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bers of the company council, and will be inspected at least once each six months by the regimental commander, or by the post commander when the company is not at regimental headquarters.

329. Extra compensation may be paid to enlisted men from company or general mess funds as follows: From a company fund, twenty-five cents per day to the head cook; from a general mess fund, not exceeding two dollars per day, to be apportioned by the mess council among the cooks and other necessary regular attendants. Of this two dollars the mess council may allot to the mess steward (who may be a noncommissioned officer) a per diem of fifty cents, and in addition thereto a share of the remaining one dollar and fifty cents. One cook of a company and such of the regular attendants of a general mess as the commanding officer may designate will be inspected and mustered in the kitchen or mess hall. They may be excused from the ordinary post duties, but will attend target practice.

330. An officer appointed by the post commander will, under his direction, conduct the general mess affairs, make necessary purchases, and have charge of the mess fund. Quarterly and when relieved he will submit to the mess council a statement of all business dealings and money transactions, with proper vouchers. Upon the call of the mess council he will furnish information regarding the condition and management of the mess. A company on taking the field or withdrawing from a general mess will be entitled to a just share of the fund thereof, to be determined by the mess council, approved by the post commander.

ARTICLE XXXIV.

POST BAKERIES.

331. Bread will be baked in post bakeries when practicable. At all permanent posts a suitable building for the purpose, and the necessary utensils and furniture therefor, will be provided by the Quartermaster's Department. The post treasurer, under the supervision of the commanding officer, will have charge of the bakery. 332. A competent enlisted man will be detailed as chief baker, and, if necessary, one or more enlisted men as assistant bakers.

333. Extra pay to post bakers will be paid from the bakery fund, and the following daily rates are authorized: To the chief baker at a post of two companies or less, thirty-five cents; three companies, forty cents; four companies, fifty cents. To each necessary assistant, ten cents less than the chief baker when the chief baker's pay is forty cents or less, and fifteen cents less when the chief baker's pay is fifty cents. At larger posts the chief baker may be paid not to exceed one dollar per day, and the assistants less amounts, the rates to be fixed by the post council.

334. The expenses of the bakery will be restricted to the extra pay of the bakers, the purchase of articles necessary for making bread, and utensils not furnished by the supply departments. These expenses must be paid from the bakery fund.

335. The chief baker will be inspected and mustered at the post bakery. He may be excused from ordinary post duties, but will attend target practice. 336. The baking of bread by companies at posts is expressly forbidden.

ARTICLE XXXV.

LIBRARIES, READING ROOMS, ETC.

337. At each permanent post suitable rooms will be set apart for use as library, reading room, chapel, and school. The Quartermaster-General will procure and forward to post libraries such newspapers and periodicals, and to post schools such schoolbooks, stationery, and school material for the use of enlisted men as are authorized by the Secretary of War. Newspapers and periodicals will not be taken from the library; school books will not be taken from the schoolroom except for the proper

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use of those attending the post school. These books and periodicals are intended especially for the use of enlisted men. Books for post chapel services are not furnished by the Government. The library and reading rooms may be used by officers in such manner as not to interfere with their use by enlisted men. The post commander will detail an officer as post librarian, who will have charge of the post library. 338. On June 30 of every year each officer in charge of a post or regimental library will forward, through regular channels, to The Military Secretary of the Army, a return of all books on hand in or pertaining thereto. Such books as are required by regulations to be accounted for on property returns and muster rolls shall not be included in the library returns. Post and regimental commanders will examine the returns and certify thereon that the books in the library are accounted for as required by orders and regulations.

339. Adjutants-general of divisions and departments will, on June 30 of each year, render to The Military Secretary of the Army, returns of all library books on hand in their charge. These returns will be in addition to the property returns required to be made by them under paragraph 197. The necessary blank forms for returns of books will be furnished by The Military Secretary, and the returns will be made in accordance with the directions printed upon the blanks.

340. When library books are damaged or lost, the fact will be reported to the commanding officer by the librarian, and the person responsible for the loss or damage will be required to replace the book by a new copy, or to pay its value in money to the librarian to enable him to procure one.

341. Valuable books pertaining to a post library which have become unserviceable by fair wear and tear will, when practicable, be repaired, and the cost of repair will be a proper charge against the funds of the post exchange.

342. Books received from the War Department will be promptly acknowledged and, together with all library books received from other sources, will be taken up on the return.

343. Inspectors-general will, at the annual inspection of posts, examine the methods adopted for the care and preservation of the library, condemn and destroy such books as may be unserviceable and worthless, and note action in their reports of the inspections of the posts.

