ordinary compensation of special agents, at the discretion of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury
Letters on official business-when to pass free of, (See LETTERS)...........301
Commanders of, to make frequent inspections of kitchens and messes (See
INSPECTION)
Commanders of, to turn over to special agents of the Treasury deserted
and abandoned property not required for military purposes (See AGENTS)...331
Should be paid by the Mustering and Disbursing officer at time of muster;
not paid then, to be entered on the muster-in rolls and subsequent
muster and pay rolls until paid; not paid before discharge to be entered
upon the duplicate certificates of pay
Enlistment or re-enlistment in the Invalid Corps does not entitle to,........130
Of $2 allowed for accepted recruits for the regular and volunteer forces;
to recruits for the regular army to be paid from recruiting funds after
the recruit has been passed; form of receipt-rolls to be used; to volun-
teer recruits to be paid after medical inspection and muster into service;
amount to be entered on the muster-in roll opposite their names, and
charged to the fund for "clothing, drilling, and organizing volunteers";
volunteers re-enlisting for three years or the war entitled to same, as
allowed men enlisted from civil life; prescribes rules to facilitate pay-
ment of, in individual cases of enlistment, and to discharged soldiers
who have not received it......
To be paid for enlistments or re-enlistments in the veteran volunteers (See
VETERAN VOLUNTEERS)
Amends paragraph VIII of General Orders No. 191 of 1863, granting, to
volunteers in three-years organizations on re-enlisting (See VOLUNTEERS)..305
Men enlisting under the President's call for 300,000 volunteers to receive,
(See VOLUNTEERS)
Payment of, not to be made by recruiting officers...........................................
PRISONERS. (Political)
(See HABEAS CORPUS); may be discharged from imprisonment (See Dis-
TRICT COURTS); not to be discharged before taking the oath of alle-
giance; failure of officers in charge of, to obey the order of a Judge of
a Circuit or District Court punishable by a fine not less than $500 and
imprisonment for not less than six months
...[XI] 73
Prescribes answer to be made by officers in charge of, to writ of habeas
corpus; attempt to arrest them or take prisoners from their custody to
be resisted by force, if necessary ...
..315
Announces exchanges of,.............
........ 10, 117, 167, 339
Considered in service after muster out of their regiments until after arrival
in a loyal State, with aliowance of time sufficient to enable them to pro-
ceed to their respective places of enrolment (See MUSTER-OUT ROLLS)....108
Calls attention to article VII of the cartel agreed upon for the exchange
of,; all captures must be reduced to actual possession; delivery of, to be
made at the points designated in the cartel; only commanders of armies
in the field can parole or exchange, at other points mutually agreed
upon; paroling or exchange not in accordance with above rules, null and
void ; nature of military parole explained (See PAROLE)..
................. 207
Announces Brigadier General S. A. Meredith as agent for the exchange of,..227
Publishes order of the President prescribing retaliatory measures for the
protection of Africans taken,..
Publishes rules to govern the discharge of,; applications and recommenda-
tions for discharge of,-to whom made; descriptive lists of all, discharged
to be furnished the Commissary General of Prisoners; oath of allegiance
administered to, must be unqualified (See OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)
Publishes, of the President designating States and parts of States the in-
habitants whereof are in rebellion; slaves of all such persons to be free
(See SLAVES)..
Publishes, of the President respecting soldiers absent without leave (See
ABSENTEES)
The President to issue a, designating places at which, within a stated
time, deserters may report for duty without incurring other punishment
than forfeiture of pay and allowances during their absence..
Publishes, of the President suspending the writ of babeas corpus during
the present rebellion.
Publishes, of the President calling for 300,000 volunteers (See VOLUN-
TEERS); call not to interfere with present draft where it is in progress or
has not yet commenced.......... .........、
General and other officers receiving, to remain on duty in their respective
departments or armies unless otherwise ordered..............
