EXTRACTS 
 
 FROM 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS 
 
 WAR DEPARTMENT 
 MAY, 1918 
 
 WITH LIST OF PARAGRAPHS OF ARMY REGULATIONS AND 
 
 OTHER REGULATIONS AND MANUALS OF THE WAR 
 
 DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED 
 
 SINCE JANUARY 1. 1918 
 
 WASnNGTON 
 
 GOVERNMBNl f KlNTING OFFICE 
 1918 
 
U3^' 
 
 %m JAM 
 
 , WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Washington, May 31, 1918. 
 The following extracts from general orders and bulletins, War Department, 
 for the month of May, 1918, together with a list of paragraphs of Army Regu- 
 lations and other regulations and manuals of the War Department that have 
 been changed since January 1, 1918, are published to the Army for the informa- 
 tion and guidance of all concerned. 
 
 [300.1, A. G. O.] 
 
 By OKDER OF THE SeCKETABY OF Wab: 
 
 PEYTON O. MARCH, 
 
 General, Chief of Staff, 
 Official : 
 
 H. P. McCain, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 •I • 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Section I. Extracts from general orders for the month of May, 1918 5 
 
 Section II. Extracts from bulletins for the month of May, 1918 18 
 
 Section III, Contents of general orders and bulletins that are not reprinted in 
 
 Sections I and II 23 
 
 Section IV. List of paragraphs of Army Regulations and other regulations and 
 manuals of the War Department that have been changed since January 1, 
 
 1918 25 
 
 Index to Sections I, II, and III 29 
 
 3 
 
 '^^t)48 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 20Q7 with funding from 
 
 IVIicrosoft Corporation 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/extractsfromgeneOOunitrich 
 
,• "f .■: ir ■• 1^. ) *r':5' '\^l - a 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS, 
 WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 MAY, 1918. 
 
 Section I. 
 EXTRACTS FjROM GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 HAT, 1918. 
 
 GENiaiAi. QEDEas, No. 43, May 1, 1918. 
 
 Arms and cartridge belts for assistants of aatomatic riflemen. 
 
 II. The first and second assistants of the automatic rifleman will each be 
 armed with a magazine rifle as laid down in table 7, Series A, Tables of Or- 
 ganization, January 14, 1918, and to each of these assistants will be issued the 
 same design cartridge belt ; that is, one without butt rest and containing four 
 pockets for eight automatic rifle magazines and four pockets for eight rifle 
 clips. (320.2, A. O. O.) 
 
 Clothing for officers and enlisted men of foreign armies. 
 
 III. The sale of clothing to officers of foreign armies and its issu€ to enlisted 
 men of the French Army on duty with or attached to the military forces of the 
 United States is authorized. Such sales and issues, however, will be subject to 
 the same restrictions and limitations as are imposed upon sales of clothing to 
 ofiicers and upon issues to enlisted men who are in the military service of the 
 United States. Vouchers covering issues of clothing to enlisted men of the 
 French Amy will be forwarded by the accountable officer to the Quartermaster 
 General of the Army for transmission to the French embassy. (336.4, A. G. O.^ 
 
 Gknebal Obdees, No. 45, May 9, 1918. 
 
 Organization, functions, etc, of Development Battalions. 
 
 1. 1. Under the authority conferred by sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the act of 
 CJongress, "Authorizing the President to increase temporarily the Military Es- 
 tablishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, the President directs 
 that there be organized for the period of the existing emergency at each Na- 
 tional Army, National Guard, and Regular Army Divisional Camp, and in such 
 other camps as may be directed by the Secretary of War, one or more Develop- 
 ment Battalions. These battalions will be organized under Table 401, Train- 
 ing Battalion, Infantry, Series D, corrected to March 22, 1918. The officers 
 authorized herein will be provided as prescribed in the third paragraph of sec- 
 tion 1 and by section 9 of the act of May 18, 1917. 
 
 2. The functions of the Development Battalions will be: 
 
 a. To relieve divisions, replacement organizations, etc., of all unfit men. 
 
 h. To conduct intensire training with a view to developing unfit men for 
 duty with combatant or aoncombatant forces either within the United Stattea 
 or for service abroad. 
 
 5 
 
6 .^X3:jl\^t^:FRttft^ QENEKjkJ. OBDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 c. To promptly rid the service of all men who. after thorough trial aud ex- 
 amination, are found physically, mentally, or morally incapable of performing 
 the duties of a soldier. 
 
 3. Development Battalions will be under the general supervision of the camp 
 commander. These battalions will be an adjunct of the depot brigades in places 
 where such depots are regularly established. 
 
 4. The following procedure in connection with the transfer of men to De- 
 velopment Battalions will be observed in camps where the establishment of 
 such battalions is authorized : 
 
 a. When an enlisted man is inapt or does not possess the required degree 
 of adaptability for military service; or gives evidence of habits or traits of 
 character, other than those for which trial by court-martial should be employed, 
 that render his service in the organization undesirable; or is disqualified for 
 service physically through his own misconduct or otherwise and not subject 
 to immediate discharge on surgeon's certificate, or is an alien enemy or allied 
 alien enemy, or is an alien who is not a declarant and has been drafted through 
 his ignorance of his rights under the Selective Service Law, or for any other 
 reason is not fitted to perform the duties of a soldier at home or abroad, his 
 company or detachment commander will report the facts to the commanding 
 officer, who will appoint a board consisting of one officer, preferably the sum- 
 mary court. The board will determine whether or not the soldier should be 
 transferred to the Development Battalion. When transfer to the Development 
 Battalion on account of physical disability is contemplated, a medical officer 
 will be consulted before transfer is recommended. The commanding officer, in 
 case of approval, will forward the proceedings through military channels to 
 the camp commander, requesting that the transfer to the Development Bat- 
 talion be made. 
 
 b. The camp commander will issue the necessary orders for transfer. 
 
 c. For the purposes of this order, such independent commands as are adja- 
 cent to and intimately connected with divisional camps or cantonments will be 
 considered a part of such camps or cantonments. 
 
 5. As a rule transfers to the Development Battalions will be made within 
 one month after men are received in the organizations. 
 
 In places where depot brigades are regularly established, men who belong 
 to the classes enumerated in paragraph 4 a, above, will be transferred directly 
 into the Development Battalion. 
 
 6. Within the Development Battalions the men will be grouped in classes, 
 depending upon their aptitude ^nd degree of training. Men who, after a thor- 
 ough trial and examination, show that they can not be trained or can not be 
 utilized in some capacity, will be discharged. 
 
 The discharge to be given soldiers under the provisions of this order will, 
 as a rule, be that prescribed by section 3 of paragraph 150, Army Regulations. 
 
 7. Men from the Development Battalions will be discharged by the camp 
 (or depot brigade) commander upon the recommendation of the commander of 
 the Development Battalion. 
 
 Camp and depot brigade commanders are hereby authorized to issue dis- 
 charges from Development Battalions by order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. In posts, camps, or stations where the number of men is not sufficient to 
 warrant the establishment of a Development Battalion, the classes of men enu- 
 merated in paragraph 4 a will be transferred to the nearest Development Bat- 
 talion. 
 
 The proceedings of the board recommending transfer will be sent for approval 
 to department headquarters when troops are under the jurisdiction of sucli 
 commanders, or In cases arising at general hospitals, arsenals, etc., that are 
 
EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS. 7 
 
 within the territorial limits of the department but are ordinarily exempted 
 from the control of tlie department commander. In this case department com- 
 manders will issue the necessary orders for transfer after first ascertaining 
 from the commanding officer under whose jurisdiction the nearest Development 
 Battalion is placed that accommodations are available. Should such accommo- 
 dations not be available, report will be made to the War Department for instruc- 
 tions. 
 
 9. These instructions are intended to cover all cases arising within the 
 •continental limits of the United States. This applies to men returned from 
 ji broad and to all branches of the service. 
 
 10. Transfers to Development Battalions will bo made within the grades held 
 by enlisted men unless transferred for disability which is the result of their 
 own misconduct : such men should be reduced to privates before transfer. 
 
 When the number of noncommissioned officers, cooks, etc., sent to a Develop- 
 ment Battalion exceeds the number provided for in Table 401, Training Bat- 
 talion, Infantry, such men will be carried on the rolls of the battalion as extra 
 numbers. Men holding grades, such as saddter, horseshoer, etc., not provided 
 for in Table 401, will also be cai'ried tis extra numliers on the rolls of the 
 battalion to which they are assigned. 
 
 11. Cases of men whose disposition is not covered by these Uistcuctions will 
 be referred to the War Department for necessary action. 
 
 12. Enlisted men will not be transferred from Development Battalions except 
 by War Department orders. 
 
 13. The commanding general, American Expeditionary Forces, will issue such 
 instructions as he may deem necessary relative to the disposition within his 
 command of men in the classes enumerated in pargraph 4 a, above. 
 
 14. One month after receipt of these instructions commanders of Develop- 
 ment Battalions will make recommendations with a view to increasing the 
 efficiency of this project. Higher commanders in forwarding tliese recomraendar 
 tions will add such comment as they see fit. - : h? 
 
 15. On the last of each mouth camp or depot brigade commanders will repoi't: 
 to The Adjutant General the number and grade of men fitted for duty within 
 their respective Development Battalions. The report will also state the class 
 of duty foi- which men are fitted, and whether or not they are suitable for duty 
 abroad. 
 
 16. Officers who are placed on duty with Development Battalions should bear 
 in mind the importance of this work. Success in conserving the man power of 
 the Natien can bo attained only through untiring effort and an exercise of good 
 judgment on the part of the officers concerned. (322.051, A. G. O.) 
 
 Transfer of soldiers without sufficient knowledge of the English lajiguage to 
 
 Development Battalions. 
 II. Soldiers wha have not sufficient knowledge of the English language to 
 enable them properly to perform their duties may be transferred to the Devel- 
 opment Battalions, where instruction to the necessary extent will be imparted. 
 These transfers will be made in accordance with section I of this order. 
 (350, A. G. O.) 
 
 GKN13HAI. Ordeks, No. 46, May 9. 1918. 
 
 Jewish Welfare Board. 
 
 I. The Jewish Welfare Board, which was formed to coordinate the war work 
 of Independent Jewish associations in the United States, is an agency which is 
 recognized for religious, social, and recreational work in the camps. Com- 
 manding officers will cooperate with the representatives of this organization 
 (083, A. G. O.) 
 
8 EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 Reporting sickness during movement of troops. 
 
 II. When during a movement of troops it is found necessary, on account of 
 sickness, to leave any part of the command at a place where the patient, or 
 patients, can not be turned over to the Medical Department, the commander 
 of the troops or detachment will report the fact by telegraph to the commander 
 of the department within the territorial limits of which the patients are left, 
 giving names, grades, organizations, nature of illness, and name of place at 
 which left. (704.1, A. G. O.) 
 
