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C O M P I L A T I O N

O F

C I R C U L A R S C O N T A I N

I NG

I N F O R M A T IO N

A N D I N S T R U C T I O N S R E L A T I N G

T O

D E M O B I L I Z A T I O N

O F T H E

A

R M Y

W A R D E P A R

T M E N T

October

1 191

8 to M arch 3 1 1919

W A S H I N G T O N

G O V E R N M E N T

P R I N T I N G

O

F F I C E

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C

OMPIL

ATION

OF

CIRCU

LARS

CONT

AININ

G INFO

RMATI

ON

AND

INSTRUCTIONS RELATING

TO

DEMOB

ILIZA

TION OF

T

HE

ARM

W

AR DEP

ARTME

NT

Oc

tober

1 1

918,

to

M

arch

51.

1919


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C O M P

I L A T I O

N O F

C I R C

U L A R

S C O N T

A I N I N G

I N

F O R M

A T I O N

N D

I N S

T R U C

T I

O N S R E L

A T I N G

T O

D E M O

B I L I Z A

T I O N O F

T H

E A R M Y

M

W

AR

DEPAR

TMEN

T,

W

ASH IN

GTON

M

arch 31 1919.

The

follo

wing co

mpilati

on

of War

Depa

rtment

n

umber

ed

circ

ulars

from

O

ctober 1

1918 to

Ma

rch31 19

19 co

ntainin

g genera

l info

rmatio

n and

instruc

tions relat

ing

to

th

edem

obiliz

ation

of the

Army,

is

publish

ed

for

the

i

nforma

tion and

guidance of

all

concerned.

[324.12

2, A. G. O

.]

B

Y

O

E D E B

orT H

E S E C B E

T A E Y

O F

W

A R:

PEY

TON O .

M A R

CH

Genera

l

Chief of

Staff

O F

F I C I A L

:

P. C. H

ARRIS

,

The

Adjut

ant

G

eneral.

CIR

CULAR No.

73 X

OVEilB

EE 18

1918.

[NOTE. This circular has

been

ame

nded o

r

su

ppleme

nted

by

Circ

ulars

N

os. 8 1 101

126

,

1 5

5 102, 169

, and

177,W

. D. 1918

,

a

nd Circu

lars

Nos.

22 114,

and

1 30

W .

D

. 1919.]

Pr

eparati

on and

disp

osition

o

f

re

cords

for final

sep

aration

of

offic

ers enlis

ted

men,

and orga

nizatio

ns fr

om

service

in

the

United

Sta

tesA

rmy.

1.

A

Vhen

d

efinite orde

rs a

re rec

eived for th

e sep

aration

of

o

fficers

a

nd enlisted

me

n fro

mservi

ce in

the Unite

d States A

rmy, eith

er

indiv

idually

or by

orga

niza

tio

n, the fo

llowing

instruc

tionsw

ill gover

n:

2. Eve

ry offic

er and

enli

sted

man

w

illbe

gi

ven a critic

al

physic

alexamin

ation,

a

rec

ord o

f whi

ch

w

ill b

e

for

warded

for fil

e

in The Adj

utant

Ge

neral's

Office

as

h

ereina

fter

prescri

bed.

A

carbo

n

copy

will

beprep

ared

for

transm

ittal t

o

t

heBu

reau

of Wa

r Risk

Insu

rance

in c

ase the officer

o

r

en

listed

man

has

a

wound,

injury

or disease

that

islikelyto

result in

death

or disability.

INDIV

IDUAL

B

ECOBDS

EEQTTI

EED.

3

.

I

n the

case

of

of

ficers

t

he foll

owing are

the

indivi

dual

recor

ds whic

h m

ust

be

t

ransmi

tted

for

file

in the

office

of

T

he Adjuta

nt G

eneral

:

a

. Cop

y o

f

author

ity f

or

dischar

ge orse

paratio

n fr

om active

service.

6 .

Re

port of ph

ysical

exam

ination

,

c

Appe

ndix t

o

file

record

card.

d.

Qua

lificati

on c

ard.

4. In

the ca

se o

f enliste

d

men the

followi

ng are the

in

dividua

l

r

ecords

wh

ich

mu

st be

tr

ansmit

ted fo

r file

in th

e office of

Th

e Ad

jutant

Gener

al, or i

n the

case

of

d

to

the

Bureau

of

War

RiskInsurance, Treasury Department:

a

. S

ervice

record

.

6. R

eport of

physica

l exam

inatio

n.

c Pay

card.

d

. N

otice

o

f d

ischar

ge Tr

easury

Depa

rtment

,

B .

W .

R .

I

.).

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DESCR

IPTION

OF FORMS USED

.

5 . The

r

eport

of

physical

exami

nation of

officer

mu

st show th

e surname

,

Christian

name, r

ank,

a

nd org

anization; occ

upation

prior to ent

ry in the

serv

ice;

a

certificate

by

the

officer

showing

whether

or

not

at

the present

time

he

has a wound,

injury, or di

sease,

whethe

r incurred in

the milit

ary

service

of

the

U

nited State

s

o

rothe

rwise, and, if

so, the natu

re and lo

cation; a certi

ficate by

an

exami

ningsurgeon

showing that

the

officer isphysical

ly and ment

ally

sound

or that

heis p

hysically

a

nd

mentally sound

except t

hat he

has

a

defect, w

ound,

inj

ury,

or

disease, the

nature

and

location

of wh

ich to be

desc

ribed:

tha

t it

is

or i

s not likely to

result

in

death or

disability, that

it didor did

not oi'iginnte in

the line of

duty

in

the m

ilitary ser

vice,

an

d in

view of occu

pation, the

per

cent he i

sdisabled.

In ca

se

the

cer

tificate

o

fthe

officer and the certif

icate of

the

exam

ining surgeon

do

n

ot

ag

ree the

case will be

subm

itted

to

a board of r

e

view con

sisting of n

ot

less

than

two m

edical

officers co

nvened by

author

ity

of

the

camp,

post, or

other

station

commander, which will

consider

the

cas e,

ex

am

ine the

officer,

and

com

pletethe

report

sh

owing

their finding

s with

relation

to the

matter co

vered

in

the cer

tificate of t

heexamining

surgeon,

FormNo. 395-1,

A. G. O., n

ow bein

g distribute

d,

w

il l, when

re

ceived, be u

sed

for

the report of

physical

examinatio

n

of

officer

s.

