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in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper; and in his beak a scroll, inscribed with this motto: "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

For the crest: over the head of the eagle, which appears above the escutcheon, a glory breaking through a cloud, proper, and surrounding thirteen stars, forming a constellation, argent, and on an azure field.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1463.]

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LAWS

RELATING TO

THE MILITARY SERVICE.

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.-Constitution, Art. II, § 2.

The following are the LAWS relating to the War Department and the Military Establishment of the United States, as embodied in THE REVISED STATUTES of the United States, 2d edition, 1878 (Titles VI, XIV, LIX), together with laws enacted by Congress since the publication of the Revised Statutes:

TITLE VI.

THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

[From Revised Statutes, pages 35-37.]

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

SEC. 214. There shall be at the seat of Government an Executive Department to be known as the Department of War, and a Secretary of War, who shall be the head thereof.

7 Aug., 1789, c. 7, s. 1, v. 1, p. 49.

SEC. 215. [Provides for clerks of the War Department.]

MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.

SEC. 216. The Secretary of War shall perform such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President relative to military commissions, the military forces, the warlike stores of the United States, or to other matters respecting military affairs; and he shall conduct the business of the Department in such manner as the President shall direct. [See §§ 3660–3665, 3669.]

7 Aug., 1789, c. 7, s. 1, v. 1, p. 49.

U. S. v. Adams, 7 Wall., 463.

20 April, 1874, c. 117, v. 18, p. 33.

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CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS AND PROPERTY.

SEC. 217. The Secretary of War shall have the custody and charge of all the books, records, papers, furniture, fixtures, and other property appertaining to the Department.

7 Aug., 1789, c. 7, ss. 2, 4, v. 1, p. 50.

COLLECTING FLAGS, ETC.

SEC. 218. The Secretary of War shall from time to time cause to be collected and transmitted to him, at the seat of Government, all such flags, standards, and colors as are taken by the Army from the enemies of the United States.

18 April, 1814, c. 78, s. 1, v. 3, p. 133.

PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES.

SEC. 219. The Secretary of War shall from time to time define and prescribe the kinds as well as the amount of supplies to be purchased by the Subsistence and Quartermaster Departments of the Army, and the duties and powers thereof respecting such purchases; and shall prescribe general regulations for the transportation of the articles of supply from the places of purchase to the several armies, garrisons, posts, and recruiting places, for the safekeeping of such articles, and for the distribution of an adequate and timely supply of the same to the regimental quartermasters, and to such other officers as may by virtue of such regulations be intrusted with the same; and shall fix and make reasonable allowances for the store-rent and storage necessary for the safe-keeping of all military stores and supplies.

3 Mar., 1813, c. 48, s. 5, v. 2, p. 817.

[BIDS FOR CONTRACTS UNDER WAR DEPARTMENT.

The Secretary of War is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to be observed in the preparation and submission and opening of bids for contracts under the War Department; and he may require any bid to be accompanied by a bond in such penal sum as he may deem advisable, with good and sufficient security, conditioned that the bidder will enter into a contract agreeably to the terms of his bid, if the same be awarded to him within sixty days from the date of the opening of the bids, or otherwise pay the penalty. No bid shall be withdrawn by the bidder within the said period of sixty days.-Act of Congress approved April 10, 1878.]

TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS, ETC.

SEC. 220. The transportation of troops, munitions of war, equipments, military property, and stores, throughout the United States, shall be under the immediate control and supervision of the Secretary of War and such agents as he may appoint.

31 Jan., 1862, c. 15, s. 4, v. 12, p. 334.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, STORM-SIGNALS.

SEC. 221. The Secretary of War shall provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent, and at other points in the States and Territories, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms. 9 Feb., 1870, Res. 12, v. 16, p. 369.

SIGNAL-STATIONS, REPORTS, ETC.

SEC. 222. The Secretary of War shall provide, in the system of observations and reports in charge of the Chief Signal-Officer of the Army, for such stations, reports, and signals as may be found necessary for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests. 10 June, 1872, c. 415, s. 1, v. 17, p. 366.

TELEGRAPH-LINES CONNECTING SIGNAL-STATIONS.

SEC. 223. The Secretary of War is authorized to establish signalstations at light-houses and at such of the life-saving stations on the lake or sea-coast as may be suitably located for that purpose, and to connect the same with such points as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the signal-service by means of a suitable telegraph-line in cases where no lines are in operation, to be constructed, maintained, and worked under the direction of the Chief Signal-Officer of the Army, or the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury; and the use of the life-saving stations as signal-stations shall be subject to such regulations as may be agreed upon by said officials.

3 Mar., 1873, c. 227, s. 1, v. 17, p. 511.

3 June, 1874, c. 205, v. 18, p. 51.

LOSS OF CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE.

SEC. 224. Whenever satisfactory proof is furnished to the War Department that any non-commissioned officer or private soldier who served in the Army of the United States in the late war against the rebellion has lost his certificate of discharge, or the same has been destroyed without his privity or procurement, the Secretary of War shall be authorized to furnish, on request, to such non-commissioned officer or private a duplicate of such certificate of discharge, to be indelibly marked, so that it may be known as a duplicate; but such certificate shall not be accepted as a voucher for the payment of any claim against the United States for pay, bounty, or other allowance, or as evidence in any other case.

3 Mar., 1873, c. 248, s. 1, v. 17, p. 582.

POWER TO ADMINISTER OATHS.

SEC. 225. The Secretary of War is authorized to detail one or more of the employés of the War Department for the purpose of

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