shall be
divided into three centres, one of Diplomacy, one of Navy, and
another of Trade. The first centre shall study and execute all
affairs which concern the direction of diplomatic negotiations
with other Powers and the correspondence of this Government
connected therewith. The second shall study all that relates to
the formation and organization of our Navy, and the fitting out
of whatever expeditions the circumstances of the Revolution may
require; and the third shall attend to all matters concerning
home and foreign trade and the preliminary work in connection
with the Treaties of Commerce to be made with other nations.

_Article_ 5.--The Secretaryship of War shall be divided into two
centres, the one exclusively of War and the other exclusively
of Public Works. The first centre shall be divided into four
sections, one of Campaign, one of Military Justice, one of Military
Administration, and the other of Military Health.

The Campaign section shall draw up and attend to all matters
concerning the service and enlistment of the Revolutionary Militia,
the direction of campaigns, the making of plans, fortifications,
and the editing of the announcements of battles, the study of
military tactics for the Army, and organization of the respective
staffs, artillery, and cavalry corps, and all other matters
concerning campaigns and military operations.

The section of Military Justice shall attend to all matters
concerning courts-martial and military sentences, the appointment
of judges and assistant judges in all military-judicial
affairs. The military administrator shall take charge of the
commissariat department and all Army equipment, and the Military
Health department shall take charge of matters concerning the
health and salubrity of the Militia.

_Article_ 6.--The other secretaryships shall be divided into so
many centres corresponding to their functions, and each centre
shall be sub-divided into sections as the nature and importance
of the work requires.

_Article_ 7.--The Secretary of each department shall inspect and
watch over the work therein and be responsible to the President
of the Government. At the head of each section there shall be
a director, and in each section there shall be an official in
charge assisted by the necessary staff.

_Article_ 8