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PROPERTY 
 
 GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 
 SIGNAL CORPS, 
 
 U. S. ARMY. 
 
 U.S. s 
 
 published by 
 
 Authority of the Secretary of War 
 
 for the use of the 
 
 Army of the Ukited States. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 
 Government Printing Office. 
 1898. 
 

 WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Document No. 82, 
 Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 
 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United States of 
 America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the passage of this act, 
 every officer of the Signal Corps, every non-commissioned officer or private 
 of the Signal Corps, and a'l other officers, agents, or persons who now have 
 in possession, or may hereafter receive or may be entrusted with any stores 
 or supplies, shall, quarterl)'^ or more often, if so directed, and in such man- 
 ner and on such forms as may be prescribed by the Chief Signal Officer, 
 make true and correct returns to the Chief Signal Officers of all Signal 
 Service property and all other supplies and stores of every kind received by 
 or entrusted to them and each of them, or which may, in any manner, come 
 into tiieir and each of their possession or charge. The Chief Signal Officer, 
 subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, is hereby authorized and directed 
 to draw up and enforce in his Bureau a system of rides and regulations for 
 the government of the Signal Bureau, and of all persons in said Bureau, 
 and /or the safe keeping and preservation of all Signal Service property of every 
 kind, and to direct and prescribe the kind, number, and form, of all 
 returns and reports, and to enforce compliance therewith. 
 
 Approved Oct. 12, 1888. 
 
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PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS OF 
 THE SIGNAL CORPS. 
 
 I.— PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY. 
 
 1. Every officer of the Army and enlisted man of the 
 Signal Corps, and all other persons who now have in 
 possession or who may hereafter receive, or may be 
 intrusted with any stores or supplies pertaining to the 
 Signal Corps, are responsible therefor, and will be held 
 strictly accountable for all such property for which they 
 may have given their receipts. 
 
 2. Until otherwise directed by the Secretary of War, 
 property returns are to be made on the 31st day of 
 December and on the 30th day of June, of each year, 
 and all returns for Signal Corps property begin and 
 end at those times ; except, where in the case of officers, 
 enlisted men, or others responsible for property, by 
 reason of transfer, change of station, or leaving the 
 service, it becomes necessary to close their accounta- 
 bility at an earlier date. A return, with ail its accom- 
 panying papers, must be forwarded direct to the office 
 of the Chief Signal Officer, Washington, D. C. , within 
 twenty (20) dai/s after the termination of the accounting 
 period. 
 
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6 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 3. When any person accountable for Signal Corps 
 property is relieved from the charge of the same, he 
 will turn over to his successor all property and stores, 
 for which he is officially accountable, and will take 
 duplicate receipts therefor on the forms furnished for 
 the purpose, one copy of which he will inclose as a 
 voucher to his final return of property, and the other 
 will be retained. 
 
 The final property return will be made out in precisely 
 the same manner as the regular semiannual report. 
 
 4. The retained return, showing accountability for 
 property, pertains to the person making it, and will not 
 be considered a part of the records at the station where 
 the officer or man is serving. 
 
 5. Letters of transmittal are not required in forward- 
 ing property or other returns, unless there is some par- 
 ticular fact relative to the papers to. which it is desired 
 to specially invite attention. 
 
 6. When it is not possible to render a return within 
 the limit of time prescribed, owing to the nonreceipt of 
 certain vouchers, the return itself must not be held, 
 but will be mailed to the Chief Signal Officer, with a 
 letter stating what vouchers are missing, with reason 
 therefor ; said missing vouchers to be forwarded later, 
 when received. 
 
 7. The person signing a receipt for Signal Corps 
 property received by him, should satisfy himself that 
 the condition of the articles is correctly stated thereon, 
 otherwise he may become accountable for unserv- 
 iceable condition, or shortage, of component parts of 
 
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 articles transferred to him. Receipts should be re- 
 turned to the issuing officer, if correct, within ten days 
 from the date the property was received. 
 
 8. Officers and others accountable must verify returns 
 by an actual count of all the articles on hand at the 
 time the return is made. 
 
 Whenever any discrepancy exists between the actual 
 count of the property and that as shown by the returns, 
 such action will be taken as is enjoined by Army 
 Regulations. 
 
 9. Enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at military 
 posts, becoming responsible for public property under 
 provisions of act of Congress (Pub. 311) approved Octo- 
 ber 12, 1888, shall, when stores or supplies shipped to 
 them are received in unserviceable condition, or when 
 deficient in number and quality, examine them in such 
 manner as is prescribed in paragraphs 668 and 669, 
 Army Regulations. In case of damage or deficiency 
 appearing, they will then apply in writing to their 
 immediate commanding officer for a board of survey to 
 determine the responsibility for injury or loss occur- 
 ring. The application should recite that, having 
 received, or being accountable for (as the case may be) , 
 public property under the provisions of the act of Con- 
 gress above quoted, application is made under para- 
 graph 684, Army Regulations, in order to determine 
 whether such public property has been lost or damaged 
 by the neglect or fault of the soldier thus applying. 
 
 Enlisted men of the Signal Corps serving alone at 
 isolated stations will, under similar circumstances, 
 
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 make immediate report in detail of the facts to their 
 immediate commanding officers and ask that appropri- 
 ate action may be taken. 
 
 10. All property transferred from one officer, or en- 
 listed man of the Signal Corps, to another, will be in- 
 voiced; the invoices in duplicate to be filed by the 
 person to whom sent with the copies of his return, the 
 corresponding receipts in duplicate to be filed with the 
 returns of the person issuing the property. In case of 
 shipments through the Quartermaster's Department, 
 the invoices will be made in triplicate, one copy to be 
 sent by mail direct to the officer or sergeant to whom 
 the property has been transferred, and two copies to be 
 delivered to the Quartermaster, one of which will ac- 
 company the bill of lading to destination ; receipts in 
 duplicate for the package will be taken from the 
 Quartermaster. 
 
 11. All articles purchased upon proper authority by 
 any officer, enlisted man of Signal Corps, or other em- 
 ployee on stations outside of Washington, D. C, for 
 official use, will be regularly invoiced to the person 
 purchasing, upon receipt, at the office of the Chief Sig- 
 nal Officer or department signal officer charged with 
 the disbursement of Signal Corps funds, of the proper 
 certified bill, which must accompany the account for 
 settlement. 
 
 12. All property received must be taken up on the 
 returns, whether invoiced or not, except forms and sta- 
 tionery. Should any article of property be received, 
 either by purchase or otherwise, and not included in 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 9 
 
 invoices, special attention should be called to said fact 
 by letter ; the articles should be taken up and a foot- 
 note made showing that they were taken up without 
 invoices. It may happen in some cases that invoices of 
 articles sent are received while the articles themselves 
 may not have been received ; in such a case the articles 
 should not be taken up until they are actually received, 
 otherwise, the person doing so will make himself re- 
 sponsible for such articles while they may never reach 
 him. 
 
