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Dragoons, President may arm, 92.

reduced, dös,

regiment of, 252.

surgeon's mate to regiment of, 230,
to serve dismounted, 92.
troop of 252.

Drivers of artillery, 228.

Drunkenness of officers, penalty for, 183.

on guard or other duty, penalty for, 70.

Duncan, Ensign Joseph, sword presented to, 333.
Duelling, penaity for, 66.

Duels forbidden, 179.

Duties of accountants of war and navy departments, 209.

of adjutant, 162.

and inspector of army, 142.

of adjutant-general, 99, 150,
of militia, 150,

of apothecary-general, 129.

of assistant adjutants-general, 343.

of assistant secretary of war, 480.

of attorney-general, 356,

of auditors in treasury department, 280.

of board of visitors to insane hospital, 437.

of brigade-inspector, 100, 162.

of brigade-major, 260,

of brigadier-general, 142.

of chaplain of regiment of volunteers, 470.

of chaplains, 346.

of chief clerk of department of war, 86.

of citizens enrolled, 96,

of collector of port, 464.

of colonel of corps of topographical engineers, 418.
of ordnance department, 253, 264, 265.

of commander of corps of cadets, 355.

of commanding officers, 66, 178.

of commissary-general, 226, 2×6,

of ordnance, 1225.

of purchases, 21×,

transferred, 360,

of commissary of musters, 65.

of commissioners of military asylum, 456.
of pensions, 51,

of comptroller of treasury, 29, 281.

of conductor of artillery, 252.

of court of inqu rv, 157.

of deputy paymaster generals, 3×5.
paymasters, 17.

quartermaster general, 136.

of district attorneys, 96,

paymasters, 326,

of engineers at West Point, 148,

of engineers limited, 1×96.

of enrad extizens, 96,

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Duties of hospital-surgeons, 130.
of inspectors, 88.

of inspector-generals, 496, 499.
of inspector of fortifications, 137.

of judge-advocate, 79, 187.

of keepers of magazines and arsenals, 264.
of legionary commanders, 153.

of light-house board, 424, 425, 426.
of marshals, 110.

of medical board, 131.

cadets, 482.

inspector-general, 502.
inspectors, 502.

purveyors, 502.
storekeepers, 504.

of military agents, 146.

board for examination of officers, 470.

of officers and soldiers at musters, 159.

of officers in pay department, 372.

issuing clothing or supplies, 315.
receiving public money, 301.

of ordnance sergeants, 322.

of paymaster of legion, 165.

of paymasters, 256, 273, 274.

of pension agent, 516.

of pensioners, by whom performed, 272.

of physician-general, 129.

of professor of chemistry, military academy, 347.
of purveyor of medical department, 130.

public supplies, 107.

of quartermaster-general, 218.

of quartermaster's department, 315.

of secretaries of executive departments, 356.

of secretary of war, 85, 86, 243.

of signal officer, 459.

of superintendent of artificers, 223.

of coast survey, 418.

of insane hospital, 438.

of military supplies, 242.

of sutlers in volunteer service, 496.

of treasurer, 280.

of two officers, compensation for, forbidden, when, 422.

of wagon-masters, 219.

on arms imported into United States, 500.

on imports, collection of, 463.

surplus of, pledged for paying interest of loan, 133.

Duty, absence from, rules in regard to, 486.

court of inquiry may exempt from, 157.

hiring of, prohibited, 70.

militia, persons exempt from, 97.

of agents, 210.

of captains in regard to enrolling, 96.

of chaplains at "chaplain posts," 527.

of clerk of "returns office," 506.
of commissioner of land office, 413.

Duty of field officers, 533.

of judge-advocate, 191.

of paymaster may be assigned to any officer, 338.
routine of, regulation of, 154.

E.

EFFECTS of deceased officers, 74, 192.

soldiers, 74, 193.

Embezzlement, failure to keep moneys treated as, 182, 450.
failure to make deposits punished as, 450.
punishment for, 182, 431.

waste, &c. of military stores, 68.

Emigration of African race, 523.

Enemy, correspondence with, prohibited, 71.
misbehavior before, punishment for, 184.
penalty for misbehavior before, 70.
for relieving, 71.

public stores taken from, 71.

punishment for corresponding with, 185.
for relieving, 185.

Engineer, assistant, pay of, 279.

corps, officers from, to superintend construction of light-houses, 419.
department increased, 481.

soldiers, 369.

soldiers, three companies of, pay, &c. of, 482.
Engineers and artillerists, corps of, established, 104.

teachers for, 128.

