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REGULATIONS 
 
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 1907. 
 
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 ADJUTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. 
 
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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 
 
 Office Adjutant General, 
 Raleigh, May 18, 1908. 
 
 General Orders No. 4. 
 
 The Board of Officers, consisting of Gen. J. F. Armfield, First Brigade; Gen. 
 Thomas R. Robertson, Adjutant General; Gen. Francis A. Macon, Quarter- 
 ^ master General; Lieut. Col. R. L. Leinster, Assistant Adjutant General, detailed 
 to prepare Regulations for the North Carolina National Guard, having com¬ 
 pleted their work and submitted it to the Commander in Chief, the same is 
 * hereby approved, and is adopted for the guidance and government of all con- 
 cerned. 
 
 All former regulations and orders conflicting therewith are hereby revoked. 
 
 By order of the Commander in Chief : 
 
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 THOS. R. ROBERTSON, 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Part I.—North Carolina Statutes—Articles of War. 
 
 Part II.—Organization, Discipline, and Correspondence. 
 
 Part III.—Public Property—Classification, Issue, Accountability, 
 Disposition. 
 
 Part IV.—Active Service. 
 
PART I 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES, 
 
 ARTICLES OF WAR. 
 
NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES. 
 
 Section 1. That the following sections of said chapter^ one hun¬ 
 dred and two, Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of 
 North Carolina, shall read as follows: 
 
 4848. Who liable for duty in. All able-bodied male citizens of 
 the State of North Carolina, between the ages of twenty-one and 
 forty-five years, who are citizens of the United States, shall be 
 liable to duty in the militia: Provided, that all persons who may 
 be averse to bearing arms, from religious scruples, shall be exempt 
 therefrom. 
 
 4849. Divided into active and inactive. The militia shall be 
 divided into two classes, the active and inactive. The active 
 militia shall consist of all regularly enlisted volunteers; the in¬ 
 active militia shall consist of all other persons subject to military 
 duty. 
 
 4850. Commander in chief; power to call out. The Governor 
 shall be commander in chief, and shall have power to call out the 
 militia to execute the law, suppress riots or insurrections, and to 
 repel invasions. 
 
 4851. Active first ordered out. In all cases the active militia 
 hereinafter provided for shall be ordered into service. 
 
 4852. White and colored enrolled separately; only white officers. 
 The white and colored militia shall be separately enrolled, and shall 
 never be compelled to serve in the same organization. No organi¬ 
 zation of colored troops shall be permitted while white troops are 
 available, and when permitted to be organized, colored troops shall 
 be under command of white officers. 
 
 4853. Commander in chief prescribes rules for its government. 
 The Governor, as commander in chief,, may from time to time pre¬ 
 scribe such orders, rules, regulations, forms and proceedings as he 
 may think proper (not inconsistent with the discipline prescribed 
 by the United States) for the use, government and instruction of 
 the militia. 
 
 Persons liable to 
 duty. 
 
 Active and 
 inactive. 
 
 Governor com¬ 
 mander in chief. 
 Power to call out 
 militia. 
 
 Active militia first 
 called out. 
 
 Separate enroll¬ 
 ment. 
 
 Organization of 
 colored troops. 
 
 Governor to pre¬ 
 scribe orders, rules 
 and regulations. 
 
 4854. Discipline. The active militia, and the inactive militia Rules and regula- 
 when called into active service, shall be organized and disciplined states*toapply. 
 in the same manner and according to the rules and regulations 
 
 required by the Congress of the United States for the organizing 
 and disciplining of the National Guard. 
 
 4855. Ordered out for service; failure to appear; penalties. Punishment for 
 Every soldier ordered out for active duty, or who shall volunteer when ordered mit 
 or be drafted, who does not appear at the time and place ordered, to be fixed by 
 
 1 ’ court-martial. 
 
 or who has not some able-bodied and proper substitute at such time 
 
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 Pay in active 
 service. 
 
 To be paid by 
 county in which 
 service is rendered. 
 
 Pay of officers 
 when on duty. 
 
 Proviso: pay of 
 inspector general. 
 
 Officers appointed 
 and commissioned 
 by governor. 
 
 Revocation of 
 commission. 
 
 Election and nom¬ 
 ination of officers. 
 
 Officers to qualify. 
 
 Officers to rank 
 from date of 
 commission. 
 
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 and place, or does not furnish a reasonable excuse for such non- 
 appearance, shall be liable to such punishment as a court-martial 
 may determine. 
 
 4856. When paid. The militia of the State, both officers and 
 enlisted men, when called into the service of the State, shall receive 
 the same pay and rations as when called into the service of the 
 United States: Provided, however, that when called in aid of the 
 civil authorities to guard any jail or prisoners, or to quell riots, 
 enlisted men shall receive in addition to said pay the sum of sixty 
 (60) cents per day. 
 
 4857. By whom paid. When the militia or any portion thereof 
 shall be called into actual service, according to law, to serve any 
 county of the State, or for guarding the jail of such county on 
 account of prisoners from some other county being imprisoned in 
 such jail, the County Commissioners of the county from which said 
 prisoners may be or may have been taken shall audit the account 
 of said militia, and draw a warrant upon the County Treasurer for 
 the same, and the County Treasurer shall pay the same out of any 
 county funds not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 4858. May he ordered on duty; pay. The Governor may, when¬ 
 ever the public service requires it, order upon special or regular 
 duty any officer of the National Guard, and his expenses and com¬ 
 pensation therefor shall be paid upon the approval of the Governor 
 and warrant of the Auditor. Such compensation shall not exceed 
 four dollars per diem. No staff officer who receives a salary as 
 such shall be entitled to any additional compensation for any ser¬ 
 vice connected with his office: Provided, that the Inspector Gen¬ 
 eral shall be allowed the pay of his rank while engaged in the 
 duties of his office. 
 
 II. Officers. 
 
 4859. How appointed and commissioned. All officers of the 
 militia shall be appointed and commissioned by the commander in 
 chief. He may revoke the commission of any officer at any time. 
 When not in active service the officers of the active militia, below 
 the rank of Brigadier General, shall be previously elected or nomi¬ 
 nated as provided by law. 
 
 4860. To take and subscribe oath of office. Every commissioned 
 officer of the militia, before entering upon his duties, shall take and 
 subscribe before a justice of the peace, or other qualified officer, the 
 oath prescribed by the Constitution, which shall at once be for¬ 
 warded to the Adjutant General. 
 
 4861. Rank according to date of commission. Commissioned 
 officers shall take rank according to the date of their commissions. 
 The day of appointment or election of an officer shall be expressed 
 
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 in his commission, and considered as the date thereof. Whenever Rank under 
 an officer shall be recommissioned within six months after the recommisslon - 
 expiration or revocation of his original commission, in the same 
 grade in which he has served in the State Guard, his new commis¬ 
 sion shall bear date even with, and he shall take rank from, the 
 date provided for in his former commission. When two commis- Priority in commis¬ 
 sions bear the same date, the officer who has had priority of rank slons of even date - 
 in any lower rank shall have precedence. And if the officers have 
 not served in a lower grade, the commander in chief shall designate 
 their respective rank or priority. 
 
 4862. Reports by. Every officer shall make all such reports as Officers to make 
 may be required of him by any law or regulation or as may be reports * 
 called for by any superior officer. 
 
 4863. Staff, hoiv . divided. The military staff of the State of Personal and 
 North Carolina shall be divided into two kinds, the personal staff general staff * 
 of the commander in chief and the general or departmental staff. 
 
 All staff officers shall hold office until their successors are appointed 
 and qualified, but may be removed at any time by the Governor. 
 
 4864. Commander in chiefs personal staff. The personal staff personal staff, 
 of the commander in chief shall consist of seven aides-de-camp with 
 
 the rank of Colonel, two of them to be naval aides; and the Gov- Private secretary 
 ernor may appoint his private secretary as an additional personal addltlonal aide - 
 aide, and commission him with the rank of Colonel. 
 
 5865. General staff. The general staff shall consist of an Ad ju- General staff. 
 
 taut General, with the rank of Brigadier General; one Quartermas- Adjutant general. 
 
 ter General and Chief of Ordnance, with the rank of Brigadier Quartermaster 
 
 general. 
 
 General; one Inspector General; one Surgeon General; one Com- inspector general, 
 missary General; one Chief of Engineers; one Inspector of Small- confmiss^ 16 ^ 1 
 Arms Practice: one Judge Advocate General; one Paymaster Gen- f;? ae F al ; 
 
 Chief of engineers. 
 
 eral: each with the rank of Colonel. The commander in chief may inspector of small- 
 appoint additional assistants to each of said officers, with rank not ju^ge^dvocate 
 higher than that of Lieutenant Colonel, if in his judgment it is best general. 
 
 Paymaster general. 
 
 for the interest of the service. Assistants. 
 
 4866. Adjutant General; duties. The Adjutant General shall be Duties of adjutant 
 chief of staff, and shall be in control of the military department of general * 
 the State, and as such subordinate only to the Governor in matters 
 pertaining to said department. He will perform such other duties 
 as pertain to the office of Adjutant General, under the regulations 
 and customs of the United States Army. He will prepare and for¬ 
 ward to the War Department at Washington all returns and reports 
 required by the United States Government from this State. He 
 shall keep a register of all enlistments made in the several branches 
 of the militia, as well as a roster of all officers, and shall also keep 
 in his office all records and papers required by law to be filed 
 therein. He shall make an annual report to the Governor on or 
 
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 Allowance for cler¬ 
 ical work and 
 printing. 
 
 Quartermaster 
 general and 
 assistants. 
 
 Bonds of assistants 
 and of store¬ 
 keeper. 
 
 before the thirty-first of December of each year, including a de¬ 
 tailed statement of all expenditures for military purposes during 
 that year, and shall also make a biennial report to the General 
 Assembly. He shall when necessary, and at the expense of the 
 State, cause the military law, the regulations governing the National 
 Guard of the State, and the Articles of War of the United States, 
 to be printed, indexed and bound in proper and compact form, and 
 distributed to the commissioned officers of this State at the rate of 
 one copy to each officer; and to each commissioned officer of the 
 general headquarters he shall issue one copy of the necessary text¬ 
 books, and a copy also of the annual reports concerning the active 
 militia. He shall cause to be prepared and issued all necessary 
 blank books, blanks, forms and notices required to carry into full 
 effect the provisions of this chapter. All such books and blanks 
 shall be and remain the property of the State. The Adjutant Gen¬ 
 eral shall have such assistants, clerks and employees as may be 
 prescribed by the commander in chief. The Adjutant General shall 
 perform such other duties not herein specified as may be required 
 of him by the military laws and regulations or by the commander 
 in chief. The Adjutant General shall be allowed all such neces¬ 
 sary expenses as may be incurred for clerk hire, and for printing, 
 and for making the blank forms, books, orders and reports required 
 in his office, not to exceed one thousand dollars, and out of said 
 sum he may employ the executive clerk, when not required by the 
 Governor, at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month. 
 
 48G7. The Quartermaster General and assistants. First. The 
 Quartermaster General may have two assistants, one with the rank 
 of Lieutenant Colonel and one with the rank of Major, and one 
 military storekeeper, who shall be a quartermaster with the rank 
 of Captain. These officers shall be appointed and commissioned 
 by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Quartermaster 
 General, and shall at the time of their appointment be officers in 
 active service in the National Guard of the State, and shall be 
 entitled to the rights and privileges of officers of the National 
 Guard of corresponding rank. The Quartermaster General shall 
 have the necessary clerks and employees, not exceeding four, and 
 as many laborers as may be required from time to time. The 
 clerks and employees shall be appointed and the laborers hired, 
 with the approval of the Governor, by the Quartermaster General. 
 
 Second. The Quartermaster General may require his assistants 
 and the military storekeeper to give bonds with sufficient security 
 in not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) each to the people 
 of the State, conditioned for the faithful performance of their 
 duties, such bonds to be approved by the Governor and Adjutant 
 General, and filed in the latter’s office. 
 
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 Third. He shall attend to the care, preservation and safe-keeping Duties, 
 and repairing of the arms, ordnance, accouterments, equipments, 
 and all other military property belonging to the State, or issued to 
 the State by the government, of the United States for the purpose 
 of arming and equipping the organized militia. All military prop¬ 
 erty of the State which, after a proper inspection, shall be found 
 unsuitable for the use of the State shall, under the direction of the 
 Governor, be disposed of by the Quartermaster- General, as required 
 by law. He shall be responsible for all arms, ordnance, accouter¬ 
 ments, equipments, and other military property which may be 
 issued to the State by the Secretary of War in compliance with 
 law; and it shall thereafter be his duty to prepare returns of said 
 arms and other property of the United States at the times and in 
 the manner requested by the Secretary of War. He shall, upon 
 the order of the Governor, turn in to the Ordnance Department of 
 the United States Army the rifles, carbines, bayonets, bayonet scab¬ 
 bards, gun slings, belts, and such other necessary accouterments 
 and equipments, the property of the United States and now in pos¬ 
 session of the State, which may be replaced, from time to time, by 
 new arms, equipments, etc., sent by the United States in substitu¬ 
 tion therefor, and cause the same to be shipped, under instructions 
 from the Secretary of War, to the designated arsenal or depot, at 
 the expense of the United States. And when the National Guard 
 of the State shall be fully armed and equipped with standard ser¬ 
 vice magazine arms, and the standard equipment and accouter¬ 
 ments of the United States Army, he shall cause all the remaining 
 arms, equipments, etc., the property of the United States and in 
 possession of the State, to be transferred and shipped as above 
 directed. 
 
 Fourth. He shall keep a just and true account of all expenses 
 necessarily incurred, including pay of officers and enlisted men in 
 his department, transportation of the land forces, and of all mili¬ 
 tary property of the State; and such expenses shall be audited and 
 paid in the same manner as other military accounts. 
 
 In addition to what is specially prescribed, the duties of the Duties of other 
 other staff officers shall be such as are discharged by similar of- staff officers - 
 fleers in the United States Army, and such other duties as they 
 may be directed to perform by order of the commander in chief. 
 
 And in the cases of disbursing or distributing officers, the Gov- Bonds of disburs- 
 ernor shall have power to prescribe forms of bonds for the faithful JJJJ officers. tribut ’ 
 performance of duty, which shall not exceed in amount twice the 
 sums of money or property passing annually into their hands. The 
 disbursing officer, designated by the Governor to receive and dis- Reports of disburs- 
 burse the funds apportioned to this State from the National Gov- inff officer ‘ 
 ernment for the National Guard of the State, shall file with the 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Notice of absence 
 of officer. 
 
 Officers disabled 
 from holding com¬ 
 mission. 
 
 Property to be 
 turned over to 
 successors. 
 
 Responsibility and 
 returns of officer 
 receiving property 
 and money. 
 
 Honorable dis¬ 
 charge of officer. 
 
 Officers dismissed. 
 
 Certificates of 
 discharge. 
 
 Dishonorable 
 
 discharges. 
 
 Honorable dis¬ 
 charge of enlisted 
 men. 
 
 Governor duplicates of his statements and reports to the Auditor 
 of the War Department, and said duplicates shall be printed in the 
 annual reports of the Adjutant General. 
 
 4868. Absent, give notice. When any officer shall have occasion 
 to be absent from his usual residence two weeks or more, he shall 
 notify the officer next entitled to the command, and also his next 
 superior officer in command, of his intended absence. 
 
 4869. Any officer convicted by general court-martial, and dis¬ 
 missed from the service, shall be forever disabled thereafter from 
 holding a military commission. 
 
 4870. Delivers public property to successor. All officers who shall 
 have in their hands either money, public property or papers re¬ 
 ceived by virtue of their appointments, shall, when they leave their 
 office, pay and deliver the same to their successors in office. 
 
 4871. Accounts for public property. Every officer receiving pub¬ 
 lic property or money for military use shall be accountable for the 
 articles so received by him, and make return of such property or 
 money at such times and in such manner, and on such forms, as 
 may be prescribed. He shall be liable to trial by court-martial 
 upon neglect of duty, and also make good the value of all such 
 property or money defaced, injured, destroyed or lost by any neg¬ 
 lect or default on his part, to be recovered in an action at law to 
 be instituted at the order of the Adjutant General. All money 
 received on account of such loss or damage shall be paid to the 
 Paymaster General, and shall be accounted for in his return. 
 
 III. Discharges. 
 
 4872. Honorable discharge; dismissal. A commissioned officer 
 may be honorably discharged upon tender of resignation, upon dis¬ 
 bandment of the organization to which he belongs, upon the report 
 of the board of examination, or for failure to appear before such 
 board when ordered. He may be dismissed upon the sentence of a 
 court-martial or conviction in a court of justice of an infamous 
 offense. 
 
 4873. Certificate of, given. Every soldier discharged from the 
 service shall be furnished with a certificate of such discharge, 
 which shall state clearly the reasons therefor. Dishonorable dis¬ 
 charges will have the word “Dishonorable” written or printed 
 diagonally across their faces in large characters with red ink. and 
 the re-enlistment clause will be erased by a line. 
 
 4874. Honorable. No enlisted man shall be honorably discharged 
 before the expiration of his term of service, except by order of the 
 commander in chief and for the following reasons: Upon his own 
 application, approved by the commanding officer of his company 
 
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 and by superior commanders; when not in active service, upon 
 removal from the county in which the organization of which he is 
 a member is situated; upon disability, established by certificate of 
 the medical officer; to accept promotion by commission whenever 
 in the opinion of the commander in chief the interest of the service 
 demands such discharge. 
 
 4875. Dishonorable'. Enlisted men shall be dishonorably dis- Dishonorable 
 charged by order of the commander in chief, to carry out a sen- dlschar ^ e - 
 tence of court-martial, upon conviction of felony in a civil court, 
 
 upon discovery of re-enlistment after previous dishonorable dis¬ 
 charge. 
 
 4876. Lost discharge papers. Duplicate discharges will not be Certificate in lieu 
 granted to enlisted men. Should any soldier unavoidably lose his papers* 13 ^ 6 
 discharge papers, a certificate (according to form in the office of 
 
 the Adjutant General) will be furnished in lieu of said discharge 
 paper, upon representation of the facts of said loss, attested by 
 some commissioned officer of the Guard or some civil magistrate. 
 
 IV. Courts-martial. 
 
 4877. How formed and governed. Courts-martial for the active Courts-martial 
 militia shall be governed according to the laws and regulations of Jegufation? army 
 the United States Army. The military courts of this State shall 
 
 be general court, garrison court, summary court, and courts of 
 inquiry. The form and manner in which proceedings of a military 
 court shall be conducted and recorded, and the forms of oaths and 
 affirmations taken in the administration of military law by such 
 courts, and the limits of punishment and proceedings in revision, 
 shall be governed by the Articles of War, and the law and proced¬ 
 ure of the courts-martial of the United States. No action or pro¬ 
 ceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a member of a 
 military court, or against an officer or person acting under its 
 authority or reviewing its proceedings, on account of the approval 
 or imposition or execution of any sentence, or the imposition or 
 collection of a fine or penalty, or the execution of any warrant, 
 writ, execution, process, or mandate of a military court. 
 
 Presumption of jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the courts and Courts and boards 
 board established by this chapter shall be presumed, and the bur- furfsdiitfon? h&ve 
 den of proof shall rest upon any person seeking to oust such courts 
 or boards of jurisdiction in any action or proceeding. 
 
 Courts-martial shall have the power to try any officer or enlisted Jurisdiction of 
 man for any violations of any of the Articles of War of the United courts - martial - 
 States, or of any statute of the State of North Carolina regulating 
 the government of the militia, and upon conviction may dishonor¬ 
 ably discharge the person so convicted from the service, or impose 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Commanding offi¬ 
 cers to bring suits 
 for penalties. 
 
 Judgment on pro¬ 
 duction of record 
 of court-martial. 
 
 Judge advocate to 
 issue subpoenas. 
 
 Witnesses to be 
 sworn. 
 
 Form of oath. 
 
 Uniform, arms and 
 equipment to con¬ 
 form to army and 
 navy. 
 
 Arms obtained on 
 application of com¬ 
 pany commander. 
 
 a penalty not to exceed fifty dollars. For all penalties imposed by 
 court-martial each commanding officer of the organization to which 
 the convicted party belongs, within ten days after the penalty has 
 been imposed, shall notify the delinquent of the amount of the 
 penalty; and if said delinquent shall neglect or refuse to pay said 
 penalty within ten days after such notice is given, it will be the 
 duty of the commanding officer to bring suit on behalf of the 
 organization to which the delinquent belongs before a justice of the 
 peace of the county in which said delinquent resides, to recover the 
 amount of the penalty. And upon the production in court of the 
 record of the finding and sentence of the court-martial, the justice 
 of the peace shall give judgment against the defendant, and in 
 favor of the company or organization to which defendant belongs, 
 for the amount of the penalty and the cost of the action. 
 
 4878. Witnesses before, how subpoenaed. The Judge Advocate of 
 any court-martial constituted according to this chapter may issue 
 a summons, in the nature of a subpoena in criminal cases, directed 
 to any sheriff or constable, or to any soldier, to summon witnesses 
 for the State and the accused; and the persons summoned by him 
 shall be bound to attend and give evidence before the court-martial, 
 under the same penalties as in criminal actions, and, if a soldier, 
 under penalty of being tried and punished by court-martial for 
 disobedience of orders. 
 
 4879. Witnesses sworn. All witnesses shall be sworn by the 
 Judge Advocate, before they give their evidence, as in criminal 
 cases, according to the following form : 
 
 “You,.. do swear that the evidence you will give 
 
 to the court in the case between the State and C. D. shall be the 
 truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: so help you, 
 God.” 
 
 V. Arms and Equipment. 
 
 4880. Same as United States Army and Navy. The uniform, arms 
 and equipment of the militia shall, for the land forces, be in ac¬ 
 cordance with the regulations governing the United States Army; 
 and for the naval forces, in accordance with the regulations gov¬ 
 erning the United States Navy. 
 
 4881. How obtained. Each company of the National Guard, on 
 application by the commander thereof to the Adjutant General, 
 through his regimental and brigade commander, if there be such, 
 and producing satisfactory evidence that the law in relation to the 
 distribution of public arms has been fully complied with, shall be 
 furnished with such appropriate arms and equipment as shall be 
 determined by the commander in chief, upon such terms and under 
 such conditions as the law prescribes. 
 
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 4884. Bond. Commanders of regiments and companies, and all Bonds for proper 
 
 , , care, use and 
 
 other officers who are responsible for public military property, shall return of property. 
 
 execute and deliver to the Adjutant General a bond, payable to 
 the State of North Carolina, in a sufficient sum and with sufficient 
 sureties, to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the 
 proper care and use, of said public property, and the return of the 
 same, when ordered by competent authority, in good order, ordi¬ 
 nary wear and unavoidable loss and damage excepted; and in case 
 of such loss or damage, to immediately furnish the Adjutant Gen¬ 
 eral with properly attested affidavits setting forth all the facts 
 attending said loss or damage. 
 
 4885. Care and return of military property. All public military Property to be kept 
 property, except when in use in the performance of military duty, m armories * 
 shall be kept in armories, or other properly designated places of 
 
 deposit; and it shall be unlawful for any person charged with the 
 care and safety of said public property to allow the same out of 
 his custody except as above specified. 
 
 VI. Public Arms. 
 
 4886. Where kept. All the public arms of every description be- Public arms not 
 longing to the State, which may not be distributed among the maininarsenal 6 " 
 militia according to law, shall, under the direction of the Adjutant 
 
 General, be deposited and kept in the public arsenal established 
 at Raleigh. __ • 
 
 4887. Keeper of the arsenal. The Keeper of the Capitol shall, Keeper of capitol 
 under the direction of the Adjutant General, have charge of the arsenal charge ° f 
 arsenal at Raleigh. The Governor may make such provisions as 
 
 he may think necessary for guarding and protecting the arsenals 
 and depots of arms, and for the purpose of defraying the expenses 
 incurred under this and the preceding section he may, upon the cer¬ 
 tificate of the Adjutant General, from time to time draw on the 
 State Treasurer for such sums as may be necessary. 
 
 4888. Freight on public arms paid out of general fund. The Freight to be paid. 
 Auditor of the State is hereby authorized and directed to issue his 
 
 warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment of such sums as 
 may be certified by the Adjutant General and the Governor to be 
 actually necessary to pay the freight upon ammunition, uniforms 
 and equipment shipped out from or returned to the State arsenal. 
 
 4889. Kept in good order. Every non-commissioned officer and Arms and accou- 
 private belonging to any company equipped with public arms shall keptln^od^rder. 
 keep and preserve his arms and accouterments in good order and 
 
 in a soldier-like manner; and for every neglect to do so may be 
 punished by court-martial. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Duplicate receipts 
 for arms. 
 
 Governor to dis¬ 
 tribute arms. 
 
 Adjutant general 
 to issue orders. 
 
 Arms on hand to 
 be sent. 
 
 North Carolina 
 national guard. 
 
 Limit on number. 
 
 Enlistments. 
 
 4890. Receipts taken for, when distributed. Every officer of the 
 militia receiving any public arms shall give a duplicate receipt for 
 the same to the party from whom he receives such arms. Upon 
 distribution of any arms to any of the militia, either active or 
 inactive, receipts shall be taken from each person receiving the 
 same, which receipts should be entered in a bound book, which 
 shall at all times be open to the inspection and examination of all 
 officers of the militia. 
 
 4891. Governor to send out, in case of insurrection. In case of 
 insurrection or invasion, or a probability thereof, the Governor is 
 authorized to distribute the public arms and send them to such 
 places as he may deem necessary and expedient, and to draw war¬ 
 rants on the Treasurer of the State for the sums necessary for 
 that purpose. 
 
 4892. When arms loaned to military schools. The said arms 
 shall be kept in the arsenal at Raleigh, and upon the application 
 of the principal of any military school setting forth the number of 
 students and the number of arms required, and giving the bond as 
 now required by law, it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General, 
 under the direction of the Governor, to issue the number so re¬ 
 quired, and take the receipt from the principal, which shall be filed 
 as similar receipts are now filed. 
 
 4893. Failure of Adjutant General to draw arms. Should the 
 Adjutant General, under the direction of the Governor, fail to draw 
 the arms specified, then it shall be the* Governor’s duty, upon appli¬ 
 cation as aforesaid, to issue to said principal any arms which may 
 be in the said arsenal. 
 
 VII. Active. 
 
 4894. How designated. The active militia shall be known and 
 designated as the North Carolina National Guard. 
 
 4895. Number limited. The National Guard of North Carolina 
 shall not in time of peace consist of more than five thousand 
 officers and enlisted men. No new company of infantry shall be 
 uniformed and equipped as long as any existing company is lacking 
 in any part of the equipment necessary to fit them for field service. 
 
 4896. Who may enlist, and term of enlistment. Able-bodied men 
 of good moral character, who can read and write, between the ages 
 of eighteen and forty-five years, may enlist in the National Guard; 
 such enlistment shall be for a period of three years and made by 
 signing duplicate enlistment papers in such form as may be pre¬ 
 scribed by the Adjutant General, one to be forwarded to him by the 
 enlisting officers and one to be filed with the records of the com¬ 
 pany in which enlistment is made. Minors between the ages of 
 
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 eighteen and twenty-one years may be enlisted with the written 
 consent of father, only surviving parent, or legally appointed 
 guardian. 
 
 4897. When ordered out. The National Guard shall be liable at National guard to 
 all times to be ordered into active service. The commander in service. red f ° r 
 chief may at any time, upon reasonable apprehension of riot, in¬ 
 surrection or invasion, or for any other reasonable cause, order out 
 
 such portion of the active militia as he may deem necessary. Articles of war to 
 Whenever any portion of the militia shall be on duty under or pur- be enforced - 
 suant to the order of the Governor, or other competent authority, 
 or shall be ordered to assemble for duty in time of war, insurrec¬ 
 tion, invasion, public danger, or to aid the civil authorities on 
 account of any breach of the peace, tumult, riot, resistance to legal 
 process of this State, or imminent danger thereof, or for any other 
 cause, the Articles of War governing the Army of the United States, 
 and the regulations prescribed for the Army of the United States, 
 as far as such regulations are consistent with this chapter and the 
 regulations issued thereunder, shall be enforced and regarded as a 
 part of this chapter until said forces shall be duly relieved from 
 such duty. As to offenses committed, when such Articles of War Powers of courts- 
 are so enforced, courts-martial shall possess, in addition to the martial - 
 jurisdiction and power of sentence and punishment herein vested 
 in them, all additional jurisdiction and power of sentence and pun¬ 
 ishment exercisable by like courts under such Articles of War or 
 regulations or laws governing the United States Army, or the cus¬ 
 toms and usages thereof; but no punishment under such rules and 
 articles which will extend to the taking of life shall in any case 
 be inflicted except in time of war, invasion, or insurrection, de¬ 
 clared by a proclamation of the Governor to exist, and then only 
 after approval by the Governor of the sentence inflicting such pun¬ 
 ishment. Imprisonment other than in guard-house shall be exe¬ 
 cuted in jails or prisons designated by the Governor for that pur¬ 
 pose. 
 
 4898. Divided into land and naval forces. The commander in Organization, 
 chief may organize the National Guard into such brigades, regi¬ 
 ments, battalions, batteries, companies or unattached companies as 
 
 he may think best for the public service, and may allow to be 
 enrolled not more than six companies, to be designated as divisions, 
 which shall constitute the Naval Brigade of North Carolina Naval brigade. 
 National Guard. 
 
 4899. Maintenance of. There shall be allowed annually to each Allowance to 
 commander of an infantry brigade, naval brigade, and regiment of brigadel’anTrlgi- 
 infantry, $300, with which to defray the necessary expenses in- ments * 
 curred in the discharge of the duties of his office. There shall be Allowance to in- 
 allowed likewise annually to each company of the land forces and ind^valdfvisions. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Allowance to field 
 artillery. 
 
 Allowance to band. 
 
 Allowance to de¬ 
 tachments of 
 hospital corps. 
 Further allowance. 
 
 Itemized state¬ 
 ments of expendi¬ 
 tures. 
 
 Proviso: location of 
 organizations. 
 
 Proviso: limit of 
 appropriation. 
 
 Advisory board. 
 
 naval division in the Guard, not exceeding thirty-six companies of 
 infantry, one signal corps company, and six divisions of naval mili¬ 
 tia, which complies with the law and regulations governing the 
 same, the sum of $250, and to a battery of field artillery the same 
 sum under like restrictions, to be applied to the payment of all 
 necessary expenses of the respective organizations; also to each 
 regimental band $250 per annum, to be paid to the regimental 
 adjutant under the same restrictions, and to each detachment of 
 the hospital corps $75 per' annum under the same restrictions; 
 also to each commander of a company, battery or division organi¬ 
 zation $100 per annum, to be used for the care and preservation of 
 all State and government property in his hands. An itemized 
 statement of receipts and disbursements showing how the same has 
 been expended shall on December first of each year be rendered to 
 the Paymaster General. The appropriations and allowances herein 
 provided for shall be paid in semi-annual installments, but shall 
 not be paid unless the company, battery, band, or other organiza¬ 
 tion indicated shall perform all the drills and parades required by 
 law, and at the annual inspection thereof shall have paraded with 
 at least seventy-five per cent, of its enrolled active members: Pro¬ 
 vided, that such companies, divisions or other organizations shall 
 be located on lines of railroad, steamboat or telegraphic communi¬ 
 cation : And provided further, that no larger amount shall be ex¬ 
 pended for the maintenance of the Guard than the sum of $16,000. 
 
 4900. Advisory hoard. There shall be an Advisory Board, of 
 which the commander in chief shall be ex officio president, com¬ 
 posed of the Adjutant General, the Commander of the First Brig¬ 
 ade, the Quartermaster General, and the commanding officers of the 
 three infantry regiments, which shall meet from time to time wffien 
 ordered by the commander in chief, and which shall have jurisdic¬ 
 tion and control over all administrative affairs of the Guard, sub¬ 
 ject to the laws and regulations prescribed for the government of 
 the Guard. 
 
 VIII. Active—Officers. 
 
 Brigadier general. 4901. Brigade officers. The commander in chief shall appoint a 
 Brigadier General to command the National Guard of the State as 
 now organized, and whenever it shall become necessary to organize 
 the same into more than one brigade, the commanders of such brig- 
 Brigade staff. ades shall be appointed by the commander in chief. The staff 
 officers of the brigade shall be nominated by the permanent com¬ 
 mander thereof. 
 
 Commissioned and 4902. Regimental and company officers. ' There shall be to each 
 
 officers nmiSS1 ° ned organization of the North Carolina National Guard the same com¬ 
 missioned and non-commissioned officers as are prescribed for the 
 
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 21 
 
 United States Army, and the Governor may by general order fix the 
 number of enlisted men. 
 
 4903. Officers to he examined. Every person accepting an office Examining board, 
 in the National Giflard shall as early as practicable, and when 
 
 ordered by the commander in chief, appear before an examining 
 board to be appointed by the commander in chief, which board 
 shall examine said officer as to his military and other qualifications. 
 
 4904. Regimental officers, how elected. Field officers of regiments Election of field 
 and battalions, and of corresponding grades in the naval brigade, ° cers ‘ 
 shall be elected by the commissioned officers of the regiments and 
 
 naval brigade; and company, battery, troop, and naval division Line officers, 
 officers shall be elected by the enlisted men of such company, bat¬ 
 tery, troop, and naval division, at such time and place as may be 
 fixed by the commander in chief; and such officers shall hold office 
 until vacancies occur, either by promotion, resignation, removal, or 
 death. The regimental staff officers shall be nominated by the per- Regimental staff, 
 manent commander thereof. 
 
 4905. Elections to fill vacancies in line officers. The commander Elections to fill 
 in chief shall order elections to fill all vacancies occurring among vacancies - 
 the line officers of the National Guard. 
 
 4906. Retirement of officers. Whenever an officer of ten years’ Retirement after 
 service and upwards makes application for retirement, he may, by en years servlce * 
 consent of the commander in chief, be retired with the next higher 
 
 grade, and all officers now on the retired list of the National Guard 
 of this State are advanced one grade. When an officer reaches the 
 age of sixty-four years he may be retired by the commander in 
 chief. 
 
 IX. Active—Inspection. 
 
 4907. Annual inspection. The Inspector General, or his assist- Guard to be in¬ 
 ants, shall annually inspect all organizations in the National spected annuall y* 
 Guard, at such times and places as the commander in chief may 
 
 direct. No person shall be permitted in the ranks at the annual 
 inspection, nor shall any officer or enlisted man be accepted or 
 mustered, who is not uniformed, armed and equipped according to 
 regulations. The officer making the annual inspection shall be paid Pay of officer mak- 
 * for his services as prescribed in section four thousand eight hun- ing lnspectlon - 
 dred and fifty-eight. 
 
 4908. Arms to he annually inspected. Whenever required by the Arms to be in¬ 
 commander in chief, the Inspector General, or his assistants, shall ?equired When 
 inspect the arms and equipments in the possession of any schools, 
 
 persons, or associations, which have been issued by the State, and 
 the expense of such inspection shall be paid by the State upon the 
 approval of the Governor. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Encampments and 
 practice marches. 
 
 Proviso: naval 
 reserves. 
 
 Proviso: disburse¬ 
 ments for naval 
 militia. 
 
 Companies or di¬ 
 visions disbanded. 
 
 Failure to appear. 
 
 Falsifying muster- 
 rolls. 
 
 Punishment. 
 
 Certificate of 
 membership. 
 
 Contributing mem¬ 
 bers. 
 
 4909. Encampments. The commander in chief may annually 
 order into camp, or on practice marches, such portions of the 
 National Guard as he may deem best for the service: Provided, 
 that in place of encampments or practice marches the naval militia 
 may perform service afloat: Provided further, that the same 
 amount of money per capita may be disbursed annually for the 
 naval militia as for the land forces for the purpose of encamp¬ 
 ments, practice marches, or for service afloat. 
 
 X. Active—Disbanded. 
 
 4910. When. Whenever any company or division of the National 
 Guard for a period of ninety days is found to contain less than the 
 minimum number of men prescribed by regulations, or upon a duly 
 ordered inspection shall be found to have fallen below the proper 
 standard of efficiency, the commander in chief may disband the 
 same and grant honorable discharges to the officers and enlisted 
 men of such company. 
 
 4911. Punishment for failure to appear. Every member of the » 
 militia ordered out, or who volunteers or is drafted, who does not 
 appear at the time and place designated by his commanding officer 
 within twenty-four hours from such time, or who does not produce 
 
 a sworn certificate of physical disability from a physician in good 
 standing, to so appear, shall be taken to be a deserter, and dealt 
 with as prescribed in the Articles of War of the United States. 
 
 4912. Falsifying muster-rolls, penalty. Any officer who know¬ 
 ingly or willfully shall place, or cause to be placed, on any muster- 
 roll the name of any person not regularly or lawfully enlisted, or 
 the name of any enlisted man who is dead or who has been dis¬ 
 charged, transferred, or has lost membership for any cause what¬ 
 soever, or who has been convicted of any infamous crime, shall be 
 tried by court-martial, and upon conviction be dismissed from the 
 service. 
 
 XI. Company Organization. 
 
 4913. Certificate of member ship. The commanding officer of 
 every company shall, on the application of any officer, musician or 
 private of his command, deliver to him a certificate stating that 
 such person is a member of his command, and whether he is uni¬ 
 formed, armed and equipped, and whether he has complied with all 
 military duties. Such certificate, when dated within six months, 
 shall be presumptive evidence of the matter therein stated, and 
 shall exempt the holder from jury duty. 
 
 4914. Contributing members. Each company may, besides its 
 regular and active members, enroll twenty-five contributing mem¬ 
 bers on payment in advance by each person desiring to become such 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 23 
 
 contributing member of not less than ten dollars per annum, which 
 money shall be paid into the company treasury and be applied to 
 the purchase of uniforms for the rank and file of the active mem¬ 
 bers of the company, or to such purposes as may be authorized by 
 such company. 
 
 4915. Certificate of contributing members. Each contributing Certificates to con- 
 
 . , , ... tribu ting members. 
 
 member of every legally organized company shall be entitled to 
 receive from the commanding officer thereof a certificate of mem¬ 
 bership, which certificate shall exempt the holder thereof from jury 
 
 duty. 
 
 4916. May own personal property. Organizations of the National Organizations may 
 Guard shall have the right to own and keep personal property, property! 0 ”* 1 
 which shall belong to and be under the control of the active mem¬ 
 bers thereof; and the commanding officer of any organization may 
 
 recover for its use any debts or effects belonging to it, or damages 
 for injury to such property, action for such recovery to be brought 
 in the name of the commanding officer thereof before any court of 
 justice within the State, and no suit or complaint pending in his 
 name shall be abated by his ceasing to be commanding officer of the 
 organization; but upon motion of the commander succeeding him 
 such commander shall be admitted to prosecute the suit or com¬ 
 plaint in like manner and with like effect as if it had been origi¬ 
 nally commenced by him. 
 
 4917. Companies may make rules and regulations. Each company Rules and regula- 
 or division of the National Guard shall have power to prescribe co°mpanfe S s ribed by 
 such rules and regulations for its government as they may think 
 
 proper, and fix such fines for absence from parades and drills as 
 may be reasonable and not inconsistent with the laws relating to 
 the National Guard and the regulations prescribed therefor by the 
 commander in chief. A copy of such constitution and by-laws shall 
 be filed in the Adjutant General’s office. 
 
 XII. Active—Naval. 
 
 4918. Performs same duty as land forces. The naval militia Organization of 
 shall be organized on the basis provided in section four thousand naval miIltia ' 
 eight hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter. Officers and en¬ 
 listed men of the naval militia may be required to perform the 
 
 same duty in each year as the land forces, except that duty, in 
 whole or in part, may in the discretion of the commander in chief 
 be performed afloat. 
 
 4919. System of discipline. The system of discipline shall con- System of dis- 
 form generally to that of the Navy of the United States and as clplme * 
 closely to that of the land forces of this State as the difference in 
 
 the two services will allow. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Naval brigade. 
 
 Battalion officers. 
 
 Division officers. 
 
 Battalion staff. 
 
 Relative rank. 
 
 National officers 
 detailed as in¬ 
 structors. 
 
 Inactive militia 
 may be ordered 
 out. 
 
 4920. May be organized into a brigade. The naval divisions may 
 be, by order of the commander in chief, organized into a brigade 
 of not less than two battalions. The commander in chief shall 
 appoint a commander of such brigade, who shall nominate his own 
 staff. 
 
