Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, GENERAL ORDERS, \ No. 78. 5 Richmond, October 28, 1862. graph Companies as to the propriety of sending a message, will advise I. Commandants of posts, when consulted by officers of the Tele- against it; Ist. When it relates to the movements of troops. 2d. When it relates to the position of particular corps. of the Armies of the Confederate States, or any portion of them, can be 3d. When it gives information from which the movements and strength inferred. or parts of arms and accoutrements, required by paragraph 78 of Ord- 11. The following is published as the schedule of average cost of arms. nance Regulations: Soldiers will be charged for loss on the Muster Rolls, according to this table: Enfield Rifles, . $ 50 00 Rifle Muskets, cal. 58, , 35 00 “ “ “ 69, , 25 00 All other Rifles, with Bayonets, - 30 jPO “ “ without “ » 25 00 Smooth Boro Musket and Bayonet, . 18 00 “ “ Musketoons, - 16 00 Hall’s Carbines, - 15 00 Sharp’s “ - 45 00 AH other Carbines, at valuation, or not to exceed 35 00 Sabres of all sorts, “ “ “ 18 00 Arms, Bayonets, - * $ 5 00 Sabre Bayonets, - - 8 00 Kamrods, - - 8 00 Wiper, Screw Driver, or Ball Screw, • • 1 00 Spring Vice, * - 1 50 Cock Screw* * ■ 1 00 Parts of Arms. 2 Cartridge Box, - - - 2 50 Cap Pouch, - - - 1 00 Waist Belt, - - - 0 75 Shoulder Belt, - - - 1 00 Bayonet Scabbard, - - - 1 00 Sword Belt, - - - 3 00 Accoutrements. 111. General Hospitals are under the authority of the local command- ing officers; but their general management, and the medical officers thereof, should be left to the control of the Senior Surgeon and Medical Director, to be interfered with by the Commanding Officer only in special cases, which will be referred to the Commander of the Department. IV. Inasmuch as the Regulations concerning the issue of commissary stores have been violated by issuing the same to civilians: Hereafter, all issues of subsistence not warranted by the Regulations, are positively prohibited. order, S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.