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 GENERAL STAFF CORPS 
 
 LAWS, REGULATIONS. 
 ORDERS, AND MEMORANDA 
 NOW IN FORCE 
 
 RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION 
 AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL STAFF 
 CORPS AND THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE 
 
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF 
 FEBRUARY 1. 1909 
 
 WASHINGTON 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 
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 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, Fchruary 1, 1909, 
 This nieniorandum, covering the laws, regulations, and orders respecting the 
 General Staff Corps, now in force, is furnished to officers of the corps for their 
 information and guidance. 
 
 J. Franklin Bell, 
 Major-General, Chief of Staff, 
 
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LAWS, REGULATIONS, ORDERS, AND MEMORANDA NOW IN FORCE 
 
 KKI.ATING TO ri[K 
 
 Organization and Duties of the General Staff Corps and the Army War 
 College, with Brief Introductory Notes. 
 
 THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE. 
 
 The first step taken which finally led to the establishment of the 
 General Staff Corps was the proposition contained in the Annual 
 Report of the Secretary of War for 1899 for the establishment of an 
 Army War College. This was followed by the issue of an order 
 February 19, 1900 (par. 31, S. O. 42, A. G.' O.), conyening a board 
 of officers consisting- of Brig. Gen. AYilliam Ludlow, LT. S. Army, Col. 
 Henry C. Hasbrouck, Seyenth Artillery, and Lieut. Col. Wm. H. 
 Carter, Assistant Adjutant-General, for the purpose of considering 
 regulations Ayith a yiew to the establishment of a War College for the 
 army. Lieut. Col. Jos. P. Sanger, Inspector-General, was subse- 
 quently detailed as a member of this board. 
 
 The first legislatiye reference to the Army War College is contained 
 in the act making apiH'opriation for the support of the army, May 
 26, 1900, which appropriated $20,000 for hire of clerks, purchase of 
 stationery, furniture, and contingent expenses, and stated the object 
 of the institution. This appropriation was allowed to lapse as the 
 organization of the college had not been completed by the end of the 
 fiscal year. Since then annual appropriation has been made for con- 
 tingent expenses of the college. 
 
 The Army War College was formally established by paragraph 7, 
 General Orders 15.5, Noyember 27, 1901. This order proyidecl for the 
 executiye head of the college to be an officer not below the grade of 
 field officer and for a War College Board to prepare regulations for 
 the goyernment of the college, etc. 
 
 The War College Board was detailed July 1, 1902 (G. O. G4), and 
 consisted of Major-General Young, Brigadier-Generals Carter and 
 Bliss, Maj. H. A. Greene, Asst. Acljt. Gen. and Maj. Wm. D. Beach, 
 Tenth Cayalry; also the following ex officio members: Gen. Geo. L. 
 Gillespie, Chief of Engineers, Gen. J, Franklin Bell, Commandant 
 of the General Seryice and Staff College, Col. W. F. Randolph, Chief 
 of Artillery, and Col. A. L. Mills, Superintendent of the Military 
 Academy. 
 
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 The War College Board was dissolved by paragraph 3, General 
 Orders 2, War De23artment, August 15, 1903, the duties assigned to 
 said board to be thereafter performed by a section of the General 
 Staif and the college to be governed by a board consisting of a 
 president and two directors. 
 
 General Orders 115 of June 27, 1904, gives the object for which the 
 War College was established and outlines the work of the permanent 
 personnel and the course of study for the students detailed at the 
 college, etc. This order was revoked by General Orders 116 of May 
 28, 1907, which gives the organization and work thereafter to be 
 regulated by certain provisions i)ublished therein. Paragraph 6 of 
 this order was amended by paragraph 2, General Orders 104, of 1908, 
 respecting the permanent personnel. 
 
 GENERAL STAFF CORPS. 
 
 The Secretary of War in his annual report for 1901 stated that 
 the creation of the War College Board is probably as near an ap- 
 proach to the establishment of a General Staff as is practicable under 
 existing law, but that the amount of work which that board ought 
 to do leads to the conclusion that it can not adequately perform all 
 the duties of a General Staff, and that the whole subject should be 
 treated by Congress in a broader way, and to that end he strongly 
 urged the establishment by law of a General Staff, of which the War 
 College shall form a part. This recommendation was further elabo- 
 rated in the Secretary's report for 1902, in which, after going very 
 fully into the subject, he suggested that in creating a General Staff' the 
 designation of the officer called the " Commanding General of the 
 Army " should be changed to " Chief of Staff," and that the latter's 
 powers be enlarged by giving him the immediate direction of the 
 supply departments, etc. The recommendations made by the Secre- 
 tary of War in these reports and subsequently in the hearings had 
 before the Committees on INIilitary Affairs of the Senate and House 
 of Representatives in 1902 resulted in the passage of the act of 
 February 14, 1903, creating a General Staff Corps. 
 
 i. acts or congress, regulations, etc., relating to the corps. 
 
 General Orders, 1 Headqltarters of the Army, 
 
 [ Adjlttant-General's Office, 
 
 No. 15. I Wa.shm(/to7i, February 18, 1903. 
 
 The following act of Congress is published for the information 
 and government of all concerned. 
 
 AN ACT To increase the efficiency of the army. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established a 
 General Staff Corps, to be composed of officers detailed from the army at large, 
 under such rules as may be prescribed by the President. 
 
 Skc. 2. That the duties of the General Staff Corps shall be to prepare plans 
 for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time 
 of war: to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of 
 the army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render pro- 
 fessional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and 
 other superior commanders, and to act as their agents in informing and coordi- 
 nating the action of all the different officers who are subject under the terms of 
 
tliis act to the supervision of the Chief of Staff; and to perform such other 
 military duties not otherwise assigned liy law as may be from time to time 
 prescribed by the President. 
 
 Sec. 3. That tlie (ieneral Staff Corps shall consist of one Chief of Staff" and 
 two general officers, all to be detailed by the Tresident from ottieers of the army 
 at large not below the grade of brigadier-general ; four colonels, six lieutenant- 
 colonels, and twelve majors, to be detailed fi-om the corresponding grades in the 
 army at large, under such rules for selection as the Tresident inay jn-escribe: 
 twenty captains, to be detailed from otiicers of the army at large of the grades 
 of ca]itain or fir.st lieutenant, who while so serving shall have the rank, pay, 
 and allowances of captain mounted. All officers detailed in the General' Staff 
 Corps shall be detailed therein for i)eriods of four years, unless sooner i-elieved. 
 While serving in the General Staff" Corps, officers may be temporarily assigned 
 to duty witli any branch of the army. Upon being relieved from d'uty in the 
 (ieneral Staff Corps, officers shall return to the branch of the army in which 
 they hold permanent conmiission, and no officer shall be eligible to a further 
 detail in the General Staff" Corps until he shall have served two years with the 
 branch of the army in which commissioned, except in case of emergency or in 
 time of war. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the Chief of Staff", under the direction of the President or of the 
 Secretary of War, under the direction of the President, shall have supervision 
 of all troops of the line and of the Adjutant-General's. Inspector-General's, .Judge- 
 Advocate's, Quartermaster's, Subsistence, INIedical, Pay, and Ordnance depart- 
 ments, the Corps of Engineers, and the Signal Corps, and shall perform such 
 other military duties not otherwise assigned by law as may be assigned to him 
 by the President. Duties now prescribed by statute for the Commanding 
 General of the Army as a member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification 
 iind of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home shall be performed by 
 the Chief of Staff or other otticer designated by the President. Acts and parts 
 of acts authorizing aids de camp and military secretaries shall not apply to 
 general officers of the General Staff" Corps. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Chief of Artillery shall hereafter serve as an additional 
 member of the General Staff and by and with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general and when 
 the next vacancy occurs in the office of brigadier-general of the line, it shall not 
 be tilled, and thereafter the number of brigadier-generals of the line, exclusive 
 of the Chief of Artillery, shall not exceed fourteen ; and the provisions of the 
 foregoing sections of this act shall take eff'ect August fifteenth, nineteen hundred 
 and three. 
 
