enactment of this amendment to persons now in or hereafter entering the military or naval serv- ice, or to their widows, children, or their dependents, except in so far as rights under any such law shall have heretofore accrued. Sec. 312, ibid. 154 PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 865. Compensation of Army Nurse Corps (female). Compensation because of disability or denth of members of the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) shall be in lieu of any compensation for such dis- ability or death under the act entitled "An act to provide compensation for em- ployees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Ibid. 866. Action where the United States is not legally liable. That if an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this amendatory act is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability upon some person other than the United States or the enemy to pay damages therefor, the director, as a condition to payment of compensation by the United States, shall require the beneficiary to assign to the United States any right of action he may have to enforce such liability of such other person or any right which he may have to share in any money or other property received in satisfaction of such liability of such other person. The cause of action so assigned to the United States may be prosecuted or compromised by the director and any money realized thereon shall be placed to the credit of the compensation fund. Sec. 313, ibid. 867. Rate of pension, Civil War service. That from and after the passage of this act the rate of pension for a widow of an officer or enlisted man of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States who served in the Civil War, the War with Spain, or the Philippine Insurrection, now on the pension roll or hereafter to be placed on the pension roll, and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter provided, shall be twenty -five dollars per month; and nothing herein shall be construed to affect the additional allowance provided by existing pension laws on account of a helpless child or child under sixteen years of age: Provided, however, That this act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any act, public or private: And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall be administered, executed, and en- forced by the Commissioner of Pensions. Sec. 314, ibid. ARTICLE IV. INSURANCE. 868. Applications for; minimum and maximum amount. That in order to give to every commissioned officer and enlisted man and to every member of the Army Nurse Corps (female) and of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) when employed in active service under the War Department or Navy Department greater protection for themselves and their dependents than is provided in Article III, the United States, upon application to the bureau and without medical examination, shall grant insurance against the death or total perma- nent disability of any such person in any multiple of $500, and not less than $1,000 or more than $10,000, upon the payment of the premiums as hereinafter provided. Sec. 400. ihii?.. /. 409. 869. Applications; time limit of, payments, etc. That such insurance must be applied for within one hundred and twenty days after enlistment or after entrance into or employment in the active service and before discharge or resignation, except that those persons who are in the active war service at the time of the publication of the terms and conditions of such contract of in- surance may apply at any time within one hundred and twenty days thereafter PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 155 and while in such service. Any person in the active service on or after the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and seventeen, who, while in such service and hefore the expiration of one hundred and twenty days from and after such puhlication, becomes or has become totally and permanently disabled or dies, or has died, without having applied for insurance, shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted insurance, payable to such person during his life in monthly installments of twenty-five dollars each. If he shall die either before he shall ha~~ received any of such monthly installments or before he shall have received two hundred and forty of such monthly installments, then twenty -five dollars per month shall be paid to his wife from the time of his death and during her widowhood, or to his child, or widowed mother if and while they survive him : Provided, however, That not more than two hundred and forty of such monthly installments, including those received by such person during his total and permanent disability, shall be so paid ; and in that event the amount of the monthly installments shall be apportioned between them as may be provided by regulations. Sec. 401, ibid. 870. Terms and conditions to be determined; insurance not assignable; ex- empted from claims for debts; to whom payable; monthly installments; con- tract conditions; calculations; interest; change of beneficiary; etc. That the director, subject to the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall promptly determine upon and publish the full and exact terms and conditions of such contract of insurance. The insurance shall not be assign- able, and shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of the insured or of the beneficiary. It shall be payable only to a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister, and also during total and permanent disability to the in- jured person, or to any or all of them. The insurance shall be payable in two hundred and forty equal monthly installments. Provisions for maturity at certain ages, for continuous installments during the life of the insured or beneficiaries, or both, for cash, loan, paid-up and extended value, dividends from gains and savings, and such other provisions for the protection and ad- vantage of and for alternative benefits to the insured and the beneficiaries as may be found to be reasonable and practicable, may be provided for in the contract of insurance, or from time to time by regulations. All calculations shall be based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at three and one-half per centum per annum, except that no deduction shall be made for continuous installments during the life of the insured in case his total and permanent disability continues more than two hundred and forty months. Subject to regulations, the insured shall at all times have the right to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such insurance without the consent of such beneficiary or beneficiaries, but only within the classes herein provided. If no beneficiary within the permitted class be designated by the insured, either in his lifetime or by his last will and testament, or if the designated beneficiary does not survive the insured, the insurance shall be payable to such person or persons, within the permitted class of beneficiaries as would under the laws of the State of the residence of the insured, be entitled to his personal property in case of intestacy. If no such person survive the in- sured, then there shall be paid to the estate of the insured an amount equal to the reserve value, if any, of the insurance at the time of his death, cal- culated on the basis of the American Experience Table of Mortality and three and one-half per centum interest in full of all obligations under the contract of insurance. Sec. 402, ibid. 156 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 871. Expenses of administration and excess cost resulting from war to be borne by United States; premium rates and interest. That the United States shall bear the expenses of administration and the excess mortality and dis- ability cost resulting from the hazards of war. The premium rates shall be the net rates based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at three and one-half per centum per annum. Sec. 403, ibid., p. 410. 872. Term of insurance; method of payment of premiums. That during the period of war and thereafter until converted the insurance shall be term insur- ance for successive terms of one year each. Not later than five years after the date of the termination of the war as declared by proclamation of the Presi- dent of the United States, the term insurance shall be converted, without medi- cal examination, into such form or forms of insurance as may be prescribed by regulations and as the insured may request. Regulations shall provide for the right to convert into ordinary life, twenty payment life, endowment ma- turing at age sixty-two and into other usual forms of insurance and shall pre- scribe the time and method of payment of the premiums thereon, but payments of premiums in advance shall not be required for periods of more than one month each and may be deducted from the pay or deposit of the insured or be otherwise made at his election. Sec. 404, ibid. 873. Action on claims in event of disagreement; attorneys' fees, etc. That in the event of disagreement as to a claim under the contract of insurance be- tween the bureau and any beneficiary or beneficiaries thereunder, an action on the claim may be brought against the United States in the district court of the United States in and for the district in which such beneficiaries or any one of them resides. The court, as part of its judgment, shall determine and allow such reasonable attorney's fees, not to exceed ten per centum of the amount recovered, to be paid by the claimant on behalf of whom such proceedings are instituted to his attorney ; and it shall be unlawful for the attorney or for any other person acting as claim agent or otherwise to ask for, contract for, or receive any other compensation because of such action. No other compensation or fee shall be charged or received by any person except such as may be author- ized by the commissioner in regulations to be promulgated by him. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not exceed- ing two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 405, ibid. NOTE. The premium in payment of insurance in case of officers will be dropped from their pay accounts ; in case of enlisted men, dropped from pay on the rolls, as Is done In the case of allotments. PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. CHIEF CLERKDUTIES OP. 874. Supervision of duties of subordinate clerks. Each chief clerk in the several departments and bureaus, and other offices connected with the depart- ments, shall supervise, under the direction of his immediate superior, the duties of the other clerks therein and see that they are faithfully performed. Sec. 173, R. 8. 876. Distribution of work. Each chief clerk shall take care, from time to time, that the duties of the other clerks are distributed with equality and uni- PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 157 formity, according to the nature of the case. He shall revise such distribution from time to time for the purpose of correcting any tendency to undue accumu- lation or reduction of duties, whether arising from individual negligence or Incapacity or from increase or diminution of particular kinds of business. And he shall report monthly to his superior officer any existing defect that he may be aware of in the arrangement or dispatch of business. Sec. 174, R. S. 876. Authority to administer oath of office to employees. The chief clerks- of the several executive departments and of the various bureaus and offices- thereof in Washington, District of Columbia, are hereby authorized and directed, on application and without compensation therefor, to administer oaths of office to employees required to be taken on their appointment or promotion. Act of Aug. 29, 1890 (26 Stat., 371). 877. No fee for administering oath. No officer, clerk, or employee of any executive department who is also a notary public or other officer authorized to- administer oaths shall charge or receive any fee or compensation for adminis- tering oaths of office to employees of such department required to be taken on appointment or promotion therein. Ibid. 878. Oaths to expense accounts, no fee to be charged. After June thirtieth,, nineteen hundred and twelve. * * * chief clerks of the various executive departments and bureaus, or clerks designated by them for the purpose, * * * are required, empowered, and authorized, when requested, to administer oaths, required by law or otherwise, to accounts for travel or other expenses against the United States, with like force and effect as officers having a seal ; for such services when so rendered, or when rendered on demand after said date by notaries public, who at the time are also salaried officers or employees of the United States, no charge shall be made; and on and after July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, no fee or money paid for the services herein described shall be paid or reimbursed by the United States. Sec. 8, Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 487). CONTRIBUTIONS FOB POLITICAL AND OTHEE PURPOSES. 879. For gifts, etc., to superiors. No officer, clerk, or employee in the United States Government employ shall at any time solicit contributions from other officers, clerks, or employees in the Government service for a gift or present to those in a superior official position; nor shall any such officials or clerical superiors receive any gift or present offered or presented to them as a contribution from persons in Government employ receiving a less salary than- themselves; nor shall any officer or clerk make any donation as a gift or present to any official superior. Every person who violates this section shall be sum- marily discharged from the Government employ. Sec. 1784, # & 880. For political purposes. No Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress, or Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner-elect, or officer or employee of either House of Con- gress, and no executive, judicial, military, or naval officer of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch, or bureau of the execu- tive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political pur- pose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States, or 158 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. any department, branch, or bureau thereof, or from any person receiving any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 118, Act of Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat., 1110). 881. Same. No person shall, in any room or building occupied in the dis- charge of official duties by any officer or employee of the United States men- tioned in the preceding section, or in any navy yard, fort, or arsenal, solicit in any manner whatever or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpose whatever. Sec. 119, ibid. 882. Same. No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in sec- tion one hundred and eighteen, shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding or neglect- ing to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose. Sec. 120, ibid. 883. Same. No officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the United States, or to any Senator or Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever. Sec. 121, ibid. 884. Same; penalty. Whoever shall violate any provision of the four pre- ceding sections shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Sec. 122, ibid. DETAILS. 885. Temporary details allowed, renetcals, etc. Each head of a department may, from time to time, alter the distribution among the various bureaus and offices of his department, of the clerks and other employees allowed by law, except such clerks or employees as may be required by law to be exclusively engaged upon some specific work, as he may find it necessary and proper to do, but all details hereunder shall be made by written order of the head of the department, and. in no case be for a period of time exceeding one hundred and twenty days: Provided, That details so made may, on expiration, be renewed from time to time by written order of the head of the department, in each par- ticular case, for periods of not exceeding one hundred and twenty days. All details heretofore made are hereby revoked, but may be renewed as provided herein. Sec. 166, R. S., as amended by act of May 28, 1896 (29 Stat., 179). 886. Detail of civil employees outside of the District for duty in the District prohibited. Thereafter all details of civil officers, clerks, or other subordinate employees from places outside of the District of Columbia, except temporary details for duty connected with their respective offices, be, and are hereby, prohibited. Sec. 4, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 255). 887. Same. Hereafter it shall be unlawful to detail civil officers, clerks, or other subordinate employees who are authorized or employed under or paid from appropriations made for the military or naval establishments, or any other branch of the public service outside of the District of Columbia, except those officers and employees whose details are now specially provided by law, for PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 159 duty in any bureau, office, or other division of any executive department in the District of Columbia, except temporary details for duty connected with their respective offices. Sec. 4, act of June 22, J906 (34 Stat., 449). 888. Detail of persons employed in, for duty outside of District prohibited. In expending appropriations made in this act, persons in the classified service at Washington, District of Columbia, shall not be detailed for service outside of the District of Columbia except for or in connection with work pertaining directly to the service at the seat of government of the department or other Government establishment from which the detail is made: Provided, That nothing is this section shall be deemed to apply to the investigation of any matter or the preparation, prosecution, or defense of any suit by the Department of Justice. Sec. 5, act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat., 20). 889. Temporary details, office of the President. Employees of the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Govern- ment may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temporary assistance as may be necessary. Act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat., 76). 890. With commissions, councils, or boards, etc. * * * Nor shall there be employed by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal services from any executive department or other Government establishment in connection with any such commission, council, board, or other similar body. Sec. 9, act of Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat., 1027). EFFICIENCY RATINGS. 891. Establishment of, in departments; ratings for promotion, demotion, and retention, etc. The Civil Service Commission shall, subject to the approval of the President, establish a system of efficiency ratings for the classified service in the several executive departments in the District of Columbia based upon records kept in each department and independent establishment with such fre. quency as to make them as nearly as possible records of fact. Such system shall provide a minimum rating of efficiency which must be attained by an employee before he may be promoted ; it shall also provide a rating below which no em- ployee may fall without being demoted ; it shall further provide for a rating be- low which no employee may fall without being dismissed for inefficiency. All promotions, demotions, or dismissals shall be governed by the provisions of the civil-service rules. Copies of all records of efficiency shall be furnished by the departments and independent establishments to the Civil Service Commission for record in accordance with the provisions of this section. Sec. 4, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 413). 892. Duties relating to efficiency ratings transferred. The duties relating ro efficiency ratings imposed 'upon the Civil Service Commission by section 4 of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved August twenty -third, nineteen hundred and twelve, * * * are transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency. Act of Feb. 28, 1916 (39 Stat., 15). EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS, ETC. 893. Authority to employ clerks and other employees. Each head of a de- partment is authorized to employ in his department such number of clerks of 160 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. the several classes recognized by law, and such messengers, assistant mes- sengers, copyists, watchmen, laborers, and other employees, and at such rates of compensation, respectively, as may be appropriated for by Congress from year to year. Sec. 169, R. S. 894. Members of National Guard to be restored to former positions when mustered out of service. All officers and enlisted men of the National Guard * * * who are Government employees and who respond to the call of the President for service shall, at the expiration of the military service to which they are called, be restored to the positions occupied by them at the time of the call. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 624). 895. Members of Officers' Reserve Corps to be restored to Government posi- tions; when. That members of the Officers' Reserve Corps who are in the employ of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia and who are ordered to duty by proper authority shall, when relieved from duty, be restored to the positions held by them when ordered to duty. Act of May 12,1917 (40 Stat., 72). 896. Employing clerks, etc., beyond provisions of law, prohibited. The executive officers of the Government are hereby prohibited from employing any clerk, agent, engineer, draughtsman, messenger, watchman, laborer, or other employee, in any of the executive departments in the city of Washington, or elsewhere beyond provisions made by law. Sec. 5, act of Aug. 15, 1876 (19- Stat., 169). 897. Use of intoxicating beverages a bar to official position. No person habitually using intoxicating beverages to excess shall be appointed to, or retained in, any office, appointment, or employment to which the provisions of this act are applicable. Sec. 8, act of Jan. 16, 1883 (22 Stat., 400). 898. Two or more members of a family holding positions, further appoint- ments restricted. Whenever there are already two or more members of a family in the public service in the grades covered by this act, no other member of such family shall be eligible to appointment to any of said grades. Sec. 9, ibid. 899. Recommendations of Representatives in Congress not to be considered, except as to character, etc. No recommendation of any person who shall apply for office or place under the provisions of this act which may be given by any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, except as to the character or residence of the applicant, shall be received or considered by any person concerned in making any examination or appointment under this act. Sec. 10, ibid. 900. Voluntary and personal services; restriction. Nor shall any depart- ment or any officer of the Government accept voluntary service for the Gov- ernment or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law, except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction of property. Sec. 3679, R. S., as amended by sec. 4, act of Mar. 3, 1905 (39 Stat., 1257) and sec. 3, act of Feb. 27, 1906 (34 Stat., 48). HOLIDAYS. 901. Per diem employees. The employees of the Navy Yard, Government Printing Office. Bureau of Printing and Engraving, and all other per diem em- ployees of the Government on duty at Washington, or elsewhere in the United; PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 161 States, shall be allowed the following holidays, to wit : The first day of Janu- ary, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such days as may be designated by the President as days for national thanksgiving, and shall receive the same pay as on other days. Joint res. 5, Jan. 6, 1885 (23 Stat., 902. Same; Decoration Day and Fourth of July. All per diem employees of the Government, on duty at Washington or elsewhere in the United States, shall be allowed the day of each year which is celebrated as " Memorial " or " Deco- ration Day " and the fourth of July of each year, as holidays, and shall receive the same pay as on other days. -Joint res. 6, Feb. 23, 1887 (24 Stat., 644). 903. Same; Labor Day. The first Monday of September in each year, being the clay celebrated and known as Labor's Holiday, is hereby made a legal pub- lic holiday, to all intents and purposes, in the same manner as Christmas, the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, and the fourth day of July are now made by law public holidays. Act of June 28, 1894 (28 Stat., 96). 904. Employees in the District of Columbia. The following days in each year, namely, the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day ; the twenty-second day of February, known as Washington's Birthday; the fourth of July; the thirtieth day of May, commonly called Decoration Day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor's Holiday ; the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day; every Saturday, after twelve o'clock noon ; any day appointed or recommended by the President of the United States as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving, and the day of the inaugura- tion of the President, in every fourth year, shall be holidays in the District for all purposes. Sec. 1389, act of Mar. 3, 1901 (31 Stat., 1404), as amended by act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 543). HOURS OF WORK. 905. Eight hours to constitute a day's work for laborers, workmen, etc. The service and employment of all laborers and mechanics who are now or may hereafter be employed by the Government of the United States, by the District of Columbia, or by any contractor or subcontractor upon any of the public works of the United States or of the said District of Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia to any such contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the services of such laborers or mechanics to require or permit any such laborer or mechanic to work more than eight hours in any calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency. Sec. 1, act of Aug. 1. 1892 (27 Stat., 340). 906. Same. Suspension of, in time of national emergency. In case of national emergency the President is authorized to suspend provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours' labor in any one day of persons engaged upon work covered by contracts with the United States. Act of Mar. 4, 1917 (39 Stat., 1192). 907. Seven hours to constitute a day's work for clerks, etc., in executive departments. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several execu- 4939218 - 11 162 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. live departments, in the interest of the public service, to require of all clerks and other employees, of whatever grade or class, in their respective depart- ments, not less than seven hours of labor each day, except Sundays and days declared public holidays by law or Executive order. Sec. 5, act of Mar. S, 1893 (27 Stat., 715), as amended by sec. 7, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316). 908. Same Extension of; by whom. The heads of the departments may, by special order, stating the reason, further extend the hours of any clerk or employee in their departments, respectively, but in case of an extension it shall be without additional compensation. Ibid. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 909. Annual leave; authority for. The head of any department may grant thirty days' annual leave with pay in any one year to each clerk or em- ployee. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 3, 1893 (27 Stat., 715), as amended by sec. 7 f act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316). 910. Same; to be vn addition to sick leave. Nothing contained .in section seven of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be construed to prevent the head of any executive department from granting thirty days' annual leave with pay in any one year to a clerk or employee, notwithstanding such clerk or employee may have had during such year not exceeding thirty days' leave with pay on account of sickness as provided in said section seven. A ct of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat., 653). 911. Same; thirty days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays. The thirty days* annual leave of absence with pay in any one year to clerks and employees in the several executive departments authorized by existing law shall be ex- clusive of Sundays and legal holidays. Sec. 4, act of Feb. 24, 1899 (30 Stat., 890). 912. Pay to stop at expiration of granted leave. This section shall not be construed to mean that so long as a clerk or employee is borne upon the rolls of the department in excess of the time herein provided for or granted that he or she shall be entitled to pay during the period of such excessive absence, but that the pay shall stop upon the expiration of the granted leave. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 3, 1893 (27 Stat., 715), as amended by sec. 7, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316). 913. Leaves of absence of thirty days to all employees. Each and every employee of the navy yards, gun factories, naval stations, and arsenals of the United States Government is hereby granted thirty days' leave of absence each year, without forfeiture 'of pay during such leave: Provided, That it shall be lawful to allow pro rata leave only to those serving twelve consecu- tive months or more: And provided further, That in all cases the heads of divisions shall have discretion as to the time when the leave can best be allowed : And provided further, That not more than thirty days' leave with pay shall be allowed any such employee in one year: Provided further, That this provision shall not be construed to deprive employees of any sick leave or legal holidays to which they may now be entitled under existing law. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 617). PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 163 :. Members of the National Guard during parades and encampments. All officers and employees of the United States and of the District of Columbia who are members of the National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties,, without loss of pay or time, on all days of any parade or encampment ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act Sec. 49, act of Mar. 1, 1889 (25 Stat., 775). 915. Same; engaged in field or coast defense training. All officers and em- ployees of the United States mid of the District of Columbia who shall be members of the National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they shall be engaged in field or coast-defense training ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act. Sec. 80, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 203). 916. Memlers of Officers' Reserve Corps, duty with troops or field exer- cises, etc. That all officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who shall be members of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they shall be ordered to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 72). 917. Sick leave, authority for. Where some member of the immediate family of a clerk or employee is afflicted with a contagious disease and requires the care and attendance of such employee, or where his or her presence in the department would jeopardize the health of fellow clerks, and in exceptional and meritorious cases, where a clerk or employee is personally ill, and where to limit the annual leave to thirty days in any one calendar year would work peculiar hardship, it may be extended, in the discretion of the head of the department, with pay, not exceeding thirty days in any one case or in any one calendar year. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 3, 1893 (27 Stat., 715), as amended by sec. 7, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316). MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 918. Purchase of at military posts. Hereafter civilian employees of the Army stationed at military posts may, under regulations to be made by the Secretary of War, purchase necessary medical supplies when prescribed by a medical officer of the Army. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 2, 1905 (33 Stat., 839). OATHS. 919. Official oath of office. Section seventeen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter the oath to be taken by any person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit either in the civil, military, or naval service, except the President of the United States, shall be as prescribed in section seventeen hundred and fifty- seven of the Revised Statutes. But this repeal shall not affect the oaths pre- scribed by existing statutes in relation to the performance of duties in special or particular subordinate offices and employments. Sec. 2, act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat., 22). 40392* 164 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 920. Same; form of. Whenever any person * * * is elected or ap- pointed to any office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States, * * * he shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe in lieu of that oath the following oath : " I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." Sec. 1757, R. S. 921. Who may administer. The oath of office required by the preceding sec- tion may be taken before any officer who is authorized, either by the laws of the United States or by the local municipal law, to administer oaths, in the State, Territory, or district where such oath may be administered. Sec. 1758, R. S. 922. Custody of oath. The oath of office taken by any person pursuant to the requirements of section seventeen hundred and fifty-six or of section seventeen hundred and fifty-seven shall be delivered in by him, to be preserved among the files of the House of Congress, department, or court to which the office in respect to which the oath is made may appertain. Sec. 1759, R. S. PAY FOB SERVICES. 923. Annual rate of pay. The annual salaries of clerks and employees in the departments whose compensation is not otherwise prescribed shall be as follows : First. To clerks of the fourth class, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Second. To clerks of the third class, one thousand six hundred dollars. Third. To clerks of the second class, one thousand four hundred dollars. Fourth. To clerks of the first class, one thousand two hundred dollars. Fifth. To the women employed in duties of a clerical character, subordinate to those assigned to clerks of the first class, including copyists and counters, or temporarily employed to perform the duties of a clerk, nine hundred dollars. Sixth. To messengers, eight hundred and forty dollars. Seventh. To assistant messengers, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Eighth. To laborers, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Ninth. To watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Sec. 167, R. S. 924. Temporary clerks. Except when a different compensation is expressly prescribed by law, any clerk temporarily employed to perform the same or similar duties with those belonging to clerks of either class is entitled to the same salary as is allowed to clerks of that class. Sec. J?68, R. S. 925. Performance of duties of one clerk by another. No allowance or com- pensation shall be made to any officer or clerk, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other officer or clerk in the same or any other de- partment; and no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any officer of clerk may be required to perform, unless expressly authorized by law. Sec. 1764, R- S. NOTE. This statute defined by Judge Advocate General in opinion of February 14, 1917. 926. Office of the Quartermaster General. Chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; principal clerks five at two thousand two hundred PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 165 and fifty dollars each, three at two thousand dollars each; clerks fifteen of class four, twenty-nine of class three, fifty of class two, ninety-three of class one, fifty-nine at one thousand dollars each, ten at nine hundred dollars each; advisory architect, four thousand dollars ; draftsmen three at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven at one thousand six hundred dollars each, live at one thousand four hundred dollars each; supervising engineer, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; hydraulic and sanitary engineer, two thousand dollars; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; elec- trical engineer, two thousand dollars; electrical and mechanical engineer, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; marine engineer, three thousand five hundred dollars; sanitary and heating engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; twelve laborers; laborer, six hundred dollars. Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1095). See annual appropriation acts. 927. Same; increased compensation during fiscal year 1918. That to pro- vide, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, for increased com- pensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to employees who receive salaries at a rate per annum less than one thousand two hundred dollars, and for increased compensation at the rate of five per centum per annum to employees who receive salaries at a rate not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum and not less than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, so much as may be necessary is appropriated: Provided, That this section shall only apply to the employees who are appropriated for in this act specifically and under lump sums or whose employment is authorized herein : Provided fur- ther, That detailed reports shall be submitted to Congress on the first day of the next session showing the number of persons, the grades or character of po- sitions, the original rates of compensation, and the increased rates of compen- sation provided for herein. Sec. 7, act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1121). 928. Computation of. Hereafter, where the compensation of any person in the service of the United States is annual or monthly, the following rules for division of time and computation of pay for services rendered are hereby estab- lished : Annual compensation shall be divided into twelve equal installments, one of which shall be the pay for each calendar month; and in making pay- ments for a fractional part of a month, one-thirtieth of one of such installments, or of a monthly compensation, shall be the daily rate of pay. For the purpose of computing such compensation and for computing time for services rendered during a fractional part of a month in connection with annual or monthly compensation, each and every month shall be held to consist of thirty days, without regard to the actual number of days in any calendar month, thus ex- cluding the thirty-first of any calendar month from the computation and treating February as if it actually has thirty days. Any person entering the service of the United States during a thirty-one day month and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of entry to the thirtieth day of said month, both days inclusive ; and any person enter- ing said service during the month of February and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to one month's pay, less as many thirtieths thereof as there were days elapsed prior to date of entry. Sec. 6, act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 763). 929. Forfeiture, unauthorized absence on thirty- first day of month. For one day's unauthorized absence on the thirty-first day of any calendar month one day's pay shall bo forfeited. Ibid. 166 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 930. From lump-sum appropriations increase during fiscal year 1918. Dur- ing the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, all civilian employees in the Military Establishment, including on the lump-sum rolls only those persons who are carried thereon at the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall receive increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to such employees who receive salaries or wages in such establishment at a rate per annum of less than one thousand two hundred dollars, and increased compensation at a rate of five per centum per annum to such employees who receive salaries or wages in such establish- ment at a rate of not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars per an- num and not less than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum: And jn-oridcd further. That so much as may be necessary for this purpose is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Act of May 12, 1917 (J t O Stat., 77,). 931. Same. Increased compensation restricted. That no civil employee in .any of the executive departments or other Government establishments, or who lias been employed therein within the period ol one year next preceding his proposed employment in any other executive d-^vrtment or other Government establishment, shall be employed hereafter and paid from a lump-sum appro- priation in any other executive department or other Government establish- ment at an increased rate of compensation. And no civil employee in any of the executive departments ->r other Government establishments or who has been employed therein within the period of one year next preceding his pro- posed employment in any other executive department or other Government establishment and who may be employed in another executive department or other Government establishment shall be grained an increase in compensation within the period of one year following such reemployment : Provided, That the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be con- sidered a Government establishment for the purposes of this section : Provided f-urllier. That this section shall not be construed to repeal section five of the Act of June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, which prohibits the transfer of employees from one department to another. Nrr. 7. act of Oct. 6. 1917 (40 Stat., 388). 932. Pieceworkers and per diem employees; increased compensation diirinci fiscal year 1918. That in determining the right of employees to Increased compensation . as heretofore authorized by law at rates of five and ten per centum per annum for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, such em- ployees as are employed on piecework, by the hour, or at per diem rates, shall be entitled to receive, from July first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to June thir- tieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, inclusive. r:ie increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum when the fixed rate of compensation for the regular working hours and on the basis of three hundred and twelve days in said year -would amount to less than one thousand two imr.dred dollars, and at the rate of five per centum when not less than one thousand two hundred dollars and not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars : Provided, That this method of computation shall not apply to any per diem employees regularly paid a per diem for every day in the year. Rer,. 8. act of Oct. 6, 1917 (W Stul.. -JN'/). PAY FOB SERVICES ADDITIONAL PAY. 933. Forciyn service, employees at headquarters. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the pay of clerks and messengers at head- PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 167 quarters of territorial departments, tactical divisions, brigades, and service schools, who are citizens of the United States, shall be increased two hundred dollars each per annum while serving in the Philippine Islands, such service to be computed from the date of departure from the continental limits of the United States to the date of return thereto. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (88 Stat., 1067). 934. Employees on harbor boats, in lieu of subsistence. That * * * of the appropriation hereby made shall be available for additional pay of em- ployees on harbor boats, quartermaster service, in lieu of subsistence. Annual appropriation act. 935. Authority for niukiny allotments of pay. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit, under such regulations as he may prescribe, * * * any permanent civilian employee under the .jurisdiction of the War Depart- ment on duty outside of the continental limits of the United States, to make allotments of his pay for the support of his wife, children, or dependent rela- tives, or for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 885). 936. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of. All allotments of pay of * * * civilian employees that have been or shall be paid to designated al- lottees previous to the receipt by disbursing officer of notice of discontinuance of the same from the officer required by regulations to furnish such notice shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall make such payments. Ibid. 937. Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officers. If erro- neous payment is made because of the failure of an officer to report, in the man- ner prescribed by the Secretary of War, the death of the grantor, or any fact which renders the allotment not payable, then the amount of such erroneous payment shall be collected by the Quartermaster General from the officer who fails to make such report, if such collection is practicable. Ibid. PAY FOB SERYICES BE8TBICTIOK8, ETC. 938. To be paid from specific appropriations only. No civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall after the first day of October next be em- ployed in any of the executive departments, or subordinate bureaus or offices thereof at the seat of the Government, except only at such rates and in such numbers, respectively, as may be specifically appropriated for by Congress for such clerical and other personal services for each fiscal year; and no civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of the Government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation, and then only for services actually rendered in connection with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which payment is made, and at the rate of compensation usual and proper for such services, and after the first day of October next section one hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes, and all other laws and parts of law inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and 49392* 168 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. all laws and parts of law authorizing Uie employment of officers, clerks, draughtsmen, copyists, messengers, assistant messengers, mechanics, watchmen, laborers, or other employees at a different rate of pay or in excess of the num- bers authorized by appropriations made by Congress, be, and they are hereby, repealed. Sec. 4, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 255). 939. Punishment for violations. That any person violating section 4 of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved Aug. 5, 1882 (Stat. L., vol. 22, p. 255), shall be summarily removed from office, and may also upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Sec. 5, act of Aug. 23. 1912 (37 Stat., 414). 940. Permanently incapacitated persons; appropriations not available for payment of. The appropriations herein made for the officers, clerks, and per- sons employed in the public service shall not be available for the compensation of any person incapacitated otherwise than temporarily for performing such service. Annual appropriation act. 941. Double salaries restricted. Unless otherwise specially authorized by law no money appropriated by this or any other act shall be available for pay- ment to any person receiving more than one salary when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, but this shall not apply to retired officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps when- ever they may be appointed or elected to public office or whenever the President shall appoint them to office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or to officers and enlisted men of the Organized Militia and Naval Militia, in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia. Sec. 6, act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat., 120). ns amended ?>?/ act of Aug. 29. 1916 (39 Stat., 582). 942. From lump-sum appropriations restricted. No part of any money con- tained herein or hereafter appropriated in lump sum shall be available for the payment of personal services at a rate of compensation in excess of that paid for the same or similar services during the preceding fiscal year ; nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced: Provided, That this section shall not apply to mechanics, artisans, their helpers and assistants, laborers, or any other employees whose duties are of similar character and required in carrying on the various manu- facturing or constructing operations of the Government. Sec. 7, act of Aug. 26, 1912 (37 Stat., 626), as amended by sec. 4, act of Mar. 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 790). 943. Same. It shall not be lawful hereafter to pay to any person, employed in the service of the United States under any general or lump-sum appropri- ation, any sum additional to the regular compensation received for or attached to any employment held prior to an appointment or designation as acting for or instead of an occupant of any other office or employment. This provision shall not be construed as prohibiting regular and permanent appointments by promotion from lower to higher grades of employment. Sec. 12, act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat., 680). 944. Extra services, no additional compensation allowed. No money shall bo paid to any clerk employed in either Department at an annual salary, as com- pensation for extra services, unless expressly authorized by law. Sec. 170, R. R. PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 169 945. Civilian employees, Quartermaster Corps. The number of and total sum paid for civilian employees in the Quartermaster Corps shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee therein shall receive a salary of more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, except upon the approval of the Secretary of War. Animal appropriation act. 946. Rates of pay made permanent law. That all laws or parts of laws to the extent they are inconsistent with rates of salaries or compensation appro- priated by this act are repealed, and the rates of salaries or compenstion of officers or employees herein appropriated shall constitute the rate of salary or compenstion of such officer or employees, respectively, until otherwise fixed by annual rate of appropriation or other law. Sec. 6, act of July 16, 1914 (38 Stat., 509). 947. Same. The officers and employees of the United States whose salaries are herein appropriated for are established and shall continue from year to year to the extent they shall be appropriated for by Congress. Sec. 6, act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat.. 10J,9). PENSION ROLL OB HONORABLE SERVICE ROLL. 948. Establishment of prohibited. The establishment of a civil pension roll or an honorable service roll, or the exemption of any of the officers, clerks, and persons in the public service from the existing la\vs respecting employment in such service, is hereby prohibited. -See. 4, act of Feb. 24, 1899 (30 Stat., 890). REDUCTIONS IN FORCE. 949. Retention of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors. In the event of reductions being made in the force in any of the executive departments no honorably discharged soldier or sailor whose record in said department is rated good shall be discharged or dropped, or reduced in rank or salary. Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be summarily removed from office, and may also upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Sec. 4, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 413). 950. Removal on charges. No person in the classified civil service of the United States shall be removed therefrom except for such cause as will promote the efficiency of said service and for reasons given in writing, and the person whose removal is sought shall have notice of the same and of any charge pre- ferred against him, and be furnished with a copy thereof, and also be allowed a reasonable time for personally answering the same in writing, and affidavits in support thereof; but no examination of witnesses nor any trial or hearing shall be required except in the discretion of the officer making the removal ; and copies of charges, notice of hearing, answer, reasons for removal, and of the order of removal shall be made a part of the records of the proper department or office, as shall also the reasons for reduction in rank or compensation ; and copies of the same shall be furnished to the person affected upon request, and the Civil Service Commission also shall, upon request, be furnished copies of the same. Sec. 6, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 555). 951. Employees not prohibited membership in society for improving condi- tions, etc. Membership in any society, association, club, or other form of organization of postal employees not affiliated with any outside organization 170 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. imposing an obligation or duty upon them to engage in any strike, or proposing to assist them in any strike, against the United States, having for its object, among other things, improvements in the condition of labor of its members, including hours of labor and compensation therefor and leave of absence, by any person or groups of persons in said Postal Service, or the presenting by any such person or groups of persons of any grievance or grievances to the Congress or any Member thereof shall not constitute or be cause for reduction in rank or compensation or removal of such person or groups of persons from said service. The right of persons employed in the civil service of the United States, either individually or collectively, to petition Congress, or any Member thereof, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to any committee or member thereof, shall not be denied or interfered with. Ibid. TRANSFERS. 952. Not eligible for transfer to another department until they have served three years. It shall not be lawful hereafter for any clerk or other employee in the classified service in any of the- executive departments to be transferred from one department to another department until such clerk or other employee shall have served for a term of three years in the department from which he desires to be transferred. Sec. 5, act of June 22, 1906 (34 Stat., 449). 953. Same Transfers from executive departments to independent establish- ments, and vice versa; United States Shipping Board included. That section five of the act of June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, prohibiting the transfer of employees from one executive department to another shall apply with equal force and effect to the transfer of employees from executive depart- ments to independent establishments, and vice versa, and to the transfer of em- ployees from one independent establishment to another: Provided, That the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be considered a Government establishment for the purposes of this section. Sec. 6, act of Oct. 6,1917 (40 Stat., 383). TRAVEL ALLOWANCE. 954. Actual expenses. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and four- teen, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, no officer or employee of the United States shall be allowed or paid any sum in excess of expenses actually incurred for subsistence while traveling on duty outside of the District of Co- lumbia and away from his designated post of duty, nor any sum for such ex- penses actually incurred in excess of five dollars per day; nor shall any allowance or reimbursement for subsistence be paid to any officer or employee in any branch of the public service of the United States in the District of Columbia unless absent from his designated post of duty outside of the District of Columbia, and then only for the period of time actually engaged in the dis- charge of official duties. Sec. 1, act of Apr. 6, 1914 (38 Stat., 318). 955. Per diem allowance. The heads of executive departments and other Government establishments are authorized to prescribe per diem rates of allow- ance not exceeding four dollars in lieu of subsistence to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated posts of duty when not otherwise fixed by law. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen and annually thereafter esti- mates of appropriations from which per diem allowances are to be paid shall specifically state the rates of such allowance. Sec. 13, act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat., 680). PERSONNEL - CIVILIANS. 171 INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE SERVICE. "956, L'omiK nxation for; eu-ccitt-ionx. The United States shall pay compensa- tion as hereinafter specified for the disability or death of an employee resulting from a personal injury sustained while in the performance of his duty, but no rompensation shall he paid if the injury or death is caused by the willful mis- conduct of the employee or by the employee's intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another, or if intoxication of the injured employee is the proximate cause of the injury or death. Act of Nr/^.'T, 1UJ6 (39 Stat., ?'.'/. 0- 957. No pay durinn firxt three dai/x. That during the first three days of dis- ability the employee shall not be entitled to compensation except as provided in MM -lion nine. No compensation shall at any lime be paid for such period. ./Sec. 2, ibid. 958. Total dixn biliti/. That if the disability is total the United States shall pay to the disabled employee during such disability a monthly compensation equal to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of his monthly pay. except as .hereinafter provided. Sec. 3, ibid. 959. Partial disability. That if the disability is partial the United States shall pay to the disabled employee during such disability a monthly compensa- tion equal to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the difference between his monthly pay and his monthly wage-earning capacity after the beginning of such partial disability. The commission may, from time to time, require a partially disabled employee to make an affidavit as to the wages which he is then re- irnrk. That if a partially disabled em- ployee refuses to seek suitable work or refuses or neglects to work after suit- able work is offered to, procured by, or secured for him, he shall not be entitled to any compensation. Sec. o, ibid. 961. Monthly compensation to minors and learners; decrease for old age. That the monthly compensation for total disability shall not be more than sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents nor less than thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, unless the employee's monthly pay is less than thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, in which case his monthly compensation shall .be the full amount of his monthly pay. The monthly compensation for partial .disability shall not be more than sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. In the case of persons who at the time of the injury were minors or employed in a learner's capacity and who were not physically or mentally defective, the com- mission shall, on any review after the time when the monthly wage-earning capacity of such persons would probably, but for the injury, have increased, award compensation based on such probable monthly wage-earning capacity. The commission may, on any review after the time when the monthly wage- earning capacity of the disabled employee would probably, irrespective of the injury, have decreased on account of old age. award compensation based on such probable monthly wage-earning capacity. 8ec. 6. ibid. 172 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 962. Other pay, etc., restricted, pensions excepted. That as long as the em- ployee is in receipt of compensation under this act, or, if he has been paid a lump sum in commutation of installment payments, until the expiration of the period during which such installment payments would have continued, he shall not receive from the United States any salary, pay, or remuneration what- soever except in return for services actually performed, and except pensions for service in the Army or Navy of the United States. Sec. 7, ibid. 963. Leave with pay to be used first. That if at the time the disability be- gins the employee has annual or sick leave to his credit he may, subject to the approval of the head of the department, use such leave until it is exhausted, in which case his compensation shall begin on the fourth day of disability after the annual or sick leave has ceased. Sec. 8, ibid. 964. Medical, surgical, and hospital services, transportation if necessary. That immediately after an injury sustained by an employee while in the per- formance of his duty, whether or not disability has arisen, and for a reason- able time thereafter, the United States shall furnish to such employee reason- able medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies unless he refuses to accept them. Such services and supplies shall be furnished by United States medical officers and hospitals, but where this is not practicable shall be fur- nished by private physicians and hospitals designated or approved by the com- mission and paid for from the employees' compensation fund. If necessary for the securing of proper medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, the em- ployee, in the discretion of the commission, may be furnished transportation at the expense of the employees' compensation fund. Sec. 9, ibid. 965. Allowances in case of death. That if death results from the injury within six years the United States shall pay to the following persons for the following periods a monthly compensation equal to the following percentages of the deceased employee's monthly pay, subject to the modification that no compensation shall be paid where the death takes place more than one year after the cessation of disability resulting from such injury, or, if there has been no disability preceding death, more than one year after the injury : (A) To the widow, if there is no child, thirty-five per centum. This com- pensation shall be paid until her death or marriage. (B) To the widower, if there is no child, thirty -five per centum, if wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee at the time of her death. This compensation shall be paid until his death or marriage. (C) To the widow or widower, if there is a child, the compensation pay- able under clause (A) or clause (B) and in addition thereto ten per centum for each child, not to exceed a total of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum for such widow or widower and children. If a child has a guardian other than the surviving widow or widower, the compensation payable on account of such child shall be paid to such guardian. The compensation payable on account of any child shall cease when he dies, marries, or reaches the age of eighteen, or, if over eighteen, and incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support. (D) To the children, if there is no widow or widower, twenty-five per centum for one child and ten per centum additional for each additional child, not to exceed a total of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum, divided among such children share and share alike. The compensation of each child shall be paid until he dies, marries, or reaches the age of eighteen, or, if over eighteen and PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 173 incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support. The compensation of a child under legal age shall be paid to its guardian. (E) To the parents, if one is wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee at the time of his death and the other is not dependent to any extent, twenty-five per centum; if both are wholly dependent, twenty per centum to each; if one is or both are partly dependent, a proportionate amount in the discretion of the commission. The above percentages shall be paid if there is no widow, widower, or child. If there is a widow, widower, or child, there shall be paid so much of the above percentages as, when added to the total percentages payable to the widow, widower, and children, will not exceed a total of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum. (F) To the brothers, sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren, if one is wholly dependent upon the deceased employee for support at the time of his death, twenty per centum to such dependent; if more than one are wholly de- pendent, thirty per centum, divided among such dependents share and share alike; if there is no one of them wholly dependent, but one or more partly dependent, ten per centum divided among such dependents share and share alike. The above percentages shall be paid if there is no widow, widower, child, or dependent parent. If there is a widow, widower, child, or dependent parent, there shall be paid so much of the above percentages as, when added to the total percentage payable to the widow, widower, children, and dependent parents, will not exceed a total of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum. (G) The compensation of each beneficiary under clauses (E) and (F) shall be paid for a period of eight years from the time of the death, unless before that time he, if a parent or grandparent, dies, marries, or ceases to be de- pendent, or, if a brother, sister, or grandchild, dies, marries, or reaches the age of eighteen, or, if over eighteen and incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support. The compensation of a brother, sister, or grandchild under legal age shall be paid to his or her guardian. (H) As used in this section, the term "child" includes stepchildren, adopted children, and posthumous children, but does not include married children. The terms " brother " and " sister " include stepbrothers and stepsisters, half broth- ers and half sisters, and brothers and sisters by adoption, but do not include mar- ried brothers or married sisters. All of the above terms and the terms " grand- child " include only persons who at the time of the death of the deceased em- ployee are under eighteen years of age or over that age and incapable of self- support. The term " parent " includes stepparents and parents by adoption. The term " widow " includes only the decedent's wife living with or dependent for support upon him at the time of his death. The term " widower " includes only the decedent's husband dependent for support upon her at the time of her death. The terms " adopted " and " adoption " as used in this clause include only legal adoption prior to the time of the injury. (I) Upon the cessation of compensation under this section to or on account of any person, the compensation of the remaining persons entitled to compen- sation for the unexpired part of the period during which their compensation is payable shall be that which such persons would have received if they had been the only persons entitled to compensation at the time of the decedent's death. (J) In case there are two or more classes of persons entitled to compensa- tion under this section and the apportionment of such compensation, above provided, would result in injustice, the commission may, in its discretion, modify the apportionment to meet the requirements of the case. (K) In computing compensation under this section, the monthly pay shall be considered not to be more than one hundred dollars nor less than fifty dol- 174 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. lars, but the total monthly compensation shall not exceed the monthly pay com- puted as provided in section twelve. (L) If any person entitled to compensation under this section, whose com- pensation by the terms of this section ceases upon his marriage, accepts any payments of compensation after his marriage he shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 10, ibid. 966. Burial expenses allowed. That if death results from the injury within six years the United States shall pay to the personal representative of the deceased employee burial expenses not to exceed $100, in the discretion of the commission. In the case of an employee whose home is within the United States, if his death occurs away from his home office or outside of the United States, and if so desired by his relatives, the body shall, in the discretion of the commission, be embalmed and transported in a hermetically sealed casket to the home of the employee. Such burial expenses shall not be paid and such transportation shall not be furnished where the death takes place more than one year after the cessation of disability resulting from such injury, or, if there has been no disability preceding death, more than one year after the injury. Sec. 11, ibid. 967. Computation of employees' monthly pay. That in computing the monthly pay the usual practice of the service in which the employee was em- ployed shall be followed. Subsistence and the value of quarters furnished an employee shall be included as part of the pay, but overtime pay shall not be taken into account. Sec. 12, ibid. 968. Wage-earning capacity if partially disabled. That in the determination of the employee's monthly wage-earning capacity after the beginning of par- tial disability, the value of housing, board, lodging, and other advantages which are received from his employer as a part of his remuneration and which can be estimated in money shall be taken into account. Sec. IS, ibid. 969. Lump sum commutations; computation of. That in cases of death or of permanent total or permanent partial disability, if the monthly payment to the beneficiary is less than five dollars a month, or if the beneficiary is or is about to become a nonresident of the United States, or if the commission determines that it is for the best interests of the beneficiary, the liability of the United States for compensation to such beneficiary may be dicharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to the present value of all future payments of compensa- tion computed at four per centum true discount compounded annually. The probability of the beneficiary's death before the expiration of the period during which he is entitled to compensation shall be determined according to the American Experience Table of Mortality; but in case of compensation to the widow or widower of the deceased employee, such lump sum shall not exceed sixty months' compensation. The probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation shall be disregarded. Sec. 14, ibid. 970. Written notice of injury required. That every employee injured in the performance of his duty, or some one on his behalf, shall, within forty-eight hours after the injury, give written notice thereof to the immediate superior of the employee. Such notice shall be given by delivering it personally or by depositing it properly stamped and addressed in the mail. Sec. 15, ibid. PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 175 971. Preparation of written notice. That the notice shall state the name and address of the employee, the year, month, day, and hour when and the par- ticular locality where the injury occurred, and the cause and nature of the injury, and shall be signed by and contain the address of the person giving the notice. Sec. 16, ibid. 972. Written notice necessary to secure pay. That unless notice is given; within the time specified "or unless the immediate superior has actual knowledge of the injury, no compensation shall be allowed, but for any reasonable cause shown, the commission may allow compensation if the notice is filed within one year after the injury. Sec. 17, ibid. 973. Claim inust t be filed. That no compensation under this act shall be- allowed to any person, except as provided in section thirty-eight, unless he or some one on his behalf shall, within the time specified in section twenty, make a written claim therefor. Such claim shall be made by delivering it at the office of the commission or to any commissioner or to any person whom the commission may by regulation designate, or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed to the commission or to any person whom the commission may by regulation designate. Sec. 18, ibid. 974. Forms, etc. That every claim shall be made on forms to be furnished by the commission and shall contain all the information required by the com- mission. Each claim shall be sworn to by the person entitled to compensation or by the person acting on his behalf, and, except in case of death, shall be accompanied by a certificate of the employee's physician stating the nature of the injury and the nature and probable extent of the disability. For any reasonable cause shown the commission may waive the provisions of this sec- tion. Sec. 19, ibid. 975. Time for inuldny claims. That all original claims for compensation for disability shall be made within sixty days after the injury. All original claims for compensation for death shall be made within one year after the death. For any reasonable cause shown the commission may allow original claims for compensation for disability to be made at any time -within one year. Sec. 20, ibid. 976. Medical examinations; suspension of pay on refusal. That after the injury the employee shall, as frequently and at such times and places as may be reasonably required, submit himself to examination by a medical officer of the United States or by a duly qualified physician designated or approved by the commission. The employee may have a duly qualified physician desig- nated and paid by him present to participate in such examination. For alt examinations after the first the employee shall, in the discretion of the com- mission, be paid his reasonable traveling and other expenses and loss of wages incurred in order to submit to such examination. If the employee refuses to submit himself for or in any way obstructs any examination, his right to claim compensation under this act shall be suspended until such refusal or obstruction ceases. No compensation shall be payable while such refusal or obstruction continues, and the period of such refusal or obstruction shall be deducted from the period for which compensation is payable to him. Sec-.. 