s -^ ,<£> / t s, Y* * j££c<^ V t A ■ y \ V \ t* V / / ' 4. . 7rM A f? y * ' ■- ^ ' Ya& t-ZJl'S / . €/c J cZ/l^&J^ £* A>//tt^&4£*C*/ ' *4j\ £/ &S^n c&jf?**~fr fy-JaJt-sSt+S^ s^s f ■ ^^kr^-f^ /sits (yt^// ^ /^rc^ • J£ including all expenses ; to be entered on the monthly return, and credited on the quarterly account current. 1078. Issues to volunteers and militia, to sailors, to marines, to citizens employed by any of the departments, or to Indians, will be entered on separate abstracts to the monthly return. 1079. An extra issue of fifteen pounds of tallow or ten of sperm candles, per month, may be made to the principal guard of each camp and garrison, on the order of the commanding officer. Extra issues of soap, candles, and vinegar, are permitted to the hospital when the Surgeon does not avail himself of the commutation of the hospital rations, or when there is no hospital fund ; salt in small quantities may be issued for public horses and cattle. When the officers of "the Medical Department find anti-scorbutics necessary for the health of the troops, the commanding officer may order issues of fresh vegetables, pickled onions, sour krout, or molasses, with an extra quantity of rice and vinegar. (Potatoes are usually issued at the rate of one pound per ration, and onions at the rate of three bushels in lieu of one of beans.) Occasional issues (extra) of molasses are made — two quarts to one hundred rations — and of dried apples of from one to one and a half bushels to one hundred rations. Troops at sea are recommended to draw rice and an extra issue of molasses in lieu of beans. When anti-scorbutics are issued, 10 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. the medical officer -will certify the necessity, and the circumstances which cause it, upon the abstract of extra issues (see Form 4). 1080. "When n*n leave their company, the rations they have drawn, and left with it, will be deducted from the next return for the company ; a like rule when men are discharged from the hospital will govern the hospital return. RECRUITING SERVICE. 1081. When subsistence can not be issued by the Commissariat to recruiting parties, it will be procured by the officer in charge, on written contracts for complete rations, or wholesome board and lodging (see Form 19). 1082. The contractor will send, monthly or quarterly, as he may choose, his account for rations issued, to the Commissary General for payment, vouched by the abstract of issues (Form 17^-certified by the officer. 1083. When convenience and economy require that the contract shall be for board and lodging, the officer in charge shall estimate the cost of the ration, for which the contractor shall be paid as be- fore directed, and shall pay the amount due to lodging from the recruiting fund. 1084. At temporary rendezvous, advertising may be dispensed with, and a contract made conditioned to be terminated at the plea- sure of the officer or the Commissary-General. 1085. The recruiting officer will be required, when convenient, to receive and disburse the funds for the subsistence of his party, and to render his accounts quarteily to the Commissary-General. 1086. When a contract can not be made, the recruiting officer may pay the necessary expenses of subsisting and boarding his party. 1087. The expenses of subsistence at branch rendezvous, and all expenses of advertising for proposals, will be paid by the contractor at the principal station, and included in his accounts. 1088. Issues of provisions will be made on the usual provision returns, and board will be furnished on a return showing the num- ber of the party, the days, and dates. SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 11 SUBSISTENCE TO OFFICERS. 1089. An officer may draw subsistence stores, paying cask for them at contract or cost prices, -without including cost of transpor- tation, on his certificate that they are for his own use and the use of his family. These certified lists the commanding officer shall com- pare with the monthly abstracts of sales, which he shall countersign (see Form 5). The commissary will enter the sales on his monthly return, and credit the money in his quarterly account curreuL BACK RATIONS. 1090. When the supplies warrant it, back rations may be drawn, if the full rations could not have been issued at the time ; except when soldiers have been sufficiently subsisted in lieu of the ration. The return for back rations shall set out the facts, and the precise time when rations were not issued, or the troops otherwise suffi- ciently subsisted, which shall appear on the abstract of issues. COMMUTATION OF RATIONS. 1091. When a soldier is detached on duty, and it is impracticable to carry his subsistence with him, it will be commuted at seventy- 1nve cents a day, to be paid by the commissary when due, or in advance, on the order of the commanding officer. The officer detach- ing the soldier will certify, on the voucher, that it is impracticable for him to carry his rations, and the voucher will show on its face the nature and extent of the duty the soldier was ordered to perform (see Form 18). 1092. The expenses of a soldier placed temporarily in a private hospital, on the advice of the senior Surgeon of the post or detach- ment, sanctioned by the commanding officer, will be paid bj the Subsistence Department, not to exceed seventy-five cents a day. 1093. The ration of a soldier stationed in a city, with no oppor- tunity of messing, will be commuted at forty cents. The rations of iiic non'Oommissioncd regimental staff and ordnance sergeants, 12 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. when they have no opportunity of messing, and of soldiers on fur- lough, or stationed where rations can not be issued in kind, may be commuted at the cost or value of the ration at the post. 1094. When a soldier on duty has necessarily paid for his own subsistence, he may be refunded the cost of the ration. When more than the cost of the ration is claimed, the account must be sub- mitted to the Commissary-General. EXTRA-DUTY MEN. 1095. The commanding officer will detail a suitable non-commis- sioned officer or soldier for extra duty, under the orders of the com- missary, and to be exempt from ordinary company and garrison duty. All extra-duty men employed in the Commissariat will be paid the regulated allowance (see Article XXXIX.) by the commissary, if not paid extra pay in any other department. 1096. Barrels, boxes, hides, &c, will be sold, and the proceeds credited in the quarterly account current. ACCOUNTS. 