REGULATIONS 
FOR THE 
ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 
18 6 2. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Richmond, March 13, 1862. 
The following Regulations for the .Army of the Confederate States, are. 
blished, by direction of the President, for the government of all con- 
ned. They will accordingly be strictly obeyed, and nothing contrary to 
m will be enjoined or permitted in any portion of the forces of the Con- 
erate States by the officers thereof. 
J. P. BENJAMIN, 
.- - Secretary of War. 
O. RANDOLPH, 
121 MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA. 
1862. ERRATA. 
Paragraph 962. Erase the words "or Chaplain'1 in the 3d line, ar■ 
"officers servants" 15th line. 
Paragraph 964. Erase the word " therein" at the end of the sentence, 
and insert "in the case. The Department commander shall report the 
case and his orders therein to the Quartermaster General.. 
Paragraph 1041. Omit the words "including Chaplains" in last sen- 
tence of the table. 
Paragraph 1020. Insert "beyond the seat of goverment," for " out of 
Paragraph 1022. Insert "in addition to the above," in lieu of the word 
besides. 
Paragraph 1050. Insert the words " The estimate" for It. 
Page 32. At end of paragraph 314 after the word post, add " at the 
end of every even month." 
Paragraph 1056. Read* "Pay Bureau of the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment," instead of Pay Department. 
Paragraph 1082. For should not " cause" read case." 
Paragraph 1131. Strike out " and Ordnance Sergeants," and insert at 
the end of the same paragraph, "The rations of Ordnance Sergeants may 
be commuted at thirty cents." 
Page 197. Note 6, reference to paragraph &c., "190," should be to "183. 
Paragraph 1144. Strikeout " Subsistence Regulations." 
Paragraph 1145. Strike out of second line the word "this," and insc 
" the Commissary General's." 
Paragraph 1148. Strike out after "provided," from "so" to "pork 
inclusive. 
Page 204. Form 3, strike out "No. of women." 
Page 199. After paragraph 1149, insert the following : p. 329, 
Form 1, for class II, read class 1. 
Page 384. For ," read ".Article XLIV." 
Paragraph 1188. Sixth line, for "37" read 1186. INDEX. 
Note.-The numbering in this Index is of the paragraph. Where the 
page or Article is referred to, it is specially stated. 
A. 
ABSENCE, Ng. of paragraph, 
leave of, not to be granted to officers on tendering their 
resignation, unless., . . . .28 
leaves, to officers, .... 166 to 174 
temporary leave of, officers on, not deprived of their fuel 
and quarters, . . . • . 973 
leave of, officers on, not entitled to transportation, when, 1000 
without leave, officeis on, not to receive pay, unless, , 1069 
ACCOUNTS 
Subsistence Department, 1135 to 1141, and pages 198, 199 
Ordnance Department, . . . 1339 to 1344 
supervision of, &c., . 890 to 957 
of money and property to be rendered to., . . 935 
to be endorsed by, . 936 
suspended, . 937 
to be rendered in Quartermaster's Department to the Quar- 
termaster-General, . . . . 1049 
to be rendered to the Surgeon-General, . . 1058 
•to be rendered in the Commissariat to the Commissary-Gen- 
eral, ... 1135 
physicians, of pay, to be sent to, . . . 1203 
pay, when not to be transferred, &c., . -. 1067 
to be rendered to the Paymaster-General, . . 1088 
to be rendered to the chief of the corps of Engineers, 1379, 1380 
to be rendered to the ehief of Ordnance, . . 1339 to 1344 
to be rendered by officers on recruiting service, . 1333 
ADJUTANT, 
how appointed, .... 68 
affidavits may be taken before, . . . 924 
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, 
resignations to be forwarded to Adjutant and Inspector Gen- 
eral, ...... 24 
Adjutant and Inspector General to report the state of an 
officer's accounts before presenting his resignation, , 26 iv 
INDEX. 
No. of paragraph. 
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, 
blank warrants, discharges, &c., furnished from, . 73,158, 448 
inventories of deceased officers and soldiers to be for- 
warded to, . . . . 145,446, 147 
orders assigning the stations of officers of Engineers, &c., 
will be made through the, . . . 427 
returns and reports made to the, by commanders of divi- 
sions, regiments, &c., .... 445 to 460 
officers of the, to be assigned to head-quarters of armies, 
divisions, &c., . . . . . 475 
Adjutant-General to conduct the recruiting service. See Art. xlvi 
AIDES-DE-CAMP, 
how appointed, . 31, 32 
AMBULANCES, .... page 284 
AMMUNITION, 
care of, . - • • 52, page 319 
in charge of company officers, . . 99, 100, 101 
in convoys, . . • • • 733 
in transports, 833 
not to be taken into hospital, . . . 1180 
APPOINTMENT, 
of officers, 20, 21 
of citizens, 2.2 
on the staff, • • - • , 31 to 34 
citizens receiving, not entiled to transportation except, 1001, 1002 
applicants for, as assistant surgeons, . 1150, 1211, 1212, 1213 
officers temporarily in the militia, . . . 1085 
ARMAMENT, 
care of, . • •. • • 4 8 to 52 
armories, arsenals, &c.. service at, . . page 28E 
ARMS, 
in possession of companies, . . 87, 91, 93, 94, 97, 91: 
of deserters to be turned over to, . . . 762 
care of, on transports, .... 83- 
required for an officer for his own use, . 1283, 1284 
needing repairs may be sent to, . • • 129-J 
small arms, .... page 31 
prices of, .... page 310, 31 
not to be loaned, &c, , . . t 128 
accoutrements, . •. • page 31 V 
ARMS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, No. of paragraph. 
to be painted on drums, » . > • 
ARRESTS, 
of officers and non-commissioned officers, . • 208 to 216 
ARTILLERY, 
practice of, &c., regulated, . . • . 53 to 6a 
commander of, duties in sieges, , . 774,791,807 
classification of, &c., . . . page 313 
carriages, &c., . . . . "314 
implements and equipments, . . • " 315 
-projectiles and appendages, . . . " 317 
Index. 
B. 
BACK RATIONS, .... 1129 to 1132 
BAGGAGE TRAINS, 
care and conduct of, . . 751 to 758, 992 
BAKING, 
saving in the flour ration by, to constitute the post 
fond, .... 1 S3, and page 197 
BANDS, 
number of men allowed for, ~ . » 74 
how mustered, . . ' * • 75 
to be at head-quarters, provided, . . 7G 
BARRACKS AND QUARTERS, 
not to be erected or altered but by order of, . . 955 
allotment, care of, &c., . . . 960 to 984 
when commuted, ..... 972 
BATHING, 
men to bathe, 92, 853 
BATTLES, 
dispositions for, .... 696 to 722 
BIVOUACS, 
formations of, &c«, .... 528 to 535 
BLANK FORMS, 
of warrants, &c., furnished from, . . . 73, 158 
of returns required from the commanders of divisions, &c., 
to be furnished by, .... 448 
for Quartermaster's and Pay Departmentswill be procured 
by, . . . . . . 1019 vi 
INDEX. 
BLANK FORMS, No. of paragraph, 
for Subsistence Department, no charge for printing al- 
lowed, 1138 
for Engineer Corps, .... 1227 
for Ordnance De-1 1290, 1265, 1266, 1292, 1350, 1353, 1341, 
partment, j 1342, 1251, 1340, 1343, and page 327 to 360 
for Recruiting Service, . 1431 to 1433, and pages 396 to 401 
BOARD OF EXAMINATION, 
for the appointment of any citizens to the army, . 22 
medical, .... 1211, 1212 
BOARD OF INSPECTORS 
on recruits unfit for service, . . 1453, to 1456 
BOARD OF SURVEY, 
to examine injured stores, &c., . . 919, 925, 926, 931 
to take an inventory of public property in charge of a 
deceased officer, ..... 932 
BOOKS 
for record of artillery practice, . . . 54, 55, 56 
regimental, . . . . .80 
post, . . . • . 81 
company, ..... 120 
how obtained, . . . . . 1019 
charge for printing notallowed, . . . 1138 
for medical officers, .... page 248 
to be kept bf Ordnance officers, . . . 1355 
for Corps of Engineers, < 1381 
blanks for recruiting service, how obtained, &c., 1431 to 1433 
BREVET 
rank, takes effect when . . . . 9, 10 
C; 
CADETS, 
how assigned, at present, ... 21 
CAMPS, 
formation of, &c., . . . . 486 to 527 
troops in, to be exercised, . • . 543 
CANTONMENTS, 
formation of, &c., .... 536 to 541 
CAPTAINS 
must serve with their companies, . . 67 
of companies, duties of, . . . 82 to 119 
to furnish certificates of account, when, • . 157 vii 
INDEX. 
CAPTAINS No. of paragraph, 
to forward certificate of disability in case of, . . 160 
to keep blanks in their own custody, . . 163 
CARDS, 
disbursing officers not to bet at, . . . 897 
CASUALTIES, 
returns of, . . • • • 4a0 
CERTIFICATE 
of account, . . • • .157 
of disability to be sent, &c., . • 160, 161 
blank, to be in charge of company commander, . 163 
applications for a leave of absence on account of sickness 
to be accompanied by, . • • 
medical, to be forwarded, .... 160 
to private servants, . 
to laundresses, . . • • • 761 
of attendance on a court,, • . • 1024 
CHAPLAINS, 
how employed, &c., . . • , 19a 
amount of pay, .... 195 
, how paid, . . • • • 1061 
when pay ceases to be reported to . ■ 1082 
CLOTHING, 
how supplied, allowance, &c., • • 1028 to 1048 
articles of, issued to recruits, . . • 1415 
COMMAND, 
officer highest in rank to . . • • 7 
officers of Engineers or Medical departments, not to exer- 
cise, 11, 12 
officers of Quarter-Master and Subsistence departments, 
not to assume, . . . . .13 
succession in, .... 14, 15,16,22 
according to brevet rank, . . . . 9, 10 
COMMANDING OFFICERS, 
temporary, not to annul standing orders, . . 17 
to forward reports of target practice, . . .63 
of regiments, duties of, . . . .68 to 72 
of companies, . . . . 82 to 119, 204 
of post , . . . . . 196, 197 
of divisions, &c., in the field, , . 470, 471 472, 473 
of districts or departments, shall require abstracts, &c., 
to be rendered, .... 919 viii 
COMMANDING OFFICERS, No. of paragraph, 
to enforce a rigid economy in public expenses, * . 948 
may order issues of clothing, &c., . . 1040 
to make a report to the Chief of Ordnance, when 1346, 1350, 1358 
COMMISS AR Y DE PART M ENT, 
officers of, though eligible to command, not to assume the 
command except, &c., . . . .13 
senior Lieutenant, holding the appointment of Assistant 
Commissary of Subsistence, entitled to perform the duty, 34 
Lieutensftit acting as Assistant, . . . 1142 
officers in, to give bonds, .... 890 
duties of. See Art. xlii. 
forms in, . . . . page 200 to 228 
COMPANIES, 
take place in battalion according to, . . . 66 
interior management of, . . . 82 to 119 
paraded for payment to be attended by an officer, . 1059 
commanders of, responsible for arms, &c., . . 1293 
CONTRACTS, 
by whom directed, how made, &c., . . 938 to 948 
subsistence stores to be obtained by, . . 1097 
for subsisting recruiting parties, . . 1119 to 1126 
for Ordnance, &c., how made, . . . 1336 to 1338 
CONTRIBUTIONS, 
in money or kind may be levied, . . . 479 
CONVOYS AND THEIR ESCORTS, 
formation and conduct of . . . 726 to 750 
COOKS, ...... 197 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGI- 
NEERS. See Engineers. 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
general rules for military, . . 424, 435, 436 to 444 
to Adjutant-General on recruiting service, how endorsed, 1440 
COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION 
to establish the price of washing soldiers' clothing, . 122 
post, . , . . 146, 147, 178 to 182 
company, • , 192, 193 
COURTS-MARTIAL, 
composition of, &c., .... 858 to 681 
members Hable to duty on adjournment of three days, 881 
stationery for 1017 
expenses of, . . . • 1021 to 1024 ix 
INDEX. 
D. 
DAILY DUTIES No. of paragraph. 
in garrison and camp, hours prescribed by commanding 
officers, 217 
incamp; hours, details, &c., how announced, . 495 
DECEASED 
officers, 142 to 144 
non-commissioned officers, . . • 145 to 147 
soldiers, amount due laundress, . . • 1072 
officers, inventories of property in charge, . . 932 
non-commissioned officers and privates. 145 to 147, 451, 11/9 
DEFENCE OF FORTIFIED PLACES, 
instructions for the, . . • 811 to 829 
DEPARTMENTS, 
military geographical, will be established by, . 35 
DEPOTS 
for an army in the field, .... 485 
for the wounded, . . . • 114 
for recruits, how established, . . . 1441 
DESERTERS 
to be reported, 148 
rewards for apprehending, . , . 149 
expenses for pursuing, .... 150 
to make good time lost, .... 151 
not to be restored to duty without trial, except, &c., . 152 
to have rewards and expenses for apprehending, set against 
pay, . . . . , 153 
not to receive pay while awaiting trial, . 155, 1071 
from the enemy to be disarmed and secured, . 629, 762 
arms, &c., of, . ... • . 763 
clothing of, 1045 
to forfeit all pay, See., , . . . 1070,1071 
DETACHMENTS, 
' * 
formation and conduct of, . t , 637 to 643 
on transports, . ' . . . 829 to 857 
DISCHARGES, 
authority to grant, .... 156 
duplicates forbidden, .... 158 
cause of, to be stated, .... 160 
of soldiers absent, from companies, to be reported, , 162 
blank to be in the custody of the company commander, 163 X 
INDEX. 
DISCIPLINE, No. of paragraph, 
military, . . . . . . 1, 2, 3 
of regiments and companies, . . . 66 to 123 
DISCUSSIONS, 
what kind of, prohibited, .... 207 
DRESS 
of the army. See Art. li. 
DRESS PARADE, 
form of, .... . 324 to 335 
officers to attend, 334 
not to be dispensed with, . . . 335 
DRUMS, 
how painted and marked, .... 105 
E. 
ENCAMPMENT, 
order of, for infantry. . . : 503 to 511 
cavalry, 512 to 524 
artillery, 525 to 527 
ENGINEERS, 
officers of, not to assume nor to be ordered on duty other 
than, &c., . . . . . 11 
officers of, assigned to head-quarters of armies, &c., . 475 
to be consulted, when, .... 476 
to report to their immediate commanders, . . 477 
chief of, in the held, . . . , 478 
during a siege, . . . 774, 791, 807, 815, 816 
corps of, duties, &c., .... 1366 to'1382 
reports and returns, . . . 1374 to 1378 
books, . . . . . 1381 
forms, page 368 to 383 
ENLISTMENTS 
to be taken in triplicate, . . . . 1311 
EQUIPAGE, 
allowance, care, &c., of camp and garrison, . 1028 to 1032 
ESCORTS 
of honor, 258 to 261 
funeral, 262 to 289 
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER 
of officers, . 29, 30 
of soldiers, . . . • 138 to 111 INDEX. 
xi 
EXTRA DUTY, No. of paragraph, 
compensation for soldiers on . . . 882 to 889 
rolls for . . . , . . 1025 
soldiers employed in Commissariat to be paid the regular 
allowance, 1133 
extra duty men, . . . . 1133 to 1134 
F. 
FLAG OF TRUCE, 
caution to be observed respecting bearers of, . 627 
FORAGE, 
allowance of, &c., .... 1007, 1008,>1009 
FORMS 
of Quartermaster's Department, . . page 115 to 188 
Subsistence Department, . . . " 200 to 235 
Medical Department, . " 258 to 285 
Pay Department, . . " See p. 113 
Corps of Engineers, . . . " 369 to 383 
Ordnance Department, . . . " 327 to 365 
Recruiting Service, . . . " 396 to 401 
FORMS OF PARADE, 
dress parade, review, &c., . . . 324 to 385 
FORTIFICATIONS, 
care of, . . . . . 36 to 47 
care of, armament, &c., . . . . 48 to 52 
FUEL, 
allowance of, . . . . . 962 
for mess room, 965 
not consumed to be returned, . . , 966 
issued only in the month for which due, . . 967 
when commuted, . . . 972, 973, 974 
FUND, 
post, 183 to 191 
regimental, . . . . . 186 
company, .... 192 to 194 
public, not to be expended for the purchase of any land, 
unless, 954 
turned over by one paymaster to another, to be entered in, 1083 
for recruiting service, how obtained, . . 1288 
FURLOUGHS 
to enlisted men, .... 175 to 177 
FURNITURE, 
mess, for soldiers in the field, . . 114 xii 
INDEX. 
FURNITURE, No. of paragraph, 
for soldiers' barracks, .... 976 
for each officer, .... 977 
will be provided for officers, quarters when, . . 978 
G. 
GENERAL POLICE 
in camp, 759 to 765 
GUARD MOUNTING, 
form of, . . . * . 362 to 385 
GUARDS, 
to be relieved every twenty-four hours, . . 362 
when organized, . ... . . 363, 372 
duties of, .... 386 to 417,418 
form of report, . . . . page 44 
in camp, . . . 488, 495, 507, 508, 523 
police, duties of, . . . . 561 to 589 
grand, . • . . . 590 to 630 
advance and rear, composition of, . . 667, 668 
advance may be posted to aid the pursuit, . * 701 
for trains, 754 
in a siege, in case of a sortie, duties of, . . 802 
in transports, 835 
II. 
HAVERSACKS 
will be marked, . . . . 104 
to be searched, 675 
HONORS, 
to whom given, • 224 to 244 
salutes, 245 to 257 
escorts, 258 to 261 
funeral, . . . . . 262 to 289 
paid by guards in camp, . . , 566 
not to be paid by troops on the march, . . 690 
not to be paid in the trenches, . . . 798 
HORSES, 
care of on transports, . . . 854, 855, 856 
to be branded, .... 917 
incurably unfit for any public service, . last part 925 
of officers, which are to be transported, to be authorized 
by, ... 991 xiii 
INDEX. 
HORSES, No. of paragraph, 
mounted officers, may purchase from among the public 
horses, when, &c., .... 1027 
of mounted officers, to be shod by, . . 1027 
HOSPITAL STEWARDS, 
allowance of, to hospitals, .... 11S9 
how appointed, duties, &c., 1216, 1217,1218, 1219. 1221, 1222, 1223 
HOSPITALS, 
payments, persons, &c., employed in, . 1058 
issues to, and purchases for, . 1111, 1112, 1113, 11 17 
how supplied with medical stores, . • 1160, 1161 
duties of senior medical officers) 1167 to 1174, 1P84, 1185, 
of, J 1187, 1195, 1217 
laundresses of . ... 284 
attendants of, . . . . 1189 
tents, how to be made, • page 284 
I. 
INDIANS, 
issues to, . . , • .1115 
INSPECTION 
of Armories. Arsenals, Powder Works and Ordnance de- 
pots, ..... page 287 
of troops, .... 290 to 313 
of hospital quarters, &c., . . 307, 308, 309, 310 
of public works, . . . • .1371 
of books and accounts, . . . 311, 312, 313 
reports will show, &c., .... 459 
reports of siores reported unserviceable, . . 926 
of public buildings, will be made, . . 979 to 981 
of armories and arsenals, to be made, . . 1233, 1234 
tours of, by superintendents of recruiting service, will be 
made only, ..... 1395 
reports of inspection will show the discipline of the 
troops, &c., . - . . . 459, 460 
Inspector-General to examine military stores reported un- 
serviceable, ..... 926 
ISSUES, 
bow made, regulated, &c., . . 1110 to 1118, 1149 
JUDGE ADVOCATE 
of a Court-martial, duties of, , . . 868 to 881, 1024 
per diem to, . . . • • 1022 xiv 
INDEX. 
L. No. of paragraph. 
LAUNDRESS, . , . . . page 284 
allowance of, per company, . . . 121 
price of washing by, how fixed, . . . 122 
debts due the, how collected, . . . 123 
following the army, to be furnished with a certificate, . 761 
separated from company, may draw rations when, . 1114 
ration of, .... page 197 
medical attendance upon, . . . 1190 
for hospitals, ..... 1187 
amount due, from deserters, to be mentioned on muster- 
roll of, ... . 1185 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE 
not to be granted when a post will be left without a com- 
missioned officer, . . . .166 
when to commence, .... 167 
who may grant, .... 166,168 
limit of, . . . . 166, 168, 170 
application for, to be endorsed by, . . . 169 
commander of a post to report on leaving, . . 170 
not to go beyond department, unless, . . .171 
on expiration, to join post, . . . 172 
application for, to be accompanied by medical certificate, 173 
form of certificate, . . . . 173 
applicant must state length of absence heretofore on same 
account, ..... 174 
LIEUTENANTS 
holding an appointment of Assistant Commissary of Sub- 
sistence, ..... 34 
to assist the Captains in the performance of all company 
duties, &c., . . . . .83 
LUMBER, ...... page 322 
LIGHTS, ..... T>ag<> 197 
M. 
MARAUDING, 
forbidden, ..... 765 
MARCHES, 
arrangements for, &c., . . . 665 to 695 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, .... 1150 to 1223 
official communications for, . . . page 285 
officers of, not to exercise command except, . 12 
officers of, not to be put in arrest, ordinarily, . . 211 
officers of, having charge of hospitals, to inspect, . 290 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, No. of paragraph. 
Addenda, page 284 
officers of, in transport, duty of, . 850, 851, 852, page 284 
chief of, to regulate the employment of hired persons re- 
quisite for, . . . . .911 
Supply table, &c., for, .... page 244 
duties of the, .... 1150 to 1223 
forms of returns, &c., . • . page 258 to 285 
Medical Director and Purveyor, allowances to, . page 284 
MESS, 
soldiers, . . . . • 110 to 114 
on transports, 837 
rooms, allowance of, .... 965 
MILEAGE, 
when an officer is entitled to, . . . 997 to 1006 
how computed, 999 
MUSTER ROLLS, 
how made, 320 
where sent, . . . . . 321 
to be accompanied by a letter of transmission, . 440 
MUSTERS, 
by whom, and when made, - - 32, 314, 315 
to be preceded by inspection, &c., . . 316 
form of, &c., . . . . 317 to 320 
INDEX. 
XV 
N. 
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, 
how appointed, 68, 69 
how reduced, 72 
not to be sent to'the guard house, . . . 71 
to be furnished with a warrant of rank, • . 73 
in command of squads, responsibility of, . . 93 
not to be employed in any menial service, . 119 
appointed ordnance sergeants, to be dropped, &c., &c., . 131 
not to be transferred from one regiment to another, except, 
&c., . . . . . 138 
duties of, when in action, , . . .712 
may re-enlist in company or regiment within two months, 1 til 
O. 
OFFICERS, 
how appointed and promoted, . . 1 8 to 22 
resignations of, . . • .23 to 28 
exchange or transfer of, , , . . 29, 3Q xvi 
INDEX. 
OFFICERS, No. of paragraph, 
general to appoint their own aids-de-cainp, . 31 
in temporary command, not to alter or annul standing orders, 17 
of mounted corps, not to be separated from their regiments 
except, &c., .... .33 
to be cautious in reproving non-commissioned officers, &c. 71 
traveling under orders, to report, . . . 164 
on leave of absence to report to, . . .167 
in arrest, 208 to 216 
of staff corps, are assigned to the headquarters of armies, &c., 475 
important orders, &c., to be intrusted to, . . 544, 545 
to attend to packs and girths on inarches, . . 675 
who accompany escorts not to exercise command except, &c., 731 
not to take receipts, &c , without paying creditor, . 895 
who shall sell or dispose of, for a premium, any draft, &c., 896 
disbursing, who bet at cards, . . . 897 
not to take a receipt in blank, . . , 898 
not to be concerned in purchases, &c., . . 901 
not to purchase supplies from persons in the military service, 903 
disbursing, not to receive extra allowance for, . 904 
have no authority to insure public property, . . 915 
shall not keep accounts when intrusted with public funds, 909 
not to settle with heirs, &c., except, . . . 916 
on property to render returns, &c., . 934, 935, 1049 to 1054 
shall occupy his proper quarters, . . . 964 
to select quarters according to rank, &c., . . 968, 97'2 
in the field, not entitled to commutation, . . 974 
horses of, to be shod by, .... 1027 
in quartermaster's department, to furnish useful informa- 1384 
tion of routes, &c., .... 1055 
may draw subsistence stores, &c., . . 1127 
commanding companies to attend payment of company, 1059 
how paid, &c., .... 1061, 1064 
not entitled to pay when, &c., . 1062, 1063, 1065, 1069 
for recruiting service, detailed by, . . . 1384 
intrusted with the command of recruits will forward, 1459 
OFFICERS OF THE DAY, 
to repair to the office of commanding officer, . . 390 
to see that that the officer of the guard is furnished with 
the countersign, .... 391 
to visit the guards day and night, . . 392, 574 
to make remarks on the guard report, . . J93 INDEX. 
xvii 
OFFICERS OF THE DAY, No. of paragraph, 
is charged with the order and cleanliness of camp, &c., 565, 587 
prescribes patrols, &c., .... 574 
in transports, 836, 846 
OFFICER OF THE GUARD, 
duties of, in garrison, . . . 394, 397, 398,399 
duties in camp, . 573, 577, 578, 579, 601, 602, 614, 618, 628 
in transports, to be officer of the day, . . . 835 
ORDERS, 
enumeration of, . . . . 419 
general, . . . . . . 420 
special, 421 
to be read by the officer, &c., . . . 422 
form of, .... • 423, 424 
how transmitted, .... 425 
how addressed, .... 426 
assigning officers to stations, to be given by, . . 427 
a file to be kept, &c., .... 428 
if not received in regular succession, to be reported, &c., 429 
orderly hours for giving and receiving, . . 430 
on marches, &c., how sent, . . . 431 
orders to go on duty, to designate, &c., . . 432 
involving expenditure to be sent, &c., . . 433 
orders, conflicting, .... 434 
copies of, to be sent to, . . . . 435 
in the field, to be carried by, . . . 544, 545 
marching, execution of, not to be delayed, . . 678 
may be printed by order of, . . . • 1018 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, - - - 1124 to 1362 
classification of ordnance and ordnance stores, . page 313 
after a battle, officers of, collect the munitions, &c., . 719 
duties of, &c., 1228 to 1281 
forms for, .... page 327 
stores in service, .... 1279 to 1311 
unserviceable, . . . J 312 to 1315 
issue to militia, .... 1316 to 1319 
inspection of, .... 1320 to 1335 
ORDNANCE SERGEANTS, 1276 to 1278 
how selected, appointed, and assigned to ( 124, 125, 126, 127, 
posts, ... I 128, 129. 
appointment and removal of, to be reported, . 130 
to be dropped from company rolls, . , . 131 xviii 
ORDNANCE SERGEANTS, No. of paragraph, 
how mustered and reported, . . . 136 
duties of, . . . . 132 to 135 
to appear under arms, .... 135 
may be re-enlisted, not discharged, . . . 128 
caution to officers in recommending, . . 129 
how paid when the troops are withdrawn from the post, 137 
copy of enlistment of, to be sent to, . . . 1410 
ORGANIZATION 
of regiments, . . . . . 66 to 81 
of brigades, &c., forbidden in time of peace, except by, 35 
officers, &c., in the field, . . . 461 to 478 
OVENS 
may be built and paid for by, . . page 197 
INDEX. 
P. 
PARADE, 
forms of, . . . . . 322 to 335 
arrangement of troops on, .... 468 
PARTIES, 
working, . . . . . ■ 829 to 857 
PARTISANS AND FLANKERS, 652 to 664 
PAY, 
extra duty to soldiers, .... 882 
no extra allowed to persons whose pay is fixed by law 
unless, &c., ..... 904 
extra duty pay of sadler paid by . . . 886 
officers of, to give bonds, .... 890 
chief of shall take care that no more money than actually 
needed is in the hands of, &c., . . . 892 
of hired persons, how regulated, &c., . . . 911 
papers, transmission to ordnance department, 1360 to 1362 
PAY DEPARTMENT, 
duties of, &c., .» . . 1056 to 1096 
forms of, .... page 183 to 191 
PAY ROLLS 
will be made on printed forms, &c., . . 320 
of men on extra duty to be made monthly, . . 912 
payments to be made on, . . .. 1058 
payments to be witnessed by, . . . 1060 
stoppages to be noted, &c., . . . 1073 to 1074 
of mililia, to be according to form, . . . 1094 
volunteers and militia not paid till when . . 1095 xix 
INDEX. 
POLICE, No. of paragraph, 
in quarters, .... 89, 90, 91 
in camp, . . . . . 565 
general, 759 to 765 
on transports, .... 836, 839, 841 to 854 
POSTAGE, 
public will be refunded, .... 1026 
POSTS, 
intrenched, 631 to 636 
PRECEDENCE 
of officers and non-commissioned officers, . . 4 to 13 
of troops on parade, .... 468, 470 
when two corps meet on the same road, &c., . 693, 694, 695 
PRISONERS OF WAR, 
return to be made, .... 457, 723 
to be disarmed, .... 723 
private property respected, .... 724 
exchanges and release of, depend on, . . 725 
PROMOTIONS 
of officers, 1819 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, MONEY AND ACCOUNTS, 
return, supervision of, &c., . . . 890 to 957 
PUBLICATIONS, 
what character of, prohibited, . . . 207 
Q. 
QUARTERS, 
allowance of, . , . . 962, 964, 965 
allotment and selection of, . . . 968 to 971 
commutation of, . . . 972, 973, 974 
how obtained, .... 975 
furniture for, will be supplied when, . . . 978 
when vacated, to be inspected by, . . 983 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, 
officers of, though eligible to command, not to assume com- 
mand unless, &c., . . . .14 
duties of, performed by, during the absence of Quartermas- 
ter-General, .... 15 
regimental Quartermaster, . . . .68 
duties of, in the field, . . 490,491,492,713,716,717,719 
officers of, have charge of baggage trains, . . 751 
officars of to give bonds, . . . 890 XX 
INDEX. 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, No. of paragraph, 
chief of to take care that no more funds than are needed 
are in the hands of any officer of the department, . 892 
chief of, to regulate the employment of hired persons re- 
quired for the administrative service, &c., . . 911 
chief of to designate where purchases shall be made, 938 
duties of the, . . . i . 958 to 1055 
barracks and quarters, . . . 960 to 984 
transportation, .... 985 to 1007 
to supply store-room, .... 1103 
to procure medical supplies, . . 1156,1160,1161,1162 
forms for, .... page 115 to 191 
forage, straw, &c., .... 1007 to 1013 
stationary in, . . . . 1014 to 1020 
expenses of courts-martial, , . . 1021 to 1024 
extra duty men, 1025 
postage, 1026 
horses for mounted officers, .... 1027 
clothing, equipage, &c., .... 1028 to 1048 
returns for Quartermaster's Department, . 1049 to 1055 
pay regulations, &c., .... 1056 to 1096 
R. 
RANK, 
officers and con-commissioned officers, . . 4 
officers of same date of commission, . . 5 
officers having brevet commissions, &c., . . 6 
brevet takes effect only, . . . 9, 10 
of regiments and corps, .... 468,470 
RATION, 
forage, . . 1107 to 1109, 1128, and pages 197, 198, 1007 
soldier's composition of, . . . 1107,1108 
of men absent from company, . , . 1118 
back rations may be drawn if, &c., . . . 1128 
may be commuted when, .• 5 • 1129 
commuted value of, ... 1129, 1131 
to persons employed with the army, . . page 197 
RECONNOISSANCES, 
object of, &c., .... 644 to 651 
RECRUITING SERVICE, 
issues of subsistence to recruiting parties, . . 1119 to 1126 
how conducted, .... 1383 to 1465 INDEX. 
xxi 
RECRUITING SERVICE, No. of paragraph 
duties of Superintendents, . . . 13S7 to 1395 
duties of Recruiting officers, . . 1396 to 1430 
blanks for, 1431 to 1433 
furniture and stationery, , . . 1434 to 1438 
accounts, returns, &c., .... 1439 
rules for accounts and papers of, . . . 1440 
depots for collecting ami instructing recruits, . 1441 to 1452 
inspection of recruits, &c., . . . 1453 to 1456 
rejected recruits, .... 1459 to 1461 
regimental recruiting, . . , 1462 to 1465 
form of agreement for supplies, for, &c., . page 396 
other forms for, .... page 397 to 401 
REGIMENTS, 
vacancies in, how filled, . . , IS 
interior management of, . . , .66 to 80 
Regimental Quartermasters, , , , 68 
RESIGNATIONS, 
of officers, . . . . . 23 to 28 
RETURNS AND REPORTS, 
monthly, of posts, made by commanders, , . 445 to 449 
annual to exhibit, &c., . , . . 450 
of deceased soldiers, . . . . 451 
field, 452,453 
of appointments, removal, &c., of staff officers, changes of 
troops, &c., to be reported, . . . 454,455 
of prisoners of war and of captured property, . 457, 458, 723 
of inspections to exhibit, &c., . . 459, 460, 926 
of inspections to be made by, . . . 473 
of the senior officer of Engineers, &c., in the field, . 478 
of reconnoissances, .... 650, 651 
of battles are made by, &c., . . . 720, 721, 722 
of field officer in the trenches, . . . 809 
in Quartermaster's Department, . . 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052 
in Subsistence Department, .... 1097 
in Pay Department, • . . see page 113 
of Medical Purveyors, .... 1157 
of officers of Engineers, . , . 1372 to 1379 
in Ordnance Department, . . . 1345 to 1359 
of officers on recruiting service, . , 1439, 1440 
REVIEW, 
form of, . , ' 336 to 361 xxii 
INDEX. 
ROLL CALLS, No. of paragraph, 
number of, &c., . . 221,222,223 
ROSTER, 
principles and detail of the, . . 550 to 560, 641 
Captains to be added to that of Lieutenant-Colonels, &c., 592 
members of a court-martial, which has adjourned for three 
days, liable to duty, .... 881 
s. 
SAFEGAURDS, 
object of, &c., .... 766 to 770 
SALUTES, 
at posts, in honor of, . . . . 245 to 257 
of sentinels, 407,408 
SENTINELS, 
form of relieving, .... 380, 381 
time of relieving, 386 
not to take orders, &c., .... 400 
duties of, . . 400 to 416, 567 to 571, 608 to 614 
instructions given to be reported, . . . 417 
on transports, to be kept over the fires, . • 836 
SERVANTS, 
how selected, &c., .... 117, 118 
non-commissioned officers not to be employed as waiters, &c., 119 
private, not soldiers, not to wear the uniform of any corps, 760 
SIEGES, 
instructions for, . . . . 771 to 828 
SIGNALS, 219 
SOLDIERS, 
when mustered as artificers, . . .77 
to wear the prescribed uniform, . . . 107 
employed as company clerk, servant, &c., . 115 to 119 
how transferred, &c., .... 138 to 141 
deceased, . . . 145, 146, 147, 1179 
who desert, &c., . . . . 148 to 155 
who are discharged, &c., . . . 156 to 162 
on furlough, , , . . 176 
children of, expenses at post school how paid, . . 187 
in confinement, . . . 212, 213 
to salute officers, 243, 244 
returns of deceased, . . . . 451 
as orderlies, .... 480 to 484 
who deserve mention for conduct in action. . 721 xxiii 
SOLDIERS, No. of paragraph, 
legal punishment for, .... 873 
on extra duty, . . , . . 882 to 889 
charges against, to be placed on muster-roll, . 921 
transferred, account of clothing, . . . 1043 
in hospital, how mustered, . . . 1178 
may re-enlist in company or regiment within two months, 1411 
STATIONERY, &c., 
allowance of, &c., . . . 1014 to 1019, and page 324 
for recruiting service, . . . . 1434 
STRAW, 
allowance of, &c., .... 1010 to 1013 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, 
officers, though eligible to command, not to assume com- 
mand unless, &c., .... 13 
senior-Lieutenant present holding the appointment of As- 
sistant Commissary of Subsistence to perform the duty, 34 
chief of, to take care that no officer has on hand more 
money than is actually needed, . . . 892 
chief of, to regulate the appointment of hired persons, 911 
chief of, to designate the places where purchases shall 
be made, 938 
duties of, .... 1097 to 1149 
forms of, . . . . . page 200 
SUTLERS, 
how appointed, and privileges, &c., . . 196 to 206 
INDEX. 
T. 
TRANSFERS, 
of soldiers, 138 to 141 
TRANSPORTATION, 
how provided, regulated, &e., . . 985 to 1006 
of recruits, how procured and paid, . . 1419, 1420 
no expenses of officers on recruiting service will be admit- 
ted except, 1421 
TRANSPORTS, 
troops on board of, . . . . 829 to 857 
cabin passage will be provided for officers, &c., . . 996 
TRAVELING, 
on duty, 164, 165 
TROOPS IN CAMPAIGN, ... 461 to 847 
tools, &c., .... page 321 324 xxiv 
INDEX- 
U. 
UNIFORM, No. of paragraph, 
prescribed, to be worn, .... 106, 107 
UNIFORM AND DRESS OF THE ARMY. 
See Article 47. 
W. 
WATCHWORDS, 
parole and countersign, . . . 546, 547, 548 
WARDMASTER, 
duties of, . . . . . 1147 
WORKING PARTIES, 
allowance to men employed upon, &c., . 882 to 889 REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY. 
MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 
ARTICLE I. 
1. All inferiors are required to obey strictly, and to execute with 
alacrity and good faith, the lawful orders of the superiors appointed 
over them. 
2. Military authority is to be exercised with firmness, but with kind- 
ness and justice to inferiors. Punishments shall be strictly conformable 
do mili ary law. 
3. Superiors of every grade are forbid to injure those under them by 
tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by abusive language. 
ARTICLE II. 
4. Rank of officers and non-commissioned officers: 
RANK AND COMMAND. 
1st. General. 
2d. Major-General. 
3d. Brigadier General. 
4th. Colonel. 
5th. Lieut-Colonel. 
6th. Major. 
7th. Captain. 
8th. First Lieutenant. 
9th. Second Lieutenant. 
10th. Cadet. 
11th. Sergeant-Major. 
12th. Quartermaster-Sergeant of a 
Regiment. 
13th. Ordnance Sergeant and Hos- 
pital Steward. 
14th. First Sergeant. 
15th. Sergeant. 
16th. Corporal. 
And each grade by date of commission or appointment. 
5. When commissions are of the same date, the rank is to be decided, 
between officers of the same regiment or corps by the order of appoint- 
ment; between officers of different regiments or corps: 1st, by rank in 
actual service when appointed; 2d, by former rank and service in the 
army or marine corps; 3d, by lottery among such as have not been in 
the military service of the Confederate States. In case of equality of 
ranks by virtue of a brevet commission, reference is had to commissions 
not brevet. 
6. Officers having brevets or commissions of a prior date to those of 
the corps in which they serve, will take place on courts-martial or of 
inquiry, and on boards detailed for military purposes, when composed 
of different corps, according to the ranks given them in their brevets or 
former commissions ; but in the regiment, corps, or company to which 
such officers belong, they shall do duty and take rank, both in courts 
and on boards as aforesaid, which shall be composed of their own corps, 
according to the commissions by which they are there mustered. 2 
SUCCESSION IN COMMAND OR DUTY. 
7. If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps shall hap- 
pen to join, or do duty together, the officer highest in rank, according 
to the commission by which he is mustered, in the army, navy, marine 
corps, or militia, there on duty by orders from competent authority, 
shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful for the 
service, unless otherwise directed by the President of the Confederate 
States, in orders of special assignment providing for the case. 
8. An officer not having orders from competent authority, cannot put 
himself on duty by virtue of his commission alone. 
9. Brevet rank takes effect only in the following cases: 1st, by special 
assignment of the President in commands composed of different corps; 
3d, on courts-martial or of inquiry, and on boards detailed for military 
purposes, when composed of different corps. Troops are on detachment 
only when sent out temporarily to perform a special service. 
10. In regularly constituted commands, as garrisons, posts, depart- 
ments, companies, battalions, regiments, corps, brigades, divisions, army 
corps, or the army itself, brevet rank cannot be exercised except by 
special assignment. 
11. The officers of engineers are not to assume nor to be ordered on 
any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by the 
special order of the President. 
12. An officer of the Medical Department cannot exercise command 
except in his own department, or over enlisted men, as a commissioned 
officer. 
13. Officers of the Quartermasters or Subsistence Departments, 
though eligible to command according to the rank they hold in the 
army of the Confederate States, not subject to the orders of a junior 
officer, shall not assume the command of troops unless put on 
duty under orders which specially so direct by authority of the Presi- 
dent. 
ARTICLE III. 
14. The functions assigned to any officer in these regulations by title 
of office devolve on the officer acting in his place, except as specially ex- 
cepted. 
15. During the absence of the Quartermaster-General, or the Chief of 
any Military Bureau of the War Department, his duties in the bureau 
prescribed by law or regulations, devolve on the officer of his depart- 
ment empowered by the President to perform them, in such absence. 
1G. An officer who succeeds to any command or duty stands in regard 
to his duties in the same situation as his predecessor. The officer re- 
lieved, shall turn over to his successor all orders in force at the time, 
and all the public property and funds pertaining to his command or 
duty, and shall receive therefor duplicate receipts, showing the con- 
dition of each article. 
17. An officer in a temporary command shall not, except in urgent 
cases, alter or annul the standing orders of the regular or permanent 
commander, without authority from the next higher commander. 
SUCCESSION IN COMMAND OR DUTY. APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, &C. 
3 
APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
ARTICLE IV. 
18. All vacancies in established regiments and corps to the rank of 
Colonel, shall be filled by promotion according to seniority, except in 
cases of disability or other incompetency. 
19. Promotions to the rank of Captain shall be made regimentally, to 
Major, and Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, according to the arm, as 
infantry, cavalry, &c.; and in the Staff Departments, and in the Engi- 
neers and other corps, according to corps. 
20. Appointments above the rank of Colonel will be made by selec- 
tion from the army. 
21. Cadets appointed under Confederate law, shall be assigned to such 
duties, governed by exigencies of the service, as will best promote their 
military experience and improvement, until a military school shall be 
established by the Government for their instruction. 
22. Whenever the public service may require the appointment of any 
citizen to the army, a board of officers will be instituted, before which 
the applicant will appear for examination into his physical ability, moral 
character, attainments and general fitness for the service. If the board 
report in favor of the applicant, he will be deemed eligible for a com- 
mission in the army. 
ARTICLE V. 
RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. 
23. No officer will be considered out of service on the tender of his 
resignation, until it shall have been duly accepted by the proper au- 
thority. 
24. Resignations will be forwarded by the commanding officer to the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General of the army for decision at the War 
Department. 
25. Resignations tendered under charges, when forwarded by any 
commander, will always be accompanied by a copy of the charges; or, 
in the absence of written charges, by a report of the case, for the infor- 
mation of the Secretary of War. 
26. Before presenting the resignation of any officer, the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General will ascertain and report to the War Department the 
state of such officer's accounts of money, as well as of public property, 
for which he may have been responsible. 
27. In time of war, or with an army in the field, resignations shall 
take effect within thirty days from the date of the order of acceptance. 
28. Leaves of absence will not be granted by commanding officers to 
officers on tendering their resignation, unless the resignation be uncon- 
ditional and immediate. 
EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER OF OFFICERS. 
ARTICLE VI. 
29. The transfer of officers from one regiment or corps to another, will 
be made only by the War Department, on the mutual application of the 
parties desiring the exchange. 
30. An officer shall not be transferred from one regiment or corps to 4 
APPOINTMENTS, FORTIFICATIONS, AC. 
another, with prejudice to the rank of any officer of the regiment or corps 
to which he is transferred. 
APPOINTMENTS ON THE STAFF. 
ARTICLE VII. 
31. General Officers appoint their own Aides-de-camp. 
32. Officers on duty as Brigadier and Major General, by virtue of 
Brevet Commissions, may, with the special sanction of the War De- 
partment, be allowed the Aids-de-Camp of the grades corresponding to 
their brevets ; but without such sanction, the number and rate of pay of 
the Aids will be regulated according to the lineal grade of the General. 
33. An officer of a mounted corps shall not be separated from his 
regiment, except for duty connected with his particular arm. 
34. The senior Lieutenant present, holding the appointment of As- 
sistant Commissary of Subsistence, is entitled to perform the duties. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TROOPS. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
35. The military geographical departments will be established by the 
War Department. In time of peace, brigades or divisions will not be 
formed, nor the stations of the troops changed, without authority from 
the War Department. 
ARTICLE IX. 
36. No person shall be permitted to walk upon any of the slopes of a 
fortification, except the ramps and glacis. If, in any case, it be necessary 
to provide for crossing them, it should be done by placing wooden steps 
or stairs against the slopes. The occasional walking of persons on a 
parapet will do no harm, provided it be not allowed to cut the surface 
into paths. 
37. No cattle, horses, or other animal shall ever be permitted to go 
upon the slopes, the ramparts, or the parapets, nor upon the glacis, ex- 
cept within fenced limits, which should not approach the crest nearer 
than 30 feet. 
38. All grassed surfaces, excepting the glacis, will be carefully and 
frequently mowed, (except in dry weather,) and the oftener the better, 
while growing rapidly-the grass being never allowed to be more than 
a few inches high. In order to cut the grass even and close, upon small 
slopes, a light one-handed scythe should be used; and in mowing the 
steep slopes, the mower should stand on a light ladder resting against 
the slope, and not upon the grass. Crops of hay may be cut on the glacis: 
or, if fenced, it may be used as pasture, otherwise it should be treated 
as other slopes of the fortification. On all the slopes, spots of dead grass 
will be cut out and replaced by fresh sod. All weeds will be eradi- 
cated. 
39. The burning of grass upon any portion of a fortification is strictly 
forbidden. 
40. Particular attention is required to prevent the formation of gul- 
lies in the parade, terreplein, and ramps, and especially in slopes where 
grass is not well established. 
41. Earth, sand or ashes, must not be placed against wood work ; a 
CARE OF FORTIFICATIONS. 5 
free ventilation must be preserved around it; and all wooden floors, 
platforms, bridges, &c., will be kept clean swept. 
42. The machinery of draw bridges, gates, and posterns must be kept 
in good working order by proper cleaning and oiling of the parts ; the 
bridges will be raised, and the gates and posterns opened as often as 
once a week. 
43. The terrepleins of forts, the floors of casemates, caponniers, store- 
rooms, barracks, galleries, posterns, magazines, &c., and the side-walks 
in front of quarters, as well as other walks, are sometimes paved with 
brick or stones, or formed of concrete. These surfaces must be preserved 
from injury with great care. In transporting guns and carriages, and 
in mounting them, strong way-planks will be used, and neither the 
wheels nor any other part of the carriages, nor any machinery, such as 
shears, gins, &c., nor any handspike or other implements, will be allowed 
to touch those surfaces. Unless protected in a similar manner, no wheel- 
barrow, or vehicle, or barrel, shall be rolled on said surfaces. No vio- 
lent work will be done, nor any heavy weight suffered, to fall upon them. 
In using machines, as gins, &c., in casemates, care must be taken not to 
injure the arch, or ceiling, or floors. Neglect of these precautions may 
cause injuries apparently slight, but serious in effect, from leaking of 
water into masonry, casemates, &c. 
44. The doors and windows of all store rooms and unoccupied case- 
mates, quarters, barracks, &c., will be opened several times a week for 
thorough ventilation. 
45. Masonry shot-furnaces will be heated only on the approach of an 
enemy. For ordinary practice with hot shot, iron furnaces are provided. 
46. The foregoing matters involve but little expense; the labor is 
within the means of every garrison, and no technical knowledge is re- 
quired beyond what will be found among soldiers. Other repairs re- 
quiring small disbursements, such as repainting exposed wood or iron 
work, can be also executed by the garrison ; but reports, estimates, and 
requisitions, may be necessary to obtain the materials. 
47. No alteration will be made in any fortification, or in any build- 
ing whatever belonging to it, nor in any building or work of any kind ; 
nor will any building or work of earth, masonry, or timber, be erected 
within the fortification, or on its exterior, within half a mile, except 
under the superintendence of the Engineer Department, and by authority 
of the Secretary of War. 
FORTIFICATIONS, AC. 
CARE OF ARMAMENT OF FORTIFICATIONS. 
ARTICLE X. 
48. At each permanent post with a fixed battery, and garrisoned by 
not more than one company, there will be kept mounted for purposes of 
instruction and target practice, three heavy guns; and at posts garri- 
soned by more than one company, at the rate of two for each of the com- 
panies composing its garrison. The other guns dismounted will be pro- 
perly placed within their own traverse circles, and the carriages pre- 
served from the weather. 
49. All guns should be sponged clean, and their vents examined to 
see that they are clear. The chassis should be traversed and left in a 
different position, the top carriage moved backward and forward, and 6 
ARTILLERY PRACTICE. 
left alternately over the front and rear transoms of the chassis ; the ele- 
vating screws or machines wiped clean, worked and oiled if required, 
and the nuts of all bolts screwed up tight. This should all be done reg- 
ularly once in every week. 
50. When tarpaulins, or pent houses, are placed over the guns, they 
should be n moved once a week when the weather is fair, the carriages 
and guns brushed off, and if damp, allowed to dry. 
51. An old sponge staff and head, should be used for drill. The new 
sponges should never be used unless the gun is fired. The implements 
should be kept in stores, under cover, and be examined, wiped clean, or 
brushed at least once a month. In case of leather equipments, due 
care should be taken for their preservation, by the use of oil, but never 
using varnish. • 
52. Magazines should be frequently examined to see that the powder 
is well preserved. They should be opened every other day, when the 
air is dry and clear. Barrels of powder should be turned and rolled 
occasionally. Under ordinary circumstances, only a few cartridges 
should be kept filled. If the paper body of the cartridge becomes soft, 
or loses its sizing, it is certain that the magazine is very damp, and 
means should be found to improve the ventilation. Cartridge bags may 
be kept in the magazine ready for filling; also port-fires, fuses, tubes 
and primers. Stands of grape, cannister, and wads, for 'barbette guns 
should be kept in store with the implements. In easemate guns, wads 
may be hung in bundles, and grape and cannister near the guns. Shot, 
well lacquered and clean, may be placed in piles near the guns. 
ARTICLE XI. 
Artillery practice. 
53. At all posts with fixed batteries, the position of every gun, mounted 
or to be mounted, will have its number, and this number be placed on 
the gun when in position. 
54. For every such work a post-book of record will be kept, under 
the direction of the commander of the post, in which will be duly enter- 
ed, the number of each mounted gun, its calibre, weight, names of 
founder, and its inspector, and other marks: the description of its car- 
riage and date of reception at the post; where from, and the greatest 
field of fire of the gun in its position. 
55. Every commander of a fort, or other fixed battery, will, before 
entering on artillery practice, carefully reconnoitre, and cause to be 
sketched for his record book, the water channels, with their soundings 
and other approaches to the work. Bouys or marks will be placed at 
the extreme and intermediate ranges of the guns, and these marks be 
numerically noted on the sketch. A buoy at every five hundred yards 
may suffice. 
5G. At the time of practice a distinct and careful note will be made 
for the record-book, of every shot or shell that may be thrown, desig- 
nating the guns fired by their numbers, the charges of powder used, the 
time of flight of shots and shells, the ranges and ricochets, and the posi- 
tions of guns in respect to the horizontal and vertical lines, 
57. The time of flight of a shell may be noted with sufficient accuracy 
by a stop-watch, or by counting the beats (previously ascertaining their REGIMENTS. 
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value) of other watches, and the range may sometimes be computed by 
the time of flight. Other modes ascertaining the range will readily occur 
to officers of science. 
58. When charged shells with are thrown, the time of bursting 
will be noted. If they are intended to fall on land, only a blowing 
charge will be given t) the shells, so that they may be picked up for 
further use. 
59. On filling from the barrel, the proof range of powder will be 
marked on the cartridges. 
60. The general objects of this practice are, to give to officers and 
men the ready and effective use of batteries; to preserve on record the 
more important results for the benefit of the same, or future command- 
ers, and to ascertain the efficiency of guns and carriages. 
61. The commanders of field artillery will also keep registers of their 
practice, so that not a shot or shell shall be thrown in the army, for in- 
struction, without distinct objects, such as range, accuracy of aim, num- 
ber of ricochets, time of bursting in the case of shells, &c. 
62. The issue oT blank cartridges for the drill and instruction of the 
light artillery companies will be authorized in such quantities as may 
be necessary, on requisitions duly approved by the proper department. 
63. For artillery there will be three annual periods of practice in 
firing, viz: in April, June and October. At the termination of each 
period the commanding officers of posts will transmit to the Adjutant- 
General full reports of the results. 
64. To determine accuracy in firing shot and shell, butts or targets 
will be used. If no natural butt presents itself, targets will be erected. 
65. As practice in gunnery is a heavy expense, commanders of com- 
panies, and their immediate superiors, are charged with the strict execu- 
tion of the foregoing details; and all officers on inspection duty will re- 
port, through the proper channels, upon such execution. 
ARTICLE XII. 
66. On the organization of a regiment, companies receive a permanent 
designation by letters beginning with A, and the officers are assigned to 
companies;; afterward, company officers succeed to companies, as pro- 
moted to fill vacancies. Companies take place in the battalion accord- 
ing to the rank of their captains. 
67. Captains must serve with their companies. Though subject to 
the temporary details of service, as for courts-martial, military boards, 
&c., they shall not be detailed for any duty which may separate them 
for any considerable time from their companies. 
68. The commander of a regiment will appoint the adjutant from the 
subalterns of the regiment. He will nominate the regimental quarter- 
master to the Secretary of War for appointment, if approved. He will 
appoint the non-commissioned staff of the regiment; and, upon the re- 
commendation of the company commander, the sergeants and corporals 
of companies. 
69. In cases of vacancy, and till a decision can be had from regimental 
headquarters, the company commanders may make temporary appoint- 
ments of non-commissioned officers. 
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HEG1MENTS. 
70. Commanders of regiments are enjoined to avail themselves of every 
opportunity of instructing both officers and men in the exercise and man- 
agement of field artillery ; and all commanders ought to encourage use- 
ful occupations, and manly exercises, and diversions among their men, 
and to repress dissipation and immorality. 
71. It is enjoined upon all officers to be cautious in reproving non- 
commissioned officers in the presence or hearing of privates, lest their 
authority be weakened; and non-commissioned officers are not to be sent 
to the guard-room and mixed with privates during confinement, but be 
considered as placed in arrest, except in aggravated cases, where escape 
may be apprehended. 
72. Non-commissioned officers may be reduced to the ranks by the 
sentence of a court-martial, or by order of the commander of the regi- 
ment on the application of the company commander. If reduced to the 
ranks by garrsion courts, at posts not the headquarters of the regiment, 
the company commander will immediately forward a transcript of the 
order to the regimental commander. 
73. Every non-commissioned officer shall be furnished with a certifi- 
cate or warrant of his rank, signed by the colonel and countersigned by 
the adjutant. Blank warrants are furnished from the Adjutant-Gene- 
ral's office. The first, or orderly sergeant, will be selected by the captain 
from the sergeants. 
74. When it is desired to have bands of music for regiments, there 
will be allowed for each, sixteen privates to act as musicians, in addi- 
tion to the chief musicians authorized by law, provided, the total num- 
ber of privates in the regiment, including the band, does not exceed the 
legal standard. 
75. The musicians of the band will, for the time being, be dropped 
from the company muster-rolls, but they will be instructed as soldiers, 
and liable to serve in the ranks on any occasion. They will be mustered 
in a separate squad under the chief musician, with the non-commission- 
ed staff, and be included in the aggregate in all regimental returns. 
76. When a regiment occupies several stations, the band will be kept 
at the headquarters, provided troops (one or more companies) be serving 
there. The field music belonging to companies not stationed at regi- 
mental headquarters, will not be separated from their respective com- 
panies. 
77. No man, unless he be a carpenter, joiner, carriage maker, black- 
smith, saddler, or harness maker, will be mustered as an "artificer." 
78. Every article, excepting arms and accoutrements, belonging to 
the regiment, is to be marked with the number and name of the regi- 
ment. 
79. Such articles as belong to companies are to be marked with the 
letter of the company, and number and name of the regiment; and such 
as belong to men, with their individual numbers, and the letter of the 
company. 
80. The books for each regiment shall be as follows: 
1. Original copies of general orders will be tied together in book form, 
and properly indexed as they are received, and at length bound in 
volumes of convenient size. 
2. Regimental Order Book, of three quires of paper, 16 inches by 10| 
inches, to contain regimental orders, with an index. COMPANIES. 
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3. Letter Book, of three quires of paper, 16 inches by 10£ inches, to con- 
tain the correspondence of the commanding officer on regimental sub- 
jects, with an index. 
4. An index of letters required to be kept on file, in the following 
form : 
No. 
NAME OF WRITER. 
DATE. 
SUBJECT. 
1 
Captain A. B 
July 15, 1856. 
Appoint't Non-Com. Officers. 
2 
Adj't General R. J.. 
Sept. 4, 1846. 
Recruiting Service. 
3 
Captain F. G 
Oct. 14, 1846. 
Error in Company Return. 
4 
Lieutenant C. D.. . . 
Nov. 2. 1846. 
Application for Leave. 
The date of receipt should be endorsed on all letters. They should be 
numbered to correspond with the index, and filed in regular order, for 
easy reference. 
5. Descriptive Book, of five quires of paper, sixteen inches by ten and 
a half inches, to contain a list of the officers of the regiment, with 
their rank, and dates of appointment, and promotions; transfers, 
leaves of absence, and places and date of birth. To contain also, the 
names of all enlisted soldiers entered according to priority of enlist- 
ments, giving their description, the dates and periods of their enlist- 
ments ; and under the head of remarks, the cause of discharge, cha- 
racter, death, desertion, transfer ; in short, everything relating to 
their military history. This book to be indexed. 
One copy of the monthly returns will be filed. 
POST books. 
81. The following books will be kept at each post: A Morning Report 
Book, a Guard Report Book, an Order Book, a Letter Book, each two 
quires foolscap; also, copies of the monthly post returns. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
82. The captain will cause the men of the company to be numbered, 
in a regular series, including the non-commissioned officers, and divided 
into four squads, each to be put under the charge of a non-commissioned 
officer. 
83. Each subaltern officer will be charged with a squad for the super- 
vision of its order and cleanliness; and captains will require their lieu- 
tenants to assist them in the performance of all company duties. 
84. As far as practicable, the men of each squad will be quartered 
together. 
8n The utmost attention will be paid by commanders of companies 
to the cleanliness of their men, as to their persons, clothing, arms, ac- 
coutrements, and equipments, and also as to their quarters or tents. 
86. The name of each soldier will be labeled on his bunk, and his 
company number will be placed against his arms and accoutrements. 
87. The arms will be placed in the arm-racks, the stoppers in the 
muzzles, the cocks let down, and their bayonets in their scabbards; the 
accoutrements suspended over the arms, and the swords hung up by the 
belts on pegs. 
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COMPANIES. 
88. The knapsack of each man will be placed on the lower shelf of 
his bunk, at its foot, packed with his effects, and ready to be slung; the 
great-coat on the same shelf, rolled and strapped ; the coat, folded inside 
out, and placed under the knapsack; the cap on the second or upper 
shelf; and the boots well cleaned. 
89. Dirty clothes will be kept in an appropriate part of the knapsack; 
no article of any kind to be put under the bedding. 
90. Cooking utensils and table equipage will be cleaned and arranged 
in closets or recesses; blacking and brushes out of view; the fuel in 
boxes. 
91. Ordinarily the cleaning will be on Saturdays. The chiefs of 
squads will cause bunks and beddings to be overhauled; floors dry 
rubbed; tables and benches scoured; arms cleaned; accoutrements 
whitened and polished; and every thing put in order. 
92. Where conveniences for bathing are to be had, the men should 
bathe once a week. The feet to be washed at least twice a week. The 
hair kept short, and beard neatly trimmed. 
93. Non-commissioned officers, in command of squads, will be held 
more immediately responsible that their men observe what is prescribed 
above; that they wash their hands and faces daily; that they brush or 
comb their heads; that those who are to go on duty put their arms, ac- 
coutrements, dress, &c., in the best order, and that such as have per- 
mission to pass the chain of sentinels, are in the dress that may be or- 
dered. 
94. Commanders of companies and squads will see that the arms and 
accoutrements in possession of the men are always kept in good order, 
and that proper care be taken in cleaning them. 
95. When belts are given to a soldier, the captain will see that they 
are properly fitted to the body; and it is forbidden to cut any belt with- 
out his sanction. 
96. Cartridge-boxes and bayonet scabbards will be polished with black- 
ing ; varnish is injurious to the leather, and will not be used. 
97. All arms in the hands of the troops, whether browned or bright, 
will be kept in the state in which they are issued by the Ordnance De- 
partment. Arms will not be taken to pieces without permission of a 
commissioned officer. Bright barrels will be kept clean and free from 
rust without polishing them; care should betaken in rubbing not to 
bruise or bend the barrel. After firing, wash out the bore ; wipe it dry, 
and then pass a bit of cloth, slightly greased, to the bottom. In these 
operations, a rod of wood, with a loop in one end, is to be used instead 
of the rammer. The barrel, when not in use, will be closed with a stop- 
per. For exercise, each soldier should keep himself provided with a 
piece of sole-leather to fit the cup or countersink of the hammer. 
98. Arms shall not be left loaded in quarters or tents, or when the 
men are off duty, except by special orders. 
99. Ammunition issued will be inspected frequently. Each man will 
be made to pay for the rounds expended without orders, or not in the 
way of duty, or which may be damaged or lost by his neglect. 
100. Ammunition will be frequently exposed to the dry air, or 
sunned. 
101. Special care shall be taken to ascertain that no ball-cartridges 
arc mixed with the blank cartridges issued to the men. 11 
102. All knrtpsacks are to be painted black. Those for the artillery 
■will be marked in the centre of the cover with the number of the regi- 
ment only, in figures of one and a half inches in length, of the charac- 
ter called full-face, with yellow paint. Those for the infantry will be 
marked in the same way, in white paint. The knapsack straps will be 
black. 
103. The knapsackswill also be marked upon the inner side with the 
letter of the company and the number of the soldier, on such part as 
may be readily observed at inspections. 
104. Haversacks will be marked upon the flap with the number and 
name of the regiment, the letter of the company, and number of the sol- 
dier, in black letters and figures. And each soldier must, at all times, 
be provided with a haversack and canteen, and will exhibit them at all 
inspections. It will be worn on the left side on marches, guard, and 
when paraded for detached service-the canteen outside the haver- 
sack. 
105. The front of the drums will be painted with the arms of the Con- 
federate States, on a blue field for the infantry, and on a red field for 
the artillery. The letter of the company and the number of the regi- 
ment, under the arms, in a scroll. 
106. Officers at their stations, in camp or in garrison, will always 
wear their proper uniform. 
107. Soldiers will wear* the prescribed uniform in camp or garrison, 
and will not be permitted to keep in their possession any other clothing. 
When on fatigue parties, they will wear the proper fatigue dress. 
108. In camp or barracks, the company officers must visit the kitchen 
daily, and inspect the kettles, and at all times carefully attend to the 
messing and economy of their respective companies. The commanding 
officer of the post or regiment will make frequent inspections of the 
kitchens and messes. 
109. The bread must be thoroughly baked, and not eaten until it is 
cold. The soup must be boiled at least five hours, and the vegetables 
always cooked sufficiently to be perfectly soft and digestible. 
110. Messes will be prepared by privates of squads, including private 
musicians, each taking his tour. The greatest care will be observed in 
washing and scouring the cooking utensils; those made of brass and 
copper should be lined with tin. 
111. The messes of prisoners will be sent to them by the cooks. 
112. No persons will be allowed to visit or remain in the kitchen, 
except such as may come on duty, or be occupied as cooks. 
113. Those detailed for duty in the kitchens will also be required to 
keep the furniture of the mess-room in order. 
114. On marches and in the field, the only mess furniture of the sol- 
dier will be one tin plate, one tin cup, one knife, fork and spoon, to each 
man, to be carried by himself on the march. 
115. If a soldier be required to assist his first sergeant in the writing 
of the company, to excuse him from a tour of military duty, the captain 
will previously obtain the sanction of his own commander, if he have 
one present; and whether there be a superior present or not, the cap- 
tain will be responsible that the man so employed does not miss two 
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ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 
successive tours of guard duty by reason of such employment. 
116. Tradesmen may be relieved from ordinary military duty, to 
make, to alter, or to mend soldiers' clothing, &c. Company commanders 
will fix the rates at which work shall be done, and cause the men, for 
whose benefit it is done, to pay for it at the next pay day. 
117. Each company officer, serving with his company, may take from 
it one soldier as waiter, with his consent and the consent of his captain. 
No other officers shall take a soldier as a waiter. Every soldier so em- 
ployed shall be so reported and mustered. 
118. Soldiers taken as officers' waiters shall be acquainted with their 
military duty, and at all times be completely armed and clothed, and in 
every respect equipped according to the rules of the service, and have 
all their necessaries complete and in good order. They are to fall in 
with their respective companies at all reviews and inspections, and are 
liable to such drills as the commanding officer shall judge necessary to 
fit them for service in the ranks. 
119. Non-commissioned officers will, in no case, be permitted to act 
as waiters; nor are they, or private soldiers, not waiters, to be employ- 
ed in any menial office, or made to perform any service not military, for 
the private benefit of any officer or mess of officers. 
COMPANY BOOKS. 
120. The following books are allowed to each company ; one descrip- 
tive book, one clothing book, one order book, one morning report book, 
each one quire, sixteen inches by ten. One page of the descriptive book 
will be appropriated to the list of officers; two to the non-commissoned 
officers ; two to the register of men transferred; four to the register of men 
discharged ; two to registei' of deaths ; four to register of deserters-the 
rest to the company description list. 
121. Four women will be allowed to each company as washer-wo- 
men, and will receive one ration per day each. 
122. The price of washing soldiers' clothing, by the month, or by the 
piece, will be determined by the Council Administration. 
123. Debts due the laundress by soldiers, for washing, will be paid, 
or collected at the pay-table, under the direction of the captain. 
LAUNDRESS. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
124. The Secretary of War selects from the sergeants of the line of 
the army, who mav have faithfully served, as many ordnance sergeants 
as the service may require. 
125. Captains will report to their Colonels such sergeants as by their 
conduct and service merit such appointments, setting forth the descrip- 
tion, length of service of the sergeant, the portion of his service he was 
a non-commissioned officer, his general character as to fidelity, and so- 
briety, his qualifications as a clerk, and his fitness for the duties to be 
performed by an ordnance sergeant. These reports will be forwarded 
to the Adjutant and Inspector General, to be laid before the Secretary 
of War, with an application in the following form : 
ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 13 
ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 
Headquarters, i&c. 
To the Adjutant and Inspector General: 
Sir-I forward for the consideration of the proper authority, an ap- 
plication for the appointment of ordnance sergeant. 
Name and Regiment 
Letter of Company. 
Length of Service. 
Remarks. 
As non-commis- 
sioned Officer. 
In the 
Army. 
YEARS. 
MONTHS. 
YEARS. 
MONTHS 
Inclosed herewith you will receive the report of , the officer 
commanding the company in which the sergeant has been serving, to 
which I add the following remarks: 
, Commanding Regiment. 
126. When a company is detached from the headquarters of the regi- 
ment, the reports of the commanding officer in this matter, will pass to 
the regimental headquarters through the commanding officer of the post 
or detachment, and be accompanied by his opinion as to the fitness of 
the candidate. 
127. Ordnance Sergeants will be assigned to posts when appointed, 
and are not to be transferred to other stations except by orders from the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
128. At the expiration of their term of service, ordnance sergeants 
may be re-enlisted, provided they shall have conducted themselves in a 
becoming manner, and performed their duties to the satisfaction of the 
commanding officer. If the commanding officer, however, shall not think 
proper to re-enlist the ordnance sergeant of his post, he will not dis- 
charge him at the expiration of his service, unless it shall be the wish 
of the sergeant, but will communicate to the Adjutant and Inspector- 
General his reasons for declining to re-enlist him, to be submitted to the 
War Department. 
