Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-08
ADJ'T & INSP'H ahAL'S OFF'OE,l /.
RICHMOND, Va, si"rsh !, 1854.
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I. raragrar'ev, General Orders M. b. u7G4) q tha'
Officers Of the Qosr,erm"strr'1 Department will, upon
the requisiti"n Of company campanirr', issue c'othih!
directly TO soldiers and take their individual! receipts 'here'
for.
ii. Paragraph II, Central Order No. g.. lsGa. Is anen@'
ed az follows
II any cavalrynan "-haT not keep himself provided
with a serylcpable horse, Ii. shall serve on foot" aud be
transferred 10 any regiment Of infantry from me s'h.e
from which he volunteered, or was cnh'cFi"e"' TIA NV ~
pnrtnent commander may order.
Ill. The following act of C"ngrsss IL Published Tor 'e
Information Of he army.
An ACT 10 a.lov commissioned cihcrra Of the army rhfionE
and the privilege of purchasing clothing from III" Q1.r'
lernaster's Department
The Congress, Of II. Confederate States u America do
enact, That from and after the passage OF this act, all
commissioned officers Of the armies, whilst on duty In the
field, or 10 the naval service, whilst afIat, 81 the Conienr-
rate states, shall be entitled to one ration Ia Kind rach' IN
quantity aud qualify, thu same ~ are now aiiowea by Ia"
TO prlvaits, and thai draw and receive the same under
such regulations a. may he prescribed III Tie H'cre'sfy Of
Var. ~
~feIrrate States shalt be allowed ~ purchase eio.hns
and cloth fer cio;liuS from any t!nar'*rinaslrr NJ me
prlc. VII lh Il cost the goverrinrbt, Nil expenses Included
pror;def, Thas no Qusr:rriuAs'.r shall be allowed 10 Sell
TO any O rcrr any clothing which would he proper TO lssn"
To priystcs, until all prirates entitled 10 receive inc sanie
shall haye been frs, supplied; Pr0ri3sa. That The ofcer
Offering 20 Purchase shall give his certificate on hohor NAT
the articles are necessary for his own psrSoia. som,"rt
and csc, and in no case shall more than one SUIT per an
mum he al owed TO be 80 purriiasedbJ any @ tc'r fT"f.
dsd That no law or arm, regulation s'a h'rtal'e; pc
construed 70 n low aN IUINC w Pu''hNs' W
.uhsiS,eoce stores more I Inn nnn ration n day. ar Tor .csS
p,irc than the CO I thereof iGc uiins tran pc iation.
Sec. 2, No officer under the rank of EriRndlsr ,ienosai
shall herea ter be entitled to forage or Communication Tor
,erage, for more than one horse. t: sept when on 'Hrvicelh
he Qcll.
10 Ration. In kind, the same in ,s,aliy aad quantity a.
are now allowed by law ~ priTates, viii he isaued 10 reg
mental commissioned officers, whilst on duty In the neih'
upon Provision Returns, approved by the cemmannlns
officer Of the regiment, AMI to general ana stan onlce's
upon their own certificates
Y. ONE rn:isn u day in Kind m.y he purchased by any
ofnc,r-nv, In the field whn il upon Gntp under order,
from this Office or FROM any department. coiniaahdtr' ~
cost, including trapsportE'i"n.
vide An Invalid corps, approved February l',h' lH"i, arr
not entitled 10 draw or purchase ration, unless assiShch 10
duty nv orders under the provisions OF thai law:
VII. The Quartermaster General viii Issue ihS.th'Iiohs
To o,l.rt.rmast,rs and assistant nuarfermestr's. :" carry
ipto erect section 3 Of the shove act. an! ; in"ch o' zee
lion e." Of The .ame nc, s. r"l.ra' =" his 6tpari1lea'.
,s,r.n S. COOPER.
,b.Iw Ara AMI Insp'r Cen.
Nhis and Sentinel copy.