 Approved, February 14, 1903. 
 
 B}- command of Lieiiteiinnt-Goneral Miles: 
 
 H. C. COEBIN, 
 
 Adjt/fant-General, Major-Generftl, U. S. Army. 
 
 General Orders, 1 War Department, 
 
 No. 24. J Washington, February 2, 1907. 
 
 The following act of the Congress is published to the army for the 
 information and guidance of all concerned: 
 
 AN ACT To reorganize and to increase tlie efficiency of the artillery of tlie TTnited States 
 
 Army. 
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 Sec 2. That the Chief of Artillery or Chief of Coast Artillery shall be an 
 additional member of the General Staff Corps, and his other diities shall be 
 prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
 
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 Approved, January 25. 1<M)7. 
 
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(teneral Ordkrs, ) War Department, 
 
 No. 2. ( Washington^ August 7-5, 190S. 
 
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 The War College Board appointed by paragraph 2 of General 
 Orders, No. 64, Adjutant-GeneraTs Office, 11)02, is hereby dissolved, 
 and hereafter the duties assigned to said board by paragraph 4 of 
 General Orders, No. 155, Adjutant-GeneraTs Office, 1901. will be per- 
 formed by such section of the War Department General Stall' as may 
 be designated for the purpose by the Chief of Staff. 
 
 Until further orders the college shall be governed and its work 
 directed, subject to the instructions of the Chief of Staff, by a board 
 consisting of Brig. G<'n. Tasker H. Bliss, president ; Col. Alexander 
 Mackenzie. Corps of Engineers, General Staff', and Maj. William D. 
 Beach. Tenth Cavalry, General Staff', directors. 
 
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 By order of the Secretary of War: 
 
 S. B. M. Young, 
 
 Lieutenant-General^ Chief of Staff. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Was/iington. Deeeinher 30., 1903. 
 
 Orders : 
 
 The following instructions relating to the methods of business to 
 be employed under the operation of the General Staff' system and to 
 the distribution of official business of the AYar Department and action 
 thereon are hereby published for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 All business of the army coming clearly within the scope and pur- 
 view of the duties imposed by law upon the General Staff' Corps and 
 the Chief of Staff' Avill be submitted by chiefs of bureaus in person or 
 in writing directly to the Chief of Staff', to be acted upon by him in 
 conformity to the regulations duly prescribed for that purpose by 
 the President or the Secretary of War. 
 
 The character of the business included in the foregoing description 
 is indicated by the tabular statement showing the organization of the 
 General Staff' Corps and the distribution of the subjects with which 
 they are to deal, which is attached to the annual report of the Secre- 
 tary of War for 1903 as Appendix D. 
 
 All cases requiring the action of the Secretary of War or the Assis- 
 tant Secretary of War not submitted in person by the Chief of Staff 
 will be forwarded direct to the chief clerk of the War Department 
 for distribution and action under the orders and instructions of the 
 Secretary of War or the Assistant Secretary of War. 
 
 All other business requiring the action of the Secretary of War 
 emanating from bureaus of the department will be forwarded direct 
 to the chief clerk of the War Department for distribution and action 
 under the orders and instructions of the Secretary of War or the 
 xA.ssistant Secretary of War, except such cases as in the judgment of 
 the chief of bureau concerned are of sufficient importance "to neces- 
 
sitate personal presentation by him to the Secretary ol' War or the 
 Assistant Secretar}- of War. 
 
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 Elihu Root, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 AIJMV KKiULATlONS, 1!)0S. 
 
 194. The staff of the commander of the Philippines Division Avill 
 consist of his anthorized personal aids and one officer from each of the 
 follo^Yino• stalf corps and departments : General Staff Corps, Adj utant- 
 GeneraFs Department, Inspector-General's Department, Juclge-x\d- 
 vocate-General's Department, Quartermaster's Department, Subsist- 
 ence Department, Medical. Department, Pay Department, Corps of 
 Engineers, Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps, and such addi- 
 tional staff' officers as may be assigned by the War Department. The 
 division commander Avill control matters of supply and administra- 
 tion within his command; and, in this division, correspondence with 
 the War Department Avill be through the division commander. The 
 division commander will devolve upon one of his personal aids the 
 duties of inspector of small-arms practice. 
 
 195. A department commander's staff will consist of the author- 
 ized personal aids and one officer from each of the following corps 
 and departments: (General Staff' Corps, Adjutant-General's Depart- 
 ment, Inspector-General's Department, Judge- Advocate-General's 
 Department, Quartermaster's Department, Subsistence Department, 
 ^Medical Department, and Pay Department; and when necessary an 
 engineer officer, an ordnance officer, and a signal officer will be as- 
 signed. The chief surgeon will, when practicable, perform the duty 
 of attending surgeon. The chief paymaster will make a portion of 
 the payments in the command. The duties prescribed in Firing 
 Regulations for Small Arms for the inspector of small-arms practice 
 will be performed by an aid or other officer of the department com- 
 mander's staff'. The commanding general of a department in which 
 coast artillery troo]:)s are stationed is authorized, in his discretion, to 
 detail for duty at his headquarters an officer of coast artillery, to bt' 
 designated the department artillery officer, who will act in an ad- 
 visory capacitv to the department commander Avith respect to mat- 
 ters pertaining to the efficiency of coast artillery materiel and to the 
 drill, instruction, and employment of coast artillery troops in con- 
 nection with the service of seacoast cannon and submarine defenses. 
 
 197. The official designation of the senior officers of the staff corjos 
 and departments on the staff' of division or department commanders 
 will be as follows : 
 
 Of the General Staff Corps, Chief of Staff; of the Adjutant-Gen- 
 eral's Department, Adjutant-General; of the Inspector-General's De- 
 partment, Inspector-General ; of the Judge- Advocate-General's De- 
 partment, Judge-Advocate; of the Quartermaster's Department, 
 Chief Quartermaster; of the Subsistence Department, Chief Commis- 
 sary; of the Medical Department. Chief Surgeon; of the Pay Depart- 
 ment, Chief Paymaster ; of the Engineer Corps, Chief Engineer Offi- 
 cer; of the Ordnance Department, Chief Ordnance Officer; of the 
 Signal Corps, Chief Signal Officer. 
 
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 When one of the required statt' othcers is not assigned, or a staff 
 oilicer is temporarily absent or disabled, the dnties of his position 
 will be performed bv the assistant, if anv. or bv other members of 
 the staff: 
 
 Article LIX.'' 
 
 general staff corps. 
 
 755. The General Staff Corps, created in conformity to the act of 
 Congress approved February 14, 1903, is composed of officers of the 
 grades and number specified in said act, detailed for service in said 
 corps for a period of four years unless sooner relieved, under rules of 
 selection prescribed by the President. Upon being relieved from 
 duty in the General Staff Corps officers return to the branch of the 
 army in which they hold permanent commissions, and except in case 
 of emergency or in time of war are not eligible to further detail 
 therein until they have served foi" two years with the branch of the 
 army in which commissioned. This ineligibility does not apply to 
 any officer who has been relieved prior to the expiration of four 
 years' duty Avith the corps; but such officer will become ineligible as 
 soon as he shall have completed a total of four years of said duty. 
 While serving in the (Tcneral Staff' Corps officers may be temporarily 
 assigned to duty with any branch of the army. 
 
 756. The law establishes the General Staff' Corps as a sei^arate and 
 distinct staff organization, the chief of Avhich has supervision, under 
 supei'ior authority, over all branches of the military service, line and 
 staff', except such as are exempted therefrom by law or regulations, 
 with a view to their coordination and harmonious cooperation in the 
 execution of authorized military policies. 
 
