Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-02-23
HOURS FOR INSPECTION.

Company quartermaster sergeants
will report to the Inspector General at
the armory at such time as he may
designate. to assist in the inspection
and Terification of military property
and perform such other duties as may
be required by him AS the command
ing officer is held responsible. he should
endeavor to- he present at this time.
Armorins. books and records, includ-
ing company treasurer's accounts and
al military property will be inspected
during the day of the date set for the
inspection of each command.
Companies viii be formed for ;nspcc-
ton at 8 O'Clock p NJ, unless other
wise directed by the Inspector General
BY order of the Governor:
ELLIOTT c.. DILL.
The Adiutant General.
STATE OF MAINE.
The Adiutant Generals Ofii,"
Augusta, February II. 19tO.
General !'rdcrS No. s.
In order To systematze the issue of
military property to enlisted mon and
make it easier for responsible officers
to check SuCn property and hold the
individual soldier responsible for his
losses. each commanding officer will
hc furnished without requisiti"u with
a sufficient supply of IndividC | Issue
Tags (Form No. 500 and a punch for
noting issue. The operation of the SyS-
ten is thus explained:
|. The Individual Issue Tag carries
a printed list of all articles of arms.
uniforms and equipment which will
| ordinarily be issued to the individual
enlisted man Opposite each article is
an O. which will be punched in idcnti-
cal manner. one OF which will be re-
tanned by the company commander,
one by the uuartcrmaster sergeant
and one by the individual enlisted man
to whom the property is issued and
who Will make certain that the punch
cd tag agrees with what he has re-
ceivcd The use of d punch. rather
than pep or pencil. prevents the pos
sibility of erasure.
2 When an article is taken up tho
name of the article will he punched out
ON the tag of the individual enlisted
man. thereby relieving him of account
ing for the same
9. In armories having individual
lockers with glass panelod doors an
additional tag may be punched and
hung inside the door, face out, so that
the name and rank of the lndlNiduat
and the property charged to him may
be seen without opening the locker. In
the absence of a glass panel the tag
may be tackled to the locker door, eth
err inside or out; but the use of an addi-
tiona, tag for the locker will be option
al with the company commanders.
T. In putting this system into opera
ton, commanding officers Will see that
nothing is chargedt i. @. punched on
the tag) to the individual enlisted man
which is not actually issued to him.
This will be construed as meaning that
he will not be charged with articles OF
clothing or equipment which would be
issued to him in the event of field SER
vice. but which are ordinarily kept in
the quartermaster sergeant's store
| room. When an organization is
ordered for field service and the
additional clothing and equipment
is issued, the o opposite each ar
ticle will be punched on the individual
soldiers tag and on return from such
service the name of each article will be
punched out as the property is turned
in.
! Commondins officers who have al
ready in operation a satisfactory sys-
tenn of property accountability need
not adopt the system herein outlined.
if. in the opinion of the Inspector Cen
eral. the system in use meets the needs
of the service An officer desiring to
retain an existing system will bring
the matter to the attention of the In
spector General at the State inspection
and the decision of the Inspector Cen
erai will be final.
BY order of the Governor:
ELLIOTT C. DILL.
The Adjutant General.