Disbursement of public money, 311. of public money, allowance for, 357. no extra allowance for, 353. of public revenue, 449. Disbursements for construction of fortifications, &c., 348. officers, settlement of accounts of, 523. Discharge for physical disability, 503. of military forces at close of war with Mexico, 399. of sappers, &c. who served in Mexico, 403. Discharged officers and soldiers, allowance to, 211. arms presented to, 216. Discharged officers, extra pay to, 387. Discharges, granted by whom, 176. Discipline, rules of, observed by militia, 99. Disobedience of commands punished, 64. to President, penalty for, 95. Distillery, penalty of setting up in Indian country, 332. Distribution of arms to states, 435. District attorneys, duty of, 356. District of Columbia, act for arming militia of, 314. arrest of officers in, 155. enrolment of militia, 155. form of oath of officers, 155. organization of militia in, 149, 151. professors, &c. exempt from militia duty, 314. District paymasters, appointment of, 227. Districts, alteration of company or battalion, 154. militia, how designated, 154. Divine service, deportment during, 63. officers and soldiers should attend, 174. Division, commanded by whom, 136. Division-quartermaster, pay of, 136. quartermasters, pay of, 259. Divisions of militia, formation of, 98. officers of, arms, &c., 98. pay of officers of, 143. Dragoons, President may arm, 92. reduced, 358. regiment of, 252. surgeon's mate to regiment of, 230, Drivers of artillery, 228, Drunkenness of officers, penalty for, 1×3. on guard or other duty, penalty for, 70. Duncan, Eusign Joseph, sword presented to, 333. Duels forbidden, 179. Duties of accountants of war and navy departments, 209. of adjutant, 162. and inspector of army, 142. of adjutant-general, 99, 150, of apothecary-general, 129, of assistant adjutants-general, 343. of assistant secretary of war, 480. of attorney-general, 356, of auditors in treasury department, 2×0. of board of visitors to insane hospital, 437. of brigade-inspector, 100, 162. of brigade-major, 260, of brigadier-general, 142. of chaplain of regiment of volunteers, 470. of chaplains, 346. of chief clerk of department of war, 86. of citizens enrolled, 96, of collector of port, 464. of colonel of corps of topographical engineers, 418. of commander of eorps of cadets, 355. of commanding others, 66, 178. of commissary-general, 226, 286, of ordnance, 1226, of purchases, 21×, transferred, 360, of commissary of musters, 65, of commissioners of military asylum, 456. of comptroller of treasury, 29, 21. of conductor of artillery, 252, of court of inquiry, 157. of deputy paymaster generals, 3×5. quartermaster general, 136. of district attorneys, 390. paymasters, 126, of engineers at West Point, 148, of engines r« limited, 186, of enried citizens, 96. of forage masters, 220, Duties of hospital-surgeons, 130. of inspector-generals, 496, 499. of inspector of fortifications, 137. of judge-advocate, 79, 187. of keepers of magazines and arsenals, 264. of light-house board, 424, 425, 426. of medical board, 131. cadets, 482. inspector-general, 502. purveyors, 502. storekeepers, 504. of military agents, 146. board for examination of officers, 470. of officers and soldiers at musters, 159. of officers in pay department, 372. issuing clothing or supplies, 315. of ordnance sergeants, 322. of paymaster of legion, 165. of paymasters, 256, 273, 274. of pension agent, 516. of pensioners, by whom performed, 272. of physician-general, 129. of professor of chemistry, military academy, 347. public supplies, 107. of quartermaster-general, 218. of quartermaster's department, 315. of secretaries of executive departments, 356. of secretary of war, 85, 86, 243. of signal officer, 459. of superintendent of artificers, 223. of coast survey, 418. of insane hospital, 438. of military supplies, 242. of sutlers in volunteer service, 496. of treasurer, 280. of two officers, compensation for, forbidden, when, 422. of wagon-masters, 219. on arms imported into United States, 500. on imports, collection of, 463. surplus of, pledged for paying interest of loan, 133. Duty, absence from, rules in regard to, 486. court of inquiry may exempt from, 157. hiring of, prohibited, 70. militia, persons exempt from, 97. of agents, 210. of captains in regard to enrolling, 96. of chaplains at "chaplain posts," 527. Duty of field officers, 533. of judge advocate, 191. of paymaster may be assigned to any officer, 338. E. EFFECTS of deceased officers, 74, 192. soldiers, 74, 193. Embezzlement, failure to keep moneys treated as, 1×2, 450, waste, &e, of military stores, 68, Emigration of African race, 523. Enemy, correspondence with, prohibited, 71. punishment for corresponding with, 1×5. for relieving, 185. Engineer, assistant, pay of, 279, corps, officers from, to superintend construction of light-houses, 419. soldiers, 369. soldiers, three companies of, pay, &c. of, 4×2. teachers for, 128, Engineers, assistant of corps of, 327. civil employment of, repealed, 343. corps of, 223, 307. commander of, 226. completed, 111. organized, 148. pay of, 342. duties of, limited, 1×6. may be transferred, 1×6. number of officers increased, 4××, officers, &c., of corps of, governed, how, 193. promotion in corps of, 40, two appointed with rank of lieutenant-colonel, 137. topographical, corps of, increased, 343. promotion in corps of, 450, Enlisted men, pay of, 143. Enlistment, certificate of, 64. during tour of militia duty, 238. outh of, 64, 176. by whom administered, 455, of minors, 261. of volunteers, term of, 466, term of, 87, 90, 92, 111, 122, 146–210, 250, 32×, 346, 369, 37×, 475. bounty for, 87, 90-92, 111, 122, 12×, 135, 146, 211, 214, 237, 250, 378. during war with Great Britain, 237, Enlistments, encouragement of, 250, 408, 539. in regular army encouraged, 378. to serve against United States, punishment for, 488. Enrolment, conditions of, 153. in militia of District of Columbia, 155. notice of, 155. of militia, 95, 151. penalty for withdrawal from, 153. Ensigns and cornets denominated second lieutenants, 134. Equipage for cavalry, 125. Escape of prisoners, 74, 81. Estimates for executive departments, 453. Establishment, military. (See MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.) in bounty-land cases, 442. in regard to title to pensions, 366, 400, 407. of service, 443. of title to pensions, resolutions in relation to, 400, 407. record, 443. refusal to give, before court-martial, 72. rules of, 259. Execution of sentence of court-martial, 79. Exemption from military duties, 167. Expeditions against friendly powers prohibited, 292. appropriation for civil and diplomatic, 422. extra, incurred by officers, 147, 240. for subsistence, &c. of volunteers before being mustered, 389, 392 by the states, payment of, 472. in marching, paid, 287. of government, appropriation for, 335, 352, 436. Experiments at military academy, by whom made, 150. Extra allowance for disbursement of money prohibited, 353, 357. expenses incurred by officers, 147, 240. issues of liquor to those on fatigue duty, 138. pay to chaplains in California, 435. to discharged officers, 387. to paymasters during Mexican war, 396. to soldiers in Oregon, California, and New Mexico, 423. to soldiers who served in Mexico, 394, 400. to troops at Fort Laramie, 435. |