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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 1, 1922.
Special Order No. 19
1. Pvt. James J. Davis, 2nd Bn. Hdqrs. Company, 150th Infantry, is transferred to Company A, 150th Infantry.
2. Pvt. Stevens W. Tarosky, Company A, 150th Infantry, is transferred to 2nd Bn. Hdqrs. Co., 150th Infantry.
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3. Pvt. Dewey Rodgers, Company F, 150th Infantry is transferred to Company A, 150th Infantry.
4. Pursuant to Par. 348-h, N. G. R., the following named men, having been imprisoned under sentence of a Civil Court, will be discharged this date for the good of the service:
Pvt. Hall, Howard J., Service Co. 150th Inf. Pvt. Thompson, Mckinley, Co. C. 150th Inf.
5. The following named men of the organizations set opposite their names, are transferred to the 150th Infantry, unassigned:
Cpl. Charles W. Campbell, Co. C, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Carpenter, John M., Co. C, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Harris, Earlen L., Co. C, 150th Inf. Pvt. O'Brien, Clifton D., Co. C, 150th Inf. Pvt. Jarrett, William H., Co. C, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Hodges, Hollie H., Service Co. 150th Inf.
Pvt. Taylor, Charlie G., Service Co., 150th Inf.
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Pvt. Taylor, Herbert E., Service Co., 150th Inf. Pvt. Houchins, Cal, Service Co., 150th Inf. Pvt. Mullins, Willie, Service Co., 150th Inf. Pvt. Laidley, William D., Co. A, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Shepherd, Rhode, Co. M, 150th Inf. Pvt. McCoy, William McK., Co. M, 150th Inf. Pvt. Lycans, William A., Co. M, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Tomlin, Elvie, Co. M, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Collins, Frank S., Co. M, 150th Inf. Pvt. Childers, William J., Cơ. M, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Chambers, Frank W., Co. M, 150th · Inft.
Pvt. Cooksey, Laud H., Co. M, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Walker, Roy, Co. M, 150th Inf. Pvt. Shaffer, Owens, Co. M, 150th Inf. 1st Sgt. John N. Kite, Co. F, 150th Inf. Cpl. Charles S. Thomas, Co. F., 150th Inf.
Pvt. 1cl. Nicholis, Richard P., Co. F, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Coleman, Sherman T., Co. F, 150th Inf. Pvt. Frye, Richard, Co. F, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Garvin, Charles L., Co. F, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Nickell, Harlan H., Co. F, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Mckinney, Dorcy, Co. F, 150th Inf.
Pvt. Wilkins, James, Co. F, 150th Inf.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOIN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 3, 1922.
Special Order No. 20
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1. Cornelius C. Burdette, Company D, 150th Infantry, is transferred to the Quartermaster's Department, State Staff Corps, and warranted Technical Sergeant, this date.
2. David F. Sheets, Private, is warranted Staff Sergeant, Quarter- master Corps, this date.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 6, 1922.
Special Order
No. 21
1. After firing either rifle or pistol careful attention is ordered that these arms are cleaned daily for the first week thereafter, choosing the method set forth in Chapter 6, "Rifle Markmanship," and as to the pistols as set forth in Chapter 3, "Pistol Markmanship." After these directions are followed carefully, the arms may be greased, with cosmic, and stored safely.
2. Should they be allowed to become unserviceable, by allowing rust to form in the bore, it is not considered as having been damaged through fair wear and tear, and the damage will become as charge against the responsible officer.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 12, 1922.
Special Order No. 22
1. The Band Section, Service Company, 150th Infantry, will proceed to Camp Morgan, Nitro, West Virginia, on Tuesday morning, August 15, 1922, leaving Camp Read in time to arrive at Camp Morgan same date.
2. Travel rations will be furnished for this journey. No allowance for cooked meals can be made. An allowance of 21c per day, is authorized for the purchase of liquid coffee en route.
3. Travel and subsistence enjoined is necessary in the public service.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 31, 1922.
