Balances, due from Agents, &c., 11; at banks to the credit of public accounts, 23; on the appropriation accounts, Comptroller and Auditor-General to verify, 25.
Bank of England, monies, &c., standing in the name of the Secretary at War transferred to the Secretary of State, 8; Governor and Company indemnified in regard to securities from public accountants, 15; Paymaster-General's payments to be made by drafts on, accounts of stock at, 23; may be authorized by letter of Attorney to receive dividends, ib.; Army Prize Fund Account at, 47; Drouly Prize Fund Account at, 48; Patriotic Fund Account at, 51; Military Savings Banks Account at, 59.
Bank of Ireland, Accounts of Stock at,
23; may be authorized by letter of Attorney to receive dividends, ib. Banks, Treasury to determine where Accountants shall keep public moneys, 23; balances on public accounts at, ib. Bankrupt Officers or Clerks, appropria- tion of portion of pay or pension, 56,
CADETSHIPS, Military, on the Indian Establishment, appointments to, 88, 89; not less than one-tenth of persons recommended to be sons of persons who have served in India, 88; nomi- nations by Secretary of State and Members of Council, 89. Cambridge Asylum at Kingston-on- Thames, Appropriation of Patriotic Fund to secure admissions to, 54. Carriage of Troops, with their baggage and stores, by railway, 135; accommo- dation and charges, ib; opinions of the Law Officers upon the Construction of the statutory provisions, 135-137; judgments in Irish Courts, 137-150. Casualty Returns, from regiments in India monthly, 169; elsewhere, quarterly, ib.
Certificates, in relation to Officers retiring, 31; to the Appropriation Accounts, note on 26.
Chancery, Court of, monies, &c., in the name of the Secretary of State, 8. Chaplains, Army, Act of 1868, 61–63; power to Her Majesty to declare extra-parochial district, 61; map des- cribing precinct to be annexed to scheme and registered, 62; power to Secretary of State to appoint any Army Chaplain to perform duties in extra-parochial district, ib.; chapel or building in extra-parochial district, 62; ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ib.; Act not to affect Chaplains in connection with the Church of Scotland. Charitable Funds, Regimental, deposit of in military savings banks, 123. Chelsea Hospital, Acts relating to, 9, 10. Pensions of soldiers granted by the Commissioners of, 37; Commissioners empowered to take away or refuse pensions in case of frauds or misconduct, 38. In-pen- sioners guilty of offences may be ex- pelled, ib.; commutation of out- pensions, ib.; restoration of forfeited pensions, 39; payment to guardians for workhouse relief, 39; assignments of pensions to parish authorities as security, 40, 41, 44, 45; payment of pensions in case of desertion of wife or family, 42, 43; payment of prize money by the Commissioners of, 125; Soldiers' pensions under the manage- ment of the Commissioners, 132. Civil Compensation allowances, com- mutation of, 35, 36.
Civil Employment, retention of half-pay with, 129.
Civil Offices, excemption of military from, 127.
Civil Power, Reserve Force may be called out in aid of, 75, 119.
Clerks, bankrupt, appropriation of por- tion of pay to creditors, 56, 57. Clive's, Lord, Fund, note on, 91. Clothing, penalty against Reserve men for damaging, selling, or purchasing, 120. Colonels, Supersession of British by Indian, note on, 91.
Command of the Army, Royal Prerogative, 3.
Commander-in-Chief, Letter of Service appointing, 4; Order in Council de- fining duties of, ib.
Commissions, Officers', recommendations to Her Majesty made by the Field- Marshal Commanding in Chief, 5; Secretary at War the channel for publishing in the Gazette, 6; constitutional practice regarding the issue of, 31, 32; upon demise of Crown, remain in force until cancelled by the succeeding sovereign, 106; issue and signature of, 105; Royal Sign Manual may be dispensed with by Orders in Council, ib.; purchase or sale of, prohibited by Act of 1809, 110; illegal agency in, 112.
