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Regulations 
 
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 Regular Army Reserve 
 
 • Under Acts of Congress Approved 
 August 24. 1912. and June 3. 1916 
 
 August 15. 1916 
 
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 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, August 15, 1916. 
 The following laws and regulations governing the Regular 
 Army Reserve are published for the information and guidance 
 of all concerned. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 [2430200, A. G. O.] H. L. Scott, 
 
 Major General, Chief of Staff. 
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LAWS GOVERNING THE REGULAR ARMY RESERVE. 
 
 1, Extracts from the act of Congress " For making further 
 and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for 
 other purposes," approved June 3, 1916. 
 
 Sec. 2. COMPOSITION OF THE REGULAR ARMY. The 
 Regular Army of the United States, * * * shall consist 
 of * * *, the Regular Army Reserve * * *. 
 
 Sec. 19. COMPOSITION OF FIELD ARTILLERY UNITS. 
 * * * In time of actual or threatened hostilities the Presi- 
 dent is authorized to organize such number of ammunition bat- 
 teries and battalions, depot batteries and battalions, and such 
 artillery parks with such numbers and grades of personnel and 
 such organizations as he may deem necessary. * * * The 
 enlisted men necessary for such organizations shall be supplied 
 from the Regular Army Reserve provided by this act or from 
 the Regular Army. * * * 
 
 Sec. 27. ENLISTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY. On 
 and after the first day of November, nineteen hundred and six- 
 teen, all enlistments in the Regular Army shall be for a term 
 of seven years, the first three years to be in the active service 
 with the organizations of which those enlisted form a part and, 
 except as otherwise provided herein, the last four years in the 
 Regular Army Reserve hereinafter provided for ; * * * pro- 
 Tided further. That after the expiration of one year's honorable 
 service any enlisted man serving within the continental limits 
 of the United States whose company, troop, battery, or detach- 
 ment commander shall report him as proficient and sufficiently 
 trained may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be fur- 
 loughed to the Regular Army Reserve under such regulations 
 as the Secretary of War may prescribe, but no man furloughed 
 to the reserve shall be eligible to reenlist in the service until 
 the expiration of his term of seven years. * * * 
 
 Sec. 29. FINAL DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN. No en- 
 listed man in the Regular Army shall receive his final discharge 
 until the termination of his seven-year term of enlistment except 
 upon reenlistment as provided for in this act or as provided by 
 law for discharge prior to expiration of term of enlistment, but 
 (5) 
 
when au enlisted man is fuiioughetl to tlic Regular Army Re- 
 serve his account shall be closed and he shall be paid in full to 
 the date such furlough becomes effective, including allowances 
 provided by law for discharged soldiers : Provided, That when 
 by reason of death or disability of a member of the family of 
 an enlisted man occurring after his enlistment members of his 
 family become dependent upon him for support, he may, in the 
 discretion of the Secretary of War, be discharged from the 
 service of the United States or be furloughed to the Regular 
 Array Reserve, upon due proof being made of such condition : 
 Provided further. That when an enlisted man is discharged by 
 purchase while in active service he shall be furloughed to the 
 Regular Army Reserve, unless, in the discretion of the Secre- 
 tary of War, he is given a final discharge from the Army. 
 
 Sec. 30. COMPOSITION OP THE REGULAR ARMY RE-^ 
 SERVE. The Regular Army Reserve shall consist of, first, all 
 enlisted men now in the Army Reserve or who shall hereafter 
 become members of the Army Reserve under the provisions of 
 existing law ; second, all enlisted men furloughed to or enlisted 
 in the Regular Army Reserve under the provisions of this act ; 
 and, third, any person holding an honorable discharge from the 
 Regular Array with character reported at least good who is 
 physically qualified for the duties of a soldier and not over 
 forty-five years of age who enlists in the Regular Array Reserve 
 for a period of four years. 
 
 Sec. 31. The President is authorized to assign members of 
 the Regular Army Reserve as reserves to particular organiza- 
 tions of the Regular Army, or to organize the Regular Army 
 Reserve, or any part thereof, into units or detachments of any 
 arm, corps, or department in such manner as he may prescribe, 
 and to assign to such units and detachments ofiicers of the 
 Regular Army or of the Officers' Reserve Corps herein pro- 
 vided for; and he may summon the Regular Array Reserve or 
 any part thereof for field training for a period not exceeding 
 fifteen days in each year, the reservists to receive travel ex- 
 penses and pay at the rate of their respective grades in the 
 Regular Army during such periods of training; and in the 
 event of actual or threatened hostilities he may mobilize the 
 Regular Army Reserve in such manner as he may determine, 
 and thereafter retain it, or any part thereof, in active service 
 for such period as he may determine the conditions demand : 
 Provided, That all enlistments in the Regular Array, including 
 
those in the Regular Army Reserve, which are in force on the 
 date of the outbreak of war shall continue in force for one 
 year, unless sooner terminated by order of the Secretary of 
 War, but nothing herein shall be construed to shorten the time 
 of enlistment prescribed : Provided further, That subject to such 
 regulations as the President may prescribe for their proper 
 identification, and location, and physical condition, the members 
 of the Regular Army Reserve shall be paid semiannually at the 
 rate of $24 a year while in the reserve. 
 
 Sec. 32. REGULAR ARMY RESERVE IN TIME OF WAR. 
 When mobilized by order of the President, the members of the 
 Regular Army Reserve shall, so long as they may remain in 
 active service, receive the pay and allowances of enlisted men 
 of the Regular Army of like grades : Provided, That any en- 
 listed man who shall have reenlisted in the Regular Army Re- 
 serve shall receive during such active service the additional 
 pay now provided by law for enlisted men in his arm of the 
 service in the second enlistment period : Provided further. That 
 upon reporting for duty, and being found physically fit for serv- 
 ice, members of the Regular Army Reserve shall receive a sum 
 equal to .$3 per month for each month during which they shall 
 have belonged to the reserve, as well as the actual necessary cost 
 of transportation and subsistence from their homes to the places 
 at which they may be ordered to report for duty under such 
 summons : And provided further. That service in the Regular 
 Army Reserve shall confer no right to retirement or retired 
 pay, and members of the Regular Army Reserve shall become 
 entitled to pension only through disability incurred while on 
 active duty in the service of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 33. USE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS OP THE GOV- 
 ERNINIENT. The President may, subject to such rules and 
 regulations as in his judgment may be necessary, utilize t\w 
 services of members and employees of all departments of the 
 Government of the United States, without expense to the indi- 
 vidual reservist, for keeping in touch with, paying, and mobiliz- 
 ing the Regular Army Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and 
 other reserve organizations. 
 
 Sec. 34. REENLISTMENT IN TIME OP WAR. For the pur- 
 pose of iitilizing as an auxiliary to the Regular Army Reserve 
 the services of men who have had experience and training in 
 the Regular Army, or in the United States Volunteers, outside 
 of the continental limits of the United States, in time of actual 
 
or threatened hostilities, and after the President shall, by proc- 
 lamation, have called upon honorably discharged soldiers of the 
 Refrular Army to present themselves for reenlistment therein 
 within a specified period, subject to such conditions as may be 
 prescribed, any person who shall have been discharged honor- 
 ably from said Army, with character reported as at least good, 
 and who, having been found physically qualified for the duties 
 of a soldier, if not over fifty years of age, shall reenlist in the line 
 of said Army, or in the Signal, Quartermaster, or IVIedical De- 
 partment thereof, within the period that shall be specified in 
 said proclamation, shall receive on so reenlisting a bounty which 
 shall be computed at the rate of $S for each month for the first 
 year of the period that shall have elapsed since his last dis- 
 charge from the Regular Army and the date of his reenlist- 
 ment therein under the terms of said proclamation ; at the rate 
 of $6 per month for the second year of such period ; at the rate 
 of $4 per month for the third year of such period ; and at the 
 rate of $2 per month for any subsequent year of such period ; 
 l)ut no bounty in excess of $300 shall be paid to any person under 
 the terms of this section. 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE REGULAR ARMY RESERVE. 
 
 2. COMPOSITION. 
 
 (1) All enlisted men now in the Army Reserve or who shall 
 hereafter become members of the Army Reserve under the act 
 of August 24, 1912. (Sec. 30, act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
 (2) All men enlisted prior to November 1, 1916, who upon 
 their written application to that effect are fuiioughed to the 
 Army Reserve, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, at 
 the expiration of three years' continuous service with the or- 
 ganizations of which they form a part. (Sec. 2, act of August 
 24, 1912, and sec. 27, act of June 3. 1916.) 
 
