INSPECTOR-GENERAL. A military offi cer. charged with certain duties and responsi bilities of inspection. In the United States .:\rmy he is at the head of the inspector-general's department, which in 1902 consisted of one inspector-general with the rank of brigadier-gen eral, three with the rank of colonel, three with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and three with the rank of major. Officers of this department are responsible to the Secretary of War for the proper inspection of troops. including their strength. efficiency, and equipment; stations; ac counts of disbursing officers; irregularities or misconduct of officers; attempts to defraud the Governmont ; all matters pertaining to the super vision of the aceennts of receipts and expendi tu•es in connection with the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; all depots, armo ries. arsenals, and public works of every kind under charge of officers of the army. except works of engineering conducted under the direction of the Secretary of War, and supervision of the ellief of engineers. Such inspections only cover the business and military administration and methods, and do not include the scientific or technical character of the work. Inspectors-gen eral and acting inspectors-general are required, in addition to the above duties, to make such suggestions as may appear to them practichble for correction of any defect that may come under their observation in any command to which they may be assigned. They are also ex
pected to designate, from time to time, the arti eles which, in their opinion, should be procured and kept for sale by the subsistence department to officers and enlisted men. The annual in spection of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia is made by the inspector-general of the army in person. In the English Army the title has reference to the special duties of (a) officers on the headquarters staff. Horse Guards (q.v.), London. inspeetor-general of auxiliary forces. inspector-general of recruiting. inspector general of remounts, inspeetor-general of fortifi cations. and inspector-general of cavalry; 00 general officers commanding territorial districts, and other commands, who personally or through the officers of their staff inspect the component parts of their commands, In Germany. France, and Continental Europe generally. the duties of the inspector-general's department are carried out by the general staff of the army, or of a terri torial district. See ARMY ORGANIZATION.