 Duties of Officers of the Corps of Instructors, Signal Corps. 
 
 III. OflBcers of the Corps of Instructors, Signal Corps, appointed with a view 
 to their utilization as instructors in schools of military aeronautics and desig- 
 nated as such in the orders directing them to report for duty, are not available 
 for duty as line officers nor for assignment to tactical units. The primary 
 duties of these officers are those pertaining to the instruction of cadets in the 
 schools of military aeronautics. Their services may not be utilized for any 
 other training. These duties will be performed under the supervision of the 
 commanding officer of the school of military aeronautics to which they are 
 assigned, (321.91, A. G. O.) 
 
 Unfit and inefficient officers. 
 
 IV. Section II, General Orders, No. 169. War Department, 1917. is rescinded 
 and the following substituted therefor: 
 
 1. W^henever an officer of the Regular Army, holding an appointment with 
 temporarily increased rank (by promotion or otherwise) in any force of the 
 Army of the United States, including staff bureaus and departments, is con- 
 sidered by his division or higher commander or by a chief of staff, bureau, or 
 department &s unfit to exercise the duties of such temporarily increased rank, 
 the division or higher commander, or the chief of staff, bureau, or department 
 will report such fact to the War Department for the action of the President, as 
 contemplated in section 9, act of Congress, approved May 18, 1917. (Bulletin 
 32, War Department, 1917.) 
 
 2. In all cases where an officer of the Regular Army holding an appointment 
 with temporarily increased rank (by promotion or otherwise) in any force of 
 the Army of the United States, including staff, bureaus, and departments, has 
 been discharged from such temporary commission on account of unfitness, such 
 officer shall be held as unfit for temporary promotion in the Regular Army and 
 shall be suspended from such promotion for a period of six months from the 
 date of such discharge. Any vacancy to which such officer may become en- 
 titled will be filled by the promotion of the qualified officer next on the lineal 
 list. 
 
 Just prior to the expiration of said period of six months his immediate com- 
 manding officer will be directed to report to the War Department whether or 
 not the officer thus suspended has demonstrated his fitness for temporary ad- 
 vancement to the next higher grade in the Regular Army. 
 
 3. In the American Expeditionary Forces the commanding general will con- 
 tinue, under the authority heretofore granted him, to discharge, by order of the 
 President, inefficient officers of all branches of the service below the grade of 
 brigadier general other than officers of the Regular Army. Officers of the 
 Regular Army holding temporary appointments therein, or commissions in forces 
 other than the Regular Army, may be discharged from such appointments and 
 commissions by the authority herein granted. In all cases where, in the opinion 
 of the commanding general, American Expeditionary Forces, an officer of the 
 Regular Army, who has b^en given temporary promotion therein, is considered 
 
BXTEACTS FROM GENEBAL ORDERS. 9 
 
 as unfit to exercise the duties of such temporarily increased ranlr, the com- 
 mandinjr general will report such fact to the War Department for the action of 
 the President. In all cases in the American Expeditionary Forces where an 
 officer of the Rejnilar Army has been discharged from temporary commission 
 with increased rank in the National Army or from commission to which tem- 
 porarily promoted in the Regular service, the conditions indicated in para- 
 graph 2 hereof shall apply. (334.4, A. G. O.) 
 
 Qualification record cards and ofBcers' qualification cards. 
 
 V. 1. All enlisted men of the Army in the continental limits of the United 
 States will be classified at the earliest practicable date in accordance with the 
 method already in use in Regular Army, National Guard, and National Army 
 divisions and in certain of the staff corps and departments. Accordingly for 
 each soldier there will be a completed qualification record card. Form CCP-1. 
 This card will accompany the soldier in all cases of transfer and embarkation. 
 
 2. The qualifications of the soldier as shown on his qualification record card 
 will be given consideration in his assignment to duty. In such assignment it 
 will be the practice, as far as practicable, to conform to the Tables of Occupa- 
 tional Needs, issued to division commanders on March 28, 1918. These tables 
 cover all units in an Infantry division (combat). 
 
 3. All oflicers of the Army below the grade of brigadier general, on active 
 duty and serving within the continental limits of the United States, will be 
 classified and rated according to the rating scale meihocl now in use in the case 
 of line officers and In certain of the staff corps and departments. Each officer 
 will fill out an oflicers' qualification card and will be rated according to the 
 rating scale on or before June 30, 1918. In case of transfer, whether within 
 the United States or overseas, this card will be rated, and inclosed in a sealed 
 erfvelope or package. It will accompany the officer and be delivered to the com- 
 manding officer to whom he reports. 
 
 4. Duplicate officers' qualification cards will be made before July 5, 1918, 
 and will be forwarded by the division, department, district, post, camp, or other 
 station commander directly to The Adjutant General of the Army, except 
 that duplicate cards of officers of staff corps and departments of the National 
 Guard, National Army, and OflJicers' Reserve Corps will be forwarded to the 
 chief of the staff corps or department concerned. The above will not apply 
 where duplicates have been forwarded under previous instructions. 
 
 5. Applications for qualification record cards, tables of occupational needs, 
 officers' qualification cards, and instructions for their use will be made to The 
 Adjutant General of the Army, Room 528. War Department. (201.6, A. G. O.) 
 
 General Ordeks, No. 47, Mat 11, 1918. 
 
 Units exempted from control of department commanders. 
 
 I. Paragraph 1, section VI, General Orders, No. 23, War Departpient, 1918, 
 is amended by the addition of the following subparagraph : 
 
 (/) Quartermaster Mechanical Repair Shop Units Nos. 304, 305, and 306. 
 (322.9, A. G. O.) 
 
 Baling relative to physical disability. 
 
 II. Hereafter any soldier who shall have been accepted on his first physical 
 examination after arrival at a military station as fit for service shall be 
 considered to have contracted any subsequent determined physical disability in 
 the line of duty unless such disability can be shown to be the result of his own 
 carelessness, misconduct, or vicious habits, or unless the history of the case 
 
iLO EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 shows unmistukiibly that the disability existed prior to entrance into the 
 service. The same rulings shall apply in the cases of officers who have beei. 
 passed as fit for service on phy^cal examination upon entrance into the service. 
 (710, A. G. O.) 
 
 Removal of personal property stored at posts or depots; shipment of bagg^age. 
 
 IV. General Orders, No. 86, War Department, 1917, is rescinded and the fol- 
 lowing is substituted therefor : 
 
 1. All officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees who have personal prop- 
 erty stored at military posts or depots are hereby directed to remove said 
 property upon notification from the quartermaster or other officer in charge 
 of the post or depot at which said property is stored that the space utilized 
 is required for use by the Government. 
 
 2. Officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Regular Army, not 
 on duty at a permanent station, who have been or may be directed to remove 
 personal property from a post or depot at which said property is stored (as 
 indicated In paragraph 1 hereof), or who may be ordered for duty in the field, 
 or who are now on duty in the field, will be entitled to have their full allow- 
 ance of baggage disposed of in the same manner as is now provided for in 
 paragraph 1138, Army Regulations, for extended service overseas. Upon re- 
 assignment to permanent station from duty in the field, officers, enlisted men. 
 and civilian employees of the Regular Army will be entitled to have their 
 authorized allowance of baggage shipped at public expense in the same man- 
 ner as is provided for in paragraph 1138, Army Regulations, upon resuming 
 duty in the United States from service overseas. Shipment under this authority 
 may be made from any previous station, provided the total of this and all pre- 
 vious shipments at Government expense from any one station shall not ex- 
 ceed the authorized allowance of the officer concerned at the time he left said 
 station and provided further that the aggregate weight of all shipments made 
 under the provisions of this order shall not exceed the authorized allowance 
 of the officer at the time final shipment is made. 
 
 For the purpose of this order " Duty in the field " will be construed as in- 
 cluding any duty in Europe incident to the present military operations. 
 
 8. Baggage in excess of the regular allowance may be shipped upon the same 
 bill of lading with the regulation allowance, upon deposit with the shipping 
 officer, prior to the issuance of the bill of lading, of a sum equal to the com- 
 mercial freight charges on the excess, to be ascertained from or through the 
 agent of the carrier at point of shipment, and cost of exchange for remittance 
 to the officer who will settle the transportation charges. The excess will not 
 be shipped on Government bill of lading unless such deposit be first made. 
 
 4. The provisions of this section include the shipment of the professional 
 books of officers, as provided for in paragraph 1139, Army Regulations, and 
 include, likewise, shipments made from places wh-ere baggage has heretofore 
 been stored under the provisions of paragraph 1138, Army Regulations. 
 
 5. Officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Regular Army de- 
 siring shipment of baggage under the provisions of this section, will submit 
 application therefor to The Adjutant General of the Army, setting forth the 
 necessity for the shipment, and such application when duly approved, shall be 
 the authority for a quartermaster to make the shipment. [524.21, A. G. O.] 
 
 Procedure to be followed in case of certain contracts. 
 
 V. 1. Revised Statutes 3744 to 3747 provide as follows : 
 
 Sec. 3744. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of 
 the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior, to cause and require every con 
 tract made by them severally on behalf of the Government, or by their officers^ 
 
EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDEBS. 11 
 
 under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing, aixl 
 signed by the contracting parties with thieir names at the end thereof; a copy 
 of which shall be filed by the officer making and signing the contract in the 
 Returns Office of the Department of the Interior, as soon after tlie contract is 
 made as possible, and within thirty days, together with all bids, offers and pro- 
 posals to him made by persons to obtain the same, and with a copy of any ad- 
 vertisement he may have published inviting bids, offers, or proposals for the 
 same. dLll the copies and papers in relation to each contract shall be attached 
 together by a ribbon and seal, and marked by numbers in regular order, accord- 
 ing to the number of papers composing the whole return. (See Sees. 512-515.) 
 
 Sec. 3745. It shall be the further duty of the officer, before making his return, 
 according to the preceding section, to affix to the same his affidavit in the 
 following form, sworn to before some magistrate having authority to admin- 
 ister oaths: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the copy of contract hereto 
 
 annexed is an exact copy of a contract made by me personally with ; 
 
 that I made the same fairly without any benefit or advantage to myself, or 
 
 allowing any such benefit or advantage corruptly to the said , or any 
 
 other person; and that the papers accompanying include all those relating to 
 the said contract, as required by the statute in such case made and provided." 
 
 Sec. 3746. Every officer who makes any contract, and fails or neglects to make 
 return of the same, according to the provisions of the two preceding sections, 
 unless from unavoidable accident or causes not within his control, shall be 
 leemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one hundred 
 dollars nor more than five hundred, and imprisoned not more than six months. 
 
 Sec. 3747. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of 
 the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior to furnish every officer appointed 
 by them with authority to make contracts on behalf of the Government with a 
 printed letter of instructions, setting forth the duties of such officer, under the 
 two preceding sections, and also to furnish therewith forms, printed in blank 
 of contracts to be made, and the affidavit of returns required to be affixed 
 thereto, so that all the instruments may be as nearly uniform as possible. 
 
