The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-26
DISCHARGES OF
HOSPITAL MEN.
Members Of Regiments Mustered Out
Can Have Them on Request.
SOME NEW REVENUE RULINGS.
Leaf Tobacco Taken from an Original
Package and Pressed. Stcmmcd or
Unstcmmed, is Classcd rs Manu-
featured and Subject TO Tax.

WASHINGTON. NOV. 25-Special-The
secretary % War has caused 10 be issued
the following general orders.
The corp badges prescribed In General
ORDERS. No ~. july ID. ls.>. from this
office are part OF thc uniform of the
Army. and serve as marks 0L Identified
ton the same as the symbols OF the va
Ilous aims or the service and the dir
fercnt staff corps.
"fhe proper badge should be habituaHy
worn as prescribed by an officers ana
enlisted men attached 20 an army corps.
TO wear the badges OF TWO or more army
corps az The same time would defeat the
object OF their use, ant Doe as incOneru-
GUS as TO- man transferred from one
regiment 10 another 10 wear the numbers
and symbOs OF both.
Upon occasions OF ceremony. however,
the badges TO which officers and eOIll- s.
are properly entitled may Doe worn as
prescribed ODD paragraph la3l. Army kesu-
lhtlOns, the badge designating the wear
or g proper corps 10 Doe worn separately
above the line.
RELIEF FOR HOSPITAL MEN.
"Pritates Of the Hospital Corps a.. S.
Army. who have been transferred from
volunteer regiments which ARC Co Doe mus
tered out OF che service. Will. Dr. they so
request. be discharged mot mustered ouU
and furnished final statements as of date
OF the receipt OF the order iu each case
from this Office by the proper officer ur-
der whom they are serving. provided
faithful The applications OF such men
will Doe forwarded by the surgeons com
handing hospitals and ambulance COM
panics through military channels 90 the
Adlus amt General with as little delay
as practicable. Applications for discharge
~ men Of the Hospital Corps who enlist
et IN that corps, or WnOIWere transferred
from regiments stil IN service viii not
De approved except under extraordinary
circumstances In forwarding an appN-
cations for discharge, surgeons Will see
that the date of enlistment or OF trans
fer 10 the Hospital Corps is c0rrestly
stated. with character of the service of
HONORABLE DISCHARGES.
Second Lieutenant VIM. II. Dunn
Fourth Virginia Infantry has resigned
and been hOnOrably discharged.
A discharge has been granted Private
Jacob -. Led5eftor Company II, First
North Carolina Infantry
REVENUE RULINGS.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
has ruled that:
Leaf tobacco taken from the original
package and mOistened and pressed With
am the stems in.. or first stemmet and
then mOistened and pressed. Is reglrded
as q manufactured tobacco ana subject
10 tax when sold or offered Cor sale ana
consumption in the nited states, ana
the person who prepares leaf ioDocca 10
this manner for sale and consumption In
the United States would ne regarded as q
manufacturer of tobacco. ana 1il tobacco
so manufactured although attended oX-
pressly for export would be required 10
De exported m bond from The place OF
/ manufacturc-Lcaf TOBACCO and m4nui1c-
, tured pressed tobacco can not lawfully
be sold 10y a dealer ia leaf tobacco With
ont payment of tax go cOns1mors. CT as
supplies for vessels ENGAGED ln The coast
wise trade OF the United Sti-es.'
Also that
"A member Of q firm who upon its
dissolution. carries on the business him
self without associating any other person
with him therein. is entitled 90 continue
the business under the firm special tax
stamp transferred 10 any other place 10
which ne removes the business
POSTAL NOTES
The pOstOfice at Spoke. Henry county
Va, has been discontinued. The mail
Will be sent TO Stockton.
Fourth-class p0sfmasters were appoint
ed to-day as follows
North CarOhna-Campben.S Stokes conn
ty. W. $. Watkins vice II. G.. Lackev.
removed; Dalas. CASTOR county, g.. r..
Rawlings vice .Nettie :. More removed,
Rathbone Guiford county. Thomas J..
Archer vice q. A. WhitwOrth. resigned.
Walter Wayne county. John IT.. Caldwell
vice y. Il. IaitOn. resigned
virginia Narscdl. Amherst county, ".
:. Gill vice q. g.. Grener resigned.