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13. SCHOOL DETACHMENT.

The school detachment will consist of such enlisted men and civilians as may be authorized by the War Department. Its members will assist in the instruction, administration and maintenance of the school, perform the skilled labor thereat, and exercise such other functions as may be assigned to them by the commandant.

14. SCHOOL TROOPS.

The school troops will consist of such regular organizations as may be assigned to duty at the School of Musketry. They will perform the usual guard, fatigue, and administrative duties at the old post of Fort Sill and provide such fatigue and other details as may be needed incident to the work of the school.

School troops will not be required to comply with the annual training orders for their arm of service, but will be trained under the direction of the commandant. Officers serving with school troops will not be required to pursue the garrison school course nor the post graduate school course of the garrison schools.

15. STUDENTS.

a. Student officers and noncommissioned officers will be selected by the Secretary of War on the recommendation of their regimental or other commanders, made in accordance with the regulations published in orders governing such recommendations.

b. To each student who satisfactorily completes the course, and is declared proficient by the school board, a certificate of proficiency will be issued, signed by the commandant and the secretary of the school. The possession of a certificate of proficiency by an officer will be noted on his efficiency record and such certificate will be considered as equivalent to a certificate of proficiency in the subject of the Small Arms Firing Manual. It will also exempt the holder from examination for promotion in that subject for a period of three years from the date of its issue, or for five years when specially recommended by the school board for such extended exemption. The commandant will report to The Adjutant General of the Army the names of all officers who complete the course satisfactorily and are declared pro

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ficient; the names of any officers who are found deficient in the course with a statement as to the cause of deficiency, and the names of those specially recommended by the school board for extended exemption from examination for promotion. The possession of a certificate of proficiency by an enlisted man will be made a matter of record and be noted on the soldier's discharge certificate.

c. Upon the recommendation of the school board, the commandant may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, retain graduates on duty with the school and assign them to duty on the school staff or in the school detachment.

16. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

There will be two school terms in each calendar year, in each of which the following courses are prescribed:

a. For field officers of Infantry and Cavalry.

b. For captains and first lieutenants of Infantry and Cavalry.

c. For lieutenants of Infantry and Cavalry for instruction with machine guns.

d. For noncommissioned officers of Infantry and Cavalry other than those belonging to machine-gun organizations. e. For noncommissioned officers of Infantry and Cavalry machine-gun organizations.

f. For general, field and staff officers and such other officers as may be designated by the Secretary of War to take this course. No officer of Infantry or Cavalry is eligible for this observation course.

17. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.

Instruction will be carried on concurrently in two departments of instruction, viz:

(a) Department of Small Arms (rifle and pistol). (b) Department of Machine Guns.

Instruction in the school will be imparted by lectures, conferences, demonstrations and practical firing problems and exercises. Examinations either written, oral or practical, will be held near the close of each course to determine the proficiency of the students in the subjects covered by the instruction.

Before the close of the course, each officer will be required to prepare and read before the assembled school a

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thesis on a professional subject pertaining to musketry or kindred matters.

18. ADMINISTRATION.

The School of Musketry will be governed by the rules of discipline prescribed in Army Regulations and by its own special regulations. Matters pertaining to the courses of instruction will be subject exclusively to control of the War Department.

The commandant will furnish copies of all orders issued by him pursuant to the authority contained in these regulations changing the status of officers and noncommissioned officers on duty at the school, to The Adjutant General of the Army and to all headquarters, to commanding officers and others interested in or affected by such orders.

[2220899, A. G. O.]

II__The following regulations and instructions governing the selection of student officers and noncommissioned officers at the School of Musketry are announced:

1. The school year is divided into two periods of about four months each.

INSTRUCTION COURSES BEGINNING FEBRUARY 20 AND AUGUST 20.

Course A. For 15 field officers of Infantry and Cavalry. Course B. For 30 captains and first lieutenants of Infantry and Cavalry.

Course C. For 15 lieutenants of Infantry and Cavalry for instruction with machine guns.

Course D. For 110 noncommissioned officers of Infantry and Cavalry other than those belonging to machine-gun organizations.

Course E. For 32 noncommissioned officers of Infantry and Cavalry machine-gun organizations.

OBSERVATION COURSE BEGINNING JUNE 1 AND DECEMBER 1.

Course F. For general, field and staff officers and such other officers as may be designated by the Secretary of War to take this course, for which no officer of Infantry or Cavalry is considered eligible.

2. Selections of students for these courses will be made by the Secretary of War on the recommendation of regimental or other commanders made in conformity with these regulations.

3. The commanding officer of each regiment of Infantry and Cavalry serving within the continental limits of the United States will submit the names of officers and noncommissioned officers of their respective regiments whom they recommend as students at the School of Musketry. These recommendations will be made twice each year, on December 1 and June 1, and will state specifically for which course the officer or noncommissioned officer is recommended as follows:

For Course A, one field officer.

For Course B, two company officers (captains or first lieutenants), one as principal, the other as alternate.

For Course C, one lieutenant for machine-gun instruction. For Course D, four noncommissioned officers other than those belonging to machine-gun organizations.

For Course E, one noncommissioned officer of machine-gun organizations.

4. In making recommendations of officers for detail as students at the School of Musketry, the regimental commander will be governed by the following limiting conditions:

a. No officer will be considered available for the detail who will not be eligible for detached service during the entire period covered by the course for which recommended.

b. No officer will be considered available for the detail who has been or may be ordered to foreign or other service which would operate to relieve him from the school before the close of the course for which recommended.

e. Officers recommended should be suitable for duty as instructors of musketry in the regiment and be available for such duty upon their graduation from the school.

d. Where, in any regiment, the directed recommendations can not all be made because there is no officer qualified for the detail, that fact will be stated in explanation of the failure to make the required recommendations.

5. In making the recommendations for the detail of noncommissioned officers as students at the School of Musketry, regimental commanders will be governed by the following limiting considerations:

4. No noncommissioned officer will be considered available for the detail unless he shall at the time of entrance at the school have two years to serve in his current enlistment,

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or having less than two years to serve, has signified in writing his intention to reenlist. In no case will a man be detailed whose term of enlistment expires while at the school.

b. Noncommissioned officers recommended for the detail should be selected not so much for their excellence in marksmanship as for their estimated aptitude as instructors of musketry in the regiment after graduation. They should be of good character, be in good physical condition, and be well grounded in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Preference should be given to those who have expressed a desire for the detail.

6. As the observation course will be included in the regular courses for which they are eligible, no officer of Infantry or of Cavalry will be considered eligible for that course alone. Officers who are eligible may make application on the dates fixed for the recommendations of regimental commanders for authority to attend the observation course. Such applications should be made through the usual channels to The Adjutant General of the Army, stating that the applicant desires to attend the observation course.

7. Owing to the limited capacity of the school, no more student officers than the numbers mentioned in paragraph II, section 1, can be accommodated at the School of Musketry until additional quarters are provided. When the number of available officers recommended for detail as students under Paragraph II, section 3, falls below the capacity of the school, officers of the Organized Militia, the Marine Corps, and the Navy may be admitted to fill up the classes. Officers of the Field Artillery regiment stationed at Fort Sill may, however, in a limited number attend the classes of the School of Musketry upon making application for this privilege to The Adjutant General of the Army through their commanding officers and the commandant of the School of Musketry. While so attending, these officers will enjoy all the privileges of regular students except that of quarters. [2220899, A. G. O.]

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

H. L. SCOTT,

Major General, Chief of Staff.

OFFICIAL:

H. P. MCCAIN,

The Adjutant General.