GENERAL ORDERS, No. 60. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 1, 1885. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 2462 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 2462. Paymasters or other officers to whom a discharged soldier may apply shall transmit to the Paymaster General, with their remarks, any evidence the soldier may furnish relating to his not having received or having lost his certificates of pay due. The Paymaster General will transmit the evidence to the Second Auditor for the settlement of the GENERAL ORDERS, No. 61. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 3, 1885. By direction of the Secretary of War the following regulation, prescribing flags for "markers" and "general guides" for foot regiments, is published to the Army, and will be numbered paragraph 27924 of the Regulations: 27924. Each foot regiment shall have four flags for “markers" and two for "general guides." The lag for "marker" to be made of banner silk, measuring twenty inches fly and eighteen inches on the pike. The design to be the same as the national color, except that the stars shall be placed in two circles, with one star in each corner of the field, the number of the regiment to be in solid block figure in the inner circle of the stars; stars and figures to be in white silk needle-work embroidery on a single thickness of silk. The pike to be of ash, with brass spear-head and ferrule; total length, eight feet. To have a case or cover of water-proof material, to protect the flag when furled. All to conform to sample in the office of the Quartermaster General. The flag for "general guide" to be made of banner silk, measuring eighteen inches fly and fifteen inches on the rod. The design to be the same as for the flag for "marker," to be trimmed with yellow silk cut fringe one and one-half inches deep. The rod to be of brass tubing, nickelplated, and of diameter to exactly fit inside the bore of the .45-inch caliber rifle; twenty-eight and one-half inches long, with a collar fitted ten inches from the bottom to rest on the muzzle of the gun. To be finished with two nickel-plated knobs for fastening the flag, and at the top with a nickelplated spear-head three and one-half inches long. The case or covering to be the same as for the flag for "marker." All to conform to sample in the office of the Quartermaster General. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 62. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 4, 1885. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraphs 279 and 282 of the Regulations (the former as amended by General Orders, No. 98, of 1884, from this office) are amended and consolidated into one paragraph, to be numbered 279, and to read as follows: 279. There shall be one hospital steward (graded as of the 1st class) for each military post, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of War from the enlisted men of the Army, and shall be permanently attached to the medical corps; and no person shall be appointed to that position unless he shall have passed a satisfactory examination as to his fitness, and shall have proved his ability to perform its duties. At no post or place shall there be stationed more than one hospital steward of that class. Upon the recommendation of a medical officer at a post where there is no hospital steward, the commanding officer thereof may detail an enlisted man as acting hospital steward, to rank as 2d class. To designate the duty and grade of acting hospital stewards, they will wear upon the cuff of the left arm a brassard of white cloth sixteen inches by three inches, on which is a red cross two inches by two inches, to be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. If they are competent, they will be eligible for appointment as hospital stewards. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SHERIDAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. |