gate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders; to act as their agents in informing and coordinating the action of all the different officers who are by law under the supervision of the Chief of Staff; and to perform such other military duties not otherwise assigned by law as may be from time to time prescribed by the President. While serving in the General Staff Corps officers may be assigned to duty by the Secretary of War with any branch of the Army.

17. The general officers authorized by law for the General Staff Corps, except the Chief of Coast Artillery, are detailed by the President from the general officers of the Army. The Chief of the Division of Militia Affairs is also so detailed. All details to vacancies in the General Staff Corps in grades other than those of general officers will be filled on the recommendation of a board of five general officers, not more than two of whom shall be members of the General Staff Corps, convened by the Secretary of War at such times as may be necessary. The board will be sworn to recommend officers solely on their professional efficiency, on their probable aptitude, and fitness for General Staff service, and will select such number of officers of the proper grades to fill existing or expected vacancies as the Secretary of War may direct. Officers may be redetailed, subject to the conditions of paragraph 18, when eligible, by the Chief of Staff on the approval of the Secretary of War.

18. Officers will be detailed in the General Staff Corps for a period of four years unless sooner relieved. Upon being relieved from such duty they will return to the branch of the Army in which they hold permanent commissions, and except in case of emergency or in time of war will not be eligible to further detail in the General Staff Corps until they have served for two years in the branch of the Army to which they belong. This ineligibility will not, however, apply to any officer who may have been relieved prior to the expiration of his four years' detail with the corps, but such officer will become ineligible as soon as he shall have completed a total of four years with the corps, and will not be again eligible until after two years' service in the branch of the Army to which he belongs. The provisions of this paragraph will apply to all officers of the General Staff Corps.

19. Officers of the General Staff Corps other than the Chief of Staff will be assigned to duty in the office of the Chief of Staff and also to duty with other general officers and superior commanders. Those on duty in the office of the Chief of Staff will perform such duties under the law as he may direct; those assigned to duty with other general officers and superior commanders will serve under the immediate orders of such commanders and assist them in the performance of their military duties.

20. The senior officer of the General Staff Corps assigned to duty with the command of a general officer or other superior commander, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of War, will be the chief of staff of the command. He will bear the same relation as adviser to the commanding general or other commanders as does the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of War, and will in like manner supervise all troops of the line and staff and all bureaus included in the command. All General Staff officers assigned to such duty will en

deavor in every way to assist in carrying out the general duties prescribed by law for the General Staff Corps. General Staff officers attached to commands in the field will keep careful journals of operations, from which they wil compile reports of these operations for the use of their immediate commanders and also for the information of the War Department. When a commanding general is temporarily absent from his command and his duties have not been formally assumed by the next in rank the chief of staff of the command will act as his representative in his absence.

By order of the Secretary of War:

LEONARD WOOD,

Major General, Chief of Staff.

Official:

HENRY P. MCCAIN,

Adjutant General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF,

Washington, June 9, 1911.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF, MOBILE ARMY DIVISION; THE CHIEF, COAST ARTILLERY DIVISION; THE CHIEF, DIVISION OF MILITIA AFFAIRS; THE CHIEF, THE WAR COLLEGE DIVISION.

The Chief of Staff directs that in carrying out the provisions of paragraph 10 and last sentence of paragraph 11, General Orders, No. 68, War Department, current series, the chiefs of divisions, in acting for the Chief of Staff, use the forms shown on accompanying paper.1 Rubber stamps will be supplied as soon as they can be made. Very respectfully,

WAR DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF,

Washington, June 14, 1911.

MEMORANDUM OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSISTANTS TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF.

Under the provisions of paragraph 11, General Orders, No. 68, War Department, the Chief of Staff authorizes the assistants to the Chief of Staff in charge of the Mobile Army Division, the Coast Artillery Division, the Division of Militia Affairs, and the War College Division "to act for him in unimportant cases." In carrying out these instructions the assistants to the Chief of Staff will sign memoranda relating to such cases as instructed in memorandum from this office, dated June 9, 1911, copy of which is hereto attached; all other memoranda and papers requiring their official signatures will be signed by them, respectively, as follows:

(a) (Rank), Chief of Mobile Army Division,

Asst. to the Chief of Staff.

(b) (Rank), Chief of Coast Artillery Division,

Asst. to the Chief of Staff.

(c) (Rank), Chief of Div. Militia Affairs,

Asst. to the Chief of Staff.

(d) (Rank), Chief of War College Division,

Asst. to the Chief of Staff.

By direction of the Chief of Staff:

WM. S. GRAVE,

Major, General Staff Corps, Secretary.

ARMY REGULATIONS.

196. A territorial division commander's staff will consist of his authorized personal aids and one officer from each of the following corps and departments: General Staff Corps, Adjutant General's Department, Inspector General's Department, Judge Advocate General's Department, Quartermaster's Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department, Pay Department, Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department, Signal Corps, and, in divisions embracing coast defenses, Coast Artillery Corps, and such additional staff officers as may be assigned by the War Department. The division commander will control matters of supply and administration within his command; and, in all territorial divisions correspondence with the War Department will be through the division commander, unless otherwise directed in Army Regulations and War Department orders. The chief paymaster will make a portion of the payments in the command. The duties prescribed for the inspector of small-arms practice will be performed by an aid or other officer of the division commander's staff. The Coast Artillery officer will act in an advisory capacity to the division commander with respect to matters pertaining to the efficiency of Coast Artillery matériel and to the drill, instruction, and employment of Coast Artillery troops in connection with coast defense generally.