 Extract from chapter 29, first session, 1917. June 15, 1917. (House resolu- 
 tion 3971.) Statutes, 1917„ page 198: 
 
 Section 3744, Revised Statutes, is hereby amended by adding the following 
 at the end of the last sentence : 
 
 '^Provided, That the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy may extend 
 the time for filing such contracts in the Returns Office of the Department of the 
 Interior to ninety days whenever In their opinion it would be to the interest 
 of the United States to follow such a course." 
 
 2. Numerous failures on the part of contracting officers of the War Depart- 
 ment to comply with the provisions of these statutes have been brought to the 
 attention of the department. The chiefs of the several supply bureaus will 
 insure a precise and Immediate compliance with these statutes. All contracting 
 officers of the War Department will familiarize themselves with these statutes 
 and comply accurately with their provisions. (160.14, A. G. O.) 
 
 General Orders, No. 48, May 17, 1918. 
 
 Discontinuance of qualification in marksmanship and extra pay tlierefor. 
 
 1. 1. During the continuance of the present emergency, firing with the rifie, 
 machine gun, or automatic rifle for qualification and extra pay in all organiza- 
 tions armed in whole or in part with these weapons will be discontinued. 
 
 2. During the continuance of the present emergency, examinations in the 
 Coast Artillery Corps and in the Field Artillery for qualification and extra pay 
 as gunners will be discontinued. (358.151. A. G. O.) 
 
IB EXTRACTS FKOM GENEEAI. ORDEHS AKD BULLETINS. 
 
 Marching and field shoes for troops ordered overseas. 
 
 II. Troops ordered overseas will take with them to ports of embarkation only 
 the one pair of russet or marcliing slioes for each enlisted iiian in addition to 
 field shoes referred to in section II, General Orders, No. 23, War Department, 
 1918. Additional marching and russet shoes which have been Issued will be 
 turncMi in to camp quartermasters before departure to embarkation caraps.^ 
 (421.5, A. G. O.) 
 
 Wearing of uniform by officials of the American Red Cross. 
 
 III. Paragraph 7, section V, General Orders, No. 17, War Department, 1918^ 
 is amended to read as follows : 
 
 7. Officials of the Red Cross assigned to duty as outlined above with the 
 Military Establishment In foreign countries which constitute the seat of active 
 warfare will be required to wefir the regulation uniform of the American Red 
 Cross, together with the insignia, etc., as approved by the Secretary of War. 
 Such uniform and insignia is not authorized for wear except as herein pre- 
 BCribed, (421, A. G. O.) 
 
 Appointment, promotion, and rednction of noncommissioned oflS^cers, Quarter- 
 master Corps. 
 
 IV. Section IV, General Orders, No. 113, War Department, 1917, as amended 
 by section VII, General Orders, No. 2, War Department, 1918, is further amended 
 so as to change paragraph 6 to read as follows: 
 
 6. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the matter of the appoint- 
 ment, promotion, and reduction of company, battalion, and regimental noncom- 
 missi'oued oflicers, cooks, and privates, first class. Quartermaster' Corps, in 
 l)attalion, regimental, and similar organizations pertaining to the said corps; 
 in the aprK)intment, promotion, and reduction of enlisted men referred to in this 
 paragraph, "the pro\Lsi(>ns of paragraphs 256, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 27G, 277, 
 and 278, Army Regulations 1913, siiall apply. Quartermaster sergeants senior 
 grade, quartermaster sergeants, and sergeants, first class, bel{»nging to such or- 
 ganizations, shall bo appointed as provided for in the preceding paragraph.^. 
 (322.03, A. G. O.) 
 
 Appointments in the serveral grades of enlisted men, (luartermaster Corps. 
 
 V. Paragraph 1, section IV, General Orders, No. 113, War Department, 1917, 
 is amended to read as follows: 
 
 Temporary appointments in the Regular Army, National Guard drafted, and 
 National Army to tl i grades of quarttrmaster sergeant, senior grade, quarter- 
 master sergean , and sergeant, first class. Quartermaster Corps, will, within the 
 limits of the allotment to their respective commands, be made by commanders of 
 territorial departments, armies, corps, divisions. Coast Artillery districts, and 
 eeimrate brlgadv-v;, and the commanding general, American Expeditionary Forces. 
 Permanent appolufment to these grades will be made for the Regular Ar-my by 
 the Secretary of \Var, and for the National Guard drafted and the National 
 Army by the Quartermaster General. Sergeants, corporals, cooks, and privates, 
 first class, will be temporarily or permanently appointed within the allotment to 
 their respective commands by the commanders of territorial departments, armies, 
 corps, divisions, Coast Artillery districts, and separate brigades, and the com- 
 manding general, American Expeditionary Forces. For independent stations 
 temporary appointments in all grades for the Regular Army, National Guard 
 drafted, and National Army; permanent appointments in all grades for the Na-. 
 tlonal Guard drafted and National Army and permanent appointments in the 
 Regular Army in the grades of sergeant, corporal, cook, and privates, first class, 
 will be made by the (quartermaster General. (220.31, A. G. O.) 
 
BXTKACTS PROM GENERAL ORDERS. 13 
 
 Supervision and control of division trains. 
 
 VI. Paragraph 1, section IV, General Orders, No. 149, War Department, .1917, 
 is rescinded an-' the following substituted therefor: 
 
 Except when released by order as provided for by paragraphs 282 and 283, 
 B^ield Service Uegulations, division rains are subject to the control of the com- 
 mander of trains, whose status and responsibility as a commander is analogous 
 to that of a brigade commander. In so far as training concerns a special service, 
 tlie details and supervision of instruction are properly functions of the division 
 chiefs of service under whom these elements of the command operate in action ; 
 but the failure of the latter to exercise this function will not serve to relieve 
 the commander of trains of his responsibility for the efficiency of his command. 
 The attention of all concerned is directed to the fact that the Field Service Regu- 
 lations were written with a view to their application in campaign. The excex)- 
 tional circumstances connected with service in training and mobilization camps 
 call for a maximum of control by the division chiefs of service, who represent tlie 
 division commander in matters pertaining to their particular branches. The 
 efficiency of a commander of trains is in part measured by the promptness with 
 which he can deliver any particular train when and where needed by the service 
 charged with itt operation and training. Where there exists an evident lack of 
 cooperation between the commander of trains and the chiefs of service, it is the 
 duty of the division commander to take appropriate action. Such action may 
 properly be that provided for by paragraph 283, Field Service Regulations. 
 (322.03, A. G. O.) 
 
 General Obdeks, No. 49, May 18, 1918. 
 
 Regulations for the flying of civilian aircraft. 
 
 The following proclamation by the President is published to the Army for 
 the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 [REQULATINQ THE FLYING OF CIVILIAN AIRCBAFT.] 
 BY THE PRESIDENT? OJT THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. 
 
 A Proclamation. 
 
 Whereas, the United States of America is now at war, and the Army and 
 Navy thA-eof are endangered in their operations and preparntions by aircraft, 
 T, WooDRow Wilson, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority 
 Tested in me by the Constitution as Commander in Chief of the Army and 
 Navy of the United States and of the Militia of the several States when called 
 into the actual service of the United States, do hereby for the protection of 
 such forces issue the following proclamation : 
 
 I. A license nmst be obtained from the Joint Army and Navy Board on 
 Aeronautic Cognizance by or in behalf of any person who contemplates flying 
 in a balloon, aeroplane, hydroplane, or other machine or device over or near 
 any military or naval forces, camp, fort, battery, torpedo station, arsenal, mu- 
 nition factory, navy yard, naval station, coaling station, telei)hone or wireless 
 or signal station, or any building or office connect e<i with the National De- 
 fense, or any place or region within the jurisdiction or occupation of the 
 United States which may be designated by the President as a zone of warlike 
 operations or of warlike preparation. 
 
 II. The license will specify the person to whom it is issued, the machine to 
 be used, the persons to operate the machine and all other persons to be carried 
 therein, the mode of marking or otherwise identifying the machine, and other 
 details intended to assure the military and naval forces of the peacefuluess oil 
 the errand. 
 
'11 EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 III. The license will also specify the territory and the time wherein it shall 
 be available. 
 
 IV. In case any aircraft shall disregard this proclamation or the terras of 
 the license, it shall be the right and duty of the military or naval forces to 
 treat the aircraft as hostile and to fire upon it or otherwise destroy it, not- 
 withstanding the resultant danger to human life. 
 
 V. For the present, the President designates as a zone of military operations 
 and of military preparation the whole of the United States and its territorial 
 waters and of the insular possessions and of the Panama Canal Zone. 
 
 VI. The provisions of this proclamation do not apply to aircraft operated 
 by the Army or Navy of the United Slates. 
 
 VII. No private flying without a license will be permitted after the expira- 
 tion of 30 days from the date of this proclamation. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 
 United States to be affixed. 
 
 Done in the District of Columbia, this 28th day of February, in the year ol 
 
 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of the in 
 
 [SEAI,] dependence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. 
 
 WooDEow Wilson, 
 By the President: 
 RoBEET Lansing, 
 
 Secretary of State, 
 (580.1, A. G. O.) 
 
 Genebal Ordeks, No. 50, May 20, 1918. 
 
 Eednction of noncommissioned officers and privates, first class, of Ordnance. 
 
 II. 1. During the present emergency the provisions of subparagraph 3, para- 
 graph 1512i, Army Regulations, in so far as it pertains to noncommissioned 
 officers and privates, first class, of Ordnance of the National Army or of the 
 National Guard in Federal service, is suspended and the following substituted 
 therefor : 
 
 2. Ordnance sergeants and sergeants, corporals, and privates, first class, of 
 Ordnance of the National Army or of the National Guard in Federal service, 
 may be reduced by sentence of a court-martial or by the Chief of Ordnance 
 or by the officers authorized to appoint them, and, in addition, privates, first 
 class, of Ordnance of the National Army may be reduced by arsenal or depot 
 commanders at ordnance establishments. (220.26, A. G. O.) 
 
 Physical examination of officers before proceeding overseas. 
 
 III. All commissioned officers of the Army of the United States, as defined In 
 General Orders, No. 115, August 29, 1917, War Department, who may be now 
 or hereafter under orders to proceed to the theater of war, and who shall not 
 liave been subjected to a thorough physical examination since November 14, 
 1917, will be subjected to such examination before proceeding to Europe for 
 duty. 
 
 Commanding officers will take the action necessary to carry this order into 
 effect and to prevent 1 3 departure for over-sea war service of any officer who 
 may be found physically unfit for such service, making special report in each 
 case to The Adjutant General of the Army setting forth the nature and extent 
 of the disability with a recommendation as to such further action as he may 
 deem best in the interest of the service. 
 