21, ibid. 176 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 977. Reexamination if physicians disagree. That in case of any disagree- ment between the physician making an examination on the part of the United States and the employee's physician the commission shall appoint a third physician, duly qualified, who shall make an examination. Sec. 22, ibid. 978. Examination fees. That fees for examinations made on the part of the United States under sections twenty-one and twenty-two by physicians w r ho are not already in the service of the United States shall be fixed by the commis- sion. Such fees, and any sum payable to the employee under section twenty-one, shall be paid out of the appropriation for the work of the commission. Sec. 23, ibid. 979. Superior officer to report injury. That immediately after an injury to an employee resulting in his death or in his probable disability, his immediate superior shall make a report to the commission containing such information as the commission may require, and shall thereafter make such supplementary reports as the commission may require. Sec. 24, ibid. 980. Assignment of claims void. That any assignment of a claim for com- pensation under this act shall be void and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors. Sec. 25, ibid. 981. Assignment of action for damages in case of legal liability upon some other person. If an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this act is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability upon some person other than the United States to pay damages therefor, the commission may require the beneficiary to assign to the United States any right of action he may have to enforce such liability of such other person or any right which he may have to share in any money or other property received in satisfaction of such liability of such other person, or the commission may require said bene- ficiary to prosecute said action in his own name. If the beneficiary shall refuse to make such assignment or to prosecute said action in his own name when required by the commission, he shall not be entitled to any compensation under this act. The cause of action when assigned to the United States may be prosecuted or compromised by the commission, and if the commission realizes upon such cause of action, it shall apply the money or other property so received in the following manner: After deducting the amount of any compensation already paid to the beneficiary and the expenses of such realization or collection, which sum shall be placed to the credit of the employees' compensation fund, the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the beneficiary and credited upon any future payments of compensation payable to him on account of the same injury. Sec. 26, ibid. 982. Application of damages received by employee from another party. That if an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this act is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the United States to pay damages therefor, and a beneficiary entitled to compen- sation from the United States for such injury or death receives, as a result of a suit brought by him or on his behalf, or as a result of a settlement made by him or on his behalf, any money or other property in satisfaction of the liability of such other person, such beneficiary shall, after deducting the costs of suit PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. 177 and a reasonable attorney's fee, apply the money or other property so received in the following manner: (A) If his compensation has been paid in whole or in part, he shall refund to the United States the amount of compensation which has been paid by the United States and credit any surplus upon future payments of compensation payable to him on account of the same injury. Any amount so refunded to the United States shall be placed to the credit of the employees' compensation fund. (B) If no compensation has been paid to him by the United States, he shall credit the money or other property so received upon any compensation payable to him by the United States on account of the same injury. Sec. 27, ibid. 983. Employees' Compensation Commission, establishment of. That a com- mission is hereby created, to be known as the United States Employees' Com- pensation Commission, and to be composed of three commissioners appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman. No commissioner shall hold any other office or position under the United States. No more than two of said com- missioners shall be members of the same political party. One of said commis- sioners shall be appointed for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years, and at the expiration of each of said terms, the commissioner then appointed shall be appointed for a period of six years. Each commissioner shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars a year. The prin- cipal office of said commission shall be in Washington, District of Columbia, but the said commission, is authorized to perform its work at any place deemed necessary by* said commission, subject to the restrictions and limitations of this act. -Sec. 28, ibid. 984. Jurisdiction of all other offlces, etc., transferred. Upon the organization of said commission and notification to the heads of all executive departments that the commission is ready to take up the work devolved upon it by this act, all commissions and independent bureaus, by or in which payments for compen- sation are now provided, together with the adjustment and settlement of such claims, shall cease and determine, and such executive departments, commis- sions, and independent bureaus shall transfer all pending claims to said com- mission to be administered by it. The said commission may obtain, in all cases, in addition to the reports provided in section twenty-four, such information and such reports from employees of the departments as may be agreed upon by the commission and the heads of the respective departments. Sec. 28a, ibid. 985. Authority to issue subpo3nas for attendance of witnesses. That the com- mission, or any commissioner by authority of the commission, shall have power to issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to administer oaths, and to examine witnesses, upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission. Sec. 29, ibid. 986. Rules and regulations to be made by commission. That the commission is authorized to make necessary rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act, and shall decide all questions arising under this act. Sec. 82, ibid. 987. Employees' compensation fund. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be set aside as a separate fund in the 4839218 12* 178 PERSONNEL CIVILIANS. Treasury, to be known as the employees' compensation fund. To this fund there shall be added such sums as Congress may from time to time appropriate for the purpose. Such fund, including all additions that may be made to it, is hereby authorized to be permanently appropriated for the payment of the com- pensation provided by this act, including the medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies provided by section nine, and the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections nine and eleven. The commission shall submit annually to the Secretary of the Treasury estimates of the appropriations neces- sary for the maintenance of the fund. Sec. 35, ibid. 988. Determination of claims. The commission, upon consideration of the claim presented by the beneficiary, and the report furnished by the immediate superior and the completion of such investigation as it may deem necessary, shall determine and make a finding of facts thereon and make an award for or against payment of the compensation provided for in this act. Compensation when awarded shall be paid from the employees' compensation fund. Sec. 36, ibid. 989. Review, etc., of awards. That if the original claim for compensation has been made within the time specified in section twenty, the commission may. at any time, on its own motion or on application, review the award, and, in accordance with the facts found on such review, may end, diminish, or increase the compensation previously awarded, or, if compensation has been refused or discontinued, award compensation. Sec. 37, ibid. 990. Cancellation of awards made by mistake. That if any compensation is paid under a mistake of law or of fact, the commission shall immediately cancel any award under which such compensation has been paid and shall recover, as far as practicable, any amount which has been so paid. Any amount so recov- ered shall be placed to the credit of the employees' compensation fund. Sec. 38, ibid. 991. Punishment for false statements, etc. That whoever makes, in any affidavit required under section four or in any claim for compensation, any statement, knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more, than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 39, ibid. 992. Construction of terms used. That wherever used in this act The singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine. The term " employee " includes all civil employees of the United States and of the Panama Railroad Company. The term "commission" shall be taken to refer to the United States Em- ployees' Compensation Commission provided for in section twenty-eight The term " physician " includes surgeons. The term " monthly pay " shall be taken to refer to the monthly pay at the time of the injury. Sec. 40, ibid. 993. Inconsistent laws repealed; settlement for prior injuries. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed : Provided, how- ever, That for injuries occurring prior to the passage of this act compensa- tion shall be paid under the law in force at the time of the passage of this act Sec. 41, ibid. PRINTING AND BINDING. 179 PRINTING AND BINDING. 994. Illustrations, etc., restricted. Hereafter no part of the appropriations made for printing and binding shall be used for any illustration, engraving, or photograph in any document or report ordered printed by Congress unless the order to print expressly authorizes the same, nor in any document or report of any executive department or other Government establishment until the head of 'the executive department or Government establishment shall certify in a letter transmitting such report that the illustration is necessary and relates entirely to the transaction of public business. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1213). 995. PrinHnff of looks restricted. Hereafter no book or document not having to do with the ordinary business transactions of the executive departments shall be printed on the requisition of any executive department or unless the same shall have been expressly authorized by Congress. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1249). 996. Filing devices, etc., to he charged to allotment for printing and bind- ing. The Public Printer is authorized hereafter to procure and supply, on the requisition of the head of any executive department or other Government estab- lishment, complete manifold blanks, books, and forms, required in duplicating processes ; also complete patented devices with which to file money-order state- ments, or other uniform official papers, and to charge such supplies to the allot- ment for printing and binding of the department or Government establishment requiring the same. Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat., 481). 997. Annual estimates to be submitted. Hereafter there shall be submitted in the regular annual estimates to Congress under and as a part of the expenses for " Printing and binding," estimates for all printing and binding required by each of the executive departments, their bureaus and offices, and other Govern- ment establishments at Washington, District of Columbia, for each fiscal year ; and after the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven no appropriations other than those made specifically and solely for printing and binding shall be used for such purposes in any executive department or other Government establish- ment in the District of Columbia : Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to stamped envelopes, or envelopes and articles of stationery other than letterheads and noteheads, printed in the course of manufacture Sec. 2, act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 762). 998. Public documents; to be printed in two or more editions. The number of copies of any public document or report now authorized to be printed or which may hereafter be authorized to be printed for any of the executive de- partments, or bureaus or branches thereof, or independent offices of the Gov- ernment may be supplied in two or more editions, instead of one, upon a requisi- tion on the Public Printer by the official head of such department or independent office, but in no case shall the aggregate of said editions exceed the number of copies now authorized, or which may hereafter be authorized. Joint Res., Mar. 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 826). 999. By contract or in open market, in time of war. In time of actual hostili- ties the Secretary of War may procure from commercial or other printing estab- lishments, by contract or open market purchase, such printing and binding as may be required for the use of the Army and also for the National Guard of 180 PRINTING AND BINDING. the several States and Territories and of the District of Columbia or other mili- tary forces while in the military service of the United States or about to be called into said service, payment for such printing and binding to be made from available appropriations. Act of May 12, 1911 (40 Stat., 75). 1000. Appropriations to be charged under Public Resolution 13. Hereafter, in the printing and binding of documents or reports emanating from the execu- tive departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, the cost of which is now charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, or to appropriations or allotments of appropriations other than those made to the executive departments, bureaus, or independent offices of the Government, the cost of illustrations, composition, stereotyping, and other work involved in the actual preparation for printing, apart from the creation of manuscript, shall be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appro- priation for the printing and binding of the department, bureau, or inde- pendent office of the Government in which such documents or reports origi- nate; the balance of cost shall be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, and to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the executive department, bureau, or independent office of the Government, in proportion to the number delivered to each; the cost of any copies of such documents or reports distributed otherwise than through Congress, or the executive departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, if such there be, shall be charged as heretofore. Act. of Mar. 80, 1906 (3% Mat., 825). 1001. Same; estimate to be furnished annually by Public Printer. On or before the first clay of December in each fiscal year each executive depart- ment, bureau, or independent office of the Government to which an appropria- tion or allotment of appropriation for printing and binding is made, shall obtain from the Public Printer an estimate of the probable cost of all publica- tions of such department, bureau, or independent office now required by law to be printed, and so much thereof as would, under the terms of this resolu- tion, be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the department, bureau, or independent office of the Government in which such publications originate, shall thereupon be set aside to be applied only to the printing and binding of such documents and reports, and shall not be avail- able for any other purpose until all of such allotment of cost on account of such document and reports shall have been fully paid. Ibid. 1002. Printing restriction. No part of the appropriations for the Quarter- master's Department shall be expended on printing unless the same shall be done at the Government Printing Office, or by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giv- ing notice of competition, and in cases where is is impracticable to have the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the purchase of material and hire of the neces- sary labor for the purpose. Annual appropriation act. 1003. Annual reports; printing of restricted. Appropriations herein and hereafter made for printing and binding shall not be used for any annual report or the accompanying documents unless the copy therefor is furnished to the Public Printer in the following manner: Copies of the documents ac- companying such annual reports on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year; copies of the annual reports on or before the fifteenth d;iy of PUBLIC LANDS. 181 November of each year ; complete revised proofs of the accompanying docu- ments and the annual reports on the tenth and twentieth days of November of each year, respectively ; and all of said annual reports and accompanying documents shall be printed, made public, and available for distribution not later than within the first five days after the assembling of each regular session of Congress. Sec. 3, act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat., 336). PUBLIC LANDS. ACQUISITION OF. 1004. Purchases to be authorized by law. No land shall be purchased on ac- count of the United States, except under a la\v authorizing such purchase. Sec. 3736, R. 8. 1005. Assent of States to purchases. The President of the United States is authorized to procure the assent of the legislature of any State within which any purchase of land has been made for the erection of forts, magazines, dock- yards, arsenals, and other needful buildings without such consent having* been obtained. Sec. 1838, R. 8. 1006. Acquisition by condemnation. In every case in which the Secretary of the Treasury or any other officer of the Government has been, or hereafter shall be, authorized to procure real estate for the erection of a public building or for other public uses he shall be, and hereby is, authorized to acquire the same for the United States by condemnation, under judicial process, whenever in his opinion it is necessary or advantageous to the Government to do so, and the United States circuit or district courts of the district wherein such real estate is located shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for such condemnation, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States, upon every application of the Secretary of the Treasury, under this act, or such other officer, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice. Sec. 1, act of Aug. 1 1888 (25 Stat., 357). 1007. Same; Procedure. The practice, pleadings, forms, and modes of pro- ceeding in causes arising under the provisions of this act shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, forms, and proceedings existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the State within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rula of the court to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2, ibid. 1008. Same; immediate purchase at reasonable price; acceptance of dona- tions; limitation of expenditures. Hereafter the Secretary of War may cause proceedings to be instituted, in the name of the United States, in any court having jurisdiction of such proceedings, for the acquirement, by condem- nation, of any land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, such proceedings to be prosecuted in accordance with the laws relating to suits for the condemnation of property of the States wherein the proceedings may be instituted : Provided, That when the owner of such land, or rights pertaining thereto, shall fix a price for the same, which, Jn the opinion of the Secretary of War, shall be reasonable, he may purchase the same at such price without fur- ther delay : Provided further, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized 182 PUBLIC LANDS. to accept on behalf of the United States donations of lands, or rights pertaining thereto, required for the above-mentioned purposes: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize an expenditure, or to involve the Government in any contract or contracts for the future pay- ment of money, in excess of the sums appropriated therefor. Sec. 1, act of Aug. JS, 1890 (26 Stat., 816). 1009. Jurisdiction over purchased land. The Congress shall have power * * * to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, * * * over ell places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of f -rts, magazines, arsenals, dock- yards, and other needful buildings. Art. I, sec. 8, Constitution of the United States. 1010. Release of interest. Whenever any lands have been or shall be con- veyed to individuals or officers, for the use or benefit of the United States, the President is authorized to obtain from such person a release of his interest to the United States. Sec. 3752, R. S. 1011. Title. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land pur- chased by the United States for the purpose of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, or other public building, of any kind whatever, until the written opinion of the Attorney Gen- eral shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given. The district attorneys of the United States, upon the applica- tion of the Attorney General, shall furnish any assistance or information in their power in relation to the titles of the public property lying within their respective districts. And the Secretaries of the depatr-ments, upon the ap- plication of the Attorney General, shall procure any additional evidence of title which he may deem necessary, and which may not be in the possession of the officers of the Government, and the expense of procuring it shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the contingencies of the departments respectively. Sec. 355, R. S. 1012. Leases; lands in Hawaii. The Secretary of War is authorized to acquire leases in such lands in Hawaii as have been set aside for purposes of a military post. Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat., 464). EASEMENTS. 1013. Extension of State, county, and territorial roads across military reser- vations. The Secretary of War shall have authority, in his discretion, to per- mit the extension of State, county, and territorial roads across military reser- vations ; to permit the landing of ferries, the erection of bridges thereon ; and permit cattle, sheep, or other stock animals to be driven across such reserva- tion, whenever in his judgment the same can be done without injury to the reservation or inconvenience to the military forces stationed thereon. Sec. 6, Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 104). DISPOSITION REVOCABLE LEASES. 1014. Power to dispose of vested in Congress. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the PUBLIC LANDS. 183 territory or other property belonging to the United States. Art. IV, sec. 3, par. 2, Constitution of the United States. 1015. Disposition of useless military reservations. Whenever, in the opinion of the President of the United States, the lands or any portion of them, included within the limits of any military reservation heretofore or hereafter declared, have become or shall become useless for military purposes, he shall cause the same, or so much thereof as he shall designate, to be placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as hereinafter provided, and shall cause to be filed with the Secretary of the Interior a notice thereof. Sec. 1, act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 103). 1016. Grants to municipal corporations of abandoned military reservations. The President is hereby authorized by proclamation to withhold from sale and grant for public use to the municipal corporation in which the same is situated all or any portion of any abandoned military reservation not exceeding twenty acres in one place.^Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1893 (27 Stat., 593). 1017. Secretary of War authorized to lease certain public property; mineral, etc., lands except ed. Authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War, when in his discretion it will be for the public good, to lease, for a period not ex- ceeding five years and revocable at any time, such property of the United States under his control as may not for the time be required for public use and for the leasing of which there is no authority under existing law, and such leases shall be reported annually to Congress : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be held to apply to mineral or phosphate lands. Act of July 28, 1892 (27 Stat., 321). 1018. American National Red Cross, buildings for storage purposes, etc. Authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War to grant permission, by revocable license, to the American National Red Cross to erect and maintain on any military reservations within the jurisdiction of the United States build- ings suitable for the storage of supplies, or to occupy for that purpose buildings erected by the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, such supplies to be available for the aid of the civilian popula- tion in case of serious national disaster. Sec. 10, act of June 3, 1916 (39 stat., 173). MILITARY RESERVATIONS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 1019. Transfer of property, etc., to Philippine Government. All the property and rights which may have been acquired in the Philippine Islands by the United States under the treaty of peace with Spain, signed December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, except such land or other property as has been or shall be designated by the President of the United States for military and other reservations of the Government of the United States, and all lands which may have been subsequently acquired by the government of the Philip- pine Islands by purchase under the provisions of sections sixty-three and sixty- four of the act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, except such as may have heretofore been sold and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of said act of Congress, are hereby placed under the control of the government of said islands to be administered or disposed of for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, and the Philippine Legislature shall have power to legislate with respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable; 184 PUBLIC LANDS. but acts of the Philippine Legislature with reference to land of the public do- main, timber, and mining, hereafter enacted, shall not have the force of law until approved by the President of the United States : Provided, That upon the approval of such an act by the Governor General, it shall be by him forthwith transmitted to the President of the United States, and he shall approve or dis- approve the same within six months from and after its enactment and submis- sion for his approval, and if not disapproved within such time it shall become a law the same as if it had been specifically approved : Provided further, That where lands in the Philippine Islands have been or may be reserved for any public purpose of the United States, and, being no longer required for the purpose for which reserved, have been or may be, by order of the President, placed under the control of the government of said islands to be administered for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, the order of the President shall be regarded as effectual to give the government of said islands full control and power to administer and dispose of such lands for the benefit of the inhabitants of said islands. Sec. 9, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (89 Stat., 1020. Government authorized to grant franchises, privileges, etc. The gov- ernment of the Philippine Islands may grant franchises and rights, including the authority to exercise the right of eminent domain, for the construction and operation of works of public utility and service, and may authorize said works to be constructed and maintained over and across the public property of the United States, including streets, highways, squares, and reservations, and over similar property of the government of said islands, and may adopt rules and regulations under which the provincial and municipal governments of the islands may grant the right to use and occupy such public property belonging to said Provinces or municipalities: Provided, That no private property shall be damaged or taken for any purpose under this section without just compensa- tion, and that such authority to take and occupy land shall not authorize the taking, use, or occupation of any land except such as is required for the actual necessary purposes for which the franchise is granted, and that no franchise or right shall be granted to any individual, firm, or corporation except under the conditions that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the United States, and that lands or right of use and occupa- tion of lands thus granted shall revert to the governments by which they were respectively granted upon the termination of the franchises and rights under which they were granted or upon their revocation or repeal. That all franchises of rights granted under this act shall forbid the issue of stock or bonds except in exchange for actual cash or for property at a fair valuation equal to the par value of the stock or bonds so issued; shall forbid the declaring of stock or bond dividends, and, in the case of public-service corporations, shall provide for the effective regulation of the charges thereof, for the official inspection and regulation of the books and accounts of such corporations, and for the pay- ment of a reasonable percentage of gross earnings into the treasury of the Philip- pine Islands or of the Province or municipality within which such franchises are granted and exercised: Provided further, That it shall be unlawful for any corporation organized under this act, or for any person, company, or cor- poration receiving any grant, franchise, or concession from the government of said islands, to use, employ, or contract for the labor of persons held in in- voluntary servitude; and any person, company, or corporation so violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit all charters, grants, or franchises for doing business in said islands, in an action or proceeding brought for that purpose in any court of competent jurisdiction by any officer of the Philippine govern- ment, or on the complant of any citizen of the Philippines, under such regula- PUBLIC LANDS. 185 tions and rules as the Philippine Legislature shall prescribe, and in addition shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. Sec. 28, ibid, p. 555. PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 1021. Penalty for unauthorized excavations, etc. Any person who shall ap- propriate, excavate, injure, or destroy any historic or prehistoric ruin or monu- ment, or any object of antiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States, without the permission of the Secretary of the department of the Government having jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities are situated, shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not more than ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the dis- cretion of the court. Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225). 1022. Setting apart of historic, etc., public lands. The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monu- ments, and may reserve as a park thereon parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected : Provided, That when such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a bona fide unperfected claim, or held in private ownership, the tract, or so much thereof as may be neces- sary for the proper care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the Government of the United States. Sec. 2, ibid. 1028. Permits for excavations, etc. Permits for the examination of ruins,, the excavation of archaeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity upon the lands under their respective jurisdiction may be granted by the Sec- retary of the Interior, Agriculture, and War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering, subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe: Provided, That the examinations, excavations, and gatherings are undertaken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, \vith a view to increasing the knowledge of such ob- jects, and that the gatherings shall be made for permanent preservation in public museums. Sec. 3, ibid. 1024. Regulations, etc. The Secretaries of the departments aforesaid shall make and publish from time to time uniform rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Sec. 4, ibid. RIGHTS OP WAY. 1025. To canal or ditch companies. The right of way through the public lands and reservations of the United States is hereby granted to any canal or ditch company or drainage district formed for the purpose of irrigation or drainage and duly organized under the laws of any State or Territory, and which shall have filed or may hereafter file w T ith the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation and due proofs of its organization under 186 PUBLIC LANDS. the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by the water of the reservoir and of the canal and its laterals, and fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof ; also the right to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of the canal or ditch, material, earth, and stone necessary for the construction of such canal or ditch : Provided, That no such right of way shall be so located as to interfere with the proper occupation by the Government of any such reservation, and all maps of location shall be subject to the approval of the department of the Government having jurisdiction of such reservation; and the privilege herein granted shall not be construed to interfere with the control of water for irrigation and other purposes under authority of the respective States or Territories. Sec. J8, act of Mar. 13, 1891 (26 Stat., 1101), as amended by act of Alar. 4, 1917 (39 Stat., 1197). 1026. Same. That rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs heretofore or hereafter approved under the provisions of sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one of the act entitled " An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, may be used for purposes of a public nature; and said rights of way may be used for purposes of water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the develop- ment of power, as subsidiary to the main purpose of irrigation or drainage. Sec. 2, act of May 11, 1898 (30 Stat., J,04), as amended by act of Mar. 4, 1917 (39 Stat., 1197). 1027. Through reservations, etc. The Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United States, and the Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks, California, for electrical plants, poles, and lines for the generation and distribution of electrical power, and for telephone and telegraph purposes, and for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses to the extent of the ground occupied by such canals, ditches, flumes, tun- nels, reservoirs, or other water conduits or water plants, or electrical or other works permitted hereunder, and not to exceed fifty feet on each side of the mar- ginal limits thereof, or not to exceed fifty feet on each side of the center line of such pipes and pipe lines, electrical, telegraph, and telephone lines and poles, by any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States where it is intended by such to exercise the use permitted hereunder or any one or more of the pur- poses herein named: Provided, That such permits shall be allowed within or through any of said parks or any forest, military, Indian, or other reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the department under Whose super- vision such park or reservation falls and upon a finding by him that the same is not incompatible with the public interest: Provided further, That all permits given hereunder for telegraph and telephone purposes shall be subject to the provision of Title LXV of the Revised Statutes of the United States and amend- ments thereto regulating rights of way for telegraph companies over public domain : And provided further, That any permission given by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act may be revoked by him or his suc- cessor in his discretion, and shall not be held to confer any right or easement or interest in, to, or over any public land, reservation, or park. Act of Feb. 15, 1901 (31 Stat., 790). PUBLIC MONEYS. 187 1028. For electric lines. The head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to grant an easement for rights of way, for a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of the issuance of such grant, over, across, and upon the public lands, national forests, and reservations of the United States for electrical poles and lines for the transmission and distribution of electrical power, and for poles and lines for telephone and telegraph pur- poses, to the extent of twenty feet on each side of the center line of such elec- trical, telephone and telegraph lines and poles, to any citizen, association, or cor- poration of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the right of way herein granted for any one or more of the purposes herein named : Pro- vided, That such right of \vay shall be allowed within or through any national park, national forest, military, Indian, or any other reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the department under whose supervision or con- trol such reservation falls, upon a finding by him that the same is not incom- patible with the public interest : Provided, That all or any part of such right of way may be forfeited and annulled by declaration of the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands for nonuse for a period of two years or for abandonment. That any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States to whom there has heretofore been issued a permit for any of the purposes specified herein under any existing law, may obtain the benefit of this act upon the same terms and conditions as shall be required of citizens, associations, or corporations hereafter making application under the provisions of this statute. Act of Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1253). 1029. Forfeiture of certain railroad rights of way. Each and every grant of right of way and station grounds heretofore made to any railroad corporation under the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five, entitled " An act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States," where such railroad has not been constructed and the period of five years next following the location of said road, or any section thereof, has now expired, shall be, and hereby is, declared forfeited to the United States to the extent of any portion of such located line now remaining unconstructed, and the United States hereby resumes the 'full title to the lands covered thereby free and discharged from any easement, and the forfeiture hereby declared shall, without need of further assurance or conveyance, inure to the benefit of any owner or owners of land heretofore conveyed by the United States subject to any such grant of right of way or station grounds : Provided, That no right of way on which construction is progressing In good faith at the time of the passage of this act shall be in anywise affected, validated, or invali- dated by the provisions of this act. Act of Feb. 25, 1909 (35 Stat., 647). PUBLIC MONEYS. ACCOUNTS OF LINE OFFICERS, ETC. 1030. Of individual quartermasters, to be analyzed and recorded in detail. Hereafter all the accounts of individual paymasters shall be analyzed under the several heads of the appropriation and recorded in detail by the Paymaster General of the Army before said accounts are forwarded to the Treasury De- partment for final audit. Act of Mar. 2, 1905 (38 Stat., 832). 1031. Of line officers, for pay due. The Auditor for the War Department shall audit and settle the accounts of line officers of the Army, to the extent of the pay due them for their services as such, nothwithstanding the inability of 188 PUBLIC MONEYS. any such line officer to account for the property intrusted to his possession, or to- make his monthly reports or returns, if such auditor shall be satisfied by the affidavit of the officer or otherwise that the inability was caused by the of- ficer having been a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, or by any accident or casualty of war. Sec. 278, R. S. 1032. Of enlisted men, where it is necessary to file evidence of honorable discharge. In all cases where it has become necessary for any officer or enlisted man of the Army to file his evidence of honorable discharge from the military service of the United States, to secure the settlement of his accounts, the ac- counting officer with whom it has been filed shall, upon application by said of- ficer or enlisted man, deliver to him such evidence of honorable discharge ; but his accounts shall first be duly settled, and the fact, date, and amount of such settlement shall be clearly written across the face of such evidence of honorable discharge and attested by the signature of the accounting officer before it is de- livered. Sec. 282, R. S. 1033. Decision of comptroller in advance of payment. Disbursing officers, or the head of any executive department, or other establishment not under any of the executive departments, may apply for and the Comptroller of the Treasury shall render his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision, when rendered, shall govern the Auditor and the Comptroller of the Treasury in passing upon the account containing said disbursement. Sec. 8, Act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 207). ACCOUNTS OF LINE OFFICERS, ETC. 1034. Accounts of disbursing officers unchanged for three years. The amounts, except such as are provided for in section three hundred and six, of the accounts of every kind of disbursing officer, which shall have remained unchanged, or which shall not have been increased by any new deposit thereto, nor decreased by drafts drawn thereon, for the space of three years, shall in like manner be covered into the Treasury, to the proper appropriation to which they belong; and the amounts thereof shall, on the certificate of the Treasurer that such amount has been deposited in the Treasury, be credited by the proper accounting officer of the Department of the Treasury on the books of the department, to the officer in whose name it had stood on the books of any agency of the Treasury, if it appears that he is entitled to such credit. Sec. 309, R. S. 1035. Premiums on sales to be accounted for. No officer of the United States shall, either directly or indirectly, sell or dispose of to any person, for a premium, any Treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security, not his private property, or sell or dispose of the avails or proceeds of such note, draft, warrant, or security, in his hands for disbursement, without making return of such premium, and accounting therefor by charging the same in his accounts to the credit of the United States; and any officer violating this section shall be forthwith dismissed from office. Sec. 3652, R. S. 1036. Failure of disbursing officers to render accounts; penalty -Whenever any officer employed in the civil, military, or naval service of the Government, to disburse the public money appropriated for those branches of the public service, respectively, fails to render his accounts, or to pay over, in the man- ner and in the times required by law, or by the regulations of the department PUBLIC MONEYS. 189 to which he is accountable, any sum of money remaining in his hands, it shall 'be the duty of the proper auditor, as the case may be, who shall be charged with the revision of the accounts of such officer, to cause to be stated and -certified the account of such delinquent officer to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and required immediately to proceed against such 'delinquent officer, in the manner directed in the six preceding sections. Sec. -3638, R. S., as amended by sec. 4, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 206). ACCOUNTS EXAMINATION AND INSPECTION OF. 1037. Inspection of disbursements made by officers of the Army.-^lt shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to cause frequent inquiries to be made as to the necessity, economy, and propriety of all disbursements made by disbursing officers of the Army, and as to their strict conformity to the law appropriating the money ; also to ascertain whether the disbursing officers of the Army comply with the law in keeping their accounts and making their deposits; such inquiries to be made by officers of the inspection department of the Army, or others de- tailed for that purpose: Provided, That no officer so detailed shall be in any way connected with the department or corps making the disbursement. Act of Apr. 20, 1874 (18 Stat., 33). 1038. Accounts of officers in the District of Columbia to be subject to inspec- tion (md examination. All books, papers, and other matters relating to the accounts of officers of the Government in the District of Columbia shall at all times be subject to inspection and examination of the Comptroller of the Treasury and the Auditor of the Treasury authorized to settle such accounts, <>r by the duly authorized agents of either of said officials. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 816). 1039. Rules and regulations for proper administrative examination, etc. It shall also be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments, and of the proper officers of other Government establishments not within the juris- diction of any executive department to make appropriate rules and regulations to secure a proper administrative examination of all accounts sent to them, as required by section twelve of this act, before the transmission to the auditors, and for the execution of other requirements of this act in so far as the same relate to the several departments or establishments. Sec. 22, act of July 31, J894 (28 Stat., 211). 1040. Examination, etc., of by Auditor for the War Department. The Audi- tor for the War Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the military establish.- ment. armories, and arsenals, national cemeteries, fortifications, public build- ings and grounds under the Chief of Engineers, rivers and harbors, the Military Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of War, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Secretary of War. Sec. 7, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 206). 1041. Administrative examination of accounts by heads of bureaus. Here- after the administrative examination of all public accounts, preliminary to their audit by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be made as con- templated by the so-called Dockery Act, approved July thirty-first, eighteen 190 PUBLIC MONEYS. hundred and ninety-four, und all vouchers and pay rolls shall be prepared and examined by and through the administrative heads of divisions and bureaus in the executive departments and not by the disbursing clerks of said departments, except those vouchers heretofore prepared outside of Washington may con- tinue to be so prepared and the disbursing officers shall make only such ex- amination of vouchers as may be necessary to ascertain whether they represent legal claims against the United States. Act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 375). 1042. Where administrative examination has not been had. In the case of claims presented to an auditor which have not had an administrative examina- tion, the auditor shall cause them to be examined by two of his subordinates independently of each other. Sec. 14, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 210). ACCOUNTS KEEPING AND RENDITION OF. 1043. Forms for to be prescribed by Comptroller of Treasury. The Comp- troller of the Treasury shall, under the direction cf the Secretary of the Treas- ury, prescribe the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, except those relating to the postal revenues and expenditures therefrom. Sec. 5, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 206). 1044. Transmission of monthly, etc., accounts; auditor may disapprove re- quisitions for advances on delinquency. All monthly accounts shall be mailed or otherwise sent to the proper officer at Washington within ten days after the end of the month to which they relate, and quarrerly and other accounts within twenty days after the period to which they relate, and shall be transmitted to and received by the auditors within twenty days of their actual receipt at the proper office in Washington in the case of monthly and sixty days in the case of quarterly and other accounts. Should there, be any delinquency in this regard at the time of the receipt by the auditor of a requisition for an advance of money, he shall disapprove the requisition, which he may also do for other reasons arising out of the condition of the officer's accounts for whom the advance is requested; but the Secretary of the Treasury may overrule the auditor's decision as to the sufficiency of these letter reasons. Sec. 12, ibid., p. 209. 1046. Time for examination of monthly, extended from twenty to sixty days. The time for examination of monthly accounts, covering expenditures from appropriations for the Army, by the bureaus and offices of the War De- partment, after the date of actual receipt and before transmitting the same to the Auditor for the War Department, as limited by section twelve, act approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby extended from twenty to sixty days. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 910). 104:6. Rules, etc., for mailing, to be prescribed by Secretary of Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules and regulations, and nake orders in particular cases, relaxing the requirement of mailing or otherwise sending accounts, as aforesaid, within ten or twenty days, or waiving delinquency, in such cases only in which there is. or is likely to be, a manifest physical difficulty in complying with the same, 11 being the purpose of this provision to require the prompt rendition of accounts without regard to the mere convenience of the officers, and to forbid tiio advance of money to those delinquent in rendering them. Sec. 12, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 209). PUBLIC MONEYS. 191 1047. Rendition of accounts of disbursing officers; hoiv often. Every officer or agent of the United States who receives public money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or emolument, shall render his accounts monthly. Such accounts, with the vouchers necessary to the correct and prompt settlement thereof, shall be sent by mail, or otherwise, to the bureau to which they pertain, within ten days after the expiration of each successive month, and, after examination there, shall be passed to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury. In case of the nonreceipt at the Treasury, or proper Bureau, of any accounts within a reasonable and proper time thereafter, the officer whose accounts are in default shall be required to furnish satisfactory evidence of having complied with the provisions of this section. Nothing herein con- tained shall, however, be construed to restrain the heads of any of the Depart- ments from requiring such other returns or ivports from the officer or agent, subject to the control of such heads of Departments, as the public interests may require. Sec. 3622, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 249). and act of July 81, 1894 (28 Stat., 209). NOTE. Time for rendition of monthly accounts modified by following paragraph. 1048. Rendition of accounts of disbursing officers; how often. Hereafter all disbursing officers of the United States shall render their accounts quarterly ; and the Secretary of the Senate shall render bis accounts as heretofore; but the Secretary of the Treasury may direct any or all such accounts to be ren- dered more frequently when in his judgment the public interests may require. Sec. 4, act of Aug. 30 1890 (26 Stat., 413). NOTE. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treas- ury directed that disbursing officers of the Quartermaster, Subsistence, and Pay Depart- ments render their accounts monthly. (G. O. 114, A. G. O., Oct. 4, 1890.) On May 11, 1892, the above action of the Secretary of the Treasury was modified so as to permit officers of the Army attached to United States legations to render their accounts quarterly instead of monthly. (Q. M. G. O. Card No. 32000, May 12, 1892. 2 Dig., 2, Comp., sec. 586.) The Secretary of the Treasury, by Treasury Circular No. 79, dated May 25, 1892. has directed in effect that from and after July 1, 1892, the disbursing officers of the Government shall, unless otherwise directed, render their accounts monthly instead of quarterly. (4 Dig., 2 Comp., sec. 12.) 1049. Receiving officers to render distinct accounts of application of. All officers, agents, or other persons receiving public moneys shall render distinct accounts of the application thereof, according to the appropriation under which the same may have been advanced to them. Sec. 3623, R. S. 1050. Entry of each sum received, etc., to be kept.^All persons charged by law with the safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys, other than those connected with the Post Office Department, are required to keep an accurate entry of each sum received and of each payment or transfer. Sec. 3643, R. S. 1051. Account of. disbursements to be made by distinct items. Hereafter all officers, agents, or other persons receiving public moneys appropriated by this or any subsequent Army appropriation act shall account for the disbursement thereof according to the several and distinct items of appropriation expressed in such act. Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 113). 192 PUBLIC MONEYS. ACCOUNTS CONTRACTED ABROAD. 1052. To be audited abroad; authority conferred on Secretary of Treasury. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized during the war, whenever it shall appear that the public interests require that any of the accounts of the Military Establishment be audited at any place other than the seat of Gov- ernment, to direct the Comptroller of the Treasury and the Auditor for the War Department to exercise, either in person or through assistants, the powers and perform the duties of their offices at any place or places away from the seat of Government in the manner that is or may be required by law at the seat of Government and in accordance with Ihe provisions of this section.- -Nrr. 12, Act of Sept. 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 23\. 1053. Powers conferred on the comptroller, auditor, and their assistants. That when the Secretary of the Treasury shall exercise the authority herein referred to, the powers and duties of the said comptroller and auditor, under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and all other laws conferring jurisdiction upon those officers, shall be exercised and performed in the same manner as nearly as practicable and with the same effect away from the seat of Government as they are now exercised and performed and have effect at the seat of Government, and deci- sions authorized by law to be rendered by the comptroller at the request of dis- bursing officers may be rendered with the same effect by such assistants as may be authorized by him to perform that duty. Ibid. 1054. Balances to be certified by auditor, to be final and conclusive; excep- tion. That when pursuant to this section the said comptroller and auditor shall perform their duties at a place in a foreign country, the balances arising upon the settlement of accounts and claims of the Military Establishment shall be certified by the auditor to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants of the Treasury Department as now provided for the certification of balances by said auditor in Washington, and the balances so found due shall be final and con- clusive upon all branches of the Government, except that any person whose account has been settled or the commanding officer of the Army abroad, or the comptroller may obtain a revision of such settlement by the comptroller upon application therefor within three months, the decision to be likewise final and conclusive and the differences arising upon such revision to be certified to and stated by the auditor as now provided by law. Ibid. 1055. Certificates of balances in lieu of warrants permissible. Certificates of balances may be transmitted to and paid by the proper disbursing officer abroad instead of by warrant. Ibid. 1056. Revision of settlements at close of war. That any person whose ac- count has been settled, or the Secretary of War, may obtain a reopening and review of any settlement made pursuant to this section upon application to the Comptroller of the Treasury In Washington within one year after the close of the war, and the action of the comptroller thereon shall be final and con- clusive in the same manner as herein provided In the case of a balance found due by the auditor. Ibid. 1057. All papers and vouchers to be preserved; time for transmission of. That the comptroller and auditor shall preserve the accounts and the vouchers and papers connected therewith, and the files of their offices In the foreign country and transmit them to Washington within six months after the close PUBLIC MONEYS. 193 of the war and at such earlier time as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury as to any or all accounts-, vouchers, papers, and files. Ibid. 1058. Assistant auditor and comptroller to be appointed. That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint an assistant comptroller and an assistant auditor and to fix their compensation, and to designate from among the persons to be employed hereunder one or more to act in the absence or disability of such assistant comptroller and assistant auditor. He shall also prescribe the number and maximum compensation to be paid to agents, accountants, clerks, translators, interpreters, and other persons who may be employed in the work under this section by the comptroller and auditor. The assistant comptroller and assistant auditor shall have full power to perform in a foreign country all the duties with reference to the settlement there of the accounts of the Military Establishment that 'the comptroller and auditor now have at the seat of Government and in foreign countries under the pro- visions of this section, and shall perform such duties in accordance with the instructions received from and rules and regulations made by the comptroller and auditor. Such persons as are residing in a foreign country when first employed hereunder shall not be required to take an oath of office or be re- quired to be employed pursuant to the laws, rules, and regulations relating to the classified civil service, nor shall they be reimbursed for subsistence expenses at their post of duty or for expenses in traveling to or from the United States. Jbid., p. 294. 1059. Examination and rendition of accounts; administrative examination by War Department waived. That it shall be the duty of all contracting, purchasing, and disbursing officers to allow any representative of the comp- troller or auditor to examine all books, records, and papers in any way con- nected with the receipt, disbursement, or disposal of public money, and to render such accounts and at such times as may be required by the comp- troller. No administrative examination by the War Department shall be required of accounts rendered and settled abroad, and the time within which these accounts shall be rendered by disbursing officers shall be prescribed by the comptroller, who shall have power to waive any delinquency as to time or form in the rendition of these accounts. All contracts connected with accounts to be settled by the auditor abroad shall be filed in his office there. Ibid. 10GO. Oaths pertaining to accounts; by whom administered. That the comp- troller and the auditor, and such persons as may be authorized in writing by either of them, may administer oaths to American citizens in respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of either of said officers and certify the official character, when known, of any foreign officer whose jurat or certifi- cate may be necessary on any paper to be filed with them. Ibid., 295. 1061. Authority for employees to purchase Army stores for cash. That per- sons engaged in work abroad under the provisions of this section may purchase from Army stores for cash and at cost price for their own use such articles or stores as may be sold to officers and enlisted men Ibid. 1062. Authority contained in foregoing to terminate at close of war. That the authority granted under this section shall terminate six months after the close of the war or at such earlier date as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and it shall be the duty of the comptroller and auditor to make such reports as the Secretary of the Treasury may require of the expenditures 4939218 13* 194 PUBLIC MONEYS. made and work done pursuant to this section, and such reports shall be trans- mitted to the Congress at such time as he may decide to be compatible with the public interest. Ibid. ACCOUNTS REVISION OF. 1003. Certified balances conclusive on executive departments, etc. The balances which may from time to time be certified by the auditors to the division of bookkeeping and warrants, or to the Postmaster General, upon the settlements of public accounts, shall be final and conclusive upon the executive branch of the Government, except that any person whose accounts have been settled, the head of the executive department or of the board, com- mission, or establishment not under the jurisdiction of an executive depart- ment to which the account pertains, or the Comptroller of the Treasury may, within a year, obtain a revision of the said account by the Comptroller of the Treasury, whose decision upon such revision shall be final and conclusive upon the executive branch of the Government: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, when in his judgement the interests of the Government require it, suspend payment and direct the reexamination of any account. Sec. 8, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 207). ACCOUNTS SETTLEMENT OF. 1064. Of particular accounts. The Comptroller of the Treasury, in any case where, in his opinion, the interests Of the Government require it. shall direct any of the aud'tors forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which such auditor is authorized to audit and settle. Sec. 271, R. S., as amended by Sec. 6, act of July 81, 1894 (28 Stat., 206). 1065. Certificate of differences on revision. Upon a certificate by the Comp- troller of the Treasury of any differences ascertained by him upon revision, the puditor who shall have audited the account shall state an account of such differences and certify it to the division of bookkeeping and warrants, except that balances found and accounts stated as aforesaid by the Auditor for the Post Office Department for postal revenues and expenditures therefrom shall be certified to the Postmaster General. Sec 8, act of July 81, 1894 (28 Stat. t 208). 1066. Between the Signal Corps and other bureau s.^-Hereafter in the settle- ment of transactions between appropriations under the Signal Corps, or be- tween the Signal Corps and another office or bureau of the War Department, or of any other executive department of the Government, payment therefor shall be made by the proper disbursing officer of the Signal Corps, or of the office, bureau, or department concerned. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (S9 Stat., 1067. Between Engineer Department and another office or bureau of the War Department. Hereafter in the settlement of transactions between appro- priations under the Engineer Department, or between the Engineer Department and another office or bureau of the War Department, or of any other executive department of the Government, payment therefor shall be made by the proper disbursing officer of the Corps of Engineers or of the office, bureau, or depart- ment concerned. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (88 Stat., 869). 1068. Between Medical Department and any other bureau or office of the War Department, etc. Hereafter in the settlement of accounts between the PUBLIC MONEYS. 195 appropriations of the Medical Department and tbose of any other branch of the Army service, or any bureau or office of the War Department, or any other executive department or establishment of the Government, payment thereof may be made by the proper disbursing officer of the Medical Department or of the branch of the Army service, office, bureau, department, or establishment concerned. Act of Afar. 4, 1915 (39 Stat., 1080). 