 (3) All men enlisted prior to November 1, 1916, who upon 
 completion of four years' service with organizations of wliich 
 they form a part, are furloughed to the Army Reserve, unless 
 they have applied for discharge with a view to immediate re- 
 enlistment for a period of seven years, or have applied in writ- 
 ing for authority to remain with the organizations to which 
 they belong until completion of their whole enlistments, subject 
 to good conduct and physical fitness. ( Sec. 2, act of August 24, 
 1912.) 
 
(4) All men enlisted on or after November 1, 1916, furloughed 
 to the Regular Army Reserve after three years' active service 
 with the organizations of which they shall have formed a part. 
 (Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
 (5) All enlisted men furloughed, in the discretion of the Sec- 
 retary of War, to the Regular Army Reserve after the expira- 
 tion of one year's lionorable service, if sei'ving within the con- 
 tinental limits of the United States at time of furlough and re- 
 ported proficient and sufficiently trained by their proper com- 
 manders. ( Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916. ) 
 
 (6) All enlisted men furloughed, in the discretion of the Sec- 
 retary of War, to the Regular Army Reserve after the expira- 
 tion of one year's service in lieu of discharge from the service, 
 A^ hen by reason of death or disability of a member of any such 
 man's family after his enlistment members of his family become 
 dependent upon him for support. (Sec. 30, act of February 2, 
 1901, and .sec. 29, act of June 3, 1916. ) 
 
 (7) Enlisted men who apply for discharge by purchase and 
 comply with regulations governing such privilege, who in the 
 discretion of the Secretary of War are furloughed to the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve in lieu of discharge. (Sec. 29, act of June 
 3, 1916.) 
 
 (8) Those who reenlist in the Regular Army Reserve at the 
 expiration of a seven years' term of enlistment or within three 
 months thereafter. (Sec. 32, act of June 3, 1916, and sec. 3, 
 act of August 1, 1894.) 
 
 (9) Those who, being honorably discharged soldiers with 
 character reported at least good, physically qualified, and not 
 over forty-five years of age enlist in the Regular Army Reserve. 
 (Sec. 30, act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
 ENLISTMENT. 
 
 %. All enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular Army 
 Reserve shall be for a period" of four years. 
 
 4. Enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular Army Re- 
 serve may be made by any officer authorized by the War De- 
 partment to recruit for the Army. Rules and x'egulations gov- 
 erning the enlistment and reenlistment of persons for the 
 Regular Army will apply to enlistments and reenlistments for 
 the Regular Army Reserve, with the following exceptions: 
 
 (a) No applicant for enlistment or reenlistment in the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve will be held at a general recruiting station, 
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 recruit depot, depot post, or other place, either pending his 
 acceptance or after tlie enlistment is completed, nor will he be 
 forwarded to a recruit depot, depot post, or other place. 
 
 (ft) If otherwise qualified, married men may be enlisted or 
 reenlisted in the Regular Army Reserve without reference to 
 higher authority. 
 
 (c) If otherwise qualified, applicants not over 45 years of 
 age may be enlisted in the Regular Army Reserve. 
 
 (d) Former service as indicated in subdivisions (8) and (9) 
 of paragraph 2 is required as a qualification for enlistment or 
 reenlistment in the Regular Army Reserve. 
 
 (e) If a noncommissioned ofl[icer reenlist in the Regular 
 Army Reserve within three months of the date of his discharge, 
 his warrant as such will remain in force as of the arm, corps, 
 or department, but not of the organization, in which it was re- 
 ceived. Each reenlistment and continuance will be noted on 
 the warrant by the oflJicer reenlisting such soldier. 
 
 5. After the nature and terms of enlistment in the Regular 
 Army Reserve have been fully explained to the applicant and 
 before the enlistment blanks are filled the officer will read to 
 him and offer him for his signature the following declaration, 
 which forms part of the enlistment paper : 
 
 DECLAKATION OF APPLICANT. 
 
 I, , desiring to enlist in the Regular Army 
 
 Reserve of the United States for the terra of four years, do 
 declare that I am of the legal age to enlist (or reenlist) and 
 believe myself to be physically qualified to perform the duties 
 of an able-botlied soldier; and I do further declare that I am 
 of good habits and character in all respects and have never been 
 discharged from the Unite<l States service (Army or Navy) or 
 any other service on account of disability or through sentence 
 of either a civil or military court, nor discharge<l from any 
 service, civil or military, except with good character, and for 
 the reasons given by me to the recruiting officer prior to this 
 enlistment or reenlistment 
 
 Given at this day of 191 . 
 
 Witness : 
 
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 6. The following form of enlistment contract, duly sworn to, 
 will be signed by each reservist on enlistment : 
 
 The United States of Ameeica : 
 
 State of 1 
 
 City, town, or military post /**•" 
 
 I, , born in , in the State of , aged 
 
 years and months, by occupation a , having 
 
 served in the Army of the United States and having been last 
 
 discharged from at 
 
 (Name of organization.) (Place.) 
 
 on , do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily en- 
 
 (Date.) 
 
 listed this day of , 191__, as a soldier in the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve of the United States of America for the 
 period of four years, unless sooner discharged by proper 
 authority, and subject to active military service upon the sum- 
 mons of the President of the United States ; and do also agree 
 to accept from the United States such bounty, pay, rations, 
 and clothing as are or may be established by law. And I do 
 solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and alle- 
 giance to the United States of America; that I wall serve them 
 honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; 
 and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United 
 States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, accord- 
 ing to the Rules and Articles of War. 
 
 . (seal.) 
 
 Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this day of 
 
 ,A. D. 191__. 
 
 Recruiting Officer. 
 
 PHYSICAL examination. 
 
 7. The physical examination of applicants for enlistment or 
 reenlistment in the Regular Army Reserve will be conducted 
 in accordance with the authorized rules for the examination of 
 recruits. 
 
 8. An applicant for enlistment or reenlistment in the Regular 
 Army Reserve at a garrisoned post, camp, or arsenal where 
 there is no medical officer or contract surgeon will be physically 
 examined before enlistment by the civilian physician employed 
 by the Medical Department. 
 
 The employment of civilian physicians at the prescribed rates 
 is authorized for the physical examination of applicants for 
 enlistment or reenlistment in the Regular Army Reserve at 
 general recruiting stations. 
 
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 9. About one month prior to the date when a soldier may or 
 must be furloughod to the Ilegular Army Reserve he will be 
 examined by a medical officer as to his physical condition. If 
 the soldier be furloughed, the result of the physical examination 
 will be noted on the reservist's descriptive card. In case he is 
 found to be physically disqualified for service steps will be 
 immediately taken for his discharge on surgeon's certificate of 
 disability in accordance with existing instructions governing 
 such discharge. 
 
 10. Receipt of pay semiannually being subject to regulations 
 for "proper identification and location and physical condition," 
 each member of the Regular Army Reserve will present himself 
 about January 1 and July 1 to the postmaster through whom 
 his mail is received, or to any officer of the Army including 
 Officers' Reserve Corps, Navy, Marine Corps, or the National 
 Guard, and request him to sign the statement (Form 575. 
 A. G. O.) that the soldier is apparently in good physical condi- 
 tion and capable of discharging the duties of a soldier in time 
 of war. 
 
 11. When summoned by order of the President for annual 
 field training, each member of the Regular Army Reserve, as 
 soon as practicable after reporting personally under such sum- 
 mons, will be examined physically by a medical officer on duty 
 at the place of field training. In case he is |ound to be physi- 
 cally disqualified for the kind of service that would be requireil 
 of him in time of war, he will at once be relieved from further 
 field training and furnished transportation and subsistence to 
 the place from which he was summoned. Steps will be taken 
 for his discharge on surgeon's certificate of disability in accord- 
 ance with existing instructions governing discharge for dis- 
 ability of a soldier in active service. 
 
 When a reservist reports for annual field training, if he is of 
 the character described in paragraph 33, tlie procedure pre- 
 scribed in paragraph 148^, Army Regulations, will be followed iu 
 order to separate him from the service through discharge. 
 
 12. When the Regular Army Reserve is mobilizeil by order 
 of the President, each member sununoned will, as soon as prac- 
 ticable after reporting personally under such sunnnons, be ex- 
 amined physically by a medical officer, to determine his physical 
 fitness for service at the time and his right to receive the sum 
 of money authorized by law for reporting for duty under such 
 summons. 
 
