F-'«*. r#j -it- I MI WILLIAM R PERKINS LIBRARY OF DUKE UNIVERSITY Rare Books REGULATIONS FOR TOE ti # OF THE STATE OV VIRGINIA. K I C II M ON D, Va. CHAfl II. WYNNE, PR INT J 1861. KEGULATIONS FOR THE M % OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND, Va. CIIAS. II. WYNNE, PRINTER. 1861, REGULATIONS SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 14. Officers of the corps of Engineers or Ordnance, or of the Adjutant-General's, Inspector-General's, Quartermaster-General's, or Subsistence Department, though eligible to command according to the rank they hold in the army of the Confederate States, and not subject to the orders of a junior officer, shall not assume the com- mand of troops unless put on duty under orders which specially so direct by authority of the President. ol). The senior Lieutenant present, holding the appointment of Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, is entitled to perform the duties. 893. The chiefs of disbursing departments who submit requisi- tions for money to be remitted to disbursing officers, shall take care that no more money than actually needed is in the hands of any officer. . Chiefs of the disbursing departments shall, under the direc- tion of the Secretary of "War, designate, as far as practicable, the places where the principal contracts and purchases shall be made and supplies procured for distribution. SUPPLIES. 1059. Subsistence stores for the army, unless in particular and argent cases the Secretary of War shall otherwise direct, shall be procured by contract, to be made by the Com missary- General on public notice, to be delivered on inspection in the bulk, and at such 4 - 3ISTENCE DEPARTMENT. places as shall bo stimulated; t: tor to give duplicate inspec- tion certificate ! N '. lo), and to be a legal inspector where there i- such ofli 1060. Purchase -. to Bupply such corps and posts as by reason of their position, the climate, or fur other Bufficient cause the Secre- tary of War 1 illy direct to he Supplied in that way, A\ill he I in open market, on public notice, from the lowest bidder who produ POp< l article. 1. Ail wh< i.' mi a deficiency of subsistence stores makes it I - my to buy them, the commissary, where they are n< will make a requisition for that purpose on the proper purchasing commi or buy them himself, of good quality corresponding with the contract. J. When subsistence is received under contract, the commis- ffill receipt for it on the inspection certifies m ^'o. 15). He will deliver one of these to the contractor, and forward the other to the Commissary-General, with a report on the quality of the provisions and the condition of the packag 10 18. Whenever subsistence stores are purchased, the advertise- and bids, and a copy of the bill of purchase, with a statement of the cause of purchase, will be forwarded by the purchasing officer to the Commissary-General. This rule does not apply to the ordinary purchase of hospital supplies. Pork, salt beef, and flour must be inspected before purchase by a legal inspector where there is such officer. Duplicate certificates of inspection (see Form No. 11 be taken as Bub-vouchers to the vouchers for the payment. 10G1. Fresh beef, when it can be procured, shall be furnished as often as the commanding officer may order, at least twice a week, to be procured by the commissary, when practicable, by contract. (For form of contract and bond, see Forms l!0 and 21). When beef is taken on the hoof, it will be accounted for on the provision return by the number of cattle and their estimated weight. When tli" pasture is insufficient, hay, corn, and other forage will be pro- cured for public cattle. 10G5. Good ami sufficient store-room for the subsistence-stores will be procured by the commissary from the (ptartermastcr. Care shall be taken* to keep the store-rooms dry and ventilated. Pack- ages shall l>e so stored as to allow circulation of air among and beneath them. The Hour should occasionally be rolled out into the air. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 5 1066. Before submitting damaged commissary stores to boards of survey, the commissary shall separate and re-pack sound parts. 