The evening times., 1898-09-22
CIVIL WAR RECORDS.
Publication OF omcinI Documents to
Re ExpPdited.


An important order relative to the
publication of the records of the war OF
the rebellion was issued yesterday aft
ernoon by Acting Secretary of War g.
D. Meiklejohn. The order follows:
War Department.
Washington. Sept. q. 1925
"Orders: The publication OF the official
records OF the war of the rebellion must
be completed without further unnecessa-
ry delay on the part of this department
With this end in view, the officer III
charge of the War Records Office Is di-
rected to make such assignment OF dn-
ties among the various employees OF the
office as will, in his judgment, result In
sending to the Public Printer, with the
least possible delay, the matter that re-
mains to be printed. Any order that mas
heretofore been issued assigning any per-
son to the charge of any particular
branch of the work is hereby revoked
THE act approved July 1. 1888 tsundry
civiD. in the section making approprla-
ton for continuing the publication OF the
official records of the Union and Conted-
crate armies, provides that no part OF
this appropriation shall be expended Tor
the compensation of any person not actu-
ally and necessarily employed in the said
work of preparation, publication ana us
tribution' AS much of the appropriation
for the War Records Office as can De
made available for putting the remaining
volumes in type will be used for that pur-
nose and no portion of the appropriation
will be expended for the compensation OF
any person whose employment IS not aD-
soIutely necessary. The officer in charge
will be held responsible for the strict
enforcement of this requirement., and,
whenever, in his Judgment, the services
of any employe become unnecessary he
will report the facts in the case 10 the
Secretary of War.
The order of July II. 1897. limiting the
second prisoners of War; series TO eight
volumes, will be adhered to unless further
progress in the work shall demonstrate
that this cannot be done without the eX-
clusion of matter that is pertinent 10
the SERIES is clearly of historical value
and comes within the terms OF existing
law authorizing and governing the publ
cation of the official records OF the
Union and Confederate armies. The fol-
lowing rules will govern the publication
of all matter that has not heretofore been
published as a part of this series:
mo matter will be included. except
that relative to military prisoners, or
prisoners arrested by the military author
tiles, and except correspondence con-
Quoted by the military authorities or
agents of exchange concerning the treat
ment or exchange of prisoners, or kim
dred subjects.
"No paper that Is not clearly record
of the Union or Confederate army, and
no record kept by or pertaining to the
operations of any department other than
the War Department, will be included
Nothing that has been printed, or
should be printed, in any other series
of the publication will be duplicated. pro-
vided that the duplication can be avoid
ed. with a saving OF space, by the use of
notes in brackets, or footnotes. showing
where the matter in question can be
found.
Nothing relative TO any individual will
| be included, unless he be very distin-