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GENERAL ORDERS 
 
 ADJUTANT m IXSPECTOR-fiEXEllAl'S OFFICE, 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, 
 
 From January, 1862, to December, 1863, 
 
 (both INCT.UWVI!.) 
 
 IN TWO SERIES. 
 
 PREPARED FROM FIXES OF HEAD-QFARTRRS, DEPARTMENT OF 
 S. C, aA., AND FLA. 
 
 WITH FULL INDEXES. 
 
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 1864. 
 
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 Chahlkstox, S. C.> March 1, 1864. 
 
 Messrs. Etans A Cooswell, in the snme spirit which led them to 
 nndertake the publication of the Genernl Orders of the War depart- 
 ment for 1862, hare now become the publishers of an edition, in one 
 volume, embracing the Orders of 1862 and '6.3, together with such 
 decisions of the War department as could be collected touching 
 matters of general concern to the service, and recent speci.il regula- 
 tions of the Ordnance bureau. There will also be found appended 
 certain Orders of the present (1864) series, not embraced in the 
 index, which are of immediate importance to the army. The Index 
 of this edition for the series of 1862 will be found materially en- 
 larged and improved. 
 
 THOMAS JORDAN, 
 Brigadier-General, and Chief of Staff. 
 
 343958 
 
SERIES 1862. 
 
 343958 
 
ANALYTICAL IITDEX 
 
 TO 
 
 General (Bnlm from Wi^ir gcpartment, 
 
 For the Year 1862. 
 
 Ko. No . 
 
 ABSENTEES. vL Ort. 
 
 When otlicers, absent over twenty days without authority," 
 
 to be dropped, and enrolled as conscripts II 98 
 
 If enlisted men, to bo treated as deserters II 96 
 
 ACTS OF CONGRESS. 
 
 Granting bounties and furloughs to enlisted men. Decem- 
 ber 11, 1861 I 1 
 
 Sec. 1. Bounty of $50 to enlisted men serving continu- 
 ously for three years; at what times paid. 
 Sec. 2. Granting furloughs to twelve months men re- 
 enlisting for three years or the war ; when granted; 
 regulating length of furlough; in lieu of, may receive 
 commutation value of transportation home and back. 
 Sec. 3. This act applies to all twelve months men en- 
 listed and now in service of any state, and who may 
 hereafter volunteer in service of Confederate States. 
 Sec. 4. Authorizing re-enlisted men to reorganize in 
 companies, battalions, aaid regiments, and elect offi- 
 cers. After first election vacancies to be filled by 
 promotion, except in lowest grade of company offi- 
 cers. In cases of troops regularly enlisted into ser- 
 vice of anj' particular state prior to formation of 
 Confederacy, olficers appointed as they were hereto- 
 fore I 1 
 
 Securing bounty to heirs of deceased soldiers, etc. Oct. 11. I 93 
 For recruiting service Provisional army. Dec. 19, 1861. .. . I 2, 6 
 
i INDEX. 
 
 Sec. 1. Secretary of War to adopt necessary measures. 
 Sec. 2. Secretary of War authorized to detail company 
 
 officers for above duty. 
 Sec. .3. Provides far filling vacancies in war companies 
 by volunteers. 
 Officers for recruiting service, how detailed. 
 Limiting number enlisted men in each company. Recruits 
 when mustered entitled to transportation, subsistence, and 
 
 bounty I 2, 6 
 
 To provide for recruiting companies in service for twelve 
 
 months. Jan. 27, 1862 I 6 
 
 Sec. 1. Provides for recruiting twelve months compa- 
 nies to 125, rank and file. At expiration of term of 
 service commissioned officers to be elected; subse- 
 quent vacancies to be filled by promotion, except, etc. 
 Sec. 2. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, 
 etc., of twelve months men, to detail one officer and 
 two privates from each company to recruit. Officers 
 and men detailed entitled to transportation ; recruits 
 entitled to pay and subsistence from time of enlist- 
 ment, and bounty on joining company. 
 Sec. 3. Regiments, battalions, companies, etc., reorgan- 
 ized before expiration of original term of service, may 
 retain old designations. (Companies reorganizing 
 may remain as at first, or combine in new organiza- 
 tions, electing field officers; vacancies occurring to 
 be filled by seniority. 
 Sec. 4. Companies organized by rc-enlisted twelve 
 
 months volunteers may be recruited to 125. 
 Sec. 5. If, at expiration of term of service, recruits and 
 enlisted men do not amount to minimum for company, 
 may combine with other companies to form new or- 
 ganizations. 
 See. 6. Secretary of War to make necessary rules, etc. I 6 
 
 To organize Maryland line. Feb. 15, 1862 I 8 
 
 Sec. 1. Citizens of Maryland now in service, or who 
 may hereafter volunteer, may be organized and en- 
 rolled into companies, etc., and, with other Maryland 
 organizations now in service, be formed into brigades 
 
 to bo known as " Maryland line." I 8 
 
 To establish uniform rule of naturalization. Aug. 22, J8G2. I 13 
 Sue. 1. Guarantees protection to all persons in military 
 service who are not citizens; provides for their natu- 
 • riiliz:iti(jn ; form of oath of allegiance. 
 
INDEX. IX 
 
 .^ec. 2. Designates persons before wliom ontli may be 
 made. 
 Secretary of War to provide blank forms, and make neces- 
 sary regulations to file for record in District Court, Con- 
 federate States, all oaths I 13 
 
 To organize partisan rangcr.«. April 21, 1862. 
 
 /SVc. 1. Authorizes President to commission officers to 
 form bands of partisans in companies, regiments, and 
 either cavalry or infantry. 
 See. 2. After being received into service, entitled to 
 same pay and allowances, and subject to same regu- 
 lations, as other soldiers. 
 See. 3. Provides for payment of arms and munitions 
 
 captured by partisan rangers I 30 
 
 First Conscript act. April 16 1 30,82 
 
 <S'«c. 1. All persons between 18 and 35, who are not le- 
 gally exempt, to serve three years or the war. All 
 twelve months volunteers within these ag«3 to serve 
 two years from expiration of their term of enlistment. 
 All corps twelve months men hav* right to reorgan- 
 ize by electing officers. Furloughs to be granted to 
 twelve months men retained in service, or, in lieu, 
 commutation of transportation may be received. All 
 persons under 18 and over 36 now in service for twelve 
 mo ntbs, to remain ninety days after e.\piration of 
 term, unless places are sooner sujiplied by recruits. 
 Sec. 2. All authority to raise new companies is vacated, 
 unless within thirty days f¥om passage of this act the 
 organization is complete, and has required number of 
 recruits from persons not now in service. 
 Sec. 3. Provides for enrolment of all persons compre- 
 hended within provisions of this act. 
 Sec. 4. Persons enrolled to be assigned by Secretary of 
 War to companies from respective states that are be- 
 low maximum. 
 Sec. 5. Provides for transfer of si amen and ordinary 
 
 seamen to navy. 
 Sec. 6. Excess over and above amount necessary to fill 
 regiments from any state kept as a reserve to be 
 drawn from when required to fill vacancies in existing 
 organizations. Keserve may be called out by Presi- 
 dent. 
 Sec. 7. Graut.s bounty to soKlit-rs noxv^in uriiiy wiio are 
 continued in service. 
 
INDEX,. 
 
 Sec. 8. Provides for paymoat of approved weapons in 
 
 hands of and belonging to soldiers. 
 Sea. 9. Persons not liable for duty may be received as 
 
 substitutes. 
 Sec. 10. Provides manner of filling vacancies among 
 
 officers. 
 Sec. 11. Provisions of first section of this act relating 
 to election of ofiicers, applies to organization of 
 twelve months men and war companies combined. 
 Sec. 12. Fixing standard of different arms of service. I 30 
 Sec. 13. Persons subject to conscription may volunteer 
 
 previous to enrolment • I 82 
 
 Second Conscript act, amending first. Sept. 27, 1862. . . .1 82, 93 
 Authorizes President to call out for war white residents 
 between ages of 35 and 45 not legally exempt, to be first 
 assigned to existing organizations from respective states. 
 Surplus, if any, how disposed of. Execution of act may 
 be suspended in certain places. Whore suspended, troops 
 may be received underacts passed prior to passage of this 
 
 act I 82,93 
 
 To amend second Conscript act. Oct. 8, 1862 I 82 
 
 Persons subject to military service may be enrolled wherffv- 
 er found. The act not to extend to members of state 
 military organizations serving without limits respective 
 states. President may suspend execution of this act in 
 
 certain localities ^ I 82 
 
 To establish places of rendezvous for the examination of 
 
 conscripts. Oct. 11, 1862.. ;• I 82 
 
 Sec. 1. Places of rendezvous established in each state 
 for examination of conscripts by surgeons to be as- 
 signed to that duty by President. Decisions of sur- 
 geons as to mental and physical capacity of con- 
 scripts to be final. Conscripts thus ascertained fit for 
 service to assemble at camps of instruction. 
 Sec. 2. Constituting boards of examination for each 
 
 congressional district. 
 Sec. 3. Conscripts unable to attend place of rendezvous 
 from sickness must forward certificate of physician, 
 
 or be held liable as absent without leave I 82 
 
 To establish camps of instruction. Oct. 8, 1802. 
 President authorized to establish camps of instruction in 
 such places and numbers as may be necessary, and to ap- 
 point officers to command the same I 93 
 
INDEX. Xi 
 
 To provide for raising additional military forces in Statee of 
 
 Kentucky and Missouri. Oct. 11, 1862 I 93 
 
 To e.Tempt certain persons from enrolment. April 21, 1862. 
 
 {See Exemption.) t go 37 
 
 To exempt certain persons from military duty, and repeal- 
 ing Exemption act of April 21. Oct. 11 I 82 
 
 To organize batUlions of sharp-shooters. April 21, 1862. . I 34 
 Sec. 1. One battalion for each brigade, consisting of 
 not less than throe nor moro than six companies; 
 composed of men selected from brigade; how armed; 
 oflicers appointed by President. 
 Sec. 2. Prov^ides manner of arming sharp-shooters.. . I 34 
 
 To punish drunkenness in army. April 21, 1862 I 33 
 
 ^'ec. 1, Provides for punishment of any officer on con- 
 viction before general court martial. 
 Sec. 2. Duty of officers to report all cases of drttnken- 
 ness coming under their notice. Commanding offi- 
 cers to organize court for trial of offenders. 
 Sea. 3. Findings of court shall be properly transmit- 
 ted to Secretary of War to be reported to Congress 
 
 at next session by said Secretary I 33 
 
 To organize signal corps. April 19, 1SG2 I 40 
 
 Sec. 1. President authorized to appoint ten (10) officers 
 in Provisional army for duty in signal corps. Fixing 
 rank and pay. Also to appoint ten sergeants of in- 
 fantry to be assigned to signal duty. Corps to be at- 
 tached to the Adjutant and Inspector- General's de- 
 partment or Engineer department I 40 
 
 To permit enlistments in navy and marine corps. Oct 2 
 
 1862 .'l 89 
 
 Sec. 1. Persons subject to enrolment may enlist in ma- 
 rine corps prior to being mustered in army. 
 Sec. 2. Persons enrolled in army m.xy, previous to being 
 
 assigned to any company, be enrolled in navy. 
 Sec. 3. Increases pay of sailors and marines four dol- 
 lars per month , ^^^ J gg 
 
 To increase signal corps. Sept. 27, 1862. 
 Authorizing appointment of additional officers and ser- 
 geants J gj 
 
 To organize army corps to be commanded by lieutenant- 
 generals; how appointed ; fixing pay. Sept. 18, 1862... I «3 
 To provide for organization of army corps. Oct. 6, 1862. . . I 93 
 Authorizing additional officers for ordnance. Sept. 16, 1862. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 President to appoint seventy officers of artillery iu Provis- 
 ional army, fixing duties, regulating rank I 93 
 
 Authorizing transfers of enlisted men in regiments not from 
 own state, provided applicant is not a substitute. Sept. 
 
 23,1862 I 93 
 
 Allowing transportation to persons transferred under above 
 
 act. Oct.2 I 93 
 
 To regulate ruuk of engineer officers Provisional army Con- 
 federate IS Utes. Sept. 23, 18{)2 I 93 
 
 May have rank during war equiil to tkat authorized for en- 
 gineer corps Confederate States army, limiting number in 
 
 each grade I 93 
 
 To provide for sick and wounded in hospitals. Sept. 27, 
 
 1862 I 93 
 
 Sec. 1. Fixing commutation value of rations in hos- 
 pitals to constitute hospital fund to be hold by 
 commissary; how disposed of; if fund exceed cer- 
 tain amount, excess to bo paid to Confederate States 
 Treasury; how accounted for; medical officers held 
 accountable for faithful npi)lication of fund, and to 
 forward weekly abstract and vouchers to Surgeon- 
 General, showing disposition made of fund. 
 See. 2. Secretary of War to contract with railroad com- 
 panies and boats for speedy transportation of sup- 
 plies for hospitals. 
 Sec. 3. Allowing clothing to hospitals; how drawn; 
 
 how kept, and how accounted for. 
 Sec. 4: Allowing matrons, female nurses, and attend- 
 ants; fixing salary and duties; authorizing medicaL 
 officers in charge of hospitals to employ other nurses 
 that may be necessary, also cooks; soldiers may be 
 permanently detailed as nurses, etc. 
 Sec. 5. Provides that hospitals of Confederate States 
 shall be known and numbered as hospitals of .a par- 
 ticular state. 
 Sec. 6. Persons employed in hospitals not in military 
 service, and whose pay is not provided for by law, 
 how and by whom paid. 
 Sec. 1. Directing Secretary of War to arrange with 
 railroad companies for transportation of sick and 
 wounded soldiers in separate cars, and to have cars 
 provided with pure water. 
 Sec. 8. Medical officers in charge of hospitals to detail 
 
INDEX. xni 
 
 competent person to accompany sick and, wounded 
 soldiers to depots, to obtain scats on cars for snid 
 
 eoldiers I 93 
 
 Authorizing appointment of adjutants to battalions on rec- 
 ommendation battalion commander; how appointed; fix- 
 ing rank, pay, nnd allowances. Oct. 2, 1862 I 9.3 
 
 Authorizing a colonel in Adjutant - Gcneral'a department 
 
 Confederate States army. Oct. 8, 1862 I 9.S 
 
 To increase and regulate appointment of general officers. 
 
 Oct. 13, 1862. 
 President authorized to appoint twenty general officers, etc. I 9.3 
 Allowing officers to bo appointed during recess of Senate. 
 
 Oct. 13, 1862. 
 If not confirmed at next session of Senate, appointments to 
 
 expire I 93 
 
 Authorizing acceptance of certain regiments and battalions. 
 
 Oct. 11, 1862 I 93 
 
 Sec. 1. President may accept regiments or battalions 
 organized in good faith prior to Oct 1, 1862, although 
 composed of persons between eighteen and thirty-five 
 years of age. 
 Sec. 2. President may accept certain regiments or 
 battalions organized in states west of Mississippi 
 riTcr. 
 Sec. 3. Aitthorizing acceptance of companies, battal- 
 ions, or regiments organised before Dec. 1, 1862, of 
 residents within limits of Middle and West Tennessee, 
 and certain counties in North Carolina; officers, how 
 
 elected, aud vacancies, how filled I 93 
 
 To authorize formation of volunteer companies for lo«al de- 
 fence. Oct. 13, 1862 I 93 
 
 Seo. 1. Any number of persons not loss than twenty, 
 not liable to military service, may form company, 
 elect officers, etc., serving without pay, etc., and en- 
 titled, when captured, to treatment as prisoners of 
 war ; muster-roll to be forNvardcd to Secretary of 
 War ; members to take oath of allegiance to Confeder- 
 I'.te States ; may be disbanded by President or com- 
 
 mnnder of military department I 93 
 
 To amend an act authorizing payment to be made for cer- 
 tain horses. Sept. .30, 1862 I 93 
 
 Aulfcorizinir coDstmctioa of railread between Blue Moun- 
 
INDEX. 
 
 tain, in State of Alabama, and Komc, in State of Georgia. 
 
 Oct. 2, 1862 I 93 
 
 Authoriz.ing quartermasters and others to administer oaths 
 to enable sick or wounded soldiers to receive their pay. 
 
 Oct, 2, 1862 I 93 
 
 To provide for prompt settlement of accounts of deceased 
 
 soldiers. Oct. 3, 1862 ...I 93 
 
 Sec. 1. Claims due deceased soldiers may be paid with- 
 out production of pay-roll. 
 Sec. 2. Provides manner of settling with heirs of de- 
 ceased soldiers. 
 Sec. Z. Authorizing Secretary of Treasury to employ 
 additional clerks to assist auditor fixing compensation. 
 Sec. 4. This act to take efi^ect from passage, and third 
 
 section to continue in force twelve months I 93 
 
 Repealing law authorizing commutation of clothing. Oct. 
 
 8, 1862. 
 Secretary of "War to furnish clothing in kind, prescribed by 
 
 regulations, etc I 100, I 93 
 
 To provide shoes for the army. Oct. 9, 1862 I 93 
 
 Sec. 1. Authorizing President, on requisition of Quar- 
 termaster-General, to detail from army not to exceed 
 two thousand shoemakers. 
 
 Sec. 2. Fixing pay of men thus detailed I 9S 
 
 To organise military courts. Oct. 9, 1862 I 93 
 
 ^e«. 1. Court to consist of three members and judge 
 advocate — two constituting a quorum ; fixing rank 
 and pay ; how appointed; duties of judge advocate; 
 in case of absence of judge advocate, etc. 
 Sec. 2. Coun to appoint provost marshal, with rank and 
 pay of captain cavalry; also a clerk; fixing salary 
 and duties; oflicers and members of court to take 
 oath, etc. ; by whom administered. 
 Sec. 3. Defining powers of military court. 
 Sec. 4. Defining jurisdiction of court ; oflicers, how 
 
 punished. 
 Sec. 5. Courts to attend army, and have appropriate 
 quarters; final decisions and sentences subject to re- 
 view ; mitigation and suspension as in cases of courts 
 martial. 
 Sec. 6. During recess of Senate, President may appoint 
 members of court and judge advocate I 93 
 
INDEX. XV 
 
 Making pnj of cadets equal to pay of second lieutenant of 
 
 same arm. Oct. IS, 1862 I 93 
 
 To relieve army of incapable officers, etc. Oct 13, 1862 I 9.3 
 
 Sec. 1. Authorizing department comm.nnder to organ- 
 ize boards to examine into cases of officers brought to 
 their attention, to determine their qualifications, etc. 
 Sec. 2. When officers declared unfit to perform duties, 
 
 may be Fuspended by department commander; pro- ' 
 ceedings of board to be forwarded to Secretary of 
 War. 
 Sec. .3. If findings of board approved by Secretary of 
 • War, President may retire honorably, without pay, 
 etc., or drop from itimy the officer unfit. 
 Sec. 4. Tabular report to be made by brigadier-gener- 
 al, giving number of days each officer absent, etc. 
 Sec. 5. Provides for filling vacancies caused by offi- 
 cers dropped under this act I 93 
 
 Granting medals and badges of distinction. Oct. 1.3, 1862. 
 (Sco Budget.) j 93 
 
 ADJUTANTS. 
 
 To report to AVar department all ca^cs of slaves serving 
 with regiments without proper written authority I 69 
 
 Commissions of, expire if, at reorganization, commanding 
 ofliccr is not re-elected V 82 
 
 May be appointed for independent battalions I 93 
 
 ALLEGIANCE. 
 
 Form of oath of, for aliens in military service, wishing to 
 become naturalized II 13 
 
 Oaths of, to the United States, will not exempt from conscrip- 
 *'0° II 62 
 
 Persons having taken oaths of to United States, and after- 
 ward conscribed, will, if captured, be demanded as pris- 
 oners of war , V 64 
 
 Oaths of, to Confederate States, must be taken by members 
 of companies organized for local defence I 93 
 
 APPLICANTS. 
 
 For appointments in ordnance corps, in what examined . . .IV 70 
 For furloughs, discharges, etc., in and .about Richmond, 
 
 to address Major-General Smith II 70 
 
 For appointments in ordnance corps, will present themselves 
 
 for examination I 71 
 
XVI INDEX. 
 
 For examination in ordnance, to address commanding gen- 
 eral of particular army Ill 80 
 
 For furlougli or discharge by medical board, to explain cause 
 
 of absence from proper command V 72 
 
 For transfer to navy, to forward applications through supe- 
 rior oflicers •••• I 77 
 
 APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Authorizing lieutenant-generals to command army corps ; 
 
 fixingpay. Sept. 18, 1862 I 93 
 
 ARMS. 
 
 None but authorized, to be worn by rank and file. I 17 
 
 Requisition for, must certify condemnation of former is- 
 sues II 17 
 
 Belonging to states, not to be seized by Confederate officers. VI 50 
 
 Not to be taken from camp, except on duty II 1G4 
 
 Captured from enemy by partisan rangers to be paid for. . . I 30 
 
 When furnished by men to be paid for. {Sec. 9) I 30 
 
 Not to be diverted from legitimate destination by any officer .VI 60 
 
 Schedule of average cost of II 78 
 
 ARMY CORPS. 
 
 Authorized to bo formed I 93 
 
 Lieutenant-generals may command I 93 
 
 Each to have attached one military court I 93 
 
 Commanders of, to make monthly returns to War depart- 
 ment IV 64 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 Establishing organization of light II 81 
 
 ASSIGNMENTS TO DUTY. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas, as Acting Assistant Secre- 
 tary of War IV 77 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Smith Stansbury, Ordnance Examining 
 
 board IV 107 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel W. Leroy Broun, Ordnance Examining 
 
 board Ill 80 
 
 General R. E. Lee, as commander-in-chief . 14 
 
 Of members of military courts I 109 
 
 Colonel Wm. M. Wadley to take supervision aaid control of 
 
 railroad transportation, etc 98 
 
 Major A. H. Cole, inspector-genci-al of field transportation. 76 
 Major-General Ilugei', inspector of ordnance and artillery 
 
 for Confederate States army I 62 
 
INDEX. xvn 
 
 BADGES. 
 
 Medals to be bestowed on officers distinguished I 93 
 
 Of distinction conferred on one soldier of each company 
 
 after every signal victory it assists to aebiere. .1 93 
 
 Soldier entitled to, chosen by vote of company* ..... j ; I 93 
 
 If soldier entitled to, be dead, to^o to widow or other rela- 
 tive , I 93 
 
 BLANKS. 
 
 Brigadier-generals to make timely reriuisitions for VI 39 
 
 BOARDS. 
 
 To examino olTicers, when necessary to be appointed by 
 
 department commanders I 93 
 
 Medical examining, to appoint days for examination of 
 
 conscripts I 82 
 
 Medical examining, to determine question of exemption, in 
 
 case physical disability, and grant certificates therefor. .VI 82 
 
 Adjourned meetings of ordnance, to be held convenient to 
 
 head-quarters of different armies in field II 71 
 
 Of examination for ordnance, to consist of Lieutenant-Col- 
 onel Broun and officers associated with him by different 
 commanding generals Ill 80 
 
 Medical, to be established at each post or general hospital. IV 72 
 
 Medical, to discharge and furlough soldiers on approval of 
 
 senior surgeon IV 72 
 
 Of examiners, to be convened by brigade commanders for 
 examination of promoted and newly-elected officers II 36 
 
 Of examiners for promoted and elected officers, to be at 
 
 least equal in rank to officer examined I 39 
 
 Of examiners for promoted and elected officers, to be assem- 
 bled by brigade or division commanders I 39 
 
 Of ordnance, convened in Richmond, to examine applicants. I 68 
 
 Requisites to pass ordnance I 68 
 
 Lieutonant-Colonel Smith Stansbury appointed on ordnance 
 
 examining IV 107 
 
 Notice of sessions of ordnance, to be given in local papers. .IV 107 
 
 Medical, sessions may be suspended bj' commanding gen- 
 eral II 107 
 
 BOUNTY. 
 
 To be paid soldier or heirs, even though soldier be killed, 
 honorably discharged, etc., before expiration of first year's 
 
 service !• I 03 
 
 B 
 
XVUl INDEX. 
 
 Of fifty dollars to be paid to all recruits I 6 
 
 How and wben paid I 6 
 
 To be paid to twelve months men continued in service I 82 
 
 Officers charged with disbursement of, to render accounts at 
 
 once to Quartermaster-General •.-. Ill 77 
 
 Fifty dollars allowed to all re-enlisted men-. •.■.-.. I 1 
 
 How and when paid -.■.■.i-,-. I 1 
 
 Receipted muster-roll to be voucher for payment of Ill 22 
 
 Allowed by Conscript act .■. I 30 
 
 Ofliccrs paying, before volunteer is mustered or examined 
 
 by army surgeon, to refund .».>. IV 43 
 
 CADETS. 
 
 To report to AVar department where born, how and where 
 
 appointed, and whether appointed to West Point, etc. ... I 65 
 Pay of, same as second lieutenant of same arm I 93 
 
 CAMPS. 
 
 Of instruction may be established, and ofliccrs appointed 
 
 to command I 93 
 
 Near towns, etc., must be avoided, when practicable I 104 
 
 Arms must not be taken from, except on duty II 104 
 
 Horses not to be ridden from, but on duty II 104 
 
 CHAPLAINS. 
 
 When taken prisoners in discbarge of legitimate duties, to 
 
 be immediately and unconditionally released Ill 46 
 
 CHIEFS OF ARTILLERY. 
 
 Before an action, to dispose teams for moving captured 
 pieces I 90 
 
 CLOTHING. 
 
 To recruits not allowed until inspected VI 3, V 6 
 
 Caps, badges of rank, etc I 4 
 
 To be furnished in kind, and not commuted I 93 
 
 Value, of underdrawn to be paid soldier at end of year. ... I 93 
 
 Commutation of, not allowed after October 8, 1862 II 100 
 
 Allowances of, to each soldier ' Ill 100 
 
 If soldier draws in excess of amount allowed, to be charged 
 
 against him on muster-roll Ill 100 
 
 Needed for issue to men, to be procured from quartermaster.IV 100 
 
 Ordinarily, to be procured and issued twice a year V 100 
 
 Officers receiving, to render quarterly returns to Quarter- 
 master-General VI 100 
 
INDEX. xiX 
 
 How accounted for by company commanders VII 100 
 
 Soldiers' accounts for, how kept VIII 100 
 
 Amount due for, to detached or transferred soldiers, to.be 
 
 stated on descriptive list IX 100 
 
 Inspection of damaged XII 100 
 
 Necessary issues of, may be made to prisoners and con- 
 victs XIII 100 
 
 Amount due discharged soldiers for, to be stated X 100 
 
 Deserters' may be turned in, and may be reissued to prison- 
 ers, etc XI 100 
 
 Deficiency in accounts must be accounted for, eto XIV 100 
 
 COMMANDANTS OF CONSCRIPTS. 
 
 To be appointed for each state II 82 
 
 To establish camps of instruction for drill of conscripts. . . .11 82 
 
 May recommend for appointment quartermaster, surgeon, 
 etc II 82 
 
 May recommend commandants for camps not under his im- 
 mediate command II 82 
 
 Will establish hospitals and huts for winter-quarters, and 
 
 cause conscripts to bo vaccinated II 82 
 
 Will require monthly reports from camps of instruction. . . .II 82 
 
 Will render consolidated monthly reports to War depart- 
 ment II 82 
 
 East of Mississippi river will receive orders only from War 
 
 department II 82 
 
 West of Mississippi will receive orders from commanding 
 
 general II 62 
 
 To consult wishes of conscripts, when consistent with inter- 
 ests of service .II 82 
 
 To pay attention to health, comfort, and instruction of con- 
 scripts II 82 
 
 To enroll officers dropped from rolls for unauthorized ab- 
 sence II 96 
 
 To publish certain orders in newspapers directing absentees 
 
 to return to their commands Ill 9 A 
 
 May assign disabled soldiers to duty of collecting strag- 
 glers V 96 
 
 To be furnished with list of enlisted men who fail to return 
 to their commands Ill 96 
 
 COMMANDANTS OF REGIMENTS, ETC. 
 
 Wishing to obtain conscripts, how to proceed II 82 
 
 Forbidden to impress men under any pretence XIII 82 
 
XX ISbEK. 
 
 To mako monthly returns to AVar department IV 64 
 
 To report names of medical officers who lose their instru- 
 
 qjents, or undertake to perform their duties without them. V 43 
 
 Failing to report absentees to be summarily dismissed .. . .IV 96 
 
 COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Officers of, to turn over excess of hospital fund to Treasury 
 
 department I 93 
 
 Officers of, to take charge of hospital fund I 93 
 
 Officers of, to tr.ansfer hides to Quartermaster's department. Ill 64 
 Returns of officers in, to be promptly examined by com- 
 manding generals Ill 70 
 
 Officers of, to return all barrels and sacks IV 65 
 
 Officers receiving provisions from, to state on back of return 
 
 amount actually received I 12 
 
 Officers of, to draw provisions on forms 13 and 14, Subsist- 
 ence department IV 13 
 
 Sales to officers from, made only by subsistence officers who 
 
 draw stores in bulk IV 13 
 
 Issues from, not warranted by regulations, prohibited . . . .IV 78 
 Officers of, receiving beeves to return equal number of 
 
 hides II 101 
 
 Issuing commissary to transfer hides to proper quartermas- 
 ter II 101 
 
 Oflficers of, to transfer to medical officer in charge of hospi- 
 tal such portion of hospital fund as may be demanded on 
 requisition I 95 
 
 COMMISSIONS. 
 
 May bo issued' before organization of appropriate commands, 
 
 when deemed of interest to service I 93 
 
 Of regimental staff ofiicers, except that of adjutant, are not 
 
 affected by reorganization V--..34 
 
 Of officers not re-eleoted expire Ill 29 
 
 Of general and staff ofiicers, terminate with their com- 
 mands, except assigned to other appropriate duties I 48 
 
 CONSCRIPTS. 
 
 First act of Conscription. April 16, 1862 1 30,82 
 
 Second act of Conscription. Sept. 27, 1862 1 82,93 
 
 President authorized to appoint enrolling officers of I 30 
 
 Will be assigned to companies from own state I 30 
 
 Excess to be kept in reserve I 30 
 
 Entitled to pay for arms when furnishing themselves I 30 
 
 Permitted to volunteer previous to enrolment I 30 
 
INDEX. XXI 
 
 To be collected in camps of instruction TI MO 
 
 To bo assigned to different arms, according to wants of ser- 
 vice II 30 
 
 Only assigned to cavalry when furuisbing own horse II 30 
 
 Persons engaged in enrolling, to arrest deserters I 49 
 
 Engaged on government work only to be removed for enrol- 
 ment. (Modified by paragraph III, General Orders, No. 
 
 57.) I 50 
 
 Paid from date of departure from home for camp IV 50 
 
 Will not bo taken as partisan rangers I 5.^ 
 
 Rules to guide enrolling and medical officers in examination 
 
 of ; I 58 
 
 All capable of bearing arms to be received II 58 
 
 lu employment of government or contractors, if leave work 
 
 ■without authority, will be arrested as deserters I fi4 
 
 Not fit for active service msiy be detailed V 65 
 
 Employed at ordnance workshops not to be interfered with .II 66 
 So employed to have passes countersigned by Col. Gorgas.III 66 
 Execution of act suspended in Kentucky and Missouri. ... I 74 
 All resident white males between 18 and 35, not legally ex- 
 empt, liable as ^ I 82 
 
 All white male residents between 35 and 45, not legallj' ex- 
 empt, or parts thereof, called into service I 82 
 
 First to be assigned to existing organizations I 82 
 
 Residue of. may be placed in new organiz.ations I 82 
 
 Persons not li.able as, may bo received as substitutes I 82 
 
 May volunteer in old companies before, not after, enrolment. I 82 
 
 Treated as deserters failing to appear at rendezvous I 82 
 
 Once in service, to serve full time I 82 
 
 If partial calls bo made, to be some age less than 45 I 82 
 
 Execution of act may be suspended in certain localities. ... I 82 
 
 May be enrolled in state not their own I 82 
 
 To be examined by medical board I 82 
 
 Unable from sickness to attend place of rendezvous, to send 
 
 physician's certificate of fact, or bo held liable, etc I 82 
 
 Unable to perform military duty in the field, not to be en- 
 rolled I 82 
 
 How assigned to regiments, battalions, ^tc. II 82 
 
 For cavalry only taken from those who furnish own horses. II 82 
 
 To be vaccina ted at camps of instruction II 82 
 
 How obtained by commanders of old regiments, etc II 82 
 
 Disabled officers may be assigned to duty of enrollors IV 82 
 
 Enrolment of, how conducted IV 82 
 
SXii liNDEX. 
 
 May volunteer in companies in eervico on April 16, 1862, 
 
 before, not after, enrolment XII 82 
 
 Failing to appear at place? of rendezvous for enrolment, 
 
 treated as deserters XIII 82 
 
 Not to be impressed by commanders of regiments, eto. . .XIII 82 
 Previous to assignment to company may be enrolled in 
 
 navy I 89 
 
 White residents between 35 and 45 liable as; how assigned; 
 
 surplus, how disposed of I 03 
 
 West of Mississippi may be formed into new organizations. I 93 
 OflScers resigning liable as Ill 107 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE, 
 
 To be sent through proper channels Ill 20 
 
 By telegraph, of certain kinds prohibited I 78 
 
 DEATHS. 
 
 Of officers, to be certified to by immediate commanding offi- 
 cer, who will forward certificate and all necessary infor- 
 mation, etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasury I 80 
 
 Of soldiers, commanding officer to send descriptive list, 
 etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasiiry I 80 
 
 Of officers or men in hospitals, surgeon in charge to send 
 certificates, etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasury ; money, 
 or other efiects, how disposed of II 80 
 
 DECEASED SOLDIERS. 
 
 Descriptive lists of, sent 2d Auditor of Treasury I 80 
 
 Settlement of accounts of I 93 
 
 Securing bounty to heirs of I 93 
 
 DEPARTMENT LIMITS. 
 
 Of Major-General Lovell II 39 
 
 Of General Beauregard Ill 39 
 
 Of Trans-Mississippi department IV 39 
 
 Of Department No. 2 II 50 
 
 Of East Tennessee Ill 50 
 
 Of Major-General G. W. Smith , Ill 69 
 
 Of Major-Gonoral J.' C. Pemberton I 73 
 
 DEPOTS, 
 
 Establishing, at Augusta, Georgia, for molasses, sugar, etc, 
 
 shipped from Jackson, Mississippi IX 38 
 
INDEX. XXIU 
 
 DESCRIPTIVE LISTS. 
 
 Captains to take possession of, when detached men return 
 
 to'companics YIII 38 
 
 Payments on, only to be made in case of necessity VIII 38 
 
 Of deoeased soldiers, to be sent to 2d Auditor of Treasury. I 80 
 
 DESERTERS. 
 
 Sheriffs, their deputies, and constables of the State of Vir- 
 ginia, authorized to arrest I 43 
 
 Arrested, to be lodged in jail, and reported to Adjutant 
 
 and Inspector-General I 43 
 
 $30 reward will be paid for each deserter delivered to an 
 
 oflicer I 43 
 
 $15 reward will be paid for each lodged in jail I 43 
 
 Jailors detaining will bo allowed .authorized fee». . . . I 43, II 49 
 Enrolling oflBccrs will arrest, and turn them over to com- 
 mandant of ne.arest camp of instruction, etc. . . I 49 
 
 Jailors requested to detain II 49 
 
 To be sent to proper regiments by commandants of camps 
 
 of instruction .....V 49 
 
 Railroad employees authorized and requested II 52 
 
 DETAILS. 
 
 May be made to work nitre caves, on requisition of chief of 
 
 bure.au I 41 
 
 Men on, if leave proper work, treated as deserters I 41 
 
 Not to exceed sixty days for conscripts emploj'ed on gov- 
 ernmentwork I 50 
 
 Extensions of, may be made, when necessary I 50 
 
 None will be made in Quartermaster, Commissary, Ord- 
 nance, or Ho.epital departments, which separate able-bod- 
 ied men from regiments IV 07 
 
 Of enrolled men on government work, may be made by en- 
 rolling officer, not to exceed sixty days IX 82 
 
 In case of, for contractors, employer to make aflSdavit that 
 men will not be employed on any but government work. IX 82 
 
 From corps in field only granted for government work, and 
 in cases of necessity Ill 90 
 
 For contract work pay ceases, and full wages must be paid 
 
 by contractor Ill 90 
 
 Of men as shoemakers entitles them to thirty-five cents per 
 pair made IV 90 
 
 Permanent, of soldiers may bo made for hospitals I 03 
 
XXIV INDLX. 
 
 DISBURSING OFFICERS. 
 
 Failing to render returns within three months to be drop- 
 pod :..iii 12 
 
 Strictly to comply with regulations concerning returns ...III 12 
 
 DISCHARGES. 
 
 To bo signed by regimental commanders I 26 
 
 When granted by reason of substitution, oflSccr granting is 
 
 liable for soldier's indebtedness to government I 29 
 
 Granted by brigade commanders to persons over thirty-five 
 years of age, drafted under Virginia state laws since March 
 10,1862 I 36 
 
 Citizens of Maryland whoso terms of service have expired. 
 
 entitled to IV 38 
 
 Undomiciled foreigners entitled to, on completion of terms 
 of service V 38 
 
 Undomiciled foreigners receiving final papers; how made 
 out VI 38 
 
 From Richmond hospitals, given by Brigadier-General Jno. 
 H. Winder. (Revoked by paragraph IV, General Orders, 
 No. 69) V 41 
 
 Granted paroled prisoners not enlisted for war, at expiration 
 
 of term of service I 44 
 
 Granted to men under IS and over 35, who have not re-en- 
 listed for the war, on the 16th July next. (Revoked by 
 General Orders, No. 46, paragraph III, current series.).. IV 44 
 
 Re-enlisted men not subject to conscription not entitled to. . V 44 
 
 Granted to twelve months men under 18 and over 35, ninety 
 
 days after expiration of term of service II 46 
 
 Authority for brigade commanders to grant, revoked II 48 
 
 llow granted on certificate of disability Ill 48 
 
 To bo made under llth Article of War, and General Orders, 
 
 Nu. 26, current series Ill 56 
 
 Granted to all soldiers under 18 and over 45, at expiration 
 of term of service. (Modified by paragraph V, General 
 Orders, No. 77.) II 57 
 
 Previous, not acknowledged in case of conscription, except, 
 
 etc IX 58 
 
 Authority of General Winder for granting, revoked IV 69 
 
 Enlisted men receiving honorable, entitled to transporta- 
 tion I 70 
 
 Applications for, in and about Richmond, to be made to 
 
 General G. W. Smith II 70 
 
 May bo granted by medical examining board II 72 
 
INDEX. XXV 
 
 Due notice of, by examining boards to be sent to "War de- 
 partment VI 72 
 
 Granted to soldiers under 18 and over 40 at expiration of 
 term of service V 77 
 
 Fact of having, does not of itself exempt from conscrip- 
 tion VI 82 
 
 Torm of Ill 89 
 
 DOMICIL. 
 
 Consists in residence with apparent intention to remain per- 
 manently IV 82,111 68 
 
 Long residence does not of itself constitute IV 82 
 
 Marriage, exercise of citizenship, etc., evidences of IV 82 
 
 DRUNKENNESS. 
 
 Adopting General Bragg's order concerning I 3 
 
 Act to punish, in army. April 21, 1862 38 
 
 ELECTIONS. 
 
 None to be hold afterward except in lowest grade. {Sec. 4.). I 1 
 
 Regularly enlisted state troops shall not hold. (Sec. 4.)... I 1 
 
 May be held for all officers by reorganized troops Ill 1 
 
 Manner of holding to be in accordance with state laws. . . .VI 30 
 
 ENGINEERS CORPS. 
 
 Officers of, in Provisional army, may have ranks conferred on 
 
 them I 93 
 
 Provisional otlicers of, not to exceed one colonel, etc I 93 
 
 Act to regulate rank of officers in Provisional I 93 
 
 ENROLLING OFFICERS. 
 
 Will arrest deserters I 49 
 
 To .arrest persons absent over a certain time I 49 
 
 To report to Adjutant and Inspector-General names of all 
 
 absentees from army without authority I 49 
 
 Rules for guidance of, in examination of conscripts I 58 
 
 To arrest as deserters conscripts who have left employ of 
 
 government contractors without authority I 64 
 
 Not to interfere with conscripts employed at ordnance work- 
 shops II 66 
 
 Not to remove men employed in nitre caves, or by Ordnance 
 department, without first obtaining consent of officer in 
 
 charge V 66 
 
 Expressly prohibited from enrolling undomicilod foreign- 
 ers in OS 
 
XXVI INDEX. 
 
 Notified that resignation of officer does not exempt from 
 
 conscription Ill 68 
 
 Disabled officers, etc., to be assigned to duty as IV 82 
 
 Commanding generals may order such officers as they deem 
 fit for, to report to commandant of conscripts of respec- 
 tive states IV 82 
 
 Of states to be paid compensation allowed by state laws . .IV 82 
 For particular regiments, etc., to report to commandant of 
 
 conscripts IV 82 
 
 To attend examination of conscripts VI 82 
 
 EXEMPTION. 
 
 Persons claiming, to make oath to enrolling officer XI 30 
 
 Act of, April 21, 18G2 I 32 
 
 Certificates of, to be granted by enrolling officer Ill 32 
 
 Applications for, not considered at War department V 37 
 
 Uudomiciled foreigners are exempt V 38 
 
 Men employed in Nitre bureau exempt I 41 
 
 Physical causes for 68 
 
 Discharge on physical disability not of itself sufficient cause 
 
 for VI 58, 82 
 
 Act of, to be construed prospectively ; does not authorize dis- 
 charge of men enrolled prior to October 11, 1862 V 82 
 
 Question of, in case of physical disability, determined by 
 
 medical examining board VI 82 
 
 Persons not capable of bearing arras VI 82 
 
 Certificates of, to state whether incapacity is temporary or 
 
 permanent VI 82 
 
 Act of, approved October 11, and repealing act April 21, 
 
 1862 I 82 
 
 Of Friends, Dunkards, Nazarones, and Mennonites, on pay- 
 ment of tax of $500 VII 82 
 
 In case of shoemakers, tanners, etc VIII 82 
 
 Application for, to be made to enrolling officer — appeal may 
 
 be taken to commandant of conscripts X 82 
 
 Application for, not considered by department until referred 
 
 by commandant conscripts X 82 
 
 EXPRESS COMPANY. 
 
 Will carry all government funds II 77 
 
 EXTORTION. 
 
 Provisions against VIII 82 
 
 FORAGE. 
 
 To be furnished to officers and men on nitre service Ill 41 
 
INDEX. XXVll 
 
 F0REI(3NERS. 
 
 How naturalized, and uniform rulo of naturalization I 13 
 
 Undomicilcd, not liable to enrolment IV 82, III 68 
 
 FURLOUGHS. 
 
 Granted to all twelve months men rc-enlisting I 1 
 
 Duration of I 1 
 
 Value of transportation home ond back to soldiers entitled 
 
 to, may be CKmmuted I 1 
 
 All revoked 16 
 
 Applications for, in and about Richmond, made to General 
 
 G. W. Smith II 70 
 
 May bo granted by medical examining boards II 72 
 
 Duo notice of, by examining boards, to be forwarded to War 
 
 depart mept VI 72 
 
 GENERAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. 
 
 Established to facilitate commuuieation with the army .... I 45 
 Surgeons and commanders to furnL-^h all information in 
 
 power to I 45 
 
 HABEAS CORPUS. 
 
 Military commanders have no right to suspend writ of I 50 
 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 Ration of, to bo commuted at $1 per da}' I 93 
 
 Fund of, how kept and how disbursed I 93 
 
 Allowing suits of clothing equal to number of beds I 93 
 
 Matrons, female nurses, and attendants allowed for I 93 
 
 To be known and numbered as hospitals of a particular state. I 93 
 
 Soldiers may bo permanently detailed in I 93 
 
 Persons employed in, not in military service, paid on rolls 
 
 made out by surgeon in charge I 93 
 
 Medical officer in charge of, to detail competent persons to 
 accompany sick and wounded to railroad depot, and to se- 
 cure scat on cars I 93 
 
 To be established at camps of instruction II 80 
 
 Rations issued to, not subject to reduction Ill 72 
 
 General, under authority of local commanding olTicer Ill 78 
 
 Management of, under control senior surgeon. .. Ill 78 
 
 IMPRESSMENTS OF PROPERTY. 
 
 Agents taking private property must have authority from 
 commanding generals or commander of district under 
 
 martial law II 44 
 
 Written authority for must be.shown by agents before seizure. II 44 
 
 Receipts shall designate officer to pay for property II 44 
 
XXVlll INDEX. 
 
 Necessity alone can warrant II 66 
 
 Of any description belonging to states expressly prohibited. Ill 61 
 When made by mistake, restitution to be made at onco . . .Ill 61 
 LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 
 
 All revoked 16 
 
 Applications for, from officers in Richmond who can not ap- 
 ply to proper commanding officer, to be made to General G. 
 W. Smith ...II 70 
 
 LIQUORS. 
 
 Introduction of, into camps prohibited II 3 
 
 If 80 introduced, to be destroyed II 3 
 
 LOCAL DEFENCE. 
 
 Companies for, may be organized from persons not liable to 
 
 military duty I 93 
 
 Companies for, may establish own rules, but not entitled to 
 
 pay *. I 93 
 
 Will transmit muster-rolls to Governor of state and Secreta- 
 ry of War I 93 
 
 Members of companies for, to take oath of allegiance to Con- 
 federate States I 93 
 
 MAILS. 
 
 Transportation of troops not to interfere with 22 
 
 MARTIAL LAW. 
 
 Proclaimed over Richmond 9 
 
 Over Petersburg 11 
 
 Over various parts of Virginia 15, 18 
 
 Over Department of East Tennessee 21 
 
 Over part of South Carolina 33 
 
 Over counties of Leo, Wise, Buchanan, McDowell, and Wy- 
 oming 35 
 
 In places under, civil authorities to tako cognizance of cer- 
 tain laws 42,55 
 
 Where proclaimed, civil tribunals may take cognizance of 
 
 certain cases II 42 
 
 Docs not justify arbitrary establishment of prices I 56 
 
 All proclamations of, by general officers, annulled I 66 
 
 MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
 
 To inspect recruits before leaving state in which enlist- 
 ed IV2, IV 6 
 
 Regulations for guidance of 16 
 
 After losing their instruments, etc., to be reported by cora- 
 
 maniling officer!* V 43 
 
INDEX. XXIX 
 
 Attached to regiments, not to remain with patients in gener- 
 al hospital V 44 
 
 Taken prisoners of war, to be at onec discharged II 45 
 
 On parole, discharged therefrom ITI 45 
 
 Not to recommend furloughs, etc., in cases of sickness, ex- 
 cept, etc IV 43 
 
 Stationed at camps of instruction and such military stations 
 
 as may be designated for examination of conscripts I 58 
 
 Rules to guide, in examination of conscripts I 58 
 
 Not to examine conscripts unless specially detailed X 53 
 
 To have exclusive control of hospital wagons and ambu- 
 lances, except, etc. . II 61 
 
 Examining conscripts to forward weekly reports of men un- 
 fit for active duty, who may be otherwise useful V 65 
 
 Senior to act as commandant of post, in absence of regulnr- 
 ly appointed olficer. (Revoked by General Orders, No. 
 
 14, of 1863) IV 72 
 
 In purveying department, will be authorized by command- 
 ing generals to impress medical stores in hands of specu- 
 lators I 73 
 
 Senior surgeons to control general hospitals Ill 78 
 
 In charge of hospitals, to make returns direct to 2d Audi- 
 tor in cases of officers and soldiers I 80 
 
 Examining conscripts, allowed $4 per diem while actually 
 
 employed ' .- VI 82 
 
 In charge of hospitals, may make re()uisitions on commis- 
 sary for hospital fund for necessarj' purchases 93 
 
 In charge of hospitals, to detail competent persons to accom- 
 pany sick and wounded to railroad depots, and to secure 
 
 seats on cars '. . . I 93 
 
 Directors and inspectors to forward to Surgeon-General 
 
 copies of all circulars, printed orders, etc., issued by them . II 90 
 
 Instructions to 95 
 
 One from army, associated with two others, in examination 
 
 of conscripts I 101 
 
 Not to issue certificates for furloughs, except in urgent cases • I 107 
 MILITARY COURTS. 
 
 One to be appointed for each army corps in field I 93 
 
 To consist of three members, two of whom shall bo a quo- 
 rum I 93 
 
 Judge advocate to be appointed by President ,....,,. I 93 
 
 Commanding general may detail temporary judge advocate 
 of I 93 
 
XXX INDEX. 
 
 Each court may appoint a provost marabal and clerk to at- 
 tend sittings I 93 
 
 Members of, an J judge advocate may administer oaths I 93 
 
 Jurisdiction and duties of, defined I 93 
 
 Can not try olJicers of higher grade than colonel I 93 
 
 Proceedings of, subject to review, mitigation, etc I 93 
 
 Names of officers appointed on I 109 
 
 Officers composing, to report to ofiicers commanding respec- 
 tive army corps II 109 
 
 MILITARY TRIALS. ETC. 
 
 Case of Captain AV. T. Meeckling 25 
 
 Case of Lieutenant-Colonel C.M.Bradford 27 
 
 Case of Jno. Minor Botts 28 
 
 Proceedings of, in case of drunkenness 69 
 
 Case of Major Jno. G. Barnwell 79 
 
 Case of Colonel Jno. Duunovant S3 
 
 Case of Private Jos. Mclntyre 85 
 
 Case of Thos. Gillispie '. > 85 
 
 Case of Michael Hagerty 85 
 
 Case of Wm. Beasley 85 
 
 Case of Private F. H. R. Mace 85 
 
 Case of Lieutenant Alexander Doyle 87 
 
 Case of Lieutenant W. E. Erwin 88 
 
 Case of Captain A. S. Cannet 9-4 
 
 Case of Lieutenant Caldin Dickenson 103 
 
 Case of alleged fraud in Commissary department 100 
 
 Case of Lieutenant David A. Alexander 5 
 
 Case of Captain W. B. Bruce 7 
 
 Case of Colonel M. G. Harman 108 
 
 Case of Lieutenant W. W. Dunlap, commuting sentence . . . 102 
 
 No. Par. MODIFICATIONS. 
 
 24 Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph first, section 
 
 fourth, as to ordnance sergeants. 
 24 III Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph first, section 
 
 first, to permit appointments of brigade ordnance ofi&cers, 
 
 with rank of first lieutenant artillery. 
 
 31 II Modified so as to make Augusta, Ga., the depot for said ar- 
 
 ticles. General Orders, No. 38, paragraph IX; also. 
 General Orders, No. 45, paragraph IV. 
 
 32 IV Modified Ijy General Orders, No. 45, series 1863, so as to 
 
 allow on)y a two-hovue wagon, and also by General Orders, 
 No. 61, paragraph II, placing such wagons under exclusive 
 control of medical oflicer.s, etc. 
 
INDEX. XXXI 
 
 34 General Orders, No. 38, paragraph III, provides tbat the 
 
 battalion bo composed of soldiers from same state. 
 
 36 II Revoked, and (rciieral Orders, No. 39, paragraph I, substitut- 
 ted therefor. 
 
 .37 Foreigners undomieiliated also exempt. General Orders, No. 
 
 38, paragraph V. 
 
 42 II Revoked b}' General Orders, No. 55, paragraph I, which is 
 substituted in lieu thereof. 
 
 44 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 53, paragraph III. Those 
 whose regiments are in the East will report at Richmond; 
 those whoso regiments are in the West at Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 44 IV Rescinded, and General Orders, No. 46, paragraph II, sub- 
 stituted in lieu thereof. 
 
 47 IV Explained by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 24, series 1S63. 
 
 50 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 82, paragraph IX. 
 
 53 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 61, paragraph III, omitting 
 the words, •' cspecicdlij <>/ armi (ind ordnance stores." 
 
 56 I See also General Orders, No. 66, paragraph I, annulling all 
 proclamations of martial law. 
 
 56 III E.xplaiued by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I. It ap- 
 plies only to paroled or exchanged prisoners in hospitals 
 "without descriptive lists. 
 
 58 General Orders, No. 65, paragraph V, provides, in addition, 
 
 that medical officers forward weekly, to Richmond, names 
 of conscripts recommended for light dut}'. 
 
 58 General Orders, No. 67, paragraph II and III. Surgeons, 
 
 quartermasters, and commissary - generals will cause in- 
 spoction to be made in respective departments of able- 
 bodied men subject to conscription, and will fill their places 
 with those recommended for light duty. 
 
 61 II Enlarged, so as to m.ake it also the duty of quartermasters 
 to keep the ambulances and wagons in good condition, and 
 ready for active service. Soo General Orders, No. 34, series 
 1863, paragraph IV. 
 
 02 II Amended by CJenoral Orders, No. C4, paragraph V, the words 
 " and ])<trolcd" being omitted. 
 
 64 III Enlarged by General Orders, No. 119, paragraph IV, to ex- 
 tend to slaughtered sheep. 
 
 05 lit Modified by General Orders, No. 07, paragraph I; extended 
 bj' General Orders No. 68, paragraph I, to embrace all 
 soldiers sick in hospitals or on furlough ; amended by 
 General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I, limiting such pay- 
 ments to monthly pay of soldier mustered on hospital rolls. 
 
XXXI 1 INDEX. 
 
 and specific directions to quartermasters making such pay- 
 ments. 
 
 66 V Eularged so as to include "furnaccii " worked by government 
 officers within its provisions. (See General Orders, No. 32, 
 series 18C;5, paragraph I.) 
 
 68 I Eularged by General Orders, No. 70, paragraph IV, ordering 
 additional qualifloationa for applicants for rank of captain 
 of artillery in Ordnance department. 
 
 68 II Limited by General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I. 
 
 69 I Extended to include to commanders of posts, senior surgeons 
 
 of hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as they 
 relate to their respective commands. (See General Orders, 
 No. 59, paragraph I, series 1863.) 
 
 72 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 107, paragraph I, ordering 
 that surgeons refurred to will not grant said certificates, 
 unless health of soldier requires his removal. 
 
 82 II Sec, 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph V, 
 ordering that commissioned officers and privates incapable 
 of bearing arms, be assigned to collecting stragglers and 
 conscripts. 
 
 82 VI Sec. 1. Amended by General Orders, No. 101, paragraph I, 
 further amended by General Orders. No. 9, series 1863, 
 further modified by General Orders, No. 15, series 1863. 
 
 95 I Increased by General Orders, No. 62, paragraph I, to $1 25. 
 
 96 VI E.Tctended so as to employ such persons as railroad guards, 
 
 etc., at request of officers of staff departments, or of local 
 military commanders. 
 
 97 II Modified by General Orders, No. 28, series 1863, so as to apply 
 
 also to "contr.actors with the Ordnance department." 
 100 III Amended so as to allow value of clothing to be paid upon 
 descriptive list when soldier is absent with leave, and not 
 to rejoin his command for sixty days. 
 100 I Amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 1863, so as to allow 
 the two surgeons to bo selected from the districts where they 
 are to act, when surgeons can not be obtained from their 
 congressional districts. Further modified by General Or- 
 ders, No. 15, series 1863, to allow commandants of con- 
 scripts, when surgeons can not bo "employed," to constitute 
 such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under their 
 authority. 
 
 MUSTERS. 
 
 Captains to make out duplicate muster-rolls II 1 
 
 Inspector-general to muster troops into service II 1 
 
INDEX. xxxin 
 
 Ilolls for mustering out, to contain names borne on all pre- 
 vious rolls I 19 
 
 Rolls to be completed at time of company's discharge I 19 
 
 Brigade commanders to designate olliccrs for purpose of. .Ill 19 
 
 Rolls must be signed by company commanders I 26 
 
 Sick or wounded in hospitals may be paid on hospital rolls .II C8 
 For payment, in casci of soldier's discharge by medical board, 
 
 to be made by senior surgeon on soldier's alfidavit IV 72 
 
 Rolls of companies for local defence, to be forwarded to Sec- 
 rotary of War I 93 
 
 NATURALIZATION. 
 
 Uniform rule of, for persons enlisted in armies of Confederate 
 States I 13 
 
 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 
 
 Act to permit enlistment in, approved October 2, 1862.... I 89 
 Persons ODrollcd, or subject to enrolment, may at discretion 
 join, provided whole number does not exceed maximum 
 
 allowed by law I 89 
 
 Pay of, increased $4 per month I 89 
 
 Transfers to, to bo made in presence of enrolling officer or 
 
 otlicer of navy II 89 
 
 NITRE. 
 
 Details may be made to work caves I 41 
 
 Uenerals and military commaudantdi to afford protection to 
 
 works I 41 
 
 Persons in employment of bureau exempt from service II 41 
 
 Officers and men of bureau to be furnished with provisions 
 and forage, as in ease of ordnance officers and men in the 
 
 field Ill 41 
 
 Ollicers of bureau authorized to impress free negroes IV 41 
 
 Imprcssmeut of, from plantation and domestic sources, au- 
 thorized 99 
 
 Labor for bureau, how procured 99 
 
 Resignations in bureau placed on same footing as in line. . . 99 
 
 Superintendent required to impress caves, etc., not properly 
 
 worked ; compensation therefor, how settled IV 66 
 
 OATHS. 
 
 Of allegiance and naturalization, form of, for aliens wish- 
 ing to become naturalized ; how, and before whom 
 
 made II, III 13 
 
 Of allegiance and naturalization taken by persons in mili- 
 tary service, to bo forwarded to War department IV 13 
 
XXXIV INDEX. 
 
 Of allegiance to United States will not exempt from con- 
 scription II 62 
 
 Persons taking, of allegiance to United States, and after- 
 ward cQ.nseripted, will, if captured, be demanded as 
 prisoners of war V 64 
 
 May be administered by quartermasters to sick and wound- 
 ed soldiers to enable them to draw pay I 98 
 
 Members and officers of military courts may administer 
 
 certain I 93 
 
 Of allegiance to Confederate States, to bo taken by members 
 
 of companies organized for local defence I 93 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Detailed on recruiting service to make requisitions on A. 
 
 and I. G. for blanks, funds, etc HI 2 
 
 On recruiting service to keep strict account on disburse- 
 ments VIII 2 
 
 Detailed on recruiting service to make requisitions on A. 
 
 and I. G. for blanks, funds, etc Ill 6 
 
 Oa recruiting service to keep strict account of disburse- 
 ments VIII 6 
 
 Not to be sent to seat of government on business except 
 by commanding generals Ill IT 
 
 One to be detailed from each state to take charge of enrol- 
 ment, etc., of conscripts II 30 
 
 Of sharp-shooters, to be appointed by President I 34 
 
 Newly-olectcJ, to be examined by boards of examination. .II 36 
 
 In command of forts, etc., if compelled to withdraw, must 
 
 save ammunition Ill 43 
 
 In command of medical officers, to report them, if they lose 
 
 or appear on field without proper instruments V 43 
 
 Not to siezc arms belonging to states VI 50 
 
 In command, to promptly examine commissary returns.. .Ill 70 
 
 Charged with disbursement of bounty funds, to render ac- 
 counts to Quartermastcr-Ocueral Ill 77 
 
 Commanding regiments, etc., forbidden to impress men on 
 
 any pretence XIII 82 
 
 May bj appointed during recess of Sonate, subject to ap- 
 proval I 93 
 
 May b3 suspended when pronounced unfit by boards of ex- 
 aminers I 93 
 
 Examined before boards entitled to call witnesses I 93 
 
 May be retired or dropped from the army by President, on 
 
 recommendation of examining board I 03 
 
INDEX. XXXV 
 
 If dropped, to be succeeded by officer next in rank, if com- 
 petent I ^^ 
 
 May be appointed by President to command camps of in- 
 
 T Q'X 
 
 struction ^ "' 
 
 Distinguished in field of battle, to have medal bestowed. . . I 93 
 Twenty generals authorized to be appointed by President.. I 93 
 Absent twenty days without authority, to be dropped, and 
 
 enrolled as conscripts II ^* 
 
 Disabled, may bo assigned to duty of collecting stragglers. . V 96 
 
 Resigning, subject to conscription Ill 107 
 
 To report facts and circumstances of " extraordinary valor 
 
 and skill " on part of olRcers and men I HO 
 
 ORDERS. 
 
 Complimentary to General Van Dorn, and Lieutenant 
 
 Brown, C. S.N ^^ 
 
 Published in Richmond Enquirer will be regarded as official I 01 
 
 ORDNANCE. 
 
 Quarterly returns of, to be made to department IV 17 
 
 Heavy not to be fired oftencr than once in five minutes II 20 
 
 Returns of, to be made quarterly ^^ 
 
 Major-General Huger assigned to dnty as inspector of I 62 
 
 Regulation fixing price of arms, parts of arms, etc II 78 
 
 Not to be contracted for, or purchased by ordnance officers 
 
 serving on staffs of commanding generals, except, etc . .IV 80 
 
 ORDNANCE CORPS. 
 
 Officers of, to receive damaged powder and ammunition, and 
 
 forward it, etc ^ 13 
 
 • Officers assigned to duty iu, Avith troops in field, to bo report- 
 ed to Adjutant and Inspector-General • I 24 
 
 Sergeants in, how appointed, and duties of V 24 
 
 Officers of, serving on stafl" of commanding generals, not to 
 
 contract for or purchase ordnance supplies, excepted, etc. X 24 
 
 Duties of officers iu VI, VII, VIII, IX 24 
 
 Authorizing assignment of officers for duty in, for dift'erent 
 
 organizations II> IHj I ' ** 
 
 Department to furnish arms for sharp-shooters IV 34 
 
 Duties of sergeants in 35 
 
 Instructions to officers of, in field 35, 66 
 
 Officers of, with rank of first lieutenant, may be appointed 
 
 for brigades I ^^ 
 
 Brigade ordnance officers to be subjected to, make requisi- 
 tions on, and report to, division ordnance officers I 46 
 
XXXVl INDEX. 
 
 Sergeants of, subject to brigade ordnance ofl5cers I 46 
 
 Appointments of sergeants of, made by Secretary of "War 
 
 on colonel's recomuicndation I 40 
 
 Convening board for examination of applicants for appoint- 
 ment in .. . I 63 
 
 Applicants for appointment in, in what examined I 68 
 
 Applicants for rank of captain, in what examined IV 70 
 
 Applicants for appointments in, to present themselves for 
 
 examination, etc I 71 
 
 Officers of, passing board, will be arranged for appoint- 
 ment ^ Ill 71 
 
 Officers on duty in, to bo examined before promotion IV 71 
 
 Officers of, serving on staff of commanding generals, not to 
 
 contract for or purchase ordnance supplies, except, etc. .IV 80 
 
 Appointment of seventy additional officers of, authorized. . . 93 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 Troops, at expiration of term, have right of I 1 
 
 Companies failing to reorganize, to bo organized by Presi- 
 dent, who will appoint field officers VI 1 
 
 Of Maryland line, by Col. G. II. Stewart Ill 8 
 
 Twelve months troops, right of VI 30 
 
 ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 Cases only in which authority is granted for new I 20 
 
 Authority for new revoked unless completed within sixty days 2.3 
 
 New, allowed in the States of Kentucky and Missouri I 74 
 
 Of twelve months volunteers, provision for I 82 
 
 Authority for forming new vacated, unless completed within 
 
 certain time I 82 
 
 Vacancies in existing, how filled I 8^ 
 
 New, formed in good faith prior to October 2, 1862, may be 
 
 received I 93 
 
 New, of conscripts west of Misssissippi, may be received ... I 93 
 Formed in Middle and West Tennessee, Eastern North Caroli- 
 na, prior to December 1, 1862, may bo received at discre- 
 tion of President I 93 
 
 PARTISAN RANGERS, 
 
 Act authorizing organization of, April 21, 1862 I 30' 
 
 Entitled to same pay, rations, and quarters as other soldiers I 30 
 
 Receive pay for captured property I 30 
 
 Transfers to, from line, not allowed II • 43 
 
 If officers of, enlist from line, authority for raising will 
 
 bo revoked ..II 43 
 
 Persons liable as conscripts not to be taken as I 53 
 
INDEX. xxxvn 
 
 PAYMENTS. 
 
 To be made, when pmcticablo, onco every two months II 19 
 
 To companies not made to a fractional part of a month, ex- 
 cept, etc II 19 
 
 Made to officers by quartermasters of districts in which they 
 
 serve II 26 
 
 To oHiccrs on leave, etc., made by any quartermaster II 2C) 
 
 Due a soldier, go to his substitute (Section 3) I 29 
 
 Partisan rangers entitled to same as other soldiers I 30 
 
 On descriptive lists only to be made in cases of necessity. VIII 38 
 Of $9 per month extra for each five years service in U. S. 
 
 and C. S. armies YI 41 
 
 Of non-commissioned officers on duty in signal corps ••'. ••Ill 40 
 To brigade ordnance officers equal to 1st lieutenant of artil- 
 lery I 46 
 
 To troops raised by states, from date of rondexvous IV 50 
 
 To paroled or exchanged priiJoners, sick or wounded in hos- 
 pitals, how made I 65, I 67 
 
 To paroled and exchanged prisoners in hospitals without de- 
 scriptive lists, how made Ill 65 
 
 To soldiers discharged by medical board, how made IV 72 
 
 Of commissioned officers, not to be made by other than 
 
 own quartermaster, except, etc I SI 
 
 Rate of, to enlisted men employed enrolling conscripts . . . .IV 82 
 
 Rate of, to state enrolling officers • IV 82 
 
 Medical officers examining conscripts entitled to $4 per diem 
 
 while actually employed VI 82 
 
 To sailors and marines increased $4 per month I 89 
 
 Rate of, to lioutcuant-gcuerals I 93 
 
 Rate of, to matrons, nurses, etc., in hospitals I 93 
 
 Rate of, to adjutants of battalions I 93 
 
 Of Jiceount deceased soldiers, how and by whom made.... I 93 
 
 Rate of, to cadets, equal to 2d lieutenant of same arm I 93 
 
 Of commissioned officers absent from command, not to be 
 
 made without exhibition of authority for absence VI 96 
 
 Made to officers from date of acceptance of jippointment. . . 76 
 PRISONERS. 
 
 Paroled, not enlisted for war, names to bo dropped from rolls 
 at expiration of term of service (revoked by paragraph 
 
 III, General Orders, No. 44, current series) I 44 
 
 Paroled, whose regiments are in East, to report at Rich- 
 mond Ill 53 
 
 Paroled, whose r-egiments are in West, to report at Vicks- 
 
 burg in 6:! 
 
XXXViil INDEX. 
 
 From ofiBcers of Generals Pope and Steinwchr commands, 
 
 be retained as hostages 54 
 
 Paroled and exchanged in hospitals, without descriptive lists, 
 
 to be paid on own affidavit Ill fiS, I 67 
 
 Notice of, duly exchanged I 75 
 
 Exchanged, to join respective regiments, etc., without delay. II 75 
 
 Notice of, duly exchanged I 86 
 
 PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
 
 Must invariably be respected Ill 104 
 
 Only to be taken when indispensable for the public service, 
 
 and then in prescribed miinner Ill 104 
 
 Commanders should do everything to protect IV 104 
 
 PROMOTION. 
 
 To bo by seniority, except in cases of disability (Sec. 10). . . I 30 
 Announced by brigade commanders, when occurring in com- 
 pany officers V 43 
 
 Copy of order announcing, to be furnished to War depart- 
 ment VI 43 
 
 Of company officers in Provisional army, to take place in 
 
 respective companies II 65 
 
 To be by seniority, when vacancies occur from dropping offi- 
 cers, competency for being first determined- by board of 
 
 examination I 93 
 
 PROVISION RETURNS. 
 
 To be endorsed by officers receiving provisions. .J I 12 
 
 Commanding officers to reject those not endorsed II 12 
 
 PROVOST MARSHALS. 
 
 Prohibited from taking cognizance of civil cases I 42 
 
 To aid civil authorities in places under martial law Ill 42 
 
 Each military court may appoint one, with rank of captain 
 
 of cavalry I 93 
 
 QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Oflicors of, to make inspection of premises occupied by 
 troops, and will be charged with damages if not re- 
 ported V 39 
 
 To mount enlisted men of signal corps, on order of com- 
 manding general IV 40 
 
 To furnish necessary flags, etc., for signal corps V 40 
 
 Officers of, to preserve for tanning, hides received from com- 
 missaries of subsistence Ill 64 
 
 Not to issue fuel and straw to servants VI 66 
 
 Officers of, to report to Major A. H. Cole number of horses, 
 
 Wiigons, etc. . 76 
 
INDEX. XXXIX 
 
 Chief quarterm.istcrs to see that sub-quartermasters make re- 
 quired reports to Major Cole 7<5 
 
 Officers of may receive and receipt for tax of $500, tendered 
 by Friend?, Dunkards, etc., for exemption VII 82 
 
 OflScers of, charged with payment of troops, prohibited 
 from paying staff officers who do not exhibit evidence of 
 appropriate assignment to duties I 91 
 
 Officers of may administer oaths in certain cases I 93 
 
 Not to pay officers or soldiers not showing good authority 
 
 for absence from proper commands VI 9d 
 
 Officers of not to visit Richmond for supplies I 97 
 
 Officers of not to interfere with ordnance agents in purchase 
 of leather II 97 
 
 Officers of, making pr.j-ments tc troops in hospital, to for- 
 ward lists of, etc., to company commanders, throagh Ad- 
 jutant and Inspoctor-Qoncral's office I 105 
 
 RAILROADS, 
 
 .General Lee's order to prevent collisions on, etc 15 
 
 RANK OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Of new organizations to take effect from date of acceptance 
 
 into Confederate service II 47 
 
 To be determined by lot, when companies of same regiment, 
 
 etc., enter service on same day, except in case of former 
 
 commission Ill 47 
 
 Of officers continuing in same grade after reorganization, 
 
 to take effect from date of original commission IV 47 
 
 Changing grade, to take efiect from such change IV 47 
 
 May be conferred on engineer officers in Provisional army 
 
 equal to Regular 93 
 
 RATIONS. 
 
 Commutation of, allowed to recruits from, etc., to V 2 
 
 Issued to hospitals, not subject to reduction Ill 72 
 
 Commuted value of, to sick and wounded in hospitals, $1 . . 95 
 RECRUITING. 
 
 Act authorizing, Deo. 19, 1861 1 2, I 6 
 
 One subaltern and one enlisted man from each company 
 
 may bo detailed on II 2 
 
 Officers detailed on, to make requisition on Adjutant and 
 
 Inspector-General, for recruiting funds Ill 2 
 
 Recruits to be inspected by medical officer IV 2 
 
 Commutatiou of rations allowed recruits from, etc V 2, V 6 
 
 No clothing allowed until recruit is inspected VI 2, VI 6 
 
xl INDEX. 
 
 Time allowed for, not to exeoed thirty days VII 2, VII 6 
 
 Officers on service to keep ^rict account ofdisbuFsemonts. VIII 2 
 
 • Recruits to be furnished with transportation I 6 
 
 Regulations for service 22 
 
 Officer* on service may commute fuel and quarters 22 
 
 To be examined by surgeon before closing enlistment . . . .VII 38 
 
 REdULATIONS. 
 
 Disbursing officers to comply strictly with Ill 12 
 
 Concerning damaged powder V 13 
 
 Of medical department coucerniug surgeons' reports, etc. . . 16 
 
 Concerning number of men in companies (Sec. 12) I 30 
 
 Paragraphs 160 and 161 of army, are revoked Ill 48 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 Ofiicers of signal corps to make quarterly, to Adjutant and 
 Inspector -General of organization and general opera- 
 tions IX 40 
 
 Chiefs of medical, quartermaster, commissary, and ordnance 
 bureaus to report all able-bodied men of conscript age in 
 their employ, whose places can be supplied by men unfit 
 for active duty Ill 67 
 
 Of deaths in army to be made direct to 2d Auditor I 80 
 
 Monthly, to be made to commandant of conscripts — to com- 
 mandants camps of instruction II 82 
 
 Consolidated monthly, to be made by commandant con- 
 scripts to the War department II 82 
 
 Tabular, to be made to brigade commanders, giving number 
 
 of daj's each officer absent, character, etc I 03 
 
 REQUISITIONS. 
 
 For establishment, etc., of telegraphic linos, must be address- 
 ed to Postmaster- General Ill 44 
 
 RESIGNATIONS. 
 
 In Nitre and Mining bureaus placed on same footing with 
 
 resignations in the lino in front of cnvmj' 99 
 
 Of officers does not exempt them from conscription Ill 107 
 
 RETALIATION. 
 
 Officers of Generals Pope and Steinwehr armies to bo kept as 
 
 hostages for safety of Confederate citizens 64 
 
 Outlawing General Felch, and setting aside officers of U. S. 
 
 A. for execution 59 
 
 Outlawing Generals Hunter and Phelps, U. S. array 60 
 
 Order against any officer drilling slaves 60 
 
 Order against Colonels Lowe, Harding, and other officers of 
 
 U. S. arm) 81 
 
INDEX. Xli 
 
 Ccttouncing Butlor and officers, decreeing Butler's death 
 
 if captured, and that of officers of negro organisations > . . Ill 
 RETUKNS. 
 
 Of provisions to bo endorsed by officer receiving I 12 
 
 Regulation conceruing provision II 12 
 
 Of clothing, etc., to be made quarterly by company com- 
 manders, etc k...k IV 17 
 
 Of officers and men distinguished to be made by command- 
 ing officers to Adjutant and Inspector-General II 52 
 
 Of ordnance and ordnance stores to bo made quarterly 56 
 
 To bo made monthly by commanders of army corps, etc . .IV 64 
 
 To be made tri-monthly by commandants of camps of in- 
 struction . . k k . . . > k . . > > IV 64 
 
 In commissary department, to bo promptly examined by 
 
 commanding officcrsv^ > Ill 70 
 
 Of absentees to be made by all commanders to department 
 
 head-quarters .>.> v.> IV 96 
 
 No. Par. REVOCATIONS. 
 
 24 Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph I, section 4, 
 
 as to ordnance sergeants. 
 24 III Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph I, section 1, 
 
 to permit appointments of brigade ordnance officers, with 
 
 rank of first lieutenant of artillery. 
 
 31 II Modified so as to make Augusta, Georgia, the depot for said 
 
 articles; General Orders, No. 38, paragraph IX, also Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 45, paragraph IV. 
 
 32 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 45, series 1863, so as to 
 
 allow only a tico-horte wagon, and also by General Orders, 
 No. 61, paragraph II, placing such wagons under exclusive 
 control of medical officers, etc. 
 
 34 General Orders, No. 38, paragraph III, provides that battal- 
 
 ion bo composed of soldiers from same state. 
 
 .S6 II Revoked, and General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I, substi- 
 tuted therefor. 
 
 37 Foreigners undomiciliatod also exempt. General Orders, No. 
 
 38, paragraph V. 
 
 41 II Revoked by General Orders, No. 55, paragraph I, which is 
 substituted in lieu thereof. 
 
 44 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 53, paragraph III. Those 
 whose regiments are in the East will report at Richmond; 
 those whoso regiments arc in the West at Vicksburg, 
 Mississippi. 
 
 D 
 
47 
 
 IV 
 
 50 
 
 I 
 
 60 
 
 IV 
 
 Xlii INDEX. 
 
 44 IV Rescinded, and General Orders, No. 46, paragraph II, sub- 
 stituted in liou thereof. 
 E.\plained by paragraph I. General Orders, No. 24. series 1863. 
 Revoked by General Orders No. 82, paragraph IX. 
 Modified by General Orders, No. 61, paragraph III, omitting, 
 the words ^' especiully of arms and ordnance stores." 
 
 56 I See also General Orders, No. 66, paragraph I, annulling all 
 proelamations of martial law. 
 
 50 III E.xplained by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I. It ap- 
 plies only to paroled or exchanged prisoners in hospitals 
 without descriptive lists. 
 
 58 General Orders, No. 65, paragraph V, provides, in addition, 
 
 that medical officers forward weekly, to Richmond, the 
 names of conscripts recommended for light duty. 
 
 53 General Orders, No. 67, paragraphs II and III. Surgeons, 
 
 quartermasters, and commissary -generals will cause in- 
 spection to bo made in respective departments, of able- 
 bodied men subject to conscription, and will fill their places 
 with those recommcndgd for light duty. 
 
 61 II Enlarged, so as to make it also the duty of quartermasters to 
 
 kcop the ambulances and wagons in good condition and 
 ready for active service. (See General Orders, No. 34, 
 series 64, paragraph IV.) 
 
 62 II Amended by General Orders, No. 64, paragraph V, the 
 
 words " and 2}aroled " being omitted. 
 
 64 III Enlarged by General Orders, No. 119, paragraph IV, to ex- 
 
 tend to slaughtered sheep. 
 
 65 III Modified by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I, extended by 
 
 General Orders, No. 68, paragraph I, to embrace all soldiers 
 sick in hospitals or on furlough; amended by General Or- 
 ders, No. 105, paragraph I, limiting such payments to 
 monthly pay of soldier mustered on hospital rolls, and 
 specific directions to quartermasters making such payments. 
 
 66 V Enlarged so as to include "furnaces " worked by govern- 
 
 ment officer within its provisions. (See General Orders, No. 
 32, scries 1863, paragraph I.) 
 
 68 I Enlarged by General Orders, No. 70, paragraph IV, ordering 
 
 additional qualifications for applicants for rank of captain 
 of artillery in Ordnance department. 
 6S II Limited by General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I. 
 
 69 I Extended to include commanders of posts, senior surgeons of 
 
 hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as they re- 
 late to their respective commands. (See General Orders, 
 No. 59, paragraph I, series 1863.) 
 
INDEX. xliii 
 
 72 IV Modified by General Orders, l^c. lof, paragraph I, ordering 
 that eurgeona referred to will not grant said certificates, 
 unless health of soldier requires his removal. 
 
 82 II Sec. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph V, 
 ordering that commissioned officers and private.'? incapable 
 of bearing arms, be assigned to collecting stragglers and 
 conscripts. 
 
 82 VI Sec. 1. Amended by General Orders, No. 101, paragraph I, 
 further amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 18C3, 
 further modified by General Orders, No. 15, series 1863. 
 
 95 Sec. 1. Increased by General Orders, No. 62, paragraph I, to 
 
 $1 25. 
 
 96 V Extended, bo as to employ such persons as railroad gujrrds, 
 
 etc., at request of oflBccrs of staff departments, or of local 
 military commanders. 
 
 97 II Modified by General Orders, No. 28, series 1863, so as to 
 
 apply also to " contractors with the Ordnance department." 
 
 100 III Amended so as to allow value of clothing to bo paid upon de- 
 
 scriptive lists when soldier is absent with leave, and not to 
 rejoin his command for siity days. 
 
 101 I Amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 186S, so as to allow 
 
 the two surgeons to be selected from the districts where they 
 are to act, when surgeons ean not be^tained from their 
 congressional districts; further modificaby General Orders, 
 No. 15, scries 1863, so as to allow commandants of con- 
 scripts, when surgeons can not be ''employed," to consti- 
 tute such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under 
 their authority. 
 KEVOKING. 
 
 Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 44, current series, con- 
 
 ccrning'dischargc of persons under 18 an3 over 35 II 46 
 
 Paragraphs 160 and 161, Army Regulations, concerning 
 manner of discharging enlisted men on certificate of dis- 
 ability Ill 48 
 
 Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 44, concerning paroled 
 
 prisoners Ill 53 
 
 Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 38, current series, con- 
 cerning manner of signing soldier's discharge Ill 66 
 
 Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, au- 
 thorizing General Winder to grant discharges IV 69 
 
 Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, con- 
 cerning discharge of soldiers in hospital in Richmond. . .IV 69 
 Paragraph II, General Order.i, No. 31, current series, con- 
 
Xliv INDEX. 
 
 earning transportation of breadstuffs for committee of 
 public safety^ New Orleans ., II 72 
 
 Paragrivpli IX, General Orders, No. 38, current series, mak- 
 ing Augusta depot of sugar and molasses II 72 
 
 Clause 3, paragraph I, General Orders, No. 58, allowing re- 
 ception of conscripts not equal to military duty II 72 
 
 Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 29, current series, con- 
 cerning substitutes XI 82 
 
 SERVANTS. 
 
 When slaves, serving with army without proper written 
 authority, to be reported to War department by regimental 
 adjutants I 69 
 
 Not allowed issues of fuel and straw -. VI 66 
 
 SHARP-SnOOTERS. 
 
 Act to organize battalions of. April 21, 1862 I 34 
 
 One battalion of, to each brigade — how armed, by whom or- 
 ganized I 34 
 
 Officers of, appointed by President I 34 
 
 Commanding generals may detail for or transfer to Ill 34 
 
 Will be supplied with proper arms by Ordnance depart- 
 ment IV 34 
 
 Battalions of, will be composed of troops from same state. Ill 38 
 
 SIGNAL CORPS. 
 
 Act to organize. April 19, 1862 I 40 
 
 Will be attached to Adjutant-General's department II 40 
 
 ■ An officer of to be assigned to each corps and division com- 
 mander Ill 40 
 
 Enlisted men may bo detailed by commanding generals for 
 
 duty in Ill 40 
 
 Non-commissioned officers while on duty in, to receive 
 
 forty cents extra duty pay per diem Ill 40 
 
 Oath administered to persona serving in Ill 40 
 
 Officers of, entitled to allowances of cavalry IV 40 
 
 Men, when necessary, to be mounted by quartermaster. .. .IV 40 
 Officers of Adjutant-General's department, etc., may be in- 
 structed in duties of VI 40 
 
 Officers and non-commissioned officers, accepting appoint- 
 ments in, to forward with acceptance prescribed oath. .VIII 40 
 
 Officers of, to make returns of property IX 40 
 
 Officers of, to make quarterly reports to Adjutant and In- 
 spector-General of organization and general operations, 
 etc IX 40 
 
INDEX. Xlv 
 
 Officers of, to instruct regimonfnl adjutants X 40 
 
 President authorized to appoint additional members of I 93 
 
 STAFF OFFICERS. 
 
 Of reorganized regiments, commissions are not affected by 
 
 such reorganization except that of adjutant V 34 
 
 Commissions of, terminate on expiration of appropriate 
 
 duties I 48,91 
 
 In Confederate army, holding higher line appointments in 
 Provisional army, must signify preference, as can not hold 
 bofh 63 
 
 Aids only to be considered on personal staff II 89 
 
 Other staff officers to be regarded as part of entire com- 
 m.and II 89 
 
 One additional, with rank of colonel, added to Adjutant- 
 General's department 93 
 
 STANDARDS. 
 
 Names of battles in which regiments, etc., have been en- 
 gaged, to be inscribed on I 52 
 
 SUBSTITUTES. 
 
 Enlisted men not indebted to government may furnish I 29 
 
 How procured I 29 
 
 Not entitled to transportation I 29 
 
 Soldiers discharged by reason of, not entitled to transporta- 
 tion I 29, 92 
 
 Enlisted men discharged by reason of, and indebted to gov- 
 ernment, officer granting discharge liable for debt I 29 
 
 Pay and allowances of persons discharged by reason of, to 
 
 go to substitute I 29 
 
 Not to exceed one per month in each company I 29 
 
 Persons liable to military duty, but not mustered into ser- 
 vice, desiring to furnish, etc ...11 29 
 
 Persons not liable to duty may go as I 30 
 
 Captains to furnish certificates of exemption to men furnish- 
 ing V 37 
 
 Unnaturalized foreigners shall not be accepted as I 47 
 
 Reception of, under 18 years, prohibited II 64, XI 82 
 
 Reception of, into partisan rangers prohibited II 64 
 
 Becoming liable to conscription render principal liable •..II 64 
 Shall not be received into companies before complete organi- 
 zation and reception II 64 
 
 Not entitled to be transferred to regiments from own state. I 72 
 Persons claiming exemption on ground of having furnished. 
 
Xlvi INDKX. 
 
 must exhibit to enrolling officer discharge, etc XI 82 
 
 Rccciition of undomiciled foreigners prohibited XI 82 
 
 i'ersons subject to conscription before enrolment or as- 
 signed to company, may put in XI 82 
 
 TELEGRAPHS. 
 
 For establisbmcnt of lines, requisitions, etc., to be sent to 
 
 Postmaster-General Ill 44 
 
 Of certain kinds must not be sent I 78 
 
 TRANSFERS. 
 
 Applications for, to navy to be sent through superior ofliccrs. I 7 
 Native and adopted Marylanders may receive to "Maryland 
 
 line" II 8 
 
 Seamen may obtain to navy I 30, I 82 
 
 No soldier can demand on plea of re-cnlistment IX 30 
 
 Froqj line to partisan corps not allowed II 43 
 
 Applications for from soldiers in Richmond to be made to 
 
 General G. W. Smith II 70 
 
 To be granted to soldiers to regiments from own state — ap- 
 plications for, how addressed I 72 
 
 Applications for, from army to navy, how forwarded I 77 
 
 May be granted to battalions of sharp-shooters Ill 82 
 
 Of conscripts, from military to naval service, how effected. .II 89 
 To be granted to soldiers to regiments from own state, ex- 
 cept in eases when applicant is a substitute I 9.S 
 
 Not allowed to substitutes to regiments from own state .... I 93 
 When granted by Secretary of War entitled to transporta- 
 tion I 93 
 
 TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 Furnished to recruits I 6 
 
 Of troops not to interfere with mail 22 
 
 Furnished to recruits 22 
 
 Of provisions not to be interfered with I 31 
 
 One wagon for each regiment allowed exclusively for hospi- 
 tal IV 32 
 
 Soldiers on sick furlough entitled to IV 48 
 
 Authority for, and for mileage, only emanates from com- 
 manding general «....V 50 
 
 When only allowed to artillery and cavalry horses by rail- 
 road I 57 
 
 To be furnished General Huger, his aids, and assistants, on 
 
 his order I 62 
 
 Honorably discharged soldiers to receive I 70 
 
INDEX. xlvii 
 
 Granted on certificates of company commander and on sol- 
 dier's affidavit I 70 
 
 Allowed home and back to furlorfgUed, sick, and wounded 
 
 soldiers •- Ill 74 
 
 Major A. II. Cole announced as inspector-general of field 
 
 transportation 76 
 
 Not granted to soldiers discharged by reason of substitu- 
 tion 92,29 
 
 Allowed to agents for purchase of hospital supplies I 93 
 
 In separate cars, may be furnished sick soldiers I 93 
 
 Furnished men transferred by Secretary of War I 9S 
 
 President authorijied to build railroad for purpose of mili- 
 tary I 93 
 
 Railroad under charge of Colonel Wm. M. Wadley 98 
 
 Duties connected with, of Colonel Wadley 93 
 
 Tickets only to be issued on conclusive evidence of author- 
 ized absence II 105 
 
 Register to be kept at each transportation office II 105 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 When occurring among company officers of reorganized 
 regiments, promotion of officer next in rank to be an- 
 nounced by brigade commanders VI 43 
 
 May be filled by President bj* selection from officers and men 
 
 specially distinguished for valor, skill, etc II 52 
 
 Occurring by promotion, how' filled I 82 
 
 Caused by officers retired or dropped, how filled I 93 
 
 WHEAT. 
 
 In relation to exportation of seed from Virj'inia II 69 
 
GENERAL OUDERS,~> Adjutant and lxsrECTon-(lENr.nAt,'s Office, 
 
 No 1. ) Richmond, January 1, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress, with regulations of the Secretary 
 of War thereupon, is published for the information of the army: 
 
 Ni). 306 — All ACT providing for the granting of Bounty and Fnrlonghs to Privates 
 and Non-commissioned Oflicers in the Provisional army. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do en- 
 act, That a bounty of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby granted 
 to all privates, musicians, and non-commissioned officers in the Pro- 
 visional army who shall serve continuously for three years, or foj the 
 war — to be paid at the following times, to wit: to all now iu the ser- 
 vice for twelve months, to be paid at the time of volunteering or enlist- 
 ing for the next two ensuing years subsequent to the expiration of their 
 present term of service. To all now in the service for three years, or 
 for the war, to be paid at=the e.\piration of their first year's service. 
 To all who may hereafter volunteer or enlist for three years, or for the 
 war, to be paid at the time of entry into service. 
 
 Skc. 2. And he it further enacted, That furloughs, not exceeding 
 sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all 
 twelve months men now in service, who shall, prior to the expiration of 
 their present term of service, volunteer or enlist for the next two 
 ensuing years, sub.sequent to the expiration of their present term of 
 service, or for three years, or the war. Said furloughs to be issued at 
 such times and in such numbers as the Secretary of War may deem 
 most compatible with the public interest — the length of each furlough 
 being regulated with reference to the distance of each volunteer from 
 his home: Provided, That, iijliou of a furlough, the commutation 
 value, iu mouej', of the transportation heroin above granted, shall be 
 paid to each private, musician, or non-commissioned ollicer who may 
 elect to receive it, at such time as the furlough itself would otherwise 
 be granted. 
 
 Sec. 'i. This act shall applj' to all troops who have volunteered or 
 enlisted, for a term of twelve months or more, in the service of any 
 state who are now in the service of the said state, and who may here- 
 after volunteer or enlist in the service of the Confederate States, under 
 the provisions of the present act. 
 
 Sec. 4. And he it further enacted. That all troops revolunteering or 
 re-enlisting shall, at the expiration of their pr6f?6nt term of service,' 
 
liavc the power to reorganize themselves into coinjninies, inid elect their 
 company officer?; and said companies shall have the power to organize 
 themselves into battalions or regiments, and elect their field officers; 
 and, after the first election, all vacancies shall be filled by promotion 
 from the compaDy, battalion, or regiment in which such vacancies may 
 occur : Provider/, That whenever a vacancy shall occur, whether by 
 promotion or otherwise, in the lowest grade of commissioned officers of 
 a company, said vacancy shall always be filled by election: And pro- 
 vided, further, That in the case of troops which have been regularly 
 enlisted into the service of any particular state prior to the formation 
 of the Confederacy, and which have by such state been turned over to 
 the Confederate government, the officers shall not be elected, but ap- 
 pointed and promoted in the same manner and by the same authority 
 as tbuy have heretofore been appointed and promoted. [Approved De- 
 cember 11, 1861.] 
 
 II. .(Jiiptains or commanding officers of twelve months men wjll, 
 under direction of regimental and battalion commanders, make out 
 duplicate muster rolls of their companies, noting opposiife the name of 
 each man desiring to renew his enlistnicii4^for two years from the ex- 
 piration of his present term of service the following remark — " Enlist- 
 ment extended for two years — bounty due, $50 " — inserting the date 
 of the remark. 
 
 As soon as the intention of each man is thus ascertained, report will 
 be made to the commanding officer of the army in which the troops 
 are serving. The commanding officer will thereupon cause his Inspect- 
 or-Generals, or other officers assigned for that purpose, to verify the 
 rolls, and muster into service, for said additional term, all that are 
 fitted for service. One of the rolls, thus verified, and certified by the 
 inspecting officers, will be sent to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 The other will be given to the company commander, from which to 
 make out further muster rolls. 
 
 III. .AVhcnevcr the number of men in a company who re-enlist 
 slyijl,, suffice to form a new company, according to the number required 
 by law, the men thus re-cnlisted shall have the right immediately to 
 rQoicgani.Ke themselves into a company, and elect their company officers 
 T— .remaining attached to the regiment or battalion to which they 
 belong until tbe cxjiiralion of the twelve months of the original enlist- 
 rueut. 
 
 IV. .If the number of men rc-eulisted in any company be insufficient 
 to form a now company, their original organization will be preserved 
 until within twenty days of the expirati(Ai of their term ; at which date 
 
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 all the twelve nioiitlis meu who hiivo rc-culisted will proceed to organ- 
 ize themselves afresh into new compauics, and eleet their company 
 officers. 
 
 V. .AVhenever all the companies now forming a battalion or regiment 
 shall have reorganized themselves into new companies, they shall have 
 the right of reorganizing themselves at once into a new battalion or 
 regiment, as the case may be, electing their field oliicers, as allowed 
 by law. But if any one company of any battalion or regiment declines 
 ti) reorganize itself, the present organization will remain until within 
 twenty days of the expiration of the present term; at which time all 
 re-enlistcd companies will proceed immediately to organize themselves 
 into new regiments, and elect their field officers, as provided by law. 
 
 VI. .AH re-enlistcd companies which maj' fail, within the last twenty 
 days of their present terms, to reorganize themselves into regiments or 
 battalions, will be considered as independent companies re-enlisted for 
 the war, and will be organized into battalions or regiments by the 
 President, and their field officers appointed by him in the same manner 
 
 as is provided by law for .all other independent companies. 
 
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 VII.. The furlough allowed by law, and directed to be regulated 
 according to the distance of each volunteer from his home, is estab- 
 lished as follows, viz: to each volunteer there will bo allowed a fur- 
 lough of full thirty days at home, to which will bo added bj' the 
 commanding officer of the army a number of days estimated to be 
 suflicient to allow the volunteer to travel lipme and back. But in no 
 case will the furlough exceed sixty days, even for those most distant 
 from their h«mes. 
 
 VIII... Commanding officers are directed to commence as soon as 
 possible granting the furloughs allowed as above, in such numbers as 
 may be deemed compatible with the safety of their commands, giving 
 preference, as far as practicable, to the men in the order of their 
 ro-enlistmcnt. 
 
 IX.. The bounty of fifty dollars will be paid to each man when ho 
 receives his furlough, at which time his transportation will also bo 
 furnished. 
 
 X..Each man entitled to furlough may receive instead thereof the 
 commutation v.alue of his transportation, in addition to the bounty of 
 fifty dollars provided by law. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant a)i(f /nspecfor-Genrral. 
 
GKNERAL ORDERS.) WAR DKI'ARTMEXT. 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Omcf, 
 
 No. 2. ) Richmond, January 6, 18G2. 
 
 I.. The follo'win^ act of Congres?, and regulations in reference 
 thereto, are published for the iuformation of the army : 
 
 An act for the R4cruiting Service of the Provisional army of the Con- 
 federate States. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact. That the Secretiuy of 
 War be and he is hereby autliorized to adopt measures for recruiting aud oulisting 
 men for companies for service in tlio war. or three years, whicli by the casualties 
 of the service have been reduced by death and discharges. 
 
 Sec. 2, And be it further enacted, That tlie Secretary of War be and he is liereby 
 authorized to detail the company commiasioncd officers for the above duty, in such 
 numbers anH at such times as in liis opinion will best comport with tlic public 
 service. The officers thus appointed, to enlist and rocruit for tlieir respective 
 companies. [Approved December 19, 1861.] 
 
 II. .Commanding officers of all war regiments, battalions, squadrons, 
 and independent companies will detail for recriiiting service, subject to 
 approval of the commanding officer of the* army with which they are 
 serving, a subaltern and one non-commissioned officer or private from 
 each war companj' below the minimum organization, with instructions 
 to proceed to the neighborhood where his company was raised, and there 
 enlist recruits to raise the company to the ma.ximum organization. 
 
 III. .Officers detailed for recruiting service will make requisitions on 
 the Adjutant and Inspector-General for recruiting funds, reporting the 
 station to which they have been ordered, the company and regiment 
 for which they have been directed to recruit, and the post-town, county, 
 and state to which letters for them should be addressed. A similar 
 report should also be made to the Commissni'y and Quartermaster's 
 departments, in order that the required in.stniotions may issue to the 
 proper officers of these departments to fill the rof(uisitions necessary for 
 such recruiting purposes. 
 
 IV. .As soon as possible after the enlistment of a recruit, he shall be 
 inspected by a commissioned surgeon or assistant surgeon of the Con- 
 federate States, and if unfit for service shall bo rejected. lu all cases 
 this inspection shall take place before the recruit leaves the state in 
 which he is enlisted. 
 
 v.. A commutation for rations, at the rate of twenty-five cents per 
 ration, shall be allowed to each recruit from the date of his enlistment 
 until ho is supplied regularly with subsistence by an officer of the Com- 
 missary department. 
 
VI.. No clothing nor commutation for clothing will be allowed a 
 recruit until after inspection. As soon as possible after inspection and 
 muster, the recruit will be supplied with clothing, or commutation 
 therefor, by the nearest quartermaster, in accordance with regulations. 
 
 VII.. The time allowed for recruiting will in no case extend beyond 
 thirty days, at the expiration wheix'of the recruiting party, with the 
 enlisted men, will proceed ^o join their company. 
 
 VIII. .OflSeers in charge of recruiting parties will keep a strict ac- 
 count of the disbursements made by theni of monej's placed in their 
 hands for the recruiting service, taking duplicate receipts for every 
 item of expenditure ; one set of these receipts will be retained by the 
 officer for his security ; the other set, with an account current, will, at 
 the expiration of the recruiting term, be transmitted to the Adjutant 
 and Inspector- General 'for final settlement at the treasury. These 
 vouchers and accounts current, addressed to the Adjutant and Inspect- 
 or-General, will be marked on the upper right-hand corner of the en- 
 velop which covers tlieni, "Becntitiny Service." 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GEXERAL OKDKKS,-) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspkctor-General's Office, 
 
 No. 3. ) Richmond, Januari/ 9, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following order of Major-General Bragg is adopted by the 
 War department, and is republished for the information and govern- 
 ment of the army: 
 
 1. To insure proper economy in the ailininistrittiou of our military affairs is as 
 necessary to tlie success of our cause as the tlcfeat of oiu- enemy. All command- 
 ers and disbursing oflict-rs in this department will be required to give their closest 
 attention to expenditures, seeing they are necessary, and in conformity to law. A 
 rigid scrutiny will be made by the Commanding tienernl and the chiefs of his staft", 
 .and abuses will be promptly exposctj and checked. 
 
 In location of troops, commanders and quaiterniasters will consult economy 
 and eflSciency. The vicinity of cities and towns will be avoided as far as possible, 
 in order to seciu'c health, and escape the demoralizing effects of dissipation. 
 Rents will not be i)ai(i unless absolutelj' necessary. Fuel will bo sujiplicd as far as 
 practicable by the labor of the troops, encampments being selected with this view. 
 And woiks of dt-fence, and huts for the winter, will be built by the labor of sol- 
 diers— officers being required, in all instances, to remain with and share the duties 
 of their men. 
 
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 •2. Commanders of all giiKles arc earnestly called upon to suppress drunkcnucsis 
 by every means in tlicir power. It is the cause of nearly every evil from wliicli 
 wo suffer; the largest portion of our sickness and mortality results from it; our 
 guard-houses are filled by it; officers are constantly called from their duties to 
 form courts martial in consequence of it; inefficiency in our troops, and conse- 
 quent danger to our cause, is the inevitable result. No one is benefited but the 
 miserable wretch who is too cowardly to defend a country ho is willing to sell by 
 destroying those noble faculties ho has never possessed. Gallant soldiers should 
 scorn to yield to such temptations — and intelligent and honorable officers should 
 set them an example. Tliey should be encouraged to send to their families and 
 friends the pay they receive for their services, instead of wasting it in their own 
 destruction, and at tlie risk of the holy cause in which they are engaged. Small 
 as the amount is, it will cause many a dear one to rise up and call them blessed. 
 
 '•Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be 
 of heavy heart" — but for us. the glorious cause in which we are engaged should 
 furnish all the excitement and enthusiasm necessary for our success. 
 
 The enemy, in large and increasing numbers, is upon our coasts. Let us cease 
 all amusements and frivolities, and prepare diligently to meet him in defence of 
 our homes, our firesides, and our altars, 
 
 II.. The introduction of spirituous liquors iutd any camp, barrack, 
 or station of the'army, except for medicinal purpose.?, duly recom- 
 mended by the senior medical officer and approved by the General or 
 other officer in command, is hereby expressly prohibited; and all spir- 
 ituous liquors found in any of said camps, barracks, or stations, not ■ 
 authorized as above, will be confiscated or destroyed, under direction 
 of the General or other oiSccr in command. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL, ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 4. J Richmond, January 24, 18C2. 
 
 The following regulation is published for the information of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 Foruije Cap for the Army of the Confederate States. 
 
 Pattern — Of the form known as the French kepi: to be made of 
 cloth. 
 
 For General Officers and Officers of the General Staff and Engineers — 
 Dark blue band, sides, and crown. 
 
 For the Artillery — Dark blue band: sides and crown red. 
 
 For the Infantry — l)ark blue band: sides and crown light blue. 
 
 For the Cavalry — Dark blue band: side.s and crown yelluw. 
 
Jfavks to distinyuiah Raul: 
 
 Four gold braids for General Officers; tbroc for Field Officers; two 
 for Captains; and one for Jjieutcnants; to extend from the band on the 
 front,. back, and both sides to the top of the cap — :and the centre of the 
 crown to be embroidered with the same number of braids. 
 
 For enlisted men — The cap will be of the same pattern : the band to 
 be dark blue, and, as in the case of officers, the several arms of service 
 will be designated by the color of the sides and crown — red for Artil- 
 lery; light blue for Infantry; and yellow for Cavalry. The number of 
 the regiment will be worn in front, in yellow metal. 
 
 In hot Weather, a white duck, or linen cover, known as a havelock, 
 will be worn — the apron to fall behind, so as to protect the ears and 
 neck from the rays of the sun. In winter, in bad weather, an oil-skin 
 cover will bo worn, with an apron to fall over the coat-collar. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A<ljiih(nt und Inspectur-GtHerul. 
 
 QENER.\L OHDEHS,) WAR DKPARTMKNT. 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 5. J ]UCHMUNi). January 20, 1S62. 
 
 I. .At a General Court Martial, convened at Camp Yancej', Arkan- 
 sas, by General Orders, No. 18, 18G1, from Brigadier-General Benjamin 
 McCulloch's head-quarters, whereof Major Robert W. Harper, Ar- 
 kansas Rifles, was President, was arraigned and tried Lieutenant David 
 A. Alexander, Napoleon Cavalry, Colonel Churchill's regiment Arkansas 
 volunteers, C. S. A., on the following charge and specification: 
 
 Charge. 
 
 Talcing the. life of Private Win. Finerti/, of the Napoleon Cavalry, of the regiment 
 of Arkansas Mounted lUflemen. 
 
 Specification In tliis; "Tliiit Lieutenant Datid A. Alexander, Napoleon Caval- 
 ry, of Arkansas Volunteers, diJ stab, kill, and murilor Private Win. Finerty, 
 of the company and rogimont above meiitionecl, ou the evening of June 2S, 
 1861, near Vort Smitli, in tlie County of Subastiaii, State of Arkansas." 
 
 Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court finds the accused. Lieutenant David A. Alexander, of Napoleon Cav- 
 alry, of the regiment of Arkansas Mounted Riflemen, as follows: "Guilty of man- 
 blaugliter." 
 
 And the court does, therefore, sentence him. the said Lieuten.aut David .i. Alex- 
 ander, of Napoleon Cavalry, of the regiment of Arkansas Mounted Riflemen, '-to 
 be oiMhiered, and dismissed from the service of the Ctilifeilerate States of America." 
 
II.. The proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing 
 case hare been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him laid 
 before the President, by -whom thoy are approved. Lieutenant David 
 A. Alexander accordingly ceases to be an officer of the Provisional 
 army of the Confederate States from this date. 
 
 III. .The General Court Martial of which Major Robert W. Harp- 
 KH, Arkansas Rifles, was President is dissolved. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. - 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Aitjutinit and Lispector-GeiieraK 
 
 GKNERAL ORDKRS.") MAR PEPAUTMKNT, 
 
 J- Adjutant and Tn'speotor-Gkneral's Office, 
 
 Nit. 0. J Richmond, February 12, 1802. 
 
 l..Thc following' acts of Congress, and regulations in reference 
 thereto, are published fur the information of the army : 
 
 An act for tliv Jiecruithif/ Service of the Provisi'omil army of the Con- 
 federute States. 
 
 Skc. 1. Tlie. Covgresx of the Confederate States do enact, Tliat the Secretary of 
 War be and he in hereby authorized to adopt measures for recruiting and enlisting 
 men for rnmpiinies for service in tlie war, or tlnee years, which by the casualties 
 of the service have been reduced by death and discharges. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of War be and he is 
 hereby nufhmized to detail the company commissioned officers for the above duty, 
 in such niimt)crs and .at .siich times as in his opinion will best comport with the 
 public service. The officers thus appointed, to enlist and recruit for their respective 
 companies. [Approved December 19, 1861.] 
 
 Sec. .j. Any vacancy occurring in tlie ranks of companies mustered into the " 
 Confederate service for three years, or for the war. may be tilled by volunteers; 
 nnd the commander of each of said squadrons, battalions, or regiments, organized 
 Ei aforesaid may detail one commi-ssioned officer ami One non-commissioned officer, 
 and one i>r more privates from each company of his coiinnand, with the approval 
 of the Brigadier-General of the brigade to which said squadron. Itattalion, or regi- 
 ment may be attached, to recruit men for such company; so that the same may 
 contain not more tlian one hundred and twetity-tive, rank and file ; and the men so 
 recruited shall be mustered at the time of enrolment, and shall bo entitled to 
 transportation .and subsistence, or commutation of subsistence, till they join their 
 respective companies, and to fifty dollars bounty, to be paid at the time of joining 
 the same. [.3d Sec. of act 28th .January, No. .^.^li.! 
 
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 An act to jifoviile for Jleeruitintj Companies ixnc in the scro're of the 
 Confederate Staten for twelve monthn. 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate Slates of Amrrica do enart. That all 
 conipanie.s of volunteers, now in tlio sorvico of tlie Confeili'iate Stales np<lcr en- 
 listment for tlir term of twelve months, may bo recruitcil liy enlisting, or receiving 
 volunteers for three years or the war, to a number not to exceed one hundred and 
 twenty-five, rank and tile; and comiianios .so recruited shall, at the expiration of 
 the term of service of the original company, elect their Cimimissioned officers; and 
 vacancies thereafter occurring in the commissioned otfices of such companies 
 shall be filled by promotion of siiid commissioned officers, except that vacancies in 
 tlie lowest grade of such offices shall be filled by election. 
 
 Sec. 2. The colonel or commanding officer of the several regiments, battalions, 
 and squ.adrons enlisted for twelve months as .aforesaid, may detail one commis- 
 sioned officer and not exceeding two privates of each comp.any, to recruit for 
 tlicir respective companies; and the officers and privates .so detailed shall be un- 
 titled to transportation while so engaged, and the recruits so enlisted shall be 
 entitled to pay, transportation, and subsistence from the time and place of enlist- 
 ment, together with the 8>nn of fifty dollars, as a bounty, upon joining their 
 respective companies. 
 
 Sec. 3. The origfnal volunteers in such comjianies rc-enlisting according to the 
 tijrmsof the .act entitled an act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs 
 to privates and non-commissioned officers in the Provisional army, may re-enlist in 
 and form pajt of the companies to bo recruited as herein provided ; and when all 
 the companies composing the regiment, battalion, or squadron ius aforesaid, shall; 
 by recruiting as aforesaid, or by ro-cniistment and recruiting as aforesaid, have 
 attained, at the date of the expiration of the terra of service of the original com- 
 p.anies, the number required by law for a company, the number and designation of 
 such regiment, battalion, or squadron, may continue, or such of said companies as 
 are complete at that date may reorganize into new regiments, battalions, or squad- 
 rons, or attach themselves toother regiments, battalions, or squadrotis; and in all 
 such cases the field olficers shall bo elected, ijnd vacancies thereafter occurring in 
 such field offices shall bo filled by promotion, as directed by the act .afores.aid. 
 
 Sec. 4. Companies organized by re-enlisted twelve months volunteers Under 
 the act afrfiesaid may bo recruited to the number of one hundred aijd twenty-fivo, 
 in the manner prescribed in the second section of this act. 
 
 Sec. 5. 'Whevc, at the d.ate of the expiration of the term of service of tlie origi- 
 nal company, the number of recruits and enlisted men may not amount to I ho 
 minimum number required for a company, the recruited men may combine with 
 recruits of other companies in like situation, sfi as to foim complete companies; 
 and. in default of such combination, the said recruits may bo assigned or distrib- 
 uted to other companies from the state in which such recruits were enlisted. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Secretary of War shall make all needful rules to carry into effect 
 the foregoing provisions. [Approved .January 27. 1862.] 
 
 II. .Commanding officers of all war and twelve months regimcnt.s, 
 battalion.s, squadrons, and independent comi)auies, or three months 
 
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 volunteers now in service, will detail for recruiting ser.vice, subject to 
 jxpproviil of the Brigadier-Cicncral of the brigade >Mth which they arc 
 serving, a commissioned orticcr and one non-commissioned officer or 
 private from each companj' below the maximum organization (one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five men),. with instructions to proceed to the neigh- 
 borhood where his company was raised, and there enlist recruits to 
 raise the company to the maximum organization. 
 
 III. .OflBcers detailed for recruiting service will make requisitions on 
 the Adjutant and Inspector-General for recruiting funds, reporting the 
 station to which they have been ordered, the compan3' and regiment for 
 which they have been directed to recruit, and the post-town, county,- 
 and state to which lettcu'S for them should be addressed. A similar 
 report should also be made to the Commissary and Quartermaster's 
 departments, in order that the required instructions may issue to the 
 proper ofiBccrs of these departments to fill the requisitions necessary, 
 for such recruiting purposes. 
 
 IV. .As soon as possible after the enlistment of a recruit, he shall be 
 inspected'by a commissioned surgeon or assistant surgeon of the Con- 
 federate States, and if unfit for service shall be rejected. In all cases 
 this inspection shall take place before the recruit leaves the state in 
 
 which he is enlisted. 
 
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 v.. A commutation for rations, at the rate of twenty-five cents per 
 ration, shall be allowed to each recruit from the date of his enlistment 
 until he is supplied regularly with subsistence by an officer of the Com- 
 missary department. 
 
 "VI. .No clothing nor commutation for clothing will be allowed a re- 
 cruit until after inspection. As soon as possible after inspection and 
 muster, the recruit will be supplied with clothing, or commutation 
 therg for, by the nearest quartermaster, in accordance with regulations. 
 
 VII. .The time allowed for recruiting will in no case extent beyond 
 thirty days; at the expiration whereof t&e recruiting party, with the 
 enlisted men, will proceed to join their company. 
 
 VIII.. Offices in charge of recruiting parties will keep a strict 
 account of the disbursements made by them of moneys placed in their 
 hands for the recruiting service, taking duplicate receipts for every 
 item of expenditure; one set of these receipts will be retained by the 
 officer for his security; the other set, with an account current, will, at 
 the expiration of the recruiting term, bo transmitted to the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General for final settlement at the treasury. , These 
 
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 vouchers and accounts currcut, addressed to the Adjutant and Inspect- 
 or-General, will be marked, on the upper right-hand corner of the 
 envelop which covers them, '' Retrnilin;/ Service." ■ 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 • S. COOPER, 
 
 AJjiitant and Inspeclor-Ueneraf^ 
 
 GKNKRAL ORDKKS.) . AVAR DEPAKTMKNT. 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 ■ No. 7. j Richmond, February 18, 1862. 
 
 I. .At a General Court Martial, convened at Staunton, Va.. by virtue 
 of General Order.s No. 24, of January 24, 1862, from the Adjutant antf 
 luspector-Geueral's office, whereof Liouten'ant-Colonel G. AV. Carr, 
 57th llcgimeut Virginia Volunteers, was President, was arraigned and 
 tried Captain W. B. Bruce, of Company K, 20th Regiment Virginia 
 Volunteers, on the following charge and specification : 
 
 Charqe. 
 Disobedience of orders. 
 
 Specification "That he, Captiiiu \V. B. Bruce, of Compa.uy K, 20th UeKiniont 
 
 A'irginia Volunteers, did fiul to have a guard placed at the governiiieiit 
 stables, after having been twice oi'deiod by Lisutenant-Colonel M. G.IIar- 
 ni.an. the comman<litig officer of the piwt, to do so." This at or near Stauu- 
 tou, Va., OH or about the ITtli of December, l,Stil. 
 
 I'lNMNUS AND SENTENCE OF THE COURT. 
 
 The court tinds the accused. Captain Win. B. Bruce, Company K, 20th Regin\ent 
 Virginia Volunteers, guilty of the specification and guilty of the charge, aud does, 
 therefore, sentence him, the said C.iptaiu Wm. B. Bruce, "to bo rcprim.inded in 
 orders by the Secretary of War."' 
 
 II. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
 the Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President, are by him 
 approved. 
 
 The court have accompanied their sentence with the remark that 
 they are "thus lenient" because it appears from the evidence that Cap- 
 tain Bruce had not for duty men sufficient in number to furnish the 
 sentinels required with the usual tours, iu addition to those already on 
 guard. That he stated this fact, and asked and was expecting further 
 information. The court thus appears to have availed themselves of 
 the only excuse that can bo fouud for the serious and reprehensible 
 neglect of Capfain IJrucc, resulting as it has, not only in great loss of 
 
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 public pi-o]icrty, but in the open exhibition of carelessness and inatten- 
 tion to duty which deserves and receives as its lightest punishment 
 the emphatic rebuke of the department. 
 
 III.. The General Court Martial of which Lieutenant-Colonel G. AV. 
 IpVRR, 57th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is President is dissolved. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Goieral. 
 
 lENKEAL ORDERS,"!' WAR DKl'ARTMENT, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspeotor-Ueneral's Office, 
 Richmond, February 20, 1862. 
 
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 I. .The following act of Congress, with regulations of the Secretai-y 
 of War thereupon, is published for the information of the army : 
 
 An act to authorize and provide for the Organization of the Maryland 
 
 Line. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Cvngress of the Confederate Stat-es of America do enact, That all 
 native or adopted citizens of the State of Maryland who have heretofore volun- 
 teered, are now in, or may hereafter vohinteer in the service of the Confederate 
 States, may, at their option, be organized and enrolled into companies, squadrons, 
 battalions, and regiments, and, with the Fij-st Maryland regiment, and several 
 companies now in service, into one or more brigades, to be known as the Maryland 
 Line: said organization to be in accordance with existing laws. [Approved Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1862.J 
 
 II.. In accordance with the requirements of the above act, all Mary- 
 landers now in service in the military organizations, other than that of 
 the First Maryland regiment, will, upon application (proper evidence 
 setting forth the fact that they are native or adopted Marylanders 
 being furnished), be transferred to the First Maryland regiment; or, 
 where the numbers are sufficient, may be organized into companies, 
 squadrons, battalions, or regiments, which, with the First Maryland 
 regiment, will be formed into brigades, to be known as the Maryland 
 Line. 
 
 III.. Col. GKOitGn IT. Stew.vrt, now commanding the First Mary- 
 land regiment, is assigned- to this duty of organization, re-enlisting 
 for his own regiment, and reorganizing from the material obtained by 
 
cnlistiuents aud tr;insfcrs in accurdanec with the roregoing law — hav- 
 ing command of the whole. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Aifjiilaiil mid /nupector-Grncral. 
 
 APJUTANT and iNSrECTOR-GENEKAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 lilcuMOND, March 18. 186'J. 
 Transfers above indicated I)cing reqinred by law, applications therefor, prop- 
 erly vouclied, will be made by Conimanding (icnerals of dopartnicuts with wlinm 
 the particK are serving. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 JR. H. CHILTON, 
 AasialaiU Adjii tout- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 WAR PEPAjri'MENT. 
 
 V APJUTANT AND ]NSPECTOU-(tEN'ERAI.'S OFFKE, 
 
 No. 9. ) Richmond, March I, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation of the President is published for the 
 information of all concerned : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
 privilege of the writ of h.^beas corpus in cities threatened with inva.sion : 
 
 I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do pro- 
 claim that martial law is hereby extended over the City of Riclinioud and the 
 adjoining and surrounding country to tlie distance of ten miles, aud 1 do proclaim 
 the suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that of the mayor 
 of the city), and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus 
 within the said city and surrounding country to the distance aforesaid. 
 
 In faith wherenf, I have hereuntci,signed my name and set my seal, at the City 
 of Richmond, on this first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixty-two. 
 
 [SEAL.J . (.Signed) .JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II. .Brigadier-General J. II. Winder, comin.anding the Department 
 of Henrico, is charged with the duo execution of the foregoing procla- 
 mation, lie will forthwith establish an efficient military police, and 
 will enforce the following orders : 
 
 All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, aud the 
 distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
 any kind is also prohibited, aud establishment? for the sale thereof will 
 bo clofced. 
 
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 III.. All persons infringing tbe above prohibition will .suffer such 
 punishment as shall bo ordered by the sentence of a court martial: 
 Provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
 be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
 by the G7th Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GEXEUAL ORDERS, -1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-Genkral's Office, 
 
 No. 10. J IviCHMOND, March 8, 1802. 
 
 [Extract.] 
 General Order, No. 9, issued March 1, 1862, proclaiming the suspen- 
 sion of all civil jurisdiction, with the exception of that of the mayor 
 of the City of Richmond, within the city and tbe surrounding country 
 to the distance of ton miles, is hereby so modified as to permit the 
 courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration 
 of the estates of deceased persons, and the qualifications of guardians ; 
 to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of property; to 
 make orders concerning roads and bridges ; to assess county levies, 
 and ordQr the payment of county dues. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 * Adjutant and Inspector- General, 
 
 OKN'ERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 11. ) KiCHMOND, March 8, 186'J. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation is published for the information of 
 all concerned : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 By virtue of tlie power vested in nie by law to declare the suspension of tlie 
 privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in cities threatened with invasion: 
 
 I, Jefferson Davis, President of tlie Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
 that martial law is hereby extended over the City of Petersburg, an^ the adjoin- 
 ing and surrounding country to ths dictant e of ten miles, and I do proclaim the 
 
suRpetiHidii of all civil jurisiliclioii (vitli tliii cxreption of (liat of tlic iwiyor of 
 tho i;ity, and tliat enabling the courts to take cognizance of the prohate of wills, 
 the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the finalificatlons of guar- 
 dians, to e?itor decrees and orders for the partition and sale of property, to mnUe 
 orders conccrniii;; roads and bridges to assess count}' levies, and to order the pay- 
 ment of county dues), and the suspension of the jirivilege of tho writ of habeas 
 corpus within the .said city and surrnundinj; country to the distance aforesaid. 
 
 In faith whercnf, I have hereunto signoil my name and >^ut my tieal on, this 
 eighth day of JIarch, in the year one thousanil eight hundted and sixty-two. 
 [SKAI..J (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II. .AViLi.iAM Pan.mll is appointed provost inarshnl, and is charged 
 with the dnc c.xcoution of the forcgoiiif; proclamation, lie will forth- 
 with establish an cHicicnt military police, and will enforce the following 
 orders : 
 
 III.. All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, 
 and the distilleries vifill forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous 
 liquors of any kind is also prohibited, and estiiblishmcnts for the sale 
 thereof will be closed. 
 
 IV.. All por.sons infringing tho .above prohibition will suffer such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial : 
 Provided, that no seutcnco to bard labor for more than one month shall 
 ,bo inflicted by tho sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
 -by the 67th Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inxpcclor-Gcncrnl. 
 
 fERAL ORDERS,"! 
 
 • No. 12. " j 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") AVAR DEPARTIMENT. 
 
 ADJUTANT AND iNSPECTOR-tiKNEKAL's OFFICE, 
 
 KiciiMOND, March 10, 1862. 
 
 The following order is published for the instruction and guidance of 
 oTficers of the army : 
 
 I.. All odleers receiving provisions from officers of the Commissary 
 department will state, on the back of the return, the amount of each 
 article of provisions actually received on that return ; .and commissa- 
 ries will make out their Absti-acii of Isnuen in accordance with such 
 receipts. 
 
 II. .Commanding officers whose duty it may be to examine the 
 "Abstracts of I.^buos " of tho conimi3sariL>.<> -of their command will 
 
reject all "Eeturns" fur issue (made alter the promulgatiou of this 
 order to their respective couimauds) which do not show the amounts 
 actually issued by the statement of the receiving officer to that eflfect, 
 certifying that the abstracts are in accordance with the issues actually 
 made. 
 
 III.. All disbursing officers will comply strictly with the require- 
 ments of the regulations of their departments calling for the rendition 
 of their monthly returns five days after the expiration of each month; 
 and of quarter-yearly accounts twenty days after the expiration of 
 each quarter: and, where failing within three months after the expira- 
 tion of the quarter to make the proper returns, officers so failing shall 
 then be dropped from the rolls of the army. The onus of explaining 
 such default to the satisfaction of the President, with the view to res- 
 toration, shall in all cases rest entirely upon the party who may be so 
 dropped. 
 
 IV. .Commissaries and acting commissaries of subsistence of regi- 
 ments and battalions will, whenever pos6il)le, draw provisions on re- 
 turns according to forms No. 13 and 14 of the Subsistence Regula- 
 tions. Commissaries who draw stores in bulk can alone make sales to 
 officers. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Jnspector-Ueneral. 
 
 GENKK.tL ORDUKS, ) WAR DKl'ARTJIENT, 
 
 Y . Adjutant .\nd Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 .^^ No. 13. j Richmond, March 13, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress, and the regulations of the Secre- 
 tary of 'W^ar thereupon, with directions respecting damaged powder, 
 etc., are published for the information of the army : 
 
 An act to cgtablieh a uniform Bide of Naturalization for persons enlisted 
 in the armieti of the Confederate States of America. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. Tliat every 
 person not a citi/.uu of one of the Confederate States, engaged in the military ser- 
 vice of the said Coufoderate States, during the existing war against the United 
 States of America, shall thereby, and while in such service, be under the protec- 
 tion of the Confederate States, as fully as if he were a citizen thereof, the rights 
 of a citizen being to such e.xtent hereby conferred; and moreover, shall have the 
 right to lfccoir»o naturalized and to become a citizen of any one of the Confederate 
 states, and fhall thereby be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen 
 
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 of aaid state of the Confederate States, upon taking an oatli to support the consti- 
 tution of such state, and well and faithfully to servo the Confederate States of 
 America, to maintain and support the constitution and laws thereof, and to 
 renounce all allegiance and obedience to any foreign government, state, sover- 
 eignty, i)rince, or potentate, and particularly, by name, the govornmont, state, 
 sovereignty, prince, or potentate, of wliich he may be, or have been, a citizen or 
 subject, and stating which one of the Confederate States he intends to become a 
 citizen of. But if the state in which the said applicant shall have resi<led next 
 before his ajiplication shall afterward become a member of this Gonfedcr.acy, the 
 citizenship of said ajiplicant slulU reiuain it» Siiid state, at his election, notwith- 
 standing proceedings under this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. The oath proscribed in the preceding section may be made by all persons 
 below the rank of colonel before the colonel or commanding ofllcer of the regi- 
 ment to which such persons m.ay be attached ; and said oath may be made by 
 colonels, and all officers superior in rank to colonels, and by all persons enlisted 
 in the military service of the Confederate States not tttt.ached to regiments, before 
 any commissioned officer of the Confederate States of rank higher than that of 
 colonel. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to provide blank forms 
 of the oath required to be taken as aforesaid, and to cause the same to be distrib- 
 uted whenever necess.ary, and to make the regulations necessary for informing all 
 liersons now cng.-iged in the military service of the Confederate States of the 
 provisions of this act, and to cause all the oaths so taken as afores.aid to be 
 returned to the War department. And it sh.all be further the duty of the Sec- 
 retary of AV.ar to file for i-ecord, in tlie district court of the Confederate States for 
 tlie state and district where the capital may be situated, all the oaths so returned 
 to the War department as afores.aid. And it shall be the duty of the clerk of 
 said district court to record all oaths of naturalization filed with him as afore- 
 said, and to keep .an index of the same, for which service he shall be entitled 
 to a fee of twenty-five cents for each naturalization oatU, to be paid out of 
 the public tre.asnry, in the same manner as his other fees of ofBce. [Approved 
 August 22, ISOl.] 
 
 II.. Any person under the rank of colonel, eng.iged in tlio military 
 service of the Confederate States, and attached to a regiment, may 
 become a citizen of one of said states, by taking the following oath 
 before the colonel or commanding officer of the regiment to which he 
 is attached : 
 
 I, , do solomnlj' swear to support the constitntion of the State 
 
 of , of which said state I intend to become a citizen ; that I will 
 
 well and faithfullj' serve the Confederate States of America, and main- 
 tain an<l support the constitution and laws thereof; and that I do 
 renounce .all allegiance and obedience to any foreign government, st.atc, 
 sovereignly, prince, or potentate, and particularly all allegiance and 
 obedience to 
 
 Sworn to and sub?cribcd before mo, this day of , 186-, by 
 
 , who is attached to the regiment under my command. 
 
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 III. .The same oath must be taken by colonels, and officers superior 
 in rank to colonels, and also by all persons enlisted in the military ser- 
 vice of the Confederate States not attached to regiments, in order to 
 become citizens of any one of the Confederate States. In such cases, 
 the oath must be taken and subscribed before a commissioned officer of 
 the Confederate States, whose rank is higher than that of colonel, 
 whose certificate must show that such oath was taken by a colonel, or 
 by an officer superior in rank to a colonel, or by a person enlisted in 
 the military service of the Confederate States not attached to any 
 regiment. 
 
 IV.. Any oath taken as aforesaid shall be returned to the War 
 department by the officer before whom it is taken. 
 
 v.. Wastage of damaged powder and ammunition in camps and at 
 batteries having been reported, it is made the duty of officers in charge 
 thereof to turn it over to the nearest ordnance officer; or, he being 
 absent, to the quartermaster, who will forward it, with invoices of the 
 amount, to the ordnance officer at Richmond, Raleigh, Augusta, or 
 New Orleans, depending on their distance from those points respect- 
 ively. The same will be done with all unserviceable arms 
 
 By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and In$pector-Gencyal. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 14. ( Richmond, March 13, 1862. 
 
 General Robkrt E. Lue is assigned to duty at the seat of govern- 
 ment; and, under the direction of the President, is charged with the 
 conduct of military operations in the armies of the Confederacy. 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailpilaiit and fiispr.cior-Oevrraf. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 15. ) RiCBMOND, March 14. 186'2. 
 
 I. .The ft)llowiug proclamation is published for the information of 
 all concerned; 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 Hy virtue of the power vested in mo by law to declare the suspension of the 
 privilege of tlie writ of habeas corpus : 
 
 1. Jkfferson Davis. Presi^lcnt of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
 that martial law is hereby nxtondcrt over the counties of Elizabeth City, York, 
 Warwick, Gloucester, and Matthews ; and I do proclaim the suspension of all civil 
 jurisdiction (with the exception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of 
 the probate of wills, the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the 
 qualification of guardians, to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of 
 property, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and 
 to order the payment of county duos), and the suspension of the privilege of the 
 writ of habeas corpus, in the counties aforesaid. 
 
 7>i faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this four- 
 teenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
 [SEAl,.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II. .Major-General Magruder, commanding the Army of the Penin- 
 sula, is charged with the due execution of the foregoing proclamation, 
 lie will forthwith establish an efficient military police, and will enforce 
 the following orders : 
 
 III.. All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, 
 au<l the distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous 
 liijuors of any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale 
 thereof will be closed. 
 
 IV.. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: 
 jirovided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one mouth shall 
 be inflicted bj' the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
 by the f>7th Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A<lJHtn)it and Inspector-General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, -> IIEAU-QUARTERS, 
 
 No. 1. J RicnMOND, Va., March 20, 1862. 
 
 To avoid the danger, if not the certainty of frequent collisions, and 
 the consequent destruction of life and property, as well as obstruction 
 to .all transportation, it is absolutely necessary that the movements of 
 railroad trains should be under one jutdivided control. These consid- 
 erations make it imperative that all trains should be regulated in their 
 movements and speed only by their conductors and engineers, in ac- 
 cordance with the regulations and time tables of the company. All 
 the operations of a road should be controlled by its superintendent, or 
 other authorized officer ; and all orders for transportation of every 
 kind, and the movement of every train, will be directed through him, 
 when the exigencies of the service demand a variation from the regu- 
 lar schedule. Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with 
 disastrous consequences. 
 
 By order of General R. E. Lee. 
 
 W, H. TAYLOR, 
 Assistant Adjn'aut-G eneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 16. J Richmond, March 24, 1862. 
 
 All leaves of absence and furloughs, from whatever source obtained, 
 arc revoked; and officers and men absent from dut)', except on sur- 
 geon's certificate of disability, will return at once to their respective 
 commands. It is with extreme reluctance that the department adopts 
 a measure which deprives our patriotic soldiers of the relax.ation they 
 have so well earned; but the enemy presses on everj' side, and the 
 necessities of the service demand new illustrations of that noble self- 
 denial which has been so many times evinced since the commencement 
 of our struggle for independence. The furloughs of all who have 
 engaged for the war which are thus curtailed will be extended here- 
 after, when circumstances permit. But, judging from the past, no 
 fears are entertained of an unwilling response to this call. Those who 
 have so many times proved their devotion to their country, can not be 
 indifterent or backward in this hour of her greatest need ! 
 
 By order of the President. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjntcnit and Impfictnr-Gcncrul. 
 
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 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 Richmond, Va., 3f<trrh 26, 1862. 
 I. .Tho following regulations arc adopted in place of medical regula- 
 tions, paragraphs 2 to 6, inclusive, and general regulations, paragraphs 
 1151 to 1155, inclusive, and will be obeyed accordingly : 
 
 1. An army corps or military department will have a medical officer 
 assigned as medical director, who will have the general control of the 
 medical officers and hospital. 
 
 2. A division will have a medical officer assigned, on the recommen- 
 dation of the medical director, as chief surgeon; or the senior medi- 
 cal officer of the division, on the same recommendation, will be relieved 
 from regimental duty, and placed in general charge as chief surgeon 
 of division. 
 
 ."). A brigade will be under the general medical charge of the senior 
 surgeon of brigade, who will not be relieved from regimental duty. 
 
 4. Jlcdical directors, chief surgeons of divisions, and senior sur- 
 geons of brigades will inspect the hospitals of their commands, and 
 sec that the rules and regulations are euforced, .nnd the duties of tho 
 surgeons and assistant surgeons are properlj' performed. 
 
 5. They will examine the case books, prescription, and diet books, 
 and ascertain the nature of diseases which may have prevailed, and 
 their probable causes; recommend the best method of prevention, and 
 also make such suggestions relative to the situation, construction, and 
 economy of the hospitals, and to the police of the camps, as may ap- 
 pear necessary for the benefit and comfort of the sick, and the gooil of 
 the service. 
 
 1). Senior surgeons of brigades will receive the monthly reports of 
 sick and wounded (Form 1) rciiuirod from the medical officers, and 
 transmit them through I he chief surgeon of division to the medical 
 director. 
 
 7. The medical director will make to the surgeon - general a con- 
 solidated monthly report of the sick and wounded from the monthly 
 reports of the medical officers of the command. 
 
 t>. Chief surgeons of divisions and senior surgeons of brigades will 
 see that the quarterly reports of sick and wounded, and monthly 
 statements of hospital fund reiiuired from the medical officers are 
 transmitted to the surgeon-general. 
 
 9. Senior surgeons of brigades will make to the chief surgeons of 
 divisions, and chief surgeons of divisions will make to tho medical 
 director, monthly returns of the medical officers of their commands. 
 (Form 2.) 
 
 10. The medical director will make to the surgeon-general a monthly 
 • return of the medical officers of the command. 
 
1 1.. Medical officers heretofore styled medical directors who do not 
 come within the meaning of the first of the above regulations will b« 
 dcBigualed, as the case may be, in accordance with the second or third 
 regulation; and medical officers heretofore called brigade surgeons, if 
 not attached to regiments, will be assigned to regiments not provided 
 with surgeons. 
 
 ' GEO. W. RANDOLPH, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 >- Adjutant and Inspector-General's Okfice, 
 
 No. 17. J Richmond, March 27, 1862. 
 
 The following orders are published for the direction and guidance of 
 all concerned; 
 
 I.. Hereafter the rank and file of the army will not be permitted to 
 carry other side arms than those issued by the government, or such as 
 are approjjriate to their arm of service. All side arms now borne by 
 dismounted troops will be turned in to the Ordnance department, for 
 which a fair value will bo paid. 
 
 II.. All requisitions made upon the Ordn:ince department for a new 
 issue of arms, accoutrements, or equipments, must be accompanied by 
 evidence that such articles previously issued have been condemned by 
 a board of survey, and turned over to the nearest ordnance otficer, bo- 
 fore a new is.«ue can bo made. 
 
 III. .Oliicers, oiher than Uominanding (Jenorals, are prohibited from 
 sending oflicers to the seat of government for transaction of business 
 in person, as it may be done by correspondence. 
 
 IV.. All company commanders, commanding officers of battalions, 
 and other officers having charge of clothing, camp and garrison equi- 
 page, or other quartermaster's property, are required to make a return 
 of the same to the quartermaster -general at the expiration of each 
 quarter, showing the receipts and issues during the quarter, and the 
 balance on hand at the expiration of the quarter. This rule will also 
 be observed with regard to the returns required by the Ordnance de- 
 partment. 
 
 By conimiind of I ho Spcrctary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A'Jjnl<iiil it)id ln^p'vtor-<.lcHcrul.» 
 
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 GENERAL ORDBRS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb. 
 
