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Examination for Promotion.
Section XIII. The examination of an officer for promotion will be conducted in the following order :
(a) As to physical fitness.
(b) As to general efficiency.
(c) As to professional fitness.
The board will make a thorough physical examination of the officer being examin- ed. In doubtful cases they will be guided by the following :
"An incurable disease or injury, or a disease or injury not curable within a reasonable time, either of which is of such a character as to disqualify an officer fór duty on the active list, constitutes incapacity for service. If, however, a disease or injury be curable within a reasonable time, the officer should be regarded as physically qualified for promotion. The Question as to the curability of a disease or injury is one for the board to decide, but if unable to determine such question, it should be recommended that the officer be re-examined after such period as, in its opinion, may be necessary to permit a determination to be reached."
When the board finds an officer incapacitated for active service by reason of physical disability, further examination will cease and the board will report its findings, stating in full the cause of disability and whether or not it was con- tracted in the line of duty. If the board finds the officer physically fit to per- form the duties of a medical officer in the Organized Militia the examination in general efficiency and professional fitness will follow.
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Examination as to General Efficiency.
Under this head the board will consider (1) the use an officer has made of his opportunities in the Organized Militia; (2) his ability to apply practically his professional knowledge; (3) his general trustworthiness and ability in performance of his official duties, and (4) his ability to handle and control men. To this end the adjutant general of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, will forward to the board all papers on file in his office relating to the offimer's efficiency and these will be considered by the board. In the absence of competent evidence to the contrary, an officer's fitness as to general efficiency will be pre- sumed.
Examination as to Professional Fitness.
The examination of an officer is for the purpose of testing his knowledge of the duties that may devolve upon him when promoted. It will be in no sense scholastic, or such as to require him to memorize data and statistics ordinarily found in reference tables. Practical exercises and problems will not be framed so as to require a knowledge or training greater than may be required of him when promoted to the next higher grade. In judging an officer's professional qualifications, the board will take into consideration his age, service, and the duties he has been required to perform.
The character of the examination for promotion as to professional fitness will be as follows :
(a) In all cases the examination will be oral, practical, or written, or some combination of these, as indicated below opposite the names of the subjects.
(b) Should an officer fail to make a general average of 70 per cent in the oral examination, he will be re-examined at once in writing on all subjects in which he failed.
(c) In case of failure in the practical part of any examination, the board will conduct a second practical test of sufficient scope to determine beyond doubt the officer's knowledge of the subject.
No officer will be recommended by the board as qualified for promotion who fails to pass a satisfactory examination as to physical fitness, general efficiency, and professional fitness.
The following is the scope of the professional examination for the promotion of medical officers in the Organized Militia.
First Lieutenant to Captain.
Subjects :
(α) Subjects covered in courses : Year A, B, and C. Circular No. 3, War De- partment, Division of Militia Affairs, February 26, 1914. Oral and practical.
(b) Ilygiene, general and military. Oral. Practice of medicine, including re- cent progress in etiology, pathology, and therapeutics. Oral.
(c) Surgery, including recent progress in etiology, pthology, therapeutics and new operative procedures. Oral.
Captain to Major.
(a) All subjects covered in courses prescribed for medical officers in Circular No. 3. War Department, Division of Militia Affairs, February 26, 1914. Oral and practical.
(b) Hygiene, general and military. Oral.
(e) Practice of Medicine, including recent progress in etiology, pathology, and therapeutics. Oral.
(d) . Surgery, including recent progress in etiology, pathology, and therapeutics. Oral.
Exemptions From Certain Subjects.
Officers producing certificates showing that they have successfully completed any of the prescribed courses for medical officers on pages 40-42, Circular No. 3, War Department, Division of Militia Affairs, February 26, 1914, will be exempt from examination for promotion on the subjects covered by such.
