54 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN ARMY REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCE- 
MENT OF PLANT QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPART- 
MENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Circular No. S3. 
War Department. 
Washington, April 28, 1941. 
Changes in AR 30-1105. 30-1210. and 95-15. — Pending the revisions of AR 
30-1105, July 30, 1932 ; AR 30-1210, July 23, 1932 ; and AR 9-5-15, April 21, 1930. 
the following changes in those regulations are published: 
1. AR 30-1105. — Paragraph 7 is added as follows : 
7. Plant quarantine. — a. — The entry into the United States of certain foreign- 
grown plants and plant products is controlled by quarantine or other restrictive 
orders issued by the Department of Agriculture to reduce the danger of intro- 
ducing insect pests and plant diseases into the United States. 
6. All surface vessels of the War Department arriving at a United States 
port from a port outside of the continental limits of the United States are sub- 
ject to inspection by the Department of Agriculture. Port commanders will 
report all ship arrivals to the nearest Plant Quarantine Inspection Office of the 
Department of Agriculture. 
2. AR 30-1210. — Paragraph 15 is rescinded and the following substituted 
therefor : 
15. Inspection of baggage and personal belongings of troop class passengers on 
Army transports. — a. — Prior to arrival at a port in the United States, the com- 
manding officer of troops on a transport from any port outside the continental 
limits of the United States will cause the baggage and other personal belongings 
of all troop class passengers to be inspected for prohibited fruits and vegetables 
which, if not consumed, must be destroyed before arrival. 
b. The commanding officer of troops will certify in writing to the inspector of 
the Department of Agriculture who boards the vessel at quarantine that the 
inspection required by a above has been made and all prohibited fruits and 
vegetables disposed of as therein prescribed. 
e. Baggage so inspected is exempt from further examination for the same 
purpose, but the foregoing requirements have no application to the baggage of 
first- and second-class passengers, which is always examined on the dock by the 
inspectors of the Department of Agriculture. 
(A. G. 570 (2-20-41).) 
3. AR 95-15— Paragraph 3% is added as follows : 
S 1 ^. Plant quarantine. — a. — The entry into the United States of certain for- 
eign-grown plants and plant products is controlled by quarantine or other re- 
strictive orders issued by Department of Agriculture to reduce the clanger of 
introducing insect pests and plant diseases into the United States. 
b. No plant or plant product will be carried by any Army airplane into the 
continental limits of the United States unless a permit has been secured pre- 
viously from the Department of Agriculture. 
(A. G. 580.2 (2-20-41).) 
By order of the Secretary of War : 
G. C. Marshall, 
Chief of Staff. 
Official : 
E. S. Adams, 
Major General. 
The Adjutant General. 
REVISION OF OREGON PLANT QUARANTINE RELATING TO GRAPEVINES AND 
CUTTINGS 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, April 14. 1941. 
Oregon Plant Quarantine Order No. 17 (A series) pertaining to grape phyl- 
loxera in other States has been modified effective March 24, 1941. so as to 
permit entry into Oregon from other States of grapevines or cuttings when 
accompanied with a certificate showing satisfactory disinfection treatment of 
the vines or cuttings under the supervision of a qualified plant inspector of 
the State of origin. 