 13. A special report by letter should be made of all 
 articles not received within a reasonable time after the 
 person to whom sent is notified of their shipment. 
 
 14. Public property and labor hired for the public 
 use must not be perverted to any use whatsoever not 
 authorized by the regulations of the service. 
 
 15. Articles of Signal Corps property pertaining to 
 military telegraph lines must not be transferred from 
 one office to another without special direction from the 
 Chief Signal Officer or officer in immediate charge of 
 the line. 
 
 16. When any article of public property not of an 
 expendable nature, for which any officer or other per- 
 son is responsible, becomes unfit for service from any 
 cause whatever and is not worth expense of repair, he 
 will report the facts in the case and submit the articles 
 for action to the inspector first visiting the station, 
 excepting telescopes, field glasses, heliographs, and tele- 
 phones (see par. 1546, Army Regulations). A copy of 
 the inventory and inspection report must accompany 
 
10 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 the return rendered to the Chief Signal Officer, on 
 which the property is accounted for. 
 
 17. When it is found that any article of Signal Corps 
 property is unserviceable, but worth the expense of re- 
 pair, a detailed report will be made of the nature of the 
 unserviceability of the article, with an estimate of the 
 cost of repair, and whether or not said repairs can be 
 made at or near the station or post. 
 
 18. When an inspector recommends that certain arti- 
 cles of Signal Corps property be turned into a depot for 
 repairs, the accountable officer will report such fact to 
 the department signal officer and await instructions as 
 to the disposition of the same. 
 
 19. All public property of every description ordered 
 to be returned to the office of the Chief Signal Officer 
 must be plainly marked on the package with the name 
 of the station whence it comes, the weight of the pack- 
 age, if known, and the nature of the contents. The 
 packages must be addressed to the ' ' Chief Signal Officer, 
 care depot quartermaster, Washington, D. C," when 
 sent by quartermaster transportation; otherwise, they 
 will be marked simply ' ' Chief Signal Officer, Washing- 
 ton, D. C." 
 
 20. When a station is discontinued, the disposition of 
 the property, other than that for which a signal officer 
 is responsible, will be ordered from the office of the 
 Chief Signal Officer or department signal officer, and, 
 in any event, the officer or other person in charge will 
 be held responsible that each article is properly disposed 
 of as ordered. 
 
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 21. Whenever property is ordered shipped through 
 the Quartermaster's Department, it should be properly 
 packed, without expense, if possible. 
 
 22. In no case will any unexpendable article of public 
 property be thrown away on account of its becoming un- 
 serviceable, but it will be held until orders are received 
 from the proper authority concerning its disposition. 
 
 23. Officers in charge of military telegraph lines will 
 account for all property at their stations and for all 
 sections of line (in miles) radiating therefrom. The 
 officers in charge will designate the several repair sec- 
 tions on the lines under their charge, and the enlisted 
 men or civilian operators in charge of such repair sec- 
 tions will account for all property at their stations and 
 the line (in miles) on their sections. 
 
 24. In all cases, in making up returns, the headings 
 should never be altered or changed, but when articles 
 other than those enumerated in the printed headings 
 are at the station, they should be alphabetically inserted 
 in the blank lines for that purpose on the return. 
 
 Where it is not practicable to insert the names alpha- 
 betically, they will be so arranged in the blank space 
 at the end of the return. 
 
 25. All articles received must be accounted for on 
 returns identically as invoiced, and the nomenclature 
 will not be changed without specific authority of the 
 Chief Signal Officer. 
 
 26. Articles of like name but of different pattern, 
 when invoiced separately, will not be combined ; thus, 
 20-ohm, 4-ohm, and main-line sounders must not be 
 
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 carried as so many "sounders," but the total of each 
 will be carried under its appropriate heading. 
 
 27. The official numbers of field glasses, telescopes, 
 telephones, and transmitters, and other instruments 
 having serial numbers must in all cases be given on the 
 return. 
 
 28. Where there is a local telegraph or telephone line 
 at a post, its length in miles or feet must be given on 
 the return under the heading ''Line,'' otherwise tele- 
 graph material or supplies will not be furnished, or cer- 
 tificate of expenditure dropping such supplies as used 
 will not be accepted, on the assumption that there is no 
 line at the post. 
 
 29. Rented telephones and transmitters will be car- 
 ried on property returns in red ink in order to distin- 
 guish them from those which are owned by the Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 Call-bells, magneto, which may be invoiced at the 
 same time as rented instruments, belong to the Govern- 
 ment, and in all cases must be taken up separately on 
 returns in black ink, as other Government property. 
 
 30. Enlisted men of the Signal Corps serving at mili 
 tary posts, before forwarding their property returns 
 will have certificate of expenditure approved by post 
 commander ; those not on duty at military posts, and 
 accountable for property, will forward the certificate to 
 the department signal officer for approval, in season, so 
 that it can be returned in time to be included with his 
 return when rendered. 
 
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 31. An officer or other person whom a board of sur- 
 vey or other competent authority has adjudged respon- 
 sible for the loss, destruction, or shortage of any article 
 or parts of articles of Signal Corps property, will be 
 required to cover the money value thereof into the 
 United States Treasury before a clearance will be fur- 
 nished. This may be done either by forwarding the 
 money to the Disbursing Officer of the Signal Corps, 
 Washington, D. C. , who will deposit the money on ac- 
 count of the responsible officer, or the money may be 
 deposited in some Government depository to the credit 
 of ''Miscellaneous receipts, refundment for _.. .(lost)-_- 
 property, Signal Service of the Army, 189__-" (giving 
 year in which the fiscal year ends. ) In the latter case, 
 an account-current must be rendered to this office for 
 examination and transmission to the accounting officers 
 of the Treasury Department. 
 
 32. When Signal Corps property is condemned and 
 ordered sold, due notice of the sale will be given (A. R. 
 505) and the proceeds will be accounted for in the man- 
 ner prescribed in A. R. 615. The accountable officer 
 will then render to the Chief Signal Officer an account- 
 current covering the transaction, inclosing therewith as 
 vouchers copies of the advertisement and authority for 
 the sale, with notation of the disposition made of the 
 proceeds. 
 
 33. To save time and space, a few articles of Signal 
 Corps property are invoiced as "complete." Officers, 
 enlisted men of the Signal Corps, and other persons re- 
 ceiving such articles should satisfy themselves that all 
 
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 the parts which go to make up the whole are present 
 before signing receipt therefor. When any parts are 
 missing, a memorandum should be made on the receipt 
 specifically designating such parts as are missing The 
 accountable officer will then be held responsible for the 
 shortage. 
 
