The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-18
Washington News,

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Presi
dent has approved the joint resolution
authorizing and directing the Secretary
of War to take immediate measures Ia
preserve from desecration the graves OF
the soldiers of the United States who
fell in battle OF died of disease con.
tracted in the field, aud in the hospital
during the war of the rebellion, to So
cure snitable places in which they may
be properly inferred and to have the
ground enclosed SO the resting places of
| the houored dead may be kept sacred fof
ever.
The following official order has just
been issued in relation to the pay and
transportation allowed to officers mus
tered ont of the volunteer service:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, :
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1866
First-Oficers of the regular army
who are mustered ont of service under
commission as volunteers, will be allow,
ed full pay and allowances of their grade
in the regular army during the time
they are authorized to delay joining
their regiments or companies subsequent
to their muster out of the volunteer ser
vice, except in case when they receive
leaves of absence in ordinary form on
their. own application, when the usual
regulations will apply which govern pay
and allowances of officers on leave.
Second-Such officers when not fur
nished transportation in kind will be
allowed mileage from the place where
they are mustered ont of the volunteer
service to the station of their regiments
or companies, or place where first assign
ed to duty after muster out
Third-OfficeIs of the volunteer ser
vice, including the Veteran Reserve
corps, when mustered out of service or
relieved from duty, or ordered to their
homes to await further orders, are emit
tied to transportation allowance from
from the place where they are first re.
lieved from duty to the place where
they were first mustered into the United
States service
Fourth--The officers 10 the volunteer
servicet ordered to their homes pre-
paratory to being mustered out of the.
service, are considered as changing by
station, and entitled to the allowances
provided for in paragraph |, ,l13 Revised
Army Regulations By order of the
Secretary of War
(Signed) Z d. TOWNSEND,
Asst Adjt General
The Commissioner of internal Reve-
nue. has issued circular concerning the
re-manufacturing of tobacco as follows
By direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury the privilege of the re-working
or re manufacturing of old damaged
tobacco with the payment of duties only
upon the increased weight. which, by
the late Circular Of the CommissioDer of
Internal RevelY6, was limited ITO the
18th day of~4pril, 1866, is hereby ex-
tended to all parties now engaged in the
business and having stock on hand,
purchased with special reference to re-
working the same, until the first day Of
May, proximo But no tobacco pur-
chased on or after the 18th day of April
will be allowed to be re-worked without
the payment of the same rates of duty
as like description of tobacco made from
new material.
The Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at New York, philadelphia and
Boston, and the designated depository
at Baltimore. have today been instruct
ed b. the Secretary of the Treasury to
discontinue receiving deposits, on ac
count of temporary loans for Clearing
House purposes at five per cent per an
mum. on aud after May lst, iSGG, from
which date all certificates Of outstand-
ing and unpaid will carry four per cent
interest per annum on said first of May
and, until further notice said Asss
tant Treasurars ana designated depos-
itories will receive such deposits in law
ful money, and issue therefor Claarings
House certificates, payable on demand
in legal tender notes, with interest at
foT,r ,,ur ,ant nor anun,n