Prepared, under the direction of the Honorable Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War,
by Lieutenant-Colonel George B. Davis, Deputy Judge-Advocate-
General, United States Army.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Document No. 64.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

CHAPTER I. The Executive.

5-8

II. Provisions applicable to the several Executive Departments...

III. The Department of War

9-25

26-32

IV. Provisions Applicable to Several Classes of Officers..

33-55

V. The Department of the Treasury; the Accounting Officers.........

56-96

VI. The Post-Office Department.

97-100

VII. The Department of Justice; Habeas Corpus; the Court of

Claims...

101-125

VIII. The Department of the Navy; the Marine Corps .

126-128

IX. The Department of the Interior

129-133

X. The Revised Statutes; the Statutes at Large; the Army Regula-

tions; the Army Register..

134-149

XI. The Military Establishment; general provisions of organization. 150-153

XII. Rank and command; tactical and territorial organizations.... 154–158

XIII. The Staff Departments; general provisions; disbursing officers. 159-180

XIV. The Adjutant-General's Department

XV. The Inspector-General's Department...

XVI. The Judge-Advocate-General's Department

XVII. The Quartermaster's Department....

XVIII. The Subsistence Department

XIX. The Pay Department.

XX. The Medical Department

XXI. The Engineer Department..

XXVII. Brevets; Medals of Honor; Certificates of Merit; Foreign Deco-

XXXII. The Public Lands; Military Reservations; Military Posts.

XXXIII. The Public Property.

181-182

183-185

186-187

188-204

205-213

214-239

240-249

250-304

305-321

322-326

327-328

329-330

331-350

351-354

355-377

378-380

381-400

401-422

423-442

443-449

450-178

479-527

XXXIV. The Militia; the Militia of the District of Columbia; the Terri-

torial Militia.

XXXV. Military tribunals; Courts-Martial; Courts of Inquiry.

XXXVI. Citizenship and Naturalization. ......

XXXVII. The Indians; Indian agents; the Indian country.

XXXVIII. Employment of military force; (1) in resisting invasion; (2)

in suppression of insurrection; (3) in support of the civil

authority

528-536

537-568

569-600