FEDERAL BOARD OF HOSPITALIZATION

(Reports through Director of the Bureau of the Budget)

Composed of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, who shall be the chairman of the Board, the Surgeon General of the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, the Superintendent of the St. Elizabeths Hospital, the Solicitor General of the United States, the Assistant Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in charge of medical and domiciliary care, and the special representative of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on matters pertaining to national homes; created by Executive order promulgated by Bureau of the Budget Circular No. 46 of November 9, 1921 (subsequently superseded by Bureau of the Budget Circular No. 146 of Oct. 24, 1924, as amended by Circular No. 282 of July 28, 1930), for the purpose of coordinating the separate hospitalization activities of the Medical Department of the Army, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy, the Public Health Service, St. Elizabeths Hospital, the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Veterans' Administration. It is the duty of the board (a) to recommend general plans of operation designed to knit together in proper coordination the hospitalization activities of the several departments and establishments, with a view to increasing the usefulness and efficiency of the several organizations so as to achieve the maximum of service and economy in operation, maintenance, and betterments; (b) to give consideration and make recommendation of questions which may arise concerning the proper coordination of hospitalization facilities, with particular reference to the use of existing facilities, the construction of additional facilities, and the standardization and utilization of supplies.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR

SECRETARY OF WAR

The Secretary of War is head of the War Department, and performs such duties as are required of him by law or may be enjoined upon him by the President.

He is charged by law with the supervision of all estimates of appropriations for the expenses of the Department, including the Military Establishment; of all purchases of Army supplies; of all expenditures for the support, transportation, and maintenance of the Army; and of such expenditures of a civil nature as may be placed by Congress under his direction.

He is responsible for the proper execution of the provisions of the National Defense Act of 1920. He is held responsible for the protection of our seacoast harbors and cities; for the development of improved weapons and matériel; for the proper instruction of all military personnel; for the discipline and morale of the Military Establishment; for the defense of, and the administration of government in, those insular possessions that come under his jurisdiction.

He directs the activities of the Corps of Engineers in the improvement of the waterways of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, including examinations, surveys, and economic studies of harbors and streams for the formulation of improvement projects. He recommends to Congress definite plans for improvement and makes contracts for the execution of the physical works required to make our waterways capable of meeting the needs of constantly expanding inland, coastwise, and foreign commerce.

He is charged with the formulation and execution of plans for flood control on inland rivers, power and irrigation development, and the survey and charting of the Great Lakes.

He is responsible for surveys of international boundary waters, the interoceanic survey (Nicaragua Canal route), and the construction of national monuments and memorials. He is also charged with the establishment of harbor lines, approval of plans for the construction of bridges, and issue of permits for wharves, piers, and other works upon navigable waters; investigation, in cooperation with the Federal Power Commission, of water-power projects; the removal of wrecks from navigable waters; the regulation of the operation of drawbridges, establishment and regulation of anchorage grounds, regulation of the use of navigable waters of the United States, the preservation of the American Falls of Niagara, and the administration of matters pertaining to the participation of the United States in the Niagara Control Board.

He is responsible for the defense, maintenance, care, and operation of the Panama Canal. This responsibility requires that he not only provide for the

transit of ships from one ocean to the other but also for their repair, fueling, supplies, and foodstuffs, and the care and hospitalization of ships' personnel and passengers. The organization under his charge has supervision over public health, quarantine, and immigration service, customs, post offices, police and fire protection, hydrographic and meteorological observations, steamboat inspection, aids to navigation, construction and maintenance of roads, streets, water supply, and sewers.

He exercises jurisdiction over the civil affairs of the Philippine Islands.

He is president of the National Forest Reservation Commission, which is authorized to purchase such forested cut-over or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in its judgment may be necessary to the regulation of stream flow or for the production of timber.

He supervises the activities of the Inland Waterways Corporation as authorized by the requirements of the Denison Act (Public, No. 801, 70th Cong.), which created this agency to complete our national transportation system and make possible the coordination of rail, water, air, motor, and pipe-line transportation. He approves the purchase of supplies and equipment necessary for the operation of the barge lines, the location and erection of terminals, the terms and conditions of sales and leases to private management of the transportation facilities of any unit belonging to the corporation, and improvement and development projects for over 30,000 miles of inland waterways being improved and coordinated by the Inland Waterways Corporation.