 No. 18. J Richmond, March 29, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation is publisbed for tho information of 
 all concerned : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the s«s|ieii8ioii of the 
 privilege of the writ of habeas corpus: 
 
 I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate Stato.s of America, do proclaim 
 that martial law in hereby extended over the counties of Greonbriar. Pocahontas, 
 Bath, Alleghany, Monroe, Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, and Randolph; and 
 I do proclaim tho suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that 
 enabling tho courts to take cognizance of tlie probate i<{ wills, the adniinistration 
 of the estates of deceased i)ersons. the qualification of guardians, to enter ilecreos 
 and orders for the partition and stile of property, to m.ake orders concerning n-ads 
 and bridges to assess county levies, and to order the payment of county dues), and 
 the suspension of the writ of liaboas corpus in the counties aforesaid. 
 
 In/aitU xohe.reof, I have hereunto signed my name and sot my seal, this the 291 h 
 day of March, in the year one thous.and eight hundred .and sixty-two. 
 
 [SK.M..] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAA'IS. 
 
 II. .Brigadier-General IIexuv IIeth is charged with tlie due execu- 
 tion of the foregoing proclamation. He will forthwith cstablit:h an 
 efficient military police, and will enforce the following orders: 
 
 \\\ ilLslillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
 distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquor.s of 
 any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
 be closed. 
 
 III...V11 pcr.son.s infringing the above prohibition will sufter such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: pro- 
 rnled, that no senrcnce to hard labor for more than one month shall be 
 inflicted by the .sentence of a regimental court martial, n.s directed by 
 the 671h Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. rOOPEll, 
 Adjutant and Innprctor-Gencval. 
 
 (lENEKAL ORDERS,] WAR DEI'AUTMKNT. 
 
 > .\PJUTlVNT AND iNSPECTOR-tlfNT.RAI.'S OFMCK, 
 
 No. 19. ) KiCHMOND, ,<;>riY3 1SC2. 
 
 The following order is published for the infonnatioii of the army, 
 and the guidance of all eouecrncd in the subjects referred to : 
 
 Wdanter.rx niintervd out <>/ nervirr nu the ex/iiralion uf their If-riii. 
 1. .The r'llls for this purpom must contain "// llit ii'tnnn which have 
 
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 been borne on tlic previoua muster rolls, from the first, or the one 
 mustering into service, inclmling all who have died, been captured, dis- 
 charged, or have deserted, since the enrolment of the comi)an3', with 
 appropriate remarks opposite the name of each respectively. All ab- 
 sentees must be satisfactorily accounted for b}' explanations recorded 
 in the column of remarks. This roll, containing the information above 
 required, will be prepared and completed at tlic time that the com- 
 pany may be discharged, and be forwarded in duplicate by the officer 
 chargc<l with mustering it out of service direct to the .Adjutant and 
 Inspector- Oencrara office. War department — one endorsed "For the 
 Qiiarlcrniaslcr-Geueral." The roll will only vary from the ordinary 
 muster roll used for the payment of companies, by the addition of 
 the names of all who have died, been captured, discharged, or have 
 deserted, since the day of muster into service. 
 
 II.. Payments upon company rolls will be made, when practicable, 
 at the end of every two (2) months — as Januarj^ and February, March 
 and April, etc. In no instance must a company be paid to a date 
 including a fractional portion of a month, unless discharged. 
 
 III. . .l>ri;;adc commanilcrs (where this shall not have been done by 
 the Commanding General of the army with which they may be serving) 
 will designate some officer of the brigade to muster his command upon 
 the last du3' of every month, to examine and verify the muster rolls, 
 to sec that they conform in all respects to the requirements of printed 
 notes thereupon; and to transmit, after such examination and signing 
 of the said rolls by him, one copy thereof for each company to the 
 Afljutant and Inspector -General; two copies of the mualvr and ]}at/ 
 ridtK to the Brigade Quartermaster, upon which to-make his estimates 
 for p.iynient of the troops; and a third copy of the muster and pay 
 rolli to the captain or commanding officer of the company, for the tiles 
 of the company. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjniant and Inspector- Geueral. 
 
 OKNKKAL ORDEUS.) WAR DKPAUTMRNT, 
 
 V Adjutant and iNsriiCTon-OENKKAL's Office, 
 
 No. '.'O. j KiciiMOXD, Jpril, h, 18C2. 
 
 I.. From this date no authority will be granted by this department 
 to raise now companies, battalions, or reu;inients, except upon applica- 
 tion, approved by the (general commanding the military department in 
 
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 which the services of sudi cdrps are siicoially required, and by the 
 governor of the state in whieh it is proposed to raise the corps, if the 
 quota of such slate has not been already mustered into service. 
 
 ir. .To insure a proper degree of deliberation and accuracy of firo, 
 it is enjoined upon all officers cominaudiug batteries of heavy guns, 
 that, habitually, no gun shall be fired oftener than once in live minutes, 
 except under extreme urgency. 
 
 III.. The attention of the army is called to the regulations upon the 
 subject of corrcsp.ondencc, which point out the channels through which 
 communications should be made in the ascending line. Letters and 
 communications outside of this channel will not receive attention. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ai^Jiiianl and Inspector-General . 
 
 GENERAIi ORDERg. ) WAR DEPARTMEXT. 
 
 ■ [■ AWDTANT AND INSPECTOR-OEWERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 21. I Richmond, April 8, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation is published for the information of 
 all concerned : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 By virtue of the power vested in mo by law to declare the suspension of the 
 privilege of the writ of habeas corpus : 
 
 I, Jefferson Davis, I'resident of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
 that martial law is hereby extended over the Department of East Tennessee, 
 under the command of Major-General E. K Smith; aud I do proclaim the sus- 
 pension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that enabling the courts to 
 take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration of tho estates of de- 
 ceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to enter decrees and wdcrs for tho 
 partition and s.ale of property, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to 
 assess county levies, and to order the payment of county dues), aud tho suspension 
 of the writ of habeas corpus, in the department afoiesaid. 
 
 rn faith xvhcrenf. I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this eighth 
 day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 [SEAL.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II. .Major-General E. K. Smith, commanding the Department of 
 East Tennessee, is charged with the due execution of the foregoing 
 proclamation. He will forthwith establish an etfieieut military police, 
 and will enforce the following orders : 
 
 All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
 distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
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 any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
 be closod. 
 
 III.. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial; pro- 
 vided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall be 
 inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed by 
 the 67 th Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTJIENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Otficb, 
 
 No. 22. ) KlcnMOND, April 9, 1862. 
 
 The following regulations are published for the guidance of recruit- 
 ing officers: ^ 
 
 1. The muster roll is the certificate of enlistment. No other blanks 
 are furnished. 
 
 2. The muster roll must Ije'sent to, or deposited in, the office of the 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General in Richmond. The recruiting officer 
 will retain in his possession (to be deposited with the records of his 
 company) a duplicate of this muster roll. 
 
 3. A certified copy of this muster roll, duly receipted, will bo a proper 
 voucher for the expenditure of the liounty money. 
 
 4. The accounts for the settlement of the bounty money will be 
 handed in, or sent to tho Quartermaster-General's office. All balances 
 of this fund will bo turned over to an officer of tho Quartermaster's 
 department. 
 
 5. Accounts for tho settlement of tho contingent fund of the recruit- 
 ing service will be sent to, or handed in to the superintendent of the 
 recruiting service. 
 
 6. Officers will be careful not to confound this account with the 
 bounty money. Each fund is to be accounted for separately. 
 
 7. Officers on recruiting service are entitled to commutation of fuel 
 and quarters, at the monthly rate of $9 per room, and wood at the 
 
 ■ market price of tho locality where they are recruiting. 
 
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 8. Sergeants and privates, when ordered on the recruiting service 
 arc entitled to seventy-five cents a day from the time of leaving their 
 companies, as comiuutation for their quarters and subsistence. 
 
 9. Recruits will be allowed seventy-five cents a day each as commu- 
 tation for quarters and subsistence from the date of enlistment to the 
 day of joining their companies, or until subsistence is furnished in 
 kind. This allowance will be paid from the contingent fund in the 
 hands of the recruiting officers. 
 
 10. Tran.'portation will be furnished on rnilroads bj' the Quarter- 
 master's department; and agents on the road have been instructed to 
 forward parties of recruits on the certificate or requisition of recruiting 
 officers. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A'ljutaut and luspector-Gcneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS.^ HEAD-QUARTERS, 
 
 • No. 2. j Richmond, April 11, 1862. 
 
 As it is of the greatest importance to the country that the mails 
 should be transmitted with regularity and promptness, it is ordered 
 that, whenever the exigencies of the service render it necessary to use 
 the mail trains for the transportation of troops and military supplies, 
 the ofiicer directing the movement will give orders to have the mail car 
 attached to the train and carried on its proper route, or at least to the 
 point where it may become necessary to stop or divert the transporta- 
 tion train. 
 
 By order of General Lke. 
 
 T. A. WASHINGTON, 
 * Major and A. A. 0. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Y Adjutant A^fD Instectok-Gkneral's Ofpici, 
 
 No. 23. ) Richmond, April 15, 1862. 
 
 Parties who have been authorized by the War department to raise 
 troops in Texas arc prohibited from enlisting or receiving twelve 
 niontb.' men; and all authority heretofore granted by thi.- government 
 
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 to raise trunps in any stiitc is hereby revokefl, unlesg the organizalion 
 is completed and the muster rolls returucl to this ofiRcc within sixty 
 days from the date of this order. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. "j WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 V APJUTANT and lNSP£CTOR-GENl;RAt"S OFFICE,. 
 
 No. 24. j RiCHMONi). Jpril 16. 1S62. 
 
 I.. All officers assigned to ordnance duty with troops in the field 
 will be reported to the Adjutant and Inspector-General of the army, 
 and will report by letter to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau in Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 II.. Every General in command of an army corps will, if iio officer 
 is assigned to his army for the purpose, fiesign ate an officer for ord- 
 nance duty as "Chief of Ordnance" of that army, who shall, while on 
 such duty, if of inferior grade in the Confederate army, he entitled to 
 the rank and pay of major of artillery. 
 
 III.. Every Major-Gencral in command of a division, or Brigadier- 
 General whose brigade constitutes a separate command, will, under 
 like circumstances, designate an officer for ordnance duty as ''division 
 ordnance officer" (or "brigade ordnance officer," if the brigade consti- 
 tutes a separate command), who shall, if a subaltern in the Confederate 
 army, have the rank and pay of a captain of artillery. 
 
 IV.. Officers so appointed shall be selected on account of fitness for 
 ordnance duties, and shall be considered as attached to the Ordnance 
 bureau, and will not .be changed except by authority obtained from 
 the head-quarters of the army, through the Chief of the Bureau of 
 ordnance. 
 
 v.. Every commanding officer of a regiment will select from the 
 non-commissioned officers of the regiment the one best qualified for 
 the duty of ordnance sergeant, and will appoint him .acting ordnance 
 sergeant. Such non-commissioned officer will have charge of all the 
 surplus ordnance stores of the regiment, and will make i-eturus of the 
 same to the Ordnance bureau. The arms and accoutrements of the 
 sick and disabled of the regiment will be turned over to and bo ac- 
 counted for by him. He will exercise supervision over the arais and 
 ammunition in the hands of the men, and report any waste or damage 
 
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 to the (.livisiiou onluauce officer through the colonel of the regiment. 
 All sucli appointments will be reported through the gt^neral head- 
 quarters to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau. 
 
 VI.. The " Chief of Ordnance" of an army will require reports 
 montlily, or oftener, from "division ordnance officers," and will be 
 responsible for the supply of ordnance and ordnance stores with the 
 army to which it is attached. 
 
 VII.. The division ordnance oflScers will make reports monthly, or 
 oftener, if required, to the " Chief of Ordnance " of the army to which 
 the division belongs. They will be responsible for all ordnance stores 
 with the division not in the hands of the troops, and make returns 
 thereof to the Bureau of ordnanee. 
 
 VIII. .Chiefs of ordnance of armies and all ordnance officers in the 
 field are attached to the staffs of their respective commands, but will 
 nevertheless conform to such orders and instructions received from the 
 Chief of the Bureau of ordnance in relation to the execution of their 
 appropriate duties as do not interfere witii the orders of the command- 
 ing officers in the field. 
 
 IX.. It is especially enjoined on all officers of ordnance to prevent 
 waste of small arms and field ammunition in the hands of troops, and 
 to cause unserviceable ammunition to be sent off to the nearest ord- 
 nance depot. Arms, accoutrements, and equipments which can not be 
 repaired in the field will in like manner be forwarded for immediate 
 repairs. 
 
 X. .Ordnance officers serving on the staffs of Generals commanding 
 will not enter into contracts for or purchase ordnance supplies, except 
 in case of necessity, on the authority of the General, which must be 
 attached to the contract or account for such purchase. The exigency 
 requiring the contract or purchase will also be stated therein. , 
 
 By command of the Secretary of Wax. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjnldul and fiispector-General, 
 
 OKNEHAI. OKPIORS. ) WAH DEPARTMENT. 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspkctok-Qeneral's Offick, 
 
 No. Jfi. ) llicHMOND, April 18, 1862. 
 
 I.. At a General Court Martial, convened at Galveston, Texas, by 
 (ileneral Orders, No. 17. of November 14, 1861, from the Ilead-quarfers, 
 
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 Department of Texas, whereof Miijur Frbderick Tate, Nichols' regi- 
 ment, was President, was arraigned and tried Captain Win. T. Mechlimj, 
 P. A. C. S., on the folliiwing charge and specification: 
 
 Ckaroh. 
 
 Breach of ArreM. 
 Specification...ln this; 'That Captain Wm. T. Mechlitig, V. A.C. S., while under 
 arrest, by confinement to the limits of his camp, viz : Camp Eilward Clark, did 
 break his arrest by drilling the company under his command." All this at Camp 
 Kdward Clark, near San Antonio, Texas, on or about the 30tli day of October, 
 A. D. 1861. 
 
 FlNDINQS AND SENTENCE OF THK COURT. 
 
 The court finds the accused. Captain Wm. T. Mechling, P. A. C. S.. as follows : 
 Of the Specification, guilty; of the Charge, (;jtt7<y; and sentences him "to be 
 cashiered." 
 
 II.. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
 the Sccretarj' of War, were by him laid before the President, by whom 
 they are approved. Captain "Wm. T. Mechling, P. A. C. S., accordingly 
 ceases to bo an officer of the C. S. army from this date. 
 
 III.. The General Court Martial of which Major FnEDEUTCK Tate 
 was President is dissolved. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Oeueral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,-) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y ArJtJTANT AND Inspectoh-General's Ofpicis, 
 
 No. 26. ) RiOUMOND, April 19, 1862. 
 
 I. .It is made the duty of commanding officers of companies to sign 
 wilih their own proper signatures all muster rolls of their companies, 
 all final statements, certificates of disability, and descriptive lists. 
 That power is not to bo delegated to nor exercised by any other person. 
 Soldiers' discharges will be signed by commanding oflScers of regi- 
 ments or commands to which their companies belong. Great confu- 
 sion daily arises from the constant pursual of a different course. Sick, 
 disabled, and discharged soldiers are very often unable to obtain their 
 pay, the discrepancy of signatures rendering it impossible for this 
 department to verify the same. 
 
 II.. Attention is called to paragraph 1066, Army Ilegulations, which 
 provides that "as far as practicable, oflScers are to draw their pay from 
 
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 the quartermaster of tho district where thoy maj' be on duty." Here- 
 after, no payment will be made to an olficer- on separate pay account 
 by any other than tho quartermaster of tho post or regiment to which 
 the officer may belong, except he be absent from his station under 
 orders, on leave, or on account of sickness, and then only from the 
 first of tho month during which such abseuco occurs to its termination, 
 and for such subsequent full month, or months, as ho may continue to 
 be detached from his regular station, unless he furnish satisfactory 
 evidence that payment could not be made before leaving. 
 
 By order of tho Socretftry of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Iiupector-Gtneral. 
 
 GENERAL OllDKRS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Y Adjutant and Inspector-General's Ofpicb, 
 
 No. 27. J . Richmond, April 24, 18G2. 
 
 I.. At a General Court Martial, convened at Norfolk, Virginia, by 
 Special Orders, No. 15, 1862, from the Adjutant aud Inspector-General's 
 office, Richmond, whereof Col. D. A. AVeisigeb, 12th Virginia volun- 
 teers, is President, was arraigned and tried Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. 
 Bradford, 3d battalion Louisiana volunteers, on the following charges : 
 [The Specifications being lengthy and minute are omitted in this 
 order.] 
 
 CUARQE I. 
 
 Conduct jirejudjcjal to good order and military discipline. 
 
 CuARQE 11. 
 
 Contemptuous and disrespectful behavior loxoard his commanding officer, in viola- 
 tion of the 6th Article of War. 
 
 CllAROE III. 
 
 Drunkenness on dut>/. in violation of the 45</i Article of War. 
 
 CUARGE IV. 
 
 Disobedience of orders, in violation of the 9th Article of War. 
 
 Findings and Sentence op THE-ConnT. 
 
 Tlio court finds tlio accused. LisutojiantColoncl C. M. Bradford, 3d battalion 
 Louisiana volunteers, as follows : 
 
 Of the 1st SpecJficulioii. Ist Charge, guilty. Of tbe 2d Specification, 1st Charge, 
 guilty, with tlie exceptiuli of the words '•was druttk and.'' Of tho 3d Spcciflcation, 
 
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 lit Charge, guilty. Of the Ist Cliaige, yuill;/. Of the Specifleation of the 2d 
 Charge, ffttiUi/. with the exception of the words " contemptuotis. inmlUng. and ^ 
 insubordinate." Of the 2d Charge, guiU'j, with tlie exceptiou of the words " con- 
 Umptuous and.'' [Here there is probably an omission in the record.] Of the Speci- 
 ficatioD of the 3d Charge, not t/iiiKi/. Of the 3d Charge, not guilty. Of the Speci- 
 fication of the 4tli Charge, not guilty. Of the 4tli Charge, not guilty. 
 
 And the court does, therefore, sentence tlie said Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Brad- 
 fordjZiX battalion Louisiana to' unteers, to be suspended from his rank and com- 
 mand, and forfeit his pay for six months, and to be reprimanded in General 
 Orders by the Secretary of War. 
 
 II.. The proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing 
 case have been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him laid 
 before the President, by whom they are approved. Lieutenant-Colonel 
 C. M. Bradford, 3d Louisiana volunteers, is therefore suspended from 
 rank and command, and from all pay, for six months from this date. 
 The offence of which Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford has been found 
 guiltj' could at no time be considered trivial; but it especially merits 
 rebuke in an officer of any army called into active service under circum- 
 stances and at a period when both the spirit and example of obedience 
 in all who compose it are of the highest importance. An army can not 
 exist even in peace without a proper observance of military decorum 
 and discipline ; and if in the day of strife and battle officers, in whom 
 "especial trust and confidence" are reposed, forget their obligations, 
 arid become obnoxious to charges " prejudicial to good order," the men 
 of their command will hardly profit by the example, or be disposed to 
 a better course of conduct. In releasing Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford 
 from his arrest, the department indulges the hope that when he shall 
 again return to duty he will be prepared to sustain by his future course 
 the good reputation and discipline of the service. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Ins'pector-Qeneral. 
 
 GKNERAL ORDERS, 1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspectob-Genbral's Office. 
 
 No. 28. ■ I Richmond, April 25, 1862. 
 
 A court of inquiry having assembled at Bichmond, pursuant to 
 Special Orders, No. 81, April 9, 1862, from the Adjutant and Inspector- 
 (ionoral's office, to examine " into the causes of the arrest of John 
 Minor Dotti, and to report the facts in reference thereto, and whether, 
 iu the opinion of the court, it is compatible with the public safety to 
 disoharge" the said John Minor Botis ; and the court having made 
 
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 such examination, and reporU'd (lie result, with the evidence taken in 
 the ease, to the Secretary of War, the following arc his decision and 
 orders thereupon : 
 
 The Secretary of War, having consklcred the record of tlic examination iji tlie 
 case of John Minor Boitu, ami tlie report of Brigadier-General .A. W. M'iiidcr, ajt to 
 tlie practicability of coufinins him to his house and premises, iii the manner 
 recommended by the.coiu't of inquiry, directs that ho be discharged from am- 
 linement on his delivering to General 'Grinder a written parole of honor to th« 
 following oftect : 
 
 That, until otherwise permitted by the department, he will sojourn in Lynch- 
 burg, Danvill*. or Raleigh, or in such other place in the interior as may be selected 
 by himself, with the consent of the department; that ho will proceed, without 
 luinecessary delay, to the place of his sojourn: that he will not depart therefrom, 
 or go more than five miles from bis residence; and that while on parole he will do 
 nothing to the injury of the Confederate government, nor express any opinion 
 tending to impair the confidAice of tha people in the capacity of the Confederate 
 States to achieve their independence. 
 
 Mr. Bolls' family will receive passports to join him, if desired. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, ' 
 Ad/'Kldiil utid luKpector-Gvncvdl. 
 
 GENERAL OKDERS.) WAR nEPAHTMENT, 
 
 Y .Adjutant and >nsi>kctoii-Gknerai,'s Officr. 
 
 ■No. 29. j Richmond, /!;))•« 2C. 1862. 
 
 r..The followinj^ regulations concerning substitutes in the army are 
 published by direction of the Secretarj' of War: 
 
 1. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier not indebted to the government who 
 wishes to procure a substitute, may obtain from his captain a permit for the pri)- 
 posed substitnte to report himself at the camp of the company for examination; 
 and such permit shall operate as a passport, but shall not entitle the holder to 
 transixirtation at the expense of the government. 
 
 2. If the substitute be exempt from military duty, and on cx.amination by a 
 surgeon or assistant surgeon of the army be pronounced sound, and in all respects 
 fit for military service, he shall be enrolled and mustered into service for three 
 years, unless the war sooner <ermina)jp^, and the nou-commissioiied officer or sol- 
 dier procuring him shall thereupon be discharged, but shall not be entitled to 
 transportation at the expense of the government; 
 
 3. If a non-commissioned officer or soldier, discharged by reason of a substitute, 
 bo indebted to the goveriflni-Mt. the olficer granting the discharge shall be liable 
 lor the debt. 
 
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 4. All pay anil allowances due to the non-coinmissioncd ofiiccr or Bolilier dis- 
 cbargcd Bhall go to the substitute at the next pay-day. 
 
 &. Substitution shall not exceed one per month in each company, synd shall lie 
 noted in tlie next morning report, muster roll, and monthly return. 
 
 II.. When any person liable to military duty under the act of Con- 
 gross, but uot mustered into service iu any company, desires to furnish 
 a substitute, he shall report him.self Avilh the substitute to the com- 
 mandant of a camp of instruction for recruits raised under the said 
 act; and, if the substitute be lawfully exempt from military duty, and 
 on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgeon be pronounced sound 
 and in all respects fit for military service, ho may be accepted and en- 
 rolled, and the person furnishing such substitute may be discharged by 
 the commandant of the camp. But no substitute shall be entitled to 
 transportation or other allowance at the expense of the government 
 until so accepted and enrolled. 
 
 III.. On the reorganization of new companies from companies al- 
 ready in service, and the election consequent thereon of officers accord- 
 ing to existing laws, the commissions of such of the officers of former 
 companies as may not be re-elected will necessarily expire, and they 
 will cease to be in service from the date of reorganization and election. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 30. ) Richmond, Aiml 28, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following acts having passed both houses of Congress, were 
 duly approved by the President, and are now published for the infor- 
 mation of the army : 
 
 An act to organize hands of Partisan Rangers. 
 
 Sue. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That tho 
 President bo and ho is hereby authorized to commission such officers as he may 
 deem proper, with authority to form bands of ' partisan rangers, in companies, 
 battalions, or regiments, either as infantry or cavalry— the companies, battalions, 
 or regiments to be composed, each, of such numbers as the President may ap- 
 prove. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be U further enacted, That such partisan rangers after being regularly 
 rocoivcd into the service shall be entitled to the same pay, rations, and quarters 
 
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 during their torin of service, and bo subject to the same regulations as otlier 
 soldiers. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, Tliat for any arms and ninnitions of war captured 
 from the enemy by any body of partisan rangers, and delivered to any ijuarter- 
 ma,Mter at such place or places as may be designated by a Comniaudiug General, 
 the rangers shall bo paid their full value, in such manner as the Secretary of War 
 may prescribe. [Approved April 21, 1862.J 
 
 An act to' further provide for the puhlic defence. 
 
 In view of tho exigencies of tho country, and the absolute necessity of keeping 
 in the service our gallant army, and of placing in the field a largo additional 
 force to moot tho advancing columns of tlic enemy now invading oiu- soil : There- 
 fore, 
 
 Sec. l-37ic Omgrcss of the Omfedcralc States of America do enact. That the I'rea- 
 iilcnt be and ho is hereby authorized to call out and place in the military service of 
 the Confederate States, for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, 
 all white men who are residents of the Confoderato States, between the ages of 
 eighteen and thirty-five years at tho time the call or calls may bo made, who are 
 not legally exempted from military service. All of the persons aforesaid who are 
 now in the armies of tho Confederacy, and whose terms of service will expire 
 before tho end of ihe war, shall bo continued in the service for three years from 
 tho date of their original enlistment, unless tho war shall have been sooner ended ; 
 provided, however, that all such comjianies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments 
 whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, sliall have the right, 
 within forty days, on a day to be fi.\ed by tlie commander of the brigade, to ro- 
 org-.inize said companies, battalions, and regiments, by electing all their officers 
 which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall bo commissioned by tho 
 President: proviilcd, further, tliat furloughs not exceeding si.\ty days, with trans- 
 portation home and back, sh.all be granted to all those retained in tho service by 
 the provisions of this .ict beyond tho period of their original enlistment, and who 
 have not heretofore received furloughs under the provisions of .an ,act entitled "an 
 act providing for tho granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and noncom- 
 missioned officers in the provisional army.' approved lltli December, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one; said furloughs to bo granted at such times and in such 
 numbers as tho Secret.ary of War may deem most compatible with the public in- 
 terest: and provided, further, that, in lieu of a furlough, the commutation valu« in 
 money of the transportation herein above granted shall be paid to each private, 
 musician, or non-commissioned officer who may elect* to receive it, at such time as 
 the furlough would otherwise be granted : provided, further, that all persons under 
 the .ago of eighteen years or over tho ago of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled 
 in tho milit.ary service of tho Confederate States, in the regiments, squadrons, bat- 
 talions, and companies here.ifter to be reorganized, shall be required to remain in 
 their respective companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, 
 unless their places can bo sooner supplied by other recruits not now in the service, 
 who are between tho ages of eighteen and thirty-five years. And all laws and 
 pjirts of laws providing for the re-enlistment of volunteers and the organization 
 thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall bo and the same 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sscr 2. Be it further enacled. That such companies, squadrons, battalions, or 
 
regiiiR'iits urbanized or in process of oiganization by mithoritj' from tlie Secretary 
 of War. as uiay be withiu thirty days from the passage of tl»is act so far com- 
 pleted as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actually 
 enrolled, not embracing in said organizations any persons nowin service, shall be 
 mustered into the service of the_Confederate States as part of the laud forces of the 
 same; to be received, in that arm of the service in which they are authorized to 
 organize; and shall elect their cojnpany, battalion; and regimental officers. 
 
 SlvC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the enrolment of all persons compre- 
 hended within the provisions of thi.s act, who are not already in service in the 
 armies of the Confederate States, it sliall bo lawful for the President, with the coji- 
 sent of the governors of the respective states, to employ state officers ; and, on 
 failure to obtain such consent, ho shall emjiloy Confederate officers, charged with 
 the duty of making such enrolment in .iccordaneo with rules and regulations to 
 be proscribed by him. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled imder the provisions of the 
 preceding section, shall be assigned by the Secretary of War to the different com- 
 panies now in service, until each comi)any is filled to its maximum number, and 
 the persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the states from which 
 they respectively come. 
 
 Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land 
 forces of the Confederate States, enrolled under the provisions of this act, may, on 
 application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to 
 the naval service. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be U further enacted. That in all cases where a state may not have in 
 the army a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons, or comijanies sufficient to 
 absorb the number of persons subject to military service under this act, belonging 
 to such state, then the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under 
 such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War, and that at stated 
 periods of not greater than three months, details, determined by lot, shall be made 
 from said reserve, so that each company shall, as nearly as i)racticable, be kept 
 full: provided, that the persons held in reserve may remain at home until called 
 into service by the President: provided, also, that during their stay at home they 
 shall not receive pay: provided furthe.r, that the persons comprehended in this 
 act shall not be subject to the Rules and Articles of War until mustered into the 
 actual service of the Confederate States; except that said persons, when enrolled 
 and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of them 
 shall be held to be a deserter, and puui^ied as such under said Articles: provided 
 furtlier, that whenever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies of the 
 public sci-vice may require it, he shall be authorised to call into actual service the 
 entire reserve, or so much as may be necessary, not pi'oviously assigned to differ- 
 ent companies in service under provision of section four of this act. Said reserve 
 shall be organized under such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt: provided, 
 the company, Dattalion, and regimental officers shall be elected by the troops 
 composing the same : provided, the troops raised in any one state shall not be com- 
 bined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organization with troops in 
 any other states. 
 
 Skc. 7. Beit further enacted, That all soldiers now servnig in the army or mus- 
 tered in the military service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in »aid service 
 under the authorizations heretofore i.isued by the Secretary of War, and who are 
 
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 coiitimioil ill tlic service by virtue of this act, wlio liavo not iccoived the Ivmiity of 
 fifty rlollars nllowed by existing laws, shall be entitled to receive Raid bounty. 
 
 Sec. 8. lie. it furlher exacted. That each man who inaj hereafter be mustered 
 into the service, and who shall .arm himself with a musket, shot-gun, riHe, or car- 
 bine, accepterl as an efficient weapon, shall bo paid the value thereof, to be ascer- 
 tained by the mustering officer, under such regulations as m.ay be jirescribcd by 
 the Sccret.avy of War, if he is willing to sell the sanio; and if he is not, then ho 
 sli.all be entitled to receive one dollar a luonth fur the use of said received and 
 approved musket, rifle, shot-gun, or carbine. 
 
 8ec. 9. Be it further enactfd. That pei-sons not liable for duty may be received 
 as substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
 the .Secretary of \Var. 
 
 Skc. 10. Be it further enaci-eil. That all vacancies shall be filled by the President 
 from the company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which such vacancies shall 
 occur, b.vipromotion according to seniority, except in ca.scs of disability or other 
 incompetency : provided, however, that the President may, when in his opinion it 
 maj' be proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies by the promotion of .any officer, or 
 officers, or private or privates from such company, battalion, squadron, or regiment 
 who shall have been distinguished in the service by exhibition of valor and skill, 
 .ind tliat whenever a vacancy sliall occur in the lowest grade of the commissioned 
 cfliccrs of a company said vacancy shall be filled by election : provided, that all 
 appoiutnient.s made by the President shall be by and with the advice and consent 
 of the Senate, 
 
 Sec. 11. Be it further enacted. That the i)rovisions of the first section of this act. 
 relating to the election of officers, shall apply to those regiments, battalions, and 
 squadrons which are composed of twelve months and war companies combined in 
 the same organiz,ation, without regard to the manner in which the officers thereof 
 were originally appointed. 
 
 Sec. 12. J}c it further enacted, That each compaii}' of infantry shall consist of 
 one hundred and twenty-five, rank and file; each company of field artillery of one 
 hundred and fifty, rank and file: and each of cavalry, of eighty, rank and file. 
 
 Sec. 13. Be it further enacted. That all persons subject to enrolment, who are 
 not now in the service under the provisions of this act. shall be permitted, pre- 
 vious to such enrolment, to volunteer in companies now in the service. (Approved 
 April 16. 1862.] 
 
 II. — Enrolment and Dispo.sition or Rkcruit.s. 
 
 1. Au officer not below the rank of major will be detailed for each 
 state, to take charge of the enrolment, mustering in, subsistence, trans- 
 portation, and disposition of the recruits raised under the above act. 
 
 2. Application will be made immediately to the governors of the sev- 
 eral states for permission to employ state otficers for said enrolment; 
 and in case such permission be not granted, officers of the army will 
 be selected by the department to perform that duty, under such regula- 
 tions as may be prescribed. When state. officers are employed, the regu- 
 lations of the respective states in regard to military enrolment will be 
 observed as far as applicable. 
 
 3. The enrolled mc-n in each state will be collected in camps of in- 
 
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 struction by the ofTiccrs in command of the recruits, the sai<l camps 
 to bo selected with reference to health and the facilities for obtaining 
 subsistence and transportation. The number of these cauii)s shall not 
 exceed two in each state, without authority from the department; and 
 to each will be alloAvcd a quartermaster and a commissary. 
 
 4. The commaudants of the camps of instruction in the several states 
 will call upon the (icnerals commanding the military departments in 
 which their camps may be situated for competent drill officers to instruct 
 the recruits, and will prepare them for the field as rapidly as possible. 
 They will cause them to be promptly vaccinated; and, in ordering them 
 to (he field, will, as far as practicable, prefer those who have passed 
 through the usual camp diseases. They will establish hospitals in 
 connection with their camps, and make rccpiisition for such medical 
 attendance and stores as may be required. 
 
 5. The commandants of regiments, battalions, squadrons, .and unat- 
 tached companies in service on the 16th instant will send copies of 
 their muster rolls to the commandants of the proper camps of instruction 
 in their respective states, with officers to take charge of such recruits as 
 may be furnished to said corps. The said commandants will apportion 
 the recruits among such corps, in proportion to the deficiency of each, 
 except when otherwise especially directed by the department, allotting, 
 as far as practicable, to each such corps the men from the regions of 
 country in which it has been raised. They will from time to time send 
 off such bodies of recruits as arp ready for the field, and will report 
 on the first Monday of every month to the department the number of 
 recruits in camp, their condition, the number sent off during the month, 
 and the regiments and corps to which they wore sent. 
 
 6. The commaudants of regiments and corps will distribute the re- 
 cruits among their several companies; and iu such as have not the number 
 of companips allowed by law to a regiment, the said commandants may 
 organize the reiiuired number of .now companies, after first filling up 
 the existing companies to the minimum numbers required by law; that 
 is to say, for each company of infantry, sixty-four privates ; of cavalry, 
 sixty privates; of artillery, seventy privates. 
 
 7. The recruits will be apportioned among the several arms of service 
 according to their respective wdnts, consulting, as far as practicable, 
 the preference of the men. Where a greater number offer for a partiou- 
 lar arm than can bo assigned to it, the distribution will bo determined 
 by lot; but recruits for the cavalry will only be taken from those who 
 furnish their own horses. 
 
 III. — VOLUNTKEIIS FOR EXISTIKO CoUPg. 
 
 S I'.Tsiiiis liable to military service under the above act, not in fcr 
 
:«) 
 
 vice on the IGth of April, and wishing to volunteer in any particular 
 oompiin.v in the Oonfederato service on the 16th day of April, may 
 report themselves, prior to their enrolment, at a camp of instruction 
 within their respective states, where they will be enrolled, prepared -for 
 the field, and sent to the said company, until the same shall be filled up. 
 
 9. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with the permission of the 
 Generals commanding military departments, tiy the commandants of 
 regiments and corps, and sent to their respective states for the purpose 
 of receiving for such regiments and corps, in conformity with recruiting 
 regulations heretofore adopted (General Orders, No. 6), all volunteers 
 desiring to join them. Such volunteers may be assembled at the camps 
 of instruction iu their respective states, prepared for the field, and sent 
 to their respective regiments and corps, until the same shall be filled 
 up ; or, if read}' for the field, may be ordered directly to their corps by 
 the officer so recruiting them. 
 
 IV. — Volunteer Corps heretofore authorized. 
 
 10. Persons liable to military service under this act, and not in 
 service on the 16th day of April, may, until the 17th day of May next, 
 volunteer in corps heretofore authorized to be raised by the Secretary 
 of War, or by the executive of any state, as part of the quota thereof, 
 in pursuance of a call made upon such state by the President. Persons 
 authorized to raise such corps, who may not on that day have the 
 necessary number of men enrolled and mustered into service, according 
 to the terms of their authority, will proceed with their men to a camp 
 of instruction in their respective states, and will deliver their muster 
 rolls to the commandant thereof. 
 
 11. The commandants of such corps as are completed on or before 
 the 17th day of May, and not otherwise ordered, will report to the 
 commandants of the recruits of their respective states, and with their 
 corps will bo placed by him in a camp of instruction, and reported 
 immediately to the department. Such corps will be under the com- 
 mand of the commandants of recruits in their respective states, and 
 will be prepared for the field in like manner with the recruits, until 
 removed from the camp. They will only be moved under orders from 
 the department, from the Commanding General of the armj', or, in 
 urgent cases, from the Commanding Gcuer.al of the military depart- 
 ment in which the camps may be situated; and, in such cases, report 
 Avill immediately bo made to the department by the officer in command 
 of the camp. 
 
 V. — Abditional Corps. Guerilla Service. 
 12 Uiilc r tbf |iiiiliiliiii<iii nf this act against the organization of new 
 
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 Corps, no further authority for tliat jnirpose can be given, except that 
 specially provided for in the act of Congress, entitled "an act to organ- 
 ize bands of partisan rangers." For this latter purpose application 
 must be made through the Commanding Generals of the military 
 departments in which the said corps are to be employed. 
 
 VI. — Reorgaijization of Twelvu Months Corps. 
 13.- All regiments, battalions, .squadrons, and companies of twelve 
 months volunteers will reorganize within forty days from the 16th of 
 April, by electing all their officers which they had a right heretofore to 
 elect, and on such days as the brigade commander may prescribe ; and 
 the said brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fix and announce 
 the ddy for sucTi reorganization as soon as practicable. No person who 
 is to be discharged under the provisions of the act will take part in 
 such election. 
 
 14. The form of holding and certifying the elections will bo in con- 
 formity with the laws of the state from which the men, or the major 
 part thereof, may come; and when the election of field officers is to be 
 made by company officers, the latter will be first elected. All certifi- 
 cates of election will be returned to the Adjutant-lieneral's office, and 
 the officers will be commissioned by the President. They will, how- 
 ever, on receiving a copy of the certificate of election, immediately 
 enter upon duty. Officers not re-elected will be relieved from duty, 
 and the brigade commander will return their names to the department. 
 
 VII.^ — Coups eaised for Local Defence. 
 
 15. Corps raised for local defence will retain their organization during 
 the term of such enlistment, unless previously disbanded ; but men^bers 
 of such corps may volunteer into corps for general service, as heroin 
 above provided. 
 
 VIII. — Discharges. 
 10. When any companj now in servile for twelve months shall, 
 before the 16th day of July ne.\t, attain the maximum number pre- 
 scribed by this act, without including the men under eighteen and over 
 thirty-five years of age, all such men may be discharged : and such of 
 them as remain in service on the said day will, upon their application, 
 be then discharged, whether such maximum be obtained or not. 
 
 IX. — TltA.NSPKRS. 
 
 17. The riglit to change company or corps in virtue of re-enlistment 
 ceases to exist by the rej)e»l of all laws in regard to re-enlistment ; but 
 transfers of individuals or of companies maj^ be made, as heretofore, 
 within the discretion of the department, on applicationa approved by 
 comm^inding officera. 
 
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 X. — Substitutes. 
 
 IS. When any person liable to militar.y duty under this act, but not 
 yet mustered into service in any company, desires to furnish a substi- 
 tute, he shall report himself with the substitute to the commandant of 
 ji camp of instruction; and if the substitute bo lawfully exempt from 
 military duty, and, on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgeon, 
 be pronounced sound and in all respects fit for military service, he 
 may be accepted and enrolled; and the person furnishing such sub- 
 stitute may be discharged bj- the commandant of the camp. But no 
 substitute shall be entitled to transportation or other allowance at the 
 expense "f the government until so accepted and enrolled. 
 
 XI. — E.'tRMPTIONS. 
 
 IS). Persons claiming exemptions from military duty under this act 
 shall be required by the enrolling ofhcor to make oath that they are 
 lawfully exempt, and shall be furnished by him with a certificate of 
 .such exemption. 
 
 By eonimaud of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPEK, 
 Ar/julniit mid Inspcctor-Gencrttl . 
 
 OENEKAL ORUKIIS,) WAR DEPART.MENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspkctor-Gf.nkral's Office, 
 
 No. 31. j Richmond, April 29, 1862. 
 
 I. .Military commanders are hereby prohibited from interfering with 
 the transportation of provisions on railroads, except when the exi- 
 gencies of the service require the exclusive use of the cars for the 
 transportation of troops, arms, and munitions of war. 
 
 II.. All agents on railroads between Richmond, Va., and Jackson, 
 Miss., will receive and forward promptly at least two trains weekly of 
 flour and breadstuffs to Jackson, Miss., marked '' For the Committee of 
 Public Sc^ti/, New Orleans /' and, in return, shipments of sugar and 
 molasses made by the committee to Richmond, or any other place on 
 the route, at the expense of parties making such shipments. But this 
 order is not to interfere with the transportation of troops or munitions 
 of war, which in all easo.s will have preference, as above indicated. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AdjutnnI end Inspector-General. 
 A 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,") WAR PEPARTMKNT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No, 32. ) Richmond, ^Iprii 30, 1862. 
 
 The following act of Congress, and regulations, having heen approved 
 by the President, are published for the information of all concerned: 
 
 All act to exempt certain persons from enrolment for service in the 
 armies of the Confederate Slates. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Co7if/ress nf the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That all per- 
 floii.s who shall be held to be unfit for military service iimler rules to be prescribed 
 by the Secretary of War; all in the service or employ of the Confederate States; 
 all judicial and executive officers of Confederate or state governments; the mem- 
 bers of both houses of the Congress, and of the Legislatures of the several states, 
 and their respective officers; all clerks of the officers of the state and Confederate 
 governments, allowed by law; all engaged in carrying the mails; all ferrymen on 
 post routes; all pilots and persons engaged in the marine service, and in actual 
 service on river and railroad routes of transportation ; telegraphic operators, and 
 ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministerial duties; all engaged in 
 , working iron mines, furnaces, and fonnderies; all journeymen printers actually 
 enii)loyed in printing newspapers; all presidents and professors of colleges and 
 academies, and all teachers having ,as many as twenty scholars ; superintendents of 
 the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants 
 therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf and dumb and 
 blind; in each apothecary store now established and doing business one .apothecary 
 in good standing, who is a practical druggist; superintendents and operatives in 
 ■wool and cotton factories, who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall 
 be and are hereby exempted from military service in the armies of the Confeder- 
 ate States. [Approved April 21, 1862.] 
 
 I. .All white men, residents of the Confederate States, between the 
 ages of eighteen and thirty-five years, not specially exempted by the 
 above act, are to be enrolled for military service. 
 
 II. .The regulations already in force for ascertaining physical ability 
 or disability for military service are continued. 
 
 III. . Certificates of exemption under this act will be granted by 
 enrolling officers, or by captains of companies and commandants of 
 camps, by whom a substitute may have been received, to the person 
 furnishing such substitute, in conformity with regulations already 
 publi.shed. 
 
 IV.,. In accordance with the General Regulations, page 2S4, one 
 wagon with each regiment in the field will be appropriated for the 
 transportation of hospital supplies. This wagon, with the ambulances, 
 will bo reserved for the especial use of the hospital department, and 
 
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 rcginicnt;il commanders and others arc prohibited from using them for 
 any other purposes. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GKNKUAL ORDERS.) WAR DEPARTMKXT, 
 
 y ADJUUNT ANI> iNSPECTOR-GKNEnAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 33. j JlicHMOND, May 1, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation is published for the information of 
 all concernfd : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 By virtu© of the power vastcil in nie by l.iw to declare the suspenRion of the 
 privilege of the writ of liabeivs corpus: 
 
 I, Jkffeuson Pa vis. I'ro.'iiJcnt of the Confederate States of America, dn proclaim 
 that martial law is hereby extended over that part of the State of South Carolina 
 from the Santee river to the South Kdisto river in that state, under the command 
 of Major-General ranherton : and I do proclaim the suspension of sill civil juris- 
 diction (with the exception of that enabb'iig the courts to take cognizance of the 
 probate of wills, the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the qualifi- 
 cation of guarilians. to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of prop- 
 erty, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and to 
 order tlie payment of county dues), and the suspension of the writ of habeas 
 cqiims in the country aforesaid. 
 
 In faith whereof, I hiivo hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this first day 
 of May. in the year one thousand eight linndred and sixty-two. 
 
 [8KAL.1 " (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II. .Major-General J. C. Prmbkrton, commanding the Department 
 of South Carolina and Georgia, is charged with the due execution of 
 tlie foregoing proclamation. He will forthwith establish an efficient 
 military police, and will enforce the following orders : 
 
 All distillation of spirituous.liquors is positively prohibited, and the ' 
 distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
 any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof 
 will be closed. 
 
 III.. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial : 
 jirovidcd. that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
 be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
 by the 67th Article oC War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A<lj\Uxml and Inspector -Gener ah 
 
u . 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS.) VVAll DEl'ARTJIKNT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspeotor-Grnkrai.'s Office, 
 
 No. 34. j EiCHMOND, May 3, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress, and accompanying regulations, 
 arc published for the information of all concerned: 
 
 An act to ovgunlze baUnJionx of SJtarjj-ehooler-s. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederoie. States of America do enact, That the 
 Secretary of War may cause to be organized a battalion of sharp-shooters for 
 each brigade, consisting of not ]e.ss than three nor more than six companies, to be 
 composed of men selected from the brigade, or otherwise, and armed with long- 
 range muskets or rifles ; said companies to be organized, and the commissioned 
 officers therefor appointed by tlie President, by and witli the advice and consent 
 of the Senate. Such battalions shall constitute parts of the brigades to which 
 they belong, and shall have such field and staff officers as are authoiized by law 
 for similar battalions, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Senate. 
 
 Sue. 2. Be it fiirihcr enacted, That, for the purpose of arming .said bat (iilions, 
 the long-rango muskets and rifles in the hands of the troops may be taken for that 
 purpose : provided, tlie government has not at its command a sufficient number of 
 approved long-range rifles or muskets wherewith to arm said corjis. [Approved 
 April 21, 1862.] 
 
 II.. Generals commanding military departments may cause to be 
 organized within their commands battalions of sharp-shooters, as pro- 
 vided in this act, in such numbers as they may deem necessary, not 
 exceeding one such battalion for each brigade, and will report to the 
 department the organization of such corps, recommending for appoint- 
 ment the commissioned oflicers allowed by law. 
 
 III. .In organizing such battalions, Generals commanding may cause 
 such details or transfers to be made as will not reduce any company or 
 corps below the minimum number required by law, taking the men for 
 each such battalion, so far as possible, from the particular brigade of 
 which it is to form part. 
 
 IV. .Requisitions will be made upon the Ordnance department for 
 the arms for such battalions; and, until the said' requisitions can be 
 filled, the Generals commanding may cause such exchanges and trans- 
 fers of long-range muskets and rifles to be made as may be necessary 
 to arm the said battalion, returning surplus arms, when such requisi- 
 tions are filled, to the Ordnance department. 
 
 V. — Sujjplementary to General Order, A'o. 30, section VI. 
 
 The commissions of the staff officers of reorganized regiments and 
 battalions of twelve months volunteers arc not affected bv such rcor- 
 
ganizatiou, except that of the adjutant, whui-e coinmis.sion expires with 
 that of tlic commanding i>6iocr, if the sairt ufliecr be not re-elcet«d. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiitaut and Inspcrtor-Geiieral. 
 
 GENKRAL ORDERS.) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 35. I Richmond, May 3, IStJiJ. 
 
 - I.. The following proclamation is puMisheil for the information of 
 all concerned : 
 
 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 By virtue of the power vested in mc by law to i\pol;irc I lie s\i.spension of Die 
 jirivilegu of the writ of liabea.s corpus : 
 
 I. .Iefferson Davis, PreBident of the Confederate States of America do proclaim 
 that martial law is hereby exleiidcd over the comities of I,ee. Wise, Buchanan, 
 McDowell, ami AVyomiiig, under the command of Rrigadier-Gencral Humphrey 
 Marshall : ami I do iiroclaim the suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the ex- 
 ception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of tlie probate of wills, the 
 administi-ation of the estates of deceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to 
 enter decrees and orders for the partiti>)n and sale of propeity, to m.ake orders 
 concerning ro.ads and bridges, to assess county levies, and to order the payment of 
 county dues), and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the counties 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Infaith whereof, I have hereunto signcil my name and set my seal, this third day 
 of May, in tlie year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 [SEAL.] (Signed! JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 II.. Brigadier-General IIc.Mrimnv Marshall is charged with the 
 duo execution of the foregoing proclamation. He will forthwith estab- 
 lish an efficient military police, and will enforce the following orders : 
 
 All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
 distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
 any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
 be closed. 
 
 III.. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
 punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial : 
 provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one mouth 
 shall be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as 
 directed by the 67th Article of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 'Ailjniiii>( and Inipcclor-GcncniL 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
 THE FIELD. 
 
 1st. The Chief of Ordnance of an army corps, and ordnance officers 
 of separate commands, will correspond with the Chief of the Bureau 
 of ordnance relative to supplies of oi'dnance and ordnance stores with 
 the commands to which they are attached. Requisitions made, whether 
 for money or stores, will be approved by the General commanding. 
 
 2d. The division ordnance officers will correspond with the Chief of 
 Ordnance of the o.rmy corps to which the divisions are attached, and 
 obtain supplies through him. They will be responsible for the property 
 under their charge, and may have an ordnance officer or military store- 
 keeper to assist in the care and responsibility of the property. 
 
 .Sd. Division ordnance officers will obtain one or more wagons for 
 each regiment in their division as ordnance wagons. These wagons 
 will be separate from the train of wagons for reserve ammunition, and 
 will be marked with the name of the regiment to which they are 
 assigned, and will be placed in charge of the ordnance sergeant of the 
 regiment. The wagons will be covered, if possible, with painted cloth 
 covers for security against the weather, and each wagon will be sup- 
 plied with a spare tarpaulin. These wagons will habitually follow 
 their respective regiments. 
 
 4th. On the eve of liattlo the division ordnance officer will, under 
 direction of the Chief of Ordnance of the army, station the ordnance 
 wagons at the point selected for the division field depot of ammunition 
 under charge of his assistant; each train of brigade ammunition 
 wagons under charge of the senior ordnance sergeant of the brigade. 
 He will keep himself acquainted with the movements of brigades, and 
 cause the wagons of any brigade which may be detached to follow the 
 movements of the brigade. 
 
 5th. The ordnance sergeants, together with the details habitually 
 assigned to them for their regiments, will constitute a corps devoted as 
 well to the preservation of the captured and other ordnance stores as 
 to the supplies of ammunition of the various regiments. One man of 
 each detail should follow the movements of the regiment, to ascertain 
 its wants, and communicate with the field depot. The habitual details 
 
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 from each regiment should be augmented before a battle to not less 
 than six men from each regiment. The ammunition wagons, their 
 loads temporarily removed, will, as circumstances favor, be employed 
 to carry to the rear such nrin^ nn-l ntlier captured stf.rns n> are left 
 upon the battle-field. 
 
 f)th. Especial caronnust be taken in selecting competent, prompt, and 
 cfBeicnt men for the duties of ordnance sergeants. They may be re- 
 moved for cause, and new appointments ordered, on the application of 
 the division ordnance 'ifllcers, through the Chief of Ordnance of the 
 army corps, by the Commanding General. 
 
 7th. The ammunition wagons to each regiment will not su]ier8edc 
 the necessity for division supply trains. 
 
 DUTIES OF ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 
 
 1.--t. To obey tlic directions of the division ordnance officer, or of 
 the brigade ordnance officer (if the brigade is a separate command), 
 in all relative to car* and preservation of arms, and duties connected 
 therewith. 
 
 2d. To take charge of all supplies, arms, and ammunition of the 
 regiment, and make retu»ns of the same ac^jprding to " Ordnanco 
 Regulations." 
 
 Issues to be made on written requisitions approved by the colonel, or 
 commanding officer of the regiment; which requisitions are to be filed 
 with his " return of property." 
 
 3d. To take charge of the ordnance wagon or wagons attached to 
 each regiment, and to see that it always contains at least fifteen rounds 
 l>cr man of the regiment — surplus arms or accoutrements to be turned 
 over to the brigade or division ordnance officer. 
 
 4th. To supervise the condition of the arms of the regiment, and get 
 a detail of at least two mechanics to assist him in the necessary repairs 
 to the arms; an account of these repairs to be kept, as far as possible, 
 against each man of the regiment, llepairs to be made on the order of 
 the colonel of the regiment. 
 
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 6th. To take charge of the arms and accoutrements of the sick of the 
 regiment in hosjiitals, which will be kept until the sick arc sent (o the 
 general hospital, when their arras will be turned over to the brigade or 
 dlTision depots. 
 
 6th. In battle, it will be the duty of the ordnance sergeants to 
 remain with the ammunition wagons, and act with the details assigned 
 to thorn from the regiment.s, under the orders of the ordnance officer, in 
 supplying the troops with amnnmition, collecting arms of the killed 
 and wounded, and securing caplured arms and ammunition. 
 Approved : 
 
 J. ftORGAS, C'uloucl, 
 
 Chief of Ordnance. 
 G. W. RANDOLPH, 
 
 Secreturi) of War. 
 
 r.KNERAL ORDER?.) WAR DEP.^RTMENT, 
 
 V AWUTANT AND InSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OmCE, 
 
 No. ^(i. j KiCHMO.NP, May 17. 18(V2. 
 
 I.. All application.s for discharge, made bypersons over thirty-five 
 3'cars of ago, who may have been drafted since the 10th March, 1862, 
 under the Virginia laws, and assigned to militarj' organizations serving 
 under authority of the Confederate States, will be granted by brigade 
 commanders, regimental and company commanders causing to be made 
 out, and signing, the " Soldier's Discharge," and " Final Statements," 
 required in all casc.« of discharge : said pai»crs to indicate cause for the 
 discharge. 
 
 II. .In all cases whore prom,otion is due from seniority, and the com- 
 petency of the parties entitled by position to promotion in questionable, 
 a board of examination shall be convened by brigade commanders to 
 determine the candidates' capabilities of instructing and controlling 
 the commands commensurate with the grade to which promotion is 
 expected, as also their efficiency and perfect sobriety. All newly- 
 elected (iflicer.s will be examined before similar boards of examiners, to 
 determine their competency and the confirmation of their election. 
 
 By command of the'Socrctary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjulant and Inspector-General. 
 
4i> 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS.") WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-CHsxerai.'s Office, 
 
 No. 37. j Richmond, May 19, 1862. 
 
 I..Tho foUowinj^ act, and regulations in reference thereto, arc pub- 
 lished for the information of all concerned : 
 
 An act to c.vcmpt certain persons /mm enrolment for service in the 
 <. armies of the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec. 1. 7%c Coni/ressofthc Confederate States of America do enact. That all per- 
 sons wlio shall ho hold to be unfit for military service under rules to be proscribed 
 by the Secretary of War ; all in tin- service or employ of the Confederate States ; 
 all judicial and executive officers of Confederate or state governments; the mem- 
 bers of both houses of the Congress, aud of the Legislatures of the several states, 
 and their respective officers; .all clerks of the officers of the state and Confederate 
 governments, allowed by law; all engaged in carrying the mails; all^rrymen on 
 post routes: all pilots aud persons engaged in the marine service, and in actual 
 service oiv river and railroad routes of transportation: telegraphic operators, and 
 jninistors of religion in the regular discharge of «iinisterial duties; all engaged iu 
 working iron mines, fnrn.aces, and founderies; all journeymen printers actually 
 cmployecl in printing newspapers: all presidents and professors of colleges and 
 acadomios, and all teachers having as m.any as twenty scholars; superintendents 
 of the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants 
 tlieiein. and llic teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf and dumb and 
 blind ; iu each apothecary store now established and doing business one apothecary 
 in good staniling. who is apr.actical druggist;, superintendents and operatives in 
 wool and cotton factories, who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall 
 bo and are hereby exempted from military service in the armies of the Confeder- 
 ate States. [Approved April 21, 1862.] 
 
 II.. By the above act of Congress the following classes of persons 
 are exempt from enrolment for military service : 
 
 Justices of the peace; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs ; clerks and deputy 
 clerks, allowed by law ; masters and commissioners iu chancery ; dis- 
 trict and state attorneys; attorneys general; postmasters, and deputy 
 j)ostuiasters and clerks allowed by law; commissioners of revenue, 
 and foreigners who have not acquired domicil in the Confederate States. 
 
 III. .The following are not e.\empt: 
 
 Militia officers not in actual service ; persons exempt by state laws, 
 but not by the above act; foreigners who have acquired domicil in the 
 Confederate States. 
 
 IV.. No persons other than those cxprcs.^ly named or properly iiu 
 ]iliod in tho above act can bo exempted, except by furui^^hing a sub 
 
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 slilute, exempt from military service, in conformity with regulations 
 already publistod (General Orders, No. 29): and such exemption is 
 valid onlj' so long as the said substitute is legally exempt. 
 
 v.. Persons who have fuDiishod subsstitutes will receive their certifi- 
 cates of exemption Irom the captains of companies, or the command- 
 ants of camps, by whom the substitutes have boon accepted. Other 
 certificates of exemption will bo granted by the enrolling officers only, 
 who will receive full instructions in regard to the conditions and mode 
 of exemption. Applications for e.xemption can not therefore be con- 
 sidered by the War department. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPEll, 
 Adjutant and Innpcctor-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDKRS.) WAR DJGPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspector-General's Orncc. 
 
 No. 38. ) Richmond, May 22, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress is published for the information 
 of all concerned : 
 
 An act to punish dninkeuneea in the army. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That any 
 commissioned oflScor of the Regular or Provisional army who shall be found 
 drunk, either while on or off duty, shall, on conviction thereof before a court of 
 inquiry, bo cashiered or suspended from the service of the Confederate States, or 
 be publicly reprimanded, according to the aggravation of the offence; and in addi- 
 tion to a sentence cashiering any such officer, ho may also be declared incapable 
 of holding any military oflRce under the Confederate States during the war. 
 
 Sec. 2. Tliat it shall bo the duty of all officers to report to the commanding oflS- 
 cer of the post, regiment, or corps to which they belong, all cases coming under 
 their observation of intoxication of commissioned officers, wliether of superior or 
 inferior grades to themselves; and it shall be the duty of the commanding ofRcer 
 of the division or brigade to whicli said post, regiment, or corps belongs, to whom 
 such report may be m<adn, to report the same to the officer c6mninnding the bri- 
 gade or division, who shall oi'ganize said court and order the trial of s.'iid offender 
 at the earliest time consistent with the public service. 
 
 Sec. .3. The findings of any such court shall bo promptly transmitted to the 
 Secretary of War bj' the comniandiug officer, together with his approval or disap- 
 proval thereof, and shall be reported to Congress at the next session thereafter by 
 the a:iid Secretary. [Approved April 21, 1862.] 
 
 II. .Commexiding Qenerale will isaue the neoessary crdsrs to oarry 
 into ejceoation the above aot. 
 
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 III.. Each battalion of sharp-shooters orgnnized uudor the act oT 
 April 21, 1862 (sec General Orders, No. 34), will be composed of sol- 
 diers from the same state ; those from different states will not be 
 organized in the same battalion of sharp-shooters. 
 
 IV.. Citizens of Maryland whose terms of service in the Confederate 
 States armj' have expired are entitled to a discharge; and, upon proper 
 evidence being furnished, their regimental commanders will order their 
 discharge. 
 
 v.. By General Orders, No. 37, foreigners who have not acquired 
 domirtl are exempt from service in the Confederate States army; and 
 all snch foreigners as may have enlisted in said service should be dis- 
 charged by order of their brigade commanders when their terms of 
 enlistment are at an end. The ([uestion of domicil or permanent re,'?i- 
 dence is, however, a question of law, and should be determined from 
 the facts of the case, and not by the opinion or oath of the party. 
 
 VI. .Regimental and company commanders will cause to be made 
 out, and will sign the "Soldiers Disciiarge," and "Final Statement," 
 as in all other cases of discharge. 
 
 VII. .Recruiting offiocrs are required to liavc their recruits exam- 
 ined by a surgeon before closing enlistments. Two days after a re- 
 cruiting otficer shall have reported with his recruits to his regiment or 
 camp, the regimental conimaniler will assemble a board of examina- 
 tion, to be composed of two regimental officers next in rank to himself, 
 and the. regimental surgeon or assistant surgeon, who shall reject all 
 recruits unfit for service; and where such unfitness arises from causes 
 existing at the time of enlistment, the names of the recruiting officer 
 and the rejected recruits shall be reported, with expenses incurred by 
 such enlistments, to this office, in order that said expenses may be 
 reimbursed to the government by stoppage of the officer's pay. 
 
 VIII. .Upon the return to their companies of detached men who 
 have been furnished with "Descriptive Lists," it is the duty of cap- 
 tains or commanders of companies to take possession of such descrip- 
 tive lists, and, sliould tho soldier bo again detached, to furpisb him a. 
 now one. Payments upon descriptive lists will bo made only in caaea 
 of necessity, and then only up to the date of last muster. 
 
 IX.. Paragraph 2d of General Order, No. 31, of 28th April, 1862, is 
 so modified as to make Augusta, Georgia, the depot for sugar and 
 raolas3ss shipped from Jackson, Mississippi, or places contiguous 
 thoreto, for tranprniesiin to other point?, and a1sv'> frr the trau?mispiou 
 
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 of brcadstuffs, flour, and rice, marked R. H. Mouncc, to Jackson, 
 Mississippi, for the benefit of tlie needy of the adjoining states. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS.) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 39. J Richmond, May 26, 1862. 
 
 I.. The second paragraph of General Orders, No. 36, is hereby re- 
 voked, and the following substituted therefor : When an officer elected 
 or promoted in the Provisional army by reason of seniority, is by law 
 to be commissioned by the President, and there is reasonable ground 
 to doubt his qualifications or fitness for the commission, his brigade 
 commander, if there be one, or if not, then his division commander, 
 will assemble a board of not less than three commissioned officers of 
 equal or superior rank to the officer elected or promoted, who shall 
 inquire into bis qualifications and fitness for the commission, and shall 
 report to this ofiBce, for the information of the War department, the 
 facts of the case, and their own opinion of the qualifications and fitness 
 of the officer. This order will' apply to all persons not yet commis- 
 sioned or recognized as in commission by the department. 
 
 II.. The limits of Department No. 1, under command of Major- 
 General Lovell, will hereafter embrace that portion of the State of 
 Mississippi south of the 33d parallel, and west of Pascagoula and 
 Chickasawha rivers, including also that part of the State of Louisiana 
 east of the Mississippi river. 
 
 III. .Department No. 2, under command of General Beauregard, is 
 extended south to the 33d parallel east of the Mississippi river, and 
 extending on that parallel to the eastern boundary of Alabama. 
 
 IV.. The boundary of the Trans-Mississippi department will em- 
 brace the States of Missouri and Arkansas, including the Indian Ter- 
 ritory, the State of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, and the State of 
 Texas. 
 
 V. .Frequent complaints having been made of injury to fencing and 
 to the grounds on or near which troops have encamped, attention is 
 called to the 983d paragraph of the Army Regulations, which requires 
 the commanding oflicer and (luartormastor to make an inspection of 
 
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 buildings occupied as barracks, quarters, or lands occupied for en- 
 campments when they are vacated, and a report to be made to the 
 Quartermaster-General of their condition, and of any injury to them 
 by the use of the troops. 
 
 This regulation will be strictly enforced; and in ease 6f injury not 
 reported bj' the commanding officer and quartermaster, titey will be 
 charged on their pay account of the troops with the damage done. If 
 report be made, it must specify by whom the injury was inflicted, and 
 the deduction, in such case, will be made from the pay of the offending 
 party. 
 
 VI. .Ilereafter Brigadier-Generals will have timely requisitions made 
 for all blanks issued from this office, in order that they may be for- 
 warded for early distribution. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant niid luspector-Ucncral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS."} WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 40. ) Richmond, May 29, 1862. 
 
 I- .The following act of Congress, antl regulations in reference there- 
 to, •iire published for the inforuiation of the army: 
 
 As act to organize a iSi'(/nal Corps. 
 
 Sec 1. The Congress of the Ckmjederate States of Am^erica do enact, That the 
 President be and is hereby authorized, by and witli the advice iind consent of tiie 
 Senate, to apiioiiit ten officers in the Provisional army, of a grade not exceeding 
 that of cajitaiiis, and with the pay of corresponding grades of infantry, who sliall 
 perform tlie duties uf signal ollicors of the army. And the President is liereby 
 autliorized to appoint ten sergeants of infantry in the Provisional army, and to 
 assign them to duty as signal sergeants. TIio signal corps above authorized may 
 be organized as a separate corps, or may be attiiclie<l to the department of the 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, or to'the Engineer coi-ps. as the Secretary of War 
 shall direct. [Approved April 19. 18()2.| 
 
 II.. The signal corps authorized by this act will be attached to the 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Gcnerars-dopartmcnt: and officers of that de- 
 partment may be instructed in and assigned to signal dutj'. 
 
 III.. A signal ofRcer will be attached to the staff of each General or 
 Major-Gcnoral in command of a corps, and of each Major-Gcncr.al in 
 
oomniand of a division. These signal officers ^ill each be assisted b^' 
 as many signal sergeants, and instructed non-commissioned officora 
 and privates, selected from the ranks for their intelligence and re- 
 liability, as circumstances may require; and as many lance sergeants 
 as are required may be appointed. Such non-commissioned officers 
 and privates may be detailed for this duty by the Generals in whoso 
 command they are serving. Before being instructed, they will each be 
 required by the signal officer to take an oath riot to divulge, directly or 
 indirectly, the system of signals, the alphabet, or any official message 
 sent or received thereby. Non-commissioned officers, while on signal 
 duty, and privates on this duty, will receive forty cents per day extra 
 pay. 
 
 IV. .Commissioned officers of the signal corps, or officers serving on 
 signal duty, will be entitled to the forage and allowance of officers of 
 similar rank in the cavalry. Non-commissioned officers and privates 
 on signal duty will be mounted by the quartermaster, on the order of 
 the Commanding General. 
 
 V. .Requisitions for flags, torches, glasses, and all the material re- 
 quired, will be made on the Quartermaster's department, or they may 
 be purchased by the quartermaster of any division, on the order of the 
 Major-General commanding. 
 
 VI.. On the order of a General commanding a corps, other officers, 
 non-commissioned officers, or privates than those regularly on signal 
 duty, may be instructed in the system of signals, after having taken 
 the oath prescribed above. Wherever it is practicable, it is specially 
 recommended to all general officerl to have their assistant adjutant- 
 generals and aides-de-camp instructed. 
 
 VII. .Whatever is prescribed herein for a division, or for a Major- 
 General, will be observed in the case of each brigade which constitutes 
 a separate command. 
 
 VIII.. All officers and non-commissioned officers accepting appoint- 
 ments to the signal corps, will forward with their acceptances the oath 
 prescribed above, sworn to before a magistrate, notary public, or com- 
 missioned officer of the corps. 
 
 IX. .Quarterly returns of signal property will be made by all officers 
 having it in charge to the Quartermaster's department, and the senior 
 signal officer of each separate army in the field will report quarterly to 
 the Adjutant and Inspector-General the number and organization of 
 the signal corps of the army, and its general operations during the pre- 
 vious quarter. 
 
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 X. .It will be the duty of the signal oflSeer of every division in the 
 field to instruct the adjutant of each regiment in the division in the 
 system of signals in use in the army. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War- 
 
 8. COOPER, 
 Adjut<int and Intpector- General. 
 
 
 
 UENERAL ORDERS.) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 v Ad.tutant ani> Inspector -General's Office, 
 
 No. 41. j RicoMOND, May 31. 1862. 
 
 I. .General officers and ofllcers in command of departments, districts, 
 and separate posts, will make a detail of men from their commands to 
 work the nitre caves which may be situated within the limits of their 
 respective commands. These details will be made on the requisition of 
 the oflBccr in charge of the Nitre bureau in the War department. The 
 men thus detailed will be organized temporarily under the command of 
 the nitre officer in charge <5f the particular cave, who will make monthly 
 reports to the General or other officer commanding the department, 
 district, or post in which the cave may be located, in order that such 
 commanding o-fficer may treat as deserters such of the detailed men aa 
 maj' leave the works without permission. And it is enjoined upon Gen- 
 erals and other commanding officers to give protection, as far as possi- 
 ble, and to the cstent of their means, against any encroachments of the 
 enemj' upon the nitre caves within the limits of their commands. 
 
 TI. .All persons in the employment of the Nitre bureau, whether con- 
 tractors for manufacturing saltpetre, or laborers in their employment, 
 are exempt by law from enrolment. 
 
 III. .Officers of the Quartermaster and Commissary departments will 
 furnish the officers and men of the Nitre bureau with provision and 
 forage, as in the case of ordnance officers and men in the field. 
 
 IV.. Officers of the Nitre bureau are authorized to impress free ne- 
 groes for the purpose of working the nitre caves, who will be paid 
 wages, and be furnished with subsistence. 
 
 v.. Paragraph No. 161, General Regulations of the Army, relating 
 to discharges in hospital, is so far modified as to dispense with the 
 necessity of sending certificates of disability, in^the case of soldiers 
 sick in the hospitals in Richmond, to the commandants of regiments, 
 where tommunication with them is difficult and «the cases urgent. In 
 
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 all such cases, the certificate will be sent to Brigadier-General John 
 H. Winder, commanding the department of Henrico, who will grant 
 the discharge, and notify the same to the regimental commander, who 
 will cause .the final statements in each case of discharge to be made out 
 and sent to the officer granting the discharge, for the benefit otj^the 
 discharged soldier. 
 
 VI. .The following is published for the information of all concerned: 
 The act No. 52, approved March 6, 1861, section 19, provides, "that 
 there shall be allowed, in addition to the pay herein before provided, 
 to every commissioned officer, except the Surgeon-Greueral, nine dollars 
 per month for every five years service; and to the officers of the army 
 of the United States, who have resigned', or may resign, to be received 
 into the service of the Confederate States, this additional pay shall be 
 allowed from the date of their entrance into the former service." 
 
 The foregoing act applies to all officers of the United States army 
 who have resigned from that army, to be received into the Service of 
 the Confederate States, whether in the Regular or Provisional army. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant mnl luspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspectok-General's Office, 
 
 No. 42. ) Richmond, June 11, 1862. 
 
 I. .Provost marshals are prohibited from taking cognizance of civil 
 cases. 
 
 II. .When martial law has been proclaimed, the civil tribunals are 
 authorized to take cognizance of civil cases to the extent of granting 
 injunctions as usual, Avlien it is necessary to prevent irreparable mis- 
 chief, to make orders necessary to enforce the same, and to secure the 
 custody of infants in persons entitled thereto, to decide suits for divorce, 
 and to make the necessary orders for alimony and personal safety of 
 the parties, to recover rents and the possession of real estates and slaves. 
 
 III. .When the officers of the court can not.execute the judgments, 
 decrees, and orders in the cases above mentioned, they may be certified 
 to the provost marshal, who Avill receive instructions to carry them into 
 elfoct. 
 
 By commaml of th(^ Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPERr 
 
 Ailjiii<uil mill fiisprcthr-Ci'in-yol. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-Ojeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 43. ) Richmond, June 13, 1S62. 
 
 I.. With fhc consent and approbation of bis Excellency Governor 
 Letcher, all sheriffs, deputj' sheriffs, and constables of the State of Vir- 
 ginia are authorized and requested to apprehend deserters from the 
 army, wherever they may be found, and to deliver them to an officer of 
 the army, at the most convenient post or station, or to lodge them in 
 jail, and report their names and regiments to General S- Cooper, Adju- 
 tant and Inspector-General, Richmond. Thirty dollars will bo paid for 
 all deserters delivered to an officer, and fifteen dollars for each deserter 
 lodged in jail. , No allowance will be made for the expenses of .appre- 
 hension and transportation. AUj.ailors receiving deserters are request- 
 ed to detain them. The usual allowance for the support of prisoners i 
 will be made. 
 
 II. .Tr.'insfcrs. from the line to partis.an corps will not be permitted ; 
 and if any officer of partisan corps knowingly enlist them from the 
 line, the authority to raise the pnrtisan corps will bo revoked, in .addi- 
 tion to such punishment as a court m.aTtial may inflict. 
 
 III.. The attention of officers in command of forts .and other posi- 
 tions is called to the necessity of making every exertion, upon with- 
 drawal, to save the ammunition and powder under their control. The 
 waste which has lately occurred on such occasions, will, if continued, 
 produce great mischief, and, possibly, irreparable loss. 
 
 IV. .All officers paying bounty to volunteers before having them ex- 
 amined by an army surgeon, or assistant, surgeon, and duly mustered 
 into the service, will be required to refund it themselves. 
 
 V. .Commanders of regiments, or other corps having medical oflicers, 
 will report the nainesof the surgeons and assistant surgeons who lose 
 tlieir surgical instruments, or who from any cause appear on the field 
 without surgical instruments, or undertake to discharge their regimental 
 duties without them. 
 
 VI.. When vacancies occur among the companj- ollieers of reorgan- 
 ized regiments, the brig.ade comman^ler will .announce, in orders, the 
 promotion of the officer next in rank in the companj' in which such 
 vacancies exist, except in Ciiscs covered by paragraph II of Gener.al 
 Orders, No. 36, current series. A copy of the order will in all cases be 
 furnished to this office for the approval of the Secretary of War. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Ailjntinil iiixf /iiKp,;-for-(!rii<'!<i/. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,) WA.K DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and iNSPJicroR-GENERAL's Offick, 
 
 ■ No. 44. i RicuMOND, June 17, 1801!. 
 
 I.. At the explication of their term of service, all paroled prisoners 
 who arc not enlisted for the war will have their names dropped from 
 the muster rolls, and will be discharged the service of the Coufcderate 
 Statea. The commissions of the officer.s will expire with the terms of 
 their men. 
 
 II.. No persons, other than those authorized by the Commanding 
 General of an army, or the commanding officers of districts under mar- 
 tial law, shall be recognized as agents for taking possession of private 
 property. These agents, before making any impressments, shall pre- 
 sent their written authority, and when they take property their receipts 
 shall designate the officer who is to pay for it. 
 
 III. .Congress having conferred on the President the right during 
 the existing war "to take such control of the lines of telegraph in the 
 Confederate States, and of suoh oflSces connected therewith as will 
 enable him effectually to supervise the communications passing through 
 the same," and to exercise other powers in reference to telegraph lines, 
 and the President having charged the Postmaster- General with the dis- 
 charge of these duties, requisitions for building lines, the establishment 
 and discontinuance of offices, the appointment of operators and agents, 
 the disposition of material, etc., must be addressed to the Postmaster- 
 General, and officers are prohibited from exercising these powers. 
 
 IV. .To prevent misconception in reference to the discharge of men 
 under eighteen and over thirty-five years of age, under the Conscript 
 act, the army is informed that only such persons as have not re-enlisted 
 for three years or the war will be entitled to their discharge on the 16th 
 of July next. Those of the ages above mentioned who have so re- 
 enlisted, whether they are in twelve months regiments or war regiments, 
 are not entitled to discharge until they have served out their terms of 
 enlistment. 
 
 V. .Regimental medical officers, when in charge of patients brought 
 to general hospitals, or in the vicinity of the same, will turn them over 
 to the surgeons in charge, and return without delay to their legitimate 
 duties. • 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant, and Inspector Ocne.ral. 
 
.VJ 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and I.nspector-Gexerai,'s Office, 
 
 No. 45. J . KicnMOND. June 26, 1862. 
 
 I.. A (icneral Intelligence office, to enable the friends of the sick 
 and wounded ^^o find tbcm out, and to facilitate communication with 
 the armj', is hereby established. Military commanders and surgeons 
 will a£ford all the means in their power to promote the ends of its 
 establishment. 
 
 II.. Medical ofiicers, taken prisoners of war by the armies of the 
 Confederate States, will be immediatelj' and unconditionally discharged. 
 
 III.. The Government of the United States having recognized the 
 principle that medical officers should not be held as prisoners of war, 
 and having ordered the immediate and unconditional release of all 
 medical otficers so held, all medical officers of the Confederate States 
 now on parole are hereby discharged from their parole. 
 
 IV. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 31, current series, is so 
 modified as to designate Augusta, Georgia, as the point from which 
 breadstuflfs may be transported to Jackson, Mississippi, and to which 
 shipments of sugar and molasses may bo made from .Jackson, Missis- 
 sippi. 
 
 IJy command of the Secrfctary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innpector-Oentral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPAKTMENT. 
 
 Y Adjutant and iNPECTou-OKNf.RAL's Officf. 
 
 No. 46. J Richmond, July 1, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following regulations arc published for the information of 
 the army : 
 
 1. Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 24, current series, is so 
 modified as to permit the appointment of brigade ordnance officers, 
 who shall have the rank and pay of first lieutenants of artillery. 
 
 2. Brigade ordnance officers so appointed will be subject to the 
 division ordnance officers, so far as relates to ordnance duties, and 
 will make requisitions on them. They will also make such reports as 
 ma.v be required to the division ordnance officers. 
 
 3. Ordnance sergeants of regiments will be subject to, and make 
 reports to the brigade ordnance officers. 
 
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 4. Since, the act of April 19, 1862, providing an ordnance sergeant 
 to each regiment, the acting appointees, authorized under General 
 Orders, No. 24, current series,, iind made by colonels of regiments, will 
 be reported for appointment under the above act, in ca'Sr.-i -where such 
 report has not been made to the Ordnance bureau. Ilereafter the 
 appointments will be made to regiments as to military posts, by the 
 Secretary of War, and upon the recommendation of colonels of regi- 
 ments, through the Ordnance bureau, the non-commissioned officers 
 recommended being at once placed upon duty in anticipation of the 
 appointment. 
 
 II. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 44, current series, is hereby 
 rescinded, and the following paragraph is substituted in lieu thereof: 
 
 Persons under eighteen and over thirty-five years of age, who have 
 re-enlisted for three years or the war, are not entitled to their dis- 
 charge under the Conscript act. Persons of the ages above mentioned, 
 who enlisted for twelve months, or for a shorter term, will be entitled 
 to thoir discharge ninety days after the expiration of their term of 
 service. 
 
 III.. All chaplains taken prisoners of war by the armies of the 
 Confederate States, while engaged in the discharge of their proper 
 duties, will be immediatelj' and unconditionally released. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innjjector-GeiierdL 
 
 GENEKAL ORDERS, ) ■ WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 47. ) Richmond, July 9. 1862. 
 
 I.. The reception of unnaturalized foreigners as substitutes in the 
 army is hereby forbidden. 
 
 II. .Commissioned officers of new companies, battalions, and regi- 
 ments coming into service, will take rank ffom the date of acceptance 
 in the service .of the Confederate States ; which date of acceptance 
 will not iirecede the complete organization of the company, battalion, 
 or regiment, the proof of which will be considered in the act of miistei', 
 or of any exercise of authority by the Confederate States over the 
 company, battalion, or regiment. 
 
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 III.. Where companies of the same battalion or regiment enter the 
 service on the same day, the relative rank of the fiffieors of the same 
 grade therein will be determined by lot, except in the ca«c of former 
 commissions in the Confederate service, when the 6th paragraph of the 
 General Regulations of the Army will goveru. 
 
 IV.. The relative rank of commissioned olficcrs of companies, bat- 
 talions, or regiments, who continue in service by re-election to the same 
 grade in the same corps, will ba fixed by the date of their original 
 election or appointment; but those who change their grade or corps 
 by re-election will take rank from the date of such re-election. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant und iHnpectoi'-Gciicral. 
 
 GENERAL OUDEUS") WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 V Adjutant and lNSPEcT0R-(iENEUAL's Office, 
 
 No. 48. J Richmond. July 11, 18(32. 
 
 I. .The ajipoiiitments of general officers and oflSccrs of the general 
 staff in the Provisional army being made under special authority, and 
 for specific objects, terminate with their commands, except in case of 
 assignment to other appropriate duties. 
 
 II.. General Orders, No. 17, Adjutant and Inspoctor-GencraVs office, 
 November 7th, 1861. authorizing discharges from the service and fur- 
 loughs by brigade commanders, are hereby revoked. 
 
 III. .Paragraphs 160 and 161, Regulations for the Army, published 
 March 13, 1862, are revoked, and the following regulations are substi- 
 tuted : 
 
 160. When a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall bo unfit for 
 military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, his 
 captain shall forward to the commandant of the department, or of the 
 acmy in the field, through tl^e commander of the regiment or post, a 
 statement of the case, with" certificates of disability," signed by the 
 senior surgeon of the regiment or post, according to the form pre- 
 scribed in the medical regulations. If the rccommoudatiun for the 
 discharge of the invalid li ■ approved, the authority therefor will-bo 
 endorsed on the " ccrtifiojites of disability," which will be sent back to 
 bo completed and signed by the cammauding oliicer of the regiment or 
 command to which the invalid's company belongs, who will also sign 
 
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 (lie discharge, and cause the final statements to bo uiadc out, and 
 forward the certificates of disability to the Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General. 
 
 161. When a non-commissioned olfio.er or soldier is absent from his 
 regiment or company, in hospital, and shall be unfit for military ser- 
 vice, for the reasons set forth in the preceding paragraph, the senior 
 surgeon of the hospital will make out " certificates of disability," and 
 forward them, through the commander of the company or regiment, to 
 the commander of the department, or of the army in the field, whose 
 approval being given, the commanding oflicer will complete and for- 
 ward the certificates of disability to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
 eral, and send the papers of discharge to the surgeon. But when access 
 to commanders is difiicult, and attended with great delay, the certifi- 
 cates of disability may, in urgent cases, be forwarded by the surgeon 
 to the Surgeon-General for approval: which being given, the discharge 
 will be authorized from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's oflioe; 
 and the surgeon will make out final statements. 
 
 I v.. Medical officers arc prohibited from recommending leaves of 
 absence and furloughs to sick and wounded oflScers and soldiers, except 
 when it is absolutely necessary for them to go home to bo restored to 
 health ; in which case the soldier only will bo entitled to transportation 
 to be given in kind. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 iS. COOPER, 
 Aiijntant and Inspcctor-G cncral . 
 
 GKNKRAL 0RDE15S.1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector* ibneral's Office, 
 
 N(i. 49. j Richmond, July 14. 1862. 
 
 All persons engaged in enrolling conscripts are hereby authorized 
 and re((uired to arrest deserters from the army, and to deliver them to 
 the commandant of the nearest camp of instruction, or to lodge them 
 in the nearest jail, and to return their navies, company, and regiment to 
 the Adjutant and luspector-OenGral. 
 
 Jailors are requested to detain them, and will be allowed the fees and 
 charges for the dGtention of prisoners prencribed by the laws of the 
 ^^ate iu which the jail is situated. 
 
 Enrolling officers are aleo required to report to the Adjutant and 
 Inspectcr-Se-neral tha narijes and addr^sB of all perscns absent from 
 
tho army, witbDut leave, whether by the expiration of their leaves of 
 absence, furloughs, detail?, or otherwise: and where this unauthorized 
 absence exceeds tho time required to correspond with the War depart- 
 ment, the ourolling officer will arrest the person, and send him to the 
 nearest camp of instruction, reporting the arrest to the Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General. 
 
 Commandants of camps of instruction are required to forward desert- 
 ers and persons absent without leave to their rogiraonts, and have the 
 powers of arrest conferred upon enrolling officers. 
 
 By command of tho Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant nud fttipcclor-Geiicral- 
 
 GENEKAL ORDERS. 1 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V APJVtTANT AM) IKSPECTOR-GENERAI.'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. ,50. ) RjCHMONP. July 18, 1862. 
 
 I. . Conscripts engaged on government work, cither directly or by 
 contractors, will not bo taken from the work on which thej* are 
 engaged, except for the puritosc of enrolment, after which they will be 
 returned on the certificate of the otBcer under whoso charge the work 
 is being performed, or with whom the contract is made. Such certifi- 
 cate will be presented to the enrolling officer, who will thereupon order 
 tho detail of tbe men specified for a period not to exceed sixty days. 
 A duplicate of such detail will be forwarded at once to the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General, and a triplicate to the Chief of the department 
 or bureau for which tho work is performed. 
 
 Extensions of these details will be made when deemed necessary, on 
 application through the heads of the departments or bureaus. 
 
 II. .Military department No. 2 will embrace the States o< Missis- 
 sipi, Alabama, East Louisiana, and that part of Florida which is west 
 of the Chattahoochee and Appalachicoht rivers. 
 
 III.. The Department of East Tennessee will include that part of 
 the State of Georgia which is north of tho railroad leading from 
 Augusta, via Atlanta, to West Point, and so much of North Carolina 
 as is west of the Blue Ridge mountains in that state. 
 
 IV. .Conscripts will be paid from the date of their departure from 
 horns for oamp of instruction. Troops raiasd by the states under 
 requisitions made on them by the Confederate States government ^rill 
 
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 be paid from the date of their assembling at the rendezvous for ser- 
 vice, being already enlisted, or from the date of the enlistment, if that 
 takes place at the rendezvous. • 
 
 V. .The only authority giving mileage or transportation to ofticers of 
 soldiers in the field, emanates from the General commanding the par- 
 ticular army. 
 
 VI.. Arms and munitions of war belonging to states are strictly 
 prohibited from being seized by any Confederate officer ; and public 
 arms and supplies will not be diverted from their legitimate destination 
 by any officer of the army. 
 
 By command of thp Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 CtENKRAL OKDEKS, I WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V AUJUTANT AND INSPECTOR-GeNF.UAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 51. ) Richmond, Ju1>/ 22, 1SG2. 
 
 The successful defence of Vieksburg against the mortar fleet of the 
 enemy by Major-General Van Dorn and the officers and men under 
 his command entitles them to the gratitude of the country, the thanks 
 of the government, and the admiration of the armyf.-> By their gal- 
 lantry and good conduct they have not only saved the city entrusted 
 to them, but they have shown that bombardments of cities, if bravely 
 relisted, achieve nothing for the enemy, and only serve to unveil his 
 malice and the hypocrisy of his pretended wish to restore the Union. 
 The world now sees that his mission is one of destruction, not restora- 
 tion". 
 
 Lieutenant Biiown, and the officers and crew of the Confederate 
 steamer Arkansas, by their heroic attack upon the Federal fleet before 
 Vieksburg equalled the highest reworded examples of courage and skill. 
 They prove that the navy, when it regains its proper element, will be 
 one of the chief bulwarks of national defence, and that it is entitled to 
 a high place in the confidence and affection of the country. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjiildiil <iitd Inspi'ctor-Generul. 
 
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 GKNERAL ORDERS, | WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 > Adjutant and Tnspfctor-Generax's Office, 
 
 No. 52. ) Richmond. July 23, 1862. 
 
 I. . It will be the duty of the Commanding Generals of separate armies 
 to cause to 1)c entered, in some conspicuous place on the standards of 
 regiments, battalions, and separately organized squadrons of their com- 
 mands, the names of the several battles in which their regiments, bat- 
 talions, and separate squadrons have been actiially engaged. 
 
 IT. .With a view to carry into cfloct so much of the act of April 21, 
 1862, as provides "that the President may, when in his opinion it is 
 proper, fill any vacancy, by the promotion of any officer from any com- 
 pany, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which the same may occur, 
 who shall have been distinguished in service by the exhibition of ex- 
 tr:M)rdinary valor or skill, and that when any vacancy shall occur in 
 the lowest grade of commissioned officer of any company, the same 
 ni.ay be filled by selection, by the President, of any non-commissioned 
 officer or private from the company in which the said vacancy^ may 
 occur who shall have been distinguished in the service by the exhibition 
 of extraordinary valor and skill," it will be the duty of the several 
 commanding olRoers herein referred to to furnish reports, setting forth 
 the facts and circumstances of the "extraordinary valor and skill" 
 displayed by such officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates as 
 may be recommended by them for promotion, agreeably to the provision 
 of this act. These reports will be passed through the ascending chan- 
 nel of communication provided by the Army Regulations to the Com- 
 manding General, who will forward the same, with such remarks as ho 
 may deem necessary, to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, for the 
 action of the Secretary of War. 
 
 III.. The employees of railroad companies are authorized and re- 
 quested to examine the passes and furloughs of soldiers passing over 
 their roads, and to arrest all deserters and persons absent without leave 
 from the arm}', whenever they may be found on said roads, and to 
 deliver them to an officer of the army at the most convenient post or 
 station, or to lodge them in jail, and report their names and regiments 
 to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond. Thirty dollars will 
 be paid for all deserters delivered to an officer, and fifteen dollars for 
 each deserter lodged in jail. No allowance will he made for the ex- 
 penses of apprehension and transportation. All jailors receiving de- 
 serters are requested to detain them. The usual allowance for prisoners 
 will be made. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 • S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant iind funjiector-Gcneral. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS,"} WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 y ACJOTANT AND InSPECTOR-GeNERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 53. j Richmond, Jtily 31, 1862. 
 
 I.. Persons ivho are liable to conscription under the act of April 16, 
 1862, will not be taken to serve as partisan rangers. Such as may be 
 engaged for that branch of service must be over thirty-five years of 
 age. 
 
 II. .Only aides-de-camp are to be considercdas the personal staff of 
 general officers; all other general staff officers assigned to the com- 
 mands of general officers, or who may be attached by assignment to 
 their respective head-quarters, will be regarded as forming a part of 
 their entire commands; and any change of commanding officers in such 
 commands will not imply a change in the assignment of the general 
 staff officers. 
 
 III. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 44, current series, is hereby 
 revoked, and all paroled prisoners whose regimefits arc in the East will 
 report at Richmond, Virginia, and those whose regiments arc in the 
 West at Vicksburg, Mississippi. 
 
 IV.. All seizures and impressments of any description of property 
 whatever, and especially of arms and ordnance stores belonging to the 
 states of the Confederacy, are hereby prohibited, and officers of the 
 Confederate States army are enjoined to abstain carefully from such 
 seizures and impressments; and in case they are made by mistake, such 
 officers are ordered to make prompt restitution. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiitanl and Insjyector-GcneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, l Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No ■'■i4. J RiCHMOxi), August 1, 186'2. 
 
 I. .The following orders are publiwhed for the information and observ- 
 ance of all concerned: 
 
 II.. Whereas by a General Order, dated the 22d July, 1862, issued 
 by the Secretary of War of the United States, under the order of the 
 President of the United States, the military commanders of that gov- 
 ernment within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, arc directed to 
 
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 seize and uae any property, real or personal, belonging to the inhabi- 
 tants of this Confederacy, which may be necessary or convenient for 
 tHeir several commands, and no provision is made for any compensa- 
 tion to the owners of private property thns seized and appropriated by 
 the militarj' commanders of the enemy : 
 
 III. .And whereas by General Order, No. 11, issued on the 23d .July, 
 18(52, by Mnjor-Ueneral Pope, commanding the forces of the enemy in 
 Northern Virginia, it is ordered that all "commanders of army corps, 
 divisions, brigades, and detached commands, will proceed immediately 
 to arrest all disloyal male citizens within their lines or within their 
 reach, in rear of their respective commands. Such as are willing to 
 take the oath of allogiance to the United States, and will furnish sufH- 
 cient security for its observance, shall be permitted to remain at their 
 homes, and pursue in good faith their accustomed avocations. Those 
 who refuse, shall be conducted south, beyond the extreme pickets of 
 this army, and be notified that if found again anywhere within our 
 lines, or at any point in rear, they will be considered spies, and subject- 
 ed to the extreme rigor of military law. If anj' person having taken 
 the oath of allogiance as above specified, be found to have violated it, 
 ho shall be shot, and his property seized and applied to the public use:" 
 
 IV.. And whereas by an order issued on the LSth July, 1862, by 
 Brigadier-General A. Steinwehr, Major William Steadman, a cavalry 
 otiic'ur of his brigade, has been ordered to arrest five of the most prom- 
 inent citizens of Page county, Virginia, to be held as hostages, and to 
 suffer death in the event of any of the soldiers of said Steinwehr being 
 shot by "bu.sh whackers," by which term are meant the citizens of this 
 Confederacy who have taken up arms to 'defend their homes and fam- 
 ilies : 
 
 v.. And wluu'cas it results from the above orders that some of the 
 niilitary authorities of the United States, not content with the unjust 
 and aggressive warfare hitherto waged with savage cruelty against an 
 unoffending people, and exasperated bj' the failure of their effort to sub- 
 jugate them, have now determined to violate all the rules and usages of 
 war, and to convert the hostilities hitherto waged against armed forces 
 into a campaign of robbery and murder against unarmed citizens and 
 ]>caceful tillers of the soil : 
 
 VI. .And whereas this government, bound by the highest obligationa 
 of duty to its citizens, is thus driven to the necessity of adopting such 
 just mcasui-es of retribution and retaliation as shall sccin adequate to 
 repress and punish these barbarities: and whereas the orders above 
 recited have only been published and made known to this government 
 
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 since the signature of a cartel for exchange of prisoners of war, which 
 cartel, in so far as it provides for an exchange of prisoners hereafter 
 captured, would never have been signed or agreed to by this govern- 
 ment if the intention to change the war into a system of indiscriminate 
 murder and robbery had been made known to it: and whereas a just 
 regard to humanity forbids that the repression of crime which this 
 government is thus compelled to enforce should be unnecessarily ex- 
 tended to retaliation on the enlisted men in the army of the United 
 States who may be the unwilling instruments of the savage cruelty of 
 their commanders so long as thei-e is hope that the excesses of the 
 enemy may be checked or prevented by retribution on the commis- 
 sioned officers who have the power to avoid guilty action by refusing 
 service under a government which seeks their aid in the perpetration 
 of such infamous barbarities : 
 
 VII. .Therefore, it is ordered that Major-General Pope, Brigadier- 
 General Steinwohr, and all commissioned officers serving under their 
 respective commands, be and they are hereby expressly and specially 
 declared to be not entitled to be considered as soldiers, and therefore 
 not entitled to the benefit of the cartel for the parole of future prisoners 
 "of war. Ordered, further, that in the event of the capture of Major- 
 General Pope, or Brigadier-General Steinwehr, or of any commissioned 
 ofBeer serving under them, the captive so taken shall be held in close 
 confinement so long as the orders aforesaid shall continue in force and 
 unrepealed by the competent military authorities of the United States; 
 and that in the event of the murder of any unarmed citizen or inhabi- 
 tant of this Confederacy by virtue or under pretext of any of the orders 
 herein before recited, whether with or without trial, whether under 
 pretence of such citizen being a spy or hostage, or any other pretence, 
 it shall be the duty of the Commanding General of the forces of this 
 Confederacy to cause immediately to be hung, out of the commissioned 
 officers, prisoners as aforesaid, a number equal to the number of our 
 own citizens thus murdered by the enemy. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and lii-ipeclor-Geticral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPARTMKNT, 
 
 >■ Adjutant and iNSPECTon-OENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 55. J Richmond, xl!«(/MS< 2, 18G2. 
 
 Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 42, current series, is hereby re- 
 voked, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: 
 
 Where martial law has been proclaimed, the civil tribunals are 
 
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 authorized to grant injunctions, to make onlcrn, and tu take such steps 
 as may be necessary to prevent irreparable mischief, to secure the 
 possession of infants in the persons entitled thereto, to decide suits for 
 divorce, to make orders for alimony, and to secure the personal safety 
 of the parties to suet suits, to recover i-ents and the possession of real 
 estate and slaves, and to restore the possession of property tortiously 
 changed. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOrER, 
 Adjutiinl nnd fnspcctin-Geiientl. 
 
 tiKNKKAL ORDERS. ) WAR ITKI'ARTMKNT, 
 
 V Adjutant axu iNsrECTon-GKNiiRAi.'.s Office. 
 
 No. 56. ) Richmond, .,4 "i7t(.<!/ 6, 1862, 
 
 I. .Military commanders have no autliority to suspend the writ of 
 habeas corpus; nor doe.«? martial law, when declared by the President 
 under the act of Congress, justify the arbitrary establishment of the 
 price of commodities in the trade of the citizens of the Confederate 
 States. 
 
 II. .Necessity alone can warrant the impressment of private prop- 
 erty for public use : and wherever the requisite supplies can be 
 obtained by the consent of the owners at fair rates, and without 
 hazardous delay, the military authorities will abst.xin from the harsh 
 proceeding of impressment. 
 
 III. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No, 38, current series, is hereby 
 revoked; and all discharges will hereafter be made under the 11th 
 Article of War, and General Order, No. 26, current series. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and [niij>ector-Generul. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
 THE FIELD. 
 
 [No. 2.] 
 
 Relative to Returns of Ordnance Stores. 
 
 I.. Returns for orduanee aud ordnance stores issued to troops will 
 be made quarterly ou the 31 st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 
 3l8t December, according to Form I, " Ordnance Regulations," as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 II.. For all ordnance stores — such as arms, accoutrements, e(juip- 
 raents, and ammunition in the hands of a regiment or battalion, 
 including the supplies carried in the ordnance wagon of the regiment — 
 by the colonel of the regiment, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
 
 III. .For all ordnance stores — such as artillery harness, equipments, 
 accoutrements, and ammunition in the possession of field batteries — by 
 the captains of batteries. 
 
 IV. .For ordnance aud ordnance stores at posts or garrisons — by the 
 commanding officer, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
 
 v.. For ordnance stores in the division and army trains — by the 
 division ordnance officer and by the assistant to the Chief of Ordnance 
 of the army. 
 
 VI. .Invoices to show what has been received, aud receipts for issues 
 must accompany the " Returns," and the line of ' " Expenditures " 
 must mention the actions or practice causing the expenditure ; and, 
 where ammunition or stores are lost, proper evidence and explanation 
 must be furnished attached to the return. 
 
 VII. .In many cases captains of infantry companies have given 
 receipts for their arms and equipments. In such cases the colonel of 
 the regiment to which the company belongs should give a receipt for 
 the property in the possession of the company commander at the 
 organization of the regiment, making the necessary expenditures for 
 
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 propertj lost, vrvtn out, and expended ou the roginienlnl rpturu!<. 
 Whorc property has been furnished bj- a state or by the company 
 t.hcniFclvt's, it will be accounted for ou a separate return by the com- 
 pany commauder, a remark to that effect being made in the regimental 
 return. 
 
 VITT. .Wherever there are field depots, with workmen attached, the 
 u.sunl monthly summary flatement of work done should he transmitted. 
 (Sec Form 21(, '• Ordnance Regulations.") 
 
 J. tiORGAS, rolonci. 
 
 Chief 0/ Ordnrtrx-e. 
 Avguft 1, 1862. ^ 
 
 GENKRAI. OKDUKS.) WAR DKPAKTMENT. 
 
 V AlUUTANT AND INSPKCTOR-GESERAL'S OFFICE. 
 
 No. 57. ) RiciiMONP. .4 »</!*.'« M. T 862. 
 
 I.. The tranHpiirtatimi by railroad, of cavalry and artillery horses, 
 unless orders bo given in each cii.^ic permitting such transportation, is 
 hereby prohibited. 
 
 IT. . Hereafter all soldiers .under eighteen and over thirty-five years 
 of age will be discharged at the e.\piration of the term for which they 
 have engaged to serve. 
 
 in.. The words "cither directly or," first line (if^nernl Orders, No. 
 50, will be omitted. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 8. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General . 
 
 (3KNERAI, ORDKRS 1 WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 ^ Adjutant and iNSPEcroRGKNKRAL's Office, 
 
 No. 58. \ K1CH.VOND. August 14. 1862. 
 
 I. .The following rules in relation to the examination of conscript.s 
 are published for the guidance of the enrolling and medical examining 
 officers : 
 
 1. At each camp of instruction and at such military stations and 
 other points as may be designated, an experienced army .surgeon, from 
 a diftereut section of the country, will be detailed to examine con- 
 scripts. 
 
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 2. All conscripts capable of bearing arms will be received. 
 
 3. Conscripts not equal to all military duty may be valuable in the 
 hospital, quartermaster's, or other staff departments; and if so will be 
 received. 
 
 4. Blindness, excessive deafness, and permanent lameness, or great 
 deformitjs are obvious reasons for exemptions. 
 
 5. Confirmed consumption, large, incurable ulcers, and chronic con- 
 tagious diseases of the skin, are causes for exemption. 
 
 6. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an eye, or of several fingers, 
 will not incapacitate the subject for the performance of military duty. 
 
 7. A certificate of disability of a conscript given by a private physi- 
 cian will not be considered, unless amdavit is made that the conscript 
 is confined to bed, or that his health and life would be endangered by 
 removal to the place of enrolment. 
 
 8. But when a conscript is incapacitated by temporary sickness, he 
 must present himself so soon as recovered to the enrolling officer, or to 
 the nearest school for conscripts. 
 
 9. No previous discharge, certificate, or exemption, from any source, 
 will be acknowledged, except those granted to foreigners not domiciled, 
 and to those persons who have furnished substitutes. 
 
 10. Medical oflicers of the army are not allowed to examine con- 
 scripts and give certificates unless they are regularly detailed for that 
 duty. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and I)ispecfo!--GeHeial. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 V Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. .59. ) Richmond, August 20, 1862. 
 
 Whereas information has been received that certain peaceable citizens 
 ' of the Confederate States have been seized and put to death by order of 
 General Fitch, commanding the army of the United States, which had 
 invaded the State of Arkansas, upon the ground that one of the said 
 invading army had been shot by some unknown person, who, whatever 
 his condition, had an, unquestionable right to defend his home: And 
 whereas inquiry has been made of the Government of the United States 
 as to the correctness of the said information, and whether the action of 
 General Fitch has the sanction of the said government ; to which in- 
 quiry the authorities of the United States have refused to answer : 
 And whereas our government is driven to retaliatory measures as the 
 
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 only racanp to protect the lives of the peaceable citizens of the Confed- 
 erate States who may fall into the hands of General Fitch, or any per- 
 sons acting under his authority: 
 
 It is hereby, ordered that general officers commanding troops of the 
 Confederate States shall forthwith ascertain and report to the President 
 whether such acts have been committed; and upon being certified 
 thereof, shall forthwith set apart by lot, from among any prisoners 
 taken from the artny under the command of General Fitch, a number 
 of ofliccrs equal in number to the persons who have been put to death 
 as aforesaid, and place tticm in close confinement for execution at such 
 time thereafter as may be ordered by the President; and shall regard 
 the said General Fitch, if captured, not as a prisoner of war, but 
 place him in confinement as a felon, until the further order of the 
 President. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER,- 
 Adjutant (Hid TiiKpcctor-General, 
 
 GKNKRAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 y Adjutant and Inspbctor-General's Office, 
 
 No. 60. ) Richmond, Auffust 21, 1862. 
 
 p. .Whereas Major-Gencral Huntkr. recently in command of the 
 enemy's forces on tlio coast of South Carolina, and Brigadier-General. 
 Phelps, a military commander of the enemy in the State of Louisiana, 
 have organized and armed negro slaves for military service against 
 their masters, citizens of this Confederacy: And whereas the Govern- 
 ment of the United States has refused to answer an inquiry whether 
 said conduct of its officers mect.s its sanction, and has thus left to this 
 government no other means of repressing said crimes and outrages 
 than the adoption of such mea.=urcs of retaliation as shall serve to pre- 
 vent their repetition : 
 
 Ordered, that Major-Gcueral Hunter and Brigadier-General Phelps 
 be no longer held and treated as public enemies of the Confederate 
 States, but as outlaws ; and that in the event of the capture of either 
 of them, or that of any other commissioned officer employed in drilling, 
 organizing, or instructing slaves, with a view to their armed service in 
 this war, ho shall not be regarded as a prisoner of war, but held in 
 close confinement for execution as a felon, at such time and place as 
 the President shall order. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S COOPER, 
 Adjutant cind. In»pector-Oen«ral. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS.) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 61. J • Richmond, August 23, 1862. 
 
 I.. Hereafter all orders from this office published in the Richmond 
 Enquirer will be considered by the army as official. 
 
 Il.iln connection with paragraph IV of General Orders, No. 32, 
 from this office, ambulances and wagons for the transportation of regi- 
 mental hospital supplies are reserved for the special use of the hospital 
 department. While the ambulances, wagons, teams, drivers, etc., will 
 be borne on the returns of the quartermasters, they will be under the 
 exclusive control of the medical officers, and will not be interfered with 
 by any officer, except in permanent encampments, when by direction of 
 the General commanding, the wagons may, if necessary, be temporarily 
 used for local purposes. 
 
 III. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 53, current series, is so 
 modified as X,^ read as follows : 
 
 All seizures and impressments of any description of property what- 
 ever, belonging to the states of the Confederacy, are hereby prohibited, 
 and officers of the Confederate States army are enjoined to abstain 
 carefully from such seizures and impressments; and in case they are 
 made by mistake, such officers are ordered to make prompt restitution. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjittiint and Innpector-Gencral . 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 62. j Richmond, J ?/^«s< 26, 1862. 
 
 I. .Major-General Hugkr, having been appointed Inspector of Ord- 
 nance and Artillery for the C. S. army, is authorized to inspect and 
 examine into all the establishments of the Ordnance department, and 
 the works of all contractors for this department, including all founderies, 
 and mines of iron, load, copper, and nitre working under permanent 
 contract, and the condition and armament of all forts and batteries, 
 and to give such orders and instructions as will tend to increase their 
 efficiency. All commanding officers, and others in charge of such 
 works, are required to give him all facilities and assistance in their 
 powej in the perfortaance of his duties. Such orders and instructions 
 as he may consider necessary, and bb do not conflict with the orders of 
 
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 this department, will be considered the orders of the War department, 
 and will be transmitted, at once, through the office of the Chief of 
 Ordnance. Reports of inspections will be remitted to the War depart- 
 ment through the same channels. The rules and mode of inspection 
 will be, in other respects, in conforraitj' with section II of the Regula- 
 tions of the Ordnance department, approved February 1, 1862. All 
 officers of the Quartermaster's department are required to furnish 
 transportation to 'himself and his aids and assistants on his order. 
 Where there are no lines of transportation, he will procure it, and keep 
 an accounj. of the actual expenses ; which account will be paid by the 
 Quartcrm.astcr's department, on his certificate and order. 
 
 II.. It is hereby announced that no oath of allegiance to the United 
 States, and no parole by a person not in military service, pledgin" him- 
 self not to bear arms against the United States, will bo regarded as an 
 exemption from service in the armies of the Confederate States ; but 
 persons liable to conscription taking such oath or giving such parole 
 will bc-cnrolled for service. If captured by the enemy, they will be 
 demanded, and paroled as prisoners of war. 
 
 B}' order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 ArfJKlrnif and Iiupeclot -General. 
 
 GENERAL OKDERS.I Awutant and Inspkctor-Oeneral's Ofkick, 
 
 ^'O' 63. j lliCHMOND, September 4, 1862. 
 
 All general staff officers who hold appointments as such in the Con- 
 federate States army, and who have received, or may hereafter receive 
 appointments of higher grade in the line of the Provisional army of 
 the Confederate States, will immediately signify to this office their 
 preference for one or other of these appointments, as both can not be 
 held by the same officer. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS."! Atjdtasi and Inbpecior-Gekeral's Office, 
 
 No. 64. ) Richmond, September 8, 1862. 
 
 1. .rouacripts- in the employment of the government who leave their 
 employment without authority will be arreattd ae deserters on th* 
 
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 order of the oflBcer under whom they arc employed. Conscripts work- 
 ing for contractors will, under like circumstauces, be arrested as desert- 
 ers by the enrolling oHicer of the district on complaint and proof by 
 the contractor. 
 
 II.. The reception of substitutes under eighteen years of age is 
 hereby prohibited. The reception of substitutes into partisan corps is 
 prohibited, as is also the reception of substitutes into any company not 
 fully organized andre'ceived by the department. A substitute becoming 
 liable to conscription renders his principal also liable, unless exempt on 
 other grounds. 
 
 III. .Commissaries of subsistence in the field and at depots will 
 transfer all the hides of slaughtered beeves to officers of the Quarter- 
 master's department, who will receive them, and preserve the same to 
 be tanned. 
 
 IV. .Commanders of army corps, regiments, and battalions will make 
 to this oflBce monthly returns of their respective commands, on the 
 forms furnished, and according to the directions expressed on them. 
 OfBcers in charge of camps of instruction will make to this office, on 
 the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month, returns of the state of the 
 recruiting service, showing the number of conscripts enrolled in camp 
 .at the date of last report, the number enrolled and accepted during the 
 period for which report is made, the number sent forward to regiments, 
 and the total remaining in camp. t 
 
 v.. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 62, current series, is amended 
 so as to read as follows : 
 
 It is hereby announced that no oath of allegiance to the United 
 States, and no parole by a person not in military service, pledging him- 
 self not to bear arms against the United States, will be regarded as an 
 exemption from service in the armies of the Confederate States j but 
 persons liable to conscription, taking such oath or giving such parole, 
 will be enrolled for service. If captured by the .enemy, they will be 
 demanded as prisoners of war. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- Geiie7-aL 
 
77 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. Go. ) Richmond, September 9. 1862. 
 
 I- .Each cadet in the Confederate States service will forthwith report 
 to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond, Virginia, the state 
 in which he was born, the county and state whence appointed, and 
 whether the appointment was "at iSrgc" or from a "Congressional 
 district;" his age at the date of his appointment in the Confederate 
 service, and whether he was appointed to West Point, together with 
 the date of such appointment, and the date of his leaving. 
 
 II. .Promotions of company officers, as such, in the Provisional 
 army, take place in the respective companies in which the officers are 
 serving, and not through the line of the regiment or battalion; that is, 
 on the vacancy of the captain the first lieuten.ant of the company will 
 succeed, and the second lieutenant of the same company will be enti- 
 tled to succeed to the vacancy created by the promotion of the first 
 lieutenant. 
 
 III. .Paroled or exchanged prisoners, sick or wounded, in hospitals, 
 who have not been furnished with descriptive lists, will be mustered 
 for p.aj'mcnt upon the hospital rolls by surgeons in charge, upon their 
 affidavit that they h.ave not received pay for the period for which they 
 claim it to be due, and are not indebted to the Confederate government 
 beyond the amount which may be stated. 
 
 rV. .All officers of the Subsistence department will return to the com- 
 missary from whom they draw subsistence all barrels and sacks. If 
 they fail to return them they will be chargcd.75 cents for each barrel, 
 and $1 25 for each sack. 
 
 v.. The medical officers detailed by virtue of paragraph I, General 
 Orders, No. 58, current scries, to examine conscripts at camps of iu- 
 struction will forward every week, through the commanding officers, to 
 the Adjutant and lu-^pector-iieneral, Richmond, the names in full of 
 the conscripts received who are not equal to all military duty, but may 
 be valuable in the hospital, quartermaster's, or other staff department, 
 in order that they may bo detailed for those branches of the service. 
 The previous occupation of the conscript will bo reported, with a rec- 
 ommendation for any special duty for which he may apiftar suited. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailjiilitnt and Insjiector-Gcncrah 
 
78 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 66. j Richmond, Se.ptember 12, 1862. 
 
 I. .Agreeably to Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 56, current series, 
 declaring that " military commanders hav& no authority to suspend 
 the writ of habeas corpus," all proclamations of martial law by general 
 officers, and others assuming a power vested only in the President, are 
 hereby annulled. 
 
 II. .Conscripts employed at the government workshops of the Ord- 
 nance department will not be interfered with by enrolling or other 
 officers. All proceedings in reference to them will be made through the 
 commanding officer of the ordnance establishments. 
 
 III.. All conscripts, or detailed or hired workmen, engaged in such 
 establishments will be provided with passes, signed by the officer im- 
 mediately in charge, and countersigned by Colonel* J. Gougas, Chief 
 of Ordnance. 
 
 IV.. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau, or such 
 officers as he may designate, are authorized and required to impress for 
 the government any mineral mines or nitre caves, or deposits required 
 for the wants of the service, in all cases where such mines, caves, or 
 deposits are suffered to remain unworked, or which may be imperfectly 
 worked by the owner or lessor. Compensation for ore, earth, buildings, 
 timber, and all materials necessary for such work, thus taken and used, 
 may be settled by private agreement, or by arbitration, under the di- 
 rection of the Nitre and Mining bureau. 
 
 v.. Enrolling and recruiting officers in the discharge of their duties 
 under the Conscript or other acts, are enjoined not to remove or inter- 
 fere with workmen or employees at the nitre, lead, or copper works, or 
 mines worked by government officers, or by contractors for the Ord- 
 nance department, without first apprising and obtaining the consent of 
 the superintendent or officer in charge, who will be held strictly respon- 
 sible for any abuse or evasion of the law. 
 
 VI. .Through an error in the printed text of the "Army Regulations" 
 of the Confederate States, quartermasters have allowed to servants 
 issues of fuel, and straw, etc. All officers of the Quartermaster's de- 
 partment will hereafter take notice that such allowances are illegal, 
 and will not be admitted in accounts passing through the Quartermas- 
 ter-General's office. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AilJHtniit find Iiispector-h'eneya/. 
 
7*J 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. "| Adjutant and Iwspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 67. j Richmond, September 13, 1882. 
 
 I.. Different constructions having been placed on paragraph III, 
 General Orders, No. 65, current series, it is hereby declared that it only 
 applies to paroled or exchanged prisoners who are sick and wounded 
 in hospitals, and who have not been furnished with descriptive lists. 
 
 II.. The .Surgeon-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Commis- 
 sary-General, and the Chief of Ordnance will cause an immediate and 
 thorough inspection to be made in all the branches of their several de- 
 partments, and will report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General the 
 number of able-bodied men of conscript ago now in department employ 
 whose places can be filled by conscripts'accepted for such duty under 
 the requirements of paragraph III, General Orders, No. 58, current 
 series. 
 
 III. .Surgeons in charge of hospitals, assistant quartermasters, as- 
 sistant commissaries, and ordnance olficers having in their employ 
 able-bodied men of conscript age whose places can be filled by con- 
 scripts enrolled under paragraph III, General Orders, No. 58, current 
 series, will report the facts to the nearest enrolling officer, who will 
 cause an exchange to be made, and will order the soldiers thus relieved 
 from department employ to duty with their commands. 
 
 IV.. Hereafter no new details which will separate able-bodied men 
 from their regiments wilt be made for duty in the hospital, quarter- 
 master, commissary, or ordnance departments. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 , Adjutant and Inspector-G eneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. ) Adjutant A^^) Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 08. ) Richmond, September 17, 1862. 
 
 I.. A board of officers will convene in this city to examine appli- 
 cants for appointments as artillery officers for ordnance duty. 
 
 The board will consist of: 
 
 Colonel T. S. Ehett, Provisional artillery, on ordnance duty. 
 
 Major S. Stanshuri/, « .< 
 
 Captain Benjnniin Sloan. 
 
 Superintendent 1^. Lcroy Brown. 
 
 Captain S'lo'in will record the proceedings of the board. 
 
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 The senior oflBcer present will act as president, and will cause due 
 notice to be given of the days and place of meeting of the board, 
 which will sit from time to time as candidates may apply for examina- 
 tion. 
 
 The requisites to pass the examination will be : 
 
 1st. An ordinary English education. 
 
 2d. A knowledge of arithmetic, including the use of fractions. 
 
 3d. A knowledge of the Field Manual prepared under the direction 
 of the Ordnance bureau. 
 
 4th. The board will also examine the credentials of the applicants, 
 and take into consideration prior services tending to qualify them as 
 artillery oflBcers. 
 
 5th. The board must satisfy themselves of the moral character of 
 the candidates, and especially of their habitual sobriety; and they will 
 pass no one physically unfit for the duties of an ordnance ofBcer in 
 the field. 
 
 After such examination as the board thinks necessary, the candi- 
 dates will be arranged according to a roll of merit, based upon exam- 
 ination and testimonials, recommending them to such grade as they 
 deem them qualified for, not above the grade of captain ; the promotion 
 to higher grade beinf dependent on vacancies in the field, or at 
 arsenals. 
 
 II. .Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 65, current series, modified 
 by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, is extended to embrace all 
 soldiers sick in hospitals or on furlough. 
 
 * 
 III.. All enrolling officers are hereby expressly prohibited fi-om 
 enrolling as conscripts foreigners not domiciled in the Confederate 
 States. By domicil is meant permanent residence. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inajpectov- General. 
 
 NERAL ORDEKS."! Adjutant and Inspector-Gen£Eal-s Office, 
 
 No. 60. ) Richmond, September 19, 1862. 
 
 I.. The adjutants of the regiments throughout the army will inquire 
 into and report all eases of slaves serving with their respective regi- 
 ments without written authority from their masters. The names of 
 such slaves and their masters will lie forwarded to the oflBce of the 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, to be published in the newspapers. 
 
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 II.. The prohibition of the cxi)ortation from Virginia, of wheat, 
 flour, bacon, and corn docs not extend to seed wheat. Therefore, in 
 all cases where the Commanding General of the department through 
 which it is desired to export wheat shall be satisfic<l that it is intended 
 for seed and not for consumption, he shall permit it to pass. 
 
 III. .Hereafter the command of Major-General G. W. Smith will 
 embrace that part of the country lying south of the line of operations 
 under General R. E. Lee, including the Department of North Carolina. 
 All commanders within these geographical limits will report to and 
 receive their orders from Major-General Smith. 
 
 IV. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, is hereby 
 revoked. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 " Adjutaitt and Iiispcctor-CiciieriiL 
 
 MESSAGE OF TJIE PRESIDP]:NT. 
 
 * Confederate State.s op America, 
 
 Executive Office, 
 RiCHMONn, October 2, 1862. 
 To the Senate and House of Reprenentativcs : 
 
 I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the 
 Secretary of War, submitting "The report of the Adjutant-General 
 of the proccejings of courts martial in cases of drunkenness." 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 . LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Confedeiiate States op America, 
 War department, 
 Richmond, October 2, 18r.2. 
 Hta Excellency the President : 
 
 Sir — I have the honor to submit, for transmission to Congress, the 
 report of the Adjutant-General of the proceedings of courts martial 
 in cases of drunkenness. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 GEO. W. RANDOLPH, 
 
 Secretary of \V<ir. 
 
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 PROCEEDINaS OF COURTS MARTIAL IN CASES OF DRUNK- 
 
 AND INSPECTOBr-GENERAL 
 
 Name and Ra\k of 
 Accused. 
 
 Date of Order Con- 
 vening Court. 
 
 Where Held. 
 
 E. N. Fuljer, 2d Lieut. 1st 
 Infantry. C. S. P. A 
 
 C. E. Kauapaux, Company 
 I). Palmetto batt'n, Liglit 
 Artillery 
 
 J. S. Worforil, Capt. Com- 
 pany D. Wither's regi- 
 ment Light Artillery 
 
 T. H. W. Upshur. Assistant 
 Surgeon P. A. C. S 
 
 W. L. Wall, Lieut. Co. C, 
 Col. J. Brown's regiment. 
 
 *Reuben Brown, Co. G, Col. 
 Jack Brown's regiment... 
 
 A. S. llaynes, Capt. 
 N. C. volunteers 
 
 11th 
 
 T. 0. Jones, Lieut. 40th reg- 
 iment N. C. volunteers.... 
 
 J. D. Wright, Lieut. Co. B, 
 Speight's regiment, Tex. 
 volunteers 
 
 Head-quarters, Department ] 
 
 S. C. and Ga., Charleston, 
 
 M.ay 13. 1862 Adams Run 
 
 Head-quarters, Dep'artment i 
 
 S. C. and Ga., Charleston, ' 
 
 May 26, 1862 iHdqs. White's Bat. 
 
 Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 Vicksburg, Miss, June 9, 
 
 1862 
 
 Head-quarters. Department 
 
 Northern Va., July 16,! Camp of Maj. -General 
 
 1862 [ Longstreet 
 
 Head-quarters, Department [ 
 
 S. C. & Ga., July 25, 1862. i Macon, Qa 
 
 Head-quarters, Department 
 S. C. & Ga., July 25, 1862. 
 
 Head-quarters, Department 
 N. C, Petersburg, July 
 18,1862 
 
 Head-quarters. Dep't N. C, 
 Petersburg, July 18, 1862. 
 
 Head-quarters. Tyler.Texas, 
 August 7. 1862 Tyler, Texas. 
 
 Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 Wilmington, N. C... 
 
 John Diiuovant, Col. let S. I Head-quarters. S. C. & Qa., 
 C. regiment Charleston, Aug, 18, 1862. 
 
 [Duplicate.] 
 
 ADJUtANT AND INSPECTOR-GeNERAL's OFFICE, 
 
 Richmond, fkptember 30, 1862. 
 
 COURTS OF 
 
 Adams' Run, S. C . 
 
8:i 
 
 ENNESS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT 
 SINCE APRIL 21sT, 1862. 
 
 Charge. 
 
 Findings. 
 
 Sentence. 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 iJrunkcnncss on iliity 
 
 
 Cashiered. 
 
 Honorably acquitted 
 
 To-be publicly repriman- 
 ded in orders, and sus- 
 pendeil from rank for 
 one month. 
 
 Acquitted. 
 
 Honor.^bly acquitted. 
 
 Dismissed from the ser- 
 vice of the C. S. A. 
 
 Dismissed from the ser- 
 vice of the C. S. A. 
 
 
 
 Of l8t,2d. 4th, 5th, 6th spe- 
 cifications, not guilty; 
 on 3d specification, had 
 been drinking, and ca- 
 pacities may liave been 
 Bomewhat impaired. but 
 not so much that the 3d 
 Bpecifieation or cli.irge 
 Bliould be further con- 
 sidered. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 S 
 
 ■o 
 a 
 
 = s 
 
 5 = 
 * 5 
 
 is 
 
 Is 
 
 
 
 Viblation of 83d Article 
 of War. SpecilicBtion : 
 Abusive language while 
 under influence of li- 
 
 
 Violation of 8.'5d Article 
 of War. Speiirtoafion 
 Ist: In the habit of gut- 
 ting drunk. Specifica- 
 tions 2d and 3d do not 
 refer to drunkenness. 
 
 Prejudicial to good order 
 and military discipline. 
 
 Conduct unbecoming an 
 ofiRcer and a gentleman. 
 
 1st. Violation of 45th Ar- 
 ticle of War. 2d. Con- 
 duct unbecoming an 
 officer and a gentleman. 
 3d. Violation of "th.and 
 4 of the 8th Article of 
 War 
 
 Of the charge and speci- 
 fication '2d. guilty ; of 
 specifications 1st and 
 3d, not guilty. 
 
 Of cliarge and specific^a- 
 
 5 f; 
 
 S S. 
 
 Ouilty of the charge and 
 
 3 
 a 
 
 
 o 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 INQUIRY. 
 
 Drunkenness on duty 
 
 Note. — Of specification 1st, guilty, with the same change 
 in the language of tlie specificaticm. Of specification 
 2d. guilty, with the same change in the language of 
 the specification. Of specification 3d, guilty, with 
 the same change in the language of the specification. 
 Of tlie charge, guilty. For these alterations, see pro- 
 ceeding.". 
 
 Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPKR, Adjiila?it and Inspector-Oenenil. 
 
84 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 70. j Uicayio^T), September 23, 18G2. 
 
 I. .Non-commissioned officers and privates receiving an honorable 
 discharge shall be entitled to transportation home on the certificate of 
 the commandant of their company; or, in case they can not communi- 
 cate with him, on their own affidavits that they went from their homes 
 to the place of enlistment for the purpose of enlistment. 
 
 II. .Applications for leaves of absence, furloughs, discharges, and 
 transfers, from persons in and about Richmond, who, from sickness or 
 other cause, can not communicate with their immediate commanding 
 officers, will be made to Major-General G. W. Smith, and will not be 
 considered by the department, except on an appeal from his decision. 
 He will prescribe the mode of examination in cases of alleged physical 
 disability, and will submit to the department applications for transfers 
 to and from troops not under his command. 
 
 III. .Commanding officers are directed, and will be required to 
 examine promptly the returns of their commissaries, whether the issues 
 were made by direction of their predecessors in command, or under 
 their own direction. 
 
 IV. .Applicants for the rank of captain of artillery in the Ordnance 
 department, in addition to the subjects mentioned in paragraph I, 
 General Orders, No. 68, current series, will ho examined upon the ele- 
 ments of algebra, plane trigonometry, mechanics, and chemistry, as 
 applicable to projectiles and ordnance. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspeitor-G enerul. 
 
 RAL ORDERS, j 
 No. 71. I 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
 
 Richmond, Seplemher 2G, 1802. 
 
 I.. All persons who have made application for appointments in the 
 ordnance corps since the meeting of the present Congress will present 
 themselves for examination by the board of officers convened by 
 General Order, No. 68, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, as 
 soon as practicable. 
 
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 II. .Adjourned meetings of the board will hereafter be held conven- 
 ient to the head-quarters of the armies in the field, fur the examination 
 of officers who are acting but have not been commissioned. 
 
 III.. Those who pass the examination at the present session of the 
 board will be arranged for appointment as captains, first, and second 
 licuteiyints according to merit, and the appointments will be made from 
 the head of the list. 
 
 IV.. All officers on dutj' in the ordnance corps will hereafter be 
 cxam-incd before promotion. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Innpector-Genci'dl. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEKS."| Ahjutaxt and iNSPECTORtJE.vKnAL's Office, 
 
 No. 72. J IllcHMOXD, S(}>lcml)cr 29, 1862. 
 
 I.. The President having approved an act of Congress requiring the 
 Secretary of War "to transfer any private or non-commissioned officer 
 who may be in a regiment from a state of this Confederacy other than 
 his own, to a regiment from his own state, whenever such private or 
 non-commissioned officer may apply for such transfer, and whenever 
 such transfer can be made without injury to the public service, and that 
 the Secretary of War shall make. regulations to facilitate such transfer, 
 provided that this act shall not apply to any person who has enlisted as 
 a substitute" — it is ordered that all such applications for transfers as 
 are contemplated by the foregoing act shall be addressed lo the General 
 commanding the army in which the applicant is serving, and shall be 
 granted by him, without reference to the War department, whether the 
 transfer is within his own military department or not, provided the 
 written consent of the commandant of the company to which the trans- 
 fer is sought to be made shall first be given, and the transfer can be 
 made without injury to the public service. In all eases in which the 
 Commanding General shall think proper to refuse such application, he 
 shall endorse the reasons for such refusal, and forward the application 
 to the department. 
 
 II. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 31, current scries ; paragraph 
 IX, General Orders, No. 38, current series ; and clause 3, paragraph I, 
 Genor.'il Orders, No. .'iS,' current serie.--, are hereby revoked. 
 
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 III. .The ration issued to hospitals will not hereafter be subject to 
 the reduction authorized April 28, 1862, but will remain as prescribed 
 by paragraph 1107, General Regulation?. 
 
 IV.. For the prompt relief of the sick and wounded of posts and 
 general hospitals, not including those in the City of Richmond, it is 
 ordered : 
 
 1. That the commandant of the post shall cause to be established a 
 board, to consist of two or more medical officers at each post or general 
 hospital, for the examination of all soldiers who may be considered fit 
 subjects for furlough or discharge. 
 
 2. That iu the absence of any regularly appointed officer the senior 
 surgeon of the post or general hospital will act as commandant of the 
 post. 
 
 3. That a certificate of disability, with a recommendation for furlough, 
 signed in due form by the examining board, and approved by the .^^en- 
 ior surgeon of the post, shall entitle the soldier to a furlough, to be 
 granted by the commandant of the post. 
 
 4. That a certificate of disability, with a recommendation for dis- 
 charge, signed in due form by the examining board, and approved by 
 the senior surgeon of the post, shall, if the soldier is declared to bo 
 unfit for service in the field, or in any department of the government, 
 entitle him to his discharge, which will be signed by the commandant 
 of the post; and in all cases where the descriptive list and final papers 
 cannot be obtained, the patient will be mustered for payment upon 
 hospital rolls, by the surgeon in charge, or his affidavit that he has not 
 received pay for the period for which he claims it to be due, and that 
 he is not indebted to the Confederate States government beyond the 
 amount stated by him. 
 
 v.. In all cases of application lor furlough or discharge under the 
 foregoing paragraph the applicant will be required to explain satisfac- 
 torily his absence from the regiment, battalion, or squadron to which 
 he belongs. 
 
 VI.. Due notice of all furloughs and discharges granted under this 
 order will be forwarded through department commanders to the Adju- 
 tant and Inspector-General. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A'ljulanl and Iitapcctor-Oenerul. 
 
{S7 
 
 OKN'EKAL OltDKI'.S. ) Ai>.?itant anp Inspector-Gknkrai.'s Offkk, 
 
 No. 73. j Richmond, Octohtr 1. 1862. 
 
 I.. The State of Missisaippi, and that part of Louis-iiina cast of the 
 Mis.si8sippi river, are constituted a separate military department, the 
 command of which is assigned to Major-General .John C. Prmbkutox. 
 
 II. .Generals comm.Tnding will authorize their medical purveyors to 
 impress all medical supplies held by speculators, paying them the cost 
 price for the articles. The Generals will give the purveyors the neces- 
 sary aid to carry this order into cfTcct. 
 
 ^ By order. 
 
 s. coorEii, 
 
 Adjutant and Iiispectur-GcticyaL 
 
 GENERAL ORDER!',") Ai'Jutani ani> Inspp.ctor-Gkneral's Office, 
 
 No. "4. j Richmond. October 2, 1862. 
 
 l.-The execution of the act approved April 16th, 1862, commonly 
 called the Conscription act, and of all the amendments thereto, is sus- 
 pended, by direction of the President, in the States of Kentucky and 
 Missouri. Troops from those states will, until further orders, be re- 
 ceived into the Confederate service under the acts passed by the Con- 
 federate Congress prior to the passage of the act above referred to, the 
 execution of which is hereby suspended. 
 
 II. .The attention of otiicers and all others concerned is called to the 
 fact that General Orders. No. 72, published incorrectly in the Richmond 
 Enquirer of September 30th, and the Richmond Whiff of October 1st 
 and 2d, was published oorrectly on the Lst instant and thereafter in the 
 Enquirer, and on the .3d instant and thereafter in the W/iir/. 
 
 III.. All furloughed, sick, and wounded soldiers will have transpor- 
 tation furnished them to their homes and back, where their furloughs 
 are of sufficient length to warrant it. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPE-R, 
 Ad)ul<iut and Imptrtor-Gfucral . 
 
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 GENERAL ORDEBS,") Adjutant and Inspectoe-General's Office, 
 
 No. 75. j Richmond, October 13, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following notice of the o dicers and men who have been duly 
 exchanged as prisoners of war is published for the information of all 
 concerned : 
 
 Richmond, September 22, 1862. 
 1st. All officers aiid men who have been delivered at Aikin's landing, Virginia, 
 lip to this date. 
 
 2d. All officers who have been delivered at Vicksburg, Mississippi, up to this 
 date. 
 
 3d. Ten thousand thrice Jmndred and sixty-eight men of the first deliveries at 
 Vicksburg, Mississippi. * 
 
 (Signed) ROBERT OULD, 
 
 Agent for Exchange. 
 
 II. .All officers and men who have been duly exchanged as prisoners 
 of war will, without delay, join their respective regiments and corps. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjtuant and Inspector-Geneeal's Office, 
 
 No. 76. j Richmond, October 17, 1862. 
 
 Major A. H. Cole, quartermaster, is announced as Inspector-Gen- 
 eral of Field Transportation for the Confederate States army, head- 
 quarters Richmond, Virginia. 
 
 AH officers of the Quartermaster's department will report to him, 
 without further orders, the number of wagons, horses, mules, sets of 
 harness, and their condition. 
 
 The chief quart ermanters of the armies in the field will see that this 
 order is observed by all officers of the Quartermaster's department 
 within the limits of their respective commands. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Insjiector-Genercd. 
 
CIRCULAR. 
 
 Quartbrmasttk-Geseeal's Omcs, 
 
 RlcnMO>n), February 19, 1862. 
 
 Tho attention of officcr.-i and others is called to paragraph 9 of the 
 Kepiilation.'! f.)i- tlio Pay deparlment, which, as amended, is as follows: 
 
 9. OfticprH are piititlcd to pay from the dato of the acceptance of their appoint- 
 incuts. an<l fiom tlic date of promotion: except, that officers who are required to 
 i;ivo bond are entitled to pay only from the date of the acceptance and approval 
 of thrfr oftlcial bonds. Olflcci-s who fail to return their bonds, duly executed, 
 within ninety days from the date of their receipt, will be considered to hare 
 declined thoir iippointmentH, and be dropped from the rolln. 
 
 A. C. MYERS. 
 .Approved : Quartermaster- Oenerol. 
 
 .1. P. HkNIAMIN, Sncrct'iri/ of W'nr. 
 
 OKNERAL ORDERS, | Ad.utant and Inspkcioii-Generai's Office, 
 
 No. 77. f Richmond, October 22. ISd'J. 
 
 I...1// eaui'n <•/ (ipplicalionv for transfer from the army to the navy 
 inu,''t bo forwarded throuirh superior officers, who will certify whether 
 I he jiarty whose transfer is sought is or is not a seafaring person. 
 