 34. The following are the principal articles which 
 are invoiced as "complete:" 
 
 Boxes, call, complete, consist of the magneto call- 
 bell apparatus, and (except the old style) are attached 
 to a backboard with battery box containing one or more 
 cells of battery. 
 
 Cells, battery, complete, consist of the glass or lead 
 jar, with zinc, copper, or carbon elements. 
 
 *'Jars" battery, which are merely the glass or lead 
 jar without copper, zinc, or carbon elements, should 
 not be confounded with "cells" battery. 
 
 Heliographs, field, complete, consist of: A sole- 
 leather pouch, containing one sun mirror and one sta- 
 tion mirror, inclosed in a wooden box ; one screen ; one 
 sighting rod ; one screw-driver. A smaller pouch, slid- 
 ing by two loops upon the strap of the larger, contain- 
 ing one mirror bar. A skeleton case, containing two 
 tripods. 
 
 Pulleys and tackle, complete, consist of two pulleys, 
 each with a vice or some form of clamping device for 
 grasping the wire, and about 60 feet of rOpe. 
 
 Staffs, jointed, complete, consist of three joints of 
 staff, i. e. , tip, middle, and butt joints. 
 
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 Staffs, practice kit, consist of two joints of staff, i. c, 
 tip and butt joints. 
 
 Vises and straps, complete, consist of a small hand 
 vise and one leather strap. 
 
 35. Signal Corps property is arranged into two gen- 
 eral divisions, viz: that of an ' ' unexpendable " charac- 
 ter, such as instruments, tools, etc. , and that of an 
 "expendable" nature, such as bluestone, coppers, zincs, 
 etc. The term "expendable," as applied to property, 
 signifies that the property so designated is of a character 
 to be actually consumed. 
 
 36. The following list comprises articles of Signal 
 Corps property which, when received, must be accounted 
 for on property returns, but when consumed or rendered 
 unserviceable, may be dropped on proper certificate of 
 expenditure (Form No. 205), without the formality of 
 submitting them for the action of an inspector : 
 Binders, Conant. Calendars. 
 
 Bluestone (sulphate of cop- Cans, assorted, tin. 
 
 per). Cells, battery. 
 
 Boards, letter-clip. Chamois skins. 
 
 Books, office record. Chemicals, photographic. 
 
 Books, tariff. Chimneys, lamp. 
 
 Bowls, dampening. Coal. 
 
 Boxes, battery. Compound, Chatterton. 
 
 Brackets, insulator. Connectors, battery. 
 
 Brooms. Coppers, battery. 
 
 Brushes, assorted. Cords, telephone. 
 
 Buttons, push. Cross-arms, wood or iron. 
 
 Cable, conductor. Cups, tin. 
 
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 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 Cups, sponge. 
 
 Disks, cipher. 
 
 Dusters, feather. 
 
 Erasers, steel. 
 
 Files, machinists'. 
 
 Files, paper or office. 
 
 Films, photographic. 
 
 Flags. 
 
 Folders, paper. 
 
 Foot-rests. 
 
 Glasses, eye and case. 
 
 Goblets or tumblers. 
 
 Hangers, battery. 
 
 Hooks, message. 
 
 Inkstands. 
 
 Insulators, glass. 
 
 Insulators, porcelain. 
 
 Jars, battery. 
 
 Lances. 
 
 Lights, Coston. 
 
 Mercury. 
 
 Mirrors for heliographs. 
 
 Mucilage cups. 
 
 Nails. 
 
 Needles. 
 
 Oil. 
 
 Pads, ink. 
 
 Paper. 
 
 Paper, photographic. 
 
 Pens, ruling. 
 
 Pins. 
 
 Plates, ground. 
 
 Plates, photographic. 
 
 Plugs, insulator. 
 
 Pokers. 
 
 Poles, telegraph. 
 
 Polish, stove. 
 
 Posts, binding. 
 
 Racks, pen. 
 
 Ribbon, typewriter. 
 
 Rope. 
 
 Rulers. 
 
 Sal ammoniac. 
 
 Screws, assorted. 
 
 Separators, rubber. 
 
 Shades, gas or lamp. 
 
 Sheets, copying. 
 
 Signs, office. 
 
 Soap. 
 
 Solder. 
 
 Spikes. 
 
 Stamps, postage. 
 
 Stationery. 
 
 Stove-pipe, joints of. 
 
 Straps, for climbers and 
 
 vises. 
 Straps, large, small, and 
 - hitching. 
 Styli. 
 Syringes, battery. 
 
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 Tacks. Turpentine. 
 
 Tape, kerite. Vessels or dishes, earthen. 
 
 Tin. wood ware, and tin. 
 
 Towels. Wire. 
 
 Tubing, rubber. Zincs, battery. 
 
 37. Certificates of expenditure will only be accepted 
 as proper vouchers when the articles given in the list 
 of exi^endable have actually been consumed, or have 
 become entirely unserviceable. 
 
 38. Battery-cells and jars; connectors, battery ; jmsh- 
 buttons, etc. , when taken from reserve and placed in a 
 circuit are not considered as expended, as they are then 
 merely performing the i)uri)ose for which they were 
 furnished, and they will not be dropped from returns 
 unless broken, or absolutely unserviceable. 
 
 39. Poles, wire, insulators, and other telegraph line 
 material when used in the construction of a line may 
 be dropped, but such line must in all cases appear on 
 the return in miles and fractions, or in feet (see par. 28) : 
 when the line is shortened, or taken down, the material 
 recovered must be again taken up and accounted for. 
 
 40. Articles (whether expendable or unexpendable) 
 lost or stolen must not be entered on certificate of 
 expenditure, but should be covered by a special certifi- 
 cate (Form 206) setting forth the facts in the case, and 
 when the aggregate money value of the articles lost or 
 stolen exceeds five dollars, must be submitted for the 
 action of a board of survey. 
 
 41. Station record books, such as letters sent, copy- 
 ing, check ledgers, etc. , as soon as they are opened and 
 
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 put to use, can be dropped from property returns on 
 certificate of expenditure as "used in service." 
 
 42. Iron poles not actually in use on the lines will be 
 accounted for by the officer in charge when the poles 
 are at his station; otherwise by the enlisted men or 
 civilian operators in charge of the repair sections. 
 
 Whenever one of these poles is placed upon the line 
 it will be dropped on the next certificate of expenditure. 
 When a line is abandoned and an officer is directed to 
 recover the poles on such line, he will take up and 
 account for the number actually recovered. 
 
 43. Where errors are found during the examination 
 of property returns at the office of the Chief Signal 
 Officer, the accountable officer will be immediately 
 notified thereof, and where practicable, subsequent cor- 
 respondence will be by indorsement on the original 
 communication. In connection with discrepancies, cor- 
 rected returns will not be rendered unless specially 
 called for, as a corrected return necessitates the reex- 
 amination and checking of each item on the new return. 
 
