ENGINEER REGULATIONS.

[Adopted June 26, 1902.]

1. The Chief of Engineers shall supervise all disbursements by officers of the Corps, and his approval of their accounts, so far as relates to the necessity or expediency of the expenditure, and the prices paid, and his certificate that the mode of expenditure adopted was the most economical and advantageous to the Government, shall be final. If the disbursing officer certifies that the mode of expenditure adopted was the most economical and advantageous to the Government, the certificate of the Chief of Engineers to that effect may be omitted. The approval of the Chief of Engineers will be indorsed on the account current.

2. He shall present to the Secretary of War, on or before the 15th day of October in each year, a report of the operations of the Engineer Department for the year ending on the 30th day of June preceding, with such suggestions relative to its affairs as he may deem expedient, accompanied by an estimate of funds required for the service of the department for the ensuing year.

3. With the approbation of the Secretary of War, he shall regulate and determine the number, quality, form, and dimensions of the necessary vehicles, pontons, tools, implements, and arms and other supplies and materials for the use and service of the engineer troops, to be procured as far as practicable by fabrication in the Engineer and Ordnance establishments of the Government.

4. The Chief of Engineers shall, from time to time, personally inspect the public works under the charge of officers and agents of his department, under the authority of the Secretary of War.

5. Journeys to be performed by officers of the Corps of Engineers on duty connected with river and harbor work and with fortification work may be ordered by the Chief of Engineers, or approved by him when the emergency requiring the journey does not permit of obtaining an order previous to making the journey.

In the latter case, the officer should certify upon the mileage voucher "that urgent public duty required the journey to be performed without previous orders," and the voucher must be accompanied by the approval of the journey by the Chief of Engineers or superior officer.

6. There shall be attached to the headquarters of the Chief of Engineers as many officers as the service of his office and the bureau of engineers may require, and through whom the commander of the corps may issue orders and instructions.

7. All projects for commencing new works must be submitted to the Secretary of War, through the Chief of Engineers, for consideration.

8. When plans of any kind, for public work under the Engineer Department, have been sanctioned by the Secretary of War or by the Chief of Engineers, they must not be departed from in any particular without the express permission of the Secretary of War or of the Chief of Engineers.

9. Public works in the charge of the Corps of Engineers shall be inspected at least once a year, and when completed, by such officers of the corps as the Chief of Engineers, with the approval of the Secretary of War, shall designate.

10. There shall be a Board of Engineers whose duty it shall be to plan or revise, as may be directed by the Chief of Engineers, from time to time, projects of permanent fortifications required for the defense of the territory of the United States and works of river and harbor improvement; also to consider and report upon such other matters as may be referred to it by the Chief of Engi

neers.

11. It shall also be the duty of the members of the Board, whenever required by the Chief of Engineers, to inspect and report upon any of the works of construction or other of the operations of the Engineer Department, the inspection reports to be made to the Board and by it submitted to the Chief of Engineers, with such remarks as it may deem proper.

12. The Board shall consist of not less than three officers, to be designated by the Chief of Engineers, with the sanction of the Secretary of War.

13. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but its final decisions in important matters must be sanctioned by a majority of its members.

neers.

14. The reports of the Board will be made to the Chief of EngiIt will keep a journal of its proceedings, and will on the first day of each month report to him the movements of its members and a brief statement of the occupation of the assembled Board.

15. The Chief of Engineers shall submit all important reports of the Board, with his views thereon, to the Secretary of War, without whose sanction no important work shall be undertaken.

16. The orders of the senior officer of the Board shall be authority for journeys made by its members and associates and for the necessary expenditures incurred by the Board in pursuance of its duties, but the authority of the Chief of Engineers must be obtained by the senior officer of the Board for all journeys made by the Board or members thereof to localities other than the usual place of meeting. Payment of mileage and for these expenditures shall be made from the appropriation for works of river and harbor improvement when the duty is connected with such works.

17. Under the direction of the Secretary of War as many officers, not below the rank of lieutenant-colonel, as may be necessary, may be assigned by the Chief of Engineers as division engineers, the extent of each division to be determined by the Chief of Engineers.

18. A report shall be sent in time to reach the Bureau as soon after the first of July of each year as practicable, and not later than July 20, of the operations on each work or survey during the fiscal year ending 30th June preceding, with the necessary drawings, and showing the condition of the work, the extent and cost of the principal operations (as brickwork, stonework, earthwork, surveys), accompanied by a summary statement of expenditures during the year, with a detailed estimate of the funds required for the next year, and an estimate of the amount required to complete the work.

The report should conclude with a recapitulation, giving a brief of its more important facts and interesting particulars; this should be of such a form that it may be embodied in the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.

19. "That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress, at its next and each succeeding session thereof, the name and place of residence of each civilian engineer employed in the work of improving rivers and harbors by means and as the result of appro

priations made in this and succeeding river and harbor appropriation bills, the time so employed, the compensation paid, and the place at and work on which employed." (Act August 5, 1886, sec. 8,-24 Stats., 335.)

Officers and agents in charge of works will make out and forward to this office, with their annual report at the end of each fiscal year, a statement in accordance with the above act. With a view to securing uniformity in these statements a blank form is appended.

List of civilian engineers employed on work of river and harbor improvements in the charge of

Corps of Engineers, be

tween July 1, 190—, and June 30, 190—, inclusive.

Name.

Place of Time em- Compensaresidence. ployed. tion.

Where em- Work on which ployed. employed.

Corps of Engineers.

20. An officer of the corps or agent in charge of any work of construction or survey, or any operation involving the expenditure of money, shall disburse the money for the same, and when informed of the fund applicable thereto, will furnish the Chief of Engineers a project for the manner in which it is proposed to apply it, with an estimate of the probable monthly expenditures.

21. "All officers, agents, or other persons who are charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public moneys shall keep an accurate entry of each sum received and of each payment or transfer; and shall render distinct accounts of the application thereof according to the appropriation under which the moneys may have been advanced to them. Every officer or agent who, having received public money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or emolument, fails to render his accounts for the same, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of the money

embezzled, and shall be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than ten years." (R. S. 3623, 3643, 5491.)

22. Every officer or agent of the War Department who receives public money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or emolument shall render his accounts monthly. (See A. R. 631.)

23. The law requires that a separate account be kept with each appropriation disbursed. The forms of account current and abstracts prepared for this purpose and approved by the Comptroller of the Treasury will be used by disbursing officers. The blanks will be procured from the Chief of Engineers. Accounts current will be made in triplicate and abstracts in duplicate; two copies of the account current, accompanied by one copy of the abstract and one set of vouchers complete, will be forwarded to the Chief of Engineers; the other copy, also accompanied by abstract and vouchers, will be retained by the officer.

24. An error made in an account must be corrected in the next account current of the officer after he is informed of the error, and reference will be made therein to the particular voucher in which the error occurred.

25. In notifying officers of remittances, the Chief of Engineers will inform them of the amount remitted under each head of appropriation. All officers who make transfers of public funds will pursue a similar course, stating in the invoices and receipts the amount transferred from each appropriation. When notifying officers of requests for remittances, the Chief of Engineers, in addition to the amount of each appropriation, will give the titles of appropriations to be used in accounts current, abstracts, and vouchers.

26. Funds received from overpayments previously made will be entered on the account current in the proper column. The entries should show by whom and to whom the overpayments were made, on what account, and refer to the voucher (and abstract).

27. Funds received from sales will be entered in the proper column on the account current, and will show the fiscal year in which the articles were purchased, if known.

28. Whenever money is refunded to the Treasury, the name of the person refunding, and the purpose for which it is done, must be stated.