the trooper pulling up short to deliver it, and then immediately resuming the gallop. This will be continued until the men are sufficiently advanced to fire while the horse is moving at that gait. In firing in retreat, commencing with the thirty yards' range, the horse should be half wheeled to the left and pulled up short. After the troopers have acquired a fair degree of proficiency in the foregoing exercises with the carbine, they may be exercised at leaping from their horses, delivering a fire quickly, then mounting and galloping to another point, repeat the operation. These exercises should be at ranges from two hundred to six hundred yards, and both advancing and retreating. Within two hundred yards the pistol may be used in the same exercises. As success in mounted firing depends chiefly upon the ability of the trooper to take quick and accurate aim, dismounted exercise in snap shooting should be extensively practiced. Reports of all firing will be made in accordance with the rules prescribed for rifle practice, the blank forms supplied for that purpose being modified as may be necessary. In making out the reports care will be observed to specify in marginal remarks the arm used, whether the firing has been mounted or dismounted, delivered at a halt or when moving, in advance or retreat, and, in short, every condition that will assist in estab lishing a standard for instruction in mounted firing practice. Four hundred rounds of ammunition per annum for each man for the carbine, and the same amount for the pistol, is authorized for target practice. This allowance may be expended at such periods in the year as department commanders may think best suited to the circumstances of the case. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 58. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, May 27, 1882. The following acts, extract of a joint resolution, and joint resolution of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned: LAN ACT making an immediate appropriation for the removal of obstructions at Hell Gate, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the removal of obstructions in East River, Hell Gate, New York, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and to be immediately available. Approved May 4, 1882. ILAN ACT to authorize and direct the Secretary of War to change the name of Charles Alton Howard, a second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment of Cavalry of the army of the United States, on the register, rolls, and records of the Army, to Alton Henry Budlong. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to change on the register, rolls, and records of the Army, the name of Charles Alton Howard, a second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment of cavalry of the Army of the United States, to Alton Henry Budlong; and that upon such change being made the said Alton Henry Budlong shall hold the relative rank in said regiment and Army which he has heretofore held under the name of Charles Alton Howard, and shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments, and to succeed to all the rights which he would have had under the name and designation of Charles Alton Howard, and shall be subject to all the liabilities, duties, and responsibilities that he would have been subject or liable to under such name and designation. Approved May 15, 1882. IILAN ACT making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropri ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications and other works of defense for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; also the following for the armament of fortifications, namely: For the armament of sea coast fortifications, including heavy guns and howitzers for flank defense, carriages, projectiles, fuses, powder, and implements, their trial and proof, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, including compensation of draughtsmen on gun construction while employed in Ordnance Bureau, and for machine guns, including the conversion of smooth bore cannon into rifles, one hundred thousand dollars. For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and the preservation of the same, and for torpedo experiments in their application to harbor and land defense, and for instruction of Engineer Battalion in their preparation and application, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the money herein appropriated for torpedoes shall only be used in the establishment and maintenance of torpedoes to be operated from shore stations for the destruction of an enemy's vessel approaching the shore or entering the channels and fairways of harbors. SEC. Two. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to issue, on the requisition of the governor of a State bordering on the sea or gulf coast, and having a permanent camping ground for the encampment of the militia not less than six days annually, two heavy guns and four mortars, with carriages and platforms, if such can be spared, for the proper instruction and practice of the militia in heavy artillery drill, and for this purpose a suitable battery for these cannon will be constructed; and for said construction and the transportation of said cannon, and so forth, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for supplying each State that may so apply. Approved May 19, 1882. IV. JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and so forth, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and miscellaneous items required in the proper care of all the public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, the sum of sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropri ted, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for he service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ghty-two. For contingent expenses of the War Department Building for eighteen undred and eighty-two, being for gas, soap, sponges, repairs, painting, nd miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War, such as ank-books, stationery, labor, books, maps, gas, and miscellaneous items, wo thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Office of the Adjutant General of the my, such as fuel and gas, ice, office furniture, painting, glazing, and ambing, and repairs for building numbered seventeen hundred and wenty-five F street northwest, five hundred dollars. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to loan one hundred flags to the mayor and committee of citizens of Charlotte, North Carolina. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authord and directed to loan one hundred flags to the mayor and committee citizens of Charlotte, North Carolina, to be used in celebrating the e hundred and seventh anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration Independence May twentieth, seventeen hundred and seventy-five, th such security for their prompt and safe return as he may deem cessary[.] Approved May 17, 1882. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: "FICIAL: CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER, Assistant Adjutant General. |