Special Order No. 221/2
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1. Sgt. Nathan J. Farley, Company G, 150th Infantry, will be honor- ably discharged this date to accept commission.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
The following Circulars were issued during the period covered by this report:
Cir. No. 1
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, Dec. 1, 1921.
Circular
No. 1
1. The following officers have received Federal recognition and have been assigned as follows:
Major Walter W. Point, Charleston, W. Va., Medical Corps.
Capt. H. M. Kilgore, Beckley, W. Va., Company A, 150th Infantry
Capt. Francis W. Turner, St. Albans, W. Va., Company B, 150th Infantry.
Capt. James B. Kincaid, Charleston, W. Va., Company C, 150th Infantry. Capt. Samuel A. Palmer, Charleston, W. Va., Company D, 150th Infantry.
Capt. Henry S. Walker, Logan, W. Va., Company E, 150th Infantry.
Capt. Clyde E. Warden, Mt. Hope, W. Va., Company F, 150th Infantry. Capt. Alonzo Keadle, Williamson, W. Va., Company I, 150th Infantry. Capt. Anthony L. Asher, Jenkin Jones, W. Va., Company K, 150th Infantry.
1st Lt. James H. McGinnis, Beckley, W. Va., Company A, 150th Infantry. 1st Lt. James S. Miller, St. Albans, W. Va., Company B, 150th Infantry.
1st Lt. Benjamin B. Brown, Charleston, W. Va., Company C, 150th Infantry.
1st Lt. Charles J. Everett, Logan, W. Va., Company E, 150th Infantry. 1st Lt. Robert S. Garvin, Mt. Hope, W. Va., Company F, 150th Infantry.
1st Lt. Ernest C. Lemaster, Williamson, W. Va., Company I, 150th Infantry.
1st Lt. George H. Gwinn, Welch, W. Va., Howitzer Company, 150th Infantry.
2nd Lt. Arthur W. Jenkins, Beckley, W. Va., Company A, 150th Infantry. 2nd Lt. Daniel D. Riley, St. Albans, W. Va., Company B, 150th Infantry. 2nd Lt. John K. Ashby, Charleston, W. Va., Company C, 150th Infantry. 2nd Lt. Lyle E. White, Logan, W. Va., Company E, 150th Infantry.
2nd Lt. Rosslyn E. Core, Mt. Hope, W. Va., Company F, 150th Infantry. 2nd Lt. Gus G. Moon, Williamson, W. Va., Company I, 150th Infantry.
JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
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Cir. No. 1
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, Feb. 11, 1922.
Circular
No. 1
1. The following quotation from "The Washington Guardsman" is 30 revelent that an extract is quoted for your information, with the hope that the reading of it will produce a good effect throughout the National Guard:
"The underrating of the instaruction being given the National Guard today, and the overrating of service during the war, is not an uncommon fault among the former officers and enlisted men joining the Guard today. In a sense it is a loyalty to their old organizations and past service which is entirely praiseworthy, but it is retarding their progress now, and the sooner they can put aside the belief that they learned all that was to be known about the business of being a soldier overseas, or in the training camps in the United States, the better it will be for them- selves and those associated with them in the National Guard now. Because the organization in which they happen to be now are not doing things the way they did during the war is no indication that what is being done today is wrong. In fact, the instruction being given members of the Guard is passed on to the Guardsmen by Regular Army instructors who are in touch with the most recent changes in warfare as worked out by experts, in this country. Much of the instruction that was given the men from this country overseas was borrowed from the French and British and applicable only to the conditions that were faced on the Western Front. * *
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"There are a lot of us yet, despite our war service, who are recruits when our present fund of information is compared with the facts about the army game still to be learned."
2. The progress in military training was very seriously delayed after our great Civil War by reason of the fact that many people who engaged in that war were satisfied with everything connected with war was known to them, that no further progress was possible. We are in great danger of passing through a very similar condition at the present moment. Older officers of the Army now in service can testify that progress in the profession of arms was seriously blocked after the Civil War up until the nineties by reason of a feeling among the officers who participated in the Civil War that they could learn nothing more con- cerning the profession of arms. Every effort should be made to emphasize strongly the fact that the military. profession is progressing; and, if our citizen soldiery is to stop at the methods taught during the great World War, they will be prepared only for a war that is past-for a war that is merely history; whereas their efforts should be concentrated in perfecting themselves for the WAR OF THE FUTURE.
