General Orders No. 18: Instructions as to the Billeting and Quartering of Troops and Other Requisitions in France

The [G. O. 18.] 16 (FOR G. O. 18. "APPENDIX C." ARTICLES AND SERVICES OBTAINABLE BY REQUISITION. 1. Provisions and fuel for the army; forage for horses, mules GENERAL HEADQUARTERS and cattle; straw for bedding for the troops in camp or billets. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES: 2. Harness and transport of every description, including the GENERAL ORDERS, FRANCE, January 31, 1918. necessary personnel. No. 18. 3. Boats of all kinds on rivers, streams, lakes or canals. INSTRUCTIONS AS TO 4. Mills and ovens. BILLETING AND QUARTERING OF TROOPS, 5. Materials, tools, machines and implements necessary for AND OTHER REQUISITIONS, the making or repairing of routes of communication and for the IN FRANCE. execution of military works generally. 6. Guides, messengers, drivers, as well as workmen or artisans The right to military requisitions, including the right of for works which have to be carried out by the different branches billeting and quartering of troops, under the French laws, has of the army. been accorded to the American Expeditionary Forces, to be ex- 7. The care of sick and wounded in private houses. ercised in the same manner as by the French Army. 8. Articles of clothing, equipment, camping, harness, arma- The whole question of military requisitions in France has ment, bedding, medicines and materials for dressings for been legalized and its procedure is governed by the law of July wounds. 3, 1877, the decree of August 2, 1877, and subsequent laws, de- This list seems capable of being extended almost indefinitely, crees, judgments and Ministerial circulars. as Article 3 of the Law of 1877, states "and all other objects The right to requisitions, granted to the American Expedi- and services the supply of which is necessitated by military re- tionary Forces, is given subject to the provisions of these laws quirements." and to certain limitations expressed in the grant, and the pro- THINGS NOT LIABLE TO BE REQUISITIONED. cedure set forth hereinafter has been framed in accordance therewith. These regulations should be strictly followed, as The following are not considered as available supplies: any departure therefrom, or disregard of regulations governing 1. Provisions intended for the nourishment of a family and requisitions, constitutes an illegality. not exceeding a three-day supply. The American Requisition Service is attached to the Line of 2. Cereals or other provisions which are in an agricultural Communications, A. E. F., and is operated under the orders of establishment not exceeding an eight-day supply. the C. G., L. of C. 3. Forage in the possession of a farmer not exceeding a fifteen- day supply for his cattle. 4. Milch cows or draught oxen. 1. There wiil be a Town Major (T. M.) or Acting Town Major (A. T. M.) in each village or commune in which troops By COMMAND OF GENERAL PERSHING: are billeted. The T. M. is a subordinate of the L. of C. Sec. JAMES G. HARBORD, C. O. of the section of the L. of C. in which he operates. In Brigadier General, case troops are to be billeted in a locality where there is no OFFICIAL: Chief of Staff. T. M. the C. O. ordering the troops to the locality will designate BENJ. ALVORD, an officer as A. T. M., who will perform the hereinafter in- Adjutant General. dicated duties of T. M. for the locality in preparation for and during the presence of the troops there. An A. T. M. will render the reports called for herein to the C. O. of the Sec. of the L. of C. concerned. Each T. M. will be provided with a staff consisting of one interpreter, one non-commissioned officer and one enlisted clerk. 2. The T. M. will call on the Mayor and establish friendly REPRINT: A. G. PRINTING DEPT., G. H. Q. A. E. F., 1918. relations with the civil authorities and inhabitants. He will REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ORDER SEC ARMY BY TAG PER 80253