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In the field the men of the headquarters detachments may be organized as an independent unit or kept with their respective organizations, as the exigencies of the service may require.

Regimental and battalion adjutants will be accountable for the property such as reel carts, telescopes, field glasses, telemeters, etc., issued for the use of their respective headquarters detachments.

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II__1. To promote the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Organized Militia, which is required by law to have the same organization as the Medical Department of the Army, a course of instruction has been prescribed in Circular No. 3, Division of Militia Affairs, February 26, 1914. This course, which is both theoretical and practical, is intended to prepare the officers of the Medical Department, Organized Militia, as far as practicable, for the duties devolving upon them in time of war.

2. The War Department will issue certificates of proficiency to all medical officers of the Organized Militia, either active or members of the Reserve Corps, who satisfactorily complete the prescribed course and pass the examination hereinafter indicated.

3. With a view to carrying out this plan, all medical officers of the Organized Militia who are of sound health, of good moral character, and citizens of the United States, will be eligible for nomination to take the examination for certificates of proficiency: Provided, That they shall have completed the prescribed course of instruction and received certificates covering the several subjects thereof from the inspector-instructors or proper State authorities, or that they shall have been active commissioned medical officers of the Organized Militia for at least twelve consecutive years. 4. No medical officer shall be permitted to take the examination unless he be nominated therefor to the Secretary of War by the governor of his State or Territory or by the commanding general of the militia of the District of Columbia. The nomination in each case must be accompanied (a) by a certificate of the inspector-instructor or of the proper State authority showing the satisfactory completion of all the subjects prescribed in the course, or, if the nomination is based upon twelve consecutive years of active service

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as a commissioned medical officer, by a certificate of the adjutant general of the State or Territory setting forth the inclusive dates of such consecutive service; (b) by a certificate of a medical officer of the Organized Militia or of a civilian physician in good standing that the nominee is in sound health; (c) by a certificate of his immediate superior officer or of any other reputable person as to his good moral character.

5. Medical officers whose nominations meet the foregoing conditions will be invited by the Secretary of War to take the examination.

6. To insure uniformity in these examinations, the faculty of the Army Medical School at Washington, D. C., and the medical officer on duty with the Division of Militia Affairs, will constitute the examining board, and to that end will prepare the questions for the examinations and grade all papers submitted by the candidates. The commandant of the school will on or before June 1 of each year submit to The Adjutant General of the Army the questions so prepared, and the examinations will be held in due season thereafter at the places best suited so far as practicable to the convenience of the candidates.

7. The examinations will be written and will be conducted under the supervision of either the medical inspector-instructor of the Army on duty with the State or District, an officer of the Medical Corps of the Army, or any officer of the line of the Army detailed for duty with the Organized Militia where a medical officer is not available. All examinations will be conducted according to instructions issued by the War Department.

8. On completion of an examination all papers in connection therewith will be forwarded to the commandant of the Army Medical School, Washington, D. C., through the Chief, Division of Militia Affairs. After they have been marked they will be forwarded by the commandant of the Army Medical School, with the recommendation of the examining board, through proper channels to the Chief, Division of Militia Affairs, who will forward them with his recommendation to The Adjutant General of the Army. A candidate who does not fall below sixty per cent in any one subject and who makes a general average of seventy-five per cent, and is recommended by the Chief, Division of Militia Affairs, will be considered qualified, and his State so notified.

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9. A certificate of proficiency signed by the Chief, Division of Militia Affairs, and the Surgeon General, United States Army, will be given to each medical officer of the Organized Militia who qualifies. Such certificate will exempt its holder from further examination on any of the subjects covered in the course. A medical officer who otherwise qualifies, and obtains an average of ninety per cent, will be considered proficient with honor, and such rating will be shown in the certificate and the State so notified.

10. Officers who fail may be given a second, but not a third, examination.

11. The names of all medical officers of the Organized Militia who receive certificates of proficiency will be kept on file in the War Department. Such officers will be considered candidates possessing special qualifications for appointment as medical officers of volunteers.

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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

H. L. SCOTT,

Major General, Chief of Staff.

OFFICIAL:

H. P. MCCAIN,

The Adjutant General.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 44.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, July 22, 1915.

Before a general court-martial which convened at Madison Barracks, N. Y., November 3, 1914, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 251, Eastern Department, October 28, 1914, and of which Lieut. Col. WALTER H. GORDON, 3d Infantry, was president, and Capt. HUGH D. WISE, 3d Infantry, judge advocate, was arraigned and tried

Capt. Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps.

CHARGE. "Drunkenness on duty in violation of the 38th Article of War."

Specification 1.—“In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, while on duty as The Surgeon, at Fort Ontario, New York, was found drunk. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., on the 13th day of October, 1914."

Specification 2.—“In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, while on duty as The Surgeon, at Fort Ontario, New York, was found drunk. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., on the 14th day of October, 1914.” .

Specification 3.-"In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, while on duty as The Surgeon, at Fort Ontario, New York, was found drunk. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., on the 15th day of October, 1914."

Specification 4.-"In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, while on duty as The Surgeon, at Fort Ontario, New York, was found drunk. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., on the 17th day of October, 1914."

ADDITIONAL CHARGE.-"Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline."

Specification 1.-"In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, being on duty as the surgeon at Fort Ontario, N. Y., and it being his duty as surgeon to make the Saturday inspection of the hospital at said post, did fail and neglect to perform said duty. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., on or about October 17, 1914."

Specification 2.-"In that Captain Edgar W. Miller, Medical Corps, having been directed by his commanding officer to report to said commanding officer or the adjutant daily at eleven o'clock a. m., did fail and neglect to obey said direction. This at Fort Ontario, N. Y., October 17, 1914."