Until

it is

available the re

port will be

prepare

d on 8 by 10

J inch lette

r paper.

C

A n app

endix to be

used in conne

ction

with status

card

o

f officers

on fi

le

in

the

office of The

Adj

utant

General

will be

prepa

red for trans

rnittalon 5 by

8

inch letter

paper containin

g

h

eading showin

g pla

ce and date;

surnam

e, full

Christia

n

name

(n

o initials),

rank and

organ

ization; stat

ement th

at the

officer

was

separa

ted from-service at

the place

andon

the date; a

brief statement of

authority for separation;

record

of service

with

American

Expeditionary

Forces,

if any

,

s

howing

the

d

ates of

sailingfrom

United States,

arrival oversea

s,

de

parture

from

overse

as, port, vesse

l, and dat

e

o

f arrival in

United Sta

tes;

duration

o

f ordin

ary

leaves

of absen

ce w

hile overs

eas; addres

s for future ref

erence; and acknowledg

ment of

re

ceipt

of

notice of

separation

fro

mserv

ice.

7 . O

fficers' qualifi

cation cards,

Form

COP-1101

, will

be comp

leted to date

of

separatio

n

from s

ervice

under

the heading

Military

expe

rience." A fi

nal

rating will

be given

each

officer just

prior

to

separation

from

the

serv

ice an

d

the qualific

ation card

transmitte

d

to The

Adju

tant

Genera

l of

theA r m y .

8 T

he service record

of each

enl

isted

ma

n

separated

from

the

servi

ce will

be

brough

t

up

to

date;

the

paster and

ins

ert for .s ervice

record recentl

y dis

tri

buted attach

ed

and

the proper

entries

made

thereon.

A

final

indorsement to

The

Adjutant

General

of the Arm

yfor service rec

ord will

s

how place,

date, and

cause

of discha

rge;the

character gi

ven;

tha

t the s

oldier was

paid in full;

that

d

ischarge certifi

cate wa

s furnis

hed; service

with Am

erican Ex

peditionary

Forces,

if a

ny; soldier's

sig

nature; and

fu

ture address.

A blank

fo

rm for th

e

f

inal indorsem

ent is now b

eing distribu

ted.

I

f the

s

ervice

record of

the enlisted

man to be

disc

harged is

m

issing a te

m

porary

service

record, mark

ed Temporary

in r

ed

in k,

will be p

repared,

using

available d

ata from

all sources,

including

statem

ents of

the

soldie

r.

9. The

report of

physical

examinat

ion for enliste

d

men

will contai

n the

su

rname, Christian

name,

Army serial

num

ber;

grade,

compa

ny, and reg

iment

or

arm

or corps

or

departmen

t;

occupation

pr

ior

to

entry in

the service

;

a dec

la

ration

of

the

soldi

er, wi

tnessed by an

offic

er, relatingto his phy

sical

condition

;

a cert

ificate of immedi

ate comm

anding

officer as to

the

soldier's physi

cal con

ditio

n; a ce

rtificate of

the examining

surge

on sho

wing

data as given in

para-


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graph 5;

and if the dec

laration of t

he

so

ldier and

the

cer

tificate of

theexamin

ing

surgeon

d

isagree

the

sam

e

procedure

w

ill be fo

llowed as prescri

bed

above

for an

officer. Form No.

135-3, A . G .

O.,

report of physical e

xamination of

enlisted

man,

is being

distributed

as

rapidly

as

possible.

In the

case of

men who were a

ccepted for speci

al or

limited service

the

words

Spec

ial or limited service

will

be written or stamped

across

the

top

of'the

fir

st

p

age of

Form No. 135-3, A

. G . O.

10. A

fter

the

data containe

d on pay

cards h

ave

been

used to

complete the

final

statemen

ts or

fin

al pay

rolls

the pay

cards

will be

transmitted as

herein

after pre

scribed to The

Adjutant

Gen

eral of th

e Army.

11.

A

notice of

discharg

e, Treas

ury

D

epartment,

B.

W . R.

I., will

be pre

pared

i

n

du

plicate for each

enlisted

mans

eparated from the se

rvice. Until

the form

ha

s been received

the followingm

atter wil

l

be

placed on a

5

by

8 she

et of

s

tiff letter paper: Su

rname, first nam

e,

and

middle

name in f

ull no

initials n

or

abbreviations)

gr de nd

org nis tion

t

t7ic

d te of pplic tion

for

insurance,

a

llotments, and allow

ances, da

ta to be obta

ined from

the soldier

if

not of

record; date of

bir

th; dateof e

nlistment; date of

di

scharge;

if

no applica

tions were

made, state

non

e ; brief

statement of cau

se of separati

on;

u

nder insurance will be

enter

ed the names

of the beneficiar

ies,

obtained

from soldie

r

if not of record,

the

amount

of

monthl

y

premium

,

and the

last month

for which

premium was

checked

o

n

pay

r

oll; under

allotmen

t

a

nd

allowan

ce

the names of th

e allottee

s,

obtained

from

the

soldier

if

no

t

of

record, and t

he

l

astdate

o

n which

allotme

nt ischarged

against

the

pay of th

e

soldie

r under Class

A and Cla

ss

B

; amoun

t charged

for allotment

on

final

payment;

future

address.

The

original

and duplicate

will

be

signed by

the

com

pany or

detachm

ent commander and

transm

itted to the camp pers

onnel

adjutant,

who

will

mail both

directly to

the Bureau of Wa

r Risk I

nsurance,

Treasury Depa

rtment, Wa

shington, D .

C.

DISPOS

ITION OF EECOEDS.

12.

a.