Secretary of the Treasury to appoint special agents to collect and receive
abandoned or captured, in insurgent States (See TREASURY); used or for
use in waging war against the United States, excepted; captured or
abandoned, may be used for the public service or sold at auction; owners
of such, may within two years after suppression of the rebellion prefer
their claim to the Court of Claims; brought within loyal States by other
persons than regular agents to be confiscated; offenders, on conviction,
to be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year,
or both
Publishes order regulating the collection of captured or abandoned,; arms,
munitions of war, and supplies necessary in military operations to be
turned over to officers of the Ordnance, Subsistence, or Quartermaster's
Departments. ...
Publishes rules in relation to claims for payment of, lost or destroyed in the
military service
Officers presenting public, for condemnation, to certify that it has not been
previously condemned; all, condemned to be marked I. C.; marks to be
cancelled should final action be adverse to the Inspector's recommenda-
tion (See INSPECTORS)
Announces Colonel J. B. Fry as
A, to be appointed; to have rank, pay, and emoluments of a Colonel of
Cavalry; duties of, regulated..
Deserted or abandoned, in insurrectionary States within United States
lines to be under the control of special agents of the Treasury (See
AGENTS)....
Charged with organization of an Invalid Corps; troops (organized to be
under the control of his Bureau (See INVALID CORPS)
Enlistment of volunteers after May 1, 1863, to be under the charge of the,;
disbursing and other officers connected with enlistment of volunteers to
report to the,..
Appointments heretofore made of, revoked................
To be appointed for enrolling districts-one to each; to have rank, pay,
and emoluments of a Captain of Cavalry if not an officer of that grade;
duties of, enumerated (See BOARD OF ENROLMENT); entitled to com-
mutation of forage when not furnished by the Government, but not for
transportation or fuel and quarters; actual expenses for stationery,
postage, and clerk hire allowed if authorized by the Provost Marshal
General; to arrest and turn over to the civil authorities all persons re-
sisting or obstructing the draft (See DRAFT).
...[VI] 73
District, to cause drafted men to be uniformed, &c., as soon as they
report.....
Department commanders to furnish military aid to, on their application
(See DEPARTMENTS)
Furnishing transportation to enlisted men absent from their regiments to
report act to the men's company commanders; report to specify from
what fund the transportation was paid (See TRANSPORTATION)
.....179
To forward deserters from regiments out of service in same manner as
others (See DESERTERS, COMMISSION)
Of volunteer regiments of Cavalry and Infantry to be extra Lieutenants....110
Volunteer, to report monthly by letter to the Adjutant General (See
REPORTS).
Applications of, for change of station or relief from assignment on score
of ill-health considered as a tender of resignation (See RESIGNATIONS)
... 258
To furnish transportation in certain cases to Volunteers returning from
furlough (See TRANSPORTATION)..
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Publishes rules established for the rendition of accounts of the,; enume-
rates accounts and returns to be made monthly (See AccOUNTS, RE-
TURNS); officers responsible for public property received from the, to
forward monthly property returns; officers doing duty in the, to make
monthly personal reports (See REPORTS).
To purchase horses for the cavalry service under the direction of the
Chief of the Cavalry Bureau..........
Officers of the, to be detailed for duty in the Cavalry Bureau; to have
charge of disbursements for the objects of that Bureau; estimates for
funds to be approved by the Chief of the Bureau before action of the
Quartermaster General.....
To furnish horses and equipments to officers falling in temporary com-
mand requiring them to be mounted (See COMMAND, HORSES)..
Announces assignment of officers of the,....
Names of officers of the, failing to render proper accounts and returns to
be reported to the Paymaster General by the Quartermaster General
(See PAYMASTER GENERAL); abstract of certified accounts given or
issued by officers of the, to be duplicated; copies-how disposed of;
failure to comply subjects offender to stoppage of pay........
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS.
Allowed to each Volunteer company and regiment.......
Provost Marshals not entitled to commutation for..
Vouchers for commutation of, to Recruiting Officers-how made (See
VOUCHERS)..
RAILROAD CARS (See CARS)..
