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3. Officers and soldiers of the Sixth Va. Vol. Infantry: having been appointed your surgeon, and bearing in mind that it is the number of bayonets in the field, and not names on the muster roll, is the strength of an army, I come among you to give such advice for your camp life as may best preserve your health and promote your efficiency : to secure which the observance of the following rules are necessary and will be required

9. Letter from the acting Surgeon General to the Secretary of War: advising the institution of a commission, to be styled "A commission of inquiry and advice in respect of the sanitary interests of the United States forces" : together with a draft of the powers asked from the government, and of the objects sought by the proposed commission : also the order for the commission by the Secretary of War, and its approval by the President