Secretary of the Navy is appropriate, he may direct that actual and necessary expenses only be allowed.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 663.

This is a proviso annexed to the appropriation for pay, miscellaneous, in the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. It is repeated from the similar appropriation act of the preceding year, the word "hereafter" being inserted, and the provision thereby made permanent.

Travel pay of civilian employés appointed for duty in islands.

The Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, is authorized to pay all civilian employees appointed for duty in the Philippine, Hawaiian, and Samoan islands, the island of Guam, and the island of Porto Rico, from the date of their sailing from the United States until they report for duty to the officer under whom they are to serve, and while returning to the United States by the most direct route and with due expedition, a per diem compensation corresponding to their pay while actually employed; and in cases where the appointee is not to fill an existing vacancy his pay while traveling may be charged to the annual appropriation of the bureau concerned.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 663.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

A preceding provision of the same act providing for payments to such employés until specific appropriation is made for their pay is set forth above.

Sec. 1580.

[Amended. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368.]

This section is amended by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, to read as set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Navy ration, constituents.

That section fifteen hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 1580. The Navy ration shall consist of the following daily allowance of provisions to each person: One pound and a quarter salt or smoked meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned fruit, and three gills of beans or peas, or twelve ounces of flour; or one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned fruit, and twelve ounces of rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables or four ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with one pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, two ounces of coffee or cocoa or one-half ounce of tea and one ounce of condensed milk or evaporated cream; and a weekly allowance of one-half pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of tomatoes, one-half pint of vinegar, one-half pint of pickles, one-half pint of molasses, four ounces of salt, one-quarter ounce of pepper, and one-half ounce of dry mustard. Five pounds of lard or a suitable

substitute shall be allowed for every hundred pounds of flour issued as bread, and such quantities of yeast as may be necessary."

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 679.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. Substitutions for the components of the ration are authorized by a further provision of the same act, amending Rev. St. § 1581, as set forth below.

Sec. 1581.

[Amended. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368.]

This section is amended by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

ACT MAY 3, 1880, c. 73.

[Repealed. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368.]

The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1084, is repealed by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Substitutions in ration.

That section fifteen hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 1581. The following substitution for the components of the ration may be made when deemed necessary by the senior officer present in command:

"For one and one-quarter pounds of salt or smoked meat or one pound of preserved meat, one and three-quarters pounds of fresh meat; in lieu of the article usually issued with salt, smoked, or preserved meat, fresh vegetables of equal value; for one pound of biscuit, one and one-quarter pounds of soft bread, or eighteen ounces of flour; for three gills of beans or peas, twelve ounces of flour or rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables, and for twelve ounces of flour or rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables, three gills of beans or peas."

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 680.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. The provision of Act May 3, 1880, c. 73, authorizing the substitution of desiccated tomatoes for desiccated potatoes in the ration, is repealed by a further provision of this act, set forth below.

Extra allowance to enlisted men of engineer and dynamo force.

That an extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, two, ounces of sugar, four ounces of hard bread or its equivalent, and four ounces of preserved meat or its equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of the engineer and dynamo force when standing night watches between eight o'clock postmeridian and eight o'clock antemeridian under steam.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 680.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. The provision of Rev. St.

Repeal.

1584, for an additional ration to each seaman at his first turning out, is repealed by a further provision of this act, set forth below.

That section fifteen hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and so much of the Act of May third, eighteen hundred and eighty, "making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes," as authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to substitute desiccated tomatoes for desiccated potatoes, are hereby repealed.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 680.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

Sec. 1584.

[Repealed. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368.]

This section is repealed by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth above.

Sec. 1585.

Commutation price of ration.

The payment of money accruing from commutation of rations of enlisted men for the benefit of any mess is authorized by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Payment of commutation of rations for benefit of mess.

That money accruing from the rations of enlisted men commuted for the benefit of any mess may be paid on public bills to the commissary officer by the pay officer having their accounts.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 680.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

The annual Navy appropriation acts contain, accompanying the appropriation for provisions for the Navy, various provisions relating to commuted rations. The appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, is as follows:

"Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officer; commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than commissioned officers of the line, medical and pay corps and chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters) and midshipmen, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commutation therefor to be given)." Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1190.

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ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 413, § 18.

Composition of active list of line; filling vacancies created.

Additions to the numbers of officers authorized by this section and to the enlisted force of the Marine Corps are authorized by provisions of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, set forth below.

The commandant of the Marine Corps has the rank, pay, and allowances of a major-general in the army, until a vacany shall occur in the office, on the expiration of the service of the present incumbent, by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1899, c. 421.

Number of enlisted men exclusive of men imprisoned under sentence of dishonorable discharge.

The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1092, is repeated in the same language in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 687, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1199.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1368.

Rank, pay, etc., of commandant.

That from and after the date of the approval of this Act, the commandant of the Marine Corps shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major-general in the Army, and when a vacancy shall occur in the office of commandant of the corps, on the expiration of the service of the present incumbent, by retirement or otherwise, the commandant of the Marine Corps shall thereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 686.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

Additional enlisted force.

In addition to the enlisted force of the Marine Corps now authorized by law there may be enlisted ten gunnery-sergeants, forty sergeants, sixty corporals, ten drummers, ten trumpeters, and six hundred and twenty privates.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 687.

This is a further provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. Further additions are authorized by provisions of the similar appropriation act for the year next following, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1010.

Additional officers and enlisted force; filling vacancies.

That from and after the passage of this Act, and in order to further

increase the efficiency of the Marine Corps, the following additional officers, noncommissioned officers, drummers, trumpeters, and privates to those now provided by law for said corps, are hereby authorized and directed, namely: One colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, five majors, twelve captains, twenty-five first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, one assistant adjutant and inspector with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, two assistant adjutants and inspectors with the rank of major, one assistant quartermaster with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, five assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain, one assistant paymaster with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, one assistant paymaster with the rank of captain, one sergeant-major, forty quartermaster-sergeants, twelve first sergeants, sixty-five sergeants, fifty-five corporals, ten drummers, ten trumpeters, and five hundred and twenty-seven privates: Provided, That the vacancies now existing in the line and the staff departments of the Marine Corps and those created by this Act below the grade of brigadier-general shall be filled, respectively, first by promotion by seniority and then by selection and appointment as now provided by law, excepting that vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled first, as far as practicable, from graduates of the Naval Academy each year on completing the prescribed course at the Naval Academy, exclusive of the probationary tour of sea service before final graduation, then from meritorious noncommissioned officers and from civil life between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years: Provided, That the commissions of officers now in the Marine Corps shall not be vacated by this Act: And provided further, That officers selected for appointment to fill vacancies in the grade of field officers in any of the staff departments shall be taken from officers on the active list. not below the grade of captain and who have seen not less than seven years' service as commissioned officers in the Marine Corps. And that appointments to the grade of captain in any of the staff departments shall be made from officers on the active list of the Marine Corps not below the grade of first lieutenant.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1198.

This is a provision of the Navy appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1615.

ACT MARCH 3, 1901, c. 852.

Rations of marines on shore duty.

The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1098, is repeated in the same language in the similar appropriation act for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act July 1, 1902, c. 1368, 32 Stat. 688, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1010, 32 Stat. 1200.