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cation by land or by water, both for supplies and for military movements; the planning and construction of military roads and bridges; the planning and executing such works of river or harbor improvement, including sea-walls, breakwaters, and lighthouses, as may be assigned to it by law, or by the President of the United States; the collection, arrangement, and preservation of all reports, memoirs, estimates, plans drawings, and models relating to the several duties above enumerated.

2477. All quarters for officers and soldiers, all workshops and store-houses required within the lines of permanent fortifications, shall be constructed by the Corps of Engineers as a part of the work. The quarters and barracks of the permanent fortifications, when occupied by garrisons, will be kept in order and repair by the Quartermaster's Department.

BOARD OF ENGINEERS.

2475. There shall be a Board of Engineers, whose duty it shall be to plan or revise, as may be directed by the Chief of Engineers from time to time, projects of permanent fortifications required for the defense of the territory of the United States, and works of river and harbor improvement; also to consider and report upon such other matters as may be referred to it by the Chief of Engineers.

2479. It shall also be the duty of the members of the Board, whenever required by the Chief of Engineers, to inspect and report upon any of the works of construction or other of the operations of the Engineer Department. The inspection reports to be made to the Board, and by it submitted to the Chief of Engineers, with such remarks as it may deem proper.

2480. The Board shall consist of not less than three officers, to be designated by the Chief of Engineers, with the sanction of the Secretary of War.

2481. Whenever the defense or improvement of any particular locality or other work is under consideration, the local Engineer officer may be associated with the Board as a member thereof, if, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, this can be done consistently with his other duties.

2482. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but its final decisions in important matters must be sanctioned by a majority of its members.

2483. A dissenting member may present his views or project through the Board to the Chief of Engineers, with drawings and estimates.

2484. The reports of the Board will be made to the Chief of Engineers. It will keep a journal of its proceedings, and will, on the first day of each month, report to him the movements of its members, and a brief statement of the occupation of the assembled Board.

2485. The Chief of Engineers shall submit all important reports of the Board, with his views thereon, to the Secretary of War, without whose sanction no important work shall be undertaken.

2486. When plans of any kind, for public works under the Engineer Department, have been sanctioned by the Secretary of War or Chief of Engineers, they must not be departed from in any particular, without the express permission of the Secretary of War or Chief of Engineers.

2487. In any work carried on under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, his authority must be obtained for the erection of temporary wharves and buildings required in the progress of the work; for the purchase of surveying instruments, professional books, maps, and charts; of medicines; of means of transportation of surveying parties; for the rent of office room and purchase of furniture for the same, and for the purchase or hire of any vessel or boat; and the application for the authority must state the probable cost to be entailed. Extensive repairs upon any wharf, building, vessel, or boat, must first be authorized by the Chief of Engineers. His authority must also be obtained for the employment and rate of compensation of Assistant Engineers, scientists, physicians, inspectors, draughtsmen, clerks, and overseers, steamboat captains, mates, and pilots.

When, from the emergency of the work, antecedent authority has not been obtained, approval after the fact may be given by the Chief of Engineers at his discretion.— [G. O. 57, 1868.]

2488. In time of war the approval of the General under whom the Engineer officer may be serving shall be authority for similar expenditures.-[Regs. Corps of Engrs., ¶ 20.]

2489. An officer of Engineers directed to superintend any works to be constructed by troops will point out what is to be done, and will maintain such a supervision as will enable him to see that it is done correctly. It will be the duty of the officer having charge of the detachment to execute the work accordingly. The detail of troops for works to be carried on under the superintendence of officers of Engineers will be furnished on the requisition of the senior Engineer, addressed to the officer in com

mand of the troops. The requisition will specify the number of men required to labor the time and place at which they will assemble to commence work, and the name and rank of the Engineer officer to whom they will report. The requisition may be for part of a day or night, for a whole day or night, for a week or a longer period, according to circumstances; the duration of the service being always specified.

