UC-NRLF EXTRACTS from ARMY REGULATIONS MOSS il WK9*«**s* tQ-/Qf2.. ; mtfjOLUdudhidaSmJ* \/nJn fa QfC4S€/KlS umm. Jf$*vina in s4?_ s *^^ls/l^{A^ enlistment tierwd at date of diimarae 0L W cm *™tce J uAA. 2 2 " Co. & CL * (o. JjbrrnsJflfjtvJZ, iftf to /Daf.JJ^jfjx jVowommHMoned <$ce* J0&1 f> frl Jut 7/l<2AJ /O, ffiJ- ftj*&. JL /Z-/tft3 y&**mamty fL tL4jlSpJ'lj€)~-X-SL^/ « frcuna^ received in iervice f t,OT7 -Its' ,^/SAcut fi«/,Jytax,* cotnfi/eted- jJ(X/}V * £5y t?V Ed. Nov i6-i4-to,ooo. ^oommandina- Fig. 2 [19] 60 (contd.) S Hi a 1 [20] 61-62-63 61. Final statements to be furnished soldier upon discharge. When an enlisted man is discharged, his company commander will furnish him with a final statement, in duplicate, or a full statement in writing of the reasons why such final statement is not furnished. A final statement will not be furnished to a soldier who has forfeited all pay and allowances and has no deposits due him. If he has deposits, a final statement will be issued, containing a full statement, of, the soldier's accounts at the date of his discharge, in order that the quartermaster may determine whether there is any balance of stoppages which should be collected from the amount due for deposits. When the discharge is made on certificate of disability the ascertained disability, as recited in the certificate, must be given in the final statement as the reason or cause for discharge. (140) 62. Notation on final statement in case of soldier held in service to make good time absent without leave. When a soldier is held in service to make good time absent without leave under paragraph 132 (par. 56, this book) his final statement will contain notation to that effect, and will also set forth the specific dates of the unauthorized absence or absences. The quartermaster will make deduction of pay for only such unauthorized absence as is shown to have occurred since the date to which the soldier was last paid as given in the final state- ment, unless the final statement contains specific notation that de- duction should also be made for unauthorized absences occurring prior to such date. Any overpayments resulting from the failure of* an officer to make proper entry of unauthorized absence in stating the account of an enlisted man for pay for the period during which the absence occurred, either on pay rolls or final statement, will be charge against such officer. (141) 63. Notation on discharge and final statement in case of dis- charge prior to expiration of term of service. Whenever an enlisted man is discharged from the Army prior to the expiration of his term of service, the actual cause of discharge will be stated in the order directing the discharge and fully stated on the discharge certificate and on the final statement. Where a discharge is ordered on account of the soldier's misconduct, or unfitness for the service, physical or in character, due to the soldier's misconduct, a statement to that effect will be set forth in the order and will be noted on the discharge certi- ficate and final statement. Officers signing final statements will be careful to see that these notations are made in all cases, as the cause [21] 64-65-66-67-68 of discharge determines the soldier's right to travel allowances, and the mere quotation of the number and date of the order upon which discharge is based is insufficient as a guide to proper payment. (142) 64. Date discharge takes effect. When an enlisted man is dis- charged by expiration of service, his discharge will take effect on the last day thereof — i. e., if enlisted on the second day of the month his term will expire on the first day of the same month in the last year of his term of enlistment. When a soldier immediately reenlists after discharge, the re- enlistment will be completed on and fr£ar the date of the day follow- ing that of discharge. His pay will then be continuous. (143) 65. Discharge by purchase. Rules governing discharge by pur- chase and by reason of dependent parent will be published from time to time by the War Department. (144) 66. Applications for discharge of enlisted men in hands of civil authorities need not be accompanied by court transcripts. Tran- scripts from records of civil courts need not accompany applications for discharge of enlisted men sentenced to imprisonment by such courts. The official statement of the company commander to that effect is sufficient. (146) 67. Soldier to be given certificate of discharge upon discharge. A soldier, on his discharge from the service, will be given a certi- ficate of discharge signed by a field officer of his regiment or corps. or by the commanding officer when no field officer is present. When more than one field officer of the regiment or corps is present, the commanding officer may designate the particular field officer to per- form this duty, and in any case the commanding officer may require the discharge to be submitted to him before delivery to the soldier. (147) 68. Explanatory notation on discharge certificate when soldier has been kept in service beyond term of enlistment. When the dates on a discharge certificate show that a soldier has been retained in service beyond the term of his enlistment an explanatory notation will be made on the certificate as follows: In cases where the soldier was retained in service to make good any time in excess of one day lost by unauthorized absences, or on account of disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct, or while in confinement awaiting trial or disposition of his case if the trial results in convic- tion, or while in confinement under sentence, the notation will read: [22] 69-70-71 "Retained in service — days after expiration of term of enlistment pursuant to act of April 27, 1914. In cases where the soldier was retained in service for the convenience of the Government the notations will read: "Retained in service — days after expiration of term of enlistment for the con- venience of the Government. (\A7 l / 2 ) 69. Character given on discharge to be certified to by company commander. The character given on a discharge, except when the discharge is given under the provisions of A. R. 148^2 (see par. 171, this book), will be certified to by the company, or detachment com- mander, and great care will be taken that no injustice is done the soldier. (148) 70. When reenlistment should not be recommended, soldier to be notified at least 30 days prior to discharge. Where, upon expira- tion of term of service, the company or detachment commander is of the opinion that the soldier's reenlistment should not be recom- mended, he shall, if practicable, so notify the soldier at least 30 days prior to discharge, and shall at the same time notify the commanding officer, who will in every such case convene a board of officers, three if practicable, to determine whether the soldier's reenlistment should or should not be recommended and the kind of discharge that should be given to him under the provisions of paragraph 150. The soldier will in every case be given a hearing before the board. If the company or detachment commander is also the com- manding officer, he will report the facts to the next higher com- mander, who will convene the board. The finding of the board, when approved by the convening authority, will be final. The proceedings of the boards convened under this para- graph, showing all facts pertinent to the inquiry, will be forwarded by the reviewing authority directly to The Adjutant of the Army for file. (148) 71. Discharge because of inaptitude, physical or moral disquali- fication due to misconduct, etc. When an enlisted man is inapt, or does not possess the required degree of adaptability for military ser- vice, or gives evidence of habits or traits of character which serve to render his retention in the service undesirable, or is disqualified for service, physically or in character, through his own misconduct, his company or detachment commander will report the facts to the com- manding officer, who will convene a board of officers, three if practi- cable, to determine whether or not the soldier should be discharged [23] 72 prior to the expiration to his term of enlistment. If the company or detachment commander is also the commanding officer, he will report the facts to the next higher commander, who will convene the board. When the findings of the board indicate disqualification through physical disability, the proceedings will be accompanied by certi- ficate of disability. If discharge be recommended, the board will also recommend the character to be given on the discharge, and the pro- ceedings of the board, when approved by the convening authority, will be forwarded to the officer exercising general court-martial juris- diction over the command for final action. If the findings of the board are approved, the proceedings will then be sent to the officer who makes the discharge and will be forwarded by him to The Ad- jutant General of the Army for file. The discharge to be given to soldiers discharged under the provisions of this paragraph will in all cases be that prescribed by section 3 of paragraph 150 (see par. 72, this book). (148^) 72. Blank forms for discharge and final statements, — where kept and how used. Blank forms for discharge and final statements will be furnished by the Adjutant General's Department, and will be retained in the personal custody of company commanders. Discharge certi- ficates will be used in the discharge of enlisted men and for no other purpose, and will be of three classes: For honorable discharge, for discharge, and for dishonorable discharge. They will be used as follows: 1. The blank for honorable discharge, when the soldier is discharged — a. Upon expiration of term of service, where the soldier's conduct has been such as to warrant his reenlist- ment and his service has been honest and faithful. b. Upon certificate of disability, when the disability in- curred is in line of duty and is incident to the service. c. Prior to expiration of term of service, for the con- venience of the Government, when the soldier's con- duct has been such as to warrant his reenlistment and his service has been honest and faithful. 2. The blank for dishonorable discharge, for dishonorable discharge by sentence of a court-martial or a military commission. 3. The blank for discharge when the soldier is discharged except as specified under sections 1 and 2 of this paragraph. (150) [241 73-74-75 73. Discharge certificates not to be made in duplicate; action in case of loss or destruction. Discharge certificates will not be made in duplicate. Upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction of a discharge certificate, without the fault of the person entitled to it, the War Department may issue to such person a certificate of service, showing date of enlistment in, and discharge from the Army and character given on discharge certificate. An application for certificate in lieu of lost or destroyed discharge certificate will be forwarded by the applicant's immediate commanding officer directly to The Ad- jutant General of the Army. Discharge certificates must not be for- warded to the War Department in correspondence unless called for. (151) 74. Discharge takes effect on date of notice to soldier. The dis- charge of a soldier takes effect on the date of notice to him of such discharge, either actual, by delivery of the discharge certificate, or constructive, as where such delivery cannot be made owing to his absence for his own convenience or through his own fault, in which case the receipt, at the soldier's proper station, of the order directing his discharge will be deemed sufficient notice. In the latter case the date of the receipt of the order and the reason why actual notice thereof was not given to the soldier will be entered upon the muster roll which shows the separation of the soldier from the service, and will be indorsed upon the discharge certificate should one have been prepared. The date of discharge on the final statement must be the same as that on the discharge certificate. If a soldier is absent in desertion when the order for his discharge is received, the discharge will not be executed, but the soldier will be dropped from the rolls as a deserter. The dishonorable discharge of a soldier against whom general court-martial charges are pending will be deferred until the charges are finally disposed of by the officer exercising general court- martial jurisdiction. (152) 75. When notification of discharge is furnished quartermaster paying final statement. Notification of discharge will be furnished only in case of an enlisted man discharged at a place at which there is no available officer provided with funds to make payment on final statement. In these cases the officer who prepares the final state- ment will, at least one week before the discharge takes effect, send by mail to the quartermaster who is to pay the account a notification of discharge, stating therein in his own handwriting the date of last payment to the soldier, and his credits and debits both in words and [251 76-77 figures, and other data essential for proper payment or identification. The officer will require the soldier to affix his signature to the noti- fication or if he can not write his name such fact will be stated thereon. Blank forms for this notification will be supplied by The Adjutant General of the Army. The officer issuing the final statement will inform the discharged soldier of the location of the quartermaster to whom he shall apply for payment. It should be borne in mind that overpayment caused by erroneous final statement will be charged against the officer who signed the statement. In cases arising under A. R. 139 (see par. 60, this book) the notification, when required, will be sent to the quartermaster as soon as possible after the order for discharge reaches the officer who prepares and signs the final statement, and, in any event, before the discharge certificate and final statement are signed. (155) 76. Discharge of soldier whose term of enlistment expires while serving sentence or awaiting trial or result of trial. When a soldier is sentenced by court-martial to confinement without dishonorable discharge, for a period extending beyond the expiration of his term of enlistment, he will be discharged on the date of the expiration of the term of enlistment, but will be held to serve out his sentence. If an honorable discharge is given to the soldier, he can be reenlisted before the expiration of the period of his confinement only upon the remission by competent military authority of the unexecuted portion of his sentence. When, however, a soldier's term of enlistment expires while he is awaiting trial or sentence, he will be discharged on the date of the receipt of an order publishing the case or otherwise disposing of it, and the discharge certificate will be dated accordingly. The discharge certificate will be delivered to the man on his release from confinement and not until then. Dn the date of the discharge personal notice thereof will be given to the soldier by an officer, and the fact that such notice was given will be entered on the guard report, and the morning report, and will be indorsed upon the dis- charge certificate. (157) CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY 77. Discharge on certificate of disability. When an enlisted man is permanently unfitted for military service because of wounds or disease, he should, if practicable, be discharged on certificate of dis- ability before the expiration of the term of service in which the dis- ability was incurred. (159) [26] 78-79 The post surgeon is the one who takes the initiative in the matter, and who prepares the certificate of disability after the soldier has been examined by a board of medical officers appointed in com- pliance with existing regulations on the subject. (Author) DECEASED SOLDIERS 78. Notifying nearest relative. In case of the death of any person subject to military law, it will be the duty of his immediate commanding officer to secure his effects, and immediately to notify the nearest relative of the fact of death. (C. A. R., Nos. 10 and 55.) (162) 79. Reports in case of death of soldier. The following reports are required by the War Department in the case of the death of a sol- dier in the active service: (a) Report of death and disposal of remains (Form No. 415, A. G. O.) to be made by the commanding officer of the post or station or of a command in the field, and forwarded directly to The Adjutant General of the Army as soon as practicable after final disposition has been made of the remains. (b) Report of the surgeon or of the soldier's immediate com- manding officer if there is no medical officer with the command, embodying (1) cause of death, (2) whether or not death occurred in line of duty, and (3) whether death was or was not the result of the soldier's own misconduct. This report will be forwarded without delay through military channels. (c) One final statement (Form No. 370, War Department). (d) Report of board of officers in case of death of a soldier from other than natural causes. The testimony of all witnesses will be recorded and incorporated in the proceedings of the board. If the witnesses are not available to appear before the board, certificates of officers and affidavits of enlisted men and civilians will be obtained and appended to the proceedings. The finding of the board will include a statement embodying (1) the date, place, and cause of death, (2) the manner or circumstances under which it occurred, (3) whether or not death was in line of duty, and (4) whe/her it was or was not the result of the soldier's own misconduct. (e) Inventories of effects in duplicate (Form No. 34, A. G. O.), both copies properly signed. The report (b) of the surgeon or soldier's immediate com- manding officer will be accompanied with the final statement (c) and [27] 80-80a with the report of the board of officers (d), unless the latter is unduly delayed. It will also be accompanied with the inventories of effects (e), if the effects are turned over to the legal representative or widow of the deceased; otherwise the inventories will be forwarded with letter of transmittal to The Adjutant General of the Army, through military channels, as soon as the effects are converted into cash under the provisions of the one hundred and twelfth article of war. The report of the inquest referred to in the one hundred and thirteenth article of war will be filed at the headquarters of the post or station at which death occurred. (C. A. R., No. 55.) {\62 l / 2 ) 80. Disposition of effects of deceased persons. Officers charged with the care and custody of the effects of deceased persons subject to military law are required under the provisions of the one hundred and twelfth article of war to deliver the same, or the net proceeds thereof, to the legal representative or widow of the deceased, and to forward the receipts therefor to The Adjutant General of the Army. Should the effects of a deceased person not be claimed within a reasonable period of time, they will be converted into cash by the summary court, not earlier than 30 days after the date of death, and the proceeds, with any cash belonging to the deceased, will be deposited with a Quartermaster of the Army/ Duplicate receipts showing clearly the nature of the deposit will be taken, one of which will be sent to The Adjutant General of the Army and the other retained with the appropriate records. Watches, trinkets, personal papers, and keepsakes, will be delivered to the legal representative or widow with the other effects. When the effects are converted into cash, watches, trinkets, personal papers, and keepsakes will not be sold, but will be labeled with the name, grade, and organization of the owner and sent directly to The Adjutant General of the Army, to be forwarded to the Auditor for the War Department for the benefit of those legally entitled to them. Clothing effects will not be sent to The Adjutant General of the Army nor to the Auditor for the War Department. There is no authority for officers to pay the debts of deceased soldiers. The foregoing provisions will also apply, as far as practicable, in the cases of deceased soldiers on the retired list of the Army whose effects may be under the control of the military authorities. (C. A. R., No. 55. (163) 80-a. Statement of proceeds to accompany quartermaster's receipt. In all cases of sale of effects of deceased persons as contemplated by [28] 80b-80c-81 the one hundred and twelfth article of war a detailed statement of the proceeds, duly certified by the summary court, will accompany the quartermaster's receipt forwarded by the summary court to The Adjutant General of the Army. The statement will be indorsed: Report of the proceeds of the effects of > — , who died at , the — day of . (C. A. R., No. 55.) (164) 80-b. Application for arrears of pay and proceeds of sale. Applica- tions for arrears of pay and proceeds of sale of. effects of deceased soldiers should be addressed to the Auditor for the War Department, Washington, D. C. (C. A R., No. 55.) (165) 80-c Accounts of deceased soldiers settled by Auditor for War Department; order of distribution. The accounts of deceased soldiers are settled by the Auditor for the War Department, and the following is the order of distribution provided for by the act of Congress approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 750): Where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than five hundred dollars and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal hei'rs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and chil- dren of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prevent payment from the amount due the decedent's estate of funeral expenses, provided a claim therefor is presented by the person or persons who actually paM the same before settlement by the accounting officers. When the amount due to the decedent's estate, exceeds the sum of $500 legal administration of the estate is necessary. Officers are advised that, in the cases of single men, it is a safe rule to dispose of the effects as prescribed in paragraph 163 and leave the responsibility of distribution to the Treasury Department. (166) 81. Shipment of remains to home of deceased. The remains of a deceased enlisted man on the active list may be shipped to the home of the decedent or to a national cemetery for interment. When death occurs in the United States or Alaska, and early shipment is practi- cable, the remains will be prepared for shipment and the nearest rela- tive notified by telegraph with request to reply by telegraph, stating whether or not it is desired to have the remains shipped home at [29] 82-82a-83 Government expense, and if shipment home is desired to designate the destination and the name of the person to whom the remains are to be consigned; in which case the remains will be transported to the point designated and the consignee notified by telegraph. Should the nearest relative state that it is not desired to have the remains shipped home, or if it is impossible to ascertain the relative's desire within a reasonable time, interment will be made in the nearest military post or national cemetery, or if the commanding officer deem proper, at the place of death. If the relatives direct that the remains be not shipped home and they are interred at the expense of the Government, subsequent disinterment or shipment of the remains at the request of the relatives will not be made at Government expense. When it is impracticable to ship the remains at the time of death, or if it is impossible to communicate with the relatives before interment, the remains may be subsequently disinterred and shipped home at Government expense at the request of the relatives. Transportation may be used for one attendant to accom- pany the remains shipped, provided the cost to the Government of shipping the remains by express is not thereby exceeded. The officer under whose direction the disposition of the remains is made will forward a full report thereof to The Adjutant General of the Army. (167) WORKING PARTIES: EXTRA AND SPECIAL DUTY MEN 82. Working troops. Troops will not be employed in labors that interfere with their military duties except in cases of necessity. (168) 82-a. Extra and Special Duty. Enlisted men detailed to perform- specific services which remove them temporarily from the ordinary duty roster of the organization to which they belong will be reported on extra duty if receiving increased compensation therefor, otherwise on special duty. They will not be placed on extra duty without the sanction of the department commander, except at posts commanded by general officers; they will not be employed on extra duty in time of war, nor in time of peace for labor in camp or garrison which can properly be performed by fatigue parties. Duty of a military charac- ter must be performed without extra compensation. (169) 83. Detailing noncommissioned officers on special duty. Except in case of emergency, a noncommissioned officer will not be detailed on extra duty without the authority of the department commander or of a general officer commanding the post. [30] 84-85-86-87-88-89-90 A noncommissioned officer will not be detailed on any duty inconsistent with his rank and position in the military service. (171) 84. Certain not to be detailed on extra duty. Company mechanics, farriers, horseshoer, saddlers, and wagoners will not be detailed on extra duty. (173) 85. Extra and special duty men to attend inspections, etc. Extra and special duty men will not be excused from Saturday inspection and will attend as many drills and other formations as the command- ing officer deems practicable. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (175) REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS 86. Regiment is administrative unit. In the cavalry, field artil- lery, and infantry the regiment is the administrative unit. (245) 87. Composition of regiment. The regiment is composed of two or three (normally three) battalions which, in turn are cornposed of two or more (normally four) companies. (245) 88. Battalion not an administrative unit. The battalion, in a regiment, is not an administrative unit and has no separate records; it is purely a tactical unit conveniently organized for instruction or maneuver, and particularly for combat, either as integral part of the regiment to which it belongs or separated from it. It is appropriately commanded by a field officer, normally a major, regularly assigned in orders. In the absence of its regular commander the command devolves upon the senior officer of the battalion on duty with it, unless a field officer has been assigned as contemplated in paragraph 247. Whenever incomplete battalions of the same or different regi- ments are serving together, the commanding officer may designate provisional battalions, and similarly, in the case of incomplete regi- ments, he may designate provisional regiments. (245) 89. Regulations governing battalions not organized into regi- ments. The regulations relating to regiments apply to battalions not organized into regiments unless otherwise specially provided. (245) Battalions not organized into regiments are called "separate" or "independent battalions." The only battalions in the Army today that are not organized into regiments are the Philippine Scout batta- lions. (Author) 90. Battalion commander responsible for condition of battalion. A battalion commander is responsible for the instruction, tactical efficiency, and preparedness for war service of the troops of his battalion under his immediate command. (245) [31] 91-92-93-94-95-96 91. Certain correspondence to pass through battalion com-' mander. Correspondence relating to the personnel, instruction, dis- cipline, or equipment of a company, battery or troop in battalion or squadron, will pass through the battalion or squadron commander. No official record, however, of such correspondence will be kept by the battalion or squadron commander. (245) 92. Regimental commander responsible for condition of regi- ment. A regimental commander is responsible for the instruction, tactical efficiency, and preparedness for war service of the troops under his immediate command. (246) 93. Regimental commander to encourage harmony amongst officers of command. The regimental commander will encourage among his officers harmonious relations and a friendly spirit of emu- lation in the performance of duty. His timely interference to prevent disputes, his advice to the inexperienced, and immediate censure of any conduct liable to produce dissension in the command or to reflect discredit upon it, are of great importance in securing and maintaining its efficiency. In such efforts he will receive the loyal support of their subordinates. (246) 94. Regimental staff. The regimental staff officers are appointed from the captains, and consist of the regimental adjutant and the regimental supply officer, and they will be so designated, respectively. They are appointed by the regimental commander, who will at once report his action to The Adjutant General of the Army. (248) 95. Battalion staff. The battalion staff consists of the adjutant, who will be designated as the battalion (or squadron) adjutant and, except in the battalions of Engineers, is appointed by the regimental commander after consultation with the battalion commander. When a battalion is detached and serving at such a distance from regimental headquarters that more than 15 days are required for exchange of correspondence by mail, the battalion adjutant is appointed by the battalion commander, who will immediately notify the regimental commander and The Adjutant General of the Army. (248) 96. Length of tours of duty of regimental and battalion staff officers. The tour of duty of a regimental staff officer is limited to four years and that of battalion staff officer to two years. Having completed a tour of duty as a regimental or battalion staff officer, an officer must serve at least two years as a company officer before he is again eligible for a second tour. (Author, based on A. R. 249.) [32] 97-98-99-100-101-102-103-104 97. The National Anthem. The composition consisting of the words and music known as "The Star Spangled Banner" is designated the national anthem of the United States of America. (264) TROOPS, BATTERIES, AND COMPANIES 98. Detaching of captains to be limited to requirements of law. The details of captains on detached service away from their arm of the service will be limited, as far as practicable, to those required by law. (265) 99. Company commander responsible for instruction, administra- tion, etc., of company. The commanding officer of a company is responsible for the instruction, tactical efficiency, and preparedness for war service of his company; for its appearance and discipline; for the care and preservation of its equipment; and for the proper performance of duties connected with its subsistence, pay, clothing, accounts, reports, and returns. (266) 100. Command of company devolves on next in rank in captain's absence. In the absence of its captain, the command of a company devolves upon the subaltern next in rank who is serving with it, unless otherwise specially directed. (267) , 101. Assignment to command of company in case of absence of all company officers. In the absence of all the officers of a company, the post commander will assign an officer, preferably of the same regi- ment to its command. If there be no officer available, the fact will be reported to the department commander. (268) 102. Captains to require lieutenants to assist in performance of company duties. Captains will require their lieutenants to assist in the performance of all company duties, including the keeping of records and the preparation of the necessary reports and returns. (269) 103. Company noncommissioned officers, — selection, instruction, etc. Noncommissioned officers will be carefully selected and instruc- ted, and always supported by company commanders in the proper performance of their duties. They will not be detailed for any duty nor permitted to engage in any occupation inconsistent with their rank and position. Officers will be cautious in reproving them in the presence or hearing of private soldiers. (270) 104. Appointment of company noncommissioned officers. Com- pany noncommissioned officers are appointed by regimental com- [331 105 manders on the recommendation of their company commanders; but in no case will any company have an excess of noncommissioned officers above that allowed bylaw. When a battalion is detached from regimental headquarters the company noncommissioned officers are, upon the recommendation of their company commander, temporarily appointed by the battalion commander; who will immediately notify the regimental commander, and such temporary appointment will be in full force and effect from the date it is made and will continue in force and effect from that date if it be approved by the regimental commander. If the regimental commander disapproves the appointment, then the increased rank and pay will cease upon the receipt of notice of such approval. The noncommissioned officers of Coast Artillery Corps com- panies, upon the recommendation of the company commanders, are appointed by coast defense commanders. When a company is serving in a different department from its regimental headquarters and at such a distance therefrom that more than 15 days are required for an exchange of correspondence by mail, company noncommissioned officers and wagoners for the transportation pertaining to the company may be appointed, on recommendation of the company commander, by the order of the battalion commander, if such commander be in the same department as the company. When a company is serving in a different depart- ment from its regimental and battalion headquarters that more than 15 days are required for an exchange of correspondence by mail, company noncommissioned officers and wagoners for the transpor- tation pertaining to the company may be appointed on recommenda- tion of the company commander, by the order of the senior officer of the regiment on duty in the department in which the company is serving. Coast Artillery noncommissioned officers of a mine planter or cable ship detachment, upon the recommendation of the com- manding officer of the mine planter or cable ship, will be appointed and reduced by the coast defense commander if the vessel is serving in a coast defense command; otherwise by the department commander. (C. A. R., No. 54, Mar. 31, 1917.) (271) 105. Lance corporals. To test the capacity of privates for the duties of noncommissioned officers company commanders may appoint lance corporals, who will be obeyed and respected as corporals, but no company shall have more than one lance corporal at a time, unless [34] 106-107-108-109 there are noncommissioned officers absent by authority, during which absences there may be one for each absentee. (272) 106. Selection of first sergeant, supply sergeant, and stable ser- geant. The captain will select the first sergeant, quartermaster ser- geant, and stable sergeant from the sergeants of his company, and may return them to the grade of sergeant without reference to higher authority. (273) 107. Noncommissioned officers' warrants. Each noncommissioned officer will be furnished with a certificate or warrant of his rank, signed by the regimental commander; but a separate warrant as first sergeant, supply sergeant, or stable sergeant will not be given. A warrant issued to a noncommissioned officer is his personal property. Warrants need not be renewed in cases of reenlistment in the same company, if reenlistment is made the day following the day of dis- charge, but, unless otherwise ordered by the regimental or coast defense commander, on the recommendation of the company com- mander, will remain in force until vacated by promotion or reduction, each reenlistment and continuance to be noted on the warrant by the company commander. The warrants for noncommissioned officers of the Coast Artillery Corps companies will be signed by the coast defense commander. (274) 108. When appointments become effective. Appointments of company noncommissioned officers and cooks of the Medical Depart- ment will take effect on the day of appointment by the authorized commander, and of first sergeants, supply sergeants, stable sergeants, chief mechanics, cooks, artificers, farriers, horseshoers, mechanics, saddlers, wagoners, buglers, and first-class privates on the day of appointment by the company commander; but in case of vacancy in a company absent from regimental and battalion headquarters a com- pany commander may make a temporary appointment of a noncom- missioned officer, which will carry rank and pay from the date of such appointment. Information of the appointment will be promptly sent to the regimental commander, and if he disapproves it the increased rank and pay will cease upon the receipt by the company commander of such disapproval. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (275) 109. Reduction of noncommissioned officers. A noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks by sentence of a court-martial, or, on the recommendation of the company commander, by the order of the commander having final authority to appoint such noncommis- sioned officer, but a noncommissioned officer will not be reduced [35] 110-111-112 because of absence on account of sickness or injury contracted in the line of duty. If reduced to the ranks by sentence of court-martial at a post not the headquarters of his regiment, the company com- mander will forward a transcript of the order to the regimental com- mander. The transfer of a noncommissioned officer from one organi- zation to another carries with it reduction to the ranks unless other- wise specified in the order by authority competent to issue a new warrant. (276) When a company is serving in a different department from its regimental headquarters and at such a distance therefrom that more than 15 days are required for exchange of correspondence by mail, a noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks, on recommendation of the company commander, by the order of the battalion commander, if such commander be in the same department as the company. When a company is serving in a different department from its regimental and battalion headquarters, and at such a distance from its regimental headquarters that more than 15 days are required for exchange of correspondence by mail, a noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks, on the recommendation of the company commander, by the order of the senior officer of the regiment on duty in the department in which the company is serving. (276) 110. When reduction takes effect. When a noncommissioned officer, while in arrest or confinement, is reduced by sentence of a court-martial, the date of the order publishing the sentence is the date of reduction. In all other cases reduction takes effect on the date of the receipt of the order at the soldier's station. (277) 111. Appointment and reduction of cooks, farriers, mechanics, etc. Chief mechanics, cooks, buglers, horseshoers, mechanics, saddlers, wagoners, and privates, first class, are enlisted as privates, and after joining their organizations are appointed by their respective organi- zation commanders. For inefficiency or misconduct they are subject to reduction by the same authority, and in case of desertion their appointments are vacated from the date of their unauthorized absence. (C. A. R., Nos. 9 and 55.) (278) 112. Company tailor. A soldier may, when necessary, be relieved from ordinary military duty to make, repair, or alter uniforms. The post exchange council will fix the rates to be charged, which will not exceed the cost of doing such work at the clothing depot, and company commanders will cause to be deducted from the pay of enlisted men and turned over to the proper person the amount [36] 113 properly due therefor. The provisions of this paragraph will be construed to apply to civilian tailors, who conform to prices- fixed by post exchange council, as well as to enlisted men detailed for that duty by proper authority. (279) 113. Books of record, reports and papers. The following-named books of record, reports and papers, the descriptions of which are given by the author, are required by par. 280, A. R., to be kept in each company: (a) Morning Report. Which shows, at the hour the report is sub- mitted, the exact condition of the company as to the number of officers and men present for duty, sick, absent, etc. All changes since the last report (the day before) are shown by name, under "Remarks," on the right-hand page, and by number on the left-hand page. In case of no change since last report, note, "No change," under, "Remarks," and also on the left-hand page. (See model given below.) Model Page (Left-hand page) if u JLJ.Z4 ZJ.2.42- J.X3.2. dlM 2/i2 M= Fig. 1 [37] 113 (contd.) (Right-hand page) RXMABKS. RATIONS Fob Mm. Fom AXMAU. Htt». Mlnu. Phu. Mlnu. £1///, \J&Tl£& JUmm; dnil* "to -f'fM t/nJ fij>dfUsfc*if.. 4nA^Jlf*f^mttJi. zo lA^M, *tj*tj t*>T>&. fa±, Ho- 8 J®*f4'f ' 10 T*jAj. ClsnuLA fc^rvnj JArJt tsnJ Mj^AjpiT^ify TZi djuXiJ . ? IS V /rtAj f^r^y ~£).£i. tsnjTJLs. y M JUefjl' **rt4dZJB n ia&ix>. MsttisiaT; P^i^erm; d^itl* Tn Jl*jAJ / SM//]h; & 16 ' 1) / I) a\Ojpa jfi&ijp. /OAdA. (XajlclXI ^f zx ^ t ^^aA^7n t t>4ltX£y / & rH H •P t 01 01 0> 0> Philippines Division -HEADQUARTERS . 3467 a Dept. Mindanao. Incl.l. . .HEADQUARTERS OJ 0> o> * Ft 824 ,Wm. H.Seward, Alaska. . . .HEADQUARTERS 0} 0> to i 8043 Western Division. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE H •P 79935 0} H 0> H w Philippines Division. . . HEADQUARTERS OJ r-l 0> i-l OJ • •p 3467 w Dept. Mindanao. Incl.2, Fig. 2 [90] 313 (contd.) 3467 Hq.Dept. Mind. 79935 Hq.Phil.Dtv. 1942286 A.G.O. Incl. 3. 7th Ind. 3467 Hq.Dept. Mind. 79935 Hq.Fhil.Div. 1942286 A.G.O. Incl. 4. 7th Ind. Fig. 3 [91] 314-315-316-317-318 314. Postoffice address. The postoffice address of an officer's station will be given in his official letters. Indefinite expressions of locality, which do not indicate where the letter was written, will not be used. (777) 315. Confidential communications. In order to reduce the pos- sibility of confidential communications falling into the hands of per- sons other than those for whom they are intended, the sender will inclose them in an inner and an outer cover; the inner cover to be a sealed envelope or wrapper addressed in the usual way, but marked plainly "Confidential" in such manner that the notation may be most readily seen when the outer cover is removed. The package thus pre- pared will then be inclosed in another sealed envelope or wrapper addressed in the ordinary manner with no notation to indicate the con- fidential nature of the contents. The foregoing applies not only to confidential communications entrusted to the mails or to telegraph companies, but also to such communications entrusted to messengers passing between different offices of the same headquarters, including the bureaus and offices of the War Department. (778) 316. Telegrams to be carefully guarded. Government telegraph operators will be held responsible that all telegrams are carefully guarded. No received telegram will ever leave an office except in a sealed envelope, properly addressed. All files will be carefully guarded and access thereto will be denied to all parties except those author- ized by law to see the same. (778) 317. Signing of communications. Official communications will be signed or authenticated with the pen and not by facsimiles, and if written by order, it will be stated by whose order? Signatures will be plainly and legibly written. By virtue of the commission and assign- ment to duty, the adjutant of any command transacts the business or correspondence of that command over his own signature; but when orders or instructions of any kind are given, the authority by which he gives the order must be stated. In the absence of a commanding- general, his chief of staff, or, if there be none, his adjutant, in signing the communications to be forwarded to higher authority, will add to his signature the words, "In the absence of the commander." (779) 318. Officers to be addressed by actual rank. An officer will not be designated in orders nor addressed in official communications by any other title than that of his actual rank. (780) [92] 319-320-321-322-323 319. Official communications to be addressed The Adjutant General. Except as otherwise specially authorized or required by Army Regulations, all official communications from officers and en- listed men of the Army outside of the War Department intended for the Secretary of War or for any bureau or office of the War Depart- ment will be in writing and addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army. (782) 320. Communications to pass through intermediate commanders. Communications, whether from a subordinate to a superior, or vice versa, will pass through intermediate commanders. This rule will not be interpreted as including matters in relation to which intermediate commanders can have no knowledge, and over which they are not ex- pected to exercise control. Chiefs of War Department bureaus are intermediate commanders between higher authority and the officers and enlisted men of their respective corps or departments, who are serving under the exclusive control of themselves and their subordi- nates. Verbal communications will be governed by the same rules as to channels as written communications. When necessity requires communications to be sent through other than the prescribed channel, the necessity therefor will be stated. Communications from superiors to subordinates will be answered through the same channel as received. (783) 321. Correspondence between staff officers, and their bureau chiefs. Correspondence between an officer of a staff corps or department and the chief of the War Department bureau in which he is serving, which does not involve questions of administrative responsibility within the supervision of commanding officers outside that staff corps or depart- ment nor relate to individual interests or status of a military nature requiring the action of authority outside that staff corps or depart- ment, and which is concerned exclusively with the business of that staff corps or department, will pass directly. (784) 322. Communications from officers in post to pass through post commander. Except as provided in A. R. 783 (see par. 320, above) all communications, reports, and estimates from officers serving at a military post, and communications of every nature addressed to them relating to affairs of the post, will pass through the post commander. (785) 323. Officers forwarding communications to indorse thereon ex- pression of opinion. Officers who forward communications will in- dorse thereon their approval, with remarks. No communication will [93] 324-325-326-327-328 be forwarded to the War Department by a department commander or other superior officer for the action of the Secretary of War with- out some recommendation or expression of opinion. (786) 324. Communicating with those under one's command and those who are not. A commander or chief of bureau may communicate with those under his command or direction through a staff or other suit- able officer. With all others he will himself make the communication. (787) 325. Application for official opinions; abstract questions not to be presented. Unless otherwise expressly authorized by statute, an ap- plication for the official opinion of the Judge Advocate General or of an officer of any Executive Department of the Government other than the War Department will be addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army. Abstract questions will not be presented. (788) 326. Unimportant communications need not be forwarded by de- partment, brigade, and district commanders. Unimportant and trivial communications need not be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army simply because addressed to him. Department, brigade, and district commanders should decide whether a communication is of sufficient importance to be forwarded. (789) 327. All correspondence to be courteous in tone. In official corre- spondence between officers or between officers and officials of other branches of the public service, and especially in matters involving questions of jurisdiction, conflict of authority, or dispute, officers of the Army are reminded that their correspondence should be courteous in tone and free from any expression partaking of a personal nature or calculated. to give offense. Whenever questions of such character shall arise between officers and officials of other branches of the public service, and it is found that they can not be reconciled by an inter- change of courteous correspondence, the officer of the Army, as the representative of the interests of the War Department in the matter involved, will make a full presentation of the case to the Secretary of War through the proper military channels, in order that the same may be properly considered. (790) ORDERS 328. General orders. The routine orders of commanders of armies, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions not organized into regiments, posts, departments, and districts are denominated "general (general court-martial or special) orders" of such army, division, etc., [94] 329-330-331-332-333-334-335-336 according to character, and are numbered in separate series, each beginning with the calendar year or at the time of the establishment of the headquarters. (791) 329. Orders. Orders issued by commanders of battalions forming- parts of regiments, companies, or small detachments are simply denominated "orders," and are numbered in a single series, beginning with the year. Circulars issued from any headquarters are numbered in a separate series. (791) 330. Field orders. The orders of commanders of armies, divisions, brigades, regiments, separate battalions, and companies in the field, relating entirely to tactical or strategical operations incident to a state of war, are denominated "field orders" and are numbered in series. (791) 331. Scope and nature of general orders. General orders publish matters of importance to the whole command which are of permanent interest or are to be constantly observed, such as hours for roll calls and duties, police regulations and prohibitions, laws and regulations for the Army, and eulogies or censures. (792) 332. Scope and nature of special orders. Special orders are such as concern individuals or relate to matters that need not be made known to the whole command. (793) 333. Approval of orders before issue. General orders and all important special orders must be read and approved, before issue, by the officer whose orders they are. (794) 334. Source, number, date, etc., of orders; may be in form of letter. An order will state the source from which it emanates, its number, date, place of issue, and the authority under which issued. It may be put in the form of a letter addressed to the individual con- cerned through the proper channel. (795) 335. Orders for troops addressed to commanding officer and executed by commander present. Orders for any body of troops will ordinarily be addressed to its commanding officer, the address naming the office and not the individual. They will be executed by the com- mander present, who will publish them and distribute copies when necessary. (796) 336. Orders eulogizing living officers; obituaries of officers. Orders eulogizing the conduct of living officers will not be issued ex- cept in cases of gallantry in action or performance of especially hazardous service. Obituaries of commissioned officers will be limited [95] 337-338-339-340-341-342 to statements of service as shown by the records. (C. A. R., No. 1.) (797) 337. In field, verbal and important orders carried by officers; dispatches for distant corps entrusted only to officers. In the field, verbal and important written orders are carried by officers. Dis- patches for distant corps should be intrusted only to officers to whom their contents may be confided. (798) 338. Important dispatches carried by enlisted men only in urgent cases; hour of departure, etc., to be noted. Mounted enlisted men will be employed to carry important dispatches only in special and urgent cases. The precise hours of departure and the rates at which they are to be conveyed will be written clearly on the covers of all dispatches transmitted by mounted orderlies. (799) 339. Orders and instructions transmitted through intermediate commanders. Orders and instructions will be transmitted through intermediate commanders, in order of rank, except when they are of such character that the commanders have no power to modify or suspend them. In such cases the orders or instructions will be sent directly to the officer by whom they are to be executed, copies being furnished to the intermediate commanders. (801) 340. Distribution of orders; files to be kept; missing orders to be gotten. Printed orders are generally distributed directly to posts by the headquarters from which issued. Files of such orders will be kept by each regiment and company and at each military post, and will be turned over by a commander, when relieved, to his successor. If general orders in regular succession are not received within a reason- able time, commanding officers will report missing numbers to the proper headquarters. (802) 341. Orders to be read to troops at parade; procedure in the field. In camp or garrison, orders that affect a command will, as a rule, be read to the troops at the first regular parade after they are received. In the field, when orderly hours can not be observed, they will be sent directly to the troops, or commanders of regiments or corps will be informed when to send to headquarters for them, or during a halt orders will be read to troops, without waiting for the regular parades. (804) MUSTER ROLLS 342. Muster and pay rolls. At every monthly muster of troops, pay rolls will be prepared, signed, and disposed of in accordance with [96] 343-344-345-346 instructions published in orders from time to time by the War Depart- ment, and at each bimonthly muster on the last day of February, April, June, August, October, and December muster rolls will be prepared, signed, and disposed of in accordance with the instructions on the blank forms furnished by The Adjutant General of the Army. (807) 343. Detachment muster rolls. Enlisted men of the Medical De- partment, Quartermaster Corps, Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps, not belonging to companies will be borne on detachment muster rolls, separate rolls being prepared for each corps or depart- ment. When detachments of enlisted men are serving at a post or station and are not under the immediate command of an officer of their respective arm, corps, or department, the muster rolls for such detachments will, unless otherwise authorized by instructions from the War Department, be prepared and signed by the adjutant, who will also keep the accounts and prepare the final statements of the men borne thereon. (807) * a A soldier on duty or in a hospital at a post or station where his company is not mustered will be mustered on a detachment roll, a separate muster roll being prepared for each regiment or corps. Where two or more of such soldiers are at a post or station their names will be borne on one consolidated pay roll, which will show in a column ruled for that purpose the organization to which each soldier belongs. (808) 344. Corrections on muster and pay rolls. Corrections on muster and pay rolls, after muster and before they have been forwarded, will not be made except with the approval of the mustering officer. Re- tained rolls will not be changed without authority from the War Department. (810) 345. Calculations on pay rolls made by paymaster, etc. Calcula- tions on the pay roll are made by the quartermaster and copied on the retained roll by the company or detachment commander, who will certify that he witnessed the payment, and will enter thereon the name of the quartermaster. (810) RETURNS OF TROOPS 346. Monthly returns of troops. Commanders of posts, subposts, regiments, companies detachments, field hospitals, and mine planters will make monthly returns of their respective commands on forms furnished by The Adjutant General of the Army and in accordance with directions printed thereon. [97] 347-348-349-350 In the case of a subpost the returns will be prepared by the commanding officer of the main post, unless the detachment at the subpost is in command of a commissioned officer, in which event such officer will prepare the returns and forward them through the com- manding officer of the main post. (811) 347. Special returns whenever leaving or joining station, or sail- ing from or arriving at, a post. In addition to the monthly returns required by paragraph 811, commanding officers of regiments, com- panies, and detachments will make similar returns of their commands to The Adjutant General of the Army and to their immediate com- manding officer whenever they leave or join a station, or when they sail from a port of embarkation or arrive at a port of destination. When leaving station the return to the immediate commanding- officer will be accompanied by a report from each organization on the monthly return blank showing alterations since last return only, with record of events to date. (812) 348. Detached company returns forwarded through field officers serving therewith. When a field officer is serving with detached com- panies of his regiment or corps the commanders thereof will for- ward their returns through him. (813) BATTLE REPORTS AND RETURNS 349. Written reports after every battle. After every battle or en- gagement with the enemy, written reports thereof will be made by commanders of regiments, separate battalions or squadrons, com- panies or detachments, and by all commanders of a higher grade, each in what concerns his own commands, which reports will be forwarded, through the proper channel, to The Adjutant General of the Army. (816) 350. Report of casualties after engagement. Immediately after any engagement in which casualties have occurred the commanding officer of each organization that participated therein will submit, by telegraph, if possible, to his immediate superior commander a report showing by name each person killed, wounded or otherwise injured, or missing, officers and enlisted men to be reported separately, and wounds and other injuries to be classified, if practicable, as slight or severe. If telegraphic communication can not be had, the report will be sent by the most expeditious means available. The report will be consolidated, if necessary, at the proper headquarters and telegraphed to The Adjutant General of the Army. In addition to the foregoing [98] 351-352-353-354 report, commanding officers of posts, regiments, or separate organi- zations will prepare and forward by mail a return in triplicate, show- ing the name, rank, and organization of each person killed, wounded or otherwise injured, or missing, the date and place of the engage- ment, and, in the case of wound or other injury, the location of the wound or the nature of the injury, and whether slight or severe. Whenever necessary, commanding officers will call on their senior medical officers for all information that can be supplied in this con- nection. One copy of the return wiil be forwarded by the officer making it to his immediate superior commander, 1 copy will be re- tained for file with the records of the post or organization, and 1 copy will be sent by mail directly to The Adjutant General of the Army. (818) 351. Return of captured property. A return of all captured prop- erty will be rendered to The Adjutant General of the Army, through intermediate channels, by the immediate commander of the troops making the capture. . (819) RECORDS 352. Preservation of records. All military records must be care- fully preserved: (820) 353. All public records, reports, etc., are property of U. S.; dis- position of such records upon discontinuance of commands. All pub- lic records, reports, and papers, such as document files, files of general and special orders and circulars, correspondence books, guard reports, morning reports, the records of enlisted men as kept in descriptive and deposit books or on loose leaves, and sick reports, are the property of the United States and will be required by the War Depart- ment in the settlement of claims against the Government and for other official purposes. Whenever posts, districts, territorial divisions, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, and companies are discontinued, all such records will be carefully labeled, packed, and marked, showing the command to which they pertain, and will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army, who will be promptly advised of the date of shipment and furnished with a schedule of records shipped. Records of discontinued depots of the staff depart- ments will be forwarded directly to the chief of the staff department to which they pertain. (821) 354. Use of colored inks prohibited. The use of colored inks, except as carmine or red ink is used in annotation, ruling, or compli- •[99] 355-356 ance with specific instructions issued by the War Department on blank forms or otherwise, is prohibited in the records and correspon- dence of the Army. (822) 355. Penalties for unlawful concealment, mutilation or destruction of records. Sections 128 and 129 of the Federal Penal Code of March 4, 1909, prescribe penalties for the willful and unlawful concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, falsification, or destruction of any record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, filed or deposited in any public office. (823) 356. Furnishing of information by persons in the military service. No information will be furnished by any person in the military service which can be made the basis of a claim against the Government, except it be given as the regulations prescribe to the proper officers of the War, Treasury, or Interior Departments, or the Department of Justice. Information concerning sick and wounded officers and enlisted men may be freely conveyed to allay the anxiety of friends; and, in time of peace, when, in the opinion of the surgeon, .the condition of an officer or enlisted man, by reason of injury or disease, is such as to indicate the probability of fatal termination, the surgeon will report the circumstances to the immediate commander, who will promptly communicate the fact to the nearest relative. The fact of death may be communicated to relatives, but not circumstances con- nected therewith which could be made use of in prosecuting claims against the Government. If any person in the military service has knowledge of facts pertaining to the service of an individual who is an applicant for a pension, he may, upon request, if not pecuniarily interested, furnish a certificate or affidavit setting forth his knowledge, but such certificate or affidavit will be furnished only to The Adjutant General of the Army to be forwarded to the proper officer of the Interior Department. Record evidence will be furnished by the War Department only. The surgeon of a post, through the commanding officer there- of, is authorized to furnish to the health authorities of the State or locality in which the post is situated, in accordance with existing State laws or local ordinances, information concerning all births and deaths occurring in the post, such information to be given on the proper blanks furnished for the purpose by the State of local authori- ties. (C. A. R, Nos. 13 and 40.) (824) [100] S57-358-35'9-360 PERSONAL AND EFFICIENCY REPORTS 357. Reporting arrival in Washington and at a department head- quarters. When any officer arrives at Washington, D. C, or at the headquarters of a territorial department, he will report at the office of The Adjutant General of the Army, or of the department adjutant, and will register his name and address, and the authority for his presence there. (825) 358. Reports by officers going on detached service. An officer detached from his regiment or corps for duty will report immediately upon arrival at his new station to The Adjutant General of the Army and to the chief of his corps or to his regimental commander the date of departure from former station and of arrival at new sta- tion, the date of departure from or arrival at a foreign station, and date of departure from or arrival in the continental limits of the United States, when going to or returning from a foreign station, citing the authority for the change and giving his post-office address. As soon as practicable thereafter he will report the nature of his duties. Thereafter any such officer not carried on any regular return as present for duty will report to The Adjutant General of the Army and to the chief of his corps or to his regimental commander any material change in his duties and any change of addres v s immediately after such change in his official status; and any such officer who may incur any sickness or injury will make report of that fact as soon as practicable, giving the nature and cause of such sickness or injury. (826) 359. Annual Personal Report and Statement of Preferences. A Personal Report and Statement of Preferences will be made on December 31 of each year by each officer of the Army except general officers. This report will be forwarded directly- to The Adjutant Gen- eral of the Army. In the event that an officer, after the rendition of this report, wishes to change any of the preferences that he has expressed therein, he should promptly notify The Adjutant General of the Army directly of the change desired, in order that proper notation thereof may be made on the Personal Report and Statement of Preferences in The Adjutant General's Office. (C. A. R., No. 20.) (828^) 360. Efficiency reports. Efficiency reports are submitted on December 31 of each year to The Adjutant General of the Army through intermediate commanders, who will indorse thereon such remarks as may be proper in each case: *********** [101] 361-362-3 : 6S* " (/) By each post or fort commander respecting each officer of his command not otherwise reported on at the post or fort. (g) By each surgeon of a post respecting any officer of the Medical Department serving under his direction. (h) By each company commander respecting each subaltern offi- cer on duty with the company. (f) By each field officer commanding a battalion respecting each company commander and battalion staff officer serving with the battalion. By each regimental commander respecting each officer serving with the regiment at regimental headquarters not otherwise reported upon. *********** Whenever an officer is permanently relieved from duty at a post or station, or is detailed on temporary duty elsewhere, the prob- able period of which duty may exceed 30 days, the reporting officer will make the required entries on the efficiency report blank and, after signing the certificate attached thereto, will forward the report through intermediate commanders to the officer upon whom the duty devolves of continuing or completing the report. Whenever a reporting officer is permanently relieved from duty, or is temporarily relieved for a period that will probably exceed 30 days, he will make the required entries on the efficiency report blank and turn it over to the officer upon whom the duty devolves of con- tinuing or completing the report. (829) PENALTY ENVELOPES 361. Penalty envelope to be used exclusively for public business. Official communications and other mailable matter relating exclusively to the public business will be transmitted through the mails free of postage, if covered by the "Penalty envelope." (834) 362. Inclosing penalty envelope for reply when writing on official business. Where an officer writes to a private party on official busi- ness he may inclose with his letter an official penalty envelope, proper- ly addressed to himself, to cover the reply. (834) 363. Official information defined. Information which is intended to be used in the performance of official duty only is official informa- tion, while that which is intended to be used for the furtherance of private interest, ends, or business in any way whatever, though called for by a public officer, is private information. The official envelope may be used to give or obtain the former, but not the latter. (835) [102] 364-365-366-367 364. Form of penalty envelope. Envelopes for official mail matter for the War Department will have "War Department," the designation of bureau or office, and "Official Business," printed in three or four lines, as may be required, in the upper left corner, and in the upper right corner the following: "Penalty for private use, $300." Envelopes for the use of the headquarters of a territorial department, for a post, station, armory, arsenal, depot, or school of instruction, will be of the same form, with the proper substitution for the designation of the bureau or office, and with the address when necessary. Envelopes required for the transmission of printed matter may also have printed thereon "Printed matter." Other printing or ruling on such envelopes at public expense is prohibited unless printed at the Government Print- ing Office. For the official business of officers not embraced in the foregoing classes, and officers on the retired list, the heading "War Department," "Official Business," will be placed across the left end of the envelope, with the officer's official signature written immediate- ly below it, and with the penalty clause in the upper right corner. (836) PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION 365. Preparation of Inventory and Inspection reports. Officers will prepare and sign in duplicate, on blank forms furnished by the Inspector General of the Army, inventories of public property requir- ing inspection, and present them, with the property, to the Inspector General or Acting Inspector General at the time of his visit. In the case of rapidly deteriorating subsistence stores or of unserviceable public animals, or of pressing emergency, such inventories will be pre- pared whenever necessary, and one copy will be forwarded to the commander having authority to appoint an inspector. Public animals will be inventoried singly, with a brief description of color, sex, age, and distinguishing marks. (904) 366. Arrangement of property for inspection; responsible officer to be present. For inspection the property will be arranged in the order of enumeration in the inventory, every article will be examined by the inspector, and the officer responsible will accompany him and be prepared to give all necessary information in regard to it. (905) 367. Serviceable property not to be reported as unserviceable. Public property in use will not be reported as unserviceable nor con- demned by an inspector merely because worn or shabby in appearance when really strong and serviceable. (908) [103] 368-369-370-371-372-373 ARREST AND CONFINEMENT 368. Only commanding officers can place officers in arrest; how placed in arrest. Only commanding officers have power to place officers in arrest, except as provided in the sixty-eighth article of war. An officer is placed in arrest by his commanding officer in person or through another officer, by a verbal or written order or communica- tion, advising him that he is placed in arrest, or will consider himself in arrest, or words to that effect. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (922) 369. Officer in arrest to remain in tent or quarters. An officer arrested will repair at once to his tent or quarters, and there remain until more extended limits have been granted by his commanding offi- cer. Close confinement will not be enforced except in cases of a serious nature. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (923) 370. Officers not placed in arrest for light offenses; report in case of arrest without charges. Officers will not be placed in arrest for light offenses. For these the censure of the commanding officer will generally answer the purpose of discipline. Whenever a com- manding officer places an officer in arrest without preferring charges, he will make a written report of his action to the brigade or Coast Artillery district commander, stating the cause. (924) 371. Officer in arrest not to exercise command, not to wear sword, etc. An officer in arrest can not exercise command of any kind. He will not wear a sword nor visit officially his commanding or other superior officer, unless directed to do so. His applications and re- quests of every nature will be made in writing. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (926) 372. On march, officers and noncommissioned officers in arrest march in rear of their organizations. On the march, field officers and noncommissioned staff officers in arrest will follow in the rear of their respective regiments, and company officers and noncommissioned officers in arrest in rear of their respective companies, unless other- wise specially directed. (927) 373. Designation of men as "awaiting trial," "awaiting result of trial," "garrison prisoners," and "general prisoners." Enlisted men against whom charges have been preferred will be designated as "awaiting trial"; enlisted men who have been tried will, prior to the promulgation of the result, be designated as "awaiting result of trial"; enlisted men serving sentences of confinement, not involving dis- honorable discharge, will be designated as "garrison prisoners." [104] 374-375-376-377-378 Persons sentenced to dismissal or dishonorable discharge and to terms of confinement at military posts or elsewhere will be designated as "general prisoners." (928) 374. Noncommissioned officers not to be confined with privates; not to exercise authority while in arrest; not sent out to work while in confinement. Noncommissioned officers will not be confined in company with privates if it can be avoided. When placed in arrest they will not be required to perform any duty in which they may be called upon to exercise authority or control over others, and when placed in confinement they will not be sent out to work. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (929) 375. Ordinarily soldiers to be confined only by order of officers; delegating to noncommissioned officers power to place men in arrest. Except as provided in the sixty-eighth article of war, or when restraint is necessary, no soldier will be confined without the order of an officer, who shall previously inquire into his offense. It is proper, however, for a company commander to delegate to noncommissioned officers of his company the power to place enlisted men in arrest as a means of restraint at the instant when restraint is necessary, but such action must be reported to the company commander at once. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (930) 376. Arrest or confinement of soldier to be reported promptly to his organization commander. The arrest or confinement of an enlisted man will be reported, as soon as practicable, to his company or detach- ment commander by the officer authorizing the arrest or confinement. (931) 377. Segregation of prisoners. Prisoners awaiting trial by, or undergoing sentence of, general court-martial and those confined for serious offenses, will be kept apart, when practicable, from those con- fined by sentence of an inferior court, or for minor offenses. General prisoners will not be confined with other prisoners except in cases of necessity. Enlisted men in confinement for minor offenses, or awaiting trial, or the result of trial for the same, will ordinarily be sent to work under charge of unarmed overseers instead of armed sentinels, and will be required to attend drills unless the commanding officer shall direct otherwise. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (932) 378. When officers and soldiers are to be placed in arrest or con- finement. An officer charged with crime or with a serious offense under the Articles of War shall be placed in arrest by the commanding officer, and in exceptional cases an officer so charged may be placed [105] 379-380-381-382 in confinement by the same authority. A soldier charged with crime or with a serious offense under the Articles of War shall be placed in confinement, and when charged with a minor offense he may be placed in arrest. Any other person subject to military law charged with crime or with a serious offense under the Articles of War shall be placed in confinement or in arrest, as circumstances may require; and when charged with a minor offense such person may be placed in arrest. Any person placed in arrest as hereinbefore specified shall thereby be restricted to his barracks, quarters, or tent, unless such limits shall be enlarged by proper authority. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (933) 379. Officer of the Day releasing garrison prisoners whose sen- tences expire, and reporting cases in which there are no charges against men in confinement. In the absence of special instructions, the old officer of the day will, at guard mounting, release all garrison prisoners whose sentences expire that day. If there are any prisoners with no record of charges against them, the old officer of the day will report that fact to the commanding officer, who will give the necessary instructions. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (934) 380. Placing prisoners in irons. Prisoners will not be placed in irons except in the extraordinary case of a prisoner who, in the judgment of the commanding officer, is a desperate or dangerous char- acter, in which case report of action and the circumstances will be immediately made to the department or tactical division commander. When a prisoner is removed from irons a report of that action will be made to the department or tactical division commander. A prisoner may be shackled or handcuffed while being transported from one post to another, or from a post to a penitentiary when, in the judgment of the officer in charge, the escape of the prisoner can not otherwise be prevented. (C. A. R, No. 31.) (935) 381. General prisoners released from confinement only by order of commanding officer. No general prisoners will be released from confinement except on an order communicated by the commanding officer, who, before giving such order, will verify the date of expira- tion of the prisoner's sentence by examining all orders fixing or modi- fying his term of confinement. (941) QUARTERMASTER CORPS 382. General duties. The Quartermaster Corps is charged with the duty of providing means of transportation of every character, either under contract or in kind, which may be needed in the move: [106] 383-384 ment of troops and material of war. It furnishes all public animals employed in the service of the Army, the forage consumed by them, wagons and all articles necessary for their use, and the horse equip- ments for the Quartermaster Corps. It furnishes clothing, camp and garrison equipage, barracks, storehouses, and other buildings; con- structs and repairs roads, railways, bridges; builds and charters ships, boats, docks, and wharves needed for military purposes; supplies sub- sistence for enlisted men and others entitled thereto; supplies articles for authorized sales and issues; furnishes lists of articles authorized to be kept for sale; gives instructions for procuring, distributing, issuing, selling, and accounting for all quartermaster and subsistence supplies; has charge of the supply and distribution of and accounting for funds for the payment of the Army, and such other financial duties as are specially assigned to it; and attends to all matters connected with military operations which are not expressly assigned to some other bureau of the War Department. (See par. 1493.) (C. A. R., No. 46.) (1000) 383. Neglect to take proper care of rooms or furniture, a military offense. Neglect by any officer or soldier to take proper care of rooms or furniture used by him is a military offense. In case of damage, such officer or soldier may be allowed to pay cost of neces- sary repairs if the commanding officer deem such payment sufficient. Commanding officers will report, through prescribed channels, to the War Department their proceedings in all cases under this regula- tion. (1011) 384. Permanent furniture in officers' quarters. Permanent heavy furniture will be assigned to officers' quarters by the Quartermaster General under the direction of the Secretary of War. All articles of such furniture will be marked with the number of the quarters to which they may be assigned, will be considered a part of such quarters, and will not be removed therefrom (except for repair or storage, or when the quarters are abandoned for use as officers' quarters) without authority of the Secretary of War. A memorandum receipt will be given by an officer to whom quarters have been assigned for the furni- ture therein supplied by the Quartermaster Corps, and he will be re- sponsible for its proper care and will be charged with the amount of any damage thereto other than that incident to fair wear and tear. The quartermaster will include in the report called for by paragraph 1010 a statement of the condition of furniture placed in officers' quarters. (C. A. R., No. 10.) (1020) [107] 385-386-387-388-389 385. Application for quarters upon reporting for duty. An officer reporting for duty at a post will, immediately upon his arrival, make written application to the commanding officer for quarters. If in com- mand of troops, he will apply for quarters for himself, for his sub- ordinate officers, and the enlisted men of his command. The applica- tion will be accompanied by a copy of the order directing him to re- port at the station, and will be referred to the quartermaster for proper action under such instructions as the commanding officer may indorse thereon. (1027) 386. Fuel allowance. Each officer or enlisted man entitled to and occupying public quarters will be furnished at the expense of the United States with the quantity of fuel required to do the necessary heating, cooking, and heat the necessary water in the building to which assigned at a military post, in accordance with allowances published from time to time. The allowances are cumulative for the entire fiscal year, or such portion thereof as an officer or organization may serve at the same post or station. At the end of the fiscal year, or when officers or organizations change station, fuel accounts shall be closed and excess issues paid for. Savings on allowances are not transferable to another post or station. Where an officer or enlisted man is occupying quarters other than public, the Quartermaster Corps will pay commutation to such officer or enlisted man for the heat actually necessary for the number of rooms actually occupied, but not exceeding the number to which the rank of the officer or enlisted man entitles him as specified in the Army Regulations. (1036) 387. Fuel issued officers is for personal use. Fuel will only be issued or sold to an officer upon his certificate that it is for his person- al or family use; any sale, exchange, or transfer whatever of fuel issued or sold to an officer under this paragraph is forbidden. (1039) 388. Any unused portion of fuel issued must be taken up by ac- countable officer. Fuel issued to officers or troops is public property. Any portion not consumed by them when the quarterly inventory of fuel is made will be immediately taken up by the accountable officer on the prescribed form and posted to the property account as a debit. (C. A. R., No. 42.) (1042) 389. Issue of stationery. The issue of stationery for all military purposes shall be made on requisition approved by the commanding officer and receipted by the officer to whom the issue is made. The material to be issued shall consist of typewriter supplies, writing and [108] 390-391-392 blotting paper, pads, pens, penholders, ink, mucilage, sealing wax. office tape, envelopes, and lead pencils. Officers approving requisi- tions will enforce economy in the use of stationery. But one issue a quarter will be made to officers not drawing for an office. (C. A. R., No. 10.) (1062) 390. The forage ration. (Changed by C. A. R., No. 15, W. D., 1914.) The forage ration for a horse is 14 pounds of hay and 12 pounds of oats, corn, or barley, and 3% pounds of straw (or hay) for bedding; for a Field Artillery horse of the heavy draft type weighing 1,300 pounds or over, 17 pounds of hay and 14 pounds of oats, corn, or barley, and 3% pounds of straw (or hay) for bedding; for a mule, 14 pounds of hay and 9 pounds of oats, corn, or barley, and 3% pounds of straw (or hay) for bedding. To each animal 3 pounds of bran may be issued in lieu of that quantity of grain. The commanding officer may in his discretion vary the proportions of the components of the ration (1 pound of grain, 1% pounds of hay, and 2 pounds of straw being taken as equivalents), and in the field may substitute other recognized articles of forage obtained locally, the -variation or the substitution not to exceed the money value of the components of the ration at the contract rates in effect at the time of change. (C. A. R., No. 21.) (1077) 391. Commanding officer may increase or decrease the forage ration. Where grazing is practicable, or when little work is required of the animals, commanding officers will reduce the forage ration. When, on the other hand, conditions demand it, they are authorized to increase the ration, not in excess, however, of savings made. (C. A. R., No. 21.) (1078) 392. Number of authorized mounts and forage therefor. All mounted officers below the rank of brigadier general are allowed 2 mounts. If any mounted officer should not own the full number of suitable serviceable mounts allowed, the number of forage rations furnished to him will be reduced accordingly. Full forage rations are furnished to mounted officers up to the authorized number of their mounts, but this allowance is to be used only for the purpose of keeping the officer properly mounted. This allowance continues at the officer's regular post of duty, when he is on leave of absence, or when he is on duty the nature of which necessitates temporary separation from his mounts. (C. A. R., No. 21.) (1080) [109] 393-394-395-396-397-398 393. Drawing forage for private mounts while using public mounts, prohibited; unauthorized use of public mounts forbidden. Mounted officers will not use public horses and at the same time draw forage for those they own, except while on foreign service in countries from which horses are not allowed to enter the United States; nor will they use public animals except as authorized by regulations. Should circumstances render it necessary, an officer may be temporarily furnished with public horses. (1081) 394. Any officer may purchase forage. An officer may purchase forage for two horses kept for his own use, for which he will be charged cost, including transportation. (1082) 395. Forage not to be used or disposed of for any purpose except that for which issued. An officer shall not sell, nor allow to be sold, the forage issued for his own horses or the public animals under his charge; nor shall he use or dispose of, or permit to be used or disposed of, such forage, or any portion thereof, except for the purpose for which it was issued. (C. A. R., No. 21.) (1083) 396. Issue of straw for bedding for troops. Except for troops serving in the Tropics, when mattresses are not supplied, a bed sack and 30 pounds of straw a month for bedding will be furnished to each enlisted man in barracks or in a permanent or a maneuver camp, and to each prisoner in a guardhouse, and a bed sack and such quantity of straw as the chief medical officer may certify to be necessary to each enlisted man in a field hospital. In the field, in cases not covered above, such quantity of straw or hay for the bedding of troops is authorized as the commanding officer, after advising with the medical officer of the command, may deem necessary to preserve the health of the troops. So far as practicable, an iron bunk will be furnished to each prisoner in a post guardhouse and prison room. (C. A. R., No. 45.) (1084) 397. When hay may be issued for bedding. At posts where straw is not furnished hay will be issued and used for bedding. (C. A. R., No. 21.) (1085) 398. Organizations to be furnished quartermaster supplies on memorandum receipt. Officers commanding companies or detach- ments will be furnished by the quartermaster, on approved requisition, with the necessary authorized quartermaster supplies; and for all such, except those that may be properly dropped as expended, said commanding officers will give memorandum receipts to the account- able officer, who will continue to bear said supplies on his return [HO] 399-400-401-402 until they have been transferred, expended, or otherwise disposed of and duly accounted for as required by regulations. (1089) 399. Continuation of property responsibility in case of persons temporarily absent. Officers commanding companies or detachments temporarily absent from posts will continue responsible to quarter- masters from whom supplies have been procured on memorandum receipts. Should the services of a quartermaster become necessary, one will be appointed for the command. (1090) 400. Settlement for supplies held on memorandum receipt in case of change of station. When troops change station, only such quarter- master supplies as are authorized, or as may be directed to be trans- ferred, will be removed from the station. Company and detachment commanders, prior to departure from a station, will have a settle- ment with the quartermaster for supplies held on memorandum receipt. For such supplies as must accompany troops, company and detach- ment commanders will give certificates to the quartermaster. Memo- randum receipts that have been thus satisfied will be returned to the respective company and detachment commanders. The quartermaster will forward the certificates, accompanied by the requisite papers for transferring the accountability, to the quartermaster at. the destination of the troops. The commanders of incoming organizations upon arrival will report the supplies in their custody and give memorandum receipts therefor to the quartermaster, who will then return to the respective commanders their certificates. (1091) 401. When quartermaster property is left because of person being detached for duty in field. Whenever an officer, noncommissioned officer, or other persons in the military service is detached from a post for duty in the field and has left quartermaster property for which he has signed a memorandum receipt, the quartermaster will take posses- sion of such property upon request of the person concerned, carefully check same, and issue a credit slip (Q. M. C. Form 243) in duplicate, on which will be listed the article or articles taken in, the original of which will be sent to the person concerned and the duplicate retained by the quartermaster. Should damage not the result of fair wear and tear in the service or a shortage be found to exist, the quarter- master will communicate with the person concerned w r ith a view to securing an adjustment before taking steps toward collecting the value of the article or articles short or damaged. (C. A. R., No. 30.) (1091^) 402. In case of failure to account for property held on memo- randum receipt. Certificates given for supplies accompanying troops [ill] 403-404 and memorandum receipts given by officers for supplies issued or loaned for their individual use, or for use of the organizations under their command, will be made in the prescribed form, and should any officer, when called upon by proper authority to produce any of the supplies enumerated therein, fail to do so, or to furnish proper evi- dence that deficient or damaged supplies have been accounted for as required by regulations, the name of the officer delinquent will be reported to the Secretary of War by the Quartermaster General, and said officer's pay to the extent of. the deficiency or damage will be stopped, in conformity with paragraphs 702 and 703. The accountable officer may drop from his return the articles deficient, forwarding the memorandum receipt or certificate as a voucher therefor. (C. A. R., No. 10.) (1092) 403. Purchase of public mounts. Under the rules and regulations prescribed in the Army Regulations, mounted officers may purchase public mounts at posts or from remount depots. However, when a mounted officer purchases a horse from the Government he is not permitted to sell the animal to private parties, but he may sell him to another officer or back to the Government, at a price to be determined in the manner prescribed in the Army Regulations. (Author. — Based on A. R. 1095) 404. Officers below major required to be mounted may be fur- nished public mount. For their own headquarters and otherwise, except as provided in this paragraph, the use of public horses by officers will be regulated by department commanders in conformity with the necessities of the public service. Officers below the rank of major who are required to be mounted will be furnished with one mount by the Quartermaster Corps in case they do not elect to provide themselves with suitable private mounts. Such public mounts will ordinarily be assigned one to the exclusive use of each officer and will be foraged, stabled, shod, groomed, fed, watered, and furnished with veterinary treatment and medicine at Government expense. Authorized private mounts of officers will similarly at Government expense be stabled, shod, foraged, and supplied with veterinary treatment and medicine. Should the circumstances of service at a particular station cause the number of Government mounts available for use under this paragraph to fall below the number of officers entitled to such mounts under the law, the post commander will regulate the use of the public mounts actually [112] 405-406 on hand with due consideration for the service and the rights and duties of the individual officers concerned. (1096) 405. Transportation of baggage. In changing station authorized allowances of baggage will be turned over to the quartermaster to be packed, crated, weighed, and marked for transportation as freight by ordinary freight lines. (1135) 406. Authorized allowance. The baggage to be transported at public expense, including mess chests and personal baggage, upon change of station will not exceed when packed and crated the follow- ing gross weights: Rank. In the field or temporary- change of station. Permanent change of station. Field officer Captain First lieutenant, contract surgeon, and acting dental surgeon Second lieutenant and veterinarian Pounds. 400 200 150 150 I Pounds. 7,200 6,000 5,100 4,500 These allowances are in excess of the weights transported free of charge under the regular fare by public carriers. They may be reduced pro rata by the commanding officer, if necessary, and may in special cases be increased by the War Department on transports by water. Invoices of household goods or personal effects turned over to the shipping officer will be accompanied by a certificate showing that the goods are the property of the officer, noncommissioned officer, or civilian employee requesting the shipment. Baggage in excess of the foregoing allowances will be shipped upon the same bill of lading with the regulation allowance upon deposit with the shipping officer, prior to issue' of the bill of lading, of a sum equal to the commercial 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. Bills of lading covering shipments of baggage will in all cases carrying notation "Released valuation $10 per 100 pounds," unless the owner files written authority with the shipping quartermaster to ship [113] 407-408 his entire baggage unreleased. In the latter case bills of lading must carry the notation "unlimited valuation," provided the owner deposits with the shipping quartermaster a sum equal to the additional commer- cial cost of shipment at "unlimited valuation." The maximum money allowance for packing and crating for each grade, exclusive of professional books and papers, will be as fol- lows, and will not be exceeded. When less than the maximum allow- ance for each grade is transported a proportionate decrease in the cost of packing and crating will be made. Rank Permanent change of station. Field officer Captain First lieutenant, contract surgeon, and acting dental surgeon Second lieutenant and veterinarian $43.20 36.00 30.60 27.00 The maximum tare weight of any of the foregoing allowances will not exceed one-fifth of the gross weight. Any saving in tare weight effects an increase in net weight. With this end in view, burlap and excelsior should be used as much as possible as a substitute for crating, and the use of lumber should be limited as much as possible. Should the owner desire lighter packing or crating than the quarter- master deems sufficient, the lighter crating or packing will be used only upon written request of the owner. (C. A. R., Nos. 10 and 32.) (1136) 407. Price of clothing and equipage. Tables showing the price of clothing and equipage for the Army, the allowance of clothing in kind to each soldier for each year of his enlistment, and his clothing money allowance for each year, month, and day, also the allowance of equipage to officers and enlisted men, will be published in orders from the War Department. (C. A. R., No. 6.) (1146) 408. Issue of clothing to soldiers. When clothing is required, issue will be made by the quartermaster either to the individual soldier or in bulk to the organization commander, or an officer representing him. for issue to the enlisted men of his command. In either case the soldier will make request (single copy) on individual clothing slip to his organization commander. For this purpose the original and duplicate slips will be detached and used indiscriminately. • [114] 408 (contd.) When the issue of clothing to the individual soldier is desired individual clothing slips in duplicate, numbered serially for the month or period and enumerating the articles needed, will be prepared by the organization commander by carbon process. The quantities and sizes desired will be entered by the organization commander, except that for men not yet fitted sizes may be filled in at the time of issue after proper size has been determined by try on. Clothing issued to the individual soldier and removed from the quartermaster's storehouse will not be received back by the quartermaster. If a large number of men of an organization are to draw clothing, individual clothing slips will be sent to the quartermaster in advance to permit the clothing to be prepared for issue. At the time of issue the quartermaster or his representative will enter by carbon process the quantities, sizes, and unit prices of the articles issued, initial the slip in space "Issued by," and obtain the soldier's receipt on both copies. A line will be drawn through each blank space in column "Quantities issued" on original and duplicate by the quartermaster or his representative before the soldier signs the receipt. The "original" will be retained by the quartermaster and the "duplicate" returned to the organization commander or his representa- tive at the time of issue or returned at the close of the business day in a sealed envelope to the organization commander. The original will be abstracted daily by the quartermaster on abstract of clothing issued. The duplicate, after having been returned by the quartermaster, will be retained by the organization commander, who will immediately deter- mine the total money value and enter the transaction on abstract of clothing drawn, statement of clothing charged to enlisted men, and service record. The soldier's request will then be destroyed. At the end of the month or whenever an organization leaves the vicinity of the issuing quartermaster for an extended period, the organization commander will compare his abstract of clothing drawn with the quartermaster's abstract of clothing issued. After satisfactor}' settlement of all differences an additional copy of the abstract will be prepared by the. organization commander and delivered to the quarter- master not later than the fifth of the succeeding month. The quarter- master will note fact oT signature on his retained copy. The organi- zation commander will file his retained copy of the abstract with the corresponding duplicate individual clothing slips and statement of clothing charged to enlisted men. [115] 408 (contd.) The quartermaster will forward the copy of abstract signed by the organization commander to the Quartermaster General of the Army as a voucher to his property account and will retain the other copy. When clothing is desired in bulk, the organization commander will prepare a requisition in triplicate on the prescribed form enu- merating the articles and sizes needed and showing the total required. The three copies of the requisition will be sent to the quartermaster, who will prepare the items for issue, enter in columns "Issued" on all copies the quantities which can be actually supplied, and enter the unit prices. The quartermaster will send due notice to the organization commander when the clothing is ready for issue. After verifying the quantities of clothing entered in columns "Issued," the organization commander or an officer designated by him will sign on all copies a receipt to the effect that he has received the articles enumerated in columns "Issued." The quartermaster or his representative issuing the clothing will sign a statement on all copies to that effect. The articles will then be removed from the quartermaster's storehouse. One copy of the requisition will be turned over to the organization commander or his representative at the time of issue of clothing. The organization commander or an officer designated b}' him will at once issue the clothing to the enlisted men. The issuing officer will enter on the request submitted by the soldier the quantities issued, initial the slip, and obtain the soldier's receipt at the time of issue. All clothing not actually issued to enlisted men will be re- turned by the organization commander or an officer designated by him to the quartermaster within 24 hours after the clothing was drawn and the quantities so returned entered in columns "Returned to quartermaster" on the three copies of requisition. The officer will sign a statement on all copies that the articles enumerated in columns "Returned to quartermaster" were so returned, and the quartermaster or his representative will sign the receipt on all copies to the effect that the articles have been received. A line will be drawn through each blank space on all copies in columns "Returned to quartermaster" be- fore signing. The difference between the quantities received and the quantities returned to the quartermaster will be entered in columns "Net issued" and total money value determined. The organization commander or his representative will sign certificate on the copy of the requisition retained by the organization, to the effect that the [116] 409-410-411 articles enumerated in columns "Net issued" have been duly issued, stating total money value of clothing issued to the enlisted men. The organization commander will prepare the statement of clothing charged to enlisted men and enter the date and money value of clothing issued in the clothing account on the soldier's service re- cord. The soldiers' requests, requisition, and the statement of clothing charged to enlisted men will be kept filed togther by the organization commander. The quartermaster will forward one copy of requisition to the Quartermaster General of the Army as a voucher to his property account and will retain the other copy. (C. A. R., Nos. 26 and 55.) (1157) 409. Soldiers clothing account. Each soldier's clothing account will be kept by the company or detachment commander on the blank provided for that purpose. The account will show the money value of the clothing received by the soldier at each issue and his receipt therefor will be taken on the blank. Gratuitous issues will be entered separately, but their money value will not be deducted from the sol- dier's regular clothing allowance. (1159) 410. Settlement of clothing account. Company and detachment commanders will settle the clothing account of every enlisted man of their commands on June 30 and December 31 of each year, without regard to date of individual enlistment. The entire amount found due the United States will be charged to the soldier upon the pay rolls for the period embracing the date of settlement and on subsequent rolls until the whole amount is deducted. (1160) 411. Initial and yearly clothing allowances. The clothing money allowance will consist of an initial allowance and a yearly allowance. The initial allowance is intended to cover the cost of all clothing re- quired between date of enlistment and the date upon which the recruit is taken up for full duty, but will not be considered as fully earned by the soldier until he shall have completed six months' service. The yearly allowance and the initial allowance will be determined by the annual estimated value of the clothing. One-sixth of the initial allow- ance will constitute the monthly share, and one-thirtieth of the latter the daily share of the initial allowance actually accruing to the soldier. When the clothing account of a soldier is opened in the organization to which he has been assigned, he will be credited with the initial allowance. At the first settlement thereafter he will be credited with the portion of the yearly allowance accruing between date of enlist- [117] 412 ment and date of settlement as determined by the monthly and daily rates. At each succeeding settlement he will be credited with half the yearly allowance, and at