The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-11
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

COLLECTION or RATION MONEY uPoa Fun
LovoHs.-lt may not b. uninterestiDg to tho SOL
dlrs in this city, who absent on furloushs. TO
know that the ration money due ON furlouRh
can only be collected by the soldier TO whom the
furloush DO ongs, except In some special cases,
where tue soldier cannot attend. Those eXcep.
tons are TArcy made. The rules Of the Office.
where the lyment of commutation of rations on
iurlough is made, require that II saould be pre-
sentod IN person. for the reason that il is necss
sary that the money bc receipted for tho soldier
having 20 siRn duplca,o receipt rolls before he
ctn ohtain hls pay.
IN order tn constitute a fnrlouQh a proner
uOntJ voucher, on which commutatiOn OF rAtions
car ho collected, II must he given by corrOet,,it
OtNofiy AND tie evidence of that fact must be
On tbe iurluu2h; secoDdly there snould also be
encurstd ON lt tie certificate OF tho com 9any or
ttRim"ntW officer that tie man returned 10 du.y
vi hin the time, or at the expiration Of ths fur
iOueh-lhc dd'e must be given on which the nan
returned. II tne man has been over bi, time the
cam, tate should sta'e that satisfactory evidence
has been furnished why he did not return at tho
,Xprstiou OF bis turiough, aud that be Is not
coD,irorcd deserter
4 iurlough granted by "competent authority
~ d properly ndorsed by the officer that the On.
lsiOd man has returned 70 duty within tue time
or at the expiration OF said furlOugh Is nov no
longer pass or Sdt6-conduct for said man from
one pOu 10 anrther; but is Whole Character is
ohoUgeo-it becOmos d plOney-youcher on whi;h
Ger ain az o ut 4 money Is due 20 the man and
b STs It's face the data on which the comput,-
iiOr ~ the uOunt dae is based, and auy blank
or oStS,,0n tillCd up after the fuTlOugh has been
q dnt'd by any other per.on than the ono autho-
riz, 20 give the fnrlouRh will vtiate IL.
School MATTBRs.--The Board of School Com
toleIs have been informed of the election of J.
Morton 1homa', Principal Of the Boys Grammar
School, Twentieth Section; OF Harrison Walton.
Principal OF Rutltdge UnclsSsifed School aud Of
Moses Pierce, Principal of tho M inatawna Un
classified School.
Tho committee on quarterly reports made a
report in reference 10 the small attendalcr in
many OF the schools, IL being nelow the required
average. Among those named were tue follow
ing Grammar Schools :-Weccacoe, BOYS: Jack
son. boys; kinggod, boys and girls; Southeast,
glrisi Nor heast, boys and girls; Zane street,
Rtrls; Madison, eIris; and the Price Grls' Gram
mar School. A resolution was appended TO the
report Co the effect that unless tue schools re-
ported to he below the average bu brought up to
The standard by tue first of November, tina: q
tcacl er be dispensed with ia each. Ii was
adCped
NEW TRANsrARBNoY. This morning the front
Of the Commonwealth Building was ornsmen'od
by the addition of a beautiful oil painting. The
transparency consists Of two portraits, ono of Mr.
Linco N, The other of Mr. johnson. Tney occupy
the fwo wings of The painting and between above
neat scroll work, are the names -
Grant, FarrsRut, Sherman, and Sheridan,
Our Peace Comm ssioners
The new transparency will present beautiful
app, arance wheu lighted up.
FATAL REsULT.-The soldier named Patrick
Mulhattau. who was injured a day or two since
by The Germantown cars, AZ stated, has since
died.
Army HosPITALs.-During last week 926 sick
and wounded soldiers were admitted into the
va ious army hospitals ia this Department aud
279 returned to duty.