geants, six hundred and fifty corporals, two thousand and five hundred privates (first-class), one thousand one hundred and ninety privates, and fortyfive cooks, all of whom shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Signal Corps of the Army, and shall be assigned to such duties pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided further, That the Secretary of War may fix the limits of age within which civilian employees who are actually employed by the Government when this act takes effect and who are to be replaced by enlisted men under the terms of this act may enlist in the Quartermaster Corps: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be held or construed so as to prevent the employment of the class of civilian employees excepted from the provisions of this act or the continued employment of civilians included in the act until such latter employees have been replaced by enlisted men of the Quartermaster Corps.-Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 593).

1239. Pay clerks; no further appointments.-Hereafter no further appointments of pay clerks shall be made.-Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 708).

1240. Enlisted force; pay and allowances, etc.-The enlisted force of the Quartermaster Corps shall consist of not to exceed fifteen master electricians, three hundred and eighty sergeants (first-class), one thousand two hundred and forty sergeants, six hundred corporals, two thousand nine hundred and twenty privates (first-class), seven hundred and fifty privates, and ninety-five cooks, all of whom shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Signal Corps of the Army, and shall be assigned to such duties pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps as the Secretary of War may prescribe.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1066). (See par. 1245.)

COMPOSITION OF.

1241. Officers of.-The Quartermaster Corps shall consist of one Quartermaster General with the rank of major general; two assistants to the Quartermaster General with the rank of brigadier general; twenty-one colonels; twenty-four lieutenant colonels; sixty-eight majors; one hundred and eighty captains; and the pay clerks now in active service, who shall hereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a second lieutenant, and the President is hereby authorized to appoint and commission them, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, second lieutenants in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army. Sec. 9, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 170).

1242. Reserve Corps and National Army; commissions to grade of first and second lieutenant.-That during the existing emergency the President is authorized, in addition to the grades now authorized, to appoint in the Officers' Reserve Corps and the National Army in the grades of second and first lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, * such citizens as shall be found physically, mentally, and morally qualified for appointment.-Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 393).

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1243. Promotions in staff corps and departments.-That so long as there remain any officers holding permanent appointments in the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Department, the Pay Department * including those appointed to original vacancies in the grades of captain and first lieutenant under the provisions of sections sixteen, seventeen,

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twenty-one, and twenty-four of this act, they shall be promoted according to seniority in the several grades, as now provided by law, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to apply to vacancies which can be filled by such promotions or to the periods for which the officers so promoted shall hold their appointments.-Sec. 26, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 755).

1244. Vacancies; to be filled by details.-When any vacancy, except that of the chief of the department or corps, shall occur which can not be filled by promotion as provided in this section, it shall be filled by detail from the line of the Army, and no more permanent appointments shall be made in those departments or corps after the original vacancies created by this act shall have been filled. Such details shall be made from the grade in which the vacancies exist, under such system of examination as the President may from time to time prescribe.—Ibid.

1245. Enlisted men of, grades, etc.-The total enlisted strength of the Quartermaster Corps and the number in each grade shall be limited and fixed from time to time by the President in accordance with the needs of the Army, and shall consist of quartermaster sergeants, senior grade; quartermaster sergeants; sergeants, first class; sergeants; corporals; cooks; privates, first class; and privates. The number in the various grades shall not exceed the following percentages of the total authorized enlisted strength of the Quartermaster Corps, namely: Quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, five-tenths of one per centum; quartermaster sergeants, six per centum; sergeants, first class, two and five-tenths per centum; sergeants, twenty-five per centum; corporals, ten per centum; privates, first class, forty-five per centum; privates, nine per centum; cooks, two per centum.-Ibid.

1246. Quartermaster sergeants, senior grade; former master electricians to be known as.-The master electricians now authorized by law for the Quartermaster Corps shall hereafter be known as quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, and shall be included in the number of quartermaster sergeants, senior grade, herein authorized.—Ibid.

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1247. Quartermaster sergeants, selection of.-Hereafter the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint * * quartermaster sergeants, Quartermaster Corps, not to exceed the number provided for by law, * * said quartermaster sergeants to be selected from the most competent noncommissioned officers of the Army, who shall have served therein at least five years, three years of such service having been rendered as noncommissioned officers, and whose character and education shall fit them to take charge of public property and to act as clerks and assistants to the proper officers of the Army in charge of public property.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1066).

THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE ARMY.

DUTIES OF.

1248. On receipt of monthly report of chief clerk.-Each head of a department, chief of a bureau, or other superior officer shall, upon receiving each monthly report of his chief clerk, rendered in pursuance to the preceding section, examine the facts stated therein, and take such measures, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by law, as may be necessary and proper to amend any existing defects in the arrangement or dispatch of business disclosed by such report.-Sec. 175, R. S.

1249. Statement to be rendered annually as to condition of business, etc.— It shall be the duty of the head of each executive department or other Government establishment in the city of Washington to submit to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his department or other Government establishment, showing whether any part of the same is in arrears, and if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the number and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year.Sec. 7, act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808).

1250. Statement to be rendered annually as to number of employees, etc.— Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments of the Government to report to Congress each year in the annual estimates the number of employees in each bureau and office and the salaries of each who are below a fair standard of efficiency.-Sec. 2, act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stats., 268).

