GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 128.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, September 27, 1901.

I--By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, the 28th Battery of Field Artillery, now being organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, by dividing the 16th Battery of Field Artillery, will be equipped as a mountain battery of six guns and 120 enlisted men (91 privates).

II--The following has been received from the War Department and is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 26, 1901.

The President of the United States by order of September 20, 1901, added to the military reservation of Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, for the use and benefit of the Apache prisoners of war, the following-described lands along the northern and southern boundaries of said military reservation and located on the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in Oklahoma:

Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 28, and lot 1 in section 30, township 3 north. range 11 west: lots 3 and 4, section 8, and lots 1, 2, 3 (except SW. SE. }). and lot 4, section 9; lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 10: lot 1, section 11, and lots 1. 2. 3. and 4. section 14. township 2 north. range 12 west: lots 1 and 2, section 20: lots 3 and 4, section 21; lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 (except NE. SE. 4), section 22: lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 23; lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 25, and lot 1, section 26, township 3 north, range 12 west.

WM. CARY SANGER,

Acting Secretary of War.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General,

Major General, U. S. Army.

No. 129.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, October 2, 1901.

I. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraphs 1029 and 1036 of the Regulations of 1901 are amended to read as follows:

1029. Commanding officers will before forwarding charges personally investigate them and by indorsement on the charges will certify that they have made such investigation, and whether in their opinion the charges can be sustained. Before referring charges for which the maximum limit of punishment that may be awarded is greater than one month's forfeiture and confinement to inferior courts for trial, commanding officers will cause the accused to sign a statement on the original charges as to whether or not he consents to trial by summary court. A note of this statement in each case will also be entered on the record of the summary court and on the monthly report of trials by such court.

1036. Whenever under the summary court act or the 83d Article of War it becomes necessary to convene a garrison or regimental court the order appointing it will state the facts which bring the cases to be tried within the exceptions of those laws.

II. By direction of the Secretary of War, paragraph 2 (page 9) of the Regulations and Decisions pertaining to the Uniform of the Army of the United States (5th edition, 1901) is amended to read as follows:

Regimental, squadron, or battalion adjutants, quartermas ters and commissaries of cavalry or infantry will wear in the lower angles of their insignia the devices (of gold or gilt metal) of the respective staff departments to which their duties correspond.

Officers of the Artillery Corps detailed at garrisoned posts for staff duty will wear similar devices in the lower angles of their insignia.

The battalion adjutants, quartermasters, and commissaries of the Corps of Engineers will wear the same devices above the center turret.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General,

Major General, U. S. Army.

No. 130.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, October 3, 1901.

I. By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraph 1425 of the Regulations of 1901 is revoked.

II By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, paragraphs 555, 664, 666, 817, 1355, subdivision 3 of 1380, 1392, 1394. 1396, 1403, 1404, and 1430 of the Regulations of 1901 are amended to read as follows:

555. Supplies, stores, and property of any kind procured out of Army appropriations will not be transferred, in any way or under any circumstances, for the use of Indians except under authority first obtained from the Secretary of War. Any officer violating the terms of this regulation will be charged with the money value of the supplies, stores, or property transferred, and in addition be otherwise held accountable according to circumstances.

664. Public moneys subject to disbursement coming into the hands of an officer from any source must be promptly placed by him to his credit with the Treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the United States, or a duly designated depository, or transferred to a disbursing officer of that branch of the public service to which the money pertains; in either of which cases a receipt will be obtained. Exceptions to this rule are allowed only in the cases and to the extent authorized by paragraph 666, and money in hand may be disbursed at once without being placed in depositories if payments are due.

666. Officers doing subsistence duty at posts or independent stations near which no Treasurer or assistant treasurer of the United States is located are authorized to keep subsistence funds in their personal possession, at their own risk, in amounts not to exceed one hundred dollars for each organization (or number of men, recruits, etc., equal to an organization) at such posts or stations.

When it may be necessary to draw a check for obtaining subsistence funds to be kept in personal possession, the disbursing officer will draw it in his own favor and enter under the heading thereon, “object for which drawn" or "on account of," the following: "To hold funds in personal possession under A. R., 666." Such checks will not be stated to be for "payments under $20."

817. The allowances hereinbefore provided for the subsistence of civilian employees cease upon the arrival of the employees at the destination mentioned in their orders for travel;