will be disregarded and the allowance to be credited will be the portion of the initial and yearly allowances accruing from date of enlistment to date preceding date of desertion as shown by the monthly and daily rates. Where the desertion occurs after the first six months of enlistment, the settlement to last regular settlement date, June 30 or December 31, will not be disturbed, and in settling the account to date of desertion additional credit will be given for the portion of the yearly allowance accruing from date of last settlement to date preceding date of desertion as shown by the monthly and daily rates.

1173. A deserter is entitled to clothing allowance from the date he surrenders or is apprehended if such date is prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment; if subsequently thereto, no clothing allowance will be due him unless he is retained in the service, in which case he will be entitled to clothing allowance for his actual service in making good the time lost by desertion. Should the term of enlistment expire while the soldier is awaiting trial for desertion or is undergoing sentence to confinement therefor not including discharge, his clothing allowance ceases on date of expiration of term of enlistment and recommences on date of release from confinement and restoration to duty. In the above cases the amount due the soldier will be obtained from the tables then and subsequently in force. A new clothing account will be opened without reference to the account of the soldier at date of desertion, but no portion of the initial allowance will be credited.

1174. Clothing allowance accruing to a soldier after return to the service from desertion will not be used to reduce the amount of the soldier's indebtedness at date of desertion; the full amount of the soldier's indebtedness must be charged on the roll, to be deducted by the paymaster when he settles the soldier's account.

1175. When the necessity for the issue is certified by the post commander, arctic overshoes, fur gauntlets, fur or blanket lined canvas caps, and canvas or woolen mittens may be issued to enlisted men at cost price. These articles will conform to patterns in the office of the Quartermaster-General and do not form part of the annual money allowance for clothing.

1176. Officers in charge of general recruiting stations are authorized to issue to members of their respective recruiting parties such number of suits of white summer clothing, consisting of coats, trousers, and caps, the latter to be of same pattern as the khaki caps, as may actually be required to insure a neat appearance of the men. This clothing will be furnished upon requisitions forwarded to the Quartermaster-General, and will be charged to the enlisted men only in case of loss or damage. When no longer fit for service, it will be submitted to the action of an inspector.

The Quartermaster's Department will keep this clothing in clean condition, and any expense incident thereto will be paid from the appropriation for incidental expenses.

Articles of band uniforms, including music pouches, that do not form part of the annual clothing allowance may be issued, but not charged except in case of loss or damage.

All articles enumerated in this paragraph will remain the property of the United States, and be accounted for upon the returns of the accountable officer. 1177. There will also be issued to troops stationed in extreinely cold regions, when the necessity for such issue is certified by the post commander, fur or blanket lined canvas overcoats, but only to men performing guard duty or other necessary outdoor duty, when exposure to weather would jeopardize life or limb by freezing.

1178. The Quartermaster's Department is authorized to pay from the appropriation for clothing and equipage a sum not to exceed $1.50 per month

for the laundry work of each recruit who has no funds of his own at recruiting stations, recruit depots, and recruit depot posts. The expenditure will be charged on the clothing account of the recruit and so noted on his descriptive and assignment card.

1179. Commanding officers may order necessary issues of clothing to military prisoners who have no clothing allowance, from deserters' or other damaged clothing when there is such in store, or from clothing specially provided for the purpose. The receipt of the officer in charge of the prisoners will be the quartermaster's voucher for such issue. The issue of articles of the uniform under this paragraph will be avoided if possible.

1180. The issue to military convicts employed at outdoor labor in severe weather at military posts of such overcoats, overshoes, woolen mittens, and flannel shirts as, in the judgment of the department commander, may be necessary to prevent suffering, is authorized.

1181. Gratuitous issues of clothing may be made, under the provisions of section 1298, Revised Statutes, to replace articles destroyed to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, upon the certificate of an officer that the clothing was so destroyed upon the recommendation of the medical officer named.

1182. Should it become necessary to issue new clothing for use in the burial of a deceased soldier, as in the case of a man who dies away from his proper command and under circumstances rendering such issues imperatively necessary, the expense of the issue will be borne by the United States, and the clothing will be dropped from the returns of the issuing officer on the orders of the commanding officer, which must recite the necessity for the issue.

1183. Officers of the Army, contract and dental surgeons, and veterinarians may purchase from the Quartermaster's Department such articles of uniform clothing, clothing materials, and equipage as they need, provided the property is available. They will certify that the articles are for their personal use.

