States Army now assigned to them by assimilation in the regulations. of the Military Academy prescribed by the President of the United States, and that they shall exercise command only in the academic department of the United States Military Academy.

Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, 32 Stat. 409.

This is a proviso annexed to appropriations for pay of professors, etc., in the Military Academy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

A previous provision that the academic staff as such shall not be entitled to any command in the Army separate from the Academy is contained in Rev. St. § 1314, Comp. St. 1901, p. 930.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 995.

Associate professor of modern languages.

* * That the Secretary of War shall assign an officer of the Army to the Military Academy as associate professor of modern languages, and that such officer, while so serving, shall receive the pay and allowances of a major.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 995, 32 Stat. 1012.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of such associate professor, "in addition to pay as captain," $500, in the Military Academy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1315.

ACT JUNE 6, 1900, c. 792, § 4.

Cadets, number and appointment of.

The number of cadets to be appointed from the United States at large is not at any one time to exceed forty, by a provision of Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, set forth below.

An additional appointment of one cadet from Porto Rico is authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 995, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1300.

Limitation of number of cadets to be appointed from United States at large.

* * That the number of cadets authorized to be appointed by the President from the United States at large shall not at any one time exceed forty.

Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, 32 Stat. 410.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of cadets in the Military Academy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 995.

Cadet to be appointed from Porto Rico.

* * That in addition to the Corps of Cadets now authorized by law, there shall be one from Porto Rico, who shall be a native of said island, to be appointed by the President of the United States.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 995, 32 Stat. 1011.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of cadets in the Military Academy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1339.

Cadets.

The pay of cadets is fixed at $500 per annum and one ration per day, or commutation therefor, by a provision of Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1300.

Pay of cadets; traveling expenses of candidates.

* * That hereafter the pay of cadets shall be fixed at five hundred dollars per annum and one ration per day, or commutation therefor, such commutation to be thirty cents per day, to be paid from the appropriation for the subsistence of the Army.

Provided further, That hereafter the actual and necessary traveling expenses of candidates while proceeding from their homes to the Military Academy for qualification as cadets shall, if admitted, be credited to their accounts and paid after admission from the appropriation for the transportation of the Army and its supplies:

Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, 32 Stat. 409.

These are provisos annexed to an appropriation for pay of cadets in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. A further proviso, following these, as to the number of cadets from the United States at Large, is set forth above.

Sec. 1341.

ACT FEB. 10, 1897, c. 214.

Number of enlisted men in detachments.

The usual annual appropriations for extra pay of the members of the general Army-service, mentioned in the note under this act in Comp. St. 1901, p. 941, are repeated, with the proviso, also mentioned therein, that such extra pay shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army regulations, in Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, 32 Stat. 411-412, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 995, 32 Stat. 1013-1014.

ACT MARCH 2, 1901, c. 804.

Overseer of waterworks; extra pay.

The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 941, is repeated in the Military Academy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, 32 Stat. 418.

ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 413, § 7.

Number on the active list of the line; rank, pay, etc.

The numbers in various grades of the active list of the Navy are increased, and the rank, pay, etc., of the officers added, and promotions to fill vacancies on such increase are regulated by provisions of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth below. Thereby the number of lieutenant commanders is increased from 170 to 200; of lieutenants from 300 to 350; and the numbers of officers on the active list of the Medical Corps and the Pay Corps, and of naval constructors and civil engineers, are also increased beyond the limits prescribed by previous provisions.

The number of civil engineers on the active list, limited by this section to 21, was increased by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below, and a further increase is authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, also set forth below.

A further increase in the number of naval constructors, beyond the number limited by Act March 3, 1899, c. 413, § 10, Comp. St. p. 998, is also authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Additional civil engineers.

That the appointment of six additional civil engineers is hereby authorized, three to be appointed during the present calendar year, and the other three in the calendar year of nineteen hundred and three. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 671.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. One additional civil engineer and twelve assistant civil engineers are authorized by a provision of the similar act for the year next following, set forth below.

Additional assistant naval constructors.