 The examining surgeon will furnish each officer found qualified for over-sea 
 service with a certificate showing that he is so qualified. (201.6, A. G. O.) 
 
EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS. 15 
 
 Genekal Orders, No. 52, May 25, 1918. 
 
 Transfer of officers and enlisted men. 
 
 1. 1. During the pre.sent emergency the transfer of officers within the Regulai* 
 Army, National Army, or National Guard, respectively, will be effected as 
 follows : 
 
 a. Within the regiment, as provided in paragraph 48, Army llegulations, 1918. 
 Ij. Within the division, in tlie same arm of the service, by the division com- 
 mander. 
 
 c. Within the higher units than a division, in the same arm of the service, 
 by the unit commander. 
 
 The War Department will be notified of each transfer made under the pro- 
 visions of a, b, and c. 
 
 d. From depot brigades to divisions, and vice versa, by tlie War Department. 
 
 2. The transfer of enlisted men from depot brigades, replacement, and train- 
 ing camps, or training depots to divisions or other units, and vice versa, will be 
 made by the War Department. (322.04, A. G. O.) 
 
 Specialists inducted into service. tjj aoiriax-isW 
 
 II. 1. When specialists are called into the military service for partictllfer 
 purposes, if they can not be used for the purposes for which they are inducted., 
 they will not be compelled to serve in other capacities until the time when 
 their regular order numbers would have been reached. Until this time they 
 may be furloughed, without pay and allowance, by the commanding officer to 
 whom they were ordered to report, who will notify the local board concerned 
 that the furlough has been granted for such a period. 
 
 2. When orders are issued directing such specialists to report at any post, 
 camp, or other station the commanding officer will be informed of tlieir 
 prospective arrivals in order that they may be assigned to the positions la- 
 tended for them. (324.71, A. G. O.) 
 
 Methods, routings, and preferential shipments of troops and supplies. 
 
 V. 1. Jurisdiction and control of all transportation for the Army having 
 been vested In the Storage and Traffic Division (now called the Division of 
 Purchases, Storage, and Traffic of the General Staff) under the provisions of 
 paragraph 4, section I, General Orders, No. 14, War Department, 1918, the 
 director thereof was thereby, in effect, authorized to issue from time to time, 
 through his assistants, directly to depot and other quartermasters, instructions 
 pertaining to methods, routing, and preferential shipments of troops and sup- 
 plies for the Army. ^ 
 
 2. All persons providing transportation of troops on making shipment of sup-.^ 
 plies for or through the Quartermaster Corps and their immediate command- 
 ing officers are enjoined to comply promptly with all instructions and direc- 
 tions issued to them by authority of the Director of Purchases, Storage, and 
 Traffic with reference to methods, routings, and preferential shipments of 
 troops and supplies and all other matters pertaining to transportation of persons 
 or stores, acknowledging receipts directly to the issuing sources, with duplicates 
 to the Quartermaster General for his information. 
 
 a. Methods will Include the system of marking packages for shipment; tlie 
 uae of prescribed forms, when available; the keeping of prescril)ed records of 
 transportation, of shipments, and of cars; the condensing or grouping of ship- 
 ments in cars; and economizing car space by loading cars to capacity or by 
 reducing the shipping bulk of special classes of freight or otherwise. 
 
?i? 
 
 EXTBACTS FEOM GENERAL OBDEBS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 h. Routing will include transportation over selected routes in order to dis- 
 tribute the traffic and relieve congestion ; distribution between freight, express, 
 and parcel-post shipments; provided that in routing troops and property under 
 this paragraph preference be given to land-grant lines or equalization lines 
 wbon practicable. 
 
 c. Preferential shipments will cover delaying a specified movement or ship- 
 ment or class thereof until another specified movement, shipment, or class 
 thereof shall have been made, or routing a specified movement or shipment or 
 class thereof by a designated route. 
 
 3. Pending receipt of such instructions or directions, and thereafter when 
 not conflicting therewith, the rules, regulations, and instructions pertaining to 
 ti-ansportation as issued by the Quartermaster General will be strictly complied 
 with. 
 
 4. All orders and instructions issued in compliance with this order will take 
 precedence over ail conflicting orders and instructions from whatever source. 
 (5150, A. G. O.) 
 
 General Obdebs, No. 53, May 27, 1918. 
 
 War-service and wound chevrons. 
 
 IV. Subparagraphs (c) and (d), paragraph 1, and paragraphs 7 and 8, Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 6, War Department 1918, are amended to read as follows : 
 
 1. * * * 
 
 (c) War-service chevrons. "^tl ovaii i 
 
 A gold chevron of standard fliatigrtat 'ami design, to be worn on the lower 
 half of the left sleeve of all uniform coats, except fatigue coats, by each officer, 
 field clerk, and enlisted man who has served six months in a theater of opera- 
 tions during the present war as an ofiicer, field clerk, or enlisted man of the 
 armies of the United States, and an additional gold chevron for each six 
 months of similar service thereafter. 
 
 A sky-blue cloth chevron of the same pattern and worn in the same manner 
 as the gold chevron by each oflicer, field clerk, and enlisted man who has 
 served under the conditions prescribed for the gold chevron, but has left the 
 theater of operations prior to the completion of six months' service therein. 
 Should a person subsequently return to the theater of operations for duty 
 therein, the blue-cloth chevron will be replaced by the gold chevron upon the 
 completion of a total of six months of service In the theater of operations, after 
 which only gold chevrons will be worn to indicate war service. The right to 
 wear war-service chevrons is limited to those officers, field clerks, and enlisted 
 men whose official duty requires their presence in a theater of operations, as 
 distinguished from those who may visit such a theater without having been 
 ordered thereto for duty. 'The term "theater of operations" is as defined in 
 Field Service Regulations 1914, as corrected to April 15, 1917. 
 
 War-service chevrons of the same material and design and similarly placed 
 will be worn on the coat, overcoat, or waist of their prescribed uniform by all 
 other uniformed personnel of the authorized Military Establishment. They 
 will be worn under the same conditions as prescribed for officers, field clerks, 
 and enlisted men. 
 
 (d) Wound chevrons. 
 
 A gold chevron of pattern identical with that of the war-service chevron, to 
 be worn on the lower half of the right sleeve of all uniform coats, except fatigue 
 coats, by each officer, field clerk, and enlisted man who has received or who may 
 hereafter receive a wound in action with the enemy, or as the result of an 
 act of the enemy, which necessitates treatment by a medical officer, and an 
 additional chevron for each additional wound; but not more tlian one chevron 
 
EXTRACTS PROM GENERAL ORDERS. 17 
 
 will be worn for two or more wounds received at the same time. Disablement 
 by gas necessitating treatment by a medical officer shall be considered to be a 
 wound within the meaning of this order. 
 
 Wound chevrons of the same material and design and similarly placed will 
 be worn on the coat, overcoat, or waist of their prescribed uniform by all other 
 uniformed personnel of the authorized Military Establishment. They will be 
 worn under the same conditions as prescribed for officers, field clerks, and en- 
 listed men. 
 
 7. When an officer, field clerk, enlisted man, or other member of the author- 
 ised Military Establishment is admitted to a hospital for treatment of a wound, 
 or when an officer, field clerk, enlisted man, or other member of the authorized 
 Military Establishment is treated for a wound without being admitted to a 
 hospital, the commanding officer of the hospital, or, in the latter case, the medi- 
 cal officer who treats the wound, will furnish the commanding offic*er of the 
 wounded person with a certificate describing briefiy the nature of the wound 
 and certifying to the necessity of the treatment. This information may be 
 furnished to commanders of higher units in the form of certified lists, and will 
 be transmitted by them to the commanding officers concerned. 
 
 8. Commanding officers will forward to The Adjutant General of the Army, 
 through military channels, lists in duplicate of those members of their com- 
 mands who have been honorably wounded in action, or as the result of an 
 act of the enemy, with a statement in the case of each individual, showing time 
 and place wounds were received, and organization in which they were then 
 serving. Whenever a report is made of an action, it will be accompanied by the 
 above-flescribed list and by certified copies of the medical officers' statements 
 described in paragraph 7. (421.7, A. G. O.) 
 
 64489°— 18 2 
 
Section II. 
 EXTRACTS FROM BULLETINS. 
 
 MAY, 191S. 
 
 Bulletin No. 24, May 2, 1918. 
 
 Pveimbursement of actual expenses or flat per diem for certain enlisteJ men. 
 
 I. An Act To provide for reimbursement of actual expenses or flat per diem for eulisted 
 men traveling on duty under competent orders. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter under such regula- 
 tions and within such maximum rates as may be prescribed by the Secretary 
 of War enlisted men may be reimbursed for actual expenses of travel, including 
 subsistence and lodging, incurred while traveling under competent orders and 
 not embraced in the movement of troops, or they may be paid a flat per diem 
 therefor in lieu of such reimbursement. 
 
 Approved, April 20, 1918. (246.6, A. G. O.) 
 
 Filling of certain vacancies in grades of the Eegnlar Army. 
 
 III. An Act To amend section eight of an act entitled "An Act to authorize the President 
 
 to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved 
 May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of section 
 eight of an act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase tem- 
 porarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 
 eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, be, and the same hereby is, 
 amended to read as follows: 
 
 ** Vacancies in the grades of the Regular Army resulting from the appoint- 
 ment of officers thereof to higher grades in the forces other than the Regular 
 Army herein provided for shall be filled by temporary promotions and appoint- 
 ments in the manner prescribed by section one hundred and fourteen of the 
 national defense act, approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, except 
 that such promotions and appointments may be made by the President alone 
 when such vacancies are in grades not above that of colonel ; and officers ap- 
 pointed under the provisions of this act to higher grades in the forces other than 
 the Regular Army herein provided for shall not vacate their permanent com- 
 missions or be prejudiced in their relative or lineal standing in the Regu- 
 lar Army." 
 
 Approved, April 20, 1918. (210.1, A. G. O.) 
 
 law against willful injury or destruction of war material, etc. 
 
 IV. An Act To punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war 
 premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled. That the words " war material," as 
 used herein, shall include arms, armament, ammunition, live stock, stores of 
 clothing, food, foodstuffs, or fuel; and shall also include supplies, munitions, 
 and all other articles of whatever description, and any part or ingredient 
 18 
 
EXTEACTS FROM BULLETINS. 19 
 
 thereof, intended for, adapted to, or suitable for the use of tlie United States, or 
 any associate nation, in connection with the conduct of the war. 
 
 The words " war premises," as used herein, shall include all buildings, 
 grounds, mines, or other places wherein such war material is being produced, 
 manufactured, repaired, stored, mined, extracted, distributed, loaded, unloaded, 
 or transported, together with all machinery and appliances therein contained; 
 and all forts, arsenals, navy yards, camps, prisons, or other military or naval 
 stations of the United States, or any associate nation. 
 