 757. The General Staff Corps, luider the direction of the Chief of 
 Staff, is charged with the duty of investigating and reporting upon 
 all questions affecting the efficiency of the army and its state of prepa- 
 ration for military operations, and to this end considers and reports 
 upon all questions relating to organization, distribution, equipment, 
 armament, and training of the military forces (regulars, volunteers, 
 and militia), proposed legislative enactments and general and special 
 regulations affecting the army, transportation, communications, quar- 
 ters, and supplies; prepares projects for maneuvers; revises estimates 
 for appropriations for the support of the army and advises as to dis- 
 bursement of such appropriations; exercises supervision over insjDec- 
 tions, military education and instruction, examinations for the ap- 
 pointment and promotion of officers, efficiency records, details and as- 
 signments, and all orders and instructions originating in the course 
 of administration in any branch of the service which have relation 
 to the efficiency of the military forces; prepares important orders and 
 correspondence embodying the orders and instructions of the Presi- 
 dent and Secretary of War to the army ; reviews the reports of exam- 
 ining and retiring boards, and acts upon such other matters as the 
 Secretary of War may determine. 
 
 758. The General Staff Corps, under like direction, is further 
 charged with the duty of preparing plans for the national defense 
 and for the mobilization of the military forces (including the assign- 
 
 " This article is subject to the provisions of tlie order of the Secretary of War 
 of April 14. 1906. 
 
ment to armies, corps, divisions, and other headquarters of the neces- 
 sary quota of general statf and otlier statF officers), and incident 
 thereto with the study of possible theaters of war and of strateo'ic 
 questions in general; with the collection of military information of 
 foreign countries and of our own ; the preparation of plans of cam- 
 paign, of reports of campaigns, battles, engagements, and expedi- 
 tions, and of technical histories of military operations of the United 
 States. 
 
 759. To officers of the General Staff Corps are committed the fur- 
 ther duties of rendering professional aid and assistance to the Secre- 
 tary of War and to general officers and other su])erior commanders 
 and of acting as their agents in informing, and coordinating the 
 action of, all the different officers who are subject under the pro- 
 visions of law to the supervision of the Chief of Staff. 
 
 They perform such other military duties not otherwise assigned 
 by law as may from time to time be prescribed by the President. 
 Under the authority here conferred officers of the General Staff Corps 
 are intrusted with the executive duties hereinafter indicated. 
 
 760. Officers of the (ieneral Staff- Corps assigned to duty with com- 
 manders of armies, corps, divisions, separate brigades, territorial 
 divisions, and departments are collectively denominated the General 
 Staff serving with troops. They serve under the immediate orders 
 of such commanders; those not so assigned perform duty under the 
 immediate direction of the Chief of Staff and constitute the War 
 Department General Statf. 
 
 7()1. The assignment of duties to the General Staff' Corps does not 
 involve in any degree the impairment of the initiative and responsi- 
 bility which s})ecial staff corps and departments have in the trans- 
 action of current business. 
 
 WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL STAFF. 
 
 762. To facilitate tlie performance of its duties, the War Depart- 
 meiU General Staff' will be arranged in sections, each under the direc- 
 tion of an officer of the (ieneral Staff' Corps to be designated by the 
 Chief of Staff'. Such connnittees will be designated in the sections 
 from time to time as may be necessary to facilitate the transaction of 
 business in hand. 
 
 763. The War Department General Staff' in its several sections 
 and committees stands in an advisory relation to the Chief of Staff 
 in the performance of the duties herein devolved upon him. The 
 distribution of duties to the several sections and committees is regu- 
 lated by the Chief of Staff. 
 
 CHIEF or STAFF. 
 
 764. Under the act of P'ebruary 14, 1903. the command of the Army 
 of the United States rests with the constitutional Connuander in 
 Chief, the President. The President Avill place parts of the army, 
 and separate armies Avhenever constituted, under commanders sub- 
 ordinate to his general connnand ; and, in case of exigency seeming 
 to him to require it, he may place the whole army under a single 
 commander subordinate to him ; but in time of peace and under ordi- 
 nary conditions the administration and control of the army are 
 effected without any second in command. 
 
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 The President's command is exercised through the Secretary of 
 War and the Chief of Staff. The Secretary of War is charged with 
 carrying out the policies of the President in military affairs. He 
 directly represents the President and is bound always to act in con- 
 formity to the President's instructions. Under the law and the de- 
 cisions^ of the Supreme Court his acts are the President's acts and 
 his directions and orders are the President's directions and orders. 
 
 The Chief of Staff' reports to the Secretary of War. acts as his mili- 
 tary adviser, receives from him the directions and orders given in 
 behalf of the President, and gives effect thereto in the manner here- 
 inafter provided. For purposes of administration the office of the 
 Chief of Staff' will constitute a supervising military bureau of the 
 War Department. 
 
 Exceptions to this ordinary course of administration may, how- 
 ever, be made at any time if the r*resident sees fit to call upon the 
 Chief of Staff' to give information or advice, or receive instructions, 
 directly. 
 
 Wherever in these reiiulations action by the President is referred 
 to, the action of the President through the Secretary of War is 
 included ; and wherever tilt action of tlie Secretary of War is re- 
 ferred to, the Secretary of War is deemed to act as the representative 
 of the President and under his direction. 
 
 The Chief of Staff is detailed by the President from officers of the 
 armj^ at large not below the grade of brigadier-general. The success- 
 ful performance of the duties of the position requires what the title 
 denotes — a relation of absolute confidence and personal accord and 
 sympathy between the Chief of Staff and the President, and neces- 
 sarily also between the Chief of Staff' and the Secretary of War. For 
 this reason, without any reflection Avhatever upon the officer detailed, 
 the detail will in every case cease, unless sooner terminated, on the 
 day following the expiration of the term of office of the President by 
 whom the detail is made; and if at any time the Chief of Staff con- 
 siders that he can no longer sustain toward the President and the 
 Secretary of War the relations above described, it wull be his duty to 
 apply to be relieved. 
 
 The provisions of paragraph Too regarding the re-detail of an offi- 
 cer who has not completed a total of four years' service apply to the 
 Chief of Staff. 
 
 765. The Chief of Staff' is charged as limited and provided by law 
 with the duty of supervising, under direction of the Secretary of 
 War, all troops of the line, the Adjutant-General's, Inspector-Gen- 
 eral's, Judge-Aclvocate-General's, Quartermaster's, Subsistence, Medi- 
 cal, Pay, and Ordnance Departments, the Corps of Engineers, 
 and the Signal Corps. He performs such other military duties not 
 otherwise assigned by law^ as may be assigned to him by the Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 7GG. The supervisory power vested by statute in the Chief of Staff 
 covers primarily duties pertaining to the command, discipline, train- 
 ing, and recruitment of the army, military operations, distribution of 
 troops, inspections, armament, fortifications, military education and 
 instruction, and kindred matters, but includes also, in an advisory 
 capacity, sucli duties connected with fiscal administration and supply 
 as are committed to him by the Secretary of War. 
 
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 In respect to all duties within the scope of his supervisory power, 
 and more particularly those duties enumerated in this and the follow- 
 ino- paragraph, he makes and causes to be made inspections to de- 
 termine defects which may exist in any matter affecting the effi- 
 ciency of the army and its state of preparation for war. He keeps 
 the Secretary of AVar constantly informed of defects discovered, and 
 under his direction issues the necessary instructions for their correc- 
 tion. 
 
 7(57. Supervisory power is conferred upon the Chief of Stalf over 
 all matters arising in the execution of acts of Congress and execu- 
 tive regulations made in pursuance thereof relating to the militia. 
 This supervision is especially directed to matters of organization, ar- 
 mament, equipment, discipline, training, and inspections. Proposed 
 legal enactments and regulations atl'ecting the militia and estimates 
 for appropriations for its support are considered by him, and his rec- 
 ommendations submitted to the Secretary of War. 
 
 768. The Chief of Stalf is charged with the duty of informing the 
 Secretary of War as to the qualifications of officers as determined by 
 their records, with a view to proper selection for special details, as- 
 signments, and promotions, including detail to and relief from the 
 General Staff Corps: also of presenting recommendations for the 
 recognition of special or distinguished services. 
 