129. The officers interested must be aware, from the nature of the 
duties assigned to ordnance sergeants, that the judicious selection of 
them is of no small importance to the interests of the service; and that 
while the law contemplates, in the appointment of these non-commis- 
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ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 
stores in deposit in the several forts, there is the further motive 
of offering a reward to those faithful and well-tried sergeants who have 
long served their country, and of thus giving encouragement to the sol- 
dier in the ranks to emulate them in conduct, and thereby secure sub- 
stantial promotion. Colonels and Captains can not, therefore, be too 
particular in investigating the characters of the candidates, and in giving 
their testimony as to their merits. 
130. The appointment and removal of ordnance sergeants, stationed 
at military posts, in pursuance of the above provisions of law, shall be 
reported by the Adjutant and Inspector-General to the Chief of the Ord- 
nance Department. 
131. When a non-commissioned officer receives the appointment of 
ordnance sergeant, he shall be dropped from the rolls of the regiment or 
company in which he may be serving at the time. 
132. The duty of ordnance sergeants relates to the care of the ordnance, 
arms, ammunition, and other military stores at the post to which they 
may be attached, under the direction of the commanding officer, and 
according to the regulations of the Ordnance Department. 
133. If a post be evacuated, the ordnance sergeant shall remain on 
duty at the station, under the direction of the Chief of the Ordnance De- 
partment, in charge of the ordnance and ordnance stores, and of such 
other public property as is not in charge of some officer or agent of other 
Departments; for which ordnance stores and other property he will ac- 
count to the chiefs of the proper departments until otherwise directed. 
134. An ordnance sergeant in charge of ordnance stores at a post 
where there is no commissioned officer, shall be held responsible for the 
safe keeping of the property, and he shall be governed by the regula- 
tions of the Ordnance Department in making issues of the same, and in 
preparing and furnishing the requisite returns. If the means at his 
disposal are not sufficient for the preservation of the property, he shall 
report the circumstances to the Chief of the Ordnance Department. 
135. Ordnance sergeants are to be considered as belonging to the non- 
commissioned staff of the post, under the orders of the commanding 
officer. They are to wear the uniform, with the distinctive badges 
prescribed for the non-commissioned staff, of regiments of artillery ; and 
they are to appear under arms with the troops at all reviews and 
inspections, monthly and weekly. 
136. When serving at any post which may be the headquarters of a 
regiment, ordnance sergeants shall be reported by name on the post're- 
turns, and mustered with the non-commissioned staff of the regiment; 
and at all other posts they shall be mustered and reported in some com- 
pany stationed at the post at which they serve; be paid on the muster- 
roll, and be charged with the clothing and all other supplies previously 
received from any officer, or subsequently issued to them by the com- 
manding officer of the company for the time being. Whenever the 
company may be ordered from the post, the ordnance sergeant will be 
transferred to the rolls of any remaining company, by the order of the 
commanding officer of the post. 
137. In the event of the troops being all withdrawn from a post at 
which there is an ordnance sergeant, he shall be furnished with his de- 
scriptive roll and account of clothing and pay, signed by the proper 
officer last in command, accompanied by the remarks necessary for his TRANSFER OF SOLDIERS-DECEASED OFFICERS. 
15 
military history; and on his exhibiting such papers to any Quartermas- 
ter, w'ith a letter from the ordnance office acknowledging the receipt of 
his returns, and that they are satisfactory, he will be paid on a separate 
account the amount which may be due him at the date of the receipt of 
the return mentioned in such letter, together with commutation of ra- 
tions, according to the regulations of the Subsistence Department. A 
certified statement of his pay account will be furnished the Ordnance 
sergeant by the Quartermaster by whom he may be last paid. When 
there are no troops at the post, the ordnance sergeant will report to the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's office by letter, on the last day of every 
month. 
ARTICLE XV. 
TRANSFER OF SOLDIERS. 
138. No non-commissioned officer or soldier will be transferred from 
one regiment to another without the authority of the commanding 
General. 
139. The Colonel may, upon the application of the Captains, transfer 
a non-commissioned officer or soldier from one company to another of 
his regiment-with consent of the department commander in case of 
change of post; but in no case from one regiment to another where 
serving in different departments without approval of department com- 
manders, and then at expense of parties transferred, except where trans- 
fer is required by interests of public service. 
140. When soldiers are authorized to be transferred, the transfer will 
take place on the first of a month, with a view to the more convenient 
settlement of their accounts. 
141. In all cases of transfer, a complete descriptive roll will accom- 
pany the soldier transferred, which roll will embrace an account of his 
pay, clothing, and other allowances; also, all stoppages to be made on 
account of the Government, and debts due the laundress, as well as such 
other facts as may be necessary to show his character and military 
history. 
DECEASED OFFICERS. 
ARTICLE XVI. 
142. Whenever an officer dies, or is killed at any military post or sta- 
tion, or in the vicinity of the same, it will be the duty of the command- 
ing officer to report the fact direct to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
eral, w'ith the date, and any other information proper to be communi- 
cated. If an officer die at a distance from a military post, any officer 
having intelligence of the same will in like manner communicate it, 
specifying the day of his decease; a duplicate of the report will be sent 
to department headquarters. 
143. Inventories of the effects of deceased officers, required by the 
94th article of war, will be transmitted to the Adjutant and Inspector- 
General. 
144. If a legal administrator or family connection be present, and 
take charge of the effects, it will be so stated to the Adjutant and Inspec- 
tor-General. 
ARTICLE XVII. 
145. Inventories of the effects of deceased non-commissioned officers 
DECEASED SOLDIERS. 16 
DECEASED SOLDIERS-DESERTERS. 
and soldiers, required by the 95th article of war, will be forwarded to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General, by the commander of the company 
to which the deceased belonged, and a duplicate of the same to the Colo- 
nel of the regiment.-' Final statements of pay, clothing, &c., will be sent 
with the inventories. When a soldier dies at a post or station absent 
from his company, it will be the duty of his immediate commander to 
furnish the required inventory, and, at the same time, to forward to'the 
commanding officer of the company to which the soldier belonged, a re- 
port of his death, specifying the date, place, and cause; to what time he 
was last paid, and the money or other effects in his possession at the 
time of his decease; which report will be noted on the next muster roll 
of the company to which the man belonged. Each inventory will be 
endorsed, "Inventory of the effects of , late of company (-) 
regiment of , who died at , the day of , 186-•" 
If a legal representative receive the effects, it will be stated in the re- 
port. If the soldier leave no effects, the fact will be reported. 
146. Should the effects of a deceased non-commissioned officer or sol- 
dier not be administered upon within a short period after his decease, 
they shall be disposed of by a Council of Administration, under the 
authority of the commanding officer of the post, and the proceeds depos- 
ited with the Quartermaster, to the credit of the Confederate States, 
until they shall be claimed by the legal representatives of the deceased. 
147. In all such cases of sales by the Council of Administration, a 
statement in detail, or account of the proceeds, duly certified by the 
Council and commanding officer, accompanied by the Quartermaster's 
receipt for the proceeds, will be forwarded by the commanding officer to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General. The statement will be indorsed, 
"Report of the proceeds of the effects of , late of company (-) 
regiment of , who died at , the day of 
186-." 
ARTICLE XVIII. 
DESERTERS. 
148. If a soldier desert from, or a deserter be received at, any post 
other than the station of the company or detachment to which he be- 
longed, he shall be promptly reported by the commanding officer of such 
post, to the commander of his company or detachment. The time of 
desertion, apprehension and delivery will be stated. If the man be a 
recruit, unattached, the required report will be made to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General. When a report is received of the apprehension 
or surrender of a deserter at any post other than the station of the com- 
pany or detachment to which he belonged, the commander of such com- 
pany or detachment shall immediately forward his description and ac- 
count of clothing to the officer making the report. 
149. A reward of thirty dollars will be paid for the apprehension and 
delivery of a deserter to an officer of the Army at the most convenient 
post or recruiting station. Rewards thus paid will be promptly reported 
by the disbursing officer to the officer commanding the company in 
which the deserter is mustered, and to the authority competent to order 
his trial. The reward of thirty dollars will include the remuneration 
for all expenses incurred for apprehending, securing and delivering a 
deserter. DISCHARGES. 
17 
150. When non-commissioned officers or soldiers are sent in pursuit 
of a deserter, the expenses necessarily incurred will be paid whether he 
be apprehended or not, and reported as in case of rewards paid. 
151. Deserters shall make good the time lost by desertion, unless dis- 
charged by competent authority. 
152. No deserter shall be restored to duty without trial, except by the 
authority competent to order the trial. 
153. Rewards and expenses paid for apprehending a deserter, will be 
set against his pay, when adjudged by a court-martial, or when he is 
restored to duty without trial on such condition. 
154. In reckoning the time of service, and the pay and allowances of 
a deserter, be is to be considered in service when delivered up as a de- 
serter to the proper authority. 
155. An apprehended deserter, or one who surrenders himself, shall 
receive no pay while waiting trial, and only such clothing as may be 
actually necessary for him. 
ARTICLE XIX. 
156. No enlisted man shall be discharged before the expiration of his 
term of enlistment without authority of the War Department, except by 
sentence of a general court-martial, or by the commander of the depart- 
ment, or of an army in the field, on certificate of disability, or «n appli- 
cation of the soldier after twenty years' service. 
157. When an enlisted man is to be discharged, his company com- 
mander shall furnish him certificates of his account, according to form 
4, Pay Department. 
158. Blank discharges will be furnished from the Adjutant and In- 
spector-General's office. No discharge shall be made in duplicate, nor 
shall any certificate be given in lieu of a discharge, except by order of 
the War Department. 
159. The cause of discharge will be stated in the body of the dis- 
charge, and the space at foot for character cut off, unless a recommen- 
dation is given. 
160. Whenever a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall be 
unfit for military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, 
his captain shall forward through the commander of the regiment or 
battalion, to the Brigade Commander or other officer next higher in rank 
to the commander of the regiment or battalion, a statement of the case, 
with a 'certificate of disability,' signed by the medical officer having 
charge of the invalid, with a recommendation for discharge or f urlough, 
as the case may require; and if the recommendation be approved, the 
authority for discharge or furlough shall be endorsed on the 'certificate 
of disability,' which shall then be returned to the commanding officer 
of the regiment or battalion, who will cause the proper papers to be made 
out-final statements and discharge in the first case, furloughs and de- 
scriptive rolls in the second. The certificate of disability, properly en- 
dorsed, in case of discharge, will be forwarded by commanding officer to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
161. When invalids are absent from their regiments or companies in 
hospitals, the Surgeon in charge will make out certificates of disability 
in all cases of disease likely to prove of long continuance, and forward 
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TRAVELING ON DUTY-LEAVE OE ABSENCE. 
them to commanding officer of regiment or battalion to which the invalid 
belongs, for reference, as prescribed in preceding paragraph." 
162. The date, place, and cause of discharge of a soldier absent from 
his company, will be reported by the commander of the post to his com- 
pany commander. 
163. Company commanders are required to keep the blank discharges 
and certificates carefully in their own custody. 
ARTICLE XX. 
164. Whenever an officer, traveling; under orders, arrives at his post, 
he will submit to the commanding officer a report in writing, of the time 
occupied in the travel, with a copy of the orders under which the jour- 
ney was performed, and an explanation of any delay in the execution of 
the orders; which report the commanding officer shall transmit, with 
his opinion on it, to department headquarters. If the officer be superior 
in rank to the commander, the required report will be made by the senior 
himself. 
165. Orders detaching an officer for a special duty, imply, unless 
otherwise stated, that he is thereafter to join his prop'er station. 
TRAVELING ON DUTY. 
ARTICLE XXL 
166. In no case will leaves of absence be granted, sb that a company 
be left without one of its commissioned officers, or that a garrisoned post 
be left without two commissioned officers and competent medical attend- 
ance; nor shall leave of absence be granted to an officer during the sea- 
son of active operations, except on urgent necessity, and then as follows: 
The commander of a post may grant seven days leave-the commander 
of an army thirty. 
167. When not otherwise specified, leaves of absence will be consid- 
ered as commencing on the day that the officer is relieved from duty at 
his post. He will report himself monthly, giving his address for the 
next thirty days, to the commander of his post, and of his regiment or 
corps, and to the Adjutant and Inspector-General; and in his first re- 
port state the day when bis leave of absence commenced; at the expi- 
ration of his leave he will join his station. 
168. Applications for leave of absence for more than thirty days, must 
be referred to the Adjutant and Inspector-General for the decision of the 
Secretary of War. In giving a permission to apply for the extension of 
a leave of absence, the term of the extension should be stated. 
169. The immediate commander of the officer applying for leave of 
absence, and all intermediate commanders, will endorse their opinion 
on the application before forwarding it. 
170. The commander of a post may take leave of absence not to ex- 
ceed seven days at one time, or in the same month, reporting the fact 
to his next superior. 
171. Leaves of absence on account of sickness will not be granted to 
go beyond the limits of the Military Department within which they are 
stationed, unless the certificate of the medical officer shall explicitly 
state that a greater change is necessary to save life, or prevent perma- 
nent disability. Nor will sick leaves to go beyond the Department limits 
LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO OFFICERS. FURLOUGHS TO ENLISTED MEN. 
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be given in any case, except of immediate urgency, without the previous 
sanction of the War Department. 
172. On the expiration of a leave of absence given on account of sick- 
ness, if the officer be able to travel, he will forthwith proceed to his 
post, although his disability may not have been removed. Exceptions 
to this general rule must be made in each case by the War Department, 
on full and explicit medical certificates setting forth the reasons for delay, 
and the length of time delay is considered necessary. 
173. An application for leave of absence on account of sickness, must 
be accompanied by a certificate of the senior medical officer present, in 
the following form: 
, of the regiment of -, having applied for a certificate 
on which to ground an application for leave of absence, I do hereby 
certify that I have carefully examined this officer, and find that-[Here 
the nature of the disease, wound, or disability, is to be fully stated, and 
the period during which the officer has suffered under its effects.] And 
that in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I 
further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties 
in a less period than . [Here state candidly and explicitly the 
opinion as to the period which will probably elapse before the officer will 
be able to resume his duties. When there is no reason to expect a recovery, 
or when the prospect of recovery is distant and uncertain, or when a change 
of climate is recommended, it must be so stated.] Dated at , this 
day of . Signature of the Medical Officer. 
174. In all reports of absence, or application for leave of absence on 
account of sickness, the officer shall state how long he has been absent 
already on that account, and by whose permission. 
ARTICLE XXII. 
175. Furloughs will be granted only by the commanding officer of the 
post or the commanding officer of the regiment actually quartered with 
it. Furloughs may be prohibited at the discretion of the officer in com- 
mand. 
176. Soldiers on furlough shall not take with them their arms or ac- 
coutrements, but in all cases of long expected absence, should be fur- 
nished with descriptive and clothing accounts, by their Captains, to 
enable them to draw their pay. 
177. Form of furlough : 
FURLOUGHS TO ENLISTED MEN. 
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 
The bearer hereof, , a sergeant (corporal'. Or private, as the 
case may be) of Captain ; company, - regiment of , 
aged - year, - feet - inches high, complexion, eyes, 
hair, and by profession a , born in the of , 
and enlisted at , in the of , on the day of , 
eighteen hundred and , to serve for the period of , is hereby 
permitted to go to , in the county of , State of , he 
having received a furlough from the - day of , to the - day 
of--, at which period he will rejoin his company or regiment 20 
COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION. 
at , or wherever it then may be, or be considered a deserter. 
Subsistence has been furnished to said , to the day of 
, and pay to the day of , both inclusive. 
Given under my hand, at , this day of , 18-. 
Signature of the officer 1 
giving the furlough. J 
ARTICLE XXIII. 
COUNCILS OF ADMINISTRATION. 
178. The commanding officer of every post shall, at least once in every 
two months, convene a Post Council of Administration, to consist of 
three regimental or company officers next in rank to himself; or, if there 
be but two, then the two next; if but one, the one next; and if there be 
none other than himself, then he himself shall act. 
179. The junior member will record the proceedings of the council in 
a book, and submit the same to the commanding officer. If he disap- 
prove the proceedings, and the council, after a reconsideration, adhere 
to its decision, a copy of the whole shall be sent by the officer command- 
ing to the next higher commander, whose decision shall be final, and 
entered in the council book, and the whole be published in orders for 
the information and government of all concerned. 
180. The proceedings of Councils of Administration shall be signed 
by the president and recorder, and the recorder of each meeting, after 
entering the whole proceedings, together with the final order thereon, 
shall deposit the book with the commanding officer. In like manner, the 
approval or objections of the officer ordering the council will be signed 
with his own hand. 
181. The Post Council shall prescribe the quantity and kind of cloth- 
ing, smajl equipments, and soldiers' necessaries, groceries, and all arti- 
cles which the sutlers may be required to keep on hand ; examine the 
sutler's books and papers, and fix the tariff of prices of the said goods or 
commodities; inspect the sutler's weights and measures; fix the laun- 
dress charges, and make the regulations for the post school. 
182. Pursuantto the 30th Article of War, commanding officers review- 
ing the proceedings of the Council of Administration will scrutinize the 
tariff'of prices proposed by them, and take care that the stores actually 
furnished by the sutler correspond to the quality prescribed. 
POST FUND. 
183. A post fund shall be raised at each post by a tax on the sutler 
of 10 cents a month for every officer and soldier of the command, accord- 
ing to the average in each month to be ascertained by the council, and 
from the saving on the flour ration, ordinarily 33 per cent., by baking 
the soldiers' bread at a post bakery : Provided, that when want of vege- 
tables or other reasons make it necessary, the commanding officer may 
order the flour saved, or any part of it, issued to the men, after paying 
expenses of baking. 
184. The commanding officer* shall designate an officer to be post trea- 
surer, who shall keep the account of the fund, subject to the inspection 
of the council and commanding officer, and disburse the fund on 
warrants of the commanding officer, drawn in pursuance of specific re- 
solves of the council. POST AND COMPANY FUND. 
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185. At every settlement of the post-fund by the Council of Adminis- 
tration, the amount of the sutler's tax since the preceding settlement will 
be apportioned to the regiments represented at the post in the ratio of 
the number of companies of each present; and the results communica- 
ted by the Council to the Adjutant of the regiments affected and to the 
head-quarters of the department in which the regimental head-quarters 
are stationed. The tax will enter into the post-treasurer's accounts, 
and will be transmitted by him to the Regimental Treasurers in ac- 
cordance with the apportionment of the post-council. 
186. In each regiment the fund accruing to it as above, or as much 
of it as may be necessary, will be appropriated to the maintenance of 
the band. It will be administered by the regimental commander, the 
Adjutant as treasurer, and a regimental council, and be accounted for 
to department head quarters, on the same plan as that prescribed by 
regulations for the post-fund. 
187. The following are the objects of expenditure of the post fund: 
1st, expenses of the bake-house; 2d, expenses of the soldiers' children at 
the post school. 
188. On the last day of April, August and December, and when re- 
lieved from the duty, the treasurer shall make out his account with the 
fund since his last account, and submit it; with his vouchers, to the 
Council of Administration, to be examined by them, and recorded in the 
council book, and then forwarded by the commanding officer to depart- 
ment headquarters. 
189. At each settlement of the treasurer's account, the council shall 
distribute the unexpended balance of the post fund to the several com- 
panies and other troops in the ratio of their average force during the 
period. 
190. When a company leaves the post, it shall then receive its distri- 
butive share of the accrued fund. 
191. The regulations in regard to a post fund will, as far as practica- 
ble, be applied in the field to a regimental fund, to be raised, adminis- 
tered, expended, and distributed in like manner, by the regimental com- 
mand and a regimental council. 
192. The distributions from the post or regimental fund, and the 
savings from the company rations, constitute the Company fund, to be 
disbursed by the captain for the benefit of the enlisted men of the com- 
pany, pursuant to resolves of the Company Council, consisting of all the 
company officers present. In case of a tie vote in the council, the com- 
mander of the post shall decide. The Council shall be convened once 
in two months by the captain, and whenever he may think proper. 
193. Their proceedings shall be recorded in a book, signed by all the 
council, and open at all times to the inspection of the commander of the 
post. Every four months, and whenever another officer takes command 
of the company, and when the company leaves the post, the account of 
the company fund shall be made up, audited by the council, recorded in 
the council book, and submitted, with a duplicate, to the post commander, 
who shall examine it and forward the duplicate to department head- 
quarters. 
194. The supervision of the company fund by the post commander 
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CHAPLAINS-SUTLERS. 
herein directed, shall, in the field, devolve on the commander of the regi- 
ment. 
ARTICLE XXIV. 
CHAPLAINS. 
195. The posts at, and regiments with, which Chaplains may be em- 
ployed, will be announced by the War Department, upon recommenda- 
tions made by the commanding officer of posts or regiments, and the pay 
of a Chaplain will be $50 per month. 
ARTICLE XXV. 
196. Every military post may have one sutler, to be appointed by the 
Secretary of War on the recommendation of the Council of Administra- 
tion, approved by the commanding officer. 
197. A sutler shall hold his office for a term of three years, unless 
sooner removed; but the commanding officer may, for cause, suspend a 
sutler's privilege until a decision of the War Department is received in 
the case. 
198. In case of vacancy, a temporary appointment may be made by 
the commanding officer upon the nomination of the Council of Admin- 
istration. 
199. Troops in campaign, on detachment, or on distant service, will 
be allowed sutlers, at the rate of one for every regiment, corps, or sepa- 
rate detachment; to be appointed by the commanding officer of such 
regiment, corps, or detachment, upon the recommendation of the Council 
of Administration, subject to the approval of the general or other officer 
in command. 
200. No tax or burden in any shape, other than the authorized as- 
sessment for the post fund, will be imposed on the sutler. If there be 
a spare building, the use of it may be allowed him, he being respon- 
sible that it is kept in repair. - If there be no such building, he may be 
allowed to erect one ; but this article gives the sutler no claim to quar- 
ters, transportation for himself or goods, or to any military allowance 
whatever. 
201. The tariff of prices fixed by the Council of Administration shall 
be exposed in a conspicuous place in the sutler's store. No difference 
of prices will be allowed on cash or credit sales. 
202. Sutlers are not allowed to keep ardent spirits or other intoxi- 
cating drinks, under penalty of losing their situations. 
203. Sutlers shall not farm out or underlet the business and privi- 
leges granted by their appointment. 
204. No sutler shall sell to an enlisted man, on credit, to a sum exceed-, 
ing one-third of his monthly pay within the same month, without the 
written sanction of the company commander, or the commanding officer 
of the post or station, if the man does not belong to a company ; and nut 
exceeding one-half the monthly pay with such permission. 
205. Three days before the last of every month, the sutler shall ren- 
der for verification, to the company commander, or to the commanding 
officer, as the case may be, according to the meaning of the preceding 
paragraph, a written and separate account in each case, of any charges 
he may have against enlisted men for collection, and the officer shall 
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submit the accounts to the soldier for acknowledgment and signature, 
and witness the same. In the case of a soldier's death, desertion, or 
removal from the post, the account will be rendered immediately. If 
the soldier dispute the account, and the sutler insist, and in ease of death 
and desertion, the sutler will be required to establish the account by 
affidavit endorsed on it, before any officer authorised to administer an 
oath. Such verification will establish the debt unless disproved, and 
the amount may be collected at the pay table where the soldier is pre- 
sent, otherwise provided for in succeeding paragraph. 
206. All accounts of sutlers against enlisted men, which are not col- 
lected at the pay table-as of those who have died, deserted, or been 
removed beyond the reach of the sutler-after being duly audited as 
above, will be entered on the next succeeding muster-roll, or on the de- 
scriptive roll, or certificate of discharge, as the case may be, and the 
same shall be retained from any balances due the soldier, after deduct- 
ing forfeitures and stoppages for the Government and laundress, and 
be paid to the sutler, on application to the second auditor of the treasu- 
ry, through the Quartermaster-General. 
ARTICLE XXVI. 
207. Deliberations or discussions among any class of military men, 
having the object of conveying praise, or censure, or any mark of ap- 
probation toward their superiors or others in the military service; and 
all publications relative to transctions between officers of a private or per- 
sonal nature, whether newspaper, pamphlet or hand-bill, are strictly 
prohibited. 
MILITARY DISCUSSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS. 
ARTICLE XXVII. 
ARRESTS AND CONFINEMENTS. 
208. None but commanding officers have power to place officers under 
arrest, except for offences expressly designated in the 27th article of 
war. 
209. Officers are not to be put in arrest for light offenses. For these 
the censure of the commanding officer will, in most cases, answer the 
purpose of discipline. 
210. An officer in arrest may, at the discretion of his commanding 
officer, have larger limits assigned him than his tent or quarters, on 
written application to that effect. Close confinement is not to be resorted 
to unless under circumstances of an aggravated character. 
211. In ordinary cases, and where inconvenience to the service would 
result from it, a medical officer will not be put in arrest until the court- 
martial for his trial convenes. 
212. The arrest of an officer, or confinement of a soldier, will, as soon 
as practicable, be notified to his immediate commander. 
213. All prisoners under guard, without written charges, will be re- 
leased by the officer of the day at guard-mounting, unless orders to the 
contrary be given by the commanding officer. 
214. On a march, company officers and non-commissioned officers in 
arrest will follow in the rear of their respective companies, unless other- 
wise particularly ordered. 
215. Field officers, commissioned and non-commissioned staff officers, 24 
HOURS OF SERVICE AND ROLL CALLS-HONORS. 
under the same circumstances, will follow in the real' of their respective 
regiments. 
216. An officer under arrest will not wear a sword, or visit officially 
his commanding or other superior officer, unless sent for; and in case 
of business, he will make known his object in writing. 
ARTICLE XXVIII. 
217. In garrison, reveille will be at day-break ; retreat at sunset; the 
troop, surgeon's call, signals for breakfast and dinner at the hours pre- 
scribed by the commanding officer, according to climate and season. In 
the cavalry, stable-calls immediately after reveille, and an hour and a 
half before retreat; water-calls at the hours directed by the commanding 
officer. 
218. In camp, the commanding officer prescribes the hours of reveille, 
reports, roll-calls, guard-mounting, meals, stable-calls, issues, fa- 
tigues, &c. 
HOURS OF SERVICE AND ROLL CALL. 
219. 1. To go for fuel-poing-stroke and ten stroke roll.\ 
2. To go for water-tioo strokes and a fiam. 
3. Fox' fatigue party-pioneer's march. 
4. Adjutant's call--first part of the troop. 
5. First sergeant's call-one roll and four taps. 
6. Sergeant's call-one roll and three taps. 
7. Corporal's call-one roll and two taps. 
8. For the drummers-the drummer's call. 
226. The drummer's call shall be beat by the drums of the police 
guard five minutes before the time of beating the stated calls, when the 
drummers will assemble before the colors of their respective regiments, 
and as soon as the beat begins on the right, it will be immediately taken 
up along the line. 
SIGNALS. 
ROLLCALLS. 
221. There shall be daily at least three stated roll-calls, viz: at re- 
veille, retreat, and tattoo. They will be made on the company parades 
by the first sergeants, superintended by a commissioned officer of the 
company. The captains will report the absentees without leave to the 
colonel or commanding officer. 
222. Immediately after reveille roll-call, (after stable duty in the caval- 
ry,) the tents or quarters, and the space around them, will be put in 
order by the men of the companies, superintended by the chiefs of 
squads, and the guard-house or guard tent by the guard or prisoners. 
223. The morning reports of companies, signed by the Captains and 
First Sergeants, will be handed to the Adjutant before eight o'clock in 
the morni.ig, and will be consolidated by the Adjutant within the next 
hour, for the information of the Colonel; and if the consolidation is to 
be sent to higher authority, it will be signed by the Colonel and the 
Adjutant. 
ARTICLE XXIX. 
224. The President or Vice-President is to be saluted with the highest 
HONORS TO BE PAID BY THE TROOPS. HONORS TO BE PAID BY THE TROOPS. 
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honors-all standards and colors dropping, officers and troops saluting, 
drums beating and trumpets sounding. 
225. A General is to be received-by cavalry, with sabres presented, 
trumpets sounding the march, and all the officers saluting, standards 
dropping; by infantry, with drums beating the march, colors dropping, 
officers saluting, and arms presented. 
226. A Major-General is to be received-by cavalry, with sabres pre- 
sented, trumpets sounding twice the trumpet flourish, and officers sa- 
luting; by infantry, with three ruffles, colors dropping, officers saluting, 
and arms presented. 
227. A Brigadier-General is to be received-by cavalry, with sabres 
presented, trumpets sounding once the trumpet-flourish, and officers 
saluting; by infantry, with two ruffles, colors dropping, officers saluting, 
and arms presented. 
228. An Adjutant-General or Inspector-General, if under the rank of 
a General officer, is to be received at a review or inspection of the troops 
under arms-by cavalry, with sabres presented, officers saluting; by 
arms presented. The same honors to be paid to any field-officer autho- 
rized to review and inspect the troops. When the inspecting officer is 
junior to the officer commanding the parade, no compliments will be 
paid ; he will be received only with swords drawn and arms shouldered. 
229. All guards are to turn out and present arms to General officers as 
often as they pass them, except the personal guards of General officers, 
which turn out only to the Generals whose guards they are, and to 
officers of superior rank. 
230. To commanders of regiments, garrisons, or camps, their own 
guards turn out, and present arms once a day; after which, they turn 
out with shouldered arms. 
231. To the members of the Cabinet; to the Chief Justice, the Presi- 
dent of the Congress of the Confederate States ; and to Governors within 
their respective States and Territories-the same honors will be paid as 
to a General. 
232. Officers of a foreign service may be complimented with the honors 
due to their rank. 
233. American and Foreign Envoys or Ministers will be received with 
the compliments due t<> a Major General. 
234. The colors of a regiment passing a guard are to be saluted, the 
trumpets sounding, and the drums beating a march. 
235. When General officers or persons entitled to salute, pass in the 
rear of a guard, the officer is only to make his men stand shouldered, and 
not to face his guard about, or beat his drum. 
236. When General officers, or persons entitled toasa'ute, pass guards 
while in the act of relieving, both guards are to salute, receiving the 
word of command from the senior officer of the whole. 
237- All guards are to be under arms when armed parties approach 
their posts; and to parties commanded by commissioned officers, they 
are to present their arms, drums beating a march, and officers saluting. 
238. No compliments by guards or sentinels will be paid between re- 
treat and reveille, except as prescribed for grand rounds. 
239. All guards and sentinels are to pay the same compliments to the 
officers uf the navy, marines, and militia, in the service of the Confede* 
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SALUTES. 
rate States, as are directed to be paid to the officers of the army, accord- 
ing t<> t'neir relative ranks. 
240 it is equally the duty of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 
at all times, and in all situations, to pay the proper compliments to 
officers of the navy and marines, and to officers of other regiments, 
when in uniform, as to officers of their own particular regiments and 
corps. 
241. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline. 
Respect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on duty, but will 
be extended to all occasions. It is always the duty of the inferior to 
accost or to offer first the customary salutation, and of the superior to 
return such complimentary notice. 
242. Sergeants, with swords drawn, will salute by bringing them to 
a present-with muskets, by bringing the left hand across the body, so 
as to strike the musket near the right shoulder. Corporals out of the 
ranks, and privates not sentries, will carry their muskets at a shoulder 
as sergeant, and salute in like manner. 
243. When a soldier without arms, or with side-arms only, meets an 
officer, he is to raise his hand to the right side of the visor of his cap, 
palm to the front, elbow raised as high as the shoulder, looking at the 
same time in a respectful and soldier-like manner at the officer, who will 
return the compliment thus offered. 
244. A non-commissioned officer or soldier being seated, and without 
particular occupation, will rise on the approach of an officer, and make 
the customary salutation. If standing, he will turn toward the officer 
for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place or on the 
same ground, such compliments need not be repeated. 
245. The national salute is determined by the number of States com- 
posing the Confederacy, at the rate of one gun for each State. 
246. The President of the Confederate States alone is to receive a na- 
tional salute. 
247. The Vice-President is to receive a salute of two guns less than a 
national salute. 
248. The Heads of the great Executive Departments of the National 
Government; the Generals; the Governors of States and Territories, 
within their respective jurisdictions, two guns less than Vice-President. 
249. A Major-General, one gun less than General. 
250. A Brigadier- General, one gun less than Major General. 
251. Foreign ships of war will be saluted in return for a similar com- 
pliment, gun for gun, on notice being officially received of such inten- 
tion. If there be several posts in sight of, or within six miles of each 
other, the principal only shall reciprocate compliments with ships 
passing. 
252. Officers of the Navy will be saluted according to relative rank. 
253. Foreign officers invited to visit a fort or post, may be saluted ac- 
cording to their relative rank. 
254. Envoys and Ministers of the Confederate States and foreign pow- 
ers are to be saluted with 7 guns. 
255. A General officer will be saluted but once in a year at each post, 
and only when notice of his intention to vist the post has been given. 
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ESCORTS OF HONOR. 
256. Salutes to individuals are to be fired on their arrival only. 
257. A national salute will be fired at meridian on the anniversary of 
the adoption of the Provisional Constitution, 8th February, 1861, at each 
military post and camp provided with artillery and ammunition. 
258. Escorts of honor may be composed of cavalry or infanty, or both, 
according to circumstances. They are guards of honor for the purpose 
of receiving and escorting personages of high rank, civil or military. 
The troops for this purpose will be selected for their soldierly appear- 
ance and superior discipline. 
259. The escort will be drawn up in line, the centre opposite to the 
place where the personage presents himself, with an interval between 
the wings to receive him and his retinue. On his appearance, he will 
be received with the honors due to his rank. When he has taken his 
place in the line, the whole will be wheeled into platoons or companies, 
as the case may be, and take up the march. The same ceremony will 
be observed, and the same honors paid, on his leaving the escort. 
260. When the position of the escort is at a considerable distance 
from the point where he is expected to be received, as, for instance, 
where a court-yard or wharf intervenes, a double line of sentinels will 
be posted from that point to the escort, facing inward, and the sentinels 
will successively salute as he passes. 
261. An officer will be appointed to attend him, to bear such commu- 
nications as he may have to make to the commander of the escort. 
ESCORTS OF HONOR. 
FUNERAL HONORS. 
262. On the receipt of official intelligence of the death of the Presi- 
dent of the Confederate States, at any post or camp, the commanding 
officer shall, on the following day, cause a gun to be fired at every half 
hour, beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset. When posts are con- 
tiguous, the firing will take place at the post only commanded by the 
superior officer. 
263. On the day of interment of a General commanding-in-chief, a 
gun will be fired at every half hour, until the procession moves, begin- 
ning at sunrise. 
264. The funeral escort of a General shall consist of a regiment of in- 
fantry, a squadron of cavalry, and six pieces of artillery. 
265. That of a Major-General, a regiment of infantry, a squadron of 
cavalry, and four pieces ot artillery. 
266. That of a Brigadier-General, a regiment of infantry, one com- 
pany of cavalry, and two pieces of artillery. 
267. That of a Colonel, a regiment. 
268. That of a Lieutenant-Colonel, six companies. 
269. That of a Major, four companies. 
270. That of a Captain, one company. 
271. That of a Subaltern, half a company. 
272. The funeral escort shall always be commanded by an officer of 
the same rank with the deceased; or, if none such be present, by one of 
the next inferior grade. 
273. The funeral escort of a non-commissioned staff officer shall con- 
sist of sixteen rank and file, commanded by a Sergeant. 28 
FUNERAL HONORS. 
274. That of a Sergeaat, of fourteen rank and file, commanded by a 
Sergeant. 
275. That of a Corporal, of twelve rank and file, commanded by a 
Corporal ; and 
276. That of a Private, of eight rank and file, commanded by a Cor- 
poral. 
277. The escort will be formed in two ranks, opposite to the quarters 
oi' tent of the deceased, with -houldered arms and bayonets unfixed, 
the artillery and cavalry on the right of the infantry. 
278. On the appearance of the corpse, the officer commanding the 
escort will command, 
Present Arms 1 
when the honors due to the deceased will be paid by the drums and 
trumpets. The music will then play an appropriate air, and the coffin 
will then be taken to the right, where it will be halted. The com- 
mander will next order, 
1. Shoulder Arms. 2. By company, {or platoon) left wheel. 3. March. 
4. Reverse Arms. 5. Column, forward. 6. Guide right. 7. March. 
The armswill be reversed at the order by bringing the fire-lock under 
the left arm, butt to the front, barrel downward, left hand sustaining 
the lock, the right steadying the fire-lock behind the back, swords are 
reversed in a similar manner under the right arm. 
279. The column will be marched in slow time to solemn music, 
and on reaching the grave, will take a direction so as that the guides 
shall be next to the grave. When the centre of the column is opposite 
the grave, the commander will order, 
1. Column. 2. Halt. 3. Right, into line wheel. 4. March. 
The coffin is then brought along the front, to the opposite side of the 
grave, and the commander then orders, 
1. Shoulder Arms. 2. Present Arms. 
And when the coffin reaches the grave, he adds : 
1. Shoulder Arms. 2. Rest on Arms. 
The rest on arms is done by placing the muzzle on the left foot, both 
hands on the butt, the head on the hands or bowed, right knee bent. 
280. After the funeral service is performed, and the coffin is lowered 
into the grave, the commander will order, 
1. Attention! 2. Shoulder Arms. 3. Load at will. 4. Load. 
When three rounds of small arms will be fired by the escort, taking 
care to elevate the pieces. 
281. This being done, the commander will order, 
1. By company, {or platoon) right wheel. 2. March. 3. CoZumn, for- 
ward. 4. Guide left. 5. Quick March. 
The music will not begin to play until the escort is clear of the enclo- 
sure. 
282. When the distance to the place of interment is considerable, the 
escort may march in common time, and in column of route, after leav- 
ing the camp or garrison, and till it approaches the burial ground. INSPECTIONS OF THE TIlOOPB. 
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283. The pall bearers, six in number, will be selected from the grade 
of the deceased, or from the grade or grades next above or below it. 
284. At the funeral of an officer, as many in commission of the army, 
division, brigade, or regiment, according to the rank of the deceased, 
as can conveniently be spared from other duties, will join in procession, 
in uniform and with side-arms. The funeral of a non-commissioned of- 
ficer or private will be attended, in like manner, by the non-commis- 
sioned officers or privates of the regiment or company, according to the 
rank of the deceased, with side-arms only. 
285. Persons joining in the procession, follow the coffin in the inverse 
order of their rank. 
286. The usual badge of military mourning is a piece of black crape 
around the left arm, above the elbow, and also upon the swcrd hilt, and 
will be worn when in full or in undress. 
287. As family mourning, crape will be worn by officers (when in 
uniform) only around the left arm. 
288. The drums of a funeral escort will be covered with black crape, 
or thin black serge. 
289. Funeral honors will be paid to deceased officers without military 
rank according to their assimilated grades. 
ARTICLE XXX. 
290. The inspection of troops, as a division, regiment, or other bccy 
composing a garrison or command, not less than a company Will gene- 
rally be preceded by a review. 
291. There will be certain periodical inspections, to wit: 
1. The commanders of regimentsand posts will make an inspection 
of their commands on the last day of every month. 
2. Captainswill inspect their companies every Sunday morning. No 
soldier will be excused from Sunday inspection except the guard, the 
sick, and the necessary attendants in the hospital. 
3. Medical officers having charge of hospitals will also make a tho- 
rough inspection of them every Sunday morning. 
4. Inspection when troops are mustered for payment. 
292. Besides these inspections, frequent visits will be made by the 
commanding officer, company and medical officers, during the month, 
to the men's quarters, the hospital guard-house, &c. 
INSPECTIONS OF THE TROOPS 
s93. The present example embraces a battalion of infantry. The in- 
specting officer and the field and staff officers will be on foot. 
294. The battalion being in the order of battle, the Colonel will cause 
it to break into open column of companies, right in front. He will next 
order the ranks to be opened, when the color-rank and color guard, under 
the direction of the Adjutant, will take post ten paces in front, and the 
band ten paces in rear of the column. 
295. The Colonel, seeing the ranks aligned, will command, 
1. Officers and Sergeants, to the front of your companies. 2. March. 
FORM OF INSPECTION. 30 
FORM OF INSPECTION. 
The officers will form themselves in one rank, eight paces, and the non- 
commissioned officers in one rank, six paces in advance, along the whole 
fronts of their respective companies, from right to left, in the order of 
seniority; the pioneers and music of each company, in one rank, two 
paces behind the non-commissioned officers. 
296. The Colonel will next command, 
Field and Slaffto the front, March. 
The commissioned officers thus designated will form themselves in one 
rank, on a line equal to the front of the column, six paces in front of 
the colors, from right to left, in the order of seniority ; and the non- 
commissioned staff, in a similar manner, two paces in rear of the pre- 
ceding rank. The Colonel, seeing the movement executed, will take 
post on the right of the Lieutenant-Colonel, and wait the approach of 
the inspecting officer. But such of the field officers as may be superior 
in rank to the Inspector, will not take post in front of the battalion. 
297. The Inspector will commence in front. After inspecting the 
dress and general appearance of the field and commissioned staff under 
arms, the Inspector, accompanied by these officers, will pass down the 
open column, looking at every rank in front and rear. 
298. The Colonel will now command, 
1. Order arms. 2. Rest. 
When the Inspector will proceed to make a minute inspection of the 
several ranks or divisions, in succession, commencing in front. 
299. As the Inspector approaches the non-commissioned staff, color- 
rank, the color-guard, and the band, the Adjutant will give the neces- 
sary orders for the inspection of arms, boxes, and knapsacks. The 
colors will be planted firm in the ground, to enable the color-bearers to 
display the contents of their knapsacks. The non-commissioned staff 
may be dismissed as soon as inspected ; but the color-rai'.k and color- 
guard will remain until the colors are to be escorted to the place from 
which they weie taken. 
300. As the Inspector successively approaches the companies, the 
Captains will command, 
1. Attention. 2. Company. 3. Inspection-Arms. 
The inspecting officer will then go through the whole company, and 
minutely inspect the arms, accoutrements, and dress of each soldier. 
After this is done, the Captain will command, 
Open-Boxes. 
When the ammunition and the boxes will be examined. 
301. The Captain will then command; 
1. Shoulder-Arms. 
2. Close order. 
3. March. 
4. Order-Arms. 
5. SZucfc-Arms. 
6. to the rear, open order. 
7. March. 
8. Front rank, About-Face. 
9. Unsling Knapsacks. 
10. Open-Knapsacks. 
302. The Sergeants will face inward at the 2d command, and close 
upon the centre of the 3d, and stack their arms at the 5th command ; 
at the 6th command they face outward, and resume their positions at FORM OF INSPECTION. 
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the 7th. When the ranks are closed, preparatory to take arms, the Ser- 
geants will also close upon the centre, and at the word, take their arms 
and resume their places. 
303. The knapsacks will be placed at the feet of the men, the flaps 
from them, with the great coats on the flaps, and the knapsacks leaning 
on the great coats. In this position the Inspector will examine their 
contents, or so many of them as he may think necessary, commencing 
with the non-commissioned officers, the men standing at attention. 
304. When the Inspector has passed through the company, the Cap- 
tain will command, 
Repack-Knapsacks, 
when each soldier will repack and buckle up his knapsack, leaving it 
on the ground, the number upward, turned from him, and then stand 
at rest. 
305. The Captain will then command, 
1. Attention. 2. Company. 3. Sling-Knapsacks. 
At the word sling, each soldier will take his knapsack, holding it by 
the inner straps, and stand erect; at the last word he will replace it on 
his back. The Captain will continue : 
4. Front rank, About-Face. 
5. Clos'e order. 
6. March. 
7. Take-Arms. 
8. Shoulder-Arms. 
9. Officers and Sergeants, to your 
posts. 
10. March, 
and will cause the company to file off to their tents and quarters, ex- 
cept the company that is to re-escort the colors, which will await the 
further orders of the Colonel. 
306. In an extensive column, some of the rear-most companies may, 
after the inspection of dress and general appearance, be permitted to 
stack arms until just before the Inspector approaches them, when they 
will be directed to take arms and resume their position. 
307. The inspection of the troops being ended, the field and staff will 
next accompany the Inspector to the hospital, magazine, arsenal, quar- 
ters, sutler's shop, guard-house, and such other places as he may think 
proper to inspect. The Captains and subalterns repair to their compa- 
nies and sections to await the Inspector. 
308. The hospital being at all times an object of particular interest, 
it will be critically and minutely inspected. 
309. The men will be formed in the company quarters in front of 
their respective bunks, and on the entrance of the Inspector, the word 
Attention ! will be given by the senior non-commissioned officer present, 
when the whole will salute with the hand, without uncovering. 
310. The Inspector, attended by the company officers, will examine 
the general arrangement of the interior of the quarters, the bunks, bed- 
ding, cooking, and table utensils, and such other objects as may pre- 
sent themselves ; and afterwards the exterior. 
311. The Adjutant shall exhibit to the Inspector the regimental 
books and papers, including those relating to the transactions of the 
council of administration. The company books and papers will also be 
exhibited, the whole together, generally at the Adjutant's office, and in 
the presence of the officers not otherwise particularly engaged. 32 
MUSTERS-FORMS OF PARADE. 
312. The Inspector will examine critically the books and accounts of 
the administrative and disbursing officers of the command, and the 
money and property in their keeping. 
313. The inspection of cavalry and artillery will conform to the prin- 
ciples laid down in the foregoing paragraphs, regard being had to the 
system of instruction for those arms of service respectively. 
ARTICLE XXXI. 
MUSTERS. 
314. The musters will be made by an Inspector-General, if present, 
otherwise by an officer specially designated by the commander of the 
army, division, or department; and in absence of either an Inspector- 
General, or officer specially designated, the muster will be made by the 
commander of the post. 
315. When one inspecting officer cannot muster all the troops him- 
self on the day specified, the commanding officer will designate such 
other competent officers as may be necessary to assist him. 
316. All stated musters of the troops shall be preceded by a minute 
and careful inspection in the prescribed mode ; and if the command be 
more than a company, by a review, before inspection. 
317. The mustering officer having inspected the companies in suc- 
cession, beginning on the right, returns to the first company to muster 
it. The company being at ordered arms, with open ranks, as when in- 
spected, the Captain will, as the mustering officer approaches, command, 
1. Attention. 2. Company. 3. Shoulder-Arms. 4. Support-Arms. 
The mustering officer will then call over the names on the roll, and each 
man, as his name is called, will distinctly answer, Here! and bring his 
piece to a carry and to an order. 
318. After each company is mustered, the Captain will order it to be 
marched to the company parade, and there dismissed to quarters to 
await the Inspector's visit. 
319. After mustering the companies, the mustering officer, attended 
by the company commanders, will visit the guard hospital, to verify the 
presence of the men reported there. 
320. The muster and pay-rolls will be made on the printed forms 
furnished from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, and accord- 
ing to the directions given on them. On the muster-rolls companies are 
designated by the name of the Captain, whether present or absent. The 
pay-roll is left blank, to be filled by the Quartermaster. 
321. One copy of each muster-roll will be transmitted by the muster- 
ing officer to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, in the War 
Department, within three days after the muster. 
ARTICLE XXXII. 
FORMS OF PARADE. 
322. On all parties of ceremony, such as reviews, guard-mounting, at 
Troop or Retreat parades, instead of the word " Rest" which allows 
the men to move or change the position of their bodies, the command 
will be, " Parade-Rest." At the last word of this command, the sol- FORMS OF PARADE. 
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dier will carry the right; foot six inches in the rear of the left heel, the 
left knee slightly bent, the body upright upon the right leg ; the mus- 
ket resting against the hollow of the right shoulder, the hands crossed 
in front, the backs of them outward, and the left hand uppermost. At 
the word " Attention!" the soldier will resume the correct position at 
order arms. In the positions here indicated, the soldier will remain 
silent and motionless ; and it is particularly enjoined upon all officers 
to cause the commands above given, on the part of the soldier, to be 
executed with great briskness and spirit. 
323. Officers on all duties under arras are to have their swords drawn, 
without waiting for any words of command for that purpose. 
I. DRESS PARADE. 
324. There shall be daily one dress parade, at Troop or Retreat, as 
the commanding officer may direct. 
325. A signal will be beat or sounded half an hour before Troop or 
Retreat, for the music to assemble on the regimental parade, and each 
company to turn out under arms on its own parade, for roll-call and in- 
spection by its own officers. 
326. Ten minutes after that signal, the Adjutant's call will be given, 
when the Captains will march their companies (the band playing) to 
the regimental parade, where they take their positions in the order of 
battle. When the line is formed, the Captain of the first company, on 
notice from the Adjutant, steps one pace to the front, and gives to his 
company the command, " Order-Arms. Parade-Rest," which is 
repeated by each Captain in succession to the left. The Adjutant takes 
post two paces on the right of the line ; the Sergeant-Major two paces 
on the left. The music will be formed in two ranks on the right of the 
Adjutant. The senior officer present will take the command of the pa- 
rade, and will take post at a suitable distance in front, opposite the 
centre, facing the line. 
327. When the companies have ordered arms, the Adjutant will 
order the music to beat off, when it will commence on the right, beat in 
front of the line to the left, and back to its place on the right. 
328. When the music has ceased, the Adjutant will step two paces to 
the front, face to the left, and command, 
1. Attention. 2. Battalion. 3. Shoulder-Arms. 4. Prepare to open 
ranks. 5. To the rear, open order. 6. March. 
At the sixth command, the rankswill be opened according to the system 
laid down in the Infantry Tactics, the commissioned officers marching 
to the front, the company officers tour paces, field officers six paces, op- 
posite to their positions in the order of battle, where they will halt and 
dress. The Adjutant, seeing the ranks aligned, will command, 
Front ! 
and march along the front to the centre, face to the right, and pass the 
line of company officers eight or ten paces, where he will come to the 
right about, and command, 
Present-Arms ! 
when arms will be presented, officers saluting. 34 
FORMS OF PARADE. 
329. Seeing this executed, he will face about to the commanding offi- 
cer, salute, and report, "Sir, the parade is formed." The Adjutant 
will then, on intimation to that effect, take his station three paces cn 
the left of the commanding officer, one pace retired, passing round his 
rear. 
330. The commanding officer having acknowledged the salute of the 
line by touching his hat, will, after the Adjutant has taken his post, 
draw his sword and command, 
1. .Ba/ZaZion. 2. Shoulder-Arms! 
and add such exercises as he may think proper, concluding with 
Order-Arms I 
then return his sword, and direct the Adjutant to receive the reports. 
331. The Adjutant will now pass round the right of the commanding 
officer, advance upon the line, halt midway between him and the line of 
company officers, and command, 
1. First Sergeants, to the front and centre. 2. March. 
At the first command, they will shoulder arms as Sergeants, march two 
paces to the front, and face inward. At the second command, they 
will march to the centre and halt. The Adjutant will then order, 
1. Front-Face. 2. Report. 
At the last word, each in succession, beginning on the right, will salute 
by bringing the left hand smartly across the breast to the right shoulder, 
and report the result of the roll-call previously made on the company 
parade. 
332. The Adjutant again commands, 
1. First Sergeants, outward-Face! 2. To your posts-March! 
when they will resume their places, and order arms. The Adjutant 
will now face to the commanding officer, salute, report absent officers, 
and give the result of the First Sergeants' reports. The commanding 
officer will next direct the orders to be read, when the Adjutant will 
face about, and announce, 
Attention to Orders. 
He will then read the orders. 
333. The orders having been read, the Adjutant will face to the com- 
manding officer, salute, and report; when, on an intimation from the 
commander, he will face again to the line, and announce, 
Parade is dismissed. 
All the officers will now return their swords, face inward and close on 
the Adjutant, he having taken position in their line, the field officers on 
the flanks. The Adjutant commands, 
1. Front-Face! 2. Forward-March! 
when they will march forward, dressing on the centre, the music play- 
ing ; and when within six paces of the commander, the Adjutant will 
give the word, 
HaltI 
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FORMS OF PARADE. 
to the cap, and there remain until he shall have communicated to them 
such instructions as he may have to give, or intimates that the cere- 
mony is finished. As the o i cers disperse, the First Sergeants will 
close the ranks of their respective companies, and march them to the 
company parades, where they will be dismissed, the band continuing to 
play until the companies clear the regimental parade. 
334. All field and company officers and men will be present at dress 
parades, unless especially excused, or on some duty incompatible with 
such attendance. 
335. A dress parade once a day will not be dispensed with, except on 
extraordinary and urgent occasions. 
II. REVIEW OF A BATTALION OF INFANTRY. 
336. Preparatory to a review, the Adjutant will cause a camp color 
to be placed 80 or 100 paces, or more, according to the length of the 
line, in front of, and opposite to, where the centre of the battalion will 
rest, where the reviewing officer is supposed to take his station; and, 
although he may choose to quit that position, still the color is to be con- 
sidered as the point to which all the moi ements and formations are rela- 
tive. 
337. The Adjutant will also cause points to be marked, at suitable 
distances, for the wheelings of the divisions, so that their right flanks, 
in marching past, shall only be about four paces from the camp color, 
where it is supposed the reviewing officer places himself to receive the 
salute. 
338. The battalion being formed in the order of battle, at shouldered, 
arms, the Colonel will command, 
1. Battalion, prepare for review. 2. To the rear, open order. 3. March. 
At the word March, the field and staff officers dismount; the company 
officers and the color-rank advance four paces in front of the front rank, 
and place themselves opposite to their respective places in the order of 
battle. The color-guard replace the color-rank. The staff officers place 
themselves, according to rank, three paces on the right of the rank of 
company officers, and one pace from each other; the music takes post 
as at parade. The non-commissioned staff take post one pace from each 
other, and three paces on the right of the front rank of the battalion. 
339. When the ranks are aligned, the Colonel will command, 
Front! 
and place himself eight paces, and the Lieutenant-Colonel and Major 
will place themselves two paces, in front of the rank of company offi- 
cers, and opposite to their respective places in the order of battle, all 
facing to the front. 
340. When the reviewing officer presents himself before the centre, 
and is fifty or sixty paces distant, the Colonel will face about, and com- 
mand, 
Present-Arms ! 
and resume his front. The men present arms, and the officers salute, so 
as to drop their swords with the last motion of the fire-lock. The non- 
commissioned staff salute by bringing the sword to & poise, the hilt rest- 36 
FORMS OF PARADE. 
ing on the breast, the blade in front of the face, inclining a little out- 
ward. The music will play, and all the drums beat, according to the 
rank of the reviewing officer. The colors only salute such persons as, 
from their rank, and by regulation, (see Article XXIX.) are entitled to 
that honor. If the reviewing officer be junior in rank to the comman- 
dant of the parade, no compliment will be paid to him, but he will be 
received with arms carried, and the officers will not salute as the 
column passes in review. 
341. The reviewing officer having halted, and acknowledged the sa- 
lute of the line by touching or raising his cap or hat, the Colonel will 
face about, and command, 
Shoulder-Arms 1 
when the men shoulder their pieces ; the officers and non-commissioned 
staff recover their swords with the last motion, and the Colonel faces to 
the front. 
342. The reviewing officer will then go toward the right, the whole 
remaining perfectly steady, without paying any further compliment, 
while he passes along the front of the battalion, and proceeds round 
the left flank, and along the rear of the file-closers, to the right. While 
the reviewing officer is going round the battalion, the band will play, 
and will cease when he has returned to the right flank of the troops. 
343. When the reviewing officer turns off, to place himself by the 
camp color in front, the Colonel will face to the line and command, 
1. Close Order. 2. March ! 
At the first command, the field and company officers will face to the 
right-about, and at the second command all persons, except the Colonel, 
will resume their places in the order of battle ; the field and staff of- 
ficers mount. 
344. The reviewing officer having taken his position near the camp 
color, the Colonel will command, 
1. By company, right wheel. 2. Quick-March I 3. Pass in review. 
4. Column, forward. 5. Guide right. 6. March 1 
The battalion, in column of companies, right in front, will then, in 
common time, and at shouldered arms, be put in motion ; the Colonel 
four paces in front of the Captain of the leading company; the Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel on a line with the leading company ; the Major on a 
line with the rear company; the Adjutant on a line with the second 
company ; the Sergeant-Major on a line with the company next pre- 
ceding the rear-each six paces from the flank (left) opposite to the re- 
viewing officer ; the staff officers in one rank, according to the order of 
precedency, from the right, four paces in rear of the column ; the music, 
preceded by the principal musician, six paces before the Colonel; the 
pioneers, preceded by a Corporal, four paces before the principal musi- 
cian ; and the Quartermaster-Sergeant two paces from the side oppo- 
site to the guides, and in line with the pioneers. 
345. All other officers and non-commissioned officers will march past 
in the places prescribed for them in the march of an open column. 
The guides and soldiers will keep their heads steady to the front in 
passing in review. FORMS OF PARADE. 
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346. The color-bearer will remain in the ranks while passing and 
saluting. 
347. The music will begin to play at the command to march, and 
after passing the reviewing officer, wheel to the left out of the column, 
and take a position opposite and facing him, and will continue to play 
until the rear of the column shall have passed him, when it will cease, 
and foil >w in the rear of the battalion, unless the battalion is to pass in 
quick time, also, in which case it will keep its position. 
348. The officers will salute the reviewing officer when they arrive 
within six paces of him, and recover their swords when six paces past 
him. All officers, in saluting, will cast their eyes toward the review- 
ing officer. 
349. The Colonel, when he has saluted at the head of the battalion, 
will place himself near the reviewing officer, and will remain there 
until the rear has passed, when he will rejoin the battalion. 
350. The colors will salute the reviewing officer, if entitled to it, 
when within six paces of him, and be raised when they have passed by 
him an equal distance. The drums will beat a march, or ruffle, ac- 
cording to the rank of the reviewing officer, at the same time that the 
colors salute. 
351. When the column has passed the reviewing officer, the Colonel 
will direct it to the ground it marched from, and command, 
Guide left, 
in time for the guides to cover. The column having arrived on its 
ground, the Colonel will command, 
1. Column. 2. IIalt ! 
form it in order of battle, and cause the ranks to be opened, as in para- 
graph 341. The review will terminate by the whole saluting as at the 
beginning. 
352. If, however, instructions have been previously given to march 
the troops past in quick time, also, the Colonel will, instead of chang- 
ing the guides, halting the column and wheeling it into line, as above 
directed, give the command, 
1. Quick time. 2. March. 
In passing the reviewing officer again, no salute will be offered by 
either officers or men. The music will have kept its position opposite 
the reviewing officer, and at the last command will commence playing, 
and as the column approaches, will place itself in front of, and march off 
with the column, and continue to play until the battalion is halted on 
its original ground of formation. The review will terminate in the 
same manner as prescribed above. 
353. The Colonel will afterwards cause the troops to perform such 
exercises and manoeuvres as the reviewing officer may direct. 
354. When two or more battalions are to be reviewed, they will be 
formed in parade order, with the proper intervals, and will also per- 
form the same movements that are laid down for a single battalion, ob- 
serving the additional directions that are given for such movements 
when applied to the line. The Brigadier-General and his staff, on foot, 
will place themselves opposite the centre of the brigade ; the Brigadier- 38 
FORMS OF PARADE. 
General two paces in front of the rank of Colonels, his aid two paces 
on his right, and one retired ; and the other brigade staff officers, those 
having the rank of field officers, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonels and 
Majors and those below that rank, in the rank of company officers. 
355. In passing in review, a Major-General will be four paces in 
front of the Colonel of the leading battalion of his division, and the 
Brigadier-General will be on the right of the Colonels of the leading 
battalions of their brigades; staff officers on the left of their Generals. 
356. When the line exceeds two battalions, the reviewing officer may 
cause them to march past in quick time only. In such cases, the 
mounted officers only will salute. 
357. A number of companies less than a battalion will be reviewed 
as a battalion, and a single company as if it were with the battalion. 
In the latter case, the company may pass in column or platoons. 
358. If several brigades are to be reviewed together, or in one line, 
this further difference will be observed: the reviewing personage, 
joined by the General of the division, on the right of his division, will 
proceed down the line, parallel to its front, and when near the Briga- 
dier-Generals respectively, will be saluted by their brigades in succes- 
sion. The music of each, after the prescribed salute, will play while 
the reviewing personage is in front, or in rear of it, and only then. 
359. In marching in review, with several battalions in common time, 
the music of each succeeding battalion will commence to play when the 
music of the preceding one has ceased, in order to follow its battalion. 
When marching in quick time, the music will begin to play wdien the 
rear company of the preceding battalion has passed the reviewing of- 
ficer. 
360. The reviewing officer or personage will acknowledge the salute 
by raising, or taking off his cap or hat, when the commander of the 
troops salutes him ; and also when the colors pass. The remainder of 
the time occupied by the passage of the troops he will be covered. 
361. The review of cavalry and artillery will be conducted on similar 
principles, and according to the systems of instruction for those arms of 
the service. 
III. GUARD MOUNTING. 
362. Camp and garrison guards will be relieved every twenty-four 
hours. The guards at outposts will ordinarily be relieved in the same 
manner ; but this must depend on their distances from camp, or other 
circumstances, which may sometimes require their continuing on duty 
several days. In such cases they must be previously warned to pro- 
vide themselves accordingly. 
363. At the best call for guard-mounting, the men warned for duty 
turn out on their company parades for inspection by the First Ser- 
geants ; and at the second call, repair to the regimental or garrison pa- 
rade, conducted by the First Sergeants. Each detachment, as it ar- 
rives, will, under the direction of the Adjutant, take post on the left of 
the one that preceded it, in open order, arms shouldered and bayonets 
fixed ; the supernumeraries five paces in the rear of the men of their 
respective companies ; the First Sergeants in the rear of them. The 
Sergeant-Miyor will dress the ranks, count the files, verify the details, FORMS OF PARADE. 
39 
and when the guard is formed, report to the Adjutant, and take post 
two paces on the left of the front rank. 
364. The Adjutant then commands Front, when the officer of the 
guard takes pest twelve paces in front of the centre, the Sergeants in 
one rank, four paces in the rear of the officers; and the Corporals in 
one rank, four paces in the rear of the Sergeants-all facing to the 
front. The Adjutant then assigns their places in the guard. 
365. The Adjutant will then command, 
1. Officer, and noncommissioned officers. 2. About-Face! 3. Inspect 
your guards-March ! 
The non-commissioned officers then take their posts. The commander 
of the guard then commands, 
1. Order-Arms ! 2. Inspection-Arms ! 
and inspects his guard. When there is no commissioned officer on the 
guard, the Adjutant will inspect it. During inspection, the band will 
play. 
366. The inspection ended, the officer of the guard takes post as 
though the guard were a company of a battalion, in open order, under 
review; at the same time, also, the officers of the day will take post in 
front of the centre of the guard ; the old officers of the day three paces 
on the right of the new officer of the day, one pace retired. 
367. The Adjutant will now command, 
1. Parade-Rest ! 2. Troop-Beat off! 
when the music, beginning on the right, will beat down the line in front 
of the officer of the guard to the left, and back to its place on the right, 
where it will cease to play. 
368. The Adjutant then commands, 
1. Attention! 2. Shoulder-Arms! 3. Close order-March! 
At the word "close order," the officer will face about; at "march," 
resume his post in line. The Adjutant then commands, 
Present-Arms ! 
at which he will face to the new officer of the day, salute, and report, 
" Sir, the guard is formed-" The new officer of the day, after acknow- 
ledging the salute, will direct the Adjutant to march the guard in re- 
view, or by flank to its post. But if the Adjutant be senior to the offi- 
cer of the day, he will report without saluting with the sword then, or 
when marching the guard in review. 
369. In review, the guard march past the officer of the day, accord- 
ing to the order of review, conducted by the Adjutant, marching on 
the left of the first division ; the Sergeant-Major on the left of the 
division. 
370. When the column has passed the officer of the day, the officer 
of the guard marches it to its post, the Adjutant and Sergeant-Major 
retiring. The music, which has wheeled out of the column, and taken 
post opposite the officer of the day, will ceise, and the old officer of the 
day salute, and give the old or standing orders to the new officer of the 
day. The supernumeraries, at the same time, will be marched by the 
First Sergeants to their respective company parades, and dismissed. 40 
FORMS OF PARADE. 
371. Tn bad weather, or at night, or after fatiguing marches, the 
ceremony of turning off may be dispensed with, but not the inspection. 
372. Grand guards, and other brigade guards, are organized and 
mounted on the brigade parade by the staff officer of the parade, under 
the direction of the field officer of the day of the brigade, according to 
the principles here prescribed for the police guard of a regiment. The 
detail of each regiment is assembled on the regimental parade, verified 
by the Adjutant, and marched to the brigade parade by the senior offi- 
cer of the detail. After inspection and review, the officer of the day 
directs the several guards to their respective posts. 
373. The officer of the old guard having bis guard paraded, on the 
approach of the new guard, commands. 
Present-Arms ! 
374. The new guard will march, in quick time, past the old guard, at 
shouldered arms, officers saluting, and take post four paces on its right, 
where, being aligned with it, its commander will order, 
Present-Arms 1 
The two officers will then approach each other and salute. They will 
then return to their respective guards, and command, 
1. Shoulder-Arms 1 2. Order-Arms I 
375. The officer of the new guard will now direct the detail for the 
advanced guard to be formed and marched to its post, tin list of the 
guard made and divided into three reliefs, experienced soldiers placed 
over the arms of the guard and at the remote and responsible posts, and 
the young soldiers in posts near the guard for instruction in their 
duties, and will himself proceed to take possession of the guard-house 
or guard-tent, and the articles and prisoners in charge of the guard. 
376. During the time of relieving the sentinels and of calling in the 
small posts, the old commander will give the new all the information 
and instructions relating to his post. 
377. The first relief having been designated and ordered two paces 
to the front, the Corporal of the new guard will take charge of it, and 
go to relieve the sentinels, accompanied by the Corporal of the old 
guard, who will take command of the old sentinels, when the whole 
are relieved. 
378. If the sentinels are numerous, the Sergeants are to be em- 
ployed, as well as the Corporals, in relieving them. 
379. The relief, with arms at a support, in two ranks, will march by 
flank, conducted by the Corporal on the side of the leading front-rank 
man ; and the men will be numbered alternately in the front and rear 
rank, the man on the right of the front rank being No. 1. Should an 
officer approach, the Corporal will command carry arms, and resume 
the support arms when the officer is passed. 
380. The sentinels at the guard-house or guard-tent will be the first 
relieved and left behind; the others are relieved in succession. 
381. When a sentinel sees the relief approaching, he will halt and 
face to it, with his arms at a shoulder. At six paces, the Corporal will 
command, 
1. Relief. 2. Halt! FORMS OF PARADE-GUARDS. 
41 
when the relief will halt and carry arms. The Corporal will then add, 
"No. 1," or " No. 2," or " No. 3," according to the number of the post, 
Arms-Port ! 
The two sentinels will, with arms at port, then approach each other, 
when the old sentinel, under the correction of the Corporal, will whis- 
per the instructions to the new sentinel. This done, the two sentinels 
will shoulder arms, and the old sentinel will pass, in quick time, to his 
place in rear of the relief. The Corporal will then command, 
1. Support-Arms ! 2. Forward. 3. March ! 
and the relief proceeds in the same manner until the whole are re- 
lieved. 
382. The detachments and sentinels from the old guard having come 
in, it will be marched, at shouldered arms, along the front of the new 
guard, in quick time, the new guard standing at presented arms; offi- 
cers saluting, and the music of both guards beating, except at the out- 
posts. 
383. On arriving at the regimental or garrison parade, the commander 
of the old guard will send the detachments composing it, under charge 
of the non-commissioned officer.-, to their respective regiments. Before 
the men are dismissed, their pieces will be drawn or discharged at a 
target. On rejoining their companions, the chiefs of squads will ex- 
amine the arms, &c., of their men, and cause the whole to be put away 
in good order. 
384. When the old guard has marched off fifty paces, the officer of the 
new guard will order his men to stack their arms, or place them in the 
arm racks. 
385. The commander of the guard will then make himself acquainted 
with all the instructions for his post, visit the sentinels, and question 
them and the non-commissioned officers rela ive to the instructions they 
may have received from other persons of the old guard. 
