Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-04-01
Official Orders.

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federate States army, has issued the follow.
ing important General order:
l.. Any employee of Government es-
tablishment who shall leave such employ.
ment, shall not be received at any other
Government establishment, or by any con-
tractor under the Government, unless he
exhibits discharge from the employment
which be leaves. ~,
II. Any contractor under the Governs
ment who shall employ any woremen lea.
wing, without proper.discharge, a Govern
ment establishment or the employment of
another contractor under the Government
shall be notified at once that the detailed
men and couscripts in his employment be
returned to their proper officers upon re.
port of the facts to the Ghiefeof Ordnance.
I'LL The orders heretofore given are re.
peated, that conscripts or detailed men
leaving their employment without written
permission shall be reported to the nearest
enrolling officer to be tried and punished as
deserters. s 80
Inconsequence of numerous applications
made by various persons to the War De.
partment, it is Obvious that some miscon.
.ception in regard to the instructions of the
Secretary of War in relation to the Impress
ment ofsupplies must exist on the part Of
the people or that. the agents of the Gov.
ernment have violated their instructions; ;
now, therefore, for the purpose Of removing
such miscbnception, and to prevent any
violation of those instructions, it is hereby
ordered, -,
I. That no officer of the Government
shall, under any circumstances whatever,
impress the supplies which party has for
his ovHceasumption or that Of his family,
employees or slaves. rs
II. That no officer shall, at any time,
unless specially ordered so to do, by Gen
eral commanding, in case of exigency,
impress supplies which are on their way to
market for sale on arrival. ss. "a
III. These orders were included in the
instructions originally issued in relation
to impressment by the Secretary Of War,
and the officers exercising such authority
are again notified that nany one acting with
out or beyond" the authority given in those
instructions will be held strictly responsible.
". When non. commissioned officers,
musicians or privates entit ID to furlougbs
under the act of December II, 1861, or
that of April 16, 1862, have died, or may
hereafter die, before the receipt thereof,
their personal representatives shall be al.
lowed the Communication value of transporta-
tion from the point where such parties die
to their homes and back.
V. When non commissioned officers,
musicians or pri,ates, entitled under either
of the preceding acts to a furlough,. shall
have been, or may hereafter be, promoted
to the rank of commissioned officers, prior
to tho receipt thereof, they shall be allowed
the same commutatior as is provided in the
previous paragraph, or. when they 60 on
leave, the transportation in kind at their
option.
VI. Claims arising under Paragraph |
will be settled by the I'd Auditor, those
under paragraph i by officers of the Quar-.
termaster's Department. In the latter GLASS,
the facts must be attested by the certificate
of the commanding officer Of the regiment
to which the claimant belonged at the date
of bis promotion. -