music belonging to companies not stationed at regimental headquarters will not be separated from their respective companies.—[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 83.] REGIMENTAL RECORDS. 162. All orders and circulars from General, Division, Department, or Brigade Headquarters will be tied together in book form and properly indexed as they are received. No expense will be authorized for binding.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 87; G. Ŏ. 20, 1876.] 163. The books of the regiment will be a Regimental Order Book, a Regimental Letter Book, a book of Letters Received, and a Descriptive Book, to contain a list of the officers of the regiment, with their rank, and dates of appointment, and promotions, transfers, leaves of absence, and places and dates of birth. 164. One copy of the monthly returns and of the muster-rolls of Field and Staff will be filed.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 88.] 165. The record-books and files of letters will be kept according to the system prescribed in the Adjutant General's Office.-[Circ. A. G. O., March 1, 1865.] ARTICLE XIX. BATTERIES, COMPANIES, AND TROOPS. 166. In this article, for convenience, the designation "company" will be applied equally to the legal organizations known as batteries of artillery, light or foot; to companies of infantry and troops of cavalry.-[A. G. O., May 20, 1871; G. O. 5, 1873.] 167. Captains, although eligible for appointment as Aides-de-Camp, and liable to the temporary details of service, as for Courts-Martial, Military Boards, &c., shall not, except for urgent reasons, be detailed upon duties separating them from their companies for any considerable time.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 72; R. S., § 1098.] NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 168. Sergeants and Corporals of companies are appointed by the regimental commander, on the recommendation of the company commander.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 73.] 169. The Captain will select the First Sergeant from the Sergeants, and may reduce him to the grade of Duty Sergeant, without reference to other authority.-[Regs. 1863, ¶80; Gen. of the Army, May 6, 1879.] 170. Every non-commissioned officer shall be furnished with a certificate or warrant of his rank, signed by the Colonel and countersigned by the Adjutant; but a warrant will not be given a First Sergeant as such. Blank warrants, on parchment, are furnished from the Adjutant General's Office.—[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 80; Gen. of the Army, May 6, 1879.] 171. In case of vacancy, and until a decision can be had from regimental headquarters, company commanders may make temporary appointments of non-commissioned officers.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 74.] 172. Non-commissioned officers may be reduced to the ranks by the sentence of a Court-Martial, or by order of the commander of the regiment on the application of the company commander. If reduced to the ranks by garrison courts, at posts not the headquarters of the regiment, the company commander will immediately forward a transcript of the order to the regimental commander.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 79.] 173. It is enjoined upon all officers to be cautious in reproving non-commissioned officers in the presence or hearing of privates, lest their authority be weakened; and non-commissioned officers are not to be sent to the guard-room and mixed with privates during confinement, but to be considered as placed in arrest, except in aggravated cases, where escape may be apprehended.—[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 78.] ARTIFICERS AND TRADESMEN. 174. Artificers may be mechanics of any trade that would be necessary in a garrison, or in the field, for the public service. The term "mechanic" does not include clerks.-[Sec. War, Oct. 16, 1871; Regs. 1863, ¶ 84.] 175. Tradesmen may be relieved from ordinary military duty to make, to alter, or to mend soldiers' clothing, &c. Company commanders will fix the rates at which work shall be done, and cause to be deducted and applied out of the pay of the soldier not exceeding twenty-five cents for each coat, and eight cents for each vest, pair of overalls or trowsers.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 123.] LAUNDRESSES. 176. By act of Congress approved June 18, 1878, women will not be allowed to accompany troops as laundresses. But the regimental commander may, in his discre tion, retain as laundress till the end of the soldier's then existing term of enlistmen* the wife of a soldier at that date allowed to accompany troops.-[G. O. 37, 1878.] POLICE. 177. The Captain will cause the men of the company to be numbered, in a regular series, including the non-commissioned officers, and divided into four squads, each to be put under the charge of a non-commissioned officer. As far as practicable, the men of each squad will be quartered together.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 90, 92.] 178. In quarters the name of each soldier will be labeled on his bunk, and his company number will be placed against his arms and accoutrements. The arms will be kept in racks, and the bayonets in their scabbards; the accoutrements suspended over the arms, and the swords hung up by the belts on pegs. Fuel will be kept in boxes, and blacking and brushes out of view.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 94, 95, 98.] 179. Each subaltern officer will have charge of a squad, and will be responsible for its order and cleanliness; and Captains will require their subalterns to assist them in the performance of clerical as well as all other company duties. 