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C O M P I L A T I O N
O F
C I R C U L A R S C O N T A I N
I NG
I N F O R M A T IO N
A N D I N S T R U C T I O N S R E L A T I N G
T O
D E M O B I L I Z A T I O N
O F T H E
A
R M Y
W A R D E P A R
T M E N T
October
1 191
8 to M arch 3 1 1919
W A S H I N G T O N
G O V E R N M E N T
P R I N T I N G
O
F F I C E
1 9 1 9
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C
OMPIL
ATION
OF
CIRCU
LARS
CONT
AININ
G INFO
RMATI
ON
AND
INSTRUCTIONS RELATING
TO
DEMOB
ILIZA
TION OF
T
HE
ARM
W
AR DEP
ARTME
NT
Oc
tober
1 1
918,
to
M
arch
51.
1919
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C O M P
I L A T I O
N O F
C I R C
U L A R
S C O N T
A I N I N G
I N
F O R M
A T I O N
N D
I N S
T R U C
T I
O N S R E L
A T I N G
T O
D E M O
B I L I Z A
T I O N O F
T H
E A R M Y
M
W
AR
DEPAR
TMEN
T,
W
ASH IN
GTON
M
arch 31 1919.
The
follo
wing co
mpilati
on
of War
Depa
rtment
n
umber
ed
circ
ulars
from
O
ctober 1
1918 to
Ma
rch31 19
19 co
ntainin
g genera
l info
rmatio
n and
instruc
tions relat
ing
to
th
edem
obiliz
ation
of the
Army,
is
publish
ed
for
the
i
nforma
tion and
guidance of
all
concerned.
[324.12
2, A. G. O
.]
B
Y
O
E D E B
orT H
E S E C B E
T A E Y
O F
W
A R:
PEY
TON O .
M A R
CH
Genera
l
Chief of
Staff
O F
F I C I A L
:
P. C. H
ARRIS
,
The
Adjut
ant
G
eneral.
CIR
CULAR No.
73 X
OVEilB
EE 18
1918.
[NOTE. This circular has
been
ame
nded o
r
su
ppleme
nted
by
Circ
ulars
N
os. 8 1 101
126
,
1 5
5 102, 169
, and
177,W
. D. 1918
,
a
nd Circu
lars
Nos.
22 114,
and
1 30
W .
D
. 1919.]
Pr
eparati
on and
disp
osition
o
f
re
cords
for final
sep
aration
of
offic
ers enlis
ted
men,
and orga
nizatio
ns fr
om
service
in
the
United
Sta
tesA
rmy.
1.
A
Vhen
d
efinite orde
rs a
re rec
eived for th
e sep
aration
of
o
fficers
a
nd enlisted
me
n fro
mservi
ce in
the Unite
d States A
rmy, eith
er
indiv
idually
or by
orga
niza
tio
n, the fo
llowing
instruc
tionsw
ill gover
n:
2. Eve
ry offic
er and
enli
sted
man
w
illbe
gi
ven a critic
al
physic
alexamin
ation,
a
rec
ord o
f whi
ch
w
ill b
e
for
warded
for fil
e
in The Adj
utant
Ge
neral's
Office
as
h
ereina
fter
prescri
bed.
A
carbo
n
copy
will
beprep
ared
for
transm
ittal t
o
t
heBu
reau
of Wa
r Risk
Insu
rance
in c
ase the officer
o
r
en
listed
man
has
a
wound,
injury
or disease
that
islikelyto
result in
death
or disability.
INDIV
IDUAL
B
ECOBDS
EEQTTI
EED.
3
.
I
n the
case
of
of
ficers
t
he foll
owing are
the
indivi
dual
recor
ds whic
h m
ust
be
t
ransmi
tted
for
file
in the
office
of
T
he Adjuta
nt G
eneral
:
a
. Cop
y o
f
author
ity f
or
dischar
ge orse
paratio
n fr
om active
service.
6 .
Re
port of ph
ysical
exam
ination
,
c
Appe
ndix t
o
file
record
card.
d.
Qua
lificati
on c
ard.
4. In
the ca
se o
f enliste
d
men the
followi
ng are the
in
dividua
l
r
ecords
wh
ich
mu
st be
tr
ansmit
ted fo
r file
in th
e office of
Th
e Ad
jutant
Gener
al, or i
n the
case
of
d
to
the
Bureau
of
War
RiskInsurance, Treasury Department:
a
. S
ervice
record
.
6. R
eport of
physica
l exam
inatio
n.
c Pay
card.
d
. N
otice
o
f d
ischar
ge Tr
easury
Depa
rtment
,
B .
W .
R .
I
.).
3
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DESCR
IPTION
OF FORMS USED
.
5 . The
r
eport
of
physical
exami
nation of
officer
mu
st show th
e surname
,
Christian
name, r
ank,
a
nd org
anization; occ
upation
prior to ent
ry in the
serv
ice;
a
certificate
by
the
officer
showing
whether
or
not
at
the present
time
he
has a wound,
injury, or di
sease,
whethe
r incurred in
the milit
ary
service
of
the
U
nited State
s
o
rothe
rwise, and, if
so, the natu
re and lo
cation; a certi
ficate by
an
exami
ningsurgeon
showing that
the
officer isphysical
ly and ment
ally
sound
or that
heis p
hysically
a
nd
mentally sound
except t
hat he
has
a
defect, w
ound,
inj
ury,
or
disease, the
nature
and
location
of wh
ich to be
desc
ribed:
tha
t it
is
or i
s not likely to
result
in
death or
disability, that
it didor did
not oi'iginnte in
the line of
duty
in
the m
ilitary ser
vice,
an
d in
view of occu
pation, the
per
cent he i
sdisabled.
In ca
se
the
cer
tificate
o
fthe
officer and the certif
icate of
the
exam
ining surgeon
do
n
ot
ag
ree the
case will be
subm
itted
to
a board of r
e
view con
sisting of n
ot
less
than
two m
edical
officers co
nvened by
author
ity
of
the
camp,
post, or
other
station
commander, which will
consider
the
cas e,
ex
am
ine the
officer,
and
com
pletethe
report
sh
owing
their finding
s with
relation
to the
matter co
vered
in
the cer
tificate of t
heexamining
surgeon,
FormNo. 395-1,
A. G. O., n
ow bein
g distribute
d,
w
il l, when
re
ceived, be u
sed
for
the report of
physical
examinatio
n
of
officer
s.
Until
it is
available the re
port will be
prepare
d on 8 by 10
J inch lette
r paper.
C
A n app
endix to be
used in conne
ction
with status
card
o
f officers
on fi
le
in
the
office of The
Adj
utant
General
will be
prepa
red for trans
rnittalon 5 by
8
inch letter
paper containin
g
h
eading showin
g pla
ce and date;
surnam
e, full
Christia
n
name
(n
o initials),
rank and
organ
ization; stat
ement th
at the
officer
was
separa
ted from-service at
the place
andon
the date; a
brief statement of
authority for separation;
record
of service
with
American
Expeditionary
Forces,
if any
,
s
howing
the
d
ates of
sailingfrom
United States,
arrival oversea
s,
de
parture
from
overse
as, port, vesse
l, and dat
e
o
f arrival in
United Sta
tes;
duration
o
f ordin
ary
leaves
of absen
ce w
hile overs
eas; addres
s for future ref
erence; and acknowledg
ment of
re
ceipt
of
notice of
separation
fro
mserv
ice.