A ll

individ

ual reco

rds

of off ic e

rs an

d enlisted m

en

s

eparated

from

t

he service will

be

transmitted to

the camp

or oth

er

station personnel

adjutant,

to be

forward

ed to The Adjutant G

eneral of

theAr

my.

b. W

hen

two

or

mor

e enlisted men

are separated

from t

.e

service

at

th

e

s

ame

time,

and the separation

is

not

by

organization, an

alphabetical

list

of

the

m

en

w

ill be

p

repared

to accom

pany

the individual records.

c. W

hen an organiz

ation

as

such

is separa

ted

from

theservice

a final roste

r

will

b

e

prepared and a copy

forwarded with the

individual records.

(See

par.

16 (6).)

13

.

a When or

ganizations,or

two or

more enlisted m

en,

are

separ

ated from

the

service at the s

ame time, the

individual recor

ds will

be

wrappe

d

by

class

in packages

in such

manner as

to prevent in

jury

in

transm

ission and labeled

and marked to

show:

(1

) Co

ntents, (2) o

rganization to which th

ey

pertain, and

(3) by

who

m

sent

.

o The

packages

of

serv

ice records,

pay ca

rds,

a

nd repor

ts

of

physical ex

amination

will

be

wrapped

together

in

a

package

with

a

list

or

roster,

as

the

case

may

be,

and

again label

ed

a

nd m

arked

to sho

w:

(1)

Con

tents, (2)

organi

zation to

wh

ich

they pertain,

(3) by whom

sent,

and addressed

to The

Adju

tant Ge

neral

of

the Army,

A Vashin

gton,

D . C .

c

The

notices

of dis

charge, B. W. R. I.,

will

be

wrappe

d in a

package and

labeled to

show: (

1)

Contents, (2

)

organization

to which

they p

ertain, (3

)

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whom

sent, and

addres

sed

to

the

Bure

au of W

arRis

k Insura

nce,

Trea

sury

Departmen

t, Washingt

on, D .

C .

d. The ab

ove

records

i

n

each package

will

be ar

ranged in

the sam

e order

as

the

names

appear

on

theroster

or

alphabetical

list

accompanying them.

e.

In

the c

ase

o

fan

individua

l

separ

ated from

the

service the

rec

ords will

b

e

tra

nsmitted

to

the personne

l adjutant, to

be

forw

arded

by mail to T

he Adju

ta

nt General of

the Army

or to the

Bureau of W

ar

Risk I

nsurance, Treasury

De

partment,as the c

ase m

ay be.

N

o li

st, roster,

orletter of

tran

smitta

will

be neces

sary when

the record

s of an

individ

ual

are

sent alo

ne.

14. Package

s of

individual

records will

be sent

by mai

l

u

nless t

he

w

eight

exc

eeds

that

authorize

d by p

ostal laws,

in which even

t

t

hey w

ill be sent

by

exp

ress.

1

5.

Wh

en an

organ

ization is

finally separated

from the se

rvice

the organi

za

tion

record

s will

be prepared

an

d disposed o

f as herei

nafter

indicate

d:

a.

(1)

Correspon

dence

book

and

docu

ment fi

le;

(2)

morning

repo

rts com

pany, headq

uarters

co mpa

ny, headquarte

rs, and

cons

olidated; (3) sic

k

re

ports;

(4)

guard repor

ts; (5)

company orde

rs; (6)

regim

ental orders

;

(7)

charge

sheets ori

ginal; (

8)

war

diaries, op

eration

orders,

a

ndhistor

ical data;

(9

) cou

ncil books

.

The

ab

ove records

willbe

wrap

ped in pack

ages

by class of

record a

nd labele

d

and

m

arked

to

show

cont

ents,

period covere

d orga

nization

to

wh

ich they

per

tain, an

dby

whom

sen

t. The

se p

ackages of

record

s

w

ill be con

solidated

and

p

acked for shipm

ent

by freight,

the contai

ners

t

o be

labeled as

to their

con

tents

and addre

ssed

to T

he Ad

jutant G

eneral of the Arm

y.

6 .

(1)

Retained muster rolls;

(2)

retained reports

of changes of

officers

and enli

sted men; (3) re

tained mo

nthly ret

urns; (4) reta

ined rosters

of troop

s

a

nd

of

offic

ers;

(

5) qu

alification card

s of

enliste

d

men

; (6) retai

ued

pay

rolls

;

(7) requisitio

ns,abstra

cts, an

d individ

ual slipsfor clot

hing.

The

abov

e

reco

rds, excep

t quali

fication card

s,

Form

C

CP-1, wi

ll bewrapp

ed

in

pa

ckages,

labeled

and m

arked

as in

a and

tu

rned

intocamp

hea

dquarters

to

be

st

ored

un

til notif

ication fro

m The

Ad

jutant Gener

alof

the Army

that the

originals have been

ch

ecked, or pe

nding

further instruct

ions fr

om the War

Departme

nt

a

sto

their final

disposit

ion. T

here wi

ll be

entered on qual

ification

card

, Fo

rm

C

CP-1, in

sectio

n hea

ded

Remark

s, the home a

ddress o

f the

enlisted man

and the date

of

discharge. The qualification

cards

of

discharged

me

n will b

e placedo

n

file

at camp

headqua

rters

for

ready refe

rence.

An

invent

ory of the records

so

st

ored ofe

ach organizat

ion

w

ill be

prepa

red

and

forward

ed immedia

telyto The

Adjutant

General of t

he

A

rmy.

c .

(1) Duty roste

r; (2)

individua

l equipmen

t record, after

being

closed

;

(3)

charge

sheet,

com

pany file; (4)

extrac

t from s

ervice reco

rd; (5)

miscel

lan

eous memorand

a, exce

pt th

ose co

ntaining

mate

rial

informa

tion

r

elating to

the s

ervices

of officers

or enlisted

men or

to the hi

story of

the

organizat

ion.

(See (8)

subparag

raph

a.)

Th

e a

bove rec

ords may

be destroyed

after

verif

ication

by and u

nder th

e

s

upervision of a

field of

ficer

designated

by

the

cam

p, station, or

regim

ental

commander

for this

duty.

d. Th

e public

ations, manu

als, an

d regulatio

ns

in

th

e

posses

sion of

offi

cers

and non

commissio

ned officers ma

yb

e

reta

ined

by them.

e. The

rem

aining publica

tions, man

uals,

and regu

lations, an

d

the

file

s of

orders, bull

etins, and

circulars

other

than

regim

ental

o

r com

panyor

ders, will

be turned

in to ca

mp headquart

ers for

stor

age

pe

nding

further instruc

tions

from

the

War

D

epartmen

t.