 II.. The proposal of the Sputhern Express Company to carry funds 
 for the govc?rnment having been accepted, all officem are hereby forbid- 
 ilen sending ])crsons for funds in cases where the Express Company 
 can be used. 
 
 III. . O^Vc'R who have been charged with the disbursement of 
 Bounty Funps will immediately render their aeoounts to the Quarter- 
 master - (Jcneral ; otherwise thoy will be reported for dismissal, as 
 required by law. 
 
 IV. .Lieutenant-t^'olonel George Deas. Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 Confederate States army, is assigned to duty in tho War department 
 as Acting Assistant Secretary of War, and will be obeyed and respected 
 accordinglj'. 
 
 v.. Paragraph IT, General Orders, No. 67, cun'ent series, is modified 
 so as to read as follows : Hereafter afl soldiers under eighteen and over 
 8 
 
90 
 
 forti) years of age will be discharged at the expiration of the terms for 
 which they have engaged to serve. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-GeneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDEUS,~| Adjutant and Inspector-Genekaj.'s Office, 
 
 No. 78, / Richmond, October 28, 1862. 
 
 I. .Commandants of posts, when consulted by officers of- the tele- 
 graph companies as to the propriety of sending a message, will advise 
 against it : 
 
 1st. When it relates to the movements of troops. 
 
 2d. When it relates to the position of particular corps. 
 
 3d. When it gives information from which the movements and strength 
 of the armies of the Confederate States, or any portion of them, can be 
 inferred. 
 
 II.. The following is published as the schedule of average cost of 
 arms, or parts of arms and accoutrements required by paragraph 78 of 
 Ordnance Regulations : 
 
 Soldiers will be charged for loss on the muster rolls according to 
 this table : 
 
 Arms. 
 
 Enfield rifles $50 00 
 
 Rifle muskets, cal. 58 35 00 
 
 " " " 69 25 00 
 
 All other rifles, with bayonets 30 00 
 
 " " without " 25 00 
 
 Smooth-bore musket and bayonet 18 00 
 
 " musketoons 16 00 
 
 Hall's carbines 15 00 
 
 Sharpe's " ,.., 45 00 
 
 All other carbines at valuation, or not to exceed 35 00 
 
 Sabres of all kinds 18 00 
 
 Parts of AriMS. 
 
 Bayonets $5 00 
 
 Sabre-bayonets 8 00 
 
 Ramrods 2 00 
 
 Wiper, screw-driver, or ball-screw 1 00 
 
 Spring-vice , 1 50 
 
 Cock-screw. . . .' 1 OO 
 
in 
 
 Accoutrements. 
 
 Cartridge-box $2 50 
 
 Cap-poueh 1 00 
 
 Waist-bolt 75 
 
 Shoulder-belt 1 00 
 
 Bayonet-scabbard 1 00 
 
 Sword-belt .". I 3 00 
 
 III. • General hospitals are under the authority of the local command- 
 ing officers ; but their general management, and the medical officers 
 thereof, should be left to the control of the senior surgeon and medical 
 director, to be interfered with by the eorainanding officer only in spe- 
 cial cases, which will be referred to the commander of the department. 
 
 IV. .Inasmuch as the regulations concerning the issue of commis- 
 sarj' stores have been violated by issuing the same to civilians, here- 
 after all issues of subsistence not warranted by the regulations are 
 positively jirohibited. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailjutaiit and luitpector- General. 
 
 GKNJiRAL 0KDEKS1 Adjutant am> Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 79. i KiCHMOND. October 29, 1862. 
 
 I.. At a General Courf Martial, convened at Tallahassee, Florida, on 
 the 12th day of September, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 191, 
 dated August 16, 1862, from the Adjutant and Inspector-tieneral's 
 office, Richmond, whereof Colonel Gkorgh P. Harrison, Jr., .32d 
 regiment Georgia volunteers, was President, wa.s arraigned and tried 
 Major John G. naniwell, Corps of Artillery, C. S. A., on the following 
 chargcs'aud speciticirtions : 
 
 Charge I. 
 Abandoning his post. 
 
 Spccificaiion In this; -That Major John 6. BarnwcU, wliilc in command of tlie 
 
 detachment of troops at or near New Smyrnit, Florida, for the purpose of 
 protecting tlio governmenC property landed at that point by the steamers 
 •Kate' and 'Cccile.' did, on or about the lltli day of March, 1862, abandon 
 his post or position, ordering all the troops of the command off, leaving the 
 arms and .-vmrnunition. and other valuable properly, whicli lie was. under 
 orders to protect, abandoned to such evil-disposed persons as might choose 
 to tiiko them away, and to tlic enemy, wliose approach in that quarter was 
 momentarily expected." 
 
Ch.uiok II. 
 
 Chndttct subversive of good order and military discipline. 
 
 i^peciUcaiion In this; "That the Baid Major John O. Barmvell. after abandouing 
 
 his command, and while proceeding in the direction of Tallahasisee, Florida, 
 through the interior of the state, did Rtate to divers persoiiH in the country 
 'that the property landed at Smyrna was abandoned :' •' that he believed the 
 last package had crossed the St. John's river ;' ' that the only Avay to save 
 even a portion of it was for the people to rush over and lake what they 
 could carry off in their hands:' ■ that there were splendid guns, swords, pis- 
 tols, shoes, blankets, etc., which could bo had for the taking.' or words and 
 expressions of like tenor; which words and expressions did induce many to 
 congi'egate about the camps, and tempted them to appropriate to them- 
 selves articles of value, to the detriment of the public service." 
 
 Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court finds the accused, Major John G. Barnwell, Corps of Artillery, C. S. 
 army, "Not Guilty of the charges and specifications preferred against him. and 
 does, therefore, hmioi-ahly acquit him." 
 
 II.. The proceedings in this case being irregular, in the essential 
 particular that one of the members of the court, who appears by the 
 record to have been absent one day while the testimony was taking, 
 afterward resumed his seat, and participated in the further action of 
 the court, thereby vitiating its jitdgmeut, are disapproved. 
 
 While there is nothing in the record of this ease to leave any imputa- 
 tion upoti the courage and zeal of Major BarnvrcU, and his skill and 
 judgment in managing his troops, his appropriation of the arms and 
 equipments to the use of the men under his command is not justified 
 by any exigency that seems to have existed, nor to have been made 
 with proper regard for the respousibilitj' of the officer under whose 
 immediate charge they were. 
 
 Neither Major Barnwell nor Major Simkins, assistant quartermaster 
 (tlie prosecutor in the case), seem to have apprehended the extent of 
 their duty in regard to the proper protection of these public stores, and 
 to their failure and want of a hearty co-operation some loss of public 
 property is undoubtedly due. 
 
 Major John G. Barnwell, Corps of Artillerj', C. S. A., is released from 
 arrest, and will return to duty. 
 
 III.. The General Court Martial of which Col. Georgk P. HARiy- 
 sos, Jr., 32d Regiment Georgia volunteers, is President is dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEP., 
 Adjutant and Lnfijiector-General. 
 
m 
 
 (JENKRAL ORDEK.S.] Adjutant and In.-jpector-Iienbkai.'s Office, 
 
 N'o. 80. I Richmond. October -30, 186'i. 
 
 I.. 'Upon the- death of a cominisaioned diriecr in the service of the 
 Confederate States, his immediate comnmndinfj oflicer will forthwith 
 make out a certificate of the fact, stating hi.«i rank and the command 
 to which he helonped; when, where, and from what cause he diwl: 
 and, if possihle, when, and bj' whom he was last paid. 
 
 Upon the death of a non-commissioned officer or private in said ser- 
 vice, the officer commanding hin company at the time of kin death will in 
 like manner forthwith make out a descriptive list, in which he will set 
 forth when, where, and by whom he was enlisted: when, where, and 
 from iiHiat cause he died: when and hy whom lie was l.Tst paid: 
 whether there is any bounty or commutation for clothing ilue hiiu: 
 and whether there arc any stoppages against him; for what cause, and 
 of what amount. 
 
 . Thene ccrtifivatcH and deneriptirc lixtn will be transmitted directly U< 
 the Second Auditor of the Treasury of the Confederate States. 
 
 YV. .SurijeouK and amtistant uniifconx in chari/e of milititrif lionj^itith, 
 or of sick and wonuded officrrK and soldicru in private hospitals and 
 houses, upon the death of cither an officer or a soldier, will forthwitli 
 make out and forward directly to the Second Auditor of the Treasury 
 of the Confederate States a certificate stating, in the case of a commis- 
 sioned officer, his rank, and the commauil to which he belonged; in the 
 cases of non-commissioned officers and privates, the companj' and regi- 
 ment to which they belonged; and in all cases, when, where, and from 
 what cause they died. Should the deceased leave any effects or monej-, 
 a statement setting forth a list of the effects, the amount of the money, 
 and in whose hands the same will remain until legally called for, will 
 accompany said certificate. 
 
 III. .Lieutenant - Colonel W. Ijeuoy Broun, on ordnance d"ty, is 
 hereb}' detailed to supervise tho examination of candidates in the army 
 for appointments as artillcrj* officers for ordnance duty as authorizeil 
 by act of Congress, approved 16th September, 1S62. 
 
 He will, in succession, proceed to the several head-quarters of the 
 armies, under such special instructions as may be given him hereafter; 
 and tho General commanding will, on his application, associate with 
 him any two artillerj' officers ho may select, performing ordnance 
 duties, who together with himself will constitute an Examining Board. 
 
 Due notice will be given through the Richmond Enquirer of the time 
 at which examinations will be hold. 
 
Applications for permission to be examiued will be addressed to the 
 Goieral commanding each army, and will be filed with his Chief of 
 Ordnance, to be laid before the board of examiners. 
 
 IV' > Ordnance officers 8erviii(j ov the stuffs of Commanding Generals 
 will not enter into contracts for, nor purchase ordnance supplies, ex- 
 cept in cases of necessity, on the authority of the General, which must 
 be attached to the contract or account for purchase. 
 
 The exigency requiring the purchase or contract will also be stated. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General, 
 
 <i 
 
 GENERAL OKDEKS, 1 Adjutant am> Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 81. j KiCHMOND. November 1. 1862. » 
 
 I. . The payment of commissiuned officers by any other quartermaster 
 than the quartermaster of the command to which they belong is hereby 
 prohibited, unless they exhibit to the quartermaster to whom applica- 
 tion for payment is made orders from their commanding officers, or 
 from the department, showing them to be absent on detached duty, or 
 leaves of absence from the Commanding General under whom they are 
 serving. 
 
 II.. The following will be the organization of a company of Light 
 Artillery, according to the number of guns composing the battery, viz: 
 
 FoFt A Batteuy of Six Guns. 
 
 1 Captain. 
 
 2 First Lieiftonants. . 
 2 Second Lieutenants. 
 
 1 Sergeant-Major or First Sergeant. 
 
 1 Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
 C Sergeants. 
 
 12 Corporals. 
 
 2 Buglers or Trumpeters. 
 
 1 Guidon. 
 
 2 Artificers. , 
 Gl to 125 Privates. 
 
<»r» 
 
 Fon A Batteuy of Four Huns., 
 
 1 Captain. 
 
 1 First Lieutenant. 
 
 2 Second Lieutenants. 
 
 1 Sergeant-Major or First Sergeant. 
 
 1 Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
 4 Sergoant.-i. 
 
 8 Corporal.i. 
 
 2 Buglcr.5. 
 
 1 Guiflon. 
 
 2 Artificers. 
 
 C4 to 125 Privates:. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiittiiil itiul hiKj)v.v.lor-(ieiiirat. 
 
 GKNK1!.\L ORPKIiS,") Awitant and lN.«rF.cTon-Gr.NERAL".s Office, 
 
 No. 82. ) UicnMOND, Kovcmhcr 3, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following acts of Congress and regulations are published for 
 the information of all concerned: 
 
 An ant to fartJier profidc /or the Puhli'c Drfenfc. 
 
 In view of the exigencies of tlie country, and tlie .absolute necessity of keeping 
 in the service our gallant army, and of pl.icing in the tieM a large additional 
 force to meet the advancing columns of the enemy now invading our soil : Tlierc- 
 forc. 
 
 Sec. 1. Tlie Om/jrrss of the Confederate Staffs of America d-n enact. That the Pres- 
 ident be and he is hereby authorized to call out .and place in the military service of 
 the Confederate States for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, 
 all while men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 
 eighteen and thirty-iive years at the time the call or calls may be made, who are 
 legally exempted from military service^ All of the persons aforesaid who are 
 now in the armies of the Confederacy, and whose terms of service will exi>ire 
 before the end of the war. shall be continued in tlie service fur three yeais from 
 tlie date of their original enlistment, unless the war sliall have bcoii sooner ended ; 
 provided. Itoircver. that all such companies, scjuadrons, battalions, and regiments 
 whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, 
 within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the connnander of the brigade, to re- 
 organize said companies, battalions, and regiments, by electing all their officers 
 which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the 
 President: pnrrided. further, that fnilonghs not exceeding sixty d.ays, witli trans- 
 portation home and back, sh.all be granted to all those retained in the service by 
 
the pruvisions uf this act bcvuiid the period of their original enlistment, anil who 
 have not heretofore received furloughs under tlie provisions of an act entitled "an 
 act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-cou>- 
 ' missioned officers in the Provisional army," approved 11th December, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one: said furloughs to be granted fit such times and in such 
 numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compntilile with the public in- 
 terest: ajid provided, further, that, in lieu of a furlough, the commutation value in 
 money of the transportation herein above granted sliall be paid to each private, 
 musician, or non-commissioned officer who may elect to receive it, at such time as 
 the furlough would otherwise be granted : j:irovided, further, that all persona under 
 the age of eighteen years or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled 
 in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, squadrons, bat- 
 talions. ft.nd companies hereafter to be reorganized, shall be required to remain in 
 their respective companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, 
 unless their places can l)e sooner supplied by otliei' recruits not now in the service, 
 •who are Tjetween the .ages of eighteen and thirty-five years. And all laws and 
 parts of laws providing for the re-enlistmeut of volunteers and the organization 
 thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall be and the same 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Skc. 2. Be it further enacted. That -such companies, squadrons, battalions, or 
 regiments organized or in proce.ss of organization by authority from the Secretary 
 of War, as may be within thirty days from the passage of this act so far com- 
 pleted as to have the whole nyniber of men requisite for organization actually 
 enrolled, not embracing, in said organizations any persons now in service, shall be 
 mustered into the service of the Confederate States as part of the land forces of the 
 same; to be received in that-arm of the service in which they are authorized to 
 organize; and shall elect their company, battalion, and regimental officers. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the eni'olment of all persons compre- 
 hended within the provisions of this act, who are not .alro.ndy in service in the 
 firmies of the Confederate States, it shall be lawful for the President, with the con- 
 sent of the Governcfrs of the respective states, to employ state office re ; and, on 
 failure to obtain such consent, he shall employ Confederate officers, charged with 
 the duty of making such enrolment in .accordance with rules and regulations to 
 be prescribed by him. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That persons enrolled under the provisions of the 
 preceding section shall be assigned by the Secretarj' of War to tlie different com- 
 panies now in service, until each company is filled to its maximum number, and 
 the persons so enrolled shall bo assigned to companies from the states from which 
 they respectively come. 
 
 Sec. 5. Be it further enactfd. That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the laud 
 forces of the Confederate States, enrolled utider the provisions of this act, may, on 
 application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to 
 the naval service. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That in all cases where a state may not have in 
 the .army a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons, or companies sufficient to 
 absorb the number of persons subject to military service under this act. belonging 
 to such state, then the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a reserve, undej' 
 such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of W.ar, and that at stated 
 periods of not greater than three mdiiths, details, determined by lot. shall be made 
 from s.aid rrse.rve, .so that each company shall, as nearly aa practicable, bo kept 
 
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 full: proridci, that the persons beUl in reserve may remain at home until cailid 
 into Rervice by the Freoident: provided, alfo, that during th^ir sta}- at home tl ey 
 nhall not receive pay: proiidfd.furthr.r. that the persons comprehendefl in Ih V 
 act shall not l>e F-.iliject to the Uulee and Articles of War until mustered into tht- 
 actual service of the Conffdernte States; except that said persons, when enrolled 
 and liable to duty, if they fliall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of th*ni 
 shall be held to be a deserttr. and punished as snch under said Articles: j)rorirf<d. 
 fiirVier, that whenever, in tlu- opinion of the President, the exigencies of the 
 public service may require it. he shall be autliurixed to call into actual service the 
 entire reserve, or ••o much as may be necessary, not previously asoigned to differ, 
 ont companies in service under provision of section four of this act. Raid resc.-A-e 
 shall be organized under such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt: jiroiica 
 the company, t)iittalion. and regimental officers shall be elected by the irccjn 
 composing the same: provid<d, the troops raised in any one state shall not be c( tn- 
 bined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organir.ation with troope 
 raised in any other gtates. 
 
 Si:c. 7. Beitftirlhir enacted. That all soldiers mw serving in the army or mus 
 tered in the military service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said servici- 
 under the authorizati'ns heretofore issued by the pecretaiy of War, and who are 
 continued in the S'.rvi' e by virtue of this act. who have not received the bounty i f 
 fifty dollars allowed by e.\isting laws, shall be entitled to receive said bounty. 
 
 Sec. 8. Be il /urUar otactcd. That ''ach man who may hereafter be mustered 
 into the service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, shot-gun, rifle, or car- 
 bine, accepted as an efficient weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to be ascer- 
 tained by the mustering offiotn'. under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
 the Secretary of War, if he is willing to sell the same; and if he is not. then he 
 shall be entitled to receive one dollar a month for the use of .said received and 
 approved musket, rifle, shot-gun, or carbiitc. 
 
 Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. That persons not liable for duty may be received 
 as substitutes for those who urc. umler such regulations as may be prescribed ty 
 the Secretary of War. 
 
 Skc. 10. Be it farther enacUd, That all vacancies shall be filled by the President 
 from the company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which such vacancies shall 
 (Kcnr, by promotion according to seniojity. except in cases of disability or other 
 incompetency : provided, hoioever, that the President may. when in his opinion it 
 may be proper, lill inch v.icancy or v.acancies by the promotion of any officer, or 
 officers, or private or priv.ites from such company, battalion, squadron, or regimtct 
 who shall have been distinguished in the service by exhibition of valor and skill. 
 and that whenever a vacancy shall occur in the lowest grade of the commissioned 
 oflicers of a company said vacancy shajl be filled by election : proiudecf, that ail 
 appointments made by the I'resident shall be by and with the advice and consent 
 of the Senate. 
 
 Sec. W. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the first section of this act. 
 relating to the election of officers, shall apply to those regiments, battalions, and 
 squadrons which are composed of twelve months and war companies combined in 
 the same organization, without regard to the manner in which the officers theieoi 
 were originally appointed. 
 
 Skc. 12. Be it further enacted, That each company of infantry shall consist oi 
 one hundred and twenty-five, rank and file; each company of field artillery of ..Ge 
 hundred and fifty, rank and file; and each of cavalry of eighty, rank and file. 
 
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 Sec. 13. Be it further enacted. That all persons subject tn em-olmont. who are 
 not now in service uuder the provisions of this act, shall be permitted, previous 
 to such enrolment, to volunteer in companies now in the service. [Approved 
 April 16. 1862.1 ^ 
 
 [No. 17.] 
 
 An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide further for the Public 
 Defence, approved April 16, 1862. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the President 
 he and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the military service of the 
 Confederate States for three years, unless the war should have been sooner end»d, 
 all white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 
 t!iirty-flve and forty-flve years at the time the call or calls may be made, and who 
 are not at such time or times legally exempted from military service, or such 
 part thereof as in his judgment may be necessary to the public defence; such 
 call or calls to be made under the provisions and according to the terms of the act 
 to which this is an amendment; and such authority shall exist iu the President, 
 during the present war, as to all persons who now are or may liereafter become 
 eighteen years of age ; and when once enrolled, all persons between the ages of 
 eighteen and forty-five shall serve their full time : provided, that if the President, 
 in calling out troops into the service of the Confederate States, shall fir.-^t call fir 
 only a part of the persons between the ages heretofore stated, he shall call for 
 those between the ages of thirty-five and any other age less than forty-five : pro- 
 vided, that nothing hei'ein contained shall be understood as repealing or modifying 
 any part of the act to which this is amendatory, except as herein expressly stated: 
 and provided, further, that those called out under this act, and the act to which 
 this is an amendment, shall be first and immediately ordered to fill to their maxi- 
 mum number the companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments from the 
 respective states at the time the act to further provide for the public defence, 
 approved 16th April, 1862, was jiassed, and the surplus, if any, shall be assigned to 
 organizations formed from each state since the passage of that act, or placed in new 
 organizations, to be oflScered by the state having such residue, according to tlio 
 laws thereof, or disposed of as now i)rovided by law: p^-ovided, that the President 
 is authorized to suspend the execution of this act. or the act to which this is an 
 amendment, in any locality where he may find it impracticable to execute the 
 same, and that in sucli locality, and during said suspension, the President is 
 authorized to receive troops into the Confederate service under any of the acts 
 passed by the Confederate Congress prior to the passage of the act to provide 
 further for th& public defence, approved 16th April, 1S62. [Approved September 
 27, 1862.] 
 
 [No. 53.] 
 
 An act to exempt certain Persons from Military Duty, and to repeal an 
 act entitled "An act to exempt certain Persons from Enrolvient for 
 Service in the army of the Confederate States," approved 2\st April. 
 1862. 
 
 Thfi Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That all persons 
 who shall be held unfit for military service in the field, by reason of bodily or 
 
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 mental incapacity or imbeollity. iimler rules tn )ie prpsoribeil l>y flie Secretury of 
 War: the Vice-President of the Confederate Stales: tlio officers, judicial and 
 executive, of the Confecferate and state povernnients. includins postmaster.^ 
 appointed by the President and confirmed by tlie Senate, and such clerks in their 
 offices as are allowed by the Postnia8ter-(}eneral and now employed, and excluding 
 all otluT (lostmasters. their apsistants and clerks, and except such state officers as 
 the several states may have declared, or may hereafter declare by law to be liable 
 to militia duty: the members of both houses of the Confcress of the Confederate 
 States, and of the legislatures of the several states, and their respec tive officers ; 
 all clerks now in the offices of the Confederate and state povernments a\ith(>ri7.ed 
 by law. recciviud salaries or fees: all volunteer troops, heretofore i-aise 1 by any 
 state since the passage of the act entitled '"An Jict further to provide for the 
 jiublic defence.' approved .April 16. 1862. while such troops shall be in active 
 service under state authority : prnridrd. that this exemptiim shall not apply to 
 any person who was liable to be called into service by virtue ot said act of April 
 16. 1862: all pilots ami persons enjjaped in the merchant-marine service; the 
 president, superintendents, conductors, treasurer, chief clerk, enRinecrs. mana.gers. 
 station agents, section msisters, two expert track hands to each section of eight 
 miles, and mechanics in the active service and employment of railroad companies, 
 not to embrace laborers, porters, and messengers: the president, general superin- 
 tendent and operators of teiegnii>h companies, the local superintendent .ind 
 operators of said comi>anies. not to exceed four in number at any locality, but that 
 at the seat of government of the Confederate States; the president, superintend- 
 ents. eapt-»ins. enyineors, chief clerk, and mechanics in the active sei vie- an'l 
 eiuploymonl of all companies engaged in river and canal navigation, and all caj). 
 tains of boats and engineers therein employed; one editor of each newspaper now 
 b«ing publishe I. and such e!upl lye-.-s- .as the editor or proprietor may certily ui)on 
 oath to be indispensable for cimlucting the publication; the i)ublic i)rinter, and 
 those employed to perform the public printing for the Confederate and state 
 governments; ever.v nvinister of religion authorized to preach according to the 
 rules of his .sect and in tlie regular discharge of ministerial duties, and ,ill persons 
 who have been and now are members of the society of Friends, and the association 
 of Dnnkards. Nazarenes.aml Meniiouists, in regular membership in their respective 
 ilenominations: provklal. members of the society of FrieniKs. Na/.areues. Mennou-# 
 ists, and Dnnkards sh,all furnish substitutes or i>;>y a tax of $500 each into the 
 public treasury; all physicians who now are. and for the last five years have been, 
 in actual pr.aetice of their profession; all shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, 
 wagon-makers, millers, and their engineers, millwrights, skilled and .actually 
 employed .at their regular vocation in the said trades, habitually engaged in work- 
 ing for the public, aud while so actually employed: provided, sviid persons shall 
 make oath in writing tluit they are so skilled and actuall.v employed at the time 
 at their regular vocation in one of the above trades ; which affidavit shall onl.v be 
 prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated : provided, further, that the 
 exemptions herein granted to persons by reason of their peculiar mechanical or 
 other occupation or employment, not connected with the public service, shall be 
 subject to the condition that the products of the labor of such exemi>ts. or of the 
 companies and establishments with which they are connected, shall be sold and 
 disposed of by the proprietors at prices not exceeding seventy-five per centum 
 ui)on the cost of production, or within a maximum to be fixed by the Secretary of 
 War, uuiler such regulatiiHis as he n»ay prescribe: and it ts further provided, that 
 
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 if the proprietors of any sucli manufacturing establishments shall be shown, upon 
 evidence, to be submitted to. and judged of by the Secretary of War, to have 
 violated, or in any manner evaded the true intent and spirit of the furegoins; pro- 
 viso, the exemptions thei'eiu granted shall no longer be extended to them, their 
 superintendents, or operatives iu said establishments, but they and each and every 
 of them -shall be forthwith enrolled under the provisions of this act. and ordered 
 into the Confederate army, and shall in no event be again e.vempted therefrom by 
 reasmi of said mannfactnring establishments or employment therein; all superin- 
 tendents of public hosjiitals. lunatic asylums, and the regular physicians, nurses, 
 and attendants therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf, 
 dumb, .and blind: in each apothecary store now established and doing business 
 one apothecary in good standing, who is a practical apothecary; superintendent* 
 and operators in wool and cotton factories, paper-mills, and superintendents and 
 managers of wool-carding machines, who may be exempted by the Secretary of 
 War: provided, the profits of such estiiblishments shall not exceed seventy-live ])cr 
 centnnj upon the cost of production, to be determined upon oath of the parties, 
 subject to the same penalties for violation of tlie provisions herein contained «s 
 are herein befoie provided in c.ise of other manufacturing and mechanical employ- 
 ments ; all pre.sidents and teachers of colleges, academies, schools, and theologiciU 
 seminaries who have been regularly engaged as such for two years previous to the 
 pa.asage of this act: all artisans, mechanics, and employees, in the establishments 
 of the government for the manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and 
 other munitions of war, saddles, harness, and army supplies, who may bo certified 
 by the oflicer in charge thereof, as necessary for such ostablishment*; also, all 
 artisans, mechanics, and employees in tlie establishments of such persons as are or 
 may be engaged under contr.acts with the government in furnishing arms, ord- 
 nance, ordnance stores, and other munitions of war : jirovidcd that the Chief of the 
 Ordnance bureau, or some ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpose, shall 
 approve of the number of operatives required in such establishments; all per- 
 sons employed in tlie manufactureof arms, or ordnance of any kind by the -)everal 
 states; or by contractors to furnish the same to the several state governments, 
 whom the Governor or Secretary of State thereof may certify to be necessary to 
 the same; .all persons engaged in the consfructiou of ships, gun-boats, engines, 
 # sails, or other articles necessary to the public defence, under the direction of the 
 Secretary of the Navy; all superintendents, managers, mechanics, and miners 
 employed in the production and manufacture of sait to the extent of twenty 
 bushels per day, and of le.ad and iron, and all persons engaged in burning coke for 
 smelting, and manufacture of iron ; regular miners in coal mines, and all colliers 
 eng.oged in making charcoal for ni.iking pig and bar iron, not to embrace laborers, 
 messengers, wagoners, and servants, unless enipK)yed at works conducted uniler 
 the authority and by the officers or agents of a sUite. or in works employed in the 
 production of iron for the Confederate States; one male citizen f5r every 500 head 
 of cattle, for every 250 head of horses or ntules, and one shepherd for every 500 
 head of sheep, of such per,sons as are engaged exclusively in raising stock : pro- 
 vided, that there is no white male adult not liable to do military duty engaged 
 v.ith such person in raising stock : to secure the proper police of the country, one 
 poison either as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation on which one white 
 person is required to be kept by the laws or ordinances of any state, and on which 
 there is no white male adult not liable to do military service ; and in states having 
 no such law, one person as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation of twenty 
 
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 negroes, and on which there is no white male ftdnlt not liable to military service; 
 andfurllurmorc.foTaAilUional police for every twenty negroes on two or more 
 plantations, within five miles of each other, and each having less than twenty ne- 
 '^roe.s, on which there is no male white adult not liable to military duty, one per.sun, 
 being the oldest of the owner.s or overseers on such plantations; and such other 
 persons as the President shall be satisfied on account of J.U3tire. equity, or neces- 
 sity ought to be e.xemjttcd. are hereby exempted from military service in the 
 urmies of the Confederate .States: also a regiment raised under and by authority 
 <d' the State of Texas for frontier defence, now in the service of said state, while 
 in such service: provided, further, that the exemptions herein above enumerated 
 and granted hereliy. shall only continue while the persons exempted arc actually 
 (Migaged in tlieir respective pursuits or occupations. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be il further enacted. That the act entitled " An .let to exempt certain 
 persons from enrolment for serviie in the armies of the ('onfederate State^i," 
 approved the 'Jlst of Ajiril, 1802, is hereby repealed. j.Vpproved October 11, l'Sl"2.J 
 
 [No. 42.] 
 
 An art to amend an act entitled " .'l)i act to further praride for the I'lih- 
 lic Defence," approred IQth April, 1862, nnd the act to amend the 
 «ame. approved September 27, 1862. 
 
 The Omgress of the Confederate States of Jmeriea do enact, That all persons sub- 
 ject to enrolment for military service m.ay be enrolled iinder instructions from 
 the War department, and reported by the enrolling officer wherever found, 
 whether within the state or county of their resi<leiice or not: and when so 
 i-nrolled. shall be subject to the provisions of law as fully as if enrolled within 
 the county and state of which they may be residents: provided, that this act shall 
 not extend to any member of a military organization under any state law while 
 he leniains in actual service without the limits of liis state: and jirovided. further. 
 that the President is authorized to suspend the execution of this act .is regards the 
 residents of any locality where he may lind it impracticable to execute the act 
 futitled •• An act to further provide for the public defence." approved .'Vpril 10. 
 1862. and the act to amend the last mentioned act, approved September 27. 1S62. 
 [ Approved October 8, 1862 ] 
 
 [No. 49.} 
 
 An act to establish placet of Jiendezroii-i for the E.vaminatxon of Enrolled 
 
 men. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be 
 established in each conuty. parish, or district, and in any city in a county, parish, 
 or district in the several st.ates, a place of rendezvous for the per.sons in said 
 County, district, parish, or city enrolled for military duty in the field, who shall b* 
 there examined by one or more surgeons to be employed by the government, to 
 be assigned to thatMuty by the I'resident on a day of which ten days notice shall 
 be given by said surgeon, and from day to day next thereafter until all who shall 
 be in attendance for the purpose of examination shall have been examined: and 
 the decisions of said surgeons, under rcguL-ttions to be cslablish«>d by the Secretary 
 
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 uf \V;ir. as til the plivsical and mental cai)!>city of any such person for military 
 .Itity in the fielil, shall be final ; and those only thus luicertained to be tit for mili- 
 lary dnty in the field shall ho required to assemble at camps of instruction. 
 
 Sec. 2. There shall be jussignert to each congre-ssional district in the several 
 states three surgeons, who shall constitute a board of examination in 8ucli ilis- 
 trict( f 'r the purpose specified in the foregoing section any one or more of whom 
 may act at any place of rendezvous in said districts. 
 
 Ski;. 3. When it shall appear to any surgeon attending such place of rendezvtiiis 
 liy till' ccitificate of a respectable physician resident in that county, district, 
 (rirish oi- city in a county, parish, or district that any enrolled person therein is 
 n i-ible to attend on account of sickness, it shall be the duty of said surgeon to lile 
 i>iid i-ertificate with the commandant of the nearest camp of instruction; and if 
 the iK'ison named therein shall not within a reasonable time report himself for 
 examination at said camp of instruction or liis continual disability certified by 
 the certiticate of a respectable physician of his county, city, district, or parish, he 
 slial! be held liable as abs'iit without leave of his comn^nding officer. [Approveil 
 ().-tol..Tll, 1862.J 
 
 II. Commandants of (Jon.scrii'ts and Cami'S ok In'Structiox. 
 
 1. An ofRecr, styled the commamlant of eonscript.«, will be aji- 
 Ijointeil for each state, who will be charged with the supervision of the 
 enrolment and disposition of conscripts. He will establish one or 
 more camps, in which conscripts will be assembled and instructed, and 
 may recommend for appointment a surgeon, a quartermaster, a com- 
 missary, and the requisite number of drillmasters for e.ach camp. If 
 m'lre than one camp be established, he msty also recommend a com- 
 mandant for each camp not under his own immediate command. 
 
 2. A hospital will be established and huts for winter quarters eon- 
 ^iructed at each camp; and all conscripts assembled at the camps will 
 lie promptly vaccinated, if it has not already been done. 
 
 '■i. The commandant of conscripts will require from each camp a 
 report on the first ^Monday in every month, showing the e.xpenses of 
 the preceding month ; the number of conscri))ts in the camp; the num- 
 ber received and sent away during the preceding month ; the regi- 
 ments, battalions, or companies to which they were sent; the number 
 transferred to the navy; the number of sick; the nature of their 
 diseases, and the number of deaths. Ho will make a consolidated 
 montlilj' report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General of the army. 
 
 4. The commandants of conscripts east of the Mississippi river will 
 receive orders only from the War department, and will not be inter- 
 fered with by Generals commanding departments or ai:jiiies in the field. 
 \Vest of the Mississippi they will report to and receive instructions 
 from the Commanding General of the Trans-iMississippi department, 
 who will require them to conform as nearly as possible to this order, 
 
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 and to the regulations prescribed for commandants east of the Mis^is- 
 sijipi. lie will make a consolidated monthly report to the Adjutant 
 and iDspector-Genoral of the army. 
 
 6. The commandants of all regiments, battalions, squadrons, or unat- 
 tached companies which were in service on the 16th of April, 1S62, 
 desiring to receive conscripts, may transmit, through the Adjutant and 
 Inspector-Ueneral of the army, statements of the strength of their 
 commapds to the commandant of conscripts in their respective states. 
 who, unless otherwise ordered, will, as far as practicable, distribute the 
 ••onscripfs of the state among its regiments, battalions, and companies 
 thereof, in proportion to their respective deficiencies. 
 
 He will consult the wishes of the conscripts in assigning them to 
 companies or regiments, so far as may be consistent with their proper 
 distribution, and will not separate men from the same county, district 
 or parish, if it can be avoided. The same rule will be observed by the 
 (•■)mmandants of corps in assigning conscripts to companies. 
 
 6. Conscripts for cavalry will only be taken from those who furnirh 
 their own horses. No conscripts c.in be assigned to companies mustered 
 into service since the 16th of April, 1862. 
 
 7. The commandants of conscripts are specially enjoined to pay un- 
 ceasing attentiou to the health, comfort, and instruction of the eon- 
 scripts under their command, and to bear in mind that the efficiency of 
 the army and the safety of the country ^epend in a great measure upon 
 their faithful discharge of these duties. 
 
 in. Enrolmknt of Conscripts. 
 
 All white male residents of the Confederate States, between the ages 
 cf eighteen and forty, not exempted by act of Congress, or not already 
 in the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enrolment may be 
 enrolled wherever they may be found, as provided by the act No. 42, 
 herewith published. 
 
 IV. UNDOMlCILEn FOREIC.VERS. 
 
 1. Foreigners not do^niciled in the Confederate States are not liable 
 'n enrolment. Domicil in the Confederate States consists fa residence 
 with intention permanently to remain in those states, and to abandon 
 domicil elsewhere. Long residence of itself does not constitute domi- 
 cil. A person may acquire domicil in less thau one year, and he may 
 no; acquire it in twenty years residence. If there is a determination to 
 return to the native country and to retain the domicil there, no length 
 of residence can confer domicil. 
 
 The principal evidences of intention to remain are the declarations ol 
 the party, the exercise of rights of citizenship, marriage, and the ac 
 
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 quisition of real estate ; but the intention may be gathefred from other 
 facts. 
 
 2. The enrolment will be made by the enrolling officers of the state, 
 if the Governor thereof will permit them to act under the orders of the 
 commandant of conscripts, and application will be made by the said 
 commandant for such permission. If it be declined, the commandant 
 will report the fact to the Adjutant and In.spector-General, and ask for 
 the employment of Confederate officers for the purpose of making en- 
 rolments. If the Governor consent, but the enrolling officers of the 
 state be found unable or unwilling to discharge their duty efficiently, 
 the like application will bo made to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
 eral; and, in such event, a commissioned officer for each congressional 
 district, and a non-commissioned officer or private for each county, 
 city, town, district, or parish will be assigned to such duty. 
 
 In making such assignment, officers and men disabled by wounds 
 from active duty in the field, and acquainted in the localities in which 
 they are required to serve, will, as far as practicable, be selected. The 
 commissioned officer in each district will superintend the enrolments 
 and collection of conscripts therein. Non-commissioned officers and 
 privates, while so employed, will be allowed pay as extra-duty men. 
 The enrolling officers of the states, if employed, will be paid the com- 
 pensation allowed by the state laws for similar services. 
 
 The Commanding Generals of armies in the field will order such com- 
 missioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates as they think 
 qualified to be enrolling Officers or drill officers, and who are unfit for 
 active service in the field, to report to the commandant of conscripts in 
 their respective states, who will order such of them to duty as may be 
 required, and report the remainder by letter to the Commanding Gen- 
 eral as not needed for such service. 
 
 3. Enrolments for particular regiments, srjuadrons, battalions, and 
 companies in service on the 16th of April, 1862, may be made by offi- 
 cers detailed for the purpose by the Commanding General of a depart.' 
 ment or an army in the field ; but such officers must report to the com- 
 mandant of conscripts in their respective states, receive instructions 
 from him, and assemble their conscripts at such point as he may desig- 
 nate. Conscripts enrolled without reporting to such commandant will 
 be deemed to be enrolled for general service, and shall at any time be 
 transferred, on their own application, or on the application of com- 
 mandants of corps needing conscripts^ to such corps. 
 
 V. Exemptions. 
 The Exemption act will be construed prospectively, and does not 
 authorize the discharge of any one enrolled or ia service prior to the 
 nth day of October, 1862. 
 
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 VI. BoniLV AND Mr.STAL Imirmivv. 
 
 1. Questions of bodily and mputal incapacity will he decided by 
 surgeons employed for the purpose, by virtue of the act of Congre?? 
 approved on the 11th of October, ISrS. 
 
 Three surgeons in each congressional district will be recommended 
 by the commandants of conscripta to the Adjutaat and Inspettior- 
 (J-eneral f* era])loymcnt under the foregoing act; aad the sai<l com- 
 mandants will establish in each county, city, parish, or district a place 
 of rendezvous for the examination of conscripts enrolled therein. 
 
 2. The three surgeons employed in each congressional district will 
 constitute a board of examination for the district; and one or more of 
 them may act at any place of rendezTous therein. They shall fix day.=i 
 for the examination of conscripts in each county, citj-, parish, or dis- 
 trict, and give at least ten days Dotice thereof, by publication in one or 
 more newspapers circulating in the congressional district, and by notice 
 posted at the principal places* of public resort. 
 
 '3. The enrolling officer for the county, city, parish, or distFict shall 
 attend at such examinations, and enroll and send to the camp O'f 
 instruction such persons as arc examined and found by the surgeon to 
 be incapable of bearing arms. The standard of bodily capacity .shall 
 be that establisheil by (.ieucral Order, No. 58, modified by the omission 
 of the 3d paragraph, which authorized the enrolment of persons not 
 equal to all military duty. No person will be enrolled as a conscript 
 who is not capable of l)e;iring arms. 
 
 4. Persons deemed incapable of bearing arms shall be reported by 
 the examining surgeon to the board of examination, who shall deter- 
 mine the questions of exemption, and grant certificates thereo'f. The 
 certificates shall specify- whether the incapacity is temporary or perma- 
 nent; and, if permanent, the party shall be exempt frotn future exami- 
 nation, unless specially ordered by the board. So soon as the exan»iniDg 
 board shall be organized in any congressional district, and shall enter 
 upon the discharge of their duties, no other mode of examination for 
 persons in that district will be pursued, aisd the decision of the exam- 
 uing board will be deemed final. 
 
 5. The fact that a person has been discharged from service for phys- 
 ical disability or other cause, does not of itself exempt from enrolment 
 as a conscript. 
 
 6. If any enrolled person is unable to attend at the rendezvous on 
 account of sickness, he will send to the examining surgeon a certifi- 
 cate specifying the cause of absence, and its probable duration, from 
 some respectable physician resident in the county, city, parish, or 
 district in which the rendezvous is situatetl. The examiuiug surgeon 
 
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 sball send the certificate to the cominaudant of the nearest camp <if 
 instruction ; and if the person mentioned therein shall not report him- 
 self for examination at the said camp within a reasonable period, or 
 send to the commandant of the camp a renewal of the certificate, 
 showing his continued disability; 'he shall b3 deemed absent without 
 leave. 
 
 7. A compensation of $i per diem, while actually emploj'ed, will be 
 allowed to each of the examiniug surgeons, and will be paid on 
 their certified account by the quartermaster of the nearest camp of 
 instruction, 
 
 VII. Friends, Dunkards, Naxarenes, and Mennonites. 
 
 All x>«rsoHS of the above denominations, in regular membership 
 therein on the 11th day of October, 1862, shall be exempt from enrol- 
 ment, on furnishing a .substitute, or on presenting to the enrolling 
 officer a receipt from a bonded quartermaster for the tax of five hun- 
 dred dollars imposed by act of Congress, and a,n affidavit by the 
 bishop, presiding elder, or other officer whose duty it is to preserve 
 the records of membership in the denomination to which the party 
 belongs, setting forth distinctly the fact that the party on the 11th day 
 of October, 1862, was in regular membership with such denomination. 
 The affidavit must be taken and certified by a justice of the peace, or 
 other officer appointed by the law of his state to administer oaths: 
 and his authority to administer oaths nmst be certified by the clerk of 
 a court of record, under the seal of the court. 
 
 All assistant quartermasters to whom the said tax is tendered will 
 receive and receipt for it, and pay the same into the treasury of the 
 Confederate States without unreasonable delay. The enrolling officer 
 will receive the receipt and forward it to the commandant of con- 
 scripts, by whoiti it will be forwarded to the Quartermaster-Genei'al, 
 who will charge the assistant quarteruiaster with the amount received 
 by him. 
 
 VIII. Provi.«ion against Extortion. 
 
 1. When application for exemption is made by any shoemaker, tan- 
 ner, blacksmith, wagon-maker, miller, mill engineer, or millwright, not 
 ia the employment of any company or establishment, but working for 
 himself, the party seeking exemption shall state in writing, under oath, 
 that he is skilled and actually employed in his said trade ; that he is 
 habitually engaged in working for the public ; that the products of his 
 labor, while exempt from military service, shall not be sold, exchanged, 
 or bartered for a price exceeding the cost of production and seventy- 
 ive per cent, profit thereon; and that he will not by any arrangemeur, 
 
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 .■'liif't, or contrivance, evade the liiw, or receive a greater price or 
 reward than it allows. 
 
 2. Where application is made to exwmpt superintendents and opera- 
 tives in wool and cotton factories and paper-mills, and superintendents 
 and managers of wool-carding machines, shoemakers, tanners, black- 
 smiths, wagon-makers, millei-s, mill engineers, or millwrights, not 
 working for themselves, but in the employment of some company or 
 establishment, the president or some director, if the company be incor- 
 porated, if not; the proprietor of the business, or, if there be a firm, some 
 partner therein, shall make oath in writing that the said superintendents, 
 operatives, managers, or mechanics as the case may be, are skilled and 
 actually employed in their said vocations; that they are habitually 
 working for the public; that they are absolutely necessary for the suc- 
 cessful prosecution of the business of the concern : that the products 
 thereof shall not be sold, or exchanged, or bartered, during the said 
 exemption, for a price exceeding the cost of production and seventy- 
 five per cent, profit thereon ; that no shift, contrivance, or arrangement 
 shall be made to evade the law, or to secure a larger return or profit 
 than it allows ; and that exemption is not sought for a larger number 
 of parsons than is absolutely uecessary for the successful prosecutioji 
 of the business of the concern. 
 
 3. The foregoing affidavits shall be made before some justice of the 
 l)eace, or other person authorized by law to administer oaths, and if 
 such justice or other person be not personally known to the enrolling 
 officer to be what he purports to be, his official character and his right 
 to administer osiths must be certified l)y the clerk of some court of 
 record, under the seal of his court. 
 
 The affidavits shall be returned to the comuLindant of conscripts, 
 :ind exemptions shall be granted by the enrolling officer. If, however^ 
 he suspect fal.se swearing or mistake, he shall refuse the exemption, and 
 refer tho case, after first enrolling the names of the parties in question, 
 to the commandant of conscript.*, who shall dispose of it. If at any 
 time the enrolling officer have cause to suspect false swearing or mis- 
 take in the foregoing affidavits, he shall report the fact to the com- 
 mandant of conscripts, and if the said commandant be satisfied after 
 due investigation that a larger number of persons is designedly em- 
 ployed than is necessary, or that a larger profit th.an the law allows is 
 received either directly or indirectly, -he shall order the enrolment of 
 the parties exempted upon the said affidavits. 
 
 IX. Details. 
 
 Citizen employees and mechanics who arc employed in establishmeiit.s 
 of the government, or by contractors with the government in the manu- 
 
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 facture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and other mnnitions of war, 
 saddles, harness, and army supplies, will be enrolled and returned to 
 their work: ])rovided the Chief of the Ordnance bureau, or some 
 ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpose, shall certify thafc 
 the number of operatives required by the officer in charge of such 
 establishment, or by such contractor for government work, is reason- 
 able, and not excessive. Such certificate will be presented to the 
 enrolling officer, who will thereupon make the detail of the men speci- 
 fied for a period not exceeding sixty days, and return the certificate to 
 the commandant of conscripts. At the expiration of such detail, the 
 officer in charge of the government shop, or the contractor in whose 
 employment said conscripts are, shall cause said certificates to be re- 
 newed, or return the conscripts to the nearest camp of instruction. If 
 the certificate be not renewed, or the conscripts be not returned, no 
 other detail shall be granted to such establishment or contractor. In 
 all cases of details for contractors, the party requesting the detail shall 
 make affidavit that the persons so detailed will not be employed on any 
 other than government work, which affidavit shall be returned to the 
 commandant of conscripts ; and if it be found that at any time such 
 detailed oonsevipts are employed by said contractors upon work for 
 private individuals, the detail shall be cancelled by the commandant of 
 conscripts. 
 
 Paragraph I, General Orders, No. »0, current series, is hereby re- 
 voked. 
 
 X. To WHOM AppLICATK>.NS for EXEMPTIO'N MUST BE ADDRESSED. 
 
 Applications for exemption must, in all cases, be made to the enroll- 
 ing officer, from whose deciEion an appeal may be taken to the com- 
 mandant of conscripts. "The department will not consider the appli- 
 cation until it has been referred by the latter ofRcer. 
 
 XI. SUBSTITOTES. 
 
 1. When a person claims exemption on the ground that he has put a 
 substitute in service, he must exhibit to the enrolling officer a discharge 
 from some company, signed by the commanding officer of the regiment 
 or command to which the said company belongs, or then belonged (see 
 General Order, No. 26), or an exemption signed by the commandant of 
 conscripts. And if the said discharge or exemption do not show that 
 it was granted in consideration of a substitute having been furnished, 
 such fact must be certified in writing by the commanding officer of the 
 regiment or command to which the company belongs, or by the com- 
 mandant of conscripts, as the case may be. 
 
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 But in all case? ariMiig within thirty days Crom the date of this order, 
 Ihe enrolling officer may grant the exemption upon salisfactorv proof 
 that the party furni.she<I a substitute, who was actually received into 
 the service of the ConfedL-rate States for three years or the war, and the 
 nibstitutc is not liable to military service. Such exemption may at 
 any time be cancelled, if fraud or mistake be discovered. 
 
 2. Paragraph IT, 0.>ncrai Order. No. 29. eurrenl series, is hereby 
 revoked. No person under cighlcen years of age, or not domiciled in 
 fho Confederate States, or not of good moral character, or who is liable 
 under the existing order to enr..lm:nt as a conscript, shall be received 
 a" a substitute. 
 
 And in .all cases in which a .sub.stitutc becomes subject to tuilitarjr 
 i-ervice, the cvemption of tLe principal, by reason of the substitution 
 thall expire. ^ ' 
 
 Any person subject to enrolment, wh,. desires to furnish a substitute, 
 may, at any time before enrolment, or before he is aseigocd to a com- 
 pany and sent from the camp of instruction, present a substitute at 
 Mich camp. And if the substitute be capable of bearing arms, and be 
 of good moral character, and not within the prohibited classes, be 
 shall bo received, and the principal shall be exempt from military 
 service. 
 
 Xir. Voj.r.NTEIMtiSG. 
 
 All persons liable to conscription may. before enrolu, en t. volunteer 
 • n companies in service on the 16th April, lS(i2. But after enrolment 
 they can not volunteer, nor ca« they at any time volunteer in con>paniec 
 received into service since the 10th of April, 1^62. 
 
 Xril. MiSCEI.LAN-EOtS. 
 
 1. All impressments of men by regimental, biitt^lion, or company 
 oommanders, under any pretence whatever, are prohibited, if being the 
 design of the department to supj^ly the army exclusively throucrh the 
 <ifficers appointed by this act. * " 
 
 2. All the laws and regulations applicable to deserters shall be ap- 
 plied to such conscripts as fail to repair to the place of rendezvous for 
 enrolment, or who shall desert after enrolment. 
 
 3 All the agencies employed for the apprehension and confinement 
 "t deserters, and their transportation to the commands of their respec 
 tu-ecomman.lers, shall be applicable to persons liable to duty a. con 
 scripts who shall fail to repair to the place of rendezvous after tLc 
 publication of the call. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S, COOPEIl, 
 Adjittatit and Inspitrtor-CvneraL 
 
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 r.ENERAL ORDERS."! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 83. j Richmond, Ifnvembe.r 8, 1862. 
 
 I. .A Court of Inquiry was convened at Adams' Run, S. C, August 
 25, 1S62, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 137, from the Head-quarters 
 of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia., of August 16, 1862, 
 issued by direction of the Secretary of War, under authority of the act 
 uf Congress entitled "An act to punish drunkenness in the army," 
 approved April 21, 1862, when the following proceedings were had 
 upon charges and specifications against Colonel John Dunovant, 1st 
 regiment South Carolina volunteers: 
 
 Charge. 
 Driinlcenness on duly. 
 
 Specification 1st In this; '-That he, Colonel John Dunovant, of the 1st regiment 
 
 S. C. regulars, having been detailed by his Commanding General, X. G. 
 Evans, P. A. C. S.,to lead the advance, with liis battalion, against the enemy, 
 known to be at Legareville, did become so drnnk as to be entirely unable to 
 execute said order." This in front of the troops of the brigade, on John's 
 island, S. C, on or about the 9th June, 1862. 
 
 Specification '2d In this: '• That he. the said Colonel John Dunova.nt. having re- 
 ceived an order from his Commanding General, Brigadier-General N. G. 
 Evans, in words and fignres following, viz : 
 
 "•On intimation given by the Commanding General, Colonel i>Mnova«( 
 will storm the bridge at Bcezan's, and. in co-oi)eration with Colonel Means, 
 capture the advance guard of the enemy, said to be at Bcezan's Iiouse. 
 Should the enemy advance. Colonel Dunovant v^ill attack him (his right 
 being supported by Colonels Slaughter and Means), and drive the enemy 
 to his gun-boats.' 
 
 " Which order having been received by Colonel Dunovant. and having been 
 ordered by his Commanding General to have the guns of his battalion loaded 
 ready to advance, was so drunk as to be unable to execute said order.-' This 
 on John's island, S. C, on or about the night of the 9th June, 1862. 
 
 Specification Zd In this; "That he. the said ColonA John Dunovant, lii regi- 
 ment S. C. regulars, having ai rived with his battalion at a point near which 
 the enemy were supposed to be, and being ordered by his Commanding Gen- 
 eral to have his guns loaded and be ready to advance, did become so drunk as 
 to be unable to execute the order; and did thus expose himself to theofhcers 
 and soldiers of his command, lying drunk by the roadside." This on John's 
 island, on or about the night of the 9th of June, 1862. 
 
 II.. The court, after full deliberation ou the testimony in the case, 
 found the accused "guilty of the charge;" ;iud submitted their proceed- 
 ings to the Secretary of War, by whom they have been laid before the 
 President, whose orders thereupon are as follows : 
 
 ** The offence is of too grave a character to be overlooked in an officer 
 
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 of such high rank, and is aggravated bj' the circumstances under which 
 it was committed. Col. Dunovant will be dismissed from the scr-vice." 
 Colonel John Dunovant, 1st regiment of South Carolina infantry, 
 therefore ceases to be an officer of the army from this date. 
 
 III.. The above named Court of Inquiry, whereof Brigadier-General 
 ■J. Hagood, p. a. C. S., Is President, is dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEK, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Gencrnf. 
 
 tlENERAL ORDERS,^ Aiuutast a.nd Ixspector-Gbnerai/s Offick, 
 
 No. S4. J Richmond, November 10, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following orders are published for the information and guid- 
 ance of the army: 
 
 II..AVhcreas reliable information has been rcoeivcil that Colonel 
 
 Lowe, and Colonel A. C. Harding, 8th Illinois regiment, U. S. 
 
 army, have been engaged in a scries of wanton cruelties and depreda- 
 tions in Clarksville, Tennessee, and the surrounding counties, which in 
 many instances have resulted in the arrest, incarceration, and mar- 
 treatment of non-combatants and peaceful citizens of the Confederate 
 States, and in others in the unjustifiable dsstruction of private prop- 
 erty, without compensation, and contrary to the rules and practice of 
 civilized warfare: Therefore, it is ordered that the aforesaid Colonel 
 — — Lowe, and Colonel A. C. Harding, 8th Illinois volunteers, U. S. 
 A., be and thej' are hereby declared no longer entitled to be regarded 
 as soldiers, aijd that the,y have forfeited all claim to the benefits of the 
 cartel existing between the Governments of the Confederate States and 
 the United States for the exchange of prisoners of war; and, further, 
 that in the event of their capture they shall be kept in close confine- 
 ment and treated as felons until otherwise ordered by the President of 
 the Confederate Stales. 
 
 III.. And whereas other otivcers of the United States army, yet un- 
 known to the Confederate government, are represented and believed to 
 have participated in the wrongs and outrages before referred to: There- 
 fore, it is also ordered, that the provisions of the first paragraph of 
 this order shall be applicable to any other officers of the Federal 
 army in the State of Tennessee, upon proof of their guilt deemed sat- 
 isfactory by the commanding officer of tho department in which they 
 may be captured and held. 
 
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 IV. .And whereas Major-Geueral John Pope has been removed from 
 the Federal army operating in Virginia, and the obnoxious order, No. 
 11, of July 23, 1862, issued by him, has been stated by the United 
 ,Stat€S authorities to be inoperative and without cficct: Therefore, it is 
 ordered, that so much of Greneral Orders, No. 54, of August 1, 1862, 
 from the Adjutant and iBspector-General's office, Richmond, as applies 
 to the said Major-Gencral John Pope, and th« officers serving under 
 Lim in Virgiiiia, fee y,nd is herebj' rescinded. 
 
 By order. 
 
 5. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Iiifspector-Gencral. 
 
 GENERAL OKBEKS.lj Adjutant and Inspeceoe-General's Office, 
 
 No. 85. j KicnMOND, NoKcmher 11, 1862. 
 
 T. -At a (Jeneral Court Martial, held at Savannah, Georgia, May 2, 
 1862, by vii'tue of General Orders, No. 36, from Head-quarters of the 
 Department of South Cai'oliua and Georgia, the followiiag-named par- 
 ties were arraigned aad t-ried: 
 
 1.-. Private Juncph i\lt:Intyre., Company D, 1st Georgia volunteers: 
 
 Chauge Violation ofHhe 9th Article of War, iu resistiiag his suijerior offioi-rs 
 
 while in the diaaUarge of their duty, and in the use of violent and improptr 
 language and gestures toward said oUKcere. 
 
 Vrrdict Guilty. 
 
 Sentence Death. 
 
 2-, Private Thoman G'dlvspic^ of the ChathaiM artilkry, 1st Georgia 
 brigade : 
 
 Charge Violition uf the 20th Articlt^ of War, in having deserted from his com- 
 pany, and also in being absent therefrom v, itlioist I'-ave., 
 
 Verdict Guilty, 
 
 Sentence Death. 
 
 3, .Private .l/(e7i«e^ ^«,(/e)-<y, of the Cliatham artillery, 1st Georgia 
 brigade : 
 
 CuAnoE 1 ViulatioB of the 2oth Ai'ticle of War, in liaviiig deserted from bi^ 
 
 company. 
 
 Chargi; - Violation of the 22d Article of War, in having deserted from his com- 
 pany and euliHted in another. 
 
 Verdict Guilty. 
 
 S'.nlcnce Dcatli. 
 
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 4. Private Willlnm M. BcasUy, Company p, 1st, Georgia volun- 
 teers : 
 
 CiiAUGE DeBortion. 
 
 Verdict Guilty. 
 
 Sentence Death. 
 
 5. Private /'. V. R. J/occ, of the Chatham light horse, Georgia 
 volunt-ecrs : 
 
 C'HARGK Desertion. 
 
 iientence Dwitli. 
 
 II.. The proceeding!" in the foregoing cases having been submitted 
 bj' the Commanding General of the Department of South Carolina, 
 Georgia, aud Florida for the consideration of the Pr<'!<ident, under the 
 Article of War for pardon or mitigation, he has been ple.ased to extend 
 to the several parties the E.xecutive clemency; and therefore directs, 
 in mitigation of the punisliment adjudged by the court, that the sen- 
 tence in each of the casot; bo changed to hard labor, with ball and 
 chain attached to the leg, for the period of twelve months; a forfeiture 
 of monthly pay for the 'same period of time; and confinement in the 
 guard-house whenever not employed at hard labor. Thi.s order will be 
 carried into effect under the direction of the Comm8.nding General of 
 the department. 
 
 III.. The General Court Martial by which the above-named cases 
 were tried is hereb_y dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjninul and Innjyector-deneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEllS. | Adjutant and Insi'kctor-Oeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 8C. ) KiCHMOND, Xovember V2, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following notice of the officers and men who have been duly 
 exchanged as prisoners of wsir is published for the information of all 
 concerned : 
 
 EXCHANGE NOTICE, NO. 3. 
 
 KiCBMOND, Vn., ynvember 11, 1862. 
 
 1. All Confederate officers and men who have been captured find paroled in Vir- 
 ginia or Maryland at auj- time from the beginning of hofitilities to the Ist of 
 November, 1862, have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
 
 2. All Confederate ofBcers and men who have been delivered at Aikin's landing. 
 
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 ou Jamea rlvor, at iiny time previous to the 11th of November. 1862, have been 
 dtily exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
 
 3. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksburg. Mis- 
 sissippi, previous to the 1st of November, 1S62, and including said date, have been 
 duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
 
 (Signed) ROBERT OULD. 
 
 Agent for Exchange, 
 
 II. .All ofBcers and men who have been duly exchanged as prisoners 
 of war, will, without, delay, join tlicir respective regiment.'! and corpn. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutont mid liii>p€r:toi--Gcney'il. 
 
 GENEK.^L ORDERS."* Adjciasi and Inspixtor-Gk.neral's Orncj;, 
 
 Xo. 87. J Richmond, November 15, 1S62. 
 
 At a General Court Martial, convened at Savannah, Georgia, Sep- 
 tember 20, 1862, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 118, dated July 28, 
 1862, from the Head-quarters of tLe Dopartmenr of South Carolina 
 and Georgia, waw arraigned and tried First Lieutenant Aluxandor 
 Doyle, Company A, 47th Georgia volunteers, on the following ehargeu 
 and specifications: 
 
 Charoe 1 Violation of the 36th Article of War. 
 
 Spccificalinii Misapplication and embezzlement of raticus belonsinK t'-"' his 
 
 company. 
 
 Charge 2 Violation of the 9th Article of War. 
 
 iSpociJlcation Di.'iobedieiice of the orders of his superior officer. 
 
 Findings and Sentence op tan CoimT. 
 
 The court fiuds the accused, First Lieutenant Alexander Dnylc., Company A, 
 47th Georgia Tolunteers, lis follows : 
 
 Of the Specification, 1st Char.je, Guilty. ■ 
 
 or the l«t Charge, Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, Gnilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, Guilty. 
 
 And the court does, therefore, sentence tlie said Fli-st Lieutenant Alexander 
 Doyle, Company A, 47th Georgia volunteers, P. A. C. S., '• to be cashiered." 
 
 II. .The proceeding.s in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
 the President, the following is his decision thereon : 
 
 * * * The accused was not found guilty of violating the .36th 
 Article of War. The finding of the court on the charge of violating 
 the 9th Article of War is scarcely suBtained.by the evidence, itappear- 
 
Il.-i 
 
 ing tu have been rather a» inquiry aud auswex thaa au order and 
 refusal to obey. Sentence remitted- 
 
 III.. First Lieutenant Alej-ntidrr Doylt, CompAnj A, 47th Geori^ia 
 volunteers, will ther<>fore be rcU•a.^cd from nrro.st, nnd restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 B. COOPEl^ 
 Adjulnnt onrt Jn'p'-^f'jr-GcncrnJ. 
 
 UKNERAL ORDKRS, > Awrr^NT aMi IxsHKCTOR-OByaiALH OvHtt. 
 
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 No. 8.S. J IlicHMCisn. yovtmbfr 17, 186:1, 
 
 I.. At a Gecerai Court Martini, convened at Charleston. S. C, 
 September 10, 1862, by virtne of Special Orders, No. H7, from the 
 HeHd-qnnrierp of the Department of South Carolina ;i.nd Georgia, was 
 arraigned and tried First Lieutenant W. E. Knrin. S. C. artillery. 
 P. A. C. S.. on the followinfc charge and .epecification ,• 
 
 Chame. 
 Jnt'ixication on diit>/. 
 
 Spceijftatinn In tliiR: •'That he. the s.aid First T,imton;int ^y. E, Srwhi. 'fi. C. 
 
 iirtillory, l>. A. C. S., at Ciistlo Pinckney, S. C, on or iilxmt the l;!th diiy of 
 June. 1862. did, when on duty a.s officer of the day, become groBKly iutoxi- 
 c«ted," 
 
 Kl.NDINOS AND Sf.NTFNCE OP TIIK COVRT. 
 
 The court, having miXtiirely weijrhed and considi-rnd the evidence In support of 
 the charjreB aijainst the prisoner. First Lieutenant W. £. Erwin S. C. artillery, hla 
 dcfencd. and the evidence In support of it. ik of opinion that the said First Lieu- 
 tenant W. E. Erwin. rt, C, artillery, is 
 
 Of the Specific.'xtion of thn Char{re.^ Guilty, with the oxooptlon of the word 
 'grossly:' 
 
 Of the Charge Guilty. 
 
 And the court does, thprefore, sentence thn said First Llonten-int IT. K. Ertcm, 
 S. C. artillery. •• to be cashiered.'' 
 
 II.. The proeeedinfTs in the fore^oinp case havinp been snbmittcd 
 to the .Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President for hifl 
 decision, the following are his order.s thereon : 
 
 In aceorilanee with the unanimous recommendation of the eonrt, and 
 *<»pecially for the reason assigned, the facta developed by the evidenon 
 adduced, the sentence is remitted. 
 
 III. .First Lieutenant Tl'. /'. Encin, S. C. artillery, will therefore be 
 released from arrest, an(\ restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 d. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inepeetor- General . 
 
\Hi 
 
 GKNKRAL OKDKKS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 Xo. 89. ) KicuMOND, iVocemfcer 18, 1862. 
 
 I. <Tho following act of Congress is ijublished for the infurmation of 
 all coucci'ned, and will be observed by all enrolling!; otlicers ; 
 
 [No. 29.] 
 ,4.(1 act topeniiit £n/!>)tnients in the \avif and Murine Corps. 
 
 Tilt Congress of the Confedefate States of America do enact. That, from and after 
 tho passage of this act, any person subject to enrolment for military service, 
 under the acts of Congress providing for tho public defence, sliall be permitted to 
 enlist in tlie marine corps at any time prior to being mii.stered into the army of the 
 Confederate States: provided, that the number of men so enlisted does not increase 
 tlie marine corjis beyond the strength authorized by hiw. 
 
 Sec. 2. That if any person who lias been or is about to bo enrolled for service in 
 the army shall, at any time before being assigned to any companj', declare to the 
 enrolling or commanding ollicer that he prefers being enrolled for service in tho 
 navy or marine corps, it shall be the duty of tlie said officer to enroll such person for 
 tho service he may prefer, and to transmit to the Secretary of the Navy a list of 
 the persons so enrolled. 
 
 Sec. '-i. Tliat from and after the passage of this act the pay of sailors and nfarines 
 shall be increased foiir dollars jier month. [Approved October 2, 1862.) 
 
 II. .Transfers from the military to the naval service will be effected 
 in the presence of an enrolling ollicer, or an officer of the navy, in order 
 that when the soldier is in due form discharged from tho army, he shall 
 be at once enrolled and received into the navy. 
 
 111.. The following form will be used in all cases of discharge, to be 
 signed as required by the 11th Article of War. Orders for discharge, 
 emanating from this office will V)e considered simply the authority 
 whereon to grant the discharge, and not the discharge itself: 
 
 SOLUIKR'S BISCIIAKGK, 
 
 X O A I, L Vr H M I T »l A y C O N C £ II .s . 
 
 Know yk; That — ■ a '-^ of Captain Company, -■ Kegiment 
 
 of .who was enlisted the day of " one tliousand eight Imndred and 
 
 to serve -. is hereby honorably discharged from the army of the Confederate 
 
 States. 
 
 Said was born in in the St ite of , i» years of age, 
 
 feet inches high, conipIe.xion, eyes, hair, and by occupation, 
 
 when onlistid. a . 
 
 Given at this day of -. ISO-. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adfiiliiiit nnd [it^pc-ior-Gfii/'rnl. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 Adjutam and T>kp£ctor-Ge!»brai,"s Orrics. 
 
 No. 90. ) Richmond. Xowrnhfr \9, 1862. 
 
 I. .Kclore going into iiction, the chief of artillery of each armj' will 
 niiikc such dispo.sition of the teams attached to the battery wagons and 
 travelling forges as will render tbeni most av.iilablc for the purpose of 
 securing artillerj- captured on the battle-field. 
 
 II. .Medical directors and inspectors will forward to the office of 
 the Surgeon-General copies of all circulars, and of all printed orders 
 or instruction,'*, and of all written orders of importance issued by them. 
 
 III.. Details from corps in the field will only be granted for govern- 
 ment work, and, in eases of urgent necessity, for work under contract. 
 In the case of details for contract work, the consent of the men must 
 bo obtained, aud the order detailing them will direct that their pay 
 and allowances shall cea.se during the detail, and tbat in lieu thereof 
 the contractors shall pay them full wages. 
 
 IV. .Agreeably to act of Congress, approved October '.), 18(>2, every 
 man detailed as a shoemaker will be entitled to receive, in addition 
 to his extra-duty pay, tbirty-tivc cents for each pair of shoes made by 
 bim. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutnnt and limpcctor-deuri-nL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. ~| Adjutant and Inspector-Gkxeral's Office, 
 
 No. 91. j Richmond, 3oi'em6«r 20. 1862. 
 
 The officers of the Quartermaster's department charged with paying 
 the troops are hereby prohibited from making paj-ineut to auy gen- 
 eral staff ollicer of the Provisional army who does not o.xhibit th(! 
 evidence of assignment to the appropriate command under which he 
 claims payment, agreeably to paragraph I. of (General Orders. No. 48, 
 current .series. A departure from this order will render the paying 
 officer liable to stoppage to the amount of such payment, should it 
 bo found in the tiettlcmont of his account at the treasury that he 
 has disregarded this regulation. The large number of general staff 
 officers of the Provisional army who are without assignment to 
 appropriate commands, including those of the Adjutant and Inspect- 
 or-General's department. Quartermaster's department, Commissary 
 
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 department, and other departments of the general staff, render? it nec- 
 essary to publish this order, and to append to it the subjoined para- 
 graph of General Orders, 2^0. 48, above referred to, to wit: 
 
 Tlie appointnienta of general officers and officers of the general staflf in the 
 Provisional army being made under upecial anthority, and for specific objecta, 
 terminate with their ooramands, except iu caseK of assignment to other appropri- 
 ate dutios. 
 
 This order i.s not designed to affect tho«e general stafl" officers who are 
 teniporaril}' absent on leave, or sick, while under proper assignment to 
 their appropriate c-ommands. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Jntpector-Geiiei-nl. 
 
 GENERAL OKDEKS. 1 Apji'tant and 1nspectoi!.-Gk.verai,'s OrncR, 
 
 No. 92. \ KicuMOND. Xnvrmbfr 21, 18R^. ■ 
 
 The .second clause of paragraph I, General Orders, ^"o. 29, current 
 series, is hereby amended to read m follows: 
 
 ^ * *r iS * a -:•! * * * 
 
 "d. If the substitute be of good moral character, not within the pro- 
 hibited cla.sses, and, on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgooii 
 of the army, be pronounced capable of bearing arms, he may, upon 
 the written consent of the company and regimental or battalion com- 
 mander, provided the substitution run be etfeeted without manifest 
 injury to the public service, be enrolled and mustered into the com- 
 pany for three years, unless the war sooner terminates; and the non- 
 commissioned oificer or soldier procuring him shall thereupon be dis- 
 charged, but shall not be entitled to transportation at the expense of 
 
 the government, 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 OKNERAIv ORDERS,") Adjutant A.\r> Isspector-Gknkiial's OrncE, 
 
 No. 93. j Richmond, November 22, 1862. 
 
 L.The following acts of Congress, having been approved by the 
 President, are published for the information of the army: 
 
 No. 2.— An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the Public Defence. 
 
 The Congrees of the Confederate Stateh of America do enact, That the 
 sixth section of the act to proride for the public defence, approved on 
 
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 the 6th of Mnrch, 1S61, be amendetl by adding iift.-r the words "bri- 
 gades into divisions,' tlie words ''and divisions into army corps," and 
 such army corps shall be commanded by a Lieutcnant-General, to be 
 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate, who shall receive the pay of a Brigadicr-Gcncral. [Approved 
 September 18. 1862.] 
 
 No. 3.— All A(.T toiiuthorize the appointment of additional OflRcors of Artillery 
 fur Ordnance rntics. 
 
 The ColtijresH of the Coiif\d':ratf States of Amcrii-a do euact. That the 
 President, bj- and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may 
 appoint seventy officers of artillery in the Provisional array, for the 
 performance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the 
 act entitled ''An act io authorize the appointment of oflictrs of artillery 
 in the Provisional army," approved April 21, 1SI?2, and that from thr 
 whole number of artillery oflicers appointed to discharge ordnance 
 duties there .shall be one with the rank of lieutenaat-coloncl foi* each 
 command composed of more than one army corp.-i, one with the rank of 
 major for each army corps •composed of more than one division, and 
 the residue with the rank of captain, and of first and second lieutenant, 
 in such proportion as the President shall prescribe. [Approved Sep- 
 tember 16, 1862.] 
 
 , Nc. 4. — .\ii ACT in relation to tli« Transfer of Troops. 
 
 7'At' Cotiijrfgit of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to transfer any private or 
 non-c'immissioned officer, who maj' be in a regiment from a state of 
 this Confedoracy other than hi.s own. to a regiment from his own state, 
 whenever sucli private or non-commissioned officer may apj^ly for such 
 transfer, and whenever such transfer can be made without injury to 
 the public service; and the Secretary of War shall make regulations to 
 facilitate such transfer: pron'ded, that this act shall not apply to any 
 one who has enlisted as a substitute. [Approved September 23. 1S62.] 
 
 No. 5. — An ACT to renulatc- tUc rank of Officers of tho Provislnnal Corps of 
 EnglneorH. 
 
 TTic Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 oflicers of the Engineer corps of the Provisional army may h.-vvc rank 
 conferred on them during the war, equal to that authorized by law for 
 the Engineer corps of the Confederate States army: provided, that the 
 number of officers in each grade be limited to one colonel, three lieu- 
 tenant-colonels, six majors, fifty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
 twenty second lieutenants. [Approved September 23, 1862.] 
 
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 No. 6. — An ACT to increase the Signal Corps. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may ap- 
 point one major, ten first, and ten second lieutenants in the signal corps, 
 and that the Secretary of War may appoint twenty additional sergeants 
 in the signal corps. [Approved September 27, 1862.] » 
 
 No. 7. — Au ACT to amend an act entitled '-An act to provide further for the Public 
 .Defence," approved April 16. 1862. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 President be, and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the 
 militarj' service of the Confederate States for three years, unless the 
 war should have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of 
 the Confederate States, between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five 
 years, at the time the call or calls may be made, and who are not, at 
 such time or times, legally exempted from military service, or such part 
 thereof as in his judgment may bo necessary to the public defence; 
 such call or calls to be made under the provisions and according to the 
 terms of the act to which this is an amendment; and such authority 
 shall e.\ist in the President during the present war, as to all persons 
 who now are, or may hereafter become eighteen years of age; and when 
 once enrolled, all persona between the ages of eighteen and forty-five 
 shall serve their full time: provided, that if the President, in calling 
 out troops into the service of the Confederate States, shall first call for" 
 only a part of the persons between the ages heretofore stated, he shall 
 call for those between the ages of thirty-five and any other age less 
 than forty-five: /i/-oi!(Wec?, that nothing herein contained shall be under- 
 stood as repealing or modifying any part of the act to which this is 
 amendatory, except as herein expressly stated : and provided, further, 
 that those called out under this act, and the act to which this is an 
 amendment, shall be first and immediately ordered to fill to their 
 ma.ximum number the companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments 
 from the respective states, at the time the act to further provide for the 
 public defence, approved Kith April, 1862, was passed, and the surplus, 
 if any, shall be assigned to organizations formed from each state since 
 the passage of that act, or placed in new organizations, to be officered 
 by the state having such residue, according to the laws thereof, or dis- 
 posed of 9fi now provided by law: provided, that the President is 
 authorized to suspend the execution of this act, or the act to which this 
 is an amendment, in any locality where he may find it impracticable to 
 execute the same, and that in such locality, and during said suspen- 
 sion, the President is authorized to receive troops into the Confederate 
 
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 Kcrvice, uiultr an}' of the act3 passed by the Confederate Congress 
 prior to the passage of the act to provide further for the public ilefeuce, 
 approved 16th April, 1862. [Approved September 27, 1862.] 
 
 So. 8. — An ACT to letter provide for the eick and wounded of the army in 
 
 lio^pitaUi. • 
 
 Thi: CuiitjrtKn of the Confalerntc Statet of America do enact, That the 
 commutation value of rations of sick and disabled soldiers in the Iton- 
 pitals of the Confederate States is hereby fixed atone dollar, instead 
 of the commutation now allowed by law, which shall constitute the 
 hospital fund, and be held by the commissary, and be paid over by him 
 from time to time to the surgt-on or assistant surgeon in charge of tho 
 hospital of which the soldier whose ration was commuted is an inmate, 
 upon tho said "surgeon or assistant surgeon's requisition, inade in 
 writing, when necessary to purchase supplies for said hospital : pro- 
 vided, hotcciier, when said fund for any one hospital shall increase over 
 and above the monthly expenditures of the same to an amount cxcopJ- 
 iug the sum of five thousand dollars, the said commissarj' shall be 
 required to deposit the said excess over and above the said fi\o thou- 
 sand dollars in the treasury of the Confederate States, or such other 
 place of deposit where government moneys are ordered to be keptj 
 which said deposits, when so made, shall be passed to the credit of the 
 said Confederate States, and be liable to draft as other public moneys 
 are; and all such funds shall be accounted for bj' tho faid commissary 
 iu his monthly report and abstract, as now required by law: and ju-o- 
 ludcd, /nrthcr, that all such surgeons and assistant surgeons who shall 
 receive from the said commissary any part of said hospital fund, to be 
 expended for the use of hospitals, shall bo held liable for a. faithful ap- 
 plication of it, and in a weekly account and abstract, to be made* out 
 and forwarded to the oflice of the Surgoon-Gcncral, to be verified "in 
 every instance by vouchers, shall show what disposition has been ni.ido 
 of it; which account, abstract, and accompanying vouchers, .-ihall be 
 placed on file. 
 
 Sec. 2. That tho Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed 
 to make a contract with the several railroad companies and lines of 
 boats for the speediest practicable transportation of all supfdies pur- 
 chased for the use of hospitals by agents accredited by tho surgeon or 
 assistant surgeon in charge for that purpose, or donations by indi- 
 viduals, societies, or states; and it shall be lawful for tho Quarter- 
 master-General to furnish general transportation tickets to such agents 
 upon all railroad trains and canal boats, when engaged in tho actual 
 service of said hospitals, upon the request of said surgeon or assist.int 
 surgeon. 
 
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 Sec. 3. That there shall be allowed to each hospital of the Confed- 
 erate States suits of clothing, consisting of shirts, pantaloons, and 
 drawers, equal to the number of beds in the same, for the use of the 
 sick while in the hospitals, when so ordered by the surgeon or assistant 
 surgeon in charge; which said clothing shall be drawn upon the written 
 requisition of said surgeon or assistant surgeon, and shall be receipted 
 for and kept as hospital clothing, and be accounted for as other publio 
 prcjperty. 
 
 Sec. 4. That there be allowed to each hospital, with rations and 
 suitable places of lodging, the following matrons and female nurses 
 and attendants, viz : Two matrons, to be known and designated as 
 hospital matrons-in-chief, at a salary not to exceed forty dollars per 
 Bionth each, whose general duties shall be to exercise a superintendence 
 over the entire domestic economy of the hospital; to take charge of 
 such delicacies as may be provided for the sick: to apportion them out 
 as required; to see that the food or diet is properly prepared; and all 
 such other duties as may be necessary. Two matrons, to be known and 
 designated as assistant matrons, whose general duties shall be to super- 
 intend the laundry ; to take charge of the clothing of the sick ; the bed- 
 ding of the hospital; to see that they are kept clean and neat, and 
 perform such other duties as may be necessary, at a salary not to 
 exceed thirty-five dollars per month each. Two matrons for each ward, 
 at a salary not to exceed thirty dollars per month each, to be known 
 {tnd designated as ward-matrons, whose general duties shall be to pre- 
 pare the beds and bedding of their respective wards ; to see that they 
 are kept clean and in order; that the food or diet for the sick is care- 
 fully prepared and furnished to them; the medicine administered; and 
 that all patients requiring careful nursing are attended to, and all such 
 other duties as may be necessary. And all surgeons and assistant sur- 
 geons in charge of a hospital are hereby authorized to employ such 
 other nurses, either male or female, as may be necessary to the proper 
 care and attention of the sick, at a salary each not to exceed twenty- 
 five dollars per month ; and also the necessary cooks, at a salary not to 
 exceed twenty-five dollars per month each ; and one ward-master for 
 each ward, at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month 
 each; giving preference in all cases to females where their services 
 may best subserve the purijose ; and in the event a sufBcient number of 
 such nurses and ward-masters can not be employed not liable to military 
 service, and it shall become necessary to assign to this dutj' soldiers in 
 the service, then, upon the requisition of such surgeon or assistant sur- 
 geon in charge of such hospital, the soldier or soldiers so assigned, who 
 are skilful and competent, shall be permanently detailed to this duty, 
 and shall only be removable for neglect or inattention, by the surgeon 
 
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 or assistaut surgeon iu charge : prodded, in iill cases, that all nther 
 attendants and servants, not herein provided for, necessary to the ser- 
 vice of i-aid hosiiilal, shall lie allowed, as now provided lij" law. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the hospitals of the Confederate States shall hereafter 
 be known and numbered as hospitals of a particular .state ; .and in all 
 eases where the same can be done without injury to the patients or 
 great inconvenience to the government, all sick or wounded soldiers, 
 being citizens or residents of such particular state, shall be sent to 
 such hospitals as may represent the same, and to such private or state 
 hospitals rei>resenting the same which may be willing to receive them. 
 
 Sk'-. C. That all persons authorized to be employed by section 4 of 
 this act, who are not engaged in the military service, and whose pay is 
 not now provided for by law, shall be paid monthly by any quarter- 
 master or other person authori/.ed to pay troops in the militarv service, 
 upon a muster or pay roll, to be made out and certified to by the sur- 
 geon or assistant having in charge the hospital or hospitals in which 
 said persons have been employed. 
 
 Sr.c. 7. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in such 
 way and manner as he may deem best, and under such rules and regu- 
 lations as he may prescribe, to enter into and perfect some suitable 
 arrangement with the railroad companies, their officers or authorized 
 agents, whereby seats in one or more cars of each railroad train, as 
 the necessities of the ease may be, shall be reserved for the use of the 
 sick .-ind wounded soldiers who m.ay desire transportation on any such 
 railroail, and that no ])erson not sick or wounded, and not an attendant 
 upon the sick or wounded, sh.all be permitted to enter any such car or 
 cars so reserved until the said sick and wounded and their attendants 
 shall first have obtained seats; and, also, shall perfect some arrange- 
 ment with the said railroad companies, their oflieers or agents, whereby 
 all conductors having in charge .any such trains shall be required to 
 provide for the use of the sick and wounded in thp ears so reserved a 
 suflaeicnt quantity of pure water. 
 
 Sko. 8. That al] surgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of a hos- 
 pital, having in his or their charge any sick or wounded soldier, 
 desiring transportation as jiforesaid, shall, in .all oases, detail some 
 competent person acting under his or their authority, whose duty it 
 shall be to accompany all such sick and wounded to the depot of any 
 such railroad, to see that all such are properly cured for, and that they 
 obtain seats in the said car or cars so reserved. [Approved September 
 •11, 1862.] 
 
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 >o. 9. — An ACT to iimcnd the '• Act to authorize i)aymcnt to he made for certain 
 horses juirchaKcd for the army by Colonel A. W. McDonahl," approved August 
 21, 1862. 
 
 The CoiKjrcsH of the Confederate Statex of America do enact, That tlic 
 above-recited act be amended so as to insert after the word " horses," 
 wherever it occurs iii said act, the words "and cavalry equipments." 
 [Apprbved September 30, 1862.] 
 
 No. 10. — An ACT to enable the President of tlie Confederate States to provide 
 the means of military transportation, by tlie construction of a railroad between 
 IJlue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Kouie, in the State of Georgia. 
 
 Whereas the Confederate States are engaged in a war, the extent of 
 wliich has no parallel in modern history, and the President, by his 
 message of the 24th September, 1862, to the Congress, has recom- 
 mended the importance of constructing a railroad between Blue Moun- 
 (Ain, in Calhoun county, Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia, 
 as a means of transportation needful for tho public defence, and the 
 eongtruction of which is also strongly recommended by the General in 
 oommand of the military district in which said road is situated : 
 Therefore. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 (.he President be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make 
 .•ill contracts, embracing such terms and provisions as he may deem 
 expedient to cflcct a speedy construction and completion of the link of 
 railroad aforesaid, with the several railroad companies whose charters 
 extend over said line, in the manner he may think best calculated t-o 
 promote the public interest and provide for the public defence. 
 
 Seo. 2. Be it further enacted, That, to enable the President to accom- 
 plish the object herein contemplated, the sum of one million one hun- 
 dred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and 
 ninety-two cents, in the bonds of the Confederate States, is hereby 
 appropriated, to bo issued and applied by order of tho President, at 
 such times and in such sums as ho may deem proper ; and that the 
 President be directed to take a mortgage on said road and its appur- 
 tenances for the ultimate repayment of the money so expended, with 
 interest at eight per centum per annum, in aid of its construction. 
 [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
 
 So. 11. — An ACT to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the apiwintmeiit 
 of adjutants of regiments and legions of tho grade of subaltern, in addition to 
 the subalterns attached to companies," approved August .01, 1861. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 provisions of said act shall ba extended so as to apply to independent 
 
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 battalions, and that, oji the recommendation of the commander of any 
 such battalion, an adjutant of the grade of subaltern may be appointed 
 by the President for said battalion, who is not attached as subaltern t*.' 
 •aid battalion, and that said adjutant, when so appointed, shall have 
 the same rank, pay, and allowance as are provided by law for adjutantt; 
 of regiments. [Approved October 2, 1S02.] 
 
 No. 12. — An ACT Kuiipluinontal to " An act authorizing the Secrotnrj of Wnr to 
 gr.int TrunsfcMs," approved Scptembi-r i", 1S02. 
 
 ' The Conffrem of the Confederate Statcn of America do enact, That 
 whenever the Secretary of War shall grant transfers agreeably to the 
 above act to any soldier now in the service, he shall furnish transporta- 
 tion also. [Approved October 2, 1S62.] 
 
 No. 1.3. — An ACT to empower certain Pcrsoi.s to ndniinister Oaths in certain Cii.Hes. 
 
 The Coiigreni of the Confederate Stnten of America do enact. Th.it the 
 oath required to enable sick, wounded, or other soldiers to receive thek 
 pay, may be taken before any quartermaster, who \s hereby authorized 
 to administer the same, or before any justice of the peace having juriff- 
 diction, or any other officer having the right by the laws of the state t<» 
 ndniinister oaths. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
 
 No. 14 — An .\CT supplemontjiry to '■ An ,ict concerning the Pay and Allowances 
 <lne to deco.aged Soldiers," approved February lf>, 1862: und to provide lor the 
 prompt settlement of Claim.s for arrcarujjes of Pay, AUowanci'S, and Bounty due 
 deceased Officers and Soldiers. 
 
 The Congreas of the Confederate Slaten of America do enact. That 
 claims duo to deceased non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, 
 ftUowances, and bounty, may be audited and paid without the necessity 
 of the parties entitled producing a pay-roll from the captain or com- 
 manding officer, when there is other official evidence of the amonnt 
 due satisfactory to the Second Auditor, under such regulations as he 
 has or may prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Skc, 2. The claims of deceased commissioned officers shall l>e paid to 
 their heirs or representatives in the same manner as similar claims of 
 uon-commissioned officers and privaics are now, or maj' bo directed by 
 law to be paid ; and to assist the Second Auditor in more eftcctHally 
 carrying out the provisions of this act and oilier pressing business of 
 his office, the Secretary of the Treasury is authcn-ized to appoint an 
 experienced accountant, who, with the chief clerk, shall have authority 
 t-o sign and attest such official business as said Auditor sh.all approve 
 and direct. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Secretary of ihe Treasury is hereby authorized to employ 
 
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 ill the office of the Second Auditor as many additional temporary clerks 
 as he may think necessary to assist said Auditor in the settlement of 
 the claims of deceased officers and soldiers, the compensation of said 
 clerks to be four dollars per day, and without any addition whate-ver, 
 for evcrj' day they shall be so actually engaged, except one, whose 
 'tinnual compensation shall be fifteen hundred dollars, the others to be 
 p.aid weekly at the treasury, upon a certificate of service of said Auditor. 
 Sec. 4. This act shall take efi"ect from its passage, and the third 
 5?ei'tiou ilinll continue in force" for twelve months, and no longer. [Ap- 
 proved Octobi:r 3, 1862.] 
 
 No. 15. — An ACT to provide for the orgauiz,ation of Army Corps. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do eiiaet, That the 
 sixth section of an act to provide for the public defence, approved 
 March G, 1862, be so amended as to authorize the President to organize 
 divisions of the Provisional army of the Confederate States into army 
 corps; and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint 
 officers to the command thereof. [Approved October 6, 1862.] 
 
 No. 16. — An .4CT to authorize the establi.slimeiit of Ciiuips of Instruction, and tlio 
 appointment of otficers to command the same. 
 
 Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 President be and he is authorized to establish camps of instruction for 
 persons enrolled for military service, at such places and in such nura- 
 bjrs in the s^vjral states as he may deem necessary, and to appoint, 
 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, officers in the Pro- 
 visional army, with the rank and pay of major, to superintend and 
 command the same. [Approved October 8, 1862.] 
 
 No. 17. — \n ACT toreijeal thelaw autliorizingconiinutatiou fur SdIiUits' Clothing, 
 and to require Clothing to be funiislied by the Secretary of War in kind. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so 
 much of the existing law as provides commutation for clothing to the 
 soldiers in the service of the Confederacy, be and the same is hereby 
 repealed : and hereafter the Secretary of War shall provide in kind to 
 the soldiers respectively the uniform clothing prescribed by the regu- 
 lations of the army of the Confederate States; and should any balance 
 of clothing be due to any soldier at the end of the year, the money value 
 of such balance shall be paid to such soldier, according to the value of 
 such clothing, fixed and announced by order from the War department. 
 [Approved October S, 1862.] 
 
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 No. 18.— An ACT to amend an .ict entitled "An act for the organization of the 
 Staff dt-partinpnts of the Army of the Confederate States of America. ' approved 
 March 14,1861. 
 
 The Congress of the Con/edernte Stnten of America do enact, That the 
 first section of the act entitled "An act for the organisation of the Staff 
 departments of the army of the Confederate States of America," ap- 
 proved March 14, 1861, be amended by adding to the Adjutant and 
 Inspcctor-fieneral's department one assistant adjutant-general, with 
 the rank of colonel. [Approved October 8, 1862.] 
 
 No. 19— An ACT to organize Military Courts to attend the army of the Confeder- 
 ate States in tlie t'icld. and to define the Powers of said Courts. 
 
 The ConrjreiK of the Confederate .plates of America do enact. That 
 courts shall be organized, to be known as military courts, one to attend 
 each army corps in -the field, under the direction of the President. 
 Each court shall consist of three members, two of whom shall consti- 
 tute a quorum, and each member shall be entitled to the rank and pay 
 of a colonel of cavalry, shall be appointed by the President, by .and 
 with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold his oflGcc 
 during the war, unles.s the court shall be sooner abolished by Congress. 
 For each court there shall be one judge advocate, to be appointed by 
 the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, with 
 the rank and pay of a captain of cavalry, whose duties .-hall be as pre- 
 scribed by the Rules and Articles of War, except as enlarged or modified 
 by the purposes and provi.=ions of this act, and who shall also hold hin 
 office during the war, unless the court shall be sooner abolished by the 
 Congress; and in case of the absence or disability of the judge advocate, 
 upon the application of the court, the commander of the army corps to 
 which such court is attached may appoint or detail an officer to perform 
 the duties of judge advocate during such absence or disability, or until 
 the vacancy, if any, shall be filled by the President. 
 
 Sec. 2. Each court shall have the right to appoint a provost marshal 
 to attend its sittings and execute the orders of the court, with the rank 
 and pay of a captain of cavalry ; and also a clerk, who shall have a 
 salary of one hundred and twenty-five Hlollars per month, who shall 
 keep the record of the proceedings of the court, .and sh.all reduce to 
 writing the substance of the evidence in each ease, and file the same in 
 court. The provost marshal .and the clerk shall hold their offices 
 during the pleasure of the court. Each member and officer of the court 
 shall take an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of his office to 
 the best of his skill and ability, without fear, favor, or reward, and to 
 support the Constitution of the Confederate States. Each member of 
 the court, the judge advocate, and the clerk, shall have the power to 
 administer this. 
 
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 Sec. 3. Each court shall have power to adopt rules for conducting 
 business and for the trial of causes, and to enforce the rules adopted. 
 «nd to punish for contempt, and to regulate the taking of evidence, and 
 to secure the attendance of witnesses, and to enforce and execute its 
 orders, sentences, and judgments, as in cases of courts martial. 
 
 Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of each court shall extend to all offences now 
 cognizable by courts martial under the Rules and Articles of War and 
 the customs of war, and also to all offences defined as crimes by the 
 laws of the Confederate States or of the several states, and, when beyond 
 the territory of the Confederate States, to all cases of murder, man- 
 slaughter, arson, rape, robbery, and larceny, as defined by the common 
 law, when committed by any private or officer in the army of the Con- 
 federate States against any other private or officer in the army, or 
 against the property or person of any citizen or other person within the 
 .■iriny ; provided, said courts shall not have jurisdiction of offenders 
 above the grade of colonel. For offences cognizable by courts martial, 
 the court shall, on conviction, inflict the penalty prescribed by the 
 Rules and Articles of War, and in the m.anner and mode therein men- 
 tioned ; and for offences not punishable by the Rules and Articles of 
 War, but punishable by the laws of the Confederate States, ^aid court 
 shall inflict the penalties prescribed by the laws of the Confederate 
 States; and for offences against which penalties are not prescribed by 
 the Rules and Articles of War, nor by the laws of the Confederate 
 States, but for which penalties are prescribed by the laws of a state, 
 said court shall inflict the punishment prescribed by the laws of the 
 state iu which the offence was committed : 2>>'oridcd, that in cases in 
 which, by the laws of the Confederate States or of the state, the pun- 
 ishment is by fine or by imprisonment, or by both, the court may, iu its 
 discretion, inflict any other punishment less than death : and for the 
 offences defined as murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, robbery, and lar- 
 ceny, by the common law, when committed beyond the territorial limits 
 of the Confederate States, the punishment shall be in the discretion of 
 the court. That when an officer under the grade of Brigadier-General, 
 or private, shall be put under arrest for any offence cognizable by the 
 court heroin provided for, notice of his arrest and of the offence with 
 which ho sha,l! be charged shall be given to the judge .advocate by the 
 officer ordering said arrest, and he shall be entitled to as speedy a trial 
 as the business before said court will allow. 
 
 Sec. 5. Said courts shall attend the army, shall have appropriate 
 quarters within the lines of the army, shall be always open for the 
 transaction of business, and the final decisions and sentences of said 
 courts in conviotions shall be subject to review, mitigation, and suspen- 
 sion, as now provided by the Rules and Articles of War iu eases of 
 courts martial. 
 
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 Seo. 6. That during the recoss of the Senate, the President may 
 appoint the members of the fiourts and the judges advocate provided 
 for in the previous sections, subject to tho confirmation of the Senate 
 at its session next ensuing said appointments. [Approved October 9. 
 1862.] 
 
 No. 20. — An ACT to proviiic Shoes fnr the Amij-. 
 
 Thf fnnqreiR nf the Confederate Staiex of America do enact. That 
 the President be and he is hereby authorized, on the requisition of the 
 Qiiartermastcr-<3eneral, to detail from the army persf>n? skilled in the 
 manufacture of shoes, not to exceed two thousand in number; and it 
 shall be the duty of the Quartermaster-General to place them, >Tithout 
 delay, at suitable points in shops, under proper re^rulations prescribed 
 by him. and employ tbcm diligently in the manufacture of shoes for 
 the army. 
 
 Skc. 2. lie it further enacted. That soldiers detailed under the pro- 
 visions of this act shall be entitled to receive pay for extra duty, and 
 also thirty-five cents per pair for shoes manufactured by them sever- 
 ally, in addition to regular pfty and rations. [Approved October 9, 
 1862.] 
 
 No. 21. — .\n ACT to authorise the I'rosidcnt to iiccept and place iu tho service 
 certain Ueglmcnts and Battalions horotofore rniicd. 
 
 The Covf/reRt) of the Confederate Slates of America do enact. That 
 the President be and be is hereby authorized and empowered, when- 
 ever in his opinion the public good would be pron)otcd thereby, to 
 receive into the service regiments or batt.ilions which have been organ- 
 ized in good faith prior to the 1st day of October, 1802, under authority 
 or by direction of the Secretary of War. or any general officer of the 
 government, although said regiments or battalions may be composed 
 in part of persons bctweou tho ages of eighteen and thirt.v-fivc years: 
 provided, fhot this authority shall not extend to regiments or battal- 
 ions organized after tho said 1st day of October. 1S62. excci>t in those 
 states and locations where the conscript law may be suspended. 
 
 Skc. 2. That the President be and he is hereby authorized and 
 empowered, whenever in \\\s opinion it would promote the public good, 
 to receive into service regiments or batt.ilious which h.avc been hereto- 
 fore organized of conscripts by a general officer in any of the state? 
 lying west of the Mississippi river. 
 
 Skc. ."?. That all companies, battalions, and regiments of infantry 
 raised or organized before tho first day of December next, wilhin the 
 limits of Middle and West Tennessee, to be composed of residents of 
 said districts, may be accepted by the President, when in bis opinion 
 
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 the public interest will be promoted thereby, and said troops shall be 
 allowed to elect their own officers for the first election, after which all 
 vacancies shall be filled by the President under the act, and the acts 
 amendatory of the same, providing for the public defence, passed 16th 
 of April, 1802, and also such counties in North Carolina lying east of 
 the line of the Wilmington and "Weldon railroad as are beyond the 
 lines of the army and exposed to the incursions of the enemj'. [Ap- 
 proved October 11, 1S62.] 
 
 No. 22. — An ACT to amend an act entUIeil '-An act to raise an additional Militai-y 
 Force to serve during the war,"' approved Stli 5I:iy, 1S61. and to provide for 
 raising forces in the States of Missouri and Kentucky. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of Atneri^n, do enact, That 
 the first and second sections of the act to which this is an amendment 
 are hereby declared to have full force and effect in those states and 
 districts in which the President may, under the law, suspend the pro- 
 visions of the acts providing for the enrolment of persons for military 
 service, or when said acts can not be enforced bj' reason of the occupa- 
 tion of the enemy: prooi'ded. tli.at the troops received under the sec- 
 tions of said act shall be received for three years or for the war. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the President may, in eases when in his opinion the 
 public interest requires that he should do so, appoint major and briga- 
 dier-generals with their appropriate staffs, and also the field, company, 
 and staff ofiScers to regiments, battalions, companies, or squadrons, 
 before the same are organized, by and with the advice and consent of 
 the Senate; and if said regiments, battalions, companies, or squadrons 
 are not reported as complete within a reasonable time, the President' 
 may, in his discretion, vacate the commissions of said officers, who 
 shall be entitled to the pay of their respective grades from the date of 
 their respective appointments until their commissions a.re vacated: and 
 that companies of infa«try shall consist of at least one hundred and 
 twenty-five, rank and file, companies of artillery of at least one hun- 
 dred and fifty, rank and file, and companies of cavalry of at least 
 eighty, rank and file. [Approved October 11, 1S62.] 
 
 No. 23. — An ACT amendatory of an act entiilod "An .ict providing for the granting 
 of Bounties .ind I'urlouglis to Priv.ates and Nun-Cunnnissionod Officers in the 
 Provisional Army,-' approved December 11. 1801. 
 
 7'lie Co)i(/ress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the above-recited act be so amended as to secure to all soldiers and 
 non-commissioned officers who shall have entered the armies of the 
 Confederate States for three years or during the war, the bounty of 
 fifty dollars, as therein provided, although such soldier or non-com- 
 
missioned officer may liavc been icillcfl in battle, died, or been linn- 
 orabiy discharged before the expiration of the first year's service of 
 his term, to bo jiaid as other arrearages. [Approved October 11, 1862.] 
 
 Xo. 24. — An ACT to autliorize the rresidont to make oertnin .T]ipninfiiipnt'< duiiuir 
 the rec<'ss of tlic Sciiafp. 
 
 The Cotlijrenii of the Conj'i:der»tc Staten nf Aiiicrirn <l<i tii'icl, That 
 the President he and he i.s hereby authorized to fill by appointment all 
 offices created, and all vacancies which may have occurred iluring the 
 present session of Congress: prm-idrd, that said appointments shall, 
 at the next session of Congress, be submitted to the Senate for its 
 advice and consent: and provided, fnrthf.r, that said appointments 
 shall expire, unless confirmed during the next session of the Pcnato. 
 [Approved October \?,, 1862.] 
 
 No. 25 — .\n ATT to icgiiljito ami fix tbo jiny of C.-iilcts in tbo servire of ilip Con- 
 foderato .Statos. 
 
 The, <Jnn</rf:sn of lliv <'aii/<dcrat)j Sfntcs of Ameiira do rmtrt, That 
 the pay of cadets in the service of the Confederate States shall be the 
 same as second lieutenants of the arm of service to which they arc 
 attached. [Approved October \:\, 1862.] 
 
 No. 2G. — \\\ .\("r «o iv'licvc the ^rmy of clisi>{u:ilitii'(l. disableil, an<i inconiiieteiit 
 Officers. 
 
 The Coii(jrc«s of the Confederate Slulen of Anicriea do enact. That 
 whenever, in the judgment of the general commanding a department, 
 the good of the service and the efficiency of his command require it, 
 he is authorized, and it is hereby made his duty, to appoint an exam- 
 ining board, to be composed of officers of a rank at least as high as 
 that of the officers whose qualifications it is proposed to inquire into, 
 which board shall immediately proceed to examine into the eases of 
 such odiccrs as may be brought to their attention, for the ]>urposc of 
 determining their qualifications for the discharge of the duties prop- 
 erly apjiertaining to their several positions. 
 
 Sec. 2. lie it further enacted, That whenever such examining board 
 shall determine that any officer is clearly unfit to jicrforni his legiti- 
 mate and proper duties, or careless and inattentive in their discharge, 
 then the said board shall comnuinicate their decision, together with the 
 full reiiort of their proceedings in the case, to the general commanding 
 the department in which the examination shall have been held, who 
 shall, if he approve the finding of the board, be authorized to suspend 
 the officer who has been pronounced unfit for his position, and shall 
 
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 immediately transmit to tbe Secretary of War the decision and pro- 
 ceediugs of the examining board, with bis own action and opinion 
 endorsed thereon: provided, that such officer shall be entitled to be 
 heard, and to call witnesses in his defence. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That the Secretary of War, if he 
 approve the finding of the board and the action of the general com- 
 manding the department, shall lay the same before the President, who 
 is authorized to retire honorably, without pay or allowance, or to droj) 
 from the army, as the circum.stances of the case may warrant and tbe 
 good of the service may require, the oflRcer who has been found unfit 
 for his position. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That, in order to secure relial'io infor- 
 mation of the efficiency and competency of officer?, it is hereby made 
 the duty of each officer commanding a regiment, separate battalion, 
 company, battery, or squadron, to make to his immediate commanding 
 officer, who shall transmit the same to the brigadier-general command- 
 ing, a monthly report, in tabular form, a copy whereof shall be retained 
 by the reporting officer, subject to the inspection of all officers interested 
 therein, containing a list of all commissioned officers of such regiment, 
 separate battalion, company, battery, or squadron, in which shall be 
 stated the number of days each officer has been absent from his com- 
 mand, with, or without, or on sick leave; the number of times each 
 officer has been observed to have been absent from his command when 
 on march or in action ; when and where tach officer has been observed 
 to have performed signal acts of service j when and where negligent in 
 the performance of duty, and inattentive to the security and economy 
 of public property ; printed blank forms of which said reports shall be 
 furnished by the Secretary of War for the use of the officers whose 
 duty it is made to make such reports. 
 
 Skc. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever any officer of a com- 
 pany, battalion, squadron, or regiment, shall have been dropped or 
 honorably retired, in accordance with the provisions of this act, then 
 the officer next in rank shall be promoted to the vacancy, if competent, 
 such competency to be ascertained as provided in the first and second 
 sections of this act; and if not competent, then the next officer in rank 
 shall be promoted; and so on, until all tbe commissioned officers of the 
 company, battalion, squadron, or regiment, shall have been gone 
 through with ; and if there be no officer of the company, battalion, 
 squadron, or regiment, competent to fill the vacancy, then the Presi- 
 dent shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, fill the 
 same by appointment: ^jrouiVerf, that the officer appointed shall be from 
 the same state as that to which the company, battalion, squadron, or 
 regiment belongs: and provided, further, that nothing herein contained 
 
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 shall be construed as limiting the power heretofore conferred upon the 
 President by existing laws to fill any vacancy by the promotion of 
 officers or the appointment of privates "distinguished in the service by 
 the exhibition of extraordinary valor and skill;" and provided, further, 
 that vacancies arising under the operation of this act in regiments or 
 battalions which were organized under the laVs of a state for the war, 
 or for a period not yet expired, shall bo filled as in case of death or 
 resignation. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
 
 \o. 2". — All ACT to authori/.e tlio grant <>f Medals and Badges of Distinction a« a 
 reward for Courage and Good Conduct on the Field of Battle. 
 
 The CotigreBS of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
 President be and he is hereby authorized to bestow medals, with proper 
 devices, upon such oflicers of the armies of the Confederate States as 
 shall be conspicuous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle; 
 and also to confer a badge of distinction upon one private or non-com- 
 missioned officer of each company after every signal victory it shall 
 have assisted to achieve. The non-commissioned officers and privates 
 of the company who may bo present in the first dress parade there- 
 after may choose, by a mnjority of their votes, the soldier best entitled 
 to receive such distinction, whose name shall be communicated to the 
 President by commanding officers of the company; and if the award 
 fall upon a deceased soldier, the badge thus awarded him shall bo 
 delivered to his widow; or if there be no widow, to any relation the 
 President may adjudge entitled to receive it, [Approved October 13, 
 1862.] 
 
 No. 2S. — An Atvr to authorize the formation of Volunteer Companies for Local 
 Defence. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That for 
 the purpose of local defence in any portion of the Confederate States, 
 any number of persons not less than twenty, who are over the age of 
 forty-five years, or otherwise not liable to military dutj', may associate 
 themselves as a military company, elect their own officers, and establish 
 rules and regulations for their own government, and shall be considered 
 as. belonging to the Provisional army of the Confederate States, serving 
 without-pay or allowances, and entitled, when captured by the enemy, 
 to all the privileges of prisoners of war: provided, that such comjiany 
 shall, as soon as practicable, transmit their muster-roll, or a list of the 
 names of the officers and privates thereof, to the Governor of the state, 
 the commanding general of the depivrtment, or any brigadier-general 
 in the state or Confederate service, to be forwarded to the Secretary of 
 War; but the President or the commander of the military district may, 
 
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 at any time, disband such companies: jtrovideJ , that in the states and 
 districts in which the act entitled "An act to further provide for the 
 public defence/' approved April 10, 1862, and the acts amendatory 
 thereof, have been suspended, persons of any age, resident within such 
 states or districts, may volunteer and form part of such companies so ' 
 long as such suspension may continue: provided, that no person shall 
 become a member of said company until he shall have first taken the 
 oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America in writing, a 
 copy of which shall be filed with the muster-roll of said company as 
 above prescribed. [Approved October V-j, 1S()2.] 
 
 No. 'jy. — An ACT to increase luiJ logulate t)ic iippoiiitinciit of (ieaeritl Officers in 
 the Provisional Army. 
 
 The CuiKjress of the Cimfvderate StutCH of America do ctiurt, That the 
 President be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and 
 consent of the Senate, to appoint twenty general officers in the Provis- 
 ional army, and to assign them to such appropriate duties as he may 
 deem expedient. [Approved October \?>, 1862.] 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEK, 
 AilJiiUn/t and Inxpector-d'eneroL 
 
 GKNERAL ORDERS,") Aujltaxt a^v Jxsi'UCTOR-OE.MiiiAi.'s OinoK. 
 
 No. 94. f RiciiMOND. Xovemher 24, 18C-_>. 
 
 I. .At a General Court Martial held at Savannah, Georgia, Septem- 
 ber 10, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 118, of July 28, 1862, 
 from the Head-quarters of the Department of South Carolina and 
 Georgia, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Captain A. S. Cannct, Company C, -ITtb Georgia volunteers, on the 
 following charges and specifications : 
 
 CHAltOE I. 
 Violalioii of lur. .".-Jt/ AHidc of ]Vu>: 
 
 Spccificalian. — In this; '-That lie, the said A. S. Cannet, acting .SL^cond Lieulen- 
 ant. Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers. P. A. C. iS., did shamefully abandon hi.s 
 post, and leave the same exposed to the enemy." AH this on Jamo.s island, ou or 
 about Ibc nioruiDg of the 1st of July, ISO";. 
 
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 CuAnoE II. 
 Viutation of the 99(/i Article of War. 
 
 SprcificatioiK— In this: ••Tlmt lie, the siiiiJ A. H. iUimd. acting as gecond Lieu- 
 tenant of Conipauy C, 47th Georgia volnnf ccis, 1*. X. C. S., did neglect to halt the 
 fleeing sentinels and make them stand to their post until it was actually neces- 
 sary to abandon it." All this on James island, on or about the 1st day of July, 
 1862. 
 
 H.-.t'lNhl-Vli-S AND SKXTE.NXK OK Tllli COIT.T. 
 
 After nialuro deliberation, the Coiirt finds the accused, Ciiptain A. S. Cannrl, 
 4Tth Georgia volnutcers. a.-» follows: 9 
 
 Of the Speci'tieation of 1st Charok: ■'Guilty.'" 
 Of the \st CiiARUK : "Guilty." 
 Of (he Specif cut ion (;/*2(/ CnAR(iK : •• Guilty." 
 Of the -Zil Chauce : ■■ Guilty." 
 
 And does, therefore, senteme the said Captain J. S. Cannei. of Company C, 47tli 
 Georgia volunteers -to he ca.Miiered." 
 
 III. .The procecding.i iu the foregoing case having, with the fiuJings 
 and'seiitence of the Court, been submitted to the Secretary of War, ami 
 laid before the President, and by him approved and confirmed, Captain 
 A. S. Cannot, of Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers, therefore ceases 
 to be an officer of the Confederate vStatcs army from this date. 
 
 By order. 
 
 K^. COOPEK, 
 Adjutant and Iiti^pfctor-Ginirdl. 
 
 OK'SEliAh OliDKKS. i Adjutant and I.NSPECTOu-GKM:r.AL's Officf, 
 
 Xo. 95. ) IlU'HMOND. ytivcmber 'J-j, IStVJ. 
 
 To carry into eflect the provisions of "An act to V>ctter provide for 
 the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals.'' approved September 
 27, 1862, the following in.structions are jjublished: 
 
 1. The'comuuitcd value of rations for the sick and wounded in hvs- 
 pitals will be one dollar. Rations for hospital attendants will be com- 
 muted at the rates heretofore fixed by regulations. 
 
 'J. Commissaries of subsistence will transfer, for the purchase of 
 necessary supplies for the sick and wounded, to the medical officer iu 
 
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 charge of a hospital (taking duplicate receipts therefor) sueli portion 
 of the hospital fund as may be demanded on requisition. 
 
 3. Accounts current of the portion of the hospital fund thus trans- 
 ferred will be rendered weekly to the Surgeon-General by the medical 
 officer in charge of a hospital, accompanied by vouchers (numbered) fur 
 the expenditures. The fractional part of the week corresponding with 
 tlje termination of a month will be included in the fourth or last account 
 current of the month. The following form will be adopted : 
 
 Account Curreki-of the Hospital Fvjnd expended fok the 
 week commencing and ending 186 . 
 
 Swyeon 
 
 -, in charge of ■ 
 
 Hospital at 
 
 in account with 
 
 Confederate States. 
 
 186 . 
 October 1... 
 
 Dr. 
 
 55 
 
 500 
 555 
 
 221 
 $334 
 
 50 
 
 To amount transforred by the commissary for the pur- 
 chase of supplies for the subsistence or comfort of the 
 
 00 
 
 Voucher No. 1. ... 
 
 Cr. Pdrchased: 
 
 7|00 
 
 175 00 
 
 12 50 
 
 '.6 50 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 - "'■■{ 
 
 By 35 lbs. butter. »t .30 ceuts 10 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 ;50 
 
 
 
 
 -Hotpital at- 
 
 -186 
 
 Sure/eon in Charge. 
 
 4. A copy of the '-Statement of the Hospital Fund" will be rendered 
 monthly by medical officers to the Surgeon-tieneral, according to the 
 following form : 
 
137 
 
 Statement ok the Hospital Fund at - 
 OK 186 
 
 KOR THE MONTH 
 
 Dr. 
 
 To balaiici- due hospital Inst month 
 
 1,632 rations, being whole amount due this month 
 
 for the sick and wounded, at SI per ration 
 
 4.10 rations for hospital attendants, at 30 cents per 
 
 ration 
 
 Cr. Issued: 
 
 By the following provisions at contract prices: 
 
 283J/1J lbs. of pork, at 10 cents per lb 
 
 690 lbs, of fresh beef, at !S cents per lb 
 
 10 lbs. of hard bread, at 4 cents per lb... 
 
 70 lbs. of rice, at (> cents per lb 
 
 5() lbs. of coffee, at 121^ cents per lb 
 
 193% lbs. of sugar, at S cents per lb 
 
 171^ qts, of vinegar, at 5 cents per qt 
 
 15 ft-16 lbs. of candles, at 12 cents per lb..,. 
 
 6II4 lbs. of soap, at 6 cent.s per lb 
 
 16J^ qts of salt, at 3 cents per qt 
 
 12 galls, of uiola.sses. at 28 cents per gall. 
 
 1.6.32 00 
 135 00 
 
 Tr.\nsferred: I] 
 
 Amount transferred to the me<lical officer in 1 
 
 charge for the piirchase of supplies for the ! 
 
 subsistence or comfort of the sick and | 
 
 wounded: 
 
 October 2 11 500'OOi 
 
 12 i 250 00 
 
 27 il 150 001 
 
 Total issue transferred. 
 
 Amount of hospital fund 
 
 Excess of fund (over $6,000), to be returned to treasury. 
 
 Balance due tliis month. 
 
 4,820 
 
 2S 35 
 55 20I 
 50 42i 
 0'40 
 4 20 
 700 
 15 51 
 
 8C 
 
 1 83 
 3 68 
 50 
 3 36 
 
 177 31 
 
 1,077 
 
 5.409 
 409 
 
 $5,000 
 
 Surgeon in Charge. 
 
 b. When a hospital fund shall exceed five thousand dollars the Com- 
 missary of subsistcuee having the fund in hand will deposit such 
 excess in the Treasury of the Confederate States, or other place of 
 deposit where government moneys are kept, to be liable to draft as 
 other public moneys are. Commissaries will account for hospital funds 
 on their monthly abstracts and summary statements. 
 
 6. The Quartermaster will have arrangements made with the various 
 railroad companies and lines of boats for the speediest practicable 
 transportation of suppli«?s for the hospitals; and general transporta- 
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 tion tickets will be furnished to accroditod agents engaged in tho 
 actual purchase of these supplies upon the request of the medical 
 officer in charge of a hospital. 
 
 7. Medical officers in charge of general hospitals will make requisi- 
 tions on the medical purveyors for hospital suits (shirts, pantaloons, 
 and drawers) for the use of tho sick and wounded while in hospital, 
 not to exceed in number the number of beds ; which clothing shall be 
 borne on the returns, and be accounted for as other hospital property. 
 
 8. There will bo allowed to each general hospital, with rations and 
 suitable places of lodging, two chief matrons, at a salary not to 
 exceed forty dollars per month each, whose general duties shall be to 
 exercise a superintendence over the entire domestic economy of the 
 hospital ; to take charge of such delicacies as may bo provided for tho 
 sick ; to apportion them out as required ; to see that tho food or diet 
 is properly prepared; and all such other duties as may be necessary ; 
 two assistant matrons, at a salary not to exceed thirty-tive dollars per 
 month each, whojie general duties shall be to superintend the laundry ; 
 to take charge of the clothing of the sick and the bedding of the hos- 
 pital ; to see that they are kept clean and neat; and perform such other 
 duties as may be necessary : two wardmatrons for each ward (esti- 
 mating 100 patients for each ward), at a salary not to exceed thirty 
 dollars per month each, whoso general duties shall be to prepare the 
 beds and bedding of their respective wards; to see that they are kept 
 clean and in order; that the food or diet for the sick is carefullj' pre- 
 pared and furnished to them ; the medicine administered ; and that all 
 patients requiring careful nursing are attended to; and all such other 
 duties as lilay be necessary : one wardmaster for each ward (estimating 
 100 patients for e,ach ward), at a salai-y not to exceed twenty-five dol- 
 lars per month each; and such other nurses and cooks, male or female 
 (giving preference to females when their services may best subserve the 
 purpose), at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month each, 
 as may be necessary for the proper care of the sick. These attendants 
 to bo paid monthly, on hospital muster-rolls, by the Quartermaster's 
 department, and to be removed when expedient by the medical officer 
 in charge. Other attendants not herein provided for, necessary to the 
 service, shall be allowed as now provided by law. 
 
 9. If a sufficient number of nurses and wardmasters not liable to 
 military service can not be employed, and it shall become necessary to 
 assign to this duty soldiers in the service, then, upon the requisition of 
 tho medical officer in charge of a hospital, tho soldiers so assigned who 
 are skilful and competent shall be permanently detailed to this duty, 
 and shall only.be removable for neglect or inattention, by the medical 
 officer in charge. 
 
10. Hospitals will be kuowu a.nd numbered as hospitals ul' a par- 
 ticular state. The sick aud wounded, when not injurious to themselves 
 or greatly inconvenient to the itervice, will bo sent to the hospitals 
 representing their respective ("tates?, am', to privato or state hospitalii 
 representing the same. 
 
 11. The Quartermaster- General will have arrangements made with 
 the railroad companies to reserve seats in one or more cars, as may lie 
 necessary, for the ujie of the sick and wounded soldiers and their 
 attendants to be transported ; and until they .are seated to prevent 
 other persons from entering thoue reserved ears; and alr-o to require 
 conductors of the trains to provide for the use of the sick and wounded, 
 in the reserved ears a .sufficient quantity of pure water. 
 
 12. Medical oflficcr.>< in charge of Imspitals will detail an attendant to 
 accompany the sick and wounded, furloughed, discharged, or trans- 
 ferred, to railroad depc)ts, to see that they are cared for and provided 
 with seats in the reserved cars. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiitonl lotfi Juiptrtor-h'cnfrtil. 
 
 OKNKRAIi ORDKRS. ) .Vdjut.vst *sb l.ssi'ECXon-tiKXRRAi's Offick, 
 
 No. 90. ) UiCHM0N-i>. Ji'ovemher 27. 1S62. 
 
 Command.'ints of conscripts will cause the following order to be pub- 
 lished for at least seven times in a sutlicieut number of newspapers in 
 eaoh state of the Confederacy to insure its reaching every part of the 
 country : 
 
 I.. All commissioned olFicers and enlisted men who are now ab.-icnt 
 from their commands from any other cause than actual disability, or 
 duty under orders from the Secretary of War, or from their department 
 commanders, will return to their commands without ilolay. 
 
 II. .Commissioned officers failing to comply with the provisions of 
 the foregoing paragraph within a reasonable length of time, in no case 
 to exceed twenty days after the publication of this order, shall be 
 dropped from the rolls of the army in disgrace, and their names will be 
 furnished to the commandant of conscripts for enrolment in the rank.i. 
 
 III. .All enlisted men who shall fail to comply with the provisions of 
 paragraph I of this order, within a reasonable length of time, shall bo 
 considered as depertors, and treated accordingly : their names to be 
 
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 furnished to tbe commandant of conscripts in their state for publication, 
 or such other action as maybe deemed most efficacious. 
 
 IV. .In order to insure the efficient co-operation of all concerned to 
 carry this order into immediate effect, department commanders are 
 directed to require from the commanding officer of each separate com- 
 mand in their departments a prompt report of the names of all com- 
 missioned officers and enlisted men now absent from their commands. 
 These reports must state in each case the cause of absence ; and any 
 regimental, battalion, or company commander who shall neglect to 
 furnish such a report, or who shall knowingly be guilty of concealing 
 any case of unauthorized absence shall, on conviction thereof, be sum- 
 marily dismissed. 
 
 V. .Under the provisions of the 2d clause of paragraph II of General 
 Orders, No. 82, commissioned officers and privates who are incapable 
 of bearing arms in consequence of wounds received in battle, but who 
 arc otherwise fit for service, are required, if not otherwise assigned, to 
 report to the nearest commandant of conscripts in their respective 
 states, who will, if they are fitted for such duty, assign them to the 
 collection of stragglers and the enforcement of the provisions of this 
 order, with full powers to call upijn the nearest military authority for 
 such assistance as may be necessary thereto. 
 
 VI.. Officers of the Quartermaster's department charged with pay- 
 ment of troops are hereby directed not to pay any commissioned officer, 
 non-commissioned officer, or private who does not furnish satisfactory 
 evidence that he is not liable to the penalties described in the fore- 
 going order. Any disbursing officer who shall make payment in 
 violation of this order shall be liable on his bond for the amount of 
 such payment. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiilaitt (luil Iiinjjeclor-Genernl. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,'! Ad.tutam and I.nspector-Genebal's Office, 
 
 No. 97. \ Richmond, Dccemhtr 1, 1862. 
 
 I.. Officers of the Quartermaster's department are expressly pro- 
 hibited from visiting the seat of government for the purpose of obtain- 
 ing supplies. The usual mode of effecting these objects, by requisition, 
 is deemed isufficient; and no deviation from tbe established rules of 
 
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 the service in this respect ■will be permitted, without the previous 
 sanction of the Quartermaster-General, obtained through the regular 
 channel of communication. 
 
 II..OflRcers and agents of the Quartermaster's deportment are 
 hereby ordered not to interfere with leather purchased or contracted 
 for by officers or agents of the Ordnance department. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Afl'pilniil and Inupprtor-Gviicrnl. 
 
 GENERAL ORDKKS."| ' AnjUTANT ant) Inspeutoii-Gexeral's OfriCE, 
 
 No. 98. j RiCHMO.vn, i)ecen^«r 3, 1862. 
 
 Colonel William M. W.\di.kv, Assistant Adjutant-General, is hereby 
 specially assigned to take supervision and control of the transportation 
 for the government on all the railroads in the Confederate States. 
 
 1. IIo is empowered to make contracts for transportation with said 
 railroads, or any of them, and such negotiation and arrangements with 
 them as may he requisite or proper to secure efficiency, harmony, and 
 co-operation on the pjjrt of said railroads, or any proper number of 
 them, in carrying on the transportation of the government. 
 
 2. He will take direction of all agents or employees engaged by the 
 government in connection with railroad transportation ; will retain, 
 engage, or dismiss such as may be requisite, and take charge of and 
 employ all engines, machinery, tools, or other property of the govern- 
 ment owned or used for railroad transportation ; and may exchange, 
 sell, or loan such machinery with or to any railroad company, to 
 facilitate the work of transportation ; and may generally assist and 
 co-operate with the railroads in effecting the work of transportation. 
 
 3. The better to accomplish such ends, he may reijuirc co-operation 
 and assistance to such au extent as can be reasonably granted by the 
 Quartermaster and Commissary bureaus ; and may apply for details 
 from the army, of such artisans, mechanics, and workmen as may be 
 necessarj' to facilitate the duo accomplishment of his duties. 
 
 4. He will r^eport, through the Adjutant and Inspector-General, to 
 the Secretary of War. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjiitfint and InHpector-Geitfral. 
 
14-2 
 
 GENERAL ORDEUS,] AnJUTiNT a\d 1nspector-0£keral'8 OrncE. 
 
 No. 99. j RiCHMOMD, Uecemher 5, 1862. 
 
 The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized 
 and directed to press the home production of nitre from plantation and 
 domestic sources. 
 
 Where indispensable, the labor of conscripts is authorized in interior 
 districts, and details will continue to be made as at present; but officers 
 and agents of the bureau will exercise especial caution to use this labor 
 as a last resort. 
 
 Resignations in the nitre and raining corps must bo placed upon 
 the same footing with resignations in the line in front of the enemy. 
 Faithfully executed, this service is second to no other engaged in the 
 public defence. 
 
 Bj' order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 
 b 
 
 Adjutant and Iimpector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEKS,") Adjutant axi> Inspkctor-Oenebal's Office, 
 
 No. TOO. j RiCHMJND, DccemliKr 8. 1862. 
 
 I.. The following act, and regulations in reference thereto, are pub- 
 lished for the information of all concerned: 
 
 All act to repeal the law authorizing\!vmmntation for Soldiers' Clothivg, 
 and to require Clothing to be fnrninhcd by the Secretary of War in kind. 
 
 The Congress of the Omfeckrate States of America do enact. That so mucli of the 
 existing law as pioviiles commutation for clothing to tha soldiers in the service of 
 the Confederacy be and the same is hereby repealed; and horeafter the Secretary 
 of War shall provide in kind to the soldiere respectively the uiiifonu clothing 
 prescribed by the Regulations of the Army of the Confederate States. And should 
 any balance of clothing be due to the soldier at the end of the year, the money 
 value of such balance shall be paid to such soldier, according to the value of such 
 clothing, fixed and announced by order of the War department. [Approved 
 Octobers. 1S62.] 
 
 II.. In accordance with the above act of Congress, no p.ayment of 
 commutation for clothing will be made for a period extending beyond 
 October 8, 1S62. When payment of said allowance has been made 
 prior to the promulgation of this order for a term which will not 
 expire until after the date of this act, issues of clothing in kind will 
 be made, to commence at the end of such period. Where it has not 
 been so paid, clothing will be furnished from the 8th October, 1862. 
 
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 III. .A soldier is allowed the uniform clothing stated in the following 
 Ublc, or articles thereof of equal value. When a balance is due him 
 at the end of the year, he will be allowed the money value thereof, as 
 herein set forth :* to be paid him upon the muster and pay-roll of his 
 compauy. When he shall have drawn clothing in excess of the amount 
 allowed, it will be charged against him upon the muster and pay roll 
 of his company. If di.^charged before the e.K])iration of the year, and 
 he shall not have been furnished with clothing in kind, or pai<l com- 
 mutation thereof for the period of service rendered since the Stb 
 October, 1S62, he will l)e entitled to receive the money value of the 
 clothing allowed, in proportion to such period of service. 
 
 CLOTHING. 
 
 FOR TnRKE TEARS. 
 
 ad. 
 
 C.ip, complete., 
 
 Cover 
 
 Jacket 
 
 Trowsers 
 
 Shirt 
 
 Drawers 
 
 ShoeH, pairs ".. 
 
 Socks, pairs 
 
 Loathor stock .........'...........'.. 
 
 Grcat-cont ."...'.'... '..'.'..'..'..".'. 
 
 Stnblc-frock (Cor inoiintcd men) 
 
 Futijrue overall (for engineers and ordnance) , 
 Blanket 
 
 $2 (>0 
 
 12 oo 
 
 9 00 
 3 00 
 ."5 00 
 C 00 
 
 1 00 
 25 
 
 25 00 
 
 2 00 
 .3 00 
 7 50 
 
 IV. .When clothing is needed for issue to the men, the company com- 
 mander will procure it from the quartermaster on requisition approved 
 by the commanding officer. 
 
 v.. Ordinarily, the comp.any commander will procure and issue 
 clothing to his men twice a year. At other times, in special cases, 
 such articles as the soldier may need will be issued to him. 
 
 VI.. Officers receiving clothing will render quarterly returns to the 
 Quartermaster-General. 
 
 VII.. Commanders of companies will take the receipts of their men 
 for the clothing issued to them, on a receipt-roll, witnessed by an officer, 
 or, in the absence of an officer, by a non-commissioned officer; the 
 witness to be witness to the fact of the issue and the acknowledgment 
 and signature of the soldier. The several issues to a soldier to bo 
 entered separately on the roll, and all vacant spaces on the roll to be 
 filled with a cipher. The roll U the voucher for the i.ssue to the quar- 
 
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 terly return of the company commander. Extra issues will be so noted 
 on the roll. 
 
 VIII-.Each soldier's clothing account is kept by the company com- 
 mander in a company book. This account sets out only the money 
 value of the clothing which he received at each issue, for which his 
 receipt is entered in the book, and witnessed as in the preceding para- 
 graph. 
 
 IX. .When a soldier is transferred or detached, the amount due to or 
 by him for clothiug will be stated on his descriptive list. 
 
 X. .When a soldier is discharged, the amount due to or by him for 
 clothiug will be stated on the duplicate certificates given for the settle- 
 ment of his accounts. > 
 
 XI. .Deserters' clothing will be turned into store. The invoice of it, 
 and the quartermaster's receipt for it, will state its condition, and the 
 name of the deserter. 
 
 XII.. The inspection report on damaged clothing shall set out, with 
 the amount of damage of each article, a list of such articles as are fit 
 for issue, at a reduced price stated. 
 
 XIII. .Commanding officers may order necessary issues of clothing 
 to prisoners and convicts, taking deserters' or other damaged clothing, 
 when there is such in store. 
 
 XIV. .In all cases of deficiency, or damage of any article of clothing 
 or camp or garrison equipage, the officer accountable for the property 
 is required by law to show by one or more depositions setting forth the 
 circumstances of the case that the deficiency was by unavoidable 
 accident or loss in actual service, without any fault on his part, and in 
 case of damage, that due care and attention were exerted on his part, 
 and that the damage did not result from neglect. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inapector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 101. f Richmond, December 9, 1862. 
 
 I.. Clause I, paragraph "VI, General Orders, No. 82, current series, 
 is 80 amended as to provide that one of the three surgeons for each 
 
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 congressional district shall be a medical oCScer of the army, and that 
 the two others (to be recommended by the commandant of conscript? 
 to the Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneral) shall be selected from con- 
 gressional districts different from that in which they are to examint- 
 I'onscripts. 
 
 II. . As in the case of "barrels and sacks," officers of the Subsistcrict 
 department receiving beeves will deliver to the commissaries from 
 whom they draw supplies a like number of hides. The issuing com- 
 missary win tranpfer them to the quartermaster charged with their ccl 
 lection. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjut<xnt tiiid Intpector-Gcnirul. 
 
 (jENKRAL ORDERS. | Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneiul's Ovnar.. 
 
 No. 102. f Richmond, December 10, 1862. 
 
 The sentence of dismissal pronounced in Special Orders, No. 4. 
 Head-quarters of the Department of Mississippi, September 4, 1862. 
 against 2d Lieutenant W. AV. Dunlop, C. S. A., and approved by Gen- 
 eral Bragg, is by direction of the President commuted, so as to require 
 of Lieutenant Dunlop a written apology to his Commanding General 
 for the disrespect exhibited in the disobedience of orders complained 
 of, and the language employed by him on that occasion. 
 
 The President is thus lenient toward Lieutenant Dunlop in consid- 
 eration of his youth and inexperience and the pledges which he ha? 
 given of amendment: but the conduct of this officer must be remarked 
 on as both unb.'ooming in itself, and calculated to degrade his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 Upon making the required apology. Lieutenant Dunlop will be 
 restored to the pervice, and will report for duty to General Bragg. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- Gentr at - 
 
 liENERAL ORDERS. ~j Adjutasi, ASD I.nspbctor-Generals OincE. 
 
 No. 103. / Richmond, December 12, 1862. 
 
 I.. At a Court of Inquiry, convened at Camp French, near Peters- 
 burg, Virginia, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 31, Pettigrew'g bri- 
 gade, October 2, 1862, and by authority of the act of April 21, 1862. 
 13 
 
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 was lirraigncd ami tried Lieutenant Calviu Dit-kerson, Company B, 
 26th North Carolipa volunteers, P. A. C. S., on the charge of " drunk- 
 enness " while on the march from Black creek to Petersburg. 
 
 II. .The court having found the accused guilty, as charged, and the 
 proceedings and findings in the case having been submitted to the 
 Secretarj' of War, and by him laid before the President, he approves 
 the findings of the court, <and directs that the said Lieutenant Calvin 
 Dickerson, Company B, 26th North Carolina volunteers, P. A. C. S., 
 be therefore dismissed the service. Lieutenant Dickerson accordingly 
 ceases to be an ofiBcer of the Provisional army of the Confederate 
 States from this date. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 (lENERAL ORDERS, ~| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 104. J Richmond, December 13, 1862. ' 
 
 I. .Encampments of troops near towns and villages must be avoided 
 where it is not indispensable. Whenever it is so, a sufiicient force for 
 o;uards and outposts must be selected fuom the best disciplined troops, 
 .i,nd assigned as a garrison, etc. : and officers and men will not be per- 
 mitted to enter the town or village, except on written permission of the 
 commanding officer. 
 
 II. .Arms must not be carried from the camp, nor will mounted men 
 in camp be permitted to ride their horses except upon duty. 
 
 III. .Private property is invariably to be respected, and must not be 
 taken or used, except when indispensable for the public service, and 
 then only by orders of competent authority, and in the manner pointed 
 out in the Army Regulations and orders of the Quartermaster and 
 Commissary departments. 
 
 IV. .The reckless destruction of fencing, wood, and other property of 
 the citizens, which has occurred in so many instances, can not be too 
 strongly condemned. Commanders of troops of whatever grade should, 
 by the exercise of diligence and strict discipline, endeavor to prevent 
 such results, entailing, as they will, poverty upon individuals, and use- 
 less expense on the government. Fencing ought not to be disturbed 
 
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 where it can possibly be avoided ; and wben wood is necessarj' for the 
 public use, that which is least valuable must be selected, with as little 
 waste as practicable. 
 
