Forage, monthly allowance in lieu of, 116, 144, 248, 276.
no allowance for, in time of peace, 366.

no allowance for more horses than employed, 248, 276.
&c., of volunteers and militia, 374.
rate of, 144, 248, 276.

to additional regiments, 91.

to assistant quartermasters, 316.

Forces of United States employed in cases of insurrection, 199.
Form of oath administered by judge-advocate, 192.

of officers of militia in District of Columbia, 155.
taken by members of court of inquiry, 157.
taken by officers and soldiers, 240.

Forms, blank, of contracts, 506.

Fortifications, armament of, 360.

arming of, 102, 105.

on seaboard and frontier, 354.

built by states for United States, 119, 120.
cessions of land for, 102, 105, 119.
disbursements for construction of, 348.

duties of inspector of, 137.

garrison of, 102, 105.

inspector of, appointed, 137.

land to be purchased for, 103.

repairing and arming, 354.

Fortress, commander of, compelled to abandon it, 185.
Forts or garrisons, provisions brought into, 67.
Fort Stephenson, defence of, by Colonel Croghan, 333.
Foundries, expenses of, reported annually, 121.
manufacture of iron cannon at, 360.

President has power to establish, 121.

France and United States, differences between, 127.

Franking privilege, to whom allowed, 107, 219, 235, 247, 282, 287, 470.
Frauds, act to prevent, upon treasury of United States, 428.

contractors punished for, 529.

in making contracts, act to prevent, 504.

officers cashiered for, 74.

Frays and quarrels, quelling of, 66.

Frémont's, Colonel, volunteers to have benefit of certain acts of Con-
gress, 434.

Frontiers of United States, provision for protection of, 92, 105.

protection of, 92.

rations allowed on, 116.

Fugitive slaves, hindered of liberty only in what cases, 522.
Fugitives from labor not returned by United States forces, 194.
soldiers not to be employed to return, 496.

Fund for defence of ports and harbors, 119.

for military asylum abolished, 509.

Funds of disbursing officers, 449.

for support of military asylum, 416.

Furloughs, absence on, limited, 177.

given, by whom, 177.

limitations to, 65.

to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 65.

G.

GAINES, Major-General, thanks of Congress, and gold medal, voted to, 268.
Garrison, commander of, compelled to abandon it, 185.

court-martial, powers of, 187.

of fortifications, 102, 105.

or general courts-martial, 73.

or regimental courts-martial, powers of, 79.
Garrisons, posts forcibly surrendered by their, 71.
surgeon's mates attached to, 170.

troops employed as, 102.

General-in-chief, disrespect towards, punished, 64.
General of armies of United States, 136.

staff, appointments in, 374.

staff officers, commissions of, conferring equal rank in army, 374.
staff, officers of, 94, 115, 116, 128, 136, 137, 142, 212, 226, 234, 307.
staff, organization of, 245, 272, 285.

Generals, number of, increased, 307.
Goods distrained, sale of, 110.
Government of military asylum, 415.
Gratuity to disbanded officers, 141, 147.
to discharged soldiers, 141, 211.
Grenadiers, company of, organized, 98.

one company to each battalion, 98.
Grievances, redress of, 68, 77, 183.

Guard, drunkenness on, punishment for, 70, 183.
quitting, allowed only, when, 184.
Gun-boats, appropriation for building, 199.

H.

HALF pay and pensions to widows, 350.

pay, five years', to certain widows and orphans, 401.

pay, to widows or orphans, 105, 338, 394, 414, 427, 454.
pensions, 221.

Hamer, General, sword voted to nearest male relative, 389.

Harbors, defence of, 102, 104, 118, 119, 199.

Harper's Ferry, pay of superintendent of armory at, 278, 349.

superintendent of armory at, abolished, 359.

Harrison, Major-General William Henry, thanks of Congress and gold medal
voted to, 294.

Height and age of recruits, 88.

of enlisted men, repealed, 349.

Henderson, General, sword voted to, 389.

Hiring of duty prohibited, 70, 183.

Horse, one troop of, for each division, 98.

Horses, allowance to volunteers for loss of, 123.

and property lost in service of United States, payment for, 404.

&c. captured or destroyed by enemy, 405.

commutation of forage for officers', 366.

condemned for unfitness for want of forage, 407.

killed, compensation for, 114.

killed in battle on Wabash, 222.
lost by Missouri volunteers, 365.

Hospital, government, for insane, 437, 438.

Hospital mates, duties of, 130.

stewards, rank and pay of, 444, 501.

surgeons, 213.

duties of, 130.

Hospitals, allowance to, 484.

directions of admission of patients into, 130.
military, officers of, 130.

temporary and permanent, 131.

Hours for trials by court-martial, 73, 80.-
Hunter, Captain James, sword presented to, 333.

IMPORTS, Collection of duties on, 463.