That, in addition to the number of naval constructors and assistant naval constructors now authorized, the appointment of six assistant naval constructors is hereby authorized, two to be appointed during the present calendar year and the remaining four in the calendar year of nineteen hundred and three.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 683.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal

year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. Additional naval constructors and assistant naval constructors are authorized by a provision of the similar act for the year next following, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1010.

Increase in numbers in grades of active list; rank, promotion, pay, etc. The grades of the active list of the Navy hereinafter designated shall be so increased that there shall be thirty additional lieutenantcommanders, in all two hundred; fifty additional lieutenants, in all three hundred and fifty; such total numbers of lieutenants (junior grade) and ensigns as may qualify for said grades under existing law and the provisions of this Act; thirty additional surgeons with the rank of lieutenant-commander, in all eighty-five; one hundred and twenty additional passed assistant and assistant surgeons, with the rank, respectively, of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade), in all two hundred and thirty; two additional pay inspectors, in all fifteen; thirty-six additional paymasters, in all seventy-six; twenty-six additional passed assistant and assistant paymasters, in all ninety-six; twenty-nine additional naval constructors and assistant naval constructors, in all seventy-five; one additional civil engineer, in all twenty-eight; and twelve assistant civil engineers, of whom six shall have the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) and six the rank of ensign: Provided, That assistant civil engineers, during the first five years after date of appointment, shall receive, per annum, when on duty, one thousand five hundred dollars, when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand dollars; during the second five years after such date, when on duty, one thousand eight hundred dollars, when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand two hundred dollars; and after ten years from such date, when on duty, two thousand one hundred dollars, and when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand four hundred dollars: And provided further, That promotions in the corps of civil engineers shall be after such examination as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.

The increase in the grades of lieutenant-commander and lieutenant provided for in this Act shall be filled by promotion each year of not exceeding twenty-five per centum of the total number of the increase in each of said grades; and not more than twenty-five assistant surgeons, not more than twenty assistant paymasters, nor more than five assistant naval constructors, nor more than three assistant civil engineers, in addition to those necessary to fill vacancies in said grades, shall be appointed in any one calendar year.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1197.

These are provisions of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The previous provisions fixing the numbers of various grades in the active list of the line of the Navy are contained in Act March 3, 1899, c. 413, § 7, Comp. St. 1901, p. 983; and the provisions fixing the numbers in the various staff corps of the Navy are also set forth under Title XV, "The Navy," c. 1, Comp. St. 1901, pp. 988-999.

Officers advanced in rank as extra numbers, and commissions of officers now in the service, not affected by act.

Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the officers of the Navy

who may have been or may hereafter be advanced in rank under existing provisions of law by which they become extra numbers in their respective grades, or operate to vacate the commission of any officer now in the service.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1198.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1367.

ACT MARCH 3, 1901, c. 852.

Appointment of warrant officers to vacancies in grade of ensign.

The appointment from warrant officers of twelve ensigns in each year is authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1010.

Appointment of warrant officers as ensigns annually.

Hereafter in each calendar year there may, under the restrictions imposed by existing law, be appointed from the boatswains, gunners, and warrant machinists of the Navy twelve ensigns.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1197.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1368.

ACT AUG. 5, 1882, c. 391, § 1.

Number on the active list of Medical Corps, Pay Corps, and Engineer Corps.

The numbers of surgeons and of passed assistant and assistant surgeons, as fixed by this act and increased by Act June 7, 1900, c. 859, are further increased by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

The numbers of pay inspectors and of paymasters and passed assistant and assistant paymasters, as fixed by this act and, increased by Act March 3, 1899, c. 421, are also further increased by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 421.

Number on the active list of passed assistant and assistant paymasters. The number of paymasters is increased to 76, and of passed assistant and assistant paymasters to 96, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.

ACT JUNE 7, 1900, c. 859.

Number on the active list of surgeons and of passed assistant and assistant surgeons.

The number of surgeons is increased to 85 and of passed assistant and assistant surgeons to 230, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth above.