the expiration of his term of service will be credited with the amount due from last settlement as determined by the monthly and daily rates. (1161) 412. Calculation of clothing allowance upon separation from ser- vice. When a soldier is separated from the service during the first six months of his enlistment, any clothing allowance which may have been previously credited to him will be disregarded, and the allowance to be credited in the settlement of his clothing account will be deter- mined from date of enlistment to date of separation from the service, the initial allowance according to the table of allowances in force at the date of enlistment, and the yearly allowance according to the table of allowances in force at the date of separation from the service; if, however, the service includes a June 30 settlement date, that part of the yearly allowance applicable to the service terminating on June 30 will be determined according to the table of allowances in force on that date, and the remainder of the service by the table of allowances in force at the date of the separation from the service. He will be given no credit for clothing not drawn in kind unless the total value of the clothing charged to his account shall be less than the amount of credit accruing between date of enlistment and date of separation from the service. This will be determined by adding to the allowance due at the yearly rate the portion of the initial allowance corresponding to the number of months and days of service. Thus, if such soldier has had three months and three days' service the allowance to be credited from date of enlistment to date of separation from the service would be the sum of three times the monthly allowance, three times the daily allowance, three times the monthly share of the initial allowance, and three times the daily share of the initial allowance. No deduction will be made from the initial allowance because of unautho- rized absence prior to the date of separation from the service. Should the clothing charged to the soldier amount to less than this sum, the difference will be due him; but the final account of such soldier shall show no indebtedness to the United States for clothing overdrawn un- less the total amount charged for clothing shall exceed the entire initial allowance increased by the portion of the yearly allowance accruing between date of enlistment and date of separation from the service, in which case the excess shall be charged as due the United States for clothing overdrawn. When a soldier is separated from the [118] 413-414-415 service at any time after the expiration of the first six months of an enlistment, he will be credited in the settlement of his clothing account with the allowance accruing between date of last settlement and date of separation from the service as determined by the monthly and daily rates. When for the convenience of the Government a soldier is re- tained in the service after the expiration of his term of enlistment, his clothing money allowance at the regular rate will be credited for the period of such retention. (1162) 413. Balance due soldier upon separation from service. The bal- ance due the soldier at date of settlement will be credited to him upon his clothing account. It will not be placed upon the pay rolls, but the final balance due at date of discharge will be entered in words and figures upon his final statements. (C. A. R., No. 55.) (1163) 414. Settlement of clothing account in case of desertion. The cloth- ing account of a soldier who deserts should be settled in full to date of desertion. The balance due to him or to the United States will be entered on the next pay roll after date of desertion. In determining this balance, where the desertion occurs within the first six months of enlistment, any clothing allowance which may have been previously credited will be disregarded and the allowance to be credited will be the portion of the initial and yearly allowances accruing from date of enlistment to date preceding date of desertion as indicated in para- graph 1162. Where the desertion occurs after the first six months of enlistment, the settlement to last regular settlement date, June 30 or December 31, will not be disturbed, and in settling the account to date of desertion additional credit will be given for the portion of the yearly allowance accruing from date of last settlement to date preceding date of desertion as shown by the monthly and daily rates. (1164) 415. Clothing allowance of soldier in desertion or absent without leave. A soldier in desertion or absent without leave is entitled to clothing allowance from the date of his return to military control if such date is prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment; if sub- sequently thereto, no clothing allowance will be due him unless he is retained in the service, in which case he will be entitled to clothing allowance for his actual service in making good the time lost, which, under paragraph 130, commences with the date on which he is restored to a duty status. Should the term of enlistment expire while the soldier is in confinement awaiting trial or serving sentence, his cloth- ing allowance ceases on date of expiration of term of service and will not again accrue until he is restored to a duty status. In the fore- [119] 416 going cases the amount due the soldier will be obtained from the tables then and subsequently in force. In the case of a soldier against whom a charge of desertion is sustained by action of a court-martial, or who is restored to duty without trial on admitted desertion, a new clothing account will be opened without reference to the account of the soldier at date of desertion, but no portion of the initial allowance will be credited. In the case of a soldier who is charged with desertion and the charge is not sustained by the action of a court-martial, or in whose case the charge is removed as having been erroneously made, the cloth- ing settlement made at commencement of the unauthorized absence will be ignored and his clothing account will be adjusted by simply omitting any credit for the annual allowance, as distinguished from the initial allowance, for the period of unauthorized absence and for any period subsequent to the expiration of term of enlistment during which he may have been in confinement. (1165) 416. Gratuitous issue of clothing. Gratuitous issues of field cloth- ing will be made to troops whose field service has been of such a nature as to make the usual clothing allowances insufficient. Gratuitous issues will be made only under the following conditions: 1. Requests for gratuitous issues will be made by organization commanders to the department commander through military channels. Intermediate commanders will recommend action in each case. 2. Requests for gratuitous issues will not be submitted unless the clothing allowances, accrued from the beginning of the enlistment period up to the time of the request, have been entirely exhausted. 3. Requests for gratuitous issues will be accompanied by a state- ment as to whether or not previous gratuitous issues have been made to the same individuals. If such have been made, full details will be given to include the time, place, and amount of previous gratuitous issues. 4. Department commanders will approve gratuitous issues only when the evidence submitted clearly indicates that unusually severe conditions of field service have made the ordinary clothing allowances insufficient, and that due economy has been exercised by those con- cerned. 5. On receipt of requisitions for gratuitous issues, approved under the preceding regulations by department commanders, field clothing will be issued without charge to enlisted men. (C. A. R., No. 54.) (1168^) [120] 417-418-419-420 Gratuitous issues of clothing may be made, under the provi- sions of section 1298, Revised Statutes, to replace articles destroyed to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, upon the certificate of an officer that the clothing was so destroyed upon the recommendation of the medical officer named. (1172) 417. Purchase of clothing from the Quartermaster Corps. Officers of the Army, members of the Officers' Reserve Corps, contract sur- geons, and veterinarians may purchase from the Quartermaster Corps such articles of uniform clothing, clothing materials, and equipage as they need, provided the property is available. They will certify that the articles are for their personal use. (C. A. R., No. 49.) (1174) 418. Wearing by officers' servants of clothing intended for soldiers. Officers' servants will not be permitted to wear clothing intended for troops, except underclothing and shoes, which may be purchased in limited quantities, if available, upon the officer's certificate that they can not be otherwise obtained. (1175) 419. Tableware and kitchen utensils. Commanding officers of posts and of all organizations supplied with tableware and kitchen utensils will exercise a rigid supervision and economy in the care and pre- servation of all such articles, and any damaged, broken, destroyed, or lost through the carelessness of enlisted men will be charged against their pay, as explained in paragraph 686, and a "statement of charges" on the prescribed form will be filed as a voucher with the property account from which the articles are dropped. Loss through breakage of china and glass ware, not due to carelessness, may be replaced at public expense on proper requisition, provided it does not exceed 20 per cent per annum, or 5 per cent per quarter, of the total value of china and glass ware to which the mess is entitled (value to be deter- mined by the prices given in the annual price list), and the articles so replaced will be destroyed and dropped from property accounts in the manner prescribed in paragraph 1176. Any excess of breakage will be replaced only under extraordinary circumstances, or when values have been charged as herein provided, and requisitions calling for such excess must show clearly the circumstances or the fact that charge has been made. Estimates calling for articles other than china and glass ware must show the necessity for them, and if to replace articles lost or stolen, must be accompanied by the report of a surveying officer, unless values have been charged as hereinbefore directed. (1178) 420. Corn brooms, scrubbing brushes, and mops. The allowance of corn brooms, scrubbing brushes, and mops will be as follows: [121] 421 For each organization having an authorized maximum strength of 100 enlisted men or over, 9 brooms, 6 brushes, and 3 mops a month. For each organization having an authorized strength of less than 100 enlisted men and over 60, 6 brooms, 4 brushes, and 2 mops a month. For each organization having an authorized strength of 60 men or less, 4 brooms, 3 brushes, and 2 mops a month. Three brooms and 2 brushes per annum for each noncom- missioned officer entitled to a room as quarters and for each room occupied as quarters by enlisted men, other than noncommissioned officers, entitled to a room as quarters. Six brushes and 4 mops per annum to each post bakery. Twelve brooms and 8 brushes per annum to each city re- cruiting station. For cleaning casemates, storerooms, and loading rooms, 3 brooms a quarter. To each troop of Cavalry for cleaning grain and saddle rooms, 3 brooms per quarter. To each battery of Field Artillery for cleaning grain and saddle rooms and gun sheds, 9 brooms per quarter. To each Cavalry and Field Artillery band (mounted) for cleaning grain and saddle rooms, 1 broom per quarter. Commanding officers may, when necessary, order the issue of not to exceed 6 brooms and 6 mops per annum to each public office and building heated by the Government. The necessity for and the fact of issue will in all cases be certified to by the officer commanding the organization or in charge of the office or building and be verified by the commanding officer. The articles mentioned above will habitually be drawn quar- terly but may be drawn when needed. If less than the maximum allowance be drawn in one quarter, credit can not be given in an- other quarter. (C. A. R., No. 3.) (1181) 421. Lye and sapolio. Commanding officers may, when necessary, order the issue of 4 cans of concentrated lye and 6 cakes of sapolio per month to each company, and one-half that quantity to each band, and the necessary quantity for buildings heated by the Government and not thus provided for. The use of concentrated lye up-on the floors and woodwork in all modern barracks, kitchens excepted, is forbidden. (1182) [122] 422-423-424-425-426 422. Telegraph and cable to be used only in case of urgency; day telegrams; night telegrams. The telegraph and cable will be used only in cases of urgent and imperative necessity, in which the delay con- sequent upon transmission by mail would be prejudicial to the public interests. Day telegrams will not be sent when night telegrams would serve the purpose, consideration being given to the difference between eastern time and that of the zone to which the message is sent. Ex- cept in cases of great urgency, night telegrams will not be sent when the delivery can be made by mail the following morning. Night tele- grams will be plainly indicated by the words "Night telegram" stamped thereon. Wherever practicable the consolidation into one message of several telegrams to be sent to a single officer in course of a day's busi- ness should be effected. (1184) 423. Blanks used in sending telegrams. Government blanks will be used when practicable in sending official telegrams by those in the service of the War Department authorized to send such telegrams, ex- cept in the Engineer Department, on river and harbor, or other civil business, and will be marked "Government paid"; in no case "Govern- ment collect." Commercial blanks, if used officially, should also be marked "Government paid." (1186) 424. Telegrams about leaves. Telegrams making application for leave of absence or extension of leave, or of inquiry whether leave has been granted, and the replies made thereto by telegraph, will not be sent or paid for as public dispatches. (1187) 425. Number of words to be reduced to minimum. In framing tele- grams and cablegrams all words not important to the sense will be omitted, addresses condensed, and the official title of the sender omitted or reduced to the minimum, thus bringing the message, so far as practicable, within the limit of 20 words. The last name of the officer addressed, or his title, and the last name of the sender "are generally sufficient. Expressions such as "The Secretary of War directs," "By order of the Secretary of War," or "Reference your telegram of the instant," and kindred expressions will be omitted. Telegrams sent within the limits of the United States, except those of an extremely confidential character, need not be coded or enciphered. (1188) THE RATION 426. Ration defined. A ration is the allowance for the subsistence of one person for one day. (1202) [123] 427-428 427. The garrison ration. The garrison ration is intended for troops in garrison, and, in time of peace, for troops in maneuver camps; the ration to be issued to troops on the march in time of peace will be prescribed by the commander, and will not exceed the allowances prescribed for the garrison ration. (1202) The components of the garrison ration are: Fresh beef (or mutton, bacon, fish, or when impracticable to furnish fresh meat, canned meat); Flour (or soft bread, corn meal, or, only when the interest of the Government so require, hard bread); Baking powder; Beans (or rice or hominy); Potatoes (or onions or tomatoes in lieu of equal quantity of potatoes, but not exceeding 20% of total issue; or other fresh vege- tables when obtainable in vicinity, but not exceeding 30% of total issue); Prunes (or dried or evaporated apples or peaches; or jam, not exceeding 50% of total issue); Coffee, roasted and ground (or roasted unground coffee, green coffee or tea); Sugar; Milk, evaporated; Vinegar (or cucumber pickles, not exceeding 50% of total issue); Salt; Pepper, black; Cinnamon (or cloves, ginger or nutmeg); Lard; Butter (or oleomargarine); Sirup; Flavoring extract, lemon (or vanilla). (Based on 1205) 428. The travel ration. The travel ration is for troops traveling otherwise than by marching and separated from cooking facilities. (1202) The components of the travel ration are: Soft bread (or hard bread); Corned beef (or corned beef hash); Baked beans; Canned tomatoes; Jam; Coffee, roasted and ground; [124] 429-430-431-432-433 Sugar; Milk, evaporated. (Based on 1205) 429. The reserve ration. The reserve ration is carried on the person of the men and in the trains, and constitutes the reserve for field service. (1202) The components of the reserve ration are: Bacon (or canned meat); Hard bread; Coffee, roasted and ground; Sugar; Salt. One day in each alternate month of the season of practical instruction, not exceeding three days in each year, the use of the re- ( serve ration with individual cooking will be required by all troops in the field for purposes of instruction. (1205) 430. The field ration. The field ration is the ration prescribed in . orders by the commander of the field forces. It consists of the re- serve ration in whole or in part, supplemented by articles of food re- quisitioned or purchased locally, or shipped from the rear, provided such supplements or substitutes correspond generally with the com- ponent articles or substitutive equivalents of the garrison ration. (1205) 431. The Filipino ration. The Filipino ration is for the use of the Philippine Scouts. (1202) 432. The emergency ration. The emergency ration is for troops in active campaign for use on occasions of emergency or in the field for purposes of instruction. (1202) The emergency ration will not be opened except by order of an officer or in extremity, nor used when regular rations are obtainable. Company and detachment commanders are responsible for the proper care and use of emergency rations carried on the person of the soldier. (1205) 433. Ration returns. Ration returns for troops and applicants for enlistment while held under observation will be signed by the imme- diate commanders of the organizations, and approved by the com- manding officer. After approval they will be presented at the quarter- master's office for action. Single ration returns will be submitted for organizations, including persons permitted to mess separately, and will embrace all persons actually present. Individual "Ration and [125] 434-435-436-437 savings accounts" will not be opened for enlisted men or civilian employees permitted to mess separately. Company and detachment commanders will personally verify the additions and deductions of rations on the returns on account of men joining and leaving during the ration periods immediately preceding, and the proper authority before approving such returns will cause them to be verified. In the field, during active operations, company officers, upon request, will be included by name on the ration returns of the organi- zation to which they belong; field and staff officers who do not belong to organizations having messes upon request will be included by name on the ration returns of such organizations as may be designated by their commanding Officer; the cost of the rations so obtained will be charged against the officers concerned. (C. A. R., No. 34.) (1209) 434. Ration certificate. When any considerable detachment of en- listed men leaves a post or command the detachment commander will be furnished by the quartermaster with a ration certificate giving the number of men and the organization to which they belong, and setting forth the date to which, and by whom, their ration and savings account has been settled, which certificate will be presented to the command- ing officer at the station where rations are next furnished. Civilian em- ployees entitled to rations are, when detached, furnished with ration certificates. (1213) 435. Deduction of rations in case of persons leaving organizations. When a person entitled to rations leaves an organization the rations allowed for him for any period beyond the date of his leaving and not taken with him will be deducted on the next ration return of the or- ganization. (1214) 436. Extra issues. The following issues are authorized when necessary for the public service and, with the exception that vinegar and rock salt for public animals will be included in requisitions for forage, will be made on ration returns approved by the commanding officer, who will determine what quantities, within the limits pre- scribed in the Army Regulations shall be issued: Soap; candles, when other illuminating supplies are not fur- nished by the Quartermaster Corps; lantern candles; matches; toilet paper; rock salt and vinegar for public animals; flour, for paste for target practice; towels for various offices; ice; housewives, one to each squad. (Based on 1215) 437. Issue of subsistence stores; ration savings. All articles of the garrison, travel, or Filipino ration due a company, or other organi- [126] 438 zation, will be retained by the quartermaster and credit given to the organization for the money value of these articles at the current price of the articles; and the quartermaster will pay as savings to the organization commanders any excess in value of the stores so re- tained over those purchased by the organization. Such savings shall be used solely for the purchase of articles of food. When on the march in time of peace, a daily issue of rations will be made in the manner prescribed in the Field Service Regula- tions for time of war. The ration to be issued to troops on the march in time of peace will be prescribed by the commander, and will not exceed the allowances prescribed for the garrison ration. In time of peace the ration savings privilege will be sus- pended for troops on the march, except that when so ordered by the commander, the savings privilege will be allowed on certain specified articles of the ration. Upon arrival of troops at mobilization or concentration camps the ration savings privilege will be suspended and entirely re- placed by issue of rations in kind. This same restriction also applies during the period of field operations. The commanding officer will designate the periods for which ration returns are to be submitted. Immediately upon the receipt of a ration return by the quartermaster, duly signed and approved, he will enter it, together with the actual cost of the ration as computed on the back of the ration and savings account. The stores required will be purchased from the quartermaster on charge sales slips, in the name of the organization, against their credit shown on the ac- count. At the end of the month, or whenever necessary, the organi- zation commander will settle the account with the quartermaster, when the savings due the organization, or the amount due the quarter- master, as the case may be, will be paid and the account certified as required. All articles of the ration required for the supply of troops will be obtained from the quartermaster when on hand, but if any article be not in stock, a temporary supply may be purchased else- where. (1220) PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS 438. Officers paid monthly. Officers on the active list, and retired officers assigned to active duty under laws entitling them to active pay or allowances, will be paid monthly on accounts certified by them- selves according to prescribed forms. (C. A. R., No. 2.) (1256) [127] 439-440-441 439. By whom paid. An officer of the Army will be paid within the limits of his department and, as far as practicable, by the same quartermaster, unless he is on leave of absence or detached duty beyond the limits of his department, or shall have transferred or dis- posed of his accounts as provided in paragraphs 1258 and 1259, or has the authority of the Quartermaster General for payment elsewhere. (1257) 440. Transferring pay account. An officer may forward his pay account to a quartermaster before maturity, the amount to be remitted to the officer when due, or placed to his credit with a bank if the account is so indorsed, but an officer will not hypothecate or trans- fer an account not actually due. When due it may be transferred, when the following form of indorsement will be strictly observed: Transferred this day of , 191. . and the department quartermaster at has been so notified. (Signature) , When an account is so transferred, the officer will notify the department quartermaster of the department in which he is stationed, or the quartermaster who has been authorized by the Quartermaster General to pay his accounts, and will instruct the person or persons to whom the account may be transferred to forward it to such quarter- master for payment. A transferred account will not be paid outside of the department in which the officer is regularly paid except when it is transferred for the benefit of his family residing in another depart- ment, in which case the officer will send the notification through the . office of the department quartermaster of the department in which he is usually paid, to the department quartermaster of the department in which the payee resides; the former to forward with the notification any information he may have affecting the validity of the account. (C. A. R., No. 10.) (1258) 441. In case of going on foreign service. An officer about to em- bark for service beyond the sea and desiring to make provision for himself or his family in the United States, may send to the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C., such full monthly accounts as he may elect, indorsing them as follows: "When due pay to ," or "-When due place to the credit of with ," or "When due [128] 442-443 place to my credit with ." The Depot Quartermaster, Wash- ington, D. C, will immediately notify the department quartermaster of the department where the officer is to serve of the months for which accounts have been so received, and will then pay them as they become due if the casualty list and stoppage circular show no bar to payment. If the officer be under orders to proceed to Alaska or the Canal Zone, or for service with an independent brigade or division, the notification will be sent directly to the quartermaster where the officer is to serve. Should an officer already in service be- yond the sea desire to have his accounts paid as described, he will for- ward them, through the department quartermaster of the department where he is serving, to the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C„ except when stationed in Alaska or the Canal Zone, or serving with an independent brigade or division, in which event the accounts will be forwarded through the local quartermaster. Department and other quartermasters, through whom accounts are sent to the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C, will make a record of the accounts so forwarded. (C. A. R., No. 9.) (1259) 442. Additional pay for exercising command above that pertaining to one's grade. To entitle an officer to additional pay under the acts of April 26, 1898, and May 26, 1900, for exercising a command above that pertaining to his grade, he must have exercised such command of troops operating against an enemy for a period of three months or more continuously, in obedience to orders issued by superior authority which he was bound to obey, and no pay or allowances as of a higher grade than that actually held by an officer will be paid him under this regulation unless a certified copy, in duplicate, of such order, accom- panied by a statement of service thereunder, is filed with the quarter- master. (1267) 443. Mounted pay. Officers below the grade of major, required to be mounted, whether permanently or temporarily, will be furnished with a proper mount by the Quartermaster Corps. Such officers may, however, provide themselves with suitable mounts at their own ex- pense and of their exclusive ownership, and any officer of the grades indicated who so provides himself shall receive an addition to his pay of $150 per annum if he provides one mount and $200 per annum if he provides two mounts. An officer claiming additional pay for pro- viding his own mount must personally certify on each account that he was suitably mounted at his own expense, and is the actual and ex- [129] 444-445-446 elusive owner of the mount or mounts in question, specifying the place at which maintained. In case an officer is only temporarily upon dut}-' requiring him to be mounted, the authority by which he was placed upon such duty must accompany his first voucher and be cited upon subsequent vouchers upon which additional pay is claimed accom- panied by a certificate that he has continued under the authority cited upon the mounted duty in question. The officer's certificate upon his pay accounts will be the evidence upon which quartermasters will base their payments of additional pay for mounts, until information is received by them from proper authority that such additional pay is to be stopped. (1273) 444. Mileage, (a) When traveling under competent orders, with- out troops, in the home waters of the United States, or between the United States and Alaska, and when traveling without troops by land, except in Alaska, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands, officers are entitled to mileage at the rate of 7 cents a mile; distances to be com- puted over the shortest usually traveled routes. (b) When traveling wit'i or without troops, by sea, officers are reimbursed in the amount of actual expenses. When traveling en commercial liners they are also entitled to the following allowance:.: Amount of rent of steamer chair not exceeding $1 for trips or two days or longer and fees to cabin and other stewards not exceeding the following: Six dnys or less on the Atlantic Ocean, $1.50 a day; 7 to 10 days, not exceeding $10; 11 to 15 days or longer, $1 a day; total not exceeding $15. On the Pacific Ocean, 15 days or less, $1 a day; total fees for 15 days or longer not exceeding $15. To the West Indies, Cuba, Porto Rico, Panama, and South America, $1 a day; total fees for 15 days or longer not exceeding $15. (c) Officers who so desire may, upon application to any quarter- master, be furnished with transportation for the entire journey, the transportation so furnished being deducted from the officer's mileage allowance at the rate of 3 cents a mile. (Based on 1279; 1280) 445. Commutation of quarters. A commissioned officer on duty at a place where there are no public quarters available is entitled to commutation of quarters. (C. A. R., Nos. 28 and 51.) (1299) 446. Allotments. Every enlisted man absent on distant duty shall be allowed to allot such portion of his pay as he may desire for the support of his family or relatives, for his own savings, or for any other purpose, excepting that of obtaining an advance on his pay; but the allotment privileges to soldiers serving within the boundaries of the [130] 447 United States will be limited to the support of their families and relatives. (1347) On the death, discharge, or desertion of a soldier who has an allotment running, the allotment ceases. In such cases the imme- diate commanding officer will report as expeditiously as possible to the Quartermaster General, or in the Philippine and Hawaiian Depart- ments to the department adjutants of those departments, the names of grantors whose allotments thus cease. In the Philippine and Hawaiian Departments, except in the case of deaths which are other- wise reported, the department commanders will send by cable notifica- tion to The Adjutant General of the Army, who will at once notify the Quartermaster General. In case of forfeiture by sentence of a court-martial the stoppage of pay to meet the allotment, being a reimbursement to the United States of the amount paid the allottee, will take precedence of the forfeiture; when, however, the forfeiture is such that possibly it can not be stopped in full prior to the discharge of the soldier if the allotment is continued, the immediate commanding officer will report at once by mail to the Quartermaster General re- questing a discontinuance of the allotment. Similar action will be taken when, due to reduction, to stoppages for clothing overdrawn, to continued misconduct, or to any reason, the soldier's available pay will not warrant the continuance of the allotment. The Quarter- master General will notify a soldier's immediate commanding officer of the fact of discontinuance of payment to the allottee and the last month's allotment paid. The stoppage of pay to meet the allotment will be continued until this notice is received, and the soldier will be credited on the next roll with any amount withheld in excess of amount paid the allottee. (C. A. R., No. 10.) (1350) 447. Deposits. An enlisted man, not on the retired list, may de- posit his savings with any quartermaster in sums of not less than $5; the same to remain so deposited until final payment on discharge or until furloughed to the reserve. The quartermaster will furnish to each depositor a book in which each deposit, with the name of the .depositor, date, place, and amount, in words and figures, will be entered in the form of a certificate, signed by the quartermaster and company commander. The transfer, pledge, or sale of a deposit book is prohibited. Each company or detachment commander will keep in the soldier's service record an account of every deposit made by the soldier, and after each regular payment he will forward directly to [131] 448-449-450 the Quartermaster General a list of the names of the depositors, showing in each case the date, place, and amount of deposit and the name of the quartermaster, who received it. Each report will be re- stricted to and will include only deposits with one quartermaster on a given date. These lists before transmittal will be examined and com- pared with the service record and the deposit book of the soldier, and attesting officers will see that the names are identical with the names as borne on the rolls. Should a soldier who has made a deposit be transferred or desert, the fact will be promptly reported directly to the Quarter- master General by the officer in command of the company or detach- ment to which he belongs. There is no objection to deposits being made by Indian and Philippine scouts and by enlisted men of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry. (C. A. R., Nos. 10 and 55.) (1361) 448. Interest on deposits. For any sum of not less than $5 de- posited for the period of six months or longer the soldier, when dis- charged or furloughed to the reserve, will be paid interest at the rate of 4 per cent annum to date of discharge. (1366) 449. Sick call. At sick call the enlisted men of each company who require medical attention will be conducted to the hospital or infirmary by a noncommissioned officer, who will give to the attending medical officer the company sick report book containing the names of the sick. The medical officer, after examination, will indicate in the book, opposite their names, the men who are to be admitted to hospital and those to be returned to quarters, noting what duties the latter can perform and any other information in regard to the sick which he may have to communicate to the company commander. (1471) 450. Purchase from Ordnance Dept. of