''S OFFICE, uary 4, 1901. lowing changes nt colonel, staff, battalion of the the troops will taff, noncommisCrook; Company tobinson, Departrt Mackenzie, Denpanies of the 3d t colonel and the 20, Department of e Presidio of San ent stations immediate service transfers and ren per company. rst enlistment and o companies of the ss than six months ntention to reenlist The exchanges and 153, 1899, Adjutant reduced in consedetached from their 'eted by assignments d will by concert of send to their proper 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 |