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 EECOKDS AND REPORTS. 
 
 13. The records of members of the Regular Army Reserve will 
 be kept as follows : 
 
 14. On June 30, 1916, all members of the Army Reserve will 
 be dropped from the returns and muster rolls submitted by the 
 officers then in charge of reservists' records, and each duplicate 
 descriptive card (Form 443, A. G. O.) and reservist's record 
 will be forwarded by such officers to the commanding general 
 of the department within the limits of which the reservist was 
 residing when he last reported his address, or to the command- 
 ing officer. United States Troops, Panama Canal Zone, or the 
 commanding officer, Porto Rico Regiment, if the reservist re- 
 side there. 
 
 Organization commanders will note on the muster roll for 
 June 80, 1916, the name, rank, date of furlough, residence last 
 reported, and department headquarters or other place to which 
 the record has been sent, of each reservist dropped that date 
 under these instructions. Other officers charged with the duty 
 of keeping the records of reservists will forward the duplicate 
 descriptive lists and records held by them under General 
 Orders, No. 11, War Department, 1913, as prescribed above 
 and will furnish The Adjutant General of the Army by letter the 
 information which an organization commander is directed to 
 enter on the muster roll. 
 
 Returns for June 30, 1910, will include information prescribed" 
 by Bulletin No. 41, War Department, 1915, and show by number 
 all reservists dropped on that date under these instructions. 
 
 15. Upon receipt of these descriptive cards, department com- 
 manders (except those of the Philippine and Hawaiian Depart- 
 ments), the commanding officer. United States Troops, Panama 
 Canal Zone, and the commanding officer, Porto Rico Regiment 
 of Infantry, will prepare and forward to the Depot Quarter- 
 master, Washington, D. C, a certified copy of each reservist's 
 descriptive card on file in their respective offices, noting on the 
 retained copy the fact that a copy has been so sent. Similar 
 action will be taken with respect to all reservists' descriptive 
 cards thereafter received. 
 
 16. On and after July 1, 1916, reservists will cease to pertain 
 to or be carried on muster rolls and returns of any particular 
 organization. Records of all reservists will be kept at the head- 
 quarters of the department within the limits of which the re- 
 
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 servists elect to reside, except that the records of those residing 
 in Panama Canal Zone will be kept at the headquarters of 
 United States troops, Panama Canal Zone, and the records of 
 those residing in Porto Rico will be kept in the office of the com- 
 manding officer, Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry. The report 
 ( Form 559, A. G. O. ) made by each commanding officer immedi- 
 ately after furloughing an enlisted man to the Regular Army 
 Reserve (General Orders, No. 47, AVar Department, 1915) will 
 be kept in the office of The Adjutant General of the Army. A 
 copy of the descriptive card of each reservist, excepting those 
 residing in Hawaiian and Philippine Departments, will be kept 
 in the office of the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C. 
 
 17. AVhen a soldier is furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve 
 he will be furnished a reservist's descriptive card (Form 443, 
 A. G. O.), one copy of which Avill be forwarded to the command- 
 ing general of the department (or the commanding officer. United 
 States troops. Panama Canal Zone, or the commanding officer, 
 Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry) in which is located the ad- 
 dress of the reservist as shown on the descriptive card. The 
 reservist will be given a copy of these regulations and instructed 
 that he is required to report his address on the first of each 
 quarter and any change of address whenever it occurs ; to present 
 himself for identification about January 1st and July 1st of each 
 year to any of the officers described in paragraph 10 ; to report 
 annually for 15 days' field training if so ordered ; and to report 
 wherever ordered by a department commander when the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve is mobilized for active service, by order of the 
 President, in event of actual cr threatened hostilities. Report 
 of furlough (Form 559, A. G. O.) will be forwarded to The Ad- 
 jutant General of the Army. 
 
 18. As soon as the reservist's records, transferred under para- 
 graph 14, are received by each olficer charged with keeping re- 
 servists' records, and thereafter on the first day of each quarter, 
 an addressed postal card (Form 444, A. G. O.) will be sent to the 
 last reported address of each reservist whose descriptive card 
 is held. 
 
 19. Upon receipt, each reservist will note the following: 
 Any change of address since rendition of last report. 
 Any change in name or address of nearest relative. 
 
 Within the first 10 days of each quarter the reservist will re- 
 turn this card to the address furnished. 
 
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 20. The officer in charge of reservists' records will note upon 
 his retained descriptive cards any clianges wliich have occurred 
 since last report. He will then mail notifications received (on 
 Form 444 or otherwise) to The Adjutant General of the Army. 
 
 21. Upon enlistment or reenlistment of any man in the Regular 
 Army Reserve the officer enlisting or reenlisting him will make 
 out, in addition to the enlistment paper, the reservist's descrip- 
 tive card, in duplicate; one copy will be given to the reservist 
 after enlistment and the other forwarded to the commanding 
 general of the department (or the commanding officer, United 
 States troops, Panama Canal Zone, or commanding officer, Porto 
 Rico Regiment of Infantry) in which the reservist elects to re- 
 side. The enlistment papers and one copy of Form 559, A. G. O., 
 will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army. 
 
 22. All enlistments in the Regular Army Reserve will be made 
 in the grade of private. Reenlistments may be made in the grade 
 held at date of discharge if made within three months of the date 
 of discharge. See paragraph 4 (e). 
 
 23. On the last day of each month each officer charged with 
 keeping reservists' records will report to The Adjutant General 
 of the Army the names and addresses of reservists whose rec- 
 ords have been received during the month ; names of reservists 
 discharged (with character given each) or deceased; dates of 
 such losses ; and total number of reservists whose records are 
 on hand, reporting separately the names of those who for two 
 consecutive quarters have failed to report addresses. 
 
 FURLOUGHS. 
 
 24. " No enlisted man in the Regular Army shall receive his 
 final discharge until termination of his seven-year term of 
 enlistment, except upon reenlistment as provided for in this 
 act or as provided by law for discharge prior to expiration of 
 term of enlistment." ( Sec. 29, act of June 3, 1916. ) 
 
 25. " No man furloughed to the reserve shall be eligible to 
 reenlist in the service until the expiration of his term of seven 
 years." ( Sec. 27, act of June 3, 1916. ) 
 
 26. Soldiers furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve will be 
 furloughed in the grade held on the date the furlough becomes 
 effective. They remain members of an arm, corps or depart- 
 ment, but not of any particular organization thereof. 
 
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 27. The commander of any post, regiment, depot, general hos- 
 pital, arsenal, mine planter, service scliool or disciplinary bar- 
 racks, or any recruiting officer, is authorized to furlough any 
 enlisted man eligible to be furloughed to the Regular Army 
 Reserve on the day of any month prior to the day of month on 
 which enlisted, provided unauthorized absences have been made 
 good and indebtedness to the United States has been satisfied. 
 
 28. Men enlisting before November 1, 1916, may, in the dis- 
 cretion of the Secretary of War, be furloughed after three 
 years' service. They will be furloughed after four years' serv- 
 ice with the organizations of which they form a part unless 
 they make application in writing to remain with their organi- 
 zations until completion of their seven years' enlistment period. 
 
 29. Any of the authorities named in paragraph 27 is author- 
 ized to retain in active service until completion of their enlist- 
 ment periods men enlisted before November 1, 191G, who make 
 such application, provided their conduct and physical fitness 
 warrant such action. 
 
 30. Men enlisting on and after November 1, 1916, will be fur- 
 loughed after three years' active service with the organizations 
 of which they form a part. They will not be permitted to re- 
 main with their organizations until completion of their seven 
 years' enlistment periods, but may be reenlisted for another 
 period of seven years. 
 
 31. Soldiers who have lost time from service by reason of 
 absence without leave (act of May 11, 1908) or by reason of 
 the intemperate use of drugs, alcoholic liquors, etc., or confine- 
 ment awaiting trial resulting in conviction (act of April 27, 
 1914), are required to make up the time so lost before being 
 furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve. (Opinion J. A. G., 
 Dec. 13, 191.5.) 
 
