Of the 2d Specification, "Not guilty." Of the 3d Specification, "Guilty, except the words and disorderly,' and of the excepted words not guilty." Of the 4th Specification, "Not guilty." And the court does therefore sentence him, Second Lieutenant Charles F. Smith, 13th Infantry, “To be dismissed the service of the United States." The record of the proceedings of the general court-martial in the foregoing case of 2d Lieutenant Charles F. Smith, 13th Infantry, having been submitted to the President, the following are his orders thereon: WHITE HOUSE, September 10th, 1904. In the foregoing case of Second Lieutenant Charles F. Smith, 13th Infantry, U. S. Army, the sentence is confirmed and will be duly executed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. September 15, 1904. BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. ORDERS By direction of the President, the following orders relative to the organization of the field artillery on a peace footing are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 1. Under the provisions of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, entitled "An act for increasing the efficiency of the Army," the 7th and 20th Batteries, Field Artillery, Fort Riley, Kansas, are designated as horse batteries, and the 26th Battery, Field Artillery, Vancouver Barracks, Washington, is designated as a mountain battery. The batteries designated will be organized as hereinafter provided for horse and mountain batteries. 2. In order to make the organization of the present materiel of field batteries conform as nearly as practicable to that contemplated for the proposed new rapid-fire equipment, and to facilitate the changes that will be necessitated by the introduction of the latter, the equipment of the light and horse batteries is fixed at four guns and eight caissons per battery. Pending the issue of the new Drill Regulations for the Field Artillery the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th caissons will constitute a third platoon of the battery. The equipment of the mountain batteries is fixed at four guns and forty ammunition packs per battery. 3. The organization of the personnel of the batteries of field artillery will hereafter be as shown in the following table: 4. The allowance and distribution of public animals for the batteries of field artillery are announced as follows: SEP 27 Rec'd For each battery (except horse, mountain, and siege batteries) 104 horses, distributed as follows: For each horse battery 160 horses, distributed as follows: For each mountain battery 16 horses and 84 pack mules, distributed as follows: For each siege battery 104 horses, distributed as follows: 5. The batteries of field artillery are hereby organized into battalions as follows, with stations as indicated, the official designation of the batteries and battalions to be as given herein: The 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, Presidio, San Francisco, California: Commander, Major Edward T. Brown, Artillery Corps. 1st Battery, Field Artillery. 5th Battery, Field Artillery. 24th Battery, Field Artillery. The 2d Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Sam Houston, Texas: Commander, Major Lotus Niles, Artillery Corps. 2d Battery, Field Artillery. 15th Battery, Field Artillery. The 3d Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Myer, Virginia: Commander, Major Eli D. Hoyle, Artillery Corps. 3d Battery, Field Artillery. 4th Battery, Field Artillery. The 4th Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Riley, Kansas: Commander, Major William H. Coffin, Artillery Corps. 6th Battery, Field Artillery. 19th Battery, Field Artillery. The 5th Battalion, Field Artillery (horse), Fort Riley, Kansas: Commander, Major Granger Adams, Artillery Corps. 7th Battery, Field Artillery (horse). 20th Battery, Field Artillery (horse). The 6th Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming: Commander, 8th Battery, Field Artillery. 13th Battery, Field Artillery. The 7th Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Snelling, Minnesota: Commander, Major Samuel E. Allen, Artillery Corps. 10th Battery, Field Artillery. 30th Battery, Field Artillery. The 8th Battalion, Field Artillery (siege), Buffalo, New York: Commander, 11th Battery, Field Artillery (siege). 16th Battery, Field Artillery (siege). The 9th Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Commander, Major Henry M. Andrews, Artillery Corps. 12th Battery, Field Artillery. 22d Battery, Field Artillery. 29th Battery, Field Artillery. The 10th Battalion, Field Artillery, Fort Sheridan, Illinois: Commander, Major Charles G. Woodward, Artillery Corps. 14th Battery, Field Artillery. |