 The words " war utilities," as used herein, shall include all railroads, rail- 
 ways, electric lines, roads of whatever description, railroad or railway fixture, 
 canal, lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge, building, structure, engine, machine, 
 mechanical contrivance, car, vehicle, boat, or aircraft, or any other means of 
 transportation whatsoever, whereon or whereby such war material or any 
 troops of the United States, or of any associate nation, are being or may be 
 transported either within the limits of the United States or upon the high seas ; 
 and all dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, water and gas mains and pipes, structures 
 and buildings, whereby or in connection with which water or gas is being fur- 
 nished, or may be furnished, to any war premises or to the military or naval 
 forces of the United States, or any associate nation, and all electric light and 
 power, steam or pneumatic power, telephone and telegraph plants, poles, wires, 
 and fixtures and wireless stations, and the buildings connected with the main- 
 tenance and operation thereof used to supply water, light, heat, power, or 
 facilities of communication to any war premises or to the military or naval 
 forces of the United States, or any associate nation. 
 
 The words " United States " shall include the Canal Zone and all territory 
 and waters, continental and insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
 States. 
 
 The words " associate nation," as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean 
 any nation at war with any nation with which the United States is at war. 
 
 Sec. 2. That when the United States is at war, whoever, with intent to injure, 
 interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in prepar- 
 ing for or carrying on the war, or whoever, with reason to believe that his act 
 may injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate 
 nation in preparing for or carrying on the war, shall willfully injure or destroy, 
 or shall attempt to so injure or destroy, any war material, war premises, or 
 war utilities, as herein defined, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more 
 than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. 
 
 Sec. 3. That when the United States is at war, whoever, with intent to injure, 
 interfere with, or obstruct the United States or as^ associate nation in prepar- 
 ing for or carrying on the war, or whoever, with reason to believe that his act 
 may injure, interfere with, oi: obstruct the United States or any associate nation 
 in preparing for or carrying on the war, shall willfully make or cause to be 
 made in a defective manner, or attempt to make or cause to be made in a de- 
 fective manner, any war material, as herein defined, or any tool, implement, 
 machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in making, producing, manu- 
 facturing, or repairing any such war material, as herein defined, shall, upon 
 conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 
 thirty years, or both. 
 
 Approved, April 20, 1918. (381.3, A. G O.) 
 
 Bulletin No. 25, May 3, 1918. 
 
 Cable Censorship Circular. 
 
 I. Section II, Bulletin No. 52, War Department, 1917, publishhig Cable Cen- 
 sorship Circular No. 7, is rescinded. (311.22, A. G. O.) 
 
,2P EXTRACTS PROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 Pistol ammunition. 
 
 II. Thirty -five rounds of pistol ammunition, caliber .45, will be carried on the 
 person by troops armed with caliber .45 pistols. (471.42, A. G. O.) 
 
 Bulletin No. 26, May 11, 1918. 
 Defective ammunition. 
 
 II. Section IV, Bulletin No. 78, War Department, 1917, is amended by adding 
 to the second sentence of the first subparagraph the following : 
 
 " and a statement of the number of defects that occurred during the firing, 
 and the approximate number of rounds that were fired at the time the defects 
 were discovered." 
 (471, A. a O.) 
 
 Methods for obtaining ordnance equipment. 
 
 III. 1. The following modifications of Bulletin No. 2. War Department, 1918, 
 and methods for obtaining ordnance equipment under its provisions, are pub- 
 lished to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 a. Substitute for the words " Issued by ordnance depot on memorandum re- 
 ceipt," the words " Issued by Ordnance Department on memorandum receipt " 
 wherever they occur. 
 
 ft. Officers entitled to ordnance equipment under Bulletin No. 2, War De- 
 partment, 1918, will obtain it on memorandum receipt from their company or 
 detachment commanders, in case of company officers, or from the unit supply 
 officers in case of field and staff officers of organizations. Companies or de- 
 tachments will obtain such equipment from unit supply officers in the same man- 
 ner as they obtain articles for the equipment for the enlisted men. 
 
 Unit supply officers will obtain such equipment from the nearest ordnance 
 depot, arsenal, or other ordnance establishment in a similar manner to that of 
 obtaining other equipment for their organizations, and will be accountable 
 for it. 
 
 c. Where necessary, individual officers attached to but not serving with any 
 organization of a regiment, separate battalion, field hospital, ambulance com- 
 pany, or other tactical organization for which equipment is prescribed may 
 obtain the equipment in question on memorandum receipt directly from the unit 
 supply officer. 
 
 d. Staff officers serving at other headquarters will obtain all such equipment 
 on memorandum receipt from an officer at such headquarters designated by the 
 general in command to receipt and account for such property. 
 
 e. Should an officer to whom such equipment has been issued by a post, 
 camp, or depot ordnance officer fail to turn it in prior to his leaving such sta- 
 tion, the accountable officer may certify a list of the same to the Chief of 
 Ordnance that its cost may be stopped against the pay of the officer con- 
 cerned. (062.1, A. G. O.) 
 
 Final returns of property by accountable officers upon their arrival in Francf). 
 
 IV. Section I, General Orders, No. 74, Headquarters American Expeditionary 
 Forces, 1917, is published to the Array for the information and guidance of all 
 officers accountable for public property, who will arrange their affairs and list 
 their proT)erty, prior to departure from the United States, so as to be able to 
 comply with the provisions of the order immediately upon arival at their par- 
 ticular station in France: 
 
 When troops assigned to the American Expeditionary Forces have reached 
 their particular station in France, all officers accountable for proi)erty will at 
 once prepare accurate final returns of all equipment, property, and supplies 
 
EXTRACTS FROM BULLETINS. 21 
 
 for which f liey aiay be accountable and for which returns have been rendered 
 in the past. 
 
 The commanding officer will designate a disinterested officer, senior to the 
 accountable officer, if practicable, to make a physical inventory of balance on 
 hand on final return. The officer making this count will certify to the facts on 
 the final retui-n. 
 
 Chiefs of each corps and department, headquarters, American Expeditionary 
 Forces, France, will prescribe the numbers of copies to be made of the final 
 relTirn and the disposition of each copy. They will likewise publish detailed 
 instructions supplementing this order to meet the needs of their respective corps 
 oi" departments. 
 
 Should invoices and receipts arrive after these final returns have been made 
 for property which was received in the United States and not receipted for, the 
 oificer will accomplish the accompanying receipts, noting thereon the fact that 
 he has taken up the property and accounted for same on his final returns. The 
 Invoices will be handled in the same manner as if each were a final return. 
 
 This order does not apply to depot officers, to post quartermasters, or to 
 quartermasters at base hospitals or schools, all of whom will continue to ac- 
 count for property as required by existing orders. This order will likewise not 
 apply to articles kept for sale. (143, A. G. O.) 
 
 Bulletin, No. 27, May 16, 1918. 
 
 Permanent change of station allowance of baggage. 
 
 L Section I, Bulletin No. 7, War Department, 1917, is rescinded, and the fol- 
 lowing is substituted therefor: 
 
 : When officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Regular ^irmy are 
 ordered for duty on the Mexican border or from one station on the Mexican 
 border to another, they will be entitled to permanent change of station allow- 
 ance of baggage (including packing, crating, and transportation), as provided 
 for in paragraphs 1136 and 1138, Army Regulations. The provisions of this sec- 
 tion include the shipment of the professional books of officers, as provided for 
 in paragraph 1139, Army Regulations. (524.21, A. G. O.) 
 
 Bulletin No. 29, May 28, 1018. 
 
 -ft! 
 
 Telocitles and powders for French guns. 
 
 L The French guns recently adopted for use by the Army will use the same 
 velocities as listed in all the French pamphlets and specified by the French for 
 these guns. A new standard of practice in the acceptance of powder for these 
 guns as followed by the French will be necessary — namely, all powders ac- 
 cepted for guns purchased from the French will be tested at 59° F. instead of 
 70° F., as is the present practice. (471.5, A. G. O.) 
 
 Quarters and messes for detachments where public quarters are not available. 
 
 II. Arrangements will be made where practicable to secure quarters and es- 
 tablish messes for detachments at places where no public quarters are available. 
 
 This will not apply to small detachments statione<l at places for periods so 
 short that the expense would be manifestly greater than the commutation of 
 rations and quarters, nor where the nature of the service is such that the quar- 
 tering of the men in one place will interfere with the efficient performance of 
 their duty. (246.8, A. G. O.) 
 
 Torm for discharge certificates. 
 
 III. 1. It has been noted that in many instances the certificates given to en- 
 listed men discharged on account of disability have been made out on Form 
 
22 EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 No. 526, A. G. O., when the conduct of the men has warranted disicharge on 
 Form No. 525, A. G. O., or honorable discharge. In some cases such men hare 
 been discharged on Form No. 526, A. G. O., with character very good and even 
 excellent. 
 
 2. Paragraph 150 Army Regulations states in subparagraph 1 that the form 
 for honorable discharge shall be used when the soldier's conduct has been such 
 as to warrant his reenlistment and his service has been honest and faithful 
 It should be noted that this does not prevent the use of the form for honorable 
 discharge even though the physical or mental condition of the man at the 
 time of discharge would not warrant his reenlistment. 
 
 3. All concerned will, in making out discharge certificates, use such form as 
 will not be unjust to the man to be discharged. (220.84, A. G. O.) 
 
 TTniform to be worn by enlisted men granted furloughs to engage in civil occu- 
 pations. 
 V. The following instructions relative to the uniform to be worn by enlisted 
 men granted furloughs under authority of act of Congress approved March 16, 
 1918, are published to the Array for the information and guidance of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 1. In cases where furloughs are granted for periods of three months or less 
 (as in furloughs for agricultural purposes), commanding officers will require 
 enlisted men to take with them one sei-vice and one fatigue uniform, and will 
 charge such enlisted men to maintain the service uniform in good condition 
 and to report for duty from furlough in the service uniform. The fatigue uni- 
 form or civilian clothing will be worn while in the actual performance of 
 manual labor, and the service uniform will be worn at all other times. 
 
 2. In the exceptional cases where furloughs are granted for longer periods 
 than three months, such enlisted men may wear the service uniform when 
 taking advantage of said furlough; but the uniform of such enlisted men 
 will be treated as is the uniform of honorably discharged enlisted men under the 
 requirements of paragraph 1165, Army Regulations (changed by C. A. R. 65). 
 Such enlisted men are authorized but not required to wear the service uniform 
 while on such furlough, provided that the uniform be furnished and maintained 
 without expense to the United States. 
 
 3. Under no circumstances will the service uniform be worn while perform- 
 ing manual labor by any enlisted man while on furlough. (422.1, A. G. O.) 
 
Section III. 
 
 CONTENTS OF GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS THAT ARE NOT 
 REPRINTED IN SECTIONS I AND IL 
 
 MAY, 1918. 
 
 Genekal Ordebs, No. 43, May 1, 1918. 
 
