The foregoing Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent, and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. [Seal of U. S.] By the President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT. JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, July 1, 1904. FORM NO. 1. A. Parcels-Post between the United States and the Empire of Japan. of sender For use of Post-Office only, and to be filled up at the office of ex change: Entry No. B. [country of origin.] Parcels-Post from Date The import duty assessed by an officer of customs on contents of this parcel amounts to which must be Stamp. paid before the parcel is delivered. Parcels-Post from C. [country of origin.] This parcel has been passed by an officer of customs and must be delivered FREE OF CHARGE. FORM NO. 2. Customs Officer. Parcels Post. A parcel addressed as under has been posted here this day. Office Date Stamp. This certificate is given to inform the sender of the posting of a parcel, and does not indicate that any liability in respect of such parcel attaches to the Postal Administration. Entry No. Date stamp of dispatch ing ex FORM NO. 3. Date stamp [country of origin.] [country of destination.] of receiving change post- Parcels from.... office. for exchange post-office. Origin of Name of Address of Declared Declared sender. parcel. contents. value. Totals.. When more than one sheet is required for the entry of the parcels sent by the mail, it will be sufficient if the undermentioned particulars are entered on the last sheet of the Parcel Bill. Signature of postal official at the receiving exchange post-office. BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. No. 129. WASHINGTON, July 28, 1904. I--Paragraphs 1222, 1223, and 1225 of the Army Regulations are amended to read as follows: 1222. An officer drawing mileage is entitled to free transportation for 150 pounds of baggage. If his ticket does not cover the full 150 pounds, the Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation for the difference as excess baggage. 1223. When an officer travels under orders by a route over which less than 150 pounds of baggage for each passenger is transported free and transportation is furnished the officer by the Quartermaster's Department, the transportation request will state the amount of excess baggage to be paid for by the Government, this excess being the difference between the amount carried free and 150 pounds, the amount the officer is entitled to take. When an officer under orders for temporary duty or permanent change of station certifies that it is necessary for his field allowance of baggage to accompany him in addition to the amount carried by his ticket, the Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation for same as excess baggage. The allowance authorized in this paragraph, together with the quantity of baggage transported by ordinary freight, will in no instance exceed the allowance provided by paragraph 1242. In receipting a request covering an excess of baggage the officer will certify whether transportation for such excess has been furnished. 1225. Quartermasters in issuing requests for transportation of officers and others traveling under orders will not include therein public property of any description nor the allowance of personal baggage carried free by the various transportation lines. II--Upon the report of the General Staff, based upon the regular inspection reports, the following-named institutions of learning are announced as the six "whose students have exhibited the greatest interest, application, and proficiency in military training and knowledge," and which are therefore entitled to the appointment of an honor graduate of each as a 2d lieutenant in the Army, provided there shall be sufficient available vacancies, under the provisions of General Orders, No. 6, of 1903, and No. 65, of 1904, from the War Department: Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont; Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pennsylvania; South Carolina Military Academy, Charleston, South Carolina; St. John's Military Academy, Manlius, New York; BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. |