 32. At any time after the expiration of one year's honorable 
 service any enlisted man enlisted before, on, or after Novem- 
 ber 1, 1916, serving within the continental limits of the United 
 States whose company, troop, battery, or detachment comman- 
 der shall report him as proficient and sufficiently trained, may, 
 in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be furloughed to the 
 Regular Army Reserve. This action, which is intended as a 
 privilege of the soldier, will not be taken without his applica- 
 tion in writing for sucli privilege. The report of his immediate 
 commander will show his character, that physical examination 
 has been made under paragraph 9, and that his degree of train- 
 
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 ing, character, and physical condition render him a dependable 
 soldier for service in case of war. If a soldier serving at an 
 oversea station, after completing the prescribed tour of service 
 at such station, make application for this privilege, he may be 
 transferred to a station in continental United States and fur- 
 loughed under this paragraph on arrival at such station. Report 
 of his immediate commander will accompany his descriptive list 
 to such station. 
 
 33. When a company or other immediate commander is of the 
 opinion that the active service of a soldier who is otherwise 
 about to become eligible to be furloughed to the Regular Army 
 Reserve, excepting soldiers described in paragraph 32, has not 
 been honest and faithful, or if the soldier is inapt or gives 
 evidence of habits or traits of character which would render 
 him not dependable as a member of the Regular Army Reserve, 
 or is disqualified for service physically or in character through 
 his own misconduct, the procedure prescribed in paragraph 148J, 
 Army Regulations, will be followed. If at the time when the 
 law contemplates the commencement of a soldier's period of 
 service in the Regular Army Reserve he be of such character 
 as to render his reenlistment, or his further active service un- 
 der current enlistment, not in the interest of the Government, 
 it is the policy of the War Department not to furlough him to 
 the Regular Army Reserve, but to discontinue his connection 
 with the Army through discharge. 
 
 84. If a soldier be furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve 
 while absent from his organization, papers will be forwarded 
 by the officer under whom he is serving as prescribed in para- 
 graph 17, and his organization commander given the informa- 
 tion prescribed by paragraph 154, Army Regulations, in case of 
 a discharged soldier. 
 
 35. A soldier sentenced by court-martial to confinement with- 
 out dishonorable discharge for a period extending beyond the 
 time at which he would otherwise be furloughed to the Regular 
 Army Reserve, will be held to serve out his sentence, at the 
 expiration of which he will be furloughed to the Regular Army 
 Reserve or discharged, as his case may require. 
 
 36. A soldier awaiting trial or sentence at the time he would 
 otherwise be furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve will not 
 be furloughed thereto pending the disposition of his case. If 
 sentenced to dishonorable discharge he will be so discharged 
 
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 upon the date of the receipt of the order publishing the sentence. 
 If the sentence involve neither dishonorable discharge nor con- 
 finement, he will be furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve 
 or discharged, as his case may require, on the date of receipt ' 
 of the order publishing the result of trial, or as soon thereafter ) 
 as practicable. If sentenced to confinement without dishonor- 
 able discharge, he will be furloughed to the Regular Army Re- 
 serve or discharged, as his case may require, upon the expira- 
 tion of his term of confinement. 
 
 The provisions of paragraph 33 of these regulations will be 
 observed in determining whether or not discharge should replace 
 a furlough in such cases. 
 
 37. The descriptive card, or the discharge certificate, will be 
 delivered to the man on his release from confinement, and not 
 until then. In such case copy of descriptive card and report 
 of furlough will be forwarded under paragraph 17 on the date 
 of release from confinement. If in confinement on the date of 
 the furlough or 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 descriptive card or dis- 
 charge certificate. 
 
 DISCHARGE. 
 
 38. Upon the completion of the term of service of a reservist, 
 or when discharge is ordered for any cause by competent au- 
 thority, his discharge, if it can not be handed to him in person, 
 will be sent him by registered mail to his last reported address. 
 The duty of signing and sending this discharge devolves upon 
 the officer charged wnth keeping the reservist's record (par. 16). 
 
 39. The character reported when the reservist was furloughed 
 to the Regular Army Reserve may be modified at discharge, 
 dependent upon the reservist's conduct while in the Regular 
 Army Reserve, in so far as such is known by the officer charged 
 with signing the discharge or as it appears in the reservist's 
 record. To this end, each failure to report address or change 
 of address or to appear for identification in January and .Tuly, 
 or for annual field training or active service when summoned, 
 will be noted on the reservist's record. 
 
 40. Note of the date and fact of discharge, character given, 
 and the address to which discharge certificate was mailed (if 
 
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 not delivered in person) will be entered on the retained de- 
 scriptive card. 
 
 41. Any officer having knowledge of the fact that a reservist 
 has been sentenced to imprisonment by a civil court, will report 
 the facts to the department commander or officer charged with 
 keeping reservists' records. If investigation shows that such 
 action is warranted, the soldier will be discharged under para- 
 graph 139 (sec. 3), Army Regulations. 
 
 DEATH. 
 
 42. In case of the death of a reservist a note of the fact and 
 date of death will be made on the retained descriptive card by 
 the officer in charge of his record. He will report the fact and 
 date of death to the disbursing quartermaster who is charged 
 with making semiannual payment (see par. 77). The quar- 
 termaster will thereupon advise the Auditor for the War De- 
 partment, Washington, D. C, for his information in making 
 settlement with the heirs of the deceased of the arrears of pay 
 due, of the date of death, and the date to which last paid. 
 
 FIELD TRAINING. 
 
 43. The President is authorized by law to summon the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve or any part thereof for field training for a 
 period not exceeding 15 days in each year. 
 
 44. The objects of this annual training are (1) to verify the 
 number and determine physical and moral fitness of reservists 
 for service in war; (2) to eliminate the undesirable and those 
 not dependable in time of war; (3) to familiarize reservists 
 with methods to be followed if mobilized in time of threatened 
 hostilities; (4) to insure continued acquaintance of reservists 
 with arms and equipment and methods of instruction; and (5) 
 to utilize reservists, either individually or in provisional organi- 
 zations, for the training of selected citizens at camps estab- 
 lished for such purpose. 
 
 45. No reservist will be summoned for annual field training 
 until after the expiration of one year from the date he has 
 enlisted in or has been furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve, 
 nor for a period of field training which will be held partially 
 or entirely after the expiration of his term of enlistment. 
 
 46. The department commanders, the commanding officer 
 United States troops, Panama Canal Zone, and the commanding 
 
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 officer, Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, being in charge of 
 tlie reservists' records, are cliarged witli determining at wliat 
 places, between what dates, and in what manner this field 
 training shall be conducted. Due consideration will be had of 
 the economy possible through summoning each reservist to the 
 place nearest his last reported address. 
 
 47. Until reservists reside in any district in sufficient num- 
 bers to be organized into Regular Ai-my Reserve units or de- 
 tachments by the President, they may profitably be attached to 
 particular organizations of the Regular Army located or under 
 orders to camp near the district in which such reservists reside. 
 For this purpose it is desirable, though not necessary, that 
 each reservist be attached to an organization of that arm, 
 corps, or department from which he was furloughed to the 
 Regular Army Reserve. Men furloughed from the staff corps 
 and departments may be attached to units of the line of the 
 Army Avhen no detachment of their corps or department is 
 within a distance which can be ordered with due regard to 
 economy. 
 
 48. Until reservists are organized into units or detachments 
 of any arm, corps, or department, they may, when summoned 
 for field training, be provisionally organized into companies 
 or detachments and placed under officers of the Regular Army 
 or under members of the Ofliicers' Reserve Corps ordered to 
 duty with troops or at field exercises. There is no authority to 
 change the grade of a reservist or to increase his pay or allow- 
 ances during such training over those of the grade held when 
 furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve. 
 
 49. Each reservist summoned will be notified by mail, about 
 one month before the date at which he is to report, of the place 
 and date his field training will be held, and directed to acknowl- 
 edge receipt by returning printed card furnished (Form 574, 
 A. G. O.). 
 
 If at the time a reservist is summoned for field training he 
 be disabled or so sick as to render him physically unable to 
 undertake training in the field at the time designated, he will 
 forward with such acknowledgment a certificate signed by a 
 reputable practicing physician (member of the INIedical Reserve 
 Corps or Officers' Reserve Corps, if any be available) that he is 
 physically unal)le to attend. If, after acknowledging receipt 
 of such summons, he be physically disabled at the time he 
 should leave his reported address to comply with such sum- 
 
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 mons, similar certificate will be forwarded to the officer in 
 charge of his record. Unless such certificate be forwarded, he 
 must report as directed. 
 