arms, ammunition, ac- couterments and horse equipments. The service arms, ammunition, accouterments, and horse equipments required by an officer or con- tract surgeon for his own use in the public service may be sold to him by the Ordnance Department at the regulation price and the money received passed to the credit of the proper appropriation. Ordnance supplies thus sold to officers or contract surgeons will not be disposed of to persons not in the military service. Necessary repairs to the ser- vice arms and equipments of an officer or contract surgeon will be made by the Ordnance Department at the cost of these repairs. Officers or contract surgeons making purchases or having repairs done will furnish certificates of the fact that these sales or repairs are for their own use in the public service. (1520) [132] 451-452-453 451. Officers below major required to be mounted, furnished horse equipments by Ordnance Department. Officers below the grade of major, required to be mounted, as prescribed in paragraph 1272, will be furnished with horse equipments by the Ordnance Department. The authorized number of sets of these equipments will be kept on hand in the unit accountability equipment of the organizations with which officers herein authorized to receive them are serving. Officers not serving with such organizations and entitled to receive horse equipments will submit requisitions therefor, through military channels, accompanied by a copy of the order of the department commander or higher authority designating them for mounted service where such service is temporary. To such officers serving at posts the issue of horse equipments will be made, on the approval of the post commander, by the post ordnance officer on memorandum receipt; to such officers not serving at posts the equipments will be regularly issued under formal invoices and receipts, and will be accounted for by them semiannually to the Chief of Ordnance on special individual returns. (1520) 452. Ordnance that may be drawn by officers serving with troops. Officers serving with troops may draw for their personal use, from stores belonging to the command with which they are serving, 1 regulation rifle and 1 revolver, with the appropriate equipments and the usual quantity of ammunition for each arm. This ordnance prop- erty may be used in action or target practice and will be accounted for on returns to the Chief of Ordnance. (1522) 453. Ordnance property is not to be presented for condemnation unless no longer repairable. Whenever ordnance property in the hands of troops, except that under the supervision of an armament officer not specifically listed in War Department publications or orders as subject to the action of a surveying officer, becomes unserviceable it will not be presented for condemnation until no longer repairable with the means available within the organization, post, or district. Timely requisition will be made by the proper post or other ordnance supply officers on the Ordnance Department for such extra parts and materials as are required in making repairs of equipment with whose maintenance he is charged. (C. A. R., No. 30.) (1534) [133] QUESTIONS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS What book guides and governs the daily acts of an Army officer more than all other books, orders and instructions put together? (1) What parts, in particular, of the Army Regulations should an officer know? (1) What is the best way to learn the Army Regulations? (2) MILITARY DISCIPLINE What are all persons in the military service required to do regard- ing orders? (4) How should military authority be exercised? (5) To what should punishments conform and how should they follow offenses? (5) What should the conduct of superiors be toward subordinates? (6) What should officers maintain in dealing with enlisted men? (7) What should officers bear in mind in dealing with enlisted men? (7) What relations should officers strive to build up and maintain between themselves and enlisted men? (7) What is indispensable to discipline? (8) Is respect to superiors confined to obedience on duty only? (8) What restrictions are imposed on military men in reference to deliberations, discussions and publications? (9) What are the regulations regarding the use of influence? (10) RANK AND PRECEDENCE OF OFFICERS AND NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS What is military rank? (11) How is it divided? (11) How is rank held? (12) What are the grades of rank of officers and noncommissioned officers with whom Reserve Infantry officers come most in contact? (13) What determines the order of precedence in each grade and sub- grade? (13) What is the order of precedence among officers of the same grade of the Regular Army, of the Organized Militia in the service of the United States, and of Volunteers? (14) [134] How is the order of precedence in each grade determined between officers of the Regular Army and officers of the Marine Corps, when detached for service with the Army by order of the President and while serving with the Army under that order? (14) COMMAND By virtue of what is command exercised? (15) Can an officer put himself on duty by virtue of his commission alone, and if so, under what circumstances? (15) What commands are appropriate to the various grades from * captain to major general? (16) To what units do the designations "company" and "battalion" also apply respectively? (17) Upon whom do the functions of any officer devolve when an officer is acting in his place? (18) When an officer is in temporary command what restrictions must he observe as to altering or annulling the standing orders of the permanent commander? (19) In what situation in regard to his duties does an officer stand who succeeds to any command or duty? (20) What must an officer do on being relieved from any command or duty? (21) What officers shall not assume command of troops unless put on duty under orders which specially so direct, by authority of the President? (22) What restrictions are imposed on the exercise of command on the part of officers of the Medical Department? (23) Whom may staff officers command? (23) When an officer is charged with directing an expedition or recon- naissance, without having command of the escort, what must the commander of the escort do? (24) APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS How and by whom is appointment to the grade of general officer made? (25) How will promotion be made in the line of the Army to include the grade of colonel, in each arm of the service? (26) LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO OFFICERS What are the regulations regarding leave on full pay? (27) For what length of time may post commanders grant leaves of absence? (28) [135] For what length of time may a post commander grant himself leave? (29) Under what circumstances will leaves not be granted? (30) How long must an officer serve in his regiment or corps before being granted a leave exceeding ten days? (31) What must an application for leave state and through whom must it be forwarded? (32) What must intermediate commanders do regarding applications for leave referred to them? (32) If officers on leave desire to leave the United States or go beyond the sea, what must they do? (33) What reports will be submitted by an officer who has been granted a leave for more than 10 days? (34) Verbal permits of what duration are not counted as leaves of absence? (34) How are absences of more than 24 hours noted? (34) Under what circumstances is permission to hunt not considered as a leave of absence? (35) Who may grant permission to hunt and for what periods? (35) How must all applications for extensions of leaves, or for delays, and all correspondence regarding them be sent? (36) OFFICERS TRAVELING ON DUTY When is an officer entitled to mileage? (37) What is the mileage rate of officers traveling under orders? (37) How and when may transportation requests be used by officers? (37) What expenses will be paid to officers for sea travel on duty, with or without troops? (38) When an officer is ordered without troops from one post of duty to another, how will he proceed? (39) What will an officer do upon his arrival at his new post? (40) If he shall appear to have made unnecessary delay en route, what will he be required to do? (40) What authority is necessary to authorize delays in obeying orders, in reporting for duty, or in returning to duty from leave? (41) How will such delays in obeying orders be regarded? (41) GENERAL NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF Of whom does the General Noncommissioned Staff consist? (42) [136] DETACHED SOLDIERS; SERVICE RECORDS What is a "Service Record"? (43) In addition to the soldier's physical description, what headings and principal sub-headings has a service record which give an idea of its scope and nature? (43) What importance is attached to a "service record," if any, and how should it be prepared and kept? (43) When an enlisted man is detached from his company, what is done with his service record, and what does it show? (44) How should a service record be forwarded? (44-a) What should be noted on the service record under "Remarks," when an enlisted man is detached from his company? (44-b) If a soldier be transferred from his company to some other organi- zation, how is the transfer of his personal equipment and other ordnance property noted? (44-c) FURLOUGHS TO SOLDIERS What are the restrictions, if any, regarding the amount of furlough that a soldier may get a year during his enlistment? (45) What is the general practice concerning the granting of furlough to soldiers? (45) TRANSFER OF ENLISTED MEN Under what conditions are transfers of enlisted men made from one organization to another? (46) When an enlisted man is transferred for his own convenience, who bears the expense of such transfer? (46) Where are the rules and conditions under which transfers are effected to be found? (46) DESERTERS When a soldier deserts what action will be taken by his immediate commanding officer, regarding any public property lost in con- sequence, and what will accompany the return to which the property pertains? (47) What is done by a company commander with reference to the clothing abandoned by a deserter? (48) What is done with the personal effects of a deserter? (48) When the proceeds of the sale of a deserter's effects are deposited with a quartermaster, what must the quartermaster's receipt show? (48) [137] To whom do money and other valuables found upon apprehended deserters belong? (48) Whenever a desertion occurs, or a general prisoner escapes, from a post or station, or command in the field, what will the commanding officer do? (49) In case of every desertion and of every escape of a general prisoner, who does the commanding officer of a post or station, or of troops in the field notify, and what information does he furnish? (50) When a soldier deserts from, or when a deserter is received at, a post other than the station of his company or detachment, what report will the post commander make? (51) If a deserter whose company is stationed in Alaska or beyond the continental limits of the United States is received at a station within the United States, what report will be made by the post commander? (so . m What are the regulations regarding rewards for the apprehension and delivery to the proper military authorities of deserters from the military service, deserters from the Philippine Scouts and escaped military prisoners? (52) Who pays the reward for a deserter and what items does it cover? (52) What report does the quartermaster make who pays the reward for a deserter? (52) What authority is necessary in order to enable a recruiting officer to pay reward for the delivery of a deserter at a recruiting station? (53) In the event of the surrender or of the delivery of a deserter to a recruiting officer, what action is taken by the latter? (53) When a report is received of the apprehension or surrender of a deserter at a post other than the station of his company, what action is taken by his company commander? (54) In cases of desertion reported to the War Department under par. 120, A. R. (par. 51 this book), what action is taken by the War Depart- ment and who prefers the charges? (54) How will deserters be brought to trial as regards promptitude? (55) While awaiting trial, what are deserters forbidden to do? (55) If it be imperative to issue clothing to a deserter other than that in which he was arrested, what kind of clothing will be issued? (55) What forfeitures will a soldier make who absents himself from his post or company without authority? (56) What will such soldier be required to do and how shall absences be regarded? (56) [138] Under what circumstances will a company commander report an absentee as a deserter? (56) What will commanding officers do when absentees are reported to them? (56) What absentees are not noted on the muster roll? (56) RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN When may an enlisted man apply to The Adjutant General of the Army for retirement? (57) How is such application forwarded? (57) Upon approval of such application what order will be issued? (57) Upon receipt of the order for retirement, what action will be taken by the soldier's immediate commanding officer? (58) What will the descriptive list and pay account bear? (58) In case the soldier cannot write, what is done? (58) What must the final statement and the descriptive list and the pay account state? (58) When a soldier is retired how will he be dropped from the rolls of his command, and who will be notified and furnished with the soldier's signature? (58) What pay and allowances do retired enlisted men receive? (59) DISCHARGE AND FINAL STATEMENTS What are the only ways in which a soldier can be discharged before the expiration of his term of service? (60) When an enlisted man is discharged what will his company com- mander furnish him with? (61) What will a company commander do when a discharged soldier has forfeited all pay and allowances and has no deposits? (61) If such soldier has deposits, what is the procedure? (61) When a soldier is discharged on certificate of disability what must be given in the final statement as the reason for discharge? (61) When a soldier is held in service to make good time absent without leave, what will his final statement contain? (62) What will the quartermaster do regarding the payment of such soldiers? (62) Who will be charged with overpayments resulting from the failure of an officer to make proper entry of unauthorized absence of an enlisted man? (62) Where will the actual cause of discharge be stated whenever an enlisted man is discharged from the Army prior to the expiration of his term of service? (63) [139] Where will it be fully stated? (63) What statement will be made and where, when a discharge is ordered on account of the soldier's misconduct, or unfitness for the service, physical or in character, due to the soldier's misconduct? (63) What must officers signing final statements be careful to see and why? (63) When does the discharge of an enlisted man take effect if dis- charged by expiration of term of service? (64) When will reenlistment be completed on and bear the date of the day following that of discharge? (64) How does the above govern his pay? (64) When and by what authority are rules governing discharge by purchase and by reason of dependent relatives published? (6 V 5) What need not accompany applications for discharge of enlisted men sentenced to imprisonment by civil courts? (66) What is sufficient in such cases? (66) What is given to a soldier on his discharge from the service, and by whom is it signed? (67) When may the commanding officer designate a particular field officer to sign a discharge, and what may be required before delivery of it to the soldier? (67) What notation will be made on the certificate of discharge when a soldier has been retained in the service beyond the term of his enlist- ment? (68) Who will certify as to "Character" given on a discharge, except when given under par. 148*/2 A. R. (see par. 71 this book) and how should it be given? (69) When a company commander is of the opinion that a soldier's reenlistment should not be recommended, what action will be taken by the former and by the commanding officer? (70) What privilege is accorded the soldier in such cases? (70) If the company commander is also the commanding officer, what action will be taken? (70) When will proceedings of boards convened under this paragraph be final? (70) What will the proceedings of such boards show and how will the proceedings finally be disposed of? (70) Under what circumstances may an enlisted man be discharged prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment? (71) In such cases when the company commander is also the command- ing officer, what action will be taken? (71) [HO] When the findings of the board indicate disqualification through physical disability, what will accompany the proceedings? (71) If discharge be recommended by the board, what additional recommendation will it make? (71) What disposition is made of the proceedings when the findings are disapproved and when they are approved? (71) What kind of discharge will be given to soldiers discharged under the provisions of this paragraph? (148^ A. R.) (See par. 72, this book.) (71) Who will furnish blank forms for discharge and final statements and in whose custody are they retained? (72) For the discharge of whom will the discharge certificates be used? (72) What are the different classes of discharge certificates and when will each be used? (72) How many copies of discharge certificates will be made? (73) When may a certificate of service be issued and what does it show? (73) Through what channels are applications for a certificate of service forwarded? (73) When only should discharge certificates be forwarded to the War Department in correspondence? (73) When does the discharge of a soldier take effect? (74) What should be done when, through the fault of the soldier, the discharge certificate cannot be delivered to him? (74) In respect to what must the final statement and the discharge certificate agree? (74) What is done should a soldier be absent in desertion when the order for his discharge is received? (74) In what case and for how long will the dishonorable discharge of a soldier be deferred? (74) When and to whom will a notification of discharge be furnished? (75) What should it contain? (75) Who supplies the blank form for this notification? (75) Of what is the discharged soldier informed? (75) Who will be charged for overpayments caused by erroneous final statements? (75) In what cases will the officer, who prepares and signs the final statement, furnish the notification of discharge after the order for discharge is received? (75) [141] What is done when a soldier's term of enlistment expires, while he is serving a sentence of confinement without dishonorable discharge? (76) Should an honorable discharge be given the soldier, when only can he be reenlisted before the expiration of his sentence of confine- ment? (76) When should a soldier be discharged whose term of enlistment expires while he is awaiting trial or sentence? (76) When will the discharge certificate be delivered to the man? (76) What personal notice of discharge is given and what entries of the fact of this notice are made? (76) CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY What should be done when an enlisted man is permanently unfitted for military service because of wounds or disease? (77) DECEASED SOLDIERS In case of the death of any person subject to military law, what will be done by his immediate commander? (78) What reports are required by the War Department in the case of the death of a soldier in the active service? (79) What will the report of the surgeon or soldier's immediate com- manding officer be accompanied with? (79) When will it also be accompanied with the inventories of effects? (79) What will otherwise be done with the inventories? (79) Where will the report of the inquest be filed? (79) What does the 112th Article of War require of officers charged with the care and custody of the effects of deceased persons subject to military law? (80) Should the effects of a deceased person not be claimed within a reasonable period of time, how are they disposed of? (80) What will be taken so as to clearly show the nature of the deposit, and what disposition is made of these? (80) What will be delivered to the legal representative or widow? (80) When the effects ar converted into cash, what articles will not be sold? (80) What disposition is made of these articles? (80) To whom will clothing effects not be sent? (80) Can officers pay the debts of deceased soldiers? (80) To whom, also, as far as practicable, will the foregoing provisions apply? (80) [142] What will accompany the quartermaster's receipt in all cases of sale of effects of deceased persons as contemplated by the 112th Article of War? (80-a) What is done with the quartermaster's receipt for proceeds from the sale of effects of deceased persons? (80-a) To whom should applications for arrears of pay and proceeds of sale of effects of deceased soldiers be addressed? (80-b) By whom are the accounts of deceased soldiers settled? (80-c) Give the order of precedence of distribution where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than $500 and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate. (80-c) What shall this act not be construed to prevent payment of? (80-c) How is the estate administered when the amount due to the decedent's estate exceeds the sum of $500? (80-c) What are officers advised in the cases of single men? (80-c) ■ Where may the remains of a deceased enlisted man on the active list be shipped? (81) When the death occurs in the United States or Alaska, and early shipment is practicable, what is done? (81) Should the nearest relative not desire the remains shipped, or should no reply be received from the relative within a reasonable time, what will be done? (81) If relatives do not desire that remains be shipped home and they are interred at Government expense, at whose expense will subsequent disinterment or shipment be made? (81) What may be done should it be impracticable to ship remains at time of death, or impossible to communicate with relatives before interment? (81) When may an attendant accompany the remains? (81) What report is made concerning the disposition of the remains? (81) WORKING PARTIES: EXTRA AND SPECIAL DUTY MEN When may troops be employed in labors interfering with military duties? (82) When will enlisted men be reported on extra duty? (82-a) When and by what authority may they be placed on extra duty? (82-a) When and by what authority may a noncommissioned officer be detailed on extra duty? (83) To what duties will a noncommissioned officer not be detailed? (83) [143] What men in companies will not be detailed on extra duty? (84) What inspections, drills and other forma'tions will men on extra or special duty attend? (85) REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS What is the administrative unit in the Cavalry, Field Artillery and Infantry? (86) What is the composition of a regiment? (87) What is the battalion, in a regiment, and for what purpose is it organized? (88) What records does it keep? (88) By whom is it commanded? (88) By whom is it commanded should its regular commander be absent? (88) When may provisional battalions and provisional regiments be designated? (88) Do the regulations relating to regiments apply to battalions not organized into regiments? (89) What are battalions not organized into regiments called? (89) What are the only battalions in the Army today not organized into regiments? (89) For what is a battalion commander responsible? (90) What correspondence passes through the battalion commander and what record of it is kept by him? (91) For what is a regimental commander responsible? (92) What are his duties in respect to encouraging harmonious rela- tions between his officers and the prevention of dissensions? (93) Who constitute the regimental staff and by whom are they appointed? (94) What report will be made of such appointments? (94) What is the battalion staff and by whom appointed? (95) When is the battalion adjutant appointed by the battalion com- mander and whom does the battalion commander notify of the appoint- ment? (95) How is the tour of regimental and battalion staff officers limited? (96) When do they become eligible for a second tour? (96) What is the National Anthem of the United States of America? TROOPS, BATTERIES AND COMPANIES How is the detail of captains on detached service away from their arm of the service limited? (98) [144] For what is the commanding officer of a company responsible? (99) In the absence of its captain, upon whom does the command of a company devolve? (100) What should the post commander do in case of the absence of all company officers? (101) What company duties should captains require of their lieuten- ants? (102) What are the duties of company commanders in respect to their noncommissioned officers? (103) Should noncommissioned officers be permitted to engage in any occupation or be detailed for all duties? (103) How are company noncommissioned officers appointed? (104) How many may a company have? (104) When a battalion is detached from regimental headquarters, how are the company noncommissioned officers appointed? (104) When should a noncommissioned officer's increased rank and pay cease, if his appointment be disapproved by the regimental com- mander? (104) How are noncommissioned officers of Coast Artillery Corps com- panies appointed? (104) In what case may company noncommissioned officers and wagoners for company transportation be appointed by the battalion commander? (104) In what case may they be appointed by the senior officer of the regiment on duty in the department in which the company is serving? (104) By whom are Coast Artillery noncommissioned officers of a mine planter or cable ship appointed and reduced? (104) For what purpose are lance corporals appointed and how many may a company have? (105) What noncommissioned officers of the company may the captain select and from what grade? (106) To what grade may he return them without reference to higher authority? (106) What is a warrant? (107) By whom are they signed and to whom furnished? (107) Are separate warrants furnished to the noncommissioned officers a company commander may select? (107) To whom does an issued warrant belong? (107) In what cases is it unnecessary to renew warrants? (107) In these cases what should the company commander note on the warrant? (107) [145] Who signs warrants for noncommissioned officers of the Coast Artillery Corps companies? (107) When do appointments of company noncommissioned officers and cooks of the Medical Department take effect? (108) What appointments take effect on the day of appointment by the company commander? (108) When do all company appointments take effect? (108) When may the company commander make a temporary appoint- ment of a noncommissioned officer? (108) In this case what information is furnished the regimental com- mander, and what action is taken if he disapproves it? (108) How may a noncommissioned officer be reduced to the ranks? (109) What is done if. he be reduced by sentence of a court while serving at a post not the headquarters of his regiment? (109) Are noncommissioned officers transferred to another organization without change of grade? (109) In what case may a battalion commander reduce a noncom- missioned officer to the ranks? (109) In what case may the senior officer of a regiment on duty in the department in which the company is serving, reduce a noncommis- sioned officer to the ranks? (109) When does reduction by sentence of court-martial take effect? (110) When, in all other cases? (110) What members of an organization are subject to reduction by their organization commanders? (Ill) For what offenses may they be reduced? (Ill) From what date are appointments vacated in the case of deserters? (Ill) For what purpose may a soldier be relieved from ordinary military duty? (112) What rates may be charged for work done by company tailors and how are these rates fixed? (112) What may company commanders do to insure payment for work done by tailors? (112) What books of record, reports and papers are required by Army Regulations to be kept in each company? (113) What should be shown in the morning report? (113a) What should be shown on the daily sick report? (113b) What records are kept on the duty roster? (113c) What files of orders should be kept? (113c) [146] What is entered in the company fund book? (113d) What is entered in the correspondence book, with index? (113e) What is the document file? (113f) What is noted in the delinquency record? (113g) What is listed in the record of property responsibility? (113h) What records are kept in the service record of each soldier? (H3i) What organizations will keep a descriptive card of animals? (113j) What retained copies of rolls, reports and returns will be kept? (113k) Retained copies of what returns of property will also be kept in each company or detachment? (114) What information respecting all quartermaster and all other supplies held on memorandum receipt must be kept? (114) An account of what articles will also be kept? (114) When will the company or detachment commander have a settle- ment with the staff officer concerned? (114) What books, reports, and papers will be permanently preserved? (114) How and when will division and department orders, except ex- tracts of special orders be disposed of? (114) How long will other books, reports, and papers be kept? (114) How is this period reckoned, and under whose direction will they be destroyed? (114) In whom is vested the disposition of retained papers relating to an officer's accountability for public property? (114) In what organizations and how will a duty roster be kept? (114a) How long will used blank forms be kept, and what disposition will then be made of them? (114a) INTERIOR ECONOMY OF COMPANIES What commanders will make a complete inspection of their organi- zation on Saturdays? (115) Who may be excused from Saturday inspection? (115) For what will company and detachment commanders be held re- sponsible? (115) How are the enlisted men numbered and divided? (116) What men are quartered together? (116)- What disposition is made of arms and accouterments in barracks? (117) What special attention will be paid by company commanders to the cleanliness of the men and to the cleaning of barracks or tents? (118) [147] What are the duties of the chiefs of squads with respect to pre- paring for the Saturday inspection? (119) For what are the chiefs of squads held responsible? (120) What should they see to, when members of their squad go on duty or leave the post on pass? (120) What will soldiers wear in camp and garrison? (121) When on fatigue? (121) What are the duties of the company commander in respect to public property in the possession of enlisted men? (122) Who is responsible for textbooks and other official publications issued for the use of companies? (123) When only may enlisted men take their arms apart? (124) With respect to the metal parts of small arms what alterations are prohibited? (125) With respect to the wood parts of small arms what treatment is permissible and the application of what articles is strictly prohibited? (125) When should rifles be unloaded? (126) What is a tompion? (127) Is their use in small arms permissible? (127) What preparations for polishing or dressing leather equipments may be used? (128) How will articles of public property issued for the exclusive use of a company be marked? (129) How will such articles (arms and clothing excepted) issued to an enlisted man be marked? (129) How will haversacks, canteens and similar articles of equipment pertaining to the Cavalry, to the Infantry, to the Field Artillery and to the Coast Artillery be marked? (129) How will the articles of the Medical Department and Signal Corps of the Army be marked? (129) In what cases will articles pertaining to the Signal Corps or Hospital Corps be marked with the number of the soldier? (129) In camp or barracks when a company is not joined in a general mess, what are the duties of the company commander with respect to the conduct of the company mess? (130) Should the company be joined in a general mess to what will the company commander confine his supervision? (131) By whom is field practice in cooking prescribed for companies? (131) The use of what cooking equipment is forbidden in garrison? (132) Under whose immediate charge will kitchens be placed? (133) [148] For what are those in charge held responsible and what are their duties with respect to employees? (133) What are the duties of company officers with respect to the ration allowance and the prevention of waste or misuse of the ration? (134) What manual of instruction in cooking will be observed? (135) What arrangements are made for the messing of prisoners? (136) Who supplies the necessary kitchen and table ware and mess furniture and where are the allowances published? (137) What should be done when articles are lost, broken, or damaged? (137) How are brooms, scrubbing brushes, etc., obtained for a general mess? (137) What does the mess furniture of a soldier in the field consist of? (138) COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION What councils of administration are assembled and for what pur- pose? (139) What are the custodians of post exchange, aero squadron and com- pany funds? (139) When will the general mess council be convened and when may it meet? (140) Who constitutes the membership of the general mess council? (140) When will the post exchange council meet? (141) Who are members of the post exchange council? (141) What duties may it delegate to an executive committee of its own members? (141) Who are members of the company council? (142) When does it meet? (142) Who are members of the aero squadron council and when does it meet? (143) Who are members of the council to audit the hospital fund? (144) What is necessary to convene the aero squadron and company or post exchange council? (145) How are the proceedings of each council recorded and what certi- ficate must be included? (146) Who decides disagreements in company councils? (146) To whom are the proceedings of exchange and mess councils sub- mitted? (146) What is done if the commander disapproves the proceedings and the council after reconsideration adheres to its conclusions? (146) [149] How are the prices for laundry and tailor work regulated? (147) Who are held responsible for unauthorized expenditures from the various funds? (148) What is done in the case of the loss of regimental, exchange, com- pany or mess funds? (149) REGIMENTAL, COMPANY AND MESS FUNDS The purchase of what articles is forbidden from the regimental, company or mess funds? (150) When only and by what authority may such articles be puchased? (150) For what projects must specific authority from the War Depart- ment be obtained?, (151) Will any of the various funds be taken away from the station of the organization? (152) What should the custodian of any of these funds do if absent from the post beyond three and less than ten