1097. The following are the accounts and returns to be rendered to the Commissary-General : Monthly. Return of provisions and forage received and issued in the month Form 1 Abstracts of issues to troops, &c. (see Paragraph 1078) " 2 Abstract of issues to hospital " 3 Abstract of extra issues " 4 Abstract of sales to officers " 6 Distinct abstracts of other sales. Summary statement of money received and expended during the month " G SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 13 Quarterly. Account current Form 7 Abstract of all purchases of provisions and forage during the quarter " 8 Abstract of all expenditures in the quarter, except for pur- chase of provisions, and forage for cattle (Paragraph 1061), " 9 Consolidated abstract of sales to officers during the quarter... " 10 Distinct abstracts of other sales. Estimate of funds required for next quarter " 11 Quarterly return of all property in the department, except provisions, and forage for cattle " 12 1098. The abstracts of issues will show the corps or detachment. When abstracts require more than one sheet, the sheets will be num- bered in series, and not pasted together ; the total at the foot of each carried to the head of the next, &c, &c. 1099. All lists of subsistence shall run in this order: meat, bread- stuff, rice and beans, coffee, sugar, vinegar, candles, soap, salt, anti- scorbutics, pui-chases for hospital, forage for cattle. 1100. No charge for printing blanks, as forms, will be allowed. 1101. A book will be kept by the commissary at each post, in which will be entered the monthly returns of provisions received and issued (Form 1). It will show from whom the purchases have been made, and whether paid for. It is called the Commissary's book, and will not be removed from the post. 1102. When any officer in the Commissariat is relieved, he will close his property accounts ; but money accounts will be kept open till the end of the quarter, unless he ceases to do duty in the department. 1103. Commissaries of subsistence in charge of principal depots will render quarterly statements of the cost and quality of the ration, in all its parts, at their stations. 2 14 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. NOTES. 1. Stores longest on hand will be issued first. 2. Armorers, carriage-makers, and blacksmiths, of the Ordnance Department, are entitled to one and a half rations per day ; all other enlisted men, one ration. Laundresses, one ration. No hired per- son shall draw more than one ration. 3. One ration a day may be issued to any person employed with the army, when the terms of his engagement require it, or on paying the full cost of the ration when he cannot otherwise procure food. 4. Lamps and oil to light a fort or garrison are not allowed from the Subsistence Department. 5. In purchasing pork for the southern posts, a preference will be given to that which is put up in small pieces, say from four to six pounds each, and not very fat. 6. As soldiers are expected to preserve, distribute, and cook their own subsistence, the hire of citizens for any of these duties is not allowed, except in extreme cases. The expenses of bakeries are paid from the post fund, to which the profits accrue by regulations (see Paragraph 190), such as purchase of hops, yeast, furniture; as sieves, cloths, &c, and the hire of bakers. Ovens may be built or paid for by the Subsistence Department, but not bake-houses. 7. Mode of ascertaining the hospital ration : 100 complete rations consist of, say Cost. 32 rations of fresh beef is 40 lbs. at 4 cents $ 1 60 68 " pork is 51 lbs. at 6 cents 3 06 100 " flour, is 112 lbs. at 2 cents 2 25 {100 " beans, is 8 quarts at 4 cents 32) or \ 46 100 " " rice, is 10 lbs. at 6 cents 60 J 100 " coffee, is. 6 lbs. at 9 cents 54 100 " sugar, is 12 lbs. at 8 cents 96 100 " vinegar, is 4 quarts at 5 cents 20 100 " candles, is 1J lbs. at twelve cents 18 100 " soap, is 4 lbs", at 6 cents 24 100 " salt, is 2 quarts at 3 cents 06 Cost of one hundred rations $9 55 or 9 cents 5 mills per ration. Return of Provisions received and issued at- Form 1. during the month of— , Confederate States Army. h ■ -, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, - > o 8 FKO.M WHOM BECKH BD. I | \ B i n a I j j s a 1 ; : : j ., : (1860.) it \ - 1 _ 3 = - - \ Oct. 1 (i '• 20 " 81 " 81 " 31 2d Lient. J. K., 4tb Infantry, A. A. C. S - Major T. W. L., C. S., C. S. A W.J. It., contractor for fresh beef ed this month, as per abstract V Oct. 81 1 2 1 ■ r > 6 8 10 m liars) as per abstract ' 81 ' 31 ■ 81 • 15 • 18 ■ 23 To citizens in the Qr. Mr's. Dept., as per abstract... To si< k in hospital, as per abstract a issues, " " " Capt. Q. T. II . A. C. S., mil. service Capl W. ».. A. Qr M. for transportation Total . - - - - - Balance o 1 Abstract of Provision* issued from the to t/i, day of , 18 , to men in hospital at New Or lean Sunjeon, ('. S. Army, by Lieutenant J. T. J., :id Infantry Louisiana, under the charae of A. C. S. V XT1ILT STATEMENT OF THE BOSPITAI FCXD. To balance due hospital last month 1532 rations, being w lole amount due this month, at 9J cents ration „J , at contract prices: at 6 rents per pound beef, at -1 cents pi i at 2 cents per pound rents per pound.... at 6 oents per pound •, at '.» cents per pound , at 8 cents per pound - per quart es, at 12 cents per I i 3 cents per quart ics, at 28 oents per gallon PC1:< WASED. fvi- pair, per quart., cents ; tl month. lllliillllt to II.!' nine linn.li. i J. C. J 1G SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. V. V- Remarks. Guard at . Sick of . Anti-scorbutics. Bushels of dried apples. Gallons of pickled onions. Number of pounds of candles. Number of rations. Number of return. & o 8 * p £ ^5 t>> ^s K 3 s « .2 S >» „ ,Q O s ° -o •» TJ 00 rt o> •n o) a> *% u rs «3 5 2? •+* S3 _ O J3 r3 w a .a a "Z* a 2 a p^ S o o <* 2 « a as e3 el 5 HH •^ g cs rt &«f. tc 2 » « ^ o o o m m m o ■-» O O O T3 "O 4!j _ c e £fi c cj o a d oocssooSceoo p^ &,,Q .O pL, Ph,Q fcJO A & 6 O g m - — "** o * o i—. 03 5 , p -a -u BO a ci o 03 a> a Vj d a u *3 tiD 03 05 o a R a o oj ^ o ^a cr.< O CO 'e3 03 e3 rO o em O >» >. o t>> M « m 1 ■ t rd «i "3 o Ss a ■e o . w O 3 -*-> a> T3 -=! a a si o o^ H Eh c3 00 S o •n e CO 'a g o iS *•?