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 Office fiiief Quartermaster Traiis-3Iiss« I^tvt* 
 
 SHREVEPORT, LA., SEPT. 15i/^, 1S63~ 
 
 The folloAving Rules or Regulations fixing ths rate of compensation 
 for detailed men on extra dut)j, in the Quartcrmdsters Department 
 throughout the Trans-Mississippi Department, will be strictly adheretl 
 to by all officers or agents of the Quartermaster's Department having" 
 detailed men in their employ, viz: 
 
 Clerks at Dept. Headquarters nxiii iwCitles or Towns, {>^o 00) three 
 dollars per day in lieu of all allowances except their monthly pay. 
 
 Clerks at Headqnarte.rs ivitli Troops in the Field; and all author- 
 ized Clerks in the Field, ($1 25) one dollar and twenty-five cents per 
 day in lieu of all allowances except pay proper, — or if they prefer it, 
 the pay and allowances of a soldier, and the extra duty pay of 25 cents 
 per day allowed by Regulations. 
 
 Mechanies of all Classes, irorking at Dcpt. Headquarters-, or in 
 Towns and Cities, $3 per day, in lieu of all allowances except pay 
 proper. 
 
 Mechanics serving with an Armi/ in the Field, .^1 25 cts. per day, 
 in lieu of all allowances except pay proper — or the pay and allowances 
 of a soldier, and the extra duty pay of 40 cents per diem allowed by 
 Regulations. 
 
 Wagon-masters, in charge of tiDcntij or more wagons, 82 50 cents. 
 per day, in lieu of all allowances except pay proper, and one Ration per 
 diem. 
 
 Ass't Wagon- masters in charge of less than twcntij wagons, $2 per 
 day, in lieu of all allowances except pay proper, and one Ration per 
 d\em. 
 
 To each Train of twenty Wagons, or more, belonging to Depots in 
 Towns and Cities, v/ill be allowed one Wagon-master, and one Ass't 
 Wagon-master. 
 
 Regimental Trains moving with Troops in the Field, will be under 
 charge of the Quartermaster Sergeant of the Regiment instead of a 
 Wagon-mastei', who will be allowed one extra Teamster to every ten 
 wagons, who will assist him in the discharge of his duties Avith the 
 I'rain. " • 
 
 Teamsters, Laborers and Herders, SI per day, in lieu of all allow- 
 ;inces except pay proper, and one Ration per diem. 
 
 Yard-?nasters, Forage-masters and Storekeepers at principal De- 
 pots, in Cities and Towns, $3 per day, in lieu of all allowance except 
 i)ay proper. ♦ 
 
 ^ J. F. 3IINTER, 
 
 •• jiaj. & Chf. Quartermaster, T. M. Dept. 
 
 Approved. 
 • ]>v order of 
 
 Lieut. Gen'I. E. KIRBY SMITH, 
 
 S. S. Anderson, 
 AssH. Adjt. Gen'I. 
 
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