so diverted are to be returned in as good condition as when received, and all bills for their transportation to and from the place of delivery are to be paid from the appropriation of the expedition, or the articles to be replaced in kind at the expense of that appropriation. [G. O. 81 and 84, 1872.]

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1763. Should an officer, or agent of the Government charged with public stores, fail to render the prescribed returns thereof within a reasonable time after the termination of a quarter, a settlement will be made of his accounts, and the money value of the supplies with which he is charged will be reported against him for stoppage. The delinquency will be matter of military accusation, at the discretion of the proper authority.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.] 1764. Public property which has been condemned by an inspector, or the issue price of which has been reduced by a Board of Survey, will not be purchased by the officer responsible therefor at the time when it was condemned or the price was reduced, nor by any officer who bore any part in such condemnation or reduction.[G. O. 45, 1878.]

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1775. The quarterly return of Quartermaster's stores (Form No. 27) will be made in duplicate only; one copy, with abstracts and vouchers complete, to be forwarded to the Quartermaster General within twenty days after the expiration of the quarter to which it pertains; the other copy to be permanently retained by the officer for his protection.—[G. O. 64, 1871.]

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1783. Returns of clothing, camp and garrison equipage (Form No. 45), will be made in duplicate only; one, accompanied by the proper abstract and vouchers, to be forwarded to the Quartermaster General within twenty days after the expiration of the quarter to which it pertains, the other to be retained by the officer.-[G. 0. 7, 1872.]

1784. Forms of the return of clothing and equipage (Form No. 45), clothing receipt-roll (Form No. 46), statement of charges (Form No. 47), and estimate of clothing required (Form No. 48), with notes indicating the manner in which they are to be made and disposed of, are furnished by the Quartermaster General (vide G. O. 7, 1872).

1785. Returns of clothing and equipage (Form No. 45) will be examined and settled by the Quartermaster General and the Second Auditor of the Treasury in the manner prescribed for returns of Quartermaster's stores, with this addition: the Second Auditor will ascertain if the money value of the articles issued, or otherwise

chargeable to the soldiers, has been deducted from the amount of their pay and allowances, and notify the Quartermaster General in case such deductions are not made.-[G. O. 7, 1872.]

1786. Officers having axes, pickaxes, hatchets, shovels, spades, or iron bunks will bear them on their returns of clothing and equipage (Form No. 45).-[G. O. 7, 1872.]

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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

1796. Acting Assistant Medical Purveyors and Medical Storekeepers shall prepare at the end of each fiscal quarter—

1. A Return, in duplicate, of Medical supplies, showing those on hand at last returns; those received, expended, issued, sold, and remaining on hand.

2. A Quarterly Abstract of Receipts and Issues, in duplicate, which shall state the names of the persons from whom supplies have been received; and of those to whom they have been issued; the quantities transferred in every instance, and the dates of the transactions.

The original of this abstract, accompanied by a complete set of vouchers and the original Return, will be transmitted to the Surgeon General at the end of the quarter. The Abstract, with a complete set of vouchers and the Return, will be retained by the officer.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 1272, 1276.]

1797. All other Medical officers in charge of Medical supplies shall prepare annually on the 31st of December, in duplicate, returns of Medical supplies, showing those on hand at last returns, those received, expended, issued, sold, and remaining on hand (including personal instruments). All officers shall render similar accounts when relieved from the duty to which their returns relate.

1800. Quarterly returns are due at the termination of the official quarters, namely, on the 31st day of March, 30th day of June, 30th day of September, and 31st day of December of the calendar year, and all Ordnance returns commence and terminate at these times, except when officers, by reason of transfer or leaving the service, wish to close their accountability. The return, with all the accompanying papers as hereinafter described, is forwarded direct to the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, Washington, D. C., within twenty days after the termination of the quarter.— [Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1801. Only one copy of the quarterly return of ordnance and Ordnance stores, with complete set of vouchers, will be required to be sent to the Ordnance Burean.-[G. O. 30, 1871.]

1802. Officers must take up on their quarterly returns all Ordnance stores, the property of the United States, which come into their possession; as when an officer takes command of a company, on the decease of its commander, and it is impracticable to call a Board of Survey.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1803. Every entry on the return must be authenticated by its corresponding voucher; or, if receipts or invoices have not been received, the entry may be accompanied by the officer's certified statement as to the facts.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1804. After a battle, or taking of a post, all captured arms, accoutrements, and ammunition are accounted for on a detailed inventory or invoice, which is filed as a voucher, together with the date when, and the circumstances under which, the stores came into the officer's possession.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1805. Commanding officers of the Militia in service of the United States shall return and account for ordnance and Ordnance stores in the use of troops as required in the Regular service. And all arms and equipments issued to such Militia shall be charged against the person to whom the issue is made on the muster-roll or pay account, to be accounted for to the mustering and inspecting officer, before receiving pay during service and on his discharge.— [Regs. 1863, ¶ 1421.]

