lar ration under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.-Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1165).

402. Sugar and coffee, when issued in kind, to be issued weekly.—The ration of sugar and coffee when issued in kind, shall, when the convenience of the service permits, be issued weekly.-Sec. 1148, R. S.

403. To Indians on the frontiers.-The President is authorized to cause such rations as he deems proper, and as can be spared from the Army provisionss without injury to the service, to be issued under such regulations as he shall think fit to establish, to Indians who may visit the military posts or agencies of the United States on the frontiers, or in their respective nations, and a special account of these issues shall be kept and rendered.-Sec. 2110, R. S.

404. One ration daily to enlisted men.-Hereafter no enlisted man shall be entitled to receive more than one ration daily.-Act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 178).

405. Liquid coffee money.-For each ration of sugar and coffee not issued nor commuted for the extract of coffee combined with milk and sugar, enlisted men shall be paid in money.-Sec. 1294, R. S.

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406. Sick in hospitals.-For payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense and general prisoners sick therein to be paid to the surgeon in charge.-See annual appropriation acts.

407. Hospitals, Canal Zone.-The subsistence of the said patients (officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority), except commissioned officers * * * shall be paid to said hospitals (Canal Zone) out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations to enlisted patients in general hospitals.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1080).

NOTE. For similar provisions see act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1144), and act of Mar. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 640).

VOLUNTEERS.

408. Use of retired officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, rank, pay, etc.—In the organization of a recruiting system, after Congress shall have authorized the raising of volunteer forces, the President is authorized to employ retired officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of the Regular Army, either with their rank on the retired list or, in the case of enlisted men, with increased noncommissioned rank; or he may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint and employ retired officers below the grade of colonel, with increased volunteer commissioned rank not to exceed in the case of any officer one grade above that held by him upon the retired list, or retired enlisted men with volunteer commissioned rank not above the grade of first lieutenant: Provided, That retired officers and enlisted men while thus employed * * * shall receive the full pay and allowances of the respective grades in which they

are serving, whether volunteer or regular, in lieu of their retired pay and allowances: Provided further, That upon the termination of the duty or, in case of those given volunteer rank, upon muster out as volunteers, said retired officers and enlisted men shall revert to their retired status.-Sec. 11, act of Apr. 25, 1914 (38 Stat., 350).

409. Pay, etc., to correspond with Army.-All officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Regular Army.-Sec. 13, ibid.

WITNESSES.

410. Expenses of.-When any clerk or other officer of the United States is sent away from his place of business as a witness for the Government, his necessary expenses, stated in items and sworn to, in going, returning, and attendance on the court, shall be audited and paid; but no mileage, or other compensation in addition to his salary, shall in any case be allowed.-Sec. 850, R. S.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

411. Annual pay of.-Hereafter the annual pay of officers of the Army of the several grades herein mentioned shall be as follows: Major general, eight thousand dollars; brigadier general, six thousand dollars; colonel, four thousand dollars; lieutenant colonel, three thousand five hundred dollars; major, three thousand dollars; captain, two thousand four hundred dollars; first lieutenant, two thousand dollars; second lieutenant, one thousand seven hundred dollars.Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 108).

412. To be paid monthly.-The sums hereinbefore allowed shall b paid in monthly payments by the paymaster.-Sec. 1268, R. S.

413. Pay of officer holding command higher than his grade. In time of war every officer serving with troops operating against an enemy who shall exercise, under assignment in orders issued by competent authority, a command above that pertaining to his grade shall be entitled to receive the pay and allowances of the grade appropriate to the command so exercised: Provided, That a rate of pay exceeding that of a brigadier general shall not be paid in any case by reason of such assignment.-Act of Apr. 26, 1898 (30 Stat., 365).

414. Pay for mounts.-Hereafter the United States shall furnish mounts and horse equipments for all officers of the Army below the grade of major required to be mounted, but in case any officer below the grade of major required to be mounted provides himself with suitable mounts at his own expense, he shall receive an addition to his pay of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum if he provides one mount, and two hundred dollars per annum if he provides two mounts. Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 108).

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415. National Army.-That all officers vided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers * * * of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army.-Sec. 10, Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82).

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416. Temporary forces, Signal Corps; pay and allowances.-That all officers * of the temporary forces of the Signal Corps, including the aviation section thereof provided for herein, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as permanent, officers * * * of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army.-Sec. 8, Act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 245).

417. Authority to transfer or assign pay accounts.-Hereafter all commissioned officers of the Army may transfer or assign their pay accounts, when due and payable, under such regulations and restrictions as the Secretary of War may prescribe.-Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1159).

418. Checks to indorsee on pay accounts permitted.-Hereafter section thirty-six hundred and twenty, Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of Congress approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, shall not be construed as precluding officers of the Quartermaster Corps from drawing checks in favor of the person or institution designated by indorsement made on his monthly pay account by any officer of the Army if the pay account has been deposited for payment on maturity in conformity with such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided further, That payment by the United States of a check on the indorsement of the indorsee specified on the pay account shall be a full acquittance for the amount due on the pay account.-Act Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 710).

419. Acting as disbursing officers, etc., no additional pay allowed.-No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriations therefor explicitly state that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation.-Sec. 1765, R. S.