He supervises the maintenance and conduct of the United States Military Academy at West Point and is responsible for all matters relating to leases, revocable licenses, and all other privileges upon lands under the control of the War Department.

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR

The Assistant Secretary of War is charged with supervision of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the War Department pertaining thereto, including the manufacture or production at the Government arsenals or Government-owned factories of the United States of all such supplies or articles needed by the War Department as such arsenals or factories are capable of manufacturing or producing upon an economical basis; and the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of matériel and industrial organizations essential to war-time needs. He is charged with supervising and acting upon matters pertaining to the purchase, lease, and sale of real estate, including leases, licenses, easements, and rights of way to others; the sale of surplus supplies, equipment, plants, land, or other facilities, including engineer property pertaining to rivers and harbors; claims, foreign or domestic, by or against the War Department; clemency cases in litigation or remission of sentence by courts martial; matters relating to national cemeteries; activities relating to the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Civilian Marksmanship; permits for construction of bridges and laying of submarine cables; and the use of patent rights by the War Department and Army.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Assists the Secretary of War in directing the administration of the Department, Panama Canal, and Inland Waterways Corporation.

Is chief executive officer of the Department and has administrative direction of the divisions of the Office of the Secretary of War.

Has charge of the records and files, and supervision of the receipt, distribution, and transmission of the official mail and correspondence of the Secretary's office. Acts upon appointments and all changes affecting status of civilian employees in the department and its field services. Has charge of the following: Printing and binding and newspaper advertising for the War Department and the Army; expenditures from the War Department appropriations for contingent expenses, stationery, and postage; and allotment of office space assigned for the use of the Department in Washington.

Signs such official mail as the Secretary of War may direct.

WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL STAFF

The War Department General Staff is organized under the provisions of the act approved June 4, 1920 (as amended).

The Chief of Staff is the immediate adviser of the Secretary of War on all matters relating to the Military Establishment and is charged by the Secretary of War with the planning, development, and execution of the Army program.

He causes the War Department General Staff to prepare the necessary plans for recruiting, mobilizing, organizing, supplying, equipping, and training the Army for use in the national defense and for demobilization. As the agent and in the name of the Secretary of War he issues such orders as will insure that the plans of the War Department are harmoniously executed by all branches and agencies of the Military Establishment and that the Army program is carried out speedily and efficiently.

The War Department General Staff is charged with the preparation of plans as outlined above, including those for the mobilization of the manhood of the Nation in an emergency. It investigates and reports upon questions affecting the efficiency of all branches of the Army and their state of preparation for military operations. As prescribed by section 5 of the National Defense Act, as amended by the act of June 15, 1933, it formulates all policies and regulations affecting:

(1) The organization and distribution of the National Guard of the United States, and the organization, distribution, and training of the National Guard, through committees to which are added an equal number of officers of the National Guard of the United States.

(2) The organization, distribution, training, appointment, assignment, promotion, and discharge of members of the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Organized Reserves, and the Enlisted Reserve Corps, through committees to which are added an equal number of officers from the Officers' Reserve Corps.

(3) When such policies or regulations affect all three components the committees consist of an equal representation from the Regular Army, the National Guard of the United States, and the Officers' Reserve Corps.

It performs such other military duties not otherwise assigned by law as may be from time to time prescribed by the President, and renders professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff.

The Deputy Chief of Staff assists the Chief of Staff and acts for him in his absence. He reports directly to the Secretary of War in all matters not involving the establishment of important policies. In addition to his other duties, he is charged with supervision over the activities of all the divisions of the War Department General Staff.

The War Department General Staff includes the following divisions, each division being under the immediate control of an Assistant Chief of Staff: Personnel Division (First Division); Military Intelligence Division (Second Division); Operations and Training Division (Third Division); Supply Division (Fourth Division); War Plans Division. For the first four divisions, the abbreviations G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, respectively, are prescribed. The prescribed abbreviation for the War Plans Division is W. P. D. The chiefs of the several divisions of the War Department General Staff are designated as Assistant Chiefs of Staff; the prescribed abbreviation A. C. of S. is followed by the prescribed abbreviation of the division.

