United States Military Academy, having been forwarded for the action of the President, the following are his orders thereon:" EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington. February 2, 1901. In the foregoing case of Cadet Albert H. Mueller, First Class, United States Military Academy, the sentence is approved, but is mitigated to confinement to the cadet barracks, area of barracks and gymnasium, until June 1, 1901, on which date he will be graduated, provided his conduct and standing in his studies are satisfactory to the Academic Board. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General. No. 7. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, February 4, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following changes in stations of troops are ordered: Tenth U. S. Infantry: The colonel, lieutenant colonel, staff, noncommissioned staff, band, 1st and 2d Battalions, from the Department of Cuba to the United States. The 2d Battalion will constitute the depot battalion of the regiment. Upon disembarking in the United States the troops will proceed to stations as follows: The colonel, staff, noncommissioned staff, band, and Company E to Fort Crook; Company H to Fort Niobrara; Company F to Fort Robinson, Department of the Missouri, and Company G to Fort Mackenzie, Department of the Colorado, to relieve the companies of the 3d Battalion now at those posts; the lieutenant colonel and the 1st Battalion to the Presidio of San Francisco, Department of California. The 3d Battalion will also proceed to the Presidio of San Francisco upon being relieved from its present stations The active battalions will be prepared for immediate service in the Division of the Philippines, and by transfers and recruitment filled to the maximum of 150 men per company. Privates serving in the first year of their first enlistment and fit for tropical service will be transferred to companies of the active battalions. Enlisted men having less than six months to serve and who have not signified their intention to reenlist will be transferred to the depot battalion. The exchanges and transfers directed in General Orders, No. 153, 1899, Adjutant General's Office, will also be made. Noncommissioned officers shall not be reduced in consequence of transfer, but shall be carried as detached from their organizations until the transfers are completed by assignments to vacancies in their new commands. The department commanders concerned will by concert of action arrange details of the movement, send to their proper commands the officers and men who have been transferred, provide troops for posts which would be left without sufficient garrisons, and report by telegraph to the Adjutant General of the Army the dates of departure and arrival and strength of organizations. The major and staff of the depot battalion will accompany the command going to Fort Crook and report upon arrival to the department commander for assignment to station. Company commanders will make every proper effort to induce enlisted men going to the Philippine Islands who have relatives dependent upon them to make allotments of pay, as provided by General Orders, No. 149, August 17, 1899, from this office, reporting their names to the Adjutant General of the Army. Property left behind by the troops will be securely packed, marked, and listed in duplicate. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable travel rations, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, No. 8. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, February 5, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, General Orders, No. 147, September 17, 1898, from this office, and paragraph I, Circular, No. 44, October 26, 1898, from this office, are rescinded, and the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 1. Enlisted men of Volunteer organizations who after muster out or discharge therefrom enlist in the Regular Army will be credited with their service in the Volunteers and their enlistment papers will be indorsed as directed in paragraph 836 of the Regulations. The enlistment in the Regular Army will be for three years from date of such enlistment, without condition regarding discharge, and will be preceded by the usual medical examination required at recruiting stations. Examination forms and figure cards will be prepared and disposed of in accordance with the instructions governing other enlistments in the Regular Army. 2. Soldiers serving in Volunteer organizations in the Division of the Philippines which are under orders to proceed to the United States, whose service has been honest and faithful and who desire to enlist at once in the Regular Army for some organization in the Philippine Islands may be subjected to the usual examination at a recruiting station or military post, and if they meet all requirements their department commanders may order their discharge by reason of their services being no longer required. 3. Volunteer soldiers in the United States whose service has been honest and faithful and who desire to enlist in the Regular Army and are found upon examination at a post or recruiting station to fully meet all requirements, may be discharged upon application to this office, which the proper commanding officer or the recruiting officer may telegraph, clearly stating the facts. 4. Volunteer soldiers discharged under the provisions of this order will be entitled to travel allowances for the land travel involved from place of discharge to place of enlistment in the Volunteers, their discharges being given for the interests of the public service. They may be reenlisted in the Regular Army as herein provided without special authority from this office, the provisions of paragraph 838, clause 1, of the Regulations being waived in their cases. Their discharge certificates and final statements will show as cause for discharge, "services no longer required.” 5. The cases of former enlisted men of Volunteers who are over 35 years of age and seek to enter the Regular Army more than three months after discharge will be governed by paragraph 838, clause 3, of the Regulations; but when discharged Volunteer soldiers reenlist in the Regular Army within three months after discharge, the age limitation does not apply and the applicants need not sign the declaration of recruit on the enlistment form. 6. The indorsement required, pursuant to paragraph 836 of the Regulations, on the enlistment papers of men who have served in the Volunteers and subsequently enlist in the Regular Army, results in giving such soldiers credit on the records of the department for time actually served in the Volunteers; but the term of enlistment or reenlistment in the Regular Army is not shortened by reason of their Volunteer service. They begin a new enlistment in the Regular Army for the full term of three years, and their clothing allowance likewise begins at the first year's rates. The principal advantages, however, accrue to those who reenlist in the Regular Army within three months from date of discharge from the Volunteers. In their cases the time actually served in the Volunteers is added to the time served in the Regular Army in computing the soldier's service pay, from time to time. For example: Suppose John Smith to have served four months in the Volunteers and within three months after discharge therefrom to have reenlisted in the Regular Army, serving as a private. He would complete two years' continuous service upon serving one year and eight months in the Regular Army (with pay proper at $13 per month). He would then enter upon the third year of continuous service, during which he would be entitled to $14 per month; with the expiration of two years and eight months of his new enlistment he would complete three years' continuous service and enter upon the fourth year, entitling him to $15 per month. After |