United States by the census of 1870 (38,558,371) by 30 (the number of officers authorized), which gives 1,285,279 as the population a State or group of States should have, as nearly as practicable, to be entitled to an officer: Table showing apportionment of details, under section 1225, Revised Statutes. [Circular.] WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, The following decision of the Secretary of War, relative to the proper construction of General Orders No. 106, of 1879, is, by his direction, published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 1. That the number and grade of the clerks who may be employed is to be fixed by the heads of the Military Bureaux in accordance with the classification given in said order, and shall not involve expenditure exceeding the allotment of appropriation which may be made to each Division and Department. 2. The selection of employés as clerks, &c., is left to the officer employing them, provided such selection has the approval of the commander of the Division or Department in which the officer may be serving, and the approval of the head of Military Bureau, when serving at depots, arsenals, posts, and stations not under the immediate control of a Division or Department Commander. 3. The term hired labor, as used in paragraph 2, General Orders No. 96, 1867, is construed to refer to employés of an inferior class to that to which General Orders 106, of 1879, applies. It may in general be said to extend to those hired by the day or for temporary labor of short duration, or of such character as may require discharge of laborers as soon as a particular work is completed upon which they were hired. OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. |