* O £ S | g § * a a • S .Q 0> — s M « go ► 5 fl o « ri c3 t>» -si* 20 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. ^ V. 1 I 5 3 ^ &Q ^ •junoray •s;uao | 1 ■si-Bnoa i •n.100 •spqsng *^H •spanoj •sue^oiqo •JO S.nTJJ *W«S •s^qstig 'd^Og •spunoj •S8{pUt3Q •sputioj •a-uSauT^ •SUOl^TJJ) •j'cSng •spunoj •09J500 •spanoj •80IH •spunoj 'sn^9g[ •spqsng 1 •anoil •S[9.Ut!g[ •^loa •siaiava; •j98g qsa.ij -spunoj; a> CO c3 ,n O P< s o S o %. +3 a o a e3 "a o H •jgqran^ I •a^a 1 i ^ « SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 21 V. s 6 a o a "5 13 .2 T3 Jz< p 22 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. ?3 Remarks. 1 Pounds of fresh beef, at.. Pounds of bacon, at Pounds of pork, at^ Pounds of salt beef;at.... Pounds of flour, at Pounds of coffee, at Pounds of sugar, at Pounds of hard bread, at.. Pounds of rice, at Pounds of candles, at Pounds of soap, at •jo suoipjg 'xegauiA •jo s^jmib %{bq •jo spunod n3g •jo spunod 'y[io£ •jo spunod 'uoo^a •jo spunod 'jaeq qsai j a H o 3 o a o -t-> +a SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 23 ay W B •paainbai junooiB njjoj, - •pqidson T P •Ajauotjcig i. o P iding iding •junouiu ituoj, •/! "3 P •puuod jad aoijj C •poambai spunod jo jaqiunu pnoj, on ha es in '3[93M J9d epnnod jo lequmji main ditur •^99M aod suoipji jo asquint rill re exper. •s^aaAv jo JoquinNj > <0 c3 S3 •qj.7?u8i;s a, o o a En 4- c > p c e E c G Hospital contingencies Amount Deduct the probable amoun Total amount required to m 24 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. •8 ©• » ^3 8 S3 o o H 6 H do" H w « "a a o o o cJ o o -t-> o H o> a a> Pn S3 CO o H c D SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 25 tn M P5 w (4 O ■ o < 'WS •dBOg | •sajptnjo | •auSeui^ | utsjSng | •aajjoQ | -8o;n | •sauag | •anou | •^aoj | •jaaq qsa.ij | •suoypujoaaqmn^ | •s^up jo jaqum^ | 'l^oj, 1 •uoiuoAi joaaqcun^ | •agra ,jo aaqmn ^ | o H <1 H w Pi o H BO o P4 26 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. "S> *o» ^ fcj 8 00 M © a> a> 02 ft © DO o H < 1 •»p»s 1 1 •d«og | | •S8jpat?Q | •.reSauiA, | •xuSng | •aajjoQ | •Qora 1 •su\}8g | •anou | •Jtaoj | •jaaq qsaaj | •suoptujo jaqran^j | •s£v\) jo jaqum^j | 'vnoj, uaraoAi jo aaquinj^ •uaux jo aaqran^; c H fl J-. s •> M o O Ph o w P-.S o " o > "1 3 d to bO a CB a O O H °2 ca £ S-, 0) ^ a -Q s- oap. les w alt. > -3 •O ra Ti fc d O c3 P. bC tc O — ^ O -*> ^ 5 g o •+3 T3 ® o &0 p 5 a a> © Cj CO a is o * ** CO .2 £ a <-> a © ss « a * o © £ O SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 29 s s £2 o £ O t* o a, t » 2 « a T3.3 ~ a> £^ c ^ 5 « 63 ** 30 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. ft a t-i KO ,d QO o fa „ C! a.' u d JD 3 hi r& si O CM -<-i r— 1 U 03 a XI a : 3 5? £ ^3 Df) H a o fl Uh -^ o oS +a !-h il O o 2 >o o "oa o J-l a cu 3 OQ S S OS 3 s? o >o N Sh ns «J3 E^ 3 a* o # d "II E3 O I* Jz* • — 1 w d hJ M P S o a © § o w e« r/? ^ W Pi S t» <* a> i-i TJ el ° a .2 &0 -^.9 a 53 §2 o .13 © o o'E CJ 03 © o -^ r& 12 s a © 23 ^ PM © SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 31 c o C: O CO & ® o o o o 5? >» a ^■^ a T3 D CO Cm « ^ O b ~- o g> w 'a" ^ 3 8 o SH oo a tc o a> V-"3 i o CO S-t 03 to S3 -t> co V r-l „ O C3 OB oo £•2 •J3 3 og o £ CD <* CO If I 5 o .t; 32 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 1=1 > .2 H Pi § o v^ 3 0) 8 I o CO rf,^ ^ E £ S kJ o o.S 1 ft CO si 3 - t» c3 _, O «M o ,Q O Ph !=» . J- a> P< r!=l > o c3 U > m £> HH £ Report of Persons and Article. c 5 = .= Names uf persona anJ articles hired. House, 3 rooms, House, 4 rooms, House, 2 rooms, Chiules James, John Johns, Slave Tom, Peter Jones, Michael Murphy, Designation and occupation. I Quarters, Store-house, Guard, Clerk, Store-keeper, Messenger, Laborer, Laborer, Amount of rent and hire during the h Capt. \.\\. _\ , s . i ■ .s | Remarks showing by whom Time and amount , ill0 and remaining unpaid. I certify on honor that the above is a tine report of all the persons and articles employed and hired by me during tlieaonth of of remarks and the statement of amounts due and remaining unpaid are correct. (DUPLICATES.) and thai the observation under the head A. B., Capt a,,,! A. C. 6'. (J. P., Commanding. Note. — Houses must not be hired, except in cases where they cannot be furnished by the Quartermaster's Departnun (This reporl ninthly.) SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 33 6Q ^ CO M s- a B © Well coopered. Superfine, (well coopered.) Loose, or in boxes or casks. d © d *"■ .2<8 _£ CO IS d H o +-> O •a o - ^ o o to o $20 per bushel, $6 » 12 cents per ft), CQ V [© ■51 Tork, Flour, Bacon, CJ >> 11 S d 500 barrels, 200 300 lbs. 10 oz. _=: ■s -B D 3 a 33 fcO p T3 < .00 co 9 S M •A 6 © ■fe =1 S- Si o a> o .2 P« 6 • M so •2 1 © "an a c d — 1 d .— a> - do E 6 ^.d '© >■ Cm o « © "~ >> /•-, ^ ■1 | » O £ -Q O © © o S« a .tj fl o © 2 © s-i CO H H < d © © d d £ co © | z © i> fe: oja '— . i-5 >^ -u ■Q - CO ^ B 09 GO >> ■9 to a © *- -►-> "O "o ©IS £ DQ fcfl O e3 ^ 5 © «2 ^ *' P CO S3 © S s| © 49 "^ a *J © o 4a © o g © 5 >» "3 i a o «H © 1 u& o ao O to KH © ^3^ 34 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. CO c3 a CD d Cv> r M H O CO O o 5z; SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 35 3* S . ^ 2 CI CO a CO u o °"s h CO s 00 CQ ^ ^ m U a o> a o o O u O O O - - to- - a Eh < Pork, Flour, Bacon, Number or quantity. 100 barrels, 300 " 1,000 pounds, Pn a d 36 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. If Ssj g ?3 t> m M es 2 > 3*1 1 . •s;uao §§ •siioa > O 03 —OX £ — U101£ g a •g o s 13 £ « a ft o 2 o "3 ^ e3 a 2 S£2 3 o ||& En <; o •66e[0 t [owe jo -oj£ O S3 ft. °1 a * u o> 5 £"> %-< 4 ® ~* S a 42 eS cS o _^» cbx5 J-. SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 37 Form 26. Articles of Agreement made and entered into this day of , Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty- between , an officer in the Confederate Army, on tho one part, and , of the county of , and State of , of the other part. This agreement witnesscth, That the said , for and on behalf of the Confederate States of America, and the said heirs, executors and administrators, have covenanted and agreed, and by ; these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, as follows, viz : First. That the said heirs, executors and administrators shall supply, or cause to be supplied and issued, at , all the rations, to consist of the articles hereinafter specified, that shall be required for the use of the Confederate States recruits stationed at the place aforesaid, commencing on the day of , one thousand eight hundred and sixty- , and ending on the day of , eighteen hundred and , or such earlier day as the Commissary-General may direct, at the price of cents mills for each complete ration. Second. That