Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, > 
No. 7L 5 
Richmond, September 26, 1862. 
I. All persons who have made application for appointments in the 
Ordnance Corps since the meeting of the present Congress, will present 
themselves for examination by the Board of Officers convened by General 
Order No. 68, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, as soon as prac- 
ticable. 
11. Adjourned meetings of the Board will hereafter be held convenient 
to the Head Quarters of the armies in the field, for the examination of 
officers who are acting but have not been commissioned. 
111. Those who pass the examination at the present session of the 
Board, will be arranged for appointments as Captains, First and Second 
Lieutenants, according to merit, and the appointments will be made from 
the head of the list. 
IV. All officers on duty in the Ordnance Corps will hereafter be exam- 
ined before promotion. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.