1067. Wastage on issues, or from evaporation or leakage, will be ascertained quarterly, or when it can be most conveniently; and the actual wastage thus found will be charged on the monthly return. Loss, from whatever cause, exceeding ordinary waste, must be ac- counted for by the certificate of an officer, or other satisfactory evidence. Ordinary waste on issues should not exceed, say 10 per cent, on pork, bacon, sugar, vinegar, and soap; and 5 per cent, on hard bread, beans, rice, coffee, land salt. 1008. No wastage is admitted on issues of fresh beef furnished the company, detachment, or regiment directly from the butcher. But in beef on the hoof, errors in estimated weight, and losses on cattle strayed or stolen, will be accounted for by the certificate of an officer, or other satisfactory evidence. When cattle arc trans- ferred, they should be appraised, and loss in weight reported as wastage by the officer delivering them. Fair wastage in transpor- tation of stores is accounted for by the receiving officer. THE RATION. 1069. The ration is three-fourths of a pound of pork or bacon, or one and a fourth pounds of fresh or salt beef; eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or twelve ounces of hard bread, or one and a fourth pounds corn meal; and at the rate, to one hundred rations, of eight quarts of peas or beans, or, in lieu thereof, ten pounds of rice; six pounds coffee; twelve pounds sugar; four quarts of vine- gar; one and a half pounds of tallow, or one and a fourth pounds adamantine, or one pound sperm candles; four pounds of soap, and two quarts of salt. 107'). The annexed table shows the quantity of each part of the ration in any number of rations from one to ten thousand. 1071. On a campaign, or on marches, or on board of transports, the ration of hard bread is one pound. ISS1 I"".. Returns For issnes to companies will, when practicable, be consolidated for the post or regiment (sec Form 14). At the cud of the month, the issuing commissary will make duplicate abstracts of C SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. the issue?, which the commanding officer "will compare with the . This ifl a 1 i hi v return. - to the hospital will be on returns by the medical : re actually required for th and the atten of such parts of the i a are I will be chai ict or c and th il will 1" I by the whole numb- plete h the inn nth at contract or 7): the balance, constituting the II < 1 by the commit lisition of tho I p, in the purchase of any article fur the subsistence or . t of the t authorized to be otherwise furnished (sec or general hospitals, this fund may be partly expended for the benefit of dependent posts or detachments, on requisiti roved by the medical director or senior Surgeon of tie '. On tl ■ Lsl of January, each year, one-fourth of hospital fund, if less than $150, and one-half if more, will bo dropped by the commissary from the fund (Form 3), and will be paid over to the Treasurer uf the Military Asylum by the Conunis- l Seneral. L074. The articles purchased for the hospital, as well as those ; from the E 'house, will be included in the rtificate of issues to the hospital, and borne on the monthly return of ived and issued. Vouchers for purchases for the hospital must either be certified by the So or accompanied by his requisition. to the hospifell will be made by the commissary, certified by the Surgeon, and countersigned by the manding officer (see Form 3). 107'). In order that the authorized women of companies may draw their rations while temporarily separated from their panies, the officer commanding the company must make a report to the commanding officer of the post where the women may be left, nating bu draw rations as attached to bis company. Their rations are i mted, and tiny can only draw them at a military post or station where there are supplies. 1**77. When provisions can be spared from the military supplies, commanding officers have discretion to order issues to Indiana visit- ing military posts on the frontiers, or in their respcetive nations, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 7 and to order sales of subsistence to Indian agents for issues to Indians. The returns for issues, where there is no Indian agent, ■will be signed by the commanding officer. The sales will be for cash, at cost, 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 bo made to the principal guard of each camp and garrison, on the order of the commanding officer. Extra issues of soap, candles, and vinegar, arc permitted to the hospital when the Surgeon docs 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-scorbutios 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 arc recommended to draw rice and an extra issue of molasses in lieu of beans. When anti-scorbutics arc issued, the medical officer will certify the necessity, and the circumstances which cause it, upon the abstract of extra issues (sec Form 4). 