EAILROAD ENGINES (See ENGINES)............................................................................................. [VI] 73,113
Prohibits interference by military officers in the transportation of troops
and supplies on, (See TRANSPORTATION)...................
.........384
Committed by persons in military service triable by Military Courts in
time of war, rebellion, or insurrection; punishment not to be less than
that inflicted by the laws of the State or Territory in which the offence
was committed.
[VI] 73
Army, to include pepper at the rate of four ounces to the 100 rations... [VII] 73
To be issued to Africans in the United States service (See AFRICANS).......163
In ordinary marches two days', to be carried in the knapsack; troops to
carry eight or ten days', when marching without baggage or trains; offi-
cers' servants to carry, for their officers and themselves ....
One per day to be issued to white females employed as cooks or nurses in
general hospitals..
Publi hes proclamation of the President enumerating States and parts of
States ii, (See PROCLAMATION, SLAVES)...
Enumerates crimes which during a, are triable by Military Courts when
committed by persons in military service (See MURDER, ARSON, BUR-
GLARY, &c); President authorized during the present, to call forth the
national forces by draft; during a, spies are triable by Military Courts
(See SPIES)
[VI] 73
President authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus during present,
(See HABEAS CORPUS); order of the President for any search, seizure,
arrest, or imprisonment during present, to bar all suits against officers
for such acts...
Writ of habeas corpus suspended during present,
Consolidated, for amount of total payment on muster (remuster) of Vet-
eran Volunteers to be certified by the Commissary of Musters....
Consolidated, for amount of total payment on muster (remuster) of six-
months troops to be certified by the Commissary of Musters ..... December 23
Of Military Board to retire officers allowed same extra pay and travelling
allowances as in the case of a General Court-Martial....
RECRUITING.
For colored troops to be specially authorized by the War Department;
authority not given to persons who have not been examined and passed
by a Board; any one person not to be authorized to raise more than one
regiment; depots and stations to be established by the Adjutant General...143
Publishes regulations for, Veteran Volunteers....
RECRUITING COMMISSIONER.
Announces Major George L. Stearns as, for the United States colored
troops...
Of the regular army to make to the Superintendent of the Volunteer Re-
cruiting service in their State tri-monthly report of stragglers collected
by them and sent to rendezvous; directed to publish this order in local
newspapers (See STRAGGLERS).
Modifies paragraphs 931,933, and 934 Revised Regulations relative to, (See
RECRUITS)..
Advance pay and bounty to recruits not to be paid by,; expenses incurred
on account of recruits rejected for disability obvious at time of enlist-
ment to be charged against the, concerned; to forward to the Superin-
tendent or chief Mustering and Disbursing Officer monthly returns of
property in their charge; vouchers for commutation of fuel and quarters
to,-how made (See VOUCHERS).
Superintendents of the Volunteer, to forward to the Commissary General
of Prisoners tri-monthly reports of stragglers collected and sent to camps
of rendezvous (See STRAGGLERS, MUSTERING OFFICERS)....
For the Signal Corps-how conducted; enlistments to be for three years
or the war.
Paragraph I of General Orders No. 81 of 1861 directing that the actual
travelling expenses of Volunteers on the, shall be paid out of recruiting
funds, not intended to apply to journeys performed in obedience to
orders of detail on, or relief from, that service....
Amount of bounty paid Volunteer recruits to be entered on the muster-in
rolls opposite the men's names and accounted for under the head:
Bounty Volunteers; separate accounts current to be used for that
fund; to be disbursed by the regular mustering and disbursing officers;
notice of payment or non-payment of advance bounty in cases of re-
enlistment to be given to the Superintendent of the, (See RE-ENLIST-
MENT).
Modities paragraphs 931, 933, and 934 Revised Regulations relative to the,
(See RECRUITS).