 44. Upon receipt of a letter of notification of errors, 
 action should be taken thereon at once, as owing to 
 frequent transfers of accountability, especially with post 
 signal officers, a lapse of time often entails considerable 
 correspondence and difficulty in adjusting discrepancies 
 which at the time may be easily corrected. 
 
 45. When an officer, enlisted man, or other employee 
 having Signal Corps property in his possession, or being 
 accountable therefor, leaves the service of the United 
 States, final payment will not be made to such officer, 
 
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 enlisted man, or other employee until full and satis- 
 factory evidence is furnished that the property, with 
 which he may have been intrusted, has been duly 
 accounted for. 
 
 46. Officers of the Army detailed for duty at military 
 colleges who are accountable for Signal Corps property 
 that has become unserviceable, are authorized to sub- 
 mit the same for the action of an Inspector as provided 
 for in pars. 879 and 1546, A. R. 
 
 47. In order to reduce to a minimum the clerical 
 work at the office of the Chief Signal Officer, incident 
 to the examination of property returns, the post signal 
 officer shall be accountable for all Signal Corps property 
 at a military post or station. Should another officer 
 desire to retain certain articles of Signal Corps property 
 for official use, he may be authorized to obtain them 
 from the signal officer on memorandum receipt. These 
 instructions, however, do not apply to department sig- 
 nal officers, or to enlisted men of the Signal Corps on 
 duty at stations where there is a military telegraph 
 
 office. 
 
 II.— GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 48. Enlisted men of the Signal Corps are expected to 
 perform all duties in connection with the transmission 
 of military information for the use of the Army. At 
 military posts it is discretionary with post commanders 
 to require them to assist the post signal officers in the 
 matter of signal instruction, care of Signal Corps prop- 
 erty, etc. , as the former may deem the public interests 
 or special conditions require. 
 
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 49. In answering any communication from the Chief 
 Signal Officer, reference will always be made at the 
 beginning of the letter to the Signal Office serial num- 
 ber or mark (which will be found at the upper left-hand 
 corner of the sheet), as well as the date of said letter. 
 For example : ' ' Replying to your letter of February 12, 
 1897, No. 5212." 
 
 50. Oil required for signaling purposes is not fur- 
 nished by the Signal Corps, but is obtained on requisi- 
 tion from the post quartermaster. 
 
 51. Practice kits are not issued to post signal officers, 
 but only to officers detailed for duty at military colleges. 
 A practice kit consists of one canvass case holding two 
 joints of staff, and one 2-foot red and one 2-foot white 
 flag, each item being carried separately on returns. 
 
 52. Requisitions for Signal Corps stores and supplies 
 must be forwarded through military channels to the 
 department signal officer for transmission to the Chief 
 Signal Officer of the Army. 
 
 53. The following price list of Signal Corps property 
 is published for the information of the Army. The 
 price of any article not on this list will be furnished 
 upon application to the Chief Signal Officer. 
 
 PRICE LIST OF SIGNAL CORPS PROPERTY. 
 
 Price, i Price. 
 
 Anemometers, with cupscom- ! Bars, digging $L25 
 
 plete »20. 00 
 
 Axes .G8 
 
 Barometers, aneroid 12.00 
 
 Bars, ground 1.50 
 
 Bells, electric, 4-()lun . 75 
 
 Bells, electric, 20-ohm 2.0() 
 
 Barometers, mercurial 25, 00 | Beltrf, tool _ 
 
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 PRICE LIST OF SIGNAL CORPS PROPERTY — continued. 
 
 Price. 
 
 Boards, letter-clip SO. 30 
 
 Books, Dictionary, Webster's 
 
 Coiinting-House 2. 10 . 
 
 Bowls, dampening, with 
 
 brushes 163 
 
 Boxes, call, magneto.^ 9,50 
 
 Boxes, japanned .66 
 
 Brackets, insulator, wood — .033^ 
 
 Brushes, battery . 25 
 
 Brushes, dampening . 25 
 
 Brushes, dust . 40 
 
 Brushes, typewriter . 25 
 
 Buckets or pails, galvanized 
 
 iron .65 
 
 Butt-joints for lances , 55 
 
 Buttons, push .08 
 
 Buzzers, electric 1, 25 
 
 Cans, copper, 5-gallon 8. 50 
 
 Cans, oil, tin, y^ gallon . 25 
 
 Canteens and straps, copper, 
 
 1-gallon 2.15 
 
 Carts, hand reel 150. 00 
 
 Cases, canvass, for signal 
 
 blanks .68 
 
 Cases, canvass, and straps 5. 00 
 
 Cells, battery, dry, "Burn- 
 ley" . 75 
 
 Cells, battery, "Gethins"___ 1.86 
 
 Cells, battery, "Le Clanche" .69 
 
 Chamois skins . 45 
 
 Clamps, splicing 1.35 
 
 Climbers and straps, pair 1.35 
 
 Clocks, marine 2.57 
 
 Clocks, regulator 13. 50 
 
 .50 
 
 , prismatic 11.25 
 
 Compasses, with clinometer, 2. 80 
 
 Connectors, battery ,06 
 
 Coolers, water 6. 80 
 
 Coppers, battery -043^ 
 
 Cords, telephone . 15 
 
 Price. 
 
 Cross-arms, iron SO, 77 
 
 Disks, cipher .12 
 
 Drivers, insulator plug 1,50 
 
 Dusters, feather .48 
 
 Erasers, steel . 32 
 
 Extinguishers, flying .30 
 
 Extinguishers, foot .30 
 
 Flags, 4-foot red . 46 
 
 Flags, 4-foot white .36 
 
 Flags, 2-foot red . 16 
 
 Flags, 2-foot white . 12 
 
 Folders, paper .45 
 
 Funnels, copper .15 
 
 Furnaces, tinners' 2.00 
 
 Glasses, eye, colored, with 
 
 cases, large 1. 25 
 
 Glasses, eye, colored, with 
 
 cases, small .25 
 
 Glasses, field, aluminum 
 frame, with cases, slings, 
 and straps (Imperial Opti- 
 cal Company) 22. 75 
 
 Glasses, field, aluminum 
 frame, with cases, slings, 
 and straps (Voigtlander 
 
 & Sohn) 39. 95 
 
 Glasses, field, brass frames, 
 
 with cases and straps 9. 95 
 
 Handles, with tools 1.25 
 
 Harness, reel cart 7.00 
 
 Hatchets .40 
 
 Haversacks 1, 12 
 
 Heliographs, field, complete, 
 
 model 1892 85.00 
 
 Heliographs, field, complete 28. 75 
 Heliographs, " Purssell & 
 
 Grugan" 25,00 
 
 Heliographs, station, com- 
 plete 45,50 
 
 Holders, telescope 2.06 
 
 Hydrometers .35 
 
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 PRICE LIST OF SIGNAL CORPS PROPERTY — Continued. 
 
