1292. United States Shipping Board created.—A board is hereby created, to be known as the United States Shipping Board, and hereinafter referred to as the board.-Sec. 3, act of Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat., 729).

1293. Same.—Authority to build, purchase, charter, etc., vessels for use as transports, etc.-The board, with the approval of the President, is authorized to have constructed and equipped in American shipyards and navy yards or elsewhere, giving preference, other things being equal, to domestic yards, or to purchase, lease, or charter, vessels suitable, as far as the commerical requirements of the marine trade of the United States may permit, for use as naval auxiliaries or Army transports, or for other naval or military purposes, and to make necessary repairs on and alterations of such vessels.-Sec. 5, ibid.

1294. Same.-Transfer of certain Government-owned vessels to board.—The President may transfer either permanently or for limited periods to the board such vessels belonging to the War or Navy Department as are suitable for commercial uses and not required for military or naval use in time of peace, and cause to be transferred to the board vessels owned by the Panama Railroad Company and not required in its business.-Sec. 6, ibid.

1295. Same.-Sale, etc., of unserviceable vessels.-When any vessel purchased or constructed by or transferred to the board as herein provided and owned by the United States, becomes, in the opinion of the board, unfit for the purposes of this act, it shall be appraised and sold at public or private comeptitive sale after due advertisement free from the conditions and restrictions of this act.-Sec. 8, ibid.

1296. Appropriation for purchase and repair, etc., of.—For the purchase and repair of ships, boats, and other vessels required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, military, and garrison purposes; for expenses of sailing public transports and other vessels on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, * *.-Annual appropriation act.

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1297. Wharfage dues, Military Academy.—The Secretary of War is authorized to have collected from vessels using the wharf and ferry at West Point, New York, such wharfage dues as he may deem just, reasonable, and necessary, the same to be paid at the time of landing to the post quartermaster or his authorized agent.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1137).

TRANSPORTATION BY WATER.

LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.

1298. Transfer of vessels, etc., to Army and Navy in emergencies.-The President is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment a sufficient national emergency exists, to transfer to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department, or of the War Department, such vessels, equipment, stations, and personnel of the Lighthouse Service as he may deem to the best interest of the country, and after such transfer all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the appropriations for the department to which transfer is made.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 602).

1299. Same.-Return of on termination. That such vessels, equipment, stations, and personnel shall be returned to the Lighthouse Service when such

national emergency ceases in the opinion of the President, and nothing in this act shall be construed as transferring the Lighthouse Service or any of its functions from the Department of Commerce except in time of national emergency and to the extent herein provided.—Ibid.

1300. Same.-Personnel subject to Army and Navy rules during transfer.— That any of the personnel of the Lighthouse Service who may be transferred as herein provided shall, while under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department or War Department, be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Navy or Army, as the case may be, în so far as the same may be applicable to persons whose retention permanently in the military service of the United States is not contemplated by law.—Ibid.

1301. Same.-Preparation of regulations, etc., for cooperation.-The Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations governing the duties to be performed by the Lighthouse Service in time of war, and for the cooperation of that service with the Navy and War Departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in war, and this may include arrangements for a direct line of communication between the officers or bureaus of the Navy and War Departments and the Bureau of Lighthouses to provide for immediate action on all communications from these departments.—Ibid.

THE UNIFORM OF THE ARMY.

1302. The uniform to be prescribed by the President.-The President may prescribe the uniform of the Army and quantity and kind of clothing which shall be issued annually to the troops of the United States.-Sec. 1296, R. S.

NOTE.-Under authority conferred by this section the President directed that campaign badges with ribbons be issued as articles of uniform to officers and enlisted men in the service. (See G. O. No. 4, W. D., 1905, as amended by G. O. 129, W. D., 1908; also G. O. Nos. 96 and 97, W. D., 1969. For decision of Judge Advocate General relative to campaign badges forming a portion of the prescribed uniform, etc., see Dig. Op. J. A. G., 1912, p. 668.)

1303. Unauthorized wearing of, unlawful.-It shall be unlawful for any person not an officer or enlisted man of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps to wear the duly prescribed uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or any distinctive part of such uniform, or a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescribed uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.-Sec. 125, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 216).

1304. The Coast Guard not prohibited from wearing.-Section one hundred and twenty-five of the act entitled "An act for further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner as to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 649).

