the specifications of materials purchased for the maintenance of the Naval Establishment. These offices are available to and frequently used by other Federal departments for the inspection of material purchased for Government use. It nominates to the Bureau of Navigation specially qualified officers for engineering duty at sea and on shore, including those for duty as supervisors of shipbuilding, inspectors of machinery, and inspectors of naval material. It compiles and issues instructions for the care, operation, and maintenance of material, equipment, and machinery under its cognizance and prepares and issues bulletins of official information on these subjects. The Bureau of Ships has supervision and control over the appropriation, "Maintenance, Bureau of Ships," "Replacement of naval vessels, construction and machinery," "Naval emergency fund," and, together with the Bureau of Ordnance, has joint supervision and control over the appropriation “Alterations, naval vessels." BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery is charged with and responsible for the maintenance of the health of the Navy, for the care of the sick and injured, for the custody and preservation of the records, accounts, and properties under its cognizance and pertaining to its duties, and for the professional education and training of officers, nurses, and men of the Medical Department. It is charged with the management and control of all naval hospitals, medical supply depots, medical laboratories, the Naval Medical Center, and of all technical schools established for the education or training of members of the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Nurse Corps, and Hospital Corps, and with their upkeep and operation. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery provides for inspection of the sanitary condition of the Navy, and recommends with respect to all questions connected with hygiene and sanitation affecting the service; it advises with the Department and other bureaus in reference to the sanitary features of ships under construction and in commission, regarding berthing, ventilation, and location of quarters for the care and treatment of the sick and injured; provisions for the care of wounded in battle; and, in the case of shore stations, with 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 also advises concerning matters pertaining to clothing and food, to water supplies used for drinking, cooking, and bathing purposes, and to drainage and disposal of wastes, so far as these affect the health of the Navy. It safeguards 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, and adopts for use all such devices or procedures developed in the sciences of medicine and surgery as will in any way increase military efficiency. It is the duty of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to provide for the physical examination of officers, nurses, and enlisted men, with a view to the selection or retention of only those whose physical condition is such as to maintain or improve the military efficiency of the service if admitted or retained therein; it passes upon the competency, from a professional standpoint, of all men of the Hospital Corps for enlistment, enrollment, and promotion by means of examinations conducted under its supervision or by such forms as it may prescribe. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recommends to the Bureau of Navigation the complement of Medical Department personnel for hospitals and hospital ships, and also recommends and has information as to the assignment and duties of medical officers, dental officers, and Hospital Corps men. It is charged with the administration of the Nurse Corps, and has power to appoint and remove all nurses, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. It requires for and has 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; and has charge of the civilian force employed at naval hospitals, medical supply depots, medical laboratories, the Naval Medical Center, and at all technical schools for the education or training of Medical Department personnel. It approves the design of hospital ships in relation to their efficiency for the care of the sick and wounded, and provides for the organization and administration of the medical department of such vessels. The arrangements for care, transportation, and burial of the dead are under the jurisdiction and control of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts is charged with and responsible for the procurement, purchase, receipt, custody, warehousing, issue, and shipment of all supplies, fuel, and other materials for the Navy, except supplies for the Marine Corps, and except the procurement of certain special items of ordnance material, and the storage and issue of medical stores, ammunition, projectiles, mines, and explosives. It has control of the Naval Supply Account Fund, the Naval Working Fund, the Clothing and Small Stores Fund, and the stocks procured from these funds. It has charge of the upkeep and operation of the Naval Clothing Factory and the coffee-roasting plants. It exercises administrative supervision over fuel plants, commissary activities, supply depots, and storehouses at navy yards and stations. It authorizes and has jurisdiction over the transportation of Navy property and household effects of Navy personnel. It has charge of the procurement of cargoes and the loading and discharging of supply ships, colliers, and tankers, and when necessary, charters merchant vessels for the transportation of supplies. It handles the sale of condemned, salvaged, and scrap materials, and of condemned vessels. It prepares and submits estimates of the funds required for freight, fuel, clothing, pay, allowances, subsistence, and transportation of Navy personnel, and has supervision of the allotments of funds from its appropriations and the accounting for allotments granted ships under all appropriations. It recommends the necessity for, and the location, type, size, and interior arrangements of, storehouses ashore, and the equipment and arrangement of supply activity spaces afloat. It has charge of the procurement and disbursement of funds for the payment of naval and civilian pay rolls and for all articles and services procured for the Navy. It is charged with the keeping of the money and property accounts of the Naval Establishment, including accounts of all manufacturing and operating expenses at navy yards and stations, the direction of naval cost accounting, and the audit of property returns from ships and stations. It originates the details to duty of officers of the Supply Corps. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS The Bureau of Aeronautics is charged with such matters pertaining to naval aeronautics as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy (sec. 8, act of Congress July 12, 1921). It is charged with and responsible for all that relates to the design, construction, fitting out, testing, repair, and alteration of naval and Marine Corps aircraft and, except as specifically assigned to other cognizance, instruments, equipment, and accessories pertaining thereto. It provides aircraft in accordance with approved operating plans. It is charged with the upkeep and operation of all aeronautic shore establishments of the Navy and Marine Corps, exclusive of aircraft operations, and with their repairs, within the capacity of the force employed. It makes recommendations covering all aeronautic matters as to operations, personnel, and material to the appropriate bureaus and offices of the Navy Department and the Headquarters, Marine Corps. When not prescribed by the United States Navy Regulations, specific assignment of cognizance is as stated in the Manual of the Bureau of Aeronautics. OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE NAVY The Judge Advocate General of the Navy has cognizance of all matters of law arising in the Navy Department and performs such other duties relating thereto as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of the Navy. Legal aspects of the administration of justice in the naval service come under the cognizance of the Judge Advocate General. Instructions for naval courts and boards are prepared and furnished to the service and court-martial orders and bulletins are issued from time to time to serve as guides. The proceedings of all courts martial, courts of inquiry, and boards of investigation are reviewed to insure that there are no prejudicial errors. Charges and specifications for courts martial and necessary orders convening courts martial ordered by the Secretary of the Navy are prepared in this office. Naval prisons and prisoners are administered under the direction of the Judge Advocate General. Boards for the selection of officers for promotion, boards for the examination of officers for promotion and retirement, and boards for the examination of candidates for appointment as officers in the naval service, other than midshipmen, are reviewed after the necessary convening orders have been prepared in this office for the Secretary of the Navy. All legislation proposed by the Navy Department is drafted with necessary explanations of the existing law and statements of the purposes of the proposed legislation. An examination and report is also made upon all bills and resolutions introduced in Congress and referred to the Department for report. International law and admiralty cases and claims for damages involving vessels and aircraft are reviewed and necessary action taken. Decisions and opinions on questions of law are prepared on a variety of subjects falling under the general heads of appointment, rank, precedence, promotion, retirement, pay, misconduct, line of duty, neutrality, and other miscellaneous matters. Official bonds for supply officers and navy mail clerks are examined and approved. Contracts for naval vessels and public utilities are prepared and all payments and questions arising under these contracts are reviewed. All public building and service contracts are approved and claims arising thereunder are reviewed. The Judge Advocate General approves and retains on file all insurance policies, effects settlement thereunder, and passes on legal matters relative thereto. He handles matters in valuation, purchase, sale, rentals, permits, and licenses relating to real estate, legal matters relating to petroleum reserves, condemnation proceedings and defense of suits involving real estate, compromising settlements on war property, reviews and files muniments of title, adjusts claims for injury to private property through damage by Government automobiles, disposal of surplus material, and sales of vessels. The Office of the Judge Advocate General acts in the interest of the Government and of inventors by securing letters patent on a large number of inventions made yearly by personnel of the Naval Establishment. It is a further function of this office to investigate the scope and validity of patents either in connection with allegations of infringement or in connection with offers of assignments or licenses to determine their value to the Government. Cooperation is furnished the Department of Justice in gathering evidence for use in connection with the defense of suits relating to patents in the Court of Claims. Copyrights and trade-marks are also handled. No oral or informal opinions are rendered. Formal opinions or decisions in writing are rendered only when directed by the Secretary of the Navy, and such opinions or decisions are the basis of official action by any bureau or office or officer of the Navy Department or Marine Corps only after the approval of such opinion or decision by the Secretary of the Navy. HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS The Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps is charged with and responsible for the procurement, discharge, education, training, discipline, and distribution of officers and enlisted personnel of the Marine Corps, including the Marine Corps Reserve, and their administration and general efficiency. The headquarters is organized as the office of the Major General Commandant and three staff departments. In the office of the Major General Commandant The assistant to the Major General Commandant is his principal assistant and adviser; performs the duties of a chief of staff and assists in coordinating the work of the several departments and divisions at Marine Corps Headquarters; conducts the business of the office of the Major General Commandant in the latter's absence. The director of plans and policies has cognizance of military intelligence, education, operations, training, matériel, and aviation. The director of personnel has supervision over assignments and complements of officers and enlisted men. The director of Marine Corps Reserve has supervision over the procurement, training, organization, promotion, and distribution of officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps Reserve. The adjutant and inspector has general supervision of claims of officers and enlisted men, courts martial, courts of inquiry, investigations, etc.; historical archives; inspections; post exchanges; appointment, examination, promotion, reduction, and retirement of commissioned and warrant officers; military records; procurement of officers and recruiting; target practice; discharges; promotion and reduction of noncommissioned officers; casualties; insignia. The paymaster has supervision of questions relating to pay, allowances, bonus, gratuities, mileage, travel expenses, allotments, insurance, etc., to officers and enlisted men; deficiency and other estimates for pay, etc. The quartermaster has supervision of matters relating to the purchase of military supplies for the Marine Corps, including subsistence, construction material, and labor; pays all expenses of the corps except those pertaining to paymaster's department; has jurisdiction over quarters, barracks, and other public buildings provided for officers and enlisted men, and repairs, alterations, and improvements thereto; vehicles for the transportation of troops and supplies; public animals and their equipment; furnishes means of transportation for movement of troops; prints and issues blank forms for the Marine Corps. 