The chiefs of the eleven bureaus are regular army officers.
[Footnote 52: The annual appropriation by Congress for the army alone in
1912 amounted to $90,483,403.]
The Adjutant-General.--The Adjutant-General issues orders for
the muster of troops and for their movement, conducts the
correspondence of the department, and keeps the records.
The Inspector-General.--The Inspector-General examines and
reports on all places where United States troops are stationed; on
public works carried on by army officers; and on the military
academy and prisons.
The Quartermaster-General.--Under direction of the
Quartermaster-General the army is transported, clothed, and
equipped.
The Chief of Ordnance.--Arms are supplied by the Chief of
Ordnance. The arms used are manufactured chiefly in the United
States arsenals. The arsenals at Springfield, Mass., and Rock
Island, Ill., manufacture rifles and carbines; and that at West
Troy, N.
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