ular or volunteer forces of the United States, take rank next after all officers of the like grade in said regular or volunteer forces, notwithstanding the commissions of such militia officers may be older than the commissions of the said officers of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States. ART. 125. In case of the death of any officer, the major of his regiment, or the officer doing the major's duty, or the second officer in command at any post or garrison, as the case may be, shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall make, and transmit to the office of the Department of War, an inventory thereof. ART. 126. In case of the death of any soldier, the commanding officer of his troop, battery, or company shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall, in the presence of two other officers, make an inventory thereof, which he shall transmit to the office of the Department of War. ART. 127. Officers charged with the care of the effects of deceased officers or soldiers shall account for and deliver the same, or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representatives of such deceased officers or soldiers. And no officer so charged shall be permitted to quit the regiment or post until he has deposited in the hands of the commanding officer all the effects of such deceased officers or soldiers not so accounted for and delivered. ART. 128. The foregoing articles shall be read and published, once in every six months, to every garrison, regiment, troop, or company in the service of the United States, and shall be duly observed and obeyed by all officers and soldiers in said service. SEC. 1343, Revised Statutes. All persons who, in time of war, or of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurking or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general court-martial, or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death. INDEX. An [References are to PARAGRAPHS and ARTICLES OF WAR (pp.217-231) by their numbers. Article of War is indicated by the letters A. W., followed by the number of the article.] Abandoning Post: Punishment, A. W. 42. Abatement: Term of confinement, 915. Absence Without Leave: Absenting from company, A. W. 32. Convictions, 126, 127, 133. Forfeitures, 133. Less than one day, 133. Lying out of quarters, A. W. 31. One mile from camp, A. W. 34. Quitting guard, etc., A. W. 40. Absent from Muster: Certificates, A. W. 12, 13. Abstracts of Proposals: Accepted quantity and price to be noted, 547. Proposals to accompany, as vouchers, 540. Abuses: Correction, etc., by officer, A. W. 54. Abusive Language : Use of, by superiors, 3. Accountability: Money. See Money Accountability. Property. See Property Accountability. Accounts, Advertising: Preparation and presentation, 507, 508. Unsettled and outstanding, 509. Accounts, Bakery Fund: Audited, 299. Inspected, 298. Accounts, Company Fund: Duties company commander, 301. Accounts, Medical Attendance, etc.: Civilian physicians' charges, 1459. Families and servants, 1456. Medicines, 1454, 1455. Mineral waters, 1456. Officers and men not on duty, 1456. Payment, 1452. Private hospitals, 1457. Accounts, Medical Attendance, etc.-Cont'd. Proprietary medicines, 1456. Recruiting service, 1458. Reimbursements to officers, 1456. Rendition and forwarding, 1452. Surgical appliances, 1456. Accounts, Mess Fund: Audited, 303. Accounts, National Homes: Supervision and control, 865. Accounts, Pay, etc.: Clothing, 1178-1185, 1192, 1407. Deserters, 119. Detached enlisted men, 105. Officers, 1298, 1300, 1303, 1307, 1316. Post noncommissioned staff, 101. Accounts, Printing : Preparation and presentation, 507, 508, 511. Accounts, Regimental Fund: Kept in regimental fund book, 295. Accounts, Telegraph and Telephone: Preparation, etc., 644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1217. Accounts, Transportation: Applicants, artificial limbs, etc., 1469-1471. Bond-aided railroads, 1129, 1161, 1162. Department or bureau supplies, 1129. Ferries, turnpikes, and bridges, 1107, 1108. Land-grant railroads, 1129, 1161, 1162. Barracks, regulation, 268. Care and preservation, 270, 271. Leather dressing or polishing material, 277. Patients in hospitals, 1438. Sales, 