The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-31
OFFICIAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
NJ 90 Adj't Generals Office,
o'S0 May 80, 1912.

May 90, 1912.
The following regulation is published for the GO
vernment of the Army:
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 23, 1912,
Numerous applications for additional rations hav-
ing been made the attention of the Department has
for some time been called to the subject and it has
received the careful and deliberate consideration
The interests of the country and the welfare of the
service alike require that the system, which has so
long prevailed of extending the allowance of double
rations from to another instead of recurring
to the original intent of the law, should cease. 80
far that intent be ascertaned from the nature
of the provision and the terms of the law it is the de-
sign Of the Department strictly to adhere to it. This
is rendered the more necessary consequence of the
presidents having become anomalous, and apparently
conflicting The equitable principle of putting on
the same footing all officers who may appear to render
similar sci vices or who are equally meritorious,
where rigid administration of the law may produce
an inequality between them, is one that addresses
itself rather to the Legislature than to the Executive
Upon recurring to the authority for granting addi-
tiona rations is found that there but two laws
bearing upon the subject. The act of March l6,
1902, authorized the allowance "to the commanding
officers of each separate post, and has been
modified, except by the act of April "a, 1916, which
recognized and adopted the regulations in force prior
to the reduction of the army BY various regulations,
previous to the passage of that act the allowance of
double ratons had been extended to officers in COM
mand of separate armies and of geographical military
districts departments, and to engineer officers SUI
perntending the construction repair of fortfca-
tons. With view to conform to the principle of
the act of 1902 as thus modified, and to apply it to
new descriptions of duties clearly within it, para
graphs 1851 and 1852, of article 80 of the General
Regulations of the Army, and all other regulations
and orders upon the subject except paragraphs 1853
and 1854 of the article, are hereby rescnded,
and the following is substituted to take effect on the
first day of June next
To the following officers and no others, there will
be allowed double rations:
lst To the Major General commanding the army,
and to every officer commanding in-chief separate
army, actually in the field.
ID. To the Generals commanding the Eastern and
Western geographical divisions.
Sd. To the Colonies other officers commanding
military geographical departments
4th. To the Commandant of each permanent or
fixed post garrisoned with troops, including the Su
perntendent of the Military Academy at West Point,
who is regarded as the commandant Of that post.
5th. To the commandant of each of the armories
and of each arsenal of construction at which the
rations appropriate to such arsenals actually
ried on.
9TH. To the officers of the corp, of Engineers and
Typographical Engineers having the immediate COM
mand of the men engaged in the construction of forth
fcations or other military works, or in the improve
ment of harbors rivers, but not to include any
perintendent other than the officer having such
immediate command
BY order: J. C. SPENCER.
R. JONES, Adjutant General.