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General Orders.
Headquarters I'd Regiment Infantry.
National Guard of the State of Maine.
Lewiston. January /, 1896.

Headquarters I'd Regiment infantry. /
National Guard of the State of Maine,
Lewiston. January /, 1896.
General O.ders No 1.
l. The following regulations govern
ing military correspondence are published
for the information Of the command and
officers are requested to folibw them
strictly.
IL. All official correspondence between
q commander and his junior will be con-
Quoted by the adjutant at regimental
headquarters, and the adjutant general at
general headquarters. and oil written
communications are to be addressed
accordingly in the ascending line Of cor
respondence The same rule will govern
verbal communications: Thus q lieuten-
ant will obtain the sanction of his cap
tain before applying for indulgence to a
higher commander.
Ill. In addressing a military ccmmu-
nication, the rank OF the officer addressed
will precedc his name and his title will
follow. He may &c addressed as Sir,
but it is usual to give him his rank as
Colonel Captain" etc.
|. Nv. In commencing military COM
munication Excepting those written by
staff officers under directionl it is GUS
tomary to use the words II have the
honor to state" or request, or re
port, "as the case may be-.
V. Enlisted men of companies address
all communications to their captains.
Nor. commissioned staff officers address
\ their immediate superiors. J. g., the
sergeant major and drum major address
| the adjutant; the quartermaster sergeant
and cOmmissary sergeant tbb quarter
master; and the hospital stewart the
surgeon.
| vi. Officers In writing to superior,
address his adjntant general or his ad-
jutant, in writing to an inferior they al,
dress him directly. Communications
from a superior to officers under his com
mand are habitually written by his adj
jutant general or his adiutant.
| VII. A communication containing a
request or a report from an officer must
be addressed to the headquarters where
such request or report Is to be considered:
Thus an officer applying for leave of alb
sence would address the adjutant general
of the State; whereas il he only desired
something which the commander of his
regiment could act upon. he should adj
dress the adjutant In all cases such re-
quest or report will be forwarded through
adjutant, except that all communications
from superiors to subordinates will be
answered through the same channel as
received.
VIII. Official correspondence between
the heads of different departments Of the
staff of any command and Its commander
will pass through the adjutant general or
the adjutant of the command.
TX. A letter will be properly briefed
ut the first office at which it is received
and entered. The first fold will be used
exclusively for brief analysis of the con-
tents of the communication. 1ndorse-
ments commence at the top Of the second
fold and are numbered serially in order
J of dates on the successive folds.
Officers and enlisted men are prohibited
! from sending communications, or prefer
! ring claims or requests for indulgences,
redress or grievances, or any other matter
] touching their military service, except
} through the proper military channels.
ANY officer who, on his own RESPONSE
J bility, transmits documents otherwise
than Though the regular channels, must
, fully explain the causes which induce
J him to do 30, and at the same time for
ward copies of the same for the informa-
ton Of the authority through which they
should have passed in regular course.
BY order OF Colonel Philbrook.
APPLETON H. PLAISTED,
1st Lieutenant and Adjutant