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No. 14.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, February 12, 1901.

By direction of the Secretary of War, the additional regiments of cavalry and infantry authorized by act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, are hereby designated and assigned to stations, where they will be assembled, equipped, and organized as follows:

Cavalry-5 regiments.

Eleventh Cavalry: Headquarters at Fort Myer, Virginia. Twelfth Cavalry: Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Thirteenth Cavalry: Headquarters at Fort Meade, South Dakota.

Fourteenth Cavalry: Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Fifteenth Cavalry: Headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.

Infantry-5 regiments.

Twenty-sixth Infantry: Headquarters at Fort McPherson, Georgia. The first battalion of this regiment has been organized and assigned.

Twenty-seventh Infantry: Headquarters at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. The first battalion of this regiment has been organized and assigned.

Twenty-eighth Infantry: Headquarters at Vancouver Barracks, Washington.

Twenty-ninth Infantry: Headquarters at Fort Sheridan, Illi

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Thirtieth Infantry: Headquarters at Fort Logan, Colorado. Squadrons and battalions will be successively organized and equipped at regimental headquarters. Whenever the accommodations at any regimental headquarters are fully occupied and space is required for succeeding organizations, department commanders will recommend the transfer to other stations of units which are already organized and equipped; such stations to be selected with special reference to facilities for target practice.

The troops will be fully equipped and supplied for field service, and the supply departments will furnish the necessary arms, ammunition, equipment, and supplies.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General.

No. 15.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, February 13, 1901.

The following orders of the Secretary of War are published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: An act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, discontinues the regimental organization of the artillery arm and constitutes an Artillery Corps, consisting of coast artillery and field artillery, comprising thirty batteries of field artillery and one hundred and twenty-six companies of coast artillery and enlisted men as follows:

Twenty-one sergeants major with the rank, pay, and allowances of regimental sergeants major of infantry;

Twenty-seven sergeants major with the rank, pay, and allowances of battalion sergeants major of infantry;

One electrician sergeant to each coast artillery post having electrical appliances, and

Ten bands, organized as heretofore authorized by law for artillery regiments.

The sergeants major of the Artillery Corps who have the rank, pay, and allowances of regimental sergeants major of infantry will be designated sergeants major, senior grade, and those having the rank, pay, and allowances of battalion sergeants major of infantry will be designated as sergeants major, junior grade, and will be borne on the rolls and records accordingly. The regimental sergeants major will be transferred to the Artillery Corps and appointed sergeants major therein in orders from this office. The present regimental quartermaster sergeants of artillery will be in like manner transferred to and appointed sergeants major, senior grade, in the Artillery Corps.

The officers of artillery not belonging to batteries will be reported on the returns of the commands in which they may be serving, and in addition will until otherwise ordered make monthly personal reports to the Adjutant General of the Army stating the nature of their duties, etc. The noncommissioned staff officers of artillery will be also reported in figures and by name on the monthly returns of the commands in which they are serving.

Commanding officers of batteries and companies of artillery will hereafter render monthly returns direct to the Adjutant General of the Army.

Monthly returns and bimonthly muster rolls of the artillery bands and muster rolls of the noncommissioned staff officers of the Artillery Corps will be made to the Adjutant General by the commanding officers of the respective posts or stations at which they may be serving.

Commanding officers will prepare descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing of the noncommissioned staff officers, and will cause to be transcribed in new descriptive and clothing books the personal description, full record, and account of clothing drawn of each member of the artillery bands.

All records pertaining to the headquarters of the several artillery regiments, after the data required shall have been taken therefrom, will be carefully packed and marked and forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army.

Returns of artillery regiments, to include February 1, 1901, will be made by the officers commanding the same on that date and forwarded to the Adjutant General without delay. To conform to the new organization the designations of the batteries of artillery now in service are changed as follows: Battery A, 1st Artillery, to be 1st Company, Coast Artillery. Battery B, 1st Artillery, to be 2d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery C, 1st Artillery, to be 3d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery D, 1st Artillery, to be 4th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery E, 1st Artillery, to be 1st Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery F, 1st Artillery, to be 5th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery G, 1st Artillery, to be 6th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery H, 1st Artillery, to be 7th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery I, 1st Artillery, to be 8th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery K, 1st Artillery, to be 2d Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery L, 1st Artillery, to be 9th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery M, 1st Artillery, to be 10th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery N, 1st Artillery, to be 11th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery O, 1st Artillery, to be 12th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery A, 2d Artillery, to be 3d Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery B, 2d Artillery, to be 13th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery C, 2d Artillery, to be 14th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery D, 2d Artillery, to be 15th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery E, 2d Artillery, to be 16th Company, Coast Artillery.
Light Battery F, 2d Artillery, to be 4th Battery, Field Artil-
lery.

Battery G, 2d Artillery, to be 17th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery H, 2d Artillery, to be 18th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery I, 2d Artillery, to be 19th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery K, 2d Artillery, to be 20th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery L, 2d Artillery, to be 21st Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery M, 2d Artillery, to be 22d Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery N, 2d Artillery, to be 23d Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery O, 2d Artillery, to be 24th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery A, 3d Artillery, to be 25th Company, Coast Artillery.
Battery B, 3d Artillery, to be 26th Company, Coast Artillery.

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Light Battery C, 3d Artillery, to be 5th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery D, 3d Artillery, to be 27th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery E. 3d Artillery, to be 28th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery F, 3d Artillery, to be 6th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery G, 3d Artillery, to be 29th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery H, 3d Artillery, to be 30th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery I, 3d Artillery, to be 31st Company, Coast Artillery. Battery K, 3d Artillery, to be 32d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery L, 3d Artillery, to be 33d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery M, 3d Artillery, to be 34th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery N, 3d Artillery, to be 35th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery O, 3d Artillery, to be 36th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery A, 4th Artillery, to be 37th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery B, 4th Artillery, to be 7th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery C, 4th Artillery, to be 38th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery D, 4th Artillery, to be 39th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery E, 4th Artillery, to be 40th Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery F, 4th Artillery, to be 8th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery G, 4th Artillery, to be 41st Company, Coast Artillery. Battery H, 4th Artillery, to be 42d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery I, 4th Artillery, to be 43d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery K, 4th Artillery, to be 44th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery L, 4th Artillery, to be 45th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery M, 4th Artillery, to be 46th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery N, 4th Artillery, to be 47th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery O, 4th Artillery, to be 48th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery A, 5th Artillery, to be 49th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery B, 5th Artillery, to be 50th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery C, 5th Artillery, to be 51st Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery D, 5th Artillery, to be 9th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery E, 5th Artillery, to be 52d Company, Coast Artillery. Light Battery F, 5th Artillery, to be 10th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery G, 5th Artillery, to be 53d Company, Coast Artillery. Battery H, 5th Artillery, to be 54th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery I, 5th Artillery, to be 55th Company, Coast Artillery. Siege Battery K, 5th Artillery, to be 11th Battery, Field Artillery.

Battery L, 5th Artillery, to be 56th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery M, 5th Artillery, to be 57th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery N, 5th Artillery, to be 58th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery O, 5th Artillery, to be 59th Company, Coast Artillery. Battery A, 6th Artillery, to be 60th Company, Coast Artillery.

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