1069. Suits for recovery of balances due the United States. Whenever any person accountable for public money neglects or refuses to pay into the Treasury the sum or balance reported to be due to the United States upon the adjustment of his account the Comptroller of the Treasury shall institute suit for the recovery of the same, adding to the sum stated to be due on such account the commis- sions of the delinquent, which shall be forfeited in every instance where suit is commenced and judgment obtained thereon, and an interest of six per centum per annum from the time of receiving the money until it shall be repaid into the Treasury. Sec. 3624, R> 8. ADVANCES OF FUNDS. 1070. Restriction governing. No advance of public money shall be made in any case whatever. And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment. It shall, however, be law- ful, under the special direction of the President, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the Government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfillment of the public engagements. The President may also direct such advances as he may deem necessary and proper, to persons in the military and naval service em- ployed on distant stations, where the discharge of the pay and emoluments to which they may be entitled can not be regularly effected. Sec. 3648, R. S. 1071. Authorized for subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, etc. Hereafter subscriptions to periodicals, which have been certified in writing by the re- spective heads of the executive departments or other Government establish- ment to be required for official use, may be paid in advance from appropria- tions available therefore. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 4, 1915. (38 Stat., 1049). 1072. Same. Hereafter subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and other publications, purchased from funds of the Quartermaster Corps, may be paid for in advance. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat., 862). 1073. Advances in case of delay in transmitting accounts. Should there be a delay by the administrative departments beyond the aforesaid twenty or sixty days in transmitting accounts, an order of the President (or, in the event of the absence from the seat of Government or sickness of the Presi- dent, an order of the Secretary of the Treasury) in the particular case shall be necessary to authorize the advance of money requested. Sec. 12, Act of July 31, 1894, as amended by act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 807). 1074. Requisitions for, to be sent to auditor for action. Every requisition for an advance of money, before being acted on by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be sent to the proper auditor for action thereon as required by section twelve of this act. Sec. 11, act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat., 209). 49392* 196 PUBLIC MONEYS. 1075. To contractors, during present emergency (War of 1917). The Secre- tary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized, during the period of the existing emergency, from appropriations available therefor to advance payments to contractors for supplies for their respective departments in amounts not exceeding thirty per centum of the contract price of such supplies: Pro- vided, That such advances shall be made upon such terms as the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, shall prescribe and they shall require adequate security for the protection of the Government for the payments so made. Sec. 5, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 388). CHECKS LOST, ETC. 1076. Duplicates of lost, etc., checks, may be issued. That whenever any original check is lost, stolen, or destroyed disbursing officers and agents of the United States are authorized, within three years from the date of such check, to issue a duplicate check, under such regulations in regard to its issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bond, with sureties, to indemnify the United States, and proof of loss of original checks, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Sec. 8646, R. S., a-s amended by act of Feb. 16, 1885; act of Mar. 23, 1906; act of June '19, 1906; act of May 27, 1908; act of Feb. 23, 1909; and act of Mar. 21, 1916 (39 Stat., 37). 1077. Lost, etc., checks, in case of death of issuing offlcer. In case the dis- bursing officer or agent by whom such lost, destroyed, or stolen original check was Issued is dead or no longer in the service of the United States, it shall be the duty of the proper accounting officer, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to state an account in favor of the owner of such original check for the amount thereof and to charge such amount to the account of such officer or agent. Sec. 3647, R. S., as amended by act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat., 415), and act of Feb. 23, 1909 (35 Stat., 644). CHECKS OUTSTANDING. 1078. Liabilities outstanding three or more years. At the termination of each fiscal year all amounts of moneys that are represented by certificates, drafts, or checks issued by the Treasurer, or by any disbursing officer of any department of the Government upon the Treasurer or any assistant treasurer or designated depositary of the United States, or upon any national bank designated as a depositary of the United States, and which shall be represented on the books of either of such offices as standing to the credit of any disbursing officer, and which were issued to facilitate the payment of warrants, or for any other purpose in liquidation of a debt due from the United States, and which have for three years or more remained outstanding, unsatisfied, and unpaid, shall be deposited by the Treasurer, to be covered into the Treasury by warrant, and to be carried to the credit of the parties in whose favor such certificates, drafts, or checks were respectively issued, or to the persons who are entitled to receive pay therefor, and into an appropriation account to be denominated " outstanding liabilities." Sec. 306, R. S. 1079. Vouchers for drafts remaining unpaid. The certificate of the Secretary of the Treasury stating that the amount of any draft issued by the Treasurer, to facilitate the payment of a warrant directed to him for payment, has re- mained outstanding and unpaid for three years or more, and has been deposited and covered into the Treasury in the manner prescribed by the preceding section, shall be, when attached to any such warrant, a sufficient voucher in PUBLIC MONEYS. 197 satisfaction of any such warrant or part of any warrant, the same as if the drafts correctly indorsed and fully satisfied were attached to such warrant or part of warrant. And all such moneys mentioned in this and in the preceding section shall remain as a permanent appropriation for the redemption and payment of all such outstanding and unpaid certificates, drafts, and checks. Sw. 307, R. S., as amended by sec. 16, act of July 31, 189J t (28 Stat., 210). 1080. Payment upon presentation of outstanding drafts. The payee or the bona fide holder of any draft or check the amount of which has been deposited and covered into the Treasury pursuant to the preceding sections, shall, on pre- senting the same to the proper officer of the Treasury, be entitled to have it paid by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor, according to the practice in other cases of authorized and liquidated claims against the United States. Sec. 308, R. S. 1081. Reports of outstanding accounts to be rendered. The Treasurer, each assistant treasurer, and each designated depositary of the United States, and the cashier of each of the national banks designated as such depositaries, shall, at the close of business on every thirtieth day of June, report to the Secretary of the Treasury the condition of every account standing, as in the preceding section specified, on the books of their respective offices, stating the name of each depositor, with his official designation, the total amount remaining on de- posit to his credit, and the dates, respectively, of the last credit and the last debit made to each account. Sec. 310, R. S., as amended by act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat., 336). 1082. Outstanding and unpaid for three years or more; report to be made by auditor, and accepted in lieu of returns of disbursing officers. Hereafter at the termination of each fiscal year each auditor of the Treasury shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury all checks issued by any disbursing officer of the Government as shown by his accounts rendered to such auditor, which shall then have been outstanding and unpaid for three years or more, stating fully In such report the name of the payee, for what purpose each check was given, the officer on which drawn, the number of the voucher received therefor, the date, the number, and the amount for which it was drawn, and, when known, the residence of the payee. And such reports shall be in lieu of the returns required of disbursing officers by section three hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes. Sec. 5, act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat., 336). CONTINGENT FUND. 1083. Apportionment of amount to be expended by each offlce or bureau. All appropriations made for contingent expenses or other general purposes, ex- cept appropriations made in fulfillment of contract obligations expressly author- ized by law, or for objects required or authorized by law without reference to the amounts annually appropriated therefor, shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, be so apportioned by monthly or other allotments as to pre- vent expenditures in one portion of the year which may necessitate deficiency or additional appropriations to complete the service of the fiscal year for which said appropriations are made; and all such apportionments shall be adhered to and shall not be waived or modified except upon the happening of some ex- traordinary emergency or unusual circumstance which could not be anticipated at the time of making such apportionment, * * * and in case said appor- tionments are waived or modified as herein provided, the executive department 198 PUBLIC MONEYS. or other Government establishment having control of the expenditure, and the reasons therefor shall be fully set forth in each particular case and communi- cated to Congress in connection with estimates for any additional appropria- tions required on account thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be summarily removed from office and may also be punished by a flue of not less than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month. Scv. 3, act of Feb. 1 21. 1!>06 (34 Stat., 49). 1084. Same. In addition to the apportionment required by the so-called anti- deficiency act, approved February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six (Statutes at Large, volume thirty-four, page forty-nine), the head of each executive department shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, ap- portion to each office or bureau of his department the maximum amount to be expended therefor during the fiscal year out of the contingent fund or funds appropriated for the entire year for the department, and the amounts so ap- portioned shall not be increased or diminished during the year for which made except upon the written direction of the head of the department, in which there shall be fully expressed his reasons therefor; and hereafter there shall not be purchased out of any other fund any article for use in any office or bureau of any executive department in Washington, District of Columbia, which could be purchased out of the appropriations made for the regular contingent funds of such department or of its offices or bureaus. Sec. 6, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat.. 414). RESTRICTIONS. 1085. Application of. No part of the contingent fund appropriated to any department, bureau, or office shall be applied to the purchase of any article ex- cept such as the head of the department shall deem necessary and proper to carry on the business of the department, bureau, or office, and shall, by written order, direct to be procured. Sec. 3683, R. S. DEPOSIT AND SAFE-KEEPING OF. 1086. Duty of disbursing officers. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer having any public money intrusted to him for disbursement to deposit the same with the Treasurer or some one of the assistant treasurers of the United States, and to draw for the same only as it may be required for pay- ments to be made by him in pursuance of law and draw for the same only in favor of the persons to whom payment is made; and all transfers from the Treasurer of the United States to a disbursing officer shall be by draft or war- rant on the Treasury or an assistant treasurer of the United States. In places, however, where there is no treasurer or assistant treasurer the Secretary of the Treasury may, when he deems it essential to the public interest, specially author- ize in writing the deposit of such public money in any other public depository, or, in writing, authorize the same to be kept in any other manner, and under such rules and regulations as he may deem most safe and effectual to facilitate the payments to public creditors. Sec. 3620, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Sta.t., 249). 1087. To be deposited Ihirti/ da tin offer n rn>/ ; duplicate rccciptx to In: is,sm~). 1097. In case of insufficient balances. Hereafter whenever pressing obliga- tions are required to be paid by a disbursing officer of the Quarterm- Department and there is an insufficient balance to his official credit under the proper appropriation or appropriations for the purpose, he is authorized to make payment from the total available balance to his official credit, provided sufficient funds under the proper appropriation or ;'j>l>i % opriations have been apportioned by tbe Quartermaster General for the expenditure. When such PUBLIC MONEYS. 201 disbursements are made the accounts of the disbursing oliicer shall show the charging of the proper appropriations, the balances under which will be ad- justed by the disbursing officer on receipt of funds or by the accounting ntlircrs of the Treasury. Act of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 747). 1098. Pay of the Army, except mileage, to be disbursed as one fund. All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Army and miscellaneous, ex- cept the appropriation for mileage to commissioned officers, contract surgeons, expert accountant, Inspector General's Department, Army field clerks, and field clerks of the Quartermu.sU>r Corps, when authorized by law, shall be dis- bursed and accounted for by officers of the Quartermaster Corps, as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. Sec annual appropriation acts. 1099. For purchase of subsistence stores for sales to officers, etc. So much of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army as may be necessary may be applied to the purchase of subsistence stores for sale to officers for the use of themselves and their families, and to commanders of companies or other or- ganizations for the use of the enlisted men of their companies or organiza- tions. Act of Mar. 3, 1875 (18 Stat., 410). 1100. Funds in personal possession, for payment of small amounts. Here- after officers intrusted with the disbursement of funds for the subsistence of the Army are hereby authorized to keep, at their own risk, in their personal possession for disbursement, such restricted amounts of subsistence funds for facilitating payments of small amounts to public creditors as shall from time to time be author ixed by the Secretary of War. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1166). 1101. Authority to intrust moneys to other officers making disbursements. Hereafter, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, officers of the Quartermaster Corps accountable for public moneys may intrust such moneys to other officers for the purpose of having them make disbursements as their agents, and the officers "to whom the moneys are in- trusted, as well as the officers who intrust it to them, shall be held pecuniarily responsible therefor to the United States. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 50). 1102. Charge against fund " Pay of the Army " of detained pay. Hereafter sums known as detained pay, which have already been or may hereafter be withheld from the monthly pay of enlisted men of the Army in obedience to court-martial sentences, shall, when repaid, become a charge against the fund "Pay of the Army" for the year in which said enlisted men have been or may be discharged. Act of Aug. 6, 1894 (28 Stat., 236). 1103. Premium for recruits may be paid to third and fourth class post- masters. The President is authorized in his discretion to utilize the services of postmasters of the second, third, and fourth classes in procuring the enlist- ments of recruits for the Army, and for each recruit accepted for enlistment in the Army, the postmaster procuring his enlistment shall receive the sum of $5. Sec. 27, act of J*une 3. 1916 (39 Stat., 186). EMBEZZLEMENT. 1104. Disbursing officers unlawfully using, etc. Whoever, being a disbursing officer of the United States, or a person acting as such, shall in any manner convert to his own use, or loan with or without interest, or deposit in any 202 ITBLIC MONEYS. place or in any manner, except as authorized by law, any public money in- trusted to him : or shall, for any purpose not prescribed by law, withdraw from the Treasurer or any assistant treasure, or any authorized depositary, or transfer, or apply, any portion of the public money intrusted to him, shall be deemed guilty of an embezzlement of the money so converted, loaned, deposited, withdrawn, transferred, or applied, and shall be fined not more than the amount embezzled, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Sec. 87, act of Mar. .',, 1909 (35 Stat.. 1105). 1105. Custodian fail-inn to keep, etc. Every officer or other person charged by any act of Congress with the safekeeping of the public moneys, who shall loan, use, or convert to his own use, or shall deposit in any bank or exchange for other funds, except as specially allowed by law, any portion of the public moneys intrusted to him for safekeeping, shall be guilty of embezzlement of the money so loaned, used, converted, deposited, or exchanged, and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of money so embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 89, ibid. 1106. Failure of officers to render accounts. Every officer or agent of the United States who, having received public money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or emoluments, fails to render his accounts for the same as provided by law, shnll be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of the money embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 90, ibid. 1107. Failure to deposit as required. Whoever, having money of the United State's in his possession or under his control, shall fail to deposit it with the Treasurer, or some assistant treasurer, or some public depositary of the United States, when required so to do by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the head of any other proper department, or by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement thereof and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of money embezzled and imprisoned not more than ten years. Sec. 91, ibid. 1108. Persons affected. The provisions of the five preceding sections shall be construed to apply to all persons charged with the safekeeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public money, whether such persons be indicted as re- ceivers or depositaries of the same. Sec. 92, ibid. 1109. Record evidence of embezzlement. Upon the trial of any indictment against any person for embezzling public money under any provision of the six preceding sections, it shall be sufficient evidence, prima facie, for the pur- pose of showing a balance against such person, to produce a transcript from the books and procedings of the Treasury, as required in civil cases, under the provisions for the settlement of accounts between the United States and receivers of public moneys. Sec. 93, ibid. 1110. Prima facie evidence. The refusal of any person, whether in or out of office, charged with the safekeeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public money to pay any draft, order, or warrant, drawn upon him by the proper ac- counting officer of the Treasury, for any public money in his hands belonging to the United States, no matter in what capacity the same may have been received, or may be held, or to transfer or disburse any such money, promptly, upon the legal requirement of any authorized officer, shall be deemed, upon the trial of PUBLIC MONEYS. 203 any indictment against such person for embezzlement, prima facie evidence of such embezzlement. Sec. 9.' f , ibid, p. 1106. 1111. Evidence of conversion. If any officer charged with the disbursement of the public moneys, accepts, receives, or transmits to the Treasury Depart- ment, to be allowed in his favor, any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the United States, without having paid to such creditor in such funds as the officer received for disbursement, or in such funds as he may be authorized by law to take in exchange, the full amount specified in such receipt or voucher, every such act is an act of conversion, by such officer, to his own use, of the amount specified in such receipt or voucher. See. 95, ibid. 1112. Officers interested in claims against the United States. Whoever, be- ing an officer of the United States, or a person holding any place of trust or profit, or discharging any official function under, or in connection with, any executive department of the Government of the United States, * * * shall act as an agent or attorney for prosecuting any claim against the United States, or in any manner, or by any means, otherwise than in discharge of his proper official duties, shall aid or assist in the prosecution or support of any such claim or receiving any gratuity, or any share of or interest in any claim from any claimant against the United States, with intent to aid or assist, or in considera- tion of having aided or assisted, in the prosecution of such claim, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. See. 109, ibid. p. 1107. Official accepting bribe. Whoever, being an officer of the United States, or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States, in any official capacity, under or by virture of the authority of any department or office of the Government thereof, or whoever, being an officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or of both Houses thereof, shall ask, accept, or receive any money, or any contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the pay- ment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with in- tent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, influenced thereby, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of money or value of the thing so asked, accepted, or received, and imprisoned not more than three years; and shall, moreover^ forfeit his office or place and thereafter be forever disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States. Sec. 117, ibid, p. 1109. 1114. Embezzlement. Whoever shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Sec. 47, ibid. p. 1097. 1115. Embezzling, stealing, etc., from United States deemed felony; penalty. Any person who shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof before the district or circuit court of the United States in the district wherein said offense may have been committed, or into which he shall carry 204 PUBLIC MONEYS. or have in possession of said property so embezzled, stolen, or purloined, shall be punished therefor by imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary not ex- ceeding fiVe years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court before which he shall be convicted. Act of Mar. 3 1875 (IS Slat., 479). 1116. Receiving, etc., stolen public property. Whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or shall have or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his own use or gain, any money, property, record, voucher, or val- uable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, which has theretofore been embezzled, stolen, or purloined by any other person, knowing the same to have been so embezzled, stolen, or purloined, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both ; and such person may be tried either before or after the conviction of the principal offender. See. 48, act of Mar. 4. 1909 (35 Stat., 1098). ESTIMATES. 1117. Annual estimates to be submitted to Congress. All annual estimates for the public service shall be submitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be included in the Book of Estimates prepared under his direction. Sec. 3669, R. S. 1118. Departmental estimates to l)e furnished for Book of Estimates before October 15 annually, etc. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments, and of other officers authorized or required to make estimates, to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year, their annual estimates for the public service, to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction, and in case of failure to furnish estimates as herein required it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be prepared in the Treasury Department, on or before the first day of November of each year, esti- mates for such appropriations as in his judgment shall be requisite in every such case, which estimates shall be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction for the consideration of Congress. Sec. 5, act of Mar. 3, 1901 (31 Stat., 1009). 1119. Estimates of appropriations and for deficiencies to be transmitted through Secretary of Treasury, etc. Hereafter all estimates of appropriations and estimates of deficiencies in appropriations intended for the consideration and seeking the action of any of the committees of Congress shall be trans- mitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury and in no other manner ; and the said Secretary shall first cause the same to be properly classi-. fied, compiled, indexed, and printed, under the supervision of the Chief of the Division of Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations of his department. Sec. 2, July 7, 1884 (%3 ^at., 254). 1120. Estimates to follow order of preceding year's appropriations. Here- after the estimates for expenses of the Government except those for sundry civil expenses, shall be prepared and submitted cadi year according to the order and arrangement of the appropriation acts for the year preceding. And any changes in such order and arrangement, and iransiVrs <>f salaries from one office or bureau to another office or bureau, or the consolidation of offices or bureaus desired by the head of any executive department may 1>" submitto-l >> note in the estimates. Sec. 4, act of June :^. IUOG <.*'/ Mut., .fr PUBLIC MONEYS. 205 1121. Annual estimates to Be made as now required by law. Until otherwise provided by law, the regular annual estimates of appropriations for expenses of the Government of the United States shall be prepared and submitted to Congress, by those charged with the duty of such preparation and submis- sion, only in the form and at the time now required by law, and in no other form and at no other time. Sec. 9, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 415). 1122. All estimates to be included in Boole of Estimates; special or additional estimates to state necessity, etc. Hereafter the heads of the several executive departments and all other officers authorized or required to make estimates for the public service shall include in their annual estimates furnished the Secre- tary of the Treasury for inclusion in the Book of Estimates all estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year for which they are prepared and submitted, and special or additional estimates for that fiscal year shall only be submitted to carry out laws subsequently enacted, or when deemed imperatively necessary for the public service by the department in which they shall originate, in which case such special or additional estimate shall be ac- companied by a full statement of its imperative necessity and reasons for its omission in the annual estimates. Sec. //, act of June 22, 1906 (34 Stat., 448). 1123. Manner of communicating estimates. The heads of departments, iu communicating estimates of expenditures and appropriations to Congress, or to any of the committees thereof, shall specify, as nearly as may be convenient, the sources from which such estimates are derived, and the calculations upon which they are founded, and shall discriminate between such estimates as are conjectural in their character and such as are framed upon actual information and applications from disbursing officers. They shall also give references to any law or treaty by which the proposed expenditures are, respectively, au- thorized, specifying the date of each, and the volume and page of the Statutes at Large, or of the Revised Statutes, as the case may be, and the section of the act in which the authority is to be found. Sec. 3660, R. S. 1124. Estimates for printing and Unding. The head of each of the executive departments, and every other public officer who is authorized to have printing and binding done at the Congressional Printing Office, for the use of his de- partment or public office, shall include in his annual estimate for appropriations for the next fiscal year such sum or sums as may to him seem necessary " for printing and binding, to be executed under the direction of the Congressional Printer." Sec. 3661, R. S. NOTE. The Congressional Printing Office -was designated the Government Printing Office and the Congressional Printer was designated the Public Printer by provisions of act of July 31, 1876 (19 Stat., 102), superseded by the printing and binding act of Jan. 12, 1895. 1125. Requisites of estimates for appropriations for public works. Whenever any estimate submitted to Congress by the head of a department asks an appro- priation for any new specific expenditure, such as the erection of a public building, or the construction of any public work, requiring a plan before the building or work can be properly completed, such estimate shall be accompanied by full plans and detailed estimates of the cost of the whole work. All sub- sequent estimates for any such work shall state the original estimated cost, the aggregate amount theretofore appropriated for the same, and the amount actually expended thereupon, as well as the amount asked for the current year for which such estimate is made. And if the amount asked for is in excess of the original estimate, the full reasons for the excess, and the extent of the 206 PUBLIC MONEYS. anticipated excess, shall be also stated. Sec. 3663, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 249). 1126. Amount of outstanding appropriations to be designated. The head of each department, in submitting to Congress his estimates of expenditures re- quired in his department during the year then approaching, shall designate not only the amount required to be appropriated for the next fiscal year, but also the amount of the outstanding appropriation, if there be any, which will prob- ably be required for each particular item of expenditure. Sec. 3665, R. S. 1127. Estimates for salaries. All estimates for the compensation of officers authorized .by law to be employed shall be founded upon the express provisions of law, and not upon the authority of executive distribution. Sec. 3662, R. S. 1128. Estimates for payment of judgments. Hereafter estimates for the pay- ment of all judgments against the United States, including judgments in Indian depredation claims and of United States courts, shall be transmitted to Congress through the Treasury Department as other estimates of appro- priations are required to be transmitted. Act of Apr. 27, 1904 (33 Stat., 422). 1129. Estimates of expenditures for repairs, etc., of public buildings. Here- after the Secretary of the Treasury shall annually report to Congress in the Book of Estimates a statement of the expenditure of the appropriation for " repairs and preservation of public buildings " which shall show the amount expended on each public building and the number of persons employed and paid salaries from such appropriations. Act of Aug. 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 374). 1130. Estimates for transportation of the Army and its supplies. Estimates for the next fiscal year shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States covering transportation of the Army and its supplies in one estimate, and additional estimates shall be submitted covering other items heretofore carried in appropriation bills under the head of transportation of the Army and its supplies. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1170). 1131. Estimates not conforming to requirements to be rearranged. When estimates hereafter transmitted to the Treasury for submission to Congress do not in form and arrangement comply with the provisions of section four of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, approved June twenty- second, nineteen hundred and six, under direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be rearranged so as to comply with said requirements of law. Sec. 4 act of Mar. 4, 1909 (39 Stat, 907). ' 1132. Statement of sales of old material. A detailed statement of the pro- ceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind except materials, stores, or supplies sold to officers and soldiers of the Army, or to exploring or surveying expeditions authorized by law shall be included in the appendix to the Book of Estimates. Sec. 3672, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 249). 1133. Same Separate communication to be submitted. Hereafter the state- ment of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind shall be submitted to Congress at the be- ginning of each regular session thereof as a separate communication and shall not hereafter be included in the annual Book of Estimates. Sec. 6, act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 775). PUBLIC MONEYS. 207 1134. Estimates affecting revenues of District of Columbia. That hereafter copies of all estimates of appropriations in any way affecting the revenues of the District of Columbia shall be furnished to the Commissioners of said District on or before October first of each year. Sec. 6, act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1046). 1135. Special or additional estimates to conform to section 4, act of June 22, 1906. The Secretary of the Treasury shall not hereafter transmit special or additional estimates of appropriations to Congress unless they shall conform to the requirements of section four of the Act approved June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statute, page four hundred and forty- eight). Sec. 4, act of Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat., 830). 1136. Commencement of fiscal year. The fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States in all matters of accounts, receipts, expenditures, estimates, and appropriations, * * * shall commence on the first day of July in each year; and all accounts of receipts and expenditures required by law to be published annually shall be prepared and published for the fiscal year as thus established. Sec. 237, R. S., as amended by act of Oct. 1, 1890 (26 Stat., 646). 1137. Additional explanations required. Whenever the head of a department, being about to submit to Congress the annual estimates of expenditures re- quired for the coming year, finds that the usual items of such estimates vary materially in amount from the appropriation ordinarily asked for the object named, and especially from the appropriation granted for the same objects for the preceding year, and whenever new items are not heretofore usual are introduced into such estimates for any year, he shall accompany the estimates by minute and full explanations of all such variations and new items, showing the reasons and grounds upon which the amounts are required, and the dif- ferent items added. Sec. 3664, R- S. 1138. Estimates for general or lump-sum appropriations; statements re- quired, etc. Section six of the sundry civil appropriation act approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. That there shall be submitted hereafter, in the annual Book of Esti- mates, following every estimate for a general or lump-sum appropriation, ex- cept public buildings or other public works constructed under contract, a state- ment showing in parallel columns: "First. The number of persons, if any intended to be employed and the rates of compensation of each, and the amounts contemplated to be expended for each of any other objects or classes of expenditures specified or contemplated in the estimate, including a statement of estimated unit cost of any construction work proposed to be done ; and " Second. The number of persons, if any, employed at the rate of compensa- tion paid each, and the amounts expended for each other object or class of expenditure, and the actual unit cost of any construction work done, out of the appropriation corresponding to the estimate so submitted, during the com- pleted fiscal year next preceding the period for which the estimate is submitted. "Other notes shall not be submitted following any estimate embraced in the annual Book of Estimates other than such as shall suggest changes in form or order of arrangement of estimates and appropriations and reasons for such changes." Sec. 10, act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat., 680). 208 PUBLIC MONEYS. 1139. Same Uniform methods to 6e prescribed, etc. The information re- quired in connection with estimates for general or lump-sum appropriations by section ten of the sundry civil appropriation act, approved August first, nine- teen hundred and fourteen, shall be submitted hereafter according to uniform and concise methods, which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas- ury, but with reference to estimates for pay of mechanics and laborers there shall be submitted in detail only the ratings and trades and the rates per diem paid or to be paid. Sec. 4, act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat., 336). 1140. Official to be designated by each department to supervise and prepare, etc. Hereafter the head of each executive department and other Government establishment shall, on or before July first in every fiscal year, designate from among the officials employed therein one person whose duty it shall be to su- pervise the classification and compilation of all estimates of appropriations, including supplemental and deficiency estimates to be submitted by such de- partment or establishment. In the performance of their duties persons so designated shall have due regard for the requirements of all laws respecting the preparation of estimates, including the manner and time of their submission through the Treasury Department to Congress; they shall also, as nearly as may be practicable, eliminate from all such estimates unnecessary words and make uniform the language commonly used in expressing purposes or con- ditions of appropriations. Sec. 3, act of June 23, 1913 (38 Stat., 75). EXCHANGE OF. 1141. Restriction governing. No exchange of funds shall be made by any disbursing officer or agent of the Government of any grade or denomination whatsoever, or connected with any branch of the public service, other than an exchange for gold, silver, United States notes, and national-bank notes ; and every such disbursing officer, when the means for his disbursements are fur- nished to him in gold, silver, United States notes, or national-bank notes, shall make his payments in the moneys so furnished ; or when they are furnished to him in drafts, shall cause those drafts to be presented at their place of pay- ment, and properly paid according to law, and shall make his payments in the money so received for the drafts furnished, unless, in either case, he can ex- change the means in his hands for gold and silver at par. And it shall be the duty of the head of the proper department immediately to suspend from duty any disbursing officer or agent who violates the provisions of this section, and forthwith to report the name of the officer or agent to the President, with the fact of the violation, and all the circumstances accompanying the same, and within the knowledge of the Secretary, to the end that such officer or agent may be promptly removed from office, or restored to his trust and the perform- ance of his duties as the President may deem just and proper. Sec. 3651, R. S. LOST FUNDS AND PROPERTY. 1142. Credit for lost funds. Whenever the Court of Claims ascertains the facts of any loss by any paymaster, quartermaster, commissary of subsistence, or other disbursing officer, in the cases hereinbefore provided, to have been without fault or negligence on the part of such officer, it shall make a decree setting forth the amount thereof, and upon such decree the proper accounting officers of the Treasury shall allow to such officer the amount so decreed, as n credit in the settlement of his accounts. Ker. l',7, act of Mr. ,i. 1911 (36 Stat., 1137). PUBLIC MONEYS. 209 1143. Deductions for property lost in transit. Hereafter moneys arising from deductions made from carriers on account of the loss of or damage to military stores in transit shall be credited to the proper appropriation or funds out of which such or similar stores shnll be repaired. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 2, 1905 (33 Stat., 840). OFFENSES IX CONNECTION WITH THE SAFE-KEEPING AND DISBURSEMENT OF. 1144. Receipting for larger sums than paid. Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, employee, or other person charged with the payment of any appropriation made by Congress, who shall pay to any clerk or other employee of the United Stales a sum less than that provided for by law, and require such employee to receipt or give a voucher for an amount greater than that actually paid to and received by him, is guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined in double the amount so withheld from any employee of the Government and imprisoned not more than two years. Sec. 86, act of Mar. J t , 1909 (35 Stat., 1105). 1145. False certificates, etc. Whoever, being a public officer or other person authorized by any law of the United States to make or give a certificate or other writing, shall knowingly make and deliver as true such a certificate or writing, containing any statement which he knows to be false, in a case where the punishment thereof is not elsewhere expressly provided by law, shall r>e fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Sec. 106, ibid., p. 1107. 1146. Extortion by officials. Every officer, clerk, agent, or employee of the United States, and every person representing himself to be or assuming to act as such officer, clerk, agent, or employee, who, under color of his office, clerk- ship, agency, or employment, or under color of his pretended or assumed office, clerkship, agency, or employment, is guilty of extortion, and every person who shall attempt any act which if performed would make him guilty of extortion, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Sec. 85, ibid., p. 1104. 1147. Contracting beyond specific appropriations. Whoever, being an officer of the United States, shall knowingly contract for the erection, repair, or fur- nishing of any public building, or for any public improvement, to pay a larger amount than the specific sum appropriated for such purpose, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than two years. Sec. 98, ibid., p. 1106. PROCEEDS OF SALES. 1148. Sale of condemned stores, etc. All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, except the pro- ceeds of the sale or leasing of marine hospitals, or of the sales of revenue cut- ters, or of the sales of commissary stores to the officers and enlisted men of the Army, or of materials, stores, or supplies sold to officers or soldiers of the Army, or of the sale of condemned Navy clothing, or of sales of materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, on account of " Proceeds of Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law. Sec. 3618, R. S., as amended by act Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 249). 4939218 14 210 PUBLIC MONEYS. 1149. Sale of subsistences stores, etc., to officers and enlisted men, etc. All moneys received from the leasing or sale of marine hospitals, or the sale of revenue cutters, or from the sale of commissary stores to officers and enlisted men of the Army, or from the sale of materials, stores, or supplies sold to offi- cers and soldiers of the Army, or from sales of condemned clothing of the Navy, or from sales of materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law, shall respectively revert to that appropriation out of which they were originally expended, and shall be applied to the purposes for which they are appropriated by law. *SVr. ,W!), A*. s'., r/.v V act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 2J { 2). 1181. Certificates of loss to be fomvarded to Treasury accounting officers. Instead of forwarding to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department returns of public property intrusted to the possession of officers or agents, the Quartermaster General, the Commissary General of Subsistence, the Surgeon General, the Chief of Engineers, the Chief of Ordnance, the Chief Signal Of- ficer, the Paymaster General of the Navy, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or other like chief officers in any department, by, through, or under whom stores, supplies, and other public property are received for distribution, or whose duty it is to receive or examine returns of such property, shall certify to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department for debiting on the proper account any charge against any officer or agent intrusted with public property, arising from any loss, accruing by his fault, to the Government as to the property so intrusted to him. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 29, 1894 (28 Stat., 47). 1182. Contents of certificates. Said certificate shall set forth the condition of such officer's or agent's property returns, that it includes all charges made up to its date and not previously certified, that he has had a reasonable oppor- tunity to be heard and has not been relieved of responsibility; the effect of such certificate, when received, shall be the same as if the facts therein set forth had been ascertained by the accounting ofiicers of the Treasury Depart- ment in accounting. Sec. 2, Ibid. 1183. Uniforms, equipment, etc., of enlisted men in possession of persona not xoldiers. The clothing, arms, military outfits, and accouterments furnished by the United States to any soldier shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned, or given away ; and the possession of any such property by any person not a soldier or officer of the United States shall be prima-facie evidence of such 216 PUBLIC PROPERTY. sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or gift. Such property may be seized and taken from any person, not a soldier or officer of the United States, by any officer, civil or military, of the United States, and shall, thereupon, be de- livered to any quartermaster or other officer authorized to receive the same. Sec. 1242, R. S. 1184. Same. The clothes, arms, military outfits, and accouternieuts fur- nished by the United States to any soldier shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned, or given away ; and no person not a soldier, or duly authorized officer of the United States, who has possession of any such clothes, arms, mili- tary outfits, or accouterments, so furnished, and which have been the subject of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or gift, shall have any right, title, or interest therein ; but the same may be seized and taken wherever found by any officer of the United States, civil or military, and shall thereupon be delivered to any quartermaster, or other officer authorized to receive the same. The pos- session of any such clothes, arms, military outfits, or accouterments by any per- sou not a soldier or officer of the United States shall be presumptive evidence of such a sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or gift. Sec. 377/8 R. S. 1185. Custody of books, records, papers, furniture, etc. The Secretary of War shall have the custody and charge of all books, record papers, furniture, fixtures, and other property appertaining to the department. Sec. 217, R. S. LOiN OF. 1186. Tents, loan restricted; Hereafter no loans of tents shall be made except to the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Vet- erans. Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 1025). 1187. American National Red Cross. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and are hereby, authorized to issue, each at his dis- cretion and under proper regulations to be prescribed by him, out of equip- ment for medical and other establishments on hand, belonging to the Govern- ment and which can be temporarily spared, such articles as may appear to be required for instruction and practice by organizations formed by the American National Red Cross for the purpose of rendering aid to the Army and Navy in war. That the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War or by the Secre- tary of the Navy, in pursuance of the authority granted by section one, shall pro- vide for the immediate return of the articles of equipment loaned the American National Red Cross when called for by the authority which issued them; and the said Secretaries shall require a bond in each case in double the value of the property, for the care and safe-keeping thereof and for the return of the same .when required. -Sec. 2, act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat., 771). OFFENSES AGAINST. 1188. Faltte t etc., returns by officers. Every officer whose duty it is to render to the War Department or other superior authority a return of the state of the troops under his command, or of the * * * clothing, funds, or other property thereunto belonging, who knowingly makes a false return thereof shall be dismissed from the service and suffer such other punishment :is n court - martial may direct. And any officer who, through neglect or design, omits to render such return shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. rifty- scventh Article of War, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 6t>0). PUBLIC PROPERTY. 217 1180. Willful loss, damage, etc. Any person subject to military law who willfully, or through neglect, suffers to be lost, spoiled, damaged, or wrong- fully disposed of, any military property belonging to the United States shall make good the loss or damage and suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct. Eighty-third Article of War, ibid. 1190. Waste or itnlaivful disposition of by soldiers. Any soldier who sells or wrongfully disposes of or willfully or through neglect injures or loses any horse, arms, ammunition, accouterments, equipment, clothing, or other prop- erty issued for use in the military service, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Eighty-fourth Article of War, ibid. 1191. Unlawful pur phase of public property. Whoever shall knowingly pur- chase or receive in pledge for any obligation or indebtedness from any soldier, officer, sailor, or other person called into or employed in the military or naval service, any arms, equipments, ammunition, clothes, military stores, or other public property, whether furnished to the soldier, sailor, officer, or person, under a clothing allowance or otherwice, such soldier, sailor, officer, or other person not having the lawful right to pledge or sell the same, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than two years. Sec. 35, act of Mar. .',, J909 (35 Mat., 1095). 1191a. Robbery of personal property of United States. Whoever shall rob another of any kind or description of personal property belonging to the United States, or shall feloniously take and carry away the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Sec. 1,6, act of Afar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat., 1097). 1192. Embezzling clothing, subsistence, etc. Whoever shall steal, embezzle, or knowingly apply to his own use, or unlawfully sell, convey, or dispose of any ordnance, arms, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other prop- erty of the United States, furnished or to be used for the military or naval service, shall be punished as prescribed in the preceding section. Sec. 36, ibid., p. 1096. 1193. Fraudulent interference with delivery, etc., of prize property. Who- ever shall willfully do, or aid ov advise in the doing, of any act relating to the bringing in, custody, preservation, sale, or other disposition of any property captured as prize, or relating to any documents or papers connected with the property, or to any disposition or other document or paper connected with the proceedings, with intent to defraud, delay, or injure the United- States or any captor or claimant of such property, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Sec. 38, ibid. 1191. Incendiarism. Whoever shall maliciously set fire to, burn, or attempt to burn, or by any means destroy or injure, or attempt to destroy or injure, any arsenal, armory, magazine, ropewalk, ship house, warehouse, blockhouse, or bar- rack, or any storehouse, barn or stable, not parcel of a dwelling house, or any other building not mentioned in the section last preceding, or any vessel built, building, or undergoing repair, or any lighthouse, or beacon, or any machinery, timbe'r, cables, rigging, or other materials or appliances for building, repairing, or fitting out vessels, or any pile of wood, boards, or other lumber, or any mili- tary, naval, or victualing stores, arms, or other munitions of war, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than twonly years. NYv. -'N.7. e PUBLIC VEHICLES. 221 required by them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public serviceSec. 95, act of Jan. 12, 1895 (28 Stat., 623). 1211. Libraries of executive departments to be furnished copies of. The libraries of the eight executive departments, of the United States Military Academy, and United States Naval Academy, are hereby constituted designated depositories of Government publications, and the superintendent of documents .shall supply one copy of said publications, in the same form as supplies to other depositories, to each of said libraries. Sec. 98, ibid. PUBLIC RECORDS. DESTRUCTION, FORGERY, ETC., OF. 1212. Destroying, etc., punishment therefor^ Whoever shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to con- ceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or, with intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or steal, shall take or carry away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Sec. 128, act of Mar. //, 1909 (35 Stat., 1111). 1213. Destruction, etc., by officer in charge. Whoever, having the custody of any record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing specified in the preceding section, shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify, or destroy any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or thing, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or im- prisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall moreover forfeit his office and be forever afterwards disqualified from holding any office under the Government of the United States. Sec. 129, ibid., p. 1112. 1214. Forging bonds, bids, public records, etc. Whoever shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid, or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defraud- ing the United States ; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, f or ^the purpose of defrauding the United States, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or shall transmit to, or present at, or cause or procure to be transmitted to, or presented at, the office of any officer of the United States, any such false, forged, altered, or counter- feited bond, bid, proposal, contract, guaranty, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. See. 29, ibid., p. 109 J f . PUBLIC TEHICLES. RESTRICTIONS AS TO TSE OF. 1215. Personal use of prohibited. No part of any money appropriated by this or any other act shall be available for paying expenses of horses and car- riages or drivors therefor for the personal use of any officer provided for by this 222 PUBLIC WORKS. or any other act than the President of the United States, the heads of the executive departments, and the Secretary to the President : Provided, That this provision shall not apply to officials outside of the District of Columbia in the performance of their public duties. This paragraph shall not take effect until July first, nineteen hundred and four. Sec. 3, act of Mar. 18, 1904 (33 Stat., 142). 1216. Same Restriction on payment of expenses. Xo part of any money appropriated by this or any other act shall be used for purchasing, maintain- ing, driving, or operating any carriage or vehicle (other than those for the use of the President of the United States, the heads of the executive departments, and the Secretary to the President, and other than those used for transporta- tion of property belonging to or in the custody of the United States), for the personal or official use of any officer or employee of any of the executive de- partments or other Government establishments at Washington, District of Co- lumbia, unless the same shall be specifically authorized by law or provided for in terms by appropriation of money, and all such carriages and vehicles so procured and used for official purposes shall have conspicuously painted thereon at all times the full name of the executive department or other branch of the public service to which the same belong and in the service of which the saint* are used. Sec. 4, act of Feb. 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 687). PUBLIC WOBKS. CONSTRUCTION, ETC., O? PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1217. Permanent barracks and quarters. Permanent barracks or quarters and buildings and structures of a permanent nature shall not be constructed unless detailed estimates shall have been previously submitted to Congress, and approved by a special appropriation for the same, except when constructed by the troops ; and no such structures, the cost of which shall exceed twenty thousand dollars, shall be erected except by special authority of Congress. It shall be the duty of all officers of the United States having any of the title papers (property purchased, or about to be purchased for erection of public buildings) in their possession, to furnish them forthwith to the Attorney Gen- eral. No public money shall be expended until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had. Sec. 1136, R. 8., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 242). 1218. Expenditures exceeding five hundred dollars to be made by contract, etc. Hereafter no expenditures exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made upon any building or military post, or grounds about the -same, without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates of the Quartermaster's Department, and the erection, construction, and repairs of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster's Department shall, so far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertise- ment Act of Feb. 27, 1$93 (27 8tat., 484). 1219. Limit of cost, officers 1 quarters, etc. Hereafter no money appropriated for military posts shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army, or for barracks and quarters for the Artillery, the total cost of which, including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed in the case of quarters of a general officer the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; of a colonel or an officer above the rank of captain, twelve thousand dollars; and of an officer of and below the rank <>f captain, nine thousand dol- lars. Sec. 1, a*-t of June 2-7, 1910 (3(> xtal.. 7.>D. PUBLIC WORKS. 223 1220. Same Officers' quarters, Philippine Islands. No part of said sum shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army the total cost of which, including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed in the case of quarters of a general officer the sum of eight thousand dollars; of a colonel or officer above the rank of captain, six thousand dollars ; and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, four thousand dollars. Barracks and quarters, Philippine Islands. Act of Mar. 2, J913 (37 Stat., 717). See also annual appropriation arts. 1221. Quarters for hospital stewards. Hereafter the posts at which such quarters [for hospital stewards] shall be constructed shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and such quarters shall be built by contract, after legal advertisement, whenever the same is practicable. Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 Stat., 484). 1222. Contracts not to exceed appropriations therefor. Every officer of the Government who knowingly contracts for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement, to pay a larger amount than the specific sum appropriated for such purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment not less than six months nor more than two years, and shall pay a fine of two thousand dollars. Sec. 5,503, R. S. 1223. Barracks and quarters, Coast Artillery. For the construction and en- largement of barracks and quarters for the Coast Artillery and of other build- ings in connection with the adopted project for seacoast defenses * * * dol- lars, including the installation therein of plumbing, and the heating and light- ing apparatus, to be expended as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary : Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used for the construction of officers' quarters to cost in excess of the limits established in the sundry civil appropriation act, approved May twenty-seventh, nine- teen hundred and eight. Act of Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat., 1003). See also annual appropriation acts. 1224. Barracks and quarters, seacoast defenses. For the erection of bar- racks and quarters for artillery in connection with the project adopted for seacoast defense there shall not hereafter be expended at any one point more than one thousand two hundred dollars per man for each man required for one relief to man the guns at the post up to eighty-three men, the present permanent strength of a battery, enlisted and commissioned, and for each man required beyond this number six hundred dollars per man, from any appropriation made by Congress, unless special authority of Congress be granted for a greater expenditure. Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 624). 1225. Preference to be given American material. In all contracts for mate- rial for any public improvement the Secretary of War shall give preference to American material ; and all labor thereon shall be performed within the jurisdiction of the United States. Sec. 2, act of Mar. 3, 1875 (18 Stat., 455). 1226. Building contract not to exceed appropriations. No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose. Sec. 3733, R. S. 224 PUBLIC WOKKS. 1227. Same Penalty. Whoever, being au officer of the United States, shall knowingly contract for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public build- ing, or for any public improvement, to pay a larger amount than the specific sum appropriated for such purpose, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars arid imprisoned not more than two years. See. 98, act of Mar. 4> 1909 (35 Stat., 1106). 1228. Separate contract in each case. Whenever the Secretary of War in- vites proposals for any works, or for any material or labor for works, there shall be separate proposals and separate contracts for each work, and also for each class of material or labor for each work. 'See. 3717, R. S. 1229. Equipment of bakehouses, post schools, kitchens, and mess halls. For the current fiscal year and thereafter there may be expended from the appro- priation for regular supplies the amounts required for the necessary equipments of the bakehouse to carry on post bakeries ; for the necessary furniture, text- books, paper, and equipments of the post schools; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls; * * * each and all for use of the enlisted men of the Army. Act of June 13, 1890 (26 Stat., 152). See also annual appropriation acts. 1230. Military post exchanges. For continuing the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchange, school library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, including repairs to buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the act approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, for the rental of films, purchase of slides, supplies for and making repairs .to moving-picture outfits and for similar and other recreational purposes at train- ing and mobilization camps now established, or which may be hereafter estab- lished, to be expended, in the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of War, * * * dollars: Provided, That not more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of this appropriation may be expended for per- sonal services and no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of com- pensation exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. See annual appropriation acts. 1231. Shooting galleries and ranges. For shelter, shooting galleries, ranges for small-arms target practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, such ranges and galleries to be open, as far as practicable, to the National Guard and organized rifle clubs under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1053). See also annual appropriation acts. 1232. Construction and repair duties to be performed by officers of the Quartermaster Corps. All work pertaining to construction and repair that has heretofore been done by or under the direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps shall, except as otherwise now provided by laws or regulations, hereafter be done by or under the direction of officers of said corps. Sec. 9, act of June S, 1916 (39 Stat., 171). 1233. Assistance of United States Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey authorized. For the execution of topographic or other surveys, the securing of such extra topographic data as may be required, and the prepara- tion and printing of maps required for military purposes, to be immediately PUBLIC WORKS. 225 available and remain available until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen : Provided, That the Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance, wherever practicable, of the United States Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Government in this work, and to allot funds therefor to them from this appropriation. Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 62). EIGHT-HOUR LAW FOB LABORERS AND MECHANICS. 1234. All public contracts to provide for; deduction from contract of amount of penalties for violations; right of action in Court of Claims. That every contract hereafter made to which the United states, any Territory, or the District of Columbia is a party, and every such contract made for or on behalf of the United States, or any Territory, or said District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor con- tracting for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day upon such work; and every such contract shall stipulate a penalty for each violation of such pro- vision in such contract of five dollars for each laborer or mechanic for every calendar day in which he shall be required or permitted to labor more than eight hours upon said work; and any officer or person designated as inspector of the work to be performed under any such contract, or to aid in enforcing the fulfillment thereof, shall, upon observation or investigation, forthwith report to the proper officer of the United States, or of any Territory, or of the District of Columbia, all violations of the provisions of this act directed to be made in every such contract, together with the name of each laborer or mechanic who has been required or permitted to labor in violation of such stipulation and the day of such violation, and the amount of the penalties imposed according to the stipulation in any such contract shall be directed to be withheld for the use and benefit of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Territory contracting by the officer or person whose duty 1t shall be to approve the payment of the moneys due under such contract, whether the violation of the provisions of such contract is by the contractor or any subcontractor. Any contractor or subcontractor aggrieved by the with- holding of any penalty as hereinbefore provided shall have the right within six months thereafter to appeal to the head of the department making the contract on behalf of the United Staes or the Territory, and in the case of a contract made by the District of Columbia to the commissioner thereof, who shall have power to review the action imposing the penalty, and in all such appeals from such final order whereby a contractor or subcontractor may be Aggrieved by the imposition of the penalty hereinbefore provided such con- tractor or subcontractor may within six months after decision by such head of a department or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia file a claim in the Court of Claims, which shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide the matter in like manner as in other cases before said court. Act of June 19, 1912 (87 Stat, 137). 