V. Paragraphs 1070, 1151, 1153, 1190, 1289, 1319, 1413, 1414, 1418. 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1495, 1498, 1500, 1502, 1505, and 1511, Army Regulations, and the headings above paragraphs 1413 and 1418, are amended to read as follows:

1070. Where quarters are lighted by mineral oil, the Quartermaster's Department will allow to each officer and to each noncommissioned officer entitled to and occupying separate quarters one lamp for each authorized room. For each lamp one wick and one chimney a quarter will be allowed. From September 1 to April 30, 4 gallons of mineral oil a month will be allowed for each authorized room.

Angust 31, 3 gallons of mineral oil a month for each authorized room will be allowed. The oil allowance may be conFrom May 1 to sidered accumulative within the fiscal year, and any excess of allowance appearing as overdrawn by an officer at the end of a fiscal year will be paid for at contract price. An officer Occupying as quarters a number of rooms less than his authorized allowance will be entitled to mineral oil for such number of rooms only as he actually occupies. Officers of the Army, Contract surgeons, acting dental surgeons, and veterinarians may buy from the Quartermaster's Department, at contract prices, such moderate quantity of mineral oil, lamps, wicks, and chimneys as they may need in the rooms occupied by themselves and families as quarters, in excess of the allow

ances set forth herein.

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1151. The baggage to be transported at public expense, including mess chests and personal baggage, upon change of station will not exceed, when packed and crated, the follow

ing gross weights:

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These allowances are in excess of the weights transported free of charge under the regular fare by public carriers. They may be reduced pro rata by the commanding officer, if necessary, and may in special cases be increased by the War Department on transports by water.

Baggage in excess of the foregoing allowances will be shipped upon the same bill of lading with the regulation allowance upon deposit with the shipping officer, prior to issue of the bill of lading, of a sum equal to the commercial freight charges on the excess, to be ascertained from or through the agent of the carrier at point of shipment, and cost of exchange for remittance to the officer who will settle the transportation charges. The excess will not be shipped on Government bill of lading unless such deposit be first made.

Shipments of allowances of baggage will in all cases be made at carrier's risk, including those over roads where tariffs provide for extra charge therefor, unless the owner files written authority with the shipping quartermaster to ship his entire baggage released. An officer detailed for duty in a foreign country as a military attaché is entitled to packing, crating, and transportation of professional books and papers and the number of pounds of personal baggage specified in the table above. The maximum money allowance for packing and crating for each grade, exclusive of professional books and papers, will be as follows, and will not be exceeded. When less than the maximum allowance for each grade is transported, a proportionate decrease in the cost of packing and crating will be made.

Captain.

36.00

First lieutenant, contract surgeon, and acting dental sur

geon.

30.60

Second lieutenant and veterinarian.

27.00

Noncommissioned officers above grade 17, paragraph 9, and firemen, Coast Artillery Corps..

18.00

Civilian employees of the classified service transferred for the good of the service....

18.00

The maximum tare weight of any of the foregoing allowances will not exceed one-fifth of the gross weight. Any saving in tare weight effects an increase in net weight. With this end in view, burlap and excelsior should be used as much

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as possible as a substitute for crating, and the use of lumber should be limited as much as possible. Should the owner desire lighter packing or crating than the quartermaster deems sufficient, the lighter crating or packing will be used only upon written request of the owner.

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1153. Packing, crating, and transportation of the authorized allowance of baggage for permanent change of station is authorized for officers of the Medical Reserve Corps when joining for duty under the order placing them upon active duty in the service of the United States, for officers of the Medical Corps appointed from officers of the Medical Reserve Corps on active duty in the service of the United States, from the place of their appointment to their first stations on joining for duty, and for such contract surgeons and acting dental sugeons as may be employed when they join for duty under the first order, and also on return to their homes on the termination of their contracts, if provided for in the contracts. Packing, crating, and transportation for 1,500 pounds of baggage will be furnished to graduates of the United States Military Academy and officers promoted from the ranks on their first assignment to duty as commissioned officers. With these exceptions, transportation of baggage at public expense is not authorized when joining for duty on first appointment to the military or civil service, nor upon reinstatement or reappointment, nor to effect transfers from one station to another at the request of those transferred. Officers on temporary duty are entitled only to the allowance for temporary change of station as authorized in paragraph 1151. In lieu of the allowance authorized for permanent change of station, an officer detailed as attaché or an officer, noncommissioned officer, or civilian employee entitled to an allowance of baggage under the provisions of paragraph 1151, under orders for extended service over the sea or for duty in Alaska is entitled to have his full allowance transported from the station he leaves to his home or to the nearest convenient place of storage, and, upon resuming duty in the United States, from such places to his post of duty, or, if he so desires, a portion of his allowance may be shipped abroad and the balance to such point as may be designated in the United States for storage. An officer detailed as military attaché, when traveling on duty in foreign countries, may carry with him at public expense 150 pounds of baggage, including the quantity which is carried free by the various transportation lines. The cost of transporting any personal baggage in excess of the 150 pounds thus authorized will not be paid by the Quartermaster's Department. [1773938 A-A. G. O.].