No. 64. WASHINGTON, April 26, 1905. I. The following orders of the Secretary of War are published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: ORDERS: WAR DEPARTMENT, I. In conformity with the provisions of Section 1331, Revised Statutes, the Chief of Staff is charged with the supervision of matters in the War Department pertaining to the United States Military Academy at West Point. New York. II. By direction of the President, paragraph 2 of the General Regulations for the United States Military Academy is amended to read as follows: 2. The superintendent, and, in his absence. the next in rank. shall have the immediate government and military command of the academy, and shall be commandant of the military post at West Point. The superintendent will render to The Military Secretary of the Army, in accordance with paragraph 787, Army Regulations, all required reports, returns, and estimates concerning the academy. J [1005028, M. S. O.] WM. H. TAFT, II. In accordance with the provisions of section 12 of General Orders, No. 7, dated Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 24, 1903, the adjutant general of each State will require, in addition to such reports as may be required by instructions and orders now in force, the commanding officers of field batteries and companies or detachments of coast artillery of the militia to forward, through military channels, to the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, reports, on prescribed forms which will be furnished on application, of all firings with cannon including subcaliber tubes done under their supervision immediately after such firing takes place. [1003473, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. JUN 25 Recd No. 65. WASHINGTON, April 27, 1905. The following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: WAR DEPARTMENT, 1. The appropriation "for contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military divisions and departments, including the staff corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, binding, maps, technical books of reference, professional and technical newspapers and periodicals, and police utensils, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military divisions and department commanders, seven thousand five hundred dollars," contained in the act approved March 2, 1905, making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, is allotted as follows: 2. The appropriation for United States service schools, "To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the Artillery School, at Fort Monroe, Virginia: the School of Submarine Defense, at Fort Tot ten, New York; the General Service and Staff College, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the School of Application for Cavalry and Field Artillery, at Fort Riley, Kansas, by the purchase of text-books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the military service, twenty-five thousand dollars," contained in the act JUN 25 Rend of Congress approved March 2, 1905, making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, is allotted as follows: Artillery School. Staff College.. School of Application for Cavalry and Field Artillery. School of Submarine Defense Total... $10,000 11,500 2,500 1.000 25,000 WM. H. TAFT, Secretary of War. [985334, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 66. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 28, 1905. I--By direction of the President, the unexecuted part of the sentence of a general court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Booth, 7th Infantry, published in General Orders, No. 29, Department of the Columbia, September 8, 1903, is remitted. [973556, M. S. O.] II. Hereafter fire control installation approved by the Secretary of War, in progress or completed at coast fortifications, will not be changed in any respect without his express sanction. [985814, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. JUN 25 Rec'd |