medical laboratories, naval hospitals, dispensaries, technical schools for the Medical and Hospital Corps, and the administration of the Nurse Corps (female), Dental Corps, and Medical Reserve Corps.

It shall approve the design of hospital ships in so far as relates to their efficiency for the care of the sick and wounded.

It shall make requisition for all supplies, medicines, and instruments used in the Medical Department of the Navy. It shall have control of the preparation, reception, storage, care, custody, transfer, and issue of all supplies of every kind used in the Medical Department for its own purposes.

General publications.-Material that may accumulate in the bureau, of general value to the medical profession or to the Medical Corps of the Navy, is published at occasional intervals by the bureau, such as the issue in 1915 of "The Report on the Medico-Military Aspects of the European War," by one of our naval medical officers abroad, Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy, United States Navy. This edition is now exhausted. Other recent publications are “Manual for the Medical Department of the United States Navy," 1917, " Medical Compend for Masters of the Naval Auxiliary Service," 1917, and "Handy Book for the Hospital Corps, United States Navy," 1917. Information of a similar type as it becomes available and as it contains material of general interest and available for distribution without violation of international ethics is published by this bureau. Work and activities of a briefer nature are almost invariably embodied in the periodical publication mentioned below. In addition, various booklets are published by the bureau for the information and guidance of the Medical and Hospital Corps of the Navy, etc.

Method of distribution of general publications.-These are distributed free to a limited mailing list, and are also sold by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at a fraction over the cost of production.

Annual and other periodical publications.-These include the following: (1) The most important of the bureau's publications is the Annual Report of the Surgeon General, which, besides a review of the activities of the Medical Department, reports from ships, hospitals, and stations, and brief discussion of developments and improvements for the fiscal year, contains complete statistical tables of the nosology and mortality of the Navy for the calendar year. The effects of various diseases upon the personnel, their unusual incidence, any unusual facts in connection with their origin, distribution, etc., fatalities, activities of the Medical Department ashore and afloat, and needs of the Medical Department as regards material and personnel, are thoroughly discussed and reviewed in this publication.

(2) The United States Naval Medical Bulletin is an illustrated quarterly publication contemplating the timely distribution of such information as is deemed of value to the medical officers of the Navy in the performance of their duties. It embodies matters relating to hygiene, tropical, and preventive medicine, pathology, laboratory suggestions, chemistry and pharmacy, advanced therapeutics, surgery, dentistry, medical department organization for battle, and all other matters of a more or less professional interest and important under the conditions peculiar to the service and pertaining to the physical welfare of the Navy personnel. Reviews of the advances in medical sciences of special professional interest to the service, as published in foreign and home journals, receive particular attention.

(3) The Supplement to the United States Naval Medical Bulletin is pub lished quarterly for the instruction of members of the Hospital Corps in the subjects of nursing, preparation and sterilization of dressings, operating room technique, hygiene, sanitation, disinfection, pharmacy, etc. It contains information regarding examinations, promotions, and a record of the meritorious accomplishments of members of the Hospital Corps. These three publications are distributed free to a limited mailing list, and in addition, the United States Naval Medical Bulletin is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. Government Printing Office, at an annual rate of $1, a quarterly rate of 25 cents a copy.

(4) Bulletin of the Division of Sanitation (Notes on preventive medicine. confidential) is published weekly for the information of medical officers. It contains the week's reports of infectious and contagious diseases at naval stations and comment on current sanitary matters, brief suggestions, epitomized reports of recent developments in preventive medicine, etc. This publication is for circulation only to medical officers of the service,

(5) Gas Defense Bulletin (confidential), for medical officers of the service. Issued from time to time as occasion arises to disseminate information on this topic.

Inderes.-No indexes are issued other than the annual index of the Naval Medical Bulletin, which is included in the October number of each year.

Mailing lists.-A free mailing list is maintained as mentioned above, comparatively limited in its nature owing to cost of distribution.

Correspondence. In requesting copies of publications address the Surgeon General, United States Navy.

OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL.

Principal administrative officials.-Judge Advocate General, Assistant to the Judge Advocate General, Law Clerk.

General information and duties.-The duties of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy are as follows: To revise and report upon the legal features of and have recorded the proceedings of all courts-martial, courts of inquiry, boards of investigation and inquest, and boards for the examination of officers for retirement and promotion in the naval service; to prepare charges and specifications for courts-martial, and the necessary orders convening courts-martial in cases where such courts are ordered by the Secretary of the Navy; to prepare courtmartial orders promulgating the final action of the reviewing authority in court-martial cases; to prepare the necessary orders convening courts of inquiry in cases where such courts are ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, and boards for the examination of officers for promotion and retirement, for the examination of all candidates for appointment as officers in the naval service, other than midshipmen, and in the Naval Reserve Forces and National Naval Volunteers, and to conduct all official correspondence relating to such courts and boards. It is also the duty of the Judge Advocate General to examine and report upon all questions relating to rank and precedence, to promotions and retirements, and those relating to the validity of the proceedings in courtmartial cases; all matters relating to the supervision and control of naval prisons and prisoners, including prisoners of war; the removal of the mark of desertion; the correction of records of service and reporting thereupon in the Regular or Volunteer Navy; certification of discharge in true name; pardons; bills and resolutions introduced in Congress relating to the personnel and referred to the department for report, and the drafting and interpretation of statutes relating to the personnel; references to the Comptroller of the Treasury with regard to pay and allowances of the personnel; questions involving points of law concerning the personnel; proceedings in the civil courts in all cases concerning the personnel as such; and to conduct correspondence respecting the foregoing duties, including the preparation for submission to the Attorney General of all questions relating to subjects coming under his own cognizance which the Secretary of the Navy may direct to be so referred. The study of international law is assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He shall examine and report upon questions of international law, as may be required.