The Personnel Division is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the personnel of the Army as individuals. It is specifically charged with the preparation of plans and policies and the supervision of activities concerning the procurement, classification, assignment, promotion, transfer, retirement, and discharge, in peace and war, of all personnel of the Army of the United States, including the Regular Army, the National Guard, the Organized Reserves, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the citizens' military training camps; measures for conserving manpower; replacements of personnel, Army regulations, uniform regulations, and such general regulations as especially concern individuals or matters of routine not specifically assigned to other sections; decorations; religious, recreational, and morale work; the Red Cross and similar agencies, with the exception of such part or parts of said agencies as may be wholly devoted to hospital and medical relief work; enemy aliens, prisoners of war, and conscientious objectors, including their security.

The Military Intelligence Division is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of military information. It is specifically charged with the preparation of plans and policies and the supervision of all activities concerning military topographical surveys and maps, including their reproduction and distribution; the custody of the General Staff map and photograph collection; military attachés, observers, and foreign-language students; intelligence personnel of all units; liaison with other intelligence agencies of the Government, and

with duly accredited foreign military attachés and missions; codes and ciphers; translations; relations with the press; censorship in time of war.

The Operations and Training Division is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the organization, training, and operation of the military forces not expressly assigned to the War Plans Division. It is specifically charged with the preparation of plans and policies and the supervision of activities concerning organization, including tables of organization, for all branches of the Army of the United States; assignments of units to higher organizations; so much of tables of equipment as relate to the allotment of major items of equipment to units and the distribution of such items within units; distribution and training, including educational and vocational training of the Army of the United States, the National Guard, and Organized Reserves; location of units of the Regular Army and Organized Reserves; all drill and service regulations, field service regulations, and General Staff manuals; special-service schools and general-service schools, including the Army War College and the Command and General Staff School; military training in civilian institutions and in civilian training camps; priorities in assigning replacements and equipment and important priorities affecting mobilization; movement of troops; military police.

The Supply Division is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the supply of the Army and with the preparation of basic supply plans. It is specifically charged with the preparation of plans and policies and the supervision of activities concerning distribution, storage, and issue of supplies; transportation by land and water, including ports of embarkation and their necessary auxiliaries; traffic control; tables of equipment, the quantities and types of military supplies required for the use of the Army and essential to the military program; inventions; leasing of War Department facilities and issuing of revocable licenses; hospitalization and evacuation of men and animals, including such agencies or parts of agencies as may be wholly devoted to hospital and medical relief work; distribution and movement of supply, technical, and labor troops not employed as combat units; property responsibility and accountability; the determination and statement of plans and policies governing the preparation of estimates for funds for military purposes and priorities pertaining thereto, and, when necessary, with the restatement of such priorities, to govern the expenditure of all funds appropriated; the formulation of policies and projects governing the procurement of real estate in connection with the training, shelter, and housing of troops, and with the storage, distribution, and issue of supplies; policies relative to the procurement, construction, repair, maintenance, and disposition of buildings and all utilities connected therewith. The War Plans Division is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the formulation of plans for the use in the theater of war of the military forces, separately or in conjunction with the naval forces, in the national defense. It is specifically charged with the preparation of plans and policies and the supervision of activities concerning location and armament of coast and land fortifications; estimate of forces required and times at which they may be needed under various possible conditions necessitating the use of troops in the national defense; the initial strategical deployment; actual operations in the theater of war; consultation with G-3 and G-4 on major items of equipment; peace maneuvers, terrain exercises, and staff rides involving units higher than a division; and joint Army and Navy exercises. The War Plans Division is so organized as to enable it, in the event of mobilization, to furnish the nucleus of the General Staff personnel for each of the General Staff divisions required at the general headquarters in the field.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF CAVALRY

