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"By command of Maj.-Gen. Shafter.

"Official. J. D. Miley, E. J. McClernand,
"Aide. Asst. Adj.-Gen."

"Headquarters 5th Army Corps,
"On Board S. S. Seguransa,
"Tampa Bay, June 11, 1898.

"Special Orders, No. 16:

Extract.

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"5. 2d Lieut. John H. Parker, 13th Infantry, commanding the Gatling
Gun Detachment, 5th Army Corps, is authorized to make the usual
requisitions for supplies.

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"By command of Maj.-Gen. Shafter.

"Official. J. D. Miley, E. J. McClernand,
"Aide. Asst. Adj.-Gen."

The organization was thus perfected by a single stroke of the