 4921. How officered and organized. A battalion of two or more 
 divisions shall be commanded by a commander, with a lieutenant 
 commander as executive officer, and a lieutenant as navigator and 
 ordnance officer. These latter shall be in the order named next in 
 rank and in succession to the commander. Each division shall be 
 commanded by a lieutenant, with one lieutenant junior grade, one 
 ensign, and thirty-six petty officers and enlisted men as a minimum, 
 and seventy-five petty officers and enlisted men as a maximum. To 
 each division there may be also added eight others who shall have 
 practical knowledge of electricity or of the management of steam 
 machinery. 
 
 4922. Battalion commander to appoint staff. The commanding 
 officer of the battalion as now organized shall have power to nomi¬ 
 nate a staff to consist of a surgeon, paymaster and a chaplain, each 
 with the rank of lieutenant, and an adjutant with the rank of lieu¬ 
 tenant junior grade, and the following petty officers: One master- 
 at-arms, one chief boatswain’s mate, one chief gunner’s mate, one 
 yeoman, one apothecary, one chief bugler. The commander in 
 chief shall have the powder to authorize additional officers when 
 necessary. 
 
 4923. Naval rank. The rank of officers in the naval forces is 
 “naval rank” and corresponds to rank in the land forces as fol¬ 
 lows : captain with colonel; commander with lieutenant colonel; 
 lieutenant commander with major; lieutenant with captain; lieu¬ 
 tenant junior grade with first lieutenant; ensign with second lieu¬ 
 tenant; petty officers with non-commissioned officers, and enlisted 
 men with privates. 
 
 4924. Governor may apply for instructors. The Governor is 
 authorized to apply to the President of the United States for the 
 detail of commissioned and petty officers of the Navy to act as 
 inspectors and instructors. 
 
 XIII. Inactive. 
 
 4925. May be ordered out. The commander in chief may at any 
 time, in order to execute the law, suppress riots or insurrection, 
 or repel invasion, in addition to the active militia, order out the 
 whole or any part of the inactive militia. When the militia of this 
 State or a part thereof is called forth under the Constitution and 
 laws of the United States, the Governor shall order out for service 
 
REGULATIONS FOB THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 25 
 
 the active militia, or such part thereof as may be necessary, and 
 if the number available be insufficient, he shall order out such part 
 of the reserve militia as he may deem necessary. During the ab¬ 
 sence of organizations of the National Guard in the service of the 
 United States their State designations shall not be given to new 
 organizations. 
 
 4926. How ordered out. The commander in chief shall, when Number ordered 
 ordering out the inactive militia, designate the number ordered out. nated. be desiff ' 
 
 He may order them out either by calling for volunteers or by draft. 
 
 He may attach them to the several organizations of the active 
 militia or organize them into separate brigades, regiments, bat¬ 
 talions or companies, as may be best for the service. 
 
 4927. How drafted. If the inactive militia is ordered out by Draft, 
 draft, the commander in chief shall designate the persons in each 
 county to make the draft, and prescribe rules and regulations for 
 conducting the same. 
 
 4928. Roll of inactive militia. The Register of Deeds of each Rolls of inactive 
 county shall, on the first Monday in October of the year one thou- miIltia to be made - 
 sand nine hundred and six, and quadrennially thereafter, make out 
 
 from the tax list of his county an alphabetical list of all able- 
 
 bodied male persons between the ages of twenty-one and forty 
 
 years, resident in his county and who are not enrolled in the active 
 
 militia, and shall forward the same on or before the fifteenth of Rolls forwarded to 
 
 the month to the Adjutant General. The whites and negroes shall Separate enroll- 1, 
 
 be enrolled separately, and shall be designated. These rolls shall ment * 
 
 constitute the rolls of the inactive militia. For this service the 
 
 Register of Deeds shall receive one cent for every ten names, to be 
 
 paid by the county. The rolls so made up shall be used in making 
 
 all drafts from the inactive militia. 
 
 4929. Subject to same regulations as active. Whenever any part Subject to reg-uia- 
 of the inactive militia is ordered out, it shall be governed by the tlons and penalties - 
 same rules and regulations and subject to the same penalties as the 
 
 active militia. 
 
 General Provisions. 
 
 4930. Pay and care when injured or disabled in service. An Pay and care when 
 active member of the National Guard who shall, when on duty or fn^vieef injured 
 assembled therefor, in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, 
 insurrection, or invasion, or whenever ordered by the Governor, 
 commanding officer of the National Guard, or called in aid of the 
 
 civil authorities, receive any injury, or incur or contract any dis¬ 
 ability or disease, by reason of such duty or assembly therefor, or 
 w;ho shall without fault or neglect on his part be wounded or dis¬ 
 abled while performing any lawfully ordered duty, which shall tem¬ 
 porarily incapacitate him from pursuing his usual business or occu- 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 pation, shall, during the period of such incapacity, receive the 
 actual necessary expenses for care and medical attendance, to be 
 paid out of the State Treasury, from funds not otherwise appro¬ 
 priated. 
 
 Trespassers and 4931. Trespassers and disturbers to be placed in arrest; liquors 
 puUn^rrest. 136 an ^ huckster sales prohibited. The commanding officer upon any 
 
 occasion of duty may place in arrest during the continuance thereof 
 any person who shall trespass upon the camp-ground, parade 
 ground, armory, or other place devoted to such duty, or shall in 
 % any way or manner interrupt or molest the orderly discharge of 
 
 duty by those under arms, or shall disturb or prevent the passage 
 Sale of liquor and of troops going to or returning from any duty. He may prohibit 
 bidde S n. er SaleS f ° r " an d prevent the sale or use of all spirituous liquors, wine, ale, or 
 beer, the holding of huckster or auction sales, and all gambling 
 within the limits of the post, camp-giymnd, place of encampment, 
 parade or drill under his command, or within such limits not ex¬ 
 ceeding one mile therefrom as he may prescribe. And he may in 
 his discretion abate as common nuisances all such sales. 
 
 Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the pro¬ 
 visions of this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall be in force and effect from and after its 
 ratification. 
 
 In the General Assembly read three times, and ratified this the 
 11th day of March, A. D. 1907. 
 
REGULATIONS FOE, THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 27 
 
 ARTICLE L 
 
 ARTICLES OF WAR. 
 
 1. The Articles of War of the United States apply to the militia 
 by virtue of Par. 16, Sec. 8, Art. I, of the Constitution of the 
 United States. Inasmuch as many of these articles are, from 
 their universality, deficient in direct application to the militia in 
 State service, those articles which clearly apply thereto will be 
 followed, and those which have been made applicable by North 
 Carolina statutes or orders will be followed as modified. 
 
 Section 1342, U. S. 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 com¬ 
 missioned officers; the word soldier shall be understood to include 
 non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, privates, and other 
 enlisted men, and the convictions mentioned therein shall be under¬ 
 stood 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 the 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 President of 
 the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over 
 me, according to the rules and Articles 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 guardian, or any minor under 
 the age of 16 years, or any insane or intoxicated person, 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 
 
 Officers shall 
 subscribe these 
 articles. 
 
 Articles to be read 
 to recruits. 
 
 Officers making 
 unlawful enlist¬ 
 ments. 
 
 Discharges. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Mustering persons 
 not soldiers. 
 
 Taking money on 
 mustering. 
 
 Returns of 
 regiments, etc. 
 
 False returns. 
 
 Captured stores. 
 
 Accountability 
 for arms, etc. 
 
 Furloughs. 
 
 to an enlisted man before his term of service has expired, ex¬ 
 cept by order of the President, the Secretary of War, the com¬ 
 manding officer of a department, or by sentence of a general court- 
 martial. 
 
 Art. 5. Any officer who knowingly musters as a soldier a per¬ 
 son who is not a soldier shall be deemed guilty of knowingly mak¬ 
 ing a false muster, and punished accordingly. 
 
 Art. 6. Any officer who takes money, or other thing, by way of 
 gratification, on mustering any regiment, troop, battery, or com¬ 
 pany, or on signing muster rolls, shall be dismissed from the 
 service, and shall thereby be disabled to hold any office or employ¬ 
 ment in the service of the United States. 
 
 Art. 7. Every officer commanding a regiment, an independent 
 troop, battery, or company, or a garrison, shall, in the beginning 
 of every month, transmit through the proper channels to the De¬ 
 partment 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 neg¬ 
 lect 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 Department of War, or to any of his superior officers author¬ 
 ized to call for such returns, of the state of the regiment, troop 
 or company, or garrison under his command; or of the arms, am¬ 
 munition, clothing, or other stores thereunto 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 com¬ 
 pany, is charged with the arms, accouterments, ammunition, cloth¬ 
 ing, or other military stores belonging to his command, and is 
 accountable to his colonel in case of their being lost, spoiled, or 
 damaged otherwise than by an unavoidable accident, or in actual 
 service. 
 
 Art. 11. Every officer commanding a regiment or an independ¬ 
 ent 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 consist¬ 
 ent with the good of the service. Every officer commanding a regi¬ 
 ment, 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 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 29 
 
 forces of which said enlisted men form a part. Every company 
 officer of a regiment, commanding any troop, battery, or company 
 not in the field, or commanding in any garrison, fort, post, or bar¬ 
 rack, 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 com- Musters, 
 pany, the commanding officer thereof shall give to the mustering 
 officer certificates, signed by himself, stating how long absent offi¬ 
 cers 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 non-commissioned 
 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 transmitted by the mustering officer to the Depart¬ 
 ment of War, as speedily as the distance of the place of muster 
 will admit. 
 
 Art. 13. Every officer who signs a false certificate, relating to False certificates, 
 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 False muster, 
 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 witnesses, 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, willfully or through neglect, suffers Allowing military 
 to be lost, spoiled, or damaged, any military stores belonging to s to be dam " 
 the United States, shall make good the loss or damage, and be dis¬ 
 missed from the service. 
 
 Art. 16. Any enlisted man who sells, or willfully or through Wasting ammuni- 
 neglect, wastes the ammunition delivered out to him, shall be pun- lon ' 
 ished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
 Art. 17. Any soldier who sells, or through neglect loses or Offense of selling 
 spoils his horse, arms, clothing, or accouterments, shall be pun- orse ’ arms ’ e c ‘ 
 ished 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 of July 27, 1892). 
 
 Art. 18. Any officer commanding in any garrison, fort, or bar- Commanders not 
 racks of the United States who, for his private advantage, lays t0 graft on stores * 
 any duty or imposition upon, or is interested in, the sale of any 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Disrespect to 
 president et al. 
 
 Disrespect to com¬ 
 manding officer. 
 
 Striking superior 
 officer. 
 
 Mutiny. 
 
 Failing to resist 
 mutiny. 
 
 Quarrels and frays. 
 
 Reproachful or 
 
 provoking 
 
 speeches. 
 
 victuals, liquors, or other necessities of life brought into such gar¬ 
 rison, fort, or barracks, for the use of the soldiers, shall be dis¬ 
 missed from the service. 
 
 Art. 19. Any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful 
 words against the President, 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 dis¬ 
 respect 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 punishment 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 sedition, 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 non¬ 
 commissioned 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 non-commissioned officer, or draws a weapon upon him, 
 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
 Art. 25. No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or pro¬ 
 voking 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. 
 
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 Art. 26. No officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another Challenges to fight 
 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 non-commissioned officer, commanding Permitting duels, 
 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 Upbraiding 
 soldier for refusing a challenge shall himself be punished as a fng t chaiienge! fuS " 
 challenger; and all officers and soldiers are hereby discharged 
 from any disgrace or opinion of disadvantage 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 com- Wrongs to officers; 
 
 redress of 
 
 manding officer of his regiment, and, upon due application to such 
 commander, is refused redress, may complain to the general com¬ 
 manding in the State or Territory where such regiment is sta 
 tioned. The general shall examine into said complaint and take 
 proper measures for redressing the wrong complained 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 Wrong to soldiers; 
 may complain to the commanding officer of his regiment, who redress of - 
 shall summon a regimental court-martial for the doing of justice 
 to the complainant. Either party may appeal from such regi¬ 
 mental court-martial to a general court-martial; but if, upon such 
 second hearing, the appeal appears to be groundless 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, Lying out of 
 garrison, or camp, without leave from his superior officer, shall be quarters - 
 punished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Soldiers absent 
 without leave. 
 
 Absence from drill 
 without leave. 
 
 One mile from 
 camp without 
 leave. 
 
 Failing to retire at 
 retreat. 
 
 Hiring duty. 
 
 Conniving at hiring 
 duty. 
 
 Drunk on duty. 
 
 Sentinel sleeping 
 on post. 
 
 Quitting guard, 
 etc., without leave. 
 
 False alarms. 
 
 Misbehavior before 
 the enemy, cowar¬ 
 dice, etc. 
 
 Art. 32. Any soldier who absents himself from his troop, bat¬ 
 tery, company, or detachment, without leave from his command¬ 
 ing officer, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
 Art. 33. Any officer or soldier who fails, except when prevented 
 by sickness 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. 
 
 Art. 34. Any soldier who is found one mile from camp, with¬ 
 out leave in writing from his commanding officer, shall be pun¬ 
 ished 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 company shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be ex¬ 
 cused 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 non-commissioned 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 punishment 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 indue- 
 
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 33 
 
 ing 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 Compelling a sur- 
 compelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give ren er ’ 
 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 Disclosing watch- 
 States who makes known the watchword to any person not enti- wor 
 tied to receive it, according to the rules and discipline of war, or 
 presumes to give a parole or watchword 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 wdth money, victuals, or Relieving the 
 ammunitions, or knowingly harbors or protects an enemy, shall enemy> 
 suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may 
 direct. 
 
 Art. 46. Whosoever holds correspondence with, or gives intel- Corresponding 
 
 with the enemy. 
 
 ligence 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 Desertion, 
 having been duly enlisted in the service of the United States, 
 deserts the same, 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. 48. Every soldier who deserts the service of the United Deserters shall 
 States shall be liable to serve for such period as shall, with the serve u erm ' 
 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 Tender of resigna- 
 . . , , ... , . ^ , . tion no relief from 
 
 his post or proper duties, without leave, and with intent to remain duties, 
 permanently absent therefrom, prior to due notice of *the accept¬ 
 ance of the same, shall be deemed and punished as a deserter. 
 
 Art. 50. No non-commissioned officer or soldier shall enlist him- Enlisting in other 
 
 . ,. ... ... , regiments without 
 
 self m any other regiment, troop, or company, without a regu- discharge, 
 lar 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 non-commissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Advising to desert. 
 
 Misconduct at 
 divine service. 
 
 Swearing. 
 
 Officers to keep 
 good order in their 
 commands. 
 
 Waste or destruc¬ 
 tion of property 
 without orders. 
 
 after bis 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 court-martial, be cashiered. 
 
 Akt. 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 inde¬ 
 cently 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 de¬ 
 ducted 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 forfeited 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 command; 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, either in walks or trees, parks, warrens, fish ponds, 
 houses, gardens, grain fields, inclosures, or meadows, or mali¬ 
 ciously destroys- any property whatsoever belonging to inhabitants 
 of the United States (unless by order of a general officer com¬ 
 manding 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. 
 
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 35 
 
 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 foreign parts, or at any place within the United States 
 or their Territories during 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, rob¬ 
 bery, burglary, arson, mayhem, manslaughter, murder, assault 
 and battery with an intent to kill, wounding, by shooting or stab¬ 
 bing, with an intent to commit murder, rape, or assault and bat¬ 
 tery with an intent to commit rape, shall be punishable by the 
 sentence of a general court-martial, when committed by persons 
 in the military service of the United States, and the punishment 
 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 appli¬ 
 cation, any officer refuses or willfully 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. {a) 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 
 
 (6) 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 
 
 (c) Who enters into any agreement or conspiracy to defraud 
 the United States by obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the 
 allowance or payment of any false or fraudulent claim; or 
 
 Violence to persons 
 bringing pro¬ 
 visions. 
 
 Forcing a safe¬ 
 guard. 
 
 Certain crimes 
 during rebellion. 
 
 Delivery of offend¬ 
 ers in military ser¬ 
 vice to civil magis¬ 
 trate. 
 
 Certain crimes of 
 fraud against the 
 United States. 
 Making false 
 claim. 
 
 Presenting false 
 claim. 
 
 Agreement to ob¬ 
 tain payment of 
 false claim. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 False paper. 
 
 Perjury. 
 
 Forgery. 
 
 Delivering less 
 property than 
 receipt calls for. 
 
 Giving reoeipts 
 without knowing 
 truth of. 
 
 Stealing, wrong¬ 
 fully selling, etc. 
 
 Buying public 
 military property. 
 
 ( d) Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to ob¬ 
 tain, 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 state¬ 
 ment ; or 
 
 (e) 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 
 
 (f) 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 counterfeiting 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 
 
 ( g ) Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any 
 money or other property of the United States, furnished or in¬ 
 tended 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 
 
 ( h ) Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certify¬ 
 ing 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 
 
 (i) Who steals, embezzles, knowingly and willfully misappro¬ 
 priates, applies to his own use or benefit, or wrongfully or know¬ 
 ingly sells or disposes of any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammuni¬ 
 tion, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property of the 
 United States, furnished or intended for the military service 
 thereof; or 
 
 (j) Who knowingly purchases, or receives in pledge for any 
 obligation or indebtedness, from any soldier, officer, or other per¬ 
 son w T ho is a part of or employed in said forces or service, any 
 ordnance, arms, equipments, ammunition, 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 imprison¬ 
 ment or by such other punishment as a court-martial may adjudge, 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
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 or by any or all of said penalties. 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. (Act of March 2, 1901). (31 Stat. L., 951). 
 
 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 gen¬ 
 eral, or regimental, garrison, or field officers’ court-martial, accord¬ 
 ing to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the 
 discretion of such court. 
 
 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 con¬ 
 fined in their barracks, quarters, or tents, and deprived of their 
 swords by the commanding 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 belonging 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 com¬ 
 manding 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. 
 
 Conduct unbecom¬ 
 ing- an officer and 
 gentleman. 
 
 Crimes and dis¬ 
 orders to prejudice 
 of military dis¬ 
 cipline. 
 
 Civilian employees, 
 retainers. 
 
 Jurisdiction of 
 articles of war. 
 
 Arrest of officers 
 accused of crimes. 
 
 Soldiers accused of 
 crimes. 
 
 Receiving prison¬ 
 ers. 
 
 Report of prison¬ 
 ers. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Releasing prisoners 
 without authority; 
 escapes. 
 
 Duration of con¬ 
 finement. 
 
 Copy of charges 
 and time of trial. 
 
 Who may appoint 
 general courts- 
 martial. 
 
 Who may appoint 
 general courts- 
 martial in times of 
 war. 
 
 J udge-advocates. 
 
 Composition of 
 general courts- 
 martial. 
 
 When requisite 
 number not at post. 
 
 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 
 confinement 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 re¬ 
 lease from arrest. 
 
 Art. 72. Any general officer commanding an army, a territorial 
 division or a department, or colonel commanding a separate de¬ 
 partment 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 
 President, for his approval or orders in the case. (Act of July o, 
 1884). 
 
 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 prose¬ 
 cutor of any person under his command, the court shall be ap¬ 
 pointed by the next higher commander. 
 
 Art. 74. Officers who may appoint a court-martial shall be com¬ 
 petent 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 thirteen when that number can be convened without 
 manifest injury to the service. 
 
 Art. 76. When the requisite number of officers to form a gen¬ 
 eral 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, 
 
REGULATIONS FOB THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 39 
 
 wlio 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 the necessary 
 witnesses, to be transported to the place w r here the said court shall 
 be assembled. 
 
 Art. 77. Officers of the Regular Army shall not be competent Regular officers; on 
 to sit on courts-martial to try the officers or soldiers of other courts may 
 forces, except as provided in Article 78. 
 
 Art. 78. Officers of the Marine Corps, detached for service with Marine and regular 
 the Army by order of the President, may be associated with offi- ciated°on C courts SO " 
 cers of the Regular Army on courts-martial for the trial of offend¬ 
 ers belonging to the Regular Army, or to forces of the Marine 
 Corps so detached; and in such cases the orders of the senior offi¬ 
 cer of either corps who may be present and duly authorized shall 
 be obeyed. 
 
 Art. 79. Officers shall be tried only by general courts-martial; Officers triable by 
 and no officer shall, when it can be avoided, be tried by officers generalcourtsonly - 
 inferior to him in rank. 
 
 Art. 80. The commanding officer of each garrison, fort, or other Summary courts, 
 place, regiment or corps, detached battalion or company, or other 
 detachment in the Army, shall have power to appoint for such place 
 or command, or in his discretion for each battalion thereof, a sum¬ 
 mary court to consist of one officer to be designated by him, before 
 whom enlisted men who are to be tried for offenses, such as were 
 prior to the passage of the act “to promote the administration of 
 justice in the Army,” approved October first, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety, cognizable by garrison- or regimental courts-martial, 
 and offenses cognizable by field officers detailed to try offenders 
 under the provisions of the eightieth and one hundred and tenth 
 articles of war, shall be brought to trial within twenty-four hours 
 of the time of the arrest, or as soon thereafter as practicable, 
 except when the accused is to be tried by general court-martial; 
 but such summary court may be appointed and the officer desig¬ 
 nated by superior authority when by him deemed desirable; and 
 the officer holding the summary court shall have power to admin¬ 
 ister oaths and to -hear and determine such cases, and when satis¬ 
 fied of the guilt of the accused adjudge the punishment to be 
 inflicted, which said punishment shall not exceed confinement at 
 hard labor for one month and forfeiture of one month’s pay, and, 
 in case of a non-commissioned officer, reduction to the ranks in 
 addition thereto; that there shall be a summary court record 
 kept at each military post and in the field at the headquarters of 
 the proper command, in which shall be entered a record of all 
 cases heard and determined and the action had thereon; and no 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Regimental courts. 
 
 Garrison courts. 
 
 Jurisdiction of 
 minor courts. 
 
 Oath of members 
 of courts-martial. 
 
 sentence adjudged by said summary court shall be executed until 
 it shall have been approved by the officer appointing the court, or 
 by the officer commanding for the time being: Provided, That 
 when but one commissioned officer is present with a command he 
 shall hear and finally determine such cases: And provided fur¬ 
 ther, that no one while holding the privileges of a certificate of 
 eligibility to promotion shall be brought before a summary court, 
 and that non-commissioned officers shall not, if they object thereto, 
 be brought to trial before summary courts without the authority 
 of the officer competent to order their trial by general court- 
 martial, but shall in such cases be brought to trial before garri¬ 
 son, regimental, or general courts-martial, as the case may be. 
 (Act of June 18, 1898, 30 8'tat. at Large, 1/83). 
 
 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 offi¬ 
 cers, 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 gar¬ 
 rison or other place, courts-martial, consisting of three officers, to 
 try offenses not capital. 
 
 Art. 83. Regimental and garrison courts-martial and summary 
 courts detailed under existing laws to try enlisted men shall not 
 have power to try capital cases or commissioned officers, but shall 
 have power to award punishment not to exceed confinement at hard 
 labor for three months or forfeiture of three months’ pay, or both; 
 and in addition thereto, in the case of non-commissioned officers, 
 reduction to the ranks, and in case of first-class privates reduction 
 to second-class privates: Provided, that a summary court shall 
 not adjudge confinement and forfeiture in excess of a period of one 
 month, unless the accused shall before trial consent in writing to 
 trial by said court; but in any case of refusal to so consent the 
 trial may be had either by general, regimental, or garrison court- 
 martial, or by said summary court; but in case of trial by said 
 summary court, without consent as aforesaid, the court shall not 
 adjudge confinement or forfeiture of pay for more than one 
 month. (Act of March 2, 1901). 
 
 Art. 84. The judge-advocate shall administer to each member 
 of the court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following oath, 
 which shall also be taken by all members of regimental and garri¬ 
 son courts-martial: “You, A. B., do swear that you will well and 
 truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 41 
 
 before you, between the United States of America (State of North 
 Carolina), and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly 
 administer justice, without partiality, favor, or affection, accord¬ 
 ing to the provisions of the rules and articles for the government 
 of the armies of the United States (and the established rules of 
 law for the government of the military forces of this State), and 
 if any doubt 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 discover 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 me, God.” (Act of July 27, 1892, 27 Stat. at 
 Large, 278). 
 
 Art. 85. When the oath has been administered to the members Oath of judge- 
 of a court-martial the president of the court shall administer to advocate - 
 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 particular member of the 
 court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof as a wit¬ 
 ness 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 per- Contempt of 
 son who uses any menacing words, signs, or gestures in its pres¬ 
 ence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. 
 
 Art. 87. All members of a court-martial are to behave with Behavior of mem- 
 decency and calmness. 
 
 Art. 88. Members of a court-martial may be challenged by a Challenges by 
 prisoner, but only for cause stated to the court. The court shall prisoner - 
 determine the relevancy and validity thereof, and shall not receive 
 a challenge to more than one member at a time. 
 
 Art. 89. When a prisoner, arraigned before a general court- Prisoner standing 
 martial, from obstinacy and deliberate design, stands mute, or mute * 
 answers foreign to the purpose, 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 Judge-advocate 
 or by the general or officer commanding the army, detachment, ?^unseYfor and 
 or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States P risoner - 
 (State of North Carolina), 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 
 
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 Depositions. 
 
 Oath of witness. 
 
 Continuances. 
 
 Order of voting. 
 Death penalty. 
 
 Penitentiaries. 
 
 Flogging, etc. 
 
 Discharge and dis¬ 
 missal of officers. 
 
 Publication of offi¬ 
 cers cashiered for 
 cowardice or 
 fraud. 
 
 any question to the prisoner the answer to which might tend to 
 criminate himself. 
 
 Art. 91. The depositions 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 authenticated, may be read in evidence before 
 such court in cases not capital. 
 
 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 noth¬ 
 ing 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: Provided, that if the prisoner be in close con¬ 
 finement the trial shall not be delayed for a period longer than 
 sixty days. 
 
 Art. 94. Repealed March 2, 1901. 
 
 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 concurrence 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 pen¬ 
 itentiary, 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 com¬ 
 mitted, 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, except by order of the President, or by sentence of a gen¬ 
 eral court-martial; and in time of peace no officer shall be dis¬ 
 missed, 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. 
 
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 Art. 101. When a court-martial suspends an officer from com¬ 
 mand, 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 (a) No person shall be liable to be tried and pun¬ 
 ished 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 reason 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 of April 11, 1890, 26 Stat. at Large, 54). 
 
 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 of July 21, 1892, 27 Stat. at Large, 218). 
 
 Art. 105. No sentence of a court-martial inflicting the punish¬ 
 ment 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 mur¬ 
 derers, and in the cases of guerilla marauders, 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 
 execution 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 execu¬ 
 tion until it shall have been confirmed by the President. 
 
 Art. 107. No sentence of a court-martial appointed by the com¬ 
 mander 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. 
 
 Suspension of 
 officers’ pay. 
 
 Twice in jeopardy. 
 
 Limitation of time 
 of prosecution. 
 
 Approval of 
 sentence. 
 
 Confirmation of 
 death sentence. 
 
 Confirmation of 
 dismissal in time 
 of peace. 
 
 Dismissal by divis¬ 
 ion or brigade 
 courts. 
 
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 Sentence of gener¬ 
 al officer. 
 
 Confirmation by 
 officer ordering 
 court. 
 
 Suspension of 
 sentences of death 
 or dismissal. 
 
 Pardon and miti¬ 
 gation of sentences. 
 
 Disposition of 
 records. 
 
 Party entitled to 
 a copy. 
 
 Courts of inquiry, 
 how ordered. 
 
 Members of court 
 of inquiry. 
 
 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 court, or by the 
 officer commanding for the time being, where confirmation by the 
 President, or by the commanding general in the field, or com¬ 
 mander of the department, is not required by the articles. 
 
 Art. 110. Repealed June 18, 1898. 
 
 AR’f. 111. Any officer who has authority to carry into execution 
 the sentence 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 immediately transmit to the President a 
 copy of the order of suspension, together with a copy of the pro¬ 
 ceedings of the court. 
 
 Art. 112. Every officer who is authorized to order a general 
 court-martial shall have power to pardon or mitigate any punish¬ 
 ment adjudged by it, except the punishment of death or of dis¬ 
 missal 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 such expedition as the op¬ 
 portunity of time and distance of place may admit, forward the 
 original proceedings and sentence of such court to the Judge- 
 Advocate-General of the Army, in whose office they shall be care¬ 
 fully preserved. 
 
 Art. 114. Every party tried by a general court-martial shall, 
 upon demand 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 transaction of, or accusation or imputation against, any offi¬ 
 cer or soldier, may be ordered by the President or by any com¬ 
 manding 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 destruction of 
 military merit, they shall never be ordered by any commanding 
 officer, except upon a demand by the officer or soldier whose con¬ 
 duct is to be inquired of. 
 
 Art. 116. A court of inquiry shall consist of one or more offi¬ 
 cers, not exceeding three, and a recorder, to reduce the proceed¬ 
 ings and evidence to writing. 
 
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 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 abili¬ 
 ties, 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 investigate 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 authen¬ 
 ticated 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 ad¬ 
 mitted as evidence by a court-martial, in cases not capital, nor 
 extending to the dismissal of an officer: Provided , that the cir* 
 cumstances are such that oral testimony 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 Afmy, Marine Corps, or Militia, 
 by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the 
 whole, and give .orders for what is needful 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 mus¬ 
 tered into said service, under the laws of the United States, for a 
 limited period. 
 
 Oaths of members 
 and recorder, court 
 of inquiry. 
 
 Witnesses before 
 courts of inquiry. 
 
 Opinion, when 
 given by court. 
 
 Proceedings must 
 be signed. 
 
 Proceedings of 
 court of inquiry. 
 evidence. 
 
 Command when 
 troops combine. 
 
 Regular and volun¬ 
 teer officers of 
 same relative rank. 
 
 Art. 124. Officers of the militia of the several States, when Rank of militia 
 called into the service of the United States, shall on all detach- officers ‘ 
 ments, courts-martial, and other duty wherein they may be em¬ 
 ployed in conjunction with the regular 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 
 
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 Deceased officers’ 
 effects. 
 
 Deceased soldiers’ 
 effects. 
 
 Disposition of 
 effects of deceased. 
 
 Publication of 
 articles of war. 
 
 Spies. 
 
 Attachment of 
 witnesses. 
 
 Refusal of civilian 
 witnesses to 
 testify. 
 
 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 Department of War. 
 
 Art. 127. Officers charged with the care of the effects of de¬ 
 ceased officers or soldiers shall account for and deliver the same, 
 or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representatives of such de¬ 
 ceased 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 rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, 
 shall be found lurking 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 convic¬ 
 tion thereof, suffer death. 
 
 2. Every judge-advocate of a court-martial shall have power 
 to issue like process to compel witnesses to appear and testify 
 which courts of criminal jurisdiction within the State, Territory, 
 or District where such military courts shall be ordered to sit may 
 lawfully issue. Section 1202, Revised Statutes, U. S. 
 
 3. Every person not belonging to the Army of the United 
 States, who being duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before 
 a general court-martial of the Army, willfully neglects or refuses 
 to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness to testify or produce 
 documentary evidence which such person may have been legally 
 subpoenaed to produce, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 for which such person shall be punished on information in the 
 
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 district court of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the 
 United States district attorney, on the certification of the facts to 
 him by the general court-martial, to file an information against 
 and prosecute the person so offending, and the punishment of such 
 person, on conviction, shall be a fine of not more than five hun¬ 
 dred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, 
 at the discretion of the court: Provided, that this shall not apply 
 to persons residing beyond the State, Territory, or District in 
 which such general court-martial is held, and that the fees of 
 such witness, and his mileage at the rates provided for witnesses 
 in the United States district court for said State, Territory, or 
 District, shall be duly paid or tendered said witness, such amounts 
 to be paid by the Pay Department of the Army out of the appro¬ 
 priation for the compensation of witnesses: Provided, that no 
 witness shall be compelled to incriminate himself or to answer 
 any questions which may tend to incriminate or degrade him. 
 Act of March 2, 1901 {SI Stat. at Large). 
 
PART II 
 
 ORGANIZATION, DISCIPLINE, AND 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE. 
 

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 51 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 ORGANIZED MILITIA. 
 
 4. The following provisions of the Constitution and laws govern 
 the calling of the militia into the service of the United States, as 
 provided in G. O. No. 3, War Department, January 7, 1907. 
 
 The constitutional provisions are— 
 
 The Congress shall have power * * * to provide for call¬ 
 
 ing forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress 
 insurrections and repel invasions; 
 
 To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, 
 and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the 
 service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively 
 the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the 
 militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. (Art. 
 I, sec. 8, pars. 15, 16). 
 
 The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union 
 a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them 
 against invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the 
 Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against 
 domestic violence. (Art. IV, sec. 4). 
 
 In pursuance of the foregoing delegations of authority, Congress 
 has enacted— 
 
 [Revised Statutes.] 
 
 Sec. 5288. It shall be lawful for the President, or such person 
 as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the 
 land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, 
 as shall be necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart the 
 United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the 
 treaties of the United States, she ought not to remain within the 
 United States. 
 
 INSURRECTIONS. 
 
 Sec. 5297. In case of an insurrection in any State against the 
 government thereof it shall be lawful for the President, on appli¬ 
 cation of the Legislature of such State, or of the executive when 
 the Legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of 
 the militia of any other State or States which may be applied for 
 as he deems sufficient to suppress such insurrection, or, on like 
 application, to employ for the same purposes such part of the land 
 or naval forces of the United States as he deems necessary. 
 
 Constitutional 
 
 provisions. 
 
 Calling forth 
 militia. 
 
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 When the presi- Sec. 5298. Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, com- 
 
 dent may call forth . 
 
 the militia. binations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the 
 
 authority of the Government of the United States, it shall become 
 impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce by the 
 ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United 
 States within any State or Territory, it shall be lawful for the 
 President to call forth the militia of any or all the States and to 
 employ such parts of the land and naval forces of the United 
 States as he may deem necessary to enforce the faithful execution 
 of the laws of the United States, or to suppress such rebellion in 
 whatever State or Territory thereof the laws of the United States 
 may be forcibly opposed or the execution thereof forcibly ob¬ 
 structed. 
 
 Suppression of Sec. 5299. Whenever insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful 
 
 insurrection etc 
 
 ’ ' combinations, or conspiracies in any State so obstructs or hinders 
 
 the execution of the laws thereof and of the United States as to 
 deprive any portion or class of the people of such State of any of 
 the rights, privileges, or immunities or protection named in the 
 Constitution and secured by the laws for the protection of such 
 rights, privileges, or immunities, and the constituted authorities 
 of such State are unable to protect or from any cause fail in or 
 refuse protection of the people in such rights, such facts shall be 
 deemed a denial by such State of the equal protection of the laws 
 to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the United 
 States, and in all such cases, or whenever any such insurrection, 
 violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy opposes or obstructs 
 the laws of the United States or the due execution thereof, or 
 impedes or obstructs the due course of justice under the same, it 
 shall be lawful for the President, and it shall be his duty, to 
 take such measures, by the employment of the militia or the land 
 and naval forces of the United States, or of either, or by other 
 means, as he may deem necessary for the suppression of such 
 insurrection, domestic violence, or combinations. 
 
 [Act of January 21, 1903.] 
 
 Militia divided. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
 the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the 
 militia shall consist of every able-bodied male citizen of the 
 respective States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and 
 every able-bodied male of foreign birth w T ho has declared his inten¬ 
 tion to become a citizen, who is more than eighteen and less than 
 forty-five years of age, and shall be divided into two classes—the 
 organized militia, to be known as the National Guard of the State, 
 Territory, or District of Columbia, or by such other designations 
 
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 as may be given them by the laws of the respective States or Ter¬ 
 ritories, and the remainder to be known as the reserve militia. 
 
 * * * ***** 
 
 Sec. 3. That the regularly enlisted, organized, and uniformed Troops that consti- 
 active militia in the several States and Territories and the Dis- milftia. 6 orgamzed 
 trict of Columbia who have heretofore participated or shall here¬ 
 after participate in the apportionment of the annual appropriation 
 provided by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised 
 Statutes of the United States, as amended, whether known and 
 designated as National Guard, militia, or otherwise, shall consti¬ 
 tute the organized militia. The organization, armament, and dis¬ 
 cipline of the organized militia in the several States and Territo¬ 
 ries and in the District of Columbia shall be the same as that 
 which is now or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular and 
 Volunteer Armies of the United States, within five years from the 
 date of the approval of this Act: Provided, that the President of Minimum for 
 the United States, in time of peace, may by order fix the mini- troop ’ batter y< etc - 
 mum number of enlisted men in each company, troop, battery, 
 signal corps, engineer corps, and hospital corps: And provided 
 further, that any corps of artillery, cavalry, and infantry existing 
 in any of the States at the passage of the act of May eighth, sev¬ 
 enteen hundred and ninety-two, which, by the laws, customs or 
 usages of the said States have been in continuous existence since 
 the passage of said act under its provisions and under the provis¬ 
 ions of section two hundred and thirty-two and sections sixteen 
 hundred and twenty-five to sixteen hundred and styty, both inclu¬ 
 sive, of title sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
 relating to the militia, shall be allowed to retain their accustomed 
 privileges, subject, nevertheless, to all other duties required by 
 law in like manner as the other militia. 
 
 Sec. 4. That whenever the United States is invaded, or in dan- When militia is 
 ger of invasion from any foreign nation, or of rebellion against to be called - 
 the authority of the Government of the United States, or the 
 President is unable, with the other forces at his command, to 
 execute the laws of the Union in any part thereof, it shall be law-' 
 ful for the President to call forth, for a period not exceeding nine 
 months, such number of the militia of the State or of the States or 
 Territories or of the District of Columbia as he may deem neces¬ 
 sary to repel such invasion, suppress such rebellion, or to enable 
 him to execute such laws, and to issue his orders for that purpose 
 to such officers of the militia as he may think proper. 
 
 Sec. 5. That whenever the President calls forth the militia of Length of service, 
 any State or Territory or of the District of Columbia to be em¬ 
 ployed in the service of the United States, he may specify in his 
 
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 call the period for which such service is required, not exceeding 
 nine months, and the militia so called shall continue to serve dur¬ 
 ing the term so specified, unless sooner discharged by order of the 
 President. 
 
 Apportioned ac- Sec. 6. That when the militia of more than one State is called 
 
 cording to popuia- j n ^ 0 j-he ac ^ ua ] service of the United States by the President he 
 may, in his discretion, apportion them among such States or Ter¬ 
 ritories or to the District of Columbia according to representative 
 population. 
 
 How mustered. Sec. 7. That every officer and enlisted man of the militia who 
 shall be called forth in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, and 
 shall be found fit for military service, shall be mustered or accepted 
 into the United States service by a duly authorized mustering offi¬ 
 cer of the United States: Provided, hoioever, that any officer or 
 enlisted man of the militia who shall refuse or neglect to present 
 himself to such mustering officer upon being called forth as herein 
 prescribed shall be subject to trial by court-martial, and shall be 
 punished as such court-martial may direct. 
 
 Courts-martial. Sec. 8. That courts-martial for the trial of officers or men of 
 the militia, when in the service of the United States, shall be com¬ 
 posed of militia officers only. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the militia, when called into the actual service of 
 the United States, shall be subject to the same rules and Articles 
 of War as the regular troops of the United States. 
 
 . Sec. 10. That the militia, when called into the actual service of 
 the United States, shall, during their time of service, be entitled 
 to the same pay and allowances as are or may be provided by law 
 for the Regular Army. 
 
 How paid. Sec. 11. That when the militia is called into the actual service 
 
 of the United States, or any portion of the militia is accepted 
 under the provisions of this act, their pay shall commence from 
 the day of their appearing at the place of company rendezvous. 
 But this provision shall not be construed to authorize any species 
 of expenditure previous to arriving at such place of rendezvous 
 Avhich is not provided by existing laws to be paid after their 
 arrival at such place of rendezvous. 
 
 ^ # * * * 
 Pensions. Sec. 22. That when any officer, non-commissioned officer, or pri¬ 
 
 vate.of the militia is disabled by reason of wounds, or disabilities 
 received or incurred in the service of the United States, he shall 
 be entitled to all the benefits of the pension laws existing at the 
 time of his service, and in case such officer, non-commissioned offi¬ 
 cer, or private dies in the service of the United States or in re¬ 
 turning to his place of residence after being mustered out of such 
 
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 service, or at any time, in consequence of wounds or disabilities 
 received in such service, his widow and children, if any, shall be 
 entitled to all the benefits of such pension laws. 
 