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Dental Corps (Optional)
Section XIV. Dental surgeons are authorized at the rate of not to exceed one for each thousand of actual enlisted strength. All original appointments to the Dental Corps shall be as acting dental surgeons, and after three year's service in a manner satisfactory to the governor, or commanding general District of Columbia militia, such appointees may be appointed dental surgeons and be commissioned as first lieutenants in the Dental Corps.
Hospital Corps.
Section XV. That the Hospital Corps of the Organized Militia of the several States, Territory, and the District of Columbia shall consist of such number of sergeants, first class ; sergeants ; corporals, acting cooks ; privates first class, and privates as shall be required to comply with the provisions of Tables of Organization, Organized Militia, 1914. That all necessary hospital service in camps or the field (including ambulance service), shall be performed by the mem- bers thereof, who shall be regularly enlisted in the military service; said corps shall be permanently attached to the medical department.
Section XVI. The adjutants general of the Organized Militia of the several States, Territory, and the District of Columbia is empowered to appoint as many sergeants first class, sergeants, and corporals as the service may require, but not more than are provided for in the Tables of Organization, Organized Militia, 1914.
Section XVII. No person shall be appointed a sergeant, first class, unless he shall have passed a satisfactory examination before a board of one or more medical officers of the Organized Militia as to his qualifications for the position, and demonstrated his fitness therefor of not less than twelve months as a sergeant ; and no person shall be designated for such examination except by written authority of the chief surgeon.
Section XVIII. The adjutant general will cause to be enlisted as many privates of the Ilospital Corps as may be necessary to meet with the provisions of the Tables of Organization, Organized Militia, 1914, and any enlisted man in the Organ- ized Militia shall be eligible for transfer to the Hospital Corps as a private.
JOHN C. BOND, The Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, June 1, 1915.
Circular
No. 7.
The following revised list of members of the Honorary Staff of Honorable Henry D. Hatfield, Governor, is published for the information of all concerned :
With the rank of Brigadier General :
Paymaster General, II. M. Kimberland, Wheeling ; Chief of Ordnance, Clark Ham- ilton, Wheeling ; Commissary General, S. W. Patterson, Vivian ; Judge Advocate General, George C. Baker, Morgantown ; Quartermaster General, W. F. Hite. Hunt- ington ; Inspector General, F. P. Grosscup, Charleston ; Surgeon General, J. How- ard Anderson, Marytown ; Chief of Engineers, W. D. Ord, Landgraff ; Chief Signal Officer, Noyes S. Burlew, Charleston.
Aide-de-camp with rank of Colonel :
.Berkeley County-Nat T. Frame, Martinsburg ; Gray Silver, Martinsburg : Max von Schlegell, Martinsburg.
Braxton County-Amos Bright, Sutton.
Brooke County-Walter G. Banfield, Follansbee ; Thomas J. Sherrard, Wellsburg.
Cabell County-J. E. Pedigo, Huntington ; F. H. Tyree, Huntington.
Fayette County-S. A. Scott, Macdonald ; J. A. Boone, Nuttall.
Grant County-D. P. Hendrickson, Petersburg.
Hampshire County-A. M. MeKeever, Romney.
Harrison County-H. B. Curtin, Clarksburg ; A. K. Thorn, Clarksburg; S. S. Farris, Bridgeport.
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Jefferson County-George H. Childs, Harpers Ferry ; George W. Graham, Har- pers Ferry.
Kanawha County-John Laing, W. T. Williamson. Grant P. Hall, Dr. V. T. Churchman. H. M. Bertolet, J. W. Dawson, Dr. G. A. MacQueen. W. M. Puckett, Enoch Carver, P. A. Simpson, M. T. Roach, C. A. Cabell, II. P. Brightwell, William Freudenberger, Leigh Harrison, Charleston.
Lewis County-W. S. Woodell, Weston.
Logan County-Naaman Jackson, Logan.
Marion County-Smith Hood, Fairmont : Dr. J. O. MeNeeley, Fairmont ; M. L. Hutchinson. Fairmont ; HI. L. Heintzelman, Fairmont.