the ration to be furnished by virtue of this contract shall consist of the following articles, viz : One and a quarter pounds | of fresh beef, or three-quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, and at the rate of eight quarts of beans or ten pounds of rice, six pounds of coffee, twelve pounds of sugar, four quarts of vinegar, one and a half pounds of tallow, or one pound of sperm candles, ftJtr pounds of soap, and two quarts of salt, to every hundred rations, or the contractor shall furnish the men with good and wholesome board and lodgings, at the option of the recruiting officer ; and the recruiting party shall have the privilege of hanging out a flag from the place of rendezvous. Third. That fresh beef shall be issued at least twice in each week, if required by the commanding officer. Fourth. It is clearly understood that the provisions stipulated to 4 38 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. be furnished and delivered under this contract shall be of the first quality. Fifth. Should any difficulty arise respecting the quality of the provisions stipulated to be delivered under this contract, then the commanding officer is to appoint a disinterested person, to meet one of the same description to be appointed by the contractor. These two, thus appointed, will have power to decide on the quality of the provisions ; but should they disagree, then a third person is to be chosen by the two already appointed, the whole to act under oath, and the opinion of the majority to be final in the case. Witness, Form 27. Articles or Agreement made this day of , eighteen hundred and sixty- , between , Assistant Commissary of Subsistence in the service of the Confederate States of America, of the one part, and , of , in the State of , of the other part. This agreement zvitnesseth, That the said , for and on behalf of the Confederate States of America, and the said , for him- self, his heirs, executors and administrators, have mutual!}' agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, in manner following, viz : First. That the said shall deliver at fresh beef, of a good and wholesome quality, in quarters, with an equal propor- tion of each, (necks and shanks to be excluded,) in such quantities as may be from time to time required for the troops, not exceeding thrice in each week, on such days as shall be designated by the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. This contract to be in force for months, or such less time as the Commissary-General may direct, commencing on the day of , eighteen hundred and sixty- SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 39 I Second. The said shall receive cents and mills per ■ pound for every pound of fresh beef delivered and accepted under this ■ contract. Third. Payment shall be made monthly for the amount of fresh W beef furnished under this contract ; but in the event of the Assistant r Commissary of Subsistence being without funds, then payment to be made as soon after as funds may be received for that purpose. Fourth. That whenever and as often as the beef specified to bo issued by this contract shall, in the opinion of the commanding officer, be unfit for issue, or of a quality inferior to that required by the contract, a survey shall be held thereon by two officers, to be designated by the commanding officer; and in case of disagreement, a third person shall be chosen by those two officers ; the three thus ! appointed and chosen shall have power to reject such parts or the whole of the fresh beef as to them appear unfit for issue, or of a quality inferior to that contracted for. Fifth. That in case of failure or deficiency in the quality or quan- tity of the fresh beef stipulated to be delivered, then the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence shall have power to supply the deficiency by purchase; and the said will be charged with the differ- ence of cost. In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto placed their hands and seals, the day and date above written. Witness, Form 28. Know all men by these presents, That we, and , are held and firmly bound to the Confederate States of America, in the sum of dollars, lawful money of the Confederate States ; for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, for and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. 40 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. Sealed with our seals — dated the day of , in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty- The nature of this obligation is suck, That if the above bounden heirs, executors and administrators, or any of them, shall and do in all things 'well and truly observe, perform, fulfill, accomplish and keep, all and singular, the covenants, conditions and agreements ■whatsoever, -which, on the part of the said heirs, executors or administrators, are or ought to be observed, performed, fulfilled, accomplished and kept, comprised or mentioned in certain articles of agreement or contract, bearing date , one thousand eight hundred and sixty- , between and the said , concerning the supply and delivery of fresh beef to the troops at , or rations to recruits at , according to the true intent and meaning of the said articles of agreement or contract, then the above obligation to fee void j otiierwisej to remain in full force and virtue. Wiine-nes^ SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 41 8 .0 s a CI Pork, flour, beans and small rations. Do. do. do. do. Bread (12 oz.), bacon and do. Do. do. do. do. Bread (16 oz.), do. do. Do. do. do. do. ci o *■** - e3 E o d o - o Tallow candles. By A. B. E. .2 » 51 11.8224 .01182 16.26 .01626 19i: .01928 t— ci Cfl co K3 r^ ci .— © — ' cc -p ci co ec : 1 1 - 1 G r ::::— — CC — - : -. 3C iO i-r- t-~ c 1- - r: '? co c 1- h cd Tti ud © ci ©©©'©©©© © 2 2 0' 3047.1801 3.0471 2419.2468 2.4192 2726.4757 2.7264 H H W CO N O CO CO CO CO lO CO .— O C 71 UO CO i-C. CO r- — 1 ci © CO I-. h c: :: iO c -o vo o oo © CO Op -* — 00 i- — ' © 'd t^ i-^ cd cd — C EC riTll-riKCOOrH^CO CI CO CI r. CI H H i-i rH ,13 CO M>*T3 |g. ? 2391.25 2.3912 2010.25 2.0162 2266.25 2.2662 lO o o id o o >d © © o ci id o cd lO lO CI kO O O O «C CI © r-i »*l CO l^ 1^ ,_ ^ O rH rH 1-H 1-* 1— ( fl CO .