3 him of professional problems, and he will be required in addition to present a project, prepared in advance, of a design for new matériel, or for the improvement or development of existing ordnance matériel. The examination covering the additional subjects for the grade of captain will consist of two days of two sessions each, and each session will be limited to three and onehalf hours. GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 12, 1915. I__So much of Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 23, War Department, 1906, as relates to the clothing component of the field kit and the surplus kit, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: 1. The field kit, clothing component, for all arms and branches of the service, mounted and dismounted, in addition to the clothing worn on the person, is composed of the following articles: 1 blanket. 1 comb. 1 drawers, pair. 1 poncho (dismounted men). 1 slicker (mounted men).* 1 soap, cake. 2 stockings, pairs. 1 toothbrush. 1 towel. 1 undershirt. 1 housewife (for 1 man of each squad). The foregoing field kit, which is carried on the person by dismounted men and on the packed saddle by mounted men, is supplemented by the surplus kit, the two together making up the clothing component of the service kit. 2. The surplus kit consists of 1 breeches, pair. 1 drawers, pair. 1 shirt, olive drab. 1 shoes, russet leather, pair. 2 stockings, pairs. 1 shoe laces, extra pair. The surplus kit pertains to Equipment "B" (Par. I, G. O., No. 85, W. D., 1914), as part of the permanent camp equipment, to be forwarded to troops when serving in instruction, maneuver, mobilization, or concentration camps, or when in active service a temporary suspension of operations permits the troops to refit. In peace-time maneuvers and marches the surplus kit may accompany the troops, if so directed in the orders prescribing the movement. The vehicles and animals of the combat train and those representing the divisional supply train will be utilized to transport them. *For all enlisted men of the Quartermaster Corps, both mounted and dismounted; also, for enlisted men of the Hospital Corps detailed as ambulance drivers and ambulance orderlies. 2 3. The sweater will form part of Equipment "A" (Par. I, G. O., No. 85, W. D., 1914), pertaining to field service, and, when climatic conditions require its use, will be carried by the soldier on his person. When sweaters are not prescribed to be worn on the person, they will be collected into bundles of convenient size and secured by burlap or other suitable material, or will be boxed. They will be marked ready for shipment to be forwarded when required. In peace-time maneuvers and marches the sweater, even though not prescribed to be carried by the soldier on the march, may accompany the troops, if so directed in the orders prescribing the movements. The vehicles and animals of the combat train and those representing the divisional supply train will be utilized to transport them. The same rule will apply in regard to overcoats. 4. Surplus kit bags will be issued to each organization at the rate of one to each squad, one for the sergeants and one for the cooks and musicians (or trumpeters); and one for every eight men of detachments. Each bag will be marked with the letter of the company and the number of the regiment, as provided in paragraph 295, Army Regulations, for haversacks, and the proper designation of the squads to which the bags belong, both markings to be in center of front cover flap, as shown in the following illustration: FIRST SQUAD 3 5. The kit bag for the sergeants and that for the cooks and musicians (or trumpeters) will be marked "Sergeants,” "Cooks and Musicians" (or Trumpeters), respectively. Similarly, the kit bags for detachments will be appropriately marked. The kit of each man will be packed as follows: Stockings to be rolled tightly, one pair in the toe of each shoe; shoes placed together, heels at opposite ends. soles outward, wrapped tightly in underwear, and bundle securely tied around the middle by the extra pair of the shoe laces, each bundle to be tagged with the company number of the owner. These individual kits will be packed in the surplus kit bag in two layers of four kits each, the breeches and olive drab shirts to be neatly folded and packed on the top and sides of the layers, the jointed cleaning rod and case, provided for each squad, being attached by the thongs on the inside of the bag. 6. (a) In garrison, the surplus kit articles are not required to be kept habitually packed and stored, or kept apart from the rest of a soldier's belongings. The soldier should have the clothing component of the service kit. Surplus kits are packed only when commanders require it to be done. (b) Organization commanders will keep on hand a sufficient supply of surplus kit bags, marked as prescribed above, but unpacked. [2293216, A. G. O.] II__1. Section 10 of the river and harbor act, approved March 3, 1899 (30 Stats., 1151), provides as follows: That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States is hereby prohibited; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same. |