 Price. 
 Insulators, glass, "Double 
 
 Petticoat " $0. 03>^ 
 
 Insulators, glass, "Regular 
 
 Pattern" .02% 
 
 Insulators, glass, "Pony" — -(^1% 
 
 Insulators, porcelain -02)^ 
 
 Insulators,hard-rubl)er, "Pig- 
 tail " . 22f, 
 
 Insulators, hard-rubber, slot 
 
 and pin . 23% 
 
 Iiisulators,bard-rubber, other 
 
 styles . 243^ 
 
 Jars, battery, glass, Callaud 
 
 No. 1 .12 
 
 Jars, battery. Eagle (lead)— . 08 
 
 Keys, telegraph 1. 25 
 
 Kits, practice (case and 2 
 
 joints of staff) 1 . 00 
 
 Lamps, Rochester, complete. 2.30 
 
 Lances, wood . 68 
 
 Lanterns, signal candle 4. 85 
 
 Mirrors, heliograph .49 
 
 Pans, dust . 25 
 
 Pliers, 8-inch, pair 1.47 
 
 Pliers, 4-inch, pair . 43 
 
 Pliers, small '— . 23 
 
 Plugs, insulator, wood .05 
 
 Poles, telegraph, iron 2.00 
 
 Presses, copying, with stands 8, 60 
 Psych rometers, sling, com- 
 plete 4.50 
 
 Pulleys and tackle, with vises, 
 
 complete 1.25 
 
 Range-finders 15. 00 
 
 Reels, with outpost cable 44. 95 
 
 Register, anemometer (veloc- 
 ity and stop-watch) 43.50 
 
 Register, anemometer 25. 00 
 
 Relays, telegraph 3. 35 
 
 Relays, 1)0X sounders 5. 00 
 
 Relays, telegraph, pocket— 7. 60 
 
 Price. 
 
 Rods, sighting, helio $1,50 
 
 Saw, hand 1. 10 
 
 Scissors . 20 
 
 Screw-drivers, 10-inch .40 
 
 Screw-drivers, 6-inch . 25 
 
 Screw-drivers, heliograph . 35 
 
 Shades, flame, flying . 30 
 
 Shades, flame, foot . 30 
 
 Shears .60 
 
 Shovels, spoon, telegraph 1.24 
 
 Sounders, telegraph 1. 25 
 
 Sounders, telegraph, box 5. 00 
 
 Sounders, telegraph, "Main 
 
 Line" 10.00 
 
 Staffs, jointed (3 joints) per 
 
 set 1.40 
 
 Straps, small— . 15 
 
 Styli, agate . 21 
 
 Switches, telegraph, with 
 cut-out, lightning-arrester, 
 
 and ground, large 1.50 
 
 Switches, telegraph, small, 
 
 with ground ,45 
 
 Syringes, battery 1.40 
 
 Tappers, line 3,50 
 
 Telephones, service 5.00 
 
 Telephones, Berthon-Ader__ 12.00 
 Telescopes and straps, brass 
 
 frames 11. 85 
 
 Thermometer, maximum and 
 minimum, mounted, com- 
 plete 6,67 
 
 Torches, flying 2,38 
 
 Torches, foot 2,25 
 
 Trimmers, tree 2.00 
 
 Vises and straps 1 , 23 
 
 Wands .OI34 
 
 Wicking, per pound . 12^^ 
 
 Wind-vanes, small, complete 10.00 
 Wire, iron, galvanized. No. 
 
 9, per pound -03% 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 23 
 
 PRICE LIST OF SIGNAL CORPS PROPERTY — continued. 
 
 
 Price. 
 
 
 Price. 
 
 Wire, iron, galvanized, No. 
 
 
 Wrenches, splicing 
 
 .43 
 
 14, per pound 
 
 .04% 
 
 Zincs, battery, CallauJ 
 
 .12 
 
 Wire, office, No. 18, copper, 
 
 
 Zincs, battery, Eagle 
 
 .20 
 
 insulated, per pound 
 
 . 23 Zincs, battery, Le Clanche__ 
 
 .05 
 
 Wormers 
 
 .15 
 
 
 54. The attention of individuals and firms rendering 
 services or material to the Signal Corps of the Army is 
 invited to the following points in preparing bills and 
 vouchers. These requirements are rendered absolutely 
 necessary by the refusal of the accounting officers of 
 the Treasury Department to allow credit for such ex- 
 penditures unless these regulations are strictly followed : 
 
 Bills must invariably be made in duplicate, and bear 
 on their face the word " Correct," followed by the auto- 
 graphic signature of the firm, by a member of the firm ; 
 and the fact that the person signing is a member of the 
 firm must be stated. In the case of a corporation, the 
 autographic signature of the treasurer, or other officer 
 authorized to receipt for money. The words "Orig- 
 inal "or " Duplicate " must not be written or printed on 
 the bills. 
 
 Where the same party furnishes supplies and also 
 renders services, separate bills must be rendered. 
 
 Bills covering purchases in open market, or services 
 rendered, must bear upon their face the certificate of 
 an officer as f ollow^s : ' ' Procured in open market, at the 
 lowest obtainable rates, the amount involved being so 
 small as not to warrant the expense of advertising and 
 
24 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 the opening of proposals, and the price charged being 
 reasonable and as low as charged by regular dealers in 
 this locality to private individuals." 
 
 55. The following supplies of forms will be issued 
 annually: For semiannual reports, 6; monthly, 30; 
 weekly, 125. Other forms will be issued as circum- 
 stances may require, with wastage allowance ranging 
 from 20 per cent to 5 per cent. The forms specified 
 are for the use of post signal officers, and will be sent 
 with the annual supplies in December for use during 
 the succeeding calendar year. 
 
 LIST OF FORMS AS PER PAR. 1552 A. R. 
 
 No. 200. Semiannual Return of Property (regular) . 
 
 No. 201. Semiannual Retura of Property (abridged), 
 for use of officers on duty at military col- 
 leges and those having only a few articles. 
 
 No. 202. Invoice or Receipt (combined). 
 
 No. 203. Invoice. 
 
 No. 204. Receipt. 
 
 No. 205. Certificate of Expenditure. 
 
 No. 206. Certificate of Property Lost or Destroyed. 
 
 No. 214. Special Requisition. 
 
 No. 216. Report of Instruction and Practice in Mili- 
 tary Signaling. 
 
 No. 217. U. S. Army Field-Signal Blank. 
 
