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Absence:

[References are to PARAGRAPHS, except p., PAGE, and A. W., ARTICLES OF WAR.]

During encampment, 262.

Without leave, A. W. 31-34.

Accounts (see also Disbursing Officers):

National Militia Board, rendition for reimburse-
ment, 395.

Officers attending service schools, 32, 314, 344.
Accountability:

Funds. (See Disbursing Officers.)

Public property. (See Public Property.)
Accounts Current (see also Disbursing Officers):
Preparation, 184-186.
Rendition, 149, 184.

Acts of Congress. (See Congress.)
Adjutants-General:

Appointment and duties, 28, 224.

Field artillery matériel, action in case of receipt, 87.
Furnished publications by Division of Militia
Affairs, 50.

Reports and returns-

Abstracts of, for Congress, 28, 385 (a).

Enlisted men, Regular Army, detailed with

States, 350, 386 (d).

Rendition and transmission, 28, 224, 386.
Use of penalty envelope, 388.

Adjutant-General's Department:
Organization, 229.

Part of Organized Militia, 225.

Regular Army, composition, p. 130.
Advertisement:

Method of, for sale of condemned property, 118.
Affidavits:

Destruction of condemned clothing, 109.
Property acted on by surveying officer, 114.

Age Limit:

Commission in volunteer forces, 39, 380.

Service in militia, 17, 221.

Youths under 18 not part of Organized Militia, 254

Aides-de-Camp:

Brigade commanders, 228.

Division commanders, 227.

Alarms, False:

Penalty for officers giving, A. W. 41.
Allotments. (See Appropriations.)
Allowances:

Enlisted men attending service schools, 32, 348.
Members of militia eligible for commissions in
volunteer forces, 39, 379.

Members of National Militia Board, 395.

Militia when called forth for United States serv-
ice, 26.

Officers attending service schools, 32, 314, 344.

Ambulance Companies. (See Medical Depart-

ment.)

Ammunition:

Allowance for, use in procurement of other sup-
plies, 293.

Allowance for small-arms practice, how fixed, 294.
Allowance, small-arms and artillery, authority for
issue, 29.

Artillery, coast, authority for issue, 305.

Artillery, field, expended during inspection of
matériel, 81.

Exchange of obsolete, 29.

Expenditure in target practice, 286.
Field allowance-

Cavalry, 243 (b).

Field artillery, 243 (c).

Infantry, 243 (a).

Special arms and special grades, 243 (d).
Furnished at camps of instruction, 37, 275, 292.
Issued according to reports of inspection and
small-arms practice, 293.

Small arms, purchase, 54 (a).

Supplied to militia organizations when called to
United States service, 362 (d).

Throwing away, penalty, A. W. 42.
Ancient Organizations:

Accustomed privileges to be retained by, 19, 223.
Animals. (See Horses.)

Apportionment of Militia:

When called to United States service, 22, 359.
Appropriations (see also Funds):

Arming and Equipping the Militia. (Sec. 1661,
Revised Statutes, as amended)—
Apportionment, method, 13, 146.
Authorized, 12.

Available for-

Acquisition, construction, equipment, main-
tenance of shooting galleries and target
ranges, 128.

Blank forms, procurement, 186.

Coast artillery ammunition, 305.

Entrance fees, small-arms competitions, 302.
Expenses-

Alteration of premises for target ranges,

142.

Construction of buildings on target ranges
for storage purposes and housing care-
takers, 139.

Joint camps of instruction, 265, 269, 270, 271.
Militia admitted to army hospitals, 277.
Pit men, markers, and caretakers engaged
upon ranges built, 140.

157

Appropriations-Continued.

Arming and Equipping the Militia-Continued.
Available for-Continued.

Expenses-Continued.

Preparation of title papers for shooting gal-
leries and target ranges, 135.

Small-arms practice, 286.

State teams in National Match, 289.
Travel of officers while acquiring and de-
veloping shooting galleries and target
ranges, 133.

Field or camp service for instruction, 250.
Horse hire, 170 (e).

Issue of dress and field-service clothing, 170(a).
Issue of any supplies furnished to Regular
Army, 33.

Pay, subsistence, transportation during rifle
matches, and camps of instruction in rifle
practice, 287, 289.

Promotion of rifle practice, 13.

Purchase of forage for horses, 170 (e).

Purchase of insignia of marksmanship, 288.
Rental of target ranges for encampments, 138.
Wagon transportation for practice marches,

258.

Conditions States and Territories must meet to
participate in allotment, 13, 148.
Continuous, 189.

Credited with proceeds from sales of stores, 33.
Disbursing officers to submit weekly state-
ments of balances, 188.

Funds to credit of deceased disbursing officer to
be deposited to credit of, 216.

Funds for promotion of rifle practice to be used
for no other purpose, 296.

Minimum amount to be used for promotion of
rifle practice, 170 (d).

Not available for-

Expenses of procuring bonds, 154.