 769. All orders and instructions emanating from the War Depart- 
 ment, and all regulations affecting the army or the status of officers 
 or enlisted men therein, are issued by the Secretary of War through 
 the Chief of Staff, and are comnumicated to troops and individuals 
 in the military service through the Adjutant-General of the Arm3^ 
 
 770. The assignment of officers of the General Staff Corps to sta- 
 tions and duties is made upon the reconnnendation of the Chief of 
 Staff. 
 
 771. In case of absence or disability of the Chief of Staff the senior 
 officer of the General Staff present for duty in AVashington shall act 
 as such chief unless otherwise speciallv directed bv the" Secretary of 
 War. ... 
 
 772. In the performance of the duties hereinbefore enumerated and 
 in representation of superior authority, the Chief of Staff calls for 
 information, makes investigations, issues instructions, and exercises 
 all other functions necessary to secure proper harmony and efficiency 
 of action upon the part of those placed under his supervision. 
 
 THE GENERAL STAFF SERVING WITH TROOPS. 
 
 773. The general staff of a connnand consists of general staff officers 
 of such number and grades as may be assigned to it on the recom- 
 mendation of the Chief of vStaff. 
 
 774. The senior general staff officer on dutj^ with a command shall, 
 unless otherwise directed by the War Department, be the chief of 
 staff of the command. Ordinarily he will be so assigned by the War 
 Department. 
 
 775. The dnties of the chief of staff of a command are as pre- 
 scribed for officers of the General Staff Corps in paragraphs 757 to 
 760, and in addition he will, under direction of the connnander of the 
 troops, perform all duties analogous to those devolved by paragraphs 
 
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 765 to 772 upon the Chief of StatF of the Army. The other general 
 staff officers serving' with troops are employed under the direction of 
 the connnanders thereof upon the duties prescribed for officers of the 
 (general Staff Corps, and they shall perform such other duties within 
 the scope of general staff' employment as may be directed by such 
 connnanders. General staff' officers will not be assigned to other than 
 general staff' duties except by special authority of the War Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 776. The two general officers authorized for the General Staff Corps 
 are detailed by the President from officers of the army at large not 
 below the grade of brigadier-general. All vacancies that may occur 
 in the General Staff' Corps in grades beloW' that of brigadier-general 
 Avill be filled on the recommendation of a board of five general officers 
 of the line, not more than two of whom shall be members of the 
 General Staff Corps, convened by the War Department at such times 
 as may be necessary. The board will be sAvorn to recommend officers 
 solely on their professional efficiency, and on their probable aptitude 
 and fitness for general staff' service, and will select such number of 
 officers of the proper grades to fill existing or expected vacancies, as 
 the War Department may direct. 
 
 822. After every battle or engagement wath the enemy, written re- 
 ports thereof will be made by commanders of regiments, separate 
 battalions or squadrons, companies or detachments, and by all com- 
 manders of a higher grade, each in what concerns his own command, 
 which reports w^ill be forwarded, through the proper channel, to The 
 Adjutant-General of the Army. It shall be the especial duty of all 
 general staff' officers attached to commands in the field to keep careful 
 journals of the operations, from which they will compile reports of 
 said operations for their immediate commanders. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Washim/toiu April 7.^, 1906. 
 
 Orders : 
 
 All business arising in the army which is referred to The Military 
 Secretary for the action of superior authority, and which does not 
 come within the jurisdiction of chiefs of bureaus, and all business 
 emanating from the bureaus of the department requiring the action 
 of higher authority, will be submitted to the Chief of Staff' for his 
 consideration. 
 
 The Assistant Secretary of War is vested with authority to decide 
 all cases which do not involve questions of policy, the establishment 
 or reversal of precedents, or matters of special or extraordinary im- 
 portance. Matters coming within these exceptional classes w'ill be 
 submitted by the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of AVar direct. All 
 other matters will be submitted b}' the Chief of Staff to the xVssistant 
 Secretary of War. Should the Assistant Secretary of War think that 
 the questions submitted to him by the Chief of Staff come within the 
 exceptional classes, he will submit them to the Secretary. The Chief 
 of Staff will indorse upon every paper coming to him his recommen- 
 dations, views, or remarks, and transmit the same to the Secretary of 
 War or to the Assistant Secretary of War, as the above rules require. 
 
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 The submif5sion of matters to the Secretary by the Chief of Staff 
 will be in person. Before presentation to either the Secretary or the 
 Assistant Secretary the cases should be completed by obtaining the 
 necessary reconnnendation, reports, or information from the bureaus 
 of the department or the military authorities outside of the depart- 
 ment, and to this end the Chief of Staff is authorized to call therefor 
 " by order of the Secretary of War."' 
 
 Business which reaches the Secretary's office, or that of the Assist- 
 ant Secretary, and is acted upon through the channels above de- 
 scribed, will be returned to the Chief of Staff, who will issue such 
 t)rders through The Military Secretary as may be required " By order 
 of the Secretary of AVar.'' The Chief of Staff is only empowered to 
 issue orders in his own name or bv his own direction to the General 
 Staff Corps. 
 
 These requirements should be clearly understood to relate to mili- 
 tary business, and are not in any way an abrogation of the following 
 direction in War Department Orders of November 7, 1905, viz : 
 
 Matters of a purely civil nature will be referred by chiefs of bureaus direct 
 to the Secretary of War unless otherwise required by their subject-matter. 
 
 All orders, regulations, and instructions contrary hereto are hereby 
 revoked. 
 
 Wm. H. Taft, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 circulars and memoranda. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 Washington, Se'ptemher 22 ., lOOIf. 
 The Military Secretary : 
 
 Please submit papers pertaining to the folloAving subjects to Gen- 
 eral Gillespie " for his action : 
 
 Appointments, resignations, etc.. officers of District of Columbia 
 Militia. 
 
 Appointments and discharges of veterinarians. 
 
 Examinations for j^roniotion. 
 
 Examinations generally, including those for appointment as chap- 
 lain, veterinarian ; enlisted men and civilians for appointment as 
 second lieutenant; officers for transfer to the Ordnance Department, 
 Signal Corps, etc. 
 
 Details at service schools, and special questions presented by the 
 schools. 
 
 Details at, and general questions relating to, civil colleges. 
 
 Questions of rank and precedence. 
 
 Leaves of absence, commissioned officers. 
 
 Admission to the several general hospitals. 
 
 Questions of commutation of quarters in special cases. 
 
 Boards of survey. 
 
 Artilleiy, engineer, ordnance, and fortification questions. 
 
 Purchase of land for fortification purposes. 
 
 "Assistant to the Chief of Staff. 
 73.502 — 09 4 
 
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 Matters relating to the sale of government stores to civilians. 
 
 Inspection reports. 
 
 Privileges on militar}^ reservations. 
 
 Chaffee, 
 
 rJeiitenunt-Gciierdl, Chief of Staff. 
 
 (Note. — See following nienioranduni of June 10. 1905.) 
 
 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 March <S, 1905. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 It is desired that the weekly reports of divisions, submitted at the 
 meetings of the Cxeneral Staff, be written in uniform manner so as to 
 form a running rtjcord of the subjects considered by the division, 
 useful as a reference, in preparing annual report of the Chief of 
 Staff, etc. 
 
 To this end, please let the report hereafter begin with a brief synop- 
 sis of Avhat has been done by the division during the week. After 
 making this statement, any additional matter which the chief of 
 division desires to report, such as what has been the action of the 
 Chief of Staff on previous reports, Avhat remains under consideration 
 in the division, etc., may be added on separate sheets. 
 
 By order of the Chief of Staff : 
 
 Ben J. Alvord, 
 Captain^ General Staff, Secretary. • 
 
 General Orders, ) War Department, 
 
 No. 04. t" Washiiu/ton, April 26, 1905. 
 
