2 officer of the Ordnance Department, will keep a record of the hours worked each day by each man, and on completion of the repairs will forward a report of the time to the ordnance officer in charge of the repairs, showing the date and hour of arrival of each mechanic and the manner in which he conducted himself while on duty. If the repairs can not be made at the post, or if they are of such slight character as not to justify the expense of sending a mechanic to the post, the commanding officer of the battery is authorized to ship directly to the commanding officer, Rock Island Arsenal, for repair, any article of such limited weight as may be transported through the mails, or by express at the minimum rate; except that in the Philippines Division the article requiring repairs will be mailed or shipped to the commanding officer, Manila Ordnance Depot. If the repairs are considerable, or if they involve work on articles that are too bulky to be shipped, as above described, the ordnance officer in charge will request the department commander to direct the shipment to an arsenal or depot to be designated by the ordnance officer in charge for the purpose. 3. When alterations or additions are directed to be incorporated by the Chief of Ordnance in mobile artillery matériel in the hands of troops which can be made by battery mechanics, the officer of the Ordnance Department designated in section 1 will cause the parts and materials and any special tools or appliances necessary for doing the work to be shipped and invoiced to the commanding officer of the battery, who will have the alterations or additions made. In case the alterations or additions can not be made by battery mechanics the work will be done by ordnance mechanics in the manner provided for in section 2 for making repairs. In either case battery commanders will be informed by the officer of the Ordnance Department of the character of the alterations or additions and will be furnished by him with such drawings and instructions as are necessary to clearly show the character of the work and the method by which it should be done. No alteration or addition will be made which has not been previously authorized by the Chief of Ordnance. 4. The matériel of batteries of mobile artillery shall be subject at any time to the inspection of designated officers of the Ordnance Department, including the firing of pieces if deemed 3 desirable, to see that it is in efficient service condition and to place it in such condition if it should not be so. As soon as practicable the inspecting officer will furnish directly to the post commander information in writing in regard to each battery, showing its condition as regards ordnance matériel, including any defects or evidences of neglect or improper use of matériel that the inspection may disclose. Division and department commanders will instruct post and battery commanders to furnish such assistance as may be necessary to make the inspection and to perform the necessary work contemplated by this order. The officers of the Ordnance Department will furnish battery commanders with certificates in duplicate, stating that the number of rounds fired were expended in making the inspection prescribed by this order. The certificates will constitute vouchers for dropping the ammunition from battery commanders' property returns. [1721932, A. G. O.] II. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 62, War Department, March 28, 1906, is rescinded. [1721932, A. G. O.] III. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 62, War Department, March 28, 1906, is rescinded and the following substituted therefor: When leather or other stores belonging to the Ordnance Department are condemned by an inspector and ordered destroyed or broken up, all rings, buckles, and other trimmings of brass will be cut off by enlisted labor before the property is destroyed and turned in to the post ordnance officer. When a sufficient quantity of the brass thus secured shall have accumulated to justify the cost of transportation, it will be shipped to the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, for use in new manufactures or as scrap, except that in the Philippines Division it will be shipped to the Manila Ordnance Depot. [1721932, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: LEONARD WOOD, Major General, Chief of Staff. HENRY P. MCCAIN, GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, January 14, 1911. So much of paragraph 35, General Orders, No. 192, September 23, 1909, War Department, as relates to the examination of captains of the Medical Corps for promotion to the grade of major has been amended by the President to read as follows: For promotion from captain to major. 1. (a) Organization and administration of medical service in war. (b) Military law, including laws and customs of war as respects the sick, wounded, and noncombatants. 2. Recent progress in medicine, surgery, and hygiene. (Within the last decade.) If desired by the candidate an examination in one of the following special subjects, which may be selected by him, and which will as far as possible test his practical as well as theoretical knowledge of the subject selected. If a special subject is selected a value equal to that given to the other subjects will be given to it. Upon the receipt of an order to appear before a board for examination for promotion to the grade of major the candidate will at once inform the Surgeon General, in writing, of the special subject, if any, that he selects in which to be examined. Special subjects. (a) State medicine, including municipal sanitation, preventive medicine, the epidemiology of diseases, and hospital and barrack construction. (b) Operative general surgery. (c) Bacteriology (including the preparation and use of sera and vaccines); the zoology of human parasites and suctorial insects. Clinical microscopy and pathology. (d) Ophthalmology, otology, laryngology and rhinology. (e) Psychiatry and nervous diseases. (ƒ) Gynecology, midwifery, and pediatrics. 2 (g) The purchase, storage, and issue of medical supplies: the practical testing of the quality of drugs and other supplies; money disbursements; reports and returns and administrative methods of supply depots in peace and war. (1732966, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: LEONARD WOOD, Major General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: HENRY P. McCAIN, Adjutant General. |