GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 47. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, April 26, 1862. 
When the care of sick and wounded soldiers is assumed by the States 
from which they come, the Subsistence Department will commute their 
ration at twenty-five cents. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.