Rank, appointed under national-defense
act, 331g.

Relative rank with officers of Navy, 352.
Temporary, for training, 1570, 1571.
Vacancies caused by increase of Army,
how filled, 331d.

Vacancies caused by national-defense act,
how filled, 331f.

Vacancies, original, how filled, 331e.
Vacancies, order and method of filling,
918.

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:

See also Executive departments; Heads
of departments; Interior Department.
Authorized to grant rights of way, 1282,
1283.

Indian agents, under orders of, 940,
1397.

SECRETARY OF LABOR :

See also Executive departments; Heads
of departments.

Duty with regard to claims for injuries,
66.

SECRETARY OF SENATE:

Distribution of Senate documents, 1172.
SECRETARY OF STATE:

See also Executive departments; Heads
of departments.

Custody of seal of United States, 1531.
Duties, with reference to Revised Stat-
utes. See Revised Statutes.

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
See also Executive departments; Heads
of departments; Treasury Department.
Accounts. See also Accounting of public

money.

Accounts, regulation by, 196.

Outstanding liabilities, certificate as to,
242.

Quarantine stations under control of,
1463.

Records, copies of, by, 246.

Set-offs of United States, enforcing, 239.
Supplies for departments, purchase of,
1197.

Surety companies. See Surety com-
panies.

Warrants to be signed by, 237.
SECRETARY OF WAR:

for particular matters relating to the
War Department, see the specific titles.
See also Executive departments; Heads of
departments; War Department.
Acting Secretary designated by President,
143.

American National Red Cross, annual re-
ports to, 104a, 104b.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY-
Appointment, 142.

Creation of office, 142.
Claims. See Claims.

Clothing. See Clothing, Army.
CONTRACTS-

Bids, regulations for, 1206.

for Supplies, supervision over, 1189.
Creation of office, 141.

DISCIPLINARY BARRACKS-

Clemency and restoration, 488a.
to Exercise supervisory control over,
477a.

Report of affairs of, 477a.
ESTIMATES-

Fortifications, report on employees, 818.
for River and harbor works, 98.
Signal Office, report of employees, 895.
INSPECTIONS-

of Disbursements, and necessity there-
for, 412.

Reports of, to Congress, 462.
MANEUVERS-

Regulations for, 1298.

Report to Congress of joint, 1329.
Mileage. See Mileage.

Militia. See Militia.

OPEN-MARKET PURCHASES-

Approval of, exceeding $500, 1200.
Exceeding $200, reported to, 1198,
1199.

of Horses, may fix maximum price, 541,
542.

Plans for improving harbors for fleet
operations, 98a.

SECRETARY OF WAR-Continued.
POWERS AND DUTIES-

See also throughout this title.
Action final as to dependent families

of enlisted men, 1347b.

Approval of expenditures for build-

ings, 1291.

Custodian of property of department,
148.

Duties enumerated, 147.

Flags and colors, captured, collected,
149.

Guns, determination of bore and cali-
ber, 852.

Indian country, removal of cattle,
1402.

to Inspect military prison annually,
478.

Military forces, instruction, 1297.
Military records, collection, etc., 440,
442.

Permits for examination of ruins, etc.,
1286.

Public property, inventory and return,
109.

Regulations for account for Army sup-
plies, 1259a.

Report as to land and buildings re-
quired for airships for coast de-
fenses, 1274d.

Statue of Liberty, to keep in repair,
1288.

Supervision of department, 147.

SICK REPORTS:

of Volunteers, disposition, 439.
SICKNESS:

Absence of officers on account of, 661.
SIGNAL CORPS:

See also Chief Signal Officer.
Accounts, settlement with other bureaus,
901b.

Aero squadrons, organization, 890b.
Appointments and promotions in, 884.
Appropriations for support, 882.
AVIATION DUTY-

Details on, number and term, 889.
Married officers eligible, 889r.

Pay and allowances while on, 889, 889q.
Aviation fields. See Aviation fields.
Aviation schools. See Aviation schools.
AVIATION SECTION-

See also Aeronautics, Advisory Com-
mittee for.

Accidents, payment to beneficiary in
case of death by, 889n.
Appropriation for airships, 889bb.
Aviation examining boards, compo-
sition, 889k.

Aviation mechanicians, authorized num-
ber, 8891.

Aviation mechanicians, pay, 889j.
Aviation motor, development, 889dd.
Aviation students, qualifications, etc.,
889d, 889e.