 5. Whenever the militia is called into the service of the United Organized militia 
 States the organized militia will be designated first, and in appor- ca rs * 
 tioning quotas according to representative population they will, to 
 
 the extent practicable, be so adjusted as not to leave any State 
 or Territory or the District of Columbia unprovided with a reserve 
 force sufficient to meet any emergency then existing or imminent 
 within such State or Territory or the District of Columbia. Except 
 in cases where the organized militia has been called out by direct 
 order of the President, requisition will be made by the War De¬ 
 partment upon governors of the States or Territories or the com¬ 
 manding general of the militia of the District of Columbia, and the 
 arm of the service and the number of organizations thereof re¬ 
 quired will be stated in the requisitions. 
 
 6. The President’s authority over the organized militia is de- President’s 
 rived from the Constitution and from the legislation of Congress authorit y- 
 in furtherance of its provisions and he can order it out in those 
 
 cases which are specifically provided for in paragraph 455. The 
 organized militia then becomes national in character and the 
 President its commander-in-chief. 
 
 The President is the exclusive judge of the existence of an 
 emergency justifying the ordering out of the organized militia, and 
 the measures necessary for giving effect to the order are executive 
 acts which the Secretary of War may perform as the representa¬ 
 tive of the President. 
 
 7. By direction of the President the minimum enlisted strength Minimum strength 
 for each organization of the organized militia is fixed as follows: for or s amzatlons - 
 
 For a company of infantry, total enlisted men, 58. This is based 
 on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 1 first sergeant, 
 
 1 quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 cooks, 2 
 musicians, and 42 privates. 
 
 For a troop of cavalry, total enlisted, 58. This is based on 
 apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 1 first sergeant, 1 quar¬ 
 termaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 cooks, 2 farriers 
 and blacksmiths, 1 saddler, 2 trumpeters, and 39 privates. 
 
 For a company of engineers, total enlisted,.58. This is based 
 on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 1 first sergeant, 1 
 quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 cooks, 2 musi¬ 
 cians, 21 privates first class, and 21 privates second class. 
 
 For a company of coast artillery, total enlisted, 63. This is 
 based on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 1 first ser¬ 
 geant, .1 quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 cooks, 
 
 2 mechanics, 2 musicians, and 45 privates. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Below minimum. 
 
 Equipment kept 
 on hand. 
 
 For a battery of field artillery, total enlisted, 133. This is based 
 on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 1 first sergeant, 1 
 quartermaster sergeant, 1 stable sergeant, 6 sergeants, 12 corporals, 
 2 musicians, 4 artificers, 2 cooks, and 104 privates. 
 
 For a company of signal corps, total enlisted, 58. This is based 
 on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 5 sergeants first class, 
 5 sergeants, 10 corporals, 2 cooks, 18 privates first class, and 18 
 privates second class. 
 
 For the hospital corps: (a) Ambulance company section, total 
 enlisted, 43. This is based on apportionment to grades as follows, 
 viz.: 2 sergeants first class, 7 sergeants, and 34 privates, first 
 class and privates, (b) Field hospital, total enlisted. 33. This is 
 based on apportionment to grades as follows, viz.: 3 sergeants first 
 class, 6 sergeants, and 24 privates, first class and privates. 
 
 8. No organization will be accepted into the service of the United 
 States which, in the number of its officers and enlisted men, is 
 below the minimum prescribed by the President, or above the 
 maximum strength fixed by law for such organization; and when¬ 
 ever any organization which is ordered out, or called upon, is be¬ 
 low the minimum, it shall be immediately recruited to at least that 
 standard before leaving its home station. 
 
 9. From the day that any portion of the organized militia 
 ordered into actual service of the United States appears at the 
 place of company rendezvous, the men will be provided with the 
 necessary clothing, equipment, armament, and ammunition, sub¬ 
 sisted, and transported to the place of concentration, under the 
 following plan: 
 
 (a) Governors of States and Territories and the commanding 
 general of the militia of the District of Columbia will be required 
 to keep on hand, either at the various company armories or in 
 suitable storehouses, a sufficient supply of arms, clothing, etc., to 
 completely equip for the field the minimum number of men pre¬ 
 scribed by the President for each organization, so that on being 
 called into the service any organization will be completely equipped 
 from the stores on hand in the State or Territory or the District 
 of Columbia without calling on the War Department for assist¬ 
 ance ; any organization which is below the minimum, and which 
 is obliged to recruit to its proper standard, is thus enabled to im¬ 
 mediately uniform, arm, and equip the recruits before proceeding 
 to the place of concentration where they will eventually be mus¬ 
 tered into the service of the United States. 
 
 (b) The various locations of company rendezvous rendering it 
 impossible to issue rations in kind economically, the commanding 
 officer of any portion of the organized militia called into the actual 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 service of the United States will purchase cooked meals for his 
 command while at the company rendezvous, and thereafter until 
 arrival at the State camp or other place of concentration where 
 rations in kind are available for issue. An expense not exceeding How subsisted. 
 60 cents a man a day is authorized for such meals, except for the 
 time consumed in traveling to the State camp or other place of 
 concentration, during which time not exceeding 75 cents a man a 
 day is authorized. The purchase of cooked meals, as above, should 
 be made after advertising, or, if conditions do not permit of adver¬ 
 tising, in open market under paragraph 549, the accounts prepared 
 on Form 7 of the Subsistence Department (the voucher covering 
 the travel period to show places between which, and dates when, 
 travel was performed) certified by the officer procuring the meals, 
 and sent to the chief commissary of the department for payment. 
 
 (c) When the organized militia is ordered into the service of Transportation, 
 the United States, the quartermaster general of the State or Ter¬ 
 ritory or of the militia of the District of Columbia, or an officer 
 designated by the Governor or the commanding general of the mili¬ 
 tia of the District of Columbia, will arrange for the necessary 
 transportation from the company rendezvous to the place of con¬ 
 centration. He will ascertain the number of officers and men, the 
 
 number of animals, and approximate weight of the property for 
 which transportation will be required, and submit the data to 
 competing lines of transportation with a view to securing the best 
 rates obtainable from starting points to the place of concentration. 
 
 (Form of circular for this purpose is given in paragraph 693, 
 Quartermaster’s Manual, 1904). 
 
 Blank forms of contracts, transportation requests, and bills of 
 lading, to cover the cost of the movements, on which are printed 
 full instructions, will be furnished by the chief quartermaster of 
 the military department in which the State or Territory or the 
 District of Columbia is located, on application. 
 
 All accounts for the transportation of the organized militia Accounts paid, 
 ordered out will be submitted by the carriers to the officer of 
 the State or Territory or of the militia of the District of Colum¬ 
 bia making the contract, who will examine them, and, if found 
 correct, transmit them duly certified, together with the transpor¬ 
 tation requests, bills of lading, and contracts, to the chief quarter¬ 
 master of the military department in which the State or Terri¬ 
 tory or the District of Columbia is located, for adjustment and 
 settlement. 
 
 ( d ) Ammunition will be supplied under orders of the War Ammunition. 
 Department upon arrival at place of concentration. 
 
 10. To expedite the mobilization of the organized militia ordered mobilization. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Physical exami¬ 
 nation. 
 
 Muster rolls. 
 
 into the service of the United States, the War Department after 
 consultation with the governors or the commanding general of the 
 militia of the District of Columbia will designate convenient places 
 in the State or Territory or in the District of Columbia for assem¬ 
 bling companies, batteries, etc., the United States Government 
 meeting, as hereinbefore provided, all authorized expenses inci¬ 
 dent to this preliminary concentration from the day the militia 
 appear at their places of company rendezvous. The organized 
 militia called into the service of the United States will be mus¬ 
 tered in at these designated places of concentration by officers of 
 the Army detailed for this purpose by the War Department. The 
 extent of the physical examination, upon said muster in, will be 
 in accordance with the length and character of the service for 
 which the organizations are called out and will be prescribed 
 in orders from the War Department: Provided, that in such 
 States or Territories or the District of Columbia as shall have 
 adopted a standard of physical examination for enlistment and 
 re-enlistment of the organized militia approved by the Secretary 
 of .War, such militia shall be deemed under the law “fit for mili¬ 
 tary service,” and shall be duly mustered into the service of the 
 United States as such. Under these conditions, as soon as practica¬ 
 ble after such muster in, without interfering with the supreme 
 duty of the militia, the defense of the country, and in such a man¬ 
 ner as not to prevent their employment against an enemy, a physi¬ 
 cal examination will be made by a medical officer of the Army 
 detailed for the purpose, who shall note all cases of defect and 
 cause the same to be entered on the muster roll against the name 
 of each individual, stating in each case whether the defect so 
 noted existed prior to the muster in of the soldier. 
 
 11. It shall be the duty of every officer designated to muster 
 into the service of the United States any of the militia of the sev¬ 
 eral States or Territories or of the District of Columbia, to see 
 that the muster rolls contain all information that might in any 
 way affect pay or which it might be necessary to consider in the 
 settlement of claims for pensions. Blank forms and detailed 
 instructions will be forwarded to mustering officers by the War 
 Department. 
 
 Upon the completion of the muster in of any organization, the 
 mustering officer shall forward the rolls promptly to their proper 
 destinations as given in his detailed instructions. 
 
 12. In all cases payments to militia mustered into the service of 
 the United States will be made in the same manner as to organiza¬ 
 tions of the Regular Army. 
 
 13. At the termination of the period for which the President 
 
 Mustering out. 
 
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 59 
 
 called the militia forces into the service of the United States, they 
 shall be mustered out by an officer of the Army detailed for the 
 purpose, at such rendezvous favorable to all interests concerned 
 as may be directed by the War Department. The mustering officer 
 will be provided by the War Department with blanks and detailed 
 instructions. 
 
 14. To facilitate the settlement of claims that may be made for Claims, 
 pensions on account of disability incurred in the military service— 
 
 that is, to establish the rights of persons under the pension laws, 
 as well as to protect the interests of the United States—a thorough 
 physical examination of all officers and enlisted men of the militia 
 will be made immediately prior to their discharge or their 
 muster out. 
 
 15. Specific regulations for mustering the militia into the service 
 of the United States and for its muster out will be published by 
 the War Department when the necessity arises. 
 
 16. When any company, troop, battery, battalion, or ^regiment Enlisting in 
 of the organized militia of any State or Territory or of the District v ° un eer arm ' 
 of Columbia enlists in a body in the Volunteer Army, such organi¬ 
 zation loses its identity as a part of the organized militia, so far 
 
 as the United States Government is concerned, changes its designa¬ 
 tion, and becomes a similar unit of the Volunteer Army. It shall 
 comply with all the conditions and requirements prescribed for 
 similar organizations of the Volunteer Army as to strength, medi¬ 
 cal examination, etc. If the President, under authority vested in 
 him by law, has called forth' any of the organized militia, no part 
 of the organization so called forth is eligible for enlistment in the 
 Volunteer Army, should one be raised, until properly mustered out 
 of the service of the United States. 
 
 THE DIVISION. 
 
 17. In case the National Guard shall be increased at any time Division staff, 
 to two or more brigades the brigades and other military units of 
 
 the National Guard shall compose the division, which shall be 
 commanded by a major-general, or, in case of his absence or dis¬ 
 ability, by the senior line officer of the National Guard. He may 
 be provided with a staff as follows: 
 
 2 Assistant Adjutants-general, one of the grade of colonel, one 
 of the grade of lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 2 Inspectors, one of the grade of colonel, one of the grade of 
 lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 1 Judge-advocate, of the grade of lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 2 Inspectors of Small-arms Practice and Ordnance Officers, 
 
 one of the grade of lieutenant-colonel, one of the grade of 
 major. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 New organizations, 
 how formed. 
 
 Petition for 
 company. 
 
 Obedience. 
 
 Courtesy. 
 
 Conduct of officers. 
 
 1 Quartermaster, of the grade of lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 1 Commissary of Subsistence, of the grade of lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 1 Surgeon, of the grade of colonel. 
 
 1 Engineer, of the grade of lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 1 Signal Officer, of the grade of major. 
 
 3 Aides-de-camp, each of the grade of major. 
 
 18. A company, troop or battery may be organized upon the peti¬ 
 tion of a number of persons, subject to military duty, equal to the 
 minimum required for the organization proposed. Such petitions 
 shall be forwarded to the commander-in-chief, and, if approved by 
 him, the petitioners shall be assembled, and, after inspection, shall 
 be enlisted; provided, the number enlisted be not less than the 
 minimum number required for such organization. The mustering 
 officer shall then require the persons enlisted to elect officers, and 
 shall transmit to the Adjutant-general a certificate showing the 
 result of such election, together with a muster roll of the organi¬ 
 zation. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 
 
 19. All persons in the military service are required to obey 
 strictly, and execute promptly, the orders of their superiors. Any 
 question as to the legality or propriety of an order should be 
 raised after execution of the order. First obey the order, then 
 if there be a question, raise it in the proper way. 
 
 20. 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. When an officer or man 
 enters an armory under orders, he ceases to be a citizen and be¬ 
 comes a soldier. From that moment his identity, other than as a 
 member of the organization of which he is a part, is lost until 
 he is dismissed from duty. No better test of the personal quali¬ 
 ties and character of any man can be had than that which shows 
 him capable of sinking his personality and becoming the proper 
 part of the military machine of which he is a member. This 
 whether he be a private or general. 
 
 21. The conduct of officers in their relations with enlisted men 
 serving under them while under orders should be precisely that 
 which is found between officers and men in the regular army. This 
 is part of good discipline. Officers and men must inform them¬ 
 selves as to what these usages are in the regular army of the 
 United States, and then conform absolutely. When the duties of a 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 61 
 
 soldier are laid aside and a return, as it were, to civil life is had, 
 then the social relations which exist between officers, and officers 
 and men, revert to the original conditions. Respect in the service 
 and proper courtesy should be shown superiors, not necessarily 
 because they are personally superior, but on account of the office 
 which they hold. In other words, respect the office if not the man, 
 but in any case show respect. Enlisted men will not be expected 
 or required to salute officers when out of uniform and not under 
 orders, but every courtesy required by the Regulations of the 
 United States Army will be shown when under orders, whether 
 officers be with or without uniform. 
 
 22. Military authority will be exercised 'with firmness, kindness Authority, 
 and justice. Punishments must conform to law, and follow 
 offenses as promptly as circumstances will permit. 
 
 23. Superiors are forbidden to injure those under their author¬ 
 ity by tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by abusive language. 
 
 24. Deliberations or discussions among military men conveying Discussions, 
 praise or censure, or any mark of approbation, towards others in 
 
 the military service, and all publications relating to private or 
 personal transactions between officers, are prohibited. 
 
 25. Officers and enlisted men of the National Guard shall be in armories, 
 considered on duty whenever in the headquarters or armories of 
 
 their regiments or companies, and will obey the orders of their 
 superiors present, the same as upon any duty required by law or 
 orders, and all commanders or officers detailed by them for the 
 purpose shall have the right to visit, at any time, any headquar¬ 
 ters or armory within their command, and give any orders which 
 they may think for the best interest of the service. Armories 
 shall be under the entire control of the senior officer of the organi¬ 
 zations therein quartered unless otherwise ordered, excepting that 
 any officer shall have access to armories when in the line of duty. 
 
 26. The introduction or use of intoxicating liquors of any kind intoxicating 
 
 liquors. 
 
 whatsoever, by any officer or enlisted man of the North Carolina 
 National Guard, or other person, in any drill hall, assembly room, 
 store room, club room, or office, or any other room used in con¬ 
 nection with any armory for which the State pays a rental, is 
 prohibited. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 PRECEDENCE OF REGIMENTS AND CORPS. 
 
 27. On all occasions of ceremony, troops are arranged from Troops, how posted 
 right to left in line, and from head to rear in column, in the fol- m hne or column ‘ 
 lowing order: First, infantry; second, field artillery; third, cav- 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Definition of 
 military rank. 
 
 How held. 
 
 airy. Artillery serving as infantry is posted as infantry; dis¬ 
 mounted cavalry and marines are on the left of the infantry; 
 engineer troops and detachments of the Signal Corps are on the 
 right of the command to which they are attached; detachments 
 of the Hospital Corps are assigned to place according to the na¬ 
 ture of the service. When cavalry and field artillery, or field 
 artillery and infantry, are reviewed together without other troops, 
 the artillery is posted on the left. In the same arm, regulars, 
 U. S. volunteers, 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 occa¬ 
 sions troops of all classes are posted at the discretion of the gen¬ 
 eral or senior commander. [A. R. 6]. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 RANK AND PRECEDENCE OF OFFICERS AND NON¬ 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
 
 28. Military rank is that character or quality bestowed on mili¬ 
 tary persons which 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 marks the relative positions and powers of the different 
 classes of persons possessing it. [A. R. 7]. 
 
 29. Rank is generally held by virtue of office in an arm of the 
 service, corps, or department, but may be conferred independently 
 of office, as in the case of retired officers and of those holding it 
 by brevet. [A. R. 8]. 
 
 30. The following are the grades of rank of officers and non¬ 
 commissioned officers: 
 
 1. Lieutenant-general. 
 
 2. Major-general. 
 
 3. Brigadier-General. 
 
 4. Colonel. 
 
 5. Lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 6. Major. 
 
 7. Captain. 
 
 8. First lieutenant. 
 
 9. Second lieutenant. 
 
 10. Veterinarian, cavalry and artillery. 
 
 11. Cadet. 
 
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 12. Sergeant-major, regimental; sergeant-major, senior grade, 
 artillery; master electrician; master signal electrician. 
 
 13. Ordnance sergeant; post commissary-sergeant; post quarter¬ 
 master-sergeant ; electrician sergeant; sergeant first class hospital 
 corps; first class signal sergeant. 
 
 14. Quartermaster-sergeant and commissary-sergeant, regimen¬ 
 tal ; chief musician. 
 
 15. Sergeant-major, squadron and battalion; sergeant-major, 
 junior grade, artillery; color-sergeant; chief trumpeter, principal 
 musician; battalion quartermaster-sergeant, engineers. 
 
 16. First sergeant; drum major. 
 
 17. Sergeant; quartermaster-sergeant, company; stable sergeant, 
 battery. 
 
 18. Corporal. 
 
 In each grade date of commission, appointment, or warrant 
 determines the order of precedence. [A. R. 9]. 
 
 31. Officers of the Regular Army, Marine Corps, and volunteers Date of commis- 
 when commissioned or mustered into the service of the United pr^cedencef 1111116 
 States, being upon equal footing, take precedence in each grade 
 
 by date of commission or appointment. [A. R. 10]. 
 
 32. Between officers of the same grade and date of appointment How relative rank 
 or commission, other than through promotion by seniority, relative 1S determmed - 
 rank is determined by length of service, continuous or otherwise, 
 
 as a commissioned officer of the United States, either in the Regu¬ 
 lar Army or, since April 19, 1861, in the volunteer forces. When 
 periods of service are equal, precedence will, except when fixed 
 by order of merit on examination, be determined, first, by rank in 
 service when appointed; second, by former rank in the Army or 
 Marine Corps; third, by lot. [A. R. 11]. 
 
 33. The relative rank between officers of the Army and Navy is 
 as follows, lineal rank only being considered: 
 
 General with admiral. 
 
 Lieutenant-General with vice-admiral. 
 
 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. [A. R. 12]. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 An officer in tem¬ 
 porary command 
 will not change 
 existing orders. 
 
 Staff officers not to 
 assume command. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 COMMAND. 
 
 34. Command is exercised by virtue of office and the special 
 assignment of officers holding military rank who are eligible by 
 law to exercise command. Without orders from competent author¬ 
 ity an officer cannot put himself on duty by virtue of his commis¬ 
 sion alone, except as contemplated in the twenty-fourth and one 
 hundred and twenty-second Articles of War. [A. R. 113]. 
 
 35. The following are the commands appropriate to each grade: 
 
 1. For a captain, a company. 
 
 2. For a major, a battalion. 
 
 3. For a colonel, a regiment. 
 
 4. For a brigadier-general, a brigade. 
 
 5. For a major-general, a division. [A. R. 14]. 
 
 36. The designation “company,” as used in these regulations, 
 applies to troops of cavalry, batteries of field artillery, and to 
 companies and bands of all arms and corps. The designation 
 “battalion,” applies in like manner to squadrons of cavalry. [A. 
 R. 15], 
 
 37. 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. [A. R. 16]. 
 
 38. 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. [A. R 17]. 
 
 39. By virtue of their commission all officers may command en¬ 
 listed men, but no officer of the staff shall assume command of 
 troops, while a line officer is present and on duty with them, 
 except under orders which specially so direct by the authority of 
 the commander-in-chief. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
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 ARTICLE VSI. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 40. No person shall be eligible to office in the military forces of 
 the State of North Carolina who is not a male citizen of the 
 United States, of twenty-one years of age or upwards, and a resi¬ 
 dent in this State, or who is under sentence of disability to hold 
 office, or command, or of suspension from command, in the military 
 forces of the United States, or of any State. 
 
 41. No election shall be held unless a majority of the electors 
 are present and vote. 
 
 42. The person who has a majority of the written or printed 
 votes of the electors present and voting, at an election of commis¬ 
 sioned officers, shall be deemed elected. 
 
 43. The qualifications of an elector are—for -an officer, that he 
 has been elected or appointed and commissioned; for a soldier, 
 that he has been duly enlisted into the service of the State. 
 
 44. An officer re-elected or reappointed immediately upon expi¬ 
 ration of his term of service, shall retain his date of rank. 
 
 45. An officer tendering his resignation will remain on duty 
 with his command until he has received due notice that his resig¬ 
 nation has been accepted. 
 
 46. Every qualified voter in a command shall be duly notified 
 of the time, date and place of a nomination or an election. 
 
 47. Enlistments for voting purposes are expressly forbidden. 
 Officers making such enlistments shall be liable to trial by general 
 court-martial. 
 
 48. Elections for officers of the North Carolina National Guard 
 will be held only in pursuance of orders of the Governor and com¬ 
 mander-in-chief, issued through the office of the adjutant-general. 
 
 49. Any officer may be temporarily assigned to do duty with 
 other commands, or in other departments, than his own. 
 
 50. All staff officers of the National Guard shall be appointed 
 as hereinafter provided, and commissioned by the commander-in¬ 
 chief, on the request of the several appointing officers, provided 
 that such appointees be eligible. 
 
 51. The following oath must be subscribed by all commissioned 
 officers before entering upon their duties, and may be taken before 
 any person authorized under the laws of the State to admin¬ 
 ister oaths, and shall be forwarded through proper channels, 
 within ten days, to the adjutant-general; otherwise they shall be 
 taken to have declined: 
 
 Election. 
 Who eligible. 
 
 Majority. 
 Who elected. 
 
 Qualifications of 
 electors. 
 
 Resignation ten¬ 
 dered does not 
 relieve from duty. 
 
 Voters must be 
 notified. 
 
 Enlistments for¬ 
 bidden. 
 
 Elections held only 
 by orders of com¬ 
 mander-in-chief. 
 
 Staff officers, how 
 appointed. 
 
 Qualification. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Oath. 
 
 Record of service. 
 
 Liability not 
 affected. 
 
 Resignation and 
 vacation of com¬ 
 missions. 
 
 Resignations, how 
 accepted. 
 
 Resignations not 
 considered. 
 
 “I,.. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will 
 
 support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the 
 State of North Carolina against all enemies, foreign and domestic; 
 that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take 
 this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose 
 of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties 
 of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me, God. 
 
 (Grade). 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this . day of 
 
 .. 190.. 
 
 52. Every person shall, upon his first entry in the service as an 
 officer, forward, with his oath of office, a statement upon his 
 honor, embracing a complete and entire record of his military 
 service in the National Guard of this or any other State, the volun¬ 
 teer or regular army or navy of the United States, place of birth, 
 date of entry into service, of promotions, grades and positions, 
 discharges, wounds received and engagements participated in, if 
 any, as enlisted man or officer. 
 
 53. No resignation, removal, discharge, dismissal, nomination, 
 or appointment to other office, shall in any way affect the liability 
 of an officer for public property in his possession, or for which he 
 is responsible. 
 
 54. Resignations of all officers shall be in writing, addressed 
 to the adjutant-general, and transmitted through intermediate 
 commanders, who will endorse the same, with their approval or 
 disapproval. The address of officers resigning shall accompany 
 their resignations. 
 
 55. The commander-in-chief alone can accept the resignation of 
 an officer; and no officer will be considered out of service on the 
 tender of his resignation, until it has been duly accepted. Any 
 officer who, having tendered his resignation, shall, prior to due 
 notice of its acceptance, and without leave, quit his proper duties, 
 with the intent to remain permanently absent therefrom, shall be 
 considered as absent without leave, except when on or called for 
 active service in aid of civil authorities or, in time of war, insur¬ 
 rection or rebellion; at all of which excepted times the 49th Article 
 of War shall govern. 
 
 56. As a general rule, resignations tendered by officers when 
 under orders to perform a special service will not be considered. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE NT. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 67 
 
 57. Resignations shall contain full and complete reasons there- Must give reasons, 
 for; and commanding officers shall not approve such resignations 
 
 unless the reasons tendered are urgent and satisfactory. 
 
 58. When an officer is appointed to another office in the National Commissions 
 Guard the acceptance of a commission under such appointment vacated * 
 shall vacate the position previously held. 
 
 59. An officer resigning on account of physical disability must 
 submit with his resignation a certificate of a medical officer, or 
 reputable physician in good standing, approved by a medical offi¬ 
 cer, showing the extent of his disability. 
 
 60. A resignation tendered under charges will be forwarded, Resignation of 
 
 accompanied by a report of the case and a copy of the charges. 
 All correspondence with the adjutant-general’s department, on the 
 part of the officer who tenders the resignation, will be conducted 
 through prescribed channels. [A. R. 80]. 
 
 61. Leave of absence will not be granted on tender of resigna¬ 
 tion unless the resignation be unconditional and immediate. When 
 leave is requested the officer’s address will accompany the resigna¬ 
 tion. [A. R. 81]. 
 
 62. An officer may be discharged by order of the commander- 
 in-chief, either—• 
 
 Upon the report of a board of examiners; 
 
 Or the sentence of a court-martial. 
 
 63. An officer may be honorably discharged by the commander- 
 in-chief—• 
 
 Upon tender of resignation; 
 
 Upon the recommendation of a medical board; 
 
 Upon the disbandment of the organization to which he belongs; 
 
 Or, if a staff officer, on the written request of the officer ap¬ 
 pointing him, or upon the qualification of his appointed successor; 
 
 Or when he shall accept an appointment in the army or navy of 
 the United States. 
 
 All officers, on attaining the age of 64 years, shall be retired 
 from active service and placed on the retired list. 
 
 64. An officer may be dismissed by the commander-in-chief when 
 it shall appear to him that such officer has been convicted of a 
 felony, or has been dishonorably discharged or dismissed from the 
 service of the United States, or from the National Guard of this 
 or any other State; or to carry out the sentence of a court-martial. 
 
 65. All officers discharged or retired from the service of the 
 State shall be entitled to receive a certificate thereof in such form 
 as the commander-in-chief shall direct. 
 
 66. Dishonorable discharges are given only upon sentence of a 
 court-martial. 
 
 officers under 
 charges. 
 
 Leave of absence. 
 
 How discharged. 
 
 How honorably 
 discharged. 
 
 How dismissed. 
 
 Entitled to cer¬ 
 tificate. 
 
 Dishonorably dis¬ 
 charged. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Habitual drunken¬ 
 ness. 
 
 May be brought 
 before a board. 
 
 Transfer. 
 
 Leave of absence. 
 
 Leave of absence 
 not granted, when. 
 
 Commanding offi¬ 
 cer to issue orders 
 relinquishing com¬ 
 mand. 
 
 Officers leaving 
 camp. 
 
 67. Habitual intemperance, gambling, or other vices that tend 
 to corrupt an officer and lower the professional standard will be 
 regarded as proper subjects for the consideration and report of a 
 board. 
 
 68. 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 com¬ 
 mand 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 improbable, 
 this fact, rather than his condition when he appears before the 
 board, shall weigh in finding as to his incapacity for further 
 service of the State of North Carolina. 
 
 69. A regimental or battalion staff officer may be transferred 
 from one command to another, without loss of rank, by the com¬ 
 mander-in-chief, upon the written application of the officer desir¬ 
 ing the transfer, with the approval of the commanding officers. 
 
 70. No officer shall at any time absent himself from his command 
 for a period of more than thirty days, without obtaining a leave 
 of absence. 
 
 71. Leaves of absence are given in special orders, and may be 
 granted for good and valid reasons only, to the officers of their 
 respective commands, for periods not exceeding two months by 
 regimental commanders. Applications for leave of absence for 
 periods over two months must be made to the commander-in-chief. 
 
 72. A leave of absence will not be granted which would leave a 
 company without an officer, regiment without a field officer, a 
 camp or post without two officers; nor shall a leave of absence be 
 granted to an officer during a season of active operations, or dur¬ 
 ing the annual encampment, except on urgent necessity. 
 
 73. When troops are on active duty, an officer shall not absent 
 himself from his command, for any period, without obtaining 
 leave from the highest commander on duty With the troops. 
 
 74. No officer will consider himself on leave until he shall have 
 received a copy of the order, or notice, granting the same. 
 
 75. An officer obtaining leave of absence is considered as being 
 on duty with his command until he gives official notice of his 
 intention to avail himself of such leave. A regimental or battalion 
 commander shall issue his order relinquishing his command and 
 designating the officer on whom the command falls. The officer 
 so designated, on receipt of such order, shall issue his own order 
 assuming command. 
 
 76. Officers desiring to leave camp will secure verbal permis¬ 
 sion from their commanding officer, lieutenants first securing per¬ 
 mission from their immediate company commanders. 
 
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 77. An application for leave of absence or extension thereof, Leave on account 
 on account of sickness, must be accompanied by a certificate, in of slckness - 
 prescribed form, from a medical officer; if possible, from one 
 
 attached to the command of the applicant. 
 
 78. Whenever an officer has been absent on account of sickness Officers may be 
 for six months, he may be ordered before, and examined by, a JJjSgJjd examiners, 
 medical board, and upon their recommendation shall be discharged. 
 
 79. An officer returning to duty from a leave of absence must 
 report immediately in writing, through superior commanders, to 
 the officer by whom his leave was granted, and forthwith make 
 himself acquainted with all orders issued during his absence. 
 
 80. An officer absent from his command three months without 
 leave shall be dropped from the rolls of the National Guard, for 
 desertion. 
 
 81. Whenever an officer is ordered to perform any duty, not Traveling on duty, 
 being with troops, he shall proceed by the most direct practicable 
 
 route without unnecessary delay; and except in case of sudden 
 illness, must not apply for leave q £ absence from the time he 
 receives the order until the duty has been performed. 
 
 82. Officers are entitled to use State transportation requests at state transporta- 
 public expense only when traveling on duty by order of competent tlon ' 
 authority. The use of State transportation requests except when 
 
 on duty is prohibited. 
 
 83. When an officer dies, his immediate commanding officer will Death of an officer, 
 make, in writing, a report of his death, specifying the date, place how re P° rted - 
 and cause, and forward the same through proper channels to the 
 
 office of the adjutant-general. 
 
 84. Any effects of a deceased officer which may be left in the Deceased officers, 
 armory, camp, or other rendezvous of the company, will be care¬ 
 fully collected and turned over by the company commander to the 
 
 legal representative of the deceased. 
 
 85. Any member of the National Guard learning of the death Any member of 
 of another member, and having reason to suppose the same has de' a th. N ' G ‘ report 
 not been already reported, will immediately notify the proper com¬ 
 manding officer of the fact and circumstances. 
 
 86. On the death of an officer in charge of public funds and Officer deceased in 
 property, his immediate commanding officer will designate an offi- fSnds 6 ° f pubhc 
 cer to take up and inventory such funds and property, and make 
 
 the customary returns therefor, stating actual amounts and condi¬ 
 tions, forwarding same to the adjutant-general. The action herein 
 prescribed will also be taken in the case of an officer who, while in 
 charge of public funds or property, deserts or becomes insane. 
 
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 REGULATIONS EOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Must be ordained. 
 
 To visit the sick. 
 
 Officers must 
 assist chaplains. 
 
 Must be examined. 
 
 Pay. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 CHAPLAIN. 
 
 87. The chaplain is recognized as entitled to the same consid¬ 
 eration and courtesy as an officer having the rank of captain, with¬ 
 out the title or privilege of command. He is subject to the same 
 rules and regulations as other officers of the National Guard. He 
 does not wear a sword. At parade his place is on the left of the 
 commissioned staff. 
 
 88. No person should be appointed to the office of chaplain who 
 is not a regularly ordained minister of some religious denomina¬ 
 tion, and who is not known to be in good standing as such. 
 
 89. It is the duty of the chaplain, having previously signified 
 his intention to the medical officer in charge, to visit the sick in 
 hospital or in quarters, in order to afford religious advice and con¬ 
 solation. 
 
 90. All chaplains shall be jffepared to hold appropriate religious 
 services at military funerals. It shall be their duty to hold public 
 religious services, when on duty with their commands, at least 
 once each Sunday when practicable, and at such other times as 
 their commanding officers shall authorize. 
 
 91. All officers are required to do everything in their power to 
 aid chaplains in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 VETERINARIANS. 
 
 92. Veterinarians are appointed by the commander-in-chief, sub¬ 
 ject to competitive examinations as to eligibility, capacity, and 
 fitness. The scope and conditions of such examinations will be 
 announced in orders from time to time by the adjutant-general. 
 They shall receive certificates of appointment signed by the com¬ 
 mander-in-chief. 
 
 93. A veterinarian has the pay of a second, lieutenant, mounted, 
 and is entitled to the same allowances in kind, of quarters, fuel 
 and lights. [A. R. 89]. 
 
 94. It shall be the duty of the veterinarian 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 author¬ 
 ized private horses of mounted officers as may need his services. 
 [A. R. 90]. 
 
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 ARTICLE X. 
 
 POST NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 
 
 • 95. The post non-commissioned staff consists of ordnance, post 
 commissary and post quartermaster sergeants. They are appointed 
 by the commander-in-chief from the line. 
 
 96. A post non-commissioned staff officer will assist the officer 
 of his department, and will not be detailed upon any service not 
 pertaining to his proper position, unless the necessities of the 
 service require such detail, in which case the post commander will 
 note the fact, with reasons therefor, on the sergeant’s personal 
 report [A. R. 97]. 
 
 97. A post non-commissioned staff officer may be re-enlisted, pro- Re-enlistment, 
 vided he shall have conducted himself properly and performed 
 
 his duties in a satisfactory manner. If, however, his commanding 
 officer should not deem the re-enlistment to be for the best interest 
 of the service he will communicate his reasons to the adjutant- 
 general in time to receive the decision of the commander-in-chief 
 before the soldier’s discharge. A post non-commissioned staff offi¬ 
 cer will be furnished with a warrant signed by the commander-in- 
 chief. The warrant will remain in force so long as the soldier is 
 continuously in the service, i. e., if he re-enlists the day following 
 that of his discharge. Every such re-enlistment will be noted on 
 the back of the warrant by the officer who re-enlists the soldier, as 
 follows: Re-enlisted (date); warrant continued. 
 
 98. Post non-commissioned staff officers, though liable to dis- Not to be reduced, 
 charge for inefficiency or misconduct, will not be reduced. [A. 
 
 R. 102]. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 ENLISTMENTS. 
 
 99. Any male citizen of the State of North Carolina or person Qualifications, 
 who has legally declared his intention to become a citizen, if 
 
 above the age of twenty-one and under the age of thirty-five years, 
 able-bodied, free from disease, of good character and temperate 
 habits, may be enlisted under the restrictions contained in this 
 article. In regard to age this regulation shall not apply to sol¬ 
 diers who have served honestly and faithfully a previous enlist¬ 
 ment in the North Carolina National Guard. 
 
 100. The enlistment of persons of any of the following classes who prohibited, 
 is prohibited: Former soldiers whose service during last term of 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Minors. 
 
 Recruiting officer 
 responsible. 
 
 Married men. 
 
 Enlistment papers. 
 
 enlistment was not honest and faithful, insane or intoxicated per¬ 
 sons, deserters from the military or naval service of the United 
 States, the National Guard of this or any other State, persons 
 who have been convicted of felony, or who have been imprisoned 
 under sentence of a court in a reformatory, jail or penitentiary; 
 also foV original enlistment, persons under eighteen or over forty- 
 five years of age, and for first enlistment in time of peace any 
 person who is not a citizen of this State, or who has not made a 
 legal declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United 
 States, or who cannot speak, read, and write the English language. 
 
 101. Recruiting officers will be very particular to ascertain the 
 true age of the recruit. If any doubt exists as to the applicant’s 
 statement regarding his true age, his oath will not be taken as 
 conclusive evidence of the fact, and if he cannot furnish compe¬ 
 tent proof to support his statement lie will be rejected. Minors 
 between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years may be enlisted 
 with the written consent of father, only surviving parent, or 
 legally appointed guardian. When a minor presents himself for 
 enlistment under the provisions of this paragraph, his parents or 
 guardian, should he have any, will be found and informed of the 
 application; should he be without parents or guardian, the recruit¬ 
 ing officer must reject him unless the applicant shall procure the 
 legal appointment of a guardian and obtain his written consent. 
 
 102. Recruiting officers will be held to a rigid accountability for 
 the enlistment of men who may be found unfitted for the service. 
 If a recruit, after having been enlisted, be rejected, or discharged 
 as a minor, and it appears that the enlistment was carelessly 
 made or in violation of these regulations, any expense incurred 
 in consequence of the enlistment may be charged against the offi¬ 
 cer responsible. 
 
 103. The enlistment or re-enlistment of married men for the 
 line of the North Carolina National Guard is to be discouraged, 
 and will be permitted only for some good reason in the public 
 interest, the efficiency of the service to be of the first considera¬ 
 tion. Applications for such enlistments or re-enlistments will 
 be finally determined by the regimental commander, or other 
 proper commanding officer if there be no regimental organization. 
 
 104. After the nature of the service and terms of enlistment 
 have been fully explained to the applicant, and before the enlist¬ 
 ment blanks are filled, the officer will read to him and offer for 
 his signature the following declaration which will be contained 
 in the enlistment paper: 
 
 I, .. desiring to enlist in the National 
 
 Guard of the State of North Carolina for the term of three years, 
 
 Declaration. 
 
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 do declare that I am of legal age to enlist, and believe myself to 
 be physically qualified to perform the duties of an able-bodied 
 soldier; and I do further declare that I am of good habits and 
 character in all respects, and have never been discharged from the 
 United States service (Army or Navy) or the National Guard of 
 North Carolina or any other State on account of disability, or 
 through sentence of either civil or military court, nor discharged 
 from any service, civil or military, except with good character, 
 and for the reasons given by me to the recruiting officer prior to 
 this enlistment. 
 
 Given at .this . day of ., 190.. 
 
 Witness: 
 
 If the applicant be a minor, his parents or guardian must give Consent of parents, 
 consent in writing in the following terms: 
 
 I,., do certify that I am the.of 
 
 .; that the said. is . 
 
 years of age; and I do hereby freely give my consent to his enlist¬ 
 ment as a Soldier in the National Guard of the State of North 
 Carolina. 
 
 Given at.. this.day of.190.. 
 
 Witness: 
 
 This consent will appear on the enlistment paper, and will fol¬ 
 low the foregoing declaration. 
 
 105. Recruiting officers will not allow any man to be enticed Recruiting officers 
 into the service by false representations, but will, in person, ex- Wl11 explain * 
 plain to every man before he signs the enlistment paper the nature 
 
 of the service, the length of the term, the amount of pay, clothing, 
 rations, and other allowances to which a soldier is entitled by law. 
 
 [A. R. 863]. 
 
 106. As soon as practicable, the following form of enlistment 
 will be signed by and oath administered to the recruit: 
 
 State of North Carolina —City or Town of., ss.: Oath. 
 
 U ., born in .., in 
 
 the State of ., aged . years 
 
 and.months, race., and by occupation a., 
 
 do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily.enlisted 
 
 this . day of ... 190.., as a Soldier in 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Bands. 
 
