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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, January 31, 1919.

The following instructions, previously published in certain War Department numbered circulars for the month of January, 1919, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned:

Section.

Target practice

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Laundry charges--

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Extension of the provisions of paragraph 1095, Army Regulations, to include all officers, mounted or dismounted__Order of precedence of noncommissioned officers who reenlist within three months after being discharged as commissioned officers--- IV

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I__Target practice. It is the policy of the War Department to resume the firing of the regular courses in known distance practice as prescribed in the Small Arms Firing Manual for all troops where facilities exist and no large expenditure of funds is necessary.

Commanding officers of camps will make appropriate recommendations as soon as practicable to The Adjutant General of the Army.

[Cir. No. 32, W. D., 1919-353.1, A. G. O.]

II__Laundry charges.-Paragraph 90, Special Regulations No. 77, War Department, 1918, publishing charges for services at post laundries, will be interpreted to mean that every soldier who has his laundry done will be charged prices stated; that every soldier must have his laundry done at the post laundry unless for good and sufficient cause, after an investigation in each case, he is permitted by the commanding officer of the post or camp to have his laundry done elsewhere.

[Cir. No. 36, W. D., 1919-201, A. G. O.]

III__Extension of the provisions of paragraph 1095, Army Regulations, to include all officers, mounted or dismounted.The provisions of paragraph 1095, Army Regulations, which authorize mounted officers to purchase horses from the Government, are extended, during the present emergency, only, to include all officers, whether mounted or dismounted. The provisions of section VIII, General Orders, No. 35, War Depart

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ment, 1918, as amended, which prohibit the maintenance at public expense of horses acquired by officers holding temporary commissions, will remain in force and no officer holding such temporary commission will be authorized to draw mounted pay for any mount acquired under this extension of paragraph 1095, or to have such mount transported at Government expense.

[Cir. No. 50, W. D., 1919-454.11, A. G. O.]

IV__Order of precedence of noncommissioned officers who reenlist within three months after being discharged as commissioned officers.-In connection with Circular No. 130, War Department, 1918, any form r noncommissioned officer who was discharged to accept a comission in The United States Army, and who reenlists within iree months from the date of his discharge as a commission officer, will be restored to the grade held by him at the time o discharge to accept such commission, with his order of precedence fixed by the date of his warrant in force at the time of such discharge.

It is intended to restore the man to the original grade held by him. The simplest procedure will be to indorse and continue his original warrant.

[Cir. No. 51, W. D., 1919-201, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

OFFICIAL:

P. C. HARRIS,

The Adjutant General.

PEYTON C. MARCH,
General, Chief of Staff.

WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1919

BULLETIN
No. 5.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, February 6, 1919.

Section.

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Establishment of unit of Reserve Officers' Training Corps at
Sewanee Military Academy

Troop movements-Report of inspection of railroad equipment at
end of journey.... –

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I__Establishment of unit of Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Sewanee Military Academy.-By direction of the President and pursuant to the authority vested in him by the provisions of section 42 of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1916, and in response to the application of the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tenn., the authorities of which have agreed to establish and maintain a two years' compulsory course of military training as a minimum for its physically fit male students, which course when entered upon by any student shall, as regards such student, be a prerequisite for graduation, to allot a minimum of an average of three hours per week per academic year to military training and instruction, and to use their endeavors to promote and further the objects for which the training corps is organized, there is hereby established in said Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tenn., to date from July 19, 1918, an Infantry unit of the Junior Division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

[211.33, A. G. O.]

II__Troop movements-Report of inspection of railroad equipment at end of journey.—Section IV, Bulletin No. 35, War Department, 1917, is rescinded and the following substituted therefor:

Reports received at the War Department from the United States Railroad Administration indicate the necessity for a strict compliance with the provisions of Field Service Regulations, in order that responsibility for any damage to railroad equipment may be fixed.

All train commanders will comply strictly with paragraphs 396 and 401, Field Service Regulations, 1914, relative to inspection of equipment, and will, in every case, upon completion of journey, submit to the commanding officer of the camp or other place at which troops are delivered a written report of the 103984-19

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damage to or unlawful removal of railroad equipment, if any, caused by the troops. If no damage or unlawful removal of equipment occurred, the report will state so affirmatively. The report will bear the signatures of the train and Pullman conductors and will be accompanied by a separate report signed by the train or Pullman conductor, as the case may be, in the event of disagreement.

In case of damage or unlawful removal of railroad equipment by troops, the train commander will determine its valuation, fix the responsibility, and report same, in writing, with names of witnesses, to the commanding officer to whom he turns over the individual or individuals concerned.

The commanding officer of the camp or other place at which troops are delivered will forward the report of the train commander, through military channels, to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention room 160, reporting in case of damage to or unlawful removal of equipment the action taken by him.

In the event that the train commander returns, upon completion of the journey, to the camp or other place from which the troops came, he will submit a copy of the report for the information of the commanding officer of the camp or station and for file in his office.

The Chief, Inland Traffic Service, has been directed to report to the War Department all cases of damage to or unlawful removal of railroad equipment for which troops are responsible. [531.1, A. G. O.]

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

OFFICIAL:

P. C. HARRIS.

The Adjutant General.

PEYTON C. MARCH,

General, Chief of Staff.

WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1919

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I__Issue of uniform clothing.-When reclaimed uniform clothing is available it will be issued in preference to new; provided that one good uniform will be issued which is in suitable condition for wear on pass, at ceremonies, and on similar duty.

In special cases, depending upon the nature of the work to be performed by the soldier, and where renovated clothing is available, a suit of O. D. cotton or woolen, according to season, in addition to the two uniforms now authorized (sec. IX, Bul. 66, W. D., 1918), may be issued on requisitions approved by the commanding officer.

[422.1, A. G. O.]

II__Shoe-fitting outfits.-The allowance of Resco foot-measuring and shoe-fitting machines is fixed at four per regiment, or, where there is no regimental organization, one for every four companies or other similar organizations. Each machine should have a gauge and be stamped with a scale showing the size of sock required. If not already supplied, requisition for these machines will be submitted at once to zone supply officers. [413.1, A. G. O.]

III__Disposition of colors.-Section I, Bulletin No. 65, War Department, 1918, is rescinded and the following substituted therefor:

Upon the disbanding of organizations which were originally National Guard or National Army organizations, their colors or standards and guidons will be delivered into the custody of the States from which the majority of the men originally came at the time the organizations were formed. The United States, however, will retain title to these colors, standards, and guidons. When units of The United States Army which are not identi

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