 V. .A careful observance of these orders is enjoined on the army as 
 of the first importance to the public interests. All violations of them 
 are directed to be reporte<l to the proper authi)rity, fur such punishment 
 as may be requisite. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Affjiitniii find ftmpector-Geiierfif. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,'] ADJUTiST and Isspector-Oeneral's Office. 
 
 No. 105. j KiCHMOND, December 15. 1862. 
 
 I.. Some confusion havinj^ occurred in the payment of troops in 
 hospital, as authorized in paragraph III, General Orders, No'. 65, modi- 
 fied by paragraph I, Ueneral Orders, No. 67, and by paragraph II, 
 general Orders, No. 68, it is hereby directed that the orders above 
 Teferred to be so limited as to embrace only the monthly pay of the 
 soldier mustered on the hospital rolls; and all quartermasters making 
 payments to troops referred to in said orders are required regularly to 
 forward, through the Adjutant and Inspector-General's ofl5ce, to the 
 company commanders of such troops (to be noted on the company 
 rolls) an accurate list of the persons and amounts so paid, and the 
 particular time for which such payments Lave been made. 
 
 II.. No transportation tickets will be issued except when the appli- 
 cant presents conclusive evidence that be has proper authority for his 
 absence from his command, and is entitled to transportation. A 
 register will be kept in the transportation office, upon which the name 
 of the applicant for transportation, and the authority upon which 
 transportation is given, will be recorded in every case. Every precau- 
 tion will be taken against imposition and fraud; and whenever such 
 fraud or imposition is detected, it will be immediately reported to the 
 proper authorities. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Insjyector-General. 
 
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 GKNKRAL ORDERS. ~| Adjutant and Inspector-General's OrriCE. 
 
 No. 106. J Richmond, December 15. 1862. 
 
 I.. A Court of Inquiry having been couveucd, November 14, 18fi2, :it 
 Kichinond, Va., by direction of the President, and under Special Orders, 
 No. 265, paragraph XXXV, from the Adjutant and Inspector-Generars 
 office, "to report upon the charge of fraud and peculation against an 
 officer iu the Bureau of the Commissary-General, which appeared in an 
 editorial of the Richmond E.raminer of October 20, 1862, entitled 'The 
 Commigsari/ Department : hoti) purchaaen are made;'" and having made 
 the required examination and report, the result is, by direction of 
 the President, published for the information of all concerned : 
 
 Findings of the Court. 
 
 II.. The court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 
 finds the following facts proved: 
 
 1. That by the Revenue laws of the State of Virginia a license i? 
 required to be taken out by cattle dealers ; and every person who buys 
 to sell again must either take out such license himself, or employ the 
 s-ervices of a cattle dealer, who is, of course, entitled to the customary 
 compensation for his services. g 
 
 2. That the cattle in this case were consigned for sale to Mr. John (J. 
 Moffit, a licensed cattle dealer iu the City of Richmond. 
 
 H. That Mr. John G. Moffit was in the employment of the Commis- 
 !4ary department, to make purchases for its use, at a regular stated 
 salary. 
 
 4. That the sale was made to the Commissary department through 
 Mr. .John G. Moffit, the parties being full}' apprised of his relation to 
 the department in the transaction of the 29tb July, 1862. 
 
 5. That before the sale, and while the cattle were still in the hands 
 of the owners, Mr. Jonathan H. Haymond was informed by Mr. Moffit, 
 in answer to a suggestion made by him, that the usual commission of 
 one dollar per head, and one per centum on the amount of sale, would 
 be deducted from the gross price of the cattle, and would be retained 
 by the government for its own benefit. 
 
 6. That on the 30th July, 1862, the parties met at the office of the 
 Com'missary-Geueral in this city, to make the settlement and receive 
 their money — when the settlement was made, showing the number of 
 cattle and the gross amount of purchase money, from which the com- 
 missions, amounting to one hundred and ninety dollars and thirty-nine 
 cents {$\dO "^), wei-e deducted as a credit to the government, and the 
 net balance, amounting to nine thousand six hundred and forty-niiye 
 
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 dollars and one cent ($9,040 01), was paid to the owner.-: for which 
 amount, and that only, a receipt was taken. 
 
 7. That the commission of one hundred and ninety dollars and thirty- 
 nine cents ($190 39) enured to the benefit of the governmont, and not 
 to that of any of its employees. 
 
 8. That all of the parties interested in the cattle were entirely .^ati-ified 
 with the propriety of the deduction, and yielded a cheerful acquie.scenoe 
 thereto, except Mr. Haymond. who did not attend at the time of settle- 
 ment, or make known h\i objection to any one in the Commissary 
 department, until, on the Saturday precediuj; the 20th December. 1S62, 
 ho applied to the Commissary-CJoncral, when, not being satisfied with 
 the result of his interview, he complained to the associate editor of the 
 Richmond Examiner. 
 
 9. That there is no fact or circumstance disclosed or sugge.ited, tend- 
 ing to show any fraud or peculation committed or attempted, but on 
 the contrary, that great and exemplary zeal and devotion to the public 
 service were evinced by all the officers and employees of 'the Commis- 
 sary department. 
 
 III. .The court, having accomplished the business before it. is hereby 
 dissolved.' 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjxitnvt and Tnspectov-Genr.ral. 
 
 OENKKAL ORDEH.S-I Adjutam and Inspector-Oenkral's Ofmok, 
 
 No. 107. ) UiCHMOND, Decmber 17, 186i 
 
 I. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, current series, is modilieii 
 as follows : 
 
 Medical officers referred to in said order will not hereafter issue 
 certificates for furloughs, except when the health of the soldier requires 
 his removal, <ir a change of climate; and in all such cases this laot 
 must be distinctly stated in the surgeon's certificate. 
 
 II. .Whenever, in the opinion of the commanding officer of a mili- 
 tary department, the object of the fourth paragraph of General Orders, 
 No. 72, has been for the time being accomplished, by sufficiently re- 
 ducing the number in hospital, he may suspend the sessions of the 
 medical boards until the condition of the sick and wounded renders it 
 expedient to reassemble said boards. 
 
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 III. . Officers cbarged with the iluty of enrolling conscripts are hereby 
 instructed that the resignation of officers does not, of itself, exempt the 
 party resigning from the provisions of the Conscript law. All such per- 
 sons are subject to enrolment and examination in common with other 
 parties of conscript age. 
 
 IV. .Lieutenant-Colonel Smith Stansbury is hereby detailed for the 
 same duty as that assigned in paragraph III. General Orders, No. 80, 
 current series, to Lieutenant-Colonel W. Lerov Broun, and he will 
 proceed immediately to Charleston, S. C, and to Mobile, Ala., for the 
 purpose of e.\amining candidates for appointments as artillery oflBeers 
 for ordnance duty, under the act of Congress approved September l(i, 
 1862. 
 
 The Generals comma»din<j at those points will, on his application^ 
 associate with him any two artillery officers performing ordnance duties 
 he may select, who, together with himself, will constitute an Examining 
 Board. 
 
 Due notice will be given thi'ough the local papers of the time at 
 which examinations will be held. 
 
 Applications for permission to be examined will be made, as per 
 General Orders, No. 80, to the General commanding. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and hispectur-Geiierul. 
 
 GENKRAL ORDERS. "J ADJUT.iNT and I.vspector-Gsn'erals Office. 
 
 No. 108. j Richmond, December IS, 1862. 
 
 I.. At a Court of Inquiry, convened at Staunton, Va., December '^. 
 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 278, paragraph XIX. from the 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, Richmond, to examine and 
 repori upon certain charges and imputations against Colonel M. G. 
 Harm AN, 52d Virginia volunteers, respecting his conduct while acting 
 as quartermaster at Staunton, Virginia, and also as enrolling officer at 
 the same place, the following report and finding of facts were duly 
 made, and are now published for the information of all concerned : 
 
 II..IlErORT AND FlNDING.S OF THE CoUKT. 
 
 The court, * ••■ * having considered the evidence adduced, re- 
 spectfully reports, that immediately after its organization the Recorder 
 addressed a note to the Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, requesting an interview 
 
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 for the purpose of obtaining specific information upon the subject of 
 its inquiry. The interview was declined, but the desired iaformation 
 was set forth in a letter from that gentleman, which was in part adopted 
 by the court as a basis of its investigation. This communication, t'- 
 which special reference is here made, appears in the records, beginninp 
 at page 3. ^ 
 
 The court dccliued to receive any testimony upon points not affecting 
 Colonel }Iaiiman its quartermaster and enrolling officer at Stauntoti. 
 although evidence was tendered by him to overthrow everj' imputation 
 brought to the knowledge of the court. It will be perceived, upon 
 inspecting the record, that several of these alleged improprieties refer 
 to a period when Colonel Harma.v was not in the service of the Con- 
 federate St.ites, and were not, therefore, questions within the jurisdic- 
 tion of the court. 
 
 In the 4th specification of rumors contained in Mr. Stuart's letter 
 to the court it is .asserted that Colonel IIatiman sold hay, pasturage, 
 corn, and wood t.o the government, and employed government t*ams in 
 hauling the wood and hay, contrarj' to the 9(i.jd regulation. The proof, 
 however, shows that these articles were purchased by Captain Peyton. 
 a quartermaster at .'^taunton, at lower rntes than could be had else- 
 wl|erc. It was also proven that a few loads of wood were hauled by 
 the governraeni teams, at the instance of Captain Pkvto.v, to relieve 
 the immediate wants of the government, and without the knowleJce or 
 consent of Colonel Harman. These facts do not, in the judgment ot 
 the court, constitute a violation of the regulations above cited; but 
 whatevei' constrnction m.iy prevail upon this point, the court is satisfied 
 that the transaction was without fraud, to the interest of the govern- 
 ment, and unworthy of further consideration. 
 
 The court was unable to procure the least evidence in support of any 
 other charge than tJM one just disposed of, although every person men- 
 tioned by Mr. Stuart as likely to possess information was examined. 
 except when the person disclaimed such knowledge after appearing 
 before the court in obedience to its summons. 
 
 The record will also show that diligent but fruitless efforts were 
 made to obtain information from other sources than those suggested by 
 Mr. Stuart : and it is but just to state that every facility that the 
 defence could render to help forward the investigation was promptly 
 and cheerfully accorded. 
 
 In the opinion of the court, Colonel Hakjian has discharged the 
 responsible duties devolved upon him with a /.eal, fidelity, and intelli- 
 gence rarely observed. His official conduct in those departments of 
 the service respecting which it has been the duty of the court to inves- 
 
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 Ugate furnishes an example worthy of all imitution, aliiie creditable to 
 himaelf and advantageous to the government. 
 
 III.. The above-named Court of Inquiry, in the case of Colonel M. 
 Q. Harman, 52d Virginia volunteers, is hereby dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjufant and rnsprcfor-OenernL 
 
 ilENERAL ORDERS.") Adjutant and In3pector-<}e!vep.ai,'s Office, 
 
 No. 109. j Richmond, D/^mmber 20, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following appointments under the act of October 9, 1862, 
 providing for the appointment of military courts to attend the army, 
 have been made by the President, and are announced for the informa- 
 tion of all concerned: 
 
 1. Lieutenant- General James Luitgatreet'a Corps. 
 
 Charles L. Scott, Alabama, Presiding .ludge. 
 
 Albert P. Hill, Mississippi. 
 
 L. W. Spratt, South Carolina. 
 
 Charles M. Blackford, Virginia, Judge Advocate. 
 
 2. Lieutenunt-General T. J. Jackson's Oorpn. 
 
 Richard H. Lee, Virginia, Presiding Judge. 
 
 James Jackson, Georgia. 
 
 David H. Carter, North Carolina. 
 
 Daniel A. Wilson. Louisiana, Judge Adv^ate. 
 
 3. General G. T. Beaureyard's Corps. 
 
 D. F. Jamison, South Carolina, Presiding Judge. 
 L. M. Lamai', Georgia. 
 
 Captain W. C. Bird {1st Florida volunteers), Florida. 
 A. H. Boykin, South Carolina, Judge Advocate. 
 
 4. Lientenant-General Leonidas Polk'i Corps. 
 
 Andrew Ewing, Tennessee, Presiding Judge. 
 
 Edward S. Worthington, Kentucky. 
 
 J. A. P. Campbell, Mississippi. 
 
 Thomas W. Brown, Tennessee, Judge Advocate. 
 
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 5. LieutcnriDt-Cevcral K. K. Smith's Corp^. 
 
 Thomas Ruflin, North Carolina. Prcsidiii!; .Tuilge. 
 
 James Neil, Tennessee. 
 
 Charles B. Thomas, Kentucky. 
 
 Shelby Williams. Tennessee, .Judge Advocate. 
 
 6. Lieutenant-General T. 11. ,Holmei>' tlovps. 
 
 .Justin Polk, Missouri, Presiding Judge. 
 
 George C Watkins, Arkansas. 
 
 Major W. P. Townsond (4th To.xa8 volunteer.''), Te.xa.^. 
 
 liioncl Tj. TiCvy, Louisiana, .Judge Advocate. 
 
 7. Mnjor-(feneral John H. Forner/'n ('oti>'<. 
 
 Thomas .]. Judge, .\labaina, Presiding .Judge. 
 S. W. Fisk, Louisiana. 
 Samuel J. Douglass, Florida. 
 J. Little Smith, .Judge Advocate. 
 
 • 
 
 S. .Witjur-trenrrul Stnniiel Jones' Vorp». 
 
 Colonel P. T. Moore, Virginia, Presiding Judge. 
 
 W. IL Norris, Maryland. 
 
 Colonel A. T. M. Rust, Virginia. 
 
 Septimus T. Wall, liontueky, Judge Advocate. 
 
 !). .Ifajor-Gcneral G. W. Smith's Corpg. 
 
 Wm. I!. Rodman, North Carolina, Presiding .Judge. 
 
 -John M. Patton, Virginia. 
 
 Bradly T. .Johnson, Maryland. , 
 
 W. P. Johnson, Georgia, Judge Advocate. 
 
 II.. The above-named mcmber.'i of the courts referred to will report, 
 without delay to the commanding officers of the respective army corps 
 to which they have been assigned, to whom the letters of appointment 
 will be forwarded, except in those cases where they have been de- 
 livered to the parties, or may be called for at this office at an i-arly 
 day. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPKR, 
 Adjutant and Innpector-Gwrral. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, | Atijupant and Inspeotor-Genekal's Office. 
 
 No. 110. J Richmond, December 22. 1S62. 
 
 I.. The atteution of the army is called to Geueral Orders, No. 52: 
 from this office, requiring commanding officers to report the facts and 
 circumstances of " extraordinary valor and skill" displayed by officers 
 and soldiers, which may entitle them to recommendation to the Presi- 
 dent for promotion to vacancies in their companies, as provided by the 
 act of April 21, 1862 ; and due observance of said order is enjoined on 
 all concerned. 
 
 II.. The 52d Article of War directs that "any officer or soldier vvb^ 
 shall misbehave himself before the enemy, run away, or shamefully 
 abandon any fort, post, or guard which he or they may be commanded 
 to defend, or speak words inducing others to do the like, or shall casr 
 away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or colors t" 
 plunder and pillage, every such offender, being duly convicted thereof, 
 shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the 
 sentCDce of a general court martial." 
 
 The enforcement of the foregoing article is enjoined on all officers 
 and non-commissioned officers of the army; and in order the«better to 
 carry its provisions into effect it is hereby made the duty of all com- 
 jiany commanders to see that the company roll is regularly called 
 before and after each battle ; and to arrest, and, whenever proper, 
 report for trial by court martial all absentees who are without the 
 requisite excuse. 
 
 The number of the Confederate army who bring disgrace upon it by 
 
 a violation of the article a,bove quoted is happily small ; and it is, 
 
 therefore, the more incumbent that their disreputable conduct should be 
 
 exposed and punished, and the fair name of the large number wh<i 
 
 respect its honor and character be thus publicly vindicated. 
 
 By order. 
 • S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENKRAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
 
 No. 111. J Richmond, December 24, 1862. 
 
 I.. The following proclamation of the President is published for the 
 infnrmation and guidance of all concerned therein : 
 
 liij the President of the Confederate Statefi — A I'mclaination. > 
 
 '■ Whereas a communication was addressed, on the 6fh day of July 
 last (18G2), by General Robert E. Lee, acting under the instruction.' 
 
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 of the Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America, to 
 General H. W. Halleck, (ieneral-in-chief of the United States army, 
 informing the latter that a report had reached this government that 
 Wm. B. Mumford, a citizen of the Confederate States, had been ex- 
 ecuted by the United States; authorities at New Orleans for having 
 pulled down the United States flag in that city before its occupation by 
 the forces of the United States, and calling for a statement of the 
 facts, with a view to retaliation, if such an outrage had really been 
 committed under sanction of the authorities of the United States : 
 
 '•And whereas (no answer having been received to said letter) 
 another letter was. on the 2d August last (1862), addressed by General 
 Lee, under my instrubtions, to General Halleck, renewing the inquiry 
 in relation to the said execution of said Mumford. with the information 
 that in the event of not rccciviug a reply within fifteen days it would 
 be assumed that the fact alleged was true, and was sanctioned by the 
 government of the United States : 
 
 "And whereas an answer, d.ated on the 7th August last (1862), waf 
 addressed to General Lee by General II. W. Hailcck, the said General- 
 in-chief of the armies <>f the United States, alleging suirieient cause 
 for failure to make early reply to said letter of 6tli July, asserting 
 that 'no authentic information had been received in relation to the 
 execution of Mumford, but measures will be immediately taken t" 
 ascertain the facts of the alleged cxecutinn,' and promising that Gen- 
 eral Lee should be duly informed thereof: 
 
 "And whereas on the 2flth November last (1862) another letter was 
 addressed, under my instructions, by Robert Ould, Confederate agent 
 for the exchange of prisoners, under the cartel between the two govern- 
 ments, to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Ludlow, agent of the United 
 States under said cartel, informing him that the explan.ations promised 
 in the said letter of General Halleck, of 7th of August last, had -not 
 yet been received, and that if no answer was sent to the government 
 within fifteen days from the delivery of this last communication, it 
 would be considered that an answer is declined; 
 
 "And whereas, by letter dated on the third day of the present month 
 of December, the said Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow apprised the said 
 Robert Ould that the above-recited communication of 29(h of Novem- 
 ber had been received and forwarded to the Secretary of War of the 
 United States: 
 
 "And whereas this last delay of fifteen days allowed for answer has 
 elapsed, and no .answer has bacn received : 
 
 "And whereas, in addition to the tacit admission resulting from the 
 above refusal to answer, I have received evidence fully establishing the 
 truth of the fact that the said William B. Mumford, a citizen of this 
 
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 Confederacy, was actually and publicly executed in cold blood by 
 hanging, after the occupation of the City of New Orleans by the forces' 
 under the command of General Benjamin F. Butler, when said Mum- 
 ford was an unresisting and non-combatant captive, and for no offence 
 even alleged to have been committed by him subsequent to the date of 
 the capture of the said city : 
 
 '•And whereas the silence of the Government of the United State*, 
 and its maintaining of said Butler in high office under its authority 
 for manjr months after his commission of an act that can be viewed in 
 no other light than as a deliberate murder, as well as of numerous 
 other outrages and atrocities hereafter to be mentioned, afiford evidonco 
 only too conclusive that the said government sanctions the conduct of 
 said Butler, and is determined that he shall remain unpunished for his 
 crimes : 
 
 '•Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate 
 States of America, and in their name, do pronounce and declare the 
 said Benjamin F. Butler to be a felon, deserving of capital punishment. 
 I do order that he be no longer considered or treated simply as a public 
 enemy of the Confederate States of America, but as an outlaw and 
 common enemy of mankind, and that in the event of his capture, the 
 officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be imme- 
 diately executed by hanging; and I do further order that no commis- 
 sioned officer of the United States, taken captive, shall be released on 
 parole before exchange, until the aaid Butler shall have met with due 
 punishment for his crimes : 
 
 "And whereas the hostilities waged against this Confederacy by the 
 forces of the United States under the command of said Benjamin F. 
 Butler have borne no resemblance to such warfare as is alone permis- 
 sible by the rules of international law or the usages of civilization, but 
 have been characterized by repeated atrocities and outrages, among 
 the large number of which the following may be cited as examples : 
 
 " Peaceful and aged citizens, unresisting captives, and non-combat- 
 ants have been confined at hard labor, with balls and chains attached 
 to their limbs, and are still so held in dungeons and fortresses. Others 
 have been subjected to a like degrading punishment for selling medi- 
 cines to the sick soldiers of the Confederacy. 
 
 " The soldiers of the United States have been invited and encour- 
 aged by general orders to insult and outrage the wives, the mothers, 
 and the sisters of our citizens. 
 
 "Helpless women have been torn from their homes and subjected to 
 
 solitary confinement, some in fortresses and prisons, and one, espe- 
 
 . cially, on an island of barren sand, under a tropical sun ; have been 
 
15T 
 
 fed with loathsome rations that bad been condemned a? unfit for ?ol- 
 diers, and have been exposed to the vilest insults. 
 
 "Prisoners of war.who surreuiiered to the naval forces of the United 
 Stat«K, on agreement that they sliould be released on parole, have been 
 seized and kept in close confinemont. 
 
 " Repeated pretexts have been sought or invented for plundering the 
 inhabitants of the captured city by fines, levied and exacted under 
 threat of imprisoning recusants at hard labor with ball and chain. 
 
 " The entire population of the City of New Orleans have been forced 
 to elect between starvatior^ by the confiscation of all their property, 
 and taking an oath against conscience to bear allegiance to the invaders 
 of their country. 
 
 •• Egress from the city has been refused to those whose fortitude 
 withstood the test, even to lone and aged women and to helpless 
 children; and, after being ejected from their homes and robbed of their 
 property, they have been left to starve in the streets or subsist on 
 charity. 
 
 " The slaves have been driven from the plantations in the neighbor- 
 hood of New Orlwiius till their owners would consent to share the 
 crops with the Commanding General, his brother, Andrew J. Butler, 
 and other officers; and when such consent had been extorted the 
 slaves have been restored to the plantations, and there compelled to 
 work under the bayonets of guards of United States soldiers. 
 
 ••Where this partnership was refused, armed expeditions have been 
 «ont to the plantations to rob them of everything that was susceptible 
 of removal, aud even slave? too aged or infirm for work, have, in spit<.> 
 of their entreaties, been forced from the homes provided by the owners, 
 and driven to wander helpless on the highwaj'. 
 
 •' By a recent General Order (No. 91) the entire property in that 
 part of Louisiana lying west of tbe Mississippi river has been seques- 
 trated for confiscation, and officers have been assigned to duty, with 
 orders to ' gather up aud collect the personal property, and turn over 
 to the proper officers, upon their receipts, such of sftid property as m.ay 
 be required for the use of the United States army ; to collect together 
 all the other personal property, and bring the same to New Orleans, 
 and cause it to be sold at public auction to the highest bidders '—an 
 order which, if executed, condemns to punishment, by starvation, at 
 least a quarter of a million of human beings of all ages, sexes, and 
 conditions; and of which the execution, although forbidden to mili- 
 tary ofliccrs by the orders of President Lincoln, is in accordance with 
 the confiscation law of our enemies, which he has directed to be en- 
 forced through the agency of civil officials. And, finally, the African 
 slaves have not only been excited to insurrection by every license and 
 
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 encouragement, but numbers of them have actually been arm6d for a 
 servile war — a war in it« nature far exceeding in horrors the most mer- 
 ciless atroctties of the savages. 
 
 "And whereas the officers under the command of the said Butler 
 have been, in many instances, active and zealous agents in the commis- 
 sion of these crimes, and no instance is known of the refusal of any- 
 one of them to participate in the outrages above narrated : 
 
 "And whereas the President of the United States has, by public and 
 official declaration, signified not only his approval of the effort to 
 excite servile war within the Confederacy, b%t his intention to give aid 
 and encouragement thereto, if these independent states shall continue 
 to refuse submission to a foreign power after the first day of January 
 next," and has thus made known that all appeals to the laws of nations, 
 the dictates of reason, and the instincts of humanity would be ad- 
 dressed in vain to our enemies, and that they can be deterred from the 
 commission of tliese crimes only by the terms of just retribution : 
 
 "Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate 
 vStates of America, and acting by their authority, appealing to the 
 Divine Judge in attestation that their conduct is not guided by the 
 passion of revenge, but that they reluctantly yield to the solemn duty 
 of repressing, by necessary severity, crimes of which their citizens are 
 the victims, do issue this my proclamation, and, by virtue of my author- 
 ity as Commander-in-chief of the armies of the Confederate States, do 
 order — 
 
 " 1st. That all commissioned officers in the command of said Benjamin 
 F. Butler be declared not entitled to be considered as soldiers engaged 
 in honorable warfare, but as robbers and criminals, deserving death; 
 and that they and each of them be, whenever captured, reserved for 
 execution. 
 
 " 2d. That the private soldiers and non-commissioned officers in the 
 army of said Butler be considered as only the instruments used for the 
 commission of the crimes perpetrated by his orders, and not as free 
 agents; that they therefore be treated, when captured, as prisoners of 
 war, with kindness and humanity, and be sent home on the usual 
 parole, that they will in no manner aid or serve the United States in 
 any capacity during the continuance of this war, unless duly ex- 
 changed. 
 
 " 3d. That all negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered 
 over to the executive authorities of the respective states to which they 
 belong, to be dealt with accordiug to the laws of said states. 
 
 "4th. That the like orders be executed in all cases with respect to 
 all commissioned officers of the United States, when found serving in 
 
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 company with armed slaves iu iu;:urrection against the authorities of 
 the diflFerent states of this Confederacy. 
 
 " [L. S.] In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents, and 
 caused the seal of the Confederate States of America to be atfixeil 
 thereto, at the City of Richmond, on this 23d day of December, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 (Signed) .JEFFERSON DAVIS." 
 
 By the President : 
 * J. P. Benjamin, Secretin-)/ of State. 
 
 II.. Officers of the army are charged with the observance and 
 enforcement of the foregoing orders of the President. Where the 
 evidence is not full, or the case is, for any reason, of a doubtful 
 character, it will be referred, through this office, for the decision of the 
 War department. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailjirtnnt and fnnpector-Geneml. 
 
SERIES 1863. 
 
 JANUARY TO DECEMBER. 
 
 14 
 
ANALYTICAL INDEX 
 
 TO 
 
 (^tnmx\ &xtkx^ from Wnx gcpavtmcut, 
 
 From January to Decembeh, 1863. 
 
 No. No. 
 
 ACTS OF CONGRESS. p",', o^ 
 
 To protect the rights of owners of sl.aves taken by or em- 
 ployed by the army. Chapter Ixii. Approved October 
 
 13,1862.. I 25 
 
 S^c. 1. Disposition of slaves captured from enemy. 
 See. 2. Depots for reception of slaves to be estab- 
 lished by Secretary of War. 
 Sec. 3. List and description of slaves to be advertised. 
 Sec. 4. Slaves in depots may be employed on public 
 
 work. 
 See. 5. May be inspected and e.xamined to establish 
 
 ownership. 
 See. 6. Secretary of War to require list of slaves in 
 
 employment of officers and soldiers. 
 See. 7. Slaves in depots to be furnished with subsist- 
 ence I 25 
 
 To punish drunkenness in army. April 21, 1862 1 34 
 
 See. 1. Any officer while on or off duty convicted 
 thereof, to be cashiered, suspended, or reprimanded, 
 according to nature of offence. 
 Sec. 2. Duty of all officers to report cases coming 
 * under observation that they may be brought to trial ; 
 findings of court to be transmitted for approval of 
 Secretary of War, to bo reported to Congress at next 
 
 session thereafter I 34 
 
 Impressment act. (See impreB»mentB of property) 87 
 
 To amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments 
 
iV INDEX. 
 
 of property by officers of the army." April 27, 1863. (See 
 
 imju-eiismeiits of property) • 53 
 
 To prohibit the punifhmcnt of soldiers by ivhipping. Ap- 
 proved April 13, 18C3 44 
 
 Sec 1. Courts-martial not to cause any soldier to be 
 punished by whipping. 
 
 Sec. 2. Deserters, how punished 44 
 
 To exempt mail contractors and drivers of post-coaches and 
 hacks from military service. Approved April 14, 1S63. 
 
 (See exemption) 44 
 
 To discharge persons in military service appointed or elected 
 
 to certain civil offices. April 2, 1S63 I 48 
 
 To provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the 
 
 war. Approved March 20, 1863. (See Engineer corps) I 66 
 To abolish supernumerary officers in the Commissary and 
 
 Quartermaster's departments. May 1, 1863 I 70 
 
 Sec. I. Abolishes regimental commissaries; duties of, 
 
 to be performed by regimental quartermasters. 
 Sec. 2. Enlisted men may be detailed by regimental or 
 battalion commanders to perform duties now per- 
 formed by commissary sergeant, to receive extra pay 
 of $20 per month. 
 Sec. S. Supplies for regiments, how drawn. 
 Sec. 4. Sales to officers, by whom made. 
 Sec. 5. Officers of Commissary and Quartermaster's de- 
 partments becoming permanently detached from or- 
 ganizations to which originally appointed, cease to bo 
 officers, unless reassigned by Secretary of War. 
 Seed. Secretary ofAVar to communicate to chiefs of 
 Subsistence and Quartermaster's bureaus names of 
 officers dropped under this act. 
 Sec. 1. Repealing laws and parts of laws contravening 
 
 provisions of this act I 70 
 
 . To allow hospital accommodations to sick and wounded 
 
 officers. April 29, 1863 71 
 
 Sec. 1. Fixes rate per diem. 
 
 Sec. 2. In ease officer has no money, hospital fee — 
 
 how, when, and by whom drawn M. . 71 
 
 To regulate pay of detailed men. May 1, 1863 I 75 
 
 Sec. 1. Enlisted men employed on detailed or detached 
 service, by departmental or other commander of dis- 
 trict, or by military bureaus, compensation in lieu of 
 other allowances to be $3 per day. 
 
INDEX. * V 
 
 Sec. 2. Act to remain in force until January 1, 1804. . I 7i 
 To establish a Nitre and Mining bureau. Approved April 
 
 22, 1SG3 I 85 
 
 Sec. I. Certain officers to constitute independent bu- 
 reau, entitled "The Nitre aud Mining bureau." 
 
 Scc^2. Defines duties of bureau — what cdar^ed with 
 
 spccifyiug authority aud duties of superintendent of 
 bureau. 
 Sie. 3. Rank and pay of officers constituting bureau. I 85 
 To provide for local defence and special service. August 21 , 
 
 1S61 
 
 .XII -M 
 
 Sec. I. Authorizes President to accept services of cer- 
 tain persons for defence of exposed places, etc. 
 Sec. 2. How mustered — pay and subsistence. 
 Sec. 3. How organized. Field-officers appointed by 
 
 President. Company oillcers elected XII 86 
 
 To amend au act entitled An act to provide for an increase 
 of the Quartermaster's and Commissary departments, 
 approved February 15, 1862. Approved April 22, 186.3.. I 105 
 Strikes out proviso at end of act February 15, 1802, and in 
 lieu, prohibits quartermasters and commissaries from cm- 
 ploying any one as clerk who is liable to military service; 
 provides for details of clerks from ranks ; where can bo 
 
 found only disabled soldiers to be so detailed I 105 
 
 To provide for transportation of persons who have been 
 mustered into service for the war. Approved February 
 
 7, lS6o 
 
 Qirants transportation home and back to men enlisted for 
 the war, to whom furloughs may be granted for not more 
 than sixty days. This allowance only to be made once 
 
 during term of enlistment I 103 
 
 To amend an act for the establishment and organization of 
 a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States. 
 Approved March 20, 1S63. 
 Provides that rank, pay, and allowances of quartermaster- 
 general shall be those of brigadier-general, P. A. C. S I 108 
 
 To prevent the absence of oQicers and soldiers without 
 
 leave. Approved April 16, 1 863 I 108 
 
 Sec. 1. Prohibits payments to officers and soldiers 
 
 during period for which absent without, leave. Thiai 
 
 restriction not to affect sick or wounded in hospitals. 
 
 Sec. 2. Commanders of companies to note on muster 
 
 aud pay rolls time of unauthorized absence of any 
 
Vi * INDKX. 
 
 nffleer or soldier ; failing to do so, Lold responsible 
 for amount forfeited. Quartermasters to deduct pay 
 for unauthori/.od aVisonce os i>cr muster and pay roll. 
 Sec. 3. Officers to certify upon honor on pay nccounte, 
 whether they have or have not been absent with lut 
 leave — if absent, stating period. Commanding (tfljoers 
 of companies to certify on pay accc.uiits that the 
 muster-rolls of their companies were fully and cor- 
 rectly made out. 
 i>'ec. 4. This act not to relieve persons from other pen- 
 
 • alties to which liable under existing regulations I 108 
 
 Explanatory of an act entitled An act to authorize the 
 President to place in service certain regiments and battal- 
 ions heretofore raised, approved October 11, 1S62. Ap- 
 proved April 16, 1863. 
 Second section of above recited act not to be so construed as 
 to allow general officers to appoint any of the officers of 
 said regiments, etc., which shall have right to reorganize, 
 
 provided, etc 
 
 To repciil certain clauses of Exemption act, approved Oc- 
 tober 11, 1862. Approved May 1,1863... lift 
 
 Sec. 1. Repeals so much as exempts agent, owner, or 
 overseer on plantation ; also clause providing for ad- 
 ditional police, etc. 
 Sec. 2. Provides for exemption of certain persons to 
 
 secure proper police and management of slaves. 
 Sec. 3. Authorizes President to exempt certain persons 
 in districts deprived of white or slave labor indispen- 
 sable for production of grain and provisions necessary 
 for population at home, etc. 
 ,SV<:. 4. Provides for exemption of ailditionul stato 
 officers. 
 To amend an act entitled An act to organize military 
 courts, approved October, 1862. Approved Miiy 1, 18l"(3. 
 Authorizes organization of one military court in each de- 
 partment, in addition to the military courts for each army 
 
 corps in the field I 108 
 
 To continue in force the third section of an act relating to 
 settlement of claims for pay, etc., due deceased soldiers. 
 
 Approved May 1, 1803 I 108 
 
 Joint rcsoluliuns on subject of retaliation. Approved May 
 1, 1863. 
 
 Sec. 1. Commissioned oliiuers of uncmy ought not to 
 
INDEX. vn 
 
 be delivered to authorities of states, as suggested in 
 President's message, but should be dealt with by 
 Confederate government. 
 
 iSec. 2. The Proclamations of the President of the 
 United States, dated respectively September 22, 1S62, 
 and January 1, 1863, may be properly and lawfully 
 repressed by retaliation. 
 
 Sec. 3. Authorizing the President to retaliate for any 
 violations by the enemy of the laws or usages of war. 
 
 Sec. 4. Provides for the punishment, in the event of 
 capture, of every white person, being a commissioned 
 oflicer or acting as such, who shall command negroB 
 in arms against Confederate States, etc. 
 
 Sec. 5. Provides for the punishment, in the event of 
 capture, of everj' person, being a commissioned officer 
 or acting as such, who shall excite or cause to be ex- 
 cited a servile insurrection, etc. 
 
 Sec. 6. Provides manner of trial for any person charg- 
 ed with offences punishable under above resolutions. 
 
 Sec. 7. Negroes and inulattoes engaged in war, or taken 
 in arms against Confederate States, when captured 
 to be delivered to authorities of state in which cap- 
 tured, to bo dealt with according to laws of said 
 state. 
 To provide for appointment of military storekeepers, P. A. 
 C. S. Approved May 1, 1863. 
 
 Sec. 1. Authorizing President to appoint not to exceed 
 eight (8) storekeepers ; four with pay and allowances 
 of captain of infantry, four with pay and allowances 
 of first lieutenant of infantry. 
 
 Sec. 2. Who may bo appointed. Fixes amount of 
 
 bond I 108 
 
 To prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary 
 departments, etc. Approved May 1 I 108 
 
 Sec. 1. Disbursing officers not to invest on private ac- 
 count any public moneys entrusted to them for safe- 
 keeping, or other purpose. 
 
 Sec. 2. Disbursing officers not to trade, speculate, or 
 traliic in any article which is or may be required to 
 be purchased for use of the army or prosecution of 
 the war. 
 
 Sec. 3. No officer shall take receipts in blank for any 
 article purchased by him for government; receipti 
 shall specify, etc. 
 
VUl INDEX. 
 
 Sec. 4. Prohibits officers from forwarding by govern- 
 ment conveyance, or at expense of government, any 
 article not belonging to government, except as aulbor- 
 iied by law. 
 Sees. 6 and C. Provides for punishment of officers and 
 of persons in employment or service of government 
 who shall violate provisions of this act. 
 To pay officers and enlisted men not legally mustered into 
 service of Confederate States, for gervicos actually per- 
 formed. Approved May 1, 1863. 
 Provides for payment of persons in legally constituted mili- 
 tary organizations which have been actually received into 
 service of Confederate States by any general officer 
 
 thereof I 108 
 
 To provide for transfer of persons from army to navy. Ap- 
 proved May 1, 1863 I 108 
 
 All persons who may desire transfer from army to navy, 
 and whose transfer as seamen or ordinary seamen shall 
 be applied for b^' Secretary of Navy, shall receive trans- 
 fer. 
 Regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hos- 
 pitals. Approved May 1, 1863 108 
 
 Sec. 1. Constitutes boards for examination of subjects 
 for furloughs and discharge. Boards may grant fur- 
 loughs not to exceed sixty days ; may employ clerk to 
 issue all furloughs which shall specify, etc. 
 Sec. 2. No further regulation shall bo required of 
 soldier, and his furlough shall be equivalent to a 
 passport. 
 Sec. 3. Said board may recommend discharges, which, 
 when approved by Surgeon-General or commanding 
 general of soldier, will entitle him to a discharge and 
 transportation. 
 Sec. 4. Provides for constitution of board where only 
 
 two hospitals ; where but one hospital. 
 Sec. 5. House surgeon in all hospitals shall see each 
 patient under his charge once every day. 
 Act to punish persons not subject to Articles of AVar who 
 shall entice soldier to desert, or who shall purchase his 
 arms, uniform, etc., or any part thereof. 
 
 ABSENTEES. 
 
 When officers absent without authority thirty days from 
 
 publication of this order, to bo dropped I 15 
 
INDEX. IX 
 
 Not to be paid without exhibiting authority for absence ... I 16 
 
 Men absent without authority from commands and cm- 
 ployed ou government work must return to respective 
 compauies 94 
 
 Amucsty granted by President to, who shall return to their 
 
 posts within twenty days I 109 
 
 Not to receive pay for time during which absent without 
 
 authority lOS 
 
 Monthly roll of all without authoritj', to be furnished by 
 regimental, battalion, etc., commanders to Chief Bureau of 
 Conscription I 122 
 
 Modification of above order VII 125 
 
 Not to be paid for time for which absent without au- 
 thority I 103 
 
 ADJUTANTS. 
 
 To report to Adjutant and Inspeetor-Gcnoral's office cases of 
 
 slaves serving without written authority of master I 59 
 
 Allowed to regiments and regulailj' organized battalions 
 
 only Page 227 
 
 Of ba'ttalions, when competent, not to be changed should 
 
 battalion be increased to a regiment Page 227 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
 
 Supernumerary, not to be accepted by general otPiccrs unless 
 
 they are exempt from militarj' service V 107 
 
 ALIENS. 
 
 Respecting discharge o{ {Ojn'nion of Attonif;/-General). .Fage 227 
 Must be domiciliated to be subject to military duty Page 227 
 
 AMMUNITION. 
 
 For organizations for local defence furnished by Confeder- 
 ate States VII 86 
 
 Practice of issuing on eve of battle twenty rounds over 
 and above capacity of cartridge-boxes to be discontinued, 
 except on special order of commanding general Page 225 
 
 Issues of, except to cover expenditures in battle, limited to 
 
 three rounds per man per month Page 225 
 
 Supplies of, to cover expenditures in battle — how fur- 
 nished Pago 225 
 
 Issues of — how made Pago 240 
 
 Chests for twelve-pounder Napoleons; how packed ....... Page 239 
 
 Captured, to bo kept separate from that of our own manu- 
 facture Page 239 
 
X INDEX. 
 
 AMNESTY. 
 
 Granted by President to all unauthorized absentees who 
 
 shall return to duty within certain time I 109 
 
 Granted to all who have been accused, convicted, and under- 
 going sentence for absence without leave or desertion, 
 except it be second oflfecce II 109 
 
 APPLICATIONS. 
 
 For staff ajipuintmeuts to fill vacancies to be sent through 
 
 proper channel, and to show how vacancies have occurred. I 8 
 For military appointments to give character and qualifica- 
 tions of persons recommended, and name of state in 
 which born and of which citizen VII 28, I 163 
 
 APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Applications for staff, to fill vacancies, to be sent through 
 
 proper channel, and to state how such vacancies occurred. I 8 
 
 Of artillery otficers who have passed examinations not to 
 exceed half the number passed; how selected; commis- 
 sions, when issued ; regulating pay I 13 
 
 Applications for, to give character of person recommended 
 
 and name of state in which born, etc VII 28, I 163 
 
 Of provost marshals from persons not belonging to army 
 
 prohibited I 74 
 
 Of field -oflScers for organizations for local defence made by 
 
 President IX 86 
 
 Of battalion and regimental commissaries will not be made. I 70 
 
 Of military storekeepers may be made not to exceed eight — 
 rank and pay {Sec. 1) I 108 
 
 Of artillery oflSeers under rank of major (except for ord- 
 nance duty) can not be made by War department Page 228 
 
 Can not be made to grade of brevet second lieutenant, 
 except, etc Page 233 
 
 ARMS. 
 
 When furnished by men, to be paid for at rate of one dollar 
 per mouth; or may be sold to government at prices fixed 
 by mustering officer — fact to be noted on muster-rolls, to 
 be paid for by brigade, division, or other ordnance 
 officers I 9 
 
 Captured on battle-field not to be exchanged by troops 
 without proper authority Ill 19 
 
 Captured to be turned over to chief ordnance officer Ill 19 
 
 Captured by partisan rangers to be assessed under orders 
 
INDEX. XI 
 
 of commanding general, and paid for by Ordnance de- 
 partment II 20 
 
 For organizations for local defence to be furnished by Con- 
 federate States VII 86 
 
 Left by stragglers in hands of citizens to be collected by 
 ofticors of Quartermaster's, Commissary, and Conscription 
 departments I 119 
 
 So collected to be turned over to nearest ordnance officer, 
 who will receipt for, and upon proper vouchers will pay 
 reasonable transportation II 119 
 
 Schedule of average cost of, parts of, and accoutrements. . . 158 
 
 Calibre of Enfield rifles adopted for infantry, made at gov- 
 ernment establishments Page 234 
 
 Classification of Page 240 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 Field, belonging to separate army, to be parked together 
 
 under the direction of the general, etc II ? 
 
 Public horses suitable for, to be turned over to chief quar- 
 termaster of armies, and collected under orders of inspect- 
 or field transportation 60 
 
 Horses for, to be carefully husbanded I 142 
 
 Inspections, impressments, and issues of horses for, made 
 under orders inspector-general of transportation (Major 
 
 A. H. Cole) II 142 
 
 Horses for, condemned ; how disposed of IV 142 
 
 Fixing calibre of, to be hereafter made Pago 234 
 
 Regulation, with a view to trace history of, employed in th e 
 
 service , Page 238 
 
 Organizations of light, received under act May 10, 1861, 
 not afl'ected by General Order, No. 81, Adjutant and In- 
 spector-General's office, of 1862 Page 227 
 
 Officers of, under rank of major (except for ordnance duty) 
 can not be appointed by War department Page 228 
 
 ARRESTS. 
 
 Stragglers and deserters to be arrested by enrolling officer. .II 1 
 Of disbursing officers to be stayed until facts are reported 
 
 to War department II 15 
 
 ARSENALS. 
 
 Names of, under immediate charge of War department ; 
 
 orders to be given directly through Ordnance bureau. ... I 13 
 
 Stores fabricated and deposited at; how drawn II 13 
 
 Officers stationed at, to report upon arrival to commanding 
 
Xli INDEX. 
 
 general of department, and to obtain leave of absence 
 
 from him Ill 13 
 
 Officers stationed at, subject only to orders from War de- 
 partment Ill 13 
 
 Officers in charge of, to forward list and description of em- 
 ployees, with statement of pay Ill 33 
 
 Officers stationed at, to be employed on duties appropriate 
 
 to their commissions, etc Page 236 
 
 Wages paid at, on March 31, 1S63, considered fixed and not 
 
 to be changed, except Page 236 
 
 No building costing more than $1,000 begun without esti- 
 mate Page 238 
 
 ASSIGNMENTS. 
 
 Of officers stationed at permanent posts, etc., established by 
 Quartermaster's department, not to be changed except 
 
 through Adjutant and Inspector-General's office II 114 
 
 Of officers will not be made until after reception of ap- 
 pointment I 121 
 
 As inspector of arsenals, of Lieut. Col. J. A. DeLagnel. .Page 242 
 
 As inspector of small arms, of Major F. F. Jones Page 242 
 
 As superintendent of laboratories, of Maj. G. W. Mallett.Page 243 
 
 BADGES. 
 
 Names of those entitled to 131 
 
 BOARDS. 
 
 Of examinations for conscripts — additional instructions to. . 22 
 
 For examination of cadets to be assembled by commanders 
 
 of armies infield II 38 
 
 Of examiners, composed of surgeons in charge of hospitals, 
 
 authorized to grant limited furloughs I, V 69 
 
 Will examine and may recommend applicants for dis- 
 charge IV 69 
 
 Of examiners can not grant leaves of absence to officers — 
 
 can only recommend for consideration of department or 
 
 army commanders X 69 
 
 Temporary, for examination of conscripts, may be appointed 
 
 by commandants of conscripts Ill 15 
 
 Medical examining, granting furloughs, to specify length 
 
 of furlough, places of residence, company, etc II 69 
 
 Of examination for discharge may recommend applicants 
 
 for detail in staff departments I 96 
 
 Medical, can not extend leaves of absence or furloughs — 
 
 can only recommend Ill 96 
 
INDEX. xiii 
 
 Of examination of officers for promotion ; how condnet- 
 
 *•* Page 228 
 
 CADETS. 
 
 Boards for examination of — how assembled II 38 
 
 On attaining majority to be e.xamined, and may bo promot- 
 ed to grade of second lieutenant II 33 
 
 Failing to report to War department within twenty days 
 where born, how and whence appointed, etc., to be dropped 
 from rolls of army j 132 
 
 CAMPS OF IXSTRUCTION. 
 
 To be established at Petersburg I 4 
 
 Commandants of, to provide quarters for recaptured negroes 
 
 sent to depots jjj 95 
 
 CARTRIDGES. 
 
 Each package of manufactured, to be labelled, etc Pago 2.34 
 
 CAVALRY. 
 
 Companies of, to be kept with regiment Ill 5 
 
 Companies of, not to be detailed as couriers and guides for 
 
 head-quarters jjj ^ 
 
 Equipmcnis brought into service by men to be paid for ; 
 
 valucj how fi.xcd tj q 
 
 Members of, refusing to keep themselves provided with 
 
 horses, may be transferred to infantry or artillery II 67 
 
 Soldiers able to furnish horses may be transferred to II 67 
 
 Members of companies of, for local defence, must furnish 
 
 own horses, and will receive 40 cent?: per day for hire II 86 
 
 CERTIFICATES. 
 
 Of exemption granted by enrolling officer I | 
 
 Of exemption not to be granted by officers acting under 
 
 authority of circular of January 8, 1863 I jg 
 
 Of disability to be made out in accordance with established 
 
 forms. 
 
 .IV r 
 
 Of disability not to contain recommendations for li(/ht dufi/.IV T 
 
 Of last payment to be furnished by quartermasters to officers 
 leaving on detached duty jy 28 
 
 Of disability granted by examining boards to be completed 
 by commandant of post and forwarded to the Adjutant and 
 
 Inspector-Gr«ncraJ. ly «n 
 
 CLAIMS. 
 
 For impreBsed property; how settled ..VI 81 
 
XIV INDEX. 
 
 For commutation of transportation due enlisted men who 
 have been promoted, settled by Quartermaster's depart- 
 ment V 33 
 
 For commutation of transportation due personal representa- 
 tives of deceased soldiers, settled by Second Auditor V 33 
 
 For horses and mules left on premises of farmers by enemj' 
 will not be made by government unless value exceed 
 amount property of which said farmer has beendespoiled.il 61 
 
 Regulations adopted by Second Auditor for settlement of, 
 
 for pay and allowance due deceased soldiers Page 229 
 
 CLOTHING. 
 
 Of deceased soldiers in hospitals ; how disposed of I 49 
 
 Of deceased soldiers will be reissued by quartermaster at 
 
 appraised value I 49 
 
 Of deceased soldiers, appraisement of to be made after being 
 
 washed and put in condition 93 
 
 Of detailed men absent from commands when disbanded; 
 
 by whom drawn and issued Ill 80 
 
 Due soldier at end of yeai;, money value of, may be paid 
 upon descriptive list, wHIn soldier is properly absent and 
 will be prevented from joining within sixty days thereafter. 138 
 
 Statement of cost of, for army I 146 
 
 Soldiers to be charged and credited on account of, as provid- 
 ed in General Orders, No. 100, of 1862, at above rates and 
 not invoice prices II 146 
 
 COMMANDS. 
 
 Not to be disbanded prior to expiration of service without 
 
 authority from War department I 28 
 
 Brigadier-generals not to be permanently detached from, 
 
 without authority from War department II 28 
 
 Colonels will not be permanently detached from, without 
 
 authority from War department II 28 
 
 COMMANDANTS OF CONSCRIPTS. 
 
 To forward monthly return of conscripts to bureau at Rich- 
 mond .... Ill 1 
 
 May appoint temporary boards for examination of con- 
 scripts Ill 15 
 
 Names of persons enlisting recruits for new organizations to 
 
 be reported to Ill 18 
 
 To report separately conscripts gathered under system ini- 
 tiated by circular of January 8, 1863 II 16 
 
 To make requisition for conscripts who have vo'lunteered in 
 organizations formed since April 16, 1862 Ill 125 
 
INDEX. XV 
 
 May employ officers and soldiers coming within their juris- 
 diction, under paragraph II, General Orders, No. 82, and 
 paragraph V, General Orders, No. 96. of 1862, in duties 
 of railroad guards, bridge or ferry guards, iff protection of 
 property, etc jgy 
 
 May also detail as above, convalescents recommended by hos- 
 pital boards jgy 
 
 COMMANDING OFFICERS. 
 
 Of regiments, battalions, etc., to forward to Chief of Bureau 
 of Conscription list of substitutes in respective commands. I 122 
 
 Of regiments, battalions, etc., to forward also monthly list 
 of deserters and absentees without leave I 122 
 
 Examining abstracts of issues of commissaries to see that 
 only number of men present for duty are included on pro- 
 vision return jj j^j 
 
 Camps of instruction may make requisitions for ordnance 
 
 8t"rc' Page 234 
 
 COMMISSARIES. 
 
 To exercise discretion in shipping freight not wanted for 
 
 immediate use VI 2 
 
 To account for funds received from Quartermaster's depart- 
 ment for hides Uj 34 
 
 Office of regimental abolished ; duties of devolve on regi- 
 mental quartermaster J 70 
 
 Becoming detached from commands to which originally ap- 
 pointed, cease to beoflScers unless reassigned by Secretary 
 of War J 170 
 
 Brigade, may make sales to officers I 70 
 
 Appointments of battalion and regimental will not be made. I 70 
 
 Act to prevent fraud in department. Approved May 1, 1863. 
 
 (See Acts of Congrens.) j jOS 
 
 Not to employ as clerks persons liable to military service. . I 105 
 
 In the field to report to commanding general number and 
 names of clerks, whether citizens or soldiers ; if former, 
 whether or not exempt; if soldiers, whether or not dis- 
 abled, etc II J05 
 
 At posts, to make similar report through chief of bureau. .Ill 105 
 
 Serving with troops, when properly authorized, may receive 
 
 tithe tax y jjy 
 
 To render assistance in collecting arms left by stragglers in 
 
 hands of citiiens I jjg 
 
 In the field and at depots to transfer hides of slaughtered 
 iheep to officers of Quartermaster's department IT 119 
 
XVi INDEX. 
 
 Appointed prior to January 12, 1863 (except, etc.), and 
 whose bonds are not filed in and approved by War depart- 
 ment, drojjjicd, provided, etc II 121 
 
 May receive leaves of absence in certain cases, to make their 
 
 bonds II 121 
 
 No application by individuals for revocation of above or- 
 der, will be entertained by War department.. Ill 121 
 
 Vacancies of, in brigade, regiment, etc., how filled; ap- 
 pointee held strictly to requirements of preceding para- 
 graph I Ill 121 
 
 In charge of depots, to receive from collectors of taxes in 
 kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their de- 
 partment, and also provide storehouses for same II 132 
 
 And agents of department appointed by Secretary of War 
 entitled to personal expenses in lieu of allowances for quar- 
 ters, fuel, etc., Avhen temporarily absent under special or- 
 ders from posts I 15? 
 
 COMMISSIONS. 
 
 To be issued to acting ordnance oflicers when examinations 
 
 are completed in all the armies I 12 
 
 Not issued to company ofiicers; orders placing them on du- 
 ty, together with rolls, take place of Page 230 
 
 COMPANY COMMANDERS— DUTIES OF. 
 
 Note on muster and pay rolls amounts of commutation of 
 transportation received by soldiers in lieu of furlough 
 authorized by act approved December 11, 1861, and April 
 
 16, 1862 VI 20 
 
 COMPANY COMMANDERS. 
 
 To note on muster-rolls time of nnauthorized absence of any 
 oflicer or soldier I 108 
 
 Failing so to do, shall refund amount forfeited by such ab- 
 sent oflicer or soldier I 108 
 
 To certify on own pay accounts thivt muster and pay rolls 
 
 wei-o properly made out as above I 108 
 
 To report to commandant of conscripts name of any con- 
 script who may volunteer in his company II 113 
 
 If company reaches maximum, not to receive recruits as vol- 
 unteers or otherwise IV 125 
 
 Not to receive or muster in recruits of conscript age unless 
 recruit shows certificate approved by enrolling oflicer, 
 stating, etc V 125 
 
 Boceivin«f notioea of furloughs grajited by examining 
 bon;rde> will fWrVftril to BuilBrinte'HaTOt* of Buroan WT 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XVU 
 
 Conscription montblir Hst, of men who do not promptly 
 re urn, etc ^ ^ 
 
 To enlist four cook., to cook for eac'h company'.'.*." ' V.* Vpage 23^ 
 CONSCRIPTS. 
 
 All wbitc male citizens between eighteen and forty not cr- 
 
 einpt by act of October 11, 18G2, liable as.... t , 
 
 Monthly roll of to be furnished to commandants cara'pTo'/ 
 
 instruction by enrolling oflicer jjj 
 
 Mon.hly rolls of to be forwarded by command'an;s"cam"p; of 
 
 instruction to bureau at Richmond jjj ^ 
 
 All commissioned otT.cers between eiRbtcen and forty 'wlio 
 have become disconnected with army, unless actually dis- 
 
 abled, liable as ,„ 
 
 Prin. ipals who have substitutes between the ages of eighteen 
 
 and forty, liable as jy 
 
 Substitutes between eighteen and forty, not otherwise ex- 
 
 enipt, liable as, and will beheld in service IV 1 
 
 Enrolled, in employment of railroads, to remain until other- 
 
 wise decided by Col. Wadley VIII 2 
 
 Persons liable as, in certain counties in Virginia, to repair to 
 
 camp of instruction at Petersburg, Va I a 
 
 May bo examined by surgeons seleeted from districts in 
 
 which they are to act ttt g 
 
 May bo examined by temporary boards of medical officer's 
 
 apjjointed by commandants of conscripts HI 15 
 
 In custody of regular enroliihg otficers, not to be interfered 
 with by officers acting under authority of circular of 
 
 January 8, 1863 , j. ., 
 
 Will not be recruited into organizations not in service April 
 16, 1862, unless such organization shall be completed and 
 reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General's office before 
 
 Mnrch 10,1863 j ,j. 
 
 To be received when equal to active duties of various occu- 
 pations of civil life jj ,2 
 
 Who have received temporary exemption to report at expi- 
 ration thereof for examination HI 22 
 
 Leaving employment without permission, to be reported to 
 
 ner.icst enrolling officer, and punished as deserters Ill 30 
 
 Examined prior to publication of General Orders, No. 22, 
 
 series 1863, will be re-examined H 39 
 
 Persons discharged on certificates of disability liable as. 
 
 when dis.ability ceases og 
 
 16 
 
-Win INDEX. 
 
 All white male residents of Confederate States between ages 
 
 of eighteen and forty-fire, liable as I 98 
 
 May be enrolled wherever found* I 98 
 
 Persons not liable as (i. e. under eighteen and over forty- 
 five) may organize for local defence II 98 
 
 Parsons liable as, not to be employed as clerks by commis- 
 saries or quartermasters I 105 
 
 Who have been sent to camps of instruction or to regiments 
 in field and pronounced fit for service by proper boards, 
 can only be discharged in accordance with regulations for 
 discharge of soldiers I 107 
 
 Assigned to regiments, under General Orders, No. 82, of 
 
 1862, must be received and taken up on rolls Ill 107 
 
 Persons liable as, who may volunteer, not to receive fur- 
 loughs for more than ten (10) days before entering active 
 service I 110 
 
 Persons liable as, who may volunteer, to report himself and 
 company in which he volunteers to commandant of con- 
 scripts — otherwise held subject to enrolment and assign- 
 ment II 110 
 
 Persons liable as, not permitted to volunteer in battalions, 
 
 etc., organized since April 16, 1862, except I 125 
 
 Not to be assigned to companies which- have ma.'cimum 
 
 number of men IV 125 
 
 Persons liable as, not to be received or mustered except on 
 
 certificate approved by enrolling officer stating, etc V 125 
 
 Will not be granted permits by recruiting ofiicers to visit 
 
 or remain at their homes for any purpose I 135 
 
 Persons liable a^, and employed to aid enrolling officers, 
 must be enrolled, and unless detailed by written orders 
 from War department will be reported to Conscript 
 bureau, etc Ill 135 
 
 Assignment of, made only by Bureau of Conscription, except 
 such as may be made by Major-General Pillow within 
 
 ■' territory allotted to him 140 
 
 Persons liable as, belonging to organizations for local 
 
 defence, to be discharged and conscribed II 150 
 
 CONSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. 
 
 OfiBcers and agents of, to render assistance in collecting arms 
 
 left by stragglers in hands of citizens I 119 
 
 Officers of, temporarily absent from post, may be allowed 
 personal expenses in lieu of fuel, forage, etc. — how paid. .II 133 
 
INDEX. XIX 
 
 COOKS. 
 
 Four (4) to be enlisted to cook for each company, entitled to 
 
 ordinary rate of "extra duty" pay Page 230 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE— MILITARY. 
 
 To be sent through proper channels ; indirect with depart- 
 ment prohibited I 3 
 
 Officers through whom sent to express opinions thereon .. .11 % 
 To whom addressed ' VI 28 
 
 COURTS OF INQUIRY. 
 
 Case of Lieutenant Thos. Nail, Company B, 5th Georgia 
 
 volunteers 29 
 
 Case of Captain H. T. Blocker, P. A. C. S 40 
 
 Case of Colonel R. IL Chilton, A. A. G 64 
 
 Case of Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene E. McLean, A. Q. M. 
 
 General 81 
 
 COURTS-MARTIAL. 
 
 Not to cause any soldier to be punished by whipping. 
 
 {Sfc. 1.) 44 
 
 Note. — For trials by, see "Militory Trials." 
 DECEASED SOI-DIERS. 
 
 Effects of (except clothing): how disposed of Ill CT 
 
 Clothing of, in hospitals; how disposed of I 4a 
 
 Appraisement of clothing of, to bo made after being washed 
 
 and put in condition 93 
 
 Commutation of transportation due, may bo paid to personal 
 
 representatives of IV 31 
 
 Act relating to settlement of claims for pay, etc., due, con- 
 tinued in force until otherwise provided I 108 
 
 DEPARTMENT LIMITS. 
 
 Of Ijieutenant-General Longstreet II 34 
 
 Of General R. E. Lee II 34 
 
 Of Major-General Elzey II 34 
 
 Of Major-General D. II. Hill II 34 
 
 DEPOTS. 
 
 Permanent, established by Quartermaster's department, 
 
 placed under control of Quartermaster-General I 114 
 
 Location of permanent, not to be changed by dep.artment 
 commander, except, etc.; if changed, to bo reported to 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's office II 114 
 
 DESERTERS. 
 
 To be arrested by enrolling officers II 1 
 
XX INDEX. 
 
 Who bave joined oth«sr companies to be returned to original 
 
 commanders II 19 
 
 How punished 44 
 
 Conscripts leaving employment without proper authority, 
 punished as Ill 30 
 
 Found within the lines of any commanding general to be ar- 
 rested and turned over to nearest enrolling officer to be 
 forwarded to proper command I 118 
 
 Modification of above order II 126 
 
 Monthly roll of, to be furnished by regimental, battalion, 
 
 etc., commanders to Chief Bureau of Conscription I 122 
 
 Officers charged with duty of arresting, to report to and co- 
 operate with commandant of conscripts of state to which 
 sent i II 122 
 
 Will not be granted permits by recruiting officers and others, 
 
 to visit or remain at their homes for any purpose I 135 
 
 Horses of, can not be retained in service and used to mount 
 
 another soldier deficient in a horse Page 230 
 
 DETAILS. 
 
 Of conscripts in employment of railroads to be decided by 
 
 military superintendent of transportation . . . ; VIII 2 
 
 Not to be made from cavalry companies to act as guides and 
 
 couriers for head-quarters Ill 7 
 
 Men on, leaving employment without permission, to be re- 
 ported to nearest enrolling officer, and treated as desert- 
 ers Ill 30 
 
 Men on, in government establishments not to be received in 
 other government establishments, or by contractors, with- 
 out proper discharge from previous employment I 30 
 
 Of competent clerk to issue furloughs granted bj' examining 
 
 board II 69 
 
 Enlisted men may be, to perform duties now performed by 
 
 commissary sergeant, with extra pay of $20 per mouth. . . I 70 
 
 Men on (except clerks in City of Richmond), pay not to ex- 
 ceed $3 per day. {Seel.) II 75 
 
 Maximum allowance to men on, only paid at posts or sta- 
 tions without troops, etc. (»S'ec. 2.) II 75 
 
 Hate of allowance to men on, serving at head-quarters, ord- 
 nance, etc. J how fixed; not to excead $1 25 per diem, ex- 
 cept, etc. [Sec. S.) II 75 
 
 Extra compensation to men on ; by whom paid; to be in 
 
 full of all allowance except compiiny pay. {Sec. 4.) .... .II 75 
 
INliKX. XXI 
 
 Of shoemakers ; fixing pay. (i9cc. 5.) II 7S 
 
 Pa.vnicnts under act May 1 to men on, not to be continued 
 
 beyond December 31, 1863. (Sec. 6.) II 75 
 
 Payments to men on; each bureau may prescribe general 
 
 regulations for. {Sec. 7.) II 7b 
 
 Infantry soldier on, as courier allowed 40 cents per day for 
 
 use and risk of horse 77 
 
 Sohlicra not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph 
 IV, General Orders, No. G9, Confederate States, may re- 
 ceive, as nurses, guards, etc. I 96 
 
 Soldiers receiving, under above paragraph, to be relieved 
 
 when fit for field duty II 96 
 
 Of disabled soldiers may be made to act as clerks in Com- 
 missary .and Quartermaster's departments I 105 
 
 Of convalescents in general hospitals recommended by hos- 
 pital boards, may be made by commandant of conscripts 
 for bridge and railroad guards, etc 137 
 
 In above cases, to cease at time indicated by examinations 
 of board 137 
 
 DISCHARGES. 
 
 Act granting, to persons in military service, appointed or 
 
 elected to certain civil offices. April 2, 18G3 I 48 
 
 In case of soldier present with command ; how effected I 51 
 
 In case of soldier absent from commaud; how effected . • . .Ill 51 
 In case of, under above paragraph, and final statements can 
 
 not bo had ; how mustered for payment V 61 
 
 Due notice of, under this act, to be forwarded to Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General's office, and to immediate company 
 
 commander VI 51 
 
 In case of soldier in hospital ; how elTected IV . 69 
 
 In case of, under above paragraph and final statements, etc., 
 
 can not be had ; how mustered for payment VI 69 
 
 Notices of, to be forwarded weekly to Adjutant and Inspec- 
 tor-General's office, and to immediate company command- 
 er of soldier VII 69 
 
 Of detailed men absent from command, when disbanded, to 
 
 be ordered by Adjutant and Inspector-General Ill 80 
 
 Form of, by reason of substitute 87 
 
 For disability, held as conditional, and only valid during its 
 
 continuance 89 
 
 May be granted to persons between forty and forty-five in 
 
 organizations for local defence XII 86 
 
XXn INlJKX. 
 
 Soldiers not subjects for, under paragraph TV, General Or- 
 ders, No. 69, Confederate States, because of fitness for 
 service in staff departments, may be detailed by command- 
 ing generals as nurses, guards, etc I 96 
 
 Soldiers receiving, delayed at way hospitals, entitled to 
 
 rations '• V 96 
 
 Persons between eighteen and forty-five,belonging to organi- 
 zations for local defence will receive, unless exempt from 
 military duty H 98 
 
 To conscripts pronounced fit for service by proper boards 
 and sent to camps of instruction or to regiments in field; 
 how granted I 107 
 
 To conscripts atcamps of instruction supposed to be disquali- 
 fied for service ; how granted II 107 
 
 To sick and wounded in hospitals; how granted 103 
 
 Taking a contract to carry the mail does not entitle soldier 
 to Page 230 
 
 DISABLED SOLDIERS. 
 
 Details of, may be made for service as clerks in Commissary 
 
 and Quartermaster departments I 105 
 
 Permanently, holding certificates of examining board to that 
 effect and who are not discharged, entitled to have rations 
 
 commuted at $1 25 per day I 150 
 
 DOMICIL. 
 
 Opinion of Attorney-General concerning Page 227 
 
 Fact of having acquired ; how established Page 227 
 
 Decision of question of; how arrived at Page 227 
 
 DRUNKENNESS. 
 
 Act to punish in army. April 21, 1862 I 34 
 
 Officers on or off duty convicted of; how punished. {Sec. 1.) I 34 
 
 ' Duty of all officers to report cases of. {Sec. 2.) I 34 
 
 Findings of court in cases of, to be transmitted tQ Secretary 
 of War for approval ; to be reported to Congress at next 
 session thereafter. {Sec. 2.) I 34 
 
 ELECTIONS. 
 
 For members of General Assembly, State of Virginia; act of 
 General Assembly published for information of such as it 
 
 coucerns I 38 
 
 Majority of votes cast at, necessary to a choice IV 80 
 
 Can not be held for first lieutenant Page 231 
 
 ENGINEER CORPS. 
 
 Officers of, on reconnoissauces, etc., may be allowed per- 
 sonal expenses, in lieu of other allowances II 49 
 
INDEX. xxiii 
 
 "Act to proTide and organize engineer troops to serve dur- 
 ing the war." J QQ 
 
 Sec. 1. One company to be jclcotcd from each division 
 
 of infantr.v : men, how chosen ; to serve how long, ... I 66 
 Sec. 2. Fixes number of non-commissioned oflicers, ar- 
 tificers, and laborers for each company I 66 
 
 Sec. 3. Fixes number of commissioned officers; origi- 
 nal vacancies, how filled ; who shall not be selected. . I 66 
 Sec. 4. Companies to he organized into regiments,- or- 
 ganizing field and staff; vacancies, how filled; sergeant- 
 major and quartermaster-sergeant, how selected I 66 
 
 Sec. 5. Assigning two companies of each regiment to duty 
 
 as pontoniers j (((• 
 
 Sec. 6. Prescribes number and size of wagons, pon- 
 toons, etc T ca 
 
 Sec. 7 Vacancies in establi.shed regiments to rank of col- 
 onel filled by promotion, regimentally, except, etc I 66 
 
 Sec. 8. Monthly pay of officer*! I 66 
 
 Sec. 9. Monthly pay of enlisted men I 66 
 
 Sec. 10. Mounted engineer troops may be selected from 
 
 cavalry j 66 
 
 Regulations by Secretary of War for selection and organiza- 
 tion under foregoing act U 66 
 
 Duties of, and instructions to officers of, serving in the field. 90 
 ENGINEER CORPS— DUTIES OF. 
 
 Officers of engineer troops serving in field same as oflicers of. I lO-l 
 ENGINEER TROOPS. 
 
 Duties of ofTiccrs of, when in the field same as "officers of 
 
 engineers serving with Armies of the Confederate States" I 104 
 
 On the march, will serve as pioneers II 104 
 
 Will be employed in making rapid reconnoissances II 104 
 
 During battle, how used II 104 
 
 General duties of II 104 
 
 ^ Will be drilled and instructed in diKies of engineer soldiers 
 
 by battalions and regiments Ill 104 
 
 Companies of, serving with an army, to be kept together. . .Ill 104 
 
 Will be furnished with light arms Ill 104 
 
 EnlrcncLing tools will be issued to, by Engineer depart- 
 ment ni 104 
 
 Each company of will bo provided with horses, teams, etc., 
 
 for transportation of tools, etc IV 104 
 
 Additional horses to be furnished for use of oflicers and non- 
 
XXIV INDEX. 
 
 commissioned officers in making rapid reconnoissances, 
 
 etc IV 104 
 
 OlTiccrs of, and of engineer corps engaged on same service, 
 
 senior to control location and construction of defences, etc.V 104 
 
 Will, in all cases, be under command of own ofiicers V 104 
 
 Officers of engineer corps will not assume command of V 104 
 
 ENROLLING OFFICERS— DUTIES OF. 
 
 May grant certificates of exemption I 1 
 
 To arrest stragglers and deserters II J 
 
 To furnish monthly roll of conscripts to commandants camp 
 
 of instruction Ill 1 
 
 To permit enrolled conscripts to remain on railroads until 
 otherwise decided by the militarj' superintendent of trans- 
 portation VIII 2 
 
 To hasten forward to Petersburg conscripts from certain 
 
 counties I 4 
 
 To enroll route agents of Post-office department, and grant 
 
 exemption during continuance of appointments I 7 
 
 Not to removc'or interfere with employees in nitre, lead, or 
 copper works, or furnaces worked for government, without 
 consent of officers in charge I 32 
 
 To enroll detailed men, of conscript age, absent from com- 
 mands when disbanded Ill 80 
 
 Names of officers dropped from rolls to be furnished to. . . .II 24 
 
 ENROLLING OFFICERS. 
 
 To enroll all white male residents of the Confederate States 
 between eighteen and forty-five not in service, and who 
 are not exempt by law I 98 
 
 To enroll persons of conscript age discharged under this or- 
 der from organizations for local defence II 98 
 
 To enroll principals whose substitutes have deserted, etc. .Ill 98 
 
 To enroll citizens employed as clerks in Commissary and 
 
 Quartermaster's departments, if not exempt II 105 
 
 To receive deserters turned over by commanding officers, and 
 forward them to proper commands ; in case of conscripts, 
 to assign them to nearest army, at discretion. ... I llfi 
 
 To receive deserters turned over by commanding officers, and 
 forward them to proper commands ; in case of conscripts, 
 to assign them to nearest army, at discretion I 126 
 
 One to be attached to each department to carry out pur- 
 poses indicated above II 116 
 
 To assist in collecting arms left by stragglers in hands of 
 
 citizens II 119 
 
INDEX. XXV 
 
 To arrest persons reported absent without authority by 
 company commanders II 130 
 
 To Iceop register of names of soldiers on furlough who report 
 
 to him; descriptive list, length of furlough, etc., etc II 141 
 
 To order soldiers, whose furloughs have expired and who are 
 unable to triivel, before board for examination of conscripts, 
 for extension of furlough Ill 141 
 
 Duties of, when soldier is physically unable to appear be- 
 fore board II 157 
 
 To send soldiers to nearest camp of instruction for hospital 
 treatment in cases of sickness and wounds which are neg- 
 lected, etc IV 141 
 
 EXEMPTION. 
 
 Of white male citir.cns between eighteerr and forty, under act 
 
 October II, 1862 I 1 
 
 Not to take place until after enrolment I 1 
 
 Certificates of, granted by enrolling ollicer I 1 
 
 Doubtful cases referred to commandant camp of instruction 
 
 or bureau at Richmond I 1 
 
 Route-agents of Post-office department, after eni-olment, to 
 be furnished with certificates of, during continuance of 
 
 appointments I 7 
 
 Certificates of, granted by regular enrolling olficers, to bo 
 respected by oflicers acting under authority of circular of 
 
 Januarys, 1863 j... I 16 
 
 Certificates of, not to be issued by oESccrs actiug under au- 
 thority of circular of January 8, 1863 I 16 
 
 Examining surgeon to fix periods for which granted Ill 22 
 
 Grounds not deemed sufficient for IV 22 
 
 Temporar}', not to be given for a " period beyond thirty 
 
 days" II 39 
 
 " Act of," approved April 14, 1863 44 
 
 Sec. 1. Mail contractors, while so employed; not more 
 than one on each route,- only one member of any firm ; 
 no contractor on route less than ten miles, and on 
 which mail is carried on horse; if any member of firm 
 is exempt, other members not to be exempt by this 
 act. If contract be transferred, sub-contractor not 
 
 exempt 44 
 
 Sec. 2. Drivers of post-coaches and hacks 44 
 
 Meml'ors of organizations for local defence entitled to from 
 
 militia duty X 86 
 
 16 
 
XXVI INDEX. 
 
 Persons discharged for temporary disability no< entitled to'. 89 
 
 Act repealing certain clauses of act of, approved October 11, 
 
 1862. Approved May 1, 1863 1108 
 
 To repeal certain clauses of act of, approved October 11,1 862. 
 
 (April 16, 186.3) 108 
 
 All who have received temporary, for disability, must be re- 
 examined, etc II 135 
 
 FORAGE. 
 
 In kind, for one horse each, issued to officers entitled to it 
 
 serving at post not in field I 151 
 
 Commutation of $8 per month maybe allowed for each horse 
 
 to which officer may be entitled, etc I 151 
 
 Who are included in thi« order II 151 
 
 How supplied to detachments unaccompanied by quarter- 
 masters, etc 1155 
 
 May be commuted in advance to small detachments sent off 
 
 unaccompanied by commissioned officer II 155 
 
 If not commuted in advance, expenditures incurred for by 
 
 officer in command, how reimbursed II 155 
 
 FREIGHT— REGULATIONS. 
 
 Railroad; what shall take precedence; how designated. . .Ill 2 
 To be moved by railroad ; military officer in charge to fix 
 
 time of departure with railroad officers IV 2 
 
 Quartermasters and commissaries to exercise discretion in 
 
 shipping VI 2 
 
 Messengers with ; transportation, bpw specified VII 2 
 
 FUEL. 
 
 Tp be issued to officers of army engaged in enrolling con- 
 scripts II 12 
 
 FURLOUGHS. 
 
 On certificates of disability approved by senior surgeon of 
 post may be granted by commandant of post, not to ex- 
 ceed thirty days ; for longer period, must be approved by 
 general to whose command soldier belongs I 14 
 
 Non-commissioned officers and privates entitled to, under 
 act December 11, 1861, and April 16, 1862, may receive 
 commutation of transportation home and back, to be paid 
 by regimental quartermaster at the rate of two and a half 
 cents per mile IV 20 
 
 Enlisted men entitled to, under above acts, who have died 
 or may die before receipt thereof, commutation of trans- 
 portation may be paid to personal representative IV 31 
 
INDEX. XXVU 
 
 Enlisted men entitled to, under above acts, if promoted 
 prior to the receipt of, may draw commutation V 31 
 
 To soldiers present with command, may be granted by de- 
 partment commander on surgeon's certificate II 51 
 
 To soldier absent from command, may be granted for thirty 
 
 days by commander of post, on surgeon's certificate IV 61 
 
 When granted by medical examining boards, to specify 
 length of furlough, place of residence, company, regi- 
 ment, etc II 69 
 
 Cases of, granted bj' medical examining board, to be report- 
 ed to Surgeon-General Ill 69 
 
 Improperly granted by examining board, derelict officer held 
 
 responsible Ill 69 
 
 Notices of, by examining board, to bo forwarded weekly to 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, and to immediate com- 
 pany commander of soldier VII 69 
 
 May be granted by examining board I, V 69 
 
 Can not bo extended bj^ medical boards Ill 96 
 
 To sick and wounded in hospitals, how granted 108 
 
 Soldiers returning home on, to report immediately to near- 
 est enrolling olficer, who will keep register of names, 
 length of furlough, etc., etc II 141** 
 
 At expiration of, and soldier being unable to travel and not 
 being near hospital examining board, extension of, how 
 procured Ill 141 
 
 Recommendations for extensions of, by whom and in what 
 
 cases given V 141 
 
 Recommendations for, from private physicians or froramedi- 
 
 cal oflRcer singly, not received V 141 
 
 Soldiers on, not permitted to go within lines of enemy. . . .VI 141 
 
 At expiration of, a soldier not able to appear before board, 
 as prescribed in paragraph III, General Orders, No. 141 ; 
 extension of, how procured II 157 
 
 GOVERNxMENT CONTRACTORS. 
 
 Not to employ, without proper discharge, employees of other 
 
 contractors for government II 30 
 
 Not to employ, without proper discharge, employees of other 
 
 contractors for government Ill 32 
 
 For supply of p;iper, authorized to send agents to armies in 
 
 the field '. I 80 
 
 Commanders of armies and departments to give facilities to 
 
 such agents of II 80 
 
XXVili INDEX. 
 
 HIDES. 
 
 Establishing price of, in Trans-Mississippi and oast of Mis- 
 sissippi Ill 34 
 
 Of slaughtered sheep to be turned orer to officers of Quar- 
 termaster's department to be tanned IV 119 
 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 To be under supervision of medical directors selected for 
 
 the purpose V 28 
 
 Not to be interfered with by medical directors of armies, 
 
 array corps, or departments V 28 
 
 On death of soldier in, clothing, how disposed of I 49 
 
 Burgeon in charge of, to make separate provision returns 
 
 for persons attached to II 59 
 
 Rations for persons attached to, may not be commuted un- 
 less, etc • II 59 
 
 Separate provision returns for sick and wounded in, made 
 
 according to form annexed II 59 
 
 Commuted value of rations for patients in, $1 25 I 62 
 
 Laundresses in, pay $25 per month, rations and quarters. .II 62 
 
 Where three or more, surgeons in charge to constitute board 
 
 for granting furloughs and certificates for discharge. ... I 69 
 
 House-surgeon in, to see each patient under his charge once 
 each day VIII 69 
 
 Medical officers in charge of, will receive and care for sweet 
 potatoes gathered under tax law, by commissaries and 
 quartermasters, who are within reach of place where hos- 
 pitals are located I 124 
 
 "When more convenient to former than depot, medical officers 
 
 to receive and receipt foi* sweet potatoes (tax in kind.). . I 124 
 
 Payments upon affidavits to sick or wounded in, limited to 
 
 four months' paj' Ill 130 
 
 For prisoners of war, on same footing as other Confederate 
 
 States hospitals I 159 
 
 Rations for, same as to soldiers in field II 150 
 
 Above order amended II 164 
 
 Surgeons in charge of, to endorse on furloughs of enlisted 
 men who leave hospital on furlough, days and dates he 
 has drawn rations for them II 162 
 
 IMPRESSMENTS OF PROPERTY. 
 
 "When necessary for owner's consumption, or that of family, 
 
 employees) or slaves, prohibited I 31 
 
INDEX. Xxix 
 
 Suppliua on way to mjtrket for sale on arrival, prohibited, 
 unless specially ordered by coinuiandiag general II 31 
 
 " Any one acting without or beyond" authority held respon- 
 sible for TTT O, 
 
 Claims for, how settled yj gj 
 
 Impressment act t 37 
 
 Sec. 1. May bo made by officers whoso duty it is to 
 furnish such articles, when required by exigencies of 
 service ; where value can not be agreed upon, Low de- 
 termined J olj 
 
 Sec. 2. Ollicial certificates by officers making, that prop- 
 erty is essential for use of army; stating time and 
 place when taken, amount compensation appraised, 
 sum paid; said certificate evidence for owner of right 
 to compensation fixed. If owner not paid, entitled 
 
 to speedy pay by proper disbursing officer I 37 
 
 Sec. 3. Appraisements, when impracticable at time of 
 
 impressment, value of property, how ascertained I 37 
 
 Sec. 4. May be made by order Secretary of War when 
 necessary for public use, to accumulate supplies for 
 army. Compensation fixed as by first and second 
 
 sections t gy 
 
 Sec. 5. Commissioners to fix prices in each state, how 
 appointed, pay; must bo residents of itate in which 
 
 appointed t oy 
 
 Sec. 6. Property in hands of other than producers, at 
 
 what rate paid ; quality of, how determined I 37 
 
 Sec. 7. Fixes quality of iupplios not subject to' im- 
 
 pr«»smcnt; how determined I 37 
 
 Sec. 8. For temporary use, if lost, destroyed, or injured ; 
 
 compensation allowed, how ascertuined I 37 
 
 Sec. 9. If slaves, imprcasmcut made according to state 
 laws, if any; otherwis«, under regulations of Secre- 
 tary of War; must not bo impressed if they can bo 
 
 hired . 
 
 I 37 
 
 Sec. 10. Slaves on plantations exclusively producing 
 grain and provisions not to be taken previous to 
 December, 18C3, without owners' consent I 37 
 
 Sec. 11. Commissioned officers and enlisted men not to 
 violate this act; on conviction thereof, how pun- 
 ished T Oy 
 
 Recognized by Secretary of War as legal for securing medi- 
 cal, quartermaster's, aud subsistence supplies for army . .II 37 
 
XXX INDEX. 
 
 May be made by commanders of armies, departments, corps, 
 divisions, brigades, and commanders of detached parties 
 and posts II 37 
 
 Persons competent to make to be designated by Quarter- 
 master-General, Commissary-Qeneral, and Surgeon-Gen- 
 eral ..li 37 
 
 When necessary for supply of owner, not to be made 11 37 
 
 Before making, impressing officer to make offer for same. 
 
 {Sec. 4.) II 37 
 
 Compensation, in event of refusal of price offered; how set- 
 tled; how paid. {Sec. 5.) II 37 
 
 Pending assessment of value, property to remain in posses- 
 sion of owner. (>S'ec. C.) II 37 
 
 To be paid for at date of impressment, if practicable, by im- 
 pressing officer ; if not, how paid. {Sec. 7.) II 37 
 
 If made before appointment of commissioners, shall be legal; 
 
 conij)ensation, how adjusted. (>S'ec. 8.) II 37 
 
 Made previous to passage of "Impressment act;" compen- 
 sation, how determined I 39 
 
 Of supplies of government contractors in iron or munitions 
 
 of war exempt Ill 49 
 
 Appraisement, if deemed fair and just, to be endorsed "ap- 
 prored " by impressing officer, otherwise to be finally 
 revised by boards of appraisers 63 
 
 Details concerning, and schedule of prices adopted for States 
 
 of Georgia and Virginia 65 
 
 Of iron, and by whom conducted II 85 
 
 In case of goods, etc., supposed to be concealed, how 
 
 made II 92 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia I 99 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia I 115 
 
 When covering the whole of any one article, or all articles 
 of planters' production taxed in kind, the post quarter- 
 master of district will transfer to district collector asses- 
 sor's estimate, to bo collected in money value only, at 
 rate of impressment or purchase I 117 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in South'Carolina I 128 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia I 129 
 
 Instructions for carrying into effect 9th section, act of March 
 26, to regulate, in respect to labor on fortifications, etc., 
 when provisions have not been made on subject. (See 
 sialics.) 138 
 
INDEX. XXXI 
 
 Of horses and other property in use in Commissary depart- 
 ment, prohibited VI 142 
 
 Republication of General Orders, No. 31, on subject of 144 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia 146 
 
 Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia 160 
 
 Amendment to paragraph II, section 6, Qener.al Orders, No. 
 
 37, Confederate States, on subject of 161 
 
 In cases of, whore price offered is refused; compensation, 
 
 how settled 161 
 
 In cases of, where impressing officer deems appraisement 
 fair, to endorse on it his approval, otherwise his disappro- 
 val; final appraisement, by whom made 161 
 
 IRREGULARITIES. 
 
 Troops on battle-field not to exchange arms and field-pieces 
 for those captured from enemy, without proper au- 
 thority Ill 10 
 
 Regulations to prevent, in partisan rangers 82 
 
 LAUNDRESSES. 
 
 In hospitals, pay of $25 per month, rations and quarters . .II 62 
 Just dues of excepted, where courts-martial sentence for- 
 feiture of pay Ill 17 
 
 LEATHER. 
 
 Purchased or contracted for by Ordnance department not 
 
 to bo interfered with by Quartermaster's department. . .VIII 28 
 
 LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 
 
 Can not be granted by examining boards or post command- 
 ers. Can only recommend for consideration of depart- 
 ment or army commander X 69 
 
 Can not be extended by boards of examiners or by post com- 
 manders Ill ^^ 
 
 RocommendatiuiiS for extensions of, by whom, and in what 
 
 cases given V 141 
 
 Recoinmeudations for, by private physicians or by medical 
 
 ollicer singly, not received V 141 
 
 LOCAL DEFENCE. 
 
 Organizations for, composed. of persons under eightoon and 
 over furt3', will bo accepted I 86 
 
 Organizations of companies for, to conform to that of com- 
 panies, battalions, etc., of Provisional army II 86 
 
 Cavalry companies for, to furnish own horses II 86 
 
 Furnishing own horses for, to receive forty cents per day 
 
 for hire II 86 
 
XXXil INDEX. 
 
 Muster-rolls of organizations for, shall specify, etc Ill 86 
 
 Organizations for, not considered in actual service except 
 when called for by President IV 86 
 
 Organizations for, not called for except in case of necessity, 
 and not required to go beyond limits of state to which 
 belong •. V 86 
 
 Organizations for, to serve only so long as emergency 
 exists VI 86 
 
 Arms and ammunition for, furnished by Confederate 
 
 States VII 86 
 
 Members of organizations for, if captured, will be demanded 
 
 as prisoners of war VIII 86 
 
 Field-officers of organizations for, appointed by President. IX 86 
 
 Members of organizations for, exempt from militia calls . . .X 86 
 
 Muster-rolls may be certified by any military commander, 
 sheriff of county, etc XI 86 
 
 Persons between forty and forty-five in organizations for, 
 may be transferred or discharged should conscription 
 extend to those ages XII 86 
 
 Organizations composed of persons under eighteen and 
 over forty-five may be accepted for II 98 
 
 Persons belonging to organizations for, between ages of 
 eighteen and forty-five, uultss exempt by law, will be » 
 
 discharged, and reported to Bureau of Conscription for 
 enrolment II 98 
 
 Persons engaged in working nitre not to be called for, ex- 
 cept, etc., etc 127 
 
 Members of organizations for, liable to conscription, to bo 
 
 discharged and conscribed, except, etc II 150 
 
 MEDICAL DIRECTORS. 
 
 Senior surgeon of commands entitled to, will be detailed as; 
 when interest of service requires it, will be recommended 
 
 by Surgeon-General I 23 
 
 Of armies, etc., not to interfere with general hospitals V 28 
 
 Of hospitals will be announced; duties of V 23 
 
 MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
 
 In giving certificates of disability, to confine themselves to 
 
 established forms IV 7 
 
 . Will abstain from recommending light duty IV 7 
 
 Employed to examine conscripts may, under certain cir- 
 cumstances, be selected from districts in which they are 
 to act Ill 9 
 
INDEX. XXXlll 
 
 Under authority of commandauts of conscripts, may consti- 
 tute boards for examination of conscripts Ill 15 
 
 In exaniinatiun of conscripts, to exercise sound and firm 
 
 discretion I 22 
 
 To accept conscripts when equal to active duties of various 
 
 occupations of civil life II 22 
 
 In granting temporary exemption to conscripts, to fix period 
 
 for which granted Ill 22 
 
 Will not grant temporary exemption for period longer than 
 
 thirty days II 39 
 
 In charge of hos])ita1s, to make an inventory and appraise- 
 ment of clothing of deceased soldiers, to be forwarded to 
 Second Auditor ; articles to bo turned over to quarter- 
 master for rciiisue I 49 
 
 In charge of hospitals, to make separate provision returns 
 for persons attached, and for sick, and wounded ; form 
 annexed II 59 
 
 Compensation to, emploj-ed under act approved October 11, 
 1862, to examine conscripts; how and by whom paid.... IV 107 
 
 Inspectors will be recommended by Surgeon-General, and 
 announced in orders from Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
 eral's office Ill 11 9 
 
 In charge of boFpitals to receive, take care, and recei)it for 
 sweet potatoes gathered under tax law by certain commis- 
 saries and quartermasters I 124 
 
 In charge of hopitals, in certain cases must receive and re- 
 ceipt for sweet potatoes (tax in kind) from farmers I 124 
 
 "Assistant Medical Directors" and "Assistant Medical In- 
 spectors " not being authorized, titles not to be used. . . .Ill 124 
 
 Attention of, called to paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 
 69, current series I ISO 
 
 MILITARY COURTS. 
 
 Organized under act approved October 9, 1862, to be gov- 
 erned and controlled by Articles of War and Regulations 
 
 of Army I H 
 
 Proceedings of, subject to review by commanding general. . I 11 
 Original proceedings of, after final action, to be transmitted 
 
 to Adjutant and Inspector-General's office I 11 
 
 Additional appointments of members of I 17 
 
 Where sentence of directs forfeiture of pay, just dues of 
 
 laundress are excepted Ill 17 
 
 Not to cause any soldier to be punished by whipping 44 
 
XXXIV INDEX. 
 
 To amend an act orgaaizing, approved October 9, 1862. 
 
 Approved May 1, 1863 108 
 
 Olio additional may bo organized and attached to any de- 
 partment, at discretion of the President 108 
 
 MILITARY REPORTS. 
 
 Of sieges, campaigns, and battles, to contain only statement 
 
 of facts and events connected with subject matter ?6 
 
 MILITARY SUPERINTENDENT OP RAILROADS. 
 
 Violation of orders concerning railroads by railroad officers 
 
 to be reported to IX 2 
 
 To indicate, from time to time, his head-quarters. ...... .IX 2 
 
 MILITARY STOREKEEPERS. 
 
 Act to provide for appointment of (May I, 1863.) 108 
 
 Pay and allowances of 108 
 
 Who shall be appointed 103 
 
 MILITARY TRIALS. 
 
 Case of Captain H. B. Latrobe. I 2*1 
 
 " Private J. T. Wilder, Company E, 4th Georgia vol- 
 unteers II 27 
 
 " Major M. R. Marks, 2d Alabama cavalry I 35 
 
 " Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama cavalry I 35 
 
 " Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st 
 
 Mississippi volunteers 41 
 
 " Major Kirkwood Otoy, 11th Virginia infantry 42 
 
 " Lieutenant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia in- 
 fantry 43 
 
 " Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S...-. 46 
 
 " Lieutenant J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d Missis- 
 sippi volunteers 50 
 
 " Private Granville S. McCutchen, Company C, 22d 
 
 Virginia volunteers 52 
 
 " Surgeon Edward Cross, 31st Arkansas volunteers. . 54 
 " Captain John W. Bell, quartermaster 49th Virginia 
 
 volunteers 55 
 
 " Lieutenant J. K. Martin, 22d North Carolina vol- 
 unteers 56 
 
 " Lieutenant Robt. W. Sanders, Sth Alabama volun- 
 teers 63 
 
 " Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cav- 
 
 ' airy 68 
 
 " Captain Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 60th Virginia 
 
 volunteers 72 
 
INDEX. XXXV 
 
 Case of Captain W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe'a 
 
 Mississippi regiment. 78 
 
 " Private Allen Matthews, Company E, 6th Virginia 
 
 infantry 78 
 
 " Private George -Mormon, Company C, 8th Alabama 
 
 volunteers 79 
 
 " Major-Gencral John P. McCown, P. A. C. S 8J 
 
 " Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Flowerreo, 7th Virginia 
 
 infantry 91 
 
 " Private M. Ricket, Company H, 27th Virginia in- 
 fantry X I 95 
 
 " Private Wm. G. Clark, Stuart's horse artillery II 95 
 
 " Private J. R. Humphreys, Stuurt's horse artillery. .II 95 
 " Private Jno. Q. Childres, Company Q, 5th Florida. HI 95 
 " Private Henry Smith, Company E, 22d battalion 
 
 Georgia artillery .IV 95 
 
 " Assistant Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, P. A. C. S VI 95 
 
 " Captain W. S. Reed, President's Guard VHI 95 
 
 " Second Lieutenant H. J. Ballentine, 47th Tennessee 
 
 regiment X 95 
 
 " First Lieutenant Israel P. Guy, I6th Alabama. . . .XII 95 
 " Private Grif. Nunnally, Company C, 4lst Virginia 
 
 regiment > XIV 95 
 
 " Private C. Edgeworth, Company E, .3d Georgia... 97 
 " Z. M. Kent, 3d Company, battalion Washington 
 
 Artillery I 100 
 
 " Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M II 100 
 
 " Captain J. J. Maguire, Company H, Aiken's parti- 
 san rangers Ill 100 
 
 " Lieutenant J. B. Countiss, 21st Georgia regiment.. I 101 
 " Private John Whitehead, Company F, 16th Tennes- 
 see regiment I 106 
 
 " Private L. H. Toole, Company E, 3d Georgia regi- 
 ment '. , II 106 
 
 " Major Wm. Norris, Chief of the Signal Corps I 112 
 
 " Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M., P. A. C. S I 120 
 
 " Lieutenant J. M. Youngblood, Company B, 2d Mis- 
 sissippi batt.alion I 134 
 
 " Lieutenant E. M. P. Brown, Company H, 8th 
 
 Georgia battalion I 139 
 
 " Sergeant Abner Underwood, Company D, 8th 
 
 Georgia I 139 
 
 " Private T. P.Wood I 139 
 
XXXVl INDEX. 
 
 Case of Private T. W. Cannon I 139 
 
 " Private Wm. Garner I 139 
 
 " Private T. Roberts, Company B. I 139 
 
 " Private Dan'l Hollis, Company B I 139 
 
 " Private Stephen Outlaw, Troop A, 5th Georgia cav- 
 alry II 139 
 
 " ' Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Edwards II 139 
 
 " Lieutenant James M. Chesser, 47th Georgia volun- 
 teers II 139 
 
 " Lieutenant J. J. Wortham, Waccamaw light artil- 
 lery Ill 139 
 
 " Lieutenant W. J. Gore Ill 139 
 
 " Lieutenant L. A. Rice, 2d regiment South Caro- 
 lina volunteers Ill 139 
 
 " Lieutenant W. C. Pruitt, Company E, 20th South 
 
 Carolina volunteers Ill 139 
 
 " Private C. H. Kent, Company D, 18th Virginia bat- 
 talion Ill 139 
 
 " Private Major Runnels, Company H, 2d South 
 
 Carolina rifles Ill 139 
 
 " Captain R. Y. L. Long, Company D, Phillips' le- 
 gion cavalry Ill 139 
 
 " Captain R. Z. Harlee, Company D, 10th South Car- 
 olina volunteers Ill 139 
 
 " Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Mississip- 
 pi volunteers Ill 139 
 
 " Private Freeman W. Johnson, Read's light bat- 
 tery Ill 139 
 
 " Private Jno. Duncan, Company F, 3d Tennessee. .Ill 189 
 " Lieutenant E. H. Ilammell, Company B, 8th Arkan- 
 sas volunteers Ill 139 
 
 " Private T. W. Barlow, Game's light artillery. . .Ill 139 
 " Lieutenant J. 11. Simmons, Company E, 12th 
 
 Georgia Ill 139 
 
 " Lieutenant E. S. McClung, McClung's battery .. .Ill 139 
 
 " Major-General Mansfield Lovell, P. A. C. S 152 
 
 " Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47tli Virginia regiment I 156 
 
 No. Par. MODIFICATIONS. 
 7 III Allowing 40 cents per day for use and risk of horse, by Gener- 
 al Orders, No. 77. 
 
 22 Conscripts examined prior to the order, to be re-examined. 
 
 See General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I. 
 
INDEX. XXXVll 
 
 28 IV Modifiod by Genornl Orders, No. 57, so as to allow payment 
 of officers in hospitals, without ccrtificato of last payment; 
 quartermasters making said payment will still furnish cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 30 II Amended by this addition : " The bureau or department for 
 
 the service of which the details were made." See General 
 Orders, No. 32, paragraph III. 
 
 31 IV To be paid by Second Auditor. 
 
 31 V Quartermaster's department, certified by commanding officer 
 of regiment to which claimant belonged at date of promo- 
 tion. See General Orclcrs, No. 33, paragraph V. 
 
 36 Revoked by General Orders, No. 102, and travelling expenses 
 
 to be paid out of funds appropriated for expenses of said 
 bureau. 
 
 37 I Sec. 6. Amended by act of April 27, 1863. Sec General Or- 
 
 ders, No. bt. 
 
 87 II iSVc. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. ."9, paragraph I. 
 
 49 I Money and other effects disposed of as directed in General 
 Order.s, No. 67, paragraph III: also, modified by General 
 Orders, No. 93, which orders that the appraisement be 
 made after clothing has been washed and repaired, and will 
 approximate to the government prices at which issued. 
 
 61 III, lY, and V are rescinded, and matters therein contained are 
 regulated by General Orders, No. 59. 
 
 61 I Amended by General Orders, No. 141, paragraph V, requiring 
 that all certificates bo given by authorized boards of ex- 
 aminers, and not by single medical officer. 
 
 67 Extended by General Orders, No. 157, to include officers of 
 
 the Commissary department, and such agents of that de- 
 partment appointed by Secretarj' of War. 
 
 87 I Extended by General Orders, No. 133, paragraph II, to offi- 
 cers in Conscription bureau — payments to be made out of 
 funds of that bureau ; also, extended by General Orders, 
 No. J 35, paragraph V, to officer.s of Major Cole's depart- 
 ment. 
 
 69 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 96. paragraph I, which or- 
 ders that soldiers not discharged because fit for service in 
 staff departments, will bo recommended for such detail. 
 
 69 X Amended to prohibit extension; also, of leaves of absence 
 and furloughs. 
 
 86 I Amended by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph II, to raise 
 age to 45 ; and to order that all who are of conscript age, 
 
XXXVlll INDEX. 
 
 and neither exempted by law nor already in service, be 
 conscripted. 
 87 Modified bj' General Orders, No. 98, paragraph III, ordering 
 
 principal to bo conseribed, when services of substitute arc 
 lost from any cause other than casualties of war. 
 
 116 I Modified by General Orders, No. 126, making it duty of en- 
 rolling (fEScer to assign conscripts to service, at the discre- 
 tion of commandant of conscripts in the state. 
 
 122 I Altered and enlarged by General Orders, No. 125, paragraph 
 VII, requiring statement as to whether the substitute is now 
 serving ; and if not, why ? 
 
 141 III Modified by General Orders, No. 157, paragraph II, allowing 
 soldier, when unable to travel, to send certificate of his at- 
 tending physician, said certificate to be submitted to board, 
 jrho will act on it. 
 
 MUSTER AND PAY ROLLS. 
 
 Company commanders to note on, commutation of transpor- 
 tation received by soldiers in lieu of furloughs authorized 
 by acts approved December 11, 1861, and April 16, 1862. VI 20 
 
 Payments to men for arms furnished by them to be noted on. I 9 
 
 MUSTERS. 
 
 For payment in cases of men discharged when final state- 
 ment can not be had V 51 
 
 Rolls of organizations for local defence shall specify, etc. .Ill 86 
 Of troops called out by Governor of Virginia; by whom and 
 
 when made II 4 
 
 NITRE BUREAU. 
 
 Superintendent of, authorized to enforce existing contracts 
 in iron, lead, etc. ; and when not promptly delivered, may 
 
 be seized II 14 
 
 Where contract with has been violated, after ten days' no- 
 tice, all detailed men or conscripts to be withdrawn II 14 
 
 Employees of, not to be interfered with by enrolling or re- 
 cruiting officers, without consent of officer in charge I 32 
 
 Superintendent of, authorized to pay actual expenses of 
 officers of, on duty under orders, in lieu of commutation 
 
 for rations and forage 36 
 
 Act approved April 22, 1863, establishing I 85 
 
 Seel. Certain officers to constitute I 85 
 
 Sec. 2. Specifying duties of, and of superintendent of. I 85 
 
 Sec, Z. Rank and pay of officers of I 85 
 
 Regulations of Secretary of War concerning. .... .II, III, IV 85 
 
INDEX. XXXIX 
 
 Superintendent of bureau authorized to pay actual travel- 
 ling expenses of oflBcers of same under orders, in lieu of 
 commutation of rations and forage II 102 
 
 Workmen in ij.xposed districts not to be called for local de- 
 fence, except in extreme urgency, and then ho'w and by 
 whom called 127 
 
 In districts lately overrun, workmen to be returned ; officers 
 
 to extend reasonable facilities for resuming operations. . 127 
 
 Chief of bureau directed to impress copper, coal, and other 
 minerals for use of government I 133 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Between ages of eighteen and forty, who are discharged, 
 a or who resign, liable to conscription unless actually dis- 
 abled lY 1 
 
 Prohibited from interfering with running of railroad trains. I 2 
 
 On duty enrolling conscripts may draw fuel and stationery. II 12 
 
 Stationed at arsenals to report upon arrival to commanding 
 gcn;rnl of department, and will obtain leaves of absence 
 from him jjl 13 
 
 Stationed at arsenals subject only to orders from War de- 
 partment IIj j3 
 
 In charge of .arsenals to forward list and description of 
 
 employees, with statement of pay Ill 13 
 
 Arrests of disbursing, to be stayed until facts are reported 
 
 to War department II 15 
 
 Absent without authority thirty days from publication of 
 thte order, to be dropped I 15 
 
 Not to be paid without exhibiting authority for absence. . . I 15 
 
 Having authority to recruit new organizations, to report to 
 commandants of conscripts of respective states names of 
 persons enlisting recruits Ill jg 
 
 Dropped from rolls, or cashiered when with commands, to 
 be enrolled by brigade commanders; when not present, 
 names to be furnished to enrolling officers II 24 
 
 Not to be appointed by commanding otficers Ill 28 
 
 Elected or appointed to certain civil offices, may resign on 
 proper certificate of fact to aceomp.any letter of resigna- 
 tion 43 
 
 In hospitals may be paid without certificate of last pay- 
 ment 57 
 
 • On ordnance duty, temporarily absent under special orders. 
 
Xl INDEX. 
 
 allowed personal expenses in lieu of allowances of fuel, 
 quarters, and forage II C7 
 
 Sales of subsistence to, by whom made. {Sec. 4) I 70 
 
 Hospital accommodations allowed to sick and wounded .... 71 
 
 In official reports of battles, etc., to confine their statements 
 
 to facts and events connected therewith 76 
 
 To observe strictly requirements of law in impressments of 
 
 property I 92 
 
 Authorized to make impressments may fipply to any judge, 
 justice of the peace, etc., for warrant to search for any 
 articles supposed to bo concealed II 92 
 
 Not to employ soldiers on government work unless regular- 
 ly detailed •■ 94 
 
 So employing held responsible before a court-martial 94* 
 
 To certify on pay account whether or not they have been 
 "absent without leave" during time for which pay is 
 claimed I 108 
 
 Of ordnance duties, apppointed under acts of April 21 and 
 September 16, 1862, to be distributed into grades, as au- 
 thorized by latter act, as follows, etc I 110 
 
 Appointments of to these grades, how made I 110 
 
 Receiving volunteers from those liable to conscription, not 
 to grant them furloughs to exceed ten days before enter- 
 ing active service I 113 
 
 Entitled to pay from date of acceptance of appointment and 
 
 from date of promotion I 121 
 
 Disbursing entitled to pay from date of approval of bonds 
 
 by AVar department I 121 
 
 Will not be assigned or receive pay until reception of ap- 
 pointments I 121 
 
 Disbursing will be notified of reception and approval of 
 
 bonds by chief of bureau to which they belong I 121 
 
 Commanding to recommend for appointment as disbursing 
 officers only such persons as furnish reasonable assurances 
 of ability to execute bonds V 121 
 
 Charged with duty of arresting deserters, to report to com- 
 mandant of conscripts of state to which sent, and to co- 
 operate with enrolling officers II 122 
 
 Payments to absent from commands^ and who have not re- 
 ceived letters of appointment, how made I 126 
 
 Attention of called to paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 69, 
 
 current series I 130 
 
INDLX. Xli 
 
 ft 
 
 On rocruiting service, not to grant permits to conscripts or 
 dfsertors to visit or remain at their homes for any pur- 
 pose I 135 
 
 Held to strict account for violation of this order IV 13 ^ 
 
 Not to be relieved, and ordered to report for further assign- 
 ment to Adjutant and Inspector-General's ollice, except, 
 etc I 141 
 
 Charged with inspection of field transportation, duties of. .IV 142 
 
 To bo assigned by Quartermaster-General for above pur- 
 pose Ill 142 
 
 Stationed at arsenals to bo employed on duties appropriate 
 
 to their commissions, etc Page 236 
 
 Manner of creating, can not bo changed by stntc huei in- 
 tended to operate upon organizations previously mustered 
 into service Pago 231 
 
 ORDERS. 
 
 Exhibited in evidence beforo judicial tribunals, how authen- 
 ticated 147 
 
 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Will furnish light arms to engineer troops Ill 104 
 
 Regulations of concerning charges for 8 and 10 inch colum- 
 
 biads Page 2.36 
 
 ORDNANCE CORPS. 
 
 Officers of, to pay for arms belonging to men at price fixed 
 
 by mustering officer I 9 
 
 Candidates for appointment in, who have passed examina- 
 tions, may be placed on duty as acting ordnance officers . . I 12 
 
 Number not to exceed one-half number passed; how select- 
 ed; regulating pay ; commissions, when issued I 12 
 
 Chiefs of, for army corps or departments, held responsible 
 for prompt returns of artillery, ammunition, etc., required 
 by paragraph 1,348, Army Regulations 1 20 
 
 Organization of I 33 
 
 Officers assigned to duty in, under General Orders, Nos. 
 24 and 4G, of 1862, to be continued in position; may bo 
 relieved by regularly-appointed officers in, at discretion 
 of comm.anding general • II 33 
 
 Officers of, temporarily absent from positions in field under 
 orders, allowed personal expenses in lieu of allowances 
 for fuel, quarters, and forage I o7 
 
 Officers of, ou duty in field not part of personal statt" I 84 
 
 Chiefs of, for armies or departments, assigned by War de- 
 17 
 
xlii INJJKX. 
 
 partment, and not to be rclicYed except on orders through 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's office II 84 
 
 Other ofiBcers of, to serve with commands until relieved by 
 
 orders from head-quarters of army in which serving . . .Ill 84 
 
 Copies of orders relieving officers of, to be forwarded to 
 
 Chief of Ordnance bureau • • 'IH 84 
 
 Officers of, in Provisional army, appointed under acts April 
 21 and September 16, 1862, to bo distributed into grades, 
 as authorized by latter act I HO 
 
 Appointments to these grades, how made I 110 
 
 Ollicers of in field, to be assigned to command according 
 to rank; no claims to promotion in consequence of such 
 assignment recognized 11 HO 
 
 Chief ordnance officers of armies, army corps, etc., may be 
 
 allowed assistants; fixes rank and number Ill 110 
 
 Chief ordnance oflicers of armies, etc., how designated. .. .IV 110 
 
 OfTicors of, to receipt for arms collected by officers of Quar- 
 termaster, Commissary, and Conscript departments, and to 
 pay reasonable expense incurred for transportation II 119 
 
 Brigade and district officers of, to give assistance to com- 
 manding oflicers of regiments, etc., in preparation of re- 
 turns required by paragraph 1,348, Army Regulations. . . .IV 148 
 
 Chief officer of, of army, department, etc., to report to chief 
 of names of oflicers who fail to make returns herein re- 
 quired V 148 
 
 Officers of, to supply ordnance stores on requisition of o£S- 
 ccrs commanding camps instruction Page 234 
 
 Officers of, in charge of posts, when relieved, to turn over 
 funds to successors, unless, etc Page 2.35 
 
 Olficers of, to note upon invoices and receipts of guns the 
 foundry, number, weight, and maker Page 2.38 
 
 Form for monthly report of officers of Page 241 
 
 Instruction to officers of in field. No. 1 Page 215 
 
 " " " No. 2 Page 217 
 
 " " ''• No. 3 Pago 219 
 
 Chief of bureau of, to give instructions to arsenals to regu- 
 late issues according to circular of March 31, 1863 ....Pago 225 
 
 ORDNANCE STORES. 
 
 Reported unserviceable to be inspected by brigade inspect- 
 or; in his absence, by olficer designated by inspector- 
 general ; report to be made in accordance with paragraphs 
 925 and 926, Army Regulations I 21 
 
iNDi:x. xliii 
 
 Requisitions for, to supply, deficiencies ; copy of report of 
 
 inspector sliall be appended II 21 
 
 Reports of, in hands of regiments, to be made by ordnance 
 
 sergeants to commanding officers thereof Ill 59 
 
 Other than prescribed in " Ordnance Manual " of 1863 not to 
 
 be purchased or fabricated I 154 
 
 Authority given by paragraph 1,232, Army Regulations (par- 
 agraph 9, Or<lnance Regulations), to provide, in case of ur- 
 gent necessity, exercised under above restrictions I 154 
 
 Accounts paid for purchase, fabrication, etc., of, contrary to 
 
 foregoing order, not admitted in settlement of accounts. .II 154 
 
 Reported unserviceable by inspector-general, how disposed 
 of Pago 235 
 
 Contracts not to bo made at places where ordnance oflicers 
 
 are stationed, by other ordnanco'oflicers Page 233 
 
 To bo supplied on requisition of ollicers commanding camps 
 
 instruction Page 234 
 
 Manufacture of Boremann fuses to be discontinued ; fuse, 
 
 plugs, and paper fuses substituted Page 235 
 
 Instructions to be observed in making requisitions for.. Page 235 
 
 Valises and valise saddles for artillery harness will nothei-e- 
 
 aftor be fabricated Page 236 
 
 Requisitions for to be made on arsenals and depots nearest 
 
 to troops requiring them Page 237 
 
 Rcquistions for, how forwarded Page 237 
 
 Purchases or contracts for, amounting to $10,000 or upwards, 
 
 to be submitted for approval of bureau Pago 238 
 
 Form of inspection, report of deficiencies in, for light ar- 
 tillery Page 241 
 
 Pendulum hausses to be graduated to indicate distances. Page 23S 
 
 Relative to returns of Page 237 
 
 Issues of, how made Page 240 
 
 ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 Authoritj' to recruit into, not in service on 16th April, 1862, 
 
 to be held as terminated by March 1 0, 1863 I IS 
 
 If completed to legal standard by 10th of March, 1863, and 
 reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, ac- 
 cepted I 18 
 
 If not completed, material of, within conscript age (includ- 
 ing ofTicers), subject to enrolment and conscription I 18 
 
 Formed under authority later than December 10, 1862, or to 
 be recruited in districts in possession of enemy, or where 
 
Xliv INKKX. 
 
 conscript law is suspended by President, or by presence of 
 enemy, excepted from operations of this order II 18 
 
 Names of persons enlisting recruits for now, to be reported 
 
 to commandants of conscripts of respective states Ill 18 
 
 Persons who have joined new, at expiration of first term of 
 service, may be continued in present companies, unless 
 facts show intention to desert former command. Also, 
 paroled prisoners whose term of service had expired, and 
 who enlisted under General Orders, No. 4-t, series 1862 ... .1 19 
 
 Not to be disbanded prior to expiration of service without 
 
 authority from War department I 28 
 
 Brigadier-generals and colonels will not be permanently de- 
 
 tsiched from, without iiuthority from War department ... .1 28 
 
 Composed of persons under eighteen and over forty, will be 
 
 received for local defence ;lnd special service I 86 
 
 For local defence, arms furnished by Confederate States. .VII 86 
 
 Formed since April IG, 1862, will not receive as volunteers 
 
 persons liable to conscription, except, etc I 125 
 
 New, must not bo formed out of companies or parts of com- 
 panies now in service II 125 
 
 New, can only be formed of persons over age of forty-five 
 
 years Page 231 
 
 OVERSEERS. 
 
 Entitled to exemption, may be exempted from military ser- 
 vice for one year if, etc ■ • . . Ill 116 
 
 Sent by masters of impressed slaves, subject to control of 
 
 oliicer in charge, and maybe dismissed for misconduct. . .VI 138 
 
 PARDON. 
 
 Granted by the President to unauthorized absentees, who 
 
 shall return to their posts within twenty days I 109 
 
 Granted to men accused, convicted, or undergoing sentence 
 for absence without leave or desertion, except those twice 
 convicted of desertion II 109 
 
 PARTISAN RANGERS. 
 
 Ordnance and ordnance stores and cavalry equipments cap- 
 tured by, to be assessed under orders of commanding 
 general, and paid for by ordnance olliccrs II 20 
 
 Arms and munitions of war captured by, how disposed of; 
 to be paid their full value in manner prescribed by Secre- 
 tary of War I 47 
 
 Arms and munitions captured by, how appraised and by 
 
 whom paid II 47 
 
INliJiX. Xlv 
 
 To be combined into battalions and regiments under direc- 
 tion dopartmcut commanders 82 
 
 Serving within enemy's lines excepted for present 82 
 
 PASSPORTS. 
 
 Certifying to citizenship of Confederate States, issued by 
 Secretary of State for use in foreign countries, do not en- 
 title holder to pass Confederate lines or sail from Confed- 
 erate ports, or to exemption from military serri^'e 153 
 
 PAYMENTS. 
 
 Made to men wlio furnish own arms at rate of $1 per 
 
 month [ 9 
 
 Made for equipments brought into service by men; rate, how 
 
 fixed II 9 
 
 Rate of, to acting ordnance officers I Y2 
 
 To enrolling officers not commissioned, made upon accounts 
 approved by commandant of conscripts for state or com- 
 mandant camp of instruction II 12 
 
 Not to be made to officers absent, unless authority for such 
 absence is exhibited ; in oases of doubt, may be suspended, 
 referring case to War department I 15 
 
 Of commutation of transportation received by soldiers in 
 lieu of furlough authori'/ed by acts approved December 
 11, 1861, and April 16, 1862, to be noted on muster and 
 payrolls IV, V, and VI 20 
 
 Made to partisan rangers for captured arms by Ordnance 
 
 department II 20 
 
 Not to be made to persons appointed as ollicers by military 
 
 commanders Ill 28 
 
 Prohibited to olKcers absent from appropriate commands, 
 except on detached duty, and sick and wounded officers 
 absent by competent authority IV 28 
 
 Of commutation of transportation due deceased soldiers . 
 maj' be made to pei'sonal representative IV 31 
 
 May be made to officers in hospitals without certificate of 
 
 last payment • 67 
 
 Monthly, to officers and men of Provisional engineer corps. . I 66 
 
 Rate of, to men detailed to perform duties now performed by 
 
 commissary sergeants I 70 
 
 Rate of, to detailed men under act May 1, 18C3 I 75 
 
 To detailed men serving at posts and stations without troops, 
 
 or in counties, towns, etc. {Sec. 2) II 75 
 
xlvi INDEX. 
 
 To detailed men serving in field; rato of, how established. 
 
 {Sec. 3) II 75 
 
 To detailed men under act May 1, 1863j how and by whom 
 
 paid. {Sed) II 75 
 
 To shoemakers, rate fixed. ((S'ec. 5) II 75 
 
 Under act May 1, 1863, to continue from January 1 to 
 December 31, 1863. (^cc. 6) II 75 
 
 To men detailed "without pay or allowances" will not be 
 
 made. {Sec. 6) II 75. 
 
 Regulations for, under act May 1, 1863, may be made by 
 chiefs of bureau for men in respective employments, 
 (^ec. 7) II 76 
 
 To infantry soldiers detailed as couriers ; rate of for use and 
 
 risk of horse '. 77 
 
 ■ Of commissioners for impressments of property. ((S'ec. 6). • .1 37 
 
 To detailed enlisted men of commands which have been dis- 
 banded; how made ; descriptive lists; how and by whom 
 prepared Ill 80 
 
 Rate of, to officers of "Nitre and Mining bureau." {Sec. 3). I 85 
 
 Of forty cents per day to members of cavalry companies 
 
 for local defence who furnish own horses II 86 
 
 To operators on telegraph lines for military purposes, not to 
 exceed rate allowed by Postmaster-General to the opera- 
 tors under his control 88 
 
 May be made to officers of Nitre bureau for actual travelling 
 
 expenses in lieu of commutation for rations and forage . .II 102 
 
 Rate of, to medical officers employed under act October 11, 
 
 1862, to examine conscripts IV 107 
 
 To Quartermaster-General same as to brigadier-general.... I 108 
 
 Not to be made to officers or soldiers for time during which 
 " absent without leave," except in cases of sick or wounded 
 in hospitals I 108 
 
 Rate of, to military storekeepers 108 
 
 Act authorizing, to persons not legally mustered, for services 
 
 actually performed 108 
 
 Made to officers from date of acceptance of appointment and 
 
 date of promotion I 121 
 
 Made to disbursing officers from date of approval of bonds 
 
 by War department I 121 
 
 Will not bo made to officers until reception of appoint- 
 ments I 121 
 
 To private physicians employed under General Orders, No. 
 
INDLX. xlvii 
 
 82, Adjutant and Inspector-Gcnoral's office, of 1862, 
 increased to $0 per day II 12i 
 
 How and by whom made, to soldiers detailed as commissary 
 
 sergeants under act May 1, 1863 IV 124 
 
 How made, to olUcers absent from commands, who have not 
 received commissions or letters of appointment I 120 
 
 Upon alTidnvits to sick or wounded in hospitals, limited to 
 
 four months' pay Ill K-tO 
 
 To oflicers of department of tranportation for actual travel- 
 ling expenses, made by anj* post quartermaster V l.ir) 
 
 In certain cases may be made, of money value of clothing 
 due soldier at end of year 1:^6 
 
 And allowances of detailed men to ceaso during detail (ex- 
 cept for government work.) I 149 
 
 Of full wages to be made by persons to whom detailed men 
 
 arc ordered to report I liU 
 
 Made at arsenals 31st of March, 1863, regarded as fixed, and 
 will not be changed without reference to Chief of 
 Ordnance Page 236 
 
 Of claims for pay and allowances duo deceased soldiers; 
 
 regulations for, adopted by Second Auditor Page 229 
 
 PRISONERS. 
 
 Notice of prisoners of war duly exchanged I 5 
 
 Notice of prisoners of war duly exchanged I 53 
 
 Paroled, whose term of service has expired, and who have 
 joined new organizations under General Orders, No. 44, of 
 
 1862, may be retained I 19 
 
 Notice No. fi of duly exchanged 123 
 
 Notice of duly exchanged 143 
 
 Hospitals for of war, on same footing as other Confederate 
 States hospitals I 159 
 
 PROMOTION. 
 
 In LKGiONS takes place by seniority in its several arms as a 
 
 whole Page 231 
 
 In cases where next oflBcer in order of succession waives his 
 privilege Pago 231 
 
 PROPERTY OF ENEMY. 
 
 Horses and mules left on premises of farmers; the latter 
 to pursue requirements of respective states concerning 
 estrays I 61 
 
 Horses and mules left on premises of farmers may be ro- 
 
1 - INDEX. 
 
 In certain cases, may be granted short leaves of absence to 
 
 make their bonds II 121 
 
 Vacancies in, in brigades, regiments, etc., how filled ; ap- 
 pointee held strictly to requirements of preceding para- 
 graph I '. HI 121 
 
 Appointed subsequent to January 12, 18G3, and who have not 
 
 filed bonds, allowed furlough not to exceed sixty days... IV 121 
 
 In charge of depots to receive from collector of taxes in kind 
 and receipt for produce belonging to Quartermaster's de- 
 partment, and will .also provide storehouses for same . ...II 132 
 
 Chief of armies, and oflicers of department at posts, to make 
 estimates on chief inspector of district for required field 
 transportation V 142 
 
 At post, to afford accommodation to persons in charge of 
 stock travelling under orders of officers of Col. Cole's de- 
 partment I 162 
 
 To furnish forage and shelter for animals, and subsistence 
 for men, upon proper requisition I 162 
 
 QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Ofiicers of at supply depots, will respect requisitions for 
 grain sacks, made by quartermasters receiving taxes in 
 kind Ill 103 
 
 Will provide engineer troops with transportation as herein 
 prescribed IV 104 
 
 Officers of, not to employ as clerks persons liable to military 
 service I 105 
 
 Officers of, infield to report to commanding general num- 
 ber and names of clerks, whether citizens or soldiers ; if 
 former, whether or not exempt; if latter, whether or not 
 exempt II 105 
 
 Ofiicers of, at post to make similar reports through chief of 
 bureau Ill 105 
 
 Oflicers of, to deduct pay for time officer or soldier is "ab- 
 sent without leave " 1(>S 
 
 Act to prevent fraud in, etc. (May 1, 1863).. lOS 
 
 Officers of, purchasing supplies, and who have transportation 
 at command, to assist quartermasters receiving taxes iu 
 kind in transporting supplies collected to issuing depots 
 of army I HI 
 
 Officers of, purchasing supplies to permit their storehouses to 
 be used for storage of articles of produce tax I HI 
 
 Permanent posts and depots established by, placed under 
 
INDEX. ll 
 
 special control of Quartermastor-Qencral, though subject 
 to inspection by commanding officer of department in 
 which located I 114 
 
 No change to be made in assignment of officers of, at perma- 
 nent posts, etc., except through Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General's office II 114 
 
 To receive and receipt for money paid for exemption of 
 
 overseers under act approved May 1, 1863 Ill 116 
 
 RAILROADS. 
 
 Control or management of, not to be interfered with by mili- 
 tary officers I 2 
 
 For transportation ou, quartermaster shall make requisition 
 
 on superintendent or proper officer of II 2 
 
 Adopting General R. E. Lee's order concerning I 28 
 
 RANK. 
 
 Of Quartermaster-General to bo that of brigadier-general 
 P. A. C. S I 108 
 
 RANK OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 47, of 1S62, applies only 
 to olliocrs whose commands had reorganized for the war 
 under acts Nos. 306 and 397, where officers had been re- 
 elected to same grade held prior to reorganization I 24 
 
 Of "Nitre and Mining bureau." {Sec. Z.) I 86 
 
 Junior second lieutenant can not waive right to be senior 
 
 second lieutenant Pago 231 
 
 How determined; opinion of Attorney-General Pago 232 
 
 RATIONS. 
 
 To persons attached to hospitals same as to soldiers in field; 
 not commuted, if can be furnished in kind; when com- 
 muted, at 60 cents per ration II 69 
 
 Commutation of, fur sick and wounded in all hospitals, at 
 rate of $1 Pago 231 
 
 RECRUITING SERVICE. 
 
 Officers on, not to grant permits to conscripts or deserters to 
 
 visit or remain at their homes for any purpose I 136 
 
 Officers on, held to strict account for violations of this or- . 
 der IV 135 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 Monthly of ordnance stores, etc., to be rendered by chief 
 
Hi INDEX. 
 
 ordnance ofllcers of departments and army corps Page 237 
 
 RETURNS. 
 
 Monthly, of conscripts to be forwarded by commandants 
 
 camps of instruction to bureau at Richmond Ill 1 
 
 Monthly, of conscripts to be forwarded by enrolling officers 
 to commandants camps of instruction Ill 1 
 
 By commandants of conscripts shall report separately con- 
 scripts gathered under system instituted by circular of 
 Januarys, 1863 II 16 
 
 Of names of parsons enlisting recruits for now organizations 
 
 to be made to commandants of conscripts Ill 18 
 
 Of artillery, ammunition, and ordnance stores to be for- 
 warded to Chief of Bureau of Ordnance at Richmond 
 within twenty days after receipt of this order I 20 
 
 Provision, for persons attached to hospitals to be made by 
 
 sitrgeon in charge II 59 
 
 Provision, for sick and wounded in hospitals to be made ac- 
 cording to form annexed II 69 
 
 Of ordnance stores in possession of regiments and battalions 
 other than artillery, to be made by commanding officers 
 thereof Ill 59 
 
 Quarterly, of arms, accoutrements, and equipments in hands 
 of troops, required by paragraph 1348, Army Regulations, 
 to be promptly rendered I 148 
 
 As above, when made and how forwarded II 148 
 
 Officers failing to render as above, subject to trial for " dis- 
 obedience of orders" or " neglect of duty " Ill 148 
 
 Brigade and district ordnance officers to give assistance to 
 officers commanding regiments, etc., in preparation of, as 
 above IV 148 
 
 Officers failing to render as above, to be reported to chief 
 
 of ordnance by chief ordnance ollicer V 148 
 
 Monthly of ordnance stores, etc., to be made by chief ord- 
 nance officer of departments and army corps Page 237 
 
 RETALIATION. 
 
 Joint resolution on subject of. {Sac Acts of Congress.). .. . I 108 
 Joint resolutions on subject of (May 1, 18(53). See Acts 
 
 of Congress 108 
 
 No. Par. REVOCATIONS. 
 7 III Allowed 40 cents per day for use and risk of horse by Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 77. 
 
INDEX. liii 
 
 22 Conscripts examined prior to the order, {o be re-examined. 
 
 (See General Orders, No- 39, paragraph I.)' 
 
 28 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 57, so as to allow payment 
 of officers in hospitals without certificate of last payment j 
 quartermasters making said payment will still furnish cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 30 II Amended by this addition : " The bureau or department for 
 
 the service of which the details were made." (See General 
 Orders, No. 32, paragraph III.) 
 
 31 IV To b6 paid by Second Auditor. 
 
 31 V Quartermaster's department, certified by commanding o/Ticbr 
 of regiment to which claimant belonged at date of promo- 
 tion. (See General Orders, No 33, paragraph V.) 
 
 36 Revoked by General Orders, No. 102, and travelling expenses 
 
 to be paid out of funds appropriated for expenses of said 
 bureau. 
 
 37 I ^cc. 6. Amended by act of April 27, 1863. (Sec General Or- 
 
 ders, No. 53.) 
 
 37 II Sec. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I. 
 
 49 I Money and other effects disposed of, as directed in General 
 Orders, No. 67, paragraph III; also, modified by. General 
 Orders, No. 93, which orders that the appraisement be made 
 after clothing has been washed and repaired, and will ap- 
 proximate to the government prices at which issued. 
 
 51 Paragraphs III, IV and V are rescinded, and matters therein 
 
 contained are regulated by General Orders, No. 59. 
 
 51 I Amended by General Orders, No. 141, paragraph V, requiring 
 th.at all certificates be given by authorized boards of ex- 
 aminers, and not by single medical officer. 
 
 67 Extended by General Orders, No. 157, to include officers of 
 
 the Commissary department, and such agents of that de- 
 partment appointed by Secretary of War. 
 
 67 I Extended by General Orders, No. 133, paragraph II, to officers 
 in Conscription bureau — payments to be made out of funds 
 of that bureau ; also, extended by General Orders, No. 135, 
 paragraph V, to officers in M.ojor Cole's department. 
 
 69 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph I, which or- 
 ders that soldiers, not discharged because fit for service in 
 staff departments, will be recommended for such detail. 
 
 69 X Amended to prohibit extension, also of leaves of absence and 
 furloughs. 
 
 86 I Amended by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph II, to raise 
 ago to 45, and to order that all who are of conscript age, 
 18* 
 
liv INDEX. 
 
 and neither exempted by law nor already in service, bo 
 conscripted. 
 87 Modified by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph III, ordering 
 
 principal to bo conscribed, when services of substitute are 
 lost from any cause other than casualties of war. 
 116 I Modified by General Orders, No. 126, making it duty of en- 
 rolling oflicer to assign conscripts to service, at the discre- 
 tion of commandant of conscripts in the state. 
 122 I Altered and enlarged by General Orders, No. 125, paragraph 
 VII, requiring statement as to whether the substitute is 
 now serving ; and if not, why ? 
 141 Modified by General Orders, No. 157, paragraph II, allowing 
 
 soldier, when unable to travel, to send certificate of his at- 
 tending physician, said certificate to be submitted to board, 
 who will act on it. 
 REVOKING. 
 
 Agencies for purchase of wool, except, etc II 6 
 
 Second clause, paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, of 
 1862, authorizing senior surgeon, in absence of regularly 
 
 appointed officers, to act as commandant of post I 1-4 
 
 Fourth clause, paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, of 
 
 1862, concerning discharges I 14 
 
 All outstanding authorities from War department to recruit 
 
 persons of conscript age, except, etc I 18 
 
 Paragraphs 117, 118, and 119, Army Regulations, authoriz- 
 ing officers to employ enlisted men as servants Ill 20 
 
 Paragraph V, Special Orders, No. 79, and paragraph II, 
 Special Orders, No. 80, of 1862, concerning Surgeon E. 
 
 W.Johns II 23 
 
 Paragraph 1,253, Army Regulations, during the war, con- 
 cerning the employment of slaves in Ordnance depart- 
 ment II 32 
 
 Previous orders relating to discharges and furloughs on sur- 
 geon's certificate. {HeQ Fitrlovgh and Dlschai-fje.) ....VII 51 
 Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 1862, requiring 
 
 ordnance sergeants to make returns to Ordnance bureau. Ill 59 
 Paragraphs III, IV, and V, General Orders, No. 51, current 
 series, concerning discharges and furloughs on surgeon's 
 
 certificate IX 69 
 
 Appeals made by the President to the people of the Confed- 
 erate States for quartermaster's supplies I 92 
 
 General Orders, No. 36, current series, allowing actual 
 travelling expenses to oflicers of Nitre bureau I 102 
 
INDEX. Iv 
 
 ROLLS. 
 
 Monthly, of conscripts to bo forwarded by commandants 
 
 camps of instruction to bureau at Richmond Ill 1 
 
 Monthly, of conscripts to be forwarded by enrolling officers 
 
 to commandants camps of instruction Ill 1 
 
 Muster, for organizations for local defence shall specify, 
 
 etc Ill 86 
 
 ROLL OF HONOR. 
 
 Names of those now inscribed on Ill 131 
 
 SERVANTS. 
 
 Enlisted men not to be employed as, by olficcrs Ill 20 
 
 SIGNAL CORPS. 
 
 Duties of oflicers of, confined to those bearing commissions 
 as such, under acts approved April 19, and September 27, 
 1862 I 10 
 
 Officers of, will be assigned by Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
 eral to any general officers entitled thereto. . i ..' II 10 
 
 Officers of, to make reports, returns, etc., through senior 
 
 signal officer on duty at seat of government .Ill 10 
 
 SLAVES. 
 
 Act to protect rights of owners of, taken by or employed in 
 
 army '. I 25 
 
 Depots for recaptured, established II 25 
 
 Quarters for recaptured, provided by commandants camps of 
 
 instruction Ill 25 
 
 Captured, disposition to be made of IV 25 
 
 Cases of, serving without written authority of masters to 
 be reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General's office by 
 adjutants I 59 
 
 Impressment of, for labor on fortifications, etc., to be decided 
 upon b.v commanding general or engineer otnecr in 
 charge of work I 133 
 
 Impressment of, not to be resorted to except in case of ne- 
 cessity I 133 
 
 Commanding general may authorize impressment of, be- 
 tween ages 17 and 60; before Deceuiber 1. 1S63, must ab- 
 stain from impressing on plantations producing exclusive- 
 ly provisions, except, etc II 1.38 
 
 AVho shall not be impressed Ill 138 
 
 Fi.\ing period of impressment of IV 133 
 
 Notices to be given of number and character of, required, 
 
 time and place of delivery, etc VI 133 
 
hi INDEX. 
 
 Masters of, may furnish subsistence and overseers for YI 138 
 
 If subsistence is furnished for, at Trhat rate commuted. .VIII 133 
 
 Fixes compensation for services of; allows rations, medical 
 
 attendance, etc., etc VII 138 
 
 In case of death of, from injuries, etc., received in service, 
 
 compensation how and by whom fixed, etc., etc VII 138 
 
 Sent voluntarily and accepted without speci.al contract, to 
 be on same footing as if delivered on requisition, etc., 
 etc fill 138 
 
 In case of disagreement .as to value of, at time of impress- 
 ment; value of, how ascertained IX l.'iS 
 
 In what cases government not liable for death of VII 138 
 
 Opinion of Engineer bureau as to proper mode of treating 
 claims for, lost while in employ of the Confederate 
 
 States Page 232 
 
 STAFF. 
 
 Applications /or, appointments to fill vacancies to be sent 
 through proper channel, and to state how such vacancies 
 occurred I 8 
 
 Act to amend an act for organization of general. (May 20, 
 
 1863) I 108 
 
 STATIONERY. 
 
