The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-13
FIELD OFFICERS STIFF TEST.
NEW EXAMINING BOARD AND
WEIGHTIER REQUIREMENTS.

Constitute the Board-PreSident
hny CalI 1t Together at Any Time
and pInce FIR the Examination of
Candldates-Amend Ordered
to Regulations Governing the EN-
animation of Field Officers and
STAR and Line Officers of the Naval
battalion.
General orders have been issued from
the office of the adjutant general of the
Georgia Volunteers at the direction of
the Governor to alter the requirements
for field officers examinations and those
for staff and line officers of the naval
battalion. The orders also appoint 1.-The
Field Officers Board" which will have
in charge the examination of all candi-
dates for commissions as field officers.
Col. A. R. Lawton. First Regiment In
fantry, Georgia Volunteers, is president
of the board by virtue of his seniority,
while the other members are Col. w. G.
Obear, inspector general, and Lieut.. Col.
William J. Kendrick, assistant inspector
general. The board shall be called togeth-
er at any time the president may direct
for the examination of an officer. and the
place Of meeting, also, is left 10 the dis
erection of the president.
Field officers who have recently been
elevated to their position are congratulate
ing themselves upon it having been their
good fortune to be examined before the
adoption Of the new regulations govern
ing the examination. In several partic-
uIars the new requirements are much
more severe than the old, and when one
passes the new board he will have to be
thoroughly familiar with a much wider
range of military matters than one cares
to study for the mere fun of the thing.
"Winthrop's Unabridged Military Law"
Is one of the requirements and that is
work of two or three hundred pages.
The amendments to the regulations are
as follows:
AS soon after their election or nomina-
ton as may be best for the interests of
the service. all persons elected to or nom
mated for any commissioned ONCE in the
volunteer forces of this state, except per-
sons appointed as members of the mill
tary staff of the Governor and persons
nominated for the office of chaplain. shall
be examined as to their military and other
qualifications by a board. convened by the
Governor, consisting of not less than two
nor more than three officers; the Junior
member of which board shall be the re-
cOrder
Candidates for commission as field Off
GERS of infantry and cavalry will be ex-
amined by a single board to be designated
as THE Field Officers Board" which
shall consist of three members with the
rank of field officer
Each candidate will be instructed in
orders n for
nation The president of the board be-
fore which he is directed to appear will
appoint day for the same.
Each examination VIII be held, not
within thirty, nor beyond forty days of
the date Of the receipt by the president
of the board, of the orders from this Of
flee directing the candidates examina-
ton; and the president of the board will
notify the candidate of the day fixed for
his examination, within seven DAYS of the
receipt of such orders
Except that the examination for field
officer shall not be held within sixty, nor
beyond ninety, days after receipt of the
order as above
Any candidate may waive his time limit
in writing, to the board and they will be
authorized TO proceed with the examina-
ton, such written waiver to become
part of the examination return.
The scope of examinations as provided
in paragraph "a is hereby amended to read
as follows:
FOR FIELD OFFICERS OF INFANT
RY AND CAVALRY.
/. Manual OF Guard Duty
?. DrlH Regulations. Candidates Arm
only.
3. Administration. Georgia Regulations
and blank forms. U. S. Army Regula-
tons. L. S. War Department Manuals.
4. Military Law Military Code of Geor-
eia. G. O. No. 100, A. G. o., L. S. A..
1863. Winthrop's Unabridged Military
Law.
5. Minor Tactics. Wagner's Security
and Information"
6. Troops in Campaign. GU. S. Regula-
tlons).
FOR STAFF AND LINE OFFICERS OF
NAVAL BATTALION.
Navy Manual of Physical Drill.
Drill Regula tons for Infantry and Ar
tillery and Arm and Away Boats, u. S.
Navy.
Gunnery Drill Book for the New Arma-
ments, L. S. Navy.
Hand Book on Naval Gunnery, by Rad
ford
Luce's Seamanshlp.
American Practical Navigator, by Bow
ditch.
sgnaling-U. S. Naval Code of Signals.
aud International Code.
Administration. Georgia Military Code
Georgia Regulations U. S. Navy Regula-
lions
TO AID The PROSECUTION.