 The following orders of the Secretary of War are published to the 
 army for the information and guidance of all concerned: 
 
 War Department, 
 Washington, April 20, 1905. 
 Orders : 
 
 In conformitj' with the provisions of Section 1331, Revised Statutes, the Chief 
 of Staff is charged with the supervision of matters in the War Department 
 pertaining to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. 
 
 iii ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Wm. H. Taft, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, June 19. 1905. 
 
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE MILITARY SECRETARY. 
 
 In the future all business from The Military Secretary's Office re- 
 quiring action by the Chief of Staff wnll be presented to the Chief 
 of Staff or the Assistant Chief of Staff by an officer of your depart- 
 ment, who will receive instructions for disposition of the business in 
 accordance with the usual custom of your office, or as you may direct 
 
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 if any change is necessary: The officers bringing the papers to the 
 Chief of Staif should thoroughly familiarize themselves with the 
 contents, to enable them to make a correct and brief verbal statement 
 of same in each case. 
 
 Papers reaching the Chief of Staff otherwise than as above indi- 
 cated will be handled as heretofore by the Secretary of the General 
 Staff. 
 
 The orders of September 22, 1904, as to business to be submitted to 
 the Assistant Chief of Staff, copy herewith, will remain in force; but 
 this distribution is one of convenience merely, and the action of the 
 Assistant Chief of Staff' on all business is to be accepted as the action 
 of the Chief of Staff", as it may frequently happen that the Chief of 
 Staff' will direct that other matters than those specified be presented 
 to the Assistant Chief of Staff. For office discrimination as to 
 source of action, and for convenience should the subject of the paper 
 come up again, the officer presenting the paper will note informally 
 upon it, or by memorandum, whether he received his instructions 
 from the Chief of Staff or the Assistant Chief of Staff. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War: 
 
 Chaffee, 
 Lievtemuit'General^ Chief of Sta'ff. 
 
 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washinf/ton, June SO, 1905. 
 
 MEMORANDUM FOR TKE MILITARY SFXRETARY. 
 
 When approved reports of the divisions or committees of the Gen- 
 eral Staff' are sent to The Military Secretary for action as indicated, 
 the originals or cojjies of such reports will not, unless specifically 
 directed, be sent out of The JVIilitary Secretary's Office, but the sub- 
 stance of the report only will be sent, 
 
 Chaffee, 
 Lieutenant-General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, May 18. 1906. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 1. Typewriter paper, foolscap size, will hereafter be used for re- 
 ports and appended memoranda under the provisions of memoran- 
 dum from this office dated May 2, 1906." 
 
 2. Drafts of Instructions to Chiefs of Bureau will advise action, 
 using the words "in substance " or '' in effect,"''' as follows, etc. 
 
 By order of the Chief of Staff: 
 
 Robert E. L. Michie, 
 Captain, General Staff, Secretary. 
 
 "■ See memorandum of August 28, 1906. 
 
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 AVar Department. 
 
 Washington, July 20, 1006. 
 
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF. 
 
 In fiiibmittinc; questions for the decision of the Secretary of War, 
 where the communication to be acted upon accompanies the recom- 
 mendation of the Chief of Staif, it is not necessary to make a complete 
 copy of the connnunication i]i question, as il involves an amount of 
 clerical labor which can be dispensed with without detriment to the 
 service. 
 
 Robert Shaw ()livi;h, 
 
 Acting Secretary of War. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, August 28. 1906. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 Hereafter report on all matters referred to the several divisions, 
 special committees, or officers of the AVar Department General Staff 
 will be subn^itted in duplicate as a memorandum addressed either 
 to the Secretaiy, Assistant Secretary, or Acting- Secretary of War, 
 as required by the provisions of AVar Department orders of April 14, 
 1906. This memorandum will give a clear presentation of the subject 
 as briefly as practicable, citing precedents, if any, and will conclude 
 with a recommendation according with the views of the party making 
 the report and embodying the substance of the instructions to be 
 issued in the premises. The memorandum will be prepared for the 
 signature of the Chief of Staff. AVhenever letters for the signature 
 of the Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary of AA^ar, or Chief of 
 Staff, or bills for new legislation are necessary to carry into effect 
 the recommendations submitted, proper drafts will be appended to 
 the report. In the upper right-hand corner of the duplicate memo- 
 randum will be noted the initials of the officer making the report, 
 the division from which submitted, and the signed initials of the chief 
 of division. 
 
 AA^hen the original memorandum has been acted on by the Sec- 
 retary of AA^ar or Assistant Secretary of AA^ar it will, accompanied 
 by all original papers furnished in connection therewith, be trans- 
 mitted to The Military Secretary or other proper chief of bureau for 
 action, the duplicate being filed in the office of the Chief of Staff. 
 
 By order of the Chief of Staff: 
 
 R(jbert E. L. Michie, 
 Captdhi.. General Staff, Secretary. 
 
 AA ar Department. 
 
 MEMORANDUM FOR CHH<,FS OF BUREAUS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 AAlienever a division or committee of the AA^ar Department General 
 Staff' has under consideration a question pertaining to a staff bureau, 
 the chief of such bureau shall be consulted unless his views are given 
 
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 in the papers that are under consideration. If such views are given 
 and action adverse thereto is considered advisable, the chief of bureau 
 shall be notified to that effect and, should he so desire, shall have a 
 hearing in person or through a representative to be designated by 
 him, and the report shall show whether he concurs in the nction as 
 finally recommended to be taken. The fact that a chief of bureau 
 has been consulted in the consideration of any particular matter 
 reported on shall be noted in the report. 
 
 RoBKRT SiiAW Oliver, 
 
 Novembp:r 3, 1906. 
 
 Acting Secretary of Wai'. 
 
 War Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington^ March 7^, 1907. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 1. The Chief of Staff directs that when matters are under con- 
 sideration in the several divisions of the General Staff' which in any 
 wa^' affect the staff' corps or departments or involve their action, the 
 chief of the corps or department concerned be consulted before the 
 report of the division is made. The last sentence of such a report 
 will in every case record the fact of this consultation and concurrence 
 or nonconcurrence of the chief or chiefs in question, and when there 
 is divergence in the recommendations made by a division of the 
 General Staff' from the views held by the chief or chiefs of the staff 
 corps or departments involved, it is desired that this fact be noted 
 and that the views of the latter be clearly stated in the report. 
 
 2. Whenever recommendations submitted by a chief of a staff corps 
 or department are reported upon, the last sentence of the report will 
 likewise record the fact of consultation and concurrence or noncon- 
 currence of this chief in any modification which may be recommended, 
 even though this modification nuiy be only for the sake of brevity or 
 clearness of diction. 
 
 3. Whenever there is a nonconcurrence on the ]oart of a division of 
 the General Staff wnth any bureau chief, the Chief of Staff' desires 
 the Assistant to the Chief of Staff, accompanied by the chief of this 
 division, to visit and personally confer with the bureau chief or 
 chiefs concerned, for the purpose of endeavoring to effect some com- 
 promise of views upon which all can agree, and no report where it is 
 impossible to eff'ect an agreement will be transmitted to the Secretary 
 of War or Assistant Secretary of AVar until it has been submitted 
 to the Chief of Staff. 
 
 By direction of the Chief of Staff : 
 
 Robert E. L. Michie, 
 Captain^ General Staffs Secretary. 
 
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 War I)EPART:\rENT, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 July 11, 1907. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 In order to avoid the return of papers for an expression of the 
 wishes of the Secretary of AVar. which has recently happened in sev- 
 eral cases, it is desired hereafter that the several divisions of the 
 (General Statf should transmit official communications addressed to 
 the various government departments or branches thereof through the 
 office of the Chief of Start;. 
 
 By direction of the Acting Chief of Staff : 
 
 Robert E. L. Michie, 
 Captain, General Staff, Secretary. 
 
 General Orders,! War Department, 
 
 No. 211. J Washhujton, October 15, 1907. 
 