days? (152) If absent for more than ten days? (152) What certificate will be made by an accountable officer in transfer- ring funds to his successor? (152) Where should this certificate be entered? (152) Under what official designation will the various funds be deposited in a bank? (152) What does the regimental fund consist of? (153) Who is treasurer of the fund and for what purpose will he dis- burse it? (153) What entries are made in the regimental fund book? (153) What does the company fund consist of? (154) By whom is it disbursed and for what purpose? (154) What funds are, regarded as company funds? (154) Moneys accruing from what sources belong to the hospital fund? (154) What revenue producing features may be established by companies and what approval is required? (154) What are the duties of the post exchange council with respect to the fixing of rates for these features? (154) How will all funds accruing therefrom be accounted for? (154) What fund account and property list does a company commander keep? (155) What inspections are made of the company fund account? (155) What extra compensation may be paid from company or other funds to privates detailed on special duty as cooks? (156) ; [isG] May extra compensations be paid to mess sergeants or those holding the grade of cook? (156) i ROSTERS What is a roster? (157) How are details made by roster? (157) What details are made by roster? (158) The duties performed by roster are of what two classes* and what does each comprise? (159) What different rosters are kept? (160) In what order do those in the military service take duties of the first class? (161) In what order, the second class? (161) In making details by roster how is the availability of officers or men shown? (162) When may departures from this rule be authorized? (162) Who takes the duty should the detailed officer be not present or available? (163) May this officer who was not present or available take his tour at any time? (163) When are duties of each class credited on the roster? (164) When do those on duty of the first class or next for such detail become available for duty of the second class? (165) When do the old officer of the day and the old guard become available for duty after their relief? (165) What detachments are exempt from detail? (166) DETACHMENTS How are detachments for all service formed? (167) Should officers or enlisted men detailed for detached service be on other duty, when. will they be relieved? (168) What are duties of an adjutant or adjutant general in the forma- tion of a detachment from different organizations? (169) How is the command regulated when detachments meet and serve together? (170) What report is made upon the return of a detachment to its head- quarters? (171) DAILY SERVICE What daily roll calls will be held? (172) Where and by whom and under whose supervision will the roll be called? (172) [151] What may be done should the companies be quartered together or in contiguous barracks? (172) How early will reveille roll call in garrison take place in summer; in winter? (172) What may be done on Sundays and holidays? (172) What is done at tattoo and fifteen minutes thereafter? (173) When is call to quarters sounded? (174) When is taps sounded and what will be done at that time? (174) When will the daily mess calls be sounded in garrison? (175) What allowance of time is made for meals? (175) That all men may be present for meals what is done? (175) How will the result of roll calls be reported? (176) In camp and garrison what does the commanding officer fix in respect to signals for various duties, etc? (177) When will retreat be sounded in garrison? (177) By whom are the signals sounded in garrison? (177) What will be done after breakfast, and after stables in the mounted service? (178) HONORS What is done when the uncased national or regimental colors or standard passes a guard or other armed party? (179) How do officers or enlisted men salute when passing the uncased color? (179) What do all officers and enlisted men, not in formation, do when the National Anthem is played? (180) What rules apply when "To the Color" or "To the Standard" is played? (180) In what manner will the National Anthem be played by military bands? (180) What marks of respect will be shown toward the national anthem of other countries when played upon official occasions? (180) What honors are paid by troops in the trenches or on the march? (181) Are salutes rendered when marching in double time or at the trot or gallop? (182) By what commanders is the commanding officer saluted? (183) When do all officers salute and what does military courtesy re- quire? (184) When should the officer making a report salute first, regardless of rank? (184) How is a report made at military ceremony or formation acknowl- edged? (184) [152] When are salutes exchanged between officers and enlisted men, and who should salute first? (185) When an officer enters a room where enlisted men are present, what is done? (186) What is done when an officer enters a room where enlisted men are at meals? (187) What does an enlisted man do, if seated, upon the approach of an officer? (188) If standing, what does he do? (188) Are these compliments repeated if parties remain on the same ground? (188) When do soldiers at work salute? (189) What is done by enlisted men before and after addressing an officer? (190) In uniform, covered or uncovered, but not in a formation, how do military persons exchange salutes? (191) What exception is there to this rule? (191) How are salutes exchanged if in civilian dress? (192) In what manner are salutes exchanged and who should salute first? (193) If a party of officers be saluted, who should return the salute? (194) What should a mounted officer or enlisted man do before address- ing a superior officer not mounted? (195) What does a man in formation do when directly addressed? (196) What is saluting distance and what is it assumed to be in general? (197) What is done when an officer entitled to the salute passes in rear of a body of troops? (198) Where and under what circumstances may the salute be omitted? (199) How do officers and enlisted men passing the uncased color render honors? (201) How and when do sentinels on post doing interior guard duty salute? (202) | How do troops under arms salute? (203) What do commanders of detachments or other commands do when saluting officers of higher grade? (204) If saluting officers of junior or equal grade? (204) How are salutes exchanged should two detachments or other commands meet? (205) What troops pay no compliments? (206) [153] When are salutes and honors, as a rule, not paid by troops on duty? (206) When should a command be brought to "present arms" or "present sabers" before its commander salutes? (207) How do troops under arms, at parades, ceremonies or retreat salute when the National Anthem or "To the Color" is played? (208) If not under arms? (208) When shall officers, entitled thereto, not be saluted with guns or not have a guard paraded in their honor? (209) Shall guards turn out on Sundays as a matter of compliment? (210) When and to whom do soldiers pay the same compliments that they pay to their own officers? (211) SALUTES WITH CANNON Who will be present and direct the fire of cannon salutes? (212) When will salutes be fired on Sundays? (213) As a general rule, between what hours will salutes be fired? (213) What is displayed during the firing of a. salute? (214) What is the national salute? (215) What is the salute to the national flag? (215) What is the salute to the union and when is it fired and what does it commemorate? (215) PERSONAL SALUTES What is the President's salute and when is it fired? (216) Is any other personal salute fired in the presence of the President? (216) What number of guns does a brigadier general receive as a salute? (217) A major general? (217) A lieutenant general? (217) A general? (217) What should an officer do upon arrival at the headquarters of a military command, station or post? (218) What may he do if he be senior to the commander? (218) What should an officer do upon arrival at Washington, D. C, or at the headquarters of a territorial department? (219) What calls will officers make when arriving for duty with an or- ganization, a staff department at the Military Academy, or any of the service schools? (220) If the arriving officer is the senior, who calls first? (220) In case of large commands or posts, what additional visits will an arriving officer make? (221) [154] Under normal conditions, it is considered desirable that at least what officers should call at the various organization headquarters? (221) When and where are official and social calls made? (222) What, as a rule, is customary from juniors when their seniors are present? (223) Where do these rules apply? (223) What is the position of a junior when accompanying officers? (224) What courtesy is paid by the commanding officer of an organiza- tion reporting at a post or station for duty? (225) What procedure will be observed on the departure of an organi- zation from a post or station? (225) To whom does a subordinate officer report, after reporting offi- cially to the commanding officer of the post, headquarters, or station? (226) What calls will be made by an officer returning from leave or detached service? (227) What calls will be made by an officer about to leave the post or station for any length of time? (228) Who calls upon newly arrived officers? (229) What procedure may be prescribed by the commanding officer in case of large commands? (230) What calls is a general officer not required to return? (229) Of what importance is the interchange of compliments and visits between officers of the service? (230) Failure to pay the civilities customary in official and polite society has what effect on the best interests of the service? (231) Military officers who are likely to be thrown in contact with Naval officers should be thorougly familiar with what rules of courtesy? (231) CEREMONIES How will all ceremonies be conducted? (232) Who determines the number and kinds of parades? (233) After the schedule has been approved, when only .will parades be dispensed with? (233) Who will be present for these parades? (233) When is the flag hoisted at every military post? (234) When is the flag lowered? (234) What does the band do while the flag is being lowered? (234) If the band is not present, what does the field music do? (234) What respect will be observed when "To the Color" is sounded by the field music while the flag is being lowered? (234) [155] In either case what will officers and enlisted men out of ranks do? (234) When and for what purpose are troops mustered? (235) What does the commanding officer do when he can not muster all the troops himself? (235) When practicable, what will each stated muster be preceded by? (236) When the command consists of more than one company, what precedes the inspection? (236) If the day for muster falls on Sunday, what will be omitted? (236) What testimonial of respect for the heroic dead and honor to their patriotic devotion is rendered on Memorial Day, May 30, at all Army posts and stations? (237) GUARDS What is the guide in all matters relating to duties of guards not contained in Army Regulations? (238) Who furnishes quartermaster's supplies and ordnance and ordnance stores required for strictly post or police purposes, or for use by the post or camp guard? (239) Who makes the request for such supplies, and by whom is it ap- proved? (239) How are articles so obtained entered and how and under whose direction will they be carried? (240) What is done with them when no longer fit for use? (240) PECUNIARY RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICERS An officer will have credit for an expenditure of money made in obedience to the order of whom? (241) How must every order be given that is issued by any military authority which may cause an expenditure of money in a staff depart- ment? (241) What is done with the copies of this order? (241) If the expenditure be disallowed, to whom will it be charged? (241) What is done if a payment made on the certificate of an officer as to facts is afterwards disallowed for error of fact in the certificate? (242) How can the disbursing officer not protect himself in an erroneous payment? (242) What will the chief of a bureau to which accounts pertain cause to be done with each account current and its accompanying papers? (243) [156] What action is taken when a suspension or disallowance is made? (243) What procedure is followed in case of discovered error or dis- allowance in an account upon its examination by the proper authority? (244) PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPON- SIBILITY, GENERAL PROVISIONS Upon whom does accountability and responsibility for property devolve? (245) Upon whom does responsibility without accountability devolve? (245) How is an accountable officer relieved from responsibility? (245) When is the responsible officer relieved from responsibility? (245) For what is the officer in permanent or temporary command of a post or station responsible? (246) What care will he take in this connection? (246) What is done if an officer in charge of public property of a com- mand (not property pertaining to a company or detachment) is, by order, leave of absence, or any other cause separated from it? (247) What measures will be taken and by whom, if it becomes necessary to remove all officers from the charge of public property? (248) For what is a company or detachment commander responsible? (249) When will he not transfer his accountability therefor to a successor during periods of absence? (249) For what is the officer in temporary or permanent command of a company or detachment responsible? (250) To whom cannot the property responsibility of a company com- mander be transferred? (251) What is the company commander's duty as regards its security and the issues thereof? (251) What is the policy of separating an officer from public property for which he is accountable? (252) What does a transfer of public property involve? (253) Give the procedure to be followed in ordinary cases of transfer. (253) In cases in which complete transfer of property occurs, what pro- cedure is followed? (253) Give the steps to be taken when an officer to whom stores have been forwarded believes them to have miscarried. (254) [157] What is done if an officer to whom public property has been trans- ferred fails to receipt for it within a reasonable time? (255) What is done with copies of all papers relating to the transaction? (255) What steps are taken by an officer upon the receipt of public prop- erty? (256) If he discovers defects or shortages, what action does he take? (256) What is done should he consider the property unfit for use? (256) Give the rule that will be observed in regard to packages when first opened for issue, and for property damaged or missing while in store. (256) What will always be done when packages of supplies are opened for the first time? (257) In case of deficiency or damage, what is done? (257) How will the officer responsible make the report if he was the only officer present? (257) What is done if a survey be ordered? (257) The giving or taking of what kind of receipts for public property is prohibited? (258) What care should be exercised by an officer in choosing the agent to whom he intrusts the duty of issues? (259) The keys of storerooms or chests will not be intrusted to enlisted men or civilians without what on the part of the accountable officer? (260) What will an officer in charge of public property in use or in store endeavor to do as regards its serviceability? (261) What is he allowed for this purpose? (261) How is all movable public property branded before being issued? (262) What is the regulation regarding the use, for private purpose, of public property and of labor hired for the Government? (263) Into what classes is unserviceable property divided with reference to its disposition? (264) What may be done with property of the first class? (204) What will be done with property of the second and third classes? (264) How will military stores and public property condemned and ordered sold be disposed of? (266) When may the officer making the sale suspend it? (266) How will such a sale be reported? (266) [158] By whom may public property which has been condemned, or the issue price of which has been reduced as a result of a survey or inspec- tion, not be purchased? (267) How are causes of damage to, and of loss and destruction of, mili- tary property classified? (268) When will officers responsible for public property be charged for any damage to, or loss or destruction of the same? (269) Name the different officers who can administer oaths. (270) What action is taken if an article of public property be lost or damaged by the neglect or fault of any officer or soldier? (271) How will Coast Artillery noncommissioned officers of a mine planter or cable ship detachment, be appointed and reduced? (271) What shall the amount charged against an enlisted man on the pay rolls on account of loss or damage of, or repairs to, Government property, not exceed? (272) When only will such charge be made? (272) Of what will he be informed at the time of signing the pay rolls in case such a charge is entered against his pay? (272) How is the value of public property carried away by a deserter, or lost through his desertion, determined? (273) How is the Government reimbursed for such loss? (273) What procedure is followed if articles of public property are em- bezzled, or lost or damaged through neglect, by a civilian employee? (274) What steps will be taken whenever information is received that animals or other property belonging to the military service of the United States are unlawfully in the possession of any person not in the military service? (275) When will the post or detachment commander cause public prop- erty in the hands of persons not in the military service to be seized? (276) What will be done with persons caught in the act of stealing public property? (276) When may the post commander authorize the quartermaster to offer a reward for public property which has been lost or stolen? (277) What shall such reward not exceed? (277) If the property has been stolen, what shall the reward include pay- ment for? (277) By whom will the expenses necessarily incurred by any action under the preceding paragraphs, with the exception of attorney's fees, be paid? (278) What report is made in this connection? (278) PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY How must all public property be accounted for? (279) What is done with all public property discovered to be unac- counted for by an accountable officer? (279) What is done when discovered by officers not accountable for that class of property, or by enlisted men or civilian employees? (279) State the action to be taken in the absence of such accountable officer. (279) How will an officer accountable for the public property of two or more companies account for that pertaining to each, except quarter- master supplies? (280) To what enlisted men, and at what places, can accountability for public property be transferred? (281) When will vouchers for issues or expenditure of property be ac- companied by copies of the orders directing the issues or expendi- tures? (282) When will an office have credit for an expenditure of property? (283) What happens if the expenditure is disallowed? (283) How will public property expended in the military service and public property lost or destroyed be accounted for? (284) What is done with these certificates and affidavits? (284) What is done in exceptional cases, when it is impracticable to sub- mit such certificates and affidavits with the return? (284) Give the action to be taken by an accountable officer when an enlisted man has, by a court-martial, been convicted of losing or damaging public property? (285) What is customary should an officer or agent o'f the Government charged with public property fail to render the prescribed returns therefor within a reasonable time? (286) How will all returns of stores or supplies be rendered? (287) When will those of subsistence stores be forwarded? (287) When will a return be forwarded in cases in which a complete transfer of property from one officer to another occurs within an ac- counting period? (287) In what cases will the transfer of accountability be made on the current return, completed and rendered by the officer accountable at the close of the accounting period? (287) [160] ADMINISTRATIVE EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY RETURNS When will the officer making the return be notified of all errors and irregularities found therein? (288) How long a time is allowed him for making corrections? (288) For what will suspension or disallowance not be made? (288) When will the return be regarded as settled? (288) What report is made if the necessary corrections in the return be not made within the prescribed time? (289) What action is taken when it shall have been determined that the money value of the property for which an officer has failed to account shall be refunded to the United States? (289) SURVEYS OF PROPERTY What public property will be surveyed by a disinterested officer, before being submitted to an inspector for condemnation? (290) By whom will the surveying officer be designated? (291) By whom, however, may such officer be appointed? (291) Who will survey the property when only the commanding officer and interested officer are present for duty? (291) What action is taken when only the responsible or interested offi- cer is present? (291) What is done should the case thus presented not be considered satisfactory, or in a case in which only interested officers with oppos- ing interests are present? (291) Of what will the officer making the investigation be informed? (291) What can be said as to the duties of a surveying officer and how he must conduct his investigation? (292) What will the person responsible for public property to be sur- veyed furnish in all cases? (293) When will the request for the action by a surveying officer be made? (294) What officer shall have the authority to administer an oath to any witness attending to testify in an investigation? (295) What can the surveying officer not do? (296) Of what importance is his action? (296) Give an example of the functions of a surveying officer. (296) What are his functions in case of property ordered to be aban- doned; damaged clothing to be issued; and discrepancies between in- voice and the actual quantity or description of property transferred from one officer to another? (296) [161] How will the report be prepared and to whom will it be submitted? (297) What reports will be made for each staff department concerned? (297) What classes of property may be destroyed on the approved re- commendation of a surveying officer? (298) Whose decision is final as to whether such property has salable value? (298) What are the amounts of stores that may be destroyed in a quarter by the different branches of the service, without the approval of the next higher administrative commander? (298) When will requests for specific instructions not be submitted? (298) What will the commanding officer do before ordering the destruc- tion of property or stores under the provisions of this paragraph? (298) What will be done in case the invoice value of the stores involved exceeds $500? (298) What certificates will be appended to the report? (298) When will the report be considered complete, for submission as a property voucher, if the value of the property submitted for survey or the loss or damage inquired into does not exceed $500? (299) What disposition will be made of the copies of this report? (299) In what cases will the report be forwarded to the next higher administrative commander for review? (300) To what review are all reports of survey of property, whatever their nature or the amounts involved, subject? (300) When only should the reports of a survey which recommends the relief of officers and enlisted men be approved? (301) What steps will be taken when the approved report oPa surveying officer holds a common carrier, or a person not in the military service of the United States, responsible for the loss or damage to public property? (302) What is done with public property that has been in transit upon its arrival at its destination? (302) What action is taken should any discrepancy, loss, or damage be found? (302) What accompanies the delivery, by the receiving quartermaster, to the officer to whom it is invoiced? (302) Upon approval, what disposition is made of the reports by the authority that approves them? (302) [162] What is done with one copy of the report in case the surveying officer finds the invoicing officer responsible? (302) In case the responsibility is placed upon the carrier, what action does the receiving quartermaster take? (302) What action is taken by the quartermaster who pays the account? (302) If from an account of $100 for transportation services there is a deduction of $25 for ordnance stores lost, how will the quartermaster adjust his accounts? (302) If the deduction is on account of supplies lost by the carrier, per- taining to the appropriation "Barracks and Quarters," how will he adjust his accounts? (302) What action is taken if, in any instance, collection cannot be made? (302) Should the officer to whom the property is invoiced on receipt of the same discover loss, damage, or discrepancy not noted by the re- ceiving quartermaster, what will he do at once? (302) What is the receiving quartermaster authorized to do in the case of shipment to the Philippine Islands via commercial lines? (302) What may be done with properly approved reports of survey of property? (303) When are they to be considered as conclusive? (303) Until they are accepted by the Secretary of War, how are they to be regarded? (303) What is done if, on examination in the proper bureau, they exhibit serious errors, or defects either of investigation or of findings? (303) What procedure is followed whenever a report of a survey recom- mends a stoppage against an enlisted man and the recommendation is approved? (304) Under what circumstances may compensation be made for private property of officers and enlisted men lost or destroyed in the military service? (305) When will compensation not be made? (305) When must a claim for compensation be presented? (305) How will each claim for compensation be forwarded, and by what will it, if possible, be accompanied? (305) How will all personal property for the loss or destruction of which payment is claimed appear in the proceedings of the board of officers? (305) For what will the boards recommend payment? (305) [163] STAFF ADMINISTRATION What will commanding officers do regarding returns, requisitions, and estimates pertaining to their respective commands? (306) To whom and for what -purpose will officers doing duty as staff officers of military posts and commands submit their estimates and requisitions for supplies, property, and money? (307) What action is taken thereon by such commanders? (307) What are the duties of commanding officers regarding public ex- penditures? (308) MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE To how many subjects should an official letter refer? (309) When will letters of transmittal be used, and to what must they refer? (310) With what are they not required? (310) When will telegrams be followed by official copies sent by first mail? (311) LETTERS, INDORSEMENTS AND INCLOSURES What governs the manner of how letters will be written, folded, numbered, briefed, marked, and signed, indorsements written, num- bered, and signed; and inclosures numbered and marked? (312-1) Give an example illustrating the proper heading, subject and num- ber of letter. (312-1) What follows the heading of a letter, and how will this be type- written? (312-2) What follows the body of a letter, and when does the rank and regiment, corps or department of the writer appear after the body? (312-3) What kinds of forms will be omitted? (312-4) How many sides of the paper will be used, and when will the writ- ing begin? (312-5) Where will the stamps bearing the office numbers be placed? (312-6) Where will the received and received back stamp be placed in letters and indorsements? (312-6) How is a communication of two or more sheets filed? (312-6) What constitutes the brief of a letter? (312-7) How will letter paper and foolscap paper be folded if of one sheet only, and if of more than one sheet? (312-8) How will inclosures be numbered and what marks will they be given? (312-9) [164] How are inclosures to the original communication noted? (312-9) If others are added when an indorsement is made, where will their number be noted? (312-9) What will be added to the latter notation? (312-9) How are inclosures to indorsements numbered? (312-9) How may they be kept when few in number, and when they are many and bulky? (312-9) What are the provisions of paragraph 9, General Orders, No. 23, War Department, August 5, 1912, relating to the numbering and noting of inclosures construed to require? (312-9) INDORSEMENTS What will be the writing width of indorsements? (312-11) Where will the first indorsement begin? (312-11) How will succeeding indorsements follow, and with what space between them? (312-11) When typewritten, indorsements will be how spaced, and how are paragraphs numbered? (312-11) What size sheets will be used should one or more additional sheets be necessary for indorsements? (312-12) In referring, transmitting, forwarding, and returning papers, what expressions will be omitted? (312-13) How are indorsements of a routine nature, referring, transmitting, forwarding, and returning papers, signed? (312-14) What practice that obtains at division, department, and other head- quarters is not prohibited by this order? (312-14) LETTERS AND INDORSEMENTS How are pages numbered, and how is reference made to an in- dorsement? (312-15) When are two carbon copies of letters and indorsements required? (312-16) What disposition is made of these carbon copies? (312-16) The carbon copy that is forwarded with the communication for the file of the first office in which a complete copy of the communication is required for the records, will not be regarded as what? (312-16) What is done to the carbon copy retained for the office record of the person responsible for the letter? (312-16) With what duty is such person charged? (312-16) How is the name of the writer written in the case of the carbon copy sent forward? (312-16) [165] What is done with carbon copy when a complete copy of a com- munication is not required for its records of an intermediate office? (312-16) In what offices will the carbon copies be made on sheets of per- forated paper? (312-16) What is the practice in other offices? (312-16) * To what only do the provisions of this paragraph apply? (312-16) When only will press copies be used? (312-17) What kind of forms does this order not prohibit? (312-19) What may the back of the first sheet of such forms, except the fold containing office marks, be used for? (312-19) To whom are all classes of official communications heretofore ad- dressed to the adjutants or to adjutants general other than The Ad- jutant General of the Army, now addressed? (312-20) How are points not touched upon in this order governed? (312-21) What addresses will be given in the official letters of an officer? (314) What expressions of locality will not be used? (314) How is the possibility of confidential communications falling into the hands of persons other than those for whom they are intended, reduced? (315) To what also does this precaution apply? (315) For what will Government telegraph operators be held respon- sible? (316) How only will a received telegram leave an office? (316) Who has access to telegraph files and how are they guarded? (316) How will official communications be signed or authenticated? (317) If written by order, what will be stated? (317) By virtue of what does the adjutant of any command transact the business or correspondence of that command over his signature? (317) When orders or instructions of any kind are given, what must be stated? (317) What will be added to the signature by the chief of staff, or the adjutant, in the absence of a commanding general? (317) By what title will an officer be designated in orders and addresses in official communications? (318) To whom are all official communications from officers and enlisted men of the Army outside of the War Department intended for the Secretary of War or for any bureau or office of the War Department, except as otherwise specially authorized or required by Army Regula- tions, addressed? (319) Through what commanders will all communications pass? (320) [166] How will this rule not be interpreted? (320) How are verbal communications governed? (320) What will be stated when necessity requires communications to be sent through other than the prescribed channel? (320) How will communications from superiors to subordinates be an- swered? (320) When will correspondence between an officer of a staff corps or department and the chief of the War Department bureau in which he is serving, pass directly? (321) Except as provided in Army Regulations 783, all communications, reports, and estimates from officers serving at a military post, and communications of every nature addressed to them relating to affairs" of the post, will pass through whom? (322) What will officers who forward communications indorse thereon? (323) Without what will no communication be forwarded to the War Department by a department commander or other superior officer for the action of the Secretary of War? (323) How may a commander or chief of bureau communicate with those under his command? (324) How will he communicate with all others? (324) To whom will an application for the official opinion of the Judge Advocate General or of an officer of any Executive Department of- the Government other than the War Department, be addressed? (325) Are there any exceptions to this? (325) What communications need not be forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army simply because addressed to him? (326) Who decides whether a communication is of sufficient importance to be forwarded? (326) Of what are officers of the Army reminded regarding the tone of their correspondence? (327) What will an officer of the Army do whenever questions of such character shall arise between officers and officials of other branches of the public service, and it is found that they can not be reconciled by an interchange of courteous correspondence? (327) ORDERS What orders of what commanders are denominated "General (General Court-Martial or Special) Orders"? (328) How are such orders numbered? (328) What orders are simply denominated "Orders" and how are they numbered? (329) [167] How are Circulars from any headquarters numbered? (329) The order of what commanders are denominated "Field Orders" and how are they numbered? (330) What matters are published in General Orders? (331) Give examples of such matters? (331) Whom do Special Orders concern, and to what do they relate? (332) What must be done with General Orders and all important Special Orders before issue? (333) What