 May be issued to oflSccrs of army on duty enrolling con- 
 scripts II 12 
 
 STRAGGLERS. 
 
 To be ai rested by enrolling officers II 1 
 
 SUBSTITUTES. 
 
 Not legally exempt held in service for period of enlist- 
 ment f principal also liable IV 1 
 
 Form for enlistment of, and for discharge of soldier pre- 
 senting 87 
 
 Discharged on certificate of disability to be enrolled when 
 
 disability ceases 89 
 
 Services of, being lost other than by casualties of war, 
 renders principal liable ....Ill 98 
 
 List of, to be forwarded to Colonel Jno. S. Preston, Chief of 
 
 Conscript lUircau, by regimental, battalion, etc I 122 
 
 Modification of above VII 125 
 
 In medical examination of, requirements of paragraph 1,192 
 General Regulations (paragraph 48 Medical Regulations) 
 to be adhered to VII 141 
 
 Failing to meet above requirements, rejected VII 141 
 
INDEX. Ivii 
 
 Deaerting, principal not liable if substitution was eficctcd 
 
 prior to July 20, 1863 Pago 233 
 
 Will not be received unless substitution first have approval 
 
 of commanding general of army or department Page 233 
 
 Have no right to complain of violation of any regulation or 
 
 order bj' which he was brought into service Piigo 233 
 
 TITHE TAX. 
 
 Accounts relating to, must bo kept by quartermasters, sepa- 
 rate from other accounts II 117 
 
 Producers must deliver in marketable condition, etc Ill 117 
 
 May be received bj' quartermasters and commissaries serv- 
 ing with troops when properly authorized V 117 
 
 When producers offer to pay to authorized officers, it is obliya- 
 tory upon latter to receive the produce, and pay excess of 
 transportation over eight miles at rates prescribed by 
 state commissioners YI 117 
 
 Receipt for given to producers regarded as evidence that 
 so much of his tax has been paid YI 117 
 
 TRANSFERS. 
 
 Of bonded officers not recognized until ratified by War 
 
 department II S 
 
 Soldiers able to furniah horse may receive, to cavalry II 67 
 
 Members of cavalry refusing to keep themselves supplied 
 
 with horses ma}' receive, to infantry or artillery 11 67 
 
 May be granted to persons between forty and forty-five 
 
 years of age in organizations for 16cal defence XII 86 
 
 Act to provide for, from army to navy. Approved May 1, 
 
 1863 I 108 
 
 Act to provide, from army to navy (Maj- 1, 1863) lOS 
 
 Persons in army may receive to navy, on application of 
 
 Secretary of Navy 108 
 
 Will not be granted to officers and soldiers from general ser- 
 vice to local companies YI 135 
 
 TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 For troops by rail; requisition, how nindo II 2 
 
 For messengers with freight YII 2 
 
 Commutation of, may be paid by regimental quartermaster 
 to enlisted men entitled to furlough under acts approved 
 
 December 11 and April 16, 1862 IV 20 
 
 Commutation of, as above, at rate of two and a half cents 
 
 per mile V 20 
 
Iviii INDEX. 
 
 One two-horse wagon to each regiment in field, for hospital 
 supplies II 45 
 
 Horses employed in, with armies in field, to bo turned in to 
 cliief quartermaster if suitable for artillery ; places to be 
 supplied with mules I 60 
 
 Horses employed in, at posts or depots, to bo collected under 
 
 orders of inspector field transportation II 60 
 
 To discharged soldiers granted to place of enlistment or 
 
 residence IV 69 
 
 Commutation of, duo enlisted men who have been promoted, 
 
 will be paid by Quartermaster's department VI 31 
 
 Act to provide for persons mustered into service for war. 
 
 (February 7, 1S68; I 108 
 
 Allowed onlj' once during term of enlistment I 108 
 
 Oflicers of department of, may draw actual travelling expenses 
 in lieu of commutation for quarters, fuel and forage; may 
 be paid by any post quartermaster V 135 
 
 Inspector-General of Field charged with duty of adopting a 
 more perfect system for supply and preservation of artil- 
 lery, horse, and other field tnmsportation I 142 
 
 Purchases, impressments, and issues of field and recruiting, 
 fabricating of, etc., to bo done under orders Major A. 11. 
 Cole II 142 
 
 Other officers prohibited from purchasing or disposing of 
 this description of propertj', except, etc II 142 
 
 Field required for armies, how secured V 142 
 
 Cavalry escort to be furnished for protection of parties col- 
 lecting animals for field near enemy's lines V 142 
 
 TROOPS. 
 
 Called out by Governor of Virginia; by whom and when to 
 
 be mustered into service II 4 
 
 Issue of whiskey to, prohibited, except, etc I 45 
 
 TllOOPS IN TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 Transportation for; on railroads, how secured II 2 
 
 When moved by railroad, officer in charge to fix time of 
 
 departure with railroad officers IV 2 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 In grade of junior second licutenaut, how filled Page 233 
 
 WHISKEY. 
 
 Issue of, to troops prohibited, except in eases of exposure. . I 45 
 WOOL. 
 
 Prohibiting appointment of agents for purchase of, except, 
 etc II 6 
 
INDEX. lix 
 
 HKAD-QUAnxERS, Depautment S. C, Qa., and Fla., 
 
 Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1864. 
 The foregoing Index of General Orders from the War department 
 was prepared under my supervision, by Lieutenant Edmund Keakny, 
 A. D. C. 
 
 THOMAS JORDAN, 
 Brigadier-General, and Chief of Staff. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspf.ctor-Gexeral's Office, 
 
 No. 1. ) Richmond, January 3. 1863. 
 
 I.. The followiug Orders are published for the information of the 
 army : 
 
 All white male citizens of the Confederate States, between the ages 
 f 18 anil 40, who are not exempt by the Act of October II, 1862, ar.3 
 liable to conscription; and all such as have h^n already enrolled and 
 mustered will bo held as though in service of the Confederate States 
 until otherwise ordered. E.veraption will not take place until after en- 
 rolment whe.n enrolling olfioer.s will grant certificates of exemption 
 in all cases clearly within the meaning of the act. All doubtful cases 
 for e.Notnption will be referred for decision to commandants of camps 
 of instruction, and, if necessary, by them to the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Conscription in Richmond. Such cases will not be required to report in 
 person to the camp of instruction until final action is had on the same. 
 
 II. .Enrolling oflicors are required to be vigilant in the discbarge of 
 their duties within the districts confided to them, not only in respect to 
 the enrolment of conscripts, bst also in the apprehension and arrest of 
 stragglers and deserters from the array. Complaints having been made 
 of harsh treatment to conscripts by enrolling officers in certain locali- 
 ties, which treatment is calculated to prejudice the cause of the Con- 
 Tedcrate States by ciitouraging opposition to the acts of conscription, 
 it will, be the duty of commandants of camps of instruction to report 
 to the Secretary of War for discharge from conscript service any otllcer 
 who shall offend in this particular. It is required of all enrolling offi- 
 cers to encourage and promote a good understanding with the people 
 of the district in which they may be serving; and it is impressed on 
 them that firmness of purpose, tempered with kindness and forbear- 
 ance, will best promote the objects to be attained. 
 
 • 
 
 III. .Enrolling officers will furnish to commandants of camps of in- 
 struction at the end of each month a complete roll of the conscripts 
 made by them during the mouth. Such rolls will also embrace the 
 names of persons who have been enrolled and exempted within that 
 period. One copy of these rolls will be immediately forwarded by the 
 commandants of camps of instruction to the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Conscription iij Richmond, for file and future reference. 
 
IV.. All commissioned officers between the ages of eighteen and 
 forty who have become disconnected with the army by the operation 
 of General OrderSj Nos. 48 and 96, of 1862, or by reason of non-re- 
 election, resignation, or dismissal, unless actually disabled (of which 
 they must furnish evidence); are subject to eonscripCion ; and while 
 substitutes between the above ages, and who are not embraced in the 
 provisions of the exemption law, will be held in service to the end of 
 the terms for which they have engaged, the principals within the same 
 ages for whom the substitute may have engaged to serve will be liable 
 to conscription. 
 
 *" By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and In»pector-G eneral. 
 
 GENERA6 ORDERS, 1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 2. J ' Richmond, January 3, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following Orders are published for the information and guid- 
 ance of all concerned: 
 
 Recognizing the necessity of oflBcers of railroads having full control 
 of their business, in order to ensure safety and despatch in transporta- 
 tion, military oflBcers are prohibited from interfering with the engines, 
 cars, running of trains, or with the control and management, in any 
 way, of railro.ads. , 
 
 II.. When transportation of troops or^freight by railroad is neces- 
 sary, a quartermaster or other authorized officer shall make -requisition , 
 for the same upon the superintendent or proper officer of the railroad, 
 furnishing the necessary evidence of transijortation, and deliverifig the 
 troops or freight to be transported. 
 
 III.. In the event that more freight is to be transported over any 
 road than the road .has the ability to carry promptlj', the officer fur-- 
 nishing evidence of transportation will indicate to the railroad officer 
 what shall take precedence. In the absence of any special order as to 
 what freight shall go ffrst, the railroad officer shall be governed by any 
 general order the Quartermaster-General ra&y issue in regard thereto. 
 
 IV. .Where troops or freight is to bo removed out of the usual routine 
 of a railroad, the officer having charge of such movement will fix with 
 the superintendent or other officer of the road on which the movement 
 is to be made the day and hour oi departure: and when so fixed, the 
 roops or freight must be ready at the appointed time. , 
 
:? 
 
 ^'. .In the event of any niilitar}- necessity for an unusual niovemcut 
 at any particular point, the commanding officer at such point will com- 
 municate fully the character and extent of service to the principal officer 
 of the road or roads from which it is required, and ask the personal 
 supervision of the proper railroad officers to the duty. 
 
 VI. .Quartermasters ai»d commissaries will exercise discretion in' 
 shipping freight not wanted for immediate use, and that may be stored 
 at safe and convenient points, taking care not to block up roads and 
 thereby impede transportation. 
 
 V'll. . Wlicn it i.« necessary to send a special messenger with freight, 
 such messenger must travel with the freight placed in his charge, and 
 his transportation shall be so specified on its face, in order to prevent 
 bim from travelling in any other w.ay. 
 
 VIII. .Enrolling officers will [Hermit conscrii)ts, enrolled while in the 
 cnijiloy^^ent of railroads, to remain at their duties until Col. William 
 M. Vadley, A« A. G., decide »s to who of them it is necessary should 
 be detailed for service on the road. , 
 
 IX. .Any violation of these orders, or remissness on the part of rail- 
 road officers to perform promptlj' all government transportation, will 
 be reported to 'Col. AA'illiara M. Wadley, A. A. G., who will indicate 
 from time to time where his head-quarters will be. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOI^ER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. I Apjutaxt a.nd Inspector-Generai,"s OrncE, 
 
 No. 3. j Richmond. January 9, 1S63. 
 
 I.. The attention of officers is called to the 3Jth article of Army 
 Regulations, and especially to those par.agraphs of the article which 
 relate to the channel of military correspondence. It is no exaggera- 
 tion to state that nearly one-third of the correspondence received at 
 the War department and at this office, from officers of the army and 
 others in the military service, comes directly from the writers, without 
 passing through the prcscribcjd channel. Therefore, all indirect com- 
 munication with the department is prohibited; and where it is at- 
 tempted, either in person or by letter, the application will be referfed io 
 the proper military commander before action is taken on it, and in- 
 structions will at the same time be given to briug the offender to trial 
 
for violation of the regulations and orders respecting military corre- 
 spondence. These regulations were made after long experience. They 
 have been found indispensable, and must be observed. 
 
 II. .Not only arc all papers and applications to be forwarded through 
 the regular channels of communication, but the officers through whom 
 they come, and who are generally supposeck to be informed on the 
 merits of the case presented, are required to express their opinions 
 thereon, either in approval or disapproval. These opinions are fre- 
 quently important to the department, and the rule which prescribes 
 them must not bo overlooked. '* 
 
 By order. 
 
 g. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 ■GENERAL OKDERS."j Adjutant and Inspectok-General's Office, 
 
 No. 4. j KiciiMOND, January 12. 1863. 
 
 I. .A camp of instruction for conscripts will be forthwith established 
 at Petersburg, Virginia. All persons liable to conscription within the 
 following counties will repair to tliis camp for enrolment; and all en- 
 rolling officers within said counties will hasten forward conscripts to 
 the same point. The following are the counties referred to, to wit: 
 Greenesville, Uinwiddie, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, 
 Charlotte, Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Prince 
 Edward, and Campbell. 
 
 II. ."Major-General French will appoint an officer of his command to 
 receive and muster into service the troops called out by the Governor 
 of Virginia, in Special Orders of the Adjutant-General of the state, of 
 January 9, 186-3, as they arrive at Petersburg, and cause them to be 
 furnished with subsistence and other supplies needed for their effi- 
 ciency. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inipertor-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 5. ) Richmond, January 13, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following Order is published for the information of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
lOxCIIAXGE NOTICK. NO. 4. 
 
 Tlie follow iiii; officers and iiii'u liavr bei'ii duly cxiliniijved. and avo ln-ieliy so 
 ('eclared : 
 
 1. All oflicert! and men captured in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabanaa, Mississippi, 
 (ieorgia, Flmida, and Sourth Carolina, up to Deeeniber 10, 1802. 
 
 2. All oflicors and men captured in Missouri. Kan.sas, New Mexico, .\rizona, 
 Arkansas, and Louisiana, nj) to January 1, l^C"). , 
 
 3. The two foiegoing sections apply not only Jo officers and men of the Confed- 
 erate service, but also to jiersons captured in arms or hostile arr^v against the 
 United States, whatever may have been the character of the military organization 
 U) which they were attacli ed. and whatever may liave been the terms of the pa- 
 roles given by them. If any are in Federal jirisons. they are to be immediately 
 released, and delivered to the Confederate authorities. 
 
 4. All persons who have been captured on the sea or sea-coast of the Confederate 
 or United States up to December 10, 1862. If any such are in Federal prisons, 
 they are to be immediately relejiaed, and delivered to the Confederate authorities. 
 
 .5. All ConfcHerafe officers and men who have been delivered at City Point up to 
 January 6. >VC>.'?. 
 
 0. .Ml Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksburgup to 
 December 'J.'!, 1S02, and inclndinp .said date. 
 
 7. All paroled Confederate officers and men receii>teil for at Vicksburg up to 
 December "23, 1802. and including said dale. 
 
 8. All Confederate officers and men captured and paroled at Fredericksburg, 
 Virginia, in December. 1802. 
 
 9. .^11 Confederate officers and men captured and paroled at Goldsboro", \orth 
 Carolina, in December, 1802. ,^ 
 
 10. Other miscellaneous and minor exchanges, of which the :ii)propriate officers 
 will be duly informed. 
 
 ROIJERT OUl.D. 
 
 Agent of E-rchanQf. 
 liichmond. January 10, 1863. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspcitor-GeueraL 
 
 OENEUAL ORDKUS,"! Awi:t.\\t .\m) 1xspector-Gexf.r.\i,'s Office, 
 
 No 0. ) RiCHMOxii. J(7)i««9-y 16, 1S63. 
 
 I.. The attention of officers charged with the eu.stodj' of public prop- 
 erty, is called to paragraphs 923, 924, and 925, Army llegulations, 
 which provide the mode of accounting for that which is lost or de- 
 stroyed, and disposing of such as become unsuitable for the service. 
 No departure will bo allowed from the re({uirements therein contained; 
 and all officers having public property in their possession will be held 
 to a strlcf accountability. 
 
 II.. The appointment of agents to purchase wool by anj- olUcer, 
 
except tbe Quarteni^aster- General, and such oflicers as may act under 
 his authority and sanction, is hereby prohibited : and all agencies for 
 that purpose, heretofore authorized by otlier officers, is revoked. . 
 
 By order. • 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 ' Adjntant and Iitupector-Geiieral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adjutant a\d Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. v. ) Richmond, January 19. 1863. 
 
 I. .The exemption from military service of route-agents of the Post- 
 office department having been claimed by the Postmaster-General as 
 executive officers of the Confederate States linder the Act of.October 11, 
 1862> is recognized. Such persons, if within conscript ages, will be 
 enrolled, and furnished with certificates exempting them during the 
 continuance of their appointments. In all cases where the appoint- 
 ment fails, or tha term thereof expires, the party is re<(uired to report 
 himself to the officer by whom he was enrolled; or, if he can not be 
 found; to the Adjutant and Inspector-General at Richmond. 
 
 II. .Hereaftft' all field artillery belonging to any separate army will 
 be parked together iinder tbe direction of the general, or other chief 
 officer of artillery having control of the same, to be distributed, when 
 required, according to tbe judgment of the commanding general of 
 such arm}'. 
 
 III. .Cavalry companies will, as far as practicable, be kept with their 
 respective regiments. The practice of detailing such companies, or 
 parts of them, as couriers and guides for the head-quarters of general 
 officers will be discontinued. Their places can be supplied by such 
 infantr,y soldiers as may be able to furnish themselves with horses, 
 and can be detailed for this duty by the general from their respective 
 commands — the number not to exceed six for the commander of an 
 army corps, four for the cojumander of division, and two for com- 
 mander of brigade. 
 
 IV.. Medical officers, in furnishing certificates of disability to dis- 
 abled and invalid officers, will confine themselves to the established 
 Forms of the service provided for such certificates, and will hereafter 
 abstain from recommending them for li'jht duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjnfoiit find TnKjjector- General. 
 
(rEXKIlAL ORDERS,) Apjutaxt and iNSPCCTon-OEXERAL's Office, 
 
 No. S. i Richmond. January 20, 1863. 
 
 I. .Applications for staff appointments to fill vacancies, whe.ther 
 occurring in divisions, brigades, regiments, or battalions, must in all 
 cases, besides being sent through the proper channels, be accompanied 
 by a statement showing how such vacancies have occurred ; and, until 
 the previous incumbent shall have been properly disposed of, and his 
 absence accounted for to the satisfaction of this department, no other 
 appointment will be made. 
 
 ir. .No transfers of bonded officers from the positions to which they 
 have been originally assigned shall bo recognized until ratified by this 
 
 department. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 y .\djutaxt anp Inspector-Gf.xekal's Office, 
 
 No. 9. ) Richmond. January 22, 1863. 
 
 I..Pufsuant to section 8 of an "act to provide for the" public de- 
 fence," tupproved April 16, 1862, men who are mustered into service, 
 bringing with tbcm their own arms, are entitled to one d.illar per month 
 for the use of the same from the date of mustering into service. Should 
 they prefer to receive the full value of the %rms, the same will be fixed 
 by the mustering officer at an3''muster, according to the value of arms 
 fi.xed by General Orders, No. 78. In cither case, the fact will be noted 
 on the muster roll by the mustering officer, with a statement of the value 
 of the arm, or of the amount due per month as compensation for the 
 use thereof. The sums so due for arms, or use of arms, will be paid 
 by the brigade, division, or other ordnance oflicer, and such payment 
 noted on the ^uuster roll. 
 
 Payment for the use of arms will not be made oi'tener than once in 
 six months. 
 
 II.. In like manner, cavalry equipments brought into service will be 
 valued by the mustering olficer, and the value entered upon the muster 
 roll, and paid for at the followiiig rates : ^ 
 
 For a good serviceable saddle from $15 to $20 
 
 For a good saddle blanket ...'....._. from 3 to 4 
 
 For a good bridle from 3 to 5 
 
 For a good halter .' from 2 to 3 
 
 And minor articles at the discretion of the mustering olficer. 
 
H 
 
 III. .General Onlers, No. 10], last series from this office, are amend- 
 ed, so as to allow that the two surgeons to be eniploj-ed to examine 
 conscripts in each congressional district may be selected from the dis- 
 tricts in which they are to act, when surgeons can not be obtained 
 from other congressional districts. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A(!j(ttiiiit and hiHj^ector-GeneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, j Adjutant and rNsPECTOR-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 10. ) Richmond, January 24, 1863. 
 
 The following Orders are published for the information of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 I.. The duties of signal officers are confined to those bearing com- 
 missions as such, appointed under the acts of Congress approved April 
 19, 1862, and September 27, 1862. 
 
 II.. To any general officer requiring a signal officer, and entitled 
 thereto, one will be assigned by the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 III.. All signal officers are required to make their reports, returns, 
 etc., through the senior signal cffiter on duty at the seat of govern- 
 ment; and paragraph I^, General Orders, No. 40, must be more 
 strictly observed. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjittniil (Old Iiispecior-Geiieral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 11. J Richmond. January 27, 1863. 
 
 The military courts appointed and organized under the act approved 
 October 9. 1862, will be governed and controlled as other coutts mar- 
 fcial, by the Articles of War and Regulations of the Army, in connec- 
 tion with the aforesaid Act of October 9, 1862. 
 
 Their proceedings will therefore bo subject to review by the com- 
 manding general of the army corps to which they are attached, who, 
 by the decision of the President, is the proper reviewing officer of all 
 such proceedings,_under the provisions of the law and the Articles of 
 
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 War. The original proceedings of these -courts, after final action is 
 had on them, will be transmitted to the office of the Adjntant and In- 
 spector-General, agreeably to the 90th Article of War. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- Goiernl. 
 
 OENERAI, ORDKU.S.") Apjutaxt and Inspf.ctor-Generals OrncE, 
 
 Xo. 12. ) KiriiMoxi), J(ini(oi.y 28, 1SC3. 
 
 I. .Candidates for appointments of artillery oflficers for ordnance - 
 duly who have passed tlieir examinations at the head-quattors of any 
 army, armj- corps, or department, may be placed on ordnance duty as 
 acting ordnance otfiecrs. The number so placed on duty.shall not ex- 
 ceed one-half of the Avholc number passed there, and shall be taken 
 from the head of the list, without reference to the grade for which they 
 are recommended. 
 
 Acting ordnance olFicers so placed on duty shall be entitled to pay as 
 first lieutenants, if recommended for that, or higher grade, and as sec- 
 ond lieutenants, if not recommended for higher grade. 
 
 Commissions will be issued as soon as the examinations are com- 
 pleted in all the armies, and will be for' grades and of dates to corre- 
 spond with the general roll of merit established by the examiners. 
 
 II.. The Quartermasters' department will issue to officers of the 
 army, on duty enrolling coBscripts, such fuel and stationery, within* 
 the limits prescribed by existing regulations for' allowances to public 
 oflFiccs, as shall be certified by those officers to be indispensable for the 
 proper discharge of their duties. 
 
 The legitimate expenses of the performance of such duty will be 
 paid, in the ease of enrolling officers not commissioned, upon accounts 
 approved by the commandant of conscripts for the state, or commander 
 of camji of instruction. 
 
 Bj- order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant a)id IiiK2}rctnr-Gc)>eral. 
 
 OKXERAL'ORDEUS,"! , Adjutan't and Ixspfcti r-General's Office, 
 
 No. 13. J KicnMOXD, January 31, 18G3. 
 
 I.. The following arsenals, armories, depots, etc., are immediately 
 under charge of the War department; and its orders will be given 
 directly through the Ordnance bureau, viz r 
 
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 Kicliinond Arsenal ^ Rtchmoud, Virginia. 
 
 " Armory .' '• " 
 
 Fa^-ettcville Arsenal and Armory Fayeltovillc, N. C. 
 
 Charleston Arsenal Charleston, S. C. 
 
 Au<;usta Arsenal and Powder Works .^. . .Augusta, Ga. 
 
 Macon Arsenal Macon, Qa. 
 
 Armory " " 
 
 '•' Laboratory '• J' 
 
 Columbus Arsenal Columbus, (jia. 
 
 Atlanta Arsenal Atlanta, fta. 
 
 Mount Vernon Arsenal Mount Vernon, Ala. 
 
 Montgomery Arsenal Montgomery, Ala. 
 
 Sclma Arsenal Selma, Ala. 
 
 Jaekson Arsenal Jackson, Miss. 
 
 Greensboro' Depot Greensboro', N. C. 
 
 Danville Depot Danville, Va. 
 
 Lynitbburg Depot Lynchburg, V.a. 
 
 little Rock Arsenal Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 Texas Arsenal San Antonio, Texas. 
 
 II.. The stores fabricated and deposited at these posts are to be 
 drawn out on requisitions, as designated in section V, Ordnance regu- 
 lations. \ 
 
 III.. Officers stationed at the arsenals antj depots will, on their first 
 arrival, report in person or by letter to the commanding-general of the 
 department, and will obtain leave o/ absence fri^m him; but while 
 liable to, requisitions made upou the arsenal or armory, as provided 
 above, are subject to orders only from the War department, through 
 the Ordnance bureau. 
 
 IV. .The quartermasters' depots at Augusta, Atlanta, and Columbus, 
 Georgia, and at Montgoijiery and lluntsville, Alabama, having been 
 established by the direction of the War department, to supply' the 
 necessities of the army at large, are placed under the special control of 
 the Qmirlcrmaster-Goneral, though subject to the in.spoction of the 
 commanding officers of the departments in which they are located. 
 Issues from these depots will be maile by order of the Quartermaster- 
 General, upon requisitions of chief quartermasters, approveil by com- 
 manding generals. 
 
 By order. • 
 
 ' S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector- (J en era I. 
 
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 GKXERALi ORDEJtS, 1 ' Adjutant axd Inspector-Gexkuai/s Office, 
 
 No. 14; j . ■ RlCHMOM). F\:bruar;/ 3, 1803. 
 
 I. .The 2d clause, paragraph IV, of General Orders, No. 72, of 1862, 
 is hereby revoked. 
 
 The fourth clause of same paragraph is amended as follows : 
 On a certificate of disaiiility, with recommendation for furlough or 
 discharge, signed in duo form by examining board, and approved 
 by the senior surgeon of the post, the commander of the post may 
 grant the soldier a furlough, not to exceed thirty daj^s, and submit the 
 application for a longer period to the general to whose command the 
 soldier may belong : or he miiy refer, without granting the furlough, to 
 the discretion of said couim%nding general. » 
 
 ' II. .The superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized 
 and directed to enforce existing contracts of the government in iron, 
 load, and other munitions. Where "iron and other articles thus con- 
 tracted for, and needed for the service, are ascertained to have been 
 sold at private sale, or are not promptly delivered according to the 
 terms and spirit of the contract, they m.ay be taken wherever found; 
 and, upon requisition, assistance shall be afforded by the commandant 
 of the nearest post or camp of inlstruction to the officer or agent 
 of the Mining bureau specially charged with the enforcement of the 
 contract. 
 
 When a contract shall have been persistently viohited, after ten days 
 notice, all detailed or conscripted men will be withdrawn, and assigned 
 to other works. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Atljiiiaiil and fnsjyeclor-Geiicra/. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. "| Adjutant \nd lNsrECTOa-(iK\KUAL's OrriCE, 
 
 No. 1,'). ) Richmond, February 6, 1863- 
 
 I.. All commissioned officers of the army in the service of the Con- 
 federate States who are absent from their respective commands without 
 sufiScient autiiority, and from whom satisfactory reports have not been 
 received, will be considered as no longer in service thirty days after 
 the piM)lication of this order, when their names will be ora'sed from the 
 returns of regiments and coriis. All quartermasters of the army, 
 charged with the payment of troops, arc hereby prohibited from mak- 
 
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 iiig payments to officers vvbo du nut exhibit sufficient authority for 
 absence from their proper commands; and where any doubt exists in 
 the mind of the paying officer, for want of such authority, he will 
 suspend payment, and report the case to this office, with the name and 
 residence of the officer so absent, and the regiment and corps to which 
 ho belongs. 
 
 II.. Where occasions may arise in "military commands for charges 
 against a disbursing officer of the army, arrest will be stayed until a 
 report of the facts in tlie case is duly made to the 'War department 
 llirough the office of the Adjutant and Inspector-General; and the 
 officer will continue to discharge his duties until the department shall 
 take proper measures for his relief from duty. 
 
 III.. In congressionaPdistricts where slirgeoiis can not be '; em- 
 jiloyed" to complete the examining boards for conscripts directed 
 in jirevious orders, the commandants of conscripts may constitute 
 such boards, temporarily, by meiKeal officers under their authority. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEU, 
 * Adjutant and lii^pector-Getieral. 
 
 GENKRAL OKDEKS "1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 10. J . Richmond, February 1, 18*53. 
 
 I.. The special measures instituted in the circular from this office 
 (if the 8th January, ultimo, were intended to aid, and in nowise to 
 supersede the operation and rules of the regularly established S3'stem 
 of conscription. Reports h.ave been received that officers thus sent 
 from the army have been practically setting aside the sj'stem, decis- 
 ions, and exemptions established under the authority of the command- 
 ants of conscripts in the respective states, and are neglecting to make 
 to those officers .any returns of the conscripts gathered by them. 
 
 It is hereby ordered that all officers acting under the authority of' 
 the circular in question shall refrain from inteiference with any con- 
 scripts already in the custody" of the officers regularly on conscription 
 iluty, and shall assert no claim over them, otherwise than by estimates 
 on the commandants for the quota to which their regiments shall be 
 entitled under the principle oi }>ro rata distribution; also, that they 
 shall respect certificates of exemptions issued by regular enrolliug 
 officers, rei)orting for decision of the commandants any case in which 
 the exemption may ajipear to tluin to have been improperly granted; 
 
that, in no case shall they themselves grant certificates of exemption 
 or detail; that in all doubtful cases or cases of appeal from their 
 decision they shall refer to the regular enrolling oflRccrs or the co«,- 
 mandants; and that they shall furnish to the^ocal enrolling officers, or 
 the commandants of conscripts for the^state. descriptive lists of all 
 Iicrsons within conscript ages recruited or gathfercd by them. 
 
 II..Tiie commandants of conscripts, in making their reports to the 
 Bureau of Conscription, will return separately the conscripts gathered 
 and reported to them under the system instituted by the circular above 
 
 referred to. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailjntnut a)id InKprctor-Gcncral. 
 
 (;f,NKI!AL OKDEHS. | Abjl'tant axd I.NSPECTOR-CiF.SER.vL's Office, 
 
 y y j Richmond, February 13, 1863. 
 
 L.Thc following additional appointments under the Act of October 
 fl, 1862, providing for the establishment of military courts, are an- 
 nounced for the information of all concerned : 
 
 Lreiitenant-Gruernl J. C. Peinherton's Corpn. 
 George B.. Wilkinson, Presiding Judge, Mississippi. 
 .John J. Good, Texas. 
 Henry AV. Allen, Louisiana. 
 John P. McMillan, .Judge Advocate, Missouri. 
 
 Lieiiictiant-Griicral W. J. Hnrdec'n Corpn. 
 John C. Moore, Presiding Judge, Alabama. 
 Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi. 
 Taylor Beutty, Loui na. 
 Bojiton Randolph. Judge Advocate, Texas. 
 
 II. .The above-named members will report without delay to the com- 
 manding officers of the respective army corps to which they belong; to 
 whom their letters of appointment will be forwarded, except whore 
 they may be called for at this office at an early day. 
 
 III. .In all cases wji«re the .sentence of a court martial directs a for- 
 feiture of pay. the just dues of the laundress are to be understood as 
 always excepted from guch forfeiture. This exception will embrace 
 
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 sums which have accrued, as well as those which became due during 
 the term of the sentence. • 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-Ge.neral's OrnCE, 
 
 No. 18. J Richmond, February 16, 1863. 
 
 I.. With the exceptions hereinafter named, all outstanding autliori- 
 ties issued from the War department to recruit persons of conscript 
 age into regiments, battalions, or companies not in service on the 16th 
 day of April, 1862, will be held as terminated from and after the 10th 
 day of March next. ■ 
 
 Any new organization that shall meantime have been completed up 
 to the legal standard of a regiment, battalion, or company, as may have 
 been specified in the original authority issued, will be reported before 
 the 10th of March to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, f»r 
 muster and reception int» service. 
 
 The ofganization itself failing of completion, the material within 
 conscript ages (including officers) of such parts as shall have been 
 enrolled for the special service will be reported to the local command- 
 ants of conscripts, respeq,tively, for enrolment' and conscription. These 
 commandants will, however, cause to be allowed to the persons thus 
 transferred, previous to enrolment, the privilege of volunteering in 
 companies that were in service on the IGth of Ajsril, 1802. 
 
 II.. From the operation of this order are excepted new companies 
 or corps in process of organization under authority issuing from the 
 War department of a date later than the 10th of December, 1862, and 
 all such as may have been authorized to be recruited from material 
 found within districts possessed by the enemy, or in which the con- 
 script law has been suspended by the President, or in which the regu- 
 lar execution of the conscript law is, from the vicinity of the enemy, 
 unattainable. 
 
 III. .All ofiiocrs and persons acting under authority, now and here- 
 after, to recruit new organizations, will report to the commandants of 
 conscripts in their respective states the names of those persons who are 
 employed by them in enlisting recruits. In the absence of such official 
 evidence, the enrolling officers will not recognize the authority claimed. 
 By order. 
 ' . S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and iMpector-tieixeral. 
 
I.) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS "| Adjutant and Inspbctor-Geneeal's Okfice, 
 
 No. 19. I Richmond. February 17. 18C3. 
 
 With a view to determine the military state of certain persons in the 
 army, who have left their regular commands and joined others, under 
 the impression that they had a right so to do, but are claimed as desert- 
 ers under existing laws, the following orders are published : 
 
 I.. Persons who joined new companies at the expiration of their 
 ftrst term of service, under the act authorizing re-cnlistmcnts for the 
 war, will be continueil in their present companies, provided the facts 
 do not show an intention to desert their former commands ; also all 
 paroled prisoners whose term of service had expired, and who enlisted 
 in new companies under the provisions of (Jeneral Orders, No. 44, 
 Adjutant and Inspcctor-Uenerars office, Richmond, June 17, 1862, 
 will be continued in thtiir present companies. 
 
 II.. All persons who have really deserted, and have joined other 
 companies, will be returned to their original commands; and the 
 benefit of this order is to be strictly limited to cases arising from a 
 misconception of rights and duties under the rc-enlistment and con- 
 script laws. * 
 
 III. .The privilege heretofore exercised by troops on the battle-field, 
 of exchanging their small arms and field* pieces for those captured 
 from the enemj', is hereafter, forbidden, and tha prohibition will be 
 strictly enforced by commanders. Disasters nlay easily result from a 
 disregard of this necessary order. All such exchanges must be made 
 by proper authority, and with a due regard to the efficiency of the 
 troops. Captured arras and artillery will bo turned over to the chief 
 ordnance officer, and bo assigned, whenever practicable, to the troops 
 to whom the general .=h«ll, on testimony, award their capture. 
 By order. • . 
 
 • S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and InspeHor-(J cneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. | . Adjutant and Ixspkctor-General's Office. 
 
 No. 20. S Richmond, Fchrnary 19, 1863. 
 
 I.." General or other officers commanding army corps or departments 
 will cause full returns of artillery, ammunition, and other ordnance 
 stores at the various forts and batteries within their commands to be 
 prepared without delay. 
 
 "The chief of ordnance of each army corps or department will be 
 
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 held responsible that ihesu returns are forwarded to the Chief of the 
 Bureau of Ordnance :it Richmond within twenty days after the receipt 
 of this order, and will lhe^>after see that the returns required b}* 
 paragraph l?i48, Army Regulations, are regularly forwarded. 
 
 II.. "All orduanoe and ordnance stores, including cavalry equip- 
 ments captured from the enemy by partisan rangers, shall be assessed 
 by competent officers, under orders of the commanding general, entered 
 upon the rolls, and paid for by any ordnance officer, upon receipt for 
 the money from the men entitled to the property, and a property certifi- 
 cate signed by the ofTicer commanding the company, squadron, battal- 
 ion, or regiment of rangers, as the case may bo." The rolls must state 
 distinctly the company, battalion, or regiment to which the arms are. 
 'assigned, in order that the commanding otlicer of the same may bo 
 charged with the property on the books of the treasury. 
 
 III. .Paragraphs 117, 118, and 119, Army Regulations (being con- 
 trary to law), are hereby revoked ; and no enlisted man in the service 
 of the Confederate States will, be employed as a servant by any olllcer 
 of the army. 
 
 JA'..When a non-commissioned officer, mnsican, or private eutitled 
 to a furlough under the acts of Congress, approved Decembe-r 11, 1861, 
 and April 16, 1802, shall elect to receive the commutation value in 
 money in lieu of transportation to his home and back, the quartermas- 
 ter of his regiment will promptly pay his account therefor, u')ion his 
 certificate, approved by his company and regimeutal commanders, 
 
 that commutation is justly due him iu lieu of a furlough. 
 
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 v.. In making such payments, quartermasters will estimate the 
 amount due in each case at two and a half cents per mile for the dis- 
 tance the Soldier would, if upon furlough, be conniellcd to travel to and 
 from his home. 
 
 VL.Compilny conitfcanders will be required to state upon their 
 muster and pay rolls payments made under these orders opposite the 
 name of the soldier so paid. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant find fimpector-lieiicrnf. 
 
 GK.NKUAly ORDERS."! .\djutaxt and IxgPECTOR-GENERAL s Office, 
 
 No. 21. ) RicicMOXD, Februartj 20 1863. 
 
 I.. When the o.tigoacy of the service requires it, ordnance stores 
 
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 reported unserviceable by the officer who is rospousible for them shall 
 be iiispectcil Jjy the Brigade Inspector, under the direction of the 
 Inspector-General of the army; or in case of the absence of the 
 Brigade Inspector, then by any other officer desigjiatcd by the Inspect- 
 or-General, except the officer accountable for the property in question. 
 The inspecting officer shall make a report in accordance with para- 
 graphs 925 and 926, Army Regulations ; and whatever stores he con- 
 siders worn out or unserviceable, he shall order, under tlie direction of 
 the Inspector- General, to be dropped. 
 
 II.. When re((uisitions for ordnance stores are m-ade to supply defi- 
 ciencies, a copy of the report of the inspector shall be appended, to 
 show the necessity of the issue. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Ingjicctor-General. 
 
 GKNEHAL ORDEItS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-Generai/s Office 
 
 No. 22. j Richmond, February 23, 1863. 
 
 The following additional instructions. are published for the guidance 
 of the medical officers and surgeons composing the boards of examina- 
 tion for conscripts: 
 
 I.. In their examination of conscripts, they must exercise a sound 
 and firm discretion, and not yield their judgment in favor of every 
 complaint of trivial disability, -by attaching too much importance to 
 which they indirectly favor evasions of the required military service. 
 
 II. . A^ a general rule, it may be received that where a conscript is 
 equal to all the active duties of the various occupations of civil life, he 
 is able to discharge the duties of a soldier. 
 
 III. .Temporary exemption is s-o liable to abuse, and to be resorted 
 to as a means of evasion, that the examining surgeon must fix the 
 period for which it is granted (which, with the reasons therefor, will 
 be stated in the monthly report), at the exi)i'ration of which period 
 the conscript must present himself for examination, or be considered 
 absent without leave. 
 
 IV. .The following are some of the grounds not deemed sufficient and 
 satisfactory for exemption : 
 
 1. General debilili/. — The grades of this condition .are numerous, and 
 on receiving them all as' grounds for exemption, the examining surgeon 
 
can uot be cousidered us disobargiug his duty to the service. In arriv- 
 ing at a correct judgment upon this point, he will be aided by the con- 
 sideration that observation has by no means established that a so called 
 "high standard of health is best adapted to encounter the exposures of 
 military life, such physical condition being especially liable to disease; 
 while health of a lower grade, without any coexisting positive disease, 
 is frequently' strengthened and improved by the exposures incident to 
 the life of a soldier. 
 
 2. In case of sU<jhi deformity, natural, or the result of accident and 
 irregular union of fractures, unless material impairment of power and 
 motion results from such deformity, the conscripts must be held liable 
 for military service. 
 
 3. DeafnesH. — This is not a valid reason for exemption, unless so ex- 
 cessive (which must be stated in the monthlj' report) as' to incapacitate 
 a man for the duties of a sentinel. The fact of its existence must also lie 
 established by the affidavit of a rcspectable'physician, who has known 
 the conscript to be the subject of the infirmity. 
 
 4. Impediment of speech. — Unless of a very aggravated character, is 
 not a valid reason for exemption. 
 
 5. Heart disease {organic). — Organic disease of the heart being com- 
 paratively infrequent, the physical and rational signs should be scruti- 
 nized with great care, and the subject of examination should not be 
 ei.C'a^ed unless the case is satisfactorily established. 
 
 0. Fxinctional dinturbance of heart's action. — This is very common — 
 not a valid ground for exemption, and will generally be relieved by 
 change to the life of the camp. 
 
 7. Jiheumatism. — The kind should be designated, whether acute or 
 chronic, articular or muscular. It is a complaint liable to be used as a 
 means of evasion. Where it is simply muscular, without swelling or 
 contraction of the joints, and the general health of the conscript is 
 otherwise sound, he should be held liable to military duty. 
 
 S. Epilepsy. — This disease being frequently simulated, so as to im- 
 pose upon a careless observer, nothing less than the observation of an 
 actual paroxysm, or the affidavit of a responsible physician acquainted 
 with the conscript, should be deemed satisfactory by the examining 
 surgeon. 
 
 9. Varicocele. — Not a ground for exemption, unless excessive; which 
 must bo slated in the monthly report. 
 
 IG. Myope. — Not a ground for exemption. Many myopic subjects 
 distinguish distant objects with accuracy sufficient for all practical pur- 
 poses. 
 
 H. lI.:inorrhoid«. — As many invalids in civil life, subjects of this 
 disorder, are engaged in active occupations, they should not, unless 
 
excessive (wLich must be stated in the monthly reports), he coutidercd 
 satisfactov}' grounds for exemption. , 
 
 12. Opucity of one cornea, or the loss of one eye. — Not valid grounds 
 for exemption. 
 
 13. The loss of one or two finijero. — Not sufficient cause for exemption. 
 
 14. Single reducible hernia. — Not a valid cause for exemption. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S.. COOPER, / 
 , Ailj'itlunt (iiid rnspcctor-(je}ieral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. J Adjutant and Inspectof.-Gknkr.m.'s Office, 
 
 Xo. 23. f Richmond, 1-Tebriiary 25. 186:). 
 
 l..The senior surgeons of commands entitled to medical directors 
 will be detailed as medical directors for such commands. Whenever, 
 however, the interest of the service shall require a departure from this 
 rule, medical directors for commands will be recommended by the Sur- 
 geon-General, and announced in Orders from this office. 
 
 . II. .Paragraph YI, Special Orders, No. 79, and paragraph II, Special 
 Orders, No. 80, of last scries from this office, directing medical pur- 
 veyors to obey all instructions relative to the trausfer of medical sup- 
 plies and reports of supplies on hand, emanating from Surgeon E. AV. 
 Johns, Medical Purveyor, are hereby revoked; and hereafter all reports 
 will be made direct to the Surgeon-General, and all instructions to 
 medical purveyors will emanate from his office. 
 
 Surgeon Johns will ^nd to the Surgeon-General s office, without de- 
 lay, all records, books, and papers connected with the duties assigned 
 him under the above-named Order,-;. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and /nsprctur-Gcneral. 
 
 (H5NERAL OI!Di;r,S."l .411JUTA.NT AND I.\si';:cT()n-(!EN£RAi,s (iffkn:, 
 
 N"- -f j ~ RlciiMOM), March 5, 1803. 
 
 I.. Paragraph IV of General Orders, No. 47, of 1862, was designed 
 to apply solely to the cases of officers whose command.s had reorgan- 
 ized for the war, agreeably to the acts of Congress, No. 306, of Docem- 
 l)er 11, 1861, and No. :5'J7, of February 15, 1862, where the officers of 
 
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 suoh rewganizcd commands had been re-elected to the same grade of 
 rank they hcltl in those commands prior to their reorganization, and 
 lieforc the passage of the Act of April 16, 1862, commonly known as the 
 "Conscription act." 
 
 In all reorganizations of commands under this last-named act (April 
 16, 1S62), the officers will take rank from the date of the act, and their 
 relative rank with ea'^h other in the same grade will be regulated by 
 the date of their former commissions in the service. 
 
 II. . Officers of the army who are dccpped from the rolls, cashiered by 
 courts martial,_or whose reeignations are accepted, and who may thus 
 become liable.to military duty under the conscription acts, will, when 
 present with their commands, be at once enrolled by their respective 
 brigade commanders. When not so present, their names will be fur- 
 nished by their commanding officers to the proper enrolling officer, of 
 the district to which they belong, or in which they reside: 2}>'ovided, 
 that any officer so liable to enrolment may select in his former com- 
 mand any company from his own state in which to be enrolled. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL OKBERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-Gekehai. s Offick, 
 
 No. 25. j racDMOND, Ma,rch 6, 1863. 
 
 I.. The following Act of Congress and Regulations to enforce the 
 same are published fbr the information of all persons concerned: 
 
 Chap. LXII. — An act to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken by or 
 employed in the army. 
 
 The Congrens nf the Confederate States of America do enact, That every person 
 connected with the army or navy of" the CoufeJerato States, arresting or coming 
 into possession of any shive hy capture from the enemy, or otlicrwise than by law- 
 ful authority, shall imniediatelj' report the same to the comniauiling uflRcor of the 
 post, or brigade, or station to which he may be attached. The said commanding 
 ollicer sliall, with aa little delay as practicable, send the slaves so reported to the 
 nearest depot described in the next .suction, with a register of the place and date 
 of their arrest: provided, howRvnr, that the said slaves, or any of thcni, may at 
 once be^delivered to their respective owners, if claim is made and e.'slabli.'ihed on 
 satisfwetory evidence. 
 
 Sec 2. Tlie Secretary of War shall establish depots for recaptured slaves at con- 
 venient places, not more than five in number, in each statu; and all slaves cap- 
 tured in such state shall be kept in such depots. Public notice shall be given of 
 the places so selected. 
 
 Sec. 3. Lists of the slaves in each of such depots, showing tlie name and color of 
 
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 such slaves, the place and time d£ thoir arrest, and the names of their owners, as 
 given by tlicmseives, or otherwise ascert;iined, shall be rogulai-lj- advertised in 
 eacli state in one or more newspapers of general circulation. 
 
 Sec. 4. While such slaves are in depot, they niay bo employed, under proper 
 guard, on public works; but no slave shall be removed from the depot to which 
 he is first carried for at least one month after the first advertisement of liis being 
 there, nor then, unless an ex.ict register is made of the removal, and due adver- 
 tisement made in the newspapers as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 5 Free access shall be permitted to all persons desiring to inspect the said 
 slaves for the purpose of identifying them and establishing ownersliip; and upon 
 duo proof they sliall be immediately restored to the persons claiming them. 
 
 Ssc. 6. It shall furthei' bo tlio duty of the Secretary of War to require the names 
 of all slaves in the employment of an officer or soldier of the Confederate army or 
 navy, with the names and residence of their owners, and of the pereon by whom 
 hired ont, and of the officer or soldier hiring, to be reported to his department, and 
 a full regiatei thijreof to be kept for public inspection. 
 
 Sec. 7. The President shall prescribe regulations for carrying this act into effect, 
 and provide for the subsistence of said slaves while in such depots. [Approved 
 October 13, 1862.] 
 
 II. .Depots for recaptured slaves arahcreby cstablished'at tbo follow- 
 ing places, viz: 
 
 At the camp of instruction at Richmond, ia the State of Virginia. 
 
 " " " Petersburg, " " 
 
 " " " Dublin Station, " " 
 
 " " " Raleigh, * ' 
 
 " • '• " Columbia,, " 
 
 " " " Maeon, ' 
 
 " " '■' Decatur, ' ' 
 
 " " " .Notasulga, ' 
 
 " " " Talladega, ' 
 
 " " " Talla.haseee, * 
 
 " " " Brookliaveu, ' 
 
 " " *' Enterprise, * 
 
 ► " " " Monroe, ' 
 
 " " " Cswnp Moore, ' 
 
 " " " New Iberia, ' 
 
 " " " Houston, ' ' 
 
 " " " Knosville, ' 
 
 " " " McMinasvillo, 
 
 " " " Little Rock, ' 
 
 North Carolina. 
 South Carolina. 
 Georgia. 
 
 Alabama. 
 
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 Plorida. 
 Mississippi. 
 
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 Louisiana. 
 
 Texas. 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Arkansas. 
 
 III. .The couimandauts of the several camps of instruction will pro- 
 vide aocessary quarters for all negroes scut to the depots ; will detail 
 sufficient guards for /heir safe-koeping; provide for their custody, em- 
 ployment, and subsistence; rcciuiro full and accurate registers to be 
 
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 kept, anil itdycrtisements, as prescribed by tbe net of Congress, to be 
 regularly made, aad afford all facilities to claimants to establish their 
 ownership, and, ou due p'-oof, surrender the slaves to their owners. ' 
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 IV. .Commanding generals will require all persons connected with 
 the army to make immediate report of all slaves arrested or coming into 
 their possession; and, if claim is not promptly made and established 
 by the owner, will send such slaves, with a register of the place and 
 date of their arrest, with as little delay as practicable, to the nearest 
 depot in the state wherein the capture is made. They will also require 
 all officers and soldiers now employing slaves forthvrtth to report the 
 same, and those hereafter employing them, within ten days thereafter, 
 with the names and residence of their owners, and of the person bj' 
 whom they were hired out, and of the officer or soldier hiring, and 
 return such rejjorts as soon as received to. this office; and will, in all 
 other respects, enforce from the officers and men under their command 
 a strict and prompt observance of the requirements of the above-recited 
 act of Congress. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Jiisjjector-Geueral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. "| Adjutant and iNSPECTon-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No, *26. ■ r Richmond, ^farch 7, 1S63. 
 
 V 
 
 The following Order of General Robert E. Lee is adopted by the War 
 department, and is republished for the information and government of 
 all concerned : 
 
 " To avoid the danger, if not the certainty, of frequent collisions, 
 and the consequent destruction of life and property, as well as obstruc- 
 tion to all trausijortation, it is absolutely necessary that the movements 
 of railroad trains should be under one undivided control. 
 
 "These considerations make it imperative that all trains should bo 
 regulated in their movements and speed only by their conductors and 
 engineers, in accordance with the regulations and time tables of the 
 company. 
 
 "All the operations of a road should be controlled by its superintend- 
 ent, or other authorized officer; and all orders for transportation of 
 every kind, and the movement of every train, will be directed through 
 him, when the exigencies of the service demand a variation from the 
 regular schedule. 
 
'•Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with disastrous 
 consequences." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 OENKRAL ORDERS,) Adjutajit and Inspector-Cteneral's Oifics, 
 
 %o. 27. ) RlcHMO.ND, March 11, 1863. 
 
 I.. By direction of the Secretary of War the proceedings, findings, 
 and sentence of the General Court Martial held at Knoxville, Ten- 
 nessee, in the case of Captain H. B. Latrobc, ''Latrobe's Battery." 
 approved by General Ileth, and forwarded to the War department for 
 confirmation, under th« ^th Article of War, are now, upon the report 
 of the facts by General Ileth, and his action thereon, duly confirmed, 
 and Captain H. B. Latrobe ceases to bo an oflicer of the army of the 
 Confederate States. 
 
 II.. So much of the sentence awarded by General Court Martial 
 against Priv.ato James T. Wilder, Company E, 4th Georgia Volunteers, 
 as directs his head to be shaved, and he'drummed out of the service, 
 is, by direction of the President, remitted, and Private AVilder will, at 
 the expiration of the term of his confinement as required hy the sen- 
 tence of the eour(^, be returned to duty with his company. 
 
 By order. 
 
 * S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, J Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 28. I Richmond, .1/a)-c/i 12, 1S63. 
 
 I.. No regiment, battalion, squadron, or company will bo disbanded 
 from the army prior to expiration of service, without express authority 
 obtained from the War department. 
 
 II. .Brigadier-gopcVals will not be detached from their brigades, nor 
 colonels from their regiments, except on ordinary temporary duty, with- 
 out the special authority of the War department. 
 
 III.. The appointment of officers of the army being vested by the 
 Constitution in the President, by and with tbo advice and consent of 
 
'Seuate, commanding and other officers are hereby cautioned against 
 assumption of this authority. All payments made to persons ap- 
 pointed as officers by military commandei-s will be charged against 
 the disbursing oflTcers making such payments. 
 
 IV.. The impositions attempted to be practised on officers of the 
 Quartermasters' department, charged with paj'ing troops, call for the 
 following regulation in respect to the payment of .officers absent from 
 their proper commands, viz: regimental quartermasters will furnish 
 to officers of their regiments *about to leave their commands on 
 detached duty certificates of last payment made by them to* such 
 officers ; which certificates will be deposited with the pay officer mak- 
 ing the next payment, who will, on such further payment, give the 
 officers a like certifieate. P.ayments to officers absent from their ap- 
 propriate commands, except those placed on detached duty by compe- 
 tent authority, and sick and wounded officers absent by like authority, 
 are expressly prohibited. 
 
 v.. General hospitals will be under the supervision atid control of 
 medical directors specially selected for the purpose, and announced as 
 such in orders from this office. Medical directors of armies, army 
 corps, and departments, will not interfere with this arrangement in 
 respect to the general hospitals. 
 
 VI. .Doubts having arisen in respect to the mode of addressing com- 
 munications, and in passing them through the channel provided in the 
 34th article of General Regulations, it is hereby directed that the party 
 making the communication will address himself to the staff officer of 
 the general or other ccftnmauding officer who may have the right finally 
 to decide on the question or application presented; and, if the subject 
 matter of the communication be such as to require the action of the 
 War department, it will be addressed to the Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General through the usual channel. All communications in the 
 ascending lino will be passed through the several intermediate com- 
 manders, until they reach the officer having the final control. For 
 example : communications from the members of a company will pass 
 through the commander of the company; thence to the commander of 
 the battalion or regiment; thence to the commander of the brigade; 
 thence f;o the division commander; next to the commander of the army 
 corps; and finally to the General commanding-in- chief, for their 
 several remarks; and, if further rfeference be required, to the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General. 
 
 VII- .All recommendations from ^cers of the army for military ap- 
 pointments to be conferred will, besides giving the character and quali- 
 
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 fications of the person rccomraeniled, name the state in which he was 
 born, and of which he claims to be a citizen. 
 
 Vlir. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 97, December 1, 1862, 
 may be so modified as to read, "Officers and agents of the Quarter- 
 masters' department are hereby ordered not to interfere with leather 
 purchased or contracted for by ofiScersor agents of, or contractors with, 
 the Ordnance department." 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENKRAI/ ORDUKS.*! Adjutant and Insi'ector-General'3 OrriCE, 
 
 No. 29. ) KicnMOND, March 14, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a court of inquiry convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 
 February 26, 186."?, by virtue of General Orders, No. 38, Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General's Oflice, Richmond, Va., issued in pursuance of an 
 act approved April 21, 1862. was arraigned and tried Lieutenant 
 Thomas Nail, Company B, 6th Georgia volunteers, on the charge of 
 drunkenness. 
 
 II.. The court confirmed the pica of "guilty" by the accu.'ied, and 
 sentenced him to bo suspended from command and pay for one month, 
 and to be publicly reprimanded. 
 
 III.. The proceedings having been submitted to the Secretary of 
 War, to be laid before the President, the following decision has been 
 made thereon : 
 
 " The sentence of the court approved ; but in consideration of the 
 habitual sobriety of Lieutenant Nail, and his previous good character, 
 80 much of the sentence as suspends him from command and pay is 
 remitted." 
 
 Lieutenant Nail will therefore bo restored to duty with his company ; 
 but the department takes occasion to express its decided disapproba- 
 tion of his conduct on the occasion referred to in the proceedings, 
 
 IV. .The Court of Inquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
 
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 GKNERAL ORDEKS,") Adjutant and Inspkctor-Oeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 30. • ) KiCHMOSD, March 18, 1863. 
 
 I. .Any employee of a government establishment who shall leave 
 such employment shall not be received at any other government 
 establishment, or by any contractor under the government, unless he 
 exhibits a proper discharge from the employment which he leaves. 
 
 II.. Any contractor under the government who shall employ any 
 ■ workman leaving without proper discharge a government establish- 
 ment, or the employment of another contractor under the government, 
 shall be notified at once that the detailed men and conscripts in his 
 employment be returned to their proper officers upon the report of the 
 facts to the Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 III.. The orders heretofore given are repeated, that conscripts or 
 detailed men leaving their employment without written permission 
 shall be reported to the nearest enrolling officer, to be tried and pun- 
 ished as deserters. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjitlaiit and Tnspector-Gcucral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and lNbi>ECT0ii-Gi2NEEAi,'s Officb 
 
 No. 31. ) Richmond, March 19, 1863. 
 
 In consequence of numerous applications made by various persons 
 to the War department, it is obvious that some misconception in regard 
 to the instructions of the Secretary of War in relation to the impress- 
 ment of supplies must exist on the part of the people, or that the 
 agents of the government have violated their instructions: now, there- 
 fore, for the purpose of removing such misconception, and to prevent 
 any violation of those instruction.s, it is hereby ordered : 
 
 I. .That no officer of the government shall, under any circum-stances 
 whatever, impress the supplies which a party has for his own consump- 
 tion, or that of his family, employees, or slaves. 
 
 II. .That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered so to 
 do by a general commanding, in a case of exigency, impress supplies 
 which are on their way to market for sale on arrival. 
 
 III. .These orders were included in the instructions originally issued 
 in relation to impressment by the Secretary of War; and the officers 
 
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 exerci3in<5 such authority are again notified that " any one acting 
 without or beyond" the authoritj' given in those instructions will be 
 held strictly responsible. • 
 
 IV. .When non-commissioned oflBcers, musicians, or privates, entitled 
 to furloughs under the act of December 11, 1861, or that of April 16, 
 18G2, have died, or may hereafter die, before the receipt thereof, their 
 personal representatives shall be allowed the commutation value of 
 transportation from the point where such parties die to their homes 
 and back. 
 
 v.. When non-commissioned oHicers, musiciaips, or privates, entitled 
 under either of the preceding acts to a furlough, shall have been, or 
 may hereafter be, promoted to the rank of commissioned ofiiccrs prior 
 to the receipt thereof, they shall be allowed the same commutation as 
 is provided in the previous paragraph, or, when they go on leave, the 
 transportation in kind, at their option. 
 
 VI. .Claims arising under paragraph I will be settled by the Second 
 Auditor; those under paragraph II by officers of the Quartermasters' 
 department. In the latter class, the facts must be attested by the cer- 
 tificate of the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claim- 
 ant belonged at the date of his promotion. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adj\it((nt and InHpccior-Geucral. 
 
 GENKRAL ORDKKS."! Adjutant and Inspkctor-Oenerai.'s Office, 
 
 No. 32. j EicnMOND, March 21, 1863. 
 
 I.. Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 66, Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General's office, September 12, 1862, is so far amended as to road as 
 follows : 
 
 Enrolling or recruiting officers, in the discharge of their duties under 
 the Conscript or other acts, are enjoined not to remove or interfere 
 with workmen or employees at the nitre, lead, or copper works, or 
 mines or furnaces worked by government officers, or by contractors for 
 the Ordnance department, without first apprising and obtaining the 
 consent of the superintendent or officer in charge, who will be held 
 strictly responsible for any abuse or evasion of the law. 
 
 II.. The operation of paragraph 1253, Confederate States Army 
 Regulations, is heieliy suspoud'^l during the existing war. 
 
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 III. .Paragraph II, General Orders, 2^o. 30, current series, is amend- 
 ed to read as follows: 
 
 Any contractor under the government who shall employ any work- 
 man leaving witiiout jiroper discharge a government establishmcftt, or 
 the emploj-ment of another contractor under the government, shall bo 
 notified at once that the detailed men and conscripts in his employment 
 be returned to their proper officers upon report of the facts to Iho chief 
 of the bureau or department for the service of which the details were 
 made. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ailjutaiit and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENBIIAL ORDERS, 1 Aujui.vxt and I.vsPECToa-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 33. j KiCHMOSD, March 26, 1863. 
 
 I.. The corps of officers for ordnance duty will hereafter be com- 
 posed exclusively as follows, vi?; : 
 
 1st. Officers of the regular Confederate army detailed by the War 
 department for ordnance duty. 
 
 2d. Officers of the provisional artillery appointed under the act of 
 Congress, April 21, 1862. 
 
 .Td. Officers of the provisional artillery for ordnance duty appointed 
 under act of lOth September, 1862 (including at present those on duty 
 under General Orders, No. 12, 1863). 
 
 4th. Officers of artillery in the provi.'jional arm}' and volunteer corps 
 appointed under act of Congress approved January 22, 1862, and de- 
 tailed on ordnance duty by the War department. 
 
 5th. Officers of the Nitre and Mining bureau appointed under act 
 of Congress. 
 
 II.. Officers horotofure assigned to ordnance duty under provisions 
 of General Orders, No. 24- and No. 46, of 1862, although not forming a 
 part of the ordnance corps will continue to be recognized in their 
 positions until relieved by the assignment of officers of the ordnance 
 corps regularly appointed or detailed. Officers of this class will bo 
 replaced by the regularly appointed officers assigned for ordnance 
 duty at the discretion of any general commanding an army or depart- 
 ment, when the interest of the service requires it. 
 
 All such changes will be communicated to the Chief of Ordnance, at 
 Richmond. 
 
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 III.. All officers in charge of arsonr.ls, .armories, work-sbops, depots, 
 or other posts where work is perroruied by detailed men, who are paid 
 by the dcparlment in which llicy are employed, and who relinquish 
 claim for pny as soldiers, ,«hall make monthly reports to the chiefs of 
 their respective bureaus, containing full lists and descriptions of the 
 men, with a correct statement of tlie pay they receive. These reports 
 will he forwarded to the Qiiartermaster-Gcneral, for the information 
 and <;uidance of (he p.ay lUpartment. to prevent the payment of fraud- 
 jilent claiiiK-:. 
 
 IV.. All generals or otheroflicers commanding military departments 
 or districts will require from provost mar.«hals and commandants of 
 prisons monthly reports of all citizens .tnd other persons not connected 
 with the Confederate army held in confinement, with specifications of 
 date and cause of arrest, and by whom arrested, accompanied with such 
 remai-ks as they may deem proper, and forward the same without delay 
 to this office. 
 
 V. .Paragraph YI, (General Orders. Xo. .SI, current series, is so far 
 amended as to read as fidlows : 
 
 Claims arising under paragraph IV will be settled by the Second 
 Auditor; those under paragraph V by oflicers of the Quartermasters' 
 department. In the latter class, the facts must Ve attested by the cer- 
 tificate of the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claimant 
 belonged at the date of his promotion. 
 
 Bv order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Innpector-Oeneral. 
 
 GEN'EltAL OUDKRS.'] Adjtta.nt and Ikspector-Gexerai.'s Office, 
 
 No. 34. ) JiicnmoND, April 1. 1863. 
 
 I.. The attention of commanding and other olliocrs is called to the 
 act of Congress of April 21, 1862, as published in General Orders, No. 
 38, of that year. A more rigid enforcement of the requirements of that 
 act on the part of commanding officers therein referred to is deemed 
 important to the interest of the .service. 
 
 II.. The geographical limits of the command of Licutcuant-tileneral 
 Lougstrect. embracing the Defences of Richmond, and extending south, 
 to incluile the State of North Carolina — the whole under the supervi- 
 sion and general direction of General R. E. Lee — will be divided into 
 three Military departments as follows: All north of the James river, 
 
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 for tVie defence of Richmond, will constitute the Department of Rich- 
 mond, under Major-G-eneral Elzey — Head-quarters, Richmond. All 
 that portion of Virginia south of the James river, and east of the 
 County of Powhatan, will constitute the Department of Southern Vir- 
 ginia, under Major-General French — Head-quarters at some central 
 point near the Blaekwater. The State of North Carolina will consti- 
 tute the Department of North Carolina, under Major-General D. H. 
 Hill — Head-quarters, Goldsboro'. 
 
 III.. The price of beef hides, transferred in accordance with para- 
 graph III, General Orders, No. 64, of 1S62, will be at the following 
 rates: For green hides five cents per pound, and dry hides ten cents 
 per pound, in the Trans-Mississippi department; and for all beef hides, 
 east of the Mississippi river, thirty cents per pound. 
 
 These prices will be paid by the quartermasters and assistant quar- 
 termasters to the commiss.aries transferring them, and the latter will 
 account for the fund thus received, in their next accounts current. 
 
 IV.. By General Orders, No. 61, paragraph II, last series from this 
 ofRce, quartermasters are directed to bear on their returns, ambulances 
 and wagons for the transportation of regimental hospital supplies, the 
 teams and drivers. It is also their duty to keep them in good condi- 
 tion, and ready for active service. Commanders will require the per- 
 formance of thiB duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Iiiifjiector-Geiieral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inkpf.ctor-Genhral's Office, 
 
 No. 35. J JliciiMOND, April 4, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a general court martial convened at Pollard, Alabama, De- 
 cember 9, 1S62, by virtue of General Orders, No. 93, Head-quarters 
 District of the Gulf, were arraigned and tried: 
 
 1. — Major M. R. Marks, 2d Alabama cavalry : 
 
 On the following charges. (Specifications omitted in this Order.) 
 Gharije Ist : Violation of the 24th Article of War. 
 Charije 2d: Violation of the 99th Article of War. 
 
 Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court find the accused. Major M. R. Marks, 2d regiment Ala- 
 
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 bima cavalry, guilty of the charges preferred, and sentence him to be 
 dismissed from the service of the Confoderate States. 
 
 2. Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d regiment Aliibaraa cavalry. 
 
 Charge \et : Violation of the 6th Article of AVar. 
 Charge 2d: Violation of the 24th Article of War. 
 Charge 3d: Violation of the 83d Article of AVar. 
 
 Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court find the accused, Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d regiment Ala- 
 bama cavalry, guilty of the charges preferred, and sentence him to be 
 dismissed from the service of the Confederate States. 
 
 II.. The proceedings, findings, and sentences in the foregoing cases 
 having been submitted to the President, are by him approved. Major 
 M. R. Marks and Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama cavalry, cease to 
 be olficers of the Confederate States army from this date. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innpector-Geneval. 
 
 GENERAL 0RDERS,1 Adjutant and In.spector-Oeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 36. ) Richmond. April 6, 1863. 
 
 The superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized to 
 pay, from the appropriation for the purchase and manufacture of nitre, 
 the actual travelling expenses of officers of the nitre corps on duty, 
 under orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time of rations and 
 
 forage. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 37. J Richmond, April 6, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following act of Congress, concerning "impressments," and 
 the instructions of the AVar department respecting it, are published for 
 the information and direction of all concerned: 
 
 "AVhenever the exigencies of any army in the field are such as to 
 make impressments of forage, articles of subsistence, or other property, 
 
absolutely ncccssar}^ tben such imin-cssincuts may be made by tbc 
 officer or officers whose duty it is to furnish such forage, articles of 
 subsistence, or other property, for such army. In cases where the 
 owner of such property and the impressing officer can not agree upon 
 the value thereof, it shall be the duty of suc-h impressing officer, upon 
 an affidavit in writing of the owner of such property, or his agent, that 
 such property was grown, raised, or produced by said owner, or is held 
 or has been purchased by him, not for sale or speculation, but for his 
 own use or consumption, to cause the same to be ascertained and de- 
 termined by the judgment of two loyal and disinterested citizens of the 
 city, county, or parish in which such impressments may be made — one 
 to be selected by the owner, one by the impressing officer; and, in the 
 event of their disagreement, these two shall choose an umpire of like 
 qualifieatians, whose decision shall be final. The persons thus selected, 
 after taking an oath to appraise the property impressed fairly and im- 
 partially (which oath, as well as the affidavit provided for in this 
 section, the impressing officer is hereby authorized to administer and 
 certify), shall proceed to assess just compensation for the property so 
 impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof 
 only is required. 
 
 "Sec. 2. 'That the officer or person impressing property as aforesaid, 
 shall, at the time of said taking, pay to the owner, his agent, or attor- 
 ney, the compensation fixed bj' said appraisers; and shall also give 
 to the owner, or person controlling said property, a certificate, over his 
 official signature, specifying the battalion, regiment, brigade, division, 
 or corps to which he belongs, that said property is essential for the use 
 of the army, could not be otherwise procured, and was taken through 
 absolute necessity; setting forth the time and place when and where 
 taken, the amount of compensation fixed by said appraisers, and the 
 sum, if any, paid for the same. Said certificate shall be evidence for 
 the owner, as well of the taking of said property for the public use, as 
 the right of the owner to the amount of compensation fixed as afore- 
 said. And in case said officer or person taking said property shall 
 have failed to pay the owner or his agent said compensation as herein- 
 before required, then said owner shall be eutitled to the speedy pay- 
 ment of the same by the proper disbursing officer; which, when so 
 paid, shall be in full satisfaction of all claim against the Government 
 of the Confederate States. 
 
 "Sec. 3. Whenever the appraisement provided for in the first ser- 
 tion of this act shall, for acy reason, bo impracticable at the time of 
 said impressment, then and in that case the value of the property im- 
 pressed shall be assessed as soon as possible by two loyal and disinter- 
 
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 CatcJ citizens of the ciiy, counly, or parish wlicrciu tiit; iJivij'crlj was 
 taken, chosen as follows: One by the owner and one by the Commis- 
 sary or Quartermaster-General, or his agent, who, in case of disagree- 
 ment, shall choose a third citizen of like qnalifications as an umpire, to 
 decide the matters in dispute, who shall be sworn as aforesaid, who 
 shall hear the proofs adduced by the parties as to the value of said 
 property, and assess a just compeusatiou therefor, according to the 
 testimony. 
 
 '■Sec. 4. That whenever the Secretary of War shall be of opinion 
 that it is nccessar}- to take private pmpcrtj- for public use, by reason of 
 the impracticabilily of procuring the same by purchase, so as to accu- 
 mulate necessary supplies f(ir the army, or the good of the service, in 
 any locality-, he may, bj' general order, through the proper subordinate 
 officers, authorize such property to be taken for the public use: the 
 compensation duo the owner for the same to be determined and the 
 value fixed as provided for in the first and second sections of this act. 
 
 "Skc. 5. Thai it shall be the duty of the President, as early as prac- 
 ticable after the passage of this act, to appoint a commissioner in each 
 state where property shall be taken for the public use, and request the 
 governor of such of the states in which the President shall appoint said 
 commissioner to appoint another commissioner, to act in conjunction 
 with the commissioner appointed by the President, who shall receive 
 the compensation of eight dollars per day, and ten cents per mile as 
 mileage, to be paid by the Confederate government. 8aid commis- 
 sioners shall constitute a board, whose dutj' it shall be to fix upon the 
 prices to be paid bj' the government for all property impressed or taken 
 for the public use as aforesaid, so as to afford just compensation to the 
 owners thereof. Said commissioners shall agree upon and publish a 
 schedule of prices every two months or oftencr, if they shall deem it 
 proper; and in the event thej' shall not be able to agree in any matter 
 confided to them in this act, they shall have power to appoint an 
 umpire to decide the matter in dispute, whoso decision shall be the 
 decision of the board; and said umpire shall receive the same rate of 
 compensation for the time he shall serve allowed to said commissioners 
 respcctivcl}' : Provided, that said commissioners shall be resiilcnts of 
 the state for which they shall be appointed; and if the Governor of 
 any state shall refuse or neglect to appoint said commissioner within 
 ten days after a request to do so by the President, then the President 
 shall appoint b )th commissioners, by and with the advice and consent 
 of the Senate. 
 
 "Sec. 6. That all property impressed, or taken for the public use, a."? 
 aforesaid, in the hands of any person other than the persons who bnvo 
 
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 raised, grown, or produced the same, or persons holding the same for 
 their own use or consumption, and who shall make the affidavit as 
 hereinbefore required, shall be paid for according to the schedule of 
 prices fixed by the commissioners as aforesaid. Bnt if the ofiBcer im- 
 pressing or taking for the public use such property, and the owner, 
 shall differ as to the quality of the article or property impressed or 
 taken as aforesaid, thereby making it fall within a higher or lower 
 price named in the schedule, then the owner or agent and the ofiBcer 
 impressing or taking, as aforesaid, may select each a loyal and disin- 
 terested citizen, of the qualifications as aforesaid, to determine the 
 quality of said article or property, who shall, in case of disagreement, 
 appoint an umpire of like qualifications, and his decision, if approved 
 by the oflicer impressing, shall be final; but if not approved, the im- 
 pressing officer shall send the award to the commissioners of the state 
 where the property is impressed, with his reasons for disapproving the 
 same, and said commissioners may hear such proofs as the parties may 
 respectively adduce, and their decision shall be final: Provided, that 
 the owner may receive the price off'ered by the impressing officer, with- 
 out prejudice to his claim to receive the higher compensation. 
 
 "Sec. 7. That the property necessary for the support of the owner 
 and his family, and to carry on his ordinary agricultural and mechani- 
 cal business, to be ascertained by the appraisers, to be appointed as 
 provided in the first section of this act, under oath, shall not be taken 
 or impressed for the public use; and when the impressing officer and 
 the owner can not agree as to the quantity of property necessary as 
 aforesaid, then the decision of the said appraisers shall be binding on 
 the officer and all other persons. 
 
 "Sec. 8. Where property has been impressed for temporary use, and 
 is lost or destroyed, without the default of the owner, the Government 
 of the Confederate States shall pay a just compeasatiou therefor, to be 
 ascertained by appraisers appointed and qualified as provided in the 
 first section of this act. If such property when returned has, in the 
 opinion of the owner, teen injured while in the public use, the amount 
 of damage thereby sustained shall be determined in the manner de- 
 scribed in the third section of this act, the officer returning the prop- 
 erty being authorized to act on behalf of the government; and upon 
 such inquiry, the certificate of the value of the property, when origi- 
 nally impressed, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the value 
 thereof. 
 
 "Sec. 9. Where slaves are impressed by the Confederate governvnent 
 to labor on fortifications, or other public works, the impressment shall 
 be made by said government according to the rules and regulations 
 
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 provided in the laws of tUo state wherein they are impressed; and in 
 the absence of such law, in accordance with such rules and regulations, 
 not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as the Secretary of 
 War shall from time to time prescribe: Provided, that no impressment 
 of slaves shall be made when they can he hired or procured by the con- 
 sent of the owner or agent. 
 
 "Skc. 10. That previous to the first day of December next, no slave 
 laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to the production 
 of grain and provisions, shall bo taken for the public use, without the 
 consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity. 
 
 "Sec. 11. That any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or 
 private who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be tried before 
 the military court of the corps to which ho is attached, on complaint 
 made bj' the owner or other person ; .and on cBnviction, if an othcer, he 
 shall be cashiered and put into the ranks as a private; and if a non- 
 commissioned officer or private, he shall suffer such punishnient, not 
 inconsistent with military law, as the court may direct." 
 
 II. .1. By the authority of the Act of Congress aforesaid, the Secre- 
 tary of War hereby recognizes impressment as a legal and operative 
 mode of securing necessary supplies of subsistence, medical and quar- 
 termasters' stores for the armies of the Confederate States in the field, 
 and to accumulate them in magazines, posts, atod depots, owing to 
 the impracticability of procuring them by contract. 
 
 2. Impressments may be made under orders from generals command- 
 ing armies, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, and by commanders 
 of detAched parlies and posts, when a necessity arises; which orders 
 may be executed by quartermasters, commissaries, or medical purvey- 
 ors and their subordinates, for their respective departments. The Quar- 
 termaster-General, Commissarj'-Genoral, and Surgeon -General, may 
 designate the officers and persons who shall be competent to make im- 
 pressments to accumulate supplies at posts and depots. 
 
 3. No officer or agent shall impress the necessary supplies which any 
 person may have for the consumption of himself, his family, employee!!, 
 slaves, or to carry on his ordinary mechanical, manufacturing, or agricul- 
 tural employments. 
 
 4. Before any impressment of property shall take place, the impress- 
 ing officer, or his agent, shall make an offer, addressed to the owner, his 
 bailee, or other agent, to purchase the property, describing the prop- 
 erty he wishes to purchase, the price to be paid, and the mode of pay- 
 ment, whether in money or by certificate, and stating that upon the 
 refusal of the price offered, that compensation for the property will be 
 made according to the Act of Congress aforesaid for the regulation of 
 
impressments: which notice shall bind the said propertj' until the com- 
 pletion of the negotiation for the sale or appropriation thereof, so that 
 there can be no removal or transfer of the same. 
 
 6. In the event of the refusal of the price offered, the impressing 
 oflBeer shall proceed to settle the compensation to be paid, according to 
 the first section of the act aforesaid, if the property belongs to a person 
 who has grown, raised, or produced the same, or who holds or has 
 purchased the same for his own use or consumption; but the said 
 property shall bo paid for according to the fifth section of the act afore- 
 said, if the- property is hold fir sale or otlier purposes than those I)eforc 
 mentioned. 
 
 6. That the property shall remain in the possession of the owner, his 
 bailee, or agent, and at his risk, during the pendency of the proceedings 
 for, the ascertainment of the compensation, unless it shall be otherwise 
 agreed to, or unless sotaS urgent necessity shall require the possession 
 of the property to be changed. In case of a change of possession, the 
 Confederate States shall be regarded as the owner, and the property 
 shall be held for their account and risk. 
 
 7. The impressing oflicer shall, at the dfite of the impressment, pay 
 to the owner, his agent, or attorney in fact, the compensation agreed 
 upon, if it be practicable; but if ho cannot do so, he shall give a certi- 
 ficate, according to the second section of the act aforesaid; which shall 
 be paid upon preseutjition to the disbursing officers, who shall be des- 
 ignated for that purpose. 
 
 8. Impressments which shall be made before the appointment of the 
 commissioners designated in the fifth section of the act aforesaid, shall, 
 notwithstanding, be legal, and iu the cases provided for by that section 
 a portion of the propert,y shall be retained as samples, so that the price 
 may be settled and compensation adjusted according to the provisions 
 of the same. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AilJiitiDit (Hid Insjjcclor-Genevul. 
 
 GENERAL O'lDERS.) Adjutant and Ixspectok-Gexeral's Office. 
 
 Na. 38. J KiCiiMOND, April 7, 1863. 
 
 L.Tlie following provision of an Act of the Legislature of Virginia, 
 passed March 2G, 1S63, is, by direction of the President, published for 
 the information and guidance of such officers and soldiers of the Con- 
 federate States army as it concerns: 
 
 '•7. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the governor of 
 
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 the cominonwealth to issue his proclamation giving notice to the quali- 
 fied votors of the state in the militarj' service of the state or of the 
 Confederate States, or who may be absent from the county or corpora- 
 tion of their residence, because of the presence of the public enemy, of 
 their right to vote for members of the general assembl)', b_y virtue of 
 the provisions of the first, second, and fourth sections of the ordinance 
 passed by the Convention of Virginia (No. 99) on the sixth d.iy of De- 
 cember, 1861. And also to all whom it may concern, of the passage of 
 this act, and of the rights and duties set forth in its provisions; and it 
 shall further be his dutj' to request the President of the Confederate 
 States to issue au order to all commandants of camps, posts, and de- 
 tachments in command of Virginia troops, requiring them to give their 
 aid in the duo execution of the ordinance aforesaid, and of this act." 
 
 II. .Cadets, on attaining their majority, will be examined, and if 
 found competent will be promoted to the grade of second lieutenant in 
 the arm of the service to which thej' arc attached. Commanders of 
 armies in the field are charged with the assembling of the requisite 
 boards. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adj'iituiU and Iiinpeclor-General. 
 
 (!i;nhi;.\1, OKDKRS,! .Adjutant and Inspector-Ge.neral's Officb, 
 
 No. 39. j RiCHMO.vn. April 10, ISG.'^. 
 
 I.. That in all cases of impressment heretofore made under the 
 authority of any of the persons mentioned in paragraph second of 
 section eleven, of General Orders, No. .37, in which the property ims 
 pressed is cither in the possession of the owner or of the impressing 
 ofTieer or his subordinates, and the compensation therefor shall not 
 bare been adjusted, and it shall be necessary to determine the compen- 
 sation to be made, it shall be lawful to employ the rules and agencies 
 provided in the Act of Congress concerning impressment, and the 
 General Orders aforesaid, for that purpose, in the same manner and 
 under the same circumstances as if the impressment had been made 
 since the date of the same. 
 
 II. ." Conscript.s examined prior to the publication of General Or- 
 ders, No. 22, Adjutant and Inspector-General's oflBce, February 23, 
 186.3, and excused from military service, for reasons announced in that 
 order as insufficient cause for exemption, will be re-examined by the 
 examining board of surgeons anpointed for the different congressional 
 
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 districts, and if not deomed unfit for military duty under the instruc- 
 tions issued, will be received into service." 
 
 "Temporary exemption" vyill not l)o given for a -'period beyond 
 thirty days."' 
 
 B3' order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL OJtDERS. ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Offiob, 
 
 No. 40. ) Richmond, April 11, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a court of inquiry convened January 20, ISBPj, at Quincy, 
 Florida, by virtue of General Orders of January 8, 1863, Department 
 of Florida, and in pursuance of the Act of 21st April, 1862, " to punish 
 drunkenness in the army," was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Captain Haley T. Blocker, Blocker's cavalry, P. A. C. S. : 
 
 On the charge of drunkenness. 
 (The specifications are omitted in this order, on account of their pro- 
 lixity.) 
 
 Finding and Sentence. 
 
 The court find the accused -'guilty" of the charge, and sentence him 
 to be suspended from his command for twenty days. 
 
 II. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
 the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President, have been re- 
 turned to this oflace, with the following order thereon endorsed : 
 
 "The finding of the court of inquiry, convened at Quinc^y, Florida, 
 in the case of Captain Haley T. Blocker, of the cavalry, charged 
 with drunkenness, under the Act of Congress of April 21st, 1862, has 
 been examined, and upon consideration thereof, the same is approved. 
 The sentence of the court is regarded as very lenient, and the depart- 
 ment can not but express the hope that it will be received by the officer 
 as a solemn admonition as well as a rebuke. 
 
 " The department, in reviewing the proceedings, is compelled to ex- 
 press its disapprobation of the harsh language employed against the 
 prosecutor, in the course of the same, by the defendant's counsel. The 
 prosecutor performed a duty imposed by Act of Congress. 
 
 III. .The general commanding will carry into effect the sentence in 
 the case, and direct the dissolution of the court of inquiry. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inapector-Ocneral. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant axb Inspector Uknekal's Officb, 
 
 No. 41. J Richmond, AjJril 14, 1863. 
 
 I. At a general court martial held at Holly Springs, Miss., October 
 25th, 1862, by virtue of General Order.s, No. 3, from the Head-qnarters 
 of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana, of Octuber 18, 1862, 
 was arraigned and tried : 
 
 First Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st Mississip- 
 pi volunteers, on the following charge — (the specifications are here 
 omitted :) 
 
 Charijv : Violation of the 77th Article of War. 
 
 II. Finding ami Seufcnce of the Court. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification : Not Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the 3d Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And the court, after mature deliberation, sentence the said Ma- 
 son G. Anderson, First Lieutenant Company G, 31st Mississippi vol- 
 xmteers, to be cashiered. 
 
 III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following 
 order has been made thereon : 
 
 The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the case of Lieutenant Ma- 
 son G. Anderson are approved and confirmed : but in consideration of 
 his good character, as established at his trial, and the recommenda- 
 tion of a portion of the officers of his company, the sentence is remit- 
 ted, and liieutcnant Anderson will bo restored to duty with his com- 
 pany. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Aiijulaiit and hmjiectnr-Geueral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-Oenerals Office, 
 
 No. 42. ) RiCUMOND, April 14. 1863. 
 
 I. At the military court of the Dep.artmcnt of Virginia and North 
 Carolina, -appointed under Act of Congress of October 9th, 1863, was 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 Major Kirkwood Otey, Uth regiment Virginia infantry, on the fol- 
 lowing charges. (The specifications are omitted.) 
 
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 Charge \st : Drunkenness on duty. a 
 
 Chart/e 2d : Violation of the 77th Article of War. 
 
 11. .Findinf/8 and Svuteiice of the Court. 
 
 The court affirm the plea of the said Major Kirkwood Otcy, 11th Vir- 
 ginia infantrj', to the first charge, and speciScation thereunder, and 
 find him — 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore sentence him, the said Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th 
 Virginia infantry, to he cashiered, and dismissed the service of the 
 Confederate States. 
 
 III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following 
 order has been made thereon : 
 
 The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the case of Major Kirk- 
 wood Otey, 11th regiment Virginia infantry, are approved ; but in con- 
 sideration of his previous good character, and the recommendation of 
 the court and the general commanding, the sentence is remitted, and 
 Major Otey will be restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, '^ Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. i'i. ) Richmond, April 15, 1863. 
 
 I. At the military court of the Department of Virginia and North 
 Carolina, held at Petersburg, Virginia, March LSth, 1863, was ar- 
 raigned and tried : 
 
 First Lieutenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, of the 1st regi- 
 ment of Virginia infantry, on the following charges. (The specifica- 
 tions are omitted in this order:) 
 
 Charge let : Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
 Charge 2d : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military disci- 
 pline. 
 
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 II. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court having maturely considered the case, find the accused, 
 First Lieutenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia in- 
 fantry, as follows : 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered, and dismissed thp 
 service of the Confederate States. 
 
 Iir..The proceedings in the foregoing case having been Inid before 
 the Secretary of War, to bo submitted to the President, the following 
 orders are made thereon : 
 
 The proceedings^ findings, and sentence in the case of First Lieu- 
 tenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia infantry, are 
 approved; but in consideration of the previous good character, and 
 the recommendation of the court and commanding general, the sen- 
 tence is remitted, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Stockton will bo re- 
 stored to duty with his regiment. His conduct is deemed highly dis- 
 creditable; but the department indulges the hope that this exercise of 
 clemency towards him will exert a beneficial influence over his future 
 course, both as an officer and citizen. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENER.\L ORDERS, j Adjutant and Inspector-General's Ofpicb, 
 
 No. 44. f Richmond, April 16, 1863. 
 
 The following Acts having been duly approved by the President, are 
 published for the infoi'mation of all concerned : 
 
 AN ACT TO PnoniBIT THE PITNISHMENT OF SOLDIURS BY WHIPPING. 
 
 " The CongresH of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any 
 court martial or military court to cause any soldier in the service of the 
 Confeder.ate Stiites to be punished by whipping, or the infliction of 
 stripes upon his person; and that all laws and customs contravening 
 the provisious of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 "Sec. 2. That article twenty of the Articles of War be so amended 
 
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 as to read as follows : ' All officers and soldiers who have received pay, 
 or have been duly enlisted in the service of the Confederate States, and 
 shall he convicted of having deserted the same, shall sufiFer death, or 
 confinement in a penitentiary, with or withwit hard labor, for a period 
 not less than one year or more than five, or such other punishment, not 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as the court martial or 
 uiilit>L.ry court may determine." [Approved April 13, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO EXEMPT CONTRACTORS FOR CARRYING THE MAILS OP THE 
 CONFEDERATE STATES AND THE DRIVERS OP POST COACHES AND 
 HACKS FROM MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the contractors for carrying the mails of the Confederate States shall 
 be exempt from the performance of military duty in the armies of the 
 Confederate States, from and after the passage of this act, during the 
 time they are such contractors: provided, that no more than one con- 
 tractor shall be exempt on any one route, and that no more than one 
 member of any firm of contractors shall be exempt^ and no contractor 
 on any route of less than ten miles in length, and on which the 
 mail is carried on horse, shall be exempt under this act; and if any 
 one or more members of any such firm be exempt, from age or other 
 cause, from the performance of military duty, the other member or 
 members of such firu^ shall not be exempt by this act on account of 
 being mail contractors: and provided further, that no person to whom 
 a contract for carrying the mails may be transferred, with the consent 
 of the Postoflice department, after the passage of this act, shall be 
 exempt from military service on that account. 
 
 "Sec. 2. That the drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying 
 the mails, on all routes where the weight of the mails requires that 
 they should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from military 
 service in the armies of the Confederate States, from and after the pas- 
 sage of this act, so long as they continue to be employed as such 
 drivers: provided the contractor by whom any such driver is employed 
 shall take and subscribe an oath, to be furnished to the enrolling officer, 
 that the weight of the mails on his route requires the use of coaches or 
 hacks for their conveyance, and that he has not a greater number of 
 drivers employed in his service than are indispensable to enable him to 
 fulfil his contract for carrying the mails; and that he will not, while a 
 contractor, employ a greater number of drivers than may be indispen- 
 sably necessary for that purpose ; and that he will give notice to the 
 enrolling officer when any such driver ceases to be in his employment." 
 
 [Approved April 14, 1863.] 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutnnt and Inspector-General, 
 
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 OKNERAL ORDERS, I Adjutakt and IxspscTOR-OEirERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 45. J Richmond. Jpril 18, 1863. 
 
 T..The issue of •whiskey to troops, except in cases of extraordinary 
 fatigue and exposure, is prohibited. Commanding officers are enjoined 
 to see that this prohibition is enforced. 
 
 II.. Paragraph IV, Gener.11 Orders, No. 32, April M, 1862, is so 
 modified as to allow only a two-horse wagon and team to each regiment 
 in the field, to be appropriated to the transportation of hospital sup- 
 plies. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Intpertor-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL OKDERS,") Adjut.^nt and lNsPECT0R-Gr.xEnAi.'3 Office, 
 
 No. 40. j Richmond, Jpril 20, 1803. 
 
 I.. At a general court martial held in the City of Richmond, Va., 
 April 5, 1863, pur.suaut to General Orders, No. 35, Ile.ad-quarters De- 
 partment of Henrico, 1862, and of which Colonel James L. Henderson 
 is President, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S., on the following charges and 
 specifications : 
 
 Charge Is^. .Disobedience of lawful orders. 
 
 Specification — In this: that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or 
 about the second day of January, 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give 
 a written permit to one James E. Lipscomb to bring into the said City 
 of Richmond uinety-one barrels of brand}', in violation of the lawful 
 command of his superior officer, Brigadier-General John H. Winder. 
 
 O'lartje 2rf.. Conduct to the prejudice of good order and niilitarj'^ dis- 
 cipline. 
 
 Specification — In this; that the said Major Elias Griswold. on or 
 about the second day of January, 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give a 
 written permit to one James E. Lipscomb to bring into the said City 
 of Richmond ninety-one barrels of brandy, after the publication of 
 General Orders, No. 41, issued from the Iload-quarters of the Depart- 
 ment of Henrico, requiriug innl ull lipplications for permits to bring 
 intoxicating liquors into Richmond should be addressed to said head- 
 quarters. -^ 
 
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 I'^inding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
 accused as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And the court do therefore sentence the said Major Elias Griswold 
 to be privatel}' reprimanded by the commander of the Department of 
 Henrico. 
 
 The court is thus lenient in its sentence, because it is satisfied that, 
 although there was a technical violation of orders by the accused, it 
 arose from inadvertence, and was not accompanied with any evil intent 
 or improper purpose. 
 
 II.. The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him duly con- 
 sidered, are approved. Major Griswold will therefore be released 
 from arrest and restored to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEK, 
 A'ljutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. •17. J Richmond, April 21, 1863. 
 
 The following Regulations respecting the rights of "Partisan Rang- 
 ers," uuder the Act of April 21, 1862, are published for the informa- 
 tion of all concerned : 
 
 1. The Act of April 21, 1862, provides, that for any arms and mu- 
 nitions of war captured from the enemy by partisan rangers, arid de- 
 livered up at such place as may be designated by the commanding 
 general, the rangers shall be paid their full value in such manner as 
 the Secretary of War may prescribe. 
 
 2. The terms "arms and munitions of war" will include all small arms 
 and artillery, ammunftion, infantry accoutrements, and cavalrj^ equip- 
 ments, and also cavalry and .irtill'^vy horses. The animals referred to 
 will be appraised by competent oflieers, under the orders of the com- 
 manding general, and will be paid for when delivered up, by any 
 
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 quartermaster, who will take receipts from the parties entitled to re- 
 ceive compensation, and afterward account for the property, as in the 
 case of an ordinary purchase. The rest of the property specified will 
 bo paid for in accordance with paragraph II, General Orders, No. 20, 
 current series. 
 
 Bj' order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENKRAI. ORDEl{S."j Adjutant and Inspector -Gkneral's Office, 
 
 No. 48. J RlcnMOfJD, April 22, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following Act of Congrcs.s having been duly njiproved by the 
 President, is published for the information of all concerned : 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 any oflicer, non-commissioned officer, or private, now in the military ser- 
 vice of the Confederate States, who has been elected or appointed since 
 entering, said service, or who may hereafter be elected or appointed, a 
 Senator or Representative in Congress, or in any State Legislature, or 
 Judge of the Circuit, District or Superior courts of law or equity in 
 any state of the Confederacy, District Attorney, Clerk of any court of 
 record, Sheriff, Ordinary, Judge of any court of probate, Collector of 
 state taxes (not to exceed one for each county), or Parish Recorder, 
 upon furnishing the Secretary of War with evidence of such election or 
 appointment, if an officer, his resignation shall be promptly accepted; 
 and if a non-commissioned officer or private, he shall be honorably dis- 
 charged by the Secretary of War." [Approved April 2, 18G3.] 
 
 II. .The evidence required as to the elections referred to, will be a 
 certificate of the fact from the clerk of the county or parish, or other 
 oflficer whose duty it may be to certify to such elections, under the laws 
 of the state, in manner and form required by said laws. This certifi- 
 cate must accompany the resignation, through the usual channel of 
 communication, as prescribed in General Orders, No. 3, and the Army 
 Regulations. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
GENERAL OHDERS,^ Adjutant and Inspector GENERAt'B Office, 
 
 No. 49. J Richmond, April 23, 1863. 
 
 I.. The following regulation is mnde, and will hereafter be observed 
 in the army, relative to the clothing of deceased soldiers : 
 
 Upon the death of any soldier, the surgeon in charge of the hospital 
 at which it occurs will cause an inventory to be made of all his mili- 
 tary clothing, and will make a fair appraisement of each article there- 
 of. It will then be turned over to the nearest quartermaster for re- 
 issue. The original appraisement shall be forwarded to the Second 
 Auditor, to secure its value to the personal representatives of the de- 
 ceased soldier, and a copy thereof be furnished to the receiving quar- 
 termaster, who will issue the clothing at the appraised prices, and not at 
 those sot forth in General Orders, No. 100, last series. 
 
 II. .Engineer officers, while employed on reconnoissances, surveys, or 
 other duty, under special orders, causing temporary absence from their 
 posts or from the head-quarters of the armies, corps, divisions, or 
 brigades with which they may be serving, shall be allowed their per- 
 sonal expenses, to be paid out of the appropriation for engineer service, 
 in lieu of all allowances for fuel, quarters, and forage for the same 
 period. Each account must be certified to by the party receiving the 
 payment, and approved by the officer under whose orders he acts. 
 
 Ill* -AH supplies of contractors engaged exclusively in iron or muni- 
 tions of war for the government are exemjited from impressment, 
 either at the establishment or at the place of purchase. Satisfactory 
 evidence, by affidavit or otherwise, may be required to establish owner- 
 ship. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 50. ) Richmond, April 25, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a general court martial convened at Grenada, Mississippi, 
 by virtue of Special Orders of January 3, 1863, from Head-quarters 
 Army of the Mississippi, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Lieutenant J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d regiment Mississippi 
 volunteers, on the following charges. (The specifieations are omitted 
 in this order.) 
 
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 Charge lot: Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
 Charf/e 2d ; Violation of the 7th Article of War. 
 Charge 3d : Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
 
 //. — Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
 accused, Lieutenant J. W. Gibs'in, Company D, 22d regiment Missis- 
 sippi volunteers, as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 3d Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him to be dismi.ssed the service. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following 
 decision has been pronounced thereon: 
 
 The finding and sentence arc approved; but in consideration of the 
 recommendation of the court, and the good behavior of Lieutenant 
 Gibson while a soldier in the ranks, the penalty of dismissal from the 
 service is omitted, and he will be publicly reprimanded. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inxpictor-Ociieral. 
 
 GKXERAL ORDERS."! Adjutant and Inspector-Gexeral's Ofpiok, 
 
 No- 51. I Richmond, Ajiril 29, 1863. 
 
 To simplify the manner of effecting discharges and furloughs, the 
 following Orders, condensed from those heretofore issued, are published 
 for the government of the army : 
 
 I. .When a soldier, preseH^ with his regiment or company, shall be unfit 
 for military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, his 
 captain shall forward to the commander of the department or of the 
 army in the field, through the regimental, brigade, and other command- 
 ers, a statement of the case, with "certificates of disability." that he 
 is totally unfit for service, signed by the surgeon of the battalion or 
 regiment, according to the form prescribed in the Medical Regulations. 
 If the recommendation for the discharge of the invalid be approved by 
 
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 the department or army commander, he will endorse the order for the 
 discharge upon the "certificate of disability," which will be sent back, 
 to be signed by the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion to 
 which the invalid soldier's company belongs, and afterward forwarded 
 by the captain to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. The " dis- 
 charge" will be signed by the regimental or battalion commander, and 
 "final stateAients" by the company commander. 
 
 II.. When the soldier, ^^resejiJ luifh his comma)id, is certified to bo 
 laboring under temporary disability, which requires his removal or a 
 change of climate, the commander of the department or of the army in 
 the field may grant a furlough of thirty days, which, in extreme cases, 
 may be extended by him to sixty days. 
 
 III.. When a soldier is absent from his company, battalion, or regi- 
 ment, in hospital, and is unfit for military service, for reasons set forth 
 ill paragraph I of these Orders, the commandant of the post, upon the 
 recommendation of an examining board, to consist of two or more 
 medical officers, established by the commandant of the post (or if there 
 be no such board, the senior surgeon of the hospital), may grant him a 
 furlough for thirty days, subject to extension by the commander of the 
 department or army in the field, when he will make out " certificates of 
 disability," and send them to the commander of the company, to be 
 forwarded .by him as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. But 
 when access to commanders is dijficiilt and attended with c/reat delay, 
 and the case is urgent, the certificates of disability may be forwarded by 
 the surgeon directlj' to the Surgeon-General, for his approval ; which 
 being given, the discharge will be authorized from the Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General's ofhcc, and the surgeon will make out " final state- 
 ments." 
 
 IV.. When a soldier, absent from his coinmand, certified by the sur- 
 geon or assistant surgeon of the army to be unfit for present duty and 
 that his health requires bis removal or change of climate, the com- 
 mander of the post, if access to the commander of the department or 
 of the army in the field be difficult, may grant the soldier a furlough, 
 not to exceed thirty daj's, and submit the application for a longer 
 period, if necessary, to the general to whoso command the soldier may 
 belong; or, without granting the furlough, he may refer it to the dis- 
 cretion of such commanding general. 
 
 v.. In every case where a soldier has been discharged under para- 
 graph III, by orders from the Adjutant and Inspcetor-Geuerars olfiec, 
 and the " descriptive list" and "final statements " can not be had, he 
 will be mustered for payment upon hospital rolls by the surgeon in 
 
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 charge, upon his aflldavit, taken before one or more witnesses, that he 
 has not received pay for the period for which he claims it to bo due, 
 and that he is not indebted to the Confederate States government 
 beyond the amount stated by him. 
 
 VI. .Due notices of all furloughs and discharges granted under these 
 orders will bo forwarded, through department and army commanders, 
 to the Adjutant and Inspoctur-General, and to the immediate com- 
 mander of the company to which the soldier belongs. 
 
 VII.. All orders heretofore issued relating to furloughs and dis- 
 charges for the causes aforesaid, are hereby revoked. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjulaut and Ini<2>cctor-G'eneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant ax» Tnspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 52. ) KiCHMOND, April 30, 1863. 
 
 I. .At the military court appointed under Act of Congress, approved 
 October 9, 1862, for the army corps of Major-Gcneral Samuel Jones, 
 and held at Newborn, Pulaski county, Va., was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Private Granville McCatchen, Company C, 22d Virginia volunteers, 
 on the following charge and spucificatiou : 
 
 Clnirgc : Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
 
 Specification : That the said Private Granville S. McCutchen, Com- 
 pany C, 22d Virginia volunteers, on or about the seventh day of May, 
 1862, on the march from White Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier, to 
 Jackson's river depot, in Alleghany county. Va., did desert his com- 
 pany and regiment, and remained absent therefrom until about the 
 eighth day of January next ensuing, when he was arrested and brought 
 back to his company and regiment. 
 
 //. — Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 Having maturely weighed and considered the evidence adduced, the 
 court find the accused as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of the Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore sentence him to be shot to death by musketry, at 
 Bucb time and place as tbo commanding general may appoint. 
 
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 III.. The ijroceedings, finding, and sciitcnco in the foregoing case 
 having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision of the 
 President, the following orders are made thereon : 
 
 To justify a general charge of violation of an Article of "War, some 
 offence must be defined and prohibited, or some duty prescribed in the 
 article. But the 20th Article of War merely d.nounces the punishment 
 to he injiicted for desertion, and a charge of i"s violation is obviously 
 too indefinite and uncertain to justify- action. The defect is fatal, and 
 vitiates the whole proceedings, which arc tb refore set aside. 
 
 Private McCutchen will be released from confinement and returned 
 to duty. It is hoped that his accidental escape from punishment will 
 have a good effect, and induce him heseafter to conduct himself as be- 
 comes a soldier in the defence of his country. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENEEAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 53. j Richmond, May 1, 1863. 
 
 The following Act of Congress, approved by the President, is pub- 
 lished for the information and direction of all concerned, in connection 
 with the act relating to impressments, heretofore announced in Gene- 
 ral Orders, No. 37, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 April 6, 1863, and as supplementary to said act : 
 
 AN ACT TO A3IEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO HEGTJLATE IMPRESS- 
 MENTS BY OrnOBRS OF THE ARMY. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that 
 in all cases of appraisement provided for in said act, the officer im- 
 pressing the property shall, if he believe the appraisement to be fair 
 and just, endorse upon it his approval ; if not, he shall endorse upon it 
 his reasons for refusing, and deliver the same, with a receipt for the 
 property impressed, to the owner, his agent, or attorney, and, as soon 
 as practicable, forward a copy of the receipt and appraisement, and 
 his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers appointed by the 
 President and Governor of the State, who shall revise the same and 
 make final valuation, so as to give just compensation for the property 
 taken ; which valuation shall be paid by the proper department for 
 use of which the property was taken, on the certificate of the ap- 
 praisers, as provided in the act of which this is amendatory." [Ap- 
 proved April 27, 1863.] 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
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 GENERAL OKDERS."| Adjutant and Inspectoe-Oemeral's Offic* 
 
 No. 54. j Richmond, May 2, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a general court martial convened at Shelbyville, Tennessee, 
 by virtue of .Special Orders, No, 54, of March 1, 186.S, Head-quarters 
 Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross, .Tlst regiment Arkansas volun- 
 teers, on the following charge and specification : 
 Charge : Absence without leave. 
 
 Specification : In this, that the said Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross, 
 31st Arkansas regiment, did leave his command, without proper au- 
 thority, on or about the 1st of February, 18C3, and remain absent until 
 the 26th of February, 1863. All this at or near Shelbyville, Tennessee, 
 in and between the 1st of February and the 26th of February, 1863. 
 
 11. .Finding and Sentence of the Conrt. 
 
 The court having affirmed the plea of "'/uilty" to the charge and 
 specification by the accused, do sentence him to be dimnissed from the 
 service of the Confederate States. 
 
 III.. The {iroceeditigs, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been submitted to the Secretary of War, for the decision of the 
 President, are by him approved ; but, in consideration of the previous 
 good conduct and efficient services of Assistant Surgeon Cross, the 
 sentence against him is commuted to forfeiture of all pay during the 
 period of his absence from his post of service : and he will according- 
 ly be released from arrest and returned to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEK, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, \ Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 55. S RicnMOND, May 5, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened by virtue of General Orders, 
 No. 128, of November 25, 1862, from Head-quarters Early's brigade, 
 was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Captain John W. Bell, Quartermaster 49th regiment Virginia vol- 
 unteers, on the following charges. (The Specifications, on account of 
 their number and length, are omitted in this order. ) 
 
 Charge 1st ; Absence without leave. 
 
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 Chai-ye 2(7 ; Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military dis- 
 cipline. 
 
 Clnn-yc 3rf ; Conduct unbecoming an ollicer and gentleman. 
 
 11. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. _ 
 
 The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find 
 the accused, Captain John W. Bell, 49th regiment Virginia volunteers, 
 as follows : 
 
 Of 1st Specification of 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of 2d Specification : That he was absent without leave at the time 
 specified, but that he was physically unable to follow his regiment on 
 its raarch, and therefore without guilt. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge': Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 3d Charge : Guilty, to the extent of address- 
 ing a letter to the Quartermaster-General C. S. A., couched in words 
 and figures set forth in the Specification, and not guilty of the residue. 
 
 Of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 4th Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And the court do therefore sentence the said Captain J. W. Bell, 
 Quartermaster 49th regiment Virginia volunteers, to be cashiered. 
 
 III.. The proceedings in this case having been submitted to the 
 Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, the following deci- 
 sion has been made thereon : 
 
 " Upon consideration of the testimony to the character of Captain 
 Bell, as an efiBcient and capable officer, of his zeal in the service, and 
 also the recommendation of the court, the department, though entirely 
 concurring with the commanding general in his estimate of the gravi- 
 ty of the offence committed, has determined to remit the sentence of 
 the court martial in his case. He will therefore be released from ar- 
 rest, and returned to duty." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Qeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adjutant and Inspector-Qenbkal's OFnc«, 
 
 No. 66. J Richmond, May 7, 1863. 
 
 I. • At a general court martial convened at camp of Ponder's brigade, 
 
by virtue of (>cneral Oriler?, No. 2-'?, February 19, 1863, from the 
 Head-quarters Department of Xorthcrn Virginia, was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Sjcond Lieutenant J. K. Martin, 22d N C. volunteers, on the foU'iw- 
 ing charges. (The specifications are omitted in this order.) 
 
 Charge !.»<.• Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
 Clinnje Id u Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
 
 1\. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 Tlie ci.urt having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
 accused, Second Lieutenant J. K. Martin, 22d N. C. volunteers, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Not Guilty. 
 Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty. 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 And sentence him to be dismissed the service. 
 
 III.. The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision of the 
 President, are approved ; but, upon the recommendation of the court, 
 the sentence is remitted. Lieutenant Martin will therefore be relieved 
 from arrost. and restored to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innpevtnr-Gencral. 
 
 OENERAL OKDERS,"! Adjutant anb Inspkctor-General's Owicb, 
 
 No. 67. j KiCHMOND, May 8. 1863. 
 
 The operation of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 28, March 12, 
 1863, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's Olfice, is so far modi- 
 fied for the present as to allow payment of ofiicers in hospitals, without 
 the certificate of last payment, as required in said Orders, No. 2S ; but 
 the quartermaster making such payment will furnish certificates as 
 heretofore required of hira. 
 
 « By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Genertff. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS,"! ADjDTiNT and Inspector-General's Office. 
 
 No. 58. J R1CH.MOND, May 11, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following Notice, relative to E.xchanged Prisoners, is publish- 
 ed for the information of all concerned : 
 
 Exchange Notice, No. 5. 
 
 Bichmnnd, May 9, 186.3. 
 
 Tho following Cnu federate officers and men liave been duly exchanged, and aro 
 hereby so declared : 
 
 1. All officers and men who liave been delivered at City Point at any time pre- 
 vious to May 6th, 18G3. 
 
 2. All officers captured at any place before the 1st of April, 1803, who have been 
 released on parole. 
 
 3. AH men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before tlie 1st of Marcb, 1863, 
 who have been released on parole. 
 
 4. Tlie officers and men captured and paroled by. Gen, S. P. Carter, in his expedi- 
 tion to East Tennessee in December last. 
 
 5. T'ne officers and men captured and paroled by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart at 
 yau Buren, Arkansas, January 25th, 1SG3; by Colonel Dickej', in December, 1862, 
 in his march to the Mobile and Ohio railroad; and by Captain Cameron, at Corinth, 
 Mississippi, in. December, 1862. 
 
 6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Mississippi, on tho 23d of December, 
 1862; at Des Arc, Arkansas, on the 17tii of January, 1863; and at Baton Rouge, 
 Louisiana, on the 23d February, 1863. 
 
 7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or tho waters leading to the 
 same, or upon the sea-coast of tho Confederate or United States, at any time previ- 
 ous to December 10, 1862. 
 
 8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 6th of May, 1863, 
 and released on parole, are discharged from any and every obligation contained in 
 said parole. If any such person has talven any oath of allegiance to tlie United 
 States, or given any bond, or if his release was accompanied with any other condi- 
 tion, he is discharged from the same. 
 
 9. If any persons embraced in any of the foregoing sections, or in any .section of 
 any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any 
 Federal prison, they are to be immediatclj' released and delivered to tJie Confede- 
 rate authorities. 
 
 IIOBEUTOULD. 
 
 Af/ent of Exchange. 
 
 II. .All persons, whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly prohibited 
 from using or in any manner interfering with fuel or wood cut and de- 
 livered t"or the Mse of railroads or railroad companies. It is of the first 
 importance that this order should be observed, and it will be strictlj' 
 obeyed and enforced by the army. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AJjnlaiiU and T)is»ecti>r-Geiter:if. 
 
OiiNEUAL ORDKKS. ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's OFFrcE, 
 
 No. 50. ) Richmond. May 12. 1863. 
 
 I. .The attention of regimental commanders throughout the army is 
 called to the requirements of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 69, of 
 1862, which makes it the duty of adjutants to incjuire into and report 
 to this office all cases of slaves serving with their respective regiment.* 
 without written authority from their masters. It is especially required 
 of all regimental commanders to enforce a due observance of said 
 order, which is hereby extended to include commanders of posts and 
 senior surgeons of hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as 
 they relate to their respective commands, to these required from adju- 
 tants of regiments. 
 
 II. .It will be the duty of a surgeon in charge of a hospital to make 
 a separate provi.sion return for all the persons attached to the hospital 
 who may be entitled to rations, except the sick and wounded soldiers, 
 and the issuing commissary will issue to said persons the same rations 
 that are issued to soldiers in the field. These rations will not be com- 
 muted, if the commissary can issue in kind. If he can not issue in 
 kind, the ration may be commuted, at sixty cents per ration, on the 
 certificate of the surgeon as to the dates and facts. 
 
 Separate and distinct provision returns will be made for the sick and 
 wounded soldiers in the hospital, according to the form hereunto an- 
 nexed, marked A. 'No portion of the subsistence stores drawn for the 
 sick and wounded will be otherwise appropriated. 
 
 The attention of the medical directors and inspectors is particularly 
 directed to this prohibition. 
 
 III.. So much of paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 1862, as 
 requires ordnance sergeants to make returns of surplus stores with regi- 
 ments to the Ordnance bureau, is revoked. All the returns required 
 by the Regulations, of ordnance stores in the possession of regiments 
 or battalions, other than artillery, will be made by commanding officers 
 of the same. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
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 No. 60. J UicuMOND. Hay 13. 1863. 
 
 1. .The exigencies of the service requiring a large number of artil- 
 lery horses, all public horses suitable for that service, emploj'cd in 
 transportation or otherwise with armies in the field, will be turned over 
 to the chief quartermasters of said armies, and will supplj' their places 
 where necessary with mules. The chief quartermasters of armies are 
 charged with the execution of this order, under the direction of the 
 commanding generals. 
 
 II.. At posts or depots other than those immediately belonging to 
 armies in the licld, all public horses suited for artillery will be collect- 
 ed, under the orders of Major A. H. Cole, Inspector-General Field 
 Transportation, for the purpose named above, and mules substituted 
 where necessary. 
 
 By order. . 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjittntit and Inspector- General, 
 
 OKNKU.\L ORDKKS.") Ahjotant and Tnspectoii.Genbral'8 Officb, 
 
 X,i. 61. j lilCIlMOMD, i/iry 15, 18C3. 
 
 I.. Farmers upon whose premises horses and mules have been or 
 may hereafter be left by the enemy, arc admonisbed to pursue the re- 
 quirements of the laws of their respective states respecting estrays, so 
 far as to have the same properl3' valued, and the valuation thereof 
 duly recorded ; and where it is not apparent that such property was 
 the property of the United States government, to have advertisement 
 thereof made as required by Jaw. 
 
 II. .Upon compliance with Iheabove admonition, the government will 
 not assert any adverse claim to such horses and mules, unless they shall 
 exceed in value the property whereof the citizens having possession 
 may have been desjioiled by the enemy, and then only to the extent of 
 such excess in value. 
 
 III.. All officers of the army will respect the rights of citizens, as 
 defined and conceded in iho foregoing sections. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjttt'iiit nnd luijicctor-Ociifrnl. 
 
58 
 
 GENERAL OUPEIiS ") Apjutant and I\spECTon-OK\En,a's OFncE, 
 
 No. 62. j Richmond, May 16, 1863. 
 
 I. .In accordance with an act to amend an act entitled an act to bet- 
 ter provide for the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals, ap- 
 proved May 1st, 1863, the following modificatious in General Orders, 
 No. 95, last series, from this office, are published : 
 
 The commuted value of rations for sick and disabled soldiers in hos- 
 pitals (field or general) will, until further orders, bo one dollar and 
 twcnty-tivo cents. 
 
 IE.. Hospital laundres.ses will be paid twenty-five dollars per month, 
 and allowed rations and quarters. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspkctor-General's Office, 
 
 No. 63. J Richmond, 3fay 18, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened bj' (leneral Orders, No. 133, 
 of November 7, 1862, from Head-quarters Department of Northern 
 Virginia, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 First Lieutenant Robert W. Sanders, 8th Alabama volunteers, on 
 the following charges. (The specifications are omitted.) 
 Charge lut : Cowardice. 
 Charge 2d : Drunkenness. 
 
 W, .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 After due deliberation, the court find the .accused. Lieutenant Robert 
 W. Sanders, 8th Alabama regiment, as follows : 
 
 Specification Ist, Charge 1st: Not Guilty. 
 Specification 2d, Charge 2d : Not Guilty. 
 Of the 1st Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge : Guilty, except the words "with- 
 out provocation." 
 
 or the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And the court do therefore sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 III.. The proceedings, (Indiug, and sentence in tho foregoing case 
 have been submitted to the Secretary of War, to bo laid before the 
 President, and the following orders on the case are now made : 
 
Proceedings, fin<]ing, and sentence approved ; buL it appearing that 
 the members of the court recommend a pardon, that the regimental 
 and otlicr oflieers of Lieutenant Sanders concur in the recommenda- 
 tion, and that material witnesses on the trial against him have be- 
 come infamous by desertion — and in one pnse by desertion to the 
 enemy — the sentence is remitted, and Lieutenant Sanders will be re- 
 stored to duty with his company. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjtitaiil aiul hispector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Ahjutast and Inspector-General's Office. 
 
 No. 04. j RiCHMOXP, May 19, 1SC3. 
 
 I.. At a court of inquiry convened at Richmond, Virginia, by vir- 
 tue of Special Orders, No. 102, of April 27, 18G3. from the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-tieneral's oflScc. " To examine and inquire into certain 
 allegations, sot forth on papers to be laid before the court, against 
 Colonel Robert H. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant-General C. S. Army, 
 which allegations he conceives impugn his character as an olRcer," 
 and also to "report the facts of the case, and their opinion thereon," 
 the following report of facts was made; and having been submitted by 
 the court, with their opinion thereon, as required, the same are ap- 
 proved by the Secretary of War. and are now ])ublished for the in- 
 formation of all concerned : 
 
 11. . Fi'ndin;/ (ind Opinion of the Court. 
 
 On a careful examination of the testimonj' adduced in this case, the 
 court find the following fac'ts : 
 
 1st. .That on the 11th .July, 1802, Colonel R. 11. Chilton, then on the 
 staff of General Lee, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, .as 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, did write a letter to General Cooper, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General of the Army, impeaching the profes- 
 sion.al .ibility of Major-General Magruder, denying his fitness for re- 
 sponsible command, and urging a revocation of the order assigning 
 him to the Trans-Mississipj)i Department. 
 
 2d.. That Colonel Chillon incurporiited in that letter an offer to 
 make good his allegations before a court of inquiry. 
 
 3d.. That the letter was communicated to the President by General 
 Cooper. 
 
4th.. That being apprised of this disposition of the letter, Colonel 
 Chilton immediately furnished Major-General Magruder a copy of so 
 much of it as contained his (Colonel Chilton's) strictures on Major- 
 General Magruder's official conduct and capacity. 
 
 Opinion. 
 The court is of opinion that, in his communication to General Cooper, 
 dated July 11, 1862, Colonel Chilton was. actuated by no unworthy 
 motive, but by a laudable regard for the public interest, and that his 
 conduct in the transaction was such a« became an honoral)le and pa- 
 triotic officer. 
 
 III.. The court of inquiry in the case of Colonel R. H. Chilton, C. 
 S. Army, is hereby dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 May 21, 1863. 
 GENERAL ORDERS.] 
 
 No. 65. f 
 
 I.. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, 
 adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the States of 
 Virginia and Georgia respectively, are announced for the information 
 of all concerned; and the special attention of ollicers and agents of the 
 government is directed thereto : 
 
 II.. VIRGINIA. 
 
 [Cojjl/.] SCHEDI'LR A. 
 
 Richmond, May IS, 186.3. 
 Hon. Jaa. A. Scdilon, Secretary •>/ War : 
 
 Sir: The commissioners appointed under section 5th, of the bill re- 
 centlj' passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating impressments, 
 constitute a board whose duty it shall be to fix upon the prices to be 
 paid by the govcruraeiit for all property impressed or taken for the pub- 
 lic use aforesaid, so as to afford .i.ust compensation to the owners there- 
 of. Said commissioners shall agree upon and publish a schedule of 
 prices every two months, or oftener, if they shall deem it proper. 
 
 In accordance with the foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay be- 
 fore you the following scho<Uile of prices for the ensuing two months. 
 Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, 
 
61 
 
 beef, and matcridls <>f clothincr, etc., we liave postponed their appraise- 
 ment till our next assessment. It is proper to adil th.at Mr. W. B. Har- 
 rison was invited to act as thir^l commissioncT, and that this appraise- 
 ment received the unanimous approval of the commissioners. 
 
 The following arc the muxiiiium jirices to be paid for the articles ap- 
 praised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when impressed else- 
 where, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost of trans- 
 portation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article would 
 go ordinarily for sale fr.im that neiirhborhood, or less the cost of trans- 
 portation to the point at which the government needs the article, and 
 wishes it to be sent : proiiilni, that in no case the amount deducted for 
 transportation as above shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 
 25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to 
 tbo established price of transportation, tho government to pay all legal 
 tolls, and where farmers can not procure nails for baling forage, gov- 
 ernment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the 
 established price of baling: 
 
6ti 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 QUALITY. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Per bushel of CO lbs. 
 
 * 4 50 
 
 2 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superline, 
 
 " barrel of 196 lbs. 
 
 22 50 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 " bushel of 56 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 Uushelled corn. 
 
 " 
 
 
 ■' " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 95 
 
 5 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 - 
 
 " '• 50 lbs. 
 
 4 20 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 _ 
 
 « " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 20 
 
 7 Cleaned oats. 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " 32 lbs. 
 
 2 00 
 
 8 "Wheat bran. 
 
 Good, 
 
 - 
 
 " '■ 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 Shorts, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 22 lbs. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown stuff, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " '• 28 lbs. 
 
 90 
 
 11 Ship stutt. 
 
 ■' 
 
 - 
 
 " " 37 lbs. 
 
 1 40 
 
 12 Bacon. 
 
 '• 
 
 Hog round. 
 
 " pound. 
 
 1 00 
 
 1.3 Salt pork. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 •' '■ 
 
 1 00 
 
 U Lard, 
 
 
 - 
 
 " '• 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 1st class. 
 
 Artillery, etc. 
 
 Average price per head, 
 
 350 00 
 
 16 ■Wool, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 _ 
 
 " bushel of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 18 Beans, 
 
 ■' 
 
 _ 
 
 " '• " 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Potatoes, 
 
 " 
 
 Irish, 
 
 '• " 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 " 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 " " 
 
 5 00 
 
 21 Onions, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 5 00 
 
 22 Dried peaches. 
 
 " 
 
 Peeled, 
 
 " of 38 lbs. 
 
 8 00 
 
 23 Dried peaches. 
 
 
 Unpoeled, 
 
 " " " 
 
 4 50 
 
 24 Pried apples. 
 
 " 
 
 Peeled, 
 
 " ■• of 28 lbs. 
 
 3 00 
 
 25 Hay, baled. 
 
 " 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 
 
 clover, 
 
 " 100 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 26 Hay, 
 
 " 
 
 Orchard or herd 
 
 grass, 
 
 » « 
 
 4 00 
 
 27 Hay, nubaled. 
 
 '* 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 grass. 
 
 a 
 
 3 70 
 
 28 Sh'f oats, baled. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 4 00 
 
 29 Sh'f oats, unb'd, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 3 70 
 
 30 Blade fodder. 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 4 00 
 
 31 Blade fodder. 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 tC . £i 
 
 3 70 
 
 32 Shucks, baled, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 2 50 
 
 33 Shucks, unbal'd 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 « .' 
 
 2 % 
 
 34 Wheat straw. 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled. 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " " 
 
 1 30 
 
 35 Wheat straw. 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 1 00 
 
 36 Pasturage, 
 
 " 
 
 Interior, 
 
 " head per month. 
 
 3 00 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 " 
 
 Near cities, 
 
 " '■ " 
 
 6 00 
 
 38 Salt, 
 
 '' 
 
 - 
 
 " bushel of 50 lbs. 
 
 5 00 
 
 39 Soap. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " pound, 
 
 30 
 
 40 Candles, ' 
 
 " 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 " " 
 
 1 00 
 
 41 Vinegar, 
 
 " 
 
 Cider, 
 
 " gallon, 
 
 1 00 
 
 42 Whiskey, 
 
 " 
 
 Trade, 
 
 '• " 
 
 3 00 
 
 43 Sugar, 
 
 a 
 
 Brown, 
 
 " pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 44 Molasses, 
 
 " 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 " gallon, 
 
 8 00 
 
 45 Rice, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " pound. 
 
 15 
 
 46 Coffee, 
 
 " 
 
 Rio. 
 
 u " 
 
 3 00 
 
 47 Tea, 
 
 " 
 
 Trade, 
 
 ■' " 
 
 10 00 
 
 48 Vinegar, 
 
 '< 
 
 Manufactured, 
 
 '• gallon, 
 
 50 
 
 4!) Pig iron. 
 
 " 
 
 No. 1 quality, 
 
 " ton. 
 
 125 00 
 
 50 Pig iron. 
 
 " 
 
 No. 2 
 
 " ton. 
 
 no 00 
 
 51 Pig iron, 
 
 " 
 
 No. 3 " 
 
 " ton. 
 
 100 00 
 
 52 Bloom iron, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " ton. 
 
 180 00 
 
 53 Smiths' iron. 
 
 " 
 
 Round, plato,and 
 
 
 
 
 
 bar. 
 
 " ton, 
 
 380 00 
 
 54 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Harness, 
 
 " pound. 
 
 2 60 
 
 55 Leather, 
 
 '< 
 
 Sole, 
 
 " " 
 
 2 40 
 
 56 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Upper, 
 
 " " 
 
 2 80 
 
m 
 
 We respectfully suggest to the Sccrctarj' of 'War to instruct the 
 agents of the government not to impress any article of food going into 
 cities or towns, or when held therein by retail dealers in small quanti- 
 ties for the daily or weekly consumption of the inhabitants. 
 
 But this restriction not to apply to such articles held by speculators, 
 or those holding them up for higher prices. 
 Signed, 
 
 E. W. HuBAun. 
 Robert Gibbonkt. 
 Wm. B. Harrison- 
 
 ScHEDVLE B. — Hire of Labor, Teamt, Wagons, and Driven. 
 
 10. 
 11. 
 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 
 Baling long forage, 
 
 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur 
 
 nished by the government, 
 
 Hauling, 
 
 Hauling grain, 
 
 Hire of two - horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner,. 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 . Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished bj' owner,. . 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, ! 
 
 . Hire of six - horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner,. . 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 owner, 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, 
 
 Signed, 
 
 
 lbs. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 Per 1 00 
 
 .$ 30 
 
 " 66 
 
 « 
 
 0,i 
 
 " cwt. 
 
 per mile. 
 
 Ot) 
 
 " bus. 
 
 " " 
 
 03 
 
 " day, 
 
 <l « 
 (i (i 
 
 « ■< 
 
 u u 
 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 13 00 
 
 6 50 
 16 00 
 
 8 00 
 2 00 
 1 25 
 
 " mon 
 
 th, 
 
 40 00 
 
 " " 
 
 
 20 00 
 
 E. W. lEuBARD. 
 
 Robert Gibbonet. 
 Wm. B. Harbison. 
 
64 
 
 III.. GEORGIA. 
 
 SCHBDULE No. 1. — ^faximnnl Pn'cei fixed by the Cnmmisniouers for the 
 State of Gcorffiit, for Produce ntid Armi/ Sipplies delivered at the usual 
 shipping piiiitts on the following named railroads, to continue in force 
 until the loth June, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ern, 
 ista 
 Ves- 
 
 'the 
 and 
 
 ill 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i" ^ - c = 5 
 
 lit 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 QUALITY. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 ■?o:s^=^.Si 
 
 ^^■5 S- 
 
 
 
 
 
 Macon ai: 
 A. & W. 
 and Sav; 
 tern and 
 Rome G 
 Georgia 1 
 its branc' 
 
 Muscogee, 
 vannah. 
 Gulf, Sou 
 its brand 
 
 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Per bush. 60 lbs. 
 
 
 
 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 Per bbl. 196 lbs. 
 
 $35 00 
 
 $40 00 
 
 '• 
 
 
 Less cost sacks. 
 
 Per sack 98 lbs. 
 
 17 50 
 
 20 00 
 
 Corn. 
 
 Prime, 
 
 Shelled. 
 
 Per bush. 56 lbs. 
 
 2 25 
 
 1 50 
 
 >i 
 
 
 Unshelled, 
 
 Per bush. 70 lbs. 
 
 2 10 
 
 1 40 
 
 Corn meal. 
 
 Good, 
 
 _ 
 
 Per bush. 48 lbs. 
 
 2 40 
 
 1 60 
 
 Hogs, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Net, 
 
 Per hundred, 
 
 39 00 
 
 30 00 
 
 
 " 
 
 Gross, 
 
 " 
 
 20 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Sides, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 85 
 
 85 
 
 '. 
 
 " 
 
 Hams, 
 
 " 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Shoulders, 
 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Jowls, 
 
 " 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 Pork, 
 
 " 
 
 Salt, 
 
 '■ 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 
 Lard, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 li 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 Beef, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Fresh — net, 
 Salt or corned. 
 
 ic 
 
 25 
 
 18 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dried, 
 
 i: 
 
 60 
 
 40 
 
 
 •' 
 
 Gross, 
 
 " 
 
 IS 
 
 12 
 
 Peas, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 Per bush. 60 lbs. 
 
 2 25 
 
 1 50 
 
 Beans, 
 
 
 - 
 
 a '. 
 
 
 
 Potatoes, 
 
 
 Irish, 
 
 .( .1 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 a a 
 
 2 60 
 
 1 50 
 
 Onions, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 a u 
 
 2 50 
 
 2 50 
 
 Peaches, 
 
 " 
 
 Dried, peeled, 
 
 Per bush. 38 lbs. 
 
 6 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 " 
 
 '> 
 
 Dried uupee'd. 
 
 i. <i 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 Apples, 
 
 
 Dried, 
 
 Per bush. 28 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 Hay, 
 
 " 
 
 Baled. 
 Unbaled, 
 
 Per 100 lbs. 
 
 
 
 Clover or 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Timothy, 
 
 >' 
 
 Baled, 
 
 
 
 
 Clover or 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 
 Timothy, 
 
 " 
 
 Baled, 
 
 
 
 
 Sheaf oats, 
 
 " 
 
 
 << 
 
 
 
 11 i. 
 
 '( 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 «' 
 
 
 
 Bl. fodder, 
 
 " 
 
 Baled, 
 
 " 
 
 2 50 
 
 2 00 
 
 
 '• 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 >' 
 
 1 50 
 
 1 00 
 
 Sugar, 
 
 " 
 
 Brown, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 '• 
 
 - 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 4 50 
 
 4 50 
 
 Kice, 
 
 '< 
 
 Old, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 " 
 
 New, 
 
 " 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 Salt, 
 
 « 
 
 - 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " 
 
 75 
 
 50 
 
 Whiskey, 
 
 " 
 
 By gov. contr't, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 When impre'd. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Brandy, 
 
 " 
 
 Peach, 
 Apple, 
 
 "' 
 
 
 
65 
 
 We, the commissioners appointed in accordance with the provigions 
 of the Impressment Act for the State of Georgia, after mature and 
 careful. deliberation, have agreed upon the foregoing tariff of prices, 
 which we think fully meets the contemplation of the law in fixing a 
 just compensation for the articles mentioned. 
 
 We need not add any thing to the recent patriotic address of our most 
 excellent President as to the duty of producers in this crisis. Blind, 
 indeed, must be the judgment, and cold the patriotism, that will not. 
 rally to the support of an armj- wliose glorious triumphs have shed such 
 undying lustre upon our national history. Standing as it does a wall of 
 brass between us and our malignant foes, shall it feel the pinchings of 
 hunger when our granaries arc filled to overflowing and our broad fields 
 are waving with rich grain nearlj' ready for the sickle? The govern- 
 ment demands onlj* your surplus supplies, and for them will pay re- 
 munerative prices. Fortify the hearts of our soldiers, then, by showing 
 that while thej' illustrate the chivalry of Georgia upon the tented field, 
 we at home arc readj' to dispense with all superfluities, relinquish all 
 luxuries, and make any sacrifice necessary to maintain and perpetuate 
 our honor and our liberties. While we may have erred in our judgment 
 as to what is a f.tir compensation for some of the articles in the above 
 schedule of prices, we feel that we have stood impartially between the 
 government and the producer, aud while protecting one have not lost 
 sight of the other. We have omitted to annex prices to certain articles, 
 either ou account of their scarcity, or because the government is fully 
 supplied. At the proper time prices will be fixed for all. 
 
 John E. Morgan, 
 U. B. Wilkinson, 
 
 Commiaiioners. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDKUS. | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 66. f ElCBMOND, May 22, 1863. 
 
 I. .The Act of Congress "to provide and organize engineer troops to 
 serve during the war," approved March 20, 186.3, and the accompany- 
 ing rules and regulations for the selection and organization of the 
 same, are published for the information and direction of all concerned : 
 
 "Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
 enact. That there shall be selected, in such manner as the Secretary of 
 
War may diroct, from eiu'h division of infantry in service, one compa- 
 ny of engineer troops, to consist of one bundrcd men, chosen with a 
 view to their mochanical skill and physic.il fitness, and that the men 
 assigned to such company shall be required to serve in the same only 
 during the balance of their term of service respectively. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That each company shall consist of eight sergeants, seven 
 corporals, forty artificers, and forty-five laborers, and that two musi- 
 cians may be added. 
 
 " Sec. 3. That the commissioned officers of each company shall con- 
 sist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants, and 
 that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by the 
 transfer of officers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if 
 practicable, and where not, then from the other corps or from the line 
 or stafiF of the army, reference being always had to their qualification 
 as engineers, or by selection ; but no one shall be selected who is not 
 now serving in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil en- 
 gineer. 
 
 " Sec 4. That the companies shall be organized into regiments of 
 ten companies each, and that the field and staif ollicers shall consist of 
 one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant with the rank 
 of first lieutenant, one quartermaster-sergeant, and one sergeant-major, 
 and that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the 
 manner provided for filling the same in the companies by the third sec- 
 tion of this act, and that the sergeant-major and quartermaster-ser- 
 geant shall be selected from the enlisted men of the army. 
 
 " Sec. 5. That in each regiment two of the companies shall be as- 
 signed to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge train 
 complete. 
 
 " Sec. 6. That the officer in harge of the Engineer Bureau, subject 
 to the approval of the Secrotar of War, shall prescribe the number, 
 form, and dimensions of the wago !;.■■■, pontoons, trestles, tools, implements, 
 arms, and other necessaries, for all the troops organized by this act. 
 
 " Sec. 7. That vaeancios in the established regiments to and includ- 
 ing the rank of colonel, shall be filled by promotion, regimentally, ac- 
 cording to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompe- 
 tency. 
 
 " Sec. 8. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as 
 follows: Of a colonel, two hundred and ten dollars; of a lieutenant- 
 colonel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars; of a major, one hundred 
 and sixty-two dollars; of a captain, one hundred and forty dollars ; of 
 a first lieutenant, one hundred dollars ; of a second lieutenant, ninety 
 dollars; and the adjutant shall receive ten dollars per month in addi- 
 tion to his pay as lieutenant. 
 
67 
 
 " Skc. 9. That the pay of the enlisted men per month shall be aa 
 follows: The sergeant-major ami quartermaster-sergeant, each twenty- 
 one dollars ; sergeants, thirty-four dollars: corporals, twenty dollars j 
 artificers, seventeen dollars; laborers and musicians, thirteen dollars. 
 
