from funds of the Quartermaster Corps, will be paid in Washington, D. C., under the instructions of the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps.

1190. Blank forms for official telegrams will be furnished by the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps.

1191. Nothing is required of officers sending telegrams beyond the delivery of the message to the company. The proper quartermaster will receive from telegraph companies their accounts, with proofs of service (which should be original telegrams whenever practicable), and will prepare and certify vouchers for the same and pay them, or forward them for settlement, as is required in paragraph 1186. Information desired by telegraph companies in regard to military business will be obtained from the Quartermaster Corps.

1192. When telegrams are sent "collect" by private individuals, the nature of the telegrams should govern the action of the disbursing quartermaster. 1: strictly on Government business, payment will be made by the United States. 1193. Whenever special delivery is necessary to expedite the delivery of an official telegram, or where the place of delivery is located beyond the established free-delivery limits, the officer filing the telegram for transmission should mark it "special-delivery charges paid." The special-delivery charges, which should be included in the bill of the telegraph company for the transmission of the telegram, will be paid by the quartermaster designated to pay the telegraph accounts in the department in which the telegram originated.

If the addressee lives at such a distance from the telegraph office as to make the special-delivery charges excessive, and the delay will not be of a serious nature, the telegram should be marked: "By mail from - -," indicating the name of the telegraph office from which the telegram should be mailed.

TELEPHONING.

1194. Where telephoning is practicable, accounts for the same may be paid from the appropriation for the payment of telegraphic service.

SUBSISTENCE STORES IN BULK.

1195. Subsistence stores consist of articles composing the ration, those for other authorized issues, and those furnished for sale to officers and enlisted

men.

1196. Stores longest on hand, if in fit condition, will be first issued, sold, or shipped.

1197. Subsistence stores in good condition, but not required for use, will be disposed of under the direction of the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps. In urgent cases, such as sudden abandonment of a post, liability to rapid deterioration, etc., they may be sold, or otherwise properly disposed of, on the recommendation of an inspecting officer, approved by a commanding general.

1198. Subsistence stores will not be transferred gratuitously to another staff department, nor obtained, issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of except as authorized by regulations.

1199. Coal oil, gunpowder, quicklime, or other articles of like dangerous nature will not be kept in or near storehouses containing other public property.

FRESH MEATS.

1200. Fresh meats from the block will usually be provided for troops by contract. Beef cattle will ordinarily be purchased only when necessary for supplying beef to troops in campaign or on the march.

BAKERIES.

1201. Bakeries are operated by the Quartermaster Corps under the direc tion of the quartermaster. All accounts and supplies pertaining to the bakery

are reported on the account current and the return of subsistence stores of the quartermaster. Bread is sold at cost price in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as are other articles of subsistence stores.

At posts or stations where a bakery is operated by the Quartermaster Corps the baking of bread by companies is prohibited. Enlisted men and others entitled to a ration who are allowed to mess separately from companies or organizations are not required to purchase bread from the Quartermaster.

Cost price. The cost price of bread is determined in the following manner on the form provided for the purpose:

The cost of all flour and other ingredients used in the preparation of the bread baked as shown on the last day of the month, increased by the cost of power used in operating the bread-baking machinery, is divided by the total number of pounds of bread baked, and the result is the cost of 1 pound of bread. When the baking of bread is commenced for the first time at any post or station by the Quartermaster Corps the price of 1 pound of bread is fixed until the close of the month at the price of 1 pound of flour, provided, however, that the price of bread for the succeeding month is fixed at the cost price of that baked in the preceding month and determined on the last day thereof. Facilities for baking.-At all permanent posts a suitable building for baking bread, and in the field the tentage prescribed for the purpose, is provided by the Quartermaster Corps. Bake ovens and apparatus appertaining to the baking of bread are also provided by the Quartermaster Corps.

Personnel. The necessary number of bakers and laborers, not in excess of the numbers given, are detailed by the commanding officer.

1 A quartermaster sergeant is assigned to duty as assistant chief baker upon application of the commanding officer.

When the daily production is in excess of 3,500 pounds the number of bakers, assistant bakers, and laborers is fixed by the commanding officer.

THE RATION.