1806. No non-commissioned officer (except Ordnance Sergeants) or enlisted man can receipt for or be held accountable for public property of any description on a return; and no issues but those to commissioned officers, Ordnance Sergeants, or other person specially authorized, are recognized.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1807. All enlisted men are directly responsible to their commanding officer for the Ordnance stores in their possession. The commanding officer is alone responsible to the Chief of Ordnance.— [Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1808. Horse equipments will not be reported in complete sets, but the complete parts composing the sets will be reported separately. The monthly statements of serviceable stores on hand, the quarterly returns at arsenals, depots, posts, and in the field, and the annual inventories, will designate each part.—[G. O. 13, 1872.] 1809. Commanding officers of batteries, companies, and detachments, making quarterly returns of ordnance and Ordnance stores, will report, upon the face of the returns, the maximum number of enlisted men under their command during the quarter.— [G. O. 32, 1875.]

1810. When stores are lost or destroyed, and cannot be presented for the action of a Board of Survey, they must be accounted for by the affidavit of one or more persons cognizant of the facts, by the certificate of the officer responsible for the property, and by such testimony of other officers as may be attainable.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.] 1811. Stores lost in an engagement are accounted for in like

manner. The certified statement of the officer responsible for them must set forth the date when, the place where, and all the circumstances under which the loss took place. If the circumstances did not come under the cognizance of the officer, the affidavit of a non-commissioned officer, if it can be had, or, if not, that of one or more privates, covering the facts, will be filed in duplicate, as a voucher.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

1812. When charges on account of Ordnance stores are made against a soldier, the property return shall give his name and the pay-roll or account in which the charge is made.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1424.]

1813. In the examination of all property returns in the Ordnance Office, the order, or other authority by which an issue or transfer of Ordnance property was made by one officer to another is invariably required. This authority at an armory, arsenal, or other Ordnance establishment, is an order for supplies direct from the Chief of Ordnance; at garrisons, forts, or in the field, an order which, from its nature, requires a transfer of property, as when the command of a company or post is transferred from one officer to another, or an order from a commanding officer to one of his command.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

SIGNAL SERVICE.

1814. The returns of Signal equipments and stores will be made in duplicate, on the form (No. 7) prescribed, and forwarded to the Chief Signal Officer for his examination, who will, after taking a similar course of action as is prescribed in these Regulations for the quarterly returns of Quartermaster's stores, forward them to the Third Auditor of the Treasury for settlement.

ARTICLE LXXVIII.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

1815. All General Orders which emanate from the Headquarters of the Army; the orders of detail, of instruction, of movement, and all general regulations for the Army, are communicated to the troops through the office of the Adjutant General.

1816. The record of all military appointments, promotions, resignations, deaths, and other casualties; the registry of all commissioned officers; the filling up and distribution of their commissions, and the preparation and issue of the Army Register, pertain to the Adjutant General's Office.

1817. The Adjutant General's Office is the repository for the

records of the War Department which relate to the personnel of the military establishment, and to the military history of every commissioned officer and soldier of the Regular and Volunteer forces in the service of the United States.

1818. In this office the recruiting service is conducted; the names of all enlisted soldiers are enrolled, their enlistments and descriptive lists are entered, and all deaths, discharges, desertions, &c., are recorded.

1819. In this office the general returns of the Army are consolidated; the monthly returns of regiments and posts and the musterrolls of companies are preserved; the inventories of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers are entered; and the annual returns of the militia, required by law to be submitted to Congress, are prepared.

1820. It is the duty of the Adjutant General to furnish transcripts from the muster-rolls and returns to the Auditor's and Pension Offices, on their call, to assist in the settlement of claims brought before them.

ARTICLE LXXIX.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

1821. The Quartermaster's Department is charged with the duty of providing the means of transportation, by land and water, for all troops and all material of war. It furnishes the horses of the Artillery and Cavalry and horses and mules for the trains. It provides and distributes clothing, tents, camp and garrison equipage, forage, lumber, and all material for camps and for shelter of troops and of stores. It builds barracks, store-houses, hospitals; provides wagons and ambulances and harness, except for Cavalry and Artillery horses; builds or charters ships, steamers, and boats, docks, and wharves; constructs and repairs roads, railways, and bridges; clears out obstructions in rivers and harbors, when necessary for military purposes; provides, by hire or purchase, grounds for military encampments and buildings; pays generally all expenses of military operations not by law expressly assigned to some other Department; and, finally, it provides and maintains military cemeteries, in which the dead of the Army are buried.

1822. Food, arms, ammunition, Medical and hospital stores, are purchased and issued by other Departments, but the Quartermaster's Department transports them to the place of issue, and provides store-houses for their preservation until consumed. —[ R. S., § 1133; Regs. 1863, ¶ 1064.]

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