Commissary-general of ordnance department, 226.
of purchases, 218, 274, 309.
of subsistence, 308.

rank, pay, and duties of, 286, 308.

Commissary of musters, duties of, 65, 178.

penalty for receiving bribes, 65, 178.
removed, when, 65, 178.

Commissary of purchases, duties of office, by whom performed, 360.
office of, abolished, 360.

Commissary-sergeant, regimental, pay of, 469.
Commission on sums paid, 328.

Commissioned officers, appointed by President, 93.

cashiered for fraud, &c., 190.

dismissal of, 73.

effects of deceased, 74.

of levies, 91.

rations of, 88.

take rank, how, 99.

to be citizens of United States, 203.

Commissioner of land-office, duty of, 413.

of pensions, duties of, 515.

Commissions, dates of, affect rank of officers when, 185.
Commutation of subsistence and travel, 468.
Companies, division of, 154.

organization of, 473.

returns of, how and when made, 160.
Company of infantry, organization of, 230.

officers of volunteers, how commissioned, 468.
of riflemen, organization of, 251.

Compensation in case of wounds, 202, 212, 239.

for disabilities, 202, 222.

for paying pensions, 542.
of officers, &c., 201, 221.

Comptroller, additional, in treasury department, 279.

duties of first and second, 281.
of treasury, duties of, 209.
fines certified to, 241.
Comptrollers, franking privilege to, 282.
Conduct in presence of court-martial, 80.
unbecoming, punished, 190.

Conductors of artillery, 220, 252, 294.

Confinement of officers and soldiers limited, 189.
Confirmation of sentence of court-martial, 187.
Confiscation of property of certain rebels, 520.
Congress, members of, cannot enter into or make contracts, 204.

punishment for traitorous words, &c. against, 63, 175.

recognition of services of Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon, 536.
thanks of, to certain gallant officers and soldiers, 537.

to Major-General Jackson, 268.

to Major-General John E. Wool, 435.

to Major-General Taylor, 377, 389, 398.

to Major-Generals Brown, Scott, Porter, Gaines, Macomb, and
Brigadiers Ripley and Miller, 267.

vote of gold medals to Brigadier-General Ripley, Brigadier-General

Miller, and Major-General Porter, 268.

Congress, vote of gold medal to Colonel Croghan, 333.

to General Taylor, 377, 389, 398.
to Major-General Brown, 267.
to Major-General Gaines, 268.
to Major-General Jackson, 268.
to Major-General Macomb, 268.
to Major-General Scott, 267, 398.

Conniving at hiring of duty, 70.
Consolidation of regiments, 387.
Constitution of United States, 33.
amendments to, 49.
index to, 53.

Contemptuous words against President, &c., punishment for, 175.
Continental generals, powers of, 77.

Contracts, considerations for procuring, prohibited to whom, 517.
for supplies, how made, 129, 210.

list of, to be published, 541.

made by law or appropriation, 298.

made by secretary of war or secretary of navy, 452.

made in cases of pressing exigency, 453.

members of Congress forbidden to make, 204.

not transferable, 528.

proposals for, 209.
public, 203.

reported to Congress, 528.
requirements in regard to, 505.
requiring advance of money, 129.

statement made by whom, 205.

statements of, reported annually, 210.

Contractors' names on articles furnished, 529.

Contributions in Mexico and California, receivers to be paid, 430.

Cooks and nurses, extra pay to soldiers acting as, 444.
Corporal, pay of, 93, 143.

Corporals of ordnance department, 509.
Corporeal punishment, limitation of, 76, 81, 190.

abolished, 228.

in force in case of desertion, 329.
Corps of artificers, organization of, 222.

of engineers, 223.

of engineers, officers, &c. of, governed, how, 193.
of engineers organized, 148.

Correspondence with enemy prohibited, 71, 185.
Council of administration may appoint chaplain, 346.

Court-martial, confinement in District Columbia jail under sentence of,

519.

brigade, 156.

challenge of member of, 188.

prisoners before, 188.

Courts-martial, 72, 166.

appointed by President, when, 186, 321.

appointed by whom, 186.
artillery, 75.

assembled by whom, 79.

behavior in presence of, 73, 189.
behavior of members of, 72, 188.
composed of militia officers, when, 193.

Courts-martial, composition of, 95.
conduct in presence of,

evidence obtained, how, 156.

execution of sentence of, 73, 77.

fines imposed by, certified to, 241.

for drafted militia, composed, how, 258.

for field officers, 156.

for offences not capital, 187.
for trial of militia, 109, 478.
garrison, or general, 73.
general, organization of, 186.
in army, 490.

in District of Columbia, 155.
may order imprisonment, 259.
necessity for, to be reported, 81.
number required to form, 79.
oath of members of, 72.

oath of witness before, 80, 189.

ordered by whom, 79.

parties tried by, entitled to copy of sentence, 191.
powers of, 190.

powers of garrison or regimental, 79.

powers of officers ordering, 191.
proceedings of, filed, 76, 81.

rank of members of, 72, 79.
regimental, 73.

regimental, or garrison, powers of, 187.
regimental, summoned, when, 182.
sentence of death by, 72, 80, 190.

sentences of, executed, 79.

sentences of, in time of peace, 117.
trials before, 189.

votes of members of, 80.

witnesses before, 72, 80.

