...Is appointed by the President to assist in carrying on the government of the country, and performs such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President relative to military commissions, the military forces, the warlike stores of the United States, or...

...pensions, to perform such duties relative to " matters respecting military or naval affairs," as should from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President. The superior executive functions respecting military affairs which were vested in the Secretaryship...

...charged by law. Section 202 of the Revised Statutes provides that: "The Secretary of State shall perform such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President relative to correspondences, commissions, or instructions to or with...

...shall be a principal officer therein to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shell perform and execute such duties as shall from time...intrusted to, him by the President of the United States ; and furthermore, the said principal officer shall conduct the business of the said Department in...

...defined by law, but are largely such as come from the instructions of the President. The Secretary is to "perform and execute such duties as shall from time...enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President, agreeably to the Constitution, relative to correspondences, commissions, or instructions to or with...

...Department received no such designation. The Secretaries of State and of War were commanded by the law " to perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on or intrusted to them by the President of the United States." The Secretary of the Treasury was not commanded by the...

...who shall perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeable to the Constitution, relative to correspondence, commissions, or instructions, to or with public ministers or consuls, from the United...

...shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeably to the Constitution, relative to...

...the secretary of the department of foreign affairs [since changed to secretary of State], who shall perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeable to the Constitution, relative to...

...shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeably to the Constitution, relative to...