Show Army Order Washington 16To insure that none but those possessing a more solderly spirit be attached to so favorite and distinguished an arm of the service as the light batteries an officer who has not served with his regiment continuously including includ-ing cumulative leaves for at least the previous two years will not be considered eligible for detail to the light batteries exception only to be made by special order of the secretary secre-tary of war and where the circumstances circum-stances attending the absence of the officer do not indicate a desire to avoid the performance of ordinary regimental and company duty |