Committee of Adjustment, to secure effects on death of officer or soldier, appointment of, 164, 165; duties of 165-167; not to interfere when next of kin pays the preferential charges, ib. ; cannot legally make sale of any real estate for any purposes, note on 55; Secretary for War not responsible for unauthorized Acts of, ib. ; duties of, in the case of a regimental paymaster, 176; on deserters' effects, 179-180; on effects of soldiers de- livered up as apprentices or con- victed of felony, 180; on effects of insane officer or soldier, 181. Commons, House of. See "Parlia- ment."
Commutation of Pensions, Provisions of
Act of 1871, 33-35; application to commute civil compensation allow- ances, 35-36; constitution of Com- mutation Board, 34, 131; deduc- tion from salary where pension holder who has commuted accepts public employment, 35; Act of 1876 exempts certain half-pay officers from such deduction, ib.; Treasury in- structions as to civil compensation allowances, 35-37; commutation table, 36, 132; Chelsea pensions, 38; rules to be observed in calculating, 131. Commutation Board. See "Pensions." Compassionate Fund, unclaimed residues of effects to be applied towards, 175. Compassionate List, allowances to persons on, Act for the more convenient pay- ment of, 9. Compensation allowances, Civil. See "Civil."
Comptroller and Auditor-General, ex- amination of accounts by, 25-28; re- ports on accounts to be presented to the House of Commons, 28. See also "Audit."
Contracts, payments under, to be made by Paymaster-General, 23. Contingent Allowances to Officers, pro- visions of Mr. Burke's Act as to, 194. Court of Admiralty. See Admiralty." Court of King's Bench, offences com- mitted abroad may be prosecuted in, 66, 67.
Courts-Martial, as to production of pro- ceedings to Parliament, 94, 192, 196– 198.
Courts of Enquiry, Volunteer Corps, 81. Courts of Law, production of official documents before, 190. Crimes by Military persons, committed abroad, 65; offenders may be prose- cuted in the Court of King's Bench in England, 66; writ of mandamus to obtain evidence, 67; warrant to ap- prehend for, 68.
Crown, prerogative powers of Secretary of State conferred by, 1; power of, to
regulate soldiers' pensions, note on, 37; power of, to prohibit subjects leaving the realm, 94; Foreigners, unless naturalized, not to hold office under, 106; upon the demise of, all commissions remain in force until can-
celled by the succeeding sovereign,
Customs Act, prize under, 47.
DANGER, Imminent National, Reserves may be called out for permanent ser- vice in case of, 75, 79, 119, 195; em- bodiment of the Militia in case of, 72. Deaths out of the United Kingdom, Registration of, Act of, 1879, 63; on Service, distribution of effects of officers and soldiers, 162-179.
Debts, payment of by Secretary of State for War out of residue of effects, 174, 175.
Debts, Military, preferential charges on personal property of deceased officer or soldier, 163.
Debts, regimental. See "Regimental." Declaration on receipt of half-pay, 130. Decorations of an officer or soldier dying
on service, disposal of, 176. See also "Medals."
Deputy Secretary at War, appointment and duties of, 7.
Deserters, Secretary at War's duty in regard to the apprehension and escort of, 6; periods of absence not to count in reckoning service, 113, 114, 117; not entitled to prize money, 124; effects of, 179, 180. Desertion of wife or family by pensioner,
payment of pensions in case of, 42, 43. Devonport, Royal Naval and Military Free School at, Patriotic Fund nomina- tions to, 53.
Discharge, of men from the Army and Army Reserves, the duty of the Field- Marshal Commanding in Chief, 4; at the expiration of term of service on a foreign station, under the Army Service Act, 1847, 113; under the Army Enlistment Act, 1867, 114; under the Army Enlistment Act, 1870, 117. Discharged Soldiers, return of, to their places of settlement, 56; not to be deemed vagabonds for asking relief, ib., note on, 114.