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, Bureau of Reclamation, Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Bureau of Mines, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bituminous Coal Division, Grazing Service, Division of Investigations, Division of Territories and Island Possessions (see Executive order of May 29, 1934), the Bonneville Project (act of Aug. 20, 1937, Public, No. 329, 75th Cong.), the Commission to investigate the financial, economic, and other conditions of the various United States and Indian reclamation projects (act of Aug. 21, 1937, Public, No. 331, 75th Cong.). By authority of the President, the Secretary of the Interior has general supervision over the Government railroad in the Territory of Alaska. He exercises certain powers and duties in relation to the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. Executive order of February 27, 1931, placed the administration of the government of the Virgin Islands under his supervision. Executive order of May 29, 1934, transferred to the Department of the Interior all functions of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, Department of War, pertaining to or connected with the administration of the government of Puerto Rico. Under the Reorganization Act of April 3, 1939, the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department and its functions were transferred to the Department of the Interior, effective July 1, 1939. Executive order of November 14, 1936, placed the administrative acts of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration under the control and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. He was designated custodian of the records and files of the United States Fuel Administration and the Bituminous Coal Commission by Executive orders of July 22, 1919, March 24, 1920, and June 16, 1920, and those of the United States Coal Commission by Executive order of September 13, 1923. Executive order of April 17, 1934, transferred the functions of the United States Geographic Board to the Department of the Interior. 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, and with the supervision of all matters pertaining to the Alaska Road Commission. The Bureau of Mines was transferred from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior by direction of the President in Executive order of February 22, 1934. The act of April 26, 1937 (Public, No. 48, 75th Cong.), established in the Department of the Interior a National Bituminous Coal Commission to regulate interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and for other purposes. Pursuant to the Reorganization Act of April 3, 1939, and the President's Plan No. II, the functions of the Commission were transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be administered as a Division, effective July 1, 1939. The Bituminous Coal Division was established as of that date. By Executive Order No. 6979, dated February 28, 1935, and by Executive Order No. 7756, dated December 1, 1937, the President designated the Secretary of the Interior as his agent to execute all powers and functions vested in the President, except those vested in him by section 4, by the act of February 22, 1935 (49 Stat. 30), generally known as the Connally Act, as amended by the act approved June 14, 1937 (50 Stat. 257) and the act approved June 29, 1939 (53 Stat. 927). Pursuant thereto, the Secretary of the Interior exercises those powers and functions through the Petroleum Conservation Division. He is a member also of the District of Columbia Permanent System of Highways Commission under act of Congress approved March 2, 1893 (27 Stat. 532), and of the Smithsonian Institution under act of March 12, 1894 (28 Stat. 41). Executive order of June 10, 1933, transferred the functions and personnel of the following agencies to the Department of the Interior: Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, Public Buildings Commission, Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, National Memorial Commission, Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, and the Federal Board for Vocational Education. Pursuant to the Reorganization Act of April 3, 1939, and the President's Plan No. I, the Federal Board for Vocational Education was transferred with the Office of Education to the Federal Security Agency and the Branch of Buildings Management (public buildings) to the Federal Works Agency, both effective July 1, 1939. Under the Reorganization Act and the President's Plan No. II the following agencies were transferred to the Department of the Interior effective July 1, 1939: Functions of National Bituminous Coal Commission and functions of Consumers' Counsel, Bureau of Insular Affairs from War Department, Bureau of Fisheries from Department of Commerce, Bureau of Biological Survey from Department of Agriculture, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. Secretary Ickes is a member of the following bodies: National Forest Reservation Commission, member. Virgin Islands Co., chairman, board of directors. United States Council of National Defense, member. Planning Committee on Mineral Policy, member. District of Columbia Permanent System of Highways Commission, member. National Archives Council, member. United States Golden Gate International Exposition Commission, member. United States Coronado Exposition Commission, member. UNDER SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR The position of Under Secretary was established by the act of May 9, 1935 (49 Stat. 176, 177). This official is the ranking officer of the Department next to the Secretary. Under the present assignment of bureaus and divisions, the heads of the following report to him directly, viz: National Park Service; Bureau of Reclamation; Bonneville Power Administration; Fish and Wildlife Service; Grazing Service; Bituminous Coal Division; and United States Board on Geographical Names. His duties relate to the administration of these bureaus and divisions and to the other bureaus and divisions of the Department when he acts for the First Assistant Secretary or the Assistant Secretary. FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR The First Assistant Secretary, under the supervision of the Secretary, is the general administrative secretary of the Department. He is also budget officer for the Department and has general supervision over personnel and fiscal administration. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR The Assistant Secretary has general supervision over all matters concerning the Office of Indian Affairs, General Land Office, Geological Survey, Bureau of Mines, Petroleum Conservation Division, the Division of Territories and Island Possessions; admission, disbarment, and restoration of attorneys and agents to practice before the Department and bureaus thereof. The Assistant Secretary also has jurisdiction over matters of a miscellaneous character, such as the approval of the pay roll of the Secretary's Office and the |