8/89

BET TJENS BOS

TEES MORN

ING

E

EPOBTS ND BEPO

BTS OF CHA

NGES

1

6 .

W he

n an organiza

tion

or he

adquarters is

separated from the

servic

e,

final retu

rns

of

strength and final

ro

sters

-will b

e prepare

d as

hereinafter

indic

ated:

a

Final retur

n

of strength,

s h o w i

ng

the

c

ondition of the command

at

date

of s

eparation, w

ill

be

prep

ared

in accordance

with

ex

isting instruc

tions for

the

p

reparationof m

onthly

returns and forwarded

to The

Adjutant Gen eral o

f the

Army

.

. F

inal rosters of troops

and

of offi

cers will be

prepared f

or

the pe

riod

since

the

date

of

last roster in acc

ordance with existing

reg

ulations,

with t

he

follo

wing

m od

ificationsand exceptions

:

1) Final

rosters of troops

and of

officers of staff corps and

departments

will be

pre

pared

in duplicate,

the duplicat

e

co

py

being

forwar

ded to the c

hief of

the

staff corps or

department

concerned.

A

single

copy

only of

other rosters

will

b

e prepared

.

(2)

In the

caption the word

Final

will be inse

rted before the word

R

oster

an

d the

words at

midnigh

t

omitted

.

(3)

If for

any reason an

officer or enlis

ted man w hose nam

e

is

borne in the

body

of the

roster is notdischarged

orotherwise

separa

ted from service on

the

date

of

final

roster that

fac

t

w

ill

b

e

note

d

after

his

nam

e

with

statemen

t of

cause of retention

in

servic

e.

4

)

O n

the

fin

al roster of

troops orroste

r of office r

s the personnel a

djutant

w

ill certify to the

correctness

o

f the

rost

er and to

the fact that all

enlisted

me

n

and

officers named thereon

have been discharged

or

otherwise

separated

from

the

service,

except

as

stated

in

the

bo dy

of

the roster

opposite

thenames

of

such excepted of

ficers or

m

en.

1

7 . M orning re

ports

and reports of changes

w

ill

be

prepared

a

nd submi

tted

to include th

e

date

an or

ganization is separ

ated fromservi

ce.

S

UPERVISION AND

RE

SPONSIBILITY

FO

B

PREPARATION

AND

DISPOSITION

OF

RECORDS,

IS. The p

ost, camp,

or station p

ersonnel adjut

ant, under the direc

tion of th

e

c

o m m anding

offi

cer,

will

supervise

t

he

preparatio

n

and

dispositio

n

of

all records

pert

aining

to

separati

on

from

s

ervice of

officers, enlisted m e

n, an

d

organiza

t

ions, and is

respo

nsible

that all

required

records a

re properly prepared,

veri

fied,

and

disposed

of.

At larg

e

camps a

general

officer or fie ld

officer may be designated

to

supervise

the

prep

aration and disposi

tion of

r

ecords incident

to th

e

s

eparation

from serv

i

ce ofof

ficers, enlisted

men, and

organizations.

The individ

ual recordsof an

officer or

an

enlist

ed man

must be comple

ted

in everyre

spect beforehe is sep

arated fr

om

the

service.

DISCHA

RGE CERT

IFICATES.

19.

A discharge

certificate will

be

furnished

to ea

ch

e

nlisted man separated

from

ser

vice by

discha

rge,

as

prescribed

in

Army

Regulations

and the

class of

certificate wil

l

be

as in d

icated in parag

raph

15

0, Army Re

gulations.

COUNCIL

BOOKS.

20. Coun

cil book

s relating

to

fun

ds of organiz

ations s

eparated from

the

service

will be

au

dited

as prescribed

in Arm y Regulations

for

perio

dic

audit,

and

the certificates

required

fo r

such

audit will be accom

plished.

The

vou

chers

c

ov ered by

s

uch

a

udit

may

be reta

ined in the possession

of

t

he

accountable

officer.


9/89

IN

FORMATION BELATING

TO WAB-SISK

INSURANC

E.

21. E

achofficer

or

en

listed man will

be

informed of

his

rights

under the war

-

risk insurance act

before s

eparation from

the se

rvice.

A

memorandum of such

information

is

being

prepared for distribution

at

the

earliest pr

acticable

date.

COND

UCT OF MEDICA

L EXAMINATION.

22. The followin

g

in

structions

for

conducting

the

p

hysical exa

mination pre

scribed

in

paragrap

h

2

will

govern

a The

physical exami

nation w

ill

o

rdinarily be made

in cam

ps or stations

in the

United States to which

troops

have been ordered for

demo

bilization or

at w h

ich

they

may

already

be. Such phy

sical

exam

ination will

be made

and

comp leted u

nder

the

direction

of

the

camp

surgeon

or

o

ther se

nior surgeon of

the

comm and

with

the least

practicable

delay.

Except in

doubtful or deferred

cases

the

exa

mination

of any individual

officer

or

soldier should be

com

pleted

on

one day by the

examining

su rgeon or a special

examin

ing

board

desig

nated

by

the camp surgeon

or other seni

or surgeon of the c

ommand.

6 Except

in

case

of small comm ands,

the c

am p surgeon

or other

senior surgeo

n

of the command w

ill appoint a

me

dical office

r

experien

ced in

the

duties of

examining

boar

ds

and in

con

ducting physica

l

e

xaminations w ho

shall be the

chief m edical examin

er of th

at

co

m m and.

c Th

e chief medical examiner

will co

ordinate the dutie

s

of

an

d

have

general

su pe

rvision

o

ver the

examining

boar

d. He wi

ll

organ

ize

the

p

ersonnel a

ssigned

to

it in t

o one or more

examining tea

ms, assign

in g

the indivi

dual m e

mbers

thereof

to

such

duties

as the

public

interest

may

dictate.

He will

appoint

a

p

rincipal medical examiner

foreach

examini

ng

team

.

