LIBRARY OK THK UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. G I F"r Accession No. ~ 7 A ~* '~ " x '~ ' REGULATIONS FOE THE ARMY or THE UNITED STATES 1895 WITH APPENDIX SEPARATELY INDEXED, SHOWING CHANGES TO JANUARY 1, 1899 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1899 0\ DEPARTMENT, October 31, 1895. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES directs that the fol- lowing Regulations for the Army be published for the government of all concerned, and that they be strictly observed. Nothing contrary to the tenor of these Regulations will be enjoined in any part of the forces of the United States by any commander whomsoever. DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War. NOTE. The Drill Regulations, the Instructions for Troops in Campaign, and the manuals and special regulations concerning the several staff depart- ments or particular branches of the service will contain, besides extracts from general regulations, such rules as have special application; but no regulations, orders, or instructions will be embodied therein which are in conflict with the Regulations for the Army. (Decision of Secretary of Wai; October 31, 1895.) in TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE I. Military discipline, 1-5. ARTICLE n. Precedence of regiments and corps, 6, ARTICLE ni Bank and precedence of officers and non- commissioned officers, 7-12. ARTICLE IV. Command, 1S-19. ARTICLE V. Appointment and promotion of commis- sioned officers, 20-31. ARTICLE VI. Staff appointments and details, military attaches, 32-37. ARTICLE vn. Chaplains, 38-41. ARTICLE VHI. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42, 43. ARTICLE IX. Leaves of absence to officers: Ordinary leaves, 44-59 Sick leaves, 60-64. ARTICLE X. Officers traveling on duty, 65-72. ARTICLE XL Retirement of officers, 73-76. ARTICLE XII. Resignation of officers, 77-80. ARTICLE XIII. Deceased officers, 81-85. ARTICLE XIV. Details to colleges, 86-90. ARTICLE XV. The post noncommissioned staff, 91-104. ARTICLE XVI. Detached soldiers, 105. ARTICLE XVII. Furloughs to soldiers, 106-112. ARTICLE XVIII. Transfer of enlisted men, 113,114. ARTICLE XIX. Deserters, 115-134. ARTICLE XX. Retirement of enlisted men, 135-139. ARTICLE XXI. Discharges, 140-153. Certificates of disabil- ity, 154-157. ARTICLE XXII. Deceased soldiers, 158-162. ARTICLE XXIII. Working parties. Extra and special duty men, 163-172. ARTICLE XXIV. Soldiers' Home, 173-176. ARTICLE XXV. Medals of honor and certificates of merit, 177-181. ARTICLE XXVI. Veterinary surgeons, 182-186 ARTICLE XXVII. The Commanding General of the Army, 187,188. ARTICLE XXVIII. Territorial departments, 189-197. ARTICLE XXIX. Military posts and reservations: Posts, 198- 209 Reservations, 210,211. ARTICLE XXX. Flags, colors, standards, and guidons, 212-225. ARTICLE XXXI. Regiments: Organization and instruction, 226-232 The regimental staff, 233- 242 Regimental records, 243, 244 Regimental bands, 245-250. ARTICLE XXXn. Troops, batteries, and companies: Officers and noncommissioned officers, 251-263 Company books and records, 264,265 - Interior economy of companies, 266-279 and cooking, 280-286. ARTICLE XXXIII. Councils of administration, 287-292. V VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE XXXIV. Regimental, bakery, company, and fnnds, 293-303. ARTICLE XXXV. Post bakeries, 304-309. ARTICLE XXXVI. Libraries, reading rooms, etc., 310-313. ARTICLE XXXVH. Post gardens, 314-316. ARTICLE XXXVIII. Post schools, 317-324. ARTICLE XXXIX. Post exchanges, 325, 326. ARTICLE XL. Care of fortifications and magazines, 327-343. ARTICLE XLI. Light artillery instruction, 344,345. ARTICLE XLII. Instruction in torpedo service, 346,347. ARTICLE XLIII. Artillery practice, 348-356. ARTICLE XLIV. Small-arms practice, 357-363. ARTICLE XLV. Roster, detachments, and daily service: The roster, 364-377 Detachments, 378- 382 Daily service, 363-388. ARTICLE XLVI. Honors, courtesies, and ceremonies : Hon- ors, 389-404 Salutes with cannon, 405- 419 Visits and courtesies, 420-425 Es- corts of honor, 426 Funeral honors, 427-447 Ceremonies, 448-452. ARTICLE XL VII. Guards, 453-456. ARTICLE XLVIII. Maps and reconnaissances, 457-461. ARTICLE XLIX. The service schools, 462-468. ARTICLE L. The Government Hospital for the Insane, 469-473. ARTICLE LI. Indians: Indian country, etc., 474-480 Indian scouts,, 481-485. ARTICLE LH. Employment of troops in the enforcement of the laws, 486-491. ARTICLE LHL Cemeteries, 492-4991 ARTICLE LIV. Printing: Newspaper advertising, 600- 609 Job printing, 510-514. ARTICLE LV. Purchase of supplies and engagement of services: General provisions, 515-519 Advertising for proposals, 520-524 Pro- posals, 525-541 Awards, 542-547 Ab- stracts of proposals, 548 Methods of purchase, 549-558 Contractors' bonds, 559-565 Oral agreement, 566-568 Re- ports of purchases, 569 Marking sup- plies by contractors, 570. ARTICLE LVI. Bonds of disbursing officers, bidders, and contractors, 571-578. ARTICLE LVII. Money accountability: Public moneys, 579- 586 Disbursing officers, 587-593 Transfers, 594,595 Checks, 596-604 Official check books, 605-607 Certificates of deposit, 608-613 Proceeds of sales, 614-616 Appropriations, 617-625 Ac- counts current, 626-630 Money vouch- ers, 631-652 Pecuniary responsibility of officers, 653,654 Administrative exami- nation of money accounts, 655, 656. ARTICLE LVIII. Public property accountability and respon- sibility: General provisions, 657-680 Damaged, lost, destroyed, etc., 681-691 Property accountability, 692-700 Ad- ministrative examination property re- turns, 701-702. ARTICLE LIX. Lands, buildings, and improvements, 703- 707. ARTICLE LX. Boards of survey, 708-723. ARTICLE LXI. Civilian employees: General provisions, 724-728 Traveling expenses, 729-735. ARTICLE LXII. Staff administration, 736-747. ARTICLE LXHI. Adjutant-General's Department, 748-75L ARTICLE LXIV. Military correspondence, 752-769. ARTICLE LXV. Orders, 770-783. ARTICLE LXVI. Muster and pay rolls, 784-788. ARTICLE LXVH. Returns of troops, 789-798. TABLE OF CONTENTS. VII ARTICLE LXVIII. Records, 799-803. ARTICLE LXIX. Personal and efficiency reports, 804-813. ARTICLE LXX. Penalty envelopes, 813-817. ARTICLE LXXL The recruiting service: Classification and details, 818-830 Rendezvous and sta- tions, 831,833 Enlistments, 833-840 Medical inspection, 841-S48 Recruits sent to regiments, 849-853 Department and regimental recruiting, 854-856. ARTICLE LXXIL Inspector-General's Department: General provisions, 857-863 Special duties, 864, 865 Stated inspections, 866-873 Meth- ods of inspection, 873-875 Disburse- ments and accounts, 876,877 Property for condemnation, 878-889. ARTICLE LXXIII. Judge - Advocate - General's Department, ARTICLE LXXFV. Arrest and confinement, 897-816. ARTICLE LXXV. Courts-martial, 917-961. ARTICLE LXXVI. Civilian witnesses, 963-966. ARTICLE LXXVII. Employment of civil counsel, 967,968 Habeas corpus, 969-971. ARTICLE LXXVIII. Quartermaster's Department: General duties, 973-975 Barracks and quarters, 976-1011- Illuminating supplies, 1012 1033 Stationery, 1033-1037 Purchase of public animals, 1038-1037 Veterinary medicines, 1038-1040 Forage and straw, 1041-1049 Care of and accountability for property, 1050-1064 Horses of mounted officers, 1065-1069 Transportation, 1070- 1163 Clothing and equipage, 1163- 1305 Telegraphing, 1206-1316 Tele- phoning, 1317 Records, 1218-1230 Re- turns and reports, 1331-1225. ARTICLE LXXIX. Subsistence Department: General duties, 1336 Commissaries, 1337-1239 Sub- sistence supplies in bulk, 1330-1238 Transfers in bulk, 1339-1241 Gains, wastage, and deficiencies, 1243-1246 Index to Appendix, 357-359. ARTICLE LXXIX Continued. Storehouses, 1247-1249 Fresh meats, 1250 The ration, 1251-1255- Travel ration, 1256 Liquid coffee, 1357 Issues of rations, 1358-1264 Other issues of subsistence stores, 1365-1268 Savings, 1269-1371 Commutation, 1272-1279 Sales, 1280-1292 Blank forms, 1293 Accounts and returns,1294. ARTICLE LXXX. Pay Department: General provisions, 1295- 1397 Payments to officers, 1298-1313 Pay during absence, 1314-1330 Travel allowances, 1331-1335 Commutation of quarters, 1336-1342 Stoppages, 1343- 1346 Payment of cadets, 1347 Pay- ment of enlisted men, 1348-1364 Re-en- listment and continuous-service pay, 1365- 1367 Forfeitures and deductions, 1368, 1369 Certificate of merit, 1370 Depos- its, 1371-1379 Pay of deserters, 1380, 1381 Payment of discharged soldiers, 1383-1388 Miscellaneous, 1389-1391. ARTICLE LXXXI. Medical Department: General provisions, 1393, 1393 Appointments, 1394,1395 The hospital corps, 1396-1411 Company bearers, 1413, 1413 Ambulances and lit- ters, 1414-1419 Field service, 1420- 1433 Hospital buildings, 1434-1430 Sick call, 1431, 1432 General hospitals, 1433, 1434 Service of hospitals, 1435- 1449 Medical attendance, 1450-1459 Medical supplies, 1460-1463 Reports and returns, 1464-1466 Artificial limbs, 1467- 1471. ARTICLE LXXXIL Corps of Engineers, 1472-1487. ARTICLE LXXXIII. Ordnance Department: General provisions, 1488-1491 Issues and sales, 1492-1510 Expenditure of ammunition, 1511-1514 Surplus or damaged stores, 1515-1533 Inspection of ordnance supplies, 1534- 1536- Packing and transportation, 1527- 1531 Returns and reports, 1532-1536. ARTICLE LXXXIV. The Signal Corps,-1537-1547. ARTICLE LXXXV. Uniform, 1548-1551. ARTICLE LXXXVI. Blank forms, 1552. Articles of War (Revised Statutes, 1342 and 1343), pp. 217-33L Index, pp. 285-355. REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. ARTICLE I. MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 1. All persons in the military service are required to obey strictly and to execute promptly the lawful orders of their superiors. 2. Military authority will be exercised with firmness, kindness and jus- tice. Punishments must conform to law and follow offenses as promptly as circumstances will permit. 3. Superiors are forbidden to injure those under their authority by tyran- nical or capricious conduct, or by abusive language. 4. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline ; respect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on duty but will be extended on all occasions. 5. Deliberations or discussions among military men conveying praise or censure, or any mark of approbation, toward others in the military service, and all publications relating to private or personal transactions between officers, are prohibited. Efforts to influence legislation affecting the Army, or to procure personal favor or consideration, should never be made except through regular military channels ; the adoption of any other method will be noted in the military record of those concerned. ARTICLE II. PRECEDENCE OP REGIMENTS AND CORPS. 6. On all occasions of ceremony, except funeral escort, troops are arranged from right to left in line, and from head to rear in column, in the following order : First, infantry ; second, light artillery ; third, cavalry. Artillery serving as infantry is posted as infantry ; dismounted cavalry and marines are on the left of the infantry ; engineer troops are on the right of the command to which they are attached ; detachments of the hospital corps are assigned to place according to the nature of the service. When cavalry and light artil- lery, or light artillery and infantry, are reviewed together without other troops, the artillery is posted on the left. In the same arm, regulars, volun- teers, and militia are posted in line from right to left, or in column from head to rear, in the order named. In reviews of large bodies of troops the different arms and classes are posted at the discretion of the commanding general, due regard being paid to their position in camp. On all other occasions troops of all classes are posted at the discretion of the general or senior commander. 13691 1 RANK AND PRECEDENCE. ARTICLE III. RANK AND PRECEDENCE OF OFFICERS AND NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 7. Military rank is that character or quality bestowed on military persons whicji marks their station, and confers eligibility to exercise command or authority in the military service within the limits prescribed by law. It is divided into degrees or grades, which mark the relative positions and powers of the different classes of persons possessing it. S. Rank is generally held by virtue of office in a regiment, corps, or depart- ment, but may be conferred independently of office, as in the case of retired officers and of those holding it by brevet. 9. The following are the grades of rank of officers and. noncommissioned officers : 12. Ordnance, commissary, and post quartermaster-sergeant, hos- pital steward, first-class ser- geant of the Signal Corps, chief musician, principal musician, chief trumpeter, and saddler sergeant. 13. First sergeant. 14. Sergeant and acting hospital steward. 15. Corporal. 1. Major-general. 2. Brigadier-general. 3. Colonel. 4. Lieutenant-colonel. 5. Major. 6. Captain. 7. First lieutenant. 8. Second lieutenant. 9. Cadet. 10. Sergeant-major (regimental). 11. Quartermaster-sergeant (reg- imental) . In each grade, date of commission, appointment, or warrant, determines the order of precedence. 10. Officers of the Regular Army, Marine Corps, and volunteers when com- missioned or mustered into the service of the United States, being upon equal footing, take precedence in each grade by date of commission or appoint- ment. Militia officers, when employed with the regular or volunteer forces of the United States, take rank next after all officers of like grade in those forces 11. Between officers of the same grade and date of appointment or com- mission, other than through promotion by seniority, relative rank is deter- mined by length of service, continuous or otherwise, as a commissioned officer of the United States, either in the Regular Army, or, since April 19, 1861, in the volunteer forces. When periods of service are equal, prece- dence will, except when fixed by order of merit on examination, be deter- mined, first, by rank in service when appointed ; second, by former rank in the Army or Marine Corps ; third, by lot, among such as have not been in the military service of the United States. 12. The relative rank between officers of the Army and Navy is as fol- lows, lineal rank only being considered: General with admiral. Lieutenant-general with vice-ad- miral. Major-general with rear-admiral. Brigadier-general with commodore. Colonel with captain. Lieutenant-colonel with commander. Major with lieutenant- commander. Captain with lieutenant. First lieutenant with lieutenant (junior grade) . Second lieutenant with ensign. COMMAND APPOINTMENTS, ETC. 3 ARTICLE IV. COMMAND. 13. Command is exercised by virtue of office and the special assignment of officers holding military rank who are eligible by law to exercise com- mand. Without orders from competent authority an officer can not put himself on duty by virtue of his commission alone, except as contemplated in the 24th and 122d Articles of War. 14. The following are the commands appropriate to each grade: 1. For a captain, a company. 2. For a major or lieutenant-colonel, a battalion or squadron. 3. For a colonel, a regiment. 4. For a brigadier-general, two regiments. 5. For a major-general, four regiments. 15. The functions assigned to any officer in these regulations by title of office devolve upon the officer acting in his place, except when otherwise specified. An officer in temporary command shall not, except in urgent cases, alter or annul the standing 'orders of the permanent commander without authority from the next higher commander. 16. An officer who succeeds to any command or duty stands in regard to his duties in the same situation as his predecessor. The officer relieved will turn over to his successor all orders in force at the time, and all the public property and funds pertaining to his command or duty, and will receive therefor duplicate receipts showing the condition of each article. 17. An officer of Engineers or Ordnance, or of the Adjutant-General's, Inspector-General's, Judge- Advocate-General's, Quartermaster's, or Subsist- ence Department, or of the Signal Corps, though eligible to command, accord- ing to his rank, shall not assume command of troops unless put on duty under orders which specially so direct, by authority of the President. 18. An officer of the Pay or Medical Department can not exercise com- mand, except in his own department ; but by virtue of his commission he may command all enlisted men like other commissioned officers. 19. When an officer is charged with directing an expedition or making a reconnaissance, without having command of the escort, the commander of the escort will consult him touching all arrangements necessary to secure the success of the operation. ARTICLE V. APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 20. Notices of appointments and promotions are issued by the War Department, through the Adjutant-General of the Army. 21. Appointment to the grade of general officer is made by selection from the Army. 22. Promotions in established staff corps and departments to include the grade of colonel will be made by seniority, subject to the examinations re- quired by. law. 23. Promotions in the line of the Army to include the grade of colonel, in each arm of the service, will be made by seniority, subject to the examina- tions required by law, except that all officers of the line of the Army in 4 APPOINTMENTS, ETC. service October 1, 1890, above the grade of second lieutenant, will, subject to the prescribed examinations, be promoted in accordance with the regula- tions existing on that date. 24. Vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant existing on the 1st day of July each year are filled by appointment, in order, as follows:- (1) From graduates of the United States Military Academy; (2) from enlisted men of the Army found duly qualified; (3) from civil life. 25. With a view to the selection of proper enlisted men of the Army as " candidates for promotion" to the grade of second lieutenant, each depart- ment commander will, as soon as practicable after March 15 of each year, convene a board of five officers for the preliminary examination of the soldiers of his command who are legally qualified applicants for a com- mission, to determine their eligibility for the competitive examination. This board will institute a rigid inquiry into the character, capacity, record, and qualifications of the several candidates, and will recommend none for competitive examination who are not able to establish their fitness for pro- motion to the entire satisfaction of the board. On September 1 of each year the War Department will convene a board of five officers for the final com- petitive examination to determine the fitness and order of merit for promo- tion of the soldiers who have successfully passed the preliminary examina- tion. Two members of each board will be officers of the Medical Department. 26. Each enlisted man recommended in accordance with the law and the foregoing regulation will receive from the Adjutant-General of the Army a certificate of eligibility for appointment to the grade of second lieutenant and will be known as a " candidate" for promotion. He will have the title "candidate " prefixed to his name in all rolls, returns, orders and correspond- ence in which it appears, and will be entitled to wear the candidate's stripes on the sleeves of uniform coat, blouse, and overcoat, so long as he holds this specially honorable position. The candidate's stripe will be worn on the upper half of each cuff. It will consist of a double stripe running the length of the cuff, pointed at the upper end and with a small button below the point of the stripe ; for uniform coat, of gold braid ; for blouse and overcoat, of cloth of same color as facings of uniform ; width of braid or cloth, one- quarter inch ; width of space between braid, one-eighth inch. 27. The eligibility of a candidate for appointment as second lieutenant and his privileges as candidate terminate the 1st of September next succeed- ing his competitive examination, unless he shall again be recommended on competitive examination. A candidate who becomes ineligible by reason of age will be entitled to wear the candidate's stripe on the left sleeve so long as he maintains his good standing in the service. Having passed a depart- mental board, but having failed to pass the competitive board, he may again be examined by the competitive board on proper application made through department headquarters; he will not be required to pass a departmental board a second time. An applicant who twice fails in competitive exam- ination to obtain a certificate of eligibility as candidate for promotion can not again compete for that position. 28. Candidates who may be guilty of misconduct will be promptly reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army, through regimental and department headquarters, the report to contain a full statement of the alleged misconduct, with names of witnesses. The department commander STAFF APPOINTMENTS ATTACHES. 5 will see that the candidate has a fair and impartial hearing, and will forward the report for the decision of the Secretary of War. 29. Candidates for promotion will not be deprived of the privileges of their position unless by sentence of a general court-martial or the order of the Secretary of War, except by operation of law or regulations. While hold- ing the privileges of that position they will not be brought before a summary or field officer's court, or a garrison or regimental court-martial. 30. A soldier to be eligible for the position of candidate for promotion must be a citizen of the United States, unmarried, between 21 and 30 years of age on the 1st of September following his preliminary examination, and of good moral character both before and after enlistment. An applicant will not be ordered for the preliminary examination unless it is apparent that, on the 1st of September next following, he will have served honorably not less than two years, exclusive of technical service due to furlough or other absence from duty in his own interest; nor for the final competitive examination unless he shall have so served. Applications will be made to department commanders on or before February 1 of each year, and com- pany commanders in forwarding them will certify all furloughs had by applicants, stating under what authority they were granted. 31. A civilian to be eligible for appointment must be a citizen of the United States, unmarried, between 21 and 27 years of age, must be examined and approved as to habits, moral character, mental and physical ability, education, and general fitness for the service, by a board convened and con- stituted as provided in paragraph 25 for the final competitive examination of soldiers. ARTICLE VI. STAFF APPOINTMENTS AND DETAILS. MILITARY ATTACHES. 32. As far as practicable, all appointments and details for staff duties will be equalized among the several regiments. 33. A major-general is allowed by law three aids, to be taken from cap- tains or lieutenants of the Army. A brigadier-general is allowed two, to be taken from the lieutenants of the Army. An officer assigned to duty in accordance with his brevet rank as major-general or brigadier-general may, with the special sanction of the War Department, be allowed the aids of the grade. General officers may select their aids from officers serving in their commands, subject to the restrictions herein prescribed, but appointments as aids of officers serving without such limits must receive the approval of the Secretary of War. An officer will be appointed aid to a general officer only after he shall have actually served with troops for at least three of the five years immediately preceding such appointment. He will hold such appointment for no longer period than four years, except that, upon the request of a general officer whose retirement by reason of age will occur within one year, the tour of four years may be extended by the Secretary of War to the date of such retirement. 34. In making details for special duty and detached service, due con- sideration will be given to the efficiency, zeal, and reliability of officers as evidenced by the record of their services. 35. An officer will not be detached from his regiment or corps until he has served at least three years therewith, and when an officer shall have 6 ATTACHES CHAPLAINS TRANSFERS. been so detached for a period of four years, unless he be assigned to special duty by the War Department, he will apply for orders to be relieved. 36. An officer of the Army serving as military attache abroad will be entitled to the following allowances : A suitably furnished office when needed, or an unfurnished room with one desk or table, six chairs, one book or file case, the articles allowed for an office desk by Regulations, and the stationery required in the performance of public duty, to be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, and in either case the regulation allow- ance of fuel for one office fire. Mounted officers will be allowed forage if horses are actually kept, and officers not mounted, or mounted officers not drawing forage, the hire of a horse when necessary for mounted duty. Necessary funds for these allowances and blank forms for reports and returns will be procured by requisition on the Quartermaster-General. Money accounts will be rendered quarterly. Items for necessary cost of exchange will be entered on accounts current, the entries of each being supported by the certificate of the officer that current rates of exchange were paid and that other vouchers are not obtainable. Allowances of mile- age, commutation of quarters, and, except -as provided in paragraph 1121, transportation, are the same as when on other duty. 37. All publications of a military nature issued by the Government intended for delivery abroad will, unless otherwise ordered, be sent to the War Department, marked, "Division of Military Information." ARTICLE VII. CHAPLAINS. 38. Post chaplains will be assigned and transferred by the Secretary of War. 39. Department commanders will from time to time recommend such transfers of chaplains in their commands as may be deemed for the best interests of the service. 40. Chaplains will render to the Adjutant-General of the Army, through the usual military channels, on prescribed forms, monthly reports of duties performed. They will keep an accurate record of all marriage, baptismal, and funeral services performed by them, both for persons in the military service and for civilians. This will be one of the post records, and will be subject to examination by inspectors. 4 1. Chaplains will not be required to turn out with troops on occasions of ceremony, but will be inspected at post chapels, schoolrooms, or libraries, as may be designated by post commanders. ARTICLE VIII. TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS. 42. Officers transferred from one arm or corps to another, on mutual application, will be nominated for reappointment with rank as of the date of the commission of the junior officer previous to the transfer, and upon confirmation will be recommissioned accordingly. An officer of the lowest grade in any arm or corps who may be transferred, on his own application, to a vacancy in his grade in any other arm or corps will take rank next after the junior officer of the arm or corps to which he is transferred, and will be LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 7 nominated for reappointment, with a new date of rank if necessary to fix his proper position, and upon confirmation will be recommissioned accordingly. These new appointments and commissions will determine the rank of trans- ferred officers in their regiments and corps, as well as in the Army. 43. Officers in each arm of the service will be transferred from one regi- ment to another therein, as the interests of the service require, by orders from the War Department, without change of rank or commission. The transfer or exchange of company officers of a regiment will be made by the Commanding General of the Army. ARTICLE IX. LEAVES OP ABSENCE TO OFFICERS. ORDINARY LEAVES. 44 . In time of peace the commander of a post may grant leaves of absence not to exceed seven days at one time, or in the same month; and he may give permission to apply to the proper authority for extension of such leaves for a period not to exceed twenty- three days. 45. The commander of a post may take leave of absence not to exceed seven days at one time, or in the same month, reporting the fact to his next superior commander. 46. A department commander may grant leaves for one month and the Commanding General of the Army for two months; or they may extend to such periods those granted by subordinate commanders. Applications for leaves of more than two months' duration, or from officers of the staff corps and departments for more than one month, or from department commanders desiring leaves of absence to pass beyond the territorial limits of their com- mands, will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the action of the Secretary of War. 47. An application for leave must state its desired duration. Interme- diate commanders will indorse their recommendations upon the application. 48. Chiefs of bureaus may grant leaves for one month to officers of their respective corps serving under their immediate direction, or extend to that period those already granted to such officers. 49. Leaves of absence for three months, from date of graduation, will be allowed to graduates of the Military Academy. They will not be counted against them in subsequent applications for leave, but can not be postponed to another time. 50. Leaves of absence will not be granted so that a company will be left without a commissioned officer, or a post without two commissioned officers and competent medical attendance; nor will leave of absence be granted to an officer during the season of active operations, except in case of urgent necessity. 51. Leave of absence exceeding seven days, except under extraordinary circumstances particularly stated in the application, will not be granted to an officer until he has joined his regiment or corps, and served therein at least two years. 52. Applications for leaves of absence will not be made except through military channels, nor will extensions be granted unless ^recommended by competent authority. 8 LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 53. Leaves of absence will be granted in terms of months and days, as " one month," " one month and ten days." Leave for one month, beginning on the first day of a calendar month, will expire with the last day of the month, whatever its number of days. Commencing on an intermediate day, the leave will expire the day preceding the same day of the next month. The day of departure, whatever the hour, is counted as a day of duty; the day of return, as a day of absence. 54. A leave of absence commences on the day following that on which the officer departs from his proper station. The expiration of his leave must find him at his post, except as indicated in paragraph 1331. A leave of absence granted an officer in the field, or on special duty, will take effect on the termination of the campaign, or on the completion of such duty, unless in the opinion of the department commander his services can sooner be spared, in which case it will take effect at such time as the department commander may direct. In all other cases an officer is expected to avail him- self of a leave as soon as proper facilities offer, unless a specific date is stated in the order, and if unable to do so, he will report the fact to the authority granting the leave. 55. Officers will not leave the United States to go beyond the sea, with- out permission from the War Department. 56. An officer of the Army visiting foreign countries, whether on duty or leave, will avail himself of all proper opportunities to obtain military information, especially such as pertains to his branch of the service. He will report the results of his observations to the Adjutant-General of the Army on his return to duty, or sooner if practicable. 57. An officer granted leave of absence for more than seven days will, before taking advantage thereof, report to his post and regimental or corps commander and to the Adjutant-General of the Army the probable date of his departure and his new address, and thereafter he will immediately report any change in his address to the same officers. Verbal permits for less than twenty-four hours are not counted as leaves of absence, but every other absence, of whatever duration, with date of departure and return, will be noted on the post regimental and department returns. 58. Permission to hunt will not be considered as a leave of absence if the officer on his return to the station forwards to department headquarters, through his commanding officer, a certificate that his time while absent was employed solely in hunting, and furnishes a report giving as complete a description as possible of the country traversed by him. 59. All applications for extensions of leaves of absence or for delays, and all correspondence regarding them, will pass through military channels. SICK LEAVES. 60. Application for leave of absence on account of sickness will be made to the commanding officer, who will refer it to the surgeon. The surgeon will examine the applicant and should he find the leave necessary to restore health, he will submit to the commanding officer a medical certificate in the prescribed form, stating explicitly the nature, seat, and degree of the disease, wound, or disability, the cause thereof if known, and the period during which the officer has suffered from it. He will also give his opinion as to whether the disease, wound, or disability can be satisfactorily treated within the department in which the officer is stationed, or whether a change of climate LEAVES OF ABSENCE TRAVELING ON DUTY. 9 or locality within the United States is necessary to afford more rapid or per- fect recovery, in which case the special place or region recommended will be designated, with reasons therefor. The surgeon will also state whether, in his opinion, the disease, wound, or disability requires treatment by a spe- cialist, and, if so, the nearest place where it can be obtained; also whether the wound or disease incapacitates the officer from all duty, or whether he can perform special duty, and, if so, the kind that he may undertake without endangering his ultimate cure. 61. The Commanding General of the Army and department commanders have the same authority to grant leaves of absence on account of sickness as to grant ordinary leaves. Permission to go beyond the limits of the com- mand in which the applicant is stationed will be given only when the certifi- cate of the medical officer shall state explicitly that it is necessary to afford rapid or perfect recovery. 62. On the expiration of a sick leave, if the officer be able to travel, he will proceed to his post or station. If an extension of such leave be neces- sary, he will make timely application therefor through the same channel as in case of request for extension of ordinary leave, basing his application upon a medical certificate in prescribed form. When he can not procure the cer- tificate of a medical officer he will substitute his own certificate, on honor, as to his condition, which will embrace a full statement of his case. While absent from duty he will make report in the same manner as if on ordinary leave. 63. An officer who starts to join his station at the expiration of a sick leave will be reported on the rolls and returns as "en route to join station from sick leave of absence," during the time necessarily consumed in mak- ing the journey to his post. Should he delay en route, or consume more time in the journey than is necessary, the commanding officer will require him to explain in writing the cause of delay. This explanation will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army, with the remarks of inter- mediate commanders. 64. An ordinary leave will not be changed to a sick leave, unless the offi- cer desiring it make application therefor through his post commander, by whom it will be referred to the surgeon, who will certify as to the neces- sity of the change, or otherwise, as the case may be. The post commander will forward the application through intermediate commanders, who will indorse their remarks thereon for the action of the Commanding General of Army or the Secretary of War. In all reports concerning absence on account of sickness the officer will state how long he has been absent sick, and by what authority. ARTICLE X. OFFICERS TRAVELING ON DUTY. 65. When an officer is ordered without troops from one post of duty to another, he will proceed by the shortest usually traveled route, without unnecessary delay. Upon his arrival at his new post he will immediately report in writing to the commanding officer the date of his departure from his former station, and submit a copy of his order, noting thereon the date he received it. If he shall appear to have made unnecessary delay en route, he will be required to explain the cause thereof. If the post commander deem the explanation unsatisfactory, he will forward the same, with a statement 10 TRAVELING ON DUTY RETIREMENTS. of the facts in the case, to the department commander. If the officer be superior in rank to the post commander, the required report will be made by the officer himself to the department commander. 66. Orders detaching an officer for special duty will direct him to return to his proper station on the completion of the duty assigned him, when it is intended that he shall do so. 67. Delays in obeying orders, in reporting for duty, or in returning to duty from leave can not be authorized except by the Secretary of War or the Commanding General of -the Army. Such delays will be regarded as leaves of absence, unless it be stated in the order granting them that they are in the interest of the public service. 68. Orders contemplating the payment of mileage must state the special duty enjoined, and that the travel directed is necessary for the public serv- ice. They will not direct travel beyond the limits of the command of the officer who issues them. When a general officer is ordered on duty beyond the limits of his command, he may order an officer of his staff to accom- pany him; if ordered to change station, he may order the necessary change of station of his personal staff. 69. Staff officers not serving under department commanders will apply to the War Department for orders directing necessary travel on public busi- ness. 70. When urgent public duty has compelled travel, without authority previously obtained, the case will be immediately reported to the proper superior officer, whose approval in subsequent orders will be accepted as though previously issued. 71. Orders directing officers to visit Washington for the settlement of their accounts will be issued only by the Secretary of War. 72. Officers and enlisted men reporting as witnesses before a civil court should receive from the civil authorities the necessary expenses incurred in travel and attendance. Neither mileage nor travel allowances will be paid in such cases by the War Department. If, however, it is absolutely neces- sary to furnish them transportation in kind to enable them to appear, as witnesses for the Government, before a civil court of the United States, an account of such expenditure, together with the evidence that they were properly subpoenaed and did attend the court, will be forwarded to the War Department for presentation to the Department of Justice. Officers provid- ing such transportation will notify the court, or the marshal thereof, that it was furnished to enable the witnesses to perform the requisite journeys in obedience to the summons. ARTICLE XI. RETIREMENT OP OFFICERS. 73. When an officer becomes disabled for the performance of duty by reason of wounds, sickness, or improper habits, his immediate commander will report the facts to the department commander for the action of the War Department. The report in each case will contain specific statements and the names of witnesses by whom they can be substantiated. 74. Habitual intemperance, gambling, or other vices that tend to cor- rupt an officer and lower the professional standard, will be regarded as proper subjects for the consideration and report of a retiring board. RETIREMENTS RESIGNATIONS DECEASED OFFICERS. 11 75. When ample testimony establishes the fact that an officer has through vicious indulgence slighted or neglected his duties to such a degree as to make it unsafe to intrust him with a command, or with responsibility that properly belongs to his grade, and when it is shown that such habits have continued for such length of time as to render permanent reformation im- probable, this fact, rather than his condition when he appears before the board, shall weigh in its verdict as to his incapacity for active duty. 76. The uniform of an officer on the retired list is that of his actual rank in his regiment or corps when retired, except that the number of the regi- ment or insignia of corps or department will not be worn. A retired officer with brevet commission, either in the regular or volunteer service of the Army of the United States, may wear the uniform of his highest brevet grade, and an officer who has held a commission, not brevet, in the volun- teer service, may wear the uniform of his highest grade in that service except that 'the number of the regiment or insignia of corps or department will not be worn. ARTICLE XII. RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. 77. A resignation tendered by an officer will be forwarded by his com- manding officer, through prescribed channels, to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the decision of the President. Until duly accepted, the officer will not be considered as out of the service. 78. A resignation tendered under charges will be forwarded, accompa- nied by a report of the case, or if practicable, a copy of the charges. All correspondence with the War Department, on the part of the officer who tenders the resignation, will be conducted through prescribed channels. 79. Leave of absence will not be granted on tender of resignation unless the resignation be unconditional and immediate. When leave is requested, the officer's address will accompany the resignation. 80. An officer of the Army on the active list who accepts or exercises the functions of a civil office thereby ceases to be an officer of the Army. An officer on the active list can not lawfully accept or hold any office cre- ated by State statutes, whether in State military organizations or otherwise. ARTICLE XIII. DECEASED OFFICERS. 81. The death of an officer, with place, cause, day, and hour, will be reported without delay by his immediate commander direct to the Adjutant- General of the Army. A duplicate of this report will be forwarded to department headquarters. When the death occurs away from the officer's station, in hospital or on leave, the medical officer, if one be present, or any officer having cognizance of the fact, will make the report. 82. Inventories of the effects of deceased officers, as required by the 125th Article of War, will be transmitted to the Adjutant-General of the Army. If legal representatives take possession of the effects the fact will be stated in the inventory. 83. If there be no legal representatives present to receive the effects, a list of them will be sent to the nearest relative of the deceased. At the end 12 DECEASED OFFICERS COLLEGE DETAILS. of two months, if not called for. they will be sold at auction and accounted for as in the case of deceased soldiers, except that swords, watches, trinkets, and similar articles will be labeled with the name, rank, regiment, and date of death of the owner, and sent through the Adjutant-General to the Audi- tor for the War Department for the benefit of the heirs. 84. On the death of an officer in charge of public property or funds, his commanding officer will appoint a board of survey, which will inventory the same, and make the customary returns therefor, stating accurately amounts and condition. These the commanding officer will forward to the chiefs of the bureaus to which the property or funds pertain, and he will designate an officer to take charge of such property or funds until orders in the case are received from the proper authority. 85. The remains of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field or at military posts, or when traveling under orders, will be decently inclosed in coffins, and unless claimed by relatives or friends, will be transported by the Quartermaster's Department to the nearest military post or national cemetery for burial. The expense of transporting the remains is payable from the appropriation for Army transportation ; other expenses of burial are limited to $75. If buried at the place of death, the fact will be reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army. ARTICLE XIV. DETAILS TO COLLEGES. 86. Officers of the Army may be detailed to act as superintendents or professors of established military institutes, seminaries or academies, col- leges or universities. Officers desiring such details may apply to the Adju- tant-General of the Army through regular channels. 87". Officers serving with light batteries, regimental staff officers, officers who have served less than five years in the Army or less than three years with their regiments or corps, those who have recently completed a tour of detached duty, and officers on duty as instructors or students at the service schools will not be eligible. 88. A retired officer may, at his own request, be detailed for this duty, or he may arrange to serve at a college without detail from, or reference to, the War Department. 89. No detail will be made to any college or university unless the officer is acceptable to the authorities of the institution. 90. Instructions to officers detailed under paragraph 86, and regulations concerning applications for officers, apportionment of details, and the issue of the ordnance stores authorized by law, will be furnished by the War Department. ARTICLE XV. THE POST NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF. 91. The post noncommissioned staff consists of ordnance, commissary, and post quartermaster sergeants. They are appointed by the Secretary of War, after due examination, from sergeants in the line of the Army; ordnance sergeants from those who have served at least eight years in the Army, including four years as noncommissioned officers, and who are less POST NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF. 13 than 45 years of age ; commissary sergeants, from those who have served five years in the Army, including three years as noncommissioned officers ; post quartermaster- sergeants, from those who have served four years in the Army. 92. An application for appointment must be in the handwriting of the applicant, and will briefly state the length and nature of his military serv- ice, and for what time and in what organizations he has served as a non- commissioned officer. The company commander will indorse thereon the character of the applicant, and his opinion as to his intelligence and fitness for the position. The application so indorsed will be submitted to the regi- mental commander, who will forward the same, with his remarks as to the merits of the applicant, to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 93. While the law contemplates in these appointments the better preser- vation of public property at the several posts, there is also a further con- sideration that of offering a reward to faithful and well-tried sergeants, thus giving encouragement to deserving soldiers to hope for substantial pro- motion. Colonels and captains can not be too particular in investigating and reporting upon the character and qualifications of applicants. 94. Before the applicant is appointed he will be examined by a board of officers convened for the purpose by the department commander under orders from the Secretary of War. 95. Preliminary to the examination by the board, the applicant will be examined by a medical officer, to determine whether he is physically fitted to perform all duties incident to the position sought. 96. The examining board will inquire into, and report upon, the age, character, service, and physical condition of the applicant ; upon his educa- tion, clerical proficiency, and general fitness to perform the duties of the position sought ; upon his knowledge of Army Regulations and the regula- tions of the department which he seeks to enter. 97. Before assignment to posts, ordnance sergeants will be sent to arse- nals, when practicable, for temporary duty and instruction. 98. The stations of post noncommissioned staff officers will be designated by the Secretary of War. 99. A sergeant of the post noncommissioned staff will assist the officer of his department, and will not be detailed upon any service that will inter- fere therewith. If the necessities of the service require such detail, the post commander will note the fact, with reasons therefor, on the sergeant's monthly personal report. 100. A sergeant of the post noncommissioned staff at an ungarrisoned post or station will be responsible for the property of his own department, and for such other property as may be intrusted to him for safe-keeping. For all public property committed to his charge he will account to the heads of the staff departments concerned, and if the means at his disposal are insuf- ficient for its preservation, he will report the facts. 101. The military control of noncommissioned officers of the general staff serving at posts not occupied by troops is vested in the commander of the territorial department in which they are serving. All matters relating to them as soldiers subject to military command, as distinguished from the administrative duties imposed upon them by regulations and orders, will, 14 POST NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF DETACHED SOLDIERS, except in cases of re-enlistment, be determined at department headquarters, where their descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing will be kept. When they are discharged a copy of the descriptive list, upon which will be noted the fact of discharge, with the date, place and cause, and the character given on the discharge certificate, will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 102. Each sergeant of the post noncommissioned staff will make such personal reports as may be required by the head of the staff department to which he belongs. The officer under whose orders he is serving will indorse on each report his opinion of the manner in which the sergeant has performed his duties, and the post commander will forward the report direct to the chief of bureau. If, there be no troops at the post, the sergeant will for- ward the report direct to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 103. A sergeant of the post noncommissioned staff may be re-enlisted, provided he shall have conducted himself properly and performed his duties in a satisfactory manner. If, however, his commanding officer shall not think it proper to make the re-enlistment, he will communicate his reasons to the Adjutant-General of the Army in time to receive the decision of the War Department before the sergeant's discharge. If serving at an ungarrisoned post, application for re-enlistment will be made by the sergeant to the Adju- tant-General of the Army, through department headquarters. One of the duplicate re-enlistment papers will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army ; the other will be filed at the sergeant's station, if a garrisoned post, or if not, at the headquarters of the department in which he is serv- ing. 1O4L Sergeants of the post noncommissioned staff, though liable to dis- charge for inefficiency or misconduct, will not be reduced. ARTICLE XVI. DETACHED SOLDIERS. 105. Enlisted men detached from their companies will be provided with descriptive lists showing the pay due them, the condition of their clothing allowances, and all information necessary to the settlement of their accounts with the Government should they be discharged. When it can be avoided, the descriptive list will not be intrusted to the soldier, but to an officer or noncommissioned officer, under whose charge he may be serving, or it may be forwarded by mail. The immediate commanding officer will note upon the descriptive lists the date and result of the last vaccination of each soldier. ARTICLE XVII. FURLOUGHS TO SOLDIERS. 106. Furloughs in the prescribed form for periods of twenty days may be granted to enlisted men by commanding officers of posts, or by regi- mental commanders, if the companies to which they belong are under their control. A furlough will not be granted to a soldier about to be discharged. 107. Department commanders may grant furloughs to enlisted men. ser- geants of the post noncommissioned staff excepted, for two months, and the Commanding General of the Army for four months , or they may extend to such periods furloughs already granted. For a longer period than four months the authority of the Secretary of War is necessary. Permission to FURLOUGHS TRANSFER OF ENLISTED MEN. 15 may be granted to enlisted men traveling under orders as authorized for furloughs. The conditions under which furloughs to soldiers on re-enlist- ment are authorized will be announced from time to time in orders. 108. Furloughs to sergeants of the post noncommissioned staff, or to enlisted men acting as such, may be granted as follows : By a post comman- der for seven days in case of emergency only ; by a department commander for one month. Application for furlough for a longer period will be for- warded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the decision of the Secre- tary of War. 109. Furloughs will not be granted by commanding officers permitting soldiers to go beyond the limits of the next higher command. To enable them to pass such limits the sanction of higher authority must be obtained and indorsed on the furloughs. The approval of the Secretary of War must be obtained to allow an enlisted man on furlough to leave the United States. The limits prescribed will be stated in the furlough, and if exceeded, it may be revoked and the soldier arrested. A company commander in forwarding an application for furlough will state previous absences on furlough, and the authority therefor. 110. On the application of a soldier on furlough, made at the nearest military station and showing clearly the urgency of his case, a department commander may order transportation and subsistence to be furnished to enable him to rejoin his proper station, and the company commander will charge the cost thereof against the soldier's pay on the next muster and pay roll, in accordance with paragraphs 1082 and 1277. The date of the application will be entered on the furlough. 1 1 1. A soldier who has returned from furlough to the station from which furloughed, his company having in his absence changed station, is entitled to transportation at the expense of the Government to the new station of his company. 112. Soldiers on furlough will not take with them their arms or accoutre- ments, and no payments will be made to them without authority from the Secretary of War. ARTICLE XVIII. TRANSFER OF ENLISTED MEN. 113. Transfers of enlisted men will be made for cogent reasons only. They will be effected as follows: 1. From one company to another of the same regiment, not involving change of station, by the colonel. In cases involving change, then by the colonel with the consent of the department commander if change of station is within department limits. 2. From one regiment to another, and between companies of the same regiment serving in different military departments, by the Commanding General of the Army. 3. In all other cases, by the Secretary of War. 114. A transfer will take effect on the receipt of the order at the post where the soldier is serving, and a descriptive list containing the date of transfer will be forwarded to the commanding officer of the company or detachment to which the soldier is transferred. 16 DESERTERS. ARTICLE XIX. DESERTERS. 115. When a soldier deserts, a board of survey will be called to ascer- tain whether he has lost or abstracted any articles of Government prop- erty, and if so, to determine the money value of the same. The value of the articles thus found to be missing will be charged against the deserter on the next muster and pay-roll of his company, which will be accom- panied by a copy of the board's report. A copy of so much of the proceed- ings as relates to the property charged on any roll will accompany the return to which the property pertains. The board will also fully investi- gate the circumstances attending desertion, especially the causes which induced it, and make a separate report in each case of its investigation and conclusions thereon, which will be transmitted to department headquarters through intermediate channels. 116. Department commanders will carefully consider the special reports made in accordance with the foregoing paragraph, and on or before the 1st of August of each year, forward to the Adjutant-General of the Army reports of the desertions which have occurred within their commands during the preceding fiscal year, with an expression of their views as to the causes of the same and the measures which should be taken to prevent their recurrence. Commanders of posts and officers in charge of recruiting sta- tions will take prompt action to arrest all deserters amenable to trial and punishment. 117. Deserters received at recruiting stations, if physically fit for service, will be sent at once to such military post as the commander of the depart- ment in which the arrest or delivery is made may designate, provided, how- ever, that recruit deserters and deserters physically disqualified for service will be held at the recruiting stations, and direct telegraphic report made to the Adjutant-General of the Army with request for instructions. The necessary transportation will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Depart- ment. 118. Soldiers deserting from and deserters received at a post other than the station of the companies or detachments to which they belong will be reported by the commanding officer of such post to the commanding officers of their companies or detachments. 119. When a report is received of the apprehension or surrender of a deserter at a post other than the station of his company, his company com- mander will immediately forward his descriptive list and account of pay and clothing to the officer making the report. 120. When a deserter surrenders or is delivered at a military post the post commander will cause immediate inquiry to be made in regard to dates of enlistment and desertion, and if these indicate that trial is barred by law, and the deserter claims to have been within the limits of the United States during two years of his absence in desertion and there is no attaina- ble evidence in disproof thereof, will require him to file an affidavit assert- ing his claim, will immediately set him at liberty with instructions to apply by letter to the Adjutant-General of the Army for a "deserter's release," and will then report his action to the Adjutant-General of the Army, trans- mitting with the report th affidayit above mentioned.. DESERTERS. 17 An enlisted man apprehended or surrendering as a deserter, and whose trial for desertion is not barred by the statute of limitations, will be examined by a medical officer at the post where he is received, and a report of this examination will be forwarded to department headquarters. If, on account of disease, age, or other permanent disability, the man is found unfit for service, the report, with the department commander's recommendation thereon, will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army. If the examination shows that the man is fit for service, the department com- mander will bring him to trial, or restore him to duty without trial, as the interests of the Government may dictate. 122. Whenever a desertion occurs at a post, the commanding officer will cause a number of descriptive lists of the deserter to be prepared on the special form prescribed. Copies of this list will be sent at once to such marshals, sheriffs, and police officers as the commanding officer may deem proper ; also to the officer in charge of any recruiting station at or near the deserter's place of enlistment, who will distribute them to the best advantage among civil officers in that vicinity authorized by existing law to summarily arrest deserters from the Army. 123. A post commander will promptly notify the surgeon of every deser- tion from his command, giving the full name, company, and regiment of the deserter, with dates of enlistment and desertion, and the surgeon will at once report the case to the Surgeon-General direct. When there is no surgeon on duty at the post, the post commander will make the report to the Surgeon-General. Blanks for this purpose will be furnished by the Medical Department. 124. A reward of $10 will be paid to any civil officer having the proper authority for the apprehension and delivery to the proper military author- ities at a military station (or at some convenient point as near thereto as can be agreed upon) of any deserter from the military service, except such as can claim exemption from trial under the statute of limitations. This reward will be paid by the Quartermaster's Department and will be in full satisfaction of all expenses for arresting, keeping, and delivering the deserter. The payment will be reported to the commander of the company or detachment to which the deserter belongs. 125. When enlisted men are sent in pursuit of a deserter, the expenses necessarily incurred will be paid whether he be apprehended or not, and will be reported as in payment of rewards. Should a written order be issued for this duty and a transportation request be furnished the party in pursuit, the name, rank, company, and regiment of the deserter will be stated in the order and also noted on the request. 126. Rewards or expenses paid for apprehending a deserter, and the expenses incurred in transporting him from point of apprehension, delivery, or surrender to the station of his company or detachment, or to the place of his trial, including the cost of transportation of the guard, will be set against his pay upon conviction of desertion by a court-martial, or upon his restoration to duty without trial. A soldier convicted by a court-martial of absence without leave will be charged with the expense incurred in trans- porting him to his proper station. The transportation and subsistence of witnesses will not bo charged against a deserter. 13691 2 18 DESERTERS. 127. If a soldier be brought to trial under a charge of desertion and acquitted, or convicted of absence without leave only, or if the sentence be disapproved by proper authority, any amount paid as a reward for his arrest will not be stopped against his pay unless, in case of conviction of absence without leave, the sentence of the court shall so direct. 12. A reward of $10 will be paid by the Quartermaster's Department for the capture and delivery at any military post of an escaped general prisoner. This amount will be in full for all expenses incurred in capture and delivery. The payment will be reported to the commanding officer of the post from which the prisoner escaped, and this officer will inform the Adjutant-General of the Army of the date of escape and the date and place of capture. 129. Deserters will be brought to trial with the least practicable delay. While awaiting trial they will receive no pay, and will be required to wear the clothes worn at the time of arrest, unless it should be imperative to issue other clothing, when, as far as practicable, only deserters' or other unserv- iceable clothing will be issued. 130. The clothing abandoned by a deserter will be turned over to the quartermaster with a certificate from the company or detachment com- mander showing its condition and the name of the deserter to whom it belonged. All other personal effects of a deserter will be disposed of as in the case of unclaimed effects of deceased soldiers. 131. A deserter will make good the time lost by desertion, unless dis- charged by competent authority. He will be considered again in service upon his return to military control ; but if a deserter enlists while in deser- tion, his services under such unlawful enlistment will not be counted as making good any of the time lost by desertion. 132. A deserter will not be restored to duty without trial, except by authority competent to order his trial. Such restoration does not remove the charge of desertion, nor relieve the soldier from any of the forfeitures attached to that offense. He must make good the time lost by desertion, refund the reward and expenses paid for apprehension and delivery, and forfeit pay while absent. 133. An enlisted man who absents himself from his post or company without authority will forfeit all pay and allowances accruing during such absence, and upon conviction by court-martial make good the time lost. No man will be reported a deserter until after the expiration of ten days (should he remain away that length of time) , unless the company commander has conclusive evidence of the absentee's intention not to return ; but com- manding officers will take steps to apprehend soldiers absent without leave as soon as that fact is reported. Should the soldier not return, or not be apprehended, within the time named, his desertion will date from the com- mencement of the unauthorized absence. An absence without leave of less than one day will not be noted upon the muster and pay rolls. 1 34. Soldiers not charged with crime, discovered to be deserters from the Navy or Marine Corps, will be dropped from the rolls of the Army. In such cases, reports with descriptive lists will be forwarded to the Adjutant- General of the Army by the proper commanding officer, who will hold the men in confinement without pay, awaiting instructions regarding their dis- position. Deserters from the Navy will not be received at military posts. RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN. 19 ARTICLE XX. RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN. 135. When an enlisted man shall have served as such for thirty years, either in the Army or the Marine Corps and the Army, he may apply to the Adjutant-General of the Army for retirement. Upon the approval of the application an order will be issued from the Adjutant-G-eneral's Office trans- ferring him to the retired list and directing that transportation in kind to his home and commutation of subsistence during necessary travel be given him. Length of war service (both enlisted and commissioned) with the Army in the field, or with the Navy or Marine Corps in active service (either as volunteer or regular) during the War of the Rebellion, will be doubled in computing the thirty years necessary to entitle him to be retired. 136. Upon receipt of the order for retirement, the soldier's immediate commanding officer will furnish him with final statements, closing his accounts of pay, deposits, and all allowances other than those of travel, as of the date of the receipt of the order ; he will forward to the Adjutant- General of the Army a descriptive list (in duplicate) , noting thereon the fact that final statements have been given, the re-enlistment or the continu- ous-service pay per month for which the soldier was last mustered, and his post-office address for the next thirty days. The descriptive list will bear the soldier's signature, or, if he can not write, a statement to that effect. The final statements and descriptive lists must state the date to which sub- sistence has been furnished, also whether subsistence while traveling home has been furnished, and, if so, for what dates. A discharge certificate will not be given, but the soldier will be dropped from the rolls of his command with appropriate explanatory remarks. The Pay Department will be notified and furnished with the soldier's signature, as in case of discharge. 137. On the last day of every calendar month each retired enlisted man will report to the Adjutant-General of the Army his post-office address. Blank forms for personal reports and pay accounts, with official penalty envelopes, will be furnished retired enlisted men upon application to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 138. The authorized pay and allowances of retired enlisted men will be paid them monthly by the Pay Department. Their pay will be three-fourths of the monthly pay allowed them by law in the grade held when retired, including re-enlisted and continuous-service pay then received. No deduc- tion will be made except the monthly tax of 12 cents for support of the Soldiers' Home. They are not entitled to commutation for fuel or quarters, but will receive commutation for subsistence and clothing as follows : For subsistence. At the rate of 22$ cents per day. For clothing. Three-fourths of the average annual allowance prescribed in orders for an entire enlistment in the grade from which retired, one- twelfth of such amount to be paid monthly. The allowance of clothing to chief musicians is the same as that to quartermaster-sergeants. 139. The Adjutant-General of the Army will furnish a descriptive list to each enlisted man on the retired list, who will forward the same at the end of each calendar month, with pay accounts signed in duplicate, to such paymaster as the chief paymaster of the department in which the soldier 20 RETIREMENT DISCHARGES. resides may designate. The paymaster will note the fact of payment on the descriptive list. If the soldier can not write, his mark should be witnessed by a commissioned officer, if practicable ; otherwise by some well-known person, preferably the postmaster of his place of residence. ARTICLE XXI. DISCHARGES. CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY. DISCHARGES. 140. An enlisted man will not be discharged before the expiration of his term except: 1. By order of the President or Secretary of War. 2. By sentence of a general court-martial. 3. On certificate of disability, by direction of the commander of a terri- torial department or army in the field ; but when the disability of a soldier is caused by disease contracted before enlistment, or by his own misconduct or bad habits, discharge will be ordered only by the Secretary of War. 4. In compliance with an order of one of the United States courts, or a justice or a judge thereof, on a writ of habeas corpus. 141. When an enlisted man is discharged, his company commander will furnish him with final statements in duplicate or a full statement in writing of the reasons why such final statements are not furnished. Final state- ments will not be furnished a soldier who has forfeited all pay and allow- ances and has no deposits nor detained pay due him. When the discharge is made on certificate of disability, the ascertained disability as recited in the certificate must be given in the final statements as the reason or cause for discharge. 142. When an enlisted man is discharged 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. 143. Discharge certificates will not be made in duplicate. Upon satis- factory proof of the loss of a discharge, or of its destruction without the fault of the party entitled to it, the War Department may issue to such party a certificate of service, showing date of enlistment in and discharge from the Army and character given on discharge certificate. Discharge certificates must not be forwarded to the War Department in correspondence unless called for. 144. In time of peace, a soldier serving in the second year or first six months of the third year of his first enlistment may apply to the Adjutant- General of the Army through military channels, for the privilege of purchas- ing his discharge, but such application will not be entertained unless based on satisfactory reasons fully set forth by the applicant and verified by the officer forwarding the application, nor unless accompanied by a statement of the soldier's immediate commanding officer showing the condition of his accounts. If such application be granted, the purchase price will be entered on the final statements as an item due the United States. A soldier once discharged by purchase will not be granted that favor a second time. A soldier serving in a second or any other enlistment, but not receiving con- tinuous service or re-enlisted pay, is not debarred from discharge by purchase. DISCHARGES. 21 The price of purchase in the first month of the second year will be $120, and will be $5 less in each succeeding month of the period during which purchase may be authorized. 145. Enlisted men who have served meritoriously twelve years or more, continuously or otherwise, will be classified as veteran soldiers. If it be for their material benefit, discharge may be granted them by the Secretary of War by way of favor as veterans. A soldier once discharged as a veteran will not be discharged again by way of favor. 146. Soldiers discharged as provided in paragraphs 144 and 145 will not receive travel allowances. 147. Transcripts from records of civil courts need not accompany appli- cations for discharge of enlisted men sentenced to imprisonment by such courts. The official statement of the company commander to that effect is sufficient. 148. The cause of discharge and the soldier's age at its date will be stated in the body of the discharge certificate. His character will be accu- rately described at the bottom of the certificate, but if not sufficiently good to allow of his re-enlistment, that portion of the certificate relating to his character will be cut off. The words " Service honest and faithful," or " Service not honest and faithful," as the case may be, will be entered under " Remarks " in the military record on the back of the discharge certificate, and will also be noted on the final statements. The company commander will, before submitting the discharge certificate to the proper officer for signature, inform the soldier of the character he intends to give him. Should the soldier feel that injustice will be done him thereby he may at once apply for redress to the post commander, who will immediately con- vene a board of officers to determine the facts in the case, and will briefly note the finding of the board, if approved by him, on the discharge certifi- cate. But in all cases where the company commander deems a soldier's services unfaithful, he should whenever practicable notify the soldier at least thirty days prior to discharge of the character which he intends to give, in order that the soldier may have ample opportunity to apply for and be heard before the board. In such cases the proceedings of the board, showing all the facts pertinent to the inquiry, with the views of the inter- mediate commanders indorsed thereon, will be transmitted for the consid- eration and action of the War Department. This board may be called upon the application of the post or company commander, and if by the former the department commander shall appoint it. The character given by the company commander, also the character found by the board, will be noted on the muster-roll. The officer who prepares the discharge will state thereon whether the man is married or unmarried, the number of his minor chil- dren, and, if discharged from a re-enlistment, the number thereof. 149. If a soldier be discharged while absent from his company, the date, place, and cause thereof will be reported to his company commander by the officer giving the discharge, and this report will be accompanied by a com- plete descriptive list. 150. In order to prevent payment on fraudulent discharge papers, the officer who prepares the final statements of a soldier will, shortly before his discharge, send to the paymaster to whom the soldier may wish to apply for payment, a notification in his own handwriting, stating therein the date of last payment to the soldier and his credits and debits, both in words and 22 DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY. figures. The officer will also send the soldier's signature, or will report that the soldier can not write his name. This notification will not be given to the soldier, but will be sent by mail, so as to reach the paymaster before the soldier can report for payment. The officer issuing the final statements will inform the discharged soldier, in writing, of the name and location of the paymaster to whom he shall apply for payment, and at the same time send the required notification to the designated paymaster. 151. Blank forms for discharge and final statements will be furnished by the Adjutant-General of the Army, and will be retained in the personal cus- tody of company commanders ; those for discharge will be of three classes : For honorable and for dishonorable discharge, and for discharge without honor. They will be used as follows: 1. The parchment discharge blank, for honorable discharge only, and the word "honorably " will be interlined in the old blanks when used. 2. The blank for dishonorable discharge, for such discharge alone. 3. The blank for discharge without honor, when a soldier is discharged : (a) Without trial, on account of fraudulent enlistment. (6) Without trial, on account of having become disqualified for service, physically or in character, through his own fault. (c) On account of imprisonment under sentence of a civil court. (d) On account of being, at the expiration of his term of enlistment, in confinement under the sentence of a general court-martial which does not provide for dishonorable discharge. (e) With forfeiture of retained pay on the approved finding of a board that he has not served honestly and faithfully. (/) When discharge without honor is specially ordered by the Secretary of War for any other reason. 152. A dishonorable discharge from the service is a complete expulsion from the Army, and covers all unexpired enlistments. 153. When transportation in kind is furnished a discharged soldier to enable him to reach a paymaster, the quartermaster will note on the final statements that "transportation in kind from - to - " has been furnished, stating the cost when it can be ascertained by him. If transpor- tation be furnished to a soldier discharged at the place of his enlistment, to enable hici to reach a paymaster, the cost thereof, which will be ascertained And noted on the final statements, will be deducted. CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY. 154. When an enlisted man is permanently unfitted for military service because of wounds or disease, he should, if practicable, be discharged on certificate of disability before the expiration of the term of service in which the disability was incurred. Blank forms will be furnished by the Adjutant- General of the Army, and the directions thereon will be strictly complied with. 155. When physical disability does not appear to be permanent, was incurred in line of duty, and benefit may be expected from a change of cli- mate, a report of the case will be forwarded for the action of the Command- ing General of the Army. The soldier will not be transferred to another company. In cases likely to be benefited by treatment in the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., the application required by tlie regulations for admission thereto will be made. A record of cases CERTIFICATES OP DISABILITY - DECEASED SOLDIERS. 23 transferred under the foregoing provisions, with a report of results, will be forwarded to the Surgeon-General at the end of each calendar year. 156. When an application for discharge is approved, the post or regi- mental commander will furnish to the surgeon by whom the certificate was given, or to the senior surgeon of the command to which the soldier was attached at the time of his discharge, a letter setting forth the full name and rank of the soldier, the company and regiment to which he belonged, the date of discharge, and the cause thereof as stated in the certificate. The surgeon, having made a true copy of the letter for the completion of his own records, will forward the original to the Surgeon-General direct. 157. When there is a probable case for pension, specialcare will betaken to state in the certificate the degree of disability, to describe particularly the disability, wound, or disease, the extent to which it deprives the soldier of the use of any limb or faculty, or affects his health, strength, activity, con- stitution, or capacity to labor. ARTICLE XXII. DECEASED SOLDIERS. 158. When a soldier is killed in action, or dies at any post, hospital, or station, it shall be the duty of his immediate commander to secure his effects and to prepare the inventory required by the 126th Article of War, according to prescribed form. Duplicates of the inventory, with final state- ments, will be forwarded direct to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 159. Should the effects of a deceased soldier not be claimed within 30 days, they will be sold by a council of administration under the authority of the post commander, and the proceeds transferred to the commander of the company to which the deceased belonged, by whom they will be deposited with a paymaster to the credit of the United States. Duplicate receipts will be taken, one of which will be sent direct to the Adjutant-General of the Army and the other retained with the company records. 160. In all cases of sale by a council of administration, a detailed state- ment of the proceeds, duly certified by the council and commanding officer, will accompany the paymaster's receipt forwarded by the company com- mander to the Adjutant-General of the Army. The statement will be indorsed : ' ' Report of the proceeds of the effects of : - , late of company - , -- regiment of - , who died at , the - day 161. The effects will be delivered, when called for, to the legal representa- tives of the deceased, and the receipts therefor forwarded to the Adjutant- General of the Army. Applications 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., who settles such accounts. 162. The remains of deceased soldiers will be decently inclosed in coffins and transported by the Quartermaster's Department to the nearest military post or national cemetery for burial, unless the commanding officer deem burial at the place of death to be proper, when a report of the fact will be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army. The expense of transporting the remains is payable from the appropriation for Army transportation ; other expenses of burial are limited to $15 for noncommissioned officers and $10 for private soldiers. 24 WORKING PARTIES EXTRA AND SPECIAL DUTY. ARTICLE XXIII. WORKING PARTIES. EXTRA AND SPECIAL DUTY MEN. 163. Troops will not be employed in labors that interfere with their military duties except in cases of necessity. 164. 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 compensa- tion therefor, otherwise, on special duty. They will not be placed on extra duty except as bakers or to perform the necessary routine services in the Quartermaster's and Subsistence Departments, without the sanction of the department commander, nor will they be employed on extra duty for labor in camp or garrison which can be properly performed by fatigue parties. Allotments of funds for payment of extra-duty men at department head- quarters and depots under the control of department commanders will be made only with the approval of the Secretary of War. Duty of a military character must be performed without extra compensation. 165. Enlisted men detailed by name on extra duty under competent authority at constant labor for not less than ten days, are entitled to receive extra-duty pay at the following rates: For services as mechanics, artisans, and school teachers, 50 cents per day ; as bakers, according to paragraph 306 ; as overseers, clerks, teamsters, laborers, and for all other extra-duty services. 35 cents per day. 166. The detail of a noncommissioned officer on extra duty other than that of overseer will not be made without the approval of the Secretary of War. A noncommissioned officer will not be detailed on any duty incon- sistent with his rank and position in the military service. 167. Noncommissioned staff officers and enlisted men of the several staff departments will not be detailed on extra duty without authority from the Secretary of War. They are not entitled to extra-duty pay for services rendered in their respective departments. 16. Company artificers, farriers, blacksmiths, saddlers, and wagoners will not receive extra-duty pay unless detailed on extra duty in the Quarter- master's Department, wholly disconnected from their companies. 169. Soldiers on extra duty will be paid the extra rates of pay allowed by law for the duty performed, and for the exact number of days employed ; and no greater number of men will be employed on extra duty at any time than can be paid the full legal rates for the time employed from the funds provided. Payments made in violation of the above rules will be charged against the officers who ordered the details. 170. Extra-duty men will attend the weekly and monthly inspections of their companies, and as many daily drills as practicable. Special-duty men, except noncommissioned officers in charge of barracks or stables, the cooks, and such clerks as are necessarily excused by commanding officers, will attend all drills and inspections. 171. Extra-duty men will be held to such hours of labor as maybe expe- dient and necessary; but, except in case of urgent public necessity, as in military operations, eight hours will be considered a day's work. For all hours employed beyond that number, the soldier will receive additional com- SOLDIERS' HOME MEDALS OF HONOR. 25 pensation the extra hours being computed as fractions of a day of eight hours' duration. 172. Details of enlisted men for extra and special duty will be limited to actual necessities, which will be determined by post commanders in accord- ance with limits published in orders from the War Department. Allot- ments to posts of funds for extra-duty pay are made by department com- manders from allotments made to departments for the purpose, and must not be exceeded without special authority from department commanders. ARTICLE XXIV. SOLDIERS' HOME. 173. An honest and faithful service of twenty years in the Army entitles a soldier to admission to the Soldier's Home, Washington, D. C. 174. When a soldier, by reason of long service, or disability contracted in the line of duty, desires to enter the Soldiers' Home, his company com- mander will so report, through military channels, to the Adjutant-General of the Army, giving all the details necessary for a full understanding of the case, including the date of each enlistment, with company and regiment. If the soldier be physically disabled, the report will be accompanied by certifi- cates of disability. The papers will be referred to the Board of Commission- ers of the Home, and if, in its opinion, the soldier is entitled to become an inmate, the necessary authority will be given for his discharge at the place where he is serving. He may then proceed to Washington and report to the Board of Commissioners for admission to the Home. 175. Transportation to the Home will not be furnished except by author- ity of the Secretary of War, on the application of the Board of Commis- sioners ; and in such cases the officers who pay the accounts will be guided by the regulations governing the payment of accounts for transportation of persons procuring artificial limbs, as prescribed in paragraphs 1467 to 1471. inclusive, except that the account will be referred to the Treasurer of the Soldiers' Home for repayment. 176. Commanding officers will not order the issue of clothing or subsist- ence to be repaid from the funds of the Home. ARTICLE XXV. MEDALS OF HONOR AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT. 177. Medals of honor will be awarded by the President to officers and enlisted men who most distinguish themselves in action. 178. When any enlisted man of the Army shall have distinguished him- self in the service, the President may grant him a certificate of merit, on the recommendation of the commanding officer of the regiment or chief of the corps to which such man belongs. 179. Recommendations for a certificate of merit must originate with an eyewitness, preferably the immediate commanding officer, ^ach case will be submitted separately, forwarded through the regular channels, and must be favorably indorsed by each commander. 180. Extra pay at the rate of $2 per month from the date of the distin- guished service is allowed to each enlisted man to whom a certificate of merit is granted. 26 VETERINARY SURGEONS - COMMANDING GENERAL. 181. If the soldier be discharged before the certificate is issued, it will be retained in the Adjutant-General's Office until called for, when proof of the identity of the applicant will be required. Should he die before receiving his certificate, it will be deposited in the office of the Auditor for the War Department for the benefit of his heirs. ARTICLE XXVI. VETERINARY SURGEONS. 189. Veterinary surgeons are appointed by the Secretary of War, on the applications of regimental commanders, supported by requisite proofs of capacity and fitness. 183. A veterinary surgeon has the rank of sergeant-major, and is entitled to the same allowances in kind, of quarters, fuel and lights. 184. It shall be the duty of the veterinary surgeon to visit at least daily, all sick or injured animals at his station, and to recommend such treatment as he may deem proper. He will have access to the stables at all times. Upon request he will attend such authorized private horses of mounted officers as may need his services. 1 85. The veterinary surgeon will instruct company farriers in the proper care of the horse. In this he will give especial importance to the anatomy and pathology of the foot, showing the nature and uses of all its parts, illus- trating the subject by dissections and specimens. He will also teach the principles and practice of horseshoeing. For the purpose indicated he will make such visits of instruction to companies of the regiment not at his station as may be deemed necessary by the regimental commander. 186. Wherever four or more troops of cavalry are stationed, a suitable building may be set apart as a veterinary hospital ARTICLE Xxvu. THE COMMANDING GENERAL OP THE ARMY. 187. The military establishment is under the orders of the Commanding General of the Army in that which pertains to its discipline and military control. The fiscal affairs of the Army are conducted by the Secretary of War, through the several staff departments. 1 88. All orders and instructions from the President or Secretary of War, relating to military operations or affecting the military control and disci- pline of the Army, will be promulgated through the Commanding General. ARTICLE TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 189. Territorial departments are established and their commanders assigned by direction of the President. In time of peace, army corps, divi- sions, or brigades will not be formed except for purposes of instruction. 190. The commander of a department commands all the military forces of the Government within its limits, whether of the line or staff, which are not specially excepted from his control by the War Department. The Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and the Cavalry TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 27 and Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Elans., in matters pertaining to the courses of instruction ; the Military Academy ; the Artillery School ; the engineer establishment at Willets Point; the arsenals; the general depots of supply ; the general service recruiting stations ; such permanent fortifications as may be in process of construction or repair, and officers employed on special duty under the Secretary of War, are exempted from the supervision of department commanders. But when an emergency demands it, all military men and material within the limits of their juris- diction come trader their control. 191. Purchasing commissaries, officers on duty at general depots of sup- ply, and others indicated in the preceding paragraph, whether reporting by letter to department commanders or not, are subject to their orders for court-martial or other duty in an emergency only; and officers on duty with the commands at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Monroe, and Fort Riley wfll not be detached without the orders of the Secretary of War or the Com- manding General of the Army. 192. A department commander is charged with the administration of all the military affairs of his department, and the execution of all orders from higher authority. He will report to the Commanding General of the Army all matters relating to the general welfare of his command, including such change of station of troops as he may deem desirable, but will obtain the approval of the Commanding General of the Army before ordering the movement. If it be necessary to move troops to meet emergencies, such movements, and all the circumstances will be reported at the earliest possible moment. 193. Each department commander will inspect the troops under his command at least once each year, and for this purpose he may be accom- panied by one officer of his personal or the department staff. He will assure himself by personal examination and observation that all officers and men under his control are efficient in the performance of duty, that the troops are thoroughly drilled and instructed in their field duties and tactical exer- cises, that supplies are properly distributed, that proper care is exercised in the purchase and preservation of public property, and that strict economy is exercised in all public expenditures. In his annual report the results of these inspections will be summarized. From time to time he will report, for the information of the Commanding General of the Army and the Sec- retary of War, the names of any and all officers belonging to his command who are believed to be incompetent or permanently unable, from any cause, to perform all the duties of their several grades, both in garrison and in active service ; he will also report any errors, irregularities, or abuses requir- ing the action of higher authority. 194. Department commanders are expected to determine controversies arising within the limits of their jurisdiction and decide questions referred to them on appeal. 195. Although a department commander may continue to discharge the more important functions of his command while beyond its territorial lim- its, his absence therefrom requires the sanction of the Secretary of War, and if intending to leave his headquarters for an absence within his depart- ment, he will report to the Adjutant-General of the Army his intention, the duration of, and his address during, his proposed absence. 28 DEPARTMENTS POSTS AND RESERVATIONS. 196. The personal staff of a department commander will consist of the authorized aids. The department staff will be limited to the officers detailed by the Secretary of War from appropriate staff departments or corps, or of officers of the line detailed by the same authority to act in their stead, and their official designations will be as follows : Adjutant-general, chief quartermaster, chief commissary, chief surgeon, chief paymaster, judge- advocate, and artillery inspector, the last appointed as prescribed in para- graph 350 ; also, when necessary, an engineer officer, an ordnance officer, and a signal officer, each detailed from his corps ; but when any of these officers are not assigned, or when any department staff officer is temporarily absent or disabled, the duties of his position will be performed by other members of the department or personal staff. The chief quartermaster and chief commissary will each have charge of the depot of his department, at the place where headquarters are located, and will, when practicable, make purchases. The chief surgeon will, when practicable, perform the duty of attending surgeon. The chief paymaster will make a proportion of the payments in the command. The duties prescribed in Small Arms Firing Regulations for the inspector of small-arms practice will be per- formed by an aid or by the adjutant-general. 197. Funds for contingent expenses at department headquarters are allotted by the Secretary of War and placed to the credit of the adjutants- general. The amount allotted will be apportioned by the department com- mander to the officers of the staff corps serving at his headquarters as the interests of the service dictate, and the adjutant-general will make purchases and expenditures as those officers request, subject to the written approval of the department commander. Property so purchased will be taken up on the return of the adjutant-general and transferred to the staff officers con- cerned, who will give duplicate receipts therefor, and it will then be dropped from the return of the adjutant-general, who will file one set of receipts as retained vouchers and send the other to the respective chiefs of bureaus in which the staff officers are serving. On June 30 of each year all officers who have purchased or receipted for such property will make return there- for to the chiefs of their respective bureaus, to whose satisfaction expend- itures, losses, etc., will be explained. An officer accountable for such prop- erty will take duplicate receipts therefor when relieved, and will forward one of them to the proper chief of bureau with the return which he will then render, and file the other with his retained papers. ARTICLE XXIX. MILITARY POSTS AND RESERVATIONS. POSTS. 198. Permanent military posts are established under the direction of the Secretary of War, by whom their names will be designated. 199. Permanent posts will be styled "Forts," and points occupied tem- porarily by troops, "Camps." 200. The commander of a post is responsible for its safety and defense, and for the discipline, drill, and tactical instruction of his command, to which ends all other garrison duties will be made subservient. He will be responsible for the preservation and proper application of public property, for the strict enforcement of laws and regulations, and for the proper con- POSTS. 29 dition of quarters and defenses. He will make an inspection of his command on the last day of every month, will satisfy himself by frequent personal examination that the disbursements of all officers in charge of funds are in accordance with law and regulations and their accounts correctly stated, and will make such reports of these inspections and examinations as the department commander may direct. 20 1. The post commander and surgeon will make frequent visits during the month to the hospital, guard-house, mess hall, and other buildings and rooms used by enlisted men. 2 O2. An orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in the military service is enjoined. Military duty and labor on Sunday will be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. 203. The staff of a post commander will consist of such staff officers as are on duty at the post, and such line officers as may be required for staff duties. Their official designations will be as follows : Adjutant, quarter- master, commissary, surgeon, assistant surgeon, engineer officer, ordnance officer, and signal officer. 204. Expenditures of labor, money, or material upon posts will be strictly limited to the amounts allowed by law and regulations. 205. When practicable, temporary buildings for the use of the Army will be erected by its enlisted force, and necessary repairs of public buildings at garrisoned posts not appropriated for or specially authorized will be made by the troops. 206. In case of emergency when reference to higher authority is imprac- ticable, department commanders may order the purchase of material and engagement of services necessary for the preservation of public buildings or property, not to exceed in amount $500 for any post, but no greater sum will be expended without the sanction of the Secretary of War. 2O 7. Post commanders are authorized to assist mail contractors with Government transportation, provided it can be spared without detriment to the service, when, through accident or unavoidable casualty, they are deprived of the means necessary to fulfill their contracts. Such assistance must cease as soon as the contractor can, by exercise of proper diligence, resupply himself with transportation. Receipts for the property loaned will be taken, which in the event of its loss or damage will be forwarded, with a report of facts, to the Adjutant-General of the Army, that the amount involved may be collected from the contractor through the Post-Office Department. 20 8. At posts supplied with ordnance and with ammunition for the pur- pose, a morning and evening gun will be fired daily at reveille and retreat. Post Records. 20 9. The following books of record will be kept at each post: An order book, a letters-received book, an index book for letters received, a letters- sent book, an index book for letters sent, a post council of administration book, furnished by the Quartermaster's Department; a morning report book, and a guard report book, furnished by the Adjutant-General of the Army ; a post exchange council book, provided by the post exchange. All copies of all returns and reports rendered, if not contained in the book of orders received, letters sent, all letters received which are not required to 30 RESERVATIONS FLAGS, COLORS, ETC. be returned ; in fine, all official papers which relate to post administration, and which are required to be kept at the post, will be filed and preserved as a part of the post records. The records will not be removed from the post except on its discontinuance. Commanding officers will see that the records are accurately kept and are properly transferred to their successors. RESERVATIONS. 