1235. Certain contracts excepted; waiver of in time of war, etc. That noth- ing in this act shall apply to contracts for transportation by land or water, or for the transmission of intelligence, or for the purchase of supplies by the Government, whether manufactured to conform to particular specifications or not, or for such materials or articles as may usually be bought in open market, 4939218 15* 226 QUARTERMASTER CORPS. except armor and armor plate, whether made to conform to particular specifica- tions or not, or to the construction or repair of levees or revetments necessary for protection against floods or overflows on the navigable waters of the United States : Provided, That all classes of work which have been, are now, or may hereafter be performed by the Government shall, when done by contract, by individuals, firms, or corporations for or on behalf of the United States or any of the Territories or the District of Columbia, be performed in accordance with the terms and provisions of section one of this act. The President, by Execu- tive order, may waive the provisions and stipulations in this act as to any specific contract or contracts during time of war or a time when war is immi- nent, and until January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, as to any contract or contracts entered into in connection with the construction of the Isthmian Canal. No penalties shall be imposed for any violation of such provision in such contract due to any extraordinary events or conditions of manufacture, or to any emergency caused by fire, famine, or flood, by danger to life or to property, or by other extraordinary event or condition on account of which the President shall subsequently declare the violation to have been excusable. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or modify the act entitled "An act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and me- chanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the Dis- trict of Columbia," being chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of the Fifty-second Congress, approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as modified by the acts of Congress approved February twenty-seventh, nine- teen hundred and six, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, or apply to contracts which have been or may be entered into under the provisions of appropriation acts approved prior to the passage of this act. Sec. 2, ibid. NOTE. In this connection see also section 3738, Revised Statutes. QUARTEBMASTEB COBPS. ESTABLISHMENT OF. 1236. Consolidation of Quartermaster's, Subsistence, and Pay Departments, etc. The office establishments of the Quartermaster General, the Commissary General, and the Paymaster General are hereby consolidated and shall here- after constitute a single bureau of the War Department, which shall be known as the Quartermaster Corps, and of which the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps created by this act shall be the head. The Quartermaster's, Subsistence, and Pay Departments of the Army are hereby consolidated into and shall here- after be known as the Quartermaster Corps of the Army. The officers of said departments shall hereafter be known as officers of said corps and by the titles of the rank held by them therein, and, except as hereinafter specifically provided to the contrary, the provisions of sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of the act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled " An act to increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment of the United States," are hereby extended so as to apply to the Quartermaster Corps in the manner and to the extent to which they now apply to the Quarter- master's, Subsistence, and Pay Departments, and the provision of said sections of said act relative to chiefs of staff corps and departments shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to all offices and officers of the Quartermster Corps with rank above that of colonel. The officers now holding commissions as officers of the said departments shall hereafter have the same tenure of commission in the Quartermaster Corps, and as officers of said corps shall have rank of the same grades and dates as that now held by him, and, for the purpose of QUARTERMASTER CORPS. 227 filling vacancies among them, shall constitute one list, on which they shall be arranged according to rank. So long as any officers shall remain on said list any vacancy occurring therein shall be filled, if possible, from among such officers, by selection if the vacancy occurs in a grade above that of colonel, and, if the vacancy occurs in a grade not above that of colonel, by the promo- tion of an officer who would have been entitled to promotion to that particular vacancy if the consolidation of departments hereby prescribed had never oc- curred : Provided, That on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seventeen, any vacancies occurring among officers of the Quartermaster Corps with rank above that of colonel may, in the discretion of the President, be filled by selection from among officers who shall have served by detail in said corps for not less than four years : Provided further, That not to ex- ceed six officers holding commissions with the rank of captain in the Quarter- master Corps and who have lost in relative rank through irregularities of promotion and the operation of separate promotion within the three departments hereby consolidated may, in the discretion of the President and subject to examination for promotign as prescribed by law, be advanced to the grade of major in the Quartermaster Corps, and any officer who shall be advanced to said grade under the terms of this proviso shall be temporarily an addi- tional officer of said grade but only until a vacancy shall occur for him on the list of officers of said grade as hereafter limited ; and no officer shall be detailed to fill any vacancy on the list of majors of the Quartermaster Corps until after all additional officers authorized by the proviso shall have been absorbed. The noncommissioned officers now known as post quartermaster sergeants and post commissary sergeants shall hereafter be known as quartermaster sergeants; paymasters' clerks shall be known as pay clerks, and each of said noncommis- sioned officers and pay clerks shall continue to have the pay, allowances, rights, and privileges now allowed him by law: Provided further, That no details to fill vacancies in the grade of colonel in the Quartermaster Corps shall be made until the number of officers of that grade shall have been reduced by three, and thereafter the number of officers in that grade shall not exceed twelve; and no details to fill vacancies in the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps shall be made until the number of officers of that grade shall have been reduced by three, and thereafter the number of officers of that grade shall not exceed eighteen; and no details to fill vacancies in the grade of major in the Quartermaster Corps shall be made until the number of Officers of that grade shall have been reduced by nine, and thereafter the num- ber of officers in said grade shall 'not exceed forty-eight; and no details to fill vacancies in the grade of captain in the Quartermaster Corps shall be made until after the number of officers of that grade shall be reduced by twenty-nine, and thereafter the number of officers of said grade shall not exceed one hundred and two ; and whenever the separation of a line officer of any grade and arm from the Quartermaster Corps shall create therein a vacancy that under the terms of this proviso can not be filled by detail such separation shall operate to make a permanent reduction of one in the total number of officers of said grade and arm in the line of the Army as soon as such reduction can be made without depriving any officer of his commission : Provided further, That when- ever the Secretary of War shall decide that it is necessary and practicable, regimental, battalion, and squadron quartermasters and commissaries shall be required to perform any duties that junior officers of the Quartermaster Corps may properly be required to perform, and regimental and battalion quartermaster and commissary sergeants shall be required to perform any duties that non- commissioned officers or pay clerks of the Quartermaster Corps may properly be required to perform, but such regimental, battalion, and squadron quarter- 228 QUARTERMASTER CORPS. masters and commissaries shall not be required to receipt for any money or property which does not pertain to their respective regiments, battalions, or squadrons, and they shall not be separated .from the organization to which they belong: Provided further, That such duty or duties as are now required by law to be performed by any officer or officers of the Quartermaster's, Sub- sistence, or Pay Departments shall hereafter be performed by such officer or officers of the Quartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may designate for the purpose: Provided further, That there shall be a Chief of the Quarter- master Corps, who shall have the rank of major general while so serving, and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate, from among the officers of said corps and in accordance w T ith the requirements of section twenty-six of the act of Congress approved Feb- ruary second, nineteen hundred and one, hereinbefore cited: Provided fur- ther. That when the first vacancy in the grade of brigadier general in the Quartermaster Corps, except a vacancy caused by the expiration of a limited term of appointment, shall hereafter occur that vacancy shall not be filled, but the office in which the vacancy occurs shall immediately cease and deter- mine: Provided further, That the Quartermaster Corps shall be subject to the supervision of the Chief of Staff to the extent the departments hereby con- solidated into said corps have heretofore been subject to such supervision under the terms of the existing law : And provided further, That for the pur- pose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps herein provided for immediately upon the passage of this act, and it shall be the duty of the said chief, under the direction of the President and the Secretary of War, to put into effect the provisions of this section not less than sixty days after the passage of this act Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 591). 1237. Change in designation of Chief of. Hereafter the title of the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps shall be Quartermaster General of the Army. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat., 356). 1238. Certain civilian e-mployees and all enlisted men of the line detailed on extra duty to be replaced by enlisted men of the Corps; composition of, etc. That as soon as practicable after the creation of a Quartermaster Corps in the Army not to exceed four thousand civilian employees of that corps, receiving a monthly compensation of not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred and seventy-five dollars each, not including civil engineers, superintendents of construction, inspectors of clothing, clothing examiners, inspectors of supplies, inspectors of animals, chemists, veterinarians, freight and passenger rate clerks, civil-service employees, and employees of the classi- fied service, employees of the Army transport service and harbor-boat serv- ice, and such other employees as may be required for technical work, shall be replaced permanently by not to exceed an equal number of enlisted men of said corps, and all enlisted men of the line of the Army detailed on extra duty in the Quartermaster Corps or as bakers or assistant bakers shall be replaced permanently by not to exceed two thousand enlisted men of said corps ; and for the purposes of this act the enlistment in the military service of not to exceed six thousand men, who shall be attached permanently to the Quartermaster Corps and who shall not be counted as a part of the en- listed force provided by law, is hereby authorized : Provided, That the enlisted force of the Quartermaster Corps shall consist of not to exceed fifteen nuistcr electricians, six hundred sergeants ('first-class), one thousand and five ser- QUARTERMASTER CORPS. 229 geants, six hundred and fifty corporals, two thousand and fi've hundred pri- vates (first-class), one thousand one hundred and ninety privates, and forty- five cooks, all of whom shall receive the same pay and allowances as en- listed men of corresponding grades in the Signal Corps of the Army, and shall be assigned to such duties pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided further, That the Secretary of War may fix the limits of age within which civilian employees who are actu- ally employed by the Government when this act takes effect and who are to be replaced by enlisted men under the terms of this act may enlist in the Quartermaster Corps: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be held or construed so as to prevent the employment of the class of civilian employees excepted from the provisions of this act or the continued employ- ment of civilians included in the act until such latter employees have been replaced by enlisted men of the Quartermaster Corps. Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 593). 1239. Pay clerics; no further appointments. Hereafter no further appoint- ments of pay clerks shall be made. Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 708). 1240. Enlisted force; pay and alloirances, etc. The enlisted force of the Quartermaster Corps shall consist of not to exceed fifteen master electri- cians, three hundred and eighty sergeants (first-class), one thousand two hundred and forty sergeants, six hundred corporals, two thousand nine hun- dred and twenty privates (first-class), seven hundred and fifty privates, and ninety-five cooks, all of whom shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Signal Corps of the Army, and shall be assigned to such duties pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Act of Mar. J t , 1915 (38 Stat., 1066). (See par. 12J/5.) COMPOSITION OF. 1241. Officers of. The Quartermaster Corps shall consist of one Quarter- master General with the rank of major general ; two assistants to the Quarter- master General with the rank of brigadier general; twenty-one colonels; twenty-four lieutenant colonels; sixty-eight majors; one hundred and eighty captains ; and the pay clerks now in active service, who shall hereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a second lieutenant, and the President is hereby authorized to appoint and commission them, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, second lieutenants in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army. Sec. 9, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 170). 1242. Reserve Corps and National Army; commissions to grade of first and second lieutenant. That during the existing emergency the President is authorized, in addition to the grades now authorized, to appoint in the Officers' Reserve Corps and the National Army in the grades of second and first lieuten- ant in the Quartermaster Corps, * * * such citizens as shall be found physically, mentally, and morally qualified for appointment. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 393). 1243. Promotions in staff corps and departments. That so long as there remain any officers holding permanent appointments in the * * * Quarter- master's Department, the Subsistence Department, the Pay Department * * * including those appointed to original vacancies in the grades of cap- tain and first lieutenant under the provisions of sections sixteen, seventeen, 230 QUARTERMASTER CORPS. twenty-one, and twenty-four of this act, they shall be promoted according to seniority in the several grades, as now provided by law, and nothing herein con- tained shall be deemed to apply to vacancies which can be filled by such pro- motions or to the periods for which the officers so promoted shall hold their appointments. Sec. 26, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 755). 1244. Vacancies; to be filled by details. When any vacancy, except that of the chief of the department or corps, shall occur which can not be filled by promotion as provided in this section, it shall be filled by detail from the line of the Army, and no more permanent appointments shall be made in those de- partments or corps after the original vacancies created by this act shall have been filled. Such details shall be made from the grade in which the vacancies exist, under such system of examination as the President may from time to time prescribe. Ibid. 1245. Enlisted men of, grades, etc. The total enlisted strength of the Quartermaster Corps and the number in each grade shall be limited and fixed from time to time by the President in accordance with the needs of the Army, and shall consist of quartermaster sergeants, senior grade; quartermaster sergeants; sergeants, first class; sergeants; corporals; cooks; privates, first class : and privates. The number in the various grades shall not exceed the fol- lowing percentages of the total authorized enlisted strength of the Quartermaster Corps, namely : Quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, five-tenths of one per centum ; quartermaster sergeants, six per centum ; sergeants, first class, two and five-tenths per centum; sergeants, twenty-five per centum; corporals, ten per centum ; privates, first class, forty -five per centum ; privates, nine per cen- tum; cooks, two per centum. Ibid. 1246. Quartermaster sergeants, senior grade; former master electricians to be known as. The master electricians now authorized by law for the Quarter- master Corps shall hereafter be known as quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, and shall be included in the number of quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, herein authorized. Ibid. 1247. Quartermaster sergeants, selection of. Hereafter the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint * * * quartermaster sergeants, Quartermas- ter Corps, not to exceed the number provided for by law, * * * said quar- termaster sergeants to be selected from the most competent noncommissioned officers of the Army, who shall have served therein at least five years, three years of such service having been rendered as noncommissioned officers, and whose character and education shall fit them to take charge of public property and to act as clerks and assistants to the proper officers of the Army in charge of public property. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (88 Stat., 1066). THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE ARMY. DUTIES OF. 1248. On receipt of monthly report of chief clerk. Each head of a depart- ment, chief of a bureau, or other superior officer shall, upon receiving each monthly report of his chief clerk, rendered in pursuance to the preceding sec- tion, examine the facts stated therein, and take such measures, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by law, as may be necessary and proper to amend any existing defects in the arrangement or dispatch of business disclosed by such report. Sec. 175, R. S. RENTALS. 231 1249. Statement to be rendered annually as to condition of business, etc. It shall be the duty of the head of each executive department or other Govern- ment establishment in the city of Washington to submit to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his depart- ment or other Government establishment, showing whether any part of the same is in arrears, and if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the num- ber and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year. Sec. 7, act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808). 1250. Statement to be rendered annually as to number of employees, etc. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments, of the Government to report to Congress each year in the annual estimates the number of employees in each bureau and office and the salaries of each who are below a fair standard of efficiency. Sec. 2, act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stats., 268). 1251. Regulations for government of corps to be prescribed by. The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it. Sec. 161, R. S. 1252. Statement of traveling expenses of officials. It shall be the duty of the head of each executive department and other Government establishment at Washington to submit to Congress at the beginning of each regular session a statement showing in detail what officers or employees (other than special agents, inspectors, or employees who in the discharge of their regular duties are required to constantly travel) of such executive department or other Gov- ernment establishment have traveled on official business from Washington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the preceding fiscal year, giv- ing in each case the full title of the official or employee, the destination or destinations of such travel, the business or work on account of which the same was made, and the total expense to be United States charged in each case. Sec. 4, act of May 22, 1908 (35 Stat., 244). 1258. Accommodations for horses, carriages, etc., of President to be pro- vided by. The Quartermaster General of the Army shall provide suitable accommodations for the horses, carriages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office, in the stables maintained in the District of Colum- bia by and for the use of his department. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 4, 1911 (86 Stat., 1404). RENTALS. BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC USE. 1254:. In the District of Columbia. Where buildings are rented for public use in the District of Columbia, the executive departments are authorized, when- ever it shall be advantageous to the public interest, to rent others in their stead : Provided, That no increase in the number of buildings now in use, nor in the amounts paid for rents, shall result therefrom. Sec. 1, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 241). 232 TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE. 1255. Restriction. Must be appropriated for in each case. Hereafter no contract shall be made for the rent of any building, or part of any building, to be used for the purposes of the Government in the District of Columbia, until an appropriation therefor shall have been made in terms by Congress, and that this clause be regarded as notice to all contractors or lessors of any such building or any part of building. Act of Mar. 3, 1877 (19 Stat., 370). 1255a. Statement to be rendered annually. It shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments to submit to Congress each year, in the annual estimates of appropriations, a statement of the number of buildings rented by their respective departments, the purpose for which rented, and the annual rental of each. Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 552). 1256. Same. That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress each year in the annual Book of Estimates of appropriations, a statement of the buildings rented within the District of Columbia for the use of the Government, the purpose for which rented, and the annual rental of each. Sec. 1, act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 199). 1257. Statement to include details of floor space, etc. Hereafter the state- ment of buildings rented within the District of Columbia for use of the Govern- ment, required by the act of July sixteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-seven, page one hundred and ninety-nine), shall indicate as to each building rented the area thereof in square feet of avail- able floor space for Government uses, the rate paid per square foot for such floor space, the assessed valuation of each building, and what proportion, if any, of the rental paid includes heat, light, elevator, or other service. Sec. 3, act of May 1, 1913 (38 Stat., 3). TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERTICE. 1258. Government to have priority in transmission of messages. Telegrams between the several departments of the Government and their officers and agents, in their transmission over the lines of any telegraph company to which has been given the right of way, timber, or station lands from the public do- main shall have priority over all other business, at such rates as the Post- master General shall annually fix. And no part of any appropriation for the several Departments of the Government shall be paid to any company which neglects or refuses to transmit such telegrams in accordance with the provis- ions of this section. Sec. 5266, R. S. 1259. Expenditures for, in private residences restricted. That no money appropriated by this or any other act shall be expended for telephone service installed in any private residence or private apartment or for tolls or other ' Charges for telephone service from private residences or private apartments, ex- cept for long-distance telephone tolls required strictly for the public business, and so shown by vouchers duly sworn to and approved by the head of the de- partment, division, bureau, or office in which the official using such telephone or incurring the expense of such tolls shall be employed. Sec. 7, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 414). TRANSPORTATION. 233 TEMPORARY YACANCIES. CHIEFS OF BUREAUS, SECRETARY OF WAR, ETC. 1260. Chiefs of bureaus. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the chief of any bureau, or of any officer thereof, whose appoint- ment is not vested in the head of the department, the assistant or deputy of such chief or of such officer, or if there be none, then the chief clerk of such bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by sec- tion one hundred and seventy-nine, perform the duties of such chief or of such officer until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. Sec. 178, R. S. 1261. Secretary of War. The President may authorize and direct the Com- manding General of the Army or the chief of any military bureau of the War Department to perform the duties of the Secretary of War under the provi- sions of section one hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes, and section twelve hundred ana twenty-two of the Revised Statutes shall not be held or taken to apply to the officer so designated by reason of his temporarily performing such duties. Sec. 1, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 238). 1262. Attorney General. In any of the cases mentioned in the two pre- ceding sections, except the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Attor- ney General, the President may, in his discretion, authorize and direct the head of any other department or any other officer in either department, whose appointment is vested in the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed or the sickness or absence of the incumbent shall cease. Sec. no, R. s. 1263. Limited to thirty days. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer period than thirty days. Sec. 180, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 6, 1891 (26 Stat., 733). 1264. Extra compensation not allowed. An officer performing the duties of another office, during a vacancy, is authorized by sections one hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and seventy-eight (Rev. Stat.), and one hundred and seventy-nine (id.), is not by reason thereof entitled to any other compensa- tion than that attached to his proper office. Sec. 182, R. S. TRANSPORTATION. THE ARMY AND ITS SUPPLIES. 1265. Transportation of troops, etc., Secretary of War to have control, etc., of. The transportation of troops, munitions of war, equipments, military prop- erty, and stores, throughout the United States, shall be under the immediate control and supervision of the Secretary of War and sucli agents as he may appoint. Sec. 220, R. S. 1266. Appropriation for. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, including transportation of the troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including the cost of packing and crating; for trans- 234 TRANSPORTATION. portation of recruits and recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment be- tween recruiting stations and recruiting depots; for travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, and members of the National Guard who have been mustered into the service of the United States and are discharged for physical disabilities : * * * of persons on their discharge from the United States disciplinary barracks or from any place in which they have been held under a sentence of dishonorable discharge and confinement for more than six months, or from the Government Hospital for the Insane after transfer thereto from such barracks or place, to their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment ; of supplies furnished to the militia for the permanent equipment thereof; of the necessary agents and other employees, including per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence not exceeding $4 for those authorized to receive the per diem allowance ; of clothing and equipage and other quarter- master stores from Army depots or places of purchase or delivery to the several posts and Army depots and from those depots to the troops in the field ; of horse equipment; of ordnance and ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts and Army depots; for payment of wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; for transporta- tion of funds of the Army ; for the hire of employees ; * * *. Annual ap- propriation act. 1267. Land-grant railroads. For the payment of Army transportation law- fully due such land-grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts), but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of full amount of service be paid: Provided, That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: Provided further, That in expending the money appropriated by this act, a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant' of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose, re- stricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such Government transportation as shall at the time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: And provided further, That nothing in the preceding provisos shall be construed to prevent the ac- counting officers of the Government from making full payment to land-grant railroads for trasportation of property or persons where the courts of the United States have held that such property or persons do not come within the scope of the deductions provided for in the land-grant act. Annual ap- propriation act. TRANSPOBTATION. 235 1268. Transportation of troops, etc.; preference to be given in time of war; prompt delivery in time of peace; embargoes prohibited. In time of war or threatened war preference and precedence shall, upon demand of the Presi- dent of the United States, be given over all other traffic for the transportation of troops and material of war, and carriers shall adopt every means within their control to facilitate and expedite the military traffic. And in time of peace shipments consigned to agents of the United States for its use shall be delivered by the carriers as promptly as possible and without regard to any embargo that may have been declared, and no such embargo shall apply to shipments so consigned. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 604). 1269. Same. Exclusive control of systems in time of war. The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 645). 1270. Motor vehicles, ichat shall constitute; in the District of Columbia to be registered and furnished identification tags free of cost. The term " motor vehicles " used herein shall include all vehicles propelled by internal-combustion engines, electricity, or steam, except traction engines, road rollers, and vehicles propelled only upon rails and tracks. Motor vehicles owned and maintained in the District of Columbia by the United States or the government of the District of Columbia shall be registered and furnished identification tags without cost. Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1012). 1271. Transportation of baggage, enlisted men, ten or more years' service. Hereafter when an enlisted man having ten or more years' service in the Army is discharged on account of disability incurred in the line of duty, transporta- tion of his authorized change of station allowance of baggage from his last duty station to his home, in addition to other travel allowances fixed by law, may be authorized by the Secretary of War. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 633). 1272. Excess baggage. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, including transportation of troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including the cost of packing and crating: Provided, That hereafter baggage in excess of regulation change of station allowances may be shipped with such allowances, and reimbursement collected for transportation charges on such excess. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 255). 1273. Officers on official duties. Hereafter in the performance of their official and military duties officers of the Army are authorized, under such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War, to use means of transportation herein provided for. Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1051). 1274. Private mounts of officers. Hereafter transportation may be fur- nished for the owned horses of an officer not exceeding the number author- ized by law, from point of purchase to his station, when he would have been entitled to and did not have his authorized number of owned horses shipped upon his last change of station, and when the cost of shipment does not exceed that from his old to his new station. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 255) . 236 TRANSPORTATION. 1275. Same. In excess of nutliorized number. Hereafter private mounts of officers in excess of the authorized mounts may be shipped on Government bill of lading with authorized mounts, and reimbursement collected for trans- portation charges on such excess mounts. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (88 Stat., 865). 1276. Transportation to persons to whom artificial limbs are furnished. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to furnish to the persons embraced by the provisions of section forty-seven hundred and eighty-seven, transportation to and from their homes and the place where they may be required to go to obtain artificial limbs provided for them under authority of law. The necessary transportation to have artificial limbs fitted shall be furnished by the Quartermaster General of the Army, the cost of which shall be refunded out of any money appropriated for the purchase of artificial limbs. Act of Aug. 15, 1876 (19 Stat., 203). 1277. Transportation of property of other departments. Hereafter the Quartermaster General and his officers, under his instructions whenever sta- tioned, shall receive, transport, and be responsible for all property turned over to them, or any one of them, by the officers or agents of any Government sur- vey, for the National Museum, or for civil or naval departments of the Gov- ernment, in Washington or elsewhere, under the regulations governing the transportation of Army supplies, the amount paid for such transportation to be refunded or paid by the bureau to which such property or stores pertain. Act of July 5, 1885 (23 Stat., 111). OF ANIMALS. 1278. Time limit for continuous confinement on cars and vessels. No rail- road, express company, car company, common carrier other than, by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals shall be conveyed from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into or through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into or through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, shall confine the same in cars, boats, or vessels of any description for a period longer than twenty- eight consecutive hours without unloading the same in a humane manner into properly equipped pens for rest, water, and feeding/ for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented by storm or by other accidental or un- avoidable causes which can not be anticipated or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and foresight : Provided, That upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of that particular shipment, which written request shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of lading, or other railroad form, the time of confinement may be extended to thirty-six hours. In estimating such confinement, the time consumed in loading and unloading shall not be consid- ered, but the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest or food or water on connecting roads shall be included, it being the intent of this act to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty- eight hours, except upon the contingencies hereinbefore stated : Provided, That it shall not be required that sheep be unloaded in the nighttime, but where the time expires in the nighttime in case of sheep the same may continue in transit to a suitable place for unloading, subject to the aforesaid limitation of thirty- six hours. Act of June 29, 1906 (3J t Stat., 607). TEANSPORTATION. 237 1279. Feeding cattle at owners expense during transportation. The animals so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered during such rest either by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, or by the owners or masters of boats or vessels transporting the same, at the reasonable expense of the owner or person in custody thereof, and such railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, owners or masters, shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, collectible at their destination in the same manner as the transportation charges are collected, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals, when such detention is of reasonable duration, to enable compliance with section one of this act ; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the owner or shipper of animals from fur- nishing food therefor, if he so desires. Sec. 2, ibid, 1280. Penalty for noncompliance with requirements. Any railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, or the master or owner of any steam, sailing, or other vessel who knowingly and willfully fails to comply with the provisions of the two preceding sections shall for every such failure be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hun- dred dollars : Provided, That when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and oppor- tunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. Sec. 3, ibid. TRANSPORTS, HARBOR BOATS, ETC. 1281. Tolls, etc., not to be levied or collected, etc. No tolls or operating charges whatever shall be levied upon or collected from any vessel, dredge, or other water craft for passing through any lock, canal, canalized river, or other work for the use and benefit of navigation, now belonging to the United States or that may be hereafter acquired or constructed. Sec. 4, act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 147), as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 818). 1282. Steamships, etc., may be taken by United States as cruisers or trans- ports; appraisement. Any steamships so registered under the provisions of this act may be taken and used by the United States as cruisers or transports upon payment to the owners of the fair actual value of the same at the time of the taking, and if there shall be a disagreement as to the fair actual value at the time of the taking between the United States and the owners, then the same shall be determined by two impartial appraisers, one to be appointed by each of said parties, who, in case of disagreement, shall select a third, the award of any two of the three' so chosen to be final and conclusive. Sec. 4, act of May 10, 1892 (27 .Stat., 28). 1283. Use of transports, restriction, etc. When, in the opinion of the Secre- tary of War, accommodations are available, transportation may be provided for the officers, enlisted men, employees, and supplies of the Navy, the Marine Corps, and for members and employees of the Philippine and Hawaiian Governments, officers of the War Department, Members of Congress, other officers of the Gov- ernment while traveling on official business, and without expense to the United States, for the families of those persons herein authorized to be transported, and when accommodations are available, transportation may be provided for 238 TRANSPORTATION. general passengers to the island of Guam, rates and regulations therefor to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Ac* of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1170). 1284. Same. Extended to include the Revenue-Cutter Service and Young Men's Christian Association. Hereafter when, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, accommodations are available, transportation on vessels of the Army transport service may be furnished the officers, employees, and enlisted men of the Revenue-Cutter Service, and their families, without expense to the United States, and also secretaries and supplies of the Army and Navy Departments of the Young Men's Christian Association. Ac* of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1051). 1285. Same. Extended to include merchandise of American production to the island of Guam. Hereafter where there is cargo space available without displacing military supplies, transportation may be provided for merchandise of American production consigned to residents and mercantile firms of the island of Guam, rates and regulations therefor to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Ac* of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1051). 1286. Detail of naval officers for inspection of transports. The President may detail, temporarily, three competent naval officers for the service of the War Department in the inspection of transport vessels, and for such other ser- vices as may be designated by the Secretary of War. Sec. 1437 R. S. 1287. American vessels to be used in transporting Army and Navy supplies; charges. Vessels of the United States, or belonging to the United States, and no others, shall be employed in the transportation by sea of coal, provisions, fodder, or supplies of any description, purchased pursuant to law, for the use of the Army or Navy, unless the President shall find that the rates of freight charges by said vessels are excessive and unreasonable, in which case contracts shall be made under the law as it now exists : Provided, That no greater charges be made by such vessels for transportation of articles for the use of the said Army and Navy than are made by such vessels for transportation of like goods for private parties or companies. Ac* of Apr. 28, 1904 (33 Stat., 518). 1288. Same. Restriction relating to certain foreign vessels removed. The provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be applicable to foreign vessels engaged in trade between the Philippine Islands and the United States. Ac* of Apr. 29, 1908 (35 Stat., 70). 1289. Sale of transports restricted. Hereafter no steamship in the transport service of the United States shall be yold or dispos-jd of without the consent of Congress having been first had or obtained. Act of Mar. 2, 1905 (33 Stat., 837). 1290. Sale of transports Meade and Crook, authority for. Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of War to sell or otherwise dispose of. in accord- ance with law and regulations, the United States Army transports Meadc and Crook. Ac* of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 634). 1291. Discontinuance of transport service restricted.^ No action looking to the discontinuance of the transport service shall be taken without further action Of Congress. A ct of Me known as the United States Shipping Board, and hereinafter referred to as the board. Sec. 3, act of Sept. 7, 1916 (89 Stat., 729). 1293. Same. Authority to build, purchase, charter, etc., vessels for use as transports, etc. The board, with the approval of the President, is authorized to have constructed and equipped in American shipyards and navy yards or elsewhere, giving preference, other things being equal, to domestic yards, or to purchase, lease, or charter, vessels suitable, as far as the commerical require- ments of the marine trade of the United States may permit, for use as naval auxiliaries or Army transports, or for other naval or military purposes, and to make necessary repairs on and alterations of such vessels. Sec. 5, ibid. 1294. Same. Transfer of certain Government-oumed vessels to board. The President may transfer either permanently or ior limited periods to the board such vessels belonging to the War or Navy Department as are suitable for commercial uses and not required for military 01 naval use in time of peace, and cause to be transferred to the board vessels owned by the Panama Railroad Company and not required in its business. Sec. 6, ibid. 1295. Same. Sale, etc., of unserviceable vessels. When any vessel pur- chased or constructed by or transferred to the board as herein provided and owned by the United States, becomes, in the opinion of the board, unfit for the purposes of this act, it shall be appraised tmd sold at public or private comeptitive sale after due advertisement free from the conditions and restric- tions of this act. Sec. 8, ibid. 1296. Appropriation for purchase and repair, etc., of. For the purchase and repair of ships, boats, and other vessels required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, military, and garrison purposes; for ex- penses of sailing public transports and other vessels on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, * * *. Annual appro- priation act. 1297. Wharfage dues, Military Academy. The Secretary of War is author- ized to have collected from vessels using the wharf and ferry at West Point. New York, such wharfage dues as he may deem just, reasonable, and necessary, the same to be paid at the time of landing to the post quartermaster or his authorized agent Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1137). TRANSPORTATION BY WATER. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 1298. Transfer of vessels, etc., to Army and Navy in emergencies. The President is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment a sufficient national emergency exists, to transfer to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy De- partment, or of the War Department, such vessels, equipment, stations, and personnel of the Lighthouse Service as he may deem to the best interest of the country, and after such transfer all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the appropriations for the department to which transfer is made. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 602). 1299. Same. Return of on termination. That such vessels, equipment, stations, and personnel shall be returned to the Lighthouse Service when such 240 THE UNIFORM OF THE ARMY. national emergency ceases in the opinion of the President, and nothing in this act shall be construed as transferring the Lighthouse Service or any of its functions from the Department of Commerce except in time of national emer- gency and to the extent herein provided. Ibid. 1800. Satnc. Personnel subject to A run/ and Naru rules during transfer. That any of the personnel of the Lighthouse Service who may be transferred as herein provided shall, while under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department or War Department, be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Navy or Army, as the case may be, in so far as the same may be applicable to persons whose retention permanently in the military service of the United States is not contemplated by law. Ibid. 1301. Same. Preparation of regulations, etc., for cooperation. The Secre- tary of the Navy, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations governing the duties to be performed by the Lighthouse Service in time of war, and for the cooperation of that service with the Navy and War Departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in war, and this may include arrangements for a direct line of communication between the officers or bureaus of the Navy and War Departments and the Bureau of Lighthouses to provide for immediate action on all communications from these departments. Ibid. THE UNIFORM OF THE ARMY. 1302. The uniform to be prescribed by the President. The President may prescribe the uniform of the Army and quantity and kind of clothing which shall be issued annually to the troops of the United States. Sec. 1296, R. S. NOTE. Under authority conferred by this section the President directed that campaign badges with ribbons be issued as articles of uniform to officers and enlisted men in the service. (See G. O. No. 4, W. D., 1905, as amended by G. O. 129, W. D., 1908 ; also G. O Nos. 96 and 97, W. D., 19C9. For decision of Judge Advocate General relative to cam- paign badges forming a portion of the prescribed uniform, etc., see Dig. Op. J. A. G., 1912, p. 668.) 1303. Unauthorized wearing of, unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person not an officer or enlisted man of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps to wear the duly prescribed uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or any distinctive part of such uniform, or a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescribed uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. Sec. 125, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 216). 1304. The Coast Guard not prohibited from wearing. Section one hundred and twenty-five of the act entitled "An act for further and more effectual pro- vision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner as to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 649). 1305. Use of specified uniforms permitted National Guard, Boy Scouts, Naval Militia, war veterans on ceremonious occasions, discharged men return- ing home, military societies, school cadets and instructors, civilians attending instruction camps, actors, etc., professionally. The foregoing provision shall not be construed so as to prevent officers or enlisted men of the National Guard THE UNIFORM OF THE ARMY. 241 from wearing, in pursuance of law and regulations, the uniform lawfully pre- scribed to be worn by such officers or enlisted men of the National Guard ; nor to prevent members of the organization known as the Boy Scouts of America, or the Naval Militia, or such other organizations as the Secretary of War may designate, from wearing their prescribed uniforms; nor to prevent persons who in time of war have served honorably as officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, and whose most recent service was terminated by an honorable discharge, muster out, or resignation, from wearing upon occasions of ceremony the uniform of the highest grade they have held by brevet or other commission in such Regular or Volunteer service; nor to prevent any person who has been honorably dis- charged from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, from wearing his uniform from the place of his discharge to his home within three months after the date of such discharge ; nor to prevent the members of military societies composed entirely of honorably discharged officers or enlisted men, or both, of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, from wearing upon occasions of ceremony the uniform duly prescribed by such societies to be worn by the members thereof; nor to prevent the instructors and members of the duly organized cadet corps of a State university. State college, or public high school offering a regular course in military instruction from wearing the uniform duly prescribed by the authorities of such university, college, or public high school for wear by the instructors and members of such cadet corps; nor to prevent the instructors ond members of the duly organized cadet corps of any other institution of learning offering a regular course in military instruction, and at which an officer or enlisted man of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps is lawfully detailed for duty as instructor in military science and tactics, from wearing the uniform duly prescribed by the authorities of such institution of learning for wear by the instructors and members of such cadet corps ; nor to prevent civilians attendant upon a course of military or naval instruction au- thorized and conducted by the military or naval authorities of the United States from wearing while in attendance upon such course of instruction the uniform authorized and prescribed by such military or naval authorities for wear during such course of instruction; nor to prevent any person from wearing the uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in any playhouse or theater or in moving-picture films while actually engaged in repre- senting therein a military or naval character not tending tor bring discredit or reproach upon the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. Sec. 125, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 216). 1306. Distinctive mark required. The uniforms worn by officers or en- listed men of the National Guard, or by the members of the military societies or the instructors and members of the cadet corps referred to in the preceding proviso, shall include some distinctive mark or insignia to be prescribed by the Secretary of War to distinguish such uniforms from the uniforms of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. 1307. Restriction t on insignia of rank. The members of the military so- cieties and the instructors and members of the cadet corps hereinbefore men- tioned shall not wear the .insignia of rank prescribed to be worn by officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or any insignia of rank similar thereto. Ibid. 4939218 - 16 242 USELESS PAPERS. 1308. Punishment for violations. Any person who offends against the pro- visions of this section shall on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Ibid. USELESS PAPERS. 1309. Disposition of; report to be rendered, etc. Whenever there shall be in any one of the executive departments of the Government an accumulation of files of papers, which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the cur- rent business of such department and have no permanent value or historical in- terest, it shall be the duty of the head of such department to submit to Con- gress report of that fact, accompanied by a concise statement of the condition and character of such papers. And upon the submission of such report, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to appoint two Senators, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint two Representatives, and the Senators and Representatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee, to which shall be referred such report, with the accompanying state- ment of the condition and character of such papers, and such joint committee shall meet and examine such report and statement and the papers therein de- scribed, and submit to the Senate and House, respectively, a report of such examination and their recommendation. And if they report that such files of papers, or any part thereof, are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such Department, and have no permanent value or historical interest, then it shall be the duty of such head of the department to sell as waste paper, or otherwise dispose of, such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to Congress. Act of Feb. 16, 1889 (25 Stat., 672). INDEX. Absence on account of sickness. (See Sick leave and leave of absence.) Absence from duty: Paragraph. Disease resulting from own misconduct 428 Absence without leave: Civilians Forfeiture of pay ; 31st day of month 929 Commissioned officers Pay forfeited; when 426,491 Three months', to be dropped from rolls of Army 426 Enlisted men Exceeding one day, to be made good 636 On 31st day of month 929 National Guard Officers of, three months', to be dropped from rolls 667 Accountability: Arms and accoutrements in possession of persons not soldiers 1183, 1184 Clothing (see also Clothing) Regulations governing; by whom prescribed 1177 System of; by whom prescribed 1180 Enlisted Reserve Corps On discharge ; clothing and equippage issued to 807 Funds and property in hands of subordinate officers; liability of Quarter- master General for 24 Losses; credit for 1142 Property pertaining to the War Department 1185 Public money (see Disbursing officers and public moneys). Public property (see also Property, accountability and public property) Losses; certificate to be forwarded in lieu of returns 1181 Preparation of 1182 Regulations governing; by whom prescribed 1177 Settlement of accounts ; who may administer oaths 1178 System of; by whom prescribed 1180 Quartermaster General- Money and property in hands of subordinate officers 24 Account to be rendered Secretary of War, how often 1180 System of, to be prescribed by 1180 Rations - Issue of, to Indians on frontier ; account to be rendered 403 Returns ; certificate to be forwarded in lieu of . 1181 Sales to officers and enlisted men Credit; account to be kept 1196 Report to be rendered monthly 1196 Sales to officers serving in the field 1199 System of; by whom, prescribed- 1180 Accountable officers (see also Disbursing officers and public moneys) : Authority to intrust money to other officers making disbursements 1102 Discharged ; certificate of nonindebtedness required 482 Oath of; by whom administered 1178 Accountants and other experts: Payment of restricted '. 20 Accounting officers (see also Accounts, Auditor for the War Department, and Comptroller of the Treasury) : Appointment of fuel inspectors ; copy to be furnished 194 Credit for lost funds, etc 1142 Payment of land-grant railroads 1269 Purchase of fuel ; no payment without certificate of inspector, etc 195 Signature of required on evidence of honorable discharge 1032 243 244 INDEX. Accounts (see also Auditor for the War Department, Disbursing officers, and P.ublic moneys) Paragraph. Accurate on try of each sum to be kept 1050 Administrative examination of 1041 By whom made 1041 Rules and regulations to be prescribed by 1039 Where not had; action in case of 1042, 1059 Adjustment of in Department of Treasury 1063 Advance of funds (see also Public moneys, Advances of) Delay in transmission of accounts; procedure 1044 Analyzed and recorded by . 1030 Audited; requisitions not required 1164 Audit of : bureaus of the War Department, for salaries, etc 1040 Contracted abroad 1052 Officers of the Line, for pay due 1031 Particular accounts; by whom 1064 Auditor for the War Department to receive and examine certain 1040 Balances (see also Balances and unexpended balances) Arising from settlement of accounts contracted abroad ^. 1054, 1055 Clothing, enlisted men ; how paid 608 Neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury ! Remaining on books after two years 14, 1069 Suits for recovery of r 1069 Bureaus of the War Department ; examination and inspection of 1040 Certificate of differences on revision 1065 Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted 418 Clothing money allowance, enlisted men, settlement of 608 Commissioned Officers Audit of, for pay due 1031 Authority to transfer or assign pay accounts 417 Deficiencies in ; deducted from monthly pay 530, 531 Settlement of, where evidence of honorable discharge is necessary 1032 Commission or inquiry ; payment of by disbursing officers ^ 1095, 1096 Company commanders ; loss of voucher or company books, affidavits may be accepted 1179 Contracted abroad Administrative examination not required 1059 Assistant auditor and comptroller ; appointment of 1058 Duties and authority of 1058 Audit of, abroad ; authority for :. 1052 Balances arising from settlement of Certificates in lieu of warrants authorized 1055 Certified by auditor, to be final and conclusive ; exception 1054 Contracts to be settled by auditor _; 1059 Examination of ; by whom 1059 Files to be transmitted to Washington; when 1057 Oaths pertaining to ; by whom administered 1060 Powers conferred on Comptroller, auditor and assistants 1053 Secretary of Treasury 1052 Rendition of; time for 1059 Settlements Oaths required ; by whom administered 1060 Revision of, abroad 1054 Differences arising from 1054 Time limit 1054 To be final and conclusive : 1054 Revision of, at close of war 1056 Time limit 1056 To be audited abroad ; authority for 1052 Vouchers and papers to be preserved 1057 Warrants, certificates may be transmitted in lieu of 1055 Contracts, etc., inspection and revision of; by whom 167 Contracts and purchases, settlement of; to whom rendered 167 Contract surgeons ; may be assigned or transferred ; when 302 Credit for lost funds 1142 Deceased officers and enlisted men ; settlement of, etc 305, 306 INDEX. 245 Accounts Continued. Paragraph. Decision of comptroller in advance of payment 1033 Deficiencies, salary withheld recount of 530, 531 Deficiencies to be reported 33 Delinquencies, suits to be instituted; when 531 Deposit and safe-keeping of funds 1086, 1088 Designated depositaries L 1091 Disbursing officers (see also Disbursing officers) Allotments of pay ; payment of, credit for 603 Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted 418 Credit for lost funds 1142 Decree of Court of Claims to act as a credit in settlement of 123 Delinquencies ; action on requisitions for advance of funds 1044 Examination and inspection of 1037, 1176 Failure to render; penalty 1106 How analyzed and recorded 1030 How audited and settled 1030, 1031 Inspection of; by whom 1037,1176 Losses of funds, etc. ; Court of Claims to have jurisdiction 121 Monthly Time for rendition of _ 1047 Time for transmission of 1044 Nonreceipt of in Treasury or proper bureau; evidence necessary. .1047 Oaths required in settlement of 1178 Payment suspended : when 72, 1162 Rendition of; time for ._ 1047 Settlement of, unchanged for three years 1034 Unchanged for three years, action necessary in case of 1034 Disbursements (see also Disbursements) By distinct items 1051 Distinct, rendered according to appropriations 1049 In case of insufficient balances 1097 To be kept by auditors; method of 1172 Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants ; establishment of, duties, etc 1168 Enlisted men ; settlement of, where evidence of honorable discharge is neces- sary 1032 Entry of each transaction required 1050 Examination of Administrative 1041 By whom 167,1038,1040,1171,1176 Bureaus of the War Department 1041 Monthly ; extension of time for 1045 Officers in the District of Columbia 1038 Officers of the line, for pay due 1031 Time .for, extended . 1045 Where administrative examination has not been had 1042 Exchange or sale of funds 1141 Expenditures (see also Disbursements) To be kept by auditors; method of 1172 Failure to render 1036, 1106 Finally adjusted; to be preserved by auditors 1170 Final statements ; clothing allowance overdrawn to be changed on 653 Fiscal year ; when to commence 1136 Forms for keeping and rendering; by whom prescribed 1043 Indebtedness, where judgment has been obtained . 532 Individual quartermasters ; to be analyzed and recorded 1030 Inspection and revision of; contractors 167 Officers in the District of Columbia 1038 Insufficient balances, disbursement in case of 1097 Keeping of; method 1172 Keeping and rendition of; forms to be prescribed for : 1043 Line officers- - Audit and settlement of, for pay due 1031 Settlement of ; inability to account for property intrusted to posses- sion of io:-)i Lost checks Duplicates may be issued ; when '. 1076 In case of death of issuing officer 1077 246 INDEX. Accounts Continued. Paragraph. Lost funds and property ; credit for 1142 Mailing of Rules to be prescribed by Secretary of War 104ti Time for 1044 Method of keeping 1172 Mileage- Allowances for, to be paid from sums appropriated therefor 509 Deductions for transportation in kind 513 Over land-grant roads __* 514 Orders involving payment of, to state special duty enjoined 508 Payment of 508,510 Militia (see National Guard). Monthly Examination of, extension of time for 1045 Mailing of, time for 1044 Rendition of, time for 1047, 1048 National Guard (see also National Guard) Inspection of: how often 715 Property and disbursing officers of 711 Nonreceipt of; evidence necessary 1047 Oaths required in settlement of 1178 Officers in the District of Columbia ; examination and inspection of ; by whom 1038 Outstanding; report to be rendered 1081 Pay accounts ; checks to indorse on, permitted 418 Payment By warrants; time for issuance of 1162 Decision of comptroller in advance of 1033 Items affected by original construction of statutes by auditors to be suspended pending approval by comptroller 72 Payment suspended ; when 72, 1063 Pay of the Army ; to constitute one fund 1098 Petitions for settlement of unadjusted, etc 149 Public funds (see also Public Moneys) Accurate entry of each sum to be kept 1050 Delinquencies; procedure 1036 To be rendered by distinct items 1051 Public property (see also Property accountability and Public property) Deficiencies ; affidavit may be accepted ; when 1179 Loss of vouchers or company books ; affidavits may be accepted ; when 79 Lost, credit for; when 1142 Lost in transit ; deductions for 1143 Oaths in settlement of; who may administer 1178 Quarterly, transmission of, time for 1044 Receiving officers ; rendition of 1 1049 Receipts and expenditures, to be kept by auditors ; method of 1172 Reexamination of - 85, 1063 Rendition of By distinct items 1051 Time for 1047, 1048, 1180 Requisitions for advances of funds _ 1071-1074 Revision of Certificate of differences on .__,._- 1065 Settled accounts; time limit : 86 When permissible 1063 Settlement of Between Engineer Department and another bureau of the War Depart- ment 1067 Between Medical Department and other bureaus of the War Depart- ment 1068 Between Military Academy and other bureaus of the War Depart- ment Between Signal Corps and other bureaus of the War Department 1066 Company commanders, in case of loss of voucher or company books 1179 Deceased officers and enlisted men Decree of Court of Claims to act as a credit in 123 INDEX. 247 Accounts Continued. Settlement of Continued. Paragraph. In Treasury Department 73 Line officers, for pay due 1031 Officers in the District of Columbia 1038 Officers and enlisted men, where evidence of honorable discharge is necessary 1032 Particular accounts ; by whom 1064 To whom rendered 167 Unadjusted for three years 149 Upon presentation of outstanding checks 1080 Where evidence of honorable discharge is necessary 1032 Where further evidence is necessary 1162 Suspended items, revision of original settlement 1162 Transmission of 1044,1047 Unadjusted for three years, settlement of 149 Unsettled for three years, petitions for settlement of 149 Witnesses for the Government, to be audited and paid ; restriction 410 Accrued leave (see also Leave of absence) : Amount of, limited 492 Computation of 492-495 Acting judge advocates (see also Pay of the Army) : Rank, pay and allowances 462 Adding machines: Exchange of, in part pay for new 180 Additional pay (see also Enlisted men, increased pay, and pay of the Army) : Accrues for one classification only 590 Aids 430 Alaskan Cable & Telegraph System ; enlisted men employed on 601 Army Service Detachment, West Point 1 598 Civilians- Employees on harbor boats in lieu of subsistence 934 Extra services, none for ; exception 944 Foreign service 933 Lump-sum appropriations not available for 943 Engineer Detachment 334, 335 Enlisted men (see also Extra duty pay) Accrues for one classification only 584, 590 Artisans, at department headquarters, etc 585 Aviation duty 295 Bonus for reenlistment in time of peace 606 Bounty for reenlistment in time of war 607 Casemate electricians 590 Certain, employed on Washington-Alaska Cable & Telegraph System 601 Certificate of merit, when granted 587 Chief loaders 590 Chief planters 590 Clerks, etc., when acting as 585 Constant labor of not less than 10 days' duration 585, 601 Construction work, when employed on r 585 Continuous service 635 Coxswains 590 Disciplinary barracks, duty at . 582 Disciplinary barracks guards 599, 600, 796 Dispensary assistants, when detailed as 588 Expert first-class gunners 590 Expert riflemen 590 Foreign service (see Foreign service) 310-313 Guards, disciplinary barracks 599,600,796 Gun commanders 590 Gunners, first and second class 590 Gun pointers 590 Instructor cooks at school for bakers and cooks r>92 -Limited to one classification 534, 590 Marksman, etc 590 Mrdical Department ; detailed as dispensary assistants, nurses, and suruical assistants-- 588 248 INDEX. Additional pay Continued. Enlisted men Continued. Paragraph. Mess sergeants, when acting as 589 Mess stewards and cooks at recruit depots 592 Nurses, when detailed as 588 Observers, first and second class 590 Plotters, etc 590 Recruiting depots, duty at 582, 583, 592 Recruiting stations, duty at 591 Reenlisting in Regular Army Reserve 589 Reenlisting in time of peace, bonus for 606 Reenlisting in time of war, bounty for 607 Restriction governing , 584, 590 School teachers, at headquarters of departments, etc 585 Sharpshooters, etc 590 Stenographic reporters, when acting as 596 Surgical assistants, when detailed as 588 Switchboard operators, acting as 594, 595 Washington-Alaska Cable & Telegraph System ; certain, when em- ployed on 601 Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Nurse Corps. (See Nurse Corps.) Advances of public moneys (see also Public moneys) : Contractors, during present emergency 1075 Contracts requiring, to be filed with auditor 1070 Delays in transmitting accounts ; procedure 1044, 1073 Disbursing officers ; when 1070 Not authorized ; when 1070 Persons employed on distant stations 1070 Requisitions for, preparation of 1164 Requisitions for, to be sent to auditor for action 1074 Not to be countersigned by comptroller 1074 Restrictions governing 1070 Subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, etc., allowed for 1071 Travel pay, civilians attending training camps, for return journey 77^ Where monthly accounts have been received 1044 Advertising: Army supplies, publication of 169-172 To state preference for American production 184 Authority for, to be in writing 1 Bills for, not to be paid unless accompanied by written authority for 1 District of Columbia; newspapers in which to appear 3 Rates not to exceed commercial rates 3 Written authority necessary for 3 Pacific coast ; cities in which same shall appear 184 Publication of ; authority necessary for 1 Rates in the District of Columbia . 