The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-09

ADJ'T & INsP'R GEMS OFFICE, /
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. "a, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS /,


1. The puroaupt oonscripton will cause to be de.
yered from the proper fcers of the Bureau to We
Chief C4n Nsaary IN every State report Containing
the names Of all the persons In the State, with tho
| places of their residence who have obtained .xemp
tons or details as rcuuralists owners oVerEeerS
managers farmers planters otherwise as producers
of grain provisions under the 4th paragraph Of the
10th section of the Military Act of the nth February
| ls6 published in General Orders No, 90, Current
series together with statement of terms of tho
tract the sureties to the same and with all other per
tinent facts relating to the said exemption detail
The officers of the Subsistence Department, under the
direction of the Commissary General and Chief Com
missary of each State, charged with the collection
| of the meat which any exempt detailed men may
have contracted to pay, aid to give acqaittanq
| therefore, also to make whatever communications
reductions that may be authorized by the act whit
! ever the conditions estabs that JUSTLY
same andto make all the purchases of the mark etal
surplus at the prices specified in the act, which III
same authorizes to be made behalf of the Covert
nent, The said Subsistence Department being here
by clothed with authority to represent the Govern
ment in the enforcement of its claims under the COZ
tracts and obligations that the act imposes upon
exempts and detailed men prescribed therein.
II. In order that the regulation the subj octof
sale OF the marketable surplus of provisions and graf
to tho government and the families Of soldiers in thu
said act may have execution, the Commissaries In th@
different States may BIO ine4ucted to limit their pur
chase Of grain and provisions Of the marketable SUPPLY
in any District to definite proportions, not To-
exceed one-half, and to leave the remainder for
persons who purchase behalf Of the families
soldiers.
Ill All agents appointed by the public autloriti
OF any State, county town, to supply food for
nf enld thnpf. "a In
ton unappropriated by the government, for the Oh
Of their trust. The Commanders of Conscripts or
Chief commissary Of each State District may Al
thentcate the authority Of such agents, and perso
selling to agents thus authenticated shall be fully
rantud to do so.
W. The families Of soldiers as described in TIL
act, are the families composed Of the W ife or wi
children Of any person who belongs to the arm
widow or widow and children of any person ~
while IN the service; the m6ther and sisters Oh
dies-0s soidiess in Tho army aud who resided wi
as members IL the same family or were depend
his labor for support the parents and sister
person belonging to the army, who resides in tn
family with them and who derived from them sup
V. Officers are authorized to purchase nece.
for their families under this act
vi. Every exempt snd detailed man under this
shall render to the Enrolling officer in his report
Jailed statement of the marketable surplus produc
ind sold by him, with testimony that the sales wer
he Government or to soldiers families, which IS
nent shall BIO sent to the commander of eonscripts
he State, and thereupon satisfaction upon his boiI
hall be entered,
VII The act of Congress aforesaid provides Th
exemptions In favor of the classes aforesaid shall ce
whenever the farmer, planter, or overseer shall
diligently to employ in good faith his SKILL capit
nd labor exclusively In the production of grain and