21O. Department commanders will supervise all military reservations within the limits of their commands, and if necessary, will use force to remove trespassers. No license or permission to any civilian to use or occupy any part of a reservation will be given, except by the Secretary or War, unless he be in the employ of the Government, or in the family or service of persons there employed. 911. Military posts temporarily evacuated by troops, and lands reserved for military use, will be under charge of the Quartermaster's Department. Permanent works of defense, however, and the lands appurtenant thereto, are under the supervision of the Engineer Department. ARTICLE XXX. FLAGS, COLORS, STANDARDS, AND GUIDONS. FLAGS. 212. The flag of the United States has thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red and six white, the red and white stripes alternating, and the union of the flag consists of white stars in a blue field placed in the upper quarter next the staff, and extending to the lower edge of the fourth red stripe from the top. The number of stars is the same as the number of States in the Union. On the admission of a State into the Union, one star will be added to the union of the flag, and such addition will take effect on the 4th day of July next succeeding such admission. 213. The garrison, post, and storm flags are national flags, and will be of bunting. The union of each is as described in the preceding paragraph and one-third the length of the flag. The garrison flag will have 36 feet fly and 20 feet hoist ; it will be fur- nished only to posts designated from Headquarters of the Army, and will be hoisted only on holidays and important occasions. The post flag will have 20 feet fly and 10 feet hoist ; it will be furnished for all garrisoned posts and will be hoisted in pleasant weather. The storm flag will have 8 feet fly and 4 feet 2 inches hoist ; it will be fur- nished for all occupied posts and national cemeteries, and will be hoisted in stormy or windy weather ; it will also be used as a recruiting flag. 214. Hospital and ambulance flags: For general hospitals, white bunt- ing, 9 by 5 feet, with a red cross of bunting 4 feet high and 4 feet wide in the center ; arms of cross to be 16 inches wide. For field hospitals, white bunting, 6 by 4 feet, with a red cross of bunting 3 feet high and 3 feet wide in the center ; arms of cross to be 12 inches wide. For ambulances and guidons to mark the way to field hospitals, white bunting, 28 by 16 inches, with a red cross of bunting 12 inches high and 12 inches wide in the center ; arms of cross to be 4 inches wide. COLORS AND STANDARDS. 31 COLORS. Battalion of Engineers. 215. The national color of stars and stripes, as described for flags, will be made of silk, 5 feet 6 inches fly, 4 feet 4 inches on the pike, which will be 9 feet long, including spearhead and ferrule. The union to be 2 feet 6 inches long, and "U.S. Engineers" embroidered in silver on the center stripe, stars embroidered in white silk, yellow silk knotted fringe, cord and tassels red and white silk. The battalion color will be of scarlet silk, same dimensions, having in the center a castle, with "U.S." above and "Engineers" below in silver, fringe white, cord and tassels red and white silk. Artillery Regiments. 216. The national color will be of material and dimensions and with union, stars, and pike as prescribed in paragraph 215, having the number and name of regiment embroidered in yellow silk on the center stripe, fringe yellow, cord and tassels red and yellow. The regimental color will be of scarlet silk, same dimensions, bearing in the center two cannon crossed, with "U. S." above and number and name of regiment below, each in a scroll, the scrolls yellow, letters scarlet, fringe yellow, cord and tassels red and yellow. "* Infantry Regiments. 2 1 7 1 . The national color will be of material and dimensions and with union, stars, and pike as prescribed in paragraph 215, having the number and name of the regiment embroidered in white silk on the center stripe, fringe yellow, cord and tassels blue and white. The regimental color will be of blue silk, same dimensions, the coat of arms of the United States embroidered in silk on the center, beneath the eagle a red scroll, with num- ber and name of regiment embroidered in white, fringe yellow cord and tassels blue and white. STANDARDS FOR CAVALRY REGIMENTS. 218. The national standard of stars and stripes, as described for flags, will be made of silk, 4 feet fly and 3 feet on the lance, which will be 9 feet 6 inches long, including spear and ferrule. The union to be 22 inches long, and the number and name of regiment embroidered in yellow silk on the center stripe, fringe yellow. The regimental standard will be of yellow silk, same dimensions, the coat of arms of the United States embroidered in silk on the center, beneath the eagle a red scroll, with number and name of regiment embroidered in yellow, fringe yellow. COLORS AND STANDARDS. 219. The silken national color or standard will be carried in battle, campaign and on all occasions of ceremony at regimental headquarters in which two or more companies of the regiment participate. The regi- mental color or standard will be carried in like cases in battle, campaign and at reviews and inspections; at ceremonies other than reviews, inspections and escort of the color, it will be carried only when so ordered by the regi- mental commander. A similar rule applies to the use of the colors of the Battalion of Engineers. When not in use as prescribed in this paragraph, colors and standards will be kept in their waterpoof cases. 32 COLORS, STANDARDS AND GUIDONS. SERVICE COLORS AND STANDARDS. 2 2O. A national color made of bunting or other suitable material, but in all other respects similar to the silken national color, will be furnished to the Battalion of Engineers and to each regiment of artillery and infantry, for use at drills and on marches and all service other than battles, cam- paigns, and occasions of ceremony. A similar color of the same dimensions as the silken standard will be furnished for like purposes to each regiment of cavalry. GUIDONS FOR CAVALRY. 221. Each troop of cavalry will have a silken guidon, cut swallow-tailed, 15 inches to the fork, 3 feet 5 inches fly from lance to end of swallowtail, and 2 feet 3 inches on the lance, having two horizontal stripes each one-half the width of the flag, the upper red and the lower white, the red stripe hav- ing on both sides in the center the number of the regiment in white silk, and the white stripe the letter of the troop in red silk, the letter and number block-shaped, 4f inches high, the lance 1 inches in diameter and 9 feet long, including spear and ferrule. Each troop will also have a service guidon made of bunting or other suitable material, in shape and design the same as the silken guidon ; the latter will be used only in battle, campaign, or on occasions of ceremony. GUIDONS FOR LIGHT ARTILLERY. 222. Each battery of light artillery will have a guidon of scarlet silk, dimensions and shape same as described for cavalry guidons, in the center on both sides of the guidon two cannon crossed, about 14| inches in length, with number of regiment above and letter of battery below the crossed cannon, letter and number of yellow silk, letter and number block-shaped, 4 inches high, lance same as for cavalry guidon. This silken guidon will be used only in battle, campaign, or on occasions of ceremony. Each battery will also have a service guidon of bunting or other suitable material, in shape and design the same as the silken guidon. 223. Whenever, in the opinion of a commanding officer, the condition of any silken color, standard, or guidon in the possession of his command has become unserviceable, a board of survey will be appointed to report for the information of the Secretary of War its condition and as to the neces- sity of supplying a new one. If requiring repair, application to have it placed in a serviceable condition should be made to the Quartermaster- General. Service colors and guidons will be submitted to the action of an inspector when unfit for further use. Upon receipt of new silken colors, standards, or guidons, commanding officers will cause those replaced to be suitably labeled and sent to the Adjutant-General of the Army for preser- vation. 224. The names of the battles in which one or more companies of a regi- ment or of the Battalion of Engineers have borne a meritorious part may be engraved upon silver rings, fastened on the pikes or lances of the colors or standards, and in cases where less than half the number of companies of the regiment or battalion were engaged, the company letters will follow the name of the battle. The names of battles in which light batteries or troops of cavalry have, when detached, been engaged separately, may be inscribed upon rings on the lances of their guidons. The lance of the service guidon REGIMENTS. 33 will not be thus marked. The fact that an action in which any organization has been engaged is entitled to be called a battle, and the name to be engraved on the rings, will be announced from the Adjutant-General's Office. Requi- sitions for new colors and guidons will be accompanied by lists of battles. CAMP COLORS. 225. To be as described for flags, printed upon bunting, 18 by 20 inches, on a pole of ash 8 feet long and 1 inches in diameter, the butt end armed with a pointed ferrule. ARTICLE XXXI. REGIMENTS. ORGANIZATION AND INSTRUCTION. 226. The regiment is the administrative unit ; for purposes of discipline and instruction, it will be divided into battalions, each containing two or more companies. The command of a regiment devolves upon the senior officer on duty with it, wherever he may be stationed. Each battalion is commanded by the senior officer on duty therewith. Whenever portions of different regiments are serving together, the commanding officer may desig- nate the battalions. 227. The designation " company," as used in these regulations, applies to troops of cavalry, batteries of artillery, light or foot, and companies of infantry. 228. Upon the organization of a regiment, its companies receive perma- nent designation by letters in alphabetical order, and officers are assigned to them in order as lettered, according to rank. Subsequently officers, upon promotion or appointment, are assigned to fill vacancies regardless of rela- tive rank. 229. A regimental commander should continually labor for the instruc- tion and efficiency of his regiment. He should encourage among his officers harmonious relations and a friendly spirit of emulation in the performance of duty. His timely interference to prevent disputes, his advice to the inex- perienced, and immediate censure of any conduct liable to produce dissen- sion in the regiment 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 his subordinates. He will make an inspection of his immediate command on the last day of every month. 230. Each department commander will announce in orders annually the period of the year to be given to practical instruction in drill and other mili- tary exercises, prescribing their character and the time to be devoted thereto. He will also designate a period of four consecutive months in each year for theoretical instruction, imparted in lyceums or by lectures, recita- tions, or other methods, to be given twice each week during the period desig- nated. Each regimental commander will supervise the instruction of the officers under his immediate command, and each post commander that of regimental officers of his command who are absent from the headquarters of their respective regiments. Each company commander is responsible for the practical and theoretical instruction of his noncommissioned officers. These duties will be so performed as not to interfere with proper rest and recreation. 13691 3 34 REGIMENTAL STAFF. 231. Upon the last day of September and March of each year, command- ing officers of companies will forward to their regimental commanders reports showing the character and scope of instruction imparted during the previous six months, the number and kind of drills, and number of recita- tions with average attendance thereon. Regimental commanders will for- ward abstracts of these reports through military channels to the Adjutant- General of the Army for the information of the Commanding General. 232. Regimental field officers are assigned by department commanders to the posts or stations where their services are most required, provided troops of their own regiments are stationed there. Lieutenant-colonels and majors on duty at posts are assigned to battalions by post commanders. THE REGIMENTAL STAFF. 233. The staff of a regiment consists of the adjutant and quartermaster and they will be so designated. They will be appointed by the regimental commander, who will at once report his action to the Adjutant-General by telegraph; the appointment of the quartermaster is made subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Each appointment will take effect the day on which it is made, and the officer appointed will be entitled to the pay pertaining thereto from the date when he assumes the duties under such appointment. 234. The adjutant or quartermaster may hold office for four years, includ- ing all periods of such service, and no longer. He will not be eligible for a second tour of such duty nor for appointment or reappointment to either position, except to serve an unexpired term of four years. 235. A regimental commander is restricted in his choice of staff officers to the lieutenants on duty with the regiment and who are not at a school of instruction nor with light batteries. Should he desire to appoint a lieuten- ant absent from the regiment, the lieutenant must join before the appoint- ment can be made. 236. The adjutant, under the direction of the regimental commander, will have charge of the various rosters of service ; he will make, publish, and verify all details, keep the records of the regiment, and perform such military duties with troops as are required by regulations. Through him the regi- mental commander communicates with the officers and men of his command. 237'. The adjutant should be courteous to, and on friendly terms with, the officers of the command he represents, and will avoid all discussions of the orders or military conduct of his superiors. He should inform himself upon all points of military usage and etiquette, and, on proper occasions, aid with his advice and experience the subalterns of the regiment, especially those just entering the service. He will endeavor at all times to exert the influence belonging to his station in sustaining the reputation, discipline, and harmony of the regiment. 238. The adjutant and quartermaster are, under the regimental com- mander, responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the noncommissioned staff and band. 239. The quartermaster is responsible for all quartermaster's supplies of the regiment, and may be required to perform the duties of quartermaster and commissary of the post where he is stationed. REGIMENTAL STAFF, RECORDS AND BANDS. 35 240. An officer of the regimental staff may be assigned to duty with a company, or to any staff duty which his regimental commander may impose. 241. The regimental commander appoints the noncommissioned staff, which consists of the sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant ; also the regimental noncommissioned officers, consisting of the chief musician, and principal musicians or chief trumpeter and saddler-sergeant, according to arm, each of whom will be furnished with a warrant (his personal prop- erty), signed by the regimental commander and countersigned by the adju- tant. The appointment takes effect the day on which it is made, and the warrant may be continued in force upon discharge and re-enlistment, if re-enlistment is made on the day f ollowing discharge, every such re-enlist- ment to be noted on the warrant by the regimental commander. Regi- mental noncommissioned staff officers and regimental noncommissioned officers may be reduced to the ranks by sentence of a court-martial or by order of the regimental commander. 242. The public property pertaining to the headquarters of the regi- ment will be marked " H. Q. , " with arm and number of regiment ; the equip- ments in possession of the noncommissioned staff, regimental noncommis- sioned officers and band will be marked "N.C.S.," "N.C.,"and "Band," respectively, and with the arm and number of the regiment and of the man to whom the articles are issued. REGIMENTAL RECORDS. 243. Regimental records will consist of an order book, a letters-received book, an index book for letters received, a letters-sent book, an index book for letters sent, and a regimental fund book, furnished by the Quarter- master's Department ; a descriptive book, furnished by the Adjutant-General of the Army; all orders, circulars, and instructions from higher authority, copies of the monthly returns, muster rolls of the field, staff, and band, other regimental returns and reports, and all correspondence concerning the regiment or affecting its personnel. 244. All orders and circulars from the Headquarters of the Army, or of the corps, division, brigade, or territorial department in which the regiment may be serving, will be filed in book form and indexed as soon as received. REGIMENTAL BANDS. 245. Each regimental band will consist of one sergeant and twenty privates, in addition to the chief musician, and principal musicians or chief trumpeter. The regimental commander will designate the company from which the sergeant is to be taken and the number of men of each company to serve with the band. Vacancies thus caused will not be filled. The number of men in and attached to the band will not exceed twenty-four. 246. Band musicians will be dropped from 'company muster rolls, but will be instructed as soldiers, and are liable to serve in the ranks on any occasion. They will be mustered with the regimental noncommissioned staff and be included in the aggregate on all regimental returns. 247. When a regiment occupies several stations the band will be kept at the headquarters, provided one or more companies be serving there. The field musicians of companies will not be separated therefrom. 36 TROOPS, BATTERIES AND COMPANIES. 248. Musical instruments, mentioned in paragraph 1201, extra parts therefor, and equipments for bands, will be furnished by the Quartermas- ter's Department. Musical instruments other than those above referred to may be purchased from available regimental funds. The quartermaster will be accountable for band instruments furnished by the Quartermaster's Department ; the adjutant for those purchased from the regimental fund. 249. Regimental commanders will notify the Adjutant-General of the Army direct when field or band musicians are required. 250. Commanding officers will require bands to play national and patri- otic airs on appropriate occasions. ARTICLE XXXII. TROOPS. BATTERIES AND COMPANIES. OFFICERS AND NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 251. Captains, although eligible for appointment as aids, and liable to the temporary details of service, will not, except for urgent reasons, be detached from their companies. 252. The commanding officer of a company is responsible for its appear- ance, discipline, and efficiency; for the care and preservation of its equip- ment ; for the proper performance of duties connected with its subsistence, pay, clothing, accounts, reports, and returns. 253. 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. 254. In the absence of all the officers of a company, the post commander will assign an officer, preferably of the same regiment, to its command. If there be no officer available, the fact will be reported to the department commander. 255. 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. 256. Noncommissioned officers will be carefully selected and instructed, 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. Offi- cers will be cautious in reproving them in the presence or hearing of private soldiers. 257. Sergeants and corporals are appointed by regimental commanders, on the recommendation of their company commanders. To test the capacity of privates for the duties of noncommissioned officers, company commanders may appoint lance corporals, who will hold such appointments not to exceed three months, and will be obeyed and respected as corporals. The appoint- ments, with the approval of the regimental or post commander, may be renewed for three months ; but no company shall have more than one lance corporal at a time. Lance corporals holding renewed appointments are on the same footing regarding reduction as corporals. A lance corporal hold- ing a first appointment will wear the uniform of a private, with a chevron having one bar of lace or braid ; if holding a renewed appointment he will COMPANIES COMPANY RECORDS. 37 wear the uniform of a corporal, except that the chevron will have but one bar of lace or braid. 258. The captain will select the first sergeant from the sergeants of his company, and may return him to the grade of sergeant without reference to higher authority. 259. Every noncommissioned officer will be furnished with a certificate or warrant of his rank, signed by the colonel and countersigned by the adjutant ; but a separate warrant as first sergeant will not be given. A warrant issued to a noncommissioned officer is his personal property. War- rants need not be renewed in cases of re-enlistment in the same company, if re-enlistment is made the day following the day of discharge, but, upon request, may remain in force until vacated by promotion or reduction, each re-enlistment to be noted on the warrant by the company commander. 260. Appointments of sergeants and corporals will take effect on the day of appointment by the regimental commander, and of first sergeants, artifi- cers, blacksmiths, farriers, saddlers, and wagoners on the day of appoint- ment by the company commander ; but in case of vacancy in a company^in the field and absent from regimental headquarters, a Company commander may make a temporary appointment of a sergeant or corporal, which, if approved by the regimental commander, will carry rank and pay from the date of such appointment. 261 . A noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks by sentence of a court-martial, or by the order of the regimental commander on the recommendation of the company commander. If reduced to the ranks by sentence of court-martial at a post not the headquarters of his regiment, the company commander will forward a transcript of the order to the regi- mental commander. The desertion of a noncommissioned officer vacates his position on the date of desertion. 262. Artificers are mechanics whose services are necessary for the public interest. 263. A soldier may, when necessary, be relieved from ordinary military duty to make, repair, or alter uniforms. The post 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 party the amount properly due therefor. COMPANY BOOKS AND RECORDS. 264. The company records will consist of : A company order book, a book of letters received, an index of letters received, a book of letters sent, an index of letters sent, a company council book, supplied by the Quartermas- ter's Department; a sick report book, a company clothing book, a morning report book, a descriptive and deposit book, and a duty roster, supplied by the Adjutant-General; also for a company of cavalry or light artillery, a descriptive book of public animals, furnished by the Quartermaster's Depart- ment. A record of vaccinations will be entered in the descriptive and deposit book. The records will also contain orders and instructions received from higher authority, retained copies of the various rolls, reports, and returns required by regulations and existing orders, and all letters and cor- respondence affecting the personnel of the company. Copies of orders 38 COMPANIES. entered by first sergeants in company order books will be attested by the adjutant. 1265. The records of each company or detachment will contain full infor- mation respecting all quartermaster's supplies, showing list of articles, date of receipt, from whom received, and name of officer who signed memoran- dum receipt therefor; also an account of all articles turned in, expended, stolen, lost, or destroyed ; and the company or detachment commander will quarterly and when relinquishing his command have a settlement with the quartermaster. INTERIOR ECONOMY OF COMPANIES. 266. Company, band, and detachment commanders will make a com- plete inspection of their organizations under arms every Saturday. They will also make a daily inspection of the men's quarters and kitchens, giving particular attention to cleanliness and the proper preparation of food, and noting whether all lamps in use have been cleaned, filled, and made ready for lighting, before dark. No one will be excused from Saturday inspection except the guard and the sick in hospital. Cavalry and field artillery will habitually be inspected mounted. 586 7. The company commander will cause the enlisted men of the com- pany to be numbered and divided into four squads, each under the charge of a noncommissioned officer. As far as practicable the men of each squad will be quartered together. 268. In quarters the name of each soldier will be attached to his bunk, arms will be kept in racks, bayonets in their scabbards. Accoutrements and sabers will be hung up by the belts. 269. Strict attention will be paid by company commanders to the clean- liness of the men and to the police of barracks or tents. The men will be required to bathe frequently. The hair will be kept short and the beard neatly trimmed. Soiled clothing will be kept in the barrack bag. 270. A thorough police of barracks will precede the Saturday inspection. The chiefs of squads will see that bunks and bedding are overhauled, floors, tables, and benches scoured, arms and accoutrements cleaned, and all arti- cles of black leather polished. 271. Chiefs of squads will be held responsible for the cleanliness of their men. They will see that those who are to go on duty put their arms, accou- trements and clothing in the best order, and that such as have passes leave the post in proper dress. 272. Soldiers will wear uniform in camp or garrison, and will not be permitted to keep other clothing in their possession. When on fatigue they will wear suitable fatigue dress. 273. The articles borne upon the annual price list of clothing, published in orders, will be considered the uniform, and no deviation therefrom will be allowed. 274. Company commanders will see that all public property in the pos- session of enlisted men is kept in good order, and that missing or damaged articles are duly accounted for. 275. Company commanders are responsible for text-books issued for the use of their companies. MESSING AND COOKING. 39 276. Enlisted men will not take their arms apart except by permission of a commissioned officer. The mutilation of any part by filing or other- wise, and attempts to beautify or change the finish, are prohibited. Pieces will be unloaded before being taken to quarters or tents and as soon as the men using them are relieved from duty unless otherwise ordered. The use of tompions in small arms is forbidden. 277. The use of any dressing or polishing material on leather accoutre- ments, equipments, or harness, except the preparations supplied by the Ord- nance Department for that purpose, is forbidden. 278. Equipments will be fitted to the men under the direction of an officer ; all other changes are prohibited. 279. Articles of public property issued to a company for its exclusive use will, when practicable, be marked with the letter of the company and number and arm of the regiment. Such articles issued to an enlisted man (arms and clothing excepted) will, as far as practicable, be marked with the number of the man, letter of the company, and number of the regiment. Haversacks and blanket bags will be uniformly marked on the outside as follows: Cavalry, crossed sabers; artillery, crossed cannons; infantry, crossed rifles ; with letter of company above and number of regiment below the intersection ; the special corps of the Army according to their respective devices. The design will be stenciled in black, the device five inches long, and letters and numbers in full-faced characters one inch high. The design will be placed above letters "U. S." on equipments, and the number of the soldier, in characters one inch high, will be placed at the bottom, near the lower edge of the blanket bag. The canteen will be marked with the letter of the company, number of the regiment, and number of the man. MESSING AND COOKING. 2 SO. In camp or barracks, where companies are not joined in a general mess, a company commander will supervise the cooking and messing of his men. He will see that his company is provided with at least two copies of the Manual for Army Cooks, and that suitable men in sufficient numbers are fully instructed in managing and cooking the ration in the field; also that necessary utensils in serviceable condition are always on hand, together with the field mess furniture for each man. At a post where all the com- panies are joined in a general mess, the post commander will see that the instruction above mentioned is given. At such a post a company com- mander will confine his supervision of the mess of his company to observa- tion and to notifying the officer in charge in writing of anything requir- ing remedy. Should this officer fail to apply proper remedy, report may then be made to the post commander. A department commander will see that each company of his command has the necessary field practice each year. 281. Kitchens will be placed under the immediate charge of noncom- missioned officers, who will be held responsible for their condition and for the proper use of rations. No one will be allowed to visit or remain in the kitchen except those who go there on duty, or are employed therein. The greatest care will be observed in cleaning and scouring cooking utensils. 282. Special regulations for soldiers' fare can not be made to suit each locality and circumstance. Personal care and judgment on the part of com- pany officers are relied on to prevent waste or misuse. By due economy 40 MESSIKG COUNCILS. some part of the ration can be saved and sold, and the proceeds applied to provide additional articles of diet. 283. The Manual for Army Cooks contains comprehensive instructions in cooking, which will be observed as far as practicable. 284. The food of prisoners will be sent to their places of confinement when practicable, but post commanders may arrange to send prisoners, under proper guard, to their messes. 285. Kitchen and table ware and mess furniture will be supplied by the Quartermaster's Department. Allowances will be announced in orders. Post commanders will enforce rigid economy in regard to such property. Articles broken, lost or damaged will be charged to individuals at fault. Such proportions of company allowances of fuel, illuminating supplies, brooms, and scrubbing brushes as may be necessary for the service of a gen- eral mess will be allotted by the post commander. 286. In the field the mess furniture of a soldier will be limited to one tin cup, knife, fork and spoon, and such device for individual cooking as may be furnished by the Ordnance Department. ARTICLE XXXIII. COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION. 28*7. Post, post exchange, company, and mess councils of administration are assembled to audit the bakery, exchange, company, and mess funds, respectively, to ascertain and examine the sources from which, and methods by which, they have accrued, and to recommend expenditures therefrom. Post councils are also called to deliberate upon and recommend action, within the limits allowed by regulations, upon such subjects affecting the welfare and economy of the post as commanding officers may submit to them. 288. On the last day of each quarter, and when necessary, the post, post exchange, and general mess councils will be convened by the post com- mander, and the company council by the company commander. The mess and exchange councils will also meet at the call of their presidents. The post council will consist of the three officers on duty at the post next in rank to the commander, or of as many as are available, if less than three. If only the commanding officer be present, he will act. The post exchange council will consist of three officers, viz, the officer in charge of the exchange and two company commanders detailed by roster, or when this is impracti- cable, the exchange council will be constituted as prescribed for the post council. The company council will consist of all officers present for duty with the company, and the mess council of the commanders of the several companies participating in the general mess. 289. The junior member of each council will record its proceedings in the appropriate book, and they will be signed by the president and recorder. Those of the post, exchange, and mess councils will be submitted to the post commander, who will sign his approval or objection in the council book. Should the post commander disapprove the proceedings, and the council, after reconsideration, adhere to its conclusions, a copy of the pro- ceedings will be sent by the commanding officer to the department com- mander, whose decision thereon upon all questions not involving pecuniary responsibility will be final. Upon such questions appeal may be taken to the FUNDS, REGIMENTAL AND BAKERY. 41 Secretary of War. The final orders in each case will be entered in the council book. In the proceedings of company councils the post commander will decide disagreements. 290. The post council will fix laundry charges, prices charged by trades- men for making and repairing uniforms of enlisted men, and when directed will submit regulations for the post school. 291. The commanding officer who approves the appropriations of a coun- cil, and in the matter of the company fund the company commander, will be held responsible for all expenditures not made in accordance with regu- lations. 292. In case of loss of regimental, bakery, exchange, company, or mess funds, the circumstances will be carefully investigated and reported by the post council, with recommendation as to responsibility, for the decision of the department commander. In case of appeal from his action the papers will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the decision of the War Department. ARTICLE XXXIV. REGIMENTAL, BAKERY, COMPANY AND MESS FUNDS. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 293. The purchase from regimental, bakery, company, or mess funds, of any article which can be obtained on requisition from a supply depart- ment is forbidden. 294. No projects by which money will accrue will be entered upon under color of military control without specific authority from the War Depart- ment. REGIMENTAL FUND. 295. This fund consists of the gross amounts received on account of the band from post exchange profits, voluntary contributions, amounts retained for regimental use from proceeds of private engagements of the band and from sale of articles purchased. The adjutant will be the treasurer of the fund, and will disburse it under the direction of the regimental commander. A record of all receipts and expenditures and a complete list of property purchased will be kept in the regimental fund book. BAKERY FUND. 296. The usual ration of bread is 18 ounces, but the weight of it may be increased within the limits of the flour ration, at the discretion of the commanding officer, upon the recommendation of the post council of admin- istration. Such portion of the flour as the company commander deems neces- sary for food in other forms than bread not exceeding two ounces per ration may be drawn by the company. The remainder will be turned into the post bakery, and for each ration of flour thus turned in the company is entitled to one ration of bread or the price of one flour ration. Savings on the flour ration, ordinarily 33 per cent., will be disposed of by the post treasurer for the benefit of the troops ; bread may be baked from it for sale to civilian employees and others connected with the military service at the post, and to post exchanges ; the residue of the flour will be sold. At the end of every quarter the post council will make an equitable distribution of the money savings of the bakery, and this action when approved by the post commander 42 FUNDS, COMPANY AND MESS. will be final. Surplus bread will be sold only by the bakery. When enlisted men or others entitled to rations are allowed to mess separately from companies or organizations, they will not, when flour is issued to them by the Subsistence Department, be required to turn it into the post bakery if they prefer the ration of flour to the ration of bread issued therefrom, but they will not be entitled to any share of the bakery profits. The sav- ings of flour by troops in the field will be credited to the company fund. 297. The bakery fund will be under the supervision of the post council, and will be collected and held by the officer appointed by the post com- mander as post treasurer, who will also act as post librarian. 298. The post treasurer will open an account with the bakery fund and will make payments therefrom in pursuance of specific appropriations by the post council, approved by the post commander. The account will at all times be subject to the post commander's inspection. 299. When an officer is relieved from duty as post treasurer, his accounts will be audited by the post council. COMPANY AND MESS FUNDS. 300. The company fund, which will consist of the gross amounts of money received from all sources, is received by the company commander and, with the concurrence of the company council, is disbursed by him solely for the benefit of the company. Articles of the established ration purchased with company funds will be purchased from the commissary, if practicable. The fund of the hospital, or of a detachment or band having a separate mess, is regarded as a company fund. Moneys accruing to the fund of a detachment of the Hospital Corps, together with the proceeds from the savings of the rations of the sick in hospital, belong to the hospital fund. 301. The company commander will keep an account of the company fund, which will be subject to inspection by the commander of the post and regiment and members of the company council. 302. Extra compensation may be paid to enlisted men from company or general mess funds as follows : From a company fund, 25 cents per day to the head cook ; from a general mess fund, not exceeding $2.00 per day, to be apportioned by the mess council among the cooks and other necessary regular attendants. Of this $2.00 the mess council may allot to the mess steward (who may be a noncommissioned officer) a per diem of 50 cents, and in addition thereto a share of the remaining $1.50. The head cook of a company and such of the regular attendants of a general mess as the com- manding officer may designate will be inspected and mustered in the kitchen or mess hall. They will be excused from the ordinary post duties, but will attend target practice when practicable. 303. An officer appointed by the post commander will, under his direc- tion, conduct the general mess affairs, make necessary purchases, and have charge of the mess fund. Quarterly and when relieved he will submit to the mess council a statement of all business dealings and money transac- tions, with proper vouchers. Upon the call of the mess council, he will furnish information regarding the condition and management of the mess. A company on taking the field or withdrawing from a general mess will be entitled to a just share of the fund thereof, to be determined by the mess council, approved by the post commander. BAKERIES, LIBRARIES, ETC. 43 ARTICLE XXXV. POST BAKERIES. 3O4 Bread will be baked in post bakeries when practicable. At all permanent posts a suitable building for the purpose, and the necessary utensils and furniture therefor, will be provided by the Quartermaster's Department. Such necessary fuel as can be saved from authorized issues to troops may be used in post bakeries. If more is needed it may be purchased from the quartermaster at contract price. The post treasurer, under the supervision of the commanding officer, will have charge of the bakery. 305. A competent enlisted man will be detailed as chief baker, and if necessary, one or more enlisted men as assistant bakers. 306. Extra pay to post bakers will be paid from the bakery fund, and the following daily rates are authorized : To the chief baker at a post of one company, 25 cents ; two companies, 35 cents ; three companies, 40 cents ; four or more companies, 50 cents. To each necessary assistant, 10 cents less than the chief baker, when the chief baker's pay is 40 cents or less, and 15 cents less, when the chief baker's pay is 50 cents. 307. The expenses of the bakery will be restricted to the extra pay of the bakers, the purchase of articles necessary for making bread, and utensils not furnished by the supply departments. These expenses must be paid from the savings of the flour ration. 308. The chief baker will be inspected and mustered at the post bakery. He will be excused from ordinary post duties, but will attend target prac- tice when practicable. 309. The baking of bread by companies at posts is expressly forbidden. ARTICLE XXXVI. LIBRARIES, READING ROOMS, ETC. 310. At each permanent post suitable rooms will be set apart for use as library, reading room, chapel and school. The Quartermaster-General will procure and forward to post libraries such newspapers and periodicals, and to post schools such schoolbooks, stationery and school material for the use of enlisted men as are authorized by the Secretary of War. Newspapers and periodicals will not be taken from the library; schoolbooks will not be taken from the schoolroom except for the proper use of those attending the post school. These books and periodicals are intended especially for the use of enlisted men. Books for post chapel services are not furnished by the Government; the chaplain is expected to obtain them through the voluntary contributions of those interested. The library and reading rooms may be used by officers in such manner as not to interfere with their use by enlisted men. 311. At any post where building material can be obtained without expense to the Government, and enlisted men desire to erect buildings by their own labor for use as post exchanges, gymnasiums, bowling alleys, and other places of amusement, the post commander is authorized to use the necessary teams and such tools, window sash, doors, and other material as may be on hand and can be spared. 44 GARDENS SCHOOLS. 312. In all cases of necessary removal, the articles supplied for use in bakeries, libraries, reading rooms, schools, and gymnasiums will be trans* ported by the Quartermaster's Department. 313. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish fuel for heating libraries, reading rooms, schools, chapels, and gymnasiums as indicated in paragraph 1006. ARTICLE XXXVII. POST GARDENS. 314. Commanding officers of posts at or near which suitable public lands are available, will set aside for post gardens such ground as may be necessary for the production of vegetables for the command and will cause it to be cultivated by the garrison. 315. Seeds for post gardens may be procured from the commissary, or from dealers or producers in the vicinity of the post. Payment for such arti- cles at cost prices will be made from post exchange funds, or pro rata from company and hospital funds. 316. Department commanders will give such instructions as may be nec- essary for carrying these regulations into effect and for the proper distribu- tion of products of gardens among those entitled to them. Surplus products may be sold and the proceeds divided among the company funds of the gar- rison according to strength of companies. ARTICLE XXXVIII. POST SCHOOLS. 317. The instruction of enlisted men is a military duty. The post com- mander will detail an officer to conduct the post school. Instruction will be given by officers, assisted by teachers detailed from the enlisted men. Com- manding officers are enjoined to personally aid and encourage those needing instruction, which will not be restricted to the elementary branches, but will extend to and include any subjects for which enlisted men under instruction may have an aptitude, or which they can pursue with advantage to them- selves or to the service. In the absence of proper text-books instruction will be oral. Desks and other material needed in schoolrooms will be sup- plied by the quartermaster. 31. School terms, aggregating not less than four months in each year,' will be designated by the department commander, and sessions will be held daily, Saturdays and Sundays excepted. At the beginning of each term, company commanders will furnish to the post commander a list of men needing or desiring instruction. 319. The number of teachers detailed from the enlisted men will not exceed one to every fifteen pupils or fraction of that number. If there be no enlisted men present suitable for such detail, the commanding officer will apply to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the number required. For Saturdays and Sundays and during vacation but one teacher at each post will be allowed extra-duty pay, and he will be required to care for the schoolbooks and property, and to teach the recruits and children. A school- teacher is not entitled to extra-duty pay while absent on furlough or on pass exceeding twenty-four hours. SCHOOLS EXCHANGES. 45 320. The adjutant-general of each department will, under the direction of its commander, have a general supervision of the post schools of the department. He will make, annually, to the Adjutant-General of the Army a full report of their condition and progress, setting forth specifically any case of failure or neglect on the part of a post commander to take proper interest in them or to facilitate their operation. This report will accompany the annual report of the department commander. Twice each year reports will be rendered by officers in charge of schools on the prescribed forms, through post commanders, to the adjutant-general of the department, who will for- ward a consolidation thereof with his annual report. 321. Officers of the Inspector-General's Department will examine into the system of instruction, advise post commanders of defects and suggest methods of improvement. They will endeavor to bring about uniformity in methods of management and instruction. 322. At posts where the number of children present will admit of it and where there are no convenient educational privileges, schools will be main- tained at which the attendance of children of officers will be optional with parents and those of enlisted men compulsory. The sessions of children's schools will be during such hours of the day as commanding officers may direct. 323. The children of civilians living near a post may be permitted to attend the post school. In such cases the parents will, if able, pay a small compensation for the privilege and will supply the necessary books. 324. The officer in charge of the post school will regulate the character and methods of instruction and enforce necessary discipline. Enlisted men in attendance who misbehave will be duly reported to the post authorities. Harsh punishment will not be inflicted upon children ; if not amenable to discipline, their conduct will be reported to the commanding officer, who will take the necessary action. For noncompliance with the rules of the school, children of officers may be deprived of its privileges. ARTICLE XXXIX. POST EXCHANGES, 325. Post exchanges are established and maintained under special regu- lations prepared by the War Department, which will be published from time to time. 326. On June 30 and December 31 of each year the commanding officer of a post at which an exchange is conducted will submit to the Adjutant- General of the Army, through military channels, a detailed report of the operations and financial condition of the exchange, accompanied by such remarks touching its effect upon the welfare of his command as he may deem it necessary to make for the information of the Commanding General of the Army and the Secretary of War. ARTICLE XL. CARE OF FORTIFICATIONS AND MAGAZINES. 327. No person will be permitted to walk upon any of the slopes of a fortification, excepting the ramps and glacis. If necessary to provide for 46 CARE OF FORTIFICATIONS. crossing them, it should be done by means of wooden steps or stairs. The occasional walking of persons on a parapet will do no harm provided the surface is not cut into paths. 328. Animals will not be permitted to graze upon the slopes, parapets, or ramparts, nor upon the glacis except within fenced limits which shall not approach within 30 feet of the crest of the glacis. 329. All grassed surfaces except the glacis will be frequently mowed. In cutting the grass upon small slopes a sickle will be used ; in mowing the steep slopes the mower will stand on a light ladder resting against the slope. 330. Hay may be cut on the glacis, or if fenced, it may be used as a pas- ture ; otherwise it will be treated like other slopes of the fortification. On all slopes dead sods will be replaced with fresh ones. Weeds will be eradi- cated. The burning of grass upon any portion of a fortification is prohibited. The formation of gullies in the parade, terreplein, and ramps, will be pre- vented, especially in slopes where grass is not well established. 331 . Terrepleins, floors, pavements, and walks, when constructed of brick, masonry or concrete, will be preserved from injury with great care. They will be protected by planks whenever it is necessary to move guns or vehi- cles of any kind over them, and no heavy weight will be permitted to fall upon them. 332. Earth, sand or ashes will not be placed against woodwork. Wooden floors, platforms and bridges will be kept clean and exposed to a free circu- lation of air. Doors and windows of all storerooms, of unoccupied case- mates, quarters and buildings will be opened several times a week for thorough ventilation. 333. The labor required by this article, as well as repairs requiring small disbursements, such as repainting exposed wood or iron work, can be per- formed by the garrison ; but reports, estimates, and requisitions may be necessary to obtain materials. 334. The taking of photographic or other views of permanent works of defense will not be permitted. 335. Magazines will be opened for ventilation in dry weather only. The ventilators will be kept free. No shrubbery or trees will be permitted to screen the buildings from the sun. 336. Moisture in a magazine may be absorbed by chloride of lime placed in an open vessel. The use of quicklime is dangerous. 337. Canes, swords or other articles which might produce sparks will not be taken into a magazine, and no person will enter without first remov- ing his shoes or putting on magazine slippers. 338. Barrels containing powder will be occasionally inspected and brushed to prevent insects from destroying the hoops. Carbolic acid may be used as a preventive. When necessary to prevent caking, barrels of pow- der will be rolled on boards outside the magazine. Should the powder be caked, great caution must be used in breaking the lumps. The grains must be separated, but not pulverized. 339. Under no circumstances will cartridge bags or projectiles be filled in a magazine. LIGHT ARTILLERY TORPEDO SERVICE. 47 34LO. Smoking or fire will not be allowed in the vicinity of a magazine. Should a fire accidentally occur near by, the ventilators and windows will be immediately closed and the building covered with paulins or blankets saturated with water. No attempt should be made to remove the contents. 341. Such articles as loaded shells, fuses, friction primers, water caps, rockets and fireworks will never be put in a magazine containing powder. 342. Shells will not be charged until there is occasion for firing them. 343. The instructions regarding the care and preservation of artillery material, contained in the authorized Manual of Heavy Artillery, will be observed by the commanding officer of each military post at which such material is used or stored. ARTICLE XLI. LIGHT ARTILLERY INSTRUCTION. 344* For purposes of instruction the lieutenants of the artillery regi- ments will be assigned for tours of duty not exceeding three years with the light batteries of their respective regiments. Transfers to and from light batteries will be made by the Commanding General of the Army after consid- eration of such recommendations as may be made by the regimental com- manders, and will, as far as practicable, take effect on the 1st day of October. Regimental commanders will forward their recommendations in due season to the Adjutant-General of the Army. Details for light artillery instruc- tion will, as a rule, be made from officers who are not on detached or special service. 345. Captains of light batteries will be assigned, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the Commanding General of the Army, upon the recommendation of regimental commanders, whose recommendations will be based solely upon the special qualifications of officers for the command of the instruction batteries. ARTICLE XLII. INSTRUCTION IN TORPEDO SERVICE. 346. The commanding officer of each cavalry, artillery, and infantry regiment may, on the 1st day of September of each year, nominate to the Commanding General of the Army one subaltern for detail at Willets Point, N. Y., for a course of instruction in torpedo service, commencing on the 1st day of December and ending on the 1st day of October following. The nomi- nations thus made will be forwarded through the regular military channels. 347. The conditions governing the detail will be determined each year and announced in general orders from the Headquarters of the Army. ARTICLE XLIII. ARTILLERY PRACTICE. 348. At all posts with fixed batteries the position of every gun, mounted or to be mounted, will have its number, which will be placed on the gun when in position. The guns will be numbered in a regular series, com- mencing with the first gun on the left of the main entrance looking out. 48 ARTILLERY PRACTICE. Where there are platforms temporarily unoccupied by guns they will be included in the regular series of numbering. The pieces of other batteries will be numbered from right to left. 349. At all posts with fixed batteries a book will be kept, known as the Post Book of Artillery Record, in which, under the direction of the post commander, will be entered the number of each mounted gun, its caliber, weight, names of founder and inspector, and other marks, the description of its carriage, whence received, date of receipt at post, and the greatest field of fire of the gun in position. This book will be furnished by the Ordnance Department. Instructions for keeping it will be found in front pages. 350. The commanding general of each department within which are the headquarters of one or more regiments of artillery, with the approval of the Commanding G-eneral of the Army, will select a competent field officer of artillery, not a colonel, to be attached to the department staff, who will be designated the artillery inspector. He will perform such duties in con- nection with his arm as may be assigned to him by the department com- mander, make such inspections of the artillery troops and material in the department as may be ordered by the Secretary of War, and report thereon to the department commander. 351. The commanding officer of each post where there are fixed batteries bearing upon a channel, will call upon the Engineer Department for accu- rate charts showing the soundings within range of the guns. These charts will be elaborated as prescribed by instructions and general orders governing artillery practice. 352. The details of the methods of conducting the technical instruction of artillery troops, target practice with heavy and light artillery, and the artillery competitions will be prescribed in orders and instructions issuing from the Headquarters of the Army. Any deviation from the prescribed methods must be sanctioned by the department commander. 353. All officers of artillery will be encouraged to submit, through proper channels, suggestions and devices for improving prescribed methods. Changes affecting the authorized Manual of Heavy Artillery will be pub- lished in Artillery Memoranda from the Adjutant-General's Office. 354. The allowance of ammunition for the instruction of heavy and light artillery batteries and for practice with machine guns will be deter- mined each year and announced in general orders from the Headquarters of the Army. 355. Targets and target material for artillery practice will be provided by the Ordnance Department. The Quartermaster's Department will fur- nish all necessary assistance in placing, removing and storing targets. 356. In addition to such reports as may be required by instructions and orders governing artillery practice, the commanding officer of a post or battery will forward for the information of the Chief of Ordnance, on forms supplied by the Ordnance Department, a report of each shot fired in practice, instruction, and active service. SMALL-ARMS PRACTICE ROSTER. 49 ARTICLE XLIV. SMALL- ARMS PRACTICE. 357. Small-arms practice will be conducted in accordance Vvith the authorized firing regulations and orders from the War Department. The period selected for practice on the range will be announced annually by department commanders, who will also publish the results of the firing, and the names of qualified sharpshooters ; all orders containing instruc- tions to govern either preliminary methods or practice with the rifle, carbine, or revolver, will be issued from the Headquarters of the Army. 358. Reports as to the amount of instruction imparted and the degree of efficiency attained will be rendered only as required by the firing regu- lations for small arms, or by orders issued from the Headquarters of the Army. The necessary books and blanks will be supplied by the Ordnance Department. 359. The values of small-arms ammunition and of the component parts thereof will be published in general orders. 360. The aggregate allowance of ammunition for any company will be expended at such times during the year as the department commander may direct, or in the absence of specific directions, as the post and com- pany commanders may determine. When not used in target practice, ammunition may, in the discretion of the post and company commanders, be expended in hunting. 361. Company commanders will keep a permanent record for each cal- endar year of the ammunition expended in target firing at each practice. Any expenditure in excess of authorized allowances will be charged to the officer accountable. Ammunition not expended at the end of the calendar year will be no longer available. 362. The Ordnance Department will provide the requisite targets, streamers and flags. The quartermaster will set up the targets, prepare the range and construct shelters for the markers. Flour for making paste for use in target practice will be issued by the commissary. 363. Where hunting for large game is practicable the men will be encouraged to hunt, and for this purpose company commanders may per- mit their men to purchase cartridges, if supply warrants _ it, such sales to be accounted for on returns of ordnance. ARTICLE XLV. ROSTER, DETACHMENTS AND DAILY SERVICE. THE ROSTER. 364. A roster is a list of officers or men for duty, with a record of the duty performed by each. Generally, details for duty are made so that the one longest off is the first for detail. Details so made are said to be made by roster. 365. All details for service in garrison and in the field, except the author- ized special and extra-duty details, will be by roster ; but officers or enlisted men, when detailed, must serve, whether a roster be kept or not. Having performed the service, they may appeal to superior authority if they deem themselves aggrieved. 13691 4 50 ROSTER. 366. The duties performed by roster are of two classes. The first com- prises, (1) outposts; (2) interior guards, including stable guards; (3) detachments to protect laborers on military works ; (4) armed working parties on such works. The second comprises all other duties and fatigue, in or out of the garrison or camp. 367. The rosters are distinct for each class. Officers are named on them in the order of rank. Details are made in succession according to roster, beginning at the head. 368. Lieutenant-colonels and majors are on one roster, and may be detailed when the importance of the duty requires it. In the field their roster is kept at division and brigade headquarters. Captains f orm one ros- ter and are exempt from ordinary fatigue duties. A captain commanding a battalion is exempt from detail, and duty falling to him passes. Lieuten- ants form one roster, and first and second lieutenants are entered alter- nately. Sergeants, corporals, musicians and privates form distinct rosters. 369. Officers, noncommissioned officers and privates take duties of the first class in the order stated in paragraph 366, viz, the first for detail takes the outposts, the next the interior guards, and so on. In those of the sec- ond class the senior officer takes the largest party. The party first for detail takes the service out of camp. 370. In making details by roster, an officer or enlisted man is each day charged with the number of days that he has remained present and avail- able since the beginning of his last tour. Departures from this rule may be authorized by the commanding officer whenever a strict application would allow improper advantage or work hardship. 371. When an officer has been detailed and is not present or available at the hour of marching, the next after him takes the duty. When an out- post has passed the chain of sentinels, or an interior guard has reached its post, the officer whose tour it was can not take it unless so ordered by the commanding officer, but succeeds to the tour of the officer who has taken his. 372. Duties of the first class are credited on the roster when the guards or detachments have passed the chain of sentinels or an interior guard has reached its post ; other duties, when the parties have entered upon their performance. 373. An officer or enlisted man on duty of the first class, or who is next for detail for such duty, is available, when relieved, for duty of the second class that has fallen to him during that time. Except in emergencies no duty will be required of the old officer of the day or the old guard until four hours after they have been relieved. 374. Soldiers march armed, and if necessary, fully equipped, on all duties of the first class. 375. In the cavalry, dismounted men and those whose horses are not fit for service are preferred for all dismounted details. Mounted men are never employed on such service if the number of dismounted men is sufficient. 376. In the field, every enlisted man of the cavalry detailed for dismounted service will, before he marches, take to the first sergeant of his troop his horse equipments and saddle, ready packed. In case of alarm the first sergeant sees that the horses of these men are equipped and led to the rendezvous. DETACHMENTS DAILY SERVICE. 51 37"7. Light batteries serving with other troops will perform their own guard, police, and fatigue duty, and officers and men will be exempt from detail for other duty of like character, except when in the judgment of the post commander the necessities of the service will not permit such exemp- tion, in which case he will immediately report his action and the circum- stances to the department commander. DETACHMENTS. 378. As far as the exigencies of the service will permit, detachments for armed service will be formed by taking battalions, companies, platoons, or other subdivisions in turn, according to the roster. 379. Officers or enlisted men detailed for detached service while on other duty will be relieved from that duty if they can reach camp in time to march with the detachment. 3 SO. When a detachment is to be formed from the different organiza- tions of a command, the adjutant or adjutant-general forms its contingent, verifies the details and sends it to the place of assembly, or turns it over to the detachment commander. 381. When detachments meet, the command is regulated while they serve together as if they formed one command, but the senior officer can not prevent the commander of any detachment from moving when he thinks proper to execute the orders he has received. 382. On the return of a detachment its commander reports to the head- quarters from which he received his orders. DAILY SERVICE. 383. There should be daily at least two roll calls, viz, at reveille and retreat. Commanding officers may 'also order roll calls in special cases at such times as they deem necessary. The roll will be called on the company parade by the first sergeant, superintended by a commissioned officer. If companies are quartered together or in contiguous barracks, one officer may superintend the roll call of two or more of them, provided he can do so efficiently, commanding officers regulating the practice in this regard. Ordinarily there will not be any formation for roll call at tattoo, but the prescribed signal will be sounded, and fifteen minutes thereafter lights in squad rooms will be extinguished and all noises and loud talking will cease. Call to quarters will be sounded at 10.45 p. m. and taps at 11. At taps all lights not authorized by the commanding officer will be extinguished and the first sergeant or other noncommissioned officer, as the company commander may direct, will inspect each company and report to the officer of the day the names of all unauthorized absentees. Reveille roll call in garrison will not ordinarily take place earlier than 5.30 a. m. in summer, or 6.30 a. m. in winter. At retreat roll call the troops are brought to parade rest and so remain during the sounding of retreat. 384. Mess call will be sounded daily as follows : For breakfast, fifteen minutes after reveille roll call ; for dinner, not earlier than 12 m. nor later than 12.15 p.m. ; for supper, not earlier than 5 nor later than 6.30 p. m. Meals for enlisted men will be served promptly at the hours appointed and the duties of the post, as far as compatible with the requirements of 52 HONORS. the service, will be so arranged that the enlisted men may be present. The men will be allowed at least twenty minutes for breakfast and supper and thirty minutes for dinner. 385. Except at the ceremony of parade, the result of a roll call will be reported after the companies have been dismissed, to the officer superin- tending the call, who will report the result to the commanding officer. 386. In camp and garrison the commanding officer fixes the hours for reports, issues and roll calls, and for the performance of stated duties and fatigues. In garrison, retreat will be at sunset. The signals will be sounded by the field musicians in accordance with authorized drill regulations. 387. After breakfast, and after stable duty in the cavalry, the tents or quarters and adjacent ground will be policed by the men of the companies and the guardhouse or guard tent by the prisoners or by members of the guard if there be no prisoners. 388. The morning reports of the companies, signed by the company com- manders and first sergeants, will be handed to the adjutant before 8 o'clock in the morning and will be consolidated by him within the next hour. The consolidated report will be signed by the commanding officer and the adju- tant. ARTICLE XL VI. HONORS, COURTESIES AND CEREMONIES. HONORS. 389. The officers named below will be received with standards and colors dropping, officers and troops saluting, and the bands and field music playing, as follows : The President, the President's March ; the General, the General's March; the Lieutenant-General or the Major-General Com- manding the Army, trumpets sounding three flourishes or drums beating three ruffles ; a major-general, two flourishes or two ruffles ; a brigadier- general, one flourish or one ruffle. 390. To the Vice-President, the members of the Cabinet, the Chief Jus- tice, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, American or foreign ambassadors, and governors within their respective States and Territories the same honors are paid as to the General; to the Assistant Secretary of War and to American or foreign envoys or minis- ters, the same honors as to the Lieutenant-General ; to officers of the Navy the honors due to their assimilated or relative rank ; to officers of marines and volunteers, and militia when in the service of the United States, the honors due to like grades in the regular service ; to officers of a foreign service the honors due to their rank. 39 1 . The national or regimental color or standard, uncased, passing a guard or other armed body will be saluted, the field music sounding " to the color "or " to the standard. " Officers or enlisted men passing the uncased color will render the prescribed salute ; with no arms in hand, the salute will be made by uncovering. 392. No honors are paid by troops when on the march or in trenches and no salute is rendered when marching in double time or at the trot or gallop. 393. The commanding officer is saluted by all commissioned officers in command of troops or detachments. Troops under arms will salute as pre- scribed in drill regulations. HONORS. 53 394. All officers salute on meeting and in making or receiving official reports. Military courtesy requires the junior to salute first, but when the salute is introductory to a report made at a military ceremony or forma- tion to the representative of a common superior as for example, to the adjutant, officer of the day, etc. the officer making the report, whatever his rank, will salute first ; the officer to whom the report is. made will ac- knowledge by saluting, that he has received and. understood the report. When under arms the salute is made with the sword or saber if drawn ; otherwise with the hand. A mounted officer dismounts before addressing a superior not mounted. 395. On official occasions, officers when indoors and under arms do not uncover, but salute with the sword if drawn ; otherwise with the hand. If not under arms, they uncover and stand at attention, but do not salute except when making or receiving reports. 396. When an enlisted man without arms passes an officer he salutes with the hand farthest from the officer. If mounted, he salutes with the right hand. Officers are saluted whether in uniform or not. 397. An enlisted man, armed with the saber and out of ranks, salutes all officers with the saber if drawn; otherwise he salutes with the hand. If on foot and armed with a rifle or carbine, he makes the rifle or carbine salute. A mounted soldier dismounts before addressing an officer not mounted. 398. A noncommissioned officer or private in command of a detachment without arms salutes all officers with the hand, but if the detachment be on foot and armed with the rifle or carbine, he makes the rifle or carbine salute, and if armed with a saber, he salutes with it. 399. An enlisted man, if seated, rises on the approach of an officer, faces toward him and salutes. If standing, he faces the officer for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place or on the same ground, such compliments need not be repeated. Soldiers actually at work do not cease work to salute an officer unless addressed by him. 400. An enlisted man makes the prescribed salute with the weapon he is armed with, or if unarmed, whether covered or uncovered, with the hand, before addressing an officer. He also makes the same salute after receiving a reply. 401. Indoors, an unarmed enlisted man uncovers and stands at attention upon the approach of an officer ; he does not salute unless he addresses or is addressed by the officer. If armed he salutes as heretofore prescribed, without uncovering. O2. When an officer enters a room where there are soldiers, the word "Attention" is given by some one who perceives him, when all rise and remain standing in the position of a soldier until the officer leaves the room. Soldiers at meals do not rise. 403. Soldiers at all times and in all situations pay the same compliments to officers of the Army, Navy, and Marines, to officers of volunteers and officers of the militia in the service of the United States, as to officers of their own regiments, corps or arm of service. 404. Officers will at all times acknowledge the courtesies of enlisted men by returning salutes given, in the manner prescribed in drill regula- tions. When several officers in company are saluted, all who are entitled to the salute return it. 54 SALUTES. SALUTES WITH CANNON. 405. Salutes will be fired between sunrise and sunset only, and, as a rule, not on Sunday. The national flag will always be displayed at the time of firing a salute. 406. The national salute is 21 guns. The salute to the Union, com- memorative of the Declaration of Independence and consisting of one gun for each State, is fired at noon on July 4,- at every post provided with artillery. 407. The President, both on his arrival at and departure from a military post, or when in its vicinity, receives a salute of 21 guns. No other per- sonal salute is fired in his presence. 4 OH. The Vice-President and President of the Senate receive a salute of 19 guns ; members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, American or foreign ambassadors, a committee of Con- gress officially visiting a military post, and governors, within their respec- tive States or Territories, receive 17 guns. The Assistant Secretary of War, when officially visiting a military post, receives 15 guns. 409. American or foreign envoys or ministers receive 15 guns ; ministers resident accredited to the United States, 13 guns; charges d'affaires, 11 guns ; consuls-general accredited to the United States, 9 guns. 410. The sovereign or chief magistrate of a foreign country receives the salute prescribed for the President ; members of a royal family receive the salute due to their sovereign. 411. The General receives a salute of 17 guns ; the Lieutenant-General or Major-General Commanding the Army, 15 guns ; a major-general, 13 guns, and a brigadier-general, 11 guns. 412. An officer assigned to duty according to his brevet rank is entitled to the salute prescribed for the grade to which he is assigned. 413. As a rule, a personal salute is fired when the personage entitled to it enters a post. 414. A general officer is saluted but once a year at each post when notice of his intention to visit it has been given. A retired general officer making an official visit is saluted according to his grade. When several per- sons, each of whom is entitled to a salute, arrive together at a post, the highest in rank or position is alone saluted. If they arrive successively, each is saluted in turn. 415. Officers of the Navy are saluted according to their relative rank ; officers of marines and of the volunteer forces or militia in the service of the United States and officers of foreign services are saluted according to rank. 416. The salute to a national flag is 21 guns. 417". It is the custom of foreign ships of war, on entering a harbor or passing near a fortification, to hoist at the fore the flag of the country in whose waters they are, and to salute it. On the completion of the salute to the flag, a salute of the same number of guns will be promptly returned by the nearest fort or battery. If there be several forts or batteries in sight, or within 6 miles of each other, the saluting station will return the salute. SALUTES VISITS AND COURTESIES. 55 United States vessels return salutes to the flag in United States waters only when there is no fort or battery to do so. United States vessels do not salute United States forts or posts. 418. When a civil functionary entitled to a salute arrives at a military post the commanding officer meets or calls upon him as soon as practicable, and will tender him a review, if the garrison consists of not less than four companies. When a general officer visits a post within his command, the troops will be paraded for review, unless he directs otherwise. When a salute is to be given an officer junior to another present at a post, the senior will be notified to that effect by the commanding officer. 419. The flag of a military post will not be dipped by way of salute or compliment. VISITS AND COURTESIES. 4 2O. Officers arriving at the headquarters of a territorial department, military command, or at a military post, will call upon the commander thereof as soon as practicable and register their names. If the visiting officer be senior to the commander, the former may send a card, in which case it becomes the duty of the commander to make the first call. 421. The interchange of official compliments and visits between foreign military and naval officers and the authorities of a military post is inter- national in character and opens the way to official and social courtesies among the officers. In cases of vessels of war, foreign or otherwise, recently arrived, it is the duty of the post commander to send a suitable officer to offer civilities and assistance. It is expected that this civility will be returned and that within twenty-four hours thereafter, weather permitting, the officer in chief command of the ship or ships will visit the officer in command of the post or station, should the latter be his equal or superior in grade. This visit will be returned within twenty-four hours. Should the naval officer in command be superior in grade to the officer commanding the post or station the first visit will be paid by the latter. 422. When a military commander officially visits a vessel of war, he will give notice in advance of his intention to do so. He is received at the gang- way by the commander of the vessel and is accompanied there by the same officer when leaving. The officer who is sent with the customary offer of civilities is met at the gangway of a vessel of war by the officer of the deck, and is presented by the latter to the commander of the vessel. 423. A vessel of war is approached and boarded, by commissioned offi- cers, by the starboard side and gangway. In entering a boat, the junior goes first and other officers follow in order of rank ; in leaving a boat, the senior goes first. The latter acknowledges the salutes which are given at the gang- way of a naval vessel. 424. Naval vessels fire personal salutes to officers entitled to them when the boats containing them have cleared the ship. It is an acknowledgment of the salute by the officer saluted for his boat to lie on her oars from the first until the last gun and for him to uncover ; at the conclusion, to give way. Personal salutes are not returned by military posts. 425. In case of vessels of war of foreign powers at peace with the United States lying in our ports or harbors and celebrating their national festivities, the commander of each fort, battery, or military post may participate in the 56 HONORS. celebration by firing salntes, parading commands, etc. In snch a case the flag of the United States will be hoisted and lowered simultaneously with that of the ship on board of which the celebration occurs. ESCORTS OF HONOR. 426. Escorts of honor maybe composed of cavalry, artillery, or infantry, or of all arms, according to the circumstances. They are detailed for the purpose of receiving and escorting personages of high rank, civil or military, when they arrive and depart. The troops for this purpose will be selected for their soldierly appearance and superior discipline, and are formed and maneuvered as prescribed in the authorized drill regulations. The post commander in each case will detail an officer to attend the personage escorted, and bear communications from him to the commander of the escort. FUNERAL HONORS. 427. On the receipt at any post or camp of official notice of the death of the President of the United States, the commanding officer will, on the following day, cause a gun to be fired every half hour, beginning at sun- rise and ending at sunset. When posts are near each other the firing will take place only at the post commanded by the 1 senior officer. 42. On the day of interment of a Secretary of War or the Commanding General of the Army a gun will be fired every half hour, beginning at sun- rise, until the funeral procession moves. 429. The orders announcing the death of a general officer on the active or retired list, or other person entitled to a salute of cannon, will specify the number of guns to be fired at half -hour intervals, commencing at 8 o'clock a. m. on the day after the receipt of the order. During the firing the flag will be displayed at half-staff. The number of guns to which the deceased was entitled will be fired. The posts at which they shall be fired will be designated in the orders. 430. When the funeral of an officer, who was entitled to a salute, takes place at or near a military post, minute guns will be fired while the remains are being borne to the place of interment but the number of guns will not exceed that to which the officer was entitled as a salute. After the remains are deposited in the grave a salute corresponding to the rank of the deceased will be fired in addition to three salvos of artillery or three volleys of musketry. 431. If the remains of a flag officer of the Navy are brought ashore in the vicinity of a military post, the flag will be displayed at half-staff and minute guns will be fired as the procession moves. The number of guns will be that to which the officer was entitled as a salute. 432. During the funeral of a civil functionary who was entitled to a salute, the flag is displayed at half-staff and minute guns are fired. 433. On the death of an officer at a military post the flag is displayed at half-staff and so remains, between reveille and retreat, until the last salvo or volley is fired over the grave; or if the remains are not interred at the post, until they are removed therefrom. 434. During the funeral of an enlisted man at a military post the flag is displayed at half-staff. It is hoisted to the top after the final volley or gun is fired, or after the remains are taken from the post. The same honors are paid on the occasion of the funeral of a retired enlisted man. FUNERAL HONORS. 57 435. All military posts in sight of each other display their flags at half- staff upon the occasion of one doing so. The same rule is observed toward all vessels of war. 436. When the flag is displayed at half-staff it is lowered to that posi- tion from the top of the staff. It is afterwards hoisted to the top before it is finally lowered. 437. The funeral escort of the Secretary of War or General of the Army will consist of a regiment of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and two bat- teries of artillery ; of the Lieutenant-General or the Major-General Command- ing the Army, a regiment of infantry, a squadron of cavalry and a battery of artillery ; of a major-general, a regiment of infantry, two troops of cavalry, and a battery of artillery ; of a brigadier-general, a regiment of infantry, a troop of cavalry, and a platoon of artillery; of a colonel, a regiment ; a lieu- tenant-colonel or major, a battalion or squadron ; a captain, one company ; a subaltern, a platoon. The funeral escort of a general officer, or of any other officer either on the active or retired list, when the funeral occurs at any other place than a military post or camp, will be ordered by the Command- ing General of the Army with the approval of the Secretary of War, and will be composed of such bodies of troops, not exceeding the number pre- scribed in this paragraph, as the interests of the service will permit. But in all cases where the funeral ceremonies take place at or in the immediate vicinity of a military post, or where the remains are conveyed through a military post en route to the place of burial, the above regulation relative to escort will be complied with, so far as the strength of the garrison will allow; the flag will be at half-staff while the remains are at or in the imme- diate vicinity of the post and the department or post commander will give the necessary orders. 438. The funeral escort of an officer will be commanded by an officer of the same grade ; if none such be present, by one of the next lower grade. The ceremony is prescribed in the drill regulations. 439. The funeral escort of a noncommissioned staff officer will consist of sixteen rank and file, commanded by a sergeant ; of a sergeant, of fourteen rank and file, commanded by a sergeant ; of a corporal, of twelve rank and file, commanded by a corporal ; of a private, of eight rank and file, com- manded by a corporal. 44 O. The funeral escorts of officers of field artillery will be as follows : Colonel, twelve pieces ; lieutenant-colonel and major, eight pieces ; captain, four pieces ; lieutenant, two pieces. The escort of an enlisted man will consist of one piece. Caissons need not accompany the pieces. 441. Six pallbearers will be selected from the grade of the deceased, or from the next grade above or below. 442. Officers and enlisted men attending military funerals wear uniform and side arms and in the funeral procession follow the mourners in order of rank. The funeral of an officer is attended by such officers of the post or organization in the field as other duties will permit. The funeral of a non- commissioned officer is attended by the noncommissioned officer sand privates of the regiment, or such part of it as may be present and can be spared from other duties ; that of a private by the noncommissioned officers and privates of his company. 443. The badge of military mourning is a knot of black crape worn upon the sword hilt for a period not to exceed thirty days. 58 FUNERAL HONORS CEREMONIES GUARDS. 444. As family mourning, officers may wear a straight band of crape five inches wide around the left arm above the elbow. 445. The drums of a funeral escort will be covered with black crape or thin black serge, furnished by the quartermaster. 446. The colors of a regiment will not be placed in mourning or draped, except when ordered from the War Department. Two streamers of crape seven feet long and about twelve inches wide attached to the ferrule below the spearhead will be used. 447. Funeral honors will be paid to deceased officers without military command in accordance with their grade. CEREMONIES. 448. All ceremonies will be conducted as prescribed in the authorized drill regulations. 449. There will be daily one parade, morning or evening, as the command- ing officer may direct, which will not be dispensed with except on urgent occasions. All officers and men will be present unless specially excused or on duty incompatible with such attendance. 450. At every military post or station the flag will be hoisted at the sounding of the first note of the reveille, or of the first note of the march, if a march be played before the reveille. The flag will be lowered at the sounding of the last note of the retreat, and while the flag is being lowered the band will play The Star Spangled Banner. 451. Troops will be mustered for pay on the last day of each month unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War. When the commanding officer can not muster all the troops he will designate other officers to assist. 452. Each stated muster will, when practicable, be preceded by a minute and careful inspection. If the command consists of more than one com- pany, the inspection will be preceded by a review. If the day for muster falls on Sunday, such review and inspection will be omitted. ARTICLE XL VII. GUARDS. 453. The authorized Manual of Guard Duty is the guide in all matters relating to duties of guards not contained in these regulations. 4 54. Articles of camp and garrison equipage needed for strictly post or police purposes, as flags, spades, shovels, axes, hatchets, pickaxes, and brooms, will be issued by the quartermaster on special requisition of the officer of the guard or officer of the day, approved by the post commander. These articles will be receipted for by the officer making the requisition and dropped from the quartermaster's returns ; articles other than those herein enumerated will be continued on his returns. 455. Articles so obtained will be duly entered, by the officer who receives them, on the guard report under the heading ''Articles in charge." They will be carried on the report and daily receipted for by the successive officers of the guard or day. When no longer fit for use they will be submitted for inspection, and, if condemned, disposed of as ordered. MAPS SERVICE SCHOOLS. 59 456. An officer who receipts for property so carried on the guard report is not required to render returns thereof. He is relieved from accounta- bility for it by the receipt of his successor. ARTICLE XLVIII. MAPS AND RECONNAISSANCES. 4, 5?. The commanding officer of every body of troops ordered to march will select a competent person, preferably a commissioned officer, to whom he will intrust the special duty of making the field notes and sketches and keeping the journals hereinafter mentioned, for the preparation of a map of the route traversed. The person so selected will be relieved of so much of his routine duties as will enable him to perform this duty. Daily or more frequently, the commanding officer will inspect and verify the notes and journal. 458. Journals of marches will be kept in notebooks and route recon- naissances will be recorded on blanks. The books and blanks will be fur- nished by the Engineer Department. If they can not be obtained they will be prepared according to standard forms as nearly as practicable. 459. Notebooks will be freely used and to guard against loss of valuable data, copies will be made, verified and retained, and the originals forwarded to department headquarters at every convenient opportunity. Whenever a sufficient halt is made, a map of the route up to that point, together with a report thereon, will be transmitted in the same manner. These notes will not be omitted when passing over known routes. 460. General instructions for the use and preservation of instruments, the character of the observations to be specially made and the methods of recording them will be found in printed notes in the book and on the form which the Engineer Department supplies. 461. Requisitions will be made upon the Engineer Department for the necessary instruments, notebooks, and reconnaissance blanks. ARTICLE XLIX. THE SERVICE SCHOOLS. THE ARTILLERY SCHOOL. 462. The Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va., constitutes an independ- ent command, from which all reports and returns are made direct to the Headquarters of the Army. It is governed by special regulations. The school will have the following organization: 1. The commandant of the school and post, the directors of instruction, instructors and assistant instructors, and such organizations, officers, and enlisted men as may be assigned for duty or instruction. 2. The staff of the school, which will consist of the commandant, the directors of instruction, and the commanding officer of the Fort Monroe Arsenal. The adjutant will be secretary of the staff. 463. The lieutenants of the instruction batteries will be relieved and replaced by others on September 1 of each alternate year. Transfers for this purpose will be made by the Commanding General of the Army, after consideration of such recommendations as may be made by regimental 60 SERVICE SCHOOLS. commanders and forwarded in due season to the Adjutant-General of the Army. Details for instruction will, as a rule, be made from officers who have not served at the Artillery School, and who are not on detached or special service. THE INFANTRY AND CAVALRY SCHOOL. 464. The Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., is governed by special regulations, and will have the folio wing organization: 1. Two or more field officers of infantry and one or more of cavalry, the senior of whom will command the school and post ; the others will be instructors. 2. Such other officers of the Army as may be detailed for duty as instructors and assistant instructors. 3. The staff of the school, consisting of the instructors in charge of departments. 4. Such organizations, officers, and enlisted men as may be assigned for duty or instruction. 5. The student officers, lieutenants of infantry and cavalry, one from each regiment nominated by the regimental commander, and such others as may be detailed, all of whom will be required to take the prescribed course of instruction. These officers will be detailed in orders from Headquarters of the Army. 6. A secretary of the school and staff, who will be appointed by the commandant. 465. Commanding officers of regiments will be directed from Headquar- ters of the Army to make preliminary selection of officers and of alternates one year in advance of the date of entrance at the school, and such officers or alternates will, at the proper time, be detailed at the school, except for cogent reasons to the contrary ; but no officer will be selected who is not physically qualified for active service. A list of the names of officers and alternates selected will be sent from the Adjutant-General's Office to the commandant, who will cause the programme of instruction and list of authorized text-books to be sent to them. HONOR GRADUATES. 466. As soon as practicable after the close of the final examination of each class at the Artillery School and at the Infantry and Cavalry School, the respective commandants will report to the Adjutant-General of the Army the names of those student officers recommended by the staff of the school as most distinguished by general proficiency in the prescribed course of study, two from each class at the Artillery School, and not less than three nor more than five from each class at the Infantry and Cavalry School. As long as any such graduate is borne upon the active or retired list of the Army, his name in the Army Register will be accompanied by an appropriate design signifying that he is an honor graduate. The number of honor graduates in any class at the Infantry and Cavalry School will be determined by the Commanding General of the Army on the recommenda- tion of the staff of the school. THE CAVALRY AND LIGHT ARTILLERY SCHOOL. 467. The Cavalry and Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kans., is governed by special regulations and includes a sub-school of practice for each SERVICE SCHOOLS HOSPITAL FOR INSANE. 61 of those axms. The school is for the purpose of instruction in the combined operations of cavalry and light artillery. The school will have the following organization : 1. Field officers, four or more of cavalry and one or more of artillery. The commandant will be a colonel of cavalry, but in his absence the senior officer of cavalry or artillery present will command. 2. The director of the sub-school for cavalry, who will be the senior officer of cavalry present next to the commandant, and the director of the sub-school of light artillery, who will be the senior officer of artillery present. 3. The staff of the school, which will consist of the commandant and all the field officers of cavalry and artillery at the post. 4. Such number of squadrons of cavalry not exceeding three, such num- ber of batteries of light artillery not exceeding five, and such other officers and enlisted men as may be there assigned for instruction. 5. A secretary of the school and its staff, who shall be appointed by the commandant. THE ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL. 468. The Army Medical School, at Washington, D. C., is governed by special regulations, and will have the following organization : 1. The faculty, which will consist of four or more professors selected from the senior officers of the Medical Department stationed in or near the city of Washington, and such associate professors as maybe required. The senior officer will be president, and the junior, secretary of the faculty. 2. The student officers, who will be those medical officers who have been appointed since the last preceding term of the school, and such others as may be authorized to attend. ARTICLE L. THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. 469. The insane of the military service will be sent by department com- manders, under proper escort, to Washington, D. C., where they will be reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army, that the orders of the Secre- tary of War for admission to the Government Hospital for the Insane may be obtained. 470. An application for admission to the hospital will be forwarded in time to reach the Adjutant-General of the Army at least one day before the arrival of the patient. It will contain a full description of the patient, and will be accompanied by a certificate of the post surgeon containing the diagnosis and a detailed account of the medical history of the case. If the patient be a soldier, his descriptive list and certificates of disability will accompany the application. He will not be discharged from the service except by order of the Secretary of War after his arrival at the hospital. 471. An insane soldier will be escorted by a noncommissioned officer. When a number are sent at one time, or when the patient or patients are violent, the department commander may order such addition to the escort as may be necessary. The noncommissioned officer will report to the Adjutant- General of the Army by telegraph, at least twenty-four hours in advance, the probable time and place of arrival in Washington. After leaving the patient at the asylum, the noncommissioned officer will report to the Adju- tant-General of the Army for further instructions. 62 INDIANS. 472. On the departure of the patient from his station, the commanding officer will give such orders to the person in charge as will provide for trans- portation of the necessary attendants to the institution and returning to their posts, also subsistence during their absence. When payment of com- mutation, in lieu of subsistence in kind, is permissible under paragraph 1272, the commanding officer may, in writing, order commutation for the patient to be paid in advance to, and receipted for by, the noncommissioned officer to whose charge the patient is committed. 473. To obtain the release of a patient when cured, or his delivery to the care of friends, application must be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army, accompanied by the recommendation of the superintendent of the hospital. ARTICLE LI. INDIANS. INDIAN COUNTRY, ETC. , 474. If any commanding officer of a military post has reason to suspect or is informed that any white person or Indian is about to introduce or has introduced any spirituous liquor or wine into the Indian country in violation of law, he may cause the boats, stores, packages, wagons, sleds, and places of deposit of such person to be searched ; and if such liquor is found therein, the same, together with the boats, teams, wagons, and sleds used in convey- ing the same, and also the goods, packages, and peltries of such person, shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court. It shall, moreover, be the duty of any person in the service of the United States, or of any Indian, to take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine -found in the Indian country, except such as may be introduced therein by the War Department. In all cases arising under sec- tions 2139 and 2140, Revised Statutes, Indians shall be competent witnesses. 475. The Indian country within the meaning of the foregoing paragraph may be denned, in general, as the Indian Territory, Indian reservation?, or districts occupied by Indian tribes and to which the Indian title has not been extinguished ; or sections of country over which the operation of the Indian trade and intercourse laws has been retained by Indian treaty stipu- lations. Should any case arise which, in the opinion of the department com- mander, does not appear to be embraced within these definitions, he will report it to the Secretary of War, in order that the question whether the location is Indian country may be authoritatively determined. 476. When lands are secured to the Indians by treaty against occupa- tion by the whites the military commanders will keep intruders off the same by military force if necessary, until such time as the Indian title is extinguished or the lands are opened by Congress for settlement. 477. When questions arise as to the ownership of animals in possession of Indians the commanding officer of the nearest military post is author- ized and directed to act in conjunction with the agent in charge of said Indians in the investigation and determination of ownership. 