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Tents, hospital:

Secretary of War authorized to loan ambulances, horses, drivers, etc., and for caring for the sick, injured, and infirm during the forty-ninth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. See Grand Army of the Republic.

Secretary of War authorized to supply for temporary use of the sufferers from recent conflagration at Paris, Tex., etc. Act of Apr. 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 50).

Tennessee flood sufferers of 1916, Secretary of War authorized to relieve with food, supplies of the Quartermaster and Medical Departments, etc. J. Res., of Aug. 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 434).

Texas Bicentennial and Pan American Exposition to be held at San Antonio, Tex., about Nov. 1, 1918. J. Res. of June 5, 1916 (39 Stat. 217).

Thanks of Congress and gold medal presented to Senors Domicio da Gama, Romulo S. Naon, and Eduardo Suarez for services as mediators between United States and warring parties in Mexico. See Medals.

Timber:

Cut on public lands, seizure of. See Public lands.

Cutting and felling on public lands. See Employment of military force. Dead and fallen and depredations on Indian Reservations. See Indians. Philippine Islands, cutting or destroying, standing on reservations. See Philippine Islands.

Time of war. See War, time of.

Tolls, Panama Canal, exemption of coastwise vessels repealed. See Panama Canal.

Toll roads and bridges, Philippine Islands, Governor General to approve rates. See Philippine Islands.

Tonnage tax, Philippine Islands, levied on foreign vessels entering United States from. See Philippine Islands.

Torpedoes, mines, etc., for harbor defenses, injuries to. See Corps of Engi

neers.

Traders, post, vacancies in position of not to be filled. See post traders.

Transportation:

Atlantic & Pacific Railroad to be post route and military road. Sec 11, Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 297).

Explosives for military service. See Interstate commerce.

Heavy freight on certain reaches of the Mississippi River, Chief of Engineers or board appointed by Secretary of War, to experiment with in certain type of tows and barges at all stages of water. Act of July 27, 1916 (39 Stat. 403).

Northern Pacific Railroad to be post route and military road. Sec. 11, Act of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 370).

Public property to or from fairs or expositions, etc. See Interstate com

merce.

Quarantine of live stock, notice to carriers. See Interstate commerce.

Southern Pacific Railroad to be post route and military road. Sec. 18,
Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 299).

Union and Central Pacific Railroad to be post route and military road.
Sec. 6, Act of July 11, 1862 (12 Stat. 493).

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Water, refusal of clearance to vessels, etc., destined for a foreign or domestic port which refuses to accept, except for want of space, etc., freight or cargo tendered in good condition, etc. Sec. 36, Act of Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 738).

Treason against United States, penalties for. Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Act of Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1088).

Trespassers:

on General Grant National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite National Park, removal of. See Employment of military force.

on Public lands, removal of. See Employment of military force.

Treaspassing, national parks, penalty for hunting and shooting on. See National parks.

Troops, hereafter women not allowed to accompany as laundresses. See Army. Typewriting machines, restrictions as to price to be paid by Government for. Sec. 11, Act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 680).

Restrictions as to prices to be paid by Government for. Sec. 4, Act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 120).

Union and Central Pacific Railroad, post route and military road. See Transportation.

United Confederate Veterans, loan of cots and tents to for its encampment to be held at Birmingham, Ala., May, 1916. J. Res. of Feb. 15, 1916 (39 Stat. 10).

United States, declared policy of to settle all international disputes by arbitration or mediation. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 618).

Vacancies, membership of Board of Managers of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers not to be filled until such board is reduced to five, etc. See National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Vancouver Barracks Military Reservation, Wash., acquisition of additional land for, and construction of suitable target ranges on. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 638).

Vessels or other vehicles which decline to accept freight or cargo destined for a foreign or domestic port, except for want of space, when tendered in good condition, etc., refusal of clearance for. Sec. 36, Act of Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 738).

Vicksburg (Miss.) National Memorial Celebration and Peace Jubilee, appropriation for holding during year 1917, provisions relative to expenditure of, etc. Act of Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 812).

Vicksburg National Military Park. See National military parks.

Volunteers.

Appointment from, in staff departments. Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat. 900).

Army officers accountable for public property to secure certificates of nonindebtedness before discharge. See Public property.

Reimbursement of State of Kentucky for expenses in aiding to raise, Spanish-American War. Act of Feb. 26, 1917 (39 Stat. vol. 2, 289).

Volunteer homes, disabled volunteer soldiers:

Inspection of. See Inspector General's Department.

National Sanitarium at Hot Springs, S. Dak., in connection with. See Medical Department.