A Each princip

al medical

examinerwill

supervise

t

he

operatio

n

of

his

examin

ing

team and w ill b

e responsibl

e

to the

c

hie f medical exam

iner

for the

co nduc

tion of the

physical examination

s ma

de

b

y

the

team

and

the

proper preparat

ion

of the

necess

ary

re c

ords.

He

will sign

the

certificate of

examining surge

on

on

form

for

repor

t of

examinati

on.

e

Th

e exa

mining boar

d

shou

ld consist of s

ufficient m edical

officers

,

in

cluding

all necessa

ry specialists

. Experience

has

de

monstrated

tha

t

a well-b

alanced

team m ay

be composed

somewhat as

follows:

Exam

iners.

1.

General

examination,

in cluding skin, general surgery, hernia, he mor

r

hoids, varicoc

ele, varic

ose veins, et

3

2 Den

tal_______

_________

__________

________

_____

1

3.

O rthopedic,

inc

lu ding

bones

a

nd

joi

nts_______

______ __

_ _ _ 3

4

Ey

es _____

_________

__________

__________

_________

_ 1

5 Ears, n

ose , and throat

__________

__________

_________

___ 1

6 Cardio

-vascular___

__________

__________

__________

____ 3

7 Tub

erculosis___

___________

____________

_________

___

G

8 .

Neu

ro-psychiatri

c_________

__________

___________

_____

3

f In the

physical exam

ination of special

or l

imited service m en, m ed

ical

examiners

will

interroga

te

the

soldie

r

as to the

disability

or

de

fect

w h i c

h he

had

u

pon entrance

into the servi

ce which placed

h

im in the

limited-servic

e

class.

The phys i

cal examinatio

n of such men

will be made w

ith great care,

with speci

al r

eference to

the

defects which the

man

state

s

that he had

upon

en

trance

into

the

service

.

g

A report of

each

physical examinati

on will be

rendered upon

Form No.

395-1 ,

A. G. O.,

if

fo r an off

icer, an d

upon Fo

rm

No.

135-3

, A.

G .

O., if

for an


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p

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c

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of the

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en

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wil

l

be

im m

edia

tely

refe

rred

to

a b

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of

review

con venedby

the

cam p,

post,

or regimental

co m m ander .

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formal order

c

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nin g

th

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oard

is n

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nec

essa

ry

an

d

in lar

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ca m

ps o

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pow

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to co

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boar

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ually

b

e

de

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cam

p

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ost

su rge

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li

Th

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of

revi

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will

con

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no

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l

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than

t

wo m

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offic

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de

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e

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o

f th

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and.

Th

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boa

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supe

rvisi

on of the

s

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m

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al

exa

mine

r.

A

fter

'

a

thor

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ph

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min

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of t

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offic

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so

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r refe

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geth

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w

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a

care

ful

inv

esti

gatio

n of

all

the

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c

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395-

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. G . O

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rs.

1

The

Pre

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nt ha

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det

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und

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the

pr

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se cti

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ofCo

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17, th

at

the

pu

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serv

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wil

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be

pro

m ote

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by

the

dis

ch ar

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ra

pidly

as

the

ir se r

vice

s ca n

be s

pare

d, of

offi

cers

in the

Uni

ted

S

tate

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m y,ex

cep t

th

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m iss

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of a

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kin

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Reg

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A rm

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2. D

epa

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m and

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co m

man d

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cam

ps

n

ot

u

nder

th

e

juris

dic

tion

of

department

com m anders or

of

ch iefs

of

bureaus

of

th e

WarDepartment

co m m

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of

ports

o

f

em

bark

atio

n,

a

ll c

hiefs

of

staff

co

rps a

nd d

epa

rtme

nts

i

nclud

ing

the C hie

f of

Fie l

d

Ar

tiller

y a

nd

the C

hief

of

C oa

st A r

tille r

y, are

au

t

horiz

edau

d

dire

ctedt

o

disc

harg

e

s

uch

off

icers

of

t

he li

ne

a

nd

staf

f asa

re

unde

r

th

eir

c

om m

and

as

ra p id

ly

as

circ

um s

ta nc

es pe

rmit.

3 A

ll se

para

tions

from

the

se rv

ice

w

ill

b

e by

dis

char

gea

s auth

oriz

edb

y la

w;

te

nde

rso

f re

sign

ation

w

ill

n

ot berec

eive

dn

or con

side

red.

Suc

h

d

ischa

rges

w

ill

he a

com

plete

sepa

ratio

n

of the

indiv

idua

l f

rom

th

e mi

litar

y se

rv ic

e

a

nd

w

ill

t

erm

inate

a

ll co

m m

issio

ns

hel

d by h

im i

n the

O ff

icers'

Re

se rv e

C or

ps

or o

ther

wise

.

All

offic

ers shou

ld

beso

in

form

ed an

d sh o

uld

a

lso be

in

form

ed that

whil

e

the

y

ar

e gi

ven

opp

ortu

nity

to

ex

press

their

de

sires

rel

ative

to

com

m iss

ion

in th

e

Reserve

C orps

or

the Regular

A rm y,

the granting

of

su ch com m issions will

be

en

tirely

de

pend

ent up

on

the

ir

fit

ness

,

eli

gibil

ity, a

nd su

ch

va

canc

ies as m

ay be

pro

vide

d by

exist

ing o

r fu

ture

l

aws and

r

egula

tion

s.

4

O rde

rs r

ece iv

ed

direc

ting

the

redu

ction

of

th

e

e

nlist

ed s

tren

gth o

f a

com

m

andwi

ll b

e

con

strue

d

a

s requ

iring

a

c

orres

pon

ding r

educ

tion o

f com

miss

ione

d

s

tren

gth

in the

m a

nne

r

p

rovid

ed by

the

se inst

ructi

ons.

F

or th

e

pur

pose

o

f de

t

erm

ining

the

ord

er of

dis

ch ar

ge, of

ficer

s will

be

arr

ange

d

into

the

follo

win

g

cla

sses a

nd d

isch

arged

in

this

o

rder

:

F

irst.

O ffic

ers d

esir

ing u

ll a

nd i

m m e

diat

e sepa

ratio

n

fr

om

the ser

vice.