1080. When men leave their company, the rations they have drawn, and left with it, will be deducted from the next return foi 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 (sec Form 19). _'. The contractor will send, monthly or quarterly, as he may choose, his account for rations issued, to the Commissary-General 8 :i:xce department. for payment, vouched by the abstract of issues (Form 17) certified by the officer. 1083. When convenience ami economy require that the contract shall lie 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, nn«l shall pay the amount due to lodging from tho recruiting fund. 1. 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. 108"). 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 quarterly to the Commissary-General. 1080. "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 TO OFFICERS. 1089. An officer may draw subsistence stores, paying cash for them at contract or cost prices, without including cost of transpor- tation, on his certificate that they arc for his own use and the use of liis 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 current. 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 preciso time when rations were not issued, or the troops otherwise suffi- ciently subsisted, which shall appear on the abstract of issues. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. COMMUTATION OF RATIONS. 1091. "When a 3oldier is detached on duty, and it is impracticable to carry his subsistence with him, it will be commuted at seventy- five 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 per- form (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 by 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 the non-commissioned regimental staff and ordnance sergeants, 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 (sec Article XXXIX.) by the commis- sary, if not paid extra pay in any other department. 109G. 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 : 10 ;mi:nt. 'hi i/. . " liii the month. ..Form 1 I ph 1078 - '• 8 •• 4 a 5 . th u G Quarterly. A • t Form 7 I' all purchase! of pr ■ daring the quarter M 8 Abstract of all expenditures in the quarter, r purchai or cattle (Paragraph L064) " 9 i re during the quarter " 10 lea. . next quarter " 11 a of all property in the department, pro- cattle " 12 1 98. The :. sues will show the corp9 or detachment. When than one sheet, the sheds will bo numbered in .-eric.-, and not pasted together; the total at the foot of each to the head of the next, & . ►. All lists of subsistence shall run in this order: meat, bread-stuff, rice and beans, . sugar, vinegar, candles, Boap, salt, anti-scorbutics, purchases for hospital, forage for cattle. II 1 . . ■ printing blanks, as forms, will be allowed. 1101. A book will be kept by the commissary at each pi which will be entered the monthly returns of provisions and i- 1'. It will show fnun whom the purchases have nether paid lor. It is called the Commissary's book, and will not be removed from the ; 1102. When any officer in the Commissariat is relieved, he will close his ; but l ants will be kept open till the end of the quarter, unless he ceases to do duty in the department. 1108. f subsistence in charge of principal depots will render quarterly statements of the cost and quality of the ration, in all i at their stations. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 11 NOTES. 1. Stores longest on hand will be issued first. 2. Armorers, carnage-makers, and blacksmiths, of the Ordnance Department, are entitled to one and a half rations per day; all oilier 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 pos*s, 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. G. 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 100), 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 Cott. 32 rations of fresh beef is 40 lbs. at 4 cents 81 60 G8 " pork is 51 lbs. at 6 cents : 100 " flour, is 112 lbs. at 2 cents 2 5100 " beans, is 8 quarts at 4 cents 32") [ 4G 100 " rice, is 10 lbs. at cents GO) " coffee, is 6 lbs. at 9 cents 54 100 " sugar, is 12 lbs. i 96 100 " vinegar, is 4 quarts at ."