Trials before court-martial, 189.
not capital, witnesses on, 80.
of field officers, 73.

of militia, courts-martial for, 109.
of officers, 80, 189, 321.

after release from arrest, 528.

Troop of dragoons, 252.

of horse, formation of companies of, 98.
one for each division, 98.

Troops, ardent spirits issued to, 138.

clothing for, prescribed by President, 275.

employed as garrisons, 102.

enlistments and discharge of, 111.

establishment of, in 1789, 87.

governed by rules and articles of war, 79, 83, 87, 89, 113, 117, 145,
193, 239, 309, 436, 452.

joining on marches, command of, 71.

marching together, command of, 71.
number of, limited, 472.

organization of, in 1785, 78, 83, 133.

pay of, 78.

President has power to accept or discharge, 124.
has power to organize, when, 122.

has power to raise or discharge, 93, 113.

proviso regarding pay of, 88.

required in 1787, 83.

transportation of, 493.

vinegar issued to, 138.

Trophies, preservation of, 436.

Twiggs, General, sword voted to, 389.

U.

UNIFORM clothing, annual allowance of, 89.

furnished, 145.

of light artillery, 217.

of light dragoons, 217.

militia, established, 150, 257.

of army prescribed by whom, 194.

partially retired officers may continue to wear, 486.
provided for militia in District of Columbia, 153.

officers on duty required to wear, 162.

orders in relation to, 233.

required to be worn by whom, and when, 167.

Uniforms, color and fashion of, 167.

United States and France, differences between, 127.

Utah, quelling of disturbances in, 452.

V.

VACANCIES among officers of volunteers, how filled, 489.

filled, how, 393.

in

army and navy filled, how, 133.

in army filled by President, when, 128.

in companies of volunteers, 470.

in grade of major, adjutant-general's department, filled, how, 530.

Vacancies in grade of surgeon, filled, how, 507.

Vessel, destination of, may be changed in manifest, 464.

Vessels and cargoes, detention of, until payment of duties, 464.
armed, purchased, or chartered, for Mexican war, 368.

foreign armed, force of, not to be increased in United States, 290.
foreign, forfeited, when, 465.

forfeited for entering unlawful service, 290.

owners of armed, to give bond, 292.

regulations in regard to, 291, 292.

to be detained, when, 292.

transport, inspection of, 493.

Victory, pillaging after, prohibited, 70.

Vinegar issued to troops, 138.

Violence to persons bringing food, &c. punished, 184.
Visitors at West Point, selection and appointment of, 376.
of hospital for the insane, 437.

Voluntary military corps, acts concerning, repealed, 240.
Volunteer and militia corps, pay of, 241.

corps and militia officered, how, 169.
corps, payment of, 334.

forces, organization of, 375.

military corps, organization of, 215, 235.

regiments, paid, how, 530.

service, additional medical officers, 507.

Volunteers, allowance to, for loss of horses, 123.
and militia, payment of, 378.

subsistence and forage of, 374.

apportioned, 133.

furnished by states in proportion to population, 466.

in service, 123.

number of generals, limited, 468.

limited, 466.

one hundred thousand, accepted as infantry, 532.
organization of, 199, 467.

placed on pension list, when, 215.

President authorized to accept, 123, 198.

authorized to organize, 132.

may accept such numbers as may be required, 479.

promotion of officers of, 255.

provisions for killed and wounded, 468.

services of, accepted, 336, 472.

not limited to any locality, 495.

subject to army rules and regulations, 466.
term of enlistment, limited, 466.

time of service of, 132.

to fill old regiments, footing of, 532.

training and disciplining, 125.

Volunteers wounded in Mexican war, 368.

Votes of members of courts-martial, 72, 80, 188.
Vouchers for disbursements, 256.

W.

WABASH, relief of officers and soldiers who served on, 221.
Wagon-masters abolished, 285.

additional pay to, 283.
appointment of, 246.

bounty land granted to, 439.
duties of, 219.
employment of, 344.
pay of, 219, 283, 469.
re-established, 344.

Waiters, officers', 253.

pay and subsistence of, 235.
soldiers taken as, 276.

War, additional article of, 496.