2490. Whenever an officer of Engineers is sent to any Military Department, fortress, garrison, or post, a duplicate of his orders will be sent to the commanding officer. On his arrival, the Engineer officer shall communicate his orders, and the necessary facilities for accomplishing them will be afforded by the commanding officer. While so on duty, without being specially put under the direction of the commanding officer, the Engineer officer will be furnished with copies of all orders and regulations of the command relative to etiquette and police, and with the countersign, when quartered within a chain of sentinels. The Engineer officer will report to the commanding officer when relieved from duty within the limits of the command.

2491. The senior Engineer serving with the army in the field will, subject to the approval of its commander, report monthly to the Chief of Engineers at Washington the operations of the Engineer force under his direction, sufficiently in detail to show the nature and extent of the operations, and the respective portions executed by the several Engineer officers engaged therein.-[Regs. Corps of Engrs., ¶ 11.]

2492. He will also cause to be made exact plans of all military works executed under his direction; and in cases of attack or defense, will cause exact journals to be kept, showing by drawings and descriptions every particular of each day's events. These plans and descriptions, together with maps of all surveys and reconnoissances, with explanatory notes or memoirs, will be carefully preserved, and transmitted, at suitable opportunities, to the Chief of Engineers at Washington.-[Regs. Corps of Engrs., ¶ 12.]

2493. The Chief of Engineers shall determine the extent of office room and furniture therefor for officers of his corps, when the expenditure is to be made from appropriations controlled by the Engineer Department.-[G. O. 57, 1868.]

2494. Engineer officers and troops on special service, under the immediate orders of the Chief of Engineers, will not be diverted from such service except in cases of marked public exigency, and when so diverted the officer of the corps will immediately report the same to the Chief of Engineers, transmitting a copy of the orders he may have received, and the officer issuing the order shall transmit a copy direct to the War Department for the decision of the Secretary of War.-[Regs. Corps of Engrs., 15.]

2495. The repairs of instruments may be made under the direction of the officer using them, when the exigencies of the service in his opinion require it, and the cost thereof charged to the work on which they are in use.-[Regs. Corps of Engrs.]

2496. Persons employed in the Engineer service, above the grades of laborers and ordinary mechanics, may be allowed actual traveling expenses for travel on duty under orders, to be paid from the appropriations applicable to the works upon which such persons are employed.-[G. 0.97, 1876.]

2497. The following reports and returns for works of the Engineer Department shall be sent to the Chief of Engineers, by the officer in charge, within ten days after the expiration of the month or quarter to which they relate, except Form 13, which will be rendered within twenty days after the expiration of the quarter, and Form 17, which will be rendered at the close of business hours of Saturday of each week, viz: 1. Weekly money statement. (Form 17.)

2. Monthly report of operations. (Form A.)

3. Monthly personal report (by all officers of the Corps). (Form 1.)

4. Monthly return of officers and hired men. (Form 2.)

5. Monthly money statement. (Form 14.)

6. Monthly estimate of funds. (Form 16.)

7. Monthly account-current, in duplicate. (Form 3.)

8. Quarterly abstract of disbursements, in duplicate (Form 4), with proper vouchers. (Forms 6, 9, 10, 11, 22.)

9. Quarterly return of public property received and expended at each work (Form 13). 2498. A report shall also be sent in time to reach the Bureau by the 1st of September of each year of the operations on each work or survey during the fiscal year ending 30th June preceding, with the necessary drawings, and showing the condition of the work, the extent and cost of the principal operations (as brick-work, stone-work, earth-work, surveys), accompanied by a summary statement of expenditures during the year, with a detailed estimate of the funds required for the next year, and an estimate of the amount required to complete the work.

2499. All contracts, and papers connected with the same, made by officers of the Corps, or agents, in charge of the works, will be made in accordance with the printed forms prescribed by the Secretary of War; and these forms and other printed forms allowed will be furnished from the Bureau, when required.

