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CHAP. 1485.-An Act Making appropriation for the support of Apr. 23, 1904. the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- [H. R. 10670.] dred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public, No.

149.]

pt. 1, p. 259.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 33 Stats. L., tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, priations. appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five:

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For contingent expenses of the military information Military indivision, General Staff Corps, including the purchase of sion. law books, professional books of reference, professional and technical periodicals and newspapers, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, and of the branch office of the Military Information Division at Manila, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That section thirty-six hundred and forty- Proviso. eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions Subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals

to be paid for from this appropriation.

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.

SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY: For expenses of the Sig- Expenses. nal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons; telephone apparatus (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines and cables, including salaries of civilian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army, by telegraph or otherwise, two hundred and eight thousand five hundred dollars; for completing the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of a submarine military cable from Sitka, Alaska, to Fort Liscum, Alaska, Alaska miliconnecting by an all-American route the headquarters of the Department of Columbia with the military garrisons in southeastern Alaska, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, three hundred and twenty-one thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.

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AdjutantGeneral's De-.

FOR PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE STAFF CORPS, DIVISIONS AND
DEPARTMENTS.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT: For pay of officers partment. in the Adjutant-General's Department, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

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Promotion,

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That the officers of the Adjutant-General's Department, retary's De except the Adjutant-General, and the officers of the RecMilitary Secpartment. ord and Pension Office shall hereafter constitute one deMerger of Adjutant Gener-partment of the Army, to be known as the Military Secal's Depart-retary's Department; and the Adjutant-General's Office ord and Pen- and the Record and Pension Office, heretofore constision Office into. tuting bureaus of the War Department, shall hereafter constitute a consolidated bureau to be known as the Military Secretary's Office of the War Department. The etc., of officers, officers so consolidated shall be borne on one list in the order of rank held by them, and those of them who hold permanent appointments as officers of the Adjutant-General's Department or of the Record and Pension Office shall be entitled to promotion below the grade of brigadier-general, as now provided by law and in the order of their standing on said list. Except as otherwise provided herein, the laws now in force shall continue to govern the appointment, promotion, and detail of all officers of the consolidated department hereby created: Provided, That the officers of the said consolidated department shall be Under Chief subject to the supervision of the Chief of Staff in all matters pertaining to the command, discipline, or administration of the existing military establishment: ProReduction in vided further, That no appointments or details to the assistant adju-grade of assistant adjutant-general with the rank of major shall be made until the number of officers of that grade shall be reduced to less than ten, and thereafter the number of officers of said grade in the consolidated Military Sec-department shall be ten: Provided further, That of the officers consolidated as hereinbefore provided the senior To be major-in rank, who shall be chief of the consolidated department and the title of whose office is hereby changed to that of the military secretary, shall hereafter have the to be brigadier- rank of major-general, and the second senior of said general. officers shall hereafter have the rank of brigadier-general: Provided further, That when the office of Military Subsequent Secretary with the rank of major-general shall hereafter become vacant, it shall not be filled with said rank, and thereafter the chief of the Military Secretary's Department shall have the rank of a brigadier-general with the title of The Military Secretary, and there shall be only one officer above the rank of colonel in the said department. Except as hereinafter provided, the remaining offices of the consolidated department shall retain the titles that they now bear: Provided further, That when

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Second officer

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the office of Adjutant-General shall become vacant the Vacancy in vacancy so created on the active list of the Army shall eral not to be not be filled, and thereafter the several officers now desig-Future titles nated by the title assistant adjutant-general and by the of officers. titles assistant chief of the Record and Pension Office shall be designated by the title Military Secretary: Pro

vided further, That the chief of the Military Secretary's Soldiers' Department shall be a member of the Board of Commis- Home service. sioners of the United States Soldiers' Home.

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That section twenty-two of the Act approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled "An Act to increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment of the United States," be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read as follows:

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"SEC. 22. That the Corps of Engineers shall consist of Corps of Enone Chief of Engineers with the rank of brigadier-gen-Number eral, of ten colonels, sixteen lieutenant-colonels, thirty-officers intwo majors, forty-three captains, forty-three first lieutenants, and forty-three second lieutenants. The enlisted force provided in section eleven of this Act, and the officers serving with the organized battalions thereof, shall constitute a part of the line of the Army: Provided, That Proviso. the Chief of Engineers shall be appointed as now pro- cles. vided by law, and hereafter vacancies in the Corps of Engineers in all other grades above that of second lieutenant shall be filled by promotion, according to seniority, from the Corps of Engineers. Any vacancies occurring at any time in the grade of second lieutenant shall be left for future promotions from the corps of cadets at the United States Military Academy."

