Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-26
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ADJT AND IHSPR GENL'S OFFICE,
RrcuMoSD, August l6, 1864.
,CNEpAI, ORDERS

RICHMOND, August IS, 1904. }
GENERAL ORDERS.
No. 81.
7 Tho ration specified in paragraph IL,
General Orders, No. SO, (current series, on
which the hospital fund is to be reckoned, s
Gs fellows: ,e
A hulf round of bacon or pork, ons and halt
r.unis Of e ,ur or corn meal, (equal quantities
IF Lntb 10 be used in the reokoning;) and to
c7erv ono hundred rations, ten POUNDS OF rice,
one gallon of vinegar. one and halt pounds
Of candles, four pounds Of soap Hnd three
nounis Of salt; and at that rate for any less
number OF rstiors.
II. All horse., mules, wagons, harness and
saddles il the hscds of officers, sold!ers OF
citiz ,ly, no: nr:hir;Ead to retain them. brand
ed %. s." CT ~. S." or captured from or
abandoned by the enemy, will be turned in at
once 10 tho nearest Post Quartermasters. But
tho rights CT citizens, ~ established by Gene,
rsl ORDERS, NJ. I'll. (loG3.) are not intended
70 Ia divcs:td ly the operation Of this para
graph aud persons having property under
tho conditions of that order, or who have pro-
tpostJ abandoned by the enemy Of equivalent
valno to that taken from them, will not be
mulcsted withou. q special order.
Captain r. V. Gaines, A. Z. NJ, in addition
to Lis present duty. is specially charged with
looking up and securing the above described
property. He will report through the lnspee-
TOR General Of Field Transportation to the
Quartermns.cr General.
IT. Section 6,b, paragraph l, General Or
iert, No I'll. tcurTont series,) Is thus amend
cd
This act is construed to apply only to SOL
dicrs detailed ircm tho army, and to oonscripts
detailed W the bureau OF Consumption Tor
service in tho several departments out OF tho
field. The extra pay is not intended for SOL
diars detailed for duty in the field.
". All men enlisted i'll the forces for local
defence will be hold responsible in the money
value Of arms, eqaipmsnts &c, belonging. to
the goyernmert AID Lest by them. All such
men, woo ore employees Of tho government.
or Of contractors under the government will
have tho value Of lost arms, &c., deducted
| from their faarieu or wsges-ths amount "
DO turned over by the Paymsster to the Ord.
| nance Gticer, ur other tfhoer of the command,
who p,a7 be accountable fur the property, to
the Treasury. These cTtcess are charged With
lie execution OF this order, will account to
The Treasury for tho money turned over to
them under i, md will mako quarterly re-
pos Of hIms. equipments, 81, lost. tglVing
lanes Of parties losirg them, to the Chief oil
| the Ordnance bureau at Richmond.
V. Paragraph /, General Orders. No. 63.
| (cr reut series il thus amended
All detailed men INCLUDING; -.use betweeo
eighteen snd forty. i've years OF age) will re-
port t., and be commanded by the General OF
Reserves in the STATES in which they have
boon assigned or detailed, who will organize
them into companies and battalions. 1t il not
ANTICIPATED tina. they will DO called out except
Ia emergencies occurring in or near the coun
ti.s Of their residence; nor will service be
ezactcd Of them beyond those oouuties and
cuntics contiguous thereto; except that COM
panica hereafter formed may be required to
palr,ru service in repeliing raids along line
Of raillcai running through their respective
counties. All ez.mpts are allowed, and 10
sitsd 70 enroll themselves with such compa-
MICS, go ~ u be prepared to aid in defending
their homes whom menaocd by the enemy
II Sactien &, paragraph /, General Or
dora, No. a, (ourrent series,) is amended to
rend as follows:
Cavalry divisions snd brisaies may each
have al Assistant Adjutant aud Inspector
General, (uot to cxceed, for divisions, tie
grade of nj ior, and for brigadss the grade O.!
captain,) in addition to the number allowed
infantry divisions and brigades.
VII. The Communication allowed enlisted men
nrdrr paragraphs LII, " and VI, General
O.ders, No 8, (current series,) is axed OF
two dollars and fifty cents per diem, to take
effect from August Goth, 1864.
VII. Paragraph ", General Orders, No;
90, (l263,) is amended to allow sick and
wounded men on tuilcugh TO draw fstions, or
communication therefor, lat their option from
the data ot their furioughs.
TX. lssues of clothing to soldiers in Gene
raj Hospitals, located at posts where an officer
Of the Qlnrtermaster's Department is station
ed, will be male by the Post Quartermaster
or subordinate o6cor designated by him.
[Signtd,l S. COOPER, A l. g.
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