Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

officer who shall have been ordered before
medical board consisting of at least
three commissioned medical officers and
upon whom such board shall have made
report showing such officer to be physi-
cally unable to properly perform the
duties of his office"
Strike out the whole of section % and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
'.Sec. % That the commanding officers
of regiments and battalions not part OF
regiments shall appoint and warrant the
| noncommissoned staff officers OF their
respective regiments and battalions. and
they shall, in their discretion, warrant
the noncommissioned officers of the com
panieS of their respective regiments and
battalions from the members thereof,
upon the written nomination of the COM
handing officers of the companies. re-
spectively. In troop, battery, and compa-
MES not part of regiment or batta ION
and in the hospital corps the noncommis-
stoned officers shall be warranted by the
commanding officer of the brigade In MS
discretion, from the members thereof.
upon the written nomination of the com
manding officer of the troop. battery,
company, or hospital corps. The officer
warranting a noncommissioned officer
shall have power to reduce to the ranks,
for good and sufficient reasons, the non
commissioned officers named in this sec
ton but such as were enlisted non
commissioned officers shall be discharged.
Noncommissioned officers who Shall be
dropped vacate their positions.
Strike out the whole of section 90 and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
''Sec %. That enlistment in the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
shall be for the term of three years: Pro-
vided, however that any soldier who may
have received an honorable. discharge by
reason of the expiration of his term OF
service may within thirty days thereafter
re-enlist for term of three years. to date
from the expiration of his previous term
Strike out the whole of section % and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
* i
Sec. oS. That no enlisted man shall
be honorably discharged before the ex-
piration of his term of service, except by
order of the commanding general and for
the following reasons:
Upon his own application, for good and
sufficient reasons, approved by the com
manding officer of his company and by
superior commanders.
lumba-
Upon disability. established by certif-
icate of medical officer
ITO accept promotion by commission"
Following section tWenty-eight and be-
tween. that section and section twenty
nine insert the following additional sec
ton:
Section 2S a. That an enlisted man be
discharged without honor at any time by
order of the commanding general on ac-
count of his being continuously absent
without leave from his command for a
period of not less than three months.
Sec. %. That an enlisted man shall be
dishonorably discharged by order of the
commanding general to carry out the SEN
tence of a court-martial.'
Following section thirty-tWo and be-
tween that section and section thirty
three insert the following additional sec
ton:
Section 80 a. That every officer and en-
listed man to whom property of the
United States has been issued shall be
personally responsible to the United States
for such property. and no one shall be re-
lieved from such responsibility except IL
be shown to the satisfaction of the COM
manding general that the loss or destruc-
ton of such property was unavoidable and
in no way the fault of the person respon-
sible for the same; and in all other cases
the value of the property lost or de-
strOyed shall be charged against the per-
son at fault or to the organization to
which it has been issued and such per-
son or organization. if not relieved from
such charge by the commanding general,
shall pay the value of such property to the
quartermaSter general within one year
after such loss or destruction. The value
of lost or destroyed property and the per-
son or organization to be charged there
with shall be determined by a board to
consist of an inspector Of the STAN Of the
commanding general Of the militia and the
commanding officer Of the organization in
which such property Is lost. In case of
disagreement such value shall be fixed by
the commanding general of the militia"
Strike out the whole of section thirty
five and insert in lieu thereof the follow
ing sections:
Section IS. That upon the promotion,
tender of resignation. retirement, or dis
missal of any officer who is responsible or
accountable for public property, the COM
manding general of the militia shall des-
ignate an officer to accept and receipt for
such property, and direct the officer re-
sponSible or accountable therefor to make
prompt transfer of all property remaining
on hand: and it shall be the duty of the
officer responsible or accountable to pro-
coed at once to complete such transfer
and close his accounts without delay.
Section 30 a. That should any officer
responsible or accountable for public prop
erty, after receiving instructions to trans
fer the same as aforesaid, fail to make
proper transfer as directed within thirty
Gays Ut dulIoTlLeu eAteISlOu VI lIldt
period, the heads of the respective staff
departments exercising supervision over
or control Of said property shall report
the facts to the adjutant general for the
action of the commanding general of the
militia. Upon receiving such report
the commanding general may, in his
discretion, direct that a surveying
officer be appointed, and 1t shall be
the duty of such surveying officer to
ascertain and verify all public property
which the delinquent o4cer had on hand
and certify the same to the officer desig-
n ted to receive it, who will Immediately
take up all property SO certified and re-
ceipt for the same to the head of the
proper staff department. The surveying
officer will then proceed to determine and
fix the responsibility for the loss or de-
struction Of any of the foregoing property
which is not found or transferred as di-
rected.
responsible or accountable for public
property after receiving instructions to
transfer the same and close his accounts
as aforesaid fail to close his accounts to
the satisfaction of the commanding gen.
eral, the heads of the respective staff de-
partments exercising supervision over or
control of said property will report the
facts to the adjutant general for the ac-
ton of the commanding general of the
militia. Upon receiving such report the
commanding general may, in his discre-
ton, direct that a surveying officer be
appointed to determine and fix the re-
sponsibility for the loss or destruction of
any public property for which said officer
is responsible or accountable and which
he has failed to transfer to the officer