CHAPTER V-DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUBCHAPTER A-AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Part 501 502 503 504 505 Employment of troops in aid of civil authorities. [Note] Relief assistance. [Amended] Arrest and confinement of persons not subject to military law. [Note] Safeguarding defense information. [Revised] 507 Manufacture of decorations. [Note] Competition with civilian bands. [Note] Secrecy surrounding troop movements. [Revoked] 508 509 511 512 Prisoners. [Revised] Assistance to relatives and others in connection with deceased personnel. [Revised] 513 Assistance of creditor by Department of the Army. [Revised] 515 517 518 Regulations for technical observers and service specialists accompanying Army participation in civilian activities. [Note] Records and reports. [Revised] SUBCHAPTER B-CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS Bonds of accountable officers. [Revoked] Payments on behalf of mentally incompetent personnel. [Amended] Military court fees. [Note] 531 532 533 534 535 Payment of bills and accounts. [Revoked] 536 Claims against the United States. [Amended] 537 538 Claims on behalf of the United States. [Amended] 561 562 563 570 571 Army Reserve. [Amended] Reserve Officers' Training Corps. [Amended] Retirement of members of reserve components. [Added; revised] SUBCHAPTER F-PERSONNEL Army nurses, dietitians and physical therapy aides. [Amended] 572 Contract surgeons and civilian veterinarians. [Amended] 573 574 575 576 577 578 580 581 582 583 Appointment of commissioned officers and warrant officers. [Amended] Admission to the United States Military Academy. [Revised] Care and disposition of the psychotic. [Note] Medical and dental attendance. [Amended] Decorations, medals, ribbons, and similar devices. [Amended] Personnel review boards. [Amended] Discharge or separation from service. [Amended] Former personnel. [Revised] SUBCHAPTER G-PROCUREMENT 590 591 General provisions. [Amended] Procurement by formal advertising. [Amended] 592 Procurement by negotiation. [Amended] Coordinated procurement. [Revised] Interdepartmental procurement. [Revised] 601 602 603 605 606 607 607 608 609 Gratuity Clause Board. [Added] 610 Federal, State, and local taxes. [Amended] Labor. [Revised] Government property. [Amended] Inspection and acceptance. [Revised] Procurement forms. [Revised] Supplemental provisions. [Amended] Army Emergency Facilities Depreciation Board. [Revoked] Veterinary inspection. [Note] Procurement of animals. [Note] SUBCHAPTER H-SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT SUBCHAPTER A-AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC Army among the military services has been employed most often by the President to render aid to the States and local governments in disasters and similar emergencies which have assumed such proportions as to be beyond the capabilities of local authorities. However, the capabilities of the Navy and the Air Force have similarly been utilized in rendering disaster assistance and, in some instances, they are more appropriately organized and equipped for particular types of operations. The Department of the Army has primary responsibility among the services for provision of disaster relief, with the Navy and the Air Force having collateral responsibility. The Department of the Army is also charged with the responsibility for coordination of disaster relief activities of the military services. (a) Commanding General, Continental Army Command. (1) Responsibility for operations in disaster relief under the provisions of the regulations in §§ 502.1 to 502.4 is delegated to the Commanding General, Continental Army Command. In cases of imminent necessity so dangerous as to preclude the receipt of timely instructions from higher authority, any commanding officer of troops will take such action as is necessary, and as the circumstances of the case reasonably justify, to save human life, to prevent immediate human suffering, or mitigate great destruction or damage to the public property of the United States. Such action, without prior authorization, of necessity, may be prompt and vigorous, but should be designed for the protection of life and property until such time as instructions from higher authority have been received, rather than as an assumption of functions normally performed by civilian authorities. (b) Corps of Engineers. (1) The prevention and control of floods is by statute the responsibility of the Corps of Engineers. When a flood of dangerous proportions is foreseen, District Engineers concerned will notify the Department of the Army; Commanding General, Continental Army Command; and the ZI army commanders of developments, including the Corps of Engineers statutory flood fighting activities, as conditions warrant. The closest cooperation between District and Division Engineers, Commanding General, Continental Army Command, ZI army commanders, the Regional Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration, the Red Cross and other relief agencies is necessary to mitigate the results of disastrous floods. Efforts incident to the repair, restoration, and maintenance of flood control works and rescue of flood victims are performed by the Corps of Engineers. The emergency employment of the Army resources in the relief of human suffering is the responsibility of the Commanding General, Continental Army Command. (2) Whenever, in connection with flood disasters, assistance to State and local agencies, which is beyond the statutory authority of the Corps of Engineers is requested of the Corps of Engineers by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, the division or district engineer will notify the ZI army commander concerned, and obtain his concurrence before such assistance is furnished. Re quest for an allotment of funds required therefor will be made simultaneously by the division or district engineer to the Army commander, who will make the allotment provided such funds are available under the provisions of the regulations of §§ 502.1 to 502.4. In any case where funds from military appropriations cannot be made available by the Army commander and where the Federal agency designated to coordinate Federal relief activities certifies that funds therefor are available under the provisions of the act of September 30, 1950, the Corps of Engineers may provide the requested assistance using any available civil funds pending reimbursement. [21 F. R. 1813, Mar. 24, 1956] § 502.3 Department of the Army policies. (a) Disaster relief will not be undertaken by the Department of the Army without the authority delegated by the Congress in act September 30, 1950, or by direction of the President, unless: (1) The overruling demands of humanity compel immediate action to prevent starvation and extreme suffering, in which event the Commanding General, Continental Army Command, will use personnel, supplies, and equipment under his control within his own discretion, and notify the Department of the Army, and (2) Local resources are clearly inadequate to cope with the situation, in which event the relief measures to be undertaken will be those deemed necessary by the Commanding General, Continental Army Command, subject to the provisions of the regulations of §§ 502.1 to 502.4. Local resources as here used comprise all resources available to the respective State and municipal authorities augmented by those available to the Red Cross in the affected areas. (b) For the purpose of the regulations of §§ 502.1 to 502.4 an "imminent emergency" is one in which it would be dangerous, before taking necessary action, to await instructions from the Department of the Army, although requested through command channels by the most expeditious means of communication available. In the event of an "imminent emergency," all military personnel and equipment in the continental United States under the control of agencies of the Department of the Army, with the exception of those supplies and equipment earmarked for support of overseas re |