478. The introduction into the Indian country for the purpose of sale to or exchange with Indians of any breech-loading firearms and of any special ammunition adapted to them, and the sale and exchange to Indians in the Indian country of any such arms or ammunition, is prohibited. The intro- INDIANS. duction into the country or district occupied by any tribe of hostile Indians, for the purpose of sale or exchange to them, of arms or ammunition of any description, and the sale or exchange thereof to or with such Indians, is pro- hibited ; and all such arms or ammunition introduced by traders or other persons, and which are liable in any manner to be received by such hostile Indians, shall be deemed contraband of war, to be seized by any officer and confiscated. 479. Supplies, stores, and property of any kind procured out of Army appropriations will not be transferred, in any way or under any circum- stances, for the use of Indians except under authority first obtained from the Secretary of War. Any officer violating the terms of this regulation will be charged with the money value of the supplies, stores, or property transferred, and in addition be otherwise held accountable, according to circumstances. But this paragraph will not be construed to prohibit the issue of small quantities of subsistence stores to Indians visiting military posts, as authorized in paragraph 1266. 4 SO. Indians held as prisoners of war are entitled to receive necessary subsistence, clothing, medicines and medical attendance. There is no authority of law permitting such supplies and attendance to be furnished to Indians under the care and management of the Interior Department. All Indian prisoners will be reported on the post returns under the following form: a Number of Number of 9 children children 12 . 1 1 above 12 years of age. years of age and under. 1 g o> Name of tribe. o H 1 h 43 Remarks. jS 3 0) d O a a 03 a | COURTS-MARTIAL. 129 ARTICLE LXXV. COURTS-MARTIAL. 9 IV. The order appointing a court-martial will name its members in order of rank, and they will sit according to rank as announced. A deci- sion of the appointing authority as to the number that can be assembled without injury to the service is conclusive. 918. The place of holding a court is designated by the authority appoint- ing it. Courts will be assembled at posts or stations where trial or exami- nation will be attended with the least expense. A member stationed at the place where it sits is liable to duty with his command during adjournment from day to day. Courts will, as far as practicable, hold their sessions so as to interfere least with ordinary routine duties, and when necessary for the sake of immediate example it will be ordered to sit without regard to hours. 9 19. A president of the court will not be announced. The officer highest in rank present will act as president. 920. A court-martial has no power to punish its members, but for dis- orderly conduct a member is liable as for other offenses against military discipline. Improper words used by him should be taken in writing, and any disorderly conduct reported to the appointing authority. 921. When a court sits in closed session the judge-advocate will with- draw, and when legal advice or assistance is required, it will be obtained in open court. 922. The judge-advocate will summon the necessary witnesses for the trial, but will not summon witnesses at the expense of the Government without the order of the court unless satisfied that their testimony is mate- rial and necessary. 923. Judge-advocates of military courts, in issuing process under section 1202, Revised Statutes, to compel the attendance, as witnesses, of persons not in the military service, will formally direct the same to an officer designated by the department commander to execute it. The nearest military com- mander will furnish the necessary military force for the execution of the process, if force be required. A subpoena may be served by any person. 924. Judge-advocates of courts-martial will, whenever it is possible, send subpoenas through military channels. 925. An officer or enlisted man who receives a summons to attend as a witness before any military court, board, civil court, or other tribunal com- petent to issue subpoenas, which is sitting beyond the limits of the depart- ment where he is serving, will, before starting to obey the summons, forward it through the proper channel to his department commander, that necessary orders, or authority to obey a civil process, may be given. In urgent cases, or when the public interest would be liable to suffer by delay, a post commander may authorize immediate departure, reporting his action and reasons therefor to the department commander. 926. The commanding officer of a post where a general court-martial is convened will, at the request of any prisoner who is to be arraigned, detail as counsel for his defense a suitable officer, one not directly responsible for the discipline of an organization serving thereat, nor acting as a summary court. If there be no such officer available the fact will be reported to the 13691 9 130 COURTS-MARTIAL. appointing authority for action. An officer so detailed should perform such duties as usually devolve upon counsel for defendant before civil courts in criminal cases. As such counsel he should guard the interests of the prisoner by all honorable and legitimate means known to the law. 927 1 . Charges against an enlisted man forwarded to the authority com- petent to appoint a general court for his trial will be accompanied by a statement in the prescribed form setting forth the dates of his present and former enlistments, the character upon each of the discharges given him, and the date of his confinement for the offenses alleged in the charges. This statement is intended simply for the information of the convening authority, and will not be introduced in evidence nor made a part of the record of the trial, but will be returned to the convening authority with the record. 928. Commanding officers will, before forwarding charges, personally investigate them, and, by indorsement on the charges, will certify that they have made such investigation, and whether, in their opinion, the charges can be sustained. 929. In every case where evidence of previous convictions is admissible, and the accused is convicted of the offense, the court, after determining its findings and before awarding sentence, will be opened for the purpose of ascertaining whether there be such evidence ; and if so, of hearing it. These convictions must be proved by extracts from the records of previous trials, or by duly authenticated orders promulgating the same. The proper evidence of previous convictions by summary court is the copy of the sum- mary court record furnished to company and other commanders, as required by paragraph 932, or one furnished for the pur pose, and certified to be a true copy by the post commander or adjutant. When the proof produced is the copy furnished to the company or other commander, it will be returned to him and a copy of it attached to the record of the general, regimental, or garrison court trying the case. Charges forwarded to the authority ordering a general court, or submitted to a summary, garrison, or regimental court, must be accompanied by the proper evidence of previous convictions, when such evidence is admissible. 930. Commanding officers are not required to bring every dereliction of duty before a court for trial, but will endeavor to prevent their recurrence by admonitions, withholding of privileges, and taking such steps as may be necessary to enforce their orders. 931. Noncommissioned officers above the rank of corporal will not, if they object thereto, be brought to trial before regimental, garrison, or sum- mary courts-martial, without the authority of the officer competent to order their trial by general court-martial ; nor will sergeants of the post non- commissioned staff or hospital stewards be reduced, but they may be dis- honorably discharged whenever reduction is included in the limit of pun- ishment. 932. Charges preferred for offenses cognizable by inferior courts will be laid before the post commander, who, if he thinks that the accused should be tried, will cause him to be brought before the summary court, where he will be arraigned and allowed to plead according to prevailing court-martial practice. If an accused neither demands a removal of his case to a regimental or garrison court, nor (he being a noncommissioned officer above the grade of corporal) objects to trial by an inferior court, nor plead* guilty, and the summary court officer is not the accuser, witnesses will be COURTS-MARTIAL. 131 sworn and evidence received the accused being permitted to testify in his own behalf and make a statement ; but the evidence and statement will not be recorded. The summary court, as soon as trial is concluded, will record its findings and sentence in the prescribed record book and submit it to the post commander, who will record therein his approval or disapproval, in part or whole, with date and signature. Should the post commander be the summary court, the findings and sentence will be recorded in like manner. No other record of the proceedings will be kept, and such trials will not be published in orders. Post commanders will furnish company and other commanders with copies of the summary court record relating to men of their commands, said copies to be certified to be true copies by the post commander or adjutant. 933. When a post commander sits as a summary court, no approval of the sentence is required by law, but he should sign the sentence as post commander and date his signature. 934. Charges submitted for trial by a summary court should be accom- panied by evidence of previous convictions, to be furnished when practicable by the officer preferring the charges ; or if the evidence is contained in the summary court record book, a reference to it will be sufficient. If this evi- dence is not submitted or cited, the summary court may take judicial notice of any such evidence which that book contains. 935. The summary court will be opened at a stated hour every morn- ing except Sunday, for the trial of such cases as may properly be brought before it. Trials will be had on Sunday only when the exigencies of the service make it necessary. The commanding officer, and not the court, will determine when and what cases shall be brought before it. Delay in the trial of a soldier by summary court does not invalidate the proceed- ings, but may be considered by the court in awarding sentence. 936. Summary courts are subject to the restrictions named in the 83d Article of War. Soldiers against whom charges may be preferred for trial by summary court will not be confined in the guardhouse, but will be placed in arrest in quarters, before and during trial and while awaiting sentence, except when in particular cases restraint may be necessary. 937. Whenever, under the provisions of the summary court act, it becomes necessary to convene a garrison or regimental court, the order appointing it will state the fact that brings the case within the exceptions of the law. 938. Whenever by any of the Articles of War punishment is left to the discretion of the court, it shall not, in time of peace, be in excess of a limit which the President may prescribe. The limits so prescribed are set forth in the Manual for Courts-Martial, published by authority of the Secretary of War. 939. Sentences imposing tours of guard duty are forbidden. 940. When the sentence of a court-martial prescribes imprisonment, the court will state therein whether the prisoner shall be confined in a peniten- tiary or at a post, being guided in its determination by the 97th Article of War. 941. General courts-martial may sentence soldiers to confinement in a penitentiary for offenses which are thus punishable by some statute of the United States or by a statute or the common law of the State, Territory, or District in which the offenses are committed. Department commanders will 1 32 COURTS-MARTIAL. designate the United States Penitentiary at Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, as the place of execution of such sentences, in cases in which the term of con- finement imposed is more than one year. If any State or Territory within a military department has made provision by law for the confinement of such prisoners in its penitentiaries, the department commander, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may designate one as the place of execution of sentence. 942. When the court has sentenced a prisoner to confinement at a post, no power is competent to increase the punishment by designating a peniten- tiary as the place of confinement. 943. When a sentence of confinement or forfeiture is in excess of the legal limit, the part within the limit is legal and may be executed. 944. When the date for the commencement of a term of confinement imposed by sentence of a court-martial is not expressly fixed by the sentence, the term of confinement begins on the date of the order promulgating it. The sentence is continuous until the term expires, except when the person sentenced is absent without authority. 945. The order promulgating the proceedings of a court and the action of the reviewing authority will, when practicable, be of the same date. When this is not practicable, the order will give the date of the action of the reviewing authority as the date of the beginning of the sentence. This does not apply to sentences of forfeiture of all pay and allowances. A soldier awaiting result of trial will not be paid before the result is known. 946. The authority which has designated the place of confinement, or higher authority, may change the place of confinement of any prisoner under the jurisdiction of such authority. 947. A sentence to confinement, with or without forfeiture of pay, can not become operative prior to the date of confirmation. If it be proper to take into consideration the length of confinement to which the prisoner has been subjected previous to such confirmation, it may be done by mitigation of sentence. 94 8. When soldiers awaiting result of trial or undergoing sentence com- mit offenses for which they are tried, the second sentence will be executed upon the expiration of the first. 949. A sentence adjudging a dishonorable discharge, to take effect at such period during a term of confinement as may be designated by the reviewing authority, is illegal. 950. The time at which a dishonorable discharge is to take effect, as fixed by a sentence, can not be postponed by the reviewing officer. 951. When a sentence imposes forfeiture of pay, or of a stated portion thereof, for a certain number of months, it stops for each of those months the amount stated. Thus: "Ten dollars of monthly pay for one year" would be a stoppage of $120. When the sentence is silent as to the date of commencement of forfeiture of pay, the forfeiture will begin at the date of promulgation of the sentence in orders, and will not apply to pay which accrued previous to that date. COURTS-MARTIAL. 133 952. An order remitting a forfeiture of pay operates only on the pay to become due subsequent to the date of the order. 953. Notwithstanding a sentence contemplates payment of a stated sum to a soldier upon his release from confinement, it can not be made unless there is a sufficient balance to his credit after all authorized stoppages are deducted. 954. Every court-martial will keep a complete and accurate record of its proceedings, which will be authenticated in each case by the signatures of the president and judge-advocate, the latter affixing his signature to each day's proceedings. 955. The judge-advocate will transmit the proceedings without delay to the officer having authority to confirm the sentence, who will state at the end of the proceedings in each case his decision and orders. 956. The complete proceedings of a garrison or regimental court will be transmitted without delay by the post or regimental commander to depart- ment headquarters. 957. When the record of a court exhibits error in preparation, or seem- ingly erroneous conclusions, the reviewing authority may reconvene the court for a reconsideration of its action, pointing out defects. Should the court concur in the views submitted, it will proceed by amendment to correct its errors, and may modify or completely change its findings. A reopening of the case, by calling or recalling witnesses, is illegal. 958. The employment of a stenographic reporter, under section 1203, Revised Statutes, is authorized for general courts only, and in cases where the convening authority considers it necessary. The convening authority may also, when necessary, authorize the detail of an enlisted man to assist the judge-advocate of a general court in preparing the record. 959. When a reporter is employed under section 1203, Revised Statutes, he will be paid not to exceed $10 a day during the whole period of absence from his residence, traveling or on duty, which shall be in full for taking and transcribing all notes, making such number of copies to be made at one writing as the judge-advocate may require, and, unless otherwise specially ordered by the Secretary of War, in full for all services rendered and expenses incurred by the reporter. In special cases, when authorized by the Secre- tary of War, stenographic reporters may be employed at rates not exceeding 25 cents per folio (one hundred words) for taking and transcribing the notes in shorthand, or 10 cents per folio for other notes, exhibits, and appendices. Reporters will be paid by the Pay Department on the certificate of the j udge-advocate . 960. No person in the military or civil service of the Government can lawfully receive extra compensation for clerical duties performed for a military court. 961 . Interpreters to courts-martial are paid by the Pay Department upon the certificate of the judge-advocate that they were employed by order of the court. They will be allowed the pay and allowances of civilian witnesses. 134 CIVILIAN WITNESSES CIVIL COUNSEL. ARTICLE LXXVI. CIVILIAN WITNESSES. 962. Civilians in the employ of the Government when traveling upon summons as witnesses before military courts are entitled to transportation in kind from their place of residence to the place where the court is in ses- sion and return. If no transportation be furnished they are entitled to reimbursement of the cost of travel actually performed by the shortest usually traveled route, including transfers to and from railway stations, at rates not exceeding 50 cents for each transfer, and the cost of a double berth in a sleeping car or steamer when an extra charge is made therefor. They are also entitled to reimbursement of the actual cost of meals and rooms at a rate not exceeding $3 per day for each day actually and unavoidably con- sumed in travel or in attendance upon the court under the order or sum- mons. No allowance will be made to them when attendance upon court does not require them to leave their stations. 963. A civilian not in Government employ duly summoned to appear as a witness before a military court will receive $1.50 for each day actually and unavoidably consumed in travel or in attendance upon the court under the summons, and 5 cents a mile for going from his place of residence to the place of trial or hearing and 5 cents a mile for returning. Civilian witnesses will be paid by the Pay Department. 964. The charges for return journeys of witnesses will be made upon the basis of the actual charges allowed for travel to the court, and the entire account thus completed will be paid upon discharge from attendance, with- out waiting for completion of return travel. 965. The items of expenditure authorized in paragraphs 962 and 963 will be set forth in detail and made a part of each voucher for reimbursement. No other items will be allowed. The correctness of the items will be attested by the affidavit of the witness, to be made when practicable before the judge- advocate, and the voucher will be accompanied by the original summons or a duly certified copy thereof. The certificate of the judge-advocate will be evidence of the fact and period of attendance, and will be made upon the voucher. 966. Compensation to civilians in or out of Government employ for attendance upon civil courts is payable by the civil authorities. ARTICLE LXXVII. EMPLOYMENT OF CIVIL COUNSEL. HABEAS CORPUS. 967. The employment of counsel at the expense of the United States is under the direction of the Department of Justice. 968. When a necessity arises for an attorney or counselor to defend or advise officers and others connected with the military service in cases con- nected with their public duties, request, with report of the facts, will be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army through the regular military channels, but in cases which will not admit of delay the request may be sent direct. The Adjutant-General will promptly submit all such requests to the Secretary of War for reference to the Department of Justice. Officers HABEAS CORPUS QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. 135 and others in the military service employing an attorney or counselor with- out being specially authorized to do so will be required to pay the expenses attendant upon such employment. 969. Officers will make respectful returns in writing to all writs of habeas corpus served on them. When the writ is issued by a State authority, and the person held by the Army officer is a civilian who has been apprehended under a warrant of attachment to be taken before a court-martial to testify as a witness, the officer will not produce the body, but will, by his return, set forth fully the authority by which he holds the person, and allege that the State authority is without jurisdiction to issue the writ of habeas corpus, and ask to have the same dismissed. He will also exhibit to the court or officer issuing the writ of habeas corpus the warrant of attachment and the subpoena (and the proof of the service of the subpoena) on which the war- rant of attachment was based, and also a certified copy of the order con- vening the court-martial before which he had been commanded to take the person. 970. Should a writ of habeas corpus issued by a State court or judge be served upon an Army officer commanding him to produce an enlisted man or show cause for his detention, the officer will decline to produce in court the body of the person named in the writ, but will make respectful return in writing to the effect that the man is a duly enlisted soldier of the United States, and that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that a magistrate or court of a State has no jurisdiction in such a case. 971. A writ of habeas corpus issued by a United States court or judge will be promptly complied With. The person alleged to be illegally restrained of his liberty will be taken before the court from which the writ has issued, and a return made setting forth the reasons for his restraint. The officer uoon whom such a writ is served will at once report the fact of such service direct to the Adjutant-General of the Army by telegraph. ARTICLE LXXVIII. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Quartermaster's Department, prepared and published under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Quartermaster-General. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. GENERAL DUTIES. 9 7 a. The Quartermaster's Department is charged with the duty of pro- viding means of transportation of every character, either under contract or in kind, which may be needed in the movement 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, except the equipment of cavalry and artillery. It furnishes clothing, camp and garrison equipage, barracks, storehouses and other buildings ; constructs and repairs roads, railways, bridges ; builds and charters ships, boats, docks and wharves needed for military purposes, and attends to all matters connected with military operations which are not expressly assigned to some other bureau of the War Department. 136 BARRACKS AND QUARTERS. 973. Subsistence, ordnance, signal, medical and hospital stores are pro- cured and issued by other bureaus of the War Department, but the Quar- termaster's Department transports them to the place of issue and provides storehouses for their preservation until consumed. 974. General depots for the collection, manufacture and preservation of quartermaster's stores until required for distribution are under the imme- diate control of the Quartermaster-General. 975. Officers serving in the Quartermaster's Department will make monthly estimates for funds, unless otherwise authorized, and only for such amounts as are required for payment of accounts within the periods esti- mated for. Estimates will show in detail the amounts required to cover all authorized expenditures, and the purposes for which needed. Quarter- masters will submit their estimates to their immediate commanding officers who, after action thereon, will forward them to the adjutant-general of the department; he will refer them to the chief quartermaster who, after con- sideration and revision, will consolidate and submit them to the department commander for approval ; thereafter the chief quartermaster will forward them to the Quartermaster-General. Quartermasters at general depots and independent posts will forward estimates of funds to the Quartermaster- General direct. BARRACKS AND QUARTERS. 976. When buildings are about to be occupied, allotted, or vacated, an inspection of them will be made by the quartermaster, who will make and file a statement of their condition, reporting to the commanding officer any damage apparently due to carelessness or neglect. Damages will be promptly repaired if possible. 977. Neglect by any officer or soldier to take proper care of rooms or fur- niture used by him is a military offense. In case of damage, such officer or soldier may be allowed to pay cost of necessary repairs if the commanding officer deem such payment sufficient. Commanding- officers will report, through prescribed channels, to the Adjutant-General of the Army their proceedings in all cases under this regulation. 97 . An annual inspection of the public buildings at every post will be made on the 1st day of March by the commanding officer and quarter- master. Whenever March 1 falls on Sunday, the inspection will be made on the following day. Immediately after the inspection the quartermaster will submit a report, upon the form prescribed for that purpose, giving a description and showing the condition and capacity of each building, the character and extent of any additions, alterations and repairs made upon it during the preceding year and cost of same, also repairs needed, with estimates therefor. Estimates for heating or plumbing will be made sepa- rately. Separate plans, specifications and estimates in detail for additions and alterations will be submitted with the report. If new buildings are required, the necessity will be fully stated, and, if authorized by the War Department, plans and specifications will be prepared in the Quartermaster- General's Office. The commanding officer will carefully examine the report and estimates, and forward them, with an expression of his views, for the Quartermaster-General. 979. When private buildings occupied as barracks or quarters, or lands occupied as encampments, are vacated, the commanding officer and quarter- BARRACKS AND QUARTERS. 137 master will make an inspection of them, and the latter will report, through the prescribed channel to the Quartermaster-General, their condition and any injury which has resulted to them by reason of such occupancy 980. All public buildings at a post will be numbered by the quartermas- ter, and thereafter each new building will be given its proper numerical designation. The number originally given a building will be retained, and entered by the quartermaster as a permanent record. Against each build- ing he will charge all expenditures made thereon, noting sums authorized, authority therefor and amounts actually expended, carefully itemized, showing separately the sums paid for material and labor. All expenditures made for the erection of new buildings, and for additions, alterations, or repairs will be so entered as to accurately exhibit the cost of each building to date. 981. The Quartermaster's Department will provide in all permanent bar- racks a box locker for each enlisted man for his uniform and extra clothing. Each man will provide his own lock. 982. Barracks will be supplied with chairs, at a rate not exceeding one for each noncommissioned officer and one for every two of the other enlisted men quartered therein. 983. .China and glassware belonging to mess outfits, bunks, mattresses, pillows, benches, chairs, tables and other articles of furniture provided for soldiers' barracks will not be removed therefrom without the order of the post commander, nor will they be removed from a post or station except by order of the War Department. Box lockers, mattress covers, pillowcases, bed sheets and barrack bags should be transported in all changes of sta- tion, but will not be taken into the field. Allowance and Assignment of Quarters. 984. At each post and station where there are public quarters in build- ings belonging to the United States, the quartermaster, under direction of the commanding officer, will allot to each officer the quarters to which his rank entitles him. 985. At all posts where, in the opinion of the department commander, the barracks and quarters are sufficient for the purpose, the following reg- ulations will govern their assignment and occupation : 1. Permanent quarters will be assigned to the field and staff officers of the garrison. 2. Quarters for the captain and lieutenants of each company will be des- ignated as appertaining to each set of barracks, having reference to con- venience of location. 3. On arrival of troops, each company will be assigned by the command- ing officer to appropriate vacant barracks and quarters, having due regard to relative rank of captains and their choice of quarters whenever two or more arrive at the same time. Quarters so regularly assigned will not be subject to choice, but any not occupied may be chosen for temporary occu- pancy by an officer, in accordance with existing regulations, subject how- ever to removal whenever an officer entitled to them arrives. The original assignment of quarters at any post or station will be made by a board of officers consisting of the commanding officer, the two senior line officers present, the senior surgeon and the quartermaster. Upon the department 138 BARRACKS AND QUARTERS. commander's approval of the board's action, its recommendations will be carried into effect as soon as practicable, the department commander causing the assignments to take effect as changes occur in the stations of officers and troops, without removing any officer from quarters occupied by him under other existing regulations. 986. At posts or stations where the provisions of paragraph 985 can not be applied, officers may make selection of quarters in accordance with their rank, but the commanding officer may direct that they confine their selec- tion to buildings located near their troops. An officer may select quarters occupied by a junior, but should not displace a junior if there be quarters suitable to the rank of the senior available, with equal conveniences and accommodations. When an officer has made his choice he must abide by it, and shall not again displace a junior unless he himself is displaced by a senior. The particular rooms which constitute a set of quarters will be designated by the quartermaster, under the direction of the commanding officer; attics are not counted as rooms. Officers will not choose rooms belonging to different sets. 987. An officer reporting for duty at a post will, immediately upon his arrival, make written application to the commanding officer for quarters. If in command of troops he will apply for quarters for himself, for his sub- ordinate officers, and the enlisted men of his command. The application will be accompanied by a copy of the order directing him to report at the station, and will be referred to the quartermaster for proper action under such instructions as the commanding officer may indorse thereon. 988. An officer will not occupy more than his proper allowance of quar- ters, except by permission of the commanding officer when there is an excess of quarters at the station. The allowance will be reduced pro rata by the commanding officer when the number of officers and troops present makes it necessary. If the public buildings are inadequate, the commanding officer will apply, through the department commander, to the Secretary of War for authority to hire necessary quarters. 989. Officers on duty without troops at stations where there are public quarters will be furnished them in kind. If insufficient, application for authority to hire quarters will be made as directed in paragraph 988. 990. At a military post where the headquarters of a department are or may be established, the department commander may set aside quarters for the staff, but will not disturb assignments made under paragraph 985 if it can be avoided. Quarters thus reserved will not be open to selection, but will be subject to assignment independent of choice. 991. An appropriate set of quarters, equal to those of a captain, will beset apart permanently for the chaplain. He will not be displaced, except by a reduction when the quarters are insufficient for the garrison, and he will not then be entirely displaced, nor allowed to choose others. 992. An officer's right to quarters is solely one of occupancy; when he and his family cease to occupy them, except in case of temporary absence, they are open to selection by, and reassignment to, some other officer on duty at the post. 993. When assigned to duty without troops or awaiting orders for the convenience of the Government, officers will be entitled to quarters, but in no case will they be furnished quarters at two stations at the same time. QUARTERS FUEL AND STOVES. 139 994. A contract surgeon is entitled- to the quarters stipulated in his con- tract, or commutation therefor. 995- The allowance of quarters to which an officer is entitled when on duty may be continued in kind, at his proper station, during the period for which the law permits him to be absent without reduction of pay and allow- ances. An officer under suspension has the same right to quarters as when on duty status, if present at the post. 996. At a post a room may be set aside as a mess room when a majority of its officers unite in a mess, but never when the officers to be accommo- dated are less than three in number. 997. An officer on sick leave is entitled to public quarters at his station during the period of sick leave, not exceeding six months, provided he or his family occupy them. He may hold hired quarters only while he is personally an occupant. Fuel and Stoves. 998. Officers may purchase from the Quartermaster's Department the fuel actually needed for their own use. For the quantity allowed them in the table contained in paragraph 1006, they will pay at the rate of $3 per cord for standard oak wood, or the equivalent thereof in other kinds of fuel as determined by the Quartermaster-General. For any additional quantity they shall pay the contract price, or $3 per cord if the contract price is less than $3. Officers on the retired list, officers on sick leave or under sentence of suspension from duty on reduced pay when absent from their proper stations, are not entitled to this privilege. 999. The Quartermaster's Department may sell fuel in accordance with the preceding paragraph to contract surgeons and to the families of officers who are temporarily absent. 1000. Officers who desire to purchase fuel of the Quartermaster's De- partment will make requisition therefor. Payment will be made at the time of sale, and receipt given. 1001. Fuel will be sold only on the officer's certificate that it is for his personal or family use, and he will not sell or exchange it. The command- ing officer will compare the requisitions and certificates with the quarter- master's abstract of sales of fuel, and if correct, so certify on the abstract. 1002. Merchantable oak wood is the standard ; the cord is 128 cubic feet. The scale of equivalents to govern in the issue and sale of fuel is published from time to time in general orders. 1003. An officer may purchase from the Quartermaster's Department one-sixth of his allowance of fuel in kindling wood, which will be sold on the basis of its equivalent in oak wood. 1004. Fuel issued to troops is public property. Any portion not con- sumed by them will be returned to the quartermaster and taken up on his return. Fuel so issued, however, and not consumed in quarters, may be used in baking the soldiers' bread ; and at any post where coal is used ex- clusively, the quartermaster may, upon the request of the post commander, provide, as part of the fuel allowance, an equivalent of wood in lieu of coal sufficient for the post bakery. 1005. Fuel will be issued only in the month when due. The cheapest fuel at the place of issue will, all things considered, be furnished. 140 QUARTERS FtJEL AND STOVES. 1OO6. The following table shows the number of rooms, the quantity of fuel, and the allowance of cooking and heating stoves to be supplied for the use of officers and men in quarters and barracks : Rooms. Cords of wood per month. Increased allowance from Sep- tember to April, both inclusive. For quarters o ,. Heating stoves. As quarters. As kitchen. i 03 From May 1 to Aug. 31. From Sept. 1 to Apr. 30. Between 36th and 43d deg. X. latitude, one-fourth. 60 0) ^-d o ! Heating stoves. Cooking stoves or ranges. A lieutenant-general or major-general A brigadier-general or colonel 5 4 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 "a" 1 1 1 ft 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 3 2 1 1* i t i i * A i P { 1 i 1 1 | * 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 A lieutenant-colonel or major A captain or chaplain A lieutenant The Commanding General of the Army 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 The commanding officer of a territorial department The aids to the commanding officer of a territorial department 1 An assistant or deputy quartermaster- general, an assistant commissary -gen- eral of subsistence, an assistant surgeon- general, the assistant and deputy pay- master-general, and the chief quarter- master and chief commissary at the headquarters of a territorial depart- ment, each The commanding officer of a regiment or post, a paymaster, quartermaster, assistant quartermaster, commissary, and military storekeeper, each i An assistant adjutant-general, an in- spector-general, an acting inspector- general, an engineer officer*, an ord- nance officer*, a signal officer, a judge- advocate or an acting judge-advocate, and the senior medical officer, when sta- tioned on duty at any place not in the field*, each i An acting assistant quartermaster, an acting commissary of subsistence, an adjutant, when approved by the Quar- termaster-General, each i A sergeant-major, quartermaster-ser- geant, sergeant of the post noncom- missioned staff, hospital steward, vet- erinary surgeon, signal sergeantt, and chief musician, each 1 i 1 ..... Superintendent national cemetery Each noncommissioned officer, musician, private, and hospital matron.. Each necessary fire for the sick in hospital, each dispensary and hospital mess room, at a military post or station, to be regu- lated by the surgeon and commanding officer, not exceeding 1 For general hospitals, when necessary, not exceeding, for each bed Each guard fire, to be regulated by the commanding officer, not exceeding 1 1 1 Each .necessary fire for military courts or boards at a rate not exceeding Storehouse of a commissary and quarter- master, when necessary, not exceeding for each... ' Except at Military Academy. t Except when serving in a detachment. QUARTERS FUEL AND STOVES. 141 Increased Cords allowance Rooms. of wood per from Sep- tember to For quarters. For office. month. April, both inclusive. s to . gj g CO 8 Si a g a 3 o 60 2 . There will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department to each light battery two small brass Bb bugles. To every other company two G trumpets with F slides, and, if desired, detachable F crooks. Foot troops may use the drums and fifes in lieu thereof, if desired by regimental commanders. Whistles will be furnished for such sergeants, corporals, or musicians as are required to use them. The foregoing articles will conform to patterns in the office of the Quartermaster-General, and be accounted for as equipage. CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE TELEGRAPHING. 169 1203. A monthly allowance of three brooms and two scrubbing brushes will be issued to each company, and an annual allowance of six scrubbing brushes to each post bakery is authorized. They will habitually be drawn quarterly, but may be drawn when needed. If less than the maximum allow- ance is drawn in one quarter, credit can not be given in another. The allowance for each noncommissioned staff officer will be three brooms and two scrubbing brushes per annum. 1204. Post commanders may, when necessary, order the issue of six brooms per annum to each public office and building furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, as follows : Post commander's and quarter- master's offices, quartermaster's warehouse, post bakery, school, chapel, and library. The necessity for, and the fact of issue, must in all cases be certified by the officer in charge of the office or building, and verified by the post commander. 1205. The use of serviceable tents or other canvas for any other purpose than that for which such articles are furnished is prohibited, except in cases of emergency when necessary to protect public property. When troops are not engaged in active service, all tentage (except shelter tents), all tent stoves and stovepipe will habitually be kept in storage by the quartermaster. TELEGRAPHING. 1206. The telegraph will be used only in cases of urgent and imperative necessity, in which the delay consequent upon transmission by mail would be prejudicial to the public interests. 1207. The prescribed telegraphic code will be accounted for on the post return and transferred upon change of post commanders. The post com- mander is required to retain the code in his custody, and is responsible for the key and its proper use. Department commanders from time to time, and particularly when post commanders are changed, will make use of the code. 1208. Accounts for telegrams on military business, prepared on the pre- scribed form in the name of the telegraph company rendering the service, and accompanied by the original telegrams, will be paid by the Quarter- master's Department, with the following exceptions : 1. Accounts for telegrams which pass over any of the lines constructed and operated along the bond aided Pacific railroads. 2. Accounts for reimbursement of amounts paid by officers for tele- graphic service, which will be prepared upon prescribed form. 3. Accounts for telegrams on public business of a confidential nature when, in the opinion of the officer receiving or sending them, it is improper that copies should accompany the accounts, or where copies can not be pro- cured. When it is questionable whether the telegrams are on official busi- ness or that the telegraph should have been used, such accounts will be accompanied by full explanations from the officer who sends or receives the telegrams. The accounts excepted in this paragraph will be forwarded to the Quar- termaster-General for settlement. In settling accounts for telegrams which pass over the lines of more than one company (bond aided excepted), payment may be made on the original telegram, to the initial company, for the entire service. 1 70 TELEGRAPHING TELEPHONING REC( )Rl>S. 1209. 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. 1210. In framing telegrams all words not important to the sense will be omitted. The last name of the officer addressed, or his title, and the last name of the sender are generally sufficient. 1211. In counting the words of telegraphic messages the following rules will be observed : Names of cities and places, when used to designate such cities or places, and words properly connected by a hyphen, will be counted as one word. Numerals will be expressed in words, and will not be counted as hyphened words. Names of places and persons when given to things will be counted according to the number of distinct words in each. Names such as Van Vliet or St. Nicholas will be counted as one word. All words con- tained in an official telegram will be counted, including name and title of party addressed and of the sender, but excluding the name of the place from which sent, date, and the words "official business," which should appear on each telegram. 1212. No settlement will be made with the telegraph office to which a telegram is sent unless satisfactory proof be furnished that the office from which it was sent has neither made nor will make any charge for the service. 1213. In each territorial department a quartermaster will be assigned by the department commander to the duty of adjusting and settling tele- graph accounts, under the instructions of the Quartermaster-General. 1214. Blank forms for official telegrams will be furnished by the Quar- termaster-General for the use of all persons in the military service. When such forms are not used the sender will prepay the message, and will be reim- bursed as provided in paragraph 1208. 1215. Nothing is required of officers sending telegrams beyond the delivery of the message to the company. The proper quartermaster will receive from telegraph companies their accounts, with proofs of service (which should be original telegrams whenever practicable), and will pre- pare and certify vouchers for the same and pay them, or forward them for settlement as is required in paragraph 1208. Information desired by tele- graph companies in regard to military business will be obtained from the Quartermaster's Department. 1216. When telegrams are sent "collect," by private individuals, the nature of the telegrams should govern the action of the disbursing quarter- master. If strictly on Government business, payment will be made by the United States. TELEPHONING. 1217. Where telephoning is practicable, accounts for the same maybe paid from the appropriation for the payment of telegraphic service. RECORDS. 1218. The following books will be kept in the office of every quarter- master : 1. A cash book, in which will be entered, according to appropriations, all accounts received and disbursed, the date thereof, from whom received or to whom paid, and on what account. RECORDS RETURNS AND REPORTS. 171 2. A book of letters received, including a record of indorsements. 3. A press-copy book, in which all correspondence pertaining to the office, including estimates of funds and requisitions for quartermaster's supplies, will be copied and indexed. 4. A record book of barracks and quarters, kept as directed in para- graph 980. 5. A descriptive book of public animals, kept as directed in paragraph 1034. 6. A record of interments (in case of station at a post), kept as indicated in paragraph 498. 7. A press-copy book of stores and property shipped, in which all bills of lading issued will be copied. 8. A book of stores and property received, kept as provided in the direc- tions therewith. 1219. The required books will be supplied by the Quartermaster-General. They will not be removed from the office except on its discontinuance, when they will be disposed of as directed in paragraph 800. Commanding officers and inspectors will see that they are neatly kept and contain complete and correct records of all matters which should be recorded therein. Com- manding officers will also see that they are properly transferred. 10 2O. All letters received, and copies of all orders for the expenditure of money or property, will remain on file as part of the records of the office. When it is necessary to withdraw a letter for file with the officer's accounts, a duly certified copy will be made to replace it in the office file. Letters pertaining exclusively to the settlement of an officer's accounts belong to him and not to the office files. RETURNS AND REPORTS. 1221. All property purchased with funds appropriated by Congress for carrying on the operations of the Quartermaster's Department, and all prop- erty supplied for the use of the Army through that Department, will be denominated "quartermaster's supplies," and returns for the same will be rendered to the Quartermaster-General quarterly and when the accountable officer is relieved from duty. 1222. All quartermaster's supplies accounted for by an officer will be entered upon one return. 1223. The following returns and reports will be made and disposed of by quartermasters as indicated by the notes on the forms furnished by the Quartermaster-General: 1. Report of persons and articles employed and hired, to be rendered monthly, direct to the Quartermaster-General, within ten days after the expiration of the month. This report will contain a complete record of all services rendered the Quartermaster's Department during the month to which it pertains. 2. Monthly report of all bills of lading and transportation requests issued, except those issued for transportation by conveyances owned or chartered by the United States. 3. Transfer list of persons and articles employed and hired. 4. Report of enlisted men employed on extra duty, rendered monthly, within ten days after the expiration of the month. A copy of the order placing an enlisted man on extra duty, or relieving him therefrom, will 172 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. accompany the report for the month during which he was so detailed or relieved. The report will also show in the column of remarks the partic- ular duty upon which each man was employed, and whether services were rendered on other than working days. 5. Statement of outstanding debts, rendered monthly, in time to reach the chief quartermaster of the department on the last day of the month to which it pertains. 1 2 til. Quarterly returns of quartermaster's supplies will be made in duplicate one copy, with abstracts (except of articles purchased) and vouchers, will be forwarded to the Quartermaster-General within twenty days after the expiration of the quarter to which it pertains; the other retained by the officer. The abstract of articles purchased will be rendered monthly and forwarded with money accounts. 1225. When one quartermaster relieves another, the latter will not enter the receipt for quartermaster's supplies upon the abstract, but directly on the return as "Transferred to successor." The receiving officer will enter the invoice upon the returns as ' ' On hand at the post ; received from predecessor." ARTICLE LXXIX. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Subsistence Department, prepared and published under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Commissary-General. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. GENERAL DUTIES. 1226. The Subsistence Department, under the direction of the Secretary of War, provides for the distribution and expenditure of funds appropriated for subsisting enlisted men and for purchasing articles kept for sale to officers and enlisted men. The Commissary-General furnishes lists of articles authorized to be kept for sale, and gives instructions for procuring, dis- tributing, issuing, selling and accounting for all subsistence supplies. COMMISSARIES. 122*7. Purchasing commissaries make purchases of supplies in accord- ance with Article LV, and distribute them as directed. Upon direct calls of chief commissaries they transfer to commissaries of posts and stations such funds from the appropriation "Subsistence of the Army" and such authorized subsistence supplies as chief commissaries, under instructions from department commanders, deem necessary. 1228. A chief commissary will make calls upon purchasing commis- saries designated by the Commissary-General for funds and supplies for posts and stations supervised by him, and under instructions from the Commissary-General will furnish funds and supplies to posts within his department which are exempted from the supervision of the department commander. He will keep a commissary book for each post and station, and decide whether the quantities of articles called for on requisitions should be allowed, increased, or diminished. 1229. Commissaries will make timely estimates and requisitions, approved by their commanding officers, for funds and supplies for the troops with SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIES IN BULK. 173 which they serve, and forward them, through military channels, to the chief commissaries. If any of the supplies can be obtained advantageously in the vicinity of the places where needed, the fact will be noted in detail on the requisitions by the commissaries. SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIES IN BULK. 1230. Subsistence supplies comprise 1. Subsistence stores, consisting of articles composing the ration and those furnished for sale to officers and enlisted men, also lantern candles for stable use, forage for beef cattle, and coarse salt for public animals and rebrining. 2. Subsistence property, consisting of the necessary means for handling, preserving, issuing, selling and accounting for these stores. 1231. The commanding officer of a post will require an inventory of subsistence stores on hand to be made by the commissary in person during the last week of each month. If it is not practicable for the commissary to take the inventory within the time mentioned, he will apply to the com- manding officer for the detail of an officer to take it, who will certify, on the statement of gains and wastage, the fact of detail and the date on which he took the inventory ; the commissary will certify to amounts of gains and wastage. When such inventory indicates that stores are on hand in excess of the balances shown by the return, the excess will be taken up under the heading "gains." Deficiencies (as restricted by paragraph 1243) will be entered under the heading "wastage." Statements of gains and wastage will be examined and approved by the commanding officer. 1232. Stores longest on hand, if in fit condition, will be first issued, sold, or shipped. 1233. An officer having on hand equivalent parts of the ration (such as pork, bacon and salt beef; or flour, hard bread and corn meal; or beans, pease, rice and hominy) will keep informed as to the number of rations of each available, and determine in what relative proportion each should be issued, and will request his commanding officer to direct such issues as are for the interests of the service. 1234. When articles of food in good condition furnished for sale have accumulated at a post, and will become damaged if kept on hand solely for sale, the excess may be issued to troops in lieu of parts of the ration of equal money value. In case of articles which are equivalents of some of the com- ponents of the ration, issues may be made at the rates prescribed for the components. No stores thus issued are to be bought by the commissary as savings. 1235. When canned beef orcanned baked beans accumulate at a post in excess of anticipated demands for travel rations or for sale, they may, to prevent loss by deterioration, be issued, upon the order of the commanding officer, at the rates prescribed for those articles when issued as parts of the travel ration. 1236. Subsistence supplies in good condition, but not required for use, will be disposed of under the direction of the Commissary General. In urgent cases, such as sudden abandonment of a post, liability to rapid Deterioration, etc., they may be sold, or otherwise properly disposed of, on $he recommendation of an inspecting officer approved by a commanding general. 174 TRANSFERS GAINS AND WASTAGE. 1237. Empty barrels and boxes, hides, tallow and other like property not required for public use, the disposal of which is not otherwise provided for, will be carefully preserved and sold as may be convenient. 1238. Subsistence supplies will not be transferred gratuitously to another staff department, nor obtained, issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of, except as authorized by regulations. TRANSFERS IN BULK. 1239. When subsistence supplies are to be transported, the invoicing commissary will make timely requisition in writing upon the proper quar- termaster, stating as nearly as possible the kind and amount of supplies to be transported, when they will be ready for delivery, when they should reach their destination, and any other information relating thereto which the quartermaster should possess. The commissary will give the quarter- master invoices in duplicate of the packages and their contents as marked, and obtain from him receipts in duplicate. The commissary will forward similar invoices in duplicate to the consignee, and obtain receipts in dupli- cate from him. 1240. If the receiving commissary finds any discrepancy between the invoices and the quantities, descriptions, or condition of the supplies received, not attributable to ordinary wastage in transportation, he will at once apply to the commanding officer for a board of survey to ascertain the quan- tity and nature of the discrepancy and fix the responsibility therefor. The receiving commissary will transmit to the invoicing officer receipts in dupli- cate for the supplies actually received, stating on the receipts the discrep- ancy ascertained and how, and will file a copy of the proceedings of the board with his return. The invoicing officer will file with his return the receipts accompanied by the quartermaster's receipts. 1241. When subsistence supplies are transferred by one commissary to another at the same station, the invoicing and receiving commissaries will exchange duplicate invoices and receipts therefor. Should any of the sup- plies not be in good condition, a board of survey will be applied for at once to examine and report upon them. The condition as determined by the board will be noted upon the invoices and receipts, and a copy of the proceedings will accompany each officer's returns. GAINS, WASTAGE AND DEFICIENCIES. 1242. Wastage will be reported not on the presumption that it exists or will exist, but on the fact that it actually exists as determined by the monthly inventory. It is not allowed on fresh beef furnished directly by p contractor. Gains are taken up as required by paragraph 1231. 1243. Actual, unavoidable wastage, occurring during transportation or resulting from evaporation, leakage, etc., or in making issues and sales, may be accounted for as wastage when the amount does not exceed three per cent, in case of salt meats, salt fish, flour, hard bread, corn meal, sugar, soap, salt, molasses, syrup, dried fruit, or pickles; or one per cent, in case of beans, pease, rice, hominy, coffee, tea, candles, or pepper. STOREHOUSES THE RATION. 175 1244. Salt and vinegar used in rebrining or pickling, and waste of stores in overhauling and repacking, will be accounted for by the certificate of the commissary approved by the commanding officer. . 1245. Deficiencies exceeding the percentages specified in paragraph 1243, or in articles for which a limit of wastage is not therein indicated, or aris- ing from losses by straying or death of beeves, or errors in their estimated net weight, or from losses by theft, fire, or vermin, or from deficient or unsuitable means of storage, etc., will be accounted for: (1) by boards of survey; (2) by affidavits; (3) by certificates of disinterested commissioned officers. Boards of survey should generally report upon such deficiencies, affidavits or certificates being used only in cases where the amount involved is very small, or when it is impracticable to assemble a board. 1246. The facts and quantities involved will be fully set forth in all affidavits or certificates accounting for losses or extraordinary wastage, and in certificates of stores or property expended in preserving supplies. When loss or improper issue of supplies is not satisfactorily explained, their cost will be taken up on the account current of the accountable officer. STOREHOUSES. 1247. Storehouses, sheds, paulins, or other means of covering and pro- tecting subsistence supplies will ordinarily be provided by the Quartermas- ter's Department. 1248. Commissaries will make daily inspections of their storehouses; see that they are kept dry and well ventilated , that the stores are properly cared for, that barrels and buckets of water and other means of extinguishing fires are ready for use, and that all proper precautions are taken to guard against loss. 1249. Coal oil, gunpowder, quicklime, or other articles of like dangerous nature will not be kept in or near subsistence storehouses. FRESH MEATS. 1250. Fresh meats from the block will usually be provided for troops by contract. Beef cattle will be purchased only when necessary for supplying beef to troops in campaign or on the march. THE RATION. 1251. A ration is the allowance for subsistence of one person for one day, and consists of the meat, the bread, the vegetable, the coffee and sugar, the seasoning, and the soap and candle components. 1252. Enlisted men and hospital matrons are each entitled to one ration per day. When the circumstances of their service make it necessary, civil- ians employed with the Army may each be allowed one ration per day. 176 THE RATION. 1253. The kinds and quantities of articles composing the ration for troops where cooking is practicable, and the quantities computed for 100 rations, are as follows : Articles. Quantities per ration. Quantities per 100 rations. MEAT COMPONENTS. Fresh, beef ... ... Ounces. 20 20 12 12 22 14 18 18 18 18 16 20 H 16* 16 16 Gills. Pounds. 125 125 75 75 137 87 112 112 112 112 100 125 4 15 15 10 10 100 100 100 10 8 2 15 Ounces. Gallons. or fresh mutton, when the cost does not exceed, that of beef or bacon .. .. or salt beef 8 8 8 8 8 or, when meat can not be furnished, dried fish . . or pickled fish BREAD COMPONENTS. Flour ........... or soft bread or hard bread - - - . or corn meal Baking powder for troops in the field, when necessary to enable them to bake their own bread VEGETABLE COMPONENTS. or pease or rice or hominy Potatoes or potatoes, 12$ ounces, and onions, 3 ounces or potatoes, 11 ounces, and canned to- matoes, 4f ounces; or 4$ ounces of other fresh vegetables not canned, when they can be obtained in the vicin- ity of the post or transported in a wholesome condition from a distance . COFFEE AND SUGAR COMPONENTS. Coffee green or roasted coffee or tea, green or black Sugar ov rnolftssfis IS 1 2 2 1 or cane syrup SEASONING COMPONENTS. Vinegar Salt 16 4 Pepper, black.. X If & 4 SOAP AND CANDLE COMPONENTS. Soap 4 1 Candles (when illuminating oil is not fur- nished by the Quartermaster's Depart- in wt) 8 In adjusting charges to be made against enlisted men or others on account of increased expense to the Government for their subsistence, the value of the ordinary ration will be estimated at 18 cents ; that of the travel ration at 40 cents. 1254. When troops at a post raise their own vegetables, or when they are not supplied with fresh vegetables in kind by the commissary, commu- tation will be allowed at the prices of potatoes and onions in the vicinity of the post or in the market from which the post is supplied, in the proportion of 80 per cent, of potatoes and 20 per cent, of onions, the commutation prices being determined monthly by the Subsistence Department. TRAVEL RATION ISSUES OF RATIONS. 177 1255. At posts and stations where illuminating oil is furnished by the quartermaster candles are not issued as part of the ration except to indi- viduals whom it is not practicable to supply with oil. TRAVEL RATION. 1256. When troops travel otherwise than by marching, or when for short periods they are separated from cooking facilities and do not carry cooked rations, the following articles will be issued in lieu of all components of the ordinary ration. They constitute the travel ration : Articles. Per 100 rations. Soft bread 112 or hard bread do 100 Beef, canned do 75 Baked beans, 1 pound cans number 33 or baked beans, 3-pound cans do 15 Coffee, roasted 3 Sugar do 15 After troops have been subsisted upon the travel ration for four consecu- tive days, they may be allowed canned tomatoes in addition to the travel ration at the rate of one pound of tomatoes per man per day. When they arrive at their destination or rejoin their station, subsistence upon the ordi- nary ration will be resumed immediately, and any unconsumed articles in good condition which they may have on hand will not be sold as savings, but will be turned over to the commissary. LIQUID COFFEE. 1257. When enlisted men supplied with cooked or travel rations travel unaccompanied by an officer, funds for the purchase of liquid coifee in lieu of the coffee and sugar portion of the travel ration, at the rate of 21 cents per day for the anticipated number of days' travel, may, on the order of the commanding officer who directs the journey, be paid to each man, and his receipt therefor taken on a receipt roll, which must be accompanied by a copy of the order. When enlisted men supplied with cooked or travel rations travel under command of an officer, funds at the same rate, for the same purpose, will be transferred to him, to be disbursed and accounted for. At the end of the journey the unexpended balance, if any, will be trans- ferred to the nearest commissary. ISSUES OF RATIONS. 1258. Issues of rations to troops will be made on ration returns signed by the immediate commanders of the organizations, and the issues ordered by the commanding officer of the post or station. Ration returns will be made, ordinarily, for a few days at a time, for the individuals of the organ- izations actually present, and for only such quantities as the organizations can receive and properly care for, and will be presented at the place where and time when rations are due. Rations will not be issued for a past period, if troops have been sufficiently subsisted ; nor will back rations be purchased as savings. 13691 12 tf tA* imnainiiL nfficer ^r ^hjcsf.. iwcafci tor JIDL ?r -an nr- -i H&T: rc^scin: - ~- : : - _ : - yiayililiw^^ Mill T*nc jr^tF Tpgnwr cr TS ---. - - 182 SALES. expiration of his furlough, and the delay be not excused, the full amount will be similarly charged. Should the overstaying of his furlough be excused, the full amount, diminished by the value of the ration, at 18 cents per day, for thenumbei of days during which he was absent after the furlough had expired, will be charged. 12 7 8. When a furlough is lost, a certified copy prepared by his company commander, with the soldier's affidavit stating when, where, and the circum- stances under which the loss occurred, that he reported at his station on or before the last day of his furlough or was discharged, and that no rations have been furnished nor commutation paid him for any portion of the time during which he was on furlough, may be presented within six months after the loss, through his company and post commanders, to the chief commissary for payment or other disposition. 1279. Enlisted men having claims for commutation of rations and who are at a distance from a paying commissary will be paid upon forwarding to the paying commissary their travel orders or furloughs, properly made out, accompanied by receipts, in duplicate. Enl'sted men on detached duty entitled to commutation of rations may be similarly paid upon the cer- tificate of the officer under whom they serve, setting forth the period for which commutation is due, accompanied by a copy of the authority for its allowance, or by a reference to such authority if previously furnished. SALES. 12 SO. Subsistence stores (except forage for beef cattle) will be sold for cash to an officer of the Army, or to a contract or veterinary surgeon, at cost price, on his certificate that they are for his personal or family use, "or for the use of an officers' mess of which he is the caterer. They will also be sold during the absence of an officer to a member of his family author- ized by him to purchase in his name, upon a written request by him to the commissary. 1281. Sales to officers paid for within the calendar month in which made will be regarded as cash sales ; if not paid for within that month, they will be reported as credit sales and so accounted for, and the amounts due col- lected through the Pay Department. 1282. Sales of reasonable quantities of stores will be made to an enlisted man, for cash, upon his declaration, in writing, that they are intended for his own use. A company, detachment, hospital, post bakery, or post exchange may purchase for cash under similar conditions, and upon the certificate of the officer in charge. 1283. Exceptional articles of subsistence stores called for by officers and enlisted men, to be paid for by them regardless of condition upon arrival at posts, may, under such instructions as to purchase and accountability as may from time to time be given by the Commissary-General, be purchased and turned over to the Quartermaster's Department for transportation to the posts where desired. 1284. To a civilian employed with the Army at a remote place, where food can not otherwise be procured, stores will be sold for cash, in limited quantities, for his own use, at invoice or contract prices with 10 per cent, added. SALES. 183 . Sales may be made on credit to officers and enlisted men who have not been regularly paid, or who are in the field. Officers will certify that the stores are for their own use, and receipt for them. Enlisted men will obtain permits from their company commanders, approved by the command- ing officer, for purchases on credit. Permits will not be given to a soldier in excess of the unencumbered pay due him, nor in any month in excess of his monthly pay. A recruit may be furnished on credit with such of the following articles as may be needed by him, viz : A hand basin, a piece of soap, a tooth brush, two towels, a comb, a hair brush, a shoe brush and a box of shoe-blacking. 1286. Articles purchased by the Subsistence Department by net weight will be sold at net weight at the time of sale. Where the weight of a wrap- per or cover at the time of purchase was included in the weight of an article, it will be included in the weight when the article is sold. Articles in cartons, packets, or sealed cans will be sold as purchased. 1287. Post commanders will regulate sales and delivery of supplies. Selling (except by the exchange) or bartering of supplies purchased from the commissary is forbidden. 1288. The commissary who sells to an officer on credit will furnish him with a certified bill in detail, which will be noted by the officer on his next pay account, as follows : "Deduct dollars and cents due the Sub- sistence Department for stores purchased on credit from Lieut. , Com- missary, Fort , in the month of , 18 ." If there are several bills, they will be entered separately. 1289. The commissary who sells to enlisted men on credit will make a statement of dues, in triplicate, for each company or organization to which the men belong ; one copy will be furnished to the company or other com- mander, who will charge the dues on the next pay roll, and on subsequent rolls, until collected. If a recruit leaves his station or rendezvous before the money value of the toilet articles furnished him on credit has been col- lected, the amount due will be noted on the descriptive and assignment card, in order that the paymaster may withhold it at the first payment after the recruit has joined his company. 1290. Amounts due from credit sales will be collected by paymasters, taken up by them and promptly transferred to a disbursing commissary, the paymaster giving duplicate invoices and taking receipts on each pay account or pay roll. 1291. Sales will be consolidated monthly on an abstract in duplicate. The commanding officer will satisfy himself that the purchases have been properly authorized and duly made, and will so certify on the abstract. The copy of the abstract accompanying the commissary's account current will serve as a voucher to the account current, as well as to the officer's return. 1292. On the first day of each calendar month a list will be prepared at each post showing the prices at which stores will be sold during the month. The price for each article will be the invoice price of the last lot of that article received prior to the day on which the price list is prepared. BLANK FORMS. 1293. Blank forms will be furnished to commissaries on periodical requisitions sent direct to the Commissary-General. Officers at posts will obtain them from the commissaries. 184 ACCOUNTS AND RETURNS PAY DEPARTMENT. ACCOUNTS AND RETURNS. 1294. The following accounts and returns, prepared in accordance with the directions printed on the blanks, are required : 1. Account current, prepared and forwarded by each officer accountable for subsistence funds, within ten days after the close of each month, accom- panied by vouchers. 2. Return of subsistence stores, by each officer accountable, forwarded at the same time as the account current, accompanied by vouchers, etc. 3. Return of subsistence property, rendered quarterly, within ten days after the close of the months of March, June, September, and December, by each officer accountable, accompanied by abstracts, vouchers, etc. ARTICLE LXXX. PAY DEPARTMENT. NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Pay Department, prepared and published under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Paymaster-General. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 1295. The Pay Department, under the direction of the Secretary of War, 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. 1296. The chief paymaster of a department, under the direction of its commander, will have control of all paymasters stationed therein, and be responsible for the payment of the troops of the command. 1297. Military commanders in directing payments will not require the paymaster to be absent from his station on the last day of the month, except for special reasons, which will be reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army. PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS. 1298. Officers will be paid monthly, on duplicate accounts, certified by themselves, according to prescribed forms. 1299. When an officer is absent from his station, a paymaster will, before paying him, require proof of authority for such absence. 1300. An officer will not hypothecate nor transfer a pay account not actually due. When due it may be transferred by indorsement, naming the party to whom transferred, and may be paid by the proper paymaster if sat- isfied of the genuineness of the officer's signature and if no stoppage or other disability as to pay prevents. The date of transfer, certified by the officer whose account it is, will appear in the indorsement. When an officer trans- fers a pay account, he will, at the time of transfer, communicate the fact to the chief paymaster of the department, through the paymaster who is expected to pay it. If the officer be on leave, or if his accounts be payable in Washington, the notification of transfer will be made to the Paymaster- Qeneral. PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS. 185 1301. The following officers, in addition to those whose pay is fixed by law, are entitled to pay as mounted officers : Officers of the staff corps below the rank of major, officers serving with troops of cavalry, officers of a light battery duly organized and equipped, authorized aids duly appointed, offi- cers serving with companies of mounted infantry, and officers on duty which in the opinion of the department commander requires them to be mounted and so certified by the latter on their pay vouchers. Acting judge-advocates of military departments, duly detailed, are entitled, while so serving, to the rank, pay and allowances of captains of cavalry. 1302. Department commanders will announce, in orders, the authority obtained from the Secretary of War for mounting companies of infantry, giving the date from which such mounted service commences, and termina- tion of the same. 1303. Muster rolls and returns of light batteries and companies of mounted infantry will show the number, date and source of order author- izing mounted service. The pay accounts of officers charging mounted pay will contain the same information. A copy of the order will be attached to the first muster rolls prepared after the battery or company has been equipped or mounted ; a copy of the order discontinuing such service will appear on the first muster rolls prepared after its discontinuance. 1304. An acting commissary will be paid the additional pay allowed by law, on the certificate of the Commissary-General that he has performed the duty contemplated therein during the time charged. To entitle him to this pay he must be detailed under proper orders from some established post or body of troops, and must issue full rations to troops from stores for which he is responsible. 1 3O5. N o officer shall receive pay for two staff appointments for the same time. This prohibition does not prevent a quartermaster of a regiment who, in addition to the duties of his office, may be acting commissary, from receiving the extra compensation allowed by law for performing the duties of the latter. 1306. A person appointed to the Army, or receiving an appointment to a new office therein, is entitled to pay from date of acceptance only. In all cases of promotion an officer is entitled to pay from date of vacancy. 1307. An officer leaving the service will, before receiving final payment, produce certificates as to his indebtedness to the United States, and will make oath upon the final voucher to the correctness of the several items contained therein, stating the place of his residence, and that he is not indebted to the United States on any account whatever, except as shown by said certificates. 1308. An officer who tenders his resignation while on duty will receive pay to include the date on which he receives notice of acceptance, if he con- tinue on duty until that time ; or if sooner relieved from duty, to include the date of relief. An officer whose resignation takes effect while on leave will be paid to include date of acceptance. 1309. An officer placed upon the retired list will receive active pay to include the date of retirement. If on duty, he will receive such pay to include the date of relief from duty. 186 PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS. I 3 1 0. An officer dismissed by sentence of court-martial will be paid to the date of termination of service, as specified in the order promulgating the sentence. 1311. In computing longevity pay, service performed as cadets at the Military or Naval Academy, or as enlisted men of the Army or Navy, will be counted. 1312. In payments to officers and enlisted men, the days of commence- ment and expiration of service will be included. When service begins on the 31st day of a month, pay will not be allowed for that day. 1313. An officer of the Army appointed to a grade in the volunteers or militia in the service of the United States superior to that held by him in the Army will be entitled to the pay and emoluments of the grade to which appointed, after muster therein. PAY DURING ABSENCE. 1314. Officers and enlisted men in arrest and confinement by the civil authorities will receive no pay for the time of such absence; if released with- out trial, or after trial and acquittal, their right to pay for the time of such absence is restored. 1315. To entitle him to full pay during absence on account of sickness or wounds, an officer must exhibit to the paymaster an order from compe- tent authority granting or extending his sick leave. During the time neces- sarily consumed in making the journey to his post, an officer joining from sick leave is entitled to full pay as if on duty. 1316. The pay accounts of an officer on leave during his absence will exhibit the date of commencement of leave, authority therefor, and, in case the account is for the month in which the absence terminates, date of return to duty. In all cases the day of departure, or relief from duty, will be counted as a day of duty and the day of return as one of leave. 1317. In determining the period for which an officer is entitled to full p'ay on leave, time within four successive leave years, terminating with the one in which absence is taken, will be considered. If the absence does not cover the entire period for which full pay is allowed, the balance thereof will be placed to the officer's credit as belonging to the last year or years of the four considered, and may be made available for future leave. 1 318. The leave year is reckoned from June 20 to the following June 19, both inclusive. In computing leave of absence expressed in days during any leave year, every day of such absence will be counted ; leave expressed in months will be counted in months. 1319. When an officer on leave claims full pay for any part of his absence, the paymaster will ascertain the time for which he is entitled to the same from the monthly list of absentees issued from the Adjutant- General's Office ; or, if that does not afford the information, from the offi- cer's statement on his account of his absence on leave during each leave year. 13 2O. An officer ordered to temporary duty while on leave will" be regarded as on duty from the day on which he receives the order. When the duty is to be performed at a future date, he will be on duty from the date on which he starts to obey the order. The date of the receipt of the order in TRAVEL ALLOWANCES. 187 the first case, and the date of departure in the second, will be promptly reported to the Adjutant- General of the Army. When relieved from such duty, or on the completion thereof, he reverts to the status of leave and will be credited with the time on duty under such order. TRAVEL ALLOWANCES. 1321* When an officer travels without troops under orders, he is entitled to the following allowances : 1. To mileage at the rate of 4 cents per mile for the distance between the points named in the order, such distance to be computed over the shortest usually traveled route. 2. To reimbursement of the cost of transportation actually paid by him over the route above specified, exclusive of sleeping and parlor car fares and charges for baggage and transfers. Officers will not be reimbursed for cost of transportation over free or bond aided roads, but transportation in kind over such will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. 1322. Travel allowances will be paid by the chief paymaster of the department in which the journey is completed. 1323. To entitle an officer to travel allowances the travel must be spe- cifically ordered previous to its commencement, or covered by certificate that the urgency of the duty was such as to prevent his obtaining previous orders, and accompanied by evidence of approval by proper authority. Such order will state the special duty enjoined, recite that the travel therein directed is necessary for the public service, and direct the officer to return to his station upon completion of assigned duty, if such return is contem- plated. An order for travel, part of which is to be made with troops, should direct the Quartermaster's Department to furnish transportation for so much of tl^e journey as is to be performed with troops. 1324. Orders will not prescribe lines of travel, except when necessary, and then the reasons will be set forth in the order. 1325. The original order, or certified copy, including indorsements, will accompany each voucher for travel allowances. 1326. Mileage will be computed in accordance with the lists of distances compiled by the Paymaster-General, whatever the route traveled. Excep- tion to this rule will be made only when the terms 'of the order, or the impracticability of the shortest usually traveled route, compel the officer to take another, or when the journey is performed by a route shorter than that usually traveled. In such cases travel allowances will be computed over the actually traveled route. 1327. When an officer on leave of absence is ordered to rejoin his sta- tion, he will not be entitled to travel allowances unless the public service requires the performance of duty en route, in which case the order will specify the duty, the necessity therefor, and .the points at which the duty will begin and end. 1328. When an officer is ordered, while on leave of absence, to accom- pany a detachment of recruits to the vicinity in which his regiment is serv- ing, and on the completion of this duty to join his company, he returns to a status of leave as soon as relieved from duty with the recruits, and will proceed to join his company without expense to the Government, unless the distance he may have to travel without troops should be in excess of what it would have been had he not received the order. 188 TRAVEL ALLOWANCES. An officer on leave of absence ordered to temporary duty involv- ing travel without troops will receive travel allowances from place of receipt of order to place of performance of duty and return. 1330. When the station of an officer, serving either with or without troops, is changed while he is on leave of absence, he will, on joining his new station, be entitled to travel allowances from the place of receipt of the order to the new station, provided the journey is made without troops and the distance is not greater than that from the old to the new station ; but if the distance be greater he will be entitled to travel allowances for a distance equal to that from the old to the new station only. Should it be necessary for such officer to return to his old station before proceeding to the new, authority for such return may be given by the officer who issued the order for the change of station. In such case the order for change of station will carry mileage only from the old to the new station. 1331. An officer under orders to change station, who takes advantage of a leave of absence before he joins his new station, is not deprived of the travel allowances to which he would be entitled had he not availed himself of the leave. The leave of absence merely suspends the execution of the order for change of station, and at the expiration of the leave the officer comes under the operation of the order, and in obeying it is entitled to full pay for the time necessary to perform the journey from his old to his new station. 1332. An officer relieved from duty at a station and granted leave of absence before assignment to another, who receives an order of assignment before expiration of leave, is entitled to travel allowances from the place where he receives the order to his new station. 1333. An officer traveling on duty in connection with public works (not arsenals, military surveys, or explorations) will receive travel allowances from the appropriation for the work, but if there be no appropriation he will receive travel allowances from the Pay Department. 1334. In the following cases no expense of travel is allowed : In joining for duty upon first appointment to the military service, or under the first' order after a reinstatement or reappointment, or under an order to effect a transfer from one company or regiment to another, made at the request of the officers transferred. Assistant surgeons, graduates of the Military- Academy, and officers appointed from the ranks, joining under first order after appointment or commission, are excepted from these provisions. 1335. Allowances for travel of officers summoned before committees of Congress are not proper charges upon the appropriations for the support of the Army. COMMUTATION OF QUARTERS. 1336. An officer on duty without troops at a station where there are no public quarters, or where the public quarters are inadequate, is entitled to commutation therefor at established rates. 1337. An officer on duty at a station where he is properly in receipt of commutation of quarters is entitled to the allowance during ordinary leave on full pay, but not during sick leave. If he is relieved from duty at the station and then granted a leave his commutation ceases. COMMUTATION OF QUARTERS STOPPAGES. 189 1338. An officer does not lose his right to quarters or commutation at his permanent station by a temporary absence on duty. While he continues to hold that right and exercises it by constructive occupation or use of any kind, he can not legally demand quarters nor commutation at any other station. Exceptions to this rule can be made only by the Secretary of War. 1339. When the command to which an officer belongs changes station during his temporary absence on duty he loses his right to quarters from the time his command leaves its old station and does not acquire a right at the new station until he has reported for duty thereat. He is entitled in the meantime to quarters or commutation therefor at the station where he is temporarily serving. 1 34O. An officer relieved from duty at one station, where he was entitled to commutation of quarters, and assigned to another, is not entitled to such allowance from the date of relief to the date on which he reports in person at the new station. 1341. Officers who, for the convenience of the Government, are directed to await orders for a limited period at a point where there are no public quarters, are entitled to commutation ; but an officer ordered to his home to await orders is not entitled to this allowance. An officer ordered to report by letter to a superior does not become entitled to commutation of quarters until he receives a specific order of assignment and reports in person at the station to which assigned. 1342. The first voucher for commutation of quarters at any station must be accompanied by a copy of the order assigning the officer to duty thereat. In subsequent vouchers the paymaster will refer by number, etc., to the voucher with which the order is filed, and the final voucher must be accompanied by the authority for, and must show the date of relief from, such duty. STOPPAGES. 1343. When an officer has been overpaid, or is indebted to the United States for money or property, or has failed properly to account for the same, the chief of the bureau concerned will promptly notify him of the amount of his indebtedness, or his failure to account. If after such notice he does not refund, or make satisfactory explanation, or take proper action within a reasonable time, the matter will be reported to the Secretary of War. 1344. On the order of the Secretary of War, stoppages may be made against the pay of officers for overpayments, illegal disbursement, or loss through fraud or neglect of the public funds, and for deficiencies in, loss of, or damage to, military supplies, unless proof be furnished that the deficiency, loss or damage was not occasioned by any fault on their part. 1345. The notice of stoppage of officers' pay will be prepared in the form of a monthly circular to paymasters, advising them of stoppages outstand- ing at its date. This circular will be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval prior to its publication. When an officer's name is borne thereon, no payment of salary will be made to him which is not in accord- ance with the stoppage entry made against his name. 1346. Overpayments to an officer will be deducted on the first payment after a notice of stoppage against him is received, even if the pay accounts have been assigned. 190 PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. PAYMENT OF CADETS. 1347. Payment on muster and pay rolls and final accounts will be made to the cadets at the Military Academy by a paymaster, who will turn over the net amount of the rolls and accounts to the Treasurer of the Academy. PAYMENT OF ENLISTED MEN. 1348. Troops will be paid every month unless circumstances prevent, in which case the paymaster charged with the payment will immediately report the facts through his chief paymaster to the Paymaster-General. 1349. Payments will be made as soon after the close of each month as practicable : 1. By paymasters in person ; or 2. By check or currency shipped by express. The troops at posts where paymasters are stationed and others in their immediate vicinity, to be designated in instructions issued from the Adju- tant-General's Office, will be paid by paymasters in person. For posts at which payments are not required to be made in person, the paymaster will transmit the pay due in one or more of the following ways : 1. By individual check, payable to the order of each man for the exact amount due. 2. By inclosing in a separate sealed envelope the exact amount in cur- rency due each soldier, with his name and the amount inclosed marked thereon. 1350. Duplicate muster and pay rolls will be duly signed by the men, and forwarded by the commanding officer by mail to the paymaster who has been designated by the department commander to pay the command. 1351. When forwarding the rolls the post commander will furnish the paymaster with the name, rank, etc., of the officer designated to see that the men of the command are paid, and at the same time will state what part of the pay can conveniently be received by the men in individual checks and cashed at or near the post without discount, designating the location of depository on which it is desired that the checks should be drawn. The remainder of the pay will be sent in envelopes. 1352. The paymaster will, as far as practicable, draw the checks on the depository designated, the checks and money for each organization will be inclosed in separate packages properly marked, and the whole will be con- solidated into one package and forwarded by express to the post commander. One of each of the company or detachment rolls extended to show the amounts to be paid will be returned to the commanding officer and by him sent to the proper company commanders. 1353. At places beyond express delivery, the post commander, when notified by the paymaster that funds are to be expected, will send an officer with a suitable escort to receipt for the express package and convey the funds to the post. The name of the officer authorized to receipt for the pack- age will previously have been reported to the paymaster. 1354. When the package is received at the post, it will be delivered to the officer who has been designated by the commanding officer to distribute the pay. As soon as possible the individual checks or the currency will be handed to the men by the officer designated, and when the payment is in PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. 191 currency from envelopes, a second officer, who may be the company com. mander, will be required to verify the amounts in the envelopes, so that, in case of error, certificates may be prepared at once by both officers. Should there be a deficiency it will be so certified on the roll by the paying and the verifying officers, and should there be an excess the surplus will be returned to the paymaster. In each case a statement of the facts, with appropriate certificates, will be sent to the paymaster by the post commander. 1355. Should any error or informality be discovered in a check, it will be returned to the paymaster for correction; and the roll may be held, or returned with a note as to the nonpayment, at the discretion of the post commander. 1356. Should the bank or person who cashes the individual check so desire, the company commander will certify to the correctness of the indorsements made by his men upon their respective checks. 1357. Each company commander will witness the payment of the com- pany and so certify on the roll, which he will then transmit to the pay- master. When the paymaster has received this witnessed roll he will send the duplicate to be witnessed and returned. Should it be impracticable, owing to his absence or incapacity, to secure the signature of the witness- ing officer to the second roll, any commissioned officer may make upon it an official copy of the witnessing officer's certificate and signature as evi- denced by the retained roll. 1358. Should a soldier die or desert in the interval between signing the roll and the actual payment, the check or the cash received for him will be treated as the effects of a deceased soldier or of a deserter. Should he be temporarily absent or in confinement, it will be retained by the company commander until return or release of the soldier. 1359. Should a soldier decline to receive his pay, or if, for any other reason than those mentioned it should be impracticable to deliver it to him, the money or check will be returned by express or registered mail to the paymaster, the man's signature on the roll canceled, and a note of explana- tion verified by the signature of the witnessing officer made upon the roll. 1360. Deposits may be made in the usual manner, the amount to be deposited being reported to the paymaster by letter forwarded with the rolls, the soldier's deposit book being also forwarded therewith. Should a man desire to deposit a sum greater than his pay, his company commander will see that a proper check, postal order, or express order accompanies his deposit book ; if neither check nor order can be obtained, the company com- mander will send the money by registered mail at public expense, verifying the amount and reporting it in a separate communication to the paymaster. Deposit books will be returned by the paymaster to the company commander properly filled in for attestation. 1361. Troops in the field will be paid by currency in envelopes, unless the department commander directs personal payment by the paymaster. 1362* In time of war, troops in active campaign will be paid by paymas- ters in person ; troops in garrison may be paid by the paymaster or by checks or currency in envelopes ; troops in campaign by either of these methods, as the army or department commander may direct. 1363. Payments to enlisted men will be made on muster and pay rolls, with the following exceptions : Enlisted men retired, and men of the post 192 PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. noncommissioned staff, or acting as such, and sergeants of the Signal Corps on duty where there are no other troops. These will be paid on their descriptive lists by the chief paymaster of the department, or a paymaster designated by him ; if not under the orders of the department commander, they will be paid by a paymaster designated by the Paymaster-General. Pay- ments to discharged soldiers will be made by any paymaster under the provisions of paragraphs 1382 to 1388. 1364. An officer in command of a company or detachment or in charge of a hospital will attend at the pay table, witness the payment of his men, and certify at the foot of the muster and pay roll that he witnessed the pay- ment. All enlisted men present will receipt the pay roll for the amount due them thereon. When a soldier can not write, he will receipt by his mark, which will be witnessed by a commissioned officer. RE-ENLISTMENT AND CONTINUOUS SERVICE PAY. 1365. Re-enlistment pay, under section 1282, Revised Statutes, and act of August 1, 1894, will be allowed to all enlisted men at the rate of pay provided for the fifth year of continuous service. One dollar per month of this pay, however, will be retained until the soldier's discharge from such re-enlist- ment, subject to forfeiture unless he serves honestly and faithfully to that date. This re-enlistment pay having been once earned by five years' contin- uous service, will be paid to the soldier during all subsequent service, what- ever period of time may intervene between enlistment and prior discharge, subject to the same conditions in regard to retention and forfeiture. 1366. Continuous service pay at the rate of $2.00 per month will be paid to all enlisted men who have served continuously for a longer period than five years, and for each successive period of five years, so long as they shall remain continuously in the Army, an additional monthly allowance of $1.00. A re-enlistment after a period exceeding three months from date of discharge does not entitle the soldier to continuous service pay. One or more terms of service rendered prior to August 4, 1854, will be counted as five years' continuous service. 1367. The re-enlistment pay of an enlisted man not entitled to continu- ous service allowances, will be indicated on the muster and pay rolls as " entitled to re-enlisted pay." If entitled to both re-enlistment and contin- uous service pay, then as " $2.00 per month for five years' continuous service;" "$3.00 per month for ten years' continuous service;" "$4.00 per month for fifteen years' continuous service," etc. FORFEITURES AND DEDUCTIONS. 1368. The paymaster will deduct from the pay of all soldiers, 12 cents per month for the support of the Soldiers' Home, the same to be deducted bimonthly on the February, April, etc., rolls. At the time of payment he will also deduct the authorized stoppages entered on the muster rolls, descriptive lists, or final statements. 1369. Retained pay will be forfeited for the following causes : 1. Desertion. 2. When the soldier is in confinement under a general court-martial sentence expressly imposing imprisonment until or beyond the expiration of his term ; when discharged under sentence of general court-martial ; when discharged by order from the War Department specifying forfeiture, or because of imprisonment by the civil authority. PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. 