GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 70. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, June 20, 1862. 
The following Act of Congress is published for the information and 
government of all concerned: 
AN ACT providing that the officers of volunteers shall be paid on the 
pay-rolls of the regiments or companies to which they belong. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That company officers of 
volunteers shall be paid on the muster and pay-rolls of their company, 
party, or detachment, and not otherwise, except when such officer may 
be on detached service without troops, or on leave of absence. 
Approved June 18, 1862. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.