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countersigned by the adjutant. The appointment takes effect on the day upon which it is made, and the warrant may be continued in force upon discharge and reenlistment, if reenlistment be made on the day following that of discharge; each reenlistinent and continuance will be noted on the warrant by the adjutant. Any noncommissioned staff officer may be reduced to the ranks by the sentence of a court-martial, or by order of the commander having authority to appoint such noncommissioned officer. Noncommissioned staff offcers will preferably be selected from the noncommissioned officers of the regiment who are most distinguished for efficiency, gallantry, and soldierly bearing.

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251. The noncommissioned officers of regimental bands will be appointed by the regimental commanders, upon the recommendation of regimental adjutants, under the same conditions prescribed in paragraph 247 for the noncommissioned staff of the regiment. The noncommissioned officers of the engineer band will be appointed by the commanding officer of the battalion with which the band is serving. The noncommissioned officers of the Coast Artillery Corps bands will be appointed by artillery district commanders.

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252. When a regiment occupies several stations the band will be kept at headquarters, provided one or more companies be serving there. The field musicians of companies will not be separated therefrom. The Coast Artillery Corps and engineer bands will be assigned to stations by the War Department upon the recommendation of the Chiefs of Artillery and Engineers, respectively.

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262. Company noncommissioned officers are appointed by regimental commanders, or by battalion commanders under the conditions stated in paragraph 247, on the recommendation of their company commanders; but in no case will any company organization have an excess of noncommissioned officers above that allowed by law. The noncommissioned officers of Coast Artillery Corps companies will, upon the recommendation of the company commanders, be appointed by artillery district commanders.

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269. Chief mechanics, cooks, farriers and blacksmiths, mechanics, artificers, saddlers, wagoners, musicians, trumpeters, and first-class privates are enlisted as privates, and after joining their companies are appointed by their respective company commanders. For inefficiency or misconduct they are subject to reduction by the same authority.

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286. Articles of public property issued to a company for its exclusive use will, when practicable, be marked with the number or letter of the company and number and arm of the regiment. Such articles issued to an enlisted man (arms and clothing excepted) will, as far as practicable, be marked with the number of the man, letter or number of the company, and number of the regiment. Haversacks, canteens, and similar articles of equipment will be uniformly marked on the outside as follows: Cavalry, crossed sabers, with letter of company above and number of regiment below the intersection; field artillery, crossed field guns, with the number of the regiment above and the letter of the battery below the intersection; infantry, crossed rifles, with letter of company above and number of regiment below the intersection; Coast Artillery Corps, crossed cannons, with the number of the company at the intersection of the cannons; the special corps of the Army, according to their respective devices. The design will be stenciled in black, the letters "U. S." on equipments, and the soldier's number in characters one inch high below the letters "U.S." Articles will not be marked with the number of the man in the Hospital and Signal Corps.

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4. He is charged generally with the recommending of officers of artillery for special duty and assignment to artillery organizations and stations.

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297. All correspondence and reports relating to the Coast Artillery Corps personnel or matériel will pass through artillery district headquarters.

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298. The commander of an artillery district should contin

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