General publications.—(1) Manual for the Government of United States Naval Prisons. (2) Regulations Concerning Neutrality Duty in Connection with and the Internment of Belligerent Vessels of War. (3) Court-Martial Orders. (4) Naval Courts and Boards. (5) Naval Digest, 1916. (6) Laws Relating to the Navy Annotated.

Method of distribution of general publications.—The publications enumerated in the preceding paragraph are issued for the information and guidance of the naval service and are not available for general distribution, otherwise than by purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Annual and other periodical publications.-(1) Annual Report of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Distributed free to a selected list of Govern

ment officials and others interested therein.

(2) Court-Martial Index Digest. This index contains a brief digest of decisions of the Secretary of the Navy and opinions of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, published in court-martial orders and bulletins for the year.

Inderes to publications.-Indexes have been published of court-martial orders for the years 1914, 1915, and 1916. These indexes are issued for the information and guidance of the naval service and are not available for general distribution, otherwise than by purchase from the Superintendent of Documents.

Mailing lists.-No free mailing lists for publications are maintained other than for the Annual Report of the Judge Advocate General.

Correspondence.-Address all correspondence to Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.

SOLICITOR OF THE NAVY.

Principal administrative officials.-Solicitor of the Navy Department, Chief Clerk.

General information and duties.-The duties of the Solicitor comprise and relate to examination and report upon questions of law, including the drafting and interpretation of statutes, and matters submitted to the accounting officers not relating to the personnel; preparation of advertisements, proposals, and contracts; insurance; patents; the sufficiency of official, contract, and other bonds and guaranties; proceedings in the civil courts by or against the Government or its officers in cases relating to material and not concerning the personnel as such; claims by or against the Government; questions submitted to the Attorney General, except such as are under the cognizance of the Judge Advocate General; bills and congressional resolutions and inquiries not relating to the personnel and not elsewhere assigned; the searching of titles, purchase, sale, transfer, and other questions affecting lands and buildings pertaining to the Navy; the care and preservation of all muniments of title to land acquired for naval uses; and the correspondence respecting the foregoing duties; and rendering opinion upon any matter or question of law referred to him by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary.

Publications.-The only publication issued available for distribution is the Annual Report to the Secretary of the Navy, which is for free distribution as long as the limited edition is available.

HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS.

Principal administrative officials.-Major General Commandant's Office: Commandant Marine Corps, Assistant to Commandant, Special Assistant to Commandant, Chief Clerk. Adjutant and Inspector's Department: Adjutant and Inspector Marine Corps, Chief Clerk. Quartermaster's Department: Quartermaster Marine Corps, Special Assistant to Quartermaster, Chief Clerk. Paymaster's Department: Paymaster Marine Corps, Chief Clerk. Marine Barracks (Eighth and I Streets SE., Washington, D. C.): Commanding Officer Marine Barracks.

General information and duties.-The Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the general efficiency and discipline of the corps; makes such distribution of officers and men for duty at the several shore stations as shall appear to him to be most advantageous for the interests of the service; furnishes detachments for vessels of the Navy according to the authorized scale of allowance; under the direc tion of the Secretary of the Navy, issues orders for the movement of officers and troops, and such other orders and instructions for their guidance as may be necessary; and has charge and exercises general supervision and control of the recruiting service of the corps, and of the necessary expenses thereof. including the establishment of recruiting stations.

General publications.— (a) Marine Corps Orders. These are issued to all posts and officers of the Marine Corps, from time to time, as circumstances may require, and contain information and instructions for the guidance of those In the service relative to such topics as the following: Absence, accounts, ammunition, appointments, badges, clothing, cooks, correspondence, courts-martial. desertion, discharges, discipline, enlistment, examinations for promotion, forage, fuel, furloughs, insignia, leave, medals, muster rolls, pay rolls, post exchanges, rations, reserve, Fleet Marine Corps, recruiting, reenlistment, sickness, staff returns, stragglers, subsistence, supplies, surveys of personnel and property, uniforms, etc.

(b) Marksmanship Qualifications. These orders contain the names and ratings of men who qualify as marksmen, sharpshooters, and expert riflemen in small-arms rifle practice.

(c) Illustrated Booklet. Duties, experiences, opportunities, and pay of men who enlist in the Marine Corps.