ARTICLE XXXIII. 
386. Sentinels will be relieved every two hours, unless the state of 
the weather, or other causes, should make it necessary or proper that it 
be done at shorter or longer intervals. 
387. Each relief, before mounting, is inspected by the commander 
of the guard or of its post. The Corporal reports to him, and presents 
the old relief on its return. 
388. The countersign, or watchword, is given to such persons as are 
entitled to pass during the night, and to officers, non-commissioned offi- 
cers, and sentinels of the guard. Interior guards receive the counter- 
sign only when ordered by the commander of the troops. 
389. The parole is imparted to such officers only as have a right to 
visit the guards, and to make the grand rounds ; and to officers com- 
manding guards. 
390. As soon as the new guard has been marched off, the officer of 
the day will repair to the office of the commanding officer and report 
for orders. 
GUARDS. 42 
GUARDS. 
391. The officer of the day must see that the officer of the guard is 
furnished with the parol and countersign before retreat. 
392. The officer of the day visits the guards during the day at such 
times as he may deem necessary, and makes his rounds at night at least 
once after 12 o'clock. 
393. Upon being relieved, the officer of the day will make such re- 
maks in the report of the officer of the guard as circumstances require, 
and present the same at head quarters. 
394. Commanders of guards leaving their posts to visit their senti- 
nels, or on other duty, are to mention their intention, and the probable 
time of their absence, to the next in command. 
395. The officers are to remain constantly at their guards, except 
while visiting their sentinels, or necessarily engaged elsewhere on their 
proper duty. 
396. Neither officers nor soldiers are to take off their clothing or 
accoutrements while they are on guard. 
397. The officer of the guard must see that the countersign is duly 
communicated to the sentinels a little before twilight. 
398. When a fire breaks out, or any alarm is raised in a garrison, 
all guards are to be immediately under arms. 
399. Inexperienced officers are put on guard as supernumeraries, 
for the purpose of instruction. 
400. Sentinels will not take orders or allow themselves to be relieved, 
except by an officer or non-commissioned officer of their guard or party, 
the officer of the day, or the commanding officer ; in which case the 
orders will be immediately notified to the commander of the guard by 
the officer giving them. 
401. Sentinels will report every breach of orders or regulations they 
are instructed to enforce. 
402. Sentinels must keep themselves on the alert, observing every 
thing that takes place within sight and hearing of their post. They 
will carry their arms habitually at support, or on either shoulder, but 
will never quit them. In wet weather, if there be no sentry-box, they 
will secure arms. 
403. No sentinel shall quit his post or hold conversation not neces- 
sary to the proper discharge of his duty. 
404. AU persons, of whatever rank in the service, are required to 
observe respect toward sentinels. 
405. In case of disorder, a sentinel must call out the guard ; and if 
a fire take place, he must cry-" Fire !" adding the number of his post. 
If in either case the danger be great, he must discharge his firelock be- 
fore calling out. 
406. It is the duty of a sentinel to repeat all calls made from posts 
more distant from the main body of the guard than his own, and no 
sentinel will be posted so distant as not to be heard by the guard, either 
directly or through other sentinels. 
407. Sentinels will present arms to general and field officers, to the 
officer of the day, and to the commanding officer of the post. To all 
other officers they will carry arms. 
408. When a sentinel in his sentry-box sees an officer approaching, 
he will stand at attention, and as the officer passes will salute him, by GUARDS. 
43 
bringing the left hand briskly to the musket, as high as the right 
shoulder. 
409. The sentinel at any post of the guard, when he sees any body 
of troops, or an officer entitled to compliment, approach, must call 
" Turn out the guard!'' and announce who approaches. 
410. Guards do not turn out as a matter of compliment after sunset; 
but sentinels will, When officers in uniform approach, pay them proper 
attention, by facing to the proper front, and standing steady at shoul- 
dered arms. This will be observed until the evening is so far advanced 
that the sentinels begin challenging. 
411. After retreat (or the hour appointed by the commanding officer), 
until broad daylight, a sentinel challenges every person who approaches 
him, taking, at the same times the position of arms port. He will suf- 
fer no person to come nearer than -within reach of his bayonet, until the 
person has given the countersign. 
412. A sentinel, in challenging, will call out-" Who comes there?" 
If answered-" Friend, with the countersign," and he be instructed to 
pass persons with the countersign, he will reply " Advance friend, with 
the countersign 1" If answered-" Friends!" he will reply, " Halt 
friends! Advance one, with the countersign !" If answered-"Relief," 
" Patrol," or " Grand rounds," he will reply-"Halt! Advance, Ser- 
geant {or Corporal) with the countersign!" and satisfy himself that the 
party is what it represents itself to be. If he have no authority to pass 
persons with the countersign, if the wrong countersign be given, or if 
the persons have not the countersign, he will canse them to stand, and 
call, " Corporal of the Guard!" 
413. In the daytime, when the sentinel before the guard sees the 
officer of the day approach, he will call-" Turn out the guard! Officer 
o/ the day." The guard will be paraded, and salute with presented 
arms. 
414. When any person approaches a post of the guard at night, the 
sentinel before the post, after challenging, causes him to halt until ex- 
amined by a non-commissioned officer of the guard. If it be the officer 
of the day, or any other officer entitled to inspect the guard and to make 
the rounds, the non-commissioned officer will call-" Turn out the 
guard!" when the guard will be paraded at shouldered arms, and the 
officer of the guard, if he thinks necessary, may demand the counter- 
sign and parole. 
415. The officer of the day, wishing to make the rounds, will take 
an escort of a non-commissioned officer and two men. When the rottnds 
are challenged by a sentinel, the Sergeant will answer-" Grand 
rounds!" and the sentinel will reply-"Halt, grand rounds ! Advance, 
Sergeant, with the countersign!" Upon which the Sergeant advances 
and gives the countersign. The sentinel will then cry-"Advance 
rounds!" and stand at a shoulder till they have passed. 
416. When the sentinel before the guard challenges, and is answer- 
ed-" Grand rounds !" he will reply-"Halt, grand rounds! Turn out 
the guard : grand rounds !" Upon which the guard will be drawn up 
at shouldered arms. The officer commanding the guard will then order 
a Sergeant and two men to advance ; when within ten paces, the Ser- 
geant challenges. The Sergeant of the grand round answers-" Grand 
rounds!" The Sergeant of the guard replies-" Advance, Sergeant, 44 
FORM OF GUARD REPORT. 
Report of a Guard mounted at , on the , and relieved on the . 
FORM OF GUARD REPORT. 
Detail 
Countersign. 
Parole. 
Lieutenants. 
Sergeants. 
Corporals. 
Musicians. 
Privates. 
Total. 
Aggregate. 
Articles in 
charge. 
Received the foregoing 
articles. 
A. B 
Lieutenant 1st. 
Infantry. 
Reliefs, and when posted. 
Where posted. 
Remarks 
1st Relief. 
From - to - 
and - to -. 
2d Relief. 
From - to - 
and - to - 
3d Relief. 
From - to - 
and - to - 
6 
Name. 
Co. 
Rt. 
Name. 
Co. 
Rt. 
Name. 
Co. 
Rt. 
Guard house. 
Magazine. 
Quarin'r store. 
W » M 
C. D. 
E. F. 
G. H. 
A. 
B. 
C. 
1st 
4 th 
6th 
I. J. 
K. L. 
M. N. 
D. 
E. 
F. 
3d 
2d 
5th 
0. P. 
Q. R. 
i S. T. 
G. 
H. 
I. 
Sth 
9th 
10th 
1 
2 
3 
Sergeant W. V., Co. A. 1st Artillery. 
Corporal W. X., Co. B, 1st Infantry. 
Corporal Y. Z., Co. C, 3d Infantry. 
Serg't guard. 
Corp! u 
G ll 
LIST OF THE GUARD. 
C* A- W -1 
No. 
5 
Q 
'73 
Company. 
Regiment. 
When. 
Confined. 
5 
3 
Charges. 
Sentences. 
Remarks. 
LIST OF PRISONERS. 
A. B. C, 
Lieut. Regiment , 
Commanding the Guard. ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
45 
with the countersign!" The Sergeant of the rounds advances alone, 
gives the countersign, and returns to his round. The Sergeant of the 
guard calls to his officer-" The countersign is right! on which the offi- 
cer of the guard calls-"Advance, rounds! The officer of the rounds 
then advances alone, the guard standing at shouldered arms. The officer 
of the rounds passes along the front of the guard to the officer, who 
keeps his post on the right, and gives him the parole He then exam- 
ines the guard, orders back his escort, and, taking a new one, proceeds 
in the same manner to other guards. 
417. All material instructions given to a sentinel on post by persons 
entitled to make grand rounds, ought to be promptly notified to the 
commander of the guard. 
418. Any General officer, or the commander of a post or garrison, 
may visit the guards of his command, and go the grand rounds, and be 
received in the same manner as prescribed for the officer of the day. 
ARTICLE XXXIV. 
ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
419. The orders of commanders of armies, divisions, brigades, regi- 
ments, are denominated orders of such army, division, &c., and are 
either general or special. Orders are numbered, general and special, in 
separate series, each beginning with the year. 
420. General orders announce the time and place of issues and pay- 
ments, hours for roll calls and duties ; the number and kind of order- 
lies, and the time when they shall be relieved ; police regulations, and 
the prohibitions required by circumstances and localities ; returns to be 
made, and their forms; laws and regulations for the army; promotions 
and appointments ; eulogies or censures to corps or individuals, and 
generally, whatever it may be important to make known to the whole 
command. 
421. Special orders are such as do not concern the troops generally, 
and need not be published to the whole command ; such as relate to the 
march of some particular corps, the establishment of some post, the de- 
taching of individuals, the granting requests, &c., &c. 
422. A general order, and an important special order, must be read 
and approved by the officer whose order it is, before it is issued by the 
staff officer. 
423. An order will state at the head, the source, place and date, and 
at the foot, the name of the commander who gives it; as for example: 
Headquarters of the First Brigade, Second Division. 
Camp at , 1st June, 186 
General Orders, 1 
No. J 
By command of Brigadier-General A. B. 
C. D., Assistant Adjutant-General. 
424. Orders may be put in the form of letters, but generally in the 
strict military form, through the office of the Adjutant or Adjutant 
and Inspector-General of the command. 
425. Orders are transmitted through all the intermediate comman- 
ders in the order of rank. When an intermediate commander is omit- 46 
ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
ted, the officer who gives the order shall inform him, and he who re- 
ceives it shall report it to his immediate superior. 
426. Orders for any body of troops will be addressed to the com- 
mander, and will be opened and executed by the commander present, 
and published or distributed by him when necessary ; printed orders, 
however, are generally distributed direct to posts from the head quar- 
ters where issued. 
427. Orders assigning the stations of officers of engineers, ordnance, 
and of the staff departments, except as provided in the regulations for 
troops in the campaign, will be given by the Secretary of War, through 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office, or by commanders of geo- 
graphical departments, under the special authority of the War Depart- 
ment. The commander of a department, who, in consequence of the 
movement of troops or other necessity of the service, removes an officer 
from the station assigned to him by the Secretary of War, shall prompt- 
ly report the case to the Adjutant and Inspector General. 
428. A file of the printed orders will be kept with the head-quarters 
of each regiment, with each company, and at each military post, and 
will be regularly turned over by the commander, when relieved, to his 
successor. 
429. If general orders are not received in regular succession, com- 
manding officers will report the missing numbers to the proper head- 
quarters. 
430. The orderly hours being fixed at each head-quarters, the staff 
officers and chiefs of the special services either attend in person, or 
send their assistants to obtain the orders of the day ; and the First Ser- 
geants of companies repair for that purpose to the regimental or garri- 
son head-quarters. 
431. During marches and active operations, and when the regular 
orderly hours cannot be observed, all orders will be either sent direct 
to the troops, or the respective commanders of regiments or corps will 
be informed when to send to head-quarters for them. Under the same 
circumstances, orders will be read to the troops during a halt, without 
waiting for the regular parades. 
432. Orders to any officer to make a tour of travel on duty, as for 
the inspection or payment of troops, &e., shall designate the troops and 
posts he shall visit, and the order in which he shall visit them, and the 
route of travel. 
433. Every commander w'ho gives an order involving an expenditure 
of public money, shall send a copy, without delay, to the bureau of the 
War Department to which the expenditure appertains ; and if such com- 
mander be serving in a military department, he shall send a copy of 
thp order to the head quarters of the Department. 
434. If a military commander shall give to a disbursing officer any 
order in conflict with orders received by him from the officer in charge 
of his department, at any superior head-quarters, such commander shall 
forthwith transmit the order to such head-quarters, with explanation of 
the necessity which justifies it. 
435. Copies of all orders of the commanders of armies, departments, 
divisions, and detached brigades, and of the superintendent of the re- 
cruiting service, will be forwarded at their dates, or as soon thereafter RETURNS AND REPORTS. 
47 
as practicable, in separate series, on full sheets of letter paper, or as 
printed, to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
436. Written communications from a commander to those under his 
command may be made by his staff officer. In all other cases, by the 
officer himself. 
437. In signing an official communication, the writer shall annex to 
his name his rank and corps. When he writes by order, he shall state 
by whose order. All communications requiring answers must indicate 
the Post-Office to which they should be sent. 
438. Communications to a commander from those under his com- 
mand are addressed to the proper officer of his staff; to the chief of the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Department, in what relates specially 
to his bureau, or to the service generally ; to the chief of any other de- 
partments of the staff, in what relates specially to his branch of the 
service. Communications to the Secretary of War will be made through 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office of the War-Department, 
unless it be a case of claim, allowance, or other business specially ap- 
pertaining to some other bureau ; for example-claims of pay or for 
mileage, or quarters, will be transmitted through the Quartermaster- 
General. All communications, except rolls and stated returns, 
and accounts, are to be passed through the intermediate commanders. 
The same rule governs in verbal applications ; for example-a Lieuten- 
ant seeking an indulgence must apply through his Captain, Commu- 
nication from officers of the staff and administrative services to their 
own chiefs do not pass through the military commanders under wrhom 
they serve, except estimates for funds or supplies. 
439. Copies of all important communications from the bureaus of the 
War Department to disbursing officers, relating to the service in a mili- 
tary department, shall be sent from the bureau to the department com- 
mander. 
440. Rolls and returns will be accompanied by a letter of transmittal, 
enumerating them, and referring to no other subject. 
441. Generally, officers who forward communications, indorse on them 
their remarks or opinion, without other letters of transmittal. 
442. Official letters should generally refer to one matter only. In re- 
gard to an enlisted man, the company and regiment must be stated. 
443. Letters on letter paper will be folded in three folds, parallel with 
the writing. 
444. All communications on public service are to be marked on the 
cover, " Official business," and to receive attention, must conform to 
the requirements of paragraph 438. 
ARTICLE XXXV, 
RETURNS AND REPORTS. 
MONTHLY RETURNS. 
445. Commanders of Army corps, regiments and battalions, will 
make to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office of the War Depart- 
ment, monthly returns of their respective corps, regiments and battal- 
ions, on the forms furnished from that office, and according to the direc- 
tions expressed on them. 
In like manner, Captains make monthly company returns to regimen- 48 
ANNUAL RETURNS.-FIELD REPORTS. 
tai head-quarters. All monthly returns will be forwarded on the first 
day of the next month, except regimental returns, which are forwarded 
as soon as all the company returns are received. 
446. If any company be so far from regimental head quarters as to 
delay the transmittal of the monthly return to the 10th of the month, 
the Colonel will not wait for the return of such company, but leave 
space for it to be entered at the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office ; 
for which purpose the Captain will transmit a copy of the return direct 
to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, as well as to regimental head 
quarters. 
447. In campaign, monthly returns of divisions and detached bri- 
gades will he made to the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. They 
will exhibit separately the several regiments, and detachments, and staff 
corps, and the strength of each garrison within the command. These 
returns, and those of regiments, corps, and posts, in campaign, will, 
unless otherwise ordered, be transmitted through the intermediate com- 
manders. 
448. The established printed forms and blanks of all returns required 
from the commanders of divisions, brigades, regiments, corps, compa- 
nies, and posts, will be furnished from the A ljutant and Inspector- 
General's Office on their requisitions annually made, or oftener, if ne- 
cessary. The receipt of these forms and blanks will be immediately 
acknowledged, and afterward accounted for on the next monthly returns. 
449. Manuscript returns, rolls, certificates, and other documents, are 
prohibited, unless the proper printed forms have not been received in 
time. Regimental returns must be made out in the name of the Colonel, 
whether he be present or absent. 
450. This return will exhibit the various changes and alterations 
which may have taken place in the regiment during the preceding 
twelvemonths: that is to say-a statement of the number of resigna- 
tions, transfers, deaths, &c., of commissioned officers; the number of 
men joined by enlistment, transferred and discharged; the number tried 
by courts-martial or by the civil law, and the nature of their offences ; 
the number of discharges, deaths, dismissals, and desertions ; number 
joined from desertion, pardoned, &c. 
ANNUAL RETURNS-CASUALITIES. 
RETURN OF DECEASED SOLDIERS. 
451. To be forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, by the 
Colonels of regiments, quarterly. Also, a duplicate to the second Audi- 
tor of the Treasury. 
452. Besides the stated returns of the troops, such other field returns 
and reports will be made as may be necessary to keep the government 
informed of the condition and strength of the forces. 
453. After an action or affair, a return of the killed, wounded, and 
missing will be made, in which the name, rank, and regiment of each 
officer and soldier will be specified, with such remarks and explanations 
as may be requisite for the records of the Department of War, or be 
necessary to establish the just claims of any individual who may have 
FIELD RETURNS. REPORTS.-PRISONERS OF WAR.-PROPERTY. 
49 
been wounded, or of the heirs and representatives of any killed in ac- 
tion (taking care to specify the nature of the wound, the iftwie and place 
of its occurrence, the company, regiment, or corps, and the name of the 
Captain, Colonel, or other commanding officer.) 
454. The date of appointment, of detail, and of removal of all staff 
officers, or of officers selected for duty in staff departments, which may 
entitle them to receive additional pay, will be immediately reported by 
the officer making such appointment, detail, or removal, to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General, and to the Quartermaster of the department or 
command to which such officers belong. 
455. Whenever any change takes place in the position or location of 
troops, the fact will be immediately reported by the commanding officer 
to general, division, and department head-quarters, specifying the date 
of departure of the whole or any part of the troops, or of the arrival of 
any detachment; as well as all other circumstances connected with 
such changes in the command. These special reports will always be 
accompanied by an exact return of the troops according to the establish- 
ed printed forms. A similar report will be noted on the next monthly 
return of the post or station. If a new post or position be established, 
its situation, and the nearest post-office and proper route to it, hould be 
reported. 
456. Officers on detached duty, will report monthly to the command- 
ers of their posts, of their regiments or corps, and to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General-such reports will give the officer's station, the na- 
ture of his duty, and the authority placing him thereon. Those visiting 
the seat of government will register their names at the office of the Ad- 
jutant and Inspector-General. 
REPORTS. 
PRISONERS OF WAR-CAPTURED PROPERTY. 
457. A return of prisoners, and a report of the number and descrip- 
tion of the killed and wounded of the enemy, will be forwarded to the 
Adjutant and Inspector General's office, Richmond, Va. 
458. A return of all property captured will be made by the command- 
ing officer of the troops by whom such capture was made, to the Adju- 
tant and Inspector-General, at Richmond, in order that it may be dis- 
posed of according to the orders of the War Department. 
459. Inspection reports will show the discipline of the troops; their 
instruction in all military exercises and duties; the state of their arms, 
clothing, equipments, and accoutrements of all kinds; of their kitch- 
ens and messes; of the barracksand quarters at the post; of the guard- 
house, prisons, hospital, bake house, magazine, store-houses, and stores 
cf every description; of the stables and horses; the condition of the 
post school; the management and application of the post and company 
funds; the state of the post, and regimental, and company books, pa- 
pers, and files ; the zeal and ability of the officers in command of troops ; 
the capacity of the officers conducting the administrative and staff ser- 
vices, the fidelity and economy of their disbursements ; the condition of 
all public property, and the amount of money in the hands of each dis- 
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ORGANIZATION OF AN ARMY IN THE FIELD. 
bursing officer; the regularity of issues and payments; the mode of 
enforcing discipline by courts martial, and by the authority of the offi- 
cers ; the propriety and legality of all punishments inflicted; and any 
inf rmation whatsoever, concerning the service in any matter or partic- 
ular that may merit notice, or aid to correct defects or introduce im- 
provements. 
460. Inspectors are required particularly to report if any officer is of 
intemperate habits, or unfit for active service by infirmity or any other 
cause. 
ARTICLE XXXVI. 
ORGANIZATION OF AN ARMY IN THE FIELD. 
TROOPS IN CAMPAIGN, 
461. The formation by divisions is the basis of the organization and 
administration of armies in the field. 
462. A division consists usually of two or three brigades, either of 
infantry or cavalry, and troops of other corps in the necessary propor- 
tion. 
463. A brigade is formed of two or more regiments. The first num- 
ber takes the right. 
464. Mixed brigades are sometimes formed of infantry and light cav- 
alry, especially for the advance guards. 
465. As the troops arrive at the rendezvous, the general commanding- 
in-chief will organize them into brigades and divisions. 
466. The light cavalry is employed as flankers and partizans, and 
generally for all service out of the line. 
467. Heavy cavalry belongs to the reserve, and is covered, when ne- 
cessary, in marches, camps, or bivouacs, by light troops, or infantry of 
the line. 
468. The arrangement of the troops on parade and in order of battle 
is-1st, the light infantry ; 2d, infantry of the line ; 3d, light cavalry ; 
4th, cavalry of the line ; 5th, heavy cavalry. The troops of the artil- 
lery and engineers are in the centre of the brigades, divisions, or corps 
to which they are attached ; marines take the left of other infantry ; 
volunteers and militia take the left of regular troops of the same arm, 
and among themselves, regiments of volunteers or militia of the 
same arm take place by lot. This arrangement is varied by the general 
commanding-in-chief, as the circumstances of war render expedient. 
469. Brigades in divisions, and divisions in the army, are numbered 
from right to left; but in reports of military operations, brigades and 
divisions are designated by the name of the general commanding them. 
470. The order of regiments in brigades and of brigades in divisions 
may be changed by the commander of the division for important rea- 
sons, such as the weakness of some corps, or to relieve one from march- 
ing too long at the rear of the column. Such changes must be reported 
to the general commanding-in chief. 
471. The general commanding-in-chief assigns the generals of divi- 
sions and of brigades to their respective commands, when the assign- 
ment is not made by the Department of War. 
472. The general of brigade inspects his troops in detail, by compa- 
nies, when he takes the command and at the opening of the campaign, CONTRIBUTIONS.-ORDERLIES. 
51 
and as often as may be necessary to ascertain exactly their condition. 
The general of division makes similar inspections when he thinks pro- 
per. At these inspections the generals examine the arms, clothing, 
equipments, harness, horses, &c.; direct the necessary repairs, and de- 
signate the men and horses to remain in depot, or march with the train. 
473. Reports of inspections are made by the general of brigade to 
the general of division, and by the general of division to the general 
com manding-in-chief. 
474. During marches and all active operations, generals of brigade 
keep themselves exactly informed, by reports of corps and by their in- 
spections, of the actual strength of the regiments, so as always, and 
especially after an engagement, to make accurate returns to the general 
of division. 
475. Staff officers and officers of engineers, and artillery, according 
to the nature of the service, are assigned to the head-quarters of ar- 
mies and divisions, and detached brigades, by order of the general com- 
manding-in-chief, when the distribution of these officers has not been 
regulated by the War Department. The necessary staff will be assign- 
ed to commanders of brigades. 
476. When an Engineer or other officer is charged with directing an 
expedition or making a reconnoisance, without having command of the 
escort, the commander of the escort shall consult him on all the arrange- 
ments necessary to secure the success of the operation. 
477. Staff officers, and commanders of engineers, and artillery, re- 
port to their immediate commanders the state of t+»e supplies and what- 
ever concerns the service under their direction, and receive their orders, 
and communicate to them those they receive from their superiors in 
their own corps. 
478. The senior officer of engineers, of artillery, and the departments 
of the general staff serving at the chief head-quarters in the field, will 
transmit to the bureau of his department at Richmond, at the close of 
the campaign, and such other times as the commander in the field may 
approve, a full report of the operations of his department, and what- 
ever information to improve its service he may be able to furnish. 
The report of the officer of engineers will embrace plans of military 
works executed during the campaign, and, in case of siege, a journal of 
the attack or defense. 
CONTRIBUTIONS. 
479. When the wants of the army absolutely require it, and in other 
cases, under special instructions from the War Department, the general 
commanding the army may levy contributions in money or kind on the 
enemy's country occupied by the troops. No other commander can levy 
such contributions without written authority from the general com- 
manding-in chief. 
480. At the opening of a campaign, the commander of an army de- 
termines and announces in orders the number of orderlies, mounted or 
foot, for the Generals, and the corps or regiments by which they are to 
be supplied, and the periods at which they shall be relieved. 
481. In marches, the mounted orderlies follow the Generals, and 
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DEPOTS-CAMPS. 
perform the duty of escorts, or march with orderlies on foot at the head 
of the division or brigade. 
482. The staff officer who distributes the orderlies to their posts sends 
with them a note of the time and place of departure ; those relieved re- 
ceive a like note from the staff officer at headquarters. 
483. Mounted soldiers are to be employed to carry dispatches only in 
special and urgent cases. 
484. The precise time when the dispatch is sent off, and the rate at 
which it is to be conveyed, are to be written clearly on the covers of all 
letters transmitted by a mounted orderly, and the necessary instruc- 
tions to him, and the rate of travel going and returning, are to be dis- 
tinctly explained to him. 
DEPOTS. 
485. The grand depots of an army are established where the military 
operations would not expose them to be broken up. Smaller depots are 
organized for the divisions and the several arms. They are commanded 
by officers temporarily disabled for field service, or by other officers 
when necessary, and comprise, as much as possible, the hospitals and 
depots for convalescents. When conveniently placed, they serve as 
points for the halting and assembling of detachments. They receive 
the disabled from the corps on the march ; and the officers in command 
of the depots send with the detachments to the army those at the depots 
who have become fit for service. 
CAMPS. 
486. Camp is the place where troops are established in tents, in huts, 
or in bivouac. Cantonments are the inhabited places which 'troops 
occupy for shelter when not put in barracks. The camping-party is a 
detachment detailed to prepare a camp. 
487. Reconnoissances should precede the establishment of the camp. 
For a camp of troops on the march, it is only necessary to look to the 
health and comfort of the troops, the facility of the communications, the 
convenience of wood and water, and the resources in provisions and 
forage. The ground for an intrenched camp, or a camp to cover a 
country, or one designed to deceive the enemy as to the strength of 
the army, must be selected, and the camp arranged for the object in 
view. 
488. The camping-party of a regiment consists of the regimental 
Quartermaster and Quartermaster-Sergeant, and a Corporal and two 
men per company. The General decides whether the regiments camp 
separately or together, and whether the police guard shall accompany 
the camping-party, or a larger escort shall be sent. 
489. Neither baggage nor led horses are permitted to move with the 
camping party. 
490. When the General can send in advance to prepare the camp, he 
gives bis instructions to the chief of the quartermaster's Department, 
who calls on the regiments for their camping-parties, and is accompa- 
nied, if necessary, by an Engineer to propose the defences and commu- 
nications. 
491. The watering-places are examined, and signals placed at those CAMP OF INFANTRY. 
53 
that are dangerous5. Any work required to make them of easier access 
is done by the police guard or Quartermaster's men. Sentinels, to be 
relieved by the guards of the regiment when they come up, are placed 
by the camping-partv over the water if it is scarce, and over the houses 
and stores of provisions and forage in the vicinity. 
492. If the carnping-party does not precede the regiment, the Quar- 
termaster attends to these things as soon as the regiment reaches the 
camp. 
493. On reaching the ground, the infantry form on the color front; 
the cavalry in rear of its camp. 
494. The Generals establish the troops in camp as rapidly as possible, 
particularly after long, fatiguing marches. 
495. The number of men to bo furnished for guards, pickets, and 
orderlies ; the fatigue parties to be sent for supplies; the work to be 
done, and the strength of the working parties; the time and place for 
issues ; the hour of marching, &c., are then announced by the Briga- 
dier-Generals to the Colonels, and by them to the field officers-the 
Adjutant and Captains formed in front of the regiment, the First Ser- 
geants taking post behind their Captains. The Adjutant then makes 
the details, and the First Sergeants warn the men. The regimental 
officer of the day forms the picket, and sends the guards to their posts. 
The colors are then planted at the centre of the color line, and the arms 
are stacked on the line; the fatigue parties to procure supplies, and the 
working parties form in rear of the arms ; the men not on detail pitch 
the tents. 
496. If the camp is near the enemy, the picket remains under arms 
until the return of_the fatigue parties, and, if necessary, is reinforced 
by details from each company. 
;| |497. In the cavalry, each troop moves a little in rear of the point at 
which its horses are to be secured, and formsin one rank; the men then 
dismount; a detail is made to hold the horses; the rest stack their arms 
and fix the picket rope ; after the horses are attended to, the tents are 
pitched, and each horseman places his carbine at the side from the 
weather, and hangs his sabre and bridle on it. 
498. The standard is then carried to the tent of the Colonel. 
499. The terms front, flank, right, left, file, and rank, have the same 
meaning when applied to camps as to the order of battle. 
500. The front of the camp is usually equal to the front of the troops. 
The tents are arranged in ranks and files. The number of ranks varies 
with the strength of the companies and the size of the tents. 
501. No officer will be allowed to occupy a house, although vacant 
and on the ground of his camp, except by permission of the commander 
of the brigade, who shall report it to the commander of the division. 
502. The staff officer charged with establishing the camp will desig- 
nate the place for the shambles. The offal will be buried. 
CAMP OF INFANTRY. 
503. Each company has its tents in two files, facing on a street per- 
pendicular to the color line. The width of the street depends on the 
front of the camp, but should not be less than five paces. The interval 
between the ranks of tents is two paces ; between the files of tents of 
adjacent companies, two paces ; between regiments, twenty-two paces. 54 
CAMP OF CAVALRY. 
504. The color line is ten paces in front of the front rank of tents. 
The kitchens are twenty paces behind the rear rank of company tents ; 
the non-commissioned staff and sutler, twenty paces in rear of the 
kitchen ; the company officers, twenty paces farther in rear ; and the 
field and staff, twenty paces in rear of the company officers. 
505. The company officers are in rear of their respective companies ; 
the Captains on the right. 
506. The Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel are near the centre of the 
line of field and staff; the Adjutant, a Major and Surgeon, on the right; 
the Quartermaster, a Major and Assistant Surgeon, on the left. 
507. The police guard is at the centre of the line of the non-commis- 
sioned staff, the tents facing to the front, the stacks of arms on the left. 
508. The advanced post of the police guard is about 200 paces in 
front of the color line, and opposite the centre of the regiment, or on the 
best ground; the prisoners' tent about four paces in rear. In a regi- 
ment of the second line, the advanced post of the police guard is 200 
paces in rear of the line of its field and staff. 
509. The horses of the staff officers and of the baggage train are 
twenty-five paces in rear of the tents of the field and staff; the wagons 
are parked on the same line, and the men of the train camped near 
them. 
510. The sinks of the men are 150 paces in front of the color line- 
those of the officers 100 paces in rear of the train. Both are concealed 
by bushes. When convenient, the sinks of the men may be placed in 
the rear or on the flank. A portion of the earth dug out for sinks to be 
thrown back occasionally. 
511. The front of the camp of a regiment of 1000 men in two ranks 
will be 400 paces, or one-fifth less paces than the number of files, if the 
camp is to have the same front as the troops in order of battle. But 
the front may be reduced to 190 paces by narrowing the company 
streets to five paces; and if it be desirable to reduce the front still more, 
the tents of companies may be pitched in single file-those of a divis- 
ion facing on the same street. 
CAMP OF CAVALRY. 
512. In the cavalry, each company has one file of tents-the tents 
opening on the street facing the left of the camp. 
513. The horses of each company are placed in a single file, facing 
the opening of the tents, and are fastened to pickets planted firmly in 
the ground, from three to six paces from the tents of the troops. 
514. The interval between the file of tents should be such that, the 
regiment being broken into column of companies, each companv should 
be on the extention of the line on which the horses are to be picketed. 
515. The streets separating the squadrons are wider than those 
between the companies by the interval separating squadrons in line ; 
these intervals are kept free from any obstruction throughout the 
camp. 
516. The horses of the rear rank are placed on the left of those of 
their file leaders. 
517. The horses of the Lieutenants are placed on the right of their 
platoons ; those of the Captains on the right of the company. 
518. Each horse occupies a space of about two paces. The number Camp of a Regiment of Infantry. 
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Cl.- Colonel. 
Lt.-Lieut. Colonel. 
M.-Major. 
Surg.-Surgeon. 
Ast. Surg.-Assistant Surgeon 
Adj I.-Adjutant. 
Q M.- Quarter Master. 
C.--'Captain. 
L -Lieutenant. 
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of horses in the company fixes the depth of the camp and the distance 
between the files of tents; the forage is placed between the tents. 
519. The kitchens are twenty paces in front of each file of tents. 
520. The non-commissioned officers are in the tents of the front rank. 
Camp followers, teamsters, &c., are in the rear rank. The police guard 
in the rear rank, near the centre of the regiment. 
521. The tents of the Lieutenants are 30 paces in rear of the file of 
their company ; the tents of the Captains 30 paces in rear of the Lieu- 
tenants. 
522. The Colonel's tent 30 paces in the rear of the Captains', near 
the centre of the regiment; the Lieutenant-Colonel on his right; the 
Adjutant on his left; the Majors on the same line, opposite the second 
company on the right and left; the Surgeon on the left of the Adjutant. 
523. The field and staff have their horses on the left of their tents, 
on the same line with the company horses ; sick horses are placed in 
one line on the right or left of the camp. The men who attend them 
have a separate file of tents ; the forges and wagons in rear of this file. 
The horses of the train and of camp-followers are in one or me re files 
extending to the rear, behind the right or left squadron. The advanced 
post of the police guard is 200 paces in front, opposite the centre of the 
regiment; the horses in one or two files. 
524. The sinks for the men are 150 paces in front-those for officers, 
100 paces in the rear of the camp. 
CAMP OF ARTILLERY. 
525. The artillery is encamped near the troops to which it is attached, 
;lpoastobe protected from attack, and to contribute to the defense of 
the camp. Sentinels for the park are furnished by the artillery, and, 
when necessary, by the other troops. 
526. For a battery of six pieces, the tents are in three files-one for 
each section; distance between the ranks of tents, 15 paces; tents 
opening to the front. The horses of each section are picketed in one 
file, 10 paces to the left of the file of tents. In the horse artillery, or if 
the number of horses makes it necessary, the horses are in two files, on 
'the right and left of the file of tents. The kitchens are 25 paces in 
front of the front rank of tents. The tents of the officers are in the 
outside files of company tents, 25 paces in the rear of the rear rank- 
the Captain on the right, the Lieutenants on the left. 
527. The park is opposite the centre of the camp, 40 paces in rear of 
the officer's tents. The carriages in files four paces apart ; distance 
between ranks of carriages sufficient for the horses when harnessed to 
,them; the park rd is 25 paces in rear of the park. The sinks for 
'the men, 150 paces in front; for the officers, 100 paces in the rear. 
The harness is in the tents of the men. 
BIVOUACS. 
528. A regiment of cavalry being in order of battle, in rear of the 
ground to be occupied, the Colonel breaks it by platoons to the right. 
The horses of each platoon are placed in a single row, and fastened as 
prescribed for camps ; near the enemy, they re*main saddled all night, 
with slackened girths. The arms are at first stacked in r ear of each 
row of horses ; the sabres, with the bridles hung on them are placed 
against the stacks. 56 
CANTONMENTS. 
529. The forage is placed on the right of each row of horses. Two 
stable-guards for each platoon watch the horses. 
530. A fire for each platoon is made near the color line, 20 paces to 
tho left of the row of horses. A shelter is made for the men around 
the fire, if possible, and each man then stands his arms and bridle 
against the shelter. 
531. The fires and shelter for the officers are placed in rear of the 
line of those for the men. 
532. The intervals between the squadrons must be without obstruc- 
tion throughout the whole depth of the bivouac. 
533. The interval between the shelters should be such that the pla- 
toons can take up a line of battle freely to the front or rear. 
534. The distance from the enemy decides the manner in which the 
horses are to be fed and led to w'ater. When it is permitted to unsad- 
dle, the saddles are placed in the rear of the horses. 
535. In infantry, the fires are made in rear of the color line, on the 
ground that would be occupied by the tents in camp. The companies 
are placed around them, and, if possible, construct shelters. When 
liable to surprise, the infantry should stand to arms at daybreak, and 
the cavalry mount until the return of the reconnoitering parties. If 
the arms are to be taken apart to clean, it must be done by detach- 
ments, successively. 
CANTONMENl'S. 
53G. The cavalry should be placed under shelter whenever the dis- 
tance from the enemy, and from the ground where the troops are to 
form for battle, permit it. Taverns and farm houses, with large stables 
and free access, are selected for quartering them. 
537. The Colonel indicates the place of assembling in case of alarm. 
It should generally be outside the cantonment; the egress from it should 
be free, the retreat upon the other positions secure, and roads leading 
to it on the side of the enemy obstructed. 
538. The necessary orders being given, as in establishing a camp, the 
picket and grand guards are posted. A sentinel may be placed'on a 
steeple or high house, and then the troops are marched to the quarters. 
The men sleep in the stables, if it is thought necessary. 
539. The above applies in the main to infantry. Near the enemy, 
companies or platoons should be collected, as much as possible, in the 
same houses. If companies must be separated, they should be divided 
by platoons or squads. All take arms at daybreak. 
540. When cavalry and infantry canton together, the latter furnish 
the guards by night, and the former by day. 
541. Troops cantoned in presence of the enemy, should be covered 
by advanced guards and natural or artificial obstacles. Cantonments 
taken during a cessation of hostilities, should be established in rear of 
a line of defence, and in front of the point on which the troops would 
concentrate to receive an attack. The General commanding-in-chief 
assigns the limits of their cantonments to the divisions, the comman- 
ders of divisions to brigades, and the commanders of brigades post 
their regiments. The position for each corps in case of attack is care- 
fully pointed out by the Generals. HEADQUARTERS-ISSUES. 
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headquarters- 
542. Generals take post at the centre of their commands, on the main 
channels of communication. If troops bivouac in presence of the 
enemy, the Generals bivouac with them. 
543. When troops remain in camp or cantonment many days, the 
Colohels require them to be exercised in the school of the battalion and 
squadron. Regiments and brigades encamped by division are not 
united for drills without the permission of the General of division. 
The troops must not be exercised at the firings without the authority of 
the General commanding-in-chief. The practice of the drums must 
never begin with the "general," or the "march of the regiment;" 
nor the trumpets with the sound " to horse." The hour for practice is 
always announced. 
MILITARY EXERCISES. 
ORDERS. 
544. In the field, verbal orders and important sealed orders are car- 
ried by officers, and, if possible, by staff officers. When orders are 
carried by orderlies, the place and time of departure will be marked on 
them, and place and time of delivery on the receipt. 
545. Dispatches, particularly for distant corps, should be entrusted 
only to officers to whom their contents can be confided. In a country 
occupied by the enemy, the bearer of dispatches should be accompanied 
by at least two of the best mounted men; should avoid towns and vil- 
lages, and the main roads ; rest as little as possible, and only at out-of- 
the-way places. Where there is danger, he should send one of the men 
in advance, and be always ready to destroy his dispatches. He should 
be adroit in answering questions about the army, and not be intimi- 
dated by threats. 
DISPATCHES. 
54G. The parole and countersign are issued daily from the principal 
headquarters of the command. The countersign is given to the senti- 
nels and non-commissioned officers of the guards; the parole to the 
commissioned officers of guards. The parole is usually the name of a 
General; the countersign of a battle. 
547. When the parole and countersign cannot be communicated daily 
to a post or detachment which ought to use the same as the main body, 
a series of words may be sent for some days in advance. 
548. If the countersign is lost, or one of the guard deserts with it, 
the commander on the spot will substitute another, and report the case 
at once to the proper superior, that immediate notice may be given to 
headquarters. 
WATCHWORDS. 
ISSUES. 
549. At what time and for what period issues are made, must depend 
on circumstances, and be regulated in orders. When an army is not 
moving, rations are generally issued for four days at a time. Issues to 
the companies of a regiment, and the fatigues to receive them, are su- 58 
ROSTER. 
perintended by an officer detailed from the regiment. Issues are made 
from one end of the line to the other, beginning on the right and left 
alternately. An issue commenced on one regiment will not be inter- 
rupted for another entitled to precedence if it had been in place. 
550. The duties performed by detail are of three classes. 
class comprises, 1st, grand guards and outposts ; 2d, interior guards, as 
of magazine, hospital, &e.; 3d, orderlies ; 4th, police guards. 
The second class comprises, 1st, detachments to protect laborers on 
military works, as field-works, communications, &c.; 2d, working par- 
ties on such works ; 3d, detachments to protect fatigues. 
The third class are all fatigues, without arms, in or out of camp. 
In the cavalry, stable-guards form a separate roster, and count before 
fatigue. 
551. The rosters are distinct for each class. Officers are named on 
them in the order of rank. The details are taken in succession in the 
order of the roster, beginning at the head. 
552. Lieutenants form one roster, and First and Second Lieutenants 
are entered on it alternately. The senior First Lieutenant is the first 
on the roster; the senior Second Lieutenant is the second, &c. The 
Captains form one roster, and are exempt from fatigues, except to su- 
perintend issues. A Captain commanding a battalion temporarily is 
exempt from detail, and duty falling fo him passes. Lieutenant- 
Colonels and Majors are on one roster. They may be detailed for duties 
of the first and second classes, when the importance of the guards and 
detachments requires it. Their roster is kept at division and brigade 
headquarters. In the company, Sergeants, Corporals and privates form 
distinct rosters. 
553. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers take duties of 
the first class in the order stated, viz: the first for the detail, takes the 
grand guards; the next, the interior guards ; the last, the police guards; 
and the same rule in regard to the details and duties of the second 
class. In the details for the third class, the senior officer takes the 
largest party. The party first for detail takes the service out of camp. 
554. When the officer whose tour it is, is not able to take it, or is not 
present at the hour of marching, the next after him takes it. When a 
guard has passed the chain of sentinels, or an interior guard has reached 
its post, the officer whose tour it was cannot then take it. He takes the 
tour of the officer who has taken his. When an officer is prevented by 
sickness from taking his tour, it passes. These rules apply equally to 
non-commissioned officers and soldiers. 
555. Duties of the first and second classes are credited on the roster 
when the guards or detachments have passed the chain of sentinels, or 
an interior guard has reached its post; fatigue duties when the parties 
have passed the chain or begun the duties in camp. 
556 Every officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier on duty of the 
first class, or who is of the next detail for such duty, takes, when re- 
lieved, the duty of the second or third class that has fallen to him 
during that time, unless he has marched for detachment of more than 
twenty-four hours. 
557. Soldiers march with knapsacks on all duties of the first class; 
THE KOSTER, OR DETAILS FOR SERVICE. POLICE GUARD. 
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and with arms and equipments complete on all working parties out of 
the camp, unless otherwise ordered. In the cavalry, horses are packed 
for all mounted service. 
558. In the cavalry, dismounted men, and those whose horses are not 
in order, are preferred for the detail for dismounted service. Those 
whq are mounted are never employed on those services, if the number 
of the other class are sufficient. 
559. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier in the cavalry de- 
tailed for dismounted sen ice must, before he marches, take to the First 
Sergeant of the troop, or Sergeant of his squad, his horse equipments 
and his valise ready packed. In case of alarm, the First Sergeant sees 
that the horses of these men are equipped and led to the rendezvous. 
560. These rules in regard to the roster apply also to service in gar- 
rison. 
POLICE GUARD. 
561. In each regiment a police guard is detailed every day, consist- 
ing of two Sergeants, three Corporals, two drummers, and men enough 
to furnish the required sentinels and patrols. The men are taken from 
all the companies, from each in proportion to its strength. The guard 
is commanded by a Lieutenant, under the supervision of a Captain, as 
regimental officer of the day. It furnishes ten sentinels at the camp ; 
one over the arms of the guard; one at the Colonel's tent; three on 
the color front-one of them over the colors ; three, fifty paces in rear 
of the field officers' tents; and one on each flank, between it and the 
next regiment. If it is a flank regiment, one more sentinel is posted on 
the outer flank. 
562. An advanced post is detached from the police guard, composed 
of a Sergeant, a Corporal, a drummer, and nine men to furnish senti- 
nels and the guard over the prisoners. The men are first of the guard 
roster from each company. The men of the advanced post must not 
leave it under any pretext. Their meals are sent to the post. The ad- 
vanced post furnishes three sentinels; two a few paces in front of the 
post, opposite the right and left wing of the regiment, posted so as to 
see as far as possible to the front, and one over the arms. 
563. In the cavalry, dismounted men are employed in preference on 
the police guard. The mounted men on guard are sent in succession, 
apart at a time, to groom their horses. The advanced post is always 
formed of mounted men. 
564. In each company, a Corporal has charge of the stable-guard. 
His tour begins at retreat, and ends at morning stable call. The stable- 
guard is large enough to relieve the men on post every two hours. They 
sleep in their tents, and are called by the Corporal when wanted. At 
retreat he closes the streets of the camp with cords, or uses other pre- 
cautions to prevent the escape of loose horses. 
565. The officer of the day is charged with the order and cleanliness 
of the camp; a fatigue is furnished to him when the number of pris- 
oners is insufficient to clean the camp. He has the calls beaten by the 
drummer of the guard. 
566. The police guard and the advanced post pay the same honors as 
other guards. They take arms when an armed body approaches. 
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be moved, except in presence of an escort; to let no one touch them 
but the color-bearer, or the Sergeant of the police guard when he is 
accompanied by two armed men. 
568. The sentinels on the color front permit no soldier to take arms 
from the stacks, except by order of some officer, or a non-commissioned 
officer of the guard. The sentinel at the Colonel's tent has orders to 
warn him, day or night, of any unusual movement in or about the camp. 
569. The sentinels on the front, flanks, and rear, see that no soldier 
leaves camp with horse or arms, unless conducted by a non-commis- 
sioned officer. They prevent non-commissioned officers and soldiers 
from passing out at night, except to go to the sinks, and mark if they re- 
turn. They arrest, at any time, suspicious persons prowling about the 
camp ; and at night, every one who attempts to enter, even the soldiers 
of other corps. Arrested persons are sent to the officer of the guard, 
who sends them, if necessary, to the officer of the day. 
570. The sentinels on the front of the advanced post have orders to 
permit neither non-commissioned officers or soldiers to pass the line, 
without reporting at the advanced post; to warn the advanced post of 
the approach of any armed body, and to arrest all suspicious persons. 
The Sergeant sends persons so arrested to the officer of the guard, and 
warns him of the approach of any armed body. 
571. The sentinel over the arms at the advanced post guards the 
prisoners and keeps sight of them, and suffers no one to converse with 
them without permission. They are only permitted to go to the sinks 
one at a time, and under a sentinel. 
572. If any one is to be passed out of campat night, the officer of the 
guard sends him under escort to the advanced post, and the Sergeant of 
the post has him passed over the chain. 
573. At retreat, the officer of the guard has the roll of his guard 
called, and inspect arms, to see that they are loaded and in order ; and 
visits the advanced post for the same purpose. The Sergeant of the 
police guard, accompanied by two armed soldiers, folds the colors and 
lays them on the trestle in the rear of the arms. He sees that the sut- 
ler's stores are closed, and the men leave them, and that the kitchen 
fires are put out at the appointed hour. 
'574. The officer of the day satisfies himself frequently during the 
night of the vigilance of the police guard and advanced post. lie 
prescribes patrols and rounds to be made by the officer and non-com- 
missioned officers of the guard. The officer of the guard orders them 
when he thinks necessary. He visits the sentinels frequently. 
575. At reveille, the police guard takes arms ; the officer of the guard 
inspects it and the advanced post. The Sergeant re-plants the colors in 
place. At retreat and reveille the advanced post takes arms ; the 
Sergeant makes his report to the officer of the guard when he visits the 
post. 
576. When necessary, the camp is covered at night with small out- 
posts, forming a double chain of sentinels. These posts are under the 
orders of the commander of the police guard, and are visited by his pat- 
rols and rounds. 
577. The officer of the guard makes his report of his tour cf service, 
including the advanced post, and sends it, after the guard is marched 
off, to the officer of the day. POLICE GUARD. 
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578. When the regiment marches, the men of the police guard return 
to their companies, except those of the advanced post. In the cavalry, 
at the sound " boot and saddle," the officer of the guard sends one-half 
the men to saddle and pack ; when the regiment assembles, all the men 
join it. 
579. When the camping party precedes the regiment, and the new 
police guard marches with the camping party, the guard, on reaching 
the camp, forms in line thirty paces in front of the centre of the ground 
marked for the regiment. The officer of the guard furnishes the senti- 
nels required by the commander of the camping party. 
The advanced post takes its station. 
580. The advanced post of the old police guard takes charge of the 
prisoners on the march, and marches, bayonets fixed, at the centre of 
the regiment. On reaching the camp, it turns over the prisoners to the 
new advanced post. 
581. The detail for the picket is made daily, after the details for duty 
of first class, and from the next for detail on the roster of that class. 
It is designed to furnish detachments and guards unexpectedly called 
for in the twenty-four hours ; it counts as a tour of the first class to 
those who have marched on detachment or guard, or who have passed 
the night in bivouac. 
582. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the picket 
are at all times dressed and equipped ; the horses are saddled, and 
knapsacks and valises ready to be put on. 
583. Detachments and guards from the picket are taken from the 
head of the picket roll in each company, and, if possible, equally from 
each company. The picket of a regiment is composed of a Lieutenant, 
two Sergeants, four Corporals, a drummer, and about fi rty privates. 
For a smaller force, the picket is in proportion to the strength of the 
detachment. 
584. Officers and men of the picket who march on detachment or 
guard before retreat, will he replaced. 
585. The picket is assembled by the Adjutant at guard-mounting; it 
is posted twelve paces in the rear of the guard, and is inspected by its 
own commander. When the guard has marched in review, the com- 
mandant of the picket marches it to the left of the police guard, where 
it stacks its arms, and is dismissed ; the arms are under charge of the 
sentinel of the police guard. 
586. The picket is only assembled by the orders of the Colonel or offi- 
cer of the day. It forms on the left of the police guard. 
587. The officer of the day requires the roll of the picket to be called 
frequently during the day ; the call is sounded from the police guard. 
At roll-calls and inspections, infantry pickets assemble with knapsacks 
on; cavalry on foot. The picket is assembled at retreat; the officer 
has the roll called, and inspects the arms. The pickets sleep in their 
tents, but without undressing. 
588. The picket does not assemble at night except in cases of alarm, 
or when the whole or a part is to march ; then the officer of the day 
calls the officers, the latter the non-commissioned officers, and these the 
men, for which purpose each ascertains the tents of those he is to call; 
they are assembled without beat of drum or other noise. At night, 
cavalry pickets assemble mounted. 62 
GRAND GUARDS. 
589. Pickets rejoin their companies whenever the regiment is under 
arms for review, drill, march, or battle. 
590. Grand guards are the advanced posts of a camp or cantonment, 
and should cover the approaches to it. Their number, strength and 
position are regulated by the commanders of brigades ; in detached 
corps, by the commanding officer. When it can be, the grand guards 
of cavalry and infantry are combined, the cavalry furnishing the ad- 
vanced sgptinels. When the cavalry is weak, the grand guards are in- 
fantry, but furnished with a few cavalry soldiers, to get and carry in- 
telligence of the enemy. 
591. The strength of a grand guard of a brigade will depend on its 
object and the strength of the regiments, the nature of the country, the 
position of the enemy, and the disposition of the inhabitants. It is 
usually commanded by a Captain. 
592. Under the supervisions of the Generals of Division and Brigade, 
the grand guards are specially under the direction of a field officer of 
the day in each brigade. In case of necessity, Captains may be added 
to the roster of Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors for this detail. 
593. Staff officers sent from division headquarters to inspect the posts 
of grand guards, give them orders only in urgent cases, and in the ab- 
sence of the field officer of the day of the brigade. 
594. Grand guards usually mount at the same time as the other 
guards, but may mount before daybreak if the General of Brigade 
thinks it necessary to double the outposts at that time. In this case 
they assemble and march without noise, and during their march throw 
out scouts ; this precaution should always be taken in the first posting 
of a grand guard. The doubling of guards weakens the corps and fa- 
tigues the men, and should seldom be resorted to, and never when pre- 
paring to march or fight. 
595. A grand guard is conducted to its post, in the first instance, by 
the field officer of the day, guided by a staff officer who accompanied 
the General in his reconnoisance. After ti e post has been established, 
the commander sends to the field officer of the day, when necessary, a 
soldier of the guard to guide the relieving guard to the post. He also 
sends to him in the evening a Corporal or trusty man of the guard for 
the note containing the parole and countersign, and sends them before 
dark to the detached posts. He will not suffer his guard to be relieved 
except by a guard of the brigade, or by special orders. 
596. If there is no pass to be observed or defended, the grand guards 
are placed near the centre of the ground they are to observe, on shel- 
tered, and, if possible, high ground, the better to conceal their strength 
and observe the enemy ; they ought not to be placed near the edge of a 
Wood. When, during the day, they are placed very near or in sight of 
the enemy, they fall back at night on posts selected farther to the rear. 
597. In broken or in mountainous countries, and particularly if the 
inhabitants are ill-disposed, intermediate posts must be established 
w'hen it is necessary to post the grand guard distant from the camp. 
598. Grand guards are chiefly to watch the enemy in front ; their 
flanks are protected by each other, and the camps must furnish posts to 
protect their rear and secure their retreat. 
GRAND GUARDS AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. GRAND GUARDS. 
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599. Grand guards are seldom intrenched, and never without the or- 
ders of the General, except by a barricade or ditch when exposed in a 
plain to attacks of cavalry. 
600. The General of Division, if he thinks proper, changes the sta- 
tions and orders of these guards, and establishes posts to connect the 
brigades or protect the exterior flanks. 
601. After a grand guard is posted, the first care of the commander 
and of the field officer of the day is to get news of the enemy ; then to 
reconnoitre his position, and the roads, bridges, fords, and defiles. 
This reconnoisance determines the force and position of the small posts 
and their sentinels day and night. These posts, according to their im- 
portance, are commanded by officers or non-commissioned officers;, the 
cavalry posts may be relieved every four or eight hours. 
602. The commander of a grand guard receives detailed instructions 
from the General and field officer of the day of the brigade, and in- 
structs the commanders of the small posts as to their duties and the ar- 
rangements for the defence or retreat. The commanders of grand 
guards may, in urgent cases, change the positions of the small posts. 
If the small posts are to change their positions at night, they wait until 
the grand guard have got into position and darkness hides their move- 
ments from the enemy; then march silently and rapidly under the 
.charge of an officer. 
603. In detached corps, small posts of picked men are at night sent 
forward on the roads by which the enemy may attack or turn the posi- 
tion. They watch the forks of the roads, keep silence, conceal them- 
selves, light no fires, and often change place. They announce the ap- 
proach of the enemy by signals agreed upon, and retreat, by routes 
examined during the day, to places selected, and rejoin the guard at 
daybreak. 
604. Grand guards have special orders- in each case, and the follow- 
ing in all cases : to inform the nearest posts and the field officer of the 
day, or the General of Brigade, of the march and movements of the 
enemy, and of the attacks they receive or fear ; to examine every per- 
son passing near the post, particularly those coming from without; to 
arrest suspicious persons, and all soldiers and camp-followers who try 
to pass out without permission, and to send to the General, unless other- 
wise directed, all country people who come in. 
605. All out-guards stand to arms at night on the approach of pat- 
rols, rounds, or other parties ; the sentinel over the arms has orders to 
call them out. 
606. Advanced posts will not take arms for inspection or ceremony 
when it would expose them to the view of the enemy. 
607. Grand guards are often charged with the care and working of tel- 
egraphic signals. 
608. The sentinels and videttes are placed on points from which they 
can see farthest, taking care not to break their connection with each 
other or with their posts. They are concealed from the enemy as much 
as possible by walls, or trees, or elevated ground. It is generally even 
of more advantage not to be seen than to see far. They should not be 
placed near covers, where the enemy may capture them. 
609. A sentinel should always be ready to fire, videttes carry their 
or carbines in their hands. A seqtinel must be sure of the 64 
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presence of an enemy before he fires ; once satisfied of that, he must 
fire, though all defense on his part be useless, as the safety of the post 
may depend on it. Sentinels fire on all persons deserting to the enemy. 
610. If the post must be where a sentinel on it can not communicate 
with the guard, a corporal and three men are detached for it, or the 
sentinels are doubled, that one may communicate with the guard. 
During the day the communication may be made by signals, such as 
raising a cap or handkerchief. At night sentinels are placed on low 
ground, the better to see objects against the sky. 
611. To lessen the duty of rounds, and keep more men on the alert 
at night, sentinels are relieved every hour. To prevent sentinels from 
being surprised, it is sometimes well to precede the countersign by sig- 
nals, such as striking the musket with the hand, striking the bauds to- 
gether, &c. 
612. On the approach of any one at night, the sentinel orders- 
" Halt!" If the order is not obeyed after once repeated, he fires. If 
obeyed, he calls-" Who goes there?" If answered-" Rounds" or 
" Patrol," he says-" Adiamce with the countersign." If more than one 
advance at the same time, or the person who advances fails to give the 
countersign or signal agreed on. the sentinel fires, and falls back on his 
guard. The sentinel over the arms, as soon as his hail is answered, 
turns out the guard, and the Corporal goes to reconnoitre. When it is 
desirable to hide the position of the sentinel from the enemy, the hail 
is replaced by signals ; the sentinel gives the signal, and those approach- 
ing the counter signal. 
613. With raw troops, or when the light troops of the enemy are nu- 
merous or active, and when the country is broken or wooded, the night 
stormy or dark, sentinels should be doubled. In this case, while one 
watches, the other called a flying sentinel, moves about, examining the 
paths and hollows. 
614. The commandants of grand guards visit the sentirfels often ; 
change their positions when necessary ; make them repeat their orders; 
teach them under what circumstances and at what signals to retire, and 
particularly not to fall back directly on their guard if pursued, but to 
lead the enemy in a circuit. 
615. At night, half the men of the grand guard off post watch under 
arms, while the rest lie down, arms by their side. The horses are al- 
ways bridled ; the horsemen hold the reins, and must not sleep. 
616. When a grand guard of cavalry is so placed as not to be liable 
to a sudden attack from the enemy, the General may permit the horses 
to be fed during the night, unbridling for this purpose a few at a time 
-the horsemen being vigilant to prevent them from escaping. 
617. An hour before break of day, infantry grand guards stand to 
arms, and cavalry mount. At the advanced posts, some of the infantry 
are all night under arms, some of the cavalry on horseback. 
618. The commander of a grand guard regulates the numbers, the 
hours, and the march of patrols and rounds, according to the strength 
of his troop and the necessity for precaution; and, accompanied by 
those who are to command the patrols and rounds during the night, he 
will reconnoitre all the route." they are to follow. 
619. Patrols and rounds march slowly, in silence, and with great 
precaution; halt frequently to listen, and examine the ground, The 65 
GRAND ROUNDS. 
rounds consist of an officer or non-commissioned officer, and two or three 
men. 
620. Toward the break of day the patrols ought to be more frequent, 
and sent to greater distances. They examine the hollow-ways, and 
ground likely to conceal an enemy, but with great caution, to avoid be- 
ing cut off, or engaged in an unequal combat ; if they meet the enemy, 
they fire and attempt to stop his march. "While the patrols are cut the 
posts are under arms. 
621. Cavalry patrols should examine the country to a greater distance 
than infantry, and report to the infantry guard every thing they observe. 
The morning patrols and scouts do not return until broad daylight; 
and when they return, the night sentinels are withdrawn, and the posts 
for the day resumed. 
622. When patrols are sent beyond the advanced posts, the posts and 
sentinels should be warned. 
623. On their return, commanders of patrols report in regard to the 
ground and every thing thejT have observed of the movements of the 
enemy, or of Iws posts, and the commandant of the grand guard reports 
to the field officer of the day. 
624. The fires of the grand guards should be hidden by a wall, or 
ditch or other screen. To deceive the enemy, fires are sometimes mace 
on ground not occupied. Fires are not permitted at small posts liable 
to surprise. 
625. The horses of cavalry guards are watered or fed by detachments; 
during which the rest are ready to mount. 
626. If a body of troops attempt to enter the camp at night, unless 
their arrival has been announced, or the commander is known to, or is 
the bearer of a written order to the commander of the grand guards, 
he stops them, and sends the commander under escort to the field offi- 
cer of the day, and warns the post near him. 
627. Bearers of flags are not permitted to pass the outer chain of sen- 
tinels; their faces are turned from the post of army; if necessary their 
eyes are bandaged ; a non-commissioned officer stays with them to pre- 
vent indiscretion of the sentinels. 
628. The commandant of the grand guard receipts for dispatches, and 
sends them to the field officer of the day or General of Brigade, and dis- 
misses the bearer ; but if he has discovered what ought to be concealed 
from the enemy, he is detained as long as necessary. 
629. Deserters are disarmed at the advanced posts, and sent to the 
commander of the grand guard, who gets from them all the inf >rmati< n 
he can concerning his post. If many come at night they are received 
cautiously, a few at. a time. They are sent in the morning to the field 
officer of the day, or to the nearest post or camp, to be conducted to the 
General of the brigade. All suspected persons are searched by com- 
manders of the posts. 
630. When an enemy advances to an attack, unless he is in too great 
force, or the grand guard is to defend an intrenched post or a defile, it 
will take positionsand execute the movements to check the enemy, act- 
ing as skirmishers, or fighting in close or open order, as may be best. 
The guard-joins its corps when in line, or when a sufficient number of 
troops have reached the ground it defends. 66 
ENTRENCHED POSTS. 
ENTRENCHED POSTS- 
631. Unless the army be acting on the defensive, no post should be 
intrenched, except to cover the weak parts of the line, or at points 
ivhich the enemy cannot avoid, or in mountain warfare, or to the close 
of a defile, or to cover winter quarters. 
632. Posts connected with the operations of an army are intrenched 
only by order of the General commanding-in-chief or a General of Di- 
vision. 
633. Any intrenchment that requires artillery is considered as a post, 
and a guard or garrison and commander are assigned to it. 
634. The General who establishes an intrenched post gives to its com- 
mander detailed instructions in regard to its defense, and the circum- 
stances under which the defense should cease. 
635. The commander reconnoiters his post; distributes the troops ; 
posts the officers and non-commissioned officers ; forms a reserve ; gives 
orders for all contingencies he can foresee; supposes an attack, and ar- 
ranges his troops for defence, so as to prepare them for ay attack, day or 
night. 
636. In dark weather he redoubles bis vigilance, and changes the 
hours and direction of the rounds and parols. He permits no flags of 
truce, deserters or strangers to enter. If a flag Ought to pass his post, 
he bandages his eyes. He refuses admittance to a relief or any other 
party until he has carefully examined them. In case of an attack, he 
does not wait for orders or hold a council. Having defended his post 
to the last extremity, or till the purpose of the defense, according to his 
instructions, is answered, he may then spike his guns and rejoin the 
army under cover of night, or by cutting his way through the enemy. 
DETACHMENTS. 
637. When a detachment is to be formed from the different regiments 
of a brigade, the Assistant Adjutant-General of the brigade assembles 
it, and turns it over to the commander. 
638. When a detachment is to be formed from different brigades, the 
Assistant Adjutant-General in each, forms the contingent of the brigade, 
and sends it to the place of assembling. 
639. Detachments are generally formed by taking battalions, squad- 
rons, companies, platoons in turn, according to the roster for such 
detail. 
640. When the detachment is to consist of men from every c'ompany 
or troop, the first on the roster for guard are taken. 
641. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, whose tour it is 
to go on detachment, if employed otherwise at the time, are relieved 
from the duty they are on, if they can reach the camp in time to march 
with the detachment. 
642. When detachments meet, the command is regulated while they 
serve together as if they formed one detachment. But the senior offi- 
cers cannot prevent the commander of any detachment from moving, 
when he thinks proper, to execute the orders he has received. 
643 On the return of a detachment, the commander reports to the 
head-quarters from which he received his orders. RECONNOISANCES-PARTISANS AND FLANKERS. 
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644. Near an enemy, daily reconnoisances are made to observe the 
ground in front, and to discover whether the advanced guards of the 
enemy have been increased or put in motion, or any other sign of his 
preparation for march or action. 
645. They are made by small parties of cavalry and infantry, froth 
the brigade, under direction of the General of Division or the General 
of a separate brigade, and to less distance by the pastoral of the grand 
guard, and are not repeated at the same hour or by the same route. On 
the plain, reconnoisances are made by cavalry ; among mountains, by 
infantry, with a few horsemen to carry intelligence. 
646. Reconnoitering parties observe the following precautions: to 
leave small posts, or sentinels at intervals, to transmit intelligence to 
the advanced posts of an army, unless the return is to be by a different 
route; to march with caution, to avoid fighting; and see, if possible, 
without being seen ; to keep an advanced guard ; to send well mounted 
men ahead of the advanced guard ; and on the flank of the party; to 
instruct the scouts that no two should enter a defile or mount a hill to- 
gether, but to go one at a time, while one watches to carry the news if 
the other is taken. 
647. Before daybreak the advanced guard and scouts are drawn 
closer ; the party then march slowly and silently, stop frequently to 
listen, and keep the horses that neigh in the rear. The party should 
enter no wood, defile, village, or inclosure, until it has been fully ex- 
amined by the scouts. 
648. Special reconnoisances are made under the instruction of the: 
General in command, by such officers and with such force as he may 
direct. 
649. Offensive or forced reconnoisances are to ascertain with certainty 
points in the enemy's position, or his strength. They are sometimes 
preludes to real actions, and sometimes only demonstrations. They 
drive in his outposts, and sometimes engage special corps of his line. 
They are only made by order of the General commanding-in-chief, or 
the commander of an isolated corps. 
650. In all reports of reconnoisances, the officer making them shall 
distinguish expressly what he has seen from the accounts he has not 
been aide to verify personally. 
651. In special and offensive reconnnoisances, the report must be ac- 
companied by a field-sketch of the localities, the dispositions and defen- 
ces of the enemy. 
RECONNOISANCES. 
652. The operations of partisan corps depend on the nature and 
theatre of the war ; they enter into the general plan of operations, and 
are conducted under the orders of the General cornmanding-in-chief. 
653. The composition and strength of partisan corps and detachment 
of flankers depend on the object, the difficulties, the distance, and the 
probable time of the expedition. 
654. The purpose of these isolated corps is to reconnoitre at a dis- 
tance on the flanks of the army, to protectits operations, to deceive the 
enemy, to interrupt his communications, to intercept his couriers and 
his correspondence, to threaten or destroy his magazines, to carry off 
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MARCHES. 
his posts and his convoys, or, at all events, to retard his march by 
making him detach largely for their protection. 
655. While these corps fatigue the enemy and embarrass his opera- 
tions, they endeavor to inspire confidence and secure the good will of 
the inhabitants in a friendly country, and to hold them in check in an 
enemy's country. 
656. They move actively, appear unexpectedly on different points, in 
such a manner as to make it impossible to estimate their force, or to 
tell whether they are irregular forces or an advanced guard. 
657. These operations require vigilance, secrecy, energy, and prompt- 
ness. The partisan commander must frequently supply by stratagem 
and audacity what be wants in numbers. 
658. These detachments are sometimes composed of different arms, 
but the service belongs more particularly to the light cavalry, which 
can move to a distance by rapid marches, surprise the enemy, attack 
unexpectedly, and retire as promptly. 
