WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Surgeon General's Office, 
Richmond, August 18, 1862- 
In conformity with paragraph 11, General Orders, No. 53, War Depart- 
ment, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, July 31, 1862, .Medical 
Directors, Chief Surgeons of Division, and Senior Surgeons of Brigade 
are not to be considered a part of the personal staff of their Commanding 
Generals. They are General Staff Officers, and are to be required to 
attend to all the particular duties of their position in the Army, Division, 
or Brigade, and any change of Generals of these commands does not 
involve them. 
Should different armies be consolidated under one commander, the 
Medical Directors of the armies thus absorbed cease to act as such. 
They must report to, and will be governed by the orders of, the Medical 
Director of the Commanding General. 
S. p. MOORE, 
Surgeon General.