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2500. The following books and files for each work will be kept by the officer in charge: A book of letters received and a book of letters sent, with indexes for the same; file of letters received; file of orders received; a journal, containing a daily record of the occupations of the persons employed on the work; a book of materials in which must be entered, under the appropriate head, every kind of material received, specifying date of delivery and payment, from whom received, the kind, quality, price, and cost: in this book the various articles will be entered under the same heads as in the quarterly returns of property; a ledger in which an account will be opened with every person from whom materials or supplies are purchased for the work, including every person not on the rolls; an account book containing entries, according to Form 4, of all expenditures and copies of the quarterly accounts current and estimates of funds; a roll-book, showing the name, occupation, and rate of pay of each hired person, and time made by him daily in each month; a book of miscellanies, containing accounts of experiments and miscellaneous information relating to the work.-[ Regs. Corps of Engrs., ¶ 30.]

ARTICLE LXXXIV.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

NOTE. In addition to the following regulations and forms pertaining to the Ordnance Department, are the ORDNANCE REGULATIONS, and the ORDNANCE PROPERTY REGULATIONS, which are published in pamphlet form, and distributed to those officers who require them, by the CHIRF OF ORDNANCE.

2501. The Chief of Ordnance, under the Secretary of War, is, by law, charged with the administration and government of the Ordnance Department. By virtue of this authority he gives such orders and directions to its officers, soldiers, and employés as the necessities of the Ordnance service demand. He is also charged with the examination and settlement of the property accountability of all officers or other persons in the military establishment to whom ordnance and Ordnance stores are intrusted.— [R. S., § 1167; Regs. 1863, ¶ 1406.]

2502. The purchases and contracts for cannon, projectiles, powder, small-arms, and accoutrements, are made or specially ordered by the Chief of Ordnance, under the direction of the Secretary of War.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1410.]

2503. Directions in detail for the inspection and proof of all ordnance and Ordnance stores are issued by the Chief of Ordnance, with the approbation of the Secretary of War. Orduance and Ordnance stores procured by contract or open purchase are required to pass the same inspection and proof as if fabricated at the arsenals and armories.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1409.]

2504. For each lot of stores inspected and received the inspector gives to the contractor duplicate inspection certificates (Forms 37, 38, 39), which, after having been completed by the signature of the receiving officer, are his vouchers for payment. He also, for each lot inspected, sends to the Ordnance Office a report of the inspection (Forms 40 to 46).—[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 1411.]

2505. The Ordnance Department may manufacture smith's tools and materials for the Cavalry service in such quantities as may be required by the Quartermaster's Department to be delivered in bulk at such depots of the latter Department as may 19. 1885 Do 19.1885 be designated from time to time by the Quartermaster General, the Ordnance Department to be reimbursed the cost of the same from the appropriations of the Quartermaster's Department. These tools and materials shall continue to be issued to the Army upon requisitions of officers of the Quartermaster's Department.-[G. O. 90, 1878.]

2506. Inspections of armories, arsenals, depots, and other Ordnance establishments are made by the Chief of Ordnance, under the authority of the Secretary of War. Special inspections by Ordnance officers or others are ordered when deemed necessary by the Secretary of War.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1427.]

2507. No buildings or other permanent works or improvements will be undertaken without the sauction of the Secretary of War. The plans and estimates for them are to be sent to the Ordnance Bureau by the month of August.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1442.]

2508. The "Ordnance Board," composed of such officers of the Ordnance Department as the Secretary of War may designate, is advisory to the Chief of Ordnance, and is charged with the investigation of such subjects and the performance of such duties, and at such times and places as the Chief of Ordnance may direct.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1408.]

2509. No changes are made in the established models or patterns of ordnance and Ordnance stores for the service of the United States except on the recommendation of the Ordnance Board, approved by the Secretary of War.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1480. ]

2510. The number and grade of enlisted men at each Ordnance station are fixed by the Chief of Ordnance. They are enlisted in the grade of second-class private, and may be mustered, at the discretion of the officer in command, in any grade for which they are competent, and in which there is a vacancy, except in the grade of Sergeant,

promotions to which grade require the previous sanction of the Chief of Ordnance. They may be discharged for cause, before the expiration of enlistment, by the Secretary of War. Enlistment papers are made in duplicate (Form 24)-one retained, the other forwarded to the Ordnance Office.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1445.]

