major generals, nine rooms (lieutenant general, ten rooms).-Sec. 9, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 151), as amended by act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1168).

Quarters

525. In kind; authority for.— may be furnnished in kind to officers by the Quartermaster's Department according to law and regulations.-Sec. 1270, R. S., as amended by act of Feb. 27, 1877 (19 Stat., 243).

526. Public quarters defined.-Hereafter the Secretary of War may determine where and when there are no public quarters available within the meaning of this or any other act.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1069).

527. Heat and light for.-Hereafter the heat and light actually necessary for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers and enlisted men shall be furnished at the expense of the United States under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe.-Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1167).

STOPPAGES AND DEDUCTIONS OF PAY.

528. Rations purchased on credit.-The amount due from any officer for rations purchased on credit, or for any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army and purchased on credit from commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted from the payment made to such officer next after such purchase shall have been reported to the Paymaster General.-Sec. 1299, R. S.

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529. Repairs or damages to arms, equipments, etc.-The cost of repairs on damages done to arms, equipments, or implements, shall be deducted from the pay of any officer in whose care or use the same were when such damage occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse or negligence of said officer * * * -Sec. 1303, R'. S.

530. For deficiencies, final settlement of accounts.--In case of deficiency of any article of military supplies, on final settlements of the accounts of any officer charged with the issue of the same, the value thereof shall be charged against the delinquent and deducted from his monthly pay, unless he shall show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, by one or more depositions setting forth the circumstances of the case, that said deficiency was not occasioned by any fault on his part. And in case of damage to any military supplies, the value of such damage shall be charged against such officer and deducted from his monthly pay, unless he shall, in like manner, show that such damage was not occasioned by any fault on his part.-Sec. 1304, R. S.

531. Arrears.-No money shall be paid to any person for his compensation who is in arrears to the United States until he has accounted for and paid into the Treasury all sums for which he may be liable. In all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld in pursuance of this section, the accounting officers of the Treasury, if required to do so by the party, his agent. or attorney, shall report forthwith to the Solicitor of the Treasury the balance due; and the solicitor shall, within sixty days thereafter, order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties.-Sec. 1766, R. S.

532. Indebtedness, where judgment has been obtained.-The pay of officers of the Army may be withheld under section seventeen hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes on account of an indebtedness to the United States ad

mitted or shown by the judgment of a court, but not otherwise, unless upon a special order issued according to the discretion of the Secretary of War.— Act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat., 177).

TRAVEL ALLOWANCE.

533. On discharge.-Hereafter when an officer shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, he shall receive for travel allowances from the place of his discharge to the place of his residence at the time of his appointment or to the place of his original muster into the service four cents per mile.-Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 902).

534. Travel expenses; purposes of instruction.-For travel expenses of officers (engineers) on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for the purpose of instruction: Provided, That the traveling expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances.-Act of Mar. 2, 1913 (37 Stat., 719).

535. Actual expenses, duty in Alaska.-Hereafter actual expenses only, not to exceed four dollars and fifty cents per day and cost of transportation when not furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, shall be paid to the officers of the Army * * when traveling on duty without troops, under competent orders, within the geographical limits of the Territory of Alaska.-Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 114).

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536. Sea travel on discharge; actual expenses.-For sea travel on discharge actual expenses only shall be paid to officers.-Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 903).

537. Travel expenses, officers and enlisted men of foreign armies.—The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, under such regulations and in such manner as he may prescribe, to employ such portion of the appropriations made for transportation of the Army and its supplies as in his judgment may be necessary to defray the expenses of travel incurred by officers and enlisted men of foreign armies attached to the Army of the United States during the present emergency, and that those officers and enlisted men, who may have been performing duties in this connection, be reimbursed from this appropriation for the expenditures they have already been obliged to make.—Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 361).

VETERINARY CORPS.

538. Appointment of veterinarians and assistant veterinarians.—The President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint veterinarians and assistant veterinarians in the Army, not to exceed, including veterinarians now in service, two such officers for each regiment of Cavalry, one for every three batteries of Field Artillery, one for each mounted battalion of engineers, seventeen as inspectors of horses and mules and as veterinarians in the Quartermaster Corps, and seven as inspectors of meats for the Quartermaster Corps; and said veterinarians and assistant veterinarians shall be citizens of the United States and shall constitute the Veterinary Corps and shall be a part of the Medical Department of the Army.— Sec. 16, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 176).

539. Assistant veterinarians; qualifications, etc.-Hereafter a candidate for appointment as assistant veterinarian must be a citizen of the United States,

between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, a graduate of a recognized veterinary college or university, and shall not be appointed until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination as to character, physical condition, general education, and professional qualifictions.—Ibid.

540. Same; rank, pay, etc.-An assistant veterinarian appointed under this act shall, for the first five years of service as such, have the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant; that after five years of service he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant; that after fifteen years of service he shall be promoted to be a veterinarian with the rank, pay, and allowances of captain, and that after twenty years' service he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major.-Ibid.

541. Discharge of, where found deficient at examination.-Any assistant veterinarian, in order to be promoted as hereinbefore provided, must first pass a satisfactory examination, under such rules as the President may prescribe, as to professional qualifications and adaptability for the military service; and if such assistant veterinarian shall be found deficient at such examination he shall be discharged from the Army with one year's pay.-Ibid.

542. Appointment of veterinarians of Cavalry, Field Artillery, and of the Quartermaster Corps to the Veterinary Corps; rank, pay, and allowances.-The veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery now in the Army, together with such veterinarians of the Quartermaster Corps as are now employed in said corps, who at the date of the approval of this act shall have had less than five years' governmental service, may be appointed in the Veterinary Corps as assistant veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant; those who shall have had over five years of such service may be appointed in said corps as assistant veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant; and those who shall have had over fifteen years of such service may be appointed in said corps as veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of captain: Provided, That no such appointment of any veterinarian shall be made unless he shall first pass satisfactorily a practical professional and physical examination as to his fitness for the military service.—Ibid.

