of expenses, other than the pay of enlisted personnel, of operation of radio stations on shore.

It has supervision and control of the upkeep and operation of the Engineering Experiment Station.

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall have charge of the upkeep and operation of all hospitals and of the force employed there; it shall advise with respect to all questions connected with hygiene and sanitation affecting the service, and to this end shall have opportunity for necessary inspection; it shall provide for physical examinations; it shall pass upon the competency, from a professional standpoint, of all men in the Hospital Corps for enlistment, enrollment, and promotion by means of examinations conducted under its supervision, or under forms prescribed by it; it shall recommend and have information as to the assignment and duties of all enlisted men of the Hospital Corps; it shall recommend to the Bureau of Navigation the complement of medical officers, dental officers, nurses, and Hospital Corps men for hospitals and hospital ships, and shall have power to appoint and remove all nurses in the Nurse Corps, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy.

Except as otherwise provided for, the duties of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall include the upkeep and operation of medical supply depots, medical laboratories, naval hospitals, dispensaries, technical schools for the Medical, Dental, and Hospital Corps, and the administration of the Nurse 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 require 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.

The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery is charged with the duty of inspecting the sanitary condition of the Navy and making recommendations in reference thereto; of advis ing with the department and other bureaus with reference to the sanitary features of ships under construction and in commission regarding berthing, ventilation, location of quarters for the care and treatment of the sick and injured; of the provisions for the care of wounded in battle; and, in the case of shore stations, of advising in regard to health conditions depending on location, the hygienic construction and care of public buildings, especially of barracks and other habitations, such as camps. It shall advise in regard to water supplies used for drinking, cooking, and bathing purposes, and drainage and the disposal of wastes, so far as these affect the health of the Navy. It shall provide for the care of the sick and wounded, the physical examination of officers and enlisted men, with a view to the selection or retention of those only whose physical condition is such as to maintain or improve the military efficiency of the service if admitted or retained therein, the management and control of naval hospitals, and of the internal organization and administration of hospital ships, the instruction of the personnel of the Hospital Corps and Nurse Corps, and the furnishing of all medical and hospital supplies. It shall advise in matters pertaining to clothing and food so far as these affect the health of the Navy. It shall safeguard the personnel by the employment of the best methods of hygiene and sanitation, both afloat and ashore, with a view to maintaining the highest possible percentage of the personnel ready for service at all times. It shall adopt for use all such devices or procedures as may be developed in the sciences of medicine and surgery which will in any way tend to an increase in military efficiency. All technical schools which are or may be established for the education of medical and dental officers or members of the Hospital Corps and Nurse Corps shall be under the supervision and control of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS.

The duties of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts comprise all that relates to the purchase (including the preparation and distribution of schedules, proposals, contracts, and bureau orders and advertisements connected therewith, and the Navy's list of acceptable bidders), reception, storage, care, custody, transfer, shipment, issue of and accounting for all supplies and property of the Naval Establishment except medical supplies (but including their purchase) and supplies for the Marine Corps. The Paymaster General of the Navy has direction of the naval clothing factories and their cost of operation.

He has supervision over requisitions and service covering provisions, clothing, and canteen stocks; allotments under S. and A. appropriations and the accounting for allotments for ships under all appropriations; the preparation and issuance of allowance lists for ships of S. and A. material; the disposition of excess stocks accumulated at the various yards and the upkeep of naval supply account stock; he recommends to the Bureau of Yards and Docks the interior arrangements of storehouses ashore and to the Bureau of Construction and Repair the character of the permanent galley fittings and interior storeroom arrangment of all naval vessels.

He has direction of the sale of condemned, salvaged, and scrap, or other materials, and the transfer thereof from point to point.

He procures all coal, fuel oil, and gasoline for Navy use, including expenses of transportation, leased storage, and handling the same, and water for all purposes on board naval vessels, and the chartering of merchant vessels for transportation purposes. The Paymaster General of the Navy is charged with the procurement and loading of cargoes of supply ships, colliers, and tankers and with the upkeep and operation of fueling plants.

He has charge of all that relates to the supply of funds for Navy disbursing officers and the payment for articles and services for which contract and agreement have been made by proper authority.

The Paymaster General of the Navy is responsible for the keeping of the property and money accounts of the Naval Establishment, including accounts of all manufacturing and operating expense at navy yards and stations; the direction of naval cost accounting and the audit of property returns from ships and stations.

He prepares the estimates for the appropriations for freight, fuel, provisions, and clothing for the Navy, the maintenance of the supply, accounting, and disbursing departments at navy yards and stations, and for the pay of all officers and enlisted men of the Navy.