180. The utmost attention will be paid by commarders of companies to the cleanliness of their men, as to their persons, clothing, quarters, or tents. Where conveniences are to be had, the men should bathe once or twice a week; the feet should be washed at least twice a week. The hair will be kept short, and the beard neatly trimmed. Dirty clothes will be kept in an appropriate part of the knapsack or locker; no article of any kind will be put under the bedding.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 93, 97, 100.] 181. Ordinarily, the cleaning will be on Saturdays. The chiefs of squads will cause bunks and bedding to be overhauled; floors dry-rubbed; tables and benches scoured; arms and accoutrements cleaned; all articles of black leather polished with blacking, and everything put in order.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 99, 104.] 182. Non-commissioned officers, in command of squads, will be held more immediately responsible that their men observe what is prescribed above; that they wash their hands and faces daily; that they brush or comb their heads; that those who are to go on duty put their arms, accoutrements, clothing, &c., in the best order, and that such as have permission to pass the chain of sentinels are in the dress that may be ordered.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 101.] 183. Soldiers will wear the prescribed uniform in camp or garrison, and will not be permitted to keep in their possession any other clothing. When on fatigue parties, they will wear the proper fatigue dress.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 115.] CARE OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, EQUIPMENTS, ETC. 184. Company and squad commanders will see that all public property in possession of the men is kept in good order, and that articles missing or damaged are duly accounted for.-[Regs. 1863, 102; G. O. 66, 1874.] 185. Arms will not be taken to pieces by soldiers unless by permission of a commissioned officer, nor under any circumstances will attempts be permitted to beautify or change the finish of the exterior by altering the metallic or wooden parts. Arms shall not be left loaded in quarters or tents, or when the men are off duty, except under special orders. The use of tompions in small-arms is prohibited. The surface of the bore will be protected from rust by occasional use of an oiled rag.—[Regs. 1863, TT 105, 106; G. O. 55, 1875; G. O. 102, 1872.] 186. Special care shall be taken that no ball-cartridges are mixed with the blankcartridges issued to the men.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 109.] 187. Ammunition will be frequently inspected, and, when necessary, will be exposed to the dry air and sunned. All ammunition expended without orders, or not in the way of duty, or damaged by neglect, or lost, will be charged to the officer or man responsible for it.-[Regs. 1863, TT 107, 108.] 188. Equipments must be fitted to the men under the direction of an officer, and 0. will not otherwise be changed by cutting straps or punching holes. Knapsacks will be kept uniformly painted and marked according to the prescribed pattern.-[ Regs. 1863, 103, 104, 110; G. O. 55, 1875.] 189. Varnish must not be used on any article of ordnance that is not so finished when issued from the arsenal.-[Ord. Man.] MARKING. 190. Such articles as belong to companies are to be marked with the letter of the company and number and name of the regiment; and such as belong to men, with their individual numbers, and the letter of the company.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 86.] MESSING AND COOKING. 191. In camp or barracks, the company officers must visit the kitchen daily and inspect the kettles, and at all times carefully attend to the messing and economy of their respective companies. The commanding officer of the post or regiment will 193. Cooks will be required to keep all utensils and mess furniture in order. The greatest care will be observed in cleaning and scouring cooking utensils; those of brass and copper will be lined with tin. Utensils or table equipage, when not in use, will be arranged in closets or recesses.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 98, 118, 121.] 194. Special regulations for soldiers' fare cannot be made to suit each separate locality and circumstance. Good judgment and personal care on the part of the company officers are relied on to prevent waste or embezzlement. The ration as a whole is more than ample for all latitudes. By due economy some part of it can be saved, and the product of sale applied to provide such additional articles of diet as the peculiar locality may demand.-[G. O.94, 1873.] 195. As an anti-scorbutic, vinegar is a most important part of the ration, and should be freely used at stations where fresh vegetables are not easily obtained.—[ G. 0. 94, 1873.] 196. The bread must be thoroughly baked, and not eaten until it is cold. The soup must be boiled at least five hours, and the vegetables always cooked sufficiently to be perfectly soft and digestible.-[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 117.] [The "Manual for Army Cooks," published by authority of the Secretary of War from the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, contains comprehensive instruction in the art of cooking.] 197. The messes of prisoners will be sent to them by the cooks.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 119.] 198. On marches and in the field, the only mess furniture of the soldier will be one tin plate, one tin cup, and one knife, fork, and spoon to each man, to be carried by himself on the march.