Publishes, for the care of field-works and the government of their garri-
Publishes, established in regard to musters in and out of service (See COM-
MISSARIES OF MUSTERS, MUSTERS, ROLLS)......
Publishes, respecting commercial intercourse with insurrectionary States
and collection of captured and abandoned property...
Publishes, to facilitate payment in individual cases and to discharged sol-
diers of the premium and advance bounty (See BOUNTY)..
Amends paragraph 1385, General,..
Modifies paragraphs 931, 933, and 934, Revised General,....
Modifies paragraph 156, General,.
Amends paragraph 116, General,
Publishes, for government of troops on board of transports; copy of, to be
placed in a conspicuous position on board every chartered or purchased
transport.
Amends paragraph 156, General, (edition of 1861)..
Modifies paragraph 1106, General,.
Amends paragraph 1420, General, (edition of 1863) 1389, (edition of 1861)....368
REMUSTER.
Publishes rules to govern, of men as Veteran Volunteers (See COMMISSA-
RIES OF MUSTERS); payments on discharge and those due on, to be
made in full and at the same time immediately after remuster.......
Publishes rules to govern, of six-months troops (See COMMISSARIES OF
MUSTERS); payments on discharge and those due on, to be made in full
and at the same time immediately after remuster....... ..... December 23
RENDEZVOUS.
Designates, at which soldiers absent without leave may report prior to
April 1, 1863; Commanders of, to cause names of men so reporting to
be enrolled (See ABSENTEES, ROLLS)
Drafted men arriving at, to be carefully examined by the Surgeon of the
Board (Sce BOARD OF ENROLMENT); allowed travelling expenses from
place of residence; discharged from, entitled to same allowances to
their homes..
Announces, for drafted men from the States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Penn-
sylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Ohio (See MAINE, &c.); Com-
mandants of, to be informed of number of men required for each State
regiment; to prepare the several detachments and put them in route
(See DRAFTED MEN, DEPARTMENTS)..
Superintendents of the Volunteer Recruiting Service to arrange with the
Governors as to points of, for Veteran Volunteers returning from furlough
(See RECRUITING SERVICE)..
.. December 15
Mustering, Disbursing, Recruiting officers, and Superintendents of the Vol-
unteer Recruiting Service required to make a tri-monthly, of stragglers
collected and sent to camps of rendezvous (Se STRAGGLERS).
Monthly, of deserters to be made in the form of descriptive lists; to be
forwarded whether desertions have taken place or not; to be duplicated;
copies-how disposed of..
Of Commissioners to examine claims of officers and men actually em-
ployed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri, to be
made within six months from February 16, 1863.
Of vacancies to be filled in consolidated regiments to be separate for each
State; to embrace name, rank, and regiment of party creating the va-
cancy; date and cause thereof, and number; date and source of order,
if one has issued in the case..
Of Examining Boards for the Signal Corps to give name, rank, regiment,
&c., of persons examined, grade for which recommended, and recent
standing; of the principal Board to be sent to the Secretary of War
through the Signal Officer; of auxiliary Boards to pass through regular
military channel (See BOARD).....
Of Board examining candidates for appointment in the colored troops to
specify grade of commission for which each candidate is fit.....
Monthly, of officers of the Quartermaster's Department to be furnished
direct to the Quartermaster General; personal, to give address and na-
ture of duties performed since last report
Weekly, of Commissaries of Musters to give name, rank, and regiment of
party creating a vacancy, with date and cause thereof; if orders have
issued in the case, to give number, date, and source.
Of deserters called for by General Orders No. 72 of 1863 to be promptly
and regularly forwarded; monthly, to embrace only desertions which
have taken place within the month...
Weekly, of proceedings of Boards for examination of candidates for the
Signal Corps to be forwarded to the Secretary of War through the Chief
of the Corps; special, at end of examination to be made to the Central
Board in Washington, and exhibit relative standing of each officer in the
grade for which examined...
Copies of inspection, of Cavalry troops to be sent to the Cavalry Bureau....235
Of inspection of Cavalry troops-how made...
General officers to make a monthly, of all aides-de-camp attached to their
staff; monthly personal, of General and General Staff officers to State-
if on duty, its nature, and by whose order they are so placed-if not on
duty, for what cause, and by whose authority absent..
Monthly inspection, by Medical Inspectors-how made; special, to be
made by them whenever the action of Heads of Bureaus is required;
plans and estimates of quantities and cost to accompany such special, ....308
Of Superintendents of the Volunteer Recruiting Service, upon assembling
of Veteran Volunteers at the rendezvous, to give strength of command;
number of recruits obtained for it during the furlough to be stated sepa-
rately.
May be appointed by Judge Advocates of Military Courts to record pro-
ceedings and testimony; to be sworn or affirmed; proceedings and evi-
dence may be taken in first instance in short-hand.."
Phonographic, allowed, when employed, not exceeding $10 per day and
actual travelling expenses, should place of meeting of the court be
changed; only to be employed in cases of importance, and when the
Judge Advocate shall be unable to take down the testimony in the
ordinary way...................