 56. A regulation supply of stationery, etc. , for post 
 signal officers and military telegraph offices, is fixed and 
 published by the Chief Signal Officer in a classified 
 annual supply table. Issues for current signal and 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 25 
 
 telegraph practice, of quantities fixed and articles 
 enumerated in the supply table, may be dropped as 
 expended in the public service. Special issues will be 
 made only on the recommendation of the department 
 signal officer. Articles not actually used in such 
 practice will be turned over by signal officers and others 
 to their authorized successors. These articles are for- 
 warded without invoice and will not be taken up on 
 returns. 
 
 57. CLASSIFIED ANNUAL SUPPLY TABLE. 
 
 Bands, rubber (No. 18) gross__ 
 
 Books, blank, small 
 
 Envelopes, large, franked 
 
 Envelopes, message 
 
 Envelopes, linen-lined, franked*__ 
 
 Erasers, rubber, small 
 
 Matches, wind boxes__ 
 
 Pads, message 
 
 Pads, scratch 
 
 Paper, blotting cut 
 
 Paper, legal cap quires.. 
 
 Paper, letter, ruled quires 
 
 Paper, manila, cop3'ing __pounds__ 
 
 Paper, telegraph packages__ 
 
 Paper, typewriterf quires— 
 
 I'aper, w^rapping quires 
 
 Penholders 
 
 Pencils, black-lead 
 
 Pens 
 
 Pins roll8__ 
 
 Sponge, small piece8__ 
 
 Tape rolls__ 
 
 Wands 
 
 Wicking, torch __pounds__ 
 
 MILITARY 
 POSTS. 
 
 a <fi 
 
 MILITARY TELEGRAPH 
 OFFICKS. 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 125 
 
 3,000 
 
 50 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 2 
 4 
 8 
 4 
 
 10 
 2 
 4 
 
 30 
 144 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 
 
 s 
 
 
 a 
 
 M 
 
 'o 
 
 ^ 
 
 -d 
 
 
 fl 
 
 Ti 
 
 o 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 75 
 
 50 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 36 
 
 25 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 1 
 
 * 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 24 
 
 18 
 
 108 
 
 72 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 100 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 1^ 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 12 
 24 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 * Furnished only to stations transmitting line receipts. 
 i Furnished only to stations having typewriters. 
 
26 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 58. The forms, stationery, and supplies above tabu- 
 lated will be issued in December for the next calendar 
 year The number of companies, troops, and batteries 
 at each post will be determined from the published list 
 issued by the Adjutant General of the Army. 
 
 59. All transmitters and receivers furnished by the 
 American Bell Telephone Company to this service are 
 their property and are held by the Signal Corps under 
 life rental upon the following conditions: 
 
 ' ' For use of the United States Signal Service only, 
 and not to be used in connection with lines, instru- 
 ments, or service of other parties." 
 
 From the above it will be seen that such instruments 
 must not be used in connection with commercial tele- 
 phone exchanges, or in any manner switched onto lines 
 not distinctly Government lines. 
 
 60. Telephones provided by the Signal Corps are pri- 
 marily for use on rifle and artillery ranges ; but when 
 not in use on said ranges they can be utilized for other 
 post purposes. 
 
 61. The act of Congress approved June 8, 1896, limits 
 the weight of all mail packages to 4 pounds; when 
 articles are ordered transferred from one station to 
 another, or to this office, by mail, care must be exer- 
 cised to see that the packages do not exceed this 
 weight ; where this weight would be exceeded in one 
 package, and it is possible to divide the articles, two or 
 more packages must be made. 
 
 BATTERIES. 
 
 62. Directions for setting up the Callaud or Gravity 
 battery. — Unfold the copper strip, so as to form a cross, 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 27 
 
 and place it in the bottom of the jar, allowing the cov- 
 ered wire to project over the top. Suspend the zinc 
 about 4 inches above the copper from the tripod, which 
 has a hole to receive the wire from the copper of the 
 next cup. (The "crow-foot" zinc is provided with a 
 shank terminating in a hook, by means of which it is 
 suspended on the edge of the jar. There is a screw on 
 the zinc for the purpose of attaching wire. ) Pour clean 
 water into the jar, so as to cover the zinc. Then drop 
 in enough blue vitriol (sulphate of copper) in small 
 lumps to nearly cover the top of the copper. 
 
 The full strength of the battery may be developed at 
 once by drawing about half a pint per cell of the zinc 
 solution from a battery already in use, or by putting 
 into the liquid 4 or 5 ounces of pulverized sulphate of 
 zinc. Blue vitriol should be dropped into the jar as it 
 is consumed, care being taken that it goes to the bot- 
 tom. The blue color will be kept as high as the top 
 of the copper, but must never reach the zinc. When 
 the quantity of sulphate of zinc in solution becomes 
 too great, a portion of the top of the liquid will be 
 drawn with a syringe and replaced with clear water. 
 A hydrometer is convenient to test the strength of this 
 solution. When the specific gravity is less than 15 
 degrees there is too little sulphate of zinc ; when it is 
 30 degrees there is too much in solution and it will be 
 diluted. When the zincs become coated so as to inter- 
 fere with the action of the battery they will be taken 
 out and scraped clean and washed. 
 
 The binding screws and the ends of the small con- 
 necting wires in either battery will be kept scrupulously 
 
28 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 clean to insure good connections, and the cells kept at 
 least 1 inch apart to prevent coatact. The cells should 
 rest on a painted dry wooden base to insulate them 
 from each other and from the earth, and care be taken 
 to prevent any escape of liquid by which a connection 
 might be formed between the jars. 
 
 63. At the termini of lines or circuits good ground 
 connections are necessary, and may be prepared by 
 burying, in a perpendicular position, a copper plate 2 
 or 3 feet square in moist earth, or utilizing gas or water 
 pipes to which a stout copper wire is securely soldered. 
 At way offices a sufficiently good ground wire may be 
 made by burying the end of a stout copper wire 3 or 4 
 feet deep into moist earth. 
 
 64. No battery should be permitted to freeze, for 
 while frozen the current is very much impaired, or 
 altogether suspended. Heat being a promoter of chem- 
 ical action, a battery, while warm, works most vigor- 
 ously. 
 
 65. Batteries should be examined each week and the 
 cells carefully wiped off with a moist cloth. Should 
 any cell be found to leak or be otherwise defective, it 
 will be at once removed and repaired or replaced with 
 a new one, as a defective cell seriously interferes with 
 the effectiveness of the entire battery. 
 
 RULES FOR ESTIMATING BATTERY SUPPLIES, ETC. 
 
 QQ, In estimating the amount of battery material 
 likely to be required, the following general rules will 
 be observed : 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 29 
 
 The average life of a battery zinc is two months, or at 
 the rate of six zincs per annum for each cell of battery. 
 
