GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 160. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, October 18, 1862. 
The following regulations are established for Army Trains and 
Baggage: 
1.. There will be allowed— 
For headquarter’s train of an Army Corps, four wagons; of a 
Division or Brigade, three; of a full Infantry Begiment, six; and of 
a Light Artillery Battery or Squadron of Cavalry, three. 
In no case will this allowance be exceeded, but always proportion- 
ably reduced according to the number of officers and men actually 
present. All surplus wagons will be turned over to the Chief Quar- 
termaster to be organized, under direction of the Commanding Generals, 
into supply trains, or sent to the nearest depot. 
The requisite supply trains, their size depending upon the state of 
the roads and character of the campaign, will be organized by the 
Chief Quartermaster, with the approval of the Commanding Generals, 
subject to the control of the War Department. 
11.. The wagons allowed to a regiment, battery, or squadron, must 
carry nothing but forage for the teams, cooking utensils, and rations 
for the troops, hospital stores, and officers’ baggage. One wagon to 
each regiment will transport exclusively hospital supplies, under the 
direction of the Regimental Surgeon; the one for regimental head- 
quarters will carry the grain for the officers’ horses; and the three 
allowed for each battery or squadron, will be at least half loaded with 
grain for their own teams. 
Stores in bulk and ammunition will be carried in the regular or 
special supply trains. 
111.. 1. active campaign, troops must be prepared to bivouac on the 
march, the allowance of tents being limited, as follows: 
For the headquarters of an Army Corps, Division, or Brigade, one 
wall tent to the Commanding General, and one to every two officers of 
his staff. 
For the Colonel, Field, and Staff of a full regiment, three wall tents; 
and for every other commissioned officer, one shelter tent each. 2 
For every two non-commissioned officers, soldiers, officers’ servants, 
and authorized camp followers, one shelter tent. 
One hospital tent will be allowed for office purposes at Corps head- 
quarters, and one wall tent at those of a Division or a Brigade All 
tents beyond this allowance will be left in depot. 
IY.. Officers’ baggage will be limited to blankets, one small valise 
or carpet-bag, and a moderate mess-kit. The men will carry their own 
blankets and shelter tents, and reduce the contents of their knapsacks 
as much as possible. 
The Depot Quartermaster will provide storage for a reasonable 
amount of officers’ surplus baggage, and the extra clothing and knap- 
sacks of the men. 
V--Hospital tents are for the sick and wounded, and, except those 
allowed for Army Corps headquarters, must not be diverted from their 
proper use. 
VI. .Commanding officers will be held responsible for the strict 
enforcement of these regulations, especially the reduction of officers’ 
baggage, within their respective commands. 
VII. On all marches, quartermasters, under the orders of their com- 
manding officers, will accompany and conduct their trains in a way 
not to obstruct the movement of troops. 
VIII. All quartermasters and commissaries will personally attend to 
the reception and issue of supplies for their commands, and will keep 
themselves informed of the condition of the depots, roads, and other 
communications. 
IX. quartermasters and commissaries will report, by letter, on 
the first of every month, to the chiefs of their respective departments, 
at Washington, D. C., their station, and generally the duty on which 
they have been engaged during the preceding month. 
By Command of Major General Halleck: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.