VII..The columns moving between different points will be provideď with necessary supplies at convenient stations on the contiguous railroads. VIII..As far as practicable, all regimental, troop, and the authorized allowance of officers' baggage will be shipped by rail from initial points to the new stations of the different detachments of each regiment. IX.. Further details will be arranged by the commanding generals Divisions of the Missouri and Pacific, due regard being paid to economy by as much as possible requiring troops to march, and by arranging, as far as practicable, the simultaneous arrival of columns at the points designated for the exchange of transportation. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 34. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 18, 1884. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 1403 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1403. One copy of the proceedings of the board will accompany the inventory and inspection report which is transmitted, as a voucher, with the accounts and returns of the officer responsible for the property. Another copy of the proceedings of the board and of the inventory and inspection report will be filed with his retained papers. Whenever by the action of a board of survey a stoppage is to be made against an enlisted man for the loss, damage, or appropriation to his own use of public property, the convening authority will cause the commanding officer of the soldier's company to be promptly furnished a copy of the proceedings of the board, to enable that officer to charge the amount on the next muster and pay rolls of the company. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 35. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 19, 1884. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 404 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 404. Company farriers, blacksmiths, and wagoners shall receive no extra pay except when detailed on extra duty in the Quartermaster's Department wholly disconnected with their companies; nor shall the detail of artificers on extra duty in the Quartermaster's or Subsistence Departments be permitted. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. |