The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-21

ABRAM MYERS, President.
JEo. W. CBEADY, Sec'y.
HEADQUARTERs OF THE CUMBERLAND
lSsPEoroR GENERALS OFFICE,
WINCHESTER Tenn, August 8, 'G3S
INSPECTION CIRCULAR.
The following rules, regulations, and
orders on the subject Of suffers, are pub.
lished for the information Of ali concern
od.-IHar Department, Marcel 2la, 1862.
General Orders, No. 27.
EXTRACT
ltAN ACT % provide for The app ntment Of suffers
In The volunteer service, and to doaae the duties
Be Il enacted Jy tie Senate and House of
Representatives Of Uie United States Of AD,er-
tea j1 Congress assembled That the Inspsc-
tor Generals of the Army shall consti-
tute a board Of officers, whose duty il
shall be to prepare, Immediately after
the passage of this act, list or schedule
Of the following articles which may be
sold by suffers TO the ofllc rs and soldiers
of the volunteer service, to-wit Apples,
dried apples, oranges, figs lemons, bu,ter,
cheese, milk, sirup, mOlasses, raisins, can
dies, crackers, wallets, brooms, comfort
oFs, boots, pocket looking glasses, pins,
gloves, leather, tin washbasins shirt
buttons, horn and brass buttons, news
papers, books, tobacco, cigars, pipes,
matches, blacking, blacking brushes,
tooth brushgs, cloth brushes, hair brush
es, coarse and fine combs, emery, Gro ouP,
pocket handkerchiefs, stationery, armor
oil, sweet oil, rotten stone, razor strops,
razors, shaving soap soap, suspenders,
scissors, shOestrings, needles, thread,
knives, pencils, and Bristol brick. Said
list or schedule shall be subject from
time to time, to such revision and change
as, in the judgment of the said board,
the good of the service may require !:
Provided, algays, That no intoxicating
liquors shall at any time be contained
therein, or the sale of such liquors be in
any way authorized by said board A
copy of said list or schedule, and of any
subsequent change therein, together with
a copy of this act, shall be, without de-
lay, furnished by said board TO the COM
manding officer of each brigade in the
volunteer service, and also TO the Adult
ant General of the Army.
SEC 2. And be 10 further enacted, That
Immediately upon the receipt from said
board of said list or schedule and copy
of this act by the commanding officer Of
any such brigade, the acting brigadier
general, surgeon, quartermaster, aud
commisssry Of said brigade shall cOnsti-
tuie a board of officers whose duty it
shall be to afiix 10 each article in said
list or schedule price for said brigade,
which shall be by them forthwith eport-
ed to the commanding officer of the div
ision, if any, to which said brigade is
attached, for his approval, with or with
out modification, and who shall, after
such approval, report the same TO the
inspector generals, and the sane, if not
disapproved by them, shall be the price
not exceeding which said articles may
be sold to the officers and soldiers in said
brigade. Whenever any brigade shall
not be attached to a division, said prices
shall then be reported directly to the
inspector generals, and if approved by
them, shall be the price fixed for such
brigade as aforesaid: and whenever any
regiment shall be unattached to any
brigade, the acting colonel, lieutenant
colonel, major, and captains thereof shall
constitute the board of officers by whom
the price of said articles shall be fixed
for said regiment in the same manner as
is herein provided for an unattached
brigade, The prices 20 fixed may be
changed by said boards respectivel y
from time 10 time, not Oflener than once
+ in thirty days, but all changes therein
shall be reported in like amnner aud for
the same purpose as when originally
fixed.
+ SEC. 3. Ind beH further enacted, That
it shall be the duty Of the commanding
officer of each brigade, Immediately up
onreceipt of a copy Of said list or sched-
ule and copy of this act, as herein pro-
= vided, TO cause one sutler for each regi-
. ment, in his brigade to be selected by the
! commissioned officers Of such regiment
which selection shall be by him reported
to the Aojutant General Of the army
the person 80 selected shsl be sole suileI
= of said i'm mt And the commanding
8 officer OF each unattached regiment shall
in like manner, cause q selection OF I
r sutler 20 be made TOR such regiment, whC
5 shall be sole sutler of said regiment
ANY vacancy in the Office Of sutler from
5 any cause, shall be filled in the sam,
= way as an original appointment
y Sec. A. Ind be 10 further enacted, Tha
d the suffers chosen in the manner provi
3 ded in the preceding section shall be al
b lowed o lien only upon the pay Of the Of
ficers, nom commissioned officers, an,
g privates Of the regiments for which h
q has been chosen, or those stationed az ia
i post to which he has been appointed, an
for which no greater sum than one-sixt
of the monthly pay Of each officer, non
he commissioned officer, or private, for at
ID ticles sold during each month and tn
Z amount of One-sixth or less than one
sixth OF the pay of such officer, nom com
'n missioned officer, or private, so sold {
ID him by the sutler, shall be charged o.
I'd the pay rolls Of such officer, non-eom
10 missioned officer, or private, and deduct
u ed from his pay, and paid over by ia
20 paymaster TO the sutlor Of the regimen
rs or military post, as the case may be
ProUide{, That il any paymaster IN th
service Of the United States shall alloI
rs or pay any greater sum to any suite
n thsn that hereby authorized to bo retain
- ed from the pay Of the officers, non-oom
a. missioned officers, musicians, and pr
i- yltes, for articles sold by any sutleF du
ling any one month, then tho amount (