 " Sec. 10. That mounted engineer troops may be selected from the 
 cavalry, and be organized according to the provisions of this act, for 
 engineer troops, as hereinbefore specified." 
 
 II.. The method of selection and organization, under the forcgoiny; 
 act, shall be as follows : 
 
 1. Tho senior engineer officer serving with the commanding geucr;l 
 of aduparlment will be authorized by him to organize the engineer 
 companies of tho command. 
 
 2. Persons recommended by the Engineer Bureau to be appointed as 
 company officers to tho respective companies when organized, will le 
 directed to report to the senior officer of engineers in tho department, 
 who, aided by tlieui and subject to the approval of the comm.indiTig 
 general, shall select from specified divisions, in consultation with their 
 commanders, the required number of mon to form the companies. 
 
 .3. The selections shall be distributed as equally as practicable among 
 all the companies of a division, regard being had to the efficiency of 
 the engineer service. Preference-shall be given to volunteers for this 
 special service, provided they possess the requisite qualifications. 
 
 4. The non-commissioned officers of each company shall be selectcl, 
 and the privates cla.isified into artificers and laborers, by the person 
 selected to organize it, subject to the approval of the senior ofiicer of 
 engineer troops, as soon as appointed. 
 
 5. The Chief of the Engineer i5iireau, after naming the companies, 
 and designating to which regiment they shall be assigned, will recom- 
 mend to the War department the appointment of company and field 
 officers. 
 
 6. Two of the companies of each regiment shall be .selected by the 
 senior field officer of engineer troops, subject to the approval of the 
 Chief of the Engineer Bureau, as companies of pontonicrs, but, unless 
 provided with bridge trains, to serve as the other companies. 
 
 7. Whenever the number of non-commissioned officers and privates 
 falls below sixty in any company, it shall be recruited to its maximum 
 number, as licreiubefore specified. 
 
 8. In lieu of the usual return of officers an.l hired men required of 
 engineer officers, returns of officers and enrolled men, showing the pre 
 sent, absent, and .sick, shall be forwarded monthly by the senior field 
 
officer of each regiment to the Chief of the Engineer Bureau, who will 
 furnish blank forms for the purpose. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Richmond, May 2.5, 18G3, 
 
 No. 67. 
 
 L.OflScerson ordnance duty, when temporarily absent from their 
 posts or positions in the field, under special orders, shall be allowed 
 their personal e.\penses, to be paid out of the appropriation for ord- 
 nance service, in lieu of all allowances for fuel, quarters, and forage 
 for the same period. Each account must be certified to by the party 
 receiving the payment, and approved by the officer under whose orders 
 he acts. 
 
 II. .AVhenever a cavalryman fails and refuses te keep himself pro- 
 vided with a serviceable horse, he may, upon the order of the corps 
 commander, be transferred to any company of infantry or artillery of 
 the same army that he may select. In lieu of such soldiers, others, be- 
 longing to the infantry or artillery, who are able to furnish horses and 
 prefer that service, may, in like manner, be transferred, in equal num- 
 ber, to the cavalry. 
 
 III. .Surgeons will turn over money or other effects of deceased sol- 
 diers (except clothing, which will be disposed of as directed by Gene- 
 ral Orders, No. 49, 1863) to the quartermaster of the regiment to which 
 the soldier belonged, if he died in the field, or to the quartermaster of 
 the post, if he died in hospital, taking therefor receipts and duplicate 
 — one of which will be forwarded bj' him to the commanding officer of 
 the company of which the soldier was a member, to be sent by him to 
 the family of the deceased, and the other to the Second Auditor of the 
 Treasury. Quartermasters will take up, upon their quarterly returns, 
 money thus paid, specifying the amount left by each deceased soldier, 
 his name, company, and regiment. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
0!) 
 
 GENERAIi ORDEKS.") Adjutant and iNspECTOR-GENfRAi's OrricE. 
 
 No. 68. J KiriiMOXP, May 27. 1863. 
 
 I- .At a general court martial convened at Knoxr'illc, Tennessee, 
 February 20, ISC.'J, by virtue of General Orders, No. Ifi, Head-quarters 
 Department of East Tennessee, of December 15, 1862, and of which 
 Colonel J. J. Finley, fith regiment Florida volunteers, was President, 
 was tried : 
 
 Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cavalry, on the fol- 
 lowing charge and specification : 
 
 Charge: Violation of the 9th Article of War. 
 
 Specijication : In this, that the said John Q. Arnold did willfully, 
 maliciously, and feloniously, and with malice af.irethought, kill and 
 murder Major T. W. Adrien, his superior officer, by shooting him with 
 a pistol loaded with powder and ball, which he then and there held iu 
 hi.s hand, from which ho, the said T. W. Adrien, did die. This at 
 Kingston, Tenn., on or about the 16th day of November, 1862. 
 
 To the above charge and specification the accused filed a special pica 
 to the jurisdiction of the court, which, having been overruled by the 
 court, the plea of not guilty was entered. 
 
 H- .Findiug and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court having maturely considered the case, do find the accused, 
 Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cavalrj', as follows : 
 Of the Specification of the Charge: Guilty. 
 Of the Charge: Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore (two-thirds of the court concurring) sentence him 
 to be shot to death bj- musketry. 
 
 III.. The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been submitted to the President, the following orders arc, by 
 his direction, made therein : 
 
 Murder can onlj- be punished under the Articles of War, when inci- 
 dent to some other clearly defined oftence. It docs not of itself con- 
 stitute a military crime : and the 33d Article of War provides that, 
 when capital crimes are committed by persons in the military service, 
 they shall be turned over, on demand, to the civil authorities. The 9th 
 article, under which Captain Arnold was tried, requires that the officer 
 against whom violence is offered must bo "in the execution of his ofiSce." 
 Hence, to take the cascout of the 33d article, which is general in its 
 application, and refer it to the 9th, which is special, the murder or kill- 
 ing must be set forth in the specification in such terms as to show that 
 the court has jurisdiction; and this can only be done by alleging, in 
 
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 the words of the article, that the officer was "in the execution of his 
 office." The omission cannot be supplied by evidence, even where no 
 objection is made: for consent can not confer jurisdiction. In the pre- 
 sent case, however, objection was made to the jurisdiction of the court 
 over the particular crime alleged, and the point has thus been distinctly 
 presented to the department. Nor does the evidence show Major Adrien 
 to have been clearly " in the discharge of his office "' at the lime of the 
 killing. On the contrary, it is stated that he was " walking across the 
 street." To be in the execution of his office, the officer must be in the 
 actual discharge of some duty. It is resistance to authority under 
 such circumslauces, that the 9th article forbids and punishes. Other 
 offences — such Jis disobedience, disrespect, mutiny — are made punishable 
 by other articles; and the Oth article seems designed to protect officers 
 in the enforcement of discipline and against resistance while in the exe- 
 cution of that duly. The department can only deal with offences when 
 they are properly presented through the 'established forms of the ser- 
 vice. 
 
 The proceedings, finding, and sentence in this case must beset aside, 
 for the reasons stated ; but it is supposed that any responsibility that 
 the party has incurred to the civil authorities of Tennessee, is n-ot 
 affected by this proceeding. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and I nsjiector- General. 
 
 GKNKRAL OIIDKKS, ) Adjutant and Ix.sj'ectou-General's Office, 
 
 No. iXt. j Richmond, Ala}/ '28, 1863. 
 
 I. .In places where there are three or more hospitals, three surgeons 
 in charge of hospitals, or divisions in hospitals, shall constitute a board 
 of examiners for the hospitals to which they belong, whose duty it 
 shall be, twice in each week, to visit said hospitals aud examine ap- 
 plicants for furloughs : and in all cases where they shall find an ap- 
 plicant unfit for military duty, either fr^m disease or wounds, and like- 
 ly so to remain for thirty days or upward, they shall, provided his life 
 or convalescence will not, in their opinion, be endangered thereby, 
 grant a furlough for such time, not to exceed sixty days, as they shall 
 deem he will be unfit for duty. 
 
 II. .Tbero will be detailed for each board herein constituted, from 
 one of the hospitals visited by them, a coinpotont clerk, who will issue 
 furloughs, to be signed by the senior member of the board ; which wil! 
 specify therein the length of furli-ugb, the place of residence of the sol- 
 
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 dier, hia company, rogimt-nt, and brigade : and no further formality 
 shall be required of the soldier, and no passport other than his fiir- 
 K.ngh. 
 
 III>.In every case furluughcd under the provisiouj of this order, a 
 medical certificate stating the name, company, regiment, and brigade 
 of the soldier, his place of residence, and the length of furlough, with 
 the full particulars of the disease, wound, or disability, and the period 
 during which he has sufl'ered from its effecis, with an opinion of tho 
 time which will elapse before he can resume duty, must be furnished 
 by tho board of examiners to the Surgeon-General : and if such fur- 
 lough h.as bcou improperly granted, the derelict officer will be held re- 
 sponsible before a military tribunal. 
 
 IV- .The board aforementioned will also examine applicants for dis- 
 charge from the service, in hospitals visited by them, and may recom- 
 mend a discharge when a soldier is deemed permanently unfit for ser- 
 vice in the field or in any department of the army, in consequence of 
 wounds, disease, or infirmitj'; in which ease certificates of disabili- 
 ty, signed by the senior member of tho board, and approved by the 
 general commanding tho armj' or department to which the soldier be- 
 longs, or by the Surgeon-General, will entitle him to a discharge, to bo 
 granted by the commandant of the post, who will complete and for- 
 ward the "certificates of disability" to the Adjutant and Inspectci- 
 Goneral's office. Tho surgeon in charge of the hospital will make out 
 " final statements." The soldier will receive transportation to the 
 place of his enlistment or residence. 
 
 v.. In places where there are but two hospitals, two surgeons in 
 charge of a hospital or division shall constitute a board for the pur- 
 poses aforesaid; and in places where there is but one hospital, the sur- 
 geon in charge and two assistant surgeons, if there be two, and if not, 
 then one, shall constitute a board for the purpose aforesaid, and may 
 furlough, and recommend discharges, as herein prescribed. 
 
 Vl..AVhcre a soldier has been discharged under the provisions of 
 this order, and his "descriptive list " and "final statements" can nut 
 be procured, he will be mustered by the surgeon in charge on tho hos- 
 pital rolls, for payment, upou his affidavit, taken before one or more 
 witnesses, that he has not received pa^' fur the period for which ho 
 claims it to be due, and that he is not indebted to the Confederate 
 States bcj'ond the amount stated bj- him. 
 
 VII.. Notices of all furloughs issued under these orders will be for- 
 
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 warded weekly by the board of esamincrs, and notices of all discharges 
 from service, by commnndants of posts, to tlio immediate commander 
 of the company to vehich tlie soldier belongs, and to the Adjiitrtnt and 
 Inspector-General. 
 
 VIII. .The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each patient un- 
 der his charge once every day. 
 
 IX. .Paragraphs III, IV and V, General Orders, No. 51, current 
 aeries, from this office, pertaining to matters herein regulated, are re- 
 scinded. 
 
 X.. Boards of examiners and post commandants have no power to 
 grant an officer leave of absence. They can only recommend it, upon 
 the usual surgeon's certificate, for the consideration of the command- 
 ing officer of the army or department to which the officer belongs. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and [nRpector-Geueral. 
 
 GENERAIi ORDERS."! .^djutan't and iNsPF.CTon-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 70. ) Richmond, May 29, 1863. 
 
 I.. The following Act of Congress, .Tnd reguhi-tions adopted by the 
 Department in pursuance thereof, are published for the information of 
 all concerned : 
 
 AN ACT TO ABOLISH SUP KKMU.M RRARY OFFICERS IN THE COMMISSARY 
 AND quartermaster's DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 The Congress of the Coji/ederatc Staten of America do enact, That the 
 office of regimental commissary bo and the same is hereby abolished, 
 and the duties heretofore devolved by law upon said commissary shall 
 be performed by the regimental quartermaster; provided, that said 
 quartermaster shall, if required by the Secretary of War, execute a new 
 bond, with such additional penalty as he may require. 
 
 •'Sec. 2. That the commanding officer of a regiment or battalion 
 shall, when the good of the service in his opinion requires it, detail a non- 
 commissioned officer or private as commissary sergeant, who shall be 
 assigned to the regimental quarterinnster to perform the duties now 
 performed by commissary sergeants ; and the non-commissioned officer 
 or private so detailed shall receive, as extra pay, twenty dollars per 
 month. 
 
" Sec. ". That the regimental quartcrraastcrs aeting as commissaries 
 sbiiU draw supplies for their respective regiments on Provision Returns, 
 Form I'l, and not in bulk; and when detached from their brigades, so 
 that it is impracticable to draw supplies from the brigade commissary, 
 it Bhall be the dutj' of the nearest brigade or post commissary to sup- 
 ply his regiment on Provision Return 14. 
 
 " Sec. 4. Sales to officers shall be made by the brigade commissaries 
 to which such officers are attached. 
 
 " Sec. 5. That quartermasters and commissaries, assistant quarter- 
 masters and assistant commissaries, who become permanently detached 
 from divisions, brigades, or regiments to whieli thej' are originally ap- 
 pointed and assigned, respectively, whether by resignation or otherwise, 
 shall cease to be officers of the army, and their names shall be dropped 
 from the rolls of the army, unless rcas.signed by a special order of the 
 Secretarj' of War. 
 
 " Sr(\ 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to issue 
 the necessarj' orders for the earliest practicable enforcement of the pro- 
 visions of this law ; and that he shall communicate to the chiefs of the 
 subsistence and quartermaster's bureaus the names of the commissaries 
 and assistant commissaries, quartermasters and assistant quartermas- 
 ters retained and dropped from the rolls under this act. 
 
 "Sro. 7. That all laws an J parts of laws contravening thu provisions 
 of this act, bo and the same are hereby repealed." [Approved May I, 
 1,SG3.] 
 
 //. . Iie<juhtlii>ns. 
 
 1. After this date n(> ajipointment will be made of regimental or bat- 
 talion commissaries in the provisional army. Departmental command- 
 ers will direct the transfer, liy regimental commissaries, of all money, 
 eflfects, and property in their hands to the proper regimental quarter- 
 masters, who will thereafter discharge the duties of the former, in ac- 
 cordance with the provisions of this act. Until such transfer is per- 
 fected, regimental commissaries will continue in the perform.ance of 
 their usual duties ; but, after the 3Ist day of July next, all quartermas- 
 ters and commissaries, assistant quartermasters and assistant commis- 
 saries, who have not been, or may not be, prior to July 31st, specially 
 detailed or assigned to duty, will cease to be officers in the Confederate 
 service. 
 
 2. Sales to ofTiccrs will, after the 31st of July next, be made by the 
 brigade commissary, as required in the 4th section of the act; and to 
 enable him to do so, the brigade commander will select and report to 
 the War department, through the usual chaunel, the best qualified regi- 
 mental commissary of his brigade, for assignment to duty with the 
 brigade commissary. It shall be th'c special duty of the commissary 
 
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 thus assigueil to receive supplies in bulk, ami to make the usually rr- 
 quired sales to officers of the army. He will be uudor the immediate 
 direction of the brigade commissary, will receipt to him for all proper- 
 ty received, and make through him the proper reports and returns of 
 his transactions. 
 
 3. In cavalry regiments a lieutenant of cavalry or other competent 
 ofiBcer may be detailed, when necessary, to aid the regimental quarter- 
 master in the discharge of such additional duties as may be devolved 
 upon him under the operation of this law. 
 
 4. Additional bonds will not be required of regimental quartermas- 
 ters charged with commissary duties, except where directed by the Sec- 
 retary of War. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL OEDEKS. ) Adjutant akd Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 71. ) Richmond, JUay 30, 1863. 
 
 The following act of Congress having been approved by the Presi- 
 dent, is announced for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 AN ACT ALLOWING HOSPITAL ACCOMMOPATIONS TO SICK AND WOUNDED 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 sick or wounded officers shall be allowed hospital accommodations in 
 any of the hospitals of the Confederate States, at one dollar per diem. 
 
 "Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, When said officer shall be without 
 money, he shall, nevertheless, be entitled to the same. The surgeon in 
 charge, at the expiration of every thirty days, shall state the account, 
 and be entitled to draw the amount at any place where the officer might 
 have drawn it, which shall be deducted from said officer's pay, in the 
 same way as if he himself had drawn it ; and any officer drawing the 
 same again shall be punished as in the case of fraudulent drawers." 
 [Approved April 29, 1863.] 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDETIS "1 Awutast vxn Iv'rfECTOu-fiENEKAL's OrricE. 
 
 No. 72. ) Uicnsioxn. Jroie 1. ISS."?. 
 
 I.. At the military court held for the army oorp.s dT Major-Generiil 
 Samuel .Tone?, at Oray Sulphur Spring?, Virginia, May 5, 1S63, was 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 Captain Wm. S. Rowau, Company A, 60th Virginia volunteers, on 
 the following charges. (The specifications being numerous and lengthj', 
 are omitted in this order.) 
 
 Chrtrtje In! : Violation of the S.3d Article of War. 
 
 Chfifje 2'1 : Violation of the 9ytli Article of War. 
 
 II. . Fiiidhif/ ami Scittenre of the Court. 
 
 Having m.aturely considered the evidence adduced, (he court find the 
 accused, Ciiptain AVni. S. Kowau, C'onipnny A, (tdth Virginia volun- 
 teers : 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore sentence him to be dismissed the service of the 
 Confederate States. 
 
 III. .The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 have been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the 
 President^ and the following orders are now made thereon : 
 
 The charges are both too defective to sustain a trial. Neither the 
 83d nor the 99th Article of War defines any oflcnce whatever, nor do 
 they direct the performance of any duty. No violation of either of 
 those articles can properly be charged. 
 
 Under the SSd Article, the only charge to be preferred is " cone/ act 
 unbecoming an officer and yenflemau ;" and under the 99th. " conduct to 
 the prejudice of good order and military dincipline." The specifica- 
 tions would then have been responsive to the charges, and would have 
 sustained a trial and sentence in accordance with the evidence. 
 
 IV.. For the reasons above assigned the proceedings must bo set 
 aside, and Captain Kowan will be released from arrest and restored to 
 duty. The record discloses facts very disgraceful tto him ; but it is 
 hoped that his accidental escape from deserved punishment may re- 
 sult in a determination to retrieve his character as a citizen and officer 
 of the army. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and In^pcctov-Ocneral. 
 
7() 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. ) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 Richmond, June 2, 1863. 
 
 ENERAL ORDERS. 1 
 
 No. 73. ) 
 
 I.. At the military court held for the army of Lieutenant-General 
 Polk, at Shelby ville, Tenn., April U, 1863, wa.s tried: 
 
 Captain W. W. W. AVood, Company L, Blythe's regiment of Missis- 
 sippi volunteers, on the following charge and specifications : 
 
 Chanje : Conduct unbecoming an ollicer and gentleman. 
 
 Specificatioiu : The 1st and 3d are omitted. The 2d is as follows : 
 
 Specification 2 : In this, that the said Captain W. W. W. Wood, 
 Company L, Blythe's Mississippi regiment of volunteers, remained in 
 camp four days preceding and during the battle of Murfreesboro', but 
 came to his company the day after said battle, to wit, January 1, 1863, 
 and took command of his company until a part of the regiment, his 
 company included, was ordered forward to support the sharp-shooters 
 who were in front of the line of battle, when said Captain W. W. W. 
 Wood, Company L, Blythe's Mississippi regiment, made a pretext to 
 Lieutenant O'ilear, of his company, for momentarily leaving his place. 
 He, the said Captain W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe's regiment, 
 returned to his company no more, but reported to Doctor X. Xaupi, 
 surgeon of said regiment, who refused to excuse him. Nevertheless, 
 said Captain W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe's Mississippi regi- 
 ment of volunteers, went back to camp, and remained there till forced 
 out on the foUoAviug morning. All this near Murfreesboro', Tenn., 
 January 1, 1863. 
 
 II. .Finding and Sentence. 
 
 The majority of the court find the accused, Captain W. W. W. Wood, 
 Company L, Blythe's Mississippi regiment, as follows: 
 
 Of Specification 1st: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of so much of that part of Specification 2d which charges him with 
 two days remaining away from his company at camp : Guilty. 
 
 The whole court find hiui of the remainder of Specification 2d : Not 
 Guilty. 
 
 The whole court honorably acquit him of the 3d Specification, and 
 say : Not Guilty. 
 
 The majority of«the court find him of the Charge : Guilty, and sen- 
 tence him to be dismissed the service. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case have been submitted to 
 the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President, and the follow- 
 ing orders are now made thereon : 
 
7r 
 
 Captain Wood was tried on the sinj^le charge of " eonduct uuliccom- 
 ing an officer and geullenian," un<ler which three specifications were 
 laid. The whole court acquit him of the 3d specification. A majority 
 ac({uit him of the 1st and part of the 2d specification, but find him 
 guilty of the remainder of 2d .specification, and guilty of the charge. 
 A portion of the 2d specification is, therefore, all that, in the opinion of 
 the court, sustains the charge. But this finding is altogether too im- 
 perfect and uncertain. If the 2<1 specification refers to separate and 
 distinct offences, it is wholly defective, and should have been set. 
 aside before the trial : but if it embraces a single substantive offence, 
 the court can not separate its parts, and find the accused guilty as to 
 one portion and not guilty as to another, uiilenn it is clear th<it the /not s 
 thu« sef)(iriited n»d eatdhtinhrd, of thcm»eJv<a coimtitiite the parliriihir 
 offence chnryed. I?ut this is far from being clear. The looseness and 
 uncertainty of the 2d s[)ecification, and the finding thereon, are a suffi- 
 cient and fatal objection. The whole finding is, moreover, informal and 
 irregular. The judges give lengthy and separate opinions in connec- 
 tion with it, and represent one part of their finding to be by a majority 
 and the remainder by the whcde court. It is never desirable to state 
 by what vote the court has arrived at its conclusions, and it is contra- 
 ry to the practice of courts martial to do so. Upon the whole, the pro- 
 ceedings are set aside, and Captain Wood will therefore be released 
 from arrest and roturned to duty. 
 
 liy order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innpector-G eneval. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. > Adjutant and Ixspector-Gbneral's Office, 
 
 No. 74. i Richmond, June 3, 1863. 
 
 I. .The Congress of the Confederate States having failed to recognize 
 the appointment of provost marshals from persons not belonging to the 
 army, or to make appropriation for the services of those persons who 
 had been employed in that capacity, hereafter no such appointments 
 will be made. 
 
 II. .The generals of departments will report the posts at which pro- 
 vosts marshals are needed, with the number of provost or other guards 
 at the same, and recommend for appointment .suitable officers for the 
 same. 
 
 III. .In all cases, preference will be given to competent officers who 
 
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 have become disabled, by wounds or other infirinily, for active field 
 duty. 
 
 IV.. At .all the posts not supplied, before the 1st of July, with pro- 
 vost marshals belonging to the army, in accordance with this order, the 
 office will bo considered as abolished. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspcctor-Geiteral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and In-spector-General's Ofpick. 
 
 Xo. 75. j RiCHMOXD, Jiinf. 4, 18C3. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress concerning compens.ation to de- 
 tailed men, and the instructions of the War department in regard there- 
 to, are published for the information and direction of all concerned : 
 
 '■ 1. The CoH^jresi a/ iJii; C'i)ttfedertite Statcx oj America da enact, Tliat 
 non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, when emploj'cd on 
 detached or detailed service by the departmental or other commander 
 of a district, or under the direction of any of the military bureaus, in- 
 stead of the compensation now allowed, may be allowed the sura of not 
 more than three dollars per day, in lieu of rations and all other allow- 
 ances, upon the recommendation of the officer immediately in charge 
 of such men, with the approval of the commander or other chief of bu- 
 reau, as the case may be, and the sanction of the Secretary of War. 
 
 "2. This act shall remain in force for one year from the first day of 
 .Januarj', eighteen hundred and sixty-three." [Approved May 1st, 18G3.] 
 
 II.. 1. Detailed men in the service of the several militarj' bureaus, 
 other than the clerks described in act No. 62 (clerks employed in public 
 offices in the City of Richmond, by reason of physical disability), will 
 be allowed such sum per day in lieu of rations and all other allowances, 
 not exceeding three doUar.s, as may be recommended by the olficer in 
 charge of such detailed men, and apjjroved by the chief of bureau. 
 
 2. The maximum allowance of thcee dollars will be paid only to the 
 class of detailed men serving at posts or stations without troops, or in 
 counties and towns, or government work-shops. 
 
 '■i'l. The rate of .allowance to men serving iu the field, as clerks at 
 headquarters, or on duty iu the quartermaster's, ordnance, engiuccr, 
 commissary, or medical, mining and nitre departments, will be estab- 
 lished at such sums per diem as may be recommended by the officer in 
 charge of such men, and approved by the commanding general. These 
 
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 rates will not exceed $1 25 per diem, e\oei)t in special oatjcs of service 
 iu tlie departments above mentioned, when a greater rate may be au- 
 thorized by the chiefs of bureaus, upon the approval of the command- 
 ing general. 
 
 4. The extra compensation allowed by the foregoing act will be paid 
 to detailed men by the departments iu which they are respectively em- 
 ployed, except medical departments, upon such rolls as may be pre- 
 scribed ; except that payments by the quartermaster's department will 
 be made upon rolls according to Form No. 3, Regulations of the Quar- 
 termaster's department. Such payments will be iu full of all payments 
 and allowances heretofore paid and allowed to soldiers, except their 
 monthly pay. Payments in thawuedical department will be made as 
 now, by (juartcrmasters. 
 
 5. Shoemakers detailed under the provisions of the act of October 
 9th, 1862, who may receive the per diem allowance in lieu of rations 
 and other allowances authorized by the act of May 1st, 1803, will also 
 be entitled to the compensation of thirty-five cents per pair for shoes 
 manufactured by them, authorized by the said act of October 9, 1862. 
 
 6. All payments to detailed men under the act of May 1st, 1863, will 
 be made from the first day of January, 1863, and will not be continued 
 beyond the 31st of December, 1863; but no payment shall bo made to 
 those who have been detailed heretofore, " without pay and allowance 
 as soldiers." From and after 31st May, payments to such men will be 
 made under this act. 
 
 7. The approval of the chiefs of bureaus and the sanction of the 
 Secretary of War, required by the above recited act of Congress, will 
 not be necessary in each particular case of detail; but each bureau may, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of War, prescribe general regula- 
 tions for the payment A the different classes of detailed mcu in their 
 respective emploj'ments. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General . 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. "| Adjutant and Inspector-Gkneiial's Offick, 
 
 No. 7.6. j • RiCHMO.vi), June. 5, 1S63. 
 
 Officers of the army ar^ directed, in all official reports, whether of 
 sieges, campnigns, or battles, to confine their statements to the facts and 
 events connected with the matter on which they report. No extraneous 
 subject, whether of speculation or of collateral narrative, has a proper 
 
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 place in the official reports of military operations. As much concise- 
 ness as is consistent with perspicuity and fullness of statement, will be 
 observed in such communications. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Jiisjjcctor- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEKS.'] Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 77. J «. Richmond, June, 6, 1863. 
 
 When an infantry soldier is detailed as a courier, under paragraph 
 III,pGeneral Orders, No. 7, current'series, and shall keep himself pro- 
 vided with a serviceable horse,he will be allowed forty eeuts per day 
 for the use and risk of his horse. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and [nspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL;;oRDERS,~) adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 7S. f Richmond. Jxine 7, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened at the camp of Major-Gener- 
 al Anderson's division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 1.^3, of 1862, 
 from Head-quarters of Department of Norlfcern Virginia, was ar- 
 raigned and tried : 
 
 Private Allen Matthew.^, Company E, Gth regiment Virginia infan- 
 try, on the following charge, viz : 
 
 Charge : Desertion. 
 
 Specification : In this, that the said Private Allen Matthews, Com- 
 pany E, Gth Virginia regiment, did, on or about the 10th day of May, 
 1862, near Petersburg, Va., absent himself from his company and regi- 
 . ment without leave, and did remain absent till arrested and sent to his 
 regiment, then near Fredericksburg, .Va., on or about the 13th day of 
 February, 1863. 
 
 Findlnij. 
 
 Of the Specification: Guilty. 
 Of the Chnrge : Guiltyf 
 
M 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be sliot to death with musketry, at such time and place as tho 
 commanding general may direct. 
 
 II.. The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the order of the 
 President, are apjiroved. I?ut, for the considerations stated in the ear- 
 nest appeal of the captain of his company, the sentence is remitted, in 
 the hope that his future conduct will prove that the clemencj' extended 
 to him was not misplaced, an<l that his life, justly forfeited by his grave 
 offence, will be hereafter used to redeem his name from its present 
 rcpro.ach. 
 
 Private Matthews will be released and returned to dutj-. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adiutant olid fiis].)ertor-(jetieral. 
 
 GENERAL 0RDEKS.1 Adjutant anh Inspector-Genkral's Offick, 
 
 No, 79. ) KiCHMr.xn. June if. lSti3. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened at the camp of Major-Gener- 
 al R. H. Anderson, by virtue of General Orders, No. 1.33, paragraph 
 II, of 1862, from Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was ar- 
 raigned and tried : 
 
 JgPrivate George Mormon, Company C, 8th Alabama regiment, on the 
 following charges : 
 
 ^Charge 1 ; Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
 Specification : In this, that the said Private George MornKiU, Com- 
 pany C, Sth Alabama rcgimtnt, did leave his company and regiment, 
 while in line of battle at the battle of Seven Pines, .June 1st, 1862, 
 without proper authority, thereby allowing himself to be taken prison- 
 er by the enemy on the 2d d.ay of .June, 1S62. 
 
 Chnifjc 2: Violation of the 22d Article of War. 
 
 Sjieeijicatioii : In this, that the said Private George Mormon, Com- 
 pany C, Sth Alabama regiment, did leave the camp or hospital, while a 
 paroled prisoner at Riclimoml, Va.. bef'.re being exchanged, about 
 August 15, 1862, and enlisted in the marine corps at Mobile, Ala., un- 
 der an assumed name, and drew theret'roni bouuly, clothing, etc, to 
 the amount of one hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and 
 did not return to his company till arrested by Lieutenant W. 11. Dunn, 
 
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 Company II, 8th Alabama regiment, about the 10th day of January, 
 1863. 
 
 pliiding. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charp;e: Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of the2J Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence, 
 
 To forfeit all pay due to him, and to be shot to death with musketry, 
 at euch time and place as the commanding general may direct. 
 
 II.'. The proceedings in the above case lia\-ing been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, are approved ; and 
 so much of the sentence as requires the accused to be shot to death 
 with musketrj'is remitted, in consideration Qf the earnest recommenda- 
 tion of the members of his regiment, and their assurances that a reform 
 in his character as a soldier may be confidently relied on. 
 
 III. .Private Mormon will be returned to his regiment. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjufant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL OUDERS. I Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 Xo. so. ) Richmond, Jam'. 19, 1S63. 
 
 I. .Contractors with government officers to supplj' paper are hereby 
 authorized to send agents to the armies in the field, and to military 
 posts, for the purpose of collecting material convertible into paper. 
 
 II. .Commanding ofTicers of armies and military departments will di- 
 rect suitable facilities to be given to such agents, when coming certified 
 by the officers with whom the contract is made, and will direct the 
 Quartermaster's department to furnish transportation to the nearest 
 public route for all material collected, whenever consistent with the 
 interest of the service. 
 
 III. Non-commissioned officers and privates, who belonged to com- 
 panies or regiments which have been disbanded, and who, on account 
 of their absence on detailed duty, were not mustered out of service with 
 the commiinds to which they were attached, but were continued for de- 
 
tailed duty, will be paid for the period of such detail, upon descriptive 
 lists prepared and signed by the odlcor under whom they may be serv- 
 ing. Clothing will be drawn and issued to them by such officer, who 
 will keep an accurate account of such issues, and endorse them upon 
 said descriptive lists. All such non-commissioued officers and soldiers 
 within the conscript age, will be at ouce reported to the nearest enroll- 
 ing officer, who will take measures to assign them to companies. Those 
 who are not liable to service as conscripts will be discharged by order 
 from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
 
 IV.. In all elections of ollicors prescribed by law, a majority of all 
 the votes cast will be necessary to a choice. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspecior-Grueral. 
 
 GEXRRAT. ORDERS.) • Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 81. ( Richmond, June 11. 1862. 
 
 I. .A court of inquiry having been convened, by direction of the Presi- 
 dent, on the application of Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene E. McLean, As- 
 sistant Quartermaster-General, under Special Orders, No. 282, para- 
 graph XV. of lSfi2, " to examine into and report upon the conduct of the 
 quartermaster'.^ department of the Army of the Mississippi, while under 
 the control of Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, McLean :" and having 
 made the required examination and report, the result is, by direction of 
 the President, published for the information iif all concerned. 
 
 ri..The court having iunturel;i' considered the evidence adduced, 
 report, as the 
 
 SrMMAKV or FACTS 
 
 Regarded by the court of inquiry in the case of Lieutenant-Colonel E. 
 E. McLean, as proved by the evidence elicited, and of record: 
 
 1. That the Army of the Mississippi, as commanded by General Brax- 
 ton Bragg, was an organization separate and distinct from the Army 
 of the West, commanded by Major-General Earl Van Dorn — both these 
 armies, when concentrated at Corinth and Tupelo, being under General 
 Beauregard, as commander of the forces. 
 
 2. That the Army of the Mis.sissippi was aoinposcd of three army 
 corps, commanded respectively by Generals Bragg, Polk, and Hardee, 
 and of a reserve corps, commanded l)y General Breckinridge. 
 
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 3. That the evacuation of Corinth by the Confedorate forces under 
 General Beauregard was first fixed for the 28th of May, 1S62. 
 
 4. That the evacuation of Corinth was postponed to the 29th of May, 
 1862. 
 
 5. That the evacuation of Corinth was accomplished during the night 
 of the 29th and morning of the 30th of May, 1862. 
 
 6. That General Bragg relieved General Beauregard in the command 
 of the forces at Tupelo in the latter part of June, 1862. 
 
 7. That Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, McLean, was acting as chief 
 quartermaster of the Army of the Mississippi about the 12th of March, 
 1862. 
 
 8. That Major McLean was appointed chief quartermaster of the 
 Army of the Mississippi by General A. Sidney Johnston on the 30th of 
 March, 1862. 
 
 9. That Lieutenant-Colonel McLean was relieved from duty as chief 
 quartermaster ofthe forces, by General Bragg, on the 4th of July, 1862, 
 at Tupelo, Mississippi. 
 
 10. That the Army of the Mississippi, while Lioutenaut-Colonel 
 McLean was its chief quartermaster, both* at Corinth and Tui)elo, was 
 amply supplied with money, clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, 
 wagons, public animals, field- transportation in general, and with all 
 quartermaster's stores, with the exception of full rations of forage at 
 Corinth, and of certain other articles which were applied for, and sub- 
 sequently obtained by the quartermaster's department, or the parties 
 requiring them at the time. 
 
 11. That there were, throughout the army, occasional complaints of 
 the want, for a short time, of certain quartermaster's supplies, which 
 the evidence shows were sulPicieutly accounted for, or promptly sup- 
 plied, as far as possible, and the circumstances would permit of its be- 
 ing done. 
 
 12. That the supply of forage at Corinth was sulPicicnt, though not 
 full, and for a time restricted in amount and kind, owing to the nature 
 of the surrounding country, and other circumstances. While at Tupelo 
 it was ample, the army then being located in the vicinity of a country 
 abounding in forage. 
 
 13. That there was but little forage within reach of Corinth by wagon 
 transportation, and that little was consumed at an early day of our 
 occupation of that post and the adjacent counties. 
 
 14. That the facilities afforded by the railroads concentrating at that 
 point, especially after their partial abandonment to the enemy, were 
 not sufficient for the trsMisportation of a full supply of forage for the 
 army at Corinth, and at the .same time to supply that army with all 
 other quartermaster, commissary, and ordnance stores required, and 
 
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 at the same time inTict the siuMen and \incxpccted demands for the 
 transportation of lav;5e niiinbors of tr'iops, the sick, etc. 
 
 15. That an abundant supply of corn, and as much long forage as 
 could be found, was purchased by the ({uartcrmaster's department, and 
 deposited .along the lines of the different railroads for shipment to 
 Corinth ; and when cars could be obtained they were generally kept 
 loaded with such forage, ready to be attached to the passing trains. 
 
 16. That the railroads were worked to their utmost ca])acity, but that 
 many cases occurred where, from inaViility to transport them, the cars 
 found readj' loaded with forage were left by the passing trains on the 
 side-tracks of the railroads, and thus detained or delayed in arriving at 
 their place of destination. 
 
 17. That all side-tracks required for the'cfTicieut working of the dif- 
 ferent railroads were laid down by the quartermaster's department 
 wherever found insufficient for the accommodation of the increased 
 business of the railroads. 
 
 18. That a competent military superiutend,ent of the railroads (a major 
 in the quartermaster's department) was selected by the presidents of 
 the railroads, and, with their concurrence, appointed by General Beau- 
 regard, to take upon himself the entire and exclusive control of all the 
 army transportation by railroad, under the immediate supervision of 
 General Beauregard, then commanding the forces. 
 
 19. That the quartermaster's department, while under the control of 
 Lieutenant-Colonel McLean, established, and had in successful opera- 
 tion throughout the district of country under his charge, many and 
 extensive manufactories for the supply of the army with quartermaster's 
 stores. 
 
 20. That hospitals were erected and otherwise supplied for the use of 
 the army, including that of the Mississippi, and were in many instances 
 furnished and supplied from the stores of the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment, while under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel ^McLean. 
 
 21. That artesian wells were, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colo- 
 nel McLean, successfully bored at Corinth, to supply the army at that 
 place with water. 
 
 22. That corrals were established by the quarlcrmaster's department 
 of the Army of the Mississippi, in the rear of the army, for the disabled 
 and worn down-public animals, where they were, in large numbers, prop- 
 erlj' attended and successfully recruited for the service. 
 
 23. That, for ordinary purposes, a sufficient and permanent force of 
 negro laborers was employed by the quartermaster's department for 
 loading and unloading the cars at the railroad depots. 
 
 24. That, in cases of emergency, sutlicient assistjinco was obtained by 
 details from the army, upon the application of the parties desiring them, 
 
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 as was tbe case of the pdst and ordnance department nt the evacuation 
 of Corinth. 
 
 25. That there was a sufficient number of competent and efficient 
 officers of the quartermaster's department at all limes at the railroad 
 depot at Corinth, to superintend and control the railroad transportation 
 of the army during the evacuation of that place. 
 
 25. That the transportation operations, on the occasion of the evacua- 
 tion of Corinth, were expeditiously and successfully conducted by ener- 
 getic and competent officers of the quartermaster's department, assigned 
 to the special duty of superintending the transportation of army stores 
 and troops from that place by rail. 
 
 27. That material aid wa.s rendered by General Bragg aud several 
 members of his staff, and some members of the staff of General Beau- 
 regard, also by other officers, as well as bj' Colonel Benton's regiment, 
 and other details from the army. 
 
 28. That there was no public property left in Corinth upon the evacu- 
 ation of the place, except a few tents and broken wagons, some old 
 harness, and some few shells and other ordnance stores ; most of which 
 property appears to have been damaged or condemned, or not worth 
 the cost of its transportation under the attending circumstances. 
 
 29. That there was a loss of a number of railroad engines and cars 
 loaded with army stores, upon the Memphis and Charleston railroad, ou 
 the morning of the -SOth of May, 1862, occasioned by the burning of the 
 railroad bridges across the Hatchie and Tuscumbia rivers, in obedience 
 to specific orders given the officers in command at those bridges, to 
 destroy them at a certain hour. 
 
 30. That the quartermaster's department had no notice that the 
 bridges were to be destroyed ; otherwise the trains lost might have been 
 despatched in time to have passed the bridges, or turned down the 
 Mobile and Ohio railroad, and thus saved. 
 
 31. That there was a loss of a train of cars containing certain govern- 
 ment property, at Booneville, while standing on the track of the Mobile 
 and Ohio railroad, on the morning of the 30th of May, 1862, occasioned 
 by a raid of the enemy's cavalry, over which the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment had no control. 
 
 32. That Lieutenant-Colonel McLean was, at one time during his 
 administration of the quartermaster's department of the Array of the 
 Mississippi and other forces, afflicted with, a disease, which was local, 
 and not of a nature permanently to disable him from attending to all the 
 duties required of him as chief of his department. 
 
 33. That, with the exception of a few days illness at Corinth, about a 
 week previous to the evacuation of that place, Lieutenant-Colonel Mc- 
 Lean was not unable, at any time while chief quartermaster of the 
 
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 army, to iitieud lo all the duties Tfhich were required of liiiii, and that 
 he did so atteud promptly to all the duties devolving upon him at the 
 time. 
 
 3'1. That liieutonant-Colonel McLean is shown by the evidence to 
 Lave been prompt, energetic, efficient, courteous, and considerate in 
 the discbarge of his duties as chief quartermaster of the army, succes- 
 sively under (jrcnerals Johnston, Beauregard, and Bragg, and especially 
 solicitous for the welfare and success of the department entrusted to 
 his charge, and for which he was responsible. 
 
 OPINION' OK THE COIRT. 
 
 It is the opinion of this court that, from the facts elicited in the in- 
 vestigation of the conduct of the quartermaster's department of the Armj' 
 of tho Mississippi, while under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel, then 
 Major, Eugene E. McLean, it appears that the department was managed 
 with all the energy, efficienc)', forethought, and success which could 
 have been expected under the difficult circumstances attending tho sud- 
 den concentration of our armies ; the unexpected occupation by the 
 enemy of our principal fields of supply ; tho scarcity of the means of 
 field transportation ; tho inability to obtain forage within reasonable 
 reach of the army by means of wagon transportation ; the failure or 
 inability of the railroads of the country to transport from a distance^ 
 when purchased, forage to the army; the closing of the great markets 
 of New Orleans, Memphis, and Nashville: the interference, by agents 
 of other branches of the service, with the departments of purchases of 
 forage, and of transportation, under Lieutenant-Colonel McLean; the 
 original scarcitj- throughout the country of all supplies needed; tho 
 continuance of such scarcity in consequence of the existing blockade of 
 the ports of the Confederacy, and the inexperience of nearly all quar- 
 termaster's agents in tho beginning of the war. 
 
 It further appears from the evidence that, in the arduous duties 
 attending the evacuation of Corinth by the Confederate army under 
 General Beauregard, the quartermaster's department was fully repre- 
 sented by able and elHeient officers, present at the railroad depot day 
 and night, and to their activity and judgment is tho successful removal 
 of the public stores, for which the quartermaster's department was re- 
 sponsible at that place, mainly attributable. That the quartermaster's 
 department, during the day and night preceding the evacuation, was 
 efficiently aided by the personal exertions of General Bragg and several 
 members of bis and General Beauregard's staff, and by the exertions of 
 Colonel Benton's regiment, together with other details from the .army. 
 
 It also appears from the evidence that tho evacuation of Corinth, so 
 far as the quartermaeter's department was concerned, was a complete 
 
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 military success, anrl that although so short a time was alloweil to re- 
 move the stores, but little property was lost, and that but of small 
 value, being mostly worthless or condemned stores. The severe losses 
 of the engines and cars, together with the public property contained in 
 the latter, destroye<l on the morning of the evacuation on tlie llatchie 
 and Tuscumbia bridges, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, by 
 our troops, and on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, at Booneville, by a 
 raid of the enemy's cavalry, are shown, from the evidence, to be in no 
 way attributable to the quartermaster's department. 
 
 The court is also of opinion that the investigation has further shown 
 that, in the conduct of the department committed to his charge, Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel McLean was prompt, energetic, and ellicient in the dis- 
 charge of all the duties of his office while chief quartermaster of the 
 army, and that while in the execution of those duties, his instructions 
 to and teachings of his subordinates contributed much to the success 
 attendant on their exertions, and to the introduction and maintenance 
 of the proper system and order in the various branches of the depart- 
 ment entrusted to his supervision and control. 
 
 III.. The court of inquiry, of which Colonel M. Lewis Clark was 
 president, is hereby dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant '.(lid Itt^j^ectoi -General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEIiS, j Adjutant and iNsrECToii-fJENKRAL's Office, 
 
 No. 82. f KicHMOND June 12. 1863. 
 
 The second section of the act entitled An act to organize partisan 
 rangers, provides that such partisan rangers, after being regularly 
 received into service, shall be entitled to the same paj', rations, and 
 quarters, during^ their term of service, and be subject to the same regu- 
 lations, as other soldiers. The irregularities reported to this depart- 
 ment as having been committed by such corps, renders it proper that 
 these corps shall bo placed under stricter regulations than those here- 
 tofore adopted. The generals commanding the departments in wliich 
 they are serving are hereby authorized to combine them into battalions 
 and regiments, with the view to bringing them under the same regula- 
 tions as other soldiers, in reference to their discipline, position, and 
 movements; and the same officers will recommend any further meas- 
 ures for their organization as an integral portion of their commands 
 
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 as will, iu their opinion, promote their efficiency and the interests of 
 the service. The general of the (Upjiitnicnt will recommend field offi- 
 cers for the organizations that maj' be made, to be submitted for the 
 consideration of tlie President. Such partisan corps as are serving 
 ■within the enemy's lines are, for the present, excepted from this order. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant (Old Iiitipeclor'GeiteraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. | Adjutant and lNsrECTOR-GEN£nAi.'s Office, 
 
 No. 83. ) Richmond. June 13, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened at Shelbyville, Tennessee, 
 by virtue of General Orders, No. 6.3, March 16, 186."?, from the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General's office, Richmond, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Major-GeneralJohu P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., on the following charge 
 and specification : 
 
 Charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military disci- 
 pline. 
 
 Specijlcution 1 : In this, that Major-General John P. McCoun, P. A. 
 C. S., being in command of a division serving with "Army of Tennes- 
 see," did, without authority, order, through his staff officer, Major 
 Bradford, Assistant Adjutant-General, Captain Olhson, A. C. S., 4th 
 Arkansas regiment, " to go to Charleston, S. C, and such other points 
 as may be necessary," when the said Major-General John P. McCoun. 
 P. A. C. S., knew that such details were not nuthorized. All this at 
 Shclbyvijie, Tennessee, on or before the 3d day of February, 1863. 
 
 Specification 2: In this, that Major-General John P. McCoun, P. A. 
 C. S., commanding division, did, through his assistant adjutant- 
 general, Major Bra<lford, issue the said order to Major Olhson, A. C. 
 S., 4th Arkansas regiment, tj proceed to Charleston, S. C, and other 
 points, wlien he, tlic said ;Miijor-Gcneral John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., 
 had, but a short time previous, received and acknowledged the receipt 
 of an official communication from the commanding general of Depart- 
 ment No. 2, requiring an explanation in regard to his detailing officers 
 and enlisted men to go from his (McCouu's) division, out of the lines of 
 the army. All this at Shelbyvillo, Tennessee, on or about the 3d day 
 of February, 1803. 
 
 II. .Findi'ntf avd Sentence of the Court. 
 After maturely considering the evidence adduced, the court find the 
 
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 accused, Major-Oeneral John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., as follows, to 
 wit : 
 
 Of the 1st Specification: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2cl Specification : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And do sentence him to be suspended from all rank, pay, and emolu- 
 ments for the space of six months, and that he be reprimanded in 
 General Orders, by the officer reviewing the proceedings of this court. 
 
 III. .The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the 
 President, and having been duly considered, the same are approved, 
 and the sentence of the court will be carried into effect. Major-General 
 John P. MeCoun is therefore suspended from rank, pay, emoluments, 
 and command for six months from this date. 
 
 IV.. The general court martial convened by General Orders, No. 63, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's ofiice, and of which Major- General 
 J. M. Withers is president, is hereby dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adjutant and Inspectok-Qenekal's Office, 
 
 No. 84. j Richmond, Jmic 15, 1863. 
 
 I.. Ordnance ofllcers on duty in the field do not form a part of the 
 personal stafif of the commanding general. 
 
 II.. Chiefs of ordnance of armies and departments will be assigned 
 by the War department, and will not be removed, except on orders 
 through the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
 
 III.. Other ordnance officers will continue to serve with the com- 
 mands to which they are attached until relieved by orders from the 
 head-quarters of the army or department in which they are serving. 
 Copies of orders assigning or relieving ordnance ollicers will be for- 
 warded to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau at Richmond. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutatit and Infpector-General, 
 
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 OENERAL ORDERS,^ Adjutant asd Inspector-General's Opfiie. 
 
 No. 86. J Richmond. June 16, 18C3. 
 
 I.. The following act of Congress, and the regulations adopted by 
 the department in pursuance thereof, are published for the informa- 
 tion of all concerned : 
 
 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NITRE AND Ml.NMNG BUREAr. 
 
 " Section 1. The Conr/rcsn of the Confederate States do enact, That 
 the officers authorized and appointed under the act entitled An act for 
 the organization of a corps of officers for the working of nitre cave.», 
 etc., passed April 11, 1862, together with such additional officers as are 
 authorized by ihc provisions of this act, shall constitute an independent 
 bureau of the War department, to be entitled ' The Nitre and Mining 
 bureau.' 
 
 "Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That said bureau shall have charge of 
 all the duties prescribed in the second section of said act, and shall, be- 
 side, be charged with all duties and expenditures connected with the 
 mining of iron, cojiper, lead, coal, etc., so far as it shall be deemed 
 necessary to supply the military neces.sities of the country; and the 
 superintendent thereof shall, under the Secretary of War, have full 
 power to make such leases of real estate and purchases of fixtures as are 
 necessary or appurtenant to any mines it may be deemed expedient J^> 
 open or work on governinent account; and may also contract, subject 
 to the approval of the Secretary of War, for such supplies, by purchase 
 or otherwise, of all copper, load, iron, coal, zinc, and such other miner- 
 als, as may be required for the prosecution of the war. 
 
 "Sec. .1. lie it further enacted, That said bureau shall consist of one 
 lieuteuaut-cnloncl as superintendent: three majors as assistant super- 
 intendents : six captains and ten lieutenants, in which^shall be includ- 
 ed the oCicos of the present nitre corps, who shall have the same pay 
 and allowances prescribed for officers of cavalry of the same grades." 
 [Approved April 22, IStj:^.] 
 
 II. .The Secretary of War is of opinion that it is necessary to accu- 
 mulate supplies of iron, in the various military departments, for the 
 repair of railroads, the manufacture of arms, munitions, a'nd materials of 
 war, and for the operations of the qnartcrmasier's, ordnance, and en- 
 gineer departments, and that experience has shown that the necessary 
 supplj' can not be obtained by purchase. Impres.<ment, therefore, ac- 
 cording to the act of Congress relating to impressments, has become 
 necessary to secure n supply. It is ord'>rcd that all impressments that 
 may be ma<le of iron for thi.i purpo.se, shall be conducted by the chiefs 
 
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 of the quartermaster's, ordnance, engineer, and nitro and mining bu- 
 reaus, or by otficers designated by them, who shall in every instance 
 communicate to the owner the necessity that exists for the use of the 
 property, the disposition of the officers to purchase the same, and an 
 offer to purchase it at a price to be ascertained in accordance with the 
 act relating to impressments, if the parties can not agree upon the 
 same. 
 
 III.. And whereas the existing necessity for iron in the departments 
 aforesaid, and for the good of the public service, is such that all prac- 
 ticable measures must be taken to secure an adequate supply, it is fur- 
 ther ordered that, whenever it may become necessary to secure the full 
 product of any mine or manufactory', that the same shall be worked for 
 the sole benefit of the Government of the Confederate States. It shall 
 be competent to the chief of either of the departments aforesaid to lease 
 or purchase the same; and in case that the lease or purchase is im- 
 practicable, then they are authorized to impress the same for the use 
 of the Confederate States during the war, or while such necessity shall 
 continue. 
 
 IV.. That proceedings under these orders will be conducted under 
 the 4th section of the act concerning impressments, and in pursuance 
 o^the directions contained in paragraph I. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inepector-Generul. 
 
 GENEKAL 0RDK11S,"> Adjutant and Inspector-Genekal's Ofhcb, 
 
 No. S(i. f Richmond, June -21, 1863. 
 
 ^Vhercas, there have been a number of aiiplications to this department 
 for authority to raise companies for local defence and special service, 
 and for instructions as to the method by which such organizations may 
 lie made, and the privileges they may claim, the department lias adopt- 
 ed the following regulations on the subject: 
 
 I. .Companies, battalions, and regiments, composed of persons not 
 within the age of conscription (eighteen and forty), will be accepted as 
 volunteers throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 21, 
 1861 (No. 229), for local defence and special service. 
 
II.. The organization of corps for local defence must conform to that 
 prescribed for companies, battalions, and regiments of the provisional 
 army. The minimum number for a company of infantry is sixty-four 
 rank and file, and for cavalry sixty. Battalions must consist of not 
 less than five companies, and regiments of ten. Artillery is not desir- 
 able. Members of cavalry companies must furnish their own horses, 
 but will receive forty cents perday for their use while in .actual service. 
 
 III..TI1C musler ri.U of all .•;uch organizations shall specify that the 
 said organizations are raised under this act, and subject to these regu- 
 lations, and contain a description of the volunteer as to age, residence, 
 and date of enlistment, and the term of enlistment for the war. 
 
 IV.. Such organizations will not be considered as in actual service, 
 for the purpose of receiving pay or subsistence, except when called for 
 by the President. 
 
 A'.. They will not be called for until a necessity arises for service. 
 They shall not be reriuired to go beyond the limits of the State to which 
 they belong. 
 
 VI.. They are expected to serve, when called out, only so long as the 
 emergency exists, and then to return to their ordinary pursuits until 
 again called. 
 
 VII.. Arms and equipments, when not possessed by the members, 
 will, to the extent necessary to supply, be furnished by the Confederate 
 States. 
 
 VIII. .Should any of them lie captured, they shall be claimed as pris- 
 oners of war, and all the protection of the government will be extend- 
 ed to them. 
 
 IX.. Field officers of battalions and regiments to be organized, will 
 be appointed by the President, in accordance with the act aforesaid. 
 Company ofiiccrs may be elected by the companies, or appointed, as the 
 members may consent. 
 
 X..That these organizati'>ns will be preferred to and exempt their 
 members from any call of militia. 
 
 XI. .The eomman<lant of any military post of the Confederate Stat-cs. 
 the sherifT of any county, or the colonel commanding any militia rcgi- 
 
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 mmit, or the .jud;^e or justice of any county or other court, may certify 
 and return the muster rolls, which must bo sent to the Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General's office at Richmond, for acceptance. 
 
 XII. .In the event of a call by the President, uniler the law of con- 
 scription, on all between the ages of forty and forty-five, those in said 
 organizations subject to such call will be liable to discharge or transfer. 
 
 For the information and guidance of those desirous of volunteering 
 for local defence, the law of August 21, 1861, is hereto appended. 
 
 A.N ACT TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL DEFENCE AND SPECIAL SORVICE. 
 
 " Suction 1. The Congress'of the Conf<'devalc States of America do 
 enact, That the'President be and he is hereby authorized to accept the 
 services of volunteers of such kind and in such proportion as he may 
 deem expedient, to serve for such time as he may prescribe, for the de- 
 fence of exposed places or localities, or such special service as he mny 
 deem expedient. 
 
 " SiiC. 2. And such forces shall be mustered into the service of the 
 Confederate States for the local defence or special service aforesaid, the 
 muster roll setting forth distinctly the services to bo performed, and 
 the said volunteers shall not be considered in actual service until 
 thereunto specially ordered by the President, and they shall be enti- 
 tled to pay or subsistence only for such time as they may be on duty 
 under the orders of the President, or by his direction. 
 
 " Sec .3. Such volunteer forces, when so accepted and ordered into ser- 
 vice, shall be organized in accordance wiTh and subject to all the j)rovis- 
 ions of the act entitled An act to provide for the public defence, ap- 
 proved March 6, 18G1, and may bo attached to such divisions, brigades, 
 regiments, or battalions as the President may direct, and when not or- 
 ganized into battalions or regiments before being mustered into service, 
 the President .shall appoint the field officers 'of the battalions or regi- 
 ments, when organized as such by hiin." [Approved August 21, 1861.] 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Insjiector-General. 
 
 OENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspectoh-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 87. ) lUciiMONP, June 23, 1863. 
 
 The following forms for the onli.stment of sub-xtitutes, and the di.s- 
 eharge of soldiers presenting the same, will hereafter be observed: 
 
95 
 
 (DPPLICATES.) 
 
 ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
 Application/or discharge on account of having fnrnhhed a snhatittite. 
 
 , of Captain coinpaiij' ( ), of tho regi- 
 ment of the Confedci-ato States araiy , was enlisted by , of 
 
 the regiment of , at , on the day of 
 
 1S6 — , to serve years, and not for the purpose of furnishing a 
 
 substitute. He was born in , in the Slate of , is 
 
 years of age, feet inches high, complexion. 
 
 eyes, hair, and by occupation when enlisted a . 
 
 I hereby certify that said soldier has furnished an able-bodied man, 
 
 well clothed, in the person of , as his substitute, whom I am 
 
 willing to receive, being satisfied that the substitute is not now liable 
 to conscription, by reason of 
 
 Station" ; 
 Dati; : - 
 
 Covimnndinij Coinptiin). 
 
 I certify that I have carefully examined the said ■. and tind Iiim 
 
 sound, and in all respects fit for military service. 
 
 Surgeon P. A. V. >S'. 
 Discharged, this day of 18G — , at . 
 
 Contmanding Battalion or Regitncnt. 
 
 I hereby declare on oath that I am a resident of the Stale of , of 
 
 the Confederate States of America, and a citizen thereof; that I am 
 
 years of age ; have not received from or paid to any agent money 
 
 inducing me to enlist as n substitute, and am not a member of any com- 
 pany whatever. 
 
 Sworn to before me, on ibis day of 1^6 — . 
 
 /. P. or X. P. 
 Approved : 
 
 ('oiiniiandi)ig lieyinicnt. 
 
(ift 
 
 HlSAD-QnAKTlOl!?, 
 
 ■ , 186- 
 
 Discbarge a^jprovecl. 
 
 General Com m a n dinrj. 
 
 SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE. 
 
 To ALL AVHOM IT MAY COXCEIiN : 
 
 Know Ye, That , a of Captain compauy, 
 
 regiment of , who was enli.-tcd the clay of 
 
 thousand eight hundred and , to serve , is hereby hoxou- 
 
 AELY discharged from the Army of the Confederate States, by reason of 
 
 his having fuj^ished a substitute in the person of , a citizen of 
 
 the Confederate States of America, years of age, as shown by 
 
 affidavit on file, who has been examined by a surgeon of the command, 
 and found duly qualified to perform the duties of a soldier. I certify 
 that he is the only substitute received in the company during the pres- 
 ent mouth, and that the principal was not enlisted for the purpose of 
 furnishing a substitute. 
 
 Said was born in , in the State of , is j'ears 
 
 of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, 
 
 hair, and by occupation when enlisted a . 
 
 Given at •, this day, of 186 — . 
 
 • 'j # 
 
 Go mmmiduig licgim ent. 
 Approved : 
 
 Generid C'»n.ni((iid!ii<j Armij {or Department). 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 HAL OHDEUS I 
 
 No. 88. f 
 
 OEXERAIi OHDEUS ) Adjutaxt ajjd In-si-ector-General's Office, 
 
 Richmond, June 24. 1863. 
 
 Operators on telegraph lines, established by military commanders for 
 military purposes, will be allowed payment for their services, not to ex- 
 ceed the rate of compensation fixed and allowed by the Postmaster- 
 General to the operators under his control. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and InHp<:<tor-Genernl. 
 
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 QENERAI, ORDERS, J AnJUTAjfT axd iNSPECToR-GEyERAi's Office, 
 
 No. 89. ) RicnMO.VD, J"Mne25, 1863. 
 
 All discbarges for disability will be hold as conditional, dependent 
 upon the disability, and valid only during its continuance. If, on ex- 
 amination, the disability is at any time found to have ceased, the holders 
 will be liable to conscription, to serve the unexpired terms of their 
 enlistments. This regulation applies to substitutes, whether under or 
 over the age of conscription. Their services are due for the war, and 
 the government should not be depri\e<l of them for what proves to bo 
 a temporary disabilitj'. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adj}i!nnt nnd Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutaxt and iNsPECTOR-GEyERAi'R Office, 
 
 No. 90. j Richmond, June, 26, 1863. 
 
 I.. The senior officer of engineers serving with an armj' in the field 
 will be held responsible for the proper e.xecution of all duties appertain- 
 ing to his department; and the orders of the commanding general 
 relating to the engineer service will bo communicated through him, and 
 he will recommend to the general commanding the assignments of 
 junior officers of engineers to serve with corps, divisions, and brigades. 
 The engineer officer of highest rank in each assignment will receive 
 the orders of his immediate commander, report to him whatever con- 
 cerns the engineer service, and communicate to him the orders he 
 receives from the .senior engineer. He will also report to the senior en- 
 gineer all his operations, with sketches, drawings, and maps, for the 
 information of the commanding general, and for transmission to the 
 Engineer bureau. 
 
 II.. .All officers of engineers, and employees under the Engineer de- 
 partment, will communicate through the proper channels with the senior 
 engineer serving with the army in the field, be responsible to him for 
 all public funds and property in their hands, and receive his orders and 
 instructions. 
 
 III.. The duties of officers of engineers serving with the armies of 
 the Confederate States in the field, camp, or cantonment, areas follows, 
 viz : To make reoonnoisBancos and surveys of the eoctions of country 
 I 
 
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 occiipied by (lur forces, and, as far ns possible, of the countr3' beld by 
 the enemy, embracing all tlie information that can be, obtained in refer- 
 ence to roads, bridges, ffrds, topographical, and military features, the 
 character and dimensions of the water -courses, the prnctienbilty of 
 constructing fixed and floating bridges, the extent of wooded and cleared 
 lands, and the capacity of tlie countr}' to supply the general wants of 
 the army ; to make detailed exarainalions and survej's of positions to 
 be occupied for defensive purposes; to select the sites, and form plans, 
 projects, and estimates for all military works, defensive or offensive, viz : 
 field forts, batteries, rifle-pits, lines of iufHntr3^ cover, military trenches, 
 parallels, saps, mines, and other works of attack and siege; also, works 
 for obstructing ri\ ers and harbors : to prepare such maps and plans as 
 will give a full knowledge of the ground and proposed works, and sub- 
 mit the same to the commanding general for his information and con- 
 sideration, and forward, through the proper channels, copies of all 
 reports, memoirs, estimates, plans, drawings, and models relating to the 
 duties above enumerated, to the Engineer bureau at Richmond. 
 
 IV.. The locations and plans for the works being thus determined, 
 they will be marked out on the ground by the engineers, who will indi- 
 cate, by stakes, lines, profiles, and other guides, the shape and dimen- 
 sions of the different parts, for the information and government of those 
 who direct the troops or laborers employed to do the work. When 
 troops are detailed to construct temporary defences, they will be in 
 all cases, commanded by their oflicers, who will see that the work is done 
 in exact conformity to the plans and directions of the officer of engi- 
 neers, without regard to rank. 
 
 V. .When an officer of engineers is charged with directing an expedi- 
 tion, or making a reconnoissance requiring the support of an escort, , 
 without having command of the troops, ho will call on the commander 
 of the escort to move with and extend to him all protection necessary 
 to secure the success of the operation. 
 
 VI. .Officers of engineers will not assume nor be ordered on any duty 
 beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by special order 
 cif the President. In the operations of the armies of the Confederate 
 States, all that appertains to the science of civil or military engineering 
 will bo assigned by commanders to the officers of engineers serving 
 with their forces ; and with them will rest the responsibility of a proper 
 execution of the works. The labor will bo performed, if possible, by 
 details of troops commanded by their officers ; in other cases, by hired 
 labor, under the control of overseers employed by the engineer officers. 
 
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 VII. .Officers of engineers will not be required to give other supervi- 
 sion to the fatigue parties or laborers employed in tlie construction of 
 works than is necessary to indicate, in a clear and distinct manner, to 
 those directing the labor, their plans, and the character of the work to 
 be done. 
 
 VIII.. The senior officer of engineers serving with a commanding 
 general in the field will transmit to the Engineer bureau at Richmond 
 the reports, plans, and journals called for by paragraph 478, Army 
 Regulations. , 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Gnncral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS."! Adjutant and IxsPECTOR-GEXKnAL's Offiojj, 
 
 No- 91- j Richmond. June 27, 1863. 
 
 I.. Before the military court attached to Lieutcnant-General Long- 
 street's corps was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Flowcrrce, 7th Virginia infantry: 
 Charge : Drunkenness on duty. 
 (The specification is omitted as unnecessary.) 
 Find in ff. 
 
 The court do affirm the plea of the accused, and find him as follows, 
 viz : 
 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 
 To be cashiered, and dismissed the service of the Confederate States. 
 Recommendation of the Court. 
 
 The undersigned, the members of the military court for the Depart- 
 ment of Virginia and North Carolina, respectfully represent to Lieuten- 
 ant-General Longstrcet, and through him to the President, that they 
 have come to the judgment rendered iu this case with reluctance. 
 Though it may be true that this court is vested with all the powers pos- 
 sessed by the special court of inquiry, as it is termed, appointed by 
 act of the Confederate Congress, .approved 21st April, 18G2, and vested, 
 therefore, with the discretion at. to drunkenness in officers possessed by 
 
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 that court, tl.ey yet are of the opinion that that court possessed no dif- 
 cretion as to the punishment of officers for drunkenness "on duty." 
 The 45th Article of AVar prescribes that officers so offending shall be 
 cashiered; and, as that article is not repealed in terms, nor by neces- 
 sary implication, in the said act of the 21 3t April, they conceive that 
 that article is still the rule of punishment for such offences ; but, as be- 
 fore stated, they have come to that conclusion with reluctance. They 
 find many inducements to a milder sentence. They find that the sea- 
 son and the service were so severe as to excuse, to some extent, the use 
 of ardent spirits. They find that the " duty " upon which this officer was 
 ono-aged was not such as to require any special exercise of care, con- 
 duet, or capacity; and they find that he has established a character 
 which is abundant of promise to the service and the state. For these 
 reasons, therefore, they would have imposed a milder sentence, and 
 especially would not have deprived the Confederacy of his further ser- 
 vices in the line of his profession. But in the absence, as they conceive, 
 of such discretion, they can only commend him to the clemency of the 
 Executive, which tboy hope may be exercised in such abatement of this 
 sentence, at least, as will restore him to his command. 
 
 II.. The proceedings, finding, and sentence in this case having 
 been laid before the Secretary of War, for the final order of the Presi- 
 dent, the following decision has been rendered : 
 
 The view taken by the court as to the effect of the 45th Article of 
 War in such cases as it provides for, is concurred in ; and the proceed- 
 ings, finding, and sentence of the court are, therefore, approved. But, 
 in considerationof the recommendation of the court, and Lieutenant- 
 General Longstrect, and the gallantry and good character of Lieutenant- 
 Colonel riowerree, the sentence is remitted, and be will return to duty. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjuta)it and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL 0RDERS,1 Adjutant and Ikspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 92. j Richmond, Jtuie 29, 1863. 
 
 I. .The acts of Congress, passed on the 6th of April, 1863, and dates 
 .subsequent thereto, having provided the moans of procuring army sup- 
 plies, notice is hereby given to the people of the Confederate States, and 
 .to receiving oflicers, that, from the date of this publication, no more 
 quartermaster's supplies will be received under the appeal made by the 
 President, and the plan of the Secretary of War annexed thereto. All 
 
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 such BUpplies. collected or tendered prior to the time above referred to, 
 will be paid for at estnblished rates. Hereafter, supplies will be ob- 
 tained, as far as practicable, by purchase, and, when necessary, by im- 
 pressment ; and officers, when authorized to resort to impressment, will 
 observe strictlj' the requirements of law, and the General Orders of 
 the War department, and the regulations of this office founded thereon. 
 
 IT. .That any officer who shall be authorized, by the act of Congress 
 concerning impressments, or under the regulations of this department 
 pursuant thereto, which have been or m.ay hereafter be made, and who 
 has given the notice required by the same, shall have full power and 
 authority to enter upon any property in which he shall have good rea- 
 son to suspect any of the articles of produce, goods, merchandise, or 
 Other things subject to impressment, may be stored or concealed, in 
 order to obtain or secure the same : and if he shall have reason to be- 
 lieve that they are stored or concealed in any dwelling-house, stores 
 house, or other building to which he is refused access, he may apply 
 to any judge, justice of the peace, or commissioner of a Confederate 
 court, for a warrant to enter upon the same, upon oath of the fact*, 
 and describing the objects stored or concealed, and obtain a warrant 
 to search for and secure the same, which warrant shall only be execut- 
 ed in the daytime, and after a demand of the owner or occupant, if the 
 owner or occupant shall then be inhabiting the building aforesaid. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 QENEKAL ORDERS. 1 Adjutant and Inspectou-Genehal's Office, 
 
 No. 93. j Richmond. J%ine 30, 1863. 
 
 Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 49, current series, is so amended 
 that the appraisement of deceased soldier's clothing shall be made after 
 it has been washed and put in condition by the quartermaster, and will 
 approximate to the government prices or rates at which it was origi- 
 nally issued. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
 
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 GKNERAli ORDERS."! Adjutant and Ixspectou-Gkneral's Offick, 
 
 No. 94. j Richmond, July 4, 1863. 
 
 Information having been received that soldiers, absent from their 
 commands without proper authority, are employed by oflicers in charge 
 of government work, it is hereby directed that all such men be returned 
 immediately to their respective companies. Officers, who employ men 
 not regularly detailed, will, in every instance, be held answerable for 
 the offence before a court martial. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inapector-Ganeral. 
 
 HAL ORDERS, "I 
 No. 95. J 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-General's Ofpici, 
 
 Richmond, July 7, 1863. 
 
 I. .Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Brigadier- 
 General Paxton, by virtue of General Orders, No. 128, of 1862, per 
 Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Private M. Ricket, Company H, 27th Virginia infantrj', ou the fol- 
 lowing charge : 
 
 Charge : Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 II.. Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Briga- > 
 dier-General F. Lee's brigade, by virtue of General Orders. No. 12, 
 current series, from Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, 
 were arraigned and tried : 
 
 Privates Wm. G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, of Captain Buathed's 
 battery, Stuart's horse artillery, on the following charge : 
 
 Charge: Violation of the 23d Article of 'War. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
Sentenne. 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 III. .Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Major- 
 General R. 11. Anderson's division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 
 133, of 1862, per Hoad-quartors Department of Northern Virginia, was 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private .John Q. ChiUires, Company G, 5th Florida regiment, on tho 
 following charge : 
 
 Charge : Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To bo shot to death with musketry. 
 
 IV. .Before a general court martial convened at Savannah, Georgia, 
 by virtue of General Orders, No. 61, current series, Head-quarters De- 
 partment of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Private Henry Smith, Company E, 22d battalion Georgia artillery 
 on the following charge : 
 
 Charge : Violation of tho 46th Article of War. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of tho Specification: Guilty. i 
 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 V. .The proceedings in the cases of Privates M. Ricket, Company H, 
 27th Virginia infantry; William G. Clarke, and J. R. Humphreys, of 
 Captain Buathed's battery, Stuart's horse artillery ; John Q. Childrcs, 
 Company G, 5th Florida regiment, and Henry Smith, Company E, 22d 
 battalion Georgia artillery, having been laid before the Secretary of 
 ■War, for the decision of the President, the following orders are made 
 thereon : 
 
 The several Articles of War, with the violation of which the above- 
 named are respectively charged, neither prescribe any duty or define and 
 prohibit any offence. They simply pronounce punishments to be im 
 
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 posed for certain offences. The charge of a violation of such articles is 
 too indefinite to justify punishment under it. The defect is fatal, and 
 vitiates the whole proceedings, which are, therefore, set aside. The 
 parties will be released from close confinement, and returned to duty; 
 and it is hoped that their future conduct will he such as to prevent any 
 regret that they should have thus escaped the fate to which they were 
 sentenced. 
 
 VI. .Before a general court martial convened at Shelby ville, Tennes- 
 see, by Special Orders, No. 54, from Head-quarters Army of Tennessee, 
 was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Assistant-Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, P. A. C. S., on the following 
 charge: 
 
 Charge : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. 
 
 Specification 1st: For that the said Assistant-Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, 
 at the hospital of Withers' division, in Sbelbj'ville, Tennessee, on the 
 26th day of March, 1863, did harshly and capriciousl}' curse and abuse 
 one Private D. F. Halliburton, Company B, 12th Tennessee regiment, 
 he, the said Halliburton, then and there being a sentinel on guard duty. 
 
 The other specifications are omitted, being uearly the same as the 
 first. 
 
 Findi7ifj. 
 Of the 3d Specification of the Charge : Guilty, except the words "dis- 
 charging his duty." 
 
 Of the 2d Specification ; Guilty, except the words "and knock down." 
 Of the 1st Specification : Guilty, except the words "curse and." 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be dismissed the service. 
 
 VII. .The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for Ihe decision of the President, are approved; but, 
 in consideration of the mitigating circumstances in the case, and the 
 recommendations on file, the sentence of the court is remitted, and A^ 
 sistant-Surgeon Lockhart will return to duty. 
 
 VIII. .Before the general court martial convened at Richmond, Vir- 
 ginia, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, Head-quarters 
 Department of Henrico, was arraigned and tried: 
 
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 Captain W. S. Reed, commauding the President's guard, on the. fol- 
 lowing charges : 
 
 Charge 1st: Conduct unbecoming an olTicerand a gentleman. 
 
 Charge 2d : Violation of the 14th Article of War. 
 
 Charge 3d: Violation of the 42d Article of War, 
 
 Charge ith : Violation of orders. 
 
 The specifications are omitted, being numerous, and of mere detail. 
 
 Finding. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty, but attach no crim- 
 inality thereto. 
 
 Of the 4th Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 5th Specification of the 1st Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty, but guilty of unofiicerlike and im- 
 proper conduct. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Specification of the 4th Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be dismissed the service. 
 
 IX.. The proceeding.s in the above case having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved ; but, 
 in consideration of some mitigating circumstances, the sentence is com- 
 muted to suspension from rank, pay, and emolumcuts, for ton days. 
 
 X. .Before the niilitav}' court attached to Licuteuant-Gcncral Polk's 
 corps was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Second Lieutenant H. J. Ballantine, 47th Tennessee regiment, on the 
 following charge : 
 
 Charge : Violation oF the 81st Article of War. 
 
 SjtecHication : Charges that the accused did permit a number of pris- 
 oners to leave the guard-house, and go to their respective quarters to 
 sleep, which resulted in the escape of one of them. 
 
10() 
 
 Find illy. 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be dismissed the service. 
 
 XI. .The proceedings in this case having been laid before the Secre- 
 tary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved ; but, in con- 
 sideration of the oflence against military law, as shown by the evidence, 
 being in this case rather an indiscretion than a crime, and of the distin- 
 guished gallantry of Lieutenant Ballantine at the battles of Shiloh, 
 Richmond, Kentucky, and Murfreesboro', upon the recommendation of 
 the court, and of his commanding general, the sentence is remitted, and 
 Lieutenant Ballantine will return to duty. 
 
 XII.. Before a military court attached to Lieutenant-General W. J. 
 Hardee's corps was arraigned and tried : 
 
 First Lieutenant Israel P. Guy, 16th Alabama regiment, on the fol- 
 lowing charges : 
 
 Charge 1st : Desertion. 
 
 Specification : In this, that Israel P. Guy, first lieutenant Captain 
 Netherford's company, E, 16th Alabama regiment, having received pay 
 from the Confederate States, did, on or about the 2.3d day of December, 
 1862, at Triune, Tennessee, obtain leave to go and was sent to the hos- 
 pital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, but instead of reporting to the hospital 
 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, went to his home in Franklin county, Ala- 
 bama, and did not return until the 29th day of March, 1863. 
 
 Charge 2d : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military disci- 
 pline. 
 
 The specification is omitted, being substantially the same as that to 
 the first charge. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty of desertion, but guilty of absence 
 without leave. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be dismissed the service. 
 
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 XIII. .The proceedings in this case having been laid before the Sec- 
 retary of AVar, for the decision of. the President, are approved; but, in 
 consideration of the recommendation of his brother officers and of the 
 commanding general, and their testimony to his previous good conduct, 
 the sentence of dismissal from the service is remitted, but not the for- 
 feiture of pay and allowances during the term of his unauthorized 
 absence. 
 
 XIV. .At a general court martial convened at the Head-quarters of 
 Major-General R. H. Anderson's division, by virtue of General Orders; 
 No. l.'?3, of 1862, Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Private Grif. Nunnaly, Company C, 41st Virginia regiment, on the 
 following charge : 
 
 Charge : Desertion. 
 
 The specification is omitted. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 XV. .The proceedings in the above ease having been laid before the 
 Pi'esident, the following is his decision : 
 
 That, in consideration of facts appearing in the papers submitted on 
 the appeal for a commutation of the sentence, the sentence is commuted 
 to confinement with ball and chain, to bo kept at hard labor, with only 
 the necessary allowances, and without pay, until the expiration of his 
 term of service. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 OENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjdtast and Inspector-General's OFFice, 
 
 No. 96. j Richmond. July 8, 1863. 
 
 I. .Soldiers not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph IV, 
 General Orders, No. 69, current series, because of their being fit for sor- 
 
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 vice in the staflf departmonta of tlie army, will be recommended by the 
 board of examiners to the general commanding the department or army 
 for detail in the medical department, as nurses, guards, etc., to relieve, 
 as far as practicable, able-bodied soldiers fit for duty in the field, or, if 
 specially fit for duty in another staff department, they will be recom- 
 mended for detail in such department. 
 
 II.. Soldiers detailed under these provisions will, when fit for field 
 duty, be relieved and sent to their commands. 
 
 III. .Paragraph X, General Orders, No. 69, current series, having, in 
 some instances, been evaded, is so far amended as to prohibit medical 
 officers from extending leaves of absence to oflncers or furloughs to men. 
 They can only certify to the disability, and recommend such exten- 
 sions. 
 
 IV. .Commutation for rations to men upon furlough will not be paid 
 until they rejoin their commands. 
 
 v.. Rations will bo issued to discharged men delayed at way hos- 
 pitals. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-Gbnekal's Office, 
 
 No. 97. j Richmond, July 9, 1863. 
 
 I. .Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Major- 
 General R. H. Anderson's division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 
 133, of 1862, from Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, 
 was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private C. Edgeworth, Company E, 3d Georgia regiment, upon the 
 following charges : 
 
 Charge 1st: Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
 Charge 2d : Disobedience of orders. 
 
 (The specifications, being lengthy, are omitted.) 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
 Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
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 Senteitee. 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 The proceedings in the above case having been laid befuro the Secre- 
 tary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order is 
 made : 
 
 The 1st charge is improperly stated to be "Violation of the 52d Arti- 
 cle of War." In consideration of which, and of affidavits tending to 
 explain the circumstances which led to his conviction, and the petition 
 of the non-commissioned officers and privates of his company, of the 
 officers of his regiment, and the commanding officer of his division, 
 bearing testimony to the gallantry displayed by Private Edgeworth at 
 Malvern Hill, where ho was wounded, and at the second battle of 
 Manassas, the sentence is remitted. 
 
 Private Edgeworth will be released from confinement, and returned 
 to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Apjdtant and Inspector-Gkxeral's Office, 
 
 No. 98. f Richmond, Juhj 20, 1863. 
 
 I.. All white male residents of the Confederate States, between the 
 ages of eighteen and forty-five, not exempted by law, and not already 
 in the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enrolment may bo 
 enrolled wherever they may be found. 
 
 II. .The 1st paragraph of General Orders, No. 86, current series, is so 
 amended as to read as follows : 
 
 " Companies, battalions, and regiments composed of persons not 
 within the age of conscription (eighteen and forty-five), will be accept- 
 ed as volunteers, throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 
 21, 1861, No. 229, for local defence, and special service." Those per- 
 sons belonging to such organizations, who are of conscript age, and 
 neither exempted by law, nor already in the service, will be discharged, 
 and reported to the bureau of conscription for enrolment. 
 
 III. .The following regulation will bo in addition to those heretofore 
 published in regard to substitutes : 
 
 Hereafter every porBon furnishing a sub'slituto, in accordance with 
 
no 
 
 existing regulations, shall bocomo liable to and be immediately enroll- 
 ed for military duty, upon the loss of the services of the substitute fur- 
 nished by him, from any cause other than the casualties of war. 
 Bj' order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant ciiid hitpector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Ai>jut.\nt and I.n-spector-Genekal's Office, 
 
 No. 99. J RicuMo.ND, Jiili/ 21. 1S63. 
 
 I. . The following schedule of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
 ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
 ginia, are announced for the information of all concerned, and the 
 special attention of ofiBcers and agents of the government is directed 
 thereto : 
 
 Richmond, Jtili/ 18, 1863. 
 Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War : 
 
 Sir : The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill 
 recently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating impressments, 
 being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every 
 two months, or oftener if they should deem it proper, in accordance 
 with the foregoing requisition we respectfully lay before you the fol- 
 lowing schedule of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. 
 Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to 
 pork, we have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. 
 
 Mr. William B. Harrison was again invited to act as third commis- 
 sioner, and it is proper to add that the schedules of api)raisement re- 
 ceived the unanimous approval of the commissioners. 
 
 The following schedules present the maximum prices to bo paid for 
 the articles appraised at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
 impressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
 cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
 article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
 cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
 article, and wishes it to be sent: ^jrovidcd, that in no case the amount 
 deducted for transportation, as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel 
 for grain, and 25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. 
 In addition to the established price of transportation, the government 
 to pay all legal tolls ; and where farmers can not procure nails for baling 
 forage, government to furnish the same at cost, which will be deduct- 
 ed from the established price of baling: 
 
lil 
 
 
 
 SCHEDULB A. 
 
 
 
 ARTICLi:ti. 
 
 QUALITY. 
 
 Prime, 
 
 DFSCRIPTION. 
 
 QU.\NTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wlieat, 
 
 White, 
 
 Per busliel of 60 lbs. 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 2 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 " barrel of 196 lbs. 
 
 25 00 
 
 S Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White. 
 
 '• bushel of 56 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 Unshcllcd corn. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " " lbs. 
 
 3 95 
 
 5 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 - 
 
 " .50 lbs. 
 
 4 20 
 
 6 Ryo. 
 
 Prime, 
 
 _ 
 
 50 lbs. 
 
 3 20 
 
 7 Cleaner! oat«<, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 32 lbs. 
 
 2 00 
 
 8 Wheat bran, 
 
 Good, 
 
 - 
 
 " " 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 Shorts, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " " 22 lbs. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown stuff. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 28 lbs. . 
 
 90 
 
 11 Ship stuff, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " 37 lbs. 
 
 1 40 
 
 12 l!a<on. 
 
 " 
 
 Hog round. 
 
 " pound. 
 
 1 00 
 
 13 Salt pork. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " " 
 
 1 00 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " '• 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 Ist class. 
 
 Artillery, etc. 
 
 Average price per he.ad. 
 
 350 00 
 
 16 Wool, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Wool, 
 
 " 
 
 Unwashed, 
 
 " " 
 
 2 00 
 
 18 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 _ 
 
 " bushel of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Beans, 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 60 " 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 « 
 
 Irish, 
 
 " 60 " 
 
 4 00 
 
 21 Potatoes, 
 
 " 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 " 60 " 
 
 5 00 
 
 22 Onions, 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 60 « 
 
 5 00 
 
 23 Dried iieaches, 
 
 " 
 
 Peeled, 
 
 " " 38 " 
 
 8 00 
 
 24 Drierl peaches. 
 
 " 
 
 Unpeeled, 
 
 38 " 
 
 4 50 
 
 26 l>ried a|)ples. 
 
 " 
 
 Peeled, 
 
 " « 28 " 
 
 3 00 
 
 26 Hay, baloii. 
 
 >' 
 
 Timothy, or 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 clover. 
 
 •' 100 pounds, 
 
 3 00 
 
 27 Hay, baled 
 
 " 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 
 
 
 
 
 grass. 
 
 " 100 " 
 
 3 00 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled. 
 
 » 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 
 
 
 
 
 grass. 
 
 " 100 •' 
 
 2 70 
 
 29 Sh'foats, baled, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 100 
 
 4 00 
 
 30 Sh'foats, nnb'd. 
 
 '■ 
 
 _ 
 
 100 " 
 
 
 31 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 3 70 
 
 baled. 
 
 « 
 
 _ 
 
 " 100 " 
 
 
 32 Blade fodder. 
 
 
 
 
 3 00 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 
 _ 
 
 « 100 " 
 
 2 70 
 
 33 Shucks, baled. 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " lOD " 
 
 2 00 
 
 34 Shucks, unbal'd. 
 
 <i 
 
 _ 
 
 « 100 " 
 
 
 35 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 1 70 
 
 baled. 
 
 " 
 
 _ 
 
 " 100 " 
 
 
 36 Wheat str.aw. 
 
 
 
 
 1 00 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 'i 
 
 _ 
 
 " 100 
 
 70 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 " 
 
 Interior, 
 
 " head per month. 
 
 3 00 
 
 38 
 
 Superi'r, 
 
 " 
 
 11 I. .i 
 
 4 00 
 
 39 
 
 Ist rate. 
 
 " 
 
 " " '• 
 
 5 00 
 
 40 
 
 Good. 
 
 Near cities. 
 
 K i< i: 
 
 5 00 
 
 41 
 
 Superi'r. 
 
 " 
 
 .; 41 .1 
 
 6 00 
 
 42 
 
 Ist rate. 
 
 " 
 
 a « li 
 
 7 00 
 
 43 Salt, 
 
 Good, 
 
 _ 
 
 " bushel of 50 lbs. 
 
 5 00 
 
 44 Soap. 
 
 •< 
 
 _ 
 
 " pound. 
 
 40 
 
 45 Candles, 
 
 " 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 li li 
 
 1 00 
 
 46 Vinesar, 
 
 " 
 
 Cider, 
 
 " gallon, 
 
 1 00 
 
 47 Whiskey, 
 
 " 
 
 Trade, 
 
 li 11 
 
 3 00 
 
 48 Supar, 
 
 " 
 
 Brown, 
 
 " pound. 
 
 1 00 
 
 49 Molasses, 
 
 " 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 '• gallon. 
 
 8 00 
 
 50 Rice, 
 
 " 
 
 
 " pound, 
 
 20 
 
 61 Coffee, 
 
 
 Rio, 
 
 .1 11 
 
 3 00 
 
 52 Tea, 
 
 " 
 
 Trade, 
 
 ,1 11 
 
 7 00 
 
 63 Vinegar, 
 
 " 
 
 Manufactured, 
 
 '• gallon. 
 
 50 
 
 64 Pip; iron. 
 
 " 
 
 No. 1 quality. 
 
 " ton. 
 
 125 00 
 
 66 Pin iron. 
 
 •' 
 
 No. -J •• 
 
 ••' ton, 
 
 110 00 
 
 86 Pig iron. 
 
 •• 
 
 No. 3 
 
 •' ton. 
 
 100 00 
 
 VI BlBom iron, 
 
 u 
 
 - 
 
 " ton, 
 
 180 00 • 
 
112 
 
 ScHEDTJLB A — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLE'^. 
 
 Qn.\lITT. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QU.INTITT. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 58 Smiths' iron, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Round, plato,and 
 
 
 
 
 
 bar. 
 
 Per ton. 
 
 $380 80 
 
 59 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Harness, 
 
 '' pound, 
 
 2 60 
 
 60 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Sole, 
 
 " •' 
 
 2 40 
 
 61 Leather. 
 
 " 
 
 Upper, 
 
 a u 
 
 2 80 
 
 62 Beef cattle, 
 
 " 
 
 Gross weight, 
 
 " 100 pounds, 
 
 16 00 
 
 63 Beef cattle. 
 
 Superi'r, 
 
 " 
 
 '• 
 
 18 00 
 
 64 Beef cattle, 
 
 1st rate, 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 20 00 
 
 65 Sheep, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Per head, 
 
 _ 
 
 30 00 
 
 66 Army woolen cl'h. 
 
 
 
 
 
 M yard. 
 
 Good, 
 
 10 oz. per yard. 
 
 " yard. 
 
 4 50 
 
 67 Army woolen cl'h, 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 width or wei't. 
 
 
 
 68 Army woolen cl'h. 
 
 
 
 
 
 6-4 yard. 
 
 " 
 
 20 07,. per yard. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 
 69 Army woolen cl'h, 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 width or wei't. 
 
 
 9 00 
 
 70 Flannels, % 
 
 71 Cotton shirt'g, % 
 
 72 Cotton shirt'g, j| 
 
 73 Cotton sheet'g 4-4 
 
 " 
 
 6 oz. per yard. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 3 00 
 
 " 
 
 4^2 yards to lb. 
 
 '• 
 
 42 
 
 " 
 
 :i-}^ yards to lb. 
 
 " 
 
 50 
 
 " 
 
 3 yards to lb. 
 
 " 
 
 60 
 
 74 Cotton osnab'g,^ 
 
 " 
 
 6 oz. per lb. 
 
 " 
 
 60 
 
 75 Cotton osnab'g j| 
 
 '• 
 
 8 oz. per lb. 
 
 " 
 
 70 
 
 76 Cotton drills; % 
 
 '• 
 
 3 yard.s to lb. 
 
 " 
 
 70 
 
 77 Cot. shirt, stripes, 
 
 " 
 
 3 yards to lb. 
 
 " 
 
 70 
 
 78 Cotton tent cloths 
 
 '• 
 
 10 oz. to yard. 
 
 " 
 
 87 
 
 79 Cotton warps, 
 
 '■ 
 
 -" 
 
 " pound. 
 
 1 63 
 
 80 Army shoes. 
 
 '■■ 
 
 - 
 
 " pair, 
 
 10 00 
 
 81 Shoe thread. 
 
 « 
 
 - 
 
 " pound. 
 
 2 00 
 
 82 Wool socks, for 
 
 
 
 
 
 men. 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 " pair, 
 
 1 25 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 
 Rob't Gibboney, 
 Wsf. B. Hareison. 
 
n« 
 
 ScHEDrLF, B — Hire of Lalnr, Teamx, Wcyovn. and Drivere. 
 
 1. Baling long forage 
 
 2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
 
 nished by the government, 
 
 3. Hauling, 
 
 4. Hauling grain, 
 
 5. Hire of two -horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
 
 6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 7. Hire of four-horse te.am, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
 
 8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, 
 
 9. Hire of six - horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
 
 10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, 
 
 11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner, 
 
 12. Hire of same, rations furnished hy the 
 
 government, 
 
 13. Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 owner, 
 
 14. Hire of siime, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, 
 
 Per 
 
 100 lbs. 
 
 $ 80 
 
 56 " 
 
 cwt. per mile, 
 bus. " " 
 
 05 
 06 
 08 
 
 day, 
 
 10 00 
 
 day. 
 
 6 00 
 
 day. 
 
 13 00 
 
 day, 
 
 6 50 
 
 day. 
 
 16 00 
 
 day. 
 
 8 00 
 
 day. 
 
 2 00 
 
 day, 
 
 1 25 
 
 month, 
 
 40 00 
 
 month, 
 
 20 00 
 
 By order. 
 
 E. W. HUBAKD, 
 
 Robert Gibboney, 
 Wm. B. Harrison. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEKS, 
 
 No. 100. 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector -General's Office, 
 Richmond, July 23, 1803. 
 
 I. .Before a general court martial convened in the City of Richmond, 
 by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, from Head-quarters 
 Department of Henrico, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private Z. M. Kent, 3d company, battalion of Washington artillery, 
 on the following charges : 
 
 Charge \st : Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
 Charge 2d: Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
Finding. 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the Specification of the 2cl Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Seiitence. 
 
 To confinement at hard labor for two years, in such penitentiary as 
 may be designated by the commander of the Departmetit of Henrico, 
 and to close confinement vintil such designation is made. 
 
 The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order 
 is made : 
 
 Neither the 20th nor the 52d Article of War prescribe any duty to 
 be performed or any act to be avoided, but simply announce punish- 
 ments to be inflicted for certain oflences. The charges are improperly 
 laid. The proceedings are, therefore, set aside. Private Z. M. Kent 
 will be released, and returned to duty. 
 
 II. .Before a general court martial convened at Chattanooga, Tennes- 
 see, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, from Head-quarters Army of 
 Tennessee, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M., upon the following charges, viz : 
 
 Charge lat : Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military 
 discipline. 
 
 Specification Ist : In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
 A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), failed to sup- 
 ply wood for the use of the hospitals at Ringgold, Georgia. All this at 
 or near Ringgold, Georgia, between the 12th October and 20th Novem- 
 ber, 1862. 
 
 Specification 2d: In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
 A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), failed to pro- 
 cure negroes as servants for the hospitals at Ringgold, Georgia, either 
 by hiring or impressing, as required by an order from General Bragg, 
 which states : " That if negroes cannot be hired, they must be pressed 
 into service — free as well as slaves." All this at or near Ringgold, 
 Georgia, between the 20th day of August, 1862, and the 15th January, 
 1863. 
 
 Charge 2d : Absence without leave. 
 
 Specification 1st: In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
 A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), did absent him- 
 
115' 
 
 self from his post, without authority, for three days. All this at or near 
 Ringgold, Georgia, between the 7th of October and the 12th of October, 
 1862. 
 
 Specificntion 2d : In this, that he, the said Captain 6. D. Mitchell, 
 A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), did absent him- 
 self from his post, without authority, for two days. All this at Ring- 
 gold, Georgia, between the 23d and 26th December, 1862. 
 
 Charge. 3d: Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. 
 
 Specification 1st : In this, that the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. 
 M., was drunk in the streets of Ringgold, Georgia, on or about the 16th 
 November, 1862. 
 
 Specification 2d : In this, that the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. 
 M., did walk through the streets of Ringgold, Georgia, using profane 
 language, and declaring that ho could whip anj' man who bad any thing 
 against him, or words to that effect. « 
 
 Specification 3rf; In this, that the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. 
 M., did make charges und statements to Surgeon A. J. Ford, P. A. C. S., 
 in writing, hereto annexed, against Surgeon Francis Thornton, P. A. C. 
 S., all of which are false. All this at Ringgold, Georgia, on or about 
 from the 16th to the 19th days of November, 1862. 
 Finding. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty, but attach no crim- 
 innlity thereto. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty, but attach no crim- 
 inality thereto. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 3d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Specification of the 3d Charge : Guilty, except as to the 
 words " all of." 
 
 Of the 3d Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 
 To be cas'.i . red. 
 
 The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre- 
 tary of War, for the order of the President, the following decision is 
 made: 
 
 The conduct of Captain G. D. Mitchell, as exhibited by the record, 
 was certainly reprehensible, but does not seem to have justified the find- 
 ing and sentence. 
 
116 
 
 Conduct may be prejudicial to good order and military discipline, and 
 deserve punishment, even to the extent of dismissal, without being scan- 
 dalous or disgraceful, as is implied bj' the description " unbecoming an 
 officer and a gentleman." 
 
 The sentence is remitted. 
 
 III. .Before the military court attached to the command of General 
 Beauregard was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Captain J. J. Maguire, Company H, Aiken's regiment partisan rang- 
 ers, on the following charges : 
 
 Charge 1st: Conduct highly unofiBcerlike and prejudicial to good or- 
 der and military discipline. 
 
 Charge 2d: Knowingly making a false muster. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Ist Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty, 
 Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 
 Se/itcnce, 
 To be cashiered. 
 
 The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre- 
 tary of War, for the final order of the President, the following decision 
 is made thereon : 
 
 That, in consideration of the inexperience of Captain Maguire in mat- 
 ters of military detail, and of his good character, on the recommendation 
 of the members of the military court before whom he was tried, and of 
 his commanding officer, the sentence is remitted, and ho will be releas- 
 ed from arrest, and return to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
 
 GENERAL OKDEES,"| Adjutant and Inspector-Genekal's Offich, 
 
 No. 101. J Richmond, July 25, 1863. 
 
 I.. Before the military court attached to the corps of Lieutenaut- 
 General Ewell was arraigned and tried: 
 
117 
 
 Lieutenant J. B. Countiss, 21st (Jeorgin regiment, on the following 
 charges : 
 
 Charge ]st : Drunkenness on duty. 
 
 Charije Id : Conduct to the preiudicc of good order and military dis- ' 
 cipline. 
 
 Finding. 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 1st Ch.argo: Guilty. 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Cbar};e : Guilty. 
 
 Scntcnvv. 
 To be cashiered. 
 
 II.. The proceedings in the above case having becu laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved ; but, 
 in consideration of the recommendation of the oflRcers of his regiment, 
 and the brigade, division, and departmental commanders, and their tes- 
 timony to the previous good conduct of the accused, and their assurance 
 that a repetition of the ofl'ence is not to be expected, the sontenco is re- 
 mitted, and Lieutenant Countiss will resume his sword. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inipector-General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 Adjutaxt and Ixspector-Gexeral's Office, 
 
 No. 102. j Richmond, July 26. 1863. 
 
 I. .General Orders, No. 36, current series, is hereby revoked. 
 
 II.. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is .author- 
 ized to pay, from the funds appropriated for the expenses of said bu- 
 rean, the actual travelling expenses of officers of the .same on duty, un- 
 der orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time, of rations and 
 forage. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
 
118 
 
 G£N£BA]j ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspectok-Obneral's Officb, 
 
 No. 103. I BiciiMOKD. Jtdy 27, 1863. 
 
 I.. When the supply of salt is adequate, and fresh meat is issued 
 oftener than thrice a week, the salt ration will be fixed at three quarts 
 to the hundred rations. 
 
 II. .Commanding officers have no authority to alter or fix the ration 
 established by the Secretary of "War. 
 
 III. .Quartermasters at supply depots will respect the requisitions 
 made by quartermasters recciviug taxes in kind, for grain sacks. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and fnspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 104. ) Richmond, Jidi/ 28, 1863. 
 
 I.. Officers of engineer troops having been selected for appointment, 
 with special reference to their qualifications as engineers, will be re- 
 spected as such, and their duties, when serving in the field, camp, or 
 cantonment, will embrace all that are enumerated in paragraph III, 
 General Orders, No 90, current series, "as the duties of officers of en- 
 gineers serving with armies of the Confederate States." 
 
 II. .On the march engineer troops will serve as pioneers, construct- 
 ing and repairing roads and bridges, and removing impediments to the 
 advance of our forces, or delaying the enemy by breaking up roads, 
 destroying bridges, and otherwise obstructing his communications. 
 They will also be employed in making rapid reconnoissances and su(r- 
 veys of the country occupied or marched over by the army ; preparing 
 sketches and maps of the roads and topographical features ; laying out 
 camps, and entrenching military positions. During battle they will be 
 held in reserve and used as circumstances may demand, either in their 
 special duties, or as infantry. Under the command of their officers, 
 they may bo employed in the construction of ovens for baking bread, 
 and other works requiring mechanical skill, but not on mere police duty 
 or the like, unless connected immediately with their own organization : 
 nor are they to be employed altogether on mere fatigue service — but, 
 once instructed in the duties of the engineer soldier, they will be fre- 
 quently employed in laying out works, and also in aiding and direct- 
 ing the labors of other troops detailed for their construction. 
 
I ly 
 
 III. . Whenever practicable, engineer troops will be drilled and in- 
 structed in tbc duties of engineer soldiers by battalions and regiments — 
 and to this end all the companies serving with an army will be habitu- 
 ally kept together : but such temporary assignments of companies to 
 divisions or otherwise will be made by the commanding general as 
 will, in his judgment, best comport with the interests of the service. 
 The Ordnance department will furnish light arms to these troops ; but 
 until they can be supplied, infantry muskets will be used. Entrench- 
 ing tools and other implements will be issued by the Engineer depart- 
 ment. 
 
 IV. .Each company of the engineer troops shall be provided by the 
 Quartermaster's department with at least two wagons and teams of 
 four animals each, for transportation of company equipage, entrench- 
 ing tools, and other implements ; one ambulance or other light vehicle, 
 with a team of two horses, for carryhig survej'iug instruments, station- 
 ery, maps, drawing boards, and other fixtures; and twelve additional 
 horses, with saddles, bridles, and harness, to be used by the officers and 
 non-commissioned officers in making rapid examinations of country, or 
 for hauling materials needed for prompt repair and construction of 
 bridges, roads, and other works. 
 
 v. .When officers of the corps of engineers and of engineer troops arc 
 engaged on the same service, the senior officer present shall control in 
 all questions relating to the location and construction of defences, and 
 to engineering works generally connected with the°army, unless for spe- 
 cial reasons it bo decided otherwise by the commanding officer; but 
 should the recommendations and plans of a junior officer be adopted, 
 the directions of the commander will not be communicated through 
 him to the senior engineer officer, w'hether of the corps or troops, but 
 through the usual channel of orders. Officers of the corps of engineers 
 will not assume the command of engineer troops. In all cases they 
 will be under the command of their own officers. 
 By order. 
 
 S, COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Insjiector-Ociieral, 
 
1-^0 
 
 GENERAL ORDilRS,') Adjutant and iNSPEciOR-GENERAt's Office, 
 
 No. 105. J Richmond, July 29. 1863. 
 
 I. .The following act and regulations are published for the informa- 
 tion of the army : 
 
 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN IN- 
 CREASE OP THE quartermaster's AND COMMISSARY DEPARTJIENTS, 
 APPROVED FEBRUARY 15, 1S62. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the act entitled An act to provide for an increase of the Quartermaster's 
 and Commissary departments, approved February fifteenth, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby amended, by striking 
 out the proviso at the end of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the 
 following: 'Provided, that no quartermaster, assistant quartermaster, 
 commissary, or assistant commissary be authorized to employ as a clerk 
 anj' one liable to military service; and the commanding officer of quar- 
 termasters, assistant quartermasters, commissaries, or assistant com- 
 missaries may detail from the ranks under his command such person 
 or persons as may be necessary for service in the offices of said quarter- 
 masters, assistant quartermasters, commissaries, and assistant commis- 
 saries : pror,ided, that only disabled soldiers shall be so detailed while 
 one can be found for such service.' " [Approved April 22, 1863.] 
 
 II. .To carry into effect the provisions of the preceding act, officers 
 of the Quartermaster and Commissary departments in the field will 
 report to the commanding general of the army or department the num- 
 ber and names of the clerks employed by each, and whether they are 
 soldiers or citizens. If soldiers, unless their dis.ibility be shown by 
 certificates of medical examining boards, they will be promptlj' return- 
 ed to their respective companies. If citizens, exemption from service 
 must be exhibited, or they will be reported to the proper enrolling offi- 
 cer for conscription. 
 
 III. .Similar reports will be made by officers of the Quartermaster's 
 and Commissary departments at posts, through the chiefs of theic? re- 
 spective departments, to this office. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
121 
 
 GENERAL OUDERS"! Adjutant and Inspector-Gknerai.'s Office, 
 
 No. 100. J Richmond, July 30, 1803. 
 
 I. .Before a general conrtmartial eonrcned at Shelby ville, Tennessee, 
 by virtue of Special Onlers, No. l.'U, paragraph "VII, current series, 
 from Headquarters Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private John Whitehead, Company F, 16th Tennessee regiment, on 
 the following charge : 
 
 Charge : Desertion. 
 
 Fii)dinij. 
 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 
 Of tho Charge: Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 II.. The proceedings in the above cas':> having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for tho decision of the President, it is ordered, upon 
 the application of the commanding general, and upon the statement 
 made by the Medical Director of the Array of Tennessee, that tho sen- 
 tence be remitted. Private Whitehead will be released, and returned 
 to duty. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the ease of Private L. H. Toole, Company 
 E, 3d Georgia regiment, convicted b'efore a general court martial con- 
 vened at the camp of Majoi^General R. H. Anderson, by virtue of Gener- 
 al Orders, No. 133, of 1862, from Head-quarters of Northern Virginia, 
 of abandoning his company and regiment, then on picket duty, and 
 running awa.y while the enemy was bombarding the town of Fredericks- 
 burg, on the llth of December, 1862, and sentenced to be shot to death 
 with musketry, having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the 
 decision of the President, it is ordered that, in consideration of the 
 additional evidence of good conduct referred to by tho general of 
 division, the previous gallant services and zeal of the prisoner, togeth- 
 er wil'-i the punishment he has already suffered, the senteoce, is remitted, 
 with the hope that this Ics.-son will prevent a recurrence of like miscon- 
 duct. The prisoner will be released, and returned to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER 
 Adjutnut and Inspector- Geno^^l. 
 
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 GKNEKAL OKDEKS,] Adjutant and Inspectoh Generals Oppice, 
 
 No. 107. J RicuMONB, Aiigmt 1, 1863. 
 
 I.. When conscripts have been sent to camps of instruction, or to 
 regiments in the field, after being pronounced, by the district examin- 
 ing boards established under the law, fit for military service, they can 
 thereafter be discharged only in accordance with the regulations pre- 
 scribed for the discharge of soldiers from the army. 
 
 II. .In case there is reason to believe that any conscripts in camps of 
 instruction are disqualified, the commandant will order a medical exami- 
 nation, and forward a report fully setting forth the grounds of dis- 
 ability, if found to exist, through the Bureau of Conscription, to the 
 Surgeon-General for his approval, and for final action by the War de- 
 partment. 
 
 III. .Eegimental officers have no discretion but to receive and 
 take up on their rolls conscripts duly assigned them under the provis- 
 ions of General Orders, No. 82, of 1862, from this office. The question 
 of discharge arises subsequently. 
 
 IV.. The compensation of surgeons employed under the act of Con- 
 gress approved October 11, 1862, to examine persons enrolled for mili- 
 tary duty, will be $5 per day for each day they are actually engaged in 
 making such examinations, and will be paid upon their certified ac- 
 counts, by the quartermaster of the nearest camp of instruction. This 
 order will take eff'ect from the 20th of Tebruary last. 
 
 v.. General officers, who aii: provided with aids-de-camp allowed by 
 law, should they find it necessary to accept supernumerary or volun- 
 teer aids, must only receive those exempt from military service. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjctant amb Inspector-Generals Office, 
 
 No. 108. r EicuMOND, August i, 1863. 
 
 The following acts arc published for the information of the army : 
 
 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION OP PliUSONS WHO HAVE BEEN 
 MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE FOR THE WAR. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 
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 non-commissioned officers and privates who have been mustered into 
 service for the war, and to whom furloughs maj- be granted for not more 
 than sixty days, shall be entitled to transportation home and back: 
 provided, that this allowance shall only be made once during the term 
 of enlistment of such non-commissioned otlicers and privates." [Ap- 
 proved February 7, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO AMKNn AN ACT FOK THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OnGANIZATION 
 OF A GKNEHAL STAFF FOR THE ARMV OF THB CONFEDEKATE STATES. 
 " The CongrcKK of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 from and after the passa :e of this act the rank, pay, and allowances • 
 attached to the office of Quartermaster-General of the army of the Con- 
 federate States shall .be those of a brigadier-general in the provisional 
 army."' [Approved March 20, 1863.] 
 
 AN Al'T TO I'RKVENT THE ABSENCE OF OFFICERS AXTl SOLDIERS WITHOUT 
 LEAVE. 
 
 " The Conf/resa of the Cotifederate States of America do enact, That 
 no officer or soldier of the army shall receive pay for any period during 
 which he may be absent without leave, or beyond the leave granted 
 from competent authority, according to the regulations of the army : 
 provided, that this restriction shall not affect the sick and wounded in 
 hospitals. 
 
 "Sec. 2. In order to enforce the requirements of the foregoing sec- 
 tion, it is hereby made the duty of commanding officers ofcomp.anies to 
 state, upon the muster and pay rolls of their companies, the length of 
 time anj' officer or soldier has been absent therefrom without leave of 
 competent authorit}', since the previous payment, when the deduction 
 of pay for such absence will be made by the quartermaster from the 
 amount otherwise due the officer or soldier: and any commander of a 
 compauj' who shall fail to note such absence on the muster and pay rolls 
 of the company shall be required to refund to the government the 
 amount forfeited by such absent ollicer or soldier, unless it shall already 
 have been received from the ollicer or soldier so absent. 
 
 " Sec. 3. Officers shall certify, upon honor, on their pay accounts, 
 whether they have or have not been absent, without leave by competent 
 authority, within the time for which they claim paj' : and if absent with- 
 out leave, they shall state in their certificates the time and period of such 
 absences. In like manner, commanding officers of companies shall cor- 
 tif}', on honor, on their pay accounts, that they have stated fully and 
 correctly, on the muster and pay rolls of their companies, the length of 
 time each officer and soldier of the comjiany has bcuu abfcut without 
 leave since the last payment of the company. 
 
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 " Sec 4. Tbat this act shall not bo construed to relieve any officer or 
 private from any other penalty to which he may be liable b}' existing 
 laws or regulations." [Approved April 16, 1803.] 
 
 AN ACT KXPLANATOHY OF AN ACT KXTITLED AN ACT TO AXiTHORIZE THE 
 PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AND PLACE IN THE SKUVICE CERTAIN REGISIENTS 
 AND BATTALIONS HERETOPORE RAISED, APPROVED IItH OCTOBER, 
 1862. 
 
 " The Co'igreaa of the Confederate States of Amen'un d,(i eunet, That 
 the second section of the act entitled An act to authorize the President 
 •to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions 
 heretofore raised, approved on the eleventh day of October, in the year 
 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, shall pot be so construed as 
 to authorize any general officer to appoint any of the officers of said 
 regiments and battalions. That said regiments and battalions shall 
 have the right, within ninety days, on a day to be fixed by the com- 
 mander of the brigade for that purpose, to elect such officers as volun- 
 teers have heretofore been authorized to elect : 2^''"vided, that this act 
 shall not apply to any case where such office has heretofore been tilled 
 by election." [Approved April 16, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN CLAUSES OF AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO 
 EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE, ETC., APPROVED 
 
 OCTOBER 11th, 1862. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 so much of the act approved October eleventh, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and sixty-two, as exempts from military service ' one person, 
 either as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation on which one 
 white person is required to be kept by the laws or ordinances of any 
 state, and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military 
 service, and, in states having no such law, one person as agent, owner, 
 or overseer on each plantation of twenty negroes, and on which there 
 is no white male adult not liable to military service ; and also the fol- 
 lowing clause in said act, to wit: ' And furthermore, for additional po- 
 lice for every twenty negroes, on two or more plantations within five 
 miles of each other, and each having less than twenty negroes, and on 
 which there is no white male adult not liable to military duty, one per- 
 son, being the oldest of the owners or overseers on such plantations,' be 
 and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 " Sec 2. For the police and management of slaves, there shall be 
 exempted one person on each form or plantation the sole property of a 
 minor, a person of unsound mind, a feme-sole, or a person absent from 
 homo in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, on which 
 
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 there are twenty or more slaves : proiuhd the person so exempted was 
 employed and acting as an overseer previous to the sixteenth of April, 
 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and there is no white male 
 adult on said farm or plantation who is not liable to military duty, 
 which fact shall be verified by the afiidavits of said person, and two 
 respoctable citizens, and shall be filed with the enrolling officer : and 
 provided the owner of such farm or plantation, his agent, or legal rep- 
 resentative, shall make affidavit, and deliver the same to the enrolling 
 officer, that, after diligent eflort, no overseer can be procured for such 
 farm or plantation not liable to military duty : provided, further, that 
 this clause shall not extend to any farm or plantation on which negroes 
 have been placed by division from any other farm or plantation since 
 the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two: 
 provided, further, that for every person exempted as aforesaid, and dur- 
 ing the period of such exemption, there shall be paid annually into the 
 public treasury, by the owners of such slaves, the sum of five hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 " Sec. 3. Such other persons shall bo exempted as the President shall 
 be satisfied ought to be exempted in districts of country deprived of 
 white or slave labor indispensable to the production of grain or provis- 
 ions necessary for the support of the population remaining at home, 
 and also on account of justice, equity, and necessity. 
 
 " Skc. 4. In addition to the state officers exempted by the act of Oc- 
 tober eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, there shall 
 also be exempted all state officers whom the governor of any state may 
 claim to have exempted for the due administration of the government 
 and laws thereof; but this exemption shall not continue in any state 
 after the adjournment of the next regular session of its legislature, un- 
 less such legislature shall by law exempt them from military duty in 
 the provisional army of the Confederate States." [Approved May 1, 
 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO ORGANIZE MILITARY 
 COURTS TO ATTEND THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN THE 
 FIELD, AND TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF SAID COURTS, APPROVED OCTO- 
 BER 9th, 1862. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 in addition to one military court to attend each army corps in the field, 
 as now .authorized by. an act entitled An act to organize military courts 
 to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define 
 the power of said courts, approved October ninth, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-two, one military court shall be organized in each of such 
 military departments as, in the judgment of the President, the public 
 
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 exigencies may require — to be organized in the manner and with pow- 
 ers prescribed in the act of which this is amendatory." [Approved 
 May 1, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO CONTINUE AND AMEND THE THIRD SECTION OK AN ACT SUPPLE- 
 MENTARY TO AN ACT CONCERNING. THE PAV AND ALLOWANCE DDE TO 
 DECEASED SOLDIERS, APPROVED PEBIIIIARY 15TH, 1862, AND TO PRO- 
 VIDE FOR THE PROMPT SETTLEMENT OP CLAIMS FOR ARREARAGES OF 
 PAY, ALLOWANCE, AND BOUNTY DUE DECEASED OFFICERS ANH SOL- 
 DIERS. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate State* of America do enact, That 
 the third section of an act entitled An act .supplementary to an act con- 
 cerning the pay and allowance due to deceased soldiers, approved 
 February fifteenth, cii^hteen hundred and sixty-two, and to provide for 
 the prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowance, and 
 bounty due deceased officers and soldiers, be continued of force until 
 otherwise provided by Congress." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE SUB.7ECT OF RETALIATION. 
 
 "Resolved, hy the Congress of the Confederate States of America, In 
 response to the message of the President, transmitted to Congress at 
 the commencement of the present session, that, in the opinion of Con- 
 gress, the commissioned officers of the enemy ought not to be delivered 
 to the authorities of the respective states, as suggested in the said mes- 
 sage, but all captives taken by the Confederate forces ought to be dealt 
 with and disposed of by the Confederate government. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That, in the judgment of Congress, the proclamations of the 
 President of the United States, dated respectively September twenty- 
 second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and January first, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-three, and the other measures of the Governmenf of 
 the Uuited States and of its authorities, commanders, and forces, de- 
 signed or tending to emancipate slaves in the Confederate States, or to 
 abduct such slaves, or to incite them to insurrection, or to employ ne- 
 groes in war against the Confederate States, or to overthrow the insti- 
 tution of African slavery, and bring on a servile war in these states, 
 would, if successful, produce atrocious consequences, and they are 
 inconsistent with the spirit of those usages which in modern warfare 
 prevail among civilized nations; they may, therefore, bo properly and 
 lawfully repressed by retaliation. 
 
 "Sec. 3. That, in every case wherein, during the present war, any 
 violation of the laws or usages of war among civilized nations shall be, 
 or has been done and perpetrated, by those ncting niidor the authority 
 of the Government of the United Slates on the persons or property of 
 
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 citizens of the Confederate States, or of those under the protection or in 
 tlie land or naval service of the Confederate States, or of any state of 
 the Confederacy, the President of the Confederate States is hereby 
 authorized to cause full and complete retaliation to bo made for every 
 such violation, in such manner and to such extent as he may think 
 proper. 
 
 " Sue. 4. That every white person, being a commissioned officer, or 
 acting as such, who, during the present war, shall command negroes or 
 mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, , 
 train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service 
 against the Confederate States, or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or 
 mulattoes in auj^ military enterprise, j^ttack, or conflict in such service, 
 shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, 
 be put to death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court. 
 
 " Sec. 5. Every person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as 
 such, in the service of the enemy, who shall, during the present war, 
 excite, attempt to excite, or cause to be excited, a servile insurrection, 
 or who shall incite, or cause to be incited, a slave to rebel, shall, if cap- 
 tured, be put to death, or bo otherwise punished at the discretion of the 
 court. 
 
 " Sec. 6. Ever}' person charged with an offence punishable under the 
 preceding resolution shall, during the present war, be tried before the 
 militai'y court .attached to the army or corps by the troops of which he 
 shall have been captured, or by such other military court as the Presi- 
 dent may direct, and in such manner and under such regulations as the 
 President shall prescribe, and after conviction the President may com- 
 mute the punishment in such manner and on such toruis as ho may 
 deem proper. 
 
 " Sec. 7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be engaged in war, or 
 be taken in arms against the Confederate States, or shall give aid or 
 comfort to the enemies of (he Confederate States, shall, when captured 
 in the Confederate Slate.*, lie delivered to the authorities of the state or 
 states in which they shall be captured, to be dealt with according to. the 
 present or future laws of sufh .^tate or states." [Approved May 1, 
 1863.] 
 
 . AN ACT TO PnOVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OP MILITARY ST0REKEBPER8 
 IN THE PROVISIONAL ARMY OP THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
 
 " The Congresn of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the President be authorized to appoint as many military storekeepers 
 of ordnance in the pravision.al army of the Confederate States as may 
 be deemed necessary, not to exceed in all eight storekeepers, four with 
 the pay and allowance of a captain of infantry, and four with the pay 
 and allowance of a first lieutenant of infantry. 
 
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 " Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the military storekeepers of the 
 first class so appointed shall be required to give bonds in the sum of 
 twenty thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum of 
 ten thousand dollars, when charged with the disbursement of funds. 
 This act shall be in force from and after its passage : provided, that no 
 one shall be appointed under its provisions except officers without com- 
 mands, or officers or privates who have performed meritorious services 
 in the field, or have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for 
 active service." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO PREVENT FRAUD IN THE QUARTERMASTER'S AND COMMISSARY 
 DEPARTMENTS, AND THE OBTAINING, UNDER FAl-SE PRETENCE, TRANS- 
 PORTATION FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That 
 no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of 
 public moneys shall convert to his own use, or invest in any kind of 
 property or merchandise, on private account, or lend, with or without 
 interest, any portion of the public moneys entrusted to him for safe- 
 keeping, transfer, disbursement, or any other purpose. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or 
 disbursement of public moneys, or charged with or assigned to the duty 
 of purchasiug for the government or any department thereof, shall buy, 
 trade, traffic, or speculate in, either directly or indirectly, for the pur- 
 pose of gain to himself or others, by resale or otherwise, any article of 
 food, or clothing, or material of which the same is made, or which en- 
 ters into or constitutes a part of the same, or any material of war, or 
 article whatsoever, which is or may be required to be purchased for the 
 use of the army, or the prosecution of the war. 
 
 " Sec. 3. No officer shall take a receipt in blank for any article or 
 articles purchased b}' him for the government, oranj' department there- 
 of; and every receipt shall set forth the true amount paid, and on what 
 account ; and when payment is made on account of property purchased, 
 the receipt shall set forth the name of the person from whom such prop- 
 erty was purchased, and the place of his residence, the thing or things 
 purchased, by items, number, weight, or measurement, as may be cus- 
 tomary in the particular case, the price thereof, and the date of pay- 
 ment. 
 
 " Sec. 4. No officer who is in charge of transportation, or who is em- 
 powered to grant the same, shall forward, by government conveyance, 
 or at the expense of government, or to the exclusion or delay of gov- 
 ernment freight, any commodity or property of any kind, unless the 
 same belongs to the government, or some department thereof, except as 
 authorized by law. 
 
" Sec. 5. Any ofiBcer who shall violate any provisiou in the foregoing 
 sections shall, upon a conviction before a court uiiirtial or militsiry court, 
 be cashiered, and placed in the ranks as a private to serve during the 
 \7a.T: provided, that nothing herein contained shall impair the civil 
 remedy which the government may liave against any officer or his sure- 
 tics for fraud, peculation, or misapplication of the public uioncys tn- 
 I rusted to him by the government. 
 
 '■ Skc. 6. lie -it further enacted, That any pcr.sou in the employment 
 or service of the government as aforesaid, and all other persons coming 
 within the purview of this act, who shall violate an}' of the provisions 
 of the foregoing sections, shall be liable to indictment, and fined in a 
 sum not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less than 
 one year nor longer than five years, to be imposed by the judge or jury 
 trying the cause, according to the course of judicial proceeding in force 
 in the several states : provided the provisions of this act shall in no 
 wise interfere with or impair the civil remedy which the government 
 may have against any of said officers, or their securities, or employees, 
 for frauds, peculation, or misapplication of the moneys enjLrusted to 
 them respectively by the Confederate Si2X(is u provided, also, that all 
 conservators of the peace who, by the laws of the several states, have 
 jurisdiction to commit or bind over offenders for breaches of the crimi- 
 nal laws of the state in which they may reside, shall have power to com- 
 mit or bind over, in a sufficient recognizance, offenders against the 
 provisions of this law, to appear at the next term of the district court 
 of the Confederate States within the jurisdiction of which the offence 
 was committed, for trial, in the same manner and under the same rules 
 as if such preliminary trial were had before the judge of such district 
 court; and the judges of the Confederate courts having jurisdiction of 
 the offences defined by this act shall, at the commencement of each ses- 
 sion of their re.'^pci-tive courts, give this act and its provisions especially 
 in charge to the difleront grand juries." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO PAY OKFICKRS, NOX-COMM I SSION EP OFFICERS, ANP PRIVATES 
 NOT LEGALLY MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE 
 STATES, FOR SERVICES ACTUALLY PERFORJIED. 
 
 " The Oongreas of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 all oliicers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of any legally con- 
 stituted military organization, which may have been actually received 
 into the service of the Confederate States by any general officer there- 
 of, but were never legally mustered into service, in consequence of the 
 loss of the muster-rolls of such military organization, shall be entitled 
 to receive pay from the time they were so received: provided the fact 
 of their having been so received into the service, and the time they 
 
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 served, is duly proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, un- 
 der rules to be prescribed by him." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OP PERSONS SERVING IN THE 
 AKMY TO THE NAVY. 
 " The Oonr/rens of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 all persons serving in the land forces of the Confederate States, who 
 shall desire to be transferred to the naval service, and whose transfer 
 as seamen or ordinary seamen shall be applied for by the Secretary of 
 the Navy, shall be transferred from the land to the naval service : 2}^o- 
 vided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to alter or repeal 
 any law now in force limiting the number of seamen." [Approved May 
 1, 1863.] 
 
 AN ACT REGULATING THE GRANTING OP FLTRLOaGHS AND DISCHARGES IN 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Slates of Ainerica do enact, That 
 sick, wounded, and disabled soldiers in hospitals shall be entitled to 
 furloughs and discharges under the following rules and regulations : 
 In places where there are three or more hospitals, three surgeons in 
 charge of hospitals, or divisions in hospitals, shall constitute a board of 
 examiners for the hospitals to which they belong, whose duty it shall 
 be, twice in each week, to visit said hospitals, and examine applicants 
 for furloughs and discharges ; and in all cases where they shall find 
 an ai^plicant for furlough unfit for military duty, either from disease or 
 wounds, and likely so to remain for thirty days or upward, they shall 
 grant a furlough for such time as they shall deem him unfit for duty, 
 not to exceed sixty days. Said board shall keep a secretary or clerk, 
 who shall issue all furloughs by order of the board, and shall specify 
 therein the time of furlough, the place of the residence of the soldier, his 
 companj', regiment, and brigade. 
 
 " Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That no further regulation shall be 
 required of the soldier, and no passport required other than his fur- 
 lough. 
 
 " Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said board may recommend 
 discharges, stating the ground thereof, which, when approved by the 
 Surgeon-General or the general commanding the army or department 
 to which the soldier belongs, shall entitle him to a discharge, and trans- 
 portation to the place of his enlistment or residence. 
 
 " Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That in places where there are but 
 two hospitals, two surgeons in charge of a hospital, or division, shall 
 constitute a board for the purposes aforesaid-; and in places where there 
 is but one, the surgeon in charge, and two assistant surgeons, if there 
 
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 be two, find if not, then one, shall constitute a board for the purpose 
 aforesaid, and may furlough and recommend discharges as aforesaid : 
 provided, that no furlough shall be granted under the provisions of this 
 act, if, in the opinion of the board, the life or convalescence of the pa- 
 tient would be endangered thereby. 
 
 "Sec. 5. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each patient 
 under his charge once every day." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inapector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. | Adjutant and Inspector-General'b Office, 
 
 No. 109. j Richmond. August 11, 18C3. 
 
 I. .A general pardon is given to all officers and men within the Con- 
 federacy, now absent without leave from the army, who shall (within 
 twenty days from the publication of the address of the President in the 
 state in which the absentees may then bo) return to their posts of duty. 
 
 II. .All men who have been accused or convicted, and undergoing 
 sentence for absence without leave, or desertion, except only those who 
 have been twice convicted of desertion, will be returned to their re- 
 spective commands for duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Qeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 110. j Richmond, Atujust 12, 1863. 
 
 I.. The officers of ordnance duties iu the provisional army, appointed 
 under the acts of Congress of April 21, and September 16, 1862, will, 
 until further orders, be distriVuted into grades, as authorized by the 
 latter act, as follows : four lieutenant-colonels, nine majors, sixty-five 
 captains, forty first lieutenants, and thirty-two second lieutenants. 
 Appointments to these grades will be made on the report of the Chief 
 of Ordnance. Those officers serving in the field will also be reported 
 by the gener.als commanding the army or department prior to appoint- 
 ment. 
 
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 II. .Ordnance officers on duty in the tield will, as far as practicable, 
 be assfgned to command according to rank, as follows: lieutenant- 
 colonels to armies, majors to army corps, captains to departments and 
 divisions, and lieutenants to brigades. No claim to promotion, bow- 
 ever, will be recognized in consequence of assignment to any command. 
 
 III.. Two ordnance oiBeers, not above the rank of captain, may be 
 allowed as assistants to the chief ordnance officer of an army, and one, 
 not above the rank of first lieutenant, to the chief ordnance otEcer of an 
 army corps. One assistant, not above the rank of second lieutenant, 
 may also be allowed to the chief ordnance officer of a department, when 
 absolutely necessary, upon application to the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Ordnance. 
 
 IV.. The designation of the chief ordnance officer attached to com- 
 mands will correspond with the designation of such commands: as 
 
 chief ordnance officer of the army of ; chief ordnance officer of 
 
 army corps; chief ordnance officer of department: ord- 
 nance officer of division ; ordnance offictr of brigade. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEU-S,) Adjutant and iNSPECTOR-GENEnAL's Office, 
 
 No. 111. J Richmond, AiiQust 13, 1S63. 
 
 Quartermasters who are purchasing supplies, and who have means 
 of transportation at their command, are directed to assist, as far as 
 practicable, the quartermasters receiving the tax in kind, in transport- 
 ing the supplies collected from their depots of collection to the issuing 
 depots of the army. They Avill also permit their storehouses to be used 
 for the storage of articles of the produce tax. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 112. ) Richmond, August 15, 1863. 
 
 I.. A court of inquiry having been convened at Richmond on the 
 
29th of July, 1863, pursuant to paragraph XVII, Special Orders, No. 
 176, Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, current series, to exam- 
 ine into certain charges preferred against Major William Norris, Chief 
 of the Signal Corps, and having made the required examination, the 
 report of fads proven, with the opinion of the court thereon, is published 
 for the information of all concerned. 
 
 UKrOUT OF FACTS. 
 
 1. M.ijor Norris was not intoxicated on the 31st of May, 1863. 
 
 2. He did not reveal the alphabet of the signal corps on the 31st of 
 May, 1863. 
 
 3. The enemy knew, or had opportunity to know, the locality of the 
 signal stations between City Point and Clairniont before the 3l8t of 
 May, 1863, none of which wore disclosed to hiiu by Major Norris on 
 that day. 
 
 4. The despatch shown to -Captain Mulford by Major Norris was a 
 private despatch, conveying a report of successes at Vicksbnrg. 
 
 6. There was no improper intercourse between Major Norris and any 
 officers or persons in the service of the enemy on the 31st of May, 1863. 
 
 OlMN'IOX. 
 
 The court is of opinion that the charges in this case have been loose- 
 ly made, and without due care and investigation, and should not be 
 further entertained. The court is, also, of opinion that the private and 
 official character of Major Norris remains unaffectcil by this proceed- 
 ing. 
 
 II.. The charges, of which Major Norris has been thus fully exoner- 
 ated by the court, were made without that consideration which their 
 serious character demanded, and in a manner that subjects the prose- 
 cutor, Lieutenant R. A. Forbes, 2d company independent signal corps, 
 to the grave censure of the department. The personal and official 
 character of an officer is not to be lightly assailed. The accuser will 
 be held to support his charges by evidence — and in an especial manner 
 is he required to avoid creating the impression that the loose, unofficial 
 statements of others are facts within his own knowledge. The greatest 
 care and consideration should be manifested by those preferring charges, 
 particularly when the reputation, personal and professional, of a supe- 
 rior is called in question. 
 
 III. .The court of inquiry, of which Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas, 
 Adjutant-CJencral's department, was president, is hereby dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPKR, 
 
 Adjutant and Inxpector-Gcncral. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS. | Adjutant axd lN8rECT0R-GENER*L's Office, 
 
 No. 113. ) Richmond, Juffust 18, 1863. 
 
 I. .Officers receiving volunteers from those liable to conscription will 
 in no case grant furloughs formore than ten days to such volunteers, 
 before entering on active service. 
 
 II. .Every man liable to conscription, volunteering before enrolment, 
 will report himself and the company in which he volunteers, and like- 
 wise be reported by his captain to the commandant of conscripts for 
 the state, within ten days after his act of volunteering — otherwise be 
 will be held subject to enrolment and assignment. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS."* Adjutant and Inspector-Genjjral'^ Office, 
 
 No. 114. J Richmond, August, 22, 1863. 
 
 I.. Permanent posts and depots established by the Quartermaster's 
 department are placed under the special control of the Quartermaster- 
 General, though subject to the inspection of the commanding officer of 
 the department in which they are located. 
 
 II. .Changes in the assignment of officers stationed at such posts and 
 depots will be made only through orders from this office ; and no change 
 in the location of posts and depots will be ordered by the department 
 commander except under circumstances of strong emergency, in 
 which cases a report of such change, with the reason therefor, will be 
 transmitted to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjdtant and Inspector-Geneeal's Office, 
 
 No. 115. J Richmond, August 24, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
 ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
 ginia, are announced for the information of all concerned, and the 
 
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 special attention of officers and agsuts of the government is directed 
 
 thereto : 
 
 Kichmnnd, Aur/HXt 20, 1863. 
 
 Hon, Jas. A. Seddon, SecrcUtry of War : 
 
 Sir: The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill re- 
 cently passed by the Confederate Congress regulating impressments, 
 being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two 
 months, or oftcncr if they should deem it proper, in accordance with 
 the foregoing requisition we respectfully lay before you the following 
 schedules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing 
 to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, wo 
 have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. 
 
 The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for 
 the articles appraised at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
 impressed elsewhere the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
 cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
 Wrticle would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
 cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
 article, and wishes it to be sent : provided, that in no case the amount 
 deducted for transportation as above, shall e.xceed twenty-five cents 
 per bushel for grain, and twenty-five cents per cwt. for long forage, 
 flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to the established price of trans- 
 portation, the government to pay all legal tolls ; and where farmers 
 can not procure nails for baling forage, government to furnish the 
 same at cost, which will be deducted from the established price of 
 baling : 
 
Schedule A. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 1 Wheat 
 
 2 i'lour 
 
 3 Corn 
 
 4 Uusliellod corn... 
 
 5 Corn meal 
 
 6 Ryo 
 
 7 Cleaned oats 
 
 S Wheat bran 
 
 9 Shorts 
 
 10 Brown stuff 
 
 11 Ship stuff. 
 
 12 Bacon ..... 
 
 13 Salt pork 
 
 14 LanI 
 
 15 Horses 
 
 16 Wool 
 
 17 Wool 
 
 18 Peas 
 
 19 Beans 
 
 20 Potatoes 
 
 21 Potatoes 
 
 22 Onions 
 
 23 Dried poaches 
 
 2-1: Drieil poache.s 
 
 2.5 JJried apples 
 
 20 Hay, baled 
 
 27 Hay, baled 
 
 28 Hay. unbaled 
 
 29 Sheaf oats, baled 
 
 30 .Sheal oats, unb"d 
 
 31 Blade fodder, bal'd 
 
 32 Blade fodd'r.nnb'd 
 
 .33 Shuck.s, baled 
 
 31 Shucks, unbaled.. 
 3.5 AVheat straw, bl'd 
 
 36 Wheat st'w,uub'd 
 
 37 Pasturage 
 
 38 Pasturage 
 
 39 Pasturage 
 
 40 Pasturai;o 
 
 41 Pa-sturago 
 
 42 Pasturage 
 
 43 Salt 
 
 44 Soap 
 
 45 Candles 
 
 40 A'iuegar 
 
 47 Whiskey 
 
 48 Sugar 
 
 49 Molasses 
 
 50 Kice 
 
 51 Coffee 
 
 52 Tea 
 
 53 A'inegar 
 
 54 Pig iron 
 
 55 Pig iron 
 
 56 Pig iron 
 
 57 Bloom iron 
 
 58 Smiths' iron 
 
 ii'J Riiilro.ad iron 
 
 60 Leather 
 
 Prime 
 Good... 
 Prime. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 Prime... 
 Good 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 1st class 
 B'air, or 
 
 Jlerino, 
 Fair, or 
 
 Merino, 
 Good 
 
 Superi'r, 
 1st rate.. 
 
