to companies without having undergone an examination by a medical officer, the physical-examination form (A. G. O., No. 39) will accompany the recruit to his post for the information of the medical officer making the examination contemplated by paragraph 5, Circular 11, A. G. O., 1894, and to enable him to note any physical defects that may be discovered at such examination.-[Decision Actg. Sec. War, Oct. 16, 94–7079 A. G. O., 1894.] VI--DESERTERS.-The cost of sending a guard to the place of delivery of a deserter to military authority is a proper charge against the appropriation for Army transportation (act approved August 6, 1894, G. O. 32, A. G. O., 1894), and the Acting Secretary of War therefore decides, October 29, 1894, that when a deserter has been apprehended, and a place of delivery at some convenient point agreed upon, a guard may be sent to such place to receive him.-[7828 A. G. O., 1894.] BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: GEO. D. RUGGLES, CIRCULAR, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, No. 13. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, The following circular, received from the War Department, is published to the Army for the information of all concerned : WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., November 6, 1894. CIRCULAR: Referring to Army Regulations 672 and 673, as amended by General Orders, No. 39, Adjutant General's Office, August 28, 1894, the following is published for the information and guidance of officers concerned : When supplies are procured by purchase in open market, or services (other than personal) engaged, in the manner common among business men; or when such purchase or engagement is made on less than ten days' advertising for proposals, it is desired in the report required by Army Regulation 673, as amended, that the reason assigaed for making the purchase in the mode adopted should be, in the case of an emergency purchase, a concise but explicit statement showing in what the emergency consists, i. e., the circumstances constituting it. It is not enough to say "The public exigencies required immediate purchase;" "No time for advertising;" "Required for immediate use." These and similar phrases are merely the statement that an emergency exists, and do not state the facts constituting the emergency. On the other hand it is not necessary to explain the emergency at great length, as for example: "During the progress of setting a new bath-tub in public quarters occupied by an officer it was found that the certain articles specified were indispensable in the making of proper connection of the tub with the outlet-pipes, and as the necessity for such connection was immediate, there was no time to procure the said articles by public notice by circular letters and posters." The character of the emergency would be shown by the statement, "Needed for immediate use in setting bath-tub.” Or, instead of, "Proposals for vinegar for supply of Fort office under instructions from Department of issuing from this received no response. Shipment made from this post, and the unusual demand for pickling purposes by companies exhausted the supply at this post," it would be enough to say, "Unusual demand for immediate use exhausted supply." Or the following: "There are no dealers in skiffs at A skiff was needed for general every-day use at the snag-boat master of the snag-boat found one that would answer the purpose, made a bargain for it at a reasonable price. The boat was purchased under authority ... in the only manner in which it could be done," of .... might well be stated as follows: "Competition impracticable." CIRCULAR, No. 14. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFfice, Washington, December 5, 1894. The following decisions, rulings, &c., have been made, and are published to the Army for the information of all concerned : I--GARRISON FLAGS -By direction of the Secretary of War, garrison flags will hereafter be issued to the following-named posts in addition to those announced in Circular, No. 13, of 1892, from this office: Plattsburgh Barracks, New York; Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.-[8990 and 9259 A. G. O., 1894.] II__SPECIAL-DUTY DETAILS.-At posts where the barracks are provided with heating plants upon the direct-indirect system, enlisted men, not exceeding one for each company, may be detailed on special duty to care for the boilers, grates, &c. The number of men so detailed will be regulated by department commanders upon specific reports from post commanders as to the necessity for the details. In order that each company may have a number of men instructed in the duties, such specialduty men will be changed, from time to time, in the discretion of the post commander. They will be excused from guard duty and general fatigue; but must attend all drills and inspections, and be otherwise fully instructed in their military duties. The foregoing is in connection with General Orders, No. 129, Adjutant General's Office, October 3), 1890.—[Decision Maj. Gen. Comdg. Army. Nov. 22, 94–9548 A. G. O., 1894.] BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: GEO. D. RUGGLES, |