I.

Imprisonment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 81, 110.
time of, as prisoners of war, part of service, 327.

Incorporated companies, contracts made by, 204.

Index to Constitution, 53.

Indianapolis, arsenal at, 511.

Indian affairs, organization of department on, 333.
department, appropriation for expenses, 431.
war, pay of militia in, 293.

Indians, bounty lands to, 440.

competent witnesses, 388.

employed by President, 94.

money, &c., not to be distributed to, while intoxicated, 388.
penalty for selling spirituous liquors to, 388.

protection against, 87.

provisoes in regard to peace with, 92.

trade and intercourse with, 332.

Infantry, half pay of, 339.

one hundred thousand volunteers accepted as, 532.
organization of regiment of, 88, 114, 230, 238, 473.
organized, 238.

reduced, 358.

regiment of, 342.

how composed, 307.

officers of, 474.

regiments of, 142.

completed, 92.

tactics, instructor of, 355.

Inquiry, courts of, by whom appointed, 156.

courts of, organization and powers of, 82, 192.
proceedings admitted as evidence, 192.
proceedings of, authenticated, 192.
prohibited, when, 192.

organization of courts of, 82.

Insane, government hospital for, 437, 438.

organization of institution for in District of Columbia, 461.

persons not to be confined in jail, 445.

reception of, into hospital, 458.

Inspection of arms at musters, 159.

of ordnance, 263.

Inspector-general, 213.

office of, revived, 366.

Inspector-general, President may appoint, 123.
secretary allowed to, 139.

Inspector, light-house, 425.
of artillery, 128.

of fortifications appointed, 137.
duties of, 137.

Inspectors, duties and pay of, 88.
general, rank and pay of, 308.

two additional, rank and pay of, 489.
medical, rank, pay, and duties of, 502.
pay of, 286.

Insurgents, proclamation to, to disperse, 95, 477.
Insurrections in District of Columbia, 166.

power of President to suppress, 108, 465.
suppressed, 94, 199, 241.'

Interest on moneys refunded, 392.
Invalid pensioners, 295, 327.

soldiers of war of 1812, 456.
soldiers, pensions of, 328.

Invalids of United States, 112, 117.

pensions to, 89, 195, 206, 271, 296.

Invasion, defence of United States against, 353.

militia called by whom, on an, 165.

Invasions, power of President to suppress, 108, 465.

repelled, 94, 341.

Inventions, patented, purchase of, 460.

J.

JACKSON, Major-General, thanks of Congress, and gold medal, voted to, 268.
Johnston, Lieutenant Benjamin, sword presented to his representative, 333.
Judge-advocate, 147.

LABORERS, bounty and clothing to, 255.

Land, allowance of, to officers and soldiers, 211, 214.
given to soldiers discharged or promoted, 270.
granted to soldiers on discharge or death, 261.
purchased on account of United States, 299.
to be purchased for fortifications, 103.
transfers of, 270.

warrants, 380.

Courts-martial, composition of, 95.
conduct in presence of, 80.
evidence obtained, how, 156.
execution of sentence of, 73, 77.
fines imposed by, certified to, 241.
for drafted militia, composed, how, 258.
for field officers, 156.

for offences not capital, 187.
for trial of militia, 109, 478.
garrison, or general, 73.
general, organization of, 186.
in army, 490.

in District of Columbia, 155.
may order imprisonment, 259.
necessity for, to be reported, 81.
number required to form, 79.
oath of members of, 72.

oath of witness before, 80, 189.

ordered by whom, 79.

parties tried by, entitled to copy of sentence, 191.

powers of, 190.

powers of garrison or regimental, 79.

powers of officers ordering, 191.

proceedings of, filed, 76, 81.

rank of members of, 72, 79.

regimental, 73.

regimental, or garrison, powers of, 187.

regimental, summoned, when, 182.

sentence of death by, 72, 80, 190.

sentences of, executed, 79.

sentences of, in time of peace, 117.

trials before, 189.

votes of members of, 80.

witnesses before, 72, 80.

Court of inquiry, may exempt from duty, 157.
oath taken by members, 157.

proceedings of, authenticated, 192.

Courts of inquiry, appointed by whom, 156.

battalion, 231.

organization and powers of, 82, 192.
proceedings admitted as evidence, 192.
prohibited, when, 82, 192.

provided for musicians, 167.
squadron, 232.

Couriers appointed by brigadier-generals, 166.
Cowardice or fraud, officers cashiered for, 81.
officers cashiered for, 74.

Creditors, protection against, prohibited, 68.
Crime, capital, officer or soldier accused of, 68, 181.
insane persons charged with, 446.

officers charged with, 189.

Crimes not capital, punishment of, 76, 194.
punishment of, 73.

Criminals, insane, 446.

Croghan, Colonel George, gold medal to, 333.