Discipline of the Army, the Field- Marshal Commanding in Chief res- ponsible for, 4.
Distribution of the Army, duty of the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief in regard to, 4.
Dockyards, prohibition of sweeping, &c., near, 152.
Documents, Official, duty of Secretary of State as to the disclosure of, 190-192. Drouly Prize Fund, held in trust by the Secretary at War and the Paymaster- General, 48, 49; application of, in payment of annuities to officers' widows, ib.
EAST India Company, Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers and soldiers in the service of, 9; conditions under which the government was transferred to the Crown, 88–93. Education, Military, the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief responsible for,
Effects, Acts regulating the distribution of, 9, 55, 162; Committee of Officers
o secure, 164, 179-181; sale of, 166, 180, 181; adjustment in India, 167; credits in pay list, 168; disposal of residue by Secretary of State, 55, 172-174; residues undisposed of for six years to be applied towards com- passionate fund, 175; deduction of arrears of subscription to Military and orphan funds, 178; of deserters, 179-180; of soldiers delivered up as apprentices or convicted of felony, 180; of insane officer or soldier, 181-182. See also "Committee of Adjustment."
Elections, Parliamentary, removal of troops during, 58; notice of to be given by the Clerk of the Crown to the Secretary at War, ib.; soldiers to re- main in barracks during, 122. Embarkation of persons enlisting in the service of Foreign States, penalty for, 94, 185.
Emergency. See "Danger." Engineers. Examination of candidates
for cadetships on the Indian Establish- ment, 88.
Enlistment, Foreign, Act of, 1870, 94- 102, 185, 186; penalty on taking illegally enlisted persons on board ship, 95.
Enlistment of Foreigners, 118. Enlistment of Soldiers, the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief charged with,
4; Statute Law from 21st June 1847 to 20th June 1867, 113; from 21st June 1867 to 9th August 1870, ib.; after 8th August 1870 to 24th July 1879,
Estimates. Secretary at War responsible for the preparation of, 6; duties of the Financial Secretary in regard to, 103; provisions of Mr. Burke's Act as to,,193.
Examination of Accounts under the superintendence of the Chief Examiner, 7; of the Appropriation Account by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, 25-28. See also "Audit."
Exchanges, agency for, illegal, 112; Regimental, authorized by Act of 1875, 32, 112. Exchequer, money recovered under the Public Stores Act to be paid into, 161. Exchequer and Audit Deparments Act, 1866, 22-28.
Exchequer Bills, deposit of, sufficient se- curity to departments of the Revenue, 16; sufficient security to offices under the Crown, 20; sale of, upon certificate of default, 17.
Expeditions against a Friendly State, penalty on fitting out, 96. Expenditure, duty of the Secretery at War to regulate, 6; regimental de livery and audit of accounts, 11; in- curred without Treasury authority 25, 26. See also "Accounts."
FAMILIES, Soldiers', conveyance by railway of, 135.
Family of Pensioner chargeable to parish, payment to guardians for, 42, 43. Felony, pensions forfeited by conviction of, 39; property of soldiers convicted of, 180.
Financial Secretary of the War Office, appointment of by Secretary of State, 102; not to vacate his seat in the House of Commons on appointment, ib.;
Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, 29-102, 185, 186; affecting officers on retired full pay, note on, 94.
Foreign Officers, Act authorizing pen- sions to wounded, 9.
Foreign Ships, penalty on aiding the warlike equipment of, 96.
Foreign States, penalty on embarking persons enlisting in the service of, 94, 185; illegal shipbuilding for, 96; Foreign Enlistment Act not applicable to commissioned ships of, 102. Foreign Stations, discharge at, 113, 114, 117.
Foreigners, enlistment of, 118.
Foreigners, unless naturalized, not al- lowed to hold office under the Crown, 106.
Funeral of Officer or Soldier, expenses of, 163. Furniture, household, of Officers, charge for carriage by railway, 136.