> cents 20 100 " candles, is 1J lbs. at 12 cents I 100 " soap, is I lb L'l " salt, is 2 qu | I of one bundi | or 9 i Us per rati 1- S B : PARTMENT. -, during On month of 1 nWM WHOM a ■a = § a - < - - - H B < J . > - - ■■ return, - - intry, \. \ i ■ i„ - - • - ... month, qm per nbs< •• 1 1 tract, - - - - - ■ : ■' III' hi. 1 ital, .. " . - - - I'.'l't. i for transportation, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 13 Army. ; 18—, ly Fo&M 1. — Continue!. -, Assistant Commissar)/ of Stiosisleiice, Coufcde- < H o < - P5 c w V. p 3 a - z < -3 3 C M w H P. < c ■'■■ C 1 Pi, is — C - c T 72 D c £ - r f V s Pn 4> - a i remarks. A. 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LO •lis 12 to c — 1 ' - = - q B - - ft. — - : - - - -' ft. !V Ill 1-lllU, 800 a it 2 LO 70 193 11 : 1 T B ■ 12 a >r, that 1 have oarefully compared the aboTe "abstraot" with hundred end seyenty-eight rations of pork, fire bandred and fifty-two rationi « • f itions of rioe, nine hundred and thirty-four rations of coffee, ind thirty-two rations of candles, fifteen hundred :mJ od that the purchases, amounting to two dollars and seventy- drawn In kin 1 were actually require I for consumption in t!i" hospital. ' i with returns of men iii hospital, an 1 found correct. ( 'ommanding. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 17 Form 3 — continued. 18 , to men in hospital at J\ r cw Orleans, Louisiana, under the charge of by Lieutenant J. T. J., od Infantry, A. G. S. Remarks. A MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL FUND. 1532 rations, being whole amount due this month, at 9£ cents per $0 145 00 54 ISSUED. Cit. By the following provisions, at contract prices: 283£ pounds of pork, at G cents per pound.. GOO pounds of fresh beef, at 4 cents per po 161 2 J pounds of flour, at 2 cents per pound. 10 pounds of hard bread, at 3j cents per 70 pounds of rice, at G cents per pound... 56 pounds of coffee, at 9 cents per pound 193£ pounds of sugar, at 8 cents per pound. 171 quarts of vinegar, at 5 cents per quart ] 5 | '',- pounds of candles, at 12 cents per poui G\\ pounds of soap, at 6 cents per pound.. 1GJ quarts of salt, at 3 cents per quart 12 gallons of molasses, at 28 cents per ga )Ound. ... $17 27 32 4 5 15 1 3 3 01 GO 24] 35 20 04 51 f.:.'. 86 id Ion PURCHASED. 112 18| 2 pairs of chickens, at $~l cents per pair, 4 quarts of milk, at 7 cents per quart 3 dozen oranges, at 25 ceuts per dozen.... $1 75 28 75 2 78 114 80 67J the original returns now in my possession, and find that they amount to three fresh beef, fourteen hundred and thirty-three rations of flour, ten rations of hard sixteen hundred and sixteen rations of Sugar, four hundred and forty-eight rations thirty-two rations of soap, eight hundred and forty-eight rations of salt, and twelve eight cents, were required by me for, and Issued to, the sick ; and that the rations J. 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K o H •< H TO e: o h in O Ph o S 5 5 I" | e o S s SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 27 ^3 ^ O ^ <" ^ * .o •3 Si do H M s H cS a •o 9 s 3 — fl n ° s 2 ° o H £ — — ~ 3 8 ?. b- •» .2 K ° £ ^ 3 pq to © B .- 1 js E .3 _ ■ us i _ 5: cu ° O «0 w c a Bo o a M i 3 .5 TJ ■4 «~ <•- *£ ■_ •— •m o u 09 o o o ° tn jo ^3 "S "* 2 n ti »i cj es 3 o 6 ■ a ■ «> 2 fit C ~ = -a "2 73 B a E "3 o p o en B fl CO > =3 73 ^ ^ ^ Go C >^ -O •v g o B a 1. S I c) 05 u E O ft i C ' 2 B 3 £ - o. a o a ■ a fl o a u o fl ca o3 (-* *- s te ♦* V PH ■ — to to SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 29 #> 02 % PS o s pq -< ^ 30 I>TEN'CE DEPARTMENT. 5 n ■M k ■ s ■ £ a c o '- Si «~ e> z ~ • o is g«8 c a W a °3 a o a s o O ^2 ° a c : c5 f d £ c <- <— H 1 1 o "3 Q t- ■- I c « E- £ Vi I S g i V5 ** SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 31 ft 09 W >-a to EG o 1 . U ^ ^ C >> O c3 -a u O o § ^ w w £ Ha bC o ft .2 3 > CO S~ « a, § ® ° j o ■" ~ o .a — ~ -a c g v © ««2 o2 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Form L9. ' !:iimi:nt made and entered into this day of . Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty- between , an officer i» the Confederate Army, on (ho one part, and , of the county of , and State of , of the other part. This agreement witneueth, That the said , for and on behalf of the Confederate States of America, and the said heirs, ira and administrators, have covenanted and agreed, and by these ta 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 specifii d, tint shall he required for the use of the Confederate States recruits Btationed at the place afore- said, commencing on the day of , one thousand hundred and sixty- , and ending (in the of , bundled and , or such earlier day as the Commissary General may direct, at the price of cent- mills for each complete ration. iS md. That the ration to he furnished by virtue of