 Sec. I. Enlisted men of the Engineer Service, National Army, engaged in 
 military survey and mapping work under the direction of the Chief of Engi- 
 neers, exempted from the control of department and division conmianders. 
 
 Sec. IV. General Orders, No. 16, War Department, 1918, as amended by sec- 
 tion VII, General Orders, No. 24, War Department, 1918, relating to control of 
 quartermaster supplies, further amended. 
 
 Sec. V. Assignment of Maj. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook, National Army, to 
 command of Southern Department, relieving Brig. Gen. John W. Ruckman, who 
 is assigned to command of the Northeastern Department, relieving Brig. Gen. 
 John A. Johnston, National Army, who is assigned to the command of the 68th 
 Infantry Brigade, 34th l5ivision. 
 
 General Orders, No. 44, May 7, 1918. 
 
 Sec. I. Assignment of Brig. Gen. Clarence C. Williams. National Army, as 
 Acting Chief of Ordnance. 
 Sec. II. Functions to be performed by the Assistant Secretaries of War. 
 
 General Orders, No. 40, May 9, 1918. 
 
 Sec. VI. Assignment of Brig. Gen. Robert E. Wood, . National Army, as Act- 
 ing Quartermaster General. 
 
 General Orders, No. 47, May 11, 1918. 
 
 Sec. III. Maj. Gen. William L. Slbert, United States Army, relieved from 
 command of the Southeastern Department, and detailed as Director of Gas 
 Service of the United States Army. 
 
 General Orders, No. 50, May 20, 1918. 
 
 Sec. I. Defining the duties of the Army Operations Division and the Divi- 
 sion of Purchases, Storage, and Traffic. 
 
 Sec. IV. Section II, General Orders, No. 68, War Department, 1917, super- 
 seded ; regulations governing enlistment in the service of any country engaged 
 in war with a country with which the United States is at wac . , ^.,^ - 
 
 General Orders, No. 51, May 24, 1918. 
 
 Sec. I. Executive order redistributing the powers, duties, and functions of the 
 Chief Signal Officer. 
 
 Sec. II. Executive order redistributing and transferring the duties and 
 powers of the Chief Signal Officer, as a member of the Aircraft Board, to the 
 Director of Military Aeronautics. 
 
 Sec. III. Directions concerning the detail and duties of a chief of the Air 
 Service. 
 
 23 
 
24 BXTEACTS FROM GENEEAL OBDEBS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 Genkbai. Orders, No. 52, May 25, 1918. 
 
 .See. III. Drafting into the service of the United States all enlisted men of 
 the State staff corps and departments of the National Guard not hitherto 
 covered by draft. 
 
 Sec. IV. The water transport branch of the Quartermaster General's office 
 placed under the control of the Embarkation Division of the Office of Purchase, 
 Storage, and Traffic. 
 
 General Oedees, No. 53, Mat 27, 1918. 
 
 Sec. I. Detail of Gen. Peyton C. March as Chief of Staff, reliering Gen. 
 Tasker H. BlLss. 
 
 Sec. II. First paragraph of sectioii IV, General Orders, No. 23, War Depart- 
 ment, 1918, superseded ; the Fuel and Forage Division, Quartermaster Gen- 
 eral's office, charged with additional duties. 
 
 Sec. III. Classes of men that may be inducted into military service for duty 
 with the General Staff and bureaus in Washington. 
 
 Bulletin No 24, May 2, 1918. 
 
 Sec. II. Act of Congress, approved April 19, 1918, to prevent Interference 
 with the use of homing pigeons by the United States. 
 
 Sec. V. Act of Congress, approved April 17, 1918, suspending for the period 
 of the present virar sections 45, 46, and 56 of the national defense act. 
 
 Bulletin No. 25, May 3, 1918. 
 
 Sec. III. Issue of matzoth. or unleavened bread, to enlisted men of .Jewish 
 faith during the Passover period. 
 
 Sec. IV. Letter of the Third Assistant Postmaster General calling attention 
 to the postal laws and regulations governing the furnishing of penalty envelopes 
 by officers of the Government. 
 
 Bulletin No. 26, May 11, 1918. 
 
 ^ec. I. Camp Raritan, Metuchen, N. J., designated as an ordnance training 
 camp. 
 
 Bulletin No. 27, May 16, 1918. 
 
 Sec. II. Regulations governing the use and navigation of the waters of or 
 adjacent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. 
 
 Bulletin No. 28, May 18, 1918. 
 
 .Sec. I. Act of Congress authorizing the President, during the existing 
 emergency, to sell supplies, materials, equipment, or other property, heretofore 
 or hereafter purchased, acquired, or manufactured by the United States, li\ 
 connection with, or incidental to, the prosecution of the war. 
 
 Sec. II. Act of Congress to amend naturalization laws and to repeal certain 
 sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States and other laws relating 
 to naturalization. 
 
 Bulletin No. 29, May 28, 1918. 
 
 Sec, IV. Distinctive marks and insignia prescribed for the military organiza- 
 tion of a State known as Home Guard. 
 
Section IV. 
 
 List of numhers of paragraphs of Army Reffulation* (Md other regtilations and 
 manuals of the War Department that have been changed since Jan. 1, 1918. 
 
 [For list of numbers of paragraphs changed prior to Jan. 1, 1918, see sec IV, Extracts 
 from General Orders and Bulletins, War Department, 1917.] 
 
 FAB asterisk (♦) before the paragraph number indicates that the change was made during 
 
 the month of May, 1918.] 
 
 1. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1918. 
 
 [Corrected to Apr. 15, 1917.] 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 Nof 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 114 
 
 71 
 
 680 
 
 68 
 
 1236 
 
 69 
 
 121 
 
 67 
 
 ♦717 
 
 68,72 
 
 1242 
 
 69 
 
 126i _ 
 
 67 
 
 778 
 
 782 
 
 70 
 
 67 
 
 1248 
 
 1370J__ 
 
 69 
 
 •131 
 
 72 
 
 67 
 
 148i__ 
 
 69 
 
 784 
 
 67 
 
 1385 
 
 67 
 
 169 
 
 69 
 
 824 
 
 70 
 
 ♦1405 
 
 72 
 
 191 
 
 71 
 
 906 
 
 68 
 
 ♦1407 
 
 72 
 
 ♦193i— 
 
 72 
 
 907 
 
 68 
 
 1441 
 
 70 
 
 222J__ 
 
 68 
 
 910 
 
 68 
 
 1442 
 
 70 
 
 ♦256— 
 
 72 
 
 937 
 
 71 
 
 1443— 
 
 69 
 
 ♦271— 
 470 
 
 72 
 
 71 
 
 1006 
 
 ♦1009 
 
 69 
 
 72 
 
 1444 
 
 69 
 
 1444J__ 
 
 70 
 
 ♦491 __ 
 
 70,72 
 
 71 
 
 1128 
 
 70 
 
 1459J__ 
 1460— 
 
 70 
 
 633 
 
 ♦1138 
 
 — 72 
 
 69 
 
 634 
 
 71 
 
 1203 
 
 70 
 
 1461 
 
 70 
 
 ♦678 
 
 68,72 
 
 ♦1205 
 
 67.72 
 
 1566— 
 
 68 
 
 679 
 
 68 
 
 ♦1223 
 
 ..__ 69,70,72 
 
 
 
 
 2. ARMY TRi 
 
 lNSPORT SERVICE RBGULA 
 
 TIONS, 1914. 
 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 175 
 
 16 
 
 320 
 
 16 
 
 331 
 
 16 
 
 310 
 
 16 
 
 321 
 
 322 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 332 
 
 16 
 
 311 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 333 
 
 16 
 
 312___ 
 
 323 
 
 324 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 334 — 
 
 __ 16 
 
 313 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 335 
 
 16 
 
 314 
 
 325 
 
 16 
 
 336 
 
 16 
 
 315 — 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 326 
 
 . 16 
 
 337 
 
 338 
 
 16 
 
 316 
 
 327 
 
 328 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 317— 
 
 339 
 
 16 
 
 318— 
 
 16 
 
 329 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 Bin — 
 
 16 
 
 330 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 COMPILATION 
 
 P ORDERS, 1881-1915. AND 
 
 1916 SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 No. 
 
 ♦95 
 
 8 
 
 134?, 
 
 7 
 
 288f___ 
 
 8 
 
 96___. 
 
 7 
 
 190 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 4. DISCIl 
 
 W^^iftmmJBF 
 
 jATIONS. 
 
 Changes 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 i. DRILL 
 
 REGULATIONS A 
 
 ND SERVICE 
 
 MANUAL FOB 
 
 SANITARY 
 
 TROOPS, 1917. 
 
 
 
 Changes 
 
 1 'Ji44< 
 
 r; .«. f 
 
 Changes 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 
 No. 
 
 95 
 
 
 1 
 
 104 
 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
26 
 
 EXlRACrS FROM GENERAL ORDERS AND BULLETINS. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 *12J___ 
 
 414 
 
 G. FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS, 1914, 
 [Corrected to Apr. 15, 1917.] 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 8,9 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 ♦Appendix 5. 
 
 t-Hanges 
 
 No. 
 9 
 
 Paragraph. 
 *283 __ 
 
 7. INFANTRY DRILL REGULATIONS, 1914. 
 [Corrected to Apr. 15, 1917.] 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 311 
 
 8. MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL, 1917. 
 [Corrected to Apr. 15, 1917.] 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 3 
 
 Paragraph. 
 400 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 3 
 
 9. MANUAL FOR THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, 1916. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 Sl__. 
 
 187 
 
 188 
 
 193 
 
 215 
 
 217J_. 
 
 260 
 
 279— 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 u 
 
 [Corrected to Apr. 15, 1917.] 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 287 
 
 313 
 
 341 
 
 428 
 
 436 
 
 445 
 
 449 
 
 450 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 7 
 
 10. MANUAL FOR THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS, 1916, VOL 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 351 
 
 667_-_. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 Paragraph. 
 2423 
 
 ragraph. 
 455 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 6 
 
 456 
 
 
 460 
 
 . - 
 
 462 . 
 
 . (3 
 
 463 
 
 . 
 
 464. _ 
 
 
 
 853 
 
 7 
 
 865__- 
 
 
 , 1916, VOL. I 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 Paragraph 
 126 
 
 Rule. 
 
 85. 
 
 11. MACHINE GUN FIRING MANUAL. 
 Changes 
 
 No. Paragraph 
 2 127 
 
 12. SIGNAL CORPS MANUAL NO. 2, 1915. 
 
 'JL. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 2 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 19 
 
 13. SMALL ARMS FIRING MANUAL, 1913. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 Special Course C, Appendix II 20 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 14 
 
 14. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 28. 
 
 Cliauges 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 3 
 
 15. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 31. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 5 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 3 
 
 Paragraph. 
 7 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 2 
 
PARAGRAPHS OF REGULATIONS CHARGED. 
 