193 3. When the soldier is discharged for minority concealed at enlistment, or for other cause involving fraud in enlistment, or for disability caused by his misconduct. 4. Upon the approved finding of a board of officers called under para- graph 148, that the soldier has not served honestly and faithfully to the date of discharge. The cause of forfeiture will be stated on the muster and pay rolls and on the final statements of the soldier. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. 13 TO. A certificate of merit granted to an enlisted man for distinguished service entitles him, from the date of such service, to additional pay at the rate of $2.00 per month while in the Army, although such service may not be continuous. DEPOSITS. 1371. Any enlisted man, not retired, may deposit his savings with any paymaster in sums not less than $5.00, the same to remain so deposited until final payment on discharge. The paymaster will furnish the depositor with a book, in which each deposit, with name of depositor, date, place, and amount, in words and figures, will be entered in the form of a certificate, signed by the paymaster and company commander. The company com- mander will keep in the company record book an account of every deposit made by the soldier; and after each regular payment he, and all officers having charge of detachments of enlisted men at date of deposit, will trans- mit, direct to the Paymaster-General, a list of names of depositors, showing in each case the date, place, and amount of deposit, and name of pay- master receiving the same. These lists, before transmittal, will be examined and compared with the record of deposits on the company or detachment book and the deposit book of the soldier. Should a soldier who has made a deposit be transferred or desert, the fact will be promptly reported direct to the Paymaster-General by the officer in command of the company or detachment to which he belonged. In case of transfer, his descriptive list will be made to exhibit the date and amount of each deposit. 1379. On the discharge of a soldier, the date and amount, in words and figures, of each of his deposits will be entered upon his final statements, and his deposit book will be taken up by the paymaster who pays him, and filed with the voucher of payment. In case deposits are forfeited by deser- tion, the amounts of the same will be entered on the final statements under the head "Remarks," and the facts and authority for such forfeiture given. 1373. Before delivering final statements upon which deposits are cred- ited, the officer signing them will ascertain whether the soldier has the deposit book ; and, if so, instruct him to present it to the paymaster. Should he claim to have lost it, the officer will cause his affidavit to that effect to be taken and attached to the statements. The affidavit will clearly state the circumstances attending loss of the book, and show that the soldier has not sold or assigned it. Upon this evidence the paymaster may pay, and the responsibility for the correctness of amounts credited on the statements Will rest with the officer certifying them. 13691 13 194 PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. 1374. Paymasters will not pay deposits except on final statements. When they are not paid, the soldier should forward his deposit book or the evidence referred to in the preceding paragraph to the Paymaster-General. Enlisted men should be informed of the importance of preserving deposit books as the only certain means of insuring prompt repayment. 1375. A soldier must draw his deposit when he is discharged. He can then renew it after re-enlistment, and will be entitled to interest from date of such renewal. Failure to present the final statements for payment leaves the money without interest until drawn and again deposited. 1376. For any sum of not less than five dollars deposited for the period of six months or longer, the-soldier, when discharged, will be paid interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum to date of discharge. 1377* On the death of a soldier, each deposit, with amount, date, place, and paymaster with whom deposited, will be noted in the inventory of his effects, and on the accompanying final statements with which his deposit book will be filed. 1378. Both deposits and interest will be forfeited by desertion, but are exempt from forfeiture by sentence of court-martial and from liability for the soldier's debts. 1379. The retained pay of enlisted men will be treated as deposits, to the extent that it draws interest from the end of the year of the enlistment in which retained. It is subject to forfeiture for any of the causes set forth in paragraph 1369, and is carried to the credit of the soldier on his final statements, subject to deduction for debts due the United States at the date of discharge. PAY OF DESERTERS. (See Art. XIX.) 13 SO. An enlisted man charged with desertion will not receive pay until his offense has been investigated by a court-martial or he has been restored to duty without trial. 1381. Every deserter forfeits all pay and allowances due at the date of desertion. Stoppages and forfeitures then due will be deducted from his arrears of pay, and, if not so satisfied, from pay due after apprehension. The company commander will note upon the first muster roll after appre- hension all data necessary to a complete settlement of the soldier's account from the date of last payment, and will carry the account to subsequent rolls until the settlement is made. No settlement of the pay account of any enlisted man will be made on the rolls until sufficient pay shall have accrued to satisfy all dues to the United States and pay a balance to the soldier. The required data will include date of last payment, desertion, and apprehension, credits at date of desertion on account of clothing, unsatisfied forfeitures under prior sentences, and dues to the United States at date of desertion on account of clothing, subsistence, ordnance, etc. If, while absent in desertion, he illegally enlisted in another organization, the date of last payment in such enlistment and all stoppage due the United States at date of surrender or apprehension will be stated. PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. PAYMENT OF DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. (See Art. XXI.) 1382. Discharged soldiers will be paid on final statements prepared in duplicate and furnished to them by their company or detachment com- manders. Payment will be made only on presentation of both copies. Except when notified as prescribed in paragraph 150, paymasters will not pay discharged soldiers unless otherwise satisfied of the genuineness of the discharge papers and the identity of the claimants. 1383. Upon payment of the final statements of a discharged soldier, the paymaster will write on the discharge "Paid in full," with his signature, noting amounts paid, except when the final statements have been transferred and are not accompanied by the discharge. The day of enlistment and the day of discharge will both be included in reckoning pay. 1384. Paymasters, or other officers to whom a discharged soldier reports- the loss or non-receipt by him of final statements to which he is entitled, will report the fact to the Paymaster-General, with any evidence the soldier furnishes them in the matter. The Pay master- General will transmit the evidence to the Auditor for the War Department. 1385. Traveling allowances to discharged soldiers are computed by taking the distance in miles by the shortest usually traveled route from place of discharge to that of enlistment, and allowing one day's pay, and subsistence at the rate of 30 cents, for every 20 miles of travel. If in the computation there remains a fraction of 10 miles or more, it will be reckoned as a full day ; if less, it will not be considered. If transportation has been furnished for any part of the distance, that part will be excluded from the computa- tion of travel pay, but subsistence for the full distance will be allowed. 1386. An enlisted man discharged for minority concealed at enlistment, or for other cause involving fraud on his part in the enlistment, is not entitled to pay and allowances, including those for travel, and will not receive final statements unless deposits or detained pay are due him, in which case final statements, containing only a list of his deposits or the amount of detained pay will be furnished. 1387 1 . Recruits are entitled to pay and allowances when discharged on certificates of disability. When discharged for any cause involving fraud on their part at enlistment, paragraph 1386 will govern. 1388. The transfer by an enlisted man of a claim for pay due on his final statements will be recognized only when made after discharge, in writing, indorsed on the final statements, signed by the soldier, and witnessed by a commissioned officer or by some other reputable person known to the pay- master. The person witnessing the transfer must indorse on the discharge the fact of transfer of the final statements, and on the final statements the fact that such indorsement has been made on the discharge. MISCELLANEOUS. 1389. When a paymaster has made an incorrect payment to an enlisted man, he will report the fact to the commander of the company in which the man is mustered, who will note the same on the next muster and pay roll, that it may be corrected. 196 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 1390. Authorized stoppages will be entered on the rolls and paid in the following order : 1. Reimbursements to the United States for the loss or damage to arms, equipments or other public property, the nature of which will be clearly stated, extra issues of clothing, transportation, subsistence, expense of appre- hending deserters. 2. Amounts paid post exchange and laundrymen at recruit rendezvous. 3. Reimbursements to individuals (as the paymaster, for instance). 4. Forfeitures for desertion, and fines by sentence of court-martial. 1391. Officers of the Pay Department . will not give receipts except in the following cases : 1. For transfers of money. 2. For money of deceased soldiers or of deserters. 3. For stoppages authorized by the Secretary of War, for which the Pay- master-General may direct receipts to be given. 4. For ref undments made by officers on account of overpayments made by paymasters. In all other cases, the party turning over or refunding money should place it in some authorized public depository, or transfer it to a disbursing officer of the department to which the money belongs. ARTICLE LXXXI. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Medical Department, prepared and pub- lished under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Surgeon- General. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 1392. The Medical Department, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is charged with the duty of investigating the sanitary condition of the Army and making recommendations in reference thereto, with the duty of caring for the sick and wounded, making physical examinations of officers and enlisted men, and furnishing all medical and hospital supplies, except for public animals. 1393. The surgeon, under the direction of the commanding officer, will supervise the hygiene of the post or command, and recommend such meas- ures as he may deem necessary to prevent or diminish disease. He will examine, at least once a month, and note in the medical history of the post the sanitary condition of all public buildings, the drainage, the sewerage, amount and quality of the water supply, the clothing and habits of the men, and character and cooking of the food, and immediately after such examination will report thereon in writing to the commanding officer, with such recommendations as he may deem proper. The commanding officer will return the report, with his views and action indorsed thereon, and if he deem the action recommended impracticable or undesirable, will state fully his objections. The indorsement will be recorded in the medical his- tory of the post, and the report and indorsement will be forwarded by the surgeon, through military channels, to the Surgeon-General. APPOINTMENTS HOSPITAL CORPS. 197 APPOINTMENTS. 1394. No person will be appointed an assistant surgeon unless he has been examined and approved by a board consisting of not less than three medical officers designated by the Secretary of .War ; and no person will be appointed a surgeon unless he has served five years as an assistant surgeon in the Army, and has been examined and approved by a board consisting of not less than three surgeons, designated as aforesaid, 1395. No allowance will be made for the expenses of persons undergo- ing examination, but those who receive appointments will be entitled to travel allowances in obeying the first order assigning them to duty. THE HOSPITAL CORPS. 1396. All hospital services in garrison and in the field will be per- formed by members of the Hospital Corps, who will be enlisted for, and permanently attached to, the Medical Department. In time of war, the corps willperform the necessary ambulance service under such officers of the Medical Department and assistants as may be detailed for that duty. 1397. No person will be appointed a hospital steward until he has served a year as acting hospital steward ; nor will a steward be appointed nor an acting steward be detailed until he has passed a satisfactory examination, under the direction of the Surgeon-General. Privates who have served 0.0.3 year in the Hospital Corps, and graduates in pharmacy who have served six months and have shown particular fitness, may be recommended to the Surgeon-General for promotion by the senior medical officer of the com- mand. From those thus recommended acting stewards will be detailed, after passing the required examination. These examinations will be con- ducted by a board composed of the medical officers of the station at which the applicant may be serving, and if no medical officer is there on duty, the candidate will be sent for examination to the nearest station provided with such an officer. The report of the board will be forwarded direct to the Surgeon-General. 1 398. A hospital steward may be re-enlisted at the expiration of his term of service on the authority of the Surgeon-General, provided he has passed successfully the prescribed examination. If he desire to re-enlist he will report the fact, in writing, through military channels, to the Surgeon- Gen- eral, sixty days before the expiration of his term of service. 1399. Enlistments and re-enlistments for the Hospital Corps will be made, as a rule, by medical officers. Recruiting officers stationed where there is no medical examiner may make such enlistments or re-enlistments upon the authority of the Surgeon-General. In such cases the recruiting officer in making the physical examination will be guided by instructions from the Surgeon-General. Applicants ma> be accepted who are sub j ect to refractive errors of vision, provided these errors are not excessive, may be entirely cor- rected by glasses, and are not progressive or accompanied by ocular disease. Every private thus enlisted from civil life will be sent to the nearest mili- tary post for medical examination. Should the recruit pass this examina- tion satisfactorily he will be forwarded to a company of instruction at such post as maybe designated by the War Department ; transportation required will be obtained from a quartermaster. 198 HOSPITAL CORPS. 14OO. Enlistment papers will be executed in duplicate. In the cases! of privates enlisted from civil life at a station where there is no medical examiner and sent to the nearest post for medical examination, the enlist- ment papers, with the form for physical examination, will be sent to the surgeon of the post, by whom they will be forwarded direct to the Surgeon- General. The enlistment papers of all other members of the corps will be forwarded, with the form for physical examination, direct to the Surgeon- General, who will render to the Adjutant-General of the Army a monthly recruiting return accompanied by one of each set of enlistment papers. 1101. A hospital steward, stationed at a place where no post return is made, will make such personal reports as the Surgeon-General may direct. 1 1O2. Hospital stewards, though liable to discharge, will not be reduced. The detail of an acting steward may be revoked by the post commander upon the recommendation of the surgeon or by sentence of a court- martial. 1403. Enlisted men who have served one year in the line may be trans- ferred to the Hospital Corps as privates. Musicians are not eligible. Selec- tion will be made upon the application of the post surgeon, approved by the post commander, stating age of the soldier, and if over 40 years his special qualifications, character, physical condition, and habits, whether for existing or prospective vacancy, and the date of expiration of current enlistment. 1404. Married men will not be enlisted as privates in or transferred to the corps, and no acting steward who is married shall be re-enlisted without special authority. 1 4O5. Members of the corps will not be required to perform any military duties other than those pertaining to their corps. They will be instructed in such drills, both foot and mounted, as are necessary for their efficiency. They will not be required to attend ceremonies, except when directed by the commanding officer, and will be inspected and mustered at the hospital. The forms of inspection will be in accordance with the prescribed manual. 1406. To meet the requirements of epidemics or other emergencies and to fill vacancies, members of the Hospital Corps may be transferred by the department commander, the quota of each post, as prescribed by paragraphs 1409 and 1410, not being permanently exceeded. Such transfers will be reported to the Surgeon-General. 14O'7 Accounts of pay and clothing of members of the corps will be kept by the surgeons under whose immediate direction they are serving. 1408. The surgeon of each post will, on the last day of every month, make a return of the Hospital Corps and means of transportation on the prescribed form in duplicate, sending one copy to the Surgeon-General direct and the other to the chief surgeon of the department. 1409. At every post there will be one hospital steward, two if the garri- son equals six companies, and an additional one for every additional six com- panies. At every post of two companies there will also be an acting steward, if practicable. 10 1O. There will be three privates of the Hospital Corps at every mili- tary post, four if the garrison consists of two companies, and an additional private for each additional two companies. They will be assigned to the respective duties connected with the hospital service by the surgeon of the post. COMPANY BEARERS AMBULANCES. 199 141 1. The number of stewards and privates of the Hospital Corps to be stationed at arsenals, engineer stations, and independent posts will be deter- mined by the Secretary of War. COMPANY BEARERS. 1412. There will be in each company four privates designated for instruc- tion as litter bearers. They will be selected by company commanders, with the concurrence of the surgeon. They should be of good character and suf- ficient intelligence to make them eligible for transfer to the corps, and will be known as " company bearers." 1413. Company bearers, together with all available men of the Hospital Corps, will be instructed under the supervision of the surgeon of the post for at least four hours in each month, and at such times as the post commander may appoint, in the duties of litter bearers and the methods of rendering first aid to the sick and wounded. This special instruction will not relieve them from the performance of their regular military duties. They should be instructed primarily, and by object lessons as far as practicable, in first aid. ' During an engagement or in an emergency the company bearers may be directed by their immediate commanding officers to fall out and give first aid to the wounded, or carry them to the rear until relieved by members of the Hospital Corps, and when so relieved they will immediately join their companies. Company bearers on drill as such and in campaigns will wear a red brassard around the left arm. AMBULANCES AND LITTERS. 14141. One regulation ambulance with proper harness will be issued to each post. To posts of more than 200 men, the number to be issued will be one additional ambulance for each additional 200 men or major fraction thereof. 1415. The ambulance will not be used except for transportation of the sick and wounded, the recreation of convalescent patients, or to give instruction in the duties of the ambulance service. They will be furnished and repaired by the Quartermaster's Department, will always be subject to the call of the surgeon, and, when practicable, will be housed near the hospital. 1416. At each post one of the privates of the corps will be designated by the surgeon as ambulance driver. In addition to his other duties, he will care for the ambulance, its equipment and harness, and see that they are always in readiness for immediate use. In the field he will care for the animals. When it is necessary to use the ambulance for any transporta- tion purposes, the commanding officer, on the application of the surgeon, will see that the requisite animals are provided by the quartermaster and placed at the disposal of the surgeon. 1417. At posts each company will be furnished with one hand litter, which will be kept ready at all times for use by the company bearers. They will be supplied and repaired by the Quartermaster's Department. 1418. Travois and mule litters may be issued upon the recommendation of the chief surgeon. 1419. Commanding officers will inspect ambulances, litters, and other appliances for transporting the wounded at each monthly inspection, and see that they are completely equipped. When practicable, the ambulance fully equipped for service will be presented for inspection, with the animals attached. 200 FIELD SERVICE HOSPITALS. FIELD SERVICE. 14 2O. In field service, troops will be accompanied by such number of men of the Hospital Corps as may be determined by the post commander, on the recommendation of the surgeon. 14 til. On the march or in battle each medical officer will habitually be attended by a mounted private of the Hospital Corps. Hospital stewards, acting stewards, and at least one private of the corps in each separate com- mand will be mounted when serving in the field, and all privates of the corps will be mounted when serving with mounted commands. Horses will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department for members of the corps on duty in the field, when practicable. When no horses are available special application for authority to hire must be made. 1422. Ambulances will be used for the transportation of the sick and wounded, the instruction of the Hospital Corps and company bearers, and, in urgent cases, for the transportation of medical supplies, and all persons are prohibited from using them, or requiring or -permitting them to be used, for any other purpose. It shall be the duty of the officers of the ambulance service to report to the commander of the troops any violation of the pro- visions of this paragraph. 1423. No person, except the proper medical officers or the officers, non- commissioned officers, and privates of the ambulance service, or such per- sons as may be specially assigned by competent military authority to duty therewith, will be permitted to take or accompany sick or wounded men to the rear, either on the march or upon the field of battle. HOSPITAL BUILDINGS. 1424. A building will not be erected for nor occupied as a hospital until the opinion of a medical officer has been obtained in writing upon the suit- ableness of site and proposed arrangement. If the commanding officer dis- sent from this opinion he will return it to the surgeon of the post with his reasons indorsed thereon. 1425. Hospitals will be erected at permanent posts in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the Surgeon-General, approved by the Secretary of War. 1426. When alterations of or additions to hospitals are necessary, the surgeon of the post, after obtaining from the quartermaster an estimate of cost, will transmit plans and specifications, with proposed modifications, through military channels to the Secretary of War. Similar action will be taken upon quarters for hospital stewards. 1427. When hospitals or hospital stewards' quarters are erected or repaired, the officer conducting the work will consult the surgeon of the post, who will inspect the work during its progress, and when a building is ready for occupancy the surgeon will report as to its merits to the Surgeon- General through the regular channel, and furnish a copy of the report to the constructing officer. 142 8. The surgeon, after obtaining from the quartermaster necessary data as to the amount of labor, quantity of material, and cost, will forward as soon as practicable after March 1 of each year, through military chan- nels, to the Secretary of War, an estimate of repairs, alterations, or addi- HOSPITALS. 201 tions needed on hospital and hospital stewards' quarters during the next fiscal year, with plans of the same, stating the condition of the buildings and necessity for repairs. The surgeon of the post will prepare and sign estimates for hospital construction and repairs, one copy of which is required by the Surgeon-General. The number required at department headquarters is fixed by the department commander. When work is completed, the medical officer will report to the Surgeon-General whether it was performed according to the estimate, and the material and balance of allotment remain- ing. Approved plans or estimates for construction or repair will be altered only by authority of the Secretary of War. 1429. The Surgeon-General will furnish to the Quartermaster-General, in sufficient time for his annual estimates, a statement showing the hospital repairs which will be needed during the ensuing year, with estimated cost of the same. 1 13O. No portion of any hospital building will be used or occupied as quarters, nor will any mess be permitted or maintained therein except such as may be necessary for patients and enlisted men there on duty. SICK CALL. 1431. At sick call the enlisted men of each company who require medi- cal attention will be conducted to the hospital by a noncommissioned officer, who will give to the attending surgeon the Company Sick Report Book con- taining the names of the sick. The surgeon, 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, what duties the latter can perform, with any other information in regard to the sick which he may have to com- municate to the company commander. 1432. Medical officers will furnish company commanders any informa- tion, except the diagnosis, which will assist them in determining, for entry on the muster rolls, whether or not the disability of a soldier who is or has been on sick report originated in the line of duty, entering this information in the Company Sick Report Book. When required they will furnish the diagnosis to the commanding officer. GENERAL HOSPITALS. 1433. General hospitals will be under the exclusive control of the Surgeon-General and will be governed by such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. The surgeon in charge will command the same and will not be subject to the orders of local commanders other than those of territorial departments. 1434. Hospital transports, boats, and railway trains, after being prop- erly assigned as such, will be exclusively under the control of the Medical Department, and will not be diverted from their special purposes by orders of local or department commanders or officers of other staff corps. SERVICE OP HOSPITALS. 1435. The senior surgeon is charged with the management and is respon- sible for the condition of the post hospital, which will be at all times sub- ject to inspection by the commanding officer. The surgeon of the post will inspect the hospital every morning, and on Saturday will also inspect the detachment of the Hospital Corps. 202 HOSPITALS. 1436. The surgeon of the post will assign his assistants and the mem- bers of the Hospital Corps to duty, and report them on the muster rolls in the capacity in which they are serving. With the approval of the commanding officer he will also appoint the matrons. 1437. Hospital matrons will be allowed as follows : At general hospitals, one matron to twenty patients or major fraction thereof ; at hospitals at posts and arsenals, a number fixed by the Surgeon-General. 1438. Patients will, if possible, leave their arms and accoutrements with their companies. In no event shall ammunition be taken into the hospital. 1439. When a soldier in hospital is detached from his company, his com- pany commander will send to the hospital his descriptive list. The surgeon in charge will enter thereon all payments, stoppages, and the money value of all clothing issued, and when the soldier leaves the hospital will return the list to the company commander. If the soldier is discharged from the service while in hospital, the surgeon will furnish him with final statements and notify the Adjutant-General of the Army and the company commander of the date, place, and cause of discharge. If the soldier die in hospital the surgeon will take charge of his effects and make the reports required in paragraph 158. 1440. Sick or wounded soldiers, discharged while in hospital, will be entitled to medical treatment in hospital, and to the usual ration during disability, or for the period considered proper for them to remain under treatment, but a discharged soldier who has left the hospital will not be readmitted except upon the written order of the commanding officer. 1441. Tents, clothing, hospital furniture, and other stores used in the treatment of contagious diseases, will be disinfected or burned under the supervision of a medical officer. 1442. The Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of the Surgeon- General, order gratuitous issues of clothing to soldiers who have had con- tagious diseases, and to hospital attendants who have nursed them, to replace articles destroyed by order of the proper medical officer to prevent contagion. 1443. Medical officers in charge of hospital property will not permit it to be used for other than hospital purposes. 1444. Civilian employees at military posts may purchase the medical supplies prescribed for them by a medical officer, at cost price with 10 per cent, added. Medical officers who dispense medical supplies to civilian employees will render direct to the Surgeon-General, on the first day of every month, detailed accounts in duplicate, giving the name of each employee, the kind and quantity of medical supplies furnished him, and by whom prescribed, during the preceding month, leaving a space between items for the insertion of the price, which will be fixed at the Surgeon-Gen- eral's Office. One copy will be returned to the officer furnishing the sup- plies, and the amounts inserted will be collected by the officer accountable for them, and be disposed of in the same manner as proceeds of other sales of medical property. At isolated posts where issues to civilians become necessary to save life or prevent extreme suffering, medical officers will make such issues, and at the end of each month report the circumstances to the Surgeon-General. Original prescriptions will be retained as a part of the hospital records, and will be subject to examination at all times by inspectors and post commanders. HOSPITALS MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. 203 1445. A civilian employee on duty at a station where other than Army medical attendance can not be procured, is entitled, when necessary, to admission to hospital. 1446. Civilians not in public service will be admitted to hospital only in cases of extreme necessity, and by permission of the commanding officer on written application of the surgeon. Rations will not be issued to them by the commissary, but their food will be purchased from the hospital fund, and the surgeon may remit all charges in cases of destitution. 1447. Hospital charges will be as follows : For subsistence of a retired enlisted man, 25 cents per day ; for nursing, medicines, and subsistence of a civilian employee, 50 cents per day ; for officers of the Army, seamen and river boatmen (admitted only on permit issued by a medical officer of the Marine-Hospital Service or a customs officer), and civilians admitted as pro- vided in the preceding paragraph, $1 per day. The money received will be accounted for with the hospital fund. 1448. The surgeon of the post will keep, account for, and expend the hospital fund according to the instructions of the Surgeon-General, exclu- sively for the benefit of the sick in hospital and the enlisted men of the Hospital Corps serving therein. 1449. Medical and official publications furnished from the Surgeon- General's Office to surgeons in charge of hospitals will be properly filed and preserved in the hospital library. The expense of binding these publica- tions and those issued to chief surgeons will be defrayed by the Medical Department, and they will be transported to and from the medical supply depots by the Quartermaster's Department. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. 1450. Medical officers on duty will attend officers and enlisted men, and, when practicable, their families ; and at stations, or in the field, where other medical attendance can not be procured, civilian employees. Medicines will be dispensed to all persons entitled to medical attendance, and hos- pital stores to enlisted men and hospital matrons, also to officers at posts or stations where they can not be procured by purchase. 1451. Medical officers at their stations will furnish medical attendance to officers and enlisted men on the retired list, but they will not be required to leave their stations for that purpose. Medicines, dressings, etc., will be supplied to retired officers and enlisted men from army dispensaries on medical officers' prescriptions. 1452. When medical attendance is required by an officer or enlisted man on duty, and the attendance of a medical officer can not be had, the officer, or if there be no officer present, then the enlisted man, may employ a civilian physician, and a just account for his services and the necessary medicines will be paid by the Medical Department. The accounts for each fiscal year will be rendered separately, and, if for continuous service, for- warded monthly. Accounts for temporary service will be forwarded promptly upon termination thereof. 1453. Accounts for medical attendance will set forth the full name and address of the physician, the full name, rank, company, and regiment or 204 MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. corps of patient, date of and charge for each visit, charge for medicines, and particular disease or injury treated. The physician will certify that the account is correct and just, and that the charges do not exceed the customary charges in the vicinity. The officer will certify, or the enlisted man make oath, to the correctness of the account, stating that he was on duty at the time and place specified, and why it was impossible to secure the serv- ices of an Army surgeon. When medicines are furnished by a druggist and charged for by the physician, the original prescription must be furnished, and the receipt of the druggist to the physician will accompany the account. 1454. Accounts for medicines will be accompanied by the original pre- scriptions, and must be for medicines properly so called only. When such an account is presented for payment the druggist will furnish the following certificate : " I certify that the above account is a just and correct statement of medicines furnished by me at , to officers and enlisted men of the United States Army, on the prescriptions herewith submitted: that said medicines were actually furnished on said prescriptions to said officers and enlisted men, respectively, at the dates set forth in said account, and that the prices charged are not in excess of those prevailing at said place." 1455. The officer under whose authority the prescriptions are filled will certify the account as follows : " I certify that the foregoing account is cor- rect ; that the officers and enlisted men therein mentioned were actually on duty at when the medicine was furnished for them as stated therein, and that such medicines could not then have been procured at an Army dis- pensary in or near said place." The account must set forth the full name of each officer and enlisted man, his rank, the command to which he belongs, and the number, date, and price of each prescription. If there was an Army dispensary in or near the place, but the medicines were procured elsewhere because it was closed when they were required, or if they could not be there procured for some other sufficient reason, a statement of the facts supposed to justify the purchase willbe added at the end of the offi- cer's certificate. 1456. When the charge for attendance is against an officer, he will pay the account, if practicable, and transmit it, properly receipted, to the Surgeon-General for reimbursement ; if the officer has paid it, the fact must be plainly stated in both his and the physician's certificates. If against .a deceased officer or enlisted man, the physician will certify as required in paragraph 1453, and that he has not received the sum expressed nor any por- tion thereof. Accounts for consultation, for medical attendance and medi- cines for officers and enlisted men not on duty, and for families and -servants of officers and enlisted men will not be paid. Treatment of chronic com- plaints by a specialist will not be paid for, unless authority to employ such specialist has been obtained from the Surgeon-General. Accounts for hos- pital stores and necessary surgical appliances will be paid only for enlisted men. Accounts for mineral waters or proprietary medicines will not be paid. 1457. Accounts for board, lodging, nursing and medical attendance of sick soldiers in private hospitals will be sent to the Surgeon-General for set- tlement, the Medical Department to be reimbursed by the Subsistence Department for that part paid for board. MEDICAL ATTENDANCE SUPPLIES. 205 1458. The charge of a civilian physician for examination of a re-enlisted soldier or an accepted recruit will be included in his account for medical attendance at a rate not exceeding $1 for each. In preparing Accounts for medical examination of or medical attendance and medicines furnished to recruits assigned or unassigned, the date of enlistment will be stated in each case. The sick at recruiting stations, excepting those with trivial disabili- ties, or severe injuries which render their removal impracticable, will be sent by the recruiting officer for treatment to the nearest military hospital. Accounts pertaining to officers and enlisted men on duty with recruiting parties will be forwarded to the Surgeon-General through the Adjutant- General of the Army. 1459. The following rates of charges for ordinary medical attendance by civilian physicians will not be exceeded, and if the local charge per visit is less, the account will be rendered at the local rates : For attending sick call, five men or less, $2.50 ; for each man attending at sick call in excess of five, 50 cents; for additional visit or sick call on same day, when necessary, $2.00. In making arrangements with physicians for medical attendance upon garrisoned posts or large detachments it should be understood that, while the rates above specified are not to be exceeded (unless in exceptional cases), it does not follow that this schedule of rates is necessarily to govern in cases where there is a large sick report. Where the service is for several days or for an extended period, the rate of payment for such service should not exceed $125 per month. Accounts of physicians not under contract for service at military posts will be forwarded in duplicate to the chief surgeon. Accounts for service at independent posts and stations will be forwarded direct to the Surgeon-General. MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 1460. Purchase of medical supplies will be made in pursuance of law, under the direction of the Surgeon- General. 1461. Weights and measures given in the supply table will be in accord- ance with the metric system, and all prescriptions, invoices, receipts, issues, and returns of medical supplies will be made in conformity therewith. Articles not on the supply table will be issued only by special authority of the Surgeon-General. 1462. The routine issue of disinfectants is prohibited. 1463. Damaged or unserviceable medicines, medical books, surgical or scientific instruments and appliances, pertaining to the Medical Department, will not be presented to an inspector for condemnation until authority for so doing has been obtained from the Surgeon-General. REPORTS AND RETURNS. 1464. Each chief surgeon will make to the Surgeon-General on the last day of every month a return of medical officers and physicians under contract. 1465 When authorized by the Secretary of War, chief surgeons will visit such posts within their departments as may be designated, and will investigate and report to the Surgeon-General concerning the sanitary con- dition of the posts, their medical and hospital supplies, and the discipline and efficiency of their medical service. 206 ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. 1466. Within two days after every action, the surgeon on duty with a regiment or detachment participating will forward through military channels to the chief surgeon a list of wounded in duplicate. The chief surgeon will immediately forward one copy to the Surgeon-General and retain the other to accompany his report to the commanding general. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. 1467. Every officer, enlisted man, or employee of the military forces of the United States who, in the line of duty or through disease contracted in service, shall have lost a limb or the use of a limb will receive once every three years an artificial limb or appliance, or commutation therefor if he shall so elect, under such regulations as the Surgeon-General of the Army shall prescribe. The money value allowed as commutation is, for a leg, $75 ; for an arm, foot, and apparatus for resection, $50. 1168. Necessary transportation, including sleeping car accommodations, required for travel to place where artificial limbs may be fitted, will be fur- nished by the Quartermaster's Department, the cost to be refunded from any money appropriated for the purchase of artificial limbs. 1469. An officer who pays an account for transportation of persons to enable them to procure artificial limbs will, as soon as payment is made, forward the original account to the Quartermaster-General, with a letter of transmittal, in which he will state that the account is forwarded under the provisions of this paragraph that it may be referred to the Surgeon-General for repayment to the Quartermaster's Department. The paying officer will take credit for the amount paid on his accounts for the month, and will note thereon the fact that the account was forwarded to the Quartermaster- General, on a specified date, for the purpose aforesaid. 1470. The Quartermaster-General, if he finds the account correct, will forward it to the Surgeon-General with request that the amount be paid to the depot quartermaster, Washington, D. C., and the Surgeon-General will cause the amount to.be paid from the appropriation for artificial limbs. The depot quartermaster will deposit the money in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for Army transportation, and in his account current will state from whom the money was received, and that it was a ref undment to the Quartermaster's Department from the appropriation for artificial limbs, of a sum paid by , quartermaster, U. S. A., on voucher No. , for , 18, for the transportation of a person en route to pro- cure an artificial limb. He will also immediately notify the Auditor for the Interior Department of the receipt of the money (stating amount, and from whom and when received, and for what purpose), and where he has depos- ited the same, and that he will account for it in his account current for the month of , . 1471. On referring an account to the Surgeon-General for ref undment, the Quartermaster-General will notify the depot quartermaster of his action, giving the name of the quartermaster who made the payment, date and number of the voucher on which payment was made, and amount paid. He will state that the payment was for the transportation of a person en route to procure an artificjaj limb. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 207 ARTICLE LXXXII. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. NOT K. Regulations for the government of the Corps of Engineers, prepared and pub- lished under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Chief of Engineers. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. 1472. The duties of the Corps of Engineers comprise reconnoitering and surveying for military purposes ; selection of sites and formation of plans and estimates for military defenses : construction and repair of fortifica- tions and their accessories ; planning and superintending of defensive or offensive works of troops in the field ; examination of routes of communica- tions for supplies, and for military movements and construction of military roads and bridges ; execution of river and harbor improvements assigned to it, and such other duties as the President may order. It collects, arranges, and preserves all correspondence, reports, memoirs, estimates, plans, draw- ings, deeds, and titles relating to the Washington Aqueduct and public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, and models which con- cern or relate in any wise to the several duties above enumerated. 14*73. The Chief of Engineers will have his headquarters at Washington, D. C., and will be charged, under the direction of the Secretary of War, with the command of the Corps of Engineers and the management of the Engineer Department as well as the regulation of the duties of all officers, agents, and others who may be employed under his direction. 1474. When officers or troops of the Corps of Engineers are detached from the command of the Chief of Engineers, they will continue to conform to the regulations of the Engineer Department in regard to the keeping of records and rendering of reports and accounts. 1475. Engineer officers and troops on special service under the immediate orders of the Chief of Engineers will not be diverted from such service, except in cases of marked public exigencies, and, when so diverted, the officer of the corps will immediately report the same to the Chief of Engineers, transmitting a copy of the orders he may have received. The officer issuing the order will transmit a copy direct to the War Department. Upon the termination of the exigency, such officers or troops will be returned to such special service, unless otherwise directed by the Chief of Engineers. 1476. Every organization or detachment of engineer troops will be enti- tled to the same provisions, allowances, and benefits, in every respect, as are allowed by law or regulations to other troops of the military establishment. 1477. The commander of the engineers serving with an army in the field will be attached to general headquarters. 1478. The senior officer of the Corps of Engineers serving with an army corps, a division, a brigade, or smaller body, will communicate to the com- mander thereof any orders he may receive from any superior in his own corps. 1479. An engineer directed to superintend any works to be constructed by troops will point out what is to be done, and will maintain such a super- vision as will enable him to see that it is done correctly. It will be the duty of the officer having charge of the detachment to execute the work accord- ingly. The detail of troops for works to be carried on under the super- intendence of engineers will be furnished on the requisition of the senior engineer, addressed to the officer in command of the troops. The requisition 208 CORPS OF ENGINEERS. will specify the number of men required, the time and place at which they will assemble to commence work, and the name and rank of the engineer officer to whom they will report. The requisition may be for part of a day or night, for a whole day or night, for a week or a longer period, according to circumstances ; the duration of the service always being specified. I 1 NO. When on duty with armies in the field, engineers engaged in sur- veys and reconnaissances will report their operations, also the execution of all other duties, to their immediate chief at headquarters of the army, who will report directly to the commander thereof. 14 1. The senior engineer serving with the army in the field will, subject to the approval of his commander, report monthly to the Chief of Engineers the operations of the engineer force under his direction sufficiently in detail to show the nature and extent of the operations and the respective portions executed by the several engineer officers engaged therein. 1482. The senior engineer will also cause to be made exact plans of all military works executed under his direction, and in case of attack or defense will cause exact journals to be kept, showing, by drawings and descriptions, every particular of each day's events. These plans and descriptions, with maps of all surveys and reconnaissances and explanatory reports or memoirs, will be carefully preserved and transmitted at suitable opportunities to the Chief of Engineers. 1483. When an engineer is sent to any military department, fortress, garrison, or post, a duplicate of his orders will be sent to the commanding officer. On his arrival the engineer will communicate his orders, and nec- essary facilities for executing them will be afforded by the commanding officer. While so on duty, without being especially put under the direction of the commanding officer, the engineer officer will be furnished with copies of all orders and regulations of the command relative to etiquette and police, and with the countersign when quartered within a chain of sentinels. The engineer officer will report to the commanding officer when relieved from duty within the limits of the command. 1484. Engineer officers engaged in the construction of fortifications or other public works are entitled to allowances of quarters, mess rooms, and kitchens, with fuel for the same, as are provided by regulations for officers at garrisoned posts. 1485. No alterations will be made in any fortification or in its casemates, quarters, barracks, magazines, storehouses, or any other building belonging to it, nor will any building of any kind or work of earth, masonry, or timber be erected within the fortification or within a mile of its exterior, except under the direction of the Chief of Engineers and by authority of the Sec- retary of War. 1486. When the Chief of Engineers is satisfied that any fortification is in all respects complete so far as the functions of his department are con- cerned, he will give notice thereof to the Secretary of War, that it may be turned over for occupation by the troops. Until its completion has been announced, no work will be occupied by troops except by the special order of the Secretary of War. 1487. Officers of the Corps of Engineers, or those on engineer duty, trav- eling on service connected with fortifications or works of public improve- ment, will be paid their travel allowances from the special appropriation for the work. When traveling on any other duty, the mileage will be paid by that branch of the service intrusted with sw?h payments for the Army. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 209 ARTICLE LXXXIII. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Ordnance Department, prepared and published under authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Chief of Ordnance. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 1488. The Chief of Ordnance, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is charged with the duty of procuring, by purchase or manufacture, and distributing the necessary ordnance and ordnance supplies for the Gov- ernment, and establishes and maintains arsenals and depots for their manu- facture and safe-keeping. All officers or other persons in the military establishment, to whom ordnance and ordnance supplies or funds are intrusted, will make accounts and returns thereof to the Chief of Ordnance at the times and in the manner prescribed by him. 14 9. Vacancies in the grade of first lieutenant of ordnance are filled by transfer from the line of the Army. To be eligible, an officer must be less than thirty years of age, must have served at least two years as an officer in the line of the Army, and must have passed a satisfactory examination before a board of ordnance officers. Applications for examination will be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 149O. Should the applicant be directed to appear before a board, he will, after passing a satisfactory preliminary examination as to his physical quali- fications, be examined upon the following, or such other subjects as the Secretary of War may prescribe : Gun construction, present and past state of the art ; ballistics and ballistic machines ; types of projectiles and gun carriages: gunpowder, types and modes of manufacture; small-arms and machineguns ; employment of artillery, kinds of fire, etc. ; armored defenses ; materials for ordnance construction and processes of manufacture; tor- pedoes for coast defenses ; general principles of mechanics. 1491* In the absence of the officer commanding an ordnance establish- ment, if there be no other ordnance officer present, the command devolves upon the ordnance storekeeper. ISSUES AND SALES. 1492. Ordnance and ordnance stores include cannon and artillery car- riages and equipments ; apparatus and machines for the service and maneu- ver of artillery ; small-arms ammunition and accoutrements ; horse equip- ments and harness for the artillery; tools, machinery, and materials for the ordnance service, and all property of whatever nature supplied to the military establishment by the Ordnance Department. 1493. In time of peace, ordnance and ordnance stores are issued from the arsenals and armories by direction of the Chief of Ordnance. Should an issue be made not directed by the Chief of Ordnance, the order therefor will be promptly transmitted to him by the issuing officer. 1494. In time of war, issues may be made to troops in service, on the order of any general or field officer commanding an army, garrison, or 13691 14 210 ISSUES AND SALES OF ORDNANCE. detachment. To authorize an issue to militia, they must have been regu- larly mustered into the service of the United States, and the requisition for the stores must be properly approved. 1495. The Chief of Ordnance will, on the recommendation of a depart- ment commander, approved by the Commanding General of the Army and the Secretary of War, establish ordnance depots at such points as may be designated by the Secretary of War, where ordnance stores will be held for distribution to the tro6ps under such regulations as the department com- mander may prescribe. 1496. When practicable, these depots will be under the charge of ord- nance officers, and only such limited supply of ordnance stores as may be required to meet emergencies will be kept at or issued from them. All other ordnance stores will be supplied from the arsenals as provided in paragraph 1493. 1497* Requisitions for ordnance supplies to meet emergencies will be filled from a depot, under the instructions of the department commander. The officer in charge will be responsible, under the department commander, that sufficient stores, procured by timely requisitions upon the Chief of Ordnance, are always on hand. Unserviceable and unsuitable ordnance and ordnance stores at such depots are under the control of the Chief of Ordnance. 1498. Requisitions for ordnance and ordnance stores not on hand within a department must be approved by the immediate commanders. The per- sonal approval of the department commander, or of the chief ordnance officer of his department, is necessary, but in the absence of the department commander the approval may be made in his name by one of his staff officers. After approval, one copy is forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance direct. 1499. Requisitions will be made in conformity with the supply tables pre- pared by the Chief of Ordnance, unless extraordinary circumstances, to be plainly set forth in each case, should require a larger supply of one or more of the articles authorized. 1500. Requisitions for ordnance stores, to replace those condemned, will be accompanied by a certified copy of the inspection report ; but issues may be made before condemnation on requisition and the officer's statement that the stores are immediately needed for the proper equipment of his command, and that the articles are to replace unserviceable stores, but if required to replace those lost or damaged by the carelessness of the men, the officer will certify that he has charged the cost of the same on the muster and pay rolls. 1501. The service arms, ammunition, accoutrements, and horse equip- ments required by an officer 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 will not be disposed of to persons not in the military service. Officers who have once purchased can not be resupplied, except by order of the Secretary of War, and then only after certifying that the property previously purchased was not disposed of in a manner contrary to this paragraph. 1502. When the arms or equipments authorized to be purchased in the preceding paragraph can not be obtained from an ordnance officer, officers ISSUES, ETC., OF ORDNANCE. 211 may take from those for which they are accountable such articles as they require for their personal use, or may furnish them to officers of their com- mands for like purpose. In such cases they will refund the cost of the articles to the Ordnance Department by depositing the money with an assistant treasurer or an authorized depositary, and taking and transmit- ting the customary certificates. 15O3. Officers serving with troops may draw for their personal use, from stores belonging to the command with which they are serving, one regulation rifle or carbine, and one revolver, with the appropriate belts, carbine slings, and cartridge boxes, and the usual quantity of ammunition for each arm. This ordnance property may be used in action or target practice, and will be accounted for in the same manner as similar stores belonging to the United States in the hands of troops. 15O1. Ordnance stores will not be loaned to any person, and any officer violating this rule will be held responsible for the money value of the articles. 1505. An officer who makes an issue of ordnance stores to one not in command of troops, except under orders from competent authority, will be charged with the money value of the stores so issued. 1506. Department commanders may, in cases of emergency, direct the sale of arms and ammunition of calibers not used in service, at exposed frontier settlements, to actual settlers for their protection, when they have not the means and facilities to provide for themselves. Officers who make the sales will be required to file with their returns the department com- mander's authority for the same, and his explanation of the emergency requiring it. No deduction in price will be made on account of failure of purchasers to take bayonets. 1507. The issue or sale of arms, ammunition, or other ordnance stores to Indians not in the military service, or to Indian agents, will not be made except by the special authority of the Secretary of War. 1508. Civilian employees of the War Department may be armed when necessary for the protection of life or public property, and the same respon- sibility attaches to the officers accountable for the arms furnished them that attaches to those accountable for the arms in the hands of enlisted men. 1509. The sale of ammunition to civilians belonging to exploring or surveying expeditions authorized by law, and to civilian employees of the War Department, may be made for hunting purposes when considered neces- sary for their subsistence, or for the interest of the United States. 1510. Arms lost, destroyed, or embezzled by civilian employees will be charged in the same manner as stores similarly lost by enlisted men. A certified statement of the fact will be made in duplicate, and the money accounted for to the Ordnance Department. One copy of the statement is filed with the return. EXPENDITURE OF AMMUNITION. 1511. Ammunition will only be expended in action, in defense of life or public property, in target practice, in the preliminary instruction of the soldier, in hunting, and for authorized salutes. 1512. The officer's certificate as to the necessity for all expenditures of ammunition must accompany his property return, and when ammunition 212 SURPLUS AND DAMAGED ORDNANCE STORES. is dropped from his return as " expended in action by civil employees," a statement giving the place, date, and attending circumstances, sufficiently in detail to insure verification, must be filed with the return. 1513. Ammunition expended by a soldier without orders, or not in the line of duty, or which may be damaged or lost through his neglect, will be charged to him. 1514. When ammunition is furnished to civilian employees it is not to be dropped from the returns unless expended in action, or in hunting when necessary to obtain subsistence. Ammunition not so expended will be returned to the responsible officer and accounted for by him, or paid for at the price fixed. SURPLUS AND DAMAGED STORES. 1515. Serviceable surplus ordnance stores may be turned in at the nearest arsenal, on the order of a department commander, or if in the hands of a recruiting officer, on the order of the Adjutant- General of the Army. 1516. Officers in charge of arsenals and ordnance depots will afford every facility to officers authorized to turn in property. They will give receipts for it according to condition. 1517. Whenever canteens become unserviceable because of worn-out covers or lost corks, they will not be presented for condemnation, but will be repaired by the troops. Timely requisitions will be made on the Ord- nance Department for extra covers, corks, etc., with which to repair them. 15 IS. On arrival of recruits at their destination, the clothing bags, haversacks, meat cans, tin cups, knives, forks, spoons, and canteens in then- possession will be properly packed and turned over to the Quartermaster's Department for transportation to an arsenal to be designated by the Chief of Ordnance for repairs and subsequent issue to recruiting stations and recruit rendezvous. Should any of these stores be needed for the proper equipment of the organization to which the recruits are sent, they may be retained and report thereof made at once to the Chief of Ordnance. 1519. Ordinary repairs can usually be made in the company, or at the post, with the means provided for that purpose by the Ordnance Depart- ment. When the repairs required are too extensive to be thus made, an inspector should recommend that the stores be sent to an arsenal to be des- ignated by the Chief of Ordnance. A certified extract from the inspection report, accompanying the invoices, is the officer's authority for turning them in. 1520. In the absence of an inspecting officer, department commanders may direct all arms, accoutrements or equipments needing repairs, which can not be made by the troops, to be sent to an arsenal to be designated by the Chief of Ordnance. 1521. No officer will turn in any unserviceable ordnance stores except as provided in these regulations. 1522. Lists of prices to be charged against soldiers for the loss of or damage to firearms are published from time to time. 1523. Arm chests not required for the storage of supplies will be returned to the nearest arsenal or ordnance depot when the cost of trans- portation is not greater than the value of the property. Officers to whom such chests have been issued will be charged with their value if they are destroyed. INSPECTION PACKING RETURNS. 213 INSPECTION OF ORDNANCE SUPPLIES. . Before final disposition of ordnance supplies which from any cause are worn out or damaged, they will be submitted to an inspector. 1525. When sales of ordnance stores are recommended, all of the copies of the inspection report will be forwarded by the department commander direct to the Chief of Ordnance, for the final action of the Secretary of War. 1526. When the recommendation of an inspector for sale of ordnance supplies is approved, two copies of the report will be returned to the officer accountable for the stores, through the headquarters of the department in which he may be serving, with detailed instructions how to make the sales and account for the proceeds, and one copy transmitted to the Inspector- General. One copy of each inventory and inspection report must accom- pany the return. PACKING AND TRANSPORTATION. 1527. Officers who ship arms of any description are held responsible that they are so packed that, under ordinary handling, they can not break loose from their fastenings in the boxes, and that no loaded arm is packed for transportation. When loaded arms, or arms insecurely packed, are received by an officer, he will report the facts direct to the Chief of Ordnance. 1528. After packing arms or other ordnance stores for shipment, the covers and bottoms of the arm chests and packing boxes will, if possible, be sealed with wax and stamped with an official mark by the officer responsi- ble. The lid will be secured by screws, at least two of which will be sealed. Each board on top and bottom will have at least one sealed screw. The screw heads will be countersunk to a depth sufficient to protect the wax seal from injury. The design of the seal will designate the arsenal or post from which the shipment is made, or the name of the shipping officer. 1529. The Ordnance Department will prepare official stamps for sealing boxes, and distribute them in duplicate to each company. Company com- manders will account for them in their quarterly returns of ordnance stores and use them exclusively for purposes intended. 1530. The name of the invoicing officer, the gross weight of all boxes and date of weighing will be distinctly marked thereon. Each quartermas- ter who ships or receives ordnance stores will satisfy himself that the seals on the packages are unbroken. If the seals should be broken and any stores lost, he will cause the value of the lost stores to be charged to the carrier. 1531. For transportation, ordnance stores will be turned over to the Quartermaster's Department, with duplicate invoices ; a third invoice, with duplicate receipts, to be signed by the receiving officer, will be sent direct to him by mail. Materials procured for current use at ordnance establish- ments will be transported at the expense of the Ordnance Department. RETURNS AND REPORTS. 1532. Officers accountable for ordnance funds will render the returns and statements required by Ordnance Regulations. 1533. Officers or ordnance sergeants accountable for ordnance and ord- nance stores will render a quarterly return thereof direct to the Chief of Ordnance, within twenty days after the expiration of each quarter. 214 THE SIGNAL CORPS. 1534. Records of artillery firing will be kept by commanding officers of permanent forts and batteries, and a copy forwarded direct to the Chief of Ordnance at the end of February, April, June, August, October, and Decem- ber of each year. 1535. Requisitions for blanks and blank books required for the use of the Ordnance Department will be made quarterly, or when needed, by every regiment and company. Those suited to every command and arm of the service can be obtained upon application to the Chief of Ordnance. 1536. In the care and preservation of artillery material, magazines, small arms, etc., the instructions contained in the authorized Manual of Heavy Artillery and the publications of the Ordnance Department will be observed. ARTICLE LXXXIV. THE SIGNAL CORPS. 1537. The Chief Signal Officer is charged, under the Secretary of War, with the direction of the Signal Bureau ; with the control of the officers, enlisted men, and employees attached thereto ; with the construction, repair, and operation of military telegraph lines; with the supervision of such instruction in military signaling and telegraphy as may be prescribed in orders from the War Department ; with the procurement, preservation, and distribution of the necessary supplies for the Signal Corps. He has charge of all military signal duties, and of books, papers, and devices connected therewith, including telegraph and telephone apparatus and the necessary meteorological instruments for target ranges and other military uses ; of collecting and transmitting information for the Army, by telegraph or other- wise, and all other duties pertaining to military signaling. 1538. Vacancies in the grade of first lieutenant in the Signal Corps are filled by transfer from the line of the Army. To be eligible, an officer must be less than thirty years of age, have served at least two years as an officer in the line, and have passed a satisfactory examination before a board of officers of the Signal Corps. Applications for examination will be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army. Should the applicant be directed to appear before a board, he will, after passing a satisfactory examina- tion as to his physical qualifications, be examined upon the following sub- jects, or such others as the Secretary of War may prescribe : Theoretical and practical electricity, modern languages, chemistry and optics, mili- tary surveying and reconnaissance. The board will inquire into and con- sider the special military fitness for the Signal Corps of the candidate and require from him an essay on a military subject. 1539. The number of sergeants of each class at each signal station will be fixed by the Chief Signal Officer. They will be enlisted and may be mus- tered, at his discretion, in the class for which competent, and in which there is a vacancy. Sergeants are promoted and reduced in the classes of their grade as fixed by law by the Chief Signal Officer. 1540. An officer having charge of the descriptive list of a sergeant of the Signal Corps not mustered at a garrisoned post will forward monthly to the Chief Signal Officer direct a copy of all remarks made on the descriptive list, also of the list when transferred to any other officer. THE SIGNAL CORPS. 215 1541. The senior signal officer of an army in the field commands the signal parties serving therein. Orders affecting them will be transmitted through him, and he will be responsible that they are fully instructed, ade- quately supplied, and that they properly perform their duties. He will keep himself informed of the position of the army and of the enemy, and under the instruction of the general commanding will establish his stations. He will submit reports of operations to the general commanding, and forward copies thereof to the Chief Signal Officer in Washington, to whom he will report monthly his station, the strength and condition of his parties, and all other matters pertaining to their duties and equipment. 1542. When telegraph lines are, by order of the Secretary of War, placed under charge of signal officers, they will be held responsible for their con- struction, maintenance, and operation. Commanding officers and others will see that the special duties of these officers are not interfered with, and upon proper application will render any assistance in their power. 1543. Official and military messages will have precedence. Communi- cations transmitted by telegraph or signals are always confidential, and will not be revealed except to those officially entitled to receive them. 1544. Department commanders will require suitable instruction and practice in military signaling in their departments. To this end they will cause a signal officer to be detailed at each post, who will give necessary instruction and supervise field practice during at least two months of the year. Constant instruction will be maintained until at least one officer and four enlisted men of each company are proficient in the exchange of both day and night signals by flag, torch, and heliograph. The detail will be changed from time to time. For each month in which instruction and prac- tice are held, reports thereof will be rendered to the Chief Signal Officer, through department commanders. 1545. As the Army signal code differs from the Navy code, code cards and instructions in detail for using each will be furnished by the Chief Signal Officer upon application. 1546. Signal supplies will be furnished by the Signal Bureau to posts and such organizations as require them, on requisitions approved by depart- ment commanders. They will be receipted for by signal officers and will be accounted for to the Chief Signal Officer on forms furnished for the purpose. Telescopes, field glasses, heliographs, and telephones, when unserviceable, will not be submitted to an inspector for condemnation without previous authority of the Chief Signal Officer. 1547. Quartermasters and commissaries will issue to signal parties serv- ing in their vicinity such supplies from their respective departments as may be necessary for their proper equipment and subsistence, on the requisition of the officer in charge of such parties. ARTICLE LXXXV. UNIFORM. 1548. The uniform and equipments of officers and enlisted men will be prescribed in special regulations published by authority of the Secretary of War. 216 UNIFORM BLANK FORMS. 1549. The proper dress will be determined by the commanding officer. When an officer or soldier is permitted to wear civilian dress, it will not be accompanied by any mark of the uniform. When in uniform he will con- form strictly to the requirements for the day. 1550. Officers and enlisted men may be permitted to wear black rubber ponchos or blankets, or black or dark-blue waterproof overcoats when on duty involving exposure to rainy or other inclement weather. MISCELLANEOUS. 1551. Officers and enlisted men who, in their own right or by right of inheritence, are members of military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, or are mem- bers of the Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States, may wear on all occasions of ceremony, when full dress is required, the distinctive badges adopted by such societies badges to be worn on the left breast of the coat suspended by a ribbon from a bar of metal passed through their upper ends, and tops of the ribbons forming a horizontal line, the outer end of which will be from three to four inches below the top of the shoulder according to height of wearer. Medals of honor and the several distinctive marks given for excellence in rifle practice may also be worn in the same manner by officers and enlisted men upon all occasions of ceremony. Insig- nia "buttons" will not be worn. ARTICLE LXXXVI. BLANK FORMS. 1552. The standard blank forms used in Army administration, with the notes and directions thereon, have the force and effect of Army Regulations. New forms or alterations will not be made without the authority of the Secretary of War, and the date on which a form or alteration was author- ized will be printed on the form itself. All notes or directions on these blanks will, prior to their issue, be approved by the Secretary of War. These forms and lists of them will be furnished by the chiefs of the various bureaus and offices of the War Department. Requisitions therefor will call for them by number and name. ARTICLES OF WAR SECTION 1342, Revised Statutes. The armies of the United States shall be governed by the following rules and articles. The word officer, as used therein, shall be understood to designate commissioned officers ; the word soldier shall be understood to include noncommissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, and other enlisted men, and the convictions men- tioned therein shall be understood to be convictions by court-martial. ARTICLE 1. Every officer now in the Army of the United States shall, within six months from the passing of this act, and every officer hereafter appointed shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, subscribe these rules and articles. ART. 2. These rules and articles shall be read to every enlisted man at the time of, or within six days after, his enlistment, and he shall thereupon take an oath or affirmation, in the following form : " I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the Presi- dent of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and article of war." This oath may be taken before any commissioned officer of the army. ART. 3. Every officer who knowingly enlists or musters into the military service any minor over the age of 16 years without the written consent of his" parents or guardians, or any minor under the age of 16 years, or any insane or intoxicated persons, or any deserter from the military or naval service of the United States, or any person who has been convicted of any infamous criminal offense, shall, upon conviction, be dismissed from the service, or suffer such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 4. No enlisted man, duly sworn, shall be discharged from the service without a discharge in writing, signed by a field officer of the regiment to which he belongs, or by the commanding officer, when no field officer is present ; and no discharge shall be given to any enlisted man before his term of service has expired, except by order of the President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a department, or by sentence of a general court-martial. ART. 5. Any officer who knowingly musters as a soldier a person who is not a soldier, shall be deemed guilty of knowingly making a false muster, and punished accordingly. ART. 6. Any officer who takes money, or other thing, by way of gratifica- tion, on mustering any regiment, troop, battery, or company, or on signing muster rolls, shall be dismissed from the service, and shall thereby be dis- abled to hold any office or employment in the service of the United States. ART. 7. Every officer commanding a regiment, an independent troop, bat- tery, or company, or a garrison, shall, in the beginning of every month, 217 218 ARTICLES OF WAR. transmit through the proper channels, to the Department of War, an exact return of the same, specifying the names of the officers then absent from their posts, with the reasons for and the time of their absence. And any officer who, through neglect or design, omits to send such returns, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 8. Every officer who knowingly makes a false return to the Depart- ment of War, or to any of his superior officers, authorized to call for such returns, of the state of the regiment, troop or company, or garrison under his command ; or of the arms, ammunition, clothing, or other stores there- unto belonging, shall, on conviction thereof before a court-martial, be cashiered. ART. 9. All public stores taken from the enemy shall be secured for the service of the United States ; and for neglect thereof the commanding officer shall be answerable. ART. 10. Every officer commanding a troop, battery, or company, is charged with the arms, accoutrements, ammunition, clothing, or other mili- tary stores belonging to his command, and is accountable to his colonel in case of their being lost, spoiled, or damaged otherwise than by unavoidable accident, or on actual service. ART. 11. Every officer commanding a regiment or an independent troop, battery, or company, not in the field, may, when actually quartered with such command, grant furloughs to the enlisted men, in such numbers and for such time as he shall deem consistent with the good of the service. Every officer commanding a regiment, or an independent troop, battery, or company, in the field, may grant furloughs not exceeding thirty days at one time, to five per centum of the enlisted men, for good conduct in the line of duty, but subject to the approval of the commander of the forces of which said enlisted men form a part. Every company officer of a regiment, com- manding any troop, battery, or company not in the field, or commanding in any garrison, fort, post, or barrack, may, in the absence of his field officer, grant furloughs to the enlisted men, for a time not exceeding twenty days in six months, and not to more than two persons to be absent at the same time. ART. 12. At every muster of a regiment, troop, battery, or company, the commanding officer thereof shall give to the mustering officer certificates, signed by himself, stating how long absent officers have been absent and the reasons of their absence. And the commanding officer of every troop, battery, or company shall give like certificates, stating how long absent noncommissioned officers and private soldiers have been absent and the reasons of their absence. Such reasons and time of absence shall be inserted in the muster rolls opposite the names of the respective absent officers and soldiers, and the certificates, together with the muster rolls, shall be trans- mitted by the mustering officer to the Department of War, as speedily as the distance of the place and muster will admit. ART. 13. Every officer who signs a false certificate, relating to the absence or pay of an officer or soldier, shall be dismissed from the service. ART. 14. Any officer who knowingly makes a false muster of man or horse, or who signs, or directs, or allows the signing of any muster roll, knowing the same to contain a false muster, shall, upon proof thereof, by two wit- ARTICLES OF WAR. 219 nesses, before a court-martial, be dismissed from the service, and shall thereby be disabled to hold any office or employment in the service of the United States. ART. 15. Any officer who, wilfully or through neglect, suffers to be lost, spoiled, or damaged, any military stores belonging to the United States, shall make good the loss or damage, and be dismissed from the service. ART. 16. Any enlisted man who sells, or wilfully or through neglect wastes the ammunition delivered out to him, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 17. Any soldier who sells or through neglect loses or spoils his horse, arms, clothing, or accoutrements shall be punished as a court-martial may adjudge, subject to such limitation as may be prescribed by the President by virtue of the power vested in him. [Act approved July 27, 1892.] ART. 18. Any officer commanding in any garrison, fort, or barracks of the United States who, for his private advantage, lays any duty or imposition upon, or is interested in, the sale of any victuals, liquors, or other necessa- ries of life, brought into such garrison, fort, or barracks, for the use of the soldiers, shall be dismissed from the service. ART. 19. Any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President, the Vice-President, the Congress of the United States, or the chief magistrate or legislature of any of the United States in which he is quartered, shall be dismissed from the service, or otherwise punished, as a court-martial may direct. Any soldier who so offends shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 20. Any officer or soldier who behaves himself with disrespect towards his commanding officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 21. Any officer or soldier who, on any pretense whatsoever, strikes his superior officer, or draws or lifts up any weapon, or offers any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, or disobeys any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punish- ment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 22. Any officer or soldier who begins, excites, causes, or joins in any mutiny, or sedition, in any troop, battery, company, party, post, detachment, or guard, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 23. Any officer or soldier who, being present at any mutiny or sedi- tion, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or having knowledge of any intended mutiny or sedition, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 24. All officers, of what condition soever, have power to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, whether among persons belonging to his own or to another corps, regiment, troop, battery, or company, and to order officers into arrest, and noncommissioned officers and soldiers into confinement, who take part in the same, until their proper superior officer is acquainted therewith. And whosoever, being so ordered, refuses to obey such officer or noncommissioned officer, or draws a weapon upon him, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. OF THK UNIVERSITY 220 ARTICLES OF WAR. ART. 25. No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another. Any officer who so offends shall be put in arrest. Any soldier who so offends shall be confined, and required to ask pardon of the party offended, in the presence of his commanding officer. ART. 26. No officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another officer or soldier to fight a duel, or accept a challenge so sent. Any officer who so offends shall be dismissed from the service. Any soldier who so offends shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 27. Any officer or noncommissioned officer, commanding a guard, who, knowingly and willingly, suffers any person to go forth to fight a duel, shall be punished as a challenger ; and all seconds or promoters of duels, and carriers of challenges to fight duels, shall be deemed principals, and punished accordingly. It shall be the duty of any officer commanding an army, regiment, troop, battery, company, post, or detachment, who knows or has reason to believe that a challenge has been given or accepted by any officer or enlisted man under his command, immediately to arrest the offender and bring him to trial. ART. 28. Any officer or soldier who upbraids another officer or soldier for refusing a challenge shall himself be punished as a challenger ; and all offi- cers and soldiers are hereby discharged from any disgrace or opinion of dis- advantage which might arise from their having refused to accept challenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the law, and have done their duty as good soldiers, who subject themselves to discipline. ART. 29. Any officer who thinks himself wronged by the commanding officer of his regiment, and, upon due application to such commander, is refused redress, may complain to the general commanding in the State or Territory where such regiment is stationed. The general shall examine into said complaint and take proper measures for redressing the wrong com- plained of; and he shall, as soon as possible, transmit to the Department of War a true statement of such complaint, with the proceedings had thereon. ART. 30. Any soldier who thinks himself wronged by any officer may com- plain to the commanding officer of his regiment, who shall summon a regi- mental court-martial for the doing of justice to the complainant. Either party may appeal from such regimental court-martial to a general court- martial ; but if, upon such second hearing, the appeal appears to be ground- less and vexatious, the party appealing shall be punished at the discretion of said general court-martial. ART. 31. Any officer or soldier who lies out of his quarters, garrison, or camp, without leave from his superior officer, shall be punished as a court- martial may direct. ART. 32. Any soldier who absents himself from his troop, battery, com- pany, or detachment, without leave from his commanding officer, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 33. Any officer or soldier who fails, except when prevented by sick- ness or other necessity, to repair, at the fixed time, to the place of parade, exercise, or other rendezvous appointed by his commanding officer, or goes from the same, without leave from his commanding officer, before he is dismissed or relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ARTICLES OF WAR. 221 ART. 34. Any soldier who is found one mile from camp, without leave in writing from his commanding officer, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 35. Any soldier who fails to retire to his quarters or tent at the beating of retreat, shall be punished according to the nature of his offense. ART. 36. No soldier belonging to any regiment, troop, battery, or com- pany shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be excused from duty, except in cases of sickness, disability, or leave of absence. Every such soldier found guilty of hiring his duty, and the person so hired to do another's duty, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 37. Every noncommissioned officer who connives at such hiring of duty shall be reduced. Every officer who knows and allows such practices shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 38. Any officer who is found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty, shall be dismissed from the service. Any soldier who so offends shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct. No court-martial shall sentence any soldier to be branded, marked, or tattooed. ART. 39. Any sentinel who is found sleeping upon his post, or who leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall suffer death, or such other punish- ment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 40. Any officer or soldier who quits his guard, platoon, or division, without leave from his superior officer, except in a case of urgent necessity, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 41. Any officer who, by any means whatsoever, occasions false alarms in camp, garrison, or quarters, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 42. Any officer or soldier who misbehaves himself before the enemy, runs away, or shamefully abandons any fort, post, or guard, which he is commanded to defend, or speaks words inducing others to do the like, or casts away his arms or ammunition, or quits his post or colors to plunder or pillage, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 43. If any commander of any garrison, fortress; or post is com- pelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give up to the enemy or to abandon it, the officers or soldiers so offending shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 44. Any person belonging to the armies of the United States who makes known the watchword to any person not entitled to receive it, accord- ing to the rules and discipline of war, or presumes to give a parole or watch- word different from that which he received, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 45. Whosoever relieves the enemy with money, victuals, or ammu- nition, or knowingly harbors or protects an enemy, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 46. Whosoever holds correspondence with, or gives intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 47. Any officer or soldier who, having received pay, or having been duly enlisted in the service of the United States, deserts the same, shall, in 222 ARTICLES OF WAR. time of war, suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and in time of peace, any punishment, excepting death, which a court martial may direct. ART. 48. Every soldier who deserts the service of the United States shall be liable to serve for such period as shall, with the time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount to the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall be tried by a court-martial and punished, although the term of his enlistment may have elapsed previous to his being apprehended and tried. ART. 49. Any officer who, having tendered his resignation, quits his post or proper duties, without leave, and with intent to remain permanently absent therefrom, prior to due notice of the acceptance of the same, shall be deemed and punished as a deserter. ART. 50. No noncommissioned officer or soldier shall enlist himself in any other regiment, troop, or company, without a regular discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he last served, on a penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such noncommissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately confine him and give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, the said officer shall, by a court-martial, be cashiered. ART. 51. Any officer or soldier who advises or persuades any other officer or soldier to desert the service of the United States, shall, in time of war, suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct ; and in time of peace, any punishment, excepting death, which a court-martial may direct. ART. 52. It is earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers diligently to attend divine service. Any officer who behaves indecently or irreverently at any place of divine worship shall be brought before a general court-martial, there to be publicly and severely reprimanded by the president thereof. Any soldier who so offends shall, for his first offense, forfeit one-sixth of a dollar ; for each further offense he shall forfeit a like sum, and shall be confined twenty-four hours. The money so forfeited shall be deducted from his next pay, and shall be applied, by the captain or senior officer of his troop, battery, or company, to the use of the sick soldiers of the same. ART. 53. Any officer who uses any profane oath or execration shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay one dollar. Any soldier who so offends shall incur the penalties provided in the preceding article ; and all moneys for- feited for such offenses shall be applied as therein provided. ART. 54. Every officer commanding in quarters, garrison, or on the march, shall keep good order, and, to the utmost of his power, redress all abuses or disorders which may be committed by any officer or soldier under his com- mand ; and if, upon complaint made to him of officers or soldiers beating or otherwise ill-treating any person, disturbing fairs or markets, or committing any kind of riot, to the disquieting of the citizens of the United States, he refuses or omits to see justice done to the offender, and reparation made to the party injured, so far as part of the offender's pay shall go toward such reparation, he shall be dismissed from the service, or otherwise punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 55. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly in quarters and on the march; and whoever commits any waste or spoil, ARTICLES OF WAR. 223 either in walks or trees, parks, warrens, fish-ponds, houses, gardens, grain fields, inclosures, or meadows, or maliciously destroys any property what- soever belonging to inhabitants of the United States, (unless by order of a general officer commanding a separate army in the field,) shall, besides such penalties as he may be liable to by law, be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 56. Any officer or soldier who does violence to any person bringing provisions or other necessaries to the camp, garrison, or quarters of the forces of the United States in foreign parts, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. ART. 57. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the United States in for- eign parts, or at any place within the United States or their Territories dur- ing rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, forces a safeguard, shall suffer death. ART. 58. In time of war, insurrection, or rebellion, larceny, robbery, burglary, arson, mayhem, manslaughter, murder, assault and battery with an intent to kill, wounding, by shooting or stabbing, with an intent to com- mit murder, rape, or assault and battery with an intent to commit rape, shall be punishable by the sentence of a general court-martial, when com- mitted by persons in the military service of the United States, and the punish- ment in any such case shall not be less than the punishment provided, for the like offense, by the laws of the State, Territory, or district in which such offense may have been committed. ART. 59. When any officer or soldier is accused of a capital crime, or of any offense against the person or property of any citizen of any of the United States, which is punishable by the laws of the land, the commanding officer, and the officers of the regiment, troop, battery, company, or detachment, to which the person so accused belongs, are required, except in time of war, upon application duly made by or in behalf of the party injured, to use their utmost endeavors to deliver him over to the civil magistrate, and to aid the officers of justice in apprehending and securing him, in order to bring him to trial. If, upon such application, any officer refuses or wil- fully neglects, except in time of war, to deliver over such accused person to the civil magistrates, or to aid the officers of justice in apprehending him, he shall be dismissed from the service. ART. 60. Any person in the military service of the United States who makes or causes to be made any claim against the United States, or any officer thereof, knowing such claim to be false or fraudulent ; or Who presents or causes to be presented to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, knowing such claim to be false or fraudulent ; or Who enters into any agreement or conspiracy to defraud tne United States by obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the allowance or payment of any false or fraudulent claim ; or Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or against any officer thereof, makes or uses, or procures or advises the making or use of, any writing, or other paper, knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent statement ; or 224 ARTICLES OF WAR. Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, makes, or procures or advises the making of, any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper, knowing such oath to be false ; or Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, forges or counterfeits, or procures or advises the forging or coun- terfeiting of, any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses, or procures or advises the use of, any such signature, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited ; or Who, having charge, possession, custody or control of any money or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service thereof, knowingly delivers, or causes to be delivered, to any person having authority to receive the same, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt ; or Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service thereof, makes, or delivers to any person, such writing, without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained, and with intent to defraud the United States ; or Who steals, embezzles, knowingly and wilfully misappropriates, applies to his own use or benefit, or wrongfully or knowingly sells or disposes of any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service thereof ; or Who knowingly purchases, or receives in pledge for any obligation or indebtedness, from any soldier, officer, or other person who is a part of or employed in said forces or service, any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammu- nition, clothing, subsistence stores, or other property of the United States, such soldier, officer, or other person not having lawful right to sell or pledge the same, Shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or by such other punishment as a court-martial may adjudge. And if any person,' being guilty of any of the offenses aforesaid, while in the military service of the United States, receives his discharge, or is dismissed from the service, he shall continue to be liable to be arrested and held for trial and sentence by a court-martial, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had not received such discharge nor been dismissed. ART. 61. Any officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be dismissed from the service. *ART. 62. All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neglects, which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a general, or a regimental, garrison, or field officers' court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of such court. * SEC. 3. That fraudulent enlistment, and the receipt of any pay or allowance there- under, is hereby declared a military offense and made punishable by court-martial, under the Sixty-second Article of War. [Act approved July 27, 1892.] ARTICLES OF WAR. 225 ART. 63. All retainers to the camp, and all persons serving with the armies of the United States in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, according to the rules and discipline of war. ART. 64. The officers and soldiers of any troops, whether militia or others, mustered and in pay of the United States, shall, at all times and in all places, be governed by the articles of war, and shall be subject to be tried by courts-martial. ART. 65. Officers charged with crime shall be arrested and confined in their barracks, quarters, or tents, and deprived of their swords by the com- manding officer. And any officer who leaves his confinement before he is set at liberty by his commanding officer shall be dismissed from the service. ART. 66. Soldiers charged with crimes shall be confined until tried by court-martial, or released by proper authority. ART. 67. No provost marshal, or officer commanding a guard, shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by an officer belong- ing to the forces of the United States; provided the officer committing shall, at the same time, deliver an account in writing, signed by himself, of the crime charged against the prisoner. ART. 68. Every officer to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after such commitment, or as soon as he is relieved from his guard, report in writing, to the commanding officer, the name of such prisoner, the crime charged against him, and the name of the officer committing him; and, if he fails to make such report, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 69. Any officer who presumes, without proper authority, to release any prisoner committed to his charge, or suffers any prisoner so committed to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. ART. 70. No officer or soldier put in arrest shall be continued in confine- ment more than eight days, or until such time as a court-martial can be assembled. ART. 71. When an officer is put in arrest for the purpose of trial, except at remote military posts or stations, the officer by whose order he is arrested shall see that a copy of the charges on which he is to be tried is served upon him within eight days after his arrest, and that he is brought to trial within ten days thereafter, unless the necessities of the service prevent such trial; and then he shall be brought to trial within thirty days after the expiration of said ten days. If a copy of the charges be not served, or the arrested officer be not brought to trial, as herein required, the arrest shall cease. But officers released from arrest, under the provisions of this article, may be tried, whenever the exigencies of the service shall permit, within twelve months after such release from arrest. ART. 72. Any general officer commanding an army, a Territorial Division or a Department, or colonel commanding a separate Department may appoint general courts-martial whenever necessary. But when any such commander is the accuser or prosecutor of any officer under his command the court shall be appointed by the President; and its proceedings and sentence shall be sent directly to the Secretary of War, by whom they shall be laid before the Presi- dent, for his approval or orders in the case. [Act approved July 5, 1884. J 13G91 15 226 ARTICLES OF WAR. ART. 73. In time of war the commander of a division, or of a separate brigade of troops, shall be competent to appoint a general court-martial. But when such commander is the accuser or prosecutor of any person under his command, the court shall be appointed by the next higher commander. ART. 74. Officers who may appoint a court-martial shall be competent to appoint a judge-advocate for the same. ART. 75. General courts-martial may consist of any number of officers from five to thirteen, inclusive ; but they shall not consist of less than thir- teen when that number can be convened without manifest injury to the service. ART. 76. When the requisite number of officers to form a general court- martial is not present in any post or detachment, the commanding officer shall, in cases which require the cognizance of such a court, report to the commanding officer of the department, who shall, thereupon, order a court to be assembled at the nearest post or department at which there may be such a requisite number of officers, and shall order the party accused, with necessary witnesses, to be transported to the place where the said court shall be assembled. ART. 77. Officers of the Regular Army shall not be competent to sit on courts-martial to try the officers or soldiers of other forces, except as pro- vided in Article 78. ART. 78. Officers of the Marine Corps, detached for service with the Army by order of the President, may be associated with officers of the Regular Army on courts-martial for the trial of offenders belonging to the Regular Army, or to forces of the Marine Corps so detached ; and in such cases the orders of the senior officer of either corps, who may be present and duly authorized, shall be obeyed. ART. 79. Officers shall be tried only by general courts-martial ; and no officer shall, when it can be avoided, be tried by officers inferior to him in rank. ART. 80. In time of war a field officer may be detailed in every regiment, to try soldiers thereof for offenses not capital ; and no soldier, serving with his regiment, shall be tried by a regimental or garrison court-martial when a field officer of his regiment may be so detailed. ART. 81. Every officer commanding a regiment or corps shall, subject to the provisions of Article 80, be competent to appoint, for his own regiment or corps, courts-martial, consisting of three officers, to try offenses not capital. ART. 82. Every officer commanding a garrison, fort, or other place, where the troops consist of different corps, shall, subject to the provisions of Article 80, be competent to appoint, for such garrison or other place, courts- martial, consisting of three officers, to try offenses not capital. ART. 83. Regimental and garrison courts-martial, and field officers detailed to try offenders, shall not have power to try capital cases or commissioned officers, or to inflict a fine exceeding one month's pay, or to imprison or put to hard labor any noncommissioned officer or soldier for a longer time than one month. ART. 84. The judge-advocate shall administer to each member of the court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following oath, which shall ARTICLES OF WAR. 227 also be taken by all members of regimental and garrison conrts-martial : "You, A B, do swear that you will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now before you, between the United States of America and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice, without partiality, favor, or affection, according to the provisions of the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States, and if any doubts should arise, not explained by said articles, then according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases ; and you do further swear that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authority, except to the judge-advocate ; neither will you disclose or dis- cover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God." [Act approved July 27, 1892.] ART. 85. When the oath has been administered to the members of a court- martial, the president of the court shall administer to the judge-advocate, or person officiating as such, an oath in the following form : "You, A B, do swear that you will not disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any par- ticular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in due course of law ; nor divulge the sentence of the court to any but the proper authority, until it shall be duly disclosed by the same. So help you God." ART. 86. The court-martial may punish, at discretion, any person who uses any menacing words, signs, or gestures, in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. ART. 87. All members of a court-martial are to behave with decency and calmness. ART. 88. Members of a court-martial may be challenged by a prisoner, but only for cause stated to the court. The court shall determine the relevancy and validity thereof, and shall not receive a challenge to more than one mem- ber at a time. ART. 89. When a prisoner, arraigned before a general court-martial, from obstinacy and deliberate design, stands mute, or answers foreign to the pur- pose, the court may proceed to trial and judgment, as if the prisoner had pleaded not guilty. ART. 90. The judge-advocate, or some person deputed by him, or by the general or officer commanding the Army, detachment, or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States, but when the prisoner has made his plea, he shall so far consider himself counsel for the prisoner as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, and to any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. *ART. 91. The deposition, of witnesses residing beyond the limits of the State, Territory, or district in which any military court may be ordered to sit, if taken on reasonable notice to the opposite party and duly authenti- cated, may be read in evidence before such court in cases not capital. * SEC. 4. That judge- advocates of departments and of courts-martial, and the trial offi- cers of summary courts, are hereby authorized to administer oaths for the purposes of the administration of military justice, and for other purposes of military administra- tion. [Act approved July 37, 1893.] 228 ARTICLES OF WAR. ART. 92. All persons who give evidence before a court-martial shall be examined on oath, or affirmation, in the following form: " You swear (or affirm) that the evidence you shall give, in the case now in hearing, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God." ART. 93. A court-martial shall, for reasonable cause, grant a continuance to either party, for such time, and as often as may appear to be just: Pro- vided, That if the prisoner be in close confinement, the trial shall not be delayed for a period longer than sixty days. ART. 94. Proceedings of trials shall be carried on only between the hours of eight in the morning and three in the afternoon, excepting in cases which, in the opinion of the officer appointing the court, require immediate example. ART. 95. Members of a court-martial, in giving their votes, shall begin with the youngest in commission. ART. 96. No person shall be sentenced to suffer death, except by the con- currence of two-thirds of the members of a general court-martial, and in the cases herein expressly mentioned. ART. 97. No person in the military service shall, under the sentence of a court-martial, be punished by confinement in a penitentiary, unless the offense of which he may be convicted would, by some statute of the United States, or by some statute of the State, Territory, or District in which such offense may be committed, or by the common law, as the same exists in such State, Territory, or District, subject such convict to such punishment. ART. 98. No person in the military service shall be punished by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body. ART. 99. No officer shall be discharged or dismissed from the service, ex- cept by order of the President, or by sentence of a general court-martial ; and in time of peace no officer shall be dismissed, except in pursuance of the sentence of a court-martial, or in mitigation thereof. ART. 100. When an officer is dismissed from the service for cowardice or fraud, the sentence shall further direct that the crime, punishment, name, and place of abode of the delinquent shall be published in the newspapers in and about the camp, and in the State from which the offender came, or where he usually resides ; and after such publication it shall be scandalous for an officer to associate with him. ART. 101. When a court-martial suspends an officer from command, it may also suspend his pay and emoluments for the same time, according to the nature of his offense. ART. 102. No person shall be tried a second time for the same offense. ART. 103. No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless, by rea- son of having absented himself, or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period. No person shall be tried or punished by a court-martial for desertion in time of peace and not in the face of an enemy, committed more than two years before the arraignment of such person for such offense, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, in which case the time of his absence shall be excluded in computing the period of the limita- tion : Provided, That said limitation shall not begin until the end of the term for which said person was mustered into the service. [Act approved April 11, 1890.] ARTICLES OF WAR. 229 ART. 104. No sentence of a court-martial shall be carried into execution until the same shall have been approved by the officer ordering the court, or by the officer commanding for the time being. [Act approved July 27, 1892.] ART. 105. No sentence of a court-martial, inflicting the punishment of death, shall be carried into execution until it shall have been confirmed by the President; except in the cases of persons convicted, in time of war, as spies, mutineers, deserters, or murderers, and in the cases of guerilla maraud- ers, convicted, in time of war, of robbery, burglary, arson, rape, assault with intent to commit rape, or of violation of the laws and customs of war ; and in such excepted cases the sentence of death may be carried into exe- cution upon confirmation by the commanding general in the field, or the commander of the department, as the case may be. ART. 106. In time of peace no sentence of a court-martial, directing the dismissal of an officer, shall be carried into execution until it shall have been confirmed by the President. ART. 107. No sentence of a court-martial appointed by the commander of a division or of a separate brigade of troops, directing the dismissal of an officer, shall be carried into execution until it shall have been confirmed by the general commanding the army in the field to which the division or brigade belongs. ART. 108. No sentence of a court-martial, either in time of peace or in time of war, respecting a general officer, shall be carried into execution until it shall have been confirmed by the President. ART. 109. All sentences of a court-martial may be confirmed and carried into execution by the officer ordering the cour,t, or by the officer command- ing for the time being, where confirmation by the President, or by the com- manding general in the field, or commander of the department, is not required by the articles. ART. 110. No sentence adjudged by a field officer, detailed to try soldiers of his regiment, shall be carried into execution until the same shall have been approved by the brigade commander, or, in case there be no brigade commander, by the commanding officer of the post or camp. [Act approved July 27, 1892.] ART. 111. Any officer who has authority to carry into execution the sen- tence of death, or of dismissal of an officer, may suspend the same until the pleasure of the President shall be known; and, in such case, he shall imme- diately transmit to the President a copy of the order of suspension, together with a copy of the proceedings of the court. ART. 112. Every officer who is authorized to order a general court-martial shall have power to pardon or mitigate any punishment adjudged by it, except the punishment of death or of dismissal of an officer. Every officer commanding a regiment or garrison in which a regimental or garrison court-martial may be held, shall have power to pardon or mitigate any punishment which such court may adjudge. ART. 113. Every judge-advocate, or person acting as such, at any general court-martial, shall, with as much expedition as the opportunity of time and distance of place may admit, forward the original proceedings and sen- tence of such court to the Judge- Advocate-General of the Army, in whose office they shall be carefully preserved. 230 ARTICLES OF WAR. ART. 114. Every party tried by a general court-martial shall, upon de- mand thereof, made by himself or by any person in his behalf, be entitled to a copy of the proceedings and sentence of such court. ART. 115. A court of inquiry, to examine into the nature of any transac- tion of, or accusation or imputation against, any officer or soldier, may be ordered by the President or by any commanding officer ; but, as courts of inquiry may be perverted to dishonorable purposes, and may be employed, in the hands of weak and envious commandants, as engines for the destruc- tion of military merit, they shall never be ordered by any commanding officer, except upon a demand by the officer or soldier whose conduct is to be inquired of. ART. 116. A court of inquiry shall consist of one or more officers, not exceeding three, and a recorder, to reduce the proceedings and evidence to writing. ART. 117. The recorder of a court of inquiry shall administer to the members the following oath: "You shall well and truly examine and inquire, according to the evidence, into the matter now before you, without partiality, favor, affection, prejudice, or hope of reward : so help you God." After which the president of the court shall administer to the recorder the following oath: "You, A B, do swear that you will, according to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court and the evidence to be given in the case in hearing : so help you God." ART. 118. A court of inquiry, and the recorder thereof, shall have the same power to summon and examine witnesses as is given to courts-martial and the judge-advocates thereof. Such witnesses shall take the same oath which is taken by witnesses before courts-martial, and the party accused shall be permitted to examine and cross-examine them, so as fully to inves- tigate the circumstances in question. ART. 119. A court of inquiry shall not give an opinion on the merits of the case inquired of unless specially ordered to do so. ART. 120. The proceedings of a court of inquiry must be authenticated by the signatures of the recorder and the president thereof, and delivered to the commanding officer. ART. 121. The proceedings of a court of inquiry may be admitted as evi- dence by a court-martial, in cases not capital, nor extending to the dismissal of an officer: Provided, That the circumstances are such that oral testi- mony cannot be obtained. ART. 122. If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the Army happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the Army, Marine Corps, or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is need- ful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President, according to the nature of the case. ART. 123. In all matters relating to the rank, duties, and rights of officers, the same rules and regulations shall apply to officers of the Regular Army and to volunteers commissioned in, or mustered into said service, under the laws of the United States, for a limited period. ART. 124. Officers of the militia of the several States, when called into the service of the United States, shall on all detachments, courts-martial, and other duty wherein they may be employed in conjunction with the reg- ARTICLES OF WAR. 231 nlar or volunteer forces of the United States, take rank next after all officers of the like grade in said regular or volunteer forces, notwithstanding the commissions of such militia officers may be older than the commissions of the said officers of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States. ART. 125. In case of the death of any officer, the major of his regiment, or the officer doing the major's duty, or the second officer in command at any post or garrison, as the case may be, shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall make, and transmit to the office of the Department of War, an inventory thereof. ART. 126. In case of the death of any soldier, the commanding officer of his troop, battery, or company shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall, in the presence of two other officers, make an inventory thereof, which he shall transmit to the office of the Depart- ment of War. ART. 127. Officers charged with the care of the effects of deceased officers or soldiers shall account for and deliver the same, or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representatives of such deceased officers or soldiers. And no officer so charged shall be permitted to quit the regiment or post until he has deposited in the hands of the commanding officer all the effects of such deceased officers or soldiers not so accounted for and delivered. ART. 128. The foregoing articles shall be read and published, once in every six months, to every garrison, regiment, troop, or company in the service of the United States, and shall be duly observed and obeyed by all officers and soldiers in said service. SEC. 1343, Revised Statutes. All persons who, in time of war, or of rebel- lion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurk- ing or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general court-martial, or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death. APPENDIX. SHOWING CHANGES MADE IN THE ARMY REGULATIONS, BY GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS FROM THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, SINCE THEIR PUBLICATION TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 233 CHANGES IN THE ARMY REGULATIONS SINCE PUBLICATION TO JANUARY 1, 1899. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 4. ) Washington, February 5, 1896. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published for the information of the Army: Proficiency, under paragraph 1544 of Army Regulations, will be attained when the officers and men under instruction shall be able to send and receive by flag and torch at the rate of five words per minute, and by heliograph and lantern at the rate of eight words per minute, with the minimum dis-' tance between stations of five miles; every five letters of the written mes- sages to be counted as a word. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 9 - ) Washington, March 13, 1896. By direction of the Secretary of War, the special instruction in the duties of litter bearers and the method of rendering first aid to the sick and wounded, directed in paragraph 1413, Army Regulations, will hereafter be given to all enlisted men of the Army by their company officers, for at least four hours in each month. Company commanders will be supplied from the Surgeon-General's Office with the Drill Regulations for the Hospital Corps; and the surgeon of the post, under the direction of the post com- mander, will thoroughly instruct such captains as may volunteer therefor and all lieutenants serving with troops in the professional knowledge required. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 17 - ) Washington, April 22, 1896. In response to an inquiry of the War Department, addressed to the Comp- troller of the Treasury, whether under his decision of February 17, 1896, as published in General Orders, No. 8, of 1896, from this office, disbursing officers of the Army shall hereafter pay telegraph companies for messages which pass over lines constructed and operated along the bond-aided Pacific railroads, or whether the requirements of existing Army Regulations (par. 1208) , that such accounts be submitted to the accounting officers of 235 236 APPENDIX. the Treasury for adjudication and settlement shall continue to operate, the Comptroller, April 8, 1896, referring to recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (160 U. S., 1 and 53), states: In the first decision the court held that the leases of its lines by the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Western Union Telegraph Company were void, and the United States, by judicial proceedings, could compel the cancellation of said agreements. In the second decision the court said that "although the United States was entitled to retain and apply, as directed by Congress, all sums due from the Government, on account of the use by the telegraph company for public business of the telegraph line constructed by the railway company, the entire absence of proof as to the extent to which that line was, in fact, so used, renders it impossible to ascertain the amount improperly paid to, and without right retained by, the telegraph company, and subse- quently divided between it and the railroad company. Upon this ground, we adjudge that the court below did not err in directing a verdict for the defendants." The substance of this decision is, that when the messages are so sent, and accounts so kept, as to render it impossible to ascertain the extent to which the railroad lines are used, the telegraph company receiving the messages without direction as to their trans- mission over the railroad lines, is entitled to payment on the presumption that only the lines owned by it were used for the service. It was in recognition of this principle announced by the court that Circular No. 27, of 1896, was issued. There is nothing in that circular which gives a telegraph company, in the first instance, the option of deciding how a message shall be transmitted. That option belongs to the officers of the Government whenever they choose to exercise it; but if the right be not exercised, and a message is delivered to a nonaided telegraph company having a through line to the point of destination, and no direction is given as to how it shall be transmitted, and the service is rendered (the company being no longer lessee of the bond-aided lines), it is to be presumed, as a fact, that only the lines owned by the telegraph company were used in the service. The mere fact that the nonaided lines are strung along the route of the aided railroads, is not, of itself, sufficient to give the Government the benefit of aided-line service, unless said aided lines were actually used, or directions given for their use. The Government has the first right or option in the choice of lines, but if it fails to exercise it, such failure will be considered as a waiver of the right, giving to the non aided company the right to select the route over which the service shall be rendered. I do not understand that the Western Union Telegraph Company contends that the circular in question gives them the right to disregard the instructions of the sender of the message, their contention being that, when no directions are given, they have the right to send the message over lines owned by them and claim pay for the service, because the presumption, amounting almost to a certainty, is that only nonaided lines were used. The second clause of paragraph 5 of Circular No. 27 relates to a case where a message is filed with a nonaided company which has no through line of its own to the point of des- tination, and transfer is, in fact, necessary to enable the message to reach its destination. In such a case the company would be expected to transfer to an aided line, whenever practicable, and at the nearest point of contact with the aided line. This was not intended to require the nonaided company, in the absence of directions of the sender, to transfer to an aided line when said nonaided company has a through line of its own to ultimate des- tination. If it be desired to obtain the benefit of aided-line service in all possible cases, the proper directions must be given at the time the messages are filed for transmission. If no directions are given, and a transfer is not, in fact, necessary, no presumption will arise that the lines of the aided companies were used. The circular in question, reasonably construed, contains nothing in derogation of the authority of the head of any department to make regulations for the guidance of its own officers in the transmission of telegrams; it merely attempts to point out the law and the course to be pursued to obtain the benefit of aided-line service, and the evidence required in the settlement of the accounts for telegraphic service. The time to decide what lines shall be used is when the message is filed for transmission, and not after the service has been rendered. The responsibility for this decision rests upon the sender of the message, acting under instructions from his superior officers. The unsettled accounts for past telegraphic services are now being settled in accordance with the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Western Union Telegraph Company and Union Pacific Railway Company (160 U. S., 53). As the Western Union Telegraph Company can no longer be the lessee of the bond-aided lines, telegrams delivered to it would have to be transferred to the lines of the aided compa- nies, if the benefit of aided-lines service be desired, thus causing delay, and, in many cases, increased expense. In order to avoid this complication and to inform disbursing officers of the changed conditions arising from the decisions of the Supreme Court above referred to the circular was issued. APPENDIX. 237 In view of this decision, exception 1 of paragraph 1208 of the Regulations in regard to the settlement of "Accounts for telegrams which pass over any of the lines constructed and operated along the bond-aided Pacific rail- roads" is, by direction of the Acting Secretary of War, revoked. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS ,OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 23 - ) Washington, June 13, 1896. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, the following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: #**** * * 3. HORSE AND MULE SHOES, ETC. Paragraph 1068, Army Regulations of 1895, the action of which was suspended under authority of the Secretary of War, becomes operative on July 1, 1896, and requisitions for the stores therein mentioned will, from that date, be filled by the Quartermaster's Department, instead of by the Ordnance Department, as heretofore. Officers accountable for these stores will, on June 30, drop the same from their ordnance returns and transfer them to the Quartermaster's Depart- ment. The smith's tools for the forges and battery wagons of light bat- teries (and for the cavalry forges for field service) will still be borne on the ordnance returns, and that Department will continue to make issues tp maintain that equipment in condition for field service, but the .smith's tools in current use at posts in the permanent blacksmith shop will be supplied by the Quartermaster's Department. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 31 - ) Washington, July 31, 1896. With a view to elaboration in detail of the provisions of the Regulations in regard to the payment of enlisted men (A. R., 1348-64, 1895), the Acting Secretary of War gives the following additional instructions: The paymaster will personally place in each envelope the exact amount of money due the soldier, seal the same, see that the name of the soldier and amount inclosed is marked on the envelope, and that the individual checks and the sealed envelopes are inclosed in one sealed package, upon the outside of which will be indorsed: 1. Name of the organization. 2. Number of checks inclosed. 3. Number of sealed envelopes inclosed. 4. Total amount of pay due and remitted, less deposits, $ . (a) By check $ . (6) By currency $ . 5. Signature of the paymaster. All the packages containing checks and sealed envelopes for the several organizations, completed and indorsed as above, will be made up into one parcel and sealed by the paymaster. Upon the outside will be marked the name and address of the post or other command and the names of the subordinate organizations for which pay is therein remitted, and the pay- master will append thereto his signature. 238 APPENDIX. The consolidated package thus marked and addressed to the commanding officer will be turned over to the quartermaster, who will forward the same by express to its destination. The following are specimen indorsements: FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER, FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANS. Contents of this package: The pay, less deposits, due for month of September, 1896, for N. C. O. and band, 20th Infantry. Co. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, Troop A, 6th Cavalry. " B, " " C, " " D, " Hospital Corps Detachment. Post N. C. Staff. In making up the contents of this package the provisions of GK O., 31, A. G. O., July 31, 1896, have been complied with. JOHN SMITH, Major and Paymaster. Pay for Troop F, 8th Cavalry, September, 1896. Contents: 43 sealed envelopes $1,000.00 17 checks.. 563.18 60 remittances 1,563.18 JOHN SMITH, Major and Paymaster. Private Joseph Thompson, Co. A, 30th Infantry. Contents: $14.75 in currency. When the express package is received at the post, it will be opened in the presence of the commanding officer, who will observe the condition of the seals, the number of company and detachment packages, and that the mark- ing upon them conforms to these instructions. The separate sealed pack- ages containing the pay for the several companies or detachments will then be delivered to the officer designated by the commanding officer to distribute the pay, and this distribution will be made as soon as practicable thereafter. When a company or detachment is paraded for pay, the company com- mander will attend, and in his presence the packages containing the pay for that company will be opened by the officer designated to distribute it. The number of checks in the package and the number of sealed envelopes, pur- porting to contain the pay of individual soldiers, will be counted and the agreement of this number with the record made by the paymaster upon the wrapper will be verified by both officers, and the amount marked on the sealed envelope as the pay due each man will be verified by comparison With the pay roll before the distribution begins. APPENDIX. 239 As each man's name is called, the check drawn to his order will be given to him by the officer designated to make the payment, or the envelope bear- ing the man's name will be opened, its contents verified by comparison with marks on the envelope or with the muster roll, and the money handed to the soldier, by said officer, all in presence and under the personal observa- tion of the company commander. In case of error or informality, a statement of the facts as found to exist will be immediately indorsed upon the envelope or the wrapper, as the case may be, and the officers present will certify to the correctness of the statement, and lay the same before the commanding officer. The copy of the muster and pay roll of each organization, which the pay- master is required by paragraph 1352 of the Regulations to return to the post, will be reforwarded to the paymaster by the commanding officer, with the least practicable delay after the payment is completed. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 32 - ) Washington, August 1, 1896. ***** * * II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 1. The report of a joint Army and Navy board appointed to investigate the subject of signal codes having been approved, the Myer code, in use by the Army prior to 1886, as modified by the above-mentioned board, will, on and after October 1, 1896, be used for visual signaling in the Army and for intercommunication with the Navy. The use of the American Morse code, as prescribed in General Orders, No. 59, June 28, 1889, from this office, will thereafter be discontinued, except for telegraphic purposes. 2. The proficiency required by paragraph 1544, Army Regulations, will be considered to have been attained by an officer or enlisted man under instruction when at a distance of 4 miles from the connecting station he can send and receive five words per minute, each five letters of the written message to count as one word. Paragraph 1 , General Orders, No. 4, Feb- ruary 5, 1896, from this office, is modified accordingly. 3. Cards and pamphlets containing full instructions for using the code will be furnished by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army upon application. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 37 - Washington, August 13, 1896. I. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraphs 530, 553, 641, 642, and 643 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 530. A proposal by a person who affixes to his signature the word " presi- dent," " secretary," " agent," or other designation, without disclosing his principal, is the proposal of the individual. That by a corporation should be signed with the name of the corporation, followed by the signature of the president, secretary, or other person authorized to bind it in the matter. That by a firm should be signed with the firm name by one of the members of the firm. If the signature is that of an officer, attorney, or agent of a 240 APPENDIX. corporation, or of an attorney or agent of a firm or individual, and his authority to act on behalf of his principal is not a matter of general noto- riety in the locality where the proposals are opened, the officer who opens proposals should, before considering the proposal, satisfy himself that the signer is vested with sufficient authority to represent his principal in the transaction. 553. A contract of a corporation should have the name of the corporation written in the body of the instrument as one of the parties thereto, and should be signed by the officer or person who has been authorized to con- tract in its behalf, who should sign the corporate name and his own, and affix the corporate seal if there be one. The contracting officer will, in all cases, satisfy himself that the signer has authority to bind the corporation and will either require from him satisfactory evidence thereof, and file the same with the contract, or will certify on the contract that he has satisfied himself of the signer's authority and has waived this requirement. If evidence be filed with the contract it should consist of extracts from the articles of incorporation, the by-laws, or the minutes of the board of directors, duly certified by the custodian of such records under the corpo- rate seal (if there be one), showing the signer to be properly vested with authority to bind the corporation. 641. Vouchers must be stated in the name of the corporation, company, firm, or person rendering the service or furnishing the articles for which payment is made. 642. Payments in currency, or by check to bearer, will not be made to holders of powers of attorney, or of instruments operating as transfers or assignments. If payment in currency, or by check to bearer, is made to an incorporated or unincorporated company, the money or check must be delivered to and the voucher receipted by a duly authorized officer or agent of the company; the receipt must be signed with the company name, followed by the auto- graph signature of the officer, with his title, or of the agent, to whom the money or check was delivered, and the receipted voucher will be accom- panied by evidence showing his authority. This evidence will consist of extracts from the articles of incorporation or association, the by-laws, or the minutes of the board of directors, duly certified by the custodian of such records (under the company seal, if there be one), showing that the signer is properly vested with authority to receive and receipt for money due the company. If payment in currency, or by check to bearer, is made to an individual or a copartnership doing business under a company title, the receipt must be signed with the company name, followed by the autograph signature of the individual proprietor or of one of the members of the firm with the words " proprietor " or " one of the proprietors " appended thereto. If payment in currency, or by check to bearer, is made to a copartnership doing business as such, the receipt must be signed with the usual firm sig- nature by one of the members of the firm, who will be required to append his own signature as " one of the firm." If payment in currency, or by check to bearer, is made to an individual creditor, the receipt must be signed by him in person. 643. If payment is made by check to order of any company (incorpo- rated or unincorporated) , or firm, or individual, by name, and the fact that the check has been so drawn is stated on the voucher, giving its number, date, amount, and United States depository on which drawn, the receipt to the voucher may be signed by an officer, attorney, or agent of the company or by an attorney or agent of the firm or individual, stating the capacity in APPENDIX. 241 which he signs, without filing with the voucher evidence of his authority to sign. The disbursing officer in all such cases will deliver the check to such person only as he is satisfied is authorized by the principal to receipt the voucher and receive the check. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 10. ) Washington, March 3, 1897. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 148, 191, 408, 573, 709, and 1214 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 148. The cause of discharge and the soldier's age at date of enlistment will be stated in the body of the discharge certificate. His character will be accurately described at the bottom of the certificate, but if not suffi- ciently good to allow of his reenlistment, the words "No objection to his reenlistment is known to exist," will be erased. The words " Service, hon- est and faithful," or "Service, not honest and faithful," as the case may be, will be entered under " Remarks " in the militarv record on the back of the discharge certificate, and will also be noted on the final statements. The company commander will, before submitting the discharge certificate to the proper officer for signature, inform the soldier of the character he intends to give him. Should the soldier feel that injustice will be done him thereby, he may at once apply for redress to the post commander, who will immediately convene a board of officers to determine the facts in the case, and will briefly note the finding of the board, if approved by him, on the discharge certificate. But in all cases where the company commander deems a soldier's services unfaithful, he should, whenever practicable, notify the soldier, at least thirty days prior to discharge, of the character which he intends to give, in order that the soldier may have ample oppor- tunity to apply for and be heard before the board. In such cases the pro- ceedings of the board, showing all the facts pertinent to the inquiry, with the views of the intermediate commanders indorsed thereon, will be trans- mitted for the consideration and action of the War Department. This board may be called upon the application of the post or company com- mander, and if by the former, the department commander shall appoint it. The character given by the company commander, also the character found by the board, will be noted on the muster roll. The officer who prepares the discharge will state thereon whether the man is married or unmarried, the number of his minor children, and, if discharged from a reenlistment, the number thereof. 191. Purchasing commissaries, officers on duty at general depots of sup- ply, and others indicated in the preceding paragraph, whether reporting by letter to department commanders or not, are subject to their orders for court-martial or other duty in an emergency only; and officers on duty with the schools at Fort Leaven worth, Fort Monroe, and Fort Riley will not be detached without the orders of the Secretary of War or the Com- manding General of the Army. 408. The Vice-President and President of the Senate, and American or foreign ambassadors receive a salute of 19 guns; members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a commit- tee of Congress officially visiting a military post, and governors, within their respective States or Territories, receive 17 guns. The Assistant Sec- retary of War, when officially visiting a military post, receives 15 guns. J3691 10 242 APPENDIX. 573. When the principal of the bond is a corporation, a copy of the record of the selection of the officers executing the bond in its behalf, and a copy of the by-law or other record of the proceedings of the governing body of the corporation, showing their authority to execute the same, will be attached to the bond; these copies to be certified by the custodian of such records under the seal of the corporation to be correct copies. 709. A board of survey will be called by the commanding officer of the post or station. It will be composed of three officers, exclusive of the com- manding officer and those who are interested, if that number be present for duty; otherwise, of as many as are so present, exclusive of the command- ing and interested officers; or if none but the commanding officer and inter- ested officers be present for duty, then of the commanding officer. When only the responsible or interested officer is present, he will not constitute himself a board of survey, but will furnish the department commander his certificate of facts and circumstances, supported by affidavits of enlisted men or others who are cognizant thereof. Should a case thus presented not be considered satisfactory, or in a case in which only interested officers with opposing interests are present for duty at the post, the department com- mander may make the necessary investigation. In cases where the property in question has been previously acted upon by a board of survey, the order convening the board will so state and require that the proceedings of any previous board or boards be considered. 1214. Blank forms for official telegrams will be furnished by the Quarter- master-General for the use of all persons in the military service. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following paragraphs are added to the Regulations, viz: 213a. The flag of the Secretary of War will be of scarlet bunting, meas- uring 12 feet fly and 6 feet 8 inches hoist, having upon it an eagle with out- stretched wings. On the breast of the eagle a United States shield; in the right talon an olive branch, with berries, and in the left a bunch of arrows; in the eagle's beak a scroll with the motto "E Pluribus Unum." In the field of the shield there shall be placed two rows of stars, six in the upper and seven in the lower row, placed equidistant apart. There shall also be placed in each corner of the flag a white star, the measurement of which shall be about 9.8 inches from point to point. The distance from the upper or lower edges of the flag to the center of the stars shall be about 12.8 inches, and the distance from the heading and end of the flag to the center of the stars about 17.25 inches. COLORS. For the Secretary of War. 214a. Of scarlet silk, 5 feet 6 inches fly, 4 feet 4 inches on the pike, which will be 9 feet long, including spearhead and ferrule. To have in the center, embroidered in silk, a golden-brown American eagle with outstretched wings; on its breast a United States shield; in the right talon an olive branch with red berries, and in the left a bunch of arrows; a red scroll held in the eagle's beak with the motto " E Pluribus Unum " worked in yellow; and in the upper part of the United States shield a group of thirteen white stars, about three-fourths inch from point to point, arranged in two rows, the upper row consisting of six and the lower row of seven stars. The design, letters, and figures to be embroidered in silk, the same on both sides of the color. To have a star embroideried in white silk placed at each cor- ner of the flag, about 4 inches from point to point, The distance from the APPENDIX. 243 upper or lower edges of the flag to the center of the stars to be about 7| inches, and from the pike casing or end of the fly to the center of the stars about 13 inches. The color to be trimmed with white silk knotted fringe, 3 inches deep, and one cord and tassel about 8 feet 6 inches long, to be of red and white silk intermixed. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENARAL'S OFFICE, No. 17. ) Washington, March 26, 1897. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1470 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1470. The Quartermaster-General, if he finds the account correct, will forward it to the Surgeon-General with request that the amount be paid to the depot quartermaster, Washington, D. C., and the Surgeon-General will cause the amount to be paid from the appropriation for artificial limbs. The depot quartermaster will deposit the money in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for army transportation, and in his account current will state from whom the money was received, and that it was a refundment to the Quartermaster's Department from the appropriation for artificial limbs, of a sum paid by , Quartermaster, U. S. A., on voucher No. , for , 18 , for the transportation of a person en route to procure an artificial limb. II. The following modification of existing instructions ordered by the Secretary of War, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: The proficiency required by paragraph 1544, Army Regulations, will be considered to have been attained by an officer or enlisted man under instruc- tion when at a distance of 4 miles from the connecting station he can send and receive, by flag or torch, and heliograph, four words per minute, each five letters of the written message to count as one word. Section 2, paragraph II, General Orders, No. 32, August 1, 1896, from this office, relating to mili- tary signaling, and so much of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 41, Sep- tember 4, 1896, from this office, as prescribes the qualifications for gunnery specialists, are modified accordingly. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 33< ) Washington, May 28, 1897. I. Paragraph 346 of the regulations is amended to read as follows: 346. The commanding officer of each cavalry, artillery, and infantry reg- iment may, on the 1st day of August of each year, nominate to the Com- manding General of the Army one subaltern for detail at Willets Point, N. Y.,"for a course of instruction in torpedo service, commencing on the 1st day of November and ending on the 1st day of September following. The nominations thus made will be forwarded through the regular mili. tary channels. 244 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, June 15, 1807. ) II. Paragraph 1069 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1069. The Quartermaster's Department will transport for officers chang- ing station the number of horses for which they are legally entitled to forage, and an attendant to accompany the horses when necessary, subject to the following restrictions: 1. That the expense paid by the United States shall not exceed $50 for each horse transported. The cost of such shipment will be ascertained in advance, and if found to exceed $50 for each norse, including transporta- tion of attendant, if any, the excess must be prepaid by the owner, who must also pay all the expenses of the attendant other than his trans- portation. 2. That the horses are owned by the officer and were used by him in the public service at the station from which he is ordered to move. 3. The horses of retired officers, or officers ordered to their homes to await retirement, or officers ordered on recruiting service or college detail, or to effect a voluntary transfer, or to attend schools of instruction as student officers, except when ordered to duty as students at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will not be trans- ported at public expense. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 40 - ) Washington, June 24, 1897. ******* II. Paragraphs 1109 and 1117 of the Regulations are amended, to take effect July 1, 1897, to read as follows: 1109. The following persons are entitled, at public expense, to a double berth in a sleeping car, or to the customary stateroom accommodations on steamers where extra charge is made for the same: Officers of the Army traveling on duty; civilian clerks and agents in the military service when traveling under orders on public business; sergeant-majors, ordnance, com- missary, and quartermaster sergeants (post or regimental), hospital stew- ards, chief musicians, principal musicians, chief trumpeters, saddler ser- geants, and sergeants of the Signal Corps, when traveling under orders on public business without troops; also invalid soldiers when so traveling on the certificate of a medical officer showing the necessity therefor. Officers of the Army traveling on day journeys are entitled to seats in day parlor cars, provided such privilege is not covered by sleeping-car accommodations already held by them. 1117. An officer traveling on duty who incurs expense for authorized sleeping or parlor car accommodations, when it is impracticable to obtain a request therefor, will be reimbursed by the Quartermaster's Department upon application, supported by a receipt for the amount paid by him and a copy of the orders under which the journey was performed. ******* APPENDIX. 245 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 42. ) Washington, June 30, 1897. I. The following order is published for the information of all concerned: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 26, 1897. By direction of the President, the following regulations are promulgated respecting the award of medals of honor, and, paragraph 177 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 177. Medals of honor, authorized by the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1863, are awarded to officers and enlisted men in the name of the Congress for particular deeds of most distinguished gallantry in action. 1. In order that the Congressional medal of honor may be deserved, service must have been performed in action of such a conspicuous character as to clearly distinguish the man for gallantry and intrepidity above his comrades service that involved extreme jeopardy of life or the performance of extraordinarily hazardous duty. Recommenda- tions for the decoration will be judged by this standard of extraordinary merit, and incontestible proof of performance of the service will be exacted. 2. Soldiers of the Union have ever displayed bravery in battle, else victories could not have been gained; but as courage and self-sacrifice are the characteristics of every true soldier, such a badge of distinction as the Congressional medal is not to be expected as the reward of conduct that does not clearly distinguish the soldier above other men whose bravery and gallantry have been proved in battle. 3. Recomendations for medals on account of services rendered in the Volunteer Army during the late war, and in the Regular Army previous to January 1, 1890, will, if prac- ticable, be submitted by some person other than the proposed recipient, one who is per- sonally familiar with all the facts and circumstances claimed as justifying the award, but the application may be made by the one claiming to have earned the decoration, in which case it will be in the form of a deposition, reciting a narrative description of the distinguished service performed. If official records are relied on as evidence proving the personal service, the reports of the action must be submitted or cited; but if these records are lacking the testimony must embrace that of one or more eyewitnesses, who, under oath, describe specifically the act or acts they saw, wherein the person recom- mended or applying clearly distinguished himself above his fellows for most distinguished gallantry in action. 4. Recommendations for medals on account of service rendered subsequent to January 1, 1890, will be made by the commanding officer at the time of the action or by an officer or soldier having personal cognizance of the act for which the badge of honor is claimed, and the recommendation will embrace a detailed recital of all the facts and circum- stances. Certificates of officers or the affidavits of enlisted men who were eyewitnesses of the act will also be submitted if practicable. 5. In cases that may arise for service performed hereafter, recommendations for award of medals must be forwarded within one year after the performance of the act for which the award is claimed. Commanding officers will thoroughly investigate all cases of recommendations for Congressional medals arising in their commands, and indorse their opinion upon the papers, which will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army through regular channels. R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. II. Paragraph 257 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 257. Sergeants and corporals are appointed by regimental commanders, on the recommendation of their company commanders. To test the capacity of privates for the duties of noncommissioned officers, company command- ers may appoint lance corporals, who will hold such appointments not to exceed three months, and will be obeyed and respected as corporals. The appointments, with the approval of the regimental or post commander, may be renewed, but no company shall have more than one lance corporal at a time. Lance corporals holding renewed appointments are on the same footing regarding reduction as corporals. A lance corporal holding a first appointment will wear the uniform of a private, with a chevron having one bar of lace or braid; if holding a renewed appointment, he will wear the uniform of a corporal, except that the chevron will have but one bar of lace or braid. 246 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 46 - Washington, July 14, 1897. Paragraphs 46 and 1118 of the Regulations are amended to read as fol- lows: 46. A department commander may grant leaves for one month and the Commanding General of the Army for four months; or they may extend to such periods those granted by subordinate commanders. Applications for leaves of more than four months' duration, or from officers of the staff corps and departments for more than one month, or from department com- manders desiring leaves of absence to pass beyond the territorial limits of their commands, will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the action of the Secretary of War. 1118. In changing station an officer's authorized allowance of baggage will be turned over to a quartermaster for transportation as freight by ordinary freight lines, unless otherwise ordered by the department com- mander or higher authority. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 56 - ) Washington, October 8, 1897. I. Paragraphs 1349, 1351, 1352, 1353, and 1354 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 1349. Payments will be made as soon after the close of each month as practicable: 1. By paymasters in person; or 2. By check to be sent by registered mail or express, or by currency shipped by express. The troops at posts where paymasters are stationed and others in their immediate vicinity, to be designated in instructions issued from the Adjutant-General's Office, will be paid by paymasters in person. For posts at which payments are not required to be made in person, the paymaster will transmit the pay due in one or more of the following ways: 1. By individual check, payable to the order of each man, for the exact amount due. 2. By inclosing in a separate sealed envelope the exact amount in cur- rency due each soldier, with his name and the amount inclosed marked thereon. 1351. When forwarding the rolls the post commander will furnish the paymaster with the name, rank, etc., of the officer designated to see that the men of the command are paid, and at the same time will state what part of the pay can conveniently be received by the men in individual checks and cashed at or near the post without discount, designating the location of depository on which it is desired that the checks should be drawn, and whether it is desired that the checks be sent by mail or by express. The remainder of the pay will be sent in envelopes. 1352. The paymaster will, as far as practicable, draw the checks on the depository designated; the ^checks, when not sent by mail, and the money for each organization will be inclosed in separate packages properly marked, and the whole will be consolidated into one package and forwarded by express to the post commander. One of each of the company or detach- ment rolls extended to show the amounts to be paid will be returned to the commanding officer and by him sent to the proper company commanders. 1353. At places beyond express delivery, the post commander, when noti- fied by the paymaster that funds sent by express are to be expected, will 247 Send an officer With ft Suitable escort to receipt for the express package and convey the funds to the post. The name of the officer authorized to receipt for the package will previously have been reported to the paymaster. 1354. When a package of funds is received at the post, it will be delivered to the officer who has been designated by the commanding officer to dis^ tribute the pay. As soon as possible the individual checks or the currency will be handed to the men by the officer designated, and when the payment is in currency from envelopes, a second officer, who may be the company commander, will be required to verify the amounts in the envelopes, so that, in case of error, certificates may be prepared at once by both officer^ Should there be a deficiency it will be so certified on the roll by the paying and the verifying officers, and should there be an excess the surplus will be returned to the paymaster. In each case a statement of the facts, with appropriate certificates, will be sent to the paymaster by the post com- mander. II. So much of General Orders, No. 31, from Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, July 31, 1896, as conflicts with the provisions of this order, is modified accordingly. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 58 - ) Washington, October 18, 1897. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1524 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: INSPECTION OF ORDNANCE SUPPLIES. 1524. Before final disposition of ordnance supplies which from any cause are worn out or damaged they will be submitted to an inspector. But when small arms become unserviceable and can not, under existing orders, be repaired at the post, they will be turned in to the nearest depot or arsenal, and will under no circumstances be broken up. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 60 - ) Washington, October 28, 1897. By direction of the Secretary of War, General Orders, No. 9, March 13, 1896, from this office, and paragraphs 1412 and 1413 of the Regulations are revoked and the following regulations substituted therefor: 1412. Special instruction in the duties of litter bearers and the methods of rendering first aid to the sick and wounded will be given to all enlisted men of the Army by their company officers for at least four hours in each month. Company commanders will be supplied from the Surgeon-General's Office with the Drill Regulations for the Hospital Corps; and the surgeon of the post, under the direction of the post commander, will thoroughly instruct all company officers serving with troops in the professional knowl- edge required. 1413. All available men of the Hospital Corps will be instructed under the supervision of the surgeon of the post for at least eight hours in each month in the duties of litter bearers and the methods of rendering first aid to the sick and wounded. 248 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, \ HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 62. ) Washington, November 9, ISO?. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1032 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1032. Public animals shall, upon the day received, be branded with the letters "U. S." on the left fore shoulder. Cavalry and artillery horses, assigned to organizations, will also be branded on the hoof of one fore foot, 1 inches below the coronet, with the designation of the regiment and troop or battery. Branding irons will be supplied by the Quartermaster's Depart- ment of uniform size and design. Letters " U. S." to be 2 inches in height. Letters and numbers of hoof brands, on the same line, to be three-fourths of an inch high, the letter to precede the number, and blocked so as to penetrate the hoof one-sixteenth of an inch. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 75 - ) Washington, December 31, 1897. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraph 1359 of the Reg- ulations is revoked, and paragraphs 129, 130, 1355, and 1358 are amended to read as follows: 129. Deserters will be brought to trial with the least practicable delay. While awaiting trial they will receive no pay, nor will they be permitted to sign pay rolls, and will be required to wear the clothes worn at the time of arrest, unless it should be imperative to issue other clothing, when, as far as practicable, only deserters' or other unserviceable clothing will be issued. 130. The clothing abandoned by a deserter will be turned over to the quartermaster, with a certificate from the company or detachment com- mander showing its condition and the name of the deserter to whom it belonged. In no case should the money or proceeds of the sale of effects of a deserter be turned over to his relatives, nor any payment made there- from by an officer on any account whatsoever. All other personal effects of a deserter will be disposed of as in the case of unclaimed effects of deceased soldiers. 1355. Should any error or informality be discovered in a check it will be returned to the paymaster, who will correct the same and return it with the least practicable delay. The roll will be returned to the paymaster after payment of the company with a note thereon, verified by the witness- ing officer, stating the facts as to the erroneous check. The receipt of the corrected check will be certified by the company commander to the pay- master, who will file such certificate with the pay rolls. 1358. Should a soldier die or desert in the interval between signing the pay rolls and the receipt of the money at the posiTfrom the paymaster, the check or cash will be immediately returned to the paymaster; the cash by express, the check by registered mail, and a note of explanation stating the fact of nonpayment and return of the check or money will be made on the roll, verified by the signature of the witnessing officer. The same course will be pursued should a soldier decline to receive his pay, or if for any other reason it should be impracticable to deliver it to him in person. When a paymaster has had money returned to him in such cases he will cancel the signature of the soldier on the pay roll. APPENDIX. 249 GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 2. ) Washington, January 4, 1898. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, the following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: The attention of officers of the Quartermaster's Department is invited to the following circular of the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, No. 187, of date November 11, 1897: By the terms of an agreement recently entered into between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Union Pacific Reorganization Committee for the settlement and pay- ment in full to November 1, 1897, of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific Railway Com- pany to the United States, all claims for services rendered by the said company to the United States remaining unsettled or unpaid on November 1, 1897, and all claims for like service thereafter rendered are required to be paid to the company in cash. In order, therefore, to facilitate the adjustment of matters involved in such settlement and to carry into full effect the terms of said agreement, it is hereby ordered that all pending claims for transportation services heretofore rendered by said company to the United States, and all claims for like services hereafter rendered, shall be settled by the accounting officers in favor of said company without reference to bond and interest account or to the requirements of the sinking fund created by the act of May 7, 1878. The provisions of Department Circular No. 45, of March 9, 1895, are hereby modified accordingly. Also to the decision of the honorable Secretary of the Treasury of December 4, 1897: That accounts for services rendered for the Government over the main line of the Union Pacific from Council Bluffs to Ogden remaining unpaid may be paid either by the disbursing officers of the "War Department or through the accounting officers of the Treasury, as may be most convenient. Also to the fact that of dates November 29 and December 24, 1897, the audi- tor of the Union Pacific Railway Company has suggested that: There is no necessity now for issuing more than one bill of lading or Government trans- portation request for service between any two points on the Union Pacific System except where one of the points is on the aided portion of the Kansas Division. The receivers of the Union Pacific System will accept a single through bill of lading or transportation request covering service for any department of the United States Gov- ernment either way, over any of the lines under their jurisdiction, when presented by any connecting line. Officers of the Quartermaster's Department are, therefore, hereby instructed that so much of Army Regulations 1093 and 1147, General Orders, No. 77, 1892, Adjutant-General's Office, and circular of the Quartermaster- General's Office of April 13, 1895, as require the issuance of separate trans- portation requests and bills of lading for services over the Union Pacific Railway between Omaha, Nebr., and Ogden, Utah, are hereby revoked, and a single request or bill of lading may be issued, where the travel is to or from points on the Union Pacific Railway above indicated in connection with roads other than the bond-aided Central Pacific, Kansas Division of the Union Pacific, or the Sioux City and Pacific railroads. All existing instructions requiring the use of the Union Pacific between Omaha and Ogden as a bond-aided railroad are hereby revoked, and the same regulations as apply to transportation over other all-cash lines will hereafter apply to transportation for the Army over the Union Pacific lines as above referred to, and accounts for such service may hereafter be stated and paid by the disbursing quartermasters of the Army under the same regulations which govern other cash lines. In deciding upon the route for passengers and freight hereafter, officers issuing transportation will take the new conditions governing the Union Pacific Railroad into account in calculating cost. 250 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ^- 5 - Washington, March 9, 189$. Illuminating supplies, in addition to those now provided for in para- graphs 1013 and 1014 of the Regulations, are authorized by the Secretary of War as follows: Four burners (4 lights) to each company, troop, or battery quartered in a barrack having an amusement or a recreation room separate from the dormitories and rooms for which light is now granted by the Regulations, Four burners (4 lights) to bands occupying quarters separate from those organizations from which they are detailed. GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 14, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 512 of the Regula- tions is amended to read as follows: 512. Printed letter and note headings for department headquarters will contain only the designation of the headquarters, the office to which the correspondence pertains, post-office address, and blank date. Those for posts, regiments, and schools of instruction will contain only the designa- tion of the post, regiment, or school, post-office address, and blank date. Names of officers or other persons will not be printed on letter or note headings for use in any branch of the military service. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - H- ; Washington, March 23, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 857, 858, 859, and 860 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 857. The sphere of inquiry of the Inspector-General's Department includes every branch of military affairs except when specially limited in these Regu- lations or in orders. Inspectors-general and acting inspectors-general will exercise a comprehensive and general observation within the command to which they may be respectively assigned over all that pertains to the effi- ciency of the Army, the condition and state of supplies of all kinds, of arms and equipments, of the expenditure of public property and moneys, and the condition of accounts of all disbursing officers of every branch of the serv- ice, of the conduct, discipline, and efficiency of officers and troops, and report with strict impartiality in regard to all irregularities that may be discovered. From time to time they will make such suggestions as may appear to them practicable for the correction of any defect that may come under their observation. 858. Inspectors-general or acting inspectors-general assigned to a mili- tary department are under the immediate direction of its commanding general; when not so assigned, they are solely under the orders of the Secre- tary of War or the General Commanding the Army. They will make the general inspections within the limits of the respective departments, and will each be allowed the necessary clerks and one messenger, who will be assigned by the Secretary of War. APPENDIX. 251 859. Inspectors-general and acting inspectors-general will report by letter, on arriving at their stations, to the Inspector-General at the War Depart- ment. They will furnish him copies of all orders and written instructions received for tours of inspection, with a report of the dates of departure from and return to their posts in obedience thereto, and thereafter, on the last day of each month, will report direct to him their addresses and the duties they have performed during the month. Correspondence in the Inspector-General's Department between the head thereof and officers serving therein will be direct, for the purpose of instruction and information with respect to the discharge of their duties, not, however, extending to matters of administration pertaining to military commanders. 860. An inspector-general or acting inspector-general will make known his orders or instructions to commanding and other officers whose troops and affairs he is directed to inspect, and these officers will see that every facility and assistance, including clerical aid, if requested, is afforded. GENERAL ORDERS ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 13. ) Washington, March 28, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following paragraphs are added to the Regulations, viz: 212a. The flag of the President shall be of scarlet bunting, measuring 13 feet fly and 8 feet hoist, having a hem on the hoist 3 inches wide and pro- vided with an eyelet at each end for hoisting and lowering. In each of the four corners shall be a five-pointed white star with one point upward. The points of these stars lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 5 inches radius. The centers of these imaginary circles, which coincide with the centers of these stars, are 18 inches from the short sides and 14 inches from the long sides of the flag. In the center of the flag shall be a large fifth star, also of five points, which lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 2 feet 9 inches radius. The center of this circle is the point of intersection of the diagonals of the flag. The reentering angles of this large star lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 16 inches radius, with the same center as before. Inside of the star thus outlined is a parallel star, separated from it by a band of white 3 inches wide. This inner star forms a blue field, upon which is the official coat of arms of the United States as determined by the State Department, the device being located by placing the middle point of the line dividing the chief from the paleways of the escutcheon upon the point of intersection of the diagonals of the flag, and thus coinciding with the center of the large center star. On the scarlet field around the large star are other white stars, one for each State, equally scattered in the reentering angles, and all included within the circumference of a circle of 3 feet 3 inches radius, whose center is the center of the large star. COLORS. For the President. 2146. Of scarlet silk, 6 feet 6 inches fly and 4 feet on the pike, which shall be 10 feet long, including ferrule and head. The head shall consist of a globe 3 inches in diameter, surmounted by an American eagle, alert, 4 inches high. In each of the four corners shall be a five-pointed white star. The points of these stars lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 252 APPENDIX. 2 inches radius. The centers of these imaginary circles, which coincide with the centers of these stars, are 9 inches from the short sides and 7 inches from the long sides of the color. In the center of the color shall be a large fifth star, also of five points, which lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 16 inches radius. The center of this circle is the point of intersection of the diagonals of the color. The reentering angles of this large star lie in the circumference of an imaginary circle of 8 inches radius, with the same center as before. Inside of the star thus outlined is a parallel star, separated from it by a band of white 1| inches wide. This inner star forms a blue field, upon which is the official coat of arms of the United States as determined by the State Department, the device being located by placing the middle point of the line dividing the chief from the paleways of the escutcheon upon the point of intersection of the diagonals of the color, and thus coinciding with the center of the large center star. On the scarlet field around the large star are other white stars, one for each State, equally scattered in the reentering angles and all included within the circumference of a circle of 19 inches radius, whose center is the center of the large star. The design, letters, figures, and stars are to be embroidered in silk, the same on both sides of the cdlor. The edges of the color are to be trimmed with knotted fringe; of silver and gold, 3 inches wide, and one cord (having two tassels) 8 feet 6 inches long and made of red, white, and blue silk intermixed. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 32. ) Washington, May 3, 1898. ******* II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following paragraph is added to the Army Regulations: 1550a. In time of war officers on the active list of the Army, while on duty, will wear the uniform of their grade. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 45. ) Washington, May 16, 1898. * * * * * * * II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 115 of the Regula- tions is amended to read as follows: 115. When a soldier deserts, a board of survey will be called by the regi- mental commander to ascertain whether he has lost or abstracted any arti- cles of Government property, and, if so, to determine the money value of the same. The value of the articles thus found to be missing will be charged against the deserter on the next muster and pay roll of his company, which will be accompanied by a copy of the board's report. A copy of so much of the proceedings as relates to the property charged on any roll will accom- pany the return to which the property pertains. The board will also fully investigate the circumstances attending desertion, especially the causes which induced it, and make a separate report in each case of its investiga- tion and conclusions thereon, which will be transmitted to corps or depart- ment headquarters through intermediate channels. APPENDIX. 253 GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 49. ) Washington, May 19, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 926 and 929 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 926. The commanding officer of a post where a general court-martial is convened will, at the request of any prisoner who is to be arraigned, detail as counsel for his defense a suitable officer, one not directly responsible for the discipline of an organization serving thereat, nor acting as a summary court. If there be no such officer available the fact will be reported to the appointing authority for action. An officer so detailed should perform such duties as usually devolve upon counsel for defendant before civil courts in criminal cases. As such counsel he should guard the interests of the pris- oner by all honorable and legitimate means known to the law, so far as they are not inconsistent with military relations. 929. Whenever a soldier is convicted of an offense for which a discretion- ary punishment is authorized, the court will receive evidence of previous convictions, if there be any; such evidence being limited, except in the case of desertion, to previous convictions by courts-martial of any offense or offenses within one year preceding the arraignment and during the current enlistment. General, regimental, and garrison courts-martial will, after a finding of guilty, be opened for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is such evidence, and, if so, of receiving it. Previous convictions by courts- martial must be proved by the records of previous trials and convictions, or by duly authenticated copies of such records, or by duly authenticated copies of the orders promulgating such trials. The usual evidence of pre- vious convictions by summary court is the copy of a summary court record furnished to company and other commanders, as required by paragraph 932, Army Regulations, or one furnished for the purpose, and certified to be a true copy by the post commander or adjutant. When the proof produced is the copy furnished to the company or other commander, it will be returned to him. and a copy of it attached to the record of the general, regimental, or garrison court trying the case. Charges forwarded to the authority com- petent to order a general court-martial, or submitted ,to a summary, gar- rison, or regimental court-martial, must be accompanied by the proper evidence of previous convictions. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 56 - ) Washington, May 27, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Enlisted men belonging to different regiments or distinct organizations will not be mustered on the same roll. Separate rolls must be prepared, one roll for the members of each regiment or organization. The provisions of army regulation 785 will be strictly adhered to in this particular. These instructions will also govern in the preparation of pay rolls. This order will not apply, however, to patients in the United States general hospitals. The surgeon in charge of each will be governed by special instructions communicated direct. 254 APPENDIX, II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 866 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: STATED INSPECTIONS. 866. The annual inspection of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Colum- bia will be made by the Inspector-General of the Army, in person, as required by law; and that of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, its records, disbursements, management, discipline, and condition, will be made by an officer of his department under the provisions of the act of Congress approved August 18, 1894, who will report in writing, through the Inspector General of the Army, to the Secretary of War, the results of such inspection. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 65 - ) Washington, June 7, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1301 of the Regula- tions is amended to read as follows: PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS. 1301. The following officers, in addition to those whose pay is fixed by law, are entitled to pay as mounted officers: Officers of the staff corps below the rank of major, officers serving with troops of cavalry, officers of a light battery duly organized and equipped, authorized aids duly appointed, officers serving with companies of mounted infantry, and officers on duty, which, in the opinion of the department commander, requires them to be mounted, and so certified by the latter on their pay vouchers. Acting judge-advocates of military departments, duly detailed, are enti- tled, while so serving, to the rank, pay, and allowances of captains of cavalry. Battalion adjutants are entitled to mounted pay upon the cer- tificate of their regimental commanders that they are on duty which requires them to be mounted. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 70. ) Washington, June 16, 1898. * * * * * * * II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following paragraph is added to the Regulations, viz: 1349a. So far as relates to disbursements at the Philippine Islands and other points, including Alaska, beyond the boundary of the United States proper and for the convenience of the paymaster in obtaining ready money, as well as for the accommodation of both officers and men at such distant places, a check may be drawn for a portion of the pay due the soldier (or officer), in which case it will be drawn in favor of the soldier (or officer), and the object or purpose will be stated as " part pay for month of ; " if for any sum which the soldier (or officer) may desire in exchange for money after he has been paid, the check will be drawn by the paymaster in favor of himself and indorsed by him payable to the order of the soldier (or officer), and the object or purpose will be stated as " to obtain cash to make payments at a distance from a depository." APPENDIX. 255 GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 71. ) Washington, June 17, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following instructions are pub- lished for the information and guidance of recruiting officers of the Army, both regulars and volunteers: In the absence of a commissioned medical officer or contract surgeon, recruiting officers are authorized to employ a civilian physician to make the examination of recruits preceding enlistment required by Army Regu- lations, at a compensation of 40 cents for each man thus examined. Such of the provisions of paragraphs 842 and 1458 of the Army Regula- tions, and of Circular Letters, Adjutant-General's Office, May 25, 1896, and June 3, 1898, as are inconsistent with the foregoing are suspended during the war. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 77. ) Washington, June 23, 1898. I. The following order of the Secretary of War is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: The commander of a volunteer regiment will appoint the adjutant and the quartermaster thereof, and will report such appointments at once, when made, to the Adjutant-General of the Army. Such appointments will not be antedated, and the officers appointed will be entitled to the pay pertaining thereto from the date they assume their duties under such appointment, respectively. Paragraph 233 of the Regulations is modified accordingly in respect to volunteer regiments mustered into the service of the United States. ******* III. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following paragraph is added to the Army Regulations: 225a. No ensign, pennon, streamer, or other banner of any kind, other than the flags, colors, standards, pennants, and guidons prescribed by the Army Regulations, will be used by the Army, or by any regiment or other organization thereof. GENERAL ORDERS, \ HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 78. Washington, June 24, 1898. I. The following instructions of the Secretary of War are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Commanders of military departments in which United States volunteer troops are serving, in rendering the monthly returns of their departments under the requirements of paragraph 789 of the Regulations, will make separate returns each month of the volunteer troops and those of the United States Army, respectively, serving in their commands. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 46 of the Regula- tions (General Orders, No. 46, Adjutant-General's Office, July 14, 1897) is amended to read as follows: 46. A division commander may grant leaves for ten days, a corps or department commander for one month, and the Commanding General of the Army for four months; or they may extend to such periods those 256 APPENDIX. granted by subordinate commanders. Applications for leaves of more than four months' duration, or from officers of the staff corps and departments for more than one month, or from department commanders desiring leaves of absence to pass beyond the territorial limits of their commands, will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for the action of the Sec- retary of War. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 79 - ) Washington, June 25, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 879 of the Regula- tions is amended to read as follows: 879. Officers will prepare and sign in triplicate, on blank forms furnished by the Inspector-General of the Army, inventories of public property requiring inspection, and present them, with the property, to the Inspector- General or Acting Inspector-General at the time of his annual visit. In the case of property in the field, of rapidly deteriorating subsistence stores, or of unserviceable public animals, such inventories will be prepared when necessary, and unless the time of the visit of an inspector be near at hand one copy will be forwarded to the commander of the department or army corps or division in the field. Public animals will be inventoried singly, with a brief description of color, sex, age, and distinguishing marks. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 82 - ) Washington, June 27, 1898. # * # * * * * IV. The following decision is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: COLORS AND STANDARDS. It being found impracticable to embroider the colors and standards for the several volunteer organizations, as required by paragraphs 215, 216, 217, and 218, Army Regulations, so as to be available at an early period, the colors and standards shall be inscribed either in gold or painted in imitation of embroidery. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 91. ) Washington, July 8, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 878, 882, and 888 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 878. Inspections having in view the condemnation of property will be made by Inspectors-General, Acting Inspectors-General, or officers specially designated by the commander of a department, the commander of an army corps, or army in the field, or higher authority. Officers designated for the foregoing purpose shall not be in any way connected with the staff depart- ment or corps, the post, or particular organization to which the property to be inspected pertains, except in case of unserviceable public animals or of small quantities of rapidly deteriorating subsistence stores, unfit for sale or issue to troops but not worthless, if delay would entail loss to the Government. OF THK NIVERSITT APPENDIX. 257 882. Inspectors will examine all property properly presented for condem- nation. When all property presented has been destroyed in the presence of the inspector, one inventory will be forwarded by the inspecting officer through department or army-corps headquarters to the Inspector-General of the Army, and the others will be delivered to the accountable officer. In cases in which the inspector recommends the sale of any property or its transfer to depots, he will forward all .the inventories to department or army-corps headquarters, and if the inspector's action is approved by the department or army-corps commander, except as provided in paragraphs 1525 and 1526, two will be returned to the accountable officer and the other forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army to be transmitted to the Inspector- General of the Army, and in similar cases, when the accountable officer is not serving under the department or army-corps commander and all the property has been destroyed in the presence of the inspector, one copy of the inventory will be forwarded to the Inspector-General of the Army and two to the accountable officer, or, if sale or transfer of the property is recommended, the inspecting officer will forward all the inventories to the Inspector-General of the Army, who will forward them to the Secretary of War, through the chief of bureau concerned; one copy will be returned to the Inspector-General and two to the accountable officer. 888. Department commanders, the commander of an army corps, or army in the field, or the Commanding General of the Army, may give orders, on the reports of authorized inspectors, to sell, destroy, or make such other disposition of condemned property, as the case may require, except the sale of ordnance and ordnance stores and the destruction of saddles issued by the Ordnance Department, for which the orders of the Secretary of War must be given. If the property be of considerable value, and there be good reason t suppose that it can be more advantageously applied or disposed of elsewhere than within the command, the matter will be referred to the War Department through the Adjutant-General of the Army. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 94 ) Washington, July 12, 1898. I. The following act of Congress is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: AN ACT directing the enlistment of cooks in the regular and volunteer armies of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be enlisted in each company, battery, and troop in the regular and vol- unteer armies of the United States, as a part of the authorized enlisted strength thereof, under rules to be prescribed by him, a competent person as cook, who shall take rank as and be allowed the pay of a corporal of the arm of the service to which he belongs, and whose duties in connection with the preparation and serving of the food of the enlisted men of the company, battery, or troop, and with the supervision and instruction of enlisted men hereby authorized to be detailed to assist him, shall be prescribed in the regulations for the government of the Army. Approved, July 7, 1898. II. The following instructions are published to govern the enlistment of army cooks, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 7, 1898: 1 . A candidate for enlistment as cook will be first subjected to the required medical examination, and when found qualified for enlistment, both as 13691 17 258 APPENDIX. regards his physical condition and his general character, the recruiting offi- cer will examine him thoroughly as to his knowledge of methods and his skill in caring for, preparing, and serving food, particularly as to the amount of experience he has had in cooking for large bodies of men. The candi- date will then be required to give a practical exhibition of his ability to cook, and for this purpose articles of the ration in suitable amounts will be issued to the recruiting officer by the nearest commissary upon requisitions signed by the recruiting officer. No candidate will be enlisted as a cook unless the recruiting officer be fully satisfied that he is competent to per- form the duties required of him; and in the case of every person thus enlisted his enlistment paper will be plainly indorsed, " Enlisted as a cook." Men thus enlisted will be accounted for as cooks in the tables on the second and third folds of the trimonthly reports of the recruiting service. 2. The commanding officer of a regiment or other organization, in either the Regular or the Volunteer Army, is authorized to cause the enlistment of one competent cook for each company, troop, or battery of his command. Such enlistments will be made, whenever practicable, by the recruiting (or mustering) officer authorized by existing orders and instructions to recruit for the command. Men thus enlisted will be included in the authorized maximum enlisted strength of their companies, troops, or batteries. 3. General-service recruiting officers of the Regular Army, in addition to making enlistments of cooks for their own regiments upon the request of the commanding officers thereof, will, whenever practicable, enlist as cooks for general assignment men possessing the requisite qualifications and report them to the Adjutant-General of the Army for assignment to companies, troops, or batteries needing their services. 4. Mustering officers who are authorized to make enlistments in the field for volunteer organizations already mustered into the service of the United States (Section II, Circular Letter, Adjutant-General's Office, June 3, 1898) may make enlistments of competent cooks to fill actual vacancies in such organizations, with the approval of the department, corps, division, or district commander; and they will be guided in making such enlistments by the instructions prescribed in this order to govern recruiting officers. 5. The commanding general of a department or corps may, when found necessary, authorize officers detailed from his command to recruit for one volunteer organization serving therein, to make enlistments of cooks to fill actual vacancies in other volunteer organizations of his command. Depart- ment and corps commanders may, at the request of commanding officers concerned, transfer cooks from one organization to another within their respective commands for the purpose of preventing a surplus in one organization and of filling vacancies in another. 6. An enlisted man already in service and desiring to serve as a cook may be appointed and rated as such upon his own application if, in the opinion of his immediate commanding officer, as the result of a practical test, he is sufficiently proficient. Such appointments will be made in the same man- ner as those of company noncommissioned officers. 7. Only one cook is authorized by law for each company, troop, or bat- tery, and every care must be exercised by commanding officers, through communication with their recruiting officers and with department or corps headquarters, to prevent exceeding this allowance. Should there be an excess of cooks, from any cause, in an organization, the fact will be at once reported to the department or corps commander, with a view to the transfer of the surplus cooks to other organizations in which there may be vacanieg therefor. 8. Cooks will be duly accounted for as such on all muster rolls and returns. The number required by an organization beyond the power of its. APPENDIX. 259 own officers to supply will be reported to the proper department or corps commander, who will report such vacancies as can not be filled under his orders to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 9. The commanding officer of each company, troop, or battery will super- vise the cooking and messing of his men; w^ill see that at least two copies of the Manual for Army Cooks are provided for his command, and that suitable men in sufficient numbers are regularly detailed as assistants to the cook and are fully instructed by the latter in managing, cooking, and serving the ration in the field; also that necessary utensils in serviceable condition are always on hand, together with the field mess furniture for each man. 10. Each cook will be required to attend such drills and exercises as will qualify him for the performance of the duty of a soldier under arms when necessity requires. [See paragraphs 280, 283, and 302.] GENERAL ORDER ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - " ) Washington, July 15, 1898. When the land forces of the United States are organized into army corps, divisions, and brigades, the same will be designated by the following sym- bols, flags, and pennants, and badges, made according to description and designs in the office of the Quartermaster-General: SYMBOLS. Cavalry Corps, a winged horsefoot. Artillery Corps, crossed conical projectiles, with round shot above center. First Corps, a circle over the letter " I," of special design. Second Corps, a four-leaf clover. Third Corps, a three-tooth clutch. Fourth Corps, a caltrop. Fifth Corps, a five-bastion fort. Sixth Corps, a six-spoke hub. Seventh Corps, a seven-pointed star. Eighth Corps, two circles overlapping each other, one-third radius, resem- bling the figure "8." Ninth Corps, a buzz saw with nine teeth. Tenth Corps, two triangles, point to point, resembling the letter "X." Eleventh Corps, badge of Tenth Corps, with horizontal bar through center, representing "XI." Twelfth Corps, a square, with clover leaf at each corner, thereby showing twelve small circles. Thirteenth Corps, a palm leaf with thirteen spikes. Fourteenth Corps, a square, with half circles on each side. Fifteenth Corps, a bugle. Sixteenth Corps, a spearhead. Seventeenth Corps, a battle-ax. Eighteenth Corps, an arch. The divisions of the corps will be represented by the color of the symbol as follows: First Division, red. Second Division, white. Third Division, blue. 260 APPENDIX. FLAGS AND PENNANTS. Corps headquarters will be designated by a swallowtail flag of yellow, 6 feet on the staff and 9 feet fly, with a swallowtail 2 feet deep, bearing in the center the corps symbol, 4 feet high, or occupying a space 4 feet square; the symbol to be in red, bordered in white 3 inches and edged in blue 1| inches. Division headquarters will be designated by a flag 4 feet on the staff and 6 feet fly, with the corps symbol in the center, 2 feet high, or occupying a space 2 feet square, as follows: First Division: A white flag; corps symbol in red. Second Division: A blue flag; corps symbol in white. Third Division: A red flag; corps symbol in blue. Brigade headquarters will be designated by triangular pennant 4 feet on the staff and 4 feet fly, divided vertically into three parts, with the stripe next the staff of a color to represent the number of the brigade in the division, as follows: First Brigade., red. Second Brigade, white. Third Brigade, blue. The stripe next to the staff, 12 inches wide; stripe in center, 18 inches wide, bearing in the center corps symbol 1 foot high, or occupying a space 1 foot square in the color designating the division to which the brigade belongs, and a triangle at the point 18 inches measured on the fly. Colors of the pennants to be as follows, reading from the staff to the point: First Division. First Brigade: Red, white, and blue; corps symbol in red. Second Brigade: White, blue, and red; corps symbol in red. Third Brigade: Blue, white, and red; corps symbol in red. Second Division. First Brigade: Bed, blue, and white; corps symbol in white. Second Brigade: White, blue, and red; corps symbol in white. Third Brigade: Blue, red, and white; corps symbol in white. Third Division. First Brigade: Red, white, and blue; corps symbol in blue. Second Brigade: White, red, and blue; corps symbol in blue. Third Brigade: Blue, white, and red; corps symbol in blue. The corps engineers will be designated by a swallowtail flag 5 feet on the staff and 5 feet fly, with swallowtail 1 foot deep; flag to be divided into two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of blue, bearing the castle, symbolical of the engineers, in white, occupying a space 2 by 3 feet; the upper stripe to be white, bearing the corps symbol in red, bordered in white 2 inches and edged in blue \\ inches, 2 feet high, or occupying a space 2 feet square. The divisional engineers will be designated by a swallowtail flag 4 feet on the staff and 4 feet fly, with swallowtail 9 inches deep; the flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be blue, the upper stripe white (with exception of that for the Second Division, which will be red), bearing the corps symbol, 18 inches high, or occupying a space 18 inches square, in the color of the division to which the command belongs. The corps cavalry will be designated by a swallowtail flag 5 feet on the APPENDIX. 