 The folloAving regidations governing the service schools at Fort 
 Leavenworth. Ivans., are announced : 
 
 1. ARMY SCHOOL OF THE LINE THE COMMANDANT. 
 
 53. He will furnish ajmunlly. for use iu the office of the Chief of Staff aud of 
 the president of the Army War College, bound volumes containing the recoi'd 
 of ^^ach student officer of the schools and college, as reported to The Adjutant- 
 Geueral of the Army, under the provisions of paragraphs 27 and 7G. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Washington, June 11, 1908. 
 
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF. 
 
 Hereafter during my temporary absence when the Assistant Secre- 
 tary of AYar is also absent, you are authorized to issue orders in all 
 routine ordinary cases and in cases of emergency " by order of the 
 Secretary of AVar." In important matters requiring my action, you 
 will either communicate with me or postpone the issuance of orders 
 until my return. 
 
 Wm. H. Taft, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 AA^ar Department, 
 Office of the Chief of Staff, 
 
 Washington, June 27, 1908. 
 
 MEMORANDUM. 
 
 I. The following organization and distribution of business of the 
 AVar Department General Staft' is announced and will be in force 
 until further orders : 
 
 FIRST SECTION. , 
 
 Organization, administration, and distribution of the military 
 forces; details and assignments; examinations for the appointment 
 
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 and promotion of officers; administrative matters pertaining to field 
 manenvers and to combined exercises of the army and navy; disci- 
 j)line and training; drill and firing regulations of infantry, cavalry, 
 and field artillery; mobile armament and equipment; subsistence and 
 clothing; location, design, and construction of posts, camps, hospitals, 
 and quarters; water supply; sanitation, and all related ]natters; 
 special military rewards; estimates for support of the arm}'. 
 
 tSlCCONU SECTION. 
 
 Military information; collection, arrangement, and publication 
 of historical, statistical, and geographical information; War Depart- 
 ment library; system of war maps, American and foreign; general 
 information regarding foreign armies and fortresses; preparation 
 from official records of analytical and critical histories of important 
 campaigns. 
 
 Military attaches. 
 
 Photographic gallery. 
 
 Preparation of nontechnical manuals. 
 
 Issue of military publications, maps, and documents. 
 
 Collation and discussion of all obtainable data relating to stra- 
 tegical, tactical, and logistic features of future military operations, 
 and formation of complete working plans for passing from a state 
 of peace to a state of Avar under such conditions as can be foreseen 
 or may be assumed. 
 
 Direction and coordination of military education in the army, the 
 militia, and in civil schools and colleges at which officers of the army 
 are detailed. 
 
 Plans for field maneuvers. 
 
 Permanent fortifications. 
 
 Submarine defense. 
 
 Field engineering. 
 
 Signaling, technical manuals, and logistics. 
 
 Military resources of the country. 
 
 II. Business of the following classes to be referred to the section 
 having jurisdiction of the subject-matter, in conference with the 
 Chief of Artillery, in all matters pertaining to seacoast artillery: 
 
 Combined exercises of the army and navy. 
 
 Allowances of all items of equipment, armament, and supplies for 
 the military service. 
 
 Determination of types, designs, and specifications for such as are 
 required to be standardized. 
 
 Regulations and orders. 
 
 Proposed legislation to be presented to Congress or legislation 
 pending in Congress referred to War Department for report. 
 
 By direction of the Chief of Staff: 
 
 Fred AV. Sladen, 
 Captain, General Staff Corps, Secretary. 
 
 General, Orders, 1 War Department, 
 
 No. 110. 1 Washington, July 2, 1908. 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 191, War Department, September 13, 1907, 
 as amended by Paragraph I. General Orders, No. 15, War Depart- 
 ment, January 18, 1908, is rescinded. 
 
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 II. The followino;' regulations o-overning the IVIounted Service 
 School at Fort Eiley. Kans.. are announced: 
 
 * ****** 
 
 6. A school board, consisting of the assistant commandant, the 
 senior instructors, and the officers in charge of the training schools 
 for farriers and horseshoers and for bakers and cooks will, subject to 
 the approval of the commandant, arrange the programs of instruc- 
 tion as to subjects, text-books, and allotment of time, and will pre- 
 scribe the character and scope of the examinations, and w^ill have 
 final determination of all questions of proficiency of students of the 
 training schools: Provided. That no action of the board which would 
 change the regulations of the school or the course of instruction shall 
 be final until approved by the Chief of Staff. The school board will 
 meet at such times as the assistant commandant may deem advisable, 
 and the secretary will record its proceedings. 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Washington^ September 3, 1908. 
 
 Orders : 
 
 The following regulations are prescribed to govern the official 
 correspondence of the Division of Militia Affairs with the Chief of 
 Staff' and chiefs of bureaus and departments of the War Department 
 and with the military authorities of the States, Territories, and the 
 District of Columbia : 
 
 1. All original communications emanating from the office of the 
 Division of Militia Affairs shall set forth that they are sent by 
 direction or order of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of War. 
 
 2. Communications addressed to governors of States or Territories 
 will be pre]3ared for the signature of the Secretary or Assistant Sec- 
 retary of War; those addressed to adjutants-general of States, Terri- 
 tories, or District of Columbia will be signed by the Chief of the 
 Division of Militia Affairs. 
 
 3. Communications of a routine nature which require that they be 
 submitted to the Chief of Staff', for his information only, will be 
 simply checked to the latter over the initials of the Chief of the 
 Division of jMilitia Affairs. 
 
 4. Information concerning militia affairs which has a bearing 
 upon the employment or military status of the personnel of the regu- 
 lar establishment will be conveyed to the Chief of Staff' by indorse- 
 ment or in the form of a memorandum. If such indorsement or 
 memorandum involves an expressed desire or direction of the xA.ssist- 
 ant Secretary of War for action by the Chief of Staff", it will be 
 signed by the Assistant Secretary of War: if it merely transmits 
 information involving no action, it will be signed by the Chief of the 
 Division of Militia Affairs. In case the indorsement or memorandum 
 involves the issuing of orders or instructions to officers or enlisted 
 men of the regular establishment, an accompanying memorandum for 
 The Adjutant-General, prepared for the signature of the Chief of 
 Staff', will be inclosed: this inclosure will be initialed by the Chief 
 of the Division of Militia Affairs. 
 
 5. The Chief of Staff will furnish the Chief of the Division of 
 Militia A.fl'airs with a copy of any report approved by him which is 
 
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 made by any section or officer of the General Staff that has a bearmg 
 on militia affairs. 
 
 (), The Chief of the Division of Militia Affairs is authorized to 
 communicate directly with the heads of the supply or other depart- 
 ments of the AVar Department in reference to all matters pertaining 
 exclusively to the organized militia in regard to supplies, instruction, 
 drill, and general military efficiency. 
 
 Robert Shaw Oliver, 
 
 Acting Secret anj of ^Yar. 
 
 The force of clerks and other employees is annually provided for in 
 the army approi^riation acts, which also provide for the maintenance 
 and contingent expenses of the Army War College, the Military In- 
 formation Section, and the office of the Chief of Staff'. 
 
 THE SECOND SECTION, INCLUDING THE ARMY AVAR COLLEGE. 
 (The Military Information Counnittee. I 
 
 This division had its birth in 1885, when b}^ administrative action 
 the -' Division of Military Information " was established in the Adju- 
 tant-GeneraFs Office. It was reorganized as a separate division in 
 i889, and on March 18, 1892, orders of the Secretary of War were 
 published (G. O. 23) further prescribing its duties, of which the 
 following are still in force : 
 
 («) The collection and classification of military information of 
 our own and foreign countries, especially with respect to armed, re- 
 served, and available strength, natural and artificial means of com- 
 munication (rivers, canals, highways, and railroads) ; the manufac- 
 ture of arms, ammunition, and other war material; supplies of food, 
 horses, draft animals, etc. 
 
 (6) The preparation of instructions for the guidance of officers of 
 the armj^ serving or traveling abroad, or acting as military attaches, 
 and the arrangement and digest of information contained in their 
 rei:)orts. 
 
