GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 1. 
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, January 6, 1862. 
1.. Transportation by Express Agency being liable to abuse, and 
very expensive, is prohibited by the Secretary of War, on public 
account, except in cases of great emergency. 
11.. The power given in “ General Orders,” Nos. 58 and61, of 1861, 
to Volunteer Officers to muster volunteers into service, is hereby 
revoked. They may, however, receive volunteer recruits into service 
on enlistments. 
By command of Major General McClellan: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.