The Chief of Cavalry is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff in all matters relating to his arm, and furnishes the Chief of Staff with information and advice on all questions affecting the Cavalry. He exercises direct supervision and control of Fort Riley, Kans., including the Cavalry School, the Cavalry Board, and certain troops and installations thereat designated by the Secretary of War. He formulates and develops the tactical doctrine of his arm in accordance with the War Department doctrine. By means of the agencies at his disposition he prepares the necessary manuals, training literature, and training memoranda relating to the employment, instruction, and training of his arm and to the care and use of matériel and equipment. He cooperates with the chiefs of supply services in developing the armament and equipment of his arm and submits to the Chief of Staff such recommendations as to the armament and equipment as

may be necessary. He submits to the Chief of Staff recommendations as to the organization of units of his arm, and such recommendations as to the training and instruction of units of his arm, including units of his arm of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps as he may consider advisable. He confers with the appropriate agencies of the War Department in all matters connected with the organization, training and instruction, equipment, and general administration and efficiency of the personnel and the organizations of his arm in the Organized Reserves and the National Guard. He cooperates with the Personnel Bureau of The Adjutant General's Office and recommends officers of his arm to be detailed as students at service schools, at technical, professional, and other educational institutions, and for similar duties, and makes recommendations for the appointment, assignment, transfer, examination, and retirement in all cases of officers and warrant officers and, in cases not covered by regulations, of noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men of his arm. He or his representatives visit such places as may be necessary in connection with the efficiency of his arm.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF FIELD ARTILLERY

The Chief of Field Artillery is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff in all matters relating to his arm. He furnishes the Chief of Staff information and advice on all questions affecting his particular arm. He exercises direct supervision and control of the special service schools and the special boards of his arm. He formulates and develops the tactical doctrine of his arm in accordance with the War Department doctrine which requires that the Army be trained for offensive combat. He prepares the necessary publications relating to the employment, instruction, and training of his arm, and to the care and use of matériel and equipment which, after being submitted to The Adjutant General and approved by the Secretary of War, are distributed by The Adjutant General to the service for its information and guidance. He cooperates with the chiefs of supply services in developing the armament and equipment of his arm. He submits to The Adjutant General such recommendations as to armament and equipment as are necessary; recommendations as to the organizations of units of his arm; recommendations as to the training and instruction of units of his arm, including such units of his arm of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as he may consider advisable. He confers with the appropriate agencies of the War Department in all matters connected with the organization, training and instruction, equipment, and general administration and efficiency of the personnel and organizations of his arm in the Organized Reserves and the National Guard. He cooperates with the Personnel Bureau of The Adjutant General's Office, and recommends officers of his arm to be detailed as students at service schools at technical, professional, and other educational institutions, and for other similar duties, and makes recommendations for the appointment, assignment, transfer, examination, and retirement in all cases of officers and warrant officers and, in cases not covered by regulations, of noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men of his arm. He visits such places as may be necessary for the purpose of observation and information to insure the efficiency of his arm.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF COAST ARTILLERY

The Chief of Coast Artillery is charged with the duty of keeping the Chief of Staff advised and informed in respect to all questions affecting the Coast Artillery Corps. He exercises direct supervision and control over the Coast Artillery School, Coast Artillery Board, and the Submarine Mine Depot. He formulates and develops the tactical doctrine of Coast Artillery in accordance with the War Department doctrine. He prepares the necessary manuals, training literature, and training memoranda relating to the employment, instruction, and training of Coast Artillery, and to the care and use of matériel and equipment. He cooperates with the chiefs of supply services in developing the armament and equipment of Coast Artillery. He submits to the Chief of Staff recommendations as to the organization and assignment of units of Coast Artillery, including those of the National Guard and Organized Reserves. He confers with the proper agencies of the War Department in all matters connected with the organization, mobilization, training, equipment, instruction, and general administration and efficiency of the personnel and organizations of the Coast Artillery, including similar units of the National Guard, Organized Reserves, and Coast_Artillery units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He cooperates with the Personnel Bureau of The Adjutant General's Office and recommends officers of the Coast Artillery to be detailed as students at service schools, at technical, professional, and other educational institutions, and for other similar duties, and makes