 (c) The issuance to the army of military maps, monographs, books, 
 papers, and other publications, and the dissemination of valuable 
 information on military subjects throughout all branches of the 
 service. 
 
 The* Division of Military Information will also have charge of a 
 nniseum to be established for the proper care and preservation of 
 such military relics as are now in the several bureaus of the War De- 
 partment, or as may hereafter be obtained. 
 
 On January 27, 1894, the Secretary of War issued the following 
 circular : 
 
 Circular 1 War Department, 
 
 No. 1. j YV asldiKiton^ Januanj ^7, 1891^. 
 
 Circular of April 19, 1889, is amended to read as follows: 
 Upon the receipt at the War Department of reports, maps, plans, 
 etc., from military attaches at United States embassies and legations 
 in foreign countries, they will be sent, without formal entry, to the 
 
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 Military Information Division of the Adjutant-General's Office, 
 where the necessary notation will be made and rcfristered. 
 
 The reports will'then be filed in the Militarj^ Information Division 
 for preservation and future reference. Inclosures accompanying 
 the reports may, at the discretion of The Adjutant-Oeneral, be turned 
 over to any bureau of the War Department to which they particularly 
 
 Chiefs of bureaus are invited to furnish the Military Information 
 Division, from time to time, with lists of inquiries they may desire 
 to have submitted to the military attaches for investigation and 
 
 report, 
 
 Daniel S. Lamont, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 By Special Order No. 210, Headquarters Division of the Philip- 
 pines, Manila, P. I., December 13, 1900, a '' Division of Military In- 
 formation '' was established in the adjutant-generaFs office in Ma- 
 nila, and by direction of the Secretary of War was on June 18, 1902, 
 annexed to and made a part of the Military Information Division 
 of the Adjutant-Generars Office in the War Department, Washing- 
 ton, by operation of the following instructions : 
 
 War Department, 
 Adjutant'-General's Office, 
 
 WaMngton, June 18, 1002. 
 The Commanding General, 
 
 Division of the Philip pin en, Manihf, P. I. 
 
 Sir: I have the honor to comnnuiicate the following instructions of 
 the Secretary of War: 
 
 With a view to increasing the facilities and rendering its opera- 
 tions broader and more effective, the Division of Military Informa- 
 tion now existing in the office of the adjutant-general. Headquarters 
 Division of the Philippines, is, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, 
 annexed to and made a part of the Military Information Division, 
 Adjutant-GeneraFs Office, War Department, and will hereafter be 
 regarded as a branch of that division. 
 
 The present organization and official status of the branch office 
 will remain the same as heretofore in the adjutant-general's office. 
 Division of the Philippines, and for all administrative and purely 
 local purposes will be under the direct control of the commanding 
 general. Division of the Philippines. 
 
 In addition to its regular work, as heretofore prescribed, of supply- 
 ing information to the troops in the Philippine Islands, the branch 
 office Avill in-omptly forward to the Military Information Division 
 the originals, or, if'that is not practicable, certified copies of all data, 
 both cartographical and statistical, of a general character which it 
 has on file or may hereafter receive and which may be considered of 
 interest and value to the War Department, as well as the reports of 
 all intelligence officers under its jurisdiction. 
 
 In order that the department may at all times be advised of the 
 status of its work, the branch office will also forward a monthly sum- 
 mary of its operations. ■^^ j- i 
 
 In addition to the foregoing, the branch office will perform sucii 
 other and special duties under the general supervision of the com- 
 
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 mandin^ o-eneraL Division of the Philippines, as may be assioned to 
 it from time to time by the War Department. 
 
 The Military Information Division will furnish the branch office 
 from time to 'time such information as may be deemed of special 
 value to its files and to the troojis servino- in the Philippine Islands, 
 and also such financial assistance as may be practicable for its equip- 
 ment and maintenance. 
 
 Quarterly returns (in duplicate) of all expenditures made from 
 the funds herein authorized will, under such reijulations as may be 
 prescribed, be forwarded within twenty days after the end of the 
 quarter to the officer in charge of the Military Information Division 
 for approval and transmission to the Auditor of the Treasury for 
 the War Department. ^ 4= .1 
 
 For i^urposes of convenience and dispatch, and on account ot the 
 confidential character of much of the information, all communication 
 between the Military Information Division and its branch office will 
 be direct, and willbe noted and filed in them only; copies of such 
 information as may relate or be of interest to other offices being 
 promptly furnished to the offices to which it pertains. 
 
 Very respectfully, ^r ^ ^ 
 
 •^ H. C. CORBIN, 
 
 Adjutant-General, Major-General, U. S. Army. 
 
 War Depart:memt, 
 Washington, August 6, 1903. 
 
 Orders t 
 
 The ^filitary Information Division of the Adjutant-General's 
 Office, together with the records, files, and property, and the persons 
 now employed therein, are hereby transferred to the Office of the 
 Chief of Staff to take effect August 15, 1908. 
 
 Elihu Koot, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 Circular ) War Department, 
 
 ;N'o. C. \ Washington, September 4, 1903. 
 
 With a view to extending the usefulness of our military attaches 
 abroad, the chiefs of bureaus and offices of the War Department and 
 individual officers of the army at large will furnish the Second 
 (Military Information) Division of the General Staff, from time to 
 time, memoranda of such data respecting foreign armies as they de- 
 sire in order that the attaches may be directed to investigate and 
 report upon the same. 
 
 In order to fix responsibility for improper or duplicate distribution 
 of official matter to foreign attaches; to place the exchange of military 
 information Avith foreign war offices or their representatives ac- 
 credited to this capital upon a systematic basis, and to keep an accu- 
 rate record with a view to ascertaining from time to time if reciproc- 
 ity is maintained, all official or semiofficial information either verbal, 
 written, or printed will be received from or communicated to such 
 offices or officials by or through the chief of the Second (Military In- 
 formation) Division of the General Staff. 
 
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 The bureaus, offices, and officials of the War Department will co- 
 operate in furnishini? the Military Information Division such non- 
 confidential information as may be required for the proper accom- 
 plishment of this purpose. , n, w -i w t 
 
 These reoulations will not apply to the officers detailed to escoit 
 foreio-n attaches duriiio- their attendance at our maneuvers m so far as 
 relates to the personiid and materiel of the forces engaged. 
 
 Upon the receipt of information of special interest to any particu- 
 lar bureau or office the Military Information Division will promptly 
 furnish extracts or copies or refer the same to the office eoncerned. 
 
 When technical information of special interest or value is received 
 in any of the bureaus or offices of the department which ^i'^^ "ot 
 passed through the Military Information Division the same will be 
 forwarded to that division for record in order that requests may not 
 be made on foreign governments for data already in the possession ot 
 the War Department. 
 
 Bv order of the Secretarv of AVar: 
 
 . W. H. Cartkr. 
 
 Bi'l</<«li('r-G<'net'al^ Actin</ Chief of Sta/f. 
 
 On March 28, 11)04. the supervision of the War Department 
 Library and the distribution of public documents pertaining to the 
 War Department, under the provisions of section 2 of the act of 
 Cono-re^- approved January 12, 181)5, were transferred from the 
 ChiSt" Signal Officer of the Army to the Chief of the Second (Mih- 
 tary Infwmation) Division, by the following circular: 
 CiRCiLAR 1 War Department, 
 
 ]^Q^ X2. J Washington^ March 31, 1904- 
 
 The followino- is published to the army and the organized militia 
 for the information and guidance of all concerned: 
 
 War Department, 
 WnsJiiiKjIoii, March 28, WO.'i. 
 The punervision of the War Department Lil»rMry hnvin.^ been nssi.irned to the 
 General Staff the chief of the Second (Military Information) Division thereof 
 is hereby desimiated to relieve the Chief Signal Ofhcer of the Army of tliat 
 dntv and also of the distrilmtion of public docnmeiits pertaining to the War 
 Depa'rtment under the provisions of section 2. act of January 12 l^Do and in 
 accordance with instructions contained in War Department Circulars of Maich 
 •^0 1X95 and February 14. 1002, War Department Orders ot January .», IJUd. 
 and such other instriu-tions. verbal or written, as from time to time may have 
 been issued by the Department. 
 
