Ordnance Depot, Manila, Philippine Islands: For converting a storehouse into a set of officers' quarters, nine thousand dollars. * NATIONAL CEMETERIES. * BRINGING HOME THE REMAINS OF OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO DIE ABROAD: To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and soldiers who die at military camps or who are killed in action, or who die in the field or hospital in Alaska, and at places outside of the limits of the United States, or who die while on voyage at sea, twentyfive thousand dollars. of civilian em on transports. BRINGING HOME THE REMAINS OF CIVIL EMPLOYEES OF THE ARMY WHO DIE ABROAD AND SOLDIERS WHO DIE ON Bringing TRANSPORTS: To enable the Secretary of War, in his dis- home remains cretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the re-ployees and mains of civilian employees of the Army who have died soldiers dying or may hereafter die while in the employ of the War Department in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, China, Alaska, and the Philippines, including the remains of any honorably discharged soldiers who are entitled under the terms of their discharge to return transportation on Government transport, and who die while on said transport, two thousand five hundred dollars. Spain. For payment of amounts for arrears of pay and allow-War with ances on account of service of officers and men of the Army during the war with Spain and in the Philippine Islands that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine and that are chargeable to the appropriations that have been carried to the surplus fund, fifty thousand dollars. Navy and Marine Corps. Settlement of due Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers or enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than amounts five hundred dollars and no demand is presented by a ceased officers duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the ac- men. intestate de and enlisted counting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal heirs in the following order of Distribution. precedence: First, to the widow; second, if the decedent left no widow, or widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes: Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent payment from the amount due the decedent's estate of funeral expenses, provided a claim therefor is presented by the person or persons who actually paid the same before settlement by the accounting officers. Proviso. Funeral expenses. * May 27, 1908. CHAP. 201.-An Act Fixing the status of the Porto Rico Pro[H. R. 18618.] visional Regiment of Infantry. [Public. No. 142.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 392. Porto Rico Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemProvisional bled, That on and after the thirtieth day of June, ninefantry. teen hundred and eight, the Porto Rico Provisional RegiName changed. ment of Infantry shall be designated the Porto Rico Composition. Regiment of Infantry of the United States Army. Regiment of In Field officers. Captains and lieutenants. Vacancies in grade of second lieutenant. It shall be composed of the two existing battalions of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry. SEC. 2. That the field officers of said regiment shall be one lieutenant-colonel and two majors, who shall be detailed for four years by the President from officers not below the rank of captain of the Army. SEC. 3. That the present captains and lieutenants of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry appointed or who were reappointed after a mental, physical, and professional examination, may be recommissioned as officers of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry. SEC. 4. That vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant may be filled by the President in his discretion by the appointment of citizens of Porto Rico whose qualifications for commissions shall be established by examination. Promotions. SEC. 5. That promotions to the grade of first lieutenant and captain shall be according to seniority within the regiment, subject to the examination provided by law. Appoint- All appointments and promotions herein provided for firmed by the shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. Officers of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry shall have the same rank, pay, rights, and allowances provided ments con Senate. by law for officers of similar rank in the Army of the nited States, except as herein provided with regard to promotion. Any of the officers provided for by section hree who may have become incapacitated for active ervice by reason of disability incident to the service shall e placed upon the retired list with the rank to which hey would otherwise be entitled. Retired list. SEC. 6. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with Repeal. he provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. CHAP. 202.--An Act Making appropriations for fortifications May 27, 1908. and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the [H. R. 19355.] rocurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other [Public, No. urposes. 143.] 35 Stat. L., Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- pt. 1, p. 392. Fires of the United States of America in Congress assem- Fortifications led, That the sums of money herein provided for be, and appropriathe same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in tions. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: * FORTIFICATIONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. teries. For construction of seacoast batteries, as follows: Seacoast batIn Hawaiian Islands, four hundred thousand dollars; Hawaiian In the Philippine Islands, nine hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars; In all, one million three hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars. For installation of electric plants at the defenses of the following localities: Islands. Philippine Islands. Electric plants. Hawaiian Islands. In the Hawaiian Islands, twenty thousand dollars; In the Philippine Islands, one hundred and fifteen Philippine thousand dollars; Islands. Fire control stations, etc. In all, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. Range find Searchlights. For purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of most important harbors, as follows: Hawaiian In the Hawaiian Islands, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: Islands. Philippine Islands. Submarine mines. Iawai In the Philippine Islands, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars: In all, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For the construction of mining casemates, cable galian Islands. leries, torpedo storehouses, cable tanks, and other structures necessary for the operation, preservation, and care of submarine mines and their accessories at the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer Department. Hawaiian Islands. Tor- For the procurement of one torpedo planter and two pedo planter, launches for the Hawaiian Islands, one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars. etc. Philippine Islands. Tor- For the procurement of one torpedo planter and six pedo planter, launches for the Philippine Islands, one hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars. etc. Site. non. For procurement or reclamation of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses in the Philippine Islands, five thousand dollars. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Seacoast can- For the purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coast defense, including their carriages, sights. implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, seven hundred and four thousand dollars. Ammunition. Altering artillery, etc. For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition. for seacoast cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery and the mechanical supervision of its installation, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the work, and expenses of the civilian mechanics and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, twenty thousand dollars. Hawaiian For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary marine mines. appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to the principal seaports of the Hawaiian Islands, twenty-three thousand dollars. Islands. Sub Philippine Islands. Sub- For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary marine mines. appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to the principal seaports of the Philippine Islands, three hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. CHAP. 204.-An Act To further amend the Act entitled "An May 27, 1908. Act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes," approved January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three. [S. 4316.] [Public. No. 145.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 399. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of said Act be, and is hereby, Militia. amended and reenacted to read as follows: of. "SECTION 1. That the militia shall consist of every Composition able-bodied male citizen of the respective States and Territories and the District of Columbia, and every ablebodied male of foreign birth who has declared his intention to become a citizen, who is more than eighteen and less than forty-five years of age, and shall be divided into two classes: The organized militia, to be known as the National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, or by such other designations as may be given them by the laws of the respective States or Territories; the remainder to be known as the Reserve Militia: Provided. That the provisions of this Act and of section six- to land force. teen hundred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, as amended, shall apply only to the militia organized as a land force.” SEC. 2. That section three of said Act as amended be, and the same is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: Proviso. R. S., 1661. militia. sec. R. S., sec. 1661. after January 21, "SEC. 3. That the regularly enlisted, organized, and Organized uniformed active militia in the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia who have heretofore participated or shall hereafter participate in the apportionment of the annual appropriation provided by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, whether known and designated as National Guard, militia, or otherwise, shall constitute the organized militia. On and after January To conform twenty-first, nineteen hundred and ten, the organization, Army Regulaarmament, and discipline of the organized militia in the tions several States and Territories and the District of Colum- 1910. bia shall be the same as that which is now or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular Army of the United States, subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as may be authorized by the Secretary of War: Provided, That in peace and war each organized division of militia may have one inspector of small-arms practice mail-arms with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; each organized practice. brigade of militia one inspector of small-arms practice with the rank of major; each regiment of infantry or cavalry of organized militia one assistant inspector of small-arms practice with the rank of captain, and each separate or unassigned battalion of infantry or engineers or squadron of cavalry of organized militia one assistant inspector of small-arms practice with the rank of first lieutenant: Provided also, That the President of the United States in time of peace may, by order, fix the listed men. minimum number of enlisted men in each company, troop, 12607-09- -6 $ Provisos. 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