Marshall County-James Burley, S. W. Meals, Moundsville ; W. H. Harris, Glen Easton.
Mercer County-W. H. Thomas, Philip Goodwell, Bramwell.
Mineral County-Geo. D. Carskadon, W. E. Crooks, Keyser.
Mingo County-F. L. Schoew, Chattaroy.
Monongalia County-Louis P. Krebs, H. L. Carspecken, Leopold Sigwart, Joseph H. McDermott, Morgantown.
Morgan County-V. E. Johnson, Berkeley Springs.
McDowell County-William Leckie, Welch ; C. H. Boardman, Vivian ; James El- wood Jones, Switchback ; Floyd E. Cunningham, Eckman ; W. M. Ritter, Welch ; H. Banks, Keystone.
Ohio County -- H. F. Behrens, E. B. Horkheimer, Ben L. Rosenbloom, William K. Bodley, John Cummins, H. L. Kirk, A. F. Schenck. S. O. Laughlin, Charles H. Patterson, Wheeling.
Pocahontas County-Dr. O. H. McKee, Marlinton.
Preston County-A. A. Pickering, Rowlesburg ; Charles T. Kelly, Terra Alta ; A. G. Ilughes, Kingwood.
Raleigh County-Dr. W. J. Walker. Mabscott.
Randolph County-W. E. Baker, Elkins.
Ritchie County-Dr. W. E. Talbott. Harrisville.
Taylor County-O. J. Fleming, Grafton.
Tucker County-J. B. Jenkins, Parsons.
Tyler County-W. I. Neunschwander, S. G. Pyle, C. N. Kimball, Arlen G. Swiger, Sistersville.
Upshur County-Charles E. Iliner, E. W. Martin, Buckhannon.
Wood County-T. A. Brown. W. A. Hersch, William Kirk, Charles S. Smoot, Lyle Jones, Richard Mumaugh, Frank H. Markey, Frank S. Smith, Charles Brooks Smith, Harry Woodyard, William L. Mengert, Parkersburg.
Wyoming County-A. L. Wittenburg, Pineville.
Colin H. Livingston, Washington, D. C.
George F. Snyder, Washington, D. C.
J. M. King, Wellsville, Ohio.
Stuart Hirshman, New York, N. Y.
Aide-de-Camp with rank of Major :
Alfred Charles Cramp, Wheeling.
JOHN C. BOND, The Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, July 1, 1915.
Circular
No. 8.
The following is published for the information and guidance of the officers of the West Virginia National Guard :
1. FIELD SERVICE includes service in any of the following cases : In campaign, simulated campaign, or on the march ; in mobilization, concentration, instruction, or maneuvre camps.
2. To facilitate convenient reference and designation Officers Equipment (in- cluding uniform and baggage) for field service is classified as follows :
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(a) OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT A consists of such articles of uniform, equipment and baggage as are prescribed for use in campaign, simulated campaign or on the march.
(b) OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT B consists of such articles of uniform, equipment and baggage, in addition to Officers' Equqipment A, as are prescribed for mobiliza- tion, concentration, instruction, or maneuvre camps, and during such pauses in operation against an enemy as permit of the better care of troops.
(c) OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT C includes both Officers' Equipment A and Officers' Equipment B.
3. When officers are ordered to duty in campaign, or on the march Officers' Equipment A only, will be taken. Officers' Equipment B, with such additions or deductions as may be ordered by proper authority, will be packed in trunks, boxes or bundles, whose dimensions do not exceed 38" x 19" x 13", plainly marked with officer's name, rank, organization and weight, ready for shipment, and will be left with nearest quartermaster or designated officer to be shipped as may be ordered.
4. When officers are ordered to duty in mobilization, concentration, instruction. or maneuver camps, Officers' Equipment C, with such modifications as may be ordered by proper authority, will be taken.