Se

cond

. O f

ficers

d

esiri

ng pr

om p

t sep

arat

ion

from

the

ser

vice

an

d

s

ubse

quen

t

app

ointm

ent

or

re

appo

intm

ent i

n th

e

O ff

icers'

Rese

rve C

orp

s and

who

m

com

m anding

officers

recom m end

for

such

appointm ent.

Th

ird.

O ffic

ers

desi

ring

app

ointm

ent,

if

opp

ortu

nity

p

erm i

ts , in the

Reg

ular

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y

an

d who

m c

om m

andi

ng o

fficer

s reco

m m e

nd f

or

such

app

ointm

ent.

5

The

fo llo

win g

offic

ers wi

ll n

ot be

disc

harg

ed

un

der

pro

visio

ns of

the

se

ins

truct

ions

:

a

O

fficer

s hol

din g

co

m m

issio

ns

in the

Reg

ular

A r

my,

ei

ther

on

th

e a

ctive

list

or re

tired

list

.

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March

30 1918,

relative

to

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to

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12/89

f. Opinion

of the Ju

dge

A

dvocate Gene

ral,

241.5, March 30,

1918

.

(

See

p,

23,

Digest

o

f

Opinions,Marc

h,

1918.)

11.

Pro

mpt complian

ce

wi

th instructions

contained he

rein

is

directed.

[210.8

A

G

O.]

ClEC

TJLAR KO. 77 NO

VEMBER 21 9 8

[NOTE. This circ

ular has

been

su

pplemented

by

Circ

ular N

o. 186, W . D

., 1018, and

Circular

s

Nos.

6, 30,

40, 41, and

15

2, W.

D.,

19

19.]

Discharg

e o

f enlisted

m n

for r

elief of

familyor urg

ent needin indus

trialwork.

1.

Depa

rtment commande

rs w

ithin the Uni

ted States, commande

rs of

ports

of

emb

arkation, a

nd

command

ers of cam

ps not u

nder the

jurisdiction

of

dep

art

ment commanders

or of chiefs

of burea

us

of

the

War Departme

nt,

are

autho

r

ized todischarge

enlisted men upon

th

eir

own

appl

ication

when

there

is

sick

ness or

other

distress in

the

soldier's family, or

when

he

is

needed to

resume

empl

oyment

in

an

industry or occupation in

wh

ich

there

is

urgent need of

his

servic

es,

provided

tha

t

s

uch

dis

charge will not

disrupt

or

cripple a

n existing

org

anization, and

thatthe soldier's servi

ces can

be spared. Co

nsideration will

be

given to the

fact

thatthe machiner

y of camps

mus

t be utilized in the

dem

obilization o

f the Army

and due

regard must be

ta

ken

that

it

is

not

retarded

by the

discharge

of personnel

co

nnectedtherew

ith.

2.

The instructio

ns contained he

rein apply

only

t

o i

ndividual and

excep

tional

cases and are n

ot

inte

nded to relea

se men in

large groups or

block

s for

an

y general

emplo

yment or

occupation.

3. Applic

ation for disc

harge

under th

e

provisions o

f

this circu

lar

wi

ll be

made

in each

individual

case

by

the

soldier

concerned

and through his

imme

diate

commandin

g officer. N o

man who volunt

arily enlisted p

riorto April 1,

1917, will be

discharged

under this author

ity.

4

.

M e

n discha

rged under th

eseinstruct

ions

w

ill be included

in s

uch

weekly

reports

o

f

men

disch

arged as are

required by

the War

Department.

5.

Cases of the

character indicated

arising in places

not

covered by

this

authorit

y

will be

forwa

rded to The

Adjutant

G

eneral of

the

A

rmy for

fin

al

a

ction.

[220

.81

A.

G 0.]

C I K C U

I . A K No.

78,

N O V E M B E R 21,

19 18.

War-risk

I

nsuranceExp

laining

the w

ar-risk insurance

act

to

non-Engli

sh-

sp

eaking soldiers

.

R

eports

have been received

in the

War Departm

ent thatthe

wa

r-risk insur

anc

e act has no

t be

en

th

oroughly exp

lained to no

n-English-spea

king

o

r readi

ng

soldiers.

Itis

quite impor

tant that all enlisted men In

the service be

fully

ad

vised as

to their

rights

to apply

for

war-

risk insura

nce, and if

there

a

re in

an

organi

zation any

enlisted men o

fthe

above-mention

ed

class

who

hav

e

not

ap

plied

for insuran

ce and

w

ho ha

ve

not

been

in the

servic

e

more than 12

0

days,

the

insurancelaw wil

l

be f

ully expla

inedto them

and an opportun

ity, afforded

them

to make

applica

tion.

P

riorto the disch

arge of

all

e

nlisted men t

hey will be f

ully

advi

sed as to

t

heirrights to c

ontinue wa

r-risk insuran

ce andas to the

requirem

ents rega

rd

ing

conver

sion.

Special

attention will be

given

to

those who

are unable

to

s

peak

or

read th

e

Englishlan

guage. T

hey wil

l also

b

e advis

ed as to

their

rights

regarding compensa

tion

under Article I

II

of

the

war-ris

k insura

nce act.

[168

, A. G

O.]


13/89

12

C I R C U L A

R No. 81, N O V E M B E

R

23,

19

18.

Soldier's

statement used in

preparatio

n

of

form

s for

separat

ion

from

the

serv

ice.

W hen

it

is necessary

to

accept

the

statement

of

an enlisted

man in lieu of

recor

ds

which are

not availa

ble,

as

in

the

case of sp e

cial or limited

service

me

n, as indicated in pa

ragraphs 9 and

22

,

Circula

r No.

73,

War D

ep artment,

1918, the

fact

that the

en

try on

the

form is the sold

ier's

st

atement

and

no

t

from

the

record

s

w

ill be so

notedwhen

the entry is mad

e.

[201.

0,

A G

o.l

O I E

C U L A E

No. 8

2,

N

O V E M B E R

23,

1

918.

[NO

TE. This circular has b

een

amende

d

or

s

upplemented by

Circulars N

os. 49 and

114,

W. D.,

19

19.]