War Department, sale by city and county of San Francisco of water supply required for military reservations in or near the city of San Francisco, supplied from reservoirs in Hetch Hetchy Valley, Yosemite National Park, on certain conditions. Par. (u), sec. 9, Act of Dec. 19, 1913 (38 Stat. 250). War Department, transfer, by Navy Department to, of Fords (Mokuumeume) Island Naval Reservation island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, for use for military purposes. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 568).

War:

European, relief, protection, and transportation of American citizens in Europe, made necessary by. See Europe.

Preference to military traffic in time of. Sec. 2, Act of June 29, 1906 (35
Stat. 586).

War revenue act. Secs. 1-1302, Act of Oct. 3, 1917 (40 Stat. 300-338).
War, time of, manufacture, distribution, storage, use and possession of
explosives in. Secs. 1-22, Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 386–89).
Washington Aqueduct, custody of, regulations for, etc. See Corps of Engineers.
Washington Monument, care and maintenance of, etc. See Corps of Engineers,
Advertisement or sale of articles in or around, prohibited except on written
authority of Secretary of War. Acts of Feb. 9 and Mar. 4, 1909 (35
Stat. 615 and 997).

Washington Memorial Building. See Commission of Fine Arts.

Water power, Muskingum River, Ohio, relief for lessees of, whose property was destroyed by Ohio Valley flood of March, 1913. See Corps of Engineers. Water supply, sale of, to War Department by city and county of San Francisco from reservoirs of Hetch Hetchy Valley, Yosemite National Park, required for military reservations in or near the city of San Francisco on certain conditions, etc. Par. (u) sec. 9, Act of Dec. 19, 1913 (38 Stat. 250). Water, Washington Aqueduct, use of water in, etc. See Corps of Engineers. Waterways Commission:

Appropriation for expenses of. Sec. 18, Act of Aug. 8, 1917 (40 Stat. 269).

Authority for expenditures.

Compensation of commission.

Composition of. Id.

Id.

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Consideration of rights, etc., of United States, States, etc., respecting proposed projects. Id.

Engineers, technical experts, etc., to be employed. Id.

International, Secretary of War authorized to pay expenses of. Sec. 4, Act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 373).

Report of plans to Congress. Sec. 18, Act of Aug. 8, 1917 (40 Stat. 269). River and harbor projects not interfered with, etc. Id., 270.

Subjects for study, etc., designated. Id., 269.

West Indian Islands, temporary government for. Secs. 1-8, Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1132).

West Virginia flood sufferers of 1916, Secretary of War authorized to relieve with food, supplies of the Quartermaster and Medical Departments, etc. J. Res. of Aug. 24, 1916, supplementing J. Res. of Aug. 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 534).

White House, furniture for and inventory of property in. See Corps of Engi

neers.

White man marrying Indian woman not to acquire tribal rights. See Indians. Widows of colored and Indian soldiers. See Pensions.

Winfield Scott Fort Military Reservation, Cal., construction of road through the Presidio of San Francisco to connect the road of with the city and county road leading to Fort Miley. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 637).

Witnesses:

Civilian, Philippine Islands, fees to. See Philippine Islands.

Courts-martial, attendance of, refusal to testify. See Military tribunals. Wisconsin, Secretary of War to convey all title and interest of United States to " Portage Levee" to the city of Portage or State of. Act of July 27, 1916 (39 Stat. 401).

Women, hereafter not allowed to accompany troops as laundresses. See Army. Women of the Civil War, memorial monument to commemorate. Contributions by the Government for site and building; commission to approve site and plans and to supervise expenditures; Commission of Fine Arts also to approve plans; memorial to be permanent headquarters of American Red Cross; and American Red Cross to be charged with and responsible for care, keeping, and maintenance of memorial and grounds, but title to site and building to be in the United States. Act of Oct. 22, 1913 (38 Stat. 233).

Women's Titanic Memorial Association, erection in public grounds, District of Columbia, of a memorial to the heroes of the Titanic. Sec. 7, Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1046).

Wrecks, obstructions to navigation, removal of. See Corps of Engineers.
Yellowstone National Park. See National Parks.

Yosemite National Park. See National Parks.

Removal of trespassers, etc., from. See Employment of military force. Sale to War Department by city and county of San Francisco of water supply required for military reservations in or near the city of San Francisco on certain conditions, etc., being waters from reservoirs of Hetch Hetchy Valley within. Par. (u), sec. 9, Act of Dec. 19, 1913 (38 Stat. 250).

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