GENERAL ORDERS, 
NO. 116. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Hashington, June 17, 1865. 
Enlisted men of the Veteran Reserve Corps who, if they had remained 
in the volunteer regiments from which they were transferred to the 
Veteran Reserves, would, under existing orders, now be entitled to 
muster out of service, will be so discharged, provided that no man shall 
be mustered out who desires to serve his full term. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.