No. 78.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 1905.

I--All dummy cartridges of old design (for the U. S. magazine rifle, models of 1896 and 1898, and for the U. S. magazine carbine, model of 1899), distinguished by three rings around the shell in front of the flange, which are now in the possession of post ordnance officers or organizations, will be turned in to the nearest arsenal or ordnance depot.

Requisition will be made in accordance with the provisions of General Orders, No. 5, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, January 21, 1903, for dummy cartridges of the latest design to replace those turned in.

The new dummy cartridge is tinned, provided with six longitudinal corrugations, and has three circular holes near the head end of alternate corrugations.

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II. The following order of the President is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:

Whereas. By an Act of Congress which received Executive approval on February 23, 1887, all officers or agents of the United States were as a matter of public policy forbidden, under appropriate penalties, to hire or contract out the labor of any criminals who might thereafter be confined in any prison, jail, or other place of incarceration for the violation of any laws of the Government of the United States of America:

It is hereby ordered. That all contracts which shall hereafter be entered into by officers or agents of the United States involving the employment of labor in the States composing the Union, or the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto, shall, unless otherwise provided by law, contain a stipulation forbidding, in the performance of such contracts, the employment of persons undergoing sentences of imprisonment at hard labor which have been imposed by courts of the several States, Territories, or municipalities having criminal jurisdiction.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 79.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, June 1, 1905.

The accompanying tables, exhibiting the results of rifle, carbine, and pistol firing of the Army (exclusive of the organizations stationed in the Philippines Division) for the target year 1904, the comparative proficiency attained by the different organizations, and the names of the expert riflemen who qualified during the year 1904, are published for the information of the Army.