UENERA1. ORDERS, 
No. 59. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, August 17, 1861. 
1.. much of Paragraph 3, of Special Orders, No. 185, from this 
Office, dated July 12, 1861, as relates to the allowances of female 
nurses employed in permanent or general hospitals, is hereby 
rescinded ; and such persons will receive, from and after the 3d 
instant, 40 cents per day and one ration in kind or by commutation, 
at. cost, price, in lieu of all emolumenls except transportation in 
kind. 
11.. minimum standard of height for recruits is fixed at five 
feet three inches, instead of five feet four and a half inches, as 
heretofore established. 
111.. officer of the Army will immediately report his 
address to this Office, and thereafter every change of address, no 
matter whether permanent or temporary. 
IV...All volunteers in the service of the United States will be 
mustered for pay at the end of the present month, and at the end 
of every two months thereafter. 
One copy of the pay roll will be forwarded to the Adjutant. Gene- 
ral, two given to the paymaster of the district, and the fourth one 
filed with the records of the company or detachment mustered. 
order : 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
OFFICIAL: 
Assistant Adjutant General.