 27 
 
 16. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 32. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Table. 
 I- 
 
 Paragraph. 
 9— 
 
 27 
 
 *32 
 
 G3^__. 
 
 •64 
 
 64i*_- 
 ♦74i__. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 10 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 11 
 
 17. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 40. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Table. 
 III. 
 
 18. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 41. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 ♦82 
 
 84 
 
 *87. 
 
 *92. 
 
 *93. 
 
 94. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 95 
 
 *96 
 
 99 
 
 *108 
 
 *120 
 
 130 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 4 
 
 :;, 4 
 
 2 
 
 i\ 4 
 
 4 
 
 2. 3 
 
 19. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 42. 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 *13^. 
 34_. 
 ♦36-. 
 *37-. 
 *40_. 
 ♦41_. 
 *71_. 
 •72- 
 •7S_. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 2,4 
 
 =3 
 
 3,4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Paragraph. 
 
 •74- 
 •75- 
 •76- 
 ♦77. 
 •78. 
 ♦79. 
 ♦80. 
 ♦81. 
 ♦82. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. Paragraph. 
 
 *83__ 
 *84__ 
 •84i_ 
 *85_. 
 •92_. 
 ►116- 
 *121_. 
 1605. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 
 4 
 
 3,4 
 
 2,4 
 
 3,4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 3,4 
 
 2 
 
 Paragraph. 
 41 
 
 20. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 43. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 4 
 
 Paragraph. 
 32___ 
 
 Paragraph. 
 32 
 
 Paragraph. 
 4 
 
 Paragraph. 
 15 
 
 Bquipment A. 
 Bqnipment B. 
 Equipment C. 
 
 21. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 55. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 37 
 
 22. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 61. 
 
 23. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 64. 
 
 24. SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 66. 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 16 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Paragraph. 
 17 
 
 25. TABLE OF FUNDAMENTAL ALLOWANCES. 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Note 24 _ 
 Note 24a 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 
 No. 
 1 
 
 Changes 
 No. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
^ F 
 
INDEX TO SECTIONS I, II, AND III. 
 
 A. 
 
 Page. 
 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., regulations governing use of waters of (sec. II, 
 
 Bui. 27) 24 
 
 Acting Chief of Ordnance, Brig. Gen. Clarence C. Williams, assigned as (sec. I, 
 
 G. O. 44) 23 
 
 Acting Quartermaster General, Brig. Gen. Robert B. Wood, assigned as (sec VI, 
 
 G. O. 46) 23 
 
 Acts of Congress : 
 
 Amending naturalization laws (sec. II, Bui 28) 24 
 
 Authorizing the President to sell supplies, etc., manufactured by the United 
 
 States (sec. I, Bui. 28) 24 
 
 Filling certain vacancies in grades of the Regular Army (sec. Ill, Bui, 24) 18 
 
 Preventing interference with use of homing pigeons (sec. II, Bui. 24) 24 
 
 , Reimbursing enlisted men traveling on duty (sec. I, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Suspending certain sections of the national defense act (sec. V, Bui. 24) 24 
 
 To punish injury or destruction of war material (sec. IV, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Aircraft, civilian, regulations for flying (G. O. 49) 13 
 
 American Red Cross, wearing of the regulation uniform (sec. Ill, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Ammunition : 
 
 Defective (sec. II, Bui. 26) 20 
 
 Pistol, carried by troops (sec. II, Bui. 25) 20 
 
 Appointments, noncommissioned oflBcers, Quartermaster Corps (sec. IV, G. O. 48)_ 12 
 Appointments in the several grades of enlisted men. Quartermaster Corps (sec. V, 
 
 G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Arms for assistants of the automatic riflemen (sec. II, G. O. 43) 5 
 
 Army Operations Division, duties (sec. I, G. O. 50) 23 
 
 Army Regulations, paragraph 1512 j, certain portion suspended (sec. II, G. O. 50) _ 14 
 
 Assistant Secretaries of War, functions (sec. II, G. O. 44) 23 
 
 Assistants of the automatic riflemen, arms and cartridge belts for (sec. II, G. O. 
 
 43) 6 
 
 Automatic riflemen, assistants of, arms and cartridge belts for (sec. II, G. O. 43) _ 5 
 
 B. 
 
 Baggage, shipment of (sec. IV, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Baggage transportation, permanent change of station (sec. I, Bui. 27) 21 
 
 Blank forms for discharge certificates, use of (sec. Ill, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Books, professional, of oflScers, shipment of (sec. I, Bui. 27; sec. IV, G. O. 47) 21, 10 
 
 Bulletins, War Departments : 
 
 1917, No. 7, sec. I superseded (sec. I, Bui. 27) 21 
 
 1917. No. 52, sec II. rescinded (sec. I, Bui. 25) 19 
 
 1917, No. 73, sec. IV amended (sec. II, Bui. 26) 20 
 
 1918, No. 2, modified (sec. Ill, Bui. 26) 20 
 
 C. 
 
 Cable Censorshi ) Circular (sec. I, Bui. 25) 19 
 
 Camp Rarltan, N. J., designated as an ordnance training camp (sec. I, Bui. 26) 24 
 
 Cartridge belts for assistants of the automatic rifiemen (sec. II, G. O. 43) 5 
 
 Censorship, cable (sec. I. Bui. 25) 19 
 
 Certificates, discharge, use of blank forms (sec. Ill, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Change of station, permanent, allowance of bagTage (sec. I, Bui. 27) 21 
 
 Chevrons, war-service and wound (sec. IV, Q. O. 53) 16 
 
 Chief of Staff: 
 
 Bliss, Tasker H., general, relieved a? (sec. I, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 March, Peyton C, general, detailed as (sec. I, 6. O. 53) 24 
 
 Chief of the Air Service, detail and duties of (sec. III. G. O. 51) 23 
 
 Chief Signal Ofllcer, redistribution of povrers duties, and functions (sees. I and II, 
 
 G. O. 51) 1 23 
 
 Civilian aircraft, regulations for flying (G. O. 49) • 13 
 
 Civilian employees : 
 
 Baggage transportation (sec, I, Bui. 27; sec. IV, 6. O. 47) 21.10 
 
 Removal of personal property stored at posts, etc. (sec. IV. G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Clothing for officers and enlisted men of foreign armies (sec. Ill, G. O. 43) 5 
 
 Coast Artillery Corps, examinations in, for extra pay as gunners, discontinued 
 
 (sec. I, G. O. 48) 11 
 
 Contracts, procedure to he followed In case of (sec. V, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Corps of Instructors, Signal Corps, duties of officers (sec. Ill, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 29 
 
30 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 D. 
 
 Pase- 
 
 Defective ammunition (sec. II, Bui. 2G) 20 
 
 Department commanders, exemptions from control of (sec. I, G. O. 43 ; sec. I, 
 
 G. O. 47) . 23, • 
 
 Destruction or injury of wai material, punishment for (sec. IV, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Detachments, quarters and messes for (sec. II, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Development battalions: 
 
 Organisation, functions, etc. (sec. I, Q. O. 45) 5 
 
 Transfer of enlisted mou to (sees. I and II, G. O. 45) 5-7 
 
 Director of Gas Service, United States Army, Maj. Gen. William L, Sibert, detailed 
 
 as (sec. Ill, G. O. 47) 23 
 
 Director of Military Aeronautics, certain powers, duties, etc., of Chief Signal Offi- 
 cer transferred to (sees. I and II. G. O. 51) 23 
 
 Discharge certificates, use of blank forms (sec. Ill, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Discontinuance of qualification in marksmanship and extra pay therefor (sec. I, 
 
 G. O. 48) U 
 
 Division commanders, exemptions from control of (sec. I, G. O. 43) 23 
 
 Division of Purchases. Storage, and Trafllc, duties (sec. I, G. O. 50) 23 
 
 Division trains, supervision and control (sec VI, Q. O. 48) 13 
 
 Drafting into United States service enlisted men of State staff corps and depart- 
 ments (sec. Ill, G. O. 52) 24 
 
 Duties of officers of the Corps of Instructors, Signal Corps (sec. Ill, G. O. -IB) 8 
 
 English language, transfer to Development Battalions of soldiers without sufficient 
 
 knowledge of (sec. II, G. 0. 45) 7 
 
 Enlisted men : 
 
 Baggage transportation (sec. I, Bui. 27; sec. IV, G, O. 47) 21,10 
 
 Engineer service, National Army, exempt from control of department and 
 
 division commanders (sec. I, G. O. 43) 23 
 
 Issue of malzoth to, of Jewish faith (sec. Ill, Bui. 25) , 24 
 
 Reimbursement for actual traveling expenses (sec. I, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Removal of personal property stored at posts, etc. (sec. IV, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 State staff corps and departments. National Guard, drafting into U. S. serv- 
 ice (sec. ill, G. O. 52) _ 24 
 
 Transfer of (sec. I, G. O, 52) 15 
 
 Transfers to Development Battalions (sees. I and II, G. O. 45) 5-7 
 
 Wearing of uniform while on furlough (sec. V, Bui. 29) 22 
 
 Enlistments in service of countries in which the United States is at war, regula- 
 tions (sec. IV, G. O. 50) 23 
 
 Equipments, ordnance, methods for obtaining (sec. Ill, Bui. 26) 20 
 
 Examinations for extra pay as gunners, discontinued (sec. I, G. O. 48) 11 
 
 Executive order redistributing the powers, duties, etc., of the Chief Signal Officer 
 
 (sees. I and II, G. O. 51) 23 
 
 Exemptions from control of department and division commanders (sec. I, G. O. 
 
 43; sec. I, G. O. 47) 23,9 
 
 Extra pay, marksmanship, discontinued (sec. I, G. O. 48) 11 
 
 F. 
 
 Field Artillery, examinations in, for extra pay as gunners, discontinued (sec. I, 
 
 G. O. 48) 11 
 
 Filling of certain vacancies in grades of the Regular Army (sec. Ill, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Foreign armies, sale of clothing to officers of (sec. Ill, G. O. 43) 5 
 
 French Army, enlisted men of, -on duty with United States forces, issue of clothinsr 
 
 (sec. Ill, G. O. 43) ^5 
 
 French guns, velocities and powders for (sec. I. Bui. 29) ^1 
 
 Fuel and Forage Division, Quartermaster General's office, additional duties (sec. 
 