War-risk

insurance information

and

assistance

to

be

given disabled

men

in

making cla

im for co m

pensation.

1 .

A

compensation

app

lication blank

fo

r

a pers

on d

isabled in

t

he

s

ervice

(Form

526,

Treasury

Department,

B. W.

R. I.) should

be furni

shed

to

every

disa

bled officer and

enlisted m

an

and

every officer

and enlisted

man claiming

disability at

the

time

of hi

s

sep

aration fro

m the service.

As

sistance

should be

rende

red in filling out

the

a

pplication, and

complete

information as

to

the

proof

re

quired

in support of

h

is claim s

hould be supplied

to

the claim

ant. Care

should

be taken

in

an

swering question 5 on page

2 of

application

blank thata

statement

is

made

as to whether t

he claimant was acce

pted for

general

mi

litary

service

or for

special

or limited

service

only.

(S ee

also

last

sentence of

par.

9,

Cir .

No.

73,

W. D.,

1918.)

2.

The

compens

ation

appli

cation

blank,

when properly

filled

out

and exec

uted

by th

e off icer

or

enlis

ted man,

will be forw

arded immediate

ly by the

camp

pers

onnel adjutant

to the

Compe

nsation

Section of the

Bureau

of

War

Ris

k

Insurance

with the

copy of

the

report of

the physica

l examin

ation

of

the officer

(F

orm

No

.

395-1,

A. Q

O.) or

of the e

nlisted man (Fo

rm

No.

13 5-3,

A.

G. O.)

attache

d

thereto. If

t

he office

r

or

enlisted

man does

not des

ire to

ex

ecute an

application for compensation

the

notation officer

(soldier)

did n

ot desire to

execute

Form

526. B.

W

. R. I.,

wil

l

be

w

ritten

or

stamped on

thecopy of

Form

No.

395-1, A. G. O.,

or

Form

No

. 135-3, A . G. O.,

as

the casemay

be.

Thecopy

of

the

report

of

the

physical

examination

of

the

officer

or

enlisted

man will

then

be

forwarde

d

by

the personnel

adj

utant without letter

of

transmittal

direct

ly

to

the

Compensa

tion

Section of the Bu

reau

of

W

ar

R

isk In'surance.

(S ee last

se

ntence

o

f par.

2 Cir. No. 73, W. D.,

19 18.)

3.

Th

e

proof

calle

d for

in

pa

ragraphs 3

, 6,

and

7 of

the instructions on

page

1 of the a

pplication blank should

be incor

porated

i

n the

blank affidavit on

the

las

tpage of

the ap

plication blank whe

never poss

ible.

If

the affidav

its

of

two

person

s to

the re

quired

fa

cts can not be

secured

when the

applicatio

n

is

exec

uted by

the officer

or

e

nlisted

man, he should be

advised

that

the

y must be

ob t

ained on his

return h

ome and forwarded

to the

C

ompensation

Section

of

the

Burea

u

of

War Risk

Insuranc

e, with a

state

ment giv ing

his full

name

,

A rm

y

serial

number,

if

an enlisted

man.

gra

de and organiza

tion in the

service,

and

date of

discharge

or

separ

ationtherefrom.

4. The clai

mant shou

ld

be

a

dvised

tha

t so

m

uch

of the proof

called for in

paragraphs

3 4 5 6 and

7

of

the instr

uctions on pag

e 1 of th

e application

blank

as is

not

incorporate

d in

aff

id avits on the

last page of

the

application at

the time the applica

tionis executed,

must be

securedby him

on

his

return

home


14/89

13

and for

warded

immed

iately to

the

Comp

ensation

Secti

on of

the B

ureau of

Wa

r

R

isk Insu

rance

i

n

suppor

t

of

his claim

.

5 .

T

he

advice and

assi

stance of

th

e

camp

war-risk

judge

advo

cate should

be

f

ully utilize

d

in

the prepa

ration

of applica

tions for

com

pensatio

n.

[00

4 .C1

A

G 0

.]

C I R C

U L A R

No.

85

, N O V E

M B E R

23,

3918.

[XOTB

.This circu

lar h

as

been

am

ended or sup

plemente

d

b

y

Circul

ars Nos. 119,

121,

153,

and

154, W . I)., 19

18,

and Circu

lars N os.

15, 78, and 154,

W .

D., 1919

.]

Ins

truction

s for final p

ayment

of

offi

cersan

d enlisted

me

n s

eparated

from

activ

e

service

in

th

e demobil

ization o

f

the pr

esent

A

rmy.

Th

e follo

wing

instruc

tions fo

r the final

pa

ymentof off

icers and

enli

stedmea

are

pu

blished

fo

r

the

info

rmation

and

guida

nceof a

ll

c

oncerne

d

:

1.

Enlisted

men

discharged or

otherwise

separated

from

active service by

org

anization

s or d

etachm

ents,

unde

r

o

rders for

thede

mobiliz

ation

o

f

the

pres

ent

A

rm y, will

be pai

d final

pay,

excep

t

as

o

therwis

e provide

d

here

in, o

n

theRegu

lar Army

pay

ro

ll,

War Departm

ent F

orms Nos.

366

and36

6a,

a

mend

ing

such

rolls to

sho

w thed

ata requi

red fo

r

a

fu

ll

a

nd comp

letes

ettlemen

t of

the fi

nal pay

du

e suc

h men.

A fina

l pa

yment roll

is

n

ow bei

ng prep

ared, of

which

whenp

rinted, an

init

ial supply will

be

distri

butedwitho

ut requ

isition,

and a

llc

oncerned

n

otified so

that

those rcQuirl

ng suc

h

rolls

m

ay

make requis

i

t

ion therefor,

if for

any

reasonthey

ar

e not f

urnished

prom

ptly.

2.

The form

of th

epay

roll

, F

orm No

.

3

66, will be

amended

, as fol

lows:

a

B

y inse

rting the wo

rd Fin

al

infront o

f the

words

Pay

roll on

the

brief.

6

.

The

c

ertificate

o

f t

he com

manding

officer will

be ame

nded b

y a

dding

comma

after Q

M .

