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AFFECTING

THE VOLUNTEER FORCE.

United States-

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.

1863.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1864.

885720 U.S.5415.17

U S.5415.12.11

1875, Jan. 4.
Gift of

Nicholas St. John Green,

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

NOTE-The figures refer to the number of the orders; the dates, to circulars and orders

not dated.

ABSENTEES. (See STRAGGLERS).

l'ublishes proclamation of the President warning all, without leave, to re-
turn to duty; all complying on or before April first to escape punish-
ment, except forfeiture of pay for period of absence; delinquents to be
treated as deserters, rend zvous for, established, (See Rendezvous);
to be sent to their regiments; list of men so sent to be forwarded to the
regimental commander and a duplicate to the Adjutant General, to whom
Commanders will report receipt of men.

....

....

46

.58

Officers who are, without leave, may, on conviction, be reduced to the
ranks to serve for three years or the war .....
.... [VI] 73
On detached service, sick, or paroled, to be furnished transportation to
the place where their regiment is to be mustered out (See TRANSPOR-
TATION)

..108

Transportation to their, regiments furnished, by provost marshals to be re-
ported to the men's company commander (See TRANSPORTATION).......179

ACCOUNTS.

..[I] 40
[VII] 73

In settling, of officers for clothing and other military supplies, affidavits
of such officers may be received (See AFFIDAVIT)....
Advance bounty paid enlisted men discharged before expiration of service
to be allowed in settlement of Paymasters', (See BOUNTY)
For transportation furnished drafted militia under General Orders No. 121,
of 1862, to be settled regardless of mode of conveyance
Publishes rules established for the rendition of the Quartermaster's De-
partment's; vouchers and, to be rendered monthly--Forms No. 10 to 22
and 48 to 50, Revised Regulations; monthly, to be made in duplicate;
copies--how disposed of.

102

165

Payment of, presented through agents or collectors, forbidden, except on a
regular power of at orney (See DISBURSING OFFICERS).
.......... 208
Repels regulations governing payment of, presented by agents............280
ACCOUTREMENTS.

Volunteer regiments leaving the field at expiration of term of service al-
lowed to take their arms and, to place of discharge, if their officers as-
sume the responsibility (See ARMS).......

....

.111

Of men transferred to the Invalid Corps may be sent with them or not, at
the discretion of the corps commander.

173

ACTS OF CONGRESS. (See RESOLUTIONS)

An act to facilitate the discharge of disabled soldiers from the army, and
the inspection of convalescent camps and hospitals, approved December
27, 1852

An act to improve the organization of the cavalry forces, approved Janu-
ary 6, 1833.

3

An act to increase the clerical and other force of the Quartermaster Gen-
eral's office, and for other purposes, approved February 7, 1863
An act to authorize the raising of a volunteer force for the better defe.ce
of Kentucky, approved February 7, 1833......
An act to provid for the protection of overland emigrants to the States
and Territories of the Pacific, approved February 7, 1853..................................[III] 40

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[I] 40
..[1] 40

ACTS OF CONGRESS--Continued.

.....[II] 40

An act to provide for the protection of overland emigrants to the States
and Territories of the Pacific, approved February 7, 1863......
An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year
ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and for a
deficiency for the signal service for the year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, approved February 9, 1863
An act to promote the efficiency of the Commissary Department, approved
February 9, 1863....

[IV] 40

•[V] 40

..[II] 73

An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial
expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, and for other purposes, approved February 25, 1863 ..........
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent members of Congress
and officers of the government of the United States from taking consid-
erations for procuring contracts, office, or place, from the United States,
and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1863.
An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the government of the United
States, approved March 2, 1863

.[II] 73

..[IV] 73

An act to authorize an increase in the number of major generals and briga-
dier generals for forces in the service of the United States, approved
March 2, 1863

[V] 73
.[VI]

An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other pur-
poses, approved March 3, 1853..
An act to promote the efficiency of the Corps of Engineers and of the
Ordnance Department, and for other purposes, approved March 3,
1863......

..[VII] 73

An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the govern-
ment for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
and for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and six-
ty-three, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1853
An act relating to habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceedings in
certain cases, approved March 3, 1853..

..[VII] 73

[XI] 73
[XII] 73

An act to authorize the brevetting of volunteer and other officers in the
United States service, approved March 3, 1863.....