GAZETTE, publication of Commissions in, 6; Notification of promotions, &c., in, 106; publication of effects in, 173– 173.
General Service, enlistment for, 115, 116. Government Officers' Security Act, 1875, 20, 21.
Greenwich Pensions, Act regulating the payment of out-pensions, 10, 46; pay- ment of, to guardians for workhouse relief, 39, 40; assignment to parish authorities as security, 40, 41, 44, 45; payment in case of desertion of wife or family, 42, 43; Secretary at War authorized to make rules and regu- lations for the payment of, 46; res- toration of forfeited, 46.
Guarantee Societies, policies granted as security, 20, 21.
Guardians, Boards of, payment of soldiers' pensions to, for parish relief, 39-46.
HALF-PAY, control of Secretary at War over, 6; Acts relating to, 9; Secretary at War empowered to make rules and regulations for the payment of, 29, 30; retirement of officers on, 30, 31, 127; commutation of, 33-35; compensation to purchase officers on commutation of, 107, 108; appropriation of, for distribution amongst creditors, 56, 127; assignment of, declared void, 128; personation a felony, ib.; retention with civil pay, 128-130; military or civil employments which may be held with, ib.; names of officers in civil employment receiving, to be laid before Parliament with the Army Estimates, 130; declarations to be made before receipt of, 130; commutation of, 131; of insane officer, power to War or India Office to apply for his benefit, 181.
Homicide Act, 1862, 64, 186-189; cases tried under, Note on 189. Honours, Military, recommendations for, by the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief, 5.
House Duty, payment of in respect of house occupied in right of office to be paid by occupier, 126.
IMPRESTS, to Accountants, Financial Secretary's duties in regard to, 103. Imprisonment, periods of, not to count in reckoning service, 113, 114, 117. India. Transfer of the Government to the Crown, 88; order to commence hostilities in, the fact to be com- municated to Parliament, 89; except for repelling invasion, Revenues not applicable for operations beyond the frontier, ib.; transfer of military and naval forces, 90; provision for persons hereafter entering Her Majesty's Indian forces, 91; European local
army abolished, 92; amalgamation with the Regular Army, ib.; appoint- ments to cadetships, 88-89; nomina- tions by Secretary of State and Mem- bers of Council, 89; removal of officers by Her Majesty, ib. ; Indian military and naval forces to remain under existing conditions of service, 90; their pay and expenses to be defrayed out of the revenues of, 91; limits of service upon which the Native Army is en- listed, note on, 90; compensation to officers of certain Indian Regiments on the abolition of the purchase system, 109; disposal of effects of deceased officer or soldier in, 167 casualty returns from regiments in, 169; deduction from officers' pay of arrears of subscription to military and orphan funds, 178. See also "East India Company."
Inquests, exemption of military from serving on, 127.
Insanity, Committee of Officers to secure effects in case of, 181; power to apply officer's half-pay for his benefit in case ot, ib. Inspecting Field Officers of Militia or Volunteers, or of recruiting districts, allowed to draw half-pay, 31, 128. Intestacy, declarations of to be deposited in the Court of Probate, 178, 179. Invasion, power of Crown to call out the Volunteer Corps in case of, 81; corps of Yeomanry or Volunteers to assemble in case of, 83.
Ireland, tramroads or tramways in, 10; cases against the Great Southern and Western Railway, 137–150. Isleworth, Royal Naval Female School at, Patriotic Fund nominations to, 54. Issues of money under the direction of the Secretary at War, 6; duty of the Financial Secretary, 103.
JERVIS's Acts, power of arrest for offences committed abroad, 68.
Johnstone v. Cox, purchase money due on retirement, note on 107. Juries, exemption of military from serving on, 127. Jurisdiction in Homicides Act, 1862, 64; trial by Civil Tribunal accelerated, 65.
KILMAINHAM Hospital, Act relating to, 9.