Expenses of militiamen not members of team
in National Match, 300.

Proper military duties, shooting galleries and
target ranges, 301.

Purchase of animals for work on target ranges,
144.

Payment of stipulated sum for shots fired on

target range, 303.

Promotion of rifle practice-

Limitation of expenditures, 296.

Transfer of funds from allotment "Arms, equip-
ments, and camp purposes" to "Promotion
of rifle practice," 182.

Arms, Uniforms, Equipments, etc., Organized
Militia (act of May 27, 1908)—

Authorized, 29.

Dress clothing not obtainable under, 170 (a).
Deposits by disbursing officers to show, 210.
Encampment and Maneuvers, Organized Mi-
litia-

Chargeable with claims for damages, 266.
Disbursements from, 265, 269–271.

Arm of Service:

Requisition for clothing to state, 60.
Armament of Militia:

Power of Congress to provide for, 3 (b).

Armament and Equipment:

Appropriations authorized, 12, 29.

Ammunition. (See Ammunition.)

Armament and Equipment-Continued.
Artillery, how acquired, 45 (c).

Cavalry, 243 (b).

Classification of, when acted on by surveying
officer, 115, 116.

Clothing. (See Clothing.)

Condition to be shown by inspecting officers, 89.
Conformity to that of Regular Army, 19, 30, 102,

104.

Deficiencies to be shown by inspection reports, 97.
Experimental or provisional, issue to militia not
authorized, 61.

Field cooking outfit, 245.
Field kits for all arms, 243.
Field service-

Bands, 242 (e).
Cavalry, 242 (c, e).

Coast artillery, 242 (a, b, e).
Engineers, 242 (a, b, e), 249.
Field artillery, 242 (d, e), 248.
Hospital corps, 242 (f).
Infantry, 242 (a, b, e).
Medical, 247.

Musicians, 242 (e).
Ordnance, 242 (a, b).
Organized Militia, 241-249.
Signal corps, 242 (b, c), 246.
Trumpeters, 242 (e).

Furnished militia under section 1661, Revised
Statutes, as amended, 43.

Horse equipment for enlisted men individually
mounted, 242 (g).

Identification tags, 243 (a).

Inspection of, as to completeness for field service,
102, 352.

Inspection of condition, 90.

Inspection, report on, 101 (c).

Issued to Regular Army, militia entitled to, 43, 44.
Issues limited to standard articles, 57.

Militia organizations when called forth for United
States service, 362.

Obsolete to be turned in, 110.

Provisions for supplying militia, 14, 29.
Tentage-

Allowance for permanent or maneuver camps,
244 (a).

Field allowance, 244 (b).

Hospital tents, 244 (c).

Tools and utensils, camp and garrison purposes,
244 (d).

Arm Chests:

Issue of keys to be restricted, 75.
Arming and Equipping the Militia:
Appropriation for, 12, 13, 29, 43, 44, 45.
Armories:

Inspection of, 89, 101.

Provision for protection of property, 65.

Arms (see also Armament and Equipment):
Exchange of, 29.

Experimental, not issued to militia, 61.
Procurement and issue, 14.

Right of people to keep and bear, 2.

Throwing away of, penalty, A. W. 42.

Army Garrison Schools. (See Schools, Garrison.)
Army Service Schools. (See Schools, Service.)
Arsenals, United States:

Authorized to sell ordnance and ordnance stores,
54 (a).

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Boxes, Packing:

For small arms, cost of, 54 (d).

Return to arsenals, 295.

Branding:

Prohibition of, court-martial sentence, A. W. 38.
Brigade:

Composition and organization, 228.

Buildings, Storage:

Expense of construction, on target ranges, 139.
Insurance on, not met from federal funds, 145.
Camp Equipage. (See Armament and Equipment.)
Camps of Instruction (Joint):

Admission of militia to army field hospitals, 277.
Ammunition to be furnished militia, 275.

Appropriation available for, 13, 265, 266.

Assignment and pay, attached officers, 278.
Authority for militia to participate in, 31, 264.
Claims-

Account of personal injuries, how adjusted, 276.
Damages, 266.

Command, in whom vested, 31, 274.

Expenditures from private funds, reimbursement,
279.

Funds, disbursement, 265.

Hire of horses, purchase of forage, and incidental
expenses, 170 (e-g).

Mileage, 281.

Militia not in service of United States during, 276.
Muster and inspection, 280.

Pay-

Prior service requirement, 280.

While participating in, 269–271.

Payment of rental of property not covered by
lease, 266.

Purchase of supplies from Regular Army, while

engaged in, 55.

Requisitions for supplies, 268.

Selection of permanent grounds for, p. 136.

Transportation of militia over land-grant rail-

roads, 272.

Cartridge Cases:

Empty, return to arsenals, 295.

Caretakers:

Artillery matériel, 65.

Target ranges, 139, 140.

