3 the condition of all parts of the equipment of the battery and if defective in any way the character and extent of the repairs required and the causes of such defects. 4. Upon receipt of instructions from the Chief of Ordnance to make repairs to the material issued to any militia battery, designated officers of the Ordnance Department will by direct communication with the commanding officer thereof arrange for making the repairs at a convenient time and inform the latter of the probable number of men that will be required to assist the mechanic or mechanics. The repairs will generally be made by skilled mechanics of the Ordnance Department sent to the battery for the purpose, who will report their arrival and departure in person to the commanding officer thereof. The commanding officer of the battery will in the absence of an officer of the Ordnance Department supervise the work done by the mechanics, keep a record of the number of hours worked each day by each mechanic, and upon the completion of the repairs will forward the time record to the officer of the Ordnance Department with a statement showing the date and hour of arrival and departure of each mechanic and the manner in which he conducted himself while on the duty. 5. In case the governor of a State or Territory or the commanding general of the militia of the District of Columbia desires to have the cost of the repairs paid out of funds at his disposal instead of out of the quota under section 1661, Revised Statutes, the governor or commanding general is authorized to make request directly upon the officer of the Ordnance Department in charge of the district to make the repairs. Upon receipt of such requests the latter will submit to the governor or commanding general an estimate of the cost of the repairs and request remittance to him of the funds required. Upon receipt of the funds the repairs will be made. When completed the governor or commanding general will be furnished with an itemized statement in duplicate of their cost and any unexpended balance returned. The officer making the repairs will submit to the Chief of Ordnance a report showing in detail the character and extent of all such repairs and the serial numbers of the guns and vehicles in which they were made, including a copy of the itemized statement of their cost. 6. In case it is impracticable for the commanding officer of the battery to furnish men to assist the mechanic or mechanics, 4 the necessary labor will be employed by the officer of the Ordnance Department and the cost charged to the State. 7. All material, tools, and supplies required in making repairs to any battery, and the ammunition to be used by the inspecting officer, will be shipped to the commanding officer thereof, who will be charged with their safe-keeping, and who will immediately report their arrival to the officer of the Ordnance Department in charge of the district. 8. When necessary to ship material, tools, or supplies to any battery for use in making repairs, or to ship any parts to a manufacturing arsenal for repairs which can not be made by ordnance mechanics at the station of the battery, the shipment will be made by freight by the officer of the Ordnance Department in charge of the district, or by the nearest officer of the Quartermaster's Department, as prescribed in paragraph 1150, Army Regulations. Notation will be made on each bill of lading that the cost of the shipment is to be charged to the quota of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia under section 1661, Revised Statutes. 9. When the 3-inch field artillery material is received by any battery of the organized militia, the commanding officer thereof will promptly notify the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, through the officer of the Ordnance Department in charge of the district, in order that an officer of the Ordnance Department may be sent by the War Department to instruct the personnel of the battery in the care, preservation, and use of the material. 10. The governors of the several States and Territories, and the commanding general of the militia of the District of Columbia, are requested to issue such orders as may be necessary to insure the carrying out of the foregoing instructions. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 19. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, January 24, 1906. I..Paragraph 65, General Orders, No. 93, War Department, June 17, 1905, is amended to read as follows: 65. An interval of not less than twenty seconds between successive shots from 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch gun batteries will be made to prevent the use of the same data for two successive shots. In any case in which this interval is less than twenty seconds one minute will be added to the computed time of the series before applying the time factor. An interval of about ten seconds between successive shots from rapid-fire batteries, except 15-pounders, will be made to insure identification and location of each splash. [1085587, M. S. O.] II. Until the publication of a new price list of clothing the price of "blankets, olive drab, woolen, heavy," for issue after the supply of blue blankets is exhausted, will be $5.24 each. The clothing money allowance of each enlisted man is increased $1.75 for each of these blankets actually drawn by him within the prescribed allowance of clothing in kind. [1092686, M. S. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, January 25, 1906. 1. Under the provisions of paragraph 198, Army Regulations, names of military reservations are announced as follows: The military reservation at Sabino Head, mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. Fort Baldwin. In honor of Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, Engineers, and Artillery Artificer Regiment. Continental Army, who died June 4, 1788. The military reservation at North Coronado Island, San Diego, California, Fort Pio Piro, in honor of Pio Pico, governor of California under Mexican sovereignty. 2. Under the provisions of paragraph 198, Army Regulations, names of seacoast batteries are announced as follows: ON THE FORT BALDWIN, MAINE, MILITARY RESERVATION. Battery Patrick Cogan, in honor of 2d Lieutenant Patrick Cogan, 5th Continental Infantry, and quartermaster, 1st New Hamphire Regiment, Continental Army, who died August 21, 1778. Battery John Hardman, in honor of Captain John Hardman, 2d Maryland Regiment, Continental Army, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Camders, South Carolina, and who died while a prisoner of war September 1. 1780. Battery Joseph Hawley, in honor of Brevet Major General Joseph R. Hawley, United States Volunteers (Brigadier General, United States Army). who served with distinction during the civil war, and who died March 18, 1905. ON THE FORT PREBLE, MAINE, MILITARY RESERVATION. Battery Constantine Chase, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Constantine Chase, Artillery Corps, who served with distinction during the civil war, and who died September 20, 1902. ON THE FORT STRONG, MASSACHUSETTS, MILITARY RESERVATION. Battery John Hitchcock, in honor of Brevet 1st Lieutenant John Ford Hitchcock, United States Army (2d lieutenant, 18th United States Infantry), who served with distinction during the civil war, and who was killed in action at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. ON THE FORT REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, MILITARY RESERVATION. Battery Curran Pope, in honor of Colonel Curran Pope, 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, who died November 5, 1862, of wounds received in action at Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862. ON THE FORT BANKS, MASSACHUSETTS, MILITARY RESERVATION. Battery Sanford Kellogg, in honor of Brevet Colonel Sanford C. Kellogg, United States Volunteers (major, 4th United States Cavalry), who served with distinction during the civil war, and who died February 7, 1904. MAR 26 1926 |