(d) Manual of the Paymaster's Department, United States Marine Corps. Pertains to the rights of officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps to

statutory pay and allowances and the manner and methods used in accounting therefor. This publication is now out of print, but is in the course of revision. (e) System of Accountability, United States Marine Corps, 1916. Pertains to the accountability of property, etc., and all other duties of the Quartermaser's Department, United States Marine Corps.

(f) Instructions Governing Transportation of Troops and Supplies for United States Marine Corps, Revised 1916. Pertains to transportation of troops and supplies as furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, United States Marine Corps.

(g) Uniform Regulations, United States Marine Corps, 1912. Pertains to all uniforms used in the United States Marine Corps.

Method of distribution of general publications.-These are furnished without cost to persons in the Government service who require same for official use. Annual and other periodical publications.—(a) The Recruiters' Bulletin. Published monthly in the interest of the recruiting service; distributed free. (b) Annual Report of the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps to the Secretary of the Navy on the Condition and Service of the Corps. This report covers such general topics as the following: Advanced-base work; Appointment of officers; Aviation; Badges; Barracks and quarters, reports and recommendations concerning; Casualties; Deaths; Depots, recruit; Depots, supply; Desertions; Discharges; Distribution of force; Duties of commissioned and enlisted personnel; Enlistments and reenlistments; Expeditions, foreign; Instruction of personnel; Maneuvers; Marksmanship; Organization; Recommendations for legislation pertaining to personnel and material; Recruiting; Resignations; Retirements; Schools of instruction; Service on board vessels of the Navy and at shore stations; Strength of commissioned and enlisted personnel, etc.

Mailing lists.-A free mailing list is maintained for the Annual Report of the Major General Commandant, The Recruiters' Bulletin, and the Illustrated Booklet.

Correspondence.-(a) For copies of the Annual Report of the Major General Commandant, address the Major General Commandant, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.

(b) For copies of The Recruiters' Bulletin and Illustrated Booklet address the Recruiting Publicity Bureau, 117 East Twenty-fourth Street, New York, N. Y.

(c) For copies of The Manual of the Paymaster's Department, United States Marine Corps, address the Paymaster, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D. C.

PART VII.-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

(For location of department and bureaus, see page 189.)

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.

Principal administrative officials.-Secretary of the Interior; First Assistant Secretary; Assistant Secretary; Assistant to the Secretary; Chief Clerk and Superintendent of Buildings; Solicitor; Board of Appeals; First Assistant Attorney; Chiefs: Division of Disbursing, Division of Appointments, Mails, Files, and Archives, Division of Publications, Division of Supplies.

General information and duties.-The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to patents for inventions, pensions and bounty lands, the public lands and surveys, the Indians, the Bureau of Education, the Geological Survey, the Reclamation Service, the Bureau of Mines, National Parks, the Capitol Building and Grounds, distribution of appropriations for agricultural and mechanical colleges in the States and Territories and certain hospitals and eleemosynary institutions in the District of Columbia. By authority of the President the Secretary of the Interior has general supervision over the work of constructing the Government railroad in the Territory of Alaska. He also exercises certain other powers and duties in relation to the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii.

The First Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the Secretary, becomes Acting Secretary. He is especially charged with supervision of the business of the General Land Office, including cases appealed to the Secretary of the Interior from decisions of that bureau involving public lands; applications for easements or rights of way for reservoirs, ditches, railroads, telephone and power-transmission lines; selections of public lands under grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and wagon roads, for reclamation, and for the benefit of educational and other public institutions, etc. National park matters and Indian affairs affecting the disposal of the public domain are under his supervision. He considers proposed legislation pertaining to matters under his administration. From time to time duties in connection with the affairs of other bureaus of the department are assigned to him.

The Assistant Secretary has general supervision over all matters concerning the Patent Office, the Pension Office (including appeals from the decisions of the Commissioner of Pensions), Indian Office matters with the exception of those involving oil lands, the Bureau of Education, the Capitol building and grounds, the execution of contracts and the approval of vouchers covering expenditures of money for the eleemosynary institutions under the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia (including St. Elizabeth's Hospital), and various miscellaneous matters over which the department has jurisdiction. He also considers proposed legislation pertaining to matters under his administration. Duties in connection with the affairs of other bureaus are assigned to him from time to time.

The Assistant to the Secretary is charged with the general supervision of matters relating to the Reclamation Service, Bureau of Mines, and Indian Office matters affecting oil lands. He is also in charge of the affairs of the Alaskan Railroad and is the direct representative of the Secretary of the Interior in matters pertaining to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Alaskan Railroad, and is authorized to receive, pass upon, approve, execute, or disapprove contracts, tariffs, regulations, vouchers, and other papers relating to the railroad. He has supervision of the detailed work relating to the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii under the Department of the Interior. In addition, he considers proposed legislation pertaining to the activities under his administration.

The Chief Clerk, as the chief executive officer of the department and the administrative head of the Office of the Secretary, has supervision over the clerks and other employees of the department (including the watch, mechanical, and labor forces), enforces the general regulations of the department, and