No. 54. WASHINGTON, March 23, 1904. I..The following orders of the Postmaster General are published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: TREATMENT OF MAIL MATTER RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, MARKED TO INDICATE THAT THE CONTENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMS DUTIES. ORDER. No. 155. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, The President having issued an order revoking the order of November 4, 1899, which provided for the treatment of gifts and souvenirs, while in the mail, sent by persons in the United States service, military, naval, or eivil, in Guam, the Philippine Islands, or Cuba, to members of their families in the United States, it is hereby ordered that paragraph 5 of Order, No. 1283, November 18, 1902 (page 932. Postal Guide for January, 1904), be revoked, to take effect April 1, 1904, on and after which date postmasters will treat merchandise arriving in the mails from the islands mentioned in accordance with Order, No. 161, dated February 19, 1903, page 934, Postal Guide for January, 1904. ORDER, No. 161. H. C. PAYNE. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 19, 1903. Whereas, It appears from information received from the Treasury Department that the customs revenues are suffering serious loss by reason of the failure of some postmasters to comply with the provisions of sections 707, 708, and 951, Postal Laws and Regulations, edition of 1902, affecting the treatment of mail matter received from abroad, and especially in the case of registered matter from Mexico, marked to indicate that its contents are supposed to be liable to customs duties, It is therefore ordered, That postmasters shall read sections 707, 708, and 951, and comply strictly with the provisions thereof hereafter, and that all mail matter, registered and unregistered, received from any foreign country shall be carefully examined before delivery, to ascertain whether it is marked "Supposed Liable to Customs Duties," or with words to indicate that the contents are supposed to be liable to customs duties, and when so marked it shall be treated in accordance with the sections abovenamed; and whenever it is shown that the failure of any postmaster to treat dutiable matter properly has resulted in the loss of customs revenue, he will be held liable under his official bond for the amount of the loss so sustained. R. J. WYNNE, Acting Postmaster General. II..The following act of Congress is published for the infor mation and government of all concerned: An Act To authorize the conveyance to the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, for perpetual use as a public road, of a certain tract of land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the town of Winthrop, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, for perpetual use as a public road, the following-described tract of land: A strip of land twenty-five feet wide, extending along the northerly side of the United States Military reservation at Fort Banks, from the easterly side of Elm avenue to the easterly side of Winthrop street, town of Winthrop, in the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts; and more particularly described as follows: "Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly side of Winthrop street with the southeasterly side of the location of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company's right of way, and running thence northeasterly along the southeasterly side of said right of way for a distance of six hundred feet, more or less, to the northeasterly side of Elm avenue; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly side of Elm avenue for a distance of twenty five feet; thence southwesterly along a line parallel to and twenty-five feet distant from the southeasterly line of the location of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company's right of way to the northeasterly side of Winthrop street; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly side of Winthrop street to the point of beginning," the said land being so conveyed to the town of Winthrop in exchange for the land and easements comprised in Elm avenue, in said town of Winthrop, which was conveyed to the United States in eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two as a site for the construction of fortifications. Approved, March 15, 1904. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: W. P. HALL, ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. Acting Adjutant General. ORDERS The following regulations, to carry into effect the provisions of law regarding the appointment of persons in civil life to be 2d lieutenants in the Army who may desire appointments in the Artillery Corps, having been approved by the President, are published for the information of all concerned: [Extract from act of Congress approved March 2, 1899.] Vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled as now provided by law, except that no person shall be appointed from civil life before he shall have reached the age of twenty-one years nor after he shall have reached the age of twenty-seven years, nor until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination as to his moral, physical, and educational qualifications. L. No person shall be examined unless he has a letter from the War Department authorizing his examination. If the candidate has been graduated at an institution where he received military instruction he must present a diploma or a recommendation from the faculty of the institution, as well as, if practicable, of the officer detailed as professor of military science. The professor of military science will include in his recommendation a statement as to the moral character of the applicant and whether or not he is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. If a member of the organized militia he must present recommendations from the proper organized militia authorities. II. Every candidate will be subjected to a rigid physical examination and if there be found to exist any cause of disqualification which might in the future impair his efficiency as an officer of the Army he will be rejected. The board will inquire and report concerning each applicant whether he is of good moral character or addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. Examination as to physical qualifications will conform to the standard required of recruits and include a certificate of physical examination by two medical officers to accompany the proceedings of the board (which will embrace all the information required by the form for the examination of recruits). III. No candidate will be examined who is married, or under 10 Recd twenty-one or over twenty-seven years of age; who is not a citizen of the United States; who, in the judgment of the board, is not physically qualified to discharge all the duties of an officer in active service; who has any deformity of body or mental infirmity, or whose moral habits are bad. IV. The board being satisfied as to these preliminary points will proceed to examine each candidate separately 1. In his knowledge of English grammar and his ability to read, write, and spell with facility and correctness. 2. In his knowledge of geography, particularly in reference to the northern continent of America. 8. In his knowledge of the outlines of general history and particularly the history of his own country. 4. In his knowledge of the Constitution of the United States and the organization of the Government under it, and the elements of international law. 5. In his knowledge of arithmetic and his ability to apply its rules to all practical questions; in his knowledge of the use of logarithms and ability to apply them to questions of practice; in his knowledge of algebra, through quadratic equations, and in his knowledge of plane and solid geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, and the elements of surveying. 6. In his knowledge of mechanics, to include general principles and definitions, laws of motion, parallelogram of forces, constant and variable forces, equilibrium, friction, principle of work, law of energy, relation between (heat and work, simple mechanical powers and their application. 7. In his knowledge of optics, to include the laws of light and lenses, optical laws applying to combinations of lenses. 8. In his knowledge of the general principles of chemistry. 9. In his knowledge of electricity, to include theoretical electricity, basis of electrical measurements including units, Ohm's law including its application to shunts, electro-magnetism and induced currents, methods of measurement of voltage, current, electrical energy and resistance of apparatus therefor, primary cells, their installation and care and appli cation to open and closed circuit work. 10. Physical aptitude, as determined by the medical exami nation, and other evidence submitted to the board. The appointment of 2d lieutenants, Artillery Corps, will be made only after the candidates have passed an examina tion satisfactory to the Secretary of War and conducted by boards appointed by him. The examination, which shall be written and the questions for which shall be prepared under the direction of the Chief of Staff, shall in each case be held in the presence of a member or the recorder of a board of officers appointed as provided for in paragraph VI of this order; and upon the completion thereof the examination papers shall be sent by registered mail to the Adjutant General of the Army, to be marked and the proficiency of the candidate to be determined by a central board appointed by the Secretary of War. When two or more candidates are examined at the same time their relative rank shall be determined by their relative proficiency as shown by their examination papers. No candidate will be passed by the board who shall not have attained an average of 75 per cent in each subject of examination. The examining board is authorized to accept in lieu of examination in subjects 1, 2, 3, and 4 a properly-attested certificate, or diploma of graduation, from a technical school, or from a school having an officer of the Army detailed as professor of military science. V. When the examining board shall have passed upon more than one candidate the order of relative merit of all the candidates examined by the board will be reported. VI. Boards for the examination of applicants from civil life for appointment to the position of 2d lieutenant in the Artillery Corps will be appointed by the Secretary of War, to meet at posts or stations most convenient for the examination of the various candidates, and will consist of five commissioned officers, including two medical officers. The duties of the medical |