7 . O
fficers' qualifi
cation cards,
Form
COP-1101
, will
be comp
leted to date
of
separatio
n
from s
ervice
under
the heading
Military
expe
rience." A fi
nal
rating will
be given
each
officer just
prior
to
separation
from
the
serv
ice an
d
the qualific
ation card
transmitte
d
to The
Adju
tant
Genera
l of
theA r m y .
8 T
he service record
of each
enl
isted
ma
n
separated
from
the
servi
ce will
be
brough
t
up
to
date;
the
paster and
ins
ert for .s ervice
record recentl
y dis
tri
buted attach
ed
and
the proper
entries
made
thereon.
A
final
indorsement to
The
Adjutant
General
of the Arm
yfor service rec
ord will
s
how place,
date, and
cause
of discha
rge;the
character gi
ven;
tha
t the s
oldier was
paid in full;
that
d
ischarge certifi
cate wa
s furnis
hed; service
with Am
erican Ex
peditionary
Forces,
if a
ny; soldier's
sig
nature; and
fu
ture address.
A blank
fo
rm for th
e
f
inal indorsem
ent is now b
eing distribu
ted.
I
f the
s
ervice
record of
the enlisted
man to be
disc
harged is
m
issing a te
m
porary
service
record, mark
ed Temporary
in r
ed
in k,
will be p
repared,
using
available d
ata from
all sources,
including
statem
ents of
the
soldie
r.
9. The
report of
physical
examinat
ion for enliste
d
men
will contai
n the
su
rname, Christian
name,
Army serial
num
ber;
grade,
compa
ny, and reg
iment
or
arm
or corps
or
departmen
t;
occupation
pr
ior
to
entry in
the service
;
a dec
la
ration
of
the
soldi
er, wi
tnessed by an
offic
er, relatingto his phy
sical
condition
;
a cert
ificate of immedi
ate comm
anding
officer as to
the
soldier's physi
cal con
ditio
n; a ce
rtificate of
the examining
surge
on sho
wing
data as given in
para-
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graph 5;
and if the dec
laration of t
he
so
ldier and
the
cer
tificate of
theexamin
ing
surgeon
d
isagree
the
sam
e
procedure
w
ill be fo
llowed as prescri
bed
above
for an
officer. Form No.
135-3, A . G .
O.,
report of physical e
xamination of
enlisted
man,
is being
distributed
as
rapidly
as
possible.
In the
case of
men who were a
ccepted for speci
al or
limited service
the
words
Spec
ial or limited service
will
be written or stamped
across
the
top
of'the
fir
st
p
age of
Form No. 135-3, A
. G . O.
10. A
fter
the
data containe
d on pay
cards h
ave
been
used to
complete the
final
statemen
ts or
fin
al pay
rolls
the pay
cards
will be
transmitted as
herein
after pre
scribed to The
Adjutant
Gen
eral of th
e Army.
11.
A
notice of
discharg
e, Treas
ury
D
epartment,
B.
W . R.
I., will
be pre
pared
i
n
du
plicate for each
enlisted
mans
eparated from the se
rvice. Until
the form
ha
s been received
the followingm
atter wil
l
be
placed on a
5
by
8 she
et of
s
tiff letter paper: Su
rname, first nam
e,
and
middle
name in f
ull no
initials n
or
abbreviations)
gr de nd
org nis tion
t
t7ic
d te of pplic tion
for
insurance,
a
llotments, and allow
ances, da
ta to be obta
ined from
the soldier
if
not of
record; date of
bir
th; dateof e
nlistment; date of
di
scharge;
if
no applica
tions were
made, state
non
e ; brief
statement of cau
se of separati
on;
u
nder insurance will be
enter
ed the names
of the beneficiar
ies,
obtained
from soldie
r
if not of record,
the
amount
of
monthl
y
premium
,
and the
last month
for which
premium was
checked
o
n
pay
r
oll; under
allotmen
t
a
nd
allowan
ce
the names of th
e allottee
s,
obtained
from
the
soldier
if
no
t
of
record, and t
he
l
astdate
o
n which
allotme
nt ischarged
against
the
pay of th
e
soldie
r under Class
A and Cla
ss
B
; amoun
t charged
for allotment
on
final
payment;
future
address.
The
original
and duplicate
will
be
signed by
the
com
pany or
detachm
ent commander and
transm
itted to the camp pers
onnel
adjutant,
who
will
mail both
directly to
the Bureau of Wa
r Risk I
nsurance,
Treasury Depa
rtment, Wa
shington, D .
C.
DISPOS
ITION OF EECOEDS.
12.
a.
A ll
individ
ual reco
rds
of off ic e
rs an
d enlisted m
en
s
eparated
from
t
he service will
be
transmitted to
the camp
or oth
er
station personnel
adjutant,
to be
forward
ed to The Adjutant G
eneral of
theAr
my.
b. W
hen
two
or
mor
e enlisted men
are separated
from t
.e
service
at
th
e
s
ame
time,
and the separation
is
not
by
organization, an
alphabetical
list
of
the
m
en
w
ill be
p
repared
to accom
pany
the individual records.
c. W
hen an organiz
ation
as
such
is separa
ted
from
theservice
a final roste
r
will
b
e
prepared and a copy
forwarded with the
individual records.
(See
par.
16 (6).)
13
.
a When or
ganizations,or
two or
more enlisted m
en,
are
separ
ated from
the
service at the s
ame time, the
individual recor
ds will
be
wrappe
d
by
class
in packages
in such
manner as
to prevent in
jury
in
transm
ission and labeled
and marked to
show:
(1
) Co
ntents, (2) o
rganization to which th
ey
pertain, and
(3) by
who
m
sent
.
o The
packages
of
serv
ice records,
pay ca
rds,
a
nd repor
ts
of
physical ex
amination
will
be
wrapped
together
in
a
package
with
a
list
or
roster,
as
the
case
may
be,
and
again label
ed
a
nd m
arked
to sho
w:
(1)
Con
tents, (2)
organi
zation to
wh
ich
they pertain,
(3) by whom
sent,
and addressed
to The
Adju
tant Ge
neral
of
the Army,
A Vashin
gton,
D . C .
c
The
notices
of dis
charge, B. W. R. I.,
will
be
wrappe
d in a
package and
labeled to
show: (
1)
Contents, (2
)
organization
to which
they p
ertain, (3
)
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whom
sent, and
addres
sed
to
the
Bure
au of W
arRis
k Insura
nce,
Trea
sury
Departmen
t, Washingt
on, D .
C .
d. The ab
ove
records
i
n
each package
will
be ar
ranged in
the sam
e order
as
the
names
appear
on
theroster
or
alphabetical
list
accompanying them.
e.
In
the c
ase
o
fan
individua
l
separ
ated from
the
service the
rec
ords will
b
e
tra
nsmitted
to
the personne
l adjutant, to
be
forw
arded
by mail to T
he Adju
ta
nt General of
the Army
or to the
Bureau of W
ar
Risk I
nsurance, Treasury
De
partment,as the c
ase m
ay be.
N
o li
st, roster,
orletter of
tran
smitta
will
be neces
sary when
the record
s of an
individ
ual
are
sent alo
ne.
14. Package
s of
individual
records will
be sent
by mai
l
u
nless t
he
w
eight
exc
eeds
that
authorize
d by p
ostal laws,
in which even
t
t
hey w
ill be sent
by
exp
ress.
1
5.