will an order state? (334) In what form may it be put? (334) To whom will orders for any body of troops ordinarily be ad- dressed, and what will the address name? (335) By whom will they be executed? (335) When will orders eulogizing the conduct of living officers be issued? (336) What will obituaries of commissioned officers be limited to? (336) How are verbal and important written orders carried in the field? (337) To whom only should dispatches for distant corps be intrusted? (337) When only will mounted enlisted men be employed to carry im- portant dispatches? (338) What will be written clearly on the covers of all dispatches trans- mitted by mounted orderlies? (338) How will orders and instructions be transmitted? (339) What exceptions are there to this rule and how are they trans- mitted in such cases? (339) How are printed orders generally distributed? (340) By whom will files of such orders be kept and what will be done with them when a commander is relieved? (340) What action is taken and by whom, if General Orders in regular succession are not received within a reasonable time? (340) How and when are orders that affect a command made known to it in camp or garrison? (341) How is this handled when in the field? (341) MUSTER ROLLS When will pay rolls be prepared and signed and how will they be disposed of? (342) When will muster rolls be prepared and signed and how will they be disposed of? (342) [168] How will enlisted men of the Medical Department, Quartermaster Corps, Ordnance Department and Signal Corps, not belonging to com- panies, be borne? (343) By whom will the rolls be prepared and signed when detachments of enlisted men are serving at a post or station and are not under immediate command of an officer of their respective arm, corps, or de- tachment? (343) What other duties does he have regarding these men? (343) How will a soldier be mustered if on duty or in a hospital at a post or station other than that of his company? (343) How will two or more such soldiers at a post or station be borne on the pay roll? (343) How can corrections be made on muster and pay rolls after muster and before they have been forwarded? (344) How can retained rolls be changed? (344) Who makes calculations on the pay rolls? (345) Who copies these calculations on the retained rolls, what does he certify and what does he enter thereon? (345) RETURNS OF TROOPS What officers will make monthly returns? (346) Who prepares the returns for a sub-post? (346) What returns will be made when an organization leaves or joins a station, or when it sails from a port of embarkation or arrives at a port of destination? (347) When leaving a station what will the returns to the immediate commanding officer be accompanied by? (347) Through whom are returns forwarded if a field officer is serving with detached companies of his regiment or corps? (348) BATTLE REPORTS AND RETURNS What reports are rendered and by whom after every battle or engagement with the enemy? (349) What report will be submitted immediately after any engagement in which casualties have occurred? (350) By what means will this report be submitted, if possible? (350) How will it be sent if telegraphic communications can not be had? (350) What other report in addition to the foregoing report will be pre- pared and sent forward? (350) By whom will these additional reports be prepared and of what do these reports consist? (350) [169] How many copies are prepared and what disposition is made of them? (350) What action is taken when troops capture any property? (351) RECORDS What must be done with all military records? (352) What records, reports, papers, etc., are the property of the United States and for what will these be required? (353) What will be done with these records whenever posts, districts, territorial divisions, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, and companies discontinue? (353) What will be done with the records of discontinuance of depots of staff departments? (353) What are the prohibitions as to the use of colored inks? (354) Where can the penalties be found for the willful and unlawful concealment, removal, multilation, etc., of any records, proceedings, maps, books, or other thing, filed or deposited in any public office? (355) What information will not be furnished by any person in the mili- tary service? (356) What information may be freely conveyed to allay the anxiety of friends? (356) What information will be promptly communicated to the nearest relative? (356) What knowledge concerning an applicant for a pension may be furnished? (356) What information is the surgeon of a post authorized to furnish the health authorities of the state or locality in which the post is situated? (356) What report will an officer make when he arrives at Washington, D. C, or at the headquarters of a territorial department? (357) To whom and when will an officer report when detached from his regiment or corps for duty? (358) What later reports does he make? (358) What reports will be made by each officer of the Army, except general officers, on December 31 of each year? (359) How and to whom is this report forwarded? (359) In the event that an officer, after the rendition of this report, wishes to change any of the preferences, what should he do? (359) When and by whom are efficiency reports submitted, and what remarks are indorsed thereon? (360) [170] What action does a reporting officer take regarding the efficiency- report whenever an officer is permanently relieved from duty at a post or station, or is detailed on temporary duty elsewhere, the probable period of which duty may exceed 30 days? (360) What does a reporting officer do in this respect when he is per- manently relieved from duty, or is temporarily relieved for a period that will probably exceed 30 days? (360) PENALTY ENVELOPES For what correspondence may the penalty envelope be used? (361) When may an officer inclose a penalty envelope for a reply from a private party? (362) How do you define official information? (363) What is private information? (363) For which may the official envelope be used? (363) How will envelopes for official mail matter for the War Depart- ment be printed, and for use of the headquarters of a territorial department, for a post, station, armory, arsenal, depot, or school of instruction? (364) What is printed on envelopes required for the transmission of printed matter? (364) How are envelopes for the official business of officers not embraced in the foregoing classes, and officers on the retired list, printed? (364) PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION What will officers prepare and sign for public property requiring inspection by the Inspector General at the time of his visit? (365) What will be done in the case of rapidly deteriorating subsistence stores or of unserviceable public animals, or of pressing emergencies? (365) How will public animals be inventoried? (365) How will property for inspection be arranged? (366) What will the officer responsible for such property do during its inspection? (366) What property will not be reported as unserviceable? (367) ARREST AND CONFINEMENT Who only can place officers in arrest? (368) What exception is there to this? (368) How is an officer placed in arrest? (368) To where will an officer repair when arrested? (369) , [171] How long will he remain there? (369) When will close confinement not be enforced? (369) For what offenses will officers not be placed in arrest? (370) What will generally answer for these? (370) What will a commanding officer do whenever he places an officer in arrest without preferring charges?, (370) What can an officer in arrest not do? (371) How will his applications and requests of every nature be made? (371) Where will field officers and noncommissioned staff officers, and company officers and noncommissioned officers march when in arrest? (372) What enlisted men are designated as awaiting trial, as awaiting result of trial, as garrison prisoners, and as general prisoners? (373) With whom will noncommissioned officers not be confined, if it can be avoided? (374) What will they not be required to do when placed in arrest? (374) What will no soldier be confined without? (375) Are there any exceptions to the above? (375) What is proper for a company commander to do in this connection? (375) What must be done in case of such action? (375) What will be reported as soon as practicable by the officer author- izing the arrest or confinement of an enlisted man? (376) What prisoners will, when practicable, be kept apart from each other? (377) How will enlisted men in confinement for minor offenses, or await- ing trial, or the result of trial for the same, ordinarily be sent to work? (377) What will they be required to attend? (377) When shall an officer be placed in arrest by the commanding officer, and when in confinement? (378) When shall a soldier be placed in arrest, and when in confine- ment? (378) What may be done with any other person subject to military law charged with a crime or with a serious offense under the Articles of War? (378) To what limits is a person placed in arrest restricted? (378) When will the old officer of the day release all garrison prisoners whose sentence expires that day? (379) What action is taken if there are any prisoners with no record of charges against them? (379) [172] When only will prisoners be placed in irons, and what report will be made when such action is taken? (380) What action is taken when a prisoner is removed from irons? (380) What may be done while a prisoner is being transported from one post to another or from a post to a penitentiary? (380) When will a general prisoner be released from. confinement? (381) What steps will be taken by the proper officer before giving such order? (381) QUARTERMASTER CORPS With what duty is the Quartermaster Corps charged? (382) What does it furnish and supply? (382) What does it construct? (382) What instructions does it give and what funds does it have charge of? (382) What is neglect by any officer or soldier to take proper care of rooms or furniture used by him? (383) What is done in case of damage? (383) In all such cases under this regulation, what report will be made by the commanding officer? (383) How will all articles of heavy furniture be marked, assigned, and considered? (384) When only can it be removed therefrom? (384) What is given by the officer to whom quarters have been assigned, and for what will he be responsible? (384) What application will an officer, reporting for duty at a post, make immediately upon his arrival? (385) If in command of troops, for what will he make application? (385) What will the application be accompanied by? (385) With what will each officer or enlisted man entitled to and occupying public quarters be furnished at the expense of the United States? (386) For how long are the allowances cumulative? (386) When shall fuel accounts be closed and excess issues paid for? (386) Are savings in allowances transferable? (386) When will commutation be paid to an officer or enlisted man? (386) When only will fuel be issued or sold to an officer? (387) What is forbidden under this paragraph? (387) What must be done with any portion of fuel not consumed by officers or troops when the quarterly inventory is taken? (388) How shall the issue of stationery for all military purposes be made? (389) [173] Of what does the material to be issued consist? (389) What will officers approving requisitions enforce, and when are issues made? (389) What is the forage ration for a horse, and for a Field Artillery horse of heavy draft? (390) What may be issued to each animal in lieu of grain? (390) How may the commanding officer vary the proportions of the components of the ration? (390) When may the commanding officer reduce the forage ration and when may he increase it? (391) What number of forage rations are furnished to a mounted officer? (392) When does this allowance continue? (392) What will mounted officers not use when drawing forage for their own mounts? (393) Is there any exception to the above? (393) How only will they use public animals? (393) When may an officer be temporarily furnished with public horses? (393) How much forage may an officer purchase, and how much will he be charged for it? (394) What may an officer not do with forage issued for his own or the public animals under his charge? (395) When and how much straw may be issued as bedding for troops? (396) What quantity of hay or straw may be issued in the field in cases not covered above? (396) What will be furnished as far as practicable to each prisoner in a post guardhouse and prison room? (396) When may hay be issued for bedding? (397) What supplies will officers commanding companies or detachments be furnished with by the quartermaster? (398) What is given by such commanding officer for this property? (398) How will the accountable officer bear such supplies? (398) For what will officers commanding companies or detachments temporarily absent from posts continue to be responsible? (399) What supplies will be removed from a station when troops change station? (400) What will company and detachment commanders do prior to departure from a station? (400) What will be given for such supplies as must accompany troops? (400) [174] When are the memorandum receipts returned? (400) What does the quartermaster do with the certificates? (400) The commanders of incoming organizations upon arrival will make what report of their supplies? (400) What action will a quartermaster take whenever requested to take possession of property by an officer, noncommissioned officer, or other person in the military service who is detached from a post for duty in which he has signed a memorandum receipt? (401) In what case will the name of a delinquent officer be reported to the Secretary of War by the Quartermaster General? (402)- When may the officer's pay be stopped in this connection? (402) What may the accountable officer do? (402) Where and under what rules and regulations may a mounted officer purchase public mounts? (403) What is an officer not permitted to do after he has purchased a horse from the Government? (403) To whom may he sell this horse and at what price? (403) How will the use of public horses by officers be regulated? (404) W r hat officers will be furnished with one mount by the Quarter- master Corps in case they do not elect, to provide themselves with suitable private mounts? (404) How will such public mounts ordinarily be assigned, and what will be furnished them at Government expense? (404) What is furnished authorized private mounts? (404) Under what circumstances will the post commander regulate the use of public mounts actually on hand? (404) In changing station to whom will the authorized allowance of baggage be turned over, and what will he do with it? (405) What are the allowances of baggage to be transported at public expense in the field or temporary change of station, and permanent change of station, for officers from a second lieutenant to a field officer? (405) What will invoices of household goods or personal effects turned over to the shipping officer be accompanied by? (406) If baggage is in excess of the authorized allowances, under what conditions is it shipped? (406) In all cases what notation will bills of lading covering shipment of baggage carry? (406) What is the maximum allowance for packing and crating, exclusive of professional books and papers, for officers from a second lieutenant to a field officer? (406) What must the maximum tare weight not exceed? (406) U75] What does a saving in the tare weight effect? (406) Why should burlap and excelsior be used as much as possible and the use of lumber limited as much as possible? (406) Should the owner desire lighter pecking or crating than the quar- termaster deems sufficient, when only will it be used? (406) What will orders from the War Department show regarding the price of clothing and equipage? (407) How will issue be made when clothing is required? (408) In either case what will the soldier make? (408) How may the original and duplicate slips be used for this purpose? (408) What will be done by the organization commander when the issue of clothing to the individual soldier is desired? (408) What will be entered thereon by the organization commander? (408) What will not be done with clothing issued to the individual soldier and removed from the quartermaster's storehouse? (408) If a large number of men of an organization are to draw clothing, what will be done to allow preparation for issue? (408) What will be done at the time of issue by the quartermaster or his representative? (408) What will be done by the quartermaster or his representative before the soldier signs the receipts? (408) What is done with the original and duplicate slips? (408) What is done daily with the original slip? (408) What is done with the duplicate after it has been returned by the quartermaster to the organization commander? (408) When will the organization commander compare his abstract of clothing drawn with the quartermaster's abstract of clothing issued? (408) W T hat will the organization commander prepare after a satisfactory settlement of all differences? (408) What will the quartermaster note in his retained copy? (408) What is done with the retained copy of the abstract by the organi- zation commander? (408) What will the quartermaster do with the copy of abstract signed by the organization commander? (408) When clothing is desired in bulk, what will the organization commander prepare? (408) What will the quartermaster do when the copies of the requisition have been received by him? (408) [176] When will the organization commander sign a receipt to the effect that he has received the articles enumerated in columns "Issued"? (408) What will the quartermaster or his representative issuing the clothing sign? (408) What is done with one copy of the requisition at the time of issue? (408) Who issues the clothing to the enlisted men and when is this done? (408) What will the issuing officer do at the time of issue? (408) What will be done with clothing not actually issued to enlisted men? (408) How will the clothing so returned be entered on the requisition? (408) What statement will the officer sign on all copies, and what will the quartermaster or his representative sign? (408) What will be done on all copies in columns "Returned to quarter- master" before signing? (408) What will be entered in the columns "Net Issued"? (408) What will the organization commander or his representative sign ■ on the copy of the requisition retained by the organization? (408) What will the organization commander then prepare and enter? (408) What will be kept filed together by the organization commander? (408) What will the quartermaster do with the copies of requisition? (408) By whom and where will each soldier's clothing account be kept? (409) What will this account show? (409) How will gratuitous issues be entered and from what will their money value not be deducted? (409) When and by whom will the clothing account of every enlisted man be settled? (410) What is done with the entire amount found due the United States? (410) Of what will the clothing money allowance consist? (411) What is the initial allowance intended to cover? (411) When will it be considered that the soldier has earned the initial allowance? (411) By what will the yearly and the initial allowance be determined? .(411) [177] How much of the initial allowance will constitute the monthly share, and what part of the latter will constitute the daily share of the initial allowance actually accruing to the soldier? (411) With what will a soldier be credited when his clothing account is opened in the organization to which he has been assigned? (411) With what will he be credited at the first settlement thereafter? (411) With what will he be credited at each succeeding settlement? (411) How is the clothing account of a soldier calculated when he is separated from the service during the first six months of his enlist- ment? (412) What precaution must be observed if his service includes a June 30 settlement? (412) When will he be given no credit for clothing not drawn in kind? (412) How will this be determined? (412) What allowance will be credited from date of enlistment to date of separation if the soldier has had three months' and three days' service? (412) What deduction will not be made from the initial allowance? (412) Should the clothing charged to the soldier amount to less than this sum, what will be due him? (412) When shall the final account of such soldier show indebtedness to the United States for clothing overdrawn? (412) With what will a soldier be credited in the settlement of his cloth- ing account if he is separated from the service at any time after the expiration of the first six months of an enlistment? (412) When a soldier is retained in the service after the expiration of his term of enlistment, for the convenience of the Government, how will his clothing allowance be credited? (413) What will be credited upon a soldier's clothing account at the date of settlement? (413) Is it placed on the pay rolls? (413) Where will the final balance due him at date of discharge be entered? (413) How and to what date should the clothing account of a soldier who deserts be settled? (414) Where will the balance due him or due the United States be entered? (414) How is this balance determined where the desertion occurs within the first six months of enlistment, and where it occurs after the first six months of enlistment? (414) [178] When is a soldier in desertion or absent without leave entitled to clothing allowance? (415) If such return is subsequent to the expiration of his term of enlist- ment, and he is retained in the service, what clothing allowance will he be entitled to? (415) Should the term of enlistment expire while the soldier is in confine- ment, awaiting trial or serving sentence, when will his clothing allow- ance cease, and when will it again accrue? (415) From what tables will the amount due the soldier be obtained, in the foregoing cases? (415) What is done with the clothing account of a soldier against whom a charge of desertion is sustained by action of a court-martial, or who . is restored to duty without trial on admitted desertion? (415) How will the clothing account of a soldier be adjusted who is charged with desertion and the charge is not sustained by the action of a court-martial, or in whose case the charge is removed as having been erroneously made? (415) When will gratuitous issues of field clothing be made to troops? (416) Under what conditions only will gratuitous issues be made? (416) Under what conditions can gratuitous issues of clothing be made by the provisions of Section 1298, Revised Statutes? (416) What officers may purchase clothing, clothing materials, and equi- page from the Quartermaster Corps? (417) What must they certify to when so purchased? (417) What articles of clothing intended for troops will officers' servants be permitted to wear, and when only can these be purchased? (418) What supervision will commanding officers of posts and of all organizations supplied with tableware and kitchen utensils, exercise with regard to it? (419) What is done in case any such articles are damaged, broken, destroyed, or lost through carelessness of enlisted men? (419) What amount of loss through breakage of china and glass ware, not due to carelessness, may be replaced at public expense? (419) How will an excess of breakage be replaced, and what must requisitions calling for such excess show? (419) What must estimates calling for articles other than china and glass ware show? (419) What will be the allowance of corn brooms, scrubbing brushes and mops in the following cases: Organizations having an authorized maximum strength of 100 enlisted men or over; of less than 100 enlisted men and over 60; of 60 men or less; each noncommissioned [179] officer entitled to a room as quarters; for each room occupied as quarters by other enlisted men entitled to a room as quarters; post bakery; each city recruiting station; casemates, storerooms, and load- ing rooms; each troop of Cavalry for cleaning grain and saddle rooms; each battery of Field Artillery for cleaning grain and saddle rooms and gun sheds, and for each Cavalry and Field Artillery band (mounted) for the same purpose? (420) What must be certified to by the officer commanding the organi- zation or in charge of the office or building? (420) What must the commanding officer do in this connection? (420) When will these articles be habitually drawn? (420) Can credit be given in another quarter for those not drawn in one quarter? (420) What allowances of lye and sapolio may be issued to each company per month? (421) Upon what is the use of concentrated lye forbidden? (421) When only will the telegraph and cable be used? (422) When will day telegrams not be sent? (422) Except in what cases will night telegrams not be sent when the delivery can be made by mail the following morning? (422) How will night telegrams be indicated? (422) What consolidation should be effected whenever practical? (422) What blanks will be used when practical in sending official tele- grams ? (423) What exception is there to the above? (423) How will these telegrams and commercial blanks, if used officially, be marked? (423) What telegrams will not be sent or paid for as public dispatches? (424) How should telegrams and cablegrams be condensed in framing? (425) What is the limit of words? (425) What name or title is generally sufficient? (425) What kind of expressions will be omitted? (425) What telegrams need not be coded or enciphered? (425) What is a ration? (426) Define the different kinds of rations and for what is each intended? (427-432) What are the components of the various rations? (427-432) What are the regulations regarding the use of the reserve ration? (429) [180] When only will the emergency ration be opened and for what are company and detachment commanders responsible in regard to this ration? (432) Who signs the ration returns for troops and applicants for enlist- ment when held under observation? (433) Who approves these ration returns? (433) What is done with the ration returns after their approval by the commanding officer? (433) Single ration returns submitted for organizations will include (and embrace) what persons? (433) What can you say as to individual "ration and savings accounts" for enlisted men and civilian employees permitted to mess separately? (433) Who is required to personally verify the additions and deductions of rations on the returns? (433) What will the approving authority cause to be done before approving such returns? (433) In the field, during active operations, how may company officers be included in the ration returns of the organization to which they belong? (433) How may field and staff officers who do not belong to organizations having messes be carried on the ration returns of organizations? (433) Who designates such organizations? (433) How will the Government be reimbursed for rations so issued for officers' use? (433) When any considerable detachment of enlisted men leaves a post, with what certificate will the detachment commander be furnished by the quartermaster? (434) What data will this certificate contain? (434) What does the detachment commander do with this certificate? (434) Where civilian employees entitled to rations are detached, with what are they furnished? (434) What is done when a person entitled to rations leaves an organi- zation, as to rations allowed for him beyond the date of his leaving and not taken with him? (435) What extra issues are authorized when necessary for the public service? (436) On what requisitions are vinegar and rock salt included? (436) On what returns will requisitions for extra issues be made? (436) What are the duties of the commanding officer in this regard? (436) [181] For what purposes may the following articles be issued: Flour; towels? (436) When may candles be issued? (436) Who retains all articles of the garrison, travel or Filipino ration due a company? (437) What credit is given the company, and on what basis of valuation? (437) When the value of the stores so retained are in excess of those purchased, what is done? (437) How may such savings be used? (437) How is the daily issue of rations made when on the march in time of peace? (437) Who prescribes the ration to be issued to troops on the march in time of peace, and what allowances will it not exceed? (437) In time of peace, when will the ration savings principle be sus- pended? (437) Who may allow the savings principle on certain specified articles of the ration? (437) When troops arrive at mobilization or concentration camps, what takes the place of the saving privilege? (437) When also will this same restriction apply? (437) Who designates the periods for which ration returns are to be sub- mitted? (437) What does the quartermaster do immediately upon receipt of a ration return duly signed and approved? (437) How will the stores required be obtained by the organization? (437) When and how will settlement be made with the quartermaster by the organization commander? (437) When may articles of the ration be purchased from sources other than the quartermaster? (437) When and how are officers on the active list, and retired officers assigned to active duty entitling them to active pay or allowances, paid? (438) Who pays an officer of the Army? (439) Under what circumstances may an officer be paid by one quarter- master one month, and by another quartermaster the following- month? (439) When may an officer forward his pay account to a quartermaster? (440) How may the amount due the officer be deposited to his credit with a bank? (440) [182] What are the regulations regarding an officer's hypothecating and transferring an account not actually due? (440) What form of indorsement is strictly to be observed in transferring an account that is due? (440) What must an officer do when he transfers his account? (440) When may a transferred account be paid outside the department in which the officer is regularly paid? (440) What must the officer do in such a case? (440) What duty devolves upon the department quartermaster of the department in which he is usually paid? (440) In what way may an officer about to embark for service beyond the sea make provision for himself or his family in the United States? (441) Where does he send such full monthly accounts (pay vouchers) so indorsed? (441) What does the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C, do upon receipt of these monthly accounts (pay vouchers)? (441) What may show a bar to payment? (441) When the officer is under orders to proceed to Alaska, the Canal Zone, or for service with an independent brigade or division, where will the notification be sent? (441) How may an officer already serving beyond the sea have his accounts paid as described? (441) What record will department and other quartermasters through whom accounts are sent to the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C, make of accounts so forwarded? (441) What are the requirements necessary to entitle an officer to receive additional pay for exercising command above that pertaining to his grade? (442) What must be filed with the quartermaster in order that an officer may draw additional pay for exercising command above that pertain- ing to his grade? (442) What officers will be furnished with a proper mount by the Quartermaster Corps? (443) When an officer below the grade of major, required to be mounted, provides his own suitable mount or mounts, what compensation does he receive from the Government? (443) What certificate must an officer claiming additional pay for provid- ing his own mount make? (443) What must accompany the first vouchers of an officer only tem- porarily mounted who claims additional pay for owning his mount? (443) [183] What will be the evidence upon which quartermasters will base their payments of additional pay for mounts? (443) When are officers entitled to mileage? (444-a) What is the rate allowed? (444-a) How are distances computed? (444-a) When are officers entitled to actual expenses? (444-b) What are the allowances for: Steamer chairs? (444-b) Fees to cabin and other stewards: On the Atlantic Ocean, six days or less; On the Atlantic Ocean, seven to ten days; On the Atlantic Ocean, eleven to fifteen days; On the Pacific Ocean; fifteen days or less; To the West Indies; To Cuba; To Panama? (444-b) When an officer, upon application, is furnished with transportation by the quartermaster, what rate of mileage is he allowed? (444-c) When is a commissioned officer entitled to commutation of quar- ters? (445) When may an enlisted man be allowed to allot such portion of his pay as he may desire? (446) What restrictions are placed on soldiers serving within the boundaries of the United States as to allotments? (446) In what cases does the allotment cease? (446) In such cases what report is made by the immediate commanding officer? (446) What notification will be sent by the department commanders in the Philippine and Hawaiian Departments, except in the case of deaths which are otherwise reported? (446) Who will at once notify the Quartermaster General? (446) Why will the stoppage of pay to meet the allotment take pre- cedence of the forfeiture in case of forfeiture by sentence of a court- martial? (446) What action is taken when the forfeiture is such that possibly it can not be stopped in full prior to the discharge of the soldier if the allotment is continued? (446) In what other cases will similar action be taken? (446) Of what will the Quartermaster General notify a soldier's immedi- ate commanding officer when an allotment has been discontinued? (446) [184] How long will the stoppage of pay to meet the allotment be con- tinued, and with what will the soldier be credited on the next roll? (446) What enlisted man may deposit his savings with the quarter- master? (447) What is the minimum deposit? (447) When does the soldier regain possession of the money deposited? (447) With what is the depositor furnished? (447) Who signs the certificate? (447) What does this certificate show? (447) What are the regulations regarding the transfer, pledge or sale of a deposit book? (447) What record of deposit made by the soldier will be kept by each company or detachment commander? (447) What will such commanders do after each regular payment? (447) What will each report be restricted to and only include? (447) What will be done with these lists before transmittal? (447) What action is taken should a soldier who has made a deposit be transferred or desert? (447) There is no objection to deposits being made by what men? (447) What interest is allowed on deposits? (448) When are men who require medical attention habitually conducted to the hospital or infirmary? (449) Who conducts them? (449) Wherein are the names of the sick entered? (449) What does the noncommissioned officer do with the sick report book? (449) What does the medical officer do? (449) What does the medical officer enter in the sick report book? (449) From what supply department may an officer or contract surgeon purchase the service arms, ammunition, accouterments and horse equipments required for his own use in the public service? (450) What restrictions are placed on the disposal of ordnance supplies? (450) How may necessary repairs to the service arms and equipments of an officer or contract surgeon be made? (450) What certificate will be furnished upon purchasing supplies or having repairs made? (450) What officers will be furnished with horse equipments by the Ordnance Department? (451) [185] Where will the authorized number of sets of these equipments be kept on hand? (451) How do officers who are entitled to receive horse equipments "but are not serving with such an organization, obtain their horse equip- ments? (451) How is the issue made at posts? (451) How is the issue made when such officers are not serving at posts? (451) When, how, and to whom will the horse equipments issued to officers not serving at posts be accounted for? (451) What ordnance supplies may officers serving with troops draw from the stores belonging to the command, with which they are serving? (452) When may this ordnance property be used? (452) What accounting will be made to the Chief of Ordnance? (452) When may ordnance property in the hands of troops be presented for condemnation? (453) What requisitions are required to be made by the proper post or other ordnance supply officers on the Ordnance Department? (453) [186] INDEX Par. No. Absence without leave, forfeiture of pay and allowances and making good time lost 56 Abstract questions not to be an- swered 325 ACCOUNTABILITY: Not to be tranferred to enlisted men 281 Pecuniary 241 Property 245 See, "Property accountability and responsibility." Accounts, money 243 Aero squadron council 143 Affidavits and certificates to accom- pany return in case of expenditure, loss or destruction of property ..284 Allotments . . .'