UNITED STATES CEMETERY NEAR THE CITY OF MEXICO.

279. Establishment and maintenance of.-The President is authorized to provide, out of the ordinary annual appropriations, for establishing and maintaining United States military cemeteries, for the proper care and preservation and maintenance of the cemetery or burial ground near the City of Mexico, in which are interred the remains of officers and soldiers of the United States, and of citizens of the United States, who fell in battle or died in and around said city.— Sec. 4879, R. S.

280. Rules and regulations governing.—The cemetery in Mexico shall be subject to the rules and regulations affecting United States national military cemeteries within the limits of the United States, so far as they may, in the opinion of the President, be applicable thereto.-Sec. 4880, R. S.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE ARMY, AND MISCELLANEOUS.

ANNUITIES.

281. Jennie Carroll, payment to.-The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the roll of the War Department the name of Jennie Carroll, widow of James Carroll, major and surgeon, United States Army, and pay her for and during the time of her natural life, in lieu of all pensions, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, in special recognition of the eminent services of said James Carroll, in discovering the means of preventing, as well as the cause and method of transmission and propagation of, yellow fever, and demonstrating on his own person the truth of the theory of the transmission and propagation of yellow fever infection by mosquitoes.-Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat., 1325). See also annual appropriation acts.

282. Mabel H. Lazear, payment to.-The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the rolls of the War Department the name of Mabel H. Lazear, widow of Doctor Jesse W. Lazear, late acting assistant contract surgeon, United States Army, and pay her for and during the time of her natural life, in lieu of all pensions, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, in special recognition of the eminent services of said Jesse W. Lazear in discovering the means of preventing, as well as the cause and method of transmission and propagation of, yellow fever, and demonstrating on his own person the truth of the theory of the transmission and propagation of yellow fever infection by mosquitoes, and the sacrifice of his life in proving the same.-Ibid.

283. John R. Kissinger, payment to.-The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the rolls of the War Department the name of John R. Kissinger, late of Company D, One hundred and fiftyseventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and also late of the Hospital Corps, United States Army, and pay to him for and during his natural life, in lieu of all pensions, the sum of one hundred dollars per month, in special recognition of the eminent service rendered, suffering endured, and permanent disabilities contracted by him in the interest of humanity and science as a volunteer subject for experiment in the yellow-fever hospital in Cuba.-Act of Feb. 15, 1911 (36 Stat.. 1919). (See also annual appropriaton acts.)

ARMY FIELD CLERKS AND FIELD CLERKS, QUARTERMASTER CORPS.

284. Army field clerks; pay, etc.-Hereafter headquarters clerks shall be known as Army field clerks and shall receive pay at the rates herein provided, and after twelve years of service, at least three years of which shall have been on detached duty away from permanent station or on duty beyond the continental limits of the United States, or both, shall receive the same allowances, except retirement, as heretofore allowed by law to pay clerks, Quartermaster Corps, and shall be subject to the rules and articles of war.-Sec. 1, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 625).

285. Field clerks, Quartermaster Corps; pay, etc.-Hereafter not to exceed two hundred clerks, Quartermaster Corps, who shall have had twelve years of service, at least three years of which shall have been on detached duty away from permanent station or on duty beyond the continental limits of the United States, or both, shall be known as field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, and shall receive the same allowances, except retirement, as heretofore allowed by law to pay clerks, Quartermaster Corps, and shall be subject to the rules and articles of war.-Ibid.

286. Commutation of quarters, where no public quarters are available.— Hereafter, at places where there are no public quarters available, commutation for the authorized allowance therefor shall be paid to the rate of $12 per room per month.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1069).

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287. Commutation of quarters, heat, and light.-For commutation of quarters and of heat and light.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 625). (See annual appropriation acts.)

288. Mileage.-Hereafter Army paymasters' clerks shall receive mileage at the same rates and under the same conditions as is provided by law for officers of the Army.-Sec. 1, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 575).

289. Allowances of to be same as Navy paymasters' clerks.-Hereafter the pay and allowances of Army paymasters' clerks shall be the same as provided for the Navy paymasters' clerks on shore duty.—Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat., 1044).

AVIATION DUTY.

290. Ariation officers, increased pay.-Each aviation officer authorized by this act shall, while on duty that requires him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights, receive an increase of twenty-five per centum in the pay of his grade and length of service under his commission.-Sec. 13, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 175).

291. Same. That any officer attached to the aviation section of the Signal Corps for any military duty requiring him to make regular and frequent flights shall receive an increase of twenty-five per centum of the pay of his grade and length of service under his commission.-Sec. 6, act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 245).

292. Junior military aviators, rank, pay, and allowances.-Each duly qualified junior military aviator shall, while so serving, have the rank, pay, and allowances of one grade higher than that held by him under his commission if

his rank under said commission be not higher than that of captain, and while on duty requiring him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights he shall receive in addition an increase of fifty per centum in the pay of his grade and length of service under his commission.—Ibid.

293. Military aviators, rank, pay, and allowances.-Each military aviator shall, while so serving, have the rank, pay, and allowances of one grade higher than that held by him under his commission if his rank under said commission be not higher than that of captain, and while on duty requiring him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights he shall receive in addition an increase of seventy-five per centum of the pay of his grade and length of service under his commission.-Ibid.

