Should one or more additional sheets be necessary for the _Body_ or _Indorsements_, sheets of the same size as the first will be added. Only one side of the paper will be used for writing. Indorsements of a routine nature such as referring, transmitting, forwarding, and returning papers, will not be signed with the full name, but with initials. When the letter of the Department Commander to Captain Douglas reaches the Commanding Officer, Madison Barracks, N. Y., who is also Commanding Officer, 99th Infantry, the latter may do either of two things. He may simply forward the letter to Captain Douglas without comment, because he deems the letter sufficient for the purpose; or he may add a disciplinary word also. In the first case the indorsement would appear as follows: 1st Ind. Hq. 99th Inf., Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 23, 1940—To Captain James L. Douglas, 99th Inf., Forwarded, A. D. T. In the second case the indorsement would appear as follows: 1st Ind. Hq. 99th Inf., Madison Bks., N. Y., May 23, 1940—To Captain James L. Douglas, 99th Inf. For compliance. By order of Colonel Maish, A. D. Thomas, Capt. 99th Inf., Adjutant. The _Body_ and _Indorsements_ of letters are signed by the Adjutant when the letters are addressed to those lower in rank than the Commanding Officer. They are signed by the Commanding Officer himself when addressed to those higher in rank than the Commanding Officer. Letters are never addressed to adjutants. In connection with indorsements it might be well to quote what Army Regulations say in their regard. “Communications, whether from a subordinate to a superior, or vice versa, will pass through intermediate commanders. This rule will not be interpreted as including matters in relation to which intermediate commanders can have no knowledge, and over which they are not expected to exercise control. Chiefs of War Department bureaus are intermediate commanders between higher authority and the officers and enlisted men of their respective corps or departments, who are serving under the exclusive control of themselves and their subordinates. Verbal communications will be governed by the same rules as to channels as written communications. When necessity requires communications to be sent through other than the prescribed channel, the necessity therefor will be stated. Communications from superiors to subordinates will be answered through the same channels as received. Except as provided above, all communications, reports, and estimates from officers serving at a military post, and communications of every nature addressed to them relating to affairs of the post, will pass through the post commander.