CIRCULAR, No. 53. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, December 8, 1898. The following decision has been made and is published to the Army for the information of all concerned: GRATUITOUS ISSUE OF CLOTHING.- Whenever articles of clothing of enlisted men have been destroyed or injured by disinfecting process to prevent contagion, a gratuitous issue of such articles of clothing will be made to the enlisted men to whom such clothing belonged, upon the certificate of the officer who has personal knowledge of the facts.—[Decision Asst. Sec. War-153825 A. G. O.] BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES: CIRCULAR, No. 54. H. C. CORBIN, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, December 10, 1898. By direction of the Secretary of War, the last paragraph of Circular Letter, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, January 3, 1896, is revoked, and the remaining portions of that circular letter, together with additional instructions regarding the subsistence of recruiting parties and recruits, are here published for the guidance of all concerned: Upon the arrival of a recruiting officer at a city or town where he is to establish a recruiting station, he will at once make inquiries at the available places in the neighborhood of the station as to the prices at which meals for his party can be obtained and will procure them, of proper quality, by open purchase at the most reasonable rates, until he can advertise for proposals by means of Form No. 28, Subsistence Department. Payment for meals will be made in the manner indicated in the notes on that form. Recruits forwarded from recruiting stations, recruit-rendezvous, or other military posts, will be furnished the following allowances for subsistence while traveling, viz: WHEN ONE OR TWO MEN ARE FORWARDED. For a journey of 24 hours or less: For a journey of more than 24 hours: Cooked rations, as above, for the first day, and, for remaining time of journey, commutation of rations at not exceeding $1.50 per man per day. WHEN MORE THAN TWO MEN ARE For a journey of 24 hours or less: For a journey of more than 24 hours: Attention is called to that condition of the contract for meals (Form No. 28, Subsistence Department) which stipulates that lunches shall be furnished when required. These lunches (cooked rations) are intended to take the place of travel rations for recruits traveling, where it is not practicable to furnish the travel ration. Recruiting officers who are not stationed at garrisoned posts will obtain subsistence funds, for advancing commutation of rations, when necessary, in the cases allowed herein, or to pay coffee money to recruits, by requisition upon the Chief Commissaries of the Departments in which they are respectively recruiting. In drawing checks against such funds placed to their credit in subtreasuries or depositories they will add, after their names, their rank and the designation "Commissary" simply, thus: "Henry Bell, Lieut., Commissary.' The Secretary of the Treasury, under section 3620, Revised Statutes, has authorized subsistence funds to be retained in small amounts in the personal possession of officers intrusted with the disbursement of the same, whenever such officers are stationed in places where there is no Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the United States. For convenience of recruiting officers who receive subsistence funds and make payments in small amounts, and of the recruits who receive such payments, it is preferable that payments be made in ready money rather than by checks on distant depositories. When moneys are disbursed in different capacities, deposits and accounts must be kept distinct, according to the bureau to which they pertain. (A. R. 583.) BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES: H. C. CORBIN, CIRCULAR, No. 55. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, December 13, 1898. The accompanying list, showing surety companies which have qualified to do business in the State in which incorporated, showing also the U. S. judicial districts in other States and Territories in which each has complied with Sec. 2, Act of August 13, 1894, and A. R., 577, to present date, is published for the information of all concerned. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: H. C. CORBIN, American Surety Company of New York, 100 Broad- Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, corner The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, National Surety Company, New York Life Bldg., The Equitable Guarantee and Trust Company, NW. The Union Trust Company of Pittsburg, 335 to 339 The Etna Indemnity Company, Hartford, Conn. List showing Surety Companies which have qualified to do business in the State in which incorporated, showing also the U. S. Judicial Districts in other States and Territories in which each has complied with Sec. 2, Act of August 13, 1894, and Army Regulation, 577, to date. |