accordance with the instructions printed on the blank forms of contractors' bonds furnished by the chiefs of bureaus. Such bonds must be executed by the contractor as principal and by a surety company or by at least two sufficient and responsible persons, who must be citizens of the United States, as sureties. Each must affix his signature and seal and each signature must be attested by at least one witness. When practicable there will be a separate witness to each signature. Sureties to bonds executed in any foreign country, or in the Philippine Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, or Hawaii, for the performance of contracts entered into in those places, need not be citizens of the United States. 563. The sureties, if individuals, must jointly justify in double the amount of the penalty. The affidavit of justification must be taken before a person authorized by the laws of the United States, State, Territory, or District to administer oaths. Justification will be followed by the certificate of a judge or clerk of a United States court, a United States district attorney, a United States commissioner, or a judge or clerk of a State court of record, with the seal of said court attached, that the sureties are known to him, and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, each is worth, over and above all debts and liabilities, the sum stated in his affidavit of justification. If found necessary, separate certificates may be furnished as to each surety. The affidavits of justification of sureties to contractors' bonds executed in any foreign country, or in the Philippine Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, or Hawaii, may be taken before a notary or any other officer having a seal and who by the laws of the place is authorized to administer such oaths, the official seal of the notary or other officer to be affixed. The certification of sufficiency of such sureties may be made by a United States consul, if any, by a notary, or by the judge or clerk of any court in such place having a seal, the official seal of the officer or court to be affixed. The regular blank forms of bonds when used as above will be modified accordingly and the alterations will be fully explained over the signatures and seals of all parties to the bond. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, No. 41. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 26, 1901 I. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned An enlisted man sent from a post under proper orders to surrounding towns for the purpose of distributing recruiting circulars, posters, and handbills, and canvassing for recruits will while so engaged be deemed to be traveling under orders during the entire period of his absence, and will be allowed commutation of rations at the rate of $1.50 per day for each day of absence from the post. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1203 of the Regulations, as amended by General Orders, No. 52, March 20, 1899, and General Orders, No. 136, July 24, 1899, from this office, is further amended to read as follows: 1203. The allowance of corn brooms and scrubbing brushes will be as follows: For each organization having an authorized maximum strength of 150 enlisted men or over, nine brooms and six brushes per month. For each organization having an authorized maximum strength of 100 enlisted men, more or less, six brooms and four brushes per month. Two brooms and one brush per month to each regimental band. Three brooms and two brushes per annum for each noncommissioned staff officer, including those of regiments, squad rons, and battalions. Six brushes per annum to each post bakery. They will habitually be drawn quarterly, but may be drawn when needed. If less than the maximum allowance is drawn in one quarter, credit can not be given in another. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. Army No. 42. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 26, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following Executive order is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE MANSION, The Executive order, dated March 30, 1898, establishing limits of punishment for enlisted men of the Army, under an act of Congress approved September 27, 1890, and which was published in General Orders, No. 16, 1898, Headquarters of the Army, is amended so as to prescribe as follows: ARTICLE I. In all cases of desertion the sentence may include dishonor. able discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances. Subject to the modifications authorized in section 3 of this article, the limit of the term of confinement (at hard labor) for desertion shall be as follows: SECTION 1. In case of surrender (a) When the deserter surrenders himself after an absence of not more than thirty days, one year. (b) When the surrender is made after an absence of more than thirty days, eighteen months. SEC. 2. In case of apprehension (a) When at the time of desertion the deserter shall not have been more than six months in the service, eighteen months. (b) When he shall have been more than six months in the service, two and one-half years. SEC. 3. The foregoing limitations are subject to modification under the following conditions: (a) The punishment of a deserter may be increased by one year of confinement at hard labor in consideration of each previous conviction of desertion. (b) The punishment for desertion when joined in by two or more soldiers in the execution of a conspiracy, or for desertion in the presence of an outbreak of Indians or of any unlawful assemblage which the troops may be opposing, shall not exceed dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for five years. ARTICLE II. Except as herein otherwise indicated, punishments shall not exceed the limits prescribed in the following table: Offenses. Limits of punishment. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for three years. Four months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Two months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Four months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Twenty days' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $6; for noncommissioned offcer, reduction in addition thereto. Six months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $19 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Dishonorable discharge, with forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement at hard labor for two years, One hour or less Forfeiture of $1; corporal, $2; sergeant, $3; 1st sergeant or noncommissioned officer of higher grade, $4. For more than one to six hours, Forfeiture of $2; corporal, $3; sergeant, $4; inclusive. For more than six to twelve For more than twelve to twenty- 1st sergeant or noncommissioned officer of higher grade, $5, Forfeiture of $3; corporal, $4; sergeant, 96; 1st sergeant or noncommissioned officer of higher grade, $7. Forfeiture of $5; corporal, $6; sergeant, $7; 1st sergeant or noncommissioned officer of higher grade, $10. Upon trial for desertion and conviction of absence without leave only, the court may, in addition to the limit prescribed for such absence, award a stoppage of the amount paid for apprehension, and for transportation of himself and guard. |