Our country and its resources; . of coast artil-lery officers and men. and as toexaminations for appointment andtransfer of officers to the const artil-lery arm and for promotion therein,and shall recommend such examina-tions and such courses ami methods of instruction in the Coasl ArtillerySchool and elsewhere as he shalldeem requisite t secure a thorough-ly trained and educated force; tothis end li« is authorized to issuedirectly to coast artillery officersbulletins and circulars of informa-tion on current coast artillery mat-ters of a purely technical characterwhich do not involve matters o
Our country and its resources; . of coast artil-lery officers and men. and as toexaminations for appointment andtransfer of officers to the const artil-lery arm and for promotion therein,and shall recommend such examina-tions and such courses ami methods of instruction in the Coasl ArtillerySchool and elsewhere as he shalldeem requisite t secure a thorough-ly trained and educated force; tothis end li« is authorized to issuedirectly to coast artillery officersbulletins and circulars of informa-tion on current coast artillery mat-ters of a purely technical characterwhich do not involve matters ofcommand, discipline, or administra-tion, and do not relate to the statusor interests of individuals. -1. lie is charged with the recom-mending of officers of coast artilleryfor special duty and assignment tocoast artillery organizations andstations. .>. He shall be a member of theBoard of Ordnance and Fortificationand is by law a member of the Gen-eral Staff Corps. CHAPTER OF JUSTICE ATTORNEY GENERAL. T ^HE Attor-ney Gener-al is thehead of the De-partment of Jus-tice and t hechief law officerof the Govern-ment. He rep-resents the Unit-ed States in matters involving legalquestions; he gives his advice andopinion, when they are required bythe President or by the heads of the other executive departments, onquestions of law arising in theadministration of their respectivedepartments; he appears in the Su-preme Court of the United States incases of especial gravity and im-portance ; he exercises a generalsuperintendence and direction overUnited States attorneys and mar-shals in all judicial districts in theStates and Territories; and he pro-vides special counsel for the UnitedStates whenever required by anydepartment of the Government. SOLICITOR GENERAL The Solicitor General assists theAttorney General in the perform-ance of his general duties, and, byspecial provision of law, in case ofa vacancy in the office of the Attor-ney General, or of his absence ordisabi
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