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    "ocrText": "[C.A.R.56.]\n2\nB.\nNo.\n80,\nW.\nD.\ndisposition, follows:\nL Property by fair in\n19\nARMY REGULATIONS.\nCHANGES,\nWAR DEPARTMENT,\nNo. 56.\nWASHINGTON, May 10, 1917.\nParagraphs 281, 661, 678, 694, 717, 1086, 1106, and 1535, Army Regulations,\nare changed, and paragraphs 681-A to 681-N, inclusive, with heading \"Account-\nability for equipment C,\" are added to the Army Regulations, as hereinafter\nshown. For existing organizations of the Regular Army and for organizations\nof the National Guard, now in the military service of the United States, the\nchanges will become effective June 30, 1917. For organizations of the Regular\nArmy hereafter created, for organizations of the National Guard hereafter\ncalled or drafted into the military service of the United States, and for other\norganizations of the Army of the United States that may be organized pursuant\nto law, the changes will become effective on the date of creation, organization,\nmuster, call, or draft of any such forces.\n281. There will also be kept in each company or detachment full informa-\ntion respecting all equipment and other property held on memorandum re-\nceipt, showing list of articles, date of receipt, from whom received, and the\nname of the officer who signed the memorandum receipt therefor; also an\naccount of all articles turned in, expended, stolen, lost, or destroyed and the\ncompany or detachment commander will have a settlement with the staff\nofficers concerned quarterly and when relinquishing his command.\nOf the books, reports, and papers referred to in this and in the preceding\nparagraph, the correspondence book, the document file, the service records of\nenlisted men, the muster rolls, the monthly returns and all other returns of\nthe personnel, will be permanently preserved. Division and department orders,\nexcept extracts of special orders, will be disposed of under instructions of the\ndivision or department commander when the company is relieved from duty\nin the division or department.\nThe other books, reports, and papers will be kept five years, reckoned from\nthe close of the period of their use in case of books and reports and from their\ndates in case of papers, when they will be destroyed under direction of the\ncommanding officer.\nThe disposition of retained papers relating to an officer's accountability for\npublic property is vested in the accountable officer. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10,\n1917.)\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\n661. A company or detachment commander is responsible for all public\nproperty pertaining to his company or detachment, and will not transfer his\nresponsibility therefor to a successor during periods of absence of less than a\nmonth unless SO ordered by competent authority; when such absence exceeds a\nmonth, the question of responsibility is settled by the proper authority. (C.A. R.\nNo. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\n\"NATIONAL\n50660°-No. 56-17-1\nADONIVES AND\nLIBRARY\nRECORDS\nSERVICE\nSUPERRMENT\n[C. A. R. 56.]\n2\n678. (Changed by C. A. R. No. 30, W. D., 1915.) Unserviceable property is,\nwith reference to its disposition, divided into classes as follows:\n1. Property worn out by fair wear and tear in the service which has no salable\nvalue.\n2. Property worn out by fair wear and tear in the service which has some\nsalable value.\n3. Property which has been rendered unserviceable from causes other than\nfair wear and tear in the service.\nProperty of the first class may be submitted to a surveying officer and dis-\nposed of as indicated in paragraph 717, or it may be submitted to an inspector\nwithout prior action of a surveying officer.\nProperty of the second class will be submitted to an inspector without prior\naction of a surveying officer.\nProperty of the third class will be submitted to a surveying officer, except\nas provided in paragraph 1073 in case of public animals, and unless destroyed\nunder the provisions of paragraph 717 will subsequently be submitted to an\ninspector. The inventory and inspection reports will be accompanied by the\nreport of the surveying officer.\nIn the application of this paragraph to articles of the unit equipment fur-\nnished by the Engineer or Ordnance Department, articles pertaining to the\nreconnaissance and surveying equipment of posts and forts, and miscellaneous\nstores covered by Class X, Ordnance property classification, the following will\nbe considered property of the first class:\n(a) Articles not under the supervision of an armament officer, rendered un-\nserviceable, due to fair wear and tear in the service, which have no salable value\nafter parts useful in repair have been removed.