Compilation of General Orders, Circulars and Bulletins of the War Department: Issued Between February 15, 1881, and December 31, 1915 : Appendix Containing Changes Nos. 1 to 9

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - 672 pages

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Page 389 - ... to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and...
Page 366 - All contracts to be made, by virtue of any law, and requiring the advance of money, or in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts...
Page 22 - Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine and The Passing of Arthur; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, Home Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident of the French Camp, Herve Riel, Pheidippides, My Last Duchess, Up at a Villa — Down in the City, The Italian in England, The Patriot, The Pied Piper, "De Gustibus...
Page 174 - States, shall act as an agent or attorney for prosecuting any claim against the United States, or in any manner, or by any means, otherwise than in discharge of his proper official duties, shall aid or assist in the prosecution or support of any such claim...
Page 41 - That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe a system of examination of all officers of the Army below the rank of major, to determine their fitness for promotion, such an examination to be conducted at such times anterior...
Page 378 - Fifth,, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligations to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Page 143 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless, by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Page 8 - No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special preparation for the examinations of the boards of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services.
Page 36 - All persons so drafted shall, from the date of their draft, stand discharged from the militia, and shall be subject to such laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States...
Page 378 - States shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...

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