. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ♦This control has been weakened by the change in the rules madeby the forty-ninth congress. An appropriation necessary to carry abill into effect mav be proposed by the committee having the said bill incharge. The regular budget, however, is still made up by the appro-priations committee. 48. The War Department. The war department was established by act of congress in1789. At the head of the department is the secretary of war,who performs such duties as are enjoined on, or entrusted to,him by the president, relative to military commissions, the 4
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ♦This control has been weakened by the change in the rules madeby the forty-ninth congress. An appropriation necessary to carry abill into effect mav be proposed by the committee having the said bill incharge. The regular budget, however, is still made up by the appro-priations committee. 48. The War Department. The war department was established by act of congress in1789. At the head of the department is the secretary of war,who performs such duties as are enjoined on, or entrusted to,him by the president, relative to military commissions, the 44 OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. military forces, and the war-like stores of the United matters, in fact, respecting military affairs, ape by lawand custom made the business of this department. The prec-ident is by the constitution commander-in-chief of the army,but he communicMes therewith through his war is made the duty of the secretary of war to report annuallyto congress concerning the state ol the army, the expenditure. • - :-^}:>^:%::^- WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT,Sec BETAKY OF War. [William Crowninshield Endicott was born in Salem, Mass., ^^ov. , Was admitted to the MassachusettL« bar and praciiced law when he was appointed aissooiato iusiice of the supreme court o;Massachusetts, which office he held till Tsovember, 1882, when he resigned. He was ]:>emocratic candidate for governor of Massachusettsin 1884, but was defeated. In March, 1885, he was appointed secretaryof war by President Cleveland.] of the military appropriations in detail, and other details ofthe department work over which congress has a special super-vision. He also has under his direction the examination orsurvey of rivers and harbors, and the improvement of the same OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 45 at government expense, whenever such work is authorized bycongress * The organization of the office of secretary of war is given asfollows: Offices of the chief clerk and the d
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