Wh
en an
organ
ization is
finally separated
from the se
rvice
the organi
za
tion
record
s will
be prepared
an
d disposed o
f as herei
nafter
indicate
d:
a.
(1)
Correspon
dence
book
and
docu
ment fi
le;
(2)
morning
repo
rts com
pany, headq
uarters
co mpa
ny, headquarte
rs, and
cons
olidated; (3) sic
k
re
ports;
(4)
guard repor
ts; (5)
company orde
rs; (6)
regim
ental orders
;
(7)
charge
sheets ori
ginal; (
8)
war
diaries, op
eration
orders,
a
ndhistor
ical data;
(9
) cou
ncil books
.
The
ab
ove records
willbe
wrap
ped in pack
ages
by class of
record a
nd labele
d
and
m
arked
to
show
cont
ents,
period covere
d orga
nization
to
wh
ich they
per
tain, an
dby
whom
sen
t. The
se p
ackages of
record
s
w
ill be con
solidated
and
p
acked for shipm
ent
by freight,
the contai
ners
t
o be
labeled as
to their
con
tents
and addre
ssed
to T
he Ad
jutant G
eneral of the Arm
y.
6 .
(1)
Retained muster rolls;
(2)
retained reports
of changes of
officers
and enli
sted men; (3) re
tained mo
nthly ret
urns; (4) reta
ined rosters
of troop
s
a
nd
of
offic
ers;
(
5) qu
alification card
s of
enliste
d
men
; (6) retai
ued
pay
rolls
;
(7) requisitio
ns,abstra
cts, an
d individ
ual slipsfor clot
hing.
The
abov
e
reco
rds, excep
t quali
fication card
s,
Form
C
CP-1, wi
ll bewrapp
ed
in
pa
ckages,
labeled
and m
arked
as in
a and
tu
rned
intocamp
hea
dquarters
to
be
st
ored
un
til notif
ication fro
m The
Ad
jutant Gener
alof
the Army
that the
originals have been
ch
ecked, or pe
nding
further instruct
ions fr
om the War
Departme
nt
a
sto
their final
disposit
ion. T
here wi
ll be
entered on qual
ification
card
, Fo
rm
C
CP-1, in
sectio
n hea
ded
Remark
s, the home a
ddress o
f the
enlisted man
and the date
of
discharge. The qualification
cards
of
discharged
me
n will b
e placedo
n
file
at camp
headqua
rters
for
ready refe
rence.
An
invent
ory of the records
so
st
ored ofe
ach organizat
ion
w
ill be
prepa
red
and
forward
ed immedia
telyto The
Adjutant
General of t
he
A
rmy.
c .
(1) Duty roste
r; (2)
individua
l equipmen
t record, after
being
closed
;
(3)
charge
sheet,
com
pany file; (4)
extrac
t from s
ervice reco
rd; (5)
miscel
lan
eous memorand
a, exce
pt th
ose co
ntaining
mate
rial
informa
tion
r
elating to
the s
ervices
of officers
or enlisted
men or
to the hi
story of
the
organizat
ion.
(See (8)
subparag
raph
a.)
Th
e a
bove rec
ords may
be destroyed
after
verif
ication
by and u
nder th
e
s
upervision of a
field of
ficer
designated
by
the
cam
p, station, or
regim
ental
commander
for this
duty.
d. Th
e public
ations, manu
als, an
d regulatio
ns
in
th
e
posses
sion of
offi
cers
and non
commissio
ned officers ma
yb
e
reta
ined
by them.
e. The
rem
aining publica
tions, man
uals,
and regu
lations, an
d
the
file
s of
orders, bull
etins, and
circulars
other
than
regim
ental
o
r com
panyor
ders, will
be turned
in to ca
mp headquart
ers for
stor
age
pe
nding
further instruc
tions
from
the
War
D
epartmen
t.
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BET TJENS BOS
TEES MORN
ING
E
EPOBTS ND BEPO
BTS OF CHA
NGES
1
6 .
W he
n an organiza
tion
or he
adquarters is
separated from the
servic
e,
final retu
rns
of
strength and final
ro
sters
-will b
e prepare
d as
hereinafter
indic
ated:
a
Final retur
n
of strength,
s h o w i
ng
the
c
ondition of the command
at
date
of s
eparation, w
ill
be
prep
ared
in accordance
with
ex
isting instruc
tions for
the
p
reparationof m
onthly
returns and forwarded
to The
Adjutant Gen eral o
f the
Army
.
. F
inal rosters of troops
and
of offi
cers will be
prepared f
or
the pe
riod
since
the
date
of
last roster in acc
ordance with existing
reg
ulations,
with t
he
follo
wing
m od
ificationsand exceptions
:
1) Final
rosters of troops
and of
officers of staff corps and
departments
will be
pre
pared
in duplicate,
the duplicat
e
co
py
being
forwar
ded to the c
hief of
the
staff corps or
department
concerned.
A
single
copy
only of
other rosters
will
b
e prepared
.
(2)
In the
caption the word
Final
will be inse
rted before the word
R
oster
an
d the
words at
midnigh
t
omitted
.
(3)
If for
any reason an
officer or enlis
ted man w hose nam
e
is
borne in the
body
of the
roster is notdischarged
orotherwise
separa
ted from service on
the
date
of
final
roster that
fac
t
w
ill
b
e
note
d
after
his
nam
e
with
statemen
t of
cause of retention
in
servic
e.
4
)
O n
the
fin
al roster of
troops orroste
r of office r
s the personnel a
djutant
w
ill certify to the
correctness
o
f the
rost
er and to
the fact that all
enlisted
me
n
and
officers named thereon
have been discharged
or
otherwise
separated
from
the
service,
except
as
stated
in
the
bo dy
of
the roster
opposite
thenames
of
such excepted of
ficers or
m
en.
1
7 . M orning re
ports
and reports of changes
w
ill
be
prepared
a
nd submi
tted
to include th
e
date
an or
ganization is separ
ated fromservi
ce.
S
UPERVISION AND
RE
SPONSIBILITY
FO
B
PREPARATION
AND
DISPOSITION
OF
RECORDS,
IS. The p
ost, camp,
or station p
ersonnel adjut
ant, under the direc
tion of th
e
c
o m m anding
offi
cer,
will
supervise
t
he
preparatio
n
and
dispositio
n
of
all records
pert
aining
to
separati
on
from
s
ervice of
officers, enlisted m e
n, an
d
organiza
t
ions, and is
respo
nsible
that all
required
records a
re properly prepared,
veri
fied,
and
disposed
of.
At larg
e
camps a
general
officer or fie ld
officer may be designated
to
supervise
the
prep
aration and disposi
tion of
r
ecords incident
to th
e
s
eparation
from serv
i
ce ofof
ficers, enlisted
men, and
organizations.
The individ
ual recordsof an
officer or
an
enlist
ed man
must be comple
ted
in everyre
spect beforehe is sep
arated fr
om
the
service.
DISCHA
RGE CERT
IFICATES.
19.
A discharge
certificate will
be
furnished
to ea
ch
e
nlisted man separated
from
ser
vice by
discha
rge,
as
prescribed
in
Army
Regulations
and the
class of
certificate wil
l
be
as in d
icated in parag
raph
15
0, Army Re
gulations.
COUNCIL
BOOKS.
20. Coun
cil book
s relating
to
fun
ds of organiz
ations s
eparated from
the
service
will be
au
dited
as prescribed
in Arm y Regulations
for
perio
dic
audit,
and
the certificates
required
fo r
such
audit will be accom
plished.