Cash Books:

Disbursing officers, 194.

Cavalry:

Arms and equipments 242 (c, e), 243 (b).

Field kit, 243 (b).

Organization, 237.

Regular Army, composition, p. 127.

Certificates:

Attendance of officers at army service schools,
312, 344.

Destruction of clothing infected with contagious
diseases, 117.

On requisition for stores and supplies, 47.
Checks (see also Disbursing Officers):

Purchase of military stores, how drawn, 54.
Check Books. (See Disbursing Officers.)
Circulars, War Department:

Furnished militia by Division of Militia Affairs,

50.

Civil Authorities:

Crimes, turning over of officers and soldiers ac-
cused of, to A. W., 59.

Civilians:

Serving with armies of the United States, subject
to orders, A. W. 63.

Waste or spoiling of private property of, A. W. 55,
59.

Claims:

Damages to crops, state encampments, 263.
Damages to property, joint camps of instruction,

266.

False or fraudulent, A. W. 60.

Personal injuries, not adjustable by War Depart-
ment, 276.

Provisions for payment in case of death of offi-
cers or soldiers, 214.

Settlement by disbursing officers, 183.

Signatures to certificates to agree with names of
creditors, 207.

Clips, Cartridge:

Return to arsenals, 295.

Clothing (see also Uniforms, Clothing; Public
Property):

Dress-

Not supplied under act of May 27, 1908, 170 (a).
Obtainable under section 1661, Revised Stat-
utes, as amended, 170 (a).

Dropping of, in accordance with allowance, 29,

105, 126, 127.

Field kits-

Cavalry, 243 (b).

Field artillery, 243 (c).

Infantry, 243 (a).

Special arms and special grades, 243 (d).

Field service-

Restriction of issues under act of May 27, 1908,
170 (a).

Infected with contagious diseases, destruction,

117.

Issue of, in accordance with annual allowance,
29, 53.

Requisitions for-

Requirements in preparation, 47, 59.
To show arm of service, 60.

Unserviceable-

Disposition, 15, 109.

Clothing Allowance:

Annual, authorized, 29.

Articles included under, 53.

How fixed, 53.

Property dropped under, 29, 105, 126, 127.

Coast Artillery:

Ammunition, issue, 305.

Arms and equipments, 242 (a, b, e).

Organization, 239, 240.

Reports, gun practice, 306.

Coast Artillery School. (See Schools, Service.)

Coffee:

Purchase of, bonds for disbursement of funds for,
not required, 158.

Colleges, Military. (See Schools, Service.)
Colors:

Abandonment of, A. W. 42.

Command. (See Rank and Command.)

Commissary-Sergeants, Post:

Part of subsistence department, 229.

Commissioned Officers:

Militia-

Appointment of, vested in States, 3 (b).

Assignment to duty and pay at camps of in-
struction, not members of organizations par-
ticipating, 278.

Commissioned Officers-Continued.

Militia-Continued.

Attendance at army service schools-
Authority for, 32, 308.

General requirements, 311-315.
Not field service for instruction, 255.
Special requirements, 316-332.
Attendance at garrison schools-
Authority for, 32.

General requirements, 333-345.
Bonds for property issued to, 121.
Brigade staff, composition, 228.
Cavalry, composition, 237.

Coast artillery, composition, 239, 240.
Commissions in volunteer forces, examination
for, 39.

Designation, to receipt for property, 68.
Disbursing. (See Disbursing Officers.)
Division staff, composition, 227.

Engineers, composition, 234.

Expenses while acquiring and developing
shooting galleries and target ranges, 133.
Expenses while

schools, 314.

attending army service

Field artillery, composition, 238.
Governor's staff, 226.

Infantry, composition, 236.

Inspectors of small-arms practice-

Authorized, 19.

Battalion of engineers, 234.

Detail from Ordnance Department, 229.

Pay while engaged in promotion of rifle prac-
tice, 304.

Regiment or separate squadron of cavalry,

237.

Regiment or separate battalion of infantry,

236.

Medical-

Assignment-

Ambulance company, 231.

Field hospital, 232.

Medical corps, 230.

Regiments, 236-238.

Pay. (See Pay.)

Reimbursement of expenditures from private
funds, 279.

Relative rank and command, A. W. 124.
Responsibility for United States property, 74,
121, 122.

Signal corps, composition, 235.

Sleeping-car accommodations for participants
in National Match, 299.

Staff corps and departments, composition, 229.
Surveying. (See Surveying Officers.)
Regular Army-

Accused capital crime to be delivered to civil
authorities, A. W., 59.

Acceptance of gratuities for services, A. W. 6.

Appeal, right of, A. W.,

Appointments, p. 134.

29.

Charged with crime, confinement, A. W. 65.

Conduct unbecoming, penalty, A. W. 61.

Deceased, inventory of effects, A. W. 125.
Details-

Annual inspections, 90, 91.

Attendance at encampments, 35.

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