Washington telegraph., 1864-06-08
VOL. XIV.
HD- -QRs. CoMMAHpAST CeNsCRIPTs,

HD- QRs. CoMMAHpAST CeNsCRIPTs,
Dis. Ark. Washington, May 80. 1864.
The following General Orders are pubishe
for the information and guidance Of all con-
cerned.
u B.8F. DANLEY,
Com'dt Conscripts Dis. Ark.
HEADQR'S BUREAU OF CONSUMPTION,
DEPARTMENT TRaSs-M
Marshall, Texas, May 9th, 1864.
General Orders,
10. 10.
l. So much o. clause ,, of Par III, General
Order No. 9, current series from this Bureau,
as establishes places of rendezvous for the Re-
serve Corps, is hereby rexo ked.
III. The enrolment of the Reserve Corps is
place in charge of the oommandants of the
several States, who will establish places of rem
dvzFous for adjoining counties or parishes at
such points as viii not require of the members
of the carpa more shan three days travel.
The commandants,will have at each rendezvous
a suitable officer to enroll end organize the men
enrolled iato companies; each company to con-
sist of not less than sixty men, rank and file,
for cavalry, and sixty-feur, rank and file, for
infantry. Copies ~ef the muster rolls OF the
companies will be forwarded by the comman
dants to these headquarters, and through this
o1ice TO department. headquarters. In cases
where there are not sufficient men enrolled for
a company, they Will be consolidated with men
from adjaceut rendezvous to form company,
and when there is an excess Of a company or
companies n like consolidation Will be made
Upon the c mpleton of the company organi-
zations, the officers and men will be permitted
to return to their homes. The time for the
enrolment and organization of the corps in the
States of Louisiana and Arkansas is extended
TO the 10th proximo.
III. Enrolling Officers will keep accurate
descriptive lists of all conscripts enrolled by
them, with full particulars of the disposition
made of them; keeping those Of the Reserve
Corps on separate rolls and reports from those
between the ages of IS ami 45. They will,
without delay, make the designations required
by clause 4, of Par. III, General Order No. 8,
and report them to the commanders, who will
transmit copies Of the reports to this Gthce.
". All persons, whether soldiers or con-
scripts who have been or may be detailed from
department headquarters as managers or over
seers of plantations, will comply lmmediately
with the 4th clause of the 10th section of the
Act of Congress of 18th of February last, by
filing in this Office the bond therein required,
executed according to the directions of clause
4, of Par. ". of General Order No. 8. Enrol
ling Officers will promptly report to this Office
the names Of such persons fail to observe
this requirement that their details may be re-
yoked.
V. Persons who have been exempted or de-
tailed as overseers and managers of plantations
by Enroliihg Officers or by orders from this
Bureau, pursuant to the Act of May 1st, 1868,
will also Immediately file, in this office, the
bond required by the Act of 18th February, IN
which case the exemption of those entitled to
exemption under said Act of 18th of February,
will date from 9th April, 1864, and the details
Of such as are not entitled to exemption under
said Act will be extended for twelve months
from said 9th April, and those who fail 10
comply at onee with this requirement viii be
repor ed to this Office by the Enrolling Officers
that their exemptions or details may be re-
vokea
VI The bonds required by the " Par. of
this order. in addition to the other conditions
prescribed by the Statute, will be conditioned
as follows, viz: that the person detailed will
deliver The bacon or pork and beef required by
the law within twelve months from the date of
the detail. and annually thereafter, during its
continuance at such times as the General COM
mandlng the Department may designate, and
those executed pursuant to the Y. Par. will be
conditioned n addition to the other conditions
Of tie Statute, that the exempted or detailed
person will deliver the bacon pork and beef
within twelve months from 9th April ! S63,
and annually thereafter. so long as the exemp-
ton or detail may continue. at such times as
the commanding General may designate. De-
tails and exemptions heretofore of persons as
owners or Cverseers of less than ! 5 able bodied
field hands between the ages of 16 and so years
will expire at the end of twelve mouths from
9Th April last.
VII. The bonds given pursuant to the two
preceding paragraphs, must be accompanied
with the affdavits of the exempted or detailed
person. stating the nunaber of slaves ON the
plantation or plantations they were exempted
or detailed to oversee, between the ages of 16
and 90; whether they in the field or not,
and applications for exemption under the Act
eff 18th CT February; must also state distinctly
the number Of such slaves the plantation.
VIII. Al persons detailed as agriculturalists
on the ground of public necessity under the
said Act Of 18th February, are subjected to
empted by the Act as owners or overseers of
slaves.
TX. All bonds given by owners, overseers,
and agriculturalists must be acknowledged by
the obligors before the clerk of the county or
parish and the sureties must make affidavit
before said clerk, that they jointly have prop
erJy subject to forced sale to the value of the
penalty of the bonds, and over and above their
individual liabilities, which facts the clerk
must certify under his hand and official seal.
y General Order No. II, last series from
ibis Bureau, is hereby revoked
Bv command Of
Brig. Gen. GREER.
". SrEDMAN, 4. 4. Gen. I14-3