The
vou
chers
c
ov ered by
s
uch
a
udit
may
be reta
ined in the possession
of
t
he
accountable
officer.
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IN
FORMATION BELATING
TO WAB-SISK
INSURANC
E.
21. E
achofficer
or
en
listed man will
be
informed of
his
rights
under the war
-
risk insurance act
before s
eparation from
the se
rvice.
A
memorandum of such
information
is
being
prepared for distribution
at
the
earliest pr
acticable
date.
COND
UCT OF MEDICA
L EXAMINATION.
22. The followin
g
in
structions
for
conducting
the
p
hysical exa
mination pre
scribed
in
paragrap
h
2
will
govern
a The
physical exami
nation w
ill
o
rdinarily be made
in cam
ps or stations
in the
United States to which
troops
have been ordered for
demo
bilization or
at w h
ich
they
may
already
be. Such phy
sical
exam
ination will
be made
and
comp leted u
nder
the
direction
of
the
camp
surgeon
or
o
ther se
nior surgeon of
the
comm and
with
the least
practicable
delay.
Except in
doubtful or deferred
cases
the
exa
mination
of any individual
officer
or
soldier should be
com
pleted
on
one day by the
examining
su rgeon or a special
examin
ing
board
desig
nated
by
the camp surgeon
or other seni
or surgeon of the c
ommand.
6 Except
in
case
of small comm ands,
the c
am p surgeon
or other
senior surgeo
n
of the command w
ill appoint a
me
dical office
r
experien
ced in
the
duties of
examining
boar
ds
and in
con
ducting physica
l
e
xaminations w ho
shall be the
chief m edical examin
er of th
at
co
m m and.
c Th
e chief medical examiner
will co
ordinate the dutie
s
of
an
d
have
general
su pe
rvision
o
ver the
examining
boar
d. He wi
ll
organ
ize
the
p
ersonnel a
ssigned
to
it in t
o one or more
examining tea
ms, assign
in g
the indivi
dual m e
mbers
thereof
to
such
duties
as the
public
interest
may
dictate.
He will
appoint
a
p
rincipal medical examiner
foreach
examini
ng
team
.
A Each princip
al medical
examinerwill
supervise
t
he
operatio
n
of
his
examin
ing
team and w ill b
e responsibl
e
to the
c
hie f medical exam
iner
for the
co nduc
tion of the
physical examination
s ma
de
b
y
the
team
and
the
proper preparat
ion
of the
necess
ary
re c
ords.
He
will sign
the
certificate of
examining surge
on
on
form
for
repor
t of
examinati
on.
e
Th
e exa
mining boar
d
shou
ld consist of s
ufficient m edical
officers
,
in
cluding
all necessa
ry specialists
. Experience
has
de
monstrated
tha
t
a well-b
alanced
team m ay
be composed
somewhat as
follows:
Exam
iners.
1.
General
examination,
in cluding skin, general surgery, hernia, he mor
r
hoids, varicoc
ele, varic
ose veins, et
3
2 Den
tal_______
_________
__________
________
_____
1
3.
O rthopedic,
inc
lu ding
bones
a
nd
joi
nts_______
______ __
_ _ _ 3
4
Ey
es _____
_________
__________
__________
_________
_ 1
5 Ears, n
ose , and throat
__________
__________
_________
___ 1
6 Cardio
-vascular___
__________
__________
__________
____ 3
7 Tub
erculosis___
___________
____________
_________
___
G
8 .
Neu
ro-psychiatri
c_________
__________
___________
_____
3
f In the
physical exam
ination of special
or l
imited service m en, m ed
ical
examiners
will
interroga
te
the
soldie
r
as to the
disability
or
de
fect
w h i c
h he
had
u
pon entrance
into the servi
ce which placed
h
im in the
limited-servic
e
class.
The phys i
cal examinatio
n of such men
will be made w
ith great care,
with speci
al r
eference to
the
defects which the
man
state
s
that he had
upon
en
trance
into
the
service
.
g
A report of
each
physical examinati
on will be
rendered upon
Form No.
395-1 ,
A. G. O.,
if
fo r an off
icer, an d
upon Fo
rm
No.
135-3
, A.
G .
O., if
for an
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e
nlist
ed m a
n.
See
p
ars.
5
an
d 9
.)
Sh
ould
the
c
ertif
icate
of the
o
ffice
r or
t
he
de
clar
ation
o
f the
en
liste d
ma
n be
at v
aria
nce
wi
th the
findi
ng
of the
m ed
ical
ex
am in
er,
the off
icer o
r en
liste d
m
an
wil
l
be
im m
edia
tely
refe
rred
to
a b
oard
of
review
con venedby
the
cam p,
post,
or regimental
co m m ander .
A
formal order
c
onve
nin g
th
e b
oard
is n
ot
nec
essa
ry
an
d
in lar
ge
ca m
ps o
r p
osts
the
pow
er
to co
nven
e the
boar
d w
ill us
ually
b
e
de
lega
ted to the
cam
p
orp
ost
su rge
on.
li
Th
e bo
ard
of
revi
ew
will
con
sist of
no
t
l
ess
than
t
wo m
edi
ca l
offic
ers,
de
sig n
ated by th
e
ca m
p s
urgeo
n or ot
her
seni
or sur
geon
o
f th
e co
m m
and.
Th
e
boa
rd wi
ll b
e un
der t
he
supe
rvisi
on of the
s
enior
m
edic
al
exa
mine
r.
A
fter
'
a
thor
ough
ph
ysic
al exa
min
ation
of t
he
offic
er or
so
ldie
r refe
rred
to i
t, to
geth
er
w
ith
a
care
ful
inv
esti
gatio
n of
all
the
cir
cum
stanc
es in the
c
ase ,
it will
co
m ple
te
Form
N o
.
395-
1, A
. G . O
. o
r
F
orm
N o. 1
35-3
, A
. G .
0. a
s the
case
m
ay
be.
[32
4.122
A.
G
. O.]
C I
R C U I
A B No.
75
N O
V E M
B E R 2
0 19
18 .
[
NOT
E Th
is cir
cular
has
be
en am
ende
d
o
r
su
pple
mente
d by C
ircu
lars Nos.
02,
113 1
18
12
4
and 155,
W .
D
., 19
18
and
Circ
ulars
N
os. 7
7, 86,
138
and 14
8 , T V
D .,
1
919.]
D
ischa
rg e o
f
office
rs.
1
The
Pre
side
nt ha
s
det
erm i
ned,
und
er
the
pr
ovisi
ons of
se cti
on9, a
ct
ofCo
n
g
ress
a
ppro
ved M
ay
18 19
17, th
at
the
pu
blic
serv
ice
wil
l
be
pro
m ote
d
by
the
dis
ch ar
ge, as
ra
pidly
as
the
ir se r
vice
s ca n
be s
pare
d, of
offi
cers
in the
Uni
ted
S
tate
s Ar
m y,ex
cep t
th
ose h
oldi
ng com
m iss
ion s
of a
ny
kin
d in the
Reg
ular
A rm
y.
2. D
epa
rtme
nt com
m and
ers,
co m
man d
ers of
cam
ps
n
ot
u
nder
th
e
juris
dic
tion
of
department
com m anders or
of
ch iefs
of
bureaus
of
th e
WarDepartment
co m m
and
ers
of
ports
o
f
em
bark
atio
n,
a
ll c
hiefs
of
staff
co
rps a
nd d
epa
rtme
nts
i
nclud
ing
the C hie
f of
Fie l
d
Ar
tiller
y a
nd
the C
hief
of
C oa
st A r
tille r
y, are
au
t
horiz
edau
d
dire
ctedt
o
disc
harg
e
s
uch
off
icers
of
t
he li
ne
a
nd
staf
f asa
re
unde
r
th
eir
c
om m
and
as
ra p id
ly
as
circ
um s
ta nc
es pe
rmit.