 Articles of war 
 read. 
 
 Real name. 
 
 False enlistments. 
 
 Medical examina¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Company ., Regiment ., National Guard 
 
 of the State of North Carolina, for the period of three years un¬ 
 less sooner discharged by proper authority; and do also agree to 
 accept from the State of North Carolina such pay, rations, and 
 clothing as are or may be established by law. And I do solemnly 
 swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the 
 United States of America and to the State of North Carolina, that 
 I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies 
 whomsoever, and that I will observe the orders of the President 
 of the United States,' the Governor of North Carolina, and the 
 orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Regula¬ 
 tions for the Government of the Armies of the United States and 
 of the North Carolina National Guard. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this . day 
 
 of., A. D. 190.. 
 
 Recruiting Officer. 
 
 This oath may be administered by any commissioned officer of 
 the North Carolina National Guard. 
 
 107. Members of the regimental band will be enlisted under 
 the supervision of the regimental commander, who may designate 
 by order any commissioned officer of his regiment to act as recruit¬ 
 ing officer, such enlistments to be made under the provisions of 
 this article. 
 
 108. Such of the Articles of War as relate specially to the 
 duties and rights of enlisted men and the penalties for military 
 crimes will be plainly read and, so far as necessary, explained to 
 each recruit just before administering to him the oath of enlist¬ 
 ment. Within six days thereafter the Articles of War will be 
 read to the recruit. [A. R. 865]. 
 
 109. Enlistment papers will be made on printed forms furnished 
 by the Adjutant-General, and will be executed and disposed of in 
 accordance w r itli his directions. 
 
 110. The real name of the recruit will be ascertained, correctly 
 spelled, and written in the same way wherever it occurs, and the 
 Christian name will not be abbreviated. [A. R. 867]. 
 
 111. Enlistments or re-enlistments will not be antedated. 
 
 112. Should it become known that a recruit had made a false 
 statement concerning his age or touching any fact connected with 
 his medical examination, or enlistment, his commanding officer 
 will forward such information to the Adjutant-General, who may 
 authorize the soldier’s discharge, teitliout honor. 
 
 113. The physical examination of recruits will be conducted in 
 accordance with the prescribed orders from the Adjutant-General. 
 
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 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 TRANSFER OF ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 114.. Transfers of enlisted men will be made for cogent reasons 
 only. 
 
 115. A transfer will take effect on the date of the receipt of the Transfer to take 
 order at the post where the soldier is serving, and a descriptive effect ’ when - 
 list and account of pay and clothing showing that date will be 
 forwarded to the commanding officer of the company or detach¬ 
 ment to which the soldier is transferred. The actual date of 
 
 transfer will be stated on the roll upon which the soldier is first 
 paid after transfer. 
 
 116. Enlisted men may be transferred from one company to From one company 
 another in the same regiment by the commanding officer of the to another * 
 regiment, from one regiment to another by the brigade com¬ 
 mander. 
 
 117. An application for transfer of an enlisted man from one Applications, how 
 organization to another must be made in writing by the soldier made - 
 desiring the transfer; must state the cause, and be accompanied 
 
 by a certificate of nonindebtedness to his company, and must be 
 forwarded by his immediate commander, through prescribed chan¬ 
 nels, to the officer having the authority to make the transfer. 
 
 118. A transfer shall be announced in orders by the officer mak- Announced in 
 ing the transfer, and the soldier transferred shall be furnished orders - 
 with a statement of his military record by his former commander. 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 
 FURLOUGHS. 
 
 119. Furloughs in the prescribed form. for such periods as Who may grant 
 deemed necessary may be granted to enlisted men when on active furlou ^ hs - 
 duty by the commander of a tactical division, separate brigade, or 
 regimental commander, provided the regimental commander is the 
 
 highest authority present. Company commanders may grant fur¬ 
 loughs. [A. W. 11]. 
 
 120. At encampment or in the field, upon the receipt of a fur- Transportation 
 lough showing clearly the urgency of his case, the authority com- furmshed - 
 petent to grant such furlough may order transportation to be 
 furnished soldier to enable him to reach his destination, provided 
 
 that transportation will not be issued to any point beyond the 
 limits of the State of North Carolina. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Granting fur¬ 
 loughs suspended. 
 
 How reported. 
 
 Effects. 
 
 How dropped. 
 
 Arrest. 
 
 121. The commanding officer of a corps, or of a separate com¬ 
 mand in the field, may suspend the granting of furloughs in any 
 or all organizations within his command whenever, in his opinion, 
 circumstances render it necessary or advisable, or for the best 
 interests of the service. [A. R. 106]. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 DECEASED SOLDIERS. 
 
 122. When a soldier dies his commanding officer will make, in 
 writing, on the monthly report, a statement of his death, specify¬ 
 ing the date, place, and cause, and forward in the usual'manner. 
 The regimental or battalion commander will note said report on 
 his consolidated monthly report. Discharge certificate will not be 
 furnished in case of death. 
 
 123. Any effects of a deceased soldier which may be left in the 
 armory, camp, or other rendezvous of the company, will be care¬ 
 fully collected and turned over by the company commander to the 
 legal representative of the deceased. 
 
 124. Any member of the National Guard learning of the death 
 of another member, and having reason to suppose the same has 
 not been already reported, will immediately notify the proper 
 commanding officer of the fact and circumstances. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 
 DESERTERS. 
 
 125. If a soldier in time of peace habitually absents himself 
 for a period of three months from all drills or parades of his com¬ 
 pany, he will be carried as a deserter, and his commanding officer 
 will furnish a statement setting out all the facts, forwarding same 
 through military channels to the Adjutant-General, who may 
 authorize soldier to be dropped as a deserter. 
 
 126. If a soldier when on duty with his company, by order of 
 the proper authority for the suppression of insurrection, preserva¬ 
 tion of the peace, or similar duty, willfully absents himself from 
 his command for more than twenty-four hours, he shall be carried 
 as a deserter, and his commanding officer will take immediate 
 steps to secure such deserter’s arrest. 
 
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 127. Deserters in time of insurrection, or disturbance of the To be tried, 
 peace, when captured, or when voluntarily surrendering them¬ 
 selves, will be brought before a court-martial according to the 
 statutes of North Carolina and the rules and articles of war. 
 
 128. Lists of deserters will be published by the Adjutant-Gen- List published, 
 eral, in order for the information of the North Carolina National 
 
 Guard. 
 
 129. A deserter will make good the time lost by desertion, unless Make good lost 
 discharged by competent authority. He will be considered again 
 
 in the service from the date of his apprehension or surrender; but 
 if a deserter enlists while in desertion, such service shall not be 
 counted as making good time lost by desertion. 
 
 130. A deserter will not be restored to duty without trial, ex-How restored to 
 cept by authority competent to order his trial; such restoration, duty ‘ 
 
 being ordered only in case the desertion is admitted, does not re¬ 
 move the charge of desertion or relieve the soldier from any of 
 the forfeitures attached to that offense; he must make good the 
 time lost by desertion, refund the expenses paid for apprehension 
 and delivery, and forfeit pay while absent. The same authority 
 is competent to set aside a charge of desertion as having been erro¬ 
 neously made and his order to this effect operates to remove the 
 charge of desertion and all stoppages and forfeitures arising there¬ 
 from. 
 
 131. Soldiers not charged with crime, discovered to be deserters Deserters from 
 from the army, navy, or marine corps, will be dropped from the army ° r navy ' 
 rolls of the North Carolina National Guard. In such case a report 
 
 will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General—stating all the facts 
 connected with the case—by the proper commanding officer. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 
 DISCHARGES. 
 
 132. To secure the discharge of an enlisted man, except for How secured, 
 expiration of service, the immediate commanding officer will make 
 application to the Adjutant-General for such discharge, setting 
 forth in full the reason therefor. The application will be for¬ 
 warded through official channels for recommendations. If such 
 application is approved by the Adjutant-General, the discharge 
 will be authorized and directed in special order by the Adjutant- 
 General. Upon the receipt of such order, or when an enlisted 
 man’s term of service has expired, the immediate commanding 
 officer will prepare the discharge certificate, certifying to the man’s 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Without honor. 
 
 Removal beyond 
 limits of town 
 where armory is 
 located. 
 
 Must not drop. 
 
 Administration. 
 
 character and military record, and submit the discharge certificate 
 to the regimental or separate battalion commander for signature. 
 When signed the certificate will be returned and by the immediate 
 commanding officer delivered to the man. 
 
 The application for the discharge of a man for physical dis¬ 
 ability must be accompanied by the certificate of a medical officer. 
 
 Commanding officers, in preparing discharge certificates, will 
 exercise especial care to state plainly the cause for discharge, as 
 well as the authority for the discharge. (Example: “Removed 
 
 from State, Special Order No.. A. G. O., dated.. 
 
 1904,” or “Expiration Term of Service”). 
 
 133. Discharges without honor will be given only by order of 
 the commander-in-chief. 
 
 134. When a soldier has removed to a place beyond the town 
 adjoining the armory of his company, and his company commander 
 is satisfied that the soldier is unable to attend properly to duty, 
 the company commander may make application for the discharge 
 of such soldier; provided, that the company commander serve 
 notice in writing upon such soldier of his intention to make such 
 application. (Such application to be delivered in person or by 
 registered mail). After this has been done, and at the expiration 
 of seven days, the company commander shall forward such appli¬ 
 cation in the manner prescribed to the Adjutant-General, together 
 with such statement as the soldier may make, with the following 
 form of certificate, endorsed thereon: “I hereby certify that due 
 notice according to regulations has been given the above-named 
 men (or man) entitled to same.” The certificate should appear 
 on the face of the application for discharge above the signature 
 of the company commander. 
 
 If the removal of the residence of a soldier is out of the 8tate 
 the company commander shall make application for his discharge. 
 
 135. Company commanders will not drop the names of men from 
 the rolls until their discharges have been received. 
 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 
 REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS. 
 
 136. In the infantry arm the regiment is the administrative 
 unit. The station of the permanent regimental commander is the 
 headquarters of the regiment. The command of a regiment de¬ 
 volves upon the senior officer on duty with it wherever he may be 
 stationed. Whenever incomplete battalions of the same or differ- 
 
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 ent regiments are serving together the commanding officer may 
 designate provisional battalions. The battalion is a unit for 
 maneuver and instruction; it is not an administrative unit; it has 
 no headquarters, and when serving in the regiment, no records. 
 
 When battalions are not organized into regiments the regulations 
 will apply thereto when not otherwise specifically provided. 
 
 137. A regimental commander should continually labor for the Regimental com- 
 instruction and efficiency of his regiment. He should encourage 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 experienced and immediate 
 censure of any conduct liable to produce dissension 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 supervise the instruc¬ 
 tion of the officers of his immediate command and make an 
 inspection of such command at least once each year. 
 
 138. Field officers of the line of the North Carolina National Field and staff. 
 Guard are assigned by the regimental commander to stations or 
 commands where their services are most required, provided troops 
 
 of their own regiments are serving there, and are assigned to ap¬ 
 propriate duties by the commanding officer. 
 
 139. The regimental staff officers are commissioned by the com- How appointed, 
 mander-in-chief upon the recommendation of the regimental com¬ 
 mander. 
 
 140. The following named books and papers will be kept in each Books and papers, 
 regiment: An order book, a correspondence book with index, a 
 regimental fund book, and a descriptive book, furnished by the 
 Adjutant-General; all orders, circulars and instructions from 
 
 higher authority, returns, muster and' pay rolls of the regimental 
 non-commissioned staff and band, reports of drills of companies, 
 other regimental returns and reports, and all correspondence con¬ 
 cerning the regiment or affecting its personnel, all returns of the 
 personnel of the regiment, and the general and special orders and 
 circulars of the Adjutant-General’s department, and such general 
 orders and circulars of the War Department as affect the organ¬ 
 ized militia, will be permanently preserved. 
 
 141. The non-commissioned officers of bands will be appointed Bands, 
 by the commander of the organization to which bands are attached. 
 
 142. Commanding officers will require bands to play national “star Spangled 
 and patriotic airs on appropriate, occasions. The playing of “The Banner -” 
 
 Star Spangled Banner” as a part of a medley is prohibited. [A. 
 
 R. 255]. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Detailed to take 
 command. 
 
 N on-commissioned 
 officers. 
 
 How appointed. 
 
 Reduction to 
 ranks. 
 
 Lance corporals. 
 
 First sergeant. 
 
 ARTICLE XVIII. 
 
 TROOPS, BATTERIES AND COMPANIES. 
 
 143. In the absence of all the officers of a company the regi¬ 
 mental commander may assign an officer, preferably of the same 
 regiment, to its command. If there be no officer available the 
 fact will be reported to the Adjutant-General. 
 
 144. Captains will require their lieutenants to assist in the per¬ 
 formance of all company duties, including the keeping of records 
 and the preparation of the necessary reports and returns. [A. R. 
 260]. 
 
 145. Non-commissioned 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 inconsist¬ 
 ent with their rank and position. Officers will be cautious in re¬ 
 proving them in the presence or hearing of private soldiers. 
 [A. R. 261]. 
 
 146. Company non-commissioned officers are appointed or re¬ 
 duced to the ranks by company commanders, subject to the ap¬ 
 proval of the regimental commander. Upon the appointment or 
 reduction to the ranks of any non-commissioned officer, cook, 
 artificer, musician, trumpeter, wagoner or saddler, company com¬ 
 manders will forward to the regimental commander a copy of the 
 order making such appointments or reductions, and will note same 
 on the monthly report. 
 
 147. A non-commissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks 
 by the sentence of court-martial; if reduced to the ranks by sen¬ 
 tence of court-martial the company commander will forward a 
 transcript of the order to the Adjutant-General. The transfer of 
 a non-commissioned officer from one organization to another car¬ 
 ries with it reduction to the ranks. The desertion of a non-com¬ 
 missioned officer vacates his position from the date of his unau¬ 
 thorized absence. 
 
 148. To test the capacity of privates for the duties of non¬ 
 commissioned officers company commanders may appoint lance 
 corporals, who will be obeyed and respected as corporals, but no 
 company shall have more than one lance corporal at a time, unless 
 there are non-commissioned officers absent by authority, during 
 which absence there may be one for each absentee. [A. R. 263]. 
 
 149. The captain will select the first sergeant, quartermaster 
 sergeant, and stable sergeant from the sergeants of his company, 
 and may return them to the grade of sergeant without reference 
 to higher authority. [A. R. 264]. 
 
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 150. Each non-commissioned officer will be furnished with a Warrants, 
 certificate or warrant of his rank, signed by the division, brigade, 
 regimental or battalion commanders, as the case may be, and coun¬ 
 tersigned by the Adjutant-General or adjutant, but a separate war¬ 
 rant will not be given to first sergeant, quartermaster sergeant, or 
 
 stable sergeant. A warrant issued to a non-commissioned officer 
 is his personal property. Warrants need not be renewed in case 
 of re-enlistment in the same company, if re-enlistment is made the 
 day following the day of discharge, but will remain in force until 
 vacated by promotion or reduction, each re-enlistment and continu¬ 
 ance to be noted on the warrant by the company commander. 
 
 151. The following named books and papers will be kept in Books and papers, 
 each company: An order book, a correspondence book with index, 
 
 a company treasurer’s book, a sick report book, a morning report 
 book, and a property and descriptive book. These books are fur- 
 ljished by the Adjutant-General. There shall be kept the complete 
 record, description and accounts of all men belonging or who have 
 belonged to the company. There will also be kept orders and 
 instructions received from higher authority, returned copies of 
 various rolls, reports, and returns, required by regulations and 
 orders, and all letters and correspondence affecting the personnel 
 of the company. 
 
 152. Company, band and detachment commanders will make a Interior economy 
 
 complete inspection of their organizations every month. of companies. 
 
 1 53. The company commander will cause the enlisted men of Squaded. 
 the company to be numbered and divided into squads, each under 
 
 the charge of a non-commissioned officer. 
 
 154. Company commanders will see that all public property in 
 possession of enlisted men is kept in good order, and that missing 
 or damaged articles are duly accounted for. 
 
 155. Company commanders are responsible for text-books and 
 other official publications issued to their company. [A. R. 282]. 
 
 156. Enlisted men will not take their arms apart except by Mutilating arms 
 permission of a commissioned officer under proper supervision, and P rohibited - 
 only in the manner prescribed in the descriptive pamphlet of the 
 
 arms issued by the Ordnance Department, United States Army. 
 
 The polishing of blued or browned parts of small arms, reblueing 
 or rebrowning, putting any portion of an arm in a fire, or remov¬ 
 ing a receiver from a barrel, is prohibited. The mutilation of any 
 part by filing or otherwise, and attempt to beautify or change the 
 finish, are prohibited. Pieces will be unloaded before 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 
 
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 Polishing equip¬ 
 ment. 
 
 Fitting equipment. 
 
 Marking equip¬ 
 ment. 
 
 Messing and cook¬ 
 ing. 
 
 small arms is forbidden. The prohibition in this paragraph of 
 attempts to beautify or change the finish of arms in the hands of 
 enlisted men is not construed as forbidding the application of raw 
 linseed oil to the wood parts of the arms. This oil is considered 
 necessary for the preservation of the wood, and it may be used 
 for such polishing as can be given by rubbing in one or more coats 
 when necessary. The use of raw linseed oil only will be allowed 
 for redressing, and the application for such purpose of any kind 
 of wax or varnish, including heelball, is strictly prohibited. 
 
 157. It is forbidden to use any dressing or polishing material 
 on the leather accouterments or equipments of the soldier, all 
 horse equipments and harness, except the preparations supplied 
 or authorized by the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 158. Equipments will be fitted to the men under the direction 
 of an officer; all other changes are prohibited. [A. R. 285]. 
 
 159. Articles of public property issued to a company for its 
 exclusive use will, when practicable, be marked with the letter or 
 number of the company and number and arm of the regiment. 
 Such articles issued to an enlisted man (arms and clothing ex¬ 
 cepted) will, as far as practicable, be marked with the number of 
 the man, letter or number of the company, and number of the regi¬ 
 ment. Haversacks, canteens, and similar articles of equipment 
 will be uniformly marked on the outside, as follows: Cavalry, 
 crossed sabers with letter of company above and number of regi¬ 
 ment below the intersection; infantry, crossed rifles with letter of 
 company above and number of regiment below the intersection; 
 artillery, crossed cannons with the number of the company or bat¬ 
 tery at the intersection of the cannons; the special corps of the 
 Army, according to their respective devices. The design will be 
 stenciled in black, the letters and numbers in full-faced charac¬ 
 ters. The design will be placed above the letters “U. S.” on equip¬ 
 ments, and the soldier’s number in characters one inch high below 
 the letters “U. S.” Articles will not be marked with the number 
 of the men in the Hospital and Signal Corps. [A. R. 286]. 
 
 160. Kitchens will be under the immediate charge of a commis¬ 
 sioned officer, who will be held responsible for their condition and 
 the proper use of rations, and he will inspect and supervise the 
 proper issuing of each meal. No one will be allowed to visit or 
 remain in the kitchen except those who go there on duty. The 
 greatest care will be observed in cleaning and scouring cooking 
 utensils. 
 
 161. Special regulations for subsistence cannot be made to suit 
 every case and circumstance when troops are in the annual en¬ 
 campment or on active duty in aid of civil authority. Personal 
 
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 care and judgment on the part of company officers are relied on to 
 prevent waste or misuse. In camp or other active service the Mess furniture, 
 mess furniture of a soldier will be limited to one tin cup, knife, 
 fork, spoon and meat can, or such other article as the ordnance 
 department may provide. 
 
 ARTICLE XIX. 
 
 COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 162. Regimental and company councils of administration are Powers, 
 assembled to audit the regimental and company funds, respect¬ 
 ively; to ascertain and examine the sources from which, and 
 methods by which, they have accrued; to recommend expenditures 
 therefrom, and to conduct the civil affairs of their commands. 
 
 163. The regimental council of administration may consist of How organized, 
 any three officers of the field and staff other than the regimental 
 commander, to be appointed by the regimental commander. The 
 
 company council will consist of all officers present for duty with 
 the company. The council of administration for the medical de¬ 
 partment shall consist of the three senior medical officers on duty 
 at the stations of Hospital Corps organizations, or as many as are 
 available if less than three. 
 
 164. At the close of each quarter, and oftener when necessary, how convened, 
 the company council of administration will convene, to audit 
 
 the accounts and balance the treasurer’s books. The records of 
 the proceedings of the council shall be entered in the treasurer's 
 book, immediately following the balance; the balance will then be 
 carried forward. 
 
 The following, or a similar form of order, will be issued: 
 
 “Armory Company.. Third Infantry, N. C. N. G., 
 
 Raleigh, N. C., .190.. 
 
 “Order No. 
 
 The council of administration of Company 3d Infantry, 
 
 N. C. N. G., will convene at the armory on the 30th day of Sep 
 
 tember, 190 .., at.o’clock.M., for the purpose of 
 
 auditing the company fund accounts and to transact such other 
 business as may properly be brought before it. 
 
 Captain Co .. Third Infantry, N. C. N. G., Commanding." 
 
 The record of the proceedings and findings will be in the follow¬ 
 ing or similar form: 
 
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 Proceedings. 
 
 Treasurer elected. 
 
 New treasurer will 
 receipt. 
 
 Approval of. 
 
 “Armoby Company.. Third Infantry, N. C. N. G., 
 
 Raleigh, N. C., .190.. 
 
 The company council of administration met pursuant to the fol¬ 
 lowing order: 
 
 (Quote the order in full). 
 
 All members present (of such officers absent, giving reasons 
 why). 
 
 The accounts of the treasurer were examined and found (here 
 state condition, make recommendations, etc.). 
 
 There being no further business, the council adjourned. 
 
 President. 
 
 Recorder. 
 
 . Member.” 
 
 165. The junior member of each council will record the proceed¬ 
 ings in the treasurer’s book, to include a written certificate of 
 the responsible officer that the funds are on deposit in a reputable 
 banking institution named in the certificate, or a statement signed 
 by an officer of said banking institution showing the balance on 
 hand, will be exhibited the council, which proceedings will be 
 signed by all the members of the council. Those of the regimental 
 council will be submitted to the regimental commander, who will 
 sign his approval or note objection on the council on the treas¬ 
 urer’s book; should he disapprove the proceedings and the council, 
 after reconsideration, adhere to its conclusion, a copy of the pro¬ 
 ceedings will be sent to the Adjutant-General, whose decision upon 
 all questions not involving pecuniary responsibility will be final, 
 and will be entered in the treasurer’s book. In proceedings of 
 company councils the regimental commander will decide disagree¬ 
 ments, but an appeal may be taken to the Adjutant-General. 
 
 166. At the meeting of September 30th, each year, each com¬ 
 pany council will select one of its members, and each regimental 
 council a field or staff officer to serve as treasurer of the fund for 
 his organization, who shall give bond according to law to faith¬ 
 fully and honestly discharge his duties according to law and regu¬ 
 lations and the resolves of the council of administration. A com¬ 
 pany commander' shall not be treasurer when there is another 
 officer with the company. 
 
 167. Whenever a new treasurer has qualified he will receipt for 
 the balance on hand, and a duplicate of this receipt will be for¬ 
 warded, through military channels, to the Adjutant-General. 
 
 168. The commanding officer who approves the appropriations 
 of a council, and in the matter of the company fund the company 
 commander, will be held responsible for all expenditures not made 
 in accordance with regulation. [A. R. 316]. 
 
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 169. The council will designate a depository for the safe-keep-Depository, 
 ing of the funds, and every expenditure will be made pursuant to a 
 previous vote of the council, duly recorded. Payments will be 
 
 made on vouchers furnished by the Adjutant-General. 
 
 170. The fund will be disbursed exclusively for the benefit of Officers must not 
 the organization to which it pertains, and will not be used for the use ' 
 purchase of officers’ uniforms or equipments. 
 
 171. Accounts of officers for expenses incurred by them in the 
 interest of their organizations must set forth in full the necessity 
 of such expenses, itemizing the latter. 
 
 172. All debts must be promptly paid, and the contracting of 
 debts in excess of available funds is prohibited. 
 
 173. In case of loss of regimental or company funds, the cir- Loss of company 
 cumstances will be carefully investigated and reported by the funds - 
 council, with recommendation as to responsibility. 
 
 174. The commanding officer will cause a copy of the proceed¬ 
 ings of the council to be posted in the armory or headquarters for 
 a period of thirty days. 
 
 175. Post or regimental exchanges may be conducted at any Post or regimental 
 camp, which shall be under the direction of the commanding offi- exchan ® es * 
 
 cer thereof. Same to be conducted in conformity to the rules and 
 regulations of the United States Army governing post exchanges. 
 
 176. The sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in any post saie of intoxi- 
 exchange at any camp of the North Carolina National Guard is prohibited 01 ^ 8 
 prohibited. 
 
 article xx. 
 
 ROSTER, DETACHMENTS AND DAILY SERVICE. 
 
 177. A roster is a list of officers or men for duty, with a record The roster, 
 of the duty performed by each. Generally details for duty are so 
 
 made that the one longest off is the first for detail. Details so 
 made are said to be made by roster. [A. R. 359]. 
 
 178. All details for service in garrison and in the field, except Details, 
 the authorized 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. [A. R. 360]. 
 
 179. The duties performed by roster are of two classes. The Duties; two 
 first comprises (a) outposts; (6) interior guards, including stable classes - 
 guards; (c) detachments to protect laborers on military works; 
 
 (d) armed working parties on such works. Soldiers march armed 
 and, if necessary, fully equipped on all duties of this class. The 
 second class comprises all other duties and fatigue, in or out of 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Separate rosters. 
 
 Outposts and inte¬ 
 rior guards. 
 
 Details by roster. 
 
 Officer detailed and 
 not present. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 No duties required 
 until four hours 
 after being 
 relieved. 
 
 Signal corps ex¬ 
 empt from duty, 
 when. 
 
 the garrison or camp. The rosters are distinct for each class. 
 [A. R. 361]. 
 
 180. 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 form one roster, and are exempt from ordinary fatigue 
 duties. Lieutenants form one roster, but when conditions make it 
 advisable captains and lieutenants may be placed on one roster, 
 or one or more of the senior lieutenants may be placed on the 
 captains’ roster. Sergeants, corporals, musicians, and privates 
 form distinct rosters. [A. R. 362]. 
 
 181. Unless otherwise ordered by the commanding officer, offi¬ 
 cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates take duties of the 
 first class in the order stated in paragraph 179, viz., the first for 
 detail takes the outposts, the next the interior guards, and so on. 
 In those of the second class the senior officer takes the largest 
 party. The party first for detail takes the service out of camp. 
 [A. R. 363]. 
 
 182. 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 available since the beginning of his last tour. De¬ 
 partures from this rule may be authorized by the commanding 
 officer whenever a strict application would allow improper advan¬ 
 tage or work hardship. [A. R. 364]. 
 
 183. 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 outpost has passed the chain of sentinels, or an 
 interior guard has reached its post, the officer whose tour it was 
 cannot take it unless so ordered by the commanding officer. 
 [A. R. 365]. 
 
 184. 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. [A. R. 366]. 
 
 185. 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. [A. R. 367]. 
 
 186. Detachments of the Signal Corps shall be exempt from 
 detail for any other duty, except when in the judgment of the 
 commanding officer the importance of the duty will not permit 
 exemption. [A. R. 369]. 
 
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 187. As far as the exigencies of the service will permit, detach¬ 
 ments for armed service will be formed by taking battalions, com¬ 
 panies, platoons, or other subdivisions in turn, according to the 
 roster. [A. R. 370]. 
 
 188. Officers or enlisted men detailed for detached service while Detachments, 
 on other duty will be relieved from that duty, if practicable, in 
 
 time to march with the detachment. [A. R. 371]. , 
 
 189. When a detachment is to be formed from the different Detachments, how 
 organizations of a command the adjutant or Adjutant-General orgamzed - 
 forms its contingent, verifies the details, and sends it to the place 
 
 of assembly, or turns it over to the detachment commander. 
 
 [A. R. 372]. 
 
 190. Wh6n detachments meet, the command is regulated while Senior officers can- 
 they serve together as if they formed one command, but the senior not prevent - 
 officer cannot prevent the commander of any detachment from 
 
 moving when he thinks proper to execute the orders he has re¬ 
 ceived. [A. R. 373]. 
 
 191. On the return of a detachment its commander reports to 
 the headquarters from which he received his orders. [A. R. 374]. 
 
 1 92. There will be daily at least two roll-calls, viz.: At reveille Daily service, 
 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, superin¬ 
 tended by a commissioned officer. Ordinarily there will not be 
 any formation for roll-call at tattoo, but the prescribed signal will 
 be sounded, and fifteen minutes thereafter lights will be extin¬ 
 guished and all noise and loud talking will cease. Call to quarters 
 will be sounded at the designated time, and fifteen minutes later 
 taps. At taps all lights not authorized by the commanding officer 
 will be extinguished and the first sergeant or other non-commis¬ 
 sioned 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 will, ordinarily, not 
 take place earlier than 5:30 A. M. 
 
 193. Except at the ceremony of parade, the result of a roll-call Roll-call, how 
 will be reported after the companies have been dismissed, to the reported * 
 officer superintending the call, who will report the result to the 
 commanding officer. [A. R. 377]. 
 
 194. In camp and garrison the commanding officer fixes the Commanding offi- 
 hours for reports, issues, and roll-calls, and for the performance rIjOTts S etc UrS f ° r 
 of stated duties and fatigues. In garrison, retreat will be not 
 
 later than sunset. The signals will be sounded by the field musi¬ 
 cians in accordance with authorized drill regulations. [A. R. 
 
 378]. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Policing quarters. 
 
 Honors. 
 
 Colors or stand¬ 
 ards, how saluted. 
 
 Must stand at 
 attention. 
 
 No honors paid by 
 troops on march. 
 
 195. After breakfast, and after stable duty in the mounted 
 service, the tents or quarters and adjacent grounds will be policed 
 by the men of the companies and the guard-house or guard-tent 
 by the prisoners, or by members of the guard, if there be no 
 prisoners. [A. R. 379J. 
 
 ARTICLE XXL 
 
 HONORS, COURTESIES AND CEREMONIES. 
 
 196. 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 Presi¬ 
 dent’s March; the General, the General’s March; the Lieutenant- 
 General, 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. [A. R. 380]. 
 
 197. To the Vice-President, the members of the Cabinet, the 
 Chief Justice, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
 House of Representatives, 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 ministers, the same 
 honors as to the Lieutenant-General; to officers of the Navy the 
 honors due to their relative rank; to officers of marines and volun¬ 
 teers, 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. [A. R. 381]. 
 
 198. The national ©r 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 uncover¬ 
 ing. [A. R. 382]. 
 
 199. Whenever “The Star Spangled Banner” is played by the 
 band on a formal occasion at a military station, or at any place 
 where persons belonging to the military service are present in 
 their official capacity, all officers and enlisted men present will 
 stand at attention. The same respect will be observed toward the 
 national air of any other country when it is played as a compli¬ 
 ment to official representatives of such country. [A. R. 383]. 
 
 200. No honors are paid by troops when on the march or in 
 trenches, except that they may be called to attention, and no salute 
 
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 89 
 
 is rendered when marching in double time or at the trot or gallop. 
 
 [A. R. 384]. 
 
 201. The commanding officer is saluted by all commissioned offi- Commanding offi¬ 
 cers in command of troops or detachments. Troops under arms cer to be saluted - 
 will salute as prescribed in drill regulations. [A. R. 385]. 
 
 202. All officers salute on meeting and in making or receiving officers salute on 
 official reports. Military courtesy requires the junior to salute meetin £- 
 
 first, but when the salute is introductory to a report made at a 
 military ceremony or formation 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 acknowledge by salut¬ 
 ing, that he has received and understood the report. When under 
 arms the salute is made with the sword or saber, if drawn; other¬ 
 wise with the hand. A mounted officer dismounts before address¬ 
 ing a superior not mounted. [A. R. 386]. 
 
 203. On official occasions officers, when indoors and under arms, when indoors, 
 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 re¬ 
 ports. [A. R. 387]. 
 
 204. When an enlisted man, without arms, passes an officer he Enlisted men with- 
 salutes with the hand farthest from the officer. If mounted he out arms ' 
 salutes with the right hand. Officers are saluted whether in uni¬ 
 form or not. [A. R. 388]: 
 
 205. An enlisted man, armed with the saber and out of ranks, Enlisted men 
 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 
 mak'es the rifle or carbine salute. A mounted soldier dismounts 
 before addressing an officer not mounted. [A. R. 389]. 
 
 206. A non-commissioned officer or private in command of a 
 detachment without arms salutes all officers w T ith 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. [A. R. 390]. 
 
 207. An enlisted man, if seated, rises on the approach of an Soldiers at work do 
 officer, faces toward him and salutes. If standing, he faces the not salute * 
 officer for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same 
 
 place or on the same ground, such compliments need not be re¬ 
 peated. Soldiers actually at work do not cease work to salute 
 an officer unless addressed by him. [A. R. 391]. 
 
 208. An enlisted man makes the prescribed salute with the 
 weapon he is armed with, or if unarmed, whether covered or un¬ 
 covered, with the hand, before addressing an officer. He also 
 makes the same salute after receiving a reply. [A. R. 392]. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Salutes with can¬ 
 non. 
 
 209. 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. [A. R. 393]. 
 
 210. 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. 
 [A. R. -394]. 
 
 211. Soldiers at all times and in all situations pay the same 
 compliments to officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and 
 volunteers and to officers of the organized militia in uniform as 
 to officers of their own regiment, corps, or arm of service. [A. R. 
 395]. 
 
 212. Officers will at all times acknowledge the courtesies of 
 enlisted men by returning salutes given, in the manner prescribed 
 in drill regulations. When several officers in company are saluted, 
 all who are entitled to the salute return it. [A. R. 396]. 
 
 213. Salutes with cannon will be fired under charge of commis¬ 
 sioned officers, who shall be present at the firing and direct it. 
 Guns using metallic-case ammunition will be used whenever practi¬ 
 cable ; in their absence other breech-loading guns should be prefer¬ 
 ably used. Muzzle-loaders will not be used. For breech-loaders 
 using cartridge bags, the bags will be made of silk, measuring in 
 length at least one and one-half times their diameter, and care 
 will be taken that the sponges are not worn, and that they thor¬ 
 oughly fill the chamber or bore of the gun, and when the same 
 gun is fired more than once, that the intervals between the dis¬ 
 charges are sufficient to allow the chamber or bore to be thor¬ 
 oughly sponged and chamber examined. Unless all of these condi¬ 
 tions be fulfilled salutes will not be fired with this class of guns. 
 
 214. Salvos are simultaneous discharges from several cannon; 
 they correspond to volleys of musketry and are fired by way of 
 salute only over the graves of officers at the time of burial. The 
 order designating a funeral escort prescribes whether the fire shall 
 be three volleys of musketry or three salvos of artillery. [A. R. 
 400]. 
 
 215. Salutes will be fired between sunrise and sunset only, and* 
 as a rule, not on Sunday unless required by international courtesy. 
 The national flag will always be displayed at the time of firing a 
 salute. [A. R. 401]. 
 
 216. The national salute is twenty-one guns. It is also tho 
 salute to a national flag. 
 
 National salutes. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 91 
 
 When in camp the salute to the Union, commemorative 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 suit¬ 
 able artillery. [A. R. 402]. 
 
 217. The President, both on his arrival at and departure from a Personal salutes, 
 military post, or when in its vicinity, receives a salute of twenty- 
 one guns. No other personal salute is fired in his presence. 
 
 The sovereign or chief magistrate of a foreign country receives 
 the salutp prescribed for the President; members of a royal family 
 receive the salute due their sovereign. 
 
 An ex-President of the United States receives a salute of twenty- 
 one guns. 
 
 The Vice-President receives a salute of nineteen guns. 
 
 When officials other than those named visit military posts, they 
 receive salutes as follows: 
 
 Guns. 
 
 President of the Senate, and American or foreign ambassadors, 19 
 Members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice* the Speaker of the 
 House of Representatives, a committee of Congress officially 
 visiting a military post, Governors within their respective 
 States or Territories, or a governor-general, and the civil 
 
 governor of the Philippine Islands. 17 
 
 The Assistant Secretary of War or the Assistant Secretary of 
 the Navy, when officially visiting a military post; the vice- 
 governor of the Philippine Islands, and American or foreign 
 
 envoys or ministers.. 15 
 
 Ministers resident accredited to the United States. 13 
 
 Charges d’affaires . 11 
 
 Consuls general accredited to the United States. 9 
 
 The General .. 17 
 
 The Lieutenant-General . 15 
 
 Major-General . 13 
 
 Brigadier-General . 11 
 
 The term “governor-general” shall be taken to mean an admin¬ 
 istrative officer under whom officers with the title of governor are 
 acting. [A. R. 404]. 
 
 218. As a rule, a personal salute is to be fired when the per- Salutes, when 
 sonage entitled to it enters a post. fired ‘ 
 
 When several persons, 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. 
 
 An officer assigned to duty according to his brevet rank is enti¬ 
 tled to the salute prescribed for the grade to which he is assigned. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL. GUARD. 
 
 Troops to be 
 paraded. 
 
 Visits. 
 
 Escorts of honor. 
 
 A retired general officer making an official visit is saluted 
 according to his rank. 
 
 An officer, whether civil, military, or naval, holding two or more 
 positions, either of which entitles him to a salute, receives only 
 the salute due to the highest grade. In no event is the same per¬ 
 son to be saluted in more than one capacity. 
 
 Personal salutes at the same place and in compliment to the 
 same person, whether civil, diplomatic, military, or naval, are 
 never to be fired oftener than once a year, unless such person 
 shall have been in the meantime advanced in rank. [A. R. 405]. 
 
 219. 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. [A. R. 406]. 
 
 220. 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 garri¬ 
 son consists of not less than four companies. When a general offi¬ 
 cer 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. [A. R. 407]. 
 
 221. In addition to the foregoing, occasions of a public nature 
 frequently arise when salutes are both desirable and proper. Or¬ 
 ders will be given in such cases. [A. R. 408]. 
 
 222. The flag of a military post will not be dipped by way of 
 salute or compliment. [A. R. 409]. 
 
 223. ..Officers arriving at the headquarters of a military com¬ 
 mand, 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. [A. R. 410]. 
 
 224. Escorts of honor may be composed of any or of all arms, 
 according to the circumstances. They are detailed for the purpose 
 of receiving and escorting personages of high rank, civil and mili¬ 
 tary, when they arrive and depart. The troops for this purpose 
 will be selected for their soldierly appearance and superior disci¬ 
 pline, and are formed and maneuvered as prescribed in the author¬ 
 ized drill regulations. The post commander in each case will 
 detail an officer to attend the personage escorted, and to bear com¬ 
 munications from him to the commander of the escort. [A. R. 
 419]. 
 
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 225. On the receipt at the State capital of official notice of the Gun to be fired 
 
 every half hour. 
 
 death of the President of the United States, the commanding offi¬ 
 cer of the post will, on the following day, cause a gun to be fired 
 every half hour, beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset. [A. ft. 
 
 420]. 
 
 226. When the funeral of an officer, who was entitled to a Funeral salutes, 
 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. [A. R. 422]. 
 
 227. On the death of an officer at a military post the flag is Flag at half-staff. 
 displayed at half-staff and so remains, between reveille and re¬ 
 treat, 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. [A. R. 425]. 
 
 228. 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. [A. R. 426]. 
 
 229. 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. [A. R. 427]. 
 
 230. When the flag is displayed at half-staff it is lowered to Flag at half-staff, 
 that position from the top of the staff. It is afterwards hoisted how lowered - 
 
 to the top before it is finally lowered. [A. R. 428]. 
 
 231. The funeral escort of an officer will be commanded by an Funeral escorts, 
 officer of the same grade; if none such be present, by one of the 
 
 next lower grade available. The ceremony is prescribed ire the 
 drill regulations. [A. R. 430]. 
 
 232. The funeral escort of a non-commissioned staff officer will Funeral of non- 
 consist of sixteen men, commanded by a sergeant; of a sergeant, officer! &1<me 
 
 of fourteen men, commanded by a sergeant; of a corporal, of 
 twelve men, commanded by a corporal; of a private, of eight men, 
 commanded by a corporal. [A. R. 431]. 
 