 Good 
 
 Superi'r, 
 Ist rate. 
 Good 
 
 White, or rod 
 
 .Superfine 
 
 White or yellow. 
 White, or yellow 
 
 Artillery, etc.. 
 
 Washed 
 
 Unwashed 
 
 Irish... 
 Sweet . 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Uupeeled 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Timothy, or clo- 
 ver 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 rass 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 grass 
 
 Interior 
 
 Near cities. 
 
 Tallow , 
 
 Cider 
 
 Trade 
 
 Brown 
 
 New Orleans 
 
 Rio 
 
 Trade 
 
 Manufactured., 
 No. 1 quality.... 
 No. 2 quality... 
 No. 3 quality... 
 
 Round, pate, and 
 bar 
 
 > illarness. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 Per bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bbl. of 196 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 56 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 66 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 50 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 56 1b.s 
 
 " bus. of 32 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 17 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 22 lbs 
 
 « bus. of 28 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 37 lbs 
 
 " pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 Average price per head 
 
 Per pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 •' bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 '= bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 38 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 38 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 28 lbs 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 •' 100 jjounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pound.s 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pound.s 
 
 '• head per month.... 
 
 •' head per month.... 
 
 ■' head per month.... 
 
 '• head per month.... 
 
 " head per month... 
 
 " head per month.... 
 
 " bus. of 50 lbs 
 
 " pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 " gallon 
 
 '" gallon 
 
 " pound 
 
 '• gallon 
 
 " pound 
 
 '• pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 •' gallon 
 
 " ton 
 
 '' ton 
 
 " ton 
 
 " ton 
 
 " ton 
 
 " ton 
 
 " pound 
 
Sohedij'I.e a — Contiuued. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 QU AUTY. DESCMPTION. 
 
 qUANTlTT. 
 
 Leather 
 
 Leather 
 
 I'ccf cattle 
 
 Beef cattle 
 
 Buef cattle 
 
 Sheep 
 
 Army wooloii cl'b 
 
 J^yarrt 
 
 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 (1-4 yard 
 
 Armv woolen clh 
 
 Flannels V 
 
 Cotton sliirfg...% 
 Cotton sliirt'g...>2 
 Cotton <<licet'g..4-4 
 Cotton osnab'gs% 
 Cotton osnab'gs i^ 
 Cotton drills. ...t^ 
 Cot. shirt, stripes 
 Cot. tent cloths... 
 
 Good 
 
 Sole 
 
 
 « 
 
 Oro.?s weight 
 
 Supori'r, 
 
 Gross weight 
 
 1st rate.. 
 
 
 
 
 Good 
 
 10 oz. per yard... 
 
 " 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 greater or le."!? 
 
 
 width or weight 
 
 " 
 
 20 oz. per yard... 
 
 '' 
 
 Pra rata as to 
 
 
 greater or less 
 
 
 width or weight 
 
 " 
 
 6 07,. per vnrd 
 
 " 
 
 4VK yards to lb... 
 .3% vards to lb... 
 
 
 " 
 
 3 yards to lb 
 
 " 
 
 6 oz. per yard.... 
 
 " 
 
 8 oz. per yard.... 
 
 '• 
 
 3 vards to lb 
 
 " 
 
 3 yards to lb 
 
 '• 
 
 10 oz. per yard... 
 
 Per pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 " 100 pounds.. 
 " 100 pounds.. 
 " 100 pounds.. 
 " head 
 
 yard.. 
 
 2 40 
 2 80 
 16 00 
 18 00 
 20 00 
 30 00 
 
 4 50 
 
 Per yard.. 
 
 3 00 
 42 
 50 
 60 
 60 
 70 
 70. 
 70 
 **" 
 
 On the above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater or less width 
 or weight. 
 
 C<itton warps iGood j 
 
 Army shoes " 
 
 Shoe thread " ; 
 
 Wool socks, men's " 
 
 Mules list rate..:Wagon, etc, 
 
 Per yard.. 
 " yard.. 
 " yard.. 
 " yard . 
 " yurd.. 
 '■ yard.. 
 " yard.. 
 " Jard.. 
 vard.. 
 
 Per pound I 
 
 " pair j 
 
 ■' pound I 
 
 " pair. 
 
 Average price per head| 
 
 1 63 
 
 10 00 
 
 i: 00 
 
 1 25 
 300 00 
 
 In assessing the average value of " first-class artillery and wagon horses 
 at $350," we designed that the term should be accepted and acted upon 
 according to its obvious common sense import In other words, 
 that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their 
 working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their 
 intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering 
 them as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when 
 they assessed the average value of such horses as the goverpment need- 
 ed at S350. But cases might arise, however, when the public e.\igcn- 
 cies would be so urgent as to demand tliat all horses at hand should be 
 impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when familj' or extra- 
 blooded horses, or brood loares oH admitted high value, are impressed, we 
 respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions for- 
 warded to the iuipres.^ing orticers to propose and allow the owners to 
 snhxtitutK in their stead such strong, sound, and serviceable horses or 
 mules as shall be considered and valued, by competent and disinterest- 
 ed parties, as first-class artillery hor.ses, or lirst-ratc wagon mules. 
 
 The term "average value per head" was used in contra-distinction to 
 a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that 
 in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
 persons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or 
 
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 even at less, and others' at different advanced rates, according to their 
 worth, up as high as $450, or above that amount — thus making an 
 areraice value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
 $350 each, and mules $300 each. 
 
 In illustration of our views we will add, that a horse with only one eye 
 sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first-rate artillery horse, 
 yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his value. 
 So, a horse from ten to eighteen years of age might be deemed, in all 
 other particulars, as a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, however 
 efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his ad- 
 vanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, 
 however he may approximate the standard of a first-class artillery horse, 
 must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price ; and as 
 few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are 
 entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other instances the 
 price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them 
 below the standard of first class, etc. 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 
 Robert Gibboney, 
 Commissioners for Virginia. 
 
i:JU 
 
 Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teaim, Wagom, and Drivers. 
 
 1 Baling long forage 
 
 2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
 
 nished by the government 
 
 3 Hauling 
 
 4 Hauling grain 
 
 6 Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driv 
 
 er, rations furnished by owner 
 
 6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner. . . . 
 
 8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
 
 er, rations furnished by owner 
 
 10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 13 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 QUANTITY AND TIME. 
 
 Per 100 pounds ... 
 
 " 56 pounds .. . 
 " cwt. per mile. . 
 " bus. per mile. . 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " day 
 
 " month 
 
 " month 
 
 $ 30 
 
 05 
 06 
 03 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 13 00 
 
 6 50 
 16 00 
 
 8 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 40 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 Bv order. 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 
 Robert Gibbonev, 
 Commissioners for Virginia. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 No. 116. 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 Richmond, August 31, 1863. 
 
 I.. Generals, or other oflScers commanding departments, armies in the 
 field, posts, or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers, or other 
 absentees from duty, and all persons liable to military service, found 
 within their lines, and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith 
 arrested and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it 
 shall be to forward such abseutees to their proper command, or, in case 
 of^conscripts, to assign them to service in the army nearest to his post, 
 according to his discretion. 
 
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 II.. Under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription, an enroll- 
 ing officer will be attached to each military department to carry out the 
 purposes indicated in paragraph I. 
 
 III. .Overseers entitled to exemption will be exempted from military 
 service for one year, when the OTvner of the slaves of whom the over- 
 seer has had charge shall present to the enrolling officer the receipt of 
 a quartermaster for the amount of the tax imposed in such cases by the 
 act of Congress approved May 1, 1863. Officers of the Quartermaster's 
 department are directed to receive and receipt for money thus paid. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 117. J Richmond, September 3, 1863. 
 
 I. .In any case where the exigencies of the army compel impressment 
 or purchase, for its use, of the whole of any one article, or all articles 
 of the planter's production, taxed in kind, the post quartermaster of the 
 district will transfer to his district collector the assessor's estimate, to 
 be collected in the money value only, at the rate of purchase or im- 
 pressment, as the case may be. Before making such tran'sfer, the post 
 quartermaster of the district will credit the producer upon such esti- 
 mates with the amount of such articles as he may have paid in kind, 
 and endorse thereon the circumstances under which the transfer is 
 made. 
 
 II. .Controlling and post quartermasters of districts will keep and 
 report their accounts relating to tax in kind, separate and distinct from 
 all others. 
 
 III. .Producers are required to deliver the wheat, corn, oats, rye, 
 buckwheat, rice, peas, beans, cured hay and fodder, sugar, molasses of 
 cane, wool, and tobacco, in such form and ordinary marketable condi- 
 tion as may be usual iu the section in which they are delivered — cotton 
 ginned and packed in some secure manner — tobacco stripped and pack- 
 ed in boxes. 
 
 IV.. Where post quartermasters of districts entrust agents with dis- 
 bursements, care must be taken that receipts and accounts be stated in 
 the name of the pdst quartermaster. 
 
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 v. .Quartermasters aud commissaries serving with troops may receive 
 the tithe tax, when authorized to do so by the chief quartermaster or 
 chief commissary of the army in which they arc serving. The names of 
 such authorized officers will be reported to the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 VI.. Where producers offer to pay their tithe tax to officers author- 
 ized to receive it, it is obligatory upon the latter to receive the produce, 
 and to pay the excess of transportation over eight miles, at the rates 
 prescribed by state commissioners under the impressment act. In each 
 case they will receipt to the post quartermaster of the district for the 
 produce. Upon this receipt the receiving officer will be responsible for 
 the quantity which he will take up on his property return. The receipt 
 given to the producer will only be evidence that so much of his tax is 
 paid. In all such itceipts the name of the producer and his county 
 will be stated. 
 
 By order. 
 
 ■ S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEK.S, | Adjutant and iNsrECToa-GENKRAL's Office, 
 
 No. 118. ) RIC^MO^fD, September 1. 1863. 
 
 I. .All officers of the Quartermaster's department serving at posts or 
 depots will report immediately to the Quartermaster-General their lo- 
 cation, the character of the duties discharged by them, and by whoso 
 order they wore so assigned. 
 
 II.. The principal quartermaster at each post or depot will like- 
 wise report the names of all quartermasters serving thereat. Ho will 
 also examine carefully into the occupation of each officer, and will de- 
 signate such as can be spared for service elsewhere. 
 
 III. .The chief quartermaster of each separate army will forward to 
 the Qu.arterraaster-General, at the earliest practicable day, a complete 
 list of all bis subordinates, stating specifically tlie regiment, brigade, 
 division, or corps to which each may be attached, or, when engaged on 
 special duty, the character thereof. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant nnd Inspector-General. 
 
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 QKNEKAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspectoii-Qiineralb Office, 
 
 No. 119. j Richmond, September 7, 18C3. 
 
 I.. All officers and agents of the Quartermaster's, CommisEary, and 
 Conscription departments will render all assistance in their power in 
 collecting arms abandoned or left by stragglers in the hands of citizens. 
 
 II-. Arms thus collected will be turned over to the nearest ordnance 
 officer, who will receipt for the same, and, upon proper vouchers, pay 
 any reasonable expense actually incurred for transportation. 
 
 III. ."Medical inspectors will be recommended by the Surgeon-Gener- 
 al, and, being approved, will be announced in orders from this office." 
 
 IV.. As heretofore required in General Orders, No. 64-, of 18G2, re- 
 specting the hides of beeves, commissaries of subsistence in the field 
 and at depots will transfer the hides of all slaughtered sheep to officers 
 of the Quartermaster's department, who will receive and preserve them 
 to be tanned. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General.- 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant aNd Inspector-General's Ofi'ice, 
 
 No. 120. j Richmond, September 8, 1863. 
 
 I.. At a general court martial convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 
 June 24, 1863, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, dated Head-quarters 
 Army of Tennessee, March 16, 1863, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Captain G. D. Mitchell, Assistant-Quartermaster, P. A. C. S., on the 
 following charge. (The specifications, being very lengthy, arc here 
 omitted.) 
 
 Charge : Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
 
 II. .Finding and Sentence of Court. 
 
 After mature deliberation, the court find the accused, Captain G. D. 
 Mitchell, Assistant-Quartermaster, P. A. C. S., as follows : 
 
 Of the Ist Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Specification : Guilty. 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
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 And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case liaving been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, for the consideration of the President, the fol- 
 lowing is his order thereon : 
 
 The sentence of the court, in (his case, is not approved — the evidence 
 not being sutricicut to support the charge. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Ocneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"j Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 121. J Richmond, September 9, 1863. 
 
 I. .Paragraph 1,064 of the Arnay Regulations (107 of the Regulations 
 of the Quartermaster's department) is amended to read as follows : 
 
 " Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their 
 appointments, and from the date of promotion: provided, that disburs- 
 ing officers, who are required to give official bonds, shall forward the 
 same, always duly executed, with their letters of acceptance, and that 
 their acceptances shall take efl'ect only from the date of the approval of 
 the bonds by the War department ; but in no case will an oificcr be as- 
 signed to duty, and receive pay, until he has received his appciintment. 
 Notifications of the receipt and approval of said bonds will be forwarded 
 to officers through the chief of the bureau to which they belong." 
 
 II.. All officers of the Quartermaster-General's and Commiesnry- 
 Gcneral's departments (except such as hold commissions in the regular 
 army of the Confederate States), appointed prior to the commencement 
 of the present session of Congress (January 12, 1S63), and whose 
 bonds, prior to the date of this order, have not been filed in and ap- 
 proved by the War department, are hereby dropped : jtrovided, that on 
 satisfactory evidence that such failure has not been the result of gross 
 neglect, the commanding general may grant the officers concerned a 
 short leave of absence to make and forward their bonds, and shall re- 
 port this fact to the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 III.. No application for the revocation of the above order, in any 
 individual case, will be entertained by the War department. If a va- 
 cancy be occasioned in any brigade or regiment, or at a post, application 
 will bo made for a new appointment, in conformity to General Orders, 
 
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 No. 8, 1S63; and the appointee, in accepting his position, will be hold 
 strictly to the requirements of preceding paragraph I. 
 
 IV.. Officers of the Quartermaster-Gcncrurs department, whose ap- 
 pointments bear date subsequent to the 12th day of January, 1863, and 
 who have not filed bonds, duly executed, will be allowed a furlough for 
 such time, not exceeding sixty days, as may be necessary to enable 
 them to execute their bonds. 
 
 'V. .Commanding oflBcers will be careful to recommend for appoint- 
 ment, as disbursing officers, only such persons as furnish reasonable 
 assurance of their ability to execute the bonds required by law. 
 
 VI. .AH letters of appointment hereafter issued will be accompanied 
 by a notification to the appointee that bis official bond must be return- 
 ed with his acceptance, and that the latter will take effect only from the 
 date at which said bond is approved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutfint and Inspector-Oenerul. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 122. f Richmond, September 11, 1863. 
 
 I. .Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, etc., will, immedi- 
 ately on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forwarded, through 
 proper channels, to Colonel J. S. Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Con- 
 scription, a complete list of all persons held as substitutes in the army, 
 in their respective commands. This list will embrace the regiment, 
 company, date of enlistment, and age of each substitute, with the name 
 and post-office of the principal. They will also, in the same manner, 
 furnish a monthly roll of all deserters, and absentees without leave. 
 This will be arranged according to the county and congressional dis- 
 trict to which the parties belong, and will set forth the time and place 
 of desertion in each case. 
 
 II.. All officer.^!, charged by commanding generals with the duty of 
 arresting and returning deserters and absentees, will report to the com- 
 mandant of conscripts in the respective states to which such officers arc 
 sent, and will co-operate generally with enrolling officers in the dis- 
 charge of the duties assigned to them. 
 
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 III. .Tho following act of Congress is published for the information 
 of all coneorned : 
 
 " Every person, not subject to tho Rules and Articles of War, who 
 shall procure or entice a soldier of the Confederate States to desert, or " 
 who shall purchase from any soldier his arms, uniform, clothing, or any 
 part thereof, shall, upon legal conviction, bo fined, at the discretion of 
 the court having cogniz.anee of the same, in any sum not exceeding 
 three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year," 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS.| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 ^°- ^^^- ) RiCHMOiTD, Sfpt^-.mber 16, 18&3. 
 
 The following order is published for the information of all concerned : 
 
 EXCnANOE NOTICE, NO. 6. 
 
 The following Confederate ofltoers and men, captured at Vicksburg, 
 Mississippi, July 4, 18(53, and subsequently paroled, have been duly 
 exchanged, and are hereby so declared : 
 
 1. Tho officers and men of General C. L. Stevenson's division. 
 
 2. The officers and men of General Bowen's division. 
 
 3. The officers and men of Brigadier-General Moore's brigade. 
 
 4. The officers and men of the 2d Texas regiment. 
 
 5. The officers and men of Waul's legion. 
 
 6. Also, all Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at 
 City Point at any time previous to July 25, 1863, have been duly ox- 
 changed, and are hereby so declared. 
 
 Ro. OULD, 
 Agent of Exchange. 
 Richmond, Se^jtemher 12, 186?. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"} Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 124. j RiOHMOND, September 22, 1863. 
 
 I.. Potatoes (sweet), gathered under the tax law by commisaar- 
 
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 ries and quarterinasters, at or within reach of places where hospitals 
 are located, will bo transferred (invoices and receipts being given) to 
 the medical oflicers in charge of the hospitals, to be cared for and se- 
 cured against the influences of frost, etc., for the use of the sick. Or 
 farmers, when the hospitals are more convenient of access than the de- 
 pots,, may deliver their potatoes (tax in kind) to the medical officer in 
 charge, taking receipts, which will be acknowledged by the tax agent. 
 
 II. .The pay of surgeons (private physicians) employed under Gener- 
 al Orders, No. 82, Adjutant and Inspector-General's otfice, of 1862, is 
 increased to six dollars per diem, until further orders. 
 
 III. ."Assistant Medical Directors" and ^'Assistant Medical Inspec- 
 tors" not being authorized, the titles will not be used. 
 
 IV. .The extra pay allowed soldiers detailed for duty as commissary 
 sergeants by the act of Congress approved May 1, 1863, will be paid 
 upon the muster and pay rolls of the companies to which they belong, 
 by the quartermasters charged with the duty of paying troops. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 9Adjutunl and Inspector- Gcuei-al. 
 
 GENEKAIj orders,"! Adjutant and Inspector-Gener.vl's Office, 
 
 No. 125. ) Richmond, September, 1863. 
 
 I. . Information having boon received of repeated misconstructions and 
 violations of paragraph XII, General Orders, No. 82, 1862, it is reiter- 
 ated that no persons liable to conscription will be permitted, under any 
 circumstances, to volunteer in regiments, battalions, or companies 
 organized since the 16th of April, 1862, except such as were organized 
 under the provisions of the act of Congress of that date entitled "An 
 act further to provide for the public defence." 
 
 II. .No authority exists for organizing new companies out of compa- 
 nies or portions of companies now in service. 
 
 III. .It shall be the duty of commandants of conscripts, on informa- 
 tion of persons being received into companies contrary to the provis- 
 ions of this order, to make immediate requisition for such persons on 
 the officer commanding, and on failure of the oflicer to return the per- 
 sons Bo received to the camp of instruction, the commandant shall re- 
 
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 port the matter, with tlio facts of the case, to the Bureau of Conscrip- 
 tion, to bo decided by this department. 
 
 IV.. No officer commanding, whoso company reaches the maximum 
 allowed by regulations, shall bo permitted to receive recruits, either as 
 volunteers or in any other form. 
 
 V. .No officer commanding shall accept or muster in persons of con- 
 script age, unless such persons shall first exhibit a certificate, approved 
 by an enrolling officer, stating that he has volunteered and selected his 
 company, which company is allowed to receive recruits. 
 
 VI.. The Bureau of Conscription is charged with the establishment of 
 such regulations as will enforce this order. 
 
 VII.. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 122, Septcraher 11, 1S63, is 
 so modified as to read as follows: 
 
 " Commnnding officers of regiments, battalions, etc., will, immediatel}' 
 on receipt hereof, cause to bo made out and forwarded, through proper 
 channels, to Colonel J. S. Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Conscription, 
 a complete list of all persons received as substitutes in the army in 
 their respective commands. The list will enirbrace the regiment, com- 
 pany, date of enlistment, and age of each substitute, with name, post- 
 office, and date of enlietment of the principal. It will also state whether 
 the giibstitiife is now serving, or has died or been killed while in or dis- 
 chargcd from service, or I'hctherhc hasdcsertcd, with the datcand circum- 
 stances of deaths, discharge, or desertion. They will, also, in the same 
 manner, furnish a monthly roll of all deserters and absentees without 
 leave. This roll will be arranged according to the county and congres- 
 sional district to which the parties belong, and will set forth the time and 
 place of desertion in each case." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDKUS.^I Adjutant and Inspf.otoh-General's Oi'fici:, 
 
 No. 126. j Richmond, September 28, 1863. 
 
 I. .In order to avoid all dilficulty with respect to payment of officers 
 absent from their commands, and who have not received commissions 
 or letters of appointment, it is ordered that all such officers shall, bo- 
 
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 fore leaving thoir companies, be fiu-nished with a transcript from the 
 muster-rolls, or a certificate in lieu thereof, as may be convenient, set- 
 ting out the full name, rank, and date thereof of such officer, and that 
 he is borne on the muster-roll as such. These transcripts or certificates 
 will be signed by the eommandiug officer of the regiment and company, 
 and will be equivalent with the pay officer to the commission or letter 
 of appointment referred to in paragraph I, General Orders, No. 121, of 
 1863. This provision, however, is not designed to dispense with the 
 requirements of General Orders, No. 28, j)aragraphs II and III, current 
 series. 
 
 II. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 116, Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General's office, is so modified as to read as follows : 
 
 " Generals, or other officers commanding departments, armies in the 
 field, posts, or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers, or other ab- 
 sentees from duty, and all persons liable to military service, found 
 within their lines, and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith 
 arrested and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it 
 shall be to forward such absentees to their proper commands ; or, in 
 case of conscripts, to assign them to service, at the discretion of the 
 commandant of conscripts of the state." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Abjittant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No, 127. j Richmond, September 29, 1863. 
 
 In view of the importance of pressing the home production of nitre, 
 the workmen in exposed districts will be called from their work for local 
 defence only in cases of extreme military urgency, and then only by the 
 general commanding the district, by an order to the officer in charge. 
 
 In the nitre districts lately overrun, the workmen will be returned to 
 their work, and all reasonable facilities for resuming operations will bo 
 extended by military officers. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
GENKr.AL ORDERS, 
 No. 128. 
 
 11 'J 
 
 Adjutant and Tnspector-Qenkrai.'s OrriCF, 
 Richmond. Va., S^pUmber 30, 1863. 
 
 I-.Tlie following schedule of prices, for articles named therein, 
 adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law for the State of 
 South Carolina, are announced for the information of all concerned, 
 and the special attention of officers and agents of the government 13 
 directed thereto : 
 
 //• . Sc]n:Jiilc of prices established htf the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Stale of South Carolina, under the act of Congress of the Confederate 
 States " to regulate impressments :" 
 
 Apples, dried 
 Apples, dried. 
 
 Axci 
 
 Axes 
 
 Biicon 
 
 Bacon 
 
 Bacon 
 
 BacoD 
 
 Beans 
 
 Brandy 
 
 Brandy 
 
 Beef 
 
 Beef. 
 
 Beef Catile.... 
 
 Candles 
 
 Chains 
 
 Cloth 
 
 CoJTce 
 
 Corn 
 
 Corn 
 
 Corn Meal 
 Drills 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Fodder 
 
 Fodder 
 
 Hat« 
 
 nay 
 
 Hay 
 
 Hogs 
 
 Hogt 
 
 Hides. 
 
 Hides 
 
 Good, 
 
 DBSCRIPTIOX. 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Unpeeled 
 
 With handles 
 
 Without handles 
 
 Sides 
 
 Hams 
 
 Shouldera 
 
 Jowls 
 
 White or cornfield 
 
 Apple 
 
 Peach 
 
 Fresh, not 
 
 Salt or corned 
 
 Gross 
 
 Tallow 
 
 Trace 
 
 Woolen, for soldiers 
 clothes, ^^ yard wide, 
 10 oz. to yard, and pro 
 rata as to greater or 
 less weight or width... 
 
 Rio 
 
 Unshelled 
 
 Shelled, sacks not includ- 
 ed 
 
 Sacks not included 
 
 Cotton, % yard wide, 3 
 yards to pound 
 
 Extra Family 
 
 Kxfr.i Family 
 
 Supertino 
 
 Superfine 
 
 Fiue 
 
 Fine 
 
 Baled 
 
 Unh.aled 
 
 Wool 
 
 Baled 
 
 Unhaled 
 
 Not 
 
 Gross 
 
 Dry 
 
 Green 
 
 IPer bushel of 28 lbs. 
 ] Per bushel of 28 lbs. 
 
 lEach , 
 
 Each 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per bushel 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pair 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per bushel of 70 lbs.. 
 
 Per bushel of ,56 lbs.. 
 Per bushel of 50 lbs.. 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per barrel of 196 lbs 
 
 Per sack of 98 lbs 
 
 Per barrel of 196 lbs 
 
 Per sjick of 98 lbs 
 
 Per barrel of 196 lbs 
 
 Per sack of 98 lbs 
 
 Per 100 i)ounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Each 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 $3 00 
 
 2 00 
 6 00 
 4 00 
 
 75 
 70 
 65 
 40 
 
 3 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 25 
 60 
 18 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 50 
 
 4 00 
 3 00 
 
 1 95 
 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 65 
 22 00 
 11 00 
 20 00 
 10 00 
 18 00 
 9 00 
 2 50 
 
 2 00 
 
 3 25 
 1 50 
 1 25 
 
 35 
 
 25 
 
 1 25 
 
 50 
 
150 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 Horses 
 
 Horses 
 
 Iron 
 
 Iron 
 
 Iron 
 
 irou 
 
 Iron 
 
 Iron 
 
 Irou 
 
 Jeans 
 
 Kettles 
 
 Lard 
 
 Leather 
 
 Leather 
 
 Leatlier 
 
 Molasses .... 
 Molasses .... 
 
 Mules 
 
 Mules 
 
 Mules 
 
 Oats 
 
 Oats 
 
 Oats 
 
 Osnaburgs.. 
 
 Osuaburgs.. 
 
 Peas 
 
 Potatoes 
 
 Potatoes 
 
 Peaches, dried, 
 Peaches, dried. 
 
 Pork 
 
 Pork 
 
 Paitnrage .. 
 
 Pasturage .. 
 
 Bice 
 
 Rice 
 
 Ryo 
 
 Sacks 
 
 Shirting 
 
 Shirting .... 
 
 Cotton stripes, 
 
 Salt 
 
 Salt 
 
 Shoes 
 
 Shoe thread. 
 
 Socks 
 
 Sheep , 
 
 Sugar 
 
 Sugar , 
 
 Soap , 
 
 Soap , 
 
 Shucks 
 
 Shucks 
 
 Tea 
 
 Tea 
 
 Tent cloth... 
 Tallow 
 
 Good, 
 
 Artillery, 1st class 
 
 Artillery. 2d class 
 
 Pig ••• 
 
 Squiiro or Round 
 
 Flat or Band 
 
 Hoop 
 
 Boiler Plate 
 
 Serviceable Railroad 
 
 Unserviceable Railroad... 
 
 Wool, domestic 
 
 Camp, iron 
 
 Clean 
 
 Sole 
 
 Upper 
 
 Harness 
 
 Cane 
 
 Sorghum 
 
 1st class 
 
 2d class .... 
 
 3d class 
 
 Sheaf, nnbaled 
 
 Sheaf, baled 
 
 Shelled 
 
 Cotton, % yard vide, 7 
 
 oz. to yard 
 
 Cotton, % yard wide, 8 
 
 oz. to yard 
 
 Cow 
 
 Irish 
 
 Sweet 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Unpeeled 
 
 Fresh 
 
 Salt 
 
 Cattle and horses near 
 
 city 
 
 Intei'ior 
 
 New 
 
 Old 
 
 Good 
 
 Two bushels, osnaburg... 
 Cotton, % yard wide, 4i-^ 
 
 yards to pound 
 
 Cotton, % yard wide, 'i'% 
 
 yards to pound 
 
 Three yards to pound 
 
 Coast 
 
 Liverpool 
 
 Army 
 
 Flax.; 
 
 Soldiers, wool 
 
 Fat 
 
 Brown, common 
 
 Brown, common 
 
 Hard 
 
 Soft 
 
 Baled 
 
 Unbilled 
 
 Black 
 
 Green 
 
 Cotton, 10 oz. to yard 
 
 Clean 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 Per ton of 2,240 lbs. 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Each 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per bushel of 34 lbs. 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
 Per bushel of 33 lbs, 
 Per bushel of 38 lbs. 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per ijound 
 
 Per head per month. 
 Per head per month. 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per bushel of 50 lbs. 
 Each 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per Isusbel of 50 lbs. 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
 
 Per pair 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pair 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per pouud 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per pound 
 
 $500 00 
 400 00 
 85 00 
 350 00 
 320 00 
 440 00 
 500 00 
 175 00 
 75 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 75 
 
 2 50 
 
 3 25 
 3 00 
 5 00 
 3 00 
 
 400 00 
 
 350 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 50 
 
 1 50 
 
151 
 
 DESCRIVTIOX. 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Whiskey 
 
 AVheat 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Wheat Straw 
 Wheat Straw 
 
 Wool 
 
 Wool 
 
 WagoiiH 
 
 Wagons 
 
 Wagons 
 
 Wagons 
 
 Yarn 
 
 Cider 
 
 Maunfactured 
 
 Good 
 
 First rate, wliite 
 
 Fair 
 
 Ordinary 
 
 Baled 
 
 Unl>aled 
 
 Washed 
 
 Unwaslied 
 
 Wood axlo, 4 horse, new. 
 Iron axle. 4 horse, new.. 
 Wood axlo, 2 horso, new, 
 Iron axle, 2 horse, now.. 
 Cotton 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs 
 Per bushel of 00 lbs 
 
 Per loo pounds 
 
 Per 100 pouuda 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Kich 
 
 Each 
 
 Bach 
 
 Each ^ 
 
 Per bunch of 5 lbs . 
 
 Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Horaet. 
 
 PESCKIPTION. 
 
 B.aling long forage 
 
 Shelling and sacking corn, sacks furnished 
 by government 
 
 Hauling 
 
 Hire of two-horso team, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by owner 
 
 Hire of two-borsc team, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by government 
 
 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by owner 
 
 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by government 
 
 Hire of six-horso tcnm, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by owner 
 
 Hire of six-hor.=e team, wagon, and driver, 
 rations furnished by government 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furuished by ov^ner. 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern- 
 ment 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern- 
 ment 
 
 Per 100 pounds, 
 
 " bus. of 56 lbs. 
 " 100 lbs. p. ml. 
 
 day . 
 
 day 
 
 day 
 
 day 
 
 day 
 
 day 
 day 
 
 " day . . . 
 
 " month . 
 
 " month . 
 
 15 00 
 
 The undersigned, commissioners and appraisers under the dct of 
 Congress for regulating the impres.sments for South Carolina, have 
 adopted the foregoing schedule of prices, which they think is fair and 
 equitable under existing circumstances. They hope that the producer 
 will be willing not only to sell to the government at these prices, but to 
 private individuals, and especially to the families of soldiers who are 
 
153 
 
 in the service of their couutry. Tho present is no time for those \vho 
 are at home to be speculating on the necessities of a bleeding country. 
 They should consider that, whilst the patriotic and gallant soldier in the 
 army is offering his blood and his life as a sacrifice for independence, 
 that they, too, are called upon to make sacrifices, and forego all exorbi- 
 tant profits on what they have to sell. He who is unwilling to do so is 
 unworthy of his country, and the cause in which she is engaged. 
 
 The commissioners would respectfully suggest to the quartermasters 
 and commissaries in South Carolina that they should not impress provis- 
 ions which have been purchased for family supplies and immediate 
 consumption, nor should they interfere with purchases made at govern- 
 ment prices, on their way to market, in the hands of a fair retail dealer, 
 who is willing to sell at a moderate profit, to supply the wants of the 
 poor in the cities, towns, and villages of the state. 
 
 The foregoing schedule of prices will continue in force for two 
 months, unless sooner revised. « 
 
 B. F. Perry, 
 A. M. Martin, 
 
 Commiasioners. 
 
 Columbia, S. C, September 15, 1863. * 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and iNSPECioR-GENiiRAL's Office, 
 
 No. 129. } Richmond, October 1, 1863. 
 
 I.. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, 
 adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of 
 Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned ; and the 
 special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed 
 thereto: 
 
 Richmond, October 1, 1863. 
 Hon. Jaa. A. Scddon, Secretary of War : 
 
 Sir: The commissioners appointed under section fifth of the bill 
 recently passed by the Confederate Congress regulating impressments, 
 being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every 
 two months, or oftcner if they should deem it proper, in accordance 
 with tho foregoing requisition wo respectfully Lay before you the fol- 
 lowing schedules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. 
 Owing to the difliculty of obtaining satisfactory information as to po'rk, 
 we have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. 
 
15;? 
 
 The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for 
 the articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
 impressed elsewhere the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
 cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
 article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
 cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
 article, and wishes it to be sent ; provided, that iu no case the amount 
 deducted for transportation as above, shall exceed twenty-five cents per 
 bushel for grain, and twenty-five cents per hundred weight for long 
 forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to the established price 
 of transportation, the government to pay all legal tolls; and, where 
 farmers can not procure nails for baling forage, government to furnish 
 the same at cost, which will be deducted from the established price of 
 baling: 
 
 SCOEPULE A. 
 
 QDAUTT.i DESCRIPTIOK. 
 
 1 Wheat I Prime.., 
 
 2 Flour Good.... 
 
 I'lour 
 
 Flour 
 
 3 Corn 
 
 4 Unshulled corn 
 
 5 Corn moal 
 
 6 Rye 
 
 7 Cleaned oats.... 
 
 8 Wheat bran 
 
 9 Shorts 
 
 10 Brown stufT. 
 
 11 Shipstuir. 
 
 12 nacoii , 
 
 13 Salt i)ork loood 
 
 Fresh jmrlc Fnt and 
 
 14 Lard iGood 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 16 Wool.. 
 
 Good.... 
 Good.... 
 J'linio... 
 t'riine.. 
 Good.... 
 Prime... 
 Prime... 
 Good.... 
 Good.... 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 White or yellow 
 White or yellow 
 
 17 Wool. 
 
 White or red iPer bushi'l of 60 lbs.. 
 
 *''"<' Per barrel of 196 lbs.. 
 
 Superfine Per barrel of 196 lbs... 
 
 f,»n''>y I Per barrel of 190 lbs... 
 
 Per bu.shel of 56 lbs.... 
 
 Per bushel of 56 lbs.... 
 
 Per bushel of 50 lbs.... 
 
 Per bushel of 56 11)3.... 
 
 Per biLshel of 32 U.S.... 
 
 Per bushel of 17 lbs 
 
 Per bu.sliel of 22 lbs,... 
 
 Per bushel of 28 lbs 
 
 Per bushel of a" lbs 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Hog round. 
 
 Per lb. net weight 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Artillery, etc Average price per heiui 
 
 18 Peas 
 
 19 Beans 
 
 20 Potatoes 
 
 21 Potatoes 
 
 22 Onions 
 
 2;j Dried peaches.. 
 
 24 Dried peaches.. 
 
 25 Diied apples. 
 
 Goo.l. 
 Good. 
 Good. 
 Good. 
 -. Good. 
 20 Hay, baled Good . 
 
 27 Hay, b.-iled JGood . 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled Good . 
 
 20 Sho.if oats, baled.. I Good.. 
 
 30 Shoaf oats, unb'ld Good.. 
 
 31 Blade fodder. balM I Good.. 
 
 1st class 
 Fair or 
 
 Merinol Washed..., 
 Fair or ( 
 
 Aleriiio I Unwashed. 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good Irish 
 
 Sweet . 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Dnpeeled 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Timothy or cio- 
 
 Por pound. 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per bushel of CO lbs.. 
 Per busliel of 00 llis.. 
 Per bushel of 60 lbs.. 
 Per bushel of CO lbs.. 
 Per bu.shel of 60 lbs.. 
 Per bushel of 38 lbs.. 
 Per bushel of 38 lbs.. 
 Per bushel of 28 lbs.. 
 
 Per 100 pounds. 
 Orchard or herd 
 
 pi»s8 Per 100 pounds.. 
 
 Orchard or herd 
 
 grass Por 100 pounds. 
 
 Per 100 pounds.. 
 
 Per 100 pounds.. 
 
 I Per 100 pounds . 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 22 00 
 
 26 50 
 
 28 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 3«S 
 
 4 20 
 
 3 20 
 
 2 00 
 
 SO 
 
 70 
 
 90 
 
 1 40 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 45 
 
 1 00 
 350 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 8 90 
 4 50 
 
 3 00 ■ 
 
 3 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 2 70 
 
 4 00 
 
 3 70 
 8 00 
 
154 
 
 Schedule A — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QU.\.NTITT. 
 
 Blade lbcld'v,unbd 
 
 Shucks, baled 
 
 Shucks, unbaled... 
 Wheat straw, bl'd 
 Wheat st'w, iiiib'd \ Good 
 Pasturage jGood 
 
 Good. 
 Good. 
 Good. 
 Good. 
 
 Pasturage 
 
 Pasturage 
 
 Pasturage 
 
 Pasturage 
 
 Pasturage 
 
 Salt 
 
 Soap 
 
 Candles 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Whiskey 
 
 Sugar 
 
 Molasses 
 
 Rice 
 
 Cofifee 
 
 Tea 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Pig iron 
 
 Pig iron 
 
 Pig iron 
 
 Bloom iron . 
 Smiths' iron. 
 
 Railroad iron .... 
 
 Leather 
 
 Leather 
 
 Leather 
 
 Beef cattle 
 
 Beef cattle -. 
 
 Beef cattle 
 
 Sheep 
 
 Army woolen cl'h, 
 
 %5""'d 
 
 Army woolen cl'h. 
 
 Army woolen cl'h, 
 
 G-iyard 
 
 Army woolen cl'th 
 
 Superior 
 1st rate. 
 
 Good 
 
 Superior 
 1st rate. 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Superior 
 1st rate. 
 Fair 
 
 Good. 
 Good . 
 
 Good . 
 Good. 
 
 Flannels. |5^ Good. 
 
 Cotton shirting, ^ Good. 
 Cotton shirting, ^ Good. 
 Cot'n shet'ugs, 4-3 Good. 
 Cot'n osnab'gs, ^ Good . 
 Cot'n osii.ab'gs. j| Good . 
 Cotton drills, %... Good . 
 Cot. sh't'g stripes Good . 
 Cotton tent cloths Good. 
 On the'above enumerated cotton cloths, pro 
 weight. 
 
 Interior . . 
 
 Interior 
 
 Interior 
 
 Near cities.. 
 Near cities.. 
 Near cities. 
 
 Tallow , 
 
 Cider 
 
 Trade 
 
 Brown , 
 
 Now Orleans. 
 
 Rio 
 
 Trade 
 
 Manufactured. 
 No. 1 quality... 
 No. 2 quality... 
 No. 3 quality... 
 
 Round, plate, 
 
 and bar 
 
 Harness 
 
 Sole 
 
 Upper 
 
 Gross weight. 
 Gross weight.. 
 Gross weight. 
 
 10 oz. per yard... 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 greater or less 
 width or weight. 
 
 20 oz. per yard... 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 greater or less 
 width or weight. 
 
 6 oz. per yard 
 
 4U Y<ls. tolb 
 
 .3^1 yds. to lb 
 
 3 yds. to lb 
 
 6 oz. per yard 
 
 8 oz. per yard 
 
 3 yds. to ib 
 
 3 yds. to lb... 
 
 10 oz. per yard. 
 
 i'er 100 ptiuuds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per head per month. 
 Per head per month 
 Per head per month 
 Per head per mouth 
 Per head per month 
 Per he.ad per month 
 Per bushel of 50 lbs 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per gallon , 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per gallon 
 
 Per ton 
 
 Per ton 
 
 Per ton 
 
 Per ton...._. 
 
 Per ton 
 
 Per ton 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 Per 100 pounds , 
 
 Per head 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard . 
 
 Cotton warps 
 
 Army shoes 
 
 Shoe thread 
 
 Wool socks, men's 
 Mulea 
 
 Good I 
 
 Good 
 
 Good 
 
 Good : 
 
 1st rate. I Wagon, etc. 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yai-d , 
 
 Per yard 
 
 Per yard 
 
 rata as to greater or les 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pair 
 
 Per pound 
 
 Per pair 
 
 Av'go price per head. 
 
 3 00 
 42 
 50 
 60 
 60 
 70 
 70 
 70 
 87 
 width or 
 
155 
 
 In assessing the average value of "first-class artillery and wagon 
 horses at $;i50," wo designed that the term should be accepted and 
 acted upon according ta its obvious common-sense \inport. In other 
 words, that Iiorses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly 
 as their working qualities and adaptation to army service, together 
 with thoir intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in con- 
 sidering them as coming within the contemplation of the commission- 
 ers wheu they assessed the average value of such horses as the govern- 
 ment needed at $350. But cases might arise, however, when the 
 public exigencies would bo so urgent as to demand that a// horses at 
 hand should bo impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when 
 family or extra-blooded horses, or brood mares of admitted high value 
 are impressed, wo respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have 
 instructions forwarded to the impressing olRcers to propose and allow 
 the owners to aiihstitute in their stead such strong, sound, and service- 
 able horses or mules as shall be considered and valued, by competent 
 and disinterested parties, as first-class artillery horses, or first-rate 
 wagon mules. 
 
 The term "average value per head" was used in contra-distiuction to 
 a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that, 
 in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
 persons or one individual, that some might be estimated at $2.50, or 
 even at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their 
 worth, up as high as $450, or above that amount — thus making an 
 average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
 $350 e.ach, and mules $300 each. 
 
 In ilhistratiim of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one 
 eye sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate-artil- 
 lery horse, yet the loss of one eyo would justly and consider.ably curtail 
 his value. So, a horse from ten to eight years of age might bo deemed, 
 in all other p.articulars, as a first-t;lass artillery horse, but, of course, 
 however efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his 
 advanced ago would justly and materially impair his value. Any 
 horse, however he may approximate the st.andard of a first-class artil- 
 lery horse, must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum 
 price; and as few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and 
 ** therefore are entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other 
 instances, the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections 
 place them below the standard of first-class, etc. 
 
 E. W. HUDARI), 
 
 Robert Gibuonev, 
 Commisssoners for Vinjinia. 
 
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 Schedule B — Hire of Luhor, I'eama, Wagons, and Drivers. 
 
 QUANTITY AND TIKE. PRICE. 
 
 1 Baling long forage 
 
 2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur 
 
 uished by government 
 
 3 Hauling 
 
 4 Hauli.og grain 1 
 
 5 Hire of two -horse team, wagon, and I 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner- . . 
 
 6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 7 Hire of four- horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner. . . 
 
 8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 9 Hire of six -horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner. . . 
 
 10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 13 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 Per 100 pounds . . . . 
 
 " 56 pounds . . . . 
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 E. "W. HUBARD, 
 
 Robert Gibboney, 
 Comm iss i oners for Viryin !a. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspeclor-Generul. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 No. 130. 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Genehal's Office, 
 Richmond, October 2, 1863. 
 
 I.. The evils resulting from the prolonged absence of soldiers who 
 have obtained furloughs on account of sickness being greatly on the 
 increase, the attention of officers of the army is directed to the 7th para- 
 graph of General Orders, No. 69, of 1863, from this office, and strict 
 compliance therewith is enjoined. 
 
 II. .Commanders of companies who, agreeably to the requirements 
 of the aforesaid Orders, No. 69, received from examining boards notices 
 
157 
 
 of furlough? granted by thorn, arc required to make out and forward 
 inonthly to the Superintendents of the Bureaus of Conscription (Col. .1. 
 S. Preston, at Riehmond, Va., or Brigadier-General Q. J. Pillow, at 
 Marietta, (in., as the case may require) lists of all men so furlougbed, 
 and who do not promptly return to their companies at the expiration of 
 the time granted them ; and it will be the duty of the superintendent 
 receiving such lists to direct the proper enrolling officers to arrest and 
 return to their companies, without delay, all persons who are thus re- 
 ported, and found absent without proper authority. 
 
 III.. Payment upon affidavit to soldiers sick or wounded, in hospi- 
 tals, who are unprovided with desvriptirf b'iit«, will hereafter be limited 
 to four months pay. 
 
 By order. 
 
 s. coow:r, 
 
 Adjiiinui find Inypcctnr-Gcncrftl, 
 
 ENKRAL ORDKUS.| 
 No. 131. ) 
 
 GENKRAL ORDKRS.) Adjutant axp Inspector-Qknkral's Office, 
 
 Richmond, Ocinhw 3. 1863. 
 
 Difficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction having 
 delayed their presentation by the President, as authori^-ed by the net of 
 Congress approved October 13, 1862, to the officers, non-commissioned 
 officers, and privates of the armies of the Confederate States, conspicu- 
 ous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle — 
 
 To avoid postponing the gr.ateful recognition of their valor until it 
 can be made in the enduring form provided by that act, it is ordered : 
 
 I.. That the names of all those who have been or may hereafter bo 
 reported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a 
 
 Roll of Honor, _ 
 
 to be preserved in the office of the "Adjutant and Inspector-General 
 for reference, in all future time, for those who have deserved well of 
 their country, as having best displayed their courage and devotion on 
 the field of battle. 
 
 II. .That the Roll of Honor, so far as now made up, be appended to 
 this order, and read at the head of every regiment in the service of the 
 Confederate States, at the first dress-parade after its receipt, and be 
 published in at least one newspaper in each slate. 
 
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 III.. The attention of the officers in charge is directed to General 
 Orders, No. 93, section No. 27, of the series of 1862, Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General's office, for the mode of selecting the non-commis- 
 sioned officers and privates entitled to this distinction, and its execu- 
 tion is enjoined. 
 
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 Alabama- 
 22d Regiment nt Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant W. D. Sumner, 
 Private Wm. Sellers, 
 Corporal J. L. Husbands, 
 Sergeant B. T. Nelson, 
 " P. A. Minton, 
 Corporal N. B* Walker, 
 Private J. R. Black, 
 Corporal W. P>;. Larry, 
 Private J. J. MeVey, 
 " J. N. Eilands, 
 
 21th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Captain W. D. Smith (killed in action), 
 
 " AV. P. Fovrler, 
 
 " J no. B. Hazard, 
 
 " W. J. O'Brien, 
 Lieutenant J. A. Hall, 
 " A. B. Nelson, 
 " R. T. B. Parham, 
 " A. Young, 
 Sergeant-Major Wm. Mink, 
 1st Sergeant J. M. J. Tally, 
 Sergeant John Ives, 
 Piivate Martin Duggan, 
 
 " Melbourn Deloach, 
 Sergeant Saml. S. Wylie, 
 Private Joseph Hall, 
 
 " Saml. M. Roberts,* 
 
 " A. W. Scott, 
 
 " James R. Green, 
 
 " N. Lankford,* 
 
 " A. Posey, 
 
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 2dth Regiment of Infantry — Contiuuod. 
 
 Private Warren A. Jackson, Compauy B. 
 
 " Samuel Ellison, " C. 
 
 " James A. Jlotc, " D. 
 
 Sergeant J. F. Coker,» • " F. 
 
 " Patrick H. Smith, " G. 
 
 Private Marion F. llaTilewood, " H. 
 
 '• Charles W. Ropers,* " I. 
 
 " J. B. Peacock,* * " K. 
 
 26th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private B. A. Thomason, " A. 
 
 Sergeant J. E. Gilbert, " B. 
 
 Private L. P. Roberts, " C. 
 
 " Reedy Ward, " D. 
 
 Sergeant F. E. Mitcboll, " E. 
 
 Private J. T. McClain, " G. 
 
 " J. H. Cotrel, " H. 
 
 " Jno. A. IJselton, " I. 
 Companies F and K made no selection. 
 
 28th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Topley Murphey, " B. 
 
 Sergeant Elias Wood. " G. 
 
 « W. B. Curry, " K. 
 
 " AVm. E. Short, " L. 
 The other companies made no selection. 
 
 32d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private James Clement?,* " A. 
 
 Corporal Vincent H. Joiner, " B. 
 
 Private Edmund Davis, . " C. 
 
 Corporal Jno. C. Oliver,* " D. 
 
 Private Reuben Dunias, " E. 
 
 " Nathaniel AVheelers,* " F. 
 
 Corporal James H. Dore, " G. 
 
 Private Alfred C. Hutto, " H. 
 
 Sergeant George W. Vansandt, " I. 
 
 Corporal Elijah P. Gable,» " K. 
 
 34th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal S. J. Numney, " A. 
 
 Private J. R. Browning, " C. 
 
 " C. P. Greer, " D. 
 
 " James Bhehorn, " E. 
 
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 34th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 Private S. W Reynolds, 
 " J..G. Whaley, 
 " T. N Cloud, 
 " B. R. Covington, 
 " J. G. Metts, 
 
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 39th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Adjutant Jt M. Macon. 
 2d Lieut. E. Q. Thornton, 
 
 " E. 0. Petty, 
 Sergeant C. K. Hall, 
 Sergeant W. J. White, 
 
 " E. Priest, 
 Private W. C. Menifee, 
 Sergeant A. J. Talbot, 
 Private Samuel M. Martin, 
 
 " John Dausby, 
 
 " Evauder Burkett, 
 
 " Frank Jones, 
 
 " Wm. M. Meadows, 
 Sergeants Jno. H. Poyner and T. F. Espy, 
 Company G was unable to decide between these two 
 
 sergeants. 
 Sergeant Abner Flowers, 
 
 " James S. Wilson, 
 Company H made no selection. 
 
 17th Battalion — Sharp-shooters : 
 
 Private Jno. A. Rutherford,* 
 " Walter S. White, 
 
 Waters' Battery : 
 
 Private John Hutcherson, 
 Ketchum's Battery : 
 
 Captain James Garrity. 
 
 1st Lieutenant Philip Bond. 
 " M. A. HassoU. 
 
 Arkansat. 
 1st Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel D. McGregor.* 
 Adjutant S. M. Greenwood. 
 . Captain 0. F. Parrish, 
 Lieutenant J. E. Letson, 
 
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1st Regiment of Iifflfntry — Continued. 
 Captain W. H. Scales, 
 Corporal G. M. McKenzio,* 
 Private J. S. T. Hemphill, 
 
 " G. W. Sallce,* 
 
 " Q. Bagy, 
 
 " AV. W. Chancy, 
 
 " H. J. Bullion, 
 
 " A. P. Green,* 
 Private J. Boeson, 
 
 " J. n. Curd,* 
 
 " 0. C. Choat,* 
 
 2d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal James W. Pyles, 
 Private Tilman Peavy,* 
 
 " J. H. Eagle,* 
 
 " E. A. Ballew, 
 
 " W. A. Thompson,* 
 
 " Wm. Till,« 
 Sergeant J. E. Shepherd, 
 Private M. M. McGce, 
 Sergeant H. M. Gravis, 
 
 " F. E. Gett, 
 
 4t.h Regiment of Infantry : 
 Sergeant S. A. Smith, 
 Private James M. Pate,* 
 " Dan'l Hudson, 
 " Thos. Caldwell, 
 Sergeant J. F. Garrett,* 
 Private J. M. Vinson,* 
 Sergeant S. T. Ward,* 
 Private Simpson Jackson, 
 " T. P. Williams, 
 
 1st Regiment of Mounted Rifles : 
 Private Pat. Collawan, 
 
 " W. T. Blakemore, 
 
 " Jas. Pearsons, 
 Corporal C. D. Jenkins, 
 Private T. J. Underwood, 
 
 " W. W. Coe, 
 1st Sergeant W. S. Colbern, 
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 5th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 
 
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 9th Battalion of Infantry: 
 
 
 
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 Corporal Wm. M. Gaines, 
 Private C. M. R. Palmer, 
 
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 2d Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Color-Corporal W. H. Robinson, 
 Private R. If. Graves, 
 
 " Thomas Clark, 
 Sergeant C. A. Has-kill, 
 
 " F. M. Chambers. 
 
 " W. 0. Coppidge, 
 
 " D. E. Turncy, 
 Corporal E. H. AV right, 
 Sergeant John H. Crane, 
 
 " Jas. A. Pearce, 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Corporal d. W. Rogers, 
 Sergeant E. L. Johnson, 
 Private John McGuire, 
 Color-Corporal R. H. Lindsey, 
 Sergeant J. S. Whittington, 
 Private Joseph Nickols, 
 
 " H. D. AVallace, 
 Sergeant A. M. Hathaway, 
 Companies H and I deelined selecting, 
 fith Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 1st Sergeant J. B. Lewis, 
 Corporal E. S. Jones, 
 Private Thomas Payne, 
 
 " James T. Prather, 
 2d Sergeant Wm. Ilarncd, 
 Private J. 0. Cushenbnrg, 
 Companies A and B declined selecting. 
 
 i)th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Captain Jos. Desha, 
 
 " James T. Jlorohead, 
 Private J. G. Wakefield, 
 " Jacob Blackshuar, 
 '' J. L. Collins, 
 " Nathan Board, 
 Sergeant Wm. K. Kennian, 
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 Private H. B. Roberts, 
 Company D declined to select. 
 
 Louisiana, 
 13th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Color-Sergeant Roger Tanure, 
 Sergeant-Major Jno. Farrel. 
 Private Dan. Dunn, 
 
 " George K. Higgins, 
 
 " LcAvis Brown, 
 Corporal F. Druvot, 
 Private E. M. Harris, 
 
 " Michael McCailliff, 
 
 " James Kinsley, 
 
 " M. Brennigan, 
 Sergeant Pat. Johnston, 
 Private Francis Mackin, 
 20th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Frank Monahan, 
 Corporal Charles Sneider, 
 
 " Jno. Bellejean, 
 Pi'ivate AValter Haynes, 
 1st Sergeant P. Mooney, 
 Private G. Heisser, 
 
 " Michael Sullivan, 
 
 " Michael Carey, 
 
 " Jno. Gorman, 
 1st Sergeant G. G. Smith, 
 Austin's Battalion of Sharp-shooters : 
 Private J. W. Stovall,* 
 
 " Andrew Develbiss, 
 5th Company Washington Artillery : 
 Private John W. Anthony. 
 
 Mississiiipi, 
 6tb Regiment of Infantry : 
 Sergeant Wm. Dobbs, 
 Private Jesse Glass, 
 Corporal J. J. Smith, 
 Private 6. T. Jayroe, 
 Sergeant J. H. Richardson, 
 
 " W. A. Snow, 
 Private S. F. Fondren, 
 
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 6th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 Sergeant D. S. McCollum, 
 Private W. R. Flannigan, 
 " H. H. McMichacl, 
 
 7th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private John Higginbotham,* 
 
 " H. n. Price, 
 
 " Richard Chaddick, 
 
 " Jeptha Creel, 
 Sergeant George Stewart, 
 Private B. Drummond, 
 
 " M. B. Stringer, 
 
 " A. Z. Coljer, 
 
 " P. W. Rogers, 
 Sergeant A. E. Ford, 
 
 8lh Regiinent of Infantry : 
 
 Private W. T. Robinson, 
 
 " J. H. Bond, 
 
 " W. J. Pitman, 
 Corporal G. B. Risher, 
 Private S. T. Massey, 
 
 " D. F. Ililburn, 
 CorpQral A. W. Atwood, 
 Private J. C. Luc}', 
 
 " Joel Foster, 
 
 " W. W. Watson, 
 Oth Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private T. E. Bowden,* 
 
 " Thos. Gill, 
 Color-Sergeant L. E. McCrosky, 
 Sergeant George F. Duffy, 
 Private John McAfee,* 
 Corporal E. W. Dowty, 
 Private W. T. Hollis, 
 
 " B. C. Lipscomb,* 
 Sergeant D. R. Biles, 
 Private W. II. Wheeler, 
 41st Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant John A. Moore, 
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 Private Samuel N. Richey, 
 
 " G. D. Nelson, 
 
 " P. Lerlbetter, 
 
 " F. Constantino, 
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 Companies B and C declined making selections. 
 
 9th Battalion -of Sharp-shooters : 
 
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 * First Sergeant Joseph O'Brien, " A. 
 
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 Companies B and C declined making selections. 
 
 Stanford's Light Battery : 
 
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 North Carolina. 
 29th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal Abner B. Freeman, " A. 
 
 Private Thomas Elkin, " B. 
 
 Color-Bearer James R. Lanning, " C. 
 
 First Sergeant Erwin F. Roberts, " D. 
 
 Corporal Willburn S. Smith, " E. 
 
 Private Dcvania Millsaps,* " F. 
 
 " Abraham Hedrick, " G. 
 
 " James A. Gillespie, " H. 
 
 " Thomas Willis, " I. 
 
 " Robert King, " K. 
 
 39th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Colonel David Coleman. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh H. Davidson. 
 
 Acting Adjutant Isaac S. Hyams. 
 
 First Lieutenant Abram Booker, " A. 
 
 " " Wm. T. Anderson, " B. 
 
 Sergeant John C. Rogers, " A. 
 
 Private Wm. T. West, " B. 
 
 " Jas. W. Cobb, " C. 
 
 " Jas. B. A. Staten, " D. 
 
 " Moses Fulbright, " E. 
 
 Sergeant George W. Wiggins, " F. 
 
 " John E. Moore, " I. 
 
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 10th Regiment of Inftmtry : 
 
 First Lieutenant C. C. White, Company A. 
 
 Private A. J. McCants, " A. 
 
 " J. S. Beatj, " B, 
 
 " W. D. Hewitt, " C. 
 
 " Q. 8. Flowers, " j). 
 
 Sergeant C. AV. Cockficld,* " e- 
 
 Private 6. W. Curry, «< p, 
 
 " J. Cannon, << q. 
 
 " N. Gray, « jj. 
 
 " W. H. Poston, " I. 
 
 " J. W. H. Bunch,* " K. 
 
 " J. A. Boatwright, " E. 
 
 Sergeant S. B. Rhuark, «< m. 
 
 19th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Colonel A. J. Lythgoc. 
 Major Jolin A. Crowder. 
 
 Private Benjamin W. Boothe, " A. 
 
 " Samuel S. Home, " b. 
 
 Sergeant W. H. Burkhalter, " G. 
 
 Private W. A. Black, « D. 
 
 " S. D. McCoy, « B_ 
 
 " Samuel Bloodsworth, " F. 
 
 Sergeant Seth A. Jones, « 0. 
 
 Private James McClain, « h, 
 
 " James Jones, « j_ 
 
 Sergeant Martin Yance, " K, 
 
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 2d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Color-Sergeant John C. Ferris. 
 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Sergeant J. B. Wendall, " B. 
 
 Corporal M. R. Brown, << q^ 
 
 Private R. L. Matthews, " E. 
 
 " G. M. Whitson, " g. 
 
 • Sergeant J. F. Seay, « H^ 
 
 Private R. W. Mullins, " I. 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant J. P. Ilardcastle, " a. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Z. B. Ilamrick, •• B. 
 
6th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 Color-Sergeant W. Davis, 
 First Lieutenant W. C. Grissom, 
 Captain R. B. Roberts, • 
 
 Second Lieutenant W. B. Masoj', 
 First Lieutenant J. B. Blair, 
 Sergeant J. Swan, 
 Second Lieutenant S. R. Richards, 
 
 " " \V. H. Ballard, 
 
 Corporal W. F. Diggs, 
 Second Sergeant J. A. Aguilar, 
 Sergeant L. D. Holland, 
 Private W. T. Ballard, 
 Corporal W. A. Thompson, 
 Private J. J. Hagler, 
 
 " D. C. Baucuni, 
 
 " W. C. Malin,* 
 G. W. Costen,* 
 Corporal J. B. Johnson, 
 
 8th Regiment of Infanti-y : 
 
 Private D. T. Purkins,* 
 " R. E. Colston,* 
 Sergeant J. M. Jones, 
 
 " W. J. Armstrong,* 
 " Willie Simmons,* 
 First Sergeant E. B. Little,* 
 Private R. H. Gaines,* 
 
 " T. G. Hall, 
 Sergeant J. T. Luna, 
 Sergeant-Major W. H. Ilohnon, 
 
 17th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Colonel A. S. Mai-ks. 
 Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Floyd. 
 Adjutant James Fitzpatriok. 
 
 Captain F. B. Terry, " A. 
 
 1st Lieutenant G. W. Corn, " D. 
 
 " H. M. Kimsoy, " . B. 
 
 2d Lieutenant M. W. Black, " E. 
 
 Corporal Jno. N. Lowery,* " A. 
 
 Sergeant P. L. ShafFner, " B. 
 
 " W. T. Jones, " C 
 
 " Robt. Rollins, " D. 
 
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 19th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 
 
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 23d Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 
 
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 Sergeant G. W. Anderson, 
 
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 25th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 
 
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 26th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 
 
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 26th Regiment of Infantry— Continued. 
 Private William Rice, 
 " William Wright, 
 " A. M. Brunson, 
 " Washington Fuller, 
 " John Alfred, 
 
 28th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Captain Franklin Fowler, 
 
 1st Lieutenant James M. Lowe, 
 
 Private Elijah W. Greer, 
 
 " Thomas W. Patton, 
 
 " Lafatte Chilton, 
 
 " James A. Rash, 
 Color-Bearer Houston B. Graves, 
 Corporal John P. Moore, 
 Private Pinkney Craighead, 
 Sergeant Claiborne D. Griffith, 
 1st Sergeant J. R. Pirtle, 
 
 33d Regiment of Infantry: 
 Corporal J. W. Hosier, 
 Private T. E. Mercer, 
 Sergeant J. C. Stublefield, 
 Private W. J. McDaniel, 
 
 " 1. M. Arnold, 
 Sergeant George Parhorn,* 
 Private W. R. Gauntlett, 
 
 " J. L. Mizell,* 
 Sergeant J. E. Hays,* 
 Private J. D. Hill, 
 
 37th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Major J. T. McReynolds. 
 
 44th Regiment of "Infantry : 
 Colonel John S. Fulton. 
 Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. McEwin. 
 Major H. C. Ewin. 
 
 Captain Samuel Jackson, " I. 
 
 Private James D. Stone, " B. 
 
 " J. G. Hefflin * " C. 
 
 Corporal John W. Gill,* " p. 
 
 " J. D. Crenshaw, " H. 
 
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 45th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
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 " J. H. Henderson, 
 " J. E. Watldns * 
 
 Corporal P. C. F. Miller, 
 
 Private James Flowers,* 
 
 1st Sergeant L. P. Cawthorn,* 
 
 Private A. T. Lanvin,* " , 
 
 Corporal B. A. Baird, 
 
 Sergeant Hugh Hope, 
 
 Private John W. Williams, 
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 Steven Artillery : 
 
 Private Jn.mes L. Gihbs.* 
 
 Jefferson Artillery : 
 
 Captain P. Darden. 
 
 Major R. B. Snowden, Assistant Adj\itant-General. 
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 9th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 
 
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 Private F. M. ScUman, 
 
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 " John Bradshaw, 
 
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 " T. J. Cox, 
 
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 10th Regiment of Cavalry (dismounted) : 
 
 
 
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 " W. W. Conley, 
 
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 " Stokely Hutchins, 
 
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 " J. 0. Ma.nning, 
 
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 Private W. R. Strapp, 
 
 " Jordon Whelcher, 
 
 " Thomas A. Lattemer, 
 
 " Wm. D. Melton,* 
 Corporal Jolin Wyche, 
 Private Wm. Spencer, 
 
 " Geo. W. Woodall, 
 
 " William Hull, 
 
 " Richard Styles, 
 
 " J. V. Keil, 
 
 32d Regiment of Cavalry (formerly 15th) : 
 Corporal James Rogers,* 
 Private James W. Clark,* 
 1st Sergeant S. L. Easly, 
 Private E. Watson, 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 
 9th Confederate Regiment: 
 
 Colonel. J. A. Smith commanding. 
 Captain Jos. H. Brow, 
 1st Sergeant Wm. Powers, 
 
 " Wm. Price, 
 
 Private Hugh McHugh, 
 First Sergeant Walter Laracy, 
 Private John Hog&n, 
 
 " Curran Kenny, 
 
 " Luther Hessey, 
 Sergeant A. P. Burns, 
 
 BATTLE or CHANCELLORSVILLK. 
 
 Alabama. 
 
 3d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant Walter Ransom, 
 
 " George Ellison, 
 Corporal H. H. Hardy, 
 Private C. D. Rouse, 
 Corporal W. H. Powers, 
 Companies A, B, D, F, and L declined voting. 
 
 6th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Captain W. T. Renfro, 
 Private W. P. Stokes, 
 " John Summers, 
 
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 Private F. M. Burnett, 
 Sergeant Jno. H. Cowan, 
 Private Lewis H. Thornton, 
 
 " N. S. Franklin, 
 Corporal Jno. 0. Donohoe, 
 R. L. Franklin, 
 " H. J. Robertson, 
 Corporal H. F. Martin, 
 6th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private Mathew Benton/ 
 Sergeant J. C. Gamble, 
 Private W. H. Digby, 
 " H. II. Moore, 
 Sergeant E. 0. Baker, 
 Corporal G. P. Jones, 
 Private II. L. Jones, 
 Sergeant D. Madigan, 
 Private James W. Evans, 
 
 H. I. Price, 
 Sergeant 11. W. Hale, 
 Private D. W. Moorer, 
 12th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Captain 11. W. Cox,« 
 Private Louis Donduer, 
 
 R. W. May, 
 Sergeant Wm. Lawess, 
 Private J. E. Bailey, 
 " C. H. Hunter, 
 " P. W. Chappcll, 
 " R. B. Mitchell, 
 " W. S. Brown, 
 " H. N. Wootan, 
 " Thomas Eady, 
 26th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 First Lieutenant E, S. Stuekey, 
 Private L. Walters, 
 
 " Jos. H. Bounds, 
 Sergeant J. H. Lockwell, 
 Private J. C. Pennington, 
 " Jos. Munsel, 
 " James H. Dowdle, 
 Corporal Jesse Parsons, 
 
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 Private D. H. Spraddle, 
 Sergeant D. Butler, 
 Private B. F. Smith, 
 
 Georgia. 
 4th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Private W. Sparks,* 
 Sergeant Hill M. Traylor,* 
 Color-Corporal John T. Moore,* 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 14th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Fielder. 
 Captain T. T. Mounger.* 
 " R. P. Harman.* 
 First Lieutenant H. A. Solomon.* 
 Private Daniel Kennington,* 
 Corporal William Tomlinson, 
 
 " Joseph G. Dupree, 
 Second Sergeant Thomas D. Smith, 
 Private James F. D. Thaxton,* 
 
 " James M. Brock, 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 12th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 First Lieutenant Thomas W. Harris, 
 Second Lieutenant J. A. Walker, 
 
 " " W. F. Lowe, 
 
 Private J. L. Batts, 
 " Abel James, 
 " S. M. Beavers, 
 " W. AV. Forrister, 
 " R. J. Orr, 
 First Sergeant N. M. Howard, 
 Private James N. Bullard, 
 
 " Archibald McDonald, 
 First Sergeant B. L. Stevens, 
 Private W. H. Burgamy, 
 35th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal Jackson Baggctt, 
 Private A. S. W. Bass, 
 Second Sergeant J. A. Cochran, 
 Private Rolley Willingham, 
 D. P. White, 
 
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 35th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 Private R. D. B. Holt, 
 " W. E. Moore, 
 " Absalom Martin, 
 " Lewis Milligan, 
 " D. M. Pearcc, 
 
 44th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private James Fambrougb,* 
 " James A. McNatt,* 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 
 45th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Captain Wm. H. Shaw.* 
 
 Private John D. Pate,* " A. 
 
 " John H. King, " C. 
 
 " James M. Lawrence, " E. 
 
 " James P. Green, " F. 
 
 " John S. Bonner, " <*• 
 
 " H. W. Dent, " H. 
 
 " W. W. Wilson, " I- 
 
 " M. H. Fitzpatrick, " K. 
 Company B declined making a selection. 
 40th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant H. A. Hall, " A. 
 
 Private Lewis White, " B. 
 
 Sergeant M. Watkins, " C. 
 
 " W. T. Moore,* " D- 
 
 Corporal James HoUingsworth,* " E. 
 
 " L. D. Taylor, " F. 
 
 " J. N. Jordon, " O- 
 
 Private Joseph Bell, " H. 
 
 " F. B. Pool, " I- 
 
 " James Taj'lor,* " K. 
 
 21st Regiment of Infantry — Declined making selections. 
 
 North Carolina. 
 2d Regiment : 
 
 Sergeant John E. Banner, " A, 
 
 Private W. H. Flowers, " B. 
 
 Sergeant T. E. Ellis, " C, 
 
 Corporal S. Felton, " ^ 
 
 Sergeant J. T. Booth, " E 
 
 Corporal J. E. May, " F 
 
 Private Thomas Williford, " G 
 
176 
 
 2d Regiment— Continued. 
 
 Private Simeon Graddy, 
 
 " Aaron A. Pitt, 
 Corporal Charles Catler, 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Sergeant W. S. ShufFord,* 
 Private Jacob W. Wilhelm,® 
 Sergeant Jos. W. Leggett,* 
 Private G. W. Shivis,* 
 
 " William H. Barrow,* 
 
 " W. R. Josey,« 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Williarn Henry Medlin, 
 
 " Richard H. Briggs, 
 
 " Newitt D. Bridges, 
 
 " J. M. Guilford, 
 Corporal Monroe Cruise, 
 
 " Patrick H. Rohbins, 
 Private Thomas Felton, 
 Color-Corporal Francis Bradshaw, 
 
 7th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Second Lieutenant A. M. Walker, 
 Corporal Wm. H. Milstead, 
 Sergeant Wm. G. Sawyers, 
 Corporal Phillips Strickland, 
 Sergeant Thomas Brinkle, 
 Private E. H. Eure, 
 
 " Edward Williams, 
 Corporal J. W. Smith, 
 Sergeant R. M. Caldwell, 
 Private T. L. Purdie, 
 Sergeant J. S. McCurdy, 
 
 12th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Private D. B. Hoover, 
 Corporal Samuel Alston Ward, 
 Private T. A. Stone, 
 Sergeant L. M. Wills,* 
 Private Jerry Draper, 
 
 " J. E. Hux. 
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 John W. Arrington, 
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 14th RegiracDt of Infantry : 
 
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 Sergeant J. F. Goforth, 
 " Urias Pool,* 
 
 J. M. Whitmire, 
 " J. R. Smith,* 
 Corporal C. M. Smith, 
 Sergeant L. N. Keith, 
 Companies A, B, and 11 declined making selections. 
 
 lOth Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 First Lieutenant C. L. Robinson,* 
 
 " " A. M. Roberts,* 
 
 Private F. Riley, 
 Corporal W. 11. Wiggins, 
 Private K. C. Blnnton, 
 
 " Lawrence Cook, 
 Corporal A. M. Madows, 
 Private J. W, Williford,* 
 
 " B. P. Jacobs, 
 First Sergeant T. L. Williams,* 
 Corporal J. J. Blackwell,* 
 Color-Sergeant John A. Carpenter, 
 
 20th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal C. A. Patterson, 
 Private D. R. A. Ellis, 
 Corporal Richard Faulk, 
 Private Josiah Hudson, 
 
 " Newberne Tew, 
 
 " Thomas N. Morris, 
 
 23d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private J. D. Birmingham,"^-' 
 
 " Private A. Hedick, 
 Sergeant Brantley Harris,* 
 Private N. C. Morrison,* 
 
 " Samuel Clarke, 
 
 " W. A. Towell,* 
 
 " T. M. Thamason, 
 
 " J. C. Ford,* 
 
 " Robert Hesler, 
 
 " J. F. Killian,* 
 30th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
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 30th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 
 Private Wm. J. McDowell, Company C. 
 
 Sergeant J. W. J. House, " F. 
 
 Private William McCauley, " H. 
 
 " E. M. Bales, " K. 
 Companies B, D, E, G, and I made no decision. 
 
 34tli Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private Mathias Brown, " A. 
 
 " Wallace Winn, " B. 
 
 Sergeant George W. Koone, " C. 
 
 Private Obadiah EUer, " D. 
 
 First Sergeant David M. Taylor, " E. 
 
 Sergeant Thomas S. Shufiford,* " F. 
 
 First Sergeant Charles B. Todd, " G. 
 
 Private Samuel Dellingner, " H. 
 
 Sergeant Elisha Robbins, " I. 
 
 Private Joseph Hogan, " K. 
 
 37th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private W. J. Goss, " A. 
 
 Sergeant J. E. Fairchild, . " B. 
 
 " B. F. Brown, " C. 
 
 Private John L. Austin, " D. 
 
 J. E. Coffee, * " E. 
 
 William Kelly, " F. 
 
 Corporal J. A. Rolinett, " ,G. 
 
 Sergeant G. W. McKee, " H. 
 
 " John Tally, " I. 
 
 Private M. D. L. Parsons, " K. 
 
 38th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Adjutant D. M. Mclntire. 
 
 Lieutenant A. J. Brown. 
 
 Private Jesse Nethercut, " A. 
 
 " Thomas Dinkins, " B. 
 
 " Benjamin Sutton, " C. 
 
 First Sergeant David A. Thomson, " D. 
 
 Private W. J Hutchinson,* " E. 
 
 " W. M. S. Huffman, " F. 
 
 Corporal W. T. Matheson, " G. 
 
 " D. P. Woodburn, " H. 
 
 Private T. J. Ramsey, " I. 
 
 " W. H. McPhaul, " K. 
 
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 South Carolina. 
 
 let Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private W. H. Cooper, 
 
 " J. P. Hunter,* 
 
 " A. P. Abbott. 
 
 " Jesse R. Hays,* 
 
 " Benjamin Barnhill,* 
 
 " G. W. Smith,« 
 
 " Albert P. Yournans, 
 
 " R. W. Perry, 
 
 " James McNab,* 
 
 " A. J. Simpson, 
 13th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant J. A. McCoUum,* 
 Private James Johnson,* 
 John M. Pikard, 
 T. C. Corley, 
 14th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant J. M. Carter,* 
 Private Caleb Hare,* 
 
 " Olivant P. Walker,* 
 
 " C. Hughes, 
 Sergeant Z. L. Nabors,* 
 Private James White,* 
 Sergeant R. J. Wade, 
 
 " John E. Brownlcc, 
 Private M. C. Little,* 
 
 Orr's Rifles: 
 
 Sergeant L. A. Wardlaw, 
 Private Samuel P. Moore, 
 " J. Marian Mattison, 
 
 Virghita. 
 4th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Captain M. Harmon,* " ® 
 
 Lieutenant M. G. W. Peterman,* " E. 
 
 Captain John H. Fulton, " A. 
 
 Lieutenant James F. Cecil, ^' 
 
 " P. Hogan, " H. 
 
 " W. B. Carder, " D, 
 Adjutant William Wade. 
 
 Sergeant Harold J. Matthews, " A 
 
 " Charles W. Garlick, " B 
 
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 4th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 Private William A. Chumbley, 
 
 " Edward Harrison, 
 Sergeant Charles L. Gordon, 
 Corporal George V. Byrd, 
 " Peter H. Marrow, 
 Private Pvibben D. Henderson,* 
 " Nathan A. Lackey,* 
 " George W. Pace, 
 27th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Sergeant J. H. Holley, 
 Private J. 0. Cook, 
 
 W. H, Parker,* 
 " E. H, Norgrove,* 
 " Hugh King, 
 Corporal John Baker, 
 " Isaac Beeson, 
 40th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private George W. Dudley,* 
 " Robert H. Wilson, 
 " Peter M. Hall, 
 " Henry Bartlctt, 
 " Hiram Purcell, 
 First Sergeant Thomas Cockrell,* 
 Private Joseph McCave, 
 Corporal John T. Pord,* 
 
 " George Cornwell, 
 First Sergeant John B. Garland,* 
 55th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal C, R. Shcppard,* 
 Sergeant William Smith, 
 Corporal Ro. Hall, 
 Sergeant Thomas B. Fogg,* 
 Private Thomas Dodson, 
 " Jno. Haydon,* 
 " George T. Newton,* 
 
 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 
 
 9th Georgia Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant- Colonel John C. Mounger. 
 
 Private P. B. Milliean,* " B, 
 
 " Thomas J. Michael, « c. 
 
 " James W. Mann,* '< D. 
 
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 Oth'Geoigia Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 
 Corporal Joseph A. Ilough, 
 
 Private Jesse McCuUar,* 
 
 " John Mills, 
 
 " Chelscy Aldeman, 
 
 Corporal Luther J. Copoland,* 
 
 Private Henry T. Daniel, 
 
 Private Henry T. Daniel was afterward killed at Funkstown, Md., 
 
 July 10, 1863. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
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 GKNERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-Oe.nebal's Office, 
 
 No. 102. ) Richmond, October 5, 1863. 
 
 I. .Cadets having been required, by General Orders, No. 65, Septem- 
 ber 9, 1862, to report to this oflice, those who have not complied ivith 
 the terms of that order, and who fail to do so, either personally or by 
 letter, for the ensuing thirty days, will be dropped from the rolls of the 
 army. 
 
 II.."0fl5cers of the Quartermaster-General's and Commissary de- 
 partments, who are in charge of depots, will receive from officers col- 
 lecting the tax in kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their 
 respective departments which may bo invoiced to them, and provide 
 storehouses for the same." 
 
 By.ordcr. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-Gkneral's Office, 
 
 No. 133. ) Richmond, October 5, 1SC3. 
 
 I.. The Chief of the Nitre and Mining bureau is directed, through 
 the officers of his bureau, to impress copper, coal, and such other 
 minerals as m.ay be needed for the use of the government. 
 
 IT.. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67. current 
 series, is extended to officers of the Conscription bureau. The payments 
 authorized will be made out of the funds appropriated for the support 
 of that bureau. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Tnipector-General. 
 
IS2 
 
 GENERAL 0RDEES,1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Offiob, 
 
 Ko. 134. ) Richmond, October 13, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened by virtue of General Orders, 
 No. 133, dated Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, December 7, 
 1862, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Second Lieutenant J. M. Youngblood, Company B, 2d Mississippi 
 battalion, on the following charge and specification : 
 
 Charge : Violation of the 45tb Article of War. 
 
 Specification : In this, that the said Second Lieutenant J. M. Young- 
 blood, Company B, 2d Mississippi battalion, was drunk and disorderly 
 on " dress-parade " and in camp, on or about the evening of November 
 .3, 1862. All this occurring near Culpeper court -house, in Culpepor 
 county, in the State of Virginia. 
 
 II. .Finding arid Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court, after due consideration, find the accused. Second Lieuten- 
 ant J. M. Youngblood, 2d Mississippi battalion, as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge : Guilty. 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, are by him ap- 
 proved ; but, in consideration of the previous sobriety and good conduct 
 of Lieutenant Youngblood, the sentence is remitted, and he will be re- 
 stored to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adjutant and Inspectoii-Gineral's Office, 
 
 No. 135. J Richmond, October 15, 1863. 
 
 ' I. .Recruiting officers and others are forbidden to grant permits to 
 conscripts or deserters, allowing them to visit their homes, or to remain 
 there for any purpose. The notice already given conscripts is deemed 
 sufficient, and deserters are not entitled to indulgence. 
 
 II.. All parties who have received exemption papers for disability 
 other than those granted for permanent and decided disability, must be 
 
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 re-examined, and the law, Avhich there is reason to believe is too often 
 evaded, bo in these, and in all cases, strictly enforced. 
 
 III. .Men employed to aid enrolling officers must, if subject to con- 
 scription, be regularly enrolled ; and, unless detailed for the special 
 duty in question by written orders of the War department, will bo re- 
 ported to the Bureau of Conscription, to be disposed of as in other 
 cases. 
 
 IV. .Officers will be held to strict account for any violation or neglect 
 of these orders. 
 
 v.. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current 
 series, is extended to officers of Major A. II. Cole's department. The 
 payments authorized will be made by any post quartermaster. 
 
 VI. .Officers and soldiers in the general service cannot be transferred 
 to local companies, and applications, therefore, will not be entertained. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and lunpcctor- General. 
 
 QiSNERAL ORDERS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-Qenekal's Office, 
 
 No. 136. f Richmond, October 21, 1863. 
 
 Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 100, Adjutant and Inspector- 
 General's office, last series, is so amended as to authorize payment of 
 the money value of clothing which may be due the soldier at the end 
 of the year, as therein provided, upon descriptive lists, when he is 
 absent from his command by proper authority at the time, and will be 
 prevented from rejoining it within sixty days thereafter. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-Generat,'8 Office, 
 
 No. 137. J Richmond, October 22, 1863. 
 
 The authority of Commandants of Conscripts to make details for 
 enrolling service of officers and soldiers coming within their jurisdic- 
 tion, under the eecond clause of paragr4.ph II of General Orders, No. 
 82, and paragraph V of General Orders, No. 96, of 1862, is hereby ex- 
 
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 tended, so that tliey may employ such persons in the duties of railroad 
 guards, bridge or ferry guards, or in the protection of public property, 
 at the request of the of&cers of the staff departments, or of local mili- 
 tary commanders. Special reports will be made of all such details to 
 the Bureau of Conscription. 
 
 They may also detail, in like manner, until the recovery of health, 
 any convalescents borne on the rolls of general hospitals, who may be 
 reported to them by the hospital boards as unable to take the field, but 
 fit for light duty — the details to cease at the time that may be indicated 
 by the examinations of the hospital boards. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 138. j . Richmond, October 24, 1863. 
 
 The following instructions are published for carrying into effect the 
 9th section of the act of 26th March, 1863, to regulate impressments, 
 in resjject to labor on fortifications and other public works in states 
 in which provisions have not been made on this subject: 
 
 1. The commanding general, or the officer of engineers in charge of 
 the work, shall have power to decide upon the necessity for making im- 
 pressments of slaves for this purpose, after making suitable efforts to 
 secure the necessary laborers by contract. He must be satisfied of the 
 necessity of the measure before he resorts to it. 
 
 2. He may authorize the impressment of male slaves between the 
 ages of seventeen and fifty years, but before the first day of December 
 next shall abstain from impressing slaves from plantations exclusively 
 devoted to the production of grain and provisions, without the consent 
 of the owner, except in cases of urgent necessity. 
 
 3. No impressments shall be made of the slaves employed in the do- 
 mestic and family service exclusively, nor upon farms or plantations 
 where there are not more than three slaves of age specified; and not 
 more than five per cent, of the population of slaves shall be impressed 
 in any county at the same time, unless the necessity is very great, and 
 after consultation with this department or the governor of the state in 
 which the impressment is to be made. 
 
 4. The ordinary period for impressment shall be sixty days, but if the 
 owner of any slave shall fail to bring the slaves impressed to the place 
 
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 of rendezvous within five days after the time appointed, the slares so 
 withheld may be detained for nine'ty days, and for a longer term of ten 
 days for every day of default, unless a reasonable excuse be given for 
 the delays that have occurred. 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the commanding general in charge of any 
 lines requiring fortification, to acquaint himself with the resources of 
 slave labor within his department, and to consider with care the man- 
 ner in which he may obtain the control of whatever is necessary for the 
 public service, by fair and equitable apportionment among the owners 
 of such property. Ho will consult with the governor of the state and 
 other State authorities as to the best mode of proceeding, so that his 
 impressment may cause the least embarrassment to the industrial pur- 
 suits o/ the communitj-. 
 
 6. Notices shall be given of the number and character of the slaves 
 rcquir'eJ, the time and place of their delivery, the time for which the 
 service is required, and of the arrangements made for the subsistence, 
 management, and custody of the slaves so required; and if the masters 
 of slavQS shall agree to furnish subsistence for their slaves, and a suita- 
 ble overseer or agent to superintend them, they shall have the privilege 
 of so doing. But such overseers shall be subject to the control of the 
 olficer in charge, and may bo dismissed for any misconduct by him. 
 
 7. The sum of twenty dollars per month for each slave delivered in 
 pursuance to requisition, and fifteen dollars per month for each slave 
 held in consequence of failure of his master to obey requisition made 
 as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid bj' the Confederate States, and 
 soldiers rations, medicines, and medical attendance furnished ; and the 
 value of all such slaves as may die during their term of service or 
 thereafter, from injuries received or disease contracted in such service, 
 or may not be returned, shall be paid by the Confederate States. Such 
 value shall be conclusively established l>y a formal appraisement by a 
 board of experts mutuallj' agreed upon at the time the slaves are re- 
 ceived into the Confederate service. Compensation shall also be made 
 for all injuries to slaves arising from the act of the public enemy, or from 
 any injury arising from the want of due diligence on the part of the 
 authorities of the Confederate States. But the Confederate States will 
 not be liable for any slave not returned by reason of fraud or collusion 
 on the part of the owner or his agent, or the overseer selected by him to 
 superintend them, nor if his death should be caused by the act of God, 
 or by disease existing when the slave is received by Confederate au- 
 thorities. 
 
 8. Subsistence and provisio\is furnished by the owner shall bo com- 
 muted for at the rates allowed soldiers in service. All slaves sent vol- 
 
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 untarily to the Confederate authorities and accepted by them, without 
 other special contract, shall stand on the same footing as those deliver- 
 ed under requisition ,• and the owners of all slaves delivered or taken 
 under requisition shall be entitled to regard the Confederate States as 
 contracting with them to comply with the obligations and conditions 
 herein expressed. 
 
 9. In case there should be any disagreement on the subject of the 
 value of any slave impressed, or in case the impressing oflBcer shall not 
 be satisfied of the accuracy of any valuation or valuations, the appraise- 
 ment shall be referred to the appraisers appointed under the 6th sec- 
 tion of the act concerning impressments, according to the provisions of 
 the act of Congress approved 27th April, 1863, and published in Orders 
 No. 63, current series. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S, COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspectok-General's Ofiice, 
 
 No. 139. J Richmond, October 28, 1863. 
 
 I. .The President having commuted or remitted the sentences pro- 
 nounced by general courts martial in the following cases, his decision 
 is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 1. Lieutenant E. M. P. Brown, Company B, Sth battalion Georgia 
 volunteers. Charged with failure to suppress mutiny, and exciting 
 and joining therein. 
 
 Sentence : Death. 
 
 2. First Sergeant Abner Underwood, Company D, Sth battalion 
 Georgia volunteers ; also, 
 
 3. Private T. P. Wood ; 
 
 4. Private T. ^Y. Cannon ; 
 
 5. Private Wm. Garner; and 
 
 6. Private T. Roberts, 
 
 of Company B, Sth battalion Georgia volunteers. Charged with excit- 
 ing and joining in mutiny. 
 Sentence : Death. 
 
 J. Private Daniel HoUis, Company B, 8th battalion Georgia volun- 
 teers. Charged with exciting and joining iu mutiny. 
 
 Sentence: Confinement with ball and' chain for twelve months, and 
 forfeiture of pay. 
 
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 The aforesaid parties were all tried by general court martial con- 
 vened under General Orders, No. 3, of 1863, Department of South 
 Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In view of the evident want of dis- 
 cipline in this battalion, the President has remitted the sentences of all 
 the parties. Lieutenant Brown, Sergeant Underwood, and Privates 
 Wood, Cannon, Garner, Roberts, and HoUis, will, therefore, be released 
 from confinement, and returned to duty. 
 
 The department observes with regret the absence of a just military 
 discipline in the above-named battalion. Had this been properly ob- 
 served and enforced, there is rea-^on to believe these trials would have 
 been obviated. The officers in charge are responsible for these evils, 
 and must correct them. At the same time, they should observe toward 
 the soldiers in their command a proper degree of consideration and 
 kindness, which is generally a sure means of securing obedience and 
 respect. 
 
 II.. 8. Private Stephen Outlaw, of Troop A, 5th Georgia cavalry. 
 Charged with desertion. 
 
 Sentence : Death. 
 
 Tried by general court martial convened under General Orders, No. 
 22, of February 6, 1863, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and 
 Florida. This is not properly a case of desertion. The prisoner 
 escaped the guard while undergoing sentence. He should have been 
 returned to complete his sentence, if there was no other charge against 
 him than that for an escape. 
 
 Private Outlaw will bo released from confinement, and returned to 
 duty. 
 
 9. Lieutenant- Colonel A. C. Edwards. Charged with violating the 
 62d, S3d, and 99th Articles of War. 
 
 Tried by court convened under Special Orders, No. 118, Head- 
 quarters Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, July 28, 
 1862. 
 
 Sentence : Suspension from rank and command, without pay, for 
 eighteen months. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders. 
 
 The sentence in the case of Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards was the just 
 consequence of an unbecoming disregard of oflicial obligations on his 
 part. In directing his release from arrest and restoration to duty, the 
 department indulges the hope that this exercise of executive clemency 
 may have its due eflect in exciting him to a stricter vigilance, and a 
 more exemplary discharge of duty in the future. 
 
 10. Lieutenant James M. Chesser, 47th Georgia volunteers. Charged 
 with defamation of character, mutiny, and incompetency. 
 
 Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 11, of January 
 
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 29, 1863, from Division Head-quarters, Wilmington, N. C, issued in 
 pursuance of General Orders, No. 14, Department of South Carolina, 
 Georgia, and Florida. 
 
 Sentence: Dismission from service, with forfeiture of pay and allow- 
 ances. 
 
 The record in this case is incomplete. The proceedings, finding, 
 and sentence are disapproved; and Lieutenant Chesser will be released 
 from arrest, and returned to duty. 
 
 III.. 11. Second Lieutenant J. J. Wortham, Waccamaw light artil- 
 lery. Charged with sending a challenge, and with conduct to the prej- 
 udice of good order and military discipline. 
 
 Sentence : To he cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
 ders. 
 
 12. Second Lieutenant W. J. Gore, Waccamaw light artillery. 
 Charged with carrying a challenge. 
 
 Sentence: To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
 ders. 
 
 13. Lieutenant L. A. Rice, 2d regiment S. C. volunteers. Charged 
 with sending and accepting a challenge to fight a duel. 
 
 Sentence: To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
 ders. 
 
 Lieutenants Wortham, Gore, and Rice were tried by a general court 
 martial convened under General Orders, No. 70, of May 20, 1863, De- 
 partment of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 
 
 The Articles of War expressly prohibit the sending of challenges to 
 fight; and all seconds, promoters, and carriers of challenges are 
 deemed principals, and directed to be punished as such — i. e., by being 
 cashiered. 
 
 The otfences of which these officers have been convicted are thus 
 seen to be of a very grave character, and can not be regarded with 
 toleration. Duelling is a military not less than a moral offence. It is 
 unfortunate if the error prevails in the army that punishment will not 
 be inflicted on those who violate the laws of the service respecting it ; 
 and the department avails itself of this occasion to express its unquali- 
 fied reprobation of the practice, and of the conduct of the accused in 
 the foregoing trials. 
 
 Lieutenant Chesser appears to have rested under an honest misap- 
 prehension as to his duty to a brother officer, in bearing a challenge ; 
 and the records present, in the cases of Lieutenants Wortham and Rice, 
 certain mitigating circumstances which, to some extent, justify the rec- 
 ommendations to clemency made by their superior officers. 
 
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 These considerations, in connection with the too generally prevailing 
 misapprehension in the army already adverted to, have determined 
 the Executive so far to respect the appeals made in behalf of these 
 oflBcers as to direct the cotomutation of their respective sentences. 
 They will, accordingly, be released from arrest, and restored to duty 
 with their proper companies. 
 
 14. Lieutenant W. C. Pruitt, Company E, 20th S. C. volunteers. 
 
 Tried under Special Orders, No. 105, March 10, 1863, Department of 
 South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, for intoxication while on dutj\ 
 
 Sentence : To be dismissed the service. No evidence was submitted 
 with the record in this case. 
 
 In consideration of the recommendation of the commanding general 
 the sentence is remitted, and Lieutenant Pruitt will be released from 
 arrest, and returned to duty. 
 
 16. Private C. H. Kent, Company D, ISth Virginia battalion. 
 Charged with desertion, and conduct to the prejudice of good order 
 and military discipline. 
 
 Sentence : Six months hard labor, with ball and chain. To wear a 
 placard with the word "forger" legibly printed thereon, for the period 
 of six months. 
 
 Tried by general court martial under General Orders, No. 7, of Octo- 
 ber 11, 1862, Head-quarters Richmond, Va. 
 
 The sentence is remitted, and Private Kent will be released from 
 confinement, and assigned to a company in the Army of Northern Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 16. Private Major Ruunclls, Company 11, 2d S. C. rifles. 
 
 Tried by general court martial convened under General Orders, No. 
 4, of August 4, 186.3. 
 
 Sentence: Death. Remitted; and Private Runnells will be released 
 from confinement, and returned to his company. 
 
 17. Captain R. Y. L. Long, Company D, Phillips' legion of cavalry. 
 Charged with disobedience of orders and breach of arrest. 
 
 Sentence : To be cashiered. Remitted ; and Captain Long will be re- 
 leased from arrest, and returned to his company. 
 
 Tried under Special Orders, No. 205, of August 11, 1863, Department 
 of Northern Virginia. 
 
 18. -Captain R. Z. Ilarlee, Company D, 10th S. C. volunteers. 
 Charged with drunkenness. 
 
 Sentence: To be cashiered. Remitted; Captain ILvrlee will be re- 
 leased from arrest, and returned to duty. 
 
 Tried by court convened under Special Orders, No. 134, May 20, 
 1863, from the Army of Tennessee. 
 
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 19. Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Mississippi volunteers. 
 Charged with theft. 
 
 Sentence: To have his head shaved. To be labelled with the word 
 " theft;" marched through cf mp, hat off, wearing a barrel — the rogue's 
 march to be played during t'. e time. To be confined in the penitentiary 
 two years, and fed on breal and water fourteen days. 
 
 Sentence remitted. Private Taylor will be released from confine- 
 ment, and transferred to some other army. 
 
 Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 133, of Decem- 
 ber 7, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia. 
 
 20. Private Freeman W. Johnson, Read's battery light artillery. 
 Charged with disobedience of orders — violation of the 9th Article of 
 War. 
 
 Sentence : Death. Commuted to labor for four months, and trans- 
 ferred to some other command. 
 
 Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 133, of Decem- 
 ber 7, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia. 
 
 21. Private John Duncan, Company F, 3d Tennessee volunteers. 
 Charged with absence without leave ; illegal and outrageous assaults 
 on a citizen ; brutal assaults on a woman, with attempt to commit rape, 
 on two occasions. 
 
 Sentence : Forfeiture of pay and allowances, and imprisonment for 
 twenty-five years. ' 
 
 Residue of sentence remitted. Private Duncan will be released from 
 confinement, and returned to his company. 
 
 Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 36, Department 
 of East Tennessee. 
 
 22. Second Lieutenant E. H. Hammel, Company B, 8th Arkansas 
 volunteers. Charged with quitting his guard without leave, etc. 
 
 Sentence : To be dismissed. Commuted to two months suspension 
 from rank and pay. 
 
 Tried by military court of General Hardee's corps, Miiy 26, 1863. 
 
 23. Private T. W. Barlow, of Game's light artillery. Charged with 
 violating the 46th Article of War, by sleeping on post. 
 
 Sentence: Death. Remitted; and Private Barlow will be released 
 from confinement, and returned to his company. 
 
 Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 66, of March 13, 
 1863, Army of Tennessee. 
 
 24. Lieutenant J. R. Simmons, Comj^anyE, 12th Georgia volunteers. 
 Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
 
 Sentence : To be dismissed. Commuted to reprimand in orderSjVhich 
 will accordingly be done by his commanding officer. 
 
 Tried by the military court of General E well's corps, August 6, 1863. 
 
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 25. Lieutenant E. S. McClung, McClung's Battery. Charged with 
 violation of the 15th and 39th Articles of War, and conduct to the prej- 
 udice of good order and military discipline. 
 
 Sentence : To be cashiered, and disabled to hold any office or employ- 
 ment in the service of the Confederate States ; to have his name, crime, 
 and place of abode published in the newspapers in and about the camp 
 of Knoxville, and of Huntsville, Alabama; after which it shall be deem- 
 ed scandalous for an officer to associate with him. 
 
 Sentence: Commuted to dismissal from the Confederate service, of 
 which Lieutenant McClung ceased to be an officer on the 14th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1863. 
 
 I v.. The S9th Article of War provides, that where the sentence of 
 a court martial is death, or the cashiering of an officer, the officer con- 
 vening the court may suspend execution of the sentence till the pleas- 
 ure of the President of the Confederate States be known. 
 
 The intent of this article is not to relieve commanding generals of 
 responsibility, but to cqable them, in difficult and doubtful cases, to 
 refer the question to higher authority. But it has been observed that, 
 in many cases where the course to bo pursued was rendered obvious 
 by the evidence, commanding officers have, nevertheless, availed them- 
 selves of the privilege conferred in the article referred to, by sending 
 on the record to be viewed by the President. The duties of the Execu- 
 tive are sufficiently onerous without the accumulation of such matters 
 for his attention, where they can be properly disposed of elsewhere ; 
 and while it is not designed to weaken the provisions of the Articles of 
 War, or interfere with the views of duty entertained by officers on this 
 subject, it is proper to remark that there are cases of capital punish- 
 ment and dismissal, Avhero the duty of the commanding general is ren- 
 dered by the court record too plain to be doubted, and in which the 
 responsibility " i)i time of war," being fixed upon him in the first in- 
 stance by the law, should not bo avoided. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adjutant and Inspkctor-Generai/s Officb, 
 
 No. 140. I RiCHMOD, October 27, 1863. 
 
 The assignment of conscripts will be directed by the Bureau of Con- 
 scription only, except such as may be properly made by Brigadier- 
 
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 General Pillow within the territory allotted to him, in subordination 
 to General J, E, Johnston. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Ins])ector-General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 141. f Richmond, October 29, 1863. 
 
 I.. The practice of relieving officers from commands to which they 
 have been appointed and assigned, and ordering them to report in per- 
 son to this office for further assignment, will cease, unless specially re- 
 quired by orders from this office. 
 
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 II.. Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching places at 
 
 which they will stay during furlough, Avill immediately report to the 
 nearest enrolling officer, who will keep a register of their names, de- 
 scriptive list, place where stationed, by whom the furlough was granted, 
 and the time at which it expires. 
 
 III. .When, at the expiration of his furlough, and being at a distance 
 from an hospital examining board, a soldier is unable to travel, the 
 enrolling olilcer will order him before the board of examiners for con- 
 scripts ; and the medical officer and one of the physicians "employed " 
 concurring, they will forward to his commanding general, with a state- 
 ment of bis case, a recommendation for an extension of furlough, not 
 to e.xceed thirty days, duplicates being also sent to the Surgeon-Gener- 
 al. But when the soldier is accessible to a general hospital, he will be 
 sent before the hospital examining board, who will conform to the pre- 
 ceding instructions. 
 
 IV. .In cases of sickness or Avounds, which, from any cause, are neg- 
 lected, or do not receive proper treatment, the disability in consequence 
 being prolonged, the soldier will be sent by the enrolling officer to the 
 nearest camp of instruction, for treatment in hospital. 
 
 V. .Recommendations for extension of leave to oflicers and furloughs 
 to soldiers, and medical certificates to officers and certificates of disa- 
 bility for discharge to soldiers, will only be given by authorized boards 
 of examiners ; or, in cases embraced in paragraph III of this order, by 
 the board of examiners for conscripts. Recommendations or cortifi- 
 
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 catcs from private physicians, or from a medical officer singly, will not 
 be received. Paragraphs 171 and 173, General Regulations, and para- 
 graph I, General Orders, No. 61, current series, from this office, are 
 amended to accord with this paragraph. 
 
 VI. .Furloughed soldiers will not be permitted to go within the lines 
 of the enemy. 
 
 VII.. lu the medical examination of substitutes, the instructions and 
 requirements of panigraph 1,192, General Regulations (paragraph 48 
 Medical Regulations), will bo fully adhered to; and if a substitute fails 
 to meet the conditions of that paragraph, ho will be rejected. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Innpector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,'^ Adjutant axd InspectokGeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 142. J RicuMONP, October 30, 1863. 
 
 I. .The requirements of the army making it necessary that the pres- 
 ent supply of artillery horses and other field transportation be careful- 
 ly husbanded, and a more perfect system of supplj' adopted. Major A. 
 II. Cole, Inspector-General of Field Transportation, in addition to his 
 present duties, is hereby charged with this duty. 
 
 II.. Under his orders, all inspections, purchases, impressments, and 
 issues of field transportation (including artillery horses) will be made, 
 and recruiting, fabricating, and repairing done throughout the Con- 
 federate States ; and all other oflicers are prohibited from purchasing 
 or disposing of this description of property, except such as may bo 
 specially authorized to purchase by the commanding general of an 
 army, whose field of operation, in such cases, shall be confined to the 
 limits of the army and the country immediately in the advance; and 
 under no circumstances will such oDQeer.'i be allowed to purchase with- 
 in a district of country to which a regularly appointed purchasing 
 otiicer has been assigned. 
 
 III.. The Quartermaster- General is authorized to district the Con- 
 federate States for the purposes named, and will assign officers to the 
 duty, who will control the subject within their respective districts, un- 
 der such rules and regulations as he may eatabliah. 
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 IV.. Officers charged with inspection of field transportation are 
 authorized to make inspections anywhere within the limits of their as- 
 signment, and to condemn, and order to be turned in to the nearest 
 post quartermaster, all artillery horses and other transportation found 
 unserviceable, to be so disposed of as the chief inspector of the district 
 may direct. 
 
 v.. Chief quartermasters of armies or quartermasters at posts other 
 than thos« in the field, will make their estimates on the chief inspector 
 of the district for such field transportation as they may require. "When 
 necessai-y for the protection of parties collecting animals near the ene- 
 my's lines, a cavalry escort will be furnished by the nearest commander 
 of troops. 
 
 VI. .The horses and other property in use in the Commissary depart- 
 ment must not be impressed by ofiicers of any other department. 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 AdjiUant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GKNERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 143. J Richmond, November 3, 1863. 
 
 The following notice of exch anged officers and men is published for 
 the information of all concerned : 
 
 Richmond, Va., October 16, 1863. 
 
 The following Confederate officers and men are hereby declared duly 
 exchanged : 
 
 1. All officers and men captured and paroled at any time previous to 
 the 1st of September, 1863. This section, however, is not intended to 
 include any officers or men captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863, except 
 such as were declared exchanged by Exchange Notice No. 6, September 
 12, 1863, or are specifically named in this notice. But it does embrace 
 all deliveries made at City Point or other places before September 1, 
 1863, and, with the limitations above-named, all captures at Port Hud- 
 son, or any other place where the parties were released on parole. 
 
 2. The stafi" of Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, Bowen, Moore, Bar- 
 ton, S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris, and Baldwin, and of Colonels Rey- 
 nolds, Cockrell, and Dockery, the ofiicers and men belonging to the 
 engineer corps, and sappers and miners, and the 4th and 46th Missis- 
 sippi regiments, all captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 
 
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 3. The gpncral officers captured at Vicksbiirg July 4, 1863, were de- 
 clared exchanged July 13, 1863. 
 
 Ro. OtJLD, 
 Agent of Exchange. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and IiiKpector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 1 Adjctart and Inspector-Gbneral's Onici, 
 
 No. 144. J Richmond, N^member 6, 1863. 
 
 To relievo prev.alent misconceptions in regard to the policy nnd prac- 
 tice of the department on the subject of impressment, the following, 
 being extracts of General Orders of March 19, is repeated : 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adjutant and iNSPECTon-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 31. j Richmond, March 19, 1863. 
 
 In mnsequoncc of immcrons applications made by various persons to the War 
 (Ippartmont. it is obvious that somo miscouception in regard to the iustrnctions of 
 tbc Secretary of War in relation to the impressment of supplies must exist on 
 the part of the people, or that the agents of the government have violated their 
 instructions: Now, therefore, for the purpose of removing such misconception) 
 and to prevent anj* violation of those instructions, it Is hereby ordered : 
 
 I. That no officer of the government shall, under any circumstances whatever, 
 impress the su])plies which a party has for his own consumption, or that of his 
 family, employees, or slaves. 
 
 II. That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered so to do by a 
 general commanding, in a case of exigency, impress supplies which are on their 
 way to market for sale on arrival. 
 
 III. These orders were included in the instructions originally issued in relation 
 to impressment by the Secretary of War ; and the officers exercising such author- 
 ity are again notified that " any one acting without or beyond " the authority 
 given in those instructions, will be held strictly responsible. 
 
 In conformity with the foregoing, to prevent any inconsiderate ac- 
 tion on the part of officers or agents charged with the duty of impress- 
 ment, they are enjoined, until further orders, which will not be given 
 unless under imperative exigencies for the supply of the army, not to 
 impress any necessaries of subsistence to man, owned by producers, in 
 transitu to market, or after arrival at market, unless retained an un- 
 reasonable time from sale to consumers. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inepector-Oeneral. 
 
196 
 
 GBNERAIi ORDERS; 
 No. 145. 
 
 I 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Qenebai'b Ofhce, 
 Richmond, Xovemher 7, 1863. 
 
 The following appendi.x to the report of the appraisers for the State 
 of Virginia is published for the information of all concerned : 
 
 Hon. Jamee A. Seddon : 
 
 Sir: As indicated in our last report, we respectfully submit a few 
 changes in our schedules of prices. Upon the various grades of cotton 
 and woolen cloths and warps used by the government, we assess the 
 prices annexed to each description of goods, as follows : 
 
 67 Army woolen cl'h, 
 
 %yard 
 
 68 Army woolen crh, 
 
 69 Army woolen d'h, 
 
 6-4 yard 
 
 70 Army woolen cl'li. 
 
 Good. 
 
 10 oz. per yard... 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 width or wei't.. 
 
 71 Flannels ^ 
 
 72 Cotton shirt'g..% 
 
 73 Cotton sliirt'g..% 
 
 74 Cotton sUeet'g 4-4 
 
 75 Cotton osnab'g.% 
 
 76 Cotton osnab'g % 
 
 77 Cotton drills....^ 
 
 78 Cot. shirt, stripes, 
 
 79 Cotton tent cloths 
 
 80 On the above enumerated 
 
 weight. 
 
 81 Cotton warps | Good 
 
 Per yard., 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 20 07.. per yard, 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 greater or less 
 
 width or wei't.. 
 6 oz. por yard.... 
 V/n yards to lb... 
 3% yards to lb... 
 3 yards to lb.... 
 
 6 oz. per yard 
 
 8 oz. per yard 
 
 3 yards to lb 
 
 3 3'ards to lb 
 
 10 oz. to yard.... 
 cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater or less 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 4 00 
 66 
 
 84 
 
 ?1« 
 
 88 
 1 12 
 
 width or 
 
 Per pound | 2 00 
 
 Good hay, taken on the farms of producers, unbaled, we assess at 
 three dollars per 100 lbs., and good wheat straw, taken on the farms of 
 the producers, we also assess at one dollar and thirty cents per 100 lbs., 
 unbaled. For hauling hay and wheat straw, etc., per 100 lbs., eight 
 cents per mile, and for hauling corn and wheat, per bushel, four cents 
 per mile, and for baling hay and wheat straw, fifty cents per 100 lbs. 
 
 Upon further consideration, we have assessed the price of good fat 
 fresh pork at sixty cents per pound net weight. 
 
 We respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have our reports 
 and schedules printed in hand-bill form, and that several copies bo fur- 
 nished to each of the quartermasters and commissaries agents engaged 
 in impreasing for the government. 
 
 Most respectfully, 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 Rob'T QlBBONET, 
 
 Commissioners of Virginia. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant arid Inopector-General. 
 
 By order. 
 
197 
 
 OENEIIAL ORDKRS,"! Adjvtant and Inspkctor-General's Ofpicb, 
 
 No. 146. ) RicnsioNB. November 9, 1863. 
 
 I. .The subjoined statement of the cost of clothing for the army is 
 published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Statement of the Cost of Clothing for the Army of the Confederate Slates, 
 for the year commencing January ], 1864. 
 
 Cap, complete $ 2 00 
 
 Cover 38 
 
 Jacket 14 00 
 
 Trowsers 12 00 
 
 Shirt 3 00 
 
 Drawers 3 GO 
 
 Shoes, pairs 10 00 
 
 Socks, pairs 1 00 
 
 Leather stock 25 
 
 rtreat-coat 25 00 
 
 Stable frock (for mounted men) ...*, 2 00 
 
 Fatigue overall ( for eng'rs and ord.) 3 00 
 
 Blanket 10 00 
 
 II. .From the time this takes effect, and until further orders, soldiers 
 will be charged and credited on account of clothing to which they are 
 entitled, as provided in General Orders, No. 100, last series, at those 
 rates, and not at invoice prices. 
 
 Bj' order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 QENKRAL ORDERS, "j Apjutant ajjd Inspector-Gknkral's Opficj, 
 
 No. 147. J RiCHMOXD, JVbremfeer 17, 1863. 
 
 For the due authentication of military orders exhibited in evidence 
 before the judicial tribunals, it is hereby declared that the Orders of 
 the Adjutant and Inspector-General have the force of Regulations for 
 the government of all branches of the army, and that printed or writ- 
 ten copies of the same arc duly authentioated when endorsed as ollicial 
 by any assistant adjutant-general, or by any chief of a bureau of this 
 department. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Iniptctor-OentraL 
 
198 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adjutant and Inspector-Oeneral's Offick, 
 
 No. 148. ) Richmond, November 18, 1863. 
 
 I. .The quarterly returns of arms, accoutrements, and equipments in 
 the hands of troops, required by paragraph 1,348 of the Army Regula- 
 tions, have heretofore been furnished in a very few cases only by com- 
 manding officers of regiments and battalions. These returns are 
 deemed essential, and will hereafter be promptly rendered. 
 
 II.. It is hereby made the duty of generals commanding brigades to 
 see that these returns are made on the 1st of January, April, July, and 
 October of each year, and forwarded, through the regular channels, to 
 the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, within twenty days after these 
 dates respectively. 
 
 III. .Should any officer fail to render the return required on the 1st 
 of January next within twenty days thereafter, the brigadier-general 
 commanding the brigade to which the ofiBcer is attached will cause 
 charges for "disobedience of orders," or of "neglect of duty," as the 
 case may require, to bo made and forwarded, without delay, to the 
 general commanding, for his action. The same action will be taken on 
 every subsequent omission to render such returns. 
 
 IV. .Brigade and district ordnance officers will give every assistance 
 to colonels of regiments and officers commanding battalions in the 
 preparation of the " returns," according to the form prescribed ; and 
 they will also see that arms and accoutrements lost by the men are 
 duly charged against them on the muster-rolls of their respective com- 
 panies. 
 
 v.. The chief ordnance officer of every army and department will 
 promptly report to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau every officer in 
 the command to which he is attached who fails to make the "returns" 
 
 herein required. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-G eneral. 
 
199 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) ADJUTAyr axd Inspector-Oeneral's Opfick, 
 
 No. 149. ) RicnMOJfD, JVovemher 19, 1863. 
 
 I. .The pay and allowances of men detailed for work (except for 
 government work) will cease during such detail, and in lieu thereof 
 full wages will be paid them by the persons or parties to whom they 
 arc ordered to report. 
 
 II. .The attention of all commanding officers, whose duty it may be 
 to examine the abstracts of issue.-? of commissaries or assistant com- 
 missaries of subsistence, is particularly directed to General Orders, 
 No. 12, March 10, 1862. Those commanding officers will also see that 
 only the number of enlisted men actually present on duty are included 
 in "provision returns;" and that if any change takes place in that 
 number during the period drawn for, that a corresponding allowance is 
 duly made in the no.\t subsequent return, and also that the provisions 
 drawn are well tukon care of, and economically used. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Oenerat, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Abjutant and Inspectoe-Qeneral's Office, 
 
 No. 150. ) RiCHMONT), November 21. 1863. 
 
 I.. Enlisted men who have been (or may become) permanently dis- 
 abled, and who hold a certificate of a medical examining board to that 
 ofifoct, and who have not been discharged the service, may have their 
 rations commuted at ($1 25) one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem, 
 whether they are in a hospital, private quarters, or on furlough. 
 
 IL.JIen liable to conscription, who have joined companies for local 
 defence, will bo discharged from such companies and conscribed. This 
 order is not intended to affect companies for which special exception 
 has been made by the War department. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspeetor-OcneraL 
 
200 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspectoe-Geneeal's Office, 
 
 No. 151. j Richmond, Ifovemher 23, 1863. 
 
 I.. Forage in kind will be issued to oflScers (entitled to it) stationed, 
 by orders from tbe War department, at posts, and not in the field, for 
 but one horse each. In lieu of forage, eight dollars a month may be 
 allowed for each horse to which the officer may be entitled. A certifi- 
 cate in each case will be given, that the " horses are actualli/ kept in 
 service, and mustered " 
 
 II.. Officers of the Adjutant- General, Quartermaster, Commissary 
 (except purchasing commissaries). Medical, and Ordnance departments, 
 signal and regimental officers (except commanders of regiments), and 
 subalterns of artillery, who are serving in the field, will be embraced 
 i n the provisions of paragraph I of this Order, unless otherwise order- 
 ed by the commanding general. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,~| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 152. J Richmond, November 24, 1863. 
 
 I. .A court of inquiry having been convened at Jackson, Mississippi, 
 by Special Orders, No. 41, from this office, dated February 18, 1863, 
 amended by Special Orders, No. 43, of February 20, 1863, to examine 
 and report the facts and circumstances attending the capture of the 
 City of New Orleans by the enemy in April, 1862, and the defenceof the 
 city by the Confederate troops under command of Major-Gcneral Mans- 
 field Lovell, together with tlieir opinion thereon : and the court having 
 discharged the duty assigned them, their opinion is published for the 
 benefit of all whom it may concern. 
 
 II. .Opinion of the Court. 
 
 The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, submit 
 the following 
 
 opinion. 
 
 1. As against a land attack by any force the enemy could probably 
 bring, the interior line of fortifications, as adopted and completed by 
 Major-General Lovell, was a sufficient defence of the City of New Or- 
 leans; but his ability to hold that line against such an attack was 
 greatly impaired by the withdrawal from him, by superior authority, 
 of nearly all his effective troops. 
 
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 2. The exterior line, as adopted and improved by bim, was well 
 devifed, and rendered as strong as the means of his command allowed. 
 
 3. Until the iron-clad gunboats Louisiana and Mississippi should be 
 ready for service, it was indispensably necessary to obstruct the navi- 
 gation of the Mississippi river between Forts Jackson and St. Philip. 
 The raft completed under General Lovell's direction was adequate for 
 the purpose while in position; but it was swept away, and left the 
 river unimpeded, either by reason of some error in its construction, or 
 neglect in preventing the accumulation of drift, or because of insupera- 
 ble mechanical ditficulties, as to which this court feels unprepared to 
 give an opinion. General Lovell communicated to the government no 
 opinion as to the insecurity of the raft, nor any apprehension that it 
 might bo swept away, nor did he immediately make known that fact 
 when it occurred. In this it is considered that ho was remiss in hii 
 duty. 
 
 4. When the raft was swept away General Lorell, with great ener- 
 gy, immediately endeavored to replace it, and partially succeeded; but, 
 without fault on his part, this last obstruction was broken by the care- 
 lessness of vessels of the "river-defence fleet" colliding with it, and 
 by fire-rafts drifting against it, and by the failure of the guard-boats to 
 protect it against night expeditions of the enemy. 
 
 5. The non-completion of the iron-clad gunboats Louisiana and Mis- 
 sissippi made it impossible for the uavy to co-operate efficiently with 
 General Lovell. 
 
 6. The so-called river-defence fleet was whollj' useless as a means of 
 resistance to the enemy, for which General Lovell was in no wise re- 
 sponsible. 
 
 7. Xlnder the existing circumstances, the passage of the forts b.v the 
 enemy's fleet could not have been prevented by (Jeneral Lovell with 
 any means under his control ; and the forts being passed, the fall of New 
 Orleans was inevitable, and its evacuation a military necessity. 
 
 8. When the first raft was broken, and the danger of New Orleans 
 thus became imminent, all necessary preparation should have been 
 made for removing the public property and private property available 
 for military uses; and when the second obstruction was swept away 
 the removal of such property should have been commenced immediate- 
 ly. The failure to take these timely steps caused the losses of property 
 that occurred ; but there was, comparatively, but little property lost 
 for which General Lovell was responsible. 
 
 9. The failure of General Lnvell to give proper orders to Brigadier- 
 General M. L. Smith for the retirement of his command from Chalmette 
 
303 
 
 is not sufficiently explained, and is, therefore, regarded as a serious 
 error. 
 
 10. The proposition of General Lovell to return to New Orleans with 
 his commaud was not demanded by his duty as a soldier, involving, as 
 it did, the useless sacrifice of himself and his troops, though it explains 
 itself upon the ground of sympathy for the population, and a natural 
 sensitiveness to their reproaches. 
 
 11. General Lovell displayed great energy and an untiring industry 
 in performing his duties. His conduct was marked by all the coolness 
 and self-possession due to the circumstances and his position ; and he 
 evinced a high capacity for command, and the clearest foresight in 
 many of his measures for the defence of New Orleans. 
 
 The court respectfully report that its assembly was delayed by the 
 failure of its president to receive his orders in due time, and that its 
 session was protracted by the taking of testimony under the order of 
 the War department, as to the conduct of naval officers on duty in De- 
 partment No. 1. This order was rescinded, thus rendering useless and 
 irrelevant much of the labor of the court. The testimony referred to, 
 although appearing on record, was not considered by the court in de- 
 termining its findings and opinion. 
 
 III. .The court of inquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S.' COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and iNSPECTon-GENEnAL's Office, 
 
 No. 153. f Richmond, November 25,. 1863. 
 
 Abuses having occurred, from misconception of the force due to the 
 passports certifying to the citizenship of the Confederate States, which 
 are issued by the Secretary of State, as matter of right to any citizen 
 for use in foreign countries, it is announced that such passports are 
 not intended to have, and have not any effect whatever, in the Confed- 
 eracy, to entitle to pass the Confederate lines, or to sail from Confede- 
 rate ports, without due compliance with all police or military regula- 
 tions prevailing there, or to exempt from military or other service im- 
 posed by law or regulations. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Liapector-Oeneral. 
 
303 
 
 GENERAL ORDEUS,"| Adjuta:<t axd iNsPKCTOn-GENERAL's Office, 
 
 No. 154. j Richmond, Noveiriber 20, 18C3. 
 
 I. .No ordnance or ordnance stores otber than those prescribed in the 
 Ordnance Manual, edition of 1863, or specially approved by the Ord- 
 nance bureau, are allowed to be purchased or fabricated. The permis- 
 sion given to officers by paragraph 1,232, Army Register (paragraph 9, 
 Ordnance Regulations), to provide ordnance and ordnance stores, "in 
 case of urgent necessity," is to be exercised subject to the above re- 
 strictions. 
 
 II. .Accounts paid by disbursing officers for the purchase, frabrica- 
 tion, or repair of ordnance and ordnance stores, contrary to the fore- 
 going order, will not be admitted in the settlement of their accounts. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjdiant and iNSPECTOR-QBNEnAL's Office, 
 
 No. 155. J RicuMOND, Novtmher 28, 1863. 
 
 I.. In order that detachments, unaccompanied by quartermasters, 
 may be supplied with the means of obtaining forage, quartermasters of 
 the regiments or commands to which they belong are hereby authorized 
 to furnish to the officer in command, or such other officer as may be 
 designated, sufficient funds for that purpose, upon duplicate receipts 
 being given therefor. Upon the return of the detachment, the officer 
 receiving such funds shall return to the quartermaster an account of 
 the expenditures for forage, which will exhibit the amount expended, 
 the number of animals, and the time during which they shall have boon 
 subsisted. Upon the rendition of such accounts, and the repayment of 
 any unexpended balance in his hands, the officer will be entitled to the 
 return of his original receipts, and the quartermaster will account for the 
 forage so obtained as if the same had been purchased and issued by 
 him. 
 
 II.. When small detachments are sent oflf, unaccompanied by a com- 
 missioned officor, quartermasters are authorized to commute their 
 forage rations in advance, for the time designated in the order for such 
 detached service, filing a certified copy of such order in support of the 
 voucher; or, upon the return of detachments to their commands, when 
 
204 
 
 no fiiuds shall have heeu supplied under the foregoing provisions, ex- 
 penditures incurred for forage by the officer in command of such de- 
 tachments, within the regulation allowance, may be reimbursed by the 
 quartermaster of the command, upon accounts, supported bj' affidavits, 
 and approved by the commanding ofBeer. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-GeiiernU 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Offick, 
 
 No. 156. J Richmond, November 30, 1863. 
 
 I. .At a general court martial convened by Special Orders, No. 196, 
 of August 10, 1863, Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was ar- 
 raigned and tried : 
 
 Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regiment, on the following Charge 
 and Specification : 
 
 Charge: Drunkenness on duty. 
 
 Specification : In this: that Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regi- 
 ment, while on duty in command of the provost-guard at Hagerstown, 
 Md., for the protection of its inhabitants, and the establishment of 
 order and quiet in the town, did become intoxicated on or about the 8th 
 of July, 1863. 
 
 11, . Fiitdiiiij and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The court find the accused. Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regi- 
 ment, as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification : Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge: Guiltj'. 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case, approved by the com- 
 manding general, having been submitted to the President, with the 
 recommendations of the officers formerly associated with Colonel Mayo, 
 and others, for his restoration, the following is the President's decision 
 in the case : 
 
 " Sentence remitted on the recommendations submitted. Let the 
 officer be restored to duty." 
 
 Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia volunteers, is, therefore, restored 
 
205 
 
 to his command, nnd will immediately report for orders to General R. 
 E. Lee. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Inupcctor-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"| Adjutant and iNspECTOR-Qr.xfUAL's Ofhoe, 
 
 No. 157. j Richmond, December 1, 1863. 
 
 I.. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current 
 series, are hereby extended so as to include officers of the Commissary 
 department, and such agents of that department as have been appoint- 
 ed by the Secretary of War. 
 
 II.. When a soldier, ordered before a "board of examiners for con- 
 scripts," or a "hospital examining board," in pur.«uance of paragraph 
 III, General Orders, No. 141, current series, is unable to appear by 
 reason of physical disability, he will forward to the enrolling oflicer a 
 certificate to this effect, signed by his attending physician, which cer- 
 tificate will also embrace a full and accurate statement of the case. 
 The enrolling officer will submit the certificate to either board, who, in 
 conference with him, will make upon it such recommendation as may 
 be warranted by the facts ascertained and the character of the parties. 
 This recommcndatiou, with the statement, will bo forwarded as direct- 
 ed in the paragraph above quoted. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and fnupcctor-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and lN8PKCt0R-GENF,RAi."s Opfice, 
 
 No. 158. J Richmond, December 3. 1803. 
 
 The following is published as a schedule of the average cost of arms, 
 parts of arms, and accoutrements, as required by paragraph 78 of Ord- 
 nance Regulations: 
 
206 
 
 Schedule of Prices. 
 
 PERCUSSION LOCK. 
 
 ■a -+ -^ 
 
 
 Barrel with sight, ■without breech.... 
 
 Breecli screw 
 
 Bayonet, or band stnd 
 
 Tiing screw 
 
 Cone 
 
 Lock plato 
 
 Tumbler 
 
 Tumbler screw 
 
 Bridle 
 
 Sear 
 
 Sear spring 
 
 Main spring 
 
 Lock screws, each 
 
 Hammer 
 
 Side plate (with band for pistol).... 
 
 Side screws, each 
 
 Upper band . 
 
 Middle band 
 
 Lower band 
 
 Upper band spring 
 
 Middle band spring 
 
 Lower band spring 
 
 Guard plate 
 
 Guard plate screws, each 
 
 Guard bow, without swivels 
 
 Guard bow nut, each 
 
 Swivels and rivets, each 
 
 Trigger 
 
 Trigger screw 
 
 Butt plate 
 
 Butt plate screw, each 
 
 Ramrod 
 
 Kamrod spring 
 
 Eamrod wires 
 
 Bam rod stop 
 
 Stock 
 
 Bayonet 
 
 Bayonet clasp 
 
 Bayonet clasp screw 
 
 Ramrod swivel and rivet 
 
 Eamrod swivel and rivet screw , 
 
 Sword bayonet blade 
 
 Sword bayonet hilt, without clasp., 
 
 Sight base 
 
 Long branch (leaf) 
 
 Short 
 
 Sight screws, each 
 
 Sight, complete.. 
 
 Barrel, complete 
 
 Lock, complete 
 
 Guard, complete 
 
 Bayonet, complete 
 
 Arm, complete, with bayonet 
 
 Enfield rifle, complete 
 
 Appendages for all arms: 
 
 Screw driver and cone wrench , 
 
 Wiper 
 
 Ball screw.; 
 
 Spring vise 
 
 $10 25 
 56 
 02 
 18 
 17 
 1 35 
 98 
 06 
 34 
 74 
 44 
 
 1 06 
 04 
 72 
 18 
 21 
 C9 
 45 
 17 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 70 
 06 
 48 
 10 
 26 
 19 
 04 
 
 2 05 
 19 
 
 3 50 
 28 
 02 
 02 
 
 3 20 
 
 6 48 
 
 31 
 
 04 
 
 10 81 
 
 5 88 
 1 75 
 
 6 00 
 41 00 
 
 1 50 
 75 
 75 
 
 1 60 
 
 $11 15 
 56 
 02 
 18 
 17 
 1 35 
 98 
 06 
 34 
 74 
 44 
 
 1 06 
 04 
 72 
 12 
 21 
 17 
 46 
 17 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 70 
 06 
 48 
 10 
 25 
 19 
 04 
 
 2 05 
 19 
 
 3 66 
 
 02 
 
 3 20 
 
 5 48 
 
 31 
 
 04 
 
 6 00 
 6 00 
 32 
 19 
 18 
 05 
 82 
 11 71 
 
 5 88 
 1 75 
 
 6 00 
 42 00 
 60 00 
 
 1 50 
 76 
 76 
 
 1 60 
 
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 SCHEPULE OF PniCES — CONTINUED. 
 
 ("Gripe 
 
 Hilt \ Head 
 
 (.Guard 
 
 Blade 
 
 Mouth-piece . 
 
 Body.. 
 Scnbbard... -{ BrikIh and ring;8. 
 
 IFrrnlc and stud.... 
 Tip 
 
 Arm, complete 
 
 SWORDS AMD SABRES. 
 
 
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 •a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 $0 60 
 
 2 10 
 .T 30 
 8 50 
 
 60 
 
 3 60 
 1 80 
 
 50 
 
 31 00 
 
 
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 79 
 
 1 85 
 
 3 70 
 
 3 36 
 
 1 64 
 
 2 44 
 
 
 
 3 03 
 
 8 32 
 
 9 05 
 
 4 47 
 
 7 20 
 
 42 
 
 
 
 
 4 20 
 
 2 13 
 
 1 30 
 
 58 16 
 
 2 .'■.2 
 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 1 06 
 
 84 
 
 i U 
 
 
 1 06 
 
 53 
 
 1 14 
 
 iji 6b 
 
 17 00 
 
 10 50 
 
 18 00 
 
 00 
 1 OS 
 1 08 
 8 64 
 
 2 26 
 
 1 13 
 1 12 
 18 00 
 
 Cartridge box 
 
 Cartridge box belt (leather) 
 
 Cartridp:o box belt (canvas) 
 
 rtajonft scabbard and frog 
 
 Waist belt (leiither) 
 
 Waist belt (canvas) 
 
 Cap pouch and pick 
 
 Gun sling 
 
 Sabre belt il 
 
 Sword belt 
 
 Carbine sling 
 
 Powder flask (tin) 
 
 Canteen , 
 
 Canteen strap 
 
 Knapsacks 
 
 Haversacks 
 
 ACCOtJTREMENTS. 
 
 < (5 
 
 $6 00 
 
 
 4 50 
 
 5 50 
 
 2 57 
 
 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 
 
 
 2 57 
 
 
 
 
 2 06 
 
 
 
 2 05 
 
 1 50 
 
 
 
 
 2 23 
 
 
 2 23 
 
 2 23 
 
 1 20 
 
 
 1 20 
 
 1 20 
 
 
 5 66 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 1 25 
 
 
 
 ...«. 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 
 6 60 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
208 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, } Adjutant and Inspector-Qekkral's OrncB, 
 
 No. 159. ) Richmond, December 4, 1863. 
 
 I*. Hospitals for prisoners of war arc placed on tbe same footing as 
 Other Confederate States hospitals in all respects, and will bo managed 
 accordingly. 
 
 II.. The hospital ration is fixed, until further orders, at the same 
 rates of issues now made to soldiers in the field. If a greater allow- 
 ance is required of any particular articles, special requisitions must be 
 made therefor. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjdtant ajtd Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 160. j Richmond, December 7, 1863. 
 
 I. .The following scliodules of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
 ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
 ginia, are announced for the inforuiatiou of all concerned, and the 
 special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed 
 thereto : 
 
 II. . Richmond, December 4, 1863. 
 
 Hon. Ja». A. Seddon ; 
 
 Sir — In revising and preparing the schedules of prices for Decem- 
 ber and January we requested the aid of Mr. Wm. B. Harrison, and it 
 is proper to add that the prices agreed upon received the unanimous 
 approval of the commissioners. We respectfully offer the accompany- 
 ing schedules, A and B, with the understanding that the prices therein 
 indicated arc to remain for the months of December and January, 
 unless in the interval it should be deemed by us necessary to modify 
 them. 
 
 ^The following schedules present the maximum prices to be paid for 
 the articles appraised at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
 impressed elsewhere the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
 cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
 article would go ordinarilj' for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
 cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
 article, and wishes it to be sent : ])rofided, that in no case the amount 
 deducted for transportation as above, shall e.xceed twenty-five cents 
 per buHhcl for grain, and twonty-five conts per cwt. for long forag«, 
 
'^9 
 
 flour, bacon, iron, etc. In itddltion to tho established price of trans- 
 portation, the government to pay rtll legal tolls; Jind where farmcrg 
 can not procure nails for baling forage, goi'cruitlent to furnish the 
 same at cost, which will be deducted frdiii lllo established pride of 
 baling : 
 
 Schedule A. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 1 Wheat 
 
 2 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 Flour 
 
 3 Corn 
 
 4 Uusliellcd corn... 
 6 Corn meal 
 
 6 Rya 
 
 7 Cleaned oats 
 
 8 Wheat bran 
 
 9 Shorts 
 
 10 Brown stuff 
 
 11 Ship stuff. 
 
 12 Bacon 
 
 13 Salt pork 
 
 Fresh pork 
 
 14 Lanl 
 
 15 Horses 
 
 16 Wool 
 
 17 Wool 
 
 18 Peas 
 
 19 Beans 
 
 20 Potatoes 
 
 21 Pot.atoes 
 
 22 Onions 
 
 23 Dried peaches 
 
 24 Dried ])caclio« 
 
 2o Dried apples 
 
 26 Hay, baled 
 
 27 llay, baled 
 
 28 Hay, unbalcd 
 
 29 Sheaf oats, baled 
 
 30 Sheaf oats, unb'd 
 
 31 Blade f)clder,bard 
 
 32 Blade foddr.nnh'd 
 
 33 Sliiicks, baled 
 
 34 Shucks, uiibaled.. 
 
 35 Wheat straw, bid 
 
 36 Wheat sfw. unb'd 
 
 37 PnBturago 
 
 38 Pasturage 
 
 39 Pasturage 
 
 40 Pasturage 
 
 41 Pastunige 
 
 42 Pa.sturago 
 
 43 Salt 
 
 44 Soap 
 
 R 
 
 Good ... 
 Prime . 
 
 Fat and 
 good... 
 
 Good 
 
 l.st class 
 Fair, or 
 
 Merino. 
 Fair, or 
 
 Merino, 
 Good 
 
 Superi'r, 
 Ist rate.. 
 Ot)od .... 
 .Superi'r, 
 1st rate.. 
 Good 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 White, or red 
 
 Fine 
 
 Supcrfliie 
 
 Extra superfine.. 
 
 Family 
 
 White, or yellow 
 White, or yellow 
 
 Hog round.. 
 
 Artillery, etc.. 
 
 Washed 
 
 Unwashed 
 
 Irish... 
 Sweet . 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Uiipeelcd 
 
 Peeled 
 
 Timothy, or clo- 
 ver 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 grass 
 
 Orchard, or herd 
 grass 
 
 Interior 
 
 Near cities. 
 
 QU.\NTITY. 
 
