(c) Sufficient knowledge of Field Service Regulations, Army Regulations, and Tables of Organization to understand the type of information of which these regulations are the source. 5. Qualifications for the grade of field officer:

(a) Same as 3 (a).

(b) He must either hold the grade of assistant engineer in the Engineer Department at Large or a corresponding engineer grade under the civil service in another department of the Government service, or be a member of one of the first three national engineering societies enumerated in 3 (b), or be a fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or have held a commission in the Corps of Engineers of the Regular Army not more than two grades below that for which he desires to be listed.

(c) In addition to fulfilling the qualifications given in 5 (a) and (b), the candidate will be required to pass the examination prescribed herein for a field officer of Infantry and an examination on the duties of engineer officers and troops in war, what they are and how they are performed.

Equal weights will be given to each of these examinations. 6. Candidates who desire a restricted rating on the eligible list for positions on the military railway staff or with railway troops, in the operative department, in lieu of the qualifications enumerated in paragraphs 3, 4, and 5, may submit evidence that they are actually employed in a corresponding or higher position upon a first-class railway, and references to higher railway officials under whom they have been employed.

Such officials, or others, will be communicated with, and upon all the evidence submitted or otherwise obtained the board will base its recommendations, and recommend the appropriate grades for the successful candidates.

Such restricted ratings will lapse in case the candidate is reduced in his rating in the railway employ or in case he separates himself from such railway employ for a period of six consecutive months.

Field officers.

Same as for field officers of Infantry, adding thereto the professional examination above stated for company officers of engineers. The applicant will also be examined orally in the following subjects:

1. Duties of engineer officers and troops in war.

2. Mechanics of engineering.

Administration.

FOR SIGNAL CORPS.

Captains and lieutenants.

Oral. Army Regulations: Same as for company officers of Infantry. Also regulations pertaining specially to the Signal Corps. Laws relating to Signal Corps. Signaling. Oral and practical. Theoretical and practical knowledge of modern methods of visual signaling, including ability to transmit and receive messages by flag, lantern, and heliograph.

Telegraph and telephony. Oral and practical. Theoretical and applied knowledge of electricity and telephony, covering (a) installation and repair of telephones, testing for faults, etc.; (b) construction, maintenance, and operation of permanent telegraph and telephone lines; (c) installation, maintenance, and operation of field lines; (d) skill in transmission and receipt of messages on telegraph lines; (e) dynamos, motors, and batteries (oral and practical); (f) radiotelegraphy. Military law. Oral. Manual of Courts-Martial (official). Instructions for the government of armies of the United States in the field (General Orders, Nos. 4 and 52 of 1902, A. G. O., and Circular No. 65, W. D., 1907, Rules of Land Warfare). Topography. Practical. Map reading and field sketching.

Field officers.

The examination will be the same as the foregoing, adding thereto scheme as to material, cost, time, etc., and method of constructing a permanent telegraph line in such portion of the United States as may be designated; scheme for assembling, organizing, and transporting a mobile telegraph train for building light semipermanent lines for telegraph or telephone communication under conditions to be designated by the examining board.

Engines, boilers, internal-combustion engines, automobile traction.

FOR ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

All officers.

1. Administration. Oral. Army Regulations, in the discretion of the board, special importance being attached to the portions relating to the usual duties of the officers of The Adju

tant General's Department, including the subjects of "Military correspondence," "Orders," "Muster rolls," "Returns of troops," and 'Records."

2. Manual of Guard Duty. Oral. Entire text.

3. Military law. Oral. Manual of Courts-Martial (official). 4. Field Service Regulations. Oral. Entire text.

FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

All officers.

Administration. Oral. Army Regulations, in the discretion of the board, special attention being devoted to the articles "Inspector General's Department," "Money accountability," and "Public property."

Drill Regulations of the three arms. Oral. Same as for company, troop, battery, and field officers.

Manual of Guard Duty. Oral. Entire text.

Field Service Regulations. Oral. Entire text.