1305. Use of specified uniforms permitted National Guard, Boy Scouts, Naval Militia, war veterans on ceremonious occasions, discharged men returning home, military societies, school cadets and instructors, civilians attending instruction camps, actors, etc., professionally.-The foregoing provision shall not be construed so as to prevent officers or enlisted men of the National Guard

from wearing, in pursuance of law and regulations, the uniform lawfully prescribed to be worn by such officers or enlisted men of the National Guard; nor to prevent members of the organization known as the Boy Scouts of America, or the Naval Militia, or such other organizations as the Secretary of War may designate, from wearing their prescribed uniforms; nor to prevent persons who in time of war have served honorably as officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, and whose most recent service was terminated by an honorable discharge, muster out, or resignation, from wearing upon occasions of ceremony the uniform of the highest grade they have held by brevet or other commission in such Regular or Volunteer service; nor to prevent any person who has been honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, from wearing his uniform from the place of his discharge to his home within three months after the date of such discharge; nor to prevent the members of military societies composed entirely of honorably discharged officers or enlisted men, or both, of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, from wearing upon occasions of ceremony the uniform duly prescribed by such societies to be worn by the members thereof; nor to prevent the instructors and members of the duly organized cadet corps of a State university, State college, or public high school offering a regular course in military instruction from wearing the uniform duly prescribed by the authorities of such university, college, or public high school for wear by the instructors and members of such cadet corps; nor to prevent the instructors and members of the duly organized cadet corps of any other institution of learning offering a regular course in military instruction, and at which an officer or enlisted man of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps is lawfully detailed for duty as instructor in military science and tactics, from wearing the uniform duly prescribed by the authorities of such institution of learning for wear by the instructors and members of such cadet corps; nor to prevent civilians attendant upon a course of military or naval instruction authorized and conducted by the military or naval authorities of the United States from wearing while in attendance upon such course of instruction the uniform authorized and prescribed by such military or naval authorities for wear during such course of instruction; nor to prevent any person from wearing the uniform of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in any playhouse or theater or in moving-picture films while actually engaged in representing therein a military or naval character not tending to bring discredit or reproach upon the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.-Sec. 125, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 216).

1306. Distinctive mark required.-The uniforms worn by officers or enlisted men of the National Guard, or by the members of the military societies or the instructors and members of the cadet corps referred to in the preceding proviso, shall include some distinctive mark or insignia to be prescribed by the Secretary of War to distinguish such uniforms from the uniforms of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.-Ibid.

1307. Restriction on insignia of rank. The members of the military societies and the instructors and members of the cadet corps hereinbefore mentioned shall not wear the insignia of rank prescribed to be worn by officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or any insignia of rank similar thereto.-Ibid.

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1308. Punishment for violations.-Any person who offends against the provisions of this section shall on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.—Ibid.

USELESS PAPERS.

1309. Disposition of; report to be rendered, etc.—Whenever there shall be in any one of the executive departments of the Government an accumulation of files of papers, which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such department and have no permanent value or historical interest, it shall be the duty of the head of such department to submit to Congress report of that fact, accompanied by a concise statement of the condition and character of such papers. And upon the submission of such report, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to appoint two Senators, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint two Representatives, and the Senators and Representatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee, to which shall be referred such report, with the accompanying statement of the condition and character of such papers, and such joint committee shall meet and examine such report and statement and the papers therein described, and submit to the Senate and House, respectively, a report of such examination and their recommendation.

And if they report that such files of papers, or any part thereof. are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such Department, and have no permanent value or historical interest, then it shall be the duty of such head of the department to sell as waste paper, or otherwise dispose of, such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to Congress.— Act of Feb. 16, 1889 (25 Stat., 672).

INDEX.

Absence on account of sickness. (See Sick leave and leave of absence.)
Absence from duty:

Disease resulting from own misconduct.

Absence without leave:

Paragraph.

428

Arms and accoutrements in possession of persons not soldiers_.
Clothing (see also Clothing)—

1183, 1184

Funds and property in hands of subordinate officers; liability of Quarter-
master General for

24

Losses; credit for.

1142

Property pertaining to the War Department_.

1185

Public money (see Disbursing officers and public moneys).

Public property (see also Property, accountability and public property)—

Account to be rendered Secretary of War, how often.
System of, to be prescribed by---

1180

1180

Rations-

Issue of, to Indians on frontier; account to be rendered_.
Returns; certificate to be forwarded in lieu of.

Accountable officers (see also Disbursing officers and public moneys) :

Authority to intrust money to other officers making disbursements.
Discharged; certificate of nonindebtedness required_.

Accounting officers (see also Accounts, Auditor for the War Department, and
Comptroller of the Treasury):

Purchase of fuel; no payment without certificate of inspector, etc..

195

Signature of required on evidence of honorable discharge.

1032