CIRCULAR.
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Richmond, January, 1865.
All pay funds in the possession of officers of the Quartermaster's Depart-
ment, attached to the armies of the Confederate States, will, on the com-
pletion of each periodical payment, be reported to the Chief Quartermaster
of said armies, who will deduct the amount from the next subsequent esti-
mate submitted.
Estimates will show the number cf officers of each grade, non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates, in each regiment or battallion, together with
the brigades, divisions and corps of which they form a part; and will be made
for pay due for each period of two months separately—so that, in the event of
the inability of the Treasury Department to supply the whole amount needed
—should estimates embrace a longer time—a sum sufficient to pay for a stated
period, may be furnished.
Returns of disbursements made, on account of pay of the army, will be care-
fully compared with estimates presented,'in the office of the Quartermaster Gen-
eral, in order to ascertain whether or not the(latter are in excess of the amount
required to pay the troops; and officers will be held to a strict accountability
for over estimating. These returns will be made every two months.
Care will be observed to pay officers and men granted furloughs of indul-
gence before they leave their commands, to the date of the last muster for
payment; and no payment will be made them by post quartermasters for a pe-
riod anterior to such time. Chief Quartermasters will be careful to cause
compliance with this order.
Attention is directed to the accompanying extract from General Orders No.
1, Adj. & Insp. General's office, January 6th, 1865, viz:
VIII. Generals commanding armies and departments will require company
commanders to furnish descriptive lists to soldiers sent to hospitals.
IX. Sick or wounded soldiers in hospitals may be paid, as heretofore, four
months pay, if due, upon receipts supported by their affidavits; but company
commanders will provide them with descriptive lists before they leave their
commands, if it be possible ; if otherwise, they will, as soon thereafter as
practicable, forward such lists to the Surgeon in charge of the hospitals of
which they may be inmates.
X. Articles of clothing issued during the year to soldiers, will be stated
on company muster rolls, with the pricjes annexed, upon which annual settle-
ments on clothing accounts are made. |
XI. Payment of the bounty of fifty dollars, allowed by the act of Congress,
approved December 11th, 1861, will not be paid to persons between seventeen
and fifty years, subject to conscription!. It will be limited to those not liable
to service, who enter the army for the; war as non-commissioned officers, mu-
sieians or privates. All who enter the general service from the reserves,
must do so by transfer; and in no cade will bounty be paid upon such trans-
fers or enlistments.
XII., Quartermasters performing dpty exclusively as paymasters, will be
under the control of Chief Quartermasters of armies or military depart-
ments. They will not be subject to orders from other quartermasters.
If, from any cause, the Paymaster; of a corps or division is unable to dis-
charge the duties appertaining to his office, the Chief Quartermaster of the army
with which such corps or division may be serving, will designate a Quarter-
master or an Assistant Quartermaster to perform such duty temporarily, in
which event, the name of the Quartermaster so assigned will be communicated
to the Quartermaster General.
A. R. LAWTQX,
Quartermaster General.