THE RICAN GOVERNMENT ANIZATION AND OFFICIALS WITH THE · AND POWERS OF FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS Second Edition AN ORIGINAL SUMMARIZATION BY H. C. GAUSS 1 A COMPILATION OF DATA FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES NEW YORK, 1908 d numbers there are a half a million persons holding comnd appointments from the United States, and exercising, s of the world, functions which cannot be exercised by a any State as such. The persons referred to are, however, ts of every citizen of every State, and their business comes n increasing measure with each year, the business of every y and of every person in every community. e distrust that by some means the Federal Government is upon the rights and prerogatives of the independent States eated by persons who have become, properly enough, subederal control. Lest any citizens of the United States led to an unreasoning hostility to the regulation of matters inot be controlled by the individual State, it is a duty of ), not only to read, in its original form, the Constitution of 1 States, but to be informed as well as to the developments from the natural growth of the Federal powers; whether elopments have in any sense proved to be injurious and hey have proved beneficial. As an introduction to the study y many phases of Federal activity, this compilation has the rely of assembling in a single book details of the Federal government from many and not always accessible sources. ate definition of every detail of the subject is possible only ernmental work, and its accuracy would be wholly that of ent, for the reason that growth and change are both conoing on. At the same time much can and should be done in the way of digesting departmental law and regulations, ederal practice may be less of a mystery to the millions who ce the sovereigns of the respective States and of the Federal y I, 1908. H. C. GAUSS. 235180 INDEX. ters. PAGE PAGE assistant, locations and bonds, 440 362-363 318 Appraisement and inspection, of 318 319 320 745 Architect of Treasury, Supervising 446 752 Arizona, organization, personnel 733 754 Armed forces of U. S.--President 748 commander-in-chief of May be used by President for 738 execution of criminal laws. 18 756 Army, Adjutant General's Depart- 757 455 739 509 451 161 Commissioned officers in dif- 162 487 450 463 463 181 Enlistments and discharges. 515 General Staff Corps, duties of 452 816 Hospital Corps 463 501 462 Non-commissioned officers, 377 rank and duties 485 463 Organization of regiments and 247 488 Pay of .490, 497 19 Pay Department, organization 465 453 President is commander-in- chief of 5 742 498, 501 515 743 Quartermaster's Department. 459 516 487 Subsistence Department. 461 462 453 453 Assayer, of Assay Office, New mission to Examine and Test 434 ments and their duties (see also Assistant treasurers of the United 420 cials nd Writs of Error in Su- |