ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Artillery Corps; master electricians.

* * That there shall be added to the Artillery Corps twenty-five master electricians, to be enlisted by the Secretary of War, after such examination as he may prescribe, who shall receive seventy-five dollars per month and the allowance of an ordnance sergeant, twentytwo thousand five hundred dollars.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 930.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for "one hundred electrician sergeants, to be assigned for duty at such places as the Secretary of War may direct," at $408 each, in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. One electrician sergeant to each coast artillery post having electrical appliances is included in the composition of the Artillery Corps by Act Feb. 2, 1901, c. 192. § 6, Comp. St. 1901, p. 786.

Signal Corps; additional officers; chief of telegraph and cipher bureau of Executive Office.

** There shall be added to the Signal Corps of the Army, as now authorized by law, one lieutenant-colonel, two majors, four captains, and four first lieutenants: Provided further, That the vacancies. thus created or caused shall be filled first by the promotion of officers of the Signal Corps, according to seniority, and thereafter by details from the line of the Army: Provided further, That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an officer of the Signal Corps as chief of the telegraph and cipher bureau of the Executive Office, who shall have, while so serving, the rank, pay, and allowances of a major.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 932.

These are provisos annexed to appropriations for pay of officers of the Signal Corps in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The composition of the Signal Corps is prescribed by Act Feb. 2, 1901, c. 192, § 24, Comp. St. 1901, p. 798.

Porto Rico provisional regiment; enlistment of citizens in Regular Army, and service of regiment outside Island; officers of regiment. * * That citizens of Porto Rico shall be eligible for enlistment in the Regular Army and the Porto Rico Regiment may be ordered for service outside of the island of Porto Rico: Provided, That all volunteer officers now in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment shall be mustered out on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and their places be filled by detail from the line of the Army: Provided further, That any vacancy now existing or which may occur between now and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, shall be filled by detail from the line of the Army.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 934.

These are provisos annexed to appropriations for pay of officers of the line and of enlisted men of the Porto Rico provisional regiment, "com'posed of two battalions of four companies each," in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The composition of the regiment, "not exceeding three battalions of infantry," is prescribed by Act Feb. 2, 1901, c. 192, § 37, Comp. St. 1901, p. 804.

Ordnance Department; details thereto from Army at large, from grade of first or second lieutenant.

And hereafter details for service to the grade of first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department under the provisions of the Act of Feb

ruary second, nineteen hundred and one, may be made, from the Army at large, from the grade of first or second lieutenant, and officers so detailed shall, while so serving, receive the pay of first lieutenant: Provided, That no officer shall be so detailed except upon such examination as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War:

*

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 942.

This is a provision of the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The composition of the Ordnance Department is prescribed by Act Feb. 2, 1901, c. 192, § 23. Comp. St. 1901, p. 797, and details thereto from the line are provided for by section 26 of that act, Comp. St. 1901, p. 799.

Sec. 1098.

Aids of major and brigadier generals.

Acts and parts of acts authorizing aids-de-camp and military secretaries do not apply to general officers of the General Staff Corps, by a provision of the act establishing the corps, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 553, § 4, set forth above.

Sec. 1116.

General qualifications [of enlisted men].

Citizens of Porto Rico are eligible for enlistment in the Regular Army, by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth above.

Sec. 1120.

ACT JAN. 29, 1887, c. 72, § 1.

School of instruction for cavalry and light artillery.

The usual annual appropriation for military service schools, mentioned in the note under this section, is repeated in the Army appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. The appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1904, is as follows:

"United States Service Schools: To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia; the School of Submarine Defense at Fort Totten, New York; the General Service and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the School of Application for Cavalry and Field Artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas, by the purchase of text-books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the military service, twenty-five thousand dollars." Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 928. Other appropriations, for expenses of the Army War College, incidental expenses of the School of Submarine Defense, etc., are made by the same act.

Sec. 1131.

ACT FEB. 24, 1891, c. 284.

Expert accountant in Inspector-General's Department.

The appropriation for pay of the accountant mentioned in this provision is repeated in the Army appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending

June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 512, and Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 933.

Sec. 1132.

ACT JULY 1, 1898, c. 544.

Military storekeeper.

The military storekeeper on duty as doorkeeper to the President may be continued in that employment, and receive the full pay and allowances of his grade from the date of his retirement until relieved by the President, by a provision of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, set forth under chapter 2 of this Title.