 Wm. H. i aft. 
 
 Hccntiirii of War. 
 
 All requisitions and requests for publications or documents or sup- 
 plies, 'and all reports and returns for such property, that under 
 existing law and regulations are now made to the Chi^^t Signal Offi- 
 cer of the Army, or to -Brig. Gen. A. W. Greely. Chief Signal 
 Officer in supervisory charge of the War Department Library, and 
 of the distribution of War Department documents, will in future be 
 made to the chief of the Second Division, General Staif. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 Adna R. Chaffee, 
 Lkatenant-General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 Its other duties are regulated bv the memorandum, Office of the 
 Chief of Staff, of June 27, 1908. given on page 18. and its methods 
 
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 of business are reijulated by Circular No. ('». Wai- Department, 1903, 
 given on page '23. 
 
 General Orders,! AVar Departiment, 
 
 No. 2. J Washhifjtoii, Janaary 7, 1909. 
 
 The second section. War Department General Staff, having been 
 cliarged with the supervision of a system of war maps, American and 
 foreign, all division, department, brigade, post, and company com- 
 manders, commandants of service schools, chiefs of bureaus of the 
 War Department, and officers of the army under whose orders maps 
 are made, will forward directly to The Adjutant-General of the Army, 
 who will transmit them to the second section, War Department Gen- 
 eral Staff, Army War College, copies of all geographical, topograph- 
 ical, tactical, strategical, maneuver, and confidential maps, plans, 
 tracings, blueprints, sketches, etc., of domestic or foreign territory, 
 containing information of military interest, that are in their posses- 
 sion and have not heretofore been furnished, or that they may here- 
 after receive, in order that the map files of the second section may be 
 made complete and kept up to date for study and use by the authori- 
 ties of the War Department in the compilation and preparation of 
 various problems, plans, and maps, and for immediate reference in 
 cases of emergency. 
 
 If copies are not available, the originals will be sent by registered 
 mail as directed above for notation and return. 
 
 The plans showing the details of construction of United States 
 fortifications and the working plans of the Ordnance, Quartermas- 
 ter's, and other staff departments are excepted from the provisions 
 of this order. 
 
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 By order of the Secretary of War: 
 
 J. Franklin Bell, 
 
 Major-General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 ARMY AVAR COLLEGE. 
 
 The first order issued respecting the estal)lishinenl of a War College 
 is the following: 
 
 c. i^. 1 Headqltarters of the Army, 
 
 OPECIAL Orders, I i * ^ i t\ 
 
 IV do I Adjutant-Generals Office, 
 
 ^^^- '^- J Was/ii/ujto)>. February 19, 1900. 
 
 31. By direction of the Secretary of War, a board of officers to 
 consist of Brie:. Gen. William Ludlow, U. S. Armv; Col. Henry C. 
 Hasbrouck, SeVenth United States Artillery ; Lieut' Col. William H. 
 Carter, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, is appointed to meet 
 at the War Department, in this city, on Monday, February 26, 1900, 
 at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of considering regulations with a 
 view to the establishment of a War College for the army. The travel 
 enjoined is necessary for the public service. 
 
 By command of Major-General Miles: 
 
 H. C. CORBIN, 
 
 Adjutant-General. 
 
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 Lieut. Col. Jos. P. Sanger. Inspector-General, was subsequently de- 
 tailed as a member of the board. 
 
 The first legislative action relating to the Army War College is 
 contained in the army appropriation act of May 2G, 1900, as follows : 
 
 For hire of clerks, purcliase of stationery, furniture, and for contingent ex- 
 penses incident to the establishment of the Army War College, having for its 
 object the direction and coordination of the instruction in the various service 
 scliools, extension of the opportunities for investigation and study in the Army 
 and Militia of the United States, and the collection and dissemination of mili- 
 tai-y information, twenty thousand dollars. 
 
 This appropriation was allowed to lapse as the organization of the 
 college had not been completed. 
 
 General Orders, \ War Department, 
 
 No. 2. j" Washington, August 16, 1903. 
 
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 The War College Board appointed by paragraph 2 of General 
 Orders, No. 04, Adjutant-GeneraTs Office, 1002, is hereby dissolved, 
 and hereafter the duties assigned to said board by paragraph 4 of 
 General Orders, No. 155, Adjutant-Geiierars Office, 1901, will be 
 performed by such section of the War Department General Staff as 
 rnaj' be designated for the purpose by the Chief of Staff. 
 
 Bv order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 S. B. M. Young, 
 
 Lieutenant-General, Chief of Staff, 
 
 General Orders, I War Department, 
 
 No. 195. ) Washington, December 27, 1904- 
 
 The secretary of the Army War College is authorized to make pur- 
 chases and sign contracts on behalf of the Army War College from 
 all funds appropriated under the act of Congress approved April 
 23, 1904, making appropriation for the support of the army for the 
 fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, and for all subsequent appropria- 
 tions of funds for the Army War College. All purchases and con- 
 tracts pertaining to the appropriation for support of the Army War 
 College for the fiscal year 1905, made by the secretary of the Army 
 War College prior to the issuance of this order, are hereby approved 
 and confirmed. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War: 
 
 Adna R. Chaffee, 
 Lieiitenant- General, Chief of Staff. 
 
 General Orders. ) War Department. 
 
 No. 116. j" Washington, Maij 28, 1907. 
 
 1. Paragraphs 240 to 245, both inclusive, of General Orders, No. 
 115, June 27, 1904, War Department, are revoked, 
 
 2. The organization and Avork of the Army War College will here- 
 after be regulated by the following provisions; 
 
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 3. The purpose of the War Colleg-e is to make a practical applica- 
 tion of knowledge already acquired, not to impart academic in- 
 struction. 
 
 4. The objects of the War College are — 
 
 (a) The direction and coordination of military education in the 
 army and in civil schools and colleges at which officers of the army 
 are detailed under acts of Congress and the extension of opportvmities 
 for investigation and study in the militia of the United States. 
 
 (h) To provide facilities for and to promote advanced study of 
 military subjects and to formulate the opinions of the college body 
 on the subjects studied for the information of the Chief of Start'. 
 
 5. The personnel of the Army War College shall be in part perma- 
 nent and in part temporary. 
 
 (). The permanent personnel shall consist of a president, to be 
 assigned to that duty by the Secretary of AVar, and the officers for 
 the time being of the third division, War Department (leneral Staff. 
 The chief and one other meml)er of the division shall be directors of 
 the college. The secretary of the college shall also be selected from 
 the permanent personnel. The directors and secretary 'shall be desig- 
 nated in orders. 
 
 7. The temporary personnel of the Army War College shall consist 
 of such officers, not below the grade of captain, as may be detailed to 
 that duty by the War Department. 
 
 8. The tour of duty of the officers of the temporary personnel shall 
 be for a period not exceeding twelve months, beginning on November 
 1 of each year. 
 
 0. The interior economy of the War College shall be regulated by 
 the president and directors, subject to the approval of the Chief of 
 Staff. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 William P. Duvall, 
 Brigadier-Genend, Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
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 General Orders, | War Department, 
 
 No. 104. j Washington, June ^^, 1908. 
 
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 Paragraph G, General Orders, No. IIG, May 28, 1907, War Depart- 
 ment, relating to the Army War College, is rescinded and the follow- 
 ing substituted therefor: 
 
 6. The permanent personnel shall consist of a president, to be 
 assigned to that duty by the Secretary of War, and the officers for the 
 time being of the second section, War Department General Staif. 
 Two directors and a secretary of the college shall be selected from the 
 permanent personnel of the section. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 William P. Duvall, 
 Major-General, Acting Chief of Staff. 
 
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