For clothing for drafted men to be made by the Provost Marshal General....112
For horses for the cavalry service-how made.....
RESIGNATIONS.
Of disbursing officers not to be approved before all moneys and property
in their hands are properly turned over; fact to be noted on, and re-
ported to the chief of the proper staff department; of volunteer officers
to be accepted only on proof that they have made all prescribed returns,
and are not indebted for ordnance property....
Applications of quartermasters, cominissaries, or paymasters for change
of station or relief from assignment on score of ill health considered as
tender of,; applicants to be mustered out as in cases of accepted,
RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. (Sec ACTS.)
Joint resolution to revive "An act to secure to the officers and men ac-
tually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Mis-
scuri, their pay, bounty, and pensions, and for other purposes." Ap-
proved February 16, 1863
[1] 73
A resolution to facilitate the payment of sick and wounded soldiers in the
hospitals and convalescent camps. Approved March 3, 1863
..[[X] 73
A resolution giving the thanks of Congress to Major General William S.
Rosecrans, and the officers and men under his command, for their gal-
lantry and good conduct in the battle of Murfreesborough, Tennessee.
Approved March 3, 1853..
Joint resolution of thanks to Major General Ulysses S. Grant, and the
officers and soldiers who have fought under his command during this
rebellion, and providing that the President of the United States shall
RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS- Continued.
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cause a medal to be struck to be presented to Major General Grant in the
name of the people of the United States. Approved December 17, 1863...398
Joint resolution to supply, in part, deficiencies in the appropriation for the
public printing, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for
bounties to volunteers. Approved December 23, 1863
Property, to be forwarded direct to the Quartermaster General; those to
be rendered monthly are: Forms 1 to 9, 23 to 45, and 51 to 52, Revised
Regulations; to be duplicated, except Nos. 23 and 51, which are to be
made in triplicate; copies-how disposed of..........
Monthly, of regiments and independent commands to state number of
officers and men transferred to the Invalid Corps; corps commanders to
consolidate and enter this information in their monthly,
Monthly, of deserters to give also names of men joined from desertion.......363
Recruiting officers to forward monthly property, to the superintendent or
chief mustering and disbursing officer.
For the arrest and delivery of deserters increased to $10..
For arrest and delivery of deserters fixed at $30; to include all ex-
penses incurred; to be reported by the disbursing officer to the man's
company commander, and to the authority competent to order his trial....325
RHODE ISLAND.
New Haven, Connecticut, announced as a rendezvous for drafted men
from the State of,....
Committed by persons in military service triable by military courts in
time of war, rebellion, or insurrection; punishment not to be less than
that inflicted by the laws of the State or Territory in which the offence
was committed....
Three copies of the muster-in and four of the muster-out, to accompany
daily reports made by assistants to the Commissary of Musters; the
latter to forward one copy of the, direct to the Adjutant General; no
muster-out, to be furnished where an officer or enlisted man is dis-
charged in orders; musters-in and musters-out to be made on separate,;
to be made for each new grade, as well as when enlisted men or civil-
ians are commissioned; officers and men of different companies or
regiments not to be mustered in or out on the same,; no person to be
taken up on any muster until mustered in, unless appointed or com-
missioned by the President....
Of absentees reporting at rendezvous to be forwarded to the Adjutant
General (See ABSENTEES, RENDEZVOUS)
Of invalid detachments to show the company and regiment to which each
man belongs (See INVALID DETACHMENTS)
Regimental commanders to make out, of officers and men qualified for the
Invalid Corps; to be certified by them and the examining surgeons;
column of remarks on,-how filled; of men under control of medical
officers to be made out by the latter; to be sent through the regular
channel to the Provost Marshal General (See INVALID CORPS).
Chaplains mustered into service to be borne on the field and staff, of their
re-pective regiments
Commanders of convalescent camps and invalid detachments, and sur-
geons in charge of hospitals, to send, of men for the Invalid Corps to
the Provost Marshal General as soon as made out; of officers and men
for the Invalid Corps to be sent to corps commanders by commanding
officers of regiments, batteries, independent companies, and detach-
ments; after transfer of men to be forwarded to the Provost Marshal
General
Of inen for the Invalid Corps to state nature of disability and class for
which each man is qualified; in General hospitals and convalescent
camps to be sent to the Provost Marshal General after each muster......212
ROLLS (Muster.)
82, 163, 323, December 12
ROLLS (Muster and Descriptive.)
(See MUSTER AND DESCRIPTIVE ROLLS)...
(See MUSTER-IN ROLLS)..110, 163, 359, 376, December 8, December 12, December 23
Announces, to be observed in all musters-in or out.....
Publishes, to govern boards for examination of candidates for commis-
sions in the Ordnance Corps of a grade not higher than captain..
Announces, prescribed for guidance of boards for examination of appli-
cants for commissions in the colored troops..
Publishes, established for the rendition of accounts of the Quartermas-
ter's Department (See QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT).
Allowed to companies of volunteer cavalry-one to each..
