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rtment. Subsequently, upon the establishment of a Navy Department, the supervision of naval affairs was withdrawn from the War Department. The Secretary of War is The regularly constituted organ of the President for the administration of the military establishment of the nation, and rules and orders publicly promulgated through him must be received as the acts of the Executive, and as such be binding upon all within the sphere of his legal and constitutional authority. —[U. S. vs. Eliason, 16 Peters, 291. The War Department has a staff officer, the Adjutant-General, through whom the Secretary, in behalf of the President, that is, the President, speaks when he sees fit, in matters pertaining to the army.—[7 Opinions, 473. And yet General Sherman, in the first line of his assignments, boldly invaded the official household of the President, his military superior, and ordered the chief staff officer there to report to him at the headquarters of the army. This did not di