\n(b) Unserviceable articles not under the supervision of an armament officer\nwhich can not be economically repaired with the facilities available and for the\ndisposition of which specific instructions have been given by the Engineer or\nOrdnance Department.\nby\nthe\n(c) Unserviceable articles pertaining to artillery and machine-gun matériel,\nunder the supervision of the armament officer when specifically given in War\nDepartment publications or orders as falling within the provisions of this para-\ngraph. All other unserviceable articles and parts of artillery and machine-gun\nmatériel under charge of armament officers, including guns, mounts, vehicles,\nsights, and fire-control instruments, will, when replaced, be shipped to an arsenal\nor submitted to a surveying or inspecting officer with a view to condemnation, as\ndirected by the armament officer under the instructions of the Chief of Ordnance.\nArms for which a test for determining unserviceability is definitely pre-\nscribed, and which have not been subjected to the same, are excepted from the\napplication\nof\nthe\nabove.\nProperty falling under the classifications indicated in paragraphs 913 and 1566\nwill not be considered subject to the provisions of this paragraph until the neces-\nsary permission for its submission to a surveying officer or inspector has been\nobtained. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\nwith\nor [2474891 no to the United States the the his\nB-A. G. 0.]\nfor, will be entered on and receipt transfer blanks\n(Ordiance Department Form No. 152) The blanks will, when practicable, me\ndicate the destination of the soldier. Each of the four copies will be signed\nby the accountable officer, or the Issuing officer in his name, and by the soldler\nacknowledging receipt of the stores, fucluding those missing. Two of these\nsigned blauks will be forwarded with the service record of the soldier; the\n50-17-2\n[C. A. R. 56.]\n3\n694. Rescinded. (C. A. R., No. 56, May 10, 1917.) which\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\nthe\nthe\n717. (Changed by C. A. R. No. 30, W. D., 1915.) On the approved recom-\nmendation of a surveying officer the following classes of property will be de-\nstroyed: (1) Clothing infected with contagious disease; (2) stores that have\nbecome SO deteriorated as to endanger health or injure other stores; and (3)\nunserviceable property of no salable value submitted to a surveying officer\nunder the provisions of paragraph 678. The decision of the commanding officer\nwill be final as to whether such property has salable value.\nWhen the disposition of unserviceable articles is covered by specific instruc-\ntions of any of the supply departments, they will be disposed of in accordance\nwith such instructions in lieu of being destroyed under the provisions of this\nparagraph, but requests for specific instructions will not be submitted in in-\ndividual cases instead of placing the property before a surveying officer or\ninspector.\nBefore ordering the destruction of property or stores under the provisions of\nthis paragraph the commanding officer will personally inspect the same and will\nbe held responsible that the conditions justify the action. In case the invoice\nvalue of the stores involved exceeds $500, the approval of the next higher ad-\nministrative commander will be obtained before destruction of the property,\nas provided in paragraph 719. A certificate of the witnessing officer that the\nproperty has been destroyed as authorized will be appended to the report.\n(C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\nfrom\n1086. Unless otherwise specially directed by the Secretary of War, there will\nbe at each military post or station but one accountable officer in the Quarter-\nmaster Corps, and he will account for all quartermaster supplies there in use\nor in store, except the equipment \" c\" as prescribed for an organization,\nand this will be accounted for by the unit supply officer of that organi-\nzation. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\nthe\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\n1106. All means of public transportation at a post, except that provided as\na part of the equipment \"C\" of a tactical unit, will be accounted for by the\nquartermaster, and will be under his charge except as provided in paragraph\n1427. Means of transportation provided as a part of the equipment \"\nof a unit will be accounted for by the unit supply officer, if there be one,\notherwise, by the supply officer, but in garrison will be used under the in-\nstruction of the commanding officer by the quartermaster of the post.\nCommanding officers will cause mounted organizations to be provided daily with\nthe proper facilities for policing stables and hauling forage. (C. A. R. No. 56,\nMay\n10,\n1917.)