(iKNKUAL ORDERS, i       WAR DEPARTMENT,
                   \            Adjutant General's Office,
     No.  247.      )                  Washington, July ^J, \W.).
  Section b of the  Act of March 3, 1863, entitled "An act to promote
the efficiency of the Corps of Engineers, &c," reads thus:
  Sf.c. 8.  And be it further enacted, That the Officers of the Medical
Department shall unite with the line  officers of the  army, under such
rules and regulations as shall be prescribed  by the Secretary of War,
in supervising the cooking within the same, as  an important sanitary
measure;  and that said  Medical Department shall  promulgate to its
officers such  regulations and instructions as may tend to insure the
proper preparation of the ration  of the soldier.
  To  meet the requirements of this  enactment, the words '"attended
by  the Senior Medical Officer  of his command," in paragraph iJ(i,
Kegulations 1861,  will be inserted after the word "regiment," in the
last sentence but one, so as to  make that sentence  read thus: "The
Commanding Officer of the Post or Eegiment, attended by the Senior
Medical Officer of his command, will make frequent inspections of the
kitchens or messes;"  and the following will be added thereto: "The
Medical Officer will submit his suggestions for improving the cooking,
in writing, to the Commanding Officer."
  BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF  WaK:
                                         E. D. TOWNSEND,
                                      Assistant Adjutant General.