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the suppression of the rebellion, or who shall be so rup-
tured thereafter in any war, shall be entitled to receive a
single or double truss of such style as may be designated
by the Surgeon-General of the United States Army as best
suited for such disability; and whenever the said truss or
trusses so furnished shall become useless from wear, de-
struction, or loss, such soldier, petty-officer, seaman, or
marine shall be supplied with another truss on making a
like application as provided for in section two of the orig.
inal act of which this is an amendment: Provided, That Proviso.
such application shall not be made more than once in two
years and six months: And provided further, That sections
two and three of the said act of May twenty-eighth, eight-
een hundred and seventy-two, shall be construed so as to
apply to petty-officers, seamen, and marines of the naval
service, as well as to soldiers of the Army.

689. Application for such truss shall be made by the ruptured soldier, to an examining surgeon for pensions, whose duty it shall be to examine the applicant, and when found to have a rupture or hernia, to prepare and forward to the Surgeon-General an application for such truss without charge to the soldier.

Application

for; how made.

May 28, 1872, c.

228, s. 2, v. 17, p.

164.

Sec. 1177, R. S.

purchased by

Surgeon-Gen

eral.

690. The Surgeon-General is authorized and directed to Trusses to be purchase the trusses required for such soldiers, at wholesale prices, and the cost of the same shall be paid upon May 28, 1872, c. the requisition of the Surgeon-General out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

HOSPITALS.1

228, s. 3, v. 17, p.

164.

Sec. 1178, R. S.

trons and female

nurses.

691. Hospital matrons in post or regimental hospitals Hospital mashall receive ten dollars a month, and female nurses in general hospitals shall receive forty cents a day. One 2, p. 134; Aug. 3, 1861, v. 12, p. 288; ration in kind or by commutation shall be allowed to each. July 4, 1864, v. 13,

Mar. 16, 1802, v.

P. 416.

Sec. 1277, R. S. hospital stew

Feb 27, 1893, v.

692. That hereafter the posts at which such quarters,, Quarters for [for hospital stewards], shall be constructed shall be desig- ards. nated by the Secretary of War, and such quarters shall be 27, p. 484. built by contract, after legal advertisement, whenever the same is practicable. Act of February 27, 1893 (27 Stat L., 484).

I HOSPITAL BUILDINGS.

A building will not be erected for nor occupied as a hospital until the opinion of a medical officer has been obtained in writing upon the suitableness of site and proposed arrangement. If the commanding officer dissent from this opinion he will return it to the surgeon of the post with his reasons indorsed thereon. (Par. 1424, A. R., 1895.)

Hospitals will be erected at permanent posts in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the Surgeon-General, approved by the Secretary of War.

(Par. 1425, ibid.)

When alterations of or additions to hospitals are necessary, the surgeon of the

SALES TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.

Civilian em

ployees may pur

693. That civilian employees of the Army stationed at chase medicines. military posts may, under regulations to be made by the Secretary of War, purchase necessary medical supplies,

Mar. 3, 1883, v. 22, p. 459.

post, after obtaining from the quartermaster an estimate of cost, will transmit plans and specifications, with proposed modifications, through military channels, to the Secretary of War. Similar action will be taken upon quarters for hospital stewards. (Par. 1426, ibid.)

No portion of any hospital building will be used or occupied as quarters, nor will any mess be permitted or maintained therein except such as may be necessary for patients and enlisted men there on duty. (Par. 1430, ibid.)

SICK CALL.

At sick call the enlisted men of each company who require medical attention will be conducted to the hospital by a noncommissioned officer, who will give to the attending surgeon the Company Sick Report Book containing the names of the sick. The surgeon, after examination, will indicate in the book, opposite their names, the men who are to be admitted to hospital and those to be returned to quarters, what duties the latter can perform, with any other information in regard to the sick which he may have to communicate to the company commander. (Par. 1431, A. R., 1895.)

Medical officers will furnish company commanders any information, except the diagnosis, which will assist them in determining, for entry on the muster rolls, whether or not the disability of a soldier who is or has been on sick report origi nated in the line of duty, entering this information in the Company Sick Report Book. When required they will furnish the diagnosis to the commanding officer. (Par. 1432, ibid.)

GENERAL HOSPITALS.

General hospitals will be under the exclusive control of the Surgeon-General and will be governed by such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe The surgeon in charge will command the same and will not be subject to the orders of local commanders other than those of territorial departments. (Par. 1433, A. R., 1895.) Hospital transports, boats, and railway trains, after being properly assigned as such, will be exclusively under the control of the Medical Department, and will not be diverted from their special purposes by orders of local or department commanders or officers of other staff corps. (Par. 1434, ibid.)

SERVICE OF HOSPITALS.

The senior surgeon is charged with the management and is responsible for the condition of the post hospital, which will be at all times subject to inspection by the commanding officer. The surgeon of the post will inspect the hospital every morn ing, and on Saturday will also inspect the detachment of the Hospital Corps. (Par. 1435, A. R., 1895.)