1501, 1502. Acting Assistant Surgeons: See Contract Surgeon. Acting Hospital Stewards: Examination and appointment, 1397. Field service, 1421. Qualifications, 1397. Quota for posts, etc., 1409, 1411. Re-enlistments, 1404. Acting Inspectors-General: Duties, etc. See Inspectors-General. Acting commissaries of subsistence, 1304. Officers holding two staff appointments, 1305. Adjutants of regiments, 233. Admission to Soldiers' Home, D. C., 174. Barracks and quarters and furniture, 977. Casualties, 797. Certificates of disability, 154. Certificates of merit, 181. Chaplains' reports, 40. Civil counsel, 968. Clothing and equipage, 1170. College details, 86. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223, 224. Corrections and changes, muster rolls, 788. 162; A. W. 125, 126. Department commanders, 195. Escaped general prisoners, 128. General duties and responsibilities, 748, 750. Honor graduates, service schools, 466. Insane soldiers, 469-471, 473. Inspection reports, 810, 870, 872. Leaves of absence, 46, 57, 63. Light artillery instruction, 344. Navy or Marine Corps deserters, 134. Orders, armies or departments, 782. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1515. Patients discharged from hospitals, 1439. Payments to enlisted men, 1349. Personal reports, 805. Adjutant-General, Army-Continued. Post exchanges, 326. Post noncommissioned staff, 92, 101-103. Post schools, 319, 320. Property loaned mail contractor, 207. Retired enlisted men, 135-137, 139. Staff officers and men, 737, 738. Temporary duty of officers on leave, 1320. Adjutant-General's Department: Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. See also Adjutant-General, Army. Adjutant-General's Office: Business, duties, and records, 748, 749. Adjutants-General of Departments: Detail and duties, 196, 197. Estimates for funds, Q. M. Department, 975. Adjutants of Posts: Detachment formation, 380. Detail and duties, 203. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Morning reports, 388. Post noncommissioned staff, 784. Adjutants of Regiments: Appointment, etc., 233. Assignments to company or staff duty, 240. Company order books, 264. Forage, 1044. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General duties and responsibilities, 236-238. Noncommissioned officers, 259. Treasurer of regimental fund, 295. Rank with generals, 12. Accounts, 507-509. Authority to publish, 503, 504. Circulars, 520, 524. Claims for unauthorized, 508. Insertions and intervals between, 504, 506. Lists of designated papers, 501. Advertisements-Continued. Periods, 505, 520. Quartermaster's supplies, 502. Rates, officially designated papers, 500. Sales of property, 505. Sunday editions, 504. Supplies and services, 505, 520-524. Wording and matter, 502, 521. Advising to Desert: Punishment, A. W. 51. Agents, Indian : Animals of Indians, 477. Agents, Military : Issue of public property, 673. National cemeteries, 492. Purchases, etc., of supplies, 589. Agents of Firms, etc.: Proposals signed by, 530. Allowance to general officers, 33. Captains eligible for appointment, 251. Ambassadors: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 409, 418. Allowance for posts, 1414. Control and use, 1415. Drivers, 1416. Equipments, harness, etc., 1414, 1416. Field service, 1422. Flags and guidons, 214. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 1076, 1415. Issues and repairs, 1415. Service in time of war, 1396. Ammunition: Artillery instruction and practice, 354. Hunting purposes, 360, 363, 1509, 1514. Lost or damaged, 1513. Sales, 1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509. Small-arms practice, 359-361. Values of small-arms, and parts, 359. Grazing about fortifications, 328. Ownership of Indian, 477. Public. See Public Animals. Appeals: Commissioned officers, A. W. 29. Department commanders, 194. Enlisted men, A. W. 30. Pecuniary responsibilities, 289, 292. Roster duties 365. Appointments: Commissioned officers, 20-31. Company non-com. officers, 257, 258, 260, 482. General courts-martial, A. W. 72, 73, 76. Non-com. officers, Indian scouts, 482. Ordnance corps, 1489, 1490. Payments to officers, 1306. Personal staff, general officer, 32, 33. Post noncommissioned staff, 91, 92, 94, 95. |