, 1862-06-17
IMPORTANT WAR DEPARTMENT
ORDERS.
Disposition Of Captured Rebel
Property.
REcRUlTlRG---lEAVES OF ABSENCE.

The following general orders have been |
issued from the Adjutant Generals Office:
GESERAL ORDERS, No. G4-FiYst: all prop
crty captured hy the army, or seized by any
provost marshal, or taken up astrny, or taken
from soldiers marching in the eneny's coun-
try, II i'll be turned over to the chiefs Of the |
staff departments to which such property |
would al,pertain. on duty with the troops and |
will be accounted for By them as captured prop |
cry, and used for tue public service, unless
cl2imed By owners and ordered BY the comnad- t
officer to be returned. In such case, the re-
ccipts Of the ownete, to whom the property |
is delivered, Rill be taken therefor. Provost |
Msrshals Will make returns to the Adjutaus
General Of all such property, and Of the dis
position made Of it, accounting on separate
returns for ordnance, quartermaster, subsfst-
| ence, medical stores, etc; furnishing and
procuring the usual invoices and receipts,
and charging the officers to whom the proper
| ty Las been delivered, with the same on the
| returns.
Second: Paragraph Al, regulations for the
subsistence department. of April y, 1862,
corresponding with paragraph l,2l7, Regula-
tions for the Army, is hereby scseinded: The
settlement Of accounts for the board Of sol
aiers in private hospitals is transferred to the
Surgeon Generals Department.
GENERAL ORDERS No G0--First: The vol
untecr recruiting service. discontinued BY
hereby restored, according to the principles
laid down in General Orders Nos. los, Of 1861,
and 8, Of 1862. Invalid or disabled officers,
necessarily absent from their regiments will
be detailed for this duty whenever they are
able to perform it.
Second: A large number of volunteers are
absent from their regiments who are now fit
for duty. To enablc them to return, the
Governors Of States are authorised to give
them certificates Or passes which Will entitle
them to transportation to the station Of the
nearest United States mastering officer or
Quarttrmaster, who will pay the cost Of trans.
portation on such certificates or pass, and
provide transportation for the soldier to his
regiment or station.
Third: All captains OF companies are here
By required to report quarterly to the Chief
Of ordnance the kind of arms in use by their
! companies, their opinion Of the suitableness
Of tie arm, the general extent Of service, and
: | yious report.
Fourth: The principle being recognized
that medical officers should not be held as
prisoncts OF war, it is hereby directed that all
medical officers 50 held by the United State:
shall be Immediately and uncoAdlional1y dis
charged.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 6L-Thc great nun,
! bcr Of officers absent from their regiments
without sufficient cause Is serious evil
2 which calls for immediate correction. B,
:, paragraph FIT, gen eral regulations, tht
power Of commanding officers to grant leav
Of ahsence is limited to "time OF peace.
In time Of war leave Of absence will only b
r granted By the Secretary Of War, except whe
: the certificate Of medical officer shall show
: beyond doubt, that change Of location 81
necessary to save or prevent permanen
disability paragraph No. 1S6 general regr
g lations); in such case the commander Of q
g army, department, or district, may grant NO
ts snsS aa h. not sae a61p ft11 to tfve
! he must report to the Adjutant General
i, the army for an extension, accompanied b
IS the certificate Of medical officer in the usu:
that 71ai &c y17fQ oh In tn
be not practicable to procure such certit
i, este, in consequence Of there being no arm
1eul 1u physician in the place where the officer r
as as sides, the certificate OF citizen physician
er attcsted By civil magistrate, may be subsi
tuted. AL officers Of the regulars and yolul
&c tee1s, except those on parole, now absent fro
ns duty with leave, will be considered "abse!
Is without leave" (paragraph No: l, ,426 gener
ne posts within fifteen days from the date Of II
49, order, OF are authorized By orders from t
IN Adjutant General to be absent, which orde
no will in all cases be based on q certificate
- above described, and mnst be exhibited to t
ns paynaster before payment is made them.
All Invalid and wounded officers who q
y; able to travel, although their disability N
IL IL not have been removed, (paragraph 1S7, e
a 1e eral regulations,1 will repair without delay
ST those from the East 10 Annapolis, to report
IN IN the general commanding tile camp of instr
no ton; those from the West to report to
'ne commanding officer Of Camp Chase. Ohio
Re, e. those points they will remain until able
.es, aminjnr board NAV decide adversely on til
on ability TO return to duty within q reasona
:os- time, and orders may be given by the Pr
:ap- dent tor their discharge. Their ezcelleuc
10 the Governors Of States, are requested
ne make known tlis order, and to contribute
re- | ;+s avocnfinn as NAV l,c in their mower III
tering and recruiting officers arc directed
par do the same. Extra copies Of the order
neo be furnished them for distribution. Fail
,a. eas- to comply with the above regulations will
s4tn reported to the Adjutant General By regin
al commanders.