3 ' Rates to be ascertained from sworn statements 2 Rates to be charged 2 Special rates may be secured; when 2 Supplies for executive departments 192 Agents (see also Disbursing agents and sureties) : Surety companies Death of, service on clerk of court 39 Outside of State where incorporated 39 Power of attorney necessary when appointed 39 Aide-de-camp : Additional pay of 430 Number allowed each major and brigadier general 429 National Guard (see also National Guard) 702 Alcoholic liquors: Issue and sale of, to officers and enlisted men prohibited 398, 399 Not to be supplies in canteens 398 Allotments of pay: Authority for making, 602 Civilian employees : when 935 INDEX. 249 Allotments of pay Continued. Paragraph. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of 603 Distribution of ; by whom ; 850 Enlisted men Compulsory Additional, Class B, exemption from 847 Amount of, monthly 839 To be certified by War Department 851 Apportionment of 849 Payment of; by whom 850 Persons to whom provisions apply 837, 838 Release from ; when 838 Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officers 604 Exemption from ; 'when 838 Modification of . 851 Retired enlisted men on active duty ^ 602 Retired oflicers on active duty 602 Treasury Department to make all payments of 850 American antiquities: Preservation of (see also Public lands) 1021-1024 American National Bed Cross: Loan of public property to ; bond required 1187 Return of, when called for 1187 Revocable leases in public lands granted to . 1018 Storehouses ; use of, etc. 1018 Annual estimates (see also Estimates) : Additional explanations required ; action in case of 1137 Affecting revenues of the District ; time limit 1134 All to be transmitted at same time 1122 Amount of outstanding appropriation to be designated 1126 Apportionment of appropriations, waived or modified, to be communicated to Congress . 6 Barracks and quarters ; construction of 1207 Book of Estimates ; to be included in 1122 Classification and compilation of ; by whom 1140 Compensation of oflicers _ 1127 Compilation of, officer to be designated 1140 Departmental; filing of; time limit 1118 Explanations of variations and new items required 1137 Filing of; time limit 1118 Fiscal year, when to commence 1136 General or lump-sum appropriations 1138, 1139 Manner of communicating, etc 1123 National Cemeteries ; care and maintenance of 231 New items ; explanation of, required 1137 Official to be designated by each department to supervise and prepare 1148 Passenger-carrying vehicles ; sums necessary for purchase, etc. of 23 Payment of judgments; transmittal of 1128 Preparation of Amount of outstanding appropriations to be designated 1126 Full explanations of all variations and new items required 1137 Manner of communicating 1123 Officer to be designated 1140 To be as now required by law 1121 To follow order of preceding year's appropriations 1120 Printing and binding 997, 1001, 1124 Public works, preparation of 1125 Rearrangement of, when not conforming to requirements 1131 Repairs, etc., public buildings 1129 Rifle ranges for civilian instruction 777 Salaries ; to be founded upon express provisions of law 1127 Submission of, through Secretary of War 1117, 1119 Time limit 1118 Supervision of; by whom 1140 To be included in Book of Estimates 1117, 1122 When to be submitted 1118 To follow order of preceding year's appropriations 1120 250 INDEX. Annual estimates Continued. Paragraph. Transmission of 1118, 1122 Transportation of the Army and its supplies; preparation of 1130 Variation ; explanations required 1137 When to be submitted - 1118, 1122 Annual leave (see also Leave of absence) : Employees of arsenals, etc 913 Clerks, etc., executive departments 909 Pay to stop at expiration of, granted 912 To be exclusive of sick leave 910 To be exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays 911 Commissioned officers - 491, 495 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, duty with troops or field exercises, time necessary for not to be deducted from 916 Members of National Guard for parades and encampments, time necessary for not to be deducted 914 For field or coast defense training, not to be deducted 915 Per diem employees 913 Annual reports (sec also Reports and annual statements) : Estimate of probable demands on unexpended balances to be reported to Congress 10 Losses or damages due to maneuvers, etc 108 Preparation of, etc 10 Printing of, restricted 1002, 1003 Proceeds of sales of old material 1132, 1133 Proceeds of sales ; statement to be rendered ; time limit 1157 Subsistence, none required for 1158 Public buildings ; leases to be included in 1017 Rental of public buildings in the District 1255a, 1256 Preparation of 1257 Annual statements: Rendered by Quartermaster General Condition of business, etc 1249 Number of employees and salaries of those below a fair standard of efficiency 1250 Traveling expense of officers and employees 1252 Applicants for enlistment: Transportation of ; authority for 1265 Meals for. (See Annual appropriation acts.) Antletam battle field. (See National cemeteries.) Appointments. (See Employment and personnel Civilians.) Apportionments. (See Appropriations and public moneys.) Appropriations (see also Public moneys) : Accounted for under distinct items 1049 All for " Pay of the Army" to constitute one fund 1098 All for "Supplies, services, and transportation" to constitute one fund 8 Amount of, how determined 5 Annual report to be rendered (see also Annual Reports)-- 10 Application of balances, accruing from lapsed salaries.- 16 Remaining on books of Treasury for two years 11, 14 To be applied only to expenses incurred during current year !' To be construed as a new appropriation 12 Unexpended, at end of fiscal year 13 Apportionment of, how made 6 Apportionments, waived or modified; procedure in case of <> Army; not available for post gardens or exchange IN Available for purchases for future years 9 Bakehouses, for equipment of 7 Balances of {see also Balances and public moneys) To be included in surplus fund warrant 11, 14 Unexpended, application of 13 Diversion of, construed as a new appropriation 12 Remaining on books of Treasury for two years 11 To be carried to surplus fund 11, 13 Breeding of horses . - 198. 190 Burials. (See National cemeteries.) Citizens' training camps, maintenance, etc., of 771.7K5 INDEX. 251 Appropriations Continued. Paragraph. Claims for damages to and loss of private property due to target practice ; how long available 97 Construction of public buildings ; how long available 15 Contingent expenses; how apportioned 6 Contingent fund; apportionment of 1083,1084 Contracts not to exceed; exception 176,186 Disbursements. (See Disbursements.) Disposition of after two years 14 Drawing of, from Treasury; procedure 1163 Expenditures not to exceed appropriations 22 Fiscal year, when to commence 1136 Funds available for future years 9 General or lump-sum Estimates for; requirements, etc 1138 Uniform method to be prescribed 1139 General purposes ; how apportioned . 6 Heat and light; commutation of 449 Horse races; expenses of officers and horses attending; payment of 19 Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers 205 Horses (National Guard) 691,692 Internments. (See National cemeteries.) Kitchens and mess halls ; for tableware and mess furniture 7 Limitations governing Expenditures and contracts 22 Horse races, etc. 19 Horses; breeding of 198 Official or clerical compensation , 17 Payment of accountants and other, experts = 20 Payment of permanently incapacitated persons Post gardens and exchanges 18 Purchase of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles 23 Typewriting machines ; price to be paid 21 Lump-sum Employees paid from to have salary increased during fiscal year 1918 930 Personal services not to be paid from ; exception 942 Rate of 943 Mileage; not available for inspections and investigations; exception 507 Military Academy (see also Military Academy) : Disbursed and accounted for by Quartermaster Corps 321 Polo ponies; purchase of 205 Settlement of transactions between bureaus of the War Department 322 Militia. (See National Guard.) National cemeteries. (See National cemeteries.) National Guard. (See National Guard;) Nurse Corps. (See Nurse Corps.) Offenses (see also Offenses and penalties) Apportionment of appropriations, waived or modified 6 Pay of the Army, to be disbursed as one fund 1098 Permanent, how determined 4 Pos-t bakeries; to carry on 7 Post schools and libraries; for equipment of, etc 7 Printing and binding 994, 1003 Public buildings ; construction of, how long available 15 Rental of, District of Columbia _ 1254-1257 Public lands; purchase of 1004,1008 Purchases for future years; funds available for 9 Quartermaster Corps Pay of the Army, to constitute one fund 1098 Supplies, services, and transportation, to constitute one fund 8 Quarters ; commutation of 449 Construction of. (See Barracks and quarters.) Remains of soldiers ; reimbursement for expenses of transportation and burial - 263-265 Restrictions governing (see also Limitations governing) Breeding of horses 198 Distribution of publications 1209 252 INDEX. Appropriations Continued. Restrictions governing Continued. Paragraph. Mileage 507 Not to be applied to printing and binding ; when 997 Payment of Army service detachment from Quartermaster Corps funds. 598 Pay of officers not citizens of the United States 427 Public vehicles used for private use 1215, 1216 Rifle ranges for civilian instruction ; how long available 781 Roadways. (See National cemeteries.) Signal Corps, transfer of funds for pay of reserve officers and men 297 Specific or indefinite, not permanent without reference to a fiscal year ; exceptions 4 Subsistence of the Army (see also Rations and subsistence) Amount available for purchase of, for sales to officers, etc 1099 Sick in hospitals, Canal Zone 407 Supplies, purchase of, for subsequent fiscal years 9 Supplies, services, and transportation ; combination of funds as 8 Support of the Army ; available for purchases for future years 9 Surplus fund; balances not needed to be carried to 11,13 Tableware for kitchens and mess halls 7 Target practice ; payment of claims for loss or damage to private property ; how long available 97 Total amount of; how determined 5 Training camps. (See Citizens' training camps.) Typewriting machines; price to be paid 21 Unexpended balances Application of; restriction ; 13 Disposition of after two years 11, 14 Diversion of, construed as a new appropriation 12 Estimte of probable demands on, to be included in annual report 10 How applied 13 How deposited 11 How covered into Treasury 11 Lapsed salaries ; disposition of 16 Public buildings; how long available 15 Reappropriation and diversion of 12 Remaining on books of Treasury two years, to be carried to surplus fund 11, 13 To be accounted for as a new appropriation 12 To be included in surplus-fund warrant 14 Arlington National Cemetery (see also National cemeteries) : Burial of ex-soldiers, etc., dying in the District 248 Reburial of Confederate soldiers in 270 Superintendent of, pay and allowances 260 Army field clerks: Pay and allowances of 284, 286, 289 Subject to rules and articles of war 284 Army nurses (see also Nurse Corps) : Burial of, in national cemeteries 247 Army service schools: Instruction at, officers and enlisted men of the National Guard . ' 696 Pay and allowances 697 Army Reserve (see also Regular Army Reserve) : Enlistments in, discharged enlisted men 631 Army stores: Sale of, to American citizens engaged in work abroad authorized 1061 Army Volunteers. (See Claims, pay of the Army, and Volunteers.) Army wagons. (See Public vehicles.) Artificial limbs : Transportation for fitting of; reimbursement for 1276 Artillery Board: Computer of; pay, etc 300 Assignments. (See Details.) Assignments of pay: Commissioned officers ; authority for 417 Contract surgeons; when 302 Enlisted men ; prior to discharge, not authorized 605 INDEX. 253 Attorneys: Paragraph. Department of Justice to act for Government ; exception 69 Employment of, restricted 62 Fees ; not to be deducted in certain cases 84 For departments ; how provided 62, 70 Attorney General (see also ClaimS'and Court of Claims) : Department heads to notify when services of counsel are required 70 Examination of witnesses to be provided for by 70 Procedure in certain cases 61 Temporary vacancy ; who should act for 1266 Title paper to be furnished to 1217 To provide for professional services for examination of subpoanaed witnesses. 60 To provide for professional services for examination of witnesses for claims. 69 Written opinion of, required before expenditures are incurred in construction of permanent buildings 1217 Auditor for the War Department (see also Accounts and public moneys) : Accounts Adjustment of; where made 73 Audit of 1040, 1044, 1064, 1172, 1175 Certified 1162 Contracts abroad, appointment of assistant auditor 1058 Disbursing officers transmitted to and recorded by (see also Disburs- ing officers) 1162 Duties of reference . 1171, 1173 Finally adjusted, to be preserved by 1172 Line officers, for pay due 1031 Reexamination or payment of 1063 Settlement of; where made 73 Transmission 'to 1044 Advances of funds. (See Advances of public moneys.) . Appeals from decision of 1063 Armories and arsenals, accounts relating to 1171 Assistant auditor, appointment of 1058 Balances, certified by, to be final, etc., exception 1063 Bonds. (See Bonds.) Bounties ; clerk to be detailed to sign 1173 Certificate of differences upon revision by comptroller, adjusted by ' 73 Certificate of, to accompany warrants in certain cases 1164 Arrears of pay, etc., deceased officers and enlisted men, adjusted by_: 73 Claims (see also Claims) Adjustment of 73 Where made 73, 148 Administrative examination of ; by whom 71 Arrears of pay, deceased officers and enlisted men 305 Not administratively examined 71 Arrears of pay, deceased Officers and enlisted men 305 Reexamination of 85, 1063 Settlement of; where made 73,148 Transmission to 1044 Contracts in certain cases to be deposited with 218, 219 Debts due the United States ; recovery of under supervision of 1169 Decisions by Accounts of disbursing officers affected by 1063 Appeals from , 1063 To be reported ; to whom L 72 Designation changed to 1166 Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants - 1168 Duties of Examination of accounts 1171 Not to be added to or modified by change in designation il67 To preserve accounts finally adjusted 1170 To recover debts i 1169 Final judgments made on settlements by 148 Judgments against the United States ; payment of by 148 Military Academy (see also Military Academy) Accounts relating to, to be received and examined by 1171 254 INDEX. Auditor for the War Department Continued. Paragraph. Military establishments ; accounts relating to, to be received and examined by-- 1171 National cemeteries ; accounts relating to, to be received and examined by-- 1171 Powers conferred on, public moneys disbursed abroad 1053 Revisions of settlements 1162 Revision of suspended items finally settled 1162 Settlements made by, conclusive 1162 Signature to certificates, etc., relating to bounties 117.. War Department; accounts relating to under jurisdiction of 1172 Aviation duty (see also Additional pay and increased pay) : Aviators, Signal Corps; rank, pay, and allowances 294 Commissioned officers ; detail of, increased pay for 290 Junior military aviators; increased pay for; when 292 Military aviators 293 Mileage and transportation allowances, officers and men, foreign armies 512 Pay of reserve officers disbursed by officers of Quartermaster Corps 297 Reserve officers, payment of 297 Payment in case of death as result of accident 452 Temporary forces, Signal Corps, pay, etc 416, 575 Aviators, foreign armies : Mileage and transportation allowances 512 Aviators, Signal Corps: Appointment and detail 294 Discharge of; when 294 Grade created 294 Increased pay for length of service 294 Pay and allowances 294 Badges : Campaign (see footnote) 1302 Certificate of Merit (see also Medals) Additional pay for, when granted 587 Authority for granting of 230 Baggage : Transportation of (see Transportation). Balances of appropriations (see also Appropriations and public moneys) : Accounts contracted abroad 1054. 1055 Accruing from lapsed salaries 16 Annual report to be rendered Congress of 10 Application of ; not applicable to permanent or indefinite appropriations 13 Restriction governing 13 Certified, conclusive on executive departments 1063 Clothing allowance, enlisted men on discharge 608 Construction of public buildings; how long available 15 Covered into Treasury ; how 11 Disbursing officers ; neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury 1069 Disposition of, after two years Estimate of probable demands on, to be reported to Congress-- 10 Lapsed salaries; disposition of Reappropriation and diversion of, construed as a new appropriation 12 Remaining on books of Treasury for two years Sales of surplus ice, electric light and power, and laundry work 1154 Surplus fund warrant, funds to be included in__ To be included in surplus fund warrant Unexpended (see also Unexpended balances) Disposition of after two years- _ Reappropriation and diversion of To be construed and accounted for as a new appropriation-- 12 Bands (see also Pay of the Army, enlisted men) : Assistant band leader, pay, etc - 573, 574 Band leader, pay, etc Musicians, first, second, and third class, pay, etc__ - 573. 574 Banks (see also Depositaries) : Designated for safe-keeping of public funds 1091, 1093 INDEX. 255 Barracks and quarters (see also Public buildings) : Paragraph. Bakehouses, equipment of, appropriation from which payable 1229 Coast Artillery ; construction and enlargement of, amount allowed 1223,1224 Construction of Contracts not to exceed appropriations 1226 Penalty 1227 Work to be performed under direction of officers of Quartermaster Corps 1232 Contracts for to be separated in each case 1228 Enlargement, seacoast defenses, cost limited _ 1223, 1224 Eight-hour law for laborers, etc 1234, 1235 Expenditures exceeding $500 1218 Exceeding $20,000 1 1217 Fuel in kind to be furnished for (see also Fuel and forage) 484,488 Hospital stewards' quarters! . 1221 Kitchens and mess halls 1229 Moving pictures ; rental of films, purchase of slides, etc., appropriation from which payable 1230 Officers' quarters 1219 Philippine Islands 1220 Performance of work to be done under direction of officers of the Quarter- master Corps 1232 Permanent buildings ; detailed estimate to be submitted 1217 Preference to be given American material 1225 Post exchanges ; construction, equipment, and maintenance of 1230 Repair of, to be contracted for . 1218 Work to be performed under direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 1232 Seacoast defenses; cost limited * 1223,1224 To be contracted for 1218 Beneficiaries (see also War-risk insurance) : Civilians- Injuries received in the service 965 Computation of lump sum commutations 969 Enlisted men, deposits of pay 841 Nurse corps, death or disability contracted in line of duty 852 Officers and enlisted men- Death in the service 853 Disability contracted in line of duty Partial, compensation in case of 854 Total, compensation in case of 854 Gratuity pay, death in the service 450 Death resulting from aviation accident 452 Bids (see also Contracts and purchases and opening of bids) : Failure to fulfill contracts 211 Offenses relating to. (See Offenses; Fines and penalties.) Opening of Bidders to be notified of time and place for 214 Rules and regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War 212 Preparation of : 213 Written guaranty to accompany 213 Bills. (See Accounts.) Blank forms: Public moneys ; for keeping, etc., of ; by whom prescribed 1043 To be furnished officers authorized to make contracts 218 Board of survey (see also Property accountability and public property) : Who authorized to act as 1202 Boats. (See Transports and transportation by water.) Book of Estimates (see also Annual estimates and estimates) : Annual estimates to be included in 1117, 1122 Departmental estimates to be included in 1118, 1122 Time for transmission of 1118 Special or additional estimates to be included in 1122 Books, law and reference : Purchase of 191 256 INDEX. Bonds (see also Sureties and surety companies as sureties) : Agents, surety companies Paragraph. Appointment of in judicial districts where suretyship is undertaken 37 Copy of power of attorney to be filed Power of attorney necessary when appointed 87 Vacancies ; service of process 39 American National Red Cross; loan of public property 1187 Approval of ; by whom '. 36 Bidders' ; requirements of '. 213 Companies estopped from denying power ^ contractors' Actions brought by Government _ 51 Actions by parties for materials, etc., furnished 51 Time for instituting Approval of ; discrimination forbidden 36 Failure to file within prescribed time 213 Judgment where bond is inadequate 54 Labor and material men, for protection of 49, 51 Nonpayment for labor and materials ; rights of persons, corporations, etc 50 Notice to sureties 56 Parties furnishing materials, etc., may intervene ; distribution 50 Penal bond to include security for labor, etc 49 Qualifications and procedure necessary to transact business 44 Requirements of 213 Security for labor to be included in penal bond 49 Suits; creditors limited to a single action 53 Judgment where bond is inadequate 54 Payment by sureties on bond 55 Personal notice to creditors ; publication of 56 Supplies for executive departments 192 Sureties liability relieve*; when 55 Time limit 52 Uniting creditors in one action; distribution 50 Written guaranty to accompany bids 213 Disbursing officers' (see also Disbursing officers) : Amount of, etc 24, 25 Increase of, etc 24, 26 Renewal of; how often Discrimination forbidden Educational institutions ; care and safe-keeping of property issued to 757 Examination of; how often Executed by surety companies accepted as surety . 35 Failure to comply with provisions; penalty for 43 Forging of, etc. ; penalty Guaranteeing of; by whom 36 Judgments ; forfeiture of rights on failure to pay 41 Jurisdiction of United States courts 40 National banks designated as depositaries of public funds 1091 Requirements waived in Philippine Islands 1093 National Guard ; property and disbursing officers of -_- 711, 712 Offenses. (See Offenses, Fines, and Penalties.) Officers : Amount of, etc 24, 25 By whom furnished 24,25 Deficiencies to be reported Duration of liability Examination of; how often Increase of; President authorized to order '. 24,26 Liability not to be affected by nonperformance of requirements 31 Liability of sureties; period to continue Militia. (See National Guard.) New; requirements of; when permissible to waive 29 Nonperformance of requirements not to affect liability Nonreceipt of notice of default .- Petition for release 1263 Premiums on ; no part to be paid by United States 48 INDEX. 257 Bonds Continued. Officers Continued. Paragraph. Premiums; rates of fixed by law 47 Release of sureties 34 Renewal of; how often 29,30 Sufficiency of to be ascertained ; how often 28 Sureties on, released after five years without suit 34 Special agents 27 Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of__ 43 Premiums on ; not to be paid by United States 48 Premiums, rate of fixed by law 47 Public funds; banks designated as depositaries of 1091 Requirements waived in the Philippine Islands 1093 Quartermasters 24, 25 Renewal of, how often 30 Renewal of, how often 29, 30 Service of process during temporary vacancies, etc 39 Special agents 27 Sufficiency of, to be ascertained; how often 28 Waivers in cases of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 25 Surety companies as sureties Additional security; who may require . 46 Agents of; service of process, temporary vacancies 39 Appointment of agents in judicial districts where surety undertaken 37 Approval of; by whom 36 Assets and liabilities ; report to be filed 45 Charter ; copy to be filed with Secretary of Treasury 44 Estopped from denying power 42 Executed by; acceptance of 35 Failure to comply with provisions of law governing; penalty 43 Forfeiture of rights on failure to pay judgments 41 Guaranteed by; acceptance of 35 Jurisdiction of United States courts 40 Premiums limited 47 No part to be paid by the United States 48 Priority of 106 Procedure and qualifications necessary to transact business 44 Released after five years without suit 34 Revoking authority, inquiries, etc 46 Solvency of; inquiries to be instituted 46 Statement of assets and liabilities ; how often filed 45 Validity of contracts not affected by noncompliance with provisions 43 Waivers in cases of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 25 When undertaking is assumed 42 Bonus for reenlistment : In time of peace 606 Bounties : Clerk to be detailed to sign, etc^ 1173 Reenlistment in time of war; computation of amount 607 Reservists, upon reporting for active duty 793 Boy Scouts: Uniform of 1305 Brevet rank: Increase of pay for, not authorized 425 Brigadier general: Horses, forage for, during service in the field 485 Longevity pay ; not entitled to 497 Retired pay ; service during Civil War period to 1865 550 Annual pay, rate of 410 Btiildings. (See Barracks and quarters and public buildings.) Bnrean of Insular Affairs: Assistants to chief of ; details, pay, etc 471 Chief of, appointment by President, pay, etc 469 Principal assistant to chief of; pay, etc J 470 Bureau of War-Risk Insurance. (See War-risk insurance.) Burials. (See Interments and national cemeteries.) Cadets. (See Military Academy.) 4939218 17 258 INDEX. Camps. (See Citizens' training camps and Reserve Officers' Training Corps.) Candidates. (See Military Academy and Officers' Reserve Corps.) Canal Zone. (See Foreign service.) Captains (see also Commissioned officers and pay of the Army) : Paragraph. Medical Corps ; pay on discharge 481 Mounted; horses, forage for, during service in the field 485 Pay, annual, rate of 411 Captivity : Pay of enlisted men and members of the National Guard to continue during- 580 Carroll, Jennie: Payment to, monthly 281 Casemate electricians. (Sec Additional pay.) Carriages (see also Public vehicles) : Of the President- Accommodations to be provided by the Quartermaster General 1253 Carts (see also Public vehicles) : Purchase of, by advertisement 201 Cemeteries. (See National cemeteries.) Certificate of discharge: Duplicate of, not accepted in settlement of claims 98 Necessary in settlement of accounts ; by whom furnished 1032 Certificates of merit: Enlisted men ; additional pay for, when granted 587 Chaplains : Appointment of 434, 438 Military Academy ; appointment of, pay, etc 356 National Guard; pay, etc 702 Number allowed 434 Promotion of, after 10 years of service 437 Rank, pay, and allowances 434, 436, 438 After 10 years of service 437 Transportation to be furnished; when 439 Checks (see also Public moneys) : Lost, etc. Action in case of death of issuing officer 1077 Duplicates may be issued; when 1076 Procedure after death or separation from service 1077 Outstanding Payment of; funds available for 1079 Payment of; upon presentation 1080 Report to be made in lieu of returns 1082 Three or more years, how covered into Treasury 1078, 1082 Vouchers for drafts remaining unpaid 1079 Sale of at a profit; penalty 1035 Chief clerk. (See Personnel Civilians and Quartermaster General's Office.) Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs : Appointments of; pay, etc 469 Chief mechanics. (See Additional pay.) Chief of Coast Artillery : Rank, pay, and allowances 474 Chief of Staff: Office of Mobile Army and Coast Artillery Divisions abolished ; business trans- ferred 314 Pay of employees 298 (hief Ordnance officers: Assignment to staff of an Army or corps and division commanders : authority for 463 Chief telegrapher, Executive Office: Detail of, pay, etc. 467 Circuit Court of Appeals (see also Claims) : Exercise of appellate jurisdiction in district courts by 114 Citizens' training camps: Appropriation for* maintenance of. etc. 771 On military reservations 776 Army supplies; use of by persons attending; authority for 771.776 Camps of instruction ; authority for maintenance, etc.. of 771 INDEX. 259 Citizens' training camps Continued. Paragraph. Candidates, Officers Reserve Corps, pay during training at 775 Instruction Camps of Authority for maintenance of Period of maintenance to be prescribed by _ Course of, to be prescribed by Pay of candidates of Officers' Reserve Corps during training 775 Proceeds of sales, how long available 772 Rifle Ranges. (See Rifle Ranges.) Sales of Quartermaster property to persons attending, authorized 771 Training Course of, to be prescribed by 778: Maintenance of camps for, authority, etc. 771 Period during which camps shall be maintained to be prescribed by 773 Travel allowance ; advance of for return journey 774 Rate of 774 Uniforms, sales of to persons attending authorized _ 771 Civilian marksmanship. (See Rifle ranges for civilian instruction.) Civilian personnel. (See Personnel Civilians.) Civilian witnesses. (See Claims and witnesses.) Civil pension roll: Establishment of, prohibited 948 Claims (see also Claims against the United States and Court of Claims) : Appellate jurisdiction of Circuit Court of Appeals 114 Appeals in Indian cases, etc. 151 Deceased debtor; priority of United States 104 Debts due the United States Bankruptcy of debtor, priority of the United States 104 Liability of executors 105 Payment of any debts before debts due the United States are satisfied : executors held liable therefor 105 Petitions for settlement of unadusted accounts 149 Priority of sureties - 106 Priority of the United States 104 Recovery of, under supervision of auditor 1169 To be withheld in paying judgments, etc. 99 Voluntary assignment of debtor ; priority of the United States 104 Payment of amount due on bond of an insolvent principal 106 Rights of appeal, settlement of accounts unadjusted for three years 150 Claims against the United States: Accruing prior to April 13, 1861 66, 67 Adjustment of, in Treasury Department 73 Administrative examination of; action where not had 71 Allegations of loyalty may be put in issue 138 Aliens; reciprocal rights to prosecute claims in Court of Claims 133 Allowance to prevailing party 130 Allowed ; amount due to be reported to Congress 107 Appeals from decisions of district courts 114, 115 Appeals in Indian cases, etc. 151 Appeals ; right of, for release under bond or liability to United States 150 Appellate jurisdiction of Circuit Court of Appeals 114, 115 Arrears of pay, rules governing ; by whom prescribed- 1092 Assignment of; procedure 68 To be executed in presence of witnesses 68 Attorney General to appear on behalf of the United States 153 To provide for examination of witnesses 70 Attorneys- Attorney General to provide for 70- Employment of, how obtained 60, 62 Prohibited by department heads 62 Fees of; no deductions to be made for 84 Oaths of, when prosecuting 64 Who may administer 65 Auditors' decisions; making original or modifying existing construction of statutes, to be referred to comptroller 72 260 INDEX. Claims against the United States Continued. Paragraph. Baggage, regulation allowance of, officers and enlisted men 88 Balances ; where amount recovered is less than amount withheld ; how paid to claimant 103 Breach of contract ; rights of action reserved to United States 188 Cases transmitted by departments ; procedure 126 Certificate of discharge ; duplicate of, not accepted in settlement of 98 Civil War; for supplies, etc 152 Loyalty a jurisdictional fact in claims for supplies, etc 152 Compensation for official services; district courts and Court of Claims not to have any jurisdiction 110 Compensation for official services; restriction on suits for 120 Compensation of subpoenaed witnesses 58 Concurrent jurisdiction of district courts with Court of Claims 109 Construction by auditors, to be referred to comptroller 72 Contracts ; damages not sounding in tort 117 Costs ; allowance of, to prevailing party 130 Counsel Attorney General to provide for 70 Employment of; how obtained 60,62 Employment of, prohibited by department heads 62 Fees of; no deductions to be made for 84 Oaths of, when prosecuting 64 Who may administer 65 Court of Claims. (See Court of Claims.) Damages due to maneuvers and other military operations 108 Damages to private property due to maneuvers, etc 108 Decisions of auditors 72 Department heads to notify the Attorney General 7d Department of Justice to perform all legal services required for other departments 69, 70 Disallowed ; not to be reopened 74, 85 Disbursing officers ; decree of Court of Claims to act as a credit in settle- ment of accounts 123 Dismissal of, for acts of treason 137 Where claimant aided, etc., rebellion 137 Disloyalists; not to be paid, when 66,67 Disloyalists, prior to April 13, 1861 66 Restrictions repealed 67 Disloyalists, prior to 1864 not to be paid 66 Dismissal of petition if allegiance disproven 137 Duplicate certificate of discharge not to be accepted in settlement of 98 Equipment purchased at rendezvous afterwards used in Army, etc 94 Evidence, department heads to furnish 61 Examination of Where administrative examination has not been had 1042 Without administrative examination 71 Examination of witnesses, Attorney General to provide for 70 Existing prior to April 13, 1861 66,67 False claims; penalty for presenting 161 Fees Attorneys and counsel ; no deduction to be made for 84 Clerk of court - 130 Witnesses -- 58, 130 Filing of; limitation governing 111 Time limit *- 134 Final adjustment of, in Treasury Department 69 Final decisions of district courts; review of, by appeal or writ of error 114, 115 Final judgments; made on settlements by auditor 148 Payment of 127 To be a full discharge 146 Whore claimant is indebted to United States 99 Finally determined, not to be reopened 80 Findings to he reported ; when 124 Forfeiture for fraud or attempt thereat 141 Former employees of departments not to prosecute before two years 63 Form of petition 136 INDEX. 261 Claims against the United States Continued. Paragraph. Fourth of July; rejected if excessive 142 Fraud; not allowed where used 141 Further hearings 12V) Heavy gun fire; losses and damages incident to, to be reported 108 Indian cases; appeals in 151 Information, etc., from departments and Congress 14O Injuries received in the service, civilians 956903 Officers and enlisted men and members of Nurse Corps 861 Interest on judgments not allowed prior to 145 Judgments Cases referred by departments 125 No interest allowed prior to 145 Payment of 127 Amount of debt due the United States to be withheld 99 Where rendered against the United States 103 To be a full discharge 146 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court of Appeals : 114, 115 Jurisdiction of Court of Claims 116, 121 Of district courts with Court of Claims 110 Not to extend to treaty claims 131 Property taken after June 1, 1865 139 Rights of married women, minors, etc 135 Jurisdiction of district courts Claims not exceeding $10,000 109 Rights of married women, minors, etc 112 War claims and others excepted 110 W 7 ith Court of Claims 110 Jury not necessary in certain suits 113 Land-grant railroads; payment of 1267 Lapsed appropriations ; how settled, etc , 74 Legal services; Department of Justice to act; exception 69 Liability limited to certain articles 81 Losses by disbursing officers ; jurisdiction of 121 Losses or damages, private property, due to target practice 97 Loss of regulation allowance of baggage 83 Lost and destroyed property of officers and enlisted men ; to be presented within two years . 82 Lost or destroyed regulation allowance of baggage 83 Lost or destroyed private property; who shall settle 75-78 Loyalty ; allegation of, may be put in issue 138 Loyalty restriction repealed ; service prior to April 13, 1861 67 Married women, etc., rights of 112 Militia ; no reimbursement to, etc., not accepted as of same grade 90 Rates of pay allowed ; War with Spain 90, 91 Subsistence; War with Spain __ 93 Transportation; War with Spain 92 Unsettled accounts ; reimbursement to certain States in case of 94 Minors, etc., rights of 112 Multiplicity of; restriction 132 National Guard Reimbursement for services, War with Spain 90 War with Spain Rates of pay allowed 90, 91 Subsistence ; reimbursement for 93 Transportation ; reimbursement for 92 Unsettled accounts ; reimbursement for 94 New trials on motion of United States _ 144 New trials on request of claimant 143 Not exceeding $10,000 109 Oath of persons prosecuting 64 Who may administer 65 Offenses. (See Offenses, Fines, and Penalties.) Officers and enlisted men ; property lost or destroyed 75-78 Settlement of; no deduction for attorneys' fees 84 Officers' losses in line of duty 121 Opinions; Department of Justice to act 69 262 IXDEX. Claims against the United States Continued. Paragraph. Original construction by r.uditors referred to comptroller for approval 72 Original construction of statutes to be referred to comptroller for ap- proval, etc 72 Pay and allowances; no deduction for attorneys' fees 84 Payment of accounts for transportation of troops, etc 95 Payment of final judgments to be a full discharge 146 Payment of judgments ; amount of debt due the United States to be withheld . 99 In cases transmitted to Court of Claims 127 Payment of, may be stayed; when 144 Payment of judgments; where action has been rendered against the United States 103 Payment of, not authorized; when 74,85 Payment of, referred to Court of Claims by Congress 128 Pending before executive departments, may be transmitted to Court of Claims 124 Pending in Congress, may be reported to Court of Claims 128 Pending in other courts not to be filed in Court of Claims 132 Persons in departments not to prosecute before two years 63 Petition : dismissal of, if allegiance, etc., disproven 137 Form of 13 For release from official bond 149 To be verified by affidavit; when 136 Power of attorney ; execution of, in presence of witnesses GS Presentation of, to be in itemized form 96 Private property ; accounting officers of Treasury to settle 75-78 Finally determined, not to be reopened 80 Loss or damage due to target practice 07 Report to be rendered 108 Lost or destroyed ; regulation allowance of baggage 83 Officers and enlisted men ; liability limited to certain articles 81 Payment of, to be in full 79 To be presented within two years 82 Procedure in prosecuting . 61 Professional assistance ; how obtained 60, 62 Proof of loyalty may be material ; when 138 Property lost or destroyed belonging to officers and enlisted men 75-82 Prosecution of Compelling testimony . 59 Compensation of subprenaed witnesses 58 Employment of attorneys or counsel by department heads prohibited 62 Evidence to be furnished by departments ; when 61 Legal services for departments ; who shall perform 69 Limitation of time, former employees of departments 63 Oaths required of attorneys 1 64 Who may administer 65 Procedure 61 Reciprocal rights granted to aliens 133 Subpoenas for witnesses, by whom issued 57 Witnesses' fees, amount of Public accounts to be settled in Treasury Department 73 Reciprocal rights to aliens 133 Reexamination of not authorized ; when 74, 85 Referred by Congress to Court of Claims ; report of facts, conclusions, etc__ Referred by departments ; findings to be reported '. 124 Reimbursement for services Members of militia, etc., not accepted into Volunteer Army__ 90 Reimbursement Time limit for presenting 96 To certain States in cases of unsettled accounts, etc__ To States for subsistence of militia, etc To States for transportation of militia, etc 87, 92 Reports to be made to Congress Amount due where claims have been allowed 107 Losses or damages to private property 108 Revision of ; when permissible INDEX. 263 Claims against the United States Continued. Paragraph. Right of appeal in Indian cases 183 In proceedings for release under bond or liability to United States 182 Rights of married women, minors, etc 112 Set-off- Amount of debt due the United States to be deducted ; when 99, 101 To be withheld in payment of judgments 99 Balances, where judgment has been rendered against the United States. 103 How paid to claimant 103 With interest 103 Determination of 122 Payment of where judgment is rendered against the United States 103 Suit to be instituted; when 102 To be withheld by Secretary of Treasury ; when 101 Unsettled accounts against the United States not to be ground for 94 When claimant denies debt 101 Where claimant discharged judgment 100 Settled, not to be reopened 74, 85 Settlement of Accounting officers of Treasury ; duties of In connection with 74 Accounts for transportation of troops, etc 95 Attorneys' fees ; no deduction for 84 Balances exhausted or carried to surplus fund ; time limit 74 Disallowed or settled not to be reexamined, etc 85 Duplicate certificate of discharge not to be accepted 98 Equipment, etc., purchased at rendezvous and afterwards used in Army_ 94 Final, not to be reopened 80 In Treasury Department 73 Liability limited to certain articles 81 Losses or damages due to target practice 97 Loss or damage, regulation allowance of baggage 83 Lost or destroyed private property ; 75-78 Members of militia, etc., not accepted as of same grade 90 Permanent appropriations in an indefinite amount 79 Private property of officers and enlisted men 75-78 Public accounts in Department of Treasury 73 Rates of pay, National Guard, War with Spain 90, 91 Repayment to certain States for expenses incurred in equipping Volun- teers "_ 87, 89, 92, 93 Interest not to be allowed or refunded 88 Revision of settlement ; when permissible 86 States equipping Volunteers ; interest not to be allowed or refunded 88 To be itemized; limit of time for presenting 96 To be paid for in full 79 War with Spain 87,95 Where appropriations have lapsed 74 Statute of limitation ; exception 134 Subpoenas for witnesses ; by whom issued 57 Subpoenaed witnesses, compensation of 58 Where profession counsel required ; how obtained 60-62 Suits for debts, to be instituted; when 102 For official services; restriction 120 For recovery of public money 1069 In the Supreme Court and Court of Claims to be prosecuted by 69 Prosecution of, by whom 69 To be brought within six years 111 To be tried without a jury 113 Target practice ; losses or damages incident to ; reports to be rendered 108 Testimony ; compulsory 59 Time limit for filing of 134 Transfers of ; to be executed in presence of witnesses 68 Transportation of troops, etc. ; payment of accounts for 96 Transportation to State rendezvous, National Guard 92 Volunteer Army, War with Spain 87, 89, 92 Treaty claims ; jurisdiction of Court of Claims not to extend to 131 Unsettled accounts of States ; proceedings to be instituted ; when 94 Vessels and wharves ; damage to 108 264 INDEX. Claims against the United States Continued. Volunteer Army Paragraph. Repayment to States for equipment of, etc 87, 89, 92, 93 Interest not to be allowed or refunded 88 Transportation to State rendezvous 92 War with Spain ; rates of pay, etc 90, 91 Reimbursement for subsistence 93 Reimbursement for transportation of troops 95 Reimbursement for transportation to State rendezvous 92 Reimbursement to certain States in case of unsettled accounts 94 War claims and others excepted from jurisdiction of district courts or Court of Claims 110 Jurisdiction of 118, 119 Warrant of attorney 68 War with Spain Equipment, etc., purchased at rendezvous and afterwards used in Army_ 94 No reimbursement to members of Militia not accepted Into Volunteer Army : 90 Payment of 94 Rates of pay, National Guard 90, 91 Reimbursement to certain States for subsistence of militia 93 Reimbursement to certain States for transportation of militia 92 Settlement of Expenses incurred by certain States in equipping Volunteers, etc__ 87, 89, 92, 93 Interest not to be allowed or refunded 88 Unsettled accounts not to be set-off 94 No bar to payment to States 94 Where caused by default in payment of principal or interest on any bond 94 Witness fees, allowance of to prevailing party 130 Amount allowed 58 Witnesses ; Attorney General to provide for 70 Expenses of 410 Required in assignment of claims, power of attorney, etc 68 Clerical force. (See Personnel Civilians.) Clothing (see also Public property and Uniform of the Army) : Acceptance of stolen ; punishment 1191 Accountability. (See Accountability and Clothing accountability.) Accounts (see also Accounts) Company commanders, settlement of 1178 Rendition of; time limit 1180 Settlement of ; who may administer oaths 1178 Allowances of. (See Clothing allowance.) Allowance, 'overdrawn, to be charged every six months, etc 608 Alterations of, to be deducted from pay, etc 615 Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities ; exception 186 Educational institutions, where military training camps are maintained, furnishing own uniforms; reimbursement for 760 Enlisted men ; not to be sold or bartered, etc 1183, 1184 Funds arising from sale of 1152 Gratuitous issues, contagious diseases 609 Inspection or survey of, by whom made 1202 Indemnity for, where destroyed for sanitary reasons 614 Issue of to the militia - 681,683,684 In possession of persons not soldiers ; may be seized, etc__ _ 1183, 1184 Issue of Discharged military convicts 611,612 Enlisted Reserve Corps - 805,807 To be accounted for on discharge 807 to remain property of the United States 805 Unserviceable ; to be replaced 806 Gratuitous; account of contagious diseases 600 Discharged military convicts _. - 611,612 Limit of cost for altering and fltt'ng 616 Losses; affidavit may be accepted; when 1179 Certificate to be forwarded to 1181 Preparation of 1182 INDEX. 265 Clothing Continued. National Guard. (See National Guard.) Offenses against. (See Offenses.) Paragraph. Proceeds of sales 1152, 1202 Purchase and distribution of; by whom _ 182 Sale of; proceeds derived from 1152,1202 Sale of; to employees engaged in work abroad 1061 Surplus cuttings of material ; proceeds derived from sale of 1156 Clothing accountability : Educational institutions ; Army clothing issued to 757, 758 Enlisted Reserve Corps 805, 807 Enlisted men , 1183, 1184 National Guard __ 685, 687 Rules governing; by whom prescribed - 1177 System of; by whom prescribed 1180 Clothing allowance (see also Clothing) : Commutation of; retired enlisted men 657 Discharged military convicts 611, 612 Dishonorable discharge Donation of $5 613 Suit of clothing not exceeding $10 612 Officers of the National Guard, District of Columbia 667 Overdrawn ; to be charged on muster roll or on final statements 608 Payable on final discharge 608 Philippine Scouts 384 Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry 392 Sergeants of Ordnance 609 Settlements of money accounts for . 608 Undrawn; how paid 608 Clothing balances. (See Clothing and Clothing allowance.) Colonel (see also Commissioned oflicers and Pay of the Army) : Horses, forage for, during service in the field 485 Pay, amount restricted : 500 Commissioned officers (see also Pay of the Army) : Absence; disease, etc., resulting from own misconduct 428 Absence from duty, no pay for 428 Absence without leave 491 Accrued leave, when appointed from volunteers 494 Acting as disbursing officers, no additional pay 419 Aids; number allowed each major and brigadier general 429 Allotments of pay 431 Annual pay, each grade , 411 To be paid monthly 412 Assignment of pay accounts 417 Aviation Section, Signal Corps Reserve officers to be paid by officers of Quartermaster Corps 297 Temportary forces, pay and allowances 416 Aviation duty, increased pay for ; when : 290 Baggage, regulation allowance, loss or damage to 83 Excess, reimbursement to be collected for transportation charges 1272 Below grade of major Pay for mounts 414 Restriction as to detail of ' 455 Beneficiaries. (See Beneficiaries.) Change of station while on leave of absence 515 Chaplains Appointment of, etc 434 Field and Coast Artillery 438 Rank, pay and allowances 434, 436 After 10 years' service ^ 437 Field and Coast Artillery 438 Transportation, service in the field 439 Claims for property lost or destroyed (see also Claims) 75, 78,83,84 Commutation of allowances (see also Commutation of allowances) Forage, when forage in kind can not be furnished 440 Heat and light ; authority for 449 266 INDEX. Commissioned officers Continued. Commutation of allowances Continued. Paragraph. Quarters; authority for 1 449 Detailed to obtain military information from abroad 446 Duty without troops 445 Right to, not to be lost on account of temporary absence 444 Where no public quarters are available ; rate of 442 Contract surgeons ; assignment of pay accounts 302 Mileage of 303 Pay of 301 Travel allowance 304 Death in service. (See Beneficiaries.) Deceased ; effects of to be accounted for 451 Settlement of accounts of, etc 305, 306 Deductions of pay. (See Deductions of pay and Stoppages of pay.) Dental Corps Appointment of dental surgeons 453 Pay and allowances of dental surgeon 454 Deserters ; dropped from rolls after three months 426 Detached duty 455, 456 Detached officers' list 457, 459 Detailed Acting judge advocates, pay, etc 462 Aviation duty 290, 292 Bureau of Insular Affairs, assistant to chief of 455, 471 Chief of 469 Principal assistant to chief of 470 Chief of Coast Artillery 474 Chief of Staff Corps or Departments 464 Rank, pay and allowances 424 Chief ordnance officers, to staff of an army or corps and division com- manders 463 Chief telegrapher, Executive Office 467 Cuba and Panama 477 Director of civilian marksmanship 782 Disbursing officers, no additional pay when acting as 419 ' Educational institutions ; pay, etc 562-566 First lieutenant, Ordnance Department . 468 Governments of Cuba and Panama 477 Injuries received in the service, compensation in case of 854 Insurance. (See War Risk Insurance.) Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) Military information from abroad 446, 506 National Guard, authority for 473 Panama Canal, tour of duty 472 Period of staff service 465 Philippine Constabulary 455, 456 Philippine Scouts " 381 Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry ; commanding officer of 391 Principal assistant, Ordnance Bureau, pay and allowances 460 Public buildings and grounds, officer in charge of 461 Restrictions suspended during present emergency (War of 1917) 479 Staff of Army or corps and division commanders, chief ordnance officers may be ^ 463 Service schools 496 Tour of duty 472 Discharged (see also Discharge) Final payment of 482 Failure to pass examination, etc 480 Officers of the Medical Corps 481 Forage. (See Fuel and forage) Foreign service. (See Foreign service and Pay of the Army.) Fuel. (See Fuel and Forage.) General, office of, to cease , 420 Office of, revived during present emergency 423 Heat and light (see also Heat and light) 527 Higher command in time of war 413 Horses. (See Horses and public animals.) INDEX. 267 Commissioned officers Continued. Increased pay (see Aviation duty and Increased pay) Paragraph. Brevets not to carry : 425 Indemnity for clothing and bedding destroyed for sanitary reasons 614 Junior military aviators 292 Leave of absence (see also Leave of absence) Accrued, appointed from volunteer service 494 Cumulative, authority for 492 Exceeding 30 days 491 Instructors at service schools during suspension of studies 496 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps ; when 939 Not exceeding 30 days 491 Officers in the Philippines 495 Service in A7aska or without the limits of the United States 493 Service in the Philippines ; commencement and termination of 495 Sickness, wounds, etc 491 Lieutenant general, office of, to cease 422 Office of, revived during present emergency 423 Longevity pay. (See Longevity pay and Pay of the Army.) Medical Corps, honorably discharged 481 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps ; leave of absence, duty with troops or field exercises 916 Mileage (see also Mileage and transportation) Change of station while on leave of absence 515 Computation of, over shortest route 510 Contract surgeons 303 Necessity for to be certified to by officer issuing order 505 Officers detailed to obtain information from abroad 506 To be computed over shortest route 510 Military aviators 293 Military Academy. (See Military Academy and details.) Mounts of, pay for 414 Pay accounts of, authority to- transfer or assign 417 Pay and allowances. (See Pay of the Army, Commissioned Officers.) Private mounts Transportation of from point of purchase to station 1274 In excess of authorized number 1275 Private property lost or destroyed (see also Claims) 'Regulation allowance of baggage lost or destroyed 75-78 Settlement of claims for 83-84 Purchase of supplies; not to be interest in 210,211 Quartermaster Corps ; number of, each grade 1241 Quarters (see also Commutation of allowances and quarters) None allowed for servants 443 Public, defined 526 Right to not to be lost on account of temporary absence 444 Rations. (See also Rations and subsistence.) Reexamination of for promotion 480, 481 Reserve officers. (See Officers' Reserve Corps and National Army.) Retirement of Examination for return to duty if on list for disability 551 Full time allowed for service in computing time for 501 Physical disability contracted in line of service 480 Service as Chief of Staff Corps or departments 548 Service in connection with construction of Panama Canal 547 Service with Officers' Reserve Corps not counted 746 Retired. (See Retired commissioned officers and Pay of the Army.) Sales to. (See Rations and subsistence.) Sea travel, expenses of . 504, 536 Signal Corps, temporary forces, pay, etc . 415 By whom paid 297 Staff service, period of, when detailed 465 Temporary second lieutenants 767 Temporary disbursing officers 476 Temporary forces, Signal Corps, pay and allowances 416 Temporarily absent 444 268 INDEX. Commissioned officers Continued. Transportation (see also Mileage and transportation) Paragraph. In kind, on request 513 Officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad 506 When traveling on official duties ]273 Travel allowance (see also Travel allowance) 533 On discharge 533 Contract surgeons 304 Sea travel 504 Travel expenses (see also Traveling expenses) Purpose of instruction 534 Commissions or inquiries: Expenses of, payable only from special appropriations 1095 Restriction 1096 Commutation of allowances: Applicants for enlistment 406 Rations 620 Army field clerks Heat and light Quarters -87 Civilians- Subsistence, employees on harbor boats 934 Commissioned officers Forage; when forage in kind can not be issued 440 Fuel, none for - 441 Heat and light; appropriation and authority for 449 Quarters, appropriation for ' 449 Detailed to obtain military information from abroad 446 Duty at proving grounds 447 Duty without troops 445 Signal Service, Arctic regions 438 Temporarily absent, right to not to be lost 444 Where no public quarters are available, rate of, etc 442 Enlisted men Heat and light; where no public quarters are available 619 Quarters Detailed to schools 597 Signal Service, Arctic regions Where no public quarters are available 617, 619 Rations Army rifle competition ; traveling to and from places of contest 620 Liquid coffee money Whon on furlough : 620 When traveling on detached duty 620 When traveling under orders Military Academy- Rations Cadets of 326 National rifle match Rations Competitors in; nmount allowed - 783,784 Nurse Corps Heat and light Quarters Rations 371, 372, 378 On duty In hospitals - 372,378,406 On leaves of absence Traveling on detached duty Where rations in kind can not be furnished 371 Regular Army Reserve ordered to active duty Reserve Officers' Training Corps Subsistence Members uf, who have completed two years' training.- 764 Retired commissioned officers Quarters When detailed to educational institutions Retired enlisted men, restored to active duty -i"8, 659 Clothing, heat and light, rations, and quarters 657 INDEX. 269 Commutation of allowances Continued. Sick in hospitals Paragraph. Rations; whom entitled to; rate of, etc 406,407 Company books: Loss of, by commanding officer 1179 Compensation. (See Pay Civilians.) Compensation commission. (See Employees' Compensation Commission.) Comptroller : Accounts Contracted abroad ; appointment of assistant comptroller authorized 1058 Examination of certain by 1176 Revision of by; time limit 1063 Appeals from decision of auditor 1063 Assistant comptroller ; appointment of 1058 Certificate of differences upon revision 1065 Debts due the United States ; to have supervision over recovery of 1169 Decisions by, in advance of payment ' 1033 Govern in settlements 1033 To be final and conclusive 1063 To be transmitted to auditor 72 Decisions of auditor in certain cases to be referred to 72 Designation, first comptroller, changed to 1174 Duties of 1043, 1174-1176 Inspection of books, etc., disbursing officers 1176 Not modified by change in designation 1167 Payment of arrears of pay; power to regulate 1175 Forms for keeping and rendering accounts to be prescribed by 1043 Jurisdiction of 1174 Laws respecting first and second comptroller to relate to 1174 Powers and responsibilities of 1174-1176 Powers conferred on ; public moneys disbursed abroad 1053 Requisitions for advances of funds to be countersigned by 1081 Revision of auditor's action on accounts 1063 Second comptroller's office abolished 1174 Computation of leave. (See Leave of absence.) Computation of longevity pay. (See Longevity pay.) Computer, Artillery Board: Pay, etc., of 300 Confederate burial plats. (See National cemeteries.) Confederate cemeteries (see also National cemeteries) : At Spiingfield, Mo., acceptance of as a national cemetery 266, 267 Confederate mound: Oak Woods Cemetery ; maintenance of 272 Construction of public buildings. (See Barracks and quarters and public buildings.) Contingent fund (see also Public moneys) : Application of; restriction ' 1085 Apportionment of amount to be expended by each office or bureau 1083, 1084 Salaries not to be paid from 17 Continuous service (see also Pay of the Army) : Enlisted men Authority to serve out enlistment period without passing into reserve- _ 642 Commissioned service in the National Guard to be counted in computing. 643 In Officers' Reserve Corps, etc., to be counted 643 In Philippine Scouts 638, 639 In volunteer organizations 638, 643 Reenlistment. within three months from date of discharge 635 Enlisted Reserve Corps . 812 Enlistment period, number of years to be counted in computing pay for 640, 641 Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Noncommissioned officers Reenlistment within 20 days from date of discharge 637 Reenlistment at end of three years 647 At end of four years 646 Regular Army Reserve 791 Contracts and purchases: Abroad, to be settled by auditor, etc 975h 270 INDEX. Contracts and purchases Continued. Accounts (see also Accounts) Paragraph. Inspection and revision of ; by whom 167 To be rendered to accountant of proper department for settlement 16T Adding machines; exchange of, in part payment for new 180 Advances of money to be deposited _ 219 Advances to contractors authorized during present emergency 1074 Advertisement Number of days in which public notice shall be given 169 To state preference for American production 184 Written authority necessary for 1 Appropriations for Not to be exceeded 22, 176 To be applied solely to objects for which made 22, 1094 Army supplies; by advertisement; exception 170,171 At Indian reservations 174 Awarding of, to lowest bidder 169 Benefits from; restriction 187 Bids, opening of Bidders' bonds 213 Rules and regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War 212 Time and place for; bidders to be notified 214 Bills for Inspection and revision of 167 To whom rendered 167 Blank forms, etc., to be furnished for use in connection with 218 Bonds (see also Bonds, Contractors') Requirements of 213 Breach of contract; rights of action reserved to United States 188 Bribery ; acceptance of, to secure award of contract 163, 166 Deficiencies; when allowable 176,186 Deposit of with auditor in certain cases y 218, 219 Complete delivery of to be provided for articles of subsistence 185 Construction of public buildings (see also Public Buildings) Not to exceed appropriations ; penalty 1226, 1227 Contractors' oath; form of 216 Copies of papers to be filed in returns office 215 Current year necessities, to be limited to; exception 186 Draft and pack animals ; number limited to needs of service 203, 204 Eight-hour law 1234, 1235 Emergency purchases; how made 170 Report to be rendered 169 Entered in abroad, to be settled by auditor 975h Envelopes; Postmaster General to contract for 221 Exceeding $100, report to be rendered 172 $500, to be reduced to writing 173 To be signed by contracting parties 173 Exceptional articles of subsistence 175 Exchange of labor-saving devices in part payment for new 178 Of motor-propelled vehicles.-. 179 Execution of contracts 215, 219 Expenditures not to exceed appropriations 22 Failure to fulfill contracts 213 Filing of; where 215 For immediate use ; where same may be purchased 168, 170 Forms to be furnished officers authorized to make 218 From Indians; authority for; when 174 Fuel, etc 192 Inspectors of; appointments, duties, etc 193 Purchase and inspection of 193-197 Funds, use of, for purchase of supplies to be held in store for subsequent fiscal years 9 General Supply Committee, creation of 192 Horsos (nee also Horses and Public Animals) Appropriation for limited 198 For Cavalry. Artillery, and Indian Scouts 200 Kind of. to ho prescribed by liOO INDEX. 271 Contracts and purchases Continued. Horses- Continued. Paragraph. Inspection of Open market purchases - 202, 205 Purchase of for National Guard 207 Purchase of owned horses 206 In time of war Inspection of supplies; where made 184 Labor-saving devices ; exchange of, as part payment for new__ _ 178, 180 Lowest bidder to receive award, etc 169 Medical supplies; purchase of, by civilians at military posts__ 918 Members of Congress prohibited from' sharing in profits 187 Military stores and supplies; purchase of, by whom 182 Military posts, etc., near Indian reservations 174 Militia. (See National Guard.) Miscellaneous supplies 192 Motor-propelled vehicles ; exchange of, in part payment for new - 179 Motor trucks ; exchange of, in part payment for new ^. 178 Must be in specific terms 176 Notice of; number of days same shall be published 169 Not transferable 188 Oath to contract; form of 216 Offenses. (See Offenses; fines and penalties.) Officers not to be interested in 210,211 Opening of bids : Bidders to be notified of time and place for 214 Failure to file bond 213 Notification of, who may be present 214 Rules governing, by whom prescribed 212 Time for 214 Open-market purchases 170 For sales to officers and enlisted men 175 Printing and binding, in time of war 999 Under $500 -. 172 Payment of Appropriations for, not to be exceeded 22 176 From unexpended balances ; restriction 13 Periodicals, purchase of, for executive departments 191 Persons interested in, not to act as Government agents 164 Preference to be given to American material 1225 Preparation and execution of 215 Condition to be inserted that no Member of Congress shall share in profits derived from 187 Printed instructions, etc., to be furnished 218 Profits from : Members of Congress prohibited from sharing in 187 Proposals ; separate contract in each case 1228 Publication of notice, number of days, etc 169 Provisions governing 170 Public buildings, construction of ; security for labor and material 49 Public lands (see also Public Lands) 1008 Public works (see also Public works) : restriction 1222, 1226 Purchases against contractors ; failure to fulfill 213 Purchases for future years ; funds available for 9 Purchases of rations ; by whom made 181, 182 Purchases of regular and miscellaneous supplies ; by whom made 168 Quartermaster supplies ; officers not to be interested in purchase or sale of- 210, 211 Rations. (See Rations.) Regular and miscellaneous supplies 168 Regulations, etc., to be prescribed by Quartermaster General ,__ 173 Rejection of, right reserved to United States 169 Rental of public buildings ; restriction 125^ Requiring advances of money, to be filed with auditor 219 Restrictions governing purchase of public lands 1008 Restrictions governing purchase of supplies 22, 176 Return of; penalty for failure to make 217 Returns office ; copy of contract to be filed in 215 Oath of officer to be attached 216 Penalty for neglecting to file copy of contract in 217 272 INDEX. Contracts and purchases -Continued. Paragraph. Rights of action for breach of contract reserved to United States 188 Sales to officers and enlisted men ; supplies for, to be purchased in open market 175 . Secretary of War to have direction of . 167 Settlement for, to be made by auditor when contracted for abroad 975h Sewing machines : exchange of, in part payment for new 178 Stationery, etc. : one-year term only 177 Subsistence (see also Rations and subsistence) Complete delivery after inspection L 185 Delivery of; where 185 Emergency ration 170 Exceptional articles of 175 Funds available for 1099, 1112, 1196 Purchase of; by whom : 181 For sales to officers and enlisted men ; funds available for 175, 1196 To provide for complete delivery 185 Suits, evidence in, to be furnished by departments 61 Supplies for the Army Abroad, settlement for 975h Advertisement to state preference for American production 184 Amount to be purchased ; Secretary of War to prescribe 183 At Indian reservations 174 By advertisement and in open market 167-175 Current year necessities not to be exceeded 186 Exceeding $500 172, 173 Exceptional articles of subsistence 175 Inspection of, where made 184 In time of war 189 Kinds of, to be prescribed and defined by Secretary of War 183 Payment of; restriction 176 Regular and miscellaneous supplies 168 Storage of; allowances for 183 To be defined and prescribed ; by whom 183 Transfer of, not permitted 188 Transportation of; regulations to be prescribed by 183 Supplies for executive departments Books, law and reference 191 Bonds of contractors ; 192 Direct purchases restricted '. 192 General supply committee; creation of : 192 How procured Ice, etc 192 Miscellaneous supplies 192 Opening of bids, time for; procedure 192 Report of purchases, to whom made 192 Stationery 177 Time-recording clocks; restriction 190 To be made under direction of Secretary of War 167 Transferring of, prohibited Transportation of Army supplies ; by whom furnished Typewriting machines : exchange of, in party payment for new__ 180 Price to be paid for new Under $500, to be purchased in open market 172 Validity of contracts not affected by noncompliance with requirements of bond 43 Contract surgeons: Appointment of, number authorized, etc 300 Mileage 303 Pay accounts; authority for assignment and transfer of 302 Pay of 301 Sea travel, actual expenses of 504 Travel allowance, without troops in Alaska 304 Contributions : For political purposes prohibited; penalty 8SO-884 Gifts to superiors prohibited 879 Conveyances. (See Public vehicles.) Conylcts. (See Military convicts.) Cooks and bakers (see also Enlisted men) : Prizes for, amount appropriated 651 INDEX. 273 Corporals (see also Enlisted men) : Paragraph. Monthly pay, etc 571, 574 Correspondence. {See Official correspondence.) Court of Claims (see also Claims) : Accounting officers barred from allowed claims where fraud is used 142 Aliens ; reciprocal rights to prosecute claims in 133 Allowance of qosts to prevailing party 130 Appeals in Indian cases, etc 151 Attorney General to appear for defense 15i> Bills pending in Congress for payment of claims may be referred to 128 Call for information on departments and Congress 140 Civil War claims; loyalty a jurisdictional fact 152 Claimants' allegation of loyalty may be put in issue ._^ 138 Claims for damages ; determination of 122 Claims pending in other courts not to be filed in 132 Claims referred by Congress; report of facts, conclusions, etc 128 Claims; time for filing of . 134 Concurrent jurisdiction of district courts ; when 109 Costs, allowance of 130 Counterclaims, determination of 122 Decree of, to act as a credit in settlement of accounts of disbursing officer. 123 Departments or congressional committees may be requisitions for informa- tion, papers, etc. ; exception 140 Dismissal of claims for treasonable acts 137 Enforcement of judgment 122 Evidence to be furnished by departments in suits pending in 61 Findings; when may be reported 124 Filing of claims; time limit 134 Final judgments a bar to further demands 147 Made on settlements by auditor : 148 Payment of 127 Findings; when may be reported 124 Forfeiture for fraud or attempts thereat 141 Fourth of July claims rejected in excessive 142 Further demands ; final judgments a bar to 147 Further hearings, etc 129 Indian cases, appeals in 151 Information, etc., authority for calling for 140 Interest not allowed prior to judgment 145 Judgments, enforcement of against claimants 122 Judgements in cases referred by departments, etc 125 Interest not allowed prior to 145 May be stayed ; when 144 Payment of , 147 Payment under to be a full discharge 146 Jurisdiction of. (See also Jurisdiction.) Property taken after June 1, 1865 139 Legal services required by departments to be performed by 69 Losses by disbursing officers, etc., decree of, to act as a credit 123 Lost funds; credit for . ; 1142 Loyalty, proof of required ; when 138 Matters transmitted by department heads ; procedure, etc 126 Multiplicity of claims; restriction 132 New trials on motion of United States 144 New trials, provisions for, on request of claimant ; 143, 144 Payment of claims, referred by Congress 128 Payment of judgments in cases transmitted to 127 Payment of judgments to be a full discharge 146 Petition Dismissal of, if allegiance disproven 137 Form of 136 For release from official bond _ 149 For settlement of unadjusted accounts 149 To be filed within six years after accrual ; exception . 