Washington telegraph., 1864-10-19
CIRCULAR ss.

uD-QRs LABOR BUREAU. DIsT. W. La,
Strecepon. sept -, 1854. !
f5NHE following instructions and regulations
4 of rhis Bureau published for the irfor-
nation aud guidance Of all concerned:
T. IN aecordanee with paragraph 5, General
Order No 81. current seIiHs from Department
Headquarters, all officers and agents of the
Eevcrnr nj haEins charge OF negroes through
out or from the Dist. West la, win furnish TO
ihese Fsaie darrsrs the tiy>i Of each and every
Iaontn = correct ard certified uuJ~t"r roll OF the
saul". giving owners name AMI residence.
All changes by deagh d,Serfion. discharge or
eth .rviSe, il the monthly repor.s must be fully
EXCLAIMED.
IT, All officers. nou-commissioned officers,
lnuslriaus and friFatr<. of he army o. this dis
tsc-. Who have slaves in their employ, uos their
-csyu. ss private or mes servants. Will, on the
18th Of September. 1864, aud the first Of
every month .larcl.t.r, furnish to these Head
unarrrss correcfstn eertiArd descriptive list
~ Srm-. 6; wing owners name aud residence. and
STATE 81 rtlhrr thav ara snnloved with, OF with
aut The lluu~ ledge and consent OF the owner.
The larg.. uu'nh~r at s'ayys reported nlissiu .
and lost. AMI thr humorous cas's thus reported
having h~rn sl ,scgltntly As .~rtsined TO be in
tse privatr employ of oifre~s and soldiers rem
der II absolutely necessary thai rliS regulation
ha strictly complied with; tnd for the faithful
ehs-rVaHc' # rs quiTem'Dts. commanding
officers Of reginl,r-s. hat,aliuIs. tcrirs aud
Nn&trached companies aIe p-ci"i,v charged.
III. No offrpr or agent of the government
viii be- allowed to transfer or dispose of anv
rsUSrrip, negro Sl.v' "r free. 10 any other per-
son, bureau ar department, except through
th-s- Headquarters.
" Slaves rom this dis srict viii be fecript-d
for sv this Earrau only. ani 20 receipt will be-
rsSDsC', i or Ircritel as c'idnc" oi slaves be-
ing in the service. kept the receipts c. fit-
cafes auJ e--'npiiofS. gwen by these Hra'-
81
Geh 1854.
e Rrori-,ti,nrs for gro~s must ba made
upan this B.',a ard lur.as prrsciil ell ard
tuI1a-l ci ~ 5ls saInr
vi Sla,r owprTz will no5 lie credited for
slaves m the prjyatc's,yvic of any employee OF
the government, and no employee Of the govern
Inent win he permitted to appropriate or receive
the services si any government servant, slave
cT FREE
vi the pay for conscript free negroes is
'lev-u collars PER month. rations. clothing and
medical attepdancc. The pay for conscript
slaves in the State of Louisiana. has been fixed
by the State Commissioners ut eighteen dollars
per month, rations clo,hing and medical at
tendance.
Wiz All officers Of the COVE nment who have
sonscript free negroes or slaves in their charge,
will pay. clothc and provide for them in accord
ance with the preceding paragraph
X All cases of discretion will be promptly
reported 10 these Headquarters.
x. In case Of death of any conscript slave,
the officer in whose employ said slave was at
the time of his death, Will make duplicate certi-
fcates of his death, signed by a surgeon cogni-
zant of the circumstances of the ease, setting
forth fully the time, place and cause of death,
and whether or not the disease from which he
died was contracted while in the service. In
cases where there were surgeon present, the
officer will certify, on honor. TO the best OF his
knowlcdge, to the above requirements.
AI. The Labor Bureau. Dist West Louisiana,
embraces all the parishes in Louisiana not oc-
cuPed by the enemy West Of the Mississippi
river, and the following named counties in the
State of TeXas and Arkansas, viz: Marion, Davis,
Red River, Bowie Lamar, THUS, Upshur and
Harrison, in the State of Texas; and Columbia,
Hampstead and Lafayette, in the State o Ar
kansas.
Approved: GEO. SOULE.
1t Col & Chf l.. B., ID. w. La.
By command of
Gen f. KIRBY SMITH,
w. X. BOGGS.
1928 Brig Gen. & Chief OF Staff.