BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL TREVOR TERNAN, C.M.G., D.S.O.,
COMMANDING 123rd (TYNESIDE SCOTTISH) BRIGADE.
HEADQUARTERS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,
20th FEBRUARY, 1915.
131 – Extracts from Northern Command Orders –
Use of the terms Billets and Billeting –
Much confusion and avoidable correspondence continually arise owing to the indiscriminate use of the terms “billets” and “billeting”, applying them to troops in hired premises, as well as to troops billeted under the powers conferred by the Army Act.
In the former case, Troops are not billeted in any correct sense of the expression – they are accommodated in hired buildings or premises, and reference to them as being billeted or in billets should be avoided in all official correspondence.
C.R. No. 44413. Northern Command Order No.232.
Empty Oat Sacks – Return of to No. 3 Main Supply Depot, Leeds.
Oat Sacks being urgently required at Leeds for use overseas, Officers Commanding Units should take immediate steps to return all empties on their charge to the Supply Officer concerned. The larger 168 lbs. Sacks if not returned to suppliers are charged for, and Units not returning these Sacks within a reasonable period, will be charged with the full cost, which in some cases is 2s. per sack.
Attention is also directed to Command Orders No. 1526 and 1709 of the 26th October and 4th December, 1914, and Supply Officers should see that all Sacks are returned in a clean serviceable condition.
C.R. No. 44301 (S.T.). Northern Command Order No.234.
Clothing –
With reference to Command Order No. 1842, dated 29th December, 1914, it has been decided that as soon as men are in possession of a second suit of clothing the provision of a third pair of drawers will cease.
Those men who have been issued with a third pair may retain it.
Authority, War Office letter No. 54General No./1800 (Q.M.G.7.), dated 15th February, 1915.
C.R. No. 38875/48 (a). (O.S.) Northern Command Order No.235.
T.L.B. SOUTRY, Captain,
Brigade-Major, 123rd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade.
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