 A battery copper will last from six to eight months, 
 until such time as the insulation on the wire connection 
 becomes defective or the copper badly incrusted; a fair 
 average is two coppers per annum per cell. 
 
 A main-line battery will not consume more than 1^ 
 pounds of bluestone per month per cell ; a local battery 
 not more than 2 pounds per month per cell. 
 
 About 4 ounces of sal ammoniac is a charge for a 
 Le Clanche cell, and should last four or five months. 
 
 One pound of office wire contains about 100 feet. 
 Nos. 9 and 14 galvanized-iron wire are put up in half- 
 mile coils 
 
 CARE AND PRESERVATION OF BICYCLES. 
 
 67. The attention of enlisted men of the Signal Corps, 
 and other persons having Signal Corps bicycles in their 
 possession, is invited to the following instructions : 
 
 Persons accountable for bicycles will be held to a strict 
 accountability for the condition in which they are kept, 
 as upon the care which any machine receives largely 
 depends the satisfaction and duration of its service. 
 
 After use, the bicycle should be carefully wiped to 
 remove all dirt, care being taken that it does not work 
 into the bearings ; particular attention should be given 
 to the chain, and no attempt should be made to use the 
 machine when the chain or the sprocket wheels are 
 clogged with dirt or grit. 
 
 In no case should mud be allowed to remain on a tire, 
 as in drying it contracts and cracks the rubber. 
 
HO I'lrnlM'lin'Y AND (Jl II II Ml I ii<»NH. 
 
 Utwlor no olrcnmHtancow Mhonld a bicycle beloftox- 
 \nmH\ ii) tlio w(Mitli(ir wlmTi tiof; In use, nor Hhould a nia- 
 clHiKi 1)(< put away In a wot, condlUon. 
 
 Tho litMtrti of all partn, wlicllMr nlckolod, onamoled, 
 ori)la1n hUhA, 1m moHt cmMily kopt up by rMfofiilly mh 
 blng witli a dry cloth or cbamolM Mkln. 
 
 (Ml Hhonld not bo allowod to remain on ili« ■ i nor 
 ]mr\ of ihi* inMcliincs an it in an enemy to (»iMi(!r jik i . i 
 ntuutujl, or rnhlM^r, and when found running Crom ;iii 
 overflowed biuiriuK Mhould be removed at on(;e. 
 
 At bwiMt twi(*(< a y(Mi,r thoronghly clean tlin ])nn,ringM, 
 removing thn Hliiii't and coticH and tJm bnnringH of ))()tli 
 wheelH, and WM-whing all ])artM in ItoroMiuuMHl. A tern- 
 ])orary clnntdng of tlin benringM may \h) ttuule l)y pliic- 
 ing th(^ maehine o?i its wide and i?iJ(U'ting keroMcnui (jH, 
 benzine, or ganolinc^ into the bearingn and allow 11 to 
 rnn oni, iHUjnnih, at llie mjuim- i ihh' revolving ihis wlnud 
 or (rranl< Mluif't. 
 
 For oiling ims a good (jnalily of lubricating oil. I )«. 
 not UMe k(^roH(<ne for a lubricant, an it rapidly cvnpo 
 ratCM, huiving the partn dry. Oil nlionld l)c UMcd vj^ry 
 Mparingly, a few dropn being miftlcient. 
 
 A broken bnH in a iMuwing Mhonld bo n^novod iitonce. 
 It iM tiMnaliy directed by a lint'Mh grating Monnd. l^'ailnre 
 to d<» tIdM will rcMiilt. in damaged caHeN, coneM, andballM. 
 
 VaMclinc nnd grapliite have been iiMcd to good advan 
 tagc aM a bibricnnt for tln^ clniin, bnt a rcgnlnr chnln 
 lubricuint will !"• rmiiiHlird on iiMjuiHitioji. 
 
 U(V)>airkitM an* fnrniMlKMl with cacli Incyclc. mid muHt 
 lit all t imcM be kept. complet(\ timely requiMitJon luring 
 made for Much iteniM aM have been nMed. 
 
3 R A /Y p*S. 
 
 filONAl. OOIU'H, IJNITKO SI' A i is ai;\i\ lU 
 
 hi('\(|( w Ik II iin,s(»rvi(*('n,l>I<', will no! ln> .siilmiiUcd 
 
 Imi I Ik .h 1 1 .III IIIHIXH'l.Or W ll IkhiI < ■ [ .1 < .ml Ik-IiI \ 
 
 ri<.iii tJK ('lii('l'Sigii;il < Mil. .1 
 
 <)H. 'I'Ik- rollowiiiL- ;k I <.i <'>'ii K IN piihlitslKMl for 
 tjir iiir(.iiii;iii..ii .(ikI ■■,.\ . I iiiiK III ..I ;iil concermHl: 
 
 AN A<"r I" |iM.i..i lliiMU itf toli'gmpli foiistruo.lstHi or iiHct.l by lh<> llnlttul 
 .^tiii< a from mftlleiouw i»ij»»'y i^'*'! obstruction. 
 Ih' U Kthuifii hii ihf* 8mtiU0 and llmm of H«pri'»>'nlntlv(U of th» UHUmU SUUc* 
 of Amerhui in r'oM(/rr*ttN imt>mhltul, TltiU any pttrion or poiiioiiM wliOHhall will* 
 fully or mull«|(Mmly lujur«» or il«*trt»y any of lli« worku «>r proju^rty dv iuiit«»- 
 iiii >( iin i.'l.'graphh' Muo t>ou«truet«»<l "mI .m.im l,..i m procuHw c>f con- 
 
 iMMh I. iv ih(> lluittMl HtdtoH, or thtU m m i. ..ii< ■ . onRtruotod ami 
 
 ,\\i, .1 .1 . . . u|»t«Hl and cM)ntroll«»(l by lli- ' ii i inion, or wlu) wliall wlll- 
 luil) :K(<i iiialit louHJy Jiitttrforo in any \mi.\ vv nh ih. worltlng or \m\ of any 
 Nudi tt*I«i(mphiti liUM, or who Niiall willfully or maliciously obMtruct^ liindor, 
 or (lolay thi* (ramimiNNlon of any communication ovur any Nuch tclc)(raphic 
 lino, Hliall bit (lti(im»d Kuilty of a mlNdunumuor, and, on oonvlotion Ihuroof 
 in any ctlHlrict court of tho United HtatcH having: JurlNdiotion of the Minn*, 
 Hball be punihiicd by a Hno of not Ichn than one hundred nor moru than 
 one thouwiiid dollarH, ov with ImpriNonnient f<u a i i n. n .i «xceedlng three 
 yearrt, or with both, In tin* dIucreMon of the coui i 
 
 y\ll |)('i',s(>n,s iii«' vvju'ikmI lluil jiiin iii|iii\ Io, or uruin 
 tlioi'i/.<'<l int(»rfon»iic«» vvilli, IIk' I iii1'<i ; i;i1(»h military 
 t(»loKntpli \inm will \m pr()H«'< iii< <l iiii(l«r the Act of 
 ( \.M'i. ■ - ;i|.|.i..v ..l Jinio 'iM, IH'M, .-111(1 ;i ivwniwl of one 
 