134 Procedure by Attorney General - 61 Property issued after June 1, 1865 ; jurisdiction of 139 4939218 18 274 INDEX. Conrt of Claims Continued. Prosecution of claims Paragraph. Reciprocal rights granted to aliens 133 Rights of appeal ; settlement of accounts unadjusted for three years 150 Rights of married women, minors, etc 135 Set-off, counterclaims, and enforcement of judgment 122 Statute of limitations ; exception 134 Suits and proceedings, officers of Department of Justice to perform legal services required for other departments 69 Supplies, etc., Civil War; loyalty a jurisdictional fact 152 Treaty claims ; jurisdiction of, not to extend to 131 Vouchers, papers, etc., to be transmitted to court ; when 125 Witness fees ; allowance of to prevailing party 130 Courts-martial. (See Offenses against public property and discharge.) Civilian training camps. (See Citizens training camps.) Death In the service (see also War-risk insurance) : Civilians 965 Officers and enlisted men Burial expenses 853 Compensation in case of 853 Funeral expenses 306, 853 Gratuity pay 450 Aviation accident 452 Deceased officers and enlisted men: Beneficiaries. (See Beneficiaries.) Effects of, how accounted for 451 Funeral expenses ; payment of 306 Settlement of accounts of 305 Deductions from pay: Absence from duty 428 Absence without leave. (See Absence without Leave.) Commissioned officers Arrears in accounts 531, 532 Damages or repairs to arms, equipment, etc 529, 530 Deficiencies in accounts 530, 531 General Staff Corps, allowing violations, etc 316 Rations purchased on credit 528 Restrictions governing 532 Enlisted men Alteration of clothing 615 Clothing allowance overdrawn 608 Rations purchased on credit 652 Repairs or damage to arms, equipment, etc 654 Tobacco purchased on credit 653 National Guard ; property lost or destroyed 706 Dental Corps: Appointment of dental surgeons 453 Pay and allowances of dental surgeons 454 Depositaries : National banks designated as 1091 Duties, liabilities, etc 1091 Public funds In Cuba, Porto Rico, and Philippine Islands 1092 Deposits : Enlisted men Accounting for, method, etc 621 Authority for 621 Compulsory 841 Interest on 841 Forfeiture of; when 621 Interest on $5 or over 622 Pay deposit fund, establishment of 832 Regulations governing; by whom prescribed 623 Repayment of on discharge 621 Deserters : Apprehension of Reward for, amount, etc 1161 INDEX. 275 Deserters Continued. Apprehension^ of Continued. Paragraph, Who is authorized to arrest - 1159, 1160 Deposits of pay forfeited by Designated depositaries. (See Depositaries.) Detached duty: Detached officers' list, organization and composition of 458 Duty with troops required 457 Duty with the Organized Militia 457 Enlisted men ; United States Disciplinary Barracks, for duty at__ 818 Restrictions suspended during present emergency (war of 1917) 479 Service with troops ; line officers before grade of major 455 To include field officers of the line 456 Special temporary duty counted as actual presence with command 456 Detached officers' list: Assignment of details 458 Duty with Organized Militia 457 Increase made for duty with National Guard 457 Increase of colonels of Cavalry and Infantry 458 Organization and composition of 458 Proportional number authorized 459 Service with troops required 459 Details : Civilian- Commissions, councils, boards, etc 890 Employees of headquarters of departments, restricted 318 How made 885 Office, Chief of Staff; restriction 299 Office of the President 889 Outside of the District, for duty in, prohibited _ 886, 887 Period of time restricted 885 Persons employed in the District, for duty outside, restricted 888 Renewals of 885 Temporary, allowed ; renewals, etc 885 Commissioned officers Acting Judge Advocate 462 Aviation duty 290-293 Below grade of major ; restriction 455 Bureau of Insular Affairs Assistant to chief of 471 Restriction 455 Chief of 469 Principal assistant to chief of 470 Chief of Coast Artillery 474 Chief of Staff Corps or departments 464 Chief of Telegraph and Cipher Bureau, Executive Office : 467 Chief Ordnance Officer, to staff of an Army, corps, or department commanders Civilian marksmanship, director of 782 Colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major, not to be detached or remain de- tached ; exception 456 Cuba and Panama 477 Detached duty. (See Detached duty.) Educational institutions 562-566 Professors of military science and tactics 755, 759 First lieutenant, Ordnance Department Inspection of accounts of disbursing officers ; restriction.. 1037 Military Academy, as quartermaster and commissary of cadets__ 478 Military information from abroad 506 Military Bureau ; assistants to Chief of National Guard ; authority for 473 Ordnance Bureau ; principal assistant of 460 Ordnance Department ; first lieutenants of 468 Ordnance officers, to staff of an Army, corps, or division commanders 463 Panama, government of 477 Panama Canal, tour of duty 458 276 INDEX. Details Continued. Commissioned officers Continued. Paragraph. Philippine Constabulary 455, 466 Chief or assistant chief of; restriction 455 Philippine Islands, tour of duty 472 Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry 391 Commanding officer of; restriction 455 Public buildings and grounds ; officer in charge of 461 Reserve Officers' Training Corps-- 755,759 Restriction on details of colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors 456 Inspection of accounts of disbursing officer 1037 Suspended during present emergency (war of 1917) 479 Service schools, pay during suspension of academic studies 496 Staff corps or departments Quartermaster Corps duty ; performance of, by regimental, etc., staff officers 476 Service with troops, etc., deemed line duty 475 Restrictions governing 464 United States disciplinary barracks 817 Volunteers as officers of 745 Retired (see also Retired commissioned officers) Above grade of major, etc r.r,:; Extended to include colonel and lieutenant colonel r>r>4 Acting quartermasters, not regarded as service with troops f>61 Adjutant general, District of Columbia Militia 558 College professors 562, 563, 505, 506 Educational institutions 562, 560 Commutation of quarters to be paid by school r.oi In time of war :;;n Military attache's ; recruiting in connection with National Guard 500 Organized Militia, District of Columbia 557, 5..: ? Pay form not to exceed that of major 550 Recruiting in connection with National Guard 560 Reserve Officers' Training Corps 755 Service with volunteers 408 Soldiers' Home; duty at 552 Staff duties not involving service with troops - 560 Temporary command of post without garrison 555 Enlisted men Construction work ; written order necessary for 586 Duty at recruiting depots 582,583 Duty at United States disciplinary barracks 582 Educational institutions 756, 759 Guards, United States disciplinary barracks 599,600, 818 Military Academy As clerk in office of adjutant 331 Noncommissioned officer in charge of mechanics 331 Philosophical and chemical departments and lithographic office 331 Regular Army Reserve, to educational institutions 756 Reserve Officers' Training Corps 756, 759 Restrictions suspended during present emergency (war of 1917) 479 Rifle ranges for civilian instruction 780 Schools ; commutation of quarters and extra-duty pay to be borne by 597 Stenographic reports, acting as 596 United States disciplinary barracks __ _ 599, 600, 818 Retired (see also Retired enlisted men) Reserve Officers' Training Corps 7,~0 Volunteers, service with 408 Officers' Reserve Corps First lieutenants, medical section, active duty in time of peace In time of war 738 Philippine Scouts (see also Philippine Scouts) 380,391 Regular Army Reserve, to educational institutions 756 Dl- inirsrinc nis (see also Public moneys) : Abroad 1052-1062 Application of moneys appropriated 22, 1094 INDEX. 277 Disbursements Continued. Paragraph. Authority to accountable officers to intrust money to other officers making ; responsibility therefor Expenditures limited to appropriations 22, 1094 In case of insufficient balances 1097 Method of keeping account of 1172 Mileage ; to be accounted for and disbursed as__ Public funds ; to be applied solely to objects for which appropriated ._ 22, 1094 Restrictions Limited to amount appropriated - 22, 1094 To be applied solely to objects for which appropriated-- - 22, 1094 Disbursing agents (see also Agents, disbursing officers, and special agents) : Bonds of 27 Serving in Alaska 307 In foreign countries 307 Disbursing officers (see also Public moneys) : Accounts (see also Accounts) Administrative examination of; by whom made 1041 Audit of, by whom made ' 1040 Certificate of differences on revision : 1065 Credit for lost funds; when 1142 For advances for burial expenses 263 Decisions of comptroller in advance of payment 1033 Decree of Court of Claims to act as a credit in settlement of 123 Deficiencies in property accounts to be deducted from pay 530 Deficiencies to be reported to sureties 33 Delinquencies ; auditor may disapprove requisitions for advances 1044 Examination of, rules and regulations for 1039 Examination of, time for extended 1045 Failure to render; procedure., 1036 How analyzed and recorded 1020 Inspection of by comptroller and auditor 1176 By officers of the Army 1037 Lost funds, credit for 1142 Mailing of, rules for to be prescribed by 1046 Time for 1044, 1047 Monthly; time for transmission of 1047,1048 Xonreceipt of; evidence necessary 1047 Oaths required in settlement of; who authorized to administer 1178 Outstanding; reports to be rendered 1081 .Particular; audit and settlement of; by whom 1064 Property; deficiencies in to be deducted from pay 530 Rendition of according to distinct items 1051 Rules and regulations for; by whom prescribed 1180 Time for 1047 Revision of " 1063 Separate entry for each payment or transfer 1103 Settlement of; by whom 1064 Where further evidence is necessary 1162 Unchanged for three years 1034 Where evidence of honorable discharge is necessary 1032 Suspended items; revision of original settlement 1162 Time for mailing of 1044, 1047 Unchanged for three years 1034 . Additional pay for acting as not authorized 419 Allotments of pay to pass to credit of : when 603 Erroneous payments to be collected from 604 Arrears in accounts 531 Authority to intrust money to other officers making disbursements 1101 Responsibility therefor 1101 Aviation section, Signal Corps, reserve officers and men of to be paid by 297 Balances Neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury 1069 Suits for recovery of 1069 Bonds of (xce Bonds)- Examination of, how often 24 Increase of; how often '. 26 ]',\ whom 26, 27 278 INDEX. Disbursements Continued. Bonds of Continued. Paragraph. Renewal of, how often 29, 30 Requirements of new bond ; when waived 29 Sureties on released after five years without suit 34 Deficiencies to be reported to sureties 33 Checks, lost, etc. Action in case of death of issuing officer 1077 Issuance of duplicate ; when ; 1076 Checks, outstanding Report to be made by auditor in lieu of return 1082 Three years or more 1078 Checks, sale of, at a profit ; penalty, etc 1035 Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted 418 Certificate of nonindebtedness required prior to final payment on discharge. 482 Claims for losses ; where filed, etc 123 Credits- Deductions from carriers, property lost in transit 1143 For advances for burial expenses 263 For lost funds 1 1142 Decision of comptroller in advance of payment 1033 Deficiencies in accounts to be deducted from pay 530, 531 Delinquencies ; auditor may disapprove requisitions for advances 1044 Detail of regimental, battalion, and squadron quartermasters for duty as 476 Disbursements (see also Disbursements) Account of to be rendered by distinct items 1051 In case of insufficient balances 1097 Inspection of, by officers of the Army 1037 Duties of 1086-1088 Examination and inspection of accounts ; by whom 1037 Exchange of funds ; restriction 1141 Exchange, payment of 307 Expenditures in case of insufficient balances 1097 Expenses of commissions, councils, boards, etc. ; how payable 1095 Restriction 1096 Failure to render accounts ; penalty 1036 Final payment on discharge 482 Funds, advances of (see also Advances of public moneys) 1044,1070,1073 Deposit and safe-keeping of 1086-1088 Deposit of without deduction 1089 Duties as custodian of 1088 Exchange of; restriction _ 1141 Requisitions for advances not to be countersigned 1164 Separate entry of each payment 1103 Subsistence ; authority for retaining restricted amount for purchase of_ 1100 How applied 1100 To credit of after three years ; how covered into Treasury 1034 Unpaid for three years or more, vouchers for 1079 Inspection of books, papers, etc., by whom 1176 Insufficient balances ; payment of pressing obligations in case of 1097 Liabilities outstanding three years or more 1078 Lost checks (see also Checks) Action in case of death of issuing officer 1077 Duplicates may be issued ; when 1076 Lost funds; credit for 1142 National Guard. (See National Guard.) Nonreceipt of accounts ; evidence necessary 1047 Offenses Converting funds to own use - 1104, 1111 Depositing funds where not authorized 1107 Embezzlement of public moneys 1104-1106 Failure to keep as required 1115, 1116 Failure to render accounts 1106 False returns Loaning of public moneys, etc 1104 Sale of checks, etc., at a profit 1035 Unlawful use of public moneys 1104 INDEX. 279 Disbursing officers Continued. Paragraph. Officers acting as, no additional pay allowed , 419 Outstanding checks Report to be made in lieu of return 1082 Three or more years, how covered into Treasury 1078 Payments ; decision of comptroller in advance of 1033 Profits arising from sale of checks, etc 1035 Property accountability. (Sec Accountability and public property.) Rendition of accounts ; procedure 1049 Reports to be rendered in lieu of return of outstanding checks 1082 Revision of accounts 1063 Revision of settlements 1162 Special agents, bonds of 27 Subsistence funds ; authority for retaining restricted amount 1100 Suits for recovery of balances due the United States 1069 Transfer for funds for payment of reserve officers and men, aviation section, S. C 297 Discharge : Aviators, Signal Corps 294-297 Civilians- Gifts to superiors, etc 879 Habitual use of intoxicants 897 Inefficiency, cause for 891 Membership in societies for improving conditions, etc., not cause for 951 Old soldiers, sailors, etc., to be retained 949 On charges 950 \ Political purposes, failure to contribute to not cause for 882 Commissioned officers Failure to pass examinations Below grade of major 480 Medical Corps, below grade of lieutenant colonel 481 False return of clothing, funds, etc 1188 Final payment of on 482 National Army (war of 1917) 483 Travel allowance on 533 Duplicate certificate of, not to be accepted as voucher in settlement of claims 98 Disbursing officers Premiums on sales not accounted for 1035 EnUsted men Enlisted Reserve Corps 809 Clothing, etc., issued to be accounted for on 807 Honorable By purchase 625 Certificate of, sufficient authority for burial in national cemeteries. 246 Clothing money allowances ; balances due for to be paid at time of_ 608 Dependent families 626, 627 Evidence of, to be returned where filed to secure settlement of accounts _ 1032 National Army 628 Sea travel, transportation and subsistence to be furnished 656 Transportation of authorized change of station baggage allowance- 1281 Transportation of baggage, 10 or more years' service 1281 Travel allowance 624 Appropriation for 1266 Travel pay, rate, etc 655 War of 1917, at termination of 628 Final By purchase 625 Enlisting prior to November 1, 1916 631 How same may be procured 630 Reenlisting at end of three years' continuous service 647 At end of four years' continuous service 646 Insane patients ; travel ; allowance ; authority for 1266 Military prisoners Clothing to be issued to on ; authority for, etc 611, 612 Donation of $5 613 Travel allowance, authority for 1266 280 INDEX. Discharge Continued. Enlisted men Continued. Paragraph. National Guard (see also National Guard), enlisted men of 665, 724 Officers of 666, 667,724 Physical disability 1266 Officers' Reserve Corps, members of : 732 Pay and allowances not to accrue while under suspended sentence 629 Reserve officers 483, 732 Veterinary Corps Assistant veterinarians ; failure to pass examinations 541 Disciplinary Barracks. (See United States Disciplinary Barracks). District Courts (see also Claims and Court of Claims) : Concurrent jurisdiction of, with Court of Claims; when 109 District of Columbia: National Guard. (See National Guard.) Purchase of fuel. (See Fuel.) Rental of public buildings. (See Public buildings and rental of public build- ings.) Division of bookkeeping and warrants (see also Accounts and public moneys) : Establishment of, duties, etc 1168 Documents. (See Public publications.) Donations : Gifts to superiors not permissible 879 For political purposes, prohibited ; penalty 880-884 Draft and pack animals : Purchase of (see also Public animals) 203,204 Drafts : Outstanding; payment of, upon presentation 1080 Remaining unpaid for three or more years, vouchers for 1079 Sale of, at a profit ; penalty 1035 Easements. (See Public lands.) Educational institutions (see also Reserve Officers' Training Corps) : Bonds to be furnished for supplies 757,759 Issue of supplies to, where military instruction camps are maintained 757, 759 Military training ; roster to be kept of all persons qualified for service 770 Reimbursement to institutions furnishing own uniforms 760 Sales of public stores ; authority for ; price to be charged 1204 Proceeds of, how applied 1259 Efficiency ratings: Annual statement to be rendered Salaries of clerks below a fair standard of efficiency 1250 Copies of, to be furnished 891 Bureau of Efficiency Duties relating to efficiency ratings transferred to 892 Establishment of, in departments 891 Members of National Guard not to be affected by leave for field or coast de- fense training 915 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps not to be affected by leave taken for duty with troops or field exercises 916 System of 891 Reductions in force; how made 891 Reductions in rank or salary 891 Electric light and power: Executive departments, contracts for 192 Sale of surplus product of 1154 Embezzlement (see also Offenses, fines, and penalties) : Prima facie evidence of ' 1130 Punishment for 1104-1107, 1114 Record evidence of 1109 Employees. (See Employment and personnel Civilians.) Employees' Compensation Commission: Awards, cancellation of, where made by mistake 990 Review of, etc 9K9 Claims to be determined by . 9S8 Employees' compensation fund 987 Establishment of (see also Injuries received in the service) 983 INDEX. 281 Employees' Compensation Commission Continued. Paragraph. False statements, punishment for 991 Inconsistent laws repealed 993 Jurisdiction of all other offices, etc., transferred to 1 984 Rules and regulations to be made by 988 Subpoenas for attendance of witnesses, authority for issuance of 985 Terms used, construction of 992 Employment (see also Personnel Civilians) : Clerks, etc., authority for 893 Beyond provisions of law prohibited 89C Number limited to requirements 945 Congressional recommendations not to be considered 899 Enlisted men ; prohibited from civil ! 632 Filipinos; authority for 320 Gratuitous services, restricted 900 Members of Officers' Corps, allowed, when 747 Members of National Guard to be restored to former positions when mus- tered out of service 894 Personal services ; restriction 900 Quartermaster Corps' clerks, to be limited to actual requirements 945 Two or more members of a family holding positions ; further appointments restricted 898 Use of intoxicating beverages a bar to holding official position 897 Voluntary service restricted 900 Encampments and maneuvers : Citizens' Training Camps, (See Citizens' Training Camps.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (See Reserve Officers' Training Corps.) Enlisted men: Absence from duty 428 Absence without leave (see also Absence without leave) 636 Additional pay. (See Additional pay.) Allotments of pay (see also Allotments of pay) Authority for making 602 Compulsory 838 Disbursing officers to receive credit for ; when 603 Erroneous, chargeable to responsible officer 604 Voluntary , 602 Alteration or' clothing, cost limited 616 Army Reserve. (See Regular Army Reserve and Enlisted Reserve Corps.) Assignments of pay prior to discharge not valid 605 Aviation duty 296 Baggage, regulation allowance, loss, or damage to 83 Transportation of, in excess of regulation change of station allowance 1272 Transportation of, 10 years' service, disability incurred in line of duty 1271 Beneficiaries. (See Beneficiaries.) Bonus for reenlistment in time of peace 606 Bounty for reenlistment in time of war 607 Burials. (See Interments and National Cemeteries.) Certain, employed on Washington-Alaska Cable & Telegraph System 601 Certificate of merit ; when granted 587 Chauffeurs, Signal Corps, pay, etc 575 Civil employment prohibited 632 Claims ; property lost or destroyed 75, 82 Settlement of. no reduction for attorneys' fees 84 Clothing allowance. (See Clothing allowance.) Clothing alterations, cost limited ' 616 Clothing money allowance, settlement of 608 Clothing not to be sold, bartered, exchanged, etc 1183, 1184 Commutation of allowances. (See Commutation of allowances.) Conscripts, pay and allowances 581 Constant labor, of not less than 10 days' duration 585 Contagious diseases, property lost or destroyed, indemnity for 614 Continuous-service pay (see also Continuous-service pay) 6.">5 Cooks and bakers, prizes for 652 Death in the service (see also Family allowance and war-risk insurance- 450. 452, 85-"> 282 INDEX. Enlisted men Continued. Paragraph. deceased, effect of, how accounted for 451 Funeral expenses 310, 853 Settlement of accounts of 305, 306 Transportation of remains 261, 265 Deductions of pay (see also Deductions of pay) Clothing allowance overdrawn 608 Damages to arms, equipments, etc 53, 529 Deficiencies in property accounts 530 Deposits of pay Accounting for 621 Authority for 621 Compulsory 623 Forfeiture of for desertion 621 Interest on $5 or over 622 Liability for 621 Method of making and keeping 621 Regulations governing, by whom prescribed 623 Repayment of 622 Deserters. (See Deserters.) Detached duty (see also Detached duty 818 Detailed. (See Details.) Discharged military convicts, issue of clothing to 611, 612 Donation of $5 613 Discharged. (See Discharge, enlisted men.) Educational instruction to be given to 824 Employment of restricted 632 Enlistment not complete until unauthorized leave exceeding one day has been made good 636 Enlisted Reserve Corps. (See Enlisted Reserve Corps.) Excess baggage, transportation of, on change of station 1272 Extra-duty pay. (See Additional pay and extra -duty pay.) Final discharge of (see also Discharge) _ 630,631 Foreign service. (See Foreign service.) Fraudulent enlistment ; receipt of pay, etc., thereunder ; penalty 578 Honorable discharge. (See Discharge.) Heat and light 527 Increased pay. (See Additional pay and extra-duty pay.) Increase in term of service 240 Indemnity for clothing and bedding destroyed for sanitary reasons 614 Indian scouts; pay and allowances (see also Indian Scouts) 634 Injuries received in the service, compensation in case of 854 Insurance. (See War-risk insurance.) Longevity pay. (See Longevity pay.) Marksman, sharpshooters, expert riflemen, etc 590 Master electricians ; designation changed to quartermaster sergeants, senior grade 1246 Medical Department ; privates, first class, when detailed as dispensary and surgical assistant and nurses, pay, etc , 588 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, leave of absence, etc 916 Mess sergeants 589 Military Academy Detachment of Engineers.^ 334 Band and field musicians, first enlistment 336 National Guard. (See National Guard.) Pay and allowances. (See Pay and allowances, enlisted men.) Porto Rican Regiment (see also Porto Rican Regiment of Infantry) 392 Post commissary sergeants, designation changed to 1 Post quartermaster sergeants, designation changed to 572 Private property lost or destroyed (see also Claims) 75,78 Quartermaster Corps, pay and allowances 571, 573, 574, 1240 Percentage of, each grade Total enlisted strength Quartermaster sergeants, selection of 1247 Quarters. (See Barracks and quarters and Commutation of allowances.) Rations. (See Rations and subsistence.) INDEX. 283 Enlisted men Continued. Reenlistment Paragraph. Bonus for, in time of peace 606 Bounty for, in time of war 607 Regular Army Reserve. (See Regular Army Reserve.) Remount detachments, authority for organization of 650 Retired. (See Retired enlisted men.) Sales to. (See Rations and subsistence.) Signal Corps Chauffeurs, grade created ; pay, etc 575 Temporary forces, pay, etc 576 Subsistence on discharge, sea travel 656 Stenographic reporters, additional pay when acting as 596 Training upon educational lines 824 Travel allowance on discharge 504, 655, 656 Appropriation for 1266 Travel pay on discharge 624 Vocational training 824 Enlisted Reserve Corps: Active duty Certificate of enlistment forfeited for failure to comply with order as- signing to 810 Instruction and training; time limit 801 May be extended ; when 801 In time of threatened, etc., hostilities may be ordered to 811 Pay and allowances 811 Pay, service as volunteers 812 Increased pay, length of service 812 Pay, when to commence 802 Subject to Rules and Articles of War when on 808 To include time required in actual travel 802 Assignment of members to organizations of the Regular Army, etc 800 Certificate of enlistment Forfeiture of, for failure to comply with order assigning to active duty_ 810 Rights conferred by 797, 801 Clothing, etc., issued to, to remain the property of the United States 805 To be accounted for on discharge 807 Unserviceable, to be replaced 806 Discharge Authority for, when services are no longer required 809 Clothing, etc., issued to, to be accounted for on 807 Enlistment Certificate of, rights conferred by 797, 813 Qualifications, etc., necessary for 797 Establishment of 796 Equipment, etc., issued to, to remain the property of the United States 805 To be accounted for on discharge 807 Unserviceable, to be replaced 806 Instruction, may be ordered to service annually for 801 Length of service; increased pay, etc 812 Pay and allowances, active service 811 Increased pay, length of service-. 812 Service as volunteers 812 Retirement; not entitled to 803 Rosettes or knots to be issued to members of 798 Issue of additional 798 Penalty for wearning when not entitled to 799 Training ; may be ordered to service annually for 801 Uniforms Same as for enlisted men of Regular Army 804 To be accounted for on discharge 807 To be issued in kind 804 To remain property of the United States 805 Unserviceable, to be replaced 806 Enlistment : Applicants for ; transportation of 1265 Army Reserve ; discharged enlisted men 631 284 INDEX. Enlistment Continued. Paragraph. Authority for serving out enlistment period without passing into reserve 642 Commissioned service in volunteer organizations to be counted as con- tinuous service 638 Continuous service. (See Continuous Service.) Enlistment period ; number of years to be counted in computing continuous- service pay 640, 641 Enlisted Reserve Corps. (See Enlisted Reserve Corps.) Fraudulent; receipt of pay, etc., thereunder; penalty, etc 578 In force at outbreak of war, to continue in force for one year 788 National Army; discharge of 628 National Guard (see also National Guard) 698,700 Period of 636 Premiums to postmasters for securing recruits 1103 Reenlistments At expiration of three years' continuous service 647 At expiration of four years' continuous service 646 Regular Army Reserve. (See Regular Army Reserve.) Reserve; may be furloughed to at end of one year; when 649 At the end of three years 648 Serving out period of, without passing into reserve 642 Term of service 644, 645 Envelopes : Penalty May be inclosed with communications calling for reply 222 Postmaster General to contract for 221 Equipment (see also Public property and property accountability) : Accountability. (See Accountability.) Army, for use of Citizens' Training Camps 771 Bakehouses; appropriation from which payable . 1145 Employees engaged in work abroad, sale of to 1061 Issue of, educational institutions, for military training 757, 759 Enlisted Reserve Corps ; to be accounted for on discharge 807 To remain property of the United States 805 Unserviceable, to be replaced 806 Naval and Marine detachments ; when 364 Kitchens and mess halls ; appropriations from which payable 1229 Loan of American National Red Cross r 1187 Bond to be given 1187 Return of upon request 1187 Losses ; affidavit may be accepted ; when 1179 Certificate to be forwarded to 1181 Preparation of , 1182 Post schools ; appropriation from which payable 1229 Sale of, employees engaged in work abroad 1061 Unserviceable stores; inspection or survey of to be made by 1202 Estimates (see also Public moneys) : Affecting the revenues of the District; time limit 1134 Amount of outstanding appropriations to be designated 1126 Annual. (See Annual Estimates.) Book of 1122 Compilation of; official to be designated 1146 Construction of permanent barracks and quarters 1133 Departmental ; filing of, time limit 1118 Explanations of variations and new items required 1137 Filing of, time for limited 1118 Fiscal year, when to commence 1136 General or lump-sum appropriations; statements required, etc 1138,1139 Manner of communicating 1123 Payment of Judgments ; transmittal of 1128 Preparation of 1123 Official to be designated by each department 1140 To follow order of preceding year's appropriations 1120 Printing and binding 997, 1001, 1124 Proceeds of sales of old material ; statement to be rendered.! 1132 Separate communication to be submitted 1133 INDEX. 285 Estimates Continued. Paragraph. Public buildings, construction of 1125, 1133 Public works, preparation of 1125 Rearrangement of when not conforming to requirements 1131 Repairs, etc., public buildings 1129 Salaries ; to be founded upon express provisions of law 1127 Special or additional Preparation of 1122, 1135 To be included in Book of Estimates 1122 To state necessity therefor and reasons 112? Supplementary or deficiency ; preparation of 1140 Transportation of the Army and its supplies ; preparation of 1130 Estoppel (see also Bonds and surety companies as sureties) : Surety companies from denying power 42 Evidence (see also Claims and Court of Claims) : To be furnished by departments in suits pending in Court of Claims 61 Exchange : Payment of, when authorized 307 Executive Office: Detail of chief telegrapher to 467 Civilian employees 1 889 Expenditures. (See Appropriations, disbursements, and public moneys.) Expert accountant, Inspector General's Office: Mileage of 309 Pay of __ 308 Extra-duty pay (see also Additional pay) : Enlisted men Army Service Detachment 337 Constant labor of not less than 10 days' duration 585 Construction work, men employed on 5S5 Detailed to schools 597 Disciplinary barracks guards 599, 600 Employed on Washington-Alaska Cable & Telegraph System 601 Extra duty at headquarters of departments 585 Foreign-service pay, not entitled to, if in recipt of 310 Instructor cooks at school for bakers and cooks '. 592 Mess stewards and cooks detailed at recruit depots 592 Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) Service as switchboard operators for periods of not less than 10 days 594, 595 Signal service men not entitled to unless 593 Family allowance (see also Beneficiaries, war-risk insurance, and allotments of pay) : Acceptance of fraudulent payment; penalty 836 Amount of, monthly 844 Apportionment of 849 False statements ; penalty 835 Injuries received in the service, compensation in case of 853, 854 Marriage to be established 833 Maximum amount of 842 Payment of, time to commence, etc 843 To whom same shall be paid under Class A 845 Under Class B, amount of, etc 846 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps: Pay and allowances of 284-288 Subject to Rules and Articles of War 284 Final statements (see also Enlisted meni : Clothing allowances overdrawn to he charged on 60S Flag of the United States: Addition of a new star for every now State 225 Changes on admission of a new State 225 Description of 224 Desecration, mutilation, or improper use of ; penalty 228 Regimental colors, retention of, by volunteer regiments 226 Registering of, as trade-mark prohibited 227 Fines (see also Offenses and penalties) : Altering, etc., bond, bids, contracts, etc 154 Altering deeds, powers of attorney, etc 155 286 INDEX. Fines Continued. Paragraph. American antiquities, destruction, etc., of 1021 Bribery of United States officer 103 Conspiracy, etc., to defraud 162 Contracting beyond specific appropriations 1147 Contracting for larger amount than appropriated 1227 Contracts Failure to make return of : 217 Persons interested in and acting as Government agents 164 Contributions for political purposes 884 Counterfeiting bonds, bids, contracts, etc 154 Counterfeiting deeds, powers of attorney, etc 155 Delivery of prize property ; fraudulent interference with 1193 Destroying, etc., public records 1212 By officer in charge 1213 Disbursing officers unlawfully using public moneys 1104 Discharge or reduction of salary of old soldiers employed in executive de- partments 949 Embezzling, etc., clothing, subsistence, etc 1192 Extortion by officials 1146 Failure to deposit public moneys as required 1107 Failure to keep public funds as required 1105 Falsely pretending to be United States officer 158 False acknowledgements, officers administering oaths 157 False claims, presentation of 1 161 False demands on fraudulent power of attorney 160 False personation of holder of public stocks, etc 159 False pretenses, obtaining money under 156-161 False statements, etc 1145 Injuries received in the service 991 Felony ; penalty 1115 Flag of the United States, desecration, mutilation, etc 228 Forged papers, when in possession of 156 Forging bonds, bids, contracts, etc 154, 1214 Forging deeds, powers of attorney, etc 155 Impersonating holder of stocks, pensioners, etc 159 Impersonating United States officer with intent to defraud 158 Misdemeanors against national cemeteries 252 Officers failing to render accounts of public moneys 1106 Officers interested in claims against the United States 1112 Official accepting bribe 1113 Power of attorney, fraudulent ' 160 Public moneys, extortion 1146 False certificates 1145 Receipting for larger sum than paid 1144 Relating to official duties Acceptance of bribery to influence award of contracts, etc 166 Government employees practicing before departments 165 Receiving pay for services in relation to contracts, etc .. 165 Robbery of personal property of the United States _ 1191a Stolen property, receiving, etc 1116 Unlawful purchase of public property 161, 1107 Violations of provisions of law governing pay 939 Fiscal year: Commencement of Forage : Commutation of. (See Commutation of allowances.) Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities ; exception 186 In kind, authority for issue of 484 Allowances of, rate, etc 486 Issue of, to whom 486,487,488,490 No discrimination, officers serving east of the Mississippi River 487 Officers not to be deprived of; when ,_ 489,490 Restriction governing allowance of 486 Issue of, educational institutions 758 Naval and marine detachments ; when .*>64 Officers separated from number of owned horses 490 li^TDEX. 287 Forage Continued. Paragraph. Officers stationed at military posts west of the Mississippi River 485 When on duty with troops in the field , 485 Foreign service: Tour of 455, 456 Foreign-service pay: Beyond limits of United States 310 Canal Zone, not payable for service in 313 Ceases with day of return to United States 310, 311 Civilians 319, 933 Commences with day of departure from United States 310, 311 Employees headquarters of departments, service in the Philippines 319 Enlisted men entitled to 20 per cent increase 310, 311 Enlisted men in receipt of, not entitled to extra-duty pay 310 Hawaii, not payable for service in 313 Nurses (female) 370 Officers entitled to 10 per cent increase 310, 311 Outside of the limits of the United States 310, 311 Panama, not payable for service in 313 Philippines, employees of department headquarters, transport service in 312, 319 Porto Rico, not payable for service in 313 Quartermaster Corps employees 933 Transport service, Philippine Archipelago 312 Forgery. (See Offenses, fines, and penalties.) Forfeiture of pay (see also Stoppages of pay) : Civilians- Unauthorized absence on 31st day of month 929 Commissioned officers Absence without leave 426, 428, 491 Detached duty, failure to comply with terms of 455, 456 General Staff Corps, officers allowing violations, etc 316 Forms. (See Blank forms.) Fnel: Allowances of, prohibited 441 Commutation of, prohibited 441 Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities 186 In kind- Allowances of, for officers' quarters 488 Authority for issue of 484 Restriction governing allowances of 488 Purchase and inspection of, in the District 192 Certificate to be exhibited when required 197 Certificate of weight, etc., to be furnished 196 Copy of appointment of inspectors to be furnished to accounting officer. 194 Inspection and weighing of 193 Payment of, by accounting officers, prohibited, unless 196 Funds. (See Public moneys.) Funeral expenses. (See Deceased officers and enlisted men.) General : Office of, to cease 420 Revived during present emergency 421 General Staff Corps: Business transferred 314 Chief of Coast Artillery assigned to General Staff 314 Forfeiture of pay, officers allowing violations, etc 316 Mobile Army and Coast Artillery divisions abolished 314 Specific duties to be adhered to 315 General Supply Committee: Creation of __ 192 How supplies may be drawn from 192 How supplies may be purchased from contractors through 192 Gratuities (see also Family allowance) : Bonus for reenlistment in time of peace 606 Bounty for reenlistment in time of war 607 Civilians- Injuries received in the service 965 Clerk to be detailed to sign 1173 288 INDEX. Gratuities Continued. Clothing destroyed on account of contagious diseases Paragraph. Enlisted men 609 Hospital attendants 609 Clothing, discharged military prisoners 611, 612 Commissioned officers Death in the service _ 450,853 Aviation duty 452 Failure to pass examinations upon discharge, account of 480, 481 National Army on discharge 483 Donation of $5 to each dishonorably discharged prisoner 613 Enlisted men Death in the service 450,853 Aviation duty 452 Injuries received in the service, civilians 969 Officers, enlisted men, and members of Nurse Corps 852-854 Reservists, reporting for active duty 793 Veterinary Corps, assistant veterinarians of 541 Gratuitous services: Acceptance of, prohibited 900 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, allowed; when 747 Gun commanders. (See Additional pay.) Gunners, first and second class. (See Additional pay.) Gun pointers. (See Additional pay.) Harbor boats (see also Transports) : Additional pay of employees on, in lieu of subsistence 934 Headquarters of departments: Clerks, etc., at, pay, etc 317 Details restricted 318 Employment of Filipinos, authority for, pay, etc , 320 Enlisted men employed at, pay and allowances 585 Foreign service, increased pay for 319 Headstones. (See National cemeteries.) Heat and light: Allowance of, for officers' quarters 527 Appropriation for 449 Commutation of (see also Commutation of allowances) Army field clerks 287 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps 287 Nurse Corps, members of 374 Retired enlisted men 657 Where no public quarters are available 619 Military Academy Chapel organist 229 Choirmaster Regulations governing; by whom prescribed 527 Higher command: Pay for, in time of war 413 Holidays : Executive department employees 904 Per diem employees 901-903 Horses (see also Public animals) : Attendants to, appropriation for pay of 205 Bedding, shoeing, shelter, etc., when to be furnished 489, 490 Breeding of Appropriation available for , Appropriation not available for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers 205 Appropriation for, not to be expended for polo ponies, exception 205 Draft, purchase of limited 203,204 Equipment for 414 Executive mansion; accommodation* for, to be provided by Quartermaster General 1253 Forage in kind, issue of ; to whom 486, 487, 489, 490 Indian Scouts ; pay for owned 634 Inspection of, before payment 200 INDEX. 289 Horses Continued. Issue of Paragraph. Educational institutions; when 758 Naval and Marine Detachments ; when 364 Military Academy 205 Military posts and stations, purchase of in open market 202, 205 National Guard, care of, etc., funds for 694 Men detailed to care for, pay, etc 694 Purchase of, authority for 691,692 Forage, bedding, shoeing, veterinary services, etc., funds for 694 Issue of, regulations governing 208, 691, 692 Purchase of for 207 District of Columbia, pay for, when used in case of riot, etc 669 Officers' mounts, appropriation for 202, 205 Open market purchases 205 Owned horses, purchase of 206 Pay for mounts 408 Payment after inspection 200 Private mounts of officers, purchase of by Government; when 206 Transportation of excess number authorized 1275 Transportation of from point of purchase to station 1274 Purchase of Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers 205 Military posts and stations; when purchased at 202,205 Number limited 205 Races, etc., restriction governing payment of expenses of officers attending. 19 Sale of, authorized 1207 Condemned Army horses '- 693 Service schools, for officers at 205 Shows, fairs, etc., payment of expenses of officers, enlisted men, and horses. 19 Transportation of 1278-1280 Private mounts of officers 1274-1275 Hospital attendants: Gratuitous issue of clothing in case of contagious diseases 609 Hospital matrons (see also Nurse Corps) : Post or regimental hospitals Pay of 378 Rations 379 Hospital nurses (see also Nurse Corps) : General hospitals Pay of 378 Rations 378 Post or regimental hospitals Rations 379 Hospital stewards : Quarters ; construction of for 1221 Hours of work (see also Working hours and personnel civilians) _ 1234, 1235 Ice: Purchase of . 192 Sale of surplus 1154 Imprisonment. (See Offenses and penalties.) Increased pay (see also Pay of the Army and additional pay) : Aviators, Signal Corps, for length of service-- 294 Chief nurses 370 Civilians During fiscal year 1918, rate, etc 927 Paid from lump-sum appropriations, increased during fiscal year 1918_ 930 Service in the Philippine Islands 319 Commissioned officers (see also Details) Acting as disbursing officers, none for 419 Acting judge advocates 462 Aids 430 Aviation duty 290-293 Brevet rank does not carry Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs 469 Assistants to 471 Principal assistant 470 4939218 19 290 INDEX. Increased pay Continued. Commissioned officers Continued. Paragraph. Chief of Coast Artillery, when detailed as 474 Chief telegrapher, Executive Office 469 Continuous service. (See Continuous-Service Pay and Longevity Pay.) Detailed. (See Details and Commissioned Officers.) Foreign service. (See Foreign Service.) Higher command in time of war 413 Longevity; each term of five years 497 Restriction 499 Military Academy, when detailed at 478 National Guard, when detailed with 473 Ordnance Department Chief Ordnance Officer, assigned to staff of an Army, or corps and division commanders 463 First lieutenant, officer detailed as 468 Principal assistant, Ordnance Bureau 460 Philippine Constabulary, when detailed with 466 Philippine Islands, service on transports in 312 Philippine Scouts, officers detailed with 381 Porto Rican Regiment of Infantry, field officers of 391 Public buildings and grounds, officer in charge of 461 Retired College details; proviso (sec also Retired Commissioned Officers, Active duty) 564 Enlisted men. (See Additional pay and Extra-pay duty.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Indemnity : Clothing and bedding destroyed for sanitary reasons 614 Indian scoots: Enlistments, authority for 633 Noncommissioned officers 634 Discharge of 633 Pay for horses furnished tjo4 Indians on frontiers : Issue of rations to ; authority for 403 Injuries received in the service (see also Employees' Compensation Commission) : Civilians- Action for damages, assignment of, in case of legal liability upon some other person 981 Allowances in case of death 96.". Application of damages received by employee from another party 982 Assignment of action for damages in case of legal liability upon some other person 981 Assignment of claims void 980 Awards, cancellation of, where made by mistake 990 Review of, by commission 989 Burial expenses allowed 9i; Claims, assignment of void 980 Determination of iiss Filing of '.'7:: 'Forms to be used '.74 Time for 97." Review of awards 989 Compensation, authority for '.>r,i; Compensation Commission (Employees'), establishment of 9s:', Computation of lump-sum commutation '.n''. Computation of monthly pay of employees '.<' 7 Damages in case of legal liability upon some other person, assign- ment of action 081 Death resulting from, allowances in case of : 9;:; Employees' Compensation Commission, establishment of ''*" Jurisdiction transferred to '.'M Employees' compensation fund; appropriation for, etc 9sT Examination fees 978 False statements, punishment, etc '-'-'I INDEX. 291 Injuries received in the service Continued. Civilians Continued. Paragraph. Forms to be used in filing claims 974 Hospital services to be provided !MJ4 Inconsistent laws repealed 993 Inquiry ; written notice of required 970 Interment expenses allowed 966 Jurisdiction of all other offices, etc., transferred to 9S4 Leave with pay to be used first 96:5 Lump-sum commutations, computation of 960 Medical examinations ; suspension of pay on refusal to allow 976 Reexamination if physicians disagree 977 Fees, how payable, physicians now in the service of the United States 978 Medical supplies and services to be furnished 964 Minors and learners 961 Monthly compensation 961, 966 Notice of in writing necessary 970 Preparation of j. 971 Time limit for filing of 972 Other pay restricted, pensions excepted 962 Partial disability No pay if refusing to work 959, 900 Wage earning capacity, how determined 968 Pay : allowance in case of death : 965 Computation of employees' monthly pay 067 None during first three days 957 Partial disability 959 None if refusing to work 960 Restriction 962 Suspension on refusal to submit to medical examination 976 Total disability 958, 961 Written notice necessary to secure 972 Prior injuries, settlement for 993 Punishment for false statements 991 Reexamination if physicians disagree 977 Report of injury to be made by superior officer 979 Rules and regulations to be prescribed by : 986 Settlement for prior injuries 993 Subpoenas for attendance of witnesses ; authority for issuance of 985 Superior officers to report same 979 Surgical supplies and services to be furnished 964 Terms used, construction of 992 Time for making claims . 975 Total disability, pay, etc 958 Monthly compensation in case of 961 Transportation to be furnished if necessary 964 Wage-earning capacity, partial disability ; how determined 968 Witnesses ; authority to issue subpo?nas for attendance of 985 Written notice necessary to secure pay 972 Written notice of injury to be forwarded 970 Preparation of 1 971 Officers, enlisted men, and members of Nurse Corps (Female) Action where United States is not legally liable 866 Burial expenses 853 Claims for Filing of; time limit 861 Payment of, when to commence , 862 Compensation Army Nurse Corps, members of 865 Assignment of not permissible 863 Death resulting from 853 Filing of claims for; time limit 861 Not payable for period reported missing 859 Not payable until death is recorded 859 292 INDEX. Injuries received in the service Continued. Officers, enlisted men. and members of Nurse Corps (Female) Continued. Compensation Continued. Disability Paragraph. Partial 854 Total 854 Exempted from attachment, etc 863 From taxation 863 Not payable when in receipt of service or retirement pay 864 Revision of; who authorized to make 857 Review of awards for 857 When not payable - 852, 856, 859, 864 When to commence 862 Death resulting from Compensation to beneficiaries 853 Payments, time limit 858 Time limit for filing claims 861 Liability of some person other than United States ; action in case of 866 Medical examinations, treatments, etc 855 Medical, surgical, hospital services, and supplies to be furnished 854 Partial disability Earning capacity 854 Medical examinations, treatments, etc 855 Medical, surgical, hospital services and supplies ; 854 Payment in case of 854 Payments In case of death resultng from 853 Time limit 858 Monthly; how determined 854 Partial disability 854 Revision of 857 Suspension of 852. 856 Total disability 854 Permanent disability Enlistment in case of 856 Suspension of payment; cause for 852,856 Vocational training in case of 856 Total disability- Nurse or attendant to be provided, pay, etc; exception 854 Payment in case of 854 Inspector General's Office: Expert accountant of; pay, mileage, etc 308,309 Inspections : Accounts, public moneys. (See Accounts and public moneys.) Appropriation for mileage not to be expended for ; exception 507 Books, etc., disbursing officers 1176 Horses for the Army 200 Of fuel. (See Fuel.) Of supplies for the Army, at designated points 184 Insurance. (See War-risk insurance.) Interments (see also National cemeteries) : Arlington National Cemetery Amount allowed for 248 Confederate soldiers buried in National Soldiers' Home 270 Confederate soldiers dying in the District 271 Army nurses, authority for, in national cemeteries 247 Certificate of discharge sufficient authority for, in national cemeteries 246 Civilians dying outside of the United States 262 Cuba and China ; monuments or tablets for soldiers temporarily interred in_ 243-245 District of Columbia cemeteries Amount allowed in each case ; District to bear one-half of expense 248 Expenses of, appropriation for Headstones, authority for Marking graves of Confederates 240-242 Records of, to be kept; where Soldiers buried in private, village, or city cemeteries 237 Honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines 246 Inclosures ; authority for 236 INDEX. 293 Interments Continued. Paragraph. Little Rock National Cemetery ; amount allowed in each case 249 National cemeteries ; Revenue-Cutter Service, officers and men of 250 Post cemeteries, stone markers for graves of civilians buried in 239 Private, village, or city cemeteries ; headstones for graves of soldiers, etc 237 Registers; authority for 236 Revenue-Cutter Service, officers and men of 250 Transportation of remains ; appropriation for *. 261-265 Reimbursing family, etc 262-264 investigations : Payment of expenses of, from mileage appropriations restricted 507 Judgments (see also Claims and Court of Claims) : Final; a bar to further demands 147 Forfeiture of rights on failure to pay 41 New trials, when allowable 143 Payment of, claims against the United States 127 Payment of, may be stayed; when ! 144 To be a full discharge 146 Surety companies; forfeiture of rights on failure to pay 41 Jurisdiction (see also District courts, circuit court of appeals, Court of Claims, and Claims against the United States) : Circuit court of appeals 114, 115 Comptroller of the Treasury 1033,1174-1176 Congress over public lands 1009, 1014 Court of Claims 116-120 Claims for damages, etc 120 Claims on contracts, damages not sounding in tort, etc 117 Claims for property taken after June 1, 1865 139 Claims pending in other courts excluded 132 Counterclaims, etc 120 Losses by disbursing officers 121 Set-offs__ 120 Treaty claims barred 131 War claims, etc., barred 118, 119 District courts Concurrent with Court of Claims: when 109 Over national cemeteries by United States 251 United States Circuit or District Courts Public lands, acquisition of, by condemnation proceedings 1006 Procedure 1007 United States courts Actions or suits, reference bonds 40 Kissinger, John R., payment to 283 Labor and material men: Bonds for protection of. (See Bonds.) Labor-saving devices : Exchange of, in part payment for new 178, 180 Land-grant roads (see also Transportation) : Travel over, deduction from mileage accounts 514 Lands. (See Public lands.) Lapses salaries : Disposition of funds accruing from 1 16 Lacear, Mabel H., payment to 282 Leases. (See Public buildings and public lands.) Leave of absence: Civilians Annual (see also Annual leave) : 909-911 To be exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays 911 To be in addition to sick leave 1016 Employees of arsenals, etc 913 Members of National Guard during field or coast defense training 915 During parades and encampments 914 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, duty with troops or field exercises 916 Pay to stop at expiration of, granted 912 Sick leave, authority for 917 Without pay 912 294 INDEX. Leave of absence Continued. Commissioned officers Paragraph. Absence from Philippines 495 Accrued leave ; appointed from Volunteers to Regular Army 494 Alaska, officers serving in 493 Authority for 492 Cumulative Amount of limited 280 Computation of 493-495 Nurse Corps " 370, 376 Officers serving in the Philippine Islands 495 Officers appointed from volunteers 494 Exceeding thirty days 491 Full pay while on, how treated 491 Half pay while on, how treated 491 Instructors at Military Academy 362, 363 Instructors at service schools during suspension of studies 496 Leave credits, officers appointed from volunteer service 494 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, duty with troops or field exercises, etc 913 Mileage, change of station while on 515 Military Academy, officers on duty at 363 Superintendent of 362 Not exceeding 30 days 491 Pay status while on 491,492 Service in Alaska or without the limits of the United States 493 Service in the Philippines ; commencement and termination of 495 Sickness, wounds, etc. . 491 Three months without permission, forfeiture of pay, etc 426 Without the limits of the United States 493 Legal holidays. (See Holidays.) Length of service: Commissioned officers Each term of five years, increased pay for : 497 Restriction 499 Service with Officers' Reserve Corps not counted for retirement 746 Service with Volunteer forces, War of the Rebellion 501 Computation of Actual time of service _ 502 Service as a cadet 503 Service in the Navy 503 Service in volunteer forces, War of the Rebellion 501 Enlisted men Commissioned service in Porto Rico Provisional Regiment 638 Commissioned service in volunteer organizations 638 Commissioned service with Philippine Scouts 638, 639 Continuous-service pay ; when 635 Enlisted Reserve Corps ; increased pay, etc. 812 Enlistment period, number to be counted in computing continuous- service pay 640, 641 Reenlistment within three months from date of discharge 635, 636 Service as officer in Reserve Corps 643 Service with volunteer forces, War of the Rebellion 501 Serving out enlistment period 642 Enlistments, term of - 644, 645 Maximum pay for not to exceed - 499, 500 National Guard (see also National Guard) - 698,700 Reenlistments at expiration of four years' continuous service 646 At expiration of three years' continuous service 647 Liability (see also Bonds) : Bonds ; officers' Injuries received in the service, civilians 956, 999 Moneys outstanding, three years or more 1078 National banks designated as depositaries of public funds Officers, enlisted men, and members of Nurse Corps Action where United States is not legally liable-- 866 Private property, officers and enlisted men, lost or destroyed 1 INDEX. 295 Liability Continued. Paragraph. Quartermaster General, funds and property in hands of subordinates 24, 1170 Surety companies as sureties; statement of to be filed; when 4d Lieutenant colonel: Annual pay 411 Horses, forage for, service in the field 485 Pay restricted 566 Lieutenant general: Office of to cease : 422 Revived during present emergency 414a Lieutenant, Medical Corps : Pay allowed on honorable discharge ^ 481 Light: For Officers' quarters. (See Heat and Light.) Lighthouse Service: Personnel subject to Army and Navy rules during 1300 Regulations, etc., preparation of ' . 1301 Transfer of to Army and Navy; when 1298,1299 Little Rock, Ark., Confederate Cemetery. (See National cemeteries.) Longevity pay: Computation of 498, 501, 502 Actual time of service in Army or Navy to be counted 502 Brigadier general not entitled to 497 Chaplains and others having assimilated rank 497 Colonel, not to exceed 500 Increase for each term of five years 497 Computed on yearly pay of grade 498 Lieutenant colonel, not to exceed 500 Major, not to exceed 500 On yearly pay of grade 497 Ten per cent for each five years' of service 497 Not to exceed 40 per cent 499 Service as a cadet 503 Service with volunteer forces 501 Increase for each term of five years 497 Restricted to 40 per cent of yearly pay 491 Maximum for colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major 500 Not computed on pay as aide 430 Restriction; not to exceed 40 per cent of yearly pay 499 Retired commissioned officers. (See also Retired commissioned officers.) Increase of limited ; exception 567 Wounds received in battle 567, 568 Service as a cadet not counted in computing 503 Service with volunteers, War of the Rebellion 501 Service in the Navy to be counted in computing 502 Lamp-sum appropriations : Employees paid from ; increase of pay during fiscal year 1918 930 Increased compensation restricted ; when 931 Not available for payment of additional pay to persons employed under 943 Personal services not to be paid from 942 Mail, official (see also Correspondence) : Letters, packages, etc., to be free of postage 220 Major : Annual pay 411 Horses, forage for, service in the field 485 Pay restricted 500 Maneuvers : National Guard. (See National Guard.) Marine detachments: Supplies to be furnished on requisition of; when 370 Marksmanship, civilian. (See Rifle ranges for civilian instruction.) Medals (see also Badges) : To volunteers for service in suppressing Philippine insurrection 229 Medical Corps: Discharge of captains and lieutenants of, for reasons other than physical 481 296 INDEX. Medical supplies: Paragraph. Issue of, citizens' training camps, members of while attending 771 Purchase of at military posts by civilian employees; authority for 918 Mess halls: Tableware and furniture, appropriation for 7' Messengers : Executive departments; pay, etc 923 Mess sergeants. (See Enlisted men.) Messes : Purchases for 7 Mileage : Accounts - Deductions for transportation in kind 513 Over land-grant roads, etc 514 Payment and settlement of; how computed 510 Actual expenses Alaska, for travel in 1 535 Officers on discharge 536 Sea-travel, amount allowed for 504 Allowances for Rate per mile 510 To be made solely from sums appropriated 509 Travel under orders; how determined 504 Appropriations for, not available for inspections and investigations ; exception 507 Army field clerks 288 Aviation officers and men, foreign armies 512 Change of station while on leave of absence 515 Computation of - By table of distances 510 Over shortest route 510 Contract surgeons 303, 304 Corps of Engineers 518 Deductions Transportation furnished ; disposition of Rate at which made 513, 514 Sleeping-car accommodations 513, 514 Distances; computation of; routes established by 510 Duty without troops ; Secretary of War to determine 511 Engineer officers ; purposes of instruction 534 Expert accountant, Inspector General's Office 309 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps 288 Foreign armies, officers and men of; when 512 How determined 511 Inspections; entitled to; when 507 Not entitled to, for certain t + 507 Instruction ; travel expenses in lieu of mileage and allowances 534 Land-grant roads, deduction 514 Leave of absence; station changed while on 515 Military Academy; graduates of 328 Military information ; officers detailed to obtain from abroad 50ft Necessity for, to be certified to by officer issuing order 503 Officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad HOG Officers of the aviation section; duty in connection with aviation .~>17 Foreign armies 512 Officers of the Ordnance Department 516 Officers traveling under competent orders 510 Orders, competent 504, 510 What constitutes 510 Orders, to state necessity for travel 505 To state special duty enjoined 508 Payment of From sums appropriated thereforJ 509 Orders involving, to state special duty enjoined 508 Rate of 510 Duty in Alaska 535 Retires officers, rate per mile 510 Traveling under competent orders 510 INDEX. 297 Mileage Continued. Paragraph. Sea travel, actual expenses of 504, 520 Not to include shore expenses 504 Sea travel, amount allowed for 504 Certain, that is paid for on basis of land travel 504 In home waters, in Philippines, Hawaii, and Alaska, none 504 Sea travel, officers on discharge 536 Sleeping-car accommodations when furnished; deduction for 51. '5.514 Special duty to be stated in orders involving payment of 508 Station changed while on leave- of absence : 515 Transportation Actual expenses of; when to be paid 535 Officers and men, foreign armies ; when 512 Alaska, travel in, entitled to 535 In kind, on request 513 Transportation requests Deduction, rate at which made 513, 514 Travel allowance - Officers and enlisted men on discharge ; how determined 504 Travel on discharge; without troops; how determined 511 Travel over bond-aided roads; deduction 514 Travel without troops; how determined 511 Military Academy: Additional pay (see also Extra-duty pay) Acting quartermaster and commissary of cadets 478 Enlisted man acting as clerk in the Adjutant's office 331 Enlisted men in philosophical and chemical departments and litho- graphic office 331 Librarian and assistant librarian 353 Noncommissioned officer in charge of mechanics, etc_ . 331 Quartermaster and commissary of cadets 355 Treasurer 355 Adjutant, pay of, etc 354 Appropriations - For polo ponies 205 Settlement of transactions between the Military Academy and other bureaus of the War Department 322 To be disbursed and accounted for by the Quartermaster Corps 321 Army Service Detachment Extra-duty pay of 337 Payment of from appropriations of the Quartermaster's Department prohibited 598 Assistant instructor of military science and tactics, pay, etc 347, 348 Assistant instructor, pay, etc 347 Associate professor of mathematics, pay, etc 346 Associate professor of modern languages 345 Band musicians, pay, etc 336 Battalion sergeant major; enlisted man acting as, pay, etc 339 Cadets Annual pay of 323 Mileage, when graduated 328 Rations, and commutation of - 325, 326 Time of service, how computed 503 Traveling expense 324 Candidates ; traveling expense 324 Chaplains ; appointment of, pay, etc 356 Civilians- Chapel organist, allowances of 329 Choirmaster, allowances of 329 Custodian of gymnasium, pay of ; 330 Commandant of cadets, pay, etc 340 Constructing quartermaster, increase pay of 357, 358 Continuous-service pay, band and field musicians 336 Details (see also Details) Commissioned officer as quartermaster and commissary of cadets 478 Engineer Detachment Acting first sergeant, pay and allowances of 334, 342 Retired pay, etc 333 298 INDEX. Military Academy Continued. Engineer Detachment Continued. Paragiaph. Cooks; pay and allowances 334 Corporals: pay and allowances _ 334 Musicians : pay and allowances :!34 Privates, first and second class: pay and allowances- _ ::.".4 Quartermaster sergeant : pay and allowances- _ ;'>:'>4 Sergeants; pay and allowances 3.'!4 Enlisted men Acting battalion sergeant major; pay, etc 339 Additional pay of certain 331,478 Army Service Detachment 337 Band and field musicians 336 Engineer Detachment 332, 335 Overseer of waterworks; extra duty pay of Extra-duty pay (see also Additional pay) Army Service Detachment, enlisted men of 337 Overseer of waterworks Engineer Detachment 334, 335 Field musicians, pay, etc 336 Graduates ; mileage Pay of when commissioned as second lieutenants-- 327 Increased pay- Constructing quartermaster 357, 358 For length of service 344 Librarian and assistant librarian 353 Quartermaster of cadets 355 Treasurer 355 Instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery 342 Instructor of practical military engineering 347 Leave of absence Officers, professors, etc 363 Superintendent of 362, 363 Librarian and assistant librarian, additional pay 353 Line officer on duty in Quartermaster's Department 359 Master of the sword 350, 351 Noncommissioned officer in charge of mechanics 331 Overseer of waterworks ; extra duty pay of 338 Pay- Cadets 323 Civilians- Custodian of gymnasium 330 Enlisted men Battalion sergeant major; when acting as 339 Engineer Detachment 334 Detachment of Engineers, acting first sergeant 332-334 Officers Aujutant 354 Assistant instructor of military tactics 347, 348 Assistant professors 347, 348 Associate professor of mathematics 346 Associate professor of modern languages 345 Chaplains 356 Commandant of cadets 340 Constructing quartermaster 357, 358 During suspension of academic studies 362 Instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, etc 362 Instructor of practical military engineering 347 Line officers on duty in quartermaster's department 359 Master of the sword 350, 351 Permanent professor, 33 years' service 360, 361 Professors of 341 Certain to have pay of colonel 360, 361 Increase for length of service 344 English history 343 Superintendent of "in Teacher of music 352 Treasurer and quartermaster and commissary of cadets 355 IXDEX. 299 Military Academy Continued. Paragraph. Polo ponies; appropriation for 205 Professor of English and history : pay. etc 343 Professors Leave of absence 261 Pay. etc 341, 344 Promotion of certain to colonel 360,361 Retirement of 349 Thirty-three years' service, pay and allowances 360, 361 < Quartermaster and commissary of cadets; additional pay 355 Retired enlisted men Acting first sergeant, Engineer Detachment, pay, etc 333 Retired officers Professors :', M) Of English and history 343 Teacher of music 250 Superintendent Leave of absence 362,363 Pay. etc 340 Teacher of music, pay. etc 352 Treasurer: additional payJ. 355 Wharfage dues, collection of 1297 Military and Naval Insurance. (See War-risk insurance.) Military attaches: Retired commissioned officers detailed as, in connection with recruiting, National Guard, pay. etc 560 With foreign army in the field to obtain military information ; commutation of quarters, entitled to 446 Military colleges. (See Army service schools and Military Academy.) Military eomicts: Dishonorably discharged ; donation of $5 to 613 Issue of clothing to 611,612 Military posts: Appropriations for Not available for construction of officers' quarters 1219, 1220 Schools, libraries, exchanges, etc Funds available for construction, equipment, etc., of 1230 Repairs to buildings erected at private cost 1230 Military prisons. (See United States disciplinary barracks.) Military prison guards. (Sec Details and enlisted men.) Military reservations: Abandoned, grants to municipal corporations 1016 American National Red Cross, storage facilities; buildings for 1018 Disposition of useless 1015 Easements 1013, 1027 Preservation of American antiquities Excavations, unauthorized ; penalty 1021 Permits for 1023 Regulations, etc 1024 Setting apart of historic, etc., lands 1022 Revocable leases 1017 Rights of way, who may grant . 1025, 1028 Sale or grant of, who may withhold ; when 1016 Military reservations, Philippine Islands: Control of. how administered 1019 Easements, who may grant 1020, 1025 Military service schools. (See Army service schools.) Military storekeeper: Office of revoked 519 Revival of, in case of Charles P. Daly 521 Military stores and supplies. (See also Contracts and purchases.) Purchase and distribution of; by whom 182 Militia. (See National Guard.) Moneys. (Ser Public moneys.) Monuments. (Sec Interments and national cemeteries.) Motor trucks: Exchange of, in part payment for new 178 300 INDEX. Motor rehicles: Paragraph. Exchange of, in part payment for new 17!> Identification tags, to be furnished free of cost 127O Mounts (see also Horses and public animals) : Equipment for, to whom furnished 414 Indian Scouts, when furnished by, pay for 034 Militia, District of Columbia Pay for, in casa of riot, etc 661> Pay for, officers below grade of major 414 Private mounts, purchase of by Quartermaster Corps 206 Transportation of 1274, 1275 Moving pictures: Rental of films, purchase of slides, etc., appropriation from which payable-- 1230 Mules. (See Public animals.) National Army. (Sec also Officers' Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corp.-o Discharge of members at termination or war of 1917 4s:;. r,2x During present emergency not authorized 732 Pay and allowances, enlisted men 581 Officers of 415 Quartermaster Corps. (See Quartermaster Corps.) Restriction governing employment, detail and detachment of officers and enlisted men suspended 4T1. National cemeteries: Acquisition or land for 232-234 Antietam battlefield Care and maintenance of 2T5, 27f- Monuments, etc 277 Superintendent of, pay, etc 27s Appraisement of, real estate when taken for '. _':',:, Appropriations Antietam battlefield 275-27X Burials in cemeteries of the District of Columbia 24S Burials in Little Rock, Ark., National Cemetery, including transporta- tion thereto 249- Burial of indigent ex-soldiers, sailors, etc., dying in the District of Columbia 248 Burial of civilian employees dying abroad 264 Burial of officers dying at military posts or on frontiers 263, 264 Burial of officers killed in action or dying while on duty in the field__ 263 Burial of officers, soldiers, etc., on the active list 264, 265 Locating and marking graves of Confederates 240-242 Marking graves of Confederates dying in Federal prisons and military hospitals in the North j. __. 