GENERAL ORDERS, 
NO. 96. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, March 10, 1864. 
Arms and Camp Equipage of Furloughed Regiments. 
1. When veteran volunteer regiments are sent on furlough, the men 
of the regiments who go home will take their arms and accoutrements 
with them to the State rendezvous, where they will be left in store 
until the regiment assembles again at the expiration of its furlough. 
2. The Superintendent of the Recruiting Service will detail as many 
reliable regimental officers as may be necessary to remain at the rendez- 
vous in charge of the arms and accoutrements thus left, and will imme- 
diately report to the Adjutant General the names of the officers detailed. 
They will receive their furloughs after the regiment returns to the ren- 
dezvous. 
3. The officers detailed to take charge of this property will be held 
strictly accountable that it is preserved in good order. They will ex- 
change invoices and receipts for the same, on which the condition of 
each article will be noted, and will make a special return of it to the 
Adjutant General, on which the regiments and companies to whom it 
belongs will be specified. 
4. At the expiration of the furlough granted the regiment, the arms 
and accoutrements will again be turned over to the regimental and com- 
pany officers, who should be responsible for them when in the hands of 
the men 5 and they will be responsible that when the men return to the 
Army, their arms and accoutrements shall return with them in service- 
able condit’ou. . 
5. This order is not intended to apply to men furloughed as individuals 
when their regiments do not re-eDlist, who will turn in their arms and 
accoutrements to the officer responsible therefor before they leave their 
companies. 
6. The camp and garrison equipage of a furloughed regiment will be 
properly cared for until its return, according to orders which may be 
given by the commanders in the field. 
order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
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