HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST. 
Special Orders, ) 
Governors Island, 
New York City, 
No. 221. f 
September 24, 1908. 
[ EXTRACT. ] 
* * 
* 
* * 
3....In compliance with the provisions of General Orders, No. 79, 
War Department, May 14, 1908, the following-named officers, having 
stated their preference for the walking test prescribed in paragraph 
4, of the order mentioned, will assemble at the places indicated below 
for the purpose of undergoing the physical examination and test. 
The senior officer of each group taking this test will be held re¬ 
sponsible that all conditions of the test are strictly observed by every 
officer in the group, and he will follow the route submitted by the 
artillery district commander and approved by the department com¬ 
mander. 
At the conclusion of the test the senior officer of each group will 
submit a detailed report, stating therein the names of the officers 
participating, the route taken, the distance traveled each day and 
the hours of beginning and ending the daily march; together with a 
certificate that the provisions of General Orders, No. 79, War 
Department, 1908, have been carried out, or, in case of failure by 
any officer, the circumstances attending such failure. 
The physical examination of the officers named will take place 
October 4, 1908, at the posts where they assemble and will be con¬ 
ducted by the medical officers designated below. 
The physical test will be conducted October 5, 6, and 7, 1908. 
The uniform to be worn is field dress, consisting of campaign hat, 
service or khaki coat and breeches with leggings and russet leather 
shoes. 
Within three hours after completion of the third day’s walk, each 
officer taking the test will again be examined by the medical officers. 
A supply of blank forms (No. 377, A. G. O.), on which the 
physical examination should be reported, will be furnished the senior 
medical officer who has been designated to examine each group by 
the Adjutant General of the Department. These forms should be 
carefully filled out and completed in every respect before they are 
forwarded to department headquarters: 
AT FORT H. G. WRIGHT, N. Y. 
Colonel Charles D. Parkhurst, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort H. G. 
Wright, N. Y.; 
Colonel Prank Baker, Ordnance Department, Springfield, Mass.; 
Major Wilmot E. Ellis, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Terry, N. Y.; 
Major William C. Davis, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Adams, R. I. 
A medical board of officers to consist of: 
