Organization and administration

§ 3661. Organization and administration (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the officer of the Army designated by him shall govern and control the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and all offenders confined therein. There shall be at the United States Disciplinary Barracks a commandant and such other officers as may be necessary. (b) The commandant of the United States Disciplinary Barracks— (1) shall command the Barracks, and has custody of all offenders sent there for confinement; (2) shall control and employ offenders as he considers best for their health and reformation and with a view to their honorable restoration to duty or reenlistment; (3) shall make a record of the conduct of offenders; and (4) may reduce the daily time of hard labor of offenders who by their industry and general good conduct earn the reduction. 209 (c) The enlisted members of the Army on duty at the United States Disciplinary Barracks shall be organized as infantry, with grades and organizational structure similar to infantry units of comparable size. (d) The Secretary may designate all or part of any building under the control of the Department of the Army as a branch of the United States Disciplinary Barracks for the confinement of offenders whom it is impracticable to send to the United States Disciplinary Barracks. Branch disciplinary barracks are subject to the laws relating to the United States Disciplinary Barracks. (e) The Secretary shall have made at the United States Disciplinary Barracks any supplies for the Army and the Air Force that can be economically and properly made there.