Military law. Oral. Manual of Courts-Martial (official). Instructions for the government of armies of the United States in the field (Rules of Land Warfare, General Orders, Nos. 4 and 52 of 1902, A. G. O., and Circular No. 65, W. D., 1907).

Administration.

FOR QUARTERMASTER CORPS.

All officers.

Oral and practical. Army Regulations, 1913: Article XLIX-Advertising and printing; Article L— Purchase of supplies and engagement of service; Article LIBonds of disbursing officers, bidders, and contractors; Article LII-Money accountability; Article LIII-Public property accountability and responsibility; Article LIV-Lands, buildings, and improvements; Article LV-Surveys on property; Article LVI-Civilian employees, general provisions; Article LXXIII-Quartermaster Corps.

General duties. United States Army Transport Regulations, 1908, and circulars of the Quartermaster General's Office relating to supplies, payment, and services. Subsistence and pay manuals.

Blanks should be furnished and the applicant required to exemplify their use in the preparation of contracts, bonds, returns, accounts current, etc.

Military law. Oral. Manual of Courts-Martial (official). The law of war. Civil functions and relations of the military. Instructions for the government of armies of the United States in the field (Rules of Land Warfare, General Orders, Nos. 4 and 52 of 1902, A. G. O., and Circular No. 65, W. D., 1907).

Hippology. Oral. The Cavalry horse: Draft horses and mules; inspection and purchase; care of; feeding; watering. Stables: Construction; lighting; ventilation. Forage: Kinds and relative value; inspection of; causes of deterioration; proper care of.

Transportation. Oral. By land (rail, wagon, and pack) and water. Care of animals on cars and transports. Construction and repairs of roads, railroads, bridges, etc.

FOR ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

The examination for the Ordnance Department will consist of two parts, the first part being designed for applicants desiring service in the field and the second part for applicants desiring technical duty. It is optional with the applicant to take either part, or both.

FIRST PART,

Captains and first lieutenants.

Administration. Oral. Army Regulations and important general orders, in the discretion of the board, special attention being devoted to Articles 1-5, 9-13, and 29-32, all inclusive, and Articles 39, 40, 50-56, 60, 61, 76 A. R. 1913; also, Ordnance Regulations, 1907, and Ordnance Property Regulations, 1909. Small-Arms Firing Regulations. Oral. Same as for company officers of Infantry.

Duties of ordnance officers. Oral. (a) General War Plans of the Ordnance Department, General Order No. 3, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, August 25, 1913; duties of chief ordnance officers and commanding officers of ordnance depots in the field, General Orders, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1912; practical duties of ordnance officers in the field, including minor repairs of arms and equipment. (b) Practical knowledge of the arms, ammunition, and equipments of Infantry, Cavalry, and Field Artillery.

Field officers.

The examination will be the same as the foregoing, but the board will, in addition, inquire into the business capacity of the applicant and his experience in handling affairs and men. The examination under "Administration" and "Duties of ordnance officers" will also be more extended than for the grades of captain and first lieutenant, by reason of the greater responsibility pertaining to the duties of officers of field rank.

SECOND PART.

Captains and first lieutenants.

Administration. Oral. Army Regulations, 1913, and important general orders in the discretion of the board, special attention being devoted to Articles 1-5, 9-13, 29-32, all in clusive, and Articles 39, 40, 50-56, 60, 61, 76, also, Ordnance Regulations, 1907.

Military law. Oral. Same as for company officers of Infantry.

Duties of ordnance officers. Oral. (a) Knowledge of boilers, engines, tools, including practical handling of tools.

(b) Practical electricity and electrical machines.

(c) Experience in the manufacture of articles composed of steel, of wood, of leather.

Field officers.

The examination will be the same as the foregoing, but the board will, in addition, inquire into the business capacity of the applicant, his experience with mechanics and machinists, and his ability in the management of manufacturing establishments.

FOR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

[Examinations will be conducted under special instructions from the Surgeon General.]

Captains and first lieutenants.

1. Administration. Army Regulations so far as they relate to the Medical Department or to the medical officer as an officer of the Army.