 233. The funeral escorts of officers of field artillery will be as 
 follows: Colonel, twelve pieces,- lieutenant-colonel and major, 
 eight pieces; captains, four pieces; lieutenant, two pieces. The 
 escort of an enlisted man will consist of one piece. Caissons need 
 
 •not accompany the pieces. [A. R. 432]. 
 
 234. Six pall-bearers will be selected, as far as practicable from Pall-bearers, 
 the grade of the deceased. [A. R. 433]. 
 
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 Uniform and side 
 arms worn. 
 
 Badge of 
 mourning. 
 
 Colors not draped 
 in mourning 
 except. 
 
 Ceremonies. 
 
 Daily parade. 
 
 Flag, when hoisted 
 or lowered. 
 
 Memorial day. 
 
 235. Officers and enlisted men attending military funerals wear 
 uniform and side arms and in the funeral procession follow the 
 mourners in order of rank, seniors in front. 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-com¬ 
 missioned officer is attended by the non-commissioned officers and 
 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 non¬ 
 commissioned officers and privates of his company. [A. R. 434]. 
 
 236. The badge of military mourning is a knot of black crepe 
 worn upon the sword hilt for a period not to exceed thirty days. 
 [A. R. 435]. 
 
 237. As family mourning, officers may wear a straight band of 
 crepe five inches wide around the left arm above the elbow. 
 [A. R. 436]. 
 
 238. The drums of a funeral escort will be covered with black 
 crepe or thin black serge, furnished by the quartermaster. [A. R. 
 437]. 
 
 239. The colors of a regiment will not be placed in mourning or 
 draped, except when ordered by the Adjutant-General. Two stream¬ 
 ers of crepe seven feet long and about twelve inches wide attached 
 to the ferrule below the spearhead will be used for the purpose. 
 [A. R. 438]. 
 
 240. All ceremonies will be conducted as prescribed in the au¬ 
 thorized drill regulations. [A. R. 439]. 
 
 241. There will in camp be daily one parade, morning or even¬ 
 ing, as the commanding officer may direct, which will not be dis¬ 
 pensed with except on urgent occasions. All officers and men will 
 be present unless specially excused or on duty incompatible with 
 such attendance. 
 
 242. 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.” 
 
 243. On Memorial Day, May 10, at all stations, the national flag 
 will be displayed at half-staff from sunrise till midday, it will 
 then be hoisted to the top of the staff and will remain there until 
 sunset. It is urged on all organizations as far as possible to par¬ 
 ticipate in Memorial Day exercises, and in this way express fitting 
 testimonial of respect for the heroic dead and honor to their 
 patriotic devotion. 
 
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 244. Troops while in camp will be mustered for pay on next to Troops mustered, 
 the last day of the encampment, unless otherwise ordered by the 
 commanding officer. Officers will be designated by the command¬ 
 ing officer to assist in the muster of troops. 
 
 245. Each muster will, when practicable, be preceded by a 
 minute inspection. If the command consist of more than one com¬ 
 pany the inspection may be preceded by a review. If the day for 
 muster falls on Sunday, such review and inspection will be 
 omitted. 
 
 246. In camp or on other continuous service, troops will be mus- Muster and 
 
 tered for pay as may be ordered by the commanding officer. pay rolls- 
 
 ARTICLE XX!!. 
 
 GUARDS. 
 
 247. The authorized Manual of Guard Duty of the Regular Army 
 is the guide in all matters relating to duties of guards not con¬ 
 tained in these regulations. 
 
 ARTICLE XXIII. 
 
 INSPECTOR-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. 
 
 248. The sphere of inquiry of the Inspector-General includes Duties, 
 every branch of military affairs except when specially limited in 
 these regulations or in orders. Inspectors-general and acting 
 inspectors-general will exercise a comprehensive and general ob¬ 
 servation within the command to which they may be respectively 
 assigned over all that pertains to the efficiency of the Guard, the 
 condition and state of supplies of all kinds, of arms and equip¬ 
 ments, of expenditures of public property and moneys, and the 
 condition of accounts of all officers charged with public funds or 
 property, of the conduct, discipline, and efficiency of officers and 
 troops, and report with strict impartiality in regard to all irregu¬ 
 larities that may be discovered. They will make such suggestions 
 
 as may appear to them practicable for the correction of any defect 
 that may come under their observation. 
 
 249. Inspectors-general or acting inspectors-general assigned to 
 a military command are under the immediate direction of its com¬ 
 manding general; when not so assigned they are under the orders 
 of the commander-in-chief. They will make the general and such 
 
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 Specific orders. 
 
 Cannot give order 
 unless authorized. 
 
 Must exercise care 
 that no injustice 
 be done. 
 
 Can administer 
 oaths. 
 
 Special inspec¬ 
 tions. 
 
 Inspections once 
 per year. 
 
 Reports to be 
 forwarded to 
 adjutant-general. 
 
 special inspections as the commanding general may direct within 
 •the limits of his command. 
 
 250. The commander-in-chief may from time to time detail act¬ 
 ing inspectors-general to make such inspections as he may spe¬ 
 cifically designate in orders. 
 
 251. Inspectors-general or acting inspectors-general will make 
 known their orders or instructions to the commanding officers 
 whose troops and affairs they are directed to inspect, and these 
 officers will see that every facility and assistance, including clerical 
 aid, if requested, is afforded. 
 
 252. An inspector-general or acting inspector-general will not 
 give orders unless specially authorized to do so, and then only in 
 the name of'the superior giving such authority. He will report 
 with strict impartiality all irregularities. He should refrain from 
 informal conversation or comment upon the subjects under investi¬ 
 gation. [P. A. R. 892, A. R.]. 
 
 253. An inspector-general or acting inspector-general will exer¬ 
 cise the greatest care that he does no injustice to organizations 
 or individuals. When investigating accusations prejudicial to the 
 character of an officer, he will make known to the officer their 
 nature, and give him an opportunity to make his own statement 
 in writing, which will be appended to the report. Copies or ex¬ 
 tracts from an inspection report reflecting upon or commending 
 the character or efficiency of an officer may be furnished him by 
 the commander to whom the report is submitted. [P. A. R. 893, 
 A. R.]. 
 
 254. An inspector-general or acting inspector-general detailed to 
 investigate alleged attempts to defraud the State, or any irregu¬ 
 larity or misconduct of any officer or agent of the State, has 
 authority to administer oaths to witnesses. 
 
 255. Special inspections and investigations within the limits of 
 a command (territorial or tactical) may be made under the orders 
 thereof; but in all cases involving expense to the State, the 
 selection of officers to perform such shall be made by the com¬ 
 mander-in-chief, and restricted as far as possible to officers on 
 duty at general headquarters. 
 
 256. All military organizations shall be inspected at least once 
 in each fiscal year by inspectors-general or acting inspectors-gen¬ 
 eral designated by the commander-in-chief; such inspections to 
 include armories. 
 
 257. Reports of prescribed inspections of troops, stations and 
 accounts of officers will be forwarded to the Adjutant-General. In 
 case irregularities, deficiencies, or misconduct are reported, the 
 division, brigade, or regimental commander, as the case may be, 
 
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 will be furnished with a copy of such report by the Adjutant- 
 General, with instructions to correct such irregularity, deficiency 
 or misconduct. 
 
 258. Inspections of troops will be conducted as prescribed in 
 the authorized drill regulations. When the command consists of 
 more than one company the inspection will, if practicable, be pre- 
 ceded by a review. [A. R. 904]. 
 
 259. The written reports of inspectors-general and acting inspec- 
 tors-general will set forth a correct return of the troops, the num¬ 
 ber present at and absent from the station, and the absentees from 
 inspection, and whether irregularities, etc., reported at last inspec¬ 
 tion, have been remedied; after which will follow a statement of 
 the results of the inspection, dealing only with defects, deficiencies, 
 irregularities, recommendations, and commendations, whereof the 
 various items will be paragraphed and stated separately. Brief 
 statement will be made of various drills, and exercises held for 
 the inspector, and the report concluded with an exposition of the 
 conclusions arrived at as to the military efficiency, discipline, and 
 instruction of the command. 
 
 260. Inspections in armories will embrace the following sub¬ 
 jects : 
 
 1. Officers present, those absent from any cause, or permanently 
 incapacitated; whether the number of enlisted men in ranks at 
 inspection corresponds to returns, how absentees are accounted for, 
 and how many appear under arms at inspection; the number of 
 men in the band, and if any are not musicians. 
 
 2. Whether the commanding officer observes the system of 
 instruction and treatment of subordinates enjoined by the regula¬ 
 tions; whether justice is promptly and legally administered; the 
 zeal of the commanding officer and his ability to perform his 
 duties. 
 
 3. Whether officers are efficient, reporting any intemperance or 
 immorality, and mentioning any officer or soldier who has distin¬ 
 guished himself, or shown special efficiency in any department of 
 study or duty. 
 
 4. The efficiency of administration of staff officers, the correct¬ 
 ness of their accounts; whether payments are made in accordance 
 with law and regulations, and whether surplus supplies are taken 
 up on returns and all deficiencies accounted for. 
 
 5. Efficiency, discipline, and appearance of the troops; state of 
 arms, equipments, and accouterments of all kinds; sufficiency, 
 uniformity, and fit of clothing; whether schools for officers and 
 non-commissioned officers are held as prescribed and properly con¬ 
 ducted ; nature and amount of drills, recitations in tactics and 
 
 Methods of 
 inspection. 
 
 Written reports. 
 
 Inspection in 
 armories. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Irregularities 
 to be reported. 
 
 Semiannual 
 
 inspections. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 drill regulations, target practice, practice marches, practice in out¬ 
 post duty, field service, minor tactics, and gymnastic exercises; 
 efficiency in signaling; the number of desertions. 
 
 6. Whether there is a suitable room for use as a library or 
 reading-room; whether newspapers and periodicals are provided 
 for the enlisted men. 
 
 7. Condition of all public property, and whether used'for private 
 purposes; whether buildings and property are properly secured 
 against fire, theft, and damage. 
 
 8. Whether regimental and company books, papers and files are 
 properly kept, and the prescribed rolls and returns are properly 
 prepared and promptly forwarded. 
 
 9. Efficiency of hospital corps in ambulance and litter-bearers’ 
 drill, and methods of rendering first aid to the wounded. 
 
 261. Inspectors-general and acting inspectors-general while in¬ 
 specting a command of troops will call upon the regimental, bat¬ 
 talion and company commanders and surgeons for a report by 
 name of any officer or enlisted man under their immediate com¬ 
 mand who is incapacitated for service either mentally, morally, or 
 physically. When any officer or enlisted man is so reported the 
 inspector will thoroughly investigate and submit his conclusions 
 therein to the Adjutant-General. 
 
 262. On completion of an inspection of troops the inspector- 
 general or acting inspector-general will furnish to the Adjutant- 
 General a written statement of all irregularities and deficiencies 
 observed, which will be kept on file for the information of com¬ 
 manding officers. The Adjutant-General will furnish copies of such 
 report calling attention to the irregularities or defects found, to 
 the commanding officers of troops so inspected, recommending that 
 proper remedies be applied to correct each of the irregularities or 
 defects found. 
 
 263. Regimental commanders will cause one inspection of the 
 troops under their command to be made in their armories, semi¬ 
 annually by a field officer, when practicable. A report of such 
 inspections will be furnished to the regimental commander, a 
 copy of which shall be forwarded to the Adjutant-General. 
 
 264. Inspectors-general and acting inspectors-general will inquire 
 as to the necessity, economy, and propriety of all disbursements, 
 their strict conformity to the law and regulations appropriating 
 the money, and whether officers charged with funds comply with 
 the law and regulations in keeping their accounts and making 
 their deposits. A statement of receipts and expenditures and of 
 their distribution of funds, with lists of outstanding checks, and 
 other liability, upon forms furnished by the Adjutant-General. 
 
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 265. When an officer ceases to act as a disbursing officer, or for 
 any reason closes his accounts, he will prepare a closing statement 
 of his money accounts; he will forward the statement to the 
 Adjutant-General through military channels. 
 
 ARTICLE XXIV. 
 
 PROCEDURE OF MILITARY COURTS AND BOARDS. 
 
 266. The procedure of military courts and boards shall conform, General provisions, 
 as near as may be, to the rules laid down in the Manual for Courts- 
 
 martial and Courts of Inquiry as revised by the United States 
 War Department, and as such manual may hereafter be modified 
 by competent authority. That wherever in such use of said man¬ 
 ual the context or subject requires the words “United States” to 
 read “State of North Carolina,” and the word “Army” to read 
 “National Guard,” and the words “Statutes of the United States,” 
 or their equivalent, to read “Laws of North Carolina,” such change 
 or changes will be made. 
 
 267. The order promulgating the sentence of a court-martial 
 shall be issued and signed by the officer appointing the court, or 
 his successor. Said order shall set forth the fact of trial, date and 
 place of trial, number and date of the order convening the court, 
 names of the officers composing the court, name of the person con¬ 
 victed, finding and sentence of the court, and the sentence as 
 modified by the said reviewing authority. 
 
 268. All commissioned officers, except chaplain, are eligible to Composition, 
 sit on courts-martial; medical officers, however, should be detailed 
 
 for such duty only when unavoidable. 
 
 269. Courts will, as far as practicable, hold their sessions so Sessions, 
 as to interfere least with ordinary routine duties, and, when nec¬ 
 essary for the sake of an immediate example, a court will be 
 ordered to sit without regard to hours. 
 
 270. When a member of the North Carolina National Guard is Confinement, 
 sentenced by summary, regimental or garrison court-martial, at a 
 
 time when such member is not on active duty, such sentence shall 
 not include confinement, except as authorized by the statutes of 
 North Carolina. 
 
 271. At home stations, when charges and specifications have Summary courts, 
 been referred to a summary court for trial, the commanding offi¬ 
 cer of the company of which the accused is a member, shall arrange 
 
 with the trial officer as to time and place of trial, and at such 
 time and place it will be the duty of such commanding officer to 
 produce the person of the accused and the witnesses for the State. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Regimental and 
 garrison courts. 
 
 Summary courts, 
 charges and 
 specifications. 
 
 Courts of inquiry. 
 Oath of secrecy. 
 
 Close sessions. 
 
 The attendance of accused and witnesses shall be arranged for 
 when practicable through military channels, and the accused may 
 be confined not to exceed five days prior to trial, if such confine¬ 
 ment is necessary to secure such attendance; provided the order 
 of commitment for such confinement be not issued before the 
 charges against the accused have been referred to the trial officer. 
 
 272. While troops are at home stations the attendance of accused, 
 and the witnesses belonging to his company or other similar unit, 
 before regimental and garrison courts will be arranged as pro¬ 
 vided for in securing their attendance before summary courts in 
 the preceding paragraph. When it is necessary to continue time of 
 trial to procure such attendance, the commanding officer of such 
 company or unit shall arrange with the judge-advocate of such 
 garrison or regimental court for the time and place of trial, sub¬ 
 ject to the approval of the president of the court. The attendance 
 of civilian witnesses and witnesses before such courts from other 
 organizations will be secured by the judge-advocate. 
 
 273. In procedure in summary courts formal charges and specifi¬ 
 cations need not be drawn. In lieu thereof form U. S. No. 12 
 (record of summary courts) shall be used, properly filled out and 
 signed by the officer preferring charges. After reference thereof 
 and trial thereunder the original form, with the required record 
 thereon, shall be forwarded to the appointing authority for ap¬ 
 proval, and a duplicate copy bound as a page of the trial officer’s 
 record of summary courts. 
 
 274. General courts-martial shall be appointed, their proceed¬ 
 ings reviewed and their sentence promulgated only by the com¬ 
 mander-in-chief of the National Guard of North Carolina. Garri¬ 
 son and regimental courts-martial shall be convened, their pro¬ 
 ceedings and findings reviewed and their sentences promulgated 
 only by the brigadier-general or other officer commanding the 
 brigade to which the accused belongs, or by the Adjutant-General, 
 in case the accused belongs to an organization not brigaded, or 
 whenever the sentence involves the discharge of a soldier. A sum¬ 
 mary court-martial shall be appointed, charges submitted to them 
 for trial, their findings reviewed and sentences promulgated only 
 by the commanding officer of the regiment. 
 
 275. The prescribed oath (117 A. W.) does not compel secrecy 
 on the part of the members of a court of inquiry and the recorder 
 in regard to the proceedings, but such secrecy as is required of 
 members of a court-martial should be observed. 
 
 276. Courts of inquiry are inherently close courts, to which 
 auditors and spectators may have access by permission, and not of 
 right. 
 
REGULATION S FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 101 
 
 277. The order convening a court of inquiry must state whether Scope of 
 the court is to report facts or not, also whether or not it is to investlg,atlon - 
 give an opinion. It may be ordered to report the facts with or 
 
 without an opinion. By facts is understood, not the testimony 
 merely, but the conclusions gathered from weighing all the testi¬ 
 mony. The court should also be instructed whether its attention 
 is to be extended to a general investigation or to be confined to 
 the examination of particular points only, as the case may seem 
 to require, in the judgment of the commander-in-chief. Where the 
 subject is multifarious, the court should be instructed to state its 
 opinion on each point separately, that the proper authority may be 
 able to form his judgment. 
 
 278. After mature deliberation on the evidence adduced, they Necessary 
 proceed to find a state of facts, if so directed by the order consti- findm ^ s - 
 tuting the court, and to declare whether or not the grounds of accu¬ 
 sation are sufficient to bring the matter before a court-martial, 
 
 and also to give their opinion of the merits of the case, if so re¬ 
 quired. 
 
 279. It is not necessary to publish the proceedings or opinion Publish findings, 
 of the court, although it may be done in general orders. 
 
 280. The records of general courts-martial and of courts of in- Disposition of 
 
 records 
 
 quiry are filed with the Adjutant-General. The complete proceed¬ 
 ings of regimental, garrison and summary courts will be filed with 
 the appointing authority or delivered to such court’s successor 
 when terms of service of such courts are concluded. 
 
 281 . Boards for any purpose not otherwise specially authorized Special boards, 
 may be ordered by the commander-in-chief whenever occasion 
 requires. Such boards are usually instructed in orders what they 
 
 are to do. There is but little difference in the general form of the 
 reports of military boards; they should be addressed, unless other¬ 
 wise ordered, to the officer ordering the board. 
 
 ARTICLE XXV. 
 
 SMALL ARMS PRACTICE AND CARE OF ACCOUTERMENTS. 
 
 282. Small arms practice will be conducted and reports thereof 
 made in accordance with the authorized firing regulations and 
 orders from the War Department (A. R. 355), supplemented by 
 orders from the Adjutant-General’s Department of North Caro¬ 
 lina. 
 
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 Targets and 
 ammunition 
 provided. 
 
 Annual allowance. 
 
 How expended. 
 
 Prizes for marks¬ 
 manship. 
 
 283. Requisite targets and ammunition will be provided by the 
 quartermaster-general of North Carolina, upon proper requisition. 
 Such ordnance stores must be accounted for on the next succeed¬ 
 ing return of ordnance, and accountable officers will not certify to 
 any expenditure thereof until such expenditure has actually been 
 made. 
 
 284. The annual allowance of targets and ammunition shall be 
 fixed from time to time in orders. 
 
 285. All officers in charge of ammunition must see that it is 
 kept in a proper place, from which, in case of fire or other emer¬ 
 gency, it can be easily removed, or where, in case of fire cutting 
 off access, its explosion will do the least damage to surrounding 
 property. 
 
 286. No ammunition will be kept in an armory, headquarters, or 
 other place, without due notice to the proper officials of the fire 
 department of the city or town in which it is kept, or without 
 notice to the underwriters, who may have given policies of insur¬ 
 ance upon the building wherein it is stored, or upon the contents 
 of such building. 
 
 287. The greatest care will be exercised at all times by both 
 officers and enlisted men to keep ball cartridges separate from 
 blank cartridges. 
 
 288. Requisitions for ammunition will be made upon the quar¬ 
 termaster-general. 
 
 289. Ammunition for which an officer is accountable will not 
 be expended except under his direction, and an officer’s certificate 
 as to the necessity for such expenditure must accompany his next 
 ordnance return. 
 
 290. Arms will not be left loaded in armories, quarters or tents, 
 or when men are off duty. 
 
 291. To encourage marksmanship, the Governor is authorized to 
 offer annually a Sta’te decoration to those who shall excel in small 
 arms practice: a brigade prize, not exceeding $100 in value, for 
 competition among the organizations of the brigade, armed with 
 rifle or carbine, and three prizes of the value of $300, $200 and 
 $100, respectively, to be awarded to the three companies in each 
 regiment having the highest general figure of merit. The Governor 
 may also, in his discretion, provide suitable decorations and 
 prizes for proficiency in practice with light and heavy guns. All 
 such prizes to be competed for under regulations prescribed by 
 the commanding officer of the National Guard approved by the 
 Governor. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
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 ARTICLE XXVI. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE AND RECORD-KEEPING. 
 
 291 1 / £. The law requires that when a military organization is 
 mustered out of the service of the United States all of its re¬ 
 cords must be sent to the Adjutant-General of the Army, in order Records sent to 
 that they may be used in the subsequent settlement of claims a<J j utant -g en eral. 
 against the Government of- all accounts growing out of such 
 service, and for other official purposes. As the volume of such 
 records in the aggregate under the most favorable conditions can¬ 
 not be other than enormous at the close of a war, it is most de¬ 
 sirable that they should comprise only the most essential data. 
 
 Again, when engaged in actual service in the field, it is always 
 difficult and often impossible for regiments to maintain unbroken 
 records. It is usual for the headquarters’ wagons, in which the 
 records are carried in charge of the regimental clerks, to be 
 taken to a place of safety, usually some miles in the rear, so 
 that it may happen that the adjutant as well as the sergeant- 
 major may be separated from their office for some days. During 
 this time it is important that they retain all correspondence, let¬ 
 ters, telegrams, and orders, etc., that may have been received, and 
 copies of all sent, by the commanding officer, though they be in 
 skeleton, rough draft, or simplest notation, and that these import¬ 
 ant papers be recorded as early as possible. That they may be 
 prepared for such emergency, it is necessary that all officers and 
 men concerned with the making or keeping of military cor¬ 
 respondence should be fully instructed in the simplest and most 
 essential details. 
 
 THE BUSINESS OFFICE. 
 
 292. All the clerical business of a military command is trans- Source from which 
 acted at some designated place to which is given the name of mstruc- 
 
 “office” or “headquarters.” The former is used to designate the 
 place of business of an officer of a supply department, as well 
 as the highest executive authority, such as “Office of the quarter¬ 
 master (or paymaster),” “adjutant-general (of a State or) of the 
 Army.” The term “headquarters” expresses the location of an 
 officer commanding troops ; but in its modern application is used 
 to designate the source from which orders and instructions issue. 
 
 It does not apply to a company, troop, or battery as such, but 
 does apply to a regiment, brigade, division, army corps, or army; 
 to an expeditionary force, as well as to an independent command, 
 though it may not be composed of a greater number than a com¬ 
 pany. It is proper to say “Headquarters, 3d Infantry,” 3d 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Adjutant’s duties. 
 
 Brigade, 3d Division, etc.; but not “Headquarters, Company C, 3d 
 Infantry,” nor “Headquarters, 3d Field Battery,” nor “Head¬ 
 quarters, 3d Battalion.” Some National Guard companies use 
 
 the form “Quarters of Company H, - Regiment of Infantry, 
 
 N. G. of-,” “Armory of-Field Battery, N. G. of -.” 
 
 These forms are unobjectionable. A battalion being a tactical 
 unit, its location should be expressed: “2d Battalion, 2d In¬ 
 fantry, N. G. S. N. Y., Schenectady, N. Y.” In the field, unless 
 operating independently, the battalion loses its identity, and its 
 location is that of its regiment. In the District of Columbia, and 
 perhaps in some States, the battalion is recognized by law as an 
 administrative unit, with an adjutant and other staff officers, 
 and in such case “Headquarters, 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment, 
 D. C. N. G.,” is not improper, but such a use of the term is not 
 recognized in the Army, where battalion commanders have no 
 administrative duties. Also the term “headquarters” would not 
 be used in connection with a fort, camp, cantonment, barracks, 
 etc., though it may be the station of a regiment or brigade. “Fort 
 Monroe, Virginia”; “Vancouver Barracks, Washington”; “Camp 
 George H. Thomas, Georgia,” and not “Headquarters, Fort Monroe, 
 etc.” The 55th Iowa National Guard at its home station at Ames, 
 or if forming the garrison at Fort Des Moines, would use the 
 term “Headquarters, 55th Iowa National Guard,” in correspon¬ 
 dence and orders exclusively regimental, but “Fort Des Moines” 
 merely, in matters of post administration. As a rule the head¬ 
 quarters of a regiment of organized militia are officially at the 
 city or town where its colonel resides; in the field they are at 
 the point where the colonel may be; with volunteer troops they 
 follow the rule of the Army. 
 
 ADJUTANTS, ETC. 
 
 293. The adjutant of a regiment, in addition to his other duties, 
 has charge of its clerical business, and issues orders and instruc¬ 
 tions in the name of the commanding officer, who may be the 
 colonel, lieutenant-colonel, or a major, etc.; an assistant adjutant- 
 general or chief of staff, that of a brigade, division, or army corps; 
 the adjutant-general, that of the Army, or of a State or Territory. 
 Orders and instructions to a company, troop, or battery, are given 
 verbally by the first sergeant in the name of the captain; a first 
 sergeant does not sign orders in the name of the captain. If it 
 be desirable that he should send out notices for drill, parade, etc., 
 he can give them in his own name, for which he has abundant 
 authority. It is not improper to use letter paper with printed 
 headings, “Headquarters, 3d Infantry, Pennsylvania National 
 Guard, office of the commanding officer,” or “office of the ad- 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 105 
 
 jutant”; “2d Battalion, 1st Infantry, District of Columbia, Na¬ 
 tional Guard, office of the adjutant,” or “Company B, 1st 
 Georgia State Troops, office of the captain,” nor to have such 
 letter paper provided with a printed brief and indorsement for 
 
 routine subjects. In short, anything that tends to neatness and Neatness and sys- 
 
 „ ,, .... tem in military 
 
 system in military correspondence or record-keeping is to be en- record-keeping. 
 
 couraged. And the value of such system becomes the more ap¬ 
 parent when the troops are ordered into the field, or on cam¬ 
 paign, when prompt dispatch of communications becomes an im¬ 
 portant factor, and sufficient clerical force is not always available. 
 
 THE CLERICAL FORCE. 
 
 294. The sergeant-major occupies toward a regimental head- Sergeant-major’s 
 
 duties 
 
 quarters the position of chief clerk, and has charge, under the 
 adjutant, of all clerical work, as well as the custody of the 
 records. When the command is about to take the field, it is 
 his duty to arrange for a sufficient supply of books, blanks, and 
 stationery, including rubber stamps of every character that will 
 save work, and provide a place in a headquarters wagon for their 
 transportation; that clerks and orderlies are detailed, and their 
 several duties laid down and understood; when in the field to see 
 that the adjutant’s office is set up as soon as camp is made, and 
 all its machinery in immediate working order. The same duties 
 devolve upon the brigade and division sergeant-majors or chief 
 clerks toward their respective commands. At superior head¬ 
 quarters the clerical work is performed by details from the troops, 
 under the direction of the adjutant-general. The first sergeant is 
 generally charged with the clerical work of the company, and it is 
 usual to detail a suitable man to assist him, who is borne on the 
 rolls as company clerk. 
 
 OFFICE BUSINESS. 
 
 295. The following General Order No. 109 will be complied with 
 except the order book will not be discontinued, and each brigade, 
 regiment, battalion, company, and detachment commander will 
 keep an order book with a copy of each general and special 
 order issued. 
 
 General Orders, WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 No. 109. Washington, June 18, 1906 . 
 
 1. The use of the letters-received book with index, the letters- 
 sent book with index, and the order book, will be discontinued 
 throughout the Army by August 31, 1906, or as soon thereafter 
 as practicable, in all administrative units and offices below de¬ 
 partment headquarters. These books will be replaced by a cor- 
 
106 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Changed to corres¬ 
 pondence book. 
 
 Index to be 
 apportioned. 
 
 respondence book with index, a document file, and an order file. 
 The correspondence book and index will be furnished in each case 
 by the bureau that is supplying the books now in use. 
 
 2. The record-card system prescribed by paragraph V, War 
 Department Orders, May 15, 1894, is authorized for general use 
 at division and department headquarters. 
 
 3. The title on all post, regimental, and company letters-re- 
 ceived and letters-sent books remaining on hand for issue, in¬ 
 cluding those in the Philippines Division, will be changed to 
 “CORRESPONDENCE BOOK,” and the “Instructions for use of 
 Correspondence Book” will be substituted for the “Instructions” 
 now appearing on the inside of the top cover of the old style letter 
 books. The title on the indexes to these old letters-received and 
 letters-sent books will be changed to “Index to Correspondence 
 Book,” and the “Instructions for use of Correspondence Book” 
 will be substituted for the “Instructions” now appearing in each 
 index book. 
 
 A sufficient number of the new style correspondence books for 
 supply to each regiment, independent battalion, and company 
 in the Army will be procured. The book will be 4 inches wide, 
 8 % inches long, and about % of an inch thick, made of paper of 
 first-class quality, suitably bound, with flexible back. Including 
 the index the book will contain 362 pages; the index will be ap¬ 
 portioned as follows: 
 
 One page for each of the letters I, J, K, N, U, V, X, Y, Z. 
 
 Two pages for each of the letters A, G, H, L, W. 
 
 Three pages for each of the letters E, F, M, O, P, Q, S, T 
 
 Four pages for each of the letters B, D, R. 
 
 Six pages for the letter C. 
 
 4. Distribution of the correspondence books to the various ad¬ 
 ministrative units and offices will be made by September 1, 1906, 
 or as soon thereafter as practicable, as follows: 
 
 a. To post and artillery district headquarters, the converted 
 post or regimental letters-received book, with converted index. 
 
 J). To the offices of the various staff officers at posts keeping a 
 correspondence record, the converted cpmpany letters-received 
 book, with converted index. 
 
 c. To regimental headquarters, to headquarters of battalions 
 not organized into regiments, and to each company (band, de¬ 
 tachment, etc.), the new style correspondence book. 
 
 5. After the supply of the converted post and regimental letters- 
 received books shall have been exhausted by issue, the converted 
 company letters-received books will be issued to all post and 
 artillery district headquarters, and to the offices of the various 
 staff officers indicated above, until the entire supply of the con- 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 107 
 
 verted \ettevs-?'eceived books shall have been exhausted. Issue 
 will then be made as hereinbefore indicated of the converted let- 
 ters -sent books, to continue until the supply shall have been ex¬ 
 hausted, after which the new style correspondence book will be 
 issued exclusively. 
 
 6. The following instructions will be placed on the inside of the 
 top cover of each correspondence book (converted and new) and 
 of each separate index: 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF CORRESPONDENCE BOOK. 
 
 ( a ) In the correspondence book will be entered with ink or a brief of each 
 indelible pencil a brief of each item of correspondence in re- po^de^ce OTreS ’ 
 spect to which a record is necessary and a notation of the action 
 
 taken thereon. Each item will be numbered from one forward 
 continuously and without break for any new year. No communi¬ 
 cation exhibiting the notation of a previous entry should be again 
 entered in the same correspondence book, unless, for special 
 reasons, it should become necessary or desirable to transfer a re¬ 
 mote entry to one of current date, or unless additional space 
 should be required to continue the record. A space of at least 
 three lines will be left below each original entry for use in con¬ 
 tinuing the record. 
 
 (b) Each item will be indexed under its subject, and when 
 necessary under the name of the writer of the communication and 
 the names of persons mentioned therein. 
 
 (c) The index entries will bear numbers corresponding to those Index entries to 
 of the items. Where many communications are received from the earnum eis ' 
 same official, the name of the writer need not be indexed if it be 
 
 found that the index of the subject of such communication 
 answers all practical purposes. 
 
 (cl) The correspondence book will be supplemented by a “Docu- Document file, 
 ment File.” The papers of that file will be numbered to cor¬ 
 respond with the numbers of the items and of the index entries 
 and will be filed according to their serial numbers. The file will 
 contain the original documents or communications when these are 
 retained, and carbon, letterpress, or other legible copies of all 
 letters, indorsements, or telegrams sent with regard to the same. 
 
 The file will also contain similar copies of all letters, indorsements, 
 or telegrams originating in the administrative unit or office. When 
 more than one paper pertaining to the same item is placed on the 
 file, the papers will be placed in an envelope, if practicable, and 
 the number of the item will be noted thereon. Papers differently 
 numbered, but on a related matter, may also be kept together 
 when desired, but if so kept, a reference slip must be inserted 
 to account for the paper absent from its serial place. 
 
108 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Notation of origin 
 and receipt. 
 
 Papers filed. 
 
 Size of official 
 letter paper. 
 
 Official letters to 
 refer to one sub¬ 
 ject. 
 
 Post-office address 
 to be given. 
 
 ( e ) No record will be made beyond the mere notation of the 
 fact of origin or receipt and disposition in respect to the fol¬ 
 lowing : 
 
 1. All papers not pertaining to the business of the office at 
 which received; such papers should be transmitted forthwith to 
 the proper place for action. 
 
 2. Accounts current; vouchers; returns of personnel and of 
 stores and other property; inventory and inspection reports; re¬ 
 quisitions ; muster and pay rolls. 
 
 3. Mere letters of transmittal; such letters when received will 
 be destroyed forthwith. 
 
 4. Requests for and acknowledgment of receipt of publications 
 and blanks. 
 
 5. All other communications that have no permanent value and 
 that are finally disposed of by answers thereto. 
 
 (f) The serial numbers in the “Document File” will conse¬ 
 quently not be complete, but whenever a paper is filed therein 
 the abbreviation “Doc.” will be placed after the proper entry in 
 the correspondence book in order to indicate that the paper it¬ 
 self, as well as any record pertaining to it, will be found in the 
 “Document File.” 
 
 296. A standard sheet of letter paper measures 10% inches in 
 length by 8 inches in width; of foolscap paper, 13 by 8, and in 
 ordering paper for official use, this measurement should be in¬ 
 sisted upon for the reason that it fulfills every requirement for 
 subsequent systematic handling. An official letter should refer 
 to one subject only, and when the contents of the communication 
 cover but a single page a half sheet of letter paper only should be 
 used. Should the length of the communication require more than 
 one page, it is better to write on one side of the paper only, so that 
 the outside of the second sheet, where the communication does not 
 cover more than two pages, may be used for briefing and indorse¬ 
 ments. When more than three pages are required for the body 
 of the communication, an additional half sheet, or more if neces¬ 
 sary, should be neatly attached to it, so that the last or outer page 
 may be left entirely blank. In the field the exigencies of the 
 situation may frequently require communications to be written on 
 sheets of note paper, pages from notebooks, backs of envelopes, 
 etc. In such cases they should, when received, be pasted on a 
 sheet of the standard size of letter paper. 
 
 297. The post-office address of the writer should be given in his 
 official letters, and indefinite expressions of locality which do 
 not indicate where a letter was written, and to which reply is 
 to be addressed, are to be avoided. Official communicalions 
 should be signed or authenticated with a pen and not by fac- 
 
Third fold. Second fold. First fold. 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 109 
 
 10Jf Madison Street, 
 
 Charlotte, N. C., 
 January 20, 190J). 
 
 To the Adjutant-General, 
 
 State of North Carolina, 
 
 (Through Military Channels.) 
 
 Sir: 
 
 Having changed my residence from Washington 
 to this city, I have the honor to request that I be 
 transferred from Company G, 2d Infantry, of 
 which I am a member, to one of the companies of 
 the 1st Infantry located in this city. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Henry T. Washington, 
 Corporal Co. G., 2d Infantry, 
 North Carolina National Guard. 
 
 Face of the letter and position for folding it; dotted lines above show 
 where creases come in folding. 
 
110 
 
 REGULATION’S FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Letters of 
 transmittal. 
 
 First fold for the 
 brief. 
 
 Brief to be made 
 at first receiving 
 office. 
 
 Office marks. 
 
 simile, and signature should be plainly and legibly written, with 
 the rank and regiment or corps of the writer annexed. 
 
 Letters of transmittal should be used only when necessary, 
 and when used must refer only to the matter transmitted; no 
 letters of transmittal are required with rolls, returns, requisi¬ 
 tions, estimates, or periodical reports. 
 
 BRIEFS AND INDORSEMENTS. 
 
 298. When a letter is received by the official to whom addressed, 
 or through whom forwarded, if written on letter paper it should 
 be folded in three, and if on foolscap in four equal folds parallel 
 with the writing, so that each fold will be 3 y 2 or 3% inches in 
 width. The inner or left of the sheet is the top when folded; 
 the left fold of the outer page is the first fold. This first fold is 
 used exclusively for the “brief,” the office marks, notes of in¬ 
 closure, and dates of receipt by the various offices through which 
 it passes. 
 
 299. The “brief” is made at the first office at which it is received 
 and entered. The first line of the brief should give the city or 
 town from which it is written, the street address, if possible, 
 and the date of the communication, and should commence 2 inches 
 from the top of the fold. A half inch below this line the name 
 of the writer and his rank, company, and regiment (if an officer 
 or soldier) should be given. If the purport of the communication 
 is exclusively of an official character, the rank or office of the 
 writer should be given rather than his individual name, thus: 
 “Commanding officer, Co. K, 3d Regiment,” “assistant adjutant- 
 general, 1st Brigade,” “adjutant-general (of the State or Terri¬ 
 tory or of the U. S. Army),” “quartermaster-general,” “paymaster- 
 general,” etc. One-half inch below this should be given a brief 
 analysis of the contents of the communication, avoiding the use 
 of unnecessary words and bringing out the salient points of the 
 communication. Inclosures to the original communication should 
 be noted just below the brief, thus: “1 inclosure,” “4 inclosures.” 
 
 The date of receipt at the first office at which the communication 
 is received and entered should be noted at the bottom of the first 
 fold, say % inch from the bottom, thus: “Received, Co. G, 2d N. C. 
 Inf., Jan. 4, 1904;” a similar notation should be made on the next 
 imaginary line above by the office at which the communication 
 is next received, thus: “Received, headquarters, 2d N. C. Inf., 
 Jan. 24, 1904,” and so on from the bottom toward the top of the 
 fold by each office at which the communication is successively re¬ 
 ceived. If a rubber stamp is used for this purpose care should 
 be taken that it be put on neatly and in the order above indicated, 
 
First fold. Second fold. Third fold. 
 
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 112 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
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 the same manner the date on which a paper is received back is 
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REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 113 
 
 ber given it by successive offices should follow below, thus: 
 
 “28—1904, headquarters, 2d N. C. Inf.,” “75—1904, headquarters, 
 
 2d Brigade, N. C. N. G.,” etc. Where rubber stamps are used 
 for this purpose, regularity is not so essential, provided a due 
 degree of neatness be observed and care taken that one stamp 
 shall not be placed over another. 
 
 INDORSEMENTS. 
 
 301. Indorsements commence at the top of the second fold and Where to write 
 are numbered serially in order of dates on the second and sue- m orsemen s - 
 ceeding folds, leaving room after each for office marks. It is 
 to be noted that the use of the word “headquarters” is not to 
 be attached to companies, troops, or batteries; that company 
 commanders and adjutants of battalions and regiments sign “by 
 order,” assistant adjutants-general of brigades, divisions, and 
 other higher commands, “by command,” thus: “By order of Major 
 Smith,” “By order of Colonel Brown,” “By command of Brigadier- 
 General Hale,” “By command of Major-General Scott,” etc. The 
 instructions of higher officers not exclusively military are com¬ 
 municated by the use of the words “By order” or “By direction,” 
 thus: “By order of the Governor,” “By order of the Secretary of 
 War, or Assistant Secretary of War.” When the space on the 
 second and third folds of the paper is exhausted by successive 
 indorsements, additional space is provided by pasting slips of paper 
 on the underside of the last fold—that is, to the bottom edge 
 of the original paper, each slip when attached to have the same 
 length and width as the original fold and to turn back upon the 
 last fold like the leaf of a book, so that the first fold, on which 
 the brief is made, is always outside. If a half sheet of letter 
 paper of practically the same size as the original sheet of paper 
 on which the communication is written be pasted on the underside 
 of the last fold so that the outer edges will rest exactly even 
 with the outer edge of the original paper, the object sought for 
 can be exactly obtained. Printed labels by way of indorsements, 
 pasted one on top of another, a method followed by some depart¬ 
 ments of the Government, has never been encouraged by the War 
 Department. In no case should loose wrappers be placed around 
 an official paper except as a mere covering. 
 
