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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\nhADMIN. BULL. #5B - Janyo 7, 1918.\nIV. CLERKS AND STENOGRAPHERS: (AS-w)\nto I, addinistrative Bullotin No. 5, Hoadqurrtors 2nd\nJonuory 5, 1919, is published for the information and guidonco of this commands\n\"I. The following telogran from Añericon E.Fe, January 4, 1919,\nis published:\n*Numbor 4928, Gwl. Direct commenders of orgonizations in your\nArmy to comb their units for oll available clerks and stenogrophers,\nThe numbor of these not absolutoly essontial in your Army will be\nreported to the Commending Gonoral, S.O.S., for disposition as ho\nmy diroct.\nANDREWS\nReport will be nodo to these hoadquartors, without dolay, as to the\nnubbor of clorks and stenogrophors avciloble in\nV. LEAVES TO PARIS.\nPar2graph II, Administrativo Bullotin No. 5, Hoadquerters 2nd Army,\nJanucry 5, 1919, is published for the information and guidanco of this commend:\n\"The following tologram from G.H.Q., Americon E.F., January 4, 1919,\nis quotod for the information and guidonco of all concornod:\n*H A E F Jan. 4, 1919.\nC.G., 2nd Army, Toul. Numbor 4941 G-l. Ponding issuanco of now\nGeneral Ordor concerning loaves, no officer or soldior vill bo por-\nmitted to entor Paris on leave unloss his leave order boars approval\nof these headquartors. Advise all concornod. ichmowlodge.\nANDREWS*\nVI. CARE OF ANIILALS.\nParagroph II, Administrative Bulletin No. 2, Headquartors 2nd Army,\nJanuary 2, 1919, is quoted for the information and guidance of this commend:\n\"l. The following evidences of thoughtlessness on the part of drivers and\nothors having animels in their charge aro pointed out in an ordor publishod by\nthe Commnding Goneral, 5th Fiold Artillery Brigado, on Decembor 22, 1918.\n2. Thoso points are woll worthy of attention and it is desired that thoy\nbo civen consideration with a viow to their correction wherevor nocossary:\n\"The undersignod has seen a largo numbor of toams witing\nat the ration dump this morning, including teams from three\nregiments of this brigade, standing in the icy wind and bitter\ncold. Just ono man of all the drivers of these toams hod the\nforethought to carry his horse covors and put thom on the toam,\"\n3. General Rivers reninds his drivors of the nocossity for taking foed\nalong for the noon-day moal and to foed by the roddsido boforo arriving ot the\ndump, or while woiting at the dumo, putting covors on the animols whilo they ent.\nIt is pointed out that animels travolling got hoated and that it is doubly nocos-\nsary to cover thom at overy stop of any duration, and that such thoughtfulnoss vill\nresult in the confort and health of the animols, as woll as in the appearonce of\nthe cont and the amount of flesh - in fact in the whole condition.\n4. Genoral Rivors noticod drivors at the retion dump all huddled un about\na tiny fire trying to keep warm, whereas if thoy had givon thoir toams a vi;orous\ncombinG, rubbing down of legs, getting the mud. off of thom, rubbing up of horness\nwith oil rass, etc., both drivers and animels would hove been Ropt vorm and com\nfortable and the equipment mintained in Good ordor.\n5. The foregoing points aro woll worth considoring and stops should be\ntaloon to soo that tho bad practices montioned by Gonoral Rivers are discontinte\nwhore thoy exist and that the sound corroctive moasures ho sugcosts will bo ado\nVII. FIRES: (WD-w).\n1. All members of this command are warned against building large fires\nin fire places of Fronch buildings. Several cases of damice to buildings, due\nto this cause have boen reported. Tho fire places and fluos are not designed\nwith a view to carrying off a creat amount of hoat, and in many cases the flues\nhavo not boen cleaned for a long time. All casos of damago to buildings through\nfiring will be investigated by the R.R. & C. officor and the person at fault vin.\nbe required to pay the damagos."
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