420. Office of general abolished.-When a vacancy shall occur in the office of general * * * such office shall cease and all enactments creating or regulating such office shall be held to be repealed.-Sec. 1217, R. S.

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421. Grades of general and lieutenant general revived. That section eight of the act entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Miltary Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be held and construed to authorize the President, in accordance with the provisions of said act and for the period of the existing emergency only, to appoint as generals the Chief of Staff and the commander of the United States forces in France; and as lieutenant general each commander of an Army or Army corps organized as authorized by existing law.-Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 410).

422. Office of lieutenant general abolished. When the office of lieutenant general shall become vacant it shall not thereafter be filled, but said office shall cease and determine.-Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1160).

423. Same-Pay of.-That the pay of the grades of general and lieutenant general shall be ten thousand dollars and nine thousand dollars a year, respectively, with allowances appropriate to said grades as determined by the Secretary of War.-Ibid.

424. Chief of Staff Corps, department, or bureau.-Hereafter the chief of any existing staff corps, department, or bureau, except as is otherwise provided for the Chief of Staff, shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general.-Ibid.

425. Brevets not to carry increase of pay.-Brevets conferred upon commissioned officers shall not entitle them to any increase of pay.-Sec. 1264, R. S.

426. Forfeiture of pay, three months absence without leave.-Every officer who is dropped by the President from the rolls of the Army, for absence from duty three months without leave, shall forfeit all pay due or to become due.Sec. 1266, R. S.

427. Appropriations for "pay of the Army" not available for salary of officers not citizens of the United States.-No part of the appropriations made in this act shall be available for the salary or pay of any person hereafter, in time of peace, appointed as officer of the Army who is not a citizen of the United States.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 649).

ABSENCE FROM DUTY.

428. Disease resulting from own misconduct.-Hereafter no officer or enlisted man in active service who shall be absent from duty on account of disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct shall receive pay for the period of such absence, the time so absent and the cause thereof to be ascertained under such procedure and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.-Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat., 353). (See also annual appropriation acts.)

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429. Number, etc., allowed major and brigadier generals.-Each major general shall have three aids, who may be selected by him from captains or lieutenants of the Army, and each brigadier general shall have two aids, who may be selected by him from lieutenants of the Army.-Sec. 1098, R. S.

430. Additional pay, aids to major and brigadier generals.—An aid to a major general is allowed two hundred dollars per year in addition to the pay of his rank, and an aid to a brigadier general is allowed one hundred and fifty dollars per year in addition to the pay of his rank.-Sec. 1261, R. S.

ALLOTMENTS OF PAY.

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431. Authority for making.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit, under such regulations as he may prescribe, any officer * * on the active list of the Army, any retired officer of the Army on active duty * * to make allotments of his pay for the support of his wife, children, or dependent relatives, or for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper.-Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 385).

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432. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of.—All allotments of pay of officers * * * that have been or shall be paid to designated allottees previous to the receipt by disbursing officer of notice of discontinuance of the same from the officer required by regulations to furnish such notice shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall make such payments.-Ibid.

433. Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officer.-If erroneous payment is made because of the failure of an officer to report, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of War, the death of the grantor, or any fact which renders the allotment not payable, then the amount of such erroneous payment shall be collected by the Quartermaster General from the officer who fails to make such report, if such collection is practicalble.—Ibid.

CHAPLAINS.

434. Appointment of, etc.-The President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, chaplains in the Army at the rate of not to exceed, including chaplains now in service, one for each regiment of Cavalry, Infantry, Field Artillery, and Engineers, and one for each one thousand two hundred officers and men of the Coast Artillery Corps, with rank, pay, and allowances as now authorized by law.-Sec. 15, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 176).

435. Same.-The President may appoint for service during the present emergency not exceeding twenty chaplains at large for the United States Army representing religious sects not recognized in the apportionment of chaplains now recognized by law: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to such appointment unless he be at the time of his appointment a citizen of the United States. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 394).

436. Pay, etc., for first seven years' service.-All persons who may hereafter be appointed as chaplains shall have the grade, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant, mounted, until they shall have completed seven years of service.Act of Apr. 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 226).

437. Promotion of, with rank, pay and allowances of major.-Hereafter the President may, from time to time, select from among the chaplains of the Army any chaplains having not less than ten years' service, in the grade of captain, who shall have been commended as worthy of special distinction for exceptional efficiency by the regimental or district commanders with whose commands they may be serving as chaplains, approved through regular military channels, and may, with the advice and consent of the Senate, promote such regimental or artillery chaplains to be chaplains with the grade, pay, and allowances of major; every such promotion being made with a view to active service until the statutory age for the compulsory relinquishment thereof, except in cases of physical disability incurred in the line of duty: Provided, That the total number in active service so promoted shall not at any time exceed fifteen, and that the remaining chaplains shall have the grade, pay, and allowances of captain, mounted, after they shall have completed seven years of service.-Ibid.

438. Chaplains of Field and Coast Artillery; authority for appointment of, pay, etc. In addition to the chaplains now authorized for the Artillery Corps the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and subject to the laws governing appointment of chaplains in the Army, one chaplain for each regiment of Field Artillery and two for the Coast Artillery, with the rank, pay, and allowances now authorized by law for chaplains in the Army.-Act of Jan. 25, 1907 (34 Stat., 864).