958b. Same.-Place to which transferred on active list. That such officer shall be transferred to the place on the active list which he would have had if he had not been retired, and shall be carried as an additional number in the grade to which he may be transferred or at any time thereafter promoted. Id.

958c. Same.-Promotion after examination.-That such officer shall stand a satisfactory medical and professional examination for promotion as now provided for by law. Id.

958d. Officers retired for physical disability, transfer to active list.That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized within two years1 of the approval of this act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to transfer to the active list of the Army any officer who may have been transferred heretofore for physical disability from the active to the retired list of the Army by the action of any retiring board. Id.

958e. Same.-Officers heretofore transferred entitled to benefits of act. That any officer who may have already been transferred from the retired list to the active list, shall receive the benefits of this act. Id.

969a. Retired Army officers with certain Civil War service, may be appointed and retired with increased rank. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, any brigadier general of the Army on the retired list who has held the rank and command of major general of Volunteers and performed the duties incident to that grade in time of actual warfare, and has been honorable discharged, and who served with credit in the Regular or Volunteer forces during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the grade of major general in the United States Army and place him on the retired list with the pay of brigadier general on the retired list; and any officer now on the retired list of the Army who served with credit for more than two years as a commissioned officer of Volunteers during the Civil War prior to April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and who subsequently served with credit for more than forty years as a commissioned officer of the Regular Army, including service in command of troops in five Indian campaigns, the War with Spain, and the Philippine insurrection, and to whom the Congressional medal of honor for most distinguished conduct in action has been twice awarded, and who has also been brevetted for conspicuous gallantry in action, and place him on the retired list of the Army with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of his retirement from active service in the Regular Army. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. —).

See 958b as to place to be occupied on active list and 955c as to examination prior to promotion.

1083a. Subscriptions for newspapers and periodicals under Chief of Coast Artillery.-That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. —).

1158a. Supplies, technical and scientific, for departments of instruction, purchase of, by contract or otherwise in discretion of Secretary of War. That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 295, 38 Stat. —).

1178a. Military Academy, subscriptions for newspapers and periodicals for. That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals, to be paid for from any of the foregoing appropriations. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 296, 38 Stat. -).

1211a. Contracts entered into by Quartermaster Corps, certain to be reduced to writing, etc.-Hereafter whenever contracts which are not to be performed within sixty days are made on behalf of the Government by the Quartermaster General, or by officers of the Quartermaster Corps authorized to make them, and are in excess of $500 in amount, such contracts shall be reduced to writing and signed by the contracting parties. In all other cases contracts shall be entered into under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Quartermaster General. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. —).

1364a. Field Artillery, Organized Militia, horses for, care of same, etc. That for the purpose of this section the total number of horses shall not exceed thirty-two to any one battery or four to each battalion or regimental headquarters, and that such horses shall be used exclusively for Field Artillery purposes: And provided further, That the men to be so compensated, not to exceed five for each battery, shall be duly enlisted therein and shall be detailed by the battery commander under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and shall be paid by the United States disbursing officer in each State provided for in the act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, entitled, "An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes," as amended. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. -).

1364b. Same-Horses to conform to standards for Regular Army and remain property of United States, etc.-That the funds appropriated by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, and by the act entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred

and eight, as amended, shall be available for the purchase, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, of horses conforming to the Regular Army standards, said horses to remain the property of the United States and to be for the sole continuous use of the Field Artillery of the Organized Militia. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. -).

1364c. Same-Secretary of War may issue condemned Army horses to. That the Secretary of War may, under the provisions of this act and such regulations as he may prescribe, issue to the Field Artillery organizations hereinbefore mentioned and without cost to the State condemned Army horses which are no longer fit for service but may still be suitable for purposes of instruction, the same to be sold as now provided by law when the latter purpose has been served. Id.

1469a. Neutrality, withholding clearance from vessels violating, during existence of war to which United States is not a party. That, from and after the passage of this resolution, and during the existence of a war to which the United States is not a party, and in order to prevent the neutrality of the United States from being violated by the use of its territory, its ports, or its territorial waters as the base of operations for the armed forces of a belligerent, contrary to the obligations imposed by the law of nations, the treaties to which the United States is a party, or contrary to the statutes of the United States, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to direct the collectors of customs under the jurisdiction of the United States to withhold clearance from any vessel, American or foreign, which he has reasonable cause to believe to be about to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, men, or supplies to any warship, or tender, or supply ship of a belligerent nation, in violation of the obligations of the United States as a neutral nation. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. Res. No. 72, 38 Stat. -).

