the army hospitals, and the
distribution of medical stores for the army.

The _inspector-general_ attends to inspection of the arms and
equipments of the soldiers.

The _chief of engineers_ supervises the construction of forts, the
improvement of rivers and harbors, and the surveys relating to them.

The _chief of ordnance_ furnishes guns and ammunition to the army and
to forts, and has charge of armories and arsenals.

The _judge-advocate-general_, who is chief of the bureau of military
justice, prosecutes crimes committed in the army, and reviews all
sentences passed by military courts and military commissions.

MILITARY ACADEMY.--The military academy at West Point is maintained for
the education of officers for the army. Each member of Congress
appoints two cadets to the academy, and the President appoints four
from the District of Columbia and eighty from the United States at
large. There are also appointed two from each territory, two from
Porto Rico, and a certain number of enlisted men from the army. The
academy is under the charge of an army officer, appointed by the
secretary of war. Each cadet receives from the government an allowance
sufficient to pay all necessary expenses.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.--The secretary of the navy presides over the navy
department. He has control of all affairs relating to vessels of war,
the naval forces, and naval operations. He has charge of the Naval
Observatory at Washington, and of the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis. There is an assistant secretary of the navy.

The naval department issues sailing charts, sailing directions, and
other publications for the use of seamen. Among these is the nautical
almanac used in navigating ships.

BUREAUS.--The naval department has a number of bureaus, which are in
charge of competent officers detailed from the naval service.

The _bureau of navigation_ gives out and enforces the secretary's
orders to the officers of the navy, enlists sailors, keeps the records
of the service, and has charge of the naval academy. It has charge of
the training and education of line officers and enlisted men of the
navy.

The _bureau of yards and docks_ attends to the navy yards, docks,
wharves, their buildings and machinery.

The _bureau of ordnance_ superintends the forging and testing of
cannon, guns, and other military equipments, and the construction of
naval torpedoes.

The _bureau of medicine and surgery_ has charge of the na