369. Allowances, when on duty.-The superintendent shall be entitled to the same allowances, when on duty, as the members of the Nurse Corps.-Act Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 249).

370. Nurses, chief nurses, and reserve nurses; rates of pay, leave, etc.— Female nurses, fifty dollars per month for the first period of three years' service; fifty-five dollars per month for the second period of three years' service; sixty dollars per month for the third period of three years' service; and sixtyfive dollars per month after nine years' service in said Nurse Corps; and all female nurses shall hereafter be entitled, in addition to the rates of pay as herein provided, to ten dollars per month when serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto (excepting Porto Rico and Hawaii), and to cumulative leave of absence with pay at the rate of thirty days for each calendar year of service in said corps; and when serving as chief nurses their pay may be increased by authority of the Secretary of War, such increase not to exceed thirty dollars per month.-Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat., 249).

371. Commutation of rations.--Of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to * male and female nurses when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind on leaves of absence.-Annual appropriation acts.

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372. Same-On duty in hospitals.-For payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for members of the Nurse Corps (female), while on duty in hospital, * * * to be paid to the surgeon in charge.-Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 358). (See also annual appropriation acts.)

373. Commutation of quarters.-Hereafter, at places where there are no public quarters available, commutation for the authorized allowance therefor shall be paid to * ** * members of the Nurse Corps * * * at the rate of $12 per room per month.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1069).

374. Commutation of quarters, heat, and light.-For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to ** * * members of the Nurse Corps, ** * * on duty at places where no public quarters are available.—Annual appropriation acts.

375. Reserve nurses; no compensation except for active duty.-Reserve nurses may be assigned to active duty when the emergency of the service demands, but shall receive no compensation except when on such duty: Provided, That all nurses in the Nurse Corps shall be appointed or removed by the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary of War; that they shall be graduates of hospital training schools, and shall have passed a satisfactory professional, moral, mental, and physical examination.-Sec. 19, Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 753).

376. Allowances during illness and annual leave.-They (members of the Nurse Corps) shall be entitled to quarters, subsistence, and medical attendance during illness, and they may be granted leaves of absence for thirty days, with pay, for each calendar year.-Sec. 19, Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 753).

877. Cumulative leave.-The superintendent and members of the Female Nurse Corps when serving in Alaska or at places without the limits of the United States may be allowed the same privileges in regard to cumulative leaves of absence and method of computation of same as are now allowed by law to Army officers so serving.-Act of Mar. 4, 1912 (37 Stat., 72).

378. Hospital matrons; monthly pay, etc.-Hospital matrons in post or regimental hospitals shall receive ten dollars a month, and female nurses in general hospitals shall receive forty cents a day. One ration in kind or by commutation shall be allowed to each.-Sec. 1277, R. S.

379. Rations in kind; hospital matrons, members of Female Nurse Corps, and nurses employed in post and regimental hospitals.-Hospital matrons and nurses employed in post or regimental hospitals (and members of the Female Nurse Corps) shall be entitled to receive one ration daily.-Sec. 1295, as amended by sec. 19, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 753).

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS.

380. Enlistment of Philippine natives.—When in his opinion the conditions in the Philippine Islands justify such action the President is authorized to enlist natives of those islands for service in the Army, to be organized as scouts, with such officers as he shall deem necessary for their proper control, or as troops or companies, as authorized by this act, for the Regular Army. The President is further authorized, in his discretion, to form companies, organized as are companies of the Regular Army, in squadrons or battalions, with officers and noncommissioned officers corresponding to similar organizations in the Cavalry and Infantry arms. The total number of enlisted men in said native organizations shall not exceed twelve thousand, and the total enlisted force of the line of the Army, together with such native force, shall not exceed at any one time one hundred thousand.-Sec. 36, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 757).

381. Majors of; rank, pay, and allowances.-The majors to command the squadrons and battalions shall be selected by the President from captains of the line of the Regular Army, and while so serving they shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of the grade of major —Ibid.

382. Captains of; rank, pay, and allowances.-The captains of the troops or companies shall be selected by the President from the first lieutenants of the line of the Regular Army, and while so serving they shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of captain of the arm to which assigned.—Ibid.