The surgeon of the post will assign his assistants and the members of the Hospital Corps to duty, and report them on the muster rolls in the capacity in which they are serving. With the approval of the commanding officer, he will also appoint the matrons. (Par. 1436, ibid.)

Hospital matrons will be allowed as follows: At general hospitals, one matron to twenty patients or major fraction thereof; at hospitals at posts and arsenals, a number fixed by the Surgeon General. (Par. 1437, ibid.)

Patients will, if possible, leave their arms and accouterments with their compa nies. In no event shall ammunition be taken into the hospital. (Par. 1438, ibid.)) When a soldier in hospital is detached from his company, his company commander will send to the hospital his descriptive list. The surgeon in charge will enter thereon all payments, stoppages, and the money value of all clothing issued, and when the soldier leaves the hospital will return the list to the company commander. If the soldier is discharged from the service while in hospital, the surgeon will fur nish him with final statements and notify the Adjutant General of the Army and the company commander of the date, place, and cause of discharge. If the soldier die in hospital, the surgeon will take charge of his effects and make the report required in paragraph 158. (Par. 1439, ibid.)

Sick or wounded soldiers, discharged while in the hospital, will be entitled to medical treatment in hospital, and to the usual ration during disability, or for the period considered proper for them to remain under treatment, but a discharged soldier who has left the hospital will not be readmitted except upon the written order of the com manding officer. (Par. 1440, ibid.)

Tents, clothing, hospital furniture, and other stores used in the treatment of con tagious diseases, will be disinfected or burned under the supervision of a medical officer. (Par. 1441, ibid.)

The Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of the Surgeon-General, order gratuitous issues of clothing to soldiers who have had contagious diseases, and to hospital attendants who have nursed them, to replace articles destroyed by order of the proper medical officer to prevent contagion. (Par. 1442, ibid.)

Medical officers in charge of hospital property will not permit it to be used for other than hospital purposes. (Par. 1443, ibid.)

Under the act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L, 831), the annual appropriations for the "Construction and repair of hospitals" are available for expenditure upon the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. (3 Dig. Compt. Dec., 33.)

Where Congress has made a specific appropriation, to be expended under the direc

prescribed by a medical officer of the Army, at cost, with ten per centum added.' Act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat L., 459).

PURCHASES OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

without adver

694. That hereafter so much of section thirty-seven hun- Purchases dred and nine, Revised Statutes, as requires advertise- tisement. Feb. 27, 1893, v. ment before purchase shall not apply to the purchase of 27, p. 485. medicines and medical supplies." Act of February 27, 1893

(27 Stat. L., 485).

tion of the Secretary of War, for "the erection of the necessary and suitable build ings" at a military post, the appropriation is available for the erection of a suitable hospital building if, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, such a building is necessary at that post. Where Congress has made provision for the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such buildings as, "in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary," the appropriation for that purpose may be used, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, in continuing building operations at the particular military post not specially provided for. (3 Ibid. 217.)

Civilian employees at military posts may purchase the medical supplies prescribed for them by a medical officer, at cost price, with 10 per cent added. Medical officers who dispense medical supplies to civilian employees will render direct to the Surgeon General, on the first day of every month, detailed accounts in duplicate, giving the name of each employee, the kind and quantity of medical supplies furnished him, and by whom prescribed, during the preceding month, leaving a space between items for the insertion of the price, which will be fixed at the SurgeonGeneral's Office. One copy will be returned to the officer furnishing the supplies, and the amounts inserted will be collected by the officer accountable for them, and be disposed of in the same manner as proceeds of other sales of medical property. At isolated posts where issues to civilians become necessary to save life or prevent extreme suffering, medical officers will make such issues, and at the end of each month report the circumstances to the Surgeon-General. Original prescriptions will be retained as a part of the hospital records, and will be subject to examination at all times by inspectors and post commanders. (Par. 1444, A. R., 1895.)

For general provisions in respect to the procurement of supplies see the chapter entitled CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. For special authority to sell unserviceable medical and hospital stores and other property, except liquors, see the act of August 6, 1894 (28 Stat L., 241).

The employment of civilians in the Medical Department is regulated by the annual acts of appropriation. The amount available for that purpose was fixed in the act of March 3, 1883, at $34,000; in those of July 5, 1884, March 3, 1885, June 30, 1886, and February 9, 1887, at $36.000; in that of September 22, 1888, at $42,000; in those of March 2, 1889, June 13, 1890, February 24, 1891, and July 16, 1892, at $15,000; in those of February 27, 1893, August 6, 1891, February 12, 1895, and March 16, 1896, at $40,000.

CHAPTER XXI.

The Corps of Engineers.

299, s. 19, v. 14, p.

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698. Examinations for promotion. 709. Names to be reported to Con699. Promotion of lieutenants after

710.

fourteen years' service.
700. Examination of engineer or
ordnance officers who have 711.
served during the rebellion.

701. Engineer battalion.

702. Engineer company.

703. Officers of battalion.

704. Duties of engineer soldiers.
705. Chief Engineer to determine

gress.

Draftsmen, etc., in office of
Chief of Engineers.
Chief of Engineers may use
books in Library of Con-
gress.

712. Secretary of War to furnish
annual estimates for river
and harbor works on or
before October 1.

form, number, etc., of pon- 713. Annual report of Chief of

toons, tools, etc.

706. Details for signal duty.

Engineers.

695. The Corps of Engineers shall consist of one Chief of July 28, 1866, c. Engineers, with the rank of brigadier-general, six colonels, 335; Mar. 3, 1869, twelve lieutenant-colonels, twenty-four majors, thirty capp. 318; June 10, tains, twenty-six first lieutenants, and ten second lieuten ants, and the battalion.1

c. 124, s. 6, v. 15,

1872, c. 426, v. 17,
p. 382.
Sec. 1151, R. S.

July 5, 1838, c.

260; July 7, 1838,

Disbursements. 696. It shall be the duty of the engineer superintending 162. 8. 27, v. 5, p. the construction of a fortification, or engaged about the c. 194. v. 5. p. 308. execution of any other public work, to disburse the moneys Sec. 1153, R. S. applicable to the same; but no compensation shall be allowed him for such disbursement.2

The act of June 10, 1872, prohibiting promotions above the grade of colonel in the Engineer Corps was repealed by the act of June 30, 1879 (21 Stat. L., 45). The duties of the Corps of Engineers comprise reconnoitering and surveying for military purposes; selection of sites and formation of plans and estimates for mili tary defenses; construction and repair of fortifications and their accessories; planning and superintending of defensive or offensive works of troops in the field; exam. ination of routes of communications for supplies, and for military movements and construction of military roads and bridges; execution of river and harbor improvements assigned to it, and such other duties as the President may order. It collects, arranges, and preserves all correspondence, reports, memoirs, estimates, plans, draw. ings, deeds, and titles relating to the Washington Aqueduct and public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, and models which concern or relate in any wise to th several duties above enumerated. (Par. 1472, A. R., 1890.) *See, also, note 1 to paragraph 792, post.

20, art. 63, v. 2, p.

697. Engineers shall not assume nor be ordered on any Engineers; limits of duty. duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except, Apr. 10, 1806, c. by the special order of the President. They may, at the 367. discretion of the President, be transferred from one corps to another, regard being paid to rank.

EXAMINATIONS FOR PROMOTION.

698. No officer of the Corps of Engineers below the rank of field-officer shall be promoted to a higher grade, until he shall have been examined and approved by a board of three engineers, senior to him in rank. If an engineer officer fail on such examination he shall be suspended from promotion for one year, when he shall be re-examined before a like board. In case of failure on such re-examination, he shall be dismissed from the service.1

Sec. 1158, R. S.

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lieutenants after

service.

98, s. 9, v. 10, p.

c. 78, ss. 3, 4, v. 12,

699. When any lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers [or, Promotion of Ordnance Corps] has served fourteen years' continuous fourteen years' service as lieutenant, he shall be promoted to the rank of Mar. 3, 1853, c. captain on passing the examination provided by the pre- 219 Mar. 3, 1863, ceding section, but such promotion shall not authorize an p. 743; Feb. 27, appointment to fill any vacancy, when such appointment 243. would increase the whole number of officers in the corps beyond the number fixed by law; nor shall any officer be promoted before officers of the same grade who rank him in his corps.

1877, c. 69, v. 19, p.

Sec. 1207, R. S.

of engineer or

who served dur

ing the rebellion.
Subjects.
Sec. 2. July 27,

1892, v. 27, p. 276.

700. That the examination of officers of the Corps of Examination Engineers and Ordnance Department who were officers or ordnance officers enlisted men in the regular or volunteer service, either in the Army, Navy, or the Marine Corps, during the war of the rebellion, shall be conducted by boards composed in the same manner as for the examination of other officers of their respective corps and department; and the examinations shall embrace the same subjects prescribed for all other officers of similar grades in the Corps of Engineers and Ordnance Department, respectively. Sec. 2, act of July 27, 1892 (27 Stat. L., 276).

THE BATTALION OF ENGINEERS.

701. The battalion of engineers shall consist of the five companies of engineers now existing, one sergeant major, and one quartermaster-sergeant, who shall also be commissary-sergeant.

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Promotions to the grade of colonel in this Department are made by seniority, sub- 6, 1861, c. 57, s. 2, jeet to the examinations required by section 1206, Revised Statutes, and the acts of v. 12, p. 318; May October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 562), and July 27, 1892 (27 Stat. L., 276). For general pro- 15, 1846, c. 21, s. 1, visions respecting appointments and promotions see the chapter entitled THE STAFF v. 9, p. 12. DEPARTMENTS. Sec. 1154, R. S.

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