King's Bench, Courts of, offences com- mitted abroad may be prosecuted in, 66, 67.
LARCENY Act, 1861, parts incorporated in Public Stores Act of 1875, 153–160. Law Courts. See "Courts."
Law Officers' opinions, production of to Parliament, 192.
Law proceedings, directed by the Secretary at War, 6.
Leave to attend duty in Parliament, as to necessity for, 198-200. See also "Absence."
Letter of Service appointing the Officer Commanding in Chief, 4.
Letters of Administration not required
for the payment of pay and allowances on the death of persons entitled to sums under 1007., 56; not required for payment of arrears of soldiers' pensions, 134.
Letters, postage of one penny rate for soldiers at home or abroad, 126: re- directed, postage on, 126. London Gazette. See "Gazette." Luggage, of officer or soldier, charges
for conveyance by railway, 135. Lunatic Officers and Seamen of the Navy, pensions of payable to their wives &c., 43; officer or soldier, effects of, 181; power to apply half- pay for officer's benefit, ib. See also Insanity."
Lunatic Pensioners, as to care and main- tenance of, 134.
MANSLAUGHTER, speedy trial for, 64, 186-189; offence abroad, may be dealt with in the United Kingdom, 68. Marks for Public Stores, 151, 161. Marriages out of the United Kingdom, Registration of, Act of 1879, 63; solemnized abroad, validity of, 121. Master-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State the successor to, 5. Medals of an officer or soldier dying on service, disposal of, 176.
Medical Certificate on retirement, 31. Men Servants, exemption of officer from assessed tax on, 126, 127.
Military and orphan funds, deduction of
arrears of subscription from pay due to deceased officer of the Indian Army, 178.
Military Command of the Army, 3-5. Military Debts. See Debts.
Military Education. The Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief responsible for, 4. Military Exercise, without authority, illegal, 185.
Military Savings Banks. See "Savings Banks."
Military Service in Asia, penalties under the Foreign Enlistment Act not to extend to, 102.
Militia Reserve. See "Reserve." Militia, Acts relating to, 10; Adjutant's commission, 31, 105; Voluntary En-· listment Act, 1875, 68; power to Her Majesty to appoint quotas of Militiamen to serve for the several counties, 69; notice of quota to be transmitted to Lieutenant of County and published in Gazette, 69-70; Her Majesty may extend or reduce period of training, 70-71; Her Majesty may dispense with training, 71-72; as to embodying, 72; as to disem- bodying, 73; notices for training and embodiment, ib.; bounty for enrol- ment, power of Secretary of State to make regulations as to, 80; first com- missions to permanent rank to be issued under Royal Sign Manual, 106; officers exempt from serving upon juries or inquests, 127.
Moneys, public, supply and andit of, 22-28. See "Audit.”
Movement of Troops, Secretary at War's authority required for, 6; carriage by railway, 135.
Murder, speedy trial for, 64, 186–189; committed abroad, may be dealt with in the United Kingdom, 68.
Mustering of the Forces, provisions of Mr. Burke's Act as to, 194.
Mutiny Acts embodied in the Army Discipline Act, 94; liability of soldiers to, till discharged, 114; liability of the Army Reserve to, 119.
Mutiny, offence of exciting soldiers to, 182, 183.
NATIONAL Debt Commissioners, functions in regard to military savings banks, 59, 60.
Naval and Military Free School at Devonport, appropriation of Patriotic Fund to secure admission to, 53. Naval Female School at St. Margaret's, Isleworth, appropriation of Patriotic Fund to secure admission to, 54. Naval School, New Cross, appropriation of Patriotic Fund to secure admission to, 54.
Naval pensions, in the case of a lunatic payable to wife or relative, 45, 46. See also "Greenwich Pensions." Naturalization, service under the Crown qualification for certificate of, note on 106.
Necessaries, Regimental, Public Stores Act not applicable to, 160.
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