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3. It is believed this idea should be emphasized strongly in our citizen soldiery, without in any way deprecating the useful lessons which we learned during the great World War. 1
We must not stop but continue our efforts so as to keep apace with the military progress of other nations.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
Cir. No. 2
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, Feb. 13, 1922.
Circular No. 2
1. The following extract from the approved draft of the new National Guard Regulations is published for the information and guidance of all concerned :
ENLISTED MEN OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CIVILIAN MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS.
(a) Enlisted men of the National Guard may enroll for attendance at any of the Civilian Military Training Camps; Provided, that not exceeding ten per centum of the enlisted strength of any National Guard organization may be, at the same time, so enrolled.
(b) For the purpose of complying with the conditions of paragraph (qualification of officers for pay), commanding officers of any company may count as present, at all drills, such enlisted men of their respective organizations as are in attendance at Civilian Military Train- ing Camps.
(c) Enlisted men of the National Guard, who are in attendance at a Civilian Military Training Camp, will be required to send their National Guard commanding officer a certificate from the Commandant of the Camp, to the effect that they were in attendance at the Camp during the period they are counted as present in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(d) Each pay roll will be accompanied by a certificate, of the com- manding officer of the organization, containing the names of all those enlisted men who were counted as present but who did not attend organi- zation drills, and the dates for which they were so counted, on account of their being in attendance at a Civilian Military Training Camp.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, . Adjutant General.
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Cir. No. 3
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, Feb. 17, 1922.
Circular
No. 3
1. The following information, suggestions and comments as a result of the recent inspection by the Federal Instructor, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
(a) The Property Loan Record Cards must be kept up to date; i. e., all property received, as shown by shipping tickets, must be posted on the cards. Until a decision is received expendable articles, such as cleaning material, need not be taken up, where that has not already been done. Each class of property will be taken up-alphabetically- on separate groups of cards, and the class indicated at the top of each card, as, Quartermaster (one set for clothing and one for equipage), Ordnance, Signal, Engineer and Medical. The Shipping Ticket head will show to what class property pertains. The Shipping Ticket number will be entered on the cards in the column provided. If no S. T. number appears give it one, placing it conspicuously in the upper right hand corner of the S. T.
(b) Three copies of Receiving Report for each S. T. must be made out, two to be sent to the U. S. Property and Disbursing Officer and one attached to your file copy of S. T. Keep this file (S. T. & R. R.) separate, and free of additional copies and other excess papers.
(c) The "War Plans envelope," with its contents, will shortly be furnished you. This must be permanently kept in the field desk.
(d) A list of records, blanks, etc., which must be kept in the field desk will be furnished and is to be pasted on the lid separating the two compartments.
(e) The piece of rubber tubing with which each company is equipped is to be used (in 2 in. lengths) in putting the metal fouling solution into the bore of the piece. The rubber corks close the breech and the tubing is used in the muzzle. Use a funnel so not to get the solution on the outside of the rifle. No metal fouling solution will be used, except in the presence of a Commissioned Officer and care will be exer- cised to see that all solution is removed from rifle after use. .
(f) The document file and correspondence book are kept in the same way as during the war. S. R. No. 57 has not changed the method.
(g) While Ammunition boxes and packing boxes are not charged it is advantageous to preserve them. After target practice shells (cleaned and decapped) should be shipped back in the ammunition boxes, and credit for additional ammunition is given both for shells and boxes. The packing boxes will be needed for packing extra clothing and other property when ordered from home station. Arms chests are charged and must be accounted for.
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(h) The Company Council Book must show the complete account of all company funds, all transactions supported by proper vouchers. The company funds consists of all monies accruing to the company from any source whatsoever, and no other fund will be kept. If. no council book is supplied one can be improvised by fastening together several sheets of paper and properly ruling them.