Subsistence for recruits of regiments already organized and for parties on
the, from regiments in the field to be provided by the Subsistence De-
partment (See SUBSISTENCE, TRANSPORTATION); parties on the, to be
quartered at the rendezvous; Superintendents of the, may contract for
lodgings when advisable (See CONTRACTS); expenses of the, when ap-
proved by the Superintendents, to be paid from the fund for "collecting,
drilling, and organizing Volunteers;" spoons added to articles furnished
recruits; Superintendents of the, to instruct Recruiting Officers in their
duties, to forward to the Provost Marshal General the monthly property
returns sent to them by Recruiting Officers..
Relative to granting of furloughs to Veteran Volunteers by Sup rintend-
ents of the, (See FURLOUGHS); Superintendents to confer with the Gov-
ernors as to proper points of rendezvous for Veteran Volunteers; to
report the respective commands to the Adjutant General upon assem-
bling of Veterans at the rendezvous (See REPORTS); to arrange with the
RECRUITING SERVICE-Continued.
Quartermaster's Department for returning them to the field; to advise
Subsistence Department of number of troops to be subsisted...... December 15
Premium of $2 allowed accepted, for the regular and volunteer forces;
how paid (See PREMIUM); all, enlisting for three years or the war, may
receive first month's pay in advance (See PAY); during continuance of
the war $25 of the $100 bounty to be paid to, for the regular and vol-
unteer forces; how paid (See BOUNTY)...
No, under eighteen be enlisted without consent of parents or guardians;
consent to be given in writing; examination of, to take place after
forms of declaration-and consent, in case of a minor-have been signed
and witnessed...
Transportation and subsistence of volunteer,-how provided (See TRANS-
PORTATION, SUBSISTENCE); for volunteer regiments to be quartered at
the rendezvous (See RECRUITING OFFICERS, KECRUITING SERVICE)........366
RE-ENLISTMENT.
Allows bounty to volunteers or militia now in service on their, (See
BOUNTY).
Men in the Signal Corps entitled to bounty on their, (See BOUNTY).
For three years of volunteer regiments, by their officers, within thirty days
from date of expiration of term of service entitles the officers to their
rank from date of original commissions (See VOLUNTEERS).
In cases of, entry as to payment or non-payment of advance bounty to be
made on the first muster-roll, and notice given to the Superintendent of
the Recruiting Service; vouchers for payment to be made in the form
of consolidated receipt rolls; of volunteers for three years or the war
entitles them to same bounty, premium, and advance pay, as allowed
men enlisted from civil live
Of minors not to be made without consent of parents or guardians (See
RECRUITS)......
Provides $300 additional bounty to men now in the regular Army on their,
within two months before expiration of their term, provided they have
less than one year to serve (See BOUNTY)
In the Veteran Volunteers to be for three years or the war; term to com-
mence from date of, (See VETERAN VOLUNTEERS)
Amends paragraph VIII of General Orders No. 191 of 1863 granting bounty
and premium to volunteers in three years organizations on, (See VOL-
UNTEERS)
Publishes rules to govern the, of men as Veteran Volunteers (See COMMIS-
SARIES OF MUSTERS); regimental Commanders to appoint a recruiting
officer to be charged with the, of the Veterans thereof how made; du-
plicate, papers and descriptive lists to be sent to the Commissary of
Musters; copies-how disposed of
Publishes rules to govern the, of six months troops (See COMMISSARIES
OF MUSTERS); regimental Commanders to appoint a recruiting officer
to have charge of,; how made; duplicate, papers and descriptive lists
to be sent to the Commissary of Musters; copies-how disposed of.... Dec. 23
REGIMENTS.
Commanders of, authorized to grant furloughs (See FURLOUGHS)..
Commanders of, to make out rolls of officers and men qualified for the
Invalid Corps (See ROLLS).....
Publishes lists of qualifications and disqualifications for admission into the
Invalid Corps for the government of Surgeons of,.
Commanders of, to make frequent inspections of kitchens and messes
(See INSPECTION).
Commanders of, to include names of men joined from desertion in their
monthly returns of deserters......
Commanders of, in the field accountable for all surplus and reserve ord-
nance stores (See ORDNANCE STORES).
Amends paragraph 1142, General,
Modifies paragraph 1341, General,..
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