344. The necessary orders for the disposition of the books on hand when a post is abandoned or discontinued will be given by the War Department.

345. At any post where building material can be obtained without expense to the Government, and it is desired to erect buildings by labor of the troops for use as post exchanges, gymnasiums, bowling alleys, and other places of amusement, the post commander is authorized to use the necessary teams and such tools, window sash, doors, and other material as may be on hand and can be spared.

346. The Quartermaster's Department is authorized to transport gymnastic and athletic appliances, purchased with regimental or company funds, for the use of troops, from the nearest market to the post or station of the troops. In all cases of necessary removal the articles supplied for use in bakeries, libraries, reading rooms, schools, and gymnasiums will also be transported by the Quartermaster's Department.

ARTICLE XXXVI.

POST GARDENS.

347. Commanding officers of posts at or near which suitable public lands are available will set aside for post gardens such ground as may be necessary for the production of vegetables for the command, and will cause it to be cultivated by the garrison; or if the commanding officer so elects, he may apportion it among the organizations for cultivation by them.

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348. Seeds for post gardens may be procured from post-exchange funds, or from company funds.

349. Department commanders will give such instructions as may be necessary for carrying these regulations into effect and for the proper distribution of products of gardens among those entitled to them. Surplus products may be sold and the proceeds divided among the company funds of the garrison according to strength of companies.

ARTICLE XXXVII.

POST EXCHANGES.

350. Post exchanges are established and maintained under special regulations issued by the War Department.

The amount of indebtedness of a soldier to a post exchange contracted in accordance with such regulations will be noted on the muster and pay rolls for the next succeeding month and be deducted, if practicable, from his pay by the paymaster making the payment and turned over to the post-exchange officer, who will duly receipt to the paymaster and the soldier for the amount so received. In case of discharge of a soldier the amount of any such indebtedness will be noted on the final statements, and in like manner be deducted from payment made thereon.

351. On June 30 and December 31 of each year the commanding officer of a post at which an exchange is conducted will submit to the adjutant-general of the department a detailed report of the operations and financial condition of the exchange, and when no exchange has been maintained at a post such fact will also be communicated on the dates stated.

352. The sale of, or dealing in, beer, wine, or any intoxicating liquors by any person in any post exchange or canteen or army transport, or upon any premises used for military purposes by the United States, is prohibited. Commanding officers will carry the provisions of this paragraph into full force and effect, and will be held strictly responsible that no exceptions or evasions are permitted within their respective jurisdictions.

ARTICLE XXXVIII.

VISITS TO LAKE AND SEACOAST DEFENSES.

353. Except by special authority of the Secretary of War, no persons, other than officers of the Army and Navy of the United States and persons in the service of the United States employed in direct connection with the use, construction, or care of these works, will be allowed to visit any portion of the lake and coast defenses of the United States.

354. The taking of photographic or other views of permanent works of defense will not be permitted. Neither written nor pictorial descriptions of these works will be made for publication without the authority of the Secretary of War, nor will any information be given concerning them which is not contained in the printed reports and documents of the War Department.

ARTICLE XXXIX.

SMALL-ARMS PRACTICE.

355. Small-arms practice will be conducted and reports thereof made in accordance with the authorized firing regulations and orders from the War Department.

356. The aggregate allowance of ammunition for any company will be expended at such times during the year as the department commander may direct, or, in the absence of specific directions, as the post and company commanders may determine.

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When not used in target practice, ammunition may, in the discretion of the post and company commanders, be expended in hunting.

357. The Ordnance Department will provide the requisite targets, streamers, and flags. The quartermaster will set up the targets, prepare the range, and construct shelters for the markers. Flour for making paste for use in target practice will be issued by the commissary.

358. Where hunting for large game is practicable the men will be encouraged to hunt, and for this purpose company commanders may permit their men to purchase cartridges, if the supply warrants it, such sales to be accounted for on the returns of ordnance.

ARTICLE XL.

ROSTER, DETACHMENTS, AND DAILY SERVICE.

THE ROSTER.

359. A roster is a list of officers or men for duty, with a record of the duty performed by each. Generally details for duty are so made that the one longest off is the first for detail. Details so made are said to be made by roster.

360. All details for service in garrison and in the field, except the authorized special and extra-duty details, will be by roster; but officers or enlisted men when detailed must serve whether a roster be kept or not.