\nby\nin\nduplicate\nto\nthe\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\nto\nthe\n1535. (Changed by C. A. R. No. 1, W. D., 1914.) Articles of personal equip-\nments or other ordnance property which a detached soldier carries with him,\nor for which he may be indebted to the United States at the time of his trans-\nfer, will be entered on quadruplicate invoice and receipt transfer blanks\n(Ordnance Department Form No. 152). The blanks will, when practicable, in-\ndicate the destination of the soldier. Each of the four copies will be signed\nby the accountable officer, or the issuing officer in his name, and by the soldier\nacknowledging receipt of the stores, including those missing. Two of these\nsigned blanks will be forwarded with the service record of the soldier; the\n56-17-2\n[C. A. R. 56.]\n4\nother two constitute the voucher (original and retained copies) under which\nthe accountable officer will drop from his return the articles enumerated on the\nvoucher, or secure replacement of the articles by turning them over to the\npost or other supply officer.\nOn arrival of the soldier at his destination, all articles appearing on the\ntransfer blank accompanying the service record will be taken up by the officer\naccountable for the property of the organization to which he reports who\nwill receipt for the same on this blank and forward one of the two signed\ncopies of it immediately to the Chief of Ordnance, and keep the other copy\nfor file with the retained copy of his return. All articles missing on arrival\nwill be charged against the soldier in the usual manner.\nWhen enlisted men are transferred in detachments, with an officer or non-\ncommissioned officer in charge, from a recruit depot, and each man is equipped\nidentically and none of them are indebted for other articles of ordnance prop-\nerty, the articles of ordnance property carried by them will all be entered on\nbut one invoice and receipt blank prepared in quadruplicate, on Ordnance De-\npartment Form No. 152-D. Each of the four copies will be signed by the\naccountable officer and by the officer or noncommissioned officer in charge of\nthe detachment acknowledging receipt of all the stores. A receipt roll will be\nmade, in duplicate, on Ordnance Department Form No. 153, and duly signed by\neach of the enlisted men to cover his individual responsibility. Two copies of\nthe signed invoice and receipt blank and one copy of the signed receipt roll will\nbe furnished to the officer or noncommissioned officer in charge of the detach-\nment, and the other copies of these signed papers will constitute the voucher\nunder which the accountable officer will drop the property from his return.\nOne copy of the signed Form No. 152-D, together with the signed copy of\nthe receipt roll will be filed as the voucher with his return forwarded to\nthe Chief of Ordnance, and the other copy of the signed Form No. 152-D\nfiled with his retained copy of the return. On arrival of the detachment at\nits destination the two copies of the invoice and receipt blank and the receipt\nroll will be turned over to the post ordnance officer or the designated supply\nofficer, who will take up all the articles appearing on the transfer blank and re-\nceipt for the same on this blank and forward one copy of it immediately to\nthe Chief of Ordnance, and keep the other copy of the invoice and receipt\nblank, together with the copy of the receipt roll (Form No. 153) for file\nwith the retained copy of his property return. All articles missing on\narrival will be invoiced by the post ordnance officer, or other supply officer,\nto the officer accountable for the property of the organization to which the\nparticular soldiers report, and charged against these men on the pay rolls\nof the organizations to which they are assigned and dropped from the return\nof the accountable officer under statements of charges made by the command-\ning officers of the organizations and turned over by them in duplicate to the\naccountable officer. In each case where the recruit is indebted to the United\nStates at the time of his transfer, or the articles in his possession are not\nidentical with those in the possession of the other men of the detachment, or\nwhere the detachment is not in charge of an officer or noncommissioned officer,\nindividual transfer blanks will be used.\nUnless the arrangements for the journey require the use of ordnance property\nen route, none will be transferred with such soldiers.\nA copy of the transfer blank will be kept by each accountable officer for his\nretained return. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\n[C.A.R.56.]\n5\n-TO\nFOR\nEQUIPMENT\n.0-188\nACCOUNTABILITY\n681-A. There shall normally be but one accountable officer for equipment\n\"C,\" of each bureau for a regiment, separate battalion, field hospital, ambulance\ncompany, or other tactical organization for which equipment \"C\" is prescribed.