1202. A ration is the allowance for the subsistence of one person for one day. The garrison ration is intended for troops, whenever practicable, in time of peace, also in time of war, except for those beyond the advance depots; the haversack ration is intended for troops beyond the advance depots; the travel ration is for troops traveling otherwise than by marching and separated from cooking facilities; the Filipino ration for use of the Philippine Scouts; and the emergency ration for troops in active campaign for use on occasions of emergency or in the field for purposes of instruction.

In time of war when Philippine Scouts are serving beyond the advance depots they will be subsisted the same as are regular troops. When impracticable for Philippine Scouts to use the Filipino ration while traveling otherwise than by

marching, on account of the lack of cooking facilities or for other reasons, the travel ration may be prescribed.

The commanding officer will determine which of the several prescribed rations is appropriate for the particular service to be performed and will direct the use of the same.

When in the exigencies of the service troops are subsisted on the haversack ration, and it is found to be practicable to supplement these stores by local purchase or by shipments, the commanding general may direct, in written orders, the issue in kind, in addition to the haversack ration, of such available articles of food not in excess of the amounts allowed of corresponding articles in the garrison ration.

1203. Enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, prisoners of war, military prisoners at posts, hospital matrons, and nurses in the Nurse Corps are each entitled to one ration a day, according to the station or the nature of the service; and when the rate of pay of a civilian employed with the Army does not exceed $60 a month, if the circumstances of his service make it necessary and the terms of his engagement provide for it, there may be allowed him one ration a day, according to the exigencies of the case. Civilian employees traveling with organizations of troops will be rationed as are the organizations.

1204. Rations will be furnished to officers and men of the Marine Corps and to officers and seamen of the Navy when acting, or proceeding to act, in cooperation with the land forces of the United States, in conformity to the requirements of section 1143 of the Revised Statutes.

1205. The kinds and quantities of the component articles of the Army ration and the substitutive equivalent articles which may be issued in place of such components shall be as follows:

1 In Alaska, 16 ounces bacon, or, when desired, 16 ounces salt pork, or 22 ounces salt beef.

20 ounces.

1.6 ounces.

1.6 ounces.

15 ounces.

2 In Alaska the allowance of fresh vegetables will be 24 ounces instead of 20 ounces, or canned potatoes, 18 ounces instead of 15 ounces.

NOTE.-Food for troops traveling on United States Army transports will be prepared from the articles of subsistence stores which compose the ration for troops in garrison, varied by the substitution of other articles of authorized subsistence stores, the total daily cost per man of the food consumed not to exceed 20 per cent more than the current cost of the garrison ration, except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, when 60 per cent increase over the same current cost is authorized.

One day in each alternate month of the season of practical instruction, not exceeding 3 days in each year, the use of the haversack ration with individual cooking will be required by all troops in the field for purposes of instruction.

Scout organizations will be required to use the entire allowance of the meat component, and not more than 16 ounces of rice per day to be used for each ration. The purchase of 1.6 ounces of beans per ration in substitution of the portion of the rice ration not drawn will be made, and use of as large an extent as possible of native products such as camotes, mongos, and squash will be required.

5. Emergency ration.

The emergency ration is furnished, in addition to the regular ration, as required for troops on active campaign or in the field for purposes of instruction, and will not be opened except by order of an officer or in extremity, nor used when regular rations are obtainable.

Ration returns upon which emergency rations are drawn will bear the certificate of the organization commander that such rations are required for the enlisted men of his organization and that the money value of any rations previously drawn by him, and improperly opened or lost, has been charged against the person responsible.

Company and detachment commanders are responsible for the proper care and use of emergency rations carried on the person of the soldier.

1206. When it is contemplated to grow vegetables in a post garden, the post quartermaster, with the approval of the post commander, will notify the department quartermaster of the period during which the post garden may be relied upon to supply vegetables, and that period will be excepted from the operation of any contract that may be made for supplying vegetables to the post.

1207. In adjusting charges to be made against enlisted men or others on account of increased expense to the Government for their subsistence, the value of the garrison ration will be estimated at 25 cents, the Filipino ration at 20 cents, and the travel ration at 40 cents.

LIQUID COFFEE.

1208. When an enlisted man or an applicant for enlistment, supplied with cooked or travel rations, travels unaccompanied by an officer, and it is impracticable to cook coffee en route, he may be supplied with funds for the purchase of liquid coffee in lieu of the coffee, milk, and sugar components of the travel ration, at the rate of 21 cents a day for the number of days that the travel is expected to cover, to be paid to each man on the order of the commanding