No. 72. WASHINGTON, May 17, 1905. I--Paragraph 2, General Orders, No. 39, War Department, March 14, 1905, is modified to read as follows: Upon the arrival of Headquarters and Companies L and M, 3d Battalion of Engineers, at San Francisco, California, Headquarters and Companies C and D, 1st Battalion of Engineers, will be relieved from duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and proceed to San Francisco, California, for station. [1011295, M. S. O.] II--Commanding officers of organizations and ordnance officers of posts having in their possession saber belts of either black or fair leather provided with plates and old design saber attachments, or waist belts, either black or fair leather, provided with plates, are instructed to make requisition under the provisions of paragraph 5, General Orders, No. 5, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, January 31, 1903, for russet leather waist belts provided with buckles and the new model slides and saber attachments for the mounted service, and for russet leather waist belts provided with buckles for foot troops to replace the old saber belts and waist belts. Upon receipt of the new belts organizations serving in the United States will turn in the old belts to the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois; organizations serving in the Philippine Islands to the Manila Ordnance Depot, Manila, Philippine Islands. [995966, M. S. O.] III. By direction of the President, Major General James F. Wade, United States Army, in addition to his present duties, will assume temporary command of the Department of the Gulf during the absence of Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, United States Army. [1004489, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. JUL 7 Rec'd ORDERS DEPARTMENT , May 19 I--Troops G and H, 3d Cavalry, are relieved from duty at Fort Apache, Arizona Territory, and will proceed to and take station at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, the horses and equipments to be transferred to the troops of the 5th Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Apache. Division and department commanders concerned will by concert of action arrange the details of this movement and will promptly report hours of departure and arrival and strength of commands by telegraph to The Military Secretary of the Army. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies. [1010631, M. S. O.] II--The following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: The President of the United States by order dated May 1, 1905, pursuant to section 12 of the Act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes" (32 Stat. L., 691), reserved for military purposes, subject to private rights, all public lands in the Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands, included within boundaries described as follows, viz: 1. On the east side of the entrance to Subig Bay in the Province of Bataan: Beginning at a stone monument at the head of Ilanin Bay, marked No. 1, on a map bearing the legend Proposed Military Reservations at Subig Bay *** Office Engineer Officer, Philippines Division, Manila, P. I., Feb. 1905," which monument is on the southern boundary of the United States Naval Reservation at Olongapo; thence due east, with four intermediate stone monuments, 20,616 feet to a stone monument marked No. 6 on said map; thence south 48° 09′ 36′′ east, 4,640 feet to a stone monument marked No. 7 on said map; thence south 58° 37′ 35′′ east, 5,034 feet to a stone monument marked No. 8 on said map: thence south 37° 20′ 23′′ east, 4,931 feet to a stone monument marked No. 9 on said map; thence south 61° 37′ 37" west, 5,245 feet to a stone monument marked No. 10 on said map; thence south 80° 26′ 50′′ west, 5,315 feet to a stone monument marked No. 11 on said map; thence north 47° 14′ 48" west, 3.568 feet to a stone monument marked No. 12 on said map; thence south 83° 01′ 14′′ west, 5,531 JUL 7 feet to a stone monument marked No. 13 on said map; thence south 83° 37 16" west, 6,503 feet to a stone monument marked No. 14 on said map; thence north 76° 49′ 04′′ west, 584 feet to a stone monument on the shore of Binanga Bay marked No. 15 on said map; thence, in prolongation of course 14 to 15 to low-water line of Binanga Bay; thence in a northerly direction, following the low-water line of Binanga and Ilanin Bays, to point of intersection of this line with the prolongation of course 2 to 1; thence to point of beginning. Area 7,593.057 acres. 2. On the west side of the entrance to Subig Bay in the Province of Zambales: Beginning at a rock forty feet high rising out of the sea at Biniptican Point; thence north 38° 00′ east. 244.4 feet to a stone monument marked No. 1 on said map; thence north 5° 40′ east, 2,829 feet to a stone monument marked No. 2 on said map; thence north 00° 36′ east, 3,608.4 feet to a stone monument marked No. 3 on said map; thence north about 19° 00′ west, 6,350 feet. more or less, to the western peak of Mt. Silanguin: thence, following the mountain ridge, in a northwesterly direction, about 9,000 feet through each of the Cincos Picos Mountains to the top of the northernmost mountain: thence following the divide between the Agosun and Caguan rivers in a northwesterly direction, about 4,000 feet: thence, still following the divide, in a northeasterly direction, about 19,000 feet to a stone monument on top of Mt. Redondo, marked No. 4 on said map; thence south 68° 39' east, 2,654.5 feet to a stone monument marked No. 5 on said map; thence south 68° 38′ east, 7,593.3 feet to a stone monument marked No. 6 on said map, which is at Point Petambu on Subig Bay; thence, continuing the same direction, about 30 feet, to low-water line: thence, following the low-water line of Subig Bay, to point of beginning. Area 8,754.66 acres. 3. Grande Island, at the entrance to Subig Bay, and lying between the reservation on the east side of the entrance to Subig Bay and the reservation on the west side of the entrance to Subig Bay. Area about 95 acres. [997075, M. S. 0.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. |