659. Stormy weather, fogs, extreme heat, and the night above all, 
are favorable to the success of ambuscades ; when the enemy are care- 
less, the break of day is the best time. A partisan commander should 
communicate to his second in command, his secret orders, the direction 
and object of the expedition, and the different points of junction with 
the army. 
660. Guides of the country and spies are often necessary to the parti- 
san. They are examined separately, and confronted if their accounts 
differ. When there is but one guide, he marches with the advanced 
guard, guarded by two men, and bound if necessary. Peddlers and 
smugglers are specially suitable for spies. 
661. A fit time to attack a convoy is at a halt, or when they begin to 
park, or when they are watering, passing a wood or a defile; at a bend 
of the road, a bridge or steep ascent. 
662. The attacking party may be principally cavalry, with some in- 
fantry. The first object is to disperse the escort. A part of the de- 
tachment attacks the main body of the escort, another the wagons, and 
a third is in reserve ; skirmishers line the road, and try to cut the 
traces, and to seize the front and rear wagons, and turn them across the 
road, to prevent the train from advancing or retreating. 
663. If the convoy is parked, the cavalry surrounds it, assails the es- 
cort, and tries to draw it away from the train. The infantry then en- 
gage the troops remaining at the park, slip under the wagons, and get 
into the park. When the cavalry is alone and the enemy are shaken, 
they dismount a portion of the men to supply the want of infantry. 
664- If it is a large convoy, the principal attack is made on the cen- 
tre ; the most valuable wagons are also selected and additional horses 
are put to them if the attack is successful. Those that cannot be car- 
ried off are burned. 
6G5. The object of the movement and the nature of the ground deter- 
mine the order of march, the kind of troops in each column, and the 
number of columns. 
666. The force is divided into as many columns as circumstances per- 
mit, without weakening any one too much. They ought to preserve 
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their communications, and be within supporting distance of each other. 
The commander of each column ought to know the strength and direc- 
tion of the others. 
667. The advance and rear guards are usually light troops; their 
strength and composition depend on the nature of the ground and the 
position of the enemy. They serve to cover the movements of the 
army, and to hold the enemy in check until the General has time to 
make his arrangements. 
668. The advance guard is not always at the head of the column ; in 
a march to a flank, it takes such positions as cover the movement. 
Sappers are attached to the advanced guard if required. 
669. The "general," sounded one hour before the time of marching, 
is the signal to strike tents, to load the wagons, and pack horses, and 
send them to the place of assembling. The fires are then put out, and 
care taken to avoid burning straw, &c., or giving to the enemy any 
other indication of the movement. 
670. The "march," will be beat in the infantry, and the "advance" 
sounded in the cavalry, in succession, as each is to take its place in the 
column. 
671. When the army should form suddenly to meet the enemy, the 
"long roll" is beat, and "to horse" sounded. The troops form rapidly 
in front of their camp. 
672. Batteries of artillery and their caissons move with the corps to 
which they are attached ; the field train ai.d ambulances march at the 
rear of the column ; and the baggage with the rear guard. 
673. Cavalry and infantry do not march together, unless the prox- 
imity of the enemy makes it necessary. 
674. In cavalry marches, when distant from the enemy, each regi- 
ment, and, if possible, each squadron, forms a separate column, inorder 
to keep up the same gait from front to rear, and to trot, when desirable, 
on good ground. In such cases, the cavalry may leave camp later, and 
can give more rest to the horses, and more attention to the shoeing and 
harness. Horses are not bridled until the time to start. 
675. When necessary, the orders specify the rations the men are to 
carry in their haversacks. The field officers and Captains make inspec- 
tions frequently during the march ; at halts they examine the knap- 
sacks, valises and haversacks, and throw away all articles not au- 
thorized. The officers and non-commissioned officers of cavalry compa- 
nies attend personally to the packs and girths. 
676. When it can be avoided, troops should not be assembled on high 
roads or other places where they interrupt the communication. 
677. Generals of Division and commanders of detached corps send a 
staff officer to the rendezvous, in advance, to receive the troops, who, 
on arriving, take their place in the order of battle, and form in close 
column, unless otherwise ordered. Artillery, or trains halted on the 
roads, form in file on one side. 
678. The execution of marching orders must not be delayed. If the 
commander is not at the head of his troops when they are to march, the 
next in rank puts the column in motion. 
679. If possible, each column is preceded by a detachment of sappers, 
to remove obstacles to the march, aided, when necessary, by infantry, 
or the people of the country. The detachment is divided into two sec- 70 
MARCHES. 
tions: one stops to remove the first obstacle, the other moves on to the 
next. 
680. In night marches, and at bad places, and at cross-roads, when 
necessary, intelligent non-commissioned officers are posted to show the 
way, and are relieved by the regiments as they come up. 
681. On the march, no one shall fire a gun, or cry "halt" or "march," 
without orders. 
682. Soldiers are not to stop for water; the canteens should be filled 
before starting. 
683. It is better to avoid villages; but if the route lies through them, 
officers and non-commissioned officers are to be vigilent to prevent 
straggling. Halts should not take place at villages. 
684. Besides the rear guard, the General sometimes takes a detach- 
ment from the last legiment, and adds to it non commissioned officers 
from each regiment, to examine villages and all hiding-places on the 
route, to bring up stragglers and seize marauders. 
685. In night marches, the Sergeant-Major of each regiment remains 
at the rear with a drummer, to give notice when darkness or difficulty 
stops the march. In cavalry, a trumpet is placed in rear of each 
squadron, and the signal repeated to the head of the regiment. 
686. The General and field officers frequently stop, or send officers to 
the rear, to see that the troops march in the prescribed order, and keep 
their distances. To quicken the march, the General warns the Colo- 
nels, and may order a signal to be beat. It is repeated in all the regi- 
ments. 
687. In approaching a defile, the Colonels are warned ; they close 
their regiments as they come up; each regiment passes separately, at an 
accelerated pace, and in as close order as possible. The leading regi- 
ment having passed, and left room enough for the whole co'umn in 
close order, then halts, and moves again as soon as the last regiment is 
through. In the cavalry, each squadron, before quickening the pace to 
rejoin the column, takes its original order of inarch. 
688. When the distance from the enemy permits, each regiment, 
after closing up in front and rear of the defile, stacks arms. 
689. Halts to rest and re-form the troops are frequent during the 
day, depending on the object and length of the march. They are made 
in preference after the passage of defiles. 
690. No honors are paid by troops on the march or at halts. 
691. The sick march with the wagons. 
692. Led horses of officers, and the horses of dismounted men, follow 
their regiment. The baggage wagons never inarch in the column. 
When the General orders the field train and ambulances to take place in 
the column, he designates the position they shall take. 
693. If two corps meet on the same road, they pass to the right, and 
both continue their march, if the road is wide enough ; if it is not, the 
first in the order of battle takes the road, the other halts. 
694. A corps in march must not be cut by another. If two corps 
meet at cross-roads, that which arrives last halts if the other is in mo- 
tion. A corps in march passes a corps at a halt, if it has precedence 
in the order of battle, or if the halted corps is not ready to move at 
once. 
695. A column that halts to let another column pass resumes the BATTLES. 
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march in advance of the train of this column. If a column has to pass 
a train, the train must halt, if necessary, till the column passes. The 
column which has precedence must yield it if the commander, on seeing 
the orders of the other, finds it for the interest of the service. 
696. Dispositions for battle depend cn the number, kind, and quality 
of the troops opposed, on the ground, and on the objects of the war ; 
but the following rules are to be observed generally : 
697. In attacking, the advanced guard endeavors to capture the ene- 
my's outposts, or cut them off from the main body. Having done so, 
or driven them in, it occupies, in advancing, all the points that can 
cover or facilitate the march of the army, or secure its retreat, such as 
bridges, defiles, woods, and heights ; it then makes attacks, to occupy 
the enemy, without risking too much, and to deceive them as to the 
march and projects of the army. 
698- When the enemy is hidden by a curtain of advanced troops, the 
commandant of the advanced guard sends scouts, under intelligent offi- 
cers, to the right and left, to ascertain his position and movements. If 
he does not succeed in this way, he tries to unmask the enemy by 
demonstrations; threatens to cut the advance from the main body; 
makes false attacks ; partial and impetuous charges in echelon ; and if 
all fail, he makes a real attack to accomplish the object. 
699. Detachments left by the advanced guard to hold points in the 
rear, rejoin it when other troops come up. If the army takes a posi- 
tion, and the advanced guard is separated from it by defiles or heights, 
the communication is secured by troops drawn from the main body. 
700. At proper distance from the enemy, the troops are formed for 
the attack in several lines; if only two can be formed, some battalions 
in column are placed behind the wings of the second line. The lines 
may be formed of troops in column or in order of battle, according to 
the ground and plan of attack. 
701. The advanced guard may be put in the line or on the wings, or 
other position, to aid the pursuit or cover the retreat. 
702. The reserve is formed of the best troops of foot and horse, to 
complete a victory or make good a retreat. It is placed in the tear of 
the centre, or chief point of attack or defence. 
703. The cavalry should be distributed in echelon on the wings and 
at the centre, on favorable ground. 
704. It should be instructed not to take the gallop until within 
charging distance ; never to receive a charge at a halt, but to meet it, 
or, if not strong enough, to retire manoeuvring; and in order to be 
ready for the pursuit, and prepared against a reverse, or the attacks of 
the reserve, not to engage all its squadrons at once, but to reserve one 
third, in column or in echelon, abreast of or in the rear of one of the 
wings ; this arrangement is better than a second line with intervals. 
705. In the attack, the artillery is employed to silence the batteries 
that protect the position. In the defence, it is better to direct its fire 
on the advancing troops. In either case, as many pieces are united as 
possible, the fire of artillery being formidable in proportion to its con- 
centration. 
706. In battles and military operations it is better to assume the 
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BATTLES. 
offensive, and put the enemy on the defensive ; but to be safe in doing 
so requires a larger force than the enemy, or better troops, and favora- 
ble ground. When obliged to act on the defensive, the advantage of 
position and of making the attack may sometimes be secured by form- 
ing in rear of the ground on which we are to fight, and advancing at 
the moment of action. In mountain warfare, the assailant has always 
the disadvantage ; and even in offensive warfare, in the open field, it 
may frequently be very important, when the artillery is well posted, 
and any advantage of the ground may be secured, to await the enemy 
and compel him to attack. 
707. The attack should be made with a superior force on the defen- 
sive point of the enemy's position, by masking this by false attacks and 
demonstrations on other points, and by concealing the troops intended 
for it by the ground or by other troops in the front. 
708. Besides the arrangements which depend on the supposed plan 
of the enemy, the wings must be protected by the ground, or supported 
by troops in echelon ; if the attack of the enemy is repulsed, the offen- 
sive must at once be taken, to inspire the troops, to disconcert the ene- 
my, and often to decide the action, In thus taking the offensive, a 
close column should be pushed rapidly on the wing or flank of the 
enemy. The divisions of this column form in the line of battle success- 
ively, and each division moves to the front as soon as formed, in order, 
by a rapid attack in echelon, to prevent the enemy from changing front 
or bringing up his reserves. In all arrangements, especially in those 
for attacks, it is most important to conceal the design until the moment 
of execution, and then to execute it with the greatest rapidity. The 
night, therefore, is preferred for the movement of troops on the flank 
or rear of the enemy, otherwise it is necessary to mask their march by 
a grand movement in front, or by taking a wide circuit. 
709. In making an attack, the communications to the rear and for re- 
treat must be secured, and the General must give beforehand all neces- 
sary orders to provide for that event. 
710. When a success is gained, the light troops should pursue the 
enemy promptly and rapidly. The other troops will restore order in 
their columns, then advance from position to position, always prepared 
for an attack or to support the troops engaged. 
711. Before the action, the Generals indicate the places where they 
will be ; if they change position, they give notice of it, or leave a staff 
officer to show where they have gone. 
712. During the fight the officers and non-commissioned officers keep 
the meh in the ranks, and enforce obedience if necessary. Soldiers 
must not be permitted to leave the ranks to strip or rob the dead, nor 
to assist the wounded, unless by express permission, which is only to 
be given after the action is decided. The highest interest and duty is 
to win the victory, which only can insure proper care of the wounded. 
713. Before the action, the Quartermaster of the division makes all 
the necessary arrangements for the transportation of the wounded. He 
establishes the ambulance depots in the rear, and gives his assistants 
the necessary instruction for the service of the ambulance wagons and 
other means of removing the wounded. 
714 The ambulance depot, to which the wounded are carried or di- 
rected for immediate treatment, is generally established at the most BATTLES-PRISONERS OF WAR. 
73 
convenient building nearest the field of battle. A red flag marks its 
place, or the way to it, to the conductors of the ambulances and to the 
wounded who can walk. 
715. The active ambulances follow the troops engaged to succor the 
wounded and remove them to the depots ; for this purpose the conduc- 
tors should always have the necessary assistants, that the soldiers may 
have no excuse to leave the ranks for that object. 
716. The medical director of the division, after consultation with the 
Quartermaster-General, distributes the medical officers and hospital 
attendants at his disposal, to the depots and active ambulances. He 
will send officers and attendants when practicable, to the active ambu- 
lances, to relieve the wounded who require treatment before being re- 
moved from the ground. He will see that the depots and ambulances 
are provided with the necessary apparatus, medicines and stores. He 
will take post and render his professional services at the principal 
depot. 
717. If the enemy endanger the depot, the Quartermaster takes the 
orders of the General to remove it or strengthen its guard. 
718. The wounded in the depots and the sick are removed as soon as 
possible to the hospitals that have been established by the Quartermas- 
ter-General of the army on the flanks or rear of the army. 
719. After an action, the officers on ordnance duty collect the muni- 
tions of war left on the field, and make a return of them to the General. 
The Quartermaster's Department collects the rest of the public property, 
captured, and makes the returns to head-quarters. 
720. Written reports for the General commanding-in-chief are 
made bv commandants of regiments, batteries, and separate squadrons, 
and by all commanders of a higher grade, each in what concerns his 
own command, and to his immediate commander. 
721. When an officer or soldier deserves mention for conduct in ac- 
tion, a special report shall be made in his case, and the General com- 
manding-in-chief decides whether to mention him in his report to the 
government and in his orders. But he shall not be mentioned in the 
report until he has been mentioned in the orders to the army. These 
special reports are examined with care by the intermediate command- 
ers, to verify the facts, and secure commendation and rewards to the 
meritorious only. 
722. The report of battles, which must frequently be made before 
these special reports of persons are scrutinized, is confined to general 
praise or blame, and an account of the operations. 
723. Prisoners of war will be disarmed and sent to the rear, and re- 
ported as soon as practicable to the head-quarters. The return of pri- 
soners from the Head Quarters of the Army to the War Department 
will specify the number, rank, and corps. 
724. The private property of prisoners will be duly respected, and 
each shall be treated with the regard due to his rank. They are to 
obey the necessary orders given them. They receive for subsistence 
one ration each, without regard to rank; and the wounded are to be 
treated with the same care as the wounded of the army. Other allow- 
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CONVOYS AND THEIB ESCORTS. 
ances to them will depend on conventions with the enemy. Prisoner's 
horses will be taken for the army. 
725. Exchanges of prisoners and release of officers on parole depend 
on the orders of the General commanding-in-chief, under the instruc- 
tions of government. 
CONVOYS AND THEIR ESCORTS. 
726. The strength and composition of the escort of a convoy depend 
on the country, the nature and value of the convoy, and the dangers it 
may incur. A larger escort is required for a convoy of powder, that 
the defense may not be near the train. 
727. Cavalry is employed in escorts chiefly to reconnoitre; the pro- 
portion is larger as the country is more open. 
728. Pioneers or working parties are attacked to convoys to mend 
roads, remove obstacles, and erect defenses. The convoys should always be 
provided with spare wheels, poles, cxles, &c. 
729. The commandant of the escort should receive detailed instruc- 
tions in writing. 
730. As far as the defense permits, the commander of the escort 
shall refer to the officer in charge of the convoy for the hours of depar- 
ture, the halts, the parking and order of the train, and the precautions 
against accidents. 
731. Officers who accompany the convoy, but do not belong to the es- 
cort, shall exercise no authority in it except by consent of the comman- 
der. If these officers are junior to the commander, he may assign them 
to duty if the defense requires it. 
732. Large convoys are formed into divisions, each with a conductor. 
The distance between the wagons is four paces. A small party of in- 
fantry is attached to each division. 
733. Generally, munitions of war are at the head of the convoy, sub- 
sistence next, and then other military stores; the sutler last. But al- 
ways that part of the convoy which is most important to the army shall 
be where it is most secure from danger. 
734. The commandant should send out reconnoitering parties, and 
never put the convoy in motion until their reports have been received. 
He always forms an advance and rear guard, and keeps the main body 
under his immediate order at the most important point, with small 
guards or posts at other points. 
735. In an open country the main body marches by the side of the 
road, opposite the centre of the convoy; in other cases at the head or 
rear of the column, as the one or the other is more exposed. 
736. The advance guard precedes the convoy far enough to remove 
all obstacles to its advance. It examines the woods, defiles, and vil- 
lages, and by mounted men gives information to the commander, and 
receives his orders. It reconnoitres places for halts and parks. 
737. If the head of the column is threatened, the advanced guard 
seizes the defiles and places which the enemy might occupy, and holds 
them until the main body advances to the front and relieves it; the 
main body holds the positions until th# head of the convoy arrives, and 
then leaves detachments, which are relieved by the parties marching 
with the divisions; the posts are not abandoned until the whole convoy 
has passed and the position is no longer important. CONVOYS AND THEIR ESCORTS. 
75 
738. When the rear is threatened, like measures are taken; the rear 
guard defends the grounds and retards the enemy by breaking the 
bridges and blocking the road. 
739. If the flanks are threatened, and the ground is broken, and many 
defiles are to be passed, the defense of the convoy becomes more diffi- 
cult ; the advance ami rear guards must be reduced, the flanks strength- 
ened, and positions which will cover the march of the convoy must be 
occupied by the main body of the troops before the head of the convoy 
reaches them, and until it has passed. 
740. If the convoy is large and has to pass places that the force and 
position of the enemy make dangerous, the loss of the whole convoy 
must not be risked ; it must pass by divisions, which reunite after the 
passage. In this case the greater part of the troops guard the first di- 
vision ; they seize the important points, and cover them with light 
troops, or, if necessary, with small posts, and hold them until all the 
divisions have passed. 
741. If there is artillery in the convoy, the commander of the escort 
uses it for the defense. 
742. To move faster and make the defense easier, the wagons move 
in double file whenever the road allows it. If a wagon breaks, it is at 
once removed from the road; when repaired, it takes the rear; when it 
cannot be repaired, its load and horses are distributed to some of the 
other wagons kept in the rear for that purpose. 
743. Convoys by water are escorted on the same principles. Each boat 
has a small infantry guard ; one portion of the escort precedes or follows 
the convoy in boats. The cavalry march opposite the convoy; the ad- 
vance and rear guard move by land, and all are connected by flankers with 
the convoy. Where a river runs through a narrow valley, the body of 
the infantry moves by land to prevent the enemy from occupying the 
heights and disturbing the convoy. 
744. Convoys halt every hour to let the horses take breath and the 
wagons close up. Long halts are made but seldom, and only in places 
that have been reconnoitered and found favorable for defence. At night 
the park is arranged for defence, and in preference at a distance from 
inhabited places, if in an enemy's country. 
745. The wagons are usually parked in ranks, axle against axle, the 
poles in the same direction, and with sufficient space between the ranks 
for the horses. If an attack is feared, they are parked in square, the 
hind wheels outside, and the horses inside. 
746. On the appearance of the enemy during the march, the com- 
mander closes up the wagons and continues his march in order ; he 
avoids fighting; but if the enemy seizes a position that commands his 
road, he attacks vigorously with the mass of his force, but is not to con- 
tinue the pursuit far from the convoy. The convoy halts, and resumes 
the march when the position is carried. 
747. When the enemy is too strong to be attacked, the convoy is 
parked in square if there is room ; if not closed up in double file; at 
the front and rear the road is blocked by wagons across it. The drivers 
are dismounted at the heads of the horses- They are not permitted to 
make their escape. The light troops keep the enemy at a distance as 
long as possible, and are supported when necessary, but prudently, as 
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BAGGAGE TRAINS. 
748. If a wagon takes fire in the park, remove it if possible ; if not, 
remove first the ammunition wagons, then these to leeward of the fire. 
749. When a whole convoy can not be saved, the most valuable part 
may sometimes be by abandoning the rest. If all efforts fail, and there 
is no hope of succor, the convoy must be set on fire and the horses 
killed that cannot be saved ; the escort may then cut its way through. 
750. If the convoy is of prisoners of war, every effort should be made 
to reach a village or strong building where they may be confined ; if 
forced to fight in the field, the prisoners must be secured and made to lie 
down until the action is over. 
BAGGAGE TRAINS. 
751. The baggage train of general head-qnarters and the trains of 
the several divisions are each under the charge of an officer of the 
Quartermaster's Department. These officers command and conduct the 
trains under the orders they receive from their respective head-quarters. 
When the trains of different divisions march together, or the train of a 
division marches with the train of general head-quarters, the senior 
Quartermaster directs the whole. 
752. The regimental Quartermaster has charge of the wagons, horses, 
equipments, and all means of transport employed in the service of the 
regiment. Under the orders of the Colonel, he assembles them for the 
march, and maintains the order and police of the train in park on the 
march. On marches, the regimental trains are under the orders of the 
Quartermaster of the division. When the march is by brigade, the 
senior Regimental Quartermaster in the brigade, or the Quartermaster 
of the brigade has the direction of the whole. The necessary wagon- 
masters, or non-conimissioned officers to act as such, are employed with 
the several trains. 
753. None but the authorized wagons are allowed to march with the 
train. The wagon's of the seveial head-quarters, the regimental wagons, 
and the wagons of sutlers authorized by orders from head-quarters to 
march with the train, are all to be conspicuously marked. 
754. When the train of head-quarters is to have a guard, the strength 
of the guard is regulated by the General. Generals of Brigade guard 
their trains by the men attached to the train of the first regiment of 
their brigades. The regimental trains are loaded, unloaded, and guard- 
ed, as far as practicable, by convalescents and men not effective in the 
ranks; in the cavalry, by dismounted men. When the guard of a train 
is the escort for its defence, the regulations in regard to convoys and es- 
corts take effect. 
755. Habitually each division is followed by its train, the regimental 
trains, uniting at the brigade rendezvous. When otherwise, the order 
for the movement of the divisions brigades, and regiments contains the 
necessary directions in regard to the assembling and marching of the 
respective trains. The several trains march in an order analogous to 
the rank of the generals, and the order of battle of the troops to which 
they belong. Trains are not allowed in any case to be in the midst of 
the troops, or to impede the march of the troops. 
756. The wagon-masters, under the orders of the officers of the Quar- 
termaster's Department, exercise the necessary restraints over the 
teamsters and servants who leave their teams, or do not properly con- GENERAL POLICE. 
77 
duct them ; or who ill-treat their horses, or who attempt to pillage, or 
run away in case of attack. 
757. The General commanding the army and the Generals of Division 
will not permit any general or staff officer, or regiment under their or- 
ders, or any person whatsoever, attached to their command, to have 
more than the authorized amount or means of transportation. For this 
purpose they will themselves make, and cause to be made, frequent re- 
views and inspections of the trains. They will see that no trooper is 
employed to lead a private horse, no soldier to drive a private vehicle, 
and that no trooper is put on foot to lend his horse to an officer. They 
will not permit the wagons of the artillery or of the train to be loaded 
with anything foreign to their proper service, nor any public horse, foi' 
any occasion, to be harnessed to a private carriage. 
758. The officers of the Quartermaster's Department, the wagon mas- 
ters, and all conductors of trains, are charged with watching that the 
regulations respecting transportation allowances are strictly observed. 
759. When necessary, the General-in-chief or General of Division 
may appoint a provost marshal to take charge of prisoners, with a suit- 
able guard, or other police force. 
760. Private servants, not soldiers, will not be allowed to wear the 
uniform of any corps of the army; but each will be required to carry 
with him a certificate from the officer who employs him, verified, for 
regimental officers, by the signature of the Colonel; for other officers 
under the rank of Colonel, by the chief of their corps or department. 
761. Laundresses permitted to follow the army will be furnished with 
certificates, signed as in the preceding paragraph, and no woman of bad 
character will be allowed to follow the army. Other persons with the 
army, not officers or soldiers, such as guides of the country, interpre- 
ters, &c., will carry about them similar certificates from the head-quar- 
ters that employs them. 
762. Deserters from the enemy, after being examined, will be se- 
cured for some days, as they may be spies in disguise; as opportunities 
offer, they will be sent to the rear; after which, if they are found lurk- 
ing about the army, or attempting to return to the enemy, they will be 
treated with severity. 
763. The arms and accoutrements of deserters will be turned over to 
the Ordnance Department, and their horses to the corps in want of them, 
aftei' being branded with the letters " C. S." The compensation to be 
accorded to deserters, for such objects, will be according to appraisement, 
made under the direction of the Quartermaster's Department. The en- 
listment of deserters, without express permission from General head- 
quarters, is prohibited. 
764. It is forbidden to purchase horses without ascertaining the right 
of the party to sell. Stolen horses shall be restored. Estrays, in the 
enemy's country, when the owner is not discovered, are taken for the 
army. 
765. Plundering and marauding, at all times disgraceful to soldiers, 
when committed on the persons or property of those whom it is the 
duty of the army to protect, become crimes of such enormity as to ad- 
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SAFEGUARDS-SIEGES. 
mit of no remission of the awful punishment which the military law 
awards against offences of this nature. 
SAFEGUARDS. 
766. Safeguards are protections granted to pbrsons or property in 
foreign parts by the commanding general, or by other commanders 
within the limits of their command. 
767. Safeguards are usually given to protect hospitals, public estab- 
lishments, establishments of religion, charity, or instruction, museums, 
depositories of the arts, mills, post-offices, and other institutions of pub- 
lic benefit; also to individuals whom it may be the interest of the army 
to respect. 
768. A safegarud may consist of one or more men of fidelity 
and firmness, generally non-effective non-commissioned officers, fur- 
nished with a paper setting out clearly the protection and exemptions 
it is intended to securh, signed by the commander giving it, and his 
staff officer; or it may consist of such paper, delivered to the party 
whose person, family, house and property it is designed to protect. 
These safeguards must be numbered and registered. 
769. The men left as safeguards by one corps may be replaced by 
another. They are withdrawn when the country is evacuated ; but if 
not, they have orders to await the arrival of the enemy's troops, and 
apply to the commander for a safe-conduct to the outposts. 
770. Form of a safeguard: 
By authority of , 
A safeguard is hereby granted to [A. B , or the house and 
family of A. B , or the college, mills, or property, stating pre- 
cisely the place, nature and description of the person, property, or 
buildings.] All officers and soldiers belonging to the army of the Con- 
federate States are therefore commanded to respect this safeguard, and 
to afford, if necessary, protection to [the person, family, or property of 
, as the ease may be.] 
Given at Head-Quarters, the day of . 
A. B , Major-General commanding-in-chief. 
By command of the General. 
C. D , Adjutant General. 
55z7z Article of the Rules and Articles of War. 
"Whosoever belonging to the arnies of the Confederate States, em- 
ployed in foreign parts, shall force a safeguard, shall suffer death." 
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771. In the following regulations the besieging force is supposed to 
be two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry. The same prin- 
ciples govern in other cases. 
772. The Brigadier-Generals of infantry serve, in turn, as Generals 
of the trenches ; one or more of them are detailed daily, according to 
the front and number of attacks; they superintend the operatit ns, and 
dispose the guards of the trenches to repulse sorties and protect the 
works. Officers of the general staff are assigned to them to transmit 
their orders and attend to the details of service. STEGTS. 
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773. The Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels of infantry alternate for 
duty in the trenches; one or more are detailed daily ; they superintend 
the service of the guards and workmen in the part of the work to which 
the general of the trenches assigns them, being posted with troops of 
their own regiments in preference. The commandant of the siege may 
place the Colonels on the roster with the Brigadier-Generals. 
774. The commandants of engineers and artillery accompany the 
first troops before the place to examine the works and the approaches. 
When the engineers have completed the reconnaissance of the works, 
and of each front as far as practicable, the commandant of engineers 
makes a plan of the works as exact and detailed as possible, and under 
the instructions of the General commanding the siege, draws up the 
general plan of the siege, and discusses it with the commandant of ar- 
tillery in regard to the best employment of that arm. These officers 
then submit their joint or separate opinions to the General who decides 
on the plan of the siege, and gives the orders for the execution. The 
commandant of engineers directs the construction of all the works of 
the siege, under the authority of the General, and lays before him every 
day a report of his operations, and a plan showing the progress of the 
attack. The commandant of artillery also makes daily reports to the 
General of all that relates to his branch of the service. 
775. The Quartermaster-General establishes the hospitals, and or- 
ganizes the means for transporting the wounded to them. 
776. The commanding General appoints a field officer of the trenches, 
who is aided by one or two Captains or Lieutenants. 
777. The field officer of the trenches is charged with all the details 
relative to the assembling of the guards and the workmen. He distri- 
butes the guards on the different points of the attack agreeably to the 
orders of the General of the trenches, and forms the detachments of 
workmen for the engineers and artillery ; that he mav be prepared for 
this distribution, he receives every day from the Adjutant-General a 
statement of the details for the next day. 
778. On the arrival of the General of the trenches, the field officer of 
the trenches gives him all the information necessary to enable him to 
station the troops, attends him in his visit to the trenches, and takes 
his orders on the changes to make in the position of the troops. The 
execution is intrusted to the commandants of the troops. 
779. The field officer of the trenches sees that men and litters are 
always ready to bring off the wounded. One or more companies of the 
guards of the trenches are put under his immediate orders for the pre- 
servation of order and police in the trenches. 
780. The divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions, are encamped 
during the siege in the order of battle. The service of camp is con- 
ducted as heretofore prescribed. 
781. The infantry has two kinds of siege service-the guard of the 
trenches and the work of the trenches. 
782. The guards of the trenches mount every day by battalions, in 
such order of detail that all the troops may take an equal share, and 
no part of the line be left too weak. If only one battalion is required, 
each division furnishes it alternately ; if two are required, each divi- 
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ternately. The two battalions of the same divisions are not taken from 
the same brigade. 
783. The detail for work of the trenches is by company, from all the 
regiments at one time, or in turn, and continues generally twelvehours. 
The detail from any regiment should never be less than a company. 
If only half a company would be needed from all the regiments at a 
time, every other regiment furnishes a full company alternately. 
784. The battalions for guard are detailed at least twelve hours in 
advance ; they furnish no other details during this tour. If the whole 
regiment is called out, it leaves a sufficient police guard in camp. 
785. Twenty-four hours, or twelve at least, before mounting guard in 
the trenches, the battalions detailed for guard do not furnish workmen ; 
and the companies of these battalions whose tour it would have been 
to work in the trenches do not go there for twenty-four hours after 
guard, if possible, or at the least twelve. 
786. The workmen who are required for othei' work than that of the 
trenches, are taken from the roster for fatigue from the battalions and 
companies not employed in the trenches. 
787. The battalions first for detail for guard of the trenches, and the 
companies first for detail for work in the trenches, furnish no other de- 
tails, and are held on picket, ready to march at the call of the field offi- 
cer of the trenches. 
788. Materials for the siege, such as fascines, gabions, hurdles, pick- 
ets, &c., are furnished by the different corps, in the proportion ordered 
by the General. 
789. Guards and workmen going to the trenches, march without beat 
of drum or music. 
790. At all times, and especially on the day the trenches are opened, 
everything is avoided likely to attract the attention of the enemy. With 
this view, the General may vary the hour of relieving guards. 
791. The chiefs of engineers and artillery make requisitions for 
workmen in advance, that the details may be made in time to prevent 
any delay in the work. They should exceed the number strictly re- 
quired, that there may be a reserve for unforeseen wants. If this re- 
serve is found insufficient, the General directs the field officer of the 
trenches to call on the picket. 
792. Before the guards and workmen march, the field officer of the 
trenches arranges them so that each detachment can reach its ground 
without confusion. The troops are posted in the trenches according to 
the position of their regiments in the order of battle, and, as far as 
possible, the companies of workmen in like order. The reserves of 
workmen are placed at the depot of the trenches, or the nearest suita- 
ble j)lace to the works. 
793. The workmen leave their knapsacks and swords in camp, and 
march with their fire-arms and cartridge-boxes, which they place near 
them while at work. They always carry their overcoats, to cover them 
in resting or when wounded. 
794. The guards always enter the trenches with arms trailed, and 
the workmen also, unless they carry materials or tools, when the arms 
are in the sling. 
795. The guards and detachments of workmen send a Corporal to the 81 
openings of the trenches to guide the relief. They march out of the 
trenches by the flank, with trailed arms. 
796. Sand-bags, forming loop-holes, are placed at intervals on the 
parapet to protect the sentinels ; they are more numerous than the sen- 
tinels, so that the enemy may not know where the sentinels are placed. 
797. When detachments are placed at night in advance of the trench- 
es, to cover the workmen, the men sit or lie down, with their 
fire-arms in their hands, to hide themselves better from the enemy; 
the sentinels put their ears to the ground frequently, that they 
may hear troops coming out of the place. To prevent mistakes, the 
workmen are told what troops cover them. 
798. No honors are paid in the trenches. When the General com- 
manding the siege visits them, the guards place themselves in rear of 
the banquette, and rests on their arms. The colors are never carried 
to the trenches unless the whole regiment marches to repulse a sortie 
or make an assault. Even in this case, they are not displayed until the 
General commanding the siege gives a formal order. 
799. The materials of the siege of all kinds, together with the tools, 
are collected in part at the depots of the trenches, and in part at the 
opening of the trenches, or in such other place as has been appointed 
for the convenience of the service by the field officers of the trenches, on 
the advice of the chiefs of artillery and engineers. They are in charge 
of officers of engineers and artillery, with guards or non-commissioned 
officers of both corps. But if these corps cannot furnish them, the 
chiefs apply for assistance from the infantry. 
800. The workmen, in going to the trenches, carry such tools and 
materials as are required by the artillery and engineers. In this case, 
the field officer of the trenches has notice and superintends it. 
801. The soldiers sent to the trenches go with their, cartridge-boxes 
filled. Cartridges, when needed, are sent to the trenches on the re- 
quisition of commanders of battalions, approved by the General of the 
trenches. 
802. In the case of a sortie, the guards move rapidly to the places 
that have been designated by the General of the trenches, and which 
afford the best defence for the head of the works, the batteries, the com- 
munications, or the flanks, or best enable them to take the sortie itself 
in flank or reverse. Having lined the banquette to fire on the enemy, 
the troops form on the reverse of the trench to receive him. The work- 
men take arms, retain their positions, or retire with their tools, as or- 
dered. The officers commanding the detachments of workmen see that 
their movements are made promptly and in good order, so as to avoid 
all confusion in the communications. 
803. The troops that advance beyond the trencb.es to repulse the 
sortie, must not follow in pursuit. The General takes care that they 
return to the trenches before the retreat of the sortie allows the artil- 
lery of the place to open on them. When the workmen return, the 
officers and non-commissioned officers of the detachments call the roll 
without interrupting the work, which is immediately resumed. 
804. When it is necessary to dismount cavalry and send them to the 
trenches, they should be employed as near their camp as possible, and 
posted between the detachments of infantry. 
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8IEGES. 
805. Men belonging to the cavalry may, in assaults, be employed in 
carrying fascines and other materials to fill ditches and make passages. 
806. The general officers of cavalry are more particularly employed 
in the service of posts and detachments placed in observation to protect 
the siege. They and the field officers of this arm are employed in the 
command of escorts to convoys, of whatever arms the escorts may be 
composed. When these duties are not sufficient to employ them, they 
take their share of the duty of the trenches. 
807. The officers of engineers and artillery of the trenches make to 
the General of the trenches a return of all losses in their troops, and 
such other reports on the work as he requires, in addition to the reports 
direct to their respective chiefs on the details of the service. 
808. At the end of each tour, the field officer of the trenches draws 
up a report for the twenty-four hours to the General of the trenches. 
The General of the trenches reports to the General commanding the 
siege. 
809. The commanders of the several corps in the trenches report, 
when relieved, to their respective headquarters the losses during the 
tour, and the conduct of the officers and men. 
810. However practicable the breach may appear, or however ruined 
the work in rear of it, the heads of columns must always be supplied 
with ladders to get over unexpected obstacles. 
811. The General commanding the siege designates picked compa- 
nies to protect property and persons, and prevent pillage and violence, 
from the moment the place is carried. The officers exert themselves to 
restrain the men. 
812. The General designates the places requiring particular protec- 
tion, such as churches, asylums, hospitals, colleges, schools aad maga- 
zines. The order of their protection should remind the soldiers, at the 
time, of the penalty of disobeying it. 
813. Whether the place be taken by assault or by capitulation, the 
provisions and the military stores, and the public funds, are reserved 
for the use of the army. 
814. The commander of engineers will keep a journal of the siege, 
showing the operations of each day in detail, the force employed on the 
work, the kind and quantity of materials used in them, &c. He will 
also mark on a plan of the ground the daily progress of the works, and 
make the necessary drawings explanatory of their construction. 
81). The commander of the artillery will keep a daily journal of the 
operations under his direction, showing the number and kind of pieces 
in battery, the force employed in serving them, the kind and quantity 
of ammunition expended, the number of rounds fired from each piece 
of ordnance, the effect of the fire, and all ether particulars relative to his 
branch of the service. 
816. These journals and drawings will be sent after the siege, with 
the report of the General, to the W ar Department. 
DEFENCE OF FORTIFIED PLACES. 
817. In war, every commander of a fortified place shall always hold 
himself prepared with his plan of defence, as if at any time liable to 
attack. He arranges this plan according to the probable mode of at- 
tack ; determines the posts of the troops in the several parts of the 83 
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works, the reliefs, the reserves, and the details of service in all the 
corps. He draws up instructions for a case of attack, and exercises the 
garrison according to his plan of defence. In sea-coast works he pro- 
vides the instructions for the different batteries on the approach of 
ships. 
818. In framing his plan, he studies the works and the exterior with- 
in the radius of attack and investment, the strength of the garrison,the 
artillery, the munitions of war, subsistence and supplies of all kinds, 
and takes immediate measures to procure whatever is deficient of troops 
or supplies, either by requisition on the Government, or from the means 
put at his disposal. 
819. On the approach of an enemy, he removes all houses and other 
objects, within or without the place, that cover the approaches, or in- 
terrupt the fire of the guns or the movements of the troops. He as- 
sures himself personally that all posterns, outlets, or embrasures, &c., 
are in proper state of security. 
820. He shall be furnished by the Department of War with a plan of 
the works, showing all the details of the fortifications and of the exte- 
rior within the radius of attack ; with a map of the environs within the 
radius of investment ; with a map of the vicinity, including the neigh- 
boring works, roads, water channels, coasts, &c.; with a memoir ex- 
plaining the situation and defence of the place, and the relations and 
bearings of the several works on each other, and on the approaches by 
land and water-all which he carefully preserves, and communicates 
only to the council of defence. 
821. He consults his next in rank, and the senior officer of the engi- 
neers and of the artillery, either separately, or as a council of defence. 
In the latter case, he designates an officer to act as secretary to the 
council, and to record their proceedings and their joint or separate 
opinions, which are to be kept secret during the siege. The members 
may record their opinions under their own signature. In all cases, the 
commander decides on his own responsibility. 
822. The commander of the place, and the chiefs of engineers and of 
artillery, shall keep journals of the defence, in which shall be entered, 
in order of date, without blank or interlineation, the orders given or 
received, the manner in which they are executed, their results, and 
every event and circumstance of importance in the progress of the de- 
fence. These journals, and the proceedings of the council of defence, 
shall be sent, after the siege, to the Department of War. 
823. There shall be kept in the office of the commandant of the place, 
to be sent after the siege to the Department of War, a map of the envi- 
rons, a plan of the fortifications, and a special plan of the front of at- 
tack, on which the chief engineer will trace, in succession, the positions 
occupied, and the works executed by the enemy from the investment; 
and also the works of counter approach of defence, and the successive 
positions of the artillery and other troops of the garrison during the 
progress of the siege. 
824. The commander shall defend in succession the advanced works, 
the covered way and outworks, the body of the work, and the interior 
entrenchments. He will not be content with clearing away the foot of 
the breaches, and defending them by abattis, mines, and all the means 
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front of attack, the necessary entrenchments to resist assaults on the 
main work. 
825. He shall use his means of defence in such manner as always to 
have a reserve of fresh troops, chosen from his best soldiers, to resist 
assaults, re-take the outworks, and especially to resist assaults on the 
body of the place ; and a reserve of provisions for the last period of the 
siege, and of ammunition for the last attacks. 
826. He must, in every case, compel the besieging force to approach 
by the slow and successive works of siege, and must sustain at least 
one assault on a practicable breach in the body of the place. 
827. When the commander thinks that the end of the defence has 
come, he shall still consult the council of defence on the means that 
may remain to prolong the siege. But in all cases he alone will decide 
on the time, manner, and terms of the surrender. In the capitulation, 
he shall not seek or accept better terms for himself than for the garri- 
son, but shall share their fate, and exert his best endeavors for the care 
of the troops, and especially of the sick and wounded. 
828. No commander in the field shall withdraw troops or supplies from 
any fortified place, or exercise any authority over its commandant, un- 
less it has been put subject to his orders by competent authority. 
ARTICLE XXXVII. 
TROOPS ON BOARD OF TRANSPORTS. 
829. Military commanders charged with the embarkation of troops, 
and officers of the Quartermaster's Department intrusted with the se- 
lection of the transports, will take care that the vessels are entirely sea- 
worthy and proper for such service, and suitable arrangements are 
made in them for the health and comfort of the troops. 
830. If, in the opinion of the officer commanding the troops to be em- 
barked, the vessel is not proper or suitably arranged, the officer charged 
with the embarkation shall cause her to be inspected by competent and 
experienced persons. 
831. Immediately after embarking, the men will be assigned to quar- 
ters, equal parties on both sides of the ship, and no man will be al- 
lowed to loiter or sleep on the opposite side. As far as practicable, the 
men of each company will be assigned to the same part of the vessel, 
and the squads, in the same manner, to contiguous berths. 
832. Arms will be so placed, if there be no racks, as to be secure from 
injury, and enable the men to handle them promptly ; bayonets unfixed 
and in scabbard. 
833. Ammunition in cartridge-boxes to be so placed as to be entirely 
secure from fire ; reserve ammunition to be reported to the master of 
the transport, with request that he designate a safe place of deposit. 
Frequent inspections will be made of the service ammunition, to insure 
its safety and good condition. 
834. No officer is to sleep out of his ship, or to quit his ship, without 
the sanction of the officer commanding on board. 
835. The guard will be proportioned to the number of sentinels re- 
quired. At sea, the guard will mount with side-arms only. The offi- 
cer of the guard will be the officer of the day. 
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hand, promptly to extinguish fires. Smoking is prohibited between 
decks or in the cabins, at all times; nor shall any lights be allowed be- 
tween decks except such ship lanterns as the master of the transport 
may direct, or those carried by the officer of the day in the execution 
of his duty. 
837. Regulations will be adopted to enable companies or messes to 
cook in turn ; no others than those whose turn it is will be allowed to 
loiter round or approach the galleys or other cooking places. 
838. The commanding officer will make arrangements, in concert 
with the master of the vessel, for calling the troops to quarters, so that in 
case of alarm, by storm, or fire, or the approach of the enemy, every man 
may repair promptly to his station. But he will take care not to crowd 
the deck. The troops not wanted at the guns, or to assist the sailors, 
and those who cannot be advantageously employed with small arms, 
will be formed as a reserve between decks. 
839. All the troops will turn out at A. M., without arms or uni- 
form, and (in warm weather) without shoes or stockings ; when every 
individual will be clean, his hands, face and feet washed, and his hair 
combed. The same personal inspection will be repeated thirty minutes 
before sunset. The cooks alone will be exempted from one of these in- 
spections per day, if necessary. 
840. Recruits or awkward men will be exercised in the morning and 
evening in the use of arms, an hour each time, when the weather will 
permit. 
841. Officers will enforce cleanliness as indispensable to health. 
When the weather will permit, bedding will be brought on deck every 
morning for airing. Tubs may be fixed on the forecastle for bathing, 
or the men may be placed in the chains and have buckets of water 
thrown ovei them. 
842. Between decks will not be washed oftener than once a week, and 
only when the weather is fine. The boards of the lower berths will be 
removed once or twice a week to change the straw. Under the direc- 
tion of the Surgeon and the officer of the day, frequent fumigations will 
be performed between decks. The materials required are-common 
salt, four ounces ; powdered oxide of manganese, one ounce; sulphuric 
acid, one ounce, diluted with two ounces of water. The diluted acid is 
poured over the other ingredients in a basin placed in a hot sand bath. 
Solutions of chloride of lime and chloride of zinc are excellent disin- 
fecting agents. 
843. During voyages in hot weather, the master of the vessel will be 
desired to provide wind-sails, which will be kept constantly hung up, 
and frequently examined, to see that they draw well and are not ob- 
structed. 
844. During cooking hours, the officers of companies visit the ca- 
boose, and see that the messes are well prepared. The coppers and 
other cooking utensils are to be regularly and well washed, both before 
and nJ ter use. 
845. The bedding will be replaced in the berths at sunset, or at an 
earlier hour when there is a prospect of bad weather; and at tattoo 
every man not on duty will be in his berth. To insure the execution of 
this regulation, the officer of the day, with a lantern, will make a tour 
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846. Lights will be extinguished at tattoo, except such as are placed 
under sentinels. The officer of the day will see to it, and report to the 
commanding officer. The officers' lights will be extinguished at 10 
o'clock, unless special permission be given to continue them for a longer 
time, as in case of sickness or other emergency. 
847. For the sake of exercise, the troops will be occasionally called to 
quarters by the beat to arms. Those appointed to the guns will be fre- 
quently exercised in the use of them. The arms and accoutrements 
will be frequently inspected. The metallic parts of the former will be 
often wiped and greased again. 
848. The men will not be allowed to sleep on deck in hot weather or 
in the sun ; they will be encouraged and required to take exercise on 
deck, in squads by succession, when necessary. 
849. At morning and evening parades, the Surgeon will examine the 
men, to observe whether there be any appearance of disease. 
850. The sick will, as far as practicable, be separated from the healthy 
men. On the first appearance of malignant contagion, a signal will be 
made for the hospital vessel (if there be one in company,) and the dis- 
eased men removed to her. 
851. A good supply of hospital stores and medicines will be taken on 
each vessel, and used only for the sick and convalescent. 
852. The Surgeon will guard the men against costiveness on ap- 
proaching a hot climate. In passing through the West Indies to the 
Southern coast, for instance, and for some weeks after landing in those 
latitudes, great care is required in the use of fruit, as strangers would 
not be competent to judge of it, and most kinds, after long voyages, are 
prejudicial. 
853. In harbor, where there is no danger from sharks, the men may 
bathe; but not more than ten at a time, and attended by a boat. 
854. In fitting up a vessel for the transportation of horses, care is to 
be taken that the requisite arrangements are made for conveniently 
feeding and cleaning them, and to secure them from injury in rough 
weather by ropes attached to breast-straps and breeching, or by other 
suitable means; and especially that proper ventilation is provided by 
openings in the upper deck, wind-sails, &c. The ventilation of steam- 
ers may be assisted by using the engine for that purpose. 
855. Horses should not be put on board after severe exercise or when 
heated. In hoisting them on board, the slings should be made fast to 
a hook at the end of the fall, or the knot tied by an expert seaman, so 
that it may be well secured and easily loosened. The horse should be 
run up quickly to prevent him from plunging, and should be steadied 
by guide ropes. A halter is placed on him before he is lifted from the 
ground. 
856. On board, care is to be taken that the horses are not over-fed; 
bran should form part of their ration. The face, eyes, and nostrils of 
each horse are to be washed at the usual stable hours ; and occasionally, 
the manges should be washed and the nostrils of the horse sponged with 
vinegar and water. 
857. In loading vessels with stores for a military expedition, the 
cargo of each should be composed of an assortment of such stores as 
may be available for service in case of the non-arrival of others, and 
they should be placed on board in such a manner that they may be COURTS-MARTIAL. 
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easily reached, in the order in which they are required for service. 
Each store-ship should be marked, at the bow and stern, on both sides, 
in large characters, with a distinctive letter and number. A list is to 
be made of the stores on board of each vessel, and of the place where 
they are to be found in it; a copy of this list to be sent to the chief officer of 
the proper department in the expedition, or at the place of destination. 
ARTICLE XXXVIII. 
858. In appointing a general court-martial, as many members will be 
detailed, from five to thirteen inclusive, as can be assembled without man- 
ifest injury to the service. 
859. The decision of the officer appointing the court, as to the num- 
ber that can be assembled without manifest injury to the service, is con- 
clusive. 
860. A President of the court will not be appointed. The officer 
highest in rank present will be President. 
861. Form of order appointing court-martial, the last paragraph 
omitted when the court can be kept up with thirteen members: 
Headquarters, , &c. 
A general court-martial is hereby appointed to meet at , on 
the day of , or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the 
trial of , and such other prisoners as may be brought before it. 
COURTS-MARTIAL. 
Detail for the Court-. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
, Judge Advocate. 
No other officers than those named can be assembled without mani- 
fest injury to the service. 
By order of , commanding . 
, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
862. In the detail the members will be named, and they will take 
place in the court, in the order of their rank. A decision of the proper 
authority in regard to the rank of the members cannot be reversed by 
the court. 
863. The place of holding a court is appointed by the authority con- 
vening it. 
864. Application for delay or postponement of trial must, when prac- 
ticable, be made to the authority convening the court. When made to the 
court, it mil t be before plea, and will then, if in the opinion of the 
court well founded, be referred to the authority convening the court, 
to decide whether the court shall be adjourned or dissolved, and the 
charges reserved for another court. 
865. Upon application by the accused for postponement on the ground 
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the witness is material, and how ; 2d, that the accused has used due 
diligence to procure his attendance, and 3d, that he has reasonable 
ground to believe, and does believe, that he will be able to procure such 
attendance within a reasonable time stated. 
' 866. The President of a court-martial, besides his duties and privi- 
leges as member, is the organ of the court, to keep order and conduct 
its business. He speaks and acts for the court in each case where the 
rule has been prescribed by law, regulation, or its own resolution. In 
all their deliberations the law secures the equality of the members. 
867. The 76th Article of War does not confer on a court-martial the 
power to punish its own members. For disorderly conduct, a member 
is liable as in other offences against military discipline ; improper words 
are to be taken down, and any disorderly conduct of a member reported 
to the authority convening the court. 
868. The Judge Advocate shall summon the necessary witnesses for 
the trial; but he shall not summon any witness at the expense of the 
Confederate States, nor any officer of the army, without the order of the 
court, unless satisfied that his testimony is material and necessary to 
the ends of justice. 
869. Every court-martial shall keep a complete and accurate record 
of its proceedings, to be authenticated by the signatures of the Presi- 
dent and Judge Advocate, who shall also certify, in like manner, the 
sentence pronounced by the court in each case. The record must show 
that the court was organized as the law requires; that the court and 
Judge Advocate were duly sworn in the presence of the prisoner ; that 
he was previously asked whether he had objection to any member, and 
his answer thereto. A copy of the order appointing the court will be 
entered on the record in each case. 
870. Whenever the same court-martial tries more prisoners than one, 
and they are arraigned on separate and distinct charges, the court is to 
be sworn at the commencement of each trial, and the proceedings in 
each case will be made up separately. 
871. The record shall be clearly and legibly written; as far as prac- 
ticable, without erasures or interlineations, the pages to be numbered, 
with a margin of one inch on the left side of each page, and at the top 
of the odd and bottom of the even pages ; through this last margin the 
sheets to be stitched together; the documents accompanying the pro- 
ceedings to be noted and marked in such a manner as to afford an easy 
reference. 
872. No recommendation will be embraced in the body of the sen- 
tence. Those members only who concur in the recommendation will 
sign it. 
873. The legal punishments for soldiers by sentence of a court-mar- 
tial according to the offence, and the jurisdiction of the court, are- 
death ; corporal punishment by flogging ; confinement; confinement on 
bread and water diet; solitary confinement; hard labor; ball and 
chain ; forfeiture of pay and allowances ; discharges from service ; and 
reprimands. Solitary confinement, or confinement on bread and water, 
shall not exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the 
periods of such confinement not less than such periods, and not exceed- 
ing eighty-four days in one year. 
874. A court-martial cannot assign and make over the pay of a sol- MURT8-MARTIAL-WORKING PARTIES. 
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diet to any other person, and the receipt of such person will not be a 
sufficient voucher for the disbursing officer. Nor can a soldier be re- 
quired to receipt for money paid without his consent to another person. 
The law prohibits any receipt or voucher in accounts of public money, 
unless the full amount of the receipt is paid to the party who signed it. 
875. The jurisdiction and authority of courts-martial are the same 
with reference to Ordnance Sergeants and Hospital Stewards as in the 
cases of other enlisted men. When, however, an Ordnance Sergeant 
or Hospital Steward is sentenced by an inferior court to be reduced to 
the ranks, such sentence, though it may be approved by the reviewing 
officer, will not be carried into effect until the case has been referred 
to the Secretary of War for final action. In these cases of reduc- 
tion, the application of the man for discharge from service, though 
not recognized as a right, will generally be regarded with favor, if his 
offence has not been of too serious a nature, and especially where he 
has not been recently promoted from the ranks. 
876. The Judge Advocate shall transmit the proceedings, without de- 
lay, to the officer having authority to confirm the sentence, who shall 
state, at the end of the proceedings in each case, his decision and orders 
thereon. 
877. The original proceedings of all general courts-martial, after the 
decision on them of the reviewing authority, and all proceedings that 
require the decision of the President under the 65th and 89th Articles of 
War, and copies of all orders confirming or disproving, or remitting 
the sentences of courts-martial, and all official communications for the 
Judge Advocate of the army, will be addressed to " The Adjutant and 
Inspector-General of the Army, War Department," marked on the cover, 
" Judge Advocate." 
878. The proceedings of garrison and regimental courts-martial will 
be transmitted without delay, by the garrison or regimental comman- 
der, to the department headquarters for the supervision of the depar- 
ment commander. 
879. The power to pardon or mitigate the punishment ordered by a 
court-martial, is vested in the authority confirming the proceedings, 
and in the President of the Confederate States. A superior military 
commander to the officer confirming the proceedings may suspend the 
execution of the sentence when, in his judgment, it is void upon the 
face of the proceedings, or when he sees a fit case for executive cle- 
mency. In such cases, the record, with his order prohibiting the exe- 
cution, shall be transmitted for the final orders of the President. 
880. When a court-martial or court of inquiry adjourns without day, 
the members will return to their respective posts and duties, unless 
otherwise ordered. 
881. When a court adjourns for three days, the Judge Advocate shall 
report the fact to the commander of the post or troops, and the mem- 
bers belonging to the command will be liable to duty during the time. 
ARTICLE XXXIX. 
WORKING PARTIES. 
882. When it is necessary to employ the army at work on fortifica- 
tions, in surveys, in cutting roads, and other constant labor of not less 90 
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than ten days, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers so employed 
are enrolled as extra-duty men, and are allowed twenty-five cents a day 
when employed as laborers and teamsters, and forty cents a day when 
employed as mechanics, at all stations east of the Rocky Mountains, and 
thirty-five and fifty cents per day, respectively, at all stations west of 
those mountains. 
883. Enlisted men of the Ordnance and Engineer Departments, and 
artificers of artillery, are not entitled to this allowance when employed 
in their appropriate work. 
884. Soldiers will not be employed as extra-duty men for any labor 
in camp or garrison which can properly be performed by fatigue par- 
ties. 
885. No extra-duty men, except those required for the ordinary ser- 
vice of the Quartermaster, Commissary, and Medical Departments, and 
saddlers in mounted companies, will be employed without previous au- 
thority from department headquarters, except in case of necessity, 
which shall be promptly reported to the department commander. 
886. Extra-duty pay of a saddler in a mounted company will be 
charged on the company muster-roll, to be paid by the Quartermaster 
and refunded by the Ordnance Department. Extra-duty pay of cooks 
and nurses in the hospital service will be paid by the Quartermaster, in 
the absence of a medical disbursing officer, and refunded by the Medical 
Department. The extra pay of cooks and nurses will be charged on 
hospital muster-rolls. 
887. The officer commanding a working party will conform to the 
directions and plans of the engineer or other officer directing the work, 
without regard to rank. 
888. A day's work shall not exceed ten hours in summer, nor eight 
in winter. Soldiers are paid in proportion for any greater number of 
hours they are employed each day. Summer is considered to commence 
on the 1st of April, and winter on the 1st of October. 
889. Although the necessities of the service may require soldiers to 
be ordered on working parties as a duty, commanding officers are to 
bear in mind that fitness for military service by instruction and disci- 
pline is the object for which the army is kept on foot, and that they are 
not to employ the troops when not in the field, and especially the 
mounted troops, in labors that interfere with their military duties and 
exercises, except in cases of immediate necessity, which shall be forth- 
with reported for the orders of the War Department. 
ARTICLE XL. 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, MONEY, AND ACCOUNTS. 
890. All officers of the Commissary and Quartermaster's Depart- 
ments, and military store-keepers, shall, previous to their entering on 
the duties of their respective offices, give good and sufficient bonds to 
the Confederate States fully to account for all monies and public pro- 
perty which they may receive, in such sums as the Secretary of War 
shall direct; and the officers aforesaid shall renew their bonds every 
four years, and oftener if the Secretary of War shall so require, and 
whenever they receive a new commission or appointment. 
891. The sureties to the bond shall be bound jointly and severally for PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
91 
the whole amount of the bond, and shall satisfy the Secretary of War 
that they are worth jointly double the amount of the bend, by the affi- 
davit of each surety, stating that he is worth, over and above his debts 
and liabilities, the amount of the bond, or such other sum as he may 
specify, and each surety shall state his place of residence. 
892. The chiefs of disbursing departments who submit requisitions 
for money to be remitted to disbursing officers, shall take care that no 
more money than is actually needed is in the hands of any officer. 
893. The Treasury Department having provided, by arrangement 
with the Assistant Treasurers at various points, secure depositories for 
funds in the hands of disbursing officers. All disbursing officers are re- 
quired to avail themselves, as far as possible, of this arrangement, by 
depositing with the Assistant Treasurers such funds as are not wanted 
for immediate use, and drawing the same in convenient sums as wanted. 
894. No public funds shall be exchanged except for gold and silver. 
When the funds furnished are gold and silver, all payments shall be in 
gold and silver. When the funds furnished are drafts, they shall be 
presented at the place of payment, and paid according to law; and 
payments shall be made in the funds so received for the drafts, unless 
sa d funds or said drafts can be exchanged for gold and silver at par. 
If any disbursing officer shall violate any of these provisions, he shall be 
suspended by the Secretary of War, and reported to the President, and 
promptly removed from office or restored to his trust and duties, as to 
the President may seem just and proper. 
895. No disbursing officer shall accept, or receive, or transmit to the 
Treasury to be allowed in his favor, any receipt or voucher from a credi- 
tor of the Confederate States without having paid to such creditor, in 
such funds as he received for disbursement, or such other funds as he is 
authorized by the preceding article to take in exchange, the full amount 
specified in such receipt or voucher; and every such act shall be deemed 
to be a conversion to his own use of the amount specified in such re- 
ceipt or voucher. And no officer in the military service charged with 
the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of public money, shall con- 
vert to his own use, or invest in any kind of merchandise cr property, 
or loan with or without interest, or deposit in any bank, or exchange 
for other funds, except as allowed in the preceding article, any public 
money entrusted to him ; and every such act shall be deemed to be a 
felony and an embezzlement of so much money as may be so taken, 
converted, invested, used, loaned, deposited, or exchanged. 
896. Any officer who shall directly or indirectly sell or dispose of, for 
a premium, any treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security 
in his hands for disbursement, or sell or dispose of the proceeds or 
avails thereof without making returns of such premium and accounting 
therefor by charging it in his accounts to the credit of the Confederate 
States, will forthwith be dismissed by the President. 
897. If any disbursing officer shall bet at cards or any game of hazard, 
his commanding officer shall suspend his functions, and require him to 
turn over all the public funds in his keeping, and shall immediately re- 
port the ease to the proper bureau of the War Department. 
898. All officers are forbid to give or take any receipt in blank for 
public money or property; but in all cases the voucher shall be made 92 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
out in full, and the true date, place, and exact amount of money, in 
words, shall be written out in the receipt before it is signed. 
899. When a signature is not written by the hand of the party, it 
must be witnessed. 
900. No advance of public money shall be made, except advances to 
disbursing officers, and advances by order of the War Department to 
officers on distant stations, where they can not receive their pay and 
emoluments regularly; but in all cases of contracts for the performance 
of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, payment 
shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles de- 
livered, previously to payment. 
901. No officer disbursing or diiecting the disbursement of money for 
the military service shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the pur- 
chase or sale, for commercial purposes, of any article intended for, mak- 
ing a part of, or appertaining to the department of the public service in 
which he is engaged, nor shall take or apply to his own use any gain or 
emolument for negotiating or transacting any public business other 
than what is or may be allowed by law. 
902. No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested or con- 
cerned, directly or indirectly, in any wagon or other means of trans- 
port employed by the Confederate States, nor in the purchase or sale of 
any property procured for or belonging to the Confederate States, ex- 
cept as the agent of the Confederate States. 
903. No officer or agent in the military service shall purchase from 
any other person in the military service, or make any contract with any 
such person to furnish suppl'es or services, or make any purchase or 
contract in which such person shall be admitted to any share or part, or 
to any benefit to arise therefrom. 
904. No person in the military service whose salary, pay, or emolu- 
ments is or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional 
pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form whatever, for the 
disbursement of public money, or any other service or duty whatsoever, 
unless the same shall be authorized by law, and explicitly set out in the 
appropriation. 
905. All accounts of expenditures shall set out a sufficient explana- 
tion of the object, necessity and propriety of the expenditure. 
906. The facts on which an account depends must be stated and 
vouched by the certificate of an officer, or other sufficient evidence. 
907. If any account paid on the certificate of an officer to the facts is 
afterwards disallowed for error of fact in the certificate, it shall pass to 
the credit of the disbursing officer, and be charged to the officer who 
gave the certificate. 
908. An officer shall have credit for an expenditure of money or pro* 
perty made in obedience to the order of his commanding officer. If the 
expenditure is disallowed, it shall be charged to the officer wrho ordered 
it. 
909. Disbursing officers, when they have the money, shall pay cash 
and not open an account. Heads of bureaus shall take care, by timely 
remittances, to obviate the necessity of any purchases on credit. 
910. When a disbursing officer is relieved, he shall certify the out- 
standing debts to his successor, and transmit, an account of the same to 
the head of the bureau, and. turn over his public money and property 93 
appertaining to the service from which he is relieved to his successor, 
unless otherwise ordered. 
911. The chief of each military bureau of the War Department shall, 
under the direction of the Secretary of War, regulate, as far as practica- 
ble, the employment of hired persons required for the administrative 
ierviee of his department. 
912. When practicable, persons hired in the military service shall be 
paid at the end of the calendar month, and when discharged. Separate 
pay-rolls shall be made for each month. 
913. When a hired person is discharged and not paid, a certified 
statement of his account shall be given him. 
914. Property, paid for or not, must be taken up on the return, and 
accounted for when received. 
915. No officer has authority to insure public property or money. 
916. Disbursing officers are not authorized to settle with heirs, execu- 
tors, or administrators, except by instructions from the proper bureau 
of the War Department upon accounts duly audited and certified by the 
proper accounting officers of the Treasury. 
917. Public horses, mules, oxen, tools, and implements shall be brand- 
ed conspicuously C. S. before being used in service, and all other pub- 
lic property that it may be useful to mark ; and all public property 
having the brand of the C. S. when sold or condemned, shall be branded 
with the letter C. 
918. No public property shall be used, nor labor hired for the public 
be employed, for any private use whatsoever not authorized by the regu- 
lations of the service. 
919. When public property becomes damaged, except by fair wear 
ftnd tear, the officer accountable for the property shall report the case 
to the commanding officer, who shall appoint a board of survey of two 
or more officers to examine the property and ascertain the cause and 
amount of damage, and whether by any fault of any person in the 
military service, and report the facts and their opinion to him ; which 
report, with his opinion thereon, lie shall transmit to the chief of the 
department to which the property appertains, and give a copy to the of- 
ficer accountable for the property and to the person chargeable for the 
damage. 
920. If any article of public property be lost or damaged by neglect 
or fault of any officer or soldier, or person hired in the public service, 
he shall pay the value of such article, or amount of damage, or cost of 
repairs, in either case at such rates as a Board of Survey, with the ap- 
proval of the commanding officer, may assess, according to the place and 
circumstances of the loss or damage. 
921. Charges against a soldier shall be set against his pay on the 
muster-roll. Charges against an officer to be set against his pay shall 
be promptly reported to the Secretary of War.* 
922. If any article of public property be embezzled, or by neglect 
lost or damaged, by any person hired in the public service, the value or 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
*If the pay of an officer or soldier is wrongfully withheldj'or arrears or 
liabilities to the Confederate States, a civil remedy is provided bylaw. 94 
damage shall be charged to him, and set against any pay or money due 
him, to be deducted on pay-roll next following. 
923. Public property lost or destoyed in the military service must be 
accounted for by affidavit, or the certificate if a commissioned officer, or 
other satisfactory evidence. 
924. Affidavits or depositions may be taken before any officer in thq 
list, as follows, when recourse can not be had to any before named on 
said list, which fact shall be certified by the officer offering the evidence: 
1st. a civil magistrate competent to administer oaths ; 2d. a judge advo- 
cate ; 3d. the recorder of a garrison or regimental court-martial: 4th. 
the Adjutant of a regiment; 5th. a commissioned officer. 
925. When military stores or other army supplies are unsuitable to 
the service, the officer in charge thereof shall report the case to the com- 
manding officer, who shall refer the report, with his opinion thereon, to 
the bureau of the department to which the property appertains, for the 
order in the case of the Secretary of War. But if, from the nature or 
condition of the property or exigency of the service, it be necessary to act 
without the delay of such reference, in such case of necessity the com- 
manding officer shall appoint a board of survey, composed of two or 
more competent officers, to examine the property and report to him, 
subject to his approval, what disposition the public interest requires to 
be made of it; which he shall cause to be made, and report the case to 
the proper bureau of the War Department for the information of the 
the Secretary of War. These cases of necessity arise when the proper- 
ty is of a perishable nature, and can not be kept, or when the expense 
of keeping it is too great in proportion to its value, or when the troops, 
in movement, would be compelled to abandon it. Horses incurably un- 
fit for any public service may also constitute a case of necessity, but 
shall be put to death only in case of an incurable wound or contagious 
disorder. 
926. When military stores or other army supplies arc reported to the 
War Department as unsuitable to the service, a proper inspection or 
survey of them shall be made by an Inspector General, or such suitable 
officer or officers as the Secretary of War may appoint for that purpose. 
Separate inventories of the stores, according to the disposition to be 
made of them, shall accompany the inspection report: as of articles to 
be repaired, to be broken up, to be sold, of no use or value, and to be 
dropped, &c., &c. The inspection report and inventories shall show the 
exact condition of the different articles. 
927. Military stores and other army supplies found unsuitable to the 
public service, after inspection by an Inspector General, or such special 
inspection as may have been directed in the case, and ordered for sale, 
shall be sold for cash at auction, on due public notice, and in such man 
ket as the public interest may require. The officer making the sale will 
bid in and suspend the sale when, in his opinion, better prices may be 
got. Expenses of the sale will be paid from its proceeds. The auc- 
tioneer's certified account of the sales in detail, and the vouchers for 
the expenses of the sale, will be reported to the chief of the department 
to which the property belonged. The nett proceeds will be applied as 
the Secretary of War may direct. 
