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67. To be eligible for this detail officers must be of grade not lower than that of major.

68. Such officers as are to be detailed for this special course will be selected by, and announced in orders from, the War Department.

69. The course of instruction will be prepared by the director of The Army Staff College, and will be under his immediate direction. Instruction will be given by the various schools and departments of The Army Service Schools in accordance with the schedule for the special course, as approved by the commandant.

70. Upon completion of the course the commandant will make a special report to be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army for file with the records of the officers.

GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY service SCHOOLS.

POST ADMINISTRATION.

71. Such of the officers and enlisted force with their equipment on duty in the garrison or at the schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as may be deemed necessary by the commandant, will be available for the practical instruction of student officers.

72. The commandant will order the expenditure of such autherized quantities of ammunition for field guns, machine guns, and small arms as may be deemed necessary for instruction at The Army Service Schools.

DISCIPLINE.

73. The schools and college will be governed by the rules and discipline prescribed for military posts and by their own special regulations. Matters pertaining to them and to the course of instruction will be subject exclusively to control of the War Depart ment, and all communications for officers on duty with the schools will be sent through the commandant directly and not through division headquarters.

PERSONNEL AND STAFF.

74. The personnel of the schools will consist of all officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees on duty thereat. The staff will consist of all officers not students on duty thereat, other than the commandant and his personal aides.

THE COMMANDANT.

75. The commandant will see that the work of The Army Service Schools is coordinated and that cordial cooperation is maintained at all times.

76. He is authorized to convene the academic board for consideration of any matters affecting The Army Service Schools or of a single school which is a constituent part of The Army Service Schools. At such session the senior officer present will preside.

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77. He will apply to The Adjutant General of the Army for the detail of officers for duty at the schools and will assign them to duty as assistant commandant, directors, instructors, and secretary, as may be necessary.

78. On the 31st of August of each year he will make a report upon the schools and college, setting forth their progress and such changes as are deemed desirable to promote further progress and improvement. This report, as also the appended reports of the directors, librarian, and secretary and disbursing officer, will embody the statistical information heretofore included in annual reports.

79. He will furnish annually, for use in the office of the Chief of Staff and of the president of the Army War College, bound volumes containing the record of each student officer of the schools and college, as reported to The Adjutant General of the Army under the provisions of paragraph 100.

80. Upon the completion of the course of instruction at the end of the school year he is authorized, unless limited by special instructions, to grant to the officers and men under his control the same leaves of absence and furloughs as department commanders are authorized to grant under provisions of Army Regulations. But during the course of instruction he will not, without the authority of the Secretary of War, grant leaves of absence to officers involving absence from duty, except in cases of emergency, and then only for a period not exceeding 10 days at any one time.

81. He will make application to the War Department for such articles of engineer, ordnance, and signal property as may be necessary.

ACADEMIC BOARD.

82. The academic board will supervise the methods of instruction and work in the several departments and schools, the preparation of annual reports and schedules, assist the commandant in coordinating the courses of instruction and securing uniformity in publications of the schools.

83. There will be but one academic board for The Army Service Schools. It will consist of the commandant, the assistant commandant, the directors of the various schools which constitute The Army Service Schools, and the senior instructors of the department of military art, languages, and law of The Army School of the Line. The secretary of The Army Service Schools will be the secretary of the academic board. He will be the custodian of the records of the board, but will have no vote. A majority of the academic board will constitute a quorum for the transaction of

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business, but no action or recommendation of the academic board will be final until approved by the commandant. All deliberations, discussions, and individual votes will be confidential.

CORRESPONDENCE.

84. All official correspondence relating to the schools from officers on duty therewith will be addressed to the secretary.

LIBRARY.

85. The librarian, under the direction of the commandant, will be charged with the administration and interior economy of the library.

86. He will be responsible for the books and other property therein and will render an annual report thereof to the secretary. 87. There will be a library committee for the schools and college, consisting of the secretary, the librarian, and one other officer designated by the commandant from among those belonging to the staff of the schools and college. Subject to the approval of the commandant, this committee will be charged with the preparation of regulations for the administration and interior economy of the library and with the selection of books to be purchased therefor.

INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENT OFFICERS.

88. The directors of the various schools will be assisted by such number of senior instructors and instructors assigned to the several departments of those schools by the commandant as may be required.

89. When practicable instructors will be senior in rank to student officers but whether senior or junior, instructors while in the execution of their duty will be accorded the respect due to their position.

90. The personnel of the schools and college will be exempt from all ordinary staff duties and garrison routine, from courtmartial duty (except in case of necessity), from such drills and ceremonies as are not included in the course of instruction, and, in general, from all duties which would interfere with the performance of their functions in connection with the schools and college.

91. Details for instruction as student officers will, except as above specified, cover one year, from the 15th of August to the 14th of the following August, inclusive, and officers detailed for instruction will report in person to the commandant not later than the 15th of August of each year.

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FOREIGN STUDENT OFFICERS.

92. Foreign officers attending the schools or college will be supplied with all the facilities and enjoy all the privileges accorded to other student officers, but they will not be marked or graded in any way.

INSTRUCTION.

93. The course of instruction at the schools, except as otherwise provided in this order, will be included in one term beginning on the 1st of September (unless that date fall on Saturday or Sunday, in which case the term will begin on the following Monday) and ending on the 30th of June following. Staff rides or visits to battle fields for student officers who have just been graduated at The Army Staff College may be conducted between the date of graduation and the 14th of August and during this period, except that part consumed in the staff ride or visit to a battle field, these officers may be detailed by direction of the Secretary of War for duty at field maneuvers or camps of instruction. Such instructors as may be necessary will be detailed to accompany the class on its staff ride or visit to a battle field.

94. Exercises in instruction will be held daily, except Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and the period from December 24 to January 1, both inclusive. Saturday forenoons may be used when necessary to maintain the regular yearly schedule in the different departments.

95. All instruction will be strictly in conformity with principles laid down and customs observed in official publications of the War Department and authorized textbooks.

96. To facilitate practice of topographical reconnaissance and the conduct of field exercises on unfamiliar ground, the commandant may, in his discretion, by use of facilities at hand and available at military posts, take the personnel of the schools and college into temporary camps.

97. The allotment of time for instruction in each department of the schools and college, and for equitation and physical exercise during the winter months and in inclement weather; the assignment of values to the different subjects in the course of instruction, and the methods of conducting and marking practical work and examinations, subject to the limitations of the foregoing paragraphs, will be regulated by the academic board with the approval of the commandant, and will be published by the latter for the information of all concerned; but no material changes in the total amount