543. Retirement of former veterinarians for physical incapacity.-Veterinarians now in the Army or in the employ of the Quartermaster Corps who shall fail to pass the prescribed physical examination because of disability incident to the service and sufficient to prevent them from the performance of duty valuable to the Government shall be placed upon the retired list of the Army with seventy-five per centum of the pay to which they would have been entitled if appointed in the Veterinary Corps as hereinbefore prescribed.—Ibid.

544. Reserve veterinarians, pay and allowances; eligible as assistant veterinarians.-The Secretary of War, upon recommendation of the Surgeon General of the Army, may appoint in the Veterinary Corps, for such time as their services may be required, such number of reserve veterinarians as may be necessary to attend public animals pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps. Reserve veterinarians so employed shall have the pay and allowances of second lieutenant during such employment and no longer: Provided, That such reserve veterinarians shall be graduates of a recognized veterinary college or university and shall pass a satisfactory examination as to character, physical condition, general education, and professionl qualifications in like manner as herein

before required of assistant veterinarians; such reserve veterinarians shall constitute a list of eligibles for appointment as assistant veterinarians, subject to all the conditions hereinbefore prescribed for the appointment of assistant veterinarians.-Ibid.

545. Discharge of at end of probationary period.—Within a limit of time to be fixed by the Secretary of War candidates for appointment as assistant veterinarians who shall have passed satisfactorily the examinations prescribed for that grade by this act shall be appointed, in the order of merit in which they shall have passed such examination, to vacancies as they occur, such appointments to be for a probationary period of two years, after which time, if the services of the probationers shall have been satisfactory, they shall be permanently appointed with rank to date from the dates of rank of their probationary appointments. Probationary veterinarians whose services are found unsatisfactory shall be discharged at any time during the probationary period, or at the end thereof, and shall have no further claims against the Government on account of their probationary service.-Ibid.

RETIRED COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

546. Retired pay.-Officers retired from active service shall receive seventyfive per centum of the pay of the rank upon which they are retired.—Sec. 1274, R. S.

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547. Same.-Services in connection with construction of Panama Canal.-At any time after the passage of this act any officer of the Army to be benefited by the provisions of this act may, on his own application, be retired by the President at seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which he is retired.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1191).

548. Service as Chief of Staff Corps or department.—Any officer now holding office in any corps or department who shall hereafter serve as chief of staff corps or department and shall subsequently be retired, shall be retired with the rank, pay, and allowances authorized by law for the retirement of such corps or department chief.-Sec. 26, Act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 755).

549. Civil War service, below grade of brigadier general.-Any officer of the Army below the grade of brigadier general who served with credit as an officer or as an enlisted man in the regular or volunteer forces during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, otherwise than as a cadet, and whose name is borne on the official register of the Army, and who has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, retired on account of wounds or disability incident to the service or on account of age or after forty years' service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Army with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any officer who received an advance of grade since the date of his retirement or who has been restored to the Army and placed on the retired list by virtue of the provisions of a special act of Congress.-Act of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 264).

550. Same-With rank of brigadier general.-Officers who served creditably in the regular or volunteer forces during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and who now hold the rank of brigadier gen49392-18-7*

eral on the active list of the Army, having previously held that rank for three years or more, shall, when retired from active service, have the rank and retired pay of major general.—Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1163).

551. Examination for return to duty if retired for disability.-The Secretary of War shall make a list of all officers of the Army who have been placed on the retired list for disablity and shall cause such officers to be examined at intervals as may be advisable, and such officers as shall be found to have recovered from such disabilities or to be able to perform service of value to the Government sufficient to warrant such action shall be assigned to such duty as the Secretary of War may approve.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 629).

ACTIVE DUTY.

552. Assignment to duty at Soldiers' Home, etc., retired pay only.—Retired officers of the Army may be assigned to duty at the Soldier's Home, upon a selection by the commissioners of that institution, approved by the Secretary of War; and a retired officer shall not be assignable to any other duty: Provided, That they receive from the Government only the pay and emoluments allowed by law to retired officers.-Sec. 1259, R. S.

553. Assigned to active duty, above grade of major, retired pay only.-Retired officers of the Army above the grade of major, heretofore or hereafter assigned to active duty, shall hereafter receive their full retired pay and shall receive no further pay or allowances from the United States.-Act of Mar. 2, 1905 (33 Stat., 831).

554. Colonel or lieutenant colonel.-A colonel or lieutenant colonel heretofore or hereafter assigned to active duty shall hereafter receive the same pay and allowance as a retired major would receive under a like assignment.-Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 245).

555. Temporary command of post without garrison; limitation on pay extended to include brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.— When by reason of the movement of troops a post is temporarily left without its regular garrison and with no commissioned officer except of the Medical Reserve Corps on duty thereat, the Secretary of War may assign a retired officer of the Army, with his consent, to active duty in charge of such post. The officer so assigned shall perform the duties of commanding officer and also any necessary staff duties at such post, and shall, while in the performance of such duties, receive the full pay and allowances of his grade, subject to the limitations imposed by the act of March second, nineteen hundred and five, and the act of June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, which limitations shall include the grades of brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.— Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 627).

556. Pay for active duty, not to exceed that of major.-Hereafter any retired officer, who has been or shall be detailed on active duty, shall receive the rank, pay, and allowances of the grade, not above that of major, that he would have attained in due course of promotion if he had remained on the active list for a period beyond the date of his retirement equal to the total amount of time during which he has been detailed on active duty since his retirement.-Sec. 24, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 183).