 INCLOSURES. 
 
 302. All inclosures should be numbered and be given the proper inclosures to be 
 office marks as above stated. Inclosures to the original com- numbered * 
 munication are noted on the first fold just below the brief. If 
 
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114 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Military channels. 
 
 others are added when an indorsement is made, their number, 
 “1 inclosure,” “4 inclosures,” should be noted at the foot of the 
 indorsement to which they pertain, and also on the first fold of 
 the original communication just below the notation of inclosures 
 to the original communication. To the latter notation should be 
 added the number of the indorsement to which they belong, thus: 
 “1 inclosure, 5th indorsement”; “4 inclosures, 7th indorsement.” 
 Inclosures to indorsements are numbered in the same series as 
 those of the original paper, and the number of the indorsement 
 to which they belong is added below. If few in number and not 
 bulky, inclosures may be kept inside the original paper, other¬ 
 wise they will be folded to the same measure as the original paper 
 and put in a wrapper marked “inclosures.” It is a rule of the 
 Adjutant-General’s Office that clerks through whose hands of¬ 
 ficial papers pass will make the inclosures and slips secure when 
 they are not so, patch up any papers that are mutilated or torn 
 through much handling. 
 
 CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION. 
 
 303. As a rule, communications, whether from a subordinate to 
 a superior, or vice versa, should pass through intermediate com¬ 
 manders. All communications on official matters intended for the 
 Secretary of War or the Chief of Staff should be addressed to 
 the Adjutant-General of the Army and forwarded by company 
 commanders to the adjutant of the regiment, by the regimental 
 commander to the assistant adjutant-general of the* brigade, by 
 the latter to the assistant adjutant-general of the division, if there 
 be any, by the latter to the adjutant-general of the State (or Terri¬ 
 tory), thence to the Adjutant-General of the Army. This does 
 not mean that every communication that is addressed by a writer 
 to the Adjutant-General of the Army, or of a State or Territory, 
 through military channels, must necessarily go to him. On the 
 contrary, it should ordinarily be answered by the first officer 
 through whose hands it passes who possesses the correct informa¬ 
 tion upon which to base a reply. Questions on disputed points of 
 drill regulations, of guard manual, firing regulations, or Army 
 Regulations, or of uniform, or interpretations of the militia law, 
 which come from members of the militia to the Adjutant-General 
 of the Army by thousands every year, ought not as a rule to go 
 beyond regimental headquarters. All communications from su¬ 
 periors to subordinates should be answered through the same chan¬ 
 nel as received. This rule, however, is not to be interpreted as 
 including matters in relation to which intermediate commanders 
 can have no knowledge and over which they are not expected to 
 exercise control. 
 
First fold. 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 115 
 
 Charlotte, N. C., 
 February 3, 1901). 
 
 Capt. Henry Williams, 
 
 Company D, 1st Infantry, N. C. N. G. 
 
 Sir: 
 
 In obedience to your instructions of the 1st instant, 
 I called upon Corporal Henry T. Washington, Company 
 G, 2d Infantry, who has recently removed to this city 
 from Washington and desires transfer to some one of 
 our city companies, and I have the honor to report that 
 in my opinion this man will prove an acceptable acqui¬ 
 sition to our company. He is employed as cashier with 
 the - Tobacco Company of this city, is about thirty 
 
 (30) years of age, unmarried, of gentlemanly and sol¬ 
 dierly appearance, and has no objection to coming to us 
 as a private, in the confidence that he will secure promo¬ 
 tion if given an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to 
 ■deserve it. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 C. P. Jones, 
 
 2d Lieut., 1st Inf., N. C. N. G. 
 
 Inclosure to fifth indorsement to model official paper. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 304. It is a regulation of the Army that officers who forward 
 communications will indorse thereon their approval or disap¬ 
 proval, and no communication is forwarded to the Adjutant- 
 General of the Army for the action of the Chief of Staff or the 
 Secretary of War without some recommendation or expression of 
 opinion. 
 
 
 305. The commanding general of a corps, division, or brigade, 
 as also the commanding officer of a regiment or battalion, com¬ 
 municates with those under his command through a staff or other 
 suitable officer. To others of equal or superior rank, they them¬ 
 selves sign communications. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 117 
 
 306. All military records must be carefully preserved. The Re- Military records to 
 vised Statutes (sections 5403-5408) prescribe penalties for the pe preserved - 
 fraudulent or wrongful destruction, withdrawal, or removal from 
 
 any public office of any public record, paper, or document of any 
 department. So long as a military organization is in the service 
 of the State its records pertain to and are the property of the 
 State, and should not be taken therefrom. When a militia organi¬ 
 zation comes into the service of the United States it should com¬ 
 mence an entirely new set of records, making timely requisition 
 for the necessary books. All public records and papers, such as 
 letters and telegrams received, books of general and special orders 
 and circulars, correspondence books, guard report, morning re¬ 
 port, descriptive and clothing, sick reports, etc., are the property of 
 the United States, and will be required by the War Department in 
 the settlement of claims against the Government and for other 
 official purposes; go that whenever militia organizations are 
 mustered out of the United States service all such records should 
 be carefully labelled and packed and marked, showing the com¬ 
 mand to which they pertain, and forwarded by express to the 
 Adjutant-General of the Army. 
 
 307. The use of colored inks, except as carmine and red ink 
 are used in annotation, is prohibited in the records and corre¬ 
 spondence of the Army, and must not be used by militia organi¬ 
 zations when in the service of the United States. 
 
 ORDERS. 
 
 308. The orders of commanders of armies, corps, divisions, bri- Classes of orders, 
 gades, regiments, posts, territorial departments and districts 
 
 are denominated “general orders” or “special orders” of such 
 army, corps, etc., according to character. Publications of de¬ 
 cisions, interpretations of law, or regulations, or orders, or matters 
 of information of interest to the troops, are denominated “circu¬ 
 lars.” Orders issued by commanders of battalions, companies, or 
 small detachments are simply denominated “orders.” General and 
 special orders, circulars, and orders are numbered in separate 
 series, each beginning with the calendar year or at the time of the 
 establishment of the headquarters, and the first order or circular 
 of each year should, by a memorandum at the foot, give the num¬ 
 ber of the last order and circular of the previous year, thus: 
 
 “General Orders No. 104 was the last general order of 1903 from 
 this office”; so that officers can see whether or not they have the 
 series of orders complete, and, if necessary, ask for such as may 
 be missing. General orders and orders of like character are 
 usually printed, but sometimes written. When special orders are 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Headquarters 1st Brigade, 
 
 North Carolina National Guard, 
 
 Statesville, Feb. 21, 1904. 
 
 Special Orders, \ 
 
 No. 27. / 
 
 Hs Hs $ • sfs * 
 
 4. At his own request and with the approval of all 
 commanding officers concerned, Corporal Henry T. 
 Washington, Company G, 2d Infantry, North Carolina 
 National Guard, stationed at Washington, North Caro¬ 
 lina, is transferred as private to Company D, 1st In¬ 
 fantry, North Carolina National Guard, stationed at 
 Charlotte, North Carolina. 
 
 This soldier will turn over to the Commanding Officer 
 of Company G, 2d Infantry, all clothing and other pub¬ 
 
 lic property for which the latter is accountable, who 
 will forward receipt therefor, together with his enlist¬ 
 ment paper and descriptive roll, to the Commanding 
 Officer of the company to which he is transferred. 
 
 * * ❖ * * 
 
 By command of Brigadier-General Hale: 
 
 A. T. Brown, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Form of Order, and inclosure to ninth indorsement of model. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 119 
 
 printed, they should be printed on paper of the same dimensions 
 as that which is used for the written ones. 
 
 309. General orders are such that it is important that the wffiole Scope of general 
 command should know, that is, the time and place of issues and or ers ’ 
 payments, hours for roll call and duties, police regulations and 
 prohibitions, returns to be made and their form, laws and regula¬ 
 tions for the Army, promotions and appointments, eulogies or 
 
 censures, or results of trial by general courts-martial in all cases 
 of officers, or of enlisted men involving matters of general interest 
 or importance. As a rule, general orders should relate to but one 
 subject, but when it is essential that more than one subject be 
 published in general orders the same day, the separate subjects 
 are distinguished by paragraphs, using the Roman numerals I, 
 
 II, III, IY, etc. 
 
 310. Special orders are such as concern individuals or relate to Special orders, 
 matters that need not be made known to the whole command, 
 
 such as directions for journeys, and leaves of absence of officers, 
 assignments of officers to regiments, furloughs, transfers, and 
 discharges of enlisted men. If more than one special order is 
 issued in a day, each is denominated a paragraph, and distin¬ 
 guished from each other by Arabic figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. 
 
 311. When it is necessary or desirable to communicate informa- Circulars, 
 tion to the troops that does not convey an order or instructions, 
 
 the. same is published as a circular, usually in the same dimen¬ 
 sions of paper as a general order. 
 
 ' 312. The head of an order should communicate the source from How to sign orders, 
 
 which it emanates, as well as the place and date, and the foot 
 of the order the name and rank of ttie officer who gives the order. 
 
 Thus: (for a division) “Headquarters, 1st Division, 5th Army 
 
 Corps, Siboney, Cuba, June-, 1898, General (or Special) Orders 
 
 No. —, By command of Major-General-, Lieutenant-Colonel and 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General;” (for a brigade) “Headquarters, 2d 
 Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Tampa, Florida, August 
 
 -, 1898, General (or Special) Orders No. —, By command of 
 
 Brigadier-General -, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General 
 
 (for a regiment) “Headquarters, 31st Michigan Volunteer In¬ 
 fantry, Macon, Georgia, November-, 1898, General (or Special) 
 
 Orders No.-, By order of Colonel-, Captain and Adjutant 
 
 (for a company) “Company B, 159th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 
 
 Falls Church, Virginia, May -, 1898, Orders No. —, Captain 
 
 (or Lieutenant) Commanding.” 
 
 313. Blank books for the purpose of recording orders issued by 
 companies, regiments, brigades, etc., are furnished by the Adjutant- 
 General’s Department, of the same size as the letters-received 
 
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 REGULATIONS EOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Not adaptable for 
 field service. 
 
 i 
 
 To contain an ab¬ 
 stract of the com¬ 
 munication. 
 
 Index card. 
 
 Document file. 
 
 book, and, after being recorded, should be signed by the officer 
 signing the original order. As these records are of value in future 
 settlements, facsimiles should never be used, nor the name writ¬ 
 ten in by a clerk. 
 
 THE CARD-RECORD SYSTEM. 
 
 314. The card-record system is a method of recording on cards 
 instead of in books, and while it is a superior method for use 
 in a permanent office, where the volume of work is considerable, 
 it is not adaptable for use in the field. In this system the en¬ 
 tries above described as being made in the letters-received and 
 letters-sent books correspond to the entries made on the “record 
 cards,” and those in the index of these books to the entries made 
 on the “index cards.” 
 
 315. Under the card-record system there are three files, viz.: 
 ( a ) a “record-card file,” (&) an “index-card file,” and (c) a “docu¬ 
 ment file.” 
 
 (a) The record card contains a brief or abstract of the com¬ 
 munication received and a record of the official action taken 
 upon it; that is, a copy of the brief of the paper and a copy or 
 abstract of such important indorsements as may be already on 
 it, and a copy in full of the indorsement, letter, or telegram cov¬ 
 ering the action on the paper, and notation of any order or circu¬ 
 lar issued on it. The cards are numbered from one forward 
 continuously and filed in numerical order. When the space on 
 any record card is not sufficient to record all the data specified 
 above, slips of the same size are attached to the card (on the 
 back) as extensions. 
 
 (&) The index card is the means by which the record card 
 and the original paper are located. It contains the name and 
 official designation of the writer of the communication and the 
 subject of the same, a separate card being made for each name 
 and each subject of material importance which the paper con¬ 
 tains. 
 
 The record cards and index cards pertaining to a case are each 
 stamped with the same official number; the former are filed in 
 numerical order and the latter in alphabetical order. 
 
 (c) A “document file” consists of the original papers, letters, 
 or other communications which are received and which are re¬ 
 tained on the files. These documents are numbered consecutively, 
 and with numbers corresponding to those on the “record cards” 
 and “index cards.” With the original documents or papers are 
 filed press copies of any letters or telegrams sent in relation 
 thereto and copies of any orders issued thereon. If the original 
 communication and accompanying papers be not retained in the 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 121 
 
 office, the record card must show that fact in each case, and the 
 press copies of communications, the orders, memoranda, etc., re¬ 
 lating to the case which are retained are placed in a jacket or 
 envelope bearing the proper number and filed numerically. The 
 “record cards” and “index cards” used in the files above specified 
 are of uniform size, of 8 inches long by 3% inches wide, and writ¬ 
 ten across their width. Further details of this system will be 
 furnished upon application to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 
 
 316. The purpose of the company and regimental morning-re- Morning report, 
 port book is to secure a complete history or diary of its officers 
 and men for the whole period of their connection with the com¬ 
 mand, as well as to afford the basis for requisitions for its sub¬ 
 sistence, and it is, therefore, of the utmost importance that it be 
 kept accurately and intelligently. The model page attached to 
 the fly leaf, which explains the method of entering the “remarks” 
 on the alternate pages, so as to show the number of rations to 
 which the command is entitled, should be carefully read and 
 thoroughly understood. The captions of the column rulings are 
 
 self-explanatory so far as indicating their purpose. For detailed Special and extra 
 
 duty. 
 
 information it is to be noted, that men on special duty are such 
 officers and men as are present with the command, who have been 
 placed temporarily on a duty which prevents their detail for 
 guard or the performance of their ordinary duty with the com¬ 
 pany; that is to say, an officer detailed as judge-advocate of a 
 court, but not when recorder of a board, or as adjutant, com¬ 
 missary, or quartermaster, or a sergeant or other non-commis¬ 
 sioned officer as acting first sergeant, or of a private as company 
 clerk, or detailed for duty in the adjutant’s or other office. Ordi¬ 
 narily, men will not be carried on special duty unless detailed 
 in written orders. Men on “extra duty” are distinguished from 
 those on “special duty” merely in that they receive the extra pay 
 allowed by law for whatever special service they are performing, 
 such as carpenters, painters, laborers, clerks, etc. The column 
 of “Daily duty” is fully embodied in the two preceding columns 
 and need not be filled out (the term is obsolete in the Army). 
 
 “Present sick” are those officers and enlisted men who have been 
 declared sick by the surgeon, and are present wdth the company, 
 either in quarters or in hospital, and “In arrest” or “Confine¬ 
 ment,” those officers and men who are present with the company 
 but in arrest, or confined in the guard-house, or possibly in the 
 hospital. “Absent on detached service” are those who are on 
 duty in a different place or station from the one at which the 
 command is serving, or men who have been detailed on a duty 
 which takes them away from the command for more than twenty- 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Absent. 
 
 Field records. 
 
 Prompt reports. 
 
 four hours. “Absent with leave” are those who have received 
 permission from proper authority to be absent; officers on leave 
 of absence, enlisted men on furlough or pass, provided their 
 passes extend beyond the time at which the report is to be ren¬ 
 dered, and “Absent without leave,” such men of the last enumer¬ 
 ated classes as are absent without authority or have overstayed 
 their pass. “Absent sick” are those who are officially known to 
 the commanding officer to be sick, but are not with the company. 
 “Absent in arrest and in confinement” or “Retained by civil au¬ 
 thority,” are those who have been placed in arrest or confined 
 and are not present with the company. The column for “Present 
 and absent,” of course, includes the totals of the preceding col¬ 
 umns under these heads. “Explanations of alterations since last 
 report” are self-explanatory; the first sergeant and company 
 commander must personally sign the book every morning; fac¬ 
 similes are prohibited, and no officer or non-commissioned officer 
 is permitted to sign for another. 
 
 WHEN IN THE FIELD. 
 
 317. Too great emphasis cannot be given to the necessity of 
 keeping a record of every letter, telegram, dispatch, order, or 
 memorandum, of whatever character, received or sent during 
 active operations in the field on campaign. To this end all officers 
 performing the duties of adjutant, assistant adjutant-general, 
 and aide-de-camp should procure and carry at all times note¬ 
 books of suitable size to be carried conveniently in the pocket. 
 Such note-books can be procured from any stationer, arranged 
 with alternate sheets of carbon, so that two or more impressions 
 can be made of all communications sent or orders or instructions 
 received from the commanding officer. Similar note-books should 
 be carried by sergeant-majors, first sergeants, and orderlies. 
 These note-books, when filled with the duplicate copies, together 
 with communications received, should be sent back to headquar¬ 
 ters as frequently as opportunity presents itself, in order that 
 their contents may be properly recorded. The compact and dura¬ 
 ble manner in which typewriting machines are now made and 
 packed for carrying render it practicable for at least one to be 
 carried by each regimental headquarters. 
 
 318. Another indispensable requisite to the successful progress 
 of a campaign is the prompt rendition of reports and returns. 
 First sergeants, company clerks, sergeant-majors, and regimental, 
 brigade and division clerks, should be thoroughly instructed at 
 National Guard armories in the correct method of filling out such 
 blank forms as morning reports, regimental returns and muster 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 123 
 
 rolls, brigade and division returns. Before entering upon a cam¬ 
 paign, care should be taken to have a sufficient supply of all 
 needed blank forms, but the clerks should previously be made 
 so familiar with the forms that in the event that no blanks are 
 to be had in an emergency, they will be able to rule them on blank 
 sheets of wrapping paper, or any other available material. 
 
 319. ht is a requirement of regulations (Troops in Campaign, 
 267) that within ten days after the close of every engagement or 
 affair, the commanding officer of each regiment, separate bat¬ 
 talion and light battery concerned will prepare and forward to 
 the next superior headquarters a concise report of the part taken 
 therein by his command, including the effective strength of the 
 same, and the losses incurred, under the separate headings of 
 “Killed,” “Wounded,” and “Missing,” and a duplicate of this report 
 is required to be forwarded direct to the Adjutant-General of the 
 Army; brigade commanders, within ten days after the receipt of 
 the reports of the organizations composing them; division com¬ 
 manders, within twenty days; and corps commanders, within 
 thirty days thereafter are required to prepare and forward simi¬ 
 lar reports to the next superior headquarters. These are to be 
 accompanied by appendices containing consolidated reports of the 
 effective strength and casualties of the several commands, of the 
 losses of property incurred, and a nominal list of the officers 
 attached to their respective staffs; and duplicates of these re¬ 
 ports are required to be forwarded direct to the Adjutant-General 
 of the Army. 
 
 320. The importance of these last mentioned requirements can¬ 
 not be overestimated. The necessity that commanding generals 
 shall be advised as to the strength, efficiency, and availability of 
 the various units of their command; that the importance of a vic¬ 
 tory or defeat may be estimated; that the anxiety of relatives and 
 friends as to the fate of officers and men engaged may be relieved; 
 that not infrequently the promotion or reward of an officer or sol¬ 
 dier may depend upon his conduct in action; are among the many 
 reasons why a neglect to render promptly the reports of this 
 character are military offenses, inexcusable, and frequently irre¬ 
 parable. . 
 
 Report of troops 
 when in campaign. 
 
 Importance of 
 reports. 
 

PART III 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 CLASSIFICATION, ISSUE, ACCOUNTABILITY, 
 DISPOSITION. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 127 
 
 ARTICLE XXVII. 
 
 CLASSIFICATION. 
 
 321. Public property used in the military service is classified 
 according to the department to which it pertains or by which it is 
 controlled or issued, as follows: Quartermaster, Ordnance, Medi¬ 
 cal, Engineer, Signal, Commissary and Naval. In addition, the 
 public money, which is disbursed and accounted for by the Pay 
 Department, and all text-books, manuals and record documents 
 issued, controlled and accounted for by the Adjutant-General’s 
 Department, are included in this general classification of public 
 property. 
 
 322. Quartermaster property, or property of the Quartermas¬ 
 ter’s Department, consists of all public property furnished by or 
 employed in the operation of the Quartermaster’s Department, 
 which is charged with the duty of providing means of transporta¬ 
 tion 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 military service, the 
 forage consumed by them, wagons and all articles necessary for 
 their use, and the horse equipments for the Quartermaster’s De¬ 
 partment. It furnishes clothing, camp and garrison equipage, bar¬ 
 racks, 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 mat¬ 
 ters connected with military operations which are not expressly 
 
 . assigned to some other department. The Quartermaster’s Depart¬ 
 ment transports to the place of issue and provides storehouses for 
 the preservation of stores supplied by other departments. General 
 depots for the collection, manufacture and preservation of quarter¬ 
 master stores, until required for distribution, are under the imme¬ 
 diate control of the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 323. Ordnance and ordnance stores include cannon and artillery 
 vehicles and equipments; apparatus and machines for the service 
 and maneuver of artillery; small arms, ammunition and accouter¬ 
 ments; horse equipments and harness for the field artillery and 
 horse equipments for cavalry and for all mounted men except those 
 in the Quartermaster’s Department; tools, machinery and mate¬ 
 rials for the ordnance service, and all property of whatever nature 
 supplied to the military establishment by the Ordnance Depart¬ 
 ment. [A. R. 1541]. 
 
 Public property, 
 classification of. 
 
 Quartermaster 
 property, defini¬ 
 tion of. 
 
 Ordnance 
 property, defini¬ 
 tion of. 
 
128 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Medical property, 
 definition of. 
 
 Engineer property 
 definition of. 
 
 Signal property, 
 definition of. 
 
 Commissary stores 
 of what composed. 
 
 Naval property, 
 of what composed. 
 
 Governor draws 
 and issues govern¬ 
 ment property. 
 
 Conformity to 
 army standards. 
 
 Uniform like 
 army. 
 
 324. Medical property includes medicines, surgical instruments, 
 containing chests and cases, and all property used by the Medical 
 Department in the prevention and cure of disease, healing of 
 wounds, sanitation and all property whatsoever supplied to the 
 military establishment by the Medical Department. 
 
 325. Engineer property includes such scientific instruments, ap¬ 
 paratus, tools and appliances as are required in the work of the 
 Engineer Department, and all property of whatever nature issued 
 to the military establishment by the Engineer Department. 
 
 326. Signal property consists of all apparatus and appliances 
 for communication, such as telegraph, telephone, cable and helio¬ 
 graph instruments, flags, lanterns, torches and all other means of 
 intercommunication between posts of the military establishment, 
 and all property whatsoever issued by and employed in the opera¬ 
 tion of the Signal Corps. 
 
 327. Commissary stores include all foodstuffs used in subsisting 
 the individuals of the military establishment. 
 
 328. Naval property embraces all property of whatever nature 
 issued by the Navy Department for the use of the naval militia, 
 and includes ships, boats, ships’ stores, naval ordnance, small arms, 
 equipments, clothing for all enlisted men in the naval militia ser¬ 
 vice and similar property. 
 
 ARTICLE XXVIII. 
 
 CONFORMITY TO ARMY STANDARDS. 
 
 329. The Governor of the State will determine, from time to time, 
 what quantities and classes Of public property shall be drawn from 
 the several staff bureaus of the War and Navy Departments, and 
 will direct the issue of such property to the National Guard. 
 
 330. The public property used by the North Carolina National 
 Guard will at all times conform to the same models, patterns, 
 forms, proportions and kinds as that employed in corresponding 
 staff corps, arms and branches of the regular army, in so far as it 
 may be possible and practicable. 
 
 331. The uniform of the National Guard of North Carolina shall 
 be the same as that of the army, with such changes and modifica¬ 
 tions as shall be deemed necessary by the Governor, which changes 
 and modifications will be published in orders from time to time. 
 
REGULATION'S FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 129 
 
 ARTICLE XXIX. 
 
 FLAGS, COLORS, STANDARDS AND GUIDONS. 
 
 332. Only such flags, colors, standards, pennants and guidons as Allowed; pro- 
 are prescribed by the Army Regulations and Field Service Regu- blblted - 
 lations for the use of the army will be used by the National Guard 
 
 and other militia forces of the State, and no ensign, pennon, 
 streamer or banner of any kind other than those prescribed will 
 be used at any time, except such as may be prescribed herein. 
 
 333. In all inscriptions on name-plates and borne on scrolls of inscriptions 
 regimental and battalion colors and standards the words “North prescribed - 
 Carolina*National Guard” or other proper official designation shall 
 
 be substituted for the designations and inscriptions prescribed for 
 the army. 
 
 ARTICLE XXX. 
 
 CARE AND CUSTODY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 334. All property furnished to the National Guard or purchased 
 from public funds will be kept in armories or other suitable and 
 safe places, except when used in the discharge of military duty. 
 
 335. Arms and equipments must be kept in condition for imme¬ 
 diate use. 
 
 336. Public property will not be used for any private purpose Loaning property 
 whatsoever, and will not be* loaned to any person, and any officer n rohlblted - 
 violating this rule will be held responsible for the money value of 
 
 the articles. 
 
 337. All public property will be plainly marked as prescribed in Marking. 
 
 Army Regulations and orders. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXI. 
 
 ISSUES OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 338. All issues of public property for the use of the militia of the By whom and to 
 State will be made by the Quartermaster-General, under the direc- whom made - 
 tion of the Adjutant-General. Issues will be made to but one 
 accountable officer in each organization. 
 
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130 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Ascertain the 
 needs for ensuing 
 year. 
 
 Bonds required of 
 officers receiving 
 property. 
 
 Requisitions 
 separate for each 
 kind of property. 
 
 Duplicate requi¬ 
 sition to be kept. 
 
 Requiring officers 
 to be notified of 
 inability to issue. 
 
 Articles ordered 
 issued not to be 
 required again. 
 
 339. In order that the National Guard may be at all times suffi¬ 
 ciently armed, uniformed and equipped, in accordance with the 
 provisions of the United States statutes, the Commander-in-Chief 
 will, on the 31st day of December in each year, ascertain from com¬ 
 pany and detachment commanders, through regimental and brigade 
 commanders, the needs in uniforms, arms and equipments of each 
 company and detachment for the ensuing year. 
 
 340. These estimates shall be itemized, and, when approved by 
 the intermediate commanding officers, shall be submitted to the 
 Governor for his action. 
 
 341. The Quartermaster-General shall, as soon as practicable 
 after the receipt of these estimates, procure the arms, uniforms and 
 equipments as directed by the Commander-in-Chief. 
 
 342. On receipt of the stores by the Quartermaster-General, the 
 company and detachment commanders will be notified, and the par¬ 
 ticular stores requisitioned for by each company and detachment 
 commander and approved by the Commander-in-Chief shall be 
 shipped to him. 
 
 343. Company commanders, in making their requisitions, will 
 exercise great care to ask only for articles strictly necessary to 
 equip their commands. 
 
 344. All officers receiving public property hold such subject to the 
 order of the Governor of the State, and are required to give bonds 
 for the security, safe-keeping and return thereof, which bonds shall 
 be given to the State in the form and amounts prescribed from 
 time to time and kept on file in the Adjutant-General’s Department. 
 The Adjutant-General will, when necessary, institute suits on the 
 bonds of officers failing to account for the property charged to 
 them. 
 
 345. Issues of public property to troops are made upon approved 
 requisitions signed by the officer requiring the property for his 
 organization. Separate requisitions will be made on forms, the 
 same as are used in the army, in requiring property pertaining to 
 the different staff corps, with such modifications as are necessary. 
 
 346. Requisitions for property will be forwarded through the 
 regular channels to the Quartermaster-General. For the purpose 
 of reference, officers forwarding requisitions should retain a dupli¬ 
 cate copy. 
 
 347. In case any property required cannot be issued by reason of 
 lack of sizes, insufficient supply, exhausted supply, or any other 
 reason, the Quartermaster-General will make such notation on the 
 requisition and notify the requiring officer for his information. 
 
 348. Articles required in one requisition will not be included in a 
 subsequent requisition without full and adequate reference to the 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 131 
 
 former requisition, and in no case will articles which have been 
 ordered shipped on one requisition be included in a subsequent 
 requisition. 
 
 349. When public property is issued by the State Arsenal, in- invoices and 
 voices signed by the Quartermaster-General, accompanied by re- receipts - 
 ceipts, each on the prescribed forms, shall be forwarded to the 
 officer to whom the issue is made, who, after verifying the issue, 
 will date and sign the two receipts and return them promptly to the 
 Quartermaster-General, the two invoices being retained by the re¬ 
 ceiving officer to be vouchers to his next semiannual return, show¬ 
 ing his authority for taking up the property, one copy of the in¬ 
 voice being placed wfith the copy of the return forwarded to the 
 Quartermaster-General, the other copy with the return retained. 
 
 The bill of lading sent by the Quartermaster-General should also be 
 promptly signed and returned to him. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXII. 
 
 TURNING IN PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 350. In every case of officers returning property of any kind to 
 the State Arsenal, proper and correct invoices and receipts in dupli¬ 
 cate for the same should be forwarded at once to the Quartermas¬ 
 ter-General. The railroad receipt or bill of lading should be 
 promptly forwarded to the Superintendent of State Arsenal. 
 
 351 . When a company is ordered disbanded and is finally mus- Property of dis- 
 tered out of the service, the officer accountable for all the property zaSons° rgani " 
 will transfer the same to the Quartermaster-General. All property 
 
 in use by the organization, including all property not theretofore 
 carried on property returns of the organization, will be regarded as 
 property of the State, unless it can be proven to the satisfaction of 
 the Adjutant-General of North Carolina that it is the private prop¬ 
 erty of individuals. All property of disbanded organizations, after 
 proper transfer to the Quartermaster-General, will be shipped to 
 the State Arsenal and stored. 
 
 352. Officers accountable for public property for which they no Property not 
 longer have use may be permitted to turn same in to the State ofuse ‘ 
 Arsenal, upon application to the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 353. In every case of exchange of articles of the same kind, but of Exchange, a 
 different sizes or numbers, with the State Arsenal, invoices and double transfer - 
 receipts will be passed each way, one set enumerating the articles 
 
 turned in, the other set the articles issued in exchange. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Governor accounta¬ 
 ble to War 
 Department. 
 
 Officers responsi¬ 
 ble, if not 
 accountable. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIII. 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
 RESPONSIBILITY. . 
 
 354. Accountability and responsibility devolve upon any person 
 to whom public property is entrusted and who is required to make 
 returns therefor. Responsibility without accountability devolves 
 upon one to whom such property is entrusted, but who is not re¬ 
 quired to make returns therefor. [A. R. 661.] 
 
 355. The Governor of North Carolina is directly accountable to 
 the War Department for all public property issued by the several 
 bureaus and departments thereof for the use of the North Carolina 
 National Guard. All officers to whom this property may in turn 
 be issued by the Governor are accountable to the Governor. The 
 same rule applies to all naval property, for which the Governor is 
 accountable to the Navy Department. 
 
 356. If an officer in charge of the public property of a command 
 (not properly pertaining to a company or detachment) is, by order, 
 leave of absence or any other cause, separated from it, the com¬ 
 manding officer or an officer designated by him will receipt and 
 account for it. [A. R. 663.] 
 
 357. If it becomes necessary to remove all officers from the 
 charge of public property, the commanding officer will take meas¬ 
 ures to secure it, and report the circumstances to the proper author¬ 
 ity. [A. R. 664.] 
 
 358. A company or detachment commander is responsible for all 
 public property pertaining to his company or detachment, and will 
 not transfer his accountability therefor to a successor during pe¬ 
 riods of absence of less than a month, unless so ordered by com¬ 
 petent authority. When such absence exceeds a month the question 
 of responsibility is settled by the proper authority. [A. R. 665.] 
 
 359. The officer in temporary or permanent command of a com¬ 
 pany or detachment is responsible for all public property used by 
 or in possession of the command, whether he receipts for it or not. 
 [A. R. 666.] 
 
 360. The property responsibility of a company commander can¬ 
 not be transferred to enlisted men. It is his duty to attend per¬ 
 sonally to its security and to superintend issues himself, or cause 
 them to be superintended by a commissioned officer. [A. R. 667.] 
 
 361. An officer will not, when it can be avoided, be detailed for 
 duty which will separate him from public property for which he is 
 accountable. [A. R. 668.] 
 
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 362. A transfer of public property involves a change of posses- Transfer of 
 
 property, 
 
 sion and accountability. In ordinary cases of transfer the trans- method of. 
 ferring officer will furnish the receiving officer with invoices in 
 duplicate, accurately enumerating the property, and the latter will 
 return duplicate receipts. In cases in which complete transfer of 
 property occurs, instead of exchanging separate invoices and re¬ 
 ceipts, as above provided, the receiving officer may make direct 
 entry on the final return (both original and duplicate) of his 
 predecessor that all the property thereon enumerated as on hand 
 and transferred to successor was received by him. The trans¬ 
 ferring officer may make similar entry on the return of his suc¬ 
 cessor, stating that all the stores there taken up as received * from 
 such predecessor were actually turned over by him. [A. R. 669.] 
 
 363. When an officer to whom stores have been forwarded be¬ 
 lieves them to have miscarried, he will promptly inform the issu¬ 
 ing and forwarding officers. [A. R. 670.] 
 
 364. If an officer to whom public property has been transferred 
 fails to receipt for it within a reasonable time, the invoicing officer 
 will report the facts to the commanding officer of the former for 
 action. Copies of all papers relating to the transaction will be 
 filed with his returns. [A. R. 671.] 
 
 365. Upon the receipt of public property by an officer he will Failure to receipt, 
 make careful examination to ascertain its quality and condition, 
 
 but will not break original packages until issues are to be made, 
 unless he has reason to believe the contents defective. Should he 
 discover defect or shortage he will apply for a survey to determine 
 it and fix the responsibility. Should he consider the property unfit 
 for use he will submit inventories in triplicate and request the 
 action of an inspector. The same rule will be observed in regard 
 to packages wheu first opened for issue and for property damaged 
 or missing while in store. [A. R. 672.] 
 
 366. When packages of supplies are opened for the first time, Opening packages, 
 whether because of apparent defect or for issue, the officer respon¬ 
 sible, or some other commissioned officer, will be present and verify 
 
 the contents by actual weight, count or measurement, as circum¬ 
 stances may require; and, in case of deficiency or damage, will 
 make written report of the facts to the issuing officer. If only the 
 officer responsible be present and make the report, he will secure 
 the sworn statements in writing of one pr more civilians or en¬ 
 listed men regarding the condition of the property when exam¬ 
 ined. Should a survey be ordered, the Adjutant-General, or the 
 officer to whom written report of the facts has been made, will 
 refer to the surveying officer the report made by the examining 
 officer, together with the sworn statements. At arsenals and 
 
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 Receipts evidence 
 of accountability. 
 
 Final returns 
 before discharge 
 or retirement. 
 
 Accountability 
 after resignation, 
 etc. 
 
 All property 
 carried on returns. 
 
 Property pur¬ 
 chased from 
 public funds. 
 
 depots where there are persons whose special duty it is to receive 
 and issue public stores, the reports herein required may be made by 
 them instead of officers of the National Guard. 
 
 367. The giving or taking of receipts in blank for public property 
 is prohibited. [A. It. 674.] 
 
 The responsibility for nonexamination of all stores or property 
 rests with the receiving officer, and his receipts for property will 
 be conclusive as to his responsibility. 
 
 368. When it is impracticable for an officer to personally super¬ 
 intend his issues, as may be the case with one charged with dis¬ 
 bursements or the care of depots, he should choose with great cau¬ 
 tion the agent to whom he entrusts the duty. [A. R. 677.] 
 
 369. An officer accountable for public property applying for dis¬ 
 charge or retirement must turn over the property to the next in 
 command or such other officer as may be designated by proper 
 authority, giving duplicate invoices and taking duplicate receipts, 
 and will forward with his resignation or application for retirement 
 a property return, accounting for all the property and showing 
 nothing remaining on hand to be accounted for. 
 
 370. No resignation, retirement, removal, discharge, dismissal, 
 nomination or appointment to other office shall in any way affect 
 the liability of an officer for public property in his possession or 
 for which he is responsible. 
 
 371. When transferring public property to a successor, both the 
 transferring officer and the receiving officer shall verify the quan¬ 
 tities by actual count. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIV. 
 
 RETURNS OF PROPERTY. 
 
 372. All public property, whether paid for or not, must be ac¬ 
 counted for on the proper returns. All public property un¬ 
 accounted for when discovered by an accountable officer will be 
 taken up and the usual returns rendered therefor. When dis¬ 
 covered by officers not accountable for that class of property, or 
 by enlisted men or civilian employees, they shall report the same 
 as soon as practicable to.an officer so accountable, who will take it 
 up and account for^it. In the absence of such an accountable 
 officer the senior officer, enlisted man or civilian employee present 
 will take charge of such property and report it to the Adjutant- 
 General of North Carolina, with a view to its proper disposition. 
 
 373. All property of whatever description purchased out of any 
 public funds by authority of any council of administration, or by 
 
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 any other officer or officers, and all property commonly known as 
 “company property” or “regimental property,” is property of the 
 State of North Carolina and will be carried on the proper property 
 returns of the officer in whose care or custody the property may 
 be, except such property as is expendable in ordinary service or 
 business of the organization. Whenever necessary to transfer this 
 property in the case of retirement, resignation, relief from com¬ 
 mand or any other reason, this property will be transferred in the 
 manner prescribed for all public property. Should any council of 
 administration at any time order the sale of any such property, 
 the money derived from the sale thereof will be covered back into 
 the incidental fund controlled by such council of administration. 
 
 A certified copy of the deposit slip from the bank where such fund 
 is deposited, attached to a list of the articles sold, and the amounts 
 received therefor, will be a voucher to and authority for dropping 
 from the accountable officer’s next returns of property. 
 
 374. An officer accountable for the public property of two or 
 more companies will account for that pertaining to each sepa¬ 
 rately. 
 
 375. An officer will be relieved from accountability for public Relief from 
 property by showing receipts for the property from another officer accountabll ity. 
 authorized to receive the same, by being authorized to drop it on 
 
 report of an inspector of a survey presenting certificates of ex¬ 
 penditure, or by presenting such evidences of settlement as are 
 required in cases of property damaged, lost, destroyed, etc. 
 
 376. Vouchers for issues or expenditures of property not author¬ 
 ized by regulations will be accompanied by copies of the orders 
 directing the issues or expenditures. [A. R. 700.] 
 
 377. An officer will have credit for an expenditure of property 
 made in obedience to the order of his commanding officer. If the 
 expenditure is disallowed, it will be charged to the officer who 
 ordered it. [A. R. 701.] • 
 
 378. Public property expended in the military service must be Expendable 
 accounted for by affidavit or the certificate of a commissioned ^° perty accounted 
 officer or other satisfactory evidence. 
 
 379. When an enlisted man has by a court-martial been con¬ 
 victed of losing or damaging public property, the officer account¬ 
 able for the property will send with his property return a certified 
 copy of so much of the court-martial order as refers to the case, 
 giving number, date and place of issue of the order, and stating on 
 the face of said copy the rolls on which the charges are made. 
 
 [A. R. 703.] 
 
 380. Should an officer responsible for public property fail to ren- Failure to make 
 der the prescribed returns thereof within a reasonable time, a set- return s. 
 tlement of his accounts wdll be made by the Quartermaster-General 
 
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 Separate returns 
 for each class. 
 
 Verification of 
 property on hand. 
 
 Examination. 
 
 Returns made 
 annually. 
 
 of North Carolina, and the money value of the property with 
 which he is charged will be reported against him for stoppage 
 against his bond. 
 
 381. All returns of stores or supplies will be rendered as re¬ 
 quired by regulations or orders. All returns must be made in 
 duplicate and each copy must have a full set of vouchers. Vouch¬ 
 ers should be attached to the returns in the sequence of their num¬ 
 bers. 
 
 382. Separate returns will be made for all Quartermaster, Ord¬ 
 nance, Medical, Signal, Engineer, Commissary and Naval property 
 for which an officer is accountable or which an officer may find in 
 his possession. One copy is forwarded to the Quartermaster-Gen¬ 
 eral, the other is retained by the officer. 
 
 383. An officer accountable for public property will, as often as* 
 necessary, by actual count, verify the quantities reported on hand, 
 in order that the quantities reported as on hand in his return shall 
 be a true statement of his accountability. 
 