928. No officer making returns of property shall drop from his return 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
95 
any public property as worn out or unserviceable, until it has been con- 
demned, after proper inspection, and ordered to be so dropped. 
929. An officer issuing stores shall deliver or transmit to the receiv- 
ng officer an exact list of them in duplicate invoices, and the receiving 
officer shall return him duplicate receipts. 
930. When an officer to whom stores are forwarded has reason to sup- 
pose them miscarried, he shall promptly inform the issuing and for- 
warding officer, and the bureau of the department to which the proper- 
ty appertains. 
931 When stores received do not correspond in amount or quality 
with the invoice, they will be examined by a board of survey, and their 
report communicated to the proper bureau, to the issuing and forward- 
ing officer, and to the officer authorized to pay the transportation ac- 
count. Damages recovered from the carrier or other party liable, will 
be refunded to the proper department. 
932. On the death of any officer in charge of public property or 
money, the commanding officer shall appoint a board of survey to take 
an inventory of the same, which he shall forward to the proper bureau 
of the War Department, and he shall designate an officer to take charge 
of the said property or money till orders in the case are received from 
the proper authority. 
933. When an officer in charge of public property is removed from 
the care of it, the commanding officer shall designate an officer to re- 
ceive it, or take charge of it himself, till a successor be regularly appoint- 
ed. When no officer can remain to receive it, the commanding officer 
will take suitable means to secure it, and report the facts to the proper 
authority. 
934. Every officer having public moneys to account for, and failing to 
render his account thereof quarter-yearly, with the vouchers necessary 
to its correct and prompt settlement, within three months after the ex- 
Ipiration of the quarter if resident in the Confederate States, and with- 
iin six months, if resident in a foreign country, will be promptly dis- 
' missed by the President, unless he shall explain the default to the sat- 
isfaction of the President. 
935. Every officer intrusted with public money or property shall ren- 
der all prescribed returns and accounts to the bureau of the department 
in which he is serving, where all such returns and accounts shall pass 
through a rigid administrative scrutiny before the money accounts are 
transmitted to the proper officers of the Treasury Department for settle- 
•uent. 
936. The head of the bureau shall cause his decision on each account 
o be endorsed on it. He shall bring to the notice of the Secretary of 
Var all accounts and matters of account that require or merit it. When 
n account is suspended or disallowed, the bureau shall notify it to the 
fficer, that he may have an early opportunity to submit explanations or 
ake an appeal to the Secretary of War. 
937. When an account is suspended or disallowed in the proper of- 
■ce of the Treasury Department, or explanation or evidence required 
tom the officer, it shall be promptly notified to him by the head of the 
iilitary bureau. And all vouchers, evidence or explanation returned 
y him to the Treasury Department shall pass through that bureau. 
' 938. Chiefs of the disbursing departments shall, under the direction 96 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
of the Secretary of War, designate, as far as practicable, the places 
•where the principal contracts and purchases shall be made and supplies 
procured for distribution. 
939. All purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the arj 
my, except personal services, when the public exigences do not require 
the immediate delivery of the article or performance of the service, 
shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals 
respecting the same. 
, 940. The officer advertising for proposals shall, when the intended 
contract or purchase is considerable, transmit forthwith a copy of the 
advertisement and report of the case to the proper bureau of the War 
Department. 
941. Contracts will be made with the lowest responsible bidder; and 
purchases from the lowest bidder who produces the proper article. But 
when such lowest bids are unreasonable, they will be rejected, and bids 
again invited by public notice; and all bids and advertisements shall 
be sent to the bureau. 
942. When sealed bids are required, the time of opening them shall 
be specified, and bidders have privilege to be present at the opening. 
943. When immediate delivery or performance is required by the 
public exigency, the article or service required may be procured by 
open purchase or contract at the places, and in the mode in which such 
articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between 
individuals. 
944. Contracts shall be made in quadruplicate; one to be kept by the 
officer, one by the contractor, and two to be sent to the military bureau, 
one of which for the officer of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury. 
945. The contractor shall give bond, with good and sufficient securi- 
ty, for the true and faithful performance of his contract, and each 
surety shall state his place of residence. 
946. An express condition shall be inserted in contracts that no mem- 
ber of Congress shall be admitted to any share or part therein, or any 
benefit to arise therefrom. 
947. No contract shall be made except under a law authorising it, or 
an appropriation adequate to its fulfilment except contracts by the Sec- 
retary of War for the subsistence or clothing of the army, or the Quar- 
termaster's Department. 
948. It is the duty of every commanding officer to enforce a rigid 
economy in the public expenses. 
949. The commander of a geographical district or department shall 
require abstracts to be rendered to him, at least once in each quartei 
by every officer under his orders who is charged with the care of publi 
property or the disbursement of public money, showing all propert; 
received, issued and expended by the officer rendering the account 
and ihe property remaining on hand, and all moneys, received, pai 
or contracted to be paid by him, and the balances remaining in '•j 
hands; and where such officer is serving under any intermediate ccj 
mander, as of the post, regiment, &c., the abstracts shall be revised Ly 
such commander ; and both the accounting officer and the commanding 
officer shall accompany the abstracts with full explanations of ev<' .y 
circumstance that may be necessary to a complete understanding, y 
the commander of the department, of all the items on the abstrac )j. 97 
These abstracts, where the accounting officer is serving in more than 
one staff appointment, will be made separately for each. 
950. The commander of the department shall promptly correct all ir- 
regularities and extravagances which he may discover. lie shall also 
forward, as soon as practicable, the money abstracts to the bureau of 
the War Department to which the accounts appertain, with such re- 
marks as may be necessary to explain his opinions and action thereon. 
951. All estimates for supplies of property or money for the public 
service within a department shall be forwarded through the commander 
of the department, and carefully revised by him. And all such esti- 
mates shall go through the immediate commander, if such there be, of 
the officer rendering the estimate, as of the post or regiment, who shall 
be required by the department commander to revise the estimates for 
the service of his own command. 
952. The administrative control exercised by department command- 
ers shall, when troops are in the field, devolve on the commanders of 
divisions, or, when the command is less than a division, on the com- 
mander of the whole. 
953. No land shall be purchased for the Confederate States except 
under a law authorizing such purchase. 
954. No public money shall be expended for the purchase of any 
land, nor for erecting armories, arsenals, forts, fortifications or other 
public buildings, until the written opinion of the Attorney General 
shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, to the land or site, nor, 
if the land be within any State of the Confederate States until a session 
of the jurisdiction by the Legislature of the State. 
955. No permanent buildings for the army, as barracks, quarters, 
hospitals, store-houses, offices, or stables, or piers, or wharves, shall be 
erected but by order of the Secretary of War, and according to the plan 
directed by him, and in consequence of appropriations made by law. 
And no alteration shall be made in any such public building without 
authority from the War Department. 
956. Complete title papers, with full and exact maps, plans, and 
drawings of the public lands purchased, appropriated, or designed for 
permanent military fortifications, will be collected, recorded and filed 
in the Bureau of the Corps of Engineers: of the public lands appro- 
priated or designated for armories, arsenals, and ordnance depots, will 
be collected, recorded, and filed in the Ordnance Bureau ; of all other 
land belonging to the Confederate States, and under the charge of the 
War department for barracks, posts, cantonments, or other military 
uses, will be collected, recorded and filed in the office of the Quarter- 
master General of the army. 
957. A copy of the survey of the land at each post, fort, arsenal, and 
depot, furnished from the proper bureau, will be carefully preserved in 
the office of the commanding officer. 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, &C. 
quartermaster's department. 
ARTICLE XLI. 
958. This department provides the quarters and transportation of the 
army ; storage and transportation for all army supplies ; army clothing ; 
camp and garrison equipage ; cavalry and artillery horses ; fuel; forage; 
straw, and stationery. 98 
quartermaster's department. 
959. The incidental expenses of the army paid through the Quarter- 
master's Department, include per diem to extra-duty men; postage on 
public service ; the expenses of courts-martial; of the pursuit and ap- 
prehension of deserters ; of the burials of officers and soldiers ; of hired 
escorts ; of expresses, interpreters, spies, and guides; of veterinary sur- 
geons and medicine for horses, and of supplying posts with water ; and 
generally the proper and authorized expenses for the movements and 
operations of an army not expressly assigned to any other department. 
960. Under this head are included the permanent buildings for the 
use of the army, as barracks, quarters, hospital, store-houses, offices, 
stables. 
961. When barracks and quarters are to be occupied, they will be al- 
lotted by the quartermaster at the station, under the control of the com- 
manding officer. 
BARRACKS AND QUARTERS. quartermaster's department. 
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962. The number of rooms and amount of fuel for officers and men 
are as follows: 
Rooms. 
Cords of 
wood per 
month* 
| As quarters. 
| As kitchen. 
As office. 
From May 1, to 
Sept. 30. 
From Oct. 1, to 
April 30. 
A Brigadier-General or Colonel, . \ . 
4 
1 
1 
4 
A Lieutenant-Colonel or Major, . . . . 
3 
X 
1 
A Captain or Chaplain, . . . . . 
2 
1 
i 
3 
Lieutenant. ...... 
1 
1 
1 
2 
The General commanding the army, 
The commanding officer of a division or department, 
3 
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Subsistence, ...... 
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the Quartermaster General, . . . . 
Wagon and forage master, Sergeant-Major, Ordnance 
Sergeant, or Quartermaster Sergeant, . 
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ficer. not exceeding, . ... . 
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TABLE OF DAILY ALLOWANCE OF FUEL. quartermaster's department. 
101 
963. Merchantable hardwood is the standard; the cord is 128 cubic feet. 
964. No officer shall occupy more than his proper quarters, except by 
order of the commanding officer, when there is an excess of quarters at 
the station ; which order the Quartermaster shall forward to the Quar- 
termaster-General, to be laid before the Secretary of War. But the 
amount of quarters shall be reduced pro rata by the commanding offi- 
cer when the number of officers and troops make it necessary ; and 
when the public buildings are not sufficient to quarter the troops, the 
commanding officer shall report to the commander of the department for 
authority to hire quarters, or other necessary orders therein, to the 
Quartermaster-General. 
965. A mess-room, and fuel for it, are allowed only when a majority 
of the officers of a post or regiment unite in a mess; never to less than 
three officers, nor to any who live in hotels or boarding-houses. Fuel 
for a mess-room shall not be used elsewhere, or for any other purpose. 
966. Fuel issued to officers or troops is public property for their use ; 
what they do not actually consume, shall be returned to the Quarter- 
master and taken up on his quarterly return. 
967. Fuel shall be issued only in the month when due. 
968. In allotting quarters, officers shall have choice according to rank, 
but the commanding officer may direct the officers to be stationed con- 
venient to their troops. 
969. An officer may select quarters occupied by ajunior; but, having 
made his choice, he must abide by it, and shall not again at the post 
displace ajunior, unless himself displaced by a senior. 
970. The set of rooms to each quarters will be assigned by the Quar- 
termaster, under the control of the commanding officer; attics not 
counted as rooms. 
971. Officers cannot choose rooms in different sets of quarters. 
972. When public quarters cannot be furnished to officers at stations 
without troops, or to enlisted men at general or department headquar- 
ters, quarters will be commuted at a rate fixed by the Secretary of War, 
and fuel at the market price delivered. When fuel and quarters are 
commuted to an officer by reason of his employment on a civil work, the 
commutation shall be charged to the appropriation for the work. No 
commutation of rooms or fuel is allowed for offices or messes. 
973. An officer is not deprived of his quarters and fuel, or commuta- 
tion, at his station, by temporary absence on duty. 
974. Officers and troops in the field are not entitled to commutation 
for quarters or fuel. 
975. An officer arriving at a station shall make requisition on the 
Quartermaster for his quarters and fuel, accompanied by a copy of the 
order putting him on duty at the station. If in command of troops, his 
requisition shall be for the whole, and designate the number of officers 
of each grade, of non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and washerwomen. 
976. Bunks, benches, and tables provided for soldiers' barracks and 
hospitals, are not to be removed from them, except by the Quartermas- 
ter of the station, or order of the commanding officers, and shall not be 
removed from the station except by order of the Quartermaster-General. 
977. The furniture for each office will be two common desks or ta- 
bles, six common chairs, one pair common andirons, and shovel and 
tongs. quartermaster's department. 
102 
978. Furniture will be provided for officers' quarters when special 
appropriations for that purpose are made. Sales to officers of mate- 
rials for furniture may be made at cost, at posts where they cannot be 
otherwise obtained. 
979. When buildings are to be occupied or allotted, an inspection of 
them shall be made by the commanding officer and Quartermaster. 
Statements, in triplicate, of their condition, and of the fixtures and fur- 
niture in each room, shall be made by the Quartermaster, and revised 
by the commanding officer. One of these shall be retained by the com- 
manding officer, one by the Quartermaster, and the third forwarded to 
the Quartermaster-General. 
980. Like inspection of all buildings in the use of troops will be made 
at the monthly inspections of the troops, and of all buildings which have 
been in the use of officers or troops, whenever vacated by them. Dam- 
ages will be promptly repaired if the Quartermaster has the means. 
Commanding officers will take notice, as a military offence, of any ne- 
glect by any officer or soldier to take proper care of the rooms or furni- 
ture in his use or occupancy ; but such officer or soldier may be al- 
lowed to pay the cost of the repairs when the commanding officer deems 
that sufficient in the case. Commanding officers are required to report 
to the Quartermaster-General their proceedings in all cases of neglect 
under this regulation. 
981. An annual inspection of the public buildings at the several sta- 
tions shall be made at the end of June by the commanding officer and 
Quartermaster, and then the Quartermaster shall make the following 
reports: 1st, of the condition and capacity of the buildings, and of the 
additions, alterations and repairs that have been made during the past 
year ; 2d, of the additions, alterations and repairs that are needed, with 
plans and estimates in detail. 
These reports the commanding officer shall examine and forward, with 
his views, to the Quartermaster-General. 
982. Necessary repairs of public buildings, not provided for in the 
appropriations, can only be made by the labor of the troops. 
983. When private buildings occupied as barracks or quarters, or 
lands occupied for encampments, are vacated, the commanding officer 
and Quartermaster shall make an inspection of them, and a report to 
the Quartermaster-General of their condition, and of any injury to them 
by the use of the Confederate States. 
984. Military posts evacuated by the troops, and lands reserved for 
military use, -will be put in charge of the Quartermaster's Department, 
unless otherwise specially ordered. 
ARMY TRANSPORTATION. 
985. When troops are moved, or officers travel with escorts or stores, 
the means of transport provided shall be for the whole command. 
Proper orders in the case, and an exact return of the command, inclu- 
ding company women, will be furnished to the Quartermaster who is 
to provide the transportation. 
986. The baggage to be transported is limited to camp and garrison 
equipage, and officers' baggage. Officers' baggage shall not exceed 
(mess chest and all personal effects included) as follows : quartermaster's department. 
103 
In the Held. 
Changing stations. 
General officers, .... 
125 pounds. 
1000 pounds. 
Field officers, .... 
100 " 
800 " 
Captains, ..... 
80 
700 " 
Subalterns, ..... 
80 " 
600 " 
These amounts shall be reduced pro rata by the commanding officer 
when necessary, and may be increased by the Quartermaster-General 
on transports by water, when proper, in special cases. 
987. The regimental and company desk prescribed in army regula- 
tions will be transported ; also for staff officers, the books, papers, and 
instruments necessary to their duties; and for medical officers, their 
medical chest. In doubtful cases under this regulation, and whenever 
baggage exceeds the regulated allowance, the conductor of the train, or 
officer in charge of the transportation, will report to the commanding 
officer, who will order an inspection, and all excesses to be rejected. 
988. Estimates of the medical director, approved by the commanding 
officer, for the necessary transportation to be provided for the hospital 
service, will be furnished to the Quartermaster. 
989. The sick will be transported on the application of the medical 
officers. 
990. Certified invoices of all public stores to be transported will be 
furnished to the Quartermaster by the officer having charge of them. 
In doubtful cases, the orders of the commanding officer will be required. 
991. Where officers' horses are to be transported, it must be author- 
ized in the orders for the movement. 
992. The baggage trains, ambulances, and all the means of transport 
continue in charge of the proper officers of the Quartermaster's De- 
partment, under the control of the commanding officers. 
993. In all cases of transportation, whether of troops or stores, an 
exact return of the amount and kind of transportation employed will 
be made by the Quartermaster to the Quartermaster-General, accompa- 
hied by the orders for the movement, a return of the troops, and an in- 
voice of the stores. 
994. Wagons and their equipments for the transport service of the 
army will be procured, when practicable, from the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, and fabricated in the government establishments. 
995. When army supplies are turned over to a Quartermaster for 
transportation, each package shall be directed and its contents marked 
on it; and duplicate invoices and receipts in bulk will be exchanged 
between the issuing and forwarding officer. 
996. On transports, cabin passage will be provided for officers, and 
reasonable and proper accommodation for the troops, and, when possi- 
ble, a separate apartment for the sick. 
997. An officer who travels not less than ten miles without troops, 
escort, or military stores, and under special orders in the case from a 
superior, or a summons to attend a military court, shall receive ten 
cents mileage, or, if he prefer it, the actual cost of his transportation 
and of the transportation of his allowance of baggage for the whole 
journey, provided he has traveled in the customary reasonable manner. 104 
quartermaster's department. 
Mileage will not be allowed where the travel is by government convey- 
ances, which will be furnished in case of necessity. 
998. If the journey be to cash treasury drafts, the necessary and acT 
tual cost of transportation only will be allowed , and the account must 
describe the draft and state its amount, and set out the items of ex- 
pense, and be supported by a certificate that the journey was necessary 
to procure specie for the draft at par. 
999. If an officer shall travel on urgent public duty without orders, 
he shall report the case to the superior who had authority to order the 
journey ; and his approval, if then given, shall allow the actual cost of 
transportation. Mileage is computed by the shortest mail route, and 
the distance by the General Postoffice book. When the distance cannot 
be so ascertained, it shall be reckoned subject to the decision of the 
Quartermaster-General. 
1000. Orders to an officer on leave of absence to rejoin the station ot 
troops he left, will not carry transportation. 
1001. Citizens receiving military appointments, join their stations 
without expense to the public. 
1002. But assistant Surgeons approved by an examining board and 
commissioned, receive transportation in the execution of their first order 
to duty, and graduates of the Military Academy receive transportation 
from the Academy to their stations. 
1003. When officers are permitted to exchange stations, the public 
will not be put to the expense of transportation, which would have been 
saved if such exchange had not been permitted. 
1004. A paymaster's clerk will receive the actual expenses of his 
transportation while traveling under orders in the discharge of his 
duty, upon his affidavit to the account of expenses, and the certificate 
of the paymaster that the journey was on duty. 
1005. Travel of officers on business of civil works will be charged to 
the appropriation for the work. 
1006. No officer shall have orders to attend personally at the seat of 
government, to the settlement of his accounts, except by order of the 
Secretary of War on the report of the bureau, or of the Treasury, show- 
ing a necessity therefor. 
FORAGE. 
1007. The forage ration is fourteen pounds of hay and twelve pounds 
of oats, corn, or barley. 
1008. In time of war, officers of the army-shall be entitled to draw 
forage for horses according to grade, as follows: A Brigadier-General, 
four; the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Quartermaster-General, 
Commissary-General, and the Colonels of Engineers, Artillery and 
Cavalry, three each ; all Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors, and Captains 
of the general staff, Engineer Corps, Light Artillery and Cavalry, three 
each ; Lieutenants serving in the Corps of Engineers, Lieutenants of 
Light Artillery and of Cavalry, two each. In time of peace, general 
and field officers, three. Officers below the rank of field officers in the 
general staff, Corps of Engineers, Light Artillery and Cavalry, two. 
Aids-de camp and Adjutant's forage for the same number of horses as 
allowed to officers of the same grade in the mounted service, in time of 
war and peace : provided, in all cases, that the horses are actually kept quartermaster's department. 
105 
in service and mustered. No enlisted man in the service of the Confed- 
erate States shall be employed as a servant by any officer cf the army. 
1009. No officei* shall sell forage issued to him. Forage issued to 
public horses or cattle is public property; what they do not actually 
consume to be properly accounted for. . 
STRAW. 
1010. In barracks, twelve pounds of straw per month for bedding 
will be allowed to each man and company woman. 
1011. The allowance and change of straw for the sick is regulated by 
the Surgeon. 
1012. One hundred pounds per month is allowed for bedding to each 
horse in public service. 
1013. At posts near prairie land owned by the Confederate States, 
hay will be used instead of straw, and provided by the troops. 
Straw not actually used as bedding shall be accounted for as other 
public property. 
1014. Issues of stationery are made quarterly, in amount as follows: 
STATIONERY. 
| Quires writing paper. 
| Quires envelope paper 
| Number quills. 
| Ounces wafers. 
| Ounces sealing wax. 
| Papers ink powrders. 
| Pieces office tape. 
Commander of an army, department, or division, 
(what may be necessary for himself and staff for 
their public duty.) 
Commander of a brigade, for himself and staff, 
12 
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2 
2 
Officer commanding a regiment or post of not less than 
five companies for himself and staff, 
Officer commanding a post of more than two and less 
than five companies, .... 
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A Lieutenant Colonel or Major not in command of a 
regiment or post, ..... 
3 
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12 
2 
1 
1 
Officers of the Inspector-General's Pay and Quarter- 
master's department (the prescribed blank books 
and printed forms, and the stationery required for 
their public duty. 
All officers, including Chaplains, not enumerated above, 
when on duty and not supplied by their respective 
departments, . . . . . 
5 
6 
1 
J 
Quires envelope paper 
| Quires writing paper. 
Ounces wafers. 
| Ounces sealing wax. 
| Papers ink powders. 
Pieces office tape. 
Number quills. 
Steel pens, with one holder, to 12 pens, may be issued in place of 106 
quartermaster's department. 
quills, and envelopes in place of envelope paper, at the rate of 100 to 
the quire. 
1015. When an officer is relieved in command, he shall transfer the 
office stationery to his successor. 
1016. To each office table is allowed one inkstand, one stamp, one 
paper folder, one sand-box, one wafer-box, and as many lead pencils as 
may be required, not exceeding four per annum. 
1017. Necessary stationery for military courts and boards will be 
furnished on the requisition of the recorder, approved by the presiding 
officer. 
1018. The commander of an army, department or division, may di- 
rect orders to be printed, when the requisite dispatch and the number 
to be distributed make it necessary. The necessity will be set out in 
the order the printing, or certified on the account. 
1019. Regimental, company, and post books, and printed blanks for 
the officers of Quartermaster and Pay Departments, will be procured 
by timely requisition on the Quartermaster General. 
1020. Printed matter procured by the Quartermaster General for use 
out of may be procured elsewhere, at a cost not to exceed the 
rates prescribed by Congress for the public printing, increased by the 
cost of transportation. 
EXPENSES OF COURTS-MARTIAL. 
1021. An officer who attends a general court-martial or court of in- 
quiry, convened by authority competent to order a general court-martial, 
will be paid, if the court is not held at the station where he is at the 
time serving, one dollar a day while attending the court and travelling 
to and from it if entitled to forage, and one dollar and twenty-five cents 
a day if not entitled to forage. 
1022. The Judge Advocate or Recorder will be paid, besides, a per 
diem of one dollar and twentyfive cents for every day he is necessarily 
employed in the duty of the court. When it is necessary to employ a 
clerk to aid the Judge Advocate, the court may order it; soldier to be 
procured when practicable. 
1023. A citizen witness shall be paid his actual transportation or 
stage fare, and three dollars a day while attending the court and travel- 
ling to and from it, counting the travel at fifty miles a day. 
1024 The certificate of the Judge Advocate shall beevidence of the time 
of attendance on the court, and of the time he was necessarily employed 
in the duty of the court. Of the time occupied in travelling, each of- 
ficerwill make his own certificate. 
EXTRA-DUTY MEN. 
1025. Duplicate rolls of the extra-duty men, to be paid by the Quar- 
termaster's Department, will be made monthly, and certified by the 
Quartermaster, or other officer having charge of the work, and counter- 
signed by the commanding officer. One of these will be transmitted 
direct to the Quartermaster General, and the other tiled in support of 
the pay-roll. quartermaster's department. 
10; 
1026. Postage and despatches by telegraph, on public business, paid 
by an officer, will be refunded to him on his certificate to the account, 
and to the necessity of the communication by telegraph. The amount 
for postage, and for telegraph despatches, will be stated separately. 
PUBLIC POSTAGE. 
1027. In the field, or on the frontier, the commanding officer may au- 
thorize a mounted officer, who cannot otherwise provide himself with 
two horses, to take them from the public at the cost price, when it can 
be ascertained, and when not, at a fair valuation, to be fixed by a board 
of survey, provided he shall not take the horse of any trooper. A horse 
so taken shall not be exchanged or returned. Horses of mounted of- 
ficers shall be shod by the public farrier or blacksmith. 
HORSES FOR MOUNTED OFFICERS. 
CLOTHING, CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE. 
1028. Supplies of clothing and camp and garrison equipage will be 
sent by the Quartermaster General from the general depot to the officers 
of his department stationed with the troops. 
1029. The contents of each package, and the size of clothing in it, 
will be marked on it. 
1030. The receiving Quartermater will give duplicate receipts for the 
clothing as invoiced to him, if the packages as received and marked 
agree with the invoice, and appear rightly marked, and in good order; 
if otherwise, an inspection will be made by a board of survey, whose 
report in case of damage or deficiency will be transmitted, one copy to 
the Quartermaster General and one to the officer forwarding the sup- 
plies. In case of damage, the board will assess the damage to each ar- 
ticle. 
1031. ALLOWANCE OF CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE. 
Tents in 
the field. 
| Spades. 
| Axes. I 
Pickaxes. . 
Hatchets. 
0) - 
O 
'Ji 
cd 
7> 
Ji 
Q 
s 
A Genera], ..... 
3 
1 
1 
Field or staff officer above the rank of Captain, 
2 
1 
1 
Other staff officers or Captains, . 
1 
1 
1 
Subalterns of a company, to every two, . 
1 
1 
1 
To every 15 foot and 13 mounted men, . 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
5 
Tents in 
the field.j 
| Spades. 
| Pickaxes. . 
Hatchets. 
Camp ket- 
tles. 
Mess pans.| 
Axes. 
1032. Bed sacks are provided for troops in garrison, and iron pots 
maybe furbished to them instead of camp kettles. On the march and 
in the field, the only mess furniture of the soldier will be one tin plate, 
one tin cup, one knife, fork and spoon, to each man, to be carried by 
himself on the march. Requisitions will be sent to the Quartermaster 
General for the authorized flags, colors, standards, guidons, drums, 
fifes, bugles and trumpets. 108 
quartermaster's department. 
1033. A soldier is allowed the uniform clothing stated in the follow- 
ing table, or articles thereof of equal value. When a balance is due 
him at the end of a year, it is added to his allowance for the next. 
ALLOWANCE FOR CLOTHING. 
CLOTHING. 
FOR THREE YEARS. 
Total in 
the three 
years. 
1st. 
2nd. 
3d. 
Cap, complete, .... 
2 
1 
1 
4 
Cover, ..... 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Coat, . . . • . 
2. 
1 
1 
4 
Trowsers, .... 
3 
2 
2 
7 
Flannel slirits, .... 
3 
3 
3 
9 
" drawers, .... 
3 
2 
2 
7 
Bootees,* pairs, .... 
4 
4 
4 
12 
Stockings, pairs, .... 
4 
4 
4 
12 
Leather stock, .... 
1 
1 
Great coat, .... 
1 
1 
Stable frock (for mounted men,) . 
1 
1 
Fatigue overall (for engineers and ord- 
nance,) .... 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Blanket, ..... 
1 
1 
2 
1034. One sash is allowed to each company for the first sergeant. 
This and the metalic scales, letters, number, castles, shells, and flames, 
and the camp and garrison equippage, will not be returned as issued, 
but borne on the return while fit for service- They will be charged to 
the person in whose use they are, when lost or destroyed by his fault. 
1035. Commanders of companies draw the clothing of their men, 
and the camp and garrison equipage for the officers and men of their 
company. The camp and garrison equipage of other officers is drawn 
on their own receipts. 
1036. When clothing is needed for issue to the men, the company 
commander will procure it from the Quartermaster on requisition, ap- 
proved by the commanding officer. 
1037. Ordinarily the company commander will procure and issue 
clothing to his men twice a year; at other times, when necessary in 
special cases. 
1038. Such articles of clothing as the soldier may need will be issued 
to him. When the issues equal in value his allowance for the year, 
further issues are extra issues, to be charged to him on the next muster- 
roll. 
1039. The money value of the clothing, and of each article of it, 
will be ascertained annually, and announced in orders fr*m the War 
Department. 
* Mounted men may receive one pair of ''boots and two pair of "bootees," 
instead of four pairs of bootees. quartermaster's department. 
109 
1040. Officers receiving clothing, or camp and garrison equipage, 
will render quarterly returns to the Quartermaster General. 
1041. Commanders of companies will take the recipts of their men 
for the clothing issued to them, on a receipt roll, witnessed by an of- 
ficer, or in the absence of an officer, by a non-commissioned officer ; the 
witness to be witness to the fact of the issue and the acknowledgement 
and signature of the soldier. The several issues to a soldier to be en- 
tered separately on the roll, and all vacant spaces on the roll to be filled 
with a cipher. This roll is the voucher for the issue to the quarterly 
return of the company commander. Extra issues will be so noted on 
the roll. 
1042. Each soldier's clothing account is kept by the company com- 
mander in a company book. This account sets out only the money 
value of the clothing which he received at each issue, for which his re- 
ceipt is entered in the book, and witnessed as in the preceding para- 
graph. 
1043. When a soldier is transferred or detached, the amount due to 
or by him on account of clothing will be stated on his descriptive list. 
1044. When a soldier is discharged, the amount due to or by him for 
clothing will be stated on the duplicate certificates given for the settle- 
ment of his accounts. 
1045. Deserters' clothing will be turned into store. The invoice of 
it, and the Quartermaster's receipt for it, will state its condition and 
the name of the deserter. 
1046. The inspection report on damaged clothing shall set out, with 
the amount of damage to each article, a list of such articles as are fit 
for issue, at a reduced price stated. 
1047. Commanding officers may order necessary issues of clothing to 
prisoners and convicts, taking deserter's or other damaged clothing 
when there is such in store. 
1048. In all cases of deficiency, or damage of any article of clothing, 
or camp or garrison equipage, the officer accountable for the property 
is required by law7 " to show7 by one or more depositions setting forth 
the circumstances of the case, that the deficiency was by unavoidable 
accident or loss in actual service, without any fault on his part, and in 
case of damage, that due care and attention were exerted on his part, 
and that the damage did not result from neglect." 
RETURNS IN THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. 
1049. All officers and agents having money and property of the De- 
partment to account for, are required to make the monthly and quarter-, 
ly returns to the Quartermaster General prescribed in the following ar- 
ticles : 
1050. Monthly returns, to be transmitted within five days after the 
month to which they relate, viz: A summary statement (Form 1;) re- 
port of persons and things (Form 2;) roll of extra-duty men (Form 3 ;) 
report of stores for transportation, &c. (Form 4;) return of animals 
wagons, harness, &c. (Form 5); report of forage (Form 6); report of 
fuel and quarters commuted (Form 7), report of pay due (Form 8); an 
estimate of funds for one month (Form 9) will be sent with the month- 110 
quartermaster's department. 
ly returns. It will be for the current month, or such subsequent month 
as may give time to receive the remittance. Other special estimates 
will be transmitted when necessary. 
1051. Quarterly returns, to be transmitted within twenty days after 
the quarter fo which they relate, viz : An account current of money 
(Form 10,) with abstracts and vouchers, as shown in Forms Nos. 11 to 
22; a return of property (Form 23,) with abstract and vouchers, as 
shown in Forms Nos. 24 to 45 ; a duplicate of the property return with- 
out abstracts or vouchers ; and a quarterly statement of the allowances 
paid to officers (Form 46 ) 
1052 A distinctaccount current will be returned of money received and 
disbursed under the appropriation for "contingencies of the army." (See 
Forms Nos. 47, 48, and 22, for the forms of the account current, ab- 
stracts, and vouchers.) Necessary expenditures by the Quartermaster 
for the Medical Department are entered on abstract C. (See Forms 49 
and 50.) The account will, ordinarily, be transferred from " army con- 
tingencies" to the appropriation for the Medical and Hospital Department 
in the Treasury. 
1053. Forms 51 and 52 are the forms of the quarterly returns of 
clothing, camp and garrison equipage and the receipt roll of issues to 
soldiers. 
1054. When persons and articles hired in the Quartermaster's De- 
partment are transferred, a descriptive list (Form 53) will be forwarded 
with them to the Quartermaster to whom they are sent. 
1055. Officers serving in the Quartermaster's Department will report 
to the Quartermaster General useful information in regard to the routes 
and means of transportation and of supplies. 
PAY DEPARTMENT. 
1056. The troops will be paid in such manner that the arrears shall 
at no time exceed two months, unless the circumstances of the case ren- 
der it unavoidable, which the Quartermaster charged with the payment 
shall promptly report to the Quartermaster-General. 
1057. The Quartermaster-General shall take care, by timely remit- 
tances, that the Quartermasters have the necessary funds to pay the 
troops, and shall notify the remittances to the Quartermasters and com- 
manding officers of the respective pay districts. 
1058. The payments, except to officers and discharged soldiers, shall 
be made on muster and pay-rolls ; those of companies and detachments, 
signed by the company or detachment commander; of the hospital, 
signed by the surgeon ; and all muster and pay-rolls, signed by the 
mustering and inspecting officer. 
1059. When a company is paraded for payment, the officer in com- 
mand of it shall attend at the pay-table. 
1060. When a receipt on a pay-roll or account is not signed by the 
hand of the party, the payment must be witnessed. The witness to be 
a commissioned officer when practicable. 
1061. Officers are paid on certified accounts, as in Form 57; dis- 
charged soldiers, on accounts according to Form 6, and certificates, 
Form 58. An officer retiring from service must make affidavit to his 
pay account, and to the certificate annexed to it, and state his place of 
residence and the date when his resignation or removal takes effect. quartermaster's department. 
111 
Pay accounts of post chaplains are to be certified by the commanding 
officer of the post. 
1062. When an officer is dismissed from the service, he shall not be 
entitled to pay beyond the day on which the order announcing his dis- 
missal is received at the post where he may be stationed, unless a par- 
ticular day beyond the time is mentioned in the-order. 
1063. No officer shall receive pay for two staff appointments for the 
same time. 
1064. Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance 
of their appointments, and from the date of promotion. 
1065. No account of a restored officer for time he was out of service 
can be paid, without order of the War Department. 
1066. As far as practicable, officers are to draw their pay from the 
Quartermaster of the district where they may be on duty. 
1067. No officer shall pass away or transfer his pay account not ac- 
tually due at the time ; and when an officer transfers his pay account 
he shall report the fact to the Quartermaster-General and to the Quarter- 
master expected to pay it. 
1068. No person in the military service, while in arrear to the Con- 
federate States, shall draw pay. When the Secretary of War shall find 
by report of the Comptroller of the Treasury, or otherwise, that an of- 
ficer of the army is in arrears to the Confederate States, the Quarter- 
master-general shall be directed to stop his pay to the amount of such 
arrears, by giving notice thereof to the Quartermasters of the army, 
and to the officer, who may pay over the amount to any Quartermaster. 
And no Quartermaster shall make to him any payment on account of 
pay, until he exhibits evidence of having refunded the amount of the 
arrears, or that his pay accrued and stopped is equal to it, or until the 
stoppage is removed by the Quartermaster-General. 
1069. No officer or soldier shall receive pay or allowances for any 
time during which he was absent without leave, unless a satisfactory 
excuse for such absence be rendered to his commanding officer, evidence 
of which, in case of an officer, shall be annexed to his pay account. 
1070. Every deserter shall forfeit all pay and allowances due at the 
time of desertion. Stoppages and fines shall be paid from his future 
earnings, if he is apprehended and continued in service; otherwise, from 
his arrears of pay. 
1071. No deserter shall receive pay before trail, or till restored to 
duty without trial by the authority competent to order the trial. 
1072. In case of a soldier's death, desertion', or discharge without pay, 
or the forfeiture of his pay by sentence of court-martial, the account 
due the laundress will be noted on the muster-roll. 
1073. When an improper payment has been made to any enlisted 
soldier, and disallowed in the settlement of the Quartermaster's ac- 
counts, the Quartermaster may report the fact to the commander of the 
company in which the soldier is mustered, who will note on the muster- 
rolls the.amount to be stopped from the pay of the soldier, that it may 
be refunded to the Quartermaster in whose accounts the improper pay- 
ment has been disallowed. 
1074. Authorised stoppages to reimburse the Confederate States, as 
for loss or damage to arms, equipments, or other public property; for 
extra issues of clothing; for the expense ef apprehending deserters, or 112 
quartermaster's department. 
to reimburse individuals (as the Quartermaster, laundress, &c.); for- 
feitures for desertion, and fines by sentence of court-martial, will be en- 
tered on the roll and paid in the order stated. 
1075. The Quartermaster will deduct from the pay of the soldier the 
amount of the authorized stoppages entered on the muster-roll, descrip- 
tive list, or certificate of discharge. 
1076. The traveling pay is due to a discharged officer or soldier unless 
forfeited by sentence of a court-martial, or as provided in paragraph 
1078, or the discharge is by way of punishment for an offence. 
1077. In reckoning the traveling allowance to discharged officers or 
soldiers, the distance is to be estimated by the shortest mail route ; if 
there is no mail route, by the shortest practicable route. 
1078. Every enlisted man discharged as a minor, or for other cause 
involving fraud on his part in the enlistment, or discharged by the civil 
authority, shall forfeit all pay and allowance due at the time of the dis- 
charge. 
1079. Quartermasters or other officers to whom a discharged soldier 
may apply, shall transmit to the Quartermaster-General, with their re- 
marks, any evidence the soldier may furnish relating to his not having 
received or having lost his certificate of pay due. The Quartermaster- 
General will transmit the evidence to the Comptroller for the settlement 
the account. 
1080. No Quartermaster or other officer shall be interested in the 
purchase of any soldier's certificate of pay due, or other claim against 
the Confederate States. 
1081. The Quartermaster-general will report to the Adjutant-General 
any cause of neglect of company officers to furnish the proper certifi- 
cates to soldiers entitled to discharge. 
1082. Whenever the garrison is withdrawn from any post at which a 
chaplain is authorized to be employed, his pay and emoluments shall 
cease on the last day of the month next ensuing after the withdrawal 
of the troops. The Quartermaster-General will be duly informed from 
the Adjutant-General's office whenever the appointment and pay of the 
Post Chaplain will cease under this Regulation. 
1083. Funds turned over to other Quartermasters, or refunded to the 
Treasurer, are to be entered in account current, but not in the abstracts 
of payments. 
1084. Whenever money is refunded to the Treasurer, the name 
of the person refunding, and the purpose for which it is done, should be 
stated in order that the officers of that Department may give the proper 
credits. 
1085. When an officer of the army receives a temporary appointment 
from the proper authority, to a grade in the militia then in actual ser- 
vice in the Confederate States, higher in rank than that held by him in 
the army, he shall be entitled to the pay and emoluments of the grade 
in which he serves. But in no case can an officer receive the compensa- 
tion of two military commissions or appointments at the same time. 
1086. Whenever the Quartermaster-General shall discover that an of- 
ficer has drawn pay twice for the same time, he shall report it to the Ad- 
jutant-General. 
1087. The Quartermaster-General shall transmit to the Second Audi- 
tor, in the month of May, a statement exhibiting the total amount dur- quartermaster's department. 
113 
ing the year up to the 31st December preceding, of stoppages against 
officers and soldiers on account of ordnance and ordnance stores, that 
the amount may be refunded to the proper appropriations. These stop- 
pages will be regulated by the tables of cost published by the chief of 
the Ordnance Department, and shall have precedence of all other claims 
on the pay of officers and soldiers. 
1088. The following returns are to be transmitted to the Quartermas- 
ter-General after each payment: 
1. Estimate for succeeding months (Form 54.) 
2. Abstract of payments (Form 60), accompanied by the 
vouchers. 
3. General account current, in duplicate (Form 61). 
4. Monthly statement of funds, disbursements, &c., (Form 63.) 
1093. The accounts and vouchers for the expenditures to the regular 
army must be kept separate and distinct from those to volunteers and 
militia. 
1094. Pay-roll of militia will be according to Form 62, the certificate 
at the foot to be signed by all the comoany officers present. 
1095. No militia or volunteers shall be paid till regularly mustered 
into service, as provided in the general regulations. 
1096. When volunteers are furnished with clothing, by tailors or 
other persons, the furnisher may secure his pay at the first payment of 
the company, upon presenting to the paying Quartermaster the receipt 
of the individual furnished, verified by the certificate of the captain as 
to its correctness-but this receipt will not be respected for an amount 
above the twenty-five dollars allowed for six months' service. FORMS. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
115 
To amount of purchases within the 
month, , . . . . 
To amount of expenditures within the 
month, ..... 
To amount of advances made to offi- 
cers per abstract, 
By balance per last statement, 
By cash received from , 
By cash received from the Treasurer of 
the Confederate States,being amount 
of warrant No. -, 
Balance due the Confederate States, 
carried to next statement, 
» 
$ 
I certify that the above is a true statement of all the moneys which have come into my hands, on account of the Quarter- 
master's Department, during the month of , 186 . and that the disbursements have been faithfully made. The 
balance due the Confederate States is deposited in . A. B., (Quartermaster. 
Note.-No vouchers accompany this statement; abstracts of advances or transfers only, when the number of them makes 
the abstract necessary. 
. No. 1. 
MONTHLY SUMMARY STATEMENT. 
The Confederate States in account with , at , in the month of , 186 . 
Dr. Cr. 116 
quartermaster's DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 2. 
Report of Persons and Articles employed and hired at 
Running Numbers. | 
| No. of each class. 
Names 
of persons and 
articles. 
Designati'n 
and 
occupation. 
Service 
during 
the 
month. 
Rates of hire 
or 
compensation. 
Date of 
contract, 
agreement, 
or 
entry into 
service. 
s 
o 
6 
F 
Amount. 
Day, 
month, 
or 
voyage. 
1 
1 
House, 3 rooms, 
Quarters, 
Storehouse, 
1 
■;i 
31 
$40 00 
Month, 
Month, 
July 1, 1850, 
2 
2 
House, 4 rooms, 
3 
31 
31 
31 00 
Dec. 3, 1849 
3 
3 
House, 2 rooms, 
Ship Fanny, 
Gu'rd-ho'e, 
1 
31 
31 
19 00 
Month, 
Dec. 3, 1840, 
May 3, 1850, 
1 
1 
Transport, 
1 
31 
31 
22000 00 
Voyage, 
2 
2 
Schr Heroine. 
Transport, 
1 
31 
31 
700 00 
Month, 
June 4, 1850, 
1 
1 
Wagon & team, 
1 
31 
31 
100 00 
Month, 
Jan. 1, 1850, 
1 
1 
Chas. James, 
Clerk, 
1 
31 
31 
75 00 
Month, 
Dec. 3,'1850, 
2 
Isaac Lowd, 
Interpreter, 
7 
10 
4 
2 00 
Day, 
Jan. 7, 1851, 
3 
Peter Keene, 
Express. 
7 
12 
9 
40 00 
Month, 
Jan. 7, 1851, 
4 
John Peters, 
Blacksm'h, 
22 
31 
7 
2 00 
Day, 
Jan. 1, 1851, 
5 
Thos. Cross, 
Confeder'e States 
Steam'r Fashion 
Laborer, 
1 
31 
31 
20 00 
Month, 
May 3, 1850, 
1 
Jas. Corwin, 
Captain, 
1 
31 
3 
150 00 
Month, 
Dec. 1, 1850. 
2 
Geo. Pratt, 
Engineer, 
1 1 
31 
3 
100 00 
Month, 
Dec. 1, 1850, 
3 
John Paul, 
Mate, 
1 
131 
3 
50 00 
Month, 
Dec. 1, 1850, 
Amount of rent and hire during the month, . . . . 
I certify, on honor, that the above is a true report of all the persons and 
that the observations under the head of Remarks, and the statement of 
Examined 
C. D., 
C'owwnanrfing. quartermaster's department-FORMS. 
117 
No. 2. 
, during the month of , 186 , l>y . 
By whom 
owned. 
Amou't 
of 
rent or 
pay 
in the 
month. 
Remarks showing by whom 
the buildings were occupied 
and for what purpose, and 
how the vessels and men 
were employed during the 
month. 
(Transfer and discharges will 
be noted under this bead.) 
Time and amount due 
and remaining unpaid. 
From. 
To. 
Amo't. 
1860. 
1861. 
A. Byrne, 
$40 00 
Major 3d Infantry, 
Dec. 1 
Tan. 31 
$80 00 
Jas. Black, 
29 00 
(Subsistence Store and Office. 
Dec.5 
Jan. 31 
60 00 
Jas. Black, 
10 00 
[Companies I & K, 3d Infantry. 
G. Wilkins, 
. • 
Transporting stores to Benicia, 
Voy'e 
not com 
pleted 
1861. 
1861. 
T. Browne, 
700 00 
Transporting stores to Brazos, 
Jan. 1 
Jan. 31 
700 00 
Jas. Barry, 
100 00 
Hauling stores to San Antonio, 
Jan. 1 
Jan. 31 
100 00 
75 00 
Quartermaster's Office. 
8 00 
Employed by Com'ing Gen'l. 
7 74 
Express to Indianola. 
14 00 
[Shoeing public horses. 
20 00 
Helping blacksmith. 
150 00 
July 1 
July 31 
150 00 
100 00 
Steamship sent to Brazos, 
July 1 
July 31 
100 00 
50 00 
July 1 
July 31 
50 00 
1303 74 
Total amount due and rema 
ining unpaid, 
1240 00 
articles employed and hired by me during the month of , 186 , and 
amounts due and remaining unpaid are correct. 
E. F, 
Asst. Qr. Mr. 118 
No. 3. 
Holl of Non commissioned Officers and Privates employed on extra-duty, as Mechanics and Laborers, at , during 
the month of , 186 , by . 
QUERTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 
Names. 
Rank or 
designation, 
Company. 
Regiment. 
By whose or- 
der empl'yd. 
Nature 
of service. 
From. 
I 
Term 
servi 
6 
H 
ce. 
rS 
o 
£ 
Ra 
or coi 
per 
diem. 
Cents. 
te of pa 
npensat 
Dolls. 
y 
ion. 
Cts. 
How em- 
ployed. 
Remarks. 
- 
I certify that the above is a correct roll of non commissioned officers, musicians and privates, employed on extra duty> 
under my direction, during the month of , 186 , and that the remarks opposite their names are accurate and just. 
A. B., 
Quartermaster (or officer commanding.') 
Examined. C. D., Commanding. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
119 
Time received. 
Marks. 
No. 
Contents. 
From whom 
received. 
By whom 
received. 
Time sent. 
To whom sent, 
and where. 
With whom 
sent. 
Intermediate 
destination. 
Ultimate 
destination. 
Remarks. 
186 
June 1 
W. S., &c. 
1 to 3 
Clothing. 
Capt. A. B., 
Asst. Quarter- 
master. 
Sloop Sally, 
Capt .A. W. 
186 
Capt. C., Asst. 
Quartermaster. 
Ship George, 
Capt. I. B. 
Received in 
good order. 
> 
No. 4. 
Report of Stores received for Transportation and Distribution at , by , in the month of 186 
I certify that the above report is correct. 
E. A. 0., Quartermaster. 120 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMRNT-FORMS. 
No. 5. 
Monthly Return of Public Animals, Wagons, Harness, and other means of Transportation in the possession of, , at 
, during the month of 186. 
<D 
£ 
ft 
Horses. 
Mules. 
1 Oxen. 
Wagons. 
Ambulances. 
Carts. 
Wheel harness, 
single sets of. 
Lead harness, 
single sets of. 
Wagon saddles. 
! Ships. 
Schooners. 
Sloops. 
| Steamers. 
Boats and 
barges. 
Skiffs and 
batteaux. 
Remarks. 
On hand, 
Purchased during the month, . 
Received from officers, 
18 horses purchased; average cost 
$ . 
Wagons purchased at . 
6 horses received from . 
Total to be accounted for, 
Transferred, 
Sold and worn out, 
Died and lost, . 
Total issued and expended, 
Horses transferred to . 
Wagons transferred to . 
1 horse sold;-horses died on the 
road to . 
Remaining on hand, 
I certify that the above return is correct. 
A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-No other articles than those, above enumerated will be placed on this return. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
121 
No. 6. 
Monthly Report of Forage which has been issued to Horses, Mules and Oxen in the public service at , by , 
during the month of 186 . 
Public. 
Pri- 
vate 
To- 
tal. 
Quantity Issued. 
Average cost of 
Date. 
To whom.issued. 
Field and staff officers, 
Qr. Master's Department. 
eft 
0) 
O) 
o 
= 
6 
60 
cZ 
300 
c 
* 
80 
CD 
(D 
M 
12 
(Z 
□ 
<-> I Animals. 
I O oc I 
a 
o 
O 
Pound 
6,480 
158,400 
cZ 
z 
3. 
cd 
Pour 
1,350 
.33.000 
pO 
o 
ds. 
<D 
«-fl 
aj 
fl 
& 
fl 
z 
- 
•s 
1 
§ | ? | (56 lbs.) 
X' 
□ 
s 
r/7 
o 
$ 
Z 
O) 
C. 
50 
5 
p, 
w 
$ 
cZ 
c 
50 
, . | j Fodder per 100 
Z 
c 
fl 
o 
c. 
00 
Remarks. 
Hay purchased at , 
at per 100 lbs. 
Corn purchased at , 
and hauled at 
per bush. 
Fodder delivered at the 
post, at per 100 
lbs. 
Total, 
219 
300 
80 
26 
1625 
225,000 
38.000 
1.640 
I certify on honor, that the above report is correct. 
A. B., Quartermaster. 
(5 122 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 7. 
Report of Officers of the Army stationed at , whose Quarters and Inet are commuted, for the month of 
186 , by . 
Names. 
Rank. 
Corps. 
Period. 
Quarters. 
Fuel. 
Under what 
order. 
Remarks. 
From. 
To. 
6 
£ 
o 
0 
C4 
Rate per 
month. 
Amount. 
Wood. 
Price per 
cord. 
Amount. 
Dolls. 
CD 
U 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Q 
O 
| Feet. 
| Ins. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Paid. 
Amount of Quarters, $ 
Amount of Fuel $ 
1 
I certify, on honor, that the above report is correct. A. B., Quartermaster, QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
123 
No. 8. 
Report of Persons Hired and Employed in the Quartermaster's Department at -, who have deceased, departed, or 
have been discharged the service with the pay due, during the month of , by . 
6 
£ 
Names. 
Occupation 
RATE OF PAY OR HIRE. 
TIME FOR, AND AMOUNT REMAINING UNPAID. 
REMARKS. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Per day 
or month. 
From. 
To. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
11 
Geo. Peters, 
Blacksmith, 
2 
00 Day, 
1 Aug. 1860. 
30 Sept. I860, 
52 
00 
Discharged 30th Sept. 1860: 
certificates given. 
27 
John Smith, 
Teamster, 
25 
00 
Month, 
1 Sept. 1860, 
15 Sept. 1860, 
12 
50 
Deserted 16th Sept. 1860. 
29 
Peter Davis, 
Laborer, 
20 
00 
Month, 
1 Sept, 1860, 
15 Sept. I860, 
10 
00 
Died 24th Sept. 1 860. 
$ 74 
50 
I certify, on honor, that the above is a true report of all persons hired and employed by me in the Quartermaster's De- 
partment, who have deceased, deserted, or been discharged the service with pay due, and that the statement of time for, 
and amount remaining unpaid, and the remarks are correct and just. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-This report must contain all the information required, to enable the Department to pay to the legal representa- 
tives of the deceased peisons, to examine into the case of deserters, and to examine and verify the correctness of payments 
made on certificates of discharge. 124 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 9. 
Estimate of Funds required for the service of the Quartermaster's De- 
partment at , by , in the month of , 186 . 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
1 
For Fuel, . . . . 
2 
Forage, .... 
3 
Straw, ..... 
4 
Stationery, ..... 
5 
Materials for building. (State what, and for what.) . 
6 
Hire for mechanics. (State for what work ) 
7 
Hire for laborers. (State for what service.) 
s 
Hire of teamsters. (State on what service.) 
9 
Pay of extra-duty men. (State for what work. 
10 
Pay of wagon and forage masters, 
11 
Hire of clerks, guides, escorts, expenses of courts-mar- 
tial, of buiials, of apprehending deserters, and other 
incidental expenses, .... 
12 
Hire or commutation of officers' quarters, 
Hire of quarters for troops, or ground for encampment 
or use ot military stations, 
13 
14 
Hire of store houses, offices, &c. (For what use.) 
15 
Mileage to officers, .... 
16 
Army transportation, viz : 
Of troops and their baggage, . . 
Of Quartermaster's subsistence, ordnance, and hos- 
pital stores, .... 
17 
Purchase of horses and mules. (Q. M. Dep.,) 
18 
Purchase of wagons and harness. do. 
19 
Purchase of horses for mounted troops, viz: 
Horses for Company Cavalry, 
Horses for Company Artillery, &c., 
20 
Outstanding Debts,* .... 
Deduct actual or probable balance on hand, 
* To be accompanied by a list giving the name a,nd amount due each 
individual, or firm, and on what account due,  DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
125 
No. 10. 
Tlie Confederate States in account current with , Quartermaster Confederate States, on account of the Quar- 
termaster's Department at , in the quarter ending on the day of , 186 . 
Dr. Cr. 
186 . 
186 . 
By balance on hand, per last account, 
March 31, 
To amount of purchases per abstract A, 
January 1, 
By cash received from Treasurer of the 
March 31, 
To amount of expenditures, per abst'ct B, 
January 15, 
the Confederate States, being amount of 
March 31, 
To amount of transfers to officers, per ab- 
warrant No. , 
stract B b. 
March 31. 
By cash received of suudry officers, per ab- 
March 31, 
To balance due the Confederate States, car- 
stract B b b, . , 
ried to new account, » , l 
By cash received from sales of public pro- 
March 31, 
perty, as per account herewith, 
- 
- 
- 
- 
I certify that the above is a true ' ccount of all the moneys that have come into my hands, on account of the Quartermas- 
ter's Department, during the quarter ending on the day of 18© , and that the disbursements have been faithfully 
made. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-Moneys for clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and contingencies of the army, are not accounted for in this 
account current. Abstracts B b and B b b are used onlv where the number of transfers make them necessary. 126 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
CLASSES. 
FUEL. 
FORAGE. 
STRAW. 
STATIONERY. 
| Date. 
No. of 
voucher. 
Fr'm whom 
purchased. 
Amount. 
Wood. 
Coal 
Corn 
Oats 
Hay 
Pounds. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Cords. 
Feet 
In 
Lbs 
Bu. 
Bu. 
Lbs. 
Pu 
. 
rchas 
the qi 
ed prior to 
iiarter, 
- 
Purchased within 
the quarter, 
Total paid within 
the quarter, 
* 
Note.-This abstract will be supported by vouchers, (Form 12) and must exhibit all the articles paid for in the quarter, 
whether purchased within or prior to the quarter, except purchases of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and purchases 
for " army contingencies." 
No. 11-(Abstract A.) 
Abstract of Purchases paid for at , in the quarter ending on the , 18G , by . QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
127 
Date of purchase. 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
June 3, 1860, 
20 cords of wood at 
per cord, 
1 
" 10, " 
20,251 pounds of straw at - 
per 100 lbs. 
• 
" 29, " 
100 bush of coal, at 
- per bushel, 
• 
I certify that the above account is correct and. just; the articles are to be (or have been) accounted for on my proper- 
ty return for the quarter.ending on the day of 186 . A. B., Quartermaster. 
Received at , the of 186 , of C. D. Quartermaster C. S. Army, dollars and cents, in full 
of the above account. E. F. 
(Signed duplicates.) 
Note.-The certificate made by the officer who purchased the property. The receipt taken by the officer who paid it. 
No. 12.-(Voucher for Purchases to Abstract A.) 
The Confederate States, 
To . Dr- 128 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 13.-(Abstract B.) 
Abstract of Expenditures on the Quartermaster's Department, by , at , in the quarter ending on the of 
186 . 
Date of payment. 
No. of voucher. 
To whom paid. 
On what account. 
Amount. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
• 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B.. Quartermaster. 
Note.-This abstract contains all payments in the account current, except purchases (Abstract) and transfers of funds. 
No. 14.-(Abstract B 6.) 
Abstract of Advances made to Officers for Disbursements on account of the Quartermaster's Department, by , in 
the quarter ending the , 186 . 
Date of the ad- 
vance. 
No. of the receipt 
or voucher. 
To what officer. 
By whose order, for what purpose 
1 
Amount. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
$ QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
129 
No. 15.(-Voucher to Abstract B.) 
We, the subscribers, do hereby acknotvledge to have received pf , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army at , 
the sums opposite to our names respectively, being in full of our pay for the period herein expressed, having signed du- 
plicates hereof. 
Date. 
No. 
Names. 
Occupation. 
Period of 
service. 
Rate of 
pay 
Amount 
of pay. 
Arn't of 
stop'ges. 
Amount 
rec'd. 
Signer's 
names. 
Witnesses. 
Remarks. 
From. 
6 
03 
2 
o 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
Pr m'nth 
or day. 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
I certily on honor, that the above reeeipt roll is correct and just. A. B., Quartermaster. 130 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
Dolls. Cents. 
For mileage from 
per mile, . 
From of 
to of 
4 
mi lesj ctt 
I certify, on honor, that the above is correct and jnst; that I performed the journey, and under the order hereto annexed, 
and not returning from leave of absence to the station or troops I had left; that I have not been furnished with public 
transportation, nor received in lieu thereof, for any part of the route. 
Received, 186 , of , dollars and cents in full of the above account. 
(Signed duplicate.) 
No. 1G.-(Voucher to Abstract B.) 
The Confederate States, 
T° i Dr. 131 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
For expenses incurred for transportation of self and allowance for baggage and porter- 
age, in traveling from to , per annexed statement. 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
I certify on honor, that the above account is correct and just; that I have performed the journey, and on urgent public 
duty, without order, for the purpose of . and necessarily incurred the expenses as stated; that I have travelled in 
the customary reasonable manner, and not returning from leave of absence to the station or troops I left; that I have notjbeen 
furnished with public transportation, or money in lieu thereof, for any part of the route. The approval of the journey by 
the proper authority is hereto annexed. 
Received at the of 186 , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, dollars and 
cents, in full of the above account. (Signed in duplicate.) 
Dolls. W 
Certificate in case of journey under orders. 
I certify, on honor, that this account is correct and just; that I performed the journey, and under the order hereto an- 
nexed, and necessarily incurred the expenses as stated; that I traveled in the customary reasonable manner; that I was 
not returning from leave of absence to the station or troops I had left; that I have not been furnished with public trans- 
portation, nor money in lieu thereof, for any part of the route. 
No. 17.-(Voucher to Abstract B.) 
The Confederate States, 
To , Dr. 132 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
For mileage from to , pursuant to annexed copy of Orders No. , convening (or 
annexed summons to attend) a court-martial at , distance being miles, at 
cents per mile, 
days' attendance on said court-martial, being from the of to the of 
186 , inclusive (per annexed certificate) at $ , ..... 
days' traveling on the of , going to, and. on the of , returning from, 
the court at $ , .......... 
T certify, on honor, that the above ac ount is correct and just; that I have actually performed the journey's herein charged 
for on the days stated, in obedience to the authority hereunto annexed ; that I have not been furnished with public trans- 
portation, nor received money in lieu thereof, for any part of the route charged for. 
Received at -- the of 186 , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, dollars and -j- cents, in 
full of the above account. * 
(Signed in duplicate.) 
No. 18-(Voucher to Abstract B. 
The Confederate Slates, 
To , Dr. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
133 
Date. 
• 
For the actual expense of his transportation, while traveling under orders in the discharge 
of his duty as clerk to Major , Paymaster Confederate States Army, from to . 
per annexed statement, ............. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
I certify, on honor, that was, during the time above specified, employed as clerk in the Pay Department, Confede- 
rate States Army, and that the journey charged for in the above account was performed by him in the discharge of his offi- 
cial duties, under my orders. , Paymaster C. S. Army. 
County, ss. 
On this day of one thousand eight hundred and sixty , personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a 
justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, , and made oath in due form of law, that the above account is 
correct and just, and exhibits the actual expenses of his transportation for and during the journey above specified. 
(Subscribed in duplicate.) 
, Justice of the Peace. 
Received at . the of 186 , of , Assistant Qua termaster Confederate States Army, dollars and 
cents, in full of the above account. 
(Signed in duplicate.) 
Dollars 100 
No. 19-(Voucher to Abstract B.) 
The Confederate States, 
To , Dr. 134 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
For cash paid for postage on letters and packages on 
him from the of 186 , to the of 
public service, received and sent by 
186 , inclusive, . 
• 
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing account is correct and just; that the letters and packages on which postage has 
been paid, as therein stated, were all on public service ; that I have actually paid the amount charged. 
Received at , the of 186 , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, dollars and cents, in full oi 
the above account. 
(Signed in duplicate.) 
No. 20-(Voucher to Abstract B.) 
The Confederate States, v 
To , Dr. 135 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 21-(Voucher to Abstract B.) 
The Confederate States, 
To , Dr. 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
For commutation of quarters at , from the of 186 , to the of 186 , 
inclusive, ............... 
For rooms, at dollars each, per month. ....... 
For commutation of fuel for the same period: 
cords feet inches, at dollars per cord, ..... 
- 
I certify, on honor, that there were no quarters owned or hirer! by the public at the above station which could be as- 
signed to during the above period, and that the fuel is charged at the average maruet price for the month. 
A. B., Quartermaster. 
I certify, on honor, that the above account is correct and just; that I have been regularly stationed on duty at , by 
, during the period charged for ; that I have not been furnished with quarters, rent, or fuel by the public, nor received 
a commutation of money in lieu thereof. C. D. 
Received at , the of 186 , of , Quartermaster C. S. Army, dollars and cents, in full of the 
above account. (Signed in duplicate.) C. D. 
Note.-The certificate must show by whose order the officer was stationed, and the first account to be accompanied by a 
copy of the order. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
136 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
* 
= : :_ 
I certify, on honor, that the above account is correct and just; that the services were rendered as stated, and that they 
were necessary for the public service. 
A. B., Quartermaster. 
Received of 186 , of , dollars and cents, in full of the above account. 
(Signed duplicates.) E. F. 
Note.-This form will be used for miscellaneous disbursements, and will be entered in abstract B or C, according to 
the nature of the expenditure. 
No. 22.-(Voucher. 
The Confederate States, 
To Dr. quartermaster's department-forms. 
137 
No. 23. 
QUARTERLY RETURN OF QUARTERMASTER'S STORES. 
Received, issued, and remain on hand at , in the quarter ending 
on the of 186 . 
A. B., Quartermaster. 
NOTE. 
The property on this return (which does not include clothing, camp and 
garrison equipage) will be classed as follows: 
1. Fuel. 
2. Forage. 
3. Straw. 
4. Stationery. 
5. Barrack, Hospital, and office Furniture. 
6. Means of Transportation, including Harness, &c. 
7. Building Materials. 
8. Veterinary Tools and Horse Medicines. 
9. Blacksmith's Tools. 
IO- Carpenter's Tools. 
11. Wheelwrights' Tools. 
12. Mason's and Bricklayers' Tools. 
13. Miscellaneous Tools for Fatigue and Garrison purposes. 
14. Stores for Expenditure, such as Iron, Steel, Horse-shoes, Rope, &c., 
&c., to be classed alphabetically. 138 
quartermaster's department-forms. 
No. 23.-Quarterly Return of Quartermaster's Stores received and issued 
. Con 
Classes, 
1. Fuel. 
Date. 
Abstracts, &c. 
Wood. 
Coal 
Cords. 
Feet. 
1 Inches. 
Q 
Cj 
C 
Lbs. 
? 1 Bituminous 
Per last return, 
Abstract D, 
" E, 
" N, 
On hand, 
Received by purchase, 
" from officers, 
Fabricated, taken up, &c., 
Total to be accounted for, 
Per Abstract F, 
« G. 
" H. 
" 1. 
" K. 
" L. 
" M. 
Fuel, 
Forage, 
Straw, . ... 
Stationery, 
Special issues, 
Expended, sold, 
Transferred, 
Total issued and expended, 
Total remaining on hand, 
Condition 1, 
" 2, . 
" 3, . 
In good order, 
Unfit for service, but re- 
pairable, 
Totally unfit for service, . QUARTERMASTER S DEPARTMENT-FORMS* 
139 
at , in the quarter ending on the -- of 186 , hy 
tinned. 
CO 
Corn. 
2. Forage. 
• 
f 
U> 
Oats. 
cr 
y- 
Hay. 
Lbs. 
Fodder. 
Pounds. 
For Bedding. 
3. Straw. 
£> 
co 
Foolscap Paper. 
Stationery. 
Qrs. 
Letter Paper. 
<© 
co 
Folio Post Paper. 
<© 
Envelope Paper. 
No. 
Envelopes. 
No. 
2 qr. blk. books. 
o' 
3 qr. blk. books. 140 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 23-. Quarterly return of Quartermaster's Stores, received and issued 
Con 
M U O 
Abstracts, &c. 
Stationery. 
• 
3 
p 
4 qr. blk. books. 
Boils. 
Ink. 
Papers 
Ink-powder. 
Ozs. 
Wafers. 
o 
N 
(A 
Sealing-wax. 
O 
Steel pens. 
Gross. 
Quills. 
• 
p 
Lead-pencils. 
Office tape. 
• 
O 
Inkstands. 
O 
Wafer-stamps. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
141 
al , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by 
tinued. 
o 
Erasers. 
4. Stationery. 
o 
Paper-folders. 
o 
Sand-boxes. 
o 
Wafer-boxes. 
• 
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing return exhibits a true and correct 
statement of all the property which has come into my hands on account 
of the Quartermaster's Department, during the quarter ending on the 
of 186 , A. B., Quartermaster. 142 
quartermaster's DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
CLASSES. 
FUEL. 
FORAGE. 
STRAW. 
STATIONERY. 
'd 
From whom 
Amount. 
Wood. 
Coal 
Date 
** 
purchased. 
Doi- 
Cts. 
Cords. 
Feel 
Ins. 
Bu. 
Articles purchased 
and paid for, 
Articles purchased 
and not paid for, . 
Total purchased with- 
in the quarter, 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-This abstract appertains exclusively to the Property Return, and is designed to show all the supplies purchased by 
the Quartermaster, whether paid for or not. No voucher of the purchase paid for accompany this abstract. They are in 
the second division of Abstract A. Purchase not paid for are vouched as in Form No. 25. 
No. 24.-(Abstract D.) 
Abstract of Articles purchased at , in the quarter ending on the 18G , by . QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
143 
Date of purchase. 
For cords of wood, at per cord, ...... 
For pounds of ha/, at per 100 pounds, ..... 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
i . 
I certify, on honor, that the above account is correct and just; that I purchased the articles above enumerated of the 
said , at the prices therein charged, amounting to dollars and cents, and that I have not paid the account. (Here 
state the cause of non-payment.) A. B., Quartermvster. 
No. 25.-(Voucher to Abstract D.) 
The Confederate States, 
To , Dr. 144 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Classes. 
Fuel. 
Forage. 
Straw. 
Stationery. 
o' 
Wood. 
Coal. 
Date. 
No. of voucl 
From whom received 
* tn 
| Feet. 
| Indies. 
Bushels. 
Total received. 
► 
No. 26.-(Abstract E.) 
Abstract of Articles received from officers at , in the quarter ending on of 186 , by . 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-All property received from other officers will be entered on this abstract, whether receipted for or not. For 
Toucher, see Form No. 27. quartermaster's DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
145 
Number or quantity. 
Articles. 
Cost when new. 
Condition when de- 
livered. 
