panies will be linked for the purpose of furnishing the guard with another company, as shown on sample Roster II as printed in this order. When the guard is drawn from two companies in this manner the number of noncommissioned officers furnished by one company will bear the same ratio to the number of noncommissioned officers furnished by the other company as the number of privates furnished by the former bears to the number of privates furnished by the latter. Guard mounting will not be held before the close of the daily artillery drill and instruction period. On the day following that on which a company furnishes the guard, the members of the company, except the men who mounted guard on the previous day, or such number thereof as may be required for the purpose, will be detailed for police and fatigue duties. [1222239, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: J. FRANKLIN BELL, Major General, Chief of Staff. HENRY P. MCCAIN, ROSTER I.-Enlisted strength of the guard: 4 noncommissioned officers and 13 privates. NOTE. The number of privates furnished for guard is carried to the column of differences always as a credit, that is. with a plus sign; the proportion is carried to the column of differences always as a debit, that is, with a minus sign. 2.46 2.80 34 2.46 2.46 + 0.31 2.46 2. 12 4.58 34 2.46 34 2.46 34 2.46 2.46 36 2.60 4.92 36 2.60 2.60 20 7.38 36 2.60 7.80 + 3.16 36 2.60 + 3.86 | 36 2.60 10.40 + 1.40 36 2.60 0.00 ROSTER II.-Enlisted strength of the guard: 8 noncommissioned officers and 36 privates. 76th Com- 95th Com- 120th Com- 145th Com- 162d Com pany. pany. pany. pany. pany. 17,182 Jan. 2. Jan. 3. 3.60 40 4.50 4.50.46.5. 17 5. 17 60 6.75 6.75 34 3.82 9.00 46 5. 17-10.31 606. 75-13. 50 34 3.82 48 5. 40 +25. 20.30 3.38 +11. 24 32 3. 60 +10. 80 40 4.50, 3.82 30 3.38 - 3.38 4.50 34 3.82 3.28 4 2.94 Details as fol- 3.60 303.38-6.32 32 3.60 --7.40.40 4.509.00 46 5. 170.38 60 6.75 +22.50 34 3.82 9.00 30 3.38. 5. 55,60,6.75 +15. 75 34 3. 82 1.81 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 89. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 16, 1907. I..Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 107, War Department, June 16, 1906, is rescinded, and Forts St. Philip and Jackson, Louisiana, are hereby constituted subposts of Jackson Barracks, Louisiana. [1135927 A-M. S. O.] II..The following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned, superseding paragraph I, General Orders, No. 154, War Department, September 12, 1906: Lot numbers have been assigned to all armor-piercing and deck-piercing projectiles already issued or hereafter to be issued to seacoast fortifications as reserve ammunition. In the future the lot number will be painted on the base of each projectile at the United States Powder Depot or at the headquarters of each armament district before issue to the service, and on projectiles already at fortifications, under the direction of the artillery district ordnance officers, the necessary information and stencils for the purpose being furnished by the district armament officer. Fuses and projectiles will be issued separately. The fuses for each lot of projectiles of each caliber will be packed in boxes marked to show the number and kind of fuses and the particular lot of projectiles for which they are intended. The base covers with their lead discs and calking wires for each lot of projectiles of each caliber will also be issued ṣeparately, and similarly packed and marked. Shipments will be so made that no invoice will cover more than one lot of projectiles, and the lot number will be clearly stated on each invoice and receipt. Projectiles will be unboxed when received at a fortification and stored in the usual manner, but the fuses, base covers, and calking wires will be kept in the boxes in which received, with the seals unbroken, until they shall be assembled into projectiles, under instructions to be issued later. Officers having armor or deck-piercing projectiles in charge will see that all marks of identification are promptly renewed when effaced or rendered illegible. [1161883 A-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. |