ERRATA.

MILITARY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1901.

(Fourth edition.)

Page 35. Paragraph 87 is repealed by section 8 of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stats., 808).

Page 185. Insert under line 4 from top of page the words "A JudgeAdvocate-General's Department."

Page 232. In marginal note to paragraph 615, read Chapter “131,” instead of Chapter "130."

Page 233. In marginal note to paragraph 618, read v. “30,” p. 721, instead of v. "50," p. 721.

Page 253. Insert in lines 2 and 3 of paragraph 662, instead of the words "during the active service of the present incumbent of the office, and with the rank of brigadier-general thereafter," the words "and when a vacancy shall occur in the office of Adjutant-General on the expiration of service of the present incumbent, by retirement or otherwise, the Adjutant-General shall thereafter have the rank and pay of a brigadier-general."

Page 255. In second citation to paragraph 671, read (30 Stat. L., "978"), instead of (30 Stat. L., “977”).

Page 323. For the number to the paragraph following paragraph 830, which has been omitted, read "831."

Page 325. In act cited at end of paragraph 839, read ("31" Stat. L., 901), instead of ("30" Stat. L., 901).

Page 339. In date of act cited at end of paragraph 871, read March 2, "1899," instead of March 2, "1889."

Page 416. In marginal note to paragraph 1112, read sec. 4, August 18," 1894, instead of sec. 4, August "17," 1894. Page 417. In date of act cited at end of paragraph 1113, read August "18," 1894, instead of August "17," 1894.

Page 420. In date of act cited at end of paragraph 1116, read August "18," 1894, instead of August "17," 1894, and make corresponding change in marginal note thereto.

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Page 505. In citations of statute to paragraph 1354, read (21 Stat. L., 603"), instead of (21 Stat. L., "80"); and make corresponding change in marginal note thereto. See note on this statute, in Supplement to the Revised Statutes, volume 2, page 140.

Page 538. In paragraph 1440, second line, read "two" first lieutenants, instead of "one" first lieutenant.

Page 543. In subdivision to chapter 31 read "1468. The commandant of cadets," instead of "1468. The same, pay and allowances;" and to the number following, on same page, read "1469. Superintendent and commandant, pay of," instead of "1469. The commandant of cadets."

Page 648. After line fifteen of paragraph 1693, for "1901" insert "1887," and make corresponding change in marginal

note.

Page 917. In subdivision to chapter 44 read—

"2366, 2367, 2368, 2369. Purchases.

2370. State monuments.

2371. Erection of monuments, restriction.

2372. The same, construction.

2373. The same, location.

2374. Leases.

2375. Donation of land for roads.

2376. Donations of cannon, balls, etc.

2377. Injuries to monuments, trees, etc.

2378. Right of way to Chattanooga Rapid Transit Railroad."

Page 928. In last line of paragraph 2383 read "eighteen hundred and ninety-four," instead of "eight hundred and ninetyfour."

Page 954. In marginal note to paragraph 2448 read: July “24,” instead of July "14."

Page 1130. After "Extradition: enforcement of," read "2090-2093," instead of "2080-2083."

Page 1135. After "Military Storekeepers:" subsubject "ordnance," read807," instead of "1169-1171."

Page 1136. After "Militia," subsubject "property returns," read "1695," instead of "1690."

CHAPTER II.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SEVERAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

CONTINGENT FUNDS.

56a. Section one hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes,1 shall not apply to the subscriptions to newspapers by the military information division for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and thereafter. Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stats., 929).

(This modifies paragraph 56.)

58a. For contingent expenses of the military information division, General Staff Corps, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, professional and technical periodicals and newspapers, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, and of the branch office of the Military Information Division at Manila, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars: Provided, 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 April 23, 1904 (33 Stats., 260).

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(This provision now appears annually in the appropriation act for the support of the Army. It has the effect of modifying paragraph 617.)

1 SEC. 192, R. S. The amount expended in any one year for newspapers, for any Department, except the Department of State, including all the Bureaus and offices connected therewith, shall not exceed one hundred dollars. And all newspapers purchased with the public money for the use of either of the Departments must be reserved as files for such Department.

2 SEC. 3648, R. S. No advance of public money shall be made in any case whatever. And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment. It shall, however, be lawful, under the special direction of the President, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the Government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfillment of the public engagements. The President may also direct such advances as he may deem necessary and proper, to persons in the military and naval service employed on distant stations, where the discharge of the pay and emoluments to which they may be entitled cannot be regularly effected.

ESTIMATES.

68a. The Public Printer is authorized hereafter to procure and supply, on the requisition of the head of any Executive Department or other Government establishment, complete manifold blanks, books, and forms, required in duplicating processes; also complete patented devices with which to file money-order statements, or other uniform official papers, and to charge such supplies to the allotment for printing and binding of the Department or Government establishment requiring the same. Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stats., 481).

MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.

100a. No part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used for purchase, maintaining, driving, or operating any carriage or other vehicle, other than those authorized for personal purposes in section two of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, unless the same shall have conspicuously painted thereon at all times the full name of the Executive Department or other branch of the public service to which the same belong and in the service of which the same are used. Sec. 3, Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stats., 513).

CHAPTER III.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.

126a. No steamship in the transport service of the United States shall be sold or disposed of without the consent of Congress having been first had or obtained. Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stats., 938).

126b. No action looking to the discontinuance of the transport service shall be taken without further action of Congress. Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stats., 939).

126c. On and after July first, nineteen hundred and six, no merchandise except supplies for the Army or Navy shall be transported by sea, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, between ports of the United States and ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago, directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage, in any other vessel than a vessel of the United States. But this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sailing of any foreign vessel between any port of the United States and any port or place in the Philippine Archipelago: Provided, That no merchandise other than that imported

in such vessel from some foreign port which has been specified on the manifest as for another port, and which shall not have been unloaded, shall be carried between a port of the United States and a port or place in the Philippine Archipelago. Sec. 1, Act of April 15, 1904 (33 Stats., 181).

126d. Vessels of the United States, or belonging to the United States, and no others, shall be employed in the transportation by sea of coal, provisions, fodder, or supplies of any description, purchased pursuant to law, for the use of the Army or Navy unless the President shall find that the rates of freight charges by said vessels are excessive and unreasonable, in which case contracts shall be made under the law as it now exists: Provided, That no greater charges be made by such vessels for transportation of articles for the use of the said Army and Navy than are made by such vessels for transportation of like goods for private parties or companies. Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stats., 518).

CONGRESS OF NATIONS.

141a. The sum of three thousand dollars a year is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited national delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the commission; and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to draw his warrant each year upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sum, not to exceed three thousand dollars, as may in his opinion be proper to apply to the purposes above mentioned, and that the said sum shall be disbursed under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.

The national delegates aforesaid from the United States shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred while traveling to and from the meetings, and while in attendance thereon, from the funds herein appropriated and authorized to be expended. Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stats., 485).

BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS.

141b. 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; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the Army whom he may consider especially well qualified,