GENERAL ORDERS FROM THE From January 1 to June 30,1SG4, inclusive. f prepared from files of head quarters, department of south carolina, georgia. and florida t u» i' R.yC, GILCHRIST, acting jitjjgri advocate-general €»-. .XiX. aIN. ■. €*' WITH FULL INDEX. Al v ' ik k i 4 >r % vfc \t & v a v ' • 1 Also, Explanatory Notes, and such Decisions of the War De¬ partment as could be collected torching matters of general concern To the service * 4 \ COLUMBIA : evans and cogswell 1864. GENERAL ORDERS FROM THE ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, From January 1, 1864, to July 1,1864, inclusive. PREPARED FROM FILES OF HEAD-QUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA. by R. C. GILCHRIST, acting judge advocate general. WITH FULL INDEX, Explanatory Notes, and such Decisions of the War Department as could be collected touching matters of general concern to the service. COLUMBIA: EVANS AND COGSWELL 1864. ANALYTICAL INDEX TO <®mral ©ntera from Wat; jJeprinwnt, From January 1 to June 80, 1864. ABSENTEES. A. No. No. of of Par. Ord. To be reported semi-monthly to Bureau of Conscription... .X 57 ACCOUTREMENTS. Price of. IX 35 ACTS OF CONGRESS. To prevent enlistment or enrolment of substitutes in mili¬ tary service (approved Dec. 28, 1863). No person liable to military service hereafter allowed to furnish substitute; prohibits reception of substitutes I 3 To put an end to exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes (approved Jan. 5, 1864). No person shall be exempt by reason of having furnished a substitute; act not to affect persons who, though not liable, have furnished substitutes. F 3 Authorizing tax in kind on bacon to be commuted by collec¬ tion of salt pork as an equivalent (Dec. 28, 1863) I 4 Joint resolutions of thanks to General Robert E. Lee and to the officers and soldiers under his command 5 To reduce the currency, and to authorize the new issue .of notes and bonds (Feb. 17, 1864) 21 To provide for retiring officers of the army (Feb. 17, 1864). To provide subsistence for sick and wounded officers in hos¬ pitals (Feb. 13, 1864) I 25 To increase commutation value of rations of sick and wound¬ ed in hospitals (Feb. 15, 1864) I 25 To amend an aot regulating granting of furloughs and dis- IV INDEX. charges in hospitals; extending time to 60 days (Fob. 17, 1864) I 25 To organize forces for the war (Feb. 17,1S64)... 26 Sec. 1. Conscribes all between ages of 17 and 50. Sec. 2. All between 18 and 45 to be retained in present or¬ ganizations. Troops from same state to be placed to¬ gether. Sec. 3. Bounty of $100 six per cent, bond to be given to all enlisted men not absent without leave for six months from April 1, 1864. Sec. 4. Persons having furnished substitutes no longer exempt. Sec. 5. Reserve for state defence and detail duty formed of those between ages of 17 and 18 and 44 and 50. Sec. 6. Those subject to foregoing section to enroll them¬ selves within 30 days if east, and 60 days if west, of the Mississippi river, and to organize into companies, bat¬ talions, and regiments. Sec. 7. Those failing to attend at rendezvous, to be con- scribed and assigned to army in field. Sec. 8. Provost and hospital guards, employees in Com¬ missary's and Quartermaster's departments, to be taken from reserve corps who are unfit for field duty. Sec. 9. Penalties on quartermasters, etc., for violation of above. Sec. 10. Who are exempt from military service. Sec. 11. President authorized to grant details. Sec. 12. Surgeons of examining boards not to be appoint¬ ed from the county where examination is to be made. To allow commissioned officers rations Ill 28 To allow officers to purchase clothing. Sec. 2 Ill 28 Forage for more than one horse not to be issued to any offi¬ cer below rank of brigadier-general, not in the field. Sec. 3 " Ill 28 To prevent the procuring, aiding, and assisting of any per¬ son to desert from the army (approved Jan. 22,1864). [1] I 29 To aid statps in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops (approved Feb. 16, 1864). [2]..... I 29 To provide for sustenance of prisoners of war (approved Feb. 17, 1864). [3].. I 29 To create office of ensign (approved Feb. 17, 1864). [4].... I 29 To promote officers, etc., for distinguished skill or valor (ap¬ proved Feb. 17, 1864); [5] I 29 INDEX. V Allowing two quartermaster-sergeants to each regiment of engineer troops (approved Feb. 17,1864). [6] ^I 29 To increase number of officers in engineer corps. Feb. 17, 1864. [7] I 29 To appoint six military store keepers, with rank of captain of infantry. Feb. 17, 1864. Sec. 2. [7] I 29 Amending act organizing engineer troops. Feb. 17. [8] .. I 29 See. 1. Organizes one company taken from a division of infantry, or twelve regiments of infantry. Sec. 2. Number to be in each company. Sec. 3. Officers of same. Sec. 4. Organizes companies into regiments with field-offi¬ cers. Sec. 5. Two of the companies in each regiment to act as pontoniers. Sec. 6. Officer in Engineer bureau to prescribe imple¬ ments, tools, etc. Sec. 7. Vacancies; how filled. Sec. 8. Monthly pay of officers. Sec. 9. Monthly pay of enlisted men. Sec. 10. Mounted engineer troops; how organized. Sec. 11. Provides for transfer of officers of engineer corps and engineer troops. To amend 65th Article of War relating to general courts- martial. Feb. 17, 1864. [9] I 29 To amend act organizing military courts; to establish one in North AlaBama. Feb. 13, 1864. [10] ...... I 29 To establish additional military courts; one for any division of cavalry in the field, and one for each state. Feb. 16, 1864. [11] I 29 Enlarging jurisdiction of military courts. Feb. 17, 1864. [12] .' I 29 Sec. 2. Members of military court to be assigned to other courts, when the corps to whicli they havS been at¬ tached ceases to exist. Sec. 3. Jurisdiction extended to all offenders below the grade of lieutenant-general. Granting power to courts-martial and military courts to com¬ pel attendance of civil witnesses- Feb. 17. 1864. [13] .. I 29 Sec. 2. Expenses of citizen witness ; how paid. Authorizing commanders of corps and departments to detail field-officers as members of military courts under certain circumstances. Feb. 6, 1861. [14] I 29 INDEX. vii Sea 4. Secretary of War to assign those retired to appro¬ priate duty. Sec. 5; Shall also make rules for examining hoards. Sec. 6. How vacanoies thus made are to be filled. To authorize impressment of meat. Feb. 17, 1864 39 Sec. 1. President to determine when necessary. Sec. 2. Secretary of War to direct, with certain limita¬ tions. Sec. 3. Regulations touching impressment. Sec. 4. Owner shall retain possession; unless neoessity is urgent. Sec. 5. In (tase of disagreement, course to be pursued. See. 6. Certificate to be given by impressing officer. To provide compensation for officers who have performed staff duty, under orders. Feb. 11, 1864 XVI 42 To provide tobacco for the army. Feb. 17, 1864. XVI 42 To authorize appointment of commissaries for regiments of cavalry. May 23, 1864. [1] I 53 To amend act creating ensign. May 31, 1864. [2]...... I 53 To furnish transptirtation to officers of army and navy while travelling under orders. June 4,1864. [3] I 53 To provide for appointment of additional military store¬ keepers. June 4,1864. [4] I 53 To increase pay of non-commissioned officers and privates. June 9> 1804. [5] ....I 53 To amend act establishing Nitre and Mining bureau. June 9, 1864. [6] I 53 For payment of commissioners appointed under act suspend¬ ing writ of habeas corpus in certain cases. June 9, 1864. [7] I 53* Sec. 2. Powers conferred on commissioners. To provide for the compensation of non-commissioned offi¬ cers, soldiers, sailors, or marines on detailed service. June 9, 1864. [8] I 53 Sea 1. Continues their regular pay. Sec. 2. Gives them extra pay and allowances. Sec. 3. Provides for compensation when with govern¬ ment contractors. To organize a corps of scouts and guides to facilitate com¬ munication with trans-Mississippi department. June 10, 1864. [9]..t ... I 53 Sec. 1. Number of officers. Sec. 2. Four companies to be raised. viii INDJCX. Sea. 3. Officers and men to be detailed from army. Sec. 4. How armed and equipped. To amend the act establishing military courts. June 14, 1864. [10] 1 53 See. 1. Confers additional powers on commanders. Set. 2. Party acquitted to be immediately discharged. To authorize the formation of new commands composed of supernumerary officers who may resign to join such com¬ mands. June 14, 1864. [11] 1 53 Sec. 2. Allows supernumerary officer to join. Sec. 3. Restricts appointment of officers. To amend act providing invalid corps. June 1, 1864. [12]. I 63 To amend act exempting certain religious denominations. June 7, 1864. [13] I 63 To authorize appointment of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters and commissaries. June 14, 1864. [14] I 53 Sec. 1. Prescribes rank and duties. Sec. 2. Quartermasters of regiments or battalions. Sec. 3. If services can be dispensed with, to be dropped from rolls. Sec. 4. Quartermaster for state and each congressional district. To amend act aiding state in communicating with and per¬ fecting record of its troops. May 31, 1864. [15] I 63 To amend acts in regard to chaplains. May 31, 1864. [16] I 63 To provide for appointment of officers with temporary rank and command. May 31, 1864. [17] I 53 To allow sick and wounded officers of the army transporta¬ tion to their homes, and hospital accommodations. June 10, 1864. [18] I 54 To allow those whose homes are brought within Confederate lines privilege of enrolling within thirty days after reoo- cupation. June 10, 1864. [19] I 63 To graduate pay of general officers. June 10, 1864. [20] I 53 To appoint officers for ordnance duty. June 10, 1864. [21] I 53 To amend act organizing military courts. June 14, 1864. [22] I 53 To provide and organize general staff. Jifhe 14, 1864. [23] I 53 Sec. 1. Appointments and promotions in. INDEX. ix Sec. 2. Assignment of. Sec. 3. Staff of general commanding army in field. Sec. 4. Staff of lieutenant-general commanding corps d'armee. Sec. 5. Staff of major-general commanding division. Sec. 6. Staff of brigadier-general commanding bri- Sec. 7. authorizes President to regulate the same. Sec. 8. Appointments to be made from those in servico. To amend act organizing military courts. June 14, 1864. [24] • I 53 To amend laws relating to commutation value of hospital rations. June 14, 1864. ' [25] I 53 To promote efficiency of cavalry service. June 7, 1864. [26] I 53 Sec. 1. Dismounts those misbehaving. Sec. 2. Impresses their horses. To provide for establishment and payment of claims of prop¬ erty taken or informally impressed for the army. June 14, 1864.... I 64 To amend act allowing commissioned officers of the army rations, etc. June 7, 1864 1 52 To allow transportation to members of Congress in certain cases. June 8, 1864 ...II 52 AGENTS. Appointed for examination of certain claims against govern¬ ment I 54 Duties of, in examining claims against government. Ill, IV, V 54 AMENDMENTS. ,© General Orders, No. 75 (1863), clause3, paragraph II, by., t 2 2 General Orders, No. 7, current series, clause 3, paragraph II, by II 22 General Orders,, No. 13, current series, paragraph V, by.... I 28 General Orders, No. 67 (1863), paragraph II, by II 28 Act of March 20, 1863, relating to engineer troops, by act of February 14, 1864. [6] I 29 Act of April 1, 1862, relating to engineer corps, by idem... I 29 65th Article of War, by act of February 17, 1864. [9].... T. 29 Act organizing military courts, by act of February 13, 1864. [10] I 29 Act defining powers of military courts, by act of February 17, 1864. [12] I 29 X INI»EX. Act of April 21, 1862, to punish drunkennesss in army, by act of February 17, 1864. [15].* I 29 General Orders, Nos. 37 and 161 (1863), by 30 Paragraph 1,111 Army Regulation^, by .VII 8 General Orders, No. 13, current series, paragraph VI, relating to payment of soldiers on descriptive lists, by VI 35 General Orders, No. 86 (1863), paragraph II, prescribing minimum of companies of infantry and cavalry, by... .VII 42 General Orders, No. 34, paragraph IV, and General Orders, No. 37, paragraph I, current series, by IX 42 General Orders, No. 42, paragraph XVII, current series, pre¬ scribing tobacco ration, by X 45 General Orders, No. 107, paragraph II (1863), by V 48 General Orders, No. 6, current series, paragraph II, by... .VI 48 Act allowing commissioned officers rations, by act of June 7, 1864 I 52 Act creating ensign, by act of May 31, 1864. [2] I 53 Act establishing Nitre and Mining bureau, by act of June 9, 1864. [6] ^ I 53 Act establishing military courts, by act of June 14, 1864. [10] [22] [24] .'. I 53 Act establishing invalid corps, by act of June 1, 1864. [12] I 53 Act organizing forces for the war, by act of June 7, 1864. [13] I 53 Act organizing forces for the war, by act of June 10, 1864. [19] ». I 53 Act aiding state to perfect records, by act of May 31, 1864. [15] I 53 Act relating to hospital rations, by act of June 14, 1864. [25] I 53 Act relating to chaplains, by act of May 31,. 1864. [16].... I 53 ARMS. • Manufacture of sword bayonets to be discontinued VI 6 Persons not subject to Articles of War punished for pur¬ chasing from soldiers. Act of January 22, 1864. [1].... I 29 Schedule of cost of IX 35 ARMY REGULATIONS. Paragraphs 1,129, 1,130, 1,131, and 1,132, concerning com¬ mutation of rations, revoked I "8 Paragragh 1,111, concerning issues to hospitals, etc., amend¬ ed ..VII 8 INDEX. xi' Paragraph 170 revoked by Ill 35 Paragraph 166 construed by II 35 ARSENAL. At Savannah, established XI 42 ARTICLES OF WAR. 65, amended by act of February 17, 1864. [9] I 29 Attention of aripy called to 22d Article 40 ARTILLERY. Ordnance stores in, lost or destroyed; damage of, how assessed; responsibility for, how ascertained IV 6 ASSIGNMENTS. Of General Braxton Bragg at seat of government.... 23 Of Major-General Elzey to command of "Maryland Line". .... VII 38 Of Colonel Bradley T. Johnson to command of Camp Howard VII 38 B. BAYONETS. Manufacture of sword to be discontinued ; triangular to be substituted VI 6 BOARDS. Of survey to be appointed by brigade or district command¬ er, to assess value of, or damage to, ordnance stores lost or damaged I 6 Decision of such, with approval of brigade or district com¬ mander, to be fin^l (amended by paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 48, current series) II 6 Statement of stoppages made as above, to be furnished to brigade inspector by brigade ordnance officer ...Ill 6 Medical examining, for conscripts, to be composed of two medical officers and one employed surgeon '...... I 11 Medical examining, for conscripts, to hold continuous ses¬ sions in several counties of respective districts, to facili¬ tate duties prescribed in General Orders, No. 141, of 1863 I 11 Certificates and recommendations by medical examining, in connection with above duties, to be signed by both medical officers (see General Orders, No. 141, of 1863) II 11 Temporary may be organized to obtain information, etc., relative to exemptions under act of February 17, 1864... I 26 xii INDEX. Examining, to forward copy of monthly report of exami¬ nations VIII 26 Officers of medical examining, will not be assigned to own congressional district IX 26 Of appraisers for property impressed V 30 Of appraisers to determine whether property should be im¬ pressed VI 30 Medical examining to examine officers and Soldiers to be placed in "invalid corps;" duties connected there¬ with Ill 34 Will not retire officers, but forward certificates IV 34, I 37 To report officers and soldiers who do not appear periodical¬ ly for re-examination... = VIII 34 To forward certificates retiring officers, and their original ap¬ plication, through commanding general IX 42 To number certificate of rotirement Ill, IV 37 C. CAVALRY. Member of, not providing himself with horse shall serve on foot, and be transferred II 28 Impressment of horses fdr, prohibited II 45 Commissary allowed each regiment of. Act of May 23, 1864. [1] I 53 Members of, who Misbehave, to be placed in infantry. Act of June 7, 1863. [26]. I 53 Commanding officers of, charged with carrying out above.. .II 55 CERTIFICATES. Of retirement; forms for XV 34 Retiring officers; how forwarded I, III, 35, IX 42 CHAPLAINS. May receive rations or commutation thereof VII 22 May'draw forage for horse. Act of January 22, 1864. [17] I 29 Allowed battalions and general hospitals. Act of May 31, 1864. [16] I 53 CLAIMS. For property taken or informally impressed for army ; how establfshed and paid. Act of Juno 14, 1864 I 64 Agents for establishment of, appointed I 54 For property taken, etc.; how presented II 54 INDEX. xiii CLOTHING. Account of soldier; how sottled, in the event of the.loss of company records I 13 Account of soldiers; how adjusted, where companies have been deprived of all officers by casualties of war...... .II 13 Issued during year, to be stated opposite name of soldier on muster-roll at annual settlement directed in General Or¬ ders, No. 100, of 1862 ....Ill 13 Will be issued to men upon requisition of immediate com- ; manding officer (amended by paragraph I, General Or¬ ders, No. 28) Y 13, I 28 Officers permitted to purchase. Act of Congress Ill 28 Of soldiers; persons not subject to Articles of War punished for purchasing. Act of January 22, 1864. [1]. I 29 Accounts of detached men, made on descriptive rolls XII 42 COMMANDING OFFICERS. Can not grant themselves leave .II 35 Not allowed to assign officers to duty beyond limits of their departments IY 35 Of regiments, battalions, etc., to make semi-monthly report of deserters and absentees to Bureau of Conscription... .X 58 Of department, etc., have direction of reserve foroes turned over to them XI 57 COMMISSARIES. Number and rank of increased. Act of June 14, 1864. [14] I 53 One to each regiment or battalion left to discretion of Presi¬ dent. (Idem), section 2 I 53 Those who may be dispensed with to be dropped from the rolls. (Idem), section 3 I 53 Allowed regiment of cavalry. Act of May 23, 1864. [1].. I 53 Of companies ordered away, to receive hospital fund which has accrued on its account IX 57 COMMISSIONERS, Of appraisement to summon witnesses to determine value of property impressed. Act of Feb. 16, 1864, section 3... I 30 Of appraisement to be sworn. (Idem, seotion 4.) I 30 On u habeas corpus;" duties of, II 31 COMPANY COMMANDERS. To stop on muster-rolls amounts reported by ordnance offi¬ cer as chargeable against privates for loss or damage to ordnance stores (amended by General Orders, No. 48, paragraph VI.) -...II 6 xiv INDEX. Whose companies are below minimum to send to comman¬ dant of conscripts of state certified rolls of companies, otherwise conscripts will not he assigned IV 6 Clothing accounts of soldiers; how adjusted by, in the event of loss of company records I IS To state, opposite each name on muster-roll, at annual set¬ tlement of clothing, amount issued during the year Ill 13 Failing to thus account for clothing, render themselves lia¬ ble for value . IV 13 CONSCRIPTS. Enrolled, can not demand as a right to choose company or regiment in which to serve 2 Must not be assigned to organizations from other states ; wishes in general to be consulted 2 Assignments of, made by commandants of, in good faith, not regarded as fit subjects for complaint 2 Persons liable as, under act January 5, 1864, placed on.same footing as others hitherto liable as II 3 Persons liable as, under act January 5, 1864, to report to enrolling officers by 1st of February, 1864, otherwise will be held for assignment without privilege of volunteer¬ ing •' Ill 3 Persons liable as, under above act, previous to enrolment may volunteer in organizations in service April 16, 1862, provided, etc. (revoked by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 7) IV. 3 Persons liable as, under above act, who report to enrolling . officer, may be allowed furlough of ten days V 3 Persons rendered liable as, under this order, must pass through camp of instruction of state to which belong.. .VI 3 Unfit for duty in the field, will be assigned as recommended by board of examiners VII 26 Who have joined companies in local service will be as¬ signed to companies in general service VIII *35 Accepted for field duty, but found disqualified, certificates to set forth service for which they are fitted V 48 Between 16 and 18 and 45 and 50, allowed 30 days after re- oocupation of their homes by Confederate forces. Act of June 10, 1864. [19] I 53 CONSCRIPTION, BUREAU OF. Charged with adopting regulations for enforcement of order concerning enrolment of persons rendered liable by act January 5, 1864 VII 3 INDEX. XV To give instructions for revision of exemptions heretofore granted . • • VIII 3 Charged with all measures necessary for enrolment, enlist¬ ment, etc., of all persons rendered liable*by act of Febru¬ ary 17, 1864. : I 26 To organize efficient agencies to carry out the provisions of foregoing act II 26 May organize temporary boards to obtain information, etc., relative to exemptions and details II 26 Will direct enrolment of free negroes and slaves under the act of February 17, 1864 II 32 Will enroll all persons between 16 and IS and 46 and 50 ... I 33 Ordered to organize reserve forces, and bow .VII 45 Officers, privates, etc., engaged in; how paid V to VIII 57 Expenses of; how paid VI 57 Superintendent of, to establish regulations for control of' disbursing officers of conscript service VIII 57 COURTS-MARTIAL. Who may appoint (amendment of 65th Article of War). Act of February 17, 1864. [9] I 29 Sentences; how confirmed and executed. (Idem.) May compel attendance of civilian witness. Act of Febru¬ ary 17, 1S64. [13] I 29 Proceedings of, to be forwarded to War department without delay ...... I 36 Record of; how made and endorsed II 36 Officers appearing before, in behalf of prisoner, must receive no compensation VI 45 Any person acquitted by, to be immediately discharged. Act of June 14, 1864. [10], section 2 I 53 For trials by, see " Military Trials." See " Military Courts." D. DESCRIPTIVE LISTS. Amounts paid soldiers on, to be endorsed thereon by quarter¬ master, and certified copy of kept by him for his files VI 13, III 22 Enlisted men detached, etc., for a longer period than 30 days, will be furnished with, but are Ill 22 Soldiers in hospitals not furnished with, to be provided by surgeon in charge .....Ill 22 On return of soldier to command, to be destroyed Ill 22 xvi index. DESERTERS^- Persons not subject to Articles of War punished for aiding. Act of January 22, 1864. [1] I 29 Enlistment of, forbidden. Attention called to 22d Article of War 40 DETAILS. Enlisted men on, on account of disability, in Richmond, ra¬ tions commuted at $1 25 per diem II 8 Application for, to be made to the enrolling officer of the county, and be supported by testimony under oath Ill 26 Application for, refused, appeal allowed to Bureau of Con¬ scription and War department Ill 26 No application entertained by War department unless on appeal Ill 26 Of enlisted men ceasing, payments to be noted on descrip¬ tive-lists, to be delivered to company commander XY 42 Soldiers, etc., allowed regular pay. Act of June 9, 1864. [8] I 63 Soldiers, etc., allowed extra pay of two dollars a day, etc. {Idem, section 2) . I 53 Soldiers, etc., working with government contractors, to bo compensated by wages. {Idem, section 3.) I 53 Soldiers, etc., to serve in reserve forces Ill 57 DRUNKENNESS. In army punished. Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [15] I 29 Any citizen authorized to report cases of. {Idem.) I 29 In trial for, lawful to prove habits of accused. {Idem, sec¬ tion 3.) I 29 E. ENGINEER. Corps of, increased. Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [7] I 29 Troops, company to be selected from division of infantry or twelve regiments; how organized. Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [8] I 29 Sec. 2. Number of enlisted men in each company. Sec. 3. Number of officers in each company. Sec. 4. To be organized into regiments, etc. Sec. 5. Two companies to act as pontoniers. Sec. 6. Implements, etc., prescribed by Engineer bureau. Sec. 7. Vacancies ; how filled. Sec. 8. Pay of officers. INDEX. xvii •Sec. 9. Pay of enlisted men. See. 10. Mounted to be selected from cavalry. Sec. 11. Officers of engineer corps and engineer troops may be transferred. ENROLLING OFFICERS. To enroll persons rendered liable to conscription by act of Congress revoking substitute law IV 3 May grant furloughs of ten days to persons who report for enrolment under above act V 3 To report enrolment of volunteers to company command¬ er IV 22 ENSIGN. One with rank, eto., of first lieutenant to be appointed for each regiment of infantry." Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [4] .. I 29 Appointed to each battalion of infantry. Act of May 31, 1864. [2] v I 53 EXCHANGE NOTICE. Number 8 14 Number 10 50 Number 11 56 EXEMPTION. Revoking, granted to persons by reason of substitution. Act of Congress, Jan. 5, 1864 ' I 3 Heretofore granted subject to revision, and, if improper, to be revoked VIII 3 Applications for to be made to enrolling officer of county, supported by testimony under oath Ill 26 Who entitled to. Act of Congress, Feb. 17, 1864, section 10 26 Granted to certain religious denominations. Act of June 7, 1864. [13].. I 53 In above cases revoked when obtained by fraud. {Idem, section 2.) I 53 Applications for refused, appeal allowed to Bureau of Con¬ scription and War department Ill 26 No application for entertained by War department, unless on appeal Ill 26 For production of provisions for overseers, etc., to be made to enrolling officer, supported by testimony under oath... IV 26 Applications for, by officers, etc. of railroad companies, to be made to state commandant of conscripts V 26 Certificates of to be signed by examining board, and ap¬ proved by enrolling officer VII 26 xviii INDEX. Applications for, under third and sixth articles of tenth sec¬ tion of above act, to be made to local enrolling officer... .V 26 Applications for, by railroad employees, to be made to state commandant of conscripts V 26 For disability, how certificates should be made VII 26 Of officers nominated by President, or appointed by judges of district courts, etc. • • .XI 26 Of those of certain religious faith who have paid tax of $500 XII 26 Applications for, in the case of free negroes and slaves, will be made to enrolling officer Ill 32 From impressment of milch cows and breeding stock...VIII 39 EXPORTATIONS. Of certain articles restricted I 43 Duty of commanding generals* in relation to II 43 To Mexico, contrary to regulations, vessel or instrument of transport to be detained Ill 43 Prohibited articles, in certain cases, to be detained for in¬ quiry IV 43 All vehicles, animals, slaves, cotton, etc., seized, to be de¬ livered to Confederate States marshal, and his duty there¬ on V 43 When lawful, not to be interfered with, unless in danger of falling into the enemy's hands VI 43 F. FORAGE. Not to be issued for more than one horse to any officer under rank of brigadier general, or not in the field. Act of Congress, section 3 Ill 28 FORMS. Of certificates for retiring soldiers and officers XV 34 FREE NEGROES. To be employed in the army in certain capacities. Act of Feb. 17, 1864 I 32 All between eighteen and fifty shall be held liable to per¬ form certain duties. (Idem.) Who may be exempted. (Idem.) I, II 32 Application for exemption; how made., Ill 32 To be taken in preference to slaves IV 32 FURLOUGHS. To sick in hospitals not to be granted unless for sixty days. Act of Congress., Feb. 17, 1864. (1, sec. 3.) II 25 INDEX. xix G. GENERAL OFFICERS. President may appoint, for trans-Mississippi department. Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [18] I 29 President may appoint lieutenant-generals at his discrc- tion. (Idem, sec. 2.) I 29 Appointed, as above, to hold rank only during efficiency. (Idem, sec. 3.). I 29 Commanding armies, etc., to decide when impressments are necessary Ill 30 Commanding trans-Mississippi department, to act as War department in matters relating to habeas corpus V 31 Will also superintend execution of act of Feb. 17, 1864, relating to impressment of slaves VI 32 Will not assign officers to duty in commands beyond limits' of their department IV 35 Will forward men transferred to " Maryland Line " V 38 Commanding departments and armies empowered to make impressment of meat II 38 Commanding departments and districts empowered to super¬ intend and regulate exportation cf certain articles II 43 With temporary rank and command authorized. Act of May 31, 1864. [17]... I 53 Pay of, graduated. Act of June 10, 1864. [20] I 53 Charged with dismounting those in cavalry service who mis¬ behave...., II 55 To furnish' transportation to members of Congress in certain cases. Act of June 8, 1864 .II 52 Commanding departments and districts to have direction of reserve forces turned over to them XI 57 Of reservb forces to have permanent control and direction of the same XI 57 Commanding reserves will be held responsible for their effi¬ ciency XIII 57 Commanding reserves will grant furloughs to his com¬ mand - XIV 57 H. HABEAS CORPUS. Writ of, suspended in certain cases (act of Feb. 15, 1864).. 31 Commissioners to be appointed to investigate causes of ar- restv and duty of II 31 Duty of officer on whom writ of is served. IV, III 31 XX INDEX. Compensation of commissioners of. Act of June 9,1864. [7] I 53 Powers of commissioners of. {Idem) - I 53 HORSE. Of chaplains in field, allowed forage I 29 Impressed, not to be taken or kept by officers V 45 No officer under brigadier allowed forage for more than one. Sec. 3 Ill 28 State officer engaged in perfecting records concerning troops of state may draw forage for. Act of May 31, 1864. [15] I 53 Of cavalry dismounted for misbehavior, to be taken for use of army. Act of June 7, 1864. [26] I 53 HOSPITALS. Upon death of soldier in, statement of last payment made him to be forwarded by medical officer in charge to Sec¬ ond Auditor II 1 Fund of, within five thousand dollars, accruing at general, may be transferred to other general, on order of Medical Director or Surgeon-General YII 6 Issues to, made on returns by medical officers for such pro¬ visions only as are required for sick and wounded YII 8 Commuted value of rations for, $1 25 per diem. VII 8 Rations for, same as to soldier in field VII 8 Attendants cau not draw rations, but will have them com¬ muted at $1 25 per diem (revoked by paragraph IV, Gen¬ eral Orders, No. 25) .VIII 8 Commuted value of rations in, not to exceed two and a half dollars (act of Congress, February 15, sec. 2) I, V 25 Accommodation allowed to sick and wounded officers. Reso¬ lution of June 10, 1864. [18] I 53 Rations of, commuted at cost and 100 per cent. Act of June 14, 1864. [25] I 53 Subsistence allowed to officers in (act of Congress, Feb. 13, 1864, sec. 1) I, VI 25 Furloughs granted in, extended to sixty days (act of Con¬ gress, February 17, 1864, sec. 3) I, II 25 Rations issued to attendants in field hospitals and female attendants in general hospitals. Rations of male attend¬ ants in general hospitals to be commuted IV 25 Funds accrue in all hospitals .Ill 25 Surgeons in charge of, to note payments on descriptive lists, to be returned to company commander XV 42 Fund accruing on account of command ordered away, to be turned over to commissary of such command ....IX 57 INDEX. xxi I. IMPRESSMENT. Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia ?, 41, 47 Authority for of iron, extended to impressment of ore, tinn her, and all articles essential to its production and manu¬ facture 10 Of slaves ; modification of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 138, 1863.., 20 Of slaves; compensation for services; how established 20 Payment to be made at time of, unless owner appeals. Act of February 16, 1864, section 1 I 30 May be made for necessary supplies II 30 By whose order made ....Ill 30 Application in writing to be first made to owner or bailee.IV 30 Property bound thereby until completion of negotiation.. .IV 30 Duties of officer, if offer refused V 30 Articles free from ..VI 30 Field-hands free from. Act of February 16, 1864, sec 5... I 3* None to be made for benefit of contractors. {Idem,, see. 7.). I £ Officer can not enter appeal from decision of -appraisers. {Idem, sec. 8.) • I Of slaves for service in the army, when they can not other¬ wise be obtained. Act of February 17,1864. I 3i Application for exemption from; when and how made... -Ill 31 Regulations for officers charged with IV 32 To be made by special order from War department V 32 Of meat for use of army authorized. Act of February 17, 1864 39 Of meat ordered I 39 The power to make, conferred upon commanding generals and chief of subsistence. (See Commissioners and Apprais¬ ers) II 39 Duties of officers charged with Ill, IV 38 Differences arising; how settled V 39 Reports of, to be made to Chief of Bureau of Subsistence. .VI £9 Milch cows and breeding stock exempted from VIII 39 Of horses for cavalry service prohibited II 45 Horses not to be sold or assigned to officers V 45 INSPECTION. Reports to be forwarded monthly ; how endorsed 1 42 Will be made tri-monthly of brigades, semi-monthly of di¬ visions, and monthly of corps Ill 42 Blanks will be furnished on requisition IV 42 xxii INDEX. INSPECTORS. Officers on inspection duty allowed travelling expenses .... I 36 Army, will forward reports of corps, division, and brigade inspectors II 42 Ranking, will inspect at the same time with subordinate in¬ spectors Ill 42 Circular to, prescribing duties.. Appendix, page 166 INVALID CORPS. Officers, etc., disabled by wounds or disease contracted in ser¬ vice, are to be retired or discharged; rank and pay to con¬ tinue. Act of February 17, 1864 1 34 Extended to embrace those in the navy.and marine corps. Act of June 1, 1864 I 53 Applications for; how made II 34 If application be granted, or disapproved, the duties of ex¬ amining board Ill 34 Officers will be retired only by "War department... .IV 34, IX 42 Member of, if fit for duty in some department, it will be in¬ dicated in certificate."1., i V 34 Members of, will present themselves for re-examination every six months ; VII 34 Officers in, not entitled to commutation unless when assign¬ ed to duty; how paid ......IX 34 Soldiers in; how paid and clothed X, XI 34 Forms and certificates to be used for XV 34 L- LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Commanding officers not authorized to grant themselves.. .II 35 Commander of a post not authorized to grant, without per¬ mission from general commanding .Ill 35 How and by whom granted to reserve forces «XIV 57 LOCAL DEFENCE. Workmen employed in nitre corps may be organized and armed for I 18. Residents between 17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, to organ¬ ize themselves for state defence and detail duty. Act of Feb. 17, 1864, sec. 5 I 26 Those liable to enrolment for, to report within thirty days. II 33 Privileges of those liable to enrolment for Ill 33 Penalties of those neglecting to enroll for II 33 Minimum number of artillery, infantry, and cavalry VII 42, IX 45 INDEX. xxiii Bureau of Conscription ordered to organize reserve forces, " and how '?• VII 55 Officers of reserve forces ; how commissioned VIII 44 Those between eighteen and forty-five years not to hold of¬ fice in reserve forces. I 5? Staff officers of reserve forces; from what class appointed. .II 57 Detailed men will serve.with reserved forces Ill 57 Reserve forces to be under their own general officers XI 57 Reserve troops, when not in active service; under whose command XII 57 Furloughs, how granted to reserve troops XIV 57 M. MARYLAND LINE. To facilitate organization of, camps established II 38 All Maryland companies, etc., will be ordered to report at said camps Ill 38 Native or adopted citizens of Maryland to be transferred to IV, VI 38 MEDICAL OFFICERS. In charge of hospitals, up'on death of soldier to furnish Sec¬ ond Auditor statement showing last payment II 1 On examining boards will not be assigned to own congres¬ sional district - IX 26 On examining boards will report to commandant of con¬ scripts for state X 26 Employed physicians will receive pay, etc., of assistant sur¬ geons .IX 26 MILITARY COURTS. Additional, organized in North Alabama. Act of February 13, 1864. [10] I 29 Additional, established at the discretion of the President. {Idem.) [11] I 29 Jurisdiction of, extended. Act of February 17, 1864. [12] I 29 Sec. 2. Members of, ceasing to exist, to be assigned to other courts. Sec. 3. May try officers below grade of lieutenant-general. May compel attendance of citizen witness. Act of Febru¬ ary 17, 1864. J|] I 29 Field-officers may^pe '<5etailed to sit on, under certain cir¬ cumstances. Act of February 6, 1864. [14] I 29 May try cases of drunkenness in army. Act of February 17,1864. [15] I 29 xxiv INDEX. Officers appearing before, in behalf of prisoner, must re¬ ceive no compensation VI 45 Commander of army may empower subordinate oommander to refer charges agrijd confirm records of. Act of June 14, 1864. [10] I 58 Any person acquitted by, to be immediately discharg¬ ed. {Idem.) I 53 Clerks and marshals of, to be detailed by the Secretary of War from disabled officers, etc. Act of June 14,»1864. [22] I 53 Judge of, in North Alabama, not required to give ten days' notice of holding same. Act of June 14, 1864. [25].... I 53 To select and report for assignment to duty as clerks and marshals those disabled I 55 MILITARY STOREKEEPERS. Six to be appointed. Act of, February 17, 1864. [7] I 29 Additional appointed. Act of June 4, 1864. [4].« . I 53 To give bonds. {Idem.) [4, sec. 2] I 53 MILITARY TRIALS. Case of Second Lieutenant Harry Clay, First Kentucky Mounted Rifles I 12 Case of Lieutenant Geo. E. Route, Company A, 1st battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles II 12 Case of Peyton S. Stout, Company E, 2d Kentucky Mount¬ ed Rifles Ill 12 Case of Brigadier-General J. B. Robertson, P. A. C. S 24 Case of Major-General L. McLaws, P. A. C. S 46 N. NITRE AND MINING BUREAU Applications from officers of corps of, for field service can not be considered I 18 Workmen employed by officer of corps may be organized for local defence I 18 Number of workmen for service, submitted by chief of, approved and communicated for guidance of Conscription bureau II 18 Military commanders to extend to service protection and encouragement v Ill 18 Employees of, not to be interfered with by|plrolling or re¬ cruiting officers, without consent of officer in charge.. . .IV 18 Officers of. Act of-June 9, 1864. [6]. I 53 Chemists and professional assistants of. {Idem, section 2.) I 51 INDEX. xxy 0. OFFICERS. Effects of deceased, where 110 legal representative present, to be turned over under provisions of General Orders, No. 67, 1863, to post or regimental quartermaster ... ■ I 1 Found chargeable bj board of survey for loss or damage to ordnance stores, to have amount deducted from pay account II 6 Not to interfere with supplies of provisions in transitu to arsenals, etc., for use of operatives .II 15 Re-elected, not allowed transportation or commutation thereof VI 22 Without command, or who are incompetent, or absent, may be discharged. (See General Orders, No. 25, paragraph VIII, current series.) VIII 22 Absent from their commands, or without assignment to duty, to report address to War' department IX 22 Sick in hospital, rations will be drawn for or value commut¬ ed, except in trans-Mississippi department. Act of Con¬ gress, February 1, 1864 VI 25 In trans-Mississippi department, belonging to commands 'east of river to return to same, or, having no command, to be retired VIII 25 ' Medical, on examining boards, will not be assigned to own congressional district... IX 26 Medical, on examining boards, Will report to commandant of conscripts of states .X 26 Entitled to rations. Act of Congress. Ill and IV 28 Not in the field may purchase a ration. V 28 May purchase clothing of quartermaster. Act of Con¬ gress Ill 28 Retired, not entitled to draw or purchase rations VI 28 Ensign allowed to each regiment of infantry. Act of Feb¬ ruary 17, 1864. [4] I 26 To be promoted for distinguished skill or valor. Act of February 17, 1864. [5] I 29 In engineer corps, number increased. Act of February 17, 1864. [7] [8] I 29 Pay of, in engineer corps. Section 8. [8] I 29 Of engineer corps and engineer troops may be transferred. Act of February 17, 1S64, section 12. [8]. I 29 Disabled by wounds or disease, to be placed in " invalid corps." Act"of February 17, 1864.. I 34 xxvi INDEX. lushing to be placed in " invalid corps," to apply for au¬ thority to appear before medical examining board... #.. .II 34 Not to be retired, except by War. department . .IV 34 and IX 42 Recommended under the act of October 13, 1862, to be re¬ tired, may, upon application, appear before medical ex- , amining board - VI 34 In "invalid corps" will present themselves for re-exami¬ nation every six months VII 34 Failing to appear, will be report-! VIII 34 In "invalid corps," not e:.i:Oed to commutation of quar¬ ters, etc., and how paid IX 34 Certificate for retired invalid XV 34 On inspection duty allowed travelling expenses T 35 Not granted leave of absence, except by general command¬ ing.! Ill 35 Will not be assigned to duty by commanding generals be¬ yond limits of department IV 35 Of captured organizations, until exchanged, will be assigned, to duty. (Revoked, see General Orders, No. 42, para¬ graph VI.) ., .V 35 Of captured organizations, who have themselves escaped capture, will be assigned to duty VI 42 In "invalid corps," will notify War department of their station or post-office monthly. .II and V 37 To whom detached soldiers report, to take possession of ' descriptive list, etc XII 42 Will be held accountable for straggling of their troops.... I 45 Will not be allowed to purchase or have impressed horses. .V 45 Appearing in behalf of a prisoner before a court-martial or ' military court, must receive no compensation therefor.. .VI 45 Of reserve forces; how commissioned .VIII 45 With,troops not to appropriate the tithe; if they need sup¬ plies, how to get them IV 48 Of Quartermaster's department to return grain sacks ... .VII 48 Commanding posts, charged with enforcing law against em¬ ploying able-bodied men in departments VIII 48 Ensign allowed each battalion of infantry. Act of May 31, 1864. [2] I 53 Transportation furnished to, while travelling under orders. Act of June 4, 1864. [3]. .. I 53 Of scouts in- Valley of Mississippi. Act of June 16, 1864. [9] • I 53 Of scouts to raise four companies. {Idem, section 2.) I 53 INDEX. xxvii Supernumerary, organized" into companies, battalions, Act of June 14, 1864. [11] 1.53 Supernumerary, allowed to join any organization. {Idem, 53 section 2.) I 53 Shall not be appointed or elected to fill vacancies in com¬ panies unless there is certain number on roll. {Idem, 53 section 3.) I 53 Sick and wounded allowed transportation and hospital ac¬ commodation. Act of June 10, 1864. [18] I 53 Will report those in cavalry service who misbehave II 55 Dropped frtffh rolls of arrhy 49 List of resigned 51 Entitled to rations. Act of June 7, 1864 I 52- ORDNANCE. Depot at Savannah. XI 42 ORDNANCE OFFICERS. To notify company commander of amount found chargeable against privates, for loss or damage to ordnance stores.. .II 6 In case of officers, will'notify brigade or chief quartermas¬ ter of district to have amount stopped at next payment. .II 6 Will transmit duplicates of such notifications in case of offi¬ cers and privates to chief of bureau, to be by him trans¬ mitted to Second'Auditor II 6 Will furnish brigade inspector with statement,of stoppages, assessed by-board of survey, against officers and men ..III '6 [21]... I 53 Fifty additional to be appointed. Act of June 10, 1864. ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. Of regiments to remain habitually with their regiments, and to keep informed as to position of ordnance train V 6 ORDNANCE STORES. When lost or destroyed, district or brigade commander to appoint "board of survey" to assess value of or damage to I 6 Lost or destroyed in artillery, "boards" to be appointed by officer in charge of artillery -of a corps or of a depart¬ ment .IV 6 ORGANIZATIONS. Recruits for new, which have not now seventy-two men, to be turned over to Conscription bureau; may be allowed to select Company under certain restrictions II 6 Persons authorized, since December 1, 1863, to enlist for xxviii INDEX. ^►w, to report to commanding general of department for further authority ; if not granted, their power to expire at end of thirty days. i... .Ill 16 Above orders concerning, not-to have effect in trans-Missis-' sippi department • • • rV I® Composed of supernumerary officers provided for. Actof Juno 14, 1864. [11] I 58 OVERSEERS. Application for exemption of; how made IV 26 P. PARTISAN RANGERS. To be continued in present organizations, but as regular cavalfy. Act of February 17, 1864. [19] I 29 To be organized into battalions and regiments. {Idem, sec¬ tion 2.) I 29 Companies of, within enemy's line, exempted from operations of act. {Idem, section 3.) I 29 PAYMENTS. Amount of made to soldiers on descriptive lists, to be en¬ dorsed thereon by quartermaster (amended by paragraph V, General Orders, No. 35) VI 13 and VI 36 Certificate that descriptive list was correct, to be filed, with soldier's receipt VI- 35 To detached men, bi-monthly in the field and monthly at posts XII 42 To soldiers leaving on furlough; how made.... XIII 42 To soldiers in hospitals; how made XIV 42 To officers performing staff duty ; how made. Act of Feb¬ ruary 11, 1864.... XVI 42 Increase of, to non-commissioned officers and privates. Act of June 9, 1864. [5] I 63 To general officers, graduated. Act of June 10, 1864. [20] I 53 To soldiers, etc., detached. Act of Juno 9, 1864. [8] I 53 How made to officers, clerks, privates, and employees in conscription service. .* V to VIII 57 POST COMMANDERS. Charged with enforcement of act of February 17, 1864, sec¬ tion 9 (General Orders, No. 26, Confederate States)... .VIII 48. Will make monthly returns directly to War. department; what is required therein IX 48 PRISONERS. Notice No 8 of duly exchanged. 14 INDEX. Notice No. 10 of duly exchanged 50 Notice No. 11 of duly exchanged .." 56 Of war, sustenance of; how provided. Act of February 17, 1864. [3]... •• ... 1 29 Captured, south of-Richmond to be sent to Andersonville, Georgia. HI 45 PROCLAMATIONS. His Excellency the President, to Soldiers of the Armies of the Confederate States. : 19 PROMOTION. For skill and valor of officers and enlisted men; how made. Act of February 17, 1864. [5] '.... I 29 In general staff; how made. Act of June 14, 1864, sec¬ tion 1. [23] I 63 PROVISIONS. In transitu under orders commanding officers for use of operatives in arsenals, etc., not to be interfered with by of¬ ficers of the departments. II15 and IX 25 Q. QUARTERMASTERS .And other agents for collection tax in kind,-may demand and receive for bacon an equivalent in salt pork; relative value, how determined II 4 Brigade and chief to stop from officers' pay account amounts reported by ordnance officers found chargeable for loss or ' damage to ordnance stores II 6 To issue clothing to soldiers on requisition of immediate commanding officer (amended by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 28) V 13 To endorse amounts paid to soldiers on descriptive lists, and return them for delivery to company commanders (amend¬ ed by paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 35) VI 13 And agents of department not to interfere with hides or leather purchased or contracted for by Ordnance depart¬ ment II 17 Prohibited paying soldiers except as provided by .Ill 22 Of command to which soldier belongs will pay commuta¬ tion in lieu of furlough VI 22 Will issue clothing directly to soldiers I 28 Will not sell to officers clothing suitable for privates until privates are supplied. Act of Congress Ill and VII 28 C* XXX INDEX. Will receive instructions in relation to the foregoing from Quartermaster-General.. • • • • VII 28 To note payments on descriptive lists, to he delivered to company commander •. XV 42 Receipts of bonded; are valid for tithe tax I 48 Will give special attention to removal of tax in kind Ill 48 _Sacks will be returned to the quartermaster from whom grain is received .. i.. .VII 48 Number and rank of, increased. Act of June 14,1864. [14] .1 63 One to each regiment or battalion," left to discretion of Pres¬ ident. {Idem, sec. 2.) I 53 Those, who may be dispensed with to be dropped from the rolls. {Idem, sec. 3.) I 53 One to be appointed for each state and congressional dis¬ trict. {Idem, sec. 4.) I 53 Attached to conscript service, will attend to disbursements in said service, and how V, VII, 57 R. RAILROADS. For transportation of troops, supplies, etc., under oontrol of Quartermaster's department ....Ill 15 Orders of commanding generals and other officers relating to transportation by, to be furnished to Quartermaster-. General, that arrangements may be made in time to pre¬ vent accidents, delays, etc Ill 15 RATIONS. Certain paragraphs Army Regulations concerning commu¬ tation of, revoked. I 8 Of enlisted men, detailed in Richmond by reason of dis¬ ability, commuted at $1 25 per diem II 8 Of enlisted men, on detached or detailed service, or in a city, of non-commissioned and regimental staff, with no opportunity of messing, soldiers on furlough,, etc., etc., commuted at $1 per diem, from January 1, 1864 Ill , 8 Of enlisted men permanently disabled, or who hold certifi¬ cate of medical examining board, and who have not been discharged, commuted at $1 25 per diem IV 8 Accounts for commutation of, will state, etc. V 8 Of paroled unexchanged prisoners on furlough who have just been received, commuted at $1 per diem (amended by paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 17) .VI 8 Issues of, to hospitals made on returns by medical officers, INDEX. xxxi for such provisions only as are actually required for siefe and wounded YII 8 Commuted value of, for sick and wounded, $1 25 ........YII 8 For hospitals same as to soldier in field VII 8 Not allowed to hospital attendants, but will be commuted atr $1 25. (Revoked by paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 25.) VIII 8 Allowed to chaplains, or commuted value of .VII 22 Allowed to officers in hospital (act of Congress, Feb. 13, 1864), except in trans-Mississippi department, .sec. 1, I, VI 25 Hospital, commuted at $2 50, except in trans-Mississippi de¬ partment (amended, see I, 53) V 25 Allowed to attendants in field hospitals, and female attend¬ ants in general hospitals; rations of male attendants in general hospitals to be commuted IV 25 Issued to officers in field (amended, see I, 53) .IV 28 One a day may be purchased by officer not in the field.... V 28 Of tobacco, for enlisted men. Act of February 17, 1864 X 45, XVII 42 Issued to officers. Act of June 7, 1864 I 52 Hospital, at what commuted. Act of June 14, 1864. [25].. I 53 RECORDS. Preservation of, concerning its troops by state. Act of February 17, 1864. [2} I 29 RECRUI-TS. Enlisted, by authority, for new companies, which have not, at this time, seventy-two men, to be turned over to Bureau of Conscription II 16 Enlisted as above, may be-allowed to select any infantry company, under provisions paragraph II, General Orders, No. 7, of 1864 II 16 Above orders concerning, not to have effect in trans-Mis¬ sissippi IV 16 Authority to raise troops revoked X 42 RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. Exemptions granted to certain. Act of June 7, 1864. [13]. I 53 Exemptions to, revoked when obtained by fraud. {Idem, section 2.) I 53 RESERVE FORCES. See " Local Defence REVOCATIONS. Of General Orders, No. 137, of 1863, extending authority of xxxii INOBX. commandants of oonaoripts to make details for certain pur¬ poses ........... .1 15 Of all authorities given prior to December, 1863, to raise troops from men not within lines of enemy, or to recruit; - for. any particular command in the field -I 16 Act of May 21, 1861, relating to sustenance of prisoners of war, repealed by act of Feb. 17, 1864. [3]. • I 28 Act of April 21, 1862, organizing partisan rangers, repeal¬ ed by act of February 1*1, 1864. [19] J 29 Paragraph 170 General Regulations, by Ill 35 Paraprepbs 1,129, 1,130, 1,131, 1,132, Army Regulations, by.J 8 Paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 125 (1863), by-.......X 57 S. SCOUTS. To facilitate communication with trans-Mississippi depart¬ ment. Act of June 10, 1864. [9] I 53 President to appoint officers and detail men for. (Idem.'].. .1 53 SLAVES. Modification of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 138, 1863, concerning impressment of 20 Rate of compensation for, impressed under act March 26, 1863; how established 20 To be employed in certain capacities in the army. Act of February 17, 1S64 ....I 32 Secretary of War authorized to employ or impress as many as may be necessary, not exceeding twenty thousand. (Idem.) I 32 Owner to be compensated for loss of. (Idem.) I 32 Instructions for impressment of. IV 32 Impressment of, will be by special orders from War de-. partment V 32 See " Free Negroes." SOLDIERS. From same state to be placed together. Act of February 17, 1864........ IJ, III 27 Disabled by wounds or disease, to be placed in " invalid corps." Act of February 17, 1864. I 34 Wishing to be placed in " invalid corps," to apply for au¬ thority to appear before medical examining board II 34 Certificate retiring, will indicate what duty he can best per¬ form .V 34 INDEX. xxxia> In " invalid corps,"1 will present themselves for.reexamina¬ tion every six months .. -VII 34 Failing to appear, will be reported ..VIII 34 In " invalid corps," will be furnished with descriptive lists, and how paidr. X 34 In "invalid corps;" hew clothed XII 34 In " invalid corps;" how fed. XIII 34 Returned to command from " invalid corps," to deliver up descriptive list ,... XIV 34 Certificates for retired." XV 34 Of captured'organizations, until exchanged, will be assigned to duty. (Revoked, General Orders, No. 42, paragraph VI) V 35 Of captured organizations, who have themselves escaped capture, will be assigned to duty VI 42 Over forty-five and under eighteen will be discharged on ex¬ piration of enlistment. ' VIII 42 Detached, to be paid bi-monthly in the field, and monthly at posts XII 42 ■Leaving on furlough; how paid XIII 42 Returning to command from hospitals, etc., will deliver up descriptive lists '...... .XV 42 Regulations to prevent straggling of. I 45 Compensation of, increased. Act of June 9, 1864. [5].... I 63 Detailed, allowed regular pay. Act of June 9, 1864. [8].. I 53 Detailed, allowed extra pay of two dollars a day, etc. {Idem, seetion 2.) I 53 Detailed to government contractors to-be compensated by {Idem., section 3.) I 53 STAFF OFFICERS. Number and grade of, allowed to the several commands in the field. I 44 Number and grade of will be assimilated to number of troops in department .". Ill 44 All assignments of, will be made by War department..... .VI- 44 Officers of line will not be assigned as VII 44 Couriers and guides for transmission of orders on battle¬ field may be employed, and how : VII 44 Vacancies in ; how filled. .VIII 44 Promotions among; how made ..... X 44 Organized. Act of June 14, 1864. [23}....*. I 53 Promotions in ; how made. Act of June 14, 1864. Section 1, I 53 President to assign for duty. {Idem, sectioii 2.) I 53 xxxiv INDEX. Allowed to general commanding army in field. {Idem, section 3.) I 58 Allowed to lieutenant-general commanding corps d'armee. {Idem, section 4.) I 53 Allowed to major-general commanding division. {Idem, section 5.) " I 53 Allowed to brigadier-general commanding brigade, {Idem, section 6.) j 53 President authorized to increase or reduce. {Idem, sec¬ tion 7.) " 7 I 53 Appointments of; from whom made. {Idem, section 8.).... I 53 For the reserve forces; how appointed II 57 STOREKEEPERS. Six military to be appointed. Act of Feb. 17, 1864. [7].. I 29 Additional, appointed. Act of June 4, 1864. [4] I 53 STRAGGLING: Regulations to prevent I 45 SUBSTITUTES, " Act to prevent enlistment or enrolment of. I 3 Persons liable to military service will not hereafter be allowed to furnish. Act of Congress, Dec. 28, 1863..... I 3 Act to put end to exemption for those who have furnished.. I 3 T. TAX IN KIND. On bacon, may be commuted by collection of salt pork as an equivalent. Act December 28, 1863 I 4 Receipts of bonded quartermasters and commissaries, and agents of tax service, are alone valid for I 48 Receipts for, will be- given monthly to district quarter¬ master II 48 Must be removed from interior depots to railroad stations, etc .....; Ill 48 Must not be appropriated by officers with troops IV 48 TOBACCO. Ration of." Act of February 17, 1864 XVII 42, X '45 TRANSPORTATION. Of troops, munitions, etc., by railroad under control of Quartermaster's department Ill 15 Order of commanding generals relating to, by railroad, to be furnished to Quartermaster-General Ill 15 INDEX. XXXV Inspector-general of field, is charged with impressing and purchasing .. • .•VII 35 To be furnished by commanders to members of Congress in certain cases. Act of June 8, 1864... II 52 Furnished officers when travelling under orders. Act'of June 4, 1864. [3]... ; I 53 Allowed sick and wounded officers. Resolution, June 10, 1864. [18] I 53 TROOPS. Fr-m same stati to be placed together. Act of Congress, February 17, 1864 II, III 27 To aid ate in communicating with, an'1 perfecting records of. Act of February 16, ITCi. [2] ". •• I 29 oi infantry and cavalry VII 42 Authority to raise, revoked X 42 V. VOLUNTEERS. Persons not liable to conscription, enrolled as, to receive transportation to company IV 22 Soldiers furnishing recruit entitled to transportation V 22 W. WAR DEPARTMENT. Auxiliary bureau of, west of Mississippi river. Act of February 17, 1864. [16] I 29 Staff officers and clerks for duty in, auxiliary bureau; how appointed and assigned. (Idem, section 2.) ,... I 29 WITNESSES. . Expenses of citizen to, be paid. Act of February 17, 1864. [13] I 29 Citizen, compelled to obey summons of military court or court-martial. {Idem, section 2.) I 29 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office No. 1. J Richmond, January 4, 1864. I. .If, immediately after the death of ail officer, there be no family connection or legal representative present, to whom the officer, charged by the 94th Article of War with securing his effects," may deliver them, he will turn them over, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Orders, No. 67 (1863), to the quartermaster of the regiment or post, as the circumstances may indicate to be proper. II. .Surgeons or assistant surgeons in charge of hospitals will, upon the death of a soldier in hospital, furnish the Second Auditor of the Treasury a statement from their rolls, showing the! last payment preced¬ ing his death made to such soldier. By order. 'S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-Genera?. GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 2. ) Richmond, January 5,1864. For the information of all concerned, and to correct prevalent misap¬ prehension, it is announced that there exists no mandatory provision of law securing to enrolled conscripts the right to ohoose in what company or regiment they will serve. They can not be assigned to eompanie3 from other states, and, in general, their wishes are to be consulted as to the choice of companies, where no considerations for the good of the service intervene to prevent compliance. Assignments once made by commandants of conscripts, in good faith, in the exercise of their dis¬ cretion, will not be considered' as fit subjects for complaints. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 1 A djutant and Inspector-General's "Office, No. S. J Richmond, January 9,1864. I. .The following acts of Congress and regulations^are published for the information of all persons concerned therein: o . SAN ACT^b PREVENT-THE ENLISTMENT OR ENROLMENT OF SUBSTITUTES IN -- •' " 0 THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That no person liable to military service shall, hereafter, be permitted or allowed to furnish a substitute for such service, nor shall any substitute bo re¬ ceived, enlisted, or enrolled in the military service of the Confederate States. [Approved December 28, 1863.] AN ACT TO rtTT AN END TO THE EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE OF THOSE WHO HAVE HERETOFORE FURNISHED SUBSTITUTES. Whereas, in the presfint circumstances of the country, it requires the aid of all who are able to bear arms : The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That no person shall bo exempted from military service by reason of his having furnished a substitute; but this act shall not be so construed as to affect persons who, though not liable to render military service, have, never¬ theless, furnished substitutes. [Approved January 5, 1864.] II..Persons rendered liable to military servic6 by operation of the preceding acts are placed on the same footing with all others hitherto held liable by acts of Congress. III. .Persons herein rendered liable to military service are required to report as volunteers or conscripts, without delay, to the enrolling offi¬ cers; and all who delay beyond the first day of February, 1864, will be Considered as having renounced the privilege of volunteering, and held for assignment according to law. * IV. .Enrolling officers will proceed, as rapidly as practicable, in-the enrolment of persons herein made liable to military service. Previous to enrolment as conscripts, all such persons will be allowed to volunteer in companies in service on the 16th of April, 1862; provided, the company chosen does not, at the time of volunteering, reach the maximum num¬ ber allowed; and, upon such company being selected, the volunteer will receive from the enrolling officer a certificate to the effect that he has so volunteered; and no volunteer will be received into any com¬ pany except on such certificate. Persons who fail to make their selec¬ tion at the time of enrolment will be assigned according to existing regulations. V.. Persons who report to .the enrolling officers will be enrolled, and ♦Revoked by G. O. No. 7, paragraph {I, c. s. -3 may bo allowed a furlough of ten days before reporting to the camp of instruction. VI. .All persons, whether volunteers or conscripts under this order, will pass through the camp of instruction of the state to which they be- longy and be forwarded thence to the companies which are selected, or to which they may be assigned. VII. .The Bureau of Conscription is charged with adopting proper regulations for the enforcement of this order. VIII. .All exemptions heretofore granted %j?e subject to revision, un¬ der instructions from the Bureau of Conscription; and if found to be improper, or unauthorized by law, will be revoked. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, i Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 4. \ Richmond, January 11,1864. I. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TAX IN KIND ON BACON TO BE COM¬ MUTED BY COLLECTION OF SALT PORK AS AN EQUIVALENT. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That assistant quartermasters, and other agents engaged in the collection of the tax in kind, may be authorized, under orders and regulations made by the Secretary of War, to demand and receive, in commutation for the tax in kind on bacon, an equivalent therefor in salt pork. [Ap¬ proved December 28, 1863.] II. .The foregoing act of Congress being how in force, the officers mentioned in the act are hereby authorized to demand and receive, in commutation for the taX°m kind, an equivalent in salt pork. In esti¬ mating what shall be an equivalent, reference shall be made, as far as practicable, to the schedule rates established by the appraisers appoint¬ ed under the fifth section of the act of 'Congress relative to impress¬ ments. But the Quartermaster-General may direct a variation from those rates, and settle others, in such localities as a variation may be deemed advisable for the interest of the public service. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. t GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6. } Adjutant, and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, January 13,1864. I. .The President having approved the following joint resolutions of Congress, directs its announcement in General Orders, expressive of his gratification at the tribute awarded the patriot officers and soldiers to whom it is addressed. For the military laggard, or him who, in the pursuits of solfish and inglorious ease, forgets his country's need, no note of approbation is sounded. His infamy is his only security from. oblivion! But tlie heroic devotion of those who, in defence of liberty and honor, have periled all, while it confers, in an approving conscience, the best and highest reward, will also be cherished in perpetual remembrance by a grateful nation. Let this assurance stimulate the armies of the Con¬ federacy everywhere to greater exertion and more resolute endurance, till, under the guidance of Heaven, the blessings of peace and freedom shall finally crown their efforts. Let all press forward in the road to independence, and for the security of the rights scaled to us in the blood of the first Revolution. Honor and glory await our success! Slavery and shame will attend our defeat! II..JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS TO GENERAL nOBERT e. LEE, AND TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS UNDER HIS COMMAND. Whereas, the campaigns of the brave and gallant armies covering the capital of the Confederate States during the two successive years of eighteen -hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty- three, under the leadership and command of General Robert E. Lee, have been crowned with glorious results, defeating greatly superior forces massed by the enemy for the conquest of these states, repelling the invaders with immense losses, and twice transferring the battle fields from our own country to that of the enemjr; and whereas, tho masterly and glorious achievements, rendering for ever memorable the field of the " seven days of great battles," which raised the Siege of Richmond, as well as those of Cedar Run, Se&ond Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Boonsboro', Sharpsburg, Shepherds town, Fredericksburg, Win¬ chester, Gettysburg, and Cbancellorsville, command the admiration and gratitude of our country :■ and whereas, these and other illustrious services rendered by this able commander since the commencement of our war of independence, have especially endeared him to the hearts of his countrymen, and have imposed on Congress the grateful duty of giving expression to their feelings: Therefore, Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of "America, That the thanks of Congress 'are due and are tendered to General Robert E. 5 Lee, and to the officers and soldiers of the Confederate armies under his command, for the great and signal victories they have won over the vast hosts of the enemy, and for the inestimable service they have ren¬ dered in defence of the liberty and independence of our country. Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate these resolutions to General Robert E, Lee, and to the officers and soldiers herein designated. [Approved January 8, 18()4.] By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, "1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 6. j Richmond, January 14,18G4. I..Whenever ordnance stores are lost or damaged in any brigade, it will be the duty of each brigade or district commander, at the request of his ordnance officer, or of any officer accountable for ordnance stores, to appoint, as often as necessary, a board of survey, to consist of three officers, to assess the value of or damage to such stores. *11. .The decision of this board, with the approval of the brigade or district commander, will be final; and it will be the duty of the brigade or district ordnance officer to notify the company commander to stop the amount on the muster-rolls when privates are found chargeable; and when officers are found chargeable, instead of reporting to the Sec¬ retary of War, as required by paragraph 921, General Regulations, he will notify the brigade quartermaster or the chief quartermaster of the district to have the amount stopped at the next payment. Duplicate of such notification, in the case of officers and privates, to be sent to the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, to be by him transmitted to the Second Auditor of the Treasury. III. .The brigade or district ordnance officer will furnish the brigade inspector, or other officer having charge of that duty, with a statement of all stoppages made by the board of survey against officers and men, and the inspector will see that these stoppages are actually made. IV. .The same instructions will be adhered to in the artillery, where the officer in charge of the artillery of a corps or of a department will call the board of survey. ' * Amended by General Orders, No. 48, paragraph VI, c. s. 6 V..Ordnance sergeants of regiments will remain habitually with their regiments, and keep themselves constantly informed as to the positions of the brigade ordnance train. VI. .The use of the sword bayonet having been generally disapprov¬ ed by boards of officers in the field, to whom .the question of its useful¬ ness was referred, its manufacture has been ordered to be discontinued. The triangular bayonet will be substituted. VII..Hospital funfis within $5,000, accrued at general hospitals, may be transferred to other general hospitals, on the order of the Med¬ ical Director or Surgeon-General." By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 7. J Richmond, January 23,1864. I. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 3, current series,is hereby re¬ voked. II. .Enrolling officers will proceed, as rapidly as practicable, in the enrolment of all persons made liable to military service. Previous to enrolment as conscripts, all such persons will be allowed to volunteer: provided, 1st. The company selected was in service on the 16 th of April, 1862. 2d. The company .selected is, at the time of volunteering, below the minimum number prescribed by regulations. *3d. No person made liable to service under this order will be per¬ mitted to join, or will be assigned to, any company which has more than sixty-four privates on the roll, until all the companies in the service from the state of which the volunteer or conscript" is a resident, shall have the minimum number prescribed by regulations. 4th. Upon the company being selected, the volunteer will receive from the enrolling officer a certificate to the effect that he has so volun¬ teered; and no volunteer will be received in any company except on such certificate. * Amended by General Orders, No. 22, paragraph II, c. s. 7 III. .Persons who fail to make selection according to the provisions of this order, and at the titne of enlistment, will be assigned according to existing regulations. IV..All officers in command of companies authorized under this order to receive conscripts or volunteers, will forthwith send to the commandant of conscripts of the state accurate Certified roll? of their companies; and without such roll, showing that they do not exceed sixty-four privates, there will not be assigned any conscript or volun¬ teer. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, January 28,1864. I. .Paragraphs 1,129, 1,130, 1,131, 1,132, Army Regulations, are hero- by revoked. II. .Enlisted men detailod for duty, ou account of physical disabili¬ ty, in the City of Richmond, are allowed ono dollar and twenty cents per diem as commutation of rations. III.. Commutation of rations of all enlisted men entitled thereto by the regulations of the War department, whether on detached or on de¬ tailed service, or stationed in a city, with no opportunity of messing,- or of the non-commissioned and regimental staff, when they have no op¬ portunity of*messing, or of soldiers on furlough, or stationed where rations can not be issued iu kind, or placed temporarily in a prviate hospital, on the advice of the senior surgeon of the post or detachment, or of ordnance sergeants, or of a soldier who has necessarily paid for his own subsistence, or of a chaplain, is fixed at one dollar per diem, to date from January 1, 1864. IV. .Enlisted men who have been or may become permanently dis¬ abled, or who hold the certificate of a medical examining board to that effect, and who have not teen 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. V. .All commutation accounts will state the length of time, date, and GENERAL ORDERS, j No. 8. • | 8 amount, for what purpose commutation is claimed, and that it was im¬ practicable to take rations in kind ; which facts must be certified to by the commissioned officer under whose orders the soldier was at the timo the rations became due. *VI..Commutation of rations ip the case of paroled unexchanged prisoners on furlough, who hare just been received from the Federal lines, will be allowed at one dollar per diem, to date from January 1, 1864. VII. .The following paragraph will be substituted for 1,111, Army Regulations: " Issues to the hospital will be on returns by the medical officers, for such provisions only as are actually required for the sick and wounded. The commuted value of rations for the sick and wounded will be one dollar and twenty-five cents. The ration for hospitals will be the same as that issued to soldiers in the field. If a greater allowance is requir¬ ed of any particular articles, not issued to troops in the field, special requisitions must be made therefor." f VIII. .Hospital attendants can not draw rations from the Subsist¬ ence department, but will have their rations commuted at one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,"! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 9. J Richmond, January 29,1864. JI..The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto: II. Richmond, January 27, 1864. Hon. James A. Seddon : Sir : In reviewing the schedules of prices for February and March we invited the co-operation and aid of Mr. Wm. B. Harrison, and it is * Amended by General Orders, IJo 17, paragraph I, c. s. f Revoked by General Orders, No. 25, paragraph IV, current series. J Amended by General Orders, Nos. 41 and 47, c. s. 9 just to add that the schedules received the unanimous approval of the commissioners. We respectfully offer the accompanying schedules, A and B, with the understanding that the prices are to remain for the months of February and March, unless, in the interval, it should be deemed necessary to modify them. The following prices are.to be the maximum rates to be paid for the articles impressed, in all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬ pressed on the farms or elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid. Since the passage and enforcement of the law imposing the tax in kind places additional burdens upon the farmers of delivering a tenth of their pro¬ ductions, we think it rather too onerous on those who produce the most to be required also to incur the heavy additional expense of delivering their surplus. Under existing circumstances we have deemed it not only just, but most likely to favor increased production, that producers in future should not be required to transport their surplus productions when im¬ pressed, but that the agents of the government should employ or im¬ press the neighborhood or county wagons and teams to haul aTl such articles, and so divide the work between the owners of wagons^-nd teams as to be least prejudicial to those successfully engaged in agricul¬ ture. Schedule A. QUALITY. DESCRIPTION. 1 Wheat 2 Flour Flour. Flour Flour 3 Corn 4 Unshelled corn 5 Corn meal 6 Eye , 7 Cleaned oats...., 8 Wheat bran 9 Shorts 10 Brown stuff...... 11 Ship stuff. 12 Bacon 13 Salt pork Fresh pork 14 Lard 15 Horses 16 Wool 17 Wool 18 Peas 19 Beans 20 Potatoes '.. 21 Potatoes Prime., Good... Prime.. Good .. Prime- Good. White or red- Fine Superfine Extra sup'fine Family .... White or yel'w Hog round. Fat and good Good First class Artillery, etc. Fair or j Merino Washed Fair or j Merino'Unwashed Good........ | Irish , ! Sweet. Per bushel of -60 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of-196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 32 lbs. Per bushel of 17 lbs. Per bushel of 22 lbs, Per'bushel of 28 lbs. Per bushel of 37 lbs. Per pound Perpound Per pound net weiglrt Per pound Av'ge prit^-ier head Per pound Per pound Per bushel Per bushel Per bushel Per bushel 10 Schedule A.—Continued. description. « ...... Uupeeled • Titaothy or clover Orchard or herd grass Orchard or herd grass <; a « a Superior ... First-rate. Good Superior .. First-rate.. a Near cities r u u a a ' a " New Orleans... " a (6 6. Manufactured. No. 1 quality... No. 2 quality... No.3 quality... a Round, plate, and bar u u Sole « Superior.... First-rate.. Gross weight... 10 oz. per yd... Pro rata as to greator or less width or wei't. 20 oz.per yd... Pro rata as to greater or less width or wei't. 6 oz. per yard.. 4% yards to lb. u <( (( 22 Onions 23 Dried peaches 24 Dried peaches 25 Dried apples 26 Hay, haled... 27 Hay, baled 23 Hay, unbaled 29 Sheaf oats, baled 30 Sheaf oats, unbaled 31 Blade fodder, baled, 32 Blade fodder, unb'd, 33 Shucks, baled 34 Shucks, unbaled 35 Wheat straw, baled 36 Wheat straw, unb'd 37 Pasturage 38 Pasturage 39 Pasturage 40 Pasturago 41 Easturago 42 Pasturage 43 Salt ; 44 Soap 45 Candles 46 Vinegar 47. Whiskey 48 Sugar 49 Molasses 50 Rice 51 Coffee 52 Tea..'. 53 Vinegar 54 Pig iron - 55 Pig iron 56 Pig iron 57 Bloom iron 58 Smiths' iron 59 Railroad iron 60 Leather 61 Leather 62 Leather 63 Beef cattle... 64 Beef cattle 65 Beef cattle 66 Sheep 67 Army woollen cloth, %yard 68 Army woollen cloth 69 Army woolleSloth 6-4 yard ..... 70 Army woollen cloth 71 Flannels, % 72 Cotton shirting...,^ Per bushel Per bushel Per bushel Per bushol Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pouuds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Pot 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pouuds Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month, Per head por month, Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per pound Per pound Per gallon Por gallon Per pound Per gallon Per pound Per pound Per pound. Per gallou Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton..... Per ton Per pound Per pound Per pound Per 100 pounds........ Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Por head......... Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard 11 Schedule A.—Continued. ARTICLES. QUALITY. DESCRIPTION. | QUANTITY. PRICE. 73 Cotton shirting—% 74 Cotton sheet'gs...4-4 75 Cotton osnab"gs...§£ 76 Cotton osnab'gs...>2 Good <>- 3%yards tolb. 3 yards to lb... 6 oz. per yard.. 8 oz. per yard- 3 yards to lb... 3 yards to lb... 10 oz. per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard $ 84 87- 75 88 88 88 1 12 78 Cot. shirting stripes 79 Cotton tent cloths... A NJXOE-Gbneral'S Office* No. 15. ) Richmond. ~^bruary 5,1864. I. .General Orders, No. 137, series of 1863, is hereby ^ • II..Supplies of provisions, in transitu to arsenals, armorib* ordnance depots, for the use of operatives, under the order of Ccx manding officers of the same, will not be interfered with by officers oi the departments. III..As the various railroads of the Confederacy for the transpor¬ tation of troops, supplies, and munitions of war, are under the control of the Quartermaster's department, the orders of commanding gener¬ als, and other officers, relating to such transportation by railroad, will be immediately furnished to the Quartermaster-General, in order that arrangements may be made in time to harmonize the vatious routes so as to prevent accident and delays. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,! Adjutant and inspector-ueneral's office, No. 16. J Richmond, February 6,1864. I. .The Bureau of Conscription affords adequate means for bringing into service-persons liable to military duty; and all authorities given prior to December 1, 1863, to raise troops from men hot within the lines of the enemy, or to recruit for any particular command in the field, are hereby revoked. II. .Recruits enlisted by authority for new companies which have not at this time seventy-two non-commissioned officers and privates actually mustered upon the rolls, will be turned over to the Bureau of Conscrip¬ tion, and allowed to select any infantry company they may prefer, under the provisions of paragraph II, General Orders, No. 7, 1864. III. .Persons acting under authorities to enlist men for new compa¬ nies, either without or within the lines of the enemy, granted since December 1, 1863, will at once report to the commanding general of the department in which they may be, copies of such authority, with' a statement of the number of men enrolled by them; and without fur¬ ther authorization from such commanders, their power will expire at the end of thirty days from the date of this order. 2 18 ydbte are not intended to have any effoot in the IV.. The precedm^^ trans-Mississippi s V Com/d^ants Posts an^ By-order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,} Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 17. f Richmond, February 8, 1804. I. .Paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 8, current series, is amended thus: "Commutation of rations, at one dollar per diem, will be allowed paroled unexchanged prisoners on furlough. This order to take effect from the 1st of January1^ 1864. The officer paying the accounts will endorse on the furlough the date and length of time for which pay$ilnt has been made." II. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 91 (series 1862), is amended thus: " Officers and agents of the Quartermaster's department are hereby or¬ dered not to interfere with leather or hides purchased or contracted for by officers or agents of the Ordnance department." By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, February 9,1864. I. .Applications from officers of the nitre and mining corps for field service can not now be considered. Workmen employed by them may be organized and armed for local defence, but their military orders 'must be subordinated to work, as the leading aim and consideration, and second in importance to no other military service. II. .A limit (not yet reached) to the number of able-bodied workmen to be assigned to this service—submitfed by the ChieJT of the Nitre and GENERAL ORDERS,] No. 18. I 19 Mining Bureau—has been carefully considered and approved, and com¬ municated to the Bureau of Conscription as a guide for its action. HI. .Military commanders will extend to the nitre and mining ser¬ vice, especially in districts exposed to the enemy, protection^ aid, and encouragement. IV..General Orders, No. 32 (series 1863), forbids interference with the workmen or employees at mines, furnaces, or nitre works, whether worked by the government or contractors. These orders are now re¬ peated, and especial attention is called to them. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,"| Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 19. ) Richmond, February 10,1864. The following Address of the President is published for the informa¬ tion of the army: Soldiers of the Armies of the Confederate Stales : In the long and bloody war in which your country is engaged you have achieved many noble triumphs. You have won glorious vic¬ tories over vastly more numerous hosts. You have cheerfully borne privations and. toils to which you were unused. You have readily sub¬ mitted to restraints upon your individual will, that the citizen might better perform his duty to the state as a soldier. To all these you have lately added another triumph, the noblest of human conquests—a vic¬ tory over yourselves. As the time drew near when you who first entered the service might well have been expected to claim relief from your arduous labors and restoration to the endearments of home, you have heeded only the call of your suffering country. Again you come to tender your service for the public defence—a free offering, which only such patriotism as yours could make—a triumph worthy of you, and of the cause to which you are devoted. I would in vain attempt adequately to express the emotions with which I received the testimonials of confidence and regard which you have recently addressed to me. To some of those first received, sepa¬ rate acknowledgments were returned. But it is now apparent that a like generous enthusiasm pervades the whole army, and that the only exception to such magnanimous tender will be of those who, having 20 originally entered for the war, can not display anew their zeal in the public service. It is, therefore, deemed appropriate, and, it is hoped, will be equally acceptable, to make a general acknowledgment, instead of successive special responses. Would that it were possible to render my thanks to you in person, and in the name of our common country, as well as in my own, while pressing the hand of each war-worn veter¬ an, to'recognize his title to our love, gratitude, and admiration. Soldiers! By your will (for you and the people are but one) I have been placed in a position which debars me from sharing your dangers, your sufferings, and your privations in the field. With pride and affec¬ tion my heart has accompanied you in every march ; with solicitude it has sought to minister to your every want; with exultation it has mark¬ ed your every heroic achievement. Yet, never in the toilsome march, nor in the weary watch, nor in the desperate assault, have you rendered a service so decisive in results as in this last display of the highest qualities of devotion and self-sacrifice which can adorn the character of the warrior-patriot. Already the pulse of the whole people beats in unison with yours. Already they compare your spontaneous and unanimous offer of your lives, for the defence of your country, with the halting and reluctant service of the mercenaries who are purchased by the eueniy at the price of higher bounties than have hitherto been known in war. Animated by this contrast, they exhibit cheerful confidence and more resolute bearing. Even the murmurs of the weak and timid, who shrink from the trials which make stronger and firmer your noble natures, are shamed into silence by the spectacle which you- present. Your brave battle-cry will ring loud and clear through the land of the enemy, as well as our own; will silence the vain-glorious boastings of their cor¬ rupt partisans and their pensioned press, and will do justice to the calumny by which they seek to persuade a deluded peo.ple that you are ready to purchase dishonorable safety by degrading submission. Soldiers ! The coming spring campaign will open under auspices well calculated to sustain jlour hopes. Your resolution needed -nothing to fortify it. With ranks replenished under the influence of your exam¬ ple, and by the aid of your representatives, who give earnest of their purpose to add, by legislation, largely to your strength, you may Wel¬ come the invader with a confidence justified by the memory of past victories. On the other hand, debt, taxation, repetition of heavy drafts, dissensions, occasioned by the strife for power, by the pursuit of the spoils of office, by the thirst for the plunder of the public treasury— and, above all, the consciousness of a bad caase—must tell with fearful force upon the overstrained energies of the enemy. His campaign in 1864 must, from the exbaustiop of his.resources both in men and money, 21 be far less formidable fhafa these of the last two years, when unim¬ paired means were used with boundless prodigality, and with results which are suggested by the mention of the glorious names of Shiloh, and Perrysville, and Murfreesboro', and Chickamauga, and the Chick- ahominy, and Manassas, and Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Soldiers! Assured suceess awaits us in our holy struggle for liberty and independence, and for the preservation of all that renders life de¬ sirable to honorable men. When that success shall be reached, to you, your country's hope and pride, under Divine Providence, will it be due. The fruits of that success will not be reaped by you alone, but your children, and your children's children, in long generations to come, will enjoy blessings derived from you, that will preserve your memory ever-living in their hearts. Citizen-defenders of the homes, the liberties, and the altars of the Confederacy ! That the God whom we all humbly worship may shield you with his Fatherly care, and preserve you for safe return to the peaceful enjoyment of your friends and the association of those you most love, is the earnest prayer of your Commander-in-Chief. Jefferson Davis. Bichmond, February 9, 1864. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, J Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 20. J Richmond, February 12,1864. The firs't paragraph of General Orders, No. 138 (1863), is modified by the omission of the words "in states in which provisions have not been made on this subject" (impressment of slaves); and clause 7 of the same order is so far modified as to allow the rate of compensation for slaves im¬ pressed under the act of 26th of March, 1863, to be established by ap¬ praisers appointed under that act: provided the price thus fixed does not exceed the sum prescribed by the law of the state in which such slaves are impressed. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, February 20,1864. Congress is published for the information of the GENERAL ORDERS, 1 No. 21. ) The following act of army : 22 an act to reduce the currency, and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds. Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the holders of all treasury Dotes above the denomination of five dollars, not bearing interest, shall be allowed until the first day of April, 1864, east of the Mississippi river, and until 1st day of July, 1864, west of the Mississippi river, to fund the same: and until the periods and at the places stated the holders of all such.treasury notes shall be allowed to fund the same in registered bonds payable twenty years after their date, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent, por annum, payable on the 1st day of January and July of each year. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue the bonds required for the funding provided for in the preceding sec¬ tion ; and until the bonds can be prepared, he may issue certificates to answer the purpose. Such bonds and certificates shall be receivable, without interest, .in payment of all government dues payable in the year 1864, except export and import duties. Sec. 3. That all treasury notes of the denomination of one hundred dollars, not bearing interest, which shall not be presented for funding under the provisions of the first section of this act, shall, from and after the first day of April, 1864, east of the Mississippi river, and the first day of July, 1864, west of the Mississippi river, cease to be receivable in the payment of public dues; and said notes, if not so presented at that time, shall, in addition to the tax of thirty-three and one-third cents imposed in the 4th section of this act, be subject to a tax of ten per cent, per month until so presented; which taxes shall attach to said notes wherever circulated, and shall be deducted from the faoe of said notes whenever presented for payment or for funding, and said notes shall not be exchangeable for the new issue of treasury notes provided for in this act. . Sec. 4. That on all said treasury notes not funded or used in pay¬ ment of taxes at the dates and places prescribed in the first section of this act, there shall be levied at said dates and places a tax of thirty- three and one-third cents for every dollar promised on the face of said notes. Said tax shall attach to said notes wherever circulated, and shall be collected by deducting the same at the treasury, its deposita¬ ries, and by the tax collectors, and by all government officers receiving the same, whenever presented for payment or for funding, or in payment of government dues, or for postage, or in exchange for new notes as hereinafter provided; and said treasury notes shall be fundable in bonds, as provided in the first section of this act, until the 1st day of January, 1865, at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dol¬ lar ; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, at any 23 time between the 1st of April, east, and the 1st of July, 1864, west of the Mississippi river, and the 1st of January, 1865, to substitute and exchange new treasury notes for the same, at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dollar: provided, that notes of the denomina-- tion of one hundred dollars shall not be entitled to th$ privilege of said exchange : provided, further, that the right to fund any of said treasury notes after first day of "January, 1865, is hereby taken away: and pro¬ vided, further, that upon all such treasury notes which may remain out¬ standing on the first day of January, 1865, and which may not be ex¬ changed for new treasury notes as herein provided, a tqx of one hun¬ dred per cent, is hereby imposed. Sec. 5. That after the first day of April next all authority heretofore given to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury notes shall be and is hereby revoked : provided, the Secretary of the Treasury may, after that time, issue yew treasury notes, in such form as he may pre¬ scribe, payable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States—said new issues to be receivable in payment of all public dues erfcept export and-import duties, and to bo issued in ex¬ change for old notes at the rate of two dollars of the new for three dol¬ lars of the old issues, whether said old notes be surrendered for ex¬ change by the holders thereof, or be received into the treasury under the provisions of this act; and the holders of the new notes or of the old notes, except those of the denomination of one hundred dollars, after they are reduced to sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dollar, by the tax aforesaid, may convert the same into call certificates, bear¬ ing interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, and payable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, unless sooner converted into new notes. Sec. 6. That to pay the expenses of the government not otherwise provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to is¬ sue six per cent, bonds to an amount not exceeding five hundred mil¬ lions of dollars, the principal and interest whereof shall be free from taxation; and for the payment of the interest thereon, the entire net receipts of any export duty hereafter laid on the value of all cotton, to¬ bacco, and naval stores which shall be exported from the Confederate States, and the net proceeds of the import duties now laid, or so much thereo f as may be necessary to pay annually the interest, are bereby specially pledged : provided, that the duties now laid upon imports and hereby pledged, shall hereafter be paid in specie; or in sterling exchange, or in the coupons of said bonds. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, from time to time, as the wants of the treasury may require it, to sell or hy¬ pothecate for treasury notes said bonds, or any part thereof, upon the u best terms be can, so as to meet appropriations by Congress, and at the same time reduce and restrict the amount of the circulation in treas¬ ury notes within reasonable and safe limits. Sec. 8. The bonds authorized by the sixth section of this act may be either registered or coupon bonds, as the parties taking them may elect, and they may be exchanged for each other under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. " They shall be for one hundred dollars, or sbine multiple of one hundred dollars, and shall, together with the coupons thereto attached, be in such form and of such authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The interest shall be payable half-yearly, on the first of January and July in each year—the principal shall be payable not less than thirty years from their date. Sec. 9. All call certificates shall be fundable, and shall be taxed in all respects, as is provided for the treasury notes into which they are convertible. IF not converted before the time fixed for taxing the treasury notes, such certificates shall from that time bear interest upon only sixty-six and two-thirds cents for every dollar "promised upon their face, and shall be redeemable only in new treasury notes at that rate; but after the passage of this act no call certificates shall be issued until after the first day of April, 1864. Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit shall give its depositors the bonds authorized by the 1st section of this act in exchange for their deposits, and specify the same on the bonds by some distinctive mark or token, to be agreed upon with tho Secretary of the Treasury, then' the said depositor shall be entitled to receive the amount of said bonds in treasury notes bearing no interest and outstanding at the passage of this act: provided, the said bonds are presented before the privilege of funding said notes at par shall cease, as herein prescribed. Sec. 11. That all treasury notes heretofore.issued of the denomina¬ tion of five dollars shall continue to be receivable in payment of public dues, as provided by law, and fundable at par under the provisions of this act, until the 1st day of July, 1864, east, and until the 1st day of October, 1864, west, of the Mississippi river, but after that time they shall be subject to a tax of thirty three and one-third cents on eyery dollar promised on the face thereof—said tax to attach to said notes wherever circulated, and said notes to be fundable and exchangeable for new treasury notes, as herein provided, subject to the deduetion of said tax. Sec. 12. That any state holding treasury notes, received before the times herein fixccbfor taxing said notes; shall be allowed until the 1st day of January, 1865, to fund the same in six per cent, bonds of the Confederate States, payable twenty years after date, and the interest 25 payable semi-annually. But all treasury notes received by any state after the time fixed for taxing the same, as aforesaid, shall be held to have been received diminished by the amount of said tax. The dis¬ crimination between the notes subject to the tax and those not so sub¬ ject shall be left to thb good faith of each state, and the certificate of the governor thereof shall in each case be conclusive. Sec. 13. That treasury notes heretofore issued, bearing interest at the rate of seven dollars and thirty cents on the hundred dollars per annum, shall no longer be received in payment of public dues, but shall be deemed and considered bonds of the Confederate States, paya¬ ble two years after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, bearing the rate of interest specified on their face, payable on the first day of January in each and every year. Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and-he is hereby au¬ thorized, in case the exigencies of the government should require it, to pay the demand of any public creditor whose debt may be contracted after the passagp of this act, willing to receive the same, in a certificate of indebtedness to b# issued by said secretary, in such form as he may deem proper, payable two years after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and transferable only by special en¬ dorsement under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and said certificate shall be exempt from taxation in princi¬ pal and interest. Sec. 15. The Secretary of'the Treasury is authorized to increase the number of depositories so as to meet the requirements of this act, and with that view to employ such of the banks of the several states as he may deem expedient. Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury shall forthwith advertise this act in such newspapers published in the se$Sral states, and by such other means as shall secure immediate publicity, and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall each cause it to be published in general orders for the information of the army and navy. Sec. 17. The forty-second section of the act for the assessment and collection of taxes, approved May 1st, 1863, is hereby repealed. Sec. 18. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and re¬ quired, upon the application of the holder of any call certificate—which, by the first section of the act "to-provide for the funding and further issue of treasury notes," approved March 23d, 1863, was required to be " thereafter deemed to be a bond"—to issue to such holder a bond there- .for upon the terms provided by said act. [Approved February 17, 1864.] By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inepector-G 26 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adjutant and Inspector-Gbnsral's Orncc, No. 22. ) Richmond, February 23,1864. I. .Clause 3, paragraph II, General Orders, No. 75 (1863), is amend¬ ed by adding after the words "as clerks," the words "or detailed men." II. .Clause 3, paragraph II, General Orders, No. 7 (current series),is amended as follows: " Persons liable to military service may volunteer in or be assigned to any company of artillery in service on the 16th of April, 1862, having less than eighty-four men upon the rolls." III. .Non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, detached from their commands, by furlough or detail, for a longer period than thirty days, will be furnished by company commanders with but one descriptive list, upon which the soldier's account with the government (pay, clothing, and -commutation for furlough, under the act of Con¬ gress, February 7, 1863) will be stated. Soldiers In hospitals, not fur¬ nished with descriptive lists by company commanders when furloughed, will have such lists provided by the surgeon in charge. Payments made will be endorsed on the descriptive lists, which will be returned to the soldier, and transportation furnished in kind under the act cited will be endorsed on the descriptive list, and also on the furlough." When the soldier rejoins his command the descriptive list will be re¬ turned to the company commander, who will, after recording the'pay- ments made, destroy it. Quartermasters are prohibited from paying soldiers absent, as set forth in this order, from their commands, except in the manner herein ordered. IV. .Persons not liable to conscription, who may wish to volunteer, may be enrolled as volunteers, -and receive transportation to the com¬ pany they select. The enrolment will be communioated by the enroll¬ ing officer in each instanoe to the company oommandcr. V. .Soldiers who furnish an able-bodied recruit, who ft mustered into service under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, are entitled, when on furlough, to transportation home and back. VI..Th^ provisions of paragraph V, General Orders, No. 31 (1863), are held to apply to non-commissioned officers and privates entitled to furlough under act of Congress approved February 7, 1863. He- e tecied officers are net allowed transportation, or commutation in lieu 27 thereof, under any of the acts providing furloughs, bounty, and trans¬ portation to persons re-enlisted or mustered into the service. In each case, the commutation allowed in lieu of furlough will bo paid by the quartermaster of the command to which the soldier belongs, and by no other quartermaster. VII.. Chaplains may receive the rations in kind allowed them by law, or commute them at the government price. VIII. .The following is published for the information of the army: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RETIRING OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be and he is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of any general commanding a department or any army, to discharge from service any officer of the Confederate States Army, or of the Pro¬ visional Army of the Confederate States, who has no command, and can not be assigned to any appropriate duty, or who is incompetent or ippfficient, or who may be absent from his command or duty without leave : provided, that any officer who may be discharged for incom¬ petency, inefficiency, or absence from his command' or duty without leave, shall be entitled to a trial before an examining board, under ex¬ isting laws, if he demands it of the commanding general within thirty days :* provided, further, that it shall not extend to any officer who is absent on account of his captivity." [Approved February 17, 1864.] -fIX. .All officers, whether of regular or provisional army, absent from their commands and not on duty, as well as those who are without as¬ signment to duty by competent authority, will report their address by letter to this office, stating the circumstances of their absence from duty, and if unassignod, when and where last on duty. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. * April 11,1864. * * * S& • * * * * # tfc "The proper construction of the act of Congress is, that the officer discharged may have a trial before an examining board, within thirty days after the order discharging him from service has been published."- S. Cooper, A. and I. G. f See paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 26, c. s. 28 GENERAL ORDERS, RAL ORDERS, No. 28. adjutant amd itfspeotor-glneral's opficb, Richmond, February 24,1864. General Braxton Bragg is assigned to duty at the seat of govern¬ ment,^ and, under the direction of the President, is charged with the conduct of military operations in the armies of the Confederacy. I. .At a General Court-martial convened at Russelvillc, Tennessee, by General Orders, No. 21, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, of January 26, 1864, was arraigned-and tried: Brigadier-General J. B. Robertson, of the Provisional Army, on the charge of conduct highly prejudicial to good order and military disci¬ pline. Substance of specification.—The use of language (which is set out) calculated to discourage his regimental commanders, and weaken their confidence in certain movements then in' progress, and to create dis¬ trust in the minds of the troops as to the result of the campaign in which they were engaged. The Court find the accused guilty of the specification, with certain qualifications, but express the opinion that his language was not de¬ signed to weaken the confidence of the officers to whom it was ad¬ dressed. They also find him guilty of the charge, except the word " highly," and sentence him to be reprimanded. III..The proceedings, findings, and sentence are approved. The absence of a wrong intent does not change the obviously mischievous tendency of the remarks complained of. Officers can not be too care¬ ful in the expression of their opinions on such occasions; and-this caution is the more incumbent in proportion to their rank and influ¬ ence. Hence, while the department is gratified that the Court has felt warranted in acquitting Brigadier-General Robertson of improper mo¬ tives, it altogether disapproves his conduct. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and'Inpector-General: Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond. February 26,1864. II. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. 29 GENERAL ORDERS.] Ad jot ant and Inspector-General's Office No. 25. J Richmond, February 29,1864. I. .The following acts of Congress are published for the information of the army: 1. JOINT RESOLUTION TO DECLARE THE MEANING OP AN ACT ALLOWING HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO SICE AND WOUNDED OFFICERS. Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the true intent and meaning of an act allowing hospital accommoda¬ tions to sick and wounded officers, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and- sixty-three, were to cause to be furnished not only medicines, medical, and other attendance and lodging, but subsistence also. [Approved February 13, 1864.] 2. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE COMMUTATION VALUjft OP HOSPITAL RATIONS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commutation value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of all em¬ ployees in hospitals, be fixed at such rates, not to exceed two and a half dollars, as 'the Secretary of War shall designate. [Approved February 15, 1864.] 3. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT REGULATING THE GRANTING OP FURLOUGHS AND DISCHARGES IN HOSPITALS, APPROVED MAY 1, 1863. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That an act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals, approved May the first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be and the same is hereby so amended as to provide that the period of disability therein named which entitles soldiers, sick and wounded, in hospitals, to furloughs, shall be extended to sixty days or upwards, in which case the board of examiners may grant furloughs for sixty days. [Ap¬ proved February 17, 1864.] II. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 69, last series, is so amended that soldiers, sick or w,ounded, in hospitals, will* not be granted fur¬ loughs unless they are likely to remain unfit for military duty for sixty days; in which case they may be furloughed for that period. III. .Hospital funds accrue in all hospitals—regimental, field, or other hospitals. IV. .Paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 8, current series, is here¬ by revoked. Rations in kind (such as are issued to soldiers in the field) will be issued to all attendants in field hospitals, and, when re¬ quired by the surgeon in charge, to the female attendants in general hospitals. The rations of all male attendants in general hospitals in cities and towns will be commuted—the amount to be drawn by the surgeon in charge, and expended by him for their subsistence. * V.. The commuted value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of all employees in regimental, field, or other hospitals, will be, until further orders, two dollars and fifty cents. fVI. .General Orders, No. 71, last series, is amended as follows : " For officers, sick or wounded, in hospitals, rations will be drawn, or, when required by the surgeon in charge, their value commuted at the price fixed in the preceding paragraph." VII. .The last two preceding paragraphs will not have effect in the trans-Mississippi department. VIII..The following order is published in connection with para¬ graphs VIII and IX, General Orders, No. 22 (1864): Officers in the trans-Mississippi department, belonging to commands east of the Mississippi river, will immediately return to'their respective commands. In cases wliere such officers have no command, or are un- assigned to any by proper authority, action under the act of Congress to provide for retiring officers of the army, approved February 17,1864, will be taken by the general commanding that department, who will also adopt proper measures to carry into effect these orders. IX. .Supplies of provisions in transitu to arsenals, armories, and ordnance depots, for the use of operatives, under the order of command¬ ing officers of the same, will not be interfered with by pfficers of other departments. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 26. ) Richmond, March 1, 1864. The following act of Congress and regulations are published for the information and guidance of all concerned : * Increased by act of June 14, 1864. See G. 0. No. 53,1 [25], c. a. f Accommodation allowed. See G. 0. No. 63,1 [18], c. s. 31 an act to organize forces to .serve during the war. . The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That, from and after the passage of this act, all white men, residents of the Con¬ federate States, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, shall be in the military service of the Confederate States for the war. Sec. 2# That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained, during the present war with the United States, in the same regiments, battalions, and companies to which they belong at the passage of this act, with the same organiza¬ tion and officers, unless regularly transferred or discharged in accord¬ ance with the laws and regulations for the government of the army : provided, that companies from one state, organized against their con¬ sent expressed at the time, with regiments or battalions from another state, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organizations of troops in the same arm of the service from the state in which said com¬ panies were raised ,• and the soldiers from one state in companies from another state shall be allowed, if they desire it, a transfer to organiza¬ tions from their own state in the same arm of the service. Sec. 3. That, at the expiration of six months from the first day of April next, a boitnty of one hundred dollars, in a six per cent, govern¬ ment bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury iB hereby authorized to issue, shall be paid to every rfon-cominissioned officer, musician, and jJWvate who shall then be iii the service, or, in the event of his death previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons wjio would be entitled by law to receive the arrearages of his pay ; but no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who shall, at any time during the period of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent from his command without leave. Sec. 4. That no person shall be relieved from the operation of this act by-reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army, where no disability now exists, nor shall those who havo furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by reason thereof: jirovided, that no person here¬ tofore exempted on account of religious opinions, and who has paid the tax levied to relieve him from service, shall be required to render mili¬ tary service under this act. *Sec. 5. That all white male residouts of the Confederate States, be¬ tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and' fifty years, shall enroll themselves^at such times and places, and under such regu¬ lations, as the President may prescribe, the time allowed not being lesa than thirty days for those east, and sixty days for those west, of the Mis¬ sissippi river; and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself, with- ♦ Tiure extended, in: certain contingency, by act of June 10, 1864. See G. 0. No. 60, I [19]. c. b. out a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, shall be placed in service in the field for the war, in the same manner as though he were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five : provided, that the persons mentioned in this section shall constitute a reserve for state defence and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform ser¬ vice out of the state in which they reside. Sec. 6. That all persons required by the fifth section of this act to enroll themselves may, within thirty days after the passage hereof, east of ihe Mississippi river, and within sixty days if west of said river, form themselves into voluntary organizations of companies, battalions, or regi¬ ments, and elect their own officers*—said organizations to conform to the existing law;- and having so organized, to tender their services as vol¬ unteers during the war to the President; and if such .organizations shall furnish proper muster-rolls, as now required, and deposit a copy thereof with the enrolling officer of their district (which shall be equivalent to enrolment), they may be accepted as minute-men for service in such state, but in no event to be taken out of it. Those who do not so vol¬ unteer and organize shall enroll themselves as before provided, and may, by the President, be required to assemble at places of rendezvous, and be formed into companies, battalions, and regiments, under regulations to be prescribed by him, and shall have the right to .elect their compa¬ ny and regimental officers; and all troops organized under this act for state defence shall be entitled, while in actual service, to the same pajl. and allowances as troops now in the field. Sec. 7. That any person who shall fail to attend at the place of ren¬ dezvous, as required by the authority of the President, without a suffi¬ cient excuse, to be judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in ser¬ vice in the field for the war as if he were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. Sec. 8. That hereafter the duties of provost and hospital guards and olerks, of clerks, guards, agents, employees, or laborers in the Commis¬ sary's and Quartermaster's departments, in the Ordnance department, and clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in the execution of the enrolment acts, and all similar duties, shall be performed by per¬ sons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who, by the report of a board of army surgeons, shall be reported as unable to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some of the above-named duties, specifying which; and when those persons shall have been assigned to those duties as far as practicable, the President shall detail or assign to their performance such bodies of troops or indi¬ viduals, required to be enrolled under the fifthsection of this act, as may be needed for the discharge of sflch duties : provided, thqt persons be¬ tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen shall not be assigned to these duties : provided, further, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing artisans, mechan¬ ics, or persons of scientific skill to perform indispensable duties in the departments or bureaus herein mentioned. Sec. 9. That any quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, commis¬ sary or assistant commissary (other than those serving with regiments rind brigades in the field), or officer in the ordnance bureau, or navy agent,'or provost marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall hereafter employ or retain in his employment any person in any of their said departments or bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned in the eighth section of this act, in violation of the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction thereof by a court-martial or military court, be cashiered: and it shall be the duty of any department or district commander, upon proof by the oath of any credible person, that any such officer has vio¬ lated this provision, immediately to relieve such officer from duty, and said commander shall take prompt measures to have him tried for such offence ; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform the duties enjoined by this section shall, upon being duly convicted thereof, be dismissed from the service. Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemptions from military service be and the s'ame are hereby repealed^ and hereafter none shall be exempted except the following : I. .All who shall be held unfit for military service, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. II. .The Vice-President of the Confederate States; the members and officers of Congress and of the several state legislatures, arid such other Confederate and state officers'as the President or the governors of the respective states may certify to be necessary for the proper adminis¬ tration of the Confederate or state governments, as the case may be. III. .Every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the rules of his church, and who, at the passage of this act, shall be regu¬ larly employed in the discharge of his ministerial duties ; superinten¬ dents and physicians of asylums of the deaf, dumb, and blind, and of the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time of the passage of this act, and such employees as said editor may certify on oath to be indispensable to the publication,of such newspaper; the public printer of the Confederate and state governments, and such jour¬ neymen printers as the said public printer shall certify on oath to be indispensable to perform the public printing; one skilled apothecary in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such apothecary on the tenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and has con¬ tinued said business, without intermission, since that period; all phy- 34 sicians over the ago of thirty years who now are, and for the last seven years have been, in the actual and regular practice of their profession-— but the term physician shall not include dentists ; all presidents and teachers of colleges, theological seminaries, academies, and schools, who have been regularly engaged as such for two years next before the pas¬ sage of this act: provided, that the benefit of this exemption shall ex¬ tend to those teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty stu¬ dents or more; all superintendents of public hospitals established by law before the passage of this act, and such physicians and nurses therein as such superintendent shall certify on oath to be indispensable to the proper and efficient management thereof. IV. .There shall be exempt one person as overseer or agriculturist on each farm or plantation upon whioh there are now, and were, upon the first day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field-hands between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon tho following conditions:* 1. This exemption shall only be granted in cases in which there is no white male adult on the farm or plantation not liable to military service, nor unless the person claiming the exemption was, on the first day of Janu¬ ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, either the owner and manager, or overseer of said plantation ; but in no case shall more than one person bo exempted for one farm or plantation. 2. Such person shall first exe¬ cute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of America, in such form, and with such security, and in such penalty, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that he will deliver to the government, at some railroad depot, or such other place or placos as may be designated by the Secretary of War, within twelve months then next ensuing, one hundred pounds of bacon, or, at the election of the government, its equivalent in pork, and one hundred pounds of net beef (said beef to be delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on the farm or plantation within the above said ages, whether said slaves.be worked in the field or not; which said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid for by the gov¬ ernment at the prices fixed by the commissioners of the state under the Impressment act: provided, that when the person thus exempted shall produce satisfactory evidonce that it has been impossible for him, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount of meat thus contracted for, and leavo an adequate.supply for tho subsistence of * Decision of the War department. April 29,1864. # # * * # * * * * " Details from the army to superintend plantations do not come within the pur¬ view of tho • act to organise forces to serve during the war.' " By order of the Adjutant and Inspector-General, (Signed) Jxo. WITHERS, A. A. G. those living on said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War shall di¬ rect a commutation of the same to the extent of two-thirds thereof in grain or other provisions, to be delivered by such person as aforesaid, at equivalent rates. 3. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the marketable surplus of provisions and grain now on hand, and which he may raise from year to year, while his exemption continues, to the government, or to the families of soldiers, at prices fixed by the commis¬ sioners of the state under the Impressment act: provided,, that any per¬ son exempted as aforesaid shall be entitled to a credit of twenty-five per cent, on any amount of meat which he may deliver within three months from the passage of this act: provided, further, that persons coming within the provisions of this exemption shall not be deprived thereof by reason of having been enrolled since the first day of Febru¬ ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secretary of War, under the direction of the President, may exempt or detail such other person as he may be satisfied ought to be exempted on account of public ne¬ cessity, and to insure the production of grain and provisions for the army and the families of soldiers. He may also grant exemptions or details, on such terms as he may prescribe, to such overseers, farmers, or planters as he may be satisfied will be more useful to the country in the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service: provided, that such exemptions shall cease whenever the farmer, planter, or overseer shall fail diligently to employ, in good faith, his own skill, capital, and labor exclusively in the production of grain and provisions, to be sold to the government and the families of soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the state under the Impressment act. V. .The president, treasurer, auditor, and superintendent of any rail¬ road company engaged in transportation for the government, and such officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendent shall certify, on oath, to be indispensable to the efficient- operation of such railroadprovided, that the number of persons exempted by this act on any railroad shall not exceed one for each mile of such road in aotual use for military transportation, and said exempts shall be l-oported by name and description, with the names of any who may have left the employment of said company, or who may cease to be indispensable to the effioient oporation of its road, at least onco a month, to the Secretary of War, or such officer as he may designate for that purpose; and pro¬ vided, further, that such president or superintendent shall, in each such monthly report, certify on oath that no person liable to military ser¬ vice has been employod by his company since the passage of this act, in any position in which it was practicable to employ one not liable to military service and capable of performing efficiently the duties of such position. And in cases where railroads have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and a portion of the rolling stock of such roads is being used on other roads not in the enemy's hands, the president and super¬ intendent of said first-named roads shall bo exempt. VI. .That nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing the act approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled an act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con¬ federate States, and the drivers of post-coaches and hacks, from mili¬ tary service: provided, that the exemptions granted under this act shall only continue while the persons exempted are actually engaged in their respective pursuits or occupations. Sec. 11. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant details, under general rules and regulations to be issued by the War de¬ partment, either from persons between forty-five and fifty years of age, or from the army in the field, in all cases when, in his judgment, jus¬ tice, equity, and necessity require such details, and he may revoke such orders of details whenever he thinks proper: provided, that the power herein granted to the President to make -details and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or detail of any contractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government, by reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of the department making such contract shall certify that the personal services of said Contractor are indispensable to the execution of the contract: provided, further, that when any such contractor shall fail diligently and faithfully to proceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or detail shall cease. Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards of surgeons for the exami¬ nation of persons liable to military service, no member composing the same shall be appointed from the county or enrolling district in Which they are required to make such examination. [Approved February It, 1864.] I. .The superintendence of the measures necessary for the enrolment, examination, enlistment, assignment, detail, and exemption of all' per- •sons not belonging to the arcny, in the states east of the Mississippi river, who are placed in the military service by the above act of Con¬ gress, is devolved on the Bureau of Conscription ; and all officers and persons assigned or to be employed in the conscription service, or upon other duty imposed upon the bureau, will be subject to its orders; and their various acts and decisions piay be revised therein, under the orders and instructions of the War department. 37 II. .The Bureau of Conscription, under the orders of the department, will proceed to organize, in every state, efficient agencies for the per¬ formance of the necessary duties imposed by this order. These agen¬ cies will consist of a cpmmandant of conscripts in each state, a suitable number of camps of instruction, under the charge of conlmanders, and enrolling officers, and drill-masters, to be appointed 'or assigned under acts of Congress or the orders of the War department. The Bureau of Conscription will, by instructions to these officers, designate the duties that they shall perform, the reports that they shall make, and will determine the effect of their certificates and other official evidence they may be required to give. In the performance' of the duties of making exemptions and details, the Bureau of Conscription may, from time to time, organize within the states temporary boards to obtain information and advice relative to the necessity or propriety of exemptions or details to be granted under the provisions of the above act of Congress. III. .All applications for exemption or detail under this.act, except as hereafter excepted, and except such details as are required for the ser¬ vice of any of the military bureaus, or for service in any of the depart¬ ments of the government, will be made in writing to the enrolling officer of the appropriate county or district, and be supported by the affidavit of the applicant and other testimony under oath. The enrolling Officer will endorse his opinion on each and every application, and transmit it to the commandant of conscripts for his approval, with a certificate or approval. If the enrolling officer approve the application, he may grant a certificate of exemption for a period not exceeding sixty days, which shall remain in force for that period unless countermanded by the com¬ mandant of conscripts. Every applicant for exemption or detail, whose claim shall be refused by the enrolling officer and commandant of con¬ scripts, will^>e allowed an appeal, to the Bureau of Conscription and the War department. But until the application has been made to the en¬ rolling officer and the commandant of conscripts, applications will not be entertained by the War department. IV. .Applications for exemptions to insure the production of provi¬ sions for the army and families of soldiers, and for the exemption of over¬ seers, farmers, or planters, or because, their services will be more useful to the public as agriculturists than in the military service, or of persons between the ages of 45 and 50, because justice, equity, or necessity re¬ quire the detail, or because their employment is necessary to the public, will be made to the enrolling officer in writing, with an affidavit of the person making it, and accompanied with proof of one or more credible • 38 witnesses. The application should show with precision the conditions of the alleged private or public necessity, advantage, convenience, jus¬ tice, or equity. Among the facts to be stated are the ability of the party to produce the provision or supply the want or*requirement, the con¬ dition of the family, whether any of the members belong to the army, and whether some person, not liable to military service, can not be pro¬ cured to perform the service. If the decision of the local enrolling offi¬ cer be favorable, he will transmit the same to the commandant of con¬ scripts for approval, who may, if he approve, grant an exemption or de¬ tail for sixty days, and endorse his action thereon, which will be transmit¬ ted to the Bureau of Conscription. The bureau will prepare special in¬ structions to guide the action of those officers in reference to tjjis class of cases. V. .Applications for certificates of exemption under the 3d article, 10th section of the act aforesaid, and 6th article of the same section, will be made in all cases to the local enrolling officer, and his certificate must be approved by the congressional district enrolling officer. Applications for exemption under the 5th article of the 10th section, relative to the exemption of officers and agents employed on railroads, may be made directly to the commandant of conscripts for the state, who will grant the certificate of exemption authorized by law, upon compliance with the conditions contained in the act of Congress by the officers therein mentioned. VI. .The.attention of all officers of the government, and especially of those belonging to the military departments mentioned therein, is di¬ rected to the language and purport of the 8th section of the act of Con¬ gress above recited. Congress has manifested, in various enactments, the policy to withdraw from the civil service all persons capable of per¬ forming duty in the field, and this section of the act is an emphatic dec¬ laration of. that intention, accompanied with a severe ^bnalty "to be imposed upon the officer who may frustrate it The Bureau of Conscrip¬ tion will proceed to enroll for duty all persons who may be so employed. But, to prevent the inconvenience and disorder that would follow from the instantaneous execution of the law, details.may be granted until the 10th day of April next, for such of those persons as the head of any de¬ partment, or the chief of any bureau, or the principal officer of the same in any state, shall certify to be necessary for that time to carry on the business in which they are employed. In the meantime, it is made, the duty of"the officers controlling this class of persons to substitute, as far as practicable, persons who are designated in this act ae proper to fill such employments, for those that are made liable to service by the act. VII. .Conscripts unfit for duty in the field, but capable of performing 89 other duties named in the 8th section of the act recited, will be received and recommended accordingly by the board of examiners for conscripts, who, in their reports, will state distinctly for what service, or for which department of the army, such conscripts are best fitted; and comman¬ dants of conscripts will assign them in accordance»with such recommen¬ dation, or, failing to do this, will report for assignment, through the Bureau of Conscription, to the ohief or head of the department in which they have been recommended for service, the names of such, conscripts. All certificates of exemption for disability will be signed by the examin¬ ing board, and be approved by the enrolling officer of the congressional district; and when the certificate sets forth that the disability is decided and permanent, it will exempt the party from molestation by enrolling Officers, unless otherwise ordered from the Bureau of Conscription. VIII. .The examining boards will forward one copy of the monthly report of conscripts examined, through the enrojling officer of the con¬ gressional district, to the commandant of conscripts, who will refer the same, with remarks, to the Bureau of Conscription. The boards will also forward one copy direct to the Surgeon-General. IX..Medical officers and employed physicians on examining boards for conscripts will not be assigned to congressional districts of which they are resident. The employed physicians will receive the pay and allowances of assistant surgeons. X.. Medical officers detailed for duty on examining boards for con¬ scripts will be directed to report for orders to the commandant of con¬ scripts pf states. XI. .Besides the officers of tho Confederate and state governments particularly named in the aot of Congress, the officers of the government of the Confederate States, whose nominations have been made l>y the President and confirmed by the Senate, or who have been appointed by the judges of the distriot courts under the authority confided by any act of Congress, will be exempted from military service until further orders. Also the judges or justices of any supreme, superior, or circuit court*of any state; also the judges of probate, clerk of any court of record, ordinary, sheriff, one tax-collector in each county, and recorder of deeds and wills, if there be such an officer existing by law, and such other officers of the state provided by law as the governor shall certify to be necessary to the proper administration of the state government. XII. .All persons "who have been exempted on account of religious faith, under act of Cohgress approved 11th of October, 1862, and who 40 have paid the tax of $500 therein provided for, will be exempt from en¬ rolment in the military service. By ordor. