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431a. Adjutant General's Department, composition of.-The Adjutant General's Department shall consist, of The Adjutant General with the rank of brigadier general; seven adjutants general with the rank of colonel; thirteen adjutants general with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and thirty adjutants general with the rank of major. Sec. 6, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 169).

455a. Decision of War Department as to date of muster conclusive. Hereafter in administering the Act of Congress approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces," the decision of the War Department as to the right of any person to be held and considered to have been mustered into the service of the United States under the provisions of said Act shall be conclusive, and no claims shall be allowed or considered under said Act after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eleven. Act of Apr. 19, 1910 (36 Stat. 324).

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For the statutes relating to the United States Disciplinary Barracks, the government and control of which was vested in The Adjutant General by par. 2, sec. 3, act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1085), see pars. 475a-488b, post. 685

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459a. Inspector General's Department, composition of.-The Inspector General's Department shall consist of one Inspector General with the rank of brigadier general; four inspectors general with the rank of colonel; eight inspectors general with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and sixteen inspectors general with the rank of major.1 Sec. 7, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 169).

459b. Detail of acting inspectors general.-The Secretary of War may, in addition, detail officers of the line, not to exceed four, to act as assistant inspector-general: Provided, That officers of the line. detailed as acting inspectors general shall have all the allowances of Cavalry officers of their respective grades. Sec. 1, Act of June 23, 1874 (18 Stat. 244).

1Held, That this provision does not repeal the authority contained in the act of June 23, 1874 (18 Stat. 244) to "detail officers of the line, not to exceed four, to act as assistant inspectors general" with pay and allowances as prescribed, which has been regarded by the department as permanent legislation and as not having been repealed by provisions similar to the above sec. 7 contained in the acts of Feb. 5, 1885 (23 Stat. 297), Mar. 2, 1899 (31 Stat. 701), and Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat. 751). (War Dept. Bull. 18, July 8, 1916.)

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