GRATUITOUS CLOTHING. SEC. 1298. The Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of the Surgeon-General, order gratuitous issues of clothing to soldiers who have had contagious diseases, and to hospital attendants who have nursed them, to replace any articles of their clothing destroyed by order of the proper medical officers to prevent contagion. 12 Mar., 1868, Res. 19, v. 15, p. 250. DEDUCTIONS FOR RATIONS PURCHASED. SEC. 1299. 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. [See §§ 1144, 1145.] 3 Mar., 1865, c. 81, s. 5, v. 13, p. 497. FOR ARTICLES PURCHASED. SEC. 1300. The amount due from any enlisted man for articles designated by the inspectors general of the Army, and sold to him on credit by commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted from the payment made to him next after such sale shall have been reported to the Paymaster General. [See §§ 1144, 1145.] 28 July, 1866, c. 299, s. 25, v. 14, p. 336. FOR TOBACCO PURCHASED. SEC. 1301. The amount due from any enlisted man for tobacco sold to him at cost prices by the United States shall be deducted from his pay in the manner provided for the settlement of clothing accounts. [See § 1149.] 3 Mar., 1865, c. 81, s. 6, v. 13, p. 497. CLOTHING ALLOWANCES AND DEDUCTIONS. SEC. 1302. The money value of all clothing overdrawn by the soldier beyond his allowance shall be charged against him, every six months, on the muster-roll of his company, or on his final statements if sooner discharged, and he shall receive pay for such articles of clothing as have not been issued to him in any year, or which may be due to him at the time of his discharge, according to the annual estimated value thereof. The amount due him for clothing, when he draws less than his allowance, shall not be paid to him until his final discharge from the service. 24 Apr., 1816, c. 69, ss. 7, 8, v. 4, p. 298. FOR DAMAGE TO ARMS. SEC. 1303. The cost of repairs or damages done to arms, equipments, or implements, shall be deducted from the pay of any officer or soldier in whose care or use the same were when such damages occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse or negligence of said officer or soldier. 8 Feb., 1815, c. 38, s. 7, v. 3, p. 204. FOR DEFICIENCIES. SEC. 1304. 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. [See Art. of War 15.] 18 May, 1826, c. 74, s. 3, v. 4, p. 174. DEPOSITS OF SOLDIERS' SAVINGS. SEC. 1305. Any enlisted man of the Army may deposit his savings, in sums not less than five dollars, with any Army paymaster, who shall furnish him a deposit book, in which shall be entered the name of the paymaster and of the soldier, and the amount, date, and place of such deposit. The money so deposited shall be accounted for in the same manner as other public funds, and shall pass to the credit of the appropriation for the pay of the Army, and shall not be subject to forfeiture by sentence of court-martial, but shall be forfeited by desertion, and shall not be permitted to be paid until final payment on discharge, or to the heirs or representatives of a deceased soldier, and that such deposit be exempt from liability for such soldier's debts: Provided, That the Government shall be liable for the amount deposited to the person so depositing the same. 15 May, 1872, c. 161, s. 1, v. 17, p. 117. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. SEC. 1306. For any sums not less than fifty dollars so deposited for the period of six months, or longer, the soldier, on his final discharge, shall be paid interest at the rate of four per centum per annum. 15 May, 1872, c. 161, s. 2, v. 17, p. 117. REGULATIONS FOR DEPOSITS. SEC. 1307. The system of deposits herein established shall be carried into execution under such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War. 15 May, 1872, c. 161, s. 4, v. 17, p. 117. DEPOSITS AND CLOTHING-BALANCES, HOW PAYABLE. SEC. 1308. The amounts of deposits and clothing-balances accumulating to the soldier's credit under sections thirteen hundred and two and thirteen hundred and five, shall, when payable to him upon his discharge, be paid out of the appropriations for "pay of the Army" for the then current fiscal year. 15 May, 1872, c. 61, s. 5, v. 17, p. 117. CHAPTER FOUR. THE MILITARY ACADEMY. OFFICERS, PROFESSORS, AND INSTRUCTORS. SEC. 1309. The United States Military Academy at West Point, in the State of New York, shall be constituted as follows: There shall be one superintendent; one commandant of cadets; one senior instructor in the tactics of artillery; one senior instructor in the tactics of cavalry; one senior instructor in the tactics of infantry; one professor and one assistant professor of civil and military engineering; one professor and one assistant professor of natural and experimental philosophy; one professor and one assistant professor of mathematics; one chaplain, who shall also be professor of history, geography, and ethics, and one assistant professor of the same; one professor and one assistant professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology; one professor and one assistant professor of drawing; one professor and one assistant professor of the French language; one professor and one assistant professor of the Spanish language; one adjutant; one master of the sword; and one teacher of music. [See § 1337.] 