1469b. Same.-Penalty for vessels departing jurisdiction of United States without clearance. In case any such vessel shall depart or attempt to depart from the jurisdiction of the United States without clearance for any of the purposes above set forth, the owner or master or person or persons having charge or command of such vessel shall severally be liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, and, in addition, such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States.

Id.

1472a. Same.-President authorized to use land or naval forces to prevent violation.-That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution. Id.

1472b. Same.-Extends to all land and water, continental or insular within jurisdiction of United States.-That the provisions of this resolution shall be deemed to extend to all land and water, continental or insular, within the jurisdiction of the United States. Id.

1475a. Employment of armed force in Mexico by President justified. That the President is justified in the employment of the armed forces of the United States to enforce his demand for unequivocal amends for certain affronts and indignities committed against the United States. Joint Res. No. 10, Apr. 22, 1914 (38 Stat. 770).

1475b. Same.-Hostility to Mexican people disclaimed. That the United States disclaims any hostility to the Mexican people or any purpose to make war upon Mexico. Id.

1507a. Pay and allowances of soldiers sentenced to dishonorable discharge during execution of suspended sentence.-Hereafter pay and allowances shall not accrue to a soldier under sentence of dishonorable discharge, during such period as the execution of the sentence of discharge may be suspended under authority of the act of Congress approved April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and pay which has heretofore been forfeited under such suspended sentence shall not be held to have accrued to the Soldiers' Home under the operation of section forty-eight hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes, but shall be covered back into the Treasury of the United States. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (Pub. No. 292, 38 Stat. -).

Lands:

Acquisition of, for national cemeteries. See National cemeteries.

Condemnation and purchase of, for river and harbor improvement. See Corps of Engineers.

Philippine Islands, acquisition of privately owned, for military purposes. See
Philippine Islands.

Laundresses, hereafter women not allowed to accompany troops as. See Army.
Leases:

Land in Canal Zone. See Isthmian Canal Commission.

Public lands, Canal Zone. See Panama Canal

Leave of absence, President authorized to grant to officer of Corps of Engineers, to assist Republic of China on reclamation work. See Details of Army officers. Legislative acts, evidence, authentication of. See Military tribunals.

Lessees of water power on Muskingum River, Ohio, whose property was destroyed by Ohio Valley flood of March, 1913, relief of. See Corps of Engineers.

Library, Surgeon General's Office, binding and location of. See Medical Department. Licenses:

Liquor, Philippine Islands, not to be granted on military reservations or within certain areas. See Philippine Islands.

Philippine Islands, coast wise and harbor vessels. See Philippine Islands. To practice medicine or surgery in Alaska, not to apply to emergency medical relief to natives. Sec. 15, act of Feb. 6, 1909 (35 Stat. 604). Lighthouse Board, compensation, organization, etc., of. See Corps of Engineers. Lighthouses, construction, inspection, etc., of. See Corps of Engineers.

Lincoln memorial:

Approval of plan and design of commission. Joint Res. No. 7, Feb. 1, 1913 (37 Stat. 1022).

Authorized, commission created. Act of Feb. 9, 1911 (36 Stat. 898).

Resident commissioner designated, compensation. Act of Mar. 3, 1913 (37 Stat. 731).

Liquor licenses:

Disposition of moneys derived from in Alaska. See Alaska.

Philippine Islands, not to be granted on military reservations or within certain areas. See Philippine Islands.

Liquors:

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, loss of appropriation where permit sale of intoxicating. See Medical Department.

Sale of to Indians, punishment. See Indians.

State or territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors, loss of appropriation where permit sale of intoxicating. See Medical Department.

Locust pest, Philippine Islands, suppression of. See Philippine Islands.

Machines, typewriting, restrictions as to price to be paid by Government for. See Typewriting machines.

Marine Corps. Fort Bayard Hospital, treatment of officers and men at. See Medical Department.

Marking graves of Confederate dead; provisions for extended to graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors in all National cemeteries and cemeteries at Federal military stations or locations throughout the country. Joint Res. No. 7, Mar. 14, 1914 (38 Stat. 768).

Mears, Frederick, Lieut., detail of to assist in location and construction of Government railroads in Alaska. Joint Res. No. 17, May 13, 1914 (38 Stat. 772).

Medals, gold, with thanks of Congress presented to Senors Domicio da Gama, Romulo S. Naon, and Eduardo Suarez for services as mediators between Government of United States and warring parties in Republic of Mexico. Joint Res. N-(Pub. Res. 75) of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. -).