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by summary courts will be transmitted without delay by the post or regimental commander to division headquarters and will be filed in the office of the judge advocate of the division for a period of two years, at the end of which time such records and reports may be destroyed.

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1021. Division commanders will take final action on all requisitions for supplies furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, issuable under Army Regulations or general orders, and send them for supply to the depots designated by the Quartermaster General. [1781610, A. G. O.]

1023. Division commanders will take final action upon all extra issues of fuel and kerosene oil.

[1781610, A. G. O.]

1024. Emergency purchases of quartermaster stores payable from appropriations for incidental expenses, Army transportation, and regular supplies, not exceeding $200 in any one case, may be made under the authority of the division commander, but purchases under this authority should be avoided as much as possible by timely requisitions.

[1781610, A. G. O.]

1025. Officers serving in the Quartermaster's Department will make monthly estimates for funds, unless otherwise authorized, and only for such amounts as are required for payments of accounts within the periods estimated for. Estimates will show in detail the amounts required to cover all authorized expenditures and the purposes for which needed. Quartermasters will submit their estimates to their immediate commanding officers, who, after action thereon, will forward them to the adjutant general of the division; he will refer them to the chief quartermaster, who, after consideration and revision, will consolidate and submit them to the division commander for approval; thereafter the chief quartermaster will forward them to the Quartermaster General. Quartermasters at general depots and independent posts will forward estimates of funds to the Quartermaster General directly.

[1781610, A. G. O.]

1028. The annual inspection of all public buildings at every post will be made prior to March 1 by the commanding officer and the quartermaster, after which the latter will prepare an annual estimate on the prescribed form, showing the nature and cost of repairs required and to be paid for out of the appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year. He will omit therefrom all repairs for which funds have been allotted or supplied for the current year.

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He will also state the condition of each building and will properly enter under the indicated headings the amounts expended during the preceding year (from March 1 to March 1).

The commanding officer will carefully examine this estimate and on March 1 will forward the same with his recommendation to the division commander.

If new buildings are required, a special report will be made, stating fully the necessity therefor. This report, with the remarks of the division commander, will be forwarded to the War Department, and, if authorized, plans and specifications will be prepared in the office of the Quartermaster General.

In the spring, as soon as possible after the fires are out for the season, the quartermaster will inspect the steam, hot air, and hotwater heating systems and immediately thereafter will submit estimates for the necessary repairs.

Estimates for heating, plumbing, and water supply will be made separately.

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1029. As soon as practicable after the passage of the annual appropriation act for the support of the Army each division commander will be informed of the amount allotted to his division from the appropriation for repairs to barracks and quarters for the fiscal year to which the allotment pertains.

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1030. The division commander will take final action upon all annual estimates for repairs to public buildings payable from appropriations for "Barracks and Quarters," made under the provisions of paragraph 1028, as limited by paragraphs 207 and 718. He will also take final action upon special estimates payable from the same appropriation where the amount involved does not exceed $200, provided the total annual allotment for the year for that division is not exceeded; but this last authority will not apply to buildings for which a total of $500 has already been allotted during the current year for repairs. No authorization other than these will be made by the division commander for repairs except as provided for in paragraph 1033.

He will also make recommendation as to the amounts estimated for under "Regular Supplies" for repairs to hay sheds, coal sheds, ice and cold storage plants, and bakeries, but will not take final action on the same until approved by the War Department.

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1031. The division commander in making allotments for repairs to the various posts in his division will specify the amount

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