\nand such officer will account on a separate return for all articles listed in the\nvarious equipment manuals as equipment \"C,\" and he will be referred to in the\nfollowing paragraphs as the Unit supply officer.\" When one officer serves as\nsupply officer for all bureaus, he will be designated as Regimental, field hospi-\ntal, etc., unit supply officer,\" but when several officers serve as supply officers of\nthe several bureaus, each, except the Quartermaster Corps, will be designated as\n\" Regimental, etc., Ordnance, Engineer, or Signal officers,\" as the case may be.\nThe supply officer of the Quartermaster Corps will be designated as the regi-\nmental, etc., supply officer. Should local conditions make it desirable or neces-\nsary to have an accounting officer for any detachment serving separately from\nits parent organization, one may be designated for that purpose and the articles\nof equipment \"O\" that pertain to such detachment will be transferred to the\ndesignated accountable officer of the detachment, but as soon as the conditions\nmaking this separate accountability necessary cease, the account will be closed\nby transferring back to the unit supply officer of the parent organization the\naccountability for the property which had been carried separately. Batteries,\ntroops, companies, or detachments will hold on memorandum receipt from the\nunit supply officer of the unit of which they form a part articles of equipment\n\"C\" prescribed in the equipment manuals as pertaining to them. (C. A. R. No.\n56, May 10, 1917.)\nH-180\n681-B. All property received by such unit supply officer will be accounted\nfor on authorized blanks of a loose-leaf character, with a separate sheet for\neach article and columns for date, voucher numbers, debit entries, credit\nentries, and balances. Vouchers to the account will be numbered serially,\nbeginning with No. 1, through the six months' accounting period, regard-\nless of transfers from one officer to another and will be posted to the\naccount currently. The account will be kept in duplicate, an original and\na carbon copy. On June 30 and December 31 of each year the account will\nbe examined as provided in paragraph 681-D, and the original record, together\nwith all vouchers pertaining thereto not previously forwarded, mailed direct\nto the chief of the bureau to which the property pertains. Before being\nmailed the correctness of the account, together with a notation of the serial\nnumbers of the vouchers pertaining thereto, will be certified to by the unit\nsupply officer. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n681-C. When an officer is relieved as unit supply officer, his account will be\nclosed by drawing a line below the last entry on each sheet, immediately\nbelow which will be entered the balance of the article, with the notation\nopposite thereto Received from predecessor.\" When a transfer has been made\nthe officer making the transfer will certify to the correctness of the account\nand will, after the account has been audited, mail direct to the chief of the\nbureau to which the property pertains the original vouchers to the account\nup to the date of transfer. These will be accompanied by a letter of transmittal,\nwhich will enumerate the vouchers, giving date of the transfer and name of\nthe officer to whom the transfer was made. The receiving officer will acknowl-\nedge receipt of the balances shown on the return account by signing the receipt\nattached thereto, and will furnish a signed copy of such receipt to the trans-\nferring officer. (C. A. R. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n[C.A.R.56.]\n6\n681-D. All returns will be examined in the regiment or other similar or-\nganization by a suitable officer (preferably by a field officer) designated for\nthat purpose by the commanding officer thereof. This examination will Bbe\nmade at the end of each accounting period, also in case of a transfer of account-\nability from a unit supply officer to his successor. The examining officer will\nsee that all balances have been correctly brought forward, that all property on\ndebit vouchers has been taken up on the account, and that all property dropped\nis covered by authorized credit vouchers which comply with regulations. In so\nfar as these features of the account are concerned, and to the extent of the\nvouchers actually examined, this officer's examination will be final, and action\nin the War Department bureaus will be limited to seeing that all property\ninvoiced to unit supply officers is actually taken up by them, and that accounta-\nbility is properly placed in accordance with the final action taken on survey\nreports. He will certify on the account the