Correspondence, Official

Is correspondence carried on officially between military officers and various departments of the service, such as orders, reports, letters, indorsements, etc. All official correspondence between the heads of the different departments of the staff of any command and its commander must pa through the adjutant-general, a istant adjutant-general, or adjutant of the command, as the case may be. Communications to or from a commander and those under his command must pa through the adjutant-general, a istant adjutant-general, or adjutant on duty with it; excepting only such communications between a disbursing officer and the chief of his particular branch of the staff as relate exclusively to the ordinary routine of busine in their own department. All communications, whether from an inferior to a superior, or vice vers a , are, as a general rule, to be pa ed through the intermediate commanders. The same rule governs in verbal applications: for example, a lieutenant seeking an indulgence must apply through his captain, the captain through the adjutant, and so on. All correspondence relating to or involving the personnel of the army when forwarded to the Secretary of War for his orders, must be forwarded through the adjutant-general for the consideration of the general of the army.