3 A
ll se
para
tions
from
the
se rv
ice
w
ill
b
e by
dis
char
gea
s auth
oriz
edb
y la
w;
te
nde
rso
f re
sign
ation
w
ill
n
ot berec
eive
dn
or con
side
red.
Suc
h
d
ischa
rges
w
ill
he a
com
plete
sepa
ratio
n
of the
indiv
idua
l f
rom
th
e mi
litar
y se
rv ic
e
a
nd
w
ill
t
erm
inate
a
ll co
m m
issio
ns
hel
d by h
im i
n the
O ff
icers'
Re
se rv e
C or
ps
or o
ther
wise
.
All
offic
ers shou
ld
beso
in
form
ed an
d sh o
uld
a
lso be
in
form
ed that
whil
e
the
y
ar
e gi
ven
opp
ortu
nity
to
ex
press
their
de
sires
rel
ative
to
com
m iss
ion
in th
e
Reserve
C orps
or
the Regular
A rm y,
the granting
of
su ch com m issions will
be
en
tirely
de
pend
ent up
on
the
ir
fit
ness
,
eli
gibil
ity, a
nd su
ch
va
canc
ies as m
ay be
pro
vide
d by
exist
ing o
r fu
ture
l
aws and
r
egula
tion
s.
4
O rde
rs r
ece iv
ed
direc
ting
the
redu
ction
of
th
e
e
nlist
ed s
tren
gth o
f a
com
m
andwi
ll b
e
con
strue
d
a
s requ
iring
a
c
orres
pon
ding r
educ
tion o
f com
miss
ione
d
s
tren
gth
in the
m a
nne
r
p
rovid
ed by
the
se inst
ructi
ons.
F
or th
e
pur
pose
o
f de
t
erm
ining
the
ord
er of
dis
ch ar
ge, of
ficer
s will
be
arr
ange
d
into
the
follo
win
g
cla
sses a
nd d
isch
arged
in
this
o
rder
:
F
irst.
O ffic
ers d
esir
ing u
ll a
nd i
m m e
diat
e sepa
ratio
n
fr
om
the ser
vice.
Se
cond
. O f
ficers
d
esiri
ng pr
om p
t sep
arat
ion
from
the
ser
vice
an
d
s
ubse
quen
t
app
ointm
ent
or
re
appo
intm
ent i
n th
e
O ff
icers'
Rese
rve C
orp
s and
who
m
com
m anding
officers
recom m end
for
such
appointm ent.
Th
ird.
O ffic
ers
desi
ring
app
ointm
ent,
if
opp
ortu
nity
p
erm i
ts , in the
Reg
ular
A rm
y
an
d who
m c
om m
andi
ng o
fficer
s reco
m m e
nd f
or
such
app
ointm
ent.
5
The
fo llo
win g
offic
ers wi
ll n
ot be
disc
harg
ed
un
der
pro
visio
ns of
the
se
ins
truct
ions
:
a
O
fficer
s hol
din g
co
m m
issio
ns
in the
Reg
ular
A r
my,
ei
ther
on
th
e a
ctive
list
or re
tired
list
.
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88
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1
0
6
.
O
f
fi
ce
r
s
in
a
rr
e
s
t,
u
n
d
e
r
c
h
a
rg
e
s
,
o
r
s
e
rv
i
n
g
s
en
t
e
n
ce
o
f
a
g
en
e
r
al
co
u
r
t-
m
a
rt
ia
l
.
c
O
f
fi
c
er
s
h
a
v
in
g
h
a
d
m
o
n
ey
o
r
p
r
o
p
e
rt
y
a
cc
o
u
n
t
ab
i
li
ty
a
nd
w
h
o
h
av
e
n
o
t
a
c
l
ea
r
a
nc
e
t
h
e
re
f
o
r.
d
.
O
ff
ic
e
rs
on
si
c
k
re
p
o
r
t
o
r i
n
h
o
sp
i
ta
l.
e
O
f
fi
ce
r
s w
ho
fo
r
e
x
c
e
p
ti
on
a
l
r
e
a
so
n
s
c
a
n
n
ot
b
e
sp
a
r
ed
o
r
w
h
o,
i
n
th
e
o
p
i
ni
o
n
o
f
tl
ie
c
o
m
m
a
nd
i
n
g
o
ff
ic
e
r,
s
ho
u
l
d
n
o
t
b
e
d
is
c
ha
r
g
e
d
a
tt
h
is
t
im
e.
O
f
fi
ce
r
s
of
c
la
s
se
s
l >
c
d
a
nd
e
m
a
y
b
e
d
is
c
h
ar
g
e
d
w
h
e
n
n
o
lo
n
g
er
i r
>
th
e
s
ta
tu
s
s
ta
te
d
.
6 .
F
or
e
a
c
h
o
ff
ic
e
r
di
s
c
ha
r
g
e
d
u
n
d
er
t
h
es
e
in
s
t
ru
c
ti
o
n
s
t
h
e
re
w
il
l
b
e
p
re
p
a
r
ed
a
n
d
f
o
rw
a
rd
e
d
to
T
he
A
d
ju
t
an
t
G
e
n
er
a
l
o
f
th
e
A
r
m
y
s
u
ch
r
ec
o
r
d
s
a
s
a
r
e
p
re
s
c r
ib
e
d
in
C
i
rc
u
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ar
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19
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e
ra
l
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h
e
A
rm
y.
A
c
o
py
of
this
form
is
being
distributed.
t
w ill
be
reproducedlocally
insuffi cient
q
u
a
nt
it
y
t
o
m
ee
t
al
l
r
e
q
u
ir
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a
n
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i
ll
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e
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p
l
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ll
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e
sp
e
c
ts
b
e
f
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f
or
w
a
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d
in
g
.
7.
I
n
a
dd
i
ti
o
n
t
o
th
e
re
p
o
r
ts
re
q
u
ir
e
d
by
C
i
rc
u
l
a
r
N
o
.
7
3
a
n
d
b
y
p
ar
a
g
r
ap
h
C
o
f
t
he
s
e
in
s
tr
u
c
ti
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a
t
el
e
g
ra
p
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c
re
p
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ll
be
se
n
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a
i
ly
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o
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h
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d
ju
t
an
t
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e
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l
o
f
th
e
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rm
y,
a
t
te
n
t
io
n
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o
m
3
2
5,
g
i
vi
n
g
th
e
fo
l
lo
w
i
n
g
i
n
f
or
m
at
io
n
;
T
h
e
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
o
ff
ic
e
rs
o
f
e
a
ch
a
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o
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rp
s
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d
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sc
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n
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e
r
p
ro
v
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si
o
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s
o
f
th
i
s
c
i
rc
u
la
r
.