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 122.] SOLDIERS DETACHED. 199. Justice to enlisted men who are separated from their companies requires that they have with them descriptive lists showing the pay due them, their clothing accounts, and every information that would be required in settling with the Government should they be discharged. When it can be avoided, such papers will not be given into the soldier's hands, but will be intrusted to an officer or a non-commissioned officer, if one be in charge of the soldier.-[G. O. 30 and 86, 1862.] COMPANY BOOKS. 0.15.82 200. The following are the books to be kept with a company: One Order Book, one Letter Book, one Index of Letters Received, one Morning Report Book, one Sick 68.821 Report (furnished from Adjutant General's Office), one Clothing Book, and one Descriptive Book. One page of the Descriptive Book will be appropriated to the list of officers; two to the non-commissioned officers; two to the register of men transferred; four to register of men discharged; two to register of deaths; four to register of deserters; the rest to the company description list.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 127; G. O. 75, 1870.] " 100. ARTICLE XX. FURLOUGHS TO SOLDIERS. 201. Under authority of the 11th Article of War furloughs for twenty days may be granted by the commanding officer of the post or the commanding officer of the regiment actually quartered with the portion of it to which the soldier belongs. Furloughs may be prohibited at the discretion of the officer in command. They are not to be granted to soldiers about to be discharged.—[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 190.] 202. A Department Commander may grant furloughs to enlisted men for two months; a Military Division Commander for three months, or he may extend to three months a furlough granted by a Department Commander under his command. The General of the Army may grant furloughs not to exceed four months, or extend to four months a furlough already granted. 203. Furloughs will not be granted by any commanding officer to go beyond the limits of the next highest command. To warrant a soldier in going beyond such limits the sanction of the higher authority must previously be indorsed on his furlough. A furlough must have the approval of the Secretary of War to enable the soldier to go beyond the limits of the United States. The prescribed limits will be stated in the furlough, and if exceeded the man will be liable to arrest and the revocation of his furlough.-[G. O. 49, 1874.] 204. Officers should use a proper discrimination in granting furloughs to prevent, as far as possible, soldiers on furlough from reporting at points far distant from their stations without the means of traveling back. Department Commanders are authorized to send men reporting under such circumstances to a military post or depot when there is a probability that they can soon be sent with a detachment to the vicinity of their posts.-[G. O. 3, 1867.] 205. In cases of special urgency, where it shall seem most judicious, and the applicant can show sufficient cause for his inability to pay his own expenses, Deparment Commanders, in the exercise of a sound discretion, may order transportation tickets to be purchased by the Quartermaster for furloughed soldiers, and where this is done a report of the amount paid for such transportation will be made by letter to the company commander, who will charge the same against the soldier's pay on the next muster-day. The same amount, together with the date when the soldier reported himself, will be entered on his furlough.-[G. O. 3, 1867; G. O. 49, 1874.] 206. Soldiers on furlough shall not take with them their arms or accoutrements.[Regs. 1863, 191.] 207. No payments must be made to enlisted men on furlough, on their descriptive lists, without special authority from the Adjutant General.-[G. O. 86, 1862.] FORM OF FURLOUGH. a Sergeant (Corporal or private, as the case may complexion, eyes, and enlisted at —, eighteen hundred and mitted to go to in the county of lough from the day of rejoin his company or regiment at a deserter. hair, and by profession a -; born in the of to serve for the period of to the State of day of on the he having received a fur- or wherever it then may be, or be considered both inclusive. this day of 18-. [Signature of the officer giving the furlough.] and ARTICLE XXI. TRANSFERS OF SOLDIERS. 209. Transfers of enlisted men will be made only for cogent reasons; when made, they will be effected in the following manner: 1. From one regiment to another, and between companies of the same regiment when serving in different Military Divisions, by the General of the Army. 2. The Colonel may, upon the application of the Captains, transfer a non-commissioned officer or soldier from one company of his regiment to another, with the consent of the Department Commander in case of change of post within the Department, or of the Division Commander if the posts are in different Departments of the same Military Division.—[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 145, 146; A. G. O., July, 1872, and July, 1873.] 210. Transfers will take effect from the first of the month, and a complete descriptive roll will accompany the soldier transferred.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 147, 148.] ARTICLE XXII. DESERTERS. 211. Deserters absconding from, or received at, any post other than the station of the company or detachment to which they belong shall be promptly reported by the commanding officer of such post to the commander of their companies or detachments. If the deserters be recruits unattached, the required report will be made to the Adjutant General.