16 Mar., 1802, c. 9, s. 28, v. 2, p. 137. 6 Aug., 1852, c. 81, v. 10, p. 29. 12 June, 1858, c. 156, s. 1, v. 11, p. 333. [That when a vacancy occurs in the office of professor of the French language or in the office of professor of the Spanish language in the Military Academy, both these offices shall cease, and the remaining one of the two professors shall be professor of modern languages; and thereafter there shall be in the Military Academy one, and only one, professor of modern languages; of Congress approved June 23, 1879, sec. 4.] * * * 23 June, 1879, 1st sess. 46th Cong., c. 35, s. 4, p. 34. LOCAL RANK OF SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMANDANT. -Act SEC. 1310. The Superintendent and the commandant of cadets, while serving as such, shall have, respectively, the local rank of colonel and lieutenant-colonel of engineers. 12 June, 1858, c. 156, s. 1, v. 11, p. 333. [See Sec. 1334.] SUPERINTENDENT. SEC. 1311. The superintendent and, in his absence, the next in rank, shall have the immediate government and military command of the Academy, and shall be commandant of the military post of West Point. 16 Mar., 1802, c. 9, s. 28, v. 2, p. 137. COMMANDANT OF CADETS. SEC. 1312. The commandant of the cadets shall have the immediate command of the battalion of cadets, and shall be instructor in the tactics of artillery, cavalry, and infantry. 12 June, 1858, c. 156, s. 1, v. 11, p. 333. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 135, v. 18, p. 467. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND PROFESSORS. SEC. 1313. The superintendent, the commandant of cadets, and the professors shall be appointed by the President. The assistant professors, acting assistant professors, and the adjutant shall be officers of the Army, detailed and assigned to such duties by the Secretary of War, or cadets, assigned by the superintendent, under the direction of the Secretary of War. 28 Feb., 1803, c. 13, s. 2, v. 2, p. 206. SELECTION OF OFFICERS. SEC. 1314. The superintendent and commandant of cadets may be selected, and all other officers on duty at the Academy may be detailed from any arm of the service; but the academic staff as such shall not be entitled to any command in the Army separate from the Academy. 13 July, 1866, c. 176, s. 6, v. 14, p. 92. CADETS, NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT OF. SEC. 1315. The corps of cadets shall consist of one from each congressional district, one from each Territory, one from the District of Columbia, and ten from the United States at large. They shall be appointed by the President, and shall, with the exception of the ten cadets appointed at large, be actual residents of the congressional or territorial districts, or of the District of Columbia, respectively, from which they purport to be appointed. 1 Mar., 1843, c. 52, s. 2, v. 5, p. 606. [That the cadets at large at the Military Academy shall not hereafter exceed ten in all, and no new appointments at large shall be made until the number of such cadets heretofore appointed falls below ten. But this provision shall not be held to require the discharge of any cadet heretofore appointed.-Act of Congress approved June 11, 1878, sec. 4.] 11 June, 1878, c. 181, s. 4, v. 20, p. 111. PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN IN REBEL SERVICE. SEC. 1316. No person who has served in any capacity in the military or naval service of the so-called Confederate States, or of either of the States in insurrection during the late rebellion, shall be appointed a cadet. 8 June, 1866, c. 110, s. 2, v. 14, p. 59. APPOINTMENT IN ADVANCE. SEC. 1317. Cadets shall be appointed one year in advance of the time of their admission to the Academy, except in cases where, by reason of death or other cause, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance; but no pay or other allowance shall be given to any appointee until he shall have been regularly admitted, as herein provided; and all appointments shall be conditional, until such provisions shall have been complied with. 16 June, 1866, Res. 49, s. 1, v. 14, p. 359. AGE OF APPOINTEES. SEC. 1318. Appointees shall be admitted to the Academy only between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two years, except in the following case: Any person who has served honorably and faithfully not less than one year, in either the volunteer or regular service of the United States, in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion, and who possesses the other qualifications required by |