GENERAL ORDERS, No. 70. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 16, 1901. I. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 1402 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1402. Hospital stewards, though liable to discharge, will not be reduced. Acting hospital stewards may be reduced by sentence of a general court-martial, by the Surgeon General, or the chief surgeon of a division or department. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Hereafter all communications on official matters from officers of the Army to the Comptroller of the Treasury will be sent through the Adjutant General of the Army. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. Army. No. 71. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 17, 1901. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 566; paragraph 569 as amended by General Orders, No. 55, April 22, 1901, from this office, and paragraph 679 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 566. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 549 supplies may be procured and services engaged by oral agreement in the manner common among business men in the following cases: 1. In an emergency, as when the public exigencies require immediate delivery of supplies or performance of services and there is no time to advertise by newspapers or circulars. 2. When it is impracticable to secure competition. 3. When proposals have been invited and none have been received. 4. When proposals are above the market price or are otherwise unreasonable. 5. When exceptional articles are purchased by the Subsistence Department. 569. Any officer of any department who makes an openmarket emergency purchase exceeding $200 in amount will transmit with his monthly money accounts a report setting forth the number of the voucher, the date and place of purchase, name of seller, the kind and total money value of supplies so purchased, and the reasons for the mode of purchase adopted in each case. The head of the bureau will submit these reports to the Secretary of War. 679. Military stores and public property condemned and ordered sold will be disposed of for cash at auction, or to the highest bidder on sealed proposals, on due public notice and in such market as the public interests may require. The officer making the sale will suspend it when in his opinion better prices can be obtained, except in the case of condemned animals, the disposition of which is provided for in paragraph 1037. The auctioneer's certified detailed account of the sale and the vouchers for the expenses attending it will be reported on the proper forms to the chief of the bureau to which the property pertained and a copy of the auctioneer's detailed account of the sale will be furnished the Inspector General. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General, Major General, U. S. Army. |