fact of examination and the result\nof same. He will also see that the authorized allowances are entered on each\nsheet of the return, and on the completion of the examination report in writing\nto his commanding officer whether or not the balances on hand are in agree-\nment with those prescribed in the unit equipment manuals, mentioning in detail,\nif not in agreement, the more important that are surplus or that are short, and\nstating in general terms the minor discrepancies. These reports will be kept\non file until the next regular inspection of the command by an officer of the\nInspector General's Department, whose duty it will be to investigate and make\nreport on the causes of the discrepancies and the steps taken by the command-\ning officer to remedy them. (C. R. No. May 10, 1917.) ni bedinessing rerjas\n681-E. Under normal peace conditions, all organizations will keep their\nequipment C,\" as prescribed for their actual strength, complete and serv-\niceable condition. The remaining equipment required for the unit for its full\nauthorized strength will be held by the unit supply officer. If ordered for field\nduty, this full equipment will be taken to the mobilization and concentration\npoints. If ordered on active field duty, where equipment \"B and equipment\n\" A not required for the actual strength can not be taken, it will be disposed\nof by the unit supply officer as conditions require, by turning it in to camp\nsupply officer or depot, or by disposing of it as otherwise ordered. The same\ncourse will be followed at any time during active field service, should equip-\nment become surplus. (C.A.R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.) atedogov HB\n681-F. Unit supply officers will obtain replenishment of equipment \"edi\" by\nfurnishing the post, camp, division, depot, or other proper supply officeroin ex-\nchange for the articles, either- guinisting studenov 9dj to\n1. The unserviceable articles to be replaced, if not repairable the post.\nNo receipt is given in this case, but should the condition of the articles not be\nmanifestly due to fair wear and tear in the service the issuing officer will re-\nquire (a) a survey report, or (b) the necessary evidence for la survey report,\nor (c) if that can not be furnished a certificate as provided in subparagraph 3;\nor off to adt of viltage Hiw 9dd\n2. A voucher on which a supply officer may take credit for the articles. This\ncovers cases where no unserviceable article is to be turned in The voucher to\nbe turned in to the supply officer may be (a) certificates of authorized expendi-\ntures; (b) certificates of destruction for articles authorized to be SO dropped\nby the bureau to which the property pertains; (c) statements of charges against\nenlisted men; (d) abstract of sales when authorized ; (e) survey reports (f)\n\"I& I'll reports; (g) due certificates completed by a receipt for the articles\nto be replaced, or (h) other authorized voucher or ,0) guittet\n[C.A.R.56.]\n3. A certificate that replenishment is immediately necessary and that the\nnecessary voucher or the corresponding unserviceable articles (with survey\nreport, if required) will later be furnished. This certificate will be filed with\nthe receipt for the supplies SO issued or may be written on the receipt itself.\nIf the voucher or corresponding unserviceable article is supplied before the end\nof the accounting period the accountable officer will return the receipt and\ncertificate. If not furnished before the end of the accounting period the certifi-\ncate and receipt may be used as a credit voucher and the bureau to which the\nproperty pertains will hold the signer of the certificate and receipt accountable.\nR.\nNo.\n56,\nMay\n10,\n1917.)\n681-G. Each voucher used for replacement under paragraph 681-F-2 will\ncontain a certificate signed by the responsible officer that he has received all the\narticles or due certificates therefor, but such a certificate is not required on a\nsurvey report when the unserviceable article is turned in in accordance with\nparagraph 681-F-1, as in that case the survey report is not to be used as a\ncredit voucher. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n681-H. When, in compliance with competent orders, equipment C has\nbeen reduced by any part of it being invoiced by the unit supply officer to\nanother accountability, it will be replaced by the unit supply officer certifyin\nthe facts on his requisition, or, if the replacement is to be made by verbal or\nother informal method, a like certificate will be placed on the receipt for the\nproperty. If equipment C has been increased in any way above that pre-\nscribed, the surplus, when no longer necessary, will be invoiced to some account-\nable officer at the first opportunity. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\nTO\n681-I. Replenishment of equipment C will habitually be obtained through\nthe unit supply officer, but no entry of the transaction will be made in his ac-\ncount unless necessary. In emergencies an organization commander may obtain\nreplenishment by any of the methods prescribed for the unit supply officer, but\nwhen such action is taken he will promptly report the transaction to the unit\nsupply officer. (C.A.R. No. 56, May 10. 1917.)\n681-J. All garrison equipment and other Government property (including\nammunition for target practice), except equipment C,\" will be held by or-\nganization commanders on memorandum receipt from the post or other supply\nofficers. If ordered to field duty, all articles of the garrison equipment held on\nmemorandum receipt by organizations will be turned over to the post supply\nofficer, and none of it will be taken with the organization, except as may be\nspecially ordered by the next higher commander. Replenishment of garrison\nequipment will habitually be obtained by organization commanders according\nto the methods prescribed in paragraph 681-F for unit supply officers in replen-\nishing equipment C.\" (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n681-K. When a regiment or other organization having an equipment \"C\"\naccountability is separated from a supply depot and the situation demands a\nreserve stock on hand, such reserve stock will be accounted for on the same\nreturn and in the same way as equipment \"C,\" but SO soon as the necessity for\ncarrying this reserve stock ceases the surplus will be invoiced to the proper\naccountable officer. The fact of having on hand a reserve will not be authority\nto issue on memorandum receipt to a company or other smaller organizations\nany property in excess of its prescribed equipment \"C.\" If articles not listed\nas part of equipment \"C\" are necessary, they will likewise be carried on the\nsame return, but as soon as a post, depot, or camp supply officer is designated\nsuch property will be invoiced to him. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\nVIUS : HOLINO ONITKING тизмиятор : KOTONIH2AW\n[C.A.R.56.]\n8\n681-L. No unit supply officer shall ordinarily be appointed post or camp\nsupply officer except when no other officer for this duty is available. (C. A. R.\nNo. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n681-M. There shall habitually be but one accountable officer for the property\nof each bureau in each coast-defense command, and this accountable officer will\nrender semiannual returns on the forms now prescribed for such property.\nCoast Artillery organizations will hold on memorandum receipt from the coast-\ndefense supply officers the prescribed equipment \"C\" for their actual strength,\nand such memorandum receipts will be separate from those for other property\nissued to these organizations. Coast-defense supply officers will keep on hand\nat all times sufficient equipment \"C\" to complete the equipment of the organiza-\ntions for their authorized strength, and property will be replenished generally\nas indicated in paragraph 681-F, there being in this case no unit supply officer.\nIn case Coast Artillery troops are organized into tactical units for field service\nof an indefinite duration the articles of equipment \"C\" pertaining to such\ntroops will be invoiced to the unit supply officers of such units. (0. R. No.\n56, May 10, 1917.)\n681-N. All expendable articles, spare parts, cleaning materials, and pre-\nservatives pertaining to equipment \"C\" will be issued to unit supply officers\n(or, in coast defenses. to organization commanders). These officers will fur-\nnish receipts to the accountable officer, but will not further account for the\nmaterial. The receipts will serve as vouchers on which the material will be\ndropped by the accountable officer. In cases where allowances are fixed by\norders or regulations the receipts will contain a certificate signed by the unit\nsupply officer (or, in coast defenses, by the organization commander) that the\narticles receipted for, considering those previously drawn for the period, do not\nexceed the prescribed allowances. In such cases approval by the commanding\nofficer is not required. If, however, articles or material in excess of the allow-\nance are required, they will be supplied on requisition, which must show the\nnecessity for the excess issue, and be approved by the division or department\ncommander. (C. A. R. No. 56, May 10, 1917.)\n[2474891 B-A. G. 0.]\nBy ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR\nH.\nL.\nSCOTT,\nMajor General, Chief of Staff\nOFFICIAL:\nH. P. McCAIN\nThe Adjutant General\nno\nIllw\nno\nWASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1917"
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