Sec. 1133.

Duties [of Quartermaster's Department].

The provisions of Act March 2, 1901, c. 803, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2495, regulating the purchase of supplies, etc., and the making of contracts by the Quartermaster's Department, are repeated in the subsequent Army appropriation acts. See post, note, under Title XLIII, "Public Contracts."

Provisions for the purchase of horses from mounted line officers ordered for duty over seas or changed to another station are contained in Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth post, under Title XLIII, "Public Contracts."

Sec. 1137.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Steamships in transport service not to be disposed of without consent of Congress.

* * No steamship in the transport service of the United States shall be sold or disposed of without the consent of Congress having been first had or obtained;

* *

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 938.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for transportation of the Army, etc., in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. A further proviso of the same act is set forth below.

Transport service not to be discontinued without action of Congress. * * That no action looking to the discontinuance of the transport service shall be taken without further action of Congress.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 939.

This is a further proviso, annexed to the same appropriation, in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1158.

Engineers; limits of duty.

The organization of a board of five engineer officers required to perform the duties imposed by the Chief of Engineers, and to consider and report on all reports and surveys for river and harbor improvements, is provided for by Act June 13, 1902, c. 1079, § 3, post, under Title LXIII, "River and Harbors."

The appointment of one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the Army

as a member of a proposed international commission to investigate and report on the conditions of the waters of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River is provided for by Act June 13, 1902, c. 1079, § 4, post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors."

The employment of engineers of the Army in the construction of the Isthmian Canal is authorized by Act June 28, 1902, c. 1302, § 7, post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors," subchapter "Isthmian Canal."

Sec. 1159.

ACT JUNE 6, 1896, c. 338.

Ordnance storekeeper; rank.

The ordnance storekeeper with the rank of major, on duty as disbursing officer and assistant to the Chief of Ordnance, as provided by this act, when retired is to be retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel, by a provision of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, set forth post, under chapter 2 of this Title.

Sec. 1167.

Semiannual reports.

The returns to the Chief of Ordnance, required by this section to be made quarterly, are to be made semiannually, by a provision of Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, set forth below.

ACT FEB. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1.

Semiannual returns of ordnance property.

That returns of ordnance property now required to be made quarterly to the Chief of Ordnance shall hereafter be made semiannually.

Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 885.

This is a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The returns mentioned in this provision are required by Rev. St. § 1167, Comp. St. 1901, p. 833.

Secs. 1179-1181.

ACT MARCH 1, 1887, c. 311, § 1.

Hospital Corps, attached to Medical Department.

The composition of the Hospital Corps is changed, and alterations in its organization are authorized, by provisions of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Hospital Corps, composition and organization.

* * That hereafter the Hospital Corps of the United States Army shall consist of sergeants first class, sergeants, corporals, privates first class, and privates; the rank and pay of sergeants first class, sergeants, and privates first class shall be as now provided by law for hospital stewards, acting hospital stewards, and privates of the Hospital Corps; corporals shall receive twenty dollars per month and privates sixteen dollars, with such increase on account of length of service as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to other en

listed men. That the Secretary of War is authorized to organize companies of instruction, ambulance companies, field hospital, and other detachments of the Hospital Corps as the necessities of the service may require.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 930.

These are provisions of the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The previous provisions relating to the corps, referred to in these provisions, are contained in Act March 1, 1887, c. 311, and subsequent statutes, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 839-841.

Sec. 1189.

Periods of payment.

The daily rate for computation of pay for fractional parts of a month is fixed by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth post, under chapter 3 of this Title.

OF PROMOTIONS, BREVETS, AND CERTIFICATES OF

MERIT.

Sec. 1216. [As amended 1891, 1892.]

Certificates of merit for privates.

A national trophy and medals and other prizes to be contested for annually, said contest to be open to the Army and the militia of the several States, etc., are provided for by Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, post, under Title 16, "The Militia."

Sec. 1227.

GENERAL PROVISIONS OF ORGANIZATION.

Army corps badges.

Provisions authorizing the wearing of badges adopted by military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States during the Chinese relief expedition of 1900 are contained in Res. Jan. 12, 1903, No. 2, set forth above.

Sec. 1240.

ACT JULY 16, 1892, c. 195.

Expenditures for post gardens or exchanges.

Appropriations for "the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchange, school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of War," are contained in the Army appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 516, and Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 937.