Engineers, assistant of corps of, 327.

civil employment of, repealed, 343.

corps of, 223, 307.

commander of, 226.

completed, 111.

organized, 148.

pay of, 342.

duties of, limited, 186.

may be transferred, 186.

number of officers increased, 488.

officers, &c., of corps of, governed, how, 193.

promotion in corps of, 430.

two appointed with rank of lieutenant-colonel, 137.

topographical, corps of, increased, 343.

promotion in corps of, 430.

Enlisted men, pay of, 143.

Enlistment, certificate of, 64.

during tour of militia duty, 238.

oath of, 64, 176.

by whom administered, 455.

of minors, 261.

of volunteers, term of, 466.

term of, 87, 90, 92, 111, 122, 146, 210, 250, 328, 346, 369, 378, 475.
Enlistments, allowance for obtaining, 250.

bounty for, 87, 90, 92, 111, 122, 128, 135, 146, 211, 214, 237, 250, 378.
bounty for, abolished, 329.

during war with Great Britain, 237.

Enlistments, encouragement of, 250, 408, 539.
for ordnance department authorized, 374.
in charge of whom, 476.

in regular army encouraged, 378.
suspended in year 1800, 139.

to serve against United States, punishment for, 488.
without consent of parents or guardians, 261, 410.

Enrolment, conditions of, 153.

in militia of District of Columbia, 155.

notice of, 155.

of militia, 95, 151.

penalty for withdrawal from, 153.

Ensigns and cornets denominated second lieutenants, 134.
and cornets, pay of, 93, 118, 143, 272.

Equipage for cavalry, 125.

Escape of prisoners, 74, 81.

Estimates for executive departments, 453.

Establishment, military. (See MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.)
Ethics, professor of, at military academy, pay of, 356.

Evidence for trials by court-martial, obtained, how, 156.
in bounty-land cases, 442.

in regard to title to pensions, 366, 400, 407.

of service, 443.

of title to pensions, resolutions in relation to, 400, 407.
parol, 443.

record, 443.

refusal to give, before court-martial, 72.

rules of, 259.

Execution of sentence of court-martial, 79.

Exemption from military duties, 167.

Expeditions against friendly powers prohibited, 292.
Expenditures, account of, laid before Congress, 121.
Expenses, appropriation for, 91.

appropriation for civil and diplomatic, 422.

extra, incurred by officers, 147, 240.

for subsistence, &c. of volunteers before being mustered, 389, 392.
incurred by States and individuals refunded, 377.

by the states, payment of, 472.

in marching, paid, 287.

of government, appropriation for, 335, 352, 436.
of marching militia to rendezvous, 259.

Experiments at military academy, by whom made, 150.

Extra allowance for disbursement of money prohibited, 353, 357.
compensation to soldiers on fatigue duty, 294, 371, 433.

expenses incurred by officers, 147, 240.

issues of liquor to those on fatigue duty, 138.

pay to chaplains in California, 435.

to discharged officers, 387.

to paymasters during Mexican war, 396.

to soldiers in Oregon, California, and New Mexico, 423.
to soldiers who re-enlist, 432.

to soldiers who served in Mexico, 394, 400.

to troops at Fort Laramie, 435.

F.

FALSE alarms, punishment for creating, 184.
certificates, penalty for issuing, 65, 177.
musters of those not soldiers, 65.

penalty for, 65, 177.

returns, officers cashiered for making, 178.
penalty for, 65.

swearing of expenditure of public money, 312.

Farriers, pay of, 216.

Fatigue duty, allowance for, 433.

extra compensation to those on, 294, 371, 372, 433.
extra issues of liquor to those on, 138.

pay of army on, 294.

Fees for establishing claims to pensions, 514.

for examination of applicants for pensions, 515.
Female nurses, 482.

Field officers, appointment of, 122.

duty of, 533.

of volunteers, 126, 468.

Fines, assessment of, 157.

certified by whom, 110.

collection and application of, 76.

and payment of, 478.

of, 95, 231.

for enticing workmen to leave armories or arsenals, 140.
for misconduct, 161.

for not appearing in uniform, 167.

fund to pay officers, &c., 165.

imposed by courts-martial, certified to, 241.

incurred by minors and apprentices, by whom paid, 164.
levied by whom, 110.

list of, by whom kept, 158.

remitted, 157.

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Flags, &c., collection and preservation of, 257.
&c., delivered to President, 257.

taken from enemy, disposition of, 257.

Flogging abolished in army, 226, 487.

Florida, allowance to wounded and disabled in, 334.
war, horses lost during, 365.

Forage, allowance of, 93.

commutation for, 366, 525.

for horses of certain officers, 525.

for officers' horses, commutation of, 366.

horses condemned for want of, 407.

masters abolished, 285.

appointment of, 220, 246.

employment of, 344.

not to trade in forage, 220.
pay of, 220, 283.

re-established, 344.

money in lieu of, 88, 145, 248, 276, 374.

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