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 155.] 212. When an enlisted man surrenders himself as a deserter from the Army he shall be critically examined by a medical officer at the post at which he surrenders himself, or to which he may be sent by proper authority, with a view to ascertain whether he is afflicted with any chronic disease or disability which unfits him for the ·.0.13. military service. The report of the medical officer will be submitted to the Commander of the Department in which the post is situated, by whom it will be forwarded, with his remarks and recommendation, to the Adjutant General of the Army.—[G. O. 8, 1881.] 213. When a report is received of the apprehension or surrender of a deserter at any post other than the station of the company or detachment to which he belonged, the con mander of such company or detachment shall immediately forward his des criptive roll and account of clothing to the officer making the report.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 155.] 214. A reward of thirty dollars will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of a deserter to an officer of the Army at the most convenient post or recruiting station. This reward will include the remuneration for all expenses incurred in apprehending, securing, and delivering the deserter. Its payment will be promptly reported by the disbursing officer to the officer in whose company the deserter is mustered, and to the authority competent to order his trial. When enlisted men are sent in pursuit of a deserter, the expenses necessarily incurred will be paid, whe. her he be apprehended or not, and will be reported as in payment of rewards.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 156, 157; G. O. 325, 1863.] 215. Rewards and expenses paid for apprehending a deserter will be set against his pay upon conviction by a Court-Martial of desertion or upon his restoration to duty without trial on such condition.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 160; 4. G. O., July 29, 1871.] 216. Where a soldier, for whose apprehension as a supposed deserter the reward of $30 has been paid is brought to trial under a charge of desertion and acquitted, or convicted of absence without leave only, the amount of the reward shall not be stopped against his pay.-[G. O. 21, 1880.] 217. Deserters shall make good the time lost by desertion, unless discharged by competent authority. They will be considered as again in service upon return as deserters to military control.-[Regs. 1863, ¶¶ 158, 161.] 218. No deserter shall be restored to duty without trial, except by authority competent to order the trial.-[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 159.] 219. Deserters will be brought to trial with the least practicable delay. While awaiting trial they shall receive only the clothing absolutely necessary, and no pay.— [Regs. 1863, ¶ 162, G. O. 16, 1865; G. O. 4, 1874.] 4.0 68/8.5 220. Enlisted men who have absented themselves from their regiments, companies, 221. When men again enlist while deserters from a former enlistment, their period of service during such unlawful enlistment cannot, under the 50th Article of War, be counted in making good the time lost by their desertion.-[G. O. 4, 1874.] 222. Whenever a soldier deserts the service, prompt investigation shall be made by a Board of Survey to ascertain what articles of Government property have been lost or abstracted by him, and the money-value thereof shall be charged against him on the next muster-rolls, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The proceedings of this Board will contain a list of the articles, and their value, for which the deserter is responsible, and a copy thereof will be forwarded with the muster-rolls on which the articles are charged. A copy of so much of the proceedings of the Board as relates to the property charged on any return will accompany the return.-[G. O. 66, 1874; G. O. 46 and 110, 1876.] 223. In case of stoppages made against a soldier's pay for loss or damage to public property by sentence of Court-Martial, a certified copy of so much of the CourtMartial orders as refers to the case, giving number, date, and place of issue of the orders, will be sent with the property return of the officer responsible, with a statement on the face of said copy of the rolls on which the charges are made.—[ G. O. 46, 1876.] 224. Soldiers who may be discovered to be deserters from the Navy or Marine Corps will be immediately dropped from the rolls of the Army. In all such cases reports will be forwarded with descriptive rolls to the Adjutant General's Office, and the men held without pay, awaiting instructions. This will not be regarded as requiring the discharge of any man who may have been enlisted in the Army after having received a discharge from the Navy or Marine Corps, the recruiting officer being in ignorance of the fact that he had deserted from either of those branches of the service; but whenever such fact of desertion shall be known, it will be regarded as a bar tó enlistment in the Army. In case, however, of such enlistments, no benefit can accrue to the soldier for previous time served in the Army.—[G. O. 11, 1875.] 225. Every person who entices or procures, or attempts or endeavors to entice or procure, any soldier in the military service of the United States, or who has been recruited for such service, to desert therefrom, or who aids any such soldier in deserting or attempting to desert from such service, or who harbors, conceals, protects, or assists any such soldier who may have deserted from such service, knowing him to have deserted therefrom, or who refuses to give up and deliver such soldier on the |