383. Lieutenants of; provisional appointments, pay, and allowances.-When, in the opinion of the President, natives of the Philippine Islands shall, by their services and character, show fitness for command, the President is authorized to make provisional appointments to the grades of second and first lieutenants from such natives, who, when so appointed, shall have the pay and allowances to be fixed by the Secretary of War, not exceeding those of corresponding grades of the Regular Army.—Ibid.

384. Provisional officers and enlisted men; pay and allowances. The pay and allowances of provisional officers of native organizations shall be those authorized for officers of like grades in the Regular Army. The pay, rations, and clothing allowances to be authorized for the enlisted men shall be fixed

by the Secretary of War, and shall not exceed those authorized for the Regular Army.-Ibid.

385. Office of captain created, provisional appointments, etc. The office of captain in the Philippine Scouts is hereby created as a grade of rank in the military establishment. Such captains shall be selected from officers of the grade of first lieutenants in said scouts, and shall be given provisional appointments for periods of four years each, and no such appointment shall be continued for a second or subsequent period unless the officers' conduct shall have been satisfactory in every respect: Provided, That the number of officers provisionally appointed under the terms of this act shall not at any time exceed the number of companies of said native troops which may be formed by the President from time to time for service in the Philippine Islands.-Act of May 16, 1908 (35 Stat., 163).

RETIREMENT OF.

386. Captains and lieutenants who are citizens of the United States, pay, etc.-Captains and lieutenants of Philippine Scouts who are citizens of the United States shall hereafter be entitled to retirement under the laws governing the retirement of enlisted men of the Regular Army, except that they shall be retired in the grade held by them at the date of retirement, shall be entitled to retirement for disability under the same conditions as officers of the Regular Army, and that they shall receive, as retired pay, the amounts allowed by law, as retired pay and allowances,of master signal electricians of the United States Army, and no more.-Sec. 26, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 185).

387. Double time not allowed, except.-Double time for service beyond the continental limits of the United States shall not be counted for the purposes of this section so as to reduce the actual period of service below twenty years.— Ibid.

388. Former officers may be retired.-Former officers of the Philippine Scouts who, because of disability occasioned by wounds received in action, have resigned or been discharged from the service, or who have heretofore served as such for a period of more than five years and have been retired as enlisted men, shall be placed upon the retired list as officers of Philippine Scouts and thereafter receive the retired pay and allowances provided by this section for other officers of Philippine Scouts.-Ibid.

389. Transfer of retired enlisted men formerly officers of Philippine Scouts.That any former officer of Philippine Scouts who vacated his office in the Philippine Scouts by discharge or resignation on account of disability contracted in the line of duty and who was subsequently retired as an enlisted man, except any former officer of Philippine Scouts who has been retired as an enlisted man by special act of Congress, shall be transferred to the retired list created by this section, and shall thereafter receive the retired pay and allowances authorized by this section, and no more. Officers of Philippine Scouts retired under the provisions of this section shall not form part of the limited retired list now authorized by law. Ibid.

PORTO RICO REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

390. Composition of; promotions below colonel to be regimental.-The Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry of the United States Army shall hereafter have

the same organization, and the same grades and numbers of commissioned officers and enlisted men, as are by this act or shall hereafter be prescribed by law for other regiments of Infantry of the Army. All vacancies created by this act or occurring hereafter in commissioned officers of said regiment above the grade of second lieutenant and below the grade of colonel shall, except as hereinafter provided to the contrary, be filled by promotion according to seniority in the several grades and within the regiment, subject to the examination prescribed by section three of the act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, and said section is hereby extended so as to apply in the cases of all officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel, who shall hereafter be examined for promotion in the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, except that the President may prescribe such a system of examination for the promotion of officers of said regiment as he may deem advisable.-Sec. 21, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 181).