2511. In the temporary absence of the officer commanding an armory, arsenal, depot, or other Ordnance establishment, if there be no other commissioned officer of Ordnance present on duty, the command devolves upon the Ordnance storekeeper.— [Regs. 1863, ¶ 1428.]

2512. Whenever an officer of the Ordnance Department receives an order changing his station, or directing him to perform duty requiring temporary absence from his station, or granting him leave of absence, he must acknowledge the receipt of the order to the Chief of Ordnance (Form D). On the day he leaves his station he must report his departure (Form E); and on the day he returns to his old, or arrives at his new station, his return or arrival (Forms, F, H). If unusual delay has occurred in the execution of his orders, he must give the reasons therefor.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

2513. The general denomination "Ordnance and Ordnance stores" comprehends all cannon and artillery carriages and equipments; all apparatus and machines for the service and manoeuvre of artillery; all small-arms, accoutrements, and horse equipments; all ammunition, and all tools, machinery, and materials for the Ordnance service; and all horse equipments and harness for the artillery; and, in general, all property of whatever nature supplied to the military establishment by the Ordnance Department.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1407.]

ISSUES AND SALES.

2514. In time of peace, ordnance and Ordnance stores are to be issued from the arsenals and armories only by authority from the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department. In case of an issue not specially directed from the Ordnance Bureau, the order for the issue will be promptly transmitted to the Bureau by the issuing officer.-[ Regs. 1863, 1415.]

2515. In time of war, issues may be made to supply troops in service, on the order of any general or field officer commanding an army, garrison, or detachment. But, to authorize issues to the militia, they must have been regularly mustered into the service, and the requisition must be approved by the mustering and inspecting officer of the United States, or by a general or field officer commanding in the regular service. [Regs. 1863, ¶ 1415.]

2516. To meet emergencies which may arise with troops serving in the field, the Chief of Ordnance will, under section 1165, Revised Statutes, on the recommendation of the Commanding Generals of Military Geographical Divisions and Departments, indorsed with the views of the General of the Army, and upon the approval of the Secretary of War, establish Ordnance depots at such points (preferably one in each Department) as may be determined on by the Secretary of War, where Ordnance stores will be accumulated in bulk, and afterwards distributed to the troops under such regulations as the Commanding Generals may prescribe.-[G. O. 14, 1878.]

2517. When practicable, these depots will be under the charge of an Ordnance officer. They will be provided by the Chief of Ordnance with tools and appliances to make repairs of arms, equipments, &c., which cannot be made by the troops themselves, and which would involve an unnecessary expense for transportation to an arsenal,-[G. O. 14, 1878.]

2518. When such a depot is established in any Military Department, all requisitions for Ordnance supplies for the posts and troops therein will be filled from it upon the order of the Commanding General, or otherwise, as he may direct. The officer in charge will be responsible under the Commanding General that sufficient stores, procured by timely requisitions upon the Chief of Ordnance, are always on hand to meet the probable wants of the troops in the Department.-[G. O. 14, 1878.]

2519. Requisitions, according to the prescribed form (Form 22), for ordnance and Ordnance stores for companies or posts may, in urgent cases, be sent direct to the Adju tant General's Office, a duplicate being forwarded at the same time to Department Headquarters, but in such case the urgency must be explained. Requisitions for supplies for arsenals and armories are sent direct to the Ordnance Bureau.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1417.]

2520. Requisitions (Form 22) must be approved by the immediate commanders, post and Department. The personal approval of the General commanding the Department is necessary, but in his absence it may be made in his name by one of his Staff officers. After approval, one copy is forwarded to the Chief of Ördnance direct.— [G. O. 132, 1864; G. O. 95, 1873.]

