GENERAL ORDERS, No. 10. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, January 20, 1890. By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 31 of the Regulations is amended to read as follows: 31. Non-commissioned officers who are under twenty-one or over twenty-nine years of age, or who are married, are not eligible for promotion to the grade of 2d lieutenant, and will not be examined for such promotion. The limits of age in the cases of civilian candidates are twenty-one and twenty-seven years. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: J. C. KELTON, OFFICIAL: Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 11. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 7, 1890. I--By direction of the Secretary of War paragraphs 1856, 1857, and 1858 of the Regulations are amended to read as follows: 1856. Whenever, in the opinion of commanding officers, the condition of any of the colors (national or regimental), standards, and guidons in the possession of regiments, the Engineer Battalion, troops of cavalry, and light batteries has become such as to require the issue of new ones, a board of survey shall be appointed to report to the Secretary of War their condition and make recommendations as to the necessity of furnishing new colors, standards, or guidons. If the colors, standards, or guidons have become worn, faded, or injured by legitimate exposure incident to campaigns, battles, or long-continued service, their value is enhanced to the organization which bears them; but if the injuries are such that they cannot be carried without being repaired, application to have them placed in a serviceable condition should be made to the Quartermaster General. 1857. Upon receipt of new colors, standards, or guidons by the respective regiments, Engineer Battalion, light batteries, and troops of cavalry, commanding officers will cause those condemned to be suitably labeled and sent to the Adjutant General of the Army for preservation and safe-keeping. 1858. The names of battles in which regiments, the Engineer Battalion, light batteries, and troops of cavalry shall have borne a meritorious part will be engraved upon silver rings, which will be fastened on the staves of the colors, guidons, or standards. The portion of a regiment which must be engaged to entitle it to have these marks of honor engraved is that number of companies which, by tactics and regulations, is entitled, as a battalion, to carry the colors of the regiment. The inscription for the guidons of artillery and cavalry are not to include the honors to which the regiment is entitled, but those won separately by them when detached. II--By direction of the Secretary of War paragraph 1855 of the Regulations is hereby revoked, and the following will be substituted for said paragraph: 1855. The regimental colors of the regiments of artillery and in only on occasions of ceremony in which the headquarters of the regiment or of the Battalion of Engineers participates; on other occasions these colors will be left in proper custody at the station prescribed in orders for the headquarters to which they belong. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: OFFICIAL: J. C. KELTON, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 12. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 7, 1890. By direction of the Secretary of War the following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: I-Under the provisions of section 1165, Revised Statutes, the following ordnance depots have been established by the Chief of Ordnance for the supply of the troops serving in the geographical military departments in which they are severally located: At Fort Snelling, Minnesota, for the Department of Dakota. At Omaha, Nebraska, for the Department of the Platte. II--The ordnance depots at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, and at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, have been discontinued. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: OFFICIAL: J. C. KELTON, Adjutant General. |