Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-08-12
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Rn.,manl. Va, May 2gth, lsdS J

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GGr rERAL ORDERS,
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I. The iJ''Jwiug Act of Congress, AMI
Regulations adopted hy the Department ~
purmance rhersoi, are published for the in
io,nnt.9U VI all eonccrRed'
IN .i't 70 abolish sgP'rnaIErdry 0hetr' ~
the C.aW'ssHy lHa o. Ftsrmd''s''' ne
prTtpsri..
rhs Capgr.,s al he cogtierats States II
An.v!ca Io .as'l That the office Of rcgI-
mental CommiSsary, be aud the same ia
hereby abolished and the duties heretofore
dcyolvcl by law upou said Commis'ary
shall b. re.foraed by the regimental quar-
,ermastcr PIopiieG, that said Quarierinas-
10Y shall if required by the Secretary Of
Var, execute new hond, with such addi-
t9nal penalty q lee may require.
Src 2 That the commanding officer Of u
regiment or battalion shall, when the good
of the service 10 lis oPiaijn requires il, de
tail . non commissioned officer Or private
IA comm isssry sergeant, who shall be as
atzncd 20 the rcgimCRtal Quariermaster to
perform The duties now performed by Com
missery sergeGnts; and the non-coinmis.
soued officer Or private so detailed shall
receive, "a extra pay, twenty dollars per
month l..
SIC. 3, Tia. the regi,nentl, oanrtermas-
terra, acting as Commissaries, shaH draw
supplies for their respective regiments oil
Provision Returns, Form II, and not IN
bulk and wien detached from their brig
udea, So that it ia iUpracticGb!e to draw
supplies from the brigade Onmmissary. Il
shall be the duty of,he nearest brigade or
post Commissary to supply lis regiment on
Provision Return No. IA
SEC t. Sales td officers shall be made By
the brigade Commissaries TO which such Of
iterc are ttached,
SEC 5. That QGartecmasle:s and Com
missariea, Assistant Quar-. .etmasters and
Assistant Commissaries, who become FER
manently detached from divisions, brigsdes
or regiments to which they are originally
appointed and assigned, respectively,
Shethcr by resignation or otherwise, shall
cease 10 be officers Of the army, and their
names shall he dropped from the rolls Of the
army, uuless reasaigRea By specia! order
OF the Secretary Of War
SEC. G. That it shall BE- the duty Of the
Secretary Of " ar to issue the necessary or
dgrs for the earliest practicable enforcement
Of the provisions Of this Law; and that he
shall communicate TO the chiefs Of the sub
sistence and quartermaster's bureauX the
names Of the commissarics and assistant
commissaries, quartermasters and assistant
Quartcrnasers retained ana dropped from
the rolls, under this act.
Sec. 7. That all laws and parts Of laws |
contrayening the provisions of this act, be
and the same arc hereby repealed.
LApproved May lst, 1868.
IT, Regulations.
b, A,l a,t,ff ,r,,x h
made Of regimental or battalion commissa-
cies in the provisional army Department !
al commanders viii direct the transfer, by
,cgimen,al comm issaries, Of all money, ef- !
,ects and property iu their hands to the pro-
per regimental quartermaaters, who will !
hereafter discharge the dnties of the former, |
in accordance with the provisions of thisac !
Until such transfer is perfected, rcgimental /
:ommissaries will cousine in the perform
.nce Of their usual duties but after the !
}lst day Of July next al qunrtermastors
md commissaries, assistant quartermasters
md assistant commissaries, who have not
)ecn or may not be, prior to July 8lst, spc-
Tally detailed or assigned to duty, will
ease 10 be officers in the Confederte service.
2-Sa,cs to officers will, after the 8ist Of
Iuiy next, be made by the brigade commits
airy, as required in the fourth section Of the
a,t; and to enable him to do 50, the brigade
somma nder will selectand report to The War
nepartm mt, through the usual channel, the
oest qualified regimental commissary ofhis
arigGde, for assignment to duty with the
brigade commissary II shall be the duty
u the commissary TINS assigned to receive
supplies in bulk, and to make the usually
'cqrired sales TO officers Of the army. He
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