199. The official designation of the senior officers of the staff corps and departments on the staff of division or department commanders will be as follows:

Of the General Staff Corps, Chief of Staff; of the Adjutant General's Department, Adjutant General; of the Inspector General's De

partment, Inspector General; of the Judge Advocate General's Department, Judge Advocate; of the Quartermaster's Department, Chief Quartermaster; of the Subsistence Department, Chief Commissary; of the Medical Department, Chief Surgeon; of the Pay Department, Chief Paymaster; of the Engineer Corps, Chief Engineer Officer; of the Ordnance Department, Chief Ordnance Officer; of the Signal Corps, Chief Signal Officer.

When one of the required staff officers is not assigned, or a staff officer is temporarily absent or disabled, the duties of his position will be performed by the assistant, if any, or by other members of the staff.

303. 1. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Coast Artillery to keep the Chief of Staff advised at all times of the efficiency of the personnel and matériel of the Coast Artillery, and he shall, as circumstances require, make such recommendations in reference thereto as shall in his judgment tend to promote efficiency.

2. He shall from time to time, and as frequently as conditions require, confer directly with the chiefs of bureaus of the War Department and advise them of all matters relating to Coast Artillery matériel or personnel that pertain to their respective branches of the service, which the experience and observation of the Coast Artillery arm of the service show to be of practical importance. In like manner he may correspond directly with the commandant of the Coast Artillery School, and with the president of the Coast Artillery Board, on Coast Artillery questions of a purely technical character which do not involve matters of command, discipline, or administration, and do not relate to the status or interests of individuals.

3. He shall make recommendations as to the instruction of Coast Artillery officers and men, and as to examinations for appointment and transfer of officers to the Coast Artillery arm and for promotion therein, and shall recommend such examinations and such courses and methods of instruction in the Coast Artillery School and elsewhere as he shall deem requisite to secure a thoroughly trained and educated force; to this end he is authorized to issue directly to Coast Artillery officers bulletins and circulars of information on current Coast Artillery matters of a purely technical character which do not involve matters of command, discipline, or administration and do not relate to the status or interests of individuals.

4. He is charged generally with the recommending of officers of Coast Artillery for special duty and assignment to Coast Artillery organizations and stations.

5. He shall be a member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification and is by law a member of the General Staff Corps.

6. The office of the Chief of Coast Artillery will form a part of the office of the Chief of Staff and will not be an office of record except of correspondence authorized by section 2 of this paragraph. All other records pertaining to the performance of the duties of the Chief of Coast Artillery will be kept in the office of The Adjutant General of the Army, to whom all communications from the Coast Artillery Corps, intended for the War Department, except such communications as may be addressed directly to the Chief of Coast Artillery under section 2 of this paragraph, shall be addressed as required by paragraph 795.

7. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to relieve the commanders of the Philippines Division and the several military departments of the duties of inspection and command, or of the responsibility for the condition and efficiency of the matériel and personnel of the Coast Artillery in the division and the several departments as now provided by regulations.

ARTICLE LIX.1

GENERAL STAFF CORPS.

763. The General Staff Corps, created in conformity to the act of Congress approved February 14, 1903, is composed of officers of the grades and number specified in said act, detailed for service in said corps for a period of four years unless sooner relieved, under rules of selection prescribed by the President. Upon being relieved from duty in the General Staff Corps officers return to the branch of the Army in which they hold permanent commissions, and except in case of emergency or in time of war are not eligible to further detail therein until they have served for two years with the branch of the Army in which commissioned. This ineligibility does not apply to any officer who has been relieved prior to the expiration of four years' duty with the corps; but such officer will become ineligible as soon as he shall have completed a total of four years of said duty. While serving in the General Staff Corps officers may be temporarily assigned to duty with any branch of the Army.

764. The law establishes the General Staff Corps as a separate and distinct staff organization, the chief of which has supervision, under superior authority, over all branches of the military service, line and staff, except such as are exempted therefrom by law or regulations, with a view to their coordination and harmonious cooperation in the execution of authorized military policies.

765. The General Staff Corps, under the direction of the Chief of Staff, is charged with the duty of investigating and reporting upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations, and to this end considers and reports upon all questions relating to organization, distribution, equipment, armament, and training of the military forces (Regulars, volunteers, and militia), proposed legislative enactments and general and special regulations affecting the Army, transportation, communications, quarters, and supplies; prepares projects for maneuvers; revises estimates for appropriations for the support of the Army and advises as to disbursement of such appropriations; exercises supervision over inspections, military education and instructon, examinations for the appointment and promotion of officers, efficiency records, details and assignments, and all orders and instructions originating in the course of administration in any branch of the service which have relation to the efficiency of the military forces; prepares important orders and correspondence embodying the orders and instructions of the President and Secretary of War to the Army; reviews the reports of examining and retiring boards, and acts upon such other matters as the Secretary of War may determine.

1 This article is subject to the provisions of the order of the Secretary of War of Apr. 14, 1906, p. 16.