Section forty-seven hundred and ninety-one is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: "The transportation allowed for having artificial limbs fitted shall be furnished by the Quartermaster-General of the Army, the cost of which shall be refunded from the appropriations for invalid pensions." * * * * * Section fifty-two hundred and sixty-nine is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: "to be recovered by an action or actions at law in any district court of the United States." * * * * * Section fifty-four hundred and fifty-five is amended by inserting, after the word "seaman" in the twelfth, fourteenth, and fifteenth lines, and after the word "sailor", in the seventeenth line, the words" or other person", and by àdding to the section the words "to be enforced in any court of the United States having jurisdiction." GENERAL ORDERS No. 36. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 16, 1877. By direction of the Secretary of War so much of the regulations adopted for the government of the military prison, and published in General Orders No. 12, February 19, 1877, from this office, as prescribes the diet for prisoners, is amended so as to authorize the supply of food in such variety as will be most conducive to health and best meet the requirements of the climate, the kind of labor performed, and other circumstances surrounding the prisoners, provided the average daily cost per man be not increased. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General. No. 37. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, April 18, 1877. Superintendents of National Cemeteries being civilians, and now paid by the Quartermaster's Department as other civil employees thereof, the following regulations from the Secretary of War are promulgated for the information and guidance of all concerned :— I...In view of the responsibility attached to the position of Superintendent, and his not being generally under the direct supervision of a superior officer, it is of great importance that none but men of excellent character and fair abilities should be appointed. Applicants must therefore fulfill the following conditions, viz:1st. They must have served in the Army of the United States, either regular or volunteer, and must have been disabled for active field service in the line of duty, but the degree of their present disability must not be such as to impair their efficiency in charge of Cemeteries. 2d. They must be of steady, sober, and correct habits. 3d. They must have a fair degree of intelligence and education, and must be able to write legibly. II...All applications for the appointment of Superintendent should be addressed to the Quartermaster General of the Army, and be accompanied by testimonials of responsible persons in support of the above requirements. They must be in the handwriting of the applicant, and must give his full name, length of service, the company and regiment he last served in, date and cause of his discharge, and his present place of residence. No applications from enlisted men in the Army will be entertained, such men being ineligible under the law. III...All applicants, before being appointed, will be examined by a Board of Officers to be convened, by orders from the Adjutant General's Office, in the Department where they may be residing or serving. An applicant having passed a satisfactory examination, will, if selected for appointment, be required to serve a probationary term of six months as an assistant at such Cemetery as the Quarter |