 50. To each reservist who has acknowledged receipt of sum- 
 mons for field training, and has not submitted certificate of 
 physical inabilitj^ to comply with summons, the officer in charge 
 of reservist's record will send a transportation request (Gov- 
 ernment stock Form No. 1), signed by any quartermaster, for 
 transportation from the place at which the reservist reported 
 address to the place where his training is to be held. 
 
 51. Each reservist will be directed to appear supplied with 
 the following articles of uniform clothing in serviceable condi- 
 tion : One service hat, with hat cord, one olive-drab flannel 
 shirt, one service coat, one pair of service breeches, and one pair 
 of leggings ; and the following articles not necessarily uniform : 
 One pair of serviceable shoes, two suits of underwear, and 
 three pairs of socks. Since a reservist's account is closed at 
 date of furlough to the Regular Army Reserve, clothing for 
 field training can not be issued and charged to an allowance, 
 but any reservist may purchase at cost prices from the Quarter- 
 master Corps such articles of clothing as he may need to meet 
 the above requirements. 
 
 52. All men furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve after 
 July 1, 1916, will be instructed by their organization or other 
 immediate commanders to retain in their possession until their 
 discharge the uniform clothing itemized in paragi-aph 51, and 
 any enlisted man not thus supplied will be required to draw 
 the necessary items, before his account is closed and final state- 
 ment completed, to the extent that his credits under his clothing 
 allowance will permit. 
 
 To such reservists enlisted or furloughed before July 1, 1916, 
 as may be summoned for annual field training, and who may 
 not, under due notice of the requirement of field training im- 
 posed by the act of June 3, 1916, have retained in their posses- 
 sion the uniform articles itemized in paragraph 51, the com- 
 manding officer of any post or camp to whom they report for 
 field training may issue one of each of such articles. 
 
 53. To insure continued proficiency in small-arms target 
 practice, an annual monetary allowance for ammunition of $3 
 is authorized for each member enlisted in the Regular Army 
 Reserve or furloughed thereto from any organization of the 
 Regular Army armed with the rifle and receiving field training 
 
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 when duly summoneil. The necessary instruction of members of 
 the Officers' Reserve Corps in fire direction and fire control 
 will render it advisable to devote most if not all the small-arms 
 target practice to field firing, where such practice can be safely 
 conducted. The monetary allowance is estimated to be suffi- 
 cient for expenditure of approximately 100 rounds per man, 
 
 54. Arms, ammunition and equipment for members of the 
 Regular Army Reserve during annual field training will be 
 furnished under orders of department commanders. They will 
 be issued by staff officers at places selected for such training; 
 the articles supplied organizations as a portion of their unit 
 equipment will not be used for such purpose. 
 
 55. If a member of the Regular Army Reserve, through neg- 
 lect, lose or render unserviceable articles of Government prop- 
 erty issued to him, the cost thereof will be charged against him 
 on the pay roll and deducted from the pay due him for the 
 period he receives field training. If his pay for the period of 
 field training is not sufficient to reimburse the United States, 
 the balance due United States will be reported to the officer 
 in charge of the reservist's record, specifying the kind of prop- 
 erty for which such balance is payable. 
 
 56. The maximum period for which a member of the Regular 
 Army Reserve may be summoned for field training each year 
 includes only the time, not exceeding 15 days, spent by him in 
 field training, and not the time occupied in traveling to and 
 from the place of training. On the last day of his field train- 
 ing each reservist will be mustered for his pay on the Regular 
 Army pay roll and will be paid thereon by the local disbursing 
 quartermaster. 
 
 57. Service during such field training confers no right to 
 retirement or retired pay, but is active duty to an extent that 
 the soldier may become entitled to pension through disability 
 incurred while in such sex'vice. Each reservist who incurs any 
 accident or sickness while attending such training will be care- 
 fully examined before being sent to his home and the result 
 noted on his descriptive card or record. 
 
 58. The officer in charge of the record of any member of the 
 Regular Army Reserve summoned for field training will, after 
 such reservist has acknowledged receipt of summons imder par- 
 agraph 49, forward his descriptive card to the commanding 
 officer of the place at which the reservist has been directed to 
 report for training. After the training has been completed 
 
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 and notation of the period during whicli trained, amount paid, 
 and any cliange in character or other status has been recorded 
 on the descriptive card, the card and any otlier papers pertain- 
 ing to tlie reservist's record will be returned to the office whence 
 it was forwarded. 
 
 MOBILIZATION IN TIME OF ^VAE. 
 
 59. In the event of actual or threatened hostilities the Presi- 
 dent may mobilize the Regular Army Reserve in such manner 
 as he may determine and may thereafter retain it, or any part 
 thereof, in active service for such period as he may determine 
 the conditions demand. 
 
 60. A department commander, or one of the other authorities 
 charged with keeping reservists' records, having been duly 
 notified that, by direction of the President, the Regular Army 
 Reserve is to be mobilized, will, in absence of any instructions 
 as to the disposition of individuals or units of the Regular 
 Army Reserve, direct each member, by notice mailed to his last 
 reported address (Form 577, A. G. O.), to report at some sta- 
 tion or place where he can be physically examined, clothed, 
 armed, equipped, sheltered and subsisted. Transportation re- 
 quest will be mailed to last reported address as prescribed in 
 paragraph 50 without waiting for acknowledgment of summons. 
 
 61. If under conditions existing at the time of such direction 
 by the President, organizations of the Regular Army within the 
 department require enlisted men to complete authorized maxi- 
 mum strength, members of the Regular Army Reserve will be 
 directed to report at the stations of such organizations, pref- 
 erably those of the arms from which they were respectively 
 furloughed or for w^hicli they enlisted. 
 
 62. If there be no such organizations incompletely supplied 
 with enlisted personnel, or if the distances from addresses of 
 reservists to the stations of such organizations be too great, 
 the reservists will be directed to report at the nearest station 
 of the Regular Army at which paragraph 60 can be complied 
 with, and will there be organized into detachments to be for- 
 warded to such organizations as may be designated by the 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 63. When the Regular Army Reserve becomes sufficiently 
 numerous, and residences of members thereof are sufficiently 
 localized to permit prompt mobilization of reserve units in cer- 
 
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 taitl localities, such units as may have been organized by the 
 President will be mobilized as such at any places previously 
 designated for the deposit of arms, clothing, equipment, etc. 
 Such places will preferably be Regular Army stations, officers 
 on duty at which will be charged with accountability and 
 responsibility for the property necessary to arm, equip and 
 clothe designated units. If storage in Government buildings be 
 possible at places other than Regular Army stations, such arms, 
 clothing, and equipment may be stored therein under care of 
 retired officers or members of the Officers' Reserve Corps 
 charged with accountability and responsibility for such property. 
 
 64. Department commanders and other authorities charged 
 with keeping reservists' records may be directed to send all or 
 a part of the reservists residing within the limits of their com- 
 mands to the rendezvous and depots established by the Sec- 
 retary of War, under section 10 of the act of Congress approved 
 April 25, 1914, for the purpose of maintaining organizations of 
 the land forces at prescribed strength. They may be directed 
 to send all reservists furloughed from the Coast Artillery Corps 
 to the nearest or to any designated Coast Aitillery defenses 
 for service. They may be directed to send certain reservists to 
 places at which ammunition batteries, depot batteries, or Artil- 
 lery parks ai'e being organized for the Field Artillery (sec. 19, 
 act of June 3, 1916), or where supply trains, limmuuition trains, 
 sanitary trains, and engineer trains are being organized for 
 divisions (sec. 3, act of June 3, 1916). 
 
 65. Under authority conferred by section 33 of the act of 
 June 3, 1916, the services of members and employees of all de- 
 partments of the Government of the United States may be 
 utilized for the mobilization of the Regular Army Reserve. In 
 addition to the mail notice sent to each reservist under para- 
 graph 60, tlie officer in charge of reservists' records may request 
 United States marshals, postmasters, census enumerators, in- 
 ternal-revenue agents, and representatives of the General Land 
 Office, Geological Survey, Forest Service, Weather Bureau, and 
 other bureaus, to notify all reservists who can be reached by 
 them that mobilization has been directed by the President. 
 
 66. Officers in charge of reservists' records are authorized 
 to insert notices of mobilization in daily newspapers, and within 
 the limits of allotments made for such purpose to pay for ad- 
 vertisement of such mobilization wherever necessary, with 
 warning that any reservist who has not received orders wliere 
 
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 to report should apply to department or other headquarters for 
 orders. 
 
