GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 83. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, July 22, 1862. 
In organizing new Regiments of Volunteers, the subsistence of the 
recruits, prior to the completion of the organization, will be chargeable 
against the appropriation “for collecting, drilling, and organizing 
volunteers.” After the organization of the regiments is completed, 
and they have been inspected by the mustering officer for the State, 
subsistence will be provided by the Subsistence Department. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.