GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, November 12, 1867. No. 98. By direction of the Secretary of War, a gratuitous issue, to replace such articles of their clothing as, in the opinion of the proper medical officer, should be destroyed to prevent contagion, is hereby authorized for all soldiers having contagious diseases. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL GRANT: OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, No. 99. Washington, November 13, 1867. The following orders have been received from the War Department: I..An artillery school will be established at Fort Monroe, Virginia, to have the following organization: 1st. Of three field officers of artillery, (the senior to command the post and school,) the senior officer of ordnance stationed at the post, and the heads of such departments of instruction as shall be established. These officers shall form the staff of the school, but the ordnance officer shall be an officer of the school only so far as to be a member of the staff" at its meetings. 2d. Of at least five batteries of artillery, one from each regiment of artillery, and such other officers and enlisted men of artillery as, with or without application, may be ordered to the school for instruction. These batteries to be the instruction batteries of the foot artillery. 3d. Of such brevet 2d lieutenants as are assigned to the artillery arm, and who shall remain at the school for one year, unless sooner promoted to the service batteries. 4th. Of such a number of the younger and more intelligent recruits for the foot batteries as shall keep the instruction batteries full. These recruits shall remain at the school one year before joining the service batteries. 5th. Of an adjutant of the post, who shall be secretary of the staff and keep the records of its proceedings at its meetings. II.. Duties of the staff: The staff shall determine all questions relating to the time and manner of instruction; shall prepare a programme of instruction and code of regulations, which shall be submitted to the General-in-Chief for approval. III..The artillery school and post of Fort Monroe will be an independent command, and all reports and returns will be made direct to the General-in-Chief. IV..The instruction shall include 1st. Practical instruction in the construction and service of all kinds of artillery and artillery material, and in gunnery and mathematics, as applied in the artillery service. 2d. A series of lectures on The organization, use, and application of artillery. The duties of artillery troops in campaigns and sieges. Military law and military history. These lectures to be given in lecture rooms, in which the students, after the lecture, shall complete their notes, and under the direction of the proper officers make themselves familiar with the subjects of the lecture. 3d. Such classes of elementary instruction, for officers and men, as may be established by the staff, to be attended principally during the winter half of the year. These classes to be graded so as to suit the different classes of scholars, and to aim at such proficiency in mathematics that the students shall comprehend the principles on which artillery instruction depends. V.. There shall be at least one examination annually, at such time as the staff shall determine, of the officers under instruction, of which a report shall be made to the General-in-Chief, setting forth the efficiency of each officer. Similar examinations shall be made of such enlisted men as pass through a course of instruction. VI..The lieutenants with the instruction batteries shall be relieved and replaced by others every year by the roster as in field batteries, and after final examination each shall be furnished by the staff with a certificate setting forth his standing and efficiency as an artillery officer. A failure to obtain a satisfactory certificate shall be considered a bar to promotion till, after another year's instruction, the officer shall pass an examination. Each private, on leaving the school, shall be furnished by the staff with a certificate setting forth his character and proficiency. VII..The ordnance officer in command of the arsenal at Fort Monroe will afford the school any assistance in his power. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL GRANT: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. |