 II, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 G. 
 General Orders, War Department : 
 
 1917, No. 68, sec. II, superseded (sec. IV, G. O. 50> 2.3 
 
 1917, No. 86, rescinded (sec. IV, G. O 47) 10 
 
 1917, No. 113. sec. IV, amended (sec. IV, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 1917, No. 113, par. 1, sec. IV, amended (sec. V, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 1917, No. 149, par. 1. sec. IV, superseded (sec. VI, G. O. 48) 13 
 
 1917, No. 169. sec. Il, rescinded (sec. IV, G. O. 46) ^» 
 
 1918, No. 2, par. 6. sec. VII, amended (sec. IV- G. O. 48) _ ___ 12 
 
 1918, No. 6, par. 1 (c and d), and pars. 7 and 8, amended (sec. IV, G. O. 53) _ 16 
 
 1918, No. 16, amended (sec. IV, G. O. 43) 23 
 
 1918, No. 17, par. 7, sec. V, amended (sec. Ill, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 1918, No. 23, par. 1, sec. IV, superseded (sec. II, G. O. 53) ^* 
 
 1918, No. 23, par. 1, sec. VI, amended (sec. I, G. O. 47) » 
 
 1918, No. 24, sec. VII, amended (sec. IV. G. O. 43) _>__—- 23 
 
 General Staff and bvireaus in Washington, classes of men for military service with 
 
 Gunners, quaUficatlon as," amf extra pay discontinued (sec. I, G. O. 48) JJ 
 
 Guns, French, velocities and powders for (sec. I, Bui. 29) ^^ 
 
 H. 
 
 Home Guard, distinctive marks and insignia prescribed for (sec. IV Bui. 29)— 24 
 
 Homing pigeons, preventing interference with use of (sec. II, Bui. 24) -6* 
 
INDEX. ^. 31 
 
 I. '■'■ ■ ' ■■'^■■• 
 
 Page. 
 
 Inefficient officers (sec. IV, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Injury or destruction of war material, punishment for (.'seo. IV, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Insignia prescribed for Home Guard (sec, IV, Bui. 29) 24 
 
 Issue of clothing to enlisted men of the French Array on duty with United States 
 
 forces (sec. III. G. O. 43) 5 
 
 Issue of matzoth or unleavened bread (sec. Ill, Bui. 25) 24 
 
 J. 
 
 Jewish Welfare Board, commanding officers to cooperate with (sec. I, G. O. 46) — 7 
 
 L. 
 
 Law against willful injury or destruction of war material, etc. (sec. IV, Bui. 24) _ 18 
 
 M. 
 
 Marching and field shoes for troops ordered overseas (sec. II, G. O. 4S) 12 
 
 Marksmanship, qualification in, and extra pay discontinued (sec. I, G. O. 48) H 
 
 Messes for detachments (sec. II, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Methods, routings, and preferential shipments of troops and supplies (sec. V, 
 
 G. O. 52) •- 15 
 
 Mexican border, change of station allowance of baggage (sec. I, Bui. 27) 21 
 
 Militarv service for duty with the General Staff and bureaus, classes of men for 
 
 (sec' III, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 Movements of troops, reporting sickness during (sec. II, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 N. 
 
 National defense act, certain sections suspended (sec. V, Bui. 24) 24 
 
 Naturalization laws, amending of (sec. II. Bui. 28) 24 
 
 Noncommissioned officers : 
 
 Ordnance, reductioa of (sec. 11, G. O. 50) 14 
 
 Quartermaster Corps, ppointment, promotion, and reduction of (sec. IV, 
 
 G. O. 48) 12 
 
 O. 
 
 Officers : 
 
 Accountable for property, on arrival In France, duties (sec. IV, Bui. 20) 20 
 
 Assignment to duty or command — 
 
 Holbrook. Willard A., major general (sec. V, G. O. 43) 23. 
 
 .Tohn;.ton. .lohn \., brigadier general (sec. V, G. O. 43) 23 
 
 Ruckman, John W., brigadier generJil (sec. V, G. O. 43) 23 
 
 Williams, Clarence C, brigadier general (sec. I, G. O. 44) 23 
 
 Wood, Robert E., brigadier general (sec. VI, G. O. 46) 28 
 
 Baggage transportation (sec. I, Bui. 27; see. IV, G. O. 47)-, 21,10 
 
 Detail of Gen. Peyton C. Marsh as Chief of Staff (stc. I, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 Gen. Tasker H. Bliss relieved as Chief of Staff (sec. J, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 Physical examination, for oversea service (sec. Ill, G. O. 50) 1* 
 
 Qualification cards (sec. V, G. O. 46) 
 
 Relieved from duty or command — 
 
 Bliss, Tasker H., general (sec. I, G. O. 53) 24 
 
 .lohnston, John A., brigadier general (sec. V, G. O. 43) 2S 
 
 Ruckman, John W.. brigadier general (sec. V, O. O. -^3) 23 
 
 Sibert, William L., major general (sec. Ill, G. O. 47) 23 
 
 Removal of personal property stored at posts, etc. (sec. IV, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Transfer of (sec. I, G. O. 52) 15 
 
 Unfit and inefficient (sec. IV, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Officers and enlisted men of foreign armies, clothing for (sec. Ill, G. O. 43) 5 
 
 Ordnance Department, reduction of noncommissioned officers and privates, first 
 
 class (sec. II, G. O. 50) ^ 1.4 
 
 Ordnance equipment, methods for obtaining (sec. Ill, Bui. 26) 20 
 
 Ordnance training camp, Camp Raritan designated as (sec. I, Bui. 26) 24 
 
 Organization, functions, etc., of Development Battalions (sec. 1, G. O. 45) 5 
 
 Oversea duty : 
 
 Marching and tield shoes for troops ordered on (sec. II, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Physical examiuaTion of officers for (sec. Ill, G. O. ">0) 14 
 
 Shipment of baggage (sec. IV, G. O. 47) lO 
 
 P. 
 
 Penalty envelopes, postal laws and regulations (sec. IV, Bui. 25) 24 
 
 Permanent change of station, allowance of baggage (sec. I, Bui. 27) 21 
 
 Personal property stored at posts or depots, removal of (sec. IV, G. O. 47) lO 
 
 Physical disability, rulings relative to (sec. II, G. O. 47) J) 
 
 Physical examination of officers before proceeding overseas (sec. Ill, G, O. 50) 14 
 
 Pistol ammunition, carried by troops (sec. II, Bui. 25) 20 
 
 Postal laws and regulations, penalty envelopes (sec. IV, Bui. 2.") 24 
 
 Powders for French guns (sec. I, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 Privates, first class. Ordnance, reduction of (sec. II, G. O. 50) 14 
 
 Procedure to be followed in case of certain contracts (sec. V. G O. 47) 10 
 
 Proclamation, President of the United States, regulating flying of civilian aircraft 
 
 (G. O. 49) 13 
 
 Promotions, noncommissioned officers, Quartermaster Corps (sec. IV, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Property accountability, duties of officers on arrival in France (?ec. IV, Bui. 26) _ 20 
 Property, supplies, etc., acquired or manufactured by the United States, sale of 
 
 fsec. I. Bui. 28) 24 
 
m 
 
 IKDEX. 
 
 Q. , 
 
 Pa fir*. 
 
 Qualification cards, officers' (sec. V. G. O. 46) 9 
 
 Qualification record cards (sec. V, G. O. 46) 9 
 
 Quartermaster Corps : 
 
 Appointments in the several grades of enlisted men (sec. V, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Noncommissioned officers, appointment, etc. (sec. IV, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Quartermaster mechanical repair shop units exempted from control of department 
 
 commanders (sec. I, G. O. 47) 
 
 Quarters for detachments (sec. II. Bui. 29) 21 
 
 R. 
 
 Red Cross, wearing of the regulation uniform (sec. Ill, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Redistribution of powers, duties, and functions of Chief Signal Officer (sees. I 
 
 and II. G. O. 51) 23 
 
 Reductions : 
 
 Noncommissioned officers, Ordnance (sec. II. G O. 50) 14 
 
 Noncommissioned officers. Quartermaster Corps (sec. IV, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Privates, first class. Ordnance (sec. II, G. O. 50) 14 
 
 Regulations for the flying of civilian aircraft (G. O. 49) 18 
 
 Reimbursement of actual expenses or flat per diem for enlisted men (sec. I, 
 
 Bui. 24 ) 18 
 
 Removal of personal property stored at posts or depots (sec. IV, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Reporting sickness during movements of troops (sec. II, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Returns of property by accountable officers on arrival in France (sec. IV, Bui. 26) _ 20 
 
 Routings and preferential shipments of troops and supplies (sec. V, G. O. 52) 15 
 
 Rulings relative to physical disability (sec. II. G. O. 47) 9 
 
 S. 
 
 Sales of clothing to officers of foreign armies (sec. Ill, G. O. 43) 6 
 
 Schools of military aeronautics, instruction of cadets in (sec. Ill, G. O. 4G) 8 
 
 Secretary of the Interior, contracts (sec. V, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Secretary of the Navy, contracts (sec. V, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Secretary of Wir, contracts (sec. V, G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Shipment of baggage of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees (sec. IV, 
 
 G. O. 47) 10 
 
 Shipment of troops and supplies for the Army (sec. V, G. O. 52) 15 
 
 Shoes, marching and field, for troops ordered overseas (sec. II. G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Sickness during movements of troops, reporting of (sec. II, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Signal Coi-ps, (jorps of Instructors, duties of officers (sec. Ill, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Specialists Inducted into service (sec. II. G. O. 52) 15 
 
 Supervisi.a an: control of division trains (sec. VI, G. O. 48) 13 
 
 Supplies for the Army, shipment of (sec. V, G. O. 52) 15 
 
 T. 
 
 Trains, divusion, supervision and control (sec. VT. G. O. 48) 13 
 
 Transfer of enMsted men to development battalions (sees. I and II, G. O. 45) 5-7 
 
 Transfers of officers and enlisted men (sec. I, G. O. 52) 15 
 
 Travel on duty, enlisted men, reimbursement (sec. I, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Troops, shipment of (sec. V, G. O. 52) 1 — 15 
 
 U. 
 
 Uniform of the American Red Cross, wearing of (sec. Ill, G. O. 48) 12 
 
 Unfit and inercient officers (sec. IV, G. O. 46) 8 
 
 Uniform, wearing of, by enlisted men on furlough (sec. V. Bui. 29) 22 
 
 Units exempted from control of department commanders (sec. I, G. O. 47) 9 
 
 Unleavened bread, Issue (sec. Ill, Bui. 25) 24 
 
 V. 
 
 Vacancies, filling of certain, In grades of the Regular Army (sec. Ill, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 Velocities and powders for French guns (see. I, Bui. 29) 21 
 
 W. 
 
 War material, law to punish injury or destr ictlon of (sec. IV, Bui. 24) 18 
 
 War-service chevrons (sec. IV, G. O. 58) 16 
 
 Water Transp^^t Branch, Quartermaster General's Office, control of (sec. IV, 
 
 G. O. 52) 24 
 
 Wound chevrons (sec. IV, G. O. 53) 16 
 
 1 
 
Gay lord Bros. 
 
 Makers 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 PM. JAN. 21, 1908 
 
 _^ ^^ 
 
 * > 4 b 
 
 UBSoi^ 
 
 fl^3 
 
 lO/S 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY