Company Administration Based on Special Regulations No. 57, War Department, 1919; With Samples of All Blank Forms Filled in (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...(1) Any enlisted man in active service may deposit his savings with any quartermaster in sums of not less than $5. (Par. 1361, A. R.) (2) The deposit book will show the name and Army serial number of the depositor, the place, date, and amount of each deposit. Each deposit will be receipted by the quartermaster and attested by the company commander. (Par. 1361, A. R.) (3) Deposits will be noted on service records of the soldiers concerned immediately after payment and before the advice of soldiers' deposits is forwarded to the Quartermaster General. (Pars. 56, 58(2, and 167; par. 1361, A. R.) (4) The transfer, pledge or sale of the deposit book is prohibited. Enlisted men should be informed of the importance of preserving deposit books as the only certain means of insuring prompt payment of deposits upon discharge or furlough to the reserve. (Pars. 1361 and 1364, A. R.) 6. (1) Before delivering final statements upon which deposits are credited the company commander will ascertain whether the soldier has his deposit book, and, if so, instruct him to present it to the quartermaster with his final statement. The quartermaster will take up the deposit book and file it with the voucher of payment. (Par. 194d(6); pars. 1362 and 1363, A. R.) (2) Should the soldier claim to have lost his deposit book, his affidavit to that effect will be taken and attached to the final statement. The affidavit must state the circumstances attending the loss of the deposit book and show that the soldier has not sold or assigned it. (Par. 194; par. 1363, A. R.) (3) If for any reason deposits, except those forfeited by desertion, are not paid on final statement, the soldier should forward his depos;t book or the affidavit referred to in subparagraph (2), to the Quartermaster General an...