Aviators, civilian, 889t, 889w.

Basic patents for manufacture or de-
velopment of aircraft, 889ff-889hh.
Composition, 879a, 889b, 889d, 8891.
Creation, 889a.

Duties enumerated, 889a.

Enlisted

men, instructed

flying, 889j, 889r.

in art of

Enlisted men, number and pay, 889b,

Officers rated in two classes, 889g.
Officers, ratings, 8890.

Pay, former law repealed, 889q.
Pay of civilian aviator, 889u.

Pay of enlisted men studying art of
flying, 889j.

Pay of junior and military aviators,
889h.

Qualification certificates, issue, 8891.
Qualification certificates required, 889k.
Redetail not barred, 889s.

Redetail of proficient aviators, 879a.
Report as to land and buildings re-
quired for airships for coast de-
fenses, 1274d.

Reserve officers on duty with, 889cc.
Battalions, organization, 890b.
Companies, organization, 890b.
Composition, 879a, 880.
Contracts, form, 1211b.
Draftsmen, employment of, 895.
ENLISTED MEN-

Additional, for Aviation Section, 889b.
Composition, 890-892, 890a.

Excluded from strength of line, 332e.
Grades established, 890a.

Increase for Alaska and Philippines,
891.

Increase in time of war, 892.

May be mounted, 890c.
Organization, 890-892.

Pay, 698.

Pay of noncommissioned officers, 695.
Percentage of grades, 890a.

Returns of stores in possession of, 901.
Exchange of typewriters, etc., 883a.
Horseshoer, pay, 695a.

Military telegraph. See Telegraph lines.
OFFICERS

Additional for Aviation Section, 889b.
of Aviation Section. See this title,
Aviation Section.

Detailed as chief of telegraph bureau,
Executive Office, 881.

Detailed from line, 886, 887, 936.
Detailed in, to be from grade of
vacancy, 888.
Examined for appointment, or promo-
tion, 884.

Lieutenants promoted, after 14 years,

386.

Number, 879a.

Promotions by seniority, 885, 886.

Returns of stores in possession of, 901.
Vacancies which can not be filled by
promotions, 887.

Organization, 879, 880.
Organization of units, 890b.

Part of Regular Army, 331a,

Making, etc., unlawful, concerning na-
tional defenses, penalty, 13171-13171.
SKILLED DRAFTSMEN. See Draftsmen.
SMALL ARMS:

Ammunition, for target practice, 831a.
Militia, supplied with. See Militia.
Obsolete, sale to patriotic organizations,
839.

Practice, appropriations for, availability,
831.

Practice, inspectors of, in militia, 1357.
SOLDIERS:

See also Enlisted men.

Discharged, preference to, in civil serv-
ice, 40, 41.

Outfits of, not to be sold, 1262.

SOLDIERS' HOME:

See also National Home for Disabled Vol-
unteer Soldiers.

ACCOUNTS

See also Accounting of public money.
Adjustment by War Department Audi-
tor limited, 1509.

ADMISSION-

Contributors to support of home, 1515.
Convicts, deserters, drunkards, exclud-
ed, 1516.

Disabled soldiers, veterans of wars,
1514, 1515.
Regulars or
duty, 1515.

Volunteers wounded in

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS-

Choice of retired officers for duty, 956.
Composition, quorum, powers, and du-
ties, 1502.

Gifts, authorized to receive, 1508.
Pensions, regulation of payment, 1520.
to Recommend officers for appoint-
ment, 1505.

Report annually to Secretary of War,
1504.

Sites for, purchase of, approval, 1503,

Subject to Articles of War, etc., 1521,
2 A. W.

Uniform furnished free, 1522.
INSPECTION-

by Board of Commissioners, 1502.
by Inspector General annually, 464.
LIQUOR

Sale within one mile prohibited, 1523.
OFFICERS

Borrowing on credit of home, forbid-
den, 1513.

Enumerated, appointment and removal,
1505.

Retired officers, assigned to duty at,
956.

Selected by President, 1506.
Outdoor relief, 1511, 1518.
PENSIONS OF INMATES-

Allotment to dependent relatives, 1520.
on Death, without heirs, escheat, 1520.
Paid to pensioner at discharge, 1520.
Payment to treasurer of home, in trust,
1520.

Surrendered to home, 1519.

Secretary, 1505.

Sites, selection of, 1503.
SUPPLIES

Purchase on contract from lowest bid-
der, 1512.