Quartermaster-General (see Quartermaster's De-

partment):

absence of, performance of duty, 121.
Quartermaster-General's Office:

clerical force, 134.

Quartermaster's Department (see Staff Depart-

ments):

advertisements, 712.

animals, procurement of, 728-732.
appointments, 578.

Antietam battlefield, supervision, 2422.

bakeries, 714.

barracks and quarters, 734–739.

bond-aided railroads, 722, 725.

civilian employees, 748.

clothing, 749-757.

clothing, purchases,717.

composition, 702.

deduction from mileage accounts, 723.

details, 704, 705.

duties, 708-711.

emergency purchases, 713.

enlisted men, 707.

examinations for promotion, 703.
extra-duty pay, 742-747.
forage, 740, 741.

fuel, 740, 741.

general army service men, 1509-1511.

historical note, p. 290.

horses, 728-732.

Indians, purchases from, 718.

land-grant railroads, 722, 725.

military storekeeper, 706.

officers not to trade, 719.

organization, 702; p. 1054.

post quartermaster-sergeants, 707.

printing, 716.

procurement of supplies, 708-710, 712-719.
promotions, 703.

public animals, 728-732.

purchases, 712–719.

quarters, 734–739.

returns of clothing, etc., 751.

schools, purchases for, 714.

subsistence duty of officers, 711.

supplies, 708-710, 712–719.

tables of distances, 724.

transportation, 720-727.

veterinarians, 733.

volunteer quartermasters, retention of, 702,
note.

working parties, 742-747.

Quarters (see Commutation of Quarters):

absent officers, 739.

allowance, 738, note.

commutation, 830–835.

furnished to officers in kind, 738.

hospital stewards, 736, 931.

Rank (see Relative Rank):

brevet, 1342-1347.

command of detachments, 551; 122 A. W.

medical officers, 901.

militia officers, 1658.

relative, Army and Navy, 564.

volunteers, 562.

Rates of Postage, 317.

soldiers' letters, 317.

Rations (see Subsistence Department):
allowance to enlisted men, 771, 772
coffee and sugar, 775-777.
commutation, 776, 777.

components, 769, 770.

emergency, 770.
field, 770.
garrison, 770.
Indians, 774.

issues, 770-777.
marines, 439-441.
matrons, 773.

meat components, 770.
nurses, 773.

on transports, 770.

prescribed by President, 769.
sales, 779.

substitutions, 770.

sugar and coffee, 775-777.
Rear-Admiral:

relative rank, 564.

Receiving Embezzled Money or Property, 661.

Receiving Stolen Property, 1643.

Recess Appointments, 8, 9, 163, 164.

salaries, 163, 164.

Record and Pension Office:

certificates of service in telegraph corps, 1257.
clerical force, employment, 134, note; 1240.
composition, 1236.

duties, 1235, 1237-1239.

establishment, 1235.

muster rolls of volunteers, etc., 526, 1238, 1239
organization, 1236; p. 1060.

removal of charge of desertion, 1241-1253.

remuster of officers, of volunteers, 1254-1256.
returns and muster rolls of volunteers, 526.
returns of volunteer regiments, 1238. 1239.

Record of Court-Martial, 1839-1841 (see General
Courts-Martial, Judge-Advocate General & De-
partment, and Judge-Advocates of Courts):
authentication of, 1839, note.

copy to accused, 1840.
disposition, 1839, 1841.

preparation, 1839.

Recording Clocks, 95.

Records (see Record of Court-Martial):

destruction, forgery, etc., 103-105.

Executive Departments, 20.

Recovery of Debts, 197. (See Debts Due United

States.)

Recruiting Service (see Recruits)

bounty, 677.

details for, 679.

enlistments, qualifications for, 670, 671.

fraudulent enlistments, 675.

minors, enlistment of, 672, 678.
oath of enlistment, 676.

re-enlistments, 1373-1375.
restriction on enlistment, 678.
term of enlistment, 669.
unlawful enlistments, 674.
volunteers, 525.

Recruits (see Recruiting Service):
credit to, at depots, 890.
Red Cross Society, pp. 1044-1047.
Redress of Wrongs, 1852; 30 A. W.
Reduction of War Establishments, 513.

Regiments:

cavalry, 1419-1424.

infantry, 1445-1448.

Begister see Army Register:
official, 92a.

Registry of Omelal Mall, 328.
Regular Army. See Army:
composition, 497, 499–508.
Increase in war, 509-512,
Indian scouts, 306.

native troops, 501–506.

reduction at end of war 513.

Regulations see Army Requiations Army, 487-489.

accounting. 207. 2018

canals, tise of, 1112 1113.

xecutive departments, 30

use of public works, 1112, 1113.

Relative Rank see Rank).

Army and Navy officers 564.

exemptions, 1655.

expenses of enrollment, 1679, 1680.

field organization, 1675-1678. forage, etc., 1684.

half pay, pension, etc., 1685-1687. horses, use of, 1684.

infantry, 1676.

instruction, 1662, 1663. organization, 1656-1661.

pay, 8788.

pay, rations, etc., 1681-1684.

power of Congress over, 2015.

property returns, 1690.

rations, etc., 1681-1684.

returns, 133, 1664-1668.
service in volunteers, 520.

subject to Articles of War, 2021.
Territorial, 1777-1781.

travel allowances, 1679, 1680. Mines:

injuries to, penalty, 1090. Minors:

enlistment of, 672,673.

National Forces:

composition, 495, 496.

National Homes (see Soldiers' Home):

accounts, 2316-2318.

admission of inmates, 2325.

annual report, 2296.

appointment of officers, 2298. appropriations, 2305, 2308, 2309. board of managers, 2287-2291.

bonds, 2292, 2294, 2303, 2304.

branch homes, 2298-2304, 2319, 2320. discipline, 2332.

election of

managers, 2288.

officers, 2289.

establishment of branch homes, 2319, 232.

estimates and appropriations, 2305-2309. expenditures, 2310-2315.

expenses of managers, 2290.

franking privilege, 2338.

general officers, 2289-2293.

general treasurer, 2292-2294.

insane patients, 2331. inspection, 688, 2295. jurisdiction over lands, 2339.

managers, 2287-2291.

medical officers, 2299.

officers of branch homes, 2298-2304.

ordnance, issues of, 2334, 2335.

out-door relief, 2327.

pensions to inmates, 2328-2330.

public documents, 2337.

purchases, 2310-2315.

National Homes-Continued.

reduced rates of transportation to inmates, 2336.

salaried officers, 2291.

salaries to be classified, 2300.

supplies, how procured, 2310.

transfer of inmates, 2326.

travel expenses, 2302.

National Military Parks:

Antietam battlefield, 2414, 2422.

arrests of trespassers, 2354.

Chattanooga National Military Park, 2355–2382. Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park, 2355-2382. ejectment from purchased lands, 2355. general requirements, 2349-2355. Gettysburg National Park, 2379-2395. injuries to monuments, trees, etc., 2351.

maneuvers, use for, 2349.

protection of, 2351-2355.

regulations for use, 2350.

Shiloh National Military Park, 2396-2406. superintendents, power to arrest, 2354.

trespassing, hunting, shooting, etc., 2352, 2353. Vicksburg National Military Park, 2407-2414.

National Parks, 2423-2447.

Yellowstone National Park, 2423-2447.

Native Troops:

Philippine Islands, 501-504; p. 1064.
Porto Rico, 505; p. 1065.

Naturalization (see Citizenship):

alien enemies, not admitted, 1888.

alien, honorably discharged, 1882, 1883.

aliens of African descent, 1886.
children of declarant, 1885.

children of naturalized persons, 1889.
declaration of intention, 1881.
minors, 1884.

police court of District of Columbia, 1890.
procedure, 1880, 1881.

protection to naturalized citizens, 1878, 1879. seamen, 1891.

widow of declarant, 1885.

Navigable Waters of the United States, 1091-1150.

(See River and Harbor Works.)

deposits in prohibited, 1124.

floating logs and timber, 1128, 1129.

obstruction of, by sunken vessels, 1132a, 1133. obstructions to navigation, 1122. rivers, 1091-1097.

Navy Department (see Marine Corps):

administration of oaths, 450.

detail of naval officers, 448.

establishment, 418.

Marine Corps, 419-446.

punishments on war vessels, 449.

supervisor of New York Harbor, 1136, 1137, 1143.

transfers to Navy, 447.

Neutrality:

enforcement of, 2069-2079.

Newspapers (see Pamphlets):

purchase of, 56, 57.

restriction on payments for, 181.

New Year's Day, 46.

New York Harbor:

arrests, 1139, 1146.

boats carrying deposits, 1138. bribery, 1140.

deposits 1134-1146.

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New York Harbor-Continued.

disposition of dredged material, 1142. fishing in channel forbidden, 1144. inspectors, 1139, 1140.

penal clauses, 1145.

permits for deposits, 1136, 1141.

supervisor, duties, 1136, 1137, 1143. Northern Pacific Railroad, 2064. Nurse Corps:

allowances, 926-928; p. 1057.
appointments, 925; p. 1057.
chief nurses, 925; p. 1057.
composition, 925: p. 1057.
leave of absence, 927; p. 1057.
medical attendance, 927; p. 1057.

nurses, 927; p. 1057.

pay and allowances, 858-861, 926-928; p. 1057. qualifications, 925; p. 1057.

reserve nurses, 925; p. 1057. subsistence, 927; p. 1057. superintendent, 925; p. 1057. travel expenses, 928; p. 1057. Nurses (see Nurse Corps):

pay, 858-861, 926-928; p. 1057. rations, 773.

Oaths:

administration, 49-51, 69, 128, 159-161. administrative purposes, 1816.

Court of Claims, 374.

courts of inquiry, 1865; 117 A. W. custody of, 162.

fees for administration, 49, 50, 128. form of official, 155, 158.

judge-advocate, 1805; 85 A. W. member of court, 1804; 84 A. W. navy, 450.

postmasters, 314, 315.

witness, courts-martial, 1809; 92 A. W. witnesses in claims cases, 386.

Obstructions to Navigation, 1115. (See Engineer Department, and Navigable Waters of the United States.)

Office (see Commissioned Officers, and Salaries):
oaths of, 155–162.

consideration for obtaining, prohibited, 178.
removal, report to Congress, 180.
restrictions on, 151, 152, 166–169.

Statutes at Large, preservation, 182.

failure to make returns, 171.

Officer in Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds:

telegraph line to Capitol, 101, 102.

Official Letters (see Letters):

free transmission, 320-327.

penalty envelopes, 100, 320–327.

Pardons (see Pardoning Power): conditional, 1808, note (p. 700). power to grant, 2.

Pay (see Pay Department): absence with leave, 826-828. without leave, 829. advances, 812, 813.

cadets on graduation, 1485, 1488. civilian employees, 748.

claims of States for reimbursement, 223-225. commissioned officers, 807-829.

enlisted men, 862-888.

extra-duty, 742–747.

extra, restriction on, 169.

extra, to volunteers on discharge, 536-539. Indian scouts, 506.

Marine Corps, 429.

matrons, 857.

militia, 808, 1681, 1683, 1684.

mounted, 810.

native troops, 502-504, 505.

nurses, 858-861.

officers in arrears, 170.

troops, 800-804.

volunteers, 527, 528, 808.

Pay Department (see Accounts, and Disbursing

Officers):

absence, pay during, 826-828.

accounts, settlement of, 216, 217. additional paymasters, 793, 794. advances of pay, 812, 813.

allotments, 871-875.

bonds, 798.

certificates of merit, 883.

check, payments by, 803.

clerks, 805, 806.

command of officers, 569, 804.

commutation of quarters, 830-835.

composition, 792-794.

continuous-service pay, 869, 870, 1375.

deductions, 850-856.

deposits, 879-882.

details, 796, 797.

enlisted men, 862-888.

examinations for promotion, 795.

express, payments by, 803.

higher command, 814, 815.

pay of, 814, 815.

historical note, p. 347.

longevity pay, 818-823.

matrons, 857.

mileage, 837-849.

nurses, 858-861; p. 1057.

organization, 792-794; p. 1058.

payments to troops, 800-804.

promotions, 795.

renewal of bonds, 798.

retired enlisted men, 876-878.

retired officers, 824.

restriction on allowances, 817.

stoppages, 852-856.

travel allowances, 837-849.

travel pay on discharge, commissioned offi

cers, 850.

enlisted men, 887, 888.

volunteer paymasters, 793, 794.

volunteers, 823a.