War and navy departments, exceptions in regard to purchases, 460, 462.
articles of, levies governed by, 91.

between United States and Mexico, prosecution of, 367.

declaration of, between Great Britain and United States, 230.
department, accountant of, 101.

additional accountant appointed, 278.

alterations in, 101.

establishment of, 85, 129, 297.

regulation of, 207.

duties of chief clerk of department of, 86.

secretary of, 85, 86.

increase of military force in case of, 131.

oath of secretary of, and clerks, 86.

original rules and articles of, 63.

secretary of, subject to President's instructions, 86.

troops governed by articles of, 79, 83, 87, 89, 113, 117, 145, 193, 239,
309, 436, 452.

Warrant of distress against delinquents, 301.
Warrants charged to appropriations, 208.

treated as personal chattels, 453.

Washington, appropriation for defence of, 495.
Waste and spoil prohibited, 71.

of ammunition, &c., penalty for, 182.

Watchword, law in regard to, 70.

punishment for making known, 184.

Watertown arsenal, pay of military storekeeper at, 403.
Western military asylum, 449.

appropriation for, 430.

sale of, 458.

site for, 424.

West Point, oath administered to cadets at, 483.
pay of master of sword at, 431.

professors, teachers, and cadets, 431.

term for cadets at, increased, 348.

Whipping abolished, 228.

Widows and children of deceased officers and soldiers, pay to, 334.

evidence necessary to entitle to pension, 367.
half pay and pensions to, 350.

having married, pensions to, 340.

&c., of deceased soldiers, allowance to, 250.

of officers and soldiers of revolution, pensions of, 395.
of revolutionary soldiers, provision for, 390.
pensions to, 419.

Wilkinson, General, 122.

Witness, punishment for refusing to testify, 258.
Witnesses, before court-martial, 72, 80, 189.
deposition of, taken as evidence, 80.

Indians competent, 388.

oath of, 82.

oath of, before court-martial, 73.

on trials not capital, 80.

Women, rations to, 144.

Wool, Brevet Major-General John E., thanks of Congress and sword voted
to, 435.

Words, contemptuous, punishment for, 175.

Workmen in armories, services exempted from, 140.

Worth, General, sword voted to, 389.

Wounded or disabled militiamen, 100.

Wounds, compensation for, 212, 239.

disability by, &c., compensation, 202.
pensions for, 320, 500.

received during revolutionary war, 195.

THE END.

Repeal of act of September 29, 1789, 89.
Report of board for examination of officers, 470.

of clerks made annually to Congress, 362.
of examination of military academy, 459.

of light-house establishment of United States, 419.
of superintendent of artificers, 223.

Reports, daily, of prisoners, 81.

of colonel of ordnance, 264.

of contracts, 528.

of desertions, 82.
of paymasters, 274.

of prisoners, by whom made, 190.

of surveys of Pacific Railroad route, 430.

Reproachful speeches, &c. prohibited, 66.

Resistance to military superiors, 64.

Retired list, 528.

Retired officers, 484.

President may assign duties to, 486.

Retreat, beat, retiring to quarters at, 69.
beating of, 183.

Return of adjutant-general, 100.

Returns, abstracts of, made annually, 99.

annual, of brigade-inspector, 100.

forms of, furnished by brigade-inspector, 159.
made by brigade-inspector, 162.

monthly, 66.

remitted to department of war, 178.

of companies, how made, 160.

of contracts, penalty for failing to make, 505.

of legions, 160.

of militia, by whom received, 99.

made annually, 151.

"Returns Office" established, 505.

of superintendent of stores, &c., 227.

penalty for false, 65.

Revenue from duties on imports, collection of, 463.
laws, execution of, at ports of delivery, 463.
Revolution, relief of officers and soldiers of, 327, 330.
Revolutionary soldiers, bounty lands to, 440.

pensions to, 296.

provision for widows of, 390.

Reward for apprehension of deserters, 82.
Riding-master to regiment of cavalry, 230.
Riflemen, mounted, 384.

extra pay of, on Oregon route, 430.
number of privates in each company, 251.
one company to each battalion, 98.
organization of battalion of, 136.

of regiment of, 251, 371.

pay of officers of, 326.

raised for defence of frontier, 325.

regiment of, 347.

remounted, 364.

Rio Grande, officers and soldiers who fell at, 377.

Ripley, Brigadier-General, gold medal voted to, 268.