5. The contents of cach Equipment in detail are as follows :
OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT A
UNIFORM (See Note 1.)
1 breeches, service.
1 coat, service, with collar ornaments and insignia.
1 leggins, russet leather or pigskin (See Note 2).
Note 1-Uniforms which are the property of the United States will not be used by officers.
Note 2-Officers may wear canvas leggins or woolen puttees in the field, and niounted officers may wear russet leather boots.
1 cord, hat.
1 cord, tying, for service hat.
1 gloves, regulation, riding, pair (for mounted officers).
1 hat, service, with hat cord sewed on.
I overcoat, o. d. (for winter only).
1 shirt, flannel, o. d.
1 shoes, russet, leather.
1 sweater (for winter only).
1 tag, identification, with tape.
1 waterproof cape or overcoat (optional) (See Note 1).
EQUIPMENT.
(a) 1 bedding roll, canvas.
1 blanket, wool.
1 canteen, cavalry.
2 canteen haversack straps (for dismounted officers).
1 canteen strap, cavalry (for mounted officers).
21 cartridges, ball, pistol, caliber .45.
1 compass (See Note 2).
1 cup.
1 dispatch case (for staff officers and those acting as such whose duty may require them to use a dispatch case).
1 first aid packet.
1 fork.
1 glasses, field, with case and strap (See Note 3).
1 haversack (for dismounted officers).
1 knife.
2 magazines, pistol, extra.
1 meat can.
1 notebook and pencils.
1 pistol, caliber .45.
1 pistol belt.
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1 pistol holster, caliber .45.
1 pouch for first aid packet.
Note 1-Officers may wear waterproof capes or overcoats, as nearly as practicable the color of the service uniform, when on duty involving exposure to rainy or other inclement weather. Under similar conditions mounted officers may wear the slicker and dismounted officers the poncho issued by the Quartermaster Corps.
Note 2-Chaplains will not be required to provide themselves with compass, field glasses or pistol. Each officer below the grade of major will be furnished with one shelter tent, mounted, complete, from the equipment issued to the organization. Each field officer will be similarly provided with 1 small pyramidal tent, or in lieu thereof, 1 wall tent.
Note 3-The field glasses issued to organizations as a part of their signal equip- ment are not issued for the personal use of officers, and will not be used in lieu of the officers' personal field glasses. Field glasses may be purchased from the Signal Corps, U. S. Army.
1 spoon.
1 spurs, with russet leather straps. pair (for mounted officers).
1 watch.
1 whistle (for all company officers and battalion commanders).
(b) If organizations are equipped with model 1910 infantry equipment. deduct from (a).
1 canteen, cavalry.
2 canteen-haversack straps.
1 canteen strap, cavalry.
and add to (a)
1 canteen.
1 canteen cover.
1 can, bacon.
1 can, condiment.
1 pack carrier (for dismounted officers).
(c) Horse equipment of all mounted officers.
1 bridle, cavalry, model 1909.
1 currycomb.
1 horse brush.
1 halter headstall.
1 halter strap (halter tie rope).
2 horseshoes (1 fore and 1 hind).
12 horseshoe nails.
1 lariat.
1 lariat strap.
1 link.
1 nose bag or feed bag.
1 picket pin.
1 saddle, cavalry or Whitman's, Officers' model, complete.
1 saddle bags, pair.
1 saddle blanket.
1 saddle cloth. .
1 surcingle.
BAGGAGE.
Tables of Organization, 1914, fixes the weight limit of baggage for field ser- vice at 100 pounds for each general officer and at 50 pounds for each remaining officer. The following articles may be taken without exceeding the weight limit of 50 pounds :
Bedding roll, canvas, to contain-
Lbs.
Oz.