240-242 Marking places where American soldiers fell and were temporarily in- terred in Cuba and China 243-245 Reburial of Confederate soldiers 270 Remains of soldiers ; reimbursement for expenses of transportation and burial 263, 264 Removal of remains from abandoned posts 264 Roadways, repairing of Limitation governing 254 Stone markers for graves of civilians buried in post cemeteries. _ Transportation of remains 249, 261, 265 Arlington National Cemetery Burial of indigent ex-soldiers, etc., dying in the District 248 Confederate section; burials authorized 270,271 Reburial of Confederate soldiers buried in Soldiers' Home 270 Superintendents, pay of, etc 260 Burials Advances for to be refunded 262-265 Appropriation for 265 Amount allowed in each case 248 Arlington National Cemetery, amount allowed 248 Arlington or District of Columbia; one-half expense to be borne by District Army nurses Civilians dying abroad 264- INDEX. 301 National eenu-terh'S Continued. Burials Continued. Confederate soldiers Paragraph. In Arlington National Cemetery 271 Reburials in, appropriation for 270 Cost in each case 248 District of Columbia cemeteries Amount allowed for 248 Free of charge Army nurses dying in a destitute condition 247 Kx-*oldiers. etc., who served in the Civil War _ 246 Honorably discharged soldiers, etc., dying at Army and Navy Hos- pital, Hot Springs, Ark 249 Honorably discharged soldiers, etc., dying in a destitute condition- 246 1 'reduction of honorable discharge sufficient authority for 246 Ueveiiue-Cuth-T Service, officers and men of; when 250 Soldiers, etc., dying in the service 246 Honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines 246 Indigent ex-soldiers, sailors, etc., dying in the District 24G One-half to be paid out of the District revenues 248 Little Rock. Ark., National Cemetery 249 Persons entitled to ; authority necessary for 246 Reimbursing family, etc 262-264 Remains of civil employees dying abroad 264 Remains of officers, etc., dying while on the active list 264 Revenue-Cutter Service, officers and enlisted men of 250 Care and maintenance Annual estimate for to be submitted to Congress 231 Antietam battlefield 275, 276 Cemetery near City of Mexico 279, 280 Confederate burial plats 273 Confederate cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio 273 Confederate cemetery, North Alton, 111 273 Confederate cemetery, Point Lookout, Md 273 Confederate cemetery, Rock Island, 111 273 Confederate section, Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind 273 Confederate cemetery, Springfield, Mo 266, 267 Confederate cemetery, Little Rock, Ark 268, 269 Confederate Mound, Oak Woods Cemetery 272 Confederate Stockade Cemetery, Johnstown Island in Sandusky Bay 274 Report to be made; when 231 Who shall provide for 231 Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Ky., purchase of additional land for 235 Condemnation of land for 233, 234 Confederate cemetery at Little Rock, Ark., acceptance of 268, 269 Confederate cemetery at Springfield, Mo., acceptance of 266, 267 Confederate soldiers dying in the District, entitled to burial in Arlington National Cemetery . 271 Reburial of, in Arlington National Cemetery . 270 Cuba and China Monuments, etc., appropriation for 243-245 District of Columbia Burial of indigent ex-soldiers, etc., dying in ; one-half expense to be borne by District 248 Expenses of transportation and burial Advances for, to be refunded 262-265 Amount allowed in each case 248 Civilians dying abroad 264 Officers and soldiers dying abroad 261, 263 Officers and soldiers killed in action 263 Officers and soldiers dying at military posts or on frontiers 263 Officers and soldiers dying while on duty in the field 263 Officers and soldiers dying while traveling unler orders 263 Headstones Antietam battlefield 277 Authority for 230 For graves of civilians in post cemeteries -".') For graves of Confederates 240-242 302 INDEX. National cemeteries Continued. Headstones Continued. I >a ra.-i'a j >h . For graves of soldiers 236, 237 For marking places where American soldiers fell and were temporarily interred in Cuba and China 243-245 Records of to be kept ; where ; 238 Inclosures, appropriation for 23G Interments. (See Burials.) Jurisdiction of United States over 251 Land for Acceptance of, transfer, etc 269 Acquisition of 232-234 Appraisement of 232-234 Condemnation of 233 How acquired 232-234 Payment of appraised value 234 Purchase of, etc 232 Additional, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky i'35 Little Rock, Ark., Confederate Cemetery Acceptance of land for 268 Amount allowed for burials in each case 249 Care and maintenance of '. 269 Transfer of, authority for 269 Monuments or tablets in Cuba and China 243-245 Near City of Mexico 279, 280 Offenses against; penalty 252 Payment of appraised value of land for 234 Penalty for defacing, etc 252 Porter's lodge, authority for erection of 258 Post cemeteries ; stone markers for civilians buried in 239 Purchase of land for; jurisdiction of 232,251 Railroads not to encroach upon any roads, etc _'."><; Registers; authority for 236 Reimbursement, burial expenses, etc. Disbursing officers to be credited; when 263 Limitation governing 262-264 Revenue-Cutter Service; burial of officers and men of 250 Roadways Encroachment by railroads forbidden 256 Repairing of, limitation governing 254, 255 Appropriation for 253 Right and title conveyed to city of Springfield, Mo 2."7 Single approach only permitted 255 Springfield, Mo., Confederate Cemetery Acceptance of 266 Care and maintenance of 267 Transfer of to Government 267 Stone markers Graves of civilians in post cemeteries 239 Graves of Confederates 240, 242 Superintendents Appointment of, authority for 258 Qualifications, etc. 259 Authority to arrest persons committing misdemeanors 252 Pay, etc. . 260, 278 Porter's lodge to be erected for use of 258 Transportation of remains Advances for to be refunded : 262-264 Appropriation for 261, 265 Civil employees dying abroad 264 Officers and enlisted men dying at military camps 261 Officers and enlisted men dying in Alaska 261 Officers and enlisted men dying outside the United States 261 Officers and enlisted men dying at sea 261 Officers and enlisted men dying while on the active list 261 Officers and enlisted men killed in action 261 INDEX. 303 National cornel cries Continued. Transportation of remains Continued. Paragraph. Reimbursing family, etc 262-264 To Little Rock, Ark., National Cemetery 249 National Guard: Accountability for supplies furnished to 682-689 Accounts Inspection of : how often 715 Rules, etc., to be made by 716 Allotments Payment of, to property and disbursing officers on requisitions 710 Annual encampments; subsistence during 673 Appropriations Accounting of. by officers of the Quartermaster Corps 664 Apportionment and disbursement of funds for 661 Apportionment of among the States and Territories, ratio of 662 Disbursements, time limit 664 To be made by officers of the QuarterniMster Corps 664 Expenses of encampments, maneuvers, etc., allotment for 675 Horses, purchase of 601,692 Care of 694 Purposes for which available : 663 Army stores; authority for sales of to 717,718 Funds available for 717,718 Bonds of properly and disbursing officers 711, 712 Composition of 660 Continuous active service allowed 699 Damaged property Credit allowed for; when 686 Disposition and replacement of 285 Payment for; when 687 Refusal a bar to future allotments 689 Detail of commissioned officers for duty with 473 As assistants to Chief of Militia Bureau 705 Detail of enlisted men of, to rifle ranges for civilian instruction 678 Detail of retired commissioned officers for service with 557 For service in connection with recruiting 560 Disbursing officers. (See Property and Disbursing Officers.) Disbursements; to be made by officers of the Quartermaster Corps 664 Discharge Enlisted men 665 Officers 666, 667 District of Columbia Militia. (See National Guard, District of Columbia.) Encampments Expenses of, allotment for 675 Participation in Army, etc., by 674 Pay and allowances during 676, 677 When to commence, etc 678 Enlisted men Discharge of Form, etc., same as for Regular Army 665 In time of peace, prior to expiration of term of enlistment 665 Regulations governing to be prescribed by 665 Enlistments Compensation for part of first year ; other duty accepted in lieu of drills 700 Continuous active service allowed 699 Pay to begin from date of 708 Term of 698 Enrollment; expenses of 690 Equipment Care and protection of; provision for 682 Disposition and replacement of damaged, etc 685 Inspection of; by whom 695 Lost, etc., (see also Lost Property) 680.687 May be requisitioned for by United States in time of war 710 New types to be furnished without charge 683 304 INDEX. National Guard Continued. Equipment Continued. Paragraph. Purchase and issue of, authority for (;j Replacing prior, etc., issues; obsolete to be turned in 684 To be the same as for Regular Army 680 To remain the property of the United States 685 Unserviceable, etc., to be acted on by a surveying officer 685 Expenses of enrollment QQQ Field or coast defense instructions ; participation in, etc 674 Funds Accounting for, etc. 7H By officers of the Quartermaster Corps 664 Allotment of, for expenses of encanmpments and maneuvers 675 Apportionment and disbursement of 661 Collections for losses, destruction, or damages to public property, to be covered into Treasury 72Q Disbursement of, time limit 664 Proceeds of sales, disposition of 720 How long available 718 Unserviceable property 688 Purposes for which available 663 Ratio of apportionment 662 Stoppages against officers and enlisted men ; dispostion of 720 To be covered into Treasury. 720 Government employees, members of, to be restored to former positions when mustered out 894 Horses Appropriations for purchase of 691, 692 Care of, etc., payment of men detailed 694 Condemned Army horses to be issued to 208, 693 Forage, bedding, shoeing, veterinary supplies, etc., funds available for 694 Issue of, regulations governing 691, 692 Purchase of, for 207, 691, 692 Increased pay (see also Increased pay and pay of the Army) Officers Armory service - 701 Drills, instructors in 701 Inspection of accounts of; how often 715 Inspection of equipment, records, etc. ; by whom 695 Reports to be rendered; purposes of, etc. 695 Instruction camps ; pay and allowances while attending 677 Instruction of officers and men at Army service schools 696 Pay and allowances while attending 697 Leave Employees of executive departments, members of During encampments, etc 914 During parades 914 Engaged in field or coast defense training 915 Length of service Continuous active service allowed 699 Other duty accepted in lieu of drills 700 Period of enlistment 698 Proportional compensation for part of first year, etc 700 Lost property Payment for, if due to carelessness 687 Refusal to pay for, etc., a bar to future allotments 689 Proceeds of collections to be covered into Treasury 720 Unavoidable causes, credit allowed 686 Maneuvers. (See Encampments.) Obsolete property to be turned in 684 Officers of Attached to reserve 667 Discharge For unfltness 666 For other causes t '' ;T Examination of, by cffioioncy board <'''' INDEX. 305 National (iiiard Continued. Pay and allowances Paragraph. Active service _ 701, 702 Aide-de-camp 702 Army service schools, while attending 697 Chaplains J 702 Deductions Lost or destroyed property 706 During captivity 580 During encampments and maneuvers 676 Enlisted men Active service ; \vhen to commence '. 703, 704 Armory service 703 Drills, attendance at 703 Proportional tor part of first year ; time lost may be made good 700 Travel allowance on discharge 724 Up to time of muster 708 Enlistments, to begin from date of 708 Increased pay Armory service 701-703 Maneuvers 676 Men detailed to care for horses, etc 694 Instruction camps, while attending 677 National Guard Reserve 722 Officers Armory service 701 Assistants to Chief of Militia Bureau 705 Drills, instructors in 701 Travel pay on discharge 724 Persons not entitled to 707 Property and disbursing officers 713 Restriction governing 707 Retired commissioned officers detailed to 557 For service in connection with recruiting 560 Staff officers . 702 Stoppages Property lost or destroyed 688,706 Target practice, etc 676 To certain enlisted men for services 702 To certain officers for services 701 When to commence - 678-708 Proceeds of sales Condemned stores, disposition of 720 Cash purchase of Army stores ; disposition of 718 How long available 718 Unserviceable property ; disposition of 718 Property and disbursing officers Accounting for funds of 711 Appointment of, general duties, etc 709 Bonds of; when required 611 When not required 712 Liquid coffee money ; to be furnished with 712 Payment of allotment to, on requisitions 710 Pay of, from general fund 713 Rules and regulations; by whom prescribed 716 Traveling expenses; when 714 Public property In time of war, may be requisition for by Government 719 Lost or destroyed, to be paid for; when 687 Unavoidable causes, credit allowed 686 Proceeds of collections to be covered into Treasury 720 Purchases; funds available for 718 Rations (see also Subsistence) Liquid coffee money ; authority for 712 Travel ration, funds for < 712 Reserve battalions for recruit training in time of war 723 Rules, etc., by whom prescribed 716 4939218 20 306 INDEX. National Guard Continued. Sales to Paragraph. Authority for__ 717, 713 Funds available for 717,718 Proceeds of 718, 720 Subsistence (see also Rations) During annual encampments 673 Surveying officers Reports of to be forwarded 685 Target practice Expenses of, allotment for 675 Participation in by; authority for 674 Pay, etc., while participating in 676 To be made any time after muster 678 Transportation, on discharge ; when 1266 Reduced rates by common carriers permitted 679 Travel allowance Enlisted men on discharge 724 Travel expenses, property and disbursing officers 714 Travel pay, officers of 724 Travel ration, funds for 712 Uniform Care and protection of 682 Damaged or destroyed 685-687 Disposition and replacement of damaged 685 Distinctive mark required 1306 Inspection of; by whom - 695 Issue of from Army stores 672 May be requisitioned for by Government in time of war 1_ 719 New types to be furnished without charge 683 Purchase and issue of, authority for 681 Replacing prior, etc., issues; obsolete to be turned in 684 To be same as for Regular Army 690 To remain property of the United States 685 Unserviceable, etc., to be acted on by a surveying officer 685 When may be worn 1305 Unserviceable property Proceeds of sale of 688 To be acted on by a surveying officer 685 National Guard, District of Columbia (see also National Guard) : Additional pay Active service with Regular Army 670 In case of riot, etc 669 Adjutant General of, detail of retired commissioned officer as 558 Army stores- Issue of to x 672 Bands Employment of when necessary ; authority for, etc 671 Pay of members of during annual encampments, days of parades, etc 671 Clothing (see also Uniform, National Guard) Allowance 667 Issue of, from Army stores 672 Details- Retired commissioned officer detailed as Adjutant General of .1 558 Encampments and maneuvers 674-679 Band musicians, pay during 671 Rations to be furnished 673 Equipage, issue of from Army stores, authority for 672 Equipment of 690 Horses used in case of riot, etc., pay for 669 Increased pay. (See Additional pay.) Musicians, employment of when necessary ; pay, etc 671 Officers Allowance for clothing and equipment 667 Parades, pay to band musicians on days of 671 Pay and allowances Active service with Regular Army 670 Additional pay. (See Additional pay.) INDEX. 307 National Guard, District of Columbia Continued. Pay and allowances Continued. Paragraph. Adjutant general of 558 Enlisted men Duty in case of riot, etc Horses, pay for, in case of riot, etc Rations, during annual encampments, etc 673 Uniforms. (See Uniform, National Guard.) National Guard Reserve : Enlistments in Officers who may be attached to Organization of, etc Pay when in active training- Recruit training, in time of war Reserve battalions for recruit training in time of war__ 723 National rifle match: Appropriation for Meals for competitors in Cost of, limited 784 Teams participating in To be authorized by Secretary of War- Transportation of 785 Naval and marine detachments : On shore duty Quartermaster Corps to provide certain supplies, etc - 364, 365 Nurse Corps: Allowances Commutation of Heat and light Quarters 373 Rations 371, 372, 379 During illness 376 Heat and light 374 Quarters , 373 Rations in kind 378 Transportation - 367, 369 Appointment of nurses and reserve nurses 375 Chief nurses ; authority for appointment of 366 Pay and allowances 370 Cumulative leave with pay 376 Death in the service, compensation in case of 853,865 Discharge of nurses and reserve nurses 375 Establishment of, authority for 366 Foreign service pay ; female nurses 370 Heat and light 374 Hospital matrons Pay of 373 Rations 'in kind, issue of to 378,379 Commutation of 378 Increased pay, length of service Chief nurses 370 Nurses (female) 370 Reserve nurses 370 Injuries received in the service. (See Injuries received in the service.) Insurance. (See War Risk Insurance.) Leave of absence Annual 376 Cumulative 370 Foreign service . 377 Pay- Additional, for length of service 370 For foreign service, except Hawaii and Porto Rico 370 Chief nurses, restriction 370 Hospital matrons 376 Nurses 370,378 308 INDEX. >"tirse Corps Continued. 'Pay Continued. Paragraph. Reserve nurses 375 Superintendent of 366 Quarters; commutation of 373,374 During illness 376 K.-itions Commutation of Hospital matrons 378 Nurses (female), on duty in hospitals 372 Nurses (male and female) where rations in kind can not be furnished 371 Superintendents 367, 369 In kind, issue of; when 378, 379 Superintendents - 367, 369 Itvserve nurses; pay and allowances 375 Superintendent of Allowances 367, 369 Turing illness 367, 376 When on duty 369 Annual pay, etc 366 Cummulative leave , 376 Medical care during illness 367 Quarters, allowance for 369,373,374 Heat and light for 374 Subsistence, allowance for 369,371,372 During illness 367 Transportation and travel expenses 368 Nurses. (See Army Nurses and Nurse Corps.) Oaths : American citizens engaged in work abroad 1061 Contractors' Form of 216 False acknowledgments by officer administering; penalty- 157 Oath of office 919 Custody of -1 922 Form of 920 No fee to be charged for administering 877 Who may administer 876,921 Officers' , Serving abroad 1000 Settlement of accounts; who may administer 1178,1179 To be attached to return of contracts 216 Persons prosecuting claims agains the United States 64 Where same may be administered 65 To be attached to officers' return of contracts 216 To expense accounts 878 No fee to be charged--- 878 Travel expense : 878 Volunteers, on muster out. who authorized to administer 482- Offenses against the I nited States : Acceptance of stolen public property 1116 Altering bonds, bids, etc 154 Deeds, powers of attorney, etc 155 American antiquities 1,'estrurtioi), etc.. of 1021 Appropriations- J> Contracting beyond specific - 939, 1126, 1147 Bonds Altering, forging, etc., of - 154.155 Failure to comply with provisions of law: penalty. 43 ISrilii-ry of United States officer 163 Officer accepting Conspiracy, etc.. to defraud 162 ' ( Construction of public buildings Contracting for larger amount than appropriated Contracting beyond specific appropriations 939,1147 INDEX. 309 Offenses against the United States Continued. Contracts Paragraph. Failure to make return of 217 Forging, etc., of 154 Persons interested in, not to act as Government agents 164 Contributions for political purposes 334 Conversion, evidence of 1111 Counterfeiting bonds, bids, etc. 154 Deeds, powers of attorney, etc. 155 Custodian failing to keep, etc., public moneys as required 1105 Defacing national cemeteries 251 Disbursing officers unlawfully using, etc., public moneys 1104 Discharge or reduction in salaries of old soldiers 949 Dishonorable discharge ; pay and allowances not to accrue while under sentence of 629 Eight-hour law, violations of 1234 Embezzlement _ 1104-1107, 1114-1116 Prima facie evidence of 1110 Record evidence of 1109 Extortion , 1146 Failure to make return of contracts 217 False acknowledgments, officers administering oaths 157 False claims, etc. 161 False demands on fraudulent power of attorney 160 False personation of holder of public stocks, pensioner, etc. 159 False pretenses, obtaining money under 156161 False statements, etc. 1145 Injuries received in the service 991 Falsely pretending to be United States officer 158 Felony ; penalty 1 115 Flag of the United States ; desecration, mutilation or improper use of 228 Forging of bonds, bids, etc. '. 154 Of deeds, powers of attorney, etc. 155 Of public records, etc. '. 154 Forged papers, when in possession of 156 Fraudulent enlistment, receipt of pay, etc., thereunder 578 Fraudulent power of attorney ; false demands on 160 Government employees practicing before departments 165 Impersonating holder of public stocks, pensioners, etc 159 Impersonating United States officer with intent to defraud 158 National cemeteries ; defacing, etc. 252 Obtaining money under false pretenses 1 156-161 Officers interested in claims against the United States 1112 Official accepting bribe Ilia Pay Noncompliance with provisions governing i 9.39 .Reducing old soldiers, sailors, etc. 949 Persons interested in Government contracts and acting as agents 164 Presenting false claims 161 Prize property ; fraudulent interference with delivery of 1193 Public buildings ; contracting beyond specific appropriations 1147 Contracting for larger amount than appropriated . 1227 Public moneys Contract for larger amount than appropriated 939, 1147 Converting funds to own use 1104 Depositing funds where not authorized 1104 Extortion 1146 Failure to deposit as required 1104, 1107 Failure to render accounts 1106 False certificates, etc. 1145 False returns of 1188 Loaning of, etc. 1104 Persons affected 1108 Receipting for larger sum than paid 1144 Record evidence of embezzlement 1109- Rendition of false returns.- 1188 310 INDEX. Offenses against the United States Continued. Public property Paragraph. Court martial to direct punishment 1188, 1190 Embezzling, etc., clothing, subsistence, etc 1192 False, etc., returns by officers 1188 Robbery of personal property of United States 1191a Setting fire to, maliciously 1194 Unlawfully purchased 161 Unlawful purchase of 1191 Waste or unlawful disposition of, by soldiers 1190 Willful loss, damage, etc., to 1189 Public records Destroying, etc 1212 By officer in charge 1213 Forging, etc 1214 Receiving pay for services in connection with contracts, claims, etc., before departments 165 Receiving stolen property 1116 Relating to official duties Acceptance of compensation, reference awards of contracts, etc 165 Bribery ; acceptance of, to influence awards of contracts 166 Contracting for larger amount than appropriated 939, 1147 Converting funds to own use 1104 Depositing funds where not authorized 1104, 1107 Failure to render accounts 1106 False return of contracts 1188 Loaning public funds 1104 Receipting for larger sum than paid 1144 Robbing individuals of United States property 1191a Setting fire to public property, maliciously 1194 Subpffinaed witnesses, nonappearance of 59 Unlawful purchase of public property 161 Willful destruction of public property 1189, 1194 .Office furniture : Secretary of War to have custody of 1185 Officers' Reserve Corps: Active duty In time of peace Instruction, duty with troops, or at field exercises 742 First lieutenants, medical section 735 In time of war Appointments 744 Assignments 738 Pay and allowances 738 Promotion to vacancies Regular Army 739 Volunteers 739 Rank, temporary, among themselves-- 739 Subject to rules and articles of war 741 Temporary rank according to date of assignment 739 Appointments, age limit Age limit not to apply ; when__ Called to service in a lower grade 730 Certified eligibles Civilians as officers of, up to grade of major 726 Graduates of senior divisions of Reserve Officers' Training Corps__ 7<'J Eligibility not affected by postgraduate course except while under- going 763 Persons qualified for grade of lieutenant colonel or colonel ; grade to cease ; when Proportion limited Term of When called to service in a lower grade 730 Aviation section Increased pay for duty in connection with; when__ - 290,291,2(1 To be paid by officers of Quartermaster Corps -'.'7 INDEX. 311 Officers' Reserve Corps Continued. Candidates Paragraph. Pay of, during training 775 Colonels; vacancies in office not to be filled 729 Commissions Colonels and lieutenant colonels ; office to cease, when 729 When called to service in a lower grade 730 Term of 736 Up to grade of major 726 Composition and objects of 725 Discharge of, at end of war of 1917 483 During present emergency, not authorized 732 Duty with troops, for instruction 742 Period of 742, 743 Field exercises Period of 742 May be extended; when 743 Pay and allowances during 742 Former Government employees, to be restored to positions; when 895 Government employees, members of Leave of absence, duty with troops, or field exercises 916 To be restored to former positions ; when 895 Gratuitous service of members permissible 747 Instruction of Duty with troops; authority for 742 Gratuitous service of members in connection with, permissible 747 Period of 742 May be extended 743 Leave of absence, duty with troops, or field exercises 916 Medical section, first lieutenants of, assigned to active duty 735 Use of first lieutenants of 735 Medical Reserve Corps abolisned ; when 734 Officers of, proportion limited '. 727 Official title, to be retained after honorable discharge 731 Pay and allowances Active duty; in time of war 415,738 Medical section, in time of peace 735 Allotments of pay 431 Duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction 742 Retired pay, not entitled to 740 Same as for corresponding grades of Regular Army 415 Pensions, disability incurred in line of duty and while in active service 740 Promotions to vacancies in time of war Regular Army 739 Volunteers , 739 Quartermaster Corps. (See Quartermaster Corps.) Rank, officers in various sections 737 Temporary, among themselves, in time of war 739 Reappointment Age limit not to apply; when 733 Of officers, age limit 731 Recommissions in ; authority for 736 Registered eligibles, appointment of 728 Retired pay, not entitled to 740 Retirement Officers of Regular Army, service with, not counted in computing time for 746 Service as officer in, to be counted in computing continuous-service pay of enlisted men of Regular Army 643 Service, gratuitous, permissible - 747 Staff departments ; age limit not to apply to appointment or reappointment 733 Subject to rules and articles of war ; when 741 Term of commission 736 Title, to be retained after honorable discharge 731 Training; pay, etc., during 74U Uniform; discharged officers permitted to wear; when 731 Volunteers; appointment of, in time of war 744 312 INDEX. Officers' Training Corps. (See Reserve Officers' Training Corps.) Official correspondence: Paragraph. Envelopes to be contracted for by Postmaster General 221 Free of postage; authority for 220 Part-paid letters and packages to be delivered free 223 Penalty envelopes may be inclosed for reply to official communications 222 Registered packages to be free 223 Oxen (see also Public animals) : Purchase of, by advertisement 201 Panama: Officers detailed with Government of, consent of Congress granted 477 Service in, not considered as foreign service ; : 313 Passenger-carrying vehicles : Exchange of, in part payment for new 178 Pay deposit fund 832 Pay of the Army (see also Commissioned officers and enlisted men) : Active duty, ceases on date of retirement . 465 Advances of; persons employed on distant stations 1070 Annuities Carroll, Jennie ; 281 Kissinger, John R 283 Lazear, Mabel H 282 Appropriations for, not available for pay of officers not citizens of the United States .____ 427 To be disbursed as one fund : 1098 Army Nurse Corps. (See Nurse Corps.) Army field clerks 284 Aviation duty, commissioned officers 290 Junior military aviators 292 Military aviators 293 Aviators, Signal Corps 294 Bonus for reenlistment in time of peace ' 606 Bounty for reenlis.traent in time of -war 607 Of Reservists reporting for active duty 793 Candidates, Officers' Reserve. Corps, attending camps of instruction 775 Citizens' Training Samps, members of 775 Commissioned officers Absent from duty ; no pay during = 428 Absent with leave Exceeding thirty days, half pay__ 491 Not exceeding thirty days, full pay 491 Without leave; forfeiture of pay 491 Three months, dropped from rolls 426 Acting as disbursing officers, no additional pay allowed 419 Acting as witnesses 410 Acting judge advocates . 462 Additional pay. (See Increased pay.) Adjutant general, District of Columbia Militia 558 Aids-de-camp : 429, 430 Allotments of pay 431 Annual, each grade 411 To be paid monthly 412 Arrears of, time limit 57i> Assignment of pay accounts, authority for 417 Assistant to Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs 471 Below grade of major: pay for mounts 414 Brevet rank not to carry increased pay 425 P, u n>:ui of Insular Affairs Assistant to Chief of 471 Restriction 455 Chief of 469 Principal assistant to chief of 470 Chaplains - 4:14-439 Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted 418 Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs 469 Chief of Coast Artillery 474 Chief of Staff Corps or departments 424, 464 INDEX. 313 Pay of the Army Continued. Commissioned officers Continued. Paragraph. Chief Telegraph and Cipher Bureau, Executive Office 467 Chief ordnance officer, assigned to duty with staff of an Army or corps and division commanders 463 Commutation of allowances. (See Commutation of allowances). Computation of 928 Deductions Absent from duty 428 Absent without leave 491 On 31st day of month 929 Arrears in accounts 531, 532 Credit sales 528 Damages to arms, equipment, etc 529, 530, 654 Deficiencies in accounts 422, 530 Officers of General Staff Corps allowing violations, etc 316 Restriction governing 532 Dental Corps 453,454 Dental surgeons 454 Deserters ; dropped from rolls after three months' unauthorized leave__ 426 Detached duty 455, 456 Detached officers' list 457,459 Detailed. (See Details.) Doorkeeper to the President 520 Disbursing officers ; additional pay for services when acting as, not authorized 419 Discharged ; certificate of nonindebtedness before final payment 482 Failure to pass examinations, one year's pay allowed 480, 481 National Army, one year's pay allowed 483 Educational institutions ; when detailed to 562. 566 Final payment, requirement necessary for 482 First lieutenant, Ordnance Department 468 Foreign service (see also Foreign service) 310,313 Forfeitures (see also Stoppages) Absent without leave, three months 426 Detached duty 455, 457 Officers of General Staff Corps allowing violations : 316 For mounts 414 General 423 Half pay while on excess leave 491 Higher command in time of war . 413 Increased pay. (See Increased pay.) Leave of absence, pay during Lieutenant general 423 Line officers, where return?? have not been rendered 1031 Longevity. (See Longevity pay.) Maximum for colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major 500 Medical Corps; honorably discharged 481 Mileage. (Sec Mileage.) Military attaches - 446,506 Military details under Cuba and Panama__. 477 Military 'storekeeper 521 Militia. (See National Guard.) Mounts, pay for, below grade of major 414 National Army ; 415 Not citizens of the United States, none for Officers' Reserve Corps 415 Ordnance Bureau ; principal assistant in 460 Ordnance Department- Chief ordnance officer assigned to staff of an Army, or corps and division commanders 463 First lieutenants, officers detailed as 468 Other than those of Regular Army Pay accounts, authority to transfer or assign 417 Checks to indorse on, permitted '. Pay for mounts Philippine Constabulary, officers detailed with 466 Philippine Scouts 381-384 314 INDEX. Pay of the Army Continued. Commissioned officers Continued. Paragraph. Principal assistant, Ordnance Bureau 460 Principal assistant to Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs 470 Public buildings and grounds, officer in charge of 461 Quartermaster General 1236 Retired. (See Retired Commissioned Officers.) Service schools, during suspension of academic studies 496 Signal Corps, officers of, detailed to Executive Office 467 Temporary forces of 409a Stoppages. (See Stoppages of pay.) Temporary Second Lieutenants 767 To be paid monthly 412 Transfer of pay accounts 417 Travel allowance on discharge (see also Travel Allowance) 533 Travel expenses (see also Travel expenses) 534 Veterinary Corps (see also Veterinary Corps) 540,542,544 Waiting orders 491 Wholly retired 570 Withheld, account deficiencies. (See Stoppages of Pay.) Commutation of allowances. (See Commutation of allowances.) Computer, Artillery Board 300 Continuous service. (See Continuous-service pay.) Contract Surgeons 301 Assignment of, authority for 302 Death in the service 450 Deceased officers and enlisted men. (See Deceased officers and enlisted men.) Detained pay, to become a charge against the fund for 1102 Enlisted men Absent from duty 428 Absent without leave, on 31st day of month 929 Additional pay. (See Additional pay.) Accrues for one classification only 584, 590 Advances of, when employed at distant stations 1070 Allotments of pay Compulsory 839 Voluntary 602-604 Army Service Detachment, West Point 598 Arrears of, not to exceed two months 579 Assignment of pay prior to discharge not valid 605 At posts, how made 577 Bonus for reenlistment in time of peace 606 * Bounty for reenlistment in time of war 607 Of reservists, reporting for active duty 793 Buglers 573 By check, where no quartermaster is on duty 577 By express or registered mail 577 Captured by enemy 580 Certificate of merit, when granted 587 Certain, employed on Washington-Alaska Cable and Telegraph System. _ 601 Chauffeurs, Signal Corps, pay of 575 Checks, payment by 577 Chief mechanics, Coast Artillery 571, 574 Clothing allowance. (See Clothing allowance.) Commutation of allowances. (See Commutation of allowances.) Conscripts , 581 Constant labor of not less than 10 days' duration 585 Construction work, when employed on 585 Continuous service (see also Continuous-service pay) ;:;.-> Death in the service, i N ; Death in the Service, i Deductions Absence from duty 428 On 31st day of month 929 Alteration of clothing 615 Clothing allowance overdrawn _ 60S. 7" v INDEX. 315 Pay of the Army Continued. Enlisted men Continued. Deductions Continued. Paragraph, Damages to arms, equipment, etc 654 Deficiencies in property accounts 530 Rations purchased on credit 652 Tobacco purchased on credit 653 Deposits of 621-841 Deserters. (See Deserters.) Discharged (see also Discharge) 624-628 Dishonorable discharge ; not to accrue while under suspended sentence of 629 Detailed. (See Details.) Disciplinary Barracks, duty at 582 Disciplinary Barracks Guards, acting as 599, 600, 818 During captivity 580 Enlisted Reserve Corps, active service * 802, 811 When mustered into service with volunteers 812 Extra duty pay. (See Extra duty pay.) Family allowance. (See Family allowance.) First enlistment 571,573, 574 Foreign service. (See Foreign-service pay.) Forfeiture of. (See Forfeiture of pay and Stoppages of pay.) Fraudulent enlistment ; receipt of pay, etc., thereunder ; penalty 578 Guards, United States disciplinary barracks 818 Increased pay. (See Additional pay and Extra duty pay.) Indian Scouts 633, 634 Instructor cooks at School for Bakers and Cooks 592 In time of war (see also Family allowance) 574 Marksmen, etc 590 Mess sergeants 589 Mess stewards and cooks at recruits depots, etc 594 Medical Department, acting as dispensary and surgical assistants and nurses ; restrictions 588 Military Academy (see also Military Academy) 331-339 Monthly 571, 573 Increase in during war of 1917 574 National Army 581 Payment by check ; when 577 Philippine Scouts. (See Philippine Scouts.) Porto Rican Regiment of Infantry. (See Porto Rican Regiment of In- fantry.) Quartermaster Corps 571, 573, 574, 1240 Rates of pay 571-574 Recruiting depots, duty at 582, 583 Recruiting stations, duty at 591 Reenlistment ; three months' pay for first (see also Reenlistment)) 606 Regular Army Reserve Active service 790 Annual pay 789 Bounty of reservists upon reporting for active duty 793 Continuous service 791 Detailed to educational institutions 766 During periods of training 787 Remount Detachments 650 Reservists ; during periods of training 787 Reporting for active duty ; bounty for * 793 Retired (see also Retired enlisted men) 657 Restored to active duty , 658 Sharpshooters, expert riflemen, etc 590 Signal Service men 593 Stenographic reporters, when acting as 596 Switchboard operators, when acting as 594, 595 Signal Corps, temporary forces of 576 Stoppages. (See Forfeitures of pay and Stoppages of pay.) Switchboard operators. (See Additional pay, Enlisted men.) Travel pay on discharge 624 316 INDEX. Pay of the Army Continued. Paragraph. Enlisted men Continued. War pay (war of 1917) 574 Exchange; payment of 307 Expert accountant, Inspector General's Office 308 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps 285 Foreign service. (See also Foreign service pay.) Army transports, Philippine Archipelago 312 Beyond limits of United States . 310 Restriction governing . 313 In time of war Commissioned officers holding command higher than grade 413 Enlisted men (war of 1917) 574 Indian Scouts 633, 634 Junior military aviators ^ 292 Mileage; to be disbursed and accounted for as 1098 Military Academy, (See Military Academy.) Military aviators 293 Militia. (See National Guard.) National Army 415 Gratuitous services permitted 747 National Guard. (See National Guard.) National .Guard Reserve 721, 723 Nurse Corps. (See Nurse Corps.) Office, Chief of Staff, employees of 298 Officers' Reserve Corps (sec also Officers' Reserve Corps) 738 Candidates of 775 Gratuitous services permitted 747 Pay accounts, checks to indorsee on permitted 418 Pay clerks commissioned as second lieutenants 523 Philippine Scouts. (See Philippine Scouts.) Porto Rican Regiment of Infantry. (See Porto Rican Regiment of In- fantry.) Regular Army Reserve. (See Regular Army Reserve.) Reserve Corps ^ . 415 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (see Reserve Officers' Training Corps) 755.750 Reserve veterinarians 544 Active duty- Above grade of major 543 Adjutant general, District of Columbia Militia 558 Brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general, limitation 555 Chief of Staff Corps or department, service as 548 Civil War service 549, 550 College professors . 562, 563, 565, 566 Colonel, or lieutenant colonel, same as for major 554 Educational institutions 562, 563, 565, 566 In time of war 559 National Guard, duty with 557 Recruiting in connection with 560 Restriction governing 556 Retired pay, rate of 546 Service in connection with construction of Panama Canal 547 Soldiers' Home, duty at 552 Temporary command of post without garrison 555 Wholly retired 570 IJctirod commissioned officers. (Sec also Retired commissioned officers.) Service prior to April 13, 1861 67 Signal Service men 593 Signal Corps, temporary forces of 416, 576 Stoppages. (See Stoppages of pay and forfeitures of pay.) To be paid monthly 412 Veterinary Reserve Corps 544 Volunteers (see also Volunteers) 408,409 Witnesses 410 Pay of civilians: Absent without leave On 31st day of month 929 Accountants and other experts ; limitation governing payment of 20 INDEX. 317 Pay of civilians Continued. Additional pay Paragraph. Harbor boat employees 934 Lump-sum appropriations not available for payment of 943 None for, performance of duties of one clerk for another 925 Persons receiving more than one salary, restriction 941 Advances of: persons employed on distant stations 1070 Allotments of authorized; when 935 Annual pay, rate of 923,926 Increase of, fiscal year 1918 927, 930 Appropriations for Employees, Office of the Quartermaster General 926 Not available for payment of permanently incapacitated persons 940 Army field clerks 284 Aviators. Signal Corps - 294 By classes 923, 920 Candidates, Officers' Reserve Corps, during training-- 755 Chief of Staff, employees of office of 298 Citizens' training camps, members of 755 rierks, messengers, etc., executive departments, rate of annually 923 Computation of 928 Computer. Artillery Board 300 Double salaries restricted . 941 Duties of one clerk performed by another 925 Experts, limitation governing payment of 20 Extra services, no additional compensation ; exception 944 Employees on harbor boats in lieu of subsistence 934 Field clerks. Quartermaster Corps 285 Foreign service Elmployees at headquarters 933 Phillippine Islands, increased pay for '. 319 Quartermaster Corps clerks, etc 933 Forfeitures Unauthorized absence ; on 31st day of month 929 From lump-sum appropriations; restriction 931,942,943 Harbor boat employees, in lieu of subsistence 934 How computed 928 Increase of, for fiscal year 1918 927, 930, 932 Injuries sustained in the service. (See Injuries received in the service.) Lapsed salaries, disposition of funds accruing from 16 Lump-sum appropriations ; personal services not to be paid from 942 Increased pay, restriction governing ' 931 Messengers, etc., rate of annually 923 Money appropriated for contingent, incidental, or miscellaneous purposes not be used for 17 National Guard, members of, no deduction for time lost ; when 914, 915 Not to exceed appropriations 893 Offenses Noncompliance with provisions governing 939 Of 'old soldiers, etc., not to be reduced; penalty 949 Office of the Chief of Staff, employees of 298 Office of the Quartermaster General, employees of 926 Officers' Reserve Corps, members of; no deduction for time lost; when c 916 Per diem employees, increased pay, fiscal year 1918 932 Performance of duties of one clerk by another 925 Permanently incapacitated persons not to be paid from appropriations for 940 Personal services, amount available for payment of 1230 Rate of, from lump-sum appropriations 942.943 Restriction 11 4rt Pieceworkers, increased pay, fiscal year 1918 932 Quartermaster Corps, amount limited ' 945 Field clerks of 285 Rates of made permanent law 946, 947 Reductions Membership in socieities for improving conditions, etc., not cause for 951 Of old soldiers, etc., not permissible 949 318 INDEX. Pay of civilians Continued. Paragraph. Reserve veterinarians 542, 544 Restrictions Double salaries, where amount exceeds $2,000 941 Extra services; none for 944 From lump-sum appropriations 931 ? 942 Not available for additional pay of persons employed under 943 Permanently incapacitated persons not to be paid from appropriations for 940 Personal services, not to be paid from lump-sum appropriations 931, 1230 Quartermaster Corps employees, amount limited 945 To be paid from specific appropriations only 938 Subpoenaed witnesses 58 Superintendents, national cemeteries 260, 278 Temporary clerks 924 Temporary vacancies ; when filling 1264 To stop at expiration of granted leave 912 Travel allowance 954, 955 Witnesses 58, 410 Pay clerks: Army field clerks, and field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, to have same allowances as former 284, 285 Commissioned into Regular Army as second lieutenants 1241 Grade revoked 1239 Paymasters' clerks, designation changed to 1236 Penalties (see also Fines and offenses) : Acceptance of compensation by Government employees practicing before departments I6r Acceptance of stolen, etc., public property 1116 Altering, etc., bonds, bids, contracts, etc. 154 Altering deeds, powers of attorney, etc. 155 American Antiquities, destruction, etc., of 1021 Bribery, acceptance of by Government employees, etc., to influence award of contracts, etc 166 Bribery of United States officer 163 Bonds (see also Bonds) Failure to comply with provisions of 43 Conspiracy, etc., to defraud 162 Contracting beyond specific appropriations 1147 Contracting for larger amount than appropriated 1227 Contracts Failure to make return of 217 Persons interested in acting as Government agents 164 Contributions Gifts to superiors, etc. 879 Political purposes 884 Counterfeiting Bonds, bids, contracts, etc. 154 Deeds, powers of attorney, etc. 155 Defacing national cemeteries 252 Destroying, etc., public records 1212 By officer in charge 1213 Discharge or reduction in salary of old soldiers employed by Government 949 Dishonorable discharge ; pay and allowances not to accrue while under sentence of 629 Eight-hour law, violations of 1234 Embezzlement, public moneys 1104, 1107, 1114-1116 Public property _ 1114-1116 Extortion by officials _ 114t; Failure to comply with provisions governing bonds 43 Failure to make return of contracts; exception 21 False acknowledgments, officers administering oaths 15"i False claims, presentation of 161 False demand on fraudulent power of attorney 16O False personation of holder of public stocks, etc 159 False pretenses, obtaining money under 156-161 False statements, etc 1145 Injuries received in the service Wl INDEX. 319 1'enalties Continued. Paragraph. Falsely pretending to be United States officer 158 Felony 1115 Flag of the United States; desecration, mutilation, etc 228 Forged papers, when in possession of 156 Forging bonds, bids, contracts, etc . 154, 1214 Deeds, powers of attorney, etc 155 Fraudulent enlistment, receipt of pay, etc., thereunder 578 Fraudulent interference with delivery of prize property 1193 Fraudulent power of attorney 160 Government employees practicing before departments 165 Impersonating holder of public stocks, etc 159 Impersonating United States officer with intent to defraud 158 National cemeteries, defacing, etc 252 Obtaining money under false pretenses 156-161 Official accepting bribe 1113 Officers interested in claims against the United States 1112 Persons interested in contracts, etc., acting as Government agents 164 Power of attorney ; fraudulent 160 Public moneys offenses against (see also Public moneys) 1144-1146 Public property, offenses against (see also Public property) 1188-1194 Receiving, etc., stolen property 1116 Receiving pay for services before departments by Government employees 165 Return of contracts, failure to make 217 Robbery of personal property of United States 1191a Unlawful purchase of public property 161, 1191 Violations of section 3679, Revised Statutes 6 Penalty envelopes: To be contracted for by Postmaster General 221 May be inclosed for reply to official correspondence 222 Pension roll or honorable service roll: Establishment of prohibited 948 Periodicals : Purchase of, restricted 191 Subscriptions to, may be paid for in advance 1071, 1072 Personal services: Contracts for; how made 167,168,172 Employment of, restricted 1096 Payment of, from lump-sum appropriations, amount restricted 942 Personnel Civilians : Absent without leave on 31st day of month 929 Allotments of pay 935 Annual leave Clerks, etc 909 To be exclusive of sick leave 910 To be exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays 911 Per diem employees at arsenals, etc 913 Annual pay, rate of 923 Appointments. (See Employment.) Army field clerks, pay, etc 284 Army supplies, sale of to employees serving abroad 1059 Assistant messengers; number of restricted 893,938 Attorneys; restriction covering employment of 63 Aviators, Signal Corps, pay and allowances 294 Burials, advances for, to be refunded ; persons dying outside of the United States ___.. 264 Chief clerk, Quartermaster General's office Duties of Distribution of work 875 Oath of office, authority to administer 876 No fee to be charged 877 Supervision of duties of subordinate clerks 874 Civil officers, number restricted 938 Classification of clerks 885 Contributions Gifts to superiors prohibited; penalty 879 Political purposes ; penalty _ 880-884 320 INDEX. Personnel Civilians Continued. Paragraph. Copyists, number restricted 938 Details. (See Details.) Discharge of. (See Discharge.) Draftsmen, number restricted 938 Dying outside the United States, transportation of remains of 264 Efficiency ratings 891, 892 Employment of (see also Employment) Assistant messengers, number allowed, compensation, etc 893 At increased compensation 931 Authority for A 893 Beyond provisions of law prohibited 896 By commissions, etc., restricted 890 Clerks, number allowed, pay, etc 893 Congressional influence not to be considered 899 Extra clerks-- 896 Extra services, no additional pay 944 Filipinos; authority for 320 Laborers, number allowed, pay, etc S!):; Messengers, number allowed, pay, etc 893 National Army, members of, to be restored to former Government posi- tions at end of present emergency 895 National Guard, members of, to be restored to former Government posi- tions at end of present emergency S94 Number not to exceed appropriations 890 Personal services , 900 Restrictions Beyond provisions of law 896 Congressional recommendations not to be considered 899 Increased compensation- -. 931 Personal services . 900 Persons using intovicating beverages SO 7 Two or more members of one family : 898 Voluntary services 900 Under lump-sum appropriations 860a Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, pay, etc 285 Foreign service pay, Quartermaster Corps clerks 933 Gratuitous service prohibited, exception 900 Headquarters of departments, etc., pay of employees of 317, 320 Holidays. (See Holidays.) Honorably discharged soldiers, etc., not to be reduced in rank or salary 949 Honorable service roll, establishment of, prohibited 948 Hours of work Clerks, etc., in executive departments 907 Extension of, who may order 908 Laborers, etc 905 Suspension of provision of law governing; when 906 Under contract (eight-hour law) 1234,12:',.", > Injuries received in the service (see also Injuries Received in the Service) 890-999 Leave of. (See Annual Leave and Leave of Absence.) Legal holidays (see also Holidays) Executive department employees 904 Per diem employees - 901-903 Medical supplies, purchase of, at military posts authorized 951 Membership in societies for improving conditions not cause for^ reduction in pay or removal from office 051 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps to be restored to former Government positions at end of present emergency (War of 1917) __ Members of National Guard to be restored, etc- 894 Not to practice before departments Oath of office '->1 ;> Custody of 1 ''-- Form of '-" Who may administer Office Chief of Staff, pay of employees of-- 298 Pay. (See Pay of Civilians.) INDEX. 321 Personnel Civilians Continued. Paragraph. Pension roll ; establishment of, prohibited 948 Permanently incapacitated persons not to be paid from appropriations for pay of 940 Personal services Acceptance of, prohibited 900 Lump-sum appropriations not available for pay of 942 Practicing before departments as attorneys; restriction 165 Quartermaster Corps employees Number of, limited to requirements 945 Salaries of, restricted 945 Reductions in force Honorably discharged soldiers and sailors to be retained 949 Membership in society for improving conditions, etc., not cause for re- moval from service 951 Removal on charges 950 Removal from office. (See Reductions in force.) Sick leave (see also Leave of Absence) Authority for granting of 917 Employees of arsenals, etc 913 Of executive departments, etc 917 Superintendents national cemeteries, pay, etc 260 Temporary clerks, pay, etc 924 Travel allowance; actual expenses 954 Per diem allowance - 955 Transfers from one department to another, term of service necessary for, etc 931,952 Extended to include independent establishments 953 Transportation (see also Transportation) Injuries received in the service 964 Of remains, civilians dying outside of the United States 264 To Philippine Islands, etc 1283 Voluntary services ; acceptance of, prohibited 900 Witnesses, pay, etc 58,410 Philippine Constabulary : Officers detailed with, pay, etc 455, 466 Philippine Islands: Enlisted men serving on transports in, pay, etc 312 Leave of officers serving in 911 Officers serving on transports in, pay, etc 312 Philippine Scouts: Appointment of natives as lieutenants of 383 As captains of 385 Enlistment of natives for service as 380 Formation, organization, etc 380 Pay and allowances Captains, officers detailed as 382 Double time not allowed : 387 Enlisted men of 384 Lieutenants, natives, when appointed as 383 Majors, officers detailed as 381 Provisional officers of native organizations 384 Retired captains and lieutenants of 386 Retired pay of former officers 388, 389 Provisional officers; allowances of 383,385 Retirement of Captains 386 Former officers as enlisted men 388, 389 Lieutenants ___ 386 Service beyond the continental limits of the United States, double time not allowed for 387 Political Contributions : Government employees prohibited from contributing 880-884 Polo Ponies: Appropriations for, at West Point Military Academy- _ 205 Porto Bico: Service in, not considered as foreign service 313 4939218 21 322 INDEX. Porto Bican Regiment of Infantry: Appointments Paragraph. Captains , 391 Lieutenant colonels 391 Lieutenants 391, 393 Majors 391 Allowances of 392 To regimental vacancies 391 Colonel to be detailed from Infantry 391 Composition of 390 Enlistment of natives, pay and allowances 392 Officers formerly in provisional regiment ; status of 394 Promotions below colonel to be regimental 390 Provisional regiments ; status of officers formerly in 394 Postage (see also Official Correspondence and Penalty Envelopes) : Official communications to be free of 220 Post bakeries: Equipment of. appropriation for 7,1229 Post exchange, school, library, etc.: Construction, equipment and maintenance of ; appropriation for 7, 1229, 1230 Funds for, not available from Army appropriations 18 Public buildings, use of, by 18 Transportation, use of, by 18 Post gardens: Funds for, not available from Army appropriations 18 Post hospitals: Nurses on duty at, rations for 378, 379 Postmaster General: To contract for all envelopes for the Government service 221 Postmasters : Premiums for securing recruits 1103 Premiums : Bonds of officers No part to be paid by United States 48 On sales of drafts, checks, etc., to be accounted for 1035 To postmasters for securing recruits 1103 Presents : Acceptance of, by superiors, prohibited : 879 Commissioned officers, detailed to governments of Cuba and Panama 477 Contributions for, to superiors, prohibited 879 Printing and binding: Allotment to which chargeable 996 Annual estimates to be submitted 997-1001 Annual reports 1003 Appropriations to which chargeable, limitation 997 To be charged under Public Resolution 13__ 1000 Authority necessary for 996 Books, printing of restricted 995 By contract or in open market; when permissible 999 Duplicating processes 996 Engraving, restriction OH Filing devices, to be charged to allotment for_- 996 Illustrations, etc., restriction governing 994 In time of war ; by contract or in open market Manifold books, etc., to be supplied on requisition ; by whom 996 Patented filing devices ; by whom supplied 996 Public documents ; procedure necessary for illustrations and photographs in_ 994 To be printed in two or more editions 998 Restrictions governing 994,997, 1002, 1003 Under contract When authority of Congress is necessary Work to be performed by Government Printing Office 1002 Proceeds of sales (see also Public moneys and Sales) : Exploring or surveying expeditions Horses and mules ' Members of citizens' training camps, how long available 772' National Guard. (See National Guard.) INDEX. 323 Proceeds of sales Continued. Paragraph. Old material ; statement to be rendered 1132, 1133 Statement to be rendered annually ; time for 1157 Property. (See Public property.) Property accountability (see also Accountability and Public property) : Damages to arms, equipments, to be deducted from pay 529, 530, 654 Enlisted Reserve Corps ; lost or destroyed . 805 Losses ; certificate to be forwarded to Treasury 1181 Contents of certificate 1182 Company commanders, of vouchers or company books 1179 Office furniture, etc., pertaining to the War Department 1185 Officers responsible for Final payment of on discharge 482 Oath of, who may administer 1178 Quartermaster General to account to Secretary of War ; how often 1180 Rations issued to Indians on frontiers 403 Regulations governing, who empowered to make and enforce 1177 System of, who shall prescribe 1180 Proposals. (See Bids and Contracts and Purchases.) Public animals (see also Horses) : Attendants, appropriation for pay of 205 Bedding, shoeing, shelter, medicines, etc. ; when to be furnished 489, 490 Breeding of Appropriation available for 199 Not available for 198 Draft and pack animals ; number authorized 203, 204 Executive mansion ; accommodations to be provided for by Quartermaster Corps 1253 Forage (see also Forage) : Issue of, to whom 486, 487, 489, 490 Horses, kind to be prescribed ; by whom 205 Indian Scouts ; appropriation for 205 Inspection of, by whom 200, 205 Issue of Educational institutions ; when 758 National Guard 208, 209 Naval and Marine Detachments :i 364 Military Academy Purchase of horses for 205 Of polo ponies 205 Mules, purchase of 201 National Guard Issue of condemned Army horses to 208 Pack mules, allowance of 209 Purchase of horses for 207 Officers' mounts ; purchase of by Government ; when 1 206 Pack mules, issue of to National Guard 209 Payment for only after inspection 200 Polo ponies, appropriation for purchase of, restriction 205 Purchase of At military posts and stations 205 By advertisement 200, 201 Draft and pack ; number limited 203, 204 For Cavalry, Artillery, and Indian Scouts 200 In open market 201, 203 Number limited 205 Owned horses . 206 Remounts ; appropriation for, number restricted 205 Sales of authorized -. 1207 Service schools 205 Staff colleges 205 Transportation (28-hour law) 1278-1280 Publications (see also Public publications) : Distribution of; by whom 1200 Pvblic buildings: Acquisition of land for. (See Public lands.) 49392* 324 INDEX. Public buildings Continued. Appropriation for Paragraph. Disposition of balances 15 How long available 15 Balances of appropriations, disposition of 15 Bonds of contractors to secure payment for labor and materials 49-56 Construction of Balances to be covered into Treasury upon completion of 15 Barracks and quarters, seacoast defenses 1223, 1224 Contracts not to exceed appropriations 1222, 1226 Penalty 1227 Detailed estimates to be submitted to Congress 1217 Eight hour law for laborers, etc 1234, 1235 Expenditures exceeding $500.00, to be contracted for 1218 Exceeding $20,000, special authority of Congress necessary 1217 Funds available until work is completed 15 Labor ; separate contracts in each case 1228 Materials ; separate contracts in each case 1228 Military post exchanges 1230 Nonpayment for labor and materials ; rights of persons, corporations, etc 50 Officers' quarters, limit of cost 1219 In the Philippine Islands 1220 Performance of, under direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 1232 Permanent barracks and quarters ; detailed estimates to be submitted 1217 Post exchanges 1230 Preference to be given American material 1225 Quarters for hospital stewards 1221 School library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium 1230 Seacoast defenses, barracks and quarters for 1223, 1224 Security for labor to be included in penal bond 49 Separate contracts for each building 1228 Shooting galleries and ranges 1231 Storage houses, American National Red Cross 1018 To be contracted for 1218, 1228 Contracts for, to be separate in each case 1228 Not to exceed appropriations 1222, 1226 Penalty 1227 Detailed estimates to be submitted for construction of 1217 District of Columbia ; rental of buildings in 1254, 1257 Erection of Procedure where consent of Congress has not been obtained 1005 State legislature, consent of, when necessary 1005, 1009, 1011 Equipment Bakehouse ; appropriation from which payable 1229 Kitchens and mess halls ; appropriation from which payable 1229 Post schools ; appropriation from which payable 1229 For storage purposes, American National Red Cross 1018 Furnishing of ; contracts not to exceed appropriations 1222, 1226 Leases, authority for 1017 To individuals, where not required for public use 1017 To be reported 1017 Military post exchange Construction, equipment and maintenance of 1230 Repairs to buildings erected at private cost 1230 Offenses (see also Offenses and penalties) Contracting beyond specific appropriations 1147 Permanent; detailed estimates to be submitted 1225 Post bakeries, amount allowed for equipment of, etc 1229 Post exchanges, use of, by 18 Post schools, amount allowed for equipment of 1229 Quarters for hospital stewards 1221 Quarters for officers, limit of cost 1219 Philippine Islands 122$ Rentals (see also Rental of public buildings) Annual estimate to be submitted I255a, 1256 Preparation of 1257 INDEX. 325 I Public buildings Continued. Rentals Continued. Paragraph. Appropriation necessary for 1255 In the District 1254. 1 2.v> Number of limited 1254 Repair of Bond to secure payment for labor and materials 49-56 Buildings erected at private cost 1230 Contracts not to exceed appropriations - rJ2'_', 122(i To be contracted for 1218 Work to be performed under direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 1232 Revocable leases 1017 Shooting galleries and ranges; for shelter, repair and expenses incident to 1231 Title papers, to be turned over to Attorney General 1217 Public buildings and grounds: Officer in charge of, pay, etc 461 Public documents (see also Public Publications) : Departmental distribution of 1208 Exchange of, authorized 1210 Printing of two or more editions 998 Public funds. (See Public moneys.) Public lands: Abandoned military reservations ; grants to municipal corporations ^ 1016 Acquisition of By condemnation 1006-1008 By donation , 1008 By purchase 1004 Congress to have jurisdiction over 1009, 1014 To receive annual reports of revocable leases and of buildings leased in the District - 1017, 1256 Consent of State legislature to be obtained before erecting buildings on military reservations 1005, 1011 Conveyed to individuals, to be released ; when 1010 Court procedure with reference to 1006, 1008 Disposition of Authority of Congress to direct 1014 Easements; who may grant, when, etc 1013,1028 President may withhold from sale or grant for public use; when 1015 Revocable leases ; who may grant, when, etc 1017 Useless military reservations 1015 Vested in Congress 1004 District attorney to render assistance in acquiring title 1011 Donations; acceptance of 1008 Erection of public buildings on, where consent of Congress has not been obtained - . 1005 Expenditures for, not to exceed appropriations 1008 Grant of abandoned military reservations ; President may withhold ; when 1016 Hawaii; leases of lands in 1 1012 How acquired 1004-1008, 1011 Interest in, release of 1010 Interior, Department of Authority as to certain classes of easements 1025-1027 Useless military reservations may be transferred to 1015 Jurisdiction Condemnation proceedings 1006 Procedure 1007 Over purchased lands 1009 Leases, in Hawaii 1012 Revocable 1017 To American National Red Cross ,__. 1018 Legal services to be rendered by Attorney General and his assistants 1011 Military reservations Abandoned; President may withhold from sale or grant 1016 Easements under direction of 1013 Philippine Islands, transfer of, to Philippine Government 1019 Procedure necessary for disposition of useless 1015 Useless ; may be transferred to Department of Interior 1015 326 INDEX. Public lands Continued, National cemeteries (see also National cemeteries) Paragraph. Acceptance and transfer of , 266-269 Acquisition of 232-234 Appraisement of 232234 Jurisdiction of United States over 251 Purchase of 232 Railroads not to encroach 1028 Officers and other individuals to whom title on behalf of United States has been granted to release same to United States 1010 Philippine Islands Control of land in 1019 Easements, ho\\ irraniod 1020 Franchises, privileges, etc., who may grant ; when 1020 How administered; exception 1019 Right of way, who may grant_i 1020 Preservation of American antiquities Excavations, permits for . 1023 Unauthorized ; penalty 1021 Regulations, etc 1024 Setting apart of historic lands 1022 Purchase of Appropriations not to be exceeded 1008 Assent of State legislatures necessary for 1005 National cemeteries. (See National cemeteries.) Not to be made in advance of authority of law 1004, 1005 Procedure 1004-1008, 1011 Release of interest when conveyed to individuals 1010 Revocable leases 1017 To American National Red Cross 1018 Revocable license 1013 Rights of way; easements 1013, 1025-1027 For electric poles and lines , 1028 Granted railroads; reversion 1029 Irrigation, for purposes of 1025 National cemeteries, encroachment by railroads prohibited 1028 Philippine Islands, how granted 1020 Who may grant ; when 1020, 1027 Roadways Extension of . 1013 To national cemeteries 1028 Sale or grant of abandoned military reservations , 1016 Surveys; assistants to United States Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey authorized to perform 1233 Title- District attorney to render assistance in acquiring-- 1011 Expenses for procuring evidence which can not be obtained by United States attorney Opinion of Attorney General necessary before purchase, etc 1009, 1011 Validity of; who shall render opinion Transfer of, to Philippine Government Useless military reservations; disposition of__ 1015 Public moneys (see also Accounts and appropriations) : Acceptance of payment on auditor's settlement conclusive 1162 Accountability (see also Accountability) Quartermaster General - 24,1180 Accountable officers; authority to intrust moneys to other officers making disbursements; responsibility therefor Accounts contracted abroad Administrative examination waivd All vouchers and papers to be preserved-. Assistant auditor and comptroller; appointment of-- Audit of, abroad ; authority for Balances arising from settlement of Contracts, settlement of Examination and rendition of Files to be transmitted to Washington ; when__ Oaths required; by whom administered 1060 INDEX. 327 Public moneys Continued. Accounts contracted abroad Continued. Paragraph. Powers conferred on comptroller and auditor with reference to 1053 Revision of settlements 1054, 1056 Settlement of 1054 Warrants ; use of certificates in lieu of authorized 1055 Accounts (see also Accounts) Disbursing officers. (See Disbursing officers.) Examination and inspection of Administrative examination KM1 Bureaus of the War Department. _., 1041 By whom 1040, 1171 Monthly ; extension of time for 1045 Officers in the District of Columbia 1038 Officers of the line, for pay due 1031 Where administrative examination has not been had 1042 Failure to render; penalty 1106 Procedure in case of 1036 Finally adjusted, auditors to preserve 1170 Forms to be prescribed for keeping and rendering 1043 Individual quartermasters, to be analyzed and recorded in detail 1030 Keeping of, by auditors 1172 Line officers; audit and settlement of, for pay due lO-'U Settlement of, inability to account for property intrusted to, possession of 1031 Mailing of; rules for, to be prescribed by 1046 Time for 1044 Monthly; examination of, time for, extended 1045 Rendition of, time for 3047 Transmission of 1044 Nonreceipt of, evidence necessary 1047 Outstanding, reports to be rendered 1081 Payment of reserve officers and men, Signal Corps, transfer of funds for 297 Payment suspended; when 1063 Quarterly; transmission of 1044 Receiving officers to render 1049 Reexamination of; when 1063 Rendition of, by distinct items 1051 By receiving officers 1049 Time limit 1047, 1097 Revision of Settled accounts; time limit S6 When 1063 Settlement of Between Engineer Department and another bureau of the War Department 1067 Between Medical Department and other bureaus of the War De- partment 1068 Between Military Academy and other bureaus of the War De- partment 322 Between Signal Corps and other bureaus of the War Depart- ment 1066 In Treasury Department 73 Particular accounts ; by whom 1064 Where evidence of honorable discharge is necessary 1032 Transmission of monthly 1044, 1047 Accurate entry of each sum to be kept 1050 Advances of (see also Advances of public moneys) Auditor may disapprove requisitions for, on delinquency 1044 Citizens attending training camps, for return journey 774 Contractors, during present emergency 1075 Contracts requiring, to be deposited 219 Delays in transmitting accounts 1073 Persons employed on distant stations : 1070 Requisitions for, not to be countersigned 1164 Preparation of 1164 To be sent to auditor for action 1074 328 INDEX. Public moneys Continued. Advances of Continued. Paragraph. Restriction governing 1070 Subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, etc 1071, 1072 To be deposited 219 To contractors, during present emergency 1075 To disbursing officers; when 1070 Annual estimates (see also Annual estimates) Preparation of; official to be designated _ 1140 To be as now required by law 1121 To be included in Book of Estimates 1117-1122 When to be submitted for inclusion in 1118 To be submitted through Secretary of Treasury 1117, 1119 Application of proceeds of sales to officers and enlisted men 1150 Apportionment of appropriations; procedure 6 Appropriations (see also Appropriations) Application of, restricted 22, 1084 Apportionment of, to be adhered to ; exception 6 Not to be waived or modified 6 Balances (see also Balances of appropriations) Application of 13 Disposition of after two years 14 Neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury 1069 Reappropriation and diversion of 12 Suits for recovery of 1069 Unexpended, deposit of 11 Citizens' training camps 776 Clothing balances, enlisted men 608 Construction of public buildings ; how long available 15 Expenditures ; not to be in excess of 22, 1084 Expenses of commissions or inquiries, payable only from special 1095 Restriction 1096 General or lump sum 1138, 1139 Military Academy, to be disbursed and accounted for by Quarter- master Corps 321 Must be in specific terms 176 Not available for clerical or official compensation ; when 17 Not to be exceeded 22 Pay of the Army, to constitute one fund 1098 Permanent, how determined 4 Signal Corps, transfer of funds for payment officers and men of 297 Specific or indefinite ; when permanent 4 Supplies, services, and transportation, to constitute one fund 8 Support of the Army, not to be expended for post gardens or post exchanges 18 Target practice; how long available 97 Total amount of, how determined 5 Arising from sales between the bureaus of the War and Navy Departments, to be placed subject to requisition 125 Arising from Deductions made from carriers for property lost in transit 1143 Forfeiture of pay under suspended sentence of dishonorable discharge 629 Sale of checks 1035 Sale of condemned stores 1148, 1151 Sale of serviceable quartermaster stores 1152 Sale of subsistence stores *~ - 1149, 1150 Sale of surplus cutting of materials for clothing 1156 Sale of surplus ice, electric light and power, and laundry work 1154 Sale of unserviceable quartermaster property ; how long available 1152 Sales to educational institutions 1155 Sales to National Guard 718 Statements to be rendered - 1157, 1158 Stores transferred to Insular Department of Philippines 1153 Auditor for the War Department. (See Auditor for the War Department.) Balances. (See also Balances of appropriations.) Accruing from lapsed salaries to be covered into Treasury 16 Certified, conclusive on executive departments 1063 INDEX. 