■H r& o> ci cJ E-i P-. CI O CO Ci © CI CO Ci CO Ci TH aoa _ioccco cd cd ci r-i cd ci Tji ©' id id ci cd ^ CO i.C ~ t- CI CI rH r-H r-i rH •"tnriHIM . II 11 O H O i-H © rH OOO OOO t-i r-t rH C P. z I PC J e8 : g d 1 I Ph PC J PC a c t - Vinegar Candles Soap Salt J saorjiM pi res IV m oao 42 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. RATION TABLE Of Desiccated Potatoes, and Desiccated and Mixed Vegetables, from 1 to 100,000. Desiccated Potatoes. Desiccated and Mixed Vegetables. No. lbs. oz. l TOO No. Bbs. oz. i oTJ 1 1 41 1 88 2 o 82 2 1 76 3 4 23 3 2 64 4 5 64 4 3 52 5 7 05 5 4 40 6 8 46 6 5 28 7 9 87 7 6 16 8 11 28 8 7 04 9 12 69 9 7 92 10 14 10 10 8 80 20 1 12 20 20 1 1 60 SO 2 10 30 30 1 10 40 40 3 8 40 40 2 3 21 50 4 6 50 50 2 14 00 60 5 4 60 60 o O 4 80 70 6 2 70 70 3 13 60 80 7 80 80 4 6 40 90 7 14 90 90 4 15 20 100 8 13 00 100 5 8 00 1,000 88 2 00 1,000 55 00 00 10,000 881 4 00 10,000 550 00 00 100,000 8,812 8 00 100,000 5,550 00 00 T IBLE SHOWING HIE ii- VNl * EN Bulk of any number or Ratiom FROM 1 Tf NUMBEK OP Beef. 1'. •■: I [',! Rioe. Coffee. ar. r. Soap. 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SO 1.80 1 6.60 3 1 e iii 100 1 ~- 12E 112 8 [ 10 6 12 1 8.00 4 2 1,000 ■ ■ 1,251 £ 14-- ... 2 11 100 60 121 io| in 2i 111,(100 37 101 12,501 57 1,001 GOO 1,200 150 400 1 s 100,000 37! .... 125,001 1 57; 192 10,000 G.000 12,000 1,000 1,501 16 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 43 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS A box, 24 by 16 inches square, and 22 inches deep, will contain one barrel, or 10,752 cubic inches. A box, 16 by 16.8 inches square, and 8 inches deep, will contain one bushel, or 2150.4 cubic inches. A box, 8 by 8.4 inches square, and 8 inches deep, will contain one peck, or 537.6 cubic inches. A box, 7 by 4 inches square, and 4.8 inches deep, will contain a half gallon, or 131.4 cubic inches. A box, 4 by 4 inches square, and 4.2 inches deep, will contain one quart, or 67.2 inches. One bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. wheat " 60 rye " , 56 buckwheat weighs 52 Ten gallons p barley oats beans potatoes onions dried peaches dried apples salt ckled onions sour-krout 48 40 60 60 57 33 22 50 83 81 44 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. CIRCULAR. 1st". Duplicate originals of all contracts on account of subsistence will be sent to this office through the principal Commissary of Subsistence of the Military Department in which the contract is made. The place of residence of each surety to the bond must be named therein with particularity. Where the form is prescribed it will be followed ; in all cases contracts must be drawn up and executed to meet the requirements of the law. Every contract, whether for services or for the furnishing of sup- plies, which contemplates a partial performance, from time to time, continuing until the whole duty is performed, or the whole delivery of the enumerated articles is effected, must provide in express terms for its earlier termination, if the Commissary-General shall so direct. Estimates for funds must be rendered in duplicate. Paragraph 1093 of the Regulations for the Army is so far amended as to authorize the ration of a soldier stationed in a city, with no opportunity of messing, to be commuted at seventy-five cents. Hereafter the rations of Ordnance Sergeants may be commuted at thirty cents per ration. In order to establish an invariable rule for ascertaining the nett weight of beef cattle received on the hoof, the following mode is adopted, and, for the future, in all cases, will be observed : 1st. When practicable, cattle presented for acceptance, must be weighed upon the scales. From the live weight of a steer, thus ascertained, his nett weight shall be determined by deducting forty- five per centum, when his gross weight exceeds thirteen hundred (1,300) pounds, and fifty per centum when it is less than that, and not under eight hundred (800) pounds. SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 45 2d. When it is impracticable to weigh upon the scales, one or more average steers must be selected, killed and dressed in the usual manner. The average nett weight of these (necks and shanks ex- cluded) will be accepted as the average nett weight of the herd. In all written instruments for the delivery of cattle on the hoof, the manner prescribed above, for ascertaining nett weight, must, in express terms, be inserted ; in verbal agreements, it must be under- stood and accepted by the party delivering the cattle. Vouchers for the payment of cattle, will state the manner pursued in determining their nett weight, except where payment has been made on the cer- tificate of an officer, in which case the certificate will state the mode followed. With a view to the prevention of losses, now so frequently occur- ring, from over-estimating the weight of cattle received on the hoof, the serious attention of officers and agents serving in this department, is specially called to the exercise of greater care in the discharge of this important duty. When fresh beef can be provided, so as to cost not more than Q\ cents per pound, nett weight, or not more than an equivalent propor- tion of salt pork, it will be issued to the troops five times per week. When the circumstances are favorable and it can be done with advantage to the Government, the Subsistence Department will keep beef cattle to supply the issues. When, from excessive fatigue or exposure, the commanding officer may deem it necessary, he may direct the issue of whiskey, to the enlisted men of his command, not to exceed a gill per man for each day. Tea may be issued in lieu of coffee, at the rate of one and a half pounds per hundred rations. Desiccated vegetables may be issued once per week in lieu of beans or rice; and should a tendency to scurvy appear among the troops, the commanding officer may, by advice of the medical officer, direct their more frequent issue. 46 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. Two "issues" per week of "desiccated vegetables" may be made in lieu of "beans " or " rice." Potatoes and onions, wben issued, will always be in lieu of rice or beans. Potatoes at the rate of a pound per ration ; onions at the rate of three pecks per hundred rations. When there is a Hospital Fund, every article supplied by the Subsistence Department for the use of the Hospital, will be charged against that Fund. SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 47 ARTICLE XL. TUBLIC PROPERTY, MONEY, AND ACCOUNTS. 