GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 98. 
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, November 13, 1861. 
1.. Where the troops desire it, Commanding Officers may make 
requisition upon the Subsistence Department for Tilden’s pure extract 
of coffee, in lieu of the sugar and coffee rations. It -will he issued at 
the rate of one gallon of the extract to the one hundred rations. 
11.. The insane of the military service are entitled to ti’eatment in 
the Government Hospital established in this city. To protect, how- 
ever, their own interests, as well as those of the Government, it is 
prescribed by the Secretary of War ; that to procure admission into 
the Hospital, application must be made to the Adjutant General, 
setting forth the name, rank, company, and regiment of the patient, 
with a certificate from the surgeon of the regiment as to the duration 
of the insanity, and whether insane before enlistment. It will like- 
wise be accompanied by the descriptive list of the soldier, and copies 
of his pay, and clothing accounts. The application should precede 
the arrival of the soldier in this city by al least one day, that the 
signature of the Secretary of War may be obtained to the paper au- 
thorizing admission into the Hospital, and that the patient may not 
have to wait in the streets dining that time. 
On the departure of the patient from his station, the Command- 
ing Officer will give such orders, to the person in charge, as will pro- 
vide for the transportation of the necessary attendants, to the institu- 
tion and back again to their post, and for their subsistence, either in 
kind, or by commutation, during their absence. 
To procure the release of a patient, when cured, or for delivery to 
his friends, application must again be made to the Adjutant General, 
who will procure the necessary authorization, and also cause a state- 
ment of his accounts to be made and delivered to him. 
command of Major Gfnekal McClellan 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General