2 of absence will not, however, be regarded as service in the computation of continuous service pay or for retirement. No man will be reported a deserter until after the expiration of ten days (should he remain away that length of time), unless the company commander has conclusive evidence of the absentee's intention not to return; but commanding officers will take steps to apprehend soldiers absent without leave as soon as that fact is reported. Should the soldier not return, or not be apprehended, within the time named, his desertion will date from the commencement of the unauthorized absence. An absence without leave of less than one day will not be noted upon the muster rolls. [1227810, M. S. O.] IV..Paragraph 1103, Army Regulations, is amended to read as follows: 1103. The use of a public horse will be allowed to a captain or lieutenant of artillery while serving with a battery of field artillery and to any officer while serving at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Signal School, and Army Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. [1230921, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY Of War: OFFICIAL: J. FRANKLIN BELL, Major General, Chief of Staff. HENRY P. MCCAIN, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 9, 1907. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 81. I..General Orders, No. 13, War Department, January 16, 1906, and General Orders, No. 97, War Department, May 25, 1906, are amended by the substitution of the words "provisional" and "standard" for the words "temporary" and "permanent," respectively, wherever the latter words occur. Installations that have heretofore been designated as "temporary fire-control installations" and as “permanent fire-control installations" will hereafter be designated as "provisional fire-control installations" and "standard fire-control installations, respectively. [1231631, A. G. O.] II..The following Executive Order is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE ORDER. The military reservation at Grande Island, in the Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands, made by Executive Order, dated May 1, 1905 (G. O., No. 73, War Department, Washington, May 19, 1905), is modified so as to add thereto, and include therein, all attached, adjacent and outlying rocks, shoals, and islands within one mile of the low-water line of Grande Island proper; subject, however, to such private rights therein as may exist. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 30, 1907. [1194763. M. S. O.] THEODORE ROOSEVELT. III..The following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: The metes and bounds of the military reservation of Fort Mott, situated on Finns Point, township of Lower Penns Neck, in Salem County, New Jersey, as they appear from the title papers on file in the office of the Judge Advocate General, U. S. Army, are as follows: Beginning at high-water mark of the Delaware River at the southeast corner of lands acquired from Edward S. Sharpe for an addition to the original reservation; thence N. 44° 10' E., along the public highway, 643 feet; thence N. 44° 45′ E., along said highway, 596 feet; thence N. 32 30 E., along said highway, 1,052.3 feet, to the northeast corner of said lands; thence 2 N. 48° 45′ W. 1,553.4 feet, to the northwest corner of said lands: thence S. 52 30 W. 144.5 feet; thence S. 45° 30′ W. 801.7 feet, to the original reservation; thence along said origi nal reservation, by the following courses and distances: N. 55° 00' W. 374.4 feet; N. 6' 00' W. 1,280.4 feet; N. 64° 30′ E. 594 feet; N. 57° 00′ W. 502.92 feet, to a white oak tree: N. 68° 00′ W. 356.4 feet, to a persimmon tree: N. 45° 45′ E. 1,039.5 feet to a sassafras stump; N. 19 30′ E. 759 feet, to the water course, a line of land of James Newell; S. 70° 45′ W., along Newell's line, 910.8 feet to top of the tide bank; thence, on same course, to the Delaware River; thence down said river, by the several courses thereof, to the place of beginning: Containing 146.10 acres, more or less. All bearings are magnetic for 1899. [1124466 W-M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: J. FRANKLIN BELL, Major General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, Adjutant General. 175-08 GENERAL ORDERS, | No. 82. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 10, 1907. I..The following Executive Order is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE ORDER. It is hereby ordered that on Saturdays during July, August, and September, until further notice, four hours exclusive of time for luncheon shall constitute a day's work for mechanics, laborers, and other employees in the civil service at the manufacturing and supply arsenals and depots under the War Department, and in the offices of the division and department commanders and of the various staff officers at military, division, and department headquarters of the Army, and in the Engineer Department at Large, in the United States. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. THE WHITE HOUSE, April 4, 1907. [1232066, A. G. O.] II. Paragraph III of General Orders, No. 133, War Department, August 11, 1905, is amended to read as follows: The tour of duty in the Philippines Division of all staff officers and post noncommissioned staff officers will be two years, as nearly as practicable, counting from the date of arrival in that division to the date of departure therefrom. [1220177, M. S. 0.1 BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, J. FRANKLIN BELL, |