261 staff and 5 feet fly, with swallowtail 1 foot deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of yellow, bearing cross sabers in blue, occupying a space 2 by 3 feet; the upper stripe to be of white, bearing the corps symbol in red, bordered in white 2 inches and edged in blue 1 inch, 2 feet high, or occupying a space 2 feet square. The divisional cavalry will be designated by a swallowtail flag 4 feet on the staff and 4 feet fly, with swallowtail 9 inches deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe yellow and the upper white (with the exception of that for the Second Division, which will be blue), bearing the corps symbol, 18 inches high, or occupying a space 18 inches square, in the color designating the division to which the command belongs. The corps artillery will be designated by a swallowtail flag 5 feet on the staff and 5 feet fly, with swallowtail 1 foot deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of red, bearing crossed callon in yellow, occupying a space 2 by 3 feet; the upper stripe to be white, bearing the corps symbol in red, bordered in white 2 inches and edged in blue 1 inch, 2 feet high, or occupying a space 2 feet square. The divisional artillery will be designated by a swallowtail flag 4 feet on the staff and 4 feet fly, with a swallowtail 9 inches deep; flag to be divided in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the lower stripe to be of red and the upper white (with the exception of that of the Second Division, which will be blue) , bearing the corps symbol, 18 inches high, or occupying a space 18 inches square in the color designating the division to which the command belongs. BADGES. The corps symbol, to be habitually worn in the form of a small badge on the front of the hat or in the center of the crown of the forage cap by enlisted men, and upon the left breast by officers, will be of felt of the color desig- nating the division to which the wearer belongs; the badge to be 1 inches high, or occupying a space l inches square. Officers and enlisted men belonging to a corps and not attached to a division will wear the corps sym- bol of the size above described in red, bordered in white one-sixteenth of an inch and edged in blue one thirty-second of an inch. If preferred, officers and enlisted men are authorized to wear the proper badge made of gold or yellow metal enameled in the proper colors. The members of the provost guard when on duty may wear on the left breast, as a badge of authority, the corps symbol, 3 inches high, or occupy- ing a space 3 inches square, made of tin or white metal. [See Article XXX, paragraphs 212 to 225a.] 262 APPENDIX. Artillery Corps. Cavalry Corps. 1 st Corps. 2 nd Corps. 3 rd Corps. 4 th Corps. 5 th Corps. 6 th Corps. 7 th Corps. 8 th Corps. 9 th Corps. 10 th Corps. 11 th Corps. 12 th Corps. 13 th Corps. A 14 th Corps. 15 th Corps. 17 th Corps. 18 th Corps APPENDIX. 263 Represents Blue. Red. Yellow. I'* Brigade. 2 nd rigadf. Corps Headquarters $ 1 s ? Brigade. 1'' Brigade. 2 nd Briyade. 3 rd Brigade. 264 APPENDIX. Red. 1 st Divisional Artillery. 2 nd Divisional Artillery. 3^ Divisional Artillery. ^Divisional Cavalry. ^Divisional Cavalry. 3^* Divisional Cavalry . /** 'Divisional Engineers. Jf^flirisiondl Engineers. 3 rd Divisional Engineers. APPENDIX. 265 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 100. ) Washington, July 16, 1898. The following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Information having reached the War Department that notwithstanding the medical examination prior to muster-in, men have been enlisted in the Volunteer Army who should have been rejected at that examination as unfit for military service, the attention of chief surgeons is directed to this sub- ject as one of great importance. Systematic inquiry, with a view to elim- inating such men, should be made in the various regiments and other com- mands by the medical officers on duty with them. A board of medical officers should be appointed in each division to carefully examine and make recommendations in each of the cases submitted by individual or regimental medical officers. In every case where discharge from service is recom- mended, it should be seen that the certificates of disability embody a state- ment to the effect that the cause of the disqualification for the military service existed prior to the enlistment of the man, if such is found to be the fact. Department and corps commanders are authorized to order discharges on certificates of disability, such orders to be carried out by the regimental, independent battalion, battery, or detachment commanders, as the case may be. Such provisions of paragraph 140 of the Regulations as are incon- sistent with the foregoing are suspended during the war. In the examination of certificates of disability for discharge, it is enjoined upon the chief surgeon, and others accountable, to observe that there is no conflict between the reports of company commanders, medical and other officers thereon, as to whether disability was incurred in line of duty, or not in line of duty. If any discrepancies exist in this particular, every possible means will be employed to harmonize the reports before finally forwarding the papers to the Adjutant-General of the Army. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 106 - ) Washington, July 23, 1898. ******* III. Paragraphs 1252 and 1284 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 1252. Enlisted men, hospital matrons, and female nurses are each entitled to one ration per day. When the rate of pay of a civilian employed with the Army does not exceed $60 per month, and the circumstances of his service make it necessary, and the terms of his engagement provide for it, there may be issued to him one ration in kind per day, on ration returns signed and cer- tified as necessary by the officer in charge, and ordered by the commanding officer. 1284. Civilians at rates of pay of $60 or more per month, employed with the Army at remote places or in the field where food can not otherwise be procured, may be allowed to purchase from the Subsistence Department, in limited quantities for their own use, for cash at cost price, such articles of the ration or of stores kept for sales to officers and enlisted men as can be spared from the supplies on hand. 266 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, AnJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 109 - ) Washington, July 30, 1898. To provide for the inspections required by paragraphs 868, 870, and 871 of the Army Regulations, the Inspector-General of the Army will keep the inspectors-general of the military geographical departments informed, through the department commanders, of the inspections under these para- graphs and such other inspections which the Secretary of War desires shall be made by them; and that each of these inspectors will, at the proper time, submit for the consideration of his immediate commander a plan for mak- ing the inspections so desired in the most advantageous and economical manner in connection with the other inspections they may be required to make. If the plan be approved, the department commander will then give such orders as may be required for the necessary travel. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 110. ) Washington, August 1, 1898. ******* 9. Compliance with the requirements of printed notes 6 and 8 on the abstract of issues (Form No. 40, Subsistence Department) and with the following requirements of Army Regulations is hereby suspended during the period of the existing war: (a) The requirement of that part of army regulation 1262 directing the indorsement upon travel orders of enlisted men the time to which they were last rationed, and directing the turning over of the orders so indorsed to the commissary from whom rations are next drawn for file with his abstract of issues or receipt roll of commutation paid. (6) The requirement of that part of army regulation 1262 directing that a ration certificate of troops detached (Form No. 41) shall be furnished to detachments of enlisted men and civil employees leaving a post or com- mand, and the filing of such certificate with his abstract of issues by the commissary from whom rations are next drawn. (c) The requirement of that part of army regulation 1275 directing that the retained copy of the travel orders of enlisted men paid commutation in advance shall be indorsed and delivered to the commissary from whom rations are next drawn for file with his abstract of issues. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 119 - ) Washington, August 11, 1898. Paragraph 1301 of the Regulations as amended by General Orders, No. 65, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, June 7, 1898, is fur- ther amended to read as follows: PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS. 1301. The following officers, in addition to those whose pay is fixed by law, are entitled to pay as mounted officers; Officers of the staff corps below the rank of major, officers serving with troops of cavalry, officers of a light battery duly organized and equipped , authorized aids duly appointed, officers serving as military attaches to the embassies and legations of the United APPENDIX. 267 States at foreign capitals, officers serving with companies of mounted infan- try, and officers on duty which in the opinion of the Secretary of War or the department or corps commander requires them to be mounted, and so certified by him on their pay vouchers. Acting judge advocates of military departments, duly detailed, are enti- tled, while so serving, to the rank, pay, and allowances of captains of cav- alry. Battalion adjutants are entitled to mounted pay upon the certificate of their regimental commanders that they are on duty which requires them to be mounted. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 121. ) Washington, August 18, 1898. ******* II. Paragraphs 507 and 1309 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 507. Vouchers covering bills for advertising in newspapers must, prior to payment, be submitted to the Secretary of War. They will be prepared by the publisher, in duplicate, upon prescribed forms, and each will have attached a copy of the advertisement cut from the newspaper. No voucher will contain the account of more than one newspaper, nor for more than one advertisement. The date of first and subsequent insertions; number of lines, squares, or folios; number of insertions charged and ordered; and the amount charged will be entered in the proper columns. The column headed ' ' Amount allowed " will be left blank. The receipt should be signed in duplicate by the publisher or proprietor, or other person authorized to receipt for money in the name of the paper. Indorsed on the voucher will appear a copy of the authority of the War Department for the publication, stating its number. The accounts thus prepared will be forwarded by the certifying officer direct to the Chief Clerk of the War Department, with an indorsement describing the inclosures, preferably on letter of authority, or, if the letter of authority is not in the hands of the officer, then by a let- ter of transmittal. 1309. An officer placed upon the retired list will receive active pay to include the date of receipt by him of notice of his retirement, and the pay of a retired officer thereafter. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 126. ) Washington, August 25, 1898. I. Commanders of independent brigades and other small independent commands are authorized to grant leaves of absence and furloughs to not more than five per cent of their force, under the provisions of paragraphs 44 and 106 of the Regulations. GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 135> ) Washington, September 3, 1898. II. The following rules will govern the award of medals of honor under the resolution of Congress approved July 12, 1862, and under the act approved March 3, 1863, for such officers and enlisted men of the Army, regular and volunteer, as may "have most distinguished themselves in action." 268 APPENDIX. (a) Medals of honor will not be awarded to officers or enlisted men except for distinguished bravery or conspicuous gallantry, which shall have been manifested in action by conduct that distinguishes a soldier above his comrades, and that involves risk of life, or the performance of more than ordinary hazardous duty. Recommendations for the award will be gov- erned by this interpretation of extraordinary merit. (b) Recommendations should be made only by the officer in command at the time of the " action," or by an officer having personal cognizance of the specific act for which the medal is granted. The recommendation must be accompanied by a detailed recital of the circumstances, and by certifi- cates of officers, or affidavits of enlisted men, who were eyewitnesses of the act. The testimony must, when practicable, embrace that of at least two eyewitnesses, and must describe specifically the act or acts by which the person in whose behalf the recommendation is made "most distin- guished" himself, and the facts in the case must be further attested by the official reports of the action, record of events, muster rolls and returns, and descriptive lists. [NOTE. See paragraph 177.] GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 139 - ) Washington, September 7, 1898. * * * * * * * III. In addition to the instructions contained in paragraphs 596 and 597 of the Regulations, and Circular No. 18, September 2, 1897, from this office, relative to the issue of checks, it is required that hereafter each check drawn by a disbursing officer shall have placed on it the address of the officer drawing it. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 141. ) Washington, September 12, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 162 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 162. The remains of deceased soldiers will be inclosed in coffins and trans- ported by the Quartermaster's Department to the nearest military post or national cemetery, or, if so desired by their relatives, to their homes for burial, unless the commanding officer deem burial at place of death to be proper, when a full report of the facts and reasons will be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army. The expense of transporting the remains is payable from the appropriation for Army transportation, or from funds specially appropriated for that purpose. The cost of expense of burial other than the cost of transportation will be limited to $35 for each enlisted GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 148. ) Washington, September 19, 1898. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, the following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: I. In view of the fact that under General Orders, No. 114, August 9, 1898, from this office, granting $1.50 a day to sick soldiers while traveling to their homes on furlough, the commissary paying this commutation was required APPENDIX. 269 to note on the furlough "the days for which commutation of rations while traveling is paid " by him, and by the concluding part of paragraph I of the same order the $1.50 per day thus paid was not to be repaid to the United States by the soldier, it is ordered that when any of the days at $1.50 per day are shown by the notation on the furlough to have been days covered by the period of the furlough, the officer paying furlough commutation under clause 1 of paragraph 1272 of the Regulations will refuse to allow 25 cents per day for those same days when computing the amount due the soldier on reporting at the expiration of the furlough. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 151. ) Washington, September 22, 1898. * * * * * * -se- ll. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraphs 85 and 886 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 85. The remains of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field or at military posts, or when traveling under orders, will be inclosed in coffins, and, unless claimed by relatives or friends, will be trans- ported by the Quartermaster's Department to the nearest military post or national cemetery, or, if so desired by their relatives, to their homes for burial. The expense of transporting the remains is payable from the appro- priation for Army transportation, or from funds specially appropriated for that purpose; other expenses of burial are limited to $75. If buried at the place of death, the fact will be reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 886. Inspectors will, when practicable, cause the destruction in their pres- ence of all property found to be worthless and which is without money value at or near the place of inspection, and will state in their 'reports that " the articles recommended to be destroyed have no money value at or near the post." The action of an inspector on property of this character will be final, and his report will be a valid voucher for the responsible officer. Inspectors will be held responsible for their action in this particular. When property thus condemned is not destroyed in the presence of the inspector the responsible officer will certify to the fact of subsequent destruction in his presence. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 156. ) Washington, September 28, 1898. ******* III. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraph 891 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 891. The judge-advocate of each department, or the officer acting as such, will, as soon as practicable after June 30 of each year, render to the Judge- Advocate-General a report for the year terminating on that date, giving the number and character of cases tried by courts-martial in the department during the period. This report will separately classify the trials of officers and enlisted men, and show whether by general, garrison, or summary courts, the number of acquittals in each class, and the number of different men tried by inferior courts, and contain his recommendations and remarks touching the administration of military justice. 270 APPENDIX. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY; ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 164 - ) Washington, October 11, 1898. * * * * * # * VI. By direction of the Secretary of War, in view of Circular, No. 31, August 12, 1898, from this office, and paragraph 141 of the Regulations, it is ordered that at each military post or camp a competent officer will be charged with the duty of seeing that all final statements are in proper form, as required by orders and regulations, before they pass to the soldier, and that proper notifications have been sent to the paymasters. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 169 - ) Washington, October 17, 1898. ******* III. By direction of the Secretary of War, civilian clerks employed by mustering officers, under the orders of the War Department, will be directed by them to make such journeys in the performance of their duties as may be necessary, and while on such journeys will be entitled to transportation and allowances provided for by paragraphs 729 and 730, Army Regulations. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 173 - J Washington, October 26, 1898. -X- * * * * * * IV. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 637 of the Regula- tions is amended to read as follows: 637. The giving or taking of receipts in blank for public money is pro- hibited, except the receipts to vouchers for publishing advertisements, which will be receipted prior to audit. 1 GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 2, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, so much of paragraph 994 of the Regulations as allows contract surgeons commutation of quarters is revoked. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - I? 9 - ) Washington, November 17, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraphs 533, 633, 709 (amended by General Orders, No. 10, of 1897), 716, and 878 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 533. Guaranties, signed by two responsible parties, or by a qualified surety company, will be required to accompany proposals whenever, in the opinion APPENDIX. 271 of the officer authorized to make the contract, they are necessary to protect the public interests, and when so required, no proposal unaccompanied by a guaranty, made in manner and form as directed in the advertisement or specifications, will be considered. 633. Every voucher in support of a payment for supplies, or for services other than by the day or month, whether it be made pursuant to a formally prepared contract, an accepted bid, or a purchase without advertising (unless it comes within the excepted cases provided for in the following paragraph) , must have attached to it an original bill furnished by the creditor, dated and signed by him or his authorized representative, giving his place of business or residence, and stating (if for supplies furnished) the date of the purchase, the quantity and price of each article, and the amount or (if for services other than by the day or month) the character of the services, the date or dates on which rendered, and the amount. A voucher so accompanied will be made out in favor of the creditor, giving his address, and may state the account in general terms, with the aggregate amount only extended, and the words "as per bill hereto attached," or words of like import, added. Where a purchase under an accepted bid after public notice is made in the Quartermaster's or Subsistence Department, the voucher, besides being subject to the foregoing requirements, will be accompanied by a copy of the public notice, the accepted bid, and a copy of the letter accepting the bid, and must contain a certificate that the award was made to the lowest responsible bidder for the best and most suitable articles, and that the needs of the service required the purchase to be made in the manner indicated by the public notice. Where papers relating to two or more vouchers are required to accompany accounts, they must be filed with the first voucher paid, and reference thereto made on the other vouchers. A voucher for services by the day or month must state the nature of the service, the inclusive dates of service, the time for which payment is made, the rate of pay, and the amount. All original bills when practicable will be rendered in the English language, but if rendered in a foreign language a translation of the same must accompany the bill attached to the voucher. 709. A board of survey will be called by the commanding officer of the regiment, post, or station. Such boards may, however, be convened by the commanding officer of a department, an army corps, division, or bri- gade. It will be composed of three officers, exclusive of the commanding officer and those who are interested, if that number be present for duty; otherwise, of as many as are so present, exclusive of the commanding and interested officers; or if none but the commanding officer and interested officers be present for duty, then of the commanding officer. When only the responsible or interested officer is present, he will not constitute him- self a board of survey, but will furnish the next higher commander author- ized to convene such boards his certificate of facts and circumstances, sup- ported by affidavits of enlisted men or others who are cognizant thereof. Should the case thus presented not be considered satisfactory, or in a case in which only interested officers with opposing interests are present for duty at the post or station, the next higher commander authorized to con- vene boards of survey may make the necessary investigation. In cases where the property in question has been previously acted upon by a board of survey, the order convening the board will so state and require that the proceedings of any previous board or boards be considered. 716. Should the proceedings be disapproved by the convening authority, or should the value of the property submitted for survey or the loss or 272 APPENDIX. damage to be inquired into exceed $500, or, whatever the amount involved, should the officer pecuniarily interested request it, the proceedings in trip- licate will be forwarded to the next higher commander authorized by para- graph 709 to convene boards of survey for review, and with his action are complete. One copy will then be filed at his headquarters and the others sent to the accountable officer. But all proceedings of boards of survey, whatever their nature or the amounts involved, are subject on call to the approval or disapproval of the next higher commander authorized to con- vene such boards, or such other action on his part as the merits of the case or the interests of the Government may in his opinion require. 878. Inspections having in view the condemnation of property will be made by inspectors-general, acting inspectors-general, or officers specially designated by the commander of a department, the commander of an army in the field, or higher authority. GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. I 82 - ) Washington, December 1, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 68 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 68. Orders contemplating the payment of mileage must state the special duty enjoined and that the travel directed is necessary for the public service. They will not direct travel beyond the limits of the command of the officer who issues them, except that commanders of departments or corps outside the present limits of the United States may order officers of their commands to return to the United States in cases of emergency, in which the travel directed is manifestly for the public interest or is neces- sary to save life. When a general is ordered on duty beyond the limits of his command, he may order an officer of his staff to accompany him; jf ordered to change station, he may order the necessary change of station of his personal staff. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 183. ) Washington, December 8, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1363 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1363. Payments to enlisted men will be made on muster and pay rolls, with the followin gexceptions: Enlisted men retired, and men of the post noncommissioned staff, or acting as such, and sergeants, corporals, and pri- vates of the Signal Corps on duty where there are no other troops. These will be paid on their descriptive lists by the chief paymaster of the depart- ment, or a paymaster designated by him; if not under the orders of the department commander, they will be paid by a paymaster designated by the Paymaster-General. Payments to discharged soldiers will be made by any paymaster under the provisions of paragraphs 1382 to 1388. APPENDIX. 273 CIRCULAR ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE No. 1. ) Washington, January 2, 1896. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: sf- * * * * * * 2. CHARGES ENTERED AGAINST ENLISTED MEN ON THE MUSTER AND PAY ROLLS, UNDER THE HEAD OF SUBSISTENCE. The basis of all charges entered againsj; enlisted men under the head of subsistence on muster and pay rolls will be shown by concise notations in the column of remarks. If the amount stopped is on account of sales on credit under Army Regula- tions 1285 and 1289, the notation will be "credit sales Subsistence Depart- ment," if on account of refundment of commutation, the notation will be "refundment of commutation, Subsistence Army, 189-;" if on,account of difference in cost of rations issued, the notation will be "increased cost of rations, Subsistence Army, 189-;'' giving such year of appropriation in each case as the subsistence officer who requests the notation to be made shall indicate. If the charge consists of two or more stoppages, the amount of each must be separately shown. Commissaries who may request stoppages to be made will furnish company commanders with full statements of the facts connected with the stoppages, and will give them the proper notations to be made in the column of remarks. Paymasters in making transfers to disbursing commissaries under Army Regulations 1290, will include in the invoice (Form No. 3, Subsistence Department) not only the collections on account of credit sales, but all other collections which are to be credited to the appropriation " Subsistence of the Army " which is available for the fis- cal year current at the time the transfer is made, observing with particu- larity the directions printed in the headings of the invoice, which require that a collection other than credit sales shall be entered in the name of the individual from whom the collection was made, giving the notation which appears upon the pay rolls. They will deposit to the credit of the Treas- urer of the United States all collections which pertain to an appropriation " Subsistence of the Army" for a fiscal year which has expired. 3. COMPANY CLOTHING BOOKS. Until the present supply of company clothing books shall have been exhausted, the name of the issuing quarter- master and signature of the soldier, required by paragraphs 1178 and 1180 of the Regulations of 1895, will be entered in the column of remarks. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 3 - ; Washington, February 6, 1896. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. SERVICE EXCLUSIVE OF FURLOUGH UNDER ARMY REGULATIONS 30. Referring to paragraph 30, Army Regulations, the phrase "exclusive of technical service due to furlough or other absence from duty in his own interest" will not apply to leave of absence or furlough granted to an enlisted man during the first two years of enlistment not exceeding fifteen days in all, nor to such longer furlough as is now authorized by paragraph 107, Army Regulations, in a case which may be determined by competent authority to be extraordinary. 13691 18 274 APPENDIX. 2. MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL ATTENDANCE, AND MEDICINE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN POST EXCHANGES. Civilians employed in post exchanges are held to be entitled to the privileges of medical and hospital attendance and purchase of medicines allowed civilian employees under Army Regulations 1444, 1445, 1447, and 1450. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 3. ) Washington, March 4, 1896. The following decision is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: HONEST AND FAITHFUL SERVICE UNDER ARMY REGULATIONS 148. Army Regulations 148 will be considered as qualifying Army Regulations 1369 to the extent that if, after due notice to a soldier of the character intended to be given him on his discharge, and that the words " service not honest and faithful " would be noted on his final statements, the soldier declines to apply for redress in the manner provided for in Army Regulations 148, his status is the same as though a board of officers had been convened and found the service not honest and faithful. The remark ' ' service not honest and faithful " will not be noted on final statements under Army Regulations 148, unless it can be shown that the soldier has expressly waived his right to apply for redress, or that the remark is the approved finding of a board of officers convened as provided in that paragraph, except in cases involving desertion during the term of enlistment, where the character of the service as unfaithful, so far as relates to forfeiture of retained pay, is determined by the act of June 16, 1890. Following the remark on final statements, " service not honest and faith- ful," should appear the words " right to apply for redress expressly waived,'' or, " approved finding of a board of officers," as the case may be. In the absence of the conditions above set forth, the soldier is entitled to the remark on his final statements, " service honest and faithful." CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 5 - ) Washington, April 4, 1896. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. CLOTHING FOR GENERAL PRISONERS. Under paragraph 1193 of the Regulations, the issue, to general prisoners employed at outdoor labor in severe weather at military posts, of such overcoats, overshoes, woolen mit- tens, and flannel shirts as, in the judgment of the department commander, may be necessary to prevent suffering, is authorized. * * -x- * * * * 3. LAMPS FOR SIGNAL CORPS SERGEANTS. Sergeants of the Signal Corps, when not serving in a detachment, will be provided a lamp with a single burner by the Quartermaster's Department, the same as is provided for members of the noncommissioned staff under paragraph 1013 of the Regulations. APPENDIX. 275 CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 6. ) Washington, May 2, 1896. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. LAMPS FOR HOSPITAL STEWARDS, VETERINARY SURGEONS, AND CHIEF MUSICIANS. Hospital stewards, veterinary surgeons, and chief musicians will each be provided by the Quartermaster's Department with a lamp with a single burner, the same as is now provided for members of the noncom- missioned staff under paragraph 1013 of the Regulations. 2. GENERAL-SERVICE RECRUITING OFFICERS AT POST, ARMY REGULA- TION 854. During any temporary absence of the regular recruiting officer at a post an officer of the garrison should be designated by the post com- mander to perform the duties of the recruiting officer and to render the necessary reports and returns without delay. See paragraph 4 (a) and (c), Circular No. 3, Adjutant-General's Office, November 12, 1895. 3. EXTRA DUTY UNDER ARMY REGULATION, 164. The term " increased compensation" refers to compensation from the United States and not from private parties, or the exchange. Enlisted men, therefore, employed in the post exchange will be reported on special duty. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, September 1, 1896. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: ******* 2. PAYMENT OF CITIZEN TAILORS. The provision of paragraph 263 of the Regulations which directs company commanders to cause to be deducted from the pay of enlisted men and turned over to the proper party the amount properly due for making, repairing, and altering uniforms will be construed as applying to civilian tailors as well as to enlisted tailors. 3. PAYMENTS OF ENLISTED MEN UNDER ARMY REGULATION, 1348, AND GENERAL ORDERS, No. 31, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 1896. When companies or detachments of troops are absent from their stations for an indefinite period, and funds for their payment can not be sent by express, the rolls will be held and not sent to the paymaster until the troops reach some point to which it is practicable to send funds. When a command can be mustered and the rolls completed and duly signed by the men, they can be sent to the paymaster to be made out and held by him until notified where and when the command can be paid. In cases where the rolls have been sent to the paymaster and the troops are sent away from their station before the receipt of funds for their payment, post commanders will not hold the money at their discretion, but will return the rolls and the money to the paymaster unless payment can be made within a reasonable time, not exceeding three days. 4. ILLUMINATING SUPPLIES UNDER PARAGRAPH 1012, ARMY REGULA- TIONS. No volatile oils except those authorized and supplied by the supply departments will be used at military posts without the authority of the com- manding general of the department in which the post is located. 276 APPENDIX. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 9 - ) Washington, November 11, 1896. The following decision is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: APPOINTMENT AS LANCE CORPORAL UNDER ARMY REGULATION, 257. Only one renewal of the appointment of lance corporal for a period of three months is authorized, and on the expiration of this period there can be no further renewal, either immediately or after an interval of time. In view of this decision it will be observed that no stigma attaches to a return to the ranks at the expiration of the authorized time, and when a vacancy in the grade of corporal occurs it should be filled by the appoint- ment of that private who when serving as a lance corporal made the best record and is deemed best fitted for the promotion. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 11- ) Washington, December 26, 1896. By direction of the Secretary of War the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: The presence of a commissary-sergeant at a post does not in any manner relieve the commissary from responsibility for the care of subsistence supplies. Commanding officers of posts, according to their responsibilities and duties as fixed and prescribed by army regulation 658, and army regula- tion 1231, are to carefully supervise the duties of commissaries at their respective posts and not to permit them to devolve their duties in any degree upon the commissary-sergeants. - In cases of losses and embezzlements of subsistence stores or property, boards of survey, in their proceedings and recommendations, are to be guided by the requirements of army regulation 710. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. I- ) Washington, January 7, 1897. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. CLAIMS FOR LOSS 'OF PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1885. In the case of applications for reimbursement for loss of private property under the act of March 3, 1885, paragraph 723 of the Regulations, and General Orders, No. 35, August 11, 1896, from this office, all personal property for the loss or destruction of which payment is claimed must be enumerated and described in the proceedings of the board of survey, but the finding of the board will recommend payment for only such articles as, in the opinion of the board, were reasonable, useful, necessary, and proper for the claimant to have in the public service in the line of duty. APPENDIX. 277 CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 3. } Washington, February 2, 1897. The following decision is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: PAY ROLLS. Muster and pay rolls, Form No. 17 (1, 2, 3, and 4 sheet), Adjutant-General's Office, will be discontinued, and blank forms of pay rolls (1, 2, 3, and 4 sheet) will hereafter be furnished by the Paymaster- General of the Army. Article LXVI, Army Regulations, is amended accordingly. [NOTE. See paragraph 844.] CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 1, 1897. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. SHIPPING ALLOWANCE OF AN OFFICER'S BAGGAGE UNDER ARMY REGU- LATION 1118. In view of a practice that has heretofore obtained among officers, when changing stations, of shipping their regulation allowance of baggage in connection with other personal property which practice seems to have been sanctioned by a decision of the Second Comptroller dated July 21, 1893 attention is particularly directed to the provisions of paragraph 1118, Army Regulations, of 1895, which reads as follows: 1118. In changing station, an officer's authorized allowance of baggage will be turned over to a quartermaster for transportation as freight by ordinary freight lines unless otherwise ordered by the department commander or higher authority. No reimburse- ment will be made to an officer who, under such circumstances, sends packages by express or ships and pays for the transportation of his baggage. In a decision dated January 23, 1897, the Comptroller of the Treasury holds that no reimbursement can be made of amounts paid by officers, upon change of station, for shipment of the regulation allowance of per- sonal property which they are entitled to carry at public expense (the same having been shipped with their excess personal property, which was not to be transported by the United States) , except upon a specific waiver of army regulation 1118 by the Secretary of War in each case. Hereafter the provisions of paragraph 1118 will not be waived except in extraordinary cases, which should be submitted to the Secretary of War for approval in advance of the shipment. CIRCULAR, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 11 * ) Washington, June 3, 1897. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. TRANSPORTATION OF BOOKS UNDER ARMY REGULATION 1122. The Sec- retary of War decides that standard works of fiction are to be included among those allowed in army regulation 1122, provided the officer making requisition for the transportation certify that they belong to and are used by him. I iin QiiMiii~i du '.( 280 APPENDIX. CIRCULAR, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 14, 1898. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are pub- lished to the Army for the information of all concerned: ******* 2. SALES TO OFFICERS ON THE RETIRED LIST. The provisions of para- graph 1020 of the Regulations, respecting sales to officers, by the Quarter- master's Department, of oil, lamps, wicks, and chimneys, are construed to apply to retired officers of the Army. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 9 - ) Washington, April 30, 1898. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: MAINTENANCE OF VOLUNTEER RECRUITS. The time between enrollment and muster into United States service, referred to in General Orders, No. 26, current series, from this office, as the interval during which the United States will provide for the maintenance of volunteer recruits can not ordi- narily, under paragraph 824, Army Regulations, exceed six days. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No - 10 - ) - Washington, May 3, 1898. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: ******* 2. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS. The transfer of public funds from the credit of one United States disbursing officer to another by means of a United States disbursing officer's check (A. R. , 594) is permissible only on the books of the same office or bank. Transfers of funds pertaining to the military service from one office or bank to another office or bank should be made only by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of War. and then only to like credit not from one disbursing officer to another. A balance of appropriation to the credit of a disbursing officer which is no longer needed for disbursement by him, but which it is desired shall be placed to the credit of another officer in a distant depository, should be deposited by the first-mentioned officer to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, as a repayment to the appropriation, and a requisition should be made by the Secretary of War for the placing by the Treasury Depart- ment of an equivalent amount to the credit of the other officer in the dis- tant depository. . APPENDIX. 281 CIRCULAR, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 24. ) Washington, July 16, 1898. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: COLORS OF ENGINEERS. The national color of a regiment of engineers shall be the same as described in paragraphs 215 and 220 of the Regulations, with the following exceptions: 1. The inscriptions upon the national color in the center stripe shall be: (1st) Regiment U. S. Volunteer Engineers. 2. A similar inscription shall be placed upon the regimental color below the castle. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 37. ) Washington, September 16, 1898. The following decisions have been made and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: 1. OFFICERS TRAVELING ON DUTY. A commissioned officer traveling on duty under orders with less than three enlisted men is regarded as traveling without troops within the meaning of the law and regulations applicable to the subject, and is entitled to travel allowances accordingly. An officer traveling under orders with three or more enlisted men is regarded as traveling with troops. ***** * * [NOTE. See Article X.J CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 39. ) Washington, September 21, 1898. I. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made and are pub- lished to the Army for the information of all concerned: ******* 3. ARMY CORPS SYMBOLS. General Orders, No. 99, July 15, 1898, Adju- tant-General's Office, designating certain symbols, flags, and pennants, and badges for Army corps, divisions, and brigades, are so far modified as to pro- vide that the badges to be worn by the officers and enlisted men shall be from 1 to l inches in size, and to permit officers to wear the same upon the hat or cap. The Quartermaster's Department will supply the badges in metal, enameled in the proper colors. 282 APPENDIX . CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 48. ) Washington, November 11, 1898. The following decisions, rulings, etc., have been made and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned: * * * * * * * 2. BOARDS OF SURVEY. The authority given in paragraph 115 of the Regulations, as amended by General Orders, No. 45, May 16, 1898, Adju- tant-General's Office, to a regimental commander to call a board of survey when a soldier deserts, is not intended to interfere with the like authority heretofore given to a post commander. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 50. ) Washington, November 19, 1898. I. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: ARMY CORPS BADGES. By direction of the Secretary of War, the corps badges prescribed in General Orders, No. 99, July 15, 1898, from this office, are a part of the uniform of the Army and serve as marks of identification the same as the symbols of the various arms of the service and the different staff corps. The proper badge should be habitually worn as prescribed by all officers and enlisted men attached to an Army corps. To wear the badges of two or more Army corps at the same time would defeat the object of their use, and be as incongruous as for a man transferred from one regiment to another to wear the numbers and symbols of both. Upon occasions of ceremony, however, the badges to which officers and soldiers are properly entitled may be worn, as prescribed in paragraph 1551, Army Regulations, the badge designating the wearer's proper corps to be worn separately above the line. CIRCULAR, ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 52. ) Washington, December 1, 1898. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, Circular, No. 42, October 18, 1898, from this office, publishing decision relative to commutation of rations for nurses, is amended to read as follows: COMMUTATION OF RATIONS FOR NURSES. Inasmuch as female nurses in general hospitals are, by section 1277, Revised Statutes, entitled to commu- tation of rations, it is ordered that commutation of rations will hereafter be allowed to all nurses, whether male or female, or whether employed in general or other hospitals, when they are granted leaves of absence by the officer in command or in charge of the hospital, the rate to be the same as that of enlisted men on furlough; that is, twenty-five cents per day. [See paragraph 1272.] APPENDIX. 283 CIRCULAR ) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 57. ) Washington, December 27, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, Circular, No. 53, December 8, 1898, from this office, is amended to read as follows: GRATUITOUS ISSUE OF CLOTHING. Whenever articles of clothing of enlisted men have been destroyed to prevent contagion, a gratuitous issue of such articles of clothing will be made to the enlisted men to whom such clothing belonged, upon the certificate of the officer who has personal knowledge of the facts. [See paragraphs 1194 and 1442.] II. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION. The detail of acting assistant surgeons on councils of administration, for the purposes required in paragraph 159 of the Regulations is authorized. INDEX. [References are to PARAGRAPHS and ARTICLES OF WAR (pp.217-231) by their numbers. An Article of War is indicated by the letters A. W., followed by the number of the article.] Abandoning Post: Punishment, A. "W. 42. Abatement : Term of confinement, 915. Absence Without Leave : Absenting from company, A. W. 32. Convictions, 126, 127, 133. Forfeitures, 133. Less than one day, 133. Lying out of quarters, A. W. 31. One mile from camp, A. W. 34. Parade, etc., A. W. 33. Quarters or tent, A. W. 35. Quitting guard, etc., A. W. 40. Absent from Muster: Certificates, A. W. 12, 13. Abstracts of Proposals : Accepted quantity and price to be noted, 547. Disposition of copies, 541, 548. Preparation, etc., 539. Proposals to accompany, as vouchers, 540. Rejections, 543-547. Abuses: Correction, etc., by officer, A. W. 54. Abusive Language : Use of, by superiors, 3. Accountability : Money. See Money Accountability. Property. See Property Accountability. Accounts, Advertising : Preparation and presentation, 507, 508. Unsettled and outstanding, 509. Accounts, Bakery Fund : Audited, 299. Inspected, 298. Accounts, Company Fund : Duties company commander, 301. Inspection, 301. Accounts, Medical Attendance, etc.: Attendance, 1453, 1456. Chronic complaints, 1456. Civilian physicians' charges, 1459. Consultations, 1456. Families and servants, 1456. Hospital stores, 1456. Medicines, 1454, 1455. Mineral waters, 1456. Officers and men not on duty, 1456. Payment, 1452. Private hospitals, 1457. Accounts, Medical Attendance, etc. Cout'd. Proprietary medicines, 1456. Recruiting service, 1458. Reimbursements to officers, 1456. Rendition and forwarding, 1452. Surgical appliances, 1456. Accounts, Mess Fund: Audited, 303. Accounts, National Homes : Supervision and control, 865. Accounts, Pay, etc.: Clothing, 1178-1185, 1192, 1407. Deserters, 119. Detached enlisted men, 105. Officers, 1298, 1300, 1303, 1307, 1316. Post noncommissioned staff, 101. Accounts, Printing : Preparation and presentation, 507, 508, 511. Accounts, Regimental Fund : Kept in regimental fund book, 295. Accounts, Telegraph and Telephone : Preparation, etc., 644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1217. Accounts, Transportation : Applicants, artificial limbs, etc., 1469-1471. Bond-aided railroads, 1129, 1161, 2162. Department or bureau supplies, 1129. Ferries, turnpikes, and bridges, 1107, 1108. Inmates Soldiers' Home, 175. Land-grant railroads, 1129, 1161, 1162. Parlor and sleeping cars, 1116. Payment, etc., 1143, 1150-1160. Street car, 1108. Accounts Current: See Money Accounts. Accoutrements : Barracks, regulation, 268. Care and preservation, 270, 271. Leather dressing or polishing material, 277. Patients in hospitals, 1438. Sales. 1501, 1502. Acting Assistant Surgeons : See Contract Surgeon. A'cting Hospital Stewards : Examination and appointment, 1397. Field service, 1421. Qualifications, 1397. Quota for posts, etc., 1409, 1411. Rank and precedence, 9. Re-enlistments, 1404. Revocation of detail, 1402. 286 INDEX. Acting Inspectors-General : Duties, etc. See Inspectors-General. Acting Judge -Advocates of Departments : Duties, etc. See Judge-Adv. of Depts. Rank, pay, and allowances, 1301. Additional Pay, Officers: Acting commissaries of subsistence, 1304. Mounted service, 1301. Officers holding two staff appointments, 1305. Quartermaster of a regiment, 1305. Adjutant-General, Army: Adjutants of regiments, 233. Admission to Soldiers' Home, D. C., 174. Alterations, strength of commands, 795. Appointment and promotion of officers, 20. Artillery instruction, 463. Barracks and quarters and furniture, 977. Bimonthly reports of enlisted strength, 791. Candidates for promotion, 26, 28. Captured property, 798. Casualties, 797. Certificates of disability, 154. Certificates of merit, 181. Chaplains' reports, 40. Civil counsel, 968. Clothing and equipage, 1170. College details, 86. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223, 224. Company books and records, 264. Condemned property, 882. Corrections and changes, muster rolls, 788. Deceased officers and soldiers, 81-83, 85, 158- 162; A. W. 125,126. Department commanders, 195. Deserters, 117, 120, 121, 130, 134. Desertion, special reports, 116. Discharge by purchase, 144. Efficiency reports, 807-809. Escaped general prisoners, 128. Furloughs to enlisted men, 108. General duties and responsibilities, 748, 750. Honor graduates, service schools, 466. Insane soldiers, 469-471, 473. Inspection reports, 810, 870, 872. Leaves of absence, 46, 57, 63. Light artillery instruction, 344. Loss of special funds, 292. Manual'of Heavy Artillery, 353. Military information reports, 56. Models, official correspondence, 760. Monthly list of absentees, 1319. Musicians, 249. Navy or Marine Corps deserters, 134. Officers under arrest, 899. Official correspondence, 762. Orders, armies or departments, 782. Orders to inspectors, 858. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1515. Ordnance officers, 1489. Patients discharged from hospitals, 1439. Paymasters, 1297. Payments to enlisted men, 1349. Personal reports, 805. Adjutant-General, Army Continued. Post exchanges, 326. Post noncommissioned staff, 92, 101-103. Post records, 209. Post schools, 319, 320. Property loaned mail contractor, 207. Records, discontinued commands, 800. Recruiting service, 818-856, 1170, 1400. Regimental instruction, 231. Regimental records, 243. Resignation of officers, 77. Retired enlisted men, 135-137, 139. Returns of captured property, 798. Returns of casualties, 797. Returns of troops, 789-796. Service reports, 806. Signal Corps officers, 1538. Staff officers and men, 737, 738. Students, service schools, 463, 465. Temporary duty of officers on leave, 1320. Writs of habeas corpus, 971. Adjutant General's Department : Bureau of orders and records, 748. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. See also Adjutant-General, Army. Adjutant-General's Office: Business, duties, and records, 748, 749. Registry of officers, 804. Adjutants-General of Departments: Detachment formation, 380. Detail and duties, 196, 197. Estimates for funds, Q. M. Department, 975. Post schools, 320. Adjutants of Posts : Detachment formation, 380. Detail and duties, 203. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Morning reports, 388. Post noncommissioned staff, 784. Summary court records, 929. Adjutants of Regiments: Appointment, etc., 233. Assignments to company or staff duty, 240. Band instruments, 248. Company order books, 264. Forage, 1044. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General duties and responsibilities, 236-238. Morning reports, 388. Noncommissioned officers, 259. Qualifications and pay, 233-235. Tenure of office, 234. Treasurer of regimental fund, 295. Admirals : Rank with generals, 12. Advertisements: Accounts, 507-509. Authority to publish, 503, 504. Circulars, 520, 524. Claims for unauthorized, 508. Insertions and intervals between, 504, 506. Limitation of publication, 505. Lists of designated papers, 501. INDEX. 287 Advertisements Continued. Model, 502. Periods, 505, 520. Quartermaster's supplies, 502. Kates, officially designated papers, 500. Sales of property, 505. Sunday editions, 504. Supplies and services, 505, 520-524. Wording and matter, 502, 521. Advising to Desert : Punishment, A. W. 51. Agents, Indian : Animals of Indians, 477. Agents, Military : Issue of public property, 673. Misconduct, 863. National cemeteries, 492. Purchases, etc., of supplies, 589. Agents of Firms, etc. : Proposals signed by, 530. Eeceipts for money, 641. Aids: Allowance to general officers, 33. Captains eligible for appointment, 251. Department commanders, 196. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Aliens : Enlistment prohibited, 825. Allotments : Barracks and quarters, 984. Contingent expenses, 197. Draft and pack animals, 1071. Extra-duty pay funds, 164. Funds, civilian employees, 726. Allowances : Ammunition, small-arms, 360, 361. Baggage, 1099-1102. Clothing and equipage, 1163, 1 181. Engineer officers, 1484. Engineer troops, 1476. Extra pay of cooks, etc., 302. Forage to officers, 1044, 1045. Fuel and stoves, 36, 138, 183, 285, 304, 313, 998- 1011, 1484. Illuminating supplies, 1013-1022. Indian scouts, 481. Military attaches, 36. Quarters, 984-997, 1006. Rations, 1252,1253. Retired enlisted men, 138. Spring wagons at posts, 1074. Stationery, 1023-1027. Straw for bedding, 1048, 1049. Tableware and kitchen utensils, 285. Veterinary surgeons, 183. Alterations : Bills of lading, 1139. Blank forms, 1552. Fortifications or appurtenances, 1485. Hospitals, 1426-1429. Muster and pay rolls, 788. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1427, 1428. Strength of separate commands, 795. Transportation requests, 1095. Ambassadors: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 409, 418. Ambulances : Allowance for posts, 1414. Control and use. 1415. Drivers, 1416. Equipments, harness, etc., 1414, 1416. Field service, 1422. Flags and guidons, 214. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 1076, 1415. Inspections, 1419. Issues and repairs, 1415. Service in time of war, 1396. Ammunition : Artillery instruction and practice, 354. Breech-loading, Indian country, 478. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. Expenditures, 1511-1514. Hospitals, 1438. Hunting purposes, 360, 363, 1509, 1514. Issues, 1507, 1508, Lost or damaged, 1513. Sales, 1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509. Small-arms practice, 359-361. Values of small -arms, and parts, 359. Animals: Grazing about fortifications, 328. Ownership of Indian, 477. Public. See Public Animals. Appeals: Commissioned officers, A. W. 29. Department commanders, 194. Enlisted men, A. W. 30. Pecuniary responsibilities, 289, 292. Roster duties. 365. Appointments : Commissioned officers, 20-31. Company non-com, officers, 257, 258, 260, 482. Dates determine precedence, 9. General courts-martial, A. W. 72, 73, 76. Hospital and actin'g hospital stewards, 1397. Judge-advocates, courts-martial, A. "W. 74. Lance corporals, 257. Non-com, officers, Indian scouts, 482. Ordnance corps, 1489, 1490. Payments to officers, 1306. Personal staff, general officer, 32, 33. Post noncommissioned staff, 91, 92, 94, 95. Records, etc., 748. Regimental staff and noncommissioned staff, 233-241. Signal Corps, 1538. Surgeons and assistant surgeons, 1394. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42, 43. Veterinary surgeons, 182. Appropriations : Contingent expenses, 621. Determined, 622. Fiscal year, 617-619, 623-625. Intrusted to Secretary of War, 736. No limit, 623. Outstanding liabilities, 603. Remittances of funds, 618. 288 INDEX. Appropriations Continued. Reversion to, of certain moneys, 614. Separate accounts for different years, 620. Transfer from one to another, 595. Transportation of the Army, 85. Use of moneys, expenditures, etc., 515, 579. Arm Chests: Accountability, 1523. Disposition of surplus, 1523. Packing for transportation, 1527-1529. Armories : Absence of commanding officer, 1491. Annual inspection, 868. Construction and repairs, 705, 706. Efficiency reports of commanders, 807. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Establishment and maintenance, 1488. Ord. and ord. stores, 1493, 1494, 1496. Arms: Alterations, taking apart, etc., 276. Barracks, regulation, 268, 276. Breech-loading, Indian country, 478. Care and preservation, 270, 271. Casting away, A. W. 42. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. Furloughed soldiers, 112. Issues, 1507, 1508. Militia, 1131. Packing for transportation, 1527 Patients in hospitals, 1438. Sales, 1501, 1502, 1506, 1507. Tompions in small-arms, 276. Transportation of loaded, 1527. Arms of Service: Precedence on occasions of ceremonies, 6. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42. Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.: Admission and treatment of patients, 155. Army Corps : Candles for headquarters, 1265. Commander, 790. Command of mixed, A. W. 122. Organization in time of peace, 189. Returns of strength, 790. 794-796. Senior engineer officer, 1478. Army Dispensaries : Fuel and stoves, 1006. Supply of medicines, 1450, 1451, 1455. Army Medical Museum : Transportation of donations, 1130. Army Medical School: Inspection, 869. Letter and note headings, 512. Organization, etc., 468. Special regulations, p. iii, 468. Army Register: Honor graduates, service schools, 466. Preparation and distribution. 748. Army Service Men, Q. M. Department: Extra duty details, 167. Arraignment: Prisoners, A. W. 89. Arrest and Confinement : Commanders, of guard, A. "W. 67-69. Enlisted men, 903-916, A. W. 66, 70. Escape of prisoners, A.W. 69. Noncommissioned officers, 902, 904-906. Officers, 897-902, A. W., 65, 70, 71 . Release without authority, A. W. 69. Arrest of Noncommissioned Officers : Confinement, 904. Inquiry into offense, 905. Place on the march, 902. Report of, to immediate commander, 906. Arrest of Officers : Breach of arrest, A. W. 65. By whom and how imposed, 897, A. W. 65. Civil authorities, 1314. Close confinement, 898. Extension of limits, 898. Light offenses, 899. Limitation, A. W. 70, 71. Medical officers, 900. Place on the march, 902. Release without charges, 899, A.W. 71. Requirements while under, 898, 901. Arsenals : Absence of commanding officer, 1491. Annual inspection, 868. Arm chests, 1523. Construction and repairs, 705, 706. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Efficiency reports, commanders, 807. Erection of, on new sites, 703, 706. Establishment and maintenance, 1488. Hospital corps, 1411. Ord. and ord. stores, 1493, 1494, 1496. Plats of land, 707. Supervision or control, 190. Surplus ordnance stores, 1515, 1516. Travel allowance of officers, 1333. Unserviceable ordnance stores, 1518-1521. Arson : Punishment by military courts, A. W. 58. Articles of War: Absence without leave, A. W. 31-35, 40. Abuses and disorders, A. W. 54. Appeals, A. W. 29, 30. Armies to be governed, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Arrest and confinement, A. W. 65-71. Conduct prejudicial, A. W. 62. Courts of inquiry, A. W. 115-121. Deceased officers and soldiers, A. W. 125-127. Definitions of words, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Desertion, A. W. 47-51. Discharge of enlisted men, A. "W. 4. Discharge or dismissal of officers, A. W. 99. Disrespect and contempt, A. W. 19, 20. Divine service, A. W. 52. Drunkenness on duty, A. "W. 38. Dueling, A. W. 26-28. Evidence, courts-martial, A. "W. 91, 92, 121. Field officers' courts, A. W. 80, 83. Frauds and embezzlement, A.W. 60. INDEX. 289 Irticles of War Continued. Furloughs to enlisted men. A. W. 11. General courts-martial, A.W. 72, 73, 75, 76, 78. Hiring of duty, A. W. 36, 37. Judge-advocates, A. W. 74, 84, 85, 90, 113. Jurisdiction military courts, A. W. 58, 60, 62- 64, 79-83, 102, 103. Misconduct in time of war, A. "W. 41, 42, 44-46, 57, 100. Musters, A. W. 5, 6, 12-14. Mutiny and sedition, A. W. 21-24, 43. Proceedings of courts-martial, A. W. 86-95, 113, 114. Profanity, A. W. 53. Property accountability, A. W. 9, 10, 15-17. Provisions and necessaries, A. W. 18, 56. Publication to Army, A. W. 128. Quarrels, frays, and disorders. A. W. 24, 25. Rank and command, A. W. 122-124. Recruits and recruiting, 832; A. W. 2, 3. Regimental and garrison courts, A.W. 81-83. Returns of troops and property, A. W. 7, 8. Sentences of courts-martial, A. W. 38, 61, 96-98, 100, 101, 104-112. Sentinels, A. W. 39. Spies, p. 231, sec. 1343, R. S. Subordination to civil authority, An W. 55, 59. Subscribed to by all officers, A. "W. 1. Artificers : Appointment, etc., 260. Definition, 262. Extra-duty details and pay, 168. Shoeing artillery and cavalry horses, 1068. Artificial Limbs and Appliances : Classes entitled, 1467. Commutation, 1467. Transportation of applicants, 1460-1471. Artillery: Batteries of light, 221, 344, 345, 377, 463, 1068, 1077. Battery called company, 227. Colors and guidons, 216, 222. Competitions, 352. Funeral escort, 440. Horses, 1030, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1067, 1068. Inspection of field, 266. Inspector, 196, 350. Manual of Heavy Artillery, 353. Position, etc., of guns infixed batteries, 348. Practice, 348-356, 1534. Precedence, 6. Preservation and care of material, 343, 1536. Artillery School : Civilian employees, 725. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Detachment of officers, 191. Honor graduates, 466. Inspection, 869. Letter and note headings, 512. Officers and enlisted men, 462, 463. Organization, 462. Special regulations, 462. Supervision or control, 190, 462. 13691 19 Artisans : Extra-duty pay, 165. Assault and Battery, with Intent, etc.: PuDishable by military courts, A.W. 58. Assemblages of Persons : Suppression of unlawful, 487, p. 67. Assignments : Captains, light batteries, 345. Chaplains, 38, 39. Commanding officers, 13. Company commander, 254. Company officers, 228. Department commanders, 189. Lieutenants, instruction batteries, 344, 463. Post noncommissioned staff, 98. Public animals to riders or drivers, 1036. Recruits to regiments, 849-853. Regimental field and staff" officers, 232, 240. Staff", corps, officers, and men, 738. Assistant Adjutants General : Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Promotions, 22. Assistant Commissary-General of Subsistence: Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Assistant Instructors : Service schools. 462, 464, 467, 468. Assistant Paymaster General : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Assistant Quartermaster-General : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Assistant Quartermasters : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Assistant Secretary of War: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Assistant Surgeon General : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Assistant Surgeons: Examinatiou and appointment, 1394. Travel allowances, 1334. See also Medical Officers. Assistant Treasurers : Balances unchanged for three years, 586. Disbursing officers' deposits, 580, 584, 586. Attorney-General : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418 Surety companies, 576, 577. Title to military land, 703. Witnesses before civil courts, 72 Auction Sales : Auctioneer's account, etc., 679. Auditor for the Interior Department : Artificial limbs, etc., 1471. Auditor for the War Department: Arrears of pay, etc., deceased soldiers, 161. Certificates of merit, 181. Contractors' bonds, 564. Contracts, supplies, and services, 554, 557,564. Escaped prisoners' effects, 913. Inmates Soldiers' Home, transportation . 175. Payments to discharged soldiers, 1384. 290 INDEX. Auditor for the War Department Continued. Personal effects, deceased officers, 83. Stoppages of pay, 702, 1056. Authority: Exercise of military, 2. Awards of Contracts : Ability to carry proposals into effect, 546. By whom made, 542. Domestic over foreign articles, 545. Lowest responsible bidder, 543. Slight failure to comply with terms, 544. Suitable articles determine, 521. Axes and Ax Helves: Dropped from returns, 1198. Police purposes, 454. Bacon : Ration, 1253. Badges : Mourning, military, 443. Baggage: Charges excluded, travel allowances, 1321. Increase or reduction of allowance, 1119. Marking for shipment, 1124. Officers and men traveling, 1099-1102. Transportation, 1118-1122, 1124. Baked Beans: Kation, 1235, 1256. Bakeries : Bakers and assistants, 164, 165, 305, 306, 308. Baking, individual companies at posts, 309. Brooms and scrubbing brushes, 1203, 1204. Building, furniture, fuel, and utensils, 304. Distribution of savings, 296. Flour ration turned in, 296. Fuel. 304, 1004. Fund, 287-289, 291-293, 296-299. Issue of bread, 296. Restriction of expenses, 307. Sale of surplus bread, 296.- Sale to, of subsistence supplies, 1282. Savings of rations, 307, 1269. Supervision, 304. Transportation of property, 312. Utensils, 307. Baking Powder : Ration, 1253. Savings and sales, 1269. Unused to be returned, 1269. Band Commanders : Daily and weekly inspections, 266. Band Instruments: See Musical Instruments. Band Musicians : Procedure when needed, 249. Selections, musters, reports, etc., 245, 246. Bands: See Regimental Bands. * Baptismal Services : Record at posts, 40. Barley : Care and accountability, 1059-1064. Forage ration, 1041. Barracks and Quarters : Additions, alterations, etc., 205, 206, 978, 980. Allowance and assignments, 984-997, 1006. Annual inspection, 978. Arms, accouterments, etc., 268, 276. Box lockers and locks, 981. Choice, 985, 986. Constructed by Q. M. Department, 972. Construction of permanent, 705, 706. Construction of temporary, 205. Daily inspection, 266. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Fuel and stoves, 998-1011. Furniture and mess outfits, 977, 982, 983. Hire of quarters, 988, 989. Illuminating supplies, 1012-1022. Inspection and reports of condition, 976. .Names of men attached to bunks, 268. Numerical designation and record, 980. Police, 269, 270, 387. Post commanders and surgeons' visit, 201. Private buildings, 979. Record book of quartermaster, 1218. Repairs, 205, 206, 978 r 980. Responsibility for care, etc.. 977. Squads to be quartered together, 267. Barrels: Sale of empty, 1237. Barter or Exchange: Arms and ammunition, Indian country, 478. Supplies purchased from commissary, 1287. Battalions : Candles for headquarters, 1265. Commanding officer, 226. Command of a major or lieut.-col., 14. Composition, 226. Quitting without leave, A. W. 40. Batteries of Light Artillery: Ammunition for target practice, 354. Captains, 344, 345. Guidons, 222. Light artillery instruction, 344, 345. Policing stables,etc., 1077. Roster duty, 377. Smiths' tools, 1068. Transfer of officers, 344, 463. Battery : Called company, 227. Battlefields: Care of sick or wounded, 1423. Interment of remains of killed, 493. Battle-tiround Cemeteries: Establishment, etc., 493. Battles : Inscription of names on colors, 224. Bayonets : Barracks, regulation, 268. Sales, 1506. Beans : Ration, 1235, 1253, 1256. Wastage, 1243. INDEX. 291 Bedding: Straw allowance, 1048, 1049. Beef: Purchase by contract, 1250. Ration, 1235, 1253, 1256. Savings and sales, 1269. Wastage on fresh, 1242. Beef Cattle : Forage, 1280. Losses by straying, death, etc., 1245. Purchase, 1250. Behavior : Divine worship. A. "W, 52. Members of courts-martial, A. W. 87. Beyond the Sea : Permission to visit, 55, 109. Bidders, Supplies, and Services : Ability to carry proposals into effect, 546. Aid to, in preparation of proposals, 525. Corporations and firms, 530. Erasures or interlineations in proposals, 532. Guaranties. 522, 533, 534. Information to be furnished, 525. Xanies of, not to be furnished to others, 528. Opening of proposals, 539. Post-office address and residence, 529. Slight failure to comply with terms, 544. Specifications, etc., to be shown, 526, 527. Withdrawal from competition, 538. Bids: Considered by items, 521. Bills of Creditors : Attached to vouchers for payment, 633, 634. Bills of Lading: Alterations, 1139. Baggage of officers, 1137. Bond-aided railroads, 1147. Department or bureau supplies, 1129. Duplicate to consignee, 1142. Erasures, 1139. Form, 1135. Government conveyance, 1144. Interlineations, 1139. Land-grant railroads, 1146. Libraries, 1130. Loss or destruction, 1151-1157 Monthly reports, 1223. Museums, 1130. Original to carrier, 1142. Payments, 1143, 1150-1160. Preparation and issue, 1133-1141. Receipts, 1142, 1148, 1149, 1157. , Second original, or duplicate, 1140. Through to ultimate destination, 1145. Transportation for other departments, 1129. Bimonthly Returns: Enlisted strength, 791. Blacksmiths : Appointments, etc., 260. Extra duty details and pay, 168. Indian scouts, 484. Stoves for shops, 1006. Blanket Bags: How marked, 279. Blankets : Fire in magazines, 340. Prisoners, 912. Worn on duty, 1550. Blank Forms : Alterations or new forms, 1552 Bills of lading, 1135. Contractor's bonds, 560. Discharge certificates, 151. Final statements, 151. Inspector-General's Department, 876, 879. Manuscript prohibited, 751. Notes and directions, 1552. Official telegrams, 1214. Ordnance Department, 1535. Printing, 514. Reconnaissance. 458, 460, 461. Subsistence Department, 125o. Supplied by chiefs of bureaus, 1552 Blank Transportation Requests : Accountability, 1103. Canceled, 1103. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 1103 Lost or stolen, 1105. Removal or transfer, 1105. Reports of issues, 1103. Stubs to be preserved, 1106. Transfer or succession, 1104. Boarding Vessels of War: Visits and courtesies, 423. Board of Comiiiissioners,Soldiers' Home, D.C.: Admission of inmates, 174. Transportation to the Home, 175. Boards of Examination : Appointees, grade, second lieutenant, 25, 27. Hospital corps privates, 1397. Post noncommissioned staff, 94, 95. Surgeons and assistant surgeons, 1394. Boards of Officers : Appointment, etc., staiF, 739. Barracks and quarters, 985. Character, discharge certificates, 148 Examination of recruits, 844, 845. Fuel and stoves, 1006". Stationery, 1027. Transfers to Signal Corps, 1538. Boards of Survey: Administration of oaths, 712. Appointment and composition, 709. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223. Condemnation not authorized, 713. Damaged or stolen property, 684, 686, 687. Deceased officers, 84. Defects or shortages, 668, 669. Department commanders, acting, 709. Deserters and desertion, 115. Evidence considered, 710-712. General powers and duties, 708, 710, 713. Musical instruments, 1201. Posts, etc., not under dept. comdr., 719. 292 INDEX. Boards of Surrey Continued. Private property lost in service, 723. Proceedings, 708, 711, 714-723. Property lost, etc., in transit, 1126, 1127, 1149. Quartermaster's supplies, 1063, 1064. Subsistence supplies, 1240, 1241, 1245. "Worn-out property, 678. Bond- Aided Railroads : Accounts for transportation, 1129, 1161, 1162. Bills of lading, 1147. Civilian employees, 729. Officers traveling without troops, 1321. Telegraph lines, 1208. Transportation requests, 1093. Bonds: Contractors, 559-565, 573-578. Disbursing officers, 571-578. Indemnity, 599. Duplicate checks, 599. Boxes : Packing, ord. and ord. stores, 1527-1529. Sale of empty boxes, 1237. Branding : Condemned animals, 883. Public animals, 1032. Public property, 676. Sentence of a court-martial, A. W. 38, 98. Breach of Arrest : Punishment, A. W. 65. Bread : Baking at posts, individual companies, 309. Baking, issue, and sale, 296, 1269. Post bakeries, 304. Purchase of articles for making, ?07. Ration, 296. Savings and sales, 296, 1269. Brevet Bank Assignments : Aids to general officers, 33. Salutes and honors, 412. Bribery : Mustering officers, A. W. 6. Bridges: Care, etc., of wooden, 332. Construction and repairs, 972. Passage of troops, teams, etc., 1107. Brigades: Candles for headquarters, 1265. Command of a brigadier-general, 14. Commanders, 790, A. W.7~3. Organization in time of peace, 189. Returns of strength, 790, 794-796. Senior engineer officer, 1478. Brigadier-Generals : Aids, 33. Appointment to grade, 21. Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 1119. Changing station, 68. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 429, 437. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with commodores, 12. Brigadier-Generals Continued. Salutes and honors, 389, 411, 414, 418. Stationery, 1023. Travel beyond limits of command, 68. Brooms: Allowances, 1203, 1204. Messes, 285. Police purposes, 454. Brushes, Scrubbing: Allowance, 1203, 1204. Messes, 285. Buildings: Amusement, etc., 311. Fortification, erection, near, 1485. Permanent, 703, 705, 706. Bunks and Bedding : Names of men to be attached to bunks, 268. Overhauling and airing in barracks, 270. Post guardhouses, 1048. Burglary : Punishahle by military courts, A. W. 58. Burials: Battle-ground cemeteries, 493. Post cemeteries, 494, 498, 499. Deceased officers and soldiers, 85, 162, 1195. Cadets, Military: Appointment, grade of second lieutenant, 24. Leave of absence, graduates, 49. Payments, 1347. Rank and precedence, 9. Camps: Absence without leave, A. W. 31, 34. Annual inspection, 867. Colors, 225. Followers, etc., A. W. 63. Guards, 453-456. Provisions for soldiers, A. W. 56. Temporary posts styled, 199. Uniform and clothing, enlisted men, 272, 273. Candidates for Promotion : Selection, etc., of enlisted men, 25. Status pending appointment, 26-29. Uniform and stripes, 26. Candles : Extra issues, 1265. Issue, 1255. Ration, 1253. Stable lanterns, 1016. Wastage, 1243. Cane Syrup : Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Canned Goods : Ration, 1235, 1253, 1256. Canteens : How marked, 279. Recruits, 1518. Repairs, 1517. Canvas Mittens: Issue to enlisted men, 1189. Capricious Conduct: Superiors toward inferiors, 3. INDEX. 293 Caps: Issue to enlisted men, 1189, 1190. Captains, Army: Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 1119. Company returns, 792, 793. Detachment from companies, 251. Eligible for staffer special duty, 251. Exemptions from detail, 368. Fatigue duties, exemption, 368. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 433, 437, 440. Light artillery batteries, 345, 1067. Promotion to grade, 23. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with lieutenants of the Navy, 12. Roster duty, 368. Stationery, 1023. Captains, Navy : Rank with colonels, 12. Captured Property : Accountability, 798, A. W. 9. Carpenter Shops : Stoves, 1006. Carriers : Responsibility of, supplies in transit, 1127. Cartridge Bags : Filling in magazine, 339. Cartridges : Sales to enlisted men, 363. Casemates: Ventilation, 332. Cash Sales : Subsistence supplies, 1280-1284. Casting away Arms : Punishment, A. W. 42. Casualties iu Actions : Lists of wounded, 1466. Preparation, etc., of returns, 797. Records, 748. Cavalry : Dismounted duty, 375, 376. Horses, 1029, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1068. Inspection, 266. Precedence, 6. Roster duty, 375, 376. Standards and guidons, 218, 221 . Troop called company, 227. Cavalry and Light Artillery School : Civilian employees, 725, Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Detachment of officers, 191. Inspection, 869. Organization, etc., 467. Special regulations, 467. Supervision or control, 190. Cemeteries : Battle-ground, 493. National, 492, 867. Post, 494-499, 1218. Censure : Discussions, etc., conveying, 5. Ceremonies : Badges, medals of honor, etc., 1551. Chaplains, 41. Hospital corps, 1405. How conducted, 448. Insignia buttons, 1551. Parade, 385. Precedence of regiments and corps, 6. Reveille and retreat, 450. Certificates: Deficiencies in subsistence supplies, 1245, 1246. Expenditures of ammunition, 1512. Fuel for officers, 1001. Hospital stewards' professional books, U22. Lost bills of lading, 1152, 1153, 1157. Medical, 60-62. Medical attendance, medicines, 1453-1455. Money vouchers, 632. Professional books, etc. ,1122. Certificates of Absentees: False, A. W. 13. Muster, A. W. 12. Certificates of Accountability: Q. M. supplies, 1055, 1056, 1061-1063. Certificates of Deposits : Explanatory statements, 609. Issue and disposition, 608, 609. Notations on accounts current, 612. Proceeds of sales, 1502. Record and action, War Department, 613. Certificates of Disability: Admission Soldiers' Home, D. 0., 174. Blank forms and instructions, 154. Degree of disability to' be noted, 157. Disability not permanent, 155. Discharge of enlisted men, 140, 141. Insane soldiers, 470. . Permanent disability, 154. Records and reports of disease, 155. Recruits, 844, 847. - Report to medical officer of discharge, 156. Certificates of Eligibility : Promotion, enlisted men, 26. Certificates of Merit : Additional pay, 180, 1370. Discharged and deceased soldiers, 181. Enlisted men, 178-181. Certificates of Non-indebtedness : Final payments to officers, 1307. Certificates of Pay : False, A. W. 13. Purchase of pay due, 588. Certificates of Rations: Civilian employees, 1262. Detached troops, 1262. Certificates of Service: Issued in lieu of lost discharges, 143. Certified Bills: Credit sales to officers, 1288. Cession of State Jurisdiction : Lands used for military purposes, 703. 294 INDEX. Chairs : Allowance for barracks, 982. Challenges : Members of courts-martial, A. W. 88. Challenge to Duel: Carriers of, deemed principals, A. W. 27. Punishment for sending, A. "W. 26. Changes of Station: Baggage, 1119. Barrack furniture, 983. Civilian employees, 735. Clothing and equipage, 1168. Commutation of quarters, 1337, 1339, 1340. General officers and personal staff, 68. Medical officers, 738. Officers on leave, 1330-1332. Officers without troops, 65. Personal staff, general officers, 68. Professional books, papers, etc., 1122. Quartermaster's supplies, 1055, 1056. Staff corps and departments, 737. Transfer of enlisted men, 113. Transportation, furloughed soldiers, 111. Troops in departments, 192. Changing Parole or Watchword : Punishment, A. W. 44. Chapels : Books, 310, 1132. Brooms, 1204. Fuel and stoves, 313, 1006. Illuminating supplies, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Musical instruments, 1132. Rooms to be provided, 310. Chaplains: Assignments, 38, 39. Books for post chapel services, 310. Ceremonies and inspections, 41. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 991, 1006. Reports and records, 40. Service reports, 806. Stationery, 1023. Character : Discharged soldiers, 148. Recruits, 846. Charges Against Enlisted Men: Evidence of previous convictions, 929, 934. Investigation by commanding officer, 928. Minor offenses, 932. Offenses cognizable by inferior courts, 932. Preparation and transmission, 927. "Written, committing officer, A. W. 67. Charges against Officers : Release from arrest, 899 ; A, W. 71. Service upon accused, A. W. 71. Charge's d' Affaires : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 409, 418. Check Books, Official: Issue, transfer, etc., 605-607. Check or Currency Payments to Troops : Absence of soldier, 1358. Checks drawn to order of individual, 1349. Confinement of soldier, 1358. Check or Currency Payments, etc. Cont'd. Currency in separate envelopes, 1349. Death or desertion of soldier, 1358. Deficiencies or surplus in currency, 135_. Depository, 1351. Deposits of enlisted men, 1360. Distribution of, at posts, 1351, 1354. Error or informality in check, 1355. Escort, 1353. Express, 1352, 1353. Field, 1361. Indorsement of check by payee, 1356. Muster and pay rolls, 1350-1352, 1355, 1357. 1359, 1363, 1364. Notification with roll, 1351. Places beyond express delivery, 1353. Posts at which made, 1349. Time of war, 1362. Undelivered checks or currency, 1358. 1359, Verification of cash in envelopes, 1354. Check Boll Call : Taps, 383. Checks: Death or resignation of drawer, 600. Drawing, 596, 597, 638. Duplicate, 599. Lost or destroyed, 599. Mutilated, 607. Notation on vouchers, etc., 640. Object of expenditure, 597. Outstanding, 585, 600, 602-601, 876, 877. Payment on presentation, 600, 601. Payments by, how made, 596, 598. Payments to enlisted men, 1349-1364. Transferring funds, 594. Chief Clerk, War Department: Accounts for printing, 507, 508, 511. Advertising rates, 500. Chief Commissaries of Departments : Candles for offices and storerooms, 1265. Detail of, and duty, 196. Estimates and requisition, 1229. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General duties, 1227, 1228. Chief Justice, U. S. Supreme Court : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Chief Magistrates, Foreign Countries: Salutes and honors, 410. 418. Chief Musicians : Appointment, etc., 241. Baggage, 1119. Clothing, retired, 138. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence. 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Chief of Engineers : Certificates of merit, 178. Clothing and equipage, 1171. Courts-martial, A. W. 81. Engineering operations in the field, 1481 Engineering works, 868. Engineers, special service, 1475. INDEX. 295 Chief of Engineers Continued. Fortifications, 1485, 1486. General duties, 1472, 1473. Headquarters, 1473. Maps, surveys, and reconnaissances, 1482. Plans, etc., military works, 1482. Chief of Ordnance: Certificates of merit, 178. Clothing and equipage, 1171. Courts-martial, A. W. 81. Firing artillery, 356. General duties, 1488. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1493, 1494, 1497, 1498, 1518-1520, 1525, 1527. Ordnance depots, 1495. Chief Ordnance Officer of Departments : Requisitions for ordnance supplies, 1498. Chief Paymasters of Departments : Detail, 196. General duties and responsibilities, 196, 1296. Payment to enlisted men, 1348, 1363. Travel allowances, 1322. Chief Quartermasters of Departments: Caudles for offices and storerooms, 1265. Clothing and equipage, 1166, 1167. Detail of, and duties, 196. Estimates for funds, 975. Fuel and stoves, office, 1006. Outstanding debts, 1223. Chief Signal Officer: Army and Navy signal codes, 1545. Certificates of merit, 178. Courts-martial, A. W. 81. General duties, 1537. Instruction and practice in signaling, 1544. Signal Corps sergeants, 1539, 1540. Signaling operations in the field, 1541. Signal supplies, 1546. Chiefs of Bureaus : Blank forms, 1552. Boards of officers, 739. Boards of survey proceedings, 718, 719. Changes of station and travel duties, 737. Condemned property, 882. Contingent property, departments, 197. Correspondence with disbursing officer, 740. Efficiency reports, 807. Examination of money accounts, 655. Fiscal affairs, 187. Inspection reports, 872. Leaves of absence, 48. Official correspondence, 740, 766, 767, 895. Property returns, 701, 702. Public moneys, 580. Remittances to officers, 618. Stoppages of officers' pay, 1343. Chief Surgeons of Departments: Casuality returns, 1466. Contract surgeons, 1464. Detail of, and duties, 196. Hospital Corps, 1408. Inspections, 1465. Chief Surgeons of DepartmentsContinued. Medical officers, 1464. Travois and mule litters, 1418. Chief Trumpeter : Appointment, etc., 241. Rank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Children : Post schools, 322-324. Chronic Complaints : Payment of accounts for treatment, 1456. Circulars : Advertising for proposals, 520, 524. Issue and numbering, 770. Regimental files, 244. Stoppages of officers' pay, 1345. Civil Authorities : Application for troops, 489. Arrest by, of officers and men, 1314. Subordination of military, A. W. 55, 59. Civil Courts : Discharge of enlisted men, 147. Witnesses, 72, 925, 966. Civil Engineers : Employment, payment, etc., 727. National cemeteries, 492. Transportation and expenses, 729, 730. Civil Functionaries : Courtesies and honors, 418. Funeral honors, 432. Civilian Employees: Admission to hospitals, 1445, 1447. Aid to contractors, 516. Artificial limbs and appliances, 1467-1471. Attendance upon civil courts, 966. Burial, in post cemeteries, 494. Certificates, pay due discharged, 727. Change of station, 735. Commutation of rations, 1273. Computation of time, 651. Employment, etc., 724, 725, 727. Expenditures, 726. Fuel and stoves, 1006. Hospital charges, 1447. Hours of labor, 728. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Medical attendance and medicines, 1450. Ord. and ord. stores, 1508-1510, 1514. Payments, 727. Property, damaged, lost, or destroyed, 687. Rations, 1260, 1262. Sale of bread, 296. Sale of subsistence supplies, 1284. Subject to Articles of War, A. W. 63. Transportation and expenses, 729-735. Vouchers for payment, 633. "Wages due discharged, 650. Witnesses, military courts, 962, 964, 965. Wrongfully selling arms, etc., A. W. 60. Civilian Physicians: Employment and payment, 1452, 1453, 1456. Examination of recruits, etc., 842, 1458. Rates of charges, 1459. 296 INDEX. Civilians : Appointments as second lieutenants, 24, 31. Attendance upon civil courts, 966. . Children's attendance, post schools, 323. Marriage, baptismal, funeral services, 40. Residence on reservations, 210. Witnesses before military courts, 963-965. Civilians at Posts : Admission to hospital, 1446. Burial in post cemeteries, 494. Hospital charges, 1447. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Civilian Dress : Officers and enlisted men, 1549. Civilian Witnesses: Attendance, courts-martial, 923. Traveling expenses, 734. Civil Institutions of Learning: Details, 8C-90, 1069. Inspection of military departments, 870. Civil Office : Officers on active list, 80. Civil Officers : Administration of oaths, 683. Fees for administering oath, 649. Civil-Rights Laws : Enforcement by Army, 487, p. 64. Civil Schools : Inspection of military departments, 870. Civil Service : Civilian employees, 724. Claims: Fictitious or fraudulent, A. W. 60. Information from records, 803. Interestin, disbursing officers or clerks, 588. Private property lost in service, 723. Purchase of, against the United States, 588. Unauthorized advertisements, 508. Clerks: Employment, payment, etc., 725, 727. Extra-duty pay, dept. hdqrs., 165. Inspectors', 858. Interest or concern in purchases, etc., 588. Transportation and expenses, 729, 730. Clothing and Equipage : Articles used for police, 454-456. Accounts, 1178-1185, 1192, 1407. Annual price list, 273. Burial of deceased soldiers, 1195. Care of, by enlisted men, 269, 271. Company, 252. Company clothing book, 264. Contract for, or purchase, 515. Damaged, 887. Deserters, 129, 130. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. Estimates, 1164-1174, 1199. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 972. Indian prisoners of war, 480. Infected, 708, 1441. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 176. Inspection by medical officers, 1393. Clothing and Equipage Continued. Interior Department Indians, 480. Issues, 1172, 1178, 1179, 1186-1191, 1193-1195, 1442. Issues in case of necessity, 1177. Laundry charges, recruits, 1 192. Officers' servants, 1197. Price list, 1163. Purchase of, by officers, 1196. Retired enlisted men, 138, Sizes of clothing, 1173, 1174. Unmade clothing, 1174, 1175. Worn and in possession of men, 271, 272. Coffee : Purchase and issue of liquid, 1257. Ration, 1253, 1256. Wastage, 1243. Collection of Duties : Enforcement of, by the Army, 487, p. 68. College, retails : Applications and apportionment, 86, 90. Instructions to officers, 90. Ordnance, ordnance stores, etc., 90. Qualifications, 87, 89. Retired officers, 88. Transportation of officers' horses, 1069. Colleges and Schools : Details, 86-90, 1069. Inspection of military departments, 870. Colonels : Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 1119. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 433, 437, 440. Promotion to grade, 23. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with captains of the Navy, 12. Regimental returns, 792. Stationery. 1023. Colors and Standards : Artillery regiments, 215. Camp, 225. Engineer battalion, 215. Hospital and ambulance, 214. Infantry regiments, 215. Names of battles, 224. National, 215-220. Regimental, 215-220, 389, 391, 446. Service, 220. Silken, 219. Unserviceable, 223. Combinations : Suppression of unlawful, 487, p. 67. Command : Appropriate to each grade, 14. Commanding officers, 13, 15-19. Funeral escort, 438, 439. Mixed corps, A. W. 122. Reconnaissances and expeditions, 19. Staff officer, eligibility, 17, 18. Suspension from, by sentence, A. W. 101. INDEX. 297 Commandants : Efficiency reports, service schools, 807. Faculty, Army Medical School, 468 Service schools, 462, 464, 466, 467. Commanders, Nary : Rank with lieutenant-colonels, 12. Commanders of Escorts : Reconnaissances or expeditions, J9. Commanding General of the Army : Artillery inspectors, 350. Artillery practice, 352, 354, 463. Captains, light batteries, 345. Change of stations of troops, 192. Communications to, 762, 765. Condemned property, 888. Delays, 67. Department commanders' reports, 193. Disabilities of men not permanent, 155. Duties and responsibilities, 187. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Funeral honors and escort, 428, 437. Furloughs to enlisted men, 107. General courts-martial, A. W. 72. Honor graduates, service schools, 466. Indian scouts, 483. Inspection reports, 872. Inspectors, 858. Leaves of absence, 46, 61, 64. Light artillery instruction, 344. Ordnance depot, 1495. Post exchange, 326. Proceedings, courts-martial, 896. Promulgation of orders through, etc., 188. Regimental instruction, 231. Sale of horses to mounted officers, 1065, 1066. Schools of instruction, 191. Service schools, 869. Small-arms practice, 357, 358. Students, service schools, 465. Torpedo service instruction, 346, 347. Transfer or exchange of officers, 43. Transfers, etc., of enlisted men, 113. Commanding 1 Officers: Absentees at muster, A. W. 12, 13. Aid to contractors, 516. Appliances for transporting wounded, 1419. Arrest of officers, 897-899, 901, A.W. 65. Assignments and assumption, 13. Attendance drills, etc., 170. Battle-ground cemeteries, 493. Bimonthly reports of enlisted strength, 791. Boards of survey proceedings, 719. Captured property, 798. Casualty returns, 797, 1466. Certificates of merit, 178, 179. Charges against enlisted men, 928. Clothing and equipage, 708, 1178. Clothing for prisoners, 1193. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223. Condemned property, 888. Confinement of enlisted men, 907-909. Construction of works by troops, 1479. Commanding Officers Continued. Contempt or disrespect, A. "W. 20. Correspondence with subordinates, 763. Deceased officers, 81, 84. Destitute persons, 1267. Discharge by purchase of enlisted men, 144. Dress for officers and men, 1549. Enforcement of laws by troops, 488-491. Engineer officers on duty in command, 1483. Escort commanders, 19. Estimates for funds, Q. M. Department, 975. Execution of orders, 775. Exercise of command, 13. Forage, 1047. Forage ration, 1042. Furlough, A. W. 11. General duties and responsibilities, 747. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 176. Inspections, 875. Inspectors, 860. Intruders, Indian country, 476. Leaves of absence, 47, 60, 63. Liquid coffee, 1257. Military telegraph lines, 1542. Movements of troops, 1078. Musters, 451, 452. Navy or Marine Corps deserters, 134. Official correspondence, 766. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1493, 1494. Ordnance establishments, 1491. Parades, 449. Paymasters, 1297. Payments to enlisted men, 11)50, 1354. Pecuniary interest, etc., A. W. 18. Posting troops, 6. Previous convictions, 929. Property responsibility, 658-660, A. W. 10. Public animals, 708. Quartermaster's record, 1219. Ration returns, 1258-1264, '1268 Rations, 1233. Recruit detachments, 822. Redress of abuses, A. W. 54. Regimental bands, 250. Retirement of enlisted men, 136 Retirement of officers, 73. Returns of troops, 789-798. Returns, requisitions, and estimates, 743. Salutes and honors, 393. Savings of rations, 1269-1271. Special duty men, 170. Staff officers, 741. Stationery, 1023. Stores deteriorated, 708. Subsistence supplies and funds, 1229. Surveys and reconnaissances, 1480. Tableware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Temporary or acting, 15. Transfer or succession, 16. Trespassers, Indian country, 476. Veterinary supplies, 1039. Visitors to posts, 418. 298 INDEX. Commanding Officers Continued. Visits and courtesies, 420-425. See also Commanding General of the Army. Company Commanders. Department Commanders. Detachment Commanders. Post Commanders. Regimental Commanders. Commerce : Interstate and foreign, 487, p. 67. Commissaries : Acting, 1006, 1304, 1305. Blank forms, 1293. Bonds, 571-578. Candles for offices and storerooms, 1265. Commutation of rations, 1275-1279. Court-martial duty of purchasing, 191. Detail and duties of post, 203. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Gains, wastage, and deficiencies, 1242-1246. General duties, 1227-1229. Inspection of storehouses, 1248. Post, 203, 239, 362, 1265. Promotion, 22. Quartermaster of a regiment, 239, 1305. Sale of subsistence supplies, 1280-1292. Savings of rations, 1269-1271. Signal parties' supplies, 1547. Small-arms practice, 362. Transfers of supplies in bulk, 1239-1241. Commissary General of Subsistence: Acting commissaries, 1304. Exceptional articles for sale, 1283. General duties, 1226. Subsistence supplies and funds, 1228, 1236. Commissary-Sergeants : Appointments, duties, etc., 91-96, 99, 100,102. Baggage, 1119. Discharge and re-enlistment, 101, 103,104,931. Furloughs, 107, 108. Military control, 101. Personal reports, 102. Qualifications, 91, 93, 96. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Hank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 104, 931. Sleeping cars, 1109. Special duty details, 99. Stationery, 1026. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Commissions, Military: See Military Commitsions. Commissions of Office : Precedence, etc., 9, A. W. 122. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42, 43. Committees of Congress: Salutes and honors, 408, 418. Travel allowances of officers, 1335. Commodores: Hank with brigadier-generals, 12. Communications, Official: Letters, 752-769. Orders, 757,770-783. Commutation for Artificial Limbs: Money value, 1467, Commutation of Quarters: Military attaches, 36. Officers, 1336-1342. Retired enlisted men, 138. Stoves, 1009, Commutation of Rations: Allowance and conditions, 1272. Classes prohibited, 1273. Furloughs, 1273, 1275-1279. Insane soldiers, 472. Orders, 1274, 1275. Payments, 1275-1279. Rates, 1272. Travel on duty, 1082, 1275. Vegetables not issued, 1254. Companies : Absence without leave, A. W. 32. Accounts, 252. Alphabetical designation, 228. Arms, etc., in quarters, 268, 271, 276. Artificers, wagoners, etc., 168, 260, 262, 263. Assignments of officers, 228. Baking bread, 309. Band musicians, 245, 246. Bearers, 1412. 1413. Books and records, 264, 265, 1371, 1431, 1432. Brooms and scrubbing brushes, 285, 1203. Captains, 251, 252, 255. Care of arms, etc., 268, 270, 271, 276, 277. Chiefs of squads, 270, 271. Cleanliness of men, 269, 271. Clothing, 252. Commanders. See Company Commanders. Command of a captain, 14. Company bearers, etc., 1412, 1413. Council, 264, 287-301. Definition of " company," 227. Designation on muster and pay rolls, 786. Desks, 1122. Discipline and instruction, 252. Division into squads, 267. Equipments, 252, 268, 270, 271, 277, 278. Exchange council, 288. Field musicians, 247, 249. Flour to individuals and messes, 296. Fuel and stoves, 1006. Fund, 287, 291-293, 296, 300-302, 315, 316. . General mess supplies, 285. Inspections, 266. Kitchen, 281. Leather dressing or polishing material, 277. Libraries, 1132. Marking property, 279. Messing and cooking, 280-286. Mounted infantry, 1302, 1303. Musicians, 245, 246. Muster and pay rolls, 246, 784. INDEX. 299 Companies Continued. Names of men on bunks, 268. Noncommissioned officers, etc., 9, 256-264, 281, 368, 376, 383. 388. 439, 482, 1006, 1202. Numbering of men. 267. Pay, 252. Police of barracks, tents, etc.. 269, 270. Property, 252, 265, 279, 693. Public property, 274. 279. Quitting without leave. A. W. 40. Records, 264, 265, 1371, 1431, 1432. Repairs to ordnance stores. 1519. Reports, 252. Returns, 252, 789, 791, 792, 794-796, 1303. Sale of subsistence supplies, 1282. Savings of bakery, 296. Savings of rations, 1269. Subsistence, 252. Tableware, etc., 285. Tailors, 263. Text-books, 275. Transfers, officers and men, 43, 113. Uniform and fatigue dress, 263, 272, 273. Vacancies, band musicians, 245. Withdrawing from general mess, 303. Company Commanders : Absentees at muster, A. W. 12, 13. Acting in absence of officers, 253, 254. Admissions, Soldiers' Home, D. C., 174. Appointees, second lieutenants, 30. Artificers, 260. Bimonthly report of enlisted strength, 791. Blacksmiths, 260. Cartridges, hunting purposes, 363. Clothing accounts, 1178-1185. Clothing and equipage, 1164, 1172, 1178. Commutation of rations 1276-1278. Company bearers, 1412. Company fund, 300, 301. Confinement of enlisted men, 906. Councils of administration, 288, 291. Daily and weekly inspections, 266. Deceased soldiers' effects, 158-160. Deposits of enlisted men, 1360, 1371, 1372. Deserters, 118, 119, 124, 130. Detached enlisted men, 105. Discharge of enlisted men, 141, 148-150. Enlisted men in hospital, 1432. Enlistment of discharged soldiers, 837. Escaped prisoners' money, 913. Farriers, 260. Final statements, 1372-1374 First sergeants, 258. Flour ration, 296. Furloughs, 109, 110, 1082, A.W. 11. General duties and responsibilities, 252, 255, 267, 269, 274, 275. Incorrect payments, 1389. Inspection after taps, 383. Lance corporals, 257. Lists of men for instruction, post school, 318. Messing and cooking, 280, 282. Morning reports, 388. Company Commanders Continued. Muster and pay rolls, 784, 787, 1352. Noncommissioned officers, 92, 93, 256-261. Patients in hospital, 1439. Payment of deserters, 1381. Payments to enlisted men, 1352, 1356-1358. Practical and theoretical instruction, 230. Property responsibility, 274, 275, 361-663, 1053-1056, A. W. 10. Public animals, 1036. Reports of instruction, 231. Return of troops, 789. Saddlers, 260. Settlements with quartermasters, 265. Small-arms practice, 360, 361. Stationery, 1023. Transfer of enlisted men, 114. Uniform, enlisted men, 263, 272, 273. Wagoners, 260. Company Noncommissioned Officers: Appointments, etc., 256-261. Care of rations, 281. Desertion vacates position, 261 First sergeants, 9, 256, 258-261, 264, 376, 383, 388, 482. Fuel, 1006. Funeral honors and escorts, 439. Indian scouts, 482. Management of kitchens, 281. Rank and precedence. 