SADDLER SERGEANTS.
To receive same pay as regimental commissary sergeants......
Allowed to regiments of Volunteer Cavalry-one to each..................110
No money to be paid as, in any office not authorized by law or to which
such sanction shall not subsequently be given (See TREASURY).......[IV] 40
Order of the President for any, during present rebellion to bar proceedings
against officers for such acts.......
Order of the President for any, during present rebellion to bar proceedings
against officers for such acts....
Inventory of goods to be made in all cases of, (See INVENTORY); officers
making, held accountable for the goods until disposed of as directed by
the War Department
SERVICE CHEVRONS.
War Department to furnish, to be worn by Veterán Volunteers........
Paymaster General to take immediate measures for the prompt payment
of, and wounded soldiers
Respecting transportation of private physicians and nurses to attend, and
wounded soldiers (See TRANSPORTATION)..
SIGNAL CORPS. (See SIGNAL OFFICERS.)
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Announces organization of the,; officers of the, to receive pay and emolu-
ments of Cavalry Olleers of same grades; one sergeant and six men to
be enlisted or detailed for each officer of the, (See ENLISTED MEN); no
officer allowed to serve in the, until after examination and approval by
a Board (See BOARD); army officers appointed in the, to be returned-
after present rebellion-to their respective corps and regiments with
same rank as if they had continued therein; appointments of officers in
the, may be made during recess of Congress (See APPOINTMENTS) ..[VIII] 73
A Military Board to assemble in Washington city for the examination of
officers in the,; Colonel and two Majors of the, to be appointed; Majors
of the, to be Presidents of Auxiliary Boards (Sce BOARD); only tempo-
rary appointments to be made in the, until reports of the revising Board
have been approved by the Secretary of War: Commanders of Army
Corps and Departments authorized to transfer men on signal duty to the,
(See ENLISTED MEN); officers and men now on signal duty failing in
their examination to be returned to their regiments or discharged if re-
tained under General Orders No. 92 of 1863; recruiting for the-how con-
ducted (See RECRUITING SERVICE); enlisted men of the, re-enlisting for
one or two years entitled to bounty provided by section 18 of act of
March 3, 1853
Duties of Signal Officers to be performed by officers of the, or others
specially detailed
Chief of the, to detach five Captains of the Corps to report at the head-
quarters of the Departments of North Carolina, South, Gulf, Cumber-
land, and Tennessee; prescribes regulations for the examination of
acting signal officers and candidates for appointment in the,; applica-
tions for examination-how made (See BOARD).
SIGNAL OFFICERS. (See SIGNAL CORPS.)
Chief, in each Army Corps or Department authorized to complete their
parties by enlistment of approved candidates; upon recommendation of
examining Board to appont sergeants and designate privates of the first
and second class subject to approval of the Chief of the Corps
Acting Chief, of Arinies and Departments authorized to appear before
examining Board in Washington city upon obtaining permission of their
respective Commanding Generals
Duties of, to be performed by officers of the Corps or others specially de-
tailed; limited number of officers and men may be detailed for in-
struction; no detail for service to be made until after the officers and men
have passed a satisfactory examination (See BOARD); incompent or in-
experienced officers not permitted to transmit messages; communica-
tions by signals always confidential; senior officer of any command to
be chief of the signal parties in that command; duties of chief, defined...139
Communications transmitted by, always confidential
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Announces rates at which field glasses belonging to the, will be charged
to officers losing the same....
Officers and men on, whose term expires before they can be examined
may be retained in service
Publishes proclamation of the President declaring free the, held within the
States and parts of States enumerated; thus freed enjoined to refrain
from violence and to labor for reasonable wages; will be received in
the armed service of the United States......
Publishes proclamation of the President declaring the State of, in rebellion
(See PROCLAMATION, SLAVES)...
SPECIAL SERVICE.
Details for, to be made only with consent of the commander of the forces
in the field; enlisted men on, not entitled to extra pay.............
Death penalty awarded, may be carried into execution upon approval of
the Commanding General in the field; in time of war, triable by military
courts; on conviction, to suffer death.........................
•[VI] 73
Added to the articles furnished voulnteer recruits (See RECRUITING SERVICE).366
Officers on the, of General officers not exercising a command to join their
regiments if company others; officers of the general, in similar position
to report by letter to the Adjutant General
Officers of the general, to report monthly by letter to the Adjutant General
(See REPORTS)..
Secretary of, to furnish list of all political prisoners confined by order of
the President, acting through the State Department, to Judges of Circuit
and District Courts (See DISTRICT COURTS)
..[XI] 73
STATE COURTS.
Prescribes rules to govern removal of civil or criminal suits against civil or
military officers for acts done by order of the President or under
authority of law from, to United States Circuit Courts; within six
months after final judgment in, cases may be removed by appeal to the
next United States Circuit Court (See SUITS)
Applications of quartermasters, commissaries, or paymasters for change
of, or relief from assignment on score of ill health considered as tender
of resignation (See RESIGNATIONS)
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