 67. The reenlistment of honorably discharged soldiers in time 
 of actual or threatened hostilities, under .section 34 of the act of 
 June 3, 1916, for which a bounty is payable, means reenlistment 
 in the Regular Army or some organization thereof. Such men, 
 while called an " auxiliary to the Regular Army Reserve," do 
 not become, through reenlistment, members of the Regular 
 Army Reserve but of the Regular Army or an organization 
 thereof. Their enlistment period is seven years, not four years. 
 
 68. After directing a reservist to report at a designated place 
 under mobilization, the officer in charge of his record will 
 mail his descriptive card to the officer to whom the reservist 
 is directed to report. That officer will enter the necessary data 
 on a muster roll and return the descriptive card to the office 
 whence it came, adding fact and date of enti-y into active serv- 
 ice by the reservist and organization to which assigned or 
 attached. If a reservist fail to comply within a reasonable 
 time, such fact will be noted and the descriptive card returned 
 whence it came. 
 
 69. On receipt of the card by the officer charged with keep- 
 ing reservists' records, he will notify the quartermaster who is 
 charged with the duty of making the semiannual payments, 
 the date of the reservist's entry into active service and the 
 name of the organization to which attached or assigned. He 
 will notify the same quartermaster of the names of such re- 
 servists as may have failed to report when summoned to active 
 service. 
 
 70. Subject to instructions from the War Department, de- 
 partment commanders may attach officers of the Regular Army, 
 including retired officers employed on active duty under section 
 24 of the act of June 3, 1916, and members of the Officers' 
 Reserve Corps under their orders on mobilization to detachments 
 and units of the Regular Army Reserve, until notice of any 
 other assignment to duty of such officers by the President has 
 been received. 
 
 71. Whether members of the Regular Army Reserve are 
 organized into units of any arm, corps or department, or are 
 assigned to particular organizations of the Regular Army, they 
 will be armed, equipped and clothed for field service, accord- 
 ing to the arm to which they pertain, before being forwarded 
 from the places at which mobilized. 
 
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 72. If a member of the Regular Army Reserve, after report- 
 ing for duty under mobilization, be found physically unfit for 
 service, action similar to that prescribed in paragraph 11 will 
 be taken, except that he may be held at place of mobilization 
 pending action upon recommendation of discharge. 
 
 PAY AND ALLOWANCES. 
 
 73. When a soldier is furloughed to the Regular Army Re- 
 serve (under either the act of Aug. 24, 1912, or the act of 
 June 3, 1916) " his account shall be closed and he shall be paid 
 in full to the date such furlough becomes effective, including 
 allowances provided by law for discharged soldiers." (Sec. 29, 
 act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
 74. Members of the Regular Army Reserve (whether fur- 
 loughed thereto or enlisted or reenlisted therein) shall be paid 
 semiannually at the rate of $24 a year while in the reserve. 
 " * * * subject to such regulations as the President may 
 prescribe for their proper identification and location and phys- 
 ical condition." (Sec. 31, act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
 75. This payment of $12 semiannually is intended, partially 
 as compensation for periodically reporting himself at a certain 
 address and reporting each change of address promptly, partially 
 for being a reservist and ready to comply with orders received 
 either for identification, location, or ascertaining his physical 
 condition, and partially for compliance with orders to report 
 and receive annual field training or to report for duty in active 
 service under sunnnons for mobilization in event of actual or 
 threatened hostilities. If a soldier neglect to report his address, 
 to report for identification January 1 and July 1, to report for 
 lield training when summoned (unless certificate of sickness 
 furnished), or to report wherever ordered when the Regular 
 Army Reserve is mobilized, so much of this semiannual pay as 
 remains due the soldier will be withheld. For any of these 
 neglects he may, if omission of duty be culpable and willful, be 
 punished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
 76. For those men who were furloughed to the reserve prior 
 to June 3, 1916, the semiannual pay commences to accrue from 
 and including June 3, 1916 ; for those furloughed after June 3, 
 1916, the i)ay commences to accrue from and including the date 
 immediately following their furlough, the actual day of fur- 
 lough being a day for which the soldier is entitled to pay and 
 
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 allowances on liis final statement. The first semiannual pay- 
 ment, covering the period to December 31, will be made in 
 January, and the second, covering the period to June 30, in 
 July of each year, or as soon thereafter as the disbursing officers 
 charged with making the payments have received the notices 
 prescribed in paragraph 78. 
 
 77. The semiannual payments to members of the Regular 
 Army Reserve will be made as follows : 
 
 (a) To those whose descriptive cards are held at the head- 
 quarters, Philippine Department, by the disbursing quartermas- 
 ter of said headquarters. 
 
 (b) To those whose descriptive cards are held at the head- 
 quarters, Hawaiian Department, by the disbursing quartermas- 
 ter of said headquarters. 
 
 (c) All other reservists will be paid their semiannual pay 
 by the Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C. 
 
 78. As soon as possible after the 1st day of January and the 
 1st day of July of each year, all officers, except those of the 
 Philippine and Hawaiian Departments, charged with keeping 
 reservists' records, will report the following to the Depot Quar- 
 termaster, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 (a) The names of all reservists who have failed to comply 
 with these regulations and are thereby precluded from receiv- 
 ing pay (par. 75). 
 
 (b) The names of all reservists who have been discharged, 
 giving the date of discharge. 
 
 (c) The names of all reservists who are indebted to the 
 United States and the nature of the indebtedness (par. 55). 
 
 id) Latest address of each reservist whose address has been 
 changed. 
 
 79. Upon receipt of the report described in paragraph 78 from 
 the officers therein mentioned, the Depot Quartermaster, Wash- 
 ington, D. C, will make payment of the amount of seiuiannual 
 pay or portion thereof due to each reservist for whom he holds 
 a certified copy of descriptive card and against whom the report 
 shows no bar to payment. In cases where indebtedness to the 
 United States is reported, collection thereof will be made. (See 
 par. 55.) 
 
 80. With respect to reservists whose records are held by the 
 department commanders of the Philippine and Hawaiian De- 
 partments, the report prescribed in paragraph 78 will be ren- 
 dered by the officer in charge of reservists' records at head- 
 
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 quarters of these departments to the local disbursing quarter- 
 master who is charged with the duty of making the semiannual 
 payments, and the action prescribed in paragraph 79 will be 
 taken by said disbursing quartermasters. 
 
 81. All semiannual payments to reservists will be made by 
 individual check and upon such voucher forms as may be pre- 
 scribed for such purpose. 
 
 82. The semiannual pay is not payable for any period during 
 which the reservist is in active service under an order for 
 mobilization, nor will any further payment be made of the semi- 
 annual pay to any reservist who fails to report for active service 
 under an order for mobilization. Therefore upon mobilization 
 and after the descriptive cards have been returned to the officer 
 having custody of reservists' records that officer will promptly 
 notify the quartermaster charged with the duty of making the 
 semiannual payments of — 
 
 (a) The name of each reservist actually brought into active 
 service, the date of commencement of such service, and the or- 
 ganization to which assigned or attached. 
 
 (b) The name of each reservist who failed to report for 
 active service. 
 
 83. When summoned for annual field training reservists are 
 entitled to pay at the rate of their respective grades in the 
 Regular Army for the period actually pi-esent for such training. 
 (Sec. 31, act of June 3, 1916.) As this service is not " actiA-e 
 service" within the meaning of section 32 of the act of June 
 3, 1916, the enlistment period for which payment will be made 
 is the enlistment period in which the soldier was serving Avhen 
 furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve or, in- case of a man 
 enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Army Reserve, the enlist- 
 ment period in which the soldier was serving when last dis- 
 charged. This payment will be made on pay rolls by any 
 quartermaster designated to make the payment in person. 
 
 84. A reservist who, in compliance with orders from competent 
 authority-, reports when summoned for annual field training, 
 will be furnished transportation from the place from which 
 summoned to the place at which field training is held (par. 50). 
 He will be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred for 
 subsistence at the rate of 50 cents for each meal (.$1..50 per day) 
 during the journey to the place of training. This reimbursement 
 will be entered on the pay rolls on which payment is made for 
 
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 field training and paid when payment is made for field training. 
 Amount will be noted on descriptive card. 
 
 85. For the return journey from the place where training is 
 had to the place from which he was summoned a reservist will 
 be furnished transportation as for any enlisted man in active 
 service and subsistence under allowances prescribed by para- 
 graph 1224, Army Regulations. 
 
