six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, and can not longer be endured, as has been set forth by the President of the United States in his message to Congress of April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, upon which the action of Congress was invited: Therefore, independence. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Recognition of United States of America in Congress assembled, First. That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. land and naval Third. That the President of the United States be, and Employment of he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land forces. and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect. Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the Island to its people.' Act of April 20, 1898. DECLARATION OF WAR WITH THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN. War. v. 30. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Declaration of of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First. Apr. 25, 1898, That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist, and that war has existed since the twenty-first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. Second. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into Under the authority conferred by this statute the President, by a proclamation bearing date April 23, 1898, called upon the governors of the several States, etc., for a force of 125,000 volunteers, General Orders, No. 30, A. G. O., 1898. See, also, the acts of April 20, 1898, April 22, 1898, and April 26, 1898. For regulations of the Secretary of War, made in pursuance of the act of April 20, 1898, and the proclamation of April 23, 1898, see G. O., Nos. 26, 31, and 33, A. G. O., of 1898. Prohibition of certain exports. 30. the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry this Act into effect. Act of April 25, 1898. PROHIBITION UPON THE EXPORT OF COAL AND WAR MATERIAL. The President is hereby authorized, in his discretion, Apr. 22, 1898 v. and with such limitations and exceptions as shall seem to him expedient, to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress. Act of April 22, 1898. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR EXPENSES INCURRED The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the governor of any State or Territory, or to his duly authorized agents, the reasonable costs, charges, and expenses that have been incurred by him in aiding the United States to raise the Volunteer Army in the existing war with Spain, by subsisting, clothing, supplying, equipping, paying, and transporting men of his State or Territory who were afterwards accepted into the Volunteer Army of the United States: Provided, That the transportation paid for shall be only the transportation of such men from the place of their enrollment for service in the Volunteer Army of the United States to the place of their acceptance into the same by the United States mustering officer, and that the names of the men transported shall appear on the muster rolls of the Volunteer Army of the United States: And provided further, That, such claims shall be settled upon proper vouchers to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury: And provided further, That, in cases where the money to pay said costs, charges, and expenses has been, or may hereafter, be borrowed by the governors or their respective States or Territories, and interest is paid, or may hereafter be paid, on the same, by the governors or their States or Territories, from the time it was or may be so borrowed to the time of its refundment by the United States, or thereafter, such interest shall not be refunded by the United States; nor shall any interest be paid the governors or their States or Territories on the amounts paid out by them, nor any other amount refunded or paid than is in this Act expressly mentioned. Act of July 8, 1898. INDEX. [The references are to paragraphs unless pages are indicated. Articles of War are indicated by Absence: certificates of, 12 A. W. from parade, etc., 33 A. W. one mile from camp, etc., 34 A. W. with leave. (See Leaves of Absence and Fur without leave, 950, 1051, 32 A. W. Accountability (see Accounts and Property Ac- countability): arms, etc., 10 A. W. clothing, 573. money, 130-133, 134-148, 495, 496. property, 1230-1235. quartermaster stores, 573. signal property, 921, 922. Accountant. (See Expert Accountant.) accounts, rendition of, 132, 495, 496. certificates of differences, 142. deceased officers' effects, 993, 994. Comptroller, 136. differences, certificates of, 142. evidence, new, when received, 143. examination of accounts, 136-139, 141, 142, 145, 151-159. forms for, 135. ordnance, 869, 870. property, 1230-1237. reopening, 143, 156. rules for, to be made by heads of Executive rules for, to be made by Secretary of Treasury, 152. signal property, 921, 922. vouchers, preservation of, 144. Accounting Officers: appeals from, to Comptroller, 141. Accounting Officers-Continued. certificates of differences, 142. certified balances conclusive, 141. claims, 156, 164, 165; note, 198-215, 298–302. debts, recovery