Memorandum, Army Regulations, Changes Number 60, from Major General H. L. Scott

[C. A. R. 60.] ARMY REGULATIONS. KRUMAN NARA CHANGES WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 60. WASHINGTON, September, 21, 1917. Paragraphs 193, 238, 271, 327, 630, and 733, Army Regulations, are changed as follows: 193. (Changed by C. A. R., Nos. 9, W. D., 1914, and 44, W. D., 1916.) Sub- paragraphs 14, 15, 16, and 17 are changed as follows: 14. He will have charge of all matters pertaining to the instruction, in- spection, equipment, payment, qualification for appointment or promotion of officers, maneuvers, mobilization, and concentration of the National Guard of the United States in divisions assigned to his command. He will be responsible that organizations of the National Guard assigned to his com- mand are composed of officers and men properly qualified, physically and otherwise, and that they are sufficiently armed, uniformed, equipped, and being trained and instructed for active duty in the field or coast defenses and whether records are properly kept. The adjutant general of each State, Territory, and the District of Co- lumbia, included in the territorial limits of the department, and the com- manding general of each tactical division, and the commanding officer of each unit not in division, assigned to the department, will report to the department commander under the provisions of section 66, act of Con- gress approved June 3, 1916, for the purpose of receiving instructions con- cerning the inspection, instruction, equipment, pay, qualification of officers and men, and the mobilization or concentration of the National Guard. All officers of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard in any department are under orders of the department commander at all times. 15. When reports of inspection of the National Guard reach a depart- ment commander under paragraph 8921 (e), these regulations, such remedial action as is prescribed in the case of a command of the Regular Army will be taken by the department commander, in so far as his control is not limited by the functions conferred by law upon the Militia Bureau and by the provisions of the national defense act, and report of remedial action taken will accompany the inspection report. The department commander will annually inspect mobilization sites, target ranges, and depots containing reserve supplies required for mobilization. In addition to the annual inspection prescribed by paragraph 8921, these regulations, the department commander will cause at least one other in- spection to be made during the year by the commander or the officer acting as chief of staff or senior instructor of each division of the National Guard, or by the commander of any separate unit thereof, for all the purposes expressed in section 93 of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1916. Department commanders will order the discharge on account of physical disability of those found physically disqualified for field service. In the case of an officer, the order will state that the officer is discharged, by order of the President, on account of physical disability. L5222°-17