Sec. as 636. Detail of officer of Navy as sistant to Chief of Bureau of Steam Engineering. 637. Chief of Bureau of Supplies and 638. Detail of officer of Navy as as- 642. Detail of medical officer of Navy 643. Loan of scientific instruments for 646. Preservation of flags in some pub- 647. Acceptance and care of gifts presented to vessels of the Navy. Sec. 648. Reports to Congress by Secretary 649. Report of expenditures for civil- 651. Report of expenditures for repairs 653. Estimates for expenses. 655. Contingent expenses not to be § 610. (R. S. § 415.) Establishment of the Department of the Navy. There shall be at the seat of Government an Executive Department, to be known as the Department of the Navy, and a Secretary of the Navy, who shall be the head thereof. Act April 30, 1798, c. 35, § 1, 1 Stat. 553. § 611. (Act July 11, 1890, c. 667, § 1.) Assistant Secretary of the Navy. For an assistant Secretary of the Navy, to be appointed, from civil life, by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive a compensation, at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. (26 Stat. 254.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1891, cited above. A previous provision for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary, contained in Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 389, § 1, 22 Stat. 243, was repealed by Act March 3, 1883, c. 128, § 1, 22 Stat. 550. A provision relating to the duties of the Assistant Secretary, made by Act March 3, 1891, c. 541, § 1, is set forth post, § 621. Recent appropriations for the Assistant Secretary are $5,000. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 767. § 612. (Act June 8, 1880, c. 129, as amended, Act June 5, 1896, c. 331.) Judge-Advocate-General of the Navy. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, for the term of four years, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the officers of the Navy or the Marine Corps, a judge-advocate-general of the Navy with the rank and highest pay of a captain the Navy or the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel in the Marine Corps, as the case may be. And the office of the said judge-advocate-general shall be in the Navy Department, where he shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, receive, revise, and have recorded the proceedings of all courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and boards for the examination of officers for retirement and promotion in the naval service, and perform such other duties as have heretofore been performed by the solicitor and naval judge-advocate-general. (21 Stat. 164. 29 Stat. 251.) This act was entitled "An act to authorize the President to appoint an officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps to perform the duties of Solicitor and Judge-Advocate-General, and so forth, and to fix the rank and pay of such officer." As originally enacted, the act provided for the appointment "with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain in the Navy or a colonel in the Marine Corps, as the case may be." The amendment by Act June 5, 1896, c. 331, cited above, inserted, in lieu of said words, the words "with the rank and highest pay of a captain the Navy, or the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel in the Marine Corps, as the case may be," making the act read as set forth here. Said amendatory act also contained a proviso that the amendment should take effect from July 19, 1892, the date on which the then incumbent entered on duty, and that the amount therein appropriated should be payable from the appropriation "Pay of the Navy." The office of Naval Solicitor in the Department of Justice, authorized by R. S. § 349, was abolished by a provision of Act June 19, 1878, c. 329, § 1, 20 Stat. 205. See note to R. S. § 349, ante, § 521. The appointment of a solicitor, as assistant to the Judge-Advocate General, was authorized by a provision of Act April 17, 1900, c. 192, § 1, post, § 613. § 613. (Act April 17, 1900, c. 192, § 1.) Solicitor, assistant to Judge-Advocate General. Judge-Advocate General, United States Navy: For a solicitor, to be an assistant to the Judge-Advocate of the Navy, and to perform. the duties of that officer in case of his death, resignation, absence, or sickness, two thousand five hundred dollars. (31 Stat. 117.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1901, cited above. It was repeated in the same language in subsequent similar acts. A provision of Act June 29, 1906, c. 3590, 34 Stat. 555, increased the salary to $4,000 during the service of the then incumbent. Recent appropriations for the Solicitor are $4,000. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 767. § 614. (R. S. § 416.) Clerks and employés. There shall be in the Department of the Navy: One chief clerk, at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year, so long as there is no Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and at a salary of two thousand two hundred dollars a year when there is an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. One disbursing clerk. * In the Bureau of Yards and Docks: One civil engineer, at a salary of three thousand dollars a year. One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One draughtsman, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Construction and Repair: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One draughtsman, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Steam Engineering: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One draughtsman, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One assistant draughtsman, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Navigation: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Ordnance: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. One draughtsman, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. In the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: One chief clerk, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year. Act July 5, 1862, c. 134, 12 Stat. 510. Act July 2, 1864, c. 219, § 4, 13 Stat. 373. Act July 23, 1866, c. 208, § 8, 14 Stat. 207. Act March 3, 1871, c. 113, § 3, 16 Stat. 494. Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 501, 502. This section enumerated the subordinate officers in the Department and their salaries at the time of the compilation of the Revised Statutes, as authorized by the then existing statutes, cited above. But the officers, clerks, and others actually appointed or employed, and their respective salaries and other compensation, depend on the specific provisions made in the annual appropriation acts, each providing for the fiscal year next following; the employment or payment of others being forbidden by Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 389, § 4, ante, § 248. Subsequent appropriation acts provided for officers and clerks and for salaries different from those fixed by the above section. The appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 767772. A provision of this section for "one superintendent of the Navy Department building," was superseded by the provision for a superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department building, contained in Act March 3, 1883, c. 128, § 1. post. § 3328, and is omitted. The salary of the chief clerk was continued at $2,500 a year, and was not reduced to $2,200 in accordance with this section, on the creation of the office of Assistant Secretary by Act July 11, 1890, c. 667, § 1, ante, § 601. Recent appropriations for the chief clerk are $3,000. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 767. Recent appropriations for chief clerks in the several Bureaus of the Department are usually $2,000. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 767. An appropriation by Act May 28, 1896, c. 252, § 1, 29 Stat. 164, as amended by Act June 8, 1896, c. 373, § 1, 29 Stat. 285, for a "clerk in charge of civil appointments and labor regulations at navy-yards, who shall also perform the duties of appointment clerk of the Navy Department," repeated in several later acts, was not continued in subsequent years, and is omitted as temporary merely. The Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was designated the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, by a provision of Act July 19, 1892, c. 206, § 1, post, § 623. In addition to the specific appropriations in the annual legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts for compensation of the officers, clerks, and other employés enumerated therein, said acts make special provisions each year for the employment of services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary may deem necessary, in the Bureau of Equipment, in the Bureau of Steam Engineering, in the Bureau of Construction and Repair, in the Bureau of Ordnance, and in the Bureau of Yards and Docks, to carry into effect appropriations specified, and to be paid from such appropriations, the entire expenditures by each of said Bureaus for such purposes for the fiscal year not to exceed a specified sum; the terms of such provisions and the amount limited varying from year to year. Such provisions practically supersede, at least for the particular fiscal year, the provisions of this section for draftsmen in some of said Bureaus. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 768, 770, 771. Recent legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts, in connection with the appropriations for the Department, provide that "no part of any appropriations made for the naval service shall be expended for any of the purposes herein provided for on account of the Navy Department at Washington, District of Columbia, except for personal services in certain bureaus as herein expressly authorized." Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 772. The employment in the Department, and payment out of the appropriations for new ships, of any civilian expert aids, additional draftsmen, etc., was forbidden by a provision of Act March 18, 1904, c. 716, § 1, post, § 615. Provisions applicable to all the Departments, relating to the employment of clerks and others, were made by R. S. § 169, and Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 389, § 4, ante, §§ 248, 249. Provisions applicable to all the Departments, relating to the duties of chief clerks and disbursing clerks, were made by R. S. §§ 173, 174, 176, ante, §§ 255, 256, 258. § 615. (Act March 18, 1904, c. 716, § 1.) Employment and payment out of appropriations for new ships, of civilian expert aids, draftsmen, writers, copyists, and model makers, only as authorized. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and four, it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of the Navy to employ in the Navy Department, at Washington, District of Columbia, and pay out of the appropriations for new ships, any civilian expert aids, additional draftsmen, writers, copyists, and model makers, except as herein or as may hereafter be specifically authorized. (33 Stat. 117.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1905, cited above. By the same act numerous appropriations were made for various offices and bureaus in the Department, for clerks and other employés, "in lieu of employés now authorized and paid from appropriations for new ships." Provisions of the naval service appropriation acts for subsequent fiscal years forbid the use of the appropriation in each act under "Increase of the Navy" for clerical, drafting, etc., service, or for pay of any of the other classified force under the various bureaus of the Department in Washington, and restrict the use of any sum appropriated by the act for any expense of the Department at Washington, unless specific authority is given by law for such expenditure. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 148, 37 Stat. 912. § 616. (R. S. § 417.) Procurement of naval stores and equipment of vessels. The Secretary of the Navy shall execute such orders as he shall receive from the President relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with the naval establishment. Act April 30, 1798, c. 35, § 1, 1 Stat. 553. Provisions for furnishing naval vessels and equipment to nautical schools at certain specified ports were made by Act March 4, 1911, c. 265, § 1, post, § 2762. The loan temporarily of naval vessels and equipment to the naval militia of the States was authorized by Act Aug. 3, 1894, c. 192, post, § 3078. Provisions relating to contracts for naval supplies, etc., were made by R. S. §§ 3714, 3718-3728, and subsequent provisions, post, §§ 6842, 6862-6879. § 617. (R. S. § 418.) Custody of the books and records. The Secretary of the Navy shall have the custody and charge of all the books, records, and other property now remaining in and appertaining to the Department of the Navy, or hereafter acquired by it. Act April 30, 1798, c. 35, § 3, 1 Stat. 554. Provisions for the custody of the books and records of the several Bureaus of the Department were contained in R. S. § 420, post, § 625. The transfer of naval records, from the beginning of the Navy Department to the war of the rebellion, from other Departments to the Secretary of the Navy, was provided for by Act April 27, 1904, c. 1630, 1, post, § 618. The transfer of records relating to public and private armed vessels of the colonies in the war of the Revolution, from other Departments to the Secretary of the Navy, was provided for by Act June 29, 1906, c. 3590, post, § 619. § 618. (Act April 27, 1904, c. 1630, § 1.) Custody of naval records from beginning of Department to war of rebellion. All naval records, such as muster and pay rolls, orders, and reports relating to the personnel and operations of the Navy of the United States, from the beginning of the Navy Department to the war of the rebellion, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, including operations against the French navy, Tripolitan war, war of eighteen hundred and twelve, operations against pirates in the West Indies, Florida war, and the war with Mexico, now in any of the Executive Departments, |