The times., 1901-04-20
A GENERAL ARMY ORDER
Secretary Root Issues Regulations
Governing the Military Service.

| Secretary Root yesterday issued the
| following general order TO the army:
! ''rhe designation company as used in
| these regulations applies to troops of cav
| airy. batteries of field artillery. and COM
| panies of infantry and coast artillery and
| bands of all arms The designation bat
talon applies in like manner to squad
| rOns of cavalry.
| In the cavalry and infantry arms the
| regiment is the administrative unit;
cavalry regiment consists of three con-
stituted squadrons of four troops each; an
| infantry regiment of three constituted
| battalOus of four companies each. The
command of a regiment devotves upon
| the senior officer on duty with it wherever
| he may be stationed. Wherever incom-
! plete battalions of the same or different
| regiments are serving together the COM
manding officer may designate provisional
| battalons The battalion is unit for
| maneuvers and instruction; 1t is not an
| administrative unit; it has no headqUar-
| ters and when serving in regiment no rec
/ ords
| Field officers of the line of the army
are assigned by the department or other
| commander to stations or commands
| where their services are most required,
| provided troops of their own regiments
| colonies and majors on duty at posts are
assigned to provisional battailOns by post
| comma anders.
THE regimentaI staff officers are ap-
pointed from the captains. and consist OF
tho adjutant, the quarteTmsster. and the
| Commissary, and they will be 50 desig-
mated. respectiN ely; they are appointed BY
. the regimental commander. who viii at
/ once report his action To the Adiutaut
| General, the appointment Of the quarter
master and the commissary u be made
subject to the approval Of the Secretary
/ Of War
The battalion staff officers are ap-
pointed from the lieutenants. and consist
/ of the adjutant and the quartermaster
| and commissary, and they will be desig
mated az battalion cor squaaroni adtutant
I and as battalion cor sGuadrOnl quarter
| master ard commissary, respectively; !;
| they are appointed by the regimental
/ commander upon the recommendation Of
| the battalion commander.
! 'W hen battalion is detached agd serv-
/ ing at such distance from regiE1ental
/ headquarters that more than fifteen Gays
| are required for exchange Of correspon-
| dence by mail the battalion stan OnIcsrs
! are appointed by the battalion comma nd
| er, who viii Immediately notify the regi-
| mental commander and the Adjutant Cen
| eraI Appointments of staff officers will
/ not be antedated. and will take effect the
day On which actually made The officer
/ viii be entitled to the pay pertaining to
| his appointment from the date he enters
/ upon duty under it.
| ''Rcgimental staff officers may hold Of
] flee for four years and battalion staff Of
| ficers for two years and no longer. They
| will not be eligible for a second tour. nor
| for appointment or reappointment. eX-
| Cept to serve an uneXpired term; but the
! time an 2djutant or quartermaster may
/ have previously served on the regimental
| staff with the rank of lieutenant. and
| any period a lieutenant may have served
| as battalion staff officer, will not be in
| cluded in computing the four years for
| which he may hold office on the regi-
| mental staff as captain.
! Each on-cOmmissioned officer will be
/ furnished with a certificate warrant
| of his rank signed by the officer making
| the appointment, and countersigned by
! the adjutant. but separate warrant as
| first sergeant will not be given. A war
| rant issued to a non-cOmmissiOned officer
! is his personal property Warrants need
| not be renewed in cases of re-enlistment
/ in the same company. If re-enlistment is
| made the day following the day of dis
| charge. but upon request may remain in
| force until vacated by promotion or re-
| ductiOn; each re-enlistment and continu-
| ance may be noted on the warrant by the
| company comma uder.