(i) The Individual Equipment Tags will be stamped with the Regi- mental number, the Company letter and the individual man's company number, in the order named. Example: 150 A 1. One of these tags will be fastened to each of the following articles of individual equipment: Blankets, (2) in corner.
Shelter tent halves, lower, outside front corner.
Haversacks above the U. S.
Pack carriers above the U. S.
Cartridge Belts on first pocket (right) under (not on) flap.
Pistol Belts on extension near hook end.
First Aid pouches, on center of flap.
Coats (2) on upper left pocket, under flap, right edge.
Breeches (2) on waist band left of back seam.
Overcoats, under flap, near edge opposite 2nd button.
Raincoats, at edge opposite 2nd button.
These articles will be tagged when issued.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, March 4, 1922.
Circular No. 4
SUBJECT: Absentees to be reported on Strength Return of National Guard Organization.
The following ruling of the Militia Bureau relating to what cases should be listed as absentees in this column of the Strength Return of National Guard Units, is published for the information and guidance of all con- cerned.
1. All personnel which would be available for a call within a period of twelve hours should be carried as Present.
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2 All personnel away from the city, town or State and which would not be available for said call should be listed as Absent.
By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOIIN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, March 18, 1922.
Circular
No. 5
1. The following opinion of the Attorney General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
"March 15, 1922.
General John H. Charnock, Military Department, Charleston, W. Va.
Dear Sir:
In your letter of the 3rd instant, you ask whether or not contributing members of the West Virginia National Guard are exempted by law from jury duty.
Replying thereto permit me to call attention to section 97 of chapter 18 of the code which provides that,
"Every commissioner officer and enlisted man of the National Guard of this state shall be exempt from jury duty."
Section 32, of said chapter 18, provides that able-bodied men of eighteen years or more may be enlisted in the National Guard for a term of three years, etc., while section 85 deals with contributing members and pro- vides that in time of peace the officers commanding companies may enlist contributing members not to exceed one hundred and fifty, and that such members shall be subject to such contributions, dues and services as may be ordered by the respective organizations.
It will be observed that the enlisted men of the National Guard which are exempted from jury service are not any particular class of enlisted men, but "every enlisted man." Since there are two classes of enlisted men in the National Guard, those regularly enlisted under section 32 and those enlisted as contributing members under section 85, and the statute does not confine the exemption from jury service to any particular class of enlisted men, I am of the opinion that all enlisted men, whether those enlisted for regular service or those as contributing members, would be exempted from jury duty.
Very truly yours, E. T. ENGLAND, Attorney General. By R. DENNIS STEED, Assistant."
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By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE Charleston, April 27, 1922.
Circular
No. 6
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1. The following letter from the Militia Bureau, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
2. In order to arrange for a more efficient method of fixing responsi- bility for the shortages in shipments made by agencies of the Quarter- master Corps to National Guard officers, the following instructions are published for the information and guidance of all concerned, including those officers who may be designated as surveying officers in such cases:
(a) Requisitions from National Guard Organizations, after approval by competent authority, are forwarded to designated supply depots for filling. At these depots shipping tickets are prepared for the articles called for on the requisition and are sent to the proper warehouses; there an employee selects from stock the articles called for on the shipping ticket and turns these articles together with the shipping ticket over to the packing section. A packer counts the articles and checks them against the shipping ticket; a second packer places the articles in containers and again checks them against the shipping ticket. A packing list is pre- pared and placed in the container which is then closed and the cover se. curely fastened. After the several packages have been properly marked as to consignee, weight, U. S. number, contents, et cetera, the packages with shipping tickets are turned over to the transportation section, and in this condition they reach the consignee.
(b) If packages are delivered by the carrier to the consignee in good order and condition, and show no indication of having been tampered with while in transit, it is reasonable to assume that the articles placed in the containers have reached the consignee. If there is any evidence or suspicion that packages were tampered with while in transit, a check must be made by the consignee and immediately upon receipt before ac- complishing the bill of lading. If a discrepancy is found to exist between the marked contents of a package and the actual contents thereof, a proper notation should be placed on the reverse side of the bill of lading, showing the number of the package received in bad order and the short- ages. If the carrier admits in writing responsibility for the shortage, a statement should be included to that effect on the bill of lading. The shortage should immediately be covered by a survey report. The proper recommendation of the Surveying Officer would be that carrier be held responsible for the shortage of the articles in question, giving the money value thereof and stating that the consignor and consignee be re- lieved from responsibility for this shortage, further accountability for same terminating.