 384. As soon as possible after the receipt of a return by the 
 Quartermaster-General, it will be examined in his office, and the 
 officer making the return will be notified of all errors and irregu¬ 
 larities found therein and granted thirty days to correct them. 
 Suspensions or disallowances will not be made on account of slight 
 informalities which do not affect the validity of a voucher, but the 
 officer’s attention may be called to them. Whenever the errors 
 have been corrected or compensation has been made for deficient 
 articles, the return will be regarded as settled and the officer who 
 rendered it will be notified accordingly. 
 
 385. If the necessary corrections in the returns be not made 
 within the prescribed time, the facts will be reported to the Adju¬ 
 tant-General of the State for further action. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXV. 
 
 ACCOUNTABILITY. 
 
 The following regulations are prescribed to govern account¬ 
 ability for military stores and property of the United States 
 in the hands of the militia: 
 
 386. All the public property issued to the organized militia 
 will be accounted for under the same regulations that now govern 
 accountability for public property in the Army, and the chiefs 
 of the several supply departments will furnish the Governors of 
 the several States and Territories and the commanding general 
 
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 of the National Guard of the District of Columbia the necessary 
 blank forms for making the required returns of the public prop¬ 
 erty so issued; returns to be made annually on the 31st of 
 December of each year and sent to the War Department for ex¬ 
 
 amination and settlement. 
 
 387. The chiefs of the various supply departments will issue 
 the necessary instructions for the safe-keeping, preservation, 
 and accountability of all public property issued. 
 
 388. Under section 4 of the act approved June 22, 1906, it is Disposition of 
 required that the examination of unserviceable or unsuitable pub- property. 
 
 lie property shall be made at least annually and the proceedings 
 of the surveying officers of the militia will show in detail op¬ 
 posite each article on their reports in what respect the property 
 is unserviceable or unsuitable; also indicating in each case, for 
 the guidance of the Secretary of War, the disposition which 
 should be made of said property. Should the surveying officer 
 recommend sale of the property, the recommendation will state 
 whether by auction or by inviting bids from dealers or others 
 likely to purchase said articles, stating reasons; and in the case 
 of any public property rendered unserviceable through causes 
 other than the ordinary incidents of service, the surveying of¬ 
 ficer will investigate and report the causes and recommend to the 
 Secretary of War the necessary action as to personal responsibility 
 for the damages in each case. 
 
 389. The surveying officer should fully investigate matters sub- Duties of 
 mitted to him, calling for all evidence attainable, and not limit- surveymg officer - 
 ing his inquiries to proofs or statements presented by parties in 
 
 interest. He should rigidly scrutinize the evidence, especially in 
 cases of alleged theft or embezzlement, and not recommend the 
 relief of officers or soldiers from responsibility unless fully satis¬ 
 fied that those charged with the care of the property have per¬ 
 formed their whole duty in regard to it; hearing in person or by 
 deposition all persons concerned in the subject-matter before him. 
 
 390. The party responsible for the property to be surveyed will 
 in all cases furnish original certificates or affidavits or the testi¬ 
 mony of the witnesses upon which he relies to relieve him from 
 responsibility, and the proper number' of duly attested copies of 
 such affidavits should accompany the report. 
 
 391. As said section 4 provides that, if it shall appear that the Property destroyed 
 loss or destruction of property was due to carelessness or that les^ne^s. 0 ^ 6 " 
 
 its loss could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable 
 care, the money value thereof shall be charged against the allot¬ 
 ment to the States or Territories under section 1661 of the Re¬ 
 vised Statutes as amended, it is suggested that officers responsible 
 
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 Classification of 
 lost and damaged 
 property. 
 
 Sale of condemned 
 property. 
 
 Proceeds of sale to 
 be deposited. 
 
 Report of sale of 
 
 condemned 
 
 property. 
 
 for property should be bonded and charged for any damage to 
 or loss or destruction of the same and the money value deducted 
 from any pay for military services that may become due them, 
 unless they shall show to the satisfaction of the proper State 
 authorities by their own affidavits or certificates or by one or 
 more depositions that the damage, loss, or destruction was oc¬ 
 casioned by unavoidable causes and without fault or neglect, on 
 their part. 
 
 392. With a view to aiding surveying officers in the perform¬ 
 ance of their duties, the following classification of the causes 
 of damage to and of loss and destruction of military property 
 are published: 
 
 1. Unavoidable causes, being those over which the re¬ 
 sponsible officers have no control, occurring (a) in the 
 ordinary course of service, or (ft) as incident to active 
 field service; (c) accident or destruction without fault or 
 neglect of responsible officer. 
 
 2. Avoidable causes, being those due to carelessness, 
 willfulness, or neglect. 
 
 393. The order of the Secretary of War directing a sale of con¬ 
 demned property will indicate the method of advertisement, which 
 will generally be by means of circulars posted in public places and 
 sent by mail to dealers and others likely to purchase; but if 
 advertisement in newspapers is indicated, the provisions of Army 
 Regulations 498 to 505 apply, and request for special authority 
 to advertise must be made upon prescribed forms, designating 
 the newspapers in which advertisement is desired. 
 
 394. The net proceeds of a sale of condemned property, except 
 subsistence supplies, after deducting necessary and reasonable 
 expenses of advertising and auctioneer’s fees, will be deposited 
 by the Governor, or by the commanding general of the National 
 Guard of the District of Columbia, in a United States depository 
 to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States; if received 
 from sales of condemned supplies, the funds must be deposited 
 as “miscellaneous receipts on account of proceeds of Government 
 property”; if from sales of condemned ordnance stores, the de¬ 
 posit must be made on account of “sales of condemned ordnance 
 stores.” Funds received from the sale of condemned subsistence 
 supplies must be deposited to the credit of the appropriation “Sub¬ 
 sistence of the Army, 190 ,” (appropriation current at the date 
 of sale). 
 
 395. Immediately after a sale of condemned property an item¬ 
 ized report will be made by the Governor, or by the commanding 
 general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, to the 
 chief of the bureau to which the property pertains, showing date- 
 
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 139 
 
 and place of sale, quantity and kind of articles sold, prices ob¬ 
 tained, names of purchasers, expenses of sale, and gross and net 
 proceeds, accompanied by a copy of the order authorizing the 
 sale, and receipted vouchers for expenses of sale. The report to 
 the Quartermaster-General will be made on Form No. 94, Quar¬ 
 termaster’s Department, “Account of sales at auction”; that to the 
 Chief of Ordnance on Form No. 272, “Abstract of sales, Ordnance 
 Department”; that to the Commissary-General on Form No. 44, 
 
 “Sales at auction”; that to the Surgeon-General on Forms Nos. 
 
 15 and 16; that to the Chief of Engineers on Form No. 27, “Ac¬ 
 count of sales at auction,” and that to the Chief Signal Officer on 
 Form No. 214, “Inventory of property sold,” and Form No. 215, 
 
 “Account of sales”; all in duplicate. 
 
 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 396. Every officer and enlisted man to whom public property of Personal responsi- 
 the State has been issued shall be personally responsible to the 11 y or P r °P ert y- 
 State for such property, and no one shall be relieved from such 
 responsibility, except it be shown to the satisfaction of the Gov¬ 
 ernor that the loss or destruction of such property was unavoid¬ 
 able and in no way the fault of the person responsible for the 
 
 same; in all other cases the value of the property lost or de¬ 
 stroyed shall be charged against the person at fault or to the 
 organization to which it had been issued, and such person or 
 organization, if not relieved from such charge by the Governor, 
 shall pay the value of such property to the Adjutant-General within 
 two years after such loss or destruction. The value of lost or 
 destroyed property and the person or organization to be charged 
 therewith shall be determined by a surveying officer duly appointed 
 by the commander-in-chief. 
 
 397. The detention of or refusal to give up, after a proper and Procedure to 
 reasonable demand, by any person any money or other property secure arres * 
 belonging to any organization, shall be grounds for the proper of¬ 
 ficer of that organization proceeding by filing necessary affidavits 
 
 with a mayor or justice of the peace, to secure the arrest and con¬ 
 viction of the person unlawfully detaining or refusing to give up 
 such money or property. 
 
 398. Officers and enlisted men of the organized militia who Property appro- 
 appropriate to their own use any government property shall be P^ atedfor P ersonal 
 held accountable in either military or civil courts as may seem 
 
 proper under the circumstances. Officers may request directions 
 as to method of proceeding. 
 
 399. Officers accountable for military property kept in any Burglary in 
 building which may have been burglarized, immediately upon dis- armories - 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 covery of such burglary, will take the necessary steps to ap¬ 
 prehend the burglar and to recover the property by filing the 
 necessary affidavits with the proper civil officers and furnishing 
 other evidence. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVI. 
 
 SURVEYS ON PROPERTY. 
 
 Application for 
 surveys. 
 
 Oaths. 
 
 Survey officer 
 cannot condemn. 
 
 400. Public property which has been lost or destroyed, or has 
 become unserviceable or unsuitable from use in service, or from 
 any other cause, will be surveyed by a disinterested officer of the 
 organized militia, to be appointed by the Governor of the State. 
 
 401. The responsible or interested officer will furnish with his 
 application for a survey his certificate of facts and circum¬ 
 stances, supported by the sworn testimony of witnesses or by the 
 affidavits of enlisted men or others who are cognizant thereof. 
 In cases where the property in question has been previously acted 
 upon, the officer making the investigation will be so informed and 
 the previous report will be considered. 
 
 402. The proper officers to administer oaths are judge-advo¬ 
 cates general, judge-advocates of courts-martial, the trial officers 
 of summary courts, and, in cases of investigation, the officer de¬ 
 tailed to conduct the investigation, or the recorder, and if there 
 be none, the presiding officer of any board appointed for such 
 purpose. When none of these are within reach and available, re¬ 
 course must be had to a notary public or other civil officer com¬ 
 petent to administer oaths for general purposes. 
 
 403. The surveying officer cannot condemn public property. His 
 action is purely advisory. He will ascertain and report facts, 
 submitting opinions and making recommendations upon questions 
 of responsibility which may arise through accident, mistake or 
 neglect. For example, he investigates and determines questions 
 involving the character, amount and cause of damage or deficiency 
 which public property may have sustained in transit, store or use, 
 and which is not the result of ordinary wear and tear of the ser¬ 
 vice, and reports the investigation made, his opinions thereon, and 
 fixes responsibility for such damage or deficiency upon the 
 proper party. He makes inventories of property ordered to be 
 abandoned when the articles have not been enumerated in the 
 orders for abandonment. He verifies the discrepancy between in¬ 
 voices and the actual quantity or description of property trans¬ 
 ferred from one officer to another, fixes definitely amounts re¬ 
 ceived for which the receiving officer mhst receipt, and ascertains, 
 as far as possible, where and how the discrepancy has occurred. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
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 404. When the approved report of a surveying officer holds 
 common carriers or persons not in the military service of the State 
 of North Carolina responsible for the loss of or damage to public 
 property or stores, the Adjutant-General of North Carolina will at 
 once take steps to make collection from the parties so held. 
 
 405. Properly approved reports of surveys of property may be 
 submitted as vouchers to property returns. They are not to be 
 considered as conclusive until approved by the Secretary of War. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVII. 
 
 CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY. 
 
 406. Inspectors will exercise great care in examining property 
 submitted to them for condemnation and in making recommen¬ 
 dations regarding its disposition. Articles “to be continued in 
 service” are such as are still serviceable. Those “to be dropped” 
 from the returns are such as cannot be sold at the post and are 
 not worth cost of transportation to the State Arsenal for repair. 
 If worthless, they must be so far destroyed as to prevent any pos¬ 
 sibility of future presentation. Such articles as cannot be de¬ 
 stroyed will, when practicable, be marked “I. C.” (inspected—con¬ 
 demned), or will be broken up and the serviceable parts retained. 
 Should the inspector’s recommendation be disapproved in regard 
 to articles marked “I C.” the marks will be cancelled and a cer¬ 
 tificate of the fact given to the responsible officer. Those “to be 
 turned into depot” are such "as cannot be repaired at the post and 
 are worth cost of transportation. Small arms found to be unfit 
 for service will be turned into the State Arsenal. 
 
 407. Public property in use will not be reported as unservice¬ 
 able nor condemned by an inspector merely because worn or 
 shabby in appearance when really strong and serviceable. [A. R. 
 916.] 
 
 408. Great care will be taken to prevent property once con¬ 
 demned and ordered dropped from the returns from being again 
 presented for inspection. When public property is presented to an 
 army inspector for condemnation the officer responsible will certify 
 on the inventory that the property has not been previously con¬ 
 demned. [A. R. 917.] 
 
 409. The annual report of the Quartermaster-General will con¬ 
 tain a complete statement in detail of the condemned property for 
 the year, with the money value thereof, credited on the accounts 
 of responsible officers. 
 
 Duties of 
 inspectors. 
 
 Second condemna¬ 
 tion prohibited. 
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR THE 1ST. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Bonds required. 
 
 Disposition of 
 
 condemned 
 
 property. 
 
 Public funds. 
 
 Treasurers. 
 
 410. When it shall appear on the 30th day of December from the 
 records in his office that an officer is charged with property 
 which is not accounted for as required, the Quartermaster-General 
 shall make a detail report of same in his annual report to the 
 Governor. 
 
 411. Bonds will be required of all officers who are responsible 
 for public property. 
 
 412. The amount of bonds will be fixed by the Adjutant-General. 
 
 413. Property will not be issued to an officer until his bond has 
 been accepted by the Adjutant-General. 
 
 414. Bonds will not be accepted by the Adjutant-General until 
 they are approved by the chief of the department by which the 
 property is issued. 
 
 415. Orders for the final disposition of condemned property 
 will be issued by the Adjutant-General of the State on the in¬ 
 spection reports, each copy being made complete in itself. One will 
 be forwarded to the Quartermaster-General and the others to the 
 accountable officer, who will forward one with his return of prop¬ 
 erty and file the other with his retained papers. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVIII. 
 
 PUBLIC MONEY. 
 
 416. All moneys, from whatever source derived, pertaining to 
 or supplied for the use of any organization in the National Guard, 
 are, as regards responsibility and accountability, public funds. 
 
 417. The regimental treasurer is the custodian of the public 
 money in the regimental fund; this fund includes all money per¬ 
 taining to regimental headquarters and band; and donations, con¬ 
 tributions and collections from any source. 
 
 418. The company treasurer is the custodian of the public 
 money in the company fund; this fund accrues from amounts 
 transferred by commanding officers for care of State property and 
 as balances from armory funds; from subscriptions of contributing 
 members; from fines and dues of active members and from do¬ 
 nations, contributions and collections from any source. 
 
 419. Money appropriated by the State must be expended or 
 accounted for as required by law. 
 
 420. Involving the State in any contract for future payment 
 of money in excess of appropriations is prohibited. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 143 
 
 421. Funds pertaining to the National Guard shall not be re- Disbursements, 
 ceived, held or disbursed by anyone, except a commissioned officer 
 
 who is under bond, as required by law and regulations. 
 
 422. An officer accountable for public funds, desiring to resign, Final return 
 
 to retire or to be relieved from such accountability, will transfer et c ° re resignatl01 
 
 all funds in his possession to an officer designated by higher 
 
 authority as soon as the officer so designated shall have given 
 
 required bond. He will then render a complete and final return 
 
 of all receipts and disbursements since his last annual report, 
 
 together with receipts for all moneys disbursed and transferred. 
 
 423. When a bonded officer is relieved and his successor has Certified checks, 
 not qualified, the former will forward, through military channels, 
 
 a certified check, made payable to the Adjutant-General of the 
 State, for the balance of his account. 
 
 424. Each treasurer will keep in the treasurer’s book a full Treasurer’s book, 
 and itemized account, showing all receipts and expenditures in 
 
 behalf of his organization, stating date, name and amount in each 
 case. 
 
 425. Each treasurer will balance his account on the last day of Treasurer’s 
 
 reports. 
 
 each year, and also whenever relieved from duty as treasurer, 
 and at other times make written report of the state of the finances 
 to the council of administration, setting forth the balance on hand 
 at date of last account; the itemized expenditures and receipts, 
 with dates, names, and amounts and vouchers in each case, and 
 the balance on hand at date of report. A statement of outstand¬ 
 ing indebtedness and of amounts due the fund will be added to 
 the report. The treasurer’s book, when properly kept, should 
 fulfill all the requirements of this report. 
 
 426. Supplies will be procured by purchasing officers only after Method of 
 inviting proposals for the same. The method and extent of notice purchase * 
 inviting proposals, as well as the time intervening between first 
 notice and opening of proposals, shall be determined and desig¬ 
 nated by the officer making the purchase, unless otherwise or¬ 
 dered. In every case, all parties concerned with a purchase shall 
 exercise the greatest diligence and their best judgment to properly 
 protect the State, to effect economy and to subserve the interests 
 
 of the service. 
 
 427. An open-market purchase of supplies or engagement of Open-market 
 services is one made without advertising, and is authorized in the purchases - 
 following cases: 
 
 1. In an emergency, as when the public exigencies require im¬ 
 mediate delivery or performance and there is no time to advertise 
 by newspapers, posters or circulars. 
 
 2. When it is impracticable to secure competition. 
 
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 Copies for 
 
 adj utant-general. 
 
 Proposals and 
 awards. 
 
 Three forms of 
 purchase. 
 
 3. When proposals have been invited and none have been re¬ 
 ceived. 
 
 4. When proposals are above the market price or otherwise un¬ 
 reasonable. [A. R. 549.] 
 
 428. Before making a purchase in open market the officer will 
 inform himself concerning prevailing prices by inquiry among 
 principal dealers in his locality. [A. R. 550.] 
 
 429. When advertisements or specifications thereunder do not 
 announce fixed standards for articles required, they should be so 
 worded as to permit bids to be considered item by item, and 
 awards to be made for the most suitable articles of each kind 
 offered. [A. R. 521.] 
 
 430. A copy of each advertisement, notice and specification will 
 be forwarded by the officer issuing it direct to the Adjutant- 
 General of North Carolina, together with all information re¬ 
 quired for a complete understanding of the nature and necessity 
 for the proposed contract or purchase, and in case of notice by 
 circular, there will be indorsed on it the names of persons to 
 whom sent. 
 
 431. In so far as they are applicable, the provisions of the Army 
 Regulations governing “proposals and awards,” unless modified 
 by orders of the Adjutant-General’s Department of North Caro¬ 
 lina, shall obtain in the purchase of supplies and engagement of 
 services in the National Guard. 
 
 432. A purchase of supplies or engagement of services will be 
 made: 
 
 1. By contract, “reduced to writing and signed by the contract¬ 
 ing parties with their names at the end thereof.” Agreements 
 of this character only are termed “contracts” in these regulations. 
 This method will be used when delivery or performance does not 
 immediately follow an award or bargain. 
 
 2. By written proposal and written acceptance. This method 
 may be resorted to when delivery or performance immediately fol¬ 
 lows award or bargain, or when specifically authorized. 
 
 3. By oral agreement. This method may be used under circum¬ 
 stances indicated in paragraph 427, if delivery or performance im¬ 
 mediately follow the agreement. 
 
PART IV 
 
 ACTIVE SERVICE. 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 147 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIX. 
 
 N AID OF THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES. 
 
 433. The National Guard is a constitutional and most impor- National Guard to 
 
 insure safety to 
 
 tant department of the State government, its function being, person and prop- 
 
 finally, to insure the perpetuity of the State as an organization poweTfaHs?™ 1 
 by enabling the executive department of the State government to 
 faithfully execute the laws provided by the legislative branch. 
 
 The National Guardsman must, therefore, always remember that 
 it is upon him, when the civil power has failed, the State relies 
 for the vindication of its laws and institutions, imperiled from 
 whatever cause. 
 
 The service which the Guardsman is thus called upon to render 
 to the State is invariably of the most delicate and difficult char¬ 
 acter, requiring from him the highest type of patriotic devotion 
 to public welfare, a thorough knowledge of his duties and re¬ 
 sponsibilities and also that he should constantly maintain a state 
 of efficiency and preparedness which would insure intelligent and 
 prompt response when called upon by the civil authorities. 
 
 434. A thorough knowledge of the duties to be performed be- Schools for instruc- 
 gets confidence and self-reliance—qualities of inestimable value fatfng to U activ?" 
 in the military commander. Officers and men, therefore, should service to be held * 
 be frequently assembled for theoretical and practical instruction 
 
 in subjects relating to their duties when acting in aid of the civil 
 authorities. The course of instruction should embrace rules and 
 systems for hasty mobilization; equipment and dress for riot 
 service; transportation arrangements, including the difficulties 
 which may be experienced when detraining after arriving in a 
 riotous district; methods of progressing through the streets of a 
 city wherein a mob has displaced the civil authority and finally 
 such tactical problems as might be encountered in service of this 
 character. 
 
 435. Regimental and battalion commanders should have on file Rosters of officers 
 at their headquarters complete rosters of the commissioned offi- headquarters 
 cers of their respective organizations, showing their business and 
 
 residence addresses, together with telephone numbers and any 
 other data which may be of assistance in locating officers when 
 their services are hastily required. 
 
 436. Company commanders should have posted in their armories company com¬ 
 at all times full and complete rosters of their organizations, with manders to ar- 
 
 range systems 
 
 every possible detail of information which will be of service in for hasty 
 locating and notifying the members of their commands and which 
 will assist in their rapid mobilization, whenever their services 
 
 mobilization. 
 
148 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Guardsmen to take 
 prudent prelim¬ 
 inary steps for 
 hasty mobilization 
 when call is ap¬ 
 prehended. 
 
 Rigid discipline 
 and exemplary con¬ 
 duct required when 
 in active service. 
 
 are required. This roster should disclose the residence addresses, 
 places of employment, whether day or night; telephone numbers 
 (if without telephone service the number of the nearest neighbor¬ 
 ing telephone should be noted) ; places where habitually found, 
 together with any other data or information which may be service¬ 
 able. The company should be properly squaded, each man hav¬ 
 ing a list of the squad to which he is assigned, containing also 
 the data above suggested. Arrangements should be made by com¬ 
 manding officers for riot signals to be sounded by fire alarm, court¬ 
 house or town hall bells, or by steam whistle—one or the other of 
 which may be found at every company station. The methods 
 herein set forth are merely suggested, the plan to be adopted in 
 each case being left to the judgment of the responsible officer. 
 The adoption, however, of some effective system for hasty mobil¬ 
 ization, which shall be thoroughly known and understood by the 
 members of his command, is enjoined upon each company com¬ 
 mander, and failure to comply with the requirements of this para¬ 
 graph will subject the officer to charges of gross neglect of duty. 
 
 437. When insurrection is threatened or when there is reason¬ 
 able apprehension on his part that riot, tumult or mob is likely to 
 menace public peace and security and set at defiance the civil 
 authority, it is the duty of the National Guardsman to take such 
 prudent precautionary steps and measures as are necessary to 
 insure speedy and effective assistance, should such be demanded 
 by the civil authority. While, in the absence of specific orders to 
 perform such service, a commanding officer is not authorized to 
 parade or even assemble his command for purposes of intimida¬ 
 tion or of exerting a moral effect, nevertheless, when, from com¬ 
 mon knowledge, intimation or suggestion from civil officials or 
 from any creditable sources of information, he has reason to be¬ 
 lieve that the services of his command will be required by those 
 authorized to demand such service, it is his duty to diligently 
 avail himself of every proper means which will facilitate prompt 
 mobilization of his command after receiving lawful orders to do 
 so. It is also his duty, in times of actual or threatened public 
 disorder, to take all necessary precautions looking to the safety 
 and security of the arms, stores and other military and public 
 property entrusted to his care and keeping. 
 
 438. The peculiar character of service which the National Guard 
 is required to perform, when acting in aid of the civil authority, 
 demands enforcement of the most rigid military discipline and 
 such exemplary conduct on the part of officers and men as will 
 command the respect and confidence of the people. Enrollment 
 as a soldier has relieved him from none of the duties or obliga- 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 149 
 
 tions of citizenship. In volunteering his services as a Guardsman 
 he is exemplifying the highest type of public duty which the citi¬ 
 zen can render his State; hence, the importance and lofty charac¬ 
 ter of his calling demand that the Guardsman on duty should 
 not only present the ideal soldier, but also that his conduct and 
 deportment should be such as will preclude criticism, and which 
 will increase the forcefulness of his efforts to demand similar 
 
 conduct from others. As a special aid to this end, commanding Use of intoxicating 
 ^ ...I., , . , liquors prohibited. 
 
 officers will, while engaged in suppressing domestic disturbances, 
 prohibit the use of intoxicating liquors, except when used upon 
 the recommendation of a medical officer. 
 
 439. Upon receiving orders to act in aid of the civil authority, Acknowledging 
 unless such orders are received in person from the official issuing recelpt of cal1 ' 
 same, commanding officers should immediately, by telegraph, tele¬ 
 phone or other expeditious means, acknowledge receipt thereof, 
 
 thus assuring the officer making the call, and to whom such infor¬ 
 mation may be of the greatest importance, that his orders have 
 been received by the military officer. When a call emanates from 
 the Governor, the Adjutant-General’s Department should be 
 promptly and fully advised concerning important incidents and 
 developments connected with the service being performed. 
 
 440. The commanding officer should endeavor to keep in close Commanding offi- 
 telephonic or telegraphic communication with the official to whom tIL S commmdca- 
 he is ordered to report, advising him as to the progress of the w £ h ?ffi cial to 
 movement ordered, the probable time of departure from home report, 
 station and arrival at the designated point, and also of the route 
 
 traveled. He should request the civil official to keep him fully 
 advised as to conditions at the seat of trouble and to report, if 
 possible, important developments. He should also request the 
 civil official to meet the troops in person upon their arrival or to 
 have present a deputy or other duly authorized representative 
 who, to insure identification, should be able to present written 
 advices over the official signature of the civil officer as to his 
 personality. 
 
 441. Troops ordered into service by the civil authorities should “Emergency am- 
 always be supplied with sufficient ammunition. Commanding offi- ^bepreserved. 17 
 cers should, therefore, at all times, preserve a supply of ammuni¬ 
 tion (500 rounds), to be known and designated as “emergency 
 ammunition,” which should be used for no other purpose. Failure 
 
 to comply with the provisions of this requirement may result in 
 disaster to the command involved, as well as to the public inter¬ 
 ests, and will subject the responsible officer to most serious 
 charges. 
 
150 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Provision should 
 be made for secur¬ 
 ing information 
 concerning move¬ 
 ments of mob. 
 
 Commanding offi¬ 
 cers may arrest 
 and detain rioters. 
 
 442. Commanding officers of troops acting in aid of the civil 
 authorities should detail officers or enlisted men to accompany or 
 precede the troops, in civilian dress, for the purpose of securing 
 information and performing such other duty as may be necessary 
 to the success of their operations and which, for obvious reasons, 
 could not be accomplished by soldiers in uniform. Care should 
 be taken that only men of good address and judgment be selected 
 for this important service. When a command is ordered to report 
 for duty at some distant city or locality, officers or men employed 
 in this service should be immediately sent to the scene of trouble 
 for the purpose of securing information which will be of service 
 to the troops upon their arrival. A cipher code should be used to 
 insure secrecy in the transmission of telegraphic or other mes¬ 
 sages. 
 
 443. Commanding officers may cause the troops to arrest all 
 rioters and other persons found in open resistance to the civil 
 authorities, or who, by words or actions, are encouraging such re¬ 
 sistance or are endeavoring to incite the mob to deeds of violence. 
 If police or other civil peace officers are available, they should 
 be employed in making such arrests, under protection of the 
 troops, who should always insure the success of their efforts. If 
 police or other civil peace officers are not available, or if, from 
 indifference or other cause they refuse or neglect to act, the com¬ 
 manding officer should detail members of his force to make such 
 arrests. Persons so arrested may be turned over to the civil 
 authorities or they may be held or incarcerated by the troops and 
 detained until such time as it may appear to the commanding offi¬ 
 cer that their release will in no wise menace public peace and 
 security, nor interfere with the success of his operations. But 
 they are not authorized to punish any person for an offense, how¬ 
 ever amenable he may be to punishment, this duty belonging to 
 the courts of justice. 
 
 444. Commanding officers should be careful to avoid giving the 
 impression that the troops are to be subjected to abuse or made 
 targets of without opportunity for defense or retaliation. Neither 
 strict justice nor public policy demands that the legal agents of the 
 State passively submit to indignities or physical injury while en¬ 
 gaged in their lawful and necessary functions and duties. Officers 
 should, therefore, be prompt to forcibly resist every attack made 
 upon the troops by a mob. Under no circumstances are the troops 
 to fire into a crowd without orders, except that designated sharp¬ 
 shooters may shoot down individual rioters who have fired upon 
 or thrown missiles at the troops. The safe rule to be followed by 
 military commanders, when acting in aid of the civil authorities 
 
REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 151 
 
 or in the suppression of domestic disturbances, is to use no un¬ 
 necessary force, but to employ all the force of whatever kind that 
 may be necessary to accomplish the object for which their services 
 have been required. 
 
 445. If, after being called into service, no instructions be given In conflict of jur- 
 to the military commander by the civil officer, or if there be a commander t^as- 
 conflict of jurisdiction between public officers authorized to call sume entire con " 
 to their aid the military force, and who shall make such call; or 
 
 if contradictory, inconsistent or unlawful directions shall be given 
 by such officer or officers, the military commander will, if the occa¬ 
 sion shall require the use of a military force, himself so direct 
 the troops as to secure the public peace and the due observance 
 of the law, agreeably to the call made upon him by the civil 
 authority. Under conditions such as are herein described, the 
 military commander should immediately advise the Governor of 
 the situation and receive instructions from him as to the method 
 of procedure; but until such instructions shall have been received 
 or until specific and proper orders are received from a lawful 
 authority, the military commander will continue to control and 
 govern affairs in such manner as will secure safety to person and 
 property and due observance of law. 
 
 446. The Governor, as chief executive officer of the State, takes Governor takes 
 
 . precedence over all other State officials, when considering the Jtherlftate officials 
 possible conditions under which the services of the National as executive officer. 
 Guard may be required to enable the civil authorities to execute 
 the laws. Therefore, whenever a conflict of jurisdiction arises, 
 after troops have been ordered into service by any competent 
 authority, it is the duty of the military commander to receive 
 and execute such orders as he may receive from the Governor, 
 and to look to him only for instructions and direction as to the 
 services to be performed. 
 
 447. After having been called into service by the Governor, offi- Military not with- 
 cers will not, except as hereinbefore provided, permit their com- OTde^ed U byofficial 
 mands to be relieved from duty by any authority other than the makin s calk 
 Governor. If, for instance, an officer should be ordered by the 
 commander-in-chief to report to the mayor of a municipality to 
 
 act in his aid and the military commander, upon arriving at the 
 designated point and reporting, should be informed by the mayor 
 that the services of his command were not required, the command¬ 
 ing officer, before leaving the scene, should inform the commander- 
 in-chief of the situation and await his orders to do so before 
 taking any steps toward the withdrawal of his command from the 
 locality. 
 
152 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Troops to report 
 immediately upon 
 receiving call. 
 
 Military officer to 
 retain command 
 of and direct 
 troops. 
 
 Warning mob to 
 disperse. 
 
 Troops to fire 
 if attacked or 
 .resisted. 
 
 Order to fire given 
 by superior officer 
 present. 
 
 448. The law invests the Governor with full authority to call 
 upon the military commander for the services of the troops 
 under his command whenever, in the judgment of the civil of¬ 
 ficer, the public interests may demand such action; and it is the 
 absolute duty of the military officer to immediately comply there¬ 
 with. The Governor alone is to judge of the necessity for the 
 call and he is not required to state his reasons therefor to the 
 military commander. 
 
 449. The instructions of the civil officers are given in general 
 terms, directing the military officer to disperse rioters or clear a 
 place, or protect a building, an individual or individuals, or to 
 insure safety to person and property, or to enforce due observance 
 of law. But the civil officer is not authorized to interfere in any 
 way with the formation or details of the force or its method of 
 procedure. The military officer being held responsible for the 
 success of thfe operation to be undertaken, it is for him alone to 
 judge in what manner the troops shall effect the object which the 
 civil officer has indicated, and to direct the force in the execution 
 of the service in which it is engaged. 
 
 450. Commanding officers, when ordered to disperse a tumult 
 or riotous assemblage, will, unless special exigencies should inter¬ 
 vene, observe the following method of proceeding: On approaching 
 the place where the mob is congregated or the riot is progressing, 
 the military officer in command will request the civil officer to 
 give notice, in a loud tone of voice, requiring all persons so as¬ 
 sembled to disperse forthwith. Unless such notice is given by the 
 civil officer, the military officer will, himself, cause such notice 
 to be given. After waiting a suitable time to allow the mob or 
 rioters to disperse, troops will advance and clear the place or 
 disperse the rioters. In this effort they will obtain, if possible, 
 the active aid of the civil force, and especially the personal 
 presence and authority of the civil authorities. If the troops 
 shall then be attacked or resisted, so as to be unable otherwise 
 to clear the ground or disperse the rioters, they may fire or use 
 any other means necessary to attain the end desired; but in no 
 case will they fire without the orders of their proper military 
 commander. 
 
 451. The order to fire will be communicated to the troops 
 by the superior military officer in command on the spot. It is 
 impossible to specify in advance the particulars or the nature of 
 each case of resistance or attack by rioters or persons engaged 
 in a breach of the peace, which will justify the troops in taking 
 life. His honest and reasonable judgment, in a case of ap¬ 
 parent necessity, is all that is required by the law; and his law- 
 
REGULATIONS FOR TIIE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 153 
 
 ful command will be sufficient protection to all who are subject 
 to his orders. 
 
 452. By the laws of the land, homicide or the taking of human 
 life is justifiable when necessarily committed by public officers 
 and those acting under their command in their aid and assistance, 
 in overcoming resistance to the execution of legal process, or to 
 the discharge of any other legal duty; and it is justifiable when 
 necessarily committed by any person in attempting by lawful 
 ways and means to apprehend any person for any felony commit¬ 
 ted or in lawfully suppressing any riot or in lawfully keeping 
 and preserving the peace. 
 
 453. The rule of the law is that all persons who by their pres¬ 
 ence give countenance to a riot are principals, whether they en¬ 
 gage in acts of violence or not, especially after notice given to 
 disperse; yet, it often happens that a large proportion of a mob 
 are in the first instance mere spectators or idlers, not meaning 
 to aid in a breach of the peace. For this reason officers are en¬ 
 joined, unless the exigencies of the case should render it im¬ 
 practicable, or as otherwise provided, to give the required notice 
 and opportunity to disperse before proceeding to extremities, to 
 the end that all those who are well disposed may retire in safety. 
 
 454. As far as practicable in every case of firing, pains will 
 be taken to make it effective only as against those who are 
 actually engaged in the riot. If the mob be close to the troops the 
 aim should be taken no higher than the center of the body; if 
 very close it should be still lower, to guard against danger to 
 innocent persons in the distance. 
 
 455. The troops are authorized to defend from attack or ag¬ 
 gression their persons, their arms and any place or building in 
 which they may be stationed; in case of any sudden onset on the 
 troops, or any place or building occupied by them, or other urgent 
 circumstances requiring instant attack or resistance, the notice or 
 other measures preliminary to the action may be dispensed with; 
 the order to fire in this case will be given by the military com¬ 
 mander on the spot. 
 
 456. Experience having shown the evil results of firing with 
 blank cartridges in attempts to suppress riots, such firing is pro¬ 
 hibited. The only eventually merciful measures are the severe 
 ones, and officers commanding troops engaged in the suppression of 
 riots or the enforcement of law will have the troops understand 
 that in event of their being ordered to fire upon the mob it must be 
 done in the most effective manner. 
 
 457. The Constitution of the State, Article XII, section 3, pro¬ 
 vides that “the Governor shall be commander-in-chief, and shall 
 
 Taking life justi¬ 
 fiable in suppress¬ 
 ing riot. 
 
 Rule of law, 
 all persons en¬ 
 couraging mob by 
 presence are 
 principals. 
 
 Warning to dis¬ 
 perse may be 
 omitted in 
 emergency. 
 
 Use of blank cart¬ 
 ridges prohibited. 
 
 Power to call out 
 militia. 
 
154 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. 
 
 Troops called on by 
 civil authorities. 
 
 Call to be made in 
 writing. 
 
 Duty of post com¬ 
 mander. 
 
 have power to call out the militia to execute the law, suppress 
 riots or insurrection, and to repel invasion.” 
 
 458. In all cases where the civil authorities call upon com¬ 
 manding officers to aid them with troops, the commanding officer 
 should at once apply to the Governor for orders. Until orders 
 from the Governor are received, the commanding officer places 
 his command under the direction of civil authority (judge, sheriff 
 or mayor), as a part of the posse comitatus. 
 
 459. Commanding officers when called upon by the civil author¬ 
 ities, will require the call to be made in writing and signed of¬ 
 ficially. 
 
 460. When any civil officer vested with authority to call for the 
 services of the troops shall make such call, the post commander to 
 whom such request shall be addressed will forthwith comply with 
 the same, and report his action immediately to the commander-in¬ 
 chief or the Adjutant-General by telegraph, to be followed as soon 
 as possible by a full report. When this request, by inadvertence 
 or otherwise, is made of any subordinate officer of the post, he 
 shall immediately order the troops to assemble, and he shall then 
 report to the post commander with such request, and in the en¬ 
 forcement of the civil law all subordinate military officers shall be 
 subject to the orders of the post commander, acting under the 
 orders of the civil authorities. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Par, Page. 
 
 Accountability for public property. 386-399 136-140 
 
 Aid of the civil authorities. 433-460 147-154 
 
 Articles of War. 27-47 
 
 Care and custody of public property. 334-338 129 
 
 Chaplain . 87-92 70 
 
 Classification of public property... 321-331 127-129 
 
 Command . 34-39 64-65 
 
 Condemnation of property. 406-415 141-142 
 
 Correspondence and record-keeping. 291 %-320 103-124 
 
 Councils of Administration. 162-176 83-85 
 
 Deceased soldiers. 122-124 76 
 
 Deserters. 125-131 76-77 
 
 Discharges . 132-135 77-78 
 
 Enlistments. 99-113 71-75 
 
 Flags, colors, standards and guidons. 332-334 129 
 
 Furloughs . 119-121 75-76 
 
 Guards . 247 95 
 
 Honors, courtesies and ceremonies. 196-246 88-95 
 
 Inspector General’s Department. 248-265 95-99 
 
 Issues of public property. 338-350 129-131 
 
 Military discipline. 19-26 60-61 
 
 North Carolina statutes. 9-26 
 
 Officers. 40-87 65-70 
 
 Organization. 4-18 51-60 
 
 Post non-commissioned staff. 95-99 . 71 
 
 Precedence of regiments and corps. 27-28 61-62 
 
 Procedure of military courts and boards. 266-281 99-101 
 
 Public money . 416-433 142-144 
 
 Public property, accountability and responsibility. 354-371 132-134 
 
 Rank and precedence of officers and non-commissioned 
 
 officers . 28-33 62-64 
 
 Regiments and battalions.:. 136-142 78-80 
 
 Returns of property. 372-385 134-136 
 
 Roster, detachment and daily service. 177-195 85-88 
 
 Small-arms practice and care of accouterments. 282-291 101-103 
 
 Surveys on property. 400-406 140-141 
 
 Transfer of enlisted men. 114-118 75 
 
 Troops, batteries and companies. 143-161 80-83 
 
 Turning in public property. 350-354 131-132 
 
 Veterinarians . 92-94 70 
 

1915 
 
 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 TO THE 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 North Carolina National Guard 
 
 RALEIGH, N. C., 
 SEPT. 1, 1915 
 
RALEIGH 
 
 Edwards & Broughton Printing Company 
 State Printers and Binders 
 1915 
 
PART I 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES 
 ARTICLES OF WAR 
 
 Note —Reference herein is made to Sections and Paragraphs amended or changed 
 to date. Where no change is made the Regulations of 1907 remain in full force. 
 
 Section 4865, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 11, Regula¬ 
 tions, is amended by Section 4865, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, to 
 read as follows: 
 
 The Administrative Staff shall consist of an adjutant general 
 with the rank of brigadier general; one chief of quartermaster 
 corps, one chief of ordnance, one inspector general, one surgeon 
 general, one chief of engineers, one judge advocate general, one 
 paymaster general, each with the rank of colonel. The Com- 
 mander-in-Chief may appoint additional assistants to each of said 
 officers with the rank not higher than that of lieutenant-colonel, 
 if in his judgment it is for the best interest of the service. 
 