 IiiiikIi<<I <I..II;ii i «»n'«M'<Ml for inlniiiial loii Ic.-iding tO 
 
 lh(» mn'Ml ami coiivicl ion of luiy p'ti'ly <>i' parties under 
 Ml in Act. 
 00. CommnnicationH, forms, and olhcfonicial paixM-n 
 
 Imi \n;ii<I< <1 to llu* olli. . .'I Hk < 'IikI Si;',iial < )irK-< i imr I 
 ii.iv III. I.ri. r r..l(l |.i..|M 1 \^ lill. ,1 ii|> 
 
33 PROPERTY AND GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 70. All official communications to this office should 
 be addressed " Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Wash- 
 ington, D. C. " In no case should official communica- 
 tions be addressed to the Chief Signal Officer by name, 
 or to subordinates in his office. 
 
 71. Officers in charge of companies or detachments 
 of Signal Corps troops charged with the duty of render- 
 ing muster rolls to the Adjutant General of the Army, 
 will cause a copy thereof to be sent to the Chief Signal 
 Officer for the information of his office. 
 
 72. Papers covering the enlistment or reenlistment 
 of Signal Corps men must be made in duplicate, and 
 both copies forwarded at once to the Chief Signal Offi- 
 cer of the Army, who is required by the Regulations to 
 render a recruiting return to the Adjutant General. 
 
 73. Instruments, and all articles of value, sent 
 through the mails must be registered ; postage stamps 
 for this purpose will be furnished by the Quarter- 
 master's Department. 
 
 74. A monthly personal report will be rendered to 
 the Chief Signal Officer by all detached enlisted men 
 of the Signal Corps, which report will be forwarded 
 through post signal officers to the post commander, 
 who will forward the same through department head- 
 quarters. When enlisted men are serving in detach- 
 ments, a consolidated report will be made by the signal 
 officer in charge, which will contain a list of all Signal 
 Corps men serving under his command during the 
 month, with such remarks as may be deemed necessary 
 to complete the individual card records of the men at 
 this office. 
 
SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY. 33 
 
 75. In addition to the special directions herein pro- 
 mulgated, the Army Regulations, orders of the War 
 Department, and decisions of the accounting officers of 
 the Treasury Department relating to the accountability 
 for public property, must be strictly followed. 
 
 A. W. GREELY, 
 
 Brigadier General, 
 Chief Signal Officer, U. S. A. 
 
 UNIVERSITY ) 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Pars. 
 Accounts-current 31,32 
 
 Annual supply table . 57 
 
 Auction sales, proceeds how accounted for 32 
 
 Batteries 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 
 
 Battery cells or jars 38 
 
 Battery coppers 66 
 
 Bicycles, care of 67 
 
 Bills and vouchers, how prepared 54 
 
 Boards of survey 9, 31, 40 
 
 Boxes, call, magneto 29, 34 
 
 Call bells 29,34 
 
 Callaud batteries, direction for use 62 
 
 Certificates of expenditures 28, 30, 37 
 
 Communications 49, 70 
 
 Condemned property, how disposed of 32 
 
 Connectors, battery 38 
 
 Coppers, battery 66 
 
 Enlisted men of Signal Corps, duties of 48 
 
 Enlistment papers 72 
 
 Errors in property papers 43,44 
 
 Expendable property 16, 35, 36 
 
 Field glasses 16,27 
 
 Final payment of employees 45 
 
 Final property returns 3 
 
 Forms 55, 58, 69 
 
 Gravity batteries, directions for use 62 
 
 (35) 
 
36 INDEX. 
 
 Pars. 
 
 Heliographs 16 34 
 
 Insulators 39 
 
 Inspection of property ^ 39 
 
 Inventory and inspection returns 16,18 
 
 Inventory of property 8 
 
 Jar^, battery 34 
 
 Le Clanche cells 66 
 
 Letters, to be briefed 69 
 
 Letters of transmittal 5 
 
 Line material, when expendable 39 
 
 Line, telegraph 28,39 
 
 List of expendable property 36 
 
 List of forms issued 55 
 
 Loss of property, action to be taken 31,40 
 
 Mail packages ^ 61 
 
 Mail packages, to be registered 47 
 
 Memorandum receipts . 47 
 
 Military colleges 46,61 
 
 Military telegraph lines, property accountability 23 
 
 Military telegraph lines, interference with 65 
 
 Money value of articles, how accounted for 31 
 
 Muster rolls 71 
 
 Nomenclature, not to be changed 24,25 
 
 Oil, for signaling 50 
 
 Personal reports of enlisted men 74 
 
 Poles, telegraph 39, 42 
 
 Practice kits 61 
 
 Price list of property 63 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Pars. 
 
 Property, condemned 34 
 
 Expendable 16,35 
 
 Final returns 3 
 
 Invoiced, but not received, action to be taken 12,13 
 
 Purchased at station 11 
 
 Receipts 7 
 
 Received without invoice 12 
 
 Retained returns 4 
 
 Returns, when made 2,6 
 
 Shortage, lost or unserviceable 9, 31, 39, 40 
 
 Transfers , 10 
 
 Unexpendable . 22 
 
 Unserviceable 17 
 
 Receipts for property 7, 33 
 
 Receivers, telephone 59 
 
 Rented,telephone8 and transmitters 29 
 
 Requisitions 52 
 
 Retained property returns 4 
 
 Returns, property, when made 2 
 
 Returns, headings of form not to be changed 24 
 
 Returns, but one peison to be accountable at a station 47 
 
 Rules for estimating battery supplies 66 
 
 Sal ammoniac 66 
 
 Sales at auction 32 
 
 Signal Corps, duties of enlisted men 48 
 
 Staffs, signal 34 
 
 Stations, discontinued, disposition of property 20 
 
 Stationery 12,56,58 
 
 Stolen property 39 
 
 Station records 41 
 
 Supply table . 56 
 
 Telegraph lines 28 
 
 Telephones , 16, 27, 29, 60 
 
38 INDEX. 
 
 Pars. 
 
 Telescopes 16,27 
 
 Transmittal, letters of 5 
 
 Transmitters 27, 29, 59 
 
 Unexpendable property 22, :}5 
 
 Unserviceable property 17 
 
 Vises and straps 34 
 
 Vouchers, how prepared 54 
 
 Vouchers, missing, action to be taken 6 
 
 Wire 39,66 
 
 Zincs, battery 66 
 
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