891. All officers of the Pay, Commissary, and Quartermaster's Departments, and military store-keepers, shall, previous to their entering on the duties of their respective offices, give good and suffi- cient bonds to the Confederate States fully to account for all moneys and public property which they n>ay receive, in such sums as the Secretary of War shall direct ; and the officers aforesaid shall renew their bonds every four years, and oftener if the Secretary of War shall so require, and whenever they receive a new commission or appointment. 892. The sureties to the bond shall be bound jointly and severally for the whole amount of the bond, and shall satisfy the Secretary of War that they are worth jointly double the amount of the bond, by the affidavit of each surety, stating that he is worth, over and above his debts and liabilities, the amount of the bond or such other sum as he may specify, and each surety shall state his place of residence. 896. No disbursing officer shall accept, or receive, or transmit to the Treasury, to be allowed in his favor, any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the Confederate States without having paid to such creditor, in such funds as he received for disbursement, or such other funds as he is authorized by the preceding article to take in exchange, the full amount specified in such receipt or voucher ; and every such act shall be deemed to be a conversion to his own use of the amount specified in such receipt or voucher. And no officer in the military service charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of public money, shall convert to his own use, or invest in any kind of merchandize or property, or loan with or without interest, or deposit in any bank, or exchange for other funds, except as allowed in the preceding article, any public money intrusted to him ; and every such act shall be deemed to be a felony and an embezzlement of so much money as may be so taken, converted, invested, used, loaned, de- posited, or exchanged. 48 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 897. Any officer who shall directly or indirectly sell or dispose of, for a premium, any Treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security in his hands for disbursement, or sell or dispose of the pro- ceeds or avails thereof without making returns of such premium and accounting therefor by charging it in his accounts to the credit of the Confederate States, will forthwith be dismissed by the President. 898. If any disbursing officer shall bet at cards or any game of hazard, his commanding officer shall suspend his functions, and require him to turn over all the public funds in his keeping, and shall immediately report the case to the proper bureau of the War Department. 899. All officers are forbid to give or take any receipt in blank for public money or property ; but in all cases the voucher shall be made out in full, and the true date, place, and exact amount of money, in words, shall be written out in the receipt before it is signed. 900. When a signature is not written by the hand of the party, it must be witnessed. 902. No officer, disbursing or directing the disbursements of money for the military service, shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale, for commercial purposes, of any article in- tended for, making a part of, or appertaining to the department of the public service in which he is engaged, nor shall take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any public business other than what is or may be allowed by law. 903. No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested or con- cerned, directly or indirectly, in any wagon or other means of trans- port employed by the Confederate States, nor in the purchase or sale of any property procured for or belonging to the Confederate States, except as the agent of the Confederate States. 904. No officer or agent in the military service shall purchase from any other person in the military service, or make any contract with any such person to furnish supplies or services, or make any pur- chase or contract in which such person shall be admitted to any share or part, or to any benefit to arise therefrom. 905. No person in the military service whose salary, pay, or emoluments is or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form what- SUBSISTENCE RECULATIONS. 49 ever, for the disbursement of public money, or any other service or duty whatsoever, unless the same shall be authorized by law, and explicitly set out in the appropriation. 906. All accouuts of expenditures shall set out a sufficient explana- tion of the object, necessity, and propriety of the expenditure. 907. The facts on which an account depends must be stated and vouched by the certificate of an officer, or other sufficient evidence. 908. If any account paid on the certificate of an officer to the facts is afterward disallowed for error of fact in the certificate, it shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer, and be charged to the officer who gave the certificate. 909. An officer shall have credit for an expenditure of money or property made in obedience to the order of his commanding officer. If the expenditure is disallowed, it shall be charged to the officer who ordered it. 910. Disbursing officers, when they have the money, shall pny cash and not open an account. Heads of bureaus sluill take care, by timely remittances, to obviate the necessity of any purchase on credit. 911. When a disbursing officer is relieved, he shall certify the out- standing debts to his successor, and transmit an account of the same to the head of the bureau, and turn over his public money and pro- perty appertaining to the service from which he is relieved to his successor, unless otherwise ordered. 912. The chief of each military bureau of the War Department shall, under the direction of the Secretary of War, regulate, as far as practicable, the employment of hired persons required for the admin- istrative service of his department. 913. When practicable, persons hired in the military service shall be paid at the end of the calendar months, and when discharged. Separate pay-rolls shall be made for each month. 914. When a hired person is discharged and not paid, a certified statement of his account shall be given him. 915. Property, paid for or not, must be taken up on the return, and accounted for when received. 916. No officer has authority to insure public property or money. 