391. Colonel to be detailed from Infantry; appointments to regiment vacancies. The colonel of said regiment shall be detailed by the President, from among officers of Infantry of the Army not below the grade of lieutenant colonel, for a period of four years unless sooner relieved. Vacancies created by this act in the grades of lieutenant colonel and major in said regiment shall be filled by appointments from the senior captains in regimental rank of the Porto Rico regiment mentioned in the act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen; and captains and lieutenants of said regiment shall also be eligible for such detached service, transfer, or assignment to duty with other organizations as may be approved by the Secretary of War; but vacancies created by such detachment of officers shall not be filled by promotions or appointments.-Ibid.

392. Enlistment of natives, pay, and allowances of.-All men hereafter enlisting in said regiment shall be natives of Porto Rico. All enlistments in the regiment shall hereafter be the same as is provided herein for the Regular Army, and the regiment, or any part thereof, may be ordered for service outside the island of Porto Rico. The pay and allowances of members of said regiment shall be the same as provided by law for officers and enlisted men of like grades in the Regular Army.-Ibid.

393. Appointments to the grade of second lieutenant.-Vacancies created by this act of occurring hereafter in the grade of second lieutenant in said regiment shall be filled during any calendar year by the appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of any native of Porto Rico graduated from the United States Military Academy, and, after such appointment shall have been made or provided for, by like appointment of native citizens of Porto Rico between twenty-one and twenty-seven years of age.-Ibid.

394. Status of officers in Provisional Regiment.-Officers of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, who held commissions in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, shall now and hereafter take rank in their grades in the same relative order held by them in said Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, subject to any loss in rank due to failure to pass examinations for promotion or to sentence of courtmartial.-Ibid.

RATIONS-ISSUE OF.

395. Quantity and kind to be prescribed by the President.-That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe the kinds and quantities of the component articles of the Army ration, and to direct the issue of substitutive equivalent articles in place of any such components whenever, in his opinion, economy and a due regard to the health and comfort of the troops may so require. Act of Feb. 2 1901 (31 Stat., 758).

396. Line and medical officers to unite in superintending the cooking.—The officers of the Medical Department of the Army shall unite with the officers of the line (under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War) in superintending the cooking done by the enlisted men; and the Surgeon General shall promulgate to the officers of said corps such regulations and instructions as may tend to insure the proper preparation of the ration of the soldier.-Sec. 1174, R. S.

397. Line officers to superintend the cooking. The line officers of the Army shall superintend the cooking done for the enlisted men.-Sec. 1234, R. S.

398. Alcoholic liquors not to be supplied or sold to enlisted men. That no alcoholic liquors, beer, or wine, shall be sold or supplied to the enlisted men in any canteen, or post trader's store, or in any room or building at any garrison or military post, in any State or Territory in which the sale of alcoholic liquors, beer, or wine is prohibited by law.-Act of June 13, 1890 (26 Stat., 154).

399. Same-Sale of to officers and men prohibited.—That the President of the United States, as Commander in Chief of the Army, is authorized to make such regulations governing the prohibition of alcoholic liquors in or near military camps and to the officers and enlisted men of the Army as he may from time to time deem necessary or advisable: Provided, That no person, corporation, partnership, or association shall sell, supply, or have in his or its possession any intoxicating or spirituous liquors at any military station, cantonment, camp, fort, post, officers' or enlisted men's club, which is being used at the time for military purposes under this act, but the Secretary of War may make regulations permitting the sale and use of intoxicating liquors for medicinal purposes. It shall be unlawful to sell any intoxicating liquor, including beer, ale, or wine, to any officer or member of the military forces while in uniform, except as herein provided. Any person, corporation, partnership or association violating the provisions of this section or the regulations made thereunder shall, unless otherwise punishable under the Articles of War, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or both.-Sec. 12, act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82).

400. Secretary of War may commute ration of coffee and sugar to extract of coffee. The Secretary of War may commute the ration of coffee and sugar for the extract of coffee combined with milk and sugar, if he shall believe such commutation to be conducive to the health and comfort of the Army, and not to be more expensive to the Government than the present ration; provided the same shall be acceptable to the men.-Sec. 1147, R. S.

401. Emergency ration. Hereafter the emergency ration prescribed for use on emergent occasions shall, when issued, be furnished in addition to the regu