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ration.
The status Of bandsmen musicians and
similar enlisted men Of the army as to
target practice has been the subject of con-
sderation at the War department. A dues-
ton arose as to the construction Of various
paragraphs Of the small arms firing regus-
tions in regard to these classes OF enlisted
men, as to whether a band is to have an
Individual figure OF merit; whether trumpet
ers and musicians are to be included in
making up the individual figure of merit Of
their organizations; whether the band
should be reported as an organization for
pistol practice; and whether the post nom
commissioned star is to be included in
making up the individual figure OF merit
OF a post. The affirmative was decided
upon in the first three points, and on the
fourth point It was decided that only such
members should be included as actually fire.
The session of the Army Signal Corps
school at Fort Leavenworth closed on June
30 with seven graduates-MAjor Charles
NICK Saltzman. Signal corps, honor grad
uate; Lieutenant G. A. Wieczorek, Seven
teenth infantry, distinguished graduate;
Lieutenant Olney Place, Sixth cavalry, dis
tinguished graduate; Lieutenant @. G,
Lewis, First infantry, distinguished grad
uate; Lieutenant P. w. Beck, Fifth in
fantry. distinguished GRADUATED Lieutenant
c. L. willard, Twenty-nintb infantry dis
tinguished graduate and Lieutenant e. D.
Warfield, Thirtieth infantry. graduate. Tho
next session of the school will begin about
September /, with Major G. o. squier, Sig
nal corps, as assistant commandant. Tho
student officers OF the Signal corps who
will attend include Captain William
Mitchell, Lieutenant e, p. Jeunet and Lieu
tenant John e. Hemphill, who will return
from Alaska by that time. There will also
be in attendance Company A of the Signal
corps, under Captain L. D. wildman and
Lieutenant George p. Kumpe. It is also
proposed TO send to the school larger
number of line officers than were presen.
in the session just ended.
A very unusual case in regard to post
exchanges. which, although presenting some
difficulties, will probably rarely occur. has
beenibrought to- the attention Of the War
department. A hospital corps detachment
at an army post brought into the post ex-
change at that post on a basis OF twelve
men to the detachment. The number OF
men has now been reduced to six, and the
dividends of the exchange are distributed
to the detachment on the basis OF that
number. The post surgeon asked what the
remedy is for that condition. The War de-
partment replied that the post exchange
regulations provide that the amount to be
paid by an incoming organization shall be
determined by the per capita membership
Of the organization, and therefore in the
case in question the purchase price was
properly fixed on the basis of a detachment
of twelve men. II Is clearly the intent OF
the regulations that, while membership in
an exchange shall be by organization, the
size OF the organization shall be considered,
and the same rule applies to the distribu-
ton OF dividends, except that the size of
the organization at joining is taken from
the number Of men present at the time of
joining, whereas the proportion OF divi-
dends due to an organisation is calculated
on the basis Of the whole number OF men
who have been present with the orRaniza-