. 446 Allowances, clothing 411 Ammunition may be drawn by officers serving with troops 452 APPLICATION FOR: Official opinions 325 Quarters 385 Appointment and promotion of offi- cers 25 Apprehension or surrender of deserter at post other than station of com- pany 54 Arms not to be taken apart; polishing of parts, etc 124-127 Arms to be kept in racks 117 ARMY REGULATIONS: How to learn 2 Importance of knowing 1 Arrears of pay and proceeds of sale in case of death, application for 80-b ARREST: Officer in arrest to remain in tent or quarters 369 Officers in, not to exercise com- mand, nor wear saber, 371 Officers not placed in, for light offenses 370 Of soldier, to be reported promptly to his organization commander 376 Only commanding officer can place officers in arrest 368 On march, those in, march in rear of their organizations 372 Report in case of officer's arrest without charges 370 When officers and soldiers are to be placed in arrest or confinement 378 See, "Confinement." Authority, exercise of 5 "Awaiting result of trial" 373 "Awaiting trial" 373 B BAGGAGE: Crating and transportation 405 Transportation and crating allow- ance 406 Par. No. BATTALION: Certain correspondence to pass through battalion commander 91 Commander responsible for con- dition of battalion 90 Not administrative unit 88 Regulations governing battalions not organized into regiments . . 89 Staff 95; 96 Battery. See, "Company." Blank discharges and final statements, where kept and how used 72 BOARD: Discharge because inaptitude, physi- cal or moral disqualification due to misconduct, etc 71 In case of death of soldier 79 Reenlistment of soldier not recom- mended by company commander 70 Books issued company, responsibility for 123 Books of record, reports and papers, company 113; 114 Branding property 262 Buglers, appointment and reduction 111 Cable to be used only in case of urgency 422 CALLS: Service 172-177 See, "Calls," under "Honors and salutes." Call to quarters 174 Candles 436 Captains, detaching to be limited .... 98 Captured property, returns 351 Censure or praise, deliberations con- veying 9 Ceremonies 232-237 Certificate of disability, discharge on 77 Certificates and affidavits to accom- pany return in case of expendi- ture, loss or destruction of prop- erty 284 Chiefs or squads, responsibility ....120 Claims against Government, persons in military service not to furnish information 356 Cleaning material 128 Cleanliness of men 118 CLOTHING: Account : Keeping of 409 Settlement 410 Settlement in case of desertion ..414 Allowances : Balance due soldier upon separa- tion from service 413 Calculation upon separation from service .412 Initial and yearly 411 Of soldier in desertion or absent without leave 415 [187] Par. No. CLOTHING (Contd.) Gratuitous issues 416 Issues to soldiers 408 Purchase of, from Quartermaster Corps ....417 Wearing by officers' servants 418 Clothing and equipage, price 407 Colored ink, use prohibited 354 Colors, the, saluting 201 COMMAND: Appropriate to grades 16 Exercise of by medical and staff officers 23 How exercised 15 Officers in temporary, not to change orders 19 Of troops, not to be assumed by certain officers 22 COMMANDING OFFICER: Responsible for prompt rendition of returns, etc., of command ....306 To enforce economy and guard public interests .308 To scrutinize estimates and requisi- tions 307 COMMUNICATIONS : Expression of opinion to be in- dorsed on all forwarded 323 From officers in post to pass through post commander ....322 Signing 317 To be addressed to The Adjutant General 319 To pass through intermediate com- manders ,. 320 Trivial, need not be forwarded ...326 With those under one's command and those who are not 324 Commutation of quarters 445 COMPANY: Appointment of cooks, farjiers, mechanics, etc Ill Assigning officer to command in case absence all company offi- cers 101 Books of record, reports and papers 113; 114 Buglers, appointment and reduction 111 Captains, detaching to be limited . . 98 Care of kitchens, rations, and cook- ing utensils 133 Clothing. See, "Clothing." Command devolves on next in rank in captain's absence 100 Commander responsible for : Company property 249-251 Instruction, administration, etc. 99 "Company," defined 17 Cooks : Appointment and reduction ....111 Payment of, from company fund 156 Corn brooms 420 Council 139; 142 Duty roster 114-a Farriers, appointment and reduction Ill Fund: Company commander, custodian 155 Disbursed for benefit of company 154 Par. No. COMPANY (Contd.): Not to be taken away from post of organization 152 Payment of cooks 156 Projects from which money accrues 151; 154 Purchase of articles obtainable on requisition from supply departments forbidden 150 Horseshoers, appointment and reduction Ill Interior economy : Arms : Kept in racks 117 Not to be taken apart; polish- ing of parts, etc 124-127 Care of kitchens, rations and cooking utensils 133 Chiefs of squads, responsibility 120 Cleaning material 128 Cleanliness of men 118 Division of company into squads 116 Field range, garr,isoh use for- bidden 132 Food of prisoners 136 Kitchen and table ware 137 Marking property 129 Mess 130; 131 Mess furniture 137 ; 138 Names attached to bunks 117 Police of barracks or tents 118; 119 Property in possession of men ..122 Responsibility for books issued company . 123 Soldiers to wear uniform 121 Supervision of soldier's fare ....134 Table ware 137 Unloading pieces when not in use 126 Weekly Saturday inspections ..115 Lieutenants to assist in work 102 Loss of company fund 149 Lye 421 Manual for Army Cooks 135 Mechanics, appointment and reduc- tion Ill Mess 130; 131 Monthly returns 346 Mops ...420 Morning repor.t 113(a) Noncommissioned officers : Appointment 104 Lance corporals 105 Reduction 109; 110 Selection, instruction, etc 103 Selection of first sergeant, supply sergeant, stable sergeant ...106 Warrants 107 When appointment becomes effec- tive 108 Privates, 1st class, appointment and reduction HI Quarterly settlement of property held on memorandum receipt 114 Reduction of cooks, farriers, mechanics, etc Ill Saddlers, appointment and reduc- tion Ill Sapolio 421 [188] Par. No. COMPANY (Contd.): Scrubbing brushes 420 Tableware and kitchen utensils . .419 Tailor 112 Wagoners, appointment and reduc- tion Ill Warrants, N. C. 107 Condemnation of property .365 Conduct of superiors towards subor- dinates 6 CONFINEMENT: Delegation to N. C. O.s of authority to confine soldiers ..375 Designations, "awaiting trial," "awaiting result of trial," etc. 3/3 General prisoners released only by order of commanding officer ..381 Noncommissioned officers 374 Officer of the Day releasing garrison prisoners 379 Of soldier, to be reported promptly to his organization 376 Placing prisoners in irons 380 Segregation of prisoners 377 Soldiers ordinarily confined only by order of officers 375 See, "Arrest." Conviction by court-martial for losing or damaging property 285 Cooking utensils, care of 133 COOKS: Appointment and reduction Ill Payment of, from company funds ..156 Corn brooms 420 CORRESPONDENCE: Abstract questions not to be an- swered 325 Addressing officers by actual rank 318 All correspondence to be courteous in tone 327 Application for official opinions ..325 Communicating with those under one's command and those who are not 324 Communications : Confidential 315 From officers in post, to pass through post commander ...322 To be addressed to The Adjutant General 319 To pass through intermediate commanders 320 Expression of opinion to be indorsed on all papers forwarded 323 Inclosur.es, numbering and marking 312(9) Indorsements : Form 312(11) Routine indorsements signed with initials 312(14) Letters : Body 312(2) Brief 312(7) Carbon copies of letters and indorsements 312(16) Folding 312(8) Heading 312(1) Par. No. CORRESPONDENCE (Contd.) : Letters (contd.) : Number 312(1) Number pages 312(15) Office marks 312(6) Of transmittal 310 Refer to one subject only 309 Signature 312(3) Subject 312(1) Use of only one side of sheet 312(5) Passing through battalion comman- der 91 Post office address 314 Signing communications 317 Telegrams : Copies by mail in certain cases 311 To be carefully guarded 316 Unimportant communications need not be forwarded 326 COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION: Aero squadron council 143 Company council 142 Formal convening order not neces- sary 145 General mess council 140 Hospital fund 144 Laundry and tailoring charges fixed by post exchange council ....147 Loss of funds 149 Post exchange council 141 ; 147 Proceedings 146 Responsibility for unauthorized ex- penditures 148 Supervision over various funds ....139 Courtesy. See, "Honors and Salutes"; "Military Courtesy." Cover only part of Army administra- tion 3 Crating effects 405 ; 406 DAMAGE TO PROPERTY: Court-martial conviction 285 Transit, survey 302 Damage to rooms or furniture 383 Debts of deceased soldier's, not authority for officers to pay .... 80 DECEASED SOLDIERS: Accounts of deceased settled by Auditor for War Department 80-c Application for arrears of pay . ,80-b Board of officers 79 Depositing proceeds of sale of effects with quartermaster .... 80 Inventory of effects 79 Notifying nearest relative 78 Order of distribution of effects ..80-c Reports 79 Shipment of remains 81 Statement of proceeds, to accom- pany quartermaster's receipt 80-A Deference to superiors to be shown at all times 223 Delays in reporting for duty 41 Deliberations amongst military men 9 Deposits 447; 448 Descriptive list (now called "Service Record") 43; 44 [189] Par. No. DESERTERS: Apprehension or delivery at post other than station of company 54 Descriptive lists 49 Desertion from, or reception of deserter at, post other -than station of company 51 Effects abandoned 48 Forfeiture of pay and allowances and making good time lost 56 Notification to Adjutant General . . 50 Prompt trial ; not to be paid ; clothes worn 55 Property lost 47 Reward for apprehension 52 Surrender or delivery at recruiting station 53 Desertion survey of property 273 Detached soldiers 43 ; 44 Detaching of captains to be limited . . 98 Detachments (detached service) 167; 171 Disability, discharge on certificate of 77 DISCHARGE AND FINAL STATE- MENTS: Application for discharge in case being in hands civil authorities, not accompanied by court transcripts 66 Blank discharges and final state- ments, where kept and how used 72 Character on discharge certificate by company commander 69 Date discharge takes effect 64 Discharge : Because inaptitude, physical or moral disqualifications due to misconduct, etc 71 By purchase 65 Certificate to be given upon discharge 67 Certificates not to be in dupli- cate ; action in case of loss . . 73 On certificate of disability 77 Takes effect on date of notice to soldier 74 While serving sentence or wait- ing trial or result of trial . . 76 Final statement : In case of death 79 To be given soldier upon dis- charge 61 Notation on : Discharge and final statements in case of discharge prior to expiration of term of service 63 Discharge when retained in ser- vice beyond term of enlist- ment . . •■ 68 Final statement in case retention in service to make good time lost 62 Notification of discharge when furnished quartermaster .... 75 Ways soldier can be discharged 60 When reenlistment not recom- mended, at least 30 days' notice to be given soldier . . 70 Discipline 4 Par. No. Discrepancy of property, in transit, survey 302 Duties devolving upon officer acting in place of another 18 Duty roster to be kept in company 114-a Economy, C. O. to exercise 308 Effects of deceased persons, disposi- tion 80 Efficiency reports 360 Emergency ration 432 Enlisted men, treatment 7 Envelopes, See, "Penalty envelopes." Equipment company, marking 129 Errors in accounts 244 Escort not commanded by officer directing expedition or recon- naissance 24 Estimates and requisitions to be scrutinized by C. 307 Estimates, C. O. responsible for prompt rendition 306 Eulogizing living officers in orders . .336 Examinations of returns by chiefs of bureau 288 ; 289 Expedition, officer directing, not in charge of escort 24 Expenses, actual, traveling 38 Extra and special duty men 82-a Failure to take proper care of rooms or furniture 383 . Farriers, appointment and reduction 111 FIELD: Orders i 330 Range, garrison use forbidden ..132 Ration 430 Files of orders to be kept 340 Filipino ration 431 Final statements. See, "Discharge and final statements." First class privates, appointments and reductions Ill First sergeant, selection of 106 Flag, hoisting at reveille and lowering at retreat 234 Flour for paste, for target practice ..436 Food for prisoners 136 FORAGE: Any officer may purchase 394 C. O. may increase or decrease ration 391 Drawing forage for private, while using public mounts prohibited 393 For authorized mounts 392 Not to be used or disposed of for any other purpose except that for which issued 395 Ration 390 Forfeiture of pay and allowances while absent without leave 56 FUEL: Allowance 386 Issued or sold officers is for per- sonal use . . 387 Unused portion issued to be taken up by accounting officer 388 [190] Par. No. Par. No. Functions devolving upon officer HONORS AND SALUTES (Contd.) acting in place of another 18 Riding on left of senior 224 FUNDS: Salutes to General officers 217 Regimental, company and mess 150-156 Salutes with cannon 212-214 See "Mess funds," and "Funds," Saluting: under, "Regiment" and "Com- Before addressing officer and after pany." receiving reply 190 Furloughs 45 By commanders of detachments FURNITURE: 204; 205 Damage to 383 By sentinels 202 Permanent in quarters 384 By troops at drill, on march and on service of security 206 G By troops under arms 203 Garrison prisoners, defined 373 Commanding officer 183 Garrison ration 427 Commands saluting while Nation- General mess 131 *J Anthem is played at cere- General mess council 140 T ™°™ es , f"° General Noncommissioned Staff 42 J n civihan dress 192 GENERAL ORDERS: \ n notary manner 193 Definition 328 * n P u °hc conveyances and places 191 Nature and 'scope ' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' ! .*331 National or regimental color .... 179 General prisoner,, defined 373 Non e at double time, trot or General prisoners released from con- ._ gallop 18z finement only by order of C. O. 381 gone by soldiers at work .. ...189 GUARDS' None on marches or in trenches 181 Article for police and guard pur- Saluting distance 197 poses 239; 240 p^eral officers together 194 Guide in guard duty 238 Soldiers pay same compliments. to officers of Navy, Marine H Corps, etc 211 , T . jr. jj- , n , The Colors 201 HONORS AND SAlVtES • " To the Color " at retreat 234 HONORS AND SALUTES. „ To the Colorj » sa i ut i ng when A > a- r>«; played 200; 208 On Commanding O^wr^.;^...^ Upo £ £ eetingf passingf or being On ^r^J-f^/°S^ derS * " '??i When dd command' 'is' ' brought' ' to^ Un newly arrived officers ^9 << .. „„„+»> u~t~~ „„1. <-:„~ on7 Wh letZTf m e g r 'I'™ ^ ^227 Whe^S^SSShL.' is' played' 84 detached service 227 180 2 00 ; 207 ; 208 D^^^<^^'^^ 222 ^Troo^^ ^ ^ ^ ^198 Dismounlinr'be'fore' ' ' addressing 223 When " To «* ' Color 1& ^f d 20g superior not mounted 195 Visits ^ '^&3i' '.V. . . /. . 2 1 8 '; -231 Enlisted men: Walking on left of senior 224 At meals . 18/ Horse equipment furnished mounted Seated, rising on approach of officers below major 451 orncer 1»» Horses See "Mounts " Flag, hoisting at reveille and lower- Horseshoers,' appointment and reduc- ing at retreat 234 ti KH in Guards not turned out on Sundays 210 Hospital fund ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '.144 Importance of interchange of com- Housewives 436 pliments and visits ..... .230 ; 231 Hunting leave 35 Junior to walk on left of senior . .224 Men in formation not to salute when j addressed 196 , National Anthem, saluting i ce • • ; ; ; '— •■• • • • • • • • 4 ' J& 130 • 200 • 208 Importance of knowing Army Regula- Naticmai salute 7.7.7.7 ' ! .215 T „ tions • y ,A Officers- • Inclosures 312(9) Entering room occupied by Indej^ndent battalions 89 soldiers .186 INDORSEMENTS: »i*/tV* In civilian clothes not saluted * orm . '":"•••• \y : \- \ xJo/Jlx with guns .. . 209 Routine, signed with initials ..312(14) President's salute ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.216 ! n T fl "£ n "v ^r^L 10 Registering at Headquarters 218 INFORMATION: Reporting arrival in Washington ..219 Furnished by persons in military service 356 [191] Par. No. INFORMATION (Contd.; Official, defined 363 Initial clothing allowance 411 INSPECTION: Precedes muster 236 Weekly 115 Interior economy of companies 115; 138 Inventory and inspection reports 365 ; 367 Inventory of effects of deceased .... 79 Irons, placing prisoners in 380 J Junior to walk or ride on left of senior 224 K Keys of storerooms or chests 260 Kitchens, care of 133 Kitchen utensils and tableware 419 Kitchenware, company 137 Knowledge of Army Regulations, importance 1 L Lance Corporals 105 Laundry charges fixed by post ex- change council 147 Leaves of absence 27-36 Letters. See "Correspondence." Limit of time for rendition of proper- ty returns 287 Losing property, court-martial convic- tion ..285 LOSS OF: Discharge certificate 73 Funds 149 Property in transit, survey .30? Loss or damage of property to be charged to responsible person 269; 272 Lye 421 M Manual for Army Cooks 135 Marking company property 129 Marking property by branding 262 Matches 436 Material, cleaning 128 Mechanic, appointment and reduction 111 Medical officers exercising command 23 MEMORANDUM RECEIPT: Failure to account for property held on 402 In case of change of station 400 Quarterly 114 Settlement for supplies held on ...400 Memorial Day 237 MESS: Calls 175 Company 130; 131 Funds 154-156 Furniture, company 137; 138 Mileage 444 Military authority, exercise of 5 Military correspondence, See, "Cor- respondence." MILITARY COURTESY: Indispensable to discipline 8 Par. No. MILITARY COURTESY (Contd.) Not confined to official occasions . . 8 See, "Honors and salutes." Military discipline 4 Military prisoner, escaped, reward for apprehension 52 Money accounts 243 Money responsibility of officers 241 Mops 420 Morning reports, company 113 (a) Mounted officers below major fur- nished horse equipments 451 Mounted pay 443 MOUNTS: May be furnished officers below major 404 Number authorized 392 Public, purchase of 403 Public, authorized use forbidden ..393 Muster of troops 235 Muster preceded by inspection 236 MUSTER ROLLS: Corrections 344 Detachment 343 Preparation at each bi-monthly muster 342 N NATIONAL ANTHEM: Official designation 97 Saluting when played 180 ; 200 National salute 215 Neglect to take proper care of rooms or furniture 383 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS: Appointment of company noncom- missioned officers 104 Delegation of authority to confine soldiers 375 Detailing on special duty 83 Lance corporals 105 Not to be confined with privates ..374 Reduction 109; 110 Selection and instruction of com- pany noncommissioned officers 103 Selection of first sergeant, supply sergeant, stable sergeant 106 Warrants 107 When appointment becomes effec- tive 108 Notification of discharge, when furnished by quartermaster ... 75 O OATHS: By whom administered 270 Officers authorized to administer to witnesses 295 Obedience to orders 4 Obituaries 336 Office marks 312(6) Officer of the Day releasing garrison prisoners 379 OFFICERS: Authorized to administer oaths to witnesses 295 Certain ones not to assume com- mand of troops 22 [192] Par. No. OFFICERS (Contd.) Duties of officer succeeding to command 20 Duties when acting in place of another 18 In temporary command, not to alter orders 19 Leave of absence 27 ; 36 Mileage 37 Not placed in arrest for light offenses 370 Pay. See, "Pay of Officers." Pecuniary responsibility 241 Property responsibility and account- ability 245 Reports, leave 34 Repor,t upon completion of jour- ney . 40 Serving with troops may draw cer- tain ordnances 452 To be credited for expenditure of property made in obedience to orders 283 Traveling on duty 37; 41 When relieved to turn over orders, etc 21 Official envelopes. See, "Penalty en- velopes." Official information, defined 363 Opinions, aoplication for 325 Opinion to be expressed on all papers forwarded 323 ORDERS: Carried by officers in field 337 Carried by soldiers only in urgent cases 338 Defined 329 Distribution 340 Eulogizing living officers 336 Field Orders 330 Files to be kept 340 For troops, addressed to command- ing officer 335 General orders : Defined 328 Scope and nature 331 In force turned over to successor . . 21 May be in form of letter 334 Missing 340 Not to be altered by officer in temporary command 19 Obituaries 336 Source, number and date 334 Special orders 332 To be approved before issued ....333 To be read to troops at parade ...341 Transmitted through intermediate commanders 339 Travel, to be obeyed promptly .... 39 ORDNANCE: Ordnance stores, purchase 450 Not to be presented for condemna- tion unless no longer repair- able . . 453 That may be drawn by officers serv- ing with troops 452 Par. No. PAY OF OFFICERS: Additional, for exercising command above that of grade 442 By whom paid 439 If going on foreign service 441 Mounted 443 Paid monthly 438 Transferring pay account 440 PAY ROLLS: Calculation on rolls, made by pay- master 345 Collections 344 Preparation at each monthly muster 342 Pecuniary responsibility of officers . .241 PENALTY ENVELOPES: Form for 364 Inclosing for reply 362 Official information defined 363 Used exclusively for public business 361 Permanent furniture in officers' quar- ters 384 PERSONAL: Property lost or damaged in public service 305 Reports. See, "Reports." Salutes ..216; 217 Supervision of soldier's fare 134 Pistol may be drawn by officers serv- ing with troops 452 Police of barracks or tents ....118; 119 Policing after breakfast and stable duty 178 Polishing parts of rifle prohibited ..125 Post exchange council 141 ; 147 Post return 346 Praise or censure, deliberations con- veying - 8 Precedence and rank of officers and noncommissioned officers 11 Price of clothing and equipage 407 PRISONER: Placing in irons 380 Reward for apprehension 52 Segregation of 377 Prisoners' food 136 Private property lost or damaged in public service 305 Privates, 1st class, appointment and reduction Ill Proceedings of councils 146 PROCEEDS OF SALE OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS: Application for 80-b Depositing with paymaster 80 Proceeds, statement of, in case of sale of effects of deceased, to accom- pany Quartermaster's receipt . .80-a Promotion and appointment of offi- cers 25 PROPERTY: Company, marking 129 Failure to account for, held on memorandum receipt 402 [193] Par. No. PROPERTY (Contd.): P Parades 233 In possession of men 122 Quartermaster, left because respon- sible person being detached' ..401 Responsibility 245 Returns, examination by chiefs of bureau 288 ; 289 Returns, retained, to be kept in company 114 To be condemned 365-367 PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY: Accountable officer not to be separated from his property . .252 Accountability and responsibility, denned 245 Accountability not to be transferred ^to enlisted men 281 Action when property is unlawfully in possession of persons . .275; 276 All public property to be accounted for 279 Certificates and affidavits to accom- pany return in case of expendi- ture, loss or destruction of property 284 Classification o f unserviceable property 264 Condemned property or whose issue price is reduced, not to be purchased by responsible offi- cer 269 Continuation in case of persons temporarily absent 399 Conviction by court-martial for losing- or damaging property ..285 Disposition of empty barrels, boxes, etc 265 Disposition of stores and property condemned and ordered sold . .266 Examination of returns by chiefs of bureaus 288; 289 Failure to receipt for property ....255 Failure to render returns 286 Giving or taking receipts in blank, prohibited 258 Keys of storerooms or chests 260 Loss or damage of property charged to responsible person 269 ; 272 "Mobile property to be branded ...262 Officer in command responsible for property 246 Officers to be credited for expendi- tures made in obedience to orders 283 Organization commander responsi- . . ble for company property 249; 251 Packages to be examined by officer when opened for first time ....275 Property to be examined when re- ceived 256 Property to be kept in good condi- tion by repairs 261 Public property or labor not to be used for private persons 677 Reward for recovery of lost or stolen property 277; 278 [194 Par. No. PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY (Contd.) : Seizure of property in hands of persons not in military service _ 276; 278 Separate returns 280 Stores that have miscarried 254 Survey of property in case of desertion 273 Transfer of property 253 Value of property charged against civilian employees 274 Vouchers in certain cases accom- panied by orders directing issues or expenditures 282 When all officers are removed from charge of property 248 When an officer in charge of property is separated therefrom 247 When impracticable for officer to personally superintend issues 259 PUBLIC MOUNTS: May be furnished officers below major 404 Purchase of 403 Unauthorized use prohibited 393 Punishments to conform to law .... 5 PURCHASE OF: Arms, etc., from Ordnance Depart- ment 450 Clothing from Q. M. C 417 Public mounts 403 Q Quartermaster Corps 382 Quartermaster property left because responsible person being detached 401 QUARTERMASTER SUPPLIES: Furnished organization commanders on memorandum receipt 398 On memorandum receipt, quarterly settlement 114 QUARTERS: Application for 385 Commutation 445 Quarterly settlement of Quartermaster supplies held on memorandum receipt 114 Questions, abstract, not to be answered 325 R Rank and precedence of officers and noncommissioned officers 11 RATION: Certificate _ 434 Deduction in case of persons leav- ing 435 Defined 426 Emergency 432 Extra issues 436 Field 430 Filipino 431 Forage 390 Garrison 427 ] Par. No. RATION (Contd.): Reserve 429 Returns 433 Savings 437 Travel 428 Rations, care of 133 Receipts, giving or taking in blank prohibited 258 Reconnaissance, officer directing, not in charge of escort 24 RECORDS: All are property of U. S 353 Company ..113; 114 Disposition of, upon discontinuance of command 353 Furnishing of information by per- sons in military service 356 Penalties for unlawful concealment or mutilation 355 Preservatfon 352 Use of colored ink prohibited ....354 Reduction of N. C. O.s 109; 110 Reenlistment, when not recommended, at least 30 days' notice to be given soldier 70 REGIMENT: Administrative unit 86 Commander responsible for condi- tion of regiment 92 Commander to encourage harmony amongst officers 93 Composition 87 Staff 94; 96 Regimental monthly return 346 Registering at headquarters 218 Relieved, when, to turn over orders, etc 21 Remains of deceased soldiers, ship- ment 81 Reporting arrival in Washington and at department headquarters .219; 357 REPORTS: After every battle 349 ; 350 Annual personal 359 By officers on leave 34 By officer upon completion of jour- ney 40 Captured property 351 Death of soldier 79 Deposits in case of transfer or desertion 447 Detached service 358 Discontinuance of allotment in case of death or desertion 446 Efficiency 360 Officer's arrest without charges ..370 Requisitions and estimates to be scrutinized by C. 307 Requisitions, C. O. responsible for prompt rendition 306 Reserve ration 429 Respect to superiors not confined to official occasions 8 RESPONSIBILITY: Property, continuation in case of temporary absence 399 Par. No. RESPONSIBILITY (Contd.): See, "Property accountability and responsibility." RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICERS: Pecuniary 241 Property 245 Retirement of enlisted men 57; 59 RETURN OF: Captured property 351 Property, failure to render 286 RETURNS: C. O. responsible for prompt rendi- tion 306 Examination by chiefs of bureau 288; 289 Limits of time to render 287 Money and property 243 Property, retained, to be kept in company 114 Separate 280 RETURNS OF TROOPS: After every battle 349; 350 Detached companv return forwarded through field officer serving therewith 348 Monthly 346 Special return 347 Reveille and retreat 172 REWARD : For apprehension of deserter and military prisoner 52 For recovery of lost or stolen property 277; 278 Riding on left of senior 224 Rifle may be drawn by officers serving with troops 452 Rock salt 436 Roll call, reporting result 176 Rosters 157 ; 166 Saddlers, appointment and reduction 111 Salutes to general officers 217 Salutes. See, "Honors and salutes." Sapolio 421 Saturday inspection 115 Scrubbing brushes 420 Segregation of prisoners 377 Seizure of property in hands of per- sons not in military service 276 ; 278 Sentinels, saluting 202 Separate battalions 89 Service calls 172 ; 177 Service record 43 Settlement of clothing account 410 SETTLEMENT OF SUPPLIES HELD ON MEMORANDUM RECEIPT: In case of change of station 400 Quarterly 114 Shipment of remains of deceased soldiers 81 Sick call 449 Signature 312 (3) Signing communications ' 317 Soap 436 Soldiers, treatment 7 [195] x ar. No. Special orders 332 Squads, division of company into ...116 Stable sergeant, selection of 106 Staff administration 306 ; 308 Staff officers exercising command ... 23 STAR SPANGLED BANNER: Designated National Anthem 97 Saluting when played 180; 200 Statement of preferences 359 Stationery, issue 389 Straw, issue for bedding of troops ..396 Subsistence stores. See, "Ration." Superiors, conduct towards subordi- nates 6 Supply sergeant, selection of 106 Surrender of deserter 51; 53 Surrender or apprehension of deserter at post other than station of com- pany . 54 SURVEYS OF PROPERTY: Approved survey reports as vouch- ers to returns 303' Certain property to be surveyed before being submitted to action of inspector . . . . 290 Completion and disposition of report when amount does not exceed $500 299 Conditions necessary before approv- ing reports relieving persons ..301 Destruction of property on recom- mendation of surveying officer 298 Discrepancy, loss or. damage of property in transit 302 In case of desertion 273 Number of reports prepared ......297 Officers authorized to administer oaths 295 Private property lost or destroyed in public service 305 Request for surveying officer to be made promptly 294 Responsible officer to furnish evi- dence on which he relies to be relieved from responsibility ...293 Surveying officer: Designation 291 Duties 292 Powers and functions 296 Survey reports recommending stop- pages against enlisted men ...304 When report must be forwarded to next higher command 300 T Table ware, company 137 Tableware and kitchen utensils 419 Tailoring council fixed by post ex- change council 147 Tattoo 173 Par. No. TELEGRAMS: About leaves 424 Blanks used 423 Copies by mail in certain cases . .. .311 Day and night messages 422 Reducing number of words to mini- mum 425 To be carefully guarded 316 To be sent only in case of urgency 422 See, "Telegrams," under "Corre- spondence." Temporary command, officers in, not to change orders 19 Tents, police of 118 The colors, saluting 201 Time absent without leave to be made good 56 Toilet paper 436 Tompions, use prohibited 127 "To the color" at retreat 234 Towels 436 Transfer of enlisted men 46 Transfer of property 253 Transportation of baggage 405 Travel orders to be obeyed promptly 39 Travel ration 428 Treatment of enlisted men 7 Trivial communications need not be forwarded 326 Troops, command of, not to be as- sumed by certain officers 22 Troop. See "Company." U Unloading pieces when not in use ..126 Uniform clothing, wearing by officers' servants .418 Unserviceable property, classification 264 Use of influence 10 V Vinegar 436 Visits and courtesies 218; 231 Vouchers in certain cases accom- panied by orders directing issues or expenditures 282 W Wagoners, appointment and reduc- tion Ill Walking on left of senior 224 War Department "Correspondence Model" 313 Warrants, N. C. 107 Washington, reporting arrival 219 Witnesses, officers authorized to ad- minister oaths to 295 Working parties 82 ; 85 y Yearly clothing allowance 411 H961 CoroNA The Pen of the Army Note the ease with which this portable writing machine may be used under service conditions. Its parts never work loose or drop off. It has no attach- ments and does not take down. You can carry Corona anywhere for, case and all, it weighs but 9 lbs. and measures only 10 x 11% x 4% ms - Being built almost entirely of aluminum and steel, Corona is practically indestructible. 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MENASHA, WISCONSIN The Three Latest Up-to-the-Minute Books TRENCH WARFARE By Major Jas. A. Moss. $1.25. A practical manual for the training and instruction of officers and men in Trench Warfare, based on the latest information from the battle fronts of Europe. Including the attack and defense of trenches, the construction of trenches and obstacles, mining and countermining, bayonet fighting, the use of grenades and bombs, liquid fire, asphyxiating gases, machine guns, gas masks, steel helmets, periscopes, etc. MACHINE GUNS By Capt. J. S. Hatcher, Lieut. G. P. Wilhelm, and Lieut. H. J. Malony, U. S. Army. $2.50. A complete treatise on all types of Machine Guns manufactured. Fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Explains fully the mechanism, care and adap- tability of the several different types of Machine Guns. The only book on Machine Guns published. MILITARY AVIATION By Capt. H. LeR. Muller, Army Balloon School, Ft. Omaha, Neb. Price $2.50. 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