He originates the details to duty of officers of the supply corps.

BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS.

The duties of the Bureau of Aeronautics comprise all that relates to designing, building, fitting out, and repairing Naval and Marine Corps aircraft, except that the bureau recommends to each bureau of the Navy Department the nature and priority of experimental development and production of aeronautic material under that bureau's cognizance. When designs are to be prepared for new types of aircraft the Bureau of Aeronautics has duties, within its cognizance, similar to those assigned to other bureaus of the department. The bureau furnishes information covering all aeronautic planning, operations, and administration that may be necessary to the administration of the Navy Department. The bureau makes recommendations to the Bureau of Navigation for the details of officers for duty in connection with aeronautics, for the distribution in the various ratings of the enlisted personnel required for aeronautic activities, and on all matters pertaining to aeronautic training; to the Major General Commandant, United States Marine Corps, for the details of officers for duty in connection with aeronautics, and for the distribution in the various ranks of the enlisted personnel required for aeronautic activities; also relative to all matters pertaining to aeronautic training. The bureau has cognizance over the policy of the upkeep and operation of:

(a) Naval aircraft factories;

(b) Naval aeronautic experimental stations;

(c) Helium plants, in so far as they come under naval cognizance.

The experimental and test work of the other bureaus of the Navy Department affecting aeronautic material is made in accordance with requests of the Bureau of Aeronautics. The installation of ordnance material in aircraft and the repairs of public works utilities at aeronautic shore establishments, as well as their upkeep and operation, are under the cognizance of the Bureau of Aeronautics.

OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE NAVY.

The Judge Advocate General of the Navy shall, in accordance with the statute creating his office, have cognizance of all matters of law arising in the Navy Department and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the Secretary of the Navy.

The duties of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy shall be to revise and report upon the legal features of and to 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

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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 courtsmartial orders promulgating the final action of the reviewing authority in general courts-martial cases, except those of enlisted men convened by officers other than the Secretary of the Navy; to prepare the necessary orders convening courts of inquiry 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 Force, where such courts and boards are ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, and to conduct all official correspondence relating to such courts and boards.

It shall be the duty of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy to examine and report upon all questions relating to rank and precedence, to promotions and retirement, and to the validity of the proceedings in courts-martial 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 of the naval personnel; certification of discharge in true name; pardons; the interpretation of statutes; references to the general accounting officers of the Treasury; proceedings in the civil courts by or against the Government or its officers; preparation of advertisements, proposals, and contracts; insurance; patents; the sufficiency of official contracts, and other bonds and guaranties; claims by or against the Government; and to conduct the correspondence respecting the foregoing duties, including the preparation for submission to the Attorney General of all questions which the Secretary of the Navy may direct to be so submitted.

It shall be the duty of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy to examine and report upon all bills and resolutions introduced in Congress and referred to the department for report; to draft all proposed legislation arising in the Navy Department; and to conduct the correspondence in connection with these duties.

The study of international law is assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. He shall examine and report upon questions of international law as may be required.

He shall be charged, under the special instructions of the Secretary of the Navy, with the searching of titles, purchase, sale, transfer, and other questions affecting lands and buildings pertaining to the Navy, and with the care and preservation of all muniments of title to land acquired for naval uses.

MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.

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 direction 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.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to the General Land Office, Reclamation Service, Geological Survey, Bureau of Mines, Office of Indian Affairs, Patent Office, Bureau of Pensions, Bureau of Education, National Park Service, Capitol Building and Grounds, 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. He is authorized by Executive order of March 20, 1920, to adjust, liquidate, and pay claims against the United States Fuel Administration. The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the adjustment of claims filed under the war minerals relief act (sec. 5, act of Mar. 2, 1919, 40 Stat., 1274), for losses incurred in producing or preparing to produce manganese, chrome, pyrites, or tungsten during the war. He is a member of the Federal Power Commission under act of Congress approved June 10, 1920, and of the National Forest Reservation Commission under act of Congress approved March 1, 1911.

FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

In the absence of the Secretary, the First Assistant Secretary becomes Acting Secretary. He is charged with the 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, and telephone lines; applications for oil, gas, coal, and potash prospecting permits and leases; selections of public land 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. The Reclamation Service and National Park Service are under his supervision; also matters from all bureaus relating to public lands. He is the budget officer of the department. From time to time duties in connection with the affairs of other bureaus of the department are assigned to him.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

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 excepting those affecting the disposal of the public domain, the Bureau of Education, Territorial affairs of Alaska and Hawaii, Architect of the Capitol, the execution of contracts and the approval of vouchers covering expenditures of money for St. Elizabeths Hospital, Freedmen's Hospital, and Howard University; and various miscellaneous matters over which the department has jurisdiction. He also considers proposed legislation pertaining to matters under his supervision. Duties in connection with the affairs of other bureaus are assigned to him from time to time.

CHIEF CLERK.

As the chief executive officer of the department and the administrative head of the divisions of the Office of the Secretary the chief clerk 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 is superintendent of the several buildings occupied by the department. He also supervises the classification and compilation of all estimates of appropriations, and has general supervision of expenditures from appropriations for contingent expenses for the department, including stationery and postage on mail addressed to postal-union countries. The detailed work relating to corporate sureties on bonds, St. Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen's Hospital, the Capitol Building and Grounds, Howard University, the admission of attorneys and agents to practice and disbarments from practice, the office of the returns clerk, and miscellaneous matters is done in his office. During the temporary absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretaries he may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers and documents.

COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

The Commissioner of the General Land Office is charged with the survey, management, and disposition of the public lands, the adjudication of conflicting claims relating thereto, the granting of railroad and other rights of way, easements, the issuance of patents for lands, and with furnishing certified copies of land patents and of records, plats, and papers on file in his office. In national forests he executes all laws relating to surveying, prospecting, locating, appropriating, entering, reconveying, or patenting of public lands, and to the granting of rights of way amounting to

easements.

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has charge of the Indian tribes of the United States (exclusive of Alaska), their education, lands, moneys, schools, purchase of supplies, and general welfare.

COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.

The Commissioner of Pensions supervises the examination and adjudication of all claims arising under laws passed by Congress granting pensions on account of service in the Army or Navy rendered wholly prior to October 6, 1917; claims for reimbursement for the expenses of the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners; claims for bounty-land warrants based upon military or naval service rendered prior to March 3, 1855, and claims for annuities, refunds, and allowances, arising under the act of May 22, 1920, providing for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service.

COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.

The Commissioner of Patents is charged with the administration of the patent laws, and supervision of all matters relating to the granting of letters patent for inventions, and the registration of trade-marks. He is by statute made the tribunal of last resort in the Patent Office, and has appellate jurisdiction in the trial of interference cases, of the patentability of inventions, and of registration of trade-markş.1

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.

The Commissioner of Education has charge of the Bureau of Education, which collects statistics and general information showing the conditions and progress of educa tion in the United States and all foreign countries; advises State, county, and local school officers as to the administration and improvement of schools; issues annually a report, a number of bulletins, and miscellaneous publications; issues biennially a biennial survey of education; has charge of the schools for the education of native children in Alaska; supervises the reindeer industry in Alaska; and administers the endowment fund for the support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts. The commissioner is a member of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, which has charge of the administration of the acts of Congress providing Federal aid for vocational education in the several States and rehabilitation and reeducation for persons maimed in industry. The commissioner is also a member of the Federal Board of Maternity and Infant Hygiene.

DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The Director of the Geological Survey is charged under direction of the Secretary of the Interior with classification of the public lands and the examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and mineral products of the national domain. In conformity with this authorization, the Geological Survey has been engaged in making a geologic map of the United States, involving both topographic and geologic surveys, in collecting annually the statistics of mineral production, and in conducting investigations relating to surface and underground waters.

THE RECLAMATION SERVICE.

The Reclamation Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is charged with the survey, construction, and operation of irrigation works in the arid States as authorized by the reclamation act of June 17, 1902, and amendments. The executive officer of the service is the director, who has charge of the work of investigating, building, operating, and maintaining the works.

DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF MINES.

The Director of the Bureau of Mines is charged with the investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores and other mineral substances, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, the prevention of waste, and the improvement of methods in the production of petroleum and natural gas, and other inquiries and technological investigations pertinent to such industries. He has charge of tests and analyses of coals, lignites, ores, and other mineral fuel substances belonging to or for the use of the United States; supervises the work of the mine inspector for Alaska; and administers the regulations governing the production of oil and gas from lands mined under Government lease. He also has charge of the Government fuel yards for the storage and distribution of fuel for the use of and delivery to all branches of the Federal service and the municipal government in the District of Columbia and such parts thereof as may be situated immediately without the District of Columbia.

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

The Director of the National Park Service is charged with the duty of administering the national parks and national monuments under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department, including the maintenance, improvement, and protection of the parks and monuments, and the control of the public operators conducting utilities therein for the care and comfort of the visitors.

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1 Appeals lie from his decisions to the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.