GENERAL ORDERS, No. 153. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 21, 1901. The following rules for firing salutes with cannon are pub. lished for the information and guidance of all concerned: 1. Salutes with cannon will be fired under the charge of commissioned officers, who shall be present at the firing and direct it. 2. Guns using metallic-case ammunition will be used whenever practicable; in their absence breech-loading guns should preferably be used; muzzle loaders will be used only when breech loaders are not available. When using muzzle-loading guns a sufficient number should be employed, if practicable, to avoid the necessity of firing the same gun a second time. 3. For breech-loading or muzzle-loading guns cartridge bags will be made of silk, measuring in length at least one and a half times the diameter, and care will be taken that the sponges are not worn and thoroughly fill the chamber or bore of the gun, and when the same gun is fired more than once the intervals between discharges will be sufficient to allow the chamber or bore to be thoroughly sponged and examined. Unless all of these conditions be fulfilled salutes will not be fired with these classes of guns. 4. The instructions contained in Artillery Circular L of 1897 are modified accordingly. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. Army. No. 154. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 26, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following instructions relative to the issues of ordnance stores to troops serving in the United States are published for the information of all concerned: 1. Whenever the following named ordnance stores and sup plies, viz, small arms, small arms ammunition, infantry equip ments, cleaning material, small arms targets and material, reloading tools, stencil and marking outfits, arm racks, cavalry equipments, fencing implements, and saddler materials are required by post ordnance officers and company com. manders department commanders are authorized to send requisitions direct to the arsenals the commanding officers of which have been instructed to furnish the supplies required to the extent authorized by existing regulations. DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST. To the commanding officers, New York Arsenal, New York; Watervliet Arsenal, New York, and Augusta Arsenal, Georgia, depending upon the locality. Requisitions for small arms in this department may also be sent to Springfield Armory, Massachusetts, and for small-arms cartridges to that armory and to Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS. To the commanding officer, San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, as heretofore. DEPARTMENTS OF THE LAKES, THE MISSOURI, THE COLORADO, AND DAKOTA. To the commanding officer, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. DEPARTMENTS OF THE COLUMBIA AND CALIFORNIA. To the commanding officer, Benicia Arsenal, California, as heretofore. 2. Requisitions for ordnance stores, except as above noted, will as heretofore be forwarded through military channels to the Chief of Ordnance, U. S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, except in the Departments of the Columbia and California, where requisitions will be forwarded through military channels to the commanding officer, Benicia Arsenal, California. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. Army. No. 155. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 27, 1901. The following order has been received from the War Department: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 27, 1901. With a view to maintaining the high standard of instruction and general training of the officers of the Army and for the establishment of a coherent plan by which the work may be made progressive, the Secretary of War directs that the following general scheme be announced for the information and guidance of all concerned: THE SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION. There shall be besides the Military Academy at West Point the following schools for the instruction of officers of the Army: 1. At each military post an officers' school for elementary instruction in theory and practice. 2. Special service schools (a) The Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (b) The Engineer School of Application, Washington Barracks, District of Columbia. (c) The School of Submarine Defense, Fort Totten, New York. (d) The School of Application for Cavalry and Field Artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas. (e) The Army Medical School, Washington, District of Columbia. 3. A General Service and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 4. A War College for the most advanced instruction at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia. The War College shall be under the immediate direction of a board of five officers detailed from the Army at large and the following ex officio members: The Chief of Engineers. |