 Section 4867, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 12, Regula¬ 
 tions, is amended by Section 4867, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, to 
 read as follows: 
 
 The Chief of quartermaster corps. First. There shall be one 
 chief of the quartermaster corps, with the rank of colonel, to be 
 appointed by the Commander-in-Chief. The Commander-in-Chief 
 may appoint such assistants to the chief of quartermaster corps 
 as he may deem proper for the best interest of the service. These 
 officers shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor 
 upon the recommendation of the chief of quartermaster corps, and 
 shall at the time of their appointment be officers in active service 
 in the National Guard of the State, and shall be entitled to the 
 rights and privileges of officers of the National Guard of cor¬ 
 responding rank. The chief of quartermaster corps shall have 
 the necessary clerks and employees, not exceeding four, and as 
 many general service corps men and laborers as may be required 
 from time to time. The clerks and employees shall be appointed 
 and the laborers hired with the approval of the Governor by the 
 chief of quartermaster corps. The chief of quartermaster corps, 
 under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, shall be, and he 
 is hereby authorized to appoint such laborers as may be neces- 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 sary from time to time, who shall be known as the general serv¬ 
 ice corps. 
 
 Second. The chief of quartermaster corps may require his 
 assistants to give bonds with sufficient surety in not exceeding 
 ten thousand ($10,000) dollars each to the people of the State, 
 conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, such 
 bonds to be approved by the Governor and Adjutant General, and 
 filed in the latter’s office. 
 
 Note. Section 4867, by virtue of the provisions of Section 
 4883, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, which reads as follows: “The Gov¬ 
 ernor shall have the right and power and IT SHALL BE HIS 
 DUTY from time to time to make such additional orders with 
 regard to the organization, armament, equipment, and discipline 
 of the organized militia as shall at all times cause it to comply 
 with the requirements by law of the United States governing the 
 organized militia of the several States.” As will therefore be 
 seen it is the duty of the Governor of North Carolina as Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of the organized militia of North Carolina, to 
 issue such orders from time to time embodying the orders issued 
 by the War Department governing the organized militia. On 
 August 1, 1913, the Secretary of War, by orders duly issued and 
 published, prescribed the organization of the organized militia of 
 the several states in which the Administrative Staff of the sev¬ 
 eral states was fixed, and the rank of the officers of the Adminis¬ 
 trative Staff fixed proportionate to the strength of the organized 
 militia of the several states. Following this order of the War 
 Department, known as Circular No. 8, Division of Militia Affairs, 
 War Department, the Governor of North Carolina, as Commander- 
 in-Chief of the organized militia of North Carolina, issued General 
 Orders No. 34, A. G. O., Raleigh, N. C., December 30, 1913. Refer¬ 
 ence is hereby made to this order, which rescinds and annuls Sec¬ 
 tion 4867, Revisal of 1905, page 12, Regulations. For further 
 reference to the legality of these provisions see case of 
 
 Houston v. Moore, 5 Wheat., 51. 
 
 It will also be noted that the above order also rescinds and 
 annuls Section 4865, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, in so far as it 
 affects the organized militia. 
 
 Section 4869, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 14, Regulations, 
 is amended by Section 4869, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, by substi¬ 
 tuting in line two the word “debarred” for the word “disabled.” 
 
 Section 4877, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 88, Regulations, 
 is amended by Section 4877, Acts of 1913, as follows: 
 
1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 5 
 
 The third paragraph of said Section is amended by inserting 
 the following instead of the text of said paragraph in the Regu¬ 
 lations: “Courts-martial shall have the power to try any officer 
 or enlisted man for any violation of any of the articles of war 
 of the United States, of any Statute of the State of North Carolina 
 regulating the government of the militia, and upon conviction 
 when not in active service, may dishonorably discharge the per¬ 
 son so convicted from the service, or may impose a fine not ex¬ 
 ceeding fifty ($50) dollars, or may imprison for a period of thirty 
 days the person so convicted, or both, and the commitment of the 
 president of such courts in such cases shall be duly recognized 
 by the sheriff or such county in which the organization is located 
 of which the person so convicted is a member: Provided, that this 
 section shall not be construed to be a limitattion on the rights of 
 courts-martial when on active service as to the punishment in¬ 
 flicted. 
 
 Section 4882, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, under title of Additional 
 Organizations, provides: 
 
 The Governor is hereby empowered to organize such additional 
 companies, troops, batteries or other organizations conforming to 
 the regulations of the War Department or laws of the State as he 
 may deem necessary for the efficiency of the active militia. 
 
 Section 4899, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, pages 19 and 20, 
 Regulations, is amended by Section 4998, Acts of 1913, as follows: 
 
 There shall be allowed annually to the commander of the 
 brigade of infantry, to each colonel of an infantry regiment, and 
 to the captain of the naval brigade, the sum of two hundred 
 ($200) dollars, and to the commander of the coast artillery corps 
 the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, with which to defray the 
 necessary expenses of their respective offices. There shall be 
 allowed likewise annually to each company of infantry, each com¬ 
 pany of coast artillery, each battery of field artillery, each troop 
 of cavalry, each division of naval militia, each band of the 
 infantry regiments, each signal corps company, each company of 
 engineers, and of the field hospital corps, which complies with the 
 law and regulations of the State not exceeding in number so 
 many as may be recommended by the War Department of the 
 United States for the organized militia of the several states, to be 
 applied to the payment of necessary current expenses the sum of 
 two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars, respectively. Each hospital 
 corps or ambulance company shall receive two hundred and fifty 
 ($250) dollars per annum for like purposes. Every enlisted man 
 shall receive twenty-five (25) cents for each drill participated in 
 
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 by him at the home station of his organization, not exceeding two 
 drills per month, payments to be made semi-annually upon cer¬ 
 tificate of the organization commander furnished to the Adjutant- 
 General in such manner as from time to time may be prescribed 
 by the Adjutant-General. The commanding officer of each com¬ 
 pany of infantry and artillery, and each troop of cavalry and each 
 division of naval militia shall he paid annually the sum of one 
 hundred ($100) dollars, to be paid in semi-annual installments of 
 fifty ($50) dollars each. The quartermaster sergeant of each com¬ 
 pany of infantry and troop of cavalry and company or battery of 
 artillery shall likewise receive the sum of fifty ($50) dollars each, 
 to be paid in semi-annual installments of twenty-five ($25) dollars. 
 Company, battery and division commanders shall file with the pay¬ 
 master-general on the first of December each year an itemized 
 statement of all receipts and disbursements of said funds. All 
 amounts herein authorized shall be paid in semi-annual install¬ 
 ments, and no payment shall be made unless all drills and parades 
 required by law are duly performed by all organizations named. 
 All organizations of the land and naval forces shall be located on 
 lines of railroad, steamboat or telegraphic communication. No 
 larger amount shall be paid out annually for the support and 
 maintenance of the guard, including salaries and office expenses, 
 than the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars. 
 
 Section 4900, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 20, Regulations, 
 is amended by Section 4999, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, by substitut¬ 
 ing in line four “chief of quartermaster corps” for “quartermaster 
 general.” 
 
 Section 4904, Chapter 102, Revisal of 1905, page 20, Regulations, 
 is amended by Section 5003, Chapter 47, Acts of 1913, as follows: 
 
 Field officers of separate corps and battalions and of correspond¬ 
 ing grades in the naval brigade shall be elected by the commis¬ 
 sioned officers of the separate corps and naval brigade; and com¬ 
 pany, battery, troop and naval division officers shall be elected by 
 the enlisted men of such company, battery, troop and naval divi¬ 
 sion at such time and place as may be fixed by the Commander-in- 
 Chief; and such officers shall hold office until vacancies occur, 
 either by promotion, resignation, removal, or death. The regi¬ 
 mental staff officers shall be nominated by the permanent com¬ 
 mander thereof. 
 
 Following Section 4913, Chapter 102, Revisal 1905, page 22, Reg¬ 
 ulations, insert the following: 
 
 Section 1, Chapter 103, Acts of 1913. That all active members 
 of the National Guard of North Carolina, who comply with and 
 
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 perform all duties required of them as members of said National 
 Guard be, and they are hereby exempted from duty upon the 
 public roads of the counties in which they reside, and shall also 
 be exempt from service as jurors. 
 
 Section 2, Chapter 103, Acts of 1913. That on the first day of 
 January and July of each year, beginning with the first day of 
 July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the commanding 
 officer of each company, troop, battery, or division of the National 
 Guard of North Carolina, residing in the above mentioned coun¬ 
 ties, shall file with the clerk of the superior court of the county 
 in which said company, troop, battery, or division is located, a 
 statement giving the names and rank of each member of his 
 organization who has performed all military duties required of 
 such member during the preceding six months, and any mem¬ 
 ber of such military organization whose name shall not appear 
 upon said statement shall not receive the benefit of the exemp¬ 
 tion provided in section one hereof during the six months imme¬ 
 diately following the filing of said statement. 
 
 Section 3, Chapter 103, Acts of 1913. That all laws and clauses 
 of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby re¬ 
 pealed. 
 
 Section 1 o’f An Act to amend Chapter 103 of the Public Laws 
 of North Carolina, 1913, by adding at the end of Section 3 of said 
 act the following: Provided, that no part of this act shall be 
 construed as repealing, abridging or in any way affecting sections 
 four thousand nine hundred and fourteen and four thousand nine 
 hundred and fifteen of the Revisal of 1908. 
 
 Immediately following Section 4916, Regulations, insert: 
 
 CHAPTER 258, ACTS OF 1915. 
 
 An Act to Amend Section 1318 of the Revisal of 1905. 
 
 Whereas, the several counties of the State have been making 
 appropriations to the several bodies of the National Guard in 
 the State and doubt has arisen as to their authority to make 
 these appropriations; and 
 
 Whereas, it is desirable that the Board of County Commission¬ 
 ers of the several counties should have the power to make such 
 appropriations to the various organizations in their respective 
 counties as the Board of County Commissioners may deem wise, 
 therefore 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 
 
 Section 1. That Section one thousand three hundred and eigh¬ 
 teen of the Revisal of one thouusand nine hundred and five be 
 and the same is hereby amended by adding as subsection the fol¬ 
 lowing: 
 
 To appropriate such sums of money to the various organiza¬ 
 tions of the National Guard in their county and at such times 
 as the Board may deem proper. 
 
 ARTICLES OF WAR. 
 
 Article 1. 
 
 Section 1342, U. S. Revised Statutes. 
 
 Article 72, page 38, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1913. 
 
 Article 73, page 38, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1913. 
 
 Article 75, page 38, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 12, 1913. 
 
 Article 80, page 39, Regulations, Repealed, Act of June 18, 1898. 
 Article 81, page 40, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1913. 
 
 Article 82, page 40, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1913. 
 
 Article 83, page 40, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1913. 
 
 Article 94, page 42, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 2, 1901. 
 
 Article 110, page 44, Regulations, Repealed, Act of June 18, 1898. 
 Article 123, page 45, Regulations, Repealed, Act of March 8, 1910. 
 
 Section 1202, Revised Statutes. 
 
 Every judge advocate of a court-martial shall have power to 
 issue the like process to compel witnesses to appear and testify 
 which courts of criminal jurisdiction within the State, Territory, 
 or District where such military courts shall be ordered to sit, 
 may lawfully issue. 
 
 That whenever, by any of the articles of war for the govern¬ 
 ment of the army the punishment on conviction of any military 
 offense is left to the discretion of the court-martial, the punish¬ 
 ment thereof shall not, in time of peace, be in excess of a limit 
 which the President may prescribe. 
 
 Section 2. , That whenever a court-martial shall sit in closed 
 session, the judge advocate shall withdraw, and when his legal 
 advice or assistance in referring to record evidence is required, 
 it shall be obtained in open court. 
 
 Section 3. That fraudulent enlistment, and the receipt of any 
 pay or allowance thereunder, is hereby declared a military offense 
 and made punishable by court-martial under the sixty-second 
 article of war. 
 
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 9 
 
 Section 4. That judge advocates of departments and of courts- 
 martial, and the trial officers of summary courts, are hereby 
 authorized to administer oaths for the purpose of the adminis¬ 
 tration of military justice and for other purposes of military ad¬ 
 ministration. 
 
 Act of March 2, 1901, 31 U. S. Revised Statutes, 950. 
 
 Insert as follows: 
 
 Section 3. That the commanding officers authorized to approve 
 the sentences of summary courts and superior authority shall 
 have power to remit or mitigate the same. 
 
 Section 4. That post and other commanders shall, in time of 
 peace, on the last day of each month, make a report to the de¬ 
 partment headquarters of the number of cases determined by 
 summary court during the month, setting forth the offenses com¬ 
 mitted and the penalties awarded, which report shall be filed in 
 the office of the judge advocate of the department and may be 
 destroyed when no longer in use. 
 
 Section 5. That soldiers sentenced by court-martial to dis¬ 
 honorable discharge and confinement shall, until discharged from 
 such confinement, remain subject to the Articles of War and other 
 laws relating to the administration of military justice. 
 
 Section 6. That it shall be lawful for any civil officer having 
 authority under the laws of the United States, or of any State 
 or Territory or District to arrest offenders, to summarily arrest 
 a deserter from the military service of the United States and 
 deliver him into the custody of the military authority of the gen¬ 
 eral government. 
 
 Act of March 2, 1913, 37 Revised Statutes, 731. 
 
 On and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, courts- 
 martial shall be of three kinds, namely: First, general courts- 
 martial; second, special courts-martial; and third, summary 
 courts-martial. 
 
 General courts-martial may consist of any number of officers 
 from five to thirteen, inclusive. 
 
 Special courts-martial may consist of any number of officers 
 from three to five, inclusive. 
 
 A summary court-martial shall consist of one officer. 
 
 The President of the United States, the commanding officer of a 
 territorial division or department, the superintendent of the Mili¬ 
 tary Academy, the commanding officer of an army, a field army, 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 an army corps, a division, or a separate brigade, and when em¬ 
 powered by the President, the commanding officer of any district 
 or of any force or body of troops, may appoint general courts- 
 martial whenever necessary; but when any such commander is 
 the accuser or prosecutor of the person or persons to be tried 
 the court shall be appointed by superior competent authority, and 
 no officer shall be eligible to sit as a member of such court 
 when he is the accuser or a witness for the prosecution. 
 
 The commanding officer of a district, garrison, fort, camp, or 
 other place where troops are on duty, and the commanding officer 
 of a brigade, regiment, detached battalion, or other detached com¬ 
 mand, may appoint special courts-martial for his command; but 
 such special courts-martial may in any case be appointed by 
 superior authority when by the latter deemed desirable, and no 
 officer shall be eligible to sit as a member of such court when he 
 is the accuser or a witness for the prosecution. 
 
 The commanding officer of a garrison, fort, camp, or other 
 place where troops are on duty, and the commanding officer of a 
 regiment, detached battalion, detached company or other detach¬ 
 ment may appoint summary courts-martial for his command; but 
 such summary courts-martial may in any case be appointed by 
 superior authority when by the latter deemed desirable: Pro¬ 
 vided, that when but one officer is present he shall be the sum¬ 
 mary court-martial for that command and shall hear and deter¬ 
 mine cases brought before him. 
 
 General courts-martial shall have power to try any person sub¬ 
 ject to military law for any crime or offense made punishable by 
 the Articles of War, and any other person who by statute or by 
 the law of war is subject to trial by military tribunals: Provided, 
 that no officer shall be brought to trial before a general court- 
 martial appointed by the superintendent of the Military Academy. 
 
 Special courts-martial shall have power to try any person sub¬ 
 ject to military law, except an officer, for any crime or offense 
 not capital, made punishable by the Articles of War: Provided, 
 that the President may by regulations, which he may modify 
 from time to time, except from the jurisdiction of special courts- 
 martial any class or classes of persons subject to military law. 
 
 Special courts-martial shall have power to adjudge punishment 
 not to exceed confinement at hard labor for six months or forfeit¬ 
 ure of six months pay, or both, and in addition thereto reduc¬ 
 tion to the ranks in cases of non-commissioned officers, and re¬ 
 duction in classification in the cases of first-class privates. 
 
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 11 
 
 Summary courts-martial shall have power to try any soldier, 
 except one who is holding the privileges of a certificate of eligi¬ 
 bility to promotion, for any crime or offense not capital made 
 punishable by the Articles of War: Provided, that non-commis¬ 
 sioned officers shall not, if they object thereto, be brought to 
 trial before a summary without the authority of the officer com¬ 
 petent to bring them to trial before a general court-martial. 
 
 Summary courts-martial shall have the power to adjudge pun¬ 
 ishment not to exceed confinement at hard labor for three 
 months or forfeiture of three months pay, or both, and in addi¬ 
 tion thereto reduction to the ranks in the cases of non-commis¬ 
 sioned officers and reduction in classification in the cases of first- 
 class privates: Provided, that when the summary court officer is 
 also the commanding officer no sentence of such summary court- 
 martial adjudging confinement at hard labor or forfeiture of pay, 
 or both, for a period in excess of one month, shall be carried into 
 execution until the same shall have been approved by superior 
 authority. 
 
 Article 2. 
 
 Organization. 
 
 Paragraph 7, page 55, Regulations, is amended by Field Serv¬ 
 ice Regulations 1914 as follows: 
 
 Minimum enlisted strength of 
 
 Company of Infantry is 65 enlisted men, composed of 1 first 
 sergeant, 1 company quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 cor¬ 
 porals, 2 cooks, 1 artificer, 2 musicians, 48 privates. 
 
 Troop of Cavalry is 65 enlisted men, composed of 1 first ser¬ 
 geant, 1 troop quartermaster sergeant, 6 sergeants, 6 corporals, 2 
 cooks, 1 farrier, 1 horseshoer, 1 saddler, 1 wagoner, 2 trumpeters, 
 43 privates. 
 
 Company of Coast Artillery is 65 to 70 enlisted men, composed 
 of 1 first sergeant, 1 quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 
 corporals, 2 cooks, 2 mechanics, 2 musicians, 47 to 52 privates. 
 
 Battery of Light Artillery is 133 enlisted men, composed of 
 2 scout corporals, signal detail—1 corporal, 2 privates, mounted; 
 1 first sergeant, 1 quartermaster sergeant, 1 stable sergeant, 1 
 chief mechanic, 4 mechanics, 2 musicians, 3 cooks, 6 sergeants, 
 4 corporal gunners, 6 caisson corporals, 42 drivers, and 57 cannon¬ 
 eers, making total of 99 privates. 
 
 Note. A company of engineers is not authorized. The two 
 units authorized are (1) Pioneer Battalion of Engineers; (2) 
 Pontoon Battalion of Engineers, See pages 16 and 17, Tables of 
 Organization, Organized Militia, 1914. 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 Signal Corps Field Company, minimum strength 75, composed 
 of 2 master signal electricians, 7 first-class sergeants, 10 sergeants, 
 17 corporals, 2 cooks, 24 first-class privates, 13 privates. This 
 organization is divided into four Wire Sections and two Radio 
 Sections. 
 
 Sanitary Troops. Sanitary train composed of 4 ambulance com¬ 
 panies, 3 field hospitals, 1 medical reserve, 17 sergeants, 49 
 sergeants or corporals, 83 first-class privates, 133 privates. Total 
 275. 
 
 Ambulance Company. Two sergeants first-class, 7 sergeants or 
 corporals, 1 acting cook, 11 first-class privates, 22 privates. 
 Total 43. 
 
 Field Hospital. Three sergeants, first-class; 6 sergeants or cor¬ 
 porals, 1 acting cook, 8 first-class privates, 15 privates. Total, 33. 
 
 Regimental Infirmary. One sergeant, first-class; 3 sergeants or 
 corporals, 4 first-class privates, 8 privates. Total 16. 
 
 Note. See page 20, Tables of Organization, organized Militia, 
 1914. 
 
 THE DIVISION. 
 
 Paragraph 17, page 59, Regulations, amended by the following, 
 commencing line seven (7) of said section: 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Infantry Division. 
 
 Captains . 
 
 Colonel . 
 
 Major. 
 
 Captain . 
 
 Major . 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel 
 
 Major. 
 
 Major. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel 
 
 Captain. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel 
 Majors . 
 
 Aides. 
 
 .Chief of staff. 
 
 Assistant chief of staff. 
 Assistant chief of staff. 
 Adjutant. 
 
 Inspector. 
 
 Inspector. 
 
 Judge advocate 
 , Quartermaster. 
 
 , Quartermaster. 
 
 .Surgeon. 
 
 Surgeons. 
 
 Article 5. 
 
 Paragraph 30, page 62, Regulations, amended as follows: 
 
 1. Lieutenant General. 
 
 2. Major General. 
 
 3. Brigadier General. 
 
 4. Colonel. 
 
 5. Lieutenant Colonel. 
 
 6. Major. 
 
1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 13 
 
 7. Captain. 
 
 8. First Lieutenant. 
 
 9. Second Lieutenant. 
 
 10. Veterinarian, Cavalry and Field Artillery, Pay Clerk, Quar¬ 
 termaster Corps. 
 
 11. Cadet. 
 
 12. (a) Sergeant Major, regimental; Sergeant Major, senior 
 grade, Coast Artillery Corps, (b) Master Electrician, Quarter¬ 
 master Corps, Master Electrician, Coast Artillery Corps; Master 
 Signal Electrician, Chief Musician, (c) Engineer, Coast Artillery 
 Corps. 
 
 13. (a) Ordnance Sergeant, Quartermaster Sergeant, Quarter¬ 
 master Corps; Sergeant, first-class. Hospital Corps; Electrician 
 Sergeant, first-class. Coast Artillery Corps; Electrician Sergeant, 
 artillery detachment, United States Military Academy, (b) Ser¬ 
 geant, first-class, Quartermaster Corps; First Class Signal Ser¬ 
 geant. 
 
 14. Quartermaster Sergeant and Commissary Sergeant, regi¬ 
 mental; Electrician Sergeant, second-class, Coast Artillery Corps; 
 Electrician Sergeant, second-class, artillery detachment, United 
 States Military Academy; Master Gunner, Coast Artillery Corps. 
 
 15. Sergeant Major, squadron and battalion; Sergeant Major, 
 junior grade, Coast Artillery Corps; Color Sergeant; Battalion 
 Quartermaster Sergeant, Engineers and Field Artillery. 
 
 16. (a) First Sergeant; Drum Major, (b) Principal Musician; 
 Band Sergeant and Assistant Leader U. S. Military Band; Chief 
 Trumpeter; Fireman, Coast Artillery Corps. 
 
 17. Sergeant; Quartermaster Sergeant, company; Stable Ser¬ 
 geant. 
 
 18. Corporal. 
 
 In each grade and sub-grade date of commission, appointment 
 or warrant, determines the order of precedence. 
 
 Article 10. 
 
 Post Non-commissioned Staff. 
 
 Paragraph 95, page 71, Regulations, is amended so as to read 
 as follows: 
 
 The Post Non-commissioned staff consists of Ordnance Ser¬ 
 geants and of Quartermaster Sergeants, Quartermaster Corps. 
 They are appointed by the Secretary of War after due examina¬ 
 tion, etc. 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 Article 11. 
 
 Paragraph 104, page 72, Regulations, is changed. See Enlist¬ 
 ment blanks now furnished by the Adjutant General to the sev¬ 
 eral organizations of the National Guard. 
 
 Article 19. 
 
 Paragraphs 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 
 and 174, pages 83, 84, and 85, Regulations, have been rescinded 
 and repealed. See General Orders, No. 39, A. G. 0., Raleigh, N. C., 
 December 5, 1914. 
 
 Nqte. By an error of the printer this order was printed “Spe¬ 
 cial Orders, No. 39,” instead of “General Orders, No. 39.” This 
 order is herein specially referred to and should be attached to 
 this Supplement by all officers. 
 
 Article 24. 
 
 Procedure of Military Courts and Boards. 
 
 The only courts now authorized by the United States Army 
 Regulations, and therefore now authorized by the State of North 
 Carolina, are (1) General Courts-martial, (2) Special Courts- 
 martial, (3) Summary Courts, (4) Courts of Inquiry. 
 
 Article 26. 
 
 Correspondence and Record Keeping. 
 
 Paragraphs 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 
 and 306, pages 103 to 117, Regulations, are rescinded by General 
 Orders, No. 29, A. G. O., Raleigh, N. C., August 4, 1914, embodying 
 General Orders, No. 23, War Department, Washington, D. C., 
 August 5, 1912, as follows: 
 
 State of North Carolina 
 Adjutant General’s Department 
 Raleigh 
 
 General Orders. 
 
 No. 29. August 4, 1914. 
 
 1. The provisions of General Orders, No. 15, A. G. O., N. C. 
 series of 1912, relating to the method of writing letters and en¬ 
 dorsements prescribed in General Orders, No. 23, War Depart¬ 
 ment, dated August 5, 1912, are not being carried out by some of 
 the officers of the Organized Militia of this State. 
 
 2. For the purpose of again calling attention to the Regula¬ 
 tions made effective by the order above referred to the text of the 
 
1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 15 
 
 order is printed herein. All officers are hereby directed to comply 
 with the provisions of the same. 
 
 By order of the Commander-in-Chief: 
 
 Laurence W. Young, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 War Department, Washington. 
 
 General Orders, August 5, 1912. 
 
 No. 23. 
 
 The method of writing letters and indorsements prescribed 
 herein will be used hereafter in all official correspondence in the 
 service of the War Department and the Army and with bureaus 
 of executive departments. This order will be effective within the 
 continental limits of the United States, Porto Rico, Panama, and 
 Hawaii Territory on September 1, 1912, and in Alaska and the 
 Philippine Islands on October 1, 1912. 
 
 1. Heading, subject, and number of letter .—The letter will 
 begin with the place and date, written as at present; below this, 
 beginning at the left margin, will come the word “From,” followed 
 by the official designation of the writer, or in the absence of any 
 official designation, the name of the writer with his rank and 
 regiment, corps, or department; below this, also beginning at the 
 left margin, will come the word “To,” followed by the official 
 designation or name of the person addressed. Next will come on 
 the subject of the communication, indicated as briefly as possible 
 and in not to exceed 10 words. The words “From,” “To,” and 
 “Subject” will begin on the same vertical line. The sending 
 office number of the communication will appear in the upper 
 left-hand corner. 
 
 Example. 
 
 176. 
 
 Hq. Eastern Division, 
 Governors Island, N. Y., May 25, 1911. 
 From: The Adjutant General. 
 
 To: Captain John A. Smith, 1st Inf. 
 
 (Through C. O., Madison Barracks, N. Y.) 
 
 Subject: Delay in submitting reports. 
 
 The Division Commander directs that you submit without fur¬ 
 ther delay the reports of your recent inspection of the Organized 
 Militia of the State of New York, and that you submit an expla¬ 
 nation of your failure to comply with Par. 6, S. O. 25, c. s., these 
 headquarters. J. r. Henry. 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 In case of letter paper, the upper third, and in the case of 
 foolscap, the upper fourth of the sheet, will be devoted solely to 
 the matter described in this paragraph. (See Par. 7.) 
 
 2. Body. —Then will come the body of the letter, which, when 
 typewritten, will be written single-spaced, with a double space 
 between paragraphs, which will be numbered consecutively. 
 
 3. Signature. —The body of the letter will be followed by the 
 signature. If the rank and the regiment, corps, or department of 
 the writer appear at the beginning of the letter, they will not 
 appear after his name; but if they do not appear at the begin¬ 
 ning of the letter, they will follow under his name as at present. 
 For example: 
 
 200. Company A, 24th Infantry, 
 
 Madison Barracks, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1911. 
 From: Commanding Officer, Co. A, 24th Inf. 
 
 To: The Commanding Officer. 
 
 Subject: Pvt. Smith’s case. 
 
 The case of Pvt. Smith has been investigated and charges have 
 been preferred under the 62 A. W. Robert Jones, 
 
 1st Lt., 2%th Inf. 
 
 Madison Barracks, N. Y., 
 
 Jan. 10, 1911. 
 
 From: Capt. John A. Smith, 24th Inf. 
 
 To: the Adjutant General, U. S. A. 
 
 Subject: Leave of absence. 
 
 I have this day taken advantage of the leave granted me by 
 Par. 1, S. 0. 1, Hq. D. E., 1911. My address will be c /o Army 
 and Navy Club, 107 West 43d St., N. Y. j 0HN A. Smith. 
 
 4. Omission of ceremonial forms. —All ceremonial forms at the 
 beginning and end of letters, such as “Sir,” “I have the honor,” 
 “I would respectfully,” “Very respectfully,” etc., will be omitted. 
 
 5. Use of only one side of sheet. —Only one side of the paper 
 will be used, the writing beginning about one inch from the top. 
 
 6. Office marks. —The stamps bearing office numbers will be 
 placed on the back of the lower fold of the first sheet. The re¬ 
 ceived and received-back stamps will be placed immediately below 
 the body of the letter, and, in the case of indorsements, immedi¬ 
 ately after the proper indorsement. When a communication of 
 two or more sheets is filed, the back of the lower fold of the first 
 sheet will be on the outside, thus exposing to view the office 
 numbers. 
 
1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 17 
 
 7. Brief .—The matter described in paragraph 1 of this order 
 will constitute the brief of the letter. 
 
 8. Folding .—Letter paper will be folded in three, and foolscap 
 in four, equal folds, parallel with the writing; the top fold will 
 be folded toward the back o£ the letter and the lower fold over 
 the face of the letter. In three-fold letters both the brief and the 
 office mark will be on the outside. In three-fold letters of more 
 than one sheet the two lower folds of the sheets other than the 
 first will be placed between the first and second folds of the first 
 sheet, thus exposing to view both the brief and the office mark. 
 In four-fold letters, whether of one or more sheets, the brief will 
 be exposed to view by covering the office mark fold, or the office 
 mark be exposed to view by covering the brief, according as it is 
 desired to keep either the one or the other exposed to view for 
 the purpose in hand. 
 
 9. Inclosures .—All inclosures will be numbered and will be 
 given the proper office marks. Inclosures to the original com¬ 
 munication will be noted on the face of the letter to the left of 
 the signature. If others are added when an indorsement is 
 made, their number will be noted at the foot of the indorsement 
 to which they pertain and also on the back of the lower fold of 
 the first sheet of the original communication. To the latter nota¬ 
 tion will be added the number of the indorsement to which they 
 belong, thus “One inclosure—fifth indorsement.” Inclosures to 
 indorsements are numbered in the same series as those to the 
 original paper and the number of the indorsement to which they 
 belong is added below. If few in number and not bulky, inclos¬ 
 ures may be kept inside the original paper; otherwise they will 
 be folded together in a wrapper marked “Inclosures.” Officers 
 through whose hands official papers pass will make the inclosures 
 secure when they are not so. 
 
 10. General .—A letter originating outside the military service 
 will, if a brief on it is needed, be briefed in the manner explained 
 in paragraph 1 of this order at the first office in which received 
 and entered. A slip of paper of the proper length and width will 
 be pasted for this purpose along the upper edge of the first page 
 of the letter. 
 
 INDORSEMENTS. 
 
 11. Form .—The writing width of indorsements will be the same 
 as that of letters. The first indorsement will begin about one- 
 half inch below the rank after the signature of the writer of the 
 letter, and succeeding indorsements will follow one another seri¬ 
 ally, with a space of about one-half inch between indorsements. 
 
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 1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 The serial number of the indorsement, the place, the date, and 
 to whom written, will be written as shown in the example (pages 
 6 and 7). 
 
 When typewritten, indorsements will be written single-spaced 
 with a double space between paragraphs. The paragraphs will be 
 numbered consecutively. 
 
 12. Additional sheets. —Should one or more additional sheets be 
 necessary for indorsements, sheets of the same size as the letter 
 will be used. 
 
 13. “ Respectfully referred,” etc., to be omitted. —In referring, 
 transmitting, forwarding and returning papers, the expressions 
 “Respectfully referred,” “Respectfully transmitted,” “Respect¬ 
 fully forwarded,” and “Respectfully returned,” will be omitted. 
 
 14. Routine indorsements to Toe signed with initials. —Indorse¬ 
 ments of a routine nature, referring, transmitting, forwarding, 
 and returning papers, will not be signed with the full name, but 
 with the initials. For example: 
 
 1st Ind. 
 
 Hq. 24 Inf., Madison Bks., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1911—To C. O., Co. C, 
 
 24 Inf. 
 
 To note and return. M. A. R. 
 
 2nd Ind. 
 
 Co. C, 24 Inf., Madison Bks., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1911—To the Com¬ 
 manding Officer. 
 
 Returned. Contents noted. I. K. S. 
 
 Nothing in this order shall be construed as prohibiting the 
 practice that obtains at present at division, department, and other 
 headquarters of referring, transmitting, forwarding, and return* 
 ing papers to the various staff officers thereat without signature 
 or initials. 
 
 LETTERS OF INDORSEMENTS. 
 
 15. Numbering of pages. —The pages, beginning with the first, 
 will be numbered midway about one-half inch from the bottom. 
 In referring to an indorsement by number the number of the 
 page will also be given. Thus: “5th Ind., page 3.” 
 
 16. Carbon copies. —All letters and indorsements that are type¬ 
 written, excepting letters of transmittal, reports of taking leave 
 
1915 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 19 . 
 
 of absence, periodical reports, and other communications of a 
 similar nature, will be made with two carbon copies; one copy 
 will be retained for the records of the office in which the letter 
 was written, and the other will be forwarded with the communi¬ 
 cation for the files of the first office in which a complete copy of 
 the communication is required for the records, but such for¬ 
 warded copy will not be regarded as an inclosure within the 
 meaning of paragraph 9, of this order. The carbon copy retained 
 for the office record will be initialed by the person responsible 
 for the letter, and such person is charged with the duty of see¬ 
 ing that the name of the official who signs the letter and any 
 changes made before signature are inserted in the carbon. When 
 a complete copy of a communication is not required for the 
 records of an intermediate office the carbon copy will be for¬ 
 warded to the next office. In offices authorized to use the record 
 system prescribed in General Orders, No. 92, War Department, 
 1909 (see G. O., 216, War Department, 1909), the carbon copies 
 will be made on sheets of perforated paper, furnished by the 
 Quartermaster’s Department, with perforated sections the same 
 width as the standard record file cards; the sheets will be torn 
 along the perforations and the sections attached to the record file 
 cards. In other offices, the carbon copies will be made on ordi¬ 
 nary paper and the retained copy filed in the document file. The 
 provisions of this paragraph apply only to communications ad¬ 
 dressed to individuals and offices within the military service. 
 
 17. Press covies. —Hereafter press copies will not be used ex¬ 
 cept by written authority of the Secretary of War. 
 
 18. Communications written prior to the receipt of this order 
 are not subject to its provisions when in the future they are re¬ 
 ceived or transmitted by any office or individual. 
 
 19. Printed and multigraph forms. —Nothing in this order is 
 intended to prohibit the use of printed or multigraph forms of 
 letters and indorsements in offices now using such forms, pro¬ 
 vided the forms conform to the general principles of this order. 
 The back of the first sheet of such forms, except the fold contain¬ 
 ing office marks, may be used for indorsements. 
 
 20. Channels of communication. —All classes of official com¬ 
 munications heretofore addressed to adjutants or to adjutants 
 general other than The Adjutant General of the Army will in the 
 future be addressed to the commanding officer concerned. 
 
 21. Points not touched upon in this order will be governed by 
 the present regulations on the subject of correspondence. 
 
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 22. Example .—The following example will be used as a guide in 
 carrying out the instructions contained in this order: 
 
 Fort Riley, Kansas, 
 October 27, 1910. 
 
 From: The Ordnance Officer. 
 
 To: The Commanding Officer, 7th Cav. 
 
 Subject: New system of issuing ordnance stores. 
 
 1. In compliance with instructions contained in a letter from 
 The Adjutant General’s Office, dated November 27, 1909, regarding 
 the testing of a new system of issuing ordnance stores, the follow¬ 
 ing report concerning the working of this system is submitted. 
 
 2. As far as I have been able to observe, the new system has no 
 disadvantages. Its advantages are: 
 
 ******** 
 
 A.B., 
 
 1st Lt. 7th Cav. 
 
 1st Ind. 
 
 Hq. 7th Cav., Ft. Riley, Kans., Oct. 29, 1910—To the C. 0., Ft. 
 Riley, Kans. 
 
 I concur in the conclusions of the Ordnance Officer. 
 
 C. D. 
 
 Major, 7th Cav., Comdg. 
 
 2d Ind. 
 
 Hq. Ft. Riley, Kans., Nov. 1, 1910—To Comdg. Gen. Dept, of 
 the Mo. 
 
 Approved. 
 
 E.F. 
 
 Brig. Gen. Comdg. 
 
 (Stamp) To Chief Ordnance Officer. 
 
 3d Ind. 
 
 Hq. Dept, of the Mo., Nov. 2, 1910—To The Adjt. Gen., U. S. A. 
 Approved. 
 
 G.H.. 
 
 Brig. Gen., Comdg. 
 
 4th Ind. 
 
 A. G. O., Nov. 5, 1910—To the C. of O. 
 
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 36949—204 5th Ind. Ghs—Bam 
 
 Office of the C. of O., Nov. 9, 1910—To Comdg. Officer, Rock Island 
 Arsenal. 
 
 For remark with reference to paragraph 2 of the within letter. 
 By order of the Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 I.J.. 
 
 Capt. Ord. Dept. 
 
 159—181 
 
 36949—204 6th Ind. Hf—L 
 
 Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Nov. 14, 1910—To the Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 1. It is the practice at this Arsenal to make shipments of all 
 articles required on******* 
 
 2. The final shipment in this particular case was delayed by the 
 
 failure of.to supply acceptable * * * 
 
 K.L.. 
 
 Lt. Col. Ord. Dept. Comdg. 
 (Stamp) Ree’d back, O. C. of O., Nov. 16, 1910. 
 
 36949—204 7th Ind. JMy 
 
 Office of the C. of O., Nov., 17, 1910—To the Adjt. Gen., U. S. A. 
 
 Returned in connection with O. O. file 36949—198 (A. G. O. 
 1527570). 
 
 M.N.. 
 
 Lt. Col. Ord. Dept., 
 
 Actg. C. of O. 
 
 (Stamp) Rec’d hack, A. G. O., Nov. 18, 1910. 
 
 1527570 8th Ind. 
 
 War Department, A. G. O., Nov. 18, 1910—To Comdg. Gen., Dept, 
 of the Lakes; Comdg. Gen., Dept, of Dakota; Comdg. Gen., 
 Dept, of the Mo.; etc. ****** 
 Returned in connection with papers referred to in the preced¬ 
 ing indorsement hereon. The early return of all papers is de¬ 
 sired. By order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 O.... P., 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 
 9th Ind. 
 
 Hq. Dept, of the Lakes, Nov. 22, 1910—To Comdg. Gen., Dept, of 
 Dakota. 
 
 Noted. 
 
 R. S. 
 
 Brig. Gen. Comdg. 
 
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 10th Ind. 
 
 (Stamped 
 indorsement.) 
 
 A. G. O. D. D. 
 
 Nov. 25, 1910. 
 
 To the Chief Ordnance Officer. 
 
 [1930959, A. G. O.] 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War: 
 
 Leonard Wood, 
 
 Major General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 Official: 
 
 Henry P. McCain, 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
 
 Article 27. 
 
 In reading Article 27, pages 127, etc., read “Quartermaster/ 
 Corps,” instead of “Quartermaster General,” whenever used. 
 
 Article 31. 
 
 In reading Article 31, pages 129 to 131, read “Quartermaster 
 Corps,” instead of “Quartermaster General,” whenever used. 
 
 Article 32. 
 
 In reading Article 32, page 131, read “Quartermaster Corps,” 
 instead of “Quartermaster General,” whenever used. 
 
 Article 34. 
 
 In reading Article 34, pages 134 to 136, inclusive, read “Quar¬ 
 termaster Corps” for “Quartermaster General,” whenever used. 
 
 Article 35. 
 
 In reading Article 35, pages 136 to 140, inclusive, read “Quar¬ 
 termaster Corps” for “Quartermaster General,” and also for 
 “Commissary General,” whenever used. 
 
 Article 37. 
 
 In reading Article 37, pages 141 and 142, inclusive, read “Quar¬ 
 termaster Corps” for “Quartermaster General,” whenever used. 
 
 By order of the Commander-in-Chief: 
 
 Laurence W. Young, 
 
 The Adjutant General.