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 27. ) Richmond, March. 2,1864. I. .The attention of the army is called to the 2d and 3d sections of the act of Congress entitled an act to organize foroes to serve during the war, approved 17th of February, 1864: Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of eigh¬ teen and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained during the present war with the United States in the same regiments, battalions, and com¬ panies to which they belong at the passage of this act, with the same organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or discharged in accordance with the laws and regulations for the government of the army: provided, that companies from one state, organized against their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or battalions from another state, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organi¬ zations of troops in the same arm of the service from the states in which said companies were raised; and the soldiers fro^j one state in companies from another state shall be allowed, if they' desire it, a transfer to organizations from their%own state in the same arm of the service. Sec. 3. That, at the expiration of six months from the first day of April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars, in a six per centum govetnment bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned offi¬ cer, musician, and private who shall then be in the service, or, in the event of his death previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons who would be entitled by law to receive the arrear¬ age of his pay; but no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein pro¬ vided who shall, at any time during the period of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent from his command without leave. II. .The generals of departments will ascertain whether there be in their respective departments any company ox companies from one state associated with companies bolonging to another state, either irt battal- 41 ions or regiments, who were placed in such organizations against their consent expressed at the time, and will report the same to the Adju¬ tant and Inspector-General as soon as practicable, with a recommenda¬ tion that they be transferred, if they now desire it, to some organization of troops in the same arm of the service from the state in which the said companies were raised. III. .Measures will be taken by the commanding generals of depart¬ ments to place in companies of the same arm of the service in which they are serving, raised in states to which they respectively belong, the privates who are serving in companies raised in other states. This privilege will be freely granted to all privates making the application. A private will be considered as belonging to -that state in which he was residing for twelve months prior to his enlistment. Measures will also be taken to have proper rolls prepared on the first of April prox¬ imo, or as soon after as practicable, and returned to the office of the Adjutant and Inspector-General, so as to secure to all the persons desig¬ nated in the 3d section of the above recited act the benefits conferred by it. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Decision of the War department, May 12, 1864. *, *- * * * # * "* s " Transfers are only made to the same line of the service to which the applicant belongs. By order of the Adjutant*and Inspector-General. (Signed) JNO. WITHERS, A. A. G. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 4,1864. I. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 13 (1864), is thus amended: " Officers of the Quartermaster's department will, upon the requisition of company commanders, issue clothing directly to soldiers, and take their individual receipts therefor." II. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 67 (1863), is .amended as fol¬ lows : " If any cavalryman ' shall not keep himself provided with a service- 4 GENERAL ORDERS,! No. 28. j able horse, he shall serve on foot,' and be transferred to any regiment of infantry from the state from which he volunteered or was conseribed, that the department commander may order." * III. .The following act of Congress is published for the information of the army : an act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations, and the privilege of purchasing clothing froji the quartermas¬ ter's department. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That, from and after the passage of this act, all commissioned officers of the armies, whilo on duty in the Gold, or in the naval service, while afloat, of the Confederate States, shall be entitled to one ration in kind each, iu quautity and quality the same as are now allowed by law to pri¬ vates, and 3hall draw and receive the same undor such regulations as may bo proscribed by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. All commissioned officers of the armies of tho Confederate States shall be allowed to purchase clothing and cloth for clothing from any quartermaster at the price whioh it cost the government, all espouses included: provided, that no quartermaster shall bo allowed to sell to any officer any clothing which would be proper to issue to privates, until all privates entitled to receivo the same shall have been first supplied : provided, that the officer offering to purchase shall give his certificate on honor that the articles aro necessary for his own per¬ sonal comfort and'use, and in no case shall more than ono suit per annum be allowed to be so purchased by an officer: provided, that no luw or army regulation shall hereafter be construed to allow an offioer to purchase or draw from subsistence stores more than ono ration a day, or for less price than the cost thereof, including transportation Sec. 3. No officer under the rank of brigadier-general shall hereafter bo entitled to forage or commutation for forage for more than one horse, except when on service in the field. IV •. Rations in kind, the same in quality and quantity as aro now allowed by law to privates, will be issued to regimental commissioned officers, while on duty in the field, upon provision returns approved by the commanding officer of the regiment, and to general and staff offi¬ cers upon their own certificates. V. .One ration a day in kind may be purchased by any officer—not in the field—who is upon duty under orders from this office, or from any department commander, at cost, including transportation. * Amended by act of June 7,1801. SceG- O- No. 02, c.s. VI. .Officers retired in accordance with the act to provide an invalid corps, approved February 17,1864, are not entitled to draw or purchase rations, unless assigned to duty by orders under the provisions of that law. VII..The Quartermaster-General will issue instructions to quarter¬ masters "and assistant quartermasters to carry into effect section 3 of the above act, and so much of section 2 of the same act as relates to his department. By ordeiv S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 29. f Richmond, March 5,1864. I. .The following acts .of Congress are published for the information of the army: [1.3 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE PROCURING, AIDING, AND ASSISTING OF PER¬ SONS TO DESERT FROM THE A*RMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That every person not subject to the Rules and Articles of War, who shall procure, or entice'a soldier or person enrolled for service in the Army of the Confederate States to desert, or who shall aid or assist any deserter from the army, or any person enrolled for service, to evade their proper commanders, or to prevent their arrest to be returned to the service, or Who shall knowingly conceal or harbor any such desert¬ er, or shall purchase from any soldier, or person enrolled for service, any portion of his arms, equipments, rations, or clothing, or any prop¬ erty belonging to the Confederate States, or any officer or soldier of the Confederate States, shall, upon conviction before the district court of the Confederate States having jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding two years. [Approved January 22, 1864.] [2.] AN ACT TO AID ANY STATE IN COMMUNICATING WITH AND PERFECTING RECORDS CONCERNING ITS TROOPS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That upon the application of the governor of any of the Confederate States, the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to grant pass¬ ports and transportation to an officer of such state, duly commissioned u according to the law of said state, to communicate with its troops for such purposes, and at such times and places, as shall be approved by the Secretary of War; and such officer shall be allowed to purohase for himself supplies from the commissary stores,* on the same terms with officers of similar rank in the service of the Confederate States, and according to the regulations which govern them: provided, such supplies shall not exceed those which a colonel of the Confederate States is allowed to purchase: provided, that these agents shall be charged with the duty of obtaining from the officers in command of companies final statements of deceased soldiers, to be filed in the Second Auditor's office to facilitate the settlement of such claims. [Approved February 16, 1864.] [3.] AN ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN PORTIONS OP THE ACT OP MAY THE TWENTY- FIRST, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, RELATIVE TO PRISONERS OP WAR. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of the act of Congress, passed May the twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as makes it the duty of the Quartermaster- General, under instructions issued by the War department, to provide for the sustenance of prisoners of war, is hereby repealed, and here¬ after that duty shall devolve on the Commissary-General of Sub¬ sistence, and be discharged by him, subject to the provisions of the act referred to. [Approved February 17, 1864.] [4.] AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OP ENSIGN IN THE ARMY OP THE CON¬ FEDERATE STATES. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed by the President, to each regiment of infantry"}" in the Army of the Confederate States, an officer to be known as " en¬ sign," with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant, whose duty it shall be to bear the colors of the regiment, but without right to command in the field. [Approved February 17, 1864.] [5.] AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROMOTION OP OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES, FOR DISTINGUISHED SKILL OR*VALOR. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of the general commanding a department or a separate army in the field, to * See act of May 31, 1863. G. 0. No. 53, I [15], c. s. f Amended to allow one to each battalion of infantry. See G. 0. No. 63,1 [2], c. s. fill any vacancy in the commissioned officers of a regiment or battalion, by the promotion to the same, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private, who may have distinguished himself by exhibiting peculiar valor or skill on the battle-field : provided, that the officer, non-commissioned officer, or private so recommended and nominated for promotion, shall belong to the regiment or battalion in which the vacancy may have occurred. Sec. 2. All acts, and parts of acts, in conflict with the above provi¬ sions, are hereby repealed. [Approved February IT, 1864.] [6-] an act to amend the act entitled an act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war (approved twentieth march, eighteen hundred and sixty-three). The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above recited act be so amended that there shall be allowed to each regiment of engineer troops two quartermaster-sergeants. [Approved February IT, 1864.] [T.] an act to amend the acts of april first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and september twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the acts approved twenty-first of April; eighteon hundred and sixty- two, and twenty-third September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, regulating the increase and rank of the corps of engineers of the Pro¬ visional Army, be amended to read as follows : That the President be and he is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of ,the Senate, an additional number of officers in the engineer corps of the Provisional Army: provided, that the whole corps shall not exceed one hundred and twenty, and that the number of officers in each grade be limited to three colonels, four lieutenant-colonels, eight majors, forty-five captains, thirty-five first lieutenants, and twenty-five second lieutenants. * Sec. 2. There may be appointed six military storekeepers, with the pay and allowances of captains of infantry, trho shall give such bond for the faithful performance of their duty as may be proscribed by the Secretary of War: provided, that the said storekeepers shall be ap¬ pointed from persons who are disqualified for active service by reason of wounds received in the military service,.or disease contracted while in the army, or from persons over forty-five, years of age. [Approved February IT, 1864.] * Additional appointed; act of J line 4,1864. See &. 0. No. 53,1 [4] c. s. 4t> [8.] an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war (approved march twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three). The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That an act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war (approved twentieth March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three) be amended to read as follows: That there shall be selocted, in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, from each division of infantry in service, or from every twelve regiments when not formed into divisions, one company of engineer troops, to consist of one hun¬ dred men, chosen with a view to their mechanical skill and physical fitness, and that tho men assigned to such company shall be required to serve in tho same only during tho balance of their term of service respectively. These companies may bo formed or recruited from con¬ scripts and volunteers. Sec.-2. That each company shall consist of eight sergeants, seven corporals, forty artificers, and forty-five laborers, and that two musi¬ cians may be addod. Sec. 3. That the commissioned officers of each company shall con¬ sist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants, and that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by transfer of officers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if practicable, and where not, then from the other corps, or from the line or staff of the army, reference being always had to their qualifi¬ cation as engineers, or by selection; but no one shall be selected who is not dow serving in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil engineer. Sec. 4. That the companies shall be organized into regiments of ten companies each, and that the field and staff officers shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant, with the rank of first lieutenant, one quArtermastcr-sergeant, and one sergeant-major, and that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the manner provided for filling the same in the companies by the third session [section] Of this act. Sec. 5. That in each regiment two of the companies shall he assigned to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with h bridge- train complete. Sec. 6. That the officer in charge of the .Engineer Bureau/subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, shall prescribe the number, fbrdi, and dimensions of the wagons, pontoons, treaties, tools, implements, arms, and other necessaries, for all the troops organized by this act. Sec. 7. That vacancies in the established regiments, to and including the rank of captain, shall be-filled by promotion, regimentally, accord- 47 ing to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompeten¬ cy. The field-officers shall be appointed by selection from the captains of the regiments or battalions, except in the case of original appoint¬ ment, or vacancy caused by promotion to original vacancy of higher rank. ■ Sec. 8. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as fol¬ lows : Of a colonel, two hundred and ten dollars; of a lieutenant- colonel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars; of a major, one hundred and sixty-two dollars; of a captain, one hundred and forty dollars; of a first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of a second lieutenant, ninety dollars; and the adjutant shall receive ten dollars per month in addi¬ tion to his pay as lieutenant. Sec. 9. That the pay of the enlisted men per month shall ho as follows : The sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant each thirty- four dollars ; sergeants, thirty-four dollars; corporals, twenty dollars; artificers, seventeen dollars; laborers and musicians, thirteen dollars. Sec. 10. The mounted engineer troops may be selected from the cavalry, and bo organized according to the provisions of this act, for engineer troops, as hereinbefore specified. Sec. 11. Officers of the engineer corps and of the engineer troops of the Provisional Army, of equal rank, may, with mutual consent, be transferred : provided, the relative rank of no officer of either corps bo prejudiced thereby. [Approved February 17, 1864.] [9.] an act to amend the sixty-fifth article of war. The vongress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the sixty-fifth Article of War bo so amended as to read as follows : • Article 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or command¬ ing a force of cavalry not with and under the immediate command of the commander of an army, or other officer commanding a separate department, may appoint general courts-martial whenever necessary.* But no sentence of a court-martial shall be carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shail have been laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer commanding the troops for the time being; neither shall any sentence of a general court-martial in time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dismission of a commis¬ sioned officer, or which Bhall, either in time of peace or war, respect a general officer, be carried into execution until after the whole proceed¬ ings shall have been transmitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of the Confederate States, for his confirmation or * Amended by act of June 4,1864. See G. 0. No. 53,1 [10], c. s. disapproval and orders in the case. All other sentences may be con¬ firmed and executed by the officer ordering the oourt to assemble, or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case may be. [Ap¬ proved February 17, 1864.] [10.] AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO ORGANIZE MILITARY COURTS TO ATTEND THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN THE FIELD, AND TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF SAID COURTS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled an act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts, be so amended as to authorize the President to establish one in North Alabama, which shall sit at such times and places as said court may direct, and shall haye all the powers and jurisdiction given to said military courts by said act; but the judges thereof shall give ten days' notice of the times and plaoes of holding said courts before the same are held:* provided, however, that said court shall cease to exist after one year from the passage of this act, unless longer continu ed by Con¬ gress. [Approved February 13, 1864.] [U.] AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL MILI¬ TARY COURTS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in addition to the military courts now authorized by law, the President be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a military cou^to attend any division of cavalry in the field, and also one for each state within a military department, whenever in his judgment such courts would promote the public interest; which courts shall be organized, and have the same powers and duties, and the members thereof appointed as provicftd by law. [Approved February 16, 1864.] [12-] AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO ORGANIZE MILITARY COURTS TO ATTEND THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN THE FIELD, AND TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF SAID COURTS (APPROVED OCTOBER NINTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO). The Congress of the Confederate States of. America do enact,.That when two or more army corps are united in the'same army, charges shall be referred to said courts, and their proceedings be subject to review by the army commander, as in the case of general eourts-mar- * Amended by act of June 14,1864. See (J. 0. No. 53,1 [25], c. s. 49 tial; and that the jurisdiction of each of said courts shall extend to any person connected with the army of which the corps to which the court is attached may be a part, without being limited to members of the particular corps to which said court may be attached. Sec. 2. That when the corps to which any military court may be attached shall, from any cause, cease to exist as such, the Secretary of War shall assign the members and officers of such court to any other unsupplied corps, or other subdivision of any of the armies of the Confederate States, where a military court may be needed; and ex¬ changes and transfers of individual members and officers from any one court to another may bo made by the Secretary of War, on appli¬ cation of the parties concerned—the consent of the commander or commanders of the army or armies to which the particular courts may belong having been first obtained to such exchange or transfer. " Sec. 3. That the fourth section of the act of which this is amenda¬ tory be and the same is hereby so amended as to extend the jurisdic¬ tion of the military courts to all offenders below the grade of lieuten¬ ant-general. [Approved February 17, 1864.] [13.] an act to confer additional powers upon courts-martial and military courts. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That any military court or court-martial convened within the Army of the Confederate States shall have power to summon, as a witness before it, any citizen of the state in which said court may at the tiipe hold its session; and any citizen disobeying such summons—upon information given thereof by the judge advocate of* said military court or court- martial to the judge of the distriot court of the Confederate States for the district in which said citizen may reside—shall be subject to the same penalties as for disobedience of an order of said district court; or, on application of the judge advocate, such, citizen witness may by military force be arrested and brought before said military court or court-martial by order of the commander of the army, and mayj,be held in close confinement until he or she shall consent to testify. Sec. 2. That any citizen witness appearing upon being summoned, as provided in this act, shall be paid such reasonable amount for his or her attendance as the commander of the army shall deem reason¬ able, which payment shall be made by any paymaster, upon the certifi¬ cate of said commander, specifying the amount. [Approved February 17, 1864.] 6 50 [14.] an act to authorize commanders of corps and departments to detail field-officers as members of military courts, under certain circumstances. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That commanders of corps and departments be and they are hereby author¬ ized to detail field-officers as members of military courts whenever any of the judges of said courts shall bo disqualified, by consanguinity or affinity, or unable, from sickness or other unavoidable cause, to attond said courts. [Approved February 6, 1864.] [15.] an act to amend an act entitled an act to punish drunkenness in the army (approved april twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two). The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the jurisdiction conferred upon courts of inquiry in the act above recited is hereby repealed, and the said jurisdiction is hereby conferred, for the punishment of the offence therein named, upon the military courts and general courts-martial convened in the Army of the Confederate States; and the proceedings therein shall be subject to review, as in other cases. Sec. 2. That any citizen of the Confederate States is hereby author¬ ized to make report of any violation of the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, in the same manner as officers of the army are now required to do. Sec. 3. Upon any trial for drunkenness it shall be lawful to prove, without special charge, that the accused is of intemperate habits; and if the court shall find that he is of such habits, he shall be cashiered or otherwise punished at the discretion of the court. [Approved February 17, 1864,] [1<5.] an act to authorize the organization of auxiliary bureaus of the war department west of the mississippi'river. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That, under the direction of the President, such bureaus or agencies of the War department may be organized west of the Mississippi river as the public service may require, which shall be auxiliary to the similar bureaus of said department established by'law, and s'hall perform such duties as may be directed by instructions from the Secretary of War, or the general commanding in the trans-Mississippi department, acting under the authority of the War department. 61 Sec. 2. Such staff officers arid tflerjfs may be assigned to duty, or appointed by the President in these bureaus, as may be necessary for the service; and, under authority from the President, the general com¬ manding in the tr,ans-Mississippi department may assign such officers to duty or make appointments therein, subject to the approval of the President:,provided that no clerk employed under this act shall be : allowed a salary exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, or be liable to military duty. [Approved February 17, 1864.] [1?.] an act authorizing chaplains in cebtain cases to draw forage fob one, house. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That chaplains in the army in actual service in the field shall be entitled to draw forage for one horse: provided the chaplain has a horse in hi3 use. [Approved January 22, 1864.] [18.] an act relating to the appointment of a general and lieu¬ tenant-generals. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President ipay appoint one general in the Provisional. Army of the Confederate States, when, in his discretion, it shall be deemed necessary and proper, for the command of the trans-Mississippi military depart¬ ment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 2. That the President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint lieutenant-generals in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, when, in his discretion, it "shall be deemed nec¬ essary for the eommand of any one of the military departments. Sec. 3. That the officers appointed under the provisions of this act shall continue to hold the rank herein provided so long as they shall efficiently discharge the duties in eommand of said several departments, and no longer, but will resume thereafter their former rank in the ser¬ vice. [Approved February 17, 1864;] [19.] " A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partisan bang¬ ers (approved april twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), and for other purposes. The Congress of the Confederate States of America, do enact, That the ;act of Congress aforesaid be and,the same is. hereby.Repealed;provided ..that prjg^u^^u.s.of.g^flp^.a^yegujar sayalxyraVthe 52 passage of this act, shall be oontinued in their present organization: provided they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry, and not as partisan rangers.. Sec. 2. That all the bands of partisan rangers organized under the said act may, as the interests of the service allow, be united with other organizations, or be organized into battalions and regiments, with the view to bringing them under the general conditions of the Provisional Army as to discipline, control, and movements, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Sec. 3. The Secretary of War shall be authorized, if ho deems prop¬ er, for a time or permanently, to except from the operation of this act such companies as are serving within the lines of the enemy, and under such conditions as he may prescribe. [Approved February 17, 1864.] By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 7,1864. I..The following act of Congress concerning impressments, and the instructions of the War department respecting it, are published for the information and direction of all concerned:'* an act to amend an act to regulate impressments (approved march twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three), and to repeal an act amendatory thereof (approved april twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-thriee). The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in all cases where property is impressed for the use of the army and navy, or for other public use, under said act, the same shall be paid for at the time of said impressment, unless an appeal shall be taken from said valuation, as hereinafter provided, according to the valuation agreed upon between the parties, or. ascertained by loyal and disinterested citizens of the city, county, or parish in which the impressment may be made, in the manner and according to the regulations provided in the first, second, and third sections of the above recited act, or in the eighth section thereof, where it is applicable. - Sec. 2. Whenever the officer making the impressment of property, under the act hereby amended, shall believe that the appraisement is fair and just, he shall endorse his approval upon the appraisement, and GENERAL ORDERS No. 30. make payment accordingly; but if ho shall believe that it is not fair and just, then he shall refuse to approve, and endorse the reasons of his refusal on the certificate, and shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the appraisers, by reporting the case to the commissioners appointed under said act to which this is an amendment, for their de¬ cision, whose judgment shall be final; and in the meantime the prop¬ erty shall be held and appropriated by the officer impressing the same, who shall give a receipt, therefor to the owner, who shall also have the right of appeal as herein provided. Sec. .3. The said commissioners shall have power to summon and examine witnesses to enable them to fix the value of property impress¬ ed, which shall be a just compensation for the property so impressed, at the time and place of impressment; and when the commissioners shall have fixed the value of property in cases of appeal, they shall furnish the owner and impressing officer with a statement of such value, which valuation by the conftnissioners shall be within three months from the time of impressment. Sec. 4. That said commissioners shall be sworn faithfully to dis¬ charge all their duties under this act, and the act to which this is an amendment. Sec. 5. That the tenth section of the act of which this is an amend, ment be stricken out, and the following inserted instead thereof: "No slave laboring on a farm or plantation, exclusively devoted to the production of grain of provisions, shall be taken for public use, without the .consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity, and upon the order of the general commanding the department in which said farm or plantation is situated." Sec. 6. That the act amendatory of the above recited act (approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three), and so much of the first section of said act as requires $n affidavit to be made by the owner or his agent that such property was grown, raised, or pro¬ duced by said owner, or held, or has been purchased by him, not for sale or speculation, but for his own use or consumption, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 7. That no impressment shall be made under this act, or the act to which this is amendatory, for "the use or benefit of contractors with the government. Sec. 8. Nothing in this act ghall be construed to authorize the im¬ pressing officer to enter an appeal from any decision of the local ap¬ praisers, under the seventh section of the act to which this is amenda¬ tory. [Approved February 16, 1864.] % II. .Impressments according to this aet, and the act to which this is 54 an amendment, may be made for necessary supplies for the Confeder¬ ate armies in the field, and for their accumulation in magazines, and at posts and depots, and to carry on the various operations of the military bureaus connected with the War department, whenever the same can not be obtained by contract. III. .They may be made under orders from the generals commanding armies, departments, corps, divisions, and by commanders of detached parties, when a necessity arises therefor; These orders maybe exe¬ cuted by appropriate officers of the staff belonging to the army. The chiefs of the various bureaus will designate the officers and persons who shall be competent to make impressments under the authority con¬ ferred upon them; IV.. Before any impressment shall be made, the impressing officer or his agent will make an offer j the owner, his bailee, or agent, in writ¬ ing, for the purchase of the property, describing the property he wishes to purchase, the price he is willing to pay, and the mode of pay¬ ment, and stating that, upon a refusal to accept the same, compensation will be made according to the acts of Congress for the regulation of impressments. This notice will be considered as binding the property until the completion of the negotiation for the sale and transfer of the same to the impressing officer. The property will remain in the cus¬ tody of the owner and at his risk during the pending of these proceed¬ ings, unless a delivery of the same be thereupon made to the impress¬ ing officer, with his consent. In case of a change of possession under these circumstances, the Confederate States will be regarded as the owner, and the property held for its use and at its risk. V. .In all cases in which the offer of an impressing officer is refused-, he- will proceed to adjust the price according to the first section of the act above recited: that is, by the judgment of two loyal and disinter¬ ested persons of the city, coUttty, or parish in which the impressment may be made—otte to be selected" by the owner, his bailee, or agent, and one by the impressing officer. In the event of their disagreement, these two will select an umpire of like qualification. The persons thus selected will proceed to assess just compensation for the property so impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof be required. If the impressing officer believes that the appraisement is fair and just, he will endorse his approval, and pay for the property, and the right in the object impressed will become the property of the Confederate States. But if he does not approve of the appraisement, he will decline to approve it, and endorse the reasons for his refusal on the certificate, and forthwith report the case to the commissioners ap- 55 pointed under the fifth section of the-act to which, the act above recit¬ ed is an amendment; and in the meantime the property will be taken, and a receipt describing the property and the proceedings for the adjust¬ ment of the price and the appeal, given to the owner. The impressing officer will immediately report the case to the appraisers, with a state¬ ment of the quality and condition of the property, and his opinion upon the subject. VI,.No officer or agent will impress the necessary supplies which any person may have for the consumption of himself, his family, em¬ ployees, or slaves, or to carry on his ordinary mechanical, manufactur¬ ing, or agricultural employments. If any question arise as to the fact whether the supplies are neces¬ sary, or whether there be a surplus, it will be determined by appraisers mutually selected according to the preceding section; and in this case the decision of the appraisers will be binding on the officer, who will not be allowed an appeal therefrom. VII. .These regulations are published as a substitute for the regula¬ tions contained in General Orders, Nos. 37 and 161, series of 1863. By order. ^S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 10,1864. I. .The following act of Congress, "for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," with the instructions of the War de¬ partment, is published for the information of all concerned : AN ACT TO SUSPENn THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS COR¬ PUS IN CERTAIN CASES. Whereas the Constitution of the Confederate States of America pro¬ vides, in article first, seotion nine, paragraph three, that " the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require itand, whereas the power of suspending the privilege of said writ, as recog¬ nized in said article first, is vested solely in the Congress, which is the exclusive judge of the necessity of such suspension; and whereas, in the opinion of the Congress, the public safety requires the suspension GENERAL ORDERS,! No. 31. j 56 of said -writ in the existing case of the invasion of these states by the armies of the United States ; and whereas the President has asked for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, and informed Congress of conditions of public danger which render the suspension of the writ a measure proper for the publio defence against invasion and insurrec¬ tion : now, therefore, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That during the present invasion of the Confederate States, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus be and the same is hereby suspended; but such suspension shall apply only t& the cases of persons arrested or detained by order of the President, Secretary of War, or the general officer commanding the trans-Mississippi military department, by the authority and under the control of the President. It is hereby declared that the purpose of Congress, in the passage of this act, is to provide more effectually for the public safety, by suspending the writ of habeas corpus in the following cases, and no others: First—Of treason, or treasonable efforts or combinations to subvert the Government of the Confederate States. Second—Of conspiracies to overthrow the government, or conspiracies to resist the lawful authorities of the Confederate States. Third—Of combining to assist the enemy, or of communicating intel¬ ligence to the enemy^ or giving him aid and comfort. Fourth—Of conspiracies, preparations, and attempts to incite servile insurrection. Fifth—Of desertions, or encouraging desertions, of harboring desert¬ ers, and of attempts to avoid military service: provided, that in cases of palpable wrong and oppression by any subordinate officer, upon any party who does not legally owe military service, his superior officer shall grantprompt relief to the oppressed party, and the subordinate shall be dismissed from office. Sixth—Of spies and other emissaries of the enemy. Seventh—Of holding correspondence or intercourse with the enemy without necessity, and without the permission of the Confederate States. Eighth—Of unlawful trading with the enemy, and other offences against the' laws of the-Confederate States, enacted to promote their success in the war. Ninth—Of conspiracies, or attempts to liberate prisoners of war held by the Confederate States. ^ Tenth— Of conspiracies, or attempts, or preparations to aid the enemy. Eleventh— Of persons advising or inciting others to abandon the Con¬ federate cause, otto resist the Confederate States, or to adht re to the enemy. Twelfth— Of unlawfully burning, destroying, or injuring, or attempt- 57 ing to burn, destroy, or injure any bridge, or railroad, or telegraphic line of communication, or other property, with the intent of aiding the enemy. Thirteenth—Of treasonable designs to impair the military power of the government, by destroying, or attempting to destroy, the vessels or arms, or munitions of war, or arsenals, foundries, workshops, or other property of the Confederate States. Sec. 2. The President shall cause proper officers to investigate the cases of all persons so arrested or detained, in order that they may be discharged, if improperly detained, unless they can be speedily tried in the due course of law. Sec. 3. That during the suspension aforesaid no military or other officer shall be compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas corpus, to appear in person, or to return the body of any person or persons de¬ tained by him by the authority of the President, Secretary of "War, or the general officer commanding the trans-Mississippi department $ but upon the certificate under oath-of the officer having charge of any one so detained, that such person is detained by him as a prisoner for any of the causes hereinbefore specified, under the authority aforesaid, further proceedings under the writ of habeas corpus shall immediately cease, and remain suspended so long as this act shall continue in force. Sec. 4. This act shall continue in force for ninety days after the next meeting of Congress, and no longer. A true copy. James M. Matthews, Law Clerk. Approved February 15, 1864. II. .There will be appointed by this department, for each military de¬ partment of the Confederacy east of the Mississippi river, one or more competent persons as commissioners to investigate the cases of persons who may be arrested or detained by any military authority for any cause specified within the above recited act. Information of all such arrests will be given to him by the department commander as soon as practicable after they are made, and he will proceed to investigate the same. If, upon examination, a reasonable and probable cause for detention does not appear, he will certify the fact to the general or other officer in command, who will immediately discharge the prisoner from arrest. But if a reasonable and probable cause does appear, the com¬ missioner will forthwith transmit to this department a copy of the evi¬ dence taken in the case, with his opinion thereon, for instructions, and meanwhile the prisoner shall remain in custody. III. .In all cases in which a person who has been enlisted in the army under any of the acts of Congress to provide for the public defence, or to raise troops to serve during the war, or to provide for local defence and special service, or who has been enlisted or enrolled for service under the acts of Congres further to provide for the public defence, or, has been placed in the military service by the act of Congress to organize forces to serve during the war, approved 17th of February, 1864, or shall be held in custody for desertion or encouraging desertions, of harboring deserters, and of attempts to avoid military service, or of holding cor¬ respondence or intercourse with the enemy without necessity and with¬ out the permission"of the Confederate States, or of combining to assist the enemy, or of communicating intelligence to the enemy, or of giving him aid and comfort, or for any other cause specified in the act afore¬ said—and in all cases in which any person not belonging to the military service shall be held in custody by any military authority for any of the causes mentioned in the act—shall apply to any court or officer in the Confederate States for a writ of habeas corpus, it will be the duty of the officer having the command or custody of such person forthwith to re¬ port the case, with all the relevant facts, to the War department for in¬ structions as to the proper answer to be made to such writ, and in the meantime to retain the custody and control of such person under this order, a copy of which will be communicated to the officer or court issuing tho writ, as affording the reason why time should bo given to make a more complete return. IV.. In all cases when tho requisite delay can not be obtained, it will be the duty of the officer having command and custody of persons em¬ braced in the preceding section, or who may have in custody as prison¬ ers any person charged under any of the sections of the above recited act of Congress, to make a special return in writing and under oath, that the body of such person so detained by him is detained by the authority of the Secretary of War, and that he declines, under and by virtue df his authority and the act of Congress aforesaid, to produce the body of such person, or to make further appearance or return to the said writ. V..The commanding general of the trans-Mississippi department will perform the functions devolving upon the War department, under these orders, in that portion of the Confederacy. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,~| Adjutant and InspecioiUJenbiwl's Of mob, No. 32. f Richmond, March 11,1864. I. The act of Congress relative to the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, and the instructions of the War department relative to its execution, are published for the information of those con¬ cerned : AN ACT TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY THE EMPLOY¬ MENT OF FREE NEGROES AND SLAVES IN CERTAIN CAPACITIES. Whereas the efficiency of the army is greatly diminished by the with¬ drawal from the ranks of able-bodied soldiers to act as teamsters, and in various other capacities in which free negroes and slaves might be advantageously employed: Therefore, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all male free negroes and other free persons of color, not including those who are free under the treaty of Paris of 1803, or under the treaty of Spain of 1819, resident in the Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, shall be held liable to perform such duties with the army, or in connection with the military defences of the coun¬ try, in the way of work upon fortifications or in government works for the production or preparation of materials of war, or in military hos¬ pitals, as the Secretary of War or the commanding general of the trans-Mississippi department may from time to time prescribe; and while engaged in the performance of such duties shall receive rations, and clothing, -and compensation at the rate of eleven dollars a month, under such rules and regulations as the said secretary may establish : provided, that the Secretary of War or the commanding general of the trans-Mississippi department, with the approval of the President, may exempt from the operations of this act such free negroes as the inter¬ ests of the country may require should be exempted, or such as he may think proper to exempt on grounds of justice, equity, or necessity. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to employ, for duties similar to those indicated in the preceding section of this act, as many male negro slaves, not to exceed twenty thousand, as in bis judgment the wants of the service may require, furnishing them, while so em-' ployed, with proper rations and clothing, under rules and regulations to be established by him, and paying to the owners of said slaves such wages as may be agreed upon with said owners for their use and ser¬ vice ; anjj in the event of the loss of any slaves while so employed, by the act of the enemy, or by escape to the enemy, or by death inflicted by the" enemy, or by disease contracted while in any service required of said slaves, then the owners of the same shall be entitled to receive the GO full value of such slaves, to be ascertained by agreement or by appraise¬ ment, under the law regulating impressments, to be paid under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of War may establish. That when the Secretary of War shall be unable to procure the ser¬ vices of slaves in any military department in sufficient numbers for the necessities of the department, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the preceding section, then he is hereby authorized to impress the services of as many male slaves, not to exceed twenty thousand, as may be required, from time to time, to discharge the duties indicated in the first section of thi3 act, according to the laws regulating the impress¬ ment of slaves in other cases: provided, that slaves so impressed shall, while employed, receive the same rations and clothing, in kind and quantity, as slaves regularly hired from their owners, and in the event of their loss, shall be paid for in the same manner, and under the same rules established by the said impressment laws: provided, that if the owner have but one male slave between the ages of eighteen and fifty, he shall not be impressed against the will of said owner : provided, fur¬ ther, that free negroes shall be first impressed, and if there should be a deficiency, it shall be supplied by the impressment of slaves according to the foregoing provisions: provided, further, that in making the im¬ pressment not more than one of every five male slaves between the ages of eighteen and forty-five shall be taken from any owner, care be¬ ing taken to allow in each case a credit for all slaves who may have been already impressed under this act, and who are still in service, or have died, or been lost while in .service. And all impressments under this act shall be taken in equal ratio from all owners in the same local¬ ity, city, county, or district. Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker House of Representatives. B. M. T. Hunter, President pro tern, of the Senate. Approved February 17, 1864. Jefferson Davis. II. The Bureau of Conscription will direct the enrolment of all the 'persons described in the first section of the act aforesaid, east of the Mississippi river, who are not unfit for the service required from them by reason of physical or mental incapacity or imbecility, and will assign them to the performance of the duties mentioned in the act, or similar duties, in any of the military bureaus or with troopa-in the fielc^ as there may be any call for such service. III. Applications for an exemption on the grounds that the interests of the country require it, or because it is demanded by justice, equity, 61 or necessity, will be made to tlie enrolling officer in writing, >and will be disposed of by him according to the general directions contained in the regulations published^ in Orders No. 26 (1864), under the " act to organize forces to serve during the war." IV. For the execution Of the sections in the foregoing act relativo to the employment and impressment of slaves/ the provisions of Orders No. 138, of the 24th of October, 1863, will afford the requisite rules for the guidance of the military bureaus and commanding generals, with modi¬ fications hereafter mentioned. 1st. That slaves shall not be impressed when the services of free negroes can be obtained. 2d. Slaves under the age of eighteen and above the age of fifty are exempt. 3d. The hire for slaves impressed shall be according to the rates fixed by the appraisers under the act to regulate impressments. 4th. The limitation as to the term for which slaves shall be impressed for service shall be for twelve months, instead of the term fixed by said orders, if the exi¬ gency shall requirejt, V. All impressments for service in the various military bureaus un¬ der this act will be by special order, upon application to the War de¬ partment, disclosing the efforts that have been made to provide other labor specified in the act, the necessity for the impressment, and the plan proposed to secure it.( VI. The general commanding the trans-Mississippi department will superintend the execution of the law for that department. I. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed to enroll all persons be¬ tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages of forty-fivo and fifty years, under the 5th section of the act of Congress to organize forces to servo during the war. II. Persons liable to enrolment will present themselves to the enroll¬ ing officer, in the states east of the Mississippi river, within thirty days from the day when notice shall be given in the district or county by By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 15, 1864. the enrolling officer for persons of this class to. appear for enrolment. The failure to comply with this notice will subject the defaulter to a liability to be called into the general service with the class of persons between eighteen and forty-five, unless ;ihe shall have a valid excuse therefor, to be judged of by the Bureau of Conscription. III. Any person liable to enrolment under this act may join any company for local defence which has been formed under General Or¬ ders, No. 86, issued 22d of June, 1863, for the war, or any other com¬ pany for local defence which has been accepted into the service, and which, by the terms of its enlistment,is liable "to'serve any where, with¬ in the state : or persons of this class may form new companies for local defence and special service, under General Orders, No. 86 "(1863), for the war, and select their own officers. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adjutant and Inspector-General's Qfficw No. 34. ) Richmond, Sfa/rch 16,1864. I. .The following act of Congress and orders are published for the information of the army : an act to provide an invalid corps. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and seamen,* who have or shall become disabled by wounds or other injuries received, or disease contracted in the service of the Confederate States, and in the line of duty, shall be retired or discharged from their respective po¬ sitions as hereinafter provided. But the rank, pay, and emoluments of such Officers, and the pay and emoluments of such non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and seamen shall continue to the end of the war, or as long as they shall continue so retired or discharged. Sec. 2. That air persons claiming the benefits of this act shall pre¬ sent themselvos for examination to one of the medical examining boards now established by law. Upon the certificate of such'board that such permanent disability exists, such persons shall be retired undischarged as aforesaid. • Extended to embrace those is' Navysnd Marine corps,' by act of June 1,1864. £e»G. O.'No. 53, I [12], c.a. 63 Sec. 3. That all persons retired or discharged as aforesaid shall, pe¬ riodically, and at least once in skt months, present themselves to one of said boards for further examination, under regulations to be pre¬ scribed by the Secretary' of War—the' result of which examination shall be reported by such board to the said secretary. And if any such per¬ son shall fail so to report himself to such board whenever he shall be re¬ quired so to do, he shall be dropped from said^retired or discharged list, and become liable to conscription under the terms of the law, unless such failure Shall be caused by physical disability. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War may assign such officers, and or¬ der the detail of such non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and seamen for such duty as they shall be qualified to perform. If any such non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, and seamen shall be relieved from disability, they shall be restored to duty in their respec¬ tive commands. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War shall make all needful rules and regulations for the action of the medical boards as aforesaid. Sec. 6. That vacancies caused by the retirement of officers under this act, shall be filled as in case of the death or resignation of such officers. Sec. 7. This act shall be in force from its passage. [Approved Feb¬ ruary 17, 1864.] II. .Applications will be made by officers and soldiers who wish to be retired or discharged under this act, through their commanding offi¬ cers, for authority to appear before one of the medical examining boards now established by law. Commanding officers will endorse fully the facts connected with the alleged disability, and forward the application to the general command¬ ing, who will return it to the applicant with his approval, or the reason why it is withheld The endorsement will be the authority to the board, which will be composed of three medical officers, for the examination of the applicant. III. .If the application be approved by the commanding general, and the board find the soldier permanently disabled by wounds or other in¬ juries received, or disease contracted in the service, it will retire the soldier, and forward to the Adjutant and Inspector-General the original application and certificates; or, if the board find a soldier totally unfit for duty in any department of Service, be may, if he prefer it, be dis¬ charged upon certificates of disability,1 under the regulations and usage of the service, as before the enactment of the law providing an invalid corps. 64 If the application be disapproved, the board may, nevertheless, pro¬ ceed with the examination. If tifcgy find the applicant permanently disabled from either of the causes stated in the act, they will not retire him, but forward the original application and their certificate to the Surgeon-G-eneral, for final action at this office. * IY. .A corresponding course will be pursued when the applicants are officers, except that 'the board will not retire, but forward the cer¬ tificates, through the Surgeon-General, to the Adjutant and Inspector- General. Y. .If the board examining the officer or soldior find him disabled for service in the field, but fit for duty in some department of service, the duty he can best perform will be indicated in the certificate, which will be forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. VI. .Ofiicers recommended, under the act to relieve the army of dis¬ qualified, disabled, or incompetent officers, approved October 13, 1862, to be retired, bocause of wounds or other injuries received, or diseaso contracted in the service, will receive, upon their written application to the Adjutant and Inspector-G-eneral, authority to appear before one of the medical examining boards for retiring officers and privates under the act above recited, approved February 17, 1864. VII.. Officers or soldiers retired under the provisions of this act will present themselves once in six months to one of the boards of surgeons indicated in paragraph II of these Orders, for further examination— the result of which will be certified as directed in paragraph III of these Orders. If prevented by physical disability from so presenting himself, the cause of such failure will be established by the certificate of a surgeon of the army, or of a citizen physician, and the enrolling offi¬ cer of the district in which'the person may at the time be residing. As soon as the physical disability is removed, the officer or soldier will ap¬ pear before the board for re-examination. VIII. .Failure to appear periodically, as provided by the preceding paragraph, will be reported by the medical examining board and proper enrolling officer to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. IX. .Officers retired under the act of Congress above reeited are en¬ titled to commutation of quarters and fuel only when assigned to duty (as provided in section 4th of said net) at a station without troops, * Modified by (J. O. No. 42, paragraph IX, c. s. 65 where public quarters £an not be furnished in kind. They will receive pay from any post quartermaster upon exhibiting evidence of their re¬ tirement from active service, and the certificate of last payment requir¬ ed by paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 28, and paragraph I, General Orders, No. 126 (1863). X..Soldiers retired from the service as herein provided, will be fur¬ nished with descriptive lists, which, in addition to the usual history given, will exhibit the fact that they have been placed on the retired list, and designate the post at which they will be entitled to receive pay and allowances. They will report to the commandant of such post— which will be nearest their places of residence—and deliver to him their descriptive lists. XI. .Post commanders are required to take possession of descriptive lists of all soldiers reporting to them, and, from the data therein given, at the end of every two months to prepare muster-rolls, upon which these soldiers will receive pay from the post quartermaster or assistant quartermaster. They will append to each roll a certificate that it has been made out in accordance with statements presented in descriptive lists of the soldiers on file in his office. XII. .Officers of the Quartermaster's department will issue necessary clothing to retired soldiers upon requisitions made by the commandants of the posts at which they are stationed, taking their receipts upon re¬ ceipt rolls, Form No. 53, Regulations for the Quartermaster's depart¬ ment. XIII. .Retired soldiers will have their rations commuted at$l 25 per day, to be paid by the commissary at the post designated, under the orders of the commanding officer. XIV..When the soldier shall be returned to his command, his dis¬ ability for field service having been removed, the post commander will note upon his descriptive list the dates to which payment may have been made him on account of pay and rations commuted, and the articles of clothing issued, and return it to him to be delivered to his company commander j or, if he belongs to the non-commissioned staff, to the adjutant of his regiment or battalion. XV.. The following forms will be observed : 6 66 AttiiT of the confederate states. Medical Certificate to Retire Invalid Officer. [Under Act of Congress approved February 17, 1864.] , of the regiment, brigade, having appear¬ ed before the board for examination, we do hereby certify— [Here state whether the officer is permanently disabled, and can not perform duty in any branch of the military service, With a full description of the wound, injury, or disease, and the disabling effects, and that it was received or contracted in the service of the Confederate States in the line of duty. If it is a re-examination, made periodically, state such fact. If the invalid, being disabled for service in the field, is fit for other service, recommend him accordingly. Should an invalid re¬ tired overcome the disability, recommend him for such duty as ho can perform.] , Surgeon P. A. C. S. t——, Surgeon P. A. C. S. , Surgeon P. A. C. S. Medical Examining Board. [Place] Examining Board. [Date] (Duplicates.) army of the confederate states. Certificate of Disability for Retiring of Invalid Soldiers. [Under act of Congress approved February 17, 1864.] ■ , of Captain 's company (—), of the regi¬ ment, 'b brigade, enrolled or enlisted by ————, at , on the day of , to serve . He was born in ———, in the State of , is years of age, feet inches high, —— complexion, eyes, hair, and by occupation when enlisted a ; and having appeared before this board for examina¬ tion, we do hereby certify i [Here state whether the soldier is permanently disabled, and can not perform duty in any branch of the military service, with a full descrip¬ tion of the wound, injury, or disease, and the disabling effects, and that it was received or contracted in the service of the Confederate States in the line of duty. If it is a re-examination, made at periods of six months, state such fact. If the invalid, being disabled^for duty in the field, is fit for duty in some department of the military service, recom- 6T maud him accordingly. Should an invalid discharged overcome the disability, recommend him for such duty as he ean perform. , Surgeon P. A. C. S. i Surgeon P. A. C. S. , Surgeon P. A. C. S. Medical Examining Board. [Place] Examining Board. [Date] (Duplicates.), Form, for Retiring a Soldier. [Under act to provide an invalid corps, approved Febr'y 17, 1864.] To all whom it may concern: Know ye, that , a of Captain 's company, regiment of ■—, who was enlisted the —- day of one thousand eight hundred and —, to Serve ——, is hereby hon¬ orably retired from military service, with the pay and emoluments of a in the Army of the Confederate States. Said — was born in in the State of — , is years of age, feet —— inches high, -— complexion, eyes, ——— hair, and by occupation when enlisted a -— . Given at ■ 1 , this < ■ day of , 186—. -, Surgeon P. A. C. S. Surgeon P. A. C. S. -, Surgeon P. A. C. S. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 35. J Richmond, March, 19,1864. I. .Officers on inspection duty, while travelling under the immediate orders of the War department, will be allowed their personal expenses (less the commutation value of one ration per day) in lieu of all allow¬ ances for fuel, quarters^ and forage. Each account must be certified by the officer receiving the payment, and will be paid by any quarter¬ master. II. .Paragraph 166, General Regulations, is not construed to allow certain commanding officers to grant themselves leave. They will not 68 absent theniselves from their commands without authority from this office. III. .Paragraph 170, General Regulations, is hereby revoked. Nor will the commander of a post grant leave to an officer, without permis¬ sion first obtained from the general commanding the army or depart¬ ment in which the post may-be established. IV.. Commanding generals, and other commanding officers, are pro¬ hibited from detaching officers and ordering them to duty or for assign¬ ment in other commands, or beyond the limits of their departments or commands, without previous authority from this office. The transporta¬ tion allowance of an officer so detached and ordered without previous authority will be charged to the officer giving the order. V..Until exchanged and reassembled, the officers and men of captured* organizations will be temporarily assigned by the general commanding the department in which the troops have been serving, to. deplete organizations in the service, or to such other duty as the com¬ manding general may direct. To this end, it will be the duty of the officers of the Conscription bureau, in the several states, to return to the general commanding the department in which the troops have last served such officers and soldiers as are now, or may be hereafter, ab¬ sent from duty on account of the capture of their commands. VI. .Paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 13 (current series), is thus amended: " In making payments to soldiers upon descriptive lists, officers of the Quartermaster's department will be careful to endorse thereon the amounts paid, and the time for which they have been paid, returning the same to them for delivery to their company commanders. Disburs¬ ing officers will file with receipts given by soldiers thus paid, a certifi¬ cate in each case, that the descriptive list was according to prescribed form, dated and subscribed by the officer commanding the company.; that the station of the company was given, and that no money was paid the soldier except that certified by the officer as due from the recordjs of the company. ) VII..Under General Orders, No. 142 (1863), the Inspector-General of Field Transportation is charged with impressing and purchasing field transportation for the army. His officers and agents will not be inter¬ fered with by either officers or soldiers when engaged in discharging that duty. * Revoked by G. O. No. 42, paragraph VI, c. s. 69 VIII. .Persons liable to conscription, who have joined companies in the local or special service, will be turned over to enrolling officers for assignment to companies in the general service. IX. .The following is published as supplementary to the schedule of average cost of arms, parts of arms, and accoutrements, as set forth in General Orders, No. 158, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, De¬ cember 3, 1863: Carbine (breech-loading). $75 00 Carbine (muzzle-loading) 60 00 Parts of same (see prices of parts of rifle, model 1855). Skeleton saddles 75 00 Halter 12 00 Crupper 3 00 Stirrup-leathers 6 00 Moss blanket * 4 00 Halter-reins 5 00 Headstall. . 7 00 Horse-brush 2 00 Bridle 14 00 Bit 2 00 Girth 5 00 Stirrups 2 00 Bridle-reins 7 00 Spurs...; 1 50 Curry-comb 1 25 Nose-bag 2 50 Cartridges of all kinds, each. 25 Caps of all kinds, each. 02£ The price of bayonets is increased to $11 each. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,) Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 36. f Richmond, March 21,1864. I. .Special attention is directed to the 90th Article of War, and para¬ graph 877, Army Regulations, requiring the proceedings of general courts-martial, and orders respecting the sentences of such courts, to be transmitted, with as much expedition as practicable, to the War de¬ partment. The observance of these rules, especially in capital cases 70 and (rials affecting the commissions of offiocr% aho of paragraph 871 of the regulations prescribing the manner of making up and securing the court record, is enjoined upon all concerned* II. .Every court-martial record, which should be kept distinct and separate in each case> must be endorsed with the name, rank, ox de¬ scription of the party, and the court by which he was tried ; to which should be added the action of the reviewing officer, confirnritag or dis¬ approving the sentence, duly attested by his signature. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspictor-Genxral's Office, Richmond, March 22, 1864. *1. .The attention of medical examining boards is called to paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 34 (current series). Such boards have no power to retire an officer, but will forward the certificate of disability (giving the officer examined a duplicate thereof) and the application, through the Surgeon-General, to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, that the " certificate of retirement" may be issued from this office. No other certificate of retirement will be respected. II. .Each officer retired under the provisions of the act will, imme¬ diately on the receipt of the certificate of retirement, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, or as aeon thereafter as practicable, communicate to this office the military station or post-office (giving county and state) at which be may be found. Whenever any permanent change is made in his location, he will immediately report such change to this office. III. .The certificate of retirement, as provided in paragraph I, will he numbered and forwarded to the officer so retired, when he is on.duty in the field, through the general commanding the army or department, to the regiment or battalion to which the officer may belong. When he is absent from his command, it will he forwarded directly to his address, at the place where he appeared before the hoard'of examiners (unless a different direction is requested by the officer), and a notice of the fact will be sent from this office to the commanding gtefaeral. * Modified by G. O. No. 42, paragraph IX, e; s. GENERAL ORDERS, j No. 37. 1 71 IV. »When an officer presents himself for re-examination, in compli¬ ance with paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 34, it will be the duty of the hoard examining to specify on the new medical certificate the num¬ ber of the certificate of retirement, as issued from this office. V. .Each officer retired under the act, and not assigned to duty, will report by letter to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office monthly, giving his address, as required by paragraph 167, Army Regulations. I. .The second and third paragraphs of General Orders, No. 8, Adju¬ tant and Inspector-General's office, series of 1862, are hereby re¬ voked. II. .With a view to facilitate the organization of citizens of Maryland into companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments, in accordance with the act to authorize and provide for the organization of the Mary¬ land Line, published in paragraph I, General Orders, No. 8, above re¬ ferred to, a camp will be established at Staunton, Virginia, to be called Camp Maryland, and a camp near Hanover Junction, to be called Camp Howard. III. .The troops now under the command of Col. Bradley T. Johnson will, for the present, occupy Camp Howard; and all other Maryland companies, squadrons, and battalions will, upon their written applica¬ tion, be detached by commanding generals from their present com¬ mands and ordered to proceed, for the purpose of being organized into regiments, either to Camp Maryland or to Camp Howard, as they may elect. IV. .All persons now in service in other than Maryland companies, who are or were, at the commencement of the war, native or adopted citizens of Maryland, and who desire to join companies from their own state, will, upon their application in writing, with reliable evidence of their citizenship, addressed and sent directly to the commandant of Camp Maryland or to the commandant of Camp Howard, be transferred to the Maryland Line, and, at their option, will either be assigned to By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General.' Adjutant and In6pector-General's Office, Richmond, March 23,1864. 75 Maryland companies now existing, or, provided the number be suffi¬ cient, organized into new companies, with the privilege of electing com¬ pany officers. And persons now in service in Maryland companies, who are citizens of other states, will, upon their request in writing, ac¬ companied by proper evidence of their citizenship, be transferred by commanding generals to any company from their own states in the army to which they belong. V. .Upon receipt of orders from this office, making transfers in ac¬ cordance with the preceding paragraph, commanding generals are di¬ rected to forward the men so transferred to the camp designated, in charge of commissioned officers ; and they will furnish every possible facility for the prompt movement of companies, squadrons, and battal¬ ions, as directed in the third paragraph of this order. VI. .All native or adopted citizens of Maryland, who are not now in the Confederate service, will, upon application to either of the comman¬ dants herein mentioned, within the next sixty days, be enlisted into the Maryland Line, and, at their option, assigned to existing Ma¬ ryland companies or organized into the new companies hereinbefore provided for. VII.. Maj'or-General Elzey is relieved from the command of the De¬ partment of Richmond, and assigned to the command of the Maryland Line. He will, for the present, take immediate command of Camp Ma¬ ryland. Col. Bradley T. Johnson will assume command of Camp Howard. They' will at once proceed to carry out the purpose of these orders. The following act of Congress is published for the information of those interested: AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE IMPRESSMENT OF MEAT FOR THE USE OF THE ARMY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever the President shall declare that the public exigencies render By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 24,1864. 73 it necessary, impressments of meat for the use of the army may be made from any supplies that may exist in the country, under the ex¬ press condition that just compensation shall be afforded to the owner of the meat taken or impressed, and subjected to the following restrictions and limitations: Sec. 2. The power to direct such impressment shall be conferred upon the Secretary of War; but he shall not reduce the supplies of any per¬ son below one-half of the quantity usually allowed for the support of himself, his family, and dependents for the year. He shall ex¬ ercise the said power by orders directed to the officers or agents he may employ, who shall have explicit instructions as to the mode of its execution, and injunctions that the same shall not be abused. Sec. 3. That these orders shall direct that a notice shall be given to the owner of the meat needed, his bailee, or other agent, declaring the quantity required, the price offered, the existence of a necessity, and whether possession is to be taken of the same immediately, and with whom the risk of the safe-keeping is to be pending the negotiation, and in what manner the compensation shall be settled in case the offer is not accepted—service of which notice shall be a condition precedent to any impressment or seizure by'the impressing officer. Sec. 4. That upon the service of this notice upon th^ owner of any meat liable to impressment, the owner shall hold the same, subject to the claim of the Confederate States, and shall be entitled, to just compensation according to the provisions of this actj and if the necessity is declared by the impressing officer to.,he urgent, he shall deliver the possession to the impressing officer upon his demand, who shq$l give a receipt therefor, as provided in the sixth section of this act. Sec. 5. That for the ascertainment of the quantity of meat liable to impressment under this act, and also of just compensation for the same where the owner and the impressing officer can not agree, the impressing officer shall appoint one loyal and disinterested citizen of the county, district, or parish in which the meat impressed shall be at the time of impressment; and the owner of the meat so impressed, his agent, or other bailee, shall appoint another, who shall, upon oath, ascertain the quantity liable to impressment, and the value of the same at the date of the notice served upon the party—which oath may be administered by the impressing officer, and which ascertainment of the quantity and value shall be conclusive evidence thereof; and if the assessors can not agree, they may associate with them a third person, of like qualifica¬ tions, to make said assessments. Sec. 6. That whenever an impressment shall be made under this act it shall be the duty of the impressing officer to give an official certificate, 7 74 showing the quantity taken, the company, battalion, regiment, or other command for whose use it is required, the compensation to be paid, the circumstances of necessity that existed—which certificate shall bo evi¬ dence of a claim against the Confederate States, and shall be promptly paid by the disbursing officer of the command for which the meat was taken, or by the chief of the bureau having charge of disbursements for similar objects. [Approved February 17, 1864.] I. .The necessity for the impressment of meat under the above a t having arisen, in the opinion of the Prosident, these regulations for the exercise of the power of impressment are made, under the authority of the preceding act of Congress, by the Secretary of War. II. .The power to make impressment under this act is conferred upon the commanding generals of departments, and of armies in the field, to be exercised by officers specially designated by them for that purpose, and also upon the Chief of the Subsistence department, and such officers of his bureau as he may select. 11.. When any impressment of meat is required, the impressing offi¬ cer will require a statement of the supplies on hand, the number of per¬ sons to be provided for, the length of time for which the provision is made, and will thereupon, if he shall conclude that there is a cause for impressment, proceed to give the notice required by the 3d section of this aot. IV. .The officer making the impressments will.in all cases commence by giving a written or printed notice, which shall express allghe par¬ ticulars contained in the'section aforesaid, and he will take care not to impress more of the supplies of any owner than the act of Congress permits. V. .If any questions should arise as to the quantity of the meat in possession of the owner, or whether a reasonable allowance has been made under the conditions of this act, or in reference to the rate of compensation to be paid, the difference will be settled according to the 5th section of the act. The decisions of the arbitrators ap¬ pointed under this section will be conclusive upon both the impressing officer and the owner, and the settlement will be made according to the award. VI..A report of all impressments under this act, whether by of¬ ficers in the field or by officers of the Subsistence department, will be made to the Chief of the Bureau of Subsistence, by the officer mak¬ ing it. 75 VII. .The attention of officers in the field, who may be required to make impressments under this act, is particularly directed to the condi¬ tions of the 6th section, and they are specially directed to conform in all cases to the same. Any deviation from this order will subject the officers concerned to punishment. „ VIII..No impressment under this or any other order shall be made of milch cows, or of the breeding stock of any farm or plantation. I. .The enlistment of deserters is a serious evil in the service. The attention of the army is therefore directed to the 22d Article of War, which provides that " No non-commissioned officer or soldier shall en¬ list himself in any other regiment, troop, or company, without a regular discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he last served, on the penalty of being reported a deserter, and suffering accordingly ; and in case any officer shall knowingly reoeive and entertain such non¬ commissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately confine him, and give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, the said officer shall by a court-martial be cashiered." II. .A strict observance of this law, and the arrest and trial of all who violate its injunctions, are required. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 40. \ Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, March 29,1864. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, April 6, 1864. I..The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, . adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law,'for the State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned,' and the 76 special attention of officers and agents of the government thereto : II. Richmond, March 31, 1861. Hon. James A. Seddon : Sir: In reviewing the schedules of prices for April, we invited the co-operation and aid of Mr. ffm. £. Harrison, and it is just to add that the schedules received the unanimous approval of the commission¬ ers. We respectfully offer the accompanying schedules, A and B, with the understanding that the prices are to remain for the month of April unless, in the interval, it should be deemed necessary to modify them. The following prices are to be the maximum rates to be paid for the articles impresse'd, in all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬ pressed on the farms or elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid. Under existing ciroumstances wo have deemed it not only just, but most likely to favor increased production, that producers in future should not be required to transport their surplus productions when im¬ presse'd, but that the agents of the government should employ or im¬ press the neighborhood or county wagons and teams to haul all such articles, and so divide the work between the owners of wagons and teams as to he least prejudicial to those successfully engaged in agricul¬ ture. Schedule A. quality. description. 1 Wheat 2 Flour , - Flour. Flour. Flour 3 Corn 4 TJnshelled corn., 5 Corn meal 6 Rye 7 Cleaned oata 8 Wheat bran- 9 Shorts..... 10 Brown stuff. 11 Ship stuff. 12 Bacon .... 13 Salt pork..- 14 Fresh pork 15 Lard 16 Horses and mules.. 17 Wool 18 Wool. 19 Peas 20 Beans 21 Potatoes. 22 Potatoes . Prime Good H Prime White or red- Fine Superfine....... Extra sup'fine Family White or yel'w a a tt Hog round Fat and good First-class Fair or Merino Fair or Merino Artillery, etc.. Unwashed —... u Sweet Per bushel of 60 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per bushel of 66 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 32 lbs. Per bushel of 17 lbs. Per bushel of 22 lbs. Per bushel of 28 lbs. Per bushel of 37 lbs. Per pound Per pound Per pound net weight Per pound Av'ge price per head Per pound Per pound Per bushel Per bushel Per bush el Per bushel. 77 Schedule A.—Continued. DESCRIPTION. 23 Onions 24 Dried peaches. 25 Dried peaches.. 26 Dried apples..., 27 Hay, baled 28 Hay, baled. 29 Hay, unbaled 30 Sheaf oats, baled.. Peeled Unpeeled ...... Peeled Timothy or clover Orchard or herd grass Orchard or herd grass Per bushel.. Per bushel. Per bushel. Per bushel. Per 100 pounds.. Per 100 pounds.. 34 Shucks, baled 35 Shucks, unbaled. 88 Pasturage 89 Pasturage 40 Pasturage .... 41 Pasturage ..... 