1 bag. barrack
1 0
1 bar, mosquito
14
1 basin, canvas
7
1 bedsack
1
14
1 blanket, wool 5
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1 bucket, canvas, 12-quart Clothing :
2 0
Note 1-The bedding roll adopted by the Quartermaster Corps or any other canvas roll may be used as a combination bedding-clothing roll (U. R.)
1 breeches, service
1
9
3 drawers, cotton, pair 1
11
1 laces, shoe, extra pair.
1 clothing roll, canvas (See Note 1) 3
14
1 shirt, flannel, olive drab 15
1 shoes, marching pair 2
10
5 stockings, light woolen, pair
10
3 undershirts, cotton 1
8
3 handkerchiefs
1 headnet, mosquito
14
1 lantern, combination (or a folding lantern) 2
4
1 pack carrier (Model 1910 equipment)
8.
1 poncho (for dismounted officer only) . 3
13
1 slicker (for mounted officers only ; carried on mount)
1 sweater 2
0
Toilet articles :
1 comb
2
1 housewife
4
1 mirror
6
1 paper, toilet, package
15
1 shaving outfit, and materials.
1
14
1 soap. cake
6
1 toothbrush and dentrifice
1
0
Weight of bedding roll about
11
11
Total 50
OFFICERS' EQUIPMENT B.
1 blanket, wool.
2 breeches, service.
1 brush, hair.
1 chair, folding.
1 coat, service.
3 drawers, pairs.
6 handkerchiefs.
1 leggins, pair.
1 mattress, light weight.
1 overcoat, o. d., (if not worn).
1 paper, toilet, pkg.
1 pillow, with case.
3 shirts, under.
1 shoes. tan, pair.
1 slippers, pair.
4 stockings, pair.
4 towels.
1 whisk broom.
6. Equipments A, B and C pertaining to infantry organizations will be found in Infantry Equipment Manual, Organized Militia, 1914.
JOIIN C. BOND, The Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, July 10, 1915.
Circular No. 9
The following General Orders of the War Department prescribing the method
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of writing official letters and indorsements thereon, which were published as G. O. No. 31, A. G. O., 1912, are republished for the information and guidance of all concerned, and are applicable to the West Virginia National Guard :
WAR DEPARTMENT, .Washington, August, 5, 1912.
General Orders,
No. 23.
The method of writing letters and indorsements prescribed herein will be used hereafter in all official correspondence in the service of the War Department and the Army and with bureaus of executive departments. This order will be effective within the continental limits of the United States Porto Rico, Panama, and Hawaii Territory on September 1, 1912, and in Alaska and the Philippine Islands on October 1, 1912.
1. Heading, subjeet, and number of letter .- The letter will begin with the place and date, written as at present ; below this, beginning at the left margin, will come the word "From," followed by the official designation of the writer, or in the absence of any official designation, the name of the writer with his rank and regiment, corps, or department : below this, also beginning at the left margin, will come the word "To," followed by the official designation or name of the person addressed. Next will come the subject of the communication, indicated as briefly as possible and in not to exceed 10 words. The words "From," "To." and "Subject" will begin on the same vertical line. The sending office number of the communica- tion will appear in the upper left-hand corner.
Example.
176.
HQ. EASTERN DIVISION, Governor's Island, N. Y., May 25, 1911.
From : The Adjutant General.
To. Captain John A. Smith, 1st Inf. (Through C. O., Madison Barracks, N. Y.) Subject : Delay in submitting reports.
The Division Commander directs that you submit with out further delay the re- ports of your recent inspection of the Organized Militia of the State of New York, and that you submit an explanation of your failure to comply with Par. 6, S. O. 25, c. s. these headquarters.
J. R. HENRY.
In case of letter paper, the upper third, and in case of foolscap, the upper fourth of the sheet, will be devoted solely to the matter described in this paragraph. (See Par. 7.)
2. Body .- Then will come the body of the letter, which, when typewritten will be written single-spaced, with a double space between paragraphs, which will be num- bered consecutively.
