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GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 46.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, July 27, 1915.

The following regulations governing the special service school at Fort Monroe, Va., are announced. All regulations for this school published in previous War Department orders are hereby revoked.

THE COAST ARTILLERY SCHOOL.

1. This school will be known as the Coast Artillery School. Its object is to enlarge the field of instruction of the garrison schools for Coast Artillery officers by advanced courses of study and practical training in the technical duties of their profession; to amplify the military education of specially selected officers in order to prepare them for the more important positions in the Coast Artillery, and to fit them for the course at the Army War College, and to educate and train specially selected enlisted men for the higher grades in the Coast Artillery noncommissioned staff.

ORGANIZATION.

2. The organization of the school will be as follows:
Officers' Division.

Department of Artillery and Land Defense.
Regular Course.

Advanced Course.

Department of Engineering and Mine Defense.

Regular Course.

Advanced Course.

Enlisted Men's Division.

Department of Enlisted Specialists.

Electrical Course.

Artillery Course.

Clerical Course.

Radio Course.

The regular course for officers will be completed in one school year and will include the instruction in both departments of the Officers' Division. The advanced course will also be completed in one school year and will include the instruction in both departments. In addition to the foregoing, special courses in ballistics and explosives will be arranged, for either of which officers may be detailed for a

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period of not more than one year. Each of the courses for enlisted men will be completed in one school year.

3. The personnel of the Coast Artillery School will consist of a commandant, a secretary, a librarian, three directors of departments, and such instructors, student officers, and enlisted men and troops as may be assigned to it for duty or instruction by orders from the War Department.

4. The general administration of the school will be intrusted to the commandant, who will be especially selected for the duty and detailed in orders from the War Department. The commandant of the school shall also command the Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay; in his absence the senior Coast Artillery officer on duty at Fort Monroe performs his duties. Such of the officers and so much of the enlisted force with the equipment of the several organizations on duty at the post as may be deemed necessary by the commandant will be available for the practical instruction of student officers.

5. The commandant will make application to The Adjutant General of the Army for such articles as may be required for the school, and will submit to him annually as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar year a report setting forth the progress and heeds of the school and such changes as are deemed desirable to promote further progress and improvement.

6. The commandant will direct the expenditure of such quantities of material as may be authorized and necessary for the purposes of instruction.

7. The funds appropriated for the support of the school and for the purchase of school property will be disbursed on vouchers approved by the commandant.

8. Upon the completion of the course of instruction at the end of each school year, and in the absence of special instructions, the commandant is authorized to grant to officers leaves of absence not to exceed one (1) month, and to enlisted men furloughs or delays not to exceed one (1) month. During the course of instruction the commandant will not grant leaves of absence to officers involving absence from duty without the authority of the Secretary of War, except in cases of emergency, and then only for a period of not exceeding ten (10) days.

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9. Copies of all orders issued by the commandant, pursuant to authority contained in these regulations, changing the official status of officers, will be furnished to The Adjutant General of the Army, to all headquarters, commanding officers, and others interested in or affected by such changes.

THE SECRETARY.

10. The secretary of the school will be custodian of the records, books, and property of the school, disbursing officer of the school funds, recorder of the school board, and will be in command of the Coast Artillery School Detachment. He will promulgate the orders of the commandant.

THE LIBRARIAN.

11. The school library will be maintained separately and apart from the post library. There will be a library committee for the school, consisting of the school board and the librarian. Subject to the approval of the commandant, this committee will be charged with the preparation of regulations for the administrative and interior economy of the library and with the selection of books to be purchased therefor. In case of loss or damage to any book, periodical, map, or other property belonging to the school the person responsible for such loss or damage will reimburse the United States by the payment of the actual value of the article or cost of repairs. The amount to be paid will be assessed by the librarian, and his action, when approved by the commandant, will be final. The librarian will be a member of the school board during the deliberations on publications that are under the supervision of the school board.

DIRECTORS, INSTRUCTORS, AND STUDENT OFFICERS.

12. The directors of departments, instructors, and student officers will be exempt from all ordinary staff duties, garrison routine, court-martial duty (except in case of necessity), such drills and ceremonies as are not included in the course of instruction, and, in general, from all duties that would interfere with the performance of their school duties. Enlisted men assigned for special instruction will be excused from routine garrison duty.

13. When practicable, instructors will be senior in rank to student officers, but, whether senior or junior, instructors

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while in the execution of their duty will be accorded the respect due to their position.

14. Property purchased for the special use of any department will be accounted for by the director of that department. Semiannually, and when relieved, he will render returns therefor to the commandant.

THE SCHOOL BOARD.

15. A school board to consist of the commandant and the directors of departments will arrange the courses of instruction as to subjects, methods, and allotment of time; prescribe the character and scope of the final examinations; supervise the publication of the Journal of the United States Artillery and of Artillery Notes; investigate and report upon such technical Artillery subjects as may be referred to it by the War Department, and determine finally all questions of proficiency of students. Provided, That no action of the board that changes the regulations or courses of instruction shall be final until approved by the Secretary of War. The board will meet at such times as the commandant may direct. The deliberations of the board will be confidential and its decisions, until duly published, will also be confidential.

OFFICERS' DIVISION.

Student officers.

16. In the regular course the student officers will consist of such officers from the Coast Artillery Corps as may be designated in orders from the War Department.

17. At the close of the school year the school board will recommend to The Adjutant General of the Army for the advanced course those officers in the regular course who have qualified for the advanced course. When practicable, the officers so recommended, and such additional officers as may be recommended by the Chief of Coast Artillery, will be detailed to take the advanced course.

Attendance of militia officers.

18. Officers of militia coast artillery organizations may attend the school under regulations identical with those providing for attendance of militia officers at the service

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schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., except that they will not be required to undergo an examination in hippology.

COURSES OF STUDY.

19. The regular and advanced courses for officers embraced by the two departments will be as follows:

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20. The object of the advanced and special courses will be to amplify for specially selected officers the instruction and work of the regular course, with a view to improving their qualifications as instructors, preparing them for duty at the Army War College, and fitting them for the duties of the general staff of an army.

21. The courses of instruction will comprise practical exercises, problems, research, conferences, and lectures.

22. In the regular course partial examinations will be held from time to time; these, with the practical exercises and problems, will determine a student's standing and whether or not he shall take a final examination.

23. In the advanced course the same general method of instruction will be followed, but there will be no examinations. If any student officer in the advanced course neglects his duties, the director of the department will report such officer to the commandant; his case will be considered by the school board, and, should the board so recommend, his name will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army, and he will be relieved from duty at the school by authority of the Secretary of War.

24. Books used in the departments will be for reference and courses of reading.

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