42 Pasturage 43 Pasturage 44 Salt 45 Soap 46 Candles 47- Vinegar 48 Whiskey 49 Sugar 50 Molasses 51 Rice 52 Coffee 53 Tea 54 Vinegar 55 Pig iron 56 Pig iron 57 Pig iron : 58 Bloom iron... 59 Smiths' iron.. 60 Railroad iron.. 61 Leather 62 Leather 63 Leather 64 Beef cattle 65 Beef cattle 66 Beef cattle 67 Salt beef 68 Sheep % yard. 6-4 yard. 73 Flannels.. it u a a « a Superior .. First-rate. Gpod Superior.. First-rate.. a a Near cities it u tt a u a New Orleans... a it it Manufactured. No. 1 quality- No. 2 quality... Nq.3 quality- U tf ti U Round, plate, and bar it it « Gross weight... a u . Superior.... . First-rate.. , 10 oz. per yd... Pro Tata as to greater or less width or wei't. 20 oz. per yd... Pro rata as to greater or less width or wei't. 6 oz. per yard.. a fc< \ " c « Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds .... Per 100 pounds Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per pound Per pound Per gallon Per gallon Per pound Per gallon Per pound Per pound Per pound Per gallon Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per pound Per pound Per pound Per 100 pounds.. Per 100 pounds.. Per 100 pounds- Net per pound.. Per head Per yard Per yard , Per yard , 4 00 78 Schedule A.—^-Continued. ARTICLES. QUALITY. DESCRIPTION. QUANTITY. PRICE. 74 Cotton shirting....^ 75 Cotton shirting...,jZ 76 Cotton sheet'gs...4-4 77 Cotton osnab'gs...% 78 Cotton osnab'gs...J§ 79 Cotton tent cloths... Good 414 yards to lb. 3% yards to lb. 3 yards to lb... 6 oz. per yard- 8 oz. per yard.. 10 oz. per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard *..... $ 1 11 1 85 1 76 1 50 1 93 2 53 weight. 81 Army shoes 82 Shoe thread 83 Wool socks, men's... 84 Corn-top fodder,bl'd 85 Corn-top fodder, un- baled 86 Wheat chaff, baled.. 87 Wheat chaff, unb'd.. 88 Sorghum molasses.. 89 Pasturage for sheep 90 Pasturage for sheep 91 Pasturage for sheep Good. Superior ... First-rate- Interior . to greater or less width or 16 00 3 00 1 25 2 40 pair pound. pair 100 pounds..'... 100 pounds 100 pounds... , 100 pounds gallon head head head 1 50 2 40 1 60 20 00 40 50 60 In assessing the Average value of first-class artillery and wagon horses and mules at $500, we designed that the term should be accepted and acted upon according to its obvious common-sense import. In other words, that they should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when they assessed the average value of such horses as the government need¬ ed at $500. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigencies would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be im¬ pressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra- blooded horses, or brood mares of admitted high value, are impressed, we respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions for¬ warded to the impressing officers to propose and allow the owners to substitute in their stead such strong, sound, and serviceable horses or mules as shall be considered and valued by competent and disinterested parties as first-class artillery horses or first-class wagon mules. The term average value per head is in contradistinction to a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that, in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several persons or one individual, that some might be estimate^ at $300, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth, up as high as $700—thus making an average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses or mules, $500 each. In"illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one eye sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first-class artille- 79 ry horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his value. So a horse from ten to eighteen years of age might bo deemed in all other particulars as a first-class artillery horse, but of course, however efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his advanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however he may approximate thfc standard of a first-class artillery horse, must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price ; and as few comparatively come up to the standard, and there¬ fore are entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other in¬ stances the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections , place them below the standard of first-class, etc. .Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. Labor. 1. Baling long forage 2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬ nished by government 3. Hauling 4. Hauling grain 5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner.. 6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner.. 8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 9. Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner.. 10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government.. * 11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner 12. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 13. Hir.e of same, rations and clothing fur¬ nished by owner 14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 15. Hire of teamsters, rations furnished by government 16. Hire of laborer, clothing and rations furnished by government 17. Hire of same, clothing and rations fur¬ nished by owner 18. Hiit! of same, rations only furnished by government 19. Hire of ox carts, team, and driver, ra¬ tions furnished by owner 20. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government Quantity and Time. Price. Per 100 pounds. $0 90 Per 56 pounds. Per cwt. per mile Per bus. per mile 05 08 04 Per day. 10 00 Per day 5 00 Per day 13 00 Per day 6 50 Per day 16 00 Per day . 8 00 Per day 2 50 Per day..." 1 50 Per month 50 00 Per month 30 00 Per month 40 00 Per year 300 00 Per year 550 00 Per year 400 00 Per day 10 00 Per day 5 00 80 Upon further consideration, we have concluded to value sheaf oats, hay, and blade fodder, cast of the Blue Ridge mountains, when baled at $5 40 per hundred pounds, and unbaled at $4 50 per hundred pounds, and shucks baled at $3 90 per hundred pounds, and $3 unbaled. REVISION OF THE SGHEDUXE OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH LAST. Since the adoption of our last schedules for the months of February and March, the financial bills passed by Congress, taxing the currency, have seriously impaired the value of the old issues of Confederate Treas¬ ury notes. At this juncture large numbers of horses and mules were impressed and paid for in a currency which was in a few days thereaf¬ ter to he taxed thirty-three and one-third per cent. The board of state commissioners having adjourned, and one of its members being out of the state, it could not be convened in time to re¬ view our schedules of prices. Under this state of facts, we have re- examined-and rearranged pur tariff of prices, so far as we have been advised of recent impressments, proposing, in this mode, to remedy any diminution of valuation which may have resulted from the action of Congress upon the currency. Therefore we assess the average value of artillery or wagon horses or mules, impressed since the passage of the currency bill of the 17th of February last, at $600. This award will entitle each person to receive higher compensation, accordingly as each horse or mule recently impressed may be considered as being a first, second, or third-class artillery or wagon horse or mule, whether the par¬ ties appeal to our board or not; and the impressing agents and officers should forthwith call on. all those persons of whom they impressed horses and mules, and propose a settlement upon the foregoing basis, but allowing to each person only such, prices as first, second, and third- class artillery or wagon horses or mules may tie estimated at, assuming our average appraisement of $600 as a fair medium valuation. This, then, would allow a maximum price of $800, and a minimum price of $400, making $600 the average price—thus allowing more for first-class horses or mules, and proportionately less for the inferior, as they may fall below the grade of first-class. Payment of whatever amount may be awarded to be made in the old issue of treasury notes as circulated before the 1st of April, or else in the new issue, but with a deduction in such cases of thirty-three and one-third per cent, from the additional sum allowed in each case. E. W. Hubard, Robert G-ibboney, Wm. B. Harrison, Commissioners for Virginia. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector*General. 81 J®- All appeals and communications for the Board of Commissioners, should be addressed to D. S. Chilton, Clork of the Board of Commissioners of the State of Virginia, Richmond, Va. I. .At the end of each month, monthly inspection reports, in accord¬ ance with forms last furnished,, will be forwarded to this office from the head-quarters of the different Confederate States armies. These re¬ ports to embrace all troops, of all arms, serving with each army. The cover of all documents relating to inspection duties will he marked, on the upper left hand corner, " Inspecting department." II..To secure more full and complete information to this depart¬ ment, army inspectors will forward, with their own reports, those of corps, division, and brigade inspectors, endorsing the latter with such remarks as will indicate changes which have occurred since previous reports, or give a more clear and full idea of the condition of the army, and the relative efficiency of its different organizations, and their com¬ manders. III. .Thorough inspections, under arms, of all troops of the armies, will be made by the inspectors of the different commands with which they ate respectively serving, as follows: tri-monthly, of brigades; semi-monthly, of divisions ; and monthly, of corps. Inspectors at army head-quarters will inspect monthly so much of the army as their other duties will permit, stating in their reports the extent of such per¬ sonal inspections. To avoid' har&ssing the troops by too frequent in¬ spections, the ranking inspectors will inspect, when practicable, at the same time with the subordinate inspectors, and at the stated periods of their inspections. At all inspections the ranking inspector will be ac¬ companied and assisted by his subordinates of the commands inspect¬ ed. For example, the corps inspector by the inspectors of the division and of the brigade to be inspected. IV. .The requisite inspection blanks will be furnished from this office upon timely requisitions, the receipt of which will be acknowledged by army inspectors, who will look to their proper distribution. V. .The commander of each army will have a report of all inspectors serving with it forwarded to this office, giving their names in full, then- rank, and the command with which they are serving. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officb, Richmond, April 14,1864. 82 VI..The following is substituted for paragraph V, General Orders, No. 35, current series, which is hereby revoked: Officers of the Con¬ scription bureau will send to the general commanding the army or de¬ partment in which the commands captured last sorved, such officers and men belonging to them as have themselves escaped capture. The general commanding will assign them temporarily to depleted organizations, or such other duty as he may direct. VII. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 80 (1863), is modified to this extent: The minimum number prescribed by law for a company of infantry is sixty-four privates ; for a company of cavalry, sixty pri¬ vates. VIII. .Soldiers over the age of forty-five years will be discharged from service in the army at the expiration of their present term of en¬ listment. Those under eighteen years will also be discharged in like manner when the enlistment expires, unless they are at that time liable to conscription. IX. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 34, and'paragraph I, Gen¬ eral Orders, No. 37 (1864), are thus modified: Medical examining boards will forward the original applications of offi cers (who desire to be retired under the act to provide an invalid corps) and their certifi¬ cates to the general commanding the-army or department to which the officers belong. The general commanding will forward them, with an endorsement of his opinion in each case, through the Surgeon-General, to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. Certificates of retirement of officers will be issued only from this pffice. X..A11 authorities heretofore given to raise troops, or to recruit for any particular command, are hereby revoked. XI. .The ordnance depot at Savannah (heretofore regarded as a field depot, and under the command of the district commander) having as¬ sumed the proportions of an arsenal, will hereafter be designated as the " Savannah Arsenal," and, like other arsenals, will be subject to the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, to whom its com¬ manding officer will report directly. XII. .Officers to whom soldiers on detached or detailed duty report will take possession of their descriptive lists, and, in accordance with instructions thereon given, will prepare and certify to the muster-rolls upon which they receive the pay due them. Payments will be made such soldiers, when in the field, at the end of every two months; when 83 at posts, at the end of each month. Upon these rolls annual settle¬ ments of clothing .accounts may be made with soldiers on detailed duty at posts, XIII. .To prevent' their detention on their way home, soldiers leav¬ ing the army on furlough of indulgence will, instead of being furnished with descriptive lists, be paid at their commands to the close of the month preceding the dates of their furloughs, upon detached rolls, signed by their company commanders. XIV. .Sick or wounded men sent to hospitals will be paid as hereto¬ fore, upon hospital, muster, and pay rolls. Those who, on account of wounds or ill health, are permitted to go to their homes, may be paid upon descriptive lists, by the nearest quartermaster or assistant quar¬ termaster. XV. .When soldiers are ordered to rejoin their commands, officers with whom they have been on duty, surgeons in charge of hospitals of which they have been inmates, and quartermasters and assistant quar¬ termasters paying those sick and wounded at home, will (after carefully noting upon their descriptive lists payments made to them) return such soldiers their descriptive lists, to be delivered to their company com¬ mander, and will also transmit, through the general commanding the army to which they belong, duplicates of the same to the latter. XVI. .The following acts of Congress are published for the informa¬ tion of the army : AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS WHO MAY HERETO¬ FORE HAVE PERFORMED STAFF DUTY UNDER ORDERS OF THEIR SUPERIOR OFFICERS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That when any officer or private of any legally constituted military organi¬ zation may have heretofore, by order of his proper superior officer, per¬ formed any staff duty appropriate to such command, he shall be enti¬ tled to receive pay for the tfcne he was so engaged in the discharge of such duties : provided, that there was not then present fit for duty any officer duly appointed for the discharge of the same. [Approved Feb¬ ruary 11, 1864.] AN ACT TO PROVIDE TOBACCO FOR THE ARMY. The Congress of the ^Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be furnished to every onlisted man in the service of the Con- 84 federate States one ration of tobacco, under such regulations as the Secretary of "War may establish. [Approved February It, 1864.] *XVII..The Commissary department will carry out the provisions of the above act, in providing and issuing tobacco to enlisted men. The ration is fixed at three-quarters of a pound per month. I. .By the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to im¬ pose regulations upon the foreign commerce of the Confederate States, and to provide for the common defence," approved February 17,1864, the exportation of cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores, sugar, mo¬ lasses, and rice from the Confederate States, except under such uniform' regulations as might be made by the President, was prohibited; and the President was authorized to employ any portion of the military and naval forces of the Confederacy in order to prevent the departure of any vessels or vehicles that might be employed in cartying on a commerce in these articles contrary to law. II..The commanding generals of departments and districts will issue orders and instructions to their officers that, whenever it shall reasonably appear that any vessel or vehicle has been laden, in whole or in part, with any of the said articles, foi* exportation or conveyance beyond the limits of the Confederacy, or to any place within the Con¬ federacy not under the control of their civil or military authorities; and whenever there is reason to belieye that any of 'the articles afore¬ said have been so laden, or have been collected at any place of deposit with a view to exportation or conveyance beyond the limits or lines aforesaid, to seize and detain the same, with the vehicles, teams, and slaves employed, that investigation may be had according to the con¬ ditions of the act aforesaid and these orders, unless the owner or his agent, or bailee, has a permit from a collector of the revenue, or from an officer of this department, who may be authorized to grant such licenses. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspectoil-General's Oppice, Richmond, April 16,1864. * Increased to a pound, G. O. No. 45, paragraph X. 85 III..The conditions upon which the trade by sea or overland to Mexico can be carried on, have been determined by the regulations of the President, and any exportation or attempt to export any of the articles aforesaid contrary to those regulations, will authorize the deten¬ tion of the vessel or other instruments of transport. IV. .When a deposit of the prohibited articles is made at a point from which easy access to the lines of the enemy can be obtained, or are on a vehicle apparently on the way to their lines, or in the vicinity thereof, or when the owner is not a permanent resident of the place where the articles are found, and from which they can easily be trans¬ ported beyond the lines, or is a suspicious person, detention of the articles and vehicles, for inquiry, will be made. V.. All vehicles, animals,-slaves, or other means of transportation, and all cotton or other articles that may be seized, whether by the offi¬ cers of the revenue or by military authorities, for any violation of law or of these regulations, shall be, without any waste, spoliation, impress¬ ment, or injury of any kind, forthwith conveyed and delivered to the nearest marshal or deputy marshal of the Confederate States, and a detailed receipt taken from him, setting forth a full description of the property seized and delivered to him for safe custody. And it shall bo the duty of said marshal or deputy marshal to keep the property so surrendered in safe custody until the further order of the judge or a commissioner of a district court of the Confederate States having juris¬ diction of the subject-matter j and the said marshal or deputy marshal shnll forthwith, upon the receipt by him of the property seized, give in¬ formation to the collector of the district or to the district attorney, or to both, if practicable, of all the facts in relation to the seizure of the property and its delivery to him for safe-keeping. VI. .No military authority shall presume, under any circumstances, to seize property while being carried under the provisions gf the law and of thetie regulations, for .any other cause than a violation of said provisions; nor, in case of seizure, to dispose of the property seized in any other manner than that prescribed in the foregoing regulation. But in case where there is great risk of the property falling into the hands of the enemy, it shall be competent for the proper military authorities to require the licensed carrier to suspend his trip till the danger be passed, or to pursue a different route from that originally designated, or even, in cases of imminent danger, to abandon the trip. V... Information will be given, from time to time, from this department 86 to the commanding generals, of the conditions on which transportation by land be made. *1. .The number of general staff officers, and the grade of each, allowed to the several commands in the field, are established as follows: 1. To an army composed of two or more corps—A senior assistant adjutant and inspector-general, and an assistant adjutant and inspect¬ or-general, not to exceed the grade of colonel, each of whom may have two assistant adjutant and inspector-generals—one not to exceed the grade of lieutenant-colonel, and the other of major. One of the assist¬ ants to the senior assistant adjutant and inspector-general, selected with a view to his special qualifications for the duty, will be charged with the examination of court-martial records. A surgeon, as medical director, who may be assisted by one other surgeon. A surgeon, as medical inspector. 2. To an army corps—A senior assistant adjutant and inspector-gen¬ eral, and an assistant adjutant and inspector-general, not to exceed the grade of lieutenant-colonel—each of whom may havo one assistant ad¬ jutant and inspector-general, not to exceed the grade of major. A surgeon, as medical director and inspector. 3. To a division—A senior assistant adjutant and inspector-general, and an assistant adjutant and inspector-general, not to exceed the grade of major. A surgeon, as chief surgeon and inspector, who will also have charge of the field infirmary. 4. To a^rigade—An assistant adjutant and inspector-general, of the grade of captain. A brigade quartermaster and a brigade commissary, each of the grade of major, as now authorized by law. The senior sur¬ geon will act as brigade surgeon and inspector; he will also have charge of the field infirmary, and perform at the same time his duties as regimental surgeon. 5. Each general officer will have the aides-de-camp allowed by law— one for a brigadier->general, and two for all other general officers. 6. Cavalry divisions and brigades may each have an assistant adju- By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and ln^pector-Gmeral. Adjutant and Inbpeotoe-Geneeal's Office, kichmond, April 29,1864. * See act organizing general staff, approved June 14,1864,0. 0. No.53,1 [23j, c. s. 87 tant and inspector-general, not to exceed the grade of major, in addi¬ tion to the number allowed infantry divisions and brigades. IX. .Senior assistant adjutant and inspector-generals, aqd assistant adjutant and inspector-generals, may be required to alternate their duties. III. .The number- and grade of the preceding general staff officers attached to the head-quarters of a military department will be assimi¬ lated, according to the above scale, to the number of troops constituting the military force in the department. Special assignments, in addition, may be made by the War department, when the extent of country, and nature and scope of duties, may require it. IV..The assistant adjutant and inspector-generals will not be of higher'grade than is herein designated. Should the general prefer an officer having a lower grade, he may be assigned to duty with the com¬ mand. V.. General officers will report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General all officers of the several staff departments now serving in their respec¬ tive commands, and will at the same-time recommend for reassignment such as may be required under the provisions of this order. VI. . All assignments of general staff officers will be made by order from this office, and they will not be changed except by like authority. VII.. Commands will not be allowed a greater number of staff offi¬ cers than is herein established,- nor will officers of the line be assigned to staff duty without special authority. Should it be deemed insuffi¬ cient for the transmission of orders on the battle-field, couriers and guides (authorized in General Orders, No. 17, last series) will be em¬ ployed by general officers, who will announce them in orders as persons accredited to convey their instructions and other communications. VIII. .Vacancies will be filled by selection from the officers of the department in which they occur. IX. .These orders being confined to the general staff proper, the or¬ ganization of the other departments will not be affected by them. X.. Promotions in the general staff of the army will be by selection, and not by seniority, bxcept in cases of known competency for higher grade. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-GenereL 88 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 46. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, May 2,1864. I. .To prevent straggling in the army, commanding officers, upon the receipt of orders to more from one command to another, will forward to the general commanding to whom he is ordered to report a field re¬ turn, which will exhibit the present strength of their commands. When their destination is reached a like return will be made to the same commander, upon which the number and names of the absentees, and the cause of their absence, will be stated. Similar returns will be for¬ warded to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. Officers will be held strictly accountable by commanding generals for any straggling that may occur with their troops. II. - Special attention is called to the appropriation, by impressment, of horses for cavalry service. It is without warrant of law, and will not be allowed under any circumstances whatever. Commanding generals and inspecting officers will promptly report to this office any violation of this order. III.. Prisoners captured south of Richmond will be sent direct to An- dersonville, Sugiter county, Georgia. IV. .Special agents, to make purchases or secure shipment of sup¬ plies, will not be sent to any foreign port, except in cases of most ur¬ gent necessity, of which necessity report will be made, immediately to the Secretary of War. All purchases will be made by agents, under orders from the Secretary of War; or by officers charged with the ex¬ port and importation of cotton and purchase of foreign supplies; or by officers or agents acting under express authority from the general com¬ manding the trans-Mississippi department. V..All horses impr°ssed by the government, sold, or in any manner assigned to officers, will be immediately restored to the Quartermaster's department, to be appropriated to the public service, as contemplated by law. Such sales and assignments by order of a commanding gen¬ eral are prohibited, and will not be sanctioned. VI. .Every officer hereafter appearing in behalf of a prisoner on trial before a military court or court-martial, will do so only upon the condi¬ tion and understanding that he is under a pledge of honor that he has not and will not receive compensation therefor. VII. .The Bureau of Conscription will proceed at once to organize into companies, and cause to he mustered into service, the reserve forces 89 in the several states, enrolled in pursuanoe of General Orders, No. 33, Adjutant and Inspector-General's ^office, current series. For this purpose, district enrolling officers are authorized to act as mustering and inspecting officers. They will superintend the election of company officers, and forward the muster-rolls, certified by them, with the certifi¬ cates of election, to the commandant of conscripts for the state in which such companies may be organized, to be by him turned over to the general commanding the reserve forces. VIII.. Upon receiving the muster-rolls, the general commanding the reserve forces will issue orders placing in commission and upon duty the officers named in the certificates, if competent; and reserving copies, will forward the original rolls, with certified copies of their orders en¬ closed, to this bureau for file. If there be reason to doubt the compe¬ tency of an officer elect, his qualifications and fitness for commission will be inquired into and reported upon by a board to be convened by the general commanding, in accordance with General Orders, No. 39, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, series of 1862. IX..Each company of infantry must consist of at least sixty-four privates ; of cavalry, sixty privates ; of artillery, eighty-four privates. The muster into service of new companies in the reserve forces, having a less number of privates, is positively prohibited. X. .Paragraph XVII, General Orders, No. 42 (current series), is thus amended : The tobacco ration issued to enlisted men will be one pound per month. I. .At a General Court-Martial, convened by Special Orders, No. 21, current series, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, was arraigned and tried : Major-General L. McLaws, P. A. C. S., on the following charge and specifications : Charge.—Neglect of duty, to the prejudice of good order and mili¬ tary discipline. Specification 1st.—In this: that Major-General L. McLaws, being in command of a division of the Confederate forces near Knoxville, Ten¬ nessee, and being ordered by his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Gen- By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General, Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, May 4,1864. 8 90 era] .T. Longstreet, to advance his line of sharp-shooters, at dark on the night of the 28th of November to within good rifle-range of the ene¬ my's works, so as to give his sharp-shooters play upon the enemy behind his works—it being part of a plan of attack that, the sharp-shooters should engage the enemy behind his works along our entire line, while an assault was made upon one of the enemy's forts—did fail to arrange his line of sharp-shooters so as to meet this view, and did allow a por¬ tion of the rifle-pits to be sunk under a hill, entirely out of view of the fort aforesaid, thus failing to give his assaulting columns the pro¬ tection of the fire of his sharp-shooters at this point during their advance and attack. Specification 2d.—In this: that the aforesaid Major-General L. McLaws, being ordered by his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Gen¬ eral Longstreet, to arrange assaulting columns of three of his bri¬ gades, and to attack the enemy's fort at the northwest angle of his works, at dawn of day on the 20th of November, did fail to organize a select body of men to lead in the assault, as is customary in such attacks, and did allow his three brigades to advance to the attack without definite and specific instructions for the leading columns, and for the troops to enter the fort, which are essential to success in such attacks. Specification 'id.—In this: Unit the aforesaid Major-General L. McLaws, being' ordered to assault the enemy's position at the north¬ west angle of his works, at daylight on the 29th of November, did make his attack upon a point where the ditch was impassable, and did fail to provide any of his assaulling columns with ladders or other means of entering the enemy's works, and did fail to inform his officers that the ditch on the west side of the fort was but a slight obstacle to his infantry, and that the fort could he enterod from that side with but little delay—thus failing, in the details of his attack, to make the arrangements essential to success. All this near Knox- ville, Tennessee, on or about the 28th and 29th days of November, 1803. II. .Findings and Sentence of the Court. After mature deliberation, the Court find the accused, Major-General L. McLaws, P. A. C. S., as follows : Of the 1st Specification : Not Guilty; as, though one part of the line of rifle-pits was out of view of the fort, yet the order requiring the line of sharp-shooters to be advanced so as to give the assaulting col¬ umns the protection of their fire, was substantially complied with. Of the 2d Specification : Not Guiltythoqgh no select bodies of men were organized to lead in the-assault, yet organizations already exist¬ ing were selected for that purpose. 91 Of the 3d Specification: Guilty of so nruch of the third specification as relates to his not providing means of crossing the ditch, and in this, of failing, in the details of his attack, to make the arrangements essential to his success. Of the Charge: Guilty. And the Court do, therefore, sentence the accused, the said Major- General L. MeLaws, to be suspended from rank and command for sixty days. It is the opinion of the Court that there are many circumstances shown by the evidence which exonerates Major-General L. MeLaws from any high degree of criminality in his failure to provide the ordi¬ nary means of crossing the ditch. He had many reasons for consider¬ ing ifta slight one, and was encouraged in this belief by the opinion of those officers in the army whose opinions should have had the most weight with him. The Court acquit Major-General MeLaws of any deliberate purpose to fail in any duty devolved upon him ; but it is their opinion that his only fault was in failing to appreciate the full weight, and, they may say, the almost fearful extent, of the responsi¬ bility resting upon him as the director of an assaulting column. II..The Court was convened by order of the War department. From the record it appears that the Court adjourned on the 13tli of February, 1864, at Morristown, to meet at New Market on the 15th of the same month; and on the same day, in accordance with the sug¬ gestion of Lieutenant-General Longstreet, reassembled, and in the absence of two members of the Court who had voted at the previous session, and of the accused, adjourned indefinitely. The record fur¬ ther shows that, after the Court had been organized, a leave of absence was granted for thirty days, by Lieutenant-General Longstreet, to Brigadier-General Humphreys, a member of the Court, under the direct orders of the War department, and an important witness. With¬ out reference to the merits of the case, these irregularities are fatal to the record. III. .The finding of the Court upon the third specification is not sustained by the evidence. The witnesses attest the fact that the ditch at the northwest angle of the fort, where the attack was made, was not more than four and a half feet deep by eight to ten feet wide, and that there was no necessity for artificial means to cross it* There could not, therefore, be guilt in having failed to provide such means. Moreover, the finding is defective in not responding to the material allegation in the specification, that the accused "failed to inform his officers that the ditch on the west side of the fort' was but little obstacle to his infantry, and that the fort could be easily entered from that side with .92 but little delay." Tbe Court should have taken cognisance of this allegation, and found upon it either for or against the accused. The finding was easy to be determined, since it appears from the evidence that the ditch on the west side was " twelve to thirteen feet deep." There can not be guilt m having omitted to make statements which would not have been true. The allegation in the third specification, that the accused " failed, in the details of attack, to make arrange¬ ments essential to success," was evidently introduced as a conclusion to previous allegations, and was not issuable in itself. The Court erred in finding upon it; and, moreover, the finding is not sustained by the evidence. IV. .The proceedings, finding, and sentenoe of the Court are disap¬ proved. Ifctajor-General McLaws will at once return to duty with his command. V..The Court-Martial of which Major-General S.' B. Buckner is President is hereby dissolved. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, May 6,1864. I..The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to -law, for the State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto : Richmond, Va., May 4, 1864. Hon. James A. Seddon : Sir : In reviewing the schedules of prices for May and June, we invit¬ ed the co-operation and aid of Mr. Wm. B. Harrison, and it is just to add that the schedules received the unanimous approval of the com¬ missioners. We respectfully ofFer the accompanying schedules, A and B, with the understanding that the prices are to remain for the months of May and June, unless, in the interval, it should be deemed necessary to modify them. The following prices are to be the maximum rates to be paid for the articles impressed, in all cities and usual places of sale, and when impressed on the farms or elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid. GENERAL ORDERS,! No. 47. J 93 Under existing circumstances, we have deemed it not only just, but most likely to favor increased production, that producers in future should not be required to transport their surplus productions when impressed, but that the agents of the government should employ or impress the neighborhood or county wagons and teams to haul all such artioles, and so divide the work between the owners of wagons and teams, as to be least prejudicial to those successfully engaged in agriculture. Schedule A. 1 Wheat 2 Flour Flour Flour Flour 3 Corn 4 Unsbelled corn.. 6 Corn meal 6 Rye 7 Cleaned oats 8 Wheat bran 9 Shorts 10 Brown stuff 11 Ship stuff. 12 Bacon., 13 Salt pork 14 Fresh pork 15 Lard 16 Horses and mules.. 17 Wool 18 Wool.. 19 Peas 20 Beans 21 Potatoes,... 22 Potatoes 23 Onions 24 Dried peaches.. 25 Dried peaches.. -26 Dried apples.. 27 Hay, baled .... 28 Hay, baled 29 Hay, unbaled.. 30 Sheaf oats, baled 31 Sh eaf oats, unbaled.. 32 Blade fodder, baled... 33 Blade fodder, unbaled 34 Shucks, baled 35 Shucks, unbaled .... 36 Wheat straw, baled 37 Wheat straw, unbal'd 38 Pasturage 39 Pasturage Prime . Good... Good... Prime . Good. Fat and good Good First-class Fair or Merino Fair or Merino Good... DESCRIPTION. White or red, Fine Superfine Extra sup'fine Family White or yel'w Per bushel of 60 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per barrel of 196 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per bushel of 56 lbs. Per bushel of 32 lbs. Per bushel of 17 lbs. Per bushel of 22 lbs. Per bushel of 28 lbs. Per bushel of 37 lbs. Per pound Per pound Artillery, etc., Washed Unwashed...., Irish... Sweet. Peeled Unpeeled.... Peeled Timothy or clover Orchard or . herd grass Orchard or herd grass Superior... Per pound net weight Per poqpd Av'ge price per head Per pound Per pound.. Per bushel., Per bushel,, Per bushel.. Per bushel.. Per bushel., Per bushel., Per bushel. Per bushel., Per 100 pounds . Per 100 pounds . Interior. Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per 100 pounds Per head per month. Per head per month. f»4 Schedule A.—Continued. 40 Pasturage 41 Pasturage v 42 Pasturage 43 Pasturage 44 Salt 45 Soap 46 Candles 47 Vinegar 48 Whiskey 49 Sugar 50 Molasses 51 Bice 52 Coffee 53 Tea 54 Vinegar 55 Pig iron 56 Pig iron 57 Pig iron 58 Bloom iron 59 Smiths' iron .... 60 Railroad iron. 61 Leather 62 Leather 63 Leather . 64 Beef cattle 65 Beef cattle 66 Beef cattle 67 Salt beef First-rate. Good Superior- First-rate.. Good DESCRIPTION. Interior Near cities. 69 Army woollen cloth, % yard 70 Army woollen cloth.. 71 Army woollen cloth, 6-4 yard 72 Army woollen cloth.. Superior.. First-rate. Good Fair Good. 73 Flannels % 74 Cotton shirting % 75 Cotton shirting '% 76 Cotton sheet'gs .4-4 77 Cotton osnab'gs 78 Cotton osnab'gs.... 79 Cotton tent cloths..: ! i t80 On the above enumerated cotton weight. 81 Army shoes. Good. 82 Shoe thread 83 Wool socks, men's 84 Corn-top fodder, baled 85 Corn-top fodder, un- baled 86 Wheat chaff, baled ... 87 Wheat chaff, unbaled 88 Sorghum molasses ... 89 Pasturage for sheep... 90 Pasturage for sheep... Superior...! 91 Pasturage for sheep...j First-rate— Tallow Cider Trade Bi-own New Orleans- Rio Trade Manufactured. No. 1 quality... No. 2 quality No. 3 quality Round, plate, and bar Harness Sole Upper Gross weight. 10 oz. per yard Pro rata as to greater or less width or wei't.. 20 oz. per yard Pro rata as to greater or less width or wei't. 6 oz. per yard.. 4V yards to lb. 3-j| yards to lb. 3 yards to lb... 6 oz. per yard.. 8 oz. per yard.. 10 oz. per yard cloths, pro rata Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per head per month. Per bushel of 50 lbs. Per pound Per pound.. Per gallon Per gallon Per pound Per gallon Per pound Per pound Per pound Per gallon— Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per ton Per pound Per pound Per pound Per 100 pounds.. Per 100 pounds., Per 100 pounds.. Net per pound... Per head Per yard.. Per yard.. Interior Per yard Per yard Per yard Per yard ...-. Per yard Per yard Per yard as to greater or Per pair rer pound Per pair Per 100 poundB., Per 100 pounds., Per 100 pounds.. Per 100 pounds.. Per gallon Per head.. jPer head... In assessing the average value of first-class artillery and wagon horses and mules at $500, we designed that the term should be accept¬ ed and acted upon according to its obvious common-sense import. In other words, that they should be selected, and then impressed accord¬ ingly as their working qualities and adaptation to army service, to¬ gether ffiith their intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them as coming within the contemplation of the Com¬ missioners when they assessed the average value of such horses as the government needed at $500. But cases might arise,;however, when the public exigencies would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be impressed. Yet,-under ordinary circumstances, when family, or extra blooded-horses, or brood mares of admitted high value, are impressed, we respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions forwarded to the impressing officers to propose and allow the Owners to substitute in their stead such strong, sound, and service¬ able horses or mules as shall be considered and valued by competent and disinterested parties as first-class artillery horses or first-class wagon mules. The term average value per head is in contradistinction to a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that, in im¬ pressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several per¬ sons or one individual, that some might be estimated at $300, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth, up as high as $700^thus making an average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient hdrses or ffiules, $500 each. In illustration of our views, we will add that a horse with only one eye sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first-class artil¬ lery horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably cur¬ tail his value. So a horse from ten to eighteen years of age might be deemed, in all other particulars, as a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, however efficient or able to fender good service for a year or so, yet his advanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however he may approximate the standard of a first-class artillery horse, must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price ; and as few, comparatively, come up to the standard, and there¬ fore arc entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other instances the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them below the standard of first-class, etc. 96 Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. Quantity and Time. 1. Baling long forage 2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬ nished by government 3. Hauling 4. Hauling grain 5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner.. 6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner.. 8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 9. Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driver, rations furnished by owner 10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner 12.- Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 13. Hire of same, rations and clothing fur¬ nished by owner 14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the government 15. Hire of teamsters, rations furnished by government 16. Hire of laborer, clothing and rations furnished by government 17. Hire of same, clothing and rations fur¬ nished by owner 18. Hire of same, rations only furnished by government 19. Hire of ox-carts, team, and driver, ra¬ tions furnished by owner 20. Hire of same, rations furnished 1 government Per 100 pounds. $ 0 90 Per 56 pounds.. 