GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 68. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, June 18, 1862. 
1.. Whenever soldiers are discharged while absent from their com- 
panies, the officers granting the discharge will furnish them with final 
statements for pay, and certificates of discharge. The same officers, 
including Medical Inspectors, will, in all cases, notify the Adjutant 
General and the commanding officer of the company to which the soldier 
belongs, of the date, place, and cause, of such discharge. Certificates 
of disability are never to be given into the hands of the soldier, but 
are to be forwarded to the Adjutant General, after being completed. 
{See paragraphs 167 and 168 General Regulations.) 
11.. The act of February 13, 1862, section 2, published in “ General 
Orders ” No 15, although prohibiting the discharge of minors from the 
service, does not authorize their enlistment or muster into service, 
except with the written consent of their parents, masters, or guardians. 
Such consent must be taken in triplicate, and filed with triplicate 
copies of the muster-in rolls. 
111.. 0.ficers now or hereafter detached from their regiments for 
Signal duty, will report immediately for orders to the Signal Officer 
of the Army; after which they will not he relieved from such duty, 
except by orders from the Adjutant General of the Army. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.