1251. Regulations for government of corps to be prescribed by.—The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.-Sec. 161, R. S.

1252. Statement of traveling expenses of officials. It shall be the duty of the head of each executive department and other Government establishment at Washington to submit to Congress at the beginning of each regular session a statement showing in detail what officers or employees (other than special agents, inspectors, or employees who in the discharge of their regular duties are required to constantly travel) of such executive department or other Government establishment have traveled on official business from Washington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the preceding fiscal year, giving in each case the full title of the official or employee, the destination or destinations of such travel, the business or work on account of which the same was made, and the total expense to be United States charged in each case.-Sec. 4, act of May 22, 1908 (35 Stat., 244).

1253. Accommodations for horses, carriages, etc., of President to be provided by.-The Quartermaster General of the Army shall provide suitable accommodations for the horses, carriages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office, in the stables maintained in the District of Columbia by and for the use of his department.-Sec. 1, act of Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1404).

RENTALS.

BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC USE.

1254. In the District of Columbia.-Where buildings are rented for public use in the District of Columbia, the executive departments are authorized, whenever it shall be advantageous to the public interest, to rent others in their stead: Provided, That no increase in the number of buildings now in use, nor in the amounts paid for rents, shall result therefrom.-Sec. 1, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 241).

1255. Restriction. Must be appropriated for in each case.-Hereafter no contract shall be made for the rent of any building, or part of any building, to be used for the purposes of the Government in the District of Columbia, until an appropriation therefor shall have been made in terms by Congress, and that this clause be regarded as notice to all contractors or lessors of any such building or any part of building.-Act of Mar. 3, 1877 (19 Stat., 370).

1255a. Statement to be rendered annually.-It shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments to submit to Congress each year, in the annual estimates of appropriations, a statement of the number of buildings rented by their respective departments, the purpose for which rented, and the annual rental of each.-Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 552).

1256. Same. That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress each year in the annual Book of Estimates of appropriations, a statement of the buildings rented within the District of Columbia for the use of the Government, the purpose for which rented, and the annual rental of each.-Sec. 1, act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 199).

1257. Statement to include details of floor space, etc.-Hereafter the statement of buildings rented within the District of Columbia for use of the Government, required by the act of July sixteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-seven, page one hundred and ninety-nine), shall indicate as to each building rented the area thereof in square feet of available floor space for Government uses, the rate paid per square foot for such floor space, the assessed valuation of each building, and what proportion, if any, of the rental paid includes heat, light, elevator, or other service.-Sec. 3, act of May 1, 1913 (38 Stat., 3).

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

1258. Government to have priority in transmission of messages.-Telegrams between the several departments of the Government and their officers and agents, in their transmission over the lines of any telegraph company to which has been given the right of way, timber, or station lands from the public domain shall have priority over all other business, at such rates as the Postmaster General shall annually fix. And no part of any appropriation for the several Departments of the Government shall be paid to any company which neglects or refuses to transmit such telegrams in accordance with the provisions of this section.-Sec. 5266, R. S.

1259. Expenditures for, in private residences restricted.—That no money appropriated by this or any other act shall be expended for telephone service installed in any private residence or private apartment or for tolls or other charges for telephone service from private residences or private apartments, except for long-distance telephone tolls required strictly for the public business, and so shown by vouchers duly sworn to and approved by the head of the department, division, bureau, or office in which the official using such telephone or incurring the expense of such tolls shall be employed.-Sec. 7, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 414).

TEMPORARY VACANCIES.

CHIEFS OF BUREAUS, SECRETARY OF WAR, ETC.

1260. Chiefs of bureaus.-In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the chief of any bureau, or of any officer thereof, whose appointment is not vested in the head of the department, the assistant or deputy of such chief or of such officer, or if there be none, then the chief clerk of such bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine, perform the duties of such chief or of such officer until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. Sec. 178, R. S.

1261. Secretary of War.-The President may authorize and direct the Commanding General of the Army or the chief of any military bureau of the War Department to perform the duties of the Secretary of War under the provisions of section one hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes, and section twelve hundred and twenty-two of the Revised Statutes shall not be held or taken to apply to the officer so designated by reason of his temporarily performing such duties.-Sec. 1, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 238).

1262. Attorney General.-In any of the cases mentioned in the two preceding sections, except the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Attorney General, the President may, in his discretion, authorize and direct the head of any other department or any other officer in either department, whose appointment is vested in the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed or the sickness or absence of the incumbent shall cease.-Sec. 179, R. S.

1263. Limited to thirty days.-A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer period than thirty days.-Sec. 180, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 6, 1891 (26 Stat., 733).

1264. Extra compensation not allowed.-An officer performing the duties of another office, during a vacancy, is authorized by sections one hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and seventy-eight (Rev. Stat.), and one hundred and seventy-nine (id.), is not by reason thereof entitled to any other compensation than that attached to his proper office.—Sec. 182, R. S.

TRANSPORTATION.

THE ARMY AND ITS SUPPLIES.

1265. Transportation of troops, etc., Secretary of War to have control, etc., of. The transportation of troops, munitions of war, equipments, military property, and stores, throughout the United States, shall be under the immediat● control and supervision of the Secretary of War and such agents as he may appoint. Sec. 220, R. S.

1266. Appropriation for.-For transportation of the Army and its supplies, including transportation of the troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including the cost of packing and crating; for trans