I..Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 13, War Department, January 16, 1908, as amended by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, War Department, May 2, 1908; by General Orders, No. 16, War Department, January 29, 1909; by paragraph II, General Orders, No. 74, War Department, April 24, 1909, and by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 70, War Department, June 1, 1911, is further amended so as to authorize the transfer to the unassigned list for artillery district staff duty under the provisions of paragraph 307, Army Regulations, of two lieutenants in the Artillery District of Galveston. [1796256, A. G. O.] II. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 171, War Department, October 26, 1908, which amended paragraph II, General Orders, No. 62, War Department, April 24, 1908, by designating Fort Hancock, New Jersey, as the headquarters of the Southern Artillery District of New York, instead of Fort Hamilton, New York, is rescinded and Fort Hamilton is again designated as the headquarters of that artillery district, to take effect August 15, 1911. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, July 5, 1911. Under the provisions of paragraph 69, Coast Artillery Memorandum No. 11, War Department, December 30, 1910, the accompanying tables showing the relative ratings of companies of the Coast Artillery Corps in service practice during the target year 1910 are published for the information of all concerned. [1798503, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: HENRY P. MCCAIN, LEONARD WOOD, Major General, Chief of Staff. STANDING OF COMPANIES of the COAST ARTILLERY CORPS based oN FIGURES OF MERIT ATTAINED IN SERVICE PRACTICE, 1910. ર In which M=Figure of merit. C Factor based on the time required to load. H = Hits per gun per minute, which is obtained by dividing the total number of hits by the sum of the corrected times for each gun. P = Probability of hitting. For mortars: M = CH In which M = Figure of merit. C= Factor based on the time required to load. H The number of hits per minute. For mines the figure of merit is computed as follows: M = actual points × 100 90 Companies which did not qualify for long-range firing in 1909 are rated in the first practice of 1910 (1st and 2d practices with guns below 4-inch in caliber) next after companies which were advanced to long range for 1910 practice. Companies which did not qualify in 1809 or in the first practice 1910 (1st and 2d practices with guns below 4 inch în caliber) are rated in the 2d practice 1910, next after companies which were advanced. (See paragraphs 68 and 69, Coast Artillery Memorandum No. 11, 1910.) |