 86. When mobilized by order of the President in event of 
 actual or threatened hostilities " members of the Regular Army 
 Reserve shall, so long as they may remain in active service, 
 receive the pay and allowances of enlisted men of the Regular 
 Army of like grades." 
 
 "Any enlisted man who shall have reenlisted in the Regular 
 Army Reserve shall receive during such active service the addi- 
 tional pay now provided by law for enlisted men in his arm of 
 the service in the second enlistment period." (Sec. 32, act of 
 June 3, 1916.) 
 
 A reservist who complies with summons when mobilization is 
 directed by the President and is found physically fit for service 
 receives a sum equal to $3 per month for each month during 
 which he has belonged to the reserve. The amount will be 
 credited on pay rolls. 
 
 A reservist enlisted or furloughed before June 3, 1916, is en- 
 titled, under the acts of Congress, approved August 24, 1912, and 
 June 3, 1916, to $5 per month from the day of enlistment, or the 
 day following furlough to the reserve, to include .June 2, 1916, 
 and to $3 per month for the period from and after June 3, 1916, 
 to include the day immediately before that on which he reports 
 for active service. If he has not been paid semiannual pay at 
 $24 per year (par. 77) he will be credited with .$2 per month 
 from and including June 3, 1916, to include the day immediately 
 before that on which he reports for active service. 
 
 The following remarks will be entered on the first pay roll on 
 which a member of the Regular Army Reserve is mustered for 
 pay after reporting for duty : 
 
 (a) Due soldier mobilization pay at the rate of $5 per month 
 ($5 per month bounty to and including June 2, 1916, and $3 per 
 month bounty and $2 per month reservist's pay from and includ- 
 ing June 3, 1916) from , 1916 (date of enlistment in 
 
 Reserve or day immediately after furlough to the Reserve be- 
 came effective), to include , 1916 (day immediately before 
 
 date of reporting for active duty). 
 
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 (?)) Due soldier commutation of rations at the rate of 50 cents 
 
 per meal from a. m., , 1916, (late of leaving 
 
 p. m. 
 
 (place of receipt of summons), to a. m., , 1916, date 
 
 p. m. 
 
 of reporting at , $ • 
 
 (c) Due soldier $ reimbursement of the actual neces- 
 sary cost of transportation from to . for which no 
 
 Government transportation was furnished. 
 
 The above information with complete statement of amounts 
 paid will be noted on soldier's descriptive list. 
 
 Reservists who report in compliance with summons and are 
 rejected are entitled to transportation to and from their homes, 
 commutation of rations at the rate of 50 cents per meal for the 
 time necessarily consumed in such travel, and pay of their grade 
 and length of service, commencing with the date of reporting in 
 person to the military authorities and terminating with the date 
 of release from military control in order to proceed to their 
 homes. Before leaving camp, or post, or other designated point 
 of rendezvous, the rejectetl reservist will be paid commutation 
 of rations at the rate of 50 cents per meal for the time neces- 
 sarily consumed in traveling to and from his home. This pay- 
 ment will be made on Form 19, Q. M. C, using the same remarks 
 given above and below for pay rolls. This payment will be 
 noted on the reservist's descriptive list. Upoa being discharged 
 on account of being rejected, final statements will be issued by 
 the proper officer, using War Department Form No. 370, on 
 which the reservist will be credited with all amounts due him as 
 pay and allowances, including any amount due him as reim- 
 bursement for traveling expenses incurred when ho Government 
 transportation was furnished or used. The remarks given above 
 for pay rolls are required on this voucher. 
 
 Reservists reporting in compliance with call will be taken up, 
 carried on the roll, and paid for the grade they hold in the 
 Reserve, and will be carrietl in the enlistment period in which 
 they were serving when furloughed to the Reserve. Pay for 
 active service begins with the date the reservist reports in per- 
 son to the military authorities in compliance with call and 
 terminates with the date of his relief from active service. 
 
 When reservists are assigned or attached to a unit for which 
 the act of June 3, 1916, fixes the number of enlisted men in cer- 
 tain grades, vacancies, as far as available, in such grades will 
 be filled by assignment of reservists, those not within the limit 
 
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 authorized being attaclied. Subsequent vacancies will not be 
 filled, except by assignment of reservists, until the number in 
 any grade is reduced below the number authorized for such 
 grade in such unit. Commanders of regiments, or battalions not 
 organized into regiments, will utilize vacancies for assignment 
 of reservists attached awaiting assignment and make the neces- 
 sary transfers within the regiment for such purpose. Re- 
 servists of the Quartermaster Corps, Medical Department, Ord- 
 nance Department, and Signal Corps, reporting under summons, 
 will be in addition to the number in each grade fixed by the 
 President. 
 
 87. Transportation will be furnished a reservist directed to 
 report for mobilization in the manner prescribed by paragraph 
 60. Reimbursement for subsistence en route, at rate pre- 
 scribed by paragraph 84, will be credited on the pay rolls and 
 the amount noted on the soldier's descriptive card. 
 
 Each member of the Regular Army Reserve who complies with 
 summons when mobilization is directed by the President, and 
 who is found physically fit for service, is entitled to the allowance 
 of clothing in kind, with the initial and yearly clothing money 
 allowance, authorized by Army Regulations and announced in 
 orders from the War Department for other enlisted men of his 
 grade. This will be issued, charged and settled for as provided 
 in Army Regulations. 
 
 88. A soldier recently furloughed to the Regular Army Re- 
 serve while at an over-sea station who arrives at a port in the 
 United States on a Government transport may be sent to a mili- 
 tary hospital in the vicinity of such port, and rations in kind 
 drawn for him as for a discharged soldier under paragraph 
 1453, Army Regulations. (Bui. No. 8, W. D., 1916.) 
 
 DVTIES AND EIGHTS OF RESEKVISTS. 
 
 89. On departure from active service a member of the Regu- 
 lar Army Reserve will have in his possession and retain until 
 his discharge his descriptive card and one copy of these regula- 
 tions (par. 16) and the uniform clothing enumerated in para- 
 graph 51. 
 
 90. Each member of the Regular Army Reserve will report 
 his address, and any change in name and address of nearest 
 relative to the officer in charge of his record once each quarter, 
 and any change between quarterly reports. ( Form 444, A. G. O. ) 
 (See par. 16.) 
 
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 91. Each member of the Regulai* Ai-my Reserve will present 
 himself for identification about January 1 and July 1 to any 
 of the officers described in paragraph 10 and request such offi- 
 cer to sign the report of identification and physical condition 
 (Form 575, A. G. O.) as soon as such blank form has been 
 I'eceived from the officer in charge of his record. Receipt semi- 
 annually of pay due will depend upon his compliance with duties 
 indicated in paragraph 17. 
 
 92. Each member of the Regular Army Reserve is liable to 
 be summoned, by order of the President, for annual field train- 
 ing. His first period of such training will be held after one 
 year's service in the Regular Army Reserve. He will not be 
 summoned for a period during which his term of enlistment will 
 expire. The annual field training will usually be held between 
 June 1 and December 1 in the United States, the time being 
 dependent upon climate, availability of officers and troops for 
 training, and the season in each portion of the country at which 
 reservists and citizens selected for training can most easily be 
 absent from their usual pursuits and most profitably be trained 
 in the field. 
 
 93. As soon as a member of the Regular Army Reserve re- 
 ceives notice of the time and place for field training he will ac- 
 knowledge receipt (Form 574, A. G. O.) and will arrange his 
 usual pursuits so as to be absent between thQ dates announced. 
 Since most men regularly employed are able to secure leave of 
 absence from their employers for two weeks annually, this 
 leave should be taken advantage of by a reservist at the time 
 his duty as a soldier requires his presence at field training. 
 The necessary travel to the place of training will usually in- 
 volve less than 24 hours. 
 
 94. Each member of the Regular Army Reserve will take 
 with him to the place of training designated his descriptive 
 card (for identification) and the clothing, uniform and other 
 than uniform, enumerated in paragraph 51. He may purchase 
 at cost while at a place designated for training such articles 
 of clothing as he may need to meet the requirements of para- 
 graph 51. 
 
 95. A member of the Regular Army Reserve is throughout his 
 enlistment period a soldier of the Regular Army. He is subject 
 to military law and is governed by the Articles of War. He owes 
 the same duties of obedience to his military superiors and is in 
 turn entitled to tlu> same consideration by sucli superiors as 
 
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 Army Regulations enjoin upon all persons in the military serv- 
 ice. For breaches of discipline he may be tried by court- 
 martial. For loss or destruction of Government property 
 through his neglect he may be required to reimburse the Gov- 
 ernment through stoppages on pay rolls. He has, in case of 
 such alleged neglect, the same right of appeal for investigation 
 by a surveying officer as has any soldier in active service. 
 