USA., follo

wed by

was

honora

bly disch

arged

t

his date

and is

entit

led to

trave

l

pay

.

c

The

cer

tificate now

printe

d

on

the roll

for

an

i

nspectin

g and

muste

ring

officer

is

no

t requ

ired.

3

. a The

caption

at top of

pa

ge 2

o

f Fo

rmN

o. 366 will

be

amende

d to

read

Final pay

roll of

rom

91

, to

d

ate

of di

scharge

__

__

191-

..

6 . In

the

square con

taining

th

e

wo

rds When

enlis

ted

will also

b

e in

serted

the

words

Pla

ce

to

which

entit

led

to

trav

el

pay.

c

A

colum n will

be

ruled

next

after

enlistment

period

column, which will

be

headed

Arm

y

serial nu

mber.

d The date

of

enlistm

ent (or

equiva

lent),

enlistm

ent

pe

riod,

and Army

seria

l

num

ber w

ill be

entere

d

in

the

ir respec

tivecolum

ns

in thetop

half of

the

space

in whic

h

the man's

name

app

ears, a

nd the

pl

ace to w

hich h

e is

entitled

to

tr

avel p

ay

as

indica

ted by

para

graph 6 b

elow will

be e

ntered in

the low

er

hal

f

of

such

space co

mmencin

g in

When e

nlisted

colum

nan

d extendin

gt

o

b

ut not beyo

nd

rightside of

Army

serial

numbe

r

column and

positiv

ely

in

the same

sp ace as

man's na

me. An

y rem

arks will

be ente

red

in

the

next li

ne

or

lines belo

w a m

an's

name and

may

ex

tend to

bu

t

n

ot beyo

nd ri

ght

side

of

A

rmy

ser

ial num

ber column

.

The remain

der of

the old

co

lumn fo

r re

marks

will

be

ruled

for

allotments,

etc.,

as

on

month]}'

pay

roll.

e Th

e page

s

o

f the

roll

on

w

hich

the

disburs

ing offic

er makes

extensi

ons

as to

balance

pai

d, sto

ppages,

appr

opriatio

ns, etc., may

be

amend

ed

b

y his

changin

g the

headi

ngs of co

lumns to

su

it

req

uiremen

ts,

eit

her

to

the

righ

t or

le

ft

o

f so

ldiers'

signa

tures.

I

t wil

l be

nece

ssary

that

separat

e

colu

mns be

u

sed

as

fo

llows:

One for

depos

its repaid,

one f

or interes

t thereon

,

one for g

eneral


15/89

14

appropri

ations, i

n

which

both

travel pay

and

clothing du

e

sold

ier

may be en

te red the

cloth

ing am

ount

to

be s

et above tra

vel pay

in sa m e

space.

4. En

listedme

n dischar

ged indiv

idually, or

discharg

ed with an

orga

nization,

who for

some

reason

ca n

not

be

paid

final

pay

on

a

pay roll

will

be

furnished

with f

inal s

tatements coveri

ng fina

l

pa

y as

usual

.

5. The tot

al am

ount du

e so ldier

for depo

sits will be

entered

in remark

s

o

n

the

r

oll and t

he depo

sit boo

k

su

bmitted

to the qu

artermas

ter

wit

h the

ro ll. How

ev

er if the

deposit

book has

been lost th

e amou

nt and date o

f each depos

it an

d

name o

f

q

uarterma

ster

with

whom made

must be

listed on

the

r

oll

and the

soldier's affi

davit as to

its loss

fil

ed the

rewith

6 .

Travel pay

at the

rate of 3i c

ents per

m

ile wil

l be paid

fromplace

anen

listed man

is sep

arated f

rom active

service as

fo llows:

a

M en

wh

o enliste

d in th

e Regula

r Arm y or

men who

enlist

ed

in

an organ

i

z

ation

of

t

he Nati

onal Guard a

fter it h

ad been called

in

to Federal s

ervice to

the

place of acceptance

for enlistment.

6 Men

inducted

und

er the Selective

Servic

e

Regulat

ions to the place

of

inducti

on.

c . M

en who

belong

ed

to

the N

ational G

uard prio

r

to

its be i

ng

ca

lled

or

drafted

into Federa

l

s

ervice

and repo

rted for

active Federal

se rv

ice as

membe

rs

of

such Na

tional Gu

ard organi

zations

xinder call or

draft

by

the

Presid

ent

to th

e hom e

rendezv

ous o

f

th

e

organiz

ation wi

th \vhleVi t

hey rep

orted for

present

tour

of

Federal servi

ce .

d. Men

who had

been fu

rloughed

from the

Regular A

rmy t

o

the

reserve

from

which

they

were

ca

lled

t

o active duty a

nd

ar

e now

agai

n furlou

ghed to the

reserve

or

dischar

ged to the place at

which

they receiv

ed

the

ca

ll

or

notice

requiring them toreportagain

for

active

se rvice.

e M e

n of th

e Enliste

d Reserve

C

orps

who were

called

to active

service

and

are reliev

ed fr

om such

active se r

vice and pl

aced b

ack

i

n th

e

r

eserve o

n in

ac t

ive st

atus or

discha

rged to the

pla

ce

at

whi

ch t

hey received

the call

or

n

otice to r

eport f

or active se r

vice.

f

.

M e

n will be

paid

fu

ll

tra

vel pay

due them

not

withstand

ing that

they

ma

y

not

be

p

aid in ful

l or

that

stop

pages

excee

d

total

am o

unt

otherwise

due t

hem.

g .

U

nder

regu

lations issu

ed by

Unite

d States Railro

ad A dm

inistratio

n

tickets wi

ll

be

sold to dis

charged officer

s and

enlisted men

from plac

e

of

dis

charge

to place

t

o

whic

h they are

entitled

to travel

pay

as noted

on

certific

ate

of

or

o

rder f

or

discharg

e

as two-

thirdsof t

he regula

r

rate

auth

orized for tra

vel

in

day

coach.

If

such

officer

or

enlisted

man

travels in

a

Pullman or tourist

sl

eeping car

he will

be require

d

to

p

ay

regular su

rcharge apply

ing

to

co

m mercial

tra

vel

viz

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