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RETIRED OFFICERS.

Officers.

civil war serv

For pay of officers on the retired list and for officers who may be placed thereon during the current year, one million nine hundred and forty-four thousand nine hun- Promotion for dred dollars and ninety-five cents. That any officer of ice. the Army below the grade of brigadier-general who served with credit as an officer or as an enlisted man in the regular or volunteer forces during the civil war prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, otherwise than as a cadet, and whose name is borne on the official register of the Army, and who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, retired on account of wounds or disability incident to the service, or on account of age or after forty years' service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Army with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him.

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Proviso. at the time of retirement: Provided, That this Act shall Exceptions. not apply to any officer who received an advance of grade since the date of his retirement or who has been restored to the Army and placed on the retired list by virtue of the provisions of a special Act of Congress; and the SecAssignments retary of War may assign retired officers of the Army, with their consent, to active duty in recruiting, for service in connection with the organized militia in the several States and Territories upon the request of the governor thereof, as military attachés, upon courts-martial, courts of inquiry and boards, and to staff duties not involving Pay, etc. service with troops; and such officers while so assigned shall receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades.

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Proviso.

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RETIRED ENLISTED MEN.

Enlisted For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, eight hundred and two thousand four hundred and Allowance for ninety-eight dollars: Provided, That hereafter in cominputing the length of service for retirement, credit shall be given soldiers for double the time of their actual service in China, Cuba, the Philippine Islands, the Island of Guam, Alaska, and Panama; but double credit shall Porto Rico ex- not be given for service hereafter rendered in Porto Rico or the Territory of Hawaii.

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Contract sur

geons.

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insular,

etc., duty.

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For two hundred and fifty contract surgeons, four hunProvisos. dred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereTransfer of after contract surgeons and contract dental surgeons on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, and Porto Rico may transfer or assign their pay accounts, when due and payable, in the methods now provided by regulations for commissioned officers of the Ariny: Provided, That when a contract surgeon is in charge of a hospital he shall have the same authority as a commissioned medical officer.

Authority.

enlisted men.

Twenty per For additional twenty per centum increase on pay of cent increase, enlisted men serving in the Philippine Islands, the Island of Guam, Alaska, China, and Panama, five hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and fifty-one cents.

Ten per cent increase, offi

cers.

For additional ten per centum increase on pay of commissioned officers serving in the Philippine Islands, the Island of Guam, Alaska, China, and Panama, one hun

dred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred and twentysix dollars and thirty cents.

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Provisional

For Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, Porto Rico composed of two battalions of four companies each, to Regiment. include the enlisted men of the present regiment who may be in the service June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

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Future vacancies.

and four, and officers as herein provided. The field offi- . Field officers. cers shall be detailed from the officers of the Regular Army of the same grade and shall receive the pay and emoluments of their grade. The present officers of the Reappointregiment below the grade of field officers who are men- ent officers. tally, morally, and physically qualified and have proved efficient in their respective positions may be reappointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (and such officers shall be entitled to preference in such appointments) for a provisional term of four years. Officers so reappointed shall be eligible for promotion in the regiment up to and including the rank of captain, upon examination as to their fitness for such promotion. Vacancies then existing or thereafter occurring in the grade of second lieutenant may be filled by the President, in his discretion, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, by the appointment of citizens of Porto Rico for the provisional term of four years, whose qualifications for commissions shall be established by such examination as the President may prescribe, who shall also be eligible for promotion in the regiment up to and including the rank of captain, upon an examination as to their fitness. Vacancies not filled as hereinbefore provided by the reappointment or promotion of the present officers or by the appointment or promotion of citizens of Porto Rico, shall be filled by detail from the line of the infantry of the Army of the same grade with the vacancy to be filled. Men hereafter enlisted in the regiment shall Enlistments. be citizens of Porto Rico and shall be enlisted for a term of two years; and except in the case of noncommissioned officers shall not be reenlisted in time of peace. names of all enlisted men who have served honorably in the regiment shall be kept at the headquarters of the regiment, and these men shall be regarded as a reserve, to be specially considered in time of war. The pay and allow- Pay, etc. ances of officers and enlisted men of the regiment shall be the same as authorized for like grades in the Regular Army.

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PHILIPPINE SCOUTS.

Pay of officers of the line: Fifty first lieutenants, eighty Philippine thousand dollars.

scouts.

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