No. 158.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, December 4, 1901.

By direction of the Secretary of War, the following changes in the stations of troops are ordered:

1. Second U. S. Cavalry, headquarters, staff, band, and one squadron, to be selected by the department commander, from the Department of Cuba to the Department of the East, with stations as follows: Headquarters, staff, band, and two troops, to be designated by the commanding general, Department of the East, to Fort Myer, Virginia, and the remaining two troops to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.

The strength of the troops of the regiment remaining in the Department of Cuba will be equalized and increased to the maximum, as far as practicable, by the transfer from the departing squadron of private soldiers who are serving in their first enlistment and who have six months or more to serve. Orders for the disposition of the public animals pertaining to this command will be given hereafter.

2. Twenty-ninth Battery, Field Artillery, from the Department of Cuba to the Department of the Missouri, with station at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory.

The commanding general, Department of Cuba, will transfer from the 29th to the 3d Battery, Field Artillery, all privates assigned as recruits to the former battery since its organization.

3. Department commanders concerned will by concert of action arrange details of movements and report hours of departure and arrival and strength of commands by telegraph to the Adjutant General of the Army.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies.

BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General,

Major General, U. S. Army.

No. 159.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, December 10, 1901.

The attention of all persons traveling on United States transports is called to the following provisions of Army Regulations regarding damage to or loss or destruction of public property:

764. Officers responsible for property will be charged for any damage to or loss or destruction of the same, and the money value deducted from their monthly pay, unless they show, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, by their own affidavits or certificates or by one or more depositions that the damage, loss, or destruction was occasioned by unavoidable causes and without fault or neglect on their part.

766. If an article of public property be lost or damaged by the neglect or fault of any officer or soldier, he shall pay the value thereof, or the cost of repairs, at such rates as a board of survey may determine.

767. The amount charged against an enlisted man on the pay rolls on account of loss or damage of or repairs to Government property shall not exceed the value of the article or cost of repairs; and such charge will only be made on conclusive proof, and never without an inquiry, if the soldier demand it. He will be informed at the time of signing the pay rolls that his signature will be regarded as an acknowledgment of the justice of the charge.

769. If articles of public property are embezzled, or lost or damaged through neglect, by a civilian employee, the value or damage as ascertained (and by a board of survey if necessary) shall be charged to him and set against any pay or money due him.

In order to enforce the foregoing regulations transport quartermasters and all officers making inspections on board ship will carefully observe any damage to or loss or destruction of any of the ship's fittings or property which may have been caused by individuals and make immediate report thereof in writing to the commanding officer, who will thereupon take action, as prescribed in Army Regulations, for fixing the responsibility and securing restitution to the Government for such damage, loss, or destruction as has been due to carelessness, willfulness, or neglect. Copies of each report and action thereon will be furnished the transport quartermaster. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES:

H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant Genera! Major General, U. S. Army.