GENERAL ORDERS, No. 20. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 23, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 195 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 195. In the event of the death, or disability, or temporary absence of the permanent commander of a territorial division or department from the limits of his command, the senior line officer present and on duty therein will exercise the command of the division or department unless otherwise ordered until relieved by proper authority. Although a division or department commander may continue to discharge the more important functions of his command while absent from its territorial limits, his exercise of command and his absence therefrom requires the sanction of higher authority. If intending to leave his headquarters for an absence within his division or department he will report to the next higher commander his intention, his address during and the duration of his proposed absence. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, No. 21. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, February 25, 1901. I--By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 31, pages 30 and 31, of the Regulations and Decisions pertaining to the Uniform of the Army (4th edition, 1900), is amended as follows: CHEVRONS. ORDNANCE SERGEANT.-Three bars and a shell and flame. COLOR SERGEANT.-Three bars and a star. II--By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is added to paragraph 31, page 31, of the Regulations and Decisions pertaining to the Uniform of the Army (4th edition, 1900): CHEVRONS. STABLE SERGEANT, FIELD ARTILLERY.-Three bars and a horse's head. III. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 46, page 39, of the Regulations and Decisions pertaining to the Uniform of the Army (4th edition, 1900), in so far as they relate to the cap ornaments for the enlisted men of the Signal Corps, is amended to read as follows: FOR THE UNDRESS CAP. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS.-Two crossed signal flags and a burning torch of white metal inclosed in a wreath of dead or unburnished gilt metal. FOR ALL OTHER ENLISTED MEN OF THE SIGNAL CORPS.— The same device without the wreath. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General. No. 22. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, February 26, 1901. The following orders of the Secretary of War are published for the information and government of all concerned: Under the requirements of section 11 of the act approved February 2, 1901, "To increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment of the United States," which provides that the enlisted force of the Corps of Engineers shall consist of one band and three battalions of four companies each, etc., the following organization is prescribed and will be effected without unnecessary delay: The first battalion, to consist of Companies A, B, C, and D, will be organized at Manila, Philippine Islands, under the command and direction of such officer of the Corps of Engineers on duty in the Division of the Philippines as the commanding general of the division may designate. The band and the second battalion, consisting of Companies E, F, G, and H, will take station at Fort Totten, Willets Point, New York; the band will be organized and the battalion reorganized under the command and direction of the commanding officer of that station. The designations of the present Companies E, C, and D of the Battalion of Engineers will be changed as follows: Company E to Company C. Company C to Company E. Company D to Company F. The third battalion, to consist of Companies I, K, L, and M, will with the exception of Company M be organized at Fort Totten, Willets Point, New York, under the direction of the officer commanding that station as soon as a sufficient number of men shall be available to effect an organization of the companies. Company M will be immediately organized at West Point, New York, with the detachment now there as a basis. Recruiting will be at once commenced for the new companies to be organized and battalion commanders are authorized to transfer to them enlisted men of the old companies when |