2521. A set of horse equipments complete will consist of the following parts, viz: One saddle (which includes two stirrups, two stirrup-straps, six coat-straps, one carbine socket and strap, and one girth).

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The following articles, not being embraced in the foregoing list, will not be considered as called for when requisition is made for complete sets of horse equipments. It will, therefore, be necessary to make special mention of them in the requisitions when desired. They will also be taken up and accounted for under separate headings on the property returns, viz:

Saddle-blankets, watering-bridles, sweat-leathers, cruppers, hitching-straps and snaps, spurs and straps, nose-bags, lariats, side lines or hobbles, picket-pins, horsebrushes, and currycombs.

When requisitions call for complete sets, the parts comprising a set, as herein fixed, will be issued, and the invoice will state the number of sets, consisting of [here enumerate the number of complete parts of each kind].—[G. O. 13, 1872.]

2522. A supply table for light batteries and sea-coast forts is from time to time published for the guidance of officers in making requisitions for Ordnance stores for the care and preservation of artillery, artillery carriages, &c. Requisitions must be made in conformity with these tables, unless extraordinary circumstances, to be plainly set forth in each case, should require a larger supply of one or more of the articles authorized.

2523. Requisitions for Ordnance stores, to replace those said to be "worn out" or "condemned," are not honored, unless accompanied by a certified copy of the inspec2tion report by which such property was so "condemned."-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

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2524. When a requisition is made for an advance of stores, to be held as a reserve, the officers requiring and approving must state the necessity therefor and the basis on which made.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

2525. When Ordnance stores called for on requisitions are required to replace others previously in service, the disposition of the latter must be satisfactorily accounted for, as follows:

1. If the articles are worn out or unserviceable, a certified copy of the inspection report condemning them is to be appended. The form for this purpose is furnished from the Inspector General's Office, War Department.

2. If the articles have been unavoidably lost or expended in service, it must be so stated.

3. If lost or damaged by the carelessness of the men, the officer must certify that he has charged the cost of the same on the muster and pay rolls.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.] 2526. The service arms, ammunition, accoutrements, and horse equipments required by an officer for his own use in the public service may be sold to him at the regulated price, to be passed to the credit of the proper appropriation at the Ordnance Bureau. Officers' rifles can only be sold in this manner, and when purchased become the private property of the officer.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1416; G. O. 4, 1879.]

2527. When the arms or equipments authorized in the preceding paragraph to be purchased cannot be obtained from an officer or agent of the Ordnance Department, at an arsenal or Ordnance depot, officers may take from those in their possession for the use of their commands such articles as they require for their personal use, or may sell to officers of their command, on refunding to the Ordnance Department the cost price. The receipt to accompany the officer's quarterly return is made out according to Form 3 (b), and states the name of the United States depositary or Assistant Treasurer United States where the money has been deposited, giving the date and number of the certificate of deposit, &c.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

2528. Officers of the Army, serving with troops, may draw for their personal use, from those belonging to the command with which they are serving, one regulation rifle or carbine, and one revolver, with the appropriate belts, holsters, carbine-slings, and cartridge-boxes, and the usual quantity of ammunition for each arm. This Ordnance property can be used in target practice, action, &c., and will be accounted for in the same manner as similar stores belonging to the United States in the hands of the troops.-[G. O. 4, 1879.]

2529. Ordnance stores shall not be loaned by any officer to individuals, corporations, Indian agencies, or any other parties whomsoever, and any officer making such a loan is held responsible for the money value of the articles.-[G. O. 95, 1877.]

2530. Any officer who makes an issue to an officer not in command of troops, unless under orders from competent authority, is charged with the money value of the stores so issued.-[Regs. Ord. Dept.]

2531. Department Commanders may direct the sale of arms and ammunition, of calibres not used in service, at exposed frontier settlements, in cases of emergency, to actual settlers for their protection, when they have not the means and facilities for otherwise providing themselves.-[G. O. 9 and 103, 1874; G. O. 55, 1875.]

2532. Officers who make such sales will be required to file with their returns the

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