5 50 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 917. Disbursing officers are not authorized to settle with heirs, executors, or administrators, except by instructions from the proper bureau of the War Department upon accounts duly audited and certi- fied by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury. 918. Public horses, mules, oxen, tools, and implements shall be branded conspicuously C. S. before being used in service, and all other public property- that it may be useful to mark; and all public property having the brand of the C. S. when sold or condemned, shall be branded with the letter C. 919. No public property shall be used, nor labor hired for the public be employed, for any private use whatsoever not authorized by the regulations of the service. 920. When public property becomes damaged, except by fair wear and tear, the officer accountable for the property shall report the case to the commanding officer, who shall appoint a board of survey of two or more officers to examine the property and ascertain the cause and amount of damage, and whether by any fault of any person in the military service, and report the facts and their opinion to him ; which report, with his opinion thereon, he shall transmit to the chief of the department to which the property appertains, and give a copy to the officer accountable for the property and to the person chargeable to the damage. 921. If any article of public property be lost or damaged by ne- glect or fault of any officer or soldier, he shall pay the value of such article, or amount of damage, or cost of repairs, in either case, at such rates as a board of survey, with the approval of the command- ing officer, may assess, according to the place and circumstances of the loss or damage, and be proceeded against as the articles of war provide, if he demand a trial by court-martial or the circumstances require it. 922. Charges against a soldier shall be set against his pay on the muster-roll. Charges against an officer to be set against his pay shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of War. 923. If any article of public property be embezzled, or by neglect lost or damaged, by any person hired in the public service, the value or damage, in either case, at such rates as a board of survey, with the approval of the commanding officer, may assess, according to the SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 51 place and circumstances of the loss or damage, shall be charged to him, and set against any pay or money due him. 924. Public property lost or destroyed in the military service must be accounted for by -affidavit, or the certificate of a commissioned officer, or other satisfactory evidence. 925. Affidavits or depositions may be taken before any officer in the list, as follows : When recourse can not be had to any before- named on said list, which fact shall be certified by the officer offering the evidence; 1st. A civil magistrate competent to administer oaths; 2d. A judge advocate; 3d. The recorder of a garrison or regimental court-martial; 4th. The Adjutant of a regiment; 5th. A commis- sioned officei'. 920. When military stores or other army supplies are unsuitable to the service, the officer in charge thereof shall report the case to the commanding officei', who shall refer the report, with his opinion thereon, to the bureau of the department to which the property appertains, for the order in the case of the Secretary of War. But if, from the nature or condition of the property or exigency of the ser- vice, it be necessary to act without the delay of such reference, in such case of necessity the commanding officer shall appoint a board of survey, composed of two or more competent officers, to examine the property and report to him, subject to his approval, what dispo- sition the public interest requires to be made of it; which he shall cause to be made, and report the case to the proper bureau of the War Department for the information of the Secretary of War. These cases of necessity arise when the property is of perishable nature, and cannot be kept, or when the expense of keeping it is too great in proportion to its value, or when the troops, in movement, would bo compelled to abandon it. Horses incurably unfit for any public ser- vice may also constitute a case of necessity, but shall be put to death only in case of an incurable wound or contagious disorder. ( .»27. When military stores or other army supplies are reported to the War Department as unsuitable to the service, a proper inspection or sivrvey of them shall be made by an Inspector-General, or such suitable officer or officers as the Secretary of War may appoint for that purpose. Separate inventories of the stores, according to the disposition to be made of them, shall accompany the inspection 52 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. report ; as of articles to be repaired, to be broken up, to be sold, of no use or value, and to be dropped, &c, &c. The inspection report and inventories shall show the exact condition of the different articles. 928. Military stores and other army supplies found unsuitable to the public service, after inspection by an Inspector-General, or such special inspection as may have been directed in the case, and ordered for sale, shall be sold for cash at auction, on due public notice, and in such market as the public interest may require. The officer making the sale will bid in and suspend the sale when, in his opin- ion, better prices maybe got. Expenses of the sale will be paid from its proceeds. The auctioneer's certified account of the sales in detail, and the vouchers for the expenses of the sale, will be reported to the chief of the department to which the property belonged. The nett proceeds will be applied as the Secretary of War may direct. 929. No officer making returns of property shall drop from his re- turn any public property as worn out or unserviceable until it has been condemned, after proper inspection, and ordered to be so dropped. 930. An officer issuing stores shall deliver or transmit to the receiving officer an exact list of them in duplicate invoices (Form 22), and the receiving officer shall return him duplicate receipts (Form 24). 931. When an officer to whom stores are forwarded has reason to suppose them miscarried, he shall promptly inform the issuing and forwarding officer, and the bureau of the department to which the property appertains. 932. When stores received do not correspond in amount or quality with the invoice, they will be examined by a board of survey, and their report communicated to the proper bureau, to the issuing and forwarding officer, and to the officer authorized jto pay the transpor- tation account. Damages recovered from the carrier or other party liable, will be refunded to the proper department. 