GENERAL ORDERS, No. 26. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 138 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 138. No civilian will be permitted to reside upon a military reservation unless he be in the employ of the Government, and his residence thereon must cease upon his discharge from such employment. No permission will be given any one to cultivate any portion of a military reservation, to graze animals or to cut grass thereon. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 27. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 14, 1883. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 1625 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 1625. Military stores and other Army supplies regularly condemned, and ordered for sale, shall be sold for cash at auction, on due public notice, and in such market as the public interest may require. The officer making the sale will bid in and suspend the sale when, in his opinion, better prices may be obtained. The auctioneer's certified account of the sales in detail, and the vouchers for the expenses of the sale, will be reported to the chief of the department to which the property belonged. (Account of sales-Form No. 41, Q. M. Dept.) BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 28. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 21, 1883. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 163 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 163. The books of the regiment will be an order book, letter book, book of letters received, and descriptive book, the latter to contain a list of the officers of the regiment, with their rank, dates of appointment, promotions, transfers, leaves of absence, places and dates of birth, actions in which engaged, &c.; and also the names of all enlisted men not embraced on company descriptive books, entered as nearly as practicable according to priority of enlistments, giving their description, dates and periods of enlistment; and under the head of remarks, the cause of discharge, character, death, desertion, transfer, actions in which engaged, &c.; in short, both in regard to officers and enlisted men, everything relating to their military history. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN : OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. |