---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1418"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "1418"
heading: "Employment of land and naval forces in protection of rights"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/1418"
units:
  - "Chapter 8 — Guano Islands"
---

# §1418. Employment of land and naval forces in protection of rights


The President is authorized, at his discretion, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States to protect the rights of the discoverer or of his widow, heir, executor, administrator, or assigns.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 5577.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5577 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, § 5, 11 Stat. 120.