05 Per owt. per mile 08 Per bus. per mile 04 Per day 10 00 Per day 5 00 Per day 13 00 Per day ■ 6 50 Her day 16 00 Per day. 8 00 Per day 2 50 Per day 1 50 Per month 50 00 Per month -,tl .30 00 Per month 40 00 Per year 300 00 Per year 550 00 Per year 400 00 Per day - 10 00 Per day 5 00 Upon further consideration, we have concluded to value sheaf oats, hay, and blade fodder, east of the Blue Ridge mountains, when baled at $5 40 per hundred pounds, and unbaled at $4 50 per hundred pounds, and shucks baled at $3 90 per hundred pounds, and $3 unbaled. 97 REVISION OF THE SCHEDULES OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH LAST. Since the adoption of our last schedules for the months of Feb¬ ruary and March, the financial bills passed by Congress, taxing the currency, have seriously impaired the value of the old issues of Con¬ federate Treasury notes. At this juncture large numbers of horses and mules were impressed and paid for in a currency which was in a few days thereafter to'be taxed thirty-three and one-third per cent. The board of state commissioners having adjourned, and one of members being out of the state, it could not be convened in time to review our schedules of prices. Under this state of facts, we have re-examined and rearranged our tariff of prices so far as we have been advised of recent impressments, proposing, in this mode,* to remedy any diminution of valuation which may have resulted from the action of Congress upon the currency. Therefore we assess the average value of artillery or wagon horses or mules, impressed since the passage of the currency bill of the 17th of February last, at $600- This award will entitle each person to receive higher compensation, accordingly as each horse or mule recently impressed may be consider* ed as being a first, second, or third-class artillery or wagon horse or mule, whether the parties appeal to our board or not; and the impress¬ ing agents and officers should forthwith call on all of those persons of whom they impressed horses or mules and propose a settlement upon the foregoing basis, but allowing to each person only such prices as first, second, and third-class artillery or w'agojg^horses or mules may be estimated at, assuming our average appraisement of $600 as a fair medium valuation. This, then, would allow a maximum price of $800, and a. minimum price of $400, making $600 the average price, thus allowing more for first-class horses or mules, and proportionately les£ for the inferior, as they may fall below the grade of first-class. Pay¬ ment of whatever amount may be awarded to be made in the old issue of treasury notes, as circulated before the first of April, or else in the new issue, but with a deduction in such cases of thirty-three and one- third per cent, from the additional sum allowed in each case. E. W. Hubabd, Robert Qibboney, . Wm. B. Harrison, Commissioners for Virginia. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. 4®" All appeals and communications for the Board of Commissioners should be addressed to I). Sanders Chilton, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the State of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 9 98 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 48. } Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, May 27,1S64. I. .The receipts of bonded quartermasters and commissaries, and of agents of tax service, are the only receipts valid to a producer for his tithe tax. All others are worthless, and: unjust impositions on the tax¬ payer. It is strictly forbidden that any other persons than those above named shall give reoeipts for the tithe. . II. .In all cases of collection of tithes by officers of tbe Quartermas¬ ter and Commissary departments in the held, receipts will be given monthly to the district quartermaster on tax duty. Such receipts must state the name and county of the producer. III. .Quartermasters and commissaries who have means of transpor¬ tation, and all such officers collecting supplies, will give special atten¬ tion to the removal of the tax in kind from interior depots to railroad stations, and to the supply storehouses of the army. IV. .Officers with troops are prohibited from forcibly taking posses¬ sion of the tax depots or appropriating the tithe. If they need sup¬ plies, requisitions therefor will be made upon the tax officer or agent. V..Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 107 (1863), is amended to pro¬ vide that if-conscripts accepted for field duty, and sent to camps of in¬ struction, are, upon mq^iqal examination, found disqualified for field service, but capable of performing duties named in section 8 of the act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February 17, 1864, certificates setting forth the ground of disability, and stating the appropriate duties in any of the departments of service for which they are best fitted, will be forwarded, through the Bureau of Conscrip¬ tion, to the Surgeon-General for approval, and returned to the Superin¬ tendent of Conscription for final action. VI. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 6, current series, is amended as follows: The decision of this board, if approved by tbe brigade or district commander, will be final. If not approved, it will be forwarded, " dis¬ approved," to the division or department head-quarters for final action, when it will be the duty of the brigade or district ordnance officer to notify the company commander, as required in the paragraph to which this is amendatory. VII..Officers of the Quartermaster's department will return to the quartermaster from whom grain is received the sacks in which it ia 99 contained. Failing to do so, they will be charged one dollar and nine¬ ty cents for each sack not returned.. VIII. .Post commanders will inspect the offices of such officers as are prohibited from employing able-bodied men in their departments or' bureaus, and in case of violation of the law, take the action required by the department and district -commander in section 9, act of Febru¬ ary 17, 1864 (General Orders, No. 26, current series). IX. .The attention of post commanders is called to thel9th Article of War. The monthly returns therein required will be made directly to this office. The name and rank of every officer at the post, and how and by what authority each is employed, will be reported, in addition to the other information called for by the printed notes on the forms. Blanks" will be furnished from this office, upon requisition of com¬ manders. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,] No. 49. J Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, June 4, 1864. The following named officers have been dropped from the rolls of the army, to takeeffect from the date affixed to their respective names : Sec'nd Lt. David C. Farmer, First Lt. J. C. Windham, Rev. S. B. Suratt, Lieutont D. Adihold, , Captain James D. Hunter, Sec'nd Lt. J. II. Pickens, First Lt. George W. Brown, Sec'nd Lt. Benj. F. Devinny, " Alex. Anderson, " M. T. Swint, Captain J. II. Jones, Sec'nd Lt. John E. Barber, As'tS'gn W. H. Newell, Captain A. P. Lamb, Sec'nd Lt F. King, "" L.B. Hutchinson, Captain T. J. Patton, " A. C. Smith, ftec'nd Lt. James A. Paul, Co. I, 55th Ala. vols. Co. A, 40th Miss vols. Chaplain 19th La. vols. Co. F, Cobb's legion, Ga. vols. Co. D, 19th Ga. vols. Co. G, 19th La. vols. Captain C. (4 Callum's company, « « Co. K, 11th Ark. battalion, Co. C, 49th Ga. vols. A. Q. M. 19th S. C. vols. Co. 1,11th Va. vols. Co. A, 1st Mo. cavalry, Co. F, 1st Mo. vols. u u Co. B, 3d " Co. E, " Co. C, Walker's battalion, Jan. Jan.' 7,1864. 8,1864.' Jan. 11, 1864- n Jan. 12,1864. Jan. 18,1864. ii Jan. 19,1864. Jan. 20, 1864. Jan. 21,1864. Jan. 23,1864. Jan. 27,1864. Feb. 1, 1864. 100 First Lt. J. W. Ford, Sec'nd lit. John McGill, First Lt. S. V. D. Stout, " Robert S. Russ, Captain E. J. Gilford, - Doctor Wm. W. Chandler, " Jag. Lewis Adams, •" Wald. S. Lindsley, " Sam'l B. Bethnne, As't S'gn David T. Cooper, Sec'nd Lt. Robert Dignum, First Lt. Mathias Buss, Sec'nd Lt. Meredith Forney, Rev. S. S. Moore, As't S'gn W. D. Wiley, Lieuten't Wm. H. Phillips, Sec'nd Lt. John Hibarts, Captain H. L. Heiskell, Sec'nd Lt. Melton Griffith, " S. E. Parkman, Captain Pat. McGoyern, First Lt. D. M. Ruby, Sec'nd Lt. Elmore T. Wolf, " Dan'l G. Helmick, Captain C. C. Berry, " W. B. Nelson, " S. Whitaker, Sec'nd Lt. R. W. Thompson, Captain W. 0. Martin, Sec'nd Lt. E. G. McKenzie, Captain A. W. Beegley, Sec'nd Lt. Jas. Harrell, Captain W. W. Mullendore, Rev. A. T. Holmes, . First Lt. W. C. South wick, Sec'nd Lt. J. J. Biugley, " W. C. Ault, « C. F. Huff, " W. A. Trueheart, " John Ellison, Captain N. A. Stuart, Sec'nd Lt. Chas. T. Lucas, " Jas. Penny backer, As't S'gn Miles W. Goldsby, Sec'nd Lt. Thos. L. Emory, " J. S. Dorsette, First Lt, S. B. Buckalow, " J. L. Freeman, " J. C. Elliott, Sec'nd Lt. J. T. C. Ward, Co. K, 1st Mo. infantry, Co. A; lltli Tenrr. vols. Co. B, " ' Co. K, 6th Fla. vols. Co. G, 11th Tenn. vols. Hughes'Ark. battalion, Hill's Ark. cavalry, Adams' 2.1 Cherokee cavalry, 1st Ark. battalion infantry, Chickasaw battalion cavalry, Co. A, 1st Mo. vols. Co. F, 4th " ' Co. K, 5th Va. vols. 26th N. C. vols. 43d Miss. vols. Co. B, Thomas' legion, Co. H, " Co. 1, 20th Va. cavalry, Co. E, 38th Miss. vols. Co. F, Phillips' legion, Co. G, Thomas' legion, Co. E, 19 th Va. cavalry, Co. E, 20th ' " Co. A, Thomas' legion, CO. B, " Co. E, " Co. H, 2d Va. vols. Co. C, 5th Tenn. cavalry, a a Co. D, Co.-E, " Co. II, P. A. C.-S. Co. A, 1st battalion local defence, (t it Co. B, " Co. C* " Co. F, " ii it A. Q. M. 22d Va. cavalry, Co. G, 22d Ala. vols. Co. B, 7th Va. cavalry, P. A. C. S. Drill-master. Co. D, 10th Va. cavalry, Co. I, 47th Ala. vols. Co. G, " Co. K, " Co. C, " Fob. 2, 1864, Fob. 3,1864. Fob. 4,1864. Feb. 6, 1864. Feb. 13, 1864. u Feb. 15,1864. Feb. 18,1864. Feb. 24,1864. u « Feb. 25, 1884. << M'ch 1, 1864. « u a a M'ch 2,1864. M'ch 4, 1804- a a a M'ch 5, 1864. a M'ch 7,1864. M'ch 14,1864. M'ch 16, 1864. a 101 Surgeon Captain Colonel First lit. Xiieuten't Captain As't S'gn Sec'nd lit. First Lt. « Sec'nd Lt. Lieuten't a Captain First Lt. Sec'nd Lt, a As't S'gn Captain Lieuten't First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. First Lt. Captain First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. First Lt. Captain First Lt. Major R. A. Anderson, E. D. Rickett, . Wm. II. Taylor, Joshua McCook, M. V. Hickman, T. T. Grayson, S. B. Blocker, M. Rittenour, Wm. M. Howington, H. D. Evans, Ro. J. Gibbert, • A. C. Berry, J. J. Baker, J. E. Dwyer, R. H. Askins, J. A. Inabinett, B. Hendrex, B. M. Garrett, J. E. Galloway, J. J. Baxter, J. J. Lengsfield, Isaac Weston, John W. Elswick, W. W. Holland, L. A. Lane, J. D. Jones, J. R. Hill, H. B. Cunningham, R. S. Marshall, . Thomas Brown, R. Fouldcn, J. W. Bradley, • David Gardner, M. Knight, John A. Tinley, G. N. Londermilk, W. B. Nelson, G. P. Raines, Wilson M. Carey, Chas. B. Cosby, W. S. Harris, E. L. Hold, Sackfield Machen, W, D. Peck, n. Pendleton, R. Q. Pinckney, A. G. Quito, Thomas S. Smith, J. Vernoy, C. H. Westfield, P. A. C. S. M'ch 16,1864. A. Q. M. 6th Ky. vols. " 12th Miss. vols. M'ch 19,1864. Co. C, Arsenal battalion, " Co. 1,2d Ark. mounted riflemen, " C. S. Infantry, " A. C. S. 2d S. C. cavalry, " P. A. C. S. M'ch 22,1864. Co. D, 58th N. C. vols. M'ch 23,1864. Co. E, 12th Miss. vols. " Co. 1,2d N. C. vols. " Co. A, Walker's bat., Thomas' leg. " Co. F, 5th Miss. vols. M'ch 24,1864, A. D. C. P. A. C. S. " Co. —, 41st Tenn. vols. " Co. B, 1st S. C. vols. " Co. 1,1st Confederate Ga. vols. " U (I (1 " Co. A, 51st Ya. vols. " P. A, C. S. " Co. C, 21st Miss. vols. " Co. B, 50th Va. vols. M'ch 3t, 1864. Co. C, 16th Va. cavalry,, " Drill-master P. A. C. S. Ap'l 2,1864. Enrolling officer P. A. C. S. Co. G, 15th Tenn. vols. « 37 th " Co. G, " Co. K, " Co. G, " Co. B, " Co. n, " Co. C, 37 th Tenn. cavalry, • Co. H, Walker's bat., Thomas' leg. Co. B, " Co. A, 2d La. vols. Q. M. Montgomery, Ala. " General Polignac, « , Lt..Col. A. H.Cole, " General A. Gracie, " General J. B. Kershaw, " General Magruder, " General Trapier, " General Moore, " Camp of Instruction, A,rk. " General Trimble, " General Gracie, Ap'l 11,1864. 102 Major Captain J. D. Whitford, Q. M. Goldsboro', N.C. K. H. Allen, A. Q. M. 12th Miss, battalion, Fletcher Austin, " 27th Ark. regiment, N, S. Adams, " 2d Mo. cavalry.- J. H. Beck, • " 6th Texas cavalry, W. P. Baughn, " 15 th John Bartholomew, " 3d Ark. cavalry, Enq. Bohen, ** 9th Va. cavalry, James M. Bliss, " B'Oth Ark. regiment, J. W. Bassett, " 22d " D. J. Belven, " 29th " R. A. Burrass, " Tax in kind, Tennessee, H. Bondurant, " 6th La. battalion, Cyrus T. Bemiss, K Conscript camp, La. D. Carmichael, " 1st Alabama, W. B. Calhoun, " 1st Ark. bat. cavalry, B. L. Dyer, " 13th Tenn. regiment, W. F. Erskine, " 15th " J. W. Faust, " 33d Ark. regiment, J. P. Ford, " Col. Hendrick's regiment. A. F. Flours, " 16th Texas regiment, E. II. Golightly,. " 48th Ala. regiment, J. H. Higgerson, « 42d « L. D, Holloway, " 5th Ky. cavalry, Todd Hall, « 3d " R. P. Hunter, " .17th Tenn. regiment, W. J. Kennedy, S. E. Keiroff, " 27th Tenn. regiment, M. H. Lowry, " 6th Miss, regiment, h. M. Lawshee, » 1st ■ " John H. Lee, . " Tax in kind, Ya. D. Lotspeich, " Campof Instruction, Tenn. E. J. McGavock, " 10th Tenn. regiment, F. C. Malain, " 10th La. battalion, , Newton Moores, " 11th Ky. regiment, J. R. McCullock, " General E. K. Sniith, W. A. McAlister, Tax in kind, Alabama, T. W. Napier, " 3d Ky. cavalry, E. F. Peason, " 8th Mo. battalion, S. G. Porter, " Ordnance bureau, J. E. Rogers, " 1st Miss, regiment, H. C. Robards, " Bondurant's regiment, J. N. Shepperd, " 46th Miss, regiment, , W. H. Sowers, Crutcbfield cavalry, F. Seibert, " 3d Texas regiment, Geo. C. Sebastian, " Wirt Adams' Miss, cavalry, J. A. Stewart, " Tax in kind, Tepaa, A. Stevens, " , 16th Ala. regiment, Absalom Stevens, " 55th J. W. Terrell, - Ap'l 11,1804. 108 Captain C; Thomas, A. Q. M. ,53d Tenn. regiment, Ap'I 11,1864. D. II. White, « Lt. Col. Black, " a W. R. White, 13th Ark. sharp-shooters, . .< a Travis G. Wright, " Clarksville, Texas, " " E B.Whitfield, " 11th Ark. regiment, u Geo^L. Wimberly, " Tax in kind, N. Carolina, u J". S. Westbrook, " 2d Ga. cavalry, " it J. B, White, " 10th Miss, regiment, u " W. P. Warfield, " Lt. Col. A. H. Cole, " it J. J. Flournoy, " General Tilgham, " it Alex. S. Jones, " 40th Miss. vols. " a A. J. Wolf, " 15th Ark. vols. " « T. M. Hewitt, " art'y 3d corps Army N. Va, Ap'I 14,1864. Lieut. Ephraim Latham, " Co. C, 50th Ala. vols. £C First Lt. Michael J.' Miles, " Co. C, 19th Tenn. vols. Ap'I 15, 1864. Captain R. G. Johnson, " Co. H, 29th Miss. vols. " First Lt. A. W. Hardin, " Co. G, 1st Conf. cav. reg't, « Sec'nd Lt. , 0. P. Caldwell, " Co. D, 5th Texas vols. " First Lt. C. Estes, " Co. B, 7tli Va. vols. " Sec'nd Lt . Jas. H. Eanes, Co. K, 12th Va. vols. " " J. M. Pressler, Co. E, Willis' batt. Texas cavalry, " Jas. P. Gundy, Co. C, " " First Lt. J. P. Renfroe, Co. B, " Captain j. C. Bowland, Co. A, ' « " First Lt. J. II. Bronning; Co. B, Lane's 1st Tex. reg. pay. rang. , 1863. Lieut. J. D. Jones, Drill-master P. A. C. S. Ap'I 18, 18G4. Sec'nd Lt. J. W. Jones, Co. G, 2d La. vols. a First Lt. J. C. Kennedy, Co. E, 2d " " Sec'nd Lt. C. A. Chisolm, Co. E, 10th - " " " J. S. Andrews, Co. G, 15th- " a " Jno. Gros3, Co. C, 15th " « Captain Wm. Guss, Co. I, loth £; " Sec'nd Lt. G. B. Campbell, Co. F, 25th " " " Jno. Ford, Co. E, 33d " . « Lieut. Wm. R. Johnson, Co. F, 48th Va. vois. Sec'nd Lt. Win. M. Davis, Co. E, 49th « Captain H. B. Harvey, Co. ,H, 6th Texas vols. " Sec'nd Lt. W. M. Hopwood, Key's battery, « First Lt. W. H. Elliott, ' Co. F, 24th Miss, vols , Sec'nd Lt. F. Shubartli, Co. D, 1st Mobile regiment L. D. ' a " Boliveanx, «. . - " a A. L, Bratcher, '.Co. II,J6th Miss. vols. <■ " . S. S. Williams, Co. F, " Doctor Chas. Jno. Crockett, 2?th battalion Va. cavalry, Ap'I 23, 1864. " Jas. G. Parsliall, 3d Tenn. cavalry, '' Surgeon Geo. Westley Henly, 59th " " Captain John II. Eysor, A. Q. M. 10th battalion Miss. vols. Ap'I 26, 1864. Sec'nd .Lt. B. F. Creamer, Co. B, Tredegar battalion, " Captain W. G. Andrews, Andrew's battei'y Ala. Vols. " S.ec'nd Lt. Seth Bridgman, Co. I, 40th N. C. vols. 104 First lit. Jaa. A. Thom, Rev, Sam'l Steck, First Lt. J. D- Bond, " Isom L. tee, « C. J. S. Kirtly, Captain E. K. Counts, Sec'nd Lt. S. Flecker, First Lt. Jasper Colly, " Win. A. Ellis, Lient. John Sumford, Captain John S. StanseU, Sec'nd Lt. Wm. H. Lott, Lieut. J. H. Smith, " Askins, Sec'nd Lt. J. W. McClung, " J. M. McCarty, First Lt. L. S. Mathews, " W. H. Scott, Sec'nd Lt. Jno. C. Iliggins, Captain G. W. B. Kusling, Lieut. J. H. WasSurn, " Jno. M. Williams, First Lt. W. W. Robinson, Sec'nd Lt. Henry Scheling, " N. M. Coker, " J. G. Hastings, " H. C. Gibson, " W. D. Castlebury, First Lt. C. F. Jones, Sec'nd Lt. A. Davis, Captain J. It. Norment, First Lt. Wm. Magee, Sec'nd Lt. E. T. Cormier, First Lt. Hiram Gay, Sec'nd Lt. Thos. E. Lee, " E. A. Carraway, Rev. F. Hickerson, Sec'nd Lt. J. L. Jacobs, First Lt. Luke Durden, Ass. Surg. R. H. Pate, Captain Benj. C. Cooley, Sec'nd Lt. Micajah Martin, First Lt. John C. Fears, " G. P. Rains, Sec'nd Lt. Jas. G. Wall, First Lt. Thomas White, " Geo. Williams, Sec'nd Lt. J. D. Williams, Captain J. M. Streetman, Sec'nd Lt. Zach. Howell, Co. I, 54th N. C. vols. Apl 26,1864. Chaplain 59th Tenn. vols. Co. G, « Co. C, « Co. C, 36th batt, Va. cavalry, Co. E, 21st Va. cavalry, Co. F, « Co. E, « Co. E, 65th Ga. vols. Co. E, 36th " Co. C, 52d Tenn. vols. Co. C, 52d " Co. C, 4th " Co. C, 41st " Co. F, 31st Ala. vols. Co. D, 53d « Co. B, 18th Ala. battalion, Co. B, 63d Va. vols. Co. G, Co. H, " Co. H, " Co. K, " Co. B, 24th Miss. vols. Co. G, 12th " Co. F, 42d " Co. K, 12th " Co. B, 16th " Co, K, 2d " Co. E, 19th " Co. L, 48th " Co. D, 14th La. vols. Co. I, 9th « Co. C, 6th " Co. H, 50th Ga. vols. Co. K, 49th. " Co. H, 41st Ala. vols. Chaplain 5th Fla. vols. Co. 1,18th N. C. vols. Co. K, 4th Texas vols. 1'. A. C. S. Co. E, 14th La. vols. May Co. I, 2d " Co. H, 2d Miss. vols. Co. A, 2. 1,81st " " Co. G, " " Co. F, " " Co. B, 9th " " Co. H, 27th « " Co. G, 12th Confederate cavalry " A. D. C. May 16,1864. A. Q. M. 49th Georgia vols. May 17,1864. m Chaplain 31st " " Co. C, 10th battalion Georgia vols; " Co. B, Bonand's battalion " Co. A, 7 th South Carolina cavalry " 4th Mississippi cavalry " Co. I, 2d Mississippi cavalry •" 132 Lt. Col. First Lt. Major Captain Sec'nd Lt. First Lt. Captain First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. FirBt Lt. Sec'nd Lt. First Lt. u Sec'nd Lt. First Lt. Captain Sec'nd Lt, First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. Captain Colonel First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. Captain Sec'nd Lt. Captain First Lt. Sec'nd Lt. Captain Seo-'nd Lt. Lt. Gen. First Lt. Captain Sec'nd Lt. « Captain U Sec'nd Lt. J. B. McRae, Thomas B. Evans, F. H. Garrison, Samuel C. Taylor, J. L. Thompson, J. M. Fleming, W. Greenlee, E. F. Ewing, D. A. Aiken, L. F. Jones, F. M. Fulbright, John R. Ricketts, G. L. Hanks, 0. Denton, C. C. Hart, M. E. Ivie, John R. Shook, S. 0. Farris, G. R. Buchanan, T. Deslandes, A. J. Ridge, J. G. Hayes, C. D.George, A. F. Ward, K. P. Russell, Ira F. Kilgore, J. H. Long, J. W. Speight, C.G. Hart, Ransom Moore, B. Clifford, James S. Brown, John R. Johnson, F. C. Parsons, Joseph W. Denham, A. M. Dozier, C. M. Jackson, W. II. Quillian, J. H. McDade, J. Thornton, B. F. Hammock, J. C. Pemberton, D. C. Owens, D. W. Sowers, Thomas E. Taylor, M. M. Blythe, William M. Wilson, David Davidson, Wm. J. Underwood, E. B. Mershen, 3d Mississippi vols. May 16, 1864. Co. F, 43d Mississippi vols. " 14th Texas cavalry " Co. E, Wright's reg't Ark. cavalry M'ch 26,1864. Co. E, 2d reg't Arkansas cavalry " Co. E, Grimstead's reg't Ark. inf'y " Co. G, Cocke's " " Co. F, 21st reg't Texas cavalry " .Co. D, 13th " " Go. I, Wright's reg't Ark. cavalry " Co. E, 3d Missouri cavalry M'ch 31,1864. Co. D, « " Co. E, " " Co. F, 10th Missouri infantry " Co. A, Brooks' Arkansas infantry " Co. A, 22d Texas vols. " Co. F, 1st Texas cavalry " Co. C, 3d Missouri cavalry Ap'l 7,1864. Adjutant 16tli Texas dism'd cav'ry " Benjamin's company cavalry " Co. D, 17th Texas vols. " 18th Louisiana vols. " Co. D, Stevens' regiment T. d. c. " Co. C, 2d Louisiana bat. heavy artil'y " Co. E, 16th Texas dism'd cavalry " tt a a Co. E, 4th Texas cavalry " 15th Texas infantry Ap'l 15,1864, Had's com'y par. ran., unattached . " Co. A, Buster's bat. Ark. cavalry " Light artillery " Artillery P. A. C. S. May 18, 1864. it a ,t Co. F, 22d South Carolina vols. " Co. F, 7th Mississippi battalion Co. C, " Co. D, 2d Georgia battalion s. s. " Co. H, 66th Georgia vols. " Co. I, " " Co. I, « " Co. K, " " P. A. C. S. " Co. F, 63d Virginia vols. May 19,1864. Co. A, 54th " " Co. A, Murray's battalion " Co. C, 58th Alabama vols. " Co. K, 51st Alabama cavalry " Co. H, 4th " " Co. B, 3d Georgia cavalry " Co. K, 10th Confederate cavalry. " 133 First it. Robert Allen, Co. E, 1st Confederate cavalry May 19, 1864. Sec'nd it. R. F. Ricks, Co. E, 1st " " Captain Miles Edwards, Co. H, 19th Georgia vols. " Rev. W. M. Patterson, Chaplain P. A. C. S. Mc'h 1,1864. Captain R.L.Norman, Davis'reg't Arkansas infantry " '' James D. Young, Co. E, 5th Texas partisan rangers " First Lt. P. Lassalle, Yellow Jacket battalion " " J. J. Cunningham, Co. A, 1st Texas cavalry " " A. J. Miller, Co. H, 29th " " " Charles Neaglin, Co. H, 32d " " •' John P. Calvin, Co. 1,28th Louisiana vols. " " J. C. Baker, Co. A, 29th Texas cavalry " " L. S. Lawhan, Co. K, 2d " " Sec'nd Lt. M. Woodlif, Co. C, 1st " " " J. A. Chitwood, Co. A, l8th " " First Lt. John T. Johnson, Davidson's battery May 20,1864. Sec'nd Lt. A. Davis, Co. L, 48th Mississippi vols. ' " Captain C. A. Allen, Co. G, 46th Alabama vols. " Sec'nd Lt. J. W. Davidson, Co. K, 30th " " Ass. Surg. M. Turner, 22d " , " Captain J. H. Graham, Co. A, 28th " Ap'l 18,.1864. Surgeon N, W. White, 26th battalion Virginia vols. May 21,1864. Lieuten't Ro. C. Miller, Drill-master P. A. C. S. May 24,1864. Sec'nd Lt. J. R. Black, Co. E, 43d Georgia vols. ' May 80, 1864. • Captain Ed. Crenshaw, Co. B, 58th Alabama vols. " Sec'nd Lt. E. Legion, Co. C, 37th bat. Virginia cavalry " Surgeon B. M. Long, 10th Kentucky cavalry " Captain Dalton H. Yancy, Co. IC. 7th Alabama cavalry , May 80,1864. Sec'nd Lt. W. R. Hartsfteld, Co. K, 22d Mississippi vols. " Colonel J. L. McOarty, 2d Mississippi cavalry " Surgeon Amzi Martin, P. A. C. S. " Sec'nd Lt. S. D. Brown, Benton's battery " Ass. Surg. W. L. Earout, Cutshaw's battalion artillery " .Colonel W. P. Shingler, Holcombe legion " Captain H. McCoy, A. Q. M. P. A. C. S. May" 31,1864. Sec'nd Lt. S. W. Allen, Citizens' Guard, 1st Mobile vols. " " Gibson Dodson, Co. G, 25th Arkansas vols: " Colonel J. L. Sheffield, 48th Alabama vols. " First Lt. Joseph H. Jones, Rice's battery " " William M. Taylor, Co. C, 2d Cherokee regiment " Sec'nd Lt. Hardy W. Hunter, Co. D, Bonaud's battalion " Captain U.M.Henry, Co. D, 62d North Carolina vols. " First Lt. James A/Jervis, Co. F, 64th " " Captain H. E. Lane, Co. G, 56th " " First Lt. E. T. Hunnlcutt, - Co. B, Lee's rangers " Sec'nd Lt. R. Gramling, Co. E, " " Captain A. D. Cutts, Co. Fj 15th North Carolina vols. " " M. S. Womack, . Co. G, 5th Mississippi vols. M'ch 20, 1862. Chaplain A- S. Worrell, P. A. C. S. May 1,1864. First Lt. James M. Cameron, Co. D, Terrell's regiment ' Ap'l 22,1864. 12 134 Sec'nd Lt. Wm. Clemens, Colonel John H. Burnett, Captain W. F. Clarke, First Lt. J. M. Naylor, . Co. K, 3d Texas infantry Ap'l 22,1864. 13th Texas dismounted cavalry " Co. C, 28th Louisiana vols. " Co. H, Delray's reg't Texas cavalry " By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, June 13,1864. I. .The following acts of Congress arc published for the information of the army: an act to amend the act approved february 17, 1864, entitled an act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations, and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the quartermas¬ ter's department. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all commissioned officers in the army and navy shall be entitled to one ration, and all commissioned offioers in the held and afloat, in addition thereto,- shall be allowed to purchase from any commissary, or other officer required to issue subsistence to soldiers, marines, or seamen, at the prime cost thereof, including transportation, as follows: One ration each for officers of and below the rank of colonel; two rations each for officers of the rank of brigadier-general, major-general, and lieutenant- general; and three rations each for a general; one ration each.for-com- missioned officers of the navy, of and below the rank of commander ; and two rations each for officers above that rank. Sec. 2. That aa officer shall not draw or purchase, at any time, more of the component part of a ration than is issued to the private soldier at the same time. Sec. 3. That nothing contained in this act, or the act to which this is an amendment; shall be construed as allowing commutation for rations, or as authorizing an officer to receive or purchase rations, except when he requires them for his own use. Sec. 4. That this act shall continue in force only during the war. [Approved June 7, 1864.] II..an act to provide transportation in kind, in certain cases, to members and delegates in congress. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever the usually travelled routes between the homes of members GENERAL ORDERS,! No. 62. J 135 of Congress and the capital are interfered with by the enemy, it shall be the duty of military commanders to facilitate the passage T>f mem¬ bers and delegates going to or returning from Congress, by furnishing transportation in kind for any distance over which they may state in writing they oan not provide themselves with transportationj" and such written application, endorsed " furnished " by the party receiving the transportation, shall be accepted as a sufficient voucher for the expendi¬ ture of the officer in furnishing the same. [Approved June 8, 1864.] By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, June 17,1864. • I. .The following acts of Congress are published for the information of the army: [!•] an act to authorize the appointment of commissaries for regi¬ ments of cavalry. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act there shall be allowed to each regi¬ ment of cavalry in the Army of the Confederate States one commissa¬ ry, with the same rank, pay, and allowances as are now allowed by law to. the quartermaster of such regiment. [Approved May 23, 1864.} [20 an act to amend an act entitled " an act creating the offices of ensign in the army of the confederate -states." The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above cited act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow the appointment of an ensign to each battalion of infantry. Sec. 2. That the said act and this amendment thereto shall be un¬ derstood and construed to apply only to the'Provisional Army of the Confederate States. [Approved May 31, 1864.] [3-] an act to furnish transportation to officers of the army and navy while travelling under orders. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the GENERAL ORDERS,! No. 53. j 136 officers of the army and navy, while travelling under orders of the War or Navy department, shall be allowed transportation in kind for them¬ selves and their personal baggage, and ten dollars per day for expenses while necessarily travelling in the execution of th'eir orders. [Approved June 4, 1864.] [4-] an act to provide for additional military storekeepers in the provisional army of the confederate states. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be authorized to appoint ten military storekeepers of ord¬ nance in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, in addition to those authorized by act of May first, eighteen hundred and sixty- three, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of military store¬ keepers in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States," five with the pay and allowances of a captain of infantry, and five with the pay and allowances of a first lieutenant of infantry. Sec. 2. That military storekeepers of the first class, so appointed, shall be required to give the usual bonds in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum of ten thousand.dol¬ lars. This act shall be in force from and after its passage :. Provided, That no one shall be appointed under its provisions except persons who were performing the duties of acting military storekeepers prior to January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or have become inca¬ pacitated by wounds or sickness for active service. [Approved June 4, 1864. [5.] an act to increase the compensation of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the army of the confederate states. * The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act the pay of the non-commissioned offi¬ cers, privates, and musicians of the Army of the Confederate States be, and the same is hereby, increased seven dollars per month for the period of one year from the passage of this act. [Approved June 9, 1864.] [6-] an act to amend an act entitled " an act to establish a nitre and mining bureau," approved april twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 137 constituting the Nitre and Mining bureau an independent bureau of the War department, be amended as follows: That the Nitre and Mining bureau shall consist of one colonel as chief of bureau, two lieutenant- colonels, six majors, twelve captains, who shall have the same pay and allowances prescribed for officers of cavalry of the same grade. % Sec. 2* Be it further enacted, That chemists and professional assist¬ ants, absolutely essential for the operations of the bureau, not to exceed six of each class, shall be appointed by the Secretary of War, with pay in no case to be above that of lieutenant-colonel of the commissioned corps. Sec. 3. That this act shall oontinue in force only during the present war. [Approved June 9,1864.] [?•] an act fob the payment of commissioners appointed under the act entitled "an act to suspend the,"privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," and to confer certain pow¬ ers upon said commissioners. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commissioners appointed under the said act shall be entitled to receive the compensation of two hundred and fifty dollars each per month, from the dtite of their respective appointments, until the expiration of their service; and that their assistants shall be allowed one hundred and fifty dollars per month from the date of their appointments respectively, until the expiration of their service. Sec. 2. That the said commissioners shall have the power conferred upon commissioners appointed by the district courts by the act of the Provisional Congress approved thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and numbered two hundred and seventy-three in the acts of the said Congress. [Approved June 9,1864.] [8.] an act to provide for the compensation of non-commissioned " officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines, on detailed service. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all persons detailed from the army or after enrolment for military service, or from the navy or marine corps, for special duty or extra duty, shall be allowed to receive their regular pay, rations, and allowances, as if they were performing service in the field. Sec. 2. That all such detached or detailed men shall be allowed, in addition, not exceeding two dollars per day, and compensation for all extra work, or for any unoommon skill of industry displayed in the per- 138 formance of duties to which they may be assigned, in proportion to the' Value of such extra labor or uncommon skill or industry, whether it be in performing an unusual amount of work within the usual hours of labor, or work performed beyond the usual hours, or extraordinary skill and superior workmanship displayed in the execution of such duties, the value of said extra labor or uncommon skill or industry to be de¬ termined by the officer or superintendent under whose immediate direc¬ tion said detached or detailed service may be performed, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War or Navy. The additional compensa¬ tion provided in this section shall be the same for both the War and Navy departments, under certain rules to be prescribed by the Presi¬ dent. Sec. 3. That all non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, sail¬ ors, or marines, detailed to government contractors, shall be so detail¬ ed without pay and allowances, but shall be compensated for their ser¬ vices by wages received from said contractors, under rules to be pre¬ scribed by the Secretary of War or of the Navy. [Approved June 9, 1864.] [9.] an act to organize a corps of scouts and guards to facilitate communication -with the trans-mississippi department. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President of the Confederate States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one major and four captains to doc service as scouts in the Valley of the Mississip¬ pi river, or to. assign any proper officers for that purpose. . Sec. 2. That the officers thus commissioned shall have authority to raise four companies, to b'e officered by the President, to be composed of such members and such persons as he may approve, for scout ind guard duty for government transportation across the Mississippi river, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the War de¬ partment. Sec. 3. That the President may detail such officers and men from the army as he may deem peculiarly qualified for such service. Sec. 4. That such scouts and guards shall be composed either of in¬ fantry or cavalry, or in part of both, at the discretion of the President, and equipped in such manner as will make them most effective, and shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances, and be subject to the same regulations, as other soldiers. [Approved June 10, 1864.] 139 [10.] am act*to amend an act entitled "an act to organize military courts to attend the army op the confederate states in the field, and to define the powers of said courts." The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above entitled act be so amended, that in all instances in which the particular division, corps, district, or other subordinate organization, to which a military court is or may be hereafter appointed or assigned, the commander of the army or department may, by order, when in his discretion it shall be proper and safe to do so, direct and empower the commander of the subordinate division, corps, district, etc., to pass up¬ on and refer for trial all charges and specifications to come before said court, review and confirm or disapprove the records thereof, transmit the same direct to the War department, remit or suspend sentences (where lawful), and take all action and exercise all jurisdiction in that behalf which pertains, under existing laws, to the commander of the army or department. Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act, when any per¬ son shall have been tried by any military court or court-martial, and acquitted of the charge or charges preferred, the finding of the court shall be announced immediately, and the person so tried and acquitted, if a soldier, shall be released from arrest and returned to duty; and if other than a soldier, discharged from custody without awaiting the examination or report of the reviewing of such court.' [Approved • June 14, 1864.] PI-] an Act to authorize the formation of new commands, to be composed of supernumerary officers, who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the appointment of officers in certain cases. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President is hereby authorized to grant authority for the organization of companies, battalions, or regiments, to be composed of supernumera¬ ry officers of the Provisional Army. Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful for any supernumerary officer to join said organization, or any other company in the 'Confederate service, which does not exceed the maximum prescribed by law, upon tender to the proper authorities of his resignation for that purpose. ■ Sec. 3. That the offices left vacant by such resignations shall not be filled, and that hereafter the lowest grade of commissioned officers of a company shall not be filled, unless there are upon the rolls of the company for service at least forty-six non-commissioned officers an<$ 140 privates ; nor shall the position of senior second lieutenant be filled- in case of vacancy therein, unless there are upon the rolls of the compa¬ ny for service at least thirty non-commissioned officers and privates; nor shall, the position of first lieutenant be filled unless, in case of a vacancy, there are at least twenty non-commissioned officers and pri¬ vates on the rolls of the company for service—-which.fact shall, in each case, he certified to by the captain of the company, and approved by the colonel of the regiment, before such promotion can be made. [Ap¬ proved June 14, 1864.] [i2.] AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN IN¬ VALID CORPS," APPROVED SEVENTEENTH FEBRUARY, EIGHTEEN HUN¬ DRED AND SIXTY-FOUR. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to provide an invalid corps," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be extended to and held to embrace the ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys of the navy, and the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the ma¬ rine corps ; and that assignments to duty of all officers, men, and boys of the navy, and of the marine corps, under the fourth section of the said act, shall be made by the Secretary of the Navy.- [Approved June 1, 1864.] [13-] AN ACT TO AMEND SO MUCH OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ORGAN¬ IZE FORCES TO SERVE DURING THE WAR," APPROVED FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, AS'RELATES TO THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN BELIGIOUJ DENOMINATIONS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of War shall be authorized to grant exemptions to the mem¬ bers of various denominations of Christians mentioned in the Exemp¬ tion act of the eleventh of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, who at that time belonged to the same, and who were in regular asso¬ ciation therewith, upon tlie terms and conditions specified in that act, or upon such other terms and conditions as he is authorized to allow exemptions or grant details under any of the clauses of the act ap¬ proved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to which this is an amendment. gEC. '2. That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to revoke any such exemptions under the act aforesaid, when the same have been obtained by any fraud, misrepresentation, or error. [Ap¬ proved June 1, 1864.] 141 [14.] an act to authorize the appointment op quartermasters and assistant quartermasters, and commissaries and assistant commissaries, in the provisional army in certain cases. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Presid^it is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and con¬ sent of the Senate, to appoint for the Provisional Army additional quar¬ termasters and commissaries, with the rank of colonel, lieutenant-colo¬ nel, and major: Provided, That such additional quartermasters and commissaries, with the rank of colonel, shall not exceed the number of military departments and separate armies existing at the time of their appointment; and that the additional quartermasters and commissa¬ ries, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, shall not exceed the number of army corps existing at the time of their appointment; and that the additional quartermasters and commissaries, with the rank of major, shall not exceed the number of divisions of the army cxilting at the time of their appointment; and for the collection, control, and distri¬ bution of railroad and field transportation and army supplies, the Presi¬ dent may appoint such additional quartermasters and assistant quar¬ termasters qnd commissaries as may be necessary for the efficient exe¬ cution of the duties of the Quartermaster's and Commissary's depart¬ ments; and such purchasing agents or transportation agents may be employed as the service may require, who shall not have military rank, and whose compensation shall not exceed the pay of a captain of infan¬ try, and who may be required to give bond for the faithful performance of those duties; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the ass ignment of quartermasters and commissaries, or as¬ sistant quartermasters or commissaries to any of the foregoing duties, or to the duty of paying the troops: Provided, That all said appoint¬ ments shall be made from persons who are over forty-five years of age, or who are incapacitated physically for service in the field, or who have been in the service over twelve months, or who have been heretofore discharging any of the aforesaid duties: Provided, further, That ad¬ ditional assistant ^uartenimsters and commissaries shall not be ap¬ pointed if there are officers already in service who can be assigned to such duties without detriment to the service. Sec. 2. That it shall be no longer incumbent on the President to appointor to keep in service an assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, for each regiment or battalion in the field, but he may assign the quartermaster of any army corps, division, brigade, regiment, or battal¬ ion, or the commissary of any army, army corps, division, or brigade to duty as quartermaster or commissary elsewhere, and to assign quarter¬ masters, assistant quartermasters, and commissaries and assistant oom- 142 missaries appointed to posts or depots, or for other duties, to serve with armies, army corps, divisions, or brigades in the field, whenever, in his opinion, the public interest will be promoted thereby. Sec. 3. That in case the services of any regimental quartermaster, or any other quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, or commissary or assistant commissary, appointed under this act, can, in the opinion of the President, be dispensed with, and such officer can not be other¬ wise appropriately employed to the public interest, his n*me shall be dropped from the rolls, and he shall cease to be an officer of the Pro¬ visional Army. Sec. 4. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to ap¬ point one quartermaster, with the rank of major, for each state, and one assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, for each congres¬ sional district in the several states, to execute the duties of the net in reforence to the tax in kind: Provided, That the appointments to be made in pursuance of this section shall-be made with the same restric¬ tions andjimitations as are set forth in the first proviso to the first sec¬ tion of this act. [Approved June 14, 1864.] [15.] an act to amend an act entitled "an act to aid any state in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops," approved sixteenth february, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above named act be and the same is hereby amended, so as to allow to the state officer therein named the right to purchase forage for one horse in addition to the right granted thereby to purchase one ration—said purchase to be made upon the same terms and conditions, and under the same circumstances, under which officers of the Provisional Army may be allowed to purchase rations or forage. [Approved May 31, 1864.] [16.] an act to amend the several acts in regard to chaplains. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint, when in his judgment it may be prop¬ er to do so, chaplains to battalions and general hospitals, who shall re¬ ceive the same pay and allowances now authorized by law to chaplains appointed to regiments and posts. [Approved May 31, 1864.] 143 [17.] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OP OFFICERS WITH TEM¬ PORARY RANK AND COMMAND. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint temporary officers of the rank of brigadier-general, major-general" lieutenant-general, or general, for the Provisional Army, and assign them to any appropriate command. Sec. 2. That the said officers, so appointed, shall only hold their said rank and their said command for such time as the' temporary exigency may require, at the expiration of which time they shall resume their previous permanent rank and command. [Approved May 31, 1864.] [18.] JOINT RESOLUTION TO ALLOW SICK AND WOUNDED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR HOMES, AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODA¬ TIONS. Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That sick and wounded officers on leave, upon certificates of a board of sur¬ geons, be allowed transportation to their homes and back to their com¬ mands, as in the case of enlisted men on furlough; the indulgence hereby accorded to continue in force for ninety days after the next meeting of Congress. Resolved, further, That all sick and wounded officers in the naval and military service shall be entitled to enter any hospital and receive such treatment and rations as now provided by law, free of charge. [Ap¬ proved June 10, 1864.] [19,] 4N ACT TO AMEND "AN ACT TO ORGANIZE FORCES TO SERVE DURING THE WAR," APPROVEd FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEEN HUN¬ DRED AND SIXTY-FOUR." The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," ap¬ proved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby so amended as to allow all white residents between the ages of seventeen and eighteen, and forty-five and fifty years,"who were prevented from enrolling themselves within the time prescribed by the said act, by the occupation of their localities or country by the public enemy, and whose homes are, and have been since the passage of said act, beyond the lines of the Confederate armies, to organize themselves in pursuance of the sixth section of said act, after their homes or localities are brought within the lines of the Confederate 144 armies; and this privilege shall continue for the space of thirty ;days after the reoccupation is announced by ap order issued by the general commanding the department, and published in the military department in which such reoccupation may occur. [Approved June 10,1864.] [20.] AN ACT TO GRADUATE THE PAY OP GENERAL OFFICERS. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the pay of a general shall be five hundred dollars per month; that of a lieutenant-general four hundred and fifty dollars per month, and that of a major-general three hundred and fifty dollars per month; that a general commanding an army in the field shall receive, in addition to the said sum of five hundred dollars pfcr month, one hundred dollars; and a lieutenant-general, a major-general, and a brigadier-general shall, while serving in the field, each receive fifty dollars per month, in addition to the sum herein allowed, while so serving; and all laws allowing additional compensation for commanding a separate army in the field be and they are hereby repealed, except as herein provided; and that this act shall bo in force for one year,*and no longer. [Ap¬ proved June 10, 1864.] [21.] AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS OF ARTILLERY FOR ORDNANCE DUTIES. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may ap¬ point fifty officers of artillery in the Provisional Army for the perform¬ ance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the act entitled " an Act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery in the Provisional Army," approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-twoj and " An act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties," approved September six¬ teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and that the rank of said offi¬ cers shall be as provided in said last named act." [Approved June 10, 1864.] [22.] AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT. ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ORGANIZE MILITARY COURTS TO ATTEND THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN THE FIELD, AND TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF SAID COURTS," APPROVED OCTOBER NINTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of the said act as empowers the said military courts to appoint their clerks and marshals, and provides for the payment of the salaries 145 of tile said officers, is hereby repealed; and hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to detail and assign persons to fill said offices from military officers and non-commissioned officers and privates unable to perform duty in the field, and the compensation of such per¬ sons shall only bo the pay to which they may be respectively entitled by virtue of their military commissions. [Approved June 14, 1864.] [23.] AN act to provide and organize A general staff fob armies in the field to serve during the war. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That hereafter the general staff' of the army shall constitute a corps, and staff officers shall no longer, except by assignment, be attached to any particular military organization, or be held to duty at any post. That promotions in said corps shall be by selection, based ypon capacity, merit, and s'ervice, and no one shall be appointed in said corps unless he has been two years, at least, in the military service during the war, or is over forty-five years of age, or is unfit for military service in the field. Sec. 2. That the President is hereby authorized to assign all officers ,of the staff to such appropriate duties as he may think proper, except that he shall not assign, them to commands in the line, unless in cases of emergency, and then only for a short time; and no officer shall be allowed to hold, at the same time, §, commission or 'appointment in the staff and in the line. Sec. 3. That the President is hereby authorized, upon the applica¬ tion of any general commanding an army in the field, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or assign for duty with such general whilst so commanding, a general officer, who shall be charged, under the direction of the general, with the administration of his army; there shall also be allowed to a general eo commanding two assistant adjutants-general, one chief quartermaster, one chief of ordnance, and one chief commissary, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colo¬ nel of cavalry; a surgeon,.as medical director, with the pay and allow¬ ances of a colonel of cavalry; one aide-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry;, and one aide-de-camp, with-the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry. Sec. 4. That to a lieutenant-general commanding # corps d'armee shall be allowed, to be appointed by the President, by and with the ad¬ vice and consent of the Senate, two assistant adjutants-general, with the rank, pay, and allowances each of a colonel of cavalry; a chief of ordnance, a chief quartermaster, and a chief commissary, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; he 146 shall also bo allowed one surgeon, as medioal director, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, with the pay and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; and, to be ap- * pointed as above, one aido-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of _a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and one aide-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry. Sec. 5. That to a major-general commanding a division there shall be allowed, to he appointed by the President, with the advice and con¬ sent of the Senate, two assistant adjutants-general, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; one chief of ord¬ nance, one chief quartermaster, and one chief commissary, each with the rank^'pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry; ,also a surgeon, with the pay and allowances of a major of cavalry; one aide-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and one aide- de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry. Sec. 6. That'to a brigadier-general commanding a brigade shall bo allowed, to be appointed as hereinbefore directed, two assistant adju¬ tants-general and one assistant inspector-general, with the rank, pay, and allowances each of a major of cavalry; one surgeon,-with the pay and allowances of a major of cavalry; one ordnance officer, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry; one aide-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry, and one aide-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant of cavalry. Sec. 7. That the President is hereby authorized to reduce the num¬ ber of officers allowed by this act to the staff of any general offioer, or to increase the same when, in his opinion, the service will be benefited thereby. Sec. 8. That all appointments under this act shall be made from those already in service. [Approved June 14, 1864.] [24.] an act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act enti¬ tled an act to organize military courts to attend the army of the confederate states in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved february thirteenth, eighteen hun¬ dred and sexty-four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the proviso to said act, and also so much thereof as requires that the judge of the military court in North Alabama shall give ten days notice of the times and places of holding said courts before the same are held, be and the same are hereby repealed. [Approved June 14, 1864.] 147 [25.] an act to amend the laws relating to the commutation value oe hospital rations. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commutation value of rations of the sick and wounded ofiicers and sol¬ diers in hospitals or other places, used in camp or the field as hospitals, he fixed at the government cost of said rations, and one hundred per centum thereon : Provided,. That Baid one hundred per centum on the government cost of each, ration commuted shall constitute a hospital fund, and he drawn and appropriated as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary, to purchase supplies for the use of the sick and dis¬ abled of the army in hospitals. [Approved June 14, 1864.] [2.6.] an act to promote the efficiency of the cavalry* of the provi¬ sional army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enagt, That the commanding general of any army in the field shall have the power to direct the dismounting of any non-commissioned officer or ofiicers, sol¬ dier or soldiers in the cavalry service in his command, and to place him or them in the infantry, who shall misbehave before the enemy, or shall be guilty of illegally wasting, spoliating, or appropriating to his own use any private property, or of doing any violence to any citizen. Sec. 2. That the horses belonging to persons so dismounted, and which they may have had in the service, may be taken for the use of the army, and the appraised value thereof shall be paid to the owner. [Approved June 7, 1864.] By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-Qeneral. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. Richmond, June 17,1864. The' act of Congress providing for the establishment and payment of olaims for a certain description of property taken or informally im¬ pressed for the use of the army, approved June 14, 1864, with accom¬ panying instructions, are published for the information and instruction of all conoerned: GENERAL ORDERS, No. 54. 148 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PAYMENT OF.CLAIMB FOR A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY TAKEN OR INFORMALLY IMPRESSED FOR THE USE OF THE ARMY. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall he the duty of the Secretary of War to appoint and assign, in each congressional district and for each territory, an agont, not liable to military, duty in the field, who shall, at Btated times, in each county or parish, under the direction of the post quartermaster nearest to him, receive and take proof, under oath, in relation to all claims in said dis¬ trict for forage, provisions, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, mules, teams, and wagons heretofore furnished to the army by the owner, or hereto¬ fore taken or informally impressed for the use of the army, and not yet paid for, by any officer in the military service, or by his order or direc¬ tion, express or implied from the use of the property, whether said officer be a line or staff officer, and whether he be a bonded officer or otherwise, and report the facts and transmit the evidence in- each case to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, together with his opin¬ ion as to the justice and validity of the claim; and the said accounting officers are hereby authorized to audit and control, and order payment of such claims as appear to them to be equitable and just: Provided, That all such claims originating west of the Mississippi river shall be reported to the accounting officers of the Treasury department estab¬ lished for the trans-Mississippi department, who are hereby authorized to audit, control, and direct payment of the same in the same manner as the accounting officers of the Treasury east of the Mississippi river. And the said agent is hereby authorized, in taking testimony in regard to said claims, to administer oaths to witnesses, and, if he think proper, to the claimants themselves. The compensation allowed to said agent shall be ten dollars per day while actually engaged in the performance of the duties'imposed on him by this act, and thirty cents per mile for every mile actually travelled by him—to be' paid under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of W£r: Provided, That the Secretary of War may assign to the duty herein mentioned any quartermaster or disabled officer of the army, and, in that event, said officer or quarter¬ master sfiall, in addition to the compensation now allowed him by law, bw entitled to mileage at the rate of forty cents per mile: Provided, farther, That the Secretary of War may appoint and assign any non¬ commissioned officer or private to perform the duties under this act who may be unfit for active service in the field because of wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and the pay and allowances of such non-commissioned officer or private, when so appointed and assign¬ ed, shall be the same as are allowed to persons so appointed who may not be liable to military service. 149 Sec. 2. This act shall cease and determine on the first day of Janu- • ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, east of the Mississippi river, and on the first day of May, eighteon hundred and sixty-five, west of the Mississippi river: and all claims of the description aforesaid, not pre¬ sented to the agent aforesaid prior to said dates at the respective places mentioned, shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act. [Approved June 74, 1864.] •Confederate States of America, Department of Justice. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an act of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, approved on the 14th day of June, 1864, and of which the original roll is deposited in this office. In faith whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the [l. s.] seal of this department, at Richmond, this 17th day of June* 1864. Geo. Davis, Attorney-General. 1. In every congressional district there will be appointed an agent to perform the duties prescribed in the preceding act of Congress, whose names will be announced in orders, and who, immediately after notice thereof, will proceed to the fulfilment of the duties imposed in the same. He will hold one or more sessions in each county in his dis¬ trict, and give notice of the time and place of holding the same, and of the order of proceeding at, and the probahle duration of the session. The operation of the act is limited to a specific time, and each agent is required to take measures for the full performance of its requirements, and for securing to every claimant an opportunity of presenting and proving his just claim. 2. Every claim under this act shall be presented in writing to the agent for the district in which the claimant resides, supported by his oath as to the justice of the same, and by the affidavit-of one or more witnesses : and the claimant shall also state by whom his property was impressed or taken, and at what time, and for what purpose, and at what price, and shall produce any written evidence.in his possession relative to the same: Provided, if the. claimant he dead, or be pre¬ vented by any cause from appearing before the agent, proof shall be submitted as to the fact and the occasion therefor, and other proof of the claim may be taken. The exact value of the property must be proved, and no speculative or contingent damages or values are to be assessed. 3. The agent shall, whenever it may be deemed expedient, examine the claimant and the witnesses orally, upon the subject of the claim, and record their testimony. 13 150 4. The agents appointed hnder this act will take the testimony of the various officers of the army who may have been conoerned in the im¬ pressment or appropriation of any of the property in referenoe to whioh claims shall be made, and will ascertain by what authority the same was taken, for what purpose, and at what time, and moreover will make special inquiry as to the use which was made of the same, and inquire of all facts pertinent to the subject. 5. Great care should be taken in the investigations to be made under this act to ascertain the justice and accuracy of any claim that may be preferred, and to prevent fraudulent or exaggerated claims from being allowed, and for that purpose all the cirqjjmstances connected with the impressment, or appropriation, or employment of property should be examined. The name, rank, and authority of the officer should be reported, and whatever else that may throw light upon the transac¬ tion. 6. All the powers conferred by this act, and all tho duties prescribed by the same, are devolved upon tho agents appointed under it, and within the time limited in the act they will make their report to the Second Auditor of the Treasury. I. .Under the act of Congress entitled an act to organize military courts, etc., approved June 14, 1864 (General Orders 53, No. 22), mil¬ itary courts will, as soon as practicable, select and report to this office for assignment as clerks and marshals of those courts commissioned and. non-commissioned officers and privates unable to perform duty in the held. With the report will be forwarded the evidence of the disa¬ bility of the persons recommended. II. .Company, regimental, brigade, and division commanders will re¬ port to the general commanding the army or department any commis¬ sioned, non-commissioned officer, or private in tho cavalry service who misbehaves before the eneqi^'or who wastes or appropriates to his own use private property, or who' does violence to any citizen. The general commanding will take action (under General Orders 53, No. 26) upon the report, and forward his order in each case, with a statement of the facts, for the information of the department. By order. ,S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, June 20, 1864. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. 151 GENERAL ORDERS,} Adjutant and Inspector-General's Offic*, No. 50. j Richmond, June 28, 1804. The following order is published for the information of all concerned: Exchange Notice, No. 11. Richmond, Va., June 27, 1864. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of July 4, 1863, who reported for duty either at Enterprise, Miss., Demopolis, Ala., Jones- boro', Tenn.,'Vienna, Natchitoches, Shreveport, or Alexandria, La., at any time prior to April 1, 1864, and whose names have been forwarded to me by the proper officers, are hereby declared exchanged. Ro. Ould, Agent of Exchange. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,! Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, No. 57. J Richmond, June 30,1864. I. .Persons between eighteen and forty-five years of age will not be permitted to hold office in the reserve forces unless they are physically unfit for active field duty. II..Staff officers for the reserve forces will be appointed from that class, or assigned from the lists of retired or-supernumerary officers. III..Men detailed from the army will constitute a portion of the reserve forces at the posts where they are serving, and will do duty with them when the reserves are called into active service. IV..The appropriation made by the act of Congress approved February 17, 1864, for the pay of officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and clerks, including current and extraordinary expenses in the conscription service, will be drawn from the Treasury upon re¬ quisitions, in the usual form, made by the Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription in favor of such bonded officers as- may be designated by him. V..Funds will be placed in the hands of such quartermasters attached to the conscript,.service in each state as may be deemed expe- 152 dient by the Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription, and will be disbursed upon similar vouchers, and, as near as may be, according to the forms and regulations prescribed for the Quartermaster's depart¬ ment. All returns, vouchers, reports, accounts current, abstracts, and summary statements, connected with the disbursement of these funds, will be forwarded to the Bureau of Conscription, at the stated periods, and in, the manner and form prescribed by the general regulations of the Quartermaster's department. VI. .All accounts for pay of officers, clerks, and employees, and for current and extraordinary expenses of the conscription service, will be paid only upon the order or approval of the Commandant of Conscripts for the state wherein such accounts and expenses may be incurred ; or upon the order or approval of the Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. , VII. .The compensation and commutation, or other allowances of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the army, who may be detailed for service under the orders of the Bureau of Conscription, will be paid, as heretofore, by quartermasters, out of the Appropriation for pay oT the army and the service of the Quartermaster's department. VIII. .The Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription will estab¬ lish such additional special regulations as he may deem necessary for the instruction and control of disbursing and other officers of the con¬ script service in the disbursement of the appropriation for that ser¬ vice. IX..When a command is ordered away or separated from the com¬ missary of subsistence under whom a hospital fund has accrued, he will turn over the fund to the commissary or acting commisssary of such command. X..Paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 125 (1863), is hereby re¬ voked.' Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, etc., will cause to be m.ade out, on the first and fifteenth of each month, a roll of all desert¬ ers and absentees from their commands, and forward the same through the proper channels to Brigadier-General John S. Preston, Superin¬ tendent of the Bureau of Conscription. The roll will embrace the company and regiment to which the de- serter or absentee belongs, the county in whiqh he resides, where it is supposed he may be found, and such*other information as may lead tc bis prompt arrest. This order will not apply to commands in the trans-Mississippi department. 153 XI..The reserve forces of the several states are under the perma¬ nent direction and control of the general officers respectively assigned to their command by the President. Department, district, and other commanders of the active forces may have, for the time being, the direction of the military, movements of such reserve forces as may be turned over to their command for service, but are forbidden to disband those forces or otherwise interfere with any matters pertaining to their permanent organization, except with the concurrence of the general commanding the reserves of a state. XII. .When no longer required for service with the active forces, the reserve troops will be immediately turned over to the commander of reserves for the state. XIII. .General officers commanding reserves for the several states will be held fbsponsible in all matters relating to the efficiency and permanent organization of their commands. XIV..Leaves of absence and furloughs will not be granted to re¬ serve troops except by the general commanding the reserves for the states to which they belong, or in accordance with regulations pre¬ scribed in his orders; but leaves of absence and furloughs will not be granted to reserve forces serving in the field if, in the judgment of de¬ partment commanders, it be incompatible with the public safety to grant them. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General• APPEND IX. CIRCULAR. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, June 4,1864. The following general instructions are published for the guidance of inspectors in the performance of their duties: inspection op attmies. First, report to the commander of the army to be inspected, and re¬ quest his co-operation in so far as it may be necessary to secure facili¬ ties for making an inspection. Obtain from him such information respecting the condition of his army as he may deem proper to com¬ municate, and request any suggestions which may lead to the more in¬ telligent performance of the duty, or call attention to points requiring especial examination and report. Examine the office records of the army head-quarters, in order to secure a proper understanding of the system of government prevailing in each army, and the extent to which it is observed. The inspection of the troops of the different organiza¬ tions composing the army will be made in the manner herein prescribed for inspectors serving with armies, looking especially to their arma¬ ment, discipline, drill, and sanitary condition; tho relative efficiency of the different organizations, and the merits of their officers; and where the differences are marked, the causes thereof—as such information, if unprejudiced, may lead to the promotion of the meritorious. As to in¬ telligent and efficient staff officers properly carrying out the orders and intentions of commanders the success of an army is in a large manner due, their acquaintance with and faithful performance of the duties pertaining, to their respective departments will be critically observed and where found to be inefficient or negligent, they will be so reported. All officers with the commands inspected, who are in excess of the number authorized by law and orders, will be reported, with the nature of their duties, and the circumstance-of their assignment. The supplies pertaining to the different departments being difficult to proeuro, especial attention will be given to the due observance of proper 156 responsibility by the officers of each respectively, seeing that all prop¬ erty is properly preserved, or distributed strictly in accordance with allowances authorized by orders. Learn the sources from whence sup¬ plies are drawn, their amount and availability for the present and the future, their nature, and tile system under which they are collected. Call attention to any obstacles in the way of their procurement, and suggest any improvements calculated to secure their more prompt, abundant, and economical delivery. As impressment is sometimes necessary to secure supplies, and in¬ justice is occasionally inflicted through the indiscretion or viciousness of agents, impress upon officers resorting to it the importance of soften¬ ing its rigors by explanations of the law," find the courteous assertion of duty under it, leaving in all instances the certificates required by General Orders, Nos. 30 an.d 39, Adjutaht and Inspector-Goneral's office, current se'ries. In passing through neighborhoods where im¬ pressments have been made, inspectors should listen to all complaints; advise those really aggrieved how, under orders, to redress their wrongs, and note the names of the impressing officers, the amounts impressed, and dates of impressments, with.the view to offer comparison, in ex¬ amining the officers' accounts, of the facts so reported with those ex¬ hibited by their vouchers. DUTIES OF INSPECTORS SERVING WITH ARMIES. Inspect troops in the manner prescribed by Article XXX, and for the purposes' indicated in paragraphs 459 and 460 of the A.rmy Regula¬ tions, published by authority of the War department in 1862. The number, appearance, and bearing of officers and men present at inspection, and of their arms and accoutrements, should be ascertained, and also that all arms, or parts of arms and accoutrements lost, have been properly accounted for, in accordance with' General Grders, No. 148, of 1863, and No. 6, current scries, from the Adjutant and Inspec¬ tor-General's office. The inspections under arms completed, examine the police of camps, quarters, hospitals, and guard-houses, the number of prisoners in the latter, and the nature of the charges against each; the messing ar¬ rangements, and the character and quantity of the rations issued. If troops inspected are artillery or cavalry, see that guns and caissons are properly parked, ammunition chests filled and properly packed, and the ammunition dry and serviceable; that harness and horse equip¬ ments are properly cleansed, greased, and placed on racks raised from the ground; the number, character, and condition of the guns, caissons, and horses; and that the latter are properly groomed and fed, and never used except on public service; the number of stables, and their 157 location—which should be upon dry, sloping ground, and well protected from the northern winds. The same examination should be extended to all army transportation, as regards stabling, and the care bestowed upon animals, harness, and vehicles. The company, regimental, and brigade records should be next exam¬ ined with reference to the strength, present and absent—reporting by name all officers, and numerically all enlisted men, improperly absent from inspection or their commands; and ascertaining if lists required to be furnished by GeneralOrderS, Nos. 125 and 130, of 1863, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, are regularly forwarded. Observe the correspondence iij number of the rations drawn with that of the men entitled to draw, actually present with the command. This correspondence to be verified by examination of the brigade re¬ ports, and the abstract of issues made by the brigade commissary. See that regimental returns and reports of ordnance are regularly made. Knowing, from inspection, the number of arms in the hands of the men inspected, they, with those in charge of the ordnance sergeant, and others accounted for .by certificates of boards of survey, should cover the responsibility of the regimental commanders. Learn whether the orders issued from the War department, and the different head-quarters of the army, are duly promulgated, understood, and observed throughout the commands inspected. Examine the medical department with reference to provision made for the sick, their hospitals, medical supplies, the sanitary condition of their commands, the efficiency and capability of the medical officers, and that all required returns and reports are promptly rendered. The property and money accounts of quartermasters and commissaries should next be examined, seeing that they^are correct j.nd promptly rendered; that all public property is properly appropriated; that'for¬ age received and issued is only given to animals legitimately within the command, and subsistence only to troops actually present, and that sales to officers are limited to regulation allowance—reporting all irregu¬ larities, and inefficiency or neglect of duty on.the part of officers, and all employees, vehicles, and animals in excess over those authorized in orders. The ordnance department will be similarly examined. The employ¬ ees in all these departments should be men unfit for active duty in the ranks, as far as the nature of the duties to be performed will permit. The number of detailed men employed should be reduced to the lowest limit, and all supernumeraries and able-bodied men be remanded to the ranks. Inspectors will attend drills occasionally, or at stated times, and call upon officers to put their commands through any movements within its 14 158 School. Lien ten ants should understand company, captains and field- officers regimental, and colonels brigade drill, as the casualties of ser¬ vice frequently impose upon officers commands above the grades which they hold. Inspectors will frequently ride through and about the neighborhood of their camps, observe the condition of enclosures, private property, crops, etc., etc.; repress all irregularities or depredations, and where committed, cause prompt indemnity to the injured and punishment of offenders. As troops habitually encamp by brigades, and establish guards for the protection of a\l neighboring property, and the preserva¬ tion of order and discipline within their own camps, Such irregularities among well organized and disciplined troops rarely occur. Before leaving vacated camps, inspectors will ride over the ground encamped upon by the troops, and cause all property left by them to be collected and placed in the wagons. The regimental quartermaster and ordnance sergeant should be required to do this in each regiment. Do the same with all arms, accoutrements, or other property left by stragglers on the lino of march, and if left by those of his own command, bring offenders to trial; or if not, turn property so collected over to the department to which it pertains. Arms, etc., thus found, will be placed in any wagon, irrespective of commands, most easily reached. Roll- calls and an examination of arms, which should be invariably made in every company at the commencement and at the end of each day's march, would measurably prevent both straggling and the loss of arms, and every inspector should secure within his command the publication of an order enjoining this duty, and look to its strict observance. Ho will pass frequently along the line of march, cause the ranks to be kept properly closed, and all stragglers, whether of his own or other com¬ mands, to rejoin their companies ; or if this is impracticable, turn them over to the nearest provost guard, to be marched forward and returned at the end of the march. See that the second officer in rank, with one of the medical officers of each regiment or battalion, is in rear of his command, to preserve order, prevent straggling, and to give written authority to the sick and broken-down to ride in the wagons or ambu¬ lances moving with the brigade. Note the names of stragglers, and those of their regimental and com¬ pany commanders, who will be held responsible for their neglect of duty in permitting such irregularity, and required to give their imme¬ diate attention to its correction. See that staff officers in charge of trains or public property are with their respective trusts, and hold them responsible for all irregularities committed by their employees. Preparatory to battle, inspectors will locate their provost guards at eligible points for arresting all stragglers : acquaint themselves with the 159 localities of the ordnance, supply, and ambulance trains, and of tho field hospitals; the character of the grounds in the vicinity of their com¬ mands, front and rear, and of all roads to and from the line of battle, and connecting with the main travelled roads in rear; the troops sup¬ porting both flanks; the position.of reserves; the watchfulness observ¬ ed by pickets and skirmishers thrown to the front—and report this, and all other information derived from the examination of prisoners Or other sources, which may prove important in aiding his commander in the intelligent performance of his duties. In. the intervals of the fight, where practicable, he will cause to be collected all arms, accoutrements, or other movable property -left by our own men or the enemy, to points in rear easily accessible for the wagons. They will keep an account of all captures made by their com¬ mands, whether of prisoners or property—sending in a tabular state¬ ment of the same after the battle, in order that each command may re¬ ceive due credit for its service; and cause all property captured or col¬ lected to be turned over on public account to tbe officers of the deprrt- ment to which it pertains. INSPECTION OP DISTRICTS, These inspections involve more general duties than those of ,n army in the examinations of the various public interests located at toe nume¬ rous posts, depots, camps of instruction, or other institutions growing out of the wants of the different departments of the government. In making them, inspectors will give their especial attention to the follow¬ ing points: The strength, efficiency, and character of the troops occupying the different stations inspected, recollecting the requirements of General Orders, No. 26, Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, current series, while inspecting detailed men and provost guards, tho latter usually composing the garrisons of all stations other than posts of a strictly de¬ fensive character. The strength and efficiency of the troops garrisoning fortifications ; the extent and nature of the defensive works, and their armament; the fitness and sufficiency of the ammunition for the guns, and the care bestowed upon its preservation; and that all other supplies necessary to the maintenance of a vigorous and effective defence are on hand. The money and property accounts of all disbursing officers within the district inspected, and their prompt rendition at prescribed periods, to the chiefs of departments to which they belong. That all public property, wherever found, is properly cared for, and in charge of responsible agents, and in no instance misapplied. That adequate storage is provided for the protection of all stores m collectfldat depots, and thai the. supplies received correspond with; amounts invoiced j or if not, the measures adopted to correct the defi¬ ciency- • That rations, wherever issued, correspond strictly with the number of men present and entitled to them ; and where this number varies between the regular periods of issue, that any surplus thereby accumu¬ lated is deducted from the next returns. That impressing officers, where supplies are obtained by impressment, conform strictly to regu¬ lations and orders governing this system. The means adopted by tax officers to collect the tax in kind ; the re¬ sources of the country within their respective districts, if faithfully and impartially assessed and collected; the amount of supplies,collected and remaining uncollected; the facilities for their transportation from points of production to the depots, and thence to points of consump¬ tion ; and the intelligence, integrity, and energy of officers and agents employed in thi3 duty. * The authority under which detailed men are acting in the differ¬ ent departments in the employment of government contractors, and that they are reduced to the lowest number which will accomplish the work to be performed. All supernumeraries to be reported, in order that they may be remanded to their commands. The arrangements adopted at camps of instructfon for the accommo¬ dation and instruction of conscripts, and for their examination, distri¬ bution to commands, and exemptions: and the number received, as¬ signed to duty, or exempted within the year. The records at conscript agencies; that they show thorough enrol¬ ments, collection, and examination of all persons of conscript age with¬ in each district; that the examinations by the 'medical boards are .strict and impartial, and where giving exemptions on account of physi¬ cal disability, that they act strictly in compliance with regulations and the true interests of the service. The energy with which conscript officers apprehend and return to their commands all deserters, and officers and men improperly absent; and their strictness in enforcing the orders relating to sick, furloughed, or retired;officers and men within their districts. That registers are kept at each agency of all men of conscript age, and of all exempted, detailed, furloughed, or retired officers and men within their districts, and the authority under which each is acting. The management of hospitals, the number of invalids they receive, return restored to their commands, transfer to other hospitals, or who have died within them during the month preceding inspection. The number and efficiency of officers and men employed at each, the ; quality and .quantity of supplies, and that no rations, other than those 161 issued to men in the field, are allowed within the hospitals, except to thb sick, for whose use alone all extra supplies are designed. At depots in rear of the armies, adjuncts thereof, and at which all sur¬ plus supplies are accumulated, shops for repairs are established, and to which unserviceable animals are sent back to recruit; examine the dif¬ ferent departments, and the efficacy of measures adopted by each to carry out these various objects. To perform efficiently their duties, inspectors will acquaint them¬ selves with the regulations and orders governing all branches of the service issued from the War department, or the head-quarters of the army with which they are serving. This knowledge is indispensable, as it is the .duty of the inspector to see that all orders are understood and obeyed by the command with which he is serving, or which he is inspecting. Army regulations, the tactics of different arms of the service, and General Orders from Adjutant and Inspector-General's office up to the close of each year, can be purchased at the bookstores. Within the year the orders are so distributed throughout all the armies as to be accessible to all. The regulations of the different departments are usually to be found in the hands of their officers in each brigade. Inspections are intended to secure greater efficiency throughout the service, in procuring the strict observance of orders, the correction of abuses, and in bringing to the notice of the authorities the merits and demerits of all military officers and organizations, and such other in¬ formation as will acquaint them with the condition of the different commands, and e'hable them to act advisedly in making any changes necessary for the advancement of the public interests. Inspectors, while critically inspecting each command with a view to full information respecting its condition, should be exceedingly cau¬ tious in forming their opinions—which should be based upon reliable facts and personal observation. They will look only to the public in¬ terest in making their reports. Patience, courtesy, and firmness should characterize their performance of duty in every position, with a strict avoidance of all action approaching a " detective " character. While their reports are to be strictly confidential, except in so far as the au¬ thorities to whom they are made may deem it expedient to disclose them, all inspections, and the relations between the inspector and the inspected, must be perfectly ingenuous, impartial, and soldierly. J3y order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-Gentral. NEW PUBLICATIONS. NOW BEADY. General Orders, from Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, from • January, 1862, to December. 1863, both inclusive, in two series, with full indexes. Price $5. Andrews' Mounted and Field Artillery Drill, by Lieut, Lol. It. s. Andrews, Army of Northern Virginia, illustrated with nearly 100 tine lithographed cuts, printed on fine white paper, and full hound emn- bric. This hook is published under instructions of the Ordnance Apart¬ ment, 0. S. 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Thackeray's last completed worjt, .Dhilip, containing about'500 pages, 12mo., illustrated with a fine portrait of the author and twelve other en¬ gravings; bound in paper. Edition limited to 5,000 copies. Will be pub¬ lished' on'25th October. Price to the trade, $4 net. The Military and Naval Laws of tlie Confederate States, published by order of Congress, containing about 340 pages, 8vo., on fine English paper, bound strongly in boards. Only 1,500 copies printed- Price to the trade, $10 net. Any of these books will be sent by mail, free of postage, upon receipt of the price. The usual discount allowed to the trade. Having arrangements for securing full supplies of all kin us of Printing Paper, \ve%re prepared to undertake the printing and publishing of any book of yjfcie to the country, and expect to continue the publication of Mil¬ itary, Scifttof, and other useful books. EVANS & COGSWELL, Near South Carolina Railroad Depot, COLUMBIA, S. C. 25B- /