The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-29
Important Regulations in Relation to
Army Trains and Baggage.

WAR DEPARTMENT ADu'T GEN'Ls OPT1CE)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 1862
General Orders, No. 160.
The following regulations are establish
ed for army trains and baggage:
i. There will be allowed
For headquarters' train of an Army
Corps, four wagons; of a Division or
Brigade, three of full Infantry Regi-
ment, sir and of Light Artillery Bat
terry or Squadron of Cavalry, three.
In no case will this allowance be ex-
ceeded, but always proportionably re-
duced according to the officers and men
actually present. Ali surplus wagons
will be turned over to the Chief Quarter
master. TO be organized under direction
of the Commanding Generals, into supply
trains, or sent TO the nearest depot.
The requisite supply trains, their size
depending upon the state of the roads
and character of the campaign, will be
organized by the Chief Quartermaster,
with the approval of the Commanding
Generals, subject to the control of the
War Department.
2. The wagons allowed TO a regiment,
battery, or squadron must carry nothing
but forage for the teams, cooking utensils,
and rations for the troops, hospital stores,
and officers baggage. One wagon TO each
regiment will transport exclusively hos
pital supplies, under the direction of the
Regimental Surgeon; the one for regi-
mental headquarters will carry the grain
for the officers horses, and the three al
lowed for each battery or squadron will
be at least half loaded with the grain for
their own teams.
Stores in bulk and ammunition will be
carried in the regular or special supply
trains.
3. In active campaign, troops must be
prepared to bivouac on the march, the
allowance OF tents being limited, as
follows:
For the headquarters of an army corps,
division, or brigade, one wall tent to the
Commanding General, and one to every
two officers Of his staff.
For the Colonel, Field, and Staff of
full regiment, three wall tents, and for
every other commissioned officer, one
shelter tent each.
GERS, soldiers officers servants, and au-
thorized camp followers, one shelter tent.
One hospital tent will be allowed for
Office purposes at corps headquarters, and
one wall tent at those of a division or
brigade. All tents beyond this allowance
will be left in depot.
4. Officers baggage will be limited to
blankets, one small valise or carpet bag,
and moderate mess kit The men will
carry their blankets and shelter tents,
and reduce the contents of their KNAPP
sacks as much as possible.
The Depot Quartermaster will provide
storage for a reasonable amount of Off
GERS surplus baggage, and the extra
clothing and knapsacks of the men.
8. Hospital tents are for the sick and
wounded, and except those allowed for
army corps headquarters, must not be di-
verted from their proper use.
6. Commanding officers will be held
responsible for the strict enforcement of
these regulations, especially the reduc-
ton of officers baggage within their re-
spective commands.
z. On all marches, Quartermasters, un-
der the orders of their commanding olli-
GERS, will accompany and conduct their
trains in a way not to obstruot the move
ment of troops.
8. Ali QuartermastOrs and Commissa-
ries will personally attend to the recep-
ton and issue of supplies for their COM
mands, and will keep themselves inform
ed of the condition of the depot, roads,
and other communications,
8. All Quartermasters and Commissa-
ries will report, by letter, on the first of
every month, to the chiefs of their re-
spective departments at Washington, D.
O., their station, and generally the duty
on which they have been engaged during
the preceding month.
By command,
MAJOR GENERAL HALLECK.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.