9. Reduction to the ranks, 261. Reproving, 256. Roster duties, 368. Warrants, 259. Whistles, 1202. Computation of Distances : Payment of mileage, 1321, 1326. Traveling allowance, disch. soldiers, 1385. Computation of Service : Longevity pay, 1311. Computation of Time: Extra duty pay, 169,' 171. Personal services, 651. Condemnation of Property : Articles under charge of guards, 456. Duties of inspectors, 878, 882-884. Inventories, 879-882, 885. Medical supplies, 1463. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1524-1526. Property once condemned, 885. Signal Corps supplies, 1546. Worn or shabby in use, 884. Condemned Property: Marking or branding, 883. Ord. and ord. stores, 1500, 1524-1526. Sale, 679, 680, 882, 883, 886, 888, 889, 1037 Conduct Unbecoming an Officer : Dismissal, A.W. 61. Confinement of Enlisted Men : Awaiting trial by summary courts, 936. Charged with crime, A.W. 06. Civil authorities, 1314. Commencement and expiration ot term, 944. /\ f OF THB I dNIVERSITT 300 INDEX. Confinement of Enlisted Men Continued. Inquiry into offense, 905. Length of, before trial, 947. Limitation, A.W. 66. 70. Noncommissioned officers, 904. Payments to, on release, 953. Places, 910, 946. Prisoners, 903, 907, 910-916, 947, 948. Report of, to commander, 906, A.W. 68. Sentences of courts-martial, 940-944, 948-952. Without charges, 908. Confinement of Officers : Arrested, 898, A.W. 65, 70. Civil authorities, 1314. Congressional Committees : Salutes and honors, 408, 418. Travel allowances of officers, 1335. Conspiracies : Suppression by the Army, 487, p. 67. Construction, etc.: Alterations of plans or estimates, 1428. Hospitals, 1424-1429. Post cemetery walls or fences, 495. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1427, 1428. Consuls-General: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 409, 418. Contagious Diseases : Gratuitous issue of clothing, 1194, 1442. Infected clothing aud public animals, 708. Medical and hospital property, 1441. Patients and hospital attendants, 1442. Contempt of Court : Courts-martial, A.W. 86. Contempt or Contemptuous Words : Commanding officer, A.W. 20. President of the United States, A. W. 19. Contingent Expenses : Department headquarters, 197. Special accounts current, 621 . Continuous Service Pay : Notation on muster and pay rolls, 1367. Rates and payment, 1366. Contractors : Aid to fulfill contracts, 516. Bonds, 559-565, 573-577. Construction and repair work, 565. Entitled to copy of contract. 554. Marking supplies, 570. Payments for labor and material, 565. Contracts : Aid to contractors, 516. Awards, 542-547. Beef for troops, 1250. Blanks, 550. Competition to be invited, 519. Commanding officers, 747. Conditions necessary before making, 515. Construction and repair work, 565. Definition of contract, 549. Disposition of copies, 554, 556, 558. Examination and approval, 555. Execution, 551-554. | Contracts Continued. Forms, 550. Involving future payment of money, 579 Oath, " returns office " copy, 556. Officers making, responsibility, 519. Papers relating to, 558. Persons in military service, 589. Printing, 510, 513. Purchase of public animals, 1028. Purchases Q. M. and Sub. Depts., 557. Quartermaster's supplies, 1'058. Transportation of supplies, 1072. Unauthorized, prohibited, 515. Contract Surgeons: Baggage, 1119, 1121. Fuel, 999. Quarters, 994. Returns by chief surgeons, 1464. Conviction : Definition, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Convicts : Enlistment prohibited, 825. Cooking Stoves and Utensils : Allowances, 1006, 1010. Company, 280. Cooks: Excused from ordinary post duties, 302. Extra pay, 302. Inspection and muster, 302. Instruction, 280. Management and cooking in the field, 280. Manual for Army, 280, 283. Target practice, 302. Corn: Care and accountability, 1059-1064. Forage ration, 1041. Com Meal : Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Corporals : Appointments, 257, 260. Desertion vacates position, 261. Fuel, 1006. Funeral honors and escort, 439. Indian scouts, 482. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 261. Reproving, 256. Roster duties, 368. Selection and instruction, 256. Temporary appointments, 260. Warrants, 259. Whistles, 1202. Corporations: Acceptance of, as sureties, 574-577. Bonds, 473, 578. Contracts, supplies, and services, 553. Money vouchers, 642-644. Proposals, supplies, and services, 530. Stockholders as sureties, 561. Surety companies, 561, 574-578. Corps Commanders: Return of troops, 789. INDEX. 301 Corps Courts-Martial : Appointments, etc., A. W. 81. Corps of Engineers: Chief of Engineers, 178, 868, 1171, 1472,1473, 1475, 1481, 1482, 1485,1486, A. W. 81. Colors, 215. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. Extra duty details, enlisted men, 167. General duties, 1472. Officers, 1472-1475, 1477-1484, 1487. Precedence on occasions of ceremony, 6. Special regulations, pp. iii, 207. Troops, 1474-1476. Correspondence : Chiefs of bureaus, disbursing officers, 740. Foreign, 761, 817. [National cemeteries, 492. Official letters and orders, 752-783. Private, officers and enlisted men, 761. Resignation of officers, 77, 78. Correspondence with Enemy : Punishment, A. W. 46. Councils of Administration: Company, 264, 287-301. Exchange, 209,287-289. Mess, 287-289, 302, 303. Post, 130, 159, 160, 209, 263, 287-290, 292, 286-299. Counsel : Employment of civil, 967, 968. Counsel for Accused: Detail, qualifications and duties. 926. Judge-advocate to act, A. W. 90. Courtesies : Enlisted men to officers acknowledged, 404. Courtesy : EnjoiBed on military men, 4. Courts Martial: Acquittal of charge of desertion, 127. Annual reports of trials, etc., 891. Available officers for duty, 191. Charges against enlisted men, 927-929, 932, 934, A. W. 67. Closed sessions, 921. Counsel for prisoners, 926. Definition of conviction, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Extra compensation for clerical duties, 960. Fuel and stoves, 1G06. Garrison, 29, 891, 931, 937, 956, A.W. 80, 82, 83, 102, 103. General, 29, 890-892, A. W. 30, 58, 62-64, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 102, 103, p. 231, sec. 1343 R. S. Interpreters, 961. Judge-advocates, 683, 921-924, 954, 955, 959, 961, 965, note p. 227, A. W. 74, 84, 85, 90,92 113. Manual, 938. Members, 917, 918, 920, A. W. 75, 78, 84, 87, 88, 95. Noncommissioned officers, 931. Places where held, 918. Powers, 920. Power to punish contempt, A. "W". 86. Courts-MartialContinued. President, 919, 954, A. W. 85. Previous convictions, 929, 934. Proceedings, 890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 957, A.W. 86-95,113, 114, 121. Regimental, 931, 937. Reporters, 734, 958-960. Sentences, 29, 932, 933, 938-944, A. W. 38, 61, 96-98,100,101,104-112. Sessions, 918. Stationery, 1027. Summary courts, 29, 891, 931-936. Witnesses, 126, 922-925, 962, 966, A. W. 91, 92. Courts of Inquiry : Appointment, etc., A. W. 115. Composition, A. W. 116. Fuel and stoves, 1006. Members, A. W.I 16, 117. Oaths, A. W. 117, 118. Opinion of the court, A. W. 119. President, A. W. 117, 120. Proceedings, 890, 892, A. W. 116, 118, 120, 121. Recorders. A. W. 116-118, 120. Stationery, 1027. Witnesses, A.W. 118. Cowardice: Punishment, A. W. 42, 100. Sentences of courts-martial, A.W. 100. Credit Sales: Subsistence supplies, 1285, 1288-1290. Crimes or Offenses: Against laws of the land, A. W. 59. Convictions, enlisted men, civil courts, 147. Enlisted men charged with, A. W. 66. Fraud or embezzlement, A.W. 60. Officers charged with, A. W. 65. Currency Payments to Troops : See Check or Currency Payments to Troops. Custody of Public Funds: .National bank depositories, 581, 582, 584. Separate accounts and deposits, 583. Treasurer or assistant treasurer, 580, 584. Customs Duties : Army to protect collection, 487, p. 68. Customs Officers: Seamen and river boatmen, 1447. Damages to Property : Barracks and quarters, 976, 977. Barrack furniture, 977. Civilian employees, 687. Classification, 681. Deserters, 686. Enlisted men, 684, 685, 698, A. W. 16, 17. Examination, etc., boards of survey, 708. In transit, 1126, 1127, 1149. Loaned, mail con tractors, 207. Medical supplies, 1463. Mess property and utensils, 285. Officers, 682, 684, A. W. 15. Ord. and ord. stores, 1500, 1513, 1522". Prevention, 674. Stoppages, 1344. Subsistence supplies, 1245, 1246. 302 INDEX. Damages to Property Continued. Table ware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Death of Officers or Men : Information of, from records, 803. Payments, 1358. Records, 748, 749. Death Penalty: Sentences of court-martial, A.W. 96. Deceased Officers: Accounts for advertisements, 509. Accounts, medical attendance, etc., 1456. Baggage, professional books, etc., 1120. Burial in post cemeteries, 494. Checks outstanding, 600. Disposition of remains, 85. Effects, 82, 83, A. W. 125, 127. Expenses of burial, 85. Funeral honors and escort, 429, 430, 433, 437, 438, 440, 447. Public property or funds, 84. Reports of death and burial, 81, 85. Deceased Soldiers : Arrears of pay, etc., 161. Accounts, medical attendance, etc., 1456. Baggage, professional books, etc., 1120. Burial in post cemeteries, 494. Certificates of merit, 181. Clothing for use in burial, 1195. Deposits, 1377. Disposition of remains, 162. Effects, 158-161, 1439, A. W. 126, 127. Expenses of burial, 162. Funeral honors and escorts, 434, 439. Patients dying in hospitals, 1439. Reports of death and burial. 162. Deductions : Loss or damage to supplies in transit, 1127. Stoppages of pay, 1368. Tax for support of Soldiers' Home, 1368. Deeds : Military lands, 704, 890. Deficiencies in Public Property: Stoppages, 1344. Subsistence supplies, 1231, 1245. Definitions : Artificers, 262. Company, 227. Conviction, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Desertion, 133. Extra and special duty, enlisted men, 164. Fiscal year and quarters, 617. Garrison prisoners, 903. General and special orders, 771, 772. General and special recruiting service, 818. General prisoners, 903. Indian country, 475. Officer, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1492. Personal service, 518. Quartermaster's supplies, 1221. Rank, 7. Eations, 1251. Definitions Continued. Recruiting stations and rendoz.vous, 821. Rosters, 364. Separate command, 790. Soldier, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Spring wagons, 1074. Uniform, 273. Delays: Applications, 59. Officers changing stations, 65. Proceedings, courts-martial, A. "W, 93. Regarded as furloughs, 107. Regarded as leaves of absence, 67. Returning from sick leave, 63. Deliberations : Conveying praise or censure forbidden, 5. Department Commanders: Absence from headquarters, 195. Administration of military affairs, 192. Appeals referred to, for decision, 194. Appeals of officers, A. W. 29. Artillery inspectors, 350. Artillery practice, 352. Assignments to command, 189. Authority to command, 190, 191. Awards and contracts, 541, 542. Barracks and quarters, 206, 985, 990. Board of survey, 709. Candidate for promotion, 28. Change of station of troops, 192. Chaplains, 39. Civilian employees, 726. Clothing and equipage, 1186, 1191. Company commanders, 254. Contingent expenses, 197. Controversies arising within command, 194. Condemned property, 882, 888. Confinement of enlisted men, 909, 911, 941. Councils of administration, 289. Courts-martial proceedings, 894, 895. Deceased officers, 81. Deserters, 121. Desertion, special reports, 115, 116. Discharge of enlisted men, 140, 148, A. W. 4. Disbursing officers on staff, 740. Disposal of deserters, 117. Efficiency reports, 807. Estimates, 745, 975. Examinations for promotion, 25, 30. Extra and special duty details, 164. Extra duty pay 172. Field practice, messing of enlisted men, 280. Forage rations, 1041. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Funeral escorts, etc., 437. Furloughs to enlisted men, 107-109. General courts-martial, A. W. 72, 76. General hospitals, 1433. Hire of quarters, 988, 989. Hospital corps, 1406. Hospitals, 1428. Hospital transports, 1434. Illuminating supplies, 1015, 1016, 1018. INDEX. 303 Department Commanders Continued. Imprisonment of enlisted men, 941. Indian country, 475. Indian scouts, 482, 484. Insane soldiers, 469, 472. Inspection reports, 872, 882 Inspections, 193. Inspectors, 860. Instruction and practice signaling, 1544. Irregularities, deficiencies, etc., 872. 875. Leave of absence, officers, 46, 61. Light artillery details, officers and men, 377. Loss of special funds, 292. Messing and cooking, 283. Messing of enlisted men, field practice, 280. Mounted service, 1301, 1302. Movements of troops, 745. Officers under arrest, 899. Office rooms, 1007. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1497, 1498, 1506, 1515, 1520, 1525. Ordnance depots, 1495. Payments to enlisted men, 1350, 1361-1363. Personal leave beyond command, 46. Personal staff, 196. Post gardens, 316. Post noncommissioned staff, 94, 101, 103. Post schools, 318, 320. Practical and theoretical instruction, 230. Public moneys by express, 1128. Quartermaster's supplies, 1063. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1428. Regimental field officers, 232. Eeports from officers, 742. Retirement of officers, 73. Returns of troops, 789. Signal supplies, 1546. Small -arms practice, 357, 360. Special and annual reports, 192, 193, 195. Staff officers and enlisted men, 738. Stationery, 1023. Subsistence, furioughed men, 110. Subsistence supplies and funds, 1227, 1228. Supervision of reservations, 210. Supervision or control, 190-192. Telegraph accounts, 1213. Telegraphic code, 1207. Transfer, etc., of enlisted men, 113. Transportation, furioughed men, 110. Unimportant communications, 769. "Witnesses, 925. Departments : Candles for headquarters, 1265. Change of station of troops, 192. Civilian employees' headquarters, 725. Commanders. See Dept. Commanders. Contingent expenses, 197. Draft and pack animals, 1071 . Engineer officers on duty, 1483. Establishment, 189. Inspections, 193. Departments Continued. Judge- Advocates, 196, 683, 891, 893, 1006. 1301, note p, 227. Letter and note headings, 512. Movements of troops, 192. Office rooms, fuel and stoves, 1006-1008 Orders, 782. Printing, 510-5 Records of discontinued, 800. Returns, 57, 63, 789, 794-796. Staff, 196. Depositions : Witnesses, courts-martial, A. W.91. Depositories, Designated : Balances unchanged for three years, 586. Check books, 606. Checks in payment of enlisted men, 1351. Credit proportioned, 582. Depositaries, 591, 592. Deposits of moneys refunded, etc., 1391. Disbursing officers' deposits, 581, 582, 584, 586. Lists, 581. Transfers of funds, 582. Deposits of Enlisted Men : Books, 1371-1374. Check or currency payments, 1360. Deceased soldiers, 1377. Descriptive lists, 1371. Discharged for fraud, 1386. Final statements, 1372-1374. .Forfeitures, 1372, 1378. Interest, 1376. Making and recording, 1360, 1371. Payments, 1372, 1374, 1375. Renewal on re- enlistment, 1375. Retained pay, 1379. Transfer or desertion, 1371, 1372, 1378. Unpaid at discharge, 1374. Deposits of Moneys and Collections: Balances and collections, 608-616. Certificates, 608, 609,' 612, 613, 1502. Deserters' effects, 130. Funds of other staff departments, 610. Funds refunded, etc., 1391. Paymasters, 611. Places, 580. Proceeds of sale, 614-616. Received for disbursement, 580-584. Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C. : Artificial limbs, etc., 1470, 1471. Inmates Soldiers' Home, 175. Depots of Supply : Annual inspections, 868. Candles, 1265. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Efficiency reports, 807. Plats of land, 707. Quartermasters' Department, 974. Supervision or control, 190, 974. Deputy Paymaster-General : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. 304 INDEX. Deputy Quartermaster-General : Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Descriptive and Assignment Cards: Laundry charges, 1192. Recruits, 846, 850-853. Toilet articles sold to recruits, 1289. Descriptive and Deposit Book: Company, 264. Record of deposits, 1371. Descriptive Books : Public animals, 264, 1034, 1218. Regimental, 243. Descriptive Lists : Absent enlisted men discharged, 149. Clothing balances, 1 182. Deposits, 1371. Deserters, 119, 122. Detached enlisted men, 105. Forfeitures and deductions, 1368. Insane soldiers, 470. Navy or Marine Corps, deserters, 134. Patients in hospitals, 1439. Post noncommissioned staff, 101. Public animals, 1033 ; 1035. Retired enlisted men, 139. Retirement of enlisted men, 136. Signal sergeants, 1540. Transfer of enlisted men, 114. Deserters : Application for release, etc., 120. Apprehended. 117, 119-121, 1184. Arrest, delivery, etc., 116, 122. Awaiting trial, 129. Board of survey, 115. Clothing allowance and accounts, 1183-1185. Clothing and personal effects, 129, 130, 1193. Definition, 133. Delivery, 120, 124, 125. Descriptive lists, etc., 119, 122. Enlistment prohibited, 825. Forfeitures, 132, 133. Identification, 123. Inquiry, liability to trial, 120. Military prisoners, escaped, 128. Navy or Marine Corps, 134. Pay and allowances, 129, 132, 133, 1380, 1381. Physically disqualified, 117, 121. Property carried away or .lost, 686. Property lost or abstracted, 115. Reports, etc., 116, 118, 119. Restoration to duty without trial, 121, 132. Return to service, 131. Rewards and expenses, 124-128, 132. Special annual reports, 116. Statute of limitations, 120. Surrendered, 117, 119-121, 1184. Time lost to be made good, 131-133. Trial, 120, 121, 127, 129. Witnesses against, 126. Desertion: Advising or persuading, A. "W. 51. Causes andattending circumstances, 115. 116. Commencement, definition, etc., 133. Desertion- Continued. Deposits of enlisted men, 1371, 1372, 1378. Enlistment in other organizations, A. W. 50. Payments to enlisted men, 1358. Punishments, A. W. 47-51. Quitting service resignation, A. W. 49. Special annual reports, 116. Statute of limitations, A. W. 103. Time lost to be made good, A. W. 48. Trial after expiration of service, A. "W. 48. Destruction of Public Property: Accountability, destroyed in service, 697. Civilian employees, 687. Classification, 681. Deserters, 686. Enlisted men, 684, 685, 698, A. W. 16, 17. In transit, 1126, 1127. Military records, 802. Officers, 682, 684, A. W. 15. Ordnance, ordnance stores, 1510, 1522, 1523. Prevention, 674. Table ware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Detached Service : Descriptive lists, 105. Details of officers, 32, 34, 35. Engineer officers and troops, 1474. Muster and pay rolls, 785. Officers, Forts Monroe, Leavenworth, and Riley, 191. Orders directing tra^l, 66. Personal reports, officers, 805. Detachment Commanders : Absentees at muster, A. W. 12, 13. Clothing accounts, 1178-1185. Clothing and equipage, 1164, 1172, 1178. Confinement of enlisted men, 906. Daily and weekly inspections, 266. Duties, etc., 381, 382. Muster and pay rolls, 784, 787. Property responsibility, 661-663, 1053-1056, . A.W. 10. Ration certificates, 1262. Returns of troops, 790. Settlement with quartermasters, 265. Detachments : Commanders. See Detachment Command- em. Formation, 378-380. Fund, 300. Muster and pay rolls, 785. Officers and enlisted men on other duty, 379. Protecting laborers, rosters, 366. Report on return from duty, 382. Returns of strength, 790, 794-796. Sale of subsistence supplies, 1282. Serving together, 381. Details, Enlisted Men : Clerical assistant, Judge- Advocate, 958. Extra and special duty, 164, 305. Noncommissioned officers, 256. Post noncommissioned staff, 99. INDEX. 305 Details, Enlisted Men Continued. Roster duty, 364-377. Teachers, post schools, 317, 319. Details, Officers: Accountable for property, 658, 659, 664.- Acting inspectors, 871. Aids, 33. Artillery school, 463. Colleges, 86-90, 1069. Escorts of honor, 426. Exchange council, 288. Field officers' court, A. W. 80 General recruiting, 819, 820. Instructors, post schools, 317. Light artillery instruction, 344. Recruiting in departments, 854. Regimental recruiting, 856. Roster duties, 364-377. Special duty and detached service, 32, 34, 35. Special inspectors, 871, 878. Torpedo service instruction, 346, 347. Detained Pay : Discharged for fraud, 1386. Deteriorated Stores : Destruction, 708. Diagnosis : Enlisted men on sick report, 1432. Directors of Instruction : Service schools, 462, 467. Disabled Soldiers : Re-enlistment, etc., 839. Disability, Line of Duty : Muster rolls, 1432. Disbursements of Money : Disallowances, how charged, 653, 654. Inspections, 200, 871, 876, 877. Disbursing Officers : Acting in different capacities, 584. Advances to, of public moneys, 580. Balances unchanged for three years, 586. Bonds, 571-578. Ceasing to act, disposition of funds, 585. Correspondence, 740, 763. Deposit by, of funds, 580, 583, 584. Errors or disallowances, 655, 656. Disbursing officers' receipt, 592. Duplicate checks, 599. Funds kept in personal possession, 584. Gambling, 590. Inspection of accounts, 871, 876, 877. Insurance on public money or property, 593. Interest in purchases, etc., 587,588. Opening account, 591. Outstanding and unpaid checks, 585. Payments, accounts, contract service, 598. Pecuniary responsibility, 653, 654. Purchases, etc., of supplies, 589. Rates of exchange, 593. Receipts, 592. Refundments, stoppages, etc., 1391. Settlement with legal representatives, 652. Signature to be furnished depositaries, 591. Transfer of funds, 639, 1391. 13691 30 Disbursing Officers Continued . Transferring funds, 594, 595. Disability of Enlisted Men: Discharge, 140, 141, 154-157. Entry on muster roll, 1432. Permanent and temporary, 154, 155 Discharge Certificates: Contents and preparation, 148. Correspondence with "War Department, 143. Forms, 151. Furnished on discharge, A. W. 4. Issue of duplicate, 143. Loss, 143. Notations of final payments, 1383. Payment on fraudulent, 150. Post noncommissioned staff, 101. Retirement of enlisted men, 136. Service certificates issued in lieu of lost, 143. Discharged Soldiers: Certificates of merit, 181. Enlistment of certain, prohibited, 825. Hospital treatment, 1440. Payments, 1382-1388. Re-entering service, 824, 825, 836-840. Special authority for enlistment, 838. Discharge of Officers : By sentence, or order of President, A. "W. 99. Discharge of Enlisted Men: Absent from company, 149. Admission to Soldiers' Home, D. C., 174. Authority to, in whom vested, 140, A. "W. 4. Before expiration of service, 140. Certificates of discharge, 101, 136, 143, 148, 151, 1383, A. W. 4. Conviction by civil courts, 147. Deposits, 1372. Disability, 140, 141, 154-157. Dishonorable, 151, 152, 916, 949, 950. Disqualified through his own fault, 151. Expiration term of service, 142. Final statements, 141. Forfeiting retained pay, 151. Fraudulent enlistment, 151. Furloughs, 116. Honorable, 151. Hospital stewards, 931 Imprisonment, 151. Indian scouts, 481. Insane soldiers, 470. Minor children, 148. Patients in hospital, 1439. Post noncommissioned staff, 101, 104, 931. Purchase by soldier, 144, 146. Recruits for disability, 822. Re-enlisted, 148. Serving sentence, 151. Specially ordered, 151. Transportation and allowance, 146, 153. Veterans, 145, 146. "Without honor, 151. Discipline : Commanding general, 187, 188. Company, 252. 306 INDEX. Discipline Continued. Conduct prejudicial to good order, A.W. 62. Courtesy enjoined, 4. Deliberations or discussions, 5. Exercise of authority, 2. Obedience to and execution of orders, 1. Orders, President and Secretary of War, 188. Post commanders, 200. Post schools,324. Praise or censure, 5. Publications, 5. Punishments, 2. Respect to superiors, 4. Superiors and inferiors, 3. Use of influence, 5. Disclosing Parole or Watchword : Punishment, A. W. 44. Discontinued Commands : Records, 800. Discussions: Conveying praise or censure, forbidden, 5. Orders, etc., by adjutants, 237. Diseases : Contagious, 708, 1194, 1441, 1442. Chronic, 1456. Record and reports of treatment, etc., 155. Dishonorable Discharge : Effect and meaning, 152. Pardon or mitigation of punishment, 916. Preparation of certificate, 151. Sentences of courts-martial, 949, 950. Disinfectants : Routine issue, 1462. Dismissal of Officers : By sentence, or order of President, 1310, A. W. 99. Convicted of unbecoming conduct, A. W. 61. Cowardice or fraud, A. W. 100. Disobedience of Orders : Punishment, A. W. 21, 24. Disorders : Correction, etc., by ofiicers, A. W. 54. Disturbing courts-martial, A. W. 86. Quelling, A. W. 24. Dispatch Agents, I . S.: Correspondence, officers' and men's, 761. Disrespect or Disrespectful Words : Commanding officer, A. W. 20. President of the United States, A. W. 19. Distinguished Service : Certificates of merit, 178-191. Medals of honor, 177. Divine Service : Attendance and behavior, A. "W. 52. Division (Territorial) Commander: General courts-martial, A. W. 72. Divisions : Candles for headquarters, 1265. Commanders, 790, A. W. 73. Command of a major-general, 14. General courts-martial, A. "W. 73. Organization in time of peace, 189. Divisions Continued. Returns of strength, 790, 794-796. Senior engineer officer, 1478. Domestic Articles : Preference over foreign articles, 545. Domestic Tiolence : Protection of States against, 487, p. 64. Suppression by the Army, 487, p. 67. Donations : Libraries and museums, 1130, 1132. Post chapels, 1132. Dried Fish: Ration, 1253. Dried Fruit: Wastage, 1243. Drills : Enlisted men awaiting trial, etc., 907. Extra-duty men, 170. Post commanders, 200. Reports, 231. Drunkenness on Duty : Punishment, A. W. 38. Dueling: Challenges, A. W. 26, 27. Prevention, A. W. 26. Principals, A. W. 26. Seconds or promoters, A. W. 27. Upbraiding forrefusing challenge, A.W. 28. Duplicates : Bills of lading, 1140. Checks, 599. Transportation requests, 1094. Easements: Military lands, 704, 890. Effects of Deceased Officers: Delivery to legal representatives, 82, 83. Inventories, 82, A. W. 125. Officer charged with, A.W. 127. Sales, 83. Swords, watches, trinkets, etc., 83. Effects of Deceased Soldiers: Applications for proceeds of sale, 161. Delivery to legal representatives, 161. Inventories, 158, A. W. 126. Officer charged with, A. W. 127. Sale of unclaimed, 159, 160. Effects of Deserters: Disposition, 130. Effects of Escaped Prisoners: Inventories, 913. Efficiency Reports : Care enjoined in preparation, 811. Channels through which forwarded, 808, 810. Extracts, inspection reports, 810. Final disposition, 812. Reporting officers, 807, 809. Embezzlement : Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1510. Public moneys or property, A. W. 60. Emergencies: Control during, of troops, etc., 190, 191. Express transportation, 1128. INDEX. 307 Emergencie s Continued. Movements of troops, 192. Ord. and ord. stores, 1496, 1497, 1506. Purchases. See Oral Agreements. Transfers of hospital corps, 1406. Use of tents, 1205. Encampments : Private lands occupied, 979. Enemy : Correspondence, etc., relief, etc.,A. W.45, 46. Enforcement of the Laws : Civil rights, 487, p. 64. Collection of customs duties, 487, p. 68. Commanding officers, 486, 488-491. Distilleries, Indian country, 487, p. 65. Domestic violence in States, 487, pp. 64, 67. Extradition treaties, 487, p. 66. Guano Islands, 487, p. 68. Indian country, 487, pp. 64, 65. Insurrection, 487, pp. 66, 67. Interstate and foreign commerce, 487, p. 67. Intruders on public lands, 487, pp. 65, 66. Invasion, 487, p. 64. Land-grant railroads, etc., 487, pp. 67, 68. Neutrality laws, 487, p. 66. Peonage, 487, p. 64. Quarantine regulations, 487, p. 66. Timber depredations in Florida, 487, p. 65. Trespassers on public lands, 487, pp. 65, 66. United States mails, 487, p. 67. Engineer Department: Charts, harbors and channels, 351. Civilian employees, expenses, 734. Corps of Engineers, 6, 17, 167, 178, 215, 219, 868, 1171, 1472-1487, A. W. 81. Inspection of works, 868. Management, 1472. Maps and reconnaissances, 458, 460, 461. Permanent works of defense, 211. Public buildings, etc.,D. C., 704, 890, 1472. Washington Aqueduct, 704, 890, 1472. See also Chief of Engineers. Engineer Officers : Commander in the field, 1477, 1481. Construction of works by troops, 1479. Department duties, 196, 1483. Detached from corps, 1474. Efficiency reports, 807. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General duties, 1472, 1473. Journals of attack and defense, 1482. Plans of military works, 1482. Post duties, 203, 1483. Promotions, 22. Quarters, fuel, etc., 1484. Reports of engineering operations, 1480,1481. Senior with army corps, etc., 1478, 1481. Special service, 1475. Surveys and reconnaissances, 1480. Travel allowance and mileage, 1487. Engineers : Hours of labor, 728. Engineers Continued. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Engineer School, Willets Point, TS. Y. : Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Supervision or control, 190. Torpedo-service instruction, 346. Engineer Troops : Allowances, etc., 1476. Detached from corps, 1474. Special service, 1475. Enlisted Men: Absence without leave, 126, 127, 133, A. W. 31-35, 40. Altering or taking apart arms, 276. Ammunition, 1513. Appeals, A. W. 30. Arms, etc., in barracks, 268. Arrested by civil authorities, 1314. Artificial limbs and appliances, 1467-1471. Artillery instruction, 462, 463. Attendance at funerals, 442. Attendance, etc., post schools, 317-324. Awaiting sentence, 945. Barrack bag, 269. Bimonthly reports of strength, 791. Box lockers and locks, 981. Buildings erected, places of amusement, 311. Care, etc., of clothing, 269-271. Care, etc., of rooms and furniture, 977. Cavalry instruction, 464, 465. Certificates of merit, 178-181, 1370. Charges against, 927-929, 932, 934, A. W. 67. Children, post schools, 322. Cleanliness, dress, etc., 269, 271, 272, 1393. Clothing accounts, 1178-1185, 1192. Clothing and equipage, 269-271, 1163, 1174. 1178, 1179,1186-1191, 1193-1195, 1393. Commutation of rations, 1082, 1272-1279. Company bearers, 1412, 1413. Confinement, 903-916, 936, 944, 946, 948-953, A. W. 66, 70. . Contempt or disrespect, A. W. 20. Damaged clothing, 887. Deceased, 158-162, 181, 434, 439, 494, 1120, 1195, 1377, 1439, 1456, A. W. 126, 127. Definition of soldier, p. 217, sec. 1342 K. S. Deposits, 1360, 1386, 1371-1379. Deserters, 115-134, 686, 825, 1183-1185, 1193, 1380, 1381. Desertion, 115, 116, 133, 1358, 1378, A. W. 47-51, 103. Detached service, 105. Discharges, 101, 104, 116, 136, 140-157, 174, 470, 481, 822, 916, 931, 949, 950, 1372, 1383, 1439, A.W.4. Disrespectful or contemptuous words against the President, A. "W. 19. Dispatches in the field, 781. Divine service, A. W. 52. Drunkenness on duty, A. W. 38. Dueling, A. W. 26-28. Extra and special duty, 99, 163-172, 263, 305, 306, 319, 1223, 1640. 308 INDEX. Enlisted Men -Continued. Extra pay, 180. Fitting equipments, 278. Funeral honors and escort, 434, 439. Furloughs, 106-112, 1082, A.W. 11. General courts-martial proceedings, 894. Hiring of duty, A.W. 36, 37. Hospital stores, 1450, 1456. Infantry instruction, 464, 465. Insane, 469, 470. Instruction in signaling, 1544. Labor, 333, 495. Leaving post on pass, 271. Medals of honor, 177. Medical attendance, etc., 1450-1457. Messing and cooking, 280-286. Mess furniture in the field, 286. Messing separately from company, 296 Military history, 748, 749. Mutiny and sedition, A.W. 21-24, 43. Noncommissioned officers, 9, 91-104, 107, 108, 166, 167, 238, 241, 242, 256-261, 264, 281, 368, 376, 383, 388, 398, 439, 471, 482, 694, 784, 791, 902, 904-906, 931, 1006, 1010, 1101, 1102, 1109, 1119, 1202, 1203, 1363, A. W. 24, 37. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1500, 1522. Payments, 112, 138, 139, 169, 287, 945 t 1275-1279, 1312, 1314, 1348-1370, 1374-1376, 1380-1389. Presence at parades, 449. Profanity, A.W. 53. Promotion from ranks, 24-30, 1121, 1122,1334. Property damaged, 684, 685, 698, A.W. 16, 17. Pursuit of deserters, 125. Quarrels, frays, and disorders, A.W. 24, 25. Rations, 1251-1264. Retained pay, 1379. Retired, 135-139, 434, 1120, 1147, 1451. Retirement, 135-139. Roster details and duty, 364-377. Sales, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. Salutes by, to officers, 396-404. Selling arms, etc., A.W. 60. Sick call, 1431. Staff corps and departments, 737, 738. Stoppages, 721. Straw for bedding, 1048. Surgical appliances, 1456. ' Tableware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Teachers, post schools, 317, 319. Transfer, 1182. Transfer or exchange, 113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. Transfers to hospital corps, 1403. Transmission by, of dispatches, 781. Travel on duty, 107, 1082, 1101, 1102, 1273, 1275. Trial for offenses not capital, A. W. 80-82. Unauthorized sale of property, A. W. 16, 17. Uniform and dress, 272, 1548-1551. Violence toward traders, A.W. 56. Waste of private property, A. W. 55, 59. Witnesses, military or civil courts, 72, 925. Enlistment Papers: Date of, 824, 836. Form*, 833. Hospital corps recruits, 1400. Indian scouts, 485. Minors, 829. Name of recruit, 834. Oath, 831. Preparation, etc., 833. Recruits on probation, 824. Re-enteriug service, 836. Enlistments and Re-enlistments: Antedating, 835. Continuous service pay, 1366, 1367. Date of, 824, 836. Enlistment papers, 485, 824, 829, 831, 833, 834, 836, 1400. Enticing by false representations, 830. Father of minor child, 828. Fitness and aptitude, 824. Fraudulent, 847, 1386, 1387, note, p. 224. Hospital corps, 1398-1400. Indian scouts, 481,484. Married persons, 828, 1404. Minors, 825, 826, 829, A. W. 3. Original, 824. Prohibited classes, 825. Qualifications of applicants, 823, 824. Recniiting officers, 826, 827,829, 830, 836, 837. Recruits on probation, 824. Re-enlistments, 103, 837-840, 1366, 1375, 1398, 1404. Re-enlistment pay, 1365, 1367. Re-entering service, 824, 836-838. Signal Corps sergeants, 1539. Special authority required, 838. Without discharge, A. W. 50. Ensign, Navy: Ranks with second lieutenant, Army, 12. Envelopes: Penalty, 813-815, 817. Envoys, American or Foreign : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 409, 418. Epidemics : Transfers of hospital corps, 1406. Equipments : Ambulances, 1416. Barracks, regulation, 268. Care and preservation, 270, 271. Company, 252. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. Field cooking device, 286. Fitting and changing, 278. Horse, 1501, 1502. Leather dressing material, 277. Marking, 242, 279. Militia, 1131 Regimental bands, 242, 248. Erasures: Bills of lading, 1139. Proposals, supplies and services, 532. INDEX. 309 Escaped Prisoners: Effects, moneys, and keepsakes, 913. Punishment for permitting, etc., A. W. 69. Howards, etc., 128. Escorts: Commanders, 19. Honor, composition, etc., 426. Insane soldiers, 469, 471, 472. Estimates : Alterations of approved, 1428. Barracks and quarters, 978. Channels, 764. Clothing and equipage, 1164-1174, 1199. Examination, re vision, and approval, 744-746. Fortifications, materials for repairs, 333. Funds, 580. Hospitals, 1426, 1428. Kitchen utensils, 1199. Mineral oil, 1019. Preparation, etc., 743. Quartermaster's Department, 975. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1426, 1428. Subsistence supplies and funds, 1229. Table ware, etc., 1199. Veterinary supplies, 1038, 1039. Evidence : Courts-martial, A. W. 91, 92, 121. Courts of inquiry, A. W. 116, 118. Previous conviction, 929, 934. Proceedings, boards of survey, 710-712. Relief of officers from responsibility, 710, 711. Examination for Appointment or Promotion : Appointees, second lieutenants, 25, 27, 30. Hospital stewards and privates, 1397. Information concerning, 748. Line of Army, 23. Ordnance corps, 1490. Signal Corps, 1538. Staff corps and departments, 22. Examination of Accounts and Returns : Chiefs of bureaus, 655, 701, 702. Errors or disallowances, 656, 701, 702. Refundment for deficient articles, 701, 702. Exceptional Articles: Sales to officers, 1283. Exchange or Barter : Supplies purchased from commissary, 1287. Exchange or Surrender: Public animals, 1036. Exchange or Transfer: Commissioned officers, 42, 43, 344, 463, 1069. Enlisted men, 113, 114, 155. Exchange, Post: Council, 209, 287-289. Council book, 209. Erection of building by enlisted men, 311. Establishment and maintenance, 325. Fund, 287, 291, 292. Operations and financial condition, 326. Profits paid to regimental fund, 295. Sales to, of bread, 296. Sales to, of subsistence supplies, 1282. Exchange, Post Continued. Seeds for post gardens, 315. Special regulations, p. iii, par. 325. Execution of the Laws : Obstructing or hindering, 487, p. 67. Expeditions: Escort commanders' duties, 19. Expenditures : Ammunition, 360, 361, 1511-1514. Appropriations for support of Army, 736. Commanding officers, 747. Disallowances, how charged, 653. Exceeding appropriations, 579. Inspections, department commander, 193. Obedience to orders, 653. Posts and reservations, 204, 206. Special funds, 287, 291, 295. Veterinary medicines and dressings, 1039. Expenses, etc.: Arrest, etc., of deserters, 124-126, 132. Attendants, horses, mounted officers, 1069. Burial of officers and soldiers, 85, 162. Escaped general prisoners, 128. Post bakeries, 307. Recovery of public property, 691. Expert Accountant, Insp. Gen. Department: Transportation and expenses, 733, 734. Expiration of Leave: Defined, 53, 54. Expiration of Term of Service : Discharge of enlisted men, 142, A. W. 4. Payments to officers, 1312. Trial of deserters, A. W. 48. Explorations, Military: Travel allowance, officers, 1333. Exploring Expeditions: Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1509. Outfits, 672. Express Transportation : Baggage, etc., 1118. Letters or package's, 816. Limited to emergencies, 1128. Pay of troops, 1349, 1352, 1353. Public moneys, 1128. Extensions : Furloughs, 107. Leaves of absence, 44-46, 48, 52, 59. Limits, officers tinder arrest, 898. Extra and Special Duty: Artificers, wagoners, etc., 168. Attendance, drills and inspections, 170. Bakers. 305, 306. Defined, 164. Drills and inspections, 170. Employment of troops in labors, 163. Hours of labor, 171. Labor in camp or garrison, 164. Limitation of details, 172. Mode of detail, 164. Noncommissioned officers, 99, 166, 167. Pay, 164, 165, 167-169, 171, 172, 306, 319. 810 INDEX. Extra and Special Duty Continued. Quartermaster's Department, 164, 168, 1223 Restrictions in employment, 164. Subsistence Department, 164. Tailors, 263. Extradition Treaties: Protection of persons extradited, 487, p. 66. False Alarms : Punishment for occasioning, A."W. 41. False Certificates : Absentees at muster, A. W. 13. Frauds upon the Government, A. W. 60. Pay of the Army, A. W. 13. False Musters: Man or horse, A. W. 14. Persons not soldiers, A. W. 5. False Papers : Frauds upon the Government, A. W. 60. False Representations: Enticing into service, 830. False Returns: Troops and property, A. W. 8. Families, Officers, Soldiers, etc. : Burial in post cemeteries, 494. Medical attendance, etc., 1450, 1456. Sales to, of subsistence supplies, 1280. Farriers : Appointment, etc., 260. Extra duty detail and pay, 168. Indian scouts, 484. Instruction by veterinary surgeon, 185. Father of Minor: Consent to enlistment of child, 826, 829. Enlistment or re-enlistment, 828, 838. Fatigue Dress : Worn by enlisted men, when, 272. Fatigue Duty : Light batteries, 377. Performed by roster, 366. Favor: Discharge of veterans, 145, 146. Fees: Administering oath, 649. Ferries : Passage of troops, teams, etc., 1107, 1108. Purchase, use, etc., of tickets, 1108. Field Music: Instruments, 1202. Saluting, 389-391. Field Musicians : Procedure when needed, 249. Roster duties, 368. Separation from companies, 247. Signals for roll calls, etc., 386. Field Notes and Sketches : Maps and reconnaissances, 457-459. Field Officers: Personal report, 793. Returns of detached companies, 793. Field Officers' Court: Constitution, A. W. 80. Jurisdiction, A. W. 80, 82, 83, 102, 103. Field Service and Duties: Baggage, 1119. Barrack furniture and equipage, 983. Cooking device, 286. Details by roster, 365. General mess, 303. Hospital corps, 286, 1420-1423. Inspection, 193. Quartermaster's supplies, 1051. Savings of flour, 296. Field Works, etc.: Engineer officer's duties, 1472, 1479. Journals of attack and defense, 1482. Plans, etc., 1482. "Working parties, 1479. Final Payment, Enlisted Men : Notification to paymaster, 150. Final Statements : Character, etc., on discharge, 148. Clothing balance, 1182. Deposits of enlisted men, 1372-1374, 1377. Discharge of enlisted men, 141. Forfeitures and deductions, 1368, 1369. Forms, 151. Lost or mislaid, 1384. Minors discharged for fraud, 1386. Money accounts, 648. Patients discharged from hospital, 1439. Payments to discharged soldiers, 1382-1384. Post noncommissioned staif, 784. Retirement of enlisted men, 136. Transportation charges, 153. Firemen : Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Fires: Commissary storehouses, 1248. Loss of property, 1245. Magazines, 340. Firing Artillery: Reports to Chief of Ordnance, 356. Firing Regulations : Small arms, 357, 358. Firms: Acceptance of, as sureties, 561. Contracts, 552. Money vouchers, 641. Proposals, 530. First-Aid Treatment: Instruction, 1413. First Lieutenants : Baggage, 1119. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 433, 437, 440. Light or mounted batteries, 1067. Ordnance corps, 1489. Promotion to grade, 23. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006 Rank and precedence, 9. Rankwithjuniorlieutenantsof the Navy, 12. Roster duty, 368. Signal Corps, 1538. Stationery, 1023. INDEX. 311 First Sergeants : Desertion vacates position, 261. Horses of dismounted men, 376. Indian scouts, 482. Inspection after taps, 383. Morning reports, 388. Orders entered in company order book, 264. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 261. Reproving, 256. Return to grade of sergeant, 258. Roll calls, 383. Selection and appointment, 258, 260. Warrants, 259. Fiscal Year: Balances at close, disposition, etc., 623-625. Defined, etc., 617. Notations on money accounts, 619. Remittances of funds, 618. Fish: Ration, 1253. Flag Officer of the Xavy: Funeral honors, 431. Flags : Ceremonies on lowering at retreat, 450. Description, etc., 212. Dipping of, at military posts, 419. Garrison, post, and storm, 213. Guards, 454. Half staff, 429, 431-437. Hospital and ambulance, 214. National festivities, loreign, vessels, 425. Small-arms practice, 362. Flogging : Sentence of a court-martial, A. W. 98. Florida : Timber depredations, 487, p. 65. Flour : Issues and sales, 296. Ration, 296, 1253. Savings, 296, 307. Small-arms practice, 362, 1265. Wastage, 1243. Food and Cooking : Daily inspections, 266. Examination by medical officers, 1393. Prisoners' food, 284. Forage : Allowance to officers, 1044, 1045. Beef cattle, 1280. Care and accountability, 1059, 1064. Contracts for, or purchase, 515. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 972 . Issue, 1043. Military attache, 36. Purchase by officers, 1046. Ration, 1041, 1042. Requisitions, 1021. Sales by officers, 1047. Transportation at posts, 1077. TJnconsumed, 1047. Use and disposition, 1047. Verification of quantities, 1061. Forage Masters : Interest or concern in purchases, etc., 1057. Forcing Safeguard : Punishment, A. W. 57. Foreign Articles: Preference to be given domestic articles, 545- Purchase abroad for importation, 517. Foreign-Commerce Laws : Enforcement of, by the Army, 487, p 67. Foreign Correspondence: Officers and men, 761. Penalty envelopes, 817. Foreign Countries: Correspondence, 761, 817. Delivery of Government publications, 37. Officers and enlisted men visiting, 55, 56, 109. Foreign-Service Officers : Salutes and honors, 390, 415, 418. Visits and courtesies, 421. Foreign Tessels of War : Celebration of national festivities, 425. Salutes and honors, 417. Visits and courtesies, 421-425. Forfeitures : Abatement terms of confinement, 915. Commencement of sentence, 915. Continuous service pay, 1366. Deposits of enlisted men, 1378. Deserters, 129, 132, 133, 1381. Notations on muster and pay rolls, 1369. Re-enlistment pay, 1365. Retained pay, 1369, 1379. Sentences of courts-martial, 951, 952. Forgery : Frauds upon the Government, A. W. 60. Forms, Blank : Alterations or new forms, 1552. Bills of lading, 1135. Bonds of contractors, 560. Certificates of discharge, 151. Final statements, 151. Inspector-General's Department, 876, 879. Manuscript forbidden, 751. Notes and directions, 1552. Official telegrams, 1214. Ordnance Department, 1535. Printing, 514. Reconnaissance, 458, 460, 461. Subsistence Department, 1293. Supplied by chiefs of bureaus, 1552. Fortifications : Alterations, etc., 1485. Brick masonry or concrete work, 331. Buildings near, 1485. Care and maintenance of grounds, 327-330. Construction and repairs, 705, 706, 1472. Courts -martial, duty of officers, 191. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Grazing about, prohibited, 328. Labor for care, etc., 333. Materials, etc., for repair, etc., 333. Notification of completion, 1486. Occupation by troops, 1486. Permanent works of defense, 190, 211. 312 INDEX. Fortifications Continued. Supervision, 190. Ventilation, 332. Views of, not to be taken, 334. "Wooden constructions, 332. Fortresses: Engineer officer on duty, 1483. Forts: Construction and repairs, 705, 706. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Permanent posts, styled, 199. Plats of land, 707. Fractions of Cents: How reckoned. 635. Frauds: Crimes of, against the U. S., A. W. 60. Payments on discharge certificates, 150. Sentences of courts-martial, A. W. 100. Fraudulent Enlistment: Declared a military offense, note, p. 224. Deposits and detained pay, 1386, 1387. Reports to Adjutant-General, 847. Fraudulent Transactions: Investigation, 863. Frays : Quelling, A. W. 24. Freight Transportation: Letters or packages, 816. Fuel: Bakeries, 304, 1004. Care and accountability, 1059-1064. Chapels, 313. Contract for, or purchase, 515. Engineer officers, 1484. General messes, 285. Gymnasiums, 313. Increased allowance, 1006, 1011. Issued to troops, 1004, 1005. Libraries, 313. Military attaches, 36. Monthly allowance, 1006. Officers and families, 998-1003. Post schools, 313. Heading rooms, 313. Requisitions, 1021. Retired officers and men, 138, 998. Standard and equivalents, 1002. Verification of quantities, 1061. Veterinary surgeon, 183. Fund Book : Regimental, 243, 295. Funds, Special: Bakery, 287-289, 291-293, 296-299. Band, 300. Company, 287, 291-293, 296, 300-302, 315, 316. Detachment, 300. Hospital, 300, 315, 1446-1448. Mess, 287, 291-293, 302, 303. Regimental, 243, 248, 292; 293, 295. Slush, 294. Funeral Henors : Civil functionaries, 432. Commanding General of the Army, 428 Enlisted men at posts, 434. Escorts, 437-140, 445. Flag officer of the Navy, 431. Flags at half staff, 429, 431-437. Funerals, 430-434, 437-442, 445. General officers, 429, 430. Minute guns, 430-432. Mourning, 443-446. Officers at posts, 433. Officers without command, 447. President of the United States, 427. Retired officers, 429. Salutes with cannon, 427-430. Secretary of War, 428, 437. Funeral Services : Record at posts, 40. Furloughs : Arms and accoutrements, 112. Beyond limits of next higher command, 109, Commutation of rations, 1273, 1275-1279. Delays, 107. Exceeding limits, 109, 1273. Granted, by whom, 106-108, A. W. 11. Payments while absent, 112. Period and extensions, 106-108, A. W. 11. Previous furloughs, 109. Post noncommissioned staff, 107, 108. Re-enlistments, conditions, 107. Subsistence, returning, 110. Transportation, 110, 111, 1082. Visiting foreign countries, 109. "When not granted, 106. Furniture : Barrack, 977, 982, 983. Mess and table, 285. Office military attache, 36. Policing in barracks, 270. Post bakeries, 304. Gains : Subsistence supplies, 1231, 1242. Gambling : Disbursing officers, 590. Gardens: Distribution and sale of products, 316. Grounds to be set aside, 314. Regulations, 316. Seed, 315. Garrison Courts-Martial : Annual reports of trials, etc., 891. Appointment, etc., A. "W. 82. Jurisdiction, A. W. 80, 82, 83, 102, 103. Orders appointing, 937. Proceedings, 956. Trial of candidates for promotion, 29. Trial of non-commissioned officers, 931. Garrison Flags : Description and when used, 213. Salutes and honors, 416. Saluting, 405. INDEX. 313 Garrison Prisoners : See Prisoners. Garrisons : Absence without leave, A. "W". 31. Engineer officers on duty, 1483. Provisions for soldiers, A. "W. 56. Roster duty details, 305. Uniform and clothing, enlisted men, 272 % 273. Gauntlets : Issue to enlisted men, 1190. General Courts-Martial: Annual reports of trials, etc., 891. Appeals of enlisted men, A. W. 30 Appointment, A. W. 72, 73, 76. Candidates for promotion, 29. Composition, A. "W. 75, 78. Jurisdiction, A. W. 58. 60, 62-64, 79, 102, 103 ; p. 231, sec. 1343 R. S. Proceedings, 890, 892. General Mess : Brooms, 285. Business dealings, 303. Companies withdrawing, etc., 303. Council, 287-289, 302, 303. Extra compensation to attendants, 302. Fuel, 285. Fund, 287, 291-293, 302, 303. Furniture, 280, 285, 286. Illuminating supplies, 285. Instruction in cooking, 280. Management, 303. Officer in charge, duties, etc., 303. Scrubbing brushes, 285. Supervision, 280. Visits to hall, 201. General of the Army: Funeral honors and escort, 429, 437. Ranks with Admiral of the Navy, 12. Salutes and honors, 389, 411, 414, 418. General Orders : See Orders. General Prisoners : See Prisoners. General Recruiting Service : Defined, 818. Recruiting officers, 819, 820. Gestures : Reproachful or provoking, A. "W. 25. Government Hospital for the Insane: Admission, etc., of insane soldiers, 469-472. Release of patients, 473. Government of the United States : Delivery abroad of publications, 37. Enforcement of laws by the Army, 486-491. Governors of States and Territories: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Gradu tes : Military Academy, 49, 1121, 1122, 1334. Service schools, 466. Grants : Military lands, 704. Gratuitous Issue : Canvas caps and mittens, 1189. Clothing for deceased soldiers, 1195. Contagious diseases, 1194, 1442. Graves : Battle-ground cemeteries, 493. Post cemeteries, 496. Guano Islands : Protection of rights of discoverers, 487, p. 68. Guaranties : Advertisements, 522, 533, 534. Blanks, 534. Execution, 534. Evidence of bidders' ability in lieu, to be furnished, 546. When required, 533. Guarantors : Acceptance of, as sureties, 562. Corporate, 561, 574-578. Noncorporate, 563. Guard Duty : Exemptions, 373. Light batteries, 377. Old, exemptions, 373. Rosters, interior and stable, 366, Sentences imposing tours, 939. Guardhouses : Fuel and stoves, 1006. Illuminating supplies, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Iron bunks, 1048. Confinement of noncom. officers, 904. Men awaiting trial summary courts, 936. Police daily, 387. Yisits, post commander and surgeon, 201. Guardian of Minor : Consent to enlistment of child, 826, 829. Guard Mounting : How conducted, 448 Guards: Candles, 1265. Duties, etc., 453. Deserters, 126. Excused from Saturday inspections, 266. Guard report, 209, 455. Officer commanding, A. W. 67-69. Prisoners en route, 911, 912. Property used for police, 454-456. Quitting without leave, A. W. 40. Guidons: Cavalry, 221. Light artillery, 222. Guns: Morning and evening, 208. Position, etc., in flxed batteries, 348. Saluting, 406, 408-411, 416, 417. Gymnasiums : Erection of building by enlisted men, 311. Fuel and stoves, 313, 1006. Transportation of property, 312. Habeas Corpus : Discharge of enlisted men, 140. State courts or judges, 969, 970. United States courts or judges, 971. 314 INDEX. Harboring the Enemy : Punishment, A. W. 45. Harbors and Rivers : Change of station of officers, 737. Improvements, 1472. Hard Bread : Kation, 1253, 1256. Wastage, 1243. Harness : Ambulance, 1414. Dressing, 277. Hatchets and Hatchet Helves : Helves dropped from returns, 1198. Police purposes, 454. Haversacks : How marked, 279. Hay : Bedding, 1049. Cutting of, from glacis, 330. Forage ration, 1041. Headboards for Graves : Battle-ground cemeteries, 493. Post cemeteries, 495, 496. Headquarters of the Army : Civilian employees, 725. Heating Stoves : Allowance, 1006-1008. Hides : Sales, 1237. Hindering : Execution of the laws, 487, p. 67. Hiring of Duty : Punishment, A. W. 36, 37. Hominy : Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Honorable Discharge : Preparation of certificate, 151. Honor Graduates : Service schools, 466. Honors, Courtesies, and Ceremonies: Ceremonies, 448-452. Escorts of honor, 426. Funeral honors, 427-447. Salutes, 389-419, 423-425. Visits and courtesies, 420-425. Horse Equipments : Indian scouts, 481. Sales, 1501, 1502. Horses : Field-service hospital corps, 1421. Indian scouts, 481. Military attache, 36. Mounted officers, 184.. 1044, 1065-1069. Public. See Public Animals. Transportation of the Army, 1070. Horseshoeing : Instructions by veterinary surgeons, 185. Horseshoes and Nails : Supply and issue, 1068. Horses of Mounted Officers: Exchange or return, 1065. Forage, 1044. Horses of Mounted Officers Continued. Officers of light or mounted batteries, 1067. Private horses to be kept, 1066. Public horses used by, 1066, 1067. Purchase from Q. M. Department, 1065. Shoeing, etc., 1068. Transportation, 1069. Veterinary attention, 184. Hospital Corps: Acting stewards, 1397, 1409, 1411, 1421. Appliances for transporting sick and wounded, 1414-1419 1422. Assignment to duty, 1409-1411, 1436. Ceremonies, 1405. Enlistments, re-enlistments, 1398-1400, 1404. Extra duty details, enlisted men, 167. Field service, 1420-1423. Fund of a detachment, 300. Hospital and ambulance flags or guidons, 214. Inspections, 1405, 1435. Instruction of privates, 1399. Means of transportation, 1408. Military duties, 1405. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Musters, 1405. Pay and clothing accounts, 1407 Precedence of, on occasions of ceremony, 6. Privates, 1397, 1410, 1411, 1413, 1421. Rations, 1259. Returns, monthly, 1408. Savings of rations, 1269. Service, 1396. Stewards, 1397, 1409, 1411, 1421. Transfer of members, 1406. Transfer to, of enlisted men, 1403. Hospitals: Attendants, 1442. Charges, 1447. Civilian employees at posts, 1444, 1445. Civilians at posts, 1446. Construction, etc., of buildings, 1424-1430. Flags, 214. Fuel and stoves, 1006. Fund, 300, 315, 1446-1448. Hospital corps, 1435, 1436. Illuminating supplies, 1012-1019, 1021, 1022. Inspections, 1435. Kitchens, 1006. Library, 1449. Management, 1435. Matrons, 1436, 1437. Mess rooms, 1006. Muster and pay rolls, 784, 785. Post commander and surgeon visit, 201. Property and stores, 973, 1441, 1443, 1450, 1456. Sales of subsistence supplies, 1282. Savings of rations, 1269. Service in garrison, 1396. Sick, 266, 300, 785, 1269, 1431, 1432, 1438-1440, 1442. Supervision and control, 1433. Surgeon, post and assistants, 201, 1435, 1436. Transports, boats, and railway trains, 1434. INDEX. 315 Hospital Stewards. Baggage, 1119. Discharge and re-enlistment, 931. Examination and appointment, 1397. Field service, 1421. Personal reports, 1401. Professional books, etc., 1122. Qualifications,] 397. Quarters, fuel, etc., 1006, 1010, 1427, 1428. Quota for posts, etc., 1409, 1411. Itank and precedence, 9. Reduction, 1402. Reduction to the ranks, 931. Re-enlistment, 1398. Sleeping cars, 1109. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Hostilities between Indian Tribes : Preventing or terminating, 487, p. 65. Hours of Labor: Civilian employees, 728. Extra-duty men, 171. Hours of Session : Proceedings, courts-martial, A. "W. 94. Hunting: Absence while, not deemed leave, 58. Ammunition, 360, 363, 1509, 1514. Large game, 363. Report and certificate, 58. Hypothecation : Pay accounts of officers, 1300 Identification: Deserters, 123. Discharged soldiers' merit certificates, 181. Payments to discharged soldiers, 1382. Illuminating Supplies : Candles, 1016. Chimneys, 1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. Daily inspections, 266. Lamps, 1012-1015, 1018, 1020, 1021. Lanterns, 1012, 1015, 1016, 1018, 1020, 1021. Messes, 285. Mineral oil, 1012, 1015-1017, 1019-1022. Officers, 1020. Street lamps, 1012, 1015, 1021. Veterinary surgeons, 183. Wicks, 1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. Imprisonment: Sentences .of courts-martial. 940, 941. Independence Day: Salute to the Union, 406. Independent Posts: Hospital corps, 1411. Index Books: Company, 264. Post, 209. Regimental, 243. Indian Reservations. Embraced in Indian country, 475. Indians : Agents, 477, 1507. Indian country, 474-476, 478, 487, pp. 64, 65 ; 568. Interior Department, 480. Indians Continued. Issues of rations, 1266. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1507. Ownership of animals, 477 Prisoners of war, 480. Scouts, 481-485. Subsistence, etc., 480. Supplies, stores, and property, 479. Indian Territory : Embraced in Indian country, 475. Indorsements : Official correspondence, 759, 760. Printed labels, 759. Infantry : Colors, 217. Mounted companies, 1302, 1303. Precedence, 6. Infantry and Cavalry School: Civilian employees, 725. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Detachment of officers, 191. Honor graduates, 466. Inspection, 869. Letter and note headings, 512. Officers for instruction, 465. Organization, 464. Special regulations, 464. Supervision or control, 190, 464. Information : Furnishing, from military records, 803. Inks: Colored, in records and correspondence, 801. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C. : Applications for admission, 174. Clothing and subsistence, 176. Qualifications, 173. Transportation to the Home, 175 Insane Persons : Enlistment of, prohibited, 825. Insane Soldiers : Government Insaae Hospital, 469-473 Insertions : Advertisements, 504-506. Insignia Buttons: "Wearing prohibited, 1551. Inspection Reports: Barracks and quarters, 976, 978. Channels through which forwarded, 872. Colleges and schools, 870. Copies, 862, 870. Damaged clothing, 887. Efficiency or inefficiency of officers, 810. Extracts, 872. Final dispositi6n, 872. Inspector-General, 810, 866, 870, 872, 876, 882, 889. Miscellaneous, 872. National Home Disabled Soldiers, 866. Ord. and ord. stores, 1500, 1519, 1525, 1526. Preparation and scope, 874. Private buildings and lands, 979. Proceedings, boards of survey, 708, 722. 316 INDEX. Inspection Reports Continued. Surgeons of posts, 1393. Troops, stations, and accounts, 872. Inspections : Annual, 866-868, 879. Appliances for transporting wounded, 1419. Articles in charge of guards, 455. Bakery fund accounts, 298. Barracks and quarters, 976, 978. Biennial, 867. Cavalry and field artillery, 266. Cavalry and light artillery horses, 1065. Chaplains, 41. Chief bakers, 308. Clerical aid to inspectors, 860. Colleges and schools, 870. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223. Company fund accounts, 301. Cooks, company, 302. Daily and Saturday, 266. Damaged clothing, 887. Department commanders, 193. Detachment of recruits, 845 . Disbursements and accounts, 871, 876, 877. Districts, 858. Extra-duty men, attendance, 170. General mess attendants, 302. Hospital corps, 1405, 1435. Hospitals, 1427, 1435. Hospital stewards and quarters, 1427. Medical, 1465. Medical, of posts, 1393. Methods of conducting, 873-889. Military Academy, 865. Military and business administration, 868, Musters, 452. National cemeteries, 867. National Home Disabled Soldiers, 866. Ord. and ord. stores, 1519, 1520, 1524-1526. Post commanders, 200. Post records, 40. Post schools, 321. Private buildings and lands, 979. Public property for condemnation, 878-889. Regimental commanders, 229. Recruits sent to regiments, 845. Reports, 708, 722, 810, 870, 872, 874, 887, 976, 978, 979, 1393, 1500, 1519, 1525, 1526. Service schools, 869. Soldiers' Home, D. C., 866. Stated, 866-872. Storehouses, commissary, 1248. Tours of inspectors, 859, 860. Troops, stations, etc., 867, 873. Inspector-General : Auctioneers, account of sales, 679. Inspection reports, 810, 866, 870, 872, 876, 882, 889. National Home Vol. Soldiers, 865, 866. Orders to inspectors, 858. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1526. Reports to, of inspectors, 859. Soldiers' Home, D. C., 866. Inspector-General's Department: Blank forms, 876, 879. Disbursements and accounts, 876, 877. Eligibility of officers to command, 17. Expert accountant, 733, 734. General provisions, 857-863. Method of inspection, 873-875. Property for condemnation, 878-889. Special duties, 864, 865. Sphere of inquiry, 857. Stated inspections, 866-872. See also Inspector- General. Inspectors- General. Inspector of Artillery: Selection, detail, and duties, 350. Inspectors, Civilian: Employment, payment, etc., 727. Transportation and expenses, 729, 730. Inspectors, Colleges: Efficiency reports, 809. Inspectors-General: Accusations against officers, 862. Acting, 871. Clerks and messengers, 858. Comments or conversations, 861. Condemnation of property, 878, 882-884. Detail of acting, 871, 878. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General duties, 857-8(53. Injustice, organizations or individuals, 862. Irregularities and deficiencies, 861, 875. Joining station, 859. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Medical supplies, 1463. Notice of inspections, 860. Orders, 858, 859, 861. Ord. and ord. stores, 1519, 1520, 1524-1526. Personal reports, 859. Post schools, 321. Power to administer oaths, 863. Promotion, 22. Quartermasters' records, 1219. Reports concerning officers, 862 Signal supplies, 1546. Special, 871, 878. Special duties, 864,865. Stated inspections, 866-872. Subsistence supplies for sale, 864 Supervision or control, 858. Tours of inspection, 859. Inspectors, Small-Anus Practice: Duties, etc., 196. Instruction : Army Medical School, 468. Artillery School, 462, 463. Artillery troops, 352. Cavalry and Light Artillery School, 467. Cooking, 280. Field practice, messing, and cooking, 280. Hospital corps, 1399. Infantry and Cavalry School, 464, 465. INDEX. 317 In struction Continued. Light artillery, 344, 345. Post schools, 317-324. Small-arms practice, 358. Torpedo service, 346, 347. Instructors : Post schools, 317. Service schools, 462, 464, 467, 468. Instruments : Surveying, 460, 461. Veterinary, 1038, 1040. Insurance : Public money or property, 593. Insurrections: Suppression by the Army, 487, pp. 66, 67. Intelligence to the Enemy : Punishment, A. W. 46. Interior Guard Duty: Roster, 366. Interlineations : Bills of lading, 1139. Proposals, supplies, and services, 532. Interments : Battle-ground cemeteries, 493. Deceased officers and soldiers, 85, 162, 1195. Post cemeteries, 494, 498, 499. Interpreters, Military Courts : Pay and allowances, 961-965. Interstate Commerce Laws : Enforcement of, by Army, 487, p. 67. Intoxicated Persons : Enlistment prohibited, 825. Intruders : Indian country, 476, 487, pp. 64, 65. Public lands, 487, pp. 65, 66. Invalid Soldiers : Sleeping cars, 1109. Invasion : Protection of States against, 487, p. 64. Inventories : Boards of survey proceedings, 708, 722. Condemnation of property, 879-882, 885. Deceased officers and soldiers' effects, 82, 158, 749, 1377, 1439, A. W. 125, 126. Defects or shortage, 668. Escaped military prisoners' effects, 913. Fuel, forage, and straw, 1061. Ord. and ord. stores, 1526. Public property, deceased officers, 84, 713. Quartermaster's stores, 1064. Subsistence stores, 1231. "Worn out property, 678. Investigations : Attempts to defraud the Government, 863. Loss of special funds, 292. Misconduct of officers or agents, 862, 863. Invoices of Money and Property: Funds transferred, 639. Notation of checks, 640. Transfers, 665. Irons: Placing in, of prisoners, 909. Isolated Stations : Issues of clothing, 1179. Issues : Ambulances, 1414, 1415. Clothing and equipage, 1178, 1179, 1186-1191, 1193-1195, 1442. Disinfectants, 1462. Forage, 1043. Gratuitous, 1189, 1194, 1195, 1442. Hand litters, 1417. Hay for bedding, 1049. Hospital stores, 1450. Ord. and ord. stores, 1493- 1500, 1503, 1505, 1507, 1508. Public animals, 1035. Public property, 673. Rations, 296, 1258-1264, 1266, 1267. Shoeing material, 1068. Subsistence supplies, 1232, 1238, 1265. Transportation requests, 1085-1087, 1094. Veterinary medicines and dressings, 1039. Jeopardy : Trial second time, same offense, A. "W. 102. Job .Printing: Accounts, 511. Blank forms, books, etc., 514. Contracts, 510. Letter and note headings, 512. Special, 513. Joining Station: Inspectors-General, 859. Professional books, papers, etc., 1121, 1122. Sick leave, 1315. Travel allowances, 1334. Journals : Engineer officers, 1482. Marches, 457-459. Judge-Advocate-General : Correspondence with judge-advocates, 895. Judge-advocates of departments, 891. Records, military courts, 890, 892-895, A. W. 113, 114. Reports requiring President's action, 896. Judge-Advocate-General's Department : Bureau of military justice, 890. Eligibility of officers to command, 17. Opinions upon legal questions, 768, 890. See also Judge- A dvocate- General's Office . Judge- Advocates. Judge-Advocate-General's Office: Deeds, title papers, etc., 704, 890. Judge-Advocate-General, 890-896, A. W. 113, 114. Judge-Advocates: Correspondence with Judge- Adv.-Gen., 895. Courts-martial, 683, 921-924, 954, 955, 959, 961, 965, notep. 227, A. W. 74, 84, 85, 90, 92. 113. 318 INDEX, Judge-Advocates- Continued. Departments, 196, 683, 891, 893, 1006, 1301, note p. 227. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Law books, 893. Opinions upon legal questions, 768,890. Promotion, 22. Judge- Advocates of Courts-Martial: Administration of oaths, 683, note p. 227, A. W. 84, 92. Appointment, etc., A. W. 74. Authentication of record, 954. Civilian witnesses, military courts, 965. Closed sessions, 921. Counsel for accused, A. W. 90. Interpreters, 961, 965. Oath, A. W. 85. Reporters, 959. Transmission of record, 955, A. W. 113. Witnesses, 922-924. Judge-Advocates of Departments': Administration of oaths, 683, note p. 227. Annual reports, 89\ Detail of, and duties, 196. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Law books, 893. Hank, pay, etc., of acting, 1301. Judges of State Courts : Writs of habeas corpus, 969, 970. Judges of United States Courts : Discharge of enlisted men, 140 Writs of habeas corpus, 971. July 4 : Salute to the Union, 406. Jurisdiction: Lands used for military purposes, 703. State courts, habeas corpus, 969, 970. Jurisdiction, Military Courts : Field officers' court, A. W. 80, 82, 83, 102, 103. Garrison courts-martial, A. W. 80, 82, 83, 102, 103. General courts-martial, A. W. 58, 60, 62-64, 79,102,103, p. 231, sec. 1343 R. S. Military commissions, p. 231, sec. 1343 R. S. Regimental courts-martial, A. W. 80-83, 102, 103. Justice, Department of: Employment of civil counsel, 967, 968. Witnesses before civil courts, 72. Justices, United States Courts : Discharge 1 .of enlisted men, 140. Keepsakes : Escaped prisoners, 913. Keys: Storerooms, etc., 674. Kindling Wood : Sales to officers, 1003. Kitchens : Daily inspections, 266. Engineer officers, 1484. Hospital, 1006. Management and supervision, 281. KitchensContinued. Tableware, 285, 1199, 1200. Utensils, 281, 285, 1199, 1200. Visitors not allowed, except, etc., 281. Labor: Payments for, by contractors, 565. Labor of Troops : Aid to contractors, 516. Buildings for amusement, etc., 311. Garrisons of fortifications, 333. In arrest or confinement, 907. Maintenance of post cemeteries, 495. Unnecessary, on Sunday, 202. Laborers : Extra-duty pay, 165. . Military works, 366. Laborers, Civilian : Employment, etc., 724, 727. Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Lamps : Chimneys, 1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. Daily inspections, 266. Hours of illumination, 1018. Issue and kinds, 1012-1016. Quartermaster's Department, 1012. Sales to officers, 1020. Lance Corporals : Selection, appointment, etc., 257. Land-Grant Railroads : Accounts for transportation, 1129,1161,1162. Bills of lading, 1146. Rights of Government, 487, pp. 67, 68. Transportation requests, 1091, 1093. Lands: Plats of military, 707. Purchase for military purposes, 703. Title papers, 704, 890, 1492. Language : Reproachful, provoking, A. W. 25. Upbraiding, A. W. 28. Lanterns: Candles, 1265. Hours of illumination, 1018. Outside illumination, 1015. Quartermaster's Department. 1012 Stable use, 1016. Larceny : Punishable, A. W. 58 Laundry Charges: Post council, 290. Recruiting stations and rendezvous, 1192. Law Books : Judge-advocates of departments, 893. Laws: Obstructing or hindering, 487, p. 67. Leases : Military lands, 704. Rooms for offices, 1007. Leaves of Absence : Applications, etc., 46,47,51,52,59, 60,62, 64, 1209. Beyond limits of command, 46, 60, 61. INDEX. 319 Leaves of Absence Continued. Change of ordinary to sick leave, 64. Change of station, 1330-1332. Commencement and expiration, 53, 54. Commutation of quarters, 1337. Computation, 1318. Cumulative, 995, 1317. Delays, 67. Duration, 53, 54. Duriug active operations, 50. Fuel, officers on sick, 998. Full pay, 1317. Granted, by whom, 44, 46, 48, 55, 61 Granted in months and days, 53. Graduates Military Academy, 49. In the field, 54. Notations on returns, 57. On special duty, 54. Officers in charge of public property, 659. Officers of staff corps, 46. Orders to rejoin station, 1327, 1328. Ordinary, 44-59, 64. Pay accounts, officers, 1316. Payments to officers, 1315-1319. Payments to officers resigning, 1308. Period and extensions, 44-46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 59, 60,62. Periods defined, 53. Permission to hunt, 58. Post commander, 44. Quarters, 995, 997. Eeports, etc., by officers, 54, 57, 62-64. Sick, 60-64, 997, 998, 1315, 1337. Take effect, 54. Telegraphic application, 1209. Temporary duty, 1320, 1327-1329. Tender of resignation, 79. Travel allowances, 1327-1332. Verbal permits, 57. Visiting foreign countries, 55, 56 When not granted, 50, 51. Leave Tear: Beckoned, 1318. Legal Representatives: Deceased officers and soldiers, 82, 83, 85, 161, 181, A. W. 127. Settlements with, by disbursing officers, 652. Legging : Issue to enlisted men, 1187 Legislation: Efforts to influence, 5. Length of Service: Rules for computing longevity pay, 1311. Letter Headings : "Wording and matter, 512. Letters, Official: Applications for official opinions, 768. Briefing, 758. Channels, 762-764, 766-768. Chiefs of bureaus, 766, 767. Colored inks, 801. Commanding officers, 766. Employment of civil counsel, 968. Letters, Official -Continued. Forwarding officers, 765. Inclosures, 760. Indorsements, 759. Messages by telegraph, 1543. Penalty envelopes, 813-815, 817. Post-office address, 755. Preparation, folding, etc., 752-754, 758. Proceedings, courts-martial, 894-896. Signatures, 756. Title, officer addressed, 757, Transmission by freight or express, 816. Unimportant and trivial, 769. Letters Received Books: Company, 264. Post, 209. Quartermasters, 1218. Regimental, 243. Letters Sent Books: Company, 264. Posts, 209. Regimental, 243. Libraries : Company, 1132. Fuel, 313. Hospital, 1449. Military Academy, 1130. Military Service Institution, 1130. Newspapers and periodicals, 310. Post, 297, 310, 312, 313, 1006, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022, 1132, 1204. Rooms to be provided, 310. Transportation, 312, 1130, 1132. Use of, by officers, 310. License : Civilians on reservations, 210. Military lands, 704. Lieutenant-Colonels : Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 11'19. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 433. 437, 440. Promotion to grade, 23. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with commanders of the Navy, 12. Roster duty, 368. Stationery, 1023. Lieutenant-Commanders : Rank with majors, 12. Lieutenant-General of the Army : Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escort, 429, 437. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Salutes and honors, 389, 411, 414, 418. Rank with vice-admirals, 12. Lieutenants : First, 9, 23, 368, 433, 437, 440, 1067, 1119. General duties , 253, 255. Light artillery instruction, 344. Rosters, 368. Second, 9, 368, 433, 437, 440, 1067, 1119. Torpedo instruction, 346. 320 INDEX. Lieutenants, Navy: Hank with captains, Army, 12. Lieutenants, \u v v . Junior : Rank with first lieutenants, Army, 12. Light Batteries : See Batteries of Light Artillery. Lights: Extinguished at taps, 383. Messes, 285. Veterinary surgeon, 183. Limitation: Appointees to second lieutenancies, 30, 31. Candidates for promotion, 27, 30, 31. Expenditures, posts, etc., 204, 206, 706. Express transportation, 1128. Light artillery instruction, 344. Mess furniture in the field, 286. Personal staff duty, 33. Publication of advertisements, 505. Punishment, 938. Re-entering Army, 838. Regimental bands, 245. Repairs to buildings at posts, 206, 706. Special duty and detached service, 34, 35. Special funds, 293. Strength of recruit detachments, 822. Sentences in excess of legal limit, 943. Teachers, enlisted men, post school, 319. Transportation of officers' horses, 1069. Limitation, Statute of: General provisions, A. W. 103. Release of deserters, 120. Rewards, etc., deserters, 124. Limits: Arrest of officers, 898. Furloughed enlisted men, 109. Line of Duty: Disability, entry on muster rolls, 1432. Liquid Coffee: Purchase and issue, 1257. Litters: Hand and mule, 1417-1419. Longevity Pay: Computing service, 1311 . Loss of Funds : Fraud or neglect, 1344. Special funds, 292. Stoppages, 1344. Transported by express, 1128. Loss of Property: Accountability for, if lost in service, 697. Civilian employees, 687. Classification, 681. Deserters, 686. Enlistedmen,684, 685, 698, A.W. 16, 17. In transit, 1126, 1127, 1149. Loaned mail contractors, 207. Mess property and utensils, 285. Officers, 682, 684, A. W. 15. Ord. and ord. stores, 1500, 1510, 1513, 1522. Prevention, 674. Stoppages, 1344. Loss of Property Continued. Subsistence supplies, 1245, 1246. Tableware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Lost Bills of Lading: Both parts, 1152. Certificates, 1152, 1153, 1157. One part, 1151. Payments, 1151-1156. Receipts to carrier, 1157 Recovered, 1153. Stores in transit, 1155. Surrender of duplicate to carrier, 1154. Lyceums: Period for instruction, 230. Lying Out of Quarters : Punishment, A. W. 31. Machine Guns: Ammunition for practice, 354. Magazines : Absorption of moisture, 336. Filling cartridge bags or projectiles, 339. Manual of Heavy Artillery, 343, 1536. Powder in barrels, 338. Precautions in case of accidental fire, 340. Shrubbery or trees, 335. Slippers, 337. Smoking or fire not allowed in vicinity, 340. Sparks, etc., 337, 340. Storage of loaded shells, fuses, etc., 341, 342. Ventilation, 335. Mail Contractors : Aid by post commanders, 207. Mails, United States : Obstructing or retarding, 487, p. 67. Major-General Commanding the Army : Funeral honors and escort, 428, 437. Salutes and honors, 389, 411, 414, 418. Major-Generals : Aids, 33. Appointment to grade, 21. Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 1119. Changing station, 68. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escorts, 429, 437. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with rear-admirals, 12. Salutes and honors, 389, 411, 414, 418. Stationery, 1023. Travel beyond limits of command, 68. Majors : Appropriate command, 14. Baggage, 1199. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escorts, 433, 437, 440. Promotion to grade, 23. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Rank and precedence, 9. Rank with lieutenant-commanders, 12. Roster duty, 368. Stationery, 1023. INDEX. 321 Manslaughter: Punishable by military courts, A. W. 58. Manual for Army Cooks: Instructions to be observed, 283. Supply for company, 280. Manual for Courts-Martial : Limitation of punishment, 938. Manual of Guard Duty : Duties of guards, 453. Manual of Heavy Artillery : Changes, 353. Preservation and care of materials, 343, 1536. Manuscript Blanks : Prohibited, 751. Maps and Reconnaissances: Duties engineer corps, 1472. Field notes, sketches, and journals, 457^459. Surveying instruments, 460, 461. Marches : Care of sick and wounded, 1423. Journals, 457-459. Marine Corps : Deserters from, enlisted in the Army, 134. Precedence of, on occasions of ceremony, 6. Marine Corps Officers: Command of mixed corps, A. W. 122. Duties and rights, A. W. 122. General courts-martial, Army, A . W. 78. Rank and precedence, 10, 11, A. W. 122. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Marking: Boxes for transportation, 1530. Company property, 279. Condemned property, 883. Donations, 1130, 1132. Packages for shipment, 1124, 1125. Public property, 676. Regimental property and equipments, 242. Sentence of a court-martial, A. W. 38, 98. Marriages : Record at posts, 40. Married or Unmarried Soldiers : Notation on discharge certificate, 148. Married Persons : Enlistment or re-enlistnient, 828, 838, 1404. Marshals : Apprehension of deserters, 122, 124. Matches : Issue, 1265. Matrons: Allowance to hospitals, 1437. Appointment, 1436. Fuel, 1006. Hospital stores, 1450. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Rations, 1259. Savings of rations, 1269. Mayhem : Punishable by military courts, A. "W. 58. Meals and Lodgings : Civilian employees, 730. Enlisted men, 384. Veterinary surgeons, 730. 13691 21 Mechanics : Extra-duty pay, 165. Mechanics, Civilian : Employment, payment, etc., 724, 727. Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729. 731. Medals of Honor: Commissioned officers and enlisted men, 177. Worn on occasions of ceremony, 1551. Medals, Rifle Practice: "Worn on occasions of ceremony, 1551. Medical Attendance : Accounts, 1452-1459. Civilian physicians, 1452, 1453,1456,1458,1459. Indians, 480. Medical officers, 1450, 1451. Medical Certificates: Sick leave, officers, 60-62. Medical Department : Ambulances and litters, 214, 1076, 1396, 1414-1419, 1422. Artificial limbs and appliances, 1467-1471. Business, duties, etc., 1392. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 18. Hospital corps, 6, 167, 214, 300, 784, 1259, 1269 1396-1411, 1413-1423, 1435, 1436. Medical attendance, etc., 480, 1450-1469. Medical supplies, 566, 973, 1460-1463. Medicines, 180,1450-1456. Private hospital accounts, 1457. Publications for hospital libraries, 1449. Purchasing and contracting officer, 569. Reports and returns, 1464-1466. Special regulations, pp. iii, 196. See also Hospitals. Medical Officers. Surgeon- General. Medical Inspections and Examinations: Accounts, 1458. Hospital corps recruits, 1399. Posts and reservations, 1465. Recruits, 842-848, 1458. Medical Museum : Transportation of donations. 1130. Medical Officers: Acting hospital stewards, 1402. Ambulances, 1076, 1415. Army Medical School, 468. Arrests, etc., 900. Assistant surgeons, 1394. Barracks and quarters, 985. Casualty returns, 1466. Changes of station, 738. Clothing accounts, hospital corps, 1407. Company bearers, 1412, 1413. Contract surgeons, 994, 999, 1119, 1121, 1464. Department staff, 196. Deserters, 121, 123. Detail, duties, etc., 201, 203, 1393, 1435, 1438. Diagnosis furnished, etc., 1432 Eligibility to command, 18. Enlistments, hospital corps, 1399. 322 INDEX. Medical Officers Continued. Examination boards for promotion, 25. Field service, 1420. 1421. First-aid treatment, 1413 Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. General hospitals 1433. General prisoners, 914. Hospital buildings. 1424, 1426-1428. Hospital corps privates, 1411. Hospital fund, 1448. Hospital transports, etc., 1434. Insane soldiers, 470. Invalid soldiers, 1109. Litter bearers, 1413. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Medical attendance, 1450, 1451. Medical chests, 1122. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Patients in hospital, 1432, 1439. Pay, etc., hospital corps, 1407. Post, 201, 203, 470, 985, 1006, 1013, 1393, 1402. 1403, 1407, 1408, 1411-1413, 1415, 1420, 1424, 1426-1428, 1431, 1432, 1435, 1436, 1439, 1448, Post noncommissioned staff, 95. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1426-1428. Record and reports of treatment of disease and results, 155. Recruits, 842-845, 847, 848. Reports to, of discharges for disability, 156. Returns of, by chief surgeons, 1464. Returns of hospital corps, 1408. Sick call, 1431. Sick leave, officers, 60-62. Surgeons, 22, 196, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1418, 1464-1466. Transfers to-hospital corps, 1403. Medical Supplies : Books and publications, 1449, 1463. Chests, 1122. Damaged or unserviceable, 1465. Desinfectants, 1462. Hospital property and supplies, 1422, 1441, 1443, 1444, 1446. Medicines, 480, 1450-1456. Metric system, 1461. Oral-agreement purchases, 566. Purchases, 566, 569, 1460. Transported by Q. M. Department, 973 . Medicines: Accounts, 1454, 1455. Dispensed to persons entitled, 1450. Families and servants, 1456. Indians, 480. Officers and men not on duty, 1456. Proprietary, 1456. Purchased from druggists, 1452-1455. Retired officers and enlisted men, 1451. Veterinary, 1039. Members of a Royal Family : Salutes and honors, 410, 418. Members of Courts-Martial: Appointment, etc., 917. Behavior, A. W. 87. Members of Courts-MartialContinued. Challenge by accused, A. W. 88. Disorderly conduct, 920. Duty with command, 918. Marine Corps officers, A. W. 78. Number to be convened, A. W. 75. Oath, A. W. 84. Requisite number not at posts, etc., A."VV.76. Sit according to rank, 917. Voting, A. W. 95. Members of Courts of Inquiry : Appointment, etc., A. W. 116. Oaths, A. W. 117. Members of the Cabinet : Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Memorandum Receipts : Company records, 265. Quartermaster's supplies, 1053, 1053-1056. Mess Call: Hours for sounding, 384. Messengers: Employment, payment, etc., 725, 727. Hours of labor, 728. Inspectors-general, 858. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Mess, General: Brooms, 285. Business dealings, 303. Companies withdrawing, etc., 303. Council 287-289, 302, 303. Extra compensation to attendants, 302. Fuel, 285. Fund, 287, 291-293, 302, 303. Furniture, 280, 285, 286. Illuminating supplies, 285. Instruction in cooking, 208. Management, 303. Officer in charge, duties, etc., 303. Scrubbing brushes, 285. Supervision, 280. Visits to hall, 201. Messing and Cooking: Broken, lost, or damaged articles, 285. Brooms, brushes, fuel, and lights, 285. Enlisted men, 280-286. General mess, 201, 280, 285-289, 291-293/302, 303. Individual cooking devices for field, 286. Issue of rations, 1264, Kitchen and table ware and furniture, 285. Limitations, mess furniture in the field, 286. Management of kitchens, 281, 285. Manual for army cooks, 280, 283. Meals for enlisted men, 384. Officer in charge general mess, 280. Prisoners' food, 284. Rations, care, etc., 282. Removal of outfits from barracks, 983. Room may be set aside for officers, 996. Savings of rations, 282. Separate flour issued, 296. Supervision company and general mess, 280. INDEX. 323 Messing and Cooking -Continued. Use of hospitals. 1430. Yearly field practice, 280. Mess Rooms: Engineer officers, 1484. Hospitals, 1006. Meteorological Instruments: Supervision control, etc., 1537. Metric System: Medical supplies, 1461. Mileage: Approval of journey, 1323. Arsenals 1333. Authority. 1323. Civilian employees. 733. Engineer officers. 1487. Explorations, military, 1333. Interpreters, courts martial, 961-965. Joining first stations, 1334. Leaves of absence, 1327-1332. Lines of travel, 1324. Military attaches.- 36. Orders, 68, 1323-1325. Payments, 1322. Public works, 1333. Rates and computation, 1321, 1326. Return journeys, 1323. .Route of travel. 1324, 1326. Surveys, military, 1333, Transportation in kind, 1321, 1323. Travel, part with troop, 1323. Travel without troops, 1321. Unauthorized. 1334. Urgent duty. 1323. Voucher, with order, etc., 1323. Witnesses, 72, 962. 963, 1335. Military Academy : Cadets, 9, 24, 49, 1347. Civilian employees, 725. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Donations to library and museum, 1130. Graduating leave, 49. Inspection, 869. Supervision or control, 190. Treasurer, 1347. Military Attached : Allowances, etc., 36. Baggage, 1121. Information, etc., 748. Military Authority : Subordination to civil authority, A.W. 55, 59. Military Commands : Annual inspection, 867, 875. Military Commissions : Jurisdiction, p. 231, sec. 1343 R. S. Proceedings, 890, 892. Military Control : Emergencies, 190, 191. Orders of the President and Secretary of War, 188. Responsibility of commanding general, 187. Military Defenses : Sites, plans, and estimates, 1472. Military History : Commissioned officers and enlisted men, 748. Military Information : Collection and classification, 748. Officers on leave, abroad, 56. Publications sent abroad, 37. Military Justice : Administration of oath, note, p. 227. Military Operations: Orders of the President and Secretary of War, 188. Military Record : Indorsed on discharge certificate, 148. Military Roads and Bridges: Construction, 1472. Military Service Institution : Transportation of donations, 1130. Military Signaling and Signal Duties : Supervision, control, etc., 1537. Military Storekeepers : Bonds, 571-578. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Military Telegraph Lines: Commanding officers, 1542. Confidential communications, 1543. Construction, maintenance, etc., 1537, 1542. Messages, 1543. Signal officers, 1542. Military Works: Laborers and armed working parties, 366. Militia: Annual returns, 748. Arming and equipping, 1131. Encampments, 748. Officers, 10, 11, 390, 403, 415, 418, 1313, A. W. 122-124. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1494. Precedence of, serving with regulars, 6. Service in, of regular officers, 1313. Subject to rules and discipline of war, A. W. 64. Militia Officers : Command of mixed corps, A. "W. 122. Duties and rights, A . W. 122. Rank and precedence, 10, 11, A. W. 122, 124. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Service of regular officers, 1313. Mineral Oil: Allowances, 1017. Quartermaster's Department, 1012. Requisitions for, and issue, 1015, 1016, 1021 . Sale to officers, 1020. Storage in or near storehouses, 1249. Unconsumed, 1022. Weight per gallon, 1019. Mineral Waters : Payment of accounts, 1456. Ministers, American or Foreign : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 409, 418. Minors: Discharged for fraud, 1386. 324 INDEX. Minors Continued. Enlistment 825, 826, 829. Unlawful enlistment, A. W. 3. Minute Guns: Funerals. 430-432. Misappropriation : Public moneys or property, A. "W. 60. Misbehavior Before the Enemy: Punishment. A. W. 42. Miscellaneous Receipts : Proceeds of sale, 608, 61 5 Misconduct : Officers or agents, 863. Misconduct in Time of War: Abandoning post, A. "W. 42. Casting away arms, A. W. 42. Changing parole or watchword, A. "W. 44. Correspondence with or intelligence to the enemy, A. W. 46. Cowardice, A. "W. 42, 100. Disclosing parole or watchword, A. W. 44. False alarms, A. W. 41. Forcing safeguard, A. W. 57. Misbehavior before enemy, A."W. 42. Plunder or pillage, A. W. 42. Quitting colors, A. W. 42. Relieving, harboring, or protecting the en- emy, A. W. 45. Mitigation : Punishment, 916, 947, A. W. 112. Mittens: Issue to enlisted men, 1189, 1190. Mobs: Employment of troops against, 491. Molasses: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Money Accountability: Appropriations, 617-625. Certificates of deposit, 608-613. Checks, 596-604. Disbursing officers, 580-593, 598 Funds by express, 1128. Liquid coffee purchases, 1257. Money accounts, 36, 84, 612, 619-621, 624- 629, 635, 655, 656, 871, 876, 877, 1224, 1291, 1294, 1488, 1532. Money vouchers, 619, 628, 631-651, 747, 1208. Official check books, 605-607. Pecuniary responsibility of officers, 653, 654. Proceeds of sale, 608, 614-616. Public moneys, 579-656. Transfer or succession, 16, 630 Transfers, 594, 595. Money Accounts: Abstracts, 619, 626, 1224, 1291. Accounts current, 612, 619-621, 624-629. Administrative examination, 655, 656. Admitted errors, 625. Amounts to be in dollars and cents, 635- Certificates of deposit, 612. Contingent expenses, 621. Deceased officers, 84. Money Accounts Continued. Disposition, 626. Fiscal year to be noted, 619. Forms accounts current, 626 Fractions of cents, 635. Inspection, 871, 876, 877. Made in duplicate on bureau forms, 626. Military attaches, 36. Orders and papers supporting, 627-629 Ordnance Department, 1488, 1532. Original vouchers required, 628. Pay Department, 620. Preparation and rendition, 626, 627. Quartermaster's supplies, 1224. Rates of exchange, 36. Separate for each fiscal year, 620. Subsistence Department, 1291, 1294 Supplemental, 624, 625. Vouchers to accompany, 627, 628. Money Value : Artificial limbs and appliances, 1467. Rations, adjustment of charges, 1253. Money Vouchers : Certificate of correctness, 632. Commanding officers, 747. Completion before signing by creditor, 638. Corporations, 642-644. Currency payments to be noted, 640. Firms and individuals, 641-643, 644. Fiscal year to be noted, 619. Fractions of cents, 635. Identification, when required, 645. Invoices and receipts for funds, 639, 640. Mode of purchase, 636. Money amounts, 635, 638, 648. Number, date, and amount of check, 640. Number of copies to be made, 631. Original bills, 633, 634. Original to accompany account, 628. Q. M. and sub. supplies, 633. Receipts in blank prohibited, 637. Services not personal, 633, 636. Services, personal, 633, 651. Signature and heading, 646. Small sums for occasional services, 644. Supplies, 633, 636. Telegraphic service, 644, 1208. Unpaid accounts, 650. "Witnesses to signature by mark, 647. Monthly Circulars : Stoppages of officers' pay, 1345. Monthly Payments : Commissioned officers, 1298. Enlisted men, 1348. Monthly Reports : Chaplains, 40. Superintendents, national cemeteries, 492. Monthly Returns : Enlisted strength of the Army, 789-796. Morning Report Book : Company, 264. Posts, 209, INDEX. 325 Morning Reports : Company and consolidated, 388. Mother of Minor: Consent to enlistment of child, 826, 829. Mounted Officers: Forage, 1044-1046. Horses, 184, 1044, 1065-1069. Public animals, 1045. Mounted Pay: Officers, 1301. Mounted Service: Additional pay, 1301. Announcement of authority, 1302. Muster rolls and returns, 1303. Pay accounts of officers, 1303. Sale of public horses to officers, 1065. Mourning : Badge, 443. Colors, 446. Drums, 445. Family, 444. Movement of Troops . Notice sent by quartermaster, 1084, Orders and returns of command, 1080, 1082. Routes, 1083. Sick or wounded, 1081. Staff officers, 745. Timely notice to be given, 745, 1078. Transports, 1081. Mules : Branding, 1032. Specifications, etc., for purchase, 1031. Transportation of the Army, 1070. Mule Shoes : Supply and issue, 1068. Murder : Punishable by military courts, A. W. 58. Museums : Transportation of donations, 1130. Musical Instruments: Bands and field music, 248, 1201, 1202. Post chapels, 1132. Musicians : Band, 245, 246, 249. Field music, 247, 249. Fuel, 1006. Transfer to hospital corps, 1403. Whistles, 1202. Music Pouches: Issue, 1188. Muster and Pay Rolls : Absentees, 785, A. W. 12, 13. Absent without leave notations, 133. All payments to enlisted men, 1363. Assistant surgeons at posts, 1436. Band musicians, 245, 246. Cadets, military, 1347. Calculations, 787. Character, notations, 148. Charges, 110, 115, 126, 684, 685, 698, 721, 1185, 1200, 1500. Check or currency payments, 1350-1364 Muster and Pay Rolls Continued. Clothing balances, 1181, 1183. Company, 246, 784. Continuous-service pay, 1367. Corrections or changes, 788. Credit sales to enlisted men, 1289. Deserters' pay, 1381. Designation on, of companies, 786. Detached enlisted men, 785. Disability originating in line of duty, 1432. Forfeitures and deductions, 1368, 1369. Forwarded to paymaster, 1350. Hospital corps, 1436. Incorrect payments, 1389. Money amounts, 648. Mounted service, 1303. Officers' absence, 57, 63. Preparation, disposition, etc., 784. Preservation, etc., 749. Property lost or destroyed, 684, 685, 698. Re-enlistment pay, 1367. Retained, 787, 788. Sick in hospital, 785 Stoppages, 1390. Signatures of enlisted men, 1364. Witness of payment, 1357, 1359, 1364 Muster for Pay : Monthly, 451. Mustering Officers : Correction and changes, muster rolls, 788. Musters : Accepting presents, etc., A. W. 6. Certificate of absentees, A. W. 12, 13. Chief bakers, 308. Cooks, etc., 302. Designation of officers to assist, 451. False, A. W. 5, 14. Hospital corps, 1405. Inspection, 452. Monthly for pay, 451. Muster and pay rplls, 784-788. Review, 452. Signal Corps sergeants, 1539, 1540. Sunday, 452. Mutiny: Beginning, exciting, joining, etc., A. W. 22. Compelling surrender of troops, A.W. 43. Disobedience of orders, A. W. 21, 24. Failure to give information, A. W. 23. Quelling frays, disorders, etc., A. W. 24. Striking superior officer, A. W. 21, 24. Suppression, A. W. 23. Mutton : Ration, 1253. National Cemeteries : Biennial inspection, 867. Supervision, records, reports, etc., 492. National Colors : Salute, 391. Saluting, 389, 390. National Festivities: Foreign war vessels in port or harbor, 425. 326 INDEX. National Flacr: Salute to, 416. ' Saluting, 405. National Home Disabled Yolunteer Soldiers: Annual inspection, 866. Supervision of accounts, 865. National Salute : Number of guns, 406. , Nary Officers : Funeral honors, 431. Relative rank with Army officers, 12. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Visits and courtesies, 421-425. Neutrality Laws : Enforcement of, by the Army, 487, p. 66. Newspapers : Advertisements, 500-509. Dismissals, cowardice or fraud, A. W. 100. Post libraries, 310. Nomenclature : Posts and reservations, 198, 199. Nominations : Torpedo instruction, 346. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42, 43. Noncommissioned Officers : Arrest, etc., 902, 904- 906. Company noncommissioned officers, 9, 256- 2tJl, 264, 281, 368, 376, 383, 388, 439, 482, 1006, 1202. Extra-duty details, 166. Funeral honors and escort, 439. Hiring of duty, A. W. 37. Insane soldiers, 471. Post noncommissioned staff, 9, 91-97, 99-104, 107, 108, 167, 439, 694, 784, 931, 1006, 1010, 1109, 1119, 1203, 1363. Quarrels, frays, and disorders, A. W. 24. Regimental noncommissioned officers, 9, 138, 241, 242, 1006, 1010, 1109, 1119. Regimental noncommissioned staff, 9, 238, 241, 242, 439, 791, 1006, 1010, 1109, 1119, 1203. Salutes, commanding detachments, 398. Travel under orders, 1101, 1102. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Notary Public: Administration of oaths, 683. Note Headings : Wording and matter, 512. Numbering : Guns and platforms, 348. Packages for shipment, 1124. Oaths: Administration by boards of survey, 712. Administration by civil officers, 683. Enlistment, 831, A. W. 2. Fees for administering, 649. Judge advocates courts-martial, A. W. 85. Members of courts-martial, A. "W, 84. Members of courts of inquiry, A. W. 117. Military justice, note, p. 227, A. W. 92, 118. Pay accounts of officers leaving service, 1307. Oath s Continned. Power of inspectors to administer, 863. Purchasing or contracting officers, 556. Recorders of courts of inquiry, A. W. 117. Oats: Care and accountability, 1059-1064 Forage ration, 1041. Obstructing or Hindering: Execution of the laws, 487, p. 67. Offense : Trial second time for same, A. W. 102 Officer : Definition, p. 217,sec. 1342 R. S. Officer of the Day : Exemptions from duty, 373. Old, exemptions from duty, 373. Property used for police, 454-456. Officer of the Guard : Duties of as to prisoners, A.W. 67-69 Property used for police, 454-456. Office Rooms: Illuminating supplies, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Rented, 1007. Officers, Army : Absence without leave, A. W.31, 33, 40. Abuses and disorders, A. W. 54. Acceptance, etc., of civil office, 80. Accepting presents, etc., A. "W. 6. Accountability, 1532, 1533. Appeals, A. W. 29. Appointments and promotion, 20-31 Arrest, etc., 897-902 ; A. W. 65. Arrested by civil authorities, 1314. Articles of War to be subscribed, A.W. 1. Artificial limbs and appliances, 1467-1471. Artillery instruction, 462, 463. Assignments to companies, 228. Attendance at funerals, 442. Baggage transportation, 1119. Barrack furniture and rooms, 977. Beyond the sea, 55. Cavalry instruction, 464, 465. Charges against, A. W. 71. Children, post schools, 322, 324. College details, 86-90. Command of mixed, corps, A. W. 122. Commutation of quarters, 1336-1342. Contempt or disrespect toward command- ing officer, A. W. 20. Deceased, 81-85, 429, 430, 433, 437, 438, 440,447, 494, 509, 600, 1120, 1456, A. W. 125, 127. Definition of officer, p. 217, sec. 1342 R. S. Desertion, A. W. 47, 49-51. Discharge, A. W. 99. Dismissal, A. W. 99. Dispatches in the field, 780. Disrespectful or contemptuous words against the President, A. W. 19. Divine service, A. W. 52. Drunkenness on duty, A. W. 38 . Dueling, A. W. 26-28. Effects of deceased officers or soldiers, A. W.127. INDEX. 327 Officers, Army Continued. Efficiency reports, 807-812. Equipage allowance, 1163. Equipments of enlisted men, 278. False musters, A. W. 5, 14. Forage, 1044, 1045. Fuel and stoves, 998-1003, 1006, 1009. General courts-martial proceedings, 894. Hiring of duty, A. W. 37. Hospital charges, 1447. Hospital stores, 1450. Illuminating supplies, 1020. Incompetent, 193. Infantry instruction, 464, 465. Insane, 469, 470. Inspection reports, concerning, 862. Instructions in signaling, 1544. Instructors, post schools, 317. Investigation against, 862, 863. Issue of clothing, 1178, 1179. Leaves of absence, 44-64, 1327--1332. Light artillery instruction, 344, 345. Medals of honor, 177. Medical attendance, etc., 1450-1456. Messing and cooking, 280-286. Military history, 748. Misconduct, 863. Mounted, addressing superior, 394. Mourning, 443,444. Mutiny and sedition, A. W. 21-24,43. Oaths of enlistment, A. "W". 2. Offenders, against civil authorities, A.W. 59. Orders eulogizing living, 771. Ord. and ord. stores, 1501-1503, 1523. Payments, 1298-1303, 1306-1310, 1312, 1314- 1319, 1321-1346, 1487. Pecuniary interest, etc., A. W. 18. Pecuniary responsibility, 653, 654. Permanently disabled, 193. Personal reports, 805. Presence at parades, 449. Profanity, A. W. 53. Promotion, 20-31. Property, damaged, lost, or destroyed, 682- 684, A. W. 15. Public animals, 1045. Quarrels, frays, and disorders, A. W. 24, 25. Quartermaster's supplies, 1196. Quarters, 984-997, 1006. Eank and precedence, 7-11, A.W. 122, 123. Redress of wrongs, A. "W. 54. Relative rank with navy officers, 12. Reproving noncommissioned officers, 256. Resignations, 77-80, A. W. 49. Retired, 73-76, 88, 414, 429, 437, 805, 998, 1025, 1069, 1120, 1122, 145L 1309. Returr of salute of enlisted men, 404. Returns of public property, A.W. 8. Returns of troops, A. "W. 7, 8. Roll calls, 383. Roster details and duty, 288, 364-377. Saluted, whether in uniform or not, 396. Salutes to, by enlisted men, 396-404. Officers, Army Continued. Saluting, 393-395. Schools of instruction, 191. Sentences of courts-martial, A. "W. 61, 100. Service reports, 806, 812. Special duty, etc., details, 32-36. Special duty under Secretary of War, 190, 191. Staff corps and depts., 737, 738, 741,745,746. Stoppages against pay, 1343-1346. Subsistence supplies, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1285, 1286. Telegraphic service, 1208. Transfer or exchange, 42, 43. Travel, on duty, 65-72, 776, 1099-1117. Trials, A.W. 79. Uniform and dress, 1548-1551. Unlawful enlistment of minors, A.W. 3. Use of post libraries and reading rooms, 310. Violence toward traders, A. W. 56. Visiting foreign countries, 56. Visits and courtesies, 418, 420-425. Volunteer or militia service, 1313. Waste of private property, A.W. 55, 59. Witnesses, military or civil courts, 72, 925. Wrongfully selling arras, etc., A. W. 60. Officers, Marines: Command of mixed corps, A. W. 122. Courts-martial, Army, A. W. 78. Duties and rights, A. W. 122. Rank and precedence, 10, 11, A.W. 122. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Officers, Militia : Command of mixed corps, A. W. 122. Duties and rights, A. W. 122. Rank and precedence, 10, 11, A.W. 122, 124. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Services as, of regular officers, 1313. Officers, Navy : Funeral honors, 431. Relative rank with Army officers, 12. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Visits and courtesies, 421-425. Officers, Volunteers : Command of mixed corps, A. W. 122. Duties and rights, A. W. 123. Rank and precedence, 10, 11, A. W. 123. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Services as, of regular officers, 1313. Officers, Foreign Service : Official salutes and honors, 390, 415, 418. Visits and courtesies, 421. Officers' Mess : Quarters, 996. Officers' Servants : Clothing and equipage, 1197. Offices : Commissaries, 1008. Illuminating supplies, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Military attaches, 36. Quartermasters, 1008. Rented, 1007. Rooms, fuel, and stoves, 1006-1008. 328 INDEX. Official Letters : See Letters, Official. One-Mile Limit : Absence from camp without leave, A. W. 34. Onions : Ration, 1253. Open-Market Purchases: See Oral Agreements, Supplies and Services. Opinions: Applications for official, 768. Courts of inquiry, A. W. 119. Judge- Adv.