HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO. 
Special Orders, ~| Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. /., 
No. 155. J August 7, 1903- 
1. A board of officers is appointed to meet at Zamboanga, 
Mindanao, at 10.00 o’clock A. M., to-day, or as soon thereafter 
as practicable, for the examination of 1st Lieutenant Frank R. 
McCoy, 10th Cavalry, to determine his fitness for promotion. 
The board will observe the rules prescribed by General Orders, 
No. 17, current series. Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant 
General’s Office. 
Detail for the Board: 
Lieutenant Colonel G. IV. Adair, Deputy Surgeon General, 
U. S. Army; 
Major Hugh L. Scott, 14th Cavalry; 
Captain John P. Finley, 27th Infantry; 
Captain George T. Lang home, nth Cavalry; 
xst Lieutenant John H. Allen, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army; 
2nd Lieutenant Gilbert H. Stewart, 10th Infantry, recorder. 
2. Private Tillman H. Smith, Troop M, 15th Cavalry, hav¬ 
ing been tried by a general court-martial convened at Jolo, 
Jolo Island, P. I., and found guilty of “spoiling his horse, 
in violation of the 17th Article of War” and of “conduct to 
the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in viola¬ 
tion of the 62nd Article of War,” was, three previous con¬ 
victions being considered, sentenced: “To be conjined at hard 
labor, under charge oj the Post Guard for six (6) months, and 
to forfeit twelve {$12.00) dollars per month for the same period .” 
In the foregoing case of Private Tillman //. Smith, Troop 
M, 15th Cavalry, the designation of the organization of the 
accused in the finding and sentence differs from thatappearing 
in the original charges and from those copied in the record. 
In the opinion of the reviewing authority the court was not 
justified in modifying the plea of the accused as to the 1st 
charge, in the manner set forth in the proceedings. 
Subject to these remarks the proceedings are approved. 
The sentence is approved and will be duly executed, the 
confinement at the station of the prisoner’s troop. 
