/ n rue? (%(t ,w CIRCULAR. §mm of MM&tmm, Wxmt-^Lifis. §tfl MARSHALL, TEXAS, JUNE 17, 1864. The following paragraphs of General Orders are published for the information and guidance of officers of this Department. Gen. Orders No. 103, A. &I. G. 0., Richmond July 27, 1863. Par. II, Commanding officers have no authority to alter or fix the ration established by the Secretary of War. Gen. Orders No. 119, A. & 1. G. 0., Richmond, Sept. 7, 1863. Par. IV, As heretofore required in General Orders No. 64, of 1862, respecting 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 Q. M. Dejlt., who will receive and preserve them to be tanned. Gen. Orders No. 124, A. & I. G. 0., Richmond, Sept. 22, 1863. Par. I. Potatoes, (sweet,) gathered under the tax law by Commis- saries and Quartermasters, at or within reach of places where hospi- tals are located, will be transferred (invoices and receipts being given) to the medical officers in charge of the hospitals, to be cared for and secured against the influences of frost &c. for the use of the sick. Or farmers, when the hospitals are more convenient of access than the depots, may deliver their potatoes, (tax in kind,) to the medical officer in charge, taking leceipts, which will be acknowledged by the Tax Agent. Par. IV, same order. — 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 com- panies to which they belong, by the Qurtermaster charged with the duty of paying troops. Gen. Orders No. 132, A. & I. G. O., Oct. 5, 1863. Par. II. Officers of the Quartermaster General's and Commissary Departments, who are in charge of Depots, will receive from officers collecting the tax in kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their respective Departments, which may be invoiced to them, and provide storehouses for the same. I CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. Subsistence Department, Richmond, Oct. 6, 1863. Paragraph 1127, Subsistence Regulations, is amended as follows: The prices of subsistence stores fixed by the State Commissioners (ap- pointed under the law regulating impressments) will in each State re- spectively, be the schedule by which sales to officers will be made. No subsistence stores will be sold to officers at lower prices than those so fixed. This regulation to go into effect after the 31st October, 1863. L. B. NORTHROP, Commissary General. Approved, JAMES A. SEDDON, Sec'y of War. CIRCULAE. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Subsistence Department, Richmond, Va„ Oct. 22, 1863. Whenever Commissaries transfer subsistence stores, particularly on Railroads, they will see that the gross, tare and net are distinctly marked on each package, and that the same be expressed upon the way bill or bill of lading, and that the number of packages, and the gross, tare and net weight of each be expressed upon every invoice of sub- sistence stores. Sacks containing stores must be invoiced separately, and receipt- ed for. Invoices must be sent to the receiving officer without delay. Commissaries will also, when large shipments are made in succes- sion, cause each package to be marked in such a manner as will ena- ble the receiving officer to distinguish the different shipments, and noti- fy the receiving officer of the particular mark. L. B. NORTHROP, C. G. S. Gen. Orders No. 142, A. & I. G. 0., Richmond Oct. 30, 1863. Par. VI. The horses and other property in use in the Commissary department, must not be impressed by officers of any other depart- ment. oih.otjl.ajr- CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Subsistence Department, Richmond Va., Nov. 4, 1863. All officers awaiting orders are prohibited from purchasing subsis- tence stores from the Commissary Department. L. B. NORTHROP, Commissary General, 3 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Subsistence Department, Richmond, Nov. 19, 1863. When the supply of potatoes is abundant, they may be issued at the rate of three pounds of potatoes, in lieu of the whole ration of flour or meal; or in that proportion, when only a part of the flour or meal is issued, provided it is satisfactory to the troops, or the supply of flour or meal is inadequate to, a full issue of the regular ration. L. 13. NORTHROP, Commissary General. Gen. Orders No* 150, A. d the local office? of the Q. fl£. Department, having charge of tli • kii ds of property required, and, upon certificate of thi latter thai i: w nol }>v;\c [sh them, the officer of the Sub- sisten at is authorized to purchase. The requisition so certified shall bo attached to the i penditnres, as of the voucj Par. i 1 1. The ration offreah beef is one pound and a quarter for the Ti issippi Dept, The reduction of the ration of sugar Is per hundred rations will go into effect on the first day of Jauuarj . Orders No. 8. A. & I. G. 0., Richmond, January 28, i 3 Par. I. Paragraphs 1129, 1130, 1131, 1*52» Army Regulations, are hereby revoked. 