Remarks. 
40 
300 
1,000 
Forty, .... 
Three hundred pounds, . 
One thousand pounds, 
Felling axes, 
Bar iron, assorted, . 
Cut nails, . 
$ 1 
00 each, 
6 per pound, . 
5 per pound, . 
New, 
New, 
New, 
656 
Six hundred and fifty-six bushels, 
Thirty thousand five hundred lbs, 
Corn, 
1 
00 per bushel, . 
Good, 
30,500 
Hay, 
1 
00 per hundred, 
Good, 
10 
Ten, .... 
Wheelbarrows, 
Wagons (4-horse,) . 
4 
00 each, 
Half-worn, . 
5 
Five, .... 
150 
00 each, 
Half-worn, . 
5 
Five, .... 
Wagons " 
150 
00 each, 
New, 
I certify that I have this day delivered to A. B, Quartermaster Confederate States Army, the articles specified in the 
foregoing list. C. D., Quartermaster. 
Note.-When no invoice is received, the receiving officer will substitute for this form of voucher a list of the stores re- 
ceived, certified by himself. When the person responsible for the property entered without invoice is known, it will be en- 
tered in his name. 
No. 27.-(Voucher to Abstract E.) 
List of Quartermaster's Stores, &c., delivered by to , at , on the day of -- 186 . 146 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
No. of voucher. 
To whom issued. 
For what period. 
Wood. 
Coal. 
Remarks. 
Cords. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
Bushels. 
Pounds. 
■ 
Total issued, .... 
I certify that the abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-For vouchers, see Forms No. 29 and No. 30. All fuel issued is entered on this abstract. Fuel transferred to 
other officers, to be accounted for by them, is entered on abstract M. 
No 28.-(Abstract F.) 
Abstract of Fuel issued at , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by ---. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT FORMS. 
147 
No. 29.-(Voucher to Abstract F.) 
Requisition for Fuel for ---- Company Regiment of , commanded by , for the month of 186 
Total, 
Station. 
Captains. 
Subalterns. 
Non-commissioned of- 
ficers, musicians and 
privates. 
Laundresses. 
Total. 
Monthly allowance to 
each, in cords. 
Cords. 
Feet. 
Wood. 
TOTAL 
Inches. 
ALLOW 
Bush. 
Ci 
o 
o 
a 
Pounds. 
Remarks. 
T certify, on honor, that the above requisition is correct and just; and that fuel has not been drawn for any part of the 
time above charged. R. S., Commanding Company. 
Received, 18G , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, cords feet inches of wood and 
of coal, in full of the above requisition. I 
(Signed duplicates.) R. S., Commanding Company. 148 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
I certify, on honor, that the above requisition is correct and just, and that I have not drawn fuel for any part of the 
time above charged. 
Received, 186 , of , Assistant Quartermaster Confederate States Army, cords feet 
-inches of wood and of coal, in full of the above requisition. 
Note1-This form will be used for individual officers, hospitals, guards. &c. 
For myself, 
Fotal, . 
Cords. 
WOOD. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
Bushels. 
COAL. 
Pounds. 
REMARKS. 
No. 30.-(Voucher to. Abstract F.) 
Requisition for Fuel for ■, stationed at , for the month of 18G . QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FOR MS. 
149 
Total, ....... 
Date. 
No. of voucher. 
- 
To whom issued. 
From. 
For what pe- 
riod. 
To. 
Number of horses. 
Number of mules. 
Number of oxen. 
Total. 
Bushels. 
(56 lbs.) 
Corn. 
Total allowance. 
Pounds. 
Bushels. 
(32 lbs.) 
Oats. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Hay. 
1 
Pounds. 
a. 
® o 
H 
Public. 
Private. 
w 
Remarks. 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. , A. B,, Quartermaster. 
Note.-For vouchers, see Forms Nos. 32, 33, 34. All forage issued will be entered on .this abstract. Forage transferred 
to other officers, to be accounted for by them, will be entered on abstract M. 
No. 31-(Abstract G.) 
Abstract of Forage issued at , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by . 150 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
To be supplied, . 
Required, 
On hand, to be deducted, 
Date of requisition. 
Number of horses. 
Number of mules. 
Number of oxen. 
Total number of animals. 
1 
1 
Number of days. 
Number of rations. 
Pounds of corn. 
Daily allow- 
ance to each 
animal. 
Pounds of barley. 
Pounds of oats. 
Pounds of hay. 
Pounds of fodder. 
Pounds of. 
Corn. 
Total allowance. 
Pounds of. 
Barley. 
Pounds of. 
Oats. 
Pounds of. 
Hay. 
Pounds of. 
Fodder. 
1 
Remarks. 
I certify, on honor, that the above requisition is correct and just; that I have now in service the number of animals for 
which forage is required, and that forage has not been received for any part of the time specified. 
Received at , on the day of 186 , of , Quartermaster C. S. Army, .pounds of corn, pounds of 
barley, pounds of oats. pounds of hay, pounds fodder, in full of the above requisition. 
(Signed in duplicate.) 
No. 32-(Voucher to Abstract G.) 
Requisition for Forage for Public Horses, Mules and Oxen, in the service of ,for days, commencing the 
of 186 , at ---. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
151 
Total, ..... 
- 
Date. 
From. 
Period. 
o 
Number of horses. 
Pounds, 
Corn. 
Daily alllowance for 
each. 
Pounds. 
Oats. 
Pounds. 
w 
Bushels. 
(32 lbs.) 
Pounds. 
Corn. 
Total allowance. 
Bushels. 
(32 lbs.) 
Oats. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Hay. 
Pounds. 
CD 2 
Remarks. 
I certify, on honor, that the above requisition is correct and just; and that I have not drawn forage for any part of the time 
above charged. 
Received at , the of 186 , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, bushels corn, bush- 
els oats, pounds hay, pounds fodder, in full of the above requisition. 56 32 
(Signed in duplicate.) 
No. 33-(Voucher to Abstract G.) 
Requisition for Forage for Private Horses in the service of , C. S. Army, at ,for days, commencing 
the of •, and ending the of 186 . 152 
QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 34-(Voucher to Abstract G.) 
Statement of Forage issued to and consumed by the Public Animals under my direction at , during the month 
of 186 . 
Period. 
Number of animals. 
Total allowance. 
Remarks. 
From. 
To. 
No. of Days. 
Horses. 
Mules. 
Oxen. 
Total. 
Corn. 
Oats. 
Barley 
Hay. 
Fod- 
d r. 
Pounds of. 
Pounds of. 
Pounds of. 
Pounds of. 
Pounds of. 
✓ 
• 
Total, 
I certify, on honor, that the above statement is correct; that the forage was issued to the Public Animals as stated, and 
that the issues were necessary A. B., Quartermaster. 
Approved. R. S., Commanding. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
153 
Date. 
Total, .... 
» t 
No. of voucher. 
• 
To whom issued. 
- 
From. 
For what pe- 
riod. 
To. 
Non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, 
and privates. 
Laundress. 
Hospital. 
Pounds. 
Total allowance. 
Remarks. 
4 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-For voucher, see Form 36. Issues on this abstract. Transfers on abstract M. 
No. 35.-(Abstract H.) 
Abstract of Straw issued at , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by 154 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 36.-(Voucher to Abstract H.) 
Requisition for Straw for Company Regiment of , commanded by , for the month of 186 . 
Station. 
Non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, 
and privates. 
Laundress. 
Total drawn for. 
Monthly allowance 
to each. 
Total allowance. 
Remarks. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
• 
• 
Total, 
I certify, on honor, that the above return is correct and just; and that straw has not been drawn for any part of the 
time above charged. G. H., Commanding Company. 
Received at , the of 18 , of C. S. Army, pounds of straw, in full of the above requisition. 
(Signed duplicates.) G. H., Commanding Company. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
155 
I certify, that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-For voucher, see Form No. 38. The stationery used by the Quartermaster in the public service is entered on this 
abstract, and all issues by him. Transfers on abstract M. 
Total issued, ..... 
Date, 
No. of voucher. 
To whom issued. 
From. 
FOR WHAT 
PERIOD. 
To. 
Writing paper, quires. 
Cartridge paper, sheets 
Quills, number. 
Wafers, ounces 
Sealing-wax, ounces. 
Ink-powder, papers. 
Blank books, number. 
• 
Remarks. 
No. 37.-(Abstract I.) 
Abstract of Stationery issued at , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by . 156 
No. 38.-(Voucher to Abstract I.) 
Requisition for Stationery for , stationed at , for the commencing on the of , and 
ending on the of 186 . 
Quires of letter 
paper. 
Quires of foolscap 
paper. 
Sheets of cartridge 
paper. 
Number of quills. 
Ounces of wafers. 
Ounces of sealing 
wax. 
Pieces of tape. 
Papers of ink-pow- 
der. 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
I certify that the above requisition is correct and that I have not drawn stationery for any part of the time specified. 
Received at , on the of 1S6 , of , Assistant Quartermaster C. S. Army, quires of letter paper, 
quires of foolscap paper, quills, ounces of wafers, ounces of sealing-wax, pieces of tape, 
sheets of cartridge paper, papers of ink-powder. 
(Signed duplicate.) QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
157 
No. 39.-Abstract K.-For all issues except Fuel. Forage, Straw, and Stationery. 
Abstract of Articles issued on Special Requisitions at , in the quarter ending on the of 18 , by 
Classes, .... 
Date. 
From whom received. 
Total, ..... 
I certify that the above abstract is correct- A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-For voucher see Form No. 40. Transfers on abstract M. 158 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
For 
f 
I certify that the abovejrequisition is correct, and that the articles specified are absolutely requisite for the public service, 
rendered so by the following circumstances : [here the officer will insert such reasons as he may think fit to give, tending to 
show the necessity for the supplies.] 
Captain J. B., Assistant Quartermaster Confederate States Army, will issue the articles specified in the above requisition. 
C. D., Commanding. 
Received at , the of 18 , of , Assistant Quartermaster Confederate States Army [here insert the ar- 
ticles], in full of the above requisition. (Signed duplicates.) 
Note.-The cost of articles issued on special requisitions, and orders of commanding officers, will be entered on the 
requisition and on the list or invoice furnished the receiving officer. 
No. 40.-(Voucher to Abstract K.) 
SPECIAL REQUISITION. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
159 
No. 41.-(Abstract L.) 
Abstract of Articles Expended, Lost, Destroyed in the public service, sold, &c., at , under the direction of 
. in the quarter ending on the of 186 . 
Classes, 
Date. 
No. of certificates. 
By whom made. 
Total, 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 160 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. or quantity. 
Articles. 
Application. 
I certify, on honor, that the several articles of Quartermaster's stores, above examined, have been necessarily expend- 
ed in the public service at this station, as indicated by the marginal remarks annexed to them respectively. 
(Signed duplicates.) A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-This list should be made out monthly, to enable the Quartermaster to know the exact state of his supplies. 
No. 43.-(Voucher to Abstract L.) 
List of Articles Lost or Destroyed in the public service at -, while in the possession and charge of , in the 
month of 186 . 
No. or quantity. 
Articles. 
Circumstance and Cause. 
No. 42.-(Voucher to Abstract L.) 
List of Quartermaster Stores expended in public service at , under the direction of , in the month of 186 . 
I certify that the several articles of Quartermaster's stores, above enumerated, have been unavoidably lost or des- 
troyed while in the public service, as indicated by the remarks annexed to them respectively. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Approved: C. D., Commanding. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
161 
No. 44.-(Voucher to Abstract L.) 
Abstract Sales of articles of public property sold at auction at , under the direction of on the 
of 186 . 
No. or quantity. 
Articles. 
Purchaser. 
Amount. 
■ 
I certify that the above account sales is accurate and just. A. B., Auctioneer. 
I certify that the above enumerated articles were sold at public auction as above stated, pursuant to-[state the or- 
ders or authority.] • C. D., Quartermaster. 162 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 45.-(Abstract M.) 
Abstract of Articles transferred to , at , in the quarter ending on the of 186 , by . 
Classes, . 
Date. 
| No. of voucher. 
To whom transferred. 
Total, . 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., Quartermaster. 
Note.-This abstract contains all transfers of stores to other officers, to be accounted for by them; the vouchers will 
be their receipts. When these are not received in time, the Quartermaster will substitute his own certified list of the stores 
sent, and the bill of lading. The receipts he will afterwards transmit when he receives them. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
163 
Classes, .... 
Fuel. 
Forage. 
Straw. 
Stationery. 
Date. 
| No. of invoice. &c. 
From whence received. 
Found at the post. 
Manufactured, 
Parts of articles broken up, . 
Heretofore issued, but not consumed, 
Captured from the enemy, 
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I certify that the above abstract is correct. A. B., (Quartermaster. 
Note.-This abstract contains all Quartermaster's property found at the post, not borne on the previous return all that 
may come to the Quartermaster's possession without his knowing who may be accountable for it; articles manufactured in 
the quarter ; material or parts of articles that have been condemned or broken up ; fuel or forage issued but not consumed, 
&c., &c. Separate lists of each class, with the necessary explanation, will' be filed with the abstract. 
No. 45.-(Abstract N.) 
Abstract of Articles received at , during the quarter ending the day of 186 164 
quartermaster's department-forms. 
No. 46. 
Quarterly Statement of Allowances paid to Officers of the Army in money, 
the qi< arier end 
Officers' names. 
Rank and 
Corps. 
(Rank being 
that for 
which they 
were paid, 
or 
allowances 
furnished.) 
For Fuel. 
Quarters. 
Period. 
Ain't 
In money. 
In kind. 
Period. 
$ c. 
Period. 
| No. Rooms. 
$ 
c. 
W.S 
Major Genl. 
1861. 
July, Aug. Sep. 
96 
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1861. 
J'ly, Aug. Sep. 
120 00 
1861. 
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J. T. 
Brig. Genl. 
July, . 
30 
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J'ly, Aug. Sep. 
80 00 
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K. J. 
Col. Ajt. Gl. 
August, 
30 
00 
J'ly, Aug. Sep. 
90 00 
- 
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Col. Q. M. D. 
August, 
30 
00 
J'ly, Aug. Sep. 
80 00 
- 
- 
T.L. 
Maj. Pay Dt. 
July, Aug. Sep. 
30 
00 
Aug. Sep. 
80 00 
July, 
3 
L.B. 
Col Engrs. 
July, Aug. Sep. 
39 
00 
- 
80 00 
- 
- 
B.L. 
Mj. T. Engrs. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
B. B. 
Cols. Drags. 
- 
- 
- 
July, Aug. 
4 
J. C. 
Col. Art. 
July, Aug. 
20 
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- 
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July, Aug 
4 
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Maj. infty. 
July, Aug. 
12 
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- 
- 
July, Aug. 
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165 
No. 46. 
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396 00 
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90 
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15 70 
215 00 
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120 00 
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110 00 
B 21 
30 00 
60 
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30 00 
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230 00 
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130 00 
B 19 
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100 
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110 00 
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30 00 
30 
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40 
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37 50 
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139 50 
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70 
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126 50 
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Public quarters. 
I certily that the above is correct. A. B., (Quartermaster. 
Note.-When officers occupy quarters owned by the public, the number 
of rooms only will be reported, 166 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 47. 
The Confederate States in account current with , for expenditures on account of Contingencies of the 
Army and of the other Departments, in the quarter ending on the day of , 186 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
Date. 
Dois 
Cts. 
Sept. 30, 
Sept. 30, 
To amount of expenditures, per 
Abstract C, 
To balance due the Confederate 
States, carried to new account, 
July 1, 
July, 8, 
Aug. 4, 
By balance on hand, as per last account, 
By cash received of , 
By cash received from the Treasurer of 
the Confederate States, being amount 
of Warrant No. , 
= L 
I certify, on honor, that the above exhibits a true account of all moneys which have come into my hands on account 
of contingencies of the army, during the quarter ending on the of 186 , and that the disbursements have been 
faithfully made. A. B., Quartermaster. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
167 
No. 48.-(Abstract C.) 
Abstract of Disbursements on account of Contingencies of the Army and of other Departments, by , in the quarter ending on 
the of 186 , at . 
Date of payment. 
No. of voucher. 
To whom paid. 
On what account. 
AMOUNT. 
Dollars. 
Cents 
- 
• 
A. B., (Quartermaster. 
Note.-For vouchers, see Forms . All payments for apprehending deserters must also be entered in this Abstract. 168 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
- 
I certify, on honor, that the medicines and hospital stores above required are necessary for the use of the sick at this 
post in consequence of [here insert whether from loss, damage, &c.,] and that the requisition is agreeable to the supply ta- 
ble. A. B., Assistant Surgeon. 
Approved : C. D., Commanding Officer. 
Received at , on the of 18 , the articles above enumerated. 
(Signed duplicates.) A. B., Assistant Surgeon. 
No. 49.-(Voucher to Abstract C.) 
Requisition on the Quartermaster's Department for extra supplies of Medicines and Hospital Stores. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
169 
Date of purchase. 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
For 
- 
I certify, on honor, that the prices of the articles above charged, for the use of the sick at , agreeable to the foregoing 
requisition, are reasonable and just. A. B., Surgeon. 
Received of 186 , of , dollars and cents, in full of the above account. 
(Signed duplicates.) E. F. 
Note.-The above certificate may be signed by the surgeon making the requisition, or by any surgeon or assistant sur- 
geon belonging to the army. The requisition on which the purchase may be made must be attached to the bill of purchase, 
which will be entered in Abstract C, and the articles are noticed in the property returns. 
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QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 51.- Quarterly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equi- 
day of 
WHEN RECEIVED. 
j No. of invoice. 
OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
On hand per last re- 
turn. 
Cavalry hats. 
Caps and bands. 
Cap letters, castle, 
shell and flamd. 
Cap covers. 
Pom 
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or. 
Total to be 
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WHEN ISSUED. 
No. of 
roll. 
TO WHOM ISSUED. 
Total issued 
On hand to be accounted for, quartermaster's DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
171 
page, received and issued at , in the quarter ending on the 
186 , by 
Eagle and rings. 
Plumes for cavalry. 
Sergeant-majors'. 
Quartermaster 
Sergeants'. 
Ordnance 
Sergeants'. 
Chief musicians'. 
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Corporals'. 
Musicians'. 
Privates'. 
Non-commission- 
ed officers. 
Sergeants'. 
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Corporals and 
privates'. 
SEALS 
Sashes. 
* 172 
quartermaster's department-forms. 
No. 51.- Quarterly Returns of Clothing, Camp and Garrison 
Sergeant-majors'. 
Quartermaster 
Sergeants'. 
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Sergeants'. 
JACK 
Corporals'. 
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Privates'. 
Trowsers. 
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Yards of binding. 
5 
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Flannel shirts. 
Drawers, pairs of. 
Boots, cavalry, pairs 
of 
Boots, infantry, pa 
rs 
of. 
Stockings, pairs of. 
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Leather stocks. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
173 
Equipage, received and issued, &c.-Continued. 
Great-coats. 
CLOTHING. 
Great coat straps, 
number of. 
Talmas. 
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Blankets. 
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Double. 
Axes. 
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Axe-belves. 
Spades. 
Camp kettles. 
Mess pans. 174 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Camp hatchets. 
EQUIPAGE. 
Hatchet handles. 
Hatchet handles. 
Garrison flags. 
Garrison flag hal- 
liards. 
Storm flag. 
Recruiting flags. 
Recruiting flag 
halliards. 
Camp colors. 
Guidons. 
Trumpets. 
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Bugles, with extra 
mouth pieces. 
Fifes. 
Complete. 
DRUMS. 
Heads, batter. 
No. 51.- Quarterly Return of Clothing, Camp and Gar QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
175 
rison Equipage, received and issued, dvc.-Continued, 
Heads, snare. 
Slings. 
Sticks, pairs. 
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Drum-stick car- 
riages. 
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Cords. 
Snares, sets. 
Wall-tents. 
Wall-tent flies. 
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Wall-tent poles and 
pins. sets. 
Common tents. 
Common tent poles 
and pins, sets. 
Iron pots. 
Pickaxes. 
Pickaxe bandies. 
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Order book. 
Clothing returns. 
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Final statements. 
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QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 52. 
We, the undersigned, Non-Commissioned Officers, Artificers, Musicians, 
the several articles of Clothing 
Date of the 
isssue. 
Name and desig- 
nation of the 
soldier. 
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Notes.-Erasures and alterations of entries are prohibited. 
Regular and extra issues will be distinguished on tbe receipt- 
roll. 
Each signature, whether written by the soldier or acknow- 
ledged by mark, must be witnessed. 
Vacant space will be filled by a cipher. 
Mounted men may receive one pair of "boots" and two pairs 
of "bootees," instead of four pairs of bootees. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
177 
No. 52. 
and Privates of , do hereby acknowledge to have received of 
set opposite our respective names. 
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Trowsers, pairs. 
F annel shirts. 
Drawers, pairs. 
Boot>. cavalry, pairs. 
Bootees, infantry pairs. 
Stockings, pairs. 
Leather stocks. 
Great coats. 
Fatigue overalls. 
Stable frocks. 
Blankets. 
Signatures. 
Witness. 
As the metallic shoulder scales, letters, numbers, castles, and shells and 
flames will last for many years, they will be borne on the returns as com- 
pany property in the same manner as are sashes, and other articles of 
camp and garrison equipage, and will be charged to the soldier only when 
lost or destroyed through neglect. 178 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. 53. 
Descriptive List of Persons and Articles employed and. hired in the Quartermaster's Department, and transferred 
by , at , to Quartermaster at on the day of 166 
Number of each class. 
Total amount due, ... 
Articles and names 
of persons. 
Designation and occupation. 
From. 
Period for w 
pay is due 
To. 
Month. 
o' 
- 
Days. 
Dollars. 
h ! Rate of hire on 
| compensation. 
Cents. 
Month, day or 
Voyage. 
Dollars. 
Amount 
due. 
Cents. 
Date of contract, agreement, 
or entry into service. 
By whom owned 
and where. 
Remarks. 
I certify, on honor, that the above is a true list of persons and articles transferred by me to , at , on the 
day of 186 ; and that the periods of service, rates of hire or compensation, and amounts due, are correctly stated. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
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Brigadier-General, ............ 
$.301 00 
4 
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Aid to Brigadier-General in addition to pay of Lieutenant, .... . . 
35 00 
Colonel of Engineers, Artillery, Cavalry, and of the General Staff, except, the Medical Department, 
210 00 
3 
3 
Lieutenant-Colonel of Cavalry, . . 
185 00 
3 
3 
Major of Cavalry, ............ 
162 00 
3 
3 
Captain of Cavalry, ............ 
140 00 
3 
2 
First Lieutenant of Cavalry,........... 
100 00 
2 
2 
Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, .......... 
90 00 
2 
2 
Adjutant, in addition to pay of Lieutenant,.... .... 
10 00 
ARTILLERY. 
Colonel, ............. 
210 00 
3 
3 
Lieutenant-Colonel, ... ......... 
185 00 
3 
3 
Major, ............. 
150 00 
3 
3 
Captain, ....... . . , . . 
130 00 
First Lieutenant, ...•*.. ..... 
90 00 
Second Lieutenant, ..... ...... 
80 00 
Adjutant, in addition to pay of Lieutenant, ........ 
10 00 
Pay and Allowances of the Army. 180 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT FORMS. 
Pay. 
Forage. 
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INFANTRY. 
Colonel, ...... 
195 00 
3 
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Lieutenant-Colonel, ...... 
170 00 
3 
3 
Major, ............. 
150 00 
3 
3 
Captain, ............. 
130 00 
First Lieutenant, ......... 
90 00 
Second Lieutenant, . . . 
80 00 
Adjutant, in addition to pay as Lieutenant, ........ 
10 00 
MEDICAL STAFF. 
urgeon-General, $3,000 per annum. 
Surgeon of ten years' service, .......... 
200 00 
3 
3 
Surgeon of less than ten years' service, . . . . ' . 
162 00 
3 
3 
Assistant Surgeon of ten years' service, ......... 
150 00 
2 
2 
Assistant Surgeon of five years' service, ......... 
130 00 
2 
2 
Assistant Surgeon of less than five years'service, ........ 
110 00 
2 
2 
ENLISTED MEN. 
Sergeant or Master Workmen of Engineers, Master Armorer, Master Carriage Maker, and Master 
Blacksmith, each, . . . . . . . . . . . • . 
34 00 
Pay and .Allowances of the Army.-Continued. 181 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Corporal or OverseeT of Engineers, Armorer, Carriage Maker and Blacksmith of Ordnance, each, 
20 00 
Private-First Class, or Artificer of Engineers and Ordnance, ...... 
17 00 
Private-Second Class, or Laborer and Musician of Engineers, and Laborer of Ordnance, 
13 00 
Sergeant-Major of Cavalry and Infantry, ......... 
21 00 
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Quartermaster-Sergeant of Cavalry and Infantry, ........ 
21 00 
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Principal Musicans' ............ 
21 00 
Chief Bugler, ............ 
21 00 
First Sergeant of Cavalry and Infantry, ......... 
20 00 
Sergeant of Cavalry and Infantry, ......... 
17 00 
Corporal of Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, Artificers, Farriers and Blacksmiths, .... 
13 00 
Musician of Cavalry, 
13 00 
Musician of Artillery and Infantry, ......... 
12 00 
Private-Cavalry, ............ 
12 00 
Private-Artillery and Infantry, .......... 
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Ordnance Sergeant, . .......... 
21 00 
Hospital Steward appointed by the Secretary of War and Hospital Steward at posts of more than four 
companies, ............ 
21 00 
Hospital Steward, ............ 
20 <i<> 
Hospital Matron. ............ 
6 00 
Chaplain, . ............ 
50 00 
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Note.-Brigadier-General commanding in chief a separate Army actually in the field. $100 per month additional. 
Lieutenants serving with the company of Sappers and Miners, and officers of Artillery serving in Light Artillery or on 
Ordnance duty, receive Cavalry pay. 
In addition to pay, of above stated (excepting Surgeon-General $3 per month isal'owed for every five years' service in 
the Army of the United States and Confederate States. 
Subalterns of the line detailed by t ie War Department as Assistant Quartermasters or as Assistant Commissaries of 
Si bsistence. receive in addition to pay in the line. $20. per month, while engaged in the duties of those Departments; but 
all hough the officer may be serving in both, he can draw this allowance for one Department only. 182 
quartermaster's department-FORMS. 
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Tables of the Daily Pay of the Army. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
183 
Form No. 54. 
Estimate of Funds required for the Pay, Forage, and Clothing of the Regiment of , stationed at , 
for month, founded on the actual number of said troops. 
.Enumeration of Troops. 
- p _P 
1 rotn. 
ERIOD. 
PAY. 
FORAGE. 
AMOUNT. 
To. 
Cents- 
t. 
Cents. 
f. 
Cents. 
- Colonel, . (2> $ per month, 
- Lieut. Colonel, . (a) $ " 
- Majors, . (a) $ " 
- Surgeon. . (a) •$ " 
- Ass't Surgeon, . (a) $ " 
- Captains, . (a> $ " 
Lieutenants, . (a) $ " 
- 2d Lieutenants, . (a) $ " 
- Sergeant-major, . (a) $ " 
- Qr. Mr. Sergeant, (a) $ " 
- 1st Sergeants, . (a) $ " 
- Sergeants, . (a) $ " 
- Corporals, . (a) $ " 
- Musicians, . (a> $ " 
- Farriers and Black- 
smiths, . (a) $ " 
- Privates, . (a) $ " 
- Add six months clothing allowance, 
for men, . 
1 
Total amount, 
Deduct balance on hand, 
• 
• 
Amount required, 
, .dssd Quartermaster. 
Regiment of . 
Examined and approved. 
Commanding 184 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT FORMS. 
Form No. 55. 
Consolidated Estimate of Funds required for the Pay, Forage, and Clothing of the following troops for months, 
commencing the of 1801. and ending the of 1801. 
/ 
Regiment or corps. 
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Dolls. 
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Drills 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Field and staff, 
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Total amount required, 
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, Chief A. Q. Master. 
Station . 
Date . 
Aproved : , Commanding. 185 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form No. 56. 
Receipts to be rendered by Quartermasters for Remittances. 
Received of , this day of 186 , at in the State of , on , dated the day of 
186 , the sum of dollars and cents, on account of the pay, &c., of the Army of the Confederate States, as 
follows: 
Pay, 
Forage, 
Clothing, ............ 
\ 
1 
Amount, •. 
1 
, Paymaster. 
Note.-One receipt for the Quartermaster-General, one for the Second Auditor, and one for the Treasurer. 
(Signed duplicates.) 
For which sum I am accountable. 186 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
On what account. 
Commencem't 
and expirat'n. 
Term of service 
charged. 
Pay 
per month. 
Amount. 
.Remarks. 
From. 
To. 
Months. 
Days. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Pay- 
For myself, .... 
For myself for - years' service, 
Forage- 
For horse, .... 
\ 
I hereby certify that the foregoing account is accurate and just; that I have not been absent without leave during any 
part of the time charged for ; that I have not received pay, f rage, or received money in lieu of any part thereof, for any 
part of the time therein charged ; that the horses were actually kept in service and were mustered for the whole time 
charged ; that for the whole of the time charged for my staff appointment, I actually and legally held the appointment and 
did duty in the department; that I have been a commissioned officer for the number of years stated in the charge for every 
additional five years' service ; that I am not in arrears with the Confederate States on any account whatsoever ; and that 
the last payment I received was from , and to the day of 18 . 
I at the same time acknowledge that I have received of , this day of 18 , the sum of 
dollars, being the amount in full of said account. 
Pay 
To years' service, . ZC!. , , , 
Forage, . . . ned du 
Amount, . 
Form No. 57-Officers, Pay Account. 
The Confederate States, to , Dr. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
187 
Form No. 58. 
Certificate to be given a soldier at the time of his discharge. 
I certify that the within named a of Captain compa- 
ny, ( ,) of the regiment of , born in , in the State of 
, aged years, feet inches high, complexion, 
eyes, and by a was enlisted by at on the 
day of 186 , to serve years, and is now entitled to dis- 
charge by reason of . 
The said was last paid by , to include the day of 
186 , and has pay due from that time to the present date. 
There is due to him dollars travelling expenses from , the 
place of discharge to , to the place of enrollment, transportation 
not being furnished in kind. 
There is due him . 
He is indebted to the Confederate States dollars, on account 
of . 
Given in duplicate at , this day of 186 . 
Commanding Company. 
Note.-When this certificate is transferred it must be on the back, wit- 
nessed by a commissioned officer, if practicable, or by some other reputa- 
ble person well known to the Quartermaster. 
Form No. 59. 
Account to be made by Quartermaster. 
For pay from of 186 , to of 186 , 
being months and days, at dollars per 
month, 
For pay for traveling from to , being 
miles, at , ....... 
Amount, ....... 
Deduct for clothing overdrawn, ..... 
Balance paid. ...... 
Received of , C. S. Army, this day of 186 , dol- 
lars and cents, in full of the above account- 
(Signed duplicates.) 
Witness: . 188 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
No. of voucher. 
Date of payment. 
1 
To whom paid. 
Rank or grade. 
Corps. 
2 
3 
Commencement and 
expiration. 
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Remarks. 
I do hereby certify that the foregoing Abstract contains an accurate statement of the payments macle by me, as therein 
expressed. , Quartermaster. 
Form No. 60. 
Abstract of payments made by , Quartermaster, for the months of . QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
189 
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For ain't expended, as per ab.-tr't 
and vouchers herewith, in paying 
the troops since the-;of - 18-. 
the date of the last account ren- 
dered. .... 
For amount turned over to , 
Due the Confederate States, to be 
accounted for m the next acc'nt, 
Amount, 
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18 
By balance to be accounted for, as 
stated in last account, 
By cash received of -, as per my 
receipt dated the - day of - 18-. 
By amount received of -, for - , 
Amount, . . $ 
B balance broiurht down, 
- 
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I certify that the above is a true account of all public money received by me, not heretofore accounted for, and that 
the disbursements have been fully made. 
Stated at , this day of 18 
(Duplicate.) 
, Quartermaster. 
Form No. 61.-Account Current. 
Dr. The Confederate States in account with , Quartermaster Confederate States Army, Cr. 190 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form No. G2. 
We, the subscribers, do hereby acknoivledge to have received of , Quartermaster, the sums annexed to our names re- 
spectively, being the full of our pay and allowaitces for the period herein expressed, having signed duplicates thereof. 
No. 
Name. 
Commencem't. 
Period of 
service. 
Expiration. 
Months. 
Days. 
Pay per month. 
Amount of pay. 
Forage. 
40 cts. per day, use of 
horses, arms 
. (Travelling 
> allowance. 
1 
Total amount. 
Stoppages. 
Balances paid. 
Signature. 
Witness. 
Remarks. 
We certify, on honor, that we actually owned and kept in service the horses for which we have received payment, for 
the whole of the time charged. We also certify that the non-commissioned officers and privates of the company to which 
we belong, who are made up for pay, &c., as having horses and arms, actually owned and had them in service for the 
time paid for, although, in some cases, they may not have been valued. We also certify that we witnessed the payment of 
the whole company. 
, '2d Lieut. 
• , Ensign. 
, Captain, 
, Isi Lieut. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
191 
Date. 
a 
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Effects of deceased 
soldiers. 
Overdrawn 
clothing. 
Ordnance. 
Equipments. 
Quartermaster's 
stores. 
Militia. 
Amount. 
Remarks. 
Amount on hand from last month, . 
Received from the treasurer, 
Received fiom quartermaster, 
Received from , 
Total received, . § 
Expended in paying the troops, 
Turned over to quartermaster, 
Total expended, . $ 
Balance to be accounted for, $ 
- 
- 
-- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
, Quartermaster. 
Form No. 63. 
Statement of moneys received and expended, and on hand, for the month ending ■ 
Accountable for iron safe. 192 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, 
SUPPLIES. 
ARTICLE XLIL 
1097. Subsistence stores for the army, unless in particular and urgent 
cases the Secretary of War shall otherwise direct, shad he procured by 
contract, to be made by the Commissary-General on public notice, to be 
delivered on inspection in the bulk, and at such places as shall be stipu- 
lated ; the inspector to give duplicate inspection certificates (see Form 
No. 15), and to he a legal inspector where there is such officer. 
1098. Purchases, to supply such corps and posts as by reason of their 
position, the climate, or for other sufficient cause the Secretary of War 
nmy specially direct to be supplied in that way, will be made in open 
market, on public notice, from the lowest bidder who produces the pro- 
per article. 
1099. And whenever a deficiency of subsistence stores make it ne- 
cessary to buy them, the commissary, where they are needed, will make 
a requisition for that purpose on the proper purchasing commissary, 
or buy them himself, of good quality corresponding with the contract. 
UOO. When su isistence is received under contract, the commissary 
will receipt for it on the inspection certificates (>ee Form No. 15). He 
will deliver one of these to the contractor, and forward the other to the 
Commissary General, with a report on the quality of the provisions and 
the condition of the packages. 
1101. Whenever subsistence stores are purchased, the advertisements 
and birls, and a copy of the bill of purchase, with a statement of the 
cause of purchase, will he forwarded by the purchasing officer to the 
Commissary General. This rule does not apply to the ordinary pur- 
chase of hospital supplies. Pork, salt beef, and flour must be inspected 
before purchase by a legal inspector where there is such officer. Du- 
plicate certificates of inspection (see Form No. 15) will be taken as sub- 
votmhcrs to the vouchers for the payment. 
1102. Fresh beef, when it can be procured, shall be furnished as often 
as the commanding officer may order, at least twice a week, to be pro- 
cured by the commissary, when practicable, by contract. (For form of 
contract and bond, see Forms 27 and 28.) When beef is taken on the 
hoof, it will be accounted for on the provision return by the number of 
cattle and their estimated weight. When the pasture is insufficient, 
hay, corn, tind other forage will be procured for public cattle. 
1103. Good and sufficient store room for the subsistence storcswill 
be procure I by the commissary fnm the Quartermaster. Care shall be 
taken to keep the store rooms dry and ventilated. Packages shall be so 
stored as to allow circulation of air among and beneath them. The 
flour should occasionally be rolled into the air. 
1104. Before submitting damaged commissary stores to boards of 
survey, the commissary shall separate and re-pack sound parts. 
1105. Wastage on issues, or from evaporation or leakage, will be as- 
certained quarterly, or when it can be most conveniently ; and the ac- 
tual wastage thus found will be charged on the monthly return. Loss, 
from whatever cause, exceeding ordinary waste, must be accounted for 
by the certificate of an officer, or other satisfactory evidence. Ordi- 
nary waste on issues should not exceed, say 10 per cent, on pork, bacon, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
193 
sugar, vinegar, and soap, and 5 per cent, on hard bread, beans, rice, 
coffee, and salt. 
1106. No wastage is admitted on issues of fresh beef furnished the 
company detachment, or regiment directly from the butcher. But in 
beef on the hoof, errors in estimated weight, and losses on cattle strayed 
or stolen, will be accounted for by the certificate of an officer, or other 
satisfactory evidence. When cattle are transferred, they should be ap- 
praised, and loss in weight reported as wastage by the officer delivering 
them. Fair wastage in transportation of stores is accounted for by the 
receiving officer. 
1107. The ration is three-fourths of a pound of pork or bacon, or one 
and a fourth pounds of fresh or salt beef; eighteen ounces of bread or 
flour, or twelve ounces of hard bread, or one and a fourth pounds of 
corn meal; and at the rate, to one hundred rations, of eight quarts of 
peas or beans, or, in lieu thereof, ten pounds of rice; six pounds coffee; 
twelve pounds sugar; four quarts of vinegar; one and a half pounds 
of tallow, or one and a fourth pounds adamantine, or one pound sperm 
candles: four pounds of soap, and two quarts of salt. 
1108. The annexed table shows the quantity of each part of the ration 
in any number of rations from one to ten thousand. 
1109. On a campaign, or on marches, or on board of transports, the 
ration of hard bread is one pound. 
THE RATION. 
ISSUES. 
1110. Returns for issues to companies, will, when practicable, be con- 
solidated for the post or regiment (see Form 14). At the end of the 
month, the issuing commissary will make duplicate abstracts of the is- 
sues, which the commanding officer will compare with the original re- 
turns, and certify (see Form 2). This abstract is a voucher of the issue 
for the monthly return. 
1111. Issues to the hospital will be on returns by the medical officer, 
for such provisions only as are actually required for the sick and the 
attendants. The cost of such parts of the ration as are issued will be 
charged to the hospital at contract or cost prices, and the hospital will 
be credited by the whole number of Complete rations due through the 
month at contractor cost prices (see Note 7); the balance, constituting 
the Hospital Fund, or any portion of it, may be expended by the com- 
missary, on the-requisition of the medical officer, in the purchase of any 
article for the subsistence or comfort of the sick, not authorized to be 
otherwise furnished (see Form 3). At large depots or general hospitals, 
this fund may be partly expended for the benefit of dependent posts or 
detachments, on requisitions approved by the medical director or senior 
Surgeon of the district. 
1112. The articles purchased for the hospital, as well as those issued 
from the subsistence store-housC, will be included in the Surgeon's cer- 
tificates of issues to the hospital, and borne on the monthly return of 
provisions received and issued. Vouchers for purchases for the hospital 
must either be certified by the Surgeon or accompanied by his requisi- 
tion. 194 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
1113. Abstracts of the issues to the hospital will be made by the com- 
missary certified by the Surgeon, and countersigned by the commanding 
officer (see Form 3). When there is a hospital fund, every article sup- 
plied by the subsistence department for the use of the hospital, will be 
charged against that fund. 
1114. In order that the authorized women of companies may draw 
their rations while temporarily separated from their companies, the of- 
ficer commanding the company must make a report to the commanding 
officer of the post where the women may be left, designating such as 
are to draw rations as attached to his company. Their rations are not 
commuted, and they can only draw them at a military post or station 
where there are supplies. 
1115. When provisions can be spared from the military supplies, 
commanding officers have discretion to order issues to Indians visiting 
military posts on the frontiers, or in their respective nations, and to or- 
der sales of subsistence to Indian agents for issues to Indians. The re- 
turns for issues, where there is no Indian agent, will be signed by the 
commanding officer. The sales will be for cash, at cc.st, including all 
expenses; to be entered on the monthly return, and credited on the 
quarterly account current. 
1116. Issues to volunteers and militia, to sailors, to marines, to citizens 
employed by any of the departments, or to Indians, will be entered on 
separate abstracts to the monthly return. 
1117. An extra issue of fifteen pounds of tallow or ten of sperm can- 
dles, per month, may be made to the principal guard of each camp and 
garrison, on the order of the commanding officer. Extra issues of soap, 
candles, and vinegar, are permitted to the hospital when the Surgeon 
does not avail himself of the commutation of the hospital rations, or 
when there is no hospital fund ; salt in small quantities may be issued 
for public horses and cattle. When the officers of the Medical Depart- 
mentfind anti-scorbutics necessary for the health of the troops, the com- 
manding officer may order issues of fresh vegetables, pickled onions, 
sour krcut, or molasses, with an extra quantity of rice and vinegar. 
(Potatoes are usually issued at the rate of one pound per ration, and 
onions at the rate of three bushels in lieu of one of beans.) Occasional 
issues (extra) of molasses are made-two quarts to one hundred 
rations-and of dried apples of from one to one and a half bushels to 
one hundred rations. Troops at sea are recommended to draw rice and 
an extra issue of molasses in lieu fff beans. When anti-scorbutics are 
issued, the medical officer will certify the necessity, and the circum- 
stances which cause it, upon the abstract of extra issues, (see Form 4). 
1118. When men leave their company, the rations they have drawn, 
and left with it, will be deducted from the next return for the company; 
a like rule when men are discharged from the hospital will govern the 
hospital return. 
1119. When subsistence cannot be issued by the Commissariat to re- 
cruiting parties, it will be procured by the officer in charge, on written 
contracts for complete rations, or wholesome board and lodging (see 
Form 25.) 
1120. The contractor will send, monthly or quarterly, as he may 
RECRUITING SERVICE. BUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
195 
choose, his account for rations issued, to the Commissary-General for 
payment vouched by the abstract of issues (Form 17) certified by the 
officer. 
1121. When convenience and economy require that the contract shall 
be for board and lodging, the officer in charge shall estimate the cost of 
the ration, for which the contractor shall be paid as before directed, and 
shall pay the amount due to lodging from the recruiting fund. 
1122. At temporary rendezvous, advertising may be dispensed with, 
and a contract made conditioned to be terminated at the pleasure of the 
officer or the Commissary-General. 
1123. The recruiting officer will be required, when convenient, to re- 
ceive and disburse the funds for the subsistence of his party, and to ren- 
der his accounts quarterly to the Commissary-General. 
1124. When a contract cannot be made, the recruiting officer may pay 
the necessary expenses of subsisting and boarding his party. 
1125. The expenses of subsistence at branch rendezvous, and all ex- 
penses of advertising for proposals, will be paid by the contractor at the 
principal station, and included in his accounts. 
1126. Issues of provisions will be made on the usual provision re- 
turns, and board will be furnished on a return showing the number of 
the party, the days, and dates. 
SUBSISTENCE TO OFFICERS. 
1127. An officer may draw subsistence stores, paying cash for them 
at contract or cost prices, without including cost of transportation, on his 
certificate that they are for his own use and the use of his family. These 
certified lists the commanding officer shall compare with the monthly 
abstracts of sales, which he shall countersign, (see Form 5.) The com- 
missary will enter the sales on his monthly return, and credit the 
money in his quarterly account current. 
1128. When the supplies warrant it, back rations may be drawn, if 
the full rations could not have been issued at the time ; except when 
soldiers have been sufficiently subsisted in lieu of the ration. The re- 
turn for back rations shall set out the facts, and the precise time when 
rations were not issued, or the troops otherwise sufficiently subsisted, 
which shall appear on the abstract of issues. 
BACK RATIONS. 
1129. When a soldier is detached on duty, and it is impracticable to 
carry his subsistence with him, it will be commuted nt seventy-five cents 
a day, to be paid by the commissary when due, or in advance, on the 
order of the commanding officer. The officer detaching the soldier will 
certify, on the voucher, that it is impracticable for him to carry his ra- 
tions, and the voucher will show on its face the nature and extent of the 
duty the soldier was ordered to perform. (See Form 18.) 
. 1130. The expenses of a soldier placed temporarily in a private hos- 
pital, on the advice of the senior Surgeon of the post or detachment, 
sanctioned by the commanding officer, will be paid by the Subsistence 
Department, not to exceed seventy-five cents a day. 
1131. The ration of a soldier stationed in a city, with no opportunity 
COMMUTATION OF RATIONS. 196 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
of messing, will be commuted at sixty cents. The rations of the non- 
commissioned regimental staff and Ordnance Sergeants, when they have 
no opportunity of messing, and of soldiers on furlough, or stationed 
where rations cannot be issued in kind, may be commuted at the cost or 
value of the ration at the post. 
1132. When a soldier on duty has necessarily paid for his own sub- 
sistence, he may be refunded the cost of the ration. When more than 
the cost of the ration is claimed, the account must be submitted to the 
Commissary-General. 
EXTRA-DUTY MEN. 
1133. The commanding officer will detail a suitable non-commissioned 
officer or soldier from extra duty, under the orders of the Commissary, 
and to be exempt from ordinary company and garrison duty. AH extra- 
duty men employed in the Commissiarat will be paid the regulated al- 
lowance (see Article XXXIX.) by the Commissary, if not paid extra 
pay in any other department. 
1134, Barrels, boxes, hides, tallow, &c., will be sold, and the proceeds 
credited in the quarterly account current. 
ACCOUNTS. 
1135. The following are the accounts and returns to be rendered to 
the Commissary-General: 
Monthly. 
Return of provisions and forage received and issued in the 
month, Form 1 
Invoices of subsistence stores received, . . . " 22 
Abstracts of issues to troops, &c. (See paragiaph 1116,) . " 2 
Abstract of issues to hospital, . . . . " 3 
Abstract of extra issues, . . . . . " 4 
Abstract of sales to officers, . . • . . " 5 
Abstract of purchases, without vouchers, , . . . " 8 
Receipts for subsistence transferred, . . . . " 24 
Summary statement of money received and expended during 
the month, . . . . . . . " 6 
Report of persons and articles employed and hired, . . " 20 
Quarterly. 
Account current, ...... Form 7 
Abstract of all purchases of provisions and forage during the 
quarter, . . . . . . . " 8 
Abstract of all expenditures in the quarter, except for pur- 
chase of provisions, and forage for cattle, (paragraph 1102,) " 9 
Consolidated abstract of sales to officers during the quarter, " 10 
Distinct abstract of other sales : 
Quarterly return of all property in the department, except pro- 
visions, and forage foi* cattle, . . . . " 12 
Estimate of funds required for next quarter, . . • " 11 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
197 
1136. The abstracts of issues will show the corps or detachment. 
When abstracts require more than one sheet, the sheets will be num- 
bered in series, and not pasted together; the total at the foot of each 
carried to the head of the next, &c., &c. 
1137. All lists of subsistence shall run in this o> der: meat, bread- 
stuff, rice and beans, coffee, sugar, vinegar, candles, soap, salt, anti- 
scorbutics, purchases for hospital, forage for cattle. 
1138. No charge for printing blanks, as forms, will be allowed. 
1139. A book will be kept by the Commissary at each post, in which 
will be entered the monthly returns of provisions received and issued, 
(Form 1.) It will show from what the purchases h we been made, and 
whether paid for. It is called the Commissary's b )ok, and will not be 
removed from the post. 
1140. When any officer in the Commissariat is rdieved, he will close 
his property accounts ; but money accounts will bi kept, open till the 
end of the quarter, unless he ceases to do duty in the department. 
1141. Commissaries of subsistence in charge of principal depots will 
render quarterly statements of the cost and quality of the ration, in all 
its parts, at their stations. 
NOTES. 
1. Stores longest on hand will be issued first. 
2. Armorers, carriage-makers and blacksmiths, of the Ordnance De- 
f>artment, are entitled to one and a half rations per day ; all other en- 
isted men, one ration. Laundresses, one ration. No hired person 
shall draw more than one ration. 
3. One ration a day may be issued to any person employed with the 
army, when the terms of his engagement require it, or on paying the 
full cost of the ration when he cannot otherwise procure food. 
4. Lamps and oil to light a fort or garrison are not allowed from the 
Subsistence Department. 
5. In purchasing pork for the Southern posts, a preference will be 
given to that which is put up in small pieces, say from four to six 
pounds each, and not very fat. 
6. As soldiers are expected to preserve, distribute, and cook their own 
subsistence, the hire of citizens for any of these duties is not allowed, 
except in extreme cases. The expenses of bakeries are paid from the 
post fund, to which the profits accrue by regulations, (see paragraph 
190) such as purchase of hops, yeast, furniture; as sieves, cloths, &c., 
and the hire of bakers. 'Ovens may be built or paid for by the Subsis- 
tence Department, but not bake houses. 
7. Mode of ascertaining the hospital ration: 100 complete rations con- 
sist of, say- 
Cost. 
32 rations of fresh beef is 40 lbs. at 4 cents, . $1 60 
68 " pork is 51 lbs. at 6 cents, . . . 3 06 
100 " flour is 112 lbs. at 2 cents, . . .2 25 
100 " beans is 8 quarts at 4 cents, . 32 ) 
or Jo 46 
100 " rice is 10 lbs. at 6 cents, . . 60 ) 
100 " coffee is 6 lbs. at 9 cents, . . . 0 54 198 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
100 rations of sugar is 12 lbs. at 8 cents, . . . 0 96 
100 " vinegar is 4 quarts at 5 cents, . . . 0 20 
100 " candles is 1| lbs. at 12 cents, . . . 0 18 
100 " soap is 4 lbs. at 6 cents 0 24 
100 " salt is 2 quarts at 3 cents, . . . 0 06 
Cost of one hundred rations . . $9 55 
or 9 cents 5 mills per ration. 
8. A box, 24 by 16 inches square, and 22 inches deep, will contain 
one barrel, or 10,752 cubic inches. 
9. A box, 16 by 16.8 inches square, and 8 inches deep, will contain 
one bushel, or 2150.4 cubic inches. 
10. A box, 8 by 8.4 inches square, and 8 inches deep, will contain one 
peck, or 537.6 cubic inches. 
11. A box, 7 by 4 inches square, and 4.8 inches deep, will contain a 
half gallon, or 131.4 cubic inches. 
12. A box, 4 by 4 inches square, and 4.2 inches deep, will contain one 
quart, or 67.2 cubic inches. 
13. One bushel of corn weighs . . . .56 pounds. 
" " wheat " . . . 60 " 
" " rye " • * . . 56 " 
" " buckwheat weighs . . . 52 " 
" " barley " . . . 48 " 
" " oats " . . 40 " 
" " beans " . . . 60 " 
" " potatoes " . . 60 " 
" " onions " . . 57 " 
" " dried peaches " . . . 33 " 
" " dried apples " . . . 22 " 
" " salt " 4 . 50 " 
Ten gallons pickled onions " . . 83 " 
" sour-krout " . . 81 " 
1142. Lieutenants, acting as Assistant Commissaries of Subsistence, 
are allowed $20 per month for such services, to be paid by the Pay De- 
partment, on accounts certified to by the Commissary General, to the 
effect that proper returns were rendered for the period charged for. 
1143. A Regimental or Depot Commissary of Subsistence may pur- 
chase, at first cost price, of the Captains or commanding officers of com- 
panies, in the service of the Confederate States, such articles or parts 
of the ration as are not drawn, nor consumed. But this applies only 
to such articles as were actually issued and not consumed, or would ac- 
tually have been issued, and does not apply to such parts of the ration 
as the Commissary does not habitually have on hand for issue. 
1144. The accounts for such purchases will be made in duplicate, 
(see Form No. 19, Subsistence Regulations,) and the articles will be 
taken up by the Commissary on his monthly return, as if it were an 
original purchase. The money paid to the Captains constitutes a com- 
pany fund. 
1145. 1st. Duplicate originals of all contracts on account of subsis- 
tence will be sent to this office through the principal Commissary of 
Subsistence of the Military Department in which the contract is made. 
The place of residence of each surety to the bond must be named therein SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
199 
with particularity. Where the form is prescribed it will be followed ; 
in all cases contracts must be drawn up and executed to meet the re- 
quirements of the law. Every contract, whether for services or for the 
furnishing of supplies, which contemplates a partial performance, from 
time to time, continuing until the whole duty is performed, or the whole 
delivery of the enumerated articles is effected, must provide in express 
terms for its earlier termination, if the Commissary-General shall so 
direct. 
1146. Estimates for funds must be rendered in duplicate. 
1147. In order to establish an invariable rule for ascertaining the nett 
weight of beef cattle received on the hoof, the following mode is adopted, 
and for the future, in all cases will be observed: 
1st. When practicable, cattle presented for acceptance must be 
weighed upon the scales. From the live weight of a steer, thus ascer- 
tained, his nett weight shall be determined by deducting forty-five per 
centum, when his gross weight exceeds thirteen hundred (1300) pounds, 
and fifty per centum when it is less than that, and not under eight hun- 
dred (800) pounds. 
2d. When it is impracticable to weigh upon the scales, one or more 
average steers must be selected, killed and dressed in the usual man- 
ner. The average nett weight of these (necks and shanks excluded) 
will be accepted as the average nett weight of the herd. In all written 
instruments for the delivery of cattle on the hoof, the manner pre- 
scribed above, for ascertaining nett weight, must, in express terms, be 
inserted ; in verbal agreements, it must be understood and accepted by 
the party delivering the cattle. Vouchers for the payment of cattle 
will state the manner pursued in determining their nett weight, except 
where payment has been made on the certificate of an officer, in which 
case the certificate will state the mode followed. 
3d. With a view to the prevention of losses, now so frequently occur- 
ring, from over-estimating the weight of cattle received on the hoof, 
the serious attention of officers and agents serving in this department is 
specially called to the exercise of greater care in the discharge of this 
important duty. 
1148. When fresh beef can be provided, so as to cost not more than 
6,} cents per pound, nett weight, or not more than an equivalent proportion 
of salt pork, it will be issued to the troops five times per week. When 
the circumstances are favorable, and it can be done with advantage to 
the Government, the Subsistence Department will keep beef cattle to 
supply the issues. 
. 1149. The following issues and substitutions maybe made: When, 
from excessive fatigue or exposure, the commanding officer may deem it 
necessary, he may direct the issue of whiskey to the enlisted men of 
his command, not to exceed a gill per man for each day. Tea may be 
issued in lieu of coffee, at the rate of one and a half pounds per one hun- 
dred rations. Two "issues" per week of "desiccated vegetables" 
may be made in lieu of "beans" or "rice." Potatoes andonions, 
when issued, will always be in lieu of rice or beans. Potatoes at the 
rate of a pound per ration ; onions at the rate of three pecks per hun- 
dred rations. 200 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 1. 
Return of Provisions received and issued at , during the month 
Confederate 
DATE. 
(1860.) 
| No. of Voucher. 
FROM WHOM RECEIVED. 
PORK. 
Barrels. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Balance on hand, as per last return, . 
Oct. 16 
1 
2d Lieut. J. R., 4th Infantry, A. A. C. S., 
" 30 
2 
H. C., agent subsistence department, 
" 31 
3 
Major T. W. L., C. S., C. S. A., 
" 31 
W. J. R., contractor for fresh beef, 
" 31 
Purchased this month, as per abstract, 
" 31 
Gained in issuing, ..... 
Total to be accour ted for, ..... 
Oct. 31 
1 
To troops (regulars) as per abstract, . 
" 31 
2 
To volunteers " " . 
" 31 
3 
To citizens in the Qr. Mr's. Dept., as per abstract, . 
" 31 
4 
To sick in hospital, as per abstract, . 
" 31 
5 
To extra issues, " " . 
To sales to officers, " " 
" 31 
6 
" 15 
7 
Capt. G. T. H., A. C. S., mil. service, 
H. P. C., Agent Subs. Dept., .... 
" 13 
8 
" 23 
9 
Capt. VV. W., A. Qr. M. for transportation, 
" 31 
10 
Wastage, as per certificate, .... 
Total issued, ...... 
Balance on hand, ...... SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
201 
of , 18-, by , Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, 
States Army. 
Form 1. 
| Pounds. 
FRESH BEEF. 
|| || | Ounces. 
'll || | Barrels. 
SALT BEEF. 
| Pounds. 
| Ounces. 
| Pounds. 
BACON. 
| Ounces. 
| Pounds. 
HAMS. 
| | | Ounces. 
| Barrels. 
1 
FLOUR. 
HARD BREAD. 
| Pounds. 
|| | | | Ounces. 
|| || | Pounds. 
|| || | Pounds. 
CORN MEAL. 
| Bushels. 
BEANS. 
|| || | Quarts. 
II II 1 Gills. 
| Pounds. 
RICE. 
| | | Ounces. 
| Pounds. 
COFFEE. 
|| || | Ounces. 
| Pounds. 
SUGAR. 
| | | Ounces. 
|| || | Pounds. 
CANDLES. 
| Ounces. 202 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 1.-Continued. 
II II 
Gallons. 
VINEGAR. 
II II 
Quarts. 
II II 
Gills. 
II II 
Pounds. 
SOAP. 
II II 
Ounces. 
II II 
Bushels. 
SALT. 
II II 
Quarts. 
II II 
Gills. 
II II 
Gallons. 
MOLASSES. 
II II 
Quarts. 
II II 
Barrels. 
KR0UT. 
II II 
Barrels. 
PICKLES. 
_l_l L_J . 
ll II 
Half Barrels. 
Kegs. 
ll ll 
Bushels. 
DRIED APPLES. 
ll ll 
Pounds. 
ll ll 
Pairs of. 
CHICKENS. 
ll ll 
Pounds. 
HAY. 
ll ll 
Bushels. 
CORN. 
1 
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A. J. 
Assistant Commissary. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
203 
Form 2. 
Abstract of Provisions issued from the 18 , to the 18 , to the Troops of the Confederate States sta- 
tioned at the post of , by , Commissary of Subsistence. 
Quantity in bulk, 
Total number of rations, 
Date. 
No. of return, 
No. of men. 
No. of women. 
No. of days drawn 
for. 
Commencing. 
Ending. 
Barrels. 
Pounds. 
Rations of pork. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of fresh 
beef. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of bacon. 
Barrels. 
Pounds. 
Rations of flour. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of hard 
bread. 
Bushels. 
Quarts. 
Rations of beans. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of rice. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of coffee. 
Pounds. 
Ou nces. 
Rations of sugar. 
Gallons. 
Quarts. 
Rations of 
Vinegar. 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of candles 
(sperm or tallow.) 
Pounds. 
Ounces. 
Rations of soap. 
Bushels. 
Quarts. 
Rations of salt. 
Names of companies 
or regiments. 
I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession, and 
find that they amount to rations of fresh beef, rations of pork, rations of bacon, 
rations of flour, rations of hard bread, rations of beans, rations of rice, rations of 
coffee, rations of sugar, rations of vinegar, rations of candles, (sperm or tallow,) 
rations of soap, rations of salt. 
, Commanding. 204 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 3. 
Abstract of Provisions issued from the to the day 
under the charge of , Assistant Surgeon 
Quantity in bulk, 
Total quantity issued, 
Total rations due hospital, 
| Number of return. 
to OS OO S CH 
| Number of Men. 
| No. of Women. 
00 
| Number of days drawn for. 
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to to to to ►-* 
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Commencing. 
Oct'r 25 
" 23 
" 25 
" 25 
" 30 
Ending. 
a 
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to ȣ 00 00 <=> 
Total number of rations due hospital. 
w | Barrels, 
g | Pounds. 
| Ounces. 
CO 
00 
co o o 
o o oo o 
Rations of Pork. 
RATIONS ACTUALLY REQUIRED FOR CONSUMPTION IN 
THE HOSPITAL. 
g | Pounds. 
§ 
168 
84 
300 
Rations of fresh beef. 
| Barrels. 
£ 1 Pounds. 
| Ounces. 
1433 
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M O 00 00 O 
Rations of flour. 
5 | Pounds. 
5 
5 1 
Rations of hard bread. 
| Pounds. 
o 
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§ 
Rations of rice. 
g | Pounds. 
co 
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Rations of coffee. 
g 1 Pounds. 
co 1 
£ | Ounces. 
1616 
£ Bsls o 
Rations of sugar. 
| Gallons. 
w | Quarts. 
M | Gills. 
00 
co 
CO Qi 
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Rations of vinegar. 
£ | Pounds. 
c., | Ounces. 
1532 
CO 00 Cfi o 0k. 
to £ oo oo o 
Rations of Candles. 
I certify, on honor, that I have carefully compared the above "abstract" with the 
seventy-eight rations of pork, five hundred and fifty-two rations of fresh beef, fourteen 
rations of rice, nine hundred and thirty-four rations of coffee, sixteen hundred and six - 
and thirty-two rations of candles, fifteen hundred and thirty-two rations of soap, eight 
purchases, amounting to two dollars and seventy-eight cents, were required by me for, 
consumption in the hospital. 
Compared with returns of men in hospital, and found correct. 
, Commanding. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
205 
Form 3. 
of , 18 , to men in Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana, 
C. S. Jlrmy, by Lieutenant J. T. J., 3rd Infantry, A. C. S. 
Remarks. 
A MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL FUND. 
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Or. By the following provisions at contract prices 
28314 pounds of pork, at 6 cents per pound, 
17 
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40 
40 
690 pounds of fresh beef, at 4 cents per pound, 
27 
60 
2 
1612}£ pounds of flour, at 2 cents per pound, 
32 
24% 
108 
108 
10 pounds of hard bread, at3% cts. per pound, 
35 
68 
900 
70 pounds of rice at 6 cents per pound, 
4 
20 
184 
56 pounds of coffee, at 9 cents per pound, 
5 
04 
32 
400 
193% pounds of sugar, at 8 cents per pound, 
15 
51 
10 
17% quarts of vinegar, at 5 cents per quart, 
85% 
100 
15 5-16 pounds of candles, at 12 cents per pound, 
1 
83% 
61% pounds of soap, at 6 cents per pound 
5 
3 
67% 
16% quarts of salt, at 3 cents per quart, 
50% 
12 gallons of molasses, at 28 cents per gallon. 
3 
36 
112 
18% 
J 532 
848 
12 
PURCHASED. 
2 pairs of chickens, at 87% cents per pair, 
1 
75 
4 quarts of milk, at 7 cents per quart, 
28 
3 dozen oranges, at 25 cents per dozen, 
75 
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Balance due this month, 
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original returns now in my possession, and find that they amount to three hundred and 
hundred and thirty-three rations of flour, ten rations of hard bread, seven hundred 
teen rations of sugar, four hundred and forty-eight rations of vinegar, fifteen hundred 
hundred and forty-eight rations of salt, and twelve gallons of molasses; and that the 
and issued to, the sick, and that the rations drawn in kind were actually required for 
(Duplicates.) 
J. C. J., Assistant Surgeon C. S. Army. 206 
Date. 
Number 
of 
return. 
Number 
of 
rations. 
Number of 
pounds 
of candles. 
Gallons of 
pickled 
onions. 
Bushels of 
dried 
apples. 
Remarks. 
Guard at - 
Sick of 
• 
1 
Anti-scorbutics. 
- 
* 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
I certify that the anti-scorbutics were necessary to the health of the troops, rendered so by the following circumstances : 
Surgeon. 
I certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession, and find that 
they amount to rations of and pounds of candles, and 
Commanding. 
Form 4. 
Abstract of extra issues to the troops at , during the month of , by , A. C. S. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
207 
AMOUNT. 
ARTICLES AND QUANTITIES SOLD. 
- 
- 
Dolls. 
Cents. 
pounds of pork, 
pounds of fresh beef, . 
barrels of flour, 
bushels of beans, 
pounds of soap, 
pounds of candles, 
bushels of salt, 
gallons of vinegar, 
pounds of sugar, 
pounds of coffee, 
Total, 
• 
• 
I certify that the above is a correct statement of all sales of subsistence stores made to officers at this post during the 
month of , 186 . Q. S. 
I certify that I have compared the above abstract with the officers' certified list of purchases for their own use and the 
use of their families, and find the abstract correct. 
Commanding. 
Form 5. 
Abstract of Provisions sold to officers al , during the month of , by , A. C. S. 208 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
To amount disbursed this month, 
To balance due the Confederate States, 
By balance as per last statement, . 
By cash received from the treasury of Con- 
federate States this month, 
By cash from agents, sales, &c., 
I certify that the above is a true statement of all moneys received and expended by me on account of subsistence 
during the month, and the balance is in . 
, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. 
Form 6. 
Monthly Summary Statement of Funds received and disbursed at , in , 186 . SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
209 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
By balance as per last statement, 
- 
- 
To amount disbursed per abstractor pur- 
156 
79 
chases, .... 
667 
18 
To amount disbursed per abstract of con- 
By cash received from Treasury of Con- 
tingences, .... 
300 
70 
federate States, 
1200 
00 
To amount turned over to Lieut. John 
By cash from sales to officers, . 
550 
10 
Forbes as per receipt, 
550 
00 
To balance due Confederate States, 
449 
00 
By cash from other sales, &c., . 
60 
00 
1966 
88 
1966 
88 
. _ 
Form 7. 
Dr. The Confederate Slates, on account of Army Subsistence, in the quarter ending the day of Cr. 
186 , in account with Lieutenant , Regiment Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at 
I certify that the above account current exhibits an accurate and true statement of all money received and expended 
by me on account of the subsistence of the army, not heretofore accounted for ; and that the balance of dollars and 
cents is due from , and is deposited in in funds. 
, A. B., Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. 210 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
Number. 
Total amount, . . . , . • I 
From whom purchased. 
- 
Pounds. 
Fresh Beef. 
Barrels. 
Pork. 
- 
Barrels. 
Bushels. 
Flour. 
Beans. 
Pounds. 
Rice. 
Pounds. 
Coffee. 
Pounds. 
Sugar. 
Gallons. 
Vinegar. 
Pounds. 
Candles. 
Pounds. 
Soap. 
Bushels. 
Salt. 
Pairs of. 
Chickens. 
Pounds. 
Hay. 
Bushels. 
Corn. 
Dollars. 
Amount. 
Cents. 
I certify that the purchases were made agreeably to the above abstract, and that the sums were actually paid as 
•harged ; and also that I was wholly uninterested in the purchases, and that the articles were purchased at the lowest 
market price. 
A. B., Lieut. Regt., and A. C. S. 
Form 8. 
Abstract of Purchases made on account of Subsistence of the Army, by , at , in the quarter ending SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
211 
Form 9. 
Abstract of Disbursements, on account of contingencies, by Lieut. , Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, in the 
quarter ending the day of , 186 . 
Date. 
Number 
of 
voucher. 
To whom paid. 
On what account. 
Remarks. 
Amount. 
Commutation of rations. 
Weights and measures. 
Clerk, .... 
Stationery 
Per diem to extra-duty men. 
By authority, October 16. 
, Lieut., Reg't, 
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. 212 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS, 
Month. 
Fresh beef, pounds of. 
Bacon pounds of. 
Pork, pounds of. 
Salt beef, pounds of. 
| Flour, pounds of. 
Coffee, pounds of. 
Sugar, pounds of. 
Hard bread, pounds of. 
Rice, pounds of. 
Candles, pounds of. 
Soap, pounds of. 
Salt, quarts of. 
Vinegar, gallons of. 
TOTAL 
AMOUNT. 
Remarks. 
Total, 
Price, 
Pounds of fresh beef, at 
Pounds of bacon, at . 
Pounds of pork, at 
Pounds of salt beef, at 
Pounds of flour, at 
Pounds of coffee, at . 
Pounds of sugar, at . 
Pounds of hard bread,at 
Pounds of rice, at 
Pounds of candles, at . 
Pounds of soap, at 
- • , Commissary. 
Form 10. 
Consolidated Abstract of Provisions sold to officers at , in the quarter ending , by , A. C. S. 
I certify that the above is correct. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
213 
Form 11. 
Estimate of funds required, for purchasing Fresh, Beef, and for contingences for the troops stationed at . for the 
quarter ending , 18 . 
