GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, 52-087 WASHINGTON, February 20, 1907. I..Two companies, 21st Infantry, to be designated by the regimental commander, are relieved from duty at Fort Logan, Colorado, and will proceed to Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory, for station, relieving Company E, 29th Infantry, and Troop L, 5th Cavalry, which upon being thus relieved will proceed to stations as follows: Company E, 29th Infantry, to Fort Douglas, Utah. Troop L, 5th Cavalry, to Fort Wingate, New Mexico. The commanding general, Southwestern Division, is charged with the execution of these movements and will promptly report hours of departure and arrival and strength of commands by telegraph to The Military Secretary of the Army. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. [1209139, M. S. O.] II.1. So much of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 164, War Department, October 22, 1904, as attaches the 5th Battery, Field Artillery, provisionally, to the 13th Battalion, Field Artillery, is hereby revoked. 2. The 24th Battery, Field Artillery, now assigned to the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, is provisionally attached to the 12th Battalion, Field Artillery, General Orders. No. 152, War Department, September 14, 1904, being modified accordingly. [1210108, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: J. FRANKLIN BELL, OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, Military Secretary. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 37. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, February 21, 1907. I. By direction of the President, Major General James F. Wade, United States Army, in addition to his present duties, will assume temporary command of the Department of the Gulf until the arrival at the headquarters of that department of Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly, United States Army. [1214057, M. S. O.] II. Paragraphs 985 and 1193, Army Regulations, are amended to read as follows: 985. An order remitting a forfeiture of pay operates only on the pay to become due on and after the date of the order. [1210667, M. S. O.] 1193. The use of serviceable tents or other canvas for any purpose other than that for which such articles are furnished is prohibited, except in cases of emergency when necessary to protect public property. The prescribed allowance of tentage and equipage will habitually be kept in the hands of the organizations to which it is issued. After use and before being put away, tentage and equipage will be thoroughly aired, dried, and put in serviceable condition, so as to be ready for immediate use when again required. [1208209, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, J. FRANKLIN BELL, Major General, Chief of Staff. Military Secretary. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 33. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, February 16, 1907. By direction of the President, the following changes in the stations and duties of general officers are ordered: Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, United States Army, is relieved from duty in this city and as a member of the General Staff Corps, and will proceed to Havana, Cuba, and assume command of the Army of Cuban Pacification, relieving Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint, United States Army, of that duty. Brigadier General William P. Duvall, United States Army, is relieved from the command of the Department of the Gulf, is detailed as a member of the General Staff Corps, and will repair to this city and report in person to the Chief of Staff for duty. Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly, United States Army, will proceed from San Francisco, California, to Atlanta, Georgia, and assume command of the Department of the Gulf. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. [1212787, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: J. FRANKLIN BELL, Major General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, Military Secretary. |