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 Trrnm x1v.—THE AR.MY.—Ch. 1. 211 Sm. 1172. No person shall receive the appointment of assistant sur- Examinations. geon unless he s all have been examined and approved by an Army mw medical board, consisting of not less than three surgeons or assistant 133, ,,1 v_’4 p_7i£; surgeons, designated by the Secretary of War; and no person shall ’ i receive the appointment of surgeon unless he shall have served at least tive years as an assistant sur eon in the Regular Army, and shall have been examined and approved by an Army medical board, consisting of not less than three surgeons, designated as aforesaid. Src. 1173. The chief medical purveyor shall have, under the direction Dqfiw of chief of the Surgeon General, supervision of the purchase and distribution of !EY2 the hospital and medical supplies. s3¥‘;’·i;,8;)3g;6229v Src. 117-L The officers of the Medical Department of the Army shall Superrision of unite with the officers of the line [under such rules and regulations as °°°km8· shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War] in superintending the cook- 3]\[g;r_,]863,c_;i§ ing done by the enlisted men; and the Surgeon-General shall promulgate s. 8, v. 12, p. 744. to theofflcers of said corps such regulations and instructions as may tend 27 F"’·· ]’*77· °· to insure the proper preparation of the ration of the soldier. [Seo S 1284-] 69'°`19’p"43‘ Sec. 1175. Such quantities of fresh or preserved fruits, milk, butter, Sick-dietin hosand eg s as may be necessary for the proper diet of the sick, may be PML allowed in hospitals. They shall be provided under such rules as the 3 Aug_,135r,c_42, Surgeon-General. with the approval of the Secretary of War, shall pre- s. 14, v. 12, p. 289. scribe. Sec. 1176. Every soldier of the Union Army who was ru tured while Trnsses, to whom in the line of duty during the war for the suppression of the rebellion, is entitled to receive a single or double truss, of such style as may be 28 May, 1872, c. designated by the Surgeon—General, as best suited for his disability. ?28.¤·L*’·l7»P· 164- Sec. 1177. Application for such truss shall be made by the ru tured Application for. soldier, to an examining surgeon for pensions, whose duty it shall)be to "égfq,Ti§EQ examine the applicant, and when found to have a rupture or hernia, to g2g,g_2,,;_i7,p_1i;4, prepare and forward to the Surgeon—General an application for such truss wit out charge to the soldier. [Sw 5 4787-] Src. 1178. The Surgeon-General is authorized and directed to purchase T¤¤¤¤¤¤. pufthe trusses required for such soldiers, at wholesale prices, and the cost of _ the same shall 'be paid upon the requisition of the Surgeon-General out 28 May, 1872, c. of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 228»¤·3·"·l7·P·}64- Sec. 1179. There shall be one hospitalsteward) for each military post, POS;} h°*P¤*¤l· who may be enlisted in that grade, or a pointed by the Secretary of War from the enlisted men of the Army, and) shall be permanently attached to 165118-. 1856. v- the Medical Corps, under such regulations as he may prescribe. ;;§,,“;,;f};§g{,’g;é; ,S. ,V. ,p. . Sec. 1180. The Secretary of War may appoint from the enlisted men Hospital-stewards. of the Army, or cause to be enlisted, as many hospitabstewards as the service may require, to be'pormanently attached to the Medical Corps, 299, s. 17; v. 14, p. under such re ulations as he may prescribe. 335- _ Sec. 1181. llospital-stewards shall be graded as hospital-stewards of Classes <>fh¤¤p¤- the first class, hos ital-stewards of the second class, and hospita1—stew-  ards of the third CEBG. H20 J puei§86h:. ,¤. ,v. ,p. . Sec. 1182. The pay Department of the Army shall consist of one Pay- Pay Department, master-General, with the rank of colonel; two assistant paymastersgen-  eral. with the rank of colonel of cavalry; two deputy paymasters-general, 28 July, 1866, c. with the rank of lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; and sixty paymasters, with 299. ¤· 1, v- 14, p- the rank of major of cavalry. June, 1872, c_ 286, v. 17, p. 219. 2 Mar., 1875, c. 118, r. 18, p.338. 3 JIar., 1875, JZ R. N0. 7, v. 18,p. 524. 22 July, 1876, c. 222, •·. 19, p. 95. Sec. 1183. Officers of the Pay Dppartment shall not be entitled, in Igghtofcomgrgg virtue of their rank, to comman in e line or in other staff corps. 6138 *:1*; 38% Sec. 118-1. When volunteers or militia are called into the service of the Addltivmli vw- United States, and the officers of the Paymastefs Department are not deemed by the President sufficient for the punctual payment of the troops, mg  $83} 3 he may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 259j ‘ ’'