 96. A member of the Regular Army Reserve is not eligible to 
 enlist in the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Volunteer 
 Army, or the National Guard until discharged, either at the 
 expiration of his seven-year term of enlistment or until dis- 
 charged prior to expiration of such term in a manner author- 
 ized by law. 
 
 97. Any member of the Regular Army Reserve who, without 
 having first received a regular discharge, again enlists in the 
 Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States or in the 
 National Guard in the service of the United States or in any for- 
 eign army, shall be deemed to have deserted the service of the 
 United States ; and, where the enlistment is in one of the forces 
 of the United States mentioned above, to have fraudulently en- 
 listed therein. 
 
 98. A member of the Regular Army Reserve is not permitted 
 to leave the territorial limits of the United States, except to 
 visit or reside in its possessions, without authority of the Sec- 
 retary of War. Applications for such authority will be for- 
 warded through department commanders or the other officers 
 charged with keeping reservists' records. This authority will 
 be granted unless hostilities be actual or threatened. 
 
 99. Members of the Regular Army Reserve may be employed 
 in the classified and unclassified civil service, subject to such 
 regulations, examinations, and tests as may be prescribed by 
 the Civil Service Commission. 
 
 100. Unmarried members of the Regular Army Reserve under 
 30 years of age, citizens of the United States, physically sound, 
 who have served honorably not less than two years in the 
 Army and have a good moral character, may compete for ap- 
 pointment as second lieutenants. For vacancies in the grade 
 of second lieutenant created or caused by increases of the Army 
 under the act of June 3, 1916, one year's active service with 
 an organization is sufficient for enlisted men otherwise qualified. 
 
 101. Unmarried members of the Regular Army Reserve be- 
 tween the ages of 19 and 22 years who have served as enlisted 
 
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 men not less than one year may be selected, under such regula- 
 tions as the President may prescribe, for appointment as cadets 
 to the United States IMilitary Academy under the act of Con- 
 gress approved May 4, 1916. 
 
 102. Any enlistment of a member of the Regular Army Re- 
 serve in force on the date of the outbreak of war shall continue 
 in force for one year, unless sooner terminated by order of the 
 Secretary of War, but this shall not serve to shorten the time 
 of enlistment. (Sec. 31, act of June 3, 1916.) 
 
INDEX. 
 
 SUBJECT. 
 
 Par. 
 
 Address, changes recorded 20 
 
 Address, quarterly repoi't of 18, 19 
 
 Applicant for enlistment, declaration of 5 
 
 " Auxiliary to the Regular Army Reserve " 67 
 
 " Character " may be modified 39 
 
 Clothing allowance 87 
 
 Composition of Regular Army Reserve 2 
 
 Death of reservist, action taken 23, 42 
 
 Descriptive card, copy to disbursing quartermaster 15 
 
 Descriptive card, to place of field training 58 
 
 Descriptive card, delivered to reservist 17 
 
 Descriptive card, carried by reservist 89 
 
 Descriptive card, delivery after confinement 37 
 
 Descriptive card, to place of mobilization 68 
 
 Discharge, date noted on descriptive card 40 
 
 Discharge, how delivered to reservist 38 
 
 Discharge, final, of reservist 24 
 
 Disbursing quartermaster, notified on mobilization 69 
 
 Disbursing quartermaster, furnished copy of descriptive 
 
 card 15 
 
 Elimination of unfit (par. 148*, A. R.) 33 
 
 Enlistment, conditions 4 
 
 Enlistment, grade 22 
 
 Enlistment, period in reserve 3 
 
 Enlistment, papers forwarded 21 
 
 Enlistment, oath of 6 
 
 Enlistment, declaration 5 
 
 Enlistment, period extended on outbreak of war 102 
 
 Field training, duty of reservist 93 
 
 Field training, articles in possession 94 
 
 Field training, certificate of sick 49 
 
 Field training, clothing required 51 
 
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36 
 
 Par. 
 
 Field training, descriptive card to place of 58 
 
 Field training, form of summons 49 
 
 Field training, objects 44 
 
 Field training, period 43,92 
 
 Field training, place, time, manner 46 
 
 Field training, provisional organizations 48 
 
 Field training, when held 45 
 
 Field training, ammunition allowance 53 
 
 Field training, arms, equipment, etc 54 
 
 Field training, pay for what period 56 
 
 Field training, service not " active " 57 
 
 Field training, regular organizations 47 
 
 Field training, season 92 
 
 Field training, transportation 50, 84, 85 
 
 Field training, subsistence 84, 85 
 
 Furlough, date due 27 
 
 Furlough, by whom granted 27 
 
 Furlough, after one year's service 32 
 
 Furlough, if awaiting trial or sentence 36 
 
 Furlough, if under sentence 35 
 
 Furlough, if absent from organization 34 
 
 Furlough, in what grade 26 
 
 Furlough, if enlisted before November 1, 1916 28 
 
 Furlough, if enlisted on or after Noveiuber 1, 191G 30 
 
 Furlough, making time good before eligible for 31 
 
 Grade, mobilization 86 
 
 Hospital, admission on arrival in United States 88 
 
 Identification, semiannual report of 10. 91 
 
 Imprisonment, action when sentenced by civil court 41 
 
 Laws governing Regular Army Reserve 1 
 
 Medical treatment, arriving in United States 88 
 
 Mobilization, at stations of Regular Army 62 
 
 Mobilization, arms, equipment, clothing 71 
 
 Mobilization, clothing allowance 87 
 
 Mobilization, conditions 59 
 
 Mobilization, how effected 60 
 
 Mobilization, members Officers' Reserve Corps 70 
 
 Mobilization, notice by advertisement 66 
 
 Mobilization, physically unlit 72,86 
 
 Mobilization, raising organizations to maximum strength. 61 
 
 Mobilization, Regular Army Reserve units 63 
 
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 Par. 
 
 Mobilization, organization of temporary units in war 64 
 
 Mobilization, services of bureaus and departments on 65 
 
 Mobilization, transportation to place of 60 
 
 Mobilization, pay 86 
 
 Muster rolls, reservists dropped from, June 30, 1916 14 
 
 Oath of enlistment 6 
 
 Pay, when furloughed 73 
 
 Pay, purpose of semiannual 75 
 
 Pay, semiannual 74 
 
 Pay, semiannual, when paid 76 
 
 Pay, semiannual, by whom paid 77 
 
 Pay, semiannual notice to disbursing officers 78 
 
 Pay, collection of indebtedness 79 
 
 Pay, semiannual by check 81 
 
 Pay, semiannual suspended during active service 82 
 
 Pay, field training, how made 83 
 
 Pay, mobilization for having been a reservist 86 
 
 Pay rolls, remarks for 86 
 
 Physical examination before furlough 9 
 
 Physical examination, absence of medical officers 8 
 
 Physical examination, field training 11 
 
 Physical examination, mobilization 12 
 
 Physical examination, kind of, on enlistment 7 
 
 Physical inspection, semiannual, report of 10 
 
 Property lost or damaged 55 
 
 Records, transfer of present 14 
 
 Records, where kept 16 
 
 Regulations in hands of reservist 17, 89 
 
 Reports, to The Adjutant General of the Army monthly__ 23 
 
 Reports, by officer furloughing reservist 16, 17 
 
 Reports, by reservist 90 
 
 Retained in active service, by whom 29 
 
 Returns, reservists dropped from, June 30, 1916 14 
 
 Reservist, duties 17 
 
 Reservist, eligible for commission 100 
 
 Reservist, eligible for United States Military Academy 101 
 
 Reservist, employment in civil service 99 
 
 Reservist, enlistment period 102 
 
 Reservist, ineligible to reenlist 25 
 
 Reservist, ineligible to enlist 96 
 
 Reservist, penalty for enlisting without discharge 97 
 
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 Par. 
 
 Reservist, permission to leave the United States 98 
 
 Reservist, status , 95 
 
 Sulisistence, field training, en route to 84 
 
 Subsistence, field training, en route from 85 
 
 Subsistence, mobilization 87 
 
 StafE corps, mobilization, grade 86 
 
 Transportation, field training, from 85 
 
 Transportation, field training, to 84 
 
 Transportation, mobilization, to 60,87 
 
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