4 The rations in kind (the value of which is shown by the ration account) will then be turned over to the Militia organization commander. The camp quartermaster will treat the articles of the ration furnished in the same manner as a sale, will file an itemized statement showing the articles. furnished and their value, and will use the statement as a voucher for taking up the funds under the proper appropriations of the Quartermaster Corps. The amount taken up will be identical with the amount dropped from the appropriation "Encampment and Maneuvers." A charge of 10 per cent to cover transportation charges. will be made on all supplies furnished for use of the Militia. The amount chargeable on this account will be taken up on the account current. [2240344, A. G. O.] III__By direction of the President, paragraph 2, General Orders, No. 74, War Department, 1913, as amended by Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 86, War Department, 1914, relating to the selection of sergeant-instructors for duty with the Organized Militia, is further amended so as to authorize the following additions of sergeants to the enlisted strength of the Army in place of those provided for therein: Four each to the 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 14th Regiments of Infantry; five each to the 9th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 30th Regiments of Infantry; and eight each to the 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Regiments of Field Artillery. [2248252, A. G. O.] IV. By direction of the President, the commanding officer of the China Expedition is empowered, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1913, to appoint general courts-martial whenever necessary. [2254700, A. G. O.] V..Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 77, War Department, 1913, providing that all enlisted men of the Signal Corps serving on aviation duty will be regarded as members of the 1st Aero Squadron of the Signal Corps, is rescinded. [1789787 C-A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: H. P. MCCAIN, H. L. SCOTT, Brigadier General, Chief of Staff. The Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, February 10, 1915. The following tables show the composition and weight of the ads to be transported in the ration and baggage sections of field trains. They are intended as a general guide in loading, but not as tables of allowances. The primary object of the loading tables is to assist in securing uniformity by organizations in their initial tests of the amount and kind of field transportation they would have in war. Based upon such tests, regimental commanders will assign each organization of their command its proportionate space on the vehicles of the baggage section of the regimental field train. (F. S. R. 276.) LOADING TABLES. [Organizations at war strength as per Tables of Organization, 1914.] TABLE I.-Division and brigade headquarters. Articles. RATION SECTION OF FIELD TRAINS. Division head quarters. Brigade headquarters. Infantry. Cavalry. Infantry. Cavalry. Artillery. Property loaded on Cavalry division headquarters' wagons includes that of attached troop. 77997-15-1 2 TABLE I.-Division and brigade headquarters-Continued. BAGGAGE SECTION OF FIELD TRAINS-Continued. Articles. Infantry. Cavalry. Infantry. Cavalry. Artillery. 1 Transported in division headquarter's combat wagon (spring). |