Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-02
7 OiFFICIAL NOTICES.
oScERNINo PRISONERS OF WAR AND
STATE PRISONERS.
WAR DEPARTmEHT, D
ADJUTAST GENERAL'a OFFICE,
wAsHtHoToN, May ., 1854.

WAsHtH0TONt may y looa'
General Orders, No. 100.
IN Relation 10 Prisoners Of War and HGie Prtsoners.
l. Orders heretofore published place the super
vision OF prisoners Of war and political or state
prisoners IN the hands Of the CommissAry General
Of Prisoners, and It IL hereby required that CON-
manderu Of depolS and other places at which pris-
oners may be assembled, be directly accountable
| lor them 10 the CommisSRry General OF Prisoners,
from whom they will receive orders direct, and to
whom they will report directly In all matters re-
lsting 10 prisoners,
2. When the CommissSrJ General OF Prisoners
{ As oeeasion to order the transfer Of prisoners
from one post TO smother, he will furnish q copy
| Of the order to the General commanding the de-
partment In which they are held, that he may be
| Appriaed of the movements and when the Com
missary General OF Prisoners hnds II necessary,
he is authorized to call on department command
ers for such assistance In the execution Of his
duties as the case may demand.
.. II not otherwise provided, guards for depot1
and prison stations will be detailed by the De-
partment Commander on the application Of the
Commissary General of Prisoners, and they will
! not he relieved or changed without Informing him
of the fact; but all returns aud reports Of these
guards will be made to department commanders,
to whom they are responsible for discipline, a. in
the case OF other troopn.
l. The principal depota for prisoners are at Point
|
| Island, in sandusky Bay Camp Chase, near CO.
lumbuI, Ohio; Camp Morton, near Indianapolis,
| Indiana; Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois,
| and At Rock Island, Illinois. Generals who order
temporary depots will appoint suitable ofneers to
take charge, which will be Immediately reported
to the C0mmiSSary General OF Prisonersi and the
officers so appointed will be directed to make all
returns and reports required from the permanent
depotG. Prisoners will be forwarded from the tenn
porary depots to the permanent ones with SO little
delay as practicable.
| 8. Commanders OF departments and OF armies In
the field, In all cases, when having prisoners In
possession, will require full rolls, giving rank,
regiment and company, and time and place Of
| capture, 10 be forwarded, without delay, to the
CommlsIary General of Prisoners, with a letter
Of trAnsmIttsl, showing what disposition is made
Of the prisoners, and giving any other information
that may be useful. All rolls should be signed by
the officer who IL in charge Ot the prisoners At the
time they are prepared.
6. Sick and wounded prEo nerG OF war will be
collected st such hospitals as may be designated
under the Instructions Of the Surgeon General for
their exclusive use, as far a. practicable; and
suitable guard will he detailed BY the department
commanders, or the General in immediate com.
mand which guard will be responsible for the sc.
: eurity OF the prisoners, The commander Of the
guard will make ali the returns and reports re-
quired OF depot commanders.
manent depots often may be convenient.
, 7. The attention OF commanders ia called to the
regulations in relation to prisoners Of war con-
talned In appeadix "D," OF the Revised Army
RcgulAt ms OF 1868, page 521, as followS:
> III. Officers and soldiers OF the United States
who are or may become prisoners Of war, saAll,
during their imprisonment, be entitled to and re-
etlve the Same pay as II they were doing active
duty.
Q llS. The r6tions of prisoners held In the rebel
y States shall be committed for and during the period
y Of their imprisonment; the Communication to be
rated At cost price. To entitle q soldier to this
! con mutation he must furnish u the Commissary
General OF Prisoners such evidence OF the fact Of
capture and time Of detention as he may consider
necessary to be laid before the Secretary OF War,
and II approved certificate will be issued by the
0 CommlssAry Ge4ersl Of Prisoners, on which pay
i u,ont will be made by the SubIiHtenoe Department
ll0. A general commanding 10 the Geld or a do
y TsTtmCnt will make arrangements for, the safe
70 keeping and reasonable comfort of his prisoners
II For this purpose he will place them under guar,
already on DUTY, detsoh guard for the SpeeiA
u service. The general will give order exchAng
ing prisoners, or releasing them, except uGder in
d Itruc,ionS from the Secretary Of War.
40 In emergencies admitting of no delay tn
ger erAl will act upon his own authority, and Civ
=, sny order in relation TO his prisoners the publ
~ interest might require, promptly reporting hi
=, | proceedings to the W Department through III
% hdjEtAnt GenCBal
~ I2I. In time OF war a CommisIHry General O
Prisoners will be announced, whose general dutie
- will be those OF an inspector, and all oOmmunlcA
tions relsting to prisoners will pass through him
~ Depots for prisoners wi be designated by the Sec
a. Rotary Of War, to which suitable and permAnen
=, guards will be AIEgned the whole to be under tn
- orders OF the CommiSSary General Of Prisoners
He will establish regulations for Issuing clothin
to prisoners, and will direct the manner in whio
all funds arising from the saving OF rAtions a
prison hospitals or stations shall be accounted 70
and disburEed by the proper disburSlng officer, 1
providing such articles as he may deem RbEOlutel
necessary for the welfare Of the prisoners. He
authorized to grant paroles to prisoners on tn
recommendation OF the medical officer attendin
the prison In cases Of extreme illness, but unde
no other circumstances.
I2l. The CommissaFy General OF Prisoners hA
authority to call for such reports from officers
=. command OF guards over prisoners as may be n,
eeGSlry for the proper discharge OF his own dutie
- and he will be prepared to furnish such informl
- ton in relation TO prisoners as may be called Il
: by the Adjutant General.
n 1873 full record Of all prisoners will be kept
g the office of the CommiSIary General OF Prisoner
ia. Ia suitable books, giving the name, rank, reg
III mel and company Of each military prisoner, n
of residence, county and State OF each civil prisonc
with the charges against him, and the time an
place Of capture or arrest Any special informl
tlon ofimportAnce will be added from time to tim
In the column OF remarks. When disposed OF b
exchange or otherwise, the fact and the Authort
for II, with the time, should be noted the reeor
I2I The CommiISary General OF Prisoners
empowered TO visit places at which prisoners ma
be held, and will recommend t. the General whol
guards are responsible for them, whatever modii
"a cation In their treatment may seem to him props
n or necessary, and report the same to the War D.
M psrtment.
oil 1875 The CommisEaFy General OF Prisoners hi
.is charge Of the United States officers and men o
On parole. aud correspondence relating to them, A
raj detail concerning them will pass through him.
1t, I26 Generals commanding departments, or
the field may st thoir discretion send their pri
onerS TO tho general depotu, furnishing prop'
e roll with them, showing the rank, regiment ar
company, and when and, where oApturodj aft
which their charge Of them will eease. Immed
Atoiy on the arrival Of prisoners al depot, Il
commanding officer will forward 10 the Commi
sAry General OF Prisoners a copy OF the roll 7
oeiyed with them, noting such changes as ma
have been made by escape or otherwise.
Mr.. 49, The principle being recognized that medic
de- ON serE and chapanG should not be held as pr