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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.

23;

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,

127.

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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.

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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,

106.

Customs Act, prize under, 47.

D

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.

E

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,

4.

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,

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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,

115.

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."

F.

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.;

duties of, 103.

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.

G.

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.

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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.

H.

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.

I.

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.

J.

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.

K.

KILMAINHAM Hospital, Act relating
to, 9.

King's Bench, Courts of, offences com-
mitted abroad may be prosecuted in,
66, 67.

L.

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."

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Lunatic Pensioners, as to care and main-
tenance of, 134.

M.

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 Honours.

See "Honours."

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.

N.

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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