-Gen.'s Dept., 890. Oral Agreements, Supplies and Services: Purchasesand engagements, 566-568. Reports by purchasing officer, 569. Order Books : Company, 264. Post, 209. Regimental, 243. Orders : Acting commanding officers, 15. Addressed to commander, 775. Adjutant-General, Army, 782. Approval before issue, 773. Authorizing payment of mileage, 68. Caption, 774. Change of station of officers, 65. Channels of communication, 777. Circulars, 770. Classification, issue, etc., 770. Commutation of quarters, 1341, 1342. Commutation of rations, 1274. Condemned property, 888, 889. Copies furnished, etc., 775, 777, 782. Councils of administration, 289. Court-martial duty, emergencies, 191. Delays in obeying, 67. Detaching officers, service schools, etc., 191. . Disobedience, A. W. 21, 24. Distribution and file, 778. Engineers, special service, 1475. Eulogizing living officers, 771. Executed by whom, 775. Expenditures and issues, 653, 695, 696. Extra and special duty, 1223. Garrison courts-martial, 937. General, defined, 771. Indians, issue to, of rations, 1266, 1268. Inspectors, 858-861. Liquid coffee, 1257. Members of courts-martial, 917. Mounted service, 1302, 1303. Obedience to and prompt execution, 1. President and Secretary of War, 188. Proceedings, courts -martial, 892, 945. Publication in field, camp, or garrison, 779. Pursuit of deserters. 125. Rations to destitute persons, 1267, 1268. Regimental courts-martial, 937. Regimental files, 244. Retirement of enlisted men, 135, 136. Return journeys, 1323. Reviewing authority, courts-martial, 955. Settlement of accounts, 71. Orders Continued. Sick leaves of absence, 1315. Signaling and telegraphy instruction, 1537. Signal parties in the field, 1541. Small-arms practice, 357-359. Special, defined, 772. Staff departments, 782. Staff officers, travel, 69. Summary court trials, 932. Title, officer designated, 757. Transfer of enlisted men, 114. Transmission in the field, 780, 781. Transportation of the Army, 1080, 1082. Travel allowances, 1323-1325. Travel on duty, 65-71, 776. Witnesses, military or civil courts, 925. Ordnance and Ordnance Stores : Accountability, etc., 1488. Arm chests for storage, 1523. Colleges, 90. Condemned, 888, 1500, 1524-1526. Definition, 1492. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. Expenditure of ammunition, 1511-1514. Inspections, 1519, 1520, 1524-1526. Issues, 1493-1500, 1503, 1505, 1507, 3508. Loans, 1504. Lost, etc., by civilian employees, 1510. Materials, ordnance establishments, 1531. Milita, 1131. Packing, 1527-1529. Price lists, 1522. Proceeds of sale, 614. Purchase and distribution, 1408. Repairs to, used by recruits, 1518. Sales, 1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509, 1524-1526. Serviceable surplus, 1515, 1516. Stamps for sealing packages, 1529, 15HO. Sufficiency of supplies at depots, 1497. Surplus or damaged, 1515-1523. Transportation, 973, 1530, 1531. Unserviceable, 1497, 1517-1521. Ordnance Corps : Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. Extra-duty details, enlisted men, 167. Officers, 17, 22, 196, 203, 1006, 1489-1491, 1496. Ordnance Department : Blanks and blank books, 1535. Bonds of storekeepers, 571-578. Civilian employees' traveling expenses, 734. Cooking devices, 286. General provisions. 1488-1491. Leather dressing, etc., 277. Manual of Heavy Artillery, 1536. Materials, ordnance establishments, 1531. Mess outfit, individual, 286. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 90, 614, 888, 973, 1131, 1408, 1488, 1492-1531. Post book of artillery record, 349, 1534. Publications, 1536. Returns and reports, 1532-1534. Small-arms practice, 358, 362. Special regulations, pp. iii, 209. Targets and material, 355. See also Chief of Ordnance. INDEX. 329 Ordnance Depots : Absence of commanding officer, 1491. Arm chests, 1523. Emergency issues, 1496, 1497. Establishment and maintenance, 1488, 1495. Requisitions for stores not on hand, 1498. Sufficiency of supplies, 1497. Supervision and control, 1496. Surplus ordnance stores, 1515, 1516. Unserviceable and unsuitable supplies, 1497. Ordnance Detachment: Clothing aud equipage, 1171. Ordnance Funds: Accountability, etc., 1488. Ordnance Officers: Appointment, etc., 1489, J490. Commanding ordnance establishments, 1491. Departments, 196. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Ordnance depots, 1496. Posts, 203. Promotion, 22. Scope of examination for appointment, 1490. Ordnance Sergeants: Appointments, duties, etc. 91-96, 99, 100,102. Baggage, 1119. Discharge, re-enlistment, 101, 103, 104, 931. Furloughs, 107, 108. Military control, 101. Personal reports, 102. Property accountability, 1533. Qualifications, 91, 93, 96. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 104, 931. Sleeping cars, 1109. Special duty details, 99. Stationery, 1026. Temporary duty and instruction, 97. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Ordnance Storekeepers: Bonds, 571-578. Command of ordnance establishments, 1491. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Ordnance Supply Table: Requisitions to conform, 1499. Original Packages : Examination, verification, etc., 668, 669. Outline Figure Cards: General prisoners, 914. Outpost Duty: Roster, 366. Outstanding Liabilities: Accounts for advertisements, 509. Checks, 585, 600, 602 604, 876, 877. Debts, 623-625, 630, 1223. Orercoats : Fur, 1191. Waterproof, 1550. Overpayments : Failure to refund, 134 Stoppages, 1344. Overseers : Extra-duty pay, 165. Overshoes: Issue to enlisted men, 1186. Pack Animals: Allotment for departments, 1071. Packers : Employment, payment, etc., 727. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Packing: Articles for shipment, 1123. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1527-1529. Pack Transportation: Mules to be generally used, 1070. Pallbearers : Funerals, military, 441. Parade : Absence without leave, A. "W. 33 Daily, 449. How conducted, 448. Pardon : Punishment imposed by a court-martial, 916. Sentences of courts-martial, A. W. 112. Parlor Cars: Accommodation in, to whom allowed, 1109. Charter, 1114. Civilian employees, 730, 733. Fare excluded from travel allowances, 1321. Payment of accounts, 1116. Reimbursement to officers, 1117 Requests, 1110-1113, 1115. Unused requests, 1115. Parole : Disclosing or changing, A. "W. 44. Partnerships : Acceptance of, of partners, as sureties, 561. Contracts, 552. Patients in Hospitals: Admission, etc., 1431. Anna and accouterments, 1438. Contagious diseases, 1442. Descriptive lists, 1439. Died, 1439. Discharged soldiers, 1440. Discharged for disability, 1439. Excused from Saturday inspection, 266. Information to company commander, 1432. Muster and pay rolls, 785. Returned to duty, 1439. Savings of rations, 300, 1269. Panlins: Magazines, in case of fire, 340. Protection of subsistence supplies, 1247. Pay Accounts, Officers': Hypothecation or transfer, 1300. Leave of absence, 1316. Leaving service, 1307. Made in duplicate, 1298. Mounted service, 1303. Pay and Clothing Accounts : Clothing, 1178-1185, 1192, 1407 Deserters, 119. Detached enlisted men, 105. Post noncommissioned staff, 101. Pay Department: Accounts current, 620. Bonds of officers, 571-578. 330 INDEX. Pay Department Continued. Certificates of merit, 1370. Civilian employees' traveling expenses, 734. Civilian witnesses, military courts, 962, 963. Commutation of quarters, 1336-1342. Continuous service pay, 1366, 1367. Credit sales, 1281, 1288-1290. Deceased soldiers' effects, 159, Deposits, 1371-1379. Deserters' effects, 130. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 18. Escaped prisoners' effects, 913. Forfeitures and deductions, 1368, 1369. General provisions, etc., 1295-1297. Interpreters, courts-martial, 961-965. Miscellaneous, 1389-1391. Notification discharge of enlisted men, 150. Pay during absence, 1314-1320. Pay of deserters, 1380, 1381. Payments, cadets, 1347. Payments, enlisted men, 112, 138, 139, 169, 287, 945,1275-1279,1312,1314, 1348-1370, 1374- 1376, 1380-1389. Payments, officers, 1298-1346, 1487. Ke-enlistment pay, 1365, 1367. Reporters, courts-martial, 959. Retired enlisted men, 136, 138. Special regulations, pp. iii, 184. Stoppage, 1343-1346. Travel allowance, 1321-1335. Paymaster-General : Deposits of enlisted men, 1371, 1374. Pay accounts, officers, 1300. Payments, discharged soldiers, 1384. Payments, enlisted men, 1348, 1363. Paymasters : Absence from station, 1297. Bonds, 571-578. Deposits of enlisted men, 1360. Deceased soldiers' effects, 159, 160. Deposits of collections, 611. Designated to pay discharged men, 150.. Eligibility to command, 18. Escaped prisoners' effects, 913. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Incorrect payments, 1389. Muster and pay rolls calculations, 787. Notification discharged enlisted men, 150. Payments, cadets, 1347. Payments, discharged soldiers, 1382-1384. Payments, enlisted men, 1348-1364. Promotions, 22. Receipts for refundments, etc., 1391. Stoppages of officers' pay, 1345, 1346. Paymasters' Clerks : Transportation and expenses, 733, 734. Paymasters' Collections: System of depositing, 611. Payments : Accounts and under contract, 598 Artificial limbs, etc., 1469, 1471. Bakery funds, 298. Bills of lading, 1143, 1150-1160. Payments Continued. Bridge transportation, 1107. Cadets, 1347. Checks on presentation, 600, 601. Civilian witnesses, military courts, 962, 963. Ferry transportation, 1107. Fuel for officers, 1000. Horses sold to mounted officers, 1065. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 175. Interpreters, courts-martial, 961-965. Medical attendance and medicines, 1452. Outstanding checks, 604. Prisoners on release, 953. Reporters, courts-martial, 959. Savings of rations, 1270, 1271. Seed for post gardens, 315. Telegraph and telephone service, 1208, 1209, 1211-1217. Turnpike transportation, 1107. Unauthorized advertisements, 508. Payments to Deserters : Stoppages, forfeitures, etc., 1380, 1381. Payments to Discharged Soldiers : By whom made, 1364. Calculations, 1383. Identification before payment, 1382. Loss or non-receipt of final statements, 1384. Made on final statements, 1382. Minority concealed at enlistment, 1386. Notations on discharge, 1383. Recruits, 1387. Transferred claims, 1388. Travel allowances, 1385. Payments to Enlisted Men: Arrested by civil authorities, 1314. Awaiting sentence, 945. Certificate of merit, 1370. Checks or currency, 1349-1364. Commutation of rations, 1275-1279. Continuous service pay, 1366, 1367. Dates included, 1312. Deposits, 1374-1376. Deserters, 1380, 1381. Discharged soldiers, 1364, 1382-1388 Descriptive lists, 1363. Extra-duty pay, 169. Forfeitures and deductions, 1368, 1369. Furloughed soldiers, 112. Incorrect, 1389. Monthly, 1348. Muster and pay rolls, 1350-1352, 1357, 1359 1363, 1364. Paymaster designated, 1350, 1363. Periodical, 3348. Personal by paymasters, 1349, 1361, 1362. Re-enlistment, 1365, 1367. Retired enlisted men, 138, 139. Witnessed by officers, 787, 1357, 1364 Payments to Officers: Absent from station, 1299. Additional pay, 1301, 1304, 1305. Arrested by civil authorities, 1314. INDEX. 331 Payments to Officers Continued. Commutation of quarters, 1336-1342. Date included, 1312. Dismissed by sentence, 1310. Entering or leaving service, 1306-1308. Leaves of absence, 1315-1319. Monthly, 1298. Mounted service, 1301, 1303. Pay accounts, 1298, 1300, 1303, 1307, 13l6. Promotions, 1306. Resigning, 1308. Retiring from active service, 1309. Sick leave, 1315. Stoppages against pay, 1343-1346. Travel allowances, 1321-1335, 1487, Pay of the Army: Acting judge-advocates, 1301. Additional, officers, 1301, 1304, 1305. Certificates of merit, 1370. Companies, 252. Continuous service, 1366, 1367. Deserters, 129, 132, 1380, 1381. Enlisted men awaiting sentence, 945. Extra duty, 164, 165, 167-169, 171, 172, 306. Extra, enlisted mon, 180. False certificates, A. W. 13. Forfeitures and deductions, 951, 952, 1368, 1369. Indian scouts, 481. Longevity, 1311. Rates, 169, 1365, 1366, 1370. Re-enlistment, 1365, 1367. Retired enlisted men, 138, 139. Secretary of War, 736. Stoppages against officers', 1343-1346. Suspension from command, A. W. 101. Volunteers or militia, 1313. Pay Bolls: Money amounts, 648. Pease: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Penalties: Contractors' bonds, 559, 563. Disbursing officer's bond, 572. Penitentiaries : Imprisonment, 940, 941, A. W. 97 Pensions : Evidence, etc., from records, 803. Notation of degree of disability, 157. Peonage Laws : Enforcement of, by the Army, 487, p. 64. Pepper: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Periods: Furloughs, 106-108, A. W. 11. Leaves of absence, 44-46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 61-63. Theoretical and practical instruction, 230. Periodicals : Post libraries, 310. Perjury : Frauds upon the Government, A. W.60. Permanent Buildings : Construction and repairs, 705, 706. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Permanent Posts: Styled "forts, "199. Permanent Works of Defense : Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Department commanders, 190. Erection of, on new sites, 703. Supervision or control, 190, 211. Personal Reports: Hospital stewards, 1401. Inspectors, 859. Leaves of absence, 54, 57, 62-64. Officers visiting Washington, 804. Post noncommissioned staff, 99, 102. Retired enlisted men, 137. Retired officers, 805. Senior signal officer of an army, 1541. Service, 806, 812. Special duty or detached service, 805. Staff, corps, or departments, 805. Personal Services: Bills to contain no charge for material, 518. Definition, 518. Rules for computation of time, 651. Vouchers for payment, 633. Wages discharged employes, 650. Personnel of the Army : Records, 748. Persons and Articles Employed and Hired : Quartermaster's Department, 1223. Transfer lists, 1223. Persuading to Desert : Punishment, A. W. 51. Physical Examinations : Hospital corps recruits, 1399. Recruits, 841,842,847. Pickaxes and Helves : Helves dropped from returns, 1198. Police purposes, 454. Pickled Fish: Ration, 1253. Pickles: Wastage, 1243. Pillaging: Punishment, A. W.42. Plans and Specifications: Alterations, 1428. Barracks and quarters, 978. Hospitals, 1424-1426, 1428. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1426, 1428. Platforms: Care, etc., of wooden, 332. Numbering in fixed batteries, 348. Platoon: Quitting without leave, A. W. 40. Plats : Military lands, 707. Plundering: Punishment, A. W. 42. Police : Barracks, 267, 269-271. Daily duties of parties, 387. 332 INDEX. Police Continued . Guards and property, 453-456. Kitchens of enlisted men, 281. Light batteries, 377. Police Officers : Apprehension of deserters, 122, 124. Ponchos: Black rubber, 1550. Pork: Rations, 1253. Posse Comitatns : Employment of national forces, 486-491. Post Cemeteries : Care and maintenance, 495, 497. Headboards for graves, 495, 496. Inclosed with wall or fence, 495. Interments, 498, 499, 1218. Suitable ground to be set apart, 494. Walks, etc., 497. Post Commanders : Abatement term of confinement, 915. Acting hospital stewards, 1402. Animals of Indians. 477. Articles used for police, 454. Artillery material, 343. Bakery fund, 296-299. Barrack furniture, 977, 983. Barracks and quarters, 976-978, 984, 985. Boards of survey, 709. Bread ration, 296. Brooms, 1204. Buildings for amusement, etc., 311. Chaplains, 41. Charts for artillery practice, 351. Clothing and equipage, 1164, 1165. Company commanders, 254. Company fund, 301. Confinement of enlisted men, 911. Councils of administration, 287-289, 291. Counsel for prisoners, 926. Deceased soldiers' effects, 159, 160. Deserters, 116, 118-120, 122, 123. Deserters' effects, 130. Details, light artillery, officers and men, 377. Discharge of enlisted men, 148, 156. Discipline, instruction, etc., 200. Efficiency reports, 807. Escaped prisoners, 128. Escorts of honor, 426. Estimates, 744. Extra and special duty details, 172. Field-service hospital corps, 1420. Forage and straw, 1021. Fuel, 285, 1021. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Funeral escorts, etc., 437. Furloughs to enlisted men, 106, 108, 109. General duties and responsibilities, 200, 201. General hospitals, 1433. General mess, 280, 285, 303. Hospital buildings. 1424. Hospital service, 1435, 1436, 1440. Hospital transports, etc., 1434. Post Commanders Continued, Illuminating supplies, 285, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1018, 1021. Indians, Indian reservations, 474, 476, 477. Indians, issue to, of rations, 1266. Insane patients, 472. Instruction of enlisted men in cooking, 280. Irregularities, etc., 874, 875. Kitchen and table ware, 285. Lance corporals, 257. Leave of absence, officers, 44. Librarian, post, 297. Light artillery, post fatigue, etc., 377. Mail contractors, 207. Matrons, 1436, 1437. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Mess furniture, 285, 983. Messing and cooking, 280, 284. Monthly inspections, 200. Morning reports, 388. Office brooms, 1204. Payments to enlisted men, 1350-1355. Personal leave of absence, 45. Policing stables, etc., 1077. Post cemeteries, 494. Post exchanges, 326. Post gardens, 314. Post noncommissioned staff, 99, 102. Post schools, 317-321, 324. Practical and theoretical instruction, 230. Previous convictions, 929. Prisoners messing, 284. Private buildings, 979. Proceedings, courts-martial, 894,932, 933, 956 Property responsibility, 658. Proposals, supplies, and services, 541. Quartermaster's supplies, 1063. Rations, 1258-1264. Records of post, 209. Recruiting service, 844-847, 851-854. Regimental field officers, 232. Reports, issues, and roll calls, 386. Requisitions, 744. Returns of troops, 789. Roll calls, 383. Sales of subsistence supplies, 1287. Small -arms practice, 360. Staff, 203. Stationery, 1023. Surgeons of posts, 1393. Tableware and kitchen utensils, 1200. Telegraphic code, 1207. Transfers to hospital corps, 1403. Treasurer, post, 297. Verification, original packages, 669. Visitors to posts, 418. Visits and courtesies, 421. Postmaster-General : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Post Noncommissioned Staff: Accountability, etc., for property, 100, 694. Appointment, duties, etc., 91-96, 99, 100, 102. Baggage, 1119. INDEX. 333 Post Noncommissioned Staff Continued. Brooms and scrubbing brushes, 1203. Discharge and re-enlistment, 101, 103, 104, 931. Extra and special duty, 99, 167. Furloughs, 107, 108. Funeral honors and escort, 439. Military control, 101. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Payments, 1363. Personal reports, 102. Qualifications, 91, 93, 96. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 104-931. Sleeping cars, 1109. Temporary duty and instruction, 97. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Post-Office Department: Property loaned to mail contractors, 207. Post Quartermaster-Sergeants : Appointments, duties, etc., 91-96, 99, 100, 102. Baggage, 1119. Discharge and re-enlistment, 101, 103, 104, 93.. Furloughs, 107, 108. Military control, 101. Personal reports. 102. Qualifications, 91, 93, 96. Quarters, fuel, and stove*, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 104, 931. Sleeping car, 1109. Stationery, 1026. Trial by courts-martial, 931. Posts and Reservations: Ambulances and harness, 1414. Bakeries, 164, 165, 287-289, 291-293, 296-299, 304-309, 312, 1004, 1203, 1204, 1269, 1282. Bowling alleys, 311. Buildings for amusement, etc., 311. Cemeteries, 494-499, 1218. Chapels, 310, 313, 1006, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022, 1132, 1204. Civilians residing on reservation, 210. Clothing and equipage, 1172, 1178, 1179. Commanders. See Post Commanders. Commissary book, 1228. Construction, etc., to buildings, 705, 706. Council, 130, 159, 160, 209, 263, 287-290, 292, 296-299. Deeds, title, and other papers, 704, 890. Designation, 199. Discontinued, 800. Drainage, sewerage, etc., 1393. Duty and labor on Sunday, 202. Engineer officer on duty, 1483. Establishment, 198. Exchanges, 209, 287-289, 291, 292, 295, 296, 311, 315, 325, 326, 1282. Extra-duty pay, 172. Flags, 213, 405, 416! Posts and Reservations Continued. Foreign vessels, national festivities, 425. Funeral honors, 431-447. Gardens, 314-316. Guards, 453-456. Gymnasiums, 311-313. Hauling forage, 1077. Hospital buildings, 1424-1430. Hospital corps, 1409-1411. Hospital corps instruction, 1399. Hygiene, 1393. Illuminating supplies, 1012-1022 Improvement of grounds, 706. Inspection of garrisoned, 867, 875. Inspection of ungarrisoned, 867, 875. Instruction and practice, 1544. Letter and note headings, 512. Libraries, 297, 310, 312, 313, 1006, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022, 1132, 1204. Limitation of expenditures, 204, 206. Litters, hand, 1417. Means of transportation, 1077. Medical inspection, 1393, 1465. Morning and evening guns, 208. Navy or Marine Corps deserters, 134. Nomenclature, 198, 199. Official correspondence, 763, 764. Orderly observance of the Sabbath, 202. Payments to enlisted men, 1349. Plats of land, 707. Policing stables, 1077. Position, etc., of guns in fixed batteries, 348. Quartermaster's supplies, 1050. Reading rooms, 310, 312,- 313, 1006, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Records, 40, 209, 349, 496, 498, 800, 1534. Recruiting stations, 854. Removal of trespassers, 210. Returns, 57, 63, 480, 749, 789, 794-796, 1207, Salutes and honors, 389-419. Sanitary condition, 1393. Schools, 290, 310, 312, 313, 317-324, 1006, 1014- 1019, 1021, 1022, 1204. Sites, purchase of, for new reservations, 703. Spring wagons, 1074. Staft*of-post commander, 203. State jurisdiction, 703 Supervision, 210, 211. Surgeon, 1393. Title papers, 890. Treasurer, 296-299, 304. tTngarrisoned, 211, 867, 875, 1179. Veterinary hospitals, 186. Visits and courtesies, 418, 420-425. Water supply, 1393. Wharfs and piers, 706. Potatoes : Ration, 1253. Powder : Accidental fires near magazines, 340. Care of, in barrels, 338. Storage in or near storehouse, 1249. 334 INDEX. Practical Instruction : Duties, etc., commanders, 230. Keports, 231. Practice Marches, Field Maneuvers, etc. : Field practice, messing and cooking, 280. Praise : Discussions, etc., conveying, forbidden, 5. Precedence : Commissioned officers,9-12,A.W.122-124. . Noncommissioned officers, 9. Regiments and corps, 6. Prescriptions, Medical: Civilians, 1444. Presents : Mustering officers, A. "W. 6. President of the Senate : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 41& President of the United States: Assignments by, to command, 189, A.W. 122. Certificates of merit, 178. Contemptuous or disrespectful words, A. W. 19. Corps of Engineers, 1472. Death of, honors paid at posts, 427. Departments and commanders, 189. Discharge of enlisted men, 140, A. W. 4. Discharge or dismissal of officers, A. "W". 99. General courts-martial, A. W. 72. Limitation of punishment, 938. Medals of honor, 177. Officers of staff departments, 17. Orders of, affecting the Array, 188. Proceedings, courts-martial, 892, 896. Salutes and honors, 389, 407, 418. Sentences, A. W. 105, 106, 108, 109, 111. Press Copy Books : Correspondence, etc., quartermasters, 1218. Quartermaster's supplies shipped, 1218. Previous Convictions : Consideration and evidence, 929, 934. Price Lists: Clothing and equipage, 1163. Firearms lost or damaged by soldiers, 1522. Subsistence supplies, 1292. Prices : Company tailors, 263. Discharge by purchase, enlisted men, 144. Principal Musicians: Appointment, etc., 241. Rank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Printing: Advertising and job, 500-514. Prisoners: Abatement of term of confinement, 915. Arraignment, A. W. 89. Bedding and bunks, 1048. Classes to be confined separately, 907. Clothing, 887, 911, 912, 1193. Copy of record, A. "W. 114. Counsel, 926, A. W. 90. Designation, etc., 903. Prisoners Continued. Food supplies, 284. Garrison, 903, 907. General, 128, 903, 907, 914-916. General courts-martial proceedings, 894. 'Irons, 909. Outline figure card record, 914. Pardon or mitigation, 916, 947. Personal effects of escaped, 913. Reward for escaped, 128. Right of challenge, A. W. 88. Special rules and regulations, 910. Standing mute, etc., A. "W. 89. Transfer to place of confinement, 910, 911. Undergoing more than one sentence, 948. Writ of habeas corpus, 970. Private Correspondence : Officers and men beyond the seas, 761. Private Property: Claims, act March 3, 1885, 723. Waste or spoil, A. W. 55, 59. Privates : Fuel, 1006. Funeral honors and escort, 439, 440. Hospital corps, 1101, 1102. Roster duties, 368. Salutes commanding detachment, 398. Proceedings : Boards of survey, 708, 711, 714-723. Councils of administration, 289. Courts martial, 890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 957, A. W. 86-95, 113, 114, 121. Courts of inquiry, 890, 892, A. W. 116, 118, 120,121. Proceeds of Sale : Deserters' effects, 130. Disposition, etc., 608, 614-616. Escaped prisoners' effects, 913. Horses sold to mounted officers, 1065. Ord. and ord. stores, 1501, 1502, 1526. Surplus garden products, 316. Transfers of public property, 616. Profanity : Punishment, A. W. 53. Professional Books and Papers : Transportation, 1120, 1122. Promoters of Duels : Deemed principals, A.W. 27. Promotion : Enlisted men from the ranks, 24-30,1121, 1122, 1334. Examinations, 748. Officers, 20-31. Payments to o licers, 1306. Records, 748. Signal Corps sergeants, 1539. Travel allowances joining, 1334. Property Accountability and Responsibility: Articles in charge of guards,454-456 Branding before issue, 676. Captured public stores, A. W. 9. Company commanders, 661-663, A. W. 10, Condemned, 679, 680. INDEX. 335 Property Accountability and Responsibility- Continued. Damaged, lost, destroyed, or stolen, 681-691, A. W. 15-17. Defined, 657. Detachment commanders, 661-663, A. W. 10. Details separating from property, 664. Enlisted men, 663, 694. Expenditures under orders, 695, 696. Issues, 663, 673. Keys of storerooms, etc., 674. Means of transportation at posts, 1077. Military telegraph lines, 1542. Miscarried or missing stores, 666. Musical instruments, 1201, 1202. Officers separated from command, 659. Ord. and ord. stores, 1488, 1502-1510, 1533. Original packages, 668, 669. Post commanders, 658. Post noncommissioned staff, 100, 694. Preservation and repairs, 675. Prevention of loss or damage, 674, 1058. Puhlic property, 593. Quartermaster's supplies, 1050-1064. Receipts in blank prohibited, 670. Refusal to sign receipt, 667. Relief by boards of survey, 710, 711. Removal of all officers, 660. Returns, 692-702, 1221, 1222, 1224, 1225, 1294, 1502, 1503, 1506, 1510, 1533. Signal Corps, Sergeants, 694. Signal supplies, 1546. Street-car and ferry tickets, 1108. Subsistence Department, 1294. Subsistence supplies, 1238-1246. Supplies in transit, 1126. Surveying or exploring expeditions, 672. Transfer or succession, 16, 630. Transfers involving accountability, 665. Transfers to Indians, 479. Transfers, bureaus and departments, 671. Unauthorized sales, A. W. 10, 17. Use of, for private purposes, 677. Veterinary supplies, 1039, 1040. Worn out in service, 678. Proposals for Supplies and Services: Abstracts, 539-541, 547, 548. Advertisements, 505, 520-524. Bidders, 522, 525-539, 543, 544, 546. Delivery, 535. Disposition of copies. 540, 541. Erasures or interlineations, 532. Firm or corporation, 530. Folding and numbering, 540. Guaranties, 533, 534. Opening, 535, 537, 539. Posts and department headquarters, 54 1 , 542 Preparation, etc., 529, 531. Safe-keeping, 537. Separate for labor, etc., each place, 536. Withdrawal, 538. Protecting the Enemy : Punishment, A. W. 45. Protection : Laborers, etc., on military works, 366. Provisions for Soldiers : Sales in garrisons, forts, etc., A. W.I8. Violence toward traders, A. W. 56. Provoking Speeches or Gestures : Punishment for using, A. W. 25. Provost- Marshals : Duties of, as to prisoners, A. W. 67-69 Public Animals : Ambulance, 1416. Artillery and cavalry orses, 1029, 1030, 1032, 1034, 1065,1067, 1068. Assignment to riders or drivers, 1036 Branding, 1032. Care and treatment, 184, 185. Condemned, 679, 1037. Descriptive books, 1034, 1218. Descriptive lists, 1033, 1035. Draft and pack, 1071. Exchange or surrender, 1036. Furnished by Q. M. Department, 972. Inspection and condemnation, 878, 879, 1037. Issue or transfer, 1035. Purchased under contract, 1028. Recovery of lost or stolen, 688-691. Sale of condemned, 679, 1037. Sales of horses to mounted officers, 1065. Salt, 1265. Shoeing and materials, 1068. Sick, injured, or infected, 708. Specifications, qualities, etc., 1029-1031. Straw for bedding, 1049. Transportation of officers' horses, 1069. Transportation of the Army, 1071. Unserviceable, 878, 879, 1037. Use of by mounted officers, 1045, 1066, 1067. Vinegar, 1265. Publication : Articles of War to the Army, A. W. 128. Changes, Manual of Heavy Artillery, 353. Delivery of government abroad, 37. Dismissal for cowardice or fraud, A. W. 100. Medical and official, 1449. Preservation, etc., ordnance materials, 1536. Private transactions, 5. Public Buildings: Bonds and contracts, 565. Construction and repairs, 705, 706. Public Buildings and Grounds, D. C. Title and other papers, 704, 890, 1472. Public Health : Enforcement of quarantine, 487, p. 66. Public Lands : Intruders or trespassers, 487, pp. 65, 66. Title papers, military, 890. Public Moneys: Accountability, 579-656. Balance? at close of fiscal year, 623-^25 Balances on deposit unchanged, 586. Collections, 608-616. Contracts involving future payments, 515, 579. 336 INDEX. Public Moneys Continued. Covering in to Treasury, 586. Deceased officers, 84. Disbursing officers ceasing to act, 585. Estimates, 580. Failure to account, 1343. Illegal disbursements, 1344. Insurance, 593. Miscellaneous receipts, etc., 608. Outstanding checks or drafts, 603. Overpayments, 1344. Personal possession , 584. Places of deposit, 580. Receipts for amounts not paid, A. W. 60. Received for disbursements, 580-584. 592. Stealing, embezzling, etc., A. W. 60. Transfer, 582, 592, 594, 595. Transfer to the Treasury, 608. Transportation by express, 1128. Use and expenditures, 579. Public Property: Abstracted, &c., by deserters, 115. Accountability, 657-702, A. W. 9, 10, 15-17. Branding, 676. Care and preservation, 193, 200. Commanding officers, 747. Company commanders, 274, 275. Condemnation by boards of survey, 713. Condemned, 679, 680. Damaged, lost, destroyed, or stolen, 206, 668, 674, 688-691, 1149, A. W. 10. Deceased officers, 84. Deficiencies, etc., 1344. Deficit or shortage, 668. Department commanders' inspections, 193. Expenditures under orders, 695, 696. Failure to account, 1343. Inspection,. 878-889. Insurance, 593. Intrusted, 657. Mail contractors, 207. Mess and table ware and furniture, 285. Preservation and repair, 675. Private uses, 677. Proceeds of sale, 614-616. Purchase by officers, 680. Receipts, amounts not delivered, A. "W. 60. Recovery of lost or stolen, 688-691. Sales of condemned, 679, 680. Stealing, wrongfully selling, etc., A. W. 60. Tents for protection, 1205. Transfers to another department, 616, 671. Unserviceable, 880, 884. Verification of contents of packages, 669. "Worn out, 679, 680. Public Works: Annual inspection, 868. Bonds and contracts, 565. Travel allowances of officers, 1333. Punishments : Absence without leave, A. "W. 31-35, 40. Abuses and disorders, A. "W. 54. Accepting presents, etc., A. W. 6. Punishments Continued. Ammunition, sale or waste, A. "W". 16. Behavior at divine worship, A. W. 52. Breach of arrest, A. W. 65. Children post schools, 324. Contempt or disrespect, A. W. 20. Contemptuous words, A. W. 19. Damages, loss, etc., A. W. 15-17. Desertion, A. W. 47-51. Destroying, etc., military records, 802. Disrespectful words, A. W. 19. Drunkenness on duty, A. W. 38. Dueling, A. W. 26-28. Enlistment of minors, A. W. 3. Escape of prisoner, A. "W. 69. Failure to make returns, A. W. 7. Failure to report confinement of enlisted men, A. W. 68. Failure to surrender offenders against civil authorities, A. W. 59. False certificate of absence or pay, A. W. 13. False musters, A. W. 5, 14. False returns, A. "W. 8. Frauds and embezzlement, A. W. 60. Hiring of duty, A. W. 36, 37. Horses, sale or loss through neglect, A.W.17. Increase of sentences of confinement, 942. Legality and promptness, 2. Limitations, 938. Misconduct in time of war, A. W. 41, 42, 44- 46, 57, 100. Mutiny and sedition, A. W. 21-24, 43. Ofienses against the laws, A. W. 58, 59. Offenses not capital, A.. W. 83. Pardon or mitigation, 916, 947. Pecuniary interests, etc., A. "W. 18. Profanity, A. W. 53. Provoking or reproachful speeches or ges- tures, A. W. 25. Release, unauthorized, of prisoners, AW. 69. Sleeping on post, A. W. 39. Spies, p. 231, sec. 1343, R. S. "Use of Army as posse comitatus, 486. Violence against traders, A. "W. 5G. Waste of private property, A. W. 55, 59 Purchases : Discharge, by enlisted men, 144, 146. Forage, 1045. Fuel by officers and families, 998-1004 Horses by mounted officers, 1065. Lands for military purposes, 703. Public animals, 1028-1033. Supplies, etc., 293,300,304, 307, 315, 518-570, 573^577, 587, 589, 622, 633, 636, 1057-1060, 1223, 1226-1229, 1238, 1250, 1257, 1269-1271. 1460, 1488, 1537. Purchases, Supplies, and Services : Appropriation from which paid, 622. Articles for use in post bakeries, 304, 307. Bakery fund, 293. Beef and beef cattle, 1250. Company fund, 293, 300. Contractors, 554, 559-565, 570, 573-578. INDEX. 337 Purchases, Supplies, and Serrices- Cont'd. Contracts, 515, 516, 519, 542-558, 565, 570, 589. Deliveries, 1058. Exceptional articles, 566, 569, 1283. Forage masters, 1057. Foreign articles, 517, 545. Fuel, forage, etc., 1059, 1060. Interest in, by disbursing officers,587. Liquid coffee, 1257. Manner and methods, 518, 549. Medical supplies, 566, 569, 1460. Mess fund, 293. Oral agreement or open-market, 566-569. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1488. Personal service, 518. Persons in military service, 589. Proposals, 520-541. 547, 548. Rations, 1269-1271. Regimental fund, 293. Reports of persons and articles, 1223. Seed for post gardens, 315. Signal Corps supplies, 1537. Subsistence supplies, 1226-1229, 1238. Vouchers for payment, 633, 636. Wagon masters, 1057. Purchasing and Contracting Officer: Ability of bidders to carry out bids, 546. Advertisements, 520-524. Award, etc., of contracts, 541, 542, 551. Contractor's bond, 564. Entitled to copy of contract, 554. Estimates, 746. Guaranties, bidders, 533. Medical Department, 569. Oath appended to contract, 556. Opening proposals prematurely, 535 Oral agreements, 566-569. Proposals, 535, 537. Quartermaster's Department, 557, 569. "Responsibilities, 519. Subsistence Department, 557, 569, 1227. Supplies, persons in military service, 589. Qualifications: Applicants for enlistment, 823, 824. Appointees, second lieutenants, 30, 31. Artillery inspectors, 350. Captains light batteries, 345. College details, 87. Company bearers, 1412. Counsel for prisoners, 926. Hospital and acting hospital stewards, 1397. Hospital corps privates, 1399. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 173. Ordnance officers, 1489. Post noncommissioned staff, 91, 93, 95, 06. Purchase by enlisted men of discharge, 144. Regimental staff officers, 235. Retirement of enlisted men, 135. Signal Corps officers, 1538. Special duty and detached service, 34. Staff, personal, 33. Surgeons, 1394. Transfer to hospital corps, 1403. 13691 22 Qualifications Continued. Veteran soldiers, 145. Veterinary surgeons, 182. Quarantine Regulations : Enforcement of, by the Army, 487, p. 66. Quarrels : Provoking speeches or gestures, A. "W. 25. QueUing, A. W. 24. Quartermaster-General : Artificial limbs, etc., 1469-1471. Barracks and quarters, 978. Clothing and equipage, 1166, 1167, 1169-1171. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223. Draft and pack animals, 1071. Engineer battalion, 1171. Estimates for funds, 975 Fuel, 998. General depots, 974. Hospitals, 1429. Inmates Soldiers' Home, transportation, 175. National cemeteries, 492. Newspapers and periodicals, 310. Office rooms, 1008. Ordnance detachment, 1171. Persons and articles employed, etc., 1223. Plans, etc., for new buildings, 978. Post cemeteries, 498, 499. Quartermasters' records, 1219. Quartermaster's supplies, 1056, 1063. Recruiting service, 1170. Street-car and ferry tickets, 1108. Telegraphing, 1213, 1214. Text-books and school materials, 310. Transportation of Department or bureau supplies, 1129. Transportation requests, 1098, 1103, 1105. Veterinary supplies, 1038, 1039. Quartermasters : Accountability, 1050-1056, 1061-1064. Acting as commissary, 1305. Acting as regimental, 239. Appointment, etc., of regimental, 233. Assignment to company or staff duty, 240. Band instruments, 248, 1201. Barracks and quarters, 976, 978, 980, 984, 985. Bonds, 571-578. Brooms for warehouses, 1204. Candles for offices and storerooms, 1265. Clothing and equipage, 1165, 1166, 1172, 1178. Detail and duties of post, 203. Duties of regimental, 238, 239. Eligibility to command, 17. Estimates for funds, 975. Forage, fuel, and straw, 1021, 1044. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Hospital buildings, 1426. Illuminating supplies, 1021. Means of transportation, 1077. Movements of troops, 1080-1084. Office brooms, 1204. Orders for transportation, 1080, 1082. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1530. 338 INDEX. Quartermasters Continued. Post, 203, 239, 362, 498, 499, 976, 978-980, 984, 985, 1021, 1165, 1166, 1172,1204,1265, 1426. Post cemeteries, 498, 499. Private buildings and lands, 979. Promotion, 22. Public animals, 1036. Qualifications and pay of regimental, 233- 235. Regimental. 233-235, 238-240, 248, 265, 1044, 1201, 1305. Requisitions for transportation, 1079. Settlements with commanders, 265. Signal parties' supplies, 1547. Small-arms practice, 362. Street-car and ferry tickets, 1108. Tenure of office of regimental, 234. Transportation requests, 1085-1087, 1097, 1098, 1102, 1107, 1110-1113, 1115. Quartermaster's Department : Ambulances, 1076, 1415. Band instruments, 248, 1201, 1202. Barracks and quarters, 201, 205, 206, 266-270, 276, 387, 703, 705, 706, 972, 976-1022, 1218. Bonds of officers, 571-578. Civilian employees' traveling expenses, 734. Clothing and equipage, 129, 130, 138, 176, 454. 456, 515, 708, 887, 972, 1163-1205, 1393, 1407, 1441, 1442, A. W. 60. Company books and records, 264. Deceased officers, 85. Deceased soldiers, 162. Discharged soldiers, transportation, 153. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. Extra-duty details, 164, 168, 1223. Fees for administering oaths, 649. Field music, 1202. Field-service hospital corps, 1421. Forage and straw, 36, 515, 972, 1021, 1041- 1049, 1059-1064, 1280. Fuel and stoves, 36, 138, 183, 285, 304, 313, 515, 998-1011, 1059-1064, 1484. Funds, 975. General depots, 974. General duties, 972-975. Hand litters, 1417. Horses of mounted officers, 184, 1044, 1065- 1069. Illuminating supplies, 183, 266, 285, 1012- 1022. Job printing, 510. Kitchen and table ware, 285. Laundry charges, recruits, 1192. Libraries and schools, 310, 317 Mess furniture, 285. Military attaches, 36, 3121. Musical instruments, 248, 1201, 1202. Post bakeries, 304. Post cemeteries, 495. Post records, 209. Property denominated supplies, 1221 Quartermaster's Department Continued. Public animals, 184, 285, 679, 688-691, 708, 879, 972,1028-1037, 1045, 1049, 1065-1069, 1071, 1218, 1265. Purchasing and contracting officers, 557, r>f>9. Quartermaster's supplies, 239, 479, 633, 974, 1050-1064, 1131, 1196, 1197, 1218, 1221, 1222, 1224, 1225, 1547, A. W. 60. Records, 1218-1220. Recovery of public property, 688, 690, 691. Regimental records, 243. Returns and reports, 1221-1225. Rewards, etc., 124, 128. School furniture, 317. Shoeing materials, 1068. Small-arms practice, 362. Special regulations, pp. iii, 135. Stationery, 36, 310, 1023-1027. Storehouses, etc., commissary, 1247. Stores denominated supplies, 1221. Targets and material, 355. Telegraphing and telephoning, 471, 487, pp. 67, 68, 504, 752, 1006, 1206-1217, 1537, 1546. Transportation of the Army, 36, 72, 85, 110, 111, 117, 120, 125, 153, 162, 175,206, 312, 472, 515, 516, 729, 733, 962, 972, 973, 1069-1162, 1223, 1239, 1283, 1321, 1323, 1399, 1449, 1467- 1471,1518,1530,1531. Ungarrisoned posts, 211. Veterinary supplies, 1038-1040. See also Quartermaster- General. Quartermasters. Quartermaster-Sergeants, Regimental : Appointment, etc., 241. Baggage, 1119. Quarters, fuel and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Quartermaster's Supplies: Care and accountability, 1050-1064. Definition, 1221. Deliveries under contract, 1058. Embezzlement, etc., A. W. 60. General depots, 974. Militia, 1131. Quartermasters of regiments, 239. Record books, receipts, and shipments, 121 8". Returns, 1221, 1222, 1224, 1225. Sales to officers, 1196. Sales to officers' servants, 1197. Signal parties, 1547. Transfer for use of Indians, 479. Transfers to successors, 1061^ 1064. Verification of quantities, 1061, 1064. Vouchers for payment, 633. Quarters : Absent from, without authority, A.W. 31. Allowance and assignment, 984-997, 1006. Commutation, 1336-1342. Cumulative leave, 995. Contracts. 515. Engineer officers, 1484. INDEX. 339 Quarters Continued. Failure to retire at retreat, A. W. 35. Hire, 988, 989. Hospital stewards, 1427, 1428. Office rooms, 1007, Provisions for soldiers, A. "W. 56. Rented, 988, 989, 1007. Retired enlisted men, 138. Use of hospitals, 1430. Veterinary surgeons, 183. Railroads : Bond-aided, 729, 1093, 1129, 1147, 1161, 1162, 1208, 1321. Construction and repair, 972. Hospital trains, 1434. Land-grant, 487, pp. 67, 68, 1091, 1093, 1129, 1146,1161,1162. Lost bills of lading, 1152, 1155, 1157. Tariff lists, 1159, 1160. Bank: Commission determines right to command, A. W. 122. Commissioned officers, 10-12. Definition, 7. Grades, 9. How held and conferred, 8. Members of courts-martial, 917. Relative, 11, 12, A. W. 123. 124. Transfer or exchange of officers, 42, 43. Veterinary surgeons, 183. Volunteers and regulars, A. "W. 123. Rape: Punishable by military courts, A. W. 58. Rates of Exchange : Credit allowed, 36, 593. Rations: Allowance, 1252. Articles needed for consumption, 1261. Beef, 1235, 1242, 1250, 1253, 1256, 1269. Bread, 296. Care and use, 281, 282. Certificates, 1262. Civilian employees, detached, 1262. Civilians in hospitals, 1446. Commutation, 472, 1082, 1272-1279. Commutation vegetables not issued, 1254. Composition, 1251, 1253, 1255. Deduction on returns, 1263. Definition, 1251. Destitute persons, 1267. Enlisted men traveling under orders, 1262. Equivalent parts, 1233. General mess, 1264. Indians visiting posts, 1266. Issue of articles kept for sale, 1234. Issue, 1258-1264. Insane soldiers and escort, 472. Money value adjustment of charges, 1253. Purchase with company fund, 300. Returns, 1258-1265, 1268. Savings, 282, 296, 300, 1261, 1269-1271. Savings of messes, 282. Travel, 1235, 1253, 1256. Rati on s Continued. Waste or misuse, 282. When and where drawn, 1258. Reading Rooms : Fuel and stoves, 313, 1006. Illuminating supplies, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022. Quarters to be provided, 310. Transportation of property, 312. "Use of, by officers, 310. Rear-Admirals: Rank with major-generals, 12. Rebellion : Suppression by the Army, 487. p. 67. j Receipt Rolls: Savings of rations, 1270, 1271. Receipts : Bills of lading, 1148, 1149, 1157. i Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1516. Subsistence supplies, 1239, 1240. Transportation requests, 1088, 1089. Receipts for Money and Property : Amounts not paid or delivered, A. W. 60. Blank prohibited, 637. Corporations, 642-644. Dates left blank when sent by mail, 638. Firms and individuals, 641. Funds transferred, 639. Money amounts, 635, 638, 648. Notation of checks, 640. Refundments, stoppages, trnnsfers,etc.,1391. Refusal to sign for property, 667. Signatures and headings, 646. Small sums for occasional services, 644. Transfers of property, 665. Witness to signature by mark, 647. Reconnaissances : Engineer officers' duties, 1472, 1480. Escort commanders' duties, 19. Field notes, sketches, etc., 457-459, 1482. Record of Officers : Details for special duty, etc., 34. Maps, 1482. Military, 1472. Records : Artillery practice, 349, 1534. Battle ground cemeteries, 493. Care and preservation, 799. Civil courts, conviction of enlisted men, 147. Colored ink, 801. Company fund account, 301. Councils of administration, 289. Courts martial, 890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 957, A. W. 86-95, 113, 114, 121. Departments, 800. Deposits of enlisted men, 1371. Destroying or carrying away, etc., 802. Discontinued commands, 800. Enlistment of discharged soldiers, 837. Information from, how furnished, etc., 803. Medical examination of recruits, 848. Military, 799-803. National cemeteries, 492. Post, 40, 209, 349, 800, 1534. 340 INDEX. Records Continued. Post cemeteries, 496, 498, 1218. Quartermasters, 1218-1220. Re-enlistments, 837. Regimental, 236. Regimental fund book, 295. Rules for keeping, 750. Small-arms practice, 361. Treatment of diseases and results, 155. Recovery of Public Property: Animals lost or stolen, 690. Expenses, how paid, 691T Forcible seizure, 689. Proceedings, 688. Recreation and Amusement : Erection of buildings by enlisted men, 31J. Recruiting in Departments : Details for and rules governing, 854, 855. Recruiting Officers : Apprehension of deserters, 116, 122. Clothing and equipage, 1170. Department, 854, 855. Enlistments, etc., hospital corps, 1399. General duties and responsibilities, 826, 827, 829-832, 836, 837, 841 842, 849, 851, 853. General service, 819, 820. Medical attendance, etc., 1458. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1515. Regimental, 856. Transportation of horses, 1069. Recruiting Returns : Hospital corps, 1400. Preparation, etc., 833. Recruiting Service : Bimonthly reports of enlisted strength,791. Civilian employees, 725. Classifications and details, 818-820. Clothing and equipage, 1170. Commutation of rations, 1273. Department, 854, 855. Enlistments, etc., 103, 481, 484, 485, 823-840, 1365-1367, 1386, 1387, 1398-1400, 1404, 1539, A. "W. 3, 50, note page 224. General, 818-820, 854-856. Hospital corps, 1398-1400. Indian scouts, 484. Management, etc., 736, 748. Medical attendance, 14S8. Recruiting officers, 1399. Recruits, 822, 824, 832, 841-853, 1518, A.W. 2. Regimental, 856. Rendezvous and stations, 821, 822. Recruiting Stations : Court-martial, duty of officers, 191. Defined, 821. Deserters, 117. Laundry work, 1192. Medical attendance, etc., 1458. Posts announced as general, 854. Register of medical examinations, 848. Supervision or control, 190. Recruit Rendezvous : Defined, 821. Recruit Rendezvous Continued. Laundry work, 1192. Medical attendance, etc., 1458. Organization, etc., of recruits,822. Police and discipline, 822. Register of medical examinations, 848. Recruits : Articles of War to be read, 832, A.W. 2. Assignment to regiments, 849-853. Bimonthly reports of strength, 791. Certificate of disability, 844, 847. Character, 846. Clothing bags, haversacks, etc., 1518. Date of enlistment of accepted, 824. Descriptive cards, 846, 850-853,1192, 1289. Deserters, 117. Discharges for disability, 822, 1387. Laundry charges, 1192. Medical examinations, 842-848. Oath to be taken, A. W. 2. Officer conducting, to regiments, 850, 852. Payments to discharged, 1387. Physical examination, 841, 842, 847. Probation, 824, 848. Sales of subsistence supplies, 1285, 1289. Vaccination, 843, 846. Redress : Abuses and disorders, A. W. 54. Appeals of officers and men, A. W.29, 30. Reduction to the Ranks : Hospital stewards, 931, 1402. Noncommissioned officers, company, 261. Post noncommissioned staff, 104, 931. Regimental noncommissioned officers, 241. Regimental noncommissioned staff, 241. Signal corps sergeants, 1539. Re enlistment Pay : Notations on muster and pay rolls, 1367. Rates and payment, 1365. Retained, subject to forfeiture, 1365. HI-CM I i si me ill s : Acting hospital stewards, 1404. Deposits may be renewed, 1375. Disability contracted in line of duty, 839. Disabled soldiers, 839. Furloughs to enlisted men, 107. Hospital corps, 1399, 1400. Hospital stewards, 1398. Noncommissioned officers, company, 259. Notations on discharge certificate, 148, 837. Other organization, 840. Post noncommissioned staff, 103. Recruiting officers, 837. Regimental Bands: Bimonthly reports of strength, 791. Composition and selection of musicians, 245. Discipline and efficiency, 238. Equipments, 242, 248. Fund, 243, 248, 292, 293, 295, 300. Instructions, muster, etc., of musicians, 246. Musical instruments, etc., 248. 1201. Muster and pay rolls, 784. National and patriotic airs to be played, 250. INDEX. 341 Regimental Bands Continued. Procedure when musicians are needed, 249. Saluting, 389, 390. Station, 247. The Star Spangled Banner, 450. Regimental Books and Records : Duties of adjutant, 236. Enumerated and instructions, 243, 244. Fund book, 295. Regimental Colors and Standards : Artillery, 216. Cavalry, 218. Colors and standards, 219, 220. Engineer battalion, 215. Infantry, 217. Mourning, 446. Salutes, 391. Saluting, 389, 390. Regimental Commanders: Absentees at muster, A. W. 12, 13. Appeals of enlisted men, A. W. 30. Artillery instruction, 463. Bands and field musicians, 245, 249. Bimonthly reports of enlisted strength, 791. Captains light batteries, 345. Certificates of merits, 178. Company fund, 301. Courts-martial, 956, A. W. 81. Discharge of enlisted men, 156. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Furloughs, 106, 109, A. W. 11. General duties and responsibilities, 229-231. Lance corporals, 257. Light artillery instruction, 344. Morning reports, 388. Muster and pay rolls, 784, 787. , Noncom. officers, 92, 93, 241, 257, 259-261. Post noncommissioned staff", 92, 93. Practical and theoretical instruction, 230. Recruits andrecruiting service, 852, 853, 856. Regimental fund, 295. Regimental staff officers, 233, 235, 236, 238, 240. Reports, issues, and roll calls, 386. Reports of instruction, 231. Returns of troops, 790. Senior officer on duty, 226. Stationery, 1023. Students, service schools, 465. Torpedo-service instruction, 346. Transfer or exchange, enlisted men, 113. Veterinary surgeons, 182, 185. Regimental Courts Martial : Appeals of enlisted men, A. W. 30. Appointment, etc., A. W. 81. Jurisdiction, A. W. 80-83, 102, 103. Orders appointing, 937. Proceedings, 956. Trial of noncommissioned officers, 931. Regimental Field Officers : Assignments to posts and stations, 232. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Regimental Noncommissioned Officers: Appointments, etc., 241. Baggage, 1119. Discharge and re-enlistment, 241. Equipments, 242. Funeral honors and escort, 439. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 241. Sleeping cars, 1109. Warrants, 241. Regimental Noncommissioned Staff: Appointments, etc., 241. Baggage, 1119. ' Bimonthly reports of strength, 791. Brooms and scrubbing brushes, 1203. Discharge and re-enlistment, 241. Discipline and efficiency, 238. Equipments, 242. Funeral honors and escort, 439. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 241. Sleeping cars, 1109. Warrants, 241. Regimental Officers : Assignments, field officers, 232. Inspection reports concerning, 810. Service reports, 806. Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeants : Appointment, etc., 241. Baggage, 1119. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Regimental Recruiting : Details for and rules governing, 856. Regiments : Appropriate command of a colonel, 14. Assignments, field officers, 232. Bands, 238, 242, 243, 245-250, 292, 295, 300, 389, 390, 450, 784, 791, 1201. Candles for headquarters, 1265. Desks, 1122. Fund, 243, 248, 292, 293, 295, 300. Letter and note headings, 512. Organization and instruction, 226-232. Precedence of, on occasions of ceremony, 6. Public property, 242. Records, 236, 243, 244, 295. Returns, 57, 63, 246, 790-792, 794-796. Staff, 233-242, 784. Transfer, etc., enlisted men, 113. Transfer or exchange of officers, 43. Registry of Officers : Officers visiting Washington, 804. Visiting headquarters, 420. Regulars : Precedence of, 6. Rejoining Station: Furloughed soldiers, 110. Travel allowances, ] 327-1332. Relative Rank: Army and Navy officers, 12. 342 INDEX. Relative Rank Continued. Officers, same grade, etc., 11, A. W. 122-124. Volunteers and regulars, A. W. 123. Release : Enlisted men, without charges, 908. Insane soldiers from hospital, 473. Officers without charges, 899, A. "W". 71. Prisoners without authority, A. W. 69. Relief to the Enemy : Punishment, A. W. 45. Remittances of Funds : Fiscal year to he designated, 618. Repairs: Ambulances. 1415. Barracks and quarters, 205, 206, 978, 980. Hand litters, 1417. Hospitals, 1426-1429. Ordnance stores, 1517-1521. Quarters for hospital stewards, J427, 1428. Reporters, Courts-Martial : Detail of assistant, 958. Employment, compensation, etc., 958, 959. Traveling expenses, 734. Reports : Apprehended deserters, 117. Artillery inspector, 350. Artillery school, 462. Bills of lading, 1223. Bimonthly, of enlisted strength, 791. Burials, post cemeteries, 499. Channels, 764. Chaplain's, 40. Company, 252. Death of officers, 81. Departmental a Hairs, 192. Department comdrs. absent, 195. Deserters, 118, 119, 122. Desertions, 116. Efficiency, 807-812. Engineering operations in the field, 1481. Enlisted men confined, p. 225, A. W. 68. Enlisted strength, bimonthly, 791. Examination of recruits, 848. Extra and special duty, 1223. Firing artillery, 356. Fortification, materials for repairs, 333. Hunting, 58. Indian scouts, names of, inserted, 485. Inspections, department commanders, 193. Morning, of companies, 388. Movements of troops, emergencies, 192, 489. Officers visiting foreign countries, 56. Oral agreements, supplies and services, 569. Outstanding liabilities, 602, 1223. Personal, 54, 57, 62-64, 99, 102, 137, 804-806, 812, 859, 1401, 1541. Persons and articles employed, etc., 1223. Post commanders, inspection, 200. Post exchanges, 326. Post schools, 320. Post cemeteries, 499. Practical and theoretical instruction, 231. Q. M. Department, preparation, etc., 1223. Reports Continued. Eoll call, 385. Service, 806. Signaling instruction, 1541, 1544. Small-arms practice, 358. Special, 115, 116. Superintendents, national cemeteries, 492. Transportation requests, 1223. Treatment of disease, and results, 155. Reproachful Speeches or Gestures : Punishment for using, A. W. 25. Requests: Transportation, 125, 1085-1117, 1223. Requisitions : Blanks, blank books, etc., 1293, 1535, 1552. Canteen covers, corks, etc., 1517. Examination, revision, etc., 744, 745. Forage and straw, 1021. Fortifications, materials for repairs, 333. Fuel, 1021. Illuminating supplies, 1015, 1016, 1021. Mineral oil, 1019. Notebooks, 461. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1497-1500. Preparation, etc., 743. Property used for police, 454. Quartermaster's supplies, 1053. Reconnaissance blanks, 461. Signal parties' supplies, 1547. Signal supplies, 1546. Subsistence supplies and funds, 1229. Surveying instruments, 461. Transportation of the Army, 1079, 1239. Veterinary supplies, 1039. Working parties, fieldworks, 1479. Reservations: Indian. See Indian Reservations. Military. See Posts and Reservations. Title papers, 890. Resignation of Officers: Acceptance, etc., of civil office, 80. Checks outstanding, 600. Correspondence, 77, 78. Leaves of absence on tender, 79. Payments, 1308. Quitting service before acceptance, A.W. 49. Eecords, 748. Tender and acceptance, 77. Under charges, 78. Retained Pay: Continuous service, 1366. Forfeitures, 1369, 1379. Interest, 1376, 1379. He-enlistment, 1365. Treated as a deposit, 1379. Retainers to the Camp: Subject to Articles of War, A. W. 63. Retired Enlisted Men, U. 8. Army: Allowances, 138. Applications, 135, 136 Baggage, etc., 1120. Funeral honors, 434. Hospital charges, 1447. INDEX. 343 Retired Enlisted Men, TJ. S. Army-Cont'd. Medical attendance and medicines, 1451. Payments, 138, 139, 1363. Personal reports, 137. Qualifications for retirement, 135. Rates of pay, 138. Retired Officers: Baggage, etc., 1120. Causes for retirement, 73-75. College details, 88. Fuel, 998. Funeral honors and escort, 429, 437. Medical attendance and medicines. 1461. Payments to, on retirement, 1309. , Personal reports, 805. Professional books, etc., 1122. Salutes and honors, 414. Stationery, 1025. Transportation of horses, 1069. Uniform, 76. Retiring Boards: Subjects for consideration and report, 74. Retreat: Ceremonies, 450. Gun, 208. Retiring to tent or quarters, A. W. 35. Roll call, parade rest, 383. Sounded at sunset, 386. Return Journeys: Orders, 1323. Transportation requests, 1097. Witnesses before military courts, 964. Return of Captured Property : Preparation, rendition, etc., 798. Returns of Casualties: Preparation, disposition, etc., 797. Wounded in action, 1466. Returns Office, Interior Department: Contracts, 540, 554. 556. Returns of Public Property: Administrative examination, 701, 702. Articles in charge of guards, 456. Charges of loss, etc., 698. Company property, 693. Contingency purchases, 197. Deceased officers, 84. Destroyed or lost in service, 697. Expenditures under orders, 695, 696. Failure to render, 699. False, A. W. 8. Made for all public property, 692. Orders directing issues, etc., 695. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1502, 1503, 1506, 1510, 1526, 1533. Post noncommissioned staff, 694. Preparation and rendition, 700. Quartermaster's supplies, 1050-1064, 1198, 1221, 1222, 1224, 1225. Signal corps sergeants, 694. Subsistence supplies, 700, 1294. Tent pins, helves, etc., 1198. Returns of Troops: Casualties, 797, 1466. Returns of Troops Continued. Consolidation, preservation, etc., 749. Contract surgeons, 1464. Failure to make, A. W. 7. False, A. W. 8. Hospital corps, 1408. Indian scouts, names of inserted, 485. Medical officers, 1464. Notations of officers' absence, 57. Preparation, disposition, etc., 743< 798-796. Recruits at rendezvous, 822. Rendition, A. W. 7. Strength, 789-796, 822. Return to Duty : Patients in hospital, 1439. Reveille : Ceremonies, 450. Gun, 208. Hours for sounding, 383, 386. Reviewing Authority : Date of action, 945. Decisions and orders, courts -martial, 955. Reconvening courts, 957. Reviews : How conducted, 448. Musters, 452. Precedence of regiments and corps, 6. Tendered to visitors to posts, 418. Rewards, etc. : Deserters, 124, 126, 127, 132. Escaped general prisoners, 128. Recovery of lost or stolen animals, 690. Rice: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Riots : Disturbing court-martial, A. W. 86. Rivers and Harbors : Changes of station of officers, 737. Improvements, 1472. Roads : Construction and repair, 972. Roasted Coffee : Ration, 1253, 1256. Robbery : Punishable by military courts, A. W. 58. Roll Calls and Signals : Mess, 384. Reports of results, 383, 385. Reveille and retreat, 383, 386. Special, 383. Tattoo and taps, 383. Roster of Duties : Cavalry, 375, 376. Classification, 366. Company, 264. Definition of a roster, 364. Detachments. 378. Details and duties, 364-377. Duties, etc., adjutant, 236. Exchange council, 288. Light batteries, 377. Tours, 370-372. 344 INDEX. Sabbath: Duty and labor, 202. Orderly observance enjoined, 202. Sabers : Barracks, regulation, 268. Saddlers : Appointment, etc., 260. Extra-duty details and pay, 168. Saddler Sergeants: Appointments, etc., 241. Rank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Saddler Shops : Stoves, 1006." Saddles: Condemned, 888. Safeguards: Punishment for forcing, A. "W. 57. Sales of Public Property: Abstract of sales sub. supplies, 1291. , Advertisements, 505. Arms and ammunition Indian country, 478. Auctioneer's account of sale, 679. Bakeries and exchange, 1282. Barrels, boxes, hides, tallow, etc., 1237. Bread to civilian employees and others, 296. Cartridges to enlisted men, 363. Cash, 1280-1284. Civilian employees, 1284, 1509. Companies and detachments, 1282. Condemned ord. and ord. stores, 1524-1526. Condemned or reduced in price, 680. Condemned public animals, 1037. Contract surgeons, 1280. Credit, 1281, 1285, 1288-1290. Enlisted men, 864, 1226, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. Exceptional articles, 1283. Exploring or surveying expeditions, 1509. Forage by officers, 1047. Hospitals, 1282. Illuminating supplies, 1020. Indians or Indian agents, 1507. Medical and hospital supplies, 1444. Officers and families, 864, 1020, 1065, 1196, 1226, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1285, 1288, 1501, 1502. Officers' servants, 1197. Price list subsistence supplies, 1292. Regulated by post commanders, 1287. Rules, 1232. Savings of rations, 282, 1269. Selling or bartering, 1287. Settlers on exposed frontiers, 1506. Sold as purchased, 1286. Surplus and in urgent cases, 1236. Surplus-garden products, 316. Transfers, not regarded, 616. Unauthorized, 1238. Veterinary surgeons, 1280. Salt: Public animals, 1265. Ration, 1253. Used in rebrining, 1244. Wastage, 1243. Salt Beef: Ration, 1253. Salt Fish: Wastage, 1243. Salt Meat: Wastage, 1243. Salutes: Brevet rank assignments, 412. Cannon, 406-411, 416, 417. Commanding officers, 393. Compliments to visitors, 418. Dipping of flag of military post, 419. Enlisted men, to officers, 396-404. Field music, 389-391. Fired between sunrise and sunset, 405. Foreign ships of war, 417. Funeral honors, 427-430. Funerals, military, 430-432. National, 406. National flag, 416. National flag displayed, 405. National or regimental colors, etc., 391. Official duty and official occasions, 394, 395. Personal, 389-391, 407-415, 418. Rules governing personal, 413-415. Standards and colors, 389, 390. Troops on the march or in trenches, 392. Troops saluting, 392, 393. Union, 406. Visits and courtesies, 423-425. Saturday Inspection : Company commanders, 266. Guard and sick in hospital excused, 266. Police of barracks, 270. Savings of Rations : Company and general messes, 282. Flour, 296, 307. General provisions, 1269-1271. Sick in hospital, 300. Unconsumed travel ration, 1256. Schedules of Clothing : Preparation, etc., 1178, 1179. Witnesses to signatures, 1178, 1179. Schools : Civil, 870. Millitary Academy, 9, 24, 49, 190, 191 , 725, 869, 1130, 1347. Post,290, 310, 312, 313, 317-324, 1006, 1014-1019, 1021, 1022, 1204. Service, 190, 191, 462-468, 512, 725, 869. Scrubbing Brushes : Allowance, 1203, 1204. Messes, 285. Seamen : Admission to hospital and charges, 1447. Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Second Lieutenants : Baggage, 1119. Forage, 1044. Funeral honors and escorts, 433, 437, 440. Joining station after appointment, 1334. Light or mounted batteries, 1067. INDEX. 345 Second Lieutenants Continued. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006. Hank and precedence, 9. Rank with ensigns, Navy, 12. Roster duty, 368. Stationery, 1023. Vacancies in grade, how filled, 24-31. Seconds of Duels: Deemed principal, A. W. 27. Secretaries : Service schools, 462, 464, 467, 468. Secretary of Agriculture : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Secretary of State : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Secretary of the Interior : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Secretary of the Navy : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418, Secretary of the Treasury : Certificates of deposit, 609, 613. Duplicate checks, 599. Funeral honors, 432. Outstanding and unpaid checks, 602-604. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Secretary of War : Absence of department commanders, 195. Aids, 33. Allotment of funds, 197. Appointments and promotion of officers, 20. Articles for sale, 864. Artillery inspectors, 350. Assistant surgeons, 1394. Barracks and quarters, 206, 706. Blank forms, 1552. Boards of staff officers, 739. Boards of survey, proceedings, 718. Candidates for promotion, 28, 29. Captains light batteries, 345. Certificates of deposit, 613. Certificates of eligibility, enlisted men, 29. Certificates of service, 143. Chaplains, 38. Civil counsel, 968. Civilian employees, 724-726, 735. Civilians on reservations, 210. College details, 88, 90. Colors, standards, and guidons, 223, 446. Communications to, 762, 765, 767. Commutation of quarters, 1338. Confinement of enlisted men, 910. Contingent expenses, 197. Contracts, supplies and services, 555, 558. Courts-martial, 892, 896. Decisions, pecuniary responsibility, 289, 292. Delays, 67. Detail of staff officers, 196. Disbursements and accounts, 871. Disbursing officers, 584. Secretary of War Continued. Discharge of enlisted men, 140, 145, 148. A. W. 4. Discharge of recruits, 822. Draft and pack animals, 1071 Efficiency reports, 812. Engineering works, 868. Engineer officers and troops, 1475. Establishment of posts, etc., 198. Examination boards, promotion, 25. Expenditures, public buildings, 206, 706. Extra and special duty, 166, 167, 172. Extra-duty pay, 164. Fiscal affairs of the Army, 187. Foreign productions or manufactures, 517. Fortifications, 1485, 1486. Funeral honors and escort, 428, 432, 437. Furloughs, 107-109. Furniture and mess outfits, 983. Gratuitous issues of clothing, 1442 Hire of quarters, 988, 989. Hospital corps, 1399, 1411. Hospitals, 1425, 1426, 1428, 1433. Imprisonment of enlisted men, 941. Indian country, 474, 475. Indians, issue to, of rations, 1266. Inmates Soldiers' Home, transportation, 175. Insane soldiers, 469, 470. Inspections by chief surgeons, 1465. Inspectors-general, 858. Leaves of absence, 46, 55, 64. Loss of special funds, 292. Military Academy, 869. Military commissions, 892. Military telegraph lines, 1542. Money accounts, 655. Mounted service, 1302. Musters for pay, 451. National Homes Vol. Soldiers, 865, 866. Officers and enlisted men, staff, 738. Oral agreements, supplies and services, 569. Orders of, affecting the Army, 188. Ord. and ord. stores, 888, 1501, 1507, 1525. Ordnance depots, 1495. Ordnance officers, 1490. Pardon or mitigation of punishment, 916. Payments to furloughed men, 112. Plans or estimates, 1428. Post exchanges, 325, 326. Post libraries, 310. Post noncom. staff, 91, 94, 98, 103. Post schools, 310. Printing, 501, 503, 504, 507, 508, 510, 511, 513. Property lost, etc., by officers, 682. Public animals, 1028. Quartermaster's supplies, 1050, 1056. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1428. Recruits at rendezvous, 822. Regimental staff officers, 233. Rented quarters, 1007. Reporters, courts-martial, 959. Retirement of officers, 73. Returns of public property, 70J , 702. 346 INDEX. Secretary of War Continued. Sales of horses to mounted officers, 1065. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Schools of instruction, 190, 191. Service schools, 869. Settlement of officers' accounts, 71. Signal Corps, 1537. Signal Corps officers, 1538. Slush fund, 294. Small-arms practice, 357 . Soldiers' Home, transportation inmates, 175. Special ami detached service, officers, 35. Staff, department commander, 196. Staff officer's travel, 69. Stoppages of officers' pay, 1343-1345. Subsistence of the Army,1226. Supplies for Indians, 479. Supply, payment, etc., of Army, 736. Sureties, 572, 574-577. Surveying or exploring expeditions, 672. Transfer, etc., of enlisted men, 113. Transfer or exchange of officers, 43. Transfers of supplies, 671. Transportation of the Army, 1070, 1074. Veterinary surgeons, 182. Witnesses, civil courts, 72. Sedition : Beginning, exciting, causing, etc., A. "W. 22. Compelling surrender of troops, A. "W. 43. Disobedience of orders, A. W. 21, 24. Failure to give information, A. W. 23. Quelling frays and disorders, A. W. 24. Striking superior officer, A. W. 21, 24. Suppression, A.W. 23. Sentences, Courts-Martial: Absence without leave, 126, 127. Acting hospital stewards, 1402. Branding, etc., A.W. 38, 98. Candidates for promotion, 29. Certificates of eligibility, enlisted men, 29. Commencement and expiration, 944, 945. Conduct unbecoming an officer, A. W. 61. Confirmation, 955. Cowardice or fraud, A. W. 100. Death penalty, A.W. 96. Deposits of enlisted men, 1378. Disapproval, 127, 932, 933. Discharge of enlisted men, 140, A.W. 4. Discharge or dismissal of officers, A. W. 99. Dishonorable discharge, 949, 950. Execution, A.W. 104-110. Flogging, A.W. 98. Forfeiture of pay, 945, 951, 952. Imprisonment in penitentiaries, A. W. 97. Increase of sentence of confinement, 942. Legal limit, 943. Limitation of punishment, 938. Noncommissioned officers, 241, 261. Operative when confirmed, 947. Order of serving, 948. Order publishing, 945. Pardon or mitigation, A.W. 112. Payments to officers dismissed, 1310. Sentences, Courts-Martial Continued. Places of confinement, 940, 941 . Summary courts, 932, 933. Suspended, A.W. 111. Suspension from command. A.W. 101. Tours of guard duty, 939. Sentinels : Sleeping on post, A.W. 39. Separate Command : Alterations in strength, 795. Definition, 790. Sergeant-Major, Regimental: Appointment, etc. , 241. Baggage, 1119. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Hank and precedence, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Sergeants : Appointments, 257, 260. Desertion vacates position, 261. Fuel, 1006. Funeral honors and escorts, 439. Indian scouts, 482. Rank and precedence, 9. Reduction to the ranks, 261. Reproving, 256. Roster duties, 368. Selection and instruction, 256. Temporary appointments, 260. Warrants, 259. Whistles, 1202. Servants : Medical attendance, etc., 1456. Officers', 1197. Service Calls and Signals. Mess, 384. Reports of results, 385. Reveille and retreat, 383, 386. Special, 383. Tattoo and taps, 383. Service Colors and Standards: See Regimental Colors and Standard!. Services : Acceptance of voluntary, 515. Employment of unauthorized, 515. Payment for, by contractor. 565. Personal, as distinguished from other, 518. Sessions : Courts-martial, 918, 935. Post schools, 318, 322. Sharpshooters : Names of qualified, 357. Sheriffs : Apprehension of deserters, 122, 124. Shoeing and Materials : Supply and issue, 1068. Shovels : Police purposes, 454. Sick and Wounded : Care of on the march or battlefield, 1423. Sleeping cars, 1109. Transportation, 1076. INDEX. 347 Sick Calf : Surgeons, 1431. Sick in Hospital: Admission, etc., 1431. Arms and accouterments, 1438. Contagious diseases, 1442. Descriptive lists, 1439. Died, 1439. Discharged soldiers, 1440. Discharged for disability, 1439. Excused from Saturday inspection, 266. Information to company commander, 1432. Muster and pay rolls, 785. Returned to duty, 1439. Savings of rations, 300, 1269. Sick Leaves of Absence : Applications, etc., 60, 62, 64. Beyond limits of command, 60, 61. Change to, of ordinary leave, 64. Commutation of quarters, 1337. Expiration, 62. Fuel of officers, 998. Granted hy whom, 61. Payments to officers, 1315. Period and extensions, 61, 62. Quarters of officers, 997. Rejoining from, 63. Reports, etc., by officers, 62-64. Sick, Officers and Men : Information concerning, from records, 803. Sick Report Book : Company, 264. Signal Bureau : Management and direction, 1537. Signal Codes : Army and Navy, 1545. Signal Corps : Changes of station, enlisted men, 737. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. Extra-duty details, enlisted men, 167. Muster and pay rolls, 784. Officers, 17, 22, 196, 202, 1538, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1546. See also Chief Signal Officer. Signal Corps Officers: Appointments, 1538. Departments, 196. Eligibility to command, 17. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Military telegraph lines, 1542. Posts, 203. Promotion, 22. Senior with army in the field, 1541. Signal Corps sergeants, 1540. Signal supplies, 1546. Signal Corps Sergeants : Accountability, etc., for property, 694. Baggage, 1119. Classification, 1539. Descriptive lists, 1540. Enlistment and muster, 1539, 1540. Number at signal station, 1539. Payments, 1363. Signal Corps Sergeants Continued. Promotion and reduction, 1539. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Rank and precedence of first-class, 9. Sleeping cars, 1109. Signal Corps Supplies: Accountability, etc., 1546. Condemnation, 1546. Purchase, preservation, and care, 1537. Transportation, 973. Signaling Instruction : Army and Navy code, 1545. Supervision by Chief Signal Officer, 1537. Signal Parties : Reports, duties, strength, etc., 1541. Supplies, q. m. and subsistence, 1547. Signal Stations : Establishment in the field, 1541. Sergeants, Signal Corps, 1539. Signatures : Bidders, 530. Disbursing officers, 591. Discharged enlisted men, 150. Muster and pay rolls, 1364. Official communications, 756. Proposals, 530. Retired enlisted men, 136. Sleeping Cars : Accommodations in, to whom allowed, 1109. Applicants, artificial limbs, etc., 1468. Charter, 1114. Civilian employees, 730, 733. Fare excluded from travel allowances, 1321. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 175. Payment of accounts, 1116. Reimbursements to officers, 1117. Requests, 1110-1113, 1115. Unused requests, 1115. "Witnesses before military courts, 962. Sleeping on Post : Punishment, A. W. 39. Slush Fund : Prohibited, 294. Small Arms Practice : Ammunition, 359-361. Books and blanks, 358. Company cooks, 302. Efficiency and instruction reports, 358. Flour for paste, 362, 1265. General mess attendants, 302. Inspectors, 196. Mode of conducting, 357. Periods, 357. Ranges, shelters, targets, flags, etc.362. Record of ammunition expended, 361. Results, 357. Sharpshooters, 357. Smiths' Tools and Materials : Cavalry and light artillery service, 1068. Soap: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. 348 INDEX. Society Badges: "Worn on occasions of ceremony, 1551. Soft Bread: Ration, 1253, 1256. Soldier: Definition, p. 217, sec. 1342, R. S. Soldiers' Home, D. ('.: Annual inspection, 866. Applications, etc., for admission, 173-176. Tax for support, 138, 1368. Sovereigns, Foreign Countries: Salutes and honors, 410, 418. Speaker of the House of Representatives : Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Special Duty: Captains eligible for detail, 251. Details of officers, 34, 35. Enlisted men. See Extra and Special Duty. Officers and enlisted men, staff, 737. Orders directing travel, 66. Personal reports, 805. Supervision or control of officers, 190. Special Inspectors: Detail duties, etc., 871, 878. Special Orders : See Orders. Special Recruiting Service: Denned, 818. Special Regulations : Army Medical School, 468. Artillery School, 462. Cavalry and Light Artillery School, 467. Confinement of enlisted men, 910. Infantry and Cavalry School, 464. Medical Department, pp. iii, 198. Ordnance Department, pp. iii, 209. Pay Department, pp. iii, 184. Post exchanges, p. iii, par. 325. Quartermaster's Department, pp. iii, 135. Subsistence Department, pp. iii, 172. Uniform, 1548. Special Service : Engineer officers and troops, 1475. Specifications : Barracks and quarters, 978. Bidders furnished with, 526. Hospitals, 1425, 1426, 1428. Public animals, 1029-1031. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1426, 1428. Reference in proposals, 531. Supplies and services, 521, 524, 526. Spies: Punishment, p. 231, sec. 1343, R. S. Spring Wagons : Allowance to posts, 1074. Definition, 1074. Purposes for which used, 1075. Squadron : Command of a major or lieut. col., 14. Squads : Chiefs of, duties, etc., 270, 271. Division into, of companies, 267. Squad s Continued . Noncommissioned officer in charge, 267. Quitting without leave, A. W. 40. Squatters : Public lands, 487, pp. 65, 66. Stables: Candles and lanterns, 1016, 1265. Guard duty roster, 366. Policing, 1077. Staff, Administration : Adjutant-General, Army, 737, 738. Chiefs of bureaus, 737, 739, 740. Chiefs of staff of any command, 745. Commanding officers, 741, 743, 747. Depots, etc., 746. Department commanders, 738, 740, 742. Extra duty detail, enlisted men, 167. Post commanders, 744. Secretary of War, 736, 738, 739. Surgeon-General, 738. Staff Corps and Departments : Additional pay, officers holding two, 1305. Appointments, detail, or removal, 32, 783. Assignments to stations, 738. Changes of station, etc., 737. Chief of staff departments of commands, 745. Civilian employees, 724-735. Extra duty details, enlisted men, 167. Fiscal affairs of the Army, 187. General depots, etc., 746. Leaves of officers, 46, 48. Official correspondence, 763. Orders, Army or department, 783. Ordnance corps, 1489, 1490. Promotion, 22. Return of troops, 789. Signal Corps, 1538. Special duty, 34. Supervision or control of officers, 741, 746. Staff, Department: Artillery inspectors, 350. Composition of and duties, 196. Contingent fund and property, 197. Inspections, department commanders, 193. Requisitions for ordnance supplies, 1498. Staff Officers : Arrest of officers, 897. Books, papers, and instruments, 1122. Departments, 193, 196, 197, 350, 1498. Eligibility to command, 17, 18. Hospital transports, 1434. Inspection reports concerning, 810. Leaves of absence. 46, 48. Personal reports, 805. Post, 203. Professional books, papers, etc., 1122. Regimental, 233-239. Service reports, 806. Stationery, 1023. Travel on duty, 69. Staff, Personal: Allowance to general officers, 33. Appointments and details, 33. INDEX. 349 Staff, Personal Continued. Composition of and duties, 196. Inspections, department commanders, 193. Limitation of service, 33. Qualifications, 33. Travel on duty, 68. Staff, Post: Composition, details, and duties, 203. Staff, Regimental : Commissioned and noucom., 233-242. Muster and pay roll, 784. Standards : National and regimental, 218. Standing Mute : Prisoners, A. W. 89. Star Spangled Banner, The : Played on lowering flag, 450. State Courts : "Writs of habeas corpus, 969, 970. Staterooms: To whom allowed, 962, 1109. States : Domestic violence, etc., 487, pp. 64, 67. Jurisdiction over military lands, 703. Stationery : Allowance and issue, 1023-1027 Military attache, 36. Post schools, 310. Stations: Post noncommissioned staff, 98. Quartermaster's supplies, 1050. Signal, 1539, 1541. Statute of Limitations : General provisions, A. W. 103. Eelease of deserters, 120. .Rewards, etc., deserters, 124. Stealing : Puhlic moneys or property, A. W. 60. Stewards : General messes, 302. Stockholders of Corporations : Acceptance of as sureties, 561. Stolen Property : Means authorized for recovery, 688-691. Stoppages of Pay : Circular, 1345. Deserters, 1380, 1381. Enlisted men, 125-127, 721, 1368, 1378. Enlistments carelessly made, 827. Entry on rolls, and collections, 1390. Failure to account, 699, 702. Notice to paymasters, 1345. Officers, 1343-1346. Storehouses : Brooms, 1204. Fuel and stoves, 1006. Inspections by commissaries, 1248. Preservation of army supplies, 972, 973. Provided by Q. M. Department, 1247. Storage in or near, of coal oil, etc., 1249. Storekeepers, Civilian : Employment, payment, etc., 727. Storekeepers, Military: Bonds, 571-578. Fuel and stoves for office, 1006. Storm Flags : Description and when used, 213. Salutes and honors, 416. Saluting, 405. Stoves and Stovepipe : Allowances, 1006-1010. Troops in garrison, 1205. Straw : Accountability, etc., 1059-1064. Bedding, 1048, 1049. Requisitions, 1021. Verification of quantities, 1061. Street Car Tickets : Purchase, use, etc., 1108. Street Lamps: Outside illumination, 1015. Quartermaster's Department, 1012. Strength of Army : Bimonthly, enlisted, 791. Monthly returns, 789-796. Recruits at rendezvous, 822. Striking Superior Officer : Punishment, A. W. 21, 24. Student Officers : Honor graduates, service schools, 46. Service schools, 462-465, 468. Transportation of horses, 1069. Subpoenas : Witnesses, courts-martial, 922-925. Subsistence : Enlisted man returning from furlough, 110. Inmates Soldiers' Home, D. C., 176. Insane soldiers and escorts, 472. Retired enlisted men, 138. "Witnesses against deserters, 126. Subsistence Department: Accounts and returns, 1294. Blank forms, 1293. Bonds of officers, 571-578. Eligibility of officers of, to command, 17. Extra-duty details, 164. Funds, 1226-1229. Furloughed soldiers returning, 110. General duties, 1226. Illuminating supplies, 1016. Purchasing officer, 557, 569, 1227. Sick soldiers, private hospitals, 1457. Small-arms practice, 362. Special regulations, pp. iii, 172. Supplies, 479, 480, 515, 566, 569, 614, 633, 864, 878, 879, 973, 1226-1292, 1547, A. W. 60. See also Commissaries. Commissary- General of Subsistence. Subsistence Supplies : Articles kept for sale, 864, 1226, 1234. Care and protection, 1247-1249. Comprise stores and property, 1230. Contract for or purchase, 515. Embezzlement, etc., A. "W. 60. 350 INDEX. Subsistence Supplies Continued. Estimates, 1229. Exceptional articles, 566, 569, 1283. Gains, wastage, etc., 1231, 1242-1246. Indian prisoners of war, 480. Inspection of, deteriorating, 878, 879. Interior Department Indians, 480. Inventories of stores, 1231. Proceeds of sale, 614. Property enumerated, 1230. Purchase and distribution, 1226-1229, 1238. Rations, 1250-1279. Requisitions, 1229. Returns r 1294. Rules for issue, etc., of stores, 1232. Sales, 1236-1238, 1280-1292. Signal parties, 1547. Stores enumerated, 1230. Transfer for use of Indians, 479, 1226. Transfers, 1238-1241. Transported by Q. M. Department, 973. Vouchers for payment, 633. Sugar: Ration, 1253, 1256. Wastage, 1243. Summary Courts: Annual report of trials, etc., 891 Charges, etc., 932, 934. Delays in trials, 935. Jurisdiction and power of punishment, 936. Post commanders sitting, 932, 933. Proceedings, findings, etc., 932. Records, 932. Sentence, 932, 933. Sessions, 935. Trial of candidates for promotion, 29. Trial of noncommissioned officers, 931. Sunday: Advertisements, 504. Duty and labor, 202. Musters. 452. Observance, 202. Summary courts,935. Superintendent Military Academy : Efficiency reports, 807. Superintendents National Cemeteries : Fuel and stoves, 1006. Monthly reports, 492. Superintendents Post Schools : Duties and responsibilities, 317, 320, 324. Supply Depots : Annual inspections, 868. Candles, 1265. Court-martial duty of officers, 191. Efficiency reports, 807. Plats of lands, 707. Quartermaster's Department, 974. Supervision or control, 190, 974. Supply Tables: Medical supplies, 1461. Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1499. Supreme Court Decision: Habeas corpus, jurisdiction, 9(59-971. Sureties : Contractors' bonds, 560-563, 573-578. Corporate guarantors. 561, 574-578. Disbursing officers' bond, 573-578. Noncorporate guarantors, 563. Surety Companies : Bonds accepted as sureties, 561, 574-578. Surgeon-General: Artificial limbs, etc., 1467, 1469-1471. Casualty returns, 1466. Chronic complaints, 1456. General prisoners, 914. Hospital corps, 1397 1401, 1406, 1408 Hospital fund, 1448. Hospitals, 1425, 1427-1429, 1433. Identification of deserters, 123. Inspections by chief surgeons, 1465. Inspection reports, post surgeon's, 1393 Matrons, 1437. Medical attendance, etc., 1456, 1458, 1459. Medical officers, 738. Medical supplies, 1444, 1460, 1461, 1463. Private hospital accounts, 1457. Quarters for hospital stewards, 1427, 1428. Recruiting service, 848, 1458. Treatment of diseases with results, 155, 156. Surgeons : Appointments, qualifications, etc., 1394. Chief, of departments, 196, 1408, 1418, 1464- 1466. Promotion, 22, 1394. Travel allowance, 1395. See also Medical Officers. Surgical Appliances : Damaged or unserviceable, 1463. Payment for, supplied enlisted men, 1456. Surrender : Compelling commanding officer, A. W. 43. Deserters, 119, 120. Surrender or Exchange : Public animals, 1036. Surveying : Engineer officers' duties, 1472, 1480. Maps, 1482. Military, 1333, 1472. Surveying Expeditions : Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1509. Outfits, 672. Surveying Instruments : Maps and reconnaissances, 460, 461. Suspension from Command or Duty : Forfeitures under sentence, A. "W. 101. Fuel for officers, 998. Quarters for officers, 995. Suspension of Sentences : Death or dismissal of officers, A. W. 111. Syrup : Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Tableware : Allowances, and how supplied, 285. Care and preservation, 1200, Estimates, 1199. INDEX. 351 Tactical Exercises and Instruction : Inspection, 193. Post commanders, 200. Tailors: Details, 263. Prices and payments, 263. Tallow : Sales, 1237. Target Practice : Artillery, 348-356, 1534. Small-arms, 190, 302, 357-363, 1265. Telephones and instruments, 1537. Tariff, Railroads : Classification of articles, 1160. Vouchers for transportation, 1159. Tattooing : Sentence of a court-martial, A. W. 38, 98. Tattoo and Taps : Hours for sounding, etc., 383. Tea: Ration, 1253. Wastage, 1243. Teachers, Post Schools : Details, duties, and responsibilities, 317, 319. Extra-duty pay, 165, 319. Limitation of detail, 319. ' Procedure to obtain suitable, 319. Teamsters : Extra-duty pay, 165. Teamsters, Civilian : Employment, payment, etc., 724, 727. Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729, 731. Telegraphing : Accounts, 644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1216. Apparatus, 1537. Authority to advertise, 504. Blank forms, 1214. Code, 1207. Confidential, 1208. Copies by mail, 752. Counting words, 1211. Collect, sent by private individuals, 1216. Insane soldiers, 471. Leaves of absence, 1209. Lines, land-grant railroads, 487, pp. 67, 68. Stoves for offices, 1006. Use of, 1206. Unimportant words, 1210. Telegraphy Instruction : Supervision by Chief Signal Officer, 1537. Telephoning : Accounts, 1217. Apparatus, 1537, 1546. Temporary Duty : Baggage, 1121. Officers on leave, 1320, 1327-1329. Temporary Posts : Styled "Camps, "199. Tents : Failure to retire to, at retreat, A. W. 35. Infected, 1441. Pins dropped from returns, 1198. Tents Continued. Troops in garrison, 1205. Use of, for other purposes, 1205. Term of Service : Deserters to make good time lost, 131, 132. Discharge on expiration, 142, A. W. 4. Return to service of deserters, 131. Trial of deserters after expiration, A. W. 48 Text Books : Post schools, etc., 310, 319, 323. Responsibility for safe-keeping, 275. Then: Public moneys or property, 1245, A. W. 60. Theoretical Instruction : Duties, etc., of commanders, 230. Reports, 231. The Star Spangled Banner: Played on lowering flag, 450. Through Rates : Transportation requests, 1087, 1090-1093. Tickets : Round trips, 1097. Street-car and ferry, 1108. Transportation requests, 1087, 1088, 1090. Unused, 1096. Timber: Depredations in Florida, 487, p. 65. Time Lost by Desertion : Deserters to make good, 131, 132, A. TV. 48. Title : Lands for military purposes, 703. Title or Address : Official letters, 757. Title Papers : Military lauds, 704, 890. Public buildings and grounds, D. C.. 1472. Washington Aqueduct. 1472. Tomatoes : Ration, 1256. Tompions: Use of, in small arms, 276. Torpedo-Service Instruction : Conditions governing detail, 347. Nominations and selections, 346. Traders : Arms, etc., Indian country, 478. Violence toward, A. W. 56. Tradesmen : Prices for repairing, etc., uniforms, 263, 290. Transfer of Property : Defined, 665. Transfer or Exchange : Commissioned officers, 42, 43, 344, 463, 1069. Enlisted men, 113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. Transfers : Account of ill health, 155. Charges excluded from travel allowances, 1321. Discharged soldiers' claims for pay due, 1388. Enlisted men to hospital corps, 1403. Hospital corps, 1406. Pay accounts of officers, 1300. Persons and articles employed, etc., 1223. 352 INDEX. Transfers Continued. Public animals, 1035. Public money and property, 594, 595, 616 665, 671. Subsistence stores, 1238-1241. Transportation of the Army : Accounts, 175, 1107, 1108, 1116, 1129, 1143, 1150-1162,1496-1471. Aid to contractors, 516. Allotment, draft, and pack animals, 1071. Ambulances, 1076. Applicants, artificial limbs, etc., 1467-1471. Arms and equipments for militia, 1131. Baggage, 1118-1122, 1124. Bills of lading, 1129, 1130, 1133-1160, 1223. Bond-aided railroads, 1161, 1162, 1321. Books, post chapels, etc., 1132. Civilian employees, 729, 733. Contracts, 515, 1072. Deceased officers and soldiers, 85, 162. Deserters, 117. Discharged soldiers, 153. Donations to libraries and museums, 1130. Enlisted men traveling on duty, 1082. Exceptional articles for sale, 1283. Executive departments or bureaus, 1129. Furloughed soldiers, 110, 111, 1082. Guards of deserters, 126. Gymnasium apparatus, 312. Horses fcr saddle purposes, etc., 1070. Horses of mounted officers, 1069. Hospital corps privates, 1399. Improperly furnished, 1098. Inmates Soldiers' Homes, D. C., 175. Insane soldiers and escorts, 472. Land-grant railroads, 1161, 1162, 1321. Library property, etc., 312. Loss or damage to supplies, 1126, 1127. Mail contractors, 207. Means of, at posts, 1077. Means provided by Q. M. Department, 972. Military attaches, 36. Movement of troops, 1078, 1080-1084. Mules generally to be used, 1070. Orders, 1080, 1082. Ord. andord. stores, 1518, 1530, 15S1. Post bakery utensils, etc., 312. Post school materials, etc., 312. Publications for hospital libraries, 1449. Pursuit of deserters, 125. Eeading-room articles, 312. Requests, 125, 1085-1117, 1223. Requisitions at posts, 1079. Routes,* 1073, 1083. Spring wagons, 1074, 1075. Supplies, 1072, 1123-1128, 1239. Transports, 1081. Travel of officers in part with troops, 1323. Wagon and pack, 1070. Witnesses, 72, 126, 962. Transportation Bequests : Accommodations, 1087, 1109-1117. Alterations and explanations, 1095. Transportation Bequests Continued. Baggage, 1088, 1099-1102. Bond-aided railroads, 1093. Book of blank requests, 1103-1106. Bridges, 1107. Duplicates, 1094. Issue, 1085-1087, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1098, 1102, 1107. Ferries and ferry tickets, 1107, 1108. Land-grant railroads, 1091, 1093. Monthly reports, 1223. Parlor and sleeping cars, 1109-1117. Preparation, 1085-1087, 1091, 1094, 1095, 1097 1098. Pursuit of deserters, 125. Receipts, 1088, 1089. Round or return trips, 1097. Street-car tickets, 1108. Subsequent to rendition of service, 1094. Through rates, 1087, 1090-1093. Tickets, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1096, 1097. Turnpikes, 1107. Transports: Hospital boats, etc., 1434. Transportation of the Army, 1081. Travel Allowances : Approval of journey, 1323. Arsenals, 1333. Authority, 1323. Baggage, 1099-1102. Civilian employees, 730-735, 1109-1117. Computation, 1321, 1326. Discharged soldiers, 146, 1385. Engineer officers, 1487. Explorations, military, 1333. Interpreters, courts-martial, 961-965. Joining first station, 1334. Leaves of absence. 1327-1332. Lines of travel, 1324. Medical officers, 1395. Orders, 68, 1323-1325. Parlor and sleeping cars, 1109-1117. Payments, 1322. Public works, 1333. Return journeys, 1323. Route of travel. 1324, 1326. Surveys, military, 1333. Transportation in kind, 1321, 1323. Travel, part with troops, 1323. Travel without troops, 1321. Unauthorized, 1334. Urgent duty, 1323. Voucher with order, etc., 1323. Witnesses, 72, 962, 963, 1335. Travel on Duty, Enlisted Men : Baggage, 1101, 1102. Commutation of rations, 1082, 1273, 1275. Delays, 107. Travel on Duty, Officers: Change of station, 65. Delays, 67. General officers, 68. Orders, 65-71, 776. Settlement of accounts, 71. OF TTTK UNIVERSITY INDEX. , Travel on Duty, Officers Continued. Special duty, 66. Staff officers, 69. Urgent public duty, 70. Witnesses, civil courts, 72. Travel Ration: Composition, issue, etc., 1256. Excess accumulations, 1235. Money value adjustment of charges, 1253. Unconsumed articles, 12oo. Travois: Inspections, 1419. Issues, 1418. Treasurer, Military Academy : Payments to cadets, 1347. Treasurer, Regimental Fund : Duties and responsibilities, 295. Treasurer of Soldiers' Home, D. C. : Accounts, transportation of inmates, 175. Treasurer of the United States : Balances unchanged for three years, 586. Disbursing officers' deposits, 580, 584, 586. Treasury Department: Certificates of deposit, 609, 613. Deceased soldiers' effects, 159 Deserters' effects, 130. Money accounts, 655. Treasury Draft: Transfer of funds, 592. Trespassers: Indian country, 476, 487, pp. 64, 65. Public lands, 487, pp. 65, 66. Reservations, 210. Trial Officer, Summary Courts: Administration of oaths, 683, note, p. 227. Trial: Deserters, 120, 121, 127, 129, A. W. 48. Officers released without charges, A. W. 71 . Second time, same offense, A. W. 102. Statute of limitations, A. W.103. Trinkets, etc.: Deceased officers. 83. Troop. Called company, 227. Troops : Action against mobs, 491. Compelling surrender, A. W. 43. Employment in labors, 163. Funeral escort, 437, 439, 440. Inspections, 873. Precedence, 6. Quarters in garrison, 985, 987. Records of movements and operations, 748. Returns of strength in campaign, 794, 796. Saluting, 392, 393. Troops, Batteries and Companies: Company books and records, 264, 265. Interior economy, 266-279. Messing and cooking, 280-286. Officers, noncom. officers, etc., 251-263. Troops of Cavalry : Guidons, 221. Policing stables, etc., 1077. 13691 23 Turnpikes : Passage of troops, teams, etc., 1107. Underclothing : Sales to officers' servants. 1197. Uniforms : Band, 1188. Candidates for promotion, 26 Civilian dress, 1549. Defined, 273. Dress determined by comdg. officer, 1549. Fatigue dress, 272. Lance corporals, 257. Making, repairing, and altering, 263. Miscellaneous, 1551. Officers saluted whether in, or not, 396. Price list of clothing, 273. Prices for repairs, etc., 290. Purchase of articles by officers, 1190. Retired officers, 76. Special regulations, p. iii, par. 1548. Waterproof, 1550. Worn by men in camp or garrison, 272. Union, Salute : Number of guns and when fired, 406. United States: Enforcement of, laws by the Army, 486-491. United States Courts : Discharge of enlisted men, 140. Writs of habeas corpus, 971. United States Mails: Obstructing or retarding, 487, p. 67. United States Marshals : Witnesses before civil courts, 72. United States Penitentiary : Imprisonment of enlisted men, 941. United States Vessels of War: Saluting, etc., 417. Visits and courtesies, 421-424. Upbraiding Language : Punishment for using, A. W. 28. Vacancies : Company officers, 228. Created by selection 'of band musicians, 245. Grade of second lieutenant, 24-31. Noncommissioned officers, company, 200. Ordnance corps, 1489. Payments to officers promoted, 1306. Signal Corps, 1538. Transfer of hospital corps, 1406. Vaccinations: Company descriptive and deposit book, 264. Notation upon descriptive lists, 105. Recruits, 843, 846. Vegetables : Commutation for, not issued, 1254. Raised in post gardens, 316. Ration, 1253. Savings and sales, 1269. Vessels : Built and chartered by Q. M. Dept., 972. Hospital transports, 1434. Vessels of War: Flags at half staff, 435. 354 INDEX. Vessels of War Continued. Foreign, 417, 421-425. United States, 417, 421-424. Veteran Soldiers: Discharge by way of favor, 145, 146. Veterinary Hospitals: Provision for establishment, 186. Veterinary Supplies: Accountability and custody, 1039, 1040. Estimates and requisitions, 1038, 1039. Expenditure and issue, 1039. Instruments and books, 1040. Medicines and dressings, 1039. Veterinary Surgeons: Allowances, 183. Appointment, 182. Baggage, 1119. Duties, 184, 185. Meals and lodgings, 730. Qualifications, 182. Quarters, fuel, and stoves, 1006, 1010. Bank, 183. Vice Admirals: Hank with lieutenant-generals, 12. Vlce-President of the United States: Funeral honors, 432. Salutes and honors, 390, 408, 418. Vinegar: Public animals, 1265. Ration, 1253. Used in pickling, 1244. Violence: Suppression of domestic, 487, pp. 64, 67. Traders bringing in supplies, A. "W. 56. Visiting Foreign Countries : Officers and enlisted men, 55, 56, 109. Visitors : Military posts, 418. Visits and Courtesies : Headquarters, 418, 420. Military and naval, 421-425. Officers under arrest, 901. Volunteer Officers: Command of mixed corps, A. W. 122. Duties and rights, A. W. 123. Hank and precedence, 10, 11,A."W. 123. Salutes and honors, 390, 403, 415, 418. Services as, of regular officers, 1313. Volunteers: Precedence of, serving with regulars, 6. Subject to Articles of War, A. W. 64. Vouchers: Civilian witnesses, courts-martial, 965. Commutation of quarters, 1342. Personal services, 518. Tariffs, railroads, 1159, 1160. Transportation of funds, 1128. Travel allowances, 1325. Wagoners: Appointment, etc., 260. Extra-duty details and pay, 168. Wagon Masters: Interest or concern in purchases, etc., 1057. Wagons: Quartermaster's Department, 972. Wagon Transportation: Mules to be generally used, 1070. War Department: Appeals of officers, A. W. 29. Certificates of deposit, 613. Contracts, supplies and services, 554, 558. Engineers, special service, 1475. Lands controlled. 890. Public buildings and works, 565. Signaling and telegraphy instruction, 1537. See also Secretary of War. Warehouses. See Storehouses. Warrants : Dates determine precedence, 9. Noncommissioned officers, 241, 259. Washington Aqueduct : Title and other papers, 704, 890, 1472. Washington, D. C. : Depot quartermaster, 175, 1470, 1471. Officers visiting, 71, 804. Wastage : Subsistence supplies, 1231, 1242-1244, 1246. Waste or Spoil: Committed by troops, A. W. 55, 59. Watchmen : Employment, payment, etc., 727. Hours of labor, 728. Transportation and expenses, 729-731. Watchword: Disclosing or changing, A.W.44. Weapon : Drawing on superior officer, A. W.21, 24. Weekly Inspections: Saturday, 266, 270. Weights and Measures: Medical supplies, 1461. Whistles: Issue, 1202. Wicks: Quartermaster's Department, 1012. Requisitions for, and issue, 1015, 1016, 102L Sales to officers, 1020. Witnesses: Against deserters, 126. Contracts, 560. Payments to soldiers, 1364. Witnesses, Civil Courts: Enlisted men, 925. Indians competent, etc., 474. Officers, 925. Pay and allowances, 966. Witnesses, Courts-Martial: Civilian, 923. Deposition of absent, A. W. 91 Enlisted men, 925. Oath or affirmation, A. W. 92. Officers, 925. Pay and allowances, 962-966. Payment of traveling expenses, 784- gummons and service, 922-026. INDEX. 355 Witnesses, Courts of Inquiry: Examination and oath, A. W. 118, Working Parties: Armed, military works, 366. Construction of fieldworks, 1479. Wounded in Action: Returns by surgeons, 1466. Wounded Officers and Men: Information concerning, from records, 803. Wrappers: Official papers, 759. Writ of Habeas Corpus: Discharge of enlisted men, 140. Returns, 969-971. State courts or judges, 969, 970. United States courts or judges. 971. Wrongs: Appeals for redress, A. W. 29, 30. INDEX TO APPENDIX. Allowances: Quarters, 270. Appointments: Commissioned officers, 273. Arms: Oiling gunstocks, 278. Artificial limbs, 243. Badges, 261-264, 282. Barracks and Quarters: Allowance and assignments, 270. Batteries of Light Artillery : Transfer of officers, 243. Boards of Survey: Appointment and composition, 242, 271. General powers and duties, 276, 282. Private property lost in service, 276. Proceedings, 271. Civilian Employees: Transportation and expenses, 270. Clothing and Equipage : Accounts, 273. Inspection by medical officers, 274. Issues, 283. Prisoners, 274. Colors and Standards : Artillery regiments, 281. Engineers, 281. National, 256. Regimental, 281. Commissaries: Court-martial duty if purchasing, 241. Commutation: Allowance and condition, 268. Commutation of Rations : Allowance and conditions, 278. Nurses, 282. Travel on duty, 266. Cooks: Funds, 258. Messing, 257. Court-Martial : Charges against enlisted men, 253. Counsel for prisoners, 253. Deceased Officers : Disposition of remains, 269. Deceased Soldiers: Disposition of remains, "2GS. Effects, 279, 283. Deserters : Board of Survey, 252, 282. Clothing and personal effects, 248. Disbursements: Beyond boundary of United States, Philip- pine Islands, 254. Discharges, 241. Discharge of Enlisted Men : Certificate of discharge, 274. Disability, 265, 270. Enlisted Men : Charges against, 273. Extra and special duty, 275 Payments,.237, 248. Field Service: Hospital corps, 279. Flags and Pennants, 242, 251, 255, 260. Funds, Special : Mess, 257, 259. Transfer, 280. Furloughs: Granted by whom, 267, 273. Post noncommissioned staff, 273. Horses: Mounted officers, 244. Hospitals: Civilian employees at posts, 274. Fund, 274. Property and stores, 274. Illuminating Supplies : Chimneys, lanterns, wicks, 280. Lamps, 250, 274, 275. Oil, 275. Inspections: Ordnance and ordnance stores, 247. Inspector-General's Department: General provisions, 250, 251, 256. Property for condemnation, 256, 257, 269, 272. Sphere of inquiry, 250. Stated inspections, 254, 266. Judge- Advocate-General' s Department : Judge- Advocate-General, 269. Leaves of Absence : Officers of staff corps, 246. Ordinary, 255, 267. Medals of Honor: Commissioned officers and enlisted men, 245, 263, 267. Medical Department: Medical attendance, 255. Recruits, 277. Medical Officers: Company bearers. 235, 247. Messing and Cooking: Manual tor army cooks, 257, 259. 357 358 INDEX TO APPENDIX. Money Accountability: Checks, 268. Money accounts, 240, 241. Money vouchers, 270, 271. Mounted Officer**: Horses, 244. Muster and Pay Rolls: Blank forms, 277. Sick in hospitals, 253. Officers: Traveling on duty, 281. Payment Department: Payment to officers, 266, 267. Pay of Enlisted Men, 272. Payments to Enlisted Men : Checks or currency, 246, 248, 254. Forfeitures and deductions, 274. Monthly, 275. Personal by paymasters, 246. Payments to Officers : Additional pay, 254. Travel allowances, 278. President of the United States: Colors, 251. Flags, 251. Printing: Advertising, 267. Job, 250. Property Accountability and Responsibility: Damaged, lost, destroyed, or stolen, 278. Post commanders, 276. Public Animals : Artillery and cavalry horses, 248. Public Property : Horse and mule shoes, etc., 237. Purchases : Contract, 240. Contractors, 242. Public animals, 279. Proposals, 239, 270. Supplies, 239, 240. Rations: Allowance, 265. Issue, 266. Recruiting Service : Enlistments, 280. Maintenance of volunteer recruits, 280. Post, 275. Recruits, 255. Returns of Troops: Strength, 255. Regiments: Staff, 255. Sales of Public Property: Credit, 273. Civilian employees, '2(55. Enlisted men, 273. Salutes : Personal. 241. Signal Corps: Army and Navy, 239. Codes, 239. Proficiency, 235, 239. Sleeping Cars: To whom allowed, 244. Reimbursements to officers, 244. Subsistence Department: Supplies, 276. Symbols, 259, 281. Symbols, Flags, and Pennants, 281. Telegraphing: Accounts, 235, 242. Transportation of the Army: Baggage, 27, 246. Bills of lading, 249. Books, 277. Requests, 244. Transportation Requests : Bond-aided railroads, 249. Reimbursement of cost. 278. Travel on Duty, Officers: General officers, 272. Troops, Batteries and Companies: Interior economy, 278. Officers, noncommissioned officers, etc., 245. Officers and noncommissioned men, 275, 276. Uniform, 252. 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