A
l
s
o
a
li
st
,
gi
v
in
g
t
h
e
f
u
ll
n
a
m
e
,
ra
n
k
,
or
g
a
n
i
z
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t
io
n
,
a
r
m
,
s
t
af
f
c
o
rp
s
o
r
d
e
p
a
rt
m
e
n
t
o
f
e
ac
h
of
f
ic
er
d
is
c
h
a
rg
e
d
t
h
a
t
d
ay
,
w
il
l
b
e
s
e
n
t d
a
i
ly
b
y
re
g
i
st
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d
m
ai
l
to
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e
A
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u
t
an
t
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ra
l
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h
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rm
y,
a
t
te
n
t
io
n
C
o
m
m
is
s
io
n
e
dP
e
r
s
on
n
e
l
B
ra
n
c
h
.
8.
The follow ing
form
of
order
will be used
in discharging
officers
under
th
e
s
e
in
s
t
ru
c
ti
o
n
s
B
y
di
r
ec
t
io
n
o
f
th
e
P
r
e
s
id
e
n
t,
a
nd
u
n
d
e
r
t
h
e
pr
o
v
is
i
on
s
o
f
s
e
c
ti
o
n
9
a
c
t
o
f
C
on
g
r
es
s
,
M
ay
1
8
19
1
7
a
n
d
C
ir
c
u
la
r
N
o
.
7
5
W
a
r
D
e
pa
r
tm
e
nt
,
1
9
1
S
C
ap
t
a
in
Jo
h
n
D
o
e
,
I
n
fa
n
t
ry
,
is
h
o
n
o
r
ab
l
y
d
i
sc
h
a
r
g
ed
f
r
o
m
th
e
se
r
v
ic
e
o
f
t
he
U
n
i
te
d
S
ta
t
e
s,
f
o
r
th
e
c
o
nv
e
n
ie
n
c
e
o
ft
h
e
G
o
v
e
rn
m
e
nt
,
t
o
t
a
k
e
e
ff
e
ct
th
i
s
d
a
te
,
hi
g
s
e
r
vi
c
es
b
e
in
g
n
o
lo
n
g
e
r
r
e
q
u
ir
e
d.
9
I
t
is
t
h
e
i
n
te
n
t
io
n
t
o
i
ss
u
e
R
e
s
e
rv
e
C
o
rp
s
c
o
m
m
i
s
si
o
ns
i
n
g
en
e
r
al
to
t
h
o
se
o
ff
ic
e
rs
w
h
o
h
a
v
e
s
e
rv
e
d
w
it
h
cr
e
d
it
to
t
h
em
s
el
v
e
s
d
u
ri
n
g
th
e
w
a
r
an
d
w
h
o
d
e
si
re
su
c
h
c
o
m
m
is
si
o
n
s.
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a
r
e
s
h
ou
l
d
b
e
e
xe
r
c
is
e
d
t
h
e
re
f
o
re
in
th
e
e
n
tr
ie
s
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n
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o
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e
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s
ti
c
e
t
o
th
e
i
n
d
iv
i
du
a
l
a
n
d
to
the Government.
In
case
they
desire
to
do
so,
applicants for
comm ission
i
n
th
e
R
e
s
e
rv
e
C
or
p
s
o
r
R
e
g
ul
a
r
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y
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i
ll
b
e
pe
r
m
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e
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to
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pp
e
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d
t
o
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o
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P
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er
s
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o
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it
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ry
su
p
e
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r
s
s
et
t
in
g
f
o
rt
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sp
e
c
ia
l
ly
m
e
ri
to
r
io
u
s
s
e r
v
ic
e
o
r
ac
t
io
n
.
1
0
.
I
n
c
o
n
n
ec
t
io
n
w
i
th
t
h
es
e
d
is
c
h
ar
g
e
s
at
t
en
t
io
n
is
d
i
re
c
te
d
t
o
th
e
fo
l
lo
w
i
n
g
:
a
.
S
e
c
ti
o
n
9
a
c
t
o
f
M
a
y
1
8
1
9
17
.
(S
e
e
p
.
1
1
B
u
ll
et
in
N
o
.
32
W
a
r
D
e
p
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r
tm
e
n
t,
1
9
1
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.)
.
S
i
xt
h
p
a
ra
g
r
ap
h
,
se
c
ti
o
n
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,
a
c
t
o
f
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e
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p
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e
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u
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io
n
s
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o.
43
.
)
c
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c
t
o
f
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a
r
ch
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0
1
r
e
la
t
iv
e
to
tr
a
v
e
l
a
ll
o
w
a
n
c
es
.
(
S
e
e
p
a
r
.
6
84
,
M
i
li
ta
r
y
L
a
w
s
o
f
th
e
U
n
i
te
d
S
t
a
te
s
,1
9
1
5.
)
d.
Act of
March
30 1918,
relative
to
restoration
of
enlis te d
m
e
n
to
fo
r
m
e
r
g
r
ad
e
s
.
(
S
e
e
s
e
c.
V
B
u
ll
e
ti
n
N
o
.
22
,
W
a
r
D
e
p
a
rt
m
e
n
t,
1
9
18
.
)
e
.
M
e
m
o
r
an
d
u
m
o
f
J
u
d
g
e
A
d
v
o
c
a
te
G
en
e
r
a
l,
A
u
g
u
s
t
3
0
19
1
7
.
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e
e
p
a
r
s
.
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4
a
n
d
5
p .
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2
B
u
l
le
ti
n
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o
.
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r
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7.
)
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f. Opinion
of the Ju
dge
A
dvocate Gene
ral,
241.5, March 30,
1918
.
(
See
p,
23,
Digest
o
f
Opinions,Marc
h,
1918.)
11.
Pro
mpt complian
ce
wi
th instructions
contained he
rein
is
directed.
[210.8
A
G
O.]
ClEC
TJLAR KO. 77 NO
VEMBER 21 9 8
[NOTE. This circ
ular has
been
su
pplemented
by
Circ
ular N
o. 186, W . D
., 1018, and
Circular
s
Nos.
6, 30,
40, 41, and
15
2, W.
D.,
19
19.]
Discharg
e o
f enlisted
m n
for r
elief of
familyor urg
ent needin indus
trialwork.
1.
Depa
rtment commande
rs w
ithin the Uni
ted States, commande
rs of
ports
of
emb
arkation, a
nd
command
ers of cam
ps not u
nder the
jurisdiction
of
dep
art
ment commanders
or of chiefs
of burea
us
of
the
War Departme
nt,
are
autho
r
ized todischarge
enlisted men upon
th
eir
own
appl
ication
when
there
is
sick
ness or
other
distress in
the
soldier's family, or
when
he
is
needed to
resume
empl
oyment
in
an
industry or occupation in
wh
ich
there
is
urgent need of
his
servic
es,
provided
tha
t
s
uch
dis
charge will not
disrupt
or
cripple a
n existing
org
anization, and
thatthe soldier's servi
ces can
be spared. Co
nsideration will
be
given to the
fact
thatthe machiner
y of camps
mus
t be utilized in the
dem
obilization o
f the Army
and due
regard must be
ta
ken
that
it
is
not
retarded
by the
discharge
of personnel
co
nnectedtherew
ith.
2.
The instructio
ns contained he
rein apply
only
t
o i
ndividual and
excep
tional
cases and are n
ot
inte
nded to relea
se men in
large groups or
block
s for
an
y general
emplo
yment or
occupation.
3. Applic
ation for disc
harge
under th
e
provisions o
f
this circu
lar
wi
ll be
made
in each
individual
case
by
the
soldier
concerned
and through his
imme
diate
commandin
g officer. N o
man who volunt
arily enlisted p
riorto April 1,
1917, will be
discharged
under this author
ity.
4
.
