(FORM NO. 37-VOUCHER TO ABSTRACT H.) I certify that the above requisition is correct, and that I have not drawn sta tionery for any part of the time specified. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 59. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, May 20, 1885. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 1951 of the Regulations is annulled, and paragraph 2003 is amended to read as follows: 2003. Officers of the Army (except when upon journeys for which they draw mileage) and clerks and agents in the military service traveling under orders on public business shall be allowed one double berth in a sleeping-car, or the customary state-room accommodations on boats and steamers where an extra charge is made for such accommodations. The same allowance will be provided for post quartermaster sergeants, commissary sergeants, ordnance sergeants, hospital stewards and other non-commissioned officers of like grade, sergeants of the Signal Service, and General Service men when traveling on duty without troops. Officers of the Army traveling as aforesaid shall also be allowed one seat in a day parlorcar. These allowances will be provided by the Quartermaster's Department, if practicable, when transportation in kind is furnished. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN : OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 26, 1885. The following order of the President is published for the information of all concerned: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 12th, 1885. Under a provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1885, a board, to consist of the officers and civilians hereinafter named, is appointed to "examine and report at what ports fortifications or other defenses are most urgently required, the character and kind of defenses best adapted for each, with reference to armament," and "the utilization of torpedoes, mines, or other defensive appliances": Hon. Wm. C. Endicott, Secretary of War, president of the board. Brigadier General Stephen V. Benet, Chief of Ordnance. Brigadier General John Newton, Chief of Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel, Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers. Commander W. T. Sampson, U. S. Navy. Commander Caspar F. Goodrich, U. S. Navy. Mr. Erastus Corning, of New York. GROVER CLEVELAND. |