arted on of IL No. 17. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 26, 1897. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1470, of the Regulations, is amended to read as follows: 1470. The Quartermaster-General, if he finds the account correct, will forward it to the Surgeon-General with request that the amount be paid to the depot quartermaster, Washington, D. C., and the Surgeon-General will cause the amount to be paid from the appropriation for artificial limbs. The depot quartermaster will deposit the money in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for Army transportation, and in his account-current will state from whom the money was received, and that it was a refundment to the Quartermaster's Department from the appropriation for artificial limbs, of a sum paid by Quartermaster, U. S. 18-, for the transporta A., on voucher No. for tion of a person en route to procure an artificial limb. II..The following modification of existing instructions ordered by the Secretary of War, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: The proficiency required by paragraph 1544, Army Regulations, will be considered to have been attained by an officer or enlisted man under instruction when at a distance of four miles from the connecting station he can send and receive by flag, or torch, and heliograph four words per minute, each five letters of the written message to count as one word. Section 2, paragraph II, General Orders, No. 32, August 1, 1896, from this office, relating to military signaling, and so much of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 41, September 4, 1896, from this office, as prescribes the qualifications for gunnery specialists, are modified accordingly. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES: GEO. D. RUGGLES, GENERAL ORDERS,) HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 30, 1897. No. 18. I..In compliance with paragraph 354, Army Regulations, the allowances of ammunition for the instruction of batteries of heavy and light artillery, for practice with machine guns, and the charges for blank firing, are, until further orders, fixed by the Secretary of War as follows: 1. For each battery of heavy artillery serving at a fortification: 2. For each battery of light artillery, serving as such: 3. For instruction, salutes, and for morning and evening 4. Each light battery will be allowed annually for instruction other than target practice, 400 blank cartridges and 1,000 friction primers; also, the charges and primers necessary for firing authorized salutes, but these will be made a separate item of expenditure. The batteries at the Cavalry and Light Artillery School will, in addition, be allowed for combined maneuvers 200 blank cartridges with primers. 5. Under the direction of department commanders, there is allowed the annual expenditure in target practice of twenty rounds for each Hotchkiss B. L. mountain gun. 6. Under the direction of department commanders, there is allowed for annual target practice with each machine gun of small-arm caliber, one thousand rounds. |