1184. Officers' servants will not be permitted to wear clothing intended for troops, except underclothing and shoes, which may be purchased in limited quantities, if available, upon the officer's certificate that they can not be otherwise obtained.

1185. Quartermasters are authorized to drop from their returns tent pins, and ax, pickax, and hatchet helves, upon officers' certificates that the articles have been worn out in service.

1186. Estimates for tableware and kitchen utensils will be made quarterly on the dates and to cover periods named in paragraph 1155. They will be limited to such articles as, with those on hand at the time an estimate is submitted, shall not exceed in kind and quantity the mess outfit as announced in the general orders prescribed in paragraph 296. Special estimates may be made when necessary to meet emergencies, and in such cases the circumstances constituting the emergencies will be stated.

1187. Commanding officers of posts and of all organizations supplied with tableware and kitchen utensils will exercise a rigid supervision and economy in the care and preservation of all such articles, and any damaged, broken, destroyed, or lost through the carelessness of enlisted men will be charged against their pay, as explained in paragraph 690, and a "statement of charges" on the prescribed form will be filed as a voucher with the return from which the articles are dropped. Loss through breakage of china and glassware, not due to carelessness, may be replaced at public expense on proper requisition, provided it does not exceed 20 per cent per annum, or 5 per cent per quarter, of the total value of china and glassware to which the mess is entitled (value to be determined by the prices given in the annual price

list), and the articles so replaced will be destroyed and dropped from returns in the manner prescribed in paragraph 1185. Any excess of breakage will be replaced only under extraordinary circumstances, or when values have been charged as herein provided, and requisitions calling for such excess must show clearly the circumstances or the, fact that charge has been made. Estimates calling for articles other than china and glassware must show the necessity for them, and if to replace articles lost or stolen, must be accompanied by the report of a surveying officer, unless values have been charged as hereinbefore directed.

1188. There will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department to all duly authorized bands of the Army the following-named musical instruments, viz: Db piccolo, terz and concert flutes, Eb and Bb cornets, Eb and Bb trumpets, Eb and Bb clarionets, Eb altos, Bb trombones (valve or slide), Bb baritones, Eb, Bb, and BBb bassos, bass and snare drums, cymbals, triangles, music stands, and extra parts for the repair of the instruments; also batons with suitable cords and tassels for use of drum majors of all dismounted bands. Mounted bands may be supplied with a pair of kettledrums in lieu of the bass and tenor drums, cymbals, and triangles, and also with altos, trombones, and bassos of helicon shape. A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two cornets; but under no circumstances will more than a complete instrumentation for 28 musicians be supplied. In making requisition for band instruments a statement showing the number and kind on hand and their condition should accompany the same. All the property specified will be accounted for by the quartermaster of the regiment. When any instrument has become unserviceable it will be submitted to a surveying officer. A copy of his report will be forwarded to the Quartermaster-General with a view of having the instrument repaired, if practicable, or otherwise disposed of. When an instrument needs minor repairs, involving only a slight expense, and the work can be done in a workmanlike manner in the vicinity of the post, it will not be necessary to submit the instrument to a surveying officer. Such repair may be secured upon the written order of the commanding officer, but a report of the nature of the work and cost involved will be made to the Quartermaster-General, through proper military channels.

1189. There will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department to each field battery two small brass Bb bugles; to every other company two G trumpets with F slides, and if desired, detachable F crooks. Foot troops may use the drums and fifes in lieu thereof, if desired by regimental commanders. Whistles will be furnished for such sergeants, corporals, or musicians as are required to use them. The foregoing articles will conform to patterns in the office of the Quartermaster-General, and will be accounted for as equipage.

1190. The allowance of corn brooms, scrubbing brushes, and mops will be as follows:

For each organization having an authorized maximum strength of 100 enlisted men or over, 9 brooms, 6 brushes, and 3 mops a month.

For each organization having an authorized strength of less than 100 enlisted men and over 60, 6 brooms, 4 brushes, and 2 mops a month.

For each organization having an authorized strength of 60 men or less, 2 brooms, 1 brush, and 1 mop a month.

Three brooms and 2 brushes per annum for each noncommissioned officer entitled to a room as quarters.

Six brushes and 4 mops per annum to each post bakery.