M e
n discha
rged under th
eseinstruct
ions
w
ill be included
in s
uch
weekly
reports
o
f
men
disch
arged as are
required by
the War
Department.
5.
Cases of the
character indicated
arising in places
not
covered by
this
authorit
y
will be
forwa
rded to The
Adjutant
G
eneral of
the
A
rmy for
fin
al
a
ction.
[220
.81
A.
G 0.]
C I K C U
I . A K No.
78,
N O V E M B E R 21,
19 18.
War-risk
I
nsuranceExp
laining
the w
ar-risk insurance
act
to
non-Engli
sh-
sp
eaking soldiers
.
R
eports
have been received
in the
War Departm
ent thatthe
wa
r-risk insur
anc
e act has no
t be
en
th
oroughly exp
lained to no
n-English-spea
king
o
r readi
ng
soldiers.
Itis
quite impor
tant that all enlisted men In
the service be
fully
ad
vised as
to their
rights
to apply
for
war-
risk insura
nce, and if
there
a
re in
an
organi
zation any
enlisted men o
fthe
above-mention
ed
class
who
hav
e
not
ap
plied
for insuran
ce and
w
ho ha
ve
not
been
in the
servic
e
more than 12
0
days,
the
insurancelaw wil
l
be f
ully expla
inedto them
and an opportun
ity, afforded
them
to make
applica
tion.
P
riorto the disch
arge of
all
e
nlisted men t
hey will be f
ully
advi
sed as to
t
heirrights to c
ontinue wa
r-risk insuran
ce andas to the
requirem
ents rega
rd
ing
conver
sion.
Special
attention will be
given
to
those who
are unable
to
s
peak
or
read th
e
Englishlan
guage. T
hey wil
l also
b
e advis
ed as to
their
rights
regarding compensa
tion
under Article I
II
of
the
war-ris
k insura
nce act.
[168
, A. G
O.]
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C I R C U L A
R No. 81, N O V E M B E
R
23,
19
18.
Soldier's
statement used in
preparatio
n
of
form
s for
separat
ion
from
the
serv
ice.
W hen
it
is necessary
to
accept
the
statement
of
an enlisted
man in lieu of
recor
ds
which are
not availa
ble,
as
in
the
case of sp e
cial or limited
service
me
n, as indicated in pa
ragraphs 9 and
22
,
Circula
r No.
73,
War D
ep artment,
1918, the
fact
that the
en
try on
the
form is the sold
ier's
st
atement
and
no
t
from
the
record
s
w
ill be so
notedwhen
the entry is mad
e.
[201.
0,
A G
o.l
O I E
C U L A E
No. 8
2,
N
O V E M B E R
23,
1
918.
[NO
TE. This circular has b
een
amende
d
or
s
upplemented by
Circulars N
os. 49 and
114,
W. D.,
19
19.]
War-risk
insurance information
and
assistance
to
be
given disabled
men
in
making cla
im for co m
pensation.
1 .
A
compensation
app
lication blank
fo
r
a pers
on d
isabled in
t
he
s
ervice
(Form
526,
Treasury
Department,
B. W.
R. I.) should
be furni
shed
to
every
disa
bled officer and
enlisted m
an
and
every officer
and enlisted
man claiming
disability at
the
time
of hi
s
sep
aration fro
m the service.
As
sistance
should be
rende
red in filling out
the
a
pplication, and
complete
information as
to
the
proof
re
quired
in support of
h
is claim s
hould be supplied
to
the claim
ant. Care
should
be taken
in
an
swering question 5 on page
2 of
application
blank thata
statement
is
made
as to whether t
he claimant was acce
pted for
general
mi
litary
service
or for
special
or limited
service
only.
(S ee
also
last
sentence of
par.
9,
Cir .
No.
73,
W. D.,
1918.)
2.
The
compens
ation
appli
cation
blank,
when properly
filled
out
and exec
uted
by th
e off icer
or
enlis
ted man,
will be forw
arded immediate
ly by the
camp
pers
onnel adjutant
to the
Compe
nsation
Section of the
Bureau
of
War
Ris
k
Insurance
with the
copy of
the
report of
the physica
l examin
ation
of
the officer
(F
orm
No
.
395-1,
A. Q
O.) or
of the e
nlisted man (Fo
rm
No.
13 5-3,
A.
G. O.)
attache
d
thereto. If
t
he office
r
or
enlisted
man does
not des
ire to
ex
ecute an
application for compensation
the
notation officer
(soldier)
did n
ot desire to
execute
Form
526. B.
W
. R. I.,
wil
l
be
w
ritten
or
stamped on
thecopy of
Form
No.
395-1, A. G. O.,
or
Form
No
. 135-3, A . G. O.,
as
the casemay
be.
Thecopy
of
the
report
of
the
physical
examination
of
the
officer
or
enlisted
man will
then
be
forwarde
d
by
the personnel
adj
utant without letter
of
transmittal
direct
ly
to
the
Compensa
tion
Section of the Bu
reau
of
W
ar
R
isk In'surance.
(S ee last
se
ntence
o
f par.
2 Cir. No. 73, W. D.,
19 18.)
3.
Th
e
proof
calle
d for
in
pa
ragraphs 3
, 6,
and
7 of
the instructions on
page
1 of the a
pplication blank should
be incor
porated
i
n the
blank affidavit on
the
las
tpage of
the ap
plication blank whe
never poss
ible.
If
the affidav
its
of
two
person
s to
the re
quired
fa
cts can not be
secured
when the
applicatio
n
is
exec
uted by
the officer
or
e
nlisted
man, he should be
advised
that
the
y must be
ob t
ained on his
return h
ome and forwarded
to the
C
ompensation
Section
of
the
Burea
u
of
War Risk
Insuranc
e, with a
state
ment giv ing
his full
name
,
A rm
y
serial
number,
if
an enlisted
man.
gra
de and organiza
tion in the
service,
and
date of
discharge
or
separ
ationtherefrom.
4. The clai
mant shou
ld
be
a
dvised
tha
t so
m
uch
of the proof
called for in
paragraphs
3 4 5 6 and
7
of
the instr
uctions on pag
e 1 of th
e application
blank
as is
not
incorporate
d in
aff
id avits on the
last page of
the
application at
the time the applica
tionis executed,
must be
securedby him
on
his
return
home
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and for
warded
immed
iately to
the
Comp
ensation
Secti
on of
the B
ureau of
Wa
r
R
isk Insu
rance
i
n
suppor
t
of
his claim
.
5 .
T
he
advice and
assi
stance of
th
e
camp
war-risk
judge
advo
cate should
be
f
ully utilize
d
in
the prepa
ration
of applica
tions for
com
pensatio
n.
[00
4 .C1
A
G 0
.]
C I R C
U L A R
No.
85
, N O V E
M B E R
23,
3918.
[XOTB
.This circu
lar h
as
been
am
ended or sup
plemente
d
b
y
Circul
ars Nos. 119,
121,
153,
and
154, W . I)., 19
18,
and Circu
lars N os.
15, 78, and 154,
W .
D., 1919
.]
Ins
truction
s for final p
ayment
of
offi
cersan
d enlisted
me
n s
eparated
from
activ
e
service
in
th
e demobil
ization o
f
the pr
esent
A
rmy.
Th
e follo
wing
instruc
tions fo
r the final
pa
ymentof off
icers and
enli
stedmea
are
pu
blished
fo
r
the
info
rmation
and
guida
nceof a
ll
c
oncerne
d
:
1.
