The Secretary of the Navy shall have the general charge and superintendence of Navy hospitals. 24 U.S.C. § 15 R.S. §4807. EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATIONR.S. §4807 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, §1, 2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, §5, 4 Stat. 573.