this contract shall consisi of the following articles, viz : One and a quarter pounds of fresh t three-quarters of a pouud 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 hall" pound- of tallow, or one pouud of sperm candles, four pounds vl' 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 tin- option of the recruiting officer; and the recruiting party shall have the privilege of hanging dot I flag from the place of rendezvous. Third. That fresh beef shall he issued at hast twice in each week, if required by the commanding officer. /' ,-tli. It is clearly understood thai the provisions stipulated to 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 nbder 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, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 33 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 20. Articles op 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 wttnessethf That the said , for and on behalf of the Confederate States of America, and the said , for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, have mutually agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, in manner following, viz : i First That the said shall deliver at fresh bee/, 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- Sccond. 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 beef furnished under this contract; but in the event of the Assistant Commis- sary 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 be by this contract shall, in the opinion of the commanding officer, be unfit for i>-siu', or of a quality inferior to thit required by th< LI vey shall be held thereon by two officers, to be designated by the ling officer; and in mm of disagreement, a third pen d shall 1"' ehoMO by those two off three thus ippoioted and ehoMn shall have power to reject such part- >>r the who],' of the /• • at unfit for issue, or of a quality inferior to that contracted 1 3 34 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. ". Tliat in on=<- of failure or deficiency in tlio duality or quantity of the fresh beef stipulated to be delivered, then tl ai Commissary of Subsistence .-hall have power t'> supply the deficiency by purchase; and the Btid will be charged with the difference of In witness whereof, the undersigned hare hereunto placed their hands and seals, the day and date above written. Wit, Form 21. ]\M>w ALL min v.Y THESE PRESENT8, That WO, 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 aud administrators, for and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals — dated the day of , in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred aud sixty- The nature of tin's obligation is such, That if the above bounden heirs, ezecutors and administrators, or any of them, shall and do in all things well and truly observe, perform, fulfill, accomplish and keep, all and singular tin- 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, com- prised "i' 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 be void; otherwise, to remain in full force and virtue. WitneueS) SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 35 l-ss £ « is s £.2 H S, o o ,-C o .—n o •^ N - ™ ri^ tf ° o 3 (M CO O i-< c: :i i^ o uo © r? re — — -jr — co © x» o '— © i— © o i — f c: o 53 c -i h £.2 r4 cd o> l-l H |H eo ■>*" to © c-i ©©'©"©■ ©' ©' © o — ' — ' 00 CI t~- -* — t~- CO ~ i- CO X — — — I- -1 •— — oi -r -r i- •— ' >— i l~ © t~ LC 00 co vr cc i~ oo — i: rs eo cm is « o x - - ©51 © CO 1 - — - - c M if o o io io oo o OC eo — — f i- -f' r' .t i- i- cd xi S § 8 V. S^H N S2 H,,eo — i o © i - r - . io — us co CI 6C "I C "I -1 — ci i- ci cd ci £ 9 '"' 5 = •"' - © ~ ci o © co i— © oo r. i - - 1 c it co : i • C r HOOOMCC — c i — • "— — I t*» CO !*■ » ^ -r> O — io -i ci - ©CN '-— — • .• :r i? - CC ~ — ~ ! e i cd — < ^I5Smo» — r — c - fc — - "- 1 — ■— — ■_ jo snopiu pavtaoqj ouq 3G SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Table bhowino nn Quantity in Bulk of POBK. BlBF. I OF Rations. 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 60 GO 70 80 00 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 — - = s - : B - PM z L2 ] 2 l 8 ... 12 4 - 4 6 12 7 8 15 22 8 80 87 8 46 8 60 67 8 76 87 100 - ] 2 3 5 G 7 8 10 11 12 2:. 37 50 62 75 87 100 112 125 1,250 12,600 125,000 Fi.i.i a. l 2 3 4 5 G 7 ii 10 11 22 38 •1.-, 66 67 78 9C mi 112 6 1 16 57 1 78 578 I '.i2 ! •b t- m ■ - • ' - = - - -- ~ ■z 2 25 250 16 0.64 1.28 1.92 8.20 8.84 1.48 .-,.12 6.76 6.40 4 80 3 20 L.60 6.40 1.80 3 20 L.60 BlOB. L.6 8.2 4.8 6.4 8.