361. The duties performed by roster are of two classes. The first comprises (a) outposts; (b) interior guards, including stable guards; (c) detachments to protect laborers on military works; (d) armed working parties on such works. Soldiers march armed and, if necessary, fully equipped on all duties of this class. The second class comprises all other duties and fatigue, in or out of the garrison or camp. The rosters are distinct for each class.

362. Lieutenant-colonels and majors are on one roster, and may be detailed when the importance of the duty requires it. In the field their roster is kept at division and brigade headquarters. Captains form one roster, and are exempt from ordinary fatigue duties. Lieutenants form one roster, but when conditions make it advisable captains and lieutenants may be placed on one roster, or one or more of the senior lieutenants may be placed on the captains' roster. Sergeants, corporals, musicians, and privates form distinct rosters.

363. Unless otherwise ordered by the commanding officer, officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates take duties of the first class in the order stated in paragraph 361, viz, the first for detail takes the outposts, the next the interior guards, and so on. In those of the second class the senior officer takes the largest party. The party first for detail takes the service out of camp.

364. In making details by roster, an officer or enlisted man is each day charged with the number of days that he has remained present and available since the beginning of his last tour. Departures from this rule may be authorized by the commanding officer whenever a strict application would allow improper advantage or work hardship.

365. When an officer has been detailed and is not present or available at the hour of marching, the next after him takes the duty. When an outpost has passed the chain of sentinels, or an interior guard has reached its post, the officer whose tour it was can not take it unless so ordered by the commanding officer.

366. Duties of the first class are credited on the roster when the guards or detachments have passed the chain of sentinels or an interior guard has reached its post; other duties, when the parties have entered upon their performance.

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to him during that time. Except in emergencies no duty will be required of the old officer of the day or the old guard until four hours after they have been relieved. 368. Field and siege batteries serving with other troops will perform their own guard, police, and fatigue duty, and officers and men will be exempt from detail for other duty of like character, except when in the judgment of the commanding officer the necessities of the service will not permit such exemption, in which case he will immediately report his action and the circumstances to the department commander. 369. Detachments of the Signal Corps shall be exempt from detail for any other duty, except when in the judgment of the commanding officer the importance of the duty will not permit exemption.

DETACHMENTS.

370. As far as the exigencies of the service will permit, detachments for armed service will be formed by taking battalions, companies, platoons, or other subdivisions in turn, according to the roster.

371. Officers or enlisted men detailed for detached service while on other duty will be relieved from that duty, if practicable, in time to march with the detachment. 372. When a detachment is to be formed from the different organizations of a command the adjutant or adjutant-general forms its contingent, verifies the details, and sends it to the place of assembly, or turns it over to the detachment commander. 373. When detachments meet, the command is regulated while they serve together as if they formed one command, but the senior officer can not prevent the commander of any detachment from moving when he thinks proper to execute the orders he has received. 374. On the return of a detachment its commander reports to the headquarters from which he received his orders.

DAILY SERVICE.

375. There will be daily at least two roll calls, viz: At reveille and retreat. Commanding officers may also order roll calls in special cases at such times as they deem necessary. The roll will be called on the company parade by the first sergeant, superintended by a commissioned officer. If companies are quartered together or in contiguous barracks, one officer may superintend the roll call of two or more of them provided he can do so efficiently, commanding officers regulating the practice in this regard. Ordinarily there will not be any formation for roll call at tattoo, but the prescribed signal will be sounded, and fifteen minutes thereafter lights in squad rooms will be extinguished and all noises and loud talking will cease. Call to quarters will be sounded at 10.45 p. m., and taps at 11. At taps all lights not authorized by the commanding officer will be extinguished and the first sergeant or other noncommissioned officer, as the company commander may direct, will inspect each company and report to the officer of the day the names of all unauthorized absentees. Reveille roll call in garrison will not ordinarily take place earlier than 5.30 a. m. in summer, or 6.30 a. m. in winter.

376. Mess call in garrison will be sounded daily as follows: For breakfast, fifteen minutes after reveille roll call; for dinner, not earlier than 12 m. nor later than 12.15 p. m.; for supper, not earlier than 5 nor later than 6.30 p. m. Meals for enlisted men will be served promptly at the hours appointed, and the duties of the post, as far as compatible with the requirements of the service, will be so arranged that all the men may be present. The men will be allowed at least twenty minutes for breakfast and supper and thirty minutes for dinner.

377. Except at the ceremony of parade, the result of a roll call will be reported after the companies have been dismissed to the officer superintending the call, who will report the result to the commanding officer.

378. In camp and garrison the commanding officer fixes the hours for reports, issues, and roll calls, and for the performance of stated duties and fatigues. In gar