Enlisted
men
discharged or
otherwise
separated
from
active service by
org
anization
s or d
etachm
ents,
unde
r
o
rders for
thede
mobiliz
ation
o
f
the
pres
ent
A
rm y, will
be pai
d final
pay,
excep
t
as
o
therwis
e provide
d
here
in, o
n
theRegu
lar Army
pay
ro
ll,
War Departm
ent F
orms Nos.
366
and36
6a,
a
mend
ing
such
rolls to
sho
w thed
ata requi
red fo
r
a
fu
ll
a
nd comp
letes
ettlemen
t of
the fi
nal pay
du
e suc
h men.
A fina
l pa
yment roll
is
n
ow bei
ng prep
ared, of
which
whenp
rinted, an
init
ial supply will
be
distri
butedwitho
ut requ
isition,
and a
llc
oncerned
n
otified so
that
those rcQuirl
ng suc
h
rolls
m
ay
make requis
i
t
ion therefor,
if for
any
reasonthey
ar
e not f
urnished
prom
ptly.
2.
The form
of th
epay
roll
, F
orm No
.
3
66, will be
amended
, as fol
lows:
a
B
y inse
rting the wo
rd Fin
al
infront o
f the
words
Pay
roll on
the
brief.
6
.
The
c
ertificate
o
f t
he com
manding
officer will
be ame
nded b
y a
dding
comma
after Q
M .
USA., follo
wed by
was
honora
bly disch
arged
t
his date
and is
entit
led to
trave
l
pay
.
c
The
cer
tificate now
printe
d
on
the roll
for
an
i
nspectin
g and
muste
ring
officer
is
no
t requ
ired.
3
. a The
caption
at top of
pa
ge 2
o
f Fo
rmN
o. 366 will
be
amende
d to
read
Final pay
roll of
rom
91
, to
d
ate
of di
scharge
__
__
191-
..
6 . In
the
square con
taining
th
e
wo
rds When
enlis
ted
will also
b
e in
serted
the
words
Pla
ce
to
which
entit
led
to
trav
el
pay.
c
A
colum n will
be
ruled
next
after
enlistment
period
column, which will
be
headed
Arm
y
serial nu
mber.
d The date
of
enlistm
ent (or
equiva
lent),
enlistm
ent
pe
riod,
and Army
seria
l
num
ber w
ill be
entere
d
in
the
ir respec
tivecolum
ns
in thetop
half of
the
space
in whic
h
the man's
name
app
ears, a
nd the
pl
ace to w
hich h
e is
entitled
to
tr
avel p
ay
as
indica
ted by
para
graph 6 b
elow will
be e
ntered in
the low
er
hal
f
of
such
space co
mmencin
g in
When e
nlisted
colum
nan
d extendin
gt
o
b
ut not beyo
nd
rightside of
Army
serial
numbe
r
column and
positiv
ely
in
the same
sp ace as
man's na
me. An
y rem
arks will
be ente
red
in
the
next li
ne
or
lines belo
w a m
an's
name and
may
ex
tend to
bu
t
n
ot beyo
nd ri
ght
side
of
A
rmy
ser
ial num
ber column
.
The remain
der of
the old
co
lumn fo
r re
marks
will
be
ruled
for
allotments,
etc.,
as
on
month]}'
pay
roll.
e Th
e page
s
o
f the
roll
on
w
hich
the
disburs
ing offic
er makes
extensi
ons
as to
balance
pai
d, sto
ppages,
appr
opriatio
ns, etc., may
be
amend
ed
b
y his
changin
g the
headi
ngs of co
lumns to
su
it
req
uiremen
ts,
eit
her
to
the
righ
t or
le
ft
o
f so
ldiers'
signa
tures.
I
t wil
l be
nece
ssary
that
separat
e
colu
mns be
u
sed
as
fo
llows:
One for
depos
its repaid,
one f
or interes
t thereon
,
one for g
eneral
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appropri
ations, i
n
which
both
travel pay
and
clothing du
e
sold
ier
may be en
te red the
cloth
ing am
ount
to
be s
et above tra
vel pay
in sa m e
space.
4. En
listedme
n dischar
ged indiv
idually, or
discharg
ed with an
orga
nization,
who for
some
reason
ca n
not
be
paid
final
pay
on
a
pay roll
will
be
furnished
with f
inal s
tatements coveri
ng fina
l
pa
y as
usual
.
5. The tot
al am
ount du
e so ldier
for depo
sits will be
entered
in remark
s
o
n
the
r
oll and t
he depo
sit boo
k
su
bmitted
to the qu
artermas
ter
wit
h the
ro ll. How
ev
er if the
deposit
book has
been lost th
e amou
nt and date o
f each depos
it an
d
name o
f
q
uarterma
ster
with
whom made
must be
listed on
the
r
oll
and the
soldier's affi
davit as to
its loss
fil
ed the
rewith
6 .
Travel pay
at the
rate of 3i c
ents per
m
ile wil
l be paid
fromplace
anen
listed man
is sep
arated f
rom active
service as
fo llows:
a
M en
wh
o enliste
d in th
e Regula
r Arm y or
men who
enlist
ed
in
an organ
i
z
ation
of
t
he Nati
onal Guard a
fter it h
ad been called
in
to Federal s
ervice to
the
place of acceptance
for enlistment.
6 Men
inducted
und
er the Selective
Servic
e
Regulat
ions to the place
of
inducti
on.
c . M
en who
belong
ed
to
the N
ational G
uard prio
r
to
its be i
ng
ca
lled
or
drafted
into Federa
l
s
ervice
and repo
rted for
active Federal
se rv
ice as
membe
rs
of
such Na
tional Gu
ard organi
zations
xinder call or
draft
by
the
Presid
ent
to th
e hom e
rendezv
ous o
f
th
e
organiz
ation wi
th \vhleVi t
hey rep
orted for
present
tour
of
Federal servi
ce .
d. Men
who had
been fu
rloughed
from the
Regular A
rmy t
o
the
reserve
from
which
they
were
ca
lled
t
o active duty a
nd
ar
e now
agai
n furlou
ghed to the
reserve
or
dischar
ged to the place at
which
they receiv
ed
the
ca
ll
or
notice
requiring them toreportagain
for
active
se rvice.
e M e
n of th
e Enliste
d Reserve
C
orps
who were
called
to active
service
and
are reliev
ed fr
om such
active se r
vice and pl
aced b
ack
i
n th
e
r
eserve o
n in
ac t
ive st
atus or
discha
rged to the
pla
ce
at
whi
ch t
hey received
the call
or
n
otice to r
eport f
or active se r
vice.
f
.
M e
n will be
paid
fu
ll
tra
vel pay
due them
not
withstand
ing that
they
ma
y
not
be
p
aid in ful
l or
that
stop
pages
excee
d
total
am o
unt
otherwise
due t
hem.
g .
U
nder
regu
lations issu
ed by
Unite
d States Railro
ad A dm
inistratio
n
tickets wi
ll
be
sold to dis
charged officer
s and
enlisted men
from plac
e
of
dis
charge
to place
t
o
whic
h they are
entitled
to travel
pay
as noted
on
certific
ate
of
or
o
rder f
or
discharg
e
as two-
thirdsof t
he regula
r
rate
auth
orized for tra
vel
in
day
coach.
If
such
officer
or
enlisted
man
travels in
a
Pullman or tourist
sl
eeping car
he will
be require
d
to
p
ay
regular su
rcharge apply
ing
to
co
m mercial
tra
vel
viz
one-
sixth of
re