Troops. 
Strength. 
Number of weeks. 
| Number of rations 
per week. 
| Number of pounds 
per week. 
Total number of 
pounds required. 
1 • 1 
| Price per pound.| 
* 
Total amount. 
Stationery. 
Hospital. 
Total amount 
required. 
Remarks. 
Cts. 
Dois 
Cts. 
Dois 
Dois 
Dois 
Cts. 
Company of , 
Hospital contingencies, . . 
Amount, .... 
Deduct the probable amount 
hat v 
/ill rc 
smain 
on 1 
and, 
quart 
er en 
ding 
Total amount required to meet the expenditures in the quarter ending 
, Cotnmisssary. 214 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 12. 
Return of Commissary Property received, issued, and remaining on hand, at , during the quarter ending the day 
of , 186 , by , A. C. S. 
<D 
O 
Stationery. 
Office Furniture. 
Scales, Weights, Etc. 
Tools. 
From whom received. 
Date. 
No. of vou 
On hand per last return, 
Received from Lieut. Hall, 
Total to be accounted for, 
Turned over to Capt. Johns, 
Total issued and expended, . 
Remaining on hand, 
I certify that the above return is correct, and that the articles specified were actually and necessarily expended in the 
public service. 215 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-EORMS. 
Form 13. 
Provision Return for Captain , Company , Regiment , for days, commencing , and end' 
inq 
Post or Station. 
1 
Number of men. 
1 
Number of women. 
1 
Total. 
1 
Number of days. 
1 
Number of rations. 
Fresh beef. 
1 
Pork. 
1 
Flour. 
1 
Beans. 
1 
Rice. 
1 
Coffee. 
1 
Sugar. 
V 
C/3 
1 
Vinegar. 
O 
1 
Candles. 
1 
Soap. 
1 
Salt. 
5 
g 
s 
, Commanding Company. 
The A. C. S. will issue agreeably to the above return. 
, Commanding Post. 216 
Post or Station. 
Number of men. 
1 
Number of women. 
1 
Total. 
1 
Number of days. 
Number of rations 
1 
Fresh beef. 
1 
Pork. 
1 
Flour. 
1 
Beans. 
1 
Rice. 
p 
1 
Coffee. 
o' 
Sugar. 
B 
ca 
1 
Vinegar. 
O, 
Candles. 
1 
Soap. 
Salt. 
I 1 
1 ° 
* 
5 
S 
5 
P 
id 
o 
5 
p 
2 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
, Commanding Regiment. 
The A. C. S. will issue on the above return. 
, Commanding Officer. 
Form 14. 
Consolidated Provision Return for Regiment of , for days, commencing , anding 217 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Personally appeared before me, , inspector for said county, and made oath that, at the request of the par- 
ties concerned, he inspected the quality of provisions below enumerated, delivered as supplies for the troops at Fort 
, on the contract of , for the year , and found them to be of the quantity and quality undermentioned: 
barrels of corn-fed pork, excluding the parts directed in the contract, and in quality as therein designated. 
barrels of superfine flour. 
bushels of good sound beans. 
gallons of good cider or wine vinegar. 
pounds of good hard soap. 
pounds of tallow candles with cotton wicks. 
bushels of clean dry salt. 
S. T., Inspector. 
A. B., Justice of the Peace. 
Received, Fort , 10th August, 1861, the provisions above enumerated. 
C. D., Lieut, and A. C. S. 
Form 15. 
Form of Commissary's Receipt to Contractors. 
Sworn and subscribed before me 
this day of . 
County of , 
Slate of , 218 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Dr. The Confederate States, 
To , Special Contractor. 
» 
For rations issued to recruits under the command of , at , from - to , as per accompanying 
abstract: 
Complete rations, at cents, . $ 
lbs. extra soap, at cents, 
lbs. extra candles, at cents . 
Due contractor, $ 
.Received from the Confederate States, (or Lieutenant B., recruiting officer,) dollars and cents, in full of 
the above account. 
, Special Contractor. 
Form 16. 
10 219 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 17. 
Abstract of Rations issued to recruits stationed at , under command of ,from to , bij 
special contract. 
Date. 
No. of 
return. 
No. of men. 
No. of 
women. 
Commencing. 
Ending. 
No. of days 
drawn for. 
No. of com- 
plete rations. 
Remarks. 
Total 
number of 
complete 
rations, 
I certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession, and they 
amount to complete rations. 
Recruiting Officer. 220 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
1861. 
June 30. 
For commutation of rations while on 
detached service, returning to his branch rendezvous, en 
route from 
per day, 
to 
from the 8th to the 12th June, 1861-five days, at 75 cents 
$ 3 
75 
Form 18. 
The Confederate States 
To Sergeant James McMullen, Dr. 
I certify that the above account is correct; that the commutation was made by my order, and was necessary for the 
public service, it being impracticable to take rations in kind. 
■, Recruiting Officer. 
Received at , 30th June, 1861, from , three dollars and seventy-five cent®, in full of the above. 
james h. McMullen. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
221 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
(The place 
For 100 barrels flour (a) . . . . 
$6 00 
600 
00 
and time oi 
purchase.) 
" 500 pounds bacon 0 . . . . 
10 
50 
00 
$650 
00 
I certify that the above account is correct and just, and that the articles were (or will be) accounted for on my returns 
for the month of , 1861, and that the purchases, were made by order of (state by whom) 
Signed C. D. (rank), Commissary of Subsistence. 
(Duplicates.) 
Receive 1 at , on the of , 1861, of , Commissary of Subsistence C. S. A., dol- 
lars cents, in full of the above account. 
(Signed) "A. B." 
Note.-When the officer making the purchases does not pay the account, he will add that statement to the certificate and 
state the cause of non-payment. 
Form 19. 
I 
The Confederate States 
To A. B. Dr. 222 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 20. 
Report of Persons and Articles employed and hired at , du 
| Running numbers. 
| Number of each class.| 
Names of per- 
sons and arti- 
cles hired. 
Designation 
and 
occupation. 
Service during 
the month. 
Rate of hire or 
compensation. 
Date of con- 
tract,agree- 
ment or en- 
try into ser- 
vice. 
Amount. 
Day 
or 
m'th. 
s 
o 
6 
| Days. 
Dois 
Cts. 
1 
1 
House, 3 rooms, 
Quarters, 
Store-house, 
1 
31 
31 
40 
00 
M'th. 
July 1, 1861, 
2 
2 
House, 4 rooms, 
3 
31 
29 
31 
00 
M'th, 
Dec. 3, 1860, 
3 
3 
House, 2 rooms, 
Guard, 
i 
31 
31 
10 
00 
M'th, 
Dec. 3, 1860, 
1 
1 
Charles James, 
Clerk, 
1 
31 
31 
83 
33 
M'th, 
May 3, 1861, 
2 
1 
John Johns, 
Slave Tom, 
Store-keeper. 
7 
10 
4 
50 
00 
M'th, 
June4, 1861, 
3 
1 
Messenger, 
7 
12 
6 
20 
00 
M'th, 
Jan. 1, 1861, 
4 
1 
Peter Jones, 
Laborer, 
22 
31 
7 
30 
00 
M'th, 
Dec. 3, 1860, 
5 
1 
M. Murphy, 
Laborer, 
1 
31 
31 
30 
00 
M'th, 
Jan. 7, 1861, 
Amount of rent and hire during the month, . 
I certify on honor that the above is a true report of all the persons 
and that the observations under tire head of remarks and the statement of 
Examined: (duplicates.) 
C. D., Commanding. 
Note.-Houses must not be hired except in. cases where they cannot be 
monthly.) SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
223 
Form 20. 
ring the month of , 186 , l>y Capt. A. B., A. C. 8., C. S. A. 
By whom 
owned. 
Amount of pay 
or rent in the 
month. 
Remarks,showing by whom 
the buildings were occu- 
pied and for what pur- 
pose, and hovz the men 
were employed during 
the month. (Transfers 
and discharges noticed 
under this head.) 
Time 
and re 
and am 
mainin 
ount due 
j unpaid. 
AMOUNT. 
CfJ 
o 
A 
(Z 
o 
F ro m 
1860 
To 
1861 
Dois 
d 
A. Brewer, 
B. Gott, 
C. Robinson, 
N 0 Anderson 
40 
29 
10 
83 
6 
4 
7 
30 
00 
00 
00 
33 
66 
00 
00 
00 
Major 3d Infantry, 
Subsistence store and office 
Guard for sub. stores. 
Office of A. C. S., C. S. A. 
By order Commiss'y Gen'l. 
CC ll li 
ll ll ll 
ll ll ll 
Dec. 1, 
Dec. 3, 
Jan 31, 
Jan 31, 
80 
60 
00 
00 
209 
99 
Total amount due and unpaid. 
140 
00 
and articles employed and hired by me during the month of , 186 , 
amounts due and remaining unpaid are correct. 
A. B., Capt. and A. C. 8. 
furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. (This report to be rendered 221 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 21. 
We the undersigned, do hereby acknowledge to have received of Capt. A. B. the sums set opposite our names respec- 
tively, it being in full for services for the time stated. 
Date. 
Names. 
Occupation. 
Time. 
Rate of 
Hire. 
Amount. 
Signatures. , 
Witness. , 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Aug. 31. 
N. 0. Anderson. 
Clerk. 
1 mo. 
83 
33 
83 
33 
N. O. Anderson. 
John James. 
Store-keeper. 
1 mo. 
50 
00 
50 
00 
John James. 
Tom (slave) 
Messenger. 
1 mo. 
20 
00 
20 
00 
A S. Brewer (owner). 
N. O. Anderson, 
Jim (slave) 
• 
Laborer. 
15 days. 
1 
\ 
00 
15 
00 
John Smith (owner). 
[Clerk. 
I certify that the above Roll is correct and just, and that the services were actually rendered as stated, and were ne- 
cessary for the public service. 
(Duplicates.) 
Note.-This is a voucher of abstract of Disbursements (Form 9). SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
225 
I certify that I have this day transferred to , Commissary of Subsistence C. S. Army, the articles specified in 
the loregoing list. 
(Signed) A. B., (rank,) 
(Duplicates.) Commissary of Subsistence. 
Note.-Duplicates to be given. When no invoices are received, the receiving officer will substitute for this form of 
voucher a list of the stores received, certified to by himself. When the person sending the articles without invoice is 
known, it will be entered in his name. 
Form 22. 
Invoice of Subsistence Stores (Provisions') delivered by , to ,at , on the day of . 186 . 
Number and quan- 
tity. 
Articles. 
Cost. 
Condition when transferred. 
Remarks. 
500 Darrels. 
Pork, 
$20 per barrel, 
Good, 
Well coopered. 
200 " 
Flour, 
$6 " " 
Cl 
Superfine, (well coopered). 
390 lb. 10 oz. 
Bacon, 
12 cents per lb. 
cc 
Loose, or in boxes or casks. 226 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 23. 
Invoice of Commissary Preoperty Measures, Scales, &c., d?c.) delivered l>y , to , 
at , on this day of , J 86 
Number and quantity. 
Articles. 
Cost. 
Condition when 
transferred. 
Remarks. 
6 reams, 
Letter paper, 
$2 per ream, 
New. 
2 " 
Cap 
$1.50 per ream, 
Il 
5 setts, 
Dry measures, 
$3 per sett, 
Half worn. 
5 " 
Liquid measures, 
$2 " " 
Worn out. 
12 (twelve), 
Faucetts, 
12 cents each, 
New. 
4 (four), 
Molasses gates, 
25 " " 
cc 
6 (six), 
Butcher knives. 
37 " " 
IC 
I certify that I have this day transferred to , Commissary of Subsistence C. S. Army, the articles specified in 
the foregoing list. 
(Signed) A. B., 
(Duplicates.) (rank,) Commissary of Subsistence. 
Note.-Same as an invoice of stores. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
227 
Form 24. 
Received at , the day of , 186 , of , Commissary of Subsistence, the fol- 
lowing articles of Subsistence Stores (Provisions'). 
Number or quantity. 
Articles. 
Condition. 
Remarks. 
100 barrels, 
300 " 
1,000 pounds, 
Pork, 
Flour, 
Bacon, 
In good order, 
cc cc 
cc. cc. 
1 
(Signed) A. B., 
(Duplicate.) (rank,) Commissary of Subsistence. 
Note.-To be given in duplicate. 228 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
I certify that the above is a true list of per.-ons and articles transferred by me to , at , on the 
day of , 186 , and that the periods of service, rates of hire or compensation and amounts due are 
correctly stated. 
Note.-To be given in duplicate, by the officer transferring the charge of a depot or station. 
Form 25. 
Descriptive List of Persons and Articles employed and hired in the Commissary's Department, and transferred by , 
at , to , Assistant Commissary C. S. A., at , on the day of , 186 . 
0 
02 
O 
s 
<D 
o 
6 
Articles and 
names 
of persons. 
Designation 
and 
occupation. 
Period for which pay 
is due. 
Rate of hire or 
compensation. 
Amount 
due. 
Date of con- 
tract, agree- 
ment. or entry 
into service. 
By whom 
owned and 
where. 
Remarks. 
From- 
1 
o 
b 
Month. 
Days. 
Dollars. 
co 
O 
o 
Month 
or day. 
Dollars. 
Cents. 
Total 
amount due, 
• 229 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMTNT-FORMS. 
Form 26. 
Articles of Agreement made and entered into tins day of , 
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty- , between , 
an officer in the Confederate Army, on the one part, and , of the 
county of , and State of , of the other part. 
This agreement witnesseth, That the said , for and on behalf of the 
Confederate States of America, and the said heirs, executors and ad- 
ministrators, have covenanted and agreed, and by these presents do mu- 
tually covenant and agree, to and with each other, as follows, viz : 
First. That the said heirs, executors and administrators shall sup- 
ply, or cause to be supplied and issued, at , all the rations, to con- 
sist of the articles hereinafter specified, that shall be required for the use 
of the Confederate States recruits stationed at the place aforesaid, com- 
mencing on the day of , one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty- , and ending on the day of , eighteen hundred and 
, or such earlier day as the Commissary General may direct, at the 
price of cents mills lor each complete ration. 
Second. That the ration to be furnished by virtue of this contract shall 
consist of the following articles, viz : One and a quarter pounds of fresh 
beef, or three-quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread 
or flour, and at the rate of eight quarts of beans or ten pounds of rice, six 
pounds of coffee, twelve pounds of sugar, four quarts of vinegar, one and a 
half pounds of tallow, or one pound of sperm candles, four pounds of soap, 
and two quarts of salt, to every hundred rations, or the contractor shall 
furnish the men with good and wholesome board and lodgings, at the op- 
tion of the recruiting officer ; and the recruiting party shall have the pri- 
vilege of hanging out a flag from the place of rendezvous. 
Third. That fresh beef shall be issued at least twice in each week, if 
required by the commanding officer. 
Fourth. It is clearly understood that the provisions stipulated to be fur- 
nished and delivered under this contract shall be of the first quality. 
Fifth. Should any difficulty arise respecting the quality of the provis- 
ions stipulated to be delivered under this contract, then the commanding 
officer is to appoint a disinterested person, to meet one of the same de- 
scription to be appointed by the contractor. These two, thus appointed, 
will have power to decide on the quality of the provisions; but should 
they disagree, then a third person is to be chosen by the two already ap- 
pointed, the whole to act under oath, and the opinion of the majority to be 
final in the case. 
Witness, 230 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 27. 
Articles of Agreement made this day of , eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty- , between , Assistant Commissary of Subsis- 
tence in the service of the Confederate States of America, of the one part, 
and , of , in the State of , of the other part. 
This agreement witnesseth, That the said , for and on behalf of the 
Confederate States of America, and the said , for himself, his heirs, 
executors and administrators, have mutually agreed, and by these presents 
do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, in manner fol- 
lowing, viz : 
First. That the said shall deliver at , fresh beef of a good 
and wholesome quality, in quarters, with an equal proportion ot each, 
(necks and shanks to be excluded,) in such quantities as may be from 
time to time required for the troops, not exceeding thrice in each week, 
on such days as shall be designated by the Assistant Commissary of Sub- 
sistence. 
This contract to be in force for months, or such less time as the 
Commissary-General may direct, commencing on the day of , 
eighteen hundred and sixty- 
Second. The said shall receive cents and mills per 
pound for every pound of fresh beef delivered and accepted under this con- 
tract. 
Third. Payment shall be made monthly for the amount of fresh beef fur- 
nished under this contract ; but in the event of the Assistant Commissary 
of Subsistence being without funds, then payment to be made as soon af- 
ter as funds may be received for that purpose. 
Fourth. That whenever and as often as the beef specified to be issued by 
this contract shall, in the opinion of the commanding officer, be unfit for 
issue, or of a quality inferior to that required by the contract, a survey 
shall be held thereon by two officers, to be designated by the command- 
ing officer; and in case of disagreement, a third person shall be chosen by 
those two officers; the three thus appointed and chosen shall have power 
to reject such parts or the whole of the fresh beef us to them appear unfit 
for issue, or of a quality inferior to that contracted for. 
Fifth. That in case of failure or deficiency in the quality or quantity of 
the fresh beef stipulated to be delivered, then the Assistant Commissary of 
Subsistence shall have power to supply the deficiency by purchase ; and 
the said will be charged with the difference of cost. 
In witness whereof, the undersigned lave hereunto placed their hands 
and seals, the day and date above written. 
Witness, 231 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Know all men by these presents : That we, and , are held 
and firmly bound to the Confederate States of America in the sum of 
dollars, lawful money of the Confederate States ; for which payment well 
and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of 
pur heirs, executors and administrators, for and in the whole, jointly and 
severally, firmly by these presents. 
Sealed with our seals, dated the day of , in the year of our 
Lord eighteen hundred and sixty- 
The nature of this obligation is such, That if the above bounden , 
heirs, executors and administrators, or any of them, shall and do in all 
things well and truly observe, perform, fulfill, accomplish and keep, all 
and singular, the covenants, conditions ahd agreements whatsoever, 
which, on the part of the said , heirs, executors or administrators, 
are or ought to be observed, performe ', fulfilled, accomplished and kept, 
comprised or mentioned in certain articles of agreement 01 contract, bear- 
ing date , one thousand eight hundred and sixty- , between 
and the said , concerning the supply and delivery of fresh 
beef to the troops at , or rations to recruits at , according to 
the true inteni and meaning of the said articles of agreement or contract, 
then the above obligation to be void ; otherwise to remain in full force 
and virtue. 
Witnesses, 
Form 28. 232 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
Number of ra- 
tions. 
Tare in 
pounds. 
Nett weight in 
pounds. 
Gross weight in 
pounds. 
Bulk in bar- 
rels. 
Kind of ration. 
1000 
655.9301 
2391.25 
3047.1801 
11.8224 
Pork, flour, beans, and small 
rations. 
1 
.6559 
2.3912 
3.0471 
.01182 
Do. do. 
do. 
do. 
1000 
402.9968 
2016.25 
2419.2468 
16.2656 
Bread, (12 oz.) bacon and 
do. 
1 
.4029 
2 0162 
2.4 192 
.01626 
Do. do. 
do. 
do. 
1000 
460.2257 
2266.25 
2726.4757 
19.2827 
Bread, (16 oz.) 
do. 
do. 
1 
.4662 
2.2662 
2.7264 
.01928 
Do. do. 
do. 
do. 
'Pork, 
468.75 
750. 
1218.75 
3.75 
Bacon, 
153.1861 
750. 
903.1861 
4.9019 
Vi 
Flour, 
109.0561 
1125. 
1234.0561 
5.7397 
C 
O 
Pilot bread, . 
171.6867 
750. 
921.6867 
9.031 
J lb. to one ration. 
rt 
Do. 
228.9156 
1000. 
1228.9156 
12.048 
1 lb. " 
Beans, 
22.3187 
155. 
177.3187 
0.7142 
nJ 
£ 
Rice, 
14.5 
100. 
114.5 
0.4629 
cd 
Vi 
Coffee, 
10.901 
60. 
70.901 
0.3488 
o 
Sugar, 
15.625 
120. 
135.625 
0.5 
Vinegar, 
15. 
92.5 
107.5 
0.333 
<D 
c 
Candles, 
2.5 
15. 
17.5 
0.0925 
Tallow candles. 
c 
Soap, 
6.8965 
40. 
46.S962 
0.1877 
Salt, 
4.8828 
33.75 
38.6328 
0.1562 
By A. B. 
E. 
Table showing the Weight and Bulk of Rations. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 
233 
RATION TABLE 
Of Desiccated Potatoes, and Desiccated and Mixed Vegetables, from 1 
to 100,000. 
Desiccated Potatoes. 
Desiccated and Mixet 
I Vegetables. 
No. 
lbs. 
oz 
1 
Too 
No. 
lbs. 
OZ 
1 
100 
1 
■ 
1 
41 
1 
88 
2 
2 
82 
2 
1 
76 
3 
4 
23 
3 
2 
64 
4 
5 
64 
4 
3 
52 
5 
7 
05 
5 
4 
40 
6 
8 
46 
6 
5 
28 
7 
9 
87 
7 
6 
16 
8 
11 
28 
8 
7 
04 
9 
12 
69 
9 
7 
92 
10 
1 1 
10 
10 
8 
80 
20 
1 
12 
20 
20 
1 
1 
60 
30 
2 
10 
30 
30 
1 
10 
40 
• 40 
3 
8 
40 
40 
2 
3 
21 
50 
4 
6 
50 
50 
2 
14 
00 
60 
5 
4 
60 
60 
2 
4 
80 
70 
6 
2 
70 
70 
3 
13 
60 
80 
7 
0 
80 
80 
4 
6 
40 
9D 
7 
14 
90 
90 
4 
15 
20 
100 
8 
13 
00 
100 
5 
8 
00 
1,000 
' 8 
2 
00 
1,000 
55 
00 
00 
10,000 
881 
4 
00 
10.000 
550 
00 
00 
100,000 
8,812 
8 
00 
100,000 
5,500 
00 
00 234 
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Table Showing the Quantity in Bulk or 
O O 
o'o o 
-' 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ z _. _ _ _ -r v - • ~ - Lr << - 
Number 
of 
Rations. 
<U w 
Barrels. 
hd 
o 
w 
w 
O C CT < O (O CT O tO CT O a C> £*■ W C3 W 
Pounds. 
00 00 00 00 CO to kUQCiO kU oo to 
Ounces. 
to >-* 
0*1 JO J- • 
GMO >- W 
o o o d o o /v o to o co a o w to 
Pounds. 
Beef. 
00 CO 00 00 CO -U to CO vU. co 00 
Ounces. 
o 
CO 3 or 
Barrels. 
o 
a 
w 
to GO O'T to O CO <! o CT W to o 'O <1 Ci CT CW M 
Pounds. 
oo .u w a> ax to oo itx to w o oo a » 
Ounces. 
o to 
O C3 to 
Bushels. 
Beans. 
O 00 <1- O CT O O W W - 
Quarts. 
w w £. a> 
ai to bo iK C5 to oo jx <i (-■ oo to ci io to a> 
OOOO 
Gills. 
O 1- 
go I-* 
oooooooooc^-t-wto-' 
Pounds. 
W 
a 
tel 
kU-tO^-CDOOCi^COt-1 
bo to bi b ii. bo io a 
Ounces. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
235 
any Number of Rations, from 1 to 100,000. 
' - V 
O Ci 
o o o 
Pounds. 
Coffee. 
05 (Cj CO CO CltOCCtOOOOOlWifeWM'-'O 
ip. bo io 05 it. bo io 05 05 ©5 <1 ij bo bo bo 'r co 
o o o <** o o ~ r it» <r r a o t oo '■ o 
Ounces. 
►- 
p 
oTc 
O O JO H 
o o C1 ic c e oo < o w jo 
Pounds. 
Sugar. 
eO CO 05 CO »©PWHOIWM©_<|OICOI- 
bo os ib- t© bo 05 io io co b> esc 05 <i bo co 
OOOO O C O' C 05 4- <O C 05 O 4- (O 
Ounces. 
§ O (-* 
Gallons. 
Vinegar. 
CO CO JO JO JO F-1 
Quarts. 
42 <- a w 
bo 05 - io co o. o- <o co bi io co io io co <05 co 
OOOO 000005054210000042(0 
Gills. 
t-' 
Pounds. 
Candles. 
pc p CO p p p < W M H r4 H M p p O p 
obijob)Juob>jocoJuJ- 
OOOOOOOOOOCiJOGOUOOiJOGOU 
Ounces. 
Pounds. 
Soap. 
CO CO t© 02 ©_M»pOIOl42WW»(-'>- o 
05 io bo 4- 05 io C0 Xi <t iu bo io b( CO io 05 
OOOO O O O 005 (O 00 -u o 05 co 00 442 
Ounces. 
S 05 
Bushels. 
Salt. 
h-t CO 
•-* 
Quarts. 
P w M O p p p P p p p p p p 
go jo bi Ju cc jo bi jo o bo b> Ju co J-> 
OOOO 
Gills. 236 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
ARTICLE XLIII. 
1150. The Surgeon General is charged with the administrative details 
of the medical department, the government of hospitals, the regulation 
of the duties of surgeons and assistant surgeons, and the appointment 
of acting medical officers, when needed, for local or detached service. 
He will issue orders and instructions relating to the professional duties 
of medical officers; and all communications from them, which require 
his action, will be made directly to him. 
1151. The Medical Director of an army corps will have the general 
control of the medical officers. 
1152. The Medical Director will inspect the hospitals under his con- 
trol, and see that the rules and regulations with regard to them and the 
duties of the surgeons and assistant surgeons are enforced. 
1153. He will examine the case books, prescription and diet books, 
and ascertain the nature of diseases which may have prevailed, and 
their probable causes ; recommend the best method of prevention, and 
also make such suggestions relative to the situation, construction and 
economy of the hospitals, and to the police of the camps, as may appear 
necessary for the benefit and comfort of the sick, and the good of the ser- 
vice. 
1154. From the monthly reports of the medical officers of the com- 
mand (Form 1), he will make to the Surgeon General a consolidated 
monthly report of the sick and wounded. 
1155. He will make to the Surgeon General a monthly return (Form 
2) of the medical officers of the command. 
1156. The Medical Purveyor will, under the direction of the Surgeon 
General, purchase all medical and hospital supplies required for the 
medical department of the army. 
1157. Medical Purveyors will make to the Surgeon General, at the 
end of each fiscal quarter, returns in duplicate (Form 3,) of medical 
supplies received, issued, and remaining on hand, stating to whom, or 
from whom, and when and where issued or received. Other medical 
officers in charge of medical supplies will make similar returns semi- 
annually, on the 30th of June and the 31st of December; and all medi- 
cal officers will make them when relieved from the duty to which their 
returns relate. The returns will show the condition of the stores, and 
particularly of the instruments, bedding, and furniture. Medical pur- 
veyors will furnish abstracts of receipts and issues, with their returns, 
(Form 4). 
1158. Medical disbursing officers will, at the end of each fiscal quar- 
ter, render to the Surgeon General, in duplicate, a quarterly account 
current of moneys received and expended, with the proper vouchers for 
the payments, and certificates that the services have been rendered and 
the supplies purchased and received for the medical service, and trans- 
mit to him an estimate of the funds required for the next quarter. 
1159. The medical supplies for the army are prescribed in the Stand- 
ard Supply Tables for Hospitals and Field Service. 
1160. Medical and hospital supplies will be obtained by making re- 
quisitions, in duplicate (Form 5), on the Surgeon General, forwarding 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
237 
them through the Medical Director of the command. If an army be in 
the field, and there be a Medical Purveyor in charge of supplies, requi- 
sitions will be made on him, after receiving the approval of the IMedi- 
cal Director. The quantities on hand, of the articles wanted, must be 
stated in all requisitions. 
1161. When it is necessary to purchase medical supplies, those which 
are indispensable may be procured by the quartermaster, if recourse 
cannot be bad to a medical disbursing officer, on a special requisition 
(Forpi 6), and account (Form ?)• 
1162. In every case of special requisition, a duplicate of the requisi- 
tion shall, at the same time, be transmitted to the Surgeon General for 
his information. 
1163. An officer transferring medical supplies, will fnrnih a certified 
invoice to the officer who is to receive them, and transmit a duplicate 
of it to the Surgeon General. The receiving officer will transmit du- 
plicate receipts (specifying articles and quantities) to the Surgeon Gen- 
eral, with a report of the qualit and condition of the supplies, and re- 
port the same to the issuing officer. A medical officer who.turns over 
medical supplies to a quartermaster for storage or transportation, will 
forward to the Surgeon General, with the invoice, the quartermaster's 
receipts for the packages. 
1164. Medical officers will take up and account for all medical sup- 
plies of the army that come into their possession, and report, when they 
know it, to whose account they are to be credited. 
" 1165. Medical supplies are not to be detained or diverted from their des- 
tination, except in cases of absolute necessity, by commanding generals, 
who will promptly report the circumstances to the Adjutant General, that 
orders may be given for supplying the deficiency ; and the medical offi- 
cer receiving them will immediately report the fact to the Surgeon Gen- 
eral ; and, also, when practicable, notify the officer for whom they were 
intended. 
1166. In all official lists of medical supplies, the articles will be en- 
tered in the order of the Supply Tables. 
1167. The senior medical officer of each post, regiment, or detach- 
ment, will, with the approbation of the commanding officer, select a 
suitable site for the erection of a hospital, or of hospital tents. 
1168. The senior medical officer of a hospital will distribute the pa- 
tients, according to convenience, and the nature of their complaints, into 
wards or divisions, under the particular charge of the several assistant 
surgeons, and will visit them himself each day as frequently as the 
state of the sick may require, accompanied by the assistant, steward, 
and nurse. 
1169. His prescriptions of medicine and diet are to be written down 
at once in the proper book, with the name of the patient and the num- 
ber of his bed ; the assistants will fill up the diet table for the day, and 
direct the administration of the prescribed medicines. He will detail an 
assistant surgeon to remain at the hospital day and night, when the 
state of the sick requires it. 
1170. In distributing the duties of his assistants, he will ordinarily 
require tae aid of one in the care and preparation of the hospital re- 
ports, registers, and records, the rolls, and descriptive lists ; and of an- 
other, in the charge of the dispensary, instruments, medicines, hospital 238 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
expenditures, and the preparation of the requisitions and annual re- 
turns. 
1171. He will enforce the proper hospital regulations to promote 
health and prevent contagion, by ventilated and not crowded rooms, 
scrupulous cleanliness, frequent changes of bedding and linen, occa- 
sional refilling of the bed sacks and pillow ticks with fresh straw, reg- 
ularity in meals, attention to cooking, &c. 
1172. He will cause to be printed, or written in a legible hand, and 
hung up in a conspicuous place in each ward, such rules and regula- 
tions as he may deem necessary for the guidance of the attendants, and 
the order, cleanliness, and convenience of the patients. 
1173. He will require the steward to take due care of the hospital 
stores and supplies; to enter in a book, daily, (Form 8), the issues to 
the wardmasters, cooks, and nurses; to prepare the provision returns, 
and receive and distribute the rations. 
1174. He will require the wardmaster to take charge of the effects of 
the patients ; to register them in a book, (Form 9 :) to have them num- 
bered and labeled with the patient's name, rank, and company ; to re- 
ceive from the steward the furniture, bedding, cooking utensils, &c., 
for use, and keep a record of them, (Form 10), and how distributed to 
the wards and kitchens, and once a week to take an inventory of the ar- 
ticles in use, and report to him any loss or damage to them, and to re- 
turn to the steward such as are not required for use. 
1175. Assistant Surgeons will obey the orders of their senior surgeon, 
see that subordinate officers do their duty, and aid in enforcing the reg- 
ulations of the hospital. 
1176. The cooks and nurses are under the orders of the steward. 
Fie is responsible for the cleanliness of the wards and kitchens, patients 
and attendants, and all articles in use. He will ascertain who are 
present at sunrise and sunset, and tattoo, and report absentees. 
1177. At surgeon's call the sick then in the companies will be con- 
ducted to the hospital by the first sergeants, who will each hand to the 
the Surgeon, in his company book, a list of all the sick of the company, 
on which the surgeon shall state who are to remain or go into the hos- 
pital ; who are to return to quarters as sick or convalescent; what du- 
ties the convalescents in quarters are capable of; what cases are 
feigned ; and any other information in regard to the sick of the com- 
pany, he may have to communicate to the company commander. 
1178. Soldiers in hospital, patients or attendants, except stewards, 
shall be mustered on the rolls of their company, if it be present at the 
post. 
1179. When a soldier in hospital is detached from his company so as 
not to be mustered with it for pay, his company commander shall cer- 
tify and send to the hospital his descriptive list, and account of pay and 
clothing, containing all necessary information relating to his accounts 
with the Confederate States, on which the surgeon shall enter all pay- 
ments, stoppages, and issues of clothing to him in hospital. When he 
leaves the hospital, the medical officer shall certify and remit his de- 
scriptive list, showing the state of his accounts. If he is discharged 
from the service in hospital, the surgeon shall make out his final state- 
ments for pay and clothing. If he dies in hospital, the surgeon shall MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
239 
take charge of his effects, and make the reports required in the general 
regulations concerning soldiers who die absent from their companies. 
1180. Patients in hospital are, if possible, to leave their arms and 
accoutrements with their companies, and in no case to take ammunition 
into the hospital. 
1181. When a patient is transfered faom one hospital to another, the 
medical officer shall send with him an account of his case, and the treat- 
ment. 
1182. The regulations for the service of hospitals apply, as far as 
practicable, to the medical service in the field. 
1183. In the field, the senior medical officer' will inspect camps, and 
urge the enforcement of stringent rules of police. 
1184. The senior medical officer of each hospital, post, regiment, or 
detachment, will keep the folk wing records, and deliver them to his 
successor: A register of patients, (Form 11;) a prescription and diet 
book, (Form 12 ;) a case book ; copies of his requisitions, returns of pro- 
perty, and reports of sick and wounded ; and an order and letter book, 
in which will be transcribed all orders and letters relating to his duties. 
1185. He will make the muster and pay rolls of the hospital steward 
and laundresses, and of all soldiers in hospital, sick or on duty, de- 
tached from their companies, on the forms furnished from the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General's office, and according to the directions expressed 
on them. 
1186. The extra pay allowed to soldiers acting as cooks and nurses in 
hospitals, will be paid by the Quartermaster Department, the extra ser- 
vice being noted on the hospital muster rolls. 
1187. The senior medical officer will select the cooks, nurses, and 
laundresses, with the approval of the commanding officer. Cooks and 
nurses, taken from the privates, will be exempt from other duty, but shall 
attend the parades for muster and weekly inspection of their companies 
at the post, unless specially excused by the commanding officer. They 
will not be removed except for misdemeanor, and at the request of the 
medical officer, unless in cases of urgent necessity, and then only by the 
order of the commanding officer. 
1188. Cooks and nurses, other than enlisted men or volunteers, are 
subject to military control. They will be paid ou the hospital muster 
rolls, by the Quartermaster Department, at the rates at which they have 
been engaged, which, in no case, will exceed $18.50 per month, being 
the pay proper of an enlisted man, together with the extra pay al- 
lowed in paragraph 37. They should not be employed for a less period 
than a calendar month. 
1189. Ordinarily, hospital attendants are allowed as follows: To a 
general hospital, one steward, one nurse as wardmaster, one nurse to 
ten patients, one laundress to twenty, and one cook to thirty; to a.hos- 
pital where the command exceeds five companies, one steward and 
wardmaster, one cook, two laundresses, and four nurses; to a post or 
garrison of one company, one steward and wardmaster, one nurse, one 
cook, and one laundress ; and for every two companies more, one 
nurse; at arsenals, where the number of enlisted men is not less than four- 
teen, one laundress is allowed. The allowance of hospital attendants in 
the field will be, for.eommands of one company and not exceeding five, one 
steward, one cook, and for each company, one nurse; for regiments, or 240 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
commands of over five companies, one steward, two cooks, and for each 
company, one nurse. 
1190. Medical officers, where on duty, will attend the officers and en- 
listed men, and the laundresses authorized by law ; and at stations where 
other medical attendance cannot be procured, and on marches, the hired 
men of the army. Medicines wi l be dispensed to the families of offi- 
cers and soldiers, and to all persons entitled to medical attendance; hcs- 
pital stores to enlisted men. 
1191. Medical officers, in giving certificates of disability, (Form 13,) 
are to take particular care in all cases that have not been under their 
charge ; and especially in epilepsy, convulsions, chronic rheumatism, 
derangement of the urinary organs opthalmia, ulcers, or any obscure 
disease, liable to be feigned or purposely produced ; and in no case 
shall such certificate be given until after sufficient time and examination 
to detect any attempt at deception. 
1192. In passing a recruit, the medical officer is to examine him 
stripped; to see that he has free use of his limbs; that his chest is 
ample ; that his hearing, vision, and speech are perfect; that he has no 
tumors, or ulcerated or extensively cicatrized legs; no rupture, or 
chionic cutaneous affection ; that he has not received any contusion, or 
wound of the head, that may impair his'faculties; that he is not a 
drunkard; is not subject to convulsions, and has no infectious disorder, 
nt a iy other that may unfit him for military service. 
1193. Medical officers attending recruiting rendezvous will keep a 
record (Form 14) of all the recruits examined by them. Books for this 
purpose will be procured by ap; lication to the Surgeon General, to 
whom they will be returned when filled. 
1194. As soon as a recruit joins any regiment or station, he shall be 
examined by the medical officer, and vaccinated when it is required. 
1195. The senior medical officer of each hospital, post, regiment, or 
detachment, will make monthly to the Medical Director, and quarterly 
to the Surgeon General, a report of sick and wounded, and of deaths, 
and of discharges for disability, (Form 1 :) and transmit to the Surgeon 
General a copy of the Monthly Statement p/ the Hospital Fund, (Form 19.) 
1196. A ter surgeon's cal), he will make a morning report of the 
sick to the commanding officer, (Form 15.) 
1197. Every medical officer will report to the Surgeon General and 
to the Medical Director, the date when he arrives at a station, or when 
he leaves it, and his orders in the case, and at the end of each month, 
whenever not nt his station, whether on service or on leave of absence ; 
and when on leave of absence, his post-offi e address for the next month. 
1198. They will promptly acknowledge the receipt of all orders re- 
lating to their movements ; and in all official communications, when at 
stations the positions of which are not well known, they will state the 
nearest post-office. 
11. 9. When it is necessary to employ a private physician as medical 
< fficer, the Medical Director, or if circumstances preclude reference to 
him, the commanding officer, may execute a written contract, (notifying 
the Medical Director,) conditioned as in Form 16, at a stated compen- 
sation, not to exceed $50 a month when the number of officers and 
men, with authorized laundresses, is 100 or more; $40 when it is from 
50 to 100, and $30 when it is under 50. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
241 
1200. But when he is required to abandon his own business, and 
give his whole time to the public service, the contract may be not to 
exceed $80 a month ; and not to exceed $100, besides transportation in 
kind, to be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, where he is 
required to accompany troops on marches or transports. But a private 
pnysician will not be employed to accompany troops on marches or 
transports, except by orders from the War Department, or, in particu- 
lar and urgent cases, by the order of the officer directing the movement. 
1201. And when a private physician is required to furnish medicines, 
he will be paid in addition from 25 to 50 per cent., to be determined 
by the Surgeon General, on the amount allowed by contract. 
1202. In all cases, a duplicate of the contract, with a particular 
statement of the circumstances which make it necessary, appended, 
will be transmitted forthwith to the Surgeon General for approval; and 
the commanding officer- for the time being will at once discontinue it, 
whenever the necessity for it ceases, or the Surgeon General may so 
direct. 
1203. The physician's account of pay due must be sent to the Sur- 
geon General for payment, vouched by the certificate of the com- 
manding officer, that it is correct and agreeable to contract, and that 
the services have been duly rendered. But on the frontier or in the 
field, when it cannot conveniently be submitted to the Surgeon Gene- 
ral, the contract having already received his approval, the account may 
be paid on the order of the commanding officer, not to exceed the regu- 
lated amount, by a Quartermaster or a medical disbursing officer. 
1204. Private physicians, employed by contract, will conform to the 
regulations, and accordingly will keep all the records, and make the 
reports, requisitions, and returns required from medical officers. 
1205. When medical attendance is required by officers or enlisted 
men on service, and the attendance of a medical officer cannot be had, 
the officer, or if there be no officer, then the enlisted man, may employ 
a private physician, and a just account therefor will be paid by the 
Medical Bureau. 
1206. The account will set out the name of the patient, the date of 
and charge for each visit, and for medicines. The physician will make 
a certificate to the account in case of an officer, or affidavit in case of an 
enlisted man, that the account is correct, and the charges are the cus- 
tomary charges of the place. 
1207. The officer will make his certificate, or the enlisted man his af- 
fidavit, to the correctness of the account, that he was on service at the 
place, and stating the circumstances preventing him from receiving the 
services of a medical officer. 
1208. When the charge is against an officer, he will pay the account 
if practicable, and transmit it to the Medical Bureau for reimburse- 
ment. In all other cases, the account will be transmitted to the Medi- 
cal Bureau for settlement. 
1200. If the charge is against a deceased officer or enlisted man, the 
physician will make the affidavit, before required, to the account, and 
that he has been paid no part of it. 
1210. No charges for consultation fees will be p: id by the Medical 
Bureau ; nor will any account for medical attendance or medicines ba 
raid, if the officer or enlisted man be not on service. 242 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
1211. A board of not less than three medical officers will be appointed 
from time to time, by the Secretary of War, to examine applicants for 
appointment of assistant surgeons in the regular army, and assistant 
surgeons for promotion. And no one shall be so appointed or pro- 
moted until so examined and found qualified. 
1212. The board will scrutinize rigidly the moral habits, professional 
acquirements, and physical qualifications of the candidates, and report 
favorably, either for appointment or promotion, in no case admitting of 
a reasonable doubt. 
1213. The Secretary of War will designate the applicants to be ex- 
amined for appointment of assistant surgeon. They must be between 
21 and 25 years of age. The board will report their respective merits 
in the several branches of the examination, and their relative merit 
from the whole; agreeably whereto, if vacancies happen within two 
years thereafter, they will receive appointments and take rank in the 
medical corps. 
1214. When an assistant surgeon has served five years, he is subject 
to be examined for promotion. If he decline the examination, or be 
found not qualified by moral habits or professional acquirements, he 
ceases to be a medical officer of the army. 
1215. An applicant for appointment failing at one examination, may 
be allowed a second after two years ; but never a third. 
1216. The Secretary of War will appoint, on the recommendation of 
the Surgeon General, from the enlisted men of the army, or cause to 
be enlisted, as many competent hospital stewards as the service may re- 
quire. 
1217. The senior medical officer of a command requiring a steward, 
may recommend a competent non-commissioned officer or soldier to be 
be appointed, which recommendation the commanding officer shstll for- 
ward to the Adjutant and Inspector-General of the Army, with his re- 
marks thereon, and with the remarks of the company commander. 
1218. When no competent enlisted man can be procured, the medi- 
cal officer will report the fact to the Surgeon General. Applications 
and testimonials of competency, from persons seeking to be enlisted for 
hospital stewards, may be addressed to the Surgeon General. 
1219. The commanding officer may re-enlist a hospital steward at the 
expiration of his term of service, on the recommendation of the medical 
officer. 
1220. No soldier, or citizen, will be recommended for appointment 
who is not known to be temperate, honest, and in every way reliable, 
as well as sufficiently intelligent, and skilled in pharmacy, for the pro- 
per discharge of the responsible duties likely to be devolved upon him, 
Until this is known, he will be appointed an acting steward by the med- 
ical officer, with the approval of the commanding officer, and will be en- 
titled to the pay and allowances of hospital steward. 
1221. Hospital stewards, appointed by the Secretary of War, when- 
ever stationed in places whence no post return is made to the Adju- 
tant General's office, or when on furlough, will, at the end of every 
month, report themselves, by letter, to the Adjutant General and Sur- 
geon General, as well as to the Medical Director of the military depart- 
ment in which they may be serving : to each of whom they will also 
report each new assignment to duty, or change of station, ordered in MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
243 
their case, noting carefully the number, date, and source of the order 
directing the same. They will likewise report monthly, when on fur- 
lough, to the medical officer in charge of the hospital to which they are 
attached. 
1222. The jurisdiction and authority of courts martial are the same 
with reference to hospital stewards as in the cases of other enlisted 
men. When, however, a hospital steward is sentenced by an inferior 
court to be reduced to the ranks, such sentence, though it may be ap- 
proved by the reviewing officer, will not be carried into effect until the 
case has been referred to the Secretary of War for final action. In these 
cases of reduction, the application of the man for discharge from ser- 
vice, though not recognized as of right, will generally be regarded with 
favor, if his offence has not been of too serious a nature, and especially 
when he has not been recently promoted from the ranks. 
1223. As the hospital stewards, appointed by the Secretary of War, 
are permanently attached to the Medical Department, their ac- 
counts of pay, clothing, &c., must be kept by the medical officers under 
whose immediate direction they are serving, who are also responsible for 
certified statements of such accounts, and correct descriptive lists of 
such stewards, to accompany them in case of transfer ; as, also, that 
their final statements and certificates of discharge are accurately made 
out, when they are at length discharged from service. 244 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Standard Supply Table for General and Post Hospitals. 
[In General Hospitals, detached from troops, the supplies for every 100 
sick will correspond with the allowance to commands of 500 men.] 
' I . • '; I ■ . : 
ARTICLES. 
' i ■>. i s»d brr ■ ■ IIiv/,3 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
From 
200 to 
300 
From 
300 to 
400 
500 
men 
1000 
men 
.-hinri !>lll intnl 
MEDICINES. 
Acaciae, .... 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Acidi acetici, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2* 
5 
" arseniosi, . 
oz. 
4 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
" benzoici, . 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" citrici, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" muriatici, . 
lb. 
4 
1 
2 
2i 
5 
" nitrici, 
lb. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" sulphuric! , 
lb. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" " aromatici, 
lb. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" tannici, 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" tartarici, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Aetheris sulphurici loti, , 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Alcoliolis, . , 
bott. 
24 
48 
72 
96 
192 
Alnminis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Ammoniaci, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2i 
5 
Ammonite carbonatis, . , 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" muriatis, 
lb. 
1 
1 
2 
5 
Anthemidis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Antimonii et potas'. tartratis, . 
OZ. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Argenti nitratis, (crystals,) 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" " (fused) . 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Arnicae, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Assafcedita?, 
OZ. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Bismuthi subnitratis, 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Campborae, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Cardamomi, 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
Catechu, , 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
CereaB albte,* 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Cerati resina?, , 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" simplicis, , . , 
lb. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" zinci carbonatis, . 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Chloriformi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Collodii, 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Copaibae, , , 
lb. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 
Creasoti, . . , 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Cretae preparatae, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Cupri sulphatis, . , 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
* To be issued to posts where simple cerate cannot be sent without be 
coming rancid. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
245 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
••>i T.i >v -ni: i. ! nnuS 
ARTICLES. 
• ! ■ ■ ' Ji?.! Olj'J 
-I;- ■•or : ! O' 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
From 
200 to 
300 
From 
300 to 
400 
500 
meh 
1000 
men 
Emplastri adhsesivi. 
yds. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 
" caiitharadis, . 
lb. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
'' ferri, 
u hydrargyri, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
5 
" ictbyocollse, . 
yds. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Extracti belladonna?, 
oz. 
o 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" buchuftuidi, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" colocynthidis, comp : 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" colombse fluidi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" conii, 
" cubebse fluidi, 
oz. 
1 
2 
3" 
4 
8 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" gentianse fluidi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" glycy rrliizae, . 
lb 
6 
12 
18 
24 
48 
" hyoscyami, . 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" ipecacuanha? fluidi, . 
lb. 
1 
1 
2 
21 
5 
" piperis fluidi, 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" pruni virg. fluidi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" rhei fluidi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" sarsaparilla fluidi, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" senegae fluidi, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
" senna fluidi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" taraxaci fluidi. 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" valerianas fluidi, 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" zingiberis fluidi, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
Fern iodidi, 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" et quiniae citratis, 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" sulphatis, 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Gambogiae, . . . 
oz. 
i 
1 
2 
2J 
• 8*' 
5 
Glycerine, 
oz. 
g 
4 
6 
16 
Guaiaci resinae, 
Hydrargyri chloridi corr: 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
OZ. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
" " mitis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
□ 
4 
8 
" cum creta, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
iodidi, 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" oxidi rubri, , 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Jodinii, .... 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
'8 
16 
Lini, .... 
lb. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Liquoris ammonia, 
" ferri iodidi, 
lb. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Ib. 
1 
o 
3 
4 
8 
" potass: arsenitis, 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" sodse chlorinatae. 
bott. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
" zinci chloridi, . 
bott. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Magnesia?, . . 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2J 
5 246 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
From 
200 to 
300 
F ro m 
300 to 
400 
500 
men 
1000 
men 
Magnesias sulphatis, 
■ lb. 
25 
50 
75 
100 
200 
Masste pil: hydrargi, . . 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
Meilis despumati, 
lb; 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Morphite sulphatis 
dr. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Myrrh®, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
5 
Olei anisi, 
OZ. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" cajuputi, . 
02. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" caryophilli, 
OZ. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" cinnamomi, . . 
OZ. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" menthae piperitffi, 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" morrhu®,. 
bott. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" oliv®, . . t 
bott. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" origani, . - . 
dr. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" ricini, ... 
qt. bott. 
12 
24 
36 
48 
96 
" terebintliinae, » 
qt. bott. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
"■ tiglii, 
dr. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Opii, .... 
lb. 
A 
1 
2 
2A 
5 
Piscis abietis, 
lb. 
1 
9 
3 
4 
8 
Plumbi acetatis, 
lb. 
1 . 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Potass® acetatis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" biearbonatis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" bitartratis, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
1' chloratis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" nitratis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" sulphatis, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2i 
5 
Potassii cyanureti, 
dr. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" iodidi, 
oz. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
Pruni Virginian®, 
lb.' 
A 
1 
2 
2J 
a 
Pulveris acaci®, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" aloes, 
OZ. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" cantharidis, • 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" capsici, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" cinchonas, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" ferri, . 
OZ. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" 4 per sulphatis, . 
OZ. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" glycyrrliiz®, . 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" ipecacuanhas, 
lb. 
1 
2 
2A 
5 
" " et opii, . 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
i) 
" jalap®, 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" lini, . 
lb. 
8 
16 
24 
32 
64 
" opii, 
lb. 
A 
1 
o 
2| 
" rhei, . 
lb. 
I 
i 
1 
2 
o sabin®, 
oz. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
247 
ARTICLES. 
• 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
From 
200 to 
300 
From 
300 to 
400 
500 
men 
1000 
men 
Pulveris sinapis nigra:, 
lb. 
6 
12 
18 
24 
48 
" ulmi, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
Quassiae, 
lb. 
1 
1 
2 
5 
Quiniae sulpliatis, 
bz. 
10-20 
20-40 
30-60 
40-80 
80-160 
Rhei, .... 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Sacchari, 
lb. 
20 
40 
60 
SO 
160 
Saponis, 
lb. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Scillae, .... 
bz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Serpentariae, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
'4 
5 
Soda; bicarbonatis, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" boratis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
1' et potass: tartratis, 
lb. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Spigeliae, 
lb. 
1 
2 
2| 
y 
Spiritus ammon : aromatici, . 
oz. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" setberis compositi, 
lb. 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
" *' nitrici, 
lb. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" lavandulae comp : 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2| 
5 
vini gallici, 
bott. 
12 
24 
36 
48 
96 
Strychnias, 
dr. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Snlphuris loti, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Syrupi scillae, 
lb. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Tinctures aconiti radicis, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" digitalis , . 
OZ. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" ergotae (Dublin), 
oz. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
" ferri cbloridi, 
lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2i 
5 
" veratri veridis, 
OZ. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Ungnenti hydrargyri, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" " nitratis, . 
lb. 
'J 
1 
2 
2J 
5 
Veratria?, 
dr. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Vini colcbici seminis, . 
lb. 
1 
2* 
1 
2 
2J 
5 
Zinci acetatis, . 
OZ. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
" chlorid, 
oz. 
i 
I 
1 
2 
3 
" sulphatis, 
oz. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
8 
INSTRUMENTS. 
Amputating, 
sets. 
i 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Ball forceps, 
Bougies, gumelastic, (1 to 12) . 
no. 
i 
1 
1 
1 
2 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
" metallic, (assorted,) . 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
Buck's sponge holder for the throat, no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Cathetors, gum elastic, (2 to 10) 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
" silver, (3, 6, 9,) 
no. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 24« 
MEDICAL DEPAKTMENT. 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
tot 1B9V 9lfO 1 soitinioui) 
to ?.£> ..'snrnno 
ARTICLES. 
• 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
p> •..toiT.nciT -ft 
Ot J' 01 ' *0 ' 
From 
100 to 
From 
200 to 
From 
300 to 
500 
1000 
200 
300 
400 
men 
men 
- 
- 
Catheters, cases, 
Cupping glasses, or tins, 
no. 
1 
1 
gr.4 aii 
18 
' '-4 
18 
1 
no. 
12 
12 
24 
Dissecting, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Lancets, spring,* 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
'• thumb, f j. 
no. 
2 
2 
3 
4 
6 
Needles, surgeons', with cases, 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
12 
Obstetrical, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Pocket, . ; . p 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Probangs, 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
1 
Pulleys, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
Scarificators, . . p 
no. 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
Splints, (assorted) 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
Stethoscopes, . . p 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Stomach pump anti case, 
no. 
1 ; 
1 
it;*-: n 
1 
Syringe, enema, J , 
no. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
6 
" penis, glass, > y. . 
no. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
" " metallic, 
no. 
6 
12 
18 
21 
36 
" vagina, || • p;- 
Teeth extracting, i 
no. 
sets. 
3 
1 
3 
1 
3 
1 
1 
6 
2 
Tongue depressor, (hinge,) 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Tourniquets, field, 
no. 
4 
4 
6 
6 
10 
" spiral, 
no. 
1 
1 
9 
2 
4 
Trepanning, . . . 
sets. 
I 
'i 
1 
1 
1 
Trocars, (1 small) .• 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Trusses, hernia, , 
O' ' • " . 
no. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
BOOKS. 
• : 
Anatomy, 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
. < 
cop. 
1 
1 
f 
1 
1 
Dispensatory, . . {• 
Medical Dictionary, , 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Formulary. 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
" Jurisprudence and Toxicol- 
ogy, 
cop. 
1 
! ' 
1 
1 
" Practice, 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
I 
Obstetrics, . I 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
.! 1 
Regulations for Med. Dept.. 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
Surgery, . . 
cop. 
1 
I 
1 
1 
1 
Blank, .... 
cop. 
2(„ 
2 
2 
3 
4 
*Four extra fleams to each lancet, j- With cases. J 1 Davidson's ; 1,4 
oz., 1, 8 oz. || 1 hard India Rubber ; 2 glass. 249 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
lut jjio i' L 
io ebnjBihnioo 
Quantities for one year for com- 
mands of 
ARTICLES* 
OOCli .. td .noil irnnPmm 1 
:.J >. :•) (Of of 01 ; 
From 
100 to 
From 
200 to 
From 
300 to 
500 
1000 
0( L 008 005 1 
200 
300 
400 
men 
men 
Case, . . no. 
1 
1 
1 
T 
1 
Order arid Letter, . . no. 
1 
1 
1 " 
1 
1 
Prescription, . 1 . no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
. J 
Register, . . . no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Requistions, ) 
Returns, >■ . . no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Reports of sick, J 
(Loe 
. . i 
HOSPITAL STORES, 
im I 
OL ' '6I# 1 ,.bv 
Arrowroot, . . . lb. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 1 
Barley, . 11 lb. 
20 
40 
60 
80 
160 
Cinnamon, ... lb. 
i 
1 
2 
2 2 
5 
Cloves, . oz. 
4 ■' 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Cocoa, . . . ,u lb. 
10 
20 
30 
40 
80 
Farina, . . . 111 lb. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 
Ginger, ground, (Jamaica) . lb. 
1£ 
2 
5 
NutmegS, . . . *loz. 
4 
r8 
12 
16 
32 
Tea, .... Mb. 
20 
40 
60 
80 
160 
Whiskey, bottles of, . . doz. 
2 
4 
'8 
16 
Wine, bottles of, . . doz. 
2 
4 1 
6 
8 
16 
t| a i 
. rSJ 
J..I i j 
:! r.) 
BEDDING. 
0<;f in.. ?I jCj ,o« 
;■ . .. j 
Bed sacks, . . , no. 
10 
20 
30 
40 
80 
Bedsteads, iron, .1 • 1 . 'TO. 
6-10 
12-20 
18-30 
24-40 
48-80 
Blankets,yyoollen, . . no. 
10-20 
20-40 
30-60 
40-80 
80-160 
Coverlets, . . . no. 
Gutta percha cloth, . . yds. 
10 
•20 
30 
40 
80 
4 
6 
8 
10 
16 
Mattresses, . . . no. 
Musquito barS-, . . no. 
Pillow dases, . . no. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
6-10 
12-20 
18-30 
24-40 
48-80 
35 
50 
75 
100 
■200 
" ticks, 1 ' t r ei nb'.-l 
10 
20 
30 
40 
80 
Sheets, -f . . °* no. 
Il' i 
40 
80 
120 
200 
400 
> *■-,/( 
FURNITURE, DRESSING, &C. 
t 
Bandages, suspensory, * , no. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Binder's boards, f . . no. 
4 
6 
8 
12 
16 
Corks, assorted, , . doz. 
12 
24 
36 
48 
96 
Cork screws, . . , no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
3 
j-18 inches by 4. 250 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
From 
200 to 
300 
F rom 
300 to 
400 
500 
men 
1000 
men 
Cotton batting, . 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
wadding, 
lb. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
Flannel, red, 
yds. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 
Funnels, glass, . 
no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
4 
" tin, 
no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
Hatchets, 
no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
Hones, (in wood)* 
Ink powder, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
papers. 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4 
Inkstands, 
no. 
1 
1 
2 . 
2 
2 
Linen, 
yds. 
5 
10 
15 
20 
40 
Lint, 
Measures, graduated, 
lb. 
4 
6 
8 
10 
20 
no. 
3 
3 
4 
6 
6 
' tin, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Medicine cups and glasses 
>t • 
no. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
Mills, coffee, 
Mortars and pestles, glass, 
no. 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
" " " iron, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
" " " wedgewood 
, no. 
1 
2 
2 
3 
3 
Muslin, 
Needles, sewing, 
yds. 
25 
50 
75 
100 
200 
no. 
25 
25 
25 
25 
50 
Oiled silk, or gutta percha 
India rubber tissue, . 
tissue 
or 
yds. 
4 
G 
6 
8 
12 
Pans, bed, 
no. 
2 
2 
3 
4 
5 
Paper envelopes, J 
no. 
100 
125 
150 
200 
250 
Paper filtering, . 
quires. 
i 
1 
2 
2 
3 
" wrapping, 
quires. 
10 
12 
15 
15 
20 
" writing, || 
quires. 
12 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Pencils, hair, 
no. 
12 
18 
24 
30 
50 
" lead, 
no. ' 
6 
8 
10 
12 
18 
Pens, steel, 
doz. 
2 
3 
3 
4 
6 
Pill boxes, 
papers. 
3 
6 
9 
12 
24 
'' machine, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Pins, assorted, 
Quills, 
papeis. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
16 
no. 
25 
25 
50 
50 
50 
Rain guages, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Razors, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
" strops, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Scales and weights, apothecary's 
sets. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
" " '' shop, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
*4 inches by 1. j- 2 oups to 1 glass, j Assorted, 3 sizes-" Official 
business " printed on each. || Foolscap, letter and note-white ; blue ruled. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 
251 
Supply Table for Hospitals-Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
Quantities for one year for 
commands of 
From 
100 to 
200 
F rom 
200 to 
300 
From 
300 to 
400 
500 
men 
1000 
men 
Scissors-, 
no. 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
Sheep skins, dressed, 
no. 
4 
6 
8 
10 
12 
Silk, surgeons', . 
OZ. 
i 
i 
i 
i 
1 
" green, 
. yds. 
t 
1 
2 
5 
Spatulas, 
. no. 
3 
3 
4 
6 
12 
Sponge, 
lb. 
1 
i 
i 
£ 
1 
Tape, * 
pieces. 
4 
8 
12 
16 
32 
Thermometers and hydrometers, no. 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Thermometers, . 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Thread, linen. . 
oz. 
4 
4 
6 
6 
8 
Tiles, 
. no. 
2 
3 
3 
3 
4 
Tow, 
lb. 
1 
9 
2 
o 
5 
Towels, 
no. 
20 
30 
50 
75 
150 
Twine. . 
lb. 
1 
1 
3 
Urinals, . 
. no. 
2 
3 
5 
6 
10 
Vials, assorted, 
doz. 
6 
12 
18 
24 
48 
Wafers, (A oz. boxes) 
. no. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
3 
Wax. sealing, 
. sticks. 
3 
3 
4 
4 
6 
* One quarter, woollen ; three cotton. 
If the following articles of Hospital Furniture cannot be obtained with 
the hospital fund, they may be procured from a quartermaster or medical 
disbursing officer, by special requisition : 
ARTICLES. 
Basins, wash. 
Bowls. 
Boxes, for pepper and 
salt. 
Brushes. 
Buckets. 
Candlesticks. 
Clothes Lines. 
Cups. 
Dippers and Ladles. 
Graters. 
Gridirons. 
Kettles, tea. 
Knives and Forks. 
Lanterns. 
Locks and Keys. 
Mugs. 
Pans, frying. 
" sauce. 
Pitchers. 
Plates. 
Pi'ts, chamber and chair. 
Pots, coffee and tea. 
" iron. 
Sadirons. 
Shovels, fire. 
Skillet, with cover. 
Snuffers. 
Spoons. 
Tongs and pokers. 
Tumblers. 
Woodsaws. 252 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Standard Supply Table for Field Service. 
w 
. ' >dO Uh 
sl> -ran ioo 
Quantities. 
Reg't 
3 mos 
Bat. 
3 mos 
Comp 
3 mos 
ARTICLES. 
0. .-Hi 00R ™ :r'C 
•lot "DElor ><»!...11 01 
11:1 " «9:,! 0.7. Q0O 002 
MEDICINES. 
Acidi nitrici, 
lb. 
i 
I 
J 
" sulph. aromatic!, '. 
lb. 
1 
I 
t 
" tannici, . . 
oz. 
2 
1 
J 
Alcoholis, .i . 
bott. 
6 
4 
2 
Alu minis, 
ib. 
1 
i 
i- 
Ammonias earbonatis, 
oz. 
16 
8 
4 
Antimonii et potass, tartratis, 
oz. 
2 
1 
1 
Argenti nitratis (fused), 
bz. 
4< :■ 
2 
i 
Camphoric, 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
Cerati resinae, 
lb. 
2 
1 
■" simplicis, . 01 
ib. 
8 
4 
2 
Chloroform), . ' ; -dl , 
lb. 
2 
1 
1 
Copaibce, . ' . 
lb. 
2 
1 
A m 1' 
Creasbti, . . 
oz. 
2 
1 
1 
Cnpri siilphatis, . . • 1 . 
OZ. 
4 
2 
1 
Emplastri ndhcesivi, 
cantharidis, . 
yds. 
15 
8 
4 
lb. 
2 
u 
11 ichthyocollas, 
yds. 
2 
1 
t' 1 
Extracti cplocynthidis comp. 
" glycyrrhizas, 
oz. 
16 
I 
4 
lb. 
2 
Hydrargyri chloridi corrosivi, 
" *• mitis, 
OZ. 
i 
i 
lb. 
2 
1 
i 
lodinii, . . . » 
OZ. 
4 
2 
1 
Liquoris ammoniae, 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
" potass, arsenitis, 
oz. 
4 
2 
1 
Magnesias siilphatis, 
Massas pil: hydrargyri, . > 
json 
25 
15 
10 
oz. 
16 
8 
4 
Morphiae siilphatis, ; . 
dr. 
4 
2 
1 
Olei menthas piperitae, . . oz. 
2 
1 
1 
" olivae, . . . bott. 
8 
4 
2 
>l'f ricini, t.. . • 
qt. bott. 
12 
6 
3 
" terebinth)'nae, . 
qt. bott. 
8 
4 
2 
" tiglii,. 
dr. 
2 
1 
Pilul: cathartic:comp: (U. S.), . 
doz. 
8 
4 
2 
*• opii (U. S ), 
doz. 
8 
4 
2 
Plumbi acetatis, . 
lb. 
2 
1 
Potassae bitartratis. . . lb. 
2 
1 
i 
" chloratis, . • 
lb. 
2 
1 
i 
" nitratis,; 
lb. 
1 
i 
i 
Potassii iodidi, <'/. 
oz. 
8, 
4 [ 
2 
Pulveris acaciae, . 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
" capsici, . 
lb. 
i 
i 
i MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
258 
Supply Table for Field Service-Continued. 
• Hoi jit.lBUp i 
Quantities. 
ARTICLES. 
c[:iio'.)i .IjsS ■ 
Leg't 
Bat. 
Comp 
=■0.1 -lorn c Hom • 
3 mos 
3 mos 
3 mos 
j j 1 
- 
- 
- 
Pulveris ferriper sulphatis, 
oz. 
4 
2 
1 
" ipecapuanhae, . 
lb. 
1 
i 
" " et opii, 
lb. 
i 
i 
" lir.i, 
" opii, 
lb. 
lb. 
8 
1 
1 
" rhei, 
lb. 
I 
i 
" sinapis nigrte, ; 
lb. 
12 
6 
3 
Quinias sulphatis, 
OZ. 
24 
12 
j 
Sacchari, . • 
■ '(• 
lb. 
10 
5 
•• J.'l 
Saponis, 
lb. 
8 
4 
1 
2 
Sodee bicarbonatis, 
lb. 
1 
Spiritfis ammonias aromatic!, 
OZ. 
4 
g 
o 
" aetheris hitri.cj, . 
lb. 
2 
1 
i 
" <Vini gallici, 
bott. 
12 
6 
4 
Syrupi scillpe, 
lb. 
3 
2 
1 
Tinctures cinchonas comp., 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
" colunibae, 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
" ferri cbloridi, 
lb. 
1 
i 
i 
" gentianas comp., 
lb. 
4 
2 
1 
" °pii, • 
Unguenti hydrargyri, 
• 
oz. 
16 
6 
lb. 
1 
i 
" " nitrat is, 
lb. 
i 
Vini colchici seminis, 
lb. 
1 
i 
Zinci aeetatis, 
OZ. 
2 
1 
1 
" sulphatis, . 
oz. 
2 
1 
1 
INSTRUMENTS. 
Amputating, 
sets. 
•yglin 
1 
j 
Ball forceps, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
Bougies, gum elastic (1 to 12), 
" metallic (assorted), 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
• 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
Catheters, gum elastic (2 to 10), 
no. 
6 
6 
" silver (3, 6, 9), 
no. 
3 
3 
3 
" cases, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
Cupping glass or tins,* . 
no. 
12 
8 
6 
Lancets, spring, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
" thumbs (with cases), 
• 
no. 
4 
2 
2 
Needles, surgeons' (with cases, 
no. 
12 
6 
6 
* Half glass, half tin. 254 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Supply Table for Field Service-Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
Quantities. 
Reg't 
3 mos 
Bat. 
3 mos 
Comp 
3 mos 
Pocket, .... 
sets. 
2 
1 
1 
Probangs, 
no. 
6 
4 
2 
Scarificators, 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Splints (assorted), 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
Syringes, enema (assorted),* 
no. 
4 
2 
1 
11 penis, glass, . 
" " India rubber, . 
no. 
8 
4 
2 
no. 
8 
4 
2 
Teeth extracting, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
Tongue depressor (hinge), 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
Tourniquets, field, 
no. 
12 
6 
3 
" spiral, 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Trepanning, 
sets. 
1 
1 
1 
Trocars (1 small), 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Trusses, hernia, 
no. 
6 
3 
2 
BOOKS. 
