Forage, monthly allowance in lieu of, 116, 144, 248, 276. no allowance for more horses than employed, 248, 276. to additional regiments, 91. to assistant quartermasters, 316. Forces of United States employed in cases of insurrection, 199. of officers of militia in District of Columbia, 155. Forms, blank, of contracts, 506. Fortifications, armament of, 360. arming of, 102, 105. on seaboard and frontier, 354. built by states for United States, 119, 120. duties of inspector of, 137. garrison of, 102, 105. inspector of, appointed, 137. land to be purchased for, 103. repairing and arming, 354. Fortress, commander of, compelled to abandon it, 185. President has power to establish, 121. France and United States, differences between, 127. Franking privilege, to whom allowed, 107, 219, 235, 247, 282, 287, 470. contractors punished for, 529. in making contracts, act to prevent, 504. officers cashiered for, 74. Frays and quarrels, quelling of, 66. Frémont's, Colonel, volunteers to have benefit of certain acts of Con- Frontiers of United States, provision for protection of, 92, 105. protection of, 92. rations allowed on, 116. Fugitive slaves, hindered of liberty only in what cases, 522. Fund for defence of ports and harbors, 119. for military asylum abolished, 509. Funds of disbursing officers, 449. for support of military asylum, 416. Furloughs, absence on, limited, 177. given, by whom, 177. limitations to, 65. to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 65. G. GAINES, Major-General, thanks of Congress, and gold medal, voted to, 268. court-martial, powers of, 187. of fortifications, 102, 105. or general courts-martial, 73. or regimental courts-martial, powers of, 79. troops employed as, 102. General-in-chief, disrespect towards, punished, 64. staff, appointments in, 374. staff officers, commissions of, conferring equal rank in army, 374. Generals, number of, increased, 307. one company to each battalion, 98. Guard, drunkenness on, punishment for, 70, 183. H. HALF pay and pensions to widows, 350. pay, five years', to certain widows and orphans, 401. pay, to widows or orphans, 105, 338, 394, 414, 427, 454. Hamer, General, sword voted to nearest male relative, 389. Harbors, defence of, 102, 104, 118, 119, 199. Harper's Ferry, pay of superintendent of armory at, 278, 349. superintendent of armory at, abolished, 359. Harrison, Major-General William Henry, thanks of Congress and gold medal Height and age of recruits, 88. of enlisted men, repealed, 349. Henderson, General, sword voted to, 389. Hiring of duty prohibited, 70, 183. Horse, one troop of, for each division, 98. Horses, allowance to volunteers for loss of, 123. and property lost in service of United States, payment for, 404. &c. captured or destroyed by enemy, 405. commutation of forage for officers', 366. condemned for unfitness for want of forage, 407. killed, compensation for, 114. killed in battle on Wabash, 222. Hospital, government, for insane, 437, 438. Hospital mates, duties of, 130. stewards, rank and pay of, 444, 501. surgeons, 213. duties of, 130. Hospitals, allowance to, 484. directions of admission of patients into, 130. temporary and permanent, 131. Hours for trials by court-martial, 73, 80.- IMPORTS, Collection of duties on, 463. I. Imprisonment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 81, 110. Incorporated companies, contracts made by, 204. Index to Constitution, 53. Indianapolis, arsenal at, 511. Indian affairs, organization of department on, 333. Indians, bounty lands to, 440. competent witnesses, 388. employed by President, 94. money, &c., not to be distributed to, while intoxicated, 388. protection against, 87. provisoes in regard to peace with, 92. trade and intercourse with, 332. Infantry, half pay of, 339. one hundred thousand volunteers accepted as, 532. reduced, 358. regiment of, 342. how composed, 307. officers of, 474. regiments of, 142. completed, 92. tactics, instructor of, 355. Inquiry, courts of, by whom appointed, 156. courts of, organization and powers of, 82, 192. organization of courts of, 82. Insane, government hospital for, 437, 438. organization of institution for in District of Columbia, 461. persons not to be confined in jail, 445. reception of, into hospital, 458. Inspection of arms at musters, 159. of ordnance, 263. Inspector-general, 213. office of, revived, 366. Inspector-general, President may appoint, 123. Inspector, light-house, 425. of fortifications appointed, 137. Inspectors, duties and pay of, 88. two additional, rank and pay of, 489. Insurgents, proclamation to, to disperse, 95, 477. power of President to suppress, 108, 465. Interest on moneys refunded, 392. soldiers of war of 1812, 456. Invalids of United States, 112, 117. pensions to, 89, 195, 206, 271, 296. Invasion, defence of United States against, 353. militia called by whom, on an, 165. Invasions, power of President to suppress, 108, 465. repelled, 94, 341. Inventions, patented, purchase of, 460. J. JACKSON, Major-General, thanks of Congress, and gold medal, voted to, 268. LABORERS, bounty and clothing to, 255. Land, allowance of, to officers and soldiers, 211, 214. warrants, 380. Courts-martial, composition of, 95. for offences not capital, 187. in District of Columbia, 155. 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. proceedings of, authenticated, 192. Courts of inquiry, appointed by whom, 156. battalion, 231. organization and powers of, 82, 192. provided for musicians, 167. Couriers appointed by brigadier-generals, 166. Creditors, protection against, prohibited, 68. officers charged with, 189. Crimes not capital, punishment of, 76, 194. Criminals, insane, 446. Croghan, Colonel George, gold medal to, 333. |