 Per bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " hbl. of 196 lbs 
 
 " bbl. of 196 lbs 
 
 " hbl. of 196 lbs 
 
 " bbl. of 196 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 56 llis 
 
 " bus. of 66 lbs 
 
 " bus. of ."iO lbs 
 
 " bus. of 56 lb.s 
 
 •' bus. of .32 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 17 lb.s 
 
 '• bus. of 22 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 28 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 37 lbs 
 
 " pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 Per lb. net weight 
 
 " pound 
 
 Average price per head 
 
 Per pound 
 
 " pound 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 " bus. of 60 lbs 
 
 « bus. of 38 lbs 
 
 '• bus. of 38 lbs 
 
 '' bus. of 28 lbs 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds ..„ 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 pounds 
 
 " 100 jjounds 
 
 *' heail per month.... 
 
 •' head per month.... 
 
 " head per month.... 
 
 " head per month.... 
 
 " head per mouth... 
 
 " head per month.... 
 
 " bus. of 50 lbs 
 
 " pound 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 22 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 26 60 
 28 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 3 05 
 
 4 20 
 3 20 
 
 2 00 
 50 
 70 
 90 
 
 1 40 
 1 25 
 1 10 
 
 80 
 
 1 25 
 350 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 
 4 OU 
 6 00 
 
 5 00 
 8 00 
 4 50 
 
 3 00 
 
 3 50 
 3 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 4 00 
 3 60 
 3 50 
 3 00 
 
 2 20 
 1 70 
 1 SO 
 1 SO 
 
 3 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 6 00 
 C 00 
 
 7 00 
 6 00 
 
 40 
 
•ilO 
 
 ScHKDULE A — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 45 Candles........ 
 
 40 Vinegar 
 
 47 Whiskey , 
 
 48 Sugar 
 
 49 Molasses ....;. 
 
 50 Rice 
 
 51 Coffee., 
 
 52 Tea 
 
 53 Vinegar 
 
 54 Pig iron 
 
 55 Pig iron 
 
 56 Pig Iron 
 
 57 Bloom iron ... 
 
 58 Smiths' iron.. 
 
 Good. 
 
 69 Railroad iron.. 
 CO Leather 
 
 61 Leather 
 
 62 Leather 
 
 63 Beef cattle 
 
 64 Beef cattle 
 
 65 Beef cattle.... 
 
 66 Sheep 
 
 67 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 %yard. 
 
 68 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 Tallow 
 
 Cider 
 
 Trade 
 
 Brown 
 
 New Orleans . 
 
 Rio 
 
 Trade 
 
 Manufactured. 
 No. 1 quality... 
 No. 2 quality.., 
 No. 3 quality.., 
 
 Round,plate, and 
 bar 
 
 B9 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 6-4 yard 
 
 70 Army woolen cl'h 
 
 Superi'r, 
 1st rate.. 
 Fair 
 
 Good. 
 
 Harness 
 
 Sole 
 
 Upper 
 
 Gross weight... 
 Gross weight.. 
 
 10 oz. per yard 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 width or weight 
 
 20 oz. per yard. 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 greater or less 
 
 width or weight 
 
 71 Flannels ^i " 6oz.peryard 
 
 72 Cotton 8hirt'g...% " 41^ yards to lb... 
 
 73 Cotton shirt'g...% " 3J^ yards to lb... 
 
 74 Cotton sheet'g..4-4 " 3 yards to lb 
 
 75 Cotton osnab'gs|^ " 6 oz. x)er yard.... 
 
 76 Cotton osnab'gs% " 8 oz. per yard.... 
 
 77 Cotton drills. ...% " 3 yards to lb 
 
 78 Cot. shirt, stripes " 3 yards to lb 
 
 79 Cot. tent cloths... " 10 oz. per yard... 
 
 On tlio above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater or 
 
 or weight. 
 
 Per pound., 
 gallon „ 
 gallon . 
 pound, 
 gallon, 
 pound . 
 pound, 
 pound . 
 gallon . 
 
 ton 
 
 ton.... 
 ton.... 
 ton 
 
 ton 
 
 ton 
 
 pound 
 
 pound 
 
 pound 
 
 100 pounds.. 
 100 pounds.. 
 100 pounds- 
 head 
 
 yard.. 
 
 yard.. 
 
 yard,... 
 yard..., 
 yard... 
 yard ... 
 
 yard_.. 
 
 yard..., 
 
 yard.... 
 
 jard.. 
 
 yard.. 
 
 ^ 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 1 60 
 10 00 
 
 20 
 
 3 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 50 
 
 150 00 
 
 132 00 
 
 120 00 
 
 216 00 
 
 456 00 
 190 00 
 
 2 60 
 2 40 
 2 80 
 
 16 00 
 18 00 
 20 00 
 30 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 4 00 
 56 
 84 
 87 
 75 
 
 81 Cotton warps 
 
 82 Army shoes 
 
 83 Shoe"thread 
 
 84 Wool socks, men's 
 
 85 Mules 
 
 86 Corn-top fodder, 
 
 baled 
 
 87 Corn-top fodder, 
 
 unbaled 
 
 88 Wheat chafr,bal'd 
 
 89 Wheat chaff.unb'd 
 
 90 Sorgliimi molasses 
 
 91 Pastu'ge for sheep 
 
 92 Pastu'ge for sheep 
 
 93 Pastu'ge for sheep 
 
 Good. 
 
 Good. 
 
 Wagon, etc.. 
 
 " I Interior., 
 
 Superi'r. I Interior, 
 let rate.. Interior. 
 
 Per pound 
 
 " pair 
 
 " pound 
 
 " pair 
 
 Average price per bead 
 
 Per 100 pounds 
 
 100 pounds., 
 100 pounds.. 
 100 pounds . 
 
 gallon 
 
 head 
 
 liead 
 
 head , 
 
 ss 
 
 1 12 
 
 width 
 
 2 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 25 
 
 300 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 50 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 50 
 
 8 00 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 60 
 
2ii 
 
 In assessing the average value of " first-class artillery and wagon horses 
 at $350," wc designed that the term should be accepted and acted upon 
 according to its obvious common -sense import. In other words, that 
 horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their 
 working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their 
 ^ intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering 
 T them as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when 
 they assessed the average value of such horses as the government need- 
 ed at $350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigen- 
 cies would be so urgent as to demand that nil horses at hand should bo 
 impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra- 
 blooded horses, or brood mares oi admitted high value, are impressed, we 
 t respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions for- 
 warded to the impressing olRccrs to propose and allow the owners to 
 eubstittite in their stead such strong, sound, and serviceable horses or 
 mules as shall be considered and valued, by competent and disinterest- 
 ed parties, as first-class artillery horses, or first-rate wagon mules. 
 
 The term "average value per head" was used incontra-distinction to 
 a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that 
 in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
 persons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or 
 even at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their 
 worth, up as high as .$450, or above that amount— thus making an 
 ai;eTO.7e value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
 $350 each, and mules $300 each. 
 
 In illustration of our views we will add, that a horse with only one eye 
 sound might, in all other respects, bo classed as a first-rate artillery horse, 
 yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his value. 
 So, a horse from ten to eighteen years of age might be deemed, in all 
 other particuLars, ns a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, however 
 oflBcient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his ad- 
 vanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, 
 however he may approximate the standard of a first-class artillery horse, 
 must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as 
 few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are 
 entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other instances the 
 price should bo proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them 
 below the standard of first-class, etc. 
 
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 SciTHDtTtiB B — Hire of Labor, Teamn, Wagon», and Drivers. 
 
 1 Baling long forage 
 
 2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
 
 nished by the government 
 
 .3 Hauling . .- 
 
 4 Hauling grain 
 
 5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
 
 er, rations furnished by owner 
 
 6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner. . . . 
 
 8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
 
 er, rations furnished by owner 
 
 10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner 
 
 12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 13 Hire of same, rations and clothing 
 
 furnished by owner 
 
 14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government 
 
 15 Hire of teamsters, rations furnished by 
 
 government 
 
 16 Hire of laborer, clothing and rations 
 
 furnished by government 
 
 17 Hire of same, clothing and rations fur- 
 
 nished by owner 
 
 18 Hire of same, rations only furnished by 
 
 government 
 
 QUANTITY AND TIME. 
 
 Per 100 pounds .. 
 
 " 66 pounds .. 
 " cwt. per mile. 
 " bus. per mile. 
 
 daj . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 day . . . 
 month, 
 month, 
 month. 
 
 year . 
 year . 
 year . 
 
 $ 50 
 
 05 
 08 
 04 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 13 00 
 
 6 50 
 16 00 
 
 8 00 
 
 2 50 
 
 1 50 
 
 50 00 
 
 30 00 
 
 40 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 550 00 
 
 400 00 
 
 Upon further consideration, we have concluded to value sheaf oats, 
 hay, and blade fodder, east of the Blite Itidr/a mountains, when baled, 
 at $5 per hundred pounds, and unbaled at $4 50 per hundred pounds. 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 ROBEUT GiBBONEY, 
 
 Wjf. B. Harrison, 
 Commissioners for Virginia. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inapector-Ge.ieral. 
 
6KNEKAL ORDERS.") Adjctant and Inspector-General's Ofpior, 
 
 No. 161. J Richmond. Decfinhcr 10r^63. 
 
 The following Order is published as an amendment of the regula- 
 tions in respect to impressments, as a substitute for paragraph II, 
 section 5, General Orders, No. 37, current series. All officers and 
 agents who have been or shall be empowered to make impressments, 
 shall conform to the pro\ isions of this Order, in respect to impress- 
 ments hereafter to be made, and also in cases where the property may 
 have been heretofofo taken, and the price has not been fully adjusted : 
 
 In the event of the refusal by the owner, his bailee, or other agent, 
 of the price offered, the impressing officer shall ])rocced to settle the 
 compensation to bo paid, according to the first section of the act of 
 March 26, 1863, if the property impressed belongs to an owner who 
 has grown, raised, or produced the same, or who holds or has purchased 
 the same for his own use or consumption. But if the property im- 
 pressed has not been grown, raised, or produced by the owner, nor been 
 purchased for his own use or consumption, it shall bo the duty of the 
 impressing officer to ofl'er the price fixed by the commissioners, who 
 may bo appointed under the fifth section of the act of Congress of the 
 26th March, 1863, to regulate impressments; and if the owner shall 
 object to receive the said price, as not being a just compensation, it 
 shall bo the duty of the impressing ofTioer to cause the value to be 
 ascertained by the appointment of a board similar to that designated in 
 the first section of the act aforesaid — that is, by the judgment of two 
 loyal and disinterested citizens of the county or parish in which such 
 impressments may be made — one to be selected by the owner, and one 
 by the impressing officer — and, in the event of their disagreement, these 
 two shall choose an umpire of like qualification. The persons thus 
 selected shall proceed to assess just compensation for the property so 
 impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof 
 only is required: provided, however, if the impressing officer in any of 
 the cases mentioned shall believe that the appraisement is fair or just, 
 he shall endorse upon it his approval, and the property in the object 
 impressed shall thereupon be vested in the Confederate States; but if 
 he does not approve the appraisement as aforesaid, ho shall endorse 
 upon the appraisement his objection thereto, and deliver the same, with 
 a receipt for the property impressed, to the owner, his bailee, agent, or 
 attorney, and as soon as practicable forward a copy of the receipt and 
 appraisement, and his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers 
 appointed by the President and governor of the state, who shall revise 
 the same, and make a final valuation, so as to give just compensation for 
 the property taken — which valuation .-(hall be paid by the proper de- 
 
partment for the use of which the property was taken, on the certifi- 
 cate t$ the appraisers, as provided in the acts of Congress on the 
 subject. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"* Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 162. r Richmond, December 11, 1863. 
 
 I. .Quartermasters at posts will afford all the accommodation in their 
 power to persons in charge of stock, travelling under the orders of 
 officers of Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Colo's department. Forage and 
 shelter for the animals and subsistence for the men will be furnished by 
 them upon the requisition of any officer, or of his authorized agent, of 
 Colonel Cole's department, who will receipt for the same. 
 
 II.. To prevent claims for commutation of rations which may have 
 been previously drawn, surgeons in charge of hospitals will endorse on 
 the furlough of enlisted men who leave a hospital on furlough, a state- 
 ment of the number of days and the dates ho has drawn rations for the 
 enlisted men. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 163. ) Richmond, December 23, 1863. 
 
 The attention of officers of the army is again directed to paragraph 
 VII, General Orders, No. 28, requiring that in all recommendations for 
 military appointments, the name of the state be giv*n of which the 
 person is a citizen. No applications will hereafter receive attention in 
 which this rule is not observed. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, | AdjuVaxt and Inspector-Obneral's Office, 
 
 No. 164. I Richmond, December 20. 1863. 
 
 I.. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 159, current series, is amended 
 as follows : 
 
 II.. The hospital ration is fixed, until further orders, at the same 
 rates of issues now made to soldiers in the field. If a greater allow- 
 ance is required of any particular article, not issued to troops in the 
 field, special requisitions must be made therefor. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inajyector-G eneral. 
 
 INSTEUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
 
 THE FIELD. 
 
 [No. 1.] 
 
 The appointment of brigade ordnance officers having been author- 
 ized, the following instructions are substituted for those of May 20, 
 1862 : 
 
 1st. The chief of ordnance of an army corps, and ordnance oflScers 
 of separate commands, will correspond with the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Ordnance relative to supplies of ordnance and ordnance stores with 
 the commands to which they arc attached. Requisitions made, wheth- 
 er for money or stores, will be approved by the general commanding. 
 
 2d. The division ordnance officers will correspond with the chief of 
 ordnance of the army corps to which the divisions are attached, and ob- 
 tain supplies through him. They will be responsible for the property 
 under their charge, and make weekly reports of ammunition on hand 
 (consolidated from brigade reports) to this oflBce. 
 
 3d. Brigade ordnance officers will, with the .ipproval of the division 
 ordnance officer, obtain one or more wagons for each regiment in their 
 brigade, as ordnance wagons. These wagons will be separate from the 
 train of wagons for reserve ammunition of the division, and will be 
 
marked with the name of the regiment to which they are assigned, and 
 will be placed in charge of the ordnance sergeant of the regiment. The 
 wagons will be covered, if possible, with painted cloth covers, for securi- 
 ty against the weather, and each wagon will be supplied with a spare 
 tarpaulin. These wagons will habitually follow their respective regi- 
 ments. 
 
 4th. On the eve of battle the division ordnance officer will, under 
 direction of the chief of ordnance of the army, station the ordnance 
 wagons at the point selected for the division field depot of ammunition, 
 under charge of the senior ordnance officer of brigades. He will keep 
 himself acquainted with the movements of brigades, and cause the wag- 
 ons of any brigade which may be detached to follow the movemeuts of 
 the brigade. Brigade ordnance officers will make weekly reports of am- 
 munition on hand to the division ordnance officers. 
 
 5th. The ordnance sergeants, together with the details habitually 
 assigned to them from their regiments, will, under the direction of the 
 brigade ordnance oflicers, constitute a corps devoted as well to the pres- 
 ervation of the captured and other ordnance stores, as to the supplies of 
 ammunition of the various regiments. One man of each detail should 
 follow the movements of the regiment, to ascertain its wants, and com- 
 municate with the field depot. The habitual details from each regiment 
 should be augmented before a battle to not less than six men from each. 
 The ammunition wagons, their loads temporarily removed, will, as cir- 
 cumstances favor, be employed to carry to the rear such arms and other 
 captured stores as are left upon the battle-field. 
 
 6th. Especial care must be taken in selecting competent, prompt, and 
 efficient men for the duties of ordnance sergeants. They may be re- 
 moved for cause, and new appointments ordered, on the application of 
 the division ordnance officers, through the chief of ordnance of the 
 army corps, by the commanding general. 
 
 7th. The ammunition wagons to each regiment will not supersede the 
 necessity for division supply trains. 
 
 Duties of Ordnance Sergeants. 
 
 1st. To obev the directions of the division ordnance oflicer, received 
 through the brigade ordnance officer, or of the brigade ordnance officer 
 (if the brigade is a separate command), in all relative to care and preser- 
 vation of arms, and duties connected therewith. 
 
217 
 
 2d. To take charge of all supplies, arms, and ammunition of the regi- 
 ment, and make returns of the same, according to " Ordnance Regula- 
 tions." 
 
 Issues to be made on written requisitions approved by the colonel, 
 or commanding officer of the regiment; which requisitions are to b« 
 filed with his " Return of Property." 
 
 3d. To take charge of the ordnance wagon or wagons attached to 
 each regiment, and to see that it always contains at least fifteen rounds 
 per man of the regiment ; surplus arms or accoutrements to be turned 
 over to the brigade or division ordnance officer. 
 
 4th. To supervise the condition of the arms of the regiment, and get 
 a detail of at least two mechanics to assist him in the necessary repairs 
 to the arms — an account of these repairs to be kept, as far as possible, 
 against each man of the regiment. Repairs to be made on the order of 
 the colonel of the regiment. 
 
 5tb. To take charge of the arms and accoutrements of the sick of the 
 regiment in hospitals, which will be kept until the sick are sent to the 
 general hospital, when their arms will bo turned over to the division 
 depots, through the brigade ordnance officer. 
 
 6th. In battle it will be the duty of the ordnance sergeants to re- 
 main with the ammunition wagons, and act with the details assigned to 
 them from the regiments, under the orders of the ordnance officer, in 
 supplying the troops with ammunition, collecting arms of the killed 
 and wounded, and securing captured arms and ammunition. 
 
 J. GORGAS, 
 Colonel, Ghitf of Ordnance. 
 Approved: 
 
 G. W. RANDOLPH, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 [No. 2.] 
 Relative to returns of Ordnance Stores. 
 
 I.. Returns for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to troops will be 
 made quarterly, on the Slst March, .30th June, 30th September, and 
 31st Decumber, according to Form I, " Ordnance Regulations," as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 s 
 
218 
 
 II.. For all ordnance stores — such as arms, accoutrements, equip- 
 ments, and ammunition in the hands of a regiment or battalion, includ- 
 in"' the supplies carried in the ordnance wagon of the regiment — by 
 the colonel of the regiment, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
 
 III.. For all ordnance stores — such as artillery harness, equipments, 
 accoutrements, and ammunition in the possession of field batteries — by 
 the captains of batteries. 
 
 IV. .For ordnance and ordnance stores at posts or g.arrisons — by the 
 commanding officer, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
 
 v.. For ordnance stores in the division and army trains — by the 
 division ordnance officer, and by the assistant to the Oliief of ordnance 
 of the army. 
 
 VI. .Invoices to shov? what has been received, and receipts for issues, 
 must accompany the " Returns," and the line of " Expenditures " must 
 mention the actions or practice causing the expenditure; and where 
 ammunition or stores are lost, proper evidence and explanation must 
 be furnished, attached to the return. 
 
 VII.. In many cases captains of infantry companies have given re- 
 ceipts for their arms and equipments. In such cases the colonel of the 
 regiment to which the company belongs should give a receipt for the 
 property in the possession of the company commander at the organiza- 
 tion of the regiment, making the necessary expenditures for property 
 lost, worn out, and expended, on the regimental returns. Where prop- 
 erty has been furnished by a state, or by the company themselves, it 
 will be accounted for on a separate return by the company commander^ 
 a remark to that effect being made in the regimental return. 
 
 VIII.. Wherever there are field depots, with workmen attached, the 
 usual monthly summary statement of work done should be transmitted. 
 (See Form 29, " Ordnance Regulations.") 
 
 J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance, 
 Approved : for Department S. C, Ga., and Fla. 
 By command of General Beauregard. 
 
 THOMAS JORDAN, 
 ^M^H«n, 1862. Chief of Staff. 
 
2\9 
 
 [No. 3.] 
 
 rOISTS CONHECTEI) WITH AMMUNITION, TO WniCH THE ATTENTION OT 
 ORDNANCE OFFICERS IS CALLED. 
 
 It being very desirable that the Laboratory department of the Ord- 
 nance service should obtain all the advantage to be derived from in- 
 telligent co-operation of ordnance officers in the field, it is desired to 
 direct the attention of these officers to'the following, as some of the 
 more important matters in regard to laboratory products — to ammuni- 
 tion — which come within the scope of their duties : 
 
 /. . General Attention to be given to Ammunition in the Field. 
 
 1. Economy should be carefully studied in the distribution and uso 
 of ammunition, and instances of waste or neglect of proper care should 
 bo noticed and reported to the proper authorities. 
 
 2. Care should be taken that all ammunition in good condition — not 
 already in charge of some authorized person — as, for instance, the car- 
 tridges of men on either side killed or disabled in action, and all ammu- 
 nition abandoned by or taken from the enemy — is collected and saved. 
 If fully fit for service, and adapted to the arms of the command to 
 which the ordnance otlicer collecting it is attached, it should be at once 
 distributed for service — a report being made, through the proper chan- 
 nel, of the kinds and quantities of ammunition so collected and dis- 
 tributed. 
 
 .3. All damaged and unserviceable ammunition — whether collected 
 from the battle-field, found among captured stores of the enemy, or 
 withdrawn from troops in whose hands it had been placed for service — 
 — should bo carefully preserved, and reported to the chief of ordnance 
 in the field, for removal to the most convenient arsenal or ordnance de- 
 pot, so that it may be re -made or broken up, and its materials used. 
 Powder and lead especially — no matter in how bad condition — should 
 thus be saved and made available. In collecting and transporting dam- 
 aged artillery ammunition, the condition of the fuses — particularly 
 concussion fuses — should be looked to with a view to the prevention of 
 accidents. 
 
 4. Any new or remarkable projectiles found upon battle-fields should 
 be preserved apart, and forwarded to the Ordnance bureau, Richmond, 
 with such remarks as may be needed to explain the circumstances un- 
 der which they were found. 
 
 5. When ammunition, damaged in transportation, is received by any 
 ordnance officer for distribution, he should at once report the fact to 
 his immediate superior in the ordnance service, with a statement of the 
 exact nature and extent of the injury sustained, and, if possible, a sam- 
 
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 pie of the ammunition itself, so that responsibility for the damage may 
 be speedily and properly ascertained, by tracing up the history of the 
 ammunition. 
 
 6. When ammunition, defective in manufacture, is received by an 
 ordnance oflicer, or is found by him in the hands of troops of the com- 
 mand to which he is attached, he should at once forward a complaint 
 of the same to his immediate superior in ordnance service, in order that 
 such complaint may be transmitted, through the regular channel, to 
 the Ordnance bureau at Richmond. Such complaints should be definite 
 &ni distinct. Complaints of "defective ammunition," "unserviceable 
 ammunition," etc., unaccompanied by proper specifications of the de- 
 fects complained of, have heretofore too frequently been made. Sam- 
 ples of the ammunition in question should also, if possible, be for- 
 warded. 
 
 7. In order to fix responsibility properly upon the arsenals and de- 
 pots from which ordnance stores are sent out, it is required that all 
 
 .packing boxes — whether they contain artillery or small arms ammuni- 
 tion — shall be distinctly marked with the name of the arsenal or depot, 
 the nature of the contents, and the date of fabrication. The same rule 
 applies to bundles of (10) small arms cartridges — upon which, more- 
 over, the calibre of the arm for which the cartridges are intended is to 
 be marked. In forwarding complaints of defective ammunition, these 
 marks upon the boxes or bundles should be copied, and transmitted 
 with the complaint- 
 
 In case any ammunition is received which has not been marked in 
 accordance with the above rules, this should of itself form the ground 
 of a complaint, to be at once forwarded, through the regular channels, 
 the various steps in the transmission of the ammunition being stated, 
 80 that its history may bo traced up to its issue from the arsenal of 
 manufacture. 
 
 lit .Special Points to he noticed with regard to Artillery Ammunition. 
 
 1. Artillery cartridges should be examined from time to time after 
 they have been issued for service, in order to see that they are firm and 
 compacts — that they have not been crushed, frayed, or broken in trans- 
 portation, and that no powder sifts out from them. 
 
 2. The ammunition chests of limbers and caissons should be inspect- 
 ed from time to time, to see that they arc properly packed, and are well 
 swept out, so that no loose powder or powder dust remains in them. 
 
 3. The bottoms of ammunition chests should be examined after the 
 passage of a ford or very deep mud. There is often more danger of 
 moisture reaching the ammunition from the bottom of the chests when 
 thai exposed, than from the tops or sides in even heavy rain. 
 
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 i. Due attention ahoulJ be given to " sunning " aiuiuunition in favora- 
 ble weather. 
 
 5. Any cases of cannon powder affording very irregular ranges, 
 should be noticed and reported, stating the source or sources from 
 which the cartridges containing such powder were issued. Opportuni- 
 nity and time may sometimes bo found in the field for remedying this 
 grave defect to some extent, by opening the cartridge bags, emptying 
 out all the powder of uncertain strength upon a dry surface of paper or 
 tarpauliu, at a safe distance from any fire, mixing the powder uniform- 
 ly with a clean piece of wood, and again weighing out the charges, and 
 filling the cartridge bags. 
 
 6. The causes of any alleged defects in friction-primers should be ex- 
 amined. It should be seen that the wires are sufficiently strong to bear 
 ordinarily careful use. The men should be taught to bend the wire 
 gently in bringing the loop to its position at right angles with the tube, 
 and in firing to pull the lanyard steadily, and without jerk, and in the 
 proper direction. Neglect of these common precautions has led to 
 complaints of friction- primers of excellent quality. Any cases of guns 
 being spiked or rendered useless by friction-primers, should be carefully 
 examined and reported upon — it being ascertained precisely what acci- 
 dent has occurred, splitting of the tube, melting of the lower end of the 
 same, etc. 
 
 Any shells or spherical case shot, the fuse-plugs of which are not 
 tightly screwed in, should be at once reported. This defect has been a 
 fruitful source of failurif and of danger in the use of such projectiles, 
 which are liable lo burst close to the muzzle of the gun. It may some- 
 times be remedied in the field, by carefully unscrewing the fuse-plugs 
 with a proper brass fuse-plug wrench {never with any other tool), smear- 
 ing the threads of the screw with a little thick white lead paint, and 
 screwing up firmly again. 
 
 8. When the Bormann fuse is used, particular attention should be 
 paid to the instruction of the men in the proper mode of cutting the 
 leaden cover, and of reading the figures upon the same. Want of prop- 
 er acquaintance with its use has caused some unjust charges to be 
 brought against the design of this superior fuse, or against the mode 
 of its manufacture. 
 
 9. When paper or wooden fuses are used, it should bo seen that they 
 have not been cracked or crushed by any negligence in transportation ; 
 that they have not been injured by moisture ; and that the time of 
 burning is distinctly marked in figures upon each fuse (as required by 
 rule at all laboratory establishments). 
 
 10. Any favorable opportunity should be taken advantage of to verify 
 the rate of burning of time-fuses. Reports to the Bureau of Ordnance 
 
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 upon this subject, specifying the arsenal or depot from which the fuses 
 were issued, will be valuable. 
 
 11. Accurate reports of the performance of concussion fuses should, 
 in like manner, be made as opportunity for observation may serve. The 
 pattern of fuse employed, the nature and angle of inclination of the 
 surface fired at, and the number of projectiles exploding and failing to 
 explode, should be specified. 
 
 ///. .Special Points to be noticed loith regard to Small Arms Ammunition. 
 
 1. Small arms cartridges deteriorate rapidly, if roughly shaken about 
 in ill-packed and dirty cartridge-boxes. The men should be instructed 
 to brush out loose powder or powder dust from their cartridge-boxes, 
 and to wipe away any adherent grease, to keep them closely packed — 
 using a crumpled piece of paper or similar material to fill the space from 
 which cartridges may have been removed, and to avoid exposing the 
 cartridge-boxes to any unnecessary rough treatment. 
 
 2. Needless as it may appear to say that cartridges should be guard- 
 ed with all care from exposure to wet, large quantities of ammunition 
 have, during the present war, been rendered unserviceable by neglect 
 of proper care of this kind, and heavy requisitions for new ammunition 
 have, in consequence, been rendered necessary. Not only should car- 
 tridges in packing boxes be sedulously guarded from rain, and, as far 
 as possible, from a damp atmosphere, but the men should be taught to 
 avail themselves of every possible means of preserving from moisture 
 their cartridge-boxes and the contents. Reports as to causes of waste 
 of ammunition should be made constantly to the Ordnance bureau at 
 ■Richmond. 
 
 3. The practice of "sunning" small arms cartridges in favorable 
 weather, should not be neglected. 
 
 4. Efforts should be made to teach the men to load their muskets — 
 especially the improved rifled arms— carefully aud properly. The car- 
 tridge should be broken at the right place, so as admit of pouring the 
 powder from it without loss. The powder should be poured cleanly into 
 the barrel, so that as little as possible shall remain as scattered grains 
 adherent to the muzzle and upper part of the barrel. The bullet should 
 be fairly entered with the fingers, its axis coincident with that of the 
 barrel. It should be steadily rammed down, using as little force as 
 will sufiice. A light tap of the ramrod will then settle it with sufiBcient 
 firmness in its place. Proper attention to these details will greatly 
 diminish the risk of the musket becoming badly fouled. 
 
 5. The unavoidable use, at present, by our troops, of several patterns 
 of small arms diff'ering in calibre, renders it imperatively necessary that 
 the utmost care should be taken in the distribution of ammunition, to 
 avoid confusion, and to insure each man being furnished with cartridges 
 
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 that will fit the musket in his hands. The men themselves should be 
 instructed in the calibres of their respective arms, as expressed in the 
 usual waj in decimal parts of an inch, so that they may individually 
 be prepared to recognize the cartridges issued to them as fit or unfit 
 for the guns they use. 
 
 6. But too many instances have been reported of men in the heat of 
 action finding their muskets useless, from the impossibility of forcing 
 down the bullets. Such instances can not be too deeply deplored, or 
 their recurrence too carefully guarded against. The difficulty is, in 
 general, due to one or more of four causes, namely : 
 
 1st. The bullet being original^' too large in diameter for the calibre of 
 the musket it is to be used with. 
 
 2d. The cartridges having become coated with a cake of mixed pow- 
 der and grease, owing to loose and careless manufacture or rough 
 transportation, or both, so that excessive fouling of the gun takes place 
 after a number of rounds have been fired. 
 
 This fouling may bo greatly increased by careless loading. 
 3d. Defective lubrication, causiag rapid " leading " of the grooves of 
 the rifled musket. 
 
 4th. The cup-shaped cavity in the base of the bullet being too deep, 
 rendering the lead on the edges of the c up too th in, so that the solid 
 portion of thc^buUcFmay be blown away on discharge of the piece, leav- 
 ing a ring of lead adherent to the interior of the barrel, and thus "lead- 
 ing" it so that another bullet can not be forced down. 
 
 Care should be taken, in receiving new supplies of ammunition, by 
 examining sample cartridges taken out at random, to detect in time 
 any of these defects in manufacture which may lead to such fatal re- 
 sults. Especially should the normal size of the bullets be verified. An 
 observant oflicer, though unprovided with gauges, will soon, learn to 
 recognize, by touch and sight, the proper degree of looseness with which 
 a bullet of proper size should enter the muzzle of the muskct/or which 
 it is intended. , 
 
 The English pattern of Enfield cartridge is intended for loading with 
 the paper upon the bullet. Such cartridges should themselves enter the 
 barrel of the musket as easily as^thenaked bullct^^of other patternt. 
 
 Any defect in bullets or cartridges of the above kind ought, immedi- 
 ately, on detection, to be reported, samples being forwarded of the am- 
 munition complained of. If a musket be rendered useless by the "jam- 
 ming " of a bullet so as to prevent further loading, opportunity should, 
 if possible, be taken to examine the condition of the interior of the bar- 
 rel, looking for " leading," especially in rings, or upon any particular 
 part of the surface of the barrel. 
 
 7. For the avoidance of danger >f tho'kind>lluded to in the^last 
 paragraph, as also for securing accuracy of fire withjjgood ammunition. 
 
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 much will depend upon the condition in which the men habitually keep 
 their arms. Rust, dirt, and dust ought to be carefully guarded against 
 in the interior of the barrel. 
 
 8. It should be noticed at inspections whether the cartridges are 
 becoming spoiled by sifting out of the powder, and if so, whether the 
 defect is due to their being loosely and carelessly made, or to rough 
 usage in transportation. 
 
 9. It should also be observed whether there are any defects due to 
 the wax and tallow used for lubrication ; if the lubricant is cracking or 
 peeling off; or if it is melting and spreading, so as to mix with and cake 
 the powder, to soften the paper, and make it tear easily, or to leave the 
 lead uncoated. 
 
 10.* Percussion caps should be examined from time to time, particu- 
 larly with reference to the condition of their varnish — a defect in which 
 is the most frequent cause of failure to explode. 
 
 "Sunning" or other careful drying should be had recourse to, as 
 occasion may serve. 
 
 11. There has been great waste of percussion caps and friction prim- 
 ers, especially of the former. This should be checked, and the proper 
 expenditure of caps, in proportion to cartridges, be controlled. 
 
 It may appear that some of the above points are either trivial and 
 unimportant matters of detail, or so obvious as not to demand remark. 
 It is believed, however, that all of them have been, in one part of the 
 army or another, from time to time, neglected ; and scarcely any detail 
 of the kind can be unimportant, when it applies to the components of 
 ammunition, multiplied as they are by tens or hundreds of thousands, 
 and effects even remotely the efficiency of this ammunition in the day 
 of battle. 
 
 Repeated allusions have been made to the desirability of instructing 
 the soldiers themselves with regard to thecaroand use of their ammuni- 
 tion. This instruction, it may be said, should come from their regimental 
 and company officers, but much may be done by field ordnance officers 
 in originating or suggesting such instruction, and helping to give it 
 proper direction. 
 
 Lastly. It is very much to be desired that responsibility for defective 
 ammunition should be promptly fixed upon the proper parties ; and this 
 may be accomplished by accurate and faithful reports, as above sug- 
 gested, from ordnance officers on duty in the field. 
 
 The foregoing instructions, carefully prepared by Capt. J. W. Mallet, 
 Superintendent Confederate States Laboratories, will be studied by ord- 
 nance officers, and the details conformed to, whenever possible. 
 
 J. GORGAS, 
 
 Richmond, Va., March 2, 1863. Colonel, Chief ef Ordnanc*. 
 
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 C I Jl C U L A K . 
 
 ADJDTAKT Am) ISSPSCTgB-GEMRAl'S OrFiri!, 
 
 Richmond, June 2*2, 1863. 
 
 By direction of the Secretary of War, the following circular is ad- 
 dressed to army and department commanders for their guidance : 
 
 I.. The practice of issuing, on the eve of an expected engagement, 
 twenty rounds of ammunition to infantry, over and above the capacity 
 of the cartridge-boxes, will be discontinued, except on the special 
 order of the general commanding an army or department. 
 
 II.. Issues of cartridges, except to cover expenditure in battle, will 
 be limited to three cartridges per man, per month, for the whole effec- 
 tive strength of any army, or of the forces serving in .any department. 
 Supplies to cover expenditures in battle will be furnished on separate 
 requisitions, specifying the battle in which the ammunition to be re- 
 placed was consumed. 
 
 III.. The Chief of Bureau of Ordnance will give instructions to the 
 several arsenals charged with supplies of troops, under the circular of 
 March 31, 1863, approved by the Secretary of War, to regulate issues 
 accordinglj'. All issues are to be made on requisitions approved by 
 the chief of ordnance of the army or department requiring the sup. 
 plies, except in cases of evident emergency. 
 
 Signed H. L. CLAY, 
 
 Lieutenant- Colonel ami A. A. 0. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 ADJUTANTS. 
 
 Allowed to regiments and regularly organized a o ' M.rch* s i«»' 
 battalions only. i^; rough''o«' 
 
 Beauregard. 
 
 Of battalions, when competent, not to be changed, to».'A*'A"o.. March 
 should battaliong be increased to a regiment. h.' Ru^e.{gc?*th?ough 
 
 Gen. Beauregard. 
 
 ALIENS. 
 
 Respecting the discharge of, Attorney- Oeneral decides that sole 
 question is, as to domtcil. Domicil is settlement with intention 
 of remaining permanently. Practice of department is, to re- 
 quire affidavits of other persona beside soldier himself. Thes* 
 must establish fact of an intention to leave, or absence of an in- 
 tention to remain. 
 
 Must be domtciliated within the Confederate States , indorsement of ai- 
 
 •Hunt Secretary of 
 
 to be subject to military service. The decision ^''r on a comniuni- 
 
 lloii forwarded from 
 
 of the ciucstion of domiciliation of an alien may Head-quarteri Dep't 
 
 . -^ 8. C, Ga.. and Fla., 
 
 bo arrived at by : eonceniiog the quei- 
 
 tlon of douicil. 
 
 1st. The length of time he has resided in the country ; 
 
 2d. The nature of his business; 
 
 3d. The nature of his social and family connection! in th» 
 
 country ; 
 4th. His interference in public affairs ; 
 5th. His declarations before he had an interest to conceal th« 
 
 truth ; 
 flth. The nature of the property accumulated and held by 
 
 him — all afford data to solve the question. 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 General Orders, No. 81, A. and I. Q. 0., of 1S62, - . - . 
 
 ' ' ' ' By order Secretarr of 
 
 not intended to be retroactive in effects, and do War, January 21, ifeM. 
 
 not affect organizations of light batteries received by the Presi- 
 dent under act of May 10, 1861. (No. 115.) 
 
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 Kxtmct from iftter Under the laws, the department has no power to 
 K. A'plm-ey.^A? aI '^ppoi'^t officers of artillery, P. A. C. S., below the 
 ^;: "^ S?!"^*' ^' h' rank of major (except for ordnance duty), and for 
 
 Clinch, 4th Gtt. caval- . 
 
 ry, July 14, i8«j. (/hat rank the number of guns to be commanded must 
 
 be at least sixteen, (.^ee act January 22, 1862.) 
 BOARDS OF EXAMINATION. 
 
 Letter of Major ^^ ^^® brigade Commander is satisfied, upon a re- 
 ^»""*' ''^•^^."''"•. *• view of the proceedings of the examining boards, of 
 
 A. G., to Brigadier- r o o ' 
 
 General w. B. Taiu- jjie competency of the officer elected, he has authority 
 
 ferro, dated Rich- t ^ 7 j 
 
 mend, April Jo, 1863. to issue the Order placing such officer on duty. 
 
 When an officer is promoted or elected, and he is deemed compe- 
 tent, or a board pronounces him so, there is, practicall}', an 
 end of the matter. The proceedings of the board should, in 
 all cases, be forwarded, but their approval may be presumed. 
 
 In cases of officers rejected by the board, the third section of 
 the "act to relieve the army of disqualified, disabled, and incom- 
 petent officers," devolves upon the President the final decision in 
 respect to the officer rejected, and the second section provides for 
 his suspension until action of the President. 
 
 During that suspension, it is competent for the department com- 
 mander to order the next officer in rank to assume his duties: 
 but no appointment by promotion, in place of rejected officers, 
 can be made, until the proceedings of the board are duly ap- 
 proved by the President. 
 Hon. Secretary of The examination, under act of Congress approved 
 
 B. john«ton, dated October 13, 1862, " to relieve the army of disqualified, 
 l»lt.'"°° ' ''" °' disabled, and incompetent officers," is to determine the 
 
 qualifications of the officer for the discharge of the duties prop- 
 erly appertaining to his position, not to perform the functions of 
 a court martial as a trial for specific offences. An inquiry into 
 alleged offences can only be made as incidental to the main ob- 
 ject, viz: the determination of the general qualifications and 
 charge of legitimate duties. 
 
 Whenever the board shall determine that any officer is clearly 
 unfit to discharge his legitimate and proper duties, or careless 
 and inattentive in their discharge, the full report of their pro- 
 ceedings must be communicated, with their decision, to the com- 
 manding general, to bo forwarded to the Secretary of War, to bo 
 by him, if the findings of the board bo approved, laid befor* 
 the President for bis action. 
 
 This report should be made up separately in each case, and should 
 show tlie order convening the board — that the officer was pres- 
 ent before it, or was notified to attend — and all the evidence. 
 
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 oral and documentary, adduced before the board, including the 
 personal examination of the officer, if one was had. Should the 
 board desire the actual experiment of a drill before them, the 
 result of their observations wuuld probably bo stated. 
 
 If the alleged disability proceed from physical causes, or sick- 
 ness, or wounds, the nature and porraancnco of the disability 
 should be shown — and if theodiccr should desire to withdraw from 
 the service on account of such disability, or because of his unwill- 
 ingness to stand an examination, his retignation, stating the rea- 
 son, should be f irwardod for acceptance by the AVar department. 
 
 General Orders, No. 15, paragraph I, series 186.3, A. and I. G. Of- 
 fice, furnishes a convenient and appropriate mode of relieving 
 the service of ofUcert ahtent icilhoiit leave, or guilty of desertion, 
 who can not be subject to trial by court martial. 
 
 Though the proceedings under the act of Congress of October 
 1.3, 1862, can be m.ade to apply to all caset, whether the offi- 
 cer is or is not commissi')no1, or recogni/.od as in commission, 
 that under General Orders, No. .39, paragraph II. of 1862, can 
 still be used by tlio commanding general in those cases to which 
 it refers, except in those where the vacancy to bo filled has been 
 created by the operation of the act — in which event it is required 
 that the board be convened by the commanding general, and not 
 by the brigade commander. 
 CLAIMS. 
 
 Regulation, for the payment of , for arrears of pay ,^^,^*^^:^l ^''^C 
 and allowances due to dceeaned officers and sol- •■'<'*pP'"''"^,,V5' "S°' 
 diers of the Confederate army, as by act No. 402, T»mh«r 5, lecj. 
 approved February 15, 1862, and act No. .30, approved October 
 S, 1862. 
 The first section of the above-named act provides "that the p.ay 
 and allowances due to any volunteer, non-commissioned officer, 
 musician, or private iu the army of the Confederate States, shall 
 be paid to the widow of the deceased, if living — if not, to the 
 children, if any ; and in default of widow or children, to the fa- 
 ther, if living — if not, to the mother of such deceased volunteer." 
 The first section of act No. 30 provides " that claims due to do- 
 ceased non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, allow- 
 ances, and bounty, may be audited and paid, where there is official 
 evidence of the amount due, satisfactory to the Second Auditor, 
 under such regulations as ho has or may prescribe, with the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of War." 
 By section second of same act, it is provided "that the claims of 
 deceased commissioned officers shall bo paid to their heirs or 
 
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 representatires, in the game manner as similar claims of non- 
 commissioned officers and privates are now or may bo directed by 
 law to be paid." 
 Payments will be made accordingly, under the following rules : 
 
 1st. If the child or children be minor, payment will be made to 
 the guardian, upon the production of the proper certificate of 
 guardianship, under the seal of the court. 
 2d. The claimant must produce his or her affidavij;, and that of 
 one disinterested witness, stating the relationship — for in- 
 stance, if the claimant be a mother, the affidavit must state 
 that there is living neither wi/c, child, or father of the de- 
 ceased; if the father, that there is neither wife nor child ; 
 and if the child, that there is no widowed wife. 
 The magistrate, or other projier officer, must testify to the credibility 
 ■ of the H'tOie««, and the c^er/; o/ f/ic coio-i must certify, under the 
 
 seal of the same, that he is such a magistrate. 
 Powers of attorney or assi()7ivteitt, v/hich will seldom be necessary, 
 may be executed before a magistrate, or in the presence of two 
 respectable witnesses. 
 COOKS. 
 
 «ndor.etneutorQu.r- Act of Congress passed April 21, 1862, makes it the 
 rpa^r''"fo?wardeS duty of commanding officers of companies to enlist 
 Dep«tm'lnf si' cl" four (4) men to cook for each company, who will be en- 
 G».,ftndKift. titled to " extra duty" ^iij at the ordinary rate per 
 
 diem, when detail is made in accordance with paragraph 885, 
 Army Regulations., 
 COMMISSIONS. 
 
 By comm»nd of A. Are not issued to company officers. They are placed 
 "Am*^"'""' "'"" 0° duty by orders, which, taken with the rolls, supply 
 
 the place of commissions. 
 DISCHARGES. 
 
 Endorsed decision The taking a Contract to carry the mail by a soldier 
 derdatcifovcmbe'r 26, in the military service, does not entitle him to j Sec- 
 f^'ou"groSnd"tha° retary of War announces it as his purpose to refuse in 
 
 applic&n t h&a con- ■.■, -, 
 
 tract to carry the mail. 'Ill SUCn CaseS. 
 
 DESERTERS. 
 
 Endorsed on a letter « ^ , , y-i i j. l ai. 
 
 from Gen. J. H. Tra- Decision of Quartermaster-General as to wnettier 
 1863, by ' jiajor'^j. V. the horse of a deserter can be retained in service, and 
 i"°^ Hon. sTretary be used to mount another soldier deficient in a horse. 
 
 of War. 
 
 The government acquires no ownership in cavalry horses ; they 
 belong to the mounted volunteer, and be is paid for their use and 
 risk a per diem allowance. 
 
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 The horse of a deserter is still his property, and under no law 
 can it be forfeited ; it may be impressed as other property, and 
 payment might be withheld because of the disloyalty of the de- 
 serter, but the impressment must be for transportation purposes, 
 as the law does not authorize the impressment or purchase of 
 cavalry horses. 
 
 ORDNANCE STORES. 
 
 Copy of inspection reports shall be sent to Depart- Dcdiion* of Ord- 
 ment Headquarters for approval and order as to "artmcnts' und" rc- 
 final distribution of the property— which done, a ■':?'^;f,1«'r«"^.r" 
 copy of the report, with final order in the mat- ing disposition or, de- 
 
 * •' f ' dared iinscrviceiible 
 
 ter, shall be sent to the Bureau of Ordnance. bj an inspcotor-geu i. 
 ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 New, can only be formed of men over the age of n„„_ sccretsrr of 
 
 46 years. ■"'"• •'""> '"■ '**^- 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 State laws to change the manner of creating, can Q^n g cooper, a. 
 
 not operate upon regiments previously mustered Be«uregar"*''Mi»y*9] 
 
 into Confederate service, which, by virtue of '**^' 
 
 such muster, are not subject to state authority. 
 A junior second lieutenant can not waive his right Lieut. Coicuei R. i. 
 
 , . J !• 1 i iU 1 u Palfrey, A. A. G., June 
 
 to be senior second lieutenant; the grade be- ii, 1863, toKrig. Gen. 
 
 ., , , , -1 u . , W. S. Walker, P. A. 
 
 ing the same, he would necessarily be senior by c. s. 
 
 virtue of priority of date. 
 An election may be held for a junior second lieutenant, who may, 
 
 if the senior second lieutenant waive promotion, bo promoted 
 
 to first lieutenant ; and then an election m.ay bo held for a junior 
 
 second lieutenant. 
 There is no law authorizing an election of a first lieutenant. 
 
 PROMOTIONS. 
 
 In leytous, take place by seniority in its sevcr.al A.A*r!'.'iAprirv8,''i8M| 
 
 1, 1 to Brig. General N. O. 
 
 arms as a whole. iwans. 
 
 Major E. A. Palfrey. *- 
 
 In cases where next olficer in order of succession a. a. g., to General 
 
 Beauregard, dated 
 waives his privilege. Richmond, Oot'r 29, 
 
 The waiver of title to promotion, with sanction of commanding 
 general, considered as equivalent to sentence of a competent ex- 
 amining board of disability. 
 
 Upon written evidence of waiver on part of oflSeer, next in rank 
 may be promoted. 
 
 RATIONS. 
 
 The provisions of General Orders, No. 95, A. and Hon. Sacrcturr of 
 
 ■, ^ ^ ^■.r.nn II , /• • 1 ^j TTar, March 0, 1363. 
 
 I. G. 0., genes of 1862, allowing the, of sick atid 
 
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 wounded in hospitals to be commuted at $1.00, extends to all 
 hospitals, and not merely to general hospitals. 
 Telegram from Gen- Paragraph 1,131, General Regulations, relating to 
 
 S. Cooper, A. und I. & f ' J o . . , . , 
 
 General, to General commutation of, to soldiers OH /urlonnh,is still in force 
 
 31eauregard, dated 
 
 March -^5, 1863. — {. e., the rations of " soldiers on furlough, or station- 
 
 ed where rations can not bo issued in kind, may be commuted at 
 the cost value of the ration at the post," which must be paid af- 
 ter return from furlough. (See paragraph IV, G. 0. 96, C. S.) 
 
 RANK. 
 
 KTtrnctfrom letter Opinion of Attorney-General on the question of, of 
 
 addressed to Hon. L. p. ^ •' i > 
 
 Walker, Secretary of officers. 
 
 War, by Hon. J P. , , , , ■ ■ r 
 
 Benjamin, Attorney- Is the rank of oflScers who hold commissions irom 
 
 General, dated Sept. . ,, .,, ., j.riv- 
 
 J, 1861. the separate states determined by the date ot tneir 
 
 state commissions, or by the date of their entry into the service 
 of the Confederate States ? 
 
 1. The rank of officers, while serving in the Confederate 
 army, is to be determined according to the dale of the master 
 into service, * * * except where troops have been received 
 into service in the absen.'e of an officer authorized to muster 
 them : * * * in such cases, the officer would take rank 
 from the date he icat received into service. 
 
 2. Officers commissioned directly by the President will not 
 take rank over officers of like grade commissioned by the states, 
 without regard to the date of the muster into service of the 
 latter. 
 
 .3. AVhen regiments are formed of companies which were 
 separately mustered into service of the Confederate States, the 
 captains take rank according to the date of the muster into ser- 
 vice. When several companies, organized into a regiment, were 
 mustered into service on the same day, the relative rank of the 
 captains is to be determined by ih^ date of the state commis- 
 sions; when these commissions also bear same date, the rela- 
 tive rank is to be determined by Jot. 
 o inion of Major- Payment can only be made when Congress shall 
 General Giimer.Chief ^j^jje a specific appropriation for the purpose. As a 
 
 of Engineer Bureau i i r r r r 
 
 (under date Nov. 24, basis for such an appropriation, the Secretary of War 
 
 I»«3), as to the pro- ri i 
 
 per mode of treating ^as expressed a wish that commanding officers and 
 
 clalmi for slaves lost ... 
 
 while In the employ officers of engineers should give special attention to 
 
 of the Confederate - . , . . j . 
 
 Btatei. . the collection of facts in each case, to be used in 
 
 evidence in support of the claim; the same to be forwarded to 
 the War department, and submitted, after examination by the 
 Engineer bureau, to the Attorney-General, whose duty it is, by 
 law, to ask an a"ppropriation by Congress to meet the claims 
 
23:^ 
 
 deemed well founded. Under this tiew, therefore, payment o«n 
 only be made after the funds shall have been provided by Con- 
 gress. 
 By paragraph seventh, General Orders, 138, current series, A. 
 and I. G. 0., the Confederate States are responsible for the value 
 of negroes employed on public works, and this value is to be 
 determined by an appraisement of expert* made at the time the 
 negroes arc received. 
 SUBSTITUTES. 
 
 Will not be received unless the substitution first Lieuunant- Colonel 
 . , , - , , ,. H. L. Cl»x, A. A. o., 
 
 have the approval of the general commanding Ricbmood, M»y u, 
 
 the army or the department to which the sol- g»rd. 
 
 dicr belongs. 
 
 Principal not liable if substitute deserts, provided „f^s'ecretl'* ofwar" 
 
 Bufcstitution was effected prior to date of Gen- "'"'*'■,£»'* septem- 
 
 '^ b«r 9, 1863, on a com- 
 
 era! Orders, 98, A. and I. G. 0., series of 186.3— m.nicaiKm from m*j. 
 
 PerrjmaD, EnroliiDg 
 
 that is, before July 20, 1 86:5. offictr. 
 
 Has no right to complain of a violation in any Decuion or Bon. J. 
 
 J li-T^i-LL 1 liA. Campbell, AsaUt- 
 
 order or regulation by which he was brought ant s»cret«rj of w»r, 
 
 into service. He has entered voluntarily, and t, 1863. 
 
 must fulfil bis contract. 
 Nor can the captain of a company receive a substitute, and, after 
 
 discharging the principal and using the substitute, repudiate the 
 
 bargain. 
 The annulment of the act, under such circumstances, can only bo 
 
 done by the department. 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 In grade of brevet second lieutenant can not be Major E. a. Palfrey, 
 
 c J V • . J 1. • r A. A. G., to General 
 
 filled by ajjpotntmcnt, except in cases of promo- Beauregard, Norem- 
 
 tim for gallant and meritorious conduct, by act ***' ^'' ^**'" 
 
 of the President. All such vacancies must be filled by election. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordkance Opficb, 
 RiCHMOXD, June 8, 1862. 
 No contract will hereafter be made at places where ordnance officers 
 are stationed, by other ordnance officers; nor must agents bo sent to 
 such places for the purpose of purchasing government stores. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Coloml, Chi*/ of Ordnance. 
 T 
 
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 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance OrriCB, 
 Richmond, June 9, 1862. 
 It has been determined to adopt the ciilibre of the Enfield rifle, .577, 
 for all infantry arms made hereafter at the various government estab- 
 lishments. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 [Abstract.] Ordnance Offiob, 
 
 BiCHMOND, June 24, 1862. 
 Requiring each package of cartridges manufactured to be labelled, 
 stating kind and calibre of ammunition, and number of rounds in the 
 package. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 f Abstract.] Ordnance Office, 
 
 Richmond, Avgwt 16, 1862. 
 Instructing ordnance officers to supply ordnance stores on requisition 
 of officers commanding camps of instruction. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 ▼ Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 BcREAO OF Ordnance, 
 Richmond, November 13, 1862. 
 Until further orders, no artillery will be made except the following 
 calibres : 
 
 Bronze: Light 12-pounder or Napoleon gun — calibre 4.62. 
 Iron : For field battery of manoeuvre — 10-pounder Parrott, banded ; 
 calibre 2.9. 
 
 For field battery of reserve — 20-pounder Parrott ; calibre 3.67, on 
 12-pounder carriage. 
 
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 For ilege guns — 80-pounder Parrott; calibre 4.02, on 18-ponnder 
 siege carriage. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 NOTK. — To these have since been added a 9-pounder bronze gun, weighing 450 
 poundB. for mortar and cavalry service ; and the 8-incU banded siege gun, weight 
 5,600 pounds, on 24-pounder siege carriage. — J. Q. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Orbxxnci BtTBBAn, 
 Richmond, Deetmber 22, 1862. 
 Ordnance officers in ch.arge of posts, upon being relieved from the 
 command thereof, will, in all cases, in pursuance of paragraph forty, 
 Ordnance Regulations, turn over all funds on hand to their respective 
 successors, unless otherwise specially ordered. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance, 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Orbnawce Bureau, 
 Richmond, December 24, 1862. 
 The manufacture of the Bormann fuse will be discontinued, and the 
 method of fuse plugs and paper fuses resorted to, as described in the 
 Ordnance Manual. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Qhiefof Ordnatiee. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 Richmond, January 17, 1863. 
 In making requisitions for " ordnance and ordnance stores," form 
 No. 24, of the Regulations of the Ordnance department, must be 
 strictly adhered to. The amount of each article on hand must be 
 stated. The explanation of circumstances demanding the issue must 
 be full, and should state how the deficiencies occurred, whether by 
 loss, or whether by wear and tear of service. When the requisition is 
 rendered necessary by stores becoming unserviceable, it must be ac- 
 companied by the report of an inspector, as to whether they are irre- 
 
23(5 
 
 parable or not, and as to whether any blame is to be attached to the 
 office!^ having charge of the stores. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Okie/ of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Obdnanck Bureau, 
 Richmond, February 18, 1863. 
 Officers stationed at arsenals are to be employed on duties appropri- 
 ate to their commissions, and are not to be employed on duties not con- 
 nected with their profession, except when the public interest is subserved, 
 and then only occasionally. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 Richmond, February 23, 18C3. 
 It is hereby directed that no more valises be fabricated with artille- 
 ry harness, consequently no valise saddles will be needed. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance, 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Burabu, 
 [Abstract] Richmond, March 14, 18G3. 
 
 Wages paid at arsenals on 31st day of March will be considered 
 fixed, and will not be changed without reference to Chief of Ordnance. 
 Signed J. GORGAS", 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 Richmond, March 16, 1863. 
 Calling attention to charges for eight and ten inch columbiadsl The 
 
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 furmer must not be flrod with a charge exceeding t«n pounds, and tha 
 latter sixteen pound?. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 ■ CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 RiCHMOXD, Mardi 24, 1863. 
 Chief ordnauco officers of army corps and departments will, on the 
 last day of each month hereafter, make reports to this office of the 
 number of small arms and rounds of ammunition, and of artillery and 
 rounds of ammunition, in the several divisions composing thie army 
 corps, or in the command serving in the department, adding thereto 
 such other tabular information as may be necessary to keep this de- 
 partment informed of the state of supplies, and such marginal notes as 
 may call attention to defects of materials and deficiencies in supplies. 
 The kind and calibres of arms and of artillery will be specified with 
 accuracy. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordjiaxcs Buriau, 
 Richmond, March 31, 186.3. 
 
 Requisitions for ordnance stores will be made on the arsenals and de- 
 pots nearest to the troops requiring them. 
 
 Requisitions must be forwarded through the chief ordnance officers 
 of the army or department, except in case of urgent necessity, which 
 necessity must be certified to by the commanding general or field offi- 
 cer ; and requisitions for arms, ammunition, or accoutrements, must 
 state the number of men composing the command, and the number or 
 quantity on hand. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 Approved : 
 
 Signed J. A. Sedron, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 Official : 
 
 Signed Tnos. L. Bayne, 
 
 Captain, on dntij with Chief of Ordnanc*. 
 
338 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 [Abstract.] Ordnance BxmSAu, 
 
 Richmond, April 7, 1863. 
 
 All purchases or contracts for ordnance or ordnance stores, amount- 
 ing to ten thousand dollars or upward, will hereafter be submitted to 
 this bureau for approval. Buildings or building material not included. 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 Official : 
 
 Signed Thob. L. Batne, 
 
 Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 [Abstract.] Obdnancb Bukeau, 
 
 Richmond, May 6, 1863. 
 
 Graduations of pendulum hausses to be made to indicate diatancei 
 and not angle*. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 Official : 
 Signed Edw. B. Smith, 
 
 Captain, and Assistant to Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnancb Bubkad, 
 Richmond, May 14, 1863. 
 
 No buildings or improvements requiring an outlay of more than 
 $1,000 will be began until plans and estimates are submitted here. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance, 
 Official : 
 Signed E. B. Smith, 
 
 Captain, Assistant to Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 Richmond, May 21, 1863. 
 
 In order that the history of guns employed in this service may be 
 
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 traced, us far as practicable, care Tvill be taken to note upon tbc invoices 
 and receipts of all guns received or pent to the field, the foundry, num- 
 ber, iceight, and maker. 
 
 Ordnance oflScers in the field will keep of the guns in their com- 
 mands a record in these particulars, and in their reports of guns cap- 
 tared, lost, destroyed, or transferred, will designate them as above. 
 Signed J. QORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Burkau, 
 RicnMOND, June 6, 1863. 
 
 Aroronnition chests for the 12-pounder Napoleon gun will bo packed 
 as follows : 
 8 shot fixed — first and second division, left half. 
 16 spherical case — third division, left half, and first, second and third 
 
 division, right half. 
 4 shells — fourth division, right half. 
 4 canister — fourth division, left half. 
 
 The proportion of shell may be increased to eight, and that of spheri- 
 cal case diminished to eight, when the full proportion of the latter can 
 not be supplied. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 OfTicial : 
 
 Signed Thob. L. Batne, 
 
 Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau. 
 Richmond, June 5, 1863. 
 
 When ammunition is captured it must be kept separate, and not mix- 
 ed with that of our own manufacture, the powder being of different 
 quality. 
 
 The fuse mallet must not be used in inserting the paper fuse, but the 
 paper fuse must be forced in by hand, by turning and screwing it in. 
 The use of the mallet knocks off the priming, and prevents ignition. 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 OflScial : 
 
 Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
 
 Captain, on duty icith Chief of Ordnance. 
 
310 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnance Bureau, 
 Richmond, July 8, 1863. 
 
 In compliance with this circular, no further issues will be made ex- 
 cept in cases of evident emergency, until at least an approximate 
 statement of forces in the army, or department to be supplied, under 
 the circular of March 31, 1863, is made to the commanding ofiBcer of 
 that arsenal. 
 
 Accounts will be opened at each arsenal against the array or troops 
 to be supplied, and the issues limited according to the requirements of 
 this circular, and proportioned to the forces to be supplied. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 Official : 
 
 Signed Tuos. L. Bayne, 
 
 Major, oil duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 CIRCULAR. 
 
 Ordnancb Bdriac, 
 Richmond, Jul]/ 10. 1863. 
 
 Classificatiox op Arms. 
 1«< Clatt. — All arms, calibre .577 and .68, with or without bayonets. 
 These must be held for issue to troops longest in the field, and are to 
 be regarded as the regular arms of the troops of the Confederate 
 States. 
 2d Class. — Rifles, with or without bayonets, calibre .54. Muskets, with 
 bayonets, model 1842. Those also to be held for issue to troops em- 
 bodied for service during the war. 
 Zd Class. — All rifles not of the above calibres. Muskets altered to 
 
 percussion, and other arms of any description. 
 4tA Class. — Shot guns and sporting rifles. From these last two classes 
 alone the organizations for home defence must be equipped. 
 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 Official: 
 
 Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
 
 Major, on dnty with Chief of Staff. 
 
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 CIRCULAR. 
 
 OllD:»A!fC« BURKAU, 
 
 RiCDMOXD, Octohtr 31, 1863. 
 Please to cause monthly reports of officers on ordnance duty, in the 
 command of which you are chief ordnance officer, to be made accord- 
 ing to the enclosed form. 
 
 It is found necessary to call for such a report, in consequence of the 
 frequent assignments made without knowledge of this department. 
 Signed J. GORGAS, 
 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 Official : 
 
 Signed 
 
 Thos. L. Bathe, 
 
 Major, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 Fork. 
 
 Lilt of Officers on Ordnance duty in the • 
 
 Corps, 
 
 Division, or 
 
 BrigHde. 
 
 ,^„j Rank in 
 
 tion .^- "• 
 Army. 
 
 P.A.C.S. h*^ ^'^'en- 
 mcnt. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Deficiencies in Oudnance Stores in the Battalion of Light Ar- 
 tillery, COMMANDED BY 
 
 CAnSB 6T BEFICIENCT. 
 
 Capt. . 1 spare wheel. 
 
 Capt. 2 collars. 
 
 Worn out in service. 
 
 Injured from want! 
 
 of care, etc. | 
 
 Head quarters, , 
 
 , , 186—. 
 
 I certify that I have inspected the battery of light artillery, com- 
 manded by , and find the deficiencies in ordnance stores as 
 
 ' slated above, and that no blame is to bo attached to the officer having 
 charge of the stores. 
 
 NoTB. — To ascortnin what batteries of liglit artillery require, it is advisable that 
 they should bo inspected from time to time, by an inspector appointed for the pur- 
 pose, who will state, according to the enclosed form, what articles are deficient; 
 Requisitions may then be made to conform to condemnationt, a copy of the In- 
 V 
 
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 specter's report of deficiencies being Tittached, and requisitions for batteries 
 should be limited to such articles, except for special reasons, to be passed upon 
 by the chief ordnance ofBcer of the army. 
 
 Articles dreppod should be returned to the nearest arsenal, or, if bulky, broken 
 up, and parts turned in to the nearest arsenal. 
 
 J. G ORG AS, 
 Colonel, Chief of Ordnance, 
 
 [Extract.] 
 SPECIAL ORDEKS; 
 
 •} 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 No. 278. J Richmond, Kbvember 23, 1863! 
 
 »«»*»« •;.•:- * * 
 
 XXVI.. Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. de Lagnel, artillery, P. A. C. S., is 
 assigned to duty as Inspector of Arsenals, to take effect from May 15, 
 1853, and will report to the Chief of Ordnance in this city. 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Signed JOHN WITHERS, 
 
 Assi&iant Adjutant- General. 
 
 [Extract.] 
 SPECIAL ORDERS, 
 No. 214 
 
 ERS,| 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-Geneeal's Officb, 
 Richmond, September 9, 1863. 
 
 XVIII. .Major F. F. Jones, artillery, P. A. C. S., is assigned to duty 
 as Inspector of Small-arms, and will report to the Chief of Ordnance, 
 jsf * a * * * » *•;- * 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Signed JOHN WITHERS, 
 
 Aaaiatant Adjutant- General. 
 
 [Extract.] 
 SPECIAL ORDERS, 
 
 No. 216. 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, • 
 Richmond, September 11, 1863. 
 
 XXVI. .Major J. W. Mallet, P. A. C. S., artillery, heretofore assign- 
 ed to duty in the Ordnance department, is hereby officially announced 
 
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 as Superintendent C. S. Laboratories of the Ordnance department, with 
 head-quarters at Macon, Georgia. 
 
 ♦ *»»*»»»» 
 
 By command of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Signed JOHN WITHERS, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 OEXERAL ORDERS."! Adjutant axd Inspkctor-Oineral's Officb, 
 
 No. 3. I Richmond, January 9, 1864. 
 
 I. .The following acts of Congress and Regulations are published for 
 the information of all persons concerned therein: 
 
 ' Acts. 
 
 An act to prevent the enlistment or enrolment of substitutes in the mili- 
 tary/ service of the Confederate States. 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of A'merica do enact, That 
 no person liable to military service shall hereafter be permitted or 
 allowed to furnish a substitute for such service, nor shall any substitute 
 be received, enlisted, or enrolled in the military service of the Confed- 
 erate States." [Approved December 28, 1863.] 
 
 An act to put an end to the exemption from military service, of those 
 who have heretofore furnished siihstitutcs. 
 
 " Whereas, in the present circumstances of the country, it requires 
 thtf aid of all who are able to bear arms : 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of Americd do enact, That 
 no person shall bo exempted from military service by reason of his 
 having furnished a substitute; but this act shall not be so construed as 
 to affect persons who, though not liable to render military service, 
 have,- nevertheless, furnished substitutes." [Approved January 6, 
 1864.] 
 
 II.. Persons rendered liable to military service by operation of the 
 preceding acts, are placed on the same footing with all others hitherto 
 held liable by acts of Congress. 
 
 III.. Persons herein rendered liable to military service are required 
 to report as volunteers or conscripts, without delay, to the enrolling 
 officers; and all who delay beyond the 1st day of February, 186t, will 
 bo considered as having renounced the privilege of volunteering, and 
 held for asBignment according to law. 
 
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 rV. .Enrolling officers will proceed, as rapidly as practicable, in the 
 enrolment of persons herein made liable to military service. Previous 
 to enrolment as conscripts, all such persons will be allowed to volun- 
 teer in companies in service on the 16th of April, 1862; })rovided the 
 company chosen does not at the time of volunteering reach the maxi- 
 mum number allowed; and upon such company being selected, the 
 volunteer will receive from the enrolling officer a certificate to the 
 effect that he has so volunteered; and no volunteer will be received 
 into any company except on such certificate. Persons who fail to 
 make their selection at the time of enrolment, will be assigned accord- 
 ing to existing regulations. 
 
 v.. Persons who report to the enrolling officers will be enrolled, and 
 may be allowed a furlough of ten days before reporting to the camp of 
 instruction. 
 
 VI.. All persons, whether volunteers or conscripts under this order, 
 will pass through the camp of instruction of the state to which they 
 belong, and be forwarded thence to the companies which are selected, 
 or to which they may be assigned. 
 
 VII.. The Bureau of Conscription is charged with adopting proper 
 regulations for the enforcement of this order. 
 
 VIII.. All exemptions heretofore granted are subject to revision, 
 under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription; and if found to 
 be improper, or unauthorized by law, will be revoked. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, . 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adjdtant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 6. ) Richmond, January 14, 1864. 
 
 I. .Whenever ordnance stores are lost or damaged in any brigade, it 
 will be the duty of each brigade or district commander, at the request 
 of his ordnance officer, or of any officer accountable for ordnance 
 stores, to appoint, as often as necessary, a board of survey, to consist 
 of three officers, to assess the value of or damage to such stores. 
 
 II. .The decision of this board, with the approval of the brigade or 
 district commander, will be final; and it will be the duty of the brigade 
 or district ordnance officer to notify the company commander to stop 
 the amount on the muster-rolls when privates are found chargeable; 
 
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 and when officers are found chargeable, instead of reporting to the 
 Secretary of War, as required by paragraph 921, General Regulations, 
 he will notify the brigade quartermaster, or the chief quartermaster of 
 the district, to have the amount stopped at the next payment. Dupli- 
 cate of such notification, in the case of olficers and privates, to be sent 
 to the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, to bo by him transmitted to 
 the Second Auditor of the Treasury. 
 
 III. .The brigade or district ordnance officer will furnish the brigade 
 inspector, or other officer having charge of that duty, with a state- 
 ment of all stoppages made by the board of survey against officers 
 and men, and the inspector will see that these stoppages are actually 
 made. 
 
 IV. .The same instructions will be adhered to in the artillery, where 
 the officers in charge of the artillery of a corps or of a department 
 will call the board of survey. 
 
 V... Ordnance sergeants of regiments will remain habitually with 
 their regiments, and keep themselves constantly informed as to the 
 positions of the brigade ordnance train. 
 
 VI. .The use of the sword-bayonet having been generally disapproved 
 by boards of officers in the field, to whom the question of its useful- 
 ness was referred, its manufacture has been ordered to be discontinued. 
 The triangular bayonet will be substituted. 
 
 VII. .Hospital funds, within $5,000, accrued at general hospitals, may 
 be transferred to other general hospitals, on the order of the Medical 
 Director or Surgeon-General. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 6ENEUAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector-Genehal's Office, 
 
 No. 13. f Richmond, February 3, 1864. 
 
 I. .In the event of the loss of company records, and the consequent 
 inability of the commanding officers to certify, therefrom, the clothing 
 accounts of soldiers, said accounts may be stated from memory, pro- 
 vided such statements are supported by the affidavits of the soldiers 
 interested. 
 
 II.. When, from the casualties of war, companies have been entirely 
 
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 deprived of their officers, in the adjustnient of clothing accounts the 
 affidavit of the soldier, together with those of two of his comrades, 
 will be esteemed sufficient evidence to authorize a settlement with him, 
 if the statement shall be approved by the regimental commander. 
 
 III. .Hereafter the articles of clothing issued during the year will bo 
 stated opposite the name of each soldier, upon the muster-roll of his 
 company, at the annual settlement directed in General Orders, No. 100, 
 Adjutant and luspector-General's office, December 8, 1862. 
 
 IV. .The attention of company commanders is called to the require- 
 ments of the above quoted General Orders. By failing to account for 
 clothing received by them for issue to their men, they render them- ■ 
 selves liable to be charged with its value, and a stoppage of their pay 
 to the amount. 
 
 v.. From and after the 1st of February, 1864, instead of supplying 
 company commanders with clothing for their men, officers .of the Quar- 
 termaster's department will issue to the soldier, upon the requisition of 
 his immediate commanding officer. 
 
 VI.. In making payments to soldiers upon descriptive lists, officers 
 of the Quartermaster's department will be careful to endorse thereon 
 the amounts paid, and the time for which they have been paid, return- 
 ing the same to them for delivery to their company commanders, and 
 filing with their accounts a certified copy thereof. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Lisj^ector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDEKS.I Adjotakt and Inspector-General's Officb, 
 
 No. 21. J RicnMOXD, February 20, 1864. 
 
 The following act of Congress is published for the information of the 
 army: 
 
 An act to reduce the currency, and to authorize a new issue of notes and 
 
 bonds. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the holders of all treasury notes above the denomination of five 
 dollars, not bearing interest, shall be allowed until the first day of April, 
 1864, east of the Mississippi river, and until the first day of .July, 1864, 
 west of the Mississippi river, to fund the same, and until the periods and 
 at the places stated, the holders of all such treasury notes shall be allow- 
 
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 cd to fund the game in registered bonds payable twenty years after 
 their date, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, 
 paynble on the firs^ day of January and July of each 3"ear. 
 
 Skc. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury' is hereby authorized to issue 
 the bonds required for the funding provided for in the preceding sec- 
 tion ; and until the bonds can be prepared, he may issue certificates to 
 answer the purpose. Such bonds and certificates shall bo receivable, 
 without interest, in p.ayment of all government dues payable in the 
 year 18C4. except export and import duties. 
 
 Sec. 3. That all treasury notes of the denomination of one hundred 
 dollar?, not bearing interest, which shall not be presented for funding 
 under the provisions of the first section of this act, shall, from and after 
 the first day of April, 1864, cast of the Mississippi river, and the first 
 day of July. 18G4, west of the Mississippi river, cease to be receivable 
 in the payment of public dufes ; and said notes, if not so presented at 
 that time, shall, in addition to tho tax of thirty-three and one-third 
 cents imposed in the 4th section of this act, bo subject to a tax of ten 
 per cent, per month until so presented ; which taxes shall attach to said 
 notes wherever circulated, and shall be deducted from the face of said 
 notes whenever presented for payment or for funding, and said note 8 
 shall not be exchangeable for the now issue of treasury notes provided 
 for in this act. 
 
 Sf,c. 4. That on all said treasury notes not funded or used in paymei t 
 of taxes at the dates and places prescribed in the first section of this act, 
 there shall be levied at said dates and places a tax of thirty-threo and 
 one-third cents for every dollar promised on tho face of said notes. 
 Said tax shall attach to said notes wherever circulated, and shall be 
 collected by deducting the same at the treasury, its depositories, and by 
 the tax collectors, and by all government officers receiving the same, 
 whenever presented for payment or for funding, or in payment of gov- 
 ernment dues, 6r for postage, or in exchange for new notes as hereinaf- 
 ter provided; and said treasury notes shall be fundable in bonds, as 
 provided in the first section of this act, until the first day of January, 
 1865, .it the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dollar; and it 
 shall be the duty of tho Secretary of the Treasury, at any time between 
 the first of April, east, and the first of July, 1864, west, of tho Mississippi 
 river, and the first of Janu.ary, 1865, to substitute and exchango new 
 ireasufy notes for the same, at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents 
 on tho dollar; provided, that notes of the denomination of one hundred 
 doU.ars .shall not be entitled to the privilege of said exchange ; provided, 
 further, that the right to fund any of said treasury notes after first day 
 of January, 1865, is hereby taken away ; and provided, further, that 
 upon all such treasury notes which may remain outstanding on the first 
 
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 day of January, 1865, and which may not be exchanged for new treas- 
 ury notes as herein provided, a tax of one hundred per cent, is hereby 
 imposed. 
 
 Sec. 5. That after the first day of April next all authority heretofore 
 given to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury notes shall be 
 and is hereby revoked : provided, the Secretary of the Treasury may, 
 after that time, issue new treasury notes in such form as he may pre- 
 scribe, payable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace with 
 the United States, said new issues to be receivable in payment of all 
 public dues except export and import duties, and to be issued in 
 exchange for old notes at the rate of two dollars of the new for three 
 dollars of the old issues, whether said old notes be surrendered for ex- 
 change by the holders thereof, or be received into the treasury under the 
 provisions of this act ; and the holders of the new notes or of the old 
 notes, except those of the denomination of one hundred dollars, after 
 they are reduced to sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dollar, by the 
 tax aforesaid, may convert the same into call certificates, bearing inter- 
 est at the rate of four per cent, per annum, and payable twO' years after 
 the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, unless sooner 
 converted into new notes. 
 
 Sec. 6. That to pay the expenses of the government not otherwise 
 provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue 
 six per cent, bonds, to an amount not exceeding five hundred millions 
 of dollars, the principal and interest whereof shall be free from taxation ; 
 and for the payment of the interest thereon the entire net receipts of 
 any export duty hereafter laid on the value of all cotton, tobacco, and 
 naval stores, which shall be exported from the Confederate States, and 
 the net proceeds of the import duties now laid, or so much thereof as 
 may be necessary to pay annually the interest, are hereby specially 
 pledged; provided, that the duties now laid upon imports and hereby 
 pledged, shall hereafter be paid in specie, or in sterling exchange, or in 
 the coupons of said bonds. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, from 
 time to time, as the wants of the treasury may require it, to sell or 
 hypothecate for treasury notes said bonds, or any part thereof, upon the 
 best terms he can, so as to meet appropriations by Congress, and at the 
 same time reduce and restrict the amount of the circulation in treasury 
 notes within reasonable and safe limits. 
 
 Sec. 8. The bonds authorized by the sixth section of this act may be 
 either registered or coupon bonds, as the parties taking them may elect, 
 and they may be exchanged for each other under such regulations as 
 the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. They shall be for one 
 bttodred dollars, or some multiple of one hundred dollars, and shall, 
 
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 together with the coupons thereto attached, be in such form and of such 
 authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The 
 interest shall be payable half yearly, on the first of January and July 
 in each year — the principal sbiiU be payable not less than thirty years 
 from their date. 
 
 Sec. 9. All call certificates shall be fundable, and shall be taxed in 
 all respects, as is provided for the treasury notes into which they are 
 convertible. If not converted before the time fi.xed for taxing the 
 treasury notes, such certificates shall, from that time, bear interest upon 
 only sixty-six OTci two-thirds cents for every dollar promised upon their 
 face, and shall be redeemable only in new treasury notes at that rate ; 
 but after the passage of this act no call certificates shall be issued until 
 after the first day of April, 1864. 
 
 Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit shall give its depositors the 
 bonds authorized by the first section of this act in exchange for their 
 deposits, and specify the same on the bonds by some distinctive mark or 
 token, to be agreed upon with the Secretary of the Treasurj', then the 
 said depositor shall bo entitled to receive the amount of said bond* in 
 treasury notes bearing no interest, and outstanding at the passage of 
 this act; provided, the said bonds arc presented before the privilege of 
 funding said notes at par shall cease, as herein prescribed. 
 
 Sec. 11. That all treasury notes heretofore issued of the denomina- 
 tion of five dollars shall continue to be receivable in payment of public 
 dues, as provided by law, and fundable at par under the provisions of 
 this act, until the first day of July, 1804, east, and until the first day of 
 October, lSfi4, west, of the Mississippi river, but after that time they 
 shall bo subject to a tax of thirty-three and one-third cents on every 
 dollar promised on the face thereof — said tax to attach to said notes 
 wherever circulated, and said notes to bo fundable and exchangeable 
 for new treasury notes, as herein provided, subject to the deduction of 
 said tax. 
 
 Sec. 12. That any state holding treasury notes, received before the 
 times herein fixed for taxing said notes, shall bo allowed until the first 
 day of January, 1865, to fund the sjxiuc in six per cent, bonds of the 
 Confederate States, payable twenty years after date, and the interest 
 payable semi-annually. But all treasury notes received by any state 
 after the time fixed for taxing the same as aforesaid, shall bo held to 
 have been received diminished by the amount of said tax. The dis- 
 crimination between the notes subject to the tax and those not so subject 
 shall bo left to the good faith of each state, and the certificate of the 
 governor thereof shall in each case be conclusive. 
 
 Sec. 13. That treasury notes heretofore issued, bearing interest at the 
 rate of seven dollars and thirty cents on the hundred dollars per annum. 
 
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 shall no longer be received in payment of public dues, but shall be 
 deemed and considered bonds of the Confederate States, payable two 
 years after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, 
 bearing the rate of interest specified on their face, payable on the first 
 day of January in each and every year. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby 
 authorized, in case the exigencies of the government should require it, 
 to pay the demand of any public creditor whose debt may be contracted 
 after the passage of this act, willing to receive the s:u^ in a certificate 
 of indebtedness to be issued by said secretary, in such form as he may 
 deem proper, paj'able two years after a ratification of a treaty of peace 
 with the United States, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per 
 annum, payable semi-annually, and transferable only by special endorse- 
 ment under regulations to bo prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, and said certificate shall be exempt from taxation in principal and 
 interest. 
 
 Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to increase the 
 number of depositories so as to meet the requirements of this act, and 
 with that view to employ such of the banlcs of the several states as ho 
 may deem expedient. 
 
 Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury shall forthwith advertise this 
 act in such newspapers published in the several states, and by such 
 other means as shall secure immediate publicity, and the Secretary of 
 War and the Secrctai-y of the Navy shall each cause it to be published 
 in general orders for the information of the army and navy. 
 
 Sec. 17. The forty-second section of the act for the assessment and 
 collection of taxes, approved May 1, 1S63, is hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 18. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and re- 
 quired, upon the application of the holder of any call certificate — which, 
 by the first section of the act "to provide for the funding and further 
 issue of treasury notes," approved March 23, 1863, was required to be 
 "thereafter deemed to be a bond" — to issue to such holder a bond there- 
 for upon the terms provided by said act. [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Insjyector-General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjuta.vt and Inspector-Geneual's Office, 
 
 No. 25. r Richmond, February 29, 18C4. 
 
 I.. The following acts of Congress are published for the information 
 of the army : 
 
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 1. Joint resolution to declare the meaning of an act allowing hospital 
 accommodations to sick and wounded ojficera. 
 
 "Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 
 That the true intent and meaning of an act allowing hospital accoin- 
 modationa to sick and wounded officers, approved the twenty-ninth 
 day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, were to cause to be 
 furnishad not only medicines, medical and other attendance^ and lodg- 
 ing, but subsistence also." [Approved February 13, 18C4.] 
 
 2. An act to increase the commutation value of hospital rations. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the commutation value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of all 
 employees in hospitals, be fixed at such rates, not to exceed two and a 
 half dollars, as the Secretary of War shall designate." [Approved 
 February 15, 1864.] 
 
 3. An act to amend an act regulating the granting of furloughs and 
 discharges in hospitals, approved May 1, 1863. 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 an act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals, 
 approved May the first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be an<l fho 
 same is hereby so amended as to provide that the period of disability 
 therein named, which entitles soldiers, sick and wounded in hospitals, 
 to furloughs, shall be extended to sixty days or upwards, in which case 
 the board of exftminers may grant furloughs for sixty days." [Ap- 
 proved February 17, 1864.] 
 
 II.. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 69, last series, is so amended 
 that soldiers, sick or wounded in hospitals, will not be granted fur* 
 loughs, unless they are likely to remain unfit for military duty for 
 sixty days, in which case they may be furloughed for that period. 
 
 III.. Hospital funds accrue in all h^ispitals— regimental, field, or 
 other hospitals. 
 
 IV. .Paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 8, current series, is here- 
 by revoked. Rations in kind (such as are issued to soldiers in the 
 field) will be issued to all attendants in field hospitals, and, when re- 
 quired by the surgeon in charge, to the female attendants in general 
 hospitals. The rations of all male attendants in general hospitals in 
 cities and towns will be commuted — the amount to be drawn by the 
 surgeon in charge, and expended by him for their subsistence. 
 
 V. .The commuted value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of 
 all employees in regimental, field, or other hospitals, will be, until fur- 
 ther orders, two dollars an'l ;if*y cent.". 
 
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 VI. .General Orders, No. 71, last series, is amended as follows: For 
 officers, sick or wounded in hospitals, rations will be drawn, or, when 
 required by the surgeon in charge, their value commuted at the price 
 fixed in the preceding paragraph. 
 
 VII. .The last two preceding paragraphs will not have effect in the 
 Trans-Mississippi departpient. 
 
 VIII.. The following order is published in connection with para- 
 graphs VIII and IX, General Orders, No. 22 (1864): 
 
 Officers in the Trans-Mississippi department, belonging to comnianda 
 east of the Mississippi river, will immediately return to their respective 
 commands. In cases where such officers have no command, or are un- 
 assigned to any by proper authority, action under the act of Congress 
 to provide for retiring officers of the army, approved February 17, 
 1864, will be taken by the general commanding that department, who 
 will also adopt proper measures to carry into effect these orders. 
 
 IX. .Supplies of provisions in transitu to arsenals, armories, and ord- 
 nance depots, for the use of operatives, under the order of command- 
 ing officers of the same, will not be interfered with by officers of other 
 departments. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector- General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adjutant and Inspector- General's Office, 
 
 No. 26. ) Richmond, March 1, 1864. 
 
 The following act of Congress and Regulations are published for the 
 Information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 ^11 act to organize forces to serve during the war. 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 from and after the passage of this act, all white men, residents of the 
 Confederate States, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, shall be 
 in the military service of the Confederate States for the war. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all the persons afores.aid, between the ages of eighteen 
 and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained, during the present 
 war with the United States, in the same regiments, battalions, and 
 companies to which they belong at tlie passage of this act, with the 
 same organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or dis- 
 charged, in accordance with the laws and regulations for the govern- 
 ment of the army : provided, that companies from one state, organized 
 
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 against their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or bat- 
 talions from another state, shall have the privilege of being trans- 
 ferred to organizations of troops in the same arm of the service from 
 the state in whifii said companies were raised ; and the soldiers from 
 one state in companies from another state shall be allowed, if they de- 
 sire it, atrnnsfer to organizations from their own state in the same arm 
 of the service. 
 
 Sec. 3. That, at the expiration of six months from the first day of 
 April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars, in a six per cent, govern- 
 ment bond, which the Secretary of tlie Treasury is hereby authorized 
 to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician, and 
 private who shall then be in the service, or, in the event of his death 
 previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons 
 who would be entitled by law to receive the arrearages of his paj' ; but 
 no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who shall, at 
 any time during the period of six months next after the said first day 
 of April, be absent from his couunand without leave. 
 
 Sec. 4. That no person shall bo relieved from the operation of this 
 act by reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army, 
 where no disability now exists, nor shall those who have furnished sub- 
 stitutes bo any longer exempted by reason thereof; provided, that no 
 person heretofore exempted en account of religious opinions, and who 
 has paid the tax levied to relieve him from service, shall be required to 
 render military service under this act. 
 
 Sec. 5. That all white male residents of the Confederate States, be- 
 tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty years, 
 shall enroll themselves, at such times and places, and under such regu- 
 lations, as the President may prescribe — the time allowed not being less 
 than thirty daj-s for those east, and sixty days for those west, of the 
 Mississippi river; and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself, 
 without a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, 
 shall be placed in service in the field for the war, in the same manner 
 as though he were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five; /)rorirf- 
 ed, that the persons mentioned in this section shall constitute a reserve 
 for state defence and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform 
 service out of the state in which they reside. 
 
 Sec. 6. That all persons required by the fifth section of this act to 
 enroll themselves may, within thirty days after the passage hereof, east 
 of the Mississippi river; and within sixty days if west of said river, form 
 themselves into voluntary organizations of companies, battalions, or 
 regiments, and elect their own oflicers — said organizations to conform 
 to the existing law ; and having so organized, to tender their services 
 as ToIunteei| during the War, to the President; and if such organizations 
 
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 shall furnish proper muster-rolls, as now required, and deposit a copy 
 thereof with the enrolling officer of their district (which shall be equiva- 
 lent to enrolment), they may be accepted as minute-men for service in 
 such state, butin no event to be taken out of it. Those who do not so vol- 
 unteer and organize shall enroll themselves as before provided, and 
 may, by the President, be required to assemble at places of rendezvous 
 and be formed into companies, battalions, and regiments, under regula- 
 tions to be prescribed by him, and shall have the right to elect their 
 company and regimental officers ; and all troops organized under this 
 act for state defence shall be entitled, while in actual servige, to the 
 same pay and allowances as troops now in the Deld. 
 
 Sec. 7. That any person who shall fail to attend at the place of ren- 
 dezvous, as required by the authority of the President, without a suffi- 
 cient excuse, to be judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in ser- 
 vice in the field for the war as if he were between the ages of eighteen 
 and forty-five years. 
 
 Sec. 8. That hereafter the duties of provost and hospital guards and 
 clerks, of clerks, guards, agents, employees, or laborers in the Commis- 
 sary and Quartermaster's departments, in the Ordnance department, 
 and clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in the execution of 
 the enrolment acts, and all similar duties, shall be performed by per- 
 sons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who, 
 by the report of a board of army surgeons, shall be reported as unable 
 to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some 
 of the above-named duties, specifying which ; and when those persons 
 shall have been assigned to these duties as far as practicable, the Presi- 
 dent shall detail or assign to their performance such bodies of troops 
 or individuals, required to be enrolled under the fifth section of this act, 
 as may be needed for the discharge of such duties ; jtrovided, that per- 
 sons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen shall not be assigned 
 to these duties; provided further, that nothing contained in this act 
 shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing arti- 
 sans, mechanics, or persons of scientific skill, to perform indispensable 
 duties in the departments or bureaus herein mentioned. 
 
 Sec. 9. That any quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, commis- 
 sary or assistant commissary (other than those serving with regiments 
 and brigades in the field), or officer in the ordnance bureau, or navy 
 agent, or provost marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall 
 hereafter employ or retain in his employment any person in any of their 
 said departments or bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned in the 
 eighth section of this act, in violation of the provisions hereof, shall, on 
 conviction thereof, by a court-martial or military court, be cashiered ; 
 and it shall be the duty of any department or district commander, upon 
 
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 proof by the oath of any credible person, that any 5nch officer has vio- 
 lated this provision, immediately to relieve such officer from duty; and 
 said commander shall take prompt measures to have him tri^ for such 
 ofiFence; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform the duties 
 enjoined by this section, shall, upon being duly convicted thereof, be 
 dismissed from the service. 
 
 Sec. 10. That all lavfs granting exemptions from military service bo 
 atfd the same are hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall be exempt- 
 ed except the following : 
 
 I. All who shall be held unfit for military service, under rules to bo 
 prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
 
 II. The Vice-President nf the Confederate States; the members and 
 officers of Congress and of the several state legislatures, and such other 
 Confederate and state officers as the President or the governors of the 
 respective states may certify to be nccessarj' for the proper administra- 
 tion of the Confederate or state governments, as the case maj' be. 
 
 III. Every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the 
 rules of his church, and who, at the passage of this act, shall be regu- 
 larly ei^loyed in the discharge of his ministerial duties; superinten- 
 dents and physicians of asyhtms of the deaf, dumb, and blind, and of 
 the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time 
 of the passage of this act, and such emploj-ecs as said editor may certi- 
 fy, on oath, to be indispensable to the publication of such newspaper; 
 'the public printer of the Confederate and state governments, and such 
 journeymen printers as the said public printer shall certifj-, on oath, to 
 be indispensable to perform the public printing ; one skilled apothecary 
 in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such apothecary 
 on the tenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and has 
 continued said business, without intermission, since that period ; all 
 physicians over the ago of thirty years, who now arc, and for the last 
 seven years have been, in the actu.al and regular practice of their pro- 
 fession — but the term physician shall not include dentists; all presidents 
 and teachers of colleges, theological seminaries, academics, and schools, 
 who have been regularly engaged as such for two years next before tho 
 passage of this act; provided, that the benefit of this exemption shall 
 extend to those teachers only whoso schools are composed of twenty 
 students or more; all superintendents of public hospitals established 
 by law before the passage of this act, and such physicians and nurses 
 therein as such superintendent shall certifj', on oath, to bo indispensa- 
 ble to the proper and efficient management thereof. 
 
 IV. There shall be exempt one person as overseer or agriculturist on 
 each farm or plantation upon which there are now, and were, upon the 
 first day of .January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the 
 
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 ages of sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions : 1. This ex- 
 emption shall only be granted in cases in which there is no white male 
 adult on the farm or plantation not liable to military service, nor un- 
 less the person claiming the exemption was, on the first day of January, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-four, either the owner and manager or 
 overseer of said plantation ; but in no case shall more than one person 
 bo exempted for one farm or plantation. 2. Such person shall first exe- 
 cute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of America, in such 
 form, arid with such security, and in such penalty, as the Secretary of 
 War may prescribe, conditioned that he will deliver to the government, 
 at some railroad depot, or such other place or places as may be desig- 
 nated by the Secretary of "War, within twelve months then next ensu- 
 ing, one hundred pounds of bacon, or, at the election of the government, 
 its equivalent in pork, and one hundred pounds of net beef (said beef 
 to be delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on the farm or plan- 
 tation, within the above said ages, whether said slaves be worked in the 
 field or not ; which said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid for by 
 the government at the prices fixed by the commissioners of the state 
 under the Impressment act; provided, that when the person fnus ex- 
 empted shall produce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible 
 for him, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount of 
 meat thus contracted for, and leave an adequate supply for the subsist- 
 ence of those living on said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War 
 shall direct a commutation of the same to the extent of two-thirds 
 thereof in grain or other provisions, to bo delivered by such person as 
 aforesaid, at equivalent rates. 3. Such person shall further bind him- 
 self to sell the marketable surplus of provisions and grain now on hand, 
 and which he may raise from year to year, while his exemption contin- 
 ues, to the government or to the families of soldiers, at prices fixed by 
 the commissioners of the state under the Impressment act; provided, 
 that any person, exempted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a credit of 
 twenty-five per cent, on any amount of meat which he may deliver 
 within three months from the passage of this act; provided, further, 
 that persons coming within the provisions of this exemption shall not 
 be deprived thereof by reason of having been enrolled since the first 
 day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secretary of War, under 
 the direction of the President, may exempt or detail such other persons 
 as he may be satisfied ought to be exempted on account of public 
 necessity, and to ensure the production of grain and provisions for the 
 army and the families of soldiers. He may also grant exemptions or 
 details, on such terms as he may prescribe, to such overseers, farmers, 
 or planters a« he may be satisfied will be more useful to the country in 
 
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 the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service ; provided, th>it 
 such exemptions ,«hall ceaso whenever the farmer, planter, or overseer 
 shall fail diligently to employ, in good faith, his own skill, capital, and 
 labor exclusively in the production of grain and provisions, to be sold 
 to the government and the families of soldiers at prices not exceeding 
 those fixed at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the 
 state under the Impressment act. 
 
 V. The president, treasurer, auditor, and superintendent of any rail- 
 road company engaged in transportation for the government, and such 
 officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendent shall 
 certify, ou oath, to be indispensable to the efficient operation of such 
 railroad ; provided, that the number of persons exempted by this act 
 on any railroad shall not exceed one for each mile of such road in. 
 actual use for military transportation, and said exempts shall be re- 
 ported by name and description, with the names of any who may have 
 left the employment of said company, or who may cease to be indis- 
 pensable fo the efficient operation of its road, at least once a month, to 
 the Secretary of War, or such officer as ho may designate for that pur- 
 pose ; and provided, further, that such president or superintendent shall, 
 in each such monthly report, certify, on oath, that no person liable to 
 military service has been employed by his company since the passage of 
 this act in any position in which it was practicable to employ one not 
 liable to military service, and capable of performing efficiently the 
 duties of such position. And in cases where railroads have fallen into 
 the hands of the enemy, and a portion of the rolling stock of such 
 roads is being used on other roads not in the enemy's hands, the presi- 
 dent and superintendent of said first named roads shall be exempt. 
 
 VI. That nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing 
 the act approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 
 entitled An act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the 
 Confederate States, and the drivers of post-coaches and hacks, from 
 military service ; provided, that the exemptions granted under this act 
 shall only continue while the persons exempted are actually ougiged 
 in their respective pursuits or occupations. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the President be and he is hereby authorized to grant 
 details, under general rules and regulations to be issued by the War 
 department, either from persons between forty-five and fifty years of 
 age, or from the army in the field, in all cases when, in his judgment, 
 justice, equity, and necessity require such details, and he may revoke 
 such orders of details whenever he thinks proper; provided, that the 
 power herein granted to the President to make details and exemptions 
 shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or detail of any con- 
 tractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government, by 
 
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 reason of said contract, unless the Kead or secretary of the department 
 making such contract shall certify that the personal services of said 
 contractor are indispensable to the execution of the contrnet ; provided, 
 further, that when any such contractor shall fail diligently and faith- 
 fully to proceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or 
 detail shall cease. 
 
 Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards of surgeons for the exami- 
 nation of persons liable to military service, no member composing the 
 same shall be appointed from the county or enrolling district in which 
 they are required to make such examination. [Approved February 17, 
 1864.] 
 
 I. .The superintendence of the measures necessary for the enrolment, 
 examination, enlistment, assignment, detail, and exemption of all per- 
 sons not belonging to the army, in the states east of the Mississippi 
 river, who are placed in the military service by the above act of Con- 
 gress, is devolved on the Bureau of Conscription ; and all officers and 
 persons assigned or to be employed in the conscription service, or upon 
 other duty imposed upon the bureau, will be subject to its orders, and 
 their various acts and decisions may be revised therein, under the 
 orders aiid instructions of the War department. 
 
 II. .The Bureau of Conscription, under the orders of the department, 
 will proceed to organize, in every state, efficient agencies for the per- 
 formance of the necessary duties imposed by this order. These agen- 
 cies will consist of a commandant of conscripts in each state, a suitable 
 number of camps of instruction, under the charge of commanders, and 
 enrolling officers, and drill-masters, to be appointed or assigned under 
 acts of Congress or the orders of the War department. The Bureau 
 of Conscription will, by instructions to these officers, designate the 
 duties that they shall perform, the reports that they shall make, and 
 will determine the effect of their certificates and other official evidence 
 thej may be required to give. 
 
 In the performance of the duties of making exemptions and details, 
 the Bureau of Conscription inay, from time to time, organize within 
 the states temporary boards to obtain information and advice relative 
 to the necessity or propriety of exemptions or details to be granted 
 under the provisions of the above act of Congress. 
 
 III. .All applications for exemption or detail under this act, except 
 as hereafter excepted, and except such details as are required fur the 
 service of any of the military bureaus, or for service in any of the 
 departments of the government, will bo made in writing to the enrolling 
 officer of tho appropriate county or district, and be supported by the 
 
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 affidavit of the applicant and other testimony under oath. The enroll- 
 ing officer will endorse his opinion on each and every application, and 
 transmit it to the commandant of conscripts for his approval, with a 
 certificate of approval. If the enrolling officer approve the applica- 
 tion, he may grant a certificate of exemption for a period not exceed- 
 ing sixty days, which shall remain in force for that period, unless 
 conutermandeJ by the commandant of conscripts. Every applicant 
 for exemption or detail, whose claim shall be refused by the enrolling 
 officer and commandant of conscripts, will bo allowed an appeal to the 
 Bureau of Conscription and the War department. But until the appli- 
 cation has been made to the enrolling officer and the commandant of 
 conscripts, applications will not bo entertained by the War depart- 
 ment. 
 
 IV. .Applications for exemptions to ensure the production of provi- 
 sions for the army and families of soldiers, and for the exemption of 
 overseers, fiirmcrs, or planters, or because their services will be more 
 useful to the public as agriculturists than in the military service, or of 
 persons between the ages of forty-five and fifty, because justice, equity, 
 or necessity require the detail, or because their emploj'ment is neces- 
 sary to the public, will be made to the enrolling officer in writing, with 
 an affidavit of tho person making it, and accompanied with proof of 
 one or more credible witnesses. The application should show with 
 precision tho conditions of the alleged private or public necessity, ad- 
 vantage, convenience, justice, or equity. Among tho facts to be stated 
 are tho ability of the party to produce tho provision or supply the 
 want or requirement, the condition of the family, whether any of the 
 members belong to tho army, and whether some person not liable to 
 military service can not bo procured to perform the service. If the 
 decision of the local enrolling officer be favorable, he will transmit the 
 same to the comm.andant of conscripts for approval, who may, if he 
 approve, grant an exemption or detail for sixty days, and endorse his 
 action thereon, which will bo transmitted to tho Bureau of Conscrip- 
 tion. The bureau will prepare special instructions to guide the action 
 of those officers in reference to this class of cases. 
 
 V. .Applications for certificates of exemption under the 3d article, 
 10th section of the act aforesaid, and 6th article of the same section, 
 will bo made, in all cases, to the local enrolling officer, and his certificate 
 must be approved by the congressional district enrolling officer. Ap- 
 plications for exemption under the 5th article of the 10th section, 
 relative to the exemption of officers and agents employed on railroads, 
 may be made directly to the commandant of conscripts for the state, 
 who will grant the certificate of exemption authorized by law, upon 
 
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 compliance with the conditions contained in the act of Congress, by the 
 ofl5.cers therein mentioned. 
 
 VI.. The attention of all officers of the government, and especially 
 of those belonging to the military departments mentioned therein, is 
 directed to the language and purport of the 8th section of the act of 
 Congress above recited. Congress has manifested, in various enact- 
 ments, the policy to withdraw from the civil service all persons capable 
 of performing duty in the field, and this section of the act is an em- 
 phatic declaration of that intention, accompanied with a severe penalty 
 to be imposed upon the officer who may frustrate it. The Bureau of 
 Conscription will proceed to enroll for duty all persons who may be so 
 employed. But, to prevent the inconvenience and disorder that would 
 follow from the instantaneous execution of the law, details may be 
 granted until the 10th day of April next, for such of those persons as 
 the head of any department, or the chief of any bureau, or the princi- 
 pal officer of the same in any state, shall certify to be necessary for 
 that time to carry on the business in which they are employed. In the 
 meantime, it is made the duty of the officers controlling this class of 
 persons to substitute, as far as practicable, persons who are designated 
 in this act as proper to fill such employments for those that are made 
 liable to service by the act. 
 
 VII. .Conscripts unfit for duty in the field, but capable of perform-^. 
 ing other duties named in the 8th section of the act recited, will be 
 received and recommended accordingly by the board of examiners for 
 conscripts, who, in their report, will state distinctly for what service, 
 or for which department of the army, such conscripts are best fitted; 
 and commandants of conscripts will assign them in accordance with 
 such recommendation, or, failing to do this, will report for assignment 
 through the Bureau of Conscription, to the chief or head of the de- 
 partment in which they have been recommended for service, the names 
 of such conscripts. All certificates of exemption for disability will be 
 signed by the examining board, and be approved by the enrolling offi- 
 cer of the congressional district; and when the certificate sets forth 
 
 . that the disability is decided and permanent, it will exempt the party 
 from molestation by enrolling officers, unless otherwise ordered from 
 the Bureau of Conscription. 
 
 VIII. .The examining boards will forward one copy of the monthly 
 report of conscripts examined, through the enrolling officer of the con- 
 gressional district, to the commandant of conscripts, who will refer the 
 same, with remarks, to the Bureau of Conscription. The boards will 
 ftlso forward one copy direct to the Surgeon-General. 
 
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 IX.. Medical olTlcers and employed physleiftns on examining boards 
 for conscripts will not bo assigned to congressional districts of which 
 they are resident. The employed physicians will receive the pay and 
 allowances of assistant surgeons. 
 
 X.. Medical officers detailed for duty on examining boards for con- 
 Bcripts will bo directed to report for orders to the commandant of con- 
 scripts of states. 
 
 XI. .Besides the ofTicers of the Confederate and state governments 
 particularly named in the act of Congress, the officers of the Govern- 
 ment of the Confederate States whoso nominations have been made by 
 the President and confirmed by the Senate, or who have been appointed 
 by the judges of the district courts, under the authority confided by 
 any act of Congress, will be exempted from military service until fur- 
 ther orders. Also the judges or justices of any supreme, superior, or 
 circuit court of any state; also the judges of probate, clerk of any 
 court of record, ordinary, sheriff, one tax collector in each county, and 
 recorder of deeds and wills, if there be such an officer existing by law, 
 and such other officers of the state provided by law as the governor 
 shall certify to be necessary to the proper administration of the state 
 government. 
 
 XII.. AH persons who have been exempted on account of religious 
 faith, under act of Congress approved 11th October, 1862, and who 
 have paid the tax of $500 therein provided for, will be exempt from 
 enrolment in the military service. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
 
 OKNERATj orders.") Adjutant axd iNSPECTon-GEynRAL's Office, 
 
 No. 27. J Richmond, March 2, 1864. 
 
 I.. The attention of the army is called to the second and third sec- 
 tions of the act of Congress entitled An act to organize forces to servo 
 during the war, approved February 17, 1864. 
 
 " Sec 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of eighteen 
 and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained during the present war 
 with the United States in the same regiments, battalions, and com- 
 panies to which they belong at the passage of this act, with the same 
 organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or discharged in 
 
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 accordance with the laws and regulations for the government of the 
 army ,• provided, that companies from one state, organized against 
 their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or battalions from 
 another state, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organi- 
 zations of troops in the same arm of the service fiom the states in 
 which said companies were raised; and the soldiers from one state in 
 companies from another state shall be allowed, if they desire it, a 
 transfer to orgnnizations from their own state in the same arm of the 
 service. 
 
 "Sec. 3. That at the expiration of six months from the first day of 
 April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars, in a six per centum gov- 
 ernment bond, which the Secretai-y of the Treasury is hereby authorized 
 to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician, and 
 private who shall then be in the service, or in the event of his death 
 previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons 
 who would bo entitled by law to receive the arrearage of his pay; but 
 no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who shall, at 
 any time during the period of six months next after the said first day 
 of April, be absent from his command without leave." 
 
 II. .The generals of departments will ascertain ^t^ether there be in 
 their respective departments any company or companies from one state 
 associated with companies belonging to another state, either in battal- 
 ions or regiments, who were placed in such organizations against their 
 consent, expressed at the time, and will report the same to the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General as soon as practicable, with a recommendation 
 that they be transferred, if they now desire it," to some organization of 
 troops in the same arm of the service from the state in which the said 
 companies were raised. 
 
 III. .Measures will be taken by the commanding generals of depart- 
 ments to place in companies of the same arm of the service in which 
 they are serving, raised in states to which thej' respectively belong, the 
 privates who arc serving in companies raised in other states. This 
 privilege will be frcelj' granted to all privates making the application. 
 A private will be considered as belonging to that state in which he was 
 residing for twelve months prior to his enlistment. Measures will also 
 be taken to have proper rolls prepared on the first of April proximo, or 
 as soon after as practicable, and returned to the office of the Adjutant 
 and Inspector-General, so as to secure to all the persons designated in 
 the third section of the above recited act the benefits conferred by it. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector-GeneraL 
 
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 GENKRAL ORDERS, |^ Adjutant and iNSPECToR-QrNERAL's Officb, 
 
 ^°- 28. j . RICUMOXD, March 4, 1S64. 
 
 I. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 13 (1S64), is thus amended : 
 Oflaccr-i of the Quartermaster's department will, upon the requisition 
 
 of company commanders, issue clothing directly to soldiers, and take 
 their individual receipts therefor. 
 
 II. .Paragraph II, Geucrnl Orders, No. 67 (1863), is amended as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 If any cavalryman " shall not keep himself provided with a service- 
 able horse, he shall servo on foot," and be transferred to any regiment 
 of infantry from the state from which ho volunteered or was conscrib- 
 ed, that the department commander may order. 
 
 III. .The following act of Congress is published for the information 
 of the army : 
 
 An act to allow commisHioned officers of the army rations and the 2}i'lvi- 
 lege of jmrchasing clothwg from the Quartermaster' a dejmrtment. 
 " The Conijrcts of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 from and after the passage of this aet, all commissioned ollicers of tho 
 armies, while on duty in tho field, or in the n.aval service, while afloat, 
 of the Confederate States, shall bo entitled to one ration in kind each, 
 in quantity and quality the same as aro now allowed by law to privates, 
 and shall draw and receive the same under such regulations as may bo 
 prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
 
 " Sec. 2. All commissioned officers of tlie Armies of the Confederate 
 States shall be allowed to purchase clothing and cloth for clothing from 
 any quartermaster at the price which it cost the government, all ex- 
 penses included ; 2}rorhlcd, that no quartermaster shall be allowed to 
 "sell to any otricer any clothing which w»uld be proper to issue to pri- 
 vates, until all privates entitled to receive tho same shall have been 
 first supplied ; provided, that the officer oft'eriug to purchase shall givo 
 his certificate on honor that the articles are necessary for his own per- 
 sonal comfort and use, and in no case shall more than one suit per an- 
 num be allowed to be so purchased hy an olllccr ; provided, that no law 
 or army regulation shall hereafter be construed to allow an otficer to 
 purchase or draw from subsistence stores more than one ration a day, 
 or for less price than tho cost thereof, including transportation. 
 
 " Sec. 3. No officer under tho rank of brigadier-general shall hereaf- 
 ter bo entitled to forage, or commutation for forage, for more than one 
 horse, except when on sorvico in the field.'' 
 
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 IV.. Rations in kind, the same in quality and quantity as are now 
 allowed bj' law to privates, will be issued to regimental commissioned 
 officers, while on duty in the field, upon provision returns, approved by 
 the commanding oflScer of the regiment, and to general and stafif oflS- 
 cers upon their own certificates. 
 
 V. .One ration a day in kind may be purchased by any officer — not in 
 the field — who is upon duty under orders from this office or from any 
 department commander, at cost, including transportation. 
 
 VI. .Officers retired in accordance with the act to provide an invalid 
 corps, approved February 17, 1864, are not entitled to draw or purchase 
 rations, unless assigned to duty by orders under the provisions of that 
 law. 
 
 VII. .The Quartermaster-General will issue instructions to quarter- 
 masters and assistant quartermasters to carry into eifect section 3 of 
 the above act, and so much of section 2 of the same act as relates to 
 his department. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant aitd Inspector-Oeneral. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,"| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
 
 No. 29. j Richmond, March 5, 18C4. 
 
 I.. The following acts of Congress aro published for the information 
 of the army : 
 
 An act to prevent theprocurhir/, aiding, and assiatintf of persona to desert 
 from (he Army of the Cunfe(Ierate States, and for other purposes. 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of Amet-ica do enact, That 
 every person not subject to the rules and articles of war, who shall pro- 
 cure or entice a soldier, or person enrolled for service in the Army of 
 the Confederate States, to desert, or who shall aid or assist any deserter 
 from the army, or any person enrolled for service, to evade their proper 
 commanders, or to prevent their arrest, to be returned to the service, or 
 who shall knowingly conceal or harbor any such deserter, or shall pur- 
 chase from any soldier or person enrolled for service any portion of 
 his arms, equipments, rations, or clothing, or any property belonging 
 to the Confederate States, or any oflicer or soldier of the Confederate 
 States, shall, upon conviction before the district court of the Coufeder- 
 
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 ■ate States having jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceeding ono 
 thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding two years." [Ap- 
 proved January 22, 1864.] 
 
 [2.] 
 An act to aid any state in communicatiiiff with and perfecting records 
 concerning its troops, 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 upon the application of the governor of any of the Confederate States, 
 the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to grant pass- 
 ports and transportation lo an oflSeor of such state, duly commissioned 
 according to the law of said state, to communicate with its troops for 
 such purposes, and at such times and places as shall bo approved by 
 the Secretary of War ; and such officer shall be allowed to purchase for 
 himself supplies from the commissary stores, on the same terms with 
 officers of similar rank in the service of the Confederate States, and 
 according to the cogulations which govern them ; provided such sup- 
 plies shall not exceed those which a colonel of the Confederate States 
 is allowed to purchase; jtrovidcd, that these agents shall be charged 
 with the duty of obtaining from the officers in command of companies 
 final statements of deceased soldiers, to be filed in the Second Auditor's 
 office to facilitate the settlement of such claims." [Approved ]''ebruary 
 16, 1864.] 
 
 [3.] 
 
 Ah act to repeal csrtain portions of the act of May the twenty-first, eigh- 
 teen hundred and sixty-one, relalicc lo j}risoners of war. 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That so 
 much of the act of Congress, passed Maj' the twenty-first, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one, as makes it the duty of the Quartermaster- 
 Gencr.al, under instructions issued by the War department, to provide 
 for the sustenance of prisoners of war, is hereby repealed, and here- 
 after that that duty shall devolve on the Commissary-General of Sub- 
 sistence, and be discharged by him, subject to the provisions of the a,ct 
 referred to." [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
 
 [4.] 
 An qct creating the office of ensign in the Army of the Confederate States. 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That 
 there shall be appointed by the President, to each regiment of infantry 
 in the Army of the Confederate States, an officer to be known as " en- 
 sign," with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant, whoso 
 duty it shall be to bear the colors of the regiment, but without right to 
 commaud in the field." [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
 
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 [5.] 
 
 -4/! act to nuthorize the promotion of officers, non-eomminsioncd officers, 
 and privates, for clintiiiguished skill or valor, 
 
 "The Congress of the Cuu/edernte Slates of America do enact, That 
 the President is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of the 
 general commanding a department or a separate army iu the field, to 
 fill any vacancy in the commissioned officers of a regiment or battalion 
 by the promotion to the same, by and with the advice and consent of 
 the Senate, of any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private who may 
 have distinguished himself by exhibiting peculiar valor or skill on the 
 battle-field ; ^/-oui'c/efZ, that the officer, non-commissioned officer, or 
 private so recommended and nominated for promotion, shall belong to 
 the regiment or battalion in which the vacancy may have occurred. 
 
 "Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the above provi- 
 sions are hereby repealed." [Approved February 17, 1S64.] 
 
 [6.] 
 
 An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide and orf/anize cnfjincer 
 troops to serve during the war {approved twentieth March, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixty-three). 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of Ant erica do enact, That 
 the above recited jct be so amended that there shall be allowed to each 
 regiment of engineer troops two quartermaster sergeants." [Approved 
 February 17, 18G-1.] 
 
 [7.] 
 
 An act to amend the ads of April first, eighteen hundred and sixtg-tico, 
 and Septemhei- iwentg-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That 
 the acts approved twenty-first April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 
 and twenty-third September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, regulat- 
 ing the increase .and rank of the corps of engineers of the Provisional 
 Army, be amended to read as follows : That the President be and he is 
 hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Sen- 
 ate, an additional number of officers in the engineer corps of thp Pro- 
 visional Army ; provided, that the whole corps shall not exceed one 
 hundred and twenty, and that the number of officers in each grade be 
 limited to three colonels, four lieutenant-colonels, eight majors, forty- 
 five captains, thirty-five first lieutenants, and twenty-five second 
 lieutenants. 
 
 "Sec. 2. There may be appointed six military store-keepers, with the 
 pay and allowances of captains of infantry, who shall give such bond 
 
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 for tbe faithful performance of their duty as may be prescribed by the 
 Secretary of War; provided, that the said store-keepers shall be ap- 
 pointed from persons who are disqualified for active service by rcasou 
 of wounds received in the military service, or disease contracted while 
 in the army, or from persons over forty-five years of age." [Approved 
 February 17, 1804.] 
 
 [S.] 
 
 An act to amend nn act entitled An act to provide and organize engineer 
 
 troopg to serve during the war {a2}provcd March twentieth, one thou- 
 
 tand eight hundred and »ixty-three). 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Statcn of America do enact, That an 
 act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war 
 (approved twentieth March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
 three) be amended to read as follows : That there shall be selected, in 
 such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, from each division of 
 infantry in service, or from every twelve regiments when not formed 
 into divisions, one company of engineer troops, to consist of one hun- 
 dred men, chosen with a view to their mechanical skill and physical 
 fitness, and that the men assigned to such company shall be required 
 to servo in the same only during the balance of their term of service 
 respectively. These companies may be formed or recruited from con- 
 scripts and volunteers. 
 
 '•Sec. 2. That each company shall consist of eight sergeants, seven 
 corporals, forty artificers, and forty-five laborers, and that two musi- 
 cians may be added. 
 
 " Sec. 3. That the commissioned ofticers of each company shall con- 
 sist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants, 
 and that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by 
 transfer of ofiicers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if 
 practicable, and where not, then from the other corps, or from the line 
 or staff of the army, reference being always had to their qualification 
 as engineers, or by selection ; but no one shall be selected who is not 
 now serving in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil engi- 
 neer. 
 
 "Sec. 4. That the companies shall be organized into regiments of ten 
 companies each, and that the field and stafi"ofl5cers shall consist of ono 
 colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant with the rank 
 of first lieutenant, one quartermaster sergeant, and one sergeant-major, 
 and that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the 
 manner provided for filling the same in the companies by the third 
 «e««i'ori [section] of this act. 
 
 " Sec. ."i. That in each re.ixinipnt two of the companies shall be as- 
 
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 signed to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge train 
 complete. 
 
 " Sec. 6. That the officer in charge of the Engineer bureau, subject to 
 the approval of the Secretary of "War, shall prescribe the number, form, 
 and dimensions of the wagons, pontoons, trestles, tools, implements, 
 arms, and other necessaries for all the troops organized by this act. 
 
 " Sec. 7. That vacancies in the established regiments, to and including 
 the rank of captain, shall be filled by promotion, regimcntally, accord- 
 ing to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompetency. 
 The field-officers shall be appointed by selection from the captains of 
 the regiments or battalions, except in the case of original appointment, 
 or vacancy caused by promotion to original vacancy of higher rank. 
 
 " Sec. 8. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as fol- 
 lows : Of a colonel, two hundred and ten dollars ; of a lieutenant-colo- 
 nel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars ; of a major, one hundred and 
 sixty-two dollars ; of a captain, one hundred and forty dollars ; of a. 
 first lieutenant, one hundred dollars,- of a second lieutenant, ninety 
 dollars; and the adjutant shall receive ten dollars per month in addi- 
 tion to his pay as lieutenant. 
 
 " Sec 9. That the pay of the enlisted men per month shall be as fol- 
 lows : The sergeant-major and quartermaster sergeant, each thirty-four 
 dollars; sergeants, thirty-four dollars; corporals, tAventy dollars; artifi- 
 cers, seventeen dollars ; laborers an A musicians, thirteen dollars. 
 
 " Sec. 10. The mounted engineer troops may be selected from the 
 cavalry, and be organized according to the provisions of this act, for 
 engineer troops, as hereinbefore specified. 
 
 " Sec. 11. Officers of the engineer corps, and of the engineer troops of 
 the Provisional Army of equal rank, may, with mutual consent, be 
 transferred; provided the relative rank of no officer of either corps be 
 prejudiced thereby." [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
 
 [9.] 
 An act to amend the sixty-Ji/th Article of War. 
 
 " The Go>igres8 of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 the sixty-fifth Article of War be so amended as to read as follows : 
 
 "^Article 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or com- 
 manding a force of cavalry not with and under the immediate command 
 of the commander of an army, or other officer commanding a separate 
 department, may appoint general courts-martial whenever necessary. 
 But no sentence of a court-martial shall be earj-ied into execution until 
 after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer order- 
 ing the same, or the officer commanding the troop? for the time being ; 
 
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 neither shall any sentence of a general court-martial in time of peace, ex- 
 tending to the loss of life, or the dismission of a commissioncJ oDiccr, or 
 which shall, either in time of peace or war, respect a geueral officer, be 
 carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been 
 transmitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of 
 the Confederate States for his confirmation or disapproval and orders 
 in the case. All other sentences may be confirmed and executed by 
 the oDScer ordering the court to assemble, or the commanding officer 
 for the time being, as the case may be." [Approved February 1 7, 1864,] 
 
 [10.] 
 A» act to amend an act entitled An act to uryanize military courts to at- 
 tend the. Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the 
 jyowers of said courts. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That 
 the act entitled An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of 
 the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said 
 courts, be so amended as to authorize the President to establish one in 
 North Alabama, which shall sit at such times and places as said court 
 may direct, and shall have all the powers and jurisdiction given to said 
 militarj' courts by said act ; but the judges thereof shall give ten days' 
 notice of tho times and places of holding said courts, before the same 
 are held ; provided, however, that said court shall cease to exist after 
 one year from the passage of this act, unless longer continued by Con- 
 gress." [Approved February 13, 1864.] 
 
 [11.] 
 An act to anthorize the President to eslahlish additional military courts, 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 I in addition to tho military courts now authorized by law, the President 
 be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a military court to attend 
 any division of cavalry in the field, and also one for each state within a 
 military department, whenever, in hi.s judgment, such courts would 
 promote the public interest; which courts shall be organized, and have 
 the same powers and duties, and tho members thereof appointed, as 
 provided by law." [Approved February 16, 1864.] 
 
 [12.] 
 An act to amend an act entitled An act to organize military courts to at- 
 tend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the 
 powers of said courts {ajjjjroced October ninth, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-tico). 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That 
 w* 
 
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 when two or more army corps are united in the same army, charges 
 shaU be referred to said courts, and their proceedings be subject to re- 
 view by the army commander, as in the ctise of general courts-martial; 
 and that the jurisdiction of each of said courts shall extend to any 
 person connected with the army of which the court is attached may be 
 a part, without being liaiited to members of the particular corps to 
 which Said court may be attached. 
 
 "Sec. 2. That when the corps to which any military court maybe 
 attached shall, from any cause, cease to exist as such, the Secretary of 
 War shall assign the members and officers of such court to anj other 
 unsupplied corps, or other subdivision of any of the Armies of the Con- 
 federate States, where a military court may be needed; and exchanges 
 and transfers of individual members and officers from any one court to 
 another may be made by the Secretary of War, on application of the 
 parties concerned — the consent of the commander or commanders of 
 the army or armies to which the particular courts may belong, having 
 been first obtained to such exchange or transfer. 
 
 " Sec. 3. That the fourth section of the act of which this is amenda- 
 tory, be and the same is hereby so amended, as to extend the jurisdic- 
 tion of the military courts to all offenders below the grade of lieuten- 
 ant-general." [Approved February 17, 186t.] 
 
 [13.] 
 
 All act to confer additional powers upon courts-martial and miiitai-y 
 
 courts. 
 
 " The Conr/ress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 any military court or court-martial, convened within the Army of the 
 Confederate States, shall have power to summon as a witness before it 
 any citizen of the state in which said court may at the time hold its 
 session; and any citizen disobeying such summons — upon information 
 given thereof by the judge advocate of said military court or court- 
 martial to the judge of the district court of the Confederate States for 
 the district in which said citizen may reside — shall be subject to the 
 same penalties as for disobedience of an order of said district court; 
 or, on application of the judge advocate, such citizen witness may, by 
 military force, be arrested and brought before said military court or 
 court-martial, by order of the commander of the army, and may bo 
 held in close confinement until he or she shall consent to testify. 
 
 '•' Sec. 2. That any citizen witness appearing, upon being summoned 
 as provided in this act, shall be paid such reasonable amount for his or 
 her attendance as the commander of the army shall deem reasonable, 
 which payment shall be made by any paymaster, upon the certificate 
 of said commander, specifying the amount." [Approved February 17, 
 1864.] 
 
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 [14.] 
 
 An ar.l to niithorue commandem of corps and departments to detail field- 
 officers as membcm of military courti, under certain circnmMances. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That 
 commanders of corps and dopurtments bo and they are hereby aiithor- 
 izeil to detail fitld-oHioers as members of military courts, whenever any 
 of the judges of said courts shall bo disqualified, by cousanguiuity or 
 affinity, or unable, from sickness or other unavoidable cau.-c, to attend 
 said courts." [Approved February G, ISfil.] 
 
 [15] 
 
 An act to amend an act entitled An net to j)unish drunkenness in the army 
 [approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two). 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That 
 the jurisdiction conferred upon courts of inquiry, in the act above re- 
 cited, is hereby repealed, and the said jurisdiction is hcrcbj' conferred, 
 for the punishment of the offence therein named, upon the military 
 courts and general courts-martial convened in the Armj' of the Con- 
 federate States ; and the proceedings therein shall be subject to review, 
 as in other cases. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That any citizen of the Confederate States is hereby author- 
 ized to make report of any violation of the provision of the act to 
 which this is an amendment, in the same manner as officers of the 
 army are now required to do. 
 
 " Sec. 3. Upon any trial for drunkenness it shall be lawful to prove, 
 without special charge, that the accused is of intemperate habits ; and 
 if the court shall find that he is of such habits, he shall be cashiered, or 
 otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court." [Approved Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1864.] 
 
 [16.] 
 
 An act to authorize the organization of auxiliary bureaus of the War de- 
 partment west of the Mississippi river, 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That, 
 under the direction of the President, such bureaus or agencies of the 
 War department may be organized west of the Mississippi river as the 
 public sei'vice may require, which shall be auxiliary to the similar bu- 
 reaus of said department established by law, and shall perform such 
 duties as may be directed by iiistrnctions from the Secretary of War, 
 or the general commanding in the Trans-Mississippi department, acting 
 under the authority of the War department. 
 
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 " Sec. 2. Such staff officers and clerks may bo assigned to duty, or 
 appointed by the President, in these bureaus, as may be necessary for 
 the service; and, under authority from the President, the general com- 
 manding in the Trans-Mississippi department may assign such officers 
 to duty or malte appointments therein, sulijcct to the approval of the 
 President,- jjronded, that no clerk employed under this act shall be al- 
 lowed a salary exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, or be liable 
 to military duty." [Approved February 17, 1861.] 
 
 [17.] 
 
 An act aalhorizing chaplains, in certain cafes, to draw forage fur one 
 home. ■ 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
 chaplains in the army in actual service in the field shall be entitled to 
 draw forage for one horse; provided the chaplain has a horse in his 
 use." [Approved January 22, 1864.] ^ 
 
 [18.] 
 
 An act relating to the appointment of a general and lieutenant-generals. 
 
 " The Congress of the Covfederatc States of America do enact. That 
 the President may appoint one general in the Provisional Army of the 
 Confederate States when, in his discretion, it shall be deemed necessa- 
 ry and proper, for the command of the Trans-Mississippi military de- 
 partment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
 
 "Sec. 2. That the President may, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of the Senate, appoint lieutenant-generals in the Provisional Army 
 of the Confederate States when, in his discretion, it shall be deemed 
 necessary, for the command of any one of the military departments. 
 
 " Sec. 3. .That the officers appointed under the provisions of this act 
 shall continue to hold the rank herein provided, so long as they shall 
 efficiently discharge the duties in command of said several depart- 
 ments, and no longer, but will resume thereafter their former rank in 
 the service." [Approved February 17, 18G4.] 
 
 [19.] 
 
 A hill to repeal an act to organize bands of /):(/7/»f()i rangers {approved 
 April tiaeatij-onc, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), and for other pur- 
 
 2J0SCH. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That 
 the act of Congress aforesaid be and the same is hereby repealed ; pro- 
 vided, that organizations of partisan rangers, acting as regular cavalry 
 
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 at the passage of this act, shall be continued in their present organiza- 
 tion ; provided they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry, 
 and not as partisan rangers. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That all the bands of partisan rangers organized under the 
 said act may, as the interests of the service allow, bo united with other 
 organizations, or be organized into battalions and regiments, with the 
 view to bringing them under the general conditions of the Provisional 
 Army as to discipline, control, and movements, under such regulations 
 as the Secretary of A7ar m'ay prescribe. 
 
 "Sec. 3. The Secretary of War shall be authorized, if he deems prop- 
 er, for a time or permanently, to except from the operation of this act 
 such companies as are serving within the lines of the enemy, and under 
 such conditions as he may prescribe." [Approved February 17, 1SC4.] 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutftnt and Inspector-General. 
 
 GENERAL OKDERS,:| Awcta.m and IxsPECTOR-GKNEnAL-s OrncE, 
 
 ^'"- ^"^ > RlCii>U)ND. March 7, 18C4. 
 
 I.. .The following act of Congress concerning impressments, and the 
 instructions of the War department respecting it, are published for the 
 information and direction of ail concerned : 
 
 An act to amend an act to regulate impressments (ap2)rovcd March twenty 
 sixth, eighteen hundred and si.cty-threc), and to repeal an act amendatory 
 thereof (approved April twenty. seventh, ci,jhteen hundred and sixty- 
 three). 
 
 The Cowjress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in 
 all cases where property is impressed for the use of the army and navy, 
 or for other public use, under said act, the same shall be paid for at the 
 time of said impressment, unless an appeal shall bo taken from said 
 valuation, as hereinafter provided, according to the valuation agreed 
 upon between the parties, or ascertained by loyal and disinterested 
 citizens of the city, county, or parish in which the impressment may be 
 made, in the manner and according to the regulations provided in the 
 first, second, and third sections of the above recited act, or in the eighth 
 section thereof, where it is api>licable. 
 
 Skc 2. Whenever the odicer making the impressment of property, 
 under the act hereby amended, shall believe that the appraisement is 
 fiiir and just, he shall endorse his npproval upon fho appraisement, and 
 
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 make payment accordingly ; but if he shall believe that it is not fair and 
 just, then he shall refuse to approve, and endorse the reasons of his re- 
 fusal on the certificate, and shall have the right to appeal from the 
 decision of the appraisers, by reporting the case to the commissioners 
 appointed under said act to which this is an amendment, for their 
 decision, whose judgment shall be final; and in the meantime the 
 property shall be held and appropriated by the officer impressing the 
 same, who shall give a receipt therefor to the owner, who shall also have 
 the right of appeal as herein provided. 
 
 Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall have power to summon a'nd ex- 
 amine witnesses to enable them to fix the value of property impressed, 
 which shall be a just compensation for property so impressed, at the 
 time and place of impressment; and when the commissioners shall have 
 fixed the value of property in cases of appeal, they shall fur^j^ish the 
 owner and impressing officer with a statement of such value, which 
 valuation by the commissioners shall be within three months from the 
 time of impressment. 
 
 Sec. 4. That said commissioner's shall be sworn faithfully to discharge 
 all their duties under this act, and the act to which this is an amend- 
 ment. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the tenth section of the act of which this is an amend- 
 ment be stricken out, and the following inserted instead thereof: 
 
 "No slave laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to 
 the production of grain or provisions, shall be taken for public use 
 without the consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity, 
 and upon the order of the general commanding the department in 
 which said farm or plantation is situated." 
 
 Sec- 6. That the act amendatory of the above recited act (approved 
 April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three), and so much 
 of the first section of said act as requires an affidavit to be made by the 
 owner, or his agent, that such property was grown, raised, or produced 
 by said owner, or held, or has been purchased by him, not for sale or 
 speculation, but for his own use or consumption, be and the same is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 7. That no impressment shall be made under this act, or the act 
 to which this is amendatory, for the use or benefit of contractors with 
 the government. 
 
 Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize tho 
 impressing officer to enter an appeal from any decision of the local 
 appraisers, under the seventh section of the act to which this is amend- 
 atory. [Approved February 16, 1864.] 
 
 II. .Impressments according to this act, and the act to which this is 
 
an nmerxlmcnt, inny be mado for necessary supplies for the Confederate 
 armies in the field, and for their accumulation in magazines and at 
 posts .and depot?, and to carry on tlie v.arious operations of the military 
 bureaus connected with the War department, whenever the same can 
 not be obtained by contract. 
 
 Iir. .Thcj mr.}' be made under orders from the generals command- 
 ing armies, departments, corps, divisions, and by commanders of 
 detached parties, when a necessity arises therefor. These orders may 
 be executed by appropriate officers of the staff belonging to the arm}'. 
 The chiefs of the various bureaus will designate the ofiSeers and persons 
 who shall be competent to make impressments under the authority con- 
 ferred upon them. 
 
 - IV. . Before any impressment shall be made, the impressing officer or 
 his agent will make an offer to the owner, his bailee, or agent, in writ- 
 ing, for the purchase of the property, describing the property he wishes 
 to purchase, the price he is willing to pay, and the mode of payment, 
 and stating that, upon a refusal to accept the same, compensation will 
 be made according to the acts of Congress for the regulation of im- 
 pressirrents. This notice will be considered as binding the property un- 
 til the completion of the negotiation for the sale and transfer of the 
 same to the impressing officer. The property will remain in the custo- 
 dy of the owner and at his risk during the pending of these proceed- 
 ings unless a delivery of the same be thereupon made to the impress- 
 ing officer, with his consent. In case of a change of possc.-sion under 
 these circumstances, the Confederate Slates will be regarded as the 
 owner, and the property held for its use and at its risk. 
 
 v. .In all cases in which the offer of an impressing officer is refused, 
 he will proceed to adjust the price according to the first section of the 
 act aboTe recited ; that is, by the judgment of two loyal and disinter- 
 ested persons of the city, county, or parish in which the impressment 
 may be made — one to be selected by the owner, his bailee, or agent, and 
 one by the impressing officer. In the event of their disagreement, these 
 two will select an umpire of like qualification. The persons thus select- 
 ed will proceed to assess just compensation for the property so impress- 
 ed, whether the absolute ownership or the tempor.xry use thereof be re- 
 quired. If the impressing officer believes that the appraisement is fair 
 and just, ho will endorse his approval and pay for the property', and 
 the right in the object impressed will become the property of the Con- 
 federate States. But if be does not approve of the appraisement, ho 
 will decline to approve it, and endorse the reasons for his refus.al on the 
 certificate, and forthwith report the case to the commissioners appoint- 
 
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 ed under the fifth section of the act to which the act above recited is 
 an amendment; and in the meantime the property will be taken, and a 
 receipt, describing the property and the proceedings for the adjust- 
 ment of the price and the appeal, given to the owner. The impressing 
 officer will immediately report the case to the appraisers, with a state- 
 ment of the quality and condition of the property, and his opinion upon 
 the subject. 
 
 VI.. No officer or agent will impress the necessary supplies which 
 any person may have for the consumption of himself, his family, em- 
 ployees, or slaves, or to carry on his ordinary mechanical, manufactur- 
 ing, or agricultural employments. 
 
 If any question arise as to the fact whether the supplies are necessa- 
 ry, or whether there be a sui'plus, it will be determined by appraisers 
 mutually selected, according to the preceding section ; and in this case 
 the decision of the appraisers will be binding on the officer, who will 
 not be allowed an appeal therefrom. 
 
 VII. .These regulations are published as a substitute for the regula- 
 tions contained in General Orders, Nos. 37 and 161, series of 1863. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Insj)ector-General.