An act for the relief of certain persons who have performed the duties of
assistant surgeons in regiments of cavalry, approved March 3, 1863..[XIII] 73
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the employment of
volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property,"
approved July twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved
March 3, 1863

...

[XIV] 73

An act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and for the
prevention of frauds in insurrectionary districts within the United
States, approved March 12, 1863...

ADJUTANTS.

...[XVI 73

Regimental, in the field allowed candles at the rate of ten pounds per

month

......102

Of volunteer cavalry and infantry regiments to be extra lieutenants........110
AFFIDAVIT.

Of the commander of a company may be received in settling his accounts
for clothing and other military supplies in lieu of lost vouchers, may be
accepted by the Secretary of War without other evidence..............
AFRICANS.
(See SLAVES)

.[1] 40

President authorized to cause the enlisment of, as under-cooks (See
COOKS)

[VII] 73

Enli ted under the act of July 17, 1862, to be paid $10 per month, ($3 of
which may be a clothing) and to receive one ration per day.
Publishes order of the President for the protection of, in the United States
AGENT. (See AGENTS)

service.

.....

.163

.....252

........227

Announces Brigadier General S. A. Meredith as, for the exchange of pris-
oners of war..........................................................

AGENTS. See AGENT.)

Provisions of the law to prevent members of Congress from taking con-
sideration for procuring contracts, office, or place, to be construed as
embracing, of the government

....

....

[LV] 73

[XV] 73

• [III] 73
No, of banking or other commercial corporation or members of any mer-
cantile or trading firm allowed to act as agents or officers of the govern-
ment for the transaction of business with such corporation or firm; of-
fenders, on conviction, to be fined not more than $2,000 nor less than
$500, and imprisoned not, exceeding two years....
For the collection of abandoned or captured property to be appointed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, (See TREASURY); to give bonds for faith-
ful performance of duty; to give receipts for all property turned over to
them (See PROPERTY)
Payment of accounts presented by, forbidden except on a regular power
of attorney (See DISBURSING OFFICERS).
Repeals regulation governing payment of claims presented by,........
Deserted and abandoned houses, tenements, lands, and plantations in in-
surrectionary States within the military lines, and not required for mili-
tary purposes, to be hereafter under the control of special, of the Trea-
sury Department; officers of the army to afford such, all necessary aid....331
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Attached to general officers not exercising a command to join their regi-
ments; additional, in similar position to report by letter to the Adjutant
General..

208

.....280

Volunteer, to report monthly by letter to the Adjutant General (See RE-
PORTS)..

ALABAMA.

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200

....244

Publishes proclamation of the President declaring the State of, in rebel-
lion (See SLAVES, PROCLAMATION)..........
ALLOTMENT COMMISSIONERS.
Appointed by the Governor of New York recognized by the War Depart-

ment

AMMUNITION.

Transportation for, to be in proportion to the amount to be carried.
Modifies President's order prohibiting the exportation of, from the United
States (See ARMS).....

..1

....166

.274

Regulate mode of making, for admission into the Invalid Corps by officers
and men honorably discharged for wounds or disease
APPOINTMENTS.

.......300

APPLICATIONS.

.....105

[VIII] 73

Of officers in the Signal Corps may be made during the recess of Congress
to allow for their thorough examination; to be submitted to the Senate
at their next session (See SIGNAL CORPS)....
Of non-commissioned officers of volunteer companies cannot be made
before the muster of the company is completed. (See MUSTER)..
Records of, as veterinary surgeon of cavalry to be kept in the Adjutant
General's office (See CAVALRY BUREAU, VETERINARY SURGEONS)....
Announces, in the regular and volunteer forces
APPROPRIATIONS.

.239

..259
..........316

For the protection of emigrants by the overland routes to the States and
Territories of the Pacific
.[[IT] 40
..[IV] 40

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For the support of the army................................................................................................
Public printing......

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Payment of bounties and advance pay.......................................................................

ARKANSAS.

Publishes proclamation of the President declaring the State of, in rebel-
lion (See SLAVES, REBELLION)..

.400

.400

ARMIES.

Office of Military Governor of, abolished; revokes appointments of J. S.
Phelps as governor and A. F. Eno as secretary

..1

.211

General and other officers newly promoted to remain in their respective,
unless otherwise ordered

..70

Commanders of, to report weekly to the Adjutant General vacancies to be
filled in consolidated regiments; reports-how made. (See REPORTS).......85

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