Twelve brooms and 8 brushes per annum to each city recruiting station.

Commanding officers may, when necessary, order the issue of not to exceed 6 brooms and 6 mops per annum to each public office and building heated by the Government.

The necessity for and the fact of issue will in all cases be certified to by the officer commanding the organization or in charge of the office or building and be verified by the commanding officer.

The articles mentioned above will habitually be drawn quarterly, but may be drawn when needed. If less than the maximum allowance be drawn in one quarter, credit can not be given in another quarter.

1191. Commanding officers may, when necessary, order the issue of 4 cans of concentrated lye and 6 cakes of sapolio per month to each company, and one-half that quantity to each band, and the necessary quantity for buildings heated by the Government and not thus provided for. The use of concentrated lye upon the floors and woodwork in all modern barracks, kitchens excepted, is forbidden.

1192. The use of serviceable tents or other canvas for any purpose other than that for which such articles are furnished is prohibited, except in cases of emergency when necessary to protect public property.

The prescribed allowance of tentage and equipage will habitually be kept in the hands of the organizations to which it is issued.

After use and before being put away, tentage and equipage will be thoroughly aired, dried, and put in serviceable condition, so as to be ready for immediate use when again required.

TELEGRAPHING.

1193. The telegraph will be used only in cases of urgent and imperative necessity, in which the delay consequent upon transmission by mail would be prejudicial to the public interests. In cable dispatches only such words will be sent as are necessary to a clear understanding of their contents.

1194. The War Department Telegraphic Code will be accounted for on the post return and transferred upon change of post commanders. The post commander is required to retain the code in his custody, and is responsible for the key and its proper use. Department commanders, from time to time, and particularly when post commanders are changed, will make use of the code. When military necessity causes it to be destroyed, it should be burned leaf by leaf.

1195. Accounts for telegrams on military business prepared on the prescribed form in the name of the telegraph company rendering the service and accompanied by the original telegrams, in the case of telegrams sent checked "paid," and in the case of telegrams received checked 'collect," by the impression copies thereof, will be paid by the Quartermaster's Department, with the following exceptions:

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1. Accounts for reimbursement of amounts paid by officers for telegraphic service, which will be prepared upon prescribed forms.

2. Accounts for telegrams on public business of a confidential nature when in the opinion of the officer receiving or sending them it is improper that copies should accompany the accounts, or where copies can not be procured. When it is questionable whether the telegrams are on official business or that the telegraph should have been used, such accounts will be accompanied by full explanations from the officer who sends or receives the telegrams.

The accounts excepted in this paragraph will be forwarded to the Quartermaster-General for settlement.

In settling accounts for telegrams which pass over the lines of more than one company (bond-aided excepted), payment may be made on the original telegram to the initial company for the entire service.

1196. Telegrams making application for leave of absence or extension of leave, or of inquiry whether leave has been granted, and the replies made thereto by telegraph, will not be sent or paid for as public dispatches.

1197. In framing telegrams all words not important to the sense will be omitted. The last name of the officer addressed, or his title, and the last name of the sender are generally sufficient.

1198. In each territorial department a quartermaster will be assigned by the department commander to the duty of adjusting and settling telegraph accounts under the instructions of the Quartermaster-General.

1199. Blank forms for official telegrams will be furnished by the Quartermaster-General for use in the military service.

1200. 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 1195. Information desired by telegraph companies in regard to military business will be obtained from the Quartermaster's Department.

1201. When telegrams are sent “collect” by private individuals, the nature of the telegrams should govern the action of the disbursing quartermaster. If strictly on Government business, payment will be made by the United States. 1202. 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.

1203. Where telephoning is practicable, accounts for the same may be paid from the appropriation for the payment of telegraphic service.

ARTICLE LXXV.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.

NOTE. Regulations for the government of the Subsistence Department, prepared and published under the authority of the Secretary of War, are distributed to its officers by the Commissary-General. Only such regulations are herein given as are general in their nature or affect other branches of the service.

GENERAL DUTIES.

1204. The Subsistence Department supplies, from funds duly appropriated for that purpose, subsistence for enlisted men and others entitled thereto, and also supplies articles for authorized sales and issues.

The Commissary-General furnishes lists of articles authorized to be kept for sale, and gives instructions for procuring, distributing, issuing, selling, and accounting for all subsistence supplies,