2. The additional companies authorized in this order will be organized as directed in General Orders, No. 66, May 13, 1901, from this office, at the stations and by the transfers from existing organizations, as follows: The organization of the new companies will be commenced without delay by the transfers of enlisted men herein directed. The recruitment to the authorized strength of all the companies named will proceed as rapidly as recruits become available. Post commanders will detail available officers to organize the new companies until the arrival of officers assigned to them. Company funds, including stock in post exchanges, will be divided as directed in Circular No. 13, April 15, 1901, from this office. By command of Lieutenant-General Miles: GENERAL ORDERS, No. 108. THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 14, 1901. The following orders of the Acting Secretary of War are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Under the provisions of section 9 of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, ten companies of coast artillery, in addition to those now in service, will be organized as directed in General Orders, No. 66, May 13, 1901, from this office, at the stations named and by the transfers from existing organizations, as follows: The organization of the new companies will be commenced without delay by the transfers of enlisted men herein directed. The recruitment to the authorized strength of all companies named will proceed as rapidly as recruits become available. Post commanders will detail available officers to organize the new companies until the arrival of officers assigned to them. Company funds, including stock in post exchanges, will be divided as directed in Circular No. 13, April 15, 1901, from this office. By command of Lieutenant-General Miles: THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 116. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, The following orders of the Secretary of War are pulished for the information and guidance of all concerned: 1. Under the provisions of section 9 of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, nine batteries of field artillery, in addition to those now in service, will be organized with the commissioned officers and at the stations hereinafter designated. Fort Douglas, Utah, one battery, the Twenty-second Captain, Adelbert Cronkhite. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., one battery, the Twenty-third Captain, John Conklin, jr. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Habana, Cuba, one battery, the Twenty-ninth Captain, Edward E. Gayle. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, The Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., one battery, the Twenty-fourth— Captain, John V. White. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Manila, P. I., one battery, the Twenty-fifth Captain, Charles G. Woodward. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., one battery, the Twenty-sixth— Captain, Harry L. Hawthorne. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., one battery, the Twenty-seventh Captain, John E. McMahon. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., one battery, the Twenty-eighth Captain, Charles T. Menoher. First lieutenant, Second lieutenant, The officers herein assigned to batteries will proceed to join their proper stations. The travel enjoined is necessary for the public service. 2. The additional batteries authorized in this order will be organized as directed in General Orders, No. 66, May 13, 1901, from this office, by transfers from existing organizations and at the stations named, as follows: The organization of the new batteries will be commenced without delay by the transfer of enlisted men herein directed, and the recruitment to the authorized strength of the organizations will proceed as rapidly as recruits become available. The Fourteenth and Twenty-fifth Field Batteries will be organized and equipped as mountain batteries of 6 guns and 120 enlisted men (91 privates) each, the enlisted strength to be completed by voluntary transfers from troops serving in the Division of the Philippines. Where the transfer involves change of station the men transferred will be attached to their former battery until the latter is recruited approximately to the maximum, when the detachment will be sent to the station of the new battery. Post commanders will detail available officers to organize the new batteries until the arrival of the officers assigned to them. Company funds, including stock in post exchanges, will be divided as directed in Circular No. 13, April 15, 1901, from this office. At the stations of the new batteries where barracks and quarters are not provided the artillery organizations will go into camp until the Quartermaster's Department can furnish adequate permanent barracks and quarters. By command of Lieutenant-General Miles: THOMAS WARD, 2 1 2 1 1 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 126. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, By direction of the Secretary of War, the following distribution of the 126 companies of coast artillery authorized by the act of February 2, 1901, is announced, in order that the various staff departments may make necessary provision at the posts named for their permanent occupancy by the garrisons designated, and for the information of all concerned: Fort Williams, Me............. Fort Levett (and Scammel), Me Fort Preble, Me. Great Diamond Island, Me. Fort Foster, N. H Fort Revere, Mass.. Fort Banks, Mass Until such time as accommodations can be provided at the stations named the following distribution of coast artillery companies will prevail: By direction of the Secretary of War, the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: The register of passengers on the army transports shall show in case of every name thereon the address (giving street and number) of the relative whom it is desired shall be informed in the event of death. In each case of death occurring on the transport among the registered passengers, i. e., officers and enlisted men not belonging to distinct commands on board, as well as civilians and employees, the transport quartermaster will secure the effects and prepare a letter to the nearest relative setting forth the name, rank, company, regiment, employment or condition of the deceased, place, cause, day, and hour of death, disposition made of remains and effects and list of the latter, and mail the communication at the earliest opportunity to its address. Such notification of death in the case of an officer, enlisted man, or civilian employee of the Army shall include also the information that if it be desired the remains will be shipped home at Government expense upon application therefor by the nearest relative addressed to the Quartermaster-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.; but if not applied for within six weeks after arrival at port in the United States the remains will be buried in a national cemetery and thereafter will not be disinterred and shipped home at public expense; also that inquiries concerning the pay and effects of deceased officers and soldiers should be addressed to the Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. By command of Lieutenant-General Miles: H. C. CORBIN, CIRCULAR, * HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, * * II. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Leaves of absence to army nurses.-Leave of absence with pay may be granted for not exceeding thirty days within any calendar year at any time after appointment to the superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps, a chief nurse, or a nurse, and at the rate of two and one-half days for each calendar month of active duty and not exceeding thirty days during any calendar year to a reserve nurse.-[Decision Sec. War, April 8, 1901-371428 A. G. O.] By command of Lieutenant-General Miles: H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant-General, Major-General, United States Ármy. |