spent the designated time in investigation of the subjects mentioned may be required when the officer has been reported as deficient in any course of instruction or subdivision thereof.

14. There shall be an examination at the conclusion of each course of such a nature as shall be prescribed by the school board. Officers failing to pass such an examination will be reexamined after the close of the entire school course.

15. Officers on finishing the prescribed courses of instruction in a manner satisfactory to the school board will be given certificates of proficiency, and officers who have taken special courses shall in like manner be given certificates of proficiency covering the special work performed or subjects studied and shall be so carried in the Army Register.

16. The course of instruction for enlisted men shall be for a period of six months, and like that for officers shall be made to the greatest extent possible a thoroughly practical one. At the end of the course those under instruction will be examined as to their proficiency in the care and use of the various mechanical and electrical appliances to be found in a seacoast fortification, and will be recommended by the school board in accordance with their proficiency or deficiency as shown.

17. The commandant of the school will make reports at the termination of each course and at the close of the school year to the Adjutant General of the Army, showing the progress of the school, the methods in detail, and time allotted to each department, and will accompany these reports with his recommendations and requests for any changes in instructors that may be deemed advisable by him, and for any addition to or replacement of machines and material necessary for the practical instruction of students in every detail of their work, and shall transmit for the consideration of the Commanding General of the Army all matters acted upon by the school board which require his approval.

18. The commandant of the school will keep himself fully informed as to any new discoveries, inventions, or improved methods in the care and use of apparatus pertaining to the electrical and steam plant of modern fortification, and will recommend the publication of such instructions in regard to them as he may deem useful. He will also prepare and submit from time to time lists of such questions and answers relating to new inventions and methods as wil' fully explain

them. These, together with the instructions, if approved by the Commanding General of the Army, will be printed and distributed as may be recommended.

19. The appropriation and all other funds for the support of the school and the purchase of supplies shall be disbursed only on the warrant of the commandant in each instance.

20. When expenditures or purchases of any kind are needed for any of the departments of the school, requisition shall be made and submitted to the commandant.

21. Property purchased for the special use of any department or course of instruction shall be accounted for by the instructor. He shall receipt for it and render to the commandant quarterly returns and abstract of expenditures of stores. Similar returns shall be made whenever an instructor is relieved from duty in any department.

22. The commandant is authorized to expend ammunition at such times and in such quantities as he may deem necessary for the purposes of the school, provided the amount expended is not in excess of 50 per cent of the amount allowed the post of Fort Totten.

23. When there is no special appropriation by Congress, nor other funds for the purchase of text-books, officers will supply themselves at their own expense with such as may be approved by the school board.

24. The commandant will make quarterly requisitions to the Adjutant General of the Army for such articles pertaining to the various supply departments and the Signal Corps as may be necessary for the school.

25. Whenever the course of instruction at the school is interrupted by the exigencies of the service the remainder of the school term shall be employed as the school board may deem best.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant General.

No. 146.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington. November 9, 1301.

By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, the following regulations governing the Engineer School of Application, Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned:

1. The purpose of the school is to impart instruction to such officers of the Army as may be detailed under paragraphs 532 and 533 of the Regulations; to prepare the junior officers of the Corps of Engineers for the active duties of their profession; to provide for thorough theoretical and practical instruction of the engineer troops; to make researches in such branches of science as relate to the duties of the Corps of Engineers, and to disseminate information so obtained; and to make such experiments and recommendations and give such instruction as may be necessary for the military engineering work of the Army.

2. The school shall be governed by the rules of discipline prescribed for military posts as well as by the special regulations of the school, and in matters pertaining solely to the course of instruction shall be under the immediate control of the Chief of Engineers.

3. The school shall be subject to inspection by the depart ment commander and in emergencies the troops attached to the school shall be subject to his orders.

4. The commandant shall convene the staff of the school for the consideration of questions relating to the course of instruction and of such other subjects as may properly be brought before it.

5. Subject to the regulations of the Engineer Department, the commandant shall disburse the funds appropriated for or allotted to the school and shall purchase the instruments and supplies required for the school. He may expend such quantities of explosives and other material as he may deem necessary for instruction.

6. On the 1st of September of each year the commandant

shall make to the Chief of Engineers a report of the progress and wants of the school.

7. The secretary of the school shall be the custodian of its records and property.

8. There shall be four branches of instruction, viz:

(a) Military engineering.

(b) Civil engineering.

(c) Electrics.

(d) Ordnance and armor.

The studies and exercises in these branches to be assigned to each instructor or assistant instructor shall be determined by the commandant.

9. The term of instruction for engineer officers shall be two years, beginning when practicable October 1; for other officers ten months, beginning at the same time. The period from November 1 to May 1 shall be devoted chiefly to theoretical instruction, the rest of the year chiefly to practical instruction.

10. In general in the theoretical courses the instructors shall meet their classes daily for oral discussion and instruction, such instruction to be supplemented by prescribed courses of reading and preparation of theses and projects, illustrated where possible by practical work.

11. Examinations shall be held in such manner as may be deemed proper by the academic staff; after the final examination the academic staff shall consider the efficiency of each student officer concerned and shall grade him as proficient with honor, proficient, or deficient. This classification shall be made of record and reported to the Headquarters of the Army through the Chief of Engineers.

12. A diploma signed by each member of the academic staff shall be given to each officer who attains proficiency in the entire course of instruction. Officers who have been unable to complete the entire course shall receive certificates of proficiency in such branches as shall have been satisfactorily completed.

13. Should an engineer officer be examined for promotion within two years from the date of his diploma or certificate, such diploma or certificate, if showing proficiency with honor, shall be accepted by the examining board as sufficient evidence of proficiency in the branches to which it relates.

14. The following shall be the general program of instruction for officers:

MILITARY ENGINEERING.

Fortifications, field and permanent; types, location, construction, attack and defense.

Military mining, roads, bridges, camps, and telegraph lines; reconnaissance, military topography, photography, and map making.

The art of war.

CIVIL ENGINEERING.

Surveying and astronomy.

Strength of materials.

Mechanical engineering.
Constructions.

Municipal engineering.

Improvement of rivers and harbors.

The law of contracts, specifications, and estimates; business methods and records.

ELECTRICS.

Electrical measurements; the generation, transmission, and application of electric power with special reference to lighting, heating, and propulsion; military uses of electricity.

ORDNANCE AND ARMOR.

The artillery use of fortifications.

War ships, guns, mortars, projectiles, and explosives.

15. Detailed program for instruction, with allotments of time and studies, shall be submitted from time to time by the academic staff to the Chief of Engineers for approval.

16. The course of instruction for enlisted men shall be that prescribed by the Chief of Engineers.

17. As far as practicable the number and rank of officers detailed for duty with the school shall be sufficient to enable primarily the instructors and secondarily the student officers to be relieved of routine, company, and post duties.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant General.