Court of inquiry, may exempt from duty, 157.
oath taken by members, 157.
proceedings of, authenticated, 192.
Courts of inquiry, appointed by whom, 156.
battalion, 231.

organization and powers of, 82, 192.
proceedings admitted as evidence, 192.
prohibited, when, 82, 192.

provided for musicians, 167.
squadron, 232.

Couriers appointed by brigadier-generals, 166.
Cowardice or fraud, officers cashiered for, 81.
officers cashiered for, 74.

Creditors, protection against, prohibited, 68.
Crime, capital, officer or soldier accused of, 68, 181.
insane persons charged with, 446.
officers charged with, 189.

Crimes not capital, punishment of, 76, 194.
punishment of, 73.

Criminals, insane, 446.

Croghan, Colonel George, gold medal to, 333.

Cushing, Major, pay of, as inspector, 122.
Custom-house, removal of, to secure place, 464.
Customs, protection of officers of, 464.

D.

DATES of commissions, effects of, on rank, when, 185.
Death, limitation of sentence of, 76.

sentence of, 81.

sentence of, by court-martial, 72, 190.

Debts, payment of, enforced, 281.

Deceased officers, effects of, 74.

Decision of disputes between different corps, 73.

Declaration of war between Great Britain and United States, 230.
Defalcations, act to prevent, 317.

act to prevent, explanatory act, 336.
Defaulter, penalty to be subject to, 524.
Defence of frontier, 329.

of ports and harbors, 104, 118, 120.
Delinquent, non-appearance of, at court-martial, 258.
Department of war established, 85.

on Indian affairs, organization of, 333.
Deputy adjutant-generals, 123.

commissaries of ordnance, 246, 250.
commissary, pay of, 219.

inspector-general, ex officio deputy adjutant-general, 137.
rank and pay of, 137.

paymaster-generals, appointment of, 385.
paymasters, duties, &c. of, 137.

to give security, 137.

quartermaster, appointment of, 246.
pay, &c. of, 93, 218.

quartermaster-general, rank and pay of, 136.
Deserters in time of peace, 322.

not to receive bounty land, 439.
officers receiving, cashiered, 179.
officers registered as such, when, 487.
penalty for entertaining, 66.
reward for apprehension of, 82.
search to be made for, 82.

Desertion, act to prevent, 328.

additional penalties for, 240.

law in regard to punishment for, repealed, 329.
penalty for advising, 66.

penalty for encouraging, 113, 116, 179, 214.
punishment for, 66, 147, 178.

re-enlistment before discharge is deemed, 66.

Desertions, reports of, 82.
Detached officers, rank of, 213.
Disabilities, compensation for, 222.
Disability, compensation in case of, 326.
Disabled officers and soldiers, 239.
Disbandment, provision for, 476.

of volunteers, 466.

Disbursement of money by engineer officers, 352.

Courts-martial, composition of, 95.
conduct in presence of, 80.
evidence obtained, how, 156.
execution of sentence of, 73, 77.
fines imposed by, certified to, 241.
for drafted militia, composed, how, 258.
for field officers, 156.

for offences not capital, 187.
for trial of militia, 109, 478.
garrison, or general, 73.
general, organization of, 186.
in army, 490.

in District of Columbia, 155.
may order imprisonment, 259.
necessity for, to be reported, 81.
number required to form, 79.
oath of members of, 72.

oath of witness before, 80, 189.

ordered by whom, 79.

parties tried by, entitled to copy of sentence, 191.
powers of, 190.

powers of garrison or regimental, 79.

powers of officers ordering, 191.
proceedings of, filed, 76, 81.

rank of members of, 72, 79.
regimental, 73.

regimental, or garrison, powers of, 187.
regimental, summoned, when, 182.
sentence of death by, 72, 80, 190.

sentences of, executed, 79.

sentences of, in time of peace, 117.
trials before, 189.

votes of members of, 80.

witnesses before, 72, 80.

Court of inquiry, may exempt from duty, 157.
oath taken by members, 157.
proceedings of, authenticated, 192.
Courts of inquiry, appointed by whom, 156.
battalion, 231.

organization and powers of, 82, 192.
proceedings admitted as evidence, 192.
prohibited, when, 82, 192.

provided for musicians, 167.
squadron, 232.

Couriers appointed by brigadier-generals, 166.
Cowardice or fraud, officers cashiered for, 81.
officers cashiered for, 74.

Creditors, protection against, prohibited, 68.
Crime, capital, officer or soldier accused of, 68, 181.
insane persons charged with, 446.
officers charged with, 189.

Crimes not capital, punishment of, 76, 194.
punishment of, 73.

Criminals, insane, 446.

Croghan, Colonel George, gold medal to, 333.