294. Aviators, Signal Corps; creation of grade, discharge, pay, and allowances. When it shall be impracticable to obtain from the Army officers suitable for the aviation section of the Signal Corps in the number allowed by law the difference between that number and the number of suitable officers actually available for duty in said section may be made up by appointments in the grade of aviator, Signal Corps, and that grade is hereby created. The personnel for said grade shall be obtained from especially qualified civilians who shall be appointed and commissioned in said grade: Provided further, That whenever any aviator shall have become unsatisfactory he shall be discharged from the Army as such aviator. The base pay of an aviator, Signal Corps, shall be one hundred and fifty dollars per month, and he shall have the allowances of a master signal electrician and the same percentage of increase in pay for length of service as is allowed to a master signal electrician.--Ibid.

295. Enlisted men; number to be instructed.-The Secretary of War shall have authority to cause as many enlisted men of the aviation section to be instructed in the art of flying as he may deem necessary.—Ibid.

296. Same. Increased pay.-Each aviation enlisted man, while on duty that requires him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights, or while holding the rating of aviation mechanician, shall receive an increase of fifty per centum in his pay.-Act of July 18, 1914 (38 Stat., 516).

297. Reserve officers and enlisted men, ariation section, Signal Corps, to be paid by Quartermaster Corps disbursing officers.-Hereafter all reserve officers and enlisted men of the aviation section of the Signal Corps shall be paid by Quartermaster Corps disbursing officers from funds transferred to their credit from Signal Corps appropriations.-Sec. 9, Act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 246).

CHIEF OF STAFF-OFFICE OF.

298. Clerks, messengers, and laborers; pay of.-One chief clerk, at two thousand two hunded and fifty dolars per annum; four clerks, at two thousand dollars each per annum; six clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each per annum; eleven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; fifteen clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum; twenty-one clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each per annum; one captain of the watch, at nine hundred dollars per annum; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; one gardener, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum; one packer, at eight hundred and forty dollars per annum; one chief messenger, at one thousand dollars per annum; one messenger, at eight hundred

and forty dollars per annum; twenty messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars per annum; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each per annum; five charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each per annum; in all, one hundred twentyone thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.-Annual appropriation act.

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299. Assignment to duty in War Department prohibited.-No clerk, messenger, or laborer at office of the Chief of Staff shall be assigned to duty in any bureau of the War Department.-Annual appropriation act.

COMPUTER, ARTILLERY BOARD.

300. Annual pay of.-For pay of one computer for Artillery Board, two thousand five hundred dollars.-Annual appropriation acts.

CONTRACT SURGEONS.

301. Number of to be appointed; compensation, etc.-In emergencies the Surgeon General of the Army, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may appoint as many contract surgeons as may be necessary, at a compensation not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month.-Sec. 18, act of Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 752).

302. Authority to transfer or assign pay accounts.-Hereafter contract surgeons on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, and Porto Rico may transfer or assign their pay accounts, when due and payable, in the methods now provided by regulations for commissioned officers of the Army.-Act of Apr. 23, 1904 (33 Stat., 266).

303. Mileage.-Mileage is payable to contract surgeons under the same laws and regulations as to officers of the Army.-Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stats., 246).

304. Travel expenses.—Hereafter actual expenses only, not to exceed four dollars and fifty cents per day and cost of transportation when not furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, shall be paid to contract surgeons

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when traveling on duty without troops, under competent orders, within the geographical limits of the Territory of Alaska.—Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 114).

DECEASED OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN-ACCOUNTS OF.

305. Settlement of; amounts due, distribution to heirs.-Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers or enlisted men of the Army, where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than five hundrd dollars and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes.-Sec. 1, act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stats., 750).

808. Payment of funeral expenses.-This act shall not be so construed as to prevent payment from the amount due the decedent's estate of funeral expenses, provided a claim therefor is presented by the person or persons who actually paid the same before settlement by the accounting officers.-Ibid.

EXCHANGE.

307. Payment of.—For payment of exchange by acting quartermasters serving in foreign countries and when specially authorized by the Secretary of War by officers disbursing funds pertaining to the Quartermaster Corps when serving in Alaska, and all foreign money received shall be charged to and paid out by disbursing officers of the Quartermaster Corps at the legal valuation fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury.-Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 357).

EXPERT ACCOUNTANT, INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.

808. Pay of. For pay of one expert accountant for the Inspector General's Department, to be appointed in case of vacancy, by the Secretary of War, two thousand five hundred dollars.-Act of Feb. 24, 1891 (26 Stat., 773).

309. Mileage, same as for officers.-Hereafter the expert accountant, Inspector Generals Department, shall receive mileage at the same rates and under the same conditions as is provided by law for officers of the Army.Sec. 1, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 575).

FOREIGN SERVICE.

810. Increased pay for.-Hereafter the pay proper of all commissioned officers and enlisted men serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto shall be increased ten per centum for officers and twenty per centum for enlisted men over and above the rates of pay proper as fixed by law for time of peace, and the time of such service shall be counted from the date of departure from said States to the date of return thereto.-Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 512).

311. Service beyond the limits of the States, etc.-Increase of pay for service beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union, and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto, shall be as now provided by law.-Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 110).

312. Service on transports, Philippine Archipelago.-Officers and enlisted men who have served on Army transports in the Philippine Archipelago at any time since May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred, under the control and orders of the commanding general, Philippines Division, or who may hereafter so serve, shall be entitled to receive the same rate of pay as is provided by law for officers and enlisted men serving at shore stations beyond the limits of the United States.-Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 11).

313. Service in Canal Zone, Panama, Hawaii, or Porto Rico.-Hereafter the laws allowing increase of pay to officers and enlisted men for foreign service shall not apply to service in the Canal Zone, Panama, or Hawaii, or Porto Rico.-Act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 576).