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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, July 16, 1915.

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43. I__General Orders, No. 6, War Department, 1912, as supplemented by Bulletin No. 7, War Department, 1912, is rescinded and the following substituted therefor:

The following regulations will govern the administration, instruction and command of the provisional units prescribed in Tables of Organization, 1914:

1. a. The headquarters company, machine-gun company, and supply company provisionally provided for each Infantry regiment will be under the administration, instruction, and tactical command of the officers assigned to duty therewith, except as otherwise provided in this order.

b. In garrison, the method of quartering and messing these provisional units will depend on conditions at each post.

c. They may be quartered and messed separately, in which case they will be administered, supplied, disciplined, and instructed as independent units; or they may be attached as separate units, or as integral parts thereof, to designated statutory companies of the regiment and when in or around quarters will be under the disciplinary control of the commander of the company to which attached. The enlisted men attached for quarters and mess will be placed on a common roster for interior company duties.

d. At all formations these units or detachments thereof, will be treated as separate entities, whether quartered together or separately. They are combined for interior economy and may be formed together dismounted for pay, reveille, roll call, etc., but when formed for ceremonies, drill, field exercises, or the march, the headquarters company dissolves into its several sections. At ceremonies the mounted orderlies and mounted noncommissioned staff officers form the mounted detachment shown in Plate IV, page 83, Infantry Drill Regulations. (See also pars. 27 and 327, I. D. R.). The sergeant of the mounted orderly section, and mounted orderlies accompany their respective commanders, except at ceremonies. (See par. 29, I. D. R.). Attached Quartermasters Corps troops are under the quartermaster and with the transportation.

e. Under any of the foregoing conditions the officer assigned to tactical command of a provisional unit will be accountable for the arms and equipment of the enlisted per

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sonnel, as prescribed in unit accountability equipment manuals and equipment tables. He will keep on hand at all times the prescribed equipment and will be given facilities for the care of such property.

f. In the field or in camp, where the period of field or camp duty is likely to exceed 10 days, these provisional units will always be quartered and messed as separate units.

g. When these provisional units do not mess as separate units, their funds can not receive ration savings or post exchange dividends; these are due the company or companies with which the men mess. During the time that these provisional units do not mess separately, their funds should be kept intact, the men being entitled to the benefits of the fund of the company with which they mess.

h. Changes in personnel will be reduced to a minimum. Care will be exercised in the original selection of men for detail with provisional units. Men will not be relieved from duty therewith because of bad habits or misconduct, nor for inaptitude unless it is very marked.

i. The noncommissioned officers of provisional units will be appointed upon the recommendation of their respective tactical commanders and assigned to companies of the regiment having statutory vacancies, as authorized in Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 37, War Department, 1915.

j. The orderlies of a detached battalion accompany it and are attached to a company of the battalion for quarters and mess.

k. The machine-gun company may be deemed a company for the purpose of guard, when guard duty is performed by company, except that it will not be detailed as a supernumerary company. It will be entitled to the provisions of paragraph 13, Manual of Interior Guard Duty.

7. The headquarters company and the machine-gun company will conduct their target practice as separate units and will render the reports of individual fire required of a company. These units will not engage in the field practice prescribed for Infantry companies, nor will the individual enlisted men participate in the field practice of the company from which they are detailed, and they will be disregarded in all computations relating to results of field practice in the respective companies to which they are permanently assigned.

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m. The mounted orderlies will be assembled regularly for instruction as a body. When not actually undergoing instruction and when not in the field, mounted orderlies will perform such special duty as is consistent with their field duties.

n. The enlisted men of the regiment detailed with provisional units will be carried as on detached service on the rolls of the companies to which they are permanently assigned and from which they are detailed.

0. Quartermaster Corps troops attached to the supply company will be employed, under the post quartermaster in garrison, and under the regimental quartermaster in the field on duty consistent with their respective designations. In garrison, attached Quartermaster Corps troops will be under the administration, instruction, and command of the post quartermaster. They will be quartered and messed with other Quartermaster Corps troops of the garrison.

p. The following described muster rolls should be prepared for provisional units of Infantry regiments:

Roll, comprising the Field, Staff (commissioned) and Band. Roll, Headquarters Company (Provisional), comprising the regimental sergeant major, the battalion sergeants major, the color sergeants and all men detailed from companies for duty therewith.

Roll, Supply Company (Provisional), comprising the regimental quartermaster sergeant, the regimental commissary sergeant and all men detailed from companies for duty therewith.

Roll, Machine-gun Company (Provisional), comprising the officers and all men detailed therewith.

Separate detachment roll for all attached Quartermaster Corps troops, in accordance with Instructions No. 1, printed on Form No. 21, A. G. O., November 10, 1913.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1, of this order, in so far as they apply, will govern the administration of the provisional units of Cavalry regiments.

The following described muster rolls should be prepared for Cavalry regiments:

Roll, Comprising Field, Staff (commissioned) and Band. Roll, Headquarters Troop (Provisional), noncommissioned staff and field train, comprising the regimental sergeant major, the regimental quartermaster sergeant, the regi

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mental commissary sergeant, the squadron sergeants major, the color sergeants and all men detailed from troops for duty therewith.

Roll, Machine-gun Troop (Provisional), comprising the officers and all men detailed from troops for duty therewith. Separate detachment roll for all attached Quartermaster Corps troops, in accordance with Instructions No. 1, printed on Form No. 21, A. G. O., November 10, 1913.

3. When in the opinion of the post commander the facilities of the post permit, the men of the headquarters detachment of a Field Artillery regiment may be quartered, messed, and disciplined as an independent organization at the discretion of the regimental or battalion commander; the men to be carried on the rolls of their respective organizations as on detached service, and the regimental or battalion adjutant to render all reports, returns, and rolls required of a detachment. Officers commanding batteries to which the men of the headquarters detachment are assigned will transfer to the regimental or battalion adjutant the equipments and horses required for the use of the headquarters detachments.

When not organized independently the men of the headquarters detachments will be quartered, messed, and disciplined with the organization to which assigned. They will not be available for detail on extra or special duty in the staff departments, nor will they be placed on the battery duty roster except for such guard duty as in the opinion of the regimental or battalion commander may be necessary for instructional purposes.

Regimental and battalion commanders are responsible for the instruction of their headquarters detachments, which will be conducted as outlined in Drill Regulations for Field Artillery. This instruction will be thorough, systematic, and carried on continually throughout the year, to the end that the men of the detachments may become experts in their important duties as Field Artillery specialists. In order that they may be kept properly occupied outside the hours devoted to instruction, regimental and battalion commanders will utilize their services for the performance of such duties incident to garrison routine as are usually performed by men detailed from the batteries.

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