(c) If the carrier declines to accept responsibility for the shortage, O. S. & D. Reports should be prepared after the notation as to damaged condition of package and the shortages discovered therein has been placed on the reverse side of the bill of lading. In such cases the consignor win
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furnish the proper affidavits and certificates establishing the fact that the articles marked on the outside of container were actually placed in the container. The certificates and affidavits of the consignee, and of the ,persons who witnessed the opening and checking of the container, pre- sent to the Surveying Officer the evidence necessary to determine whether or not the carrier is to be held responsible for the shortage. The Survey- ing Officer's recommendation will properly be the same as in the case . where the carrier admitted responsibility for the shortage.
(d) It is important that the Commanding Officers of National Guard Organizations receiving a shipment of supplies, open containers in the pres- ence of one or more witnesses promptly upon receipt, and check the con- tents against the packing list or markings on the containers, making a subsequent check of all articles recived against the quantities shown on shipping tickets. This action should be taken before the shipping tickets are signed by consignee. If any shortages are discovered, O. S. & D. Re- ports should be prepared as required by National Guard Regulations. No- tationas to the shortage should be made on shipping tickets and the pre- scribed number of copies of O. S. & D. Report attached to the shipping tickets, which are to be returned to the consignor. If in such a case the consignor disapproves the O. S. & D. Report, and furnishes the consignee with certificates and affidavits to the effect that the articles listed on shipping ticket were actually placed in the containers, and the evidence submitted by the consignee shows beyond a doubt that the actual con- tents of a container does not agree with the marked contents thereof, the Surveying officer is unable to fix the responsibilty for the claimed short- age and must so state in his findings and recommendation. A proper recommendation to be made in such cases would be that since the re- sponsibility for the shortage can not be definitely fixed on consignor, car- rier or consignee, the three parties named be relieved from responsibility and further accountability for the shortage.
3. Instructions will be issued to field agencies of the Quartermaster Corps, that in all cases where O. S. & D. Reports received are approved, admitting responsibility for a shortage, the articles in question must at once be forwarded to the consignee and covered by additional shipping tickets bearing a notation that the articles in question are furnished to cover shortages in previous shipment as reported on O. S. & D. Report. However, in all cases where discrepancies are found to exist between the quantity appearing on the shipping ticket and the quantity actually re- ceived by consignee, and the consignor submits evidence that he has shipped the articles listed on shipping tickets, it will become necessary for the National Guard Organization concerned to forward new requisi- tions for the articles claimed short.
By direction of the Secretary of War. .
GEO. C. RICKARDS, Major General. By order of THE GOVERNOR. JOIN H. CHARNOCK, Adjutant General.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, May 27, 1922.
Circular
No. 7
The following letter from the War Department, Militio Bureau, is pub- lished for the information and guidance of all concerned :
WAR DEPARTMENT, Militia Bureau, Washington.
May 22, 1922.
Subject : Collections and Stoppages made against officers' and enlisted men's pay on account of lost, damaged or destroyed military property on armory drill rolls.
1. In connection with decision of the Comptroller General of the United States dated March 2, the following information is furnished to all concerned:
Where it appears from a report of survey, duly approved indicating that a member of the National Guard is indebted for lost, damaged or destroyed military property of the United States in the custody of the State of whose National Guard he is a member, such part of any pay due him as may be necessary to liquidate the indebtedness, should be paid by the disbursing officer paying the roll by check in favor of the Treasurer of the United States, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States as a credit of said State, Territory or District of Columbia ac- countable for said property, and as a part of and in addition to that por- tion of its allotment set aside for the purchase of similar supplies, stores, or material of war", unless the property concerned be condemned stores issued to the National Guard and not charged to its allotment, in which event it should be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, as required by section 88, of the Act of June 3, 116.
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