3. Signature .- The body of the letter will be followed by the signature. If the rank and the regiment, corps, or department of the writer appear at the beginning of the letter, they will not appear after his name : but if they do not appear at the beginning of the letter, they will follow under his name as at present. For example :
COMPANY A, 24TH INFANTRY, Madison Barracks. N. Y., Jan. 3, 1911.
From: Commanding Officer. Co. 1., 24th Inf.
To: The Commanding Officer. Subject : Pvt. Smith's case.
The case of Pvt. Smith has been investigated and charges have been preferred under the 62 A. W.
ROBERT JONES, 1st Lt., 24th Inf.
MADISON BARRACKS, N. Y. Jan. 10, 1911.
From : . Capt. John A. Smith, 24th Inf.
To: The Adjutant General, U. S. A. Subject : Leave of absence.
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I have this day taken advantage of the leave granted me by Par. 1 S. O. 1, Hq. D. E., 1911. My address will be care Army and Navy Club, 107 West 43d St., N. Y.
JOHN A. SMITH.
4. Omissions of ceremonial forms .- All ceremonial forms at the beginning and end of letters, such as "Sir," "I have the honor," "1 would respectfully," "Very respectfully," etc., will be omitted.
5. Use of only one side of sheet .- Only one side of the paper will be used, · the writing beginning about one inch from the top.
6. Office marks .- The stamps bearing office numbers will be placed on the back of the lower fold of the first sheet . The received and received-back stamps will be placed immediately below the body of the letter, and, in the case of in- dorsements, immediately after the proper indorsement. When a communication of two or more sheets is filed, the back of the lower fold of the first sheet will be on the outside, thus exposing to view the office numbers.
7. Bricf .- The matter described in paragraph 1 of this order will constitute the brief of the letter.
S. Folding .- Letter paper will be folded in three, and foolscap in four, equal folds, parallel with the writing; the top fold will be folded toward the back of the letter and the lower fold over the face of the letter. In three-fold letters both the brief and the office mark will be on the outside. In three-fold. letters of more than one sheet the two lower folds of the sheets other than the first will be placed between the first and second folds of the first sheet, thus exposing to view both the brief and the office mark. In four-fold letters, whether of one or more sheets, the brief will be exposed to view by covering the office mark fold, or the office mark be exposed to view by covering the brief, according as it is desired to keep either the one or the other exposed to view for the purpose in hand.
9. Inclosures .- All inclosures will be numbered and will be given the proper office marks. Inclosures to the original communication will be noted on the face of the letter to the left of the signature. If others are added when an indorse- ment is made, their number will be noted at the foot of the indorsement to which they pertain and also on the back of the lower fold of the first sheet of the original communication. To the latter notation will be added the number of the indorsement to which they belong, thus "One inclosure-fifth indorsement." Inclosures to indorsements are numbered in the same series as those to the original paper and the number of the indorsement to which they belong is added below. if few in number and not bulky. inclosures may be kept inside the original paper ; otherwise they will be folded together in a wrapper marked "Inclosures." Officers through whose hands official papers pass will make the inclosures secure when they are not so.
10. General .- A letter originating outside the military service will, if a brief on it is needed, be briefed in the manner explained in paragraph 1 of this order at the first office in which received and entered. \ slip of paper of the proper length and width will be pasted for this purpose along the upper edge of the first page of the letter.
INDORSEMENTS.
11. Form .- The writing widths of endorsements will be the same as that of letters. The first indorsement will begin about one-half inch below the rank after the signature of the writer of the letter, and succeeding indorsements will follow one another serially with a space of abont one-half inch between indorse- ments.
The serial number of the indorsement, the place, the date, and to whom written, will be written as shown in the example (pages 6 and 7.)
When typewritten, indorsements will be written single-spaced with a double space between paragraphs. The paragraphs will be numbered consecutively.
12. Additional sheets .- Should one or more additional sheets be necessary for indorsements, sheets of the same size as the letter will be used.
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