1 ' a R . III. Commutation of rat ions of all enlist ed men ent i tied 1 here- to by the Regulations' of the War Department, whether on detached or on detailed service, or stationed in a city with no opportunity of : ing, or of the noivcominissioned and regimental staff when they have no opportunity of messing, or of soldiers on furlough, or stationed where - cannot he issued in kind, oi placed temporarily in a private hos- pital on the advice of the senior surgeon of the post or detachment, or of ordnance sergeants, or of a soldier who lias necessarily paid for his own subsistence, or of a chaplain, is fixed at one dollar per diem to date from the 1st January, 1SG4. Par. IV. Enlisted men who haveheen or may become pt rmanent- abled, or who hold the certificate of a medical examining board to ■■fleet, and who have net been discharged the service, may have their rations commuted at one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem, whether they are in a hospital, private quarters, or on furlough. Par. V. All commutation accounts will state the length of time. date and amount, fot what purpose commutation is claimed, and that it was impracticable to take rations in kind ; which facts must be certified to by the commissioned officer under whose orders the soldier was at the time the rations became due. Par. VI. Commutation'of rationsin the case of paroled unexchang- ed prisoners on furlough, who have yW heen received from the federal lines, will be allowed at one dollar pet diem, to date from the 1st Jan- nary, 1SG 4. i J Ai{. VII. The following paragraph will be substituted for 1111 Army Regulations. Issues to the hospital will be on returns by the medical officers, for such provisions ouly as are actually required for the rick and wounded. The commuted value of rations for the sick and wounded will be fone dollar and twenty-five cents. The rations for hospitals will be the same as that issued to soldiers in the field. If a greater allowance is required of any particular articles, not issued to troops in the field, special requisitions must be made therefor. Par. VIII. Hospital attendants cannot draw rations from the Subsistence Department, but will have their rations commuted at one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem. General Orders No. 22, A. & I. G-. O , Richmond, Feb. 23, 1804. Par. VII. Chaplains may receive the rations in kind allowed them by law or commute them at the government price. General Orders No. 25, A. «fc I. G. 0., Richmond, Feb. 29, 1864. Par. III. Hospital funds accrue in all hospitals — regimentalfield or r hospitals. Pah. IV . Paragraph VI II, General Orders No. 8, current series. la hereby revoked. Rations in kind (such as are issued to soldiers in the field) will be issued to all attendants in field hospitals, and, when required by the Surgeon in charge, to the female attendants in general hospitals. The rations of all male attendants in geaeral hospitals, in cities and towns, will be commuted, the amount to be drawn by the Sur- geon in charge, and expended by him for their subsistence. HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISS., DEPT. \ Shreveport, La., March :7th, 1864. ) oi:r,ott:l,.a.:r.. The following articles may be issued in lieu of fresh beef or bacon: Jerked or Dried Beef, half pound per ration. Fresh Pork, three-quarters pound per ration. Mutton, one and a quarter pounds per ration. By command of Lieut-General E. Kirby Smith, S.S.ANDERSON, Assistant Adjutant G-eneral. General Orders No. 27, Hd. Qrs. Trans-Miss. Dept., May 22, <64. Par. II. Rations in kind, the same in quality and quantity as • now allowed by law to privates, will be issued to regimental com- missioned officers, whilst on duty in the field, upon Provision Returns.. approved by the commanding officer of the regiment, and to General and staff officers upon their own certificates. Pah. Ill One ration a day in kind may bo purchased by any offi- cer — not in the field — who is upon duty under orders from this office or from any District Cunmander, at cost, including transportation. Pa*," IV. Officers allowed to purchase or draw rations by the preceding paragraphs will also be permitted to purchase one ration a •Liv in kind, for one servant upon his certificate that the servant is ac- tually in his service. Par. V. When supplies on hand will permit, District Command- ers may order limited amounts of subsistence stores to be sold to the 6 families of officers and soldiers who may be in indigent circumstances. Par. VI. All orders coflicting with the above, whether issued from Peparrtraent or District Head Quarters, are hereby revoked. General Orders No. 34, A. 6l I. G. O., Richmond, March 16, 1864. Par. XIII. Retired soldiers will have their rations commnted at one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, to be paid by the Commis- sary at the post designated, under the orders of the commanding officer. W. B. BLAIR, Chief of Bureau. Hollinger Corp. P H8.5