eu 23 CHAPTER 8. BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS. Independent bureau established, 501. Composition, 502. Chief of the bureau, 503. Assistant to the chief of the bureau, 504. 501. Independent bureau established.-That the Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department, organized by the Secretary of War, is hereby continued until otherwise provided, and shall hereafter be known as the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department. The business assigned to said Bureau shall embrace all matters pertaining to civil government in the island possessions of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the War Department. Sec. 87, act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 712). The "Division of Customs and Insular Affairs" was created in the War Department by the Acting Secretary of War on Dec. 13, 1898, the title being changed to “Division of Insular Affairs" on Dec. 10, 1900. 502. Composition.-The officers of the Bureau of Insular Affairs shall be one Chief of the Bureau with the rank of brigadier general, and two officers below the grade of brigadier general: Provided, That during the tenure of oflice of the present Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs he shall have the rank of major general. Sec. 14, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 176), as amended by sec. 14, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 769). Sec. 14, as originally enacted, merely provided that existing laws should not be construed as repealed by that act. 503. Chief of the Bureau.-That the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department shall hereafter be appointed by the President for the period of four years, unless sooner relieved, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and while holding that office he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier general. Act of June 25, 1906 (3¦ Stat. 456). 504. Assistant to the Chief of the Bureau.-* Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the Army, whom he may consider especially well qualified, to act as principal assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, and said principal assistant while acting under said detail shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major: And provided further, That the provisions of section twenty-seven of the Act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, with reference to the transfer of officers of the line to the departments of the staff for tours of service, shall apply to the vacancy created by this Act and to the return of the officer so detailed to the line of the Army. Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 1162). making appropriations for the support of the Army: Bureau of Insular Affairs. At Feb. 2, 1901, sec. 27, mentioned in this section, is set forth post, 2288. 2353 and 2331, post. But see 505. Additional assistant to the Chief of the Bureau.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail one additional officer of the army as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, under the same provisions of law in regard to the vacancy in the line thus created and return to the line as govern in the case of the assistant authorized by the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and seven; and the assistant herein authorized while serving in this capacity shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of colonel; and both officers detailed in the Bureau of Insular Affairs shall hereafter be designated, while on this duty, as assistants to the chief of the bureau. Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 248), making appropriations for the support of the Army. No officer holding a permanent commission in the Army with rank below that of major shall be detailed as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau with rank of colonel, by a provision of act Aug. 24, 1912, sec. 1, post, 2349. But see 2353 and 2331, post. Sec. 3, act of Feb. 14, 1903 (32 Stat. 831), originally prescribed the composition of the General Staff Corps, providing that it was to consist of 1 Chief of Staff, 2 general officers, 4 colonels, 6 lieutenant colonels, 12 majors, and 20 captains, detailed from the Army at large for periods of four years, unless sooner relieved. It was superseded in part by sec. 5, act of Aug. 24, 1912, which provided that the General Staff Corps should consist of 2 general officers, one of whom was to be Chief of Staff, 4 colonels, 6 lieutenant colonels, 12 majors, and 12 captains. Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), which the above section superseded, provided that the General Staff Corps should consist, in time of peace, of a Chief of Staff, detailed from major generals of the line, 2 assistants to the Chief of Staff, who should be general officers of the line (one not above the grade of brigadier general, to be president of the Army War College), 10 colonels, 10 lieutenant colonels, 15 majors, and 17 captains. By the act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 46), amending sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), it was provided that during the World War the General Staff Corps should consist of 1 Chief of Staff, who should be a general officer of the line and take rank and precedence over all other officers of the Army, 2 assistants to the Chief of Staff, who should be general officers of the line (one of whom should be president of the Army War College), 10 colonels, 12 Heutenant colonels, 32 majors, and 34 captains. The Chief of Coast Artillery (formerly the Chief of Artillery), was an additional member of the General Staff Corps by sec. 5, act of Feb. 14, 1903 (32 Stat. 831), secs. 1, 2, act of Jan. 25, 1907, and sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 168). The Chief of the Militia Bureau was ex officio a member of the General Staff Corps by se. 81, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 203), 506. The corps established.-That there is hereby established a General Staff Corps, to be composed of officers detailed from the Army at large, under such rules as may be prescribed by the President. Sec. 1, act of Feb. 14, 1903 (32 Stat. 830). But sce 507, post. Provisions relating to clerks and other civilian employees in the office of the General Staff, and forbidding details, etc., of clerks or other employees to or from the War Department, made by act June 22, 1906, sec. 1, are set forth, ante, 41. Similar provisions forbidding the assignment to duty with any bureau in the War Department of clerks or other employees at the office of the Chief of Staff, made by act June 5, 1920, are also set forth ante, 40. 507. Composition.-The General Staff Corps shall consist of the Chief of Staff, the War Department General Staff and the General Staff with troops. The War Department General Staff shall consist of the Chief of Staff and four assistants to the Chief of Staff selected by the President from the general officers of the line, and eighty-eight other officers of grades not below that of captain. The General Staff with troops shall consist of such number of officers not below the grade of captain as may be necessary to perform the General Staff duties of the headquarters of territorial departments, armies, army corps, divisions, and brigades, and as military attachés abroad. Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 762-763). * * * 508. Selection of officers for eligible list.* and such details shall be limited to officers whose names are borne on the list of General Staff Corps eligibles. The initial eligible list shall be prepared by a board consisting of the general of the Army, the commandant of the General Staff College, the commandant of the General Service Schools, and two other general officers of the line, selected by the Secretary of War, who are not then members of the General Staff Corps. This board shall select and report the names of all officers of the Regular Army, National Guard, and Officers' Reserve Corps of the following classes who are recommended by them as qualified by education, military experience, and character for General Staff duty; (a) Those officers graduated from the Army Staff College or the Army War College prior to July 1, 1917, who, upon graduation, were specifically recommended for duty as commander or chief of staff of a division or higher tactical unit, or for detail in the General Staff Corps; (b) Those officers who, since April 6, 1917, have commanded a division or higher tactical unit, or have demonstrated by actual service in the World War that they are qualified for General Staff duty. After the completion of the initial General Staff Corps eligible list, the name of no officer shall be added thereto unless upon graduation from the General Staff School he is specifically recommended as qualified for General Staff duty, and hereafter no officer of the General Staff Corps except the Chief of Staff shall be assigned as a member of the War Department General Staff unless he is a graduate of the General Staff College or his name is borne on the initial eligible list; The Secretary of War shall publish annually the list of officers eligible for General Staff duty, and such eligibility shall be noted in the annual Army Register. If at any time the number of officers available and eligible for detail to the General Staff is not sufficient to fill all vacancies therein, majors or captains may be detailed as acting General Staff Officers under such regulations as the President may prescribe: Provided, That in order to insure intelligent cooperation between the General Staff and the several noncombatant branches officers of such branches may be detailed as additional members of the General Staff Corps under such special regulations as to eligibility and redetail as may be prescribed by the President; but not more than two officers from each such brauch shall be detailed as members of the War Department General Staff. * Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 763). * It was provided by sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 168) that no officer, other than the Chief of Staff and the general officers, should be detailed to the General Staff Corps except upon the recommendation of a board of five officers not below the rank of colonel, whose recommendation, to be effective, must be acted upon within one year from the time when made or prior to the convening of another board. 509. Period of detail.-* * In time of peace the detail of an officer as a member of the General Staff Corps shall be for a period of four years, unless sooner relieved, Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 763). 510. Duties. That the duties of the General Staff Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efliciency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and to act as their agents in informing and coordinating the action of all the different officers who are subject under the terms of this Act to the supervision of the Chief of Staff; and to perform such other military duties not otherwise assigned by law as may be from time to time prescribed by the President. Sec. 2, act of Feb. 14, 1903 (32 Stat. 831). * The duties of the War Department General Stuff shall be to prepare plans for national defense and the use of the military forces for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval forces, and for the mobilization of the manhood of the Nation and its material resources in an emergency, to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army of the United States, and its state of preparation for military operations; and to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff. * ** * Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 763). 511. Duties limited.-* Hereafter, members of the General Staff Corps shall be confined strictly to the discharge of duties of the general nature of those specified for them in this section and in the Act of Congress approved February 14, 1903, and they shall not be permitted to assume or engage in work of an administrative nature that pertains to establish bureaus or offices of the War Department, or that, being assumed or engaged in by members of the General Stuff Corps, would involve impairment of the responsibility or initiative of such bureaus or offices, or would cause injurious or unnecessary duplication of or delay in the work thereof. Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 168), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 764). 512. Policies affecting the National Guard and reserves.-* * All policies and regulations affecting the organization, distribution and training of the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, and all policies and regulations affecting the appointment, assignment, promotion, and discharge of reserve officers, shall be prepared by committees of appropriate branches or divisions of the War Department General Staff, to which shall be added an equal number of reserve officers, including reserve officers who hold or have held commissions in the National Guard, and whose names are borne on lists of officers suitable for such duty, submitted by the governors of the several States and Territories. For the purposes specified herein, they shall be regarded as additional members of the General Staff while so serving: Provided, That prior to January 1, 1921, National Guard officers who do not hold reserve commissions, if recommended by the governors of the several States and Territories, may be designated by the President as members of the committees herein provided for, and while so serving such officers shall receive the pay and allowances of their corresponding grades in the Regular Army. Sec. 5, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 167), as amended by sec. 5, act of June 4, 1920 (¦1 Stat. 763–764). 513. Recommendations for legislation.-* Whenever any plan or recommendation involving legislation by Congress affecting national defense or the reorganization of the Army is presented by the Secretary of War to Congress, or to one of the committees of Congress, the same shall be accompanied, when not incompatible with the public interest, by a study prepared in the |