933. On the death of any officer in charge of public property or money, the commanding officer shall appoint a board of survey to take an inventory of the same, which he shall forward to the proper bureau of the War Department, and he shall designate an officer to take charge of the said property or money till orders in the case are received from the proper authority. 934. When an officer in charge of public property is removed from SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 53 the care of it, the commanding officer shall designate an officer to receive it, or take charge of it himself, till a successor be regularly appointed. Where no officer can remain to receive it, the command- ing officer will take suitable means to secure it, and report the facts to the proper authority. 935. Every officer having public money to account for, and failing to render his account thereof quarter-yearly, "with the vouchers ne- cessary to its correct and prompt settlement, within three months after the expiration of the quarter if resident in the Confederate States, and within six months if resident in a foreign country, will be promptly dismissed by the President, unless he shall explain the default to the satisfaction of the President. 93G. Every officer intrusted with public money or property shall render all prescribed returns and accounts to the bureau of the de- partment in which he is serving, where all such returns and accounts shall pass through a rigid administrative scrutiny before the money accounts are transmitted to the proper offices of the Treasury Depart- ment for settlement. 937. The head of the bureau shall cause his decision on each account to be endorsed on it. lie shall bring to the notice of the Secre- tary of War all accounts and matters of account that require or merit it. When an account is suspended or disallowed, the bureau shall notify it to the officer, that he may have early opportunity to submit explanations or take an appeal to the Secretary of War. 938. When an account is suspended or disallowed in the proper office of the Treasuary Department, or explanation or evidence re- quired from the officer, it shall be promptly notified to him by the head of the military bureau. And all vouchers, evidence, or expla- nation returned by him to the Treasury Department shall pass through the bureau. 940. All purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the army, except personal services, when the public exigences do not require the immediate delivery of the article or performance of the service, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same. 941. The officer advertising for proposals shall, when the intended contract or purchase is considerable, transmit forthwith a copy of 54 SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. the advertisement and report of the case to the proper bureau of the War Department. 942. Contracts 'will be made with the lowest responsible bidder, and purchases from the lowest bidder who produces the proper article. But when such lowest bids are unreasonable, they will be rejected, and bids again invited by public notice ; and all bids and advertisements shall be sent to the bureau. 943. When sealed bids are required, the time of opening them shall be specified, and bidders have privilege to be present at the opening. 944. When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency, the article or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places, and in the mode in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals. 945. Contracts shall be made in quadruplicate; one to be kept by the officer, one by the contractor, and two to be sent to the military bureau, one of which for the office of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury. 946. The contractor shall give bond, with good and sufficient security, for the true and faithful performance of his contract, and each surety shall state his place of residence. 947. An express condition shall be inserted in contracts that no member of Congress shall be admitted to any share or part therein, or any benefit to arise therefrom. 948. No contract shall be made except under a law authorizing it, or an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment, except contracts by the Secretary of War for the subsistence or clothing of the army, or the Quartermaster's Department. 949. It is the duty of every commanding officer to enforce a rigid economy in the public expenses. 950. The commander of a geographical district or department shall require abstracts to be rendered to him, at least once in each quarter, by every officer under his orders who is charged with the care of public property or the disbursement of public money, sIioav- ing all property received, issued and expended by the officer ren- dering the account, and the property remaining on hand, and all SUBSISTENCE REGULATIONS. 55 moneys received, paid or contracted to be paid by him, and the balances remaining in his hands ; and where such officer is serving under any intermediate commander, as of the post, regiment, &c, the abstracts shall be revised by such commander; and both the accounting officer and the commanding officer shall accompany the abstracts with full explanations of every circumstance that may be necessary to a complete understanding, by the commander of the department, of all the items on the abstracts. These abstracts, where the accounting officer is serving in more than one staff department, will be made separately for each. 951. The commander of the department shall promptly correct all irregularities and extravagances which he may discover. He shall also forward, as soon as practicable, the money abstracts to the bureau of the War Department to which the accounts appertain, with such remarks as may be necessary to explain his opinions and action thereon. 952. All estimates for supplies of property or money for the public service within a department shall be forwarded through the com- mander of the department, and carefully revised by him. And all such estimates shall go through the immediate commander, if such there be, of the officer rendering the estimate, as of the post or regiment, who shall be required by the department commander to revise the estimates for the service of his own command. 953. 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