of, 140. decisions by, 136, 141, 145. review of, by Comptroller, 145. designation of, 138, 139. discharges to be returned by, 162. distress warrants, 235-249. duties, 134-165. examination of accounts, 136-139, 141, 142, 151, 152-157, 158, 159, 160, 161. forms for use in accounting, 135. lost checks, 163, 514. overpayments, 161. powers, 134-165. preservation of records, 144. property accountability, 1230–1233. stoppages, 636, 637. suspensions, 143. transcripts of records, 150. transfer of duties, 155. warrants, 146. warrants of, refusal to pay, 506. Accounts (see Accountability and Accounting Officers): appeals from decisions of auditors, 141. appropriations to be kept distinct, 233. auditors, 138-165. balances, certification of, 141. certificates of differences, 142. clothing, 563, 565. Comptroller, 134-165. debts, recovery of, 140. decisions of Comptroller, 136. deficiencies, 133, 636, 637. delinquency in rendition of, 132, 133. differences, certificates of, 142. Adjutant-General's Department: Adjutant-General, 455, 516. appointments, 456, 516, 517. assistant adjutants-general, 516, 517. correspondence, 516, note. inspection duty, 518. organization, 516. recruiting service, 516, note. Adjutants: regimental, 1071, 1075, 1078. Advances of Funds: forbidden, 146, 481. Advertising: authority for, 1151, 1154. domestic productions favored, 1158, 1163. in District of Columbia, 1156, 1157. Pacific coast, advertising to be done on, 1158. rates, 1155, 1156, 1157. written authority for, 1154. Advising to Desert (51 A.W.): lieutenant-general, 441. military secretary, 441. number, 442. pay, 608. qualifications, 442. rank, 441, 442. selection, 442. tour of duty, 442, note. Alarms: false, 41 A. W. Aliens. (See Citizenship and Naturalization.) Allowances: clothing, 562, 565. discharged officers, 635. forage, 559, 560, 571, note. fuel, 559, 560, 571, note. mileage, 630-635. quarters, 571, 572. rations, 580-586. Alteration of Clothing, 567, 568. American Manufactures and Productions: Ammunition: wasting, 16 A. W. Anchorage Grounds in— Chicago Harbor, 848, 849. artillery horses, 1167, 1168. cavalry horses, 1167, 1168. draft, 1169-1171. forage allowance, C59, 560. limitation on numbers of, 1168, 1169, 1171. mules, 546, 547, 1170, 1171. oxen, 1170. purchases of, how made, 546-549, 1167, 1171. Quartermaster's Department, 1167–1171. Annual Estimates, 48. Annual Reports: Appropriations of War Department, 77, 78. arrears of business, 48. condition of business, 19, 49. Annual Reports-Continued. contents, 50. contingent expenses, military establishment, 78. copies of documents for Public Printer, 51. detailed employees, 48. employees, 49. below fair standard of efficiency, 55. expenditures of War Department 77, 78. proposals, etc., 79. rented buildings, 54. returns of militia, 81, 1249, 1250. submitted at commencement of regular session of Congress, 50. time covered by, 50. Antietam Battlefield: battle lines, marking, etc., 1825-1829. Cramptons Gap, marking lines at, 1829. Harpers Ferry, marking lines at, 1829. maps, 1829. marking lines, etc., 1825-1829. roads, 1827, 1828, 1829. South Mountain, marking lines, etc., 1829. Apparatus for Resection, 681, 682. Appeals- from decisions of regimental courts, 1324. in accounting, 141. Appointing Power, 4. Appointments— in military service, 937. in staff, 455, 456. to office, 4. Appropriations (see Treasury Department): accounts, 132, 495, 496, 502. advances forbidden, 481. application, 176, 488. balances, application of, 181, 182. buildings, not to exceed, 512, 1147, 1149. contingent limitation on, 179. disbursement of, 485. exceeding, prohibited, 1147. expenditure of- limitation, 176, 177. not to exceed, 488. incidental expenses, 179. indefinite, 181. permanent, 180, 181. separate accounts of, 496. unexpended balances, 181. War Department, how drawn, 175. Aqueduct. (See Washington Aqueduct.) Armories (see Arsenals and Ordnance Depart ment), 896-912a. Arms (see Armories and Arsenals, Ordnance De- accountability for, 10 A. W. appropriations for, not to lapse, 912, 1282, 1283. Arms-Continued. distribution, 904, 1279-1282. issues to Cuban people, 912a, manufacture of, 896, 899, 906-912. States, 1275, 1279–1282, 1290, 1291. Army of the United States: Navy, transfers to, 370. transfers to Navy, 370. Army Register: authority for, 431, 432. enlisted service to appear, 435. pay and emoluments to appear, 433. Army Regulations: binding force, 429, note. evidential value, 429, note. history, 430, note. judicial notice, 429, note. power to establish, 2; note, 429, 430. power to issue, 429, note. public have notice of, 429, note. Arrears: no salary payable to officers in, 115. Arrest (see Courts-Martial): in Indian country, 1488-1490. of officers, 65, 70, 71, A. W. Arsenals (see Armories and Ordnance Depart ment): abolition of useless, 900. arms, distribution of 901, 904, 1279-1285. clerks, 897. employees at armories, 896-898. enticing away of workmen, 902. establishment, 896. inspectors, 897, 898. inventions, money not to be expended in per- issues of arms, etc., 904, 912a, 1279–1282. royalties to officers, etc., prohibited, 907. workmen, 896, 902, 903, 905. |