329 Public moneys Continued. Balances Continued. Paragraph. Construction of public buildings; disposition of 15 How long available 15 Expenditure of ; not applicable to permanent or indefinite appropria- tions 13 How applied 13 Neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury 1069 Remaining on books after two years 14 Sales, funds arising from. (See Proceeds of sales.) Suits for recovery of 1069 To be included in surplus fund warrant 14 Unexpended, diversion of, construed as a new appropriation 12 Remaining on books of Treasury for two years 11 To be carried to surplus fund _ 11, 13 Bonds for safe-keeping of. (See Bonds.) Certificate of differences on revision 1065 Certified balances conclusive on executive departments, etc 1063 Checks (see also Checks) Lost, etc., duplicates may be issued; when 1076 In case of death of issuing officer 1077 Outstanding, three or mere years 1078 Report to he rendered in lieu of returns of disbursing officers 1082 Payment by, to enlisted men; when 1034 Sale of, at a profit fc 1035 To indorsee on pay accounts permitted 418 Construction of public buildings ; disposition of 15 How long available 15 Contingent fund Application of 1085 Apportionment of amount to each office or bureau 1083,1084 Not available for clerical or official compensation ; when 17 Salaries not to be paid from 17 Contracts requiring advances of, to be deposited 219 Covering-in act 14 Credit for deductions made from carriers for property lost in transit 1142 Credit for lost funds 1142 Debts contracted abroad 1052, 1054, 1056 Debts, recovery of; by auditor 1169 Decision of comptroller in advance of payment 1033 Deductions for lost property, how credited 1142 Deductions from carriers for property lost in transit, credit for 1142 Depositaries Bonds to be furnished 1091 Requirement waived in Philippine Islands 1093 Designation of in Cuba, Porto Rico, and Philippines 1092 National banks designated as 1091 Duties, liabilities, etc 1092 Deposit and safe-keeping of 1086-1088 Deposit of Balances arising from sales of surplus ice, electric light and power, and laundry work 1154 Failure to comply with requirements ; penalty 10901107 Proceeds of sales 1089 Condemned stores 1148 Sales of surplus cuttings of materials for clothing 1156 Stores transferred to Insular Department of Philippine Islands 1153 Without deduction 1089 Penalty for noncompliance with above 1090 Deserters, reward for apprehension of, amount, etc 1161 Detained pay, to become a charge against pay of the Army 1102 Disbursements (see also Disbursements) Account of to be rendered by distinct items 1051 Accurate entry to be kept 1103 Amount limited to sums appropriated 22, 1094 Authority to intrust money to other officers making 1101 How applied; restriction 13,1094 330 INDEX. Public moneys Continued. Disbursements Continued. Paragraph. In case of insufficient balances 1097 Inspection of by officers of the Army 1037 To be applied solely to objects for which appropriated 22, 1094 Disbursing officers (see also Disbursing officers) Accounts of To be analyzed and recorded in detail 1030 To be audited 1171 Authority to keep restricted amount of subsistence funds. 1100 Credit for lost funds 1142 Credit for deductions made from carriers, property lost in transit 1143 Decision of comptroller in advance of payment of accounts 1033 Delinquencies in accounts ; procedure 1036 Disbursements in case of insufficient balances 1097 Examination and inspection of accounts 1037 Funds to credit of, unchanged for three years 1034 How accounted for 1051 Nonreceipt of accounts ; evidence required 1047 Pay of reserve forces of Signal Corps to be disbursed by 297 Payments in case of insufficient balances 1097 Settlement of accounts 73, 167,. 1032, 1142 Disposition after two years 14 Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, establishment of, duties, etc 1168 Drafts- Outstanding, payment of upon presentation 1080 Remaining unpaid three years or more, vouchers for 1079 Sale of, at a profit 1035 Drawn from Treasury by warrants 1163 Electric light and power; profit arising from sale of; how applied 1154 Embezzlement (see also Offenses and Penalties) Prima facie evidence 1109 Record evidence of 1110 Entry of each sum received, and of each payment or transfer to be kept 1050 Estimates (see also Annual Estimates and Estimates) Affecting revenues of the District; time limit _ 1134 Amount of outstanding appropriations to be designated 1126 Expenditures for repairs, etc., to public buildings 1129 Explanations of variations and new items required 1137 Manner of communicating 1123 Not conforming to requirements to be rearranged 1131 Payment of judgments; transmittal of 1128 Preparation of 1123 To follow order of preceding year's appropriations 1120 Printing and binding 1124 Proceeds of sales of old material ; statement to be rendered__ Separate communication to be submitted Public works : preparation of 1125 Salaries; to be founded upon express provisions of law Special or additional, to state necessity, etc 1122 Time for filing of 1118 Transportation of the Army and its supplies ; preparation of 1130 Examination of accounts (see also Accounts) - 1038,1040,1042,1171 Exchange of funds, restriction 1141 Exchange; payment of; when authorized Expenditures ; account of to be kept by auditors 1172 Balances of appropriations In case of insufficient balances 1097 Limited to appropriations for 22, 1094 Expenses of commissions or inquiries ; how payable - 1095, 1096 Expenses of sales to be paid from proceeds 1150 Final judgments, payment of Fiscal year, when to commence Forms to be prescribed for keeping and rendering accounts ; by whom 1043 Funds available for future purchases How drawn from Treasury Keeping and rendition of 1050, 1088 INDEX. 331 Public moneys Continued. Paragraph. In personal possession for purchase of subsistence 1100 Laundry work, funds arising from 1154 Liabilities outstanding three years or more 1078 Liability of disbursing officers intrusting money to other officers making disbursements 1101 Liability of Quartermaster General for funds in hands of subordinates 24, 1180 Lost checks Action in case of death of issuing officer 1077 Duplicates may be issued 1076 Lost funds ; credit for : 1142 Lost property, deductions from carriers where lost in transit 1143 Miscellaneous receipts : 1148 National Guard; funds received from sales to (see Proceeds of Sales) 718 Neglect or refusal to pay into Treasury any balance due the United States-- 1069 Offenses (see also Offenses, Fines, and Penalties) Acceptance of stolen 1116 Apportionment of appropriations waived or modified 6 Contracting beyond specific appropriations 1147 Converting to own use 1104 Custodian failing to keep, etc 1105 Depositing where not authorized , 1104 Disbursing officers unlawfully using 1104 Embezzlement 1104-1107 Record evidence of 1109 Extortion by officials 1146 Failure to deposit as required 1106 Failure to render accounts, etc !. 1106 False certificates, etc 1145 Felony 1115 Loaning of, etc 1104 Persons affected 1108 Receiving, etc., stolen 1116 Requiring receipt for larger sum than paid 1144 Officers making disbursements ; authority to intrust money to 1101 Official or clerical compensation, payment of 17 Outstanding accounts, reports to be rendered 1081 Outstanding checks Payment upon receipt of 1080 Report to be rendered in lieu of returns of disbursing officers 1082 Three years or more, how covered into Treasury 1078 Particular accounts, audit, etc., of 1064 Pay accounts, contract surgeons, may be transferred or assigned ; when 302 Pay deposit fund s:{-j Pay of the Army Detained pay to become a charge against 1102 To be disbursed as one fund 1098 Payment of exchange; when authorized 307 Payments Accurate entry to be kept 1050 Decision of comptroller in advance of 1033 Outstanding checks, funds available for 1079 Premiums Bonds of officers. Government not to pay 48 On sales, to be accounted for 1035 Returns to be rendered of 1035 To postmasters for securing recruits 1103 Proceeds of sales (see also Proceeds of sales) Exploring or surveying expeditions 1149 Commissary stores, to officers and enlisted men 1149 Condemned stores 1148 Educational institutions 115.1 Electric light and power 1154 Expenses of sales to be paid from ; when 1157 Horses and mules 3207 How long available 772. 1150, 1152 How applied 1149, 1155 332 INDEX. Public moneys Continued. Proceeds of sales Continued. Paragraph. Ice 1154 Laundry work 1154 Serviceable quartermaster property 1152 Statements to be rendered 1157 None required for subsistence 1158 Stores transferred to Insular Department of Philippine Islands 1053 Subsistence How long available 1150 To be covered into Treasury 1150 To officers and enlisted men 1150 Surplus cuttings of material for clothing 1156 Surplus ice 1154 To be deposited without deduction 1089 Penalty for noncompliance 1090 To officers and enlisted men 1150 Unserviceable stores 1148, 1151 Profits arising from sales. (See Proceeds of sales.) Property lost in transit, deductions for, how credited 1143 Quartermaster General not liable for funds in hands oE subordinates 24 Receipts and expenditures 1172 Receiving officers, account to be rendered of application of 1049 Remaining on books of Treasury two years, disposition of 14 Remaining unpaid for three or more years, voucher for 1077 Rendition of accounts. (See Accounts.) Reports ; Quartermaster General to Secretary of War, how often rendered 1180 Requisitions for advances 1074 Requisitions for funds, warrants 1164 Return to be rendered cf premiums arising from sale of checks, etc 1035 Rendition of accounts. (See Accounts.) Revision of settlements 1162 Reward for apprehension of deserters 1161 Rules governing administrative examination of accounts 1039 Safe-keeping of, accurate entry to be kept 1050 Sales Accurate entry of each payment or transfer to be kept 1050 Between bureaus of the War and Navy Departments 3205 Between Engineer Department and another bureau of the War De- partment 1067 Between Medical Department and other bureaus of the War Depart- ment , 1068 Between Military Academy and other bureaus of the War Department. 322 Between Signal Corps and other bureaus of the War Department 1066 Between two bureaus of the War Department 1203, 1206 Checks, drafts, etc., at a profit 1035 Condemned stores; proceeds of (see also Proceeds of sales) 1148 Expenses of, to be paid from proceeds ^ 1151 Educational institutions 1151 Horses and mules 1207 Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Navy and Marine Corps; authority for 1199 Officers and enlisted men 1150 Premiums on, to be accounted for ' 1035 Serviceable Quartermaster property 1152 Statement to be rendered of proceeds 1157 Subsistence 1150 Surplus ice, electric light and power, and laundry work 1154 Settlement of accounts 73 Between bureaus of the War and Navy Departments 1205 Between Engineer Department and another bureau of the War Depart- ment 1067 Between Medical Department and other bureaus of the War Depart- ment 1068 Between Military Academy and bureaus of the War Department Between Signal Corps and other bureaus of the War Department 1066 Between two bureaus of the War Department 1203, 1206 INDEX. 333 Public moneys Continued. Paragraph. Settlements, recision of 1162 Statements Proceeds of sales; time for rendering 1157 None required for subsistence 1158 Stores, transferred to Insular Department of Philippine Islands 1153 Subject to draft of Treasurer 1165 Subsistence ; in personal possession of officers for purchase of 1100 Purchase of, for sales ; funds from which available 1099 Suits for recovery of balances due the United States 1069 Supplies, services and transportation, appropriation for to be disbursed as one fund 13 Surplus fund Unexpended balances not needed at end of fiscal year to be carried to__ 13 Remaining on books of Treasury two years to be carried to 11 Surplus fund warrant ; balances to be included in 14 Total amount of appropriations, how determined 5 Transfer of funds, Signal Corps 297 Transfers, accurate entry to be kept 1050 Unexpended balances (see also Unexpended balances of appropriations) Accruing from lapsed salaries, to be covered into Treasury 1 16 Application of restricted ' 12-16 Disposition of, after two years 14 Diversion of, construed as a new appropriation 12 How applied 13 On books of Treasury for two years, to be carried to surplus fund 11, 13 Probable demands on, estimate of to accompany annual reports 10 Reappropriation and diversion of : 12 To be included in surplus fund warrant 14 Unpaid for three years or more, vouchers for 1079 Warrants Countersigned by Comptroller of Treasury 1164 Execution of 1164 Drawn from Treasury by 1163 Issuance of, time for 1162 Wharfage dues, Military Academy 1297 Public property: Accountability (see also Accountability and property accountability) 1177-1182 Quartermaster General, in hands of subordinates 24 Report to be rendered Secretary of War ; how often 1180 Rations issued to Indians on frontiers 404 Regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War 1177 System of, by whom prescribed 1180 War Department, books, furniture, records, etc 1185 Accounts (see also Accounts, Disbursing officers and public moneys) Of company commanders . 1179 Rendition of, time limit 1180 Condemned stores Deposit of proceeds of sales of 1148 Sale of 1148, 1151 Damages to To be deducted from pay of commissioned officers 529, 530 To be deducted from pay of enlisted men 654 While in transit, credit for deductions on account of 1143 Disposition of; power vested in Congress 1014 Embezzlement of. (See Embezzlement and offenses.) Enlisted men, not to be bartered or sold 1183, 1184 Equippage, issue and sale of. (See Equippage.) Forage. (See Forage.) Fuel. (See Fuel.) Funds arising from sale of. (See Proceeds of sales.) In possession of persons not soldiers may be seized, etc 1183, 1184 Inspection and survey of; by whom 1202 Issue of (see also Clothing) Citizens' Training Camps 771 Educational institutions ; when 757-759 Leases of. (See Public Buildings and public lands.) 334 INDEX. Public property Continued. Paragraph. Liability of Quartermaster General for property in hands of subordinates 24 Loans Tents ; restriction 1186 To whom authorized 1186 To American National Red Cross authorized 1187 Losses of Affidavit may be accepted ; when 1179 Certificate to be forwarded in lieu of returns 1181 Preparation of 1182 While in transit, deductions for, how credited 1143 Moneys arising from sale of. (See Proceeds of sales.) National Guard. (See National Guard.) Offenses (see also Offenses, fines, and penalties) Acceptance of stopen 1116 Bartering, selling, etc., public, property of enlisted men 1183, 1184 Delivery of prize property, fraudulent interference with 1193 Embezzling clothing, subsistence, etc 1192 False, etc., returns by officers 1188 Fraudulent interference with delivery of prize property 1193 Robbery of personal property of the United States 1191a Setting fire to, etc., maliciously 1194 Unlawful purchase of 1191 Waste or unlawful disposition of by soldiers 1190 Willful destruction of, etc 1189 Officers not to be interested in purchase or sale of 210, 211 Officers' account, deficiencies in. (See Accounts.) Other departments; transportation of 1277 National Guard. (See National Guard.) Rations. (See Rations.) Returns Certificate of losses to be forwarded in lieu of 1181 Rules and regulations governing, by whom made 1014 Sales (see also Sales) Authority for, to officers and enlisted men 1195 Authority for, to American citizens engaged in work abroad 1061 To persons attending citizens' training camps 771 To educational institutions 1204 Serviceable quartermaster stores, inspection and survey of, by whom made_ 1202 Stolen (see also Offenses and penalties) Acceptance of 1116 From individuals . 1191a Survey of, by whom made 1202 System of accountability ; who shall prescribe 1180 Tents Loan of, restricted 1186 Transferred to Insular Department of the Philippines, deposit of funds de- , rived from 1153 War Department furniture, records, etc 1185 Willful destruction of, etc 1189 Public publications: Department distribution of 1208 Distribution of, by Public Printer 1209 Exchange of documents 1210 Libraries of executive departments to be furnished copies of 1211 Public quarters. (See Bararcks and quarters.) Public records (see also Public documents and public publications) : Destroying, etc., of; penalty 1212 By officer in charge 1213 Forging of, etc 1214 Printing of. (See Printing and Binding.) Public vehicles : Exchange of, in part payment for new 178 Executive Mansion ; accommodations to be provided for by Quartermaster General 1253 Funds necessary for purchase, maintenance, etc., of, to be included in an- nual estimates.-. 23 INDEX. 335 Public vehicles Continued. Paragraph. Motor-propelled; exchange of, in part payment for new ' 179 In the District; identification tags to be furnished free 1270 Name of executive department to be painted thereon 1216 Passenger-carrying, specific authority necessary for purchase of 23 Personal use of, prohibited 1215, 1216 Post exchange, wagons, etc., for use of 18 Purchase of, by advertisement, etc. ; exception 201 Restriction governing 23 Use of, restricted 1215, 1216 Public works: Bonds of contractors to secure payment for labor and materials 49-56 Construction - Detailed estimates to be first submitted to Congress 1217 Expenditures exceeding $500, to be made by contract 1218 Exceeding $20,000 ; procedure 1217 Not to exceed appropriations 1226 Performance of work under direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps 1232 Post exchanges, etc 1230 Preference to be given American materials 1225 Quarters for hospital stewards- 1221 In the Philippine Islands 1220 Quarters, officers', cost limited 1219 In the Philippine Islands 1220 Quarters, seacoast defenses 1223, 1224 Separate contracts in each case 1228 Shooting galleries and ranges 1231 Contracts for, not to exceed appropriations 1226 Penalty 1217, 1227 To be separate in each case 1228 Estimates for construction of permanent buildings ; special appropriation for __ 1217 Expenditures exceeding $500, to be contracted for 121S Exceeding $20,000 ; to be first submitted to Congress 1217 Labor Eight-hour law 1234, 1235 Separate contracts in each case 1228 To be performed, within jurisdiction of United States 1225 Military post exchanges, etc. Appropriations for support of the Army not available for 18 Expenditures exceeding $500, approval of Secretary of War necessary for 1218 Offenses. (See Offenses, fines, and penalties.) Penal bond to include security for labor and materials 49 Permanent barracks and quarters. (See Public buildings.) Philippine Islands Franchises, privileges, etc., who authorized, to grant 1020 Quarters for officers 1220 Preference to be given American material 1225 Quarters Coast Artillery officers 1223, 1224 Officers', limit of cost 1219 In the Philippines 1220 Hospital stewards 1221 Seacoast defenses, construction and enlargement of 1223, 1224 Separate contracts in each case 1228 Surveys ; assistance of United States Geological Survey and Coast and Geodetic Survey authorized 1233 Title papers to be furnished to attorney general 1217 To be contracted for 1218 Punishments. (See Offenses and penalties.) Purchases for the Army. (See Contracts and purchases.) Quartermaster Corps: Accounts of Examination by auditor for the War Department 1171 336 INDEX. Quartermaster Corps Continued. Acting quartermasters Paragraph. Regimental, battalion and squadron quartermasters may be required to perform duties of 476 Retired commissioned officers detailed as, not regarded as service with troops 561 Appropriations Mileage, to be disbursed as pay of the Army 1098 Pay of the Army, to constitute one fund 1098 Supplies, services, and transportation, to constitute one fund 8 Certain civilian employees and all enlisted men of the line detailed on extra duty to be replaced by enlisted men of the corps 1238 Chief of; designation changed to Quartermaster General of the Army 1237 Civilian employees; number limited to requirements 945 Pay of, amount limited . 945 Composition of J 1241-1247 Construction and repair ; duties of officers in connection with 1232 Contracts and purchases; officers of, not to be interested in 210,211 Creation of 1236 Duties of officers of 181-183 When to be performed by regimental, etc., staff officers 476 Enlisted force; composition of 1245,1246 Monthly pay of 561, 563 In time of war 564 Pay and allowances 1240 Enlisted men ; percentage, each grade 1245 Post quartermaster and post commissary sergeants, designation changed to 560 To replace certain civilian employees and all enlisted men of the line detailed on extra duty with 1238 Total enlisted strength 1245 Establishment of 1236 Horses and carriages of the President, accommodations for, to be provided by_ 1253 Increase in number of officers of 557 Master electricians, designation changed to 1246 Officers of, number allowed each grade 459, 1241 Pay clerks Former, commissioned as second lieutenants : 1241 No further appointments to be made_-l 1239 Promotions, how made 1243 Purchase of regular and miscellaneous supplies to be made by 168 Officers not to be interested in financially 210, 212 Quartermaster General. (See also Quartermaster General) Duties of 1248-1251 Quartermaster sergeants ; designation of post quartermaster and post com- missary sergeants, changed to '. 572 Number authorized . 1245 Pay of, etc 568 In time of war 574 Selection of 1247 Senior grade, former master electricians to be known as 1246 Number authorized 1245 Regulations for government of; by whom prescribed 1251 Statement to be submitted regarding condition of business; when 1249 Supplies, purchase of, for subsequent fiscal years Temporary quartermasters, who may act as 476 Vacancies Above grade of Colonel, how filled 1236 How filled 1236, 1243, TJ44 Veterinarians of _, 542 Quartermaster General : Accountability for public funds and property in hands of subordinates -4 Report to be rendered Secretary of War; how often 1180 Action on monthly report of chief clerk 1248 Annual statements to be rendered by Condition of business of bureau 1249 Traveling expense of officers and employees 1L 1 .":.' INDEX. 337 Quartermaster General Continued. Paragraph. Designation changed to 1237 Duties of Horses and carriages of President ; accommodations to bo provided for, by 1253 On receipt of monthly report of chief clerk 1248 Report to be rendered of all moneys and property passing through his hands; to whom; how often 1180 To prescribe regulations for government of corps 1251 To prescribe system of property accountability 1180 Liability of, for funds and property in hands of subordinates 24 May be required to perform duties of Secretary of War ; when 1261 Pay, rank, etc 1236 Quartermaster General's office: Chief clerk- Duties of Distribution of work 875 Oath of office, authority to administer 876 No fee to be charged 877 Oaths to expense accounts 878 No fee to be charged 878 Report to be rendered monthly of condition of business 875 Removal on charges 950 Supervision of duties of subordinate clerks 623 Employees of, pay by classes (see also Personnel Civilians) 926 Increased during fiscal year 1918 927 QBartei-master sergeants. (See Quartermaster Corps.) Quarters (see also Barracks and quarters) : Army field clerks '__ 286 Commissioned officers Allowance of rooms at posts and stations 524 Appropriations for 449 Duty at proving grounds 447 Right to, not to be lost on account of temporary absence 444 Commutation of (see also Commutation of allowances) Army field clerks 286 Commissioned officers detailed to obtain military information from abroad 446 Signal Service, arctic regions 1 448 Temporarily absent, right to, not to be lost 444 Where no public quarters are available, rate of, etc_ 442 Enlisted men Detailed to schools 597 Signal Service, arctic regions 618 Where no public quarters are available 617, 619 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps 286 Nurse Corps 373 Retired enlisted men 657 Retired officers detailed to educational institutions 564 Right to, not to be lost on account of temporary absence 444 Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities; exception 186 Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps 286 Heat and light for Commutation of, where no public quarters are available 619 Regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War 527 Military Academy Chapel organist, when available 329 Choirmaster, when available 329 None allowed for servants 443 Public, defined 526 Superintendents, national cemeteries 260 Superintendent, Nurse Corps 367 Ranges, Rifle: For civilian instruction. (See Rifle ranges.) Railroads (see also Transportation) : Encroachment by, on United States property, forbidden 256 Executive control in time of war 1269 4939218 22 338 INDEX. Railroads Continued. Paragraph. Rights of way ; forfeiture of certain 1029 Transportation, National Guard ; reduced rates by common carriers permitted 680 Bations (see also Subsistence) : Accountability for ; issue to Indians on frontiers 403 Alcoholic liquors not to be supplied or sold to officers and enlisted men 398, 399 Not to be supplied in canteens 398 Applicants for enlistment. (See Annual appropriation acts.) Cadets, Military Academy 325 Coffee and sugar, extract of ; when permissible 400 Not issued, pay for 405 To be issued weekly 402 Commutation of (see also Commutation of allowances) Enlisted men 620 Members of Reserve Officers' Training Corps who have completed two years' training 764 Military Academy, cadets of 326 National rifle match, competitors in 783 Amount allowed 784 Nurses (female) on duty in hospitals Nurses (male and female), on leaves of absence 371 Traveling on detached duty ; when 371 Where rations in kind can not be furnished 371 Retired enlisted men 657 Rifle match, competitors in 783 Sick in hospitals; rate of 406,407 Sugar and coffee, extract of 405 Components of, by whom prescribed 395 Cooking of ; line and medical officers to unite in superintending 396, 397 Credit sales- Account to be kept 1195 Commissioned officers, to be deducted from pay 528 When serving in the field 1198 Enlisted men, to be deducted from pay 652, 657 Proceeds of, to be covered into Treasury 1148-1150 Report to be rendered monthly 1195 During captivity Daily, amount of Detachment of seamen and marines; when Emergency, to be furnished in addition to regular ration Enlisted men, amount entitled to Commutation of Extract of coffee and sugar not issued, pay for General hospitals, nurses of Hospital matrons 378, 379 Hospital nurses, post or regimental - 378, 379 Issue of Enlisted men Hospital matrons T Indians on frontiers Indians visiting military posts Naval and marine detachments Nurses in post or regimental hospitals Reserve Officers' Training Corps Kinds, to be prescribed by President Liquid coffee money Military Academy, cadets of National Guard (see also National Guard) District of Columbia Philippine Scouts Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry Preparation of, rules and regulations governing Purchased on credit; deductions from pay Commissioned officers Enlisted men 652 653 Purchases ; officers not to be interested in 210, 2] For sales to officers and enlisted men, authority for INDEX. 339 Rations Continued. Paragraph. Quantity and kind to be prescribed by President . 395 Recruits, meals for. (See Annual appropriation acts.) Rifle match, meals for competitors in ^ 783 Sales Account to be rendered 1195, 1198 At cost price-- 1197, 1201 Cadet, Military Academy 478 Navy and Marine Corps, price to be charged 1199 Officers and enlisted men, authority for 1195 Officers serving in the field 1198 To American citizens engaged in work abroad 1061 To other bureaus and departments 1206 To bureaus of the War and Navy departments ; exchange permitted 1205 Seamen and marines on shore duty 365 Substitution of equivalent 400 Sugar and coffee may be commuted for extract of 400 Not issued, pay for 405 When issued in kind, to be issued weekly 402 Tobacco purchased on credit, to be deducted from pay 653 To be purchased by 181 Troops traveling, meals for. (See Annual appropriation acts.) Records. (See Public records and public documents.) Receiving officers (see also Public moneys and accounts) Account to be rendered of application of public funds 1049 Recruiting : Depots Additional pay of enlisted men detailed for duty at 582, 583 Mess stewards and cooks detailed at, extra duty pay of 592 Recruiting parties Transportation of, appropriation for 1266 Authority for : 1265 Stations Additional pay of enlisted men detailed for duty at 591 Recruits : Meals for. (See Anunal appropriation acts.) Premiums to postmasters for securing 1103 Transportation of, authority for 1265 Appropriation for 1266 Red Cross. (See American National Red Cross.) Reductions of pay (see also Pay of civilians) : Civilians- Membership in societies for improving conditions, etc., not cause for 951 Old soldiers, etc., not permissible 949 Officers and enlisted men. (See Pay of the Army.) Reenlistments : At expiration of three years' continuous service 647 Of four years' continuous service 646 Bonus for first, in time of peace 606 Bounty for, in time of war 607 Continuous service pay ; when entitled to 635 Enlisted men ; within three months from date of discharge 636 Noncommissioned officers, continuance of warrant 637 Within 20 days after date of discharge 637 Regular Army Reserve ; additional pay for active service 791 Where furloughed to reserve at end of one year's service, not authorized 649 At end of three years' service 648 Regimental hospitals: Nurses on duty at, rations for. (See Rations and Nurse Corps). Registered mail: Part paid, to be delivered free to departments 223 Registry fee not required by departments 223 Regular Army Reserve: Active service, pay and allowances 790, 791, 792 Bounty of reservists upon reporting for active duty 793 Composition of 786 340 INDEX. Regular Army Reserve Continued. Paragraph. Continuous service, pay, etc 791 Details Educational institutions, pay and allowances ' 756 Enlisted men may be furloughed to ; when 648, 649 Enlistments; certain, to continue for one year 788 Field training, time limit 787 Government employees' services may be utilized for paying, etc 795 Heat and light, commutation of; when 792 Mobilization, etc., time limit 787 Ordered to active duty, commutation of allowances 792 Organization, etc 787 Pay and allowances, active service 790, 791, 792 Annual pay, rate of for members 789 Continuous service 791 Reservists, during periods of training 787 Retired pay, members of not entitled to . 794 Pensions; members of entitled to 794 Quarters, commutation of; when 792 Reserve organizations ; services of Government emploj r ees, etc., may be uti- lized ; when 795 Reservists, bounty of, upon reporting for active duty 793 Pay of, during periods of training 787 While traveling 787 Retirement, not entitled to 794 Subsistence, reservists, reporting for active duty . 793 Term of service 644,645 Training, etc., time limit 787 Travel expenses of reservists 787 Transportation, reservists reporting for active duty 793 Remount detachments: Establishment of. authority for, at remount depots 650 Removal from Office (sec also Personnel Civilians, reductions in force) : On charges 950 Rentals : Annual report to include statement of 1255a Appropriation by Congress necessary in each case 1255 Estimates to be submitted - 1255a, 1256 In the District of Columbia Authority for 1254 Increase of number restricted Must be appropriated for in each case 1255 Statement to be submitted by Secretary of Treasury 1256 To include details of floor space, etc 1257 Reports (see also Annual reports) : Annual Condition of business of bureau 1249 Number of employees and salary of each below a fair standard of efficiency- Printing of restricted 1003 Proceeds of sales of public property 1157 Statement of rentals to be included in__ 1255a Department heads may require, if necessary __ Disbursing officers, outstanding checks Monthly ; condition of business in office Quartermaster General ; account of all moneys and property in hands of subordinates Reductions in compensation, reasons to be stated Removal on charges Surety companies as sureties ; assets and liabilities Reserve. (See Army Reserve and Regular Army Reserve.) Reserve Corps. (See Officers' Resorvo Corps and Reserve Officers' Training Corps.) Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Active duty In time of peace In time of war Appointments Eligibility not affected by postgraduate course while undergoing-- Graduates of senior divisions, in Officers' Reserve Corps 762 INDEX. 341 Reserve Officers' Training Corps Continued. Appointments Continued. Paragraph. Prior graduates of institutions 766 Temporary second lieutenants 767 Bonds for care and safe-keeping of property issued to__ 757 Camps for additional training ; period of encampment, allowances, etc 761 Commissions Eligibility of prior graduates 766 Graduates of senior divisions in Officers' Reserve Corps 762 Eligibility not affected by postgraduate course except 763 Temporary second lieutenants 767 Commutation of subsistence ; after two years' training : 764 Courses of training to be prescribed ; by whom 753 Credit for service in schools where commissioned officers are detailed as pro- fessors of military science and tactics 765 Details Commissioned officers, as professors of military science and tactics. 750, 752, 755 Enlisted men (active, retired, or reservists) 756 Authority for 759 Retired commissioned officers, in time of peace, with their consent 745 Divisions, senior and junior, to be organized at certain universities 748 Eligibility for membership 754 Establishment of at certain schools and colleges 748 At other than State colleges 751 Requirements 752 Of units at State colleges 749 Requirements 750 Graduates, prior, eligibility of for appointment in Olflcers' Reserve Corps 766 Of senior divisions, appointment of in Officers' Reserve Corps 762 Eligibility not affected by postgraduate course except while under- going 763 In time of peace ; active duty ; who may order 767 In time of war; active duty ; who may .order 769 Subject to rules and articles of war 769 Issue of supplies to 757759 Instruction; credit for, as for service in senior division 765 Maintenance of in civil schools, etc 748 Membership, eligibility for 754 Military science and tactics, officers detailed as professors of 750, 752, 755 Military training; courses to be prescribed; by whom 753 Credit for, when 765 Roster to be kept of all persons qualified for service 770 Pay and allowances Duty with Regular Army 767 Officers (active and retired) detailed as professors of military science and tactics 755 Reserve officers appointed as temporary second lieutenants 767 Pensions ; reserve officers and temporary second lieutenants entitled to 768 Prior graduates, eligibility of for appointment in Officers' Reserve Corps 766 Professors of military science and tactics, officers detailed as 755 Quartermaster supplies and stores, issue of to 757, 758, 759 Reimbursement to institutions furnishing own uniforms 760 Retired pay; reserve officers, etc., not entitled to 768 Retirement ; not entitled to 768 Roster of persons qualified for service to be kept 770 State universities, establishment of units at 749 Requirements 750 Subsistence; additional training camps 761 Commutation of, members who have completed two years' training , 764 Training. (See Military training.) Gratuitous services of Officers' Reserve Corps permissible 747 Uniforms, reimbursement to colleges furnishing own 760 Units, establishment of at State universities 749 Requirements \ 750 At other than State universities 751 Requirements 752 Units, training of; courses to be prescribed by Secretary of War 753 342 INDEX. Reservists (see also Regular Army Reserve) : Paragraph. Bounty, upon reporting for -active duty 793 Pay of, during periods of training 787 Travel expenses of 787 Reserve veterinarians : Appointment of 544 Discharge of 544, 528 Pay and allowances 544 Retired commissioned officers: Active duty Acting quartermasters, not regarded as service with troops 561 Above grade of major, retired pay only 553 Adjutant general, District of Columbia Militia 558 Advanced one grade, service during Civil War 549 Allotments of pay 431 Assigned to recruiting duty with militia, etc 560 College professors, retired pay only 562, 563, 565, 566 Colonel or lieutenant colonel 554 Educational institutions, pay, etc 562, 563, 565, 566 Examination for return to, if retired for disability 551 In time of war 559 Military attache's 560 Military Academy. (See Military Academy.) National Guard (sec also National Guard) Service without troops 557, 560, 561 Pay for, in time of peace 553, 556 In time of war 559 Recruiting in connection with National Guard 560 Reserve Officers' Training Corps 755 Soldiers' Home, retired pay only 552 Staff duties not involving service with troops , 560 Temporary command of post without garrison 555 Brigadier general, having Civil War service 550 Chief of Staff Corps or Department, service as 548 Civil War service 549, 550 Commutation of quarters to be paid by school to which detailed 564 Computation of time for service allowed on retirement 501 Detailed. (See Active duty.) Examination for return to duty if on list for disability 551 Having less than four years' to serve 465 Longevity pay 567_569 Mileage, rate of 510 Traveling under competent orders 510 Pay- Above grade of major 553 Active duty. (See Active duty.) Adjutant general, District of Columbia 558 Allotments of, while on active duty 431 Chief of Staff Corps or Departments, service as 548 Civil War service, below grade of brigadier general 549 Colonel or lieutenant colonel, same as for major 554 Doorkeeper to President, officer acting as . 520 In time of war 559 Longevity pay 567-569 Not to exceed that of major 553-556 Rate of, on retirement 54(5 Service in connection with construction of Panama Canal 547 Recruiting in connection with National Guard 560 Service without troops 560,561 Temporary command of post without garrison 555 Wholly retired 570 Physical disability contracted in line of duty 480 Retired for disability, list of to be kept 551 Retired pay 540 Wholly retired 570 Retired enlisted men: Allotments of pay, while on active duty 602 Allowances of__ 657 INDEX. 343 Retired enlisted men Continued. Paragraph. Civil War service 549 Computation of time for retirement 638 Detailed; pay and allowances 564,756 Extra-duty pay, to be paid by school to which detailed 564 Foreign service, computation of time for retirement 310 Pay, etc., 30 years' service 657 Military Academy, acting first sergeant, detachment of Engineers 333 Reserve Officers' Training Corps, when detailed with 756 Restored to active duty 658 Retirement : Commissioned officers Duty with Officers' Reserve Corps not to be counted 746 Failure to pass examinations; physical disability contracted in line of duty 480, 481 Reserve officers 768 Temporary second lieutenants .768 Computing length of service for Service as volunteers, War of the Rebellion 501 Enlisted men Enlisted Reserve Corps, not entitled to 803 Commissioned service in the National Guard to be counted in comput- ing time for 643 Commissioned service in Officers' Reserve Corps to be counted in com- puting time for 643 Commissioned service in Philippine Scouts to be counted in comput- ing time for 638,639 Commissioned service in Porto Rico Provisional Regiment to be counted in computing time for 638 Commissioned service in volunteer organizations, etc., to be counted in computing time for 638,643 Regular Army Reserve; members of not entitled to 794 Former veterinarians, for physical diability 543 Military Academy, officers, etc., of. (See Military Academy.) Philippine Scouts (see also Philippine Scouts) 386-389 Reserve officers 768 Returns : Certificate of losses to be forwarded in lieu of 1181 Premiums arising from sale of checks, etc 1035 Public moneys ; department heads may require, if necessary 1047 Public property ; certificate of losses to be forwarded in lieu of 1181 Rules and regulations governing ; by whom made 1014 Revenue Cutter Serrice: Burial of officers and men of, in National cemeteries 250 Rifle match: Commutation of rations to competitors in, amount limited 783, 784 Meals for competitors in 783 Cost of limited 784 Teams participating in, to be authorized by Secretary of War 785 Transportation of teams participating; payment of 785 Rifle ranges for civilian instruction: Annual estimates for maintenance of to be submitted 777 Appropriation for To remain available until expended 781 To be expended under direction of Secretary of War 781 Detail of noncommissioned officers as instructors 780 Director of civilian marksmanship ; detail of officer as 782 Establishment and maintenance of; appropriation for 781 Instructors ; detail of noncommissioned officers as 780 Maintenance of, annual estimates to be submitted 777 Who may participate in 778 Rights of way: Easements, subject to Secretary of War 1025 For electric lines 1028 Granted railroads; reversion 1029 Highways, construction of, granted 1027 Military reservations 1013, 1027 Philippine Islands 1020 344 INDEX. Bights of way Continued. Paragraph. National cemeteries, railroads must not encroach 1029 Public lands, Secretary of War may grant 1028 To canal or ditch companies 1025, 1026 Roadways. (See National cemeteries.) Salaries. (See Pay of civilians.) Sales : Account to be rendered 1195, 1198 Alcoholic liquors, to officers and enlisted men, prohibited 398, 399 At cost price 1197, 1201 To American citizens engaged in work abr6ad 1061 Between bureaus of the War and Navy Departments, exchange permitted 1121 Between Engineer Department and another bureau of the War Department- 1067 Between Medical Department and other bureaus of the War Department 1068 Between Military Academy and bureaus of the War Department 322 Between Signal Corps and other bureaus of the War Department 1066 Between two bureaus of the War Department, price to be charged 1203, 1206 Cadets, Military Academy 478 Citizens' training camps, persons attending, amount limited 771 Condemned Army horses 693 Condemned stores; expenses of, to be paid from proceeds 1151 Credit, account to be kept : 1195 Report to be made monthly to 1195 Damages military stores ; authority for 1202 Educational institutions, price to be charged _ 1204 Proceeds of to revert to appropriation from which expended 1259 Electric light and power, surplus of 1154 Expenses of, to be paid from proceeds 1151 Horses and mules 1207 Ice, surplus of 1154 Laundry work 1154 Military Academy, cadets of 478 National Guard (see also National Guard) 717-720 Navy and Marine Corps 1200 Net proceeds of, to be deposited only 1150 Obsolete military stores, authority for 1202 Officers and enlisted men, account to be kept 1195 Alcoholic liquors prohibited _ 399 Authority for 1195 Officers not to be interested in financially 210, 211 Old material ; statement to be rendered to Congress of proceeds 1132, 1133 Ordnance and ordnance stores, price to be charged 1203 Philippine Scouts ; stores transferred to ; proceeds of 1153 Premiums on to be accounted for__. 1035 Proceeds of (see also Proceeds of sales) Certain, to the Army 1149 Citizens' training camps, how long available 772 Condemned stores, etc 1148 Educational institutions ; how applied 1155 Exploring or surveying expeditions authorized by law ; how applied 1149 How applied 1094,1149, 1155 Insular Department of the Philippines, stores transferred to__, Laundry work, electric light and power, and ice 1154 Navy and Marine Corps 1199, 1200 Officers and enlisted men 1150 Old material, statement to be rendered 1132, 1133 Philippine Islands, stores transferred to Insular Department of Serviceable quartermaster stores, how long available Statement to be rendered annually 1157 None required for subsistence Subsistence, how long available (see also Subsistence) 1149,1150 Surplus cuttings of materials for clothing 1156 Surplus, ice, electric light and power, and laundry work To be deposited without deduction Penalty for noncompliance with above-- 1090 Subsistence At cost price, how ascertained 1197 Authority for, to officers and enlisted men 1195, 1196 INDEX. 345 Sales Continued. Subsistence Continued. Paragraph. Authority for, to American citizens engaged in work abroad 975J Cadets, Military Academy 478 Navy and Marine Corps, price to be charged 1199 Officers serving in the field, monthly report to be rendered 1198 Proceeds of, how applied 1094, 1149 How long available 1150 Purchase of, authorized from appropriations for subsistence 1196 Statements not required 1158 To other bureaus and departments, price to be charged j. 1206 Tobacco, at cost price 1201 Unserviceable stores, etc., authority for 1202 School-teachers (see also Service schools) Additional pay, rate of, enlisted men acting as 585 School for bakers and cooks: Enlisted men acting as instructors at, additional pay, etc 592 Prizes for cooks and bakers graduating at ' 651 Scouts, Indian. (See Indian scouts.) Seagoing vessels. (See Transports and harbor boats.) Seacoast defenses: Construction and enlargement or buildings for, amount allowed 1223, 1224 Service roll (Honorable) : Establishment of, prohibited 948 Service schools: Officers detailed as instructors ; leave of absence during suspension of aca- demic studies 496 Set-offs : Determination of 122 Settlements (see also Public moneys) : Accepting payment on Auditor's settlement conclusive 1162 Revision of; when 1162 Accounts contracted abroad 1054-1056 Suspended items : 1162 Sewing machines : Exchange of, in part payment for new 178 Sharpshooters : Additional pay, rate of 590 Shooting galleries and ranges: Maintenance of 1231 To be open to National Guard and rifle clubs, etc 1231 Sick leave: Clerks, etc., executive departments 917 Contagious diseases, member of family 917 Employees of arsenals, etc 913 Officers, full pay while on 491 Signal Corps (see also Aviation duty) : Grades of chauffeur, first class, and chauffeur, created, pay, etc 575 Mileage, etc., officers and men of foreign armies 512 Temporary forces By whom paid 297 Pay and allowances 416 Special disbursing agents (see also Disbursing agents and disbursing officers) : Bonds of 27 Staff corps or Departments: Chief of, appointment, etc 464 Chief ordnance officer may be assigned to 463 Period of staff service 465 Quartermaster duty to be performed by regimental, etc. staff officers 435 Service as chief of; rank, pay, etc., on retirement 549 Staff service with troops deemed line duty 475 Vacancies, chief of, how filled 464 Statements. (See Reports.) Stationery : Purchase of 192 Contracts for, to be for a term of one year only : 177 Steam laundries (see Laundries) : Outside work, proceeds of, how applied 1154 346 INDEX. Stoppages of pay (see also Forfeitures of pay) Paragraph. Absence from duty 428 Civilians, expiration of granted leave 912 Commissioned officers 426-455-491 Arrears in accounts 531-532 Certificate of nonindebtedness necessary before final payment on discharge 482 Cost of repairs to arms, equipments, etc 529-530 Deficiencies in money accounts 531-532 Deficiencies in property accounts 530 Detached duty : failure to comply with terms of 455456 Enlisted men, clothing overdrawn 608 Rations purchased on credit 652 Repairs to arms, equipments, etc., cost of 654 Tobacco purchased on credit 653 Indebtedness to the United States 532 National Guard, property lost or destroyed 688-706 Officers, General Staff Corps, allowing violations 316 Three months' absence without leave, commissioned officers 426 Rations purchased on credit 528, 652 Storage of Army supplies: Secretary of War to make allowances for 183 Subsistence (see also Rations) : Accountability (see also Accountability) Regulations governing, by whom prescribed 1177 Civilian employees ; expense of while traveling 954 Claims of States for reimbursement 87, 90, 93 Commutation of (see also Commutation of allowances) Employees on harbor boats 934 Members of Reserve Officers' Training Corps who have completed two years' training 764 Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities ; exception 186 To provide for complete delivery 185 Credit sales, account to be kept 1195 Report to be rendered monthly 1195 During captivity 580 Enlisted men on discharge, sea travel 656 Funds available for purchase of, for sales to officers and enlisted men 1099 Funds in personal possession for purchase of 1100 Issue of Citizens' training camps, members of while attending 771-776 Reserve Officers' Training Corps 761 National Guard, during annual encampments, etc 673 Navy and Marine Corps, sale of to 1200 Nurse Corps. (See Nurse Corps.) Officers not to be interested in purchase or sale of 210, 211 Philippine Scouts. Provisional Regiment 383-385 Porto Rican Regiment of Infantry 392 Purchase of, by whom 181 Purchase of, for sales 1096 From Navy and Marine Corps, price to be paid 1199 Funds from which available 1099 Funds in personal possession for 1100 Rations, issue of (see also Rations) To naval and Marine detachments 365 Reservists, reporting for active duty 793 Retired enlisted men, allowance of 657 Sales (see also Sales) At cost price, how ascertained 1197 To persons engaged in work abroad 1061 Moneys arising from, how long available 1094-1150 To Navy and Marine Corps, price to be charged 1199 To officers and enlisted men, application of proceeds 1149 Authority for 1195 To officers serving in the field 1198 To other bureaus and departments, price to be charged 1206 To persons engaged in work abroad Unserviceable stores-- 1202 INDEX. 347 Subsistence Continued. Paragraph. Seamen and marines, issue of to 365 Sick in hospitals 406 Canal Zone 407 Superintendent, Nurse Corps 367 Troops traveling, meals for. (See Annual Appropriation Acts.) Unserviceable stores, inspection and survey of 1202 Suits : Deficiencies in officers' accounts 531 For recovery of public moneys ! 1069 Superintendents of National Cemeteries (see also National Cemeteries) : Appointment of, authority for 258 .Pay. etc 260, 278 Porter's lodge, for use of 259 Supplies (see also Public property, clothing, and equipment) : Accountability for. (See Accountability.) Issue of. (See Rations and subsistence.) Purchase of. (See Contracts and purchases.) Sureties : Additional security, who may require 46 Agents to be appointed ; where 37 Bonds. (See Bonds.) Discrimination forbidden 36 Liability of, period to continue 32 Premiums on bonds 47 Priority of 106 Procedure and qualifications necessary to transact Government business 44 Release after five years without suit 34 Revocation of authority 46 Solvency of, who authorized to institute inquiry 46 Special agents, bonds of 27 Statement of assets and liabilities, how often filed 45 Who may execute or guarantee bonds 35 Surety companies as sureties: Agents, power of attorney necessary when appointed 37 To be appointed outside of State of incorporation 37 Bonds (see Bonds) Executed by ; may be accepted 35 Officers' Liability of, not affected by noncompliance with requirements 31 Notice of default, nonreceipt of 33 Bids, written guarantee to accompany (see also Bids) 213 Contracts, validity of not affected by 43 Failure to comply with provisions 43 Denying power, estoppel from 42 Discrimination forbidden 36 Forfeiture of rights on failure to pay judgments 41 Jurisdiction of United States courts 40 Liability of, period to continue 32 Noncompliance with provisions 43 Premiums - Rate of, fixed by law 47 United States not to pay any part 48 Priority of sureties 106 Procedure necessary to transact Government business 44 Qualifications necessary to transact Government business 44 Release of, after five years, without suit 34 Revocation of authority . 46 Solvency of, who authorized to institute inquiry 46 Statement of assets and liabilities, how often filed 45 Suits to be instituted, deficiencies in pay accounts 531 Surplus fund (see also Public moneys) : Balances not needed at end of fiscal year to be carried to 13 Balances remaining on books of Treasury after two years to be carried to 11 Switchboard operators : Enlisted men, acting as, pay, etc. (See Enlisted men.) 348 INDEX. Target practice: Paragraph. Appropriations for ; how long available 97 Claims for damages to and loss of private property incident to, to be settled by Auditor for War Department, etc. 97 Report to be rendered 108 Participation in, by National Guard ; authority for 674 Teamsters. (See Additional pay and Enlisted men.) Telegraph service: Transmission of; priority of Government, when 1258 Telephone service : Contracts for, by whom made 192 Expenditures for, in private residences, restricted 1259 Long distance; payment of 1259 Temporary vacancies : Attorney General, who shall act 1262 Chiefs of Bureaus, who shall act- 1260 Officers filling, no extra compensation for 1264 Period limited to 30 days 1263 Secretary of War, who shall act ^ 1261 Tentage : Loan of, restricted 1186 Time recording clocks : Purchase of, restricted 190 Tombstones. (See Headstones, National cemeteries.) Training camps (see Citizens' training camps and Reserve Officers' Training Corps) : Recreational purposes; funds available for 1146 Transfers : Civilians At increased salary, restricted 931 Extended to include independent establishments 953 From one department to another, three years' service necessary for 952 Transportation: By land Animals ; 28-hour law 1278-1280 Continuous confinement on cars and vessels ; time limit 1278 Feeding of, at owners' expense during 1279 Penalty for noncompliance with requirements 1280 Applicants for enlistment ; authority for 1266 Appropriation for 1266 Army and its supplies 1266 By whom furnished 182 Regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War 183 Artificial limbs; for fitting of 1276 Baggage Enlisted men, on authorized change of station ; when Ten or more years' service 1271 Excess, regulation change of station allowance ; reimburse- ment to be collected 12.72 Loss or damage to, shipment under orders, claims for Regulation allowance of, claims for to be covered by- Troops, including cost of packing and crating; authority for Chaplains to be furnished means of; when Citizens' training camps, members of 771-776 Civilians- Injuries received in the service Remains of, when dying abroad. (See National cemeteries.) Claims of States for reimbursement. (See Claims.) Commissioned officers Duty in Alaska .- In kind, on request Contracts for, to be limited to current year necessities- Discharged enlisted men, disability incurred in line of duty Educational institutions ; student members of Officers' Reserve Corps ; when 758 Embargo, not to apply to Army shipments-- Excess baggage ; reimbursement collected Exclusive control of systems in time of war INDEX. 349 Transportation Continued. Citizens' training camps, members of Continued. Paragraph. Foreign armies, officers and men of; reimbursement for 520a Horses Private mounts of officers, from point of purchase to station 1274 In excess of authorized number 127;") On Government bill of lading 1275 In time of peace ; prompt delivery without regard to embargo ' 1268 In time of war: exclusive control of 12TJO Preference to be given Army and its supplies 1268 Insane patients 1266 Land grant railroads Appropriations for 1 267 Deduction 514 Payment of 1267 Mileage. (See Mileage) Computation of Over shortest route 510 I'.y mileage tables r>10 Military Academy- Cadets and graduates of. (See Mileage, i Military prisoners. (See Travel allowance.) Militia.' (See National Guard.) Supplies for permanent equipment of 1266 Motor vehicles - In the District of Columbia; identification tags to be furnished free 1270 When shall constitute 1270 National Guard Mustered into service and discharged for physical disability 1266 Reduced rates by common carriers permitted 679 National rifle matches ; appropriation for 785 Naval and Marine detachments ; Quartermaster's Department to fur- nish ; when .'564 Officers detailed to obtain information from abroad 500 Officers on official duties 127.". Of remains. (See National cemeteries.) Orders to state necessity for special duty enjoined 508 Orders to state necessity for travel in the military service 505 Ordnance and ordnance stores 1266 Other Government departments, property of 1277 Owned horses 1274-1275 Packing and crating 1266 Persons to whom artificial limbs are furnished, for fitting of 1276 Possession of systems taken over by Government in time of war 1260 Post exchanges; use of by 18 Preference in time of war 1268 Private mounts of officers From point of purchase to station 1274 In excess of authorized number 1275 Property of other departments 1277 Purchase of means of, to be made by Quartermaster's Department 201 Rates to National Guard ; reduction of, by common carriers, permitted- 679 Recruits and recruiting parties ; authority for 1265 Remains of officers and enlisted men (see also National cemeteries) __ 249, 261-265 Remains of officers and enlisted men (see also National cemeteries) 249, Reservists, reporting for active duty ! 792 Sea travel; enlisted men on discharge 656 Sleeping-car accommodations. (See Mileage.) Superintendent, Nurse Corps, traveling under orders 266 Supplies; control and supervision of; by whom 1265 Transportation requests, when furnished, deduction for 513 Travel allowance. (See Travel allowance.) Traveling expense. (See Traveling expense.) Travel over bond-aided roads ; deduction 514 Troops and baggage, appropriation for 1266 Secretary of War to have supervision and control of 1265 350 INDEX. Tra importation Continued. By water Paragraph. American vessels to be used ; rates, etc 1287 Appraisement of vessels for public use 1282 Between ports of the United States and insular possessions 1283-1288 Discontinuance of transport service ; action necessary 1291 Foreign vessels engaging in trade between United States and Philip- pines 1288 Guam; merchandise of American production 1285 Passengers to 1283 Harbor boats Canal tolls 1281 Payment for 1282 Transports. (See Transports.) Lighthouse service (see also Lighthouse service) 1298 Merchandise of American production to Island of Guam 1285 Steamships ; seizing of as cruisers or transports ; payment for 1282 Tolls, etc., not to be levied or collected 1281 Transports; use of restricted (see also Transports) 1283 United States Shipping Board (see also United States Shipping Board). 1293-1295 Wharfage dues, Military Academy 1297 Wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; appropriation for 1266 Transports : Appropriation for purchase and repair of 1296 Authority to transport merchandise of American production to Island of Guam 1285 Passengers to Island of Guam 1283 Discontinuance of transport service restricted 1291 Foreign vessels Between ports of the United States and insular possessions 1288 Shipment of Army and Navy supplies on prohibited ; exception 1287 Inspection of, by whom 1286 Payment for 1282 Purchase of, under contract 201 Restriction on use of 1283 Sale of Meade and Crook, authority for 1290 Sale of, restricted - 1289 Taking of vessels as transports; payment for 1282 Transportation on Families of officers, etc 1283-1284 Hawaiian government; members and employees of 1283 Island of Guam; general passengers to 1283 Merchandise of American production 1285 Marine Corps ; officers, etc., of 1283 Members of Congress 1283 Navy, etc ! 1283 Officers of other departments 1 1283 Officers of the War Department 1283 Officers traveling on official business 1283 Philippine Government; members and employees of 1283 Revenue-Cutter Service; officers, etc., of 1284 Young Men's Christian Association 1284 Use of, limited _ 1283-1284 Travel allowance (see also Mileage) : Civilians on official business Per diem allowance 955 Civilians attending training camps May be paid in advance for return journey 774 Rate of 774 Civilians engaged in field work or traveling on official business 955 Commissioned officers On discharge, rate of 533 Sea travel, authority for '?<> Enlisted men On discharge, rate of 655 Sea travel, authority for 624 INDEX. 351 Travel allowance Continued. National Guard Paragraph. Enlisted men of, on discharge 724 Per diem allowance 955 Travel expense (see also Mileage) : Actual expenses in lieu of subsistence 954 Commissioned officers Engineers, purposes of instruction 534 Sea travel, actual expenses of 504 Discharged prisoners and insane patients 1266 Duty in Alaska 535 Expenses of sea travel 504 Foreign armies, officers and men of; how paid 520a Military Academy, candidates of 324 National Guard Discharged for physical disability 1266 Officers of, on discharge 724 Property and disbursing officers 714 Nurse Corps, members of 368 Reservists 787 Sea travel, enlisted men on discharge 624 Officers, on discharge 536 Actual expenses of 504 Statement to be rendered annually 1252 Superintendent, Nurse Corps, traveling under orders 368 Treasury Department (see also Comptroller of the Treasury and Auditor for the War Department) : Accounting officers to settle claims of officers and enlisted men for prop- erty lost or destroyed 75_78 Settlement of claims and accounts in 73 Where appropriations have lapsed 74 Typewriting machines: Exchange of, in part payment for new 180 Price to be paid 21 Unexpended balances (sec also Balances and public moneys) : Accruing from lapsed salaries 16 Application of; restriction 13 Construction of public buildings, disposition of 15 Disposition if, after two years 11, 14 Estimate of probable demands on, to be reported to Congress 10 How covered into Treasury 11 Lapsed salaries, disposition of 16 Of appropriations, how applied 13 Probable demands on, to be included in annual report 10 Reappropriation and diversion of, to be construed as a new appropriation 12 Remaining on books of Treasury for two years 11 Restricted to current fiscal year : 13 To be included in surplus-fund warrant 14 To be reported annually to Congress 13 Uniform of the Army: Boy Scouts - Use of specified, permitted-- 1305 Coast Guard not prohibited from wearing 1304 Discharged officers and enlisted men ; wearing of, from place of discharge to home within three months from date of discharge 1305 Educational institutions furnishing, where military units are maintained ; reimbursement for i 760 Enlisted men, not to be sold, bartered, exchanged, etc 1183, 1184 Enlisted Reserve Corps Same as for enlisted men of Regular Army 804 To be accounted for on discharge 807 To be issued in kind 804 To remain the property of the United States 805 Unserviceable, to be replaced 806 In possession of persons not soldiers, may be seized, etc 1183, 1184 Insignia, wearing of, restricted 1307 352 INDEX. Uniform of the Army Continued. Issue of Paragraph. Citizens' Training Camps, members of, while attending 771-776 Educational institutions; when 757-759 National Guard (see also National Guard) Distinctive mark required 1306 Use of specified, permitted 1305 Officers' Reserve Corps ; members of, discharged, when permitted to wear 731 Sale of Civilians attending training camps, amount limited 771 To be prescribed by President 1302 Unauthorized wearing of, unlawful 1303 Violations, penalties 1308 War veterans on ceremonious occasions, may be worn by 1305 Who is authorized to wear 1305, 1306 United States Courts (see also Court of Claims) : Bonds; jurisdiction of actions and suits 40 United States Disciplinary Barracks : At posts, branches to be established 822 Commandant ; authority of 819 To be detailed from the Army 817 Confinement in 815 Conflicting laws repealed 823 Control, etc., of 713 Details; enlisted men, for duty at 582 From commissioned officers of the Army at large, authorized 817 Noncommissioned officers of disciplinary organizations 818 Employment of offenders 819 Enlisted men Detailed as guards, pay, etc _ 599, 600 For duty at, additional pay, etc 582 Establishment of 814 Good conduct, remission of unexecuted portion of sentence for 821 Guards, enlisted men to serve as; pay, etc 580,581,818 Instruction in agricultural or mechanical arts 824 Military training of offenders 820 Offenders, employment of 819 Unexecuted sentence, remission of, for good conduct 821 United States Shipping Board: Creation of 1292 Sale, etc., of unserviceable vessels 1295 Transfer of certain Government-owned vessels to 1294 Transports; authority to build, purchase, charter, etc 1293 Useless papers: Disposition of: action required 1309 Report to be rendered, etc 1309 Vacancies. (See Temporary vacancies.) Vehicles. (See Public vehicles.) Vessels (see also Transports) : Purchase of 201 Veterinarians (Reserve). (See Reserve Veterinarians.) Veterinary Corps: Appointments Assistant veterinarians 538, 539 Veterinarians 538 Of Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Quartermaster Corps__. 542 Discharge Assistant veterinarians, where found deficient at examination 541 Pay and allowances Assistant veterinarians Reserve veterinarians Veterinarians of Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Quartermaster Corps 542 Vocational Instruction for soldiers: Civilian teachers may be employed-- Instruction upon educational lines, etc Rules and regulations governing, to be prescribed by President INDEX. 353 Voluntary ser?ice: Paragraph. Acceptance of, prohibited; exception 900 Members of Officers' Reserve Corps, when permissible 747 Volunteers : Appointment of, in time of war 744 Details ; officers of the Army for service with 745 Leave of absence, accrued, where appointed from Regular Army 494 Service in Alaska or without the limits of the United States 493 Medal to, for service in suppressing Philippine Insurrection 229 Pay and allowances During captivity 580 Officers and enlisted men of, same as corresponding grades of Regular Army 409 Retired enlisted men assigned to duty with _ ._; 408 Retired officers assigned to duty with 408 War of the Rebellion ; computation for length of service 501 Wagons (see also Public vehicles) : Purchase of, by advertisement 201 War Risk insurance: Applications for Minimum and maximum amount 868 Payment of 869 Time limit for filing of 869 Army and Navy surgeons, services of, to be used by bureau of 828 Beneficiaries, change of '_ 870 Bureau of Establishment of 826 Division of Military and Naval Insurance, establishment of 826 Director to be appointed 826 Estimates of appropriations to be submitted 830 Information and reports to be furnished by departments . 829 Rules and regulations, methods, etc 827 Services of Army and Navy surgeons to be used by . 828 Calculations, etc 870 Claims for Action in event of disagreement 873 Attorneys' fees, etc 873 Marriage to be established 833 Contract conditions, etc 870 Exempted from claims for debts, etc 870 Expenses of administration, excess cost incident to war 871 False statements ; penalty 835 Fraudulent payments, acceptance of; penalty . 836 Installments, monthly 870 Interest, etc 870 Not assignable 870 Pay deposit fund, establishment of 832 Payment, in case of death of beneficiary named 870 Premium rates to be based on 871 Premiums Method of payment of '. 872 To be deposited 8G1 Term of insurance 872 Terms and conditions to be determined 870 To whom payable 870 Warrants (see also Public moneys) : Balances of appropriations to be included in surplus fund warrant 14 Certificates in lieu of; use of, authorized abroad 1055 Countersigned by comptroller 1164 Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, establishment of, duties, etc 1168 Enlisted men, continuance of 637 Expiration of time limit 1162 Issuance cf, time for 1162 Upon presentation of outstanding checks or drafts 1080 Money appropriated to be drawn from Treasury by 1163 Outstanding checks. (See Checks.) 4939218 23 354 INDEX. Warrants Continued. Paragraph. Payment of claims, etc 68 Public moneys, drawn from Treasury by 1163 To be accompanied by auditor's certificate or requisition for advance of money 1164 To be countersigned by Comptroller of Treasury 1164 Unpaid for three years or more, vouchers for 1079 Witnesses : Examination of, Attorney General to provide for 60, 70 Expenses of, how paid 410 Subpoenaed By whom subpoena may be issued 57 Compensation of, amount limited 58 Examination of, how professional services may be obtained 60 Punishment for nonappearance 59 Working hours. (See Hours of work.) ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT $1.00 EACH V THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE~OF 25 CFNITQ LD 21-50m-l,'33 yc 63099 386031 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY