Contempt or disrespect towards commanding officer,

Contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President, Vice President, Congress,
&c.

Contracts for military supplies, how to be made,

to be filed in Comptroller's office within ninety days,
act concerning,

statements of, to be reported to Congress annually,
proposals for, to be invited by advertisement,
Members of Congress not to engage in,

not to be made without authority of law,
no advance of money to be made on,

for subsistence and clothing, how to be made,
for quartermaster's department,

Colors, leaving of, in search of plunder, penalty for,
and standards captured, disposition of,
Correspondence with the enemy, penalty for,
Corporeal punishment, limitation of,

abolished,

revived in case of deserters,

Council of administration,

Courts-martial, general, organization of,

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128

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128

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177

23, 116

29, 37, 120

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232

265

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34, 117, 225

26, 31, 34, 65, 101, 117, 120

by whom to be ordered,
sentences of, how to be acted upon,
proceedings of, to be filed in the War office,
party tried entitled to a copy of,

compensation for attending,

when not sufficient number of officers to form,

regimental, organization and powers of,

29, 37, 120

30, 37, 121

104, 137
120

26, 34, 117

by whom to be ordered,

artillery,

Courts of inquiry, organization, rules of proceeding, and powers of,

37, 38, 121

prohibited, unless directed by the President, or demanded by the ac-
cused,

Crimes, capital, officers and soldiers accused of, to be delivered over to civil authority, 19, 112
any officer refusing or neglecting to deliver over persons accused of,
penalty for,

conniving at the hiring of,

17, 111

61, 65, 104, 136

38 23, 115

14, 108 14, 108 109

15, 36, 109

95, 104, 137, 160

26

167

216

14, 107

14, 107

92

- 125, 153, 172, 282

48

80, 125, 133, 172, 233, 282

233

Duels, challenges to fight, giving or receiving, prohibited, and penalty for,

persons going out to fight, to be arrested,

upbraiding another for refusing to fight, penalty for,

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18, 112

officers and soldiers compelling a commander to give up to the,
holding correspondence with the,

public stores taken from, to be secured,

Engineers and artillerists, corps of, established,

a company of sappers, miners and pontoniers added to,

chief of, to prescribe the description and quantity of vehicles, pontons,
implements, &c., for use of sappers, miners, and pontoniers,

Engineer, skilful assistant, to be appointed,

42, 48, 58, 63, 72, 102, 132, 135, 157, 169, 282

45, 48, 58, 63, 72, 81, 91, 102, 132, 135, 157

of persons under twenty-one years of age prohibited, unless with the
consent of parent or guardian,

102, 135, 157, 159, 169

binding on persons under twenty-one years of age,
of criminals prohibited,

of an apprentice, the master entitled to a portion of the money bounty,

Enticing desertion, penalty for,

Establishment, military, (see military establishment.)
Exclusive jurisdiction over disputed territory in Maine,
Extra expenses incurred by officers, allowance for,
compensation to soldiers on fatigue duty,

issues of spirituous liquors to soldiers on fatigue duty,
commutation for,
allowances prohibited,

61, 65, 104, 136

further altered and established,

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177

43, 45, 65, 90, 101, 125, 126

43, 45, 49, 63, 65, 84, 90, 101, 167, 190

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279

287

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142

142

201

263

allowance of, regulated,

shall be allowed only for horses actually mustered,
for volunteers and militia, money in lieu of,

nasters, appointment of, authorized,

not to deal in articles of forage,

pay of,

abolished,
re-established,

Fortifications, for defence of ports and harbors, erection of, authorized, 52, 55, 68, 70, 124, 131

Foundries, to be established,

expenses and operations of, to be reported annually,

a person to be employed to superintend the manufacture of iron cannon at,

Fraud, officers cashiered for, sentence to be published,

Frays, quarrels, and disorders, quelling of,

53, 226

70, 124, 131

79

94

94

270

officers of, authorized, 45, 63, 67, 74, 92, 99, 134, 150, 151, 154, 213, 214, 262, 263
additional officers of, authorized for a limited time,
clothed with brevet rank,

286

officers of, not to hold commissions conferring equal rank in the line,

officers commanding, not to suffer persons to go forth to fight duels,

20, 113

22, 114

22, 114

18, 111

and other property lost or destroyed in service, to be paid for,
public, selling, losing, or spoiling,

258, 261, 271, 274, 277

and equipments turned over to the service of the United States, compensation for,
and equipage lost by Missouri Volunteers in Florida war, to be paid for,

acts relating to claims for, revived,

volunteers to receive pay for use and risk of,

not keeping themselves provided with, to serve on foot,

Hospitals, military, temporary and permanent, to be provided,

stewards of, one to each,

appointment and duties of,

to have the compensation of sergeants,

nurses and other attendants in, appointment and pay of,

I.

Indians, President authorized to employ, in certain cases,

to receive compensation for ground for erection of military stations,

Indian tribes, trade and intercourse with, regulated,

affairs, department on, organized,

Infantry, organization of a regiment of,

one additional regiment authorized,

two regiments of, may be equipped as riflemen,
one regiment as light infantry,

number of privates in companies of, reduced,
rank and file of, increased,

when to be reduced,

powers of, and rules of proceeding,

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278

279

282

282

85

42, 48, 62, 80, 89, 99, 125, 153, 158, 213, 261, 282

261

265

265

275

282

prohibited, unless directed by the President, or demanded by the ac-
cused,

of militia and volunteers, provisions for, Invasion, President authorized to accept the services of volunteers in the event of, Imprisonment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers,

185, 187, 281

L.

204, 217

Land not to be purchased on account of United States without authority of law,
lot of, to be conveyed to corporation of New York,
for fortifications at Fort Washington,

military bounty, allowance of,

certificates of location of, not assignable,

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225

226

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147, 186, 192, 266

185, 198, 206

186

267

147

190

199

Lands or sites for military or other public purposes, attorney general to examine titles

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273

273

273

273

no public money to be expended upon, until the validity of the titles be
established,

district attorneys to furnish assistance and information in relation to
titles of,

secretaries of departments to procure evidence of title to,

secretaries of departments to apply for a cession of jurisdiction over,

Leaving post or colors in search of plunder,

Legion to be completed,

Legislature of any of the United States, penalty for speaking disrespectfully of,
Lieutenant General, appointment of, authorized,

title of, abolished,

Limitation of the term of certain officers,

of time for trial of offenders,

Liquors, spirituous, extra issues of, authorized,

commutation for,

other articles substituted for, in the ration,
Lying out of quarters without leave prohibited,
Losing horses or equipments through neglect,

and brigadier generals, such number of, authorized as the organization
of the volunteer forces may render necessary,
when shall be discharged,

Marine Corps, established and organized,

acts relating to,

commandant of,

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97

181

269

214

285

285

287

287

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oath of officers and privates of,
term of enlistments in,

97

79

78, 131, 249

subject to rules and articles of war,

79

detachments of, on board ships,

79

liable to do duty in forts and garrisons, &c.

79

supply of, when co-operating with land troops on shore,

179

requisition of officers of, to be complied with,

179

officers of, may be associated with those of the land forces, on courts-

martial,

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