Anatomy (surgical), 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
Medical Practice, 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
Regulations for medical department, 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
Surgery (operative), 
Thompson's Conspectus, 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
cop. 
1 
1 
1 
Blank, .... 
no. 
5 
5 
5 
HOSPITAL STORES. 
Arrow root, 
lb. 
10 
5 
3 
Candles (sperm.),f 
lb. 
2 
1 
1 
Farina, .... 
lb. 
10 
5 
3 
Ginger (fluid extract), 
lb. 
1 
I 
i 
Nutmegs, 
oz. 
8 
4 
2 
Tea, 
Whiskey, bottles of, 
lb. 
30 
15 
7 
doz. 
3 
2 
1 
BEDDING. 
Bed sacks, 
Blankets (woolen), 
no. 
20 
10 
5 
no. 
30 
15 
8 
* 1 Davidson's; i hard rubber, 6 oz. f To be reserved for use in stir* 
gieal operations in the night. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
255 
Supply Table for Field Service-Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
Quantities. 
Reg't 
3 mos 
Bat. 
3 mos 
Comp 
3 mos 
Gutta percha cloth, 
yds. 
20 
10 
5 
Mosquito bars, 
do. 
20 
10 
5 
Pillow ticks, 
nQ. 
20 
10 
5 
FURNITURE AND DRESSINGS. 
Bandages(l), roller, assorted, 
" suspensory, assorted, 
doz. 
14 
7 
4 
no. 
12 
6 
4 
Binders' boards (18 inches by 4), 
no. 
18 
9 
5 
Corks, assorted, . 
doz. 
12 
6 
3 
Corkscrews, 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Cotton batting, 
lb. 
2 
1 
i 
• " wadding, 
lb. 
o 
1 
i 
Flannel (red), 
yds. 
5 
3 
2 
Hatchets, 
Hones (4 inches by 1, in wood), 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
Ink, 2-ounce battles. 
Knapsacks, hospital(2), . 
no. 
I'? 
6 
3 
* no. 
2 
1 
1 
Lanterns, 
no. 
4 
2 
1 
Lint, .... 
Litters and stretchers, hand, 
lb. 
8 
4 
2 
no. 
10 
5 
2 
" horse(3), . . . 
no. 
(1) 1 dozen, 1 inch wide, 1 yard long. 
2 " 2 " 3 
2 " 2J " 3 , 
1 " 3 " 4 " 
| " 3J " 5 
4 " 4 » 6 " 
(2) According to pattern of same dimensions with ordinary knapsacks, 
and of light material ; to be divided into four compartments or drawers, 
and to be covered with canvas. It is to be carried on a march or in 
battle,- by a hospital orderly, who is habitually to follow the medical 
officer. The purpose of this knapsack is to carry such instruments, dress- 
ings, and medicines, as may be needed in an emergency on the march 
or in the field. 
(3) Horses litters required for service on ground not admitting the use 
of two wheeled carriages, to be composed of a canvas bed similar to the 
present stretcher, and of two poles, each sixteen feet long, made in sec- 
tions, with head and foot pieces constructed to act as stretchers tp keep the 
poles apart. 256 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
Supply Table for Field Service-Continued. 
--. ■ i T i ttiti Q 
ARTICLES. 
;f f OIH O *.c»m 8 
.MJUITJ 
Quantities. 
:a 
Reg't 
3 mos 
Bat. 
3 mos 
Comp 
3 mos 
Measures, graduated, assorted(4) 
no. 
4 
2 
2 
Medicine chests, . 
no. 
1 
1 
1 < 
" cups hnd glasses(5), . 
no- 
6 
3 
2 
" panniers, 
no. 
Mess chests (see note), . 
no. 
sflitni 
- 1 
1 
Mills, coffee, 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Mortars and pestles, wedgewood 
' ■ 
■ . 
(small), 
no. 
2 
1 
1 
Muslin, . i . .ou . * 
■ yds. 
20 
10 
0 
Needles, sewing (assorted, in a 
case), .... 
Oiled silk or gutta peifcha tissue, 
no. 
25 
25 
25 
or India rubber tissue, 
yds. 
8 
4 
2 
Pans, bed(6), . ... 
no. 
2 (1 
1 
1 I 
Paper envelopes. assorted(7), . 
no. 
100 
50 
25 
Paper, wrapping, 
quires. 
6 
3 
■> 1>H 
" Writing(S), . - . 
quires. 
12 
31 
Pencils, hair, ... 
no. 
24 
12 
6 
" lead (of Faber's make, 
No. 2), .di . 
no. 
12 
6 
3 L 
Pens, steel, 0 . on , . . 
Pill boxes (wood), . 
b doz. 
4 
1 2 
1 
papers. 
2 
->< 1 
1 
" (tin), . 
no. 
6 
6 
6 
Pins, assorted (large and me- 
dium), 
papers. 
i-.'Ada 
2 
1 (r. 
Razors, . 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
strops, 
no. 
1 
1 
1 
Scales and weights, apothecary's, 
sets. 
.1 ' 
1 
1 
Scissors, .... 
no. 
4 
2 
2 
Sheep skins, dressed, 
no. 
4 
2 
1 £ 
Silk, surgeons', . 
x>z. 
i 
i 
i 
" g'.een, 
yds.. 
> 1 
J 
* 
Spatulas, 
no. 
6 
3 
2 
Sponge (washed), 
lb. 
1 
i 
R 
Store chest, 
up. 
1 
i 
1 
•i-mrn eilj , vom';,route hh ni bobeen 
u l;ni' 
(4) 6 oz., 2 oz., minim. 
(5) 2 cups to 1 glass. 
(6) Of hard India rubber or other material. Shovel. 
(7) 50 letter, 25 note, 25 large. "Official Business" printed on each. 
(8) 2 foolscap, 6 letter, 4 note, white ; blue ruled. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
257 
Supply Table for Field Service-Continued. 
! C 
Quantities. 
ARTICLES. 
Reg't 
Bat. 
Comp 
3 mos 
3 mos 
3 mos 
- - - - • 
Tape, . . . . 
pieces. 
4 
2 
1 
Thread linen, . 
oz. 
2 
1 
Tiles, . . . . 
po. 
2 
1 
1 
Towels, . . • . 
no. 
40 
20 
10 
Twine, . 
lb. 
I 
i 
i 
Vials, assorted (1 oz. and 2 oz.), 
doz. 
4 
2 
1 
Wafers ounce boxes), 
no. 
1 
1 
>1 : 
Wax, sealing, 
sticks. 
2 
1 
1 
NOTE TO PRECEDING TABLE. 
FURNITURE OF 
MESS CHEST. 
8 Basins, tin. 
2 Boxes, peper and salt. 
6 Cups, tin. 
4 Canisters (for tea, coffee, sugar 
and butter), 
2 Dippers and ladles. 
1 Grater. 
1 Gridiron. 
1 Kettle, tea, i ron. 
12 Knives and forks. 
6 Mugs (Britannia, half-pint). 
1 Pap, frying. 
1 Pan, sauce-. 
8 Plates (6) and dishes (2) tin. 
1 Pot, iron. 
2 Pots, coffee and tea. tin. 
12 Spoons, iron [table (6) and tea 
1 Skillet,, with cover. 
1 Tray, tin. 
6 Tumblers, tin. 
- 
i E. E. I 
The Standard Supp!y Tables contain all the articles to be purchased by 
medical purveyors, except on the orders of the Surgeon General; but any 
less quantity may be required or any article omitted at the discretion of 
the medical officer. 258 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
CLASSES OF DISEASES. 
TAKEN SICK OR RECEIVED INTO HOSPITAL DURING THE QUARTER. 
Month, 
First. 
Second. 
Third. 
Total by each 
disease. 
Total by each 
class. 
Specific diseases. 
| Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
cn 
<D 
cn 
d 
O 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Fevers. . . . ~ 
Febris Congest! va, 
Febris Continua Communis, 
Febris Intermittens Quotidiana, . 
Febris Intermittens Tertiana, 
Febris Intermittens Quartana, 
Febris Remittens, . 
Febris Typhoides, 
Febris Typhus, 
Febris Typhus Icterodes, . 
All other diseases of this class, . 
Eruptive fevers. . ■< 
Erysipelas, 
Rubeola, .... 
Scarlatina, 
Variola, .... 
Varioloides, 
All other diseases of this class, . 
Form 1. 
Report of the Sick and Wounded at , for the ending 18 259 
f Cholera Asiatit-a, . 
Cholera Morbus, . 
Colica, .... 
Constipatio, 
Diarrhcea Acuta, . 
Diarrhcea Chronica, 
Dysenteria Acuta, 
Dysenteria Chronica, 
Diseases of the organs Dyspepsia, 
connected with the di--J Enteritis, .... 
gestive system. Gastritis, .... 
Haematemesis, 
Hepatitis Acuta, 
Hepatitis Chronica, 
Icterus, ..... 
Parotitis, .... 
Peritonitis, 
Splenitis, .... 
Tonsillitis, 
[ All other diseases of this class, . 
C Asthma, .... 
Bronchitis Acuta, . 
Bronchitis Chronica, 
Diseases of the respira- Catarrhus Epidemicus, 
tory system. -j Catarrhus, • . 
Haemoptysis, 
Laryngitis, 
Phthisis Pulmonalis, 
< 
1 
Carry forward, 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 260 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
- 
TAKEN SICK OR RECEIVED INTO HOSPITAL DURING THE QUARTER. 
CLASSES OF DISEASES. 
)'>• •• . ' 
Month, 
First. 
Second. 
Third. 
Total by each 
disease. 
Total by each 
class. 
Specific Diseases. 
Cases. 
rt 
<D 
o 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Brought forward, . 
Pleuritis, .. 
Pneumonia, 
All other diseases of this class, . 
D seases of the circula 
tory system. 
' > u • q> < 
Anaemia. . . . • 
Aneunsma, 
Angina Pectoris, . . «j 
Carditis, . 
Endocarditis, 
Pericarditis, . 
Phlebitis, . 
Varicocele, . . 
Varix, .... 
All other diseases of this class, . 
r 
. 
1 
1 
Apoplexia, . . .; 
Cephalalgia, 
Cerebritis, .... 
Chorea, . . . • 
Delirium Tremens, 
Epilepsia, . . . .j 
Ictus Solis, . . 
1 
1 
► 
1 
Form 1-Continued. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
261 
Diseases of the brain 
and nervous system. 
Irritatio Spinalis, . 
Mania, (>. 
Melancholia, 
Meningitis, 
Neuralgia, . 
Paralysis, . 
Tetanus, 
All other diseases or this class, 
1 
Vp-" tOJ-J I '', a-:- 
r 
Bubo Syphiliticum, 
Calculus, 
Cystitis. 
Diabetes, 
Enuresis, . 
Diseases of the urinary 
Gonorrhoea, 
Ischuria et Dysuria, 
•I 
and genital organs,arid 
Nephritis, . 
venereal affections. 
Orchitis, 
Sarcocele, . 
Strictura Urethrae, 
Syphilis Primitiva, 
Syphilis Consecutiva, 
1 
r 
Ulcus Penis Non Syphiliticum, 
All other diseases of this class, 
A„.sare», . . . 
f 
t 
Diseases of the serous ex- 
Ascites, . . ' . 
Hydrarthrus, 
halent vessels. 
i 
Hydrocele, 
Carry forward, 
- 
- 262 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
TAKEIt SICK OR RECEIVED INTO HOSPITAL DURING THE QUARTER. 
CLASSES OF DISEASES. 
Month, 
First. 
Second. 
Third. 
Total by each 
disease. 
Total by each 
class. 
Specific Diseases. 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
I 
Brought forward, 
Hydrothorax, 
All other diseases of this class, 
Diseases of the fibrous 
and muscular struc- 
tures. 
Lumbago, . 
Podagra. 
Rhuematismus Acutus, 
Rhuematismus Chronicus, 
All other diseases of this class, 
Abscesses and ulcers. 
Abscessus, 
Anthrax, 
Fistula, 
Paronychia, 
Phlegmon, 
Ulcus, 
All other diseases of this class, 
Ambustio, 
Concussio Cerebri, 
Compressio Cerebri 
Contusio, 
Fractura, 
Gelatio, 
1 
1 
Form 1-Continued. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
263 
I Hernia, 
Luxatio, 
Woundsand injuries. Morsus Serpentis, . 
Punitio, 
Subduxatio, 
Vulnus Incisum, . 
Vulnus Contusum vel Laceratum, 
Vulnus Punctum, 
Vulnus Selopeticum, 
All other diseases of this class, . 
Amaurosis, 
Cataracta, 
Hemeralopia, 
Diseases of the eye. - . • 
J INyetalopia, 
'Ophthalmia, 
Retinitis, 
_ All other, diseases of this class, .. 
f Otalgia,- .... 
| Otitis, .... 
Diseases of the ear. -j Otorrbcea, .... 
Surditas, . . 
All other disease: of this class, . 
Anchylosis, . 
Atrophia, 
• Bubo simplex, 
• 
Carry forward 264 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
CLASSES OF DISEASES 
TAKEN SICK OR RI 
Month, 
CEIVED INT 
First. 
O HOSPITAL 
Second. 
DURING TH 
Third. ' 
E QUARTER. 
Total by each 
disease. ' 
Total by. each 
class. 
Specific diseases. 
1 Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
1 Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
Cases. 
Deaths 
• 
'All other diseases. "j- 
Brought forward, . 
Cachexia, .... 
Debilitas, . 
Ebrietas, .... 
Epistaxis, .... 
Exostosis, .... 
flsemorrhois, 
Haemator .le, 
Morbi Cutis, 
Necrosis, 
Nostalgia, 
Odontalgia, 
ProlapsUs Ani, 
Pyaemia, 
Scirrhus, . , , 
Scorbutus, .... 
Scrofula, 
Suicidium, . , 
Toxicuio, .... 
Tu mores, .... 
Vermes, 
Morbi Varii, 
•t 
- 
Total, 
Form 1-Continued. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
265 
1 
Sick. 
Remaining las 
Report. 
Convalescent. 
- 
Total. 
Takpn sipk during the quarter. 
Aggregate. 
Sent to general hospital. 
Returned to duty. 
On furlough. 
Discharged. 
Deserted. 
Died. 
Sick. 
Remaining. 
Convalescent. 
Total. 
p 
5' 
CD 
Total, 
Months. 
MEAN STRENGTH. 
Offi'rs. 
Enlist'd 
men. 
Total. 
Number 
treated. 
Deaths. 
Cases. 
iRatio per 1000 of 
i mean strength. 
u 
CD 
P 
Directions.-In regard to this report, the utmost punctuality and exactness will be required, and its nomenclature will 
be strictly observed. It will be accompanied with a general Sanitary Report, to be written on alternate pages of foolscap 
paper, with a margin of one inch on the left side of each page, and to be folded in four equal folds ; in which the medical 
officer will furnish information respecting all those agencies which may have influenced the sickness and mortality of the 
troops-such as the medical topography of the station ; the climate ; prevalent diseases in the vicinity ; the duty and em- 
ployment of the troops; the nature of their barrack and hospital accommodations; diet; water; clothing; and general 
habits of the men as to cleanliness, temperance, &c. Cases of unusual interest will be reported in detail. Diseases of 
women anti children, if given, must be reported separately. No duplicate of this report is required. It will be rendered to 
the Surgeon General March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. 
In consolidated and other monthly reports of sick and wounded, the general arrangement and the nomenclature of this 
form will be followed. 
Form 1-Continued. 
GENERAL SUMMARY. 
12 266 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Discharges on Surgeon's Certificate, and Death. 
Form 1-Continued. 
Name. 
Rank. 
Regim't. 
! Company. 
Disease. 
Date of disch'ge 
from service. 
Dale of 
death. 
Surname 
Christian 
name. 
REMARKS, 
Notes.-Discharges on Surgeon's certificate, and deaths occurring 
among those of the command not on sick report, will be also reported, but 
separated from the others by a double line drawn across the page. The 
• remarks will, in each case, specify the manner in which jhe disease ori- 
ginated, when it is known. 
In every case of the death of an officer, whether on duty or not, a spe- 
cial report is to be made to the Surgeon General. 
Form 1-Continued. 
ENDORSEMENT. 
Report of Sick and Wounded for the 
Quarter ending 186. 
Station: 
SurgKok 
Command. 
Regiments. 
Companies. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
267 
Eorm 2. 
Return of the Medical Officers of the Regular Army, Volunteer Corps, and Militia, including Physicians employed under 
contract, serving in the Department of , for the month of 186 . 
No. 
Names. 
Rank. 
Post or Station. 
With what troops serv- 
ing. 
Rema.ks. 
Note.-The nameswill be arranged in the following order: 1st, Medical Officers of the Regular Army ; 2d, those of 
Volunteer Corps and Militia; 3d, Private Physicians. In the column of "Remarks" will be noted all changes in the 
position of medical officers and private physicians, whether on duty or on leave of absence ; giving the number, date, and 
source of the order directing or authorizing such change, the time of the departure of the officers from their posts, and the 
date of their return to duty. If to a new post, its position must be indicated by reference to some known point, as 
miles north from river, town, or postoffice. The remarks opposite the names of Private Physicians will state, in addi- 
tion to the above, the name and rank of the party making the contract, the date thereof, the monthly compensation, and the 
date of their discharge from service. 
The Medical Directors will require from the Medical Officers and Private Physicians in their respective Departments, 
monthly reports to enable them to make out and transmit this Return to the Surgeon General. 268 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Articles, and Characters 
and Quantities. 
On band at last return. 
Rec'd since last return. 
Total. 
Expended with the sick. 
Issued. 
Lost or destroyed by 
unavoidable accident. 
Worn out, or unfit for use. 
Total expended, &c. 
On hand. 
Remarks. 
1 certify, on honor, that the above return is correct, to the best of my knowledge, and that the medicines and stores have 
been expended with the sick belonging to the army alone. , Surgeon. 
Note.-Returns will always be transmitted in duplicate, and by different mails. 
Articles purchased with the Hospital Fund will not be accounted for on this Return. 
Form 3. 
RETURN OF MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL PROPERTY. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
269 
Form 4. 
Abstract of Medical and Hospital Property received and issued at -, in the quarter ending on the day o f 
186 , by , Medical Purveyor. 
Articles, and Characters or 
Quantities. 
RECEIVED. 
ISSUED. 
Vou. No. 1. 
1 
j Vou. No. 2. 
Vou. No. 3. 
Vou. No. 4. 
Vou. No. 5. 
5 
o 
H 
Vou. No. 1. 
Vou. No. 2. 
Vou. No. 3. 
Vou. No. 4. 
1 Vou. No. 5. 
1 Vou. No. 6. 
1 Vou. No. 7. 
CO 
c 
Total. 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. 
, Medical Purveyor. 
iVoTK.-Invoices and Receipts must accompany this Abstract. • 270 
medical department-torms. 
Dates: , 
Surgeon. 
Note.-Requisitions will exhibit the quantity of each article "on hand." They will be transmitted in duplicate, and 
by different mails. 
Articles, and Characters 
or Quantities. 
On hand. 
Wanted. 
Articles, and Characters or Qauntities. 
On hand. 
Wanted. 
Acacise, 
Acidi acetici, - 
" arseniosi, 
lb. 
lb. 
oz. 
Form 5. 
REQUISITION FOR MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. 
Station : . Period : . 
From to . 
Regiment , Colonel , Surgeon . 
Command; Officers. ; Enlisted Men, ; All others entitled to Medicines, ; Total, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
271 
Acidi tannici, oz 2. 
Pulveris opii, lb. 1. 
&c. &c. 
&c. &c. 
I certify that the medicines above required are necessary for the sick at , in consequence of [here state whether 
from loss, damage, &•., &c.] and that the requisition is agreeable to the Supply Table. 
, Surgeon. 
Approved: 
' » 
Commanding Officer. 
Received, 186 , of , the articles above enumerated. 
, Surgeon. 
Note.-This form will be used only when the supplies are to be purchased by a Quartermaster. 
Form 6. 
SPECIAL REQUISITION FOR SUPPLIES OF MEDICINES, &c. 
Requisition for Medicines {Hospital Stores, d?c.) required at , for . 272 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
rl he Confederate States, 
To A. B., 
\ Dr. 
Acidi tannici, oz. 2, at-30 cents, 
- 
- 
- 
$ 60 
Pulveris opii, lb. 1, at $9, 
- 
- 
• • 
- 
w 
• 
- 
9 00 
&C,, &C., 
I certify that the articles above charged, for the use of the sick at , are agreeable to the foregoing requisition, 
and that the charges are reasonable and just. 
, Surgeon. 
Received, 186 , of , dollars and cents, in full of the above account. 
A. B. 
Note.-The above certificate may be signed by thdftSurgeon making the requisition, or by any Surgeon, or Assistant Sur- 
geon, belonging to the army. 
Form 7. 
Account for Medicines, &c., Purchased by a Surgeon or an Officer of the Quartermaster's Department. 273 
Date. 
5 
V) 
Rice. 
Lbs. 
Sugar. 
o 
N 
Tea. 
Qts. 
Wine. 
<© 
w 
Brandy. 
f 
V. 
Coffee. 
R° 
o 
&c. 
o' 
&c. 
o' 
&c. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Remarks. 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 8. 
Account of Hospital Stores, Furniture, circ., Issued. 274 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date. 
No 
Names. 
Rank. 
Regiment 
or corps. 
Company. 
Coats. 
Jackets. 
Overalls. 
6 
cZ 
a, 
'Tn 
«> 
73 
Ct 
cn 
ct 
C 
c5 
6 
I &c. 
When delivered. 
Remarks. 
♦ 
The remarks will 
note to whom the arti- 
cles were delivered; 
what money, &c., were 
left by those who die; 
and to whom they 
were given. 
Form 9. 
Account of Clothing, Arms, Equipments, &c., of Patients in Hospstal. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
275 
No. of ward or kitchen. 
Bunks. 
Bed sacks. 
Sheets. 
Blankets. 
Kettles. 
Spoons. 
Knives. 
Forks. 
&c. 
&c. 
I 
Lost. 
Worn out. 
Destroyed by order. 
Returned to steward. 
• 
The remarks will 
state how articles have 
been lost, and by whom 
destroyed, or the per- 
sons suspected, &c. 
Remarks. 
Form 10. 
Account of Furniture, Cooking Utensils, Bedding, &c., in use. 276 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Number. 
Names. 
Rank. 
Regiment or corps. 
; " ■ 
Company. 
Complaint. 
Admitted. 
Returned to duty. 
Deserted. 
Discharged from service. 
Sent to general hospital. 
On furlough. 
Died. 
Remarks. 
Form 11. 
REGISTER. 
.Note.-Both Christian and surname will be registered. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
277 
Names. 
Sunday. 
Monday. 
Tuesday. 
Wednesday. 
Thursday. 
Friday. 
Saturday. 
The spaces in the Prescription Book are to be filled up with the prescriptions at length, the times of administering the 
medicines, and the quantities to be given at each time. The diet of the patients will be divided into full, half, and low, 
to be designated in the Diet Book by the letters F. H. and L.; and in order that the steward may have precise instructions 
for delivering the hospital &c., the surgeon will, from time to time, insert in the Diet Book written directions of the 
quantity of each article in his store room which he may think necessary to each degree of diet. To each ten patients, for 
example, on low diet, a certain quantity of tea, sugar, &c. To each ten on. half diet, a certain quantity of rice, milk, &c. 
These proportions will soon become familiar to the steward, who has only to refer to the letters in the Diet Book, to ascer- 
tain the whole quantity of any article to be delivered for the day, as well as the quantity for each ward. When any 
liquor is directed, or any other article not contained in these generat instructions of the Surgeon, the precise quantity 
directed for each patient will be noted in the Diet Book. The Diet Tables are to be filled up daily from the Diet Book, 
and hung up in each ward of a general hospital. 
Form 12. 
Prescription Book, Diet Book, and Diet Table. 278 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FORMS. 
Form 13. 
Army of the Confederate States. 
Certificate of Disability fur Discharge. 
A. B., of Captain company, (-,) of the regiment of Confed- 
erate States , was enlisted by , of the regiment of , 
at , on the day of , to serve years. He was born in 
, in the State of , is years of age, feet inches high, 
complexion, eyes, hair, and by occupation when enlisted a 
. During the last two months said soldier has been unfit for duty 
days. 
(The company commander will here add a statement of all the facts 
known to him concerning the disease or wound, or cause of disability of 
the soldier; the time, place, manner, and all the circumstances under 
which the injury occurred, or disease originated or appeared ; the duty, or 
service, or situation of the soldier at the time the injury was received or 
disease contracted, or supposed to be contracted ; and whatever facts may 
aid a judgment as- to the cause, immediate or remote, of the disability, 
and the circumstances attending it.) 
Station: 
Date: 
C. D., Commanding Company. 
(When the facts are not known to the company commander, the certifi* 
cate of any officer, or affidavit of other person having such knowledge, 
will be appended.) 
I certify that I have carefully examined the said of Captain 
company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier be- 
cause of (here describe particularly the disability, wound, or disease ; the 
extent to which it deprives him of the use of any limb or faculty, or af- 
fects his health, strength, activity, constitution, or capacity to labor or 
earn his subsistence); The Surgeon will add, from his knowledge of the 
facts and circumstances, and from the evidence in the case, his profes- 
sional opinion of the cause or origin of the disability. 
E. F., Surgeon. 
Discharged this day of , 186 , at 
Commanding the Post. 
Notes-1. When a probable case for pension, speciai care must be taken 
to state the degree of disability. 
2. The place where the soldier desires to be addressed may be 
i.ere added. Town, County, State . 
(Duplicates.) 
[Blanks for this form are issued from the Adjutant General's office.) 279 
1 
Date. 
» 
Name. 
Where Born. 
Age. 
Profession. 
By whom enlisted. 
Remarks. 
Town or co'nty 
State or king'm 
9 
4 
The remarks will state 
the cause of rejecting any 
who are examined, &c., 
&c. 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FOURS. 
, Surgeon. 
Form 14. 
Record of Recruits Examined by , at 280 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
• 
Date. 
Company. 
In hospital. 
Remaining at 
last report. 
In quarters. 
Taken sick. 
In hospital. 
Total. 
In quarters. 
Returned to duty. 
Discharged. 
Sent to general hospital. 
Died. 
In hospital. 
Remaining. 
In quarters. 
* 
Remarks. 
Form 15. 
Morning Report of the Surgeon of a Regiment, Post, or Garrison. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
281 
Contract with a Private Physician. 
Form 16. 
This contract, entered into this day of 186 , at , State of 
, between , of the C. S. Army, and Dr. , of , in the 
State of , witnessetb, that for the consideration hereafter mentioned, 
the said Dr. promises and agrees to perform the duties of a medical 
officer, agreeably to the Army Regulations, at , (and to furnish the ne- 
cessary medicines.) And the said promises and agrees, on behalf 
of the Confederate States, to pay, or cause to be paid, to the said Dr. 
the sum of dollars for each and every month he shall continue to per- 
form the services above stated, which shall be his full compensation, and 
in lieu of all allowances and emoluments whatsoever, (except that for 
medincies furnished, which shall be at the rate of per cent, on his monthly 
pay, to be determined by the Surgeon General.) This contract to continue till 
determined by the said doctor, or the commanding officer for the time 
being, or the Surgeon General. 
[seal.] 
[seal.] 
Signed, sealed, and delivered, 
in presence of - 
" I certify that the number of persons entitled to medical attendance, 
agreeably to regulations, at , is ; that no competent physician can 
be obtained at a lower rate; and that the services of a private physician 
are necessary, for the following reasons: [Here make the particular state- 
ment required in paragraph 1202 ; reporting, also, whether a medical offi- 
cer of the army was near, and if so, that his services could not be ren- 
dered ; and when the contract allowed $80 per month, whether it was ne- 
cessary for the physician to abandon his own business, and give his whole 
time to the public service.] 
, Medical Director, 
Or Commanding Officer." 
Form of a Medical Certificate. 
Form 17. 
•- , of the blank regiment of , having applied for a cer- 
tificate on which to ground an application for leave of absence, I do 
hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer, and find that 
[Here the nature of the disease, wound, or disability, is to be fully stated, 
and the period during which the officer has suffered under its effects.] 
And that, in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I 
further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in 
a less period than . [Here state candidly and explicitly the opinion 
as to the period which will probably elapse before the officer will be able 
to resume his duties. When there is no reason to expect a recovery, or 
when the prospect of recovery is distant and uncertain, it must be stated.] 
Dated , this day of 
Signature of the 
.Medical Officer. 282 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Post or Station. 
Number of men. 
Number of women. 
Total. 
Number of days. 
Number of rations. 
RATIONS OF 
Remarks. 
1 Fresh beef. 
Perk. 
_o 
Beans. 
Rice. 
Coffee. 
Sugar. 
Vinegar. 
Candles. 
6 
02 
02 
Camp of Instruction, 
Richmond, 
Virginia. 
1 steward. 
2 cooks. 
3 laundresses. 
5 nurses. 
49 sick. 
60 total. 
Rations due, 
57 
3 
60 
7 
420 
210 
210 
420 
50 
370 
420 
420 
420 
420 
420 
420 
Rations drawn. 
110 
50 
400 
40 
280 
420 
420 
300 
420 
420 
300 
Rations commuted, 
100 
T60 
20 
10 
90 
00 
00 
120 
00 
00 
120 
The A. C. S. will issue agreeably io the above return. Surgeon C. S. A. 
, Commnnding Post. 
Form 18. 
Provision Return for the Hospital at , for days, commencing , and ending MEineAt DFFAftTMENT-FORMS. 
283 
Form 19. 
A Monthly Statement of the Hospital Fund at , for the month 
of ,186 . 
Dr. To balance due hospital last month; .... 
1,532 rations, being tVhole amount due this month, at 9} 
cents per ration. ....... 
ISSUED. 
' $0 00 
145 54 
Cr. By the following provisions, at contract prices: 
283} lbs. of pork, at 6 cents per pound, 
690 lbs. of fresh beef, at 4 cents per pound, 
1612 2-16 lbs. of flour, at 2 cents per pound, 
10 ]bs. of hard bread, at 3} cents per pound, . 
70 lbs. of rice, at 6 cents per pound, 
56 lbs. of coffee, at 9 cents per pound, . 
193 14-16 lbs. of sugar, at 8 cents per pound, 
17} qrts. of vinegar, at 5 cents per quart, . 
15 5-16 lbs. of candles, at 12 cents per pound, 
61} lbs. of soap, at 6 cents per pound, 
16} qrts. of salt, at 3 cents per duart, 
12 galls, of molasses, at 28 cents per gallon, 
$17 01 
27 60 
32 24} 
35 
4 20 
5 04 
15 51 
85f 
1 83} 
3 67} 
50f 
3 36 
- 
112 18} 
PURCHASED. 
2 pairs of chickens, at 87} cents per pair, 
4 qrts. of milk, at 7 cents per quart, 
3 dozen oranges, at 25 cents per dozen, . 
$1 75 
28 
75 
2 78 
Total expended, .... 
114 96} 
Balance due this month. , 
30 57} 
, Surgeon. 
[Date.] 284 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
ADDENDA. 
1. Officers of the Medical Department, by virtue of their commis- 
sions, command enlisted men. 
2. The Medical Director and the Medical Purveyor of a Military De- 
partment are each allowed one room as an office, and fuel from the 1st 
of October to the 30th of April, at the rate of one cord of wood per 
month for each office. 
3. Ambulances are not to be used for any other than the specific pur- 
pose for which they are designed, viz : the transportation of the sick 
and wounded. 
4. Hospital laundresses will be paid eight dollars per month, by the 
Quartermaster Department; on the hospital muster rolls, and will be al- 
lowed one ration per diem. 
5. A regiment, in the field, is allowed two four-wheeled, and the 
same number of two-wheeled ambulances; and one wagon for the 
transportation of hospital supplies. 
G. Hospital tents, having on one end a lapel, so as to admit of two or 
more tents being joined and thrown into one with a continuous cover- 
ing or roof, will be made of these dimensions: 
Length, 14 feet; width, 15 feet; height, (centre) 11 feet, with a wall 
4J feet, and a " fly " of appropriate size. The ridge pole will be made 
in two sections, measuring 14 feet when joined. 
This te.it will accommodate from eight to ten patients comfortably. 
The following allowance of tents for the sick, their attendants, and 
hospital supplies will be issued on requisitions on the Quartermaster 
Department: 
COMMANDS. 
Hospital 
Tents. 
Sib ey 
Tents. 
Common 
Tents. 
For one company, . > 
- 
1 
1 
For three companies, 
1 
1 
1 
For five " ... 
2 
1 
1 
For seven " ... 
2 
1 
1 
For ten " ... 
3 
1 
1 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
285 
7. The following Blanks will be issued from the Surgeon General's 
office. 
Monthly Reports of Sick and Wounded. 
Quarterly Reports of Sick and Wounded. 
Consolidated Monthly Reports of Sick and Wounded, (for Medical 
Directors.) 
Returns of Medical Officers, (for Medical Directors.) 
Returns of Medical and Hospital Property. 
Abstracts of Medical and Hospital Property, (for Medical Purveyors.) 
Requisitions for Medical and Hospital Supplies. 
Medical Purveyors will be allowed to print only their blank Invoices 
and Receipts. Other medical officers will not have any blanks printed, 
except by special authority from the Surgeon-General. 
Certificates of Disability for Discharge from the service, and Hospital 
Muster Rolls, are furnished from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's 
office. 
8. Official letters addressed to the Surgeon General, by medical of- 
ficers of the army, will be written on letter paper (quarto post) when- 
ever practicable, and not on note or foolscap paper. The letter must 
be folded in three equal folds parallel with the writing, and eq'orsed 
across that fold which corresponds with the top of the sheet, thus: 
(Name and rank of writer.) 
(Post or station and date of letter.) 
(Analysis of Contents.) 286 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
ARTICLE XLIV. 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
1224. The senior officer of artillery on ordnance duty is, under the 
direction of the Secretary of War, charged with the superintendence 
and administration of the Ordnance Bureau. He shall be stationed at 
the seat of government, and may select an officer on ordnance duty.as 
his assistant. 
1225. The officers on ordnance duty shall, under the direction of the 
senior officer, have charge of all arsenals, (for special reasons the ar- 
mory at Richmond is placed under the charge of a superintendent, au- 
thorized by law, to be appointed by the President,) the government 
manufactories of powder, ordnance depots and magazines, and all pro- 
perty appertaining to the Ordnance Bureau, not issued to the troops, 
for the safe-keeping and preservation of which they shall be held 
strictly responsible. 
They shall furnish all arms, ordnance and ordnance stores required for 
the military service, on proper requisitions, and in conformity with 
the regulations of the Bureau.* 
Arsenals, being under the control of the Ordnance Bureau, will not 
be interfered with by any other branch of the service. 
122(5. No right of choice shall exist in the command of ordnance sta- 
tions. Officers will be assigned to such commands, at the discretion of 
the chief of ordnance, in such manner as the public interest may re- 
quire. 
1227; Officers in command of ordnance stations will not be clringed 
oftener than once in four years, except for special reasons, to be ap- 
proved by the Secretary of War. 
1228, The names of ordnance stations will be officially known and 
designated as follows, viz : 
Names of Ordnance Stations. 
Postoffice. 
Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory, 
Fayetteville, N. C. 
Richmond Armory, Arsenal and Laboratory, 
Richmond, Va. 
Augusta Arsenal, . . 
Augusta, Ga. 
Baton Rouge Arsenal, .... 
Baton Rouge, La. 
Charleston " ..... 
Charleston, S. C. 
Mt. Vernon " ..... 
Mt. Vernon, A a. 
Apalachicola " ..... 
Chatahoochie, Fla. 
Texas " ..... 
San Antonio, Texas. 
Little Rock " ..... 
Little Rock, Ark. 
Savannah Depot . . . • . 
Savannah, Ga. 
Montgomery " ..... 
Montgomery, Ala. 
Nashville " ..... 
Nashville, Tenn. 
Government Powder Mills, 
Augusta, Ga. 
■"For the present, the Ordnance Bureau will also furnish knapsacks, 
haversacks, and canteens. 287 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
1229. All orders received from the headquarters of the army, relat- 
ing to the movement of the troops, or the discipline of the army, shall 
be circulated through and by the chief of ordnance to every ordnance 
station. 
1280. The senior officer of artillery on ordnance duty, attached to an 
army in the field, shall have the charge and direction of the depots of 
ordnance and ordnance stores for the supply of such army. All orders 
relating thereto shall be regularly transmitted to him through the of- 
fice of the Adjutant General acting with such army. He will commu- 
nicate with the chief artillery officer, to ascertain the actual and proba- 
ble wants of the army, relative to his department, and be prepared to 
furnish supplies at the shortest notice. He will also correspond with 
the Chief of Ordnance, and with the officers at the nearest arsenals and 
laboratories, so as to anticipate, if possible, and provide for all the wants 
of the army connected with his department. 
1231. The general denomination, " Ordnance and Ordnance Stores," 
comprehends all cannon, howitzers, mortars, cannon balls, shot and 
shells, for the land service ; all gun carriages, mortar beds, caissons and 
traveling forges, with their equipments'; and all other apparatus and 
machines required for the service and manoeuvres of artillery, in gar- 
risons, at sieges, or in the field ; together with the materials for their 
construction, preservation, and repair. Also, all small arms, side-* 
arms, and accoutrements, for the artillery, cavalry, infantry, and rifle- 
men ; all ammunition for ordnance and small arms, and all stores of 
expenditure for the service of the various arms ; materials for the con- 
struction and repair of ordnance buildings ; utensils and stores for la- 
boratories, including standard weights, gauges and measures ; and all 
other tools and utensils required for ordnance duty. The ordinary ar- 
ticles of camp equipage and pioneers' tools, such as axes, spades, 
shovels, mattocks, &c., are not embraced as ordnance supplies. 
1232, Ordnance and ordnance stores shall be provided by open pur- 
chase, by fabrication or by contract, as may be most advantageous to 
the public service. They shall be provided by ordnance officers only, 
except when otherwise specially directed by the Chief of Ordnance, or 
in case of urgent necessity ; and in such cases, a report and certificate 
showing the necessity, from the officer ordering the purchase, will be 
required for the admission of the account of purchase at the treasury. 
INSPECTION OF NATIONAL ARMORIES, ARSENALS, POWDER WORKS, AND ORD- 
NANCE DEPOTS. 
1233. Inspections of national armories, of arsenals and ordnance 
depots, shall be made under the direction of the Chief of Ordnance, by 
such officers of the Ordnance Bureau as the Secretary of War may, from 
time to time, designate for that purpose. 
1234. A thorough and complete inspection of- the national armories, 
and arsenals of construction, shall be made annually, and all other 
ordnance stations at least once every two years. At these inspections 
it shall be the special duty of the inspecting officer to see that the laws, 
regulations, and orders of the Bureau are faithfully executed, and to 
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spection, in correction of any neglect or departure therefrom. He will 
ascertain whether the persons employed in arsenals and armories are 
efficient in the performance of their duties ; whether the number ex- 
ceeds that required to execute, by constant employment, the business 
of the establishment; and in case of any excess beyond what may be 
necessary, he will report the number to the commanding officer for dis- 
charge, and immediately after report the same and the circumstances, 
with copies of all orders and instructions which he may have given 
during his inspections, to the Chief of Ordnance. It shall also be his 
duty specially to examine the annual reports, and to give such orders 
as, in his judgment, may tend to produce as much uniformity in the 
mode and amount of valuation of property as the circumstances at each 
place will admit. 
1235. At the conclusion of each inspection of a national armory, ar- 
senal of construction, or ordnance depot, the inspecting officer will re- 
port to the Chief of Ordnance the general and particular condition of 
each ; and especially each and every departuie from the established 
models and patterns in all articles fabricated ; and also, how far the 
laws, regulations, and orders may have been violated, and in what re- 
spects they have not been carried into full operation. He shall keep 
books, in which shall be recorded all reports which he is required to 
jnake, and all correspondence relating to his inspections. 
1236. The commanding officer of an armory shall have the manage- 
ment and direction of the business, and shall conduct the correspon- 
dence of the armory. lie shall draw up and publish, under the direc- 
tion of the Chief of Ordnance, all necessary regulations for its internal 
government; he shall provide the necessary tools and stores ; he shall 
give directions to the store keeper, acting as paymaster, in the dis- 
bursement of the public funds ; he shall at all times have free access to 
the books of the store-keeper, and may require of him auy information 
relative to the financial concerns of the establishment; he shall engage 
all workmen, determine their grades, appoint such number of fore .ien 
in each branch of the manufacture as he shall consider necessary , and 
he may displace or dismiss said workmen or foremen when he shall 
deem it expedient; he will be held responsible that the number of 
hired men employed at the armory, under his superintendence, shall 
not exceed the number necessary to execute, by constant employment, 
all the business of the armory. In the absence of the commanding offi- 
cer, the charge of an armory shall devolve on the master armorer, unless 
the Chief of Ordnance shall otherwise direct. 
1237. The commanding officer of an armory shall make annual re- 
ports of the inspection of all arms manufactured at the armory, in con- 
formity with the directions in the form number 37 ; and tne master ar, 
merer, under the direction of the commanding officer, shall keep a book- 
in which shall be entered copies of all the inspection reports herein re- 
quired. The originals of said reports shall be forwarded to the Chief 
of Ordnance on the completion of the inspections. 
1238. The commanding officer of an armory shall authorize the issue 
of materials required for fabrication in the workshops in such quanti- 
ties, and at such times, as may be considered necessary: provided the 
supply so issued (which shall in all cases be placed in charge of the 
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master armorer) shall at no time exceed the quantity which may be re- 
quired for use in the course of three months. 
1239. At each national armory the master armorer shall keep ac- 
counts with the foremen for all tools and materials, rough and finished 
work delivered to, and received from, them respectively ; he shall be 
careful to keep each particular branch of the manufacture in an equal 
state of advancement; be shall be the chief inspector of all materials 
and tools, and of all finished arms, to be delivered into the public store- 
house ; and he shall be responsible that the same shall have undergone 
the proofs required by the Ordnance Bureau, and shall be complete for 
service ; he shall hold the foremen responsible for the faithful execu- 
tion of the part of the work with which they may be respectively charged. 
1240. The foremen at national armories shall keep accounts with the 
individual workmen employed in their respective branches, of tools and 
materials, and of work, rough and finished, delivered to, or received 
from, them respectively. They shall be inspectors and comptrollers, 
each in his proper department, of the work executed. Suitable marks 
are to be adopted to ensure the due inspection of all parts of the work, 
and the responsibility of the foremen. 
1241. The foremen at each of the national armories shall make out 
and hand to the master armorer certified monthly rolls, specifying the 
names of the persons employed, the quantity of work performed by 
ea'bh during the month, and the amount due for the same, whether by 
the established regulations or particular stipulations. And the master 
armorer shall also certify to the correctness of said rolls, and hand 
them to the commanding officer, that he may cause the general monthly 
pay rolls to be made out. The pay-rolls shall exhibit the compensation 
due to each individual for the month, and will become the vouchers on 
which the payments will be made. The books and accounts of the mas- 
ter armorer and foremen shall be open to the inspection of the com- 
manding officer and his clerks, and are to be carefully preserved, and 
ultimately deposited in the office of the commanding officer. 
1242. The commanding officer of a national armory shall, under di- 
rection of the Chief of Ordnance, arrange all work connected with the 
fabrication of arms at the armory under classes or heads, not exceeding 
ten nor less than five, according to the different degrees of labor, skill 
or ability required in its execution ; and each workman thereon em- 
ployed shall be assigned to work under some one class ; shall be de- 
nominated of that class, and shall receive a daily compensation corres- 
ponding thereto ; such compensation shall be established on the follow- 
ing principles, to wit: First, of an estimated fair day's work for every 
variety of work under each class ; second, of a just and reasonable per 
diem allowance, corresponding thereto, which shall be greater or less, 
according to the greater or less degree of labor, skill and ability re- 
quired ; third, of the'amount of work done, so that each shall receive 
the per diem allowance if he perform the estimated fair day's work of 
his class; and if he perform more or less than such fair day's work, 
then his compensation shall be proportionately greater or less than such 
per diet* allowance. 
1243. Whenever at national armories, arsenals, or ordnance depots, 
any hired workman shall, through incompetency or design, spoil any 
piece of work, in the execution of which he may be engaged, it shall be 
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the duty of the commanding officer to cause the amount of injury to he 
estimated, and give the necessary information to the paymaster to stop 
the same from the pay of such workman. 
1244. At national armories or arsenals, where dwelling houses, be- 
longing to the Confederate States, are occupied by workmen, a quar- 
terly rent-roll, specifying the names of the occupants, the periods for 
which rents are charged, the price per quarter, and th'e amount due 
from each person, shall be prepared by the commanding officer, agreea- 
bly to form No. 14. The proper designation shall be added to the 
names of such persons as may be entitled to the use of dwellings rent 
free. If the officer who prepares the roll is not the disbursing officer, 
he shall furnish the latter with one copy and shall transmit another to 
the Chief of Ordnance. The disbursing officer shall retain the roll in 
his office, and shall credit the amount collected in his account current; 
and it is made his duty to collect the sums due from the several indi- 
viduals charged, by retaining in his hands the proper amount when 
making the monthly payments ; it is not required that the rents charged 
and collected shall be entered on the pay-rolls, the credit in the accounts 
current, with the proper rent-roll, being sufficient. 
1245. Master armorers and clerks employed at the national armo- 
ries shall be allowed quarters, rent free, where there are buildings be- 
longing to the Confederate States sufficient for their accommodation. 
1246. Fuel in kind shall be allowed to armory officers, occupying 
public quarters, at the following rates per annum, viz: 
To armorer, . . 18 cords of wood. 
To a clerk, . . . . 12 " " 
1247. Master armorers at the national armories, when traveling on 
duty under orders from the proper authority, shall be entitled to re- 
ceive ten cents a mile for the distance traveled ; all hired persons in 
the service of the Ordnance Bureau shall, under the same circum- 
stances, be entitled to receive eight cents a mile.- 
1248. At the national armories, arsenals and ordnance depots, where 
it may be considered necessary to enlarge the sites, to erect new build- 
ings or machinery, to make additions or repairs to old buildings, to 
provide new wharves or enclosures, or to make any other permanent 
improvements, plans and estimates therefor shall be made by the com- 
manding officer, and be transmitted in time to be received at the ord- 
nance office in the month of August. Estimates for any of these pur- 
posees shall exhibit fully the objects contemplated, the reason orcauses 
which render them necessary, the measures by which it is proposed to 
effect them, and their probable cost. The estimate, if approved by the 
Chief of Ordnance, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, and, if 
sanctioned by him, shall be embodied in the general estimate submitted 
annually to Congress. Works of the description above mentioned shall 
in no case be undertaken or commenced but by special authority from 
the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau. 
1249. Authority from the Chief of Ordnance must, in all cases, be 
obtained before ornamental trees growing on the public grounus, at na- 
tional armories, arsenals, or ordnance depots, can be removed or de- 
stroyed. 
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be purchased without authority from the Chief of Ordnance. The 
horses must be strong, heavy-draught horses. 
1251. Workmen or others employed by hire at national armories, ar- 
senals, or ordnance depots, shall be engaged on daily wages and not on 
monthly wages or salaries. In places where it is found necessary to 
employ slaves on public works, and where the customs of the country 
do not permit of daily hire, slaves may be engaged on monthly wages. 
In such cases, parts of months will be set forth as in form No. 18. 
1252. Workmen or others employed by hire in the Ordnance Bureau, 
shall be paid only for such days or parts of days as they may actually 
labor in the service of said Bureau, for which the certificate upon honor 
of the commanding officer shall be a necessary voucher. The working 
hours for hired men at the ordnance establishments shall be so ar- 
ranged as to average ten hours a day throughout the year, working by 
daylight only. In cases where men labor more than the usual number 
of working days, the commanding officer will explain on the pay-roll 
the necessity therefor. 
1253. No slave, the property of any officer or person in the service of 
the Confederate States, connected with the War Department, shall be 
employed in the Ordnance Bureau. 
1254. Payments to hired persons in the Ordnance Bureau shall be 
made monthly, unless otherwise specially authorized. 
1255. No receipt shall be taken in blank by a disbursing officer, nor 
unless the money be actually paid ; and no due bills for money on pub- 
lic account shall be given; nor shall any officer or agent of the Ord- 
nance Bureau be concerned, directly or indirectly, on private account, 
in any contract made for said Bureau, or in the purchase or sale of any 
articles which it may be his duty to purchase or sell on public account. 
1250. When a change in the command of an armory, arsenal, or ord- 
nance depot occurs, the officer relieved shall prepare and adjust all ac- 
counts, both for money and for stores; he shall state such accounts as 
may remain due at the time of his being relieved, and shall hand them, 
together with a certified abstract of the same, to the relieving officer, 
for settlement; no outstanding claims, other than those embraced in 
such accounts and abstract, shall be settled without instructions from 
the Ordnance Bureau. 
1257. No money shall he disbursed at any national armory, arsenal, 
or ordnance depot, until the pay-roll or other account shall have been 
first examined, approved, and certified to be correct by the officer hav- 
ing charge of such armory, arsenal, or depot; and the amount shall be 
stated in words and not in figures; and when the disbursements are 
not made by the commanding officer, such approval and certificate shall 
be a necessary voucher in the settlement of the accounts of the disburs- 
ing officer. 
1258. It shall be the duty of the paymaster and store-keeper at each 
of the national armories, to make all disbursements, to receive in 
charge, and receipt all materials procured, after they shall have 
been inspected by the master armorer ; to re issue the same on the or- 
der of the commanding officer, and to receive and receipt for all finished 
' arms. He shall render accounts and returns according to the forms 
required by the Ordnance Bureau. 
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senal, or an ordnance depot, shall have the charge of ordnance and ord- 
nance stores at the armory, arsenal, or depot, excepting such ordnance 
tools, machines, or other stores, including public horses or oxen, as 
may be required for the current service of the post, which are placed 
in charge of the commanding officer thereof. (See Par. 1350.) The 
store-keeper shall be subject to the orders of such commanding officer in 
all matters which regard the inspection, preservation, and issue of the 
stores ; and it shall be the duty of said commanding officer to furnish 
the store keeper at all times with the necessary aid from the forces un- 
der his command, to assist in receiving, delivering, removing and ar- 
ranging the ordnance and ordnance stores, and in repairing and pre- 
serving all public Luijdings in which they may be deposited. 
1260. In ease of an arsenal or ordnance depot being left without any 
other commissioned officer, the charge of the post shall devolve on the 
military store-keeper, who shall conform to such instructions as may be 
given him by the commanding officer on leaving the post. 
1261. A military store-keeper of the Ordnance Bureau shall, when 
required by the Secretary of War, in addition to his other duties, dis- 
burse the funds for the ordnance service at the post where he may be 
stationed ; and he shall in that case give a bond, with approved secu- 
rity, in such sum as the Secretary of War may direct, for the faithful 
performance of his duty. 
1262. At arsenals of construction, and other ordnance depots, where 
there is no store-keeper, and at which the annual disbursements exceed 
five-thousand dollars, the officer second in rank shall, if required by the 
Secretary of War, be the disbursing officer. 
1263. Every disbursing officer of the Ordnance Bureau shall be held 
responsible for the safe-keeping of the funds placed in his hands, in the 
manner prescribed by the regulations of the War and Treasury Depart- 
ments. A disbursing officer, on being relieved from duty at any post, 
shall pay over the unexpended balance in his hands to the person who 
may be designated by the Chief of Ordnance to receive it. 
1264. The commanding officer of any armory, arsenal, or ordnance 
depot, having a military store-keeper, shall, at the time of the reception 
hy the store-keeper of ordnance or ordnance stores, which may have 
been obtained by purchase or fabrication, furnish the store keeper with 
an authenticated abstract for the fabrication, and an account for the 
purchase; and whenever the commanding officer shall receive, ord- 
nance or ordnance stores from the commanders of military posts, or 
other agents of the War Department, he shall in like manner hand 
over to the military store keeper the invoices accompanying said pro- 
perty. (See form No. 2.) 
1265. All orders for the issue of ordnance and ordnance stores, in 
charge of any military store-keeper, shall be directed to the command- 
ing officer of the armory, arsenal, or depot, to which such store keeper 
is attached ; and it shall be the duty of said commanding officer to see 
that such orders are faithfully and promptly executed. All issues of 
ordnance or ordnance stores in charge of the store keeper at any ar- 
senal, ordnance depot, or national armory, for the purposes of con- 
struction in the armory or ordnance shops, or for the current service of 
the arsenal, depot, or armory, shall be made only upon the written or- 
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pointed by him forthat purpose; and an abstract of such orders for 
current issues shall be made and presented by the store keeper, at the 
end of each quarter, to the commanding officer, who shall authenticate 
the same. (See form No. 9.) 
12G6. Ordnance or ordnance stores shall not be issued for construc- 
tion in the ordnance shops, or for the current service of any military 
post, except on the written authority of the commander, or that of some 
military officer, or other responsible person acting under his order; 
and such authority shall, in all eases, state the object of 'the issue, and 
be tiled in theOrdnance or Adjutant's office of the post, inorder that the 
quarterly abstract of materials expended or consumed at the post (see 
form No. 9) may be in conformity to the orders for issue. 
1267. When an order for supplies is received at any armory, arsenal, 
or ordnance dep<Tt, the commanding officer shall cause the articles or- 
dered to be carefully packed, and shall turn them over to the nearest 
quartermaster, with an invoice. (See form No. 2.) A duplicate of the 
invoice shall, at the same time, be transmitted to the officer to whom 
the stores are addressed, or for whose command they are designed. The 
dates when the order was received, and the articles turned over for 
transportation, will be stated in the next monthly statement of work 
done. (See form No. 29.) 
1268. Requisitions for ordnance or ordnance steres, needed at any 
armory, arsenal, or ordnance depot, shall exhibit, in addition to the de- 
scription and quantity of property asked for, the amount of similar 
articles on hand, with full explanations, showing the propriety of the 
issue. (See form No. 24.) These requisitions shall be forwarded to 
the Chief of Ordnance, and, if approved by him, the requisite orders 
shall be given. 
1269. In case of the authorized absence of a military store keeper, 
and at arsenals or ordnance depots, where there is no st»>re-keeper, the 
commanding officer will be held responsible for the safekeeping and 
preservation of all public property committed to his charge; but he 
may assign to a junior officer of the arsenal or depot the immediate 
charge of it, and also the duty of preparing the proper returns. 
1270. To guard against the embezzlement of ordnance and ordnance 
stores, they shall be distinctly and permanently marked, so as to 
identify them as being the property of the Confederate States, previously 
to their being sent from the arsenals or ordnance depots. 
1271. No hired or enlisted man'engaged in the service of theOrd- 
nance Bureau, at any national armory, arsenal, ordnance depot, or 
with any military command, shall be employed for the private benefit 
of officers or other persons, with or without compensation ; and no pub- 
lic property appertaining to the Ordnance Bureau shall, under any pre- 
tence, be sold, exchanged, or used for the private benefit of any person 
or persons whatsoever. The public workshops, tools and materials, 
must be used solely for purposes of public benefit; and all private work 
in the public buildings, and all other application of public means to 
any other than public purposes, is expressly prohibited. It shall be the 
special duty of all officers or other agents of the Ordnance Bureau, and. 
especially inspectors, to see that this regulation be strictly observed. 
1272. The number of enlisted men authorized by law for the Ord- 
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of Ordnance, who shall likewise determine the number of each specified 
grade of workmen to be employed at each arsenal or depot, all of whom 
shall be enlisted in the grade of laborer; from which grade promotions 
shall be made of such as may be found to merit it, at the discretion of 
the commanding officers of arsenals and depots, under the provisions 
contained in the next articles of these regulations. 
1273. Enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau will be mustered in 
either of the grades authorized by law, except that of master workman, 
at the discretion of the senior ordnance officer at the arsenal or depot at 
which they may be stationed : provided, that every enlisted man shall bo 
efficient in the discharge of the duties required of him, according to his 
grade. Enlisted master workmen will be appointed, when required, by 
the Chief'of Ordnance, upon recommendations of the senior officers of 
arsenals or depots. Ordnance men will be discharged by their com- 
manders oi expiration of enlistment; but for any other cause they can 
be discharged only by the War Department, or by sentence of a general 
court martial. 
1274. Enlistments of ordnance men will be taken 'in duplicate, ac- 
cording to form No. 26, one to be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, 
and the other to be retained at the post or station where the man was 
enlisted. 
1275. Enlisted soldiers who may be detailed from the line of the 
army for extra service, under the direction of an officer of the Ordnance 
Bureau, shall be allowed, while so employed, for every period greater 
than ten days continuously, a per diem of forty cents. 
127G. The Secretary of War shall be authorized to select from the 
sergeants of the line of the army who shall have faithfully served eight 
years in the service, four years of which in the grade of non-commis- 
sioned officer, as many ordnance sergeants as the service may require, 
not to exceed one for each military post, whose duty it shall be to re- 
ceive an 1 preserve the ordnance, arms, ammunition, and other military 
stores at the post, under the direction of the commanding officer of the 
same, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secre- 
tary of War, and who shall receive for their services twenty-one dollars 
per month.* 
1277. The appointments and removals of ordnance sergeants sta- 
tioned at military posts, in pursuance of the above provisions of law, 
shall be reported by the Adjutant General to the Chief of Ordnance. 
1278. An ordnance sergeant in charge of ordnance stores at a post 
where there is no commissioned officer, shall be held responsible for the 
safe keeping of the property, and he shall be governed by the regulations 
of the Ordnance Bureau, in making issues of the same and in preparing 
and furnishing the requisite returns. If the means at Ids disposal are 
not sufficient for the preservation of the property, he shall report the 
circumstance to the Chief of Ordnance, who shall take measures ac- 
cordingly. 
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ORDNANCE STORES IN SERVICE, 
1279. In time of war, arms, ordnance, and ordnance stores, for arm- 
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ing, equipping, and supplying the troops in service, will be issued upon 
the order of any general or field officer commanding an army, garrison 
or detachment, whose order shall be transmitted- to the Ordnance Bu- 
reau by the officer or agent by whom the issue is made. The arming 
of permanent fortifications w-ill be specially directed by the Secretary of 
War. . . 
1280. Any officer commanding a district or geographical department, 
who, in time of peace, may*require authority to call, at his discretion, 
for ordnance and ordnance stores from the arsenals and depots within 
the extent of his command, shall make application for that purpose to 
the Secretary of War through the Adjutant General's office. 
1281. No arms nor ordnance stores shall be issued otherwise than as 
provided for in these regulations, except by special authority from the 
President of the Confederate States, or in cases of servile insurrection or 
foreign invasion. Whenever issues are made under this exception, the 
order therefor shall be immediately forwarded to the ordnance officer, 
accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the issue. 
1282. Ordnance stores issued on urgent occasions, as provided in the 
next preceding article, shall, if not expended, be carefully stored at 
some convenient ordnance depot when the urgency ceases. 
1283. One complete set of arms and accoutrements of each description 
may, if the state of the public supplies will permit, be issued to any of- 
ficer of army for his own use, and no other's, on his payment of the 
cost price thereof to the issuing officer. 
1284. All ordnance stores issued for the personal use of officers, 
agreeably to Par. 1280, shall be accounted for on the quarterly re- 
turn of property of the officer making the issue ; and the voucher for 
such issue shall be the duplicate acknowledgment of theofficer receiving 
the stores, stating the fact of having received the same and paid for 
them, the amount paid being likewise stated in the acknowledgment. 
(See form No. 21.) The disbursing officer of the arsenal, armory, or 
depot, from which the issue is made, will credit all moneys thus re- 
ceived in his next quarterly account current. 
1285. Ordnance and ordnance stores in charge of any ordnance of- 
ficer, or the command of any regiment, company, or detachment, or 
other agent of the Ordnance Bureau, shall in no case be issued or loaned 
to individuals, except as provided in article 1280, or authorized by law ; 
nor shall they, under any circumstances, be used for private purposes 
by any officer or other agent of the army, or be diverted from their le- 
gitimate use, as indicated by the regulations and the laws appropriating 
moneys for the service of the Ordnance Bureau. 
1286. Requisitions (according to form 24) for ordnance and ordnance 
stores for the use of regiments, companies, detachments, or military 
posts or stations, shall, in time of peace, be transmitted to the General 
or commander of the district or geographical department within which 
such regiment, company, detachment, or military post or station is situ- 
ated, who will sanction, modify, or annul such requisition at his discre- 
tion. If sanctioned or modified, he shall transmit the same through 
the Adjutant General for the decision of the General-in-Chief. 
1287. In cases of urgent necessity, the requisitions may be trans- 
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Chief, duplicates thereof being immediately forwarded, as prescribed in 
the preceding article. 
1288. The Chief Ordnance shall examine all requisitions for ord- 
nance supplies, and, under the direction of the Secretary of War, shall 
modify and regulate them in such manner as to curtail all extravagan- 
cies, to suit them to the exigencies of the service, to existing appropria- 
tions, and to just and proper views of economy; and in the perform- 
ance of this part of his duty, he shall invariably communicate with the 
General-in-Chief of the army. 
1289. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Ordnance, under the direc- 
tion of the General-in-Chief, to see that a sufficient quantity of ordnance, 
ammunition and ordnance stores are deposited at every military post 
where troops are stationed. 
1290. On the receipt of ordnance or ordnance stores by any officer of 
the Ordnance Bureau, br by any other officer or agent of the ariny,«uch 
officer or agent shall cause the same to be immediately examined and 
entered on the property return ofwthe post, company, or detachment, 
and he shall transmit to the forwarding officer duplicate receipts for the 
same, (form No. 7,) stating the number or quantity, and the condition 
of the articles received. If, on examination, it should appear that there 
are less than specified in the invoice, or have sustained material injury 
in the transportation, it shall be the duty of such officer or agent to re- 
port the amount of loss or damage to the Chief of Ordnance, and also to 
the proper officer of the Quartermaster's Department, to the erirl that, if 
such loss or damage has been caused by neglect of the agent of trans- 
portation, it may be deducted from the amount allowed him for that 
purpose. 
1291. The receipt of ordnance stores at an arsenal or ordnance de- 
pot shall be noted on the monthly statement of werk done. (Form No. 
29.) The receipt of stores at any other military post, or by an officer 
in command of troops, shall be immediately reported to the Chief of 
Ordnance. 
1292. When an officer or agent of the army, who shall have received 
an invoice of ordnance or ordnance stores to be forwarded to him, has 
reason to believe that they have been lost or miscarried, or are deposited 
in irresponsible hands, it shall be his duty to acquaint the forwarding 
officer of such failure. And it shall be the duty of both officers to make 
diligent inquiries, along the route of transportion, of all persons into 
whose hands such ordnance or ordnance stores might probably have 
passed ; the result of which shall be reported to the Chief of Ordnance. 
Should it be ascertained that the stores have been lost, then the officer 
to whom they were sent shall enclose a certificate (see form No. 11) to 
the forwarding officer, who shall transmit the same, accompanied by 
one from himself, (see form No. 12) to the Chief of Ordnance, to the 
end that he may be relieved from further responsibility on that account. 
1293. The commander of any permanently embodied regiment, or (if 
separated by companies or detachments) the commander of each com- 
pany or detachment, will be considered as having the immediate 
charge of, and will bo held accountable for, a'l arms, ordnance 
and ordnance stores at the post, issued for the personal armament of 
the troops of his command. And the commander of each military post 
will be considered as having the immediate charge of, and will be held ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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accountable for, all ordnance and ordnance stores at the post, which 
are not in the exclusive service of any regiment, company, or detach- 
ment, or not in charge of an officer or agent of the Ordnance Bureau. 
1294. The commander of each company shall, as far as practicable, 
retain and keep in store such number of small arms and sets of accou- 
trements as may be sufficient, with those in use, to equip the full 
complement of men established by law for his command ; and when- 
ever any such arms and accoutrements become unserviceable for want 
of repairs, which cannot be made at the post, it shall be the duty of the 
commander of the regiment or post to send them to the nearest or most 
convenient arsenal with a requisition for immediate repair ; but in no 
case shall such unserviceable small arms and accoutrements be ex- 
changed for others when they can be made serviceable for repair, nor 
until they have been regularly condemned by an inspecting officer, or 
board of inspection organized by the commander of the department. It 
is made the duty of commanders of regiments to see that this regula- 
tion is strictly observed. 
1295. Arms and accoutrements condemned as totally irreparable, 
under the provisions of the preceding article, shall be broken up, and 
the serviceable parts retained and accounted for by the commander of the 
company, to be used for repairs. The commander of each company 
shall also, on his requisition, made in the usual form, be furnished by 
the Ordnance Bureau with a due proportion of such spare parts as are 
necessary for repairs. 
1296. Officers who may execute the duty of repairing arms and ac- 
coutrements, under the provisions of article 1294, shall transmit to the 
Chief of Ordnance, in each case of repair, a statement of the cost thereof, 
in order that it may accompany to the treasury the quarterly return of 
the officer commanding the company to which the articles belonged, 
and that such officer may be held accountable for the damages, according 
to the regulations. 
1297. Accoutrements and artillery equipments, only partly worn, 
which have become soiled or discolored by use in the field, and which 
are reported as yet sufficiently strong to endure much more service, 
shall be cleaned and furbished and restored to their original new ap- 
pearance, as nearly as can be done, when they will be issued to the 
troops for service, on the usual requisitions. 
1298. Whenever an enlisted soldier is transferred from one company 
to another, his arms and accoutrements shall be retained with the com- 
pany to which he belonged, unless the urgency of the service shall 
otherwise require. 
1299. In all cases in which ordnance or ordnance stores are lost or 
damaged by the negligence or misconduct of any officer, cadet, or en- 
listed man, the amount of said loss or damage shall be charged to the 
delinquent on the next muster roll, and the facts shall be recorded on 
the books of the company, detachment, military post, arsenal, or ord- 
nance depot. On the next quarterly return of ordnance and ordnance 
stores, the names of the delinquent shall be noted, with the amount 
charged, the particular loss or damage for which the charge is made, 
and the date of the muster roll on which noted. 
1300. Whan, in compliance with the preceding article, a charge for 
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dividual, it shall be the duty of the commanding officer, provided it be 
requested by the individual charged, to assemble a board of examina- 
tion (to be composed of commissioned officers, if practicable,) to investi- 
gate the facts, and report to him the cause of such loss or damage ; and 
their report, with the remarks of the commanding officer thereon, shall 
accompany the next quarterly return to the Chief of Ordnance. 
1301. All charges made in obedience to paragraphs 1299 and 1300, of 
these regulations, for loss or damage of ordnance or ordnance stores in 
the hands of the troops, shall have precedence of all other claims what- 
soever on the pay of the troops ; they shall be regulated by tables cf 
cost, periodically published by the Chief of Ordnance. (See rates of 
prices of articles.) 
1302. Whenever stoppages are noted on muster rolls, for loss or dam- 
age of ordnance or ordnance stores, it shall be the duty of the paymaster 
to withhold the amount charged, and that of the Paymaster General to 
transmit to the Second Auditor of the Treasury, in the month of May, 
annually, a statement exhibiting the total amount of such stoppages up 
to the 31st of December next preceding, to the end that such amount 
may be refunded to the appropriation to which it may legally belong. 
1303. When any person shall fraudulently sell or otherwise dispose 
of any ordnance or ordnance stores, the property of the Confederate 
States, or convert the same to his own use, or deface their marks for the 
purpose of concealment, or wantonly waste or destroy such property, 
it shall be the duty of any military officer to whom the facts shall be- 
come known, either personally or on creditable report, to communicate 
the circumstances to the Chief of Ordnance, who shall adopt such mea- 
sures in the case as the interest of the service may require. 
1304. Surplus ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of the 
troops shall be turned into store, in as good order as possible, at the 
most convenient ordnance depot, for which the officer or agent in charge 
of such depot shall give a receipt, stating their condition. 
1305. Surplus ordnance and ordnance stores, at any military post, 
notan ordnance depot, which are considered by the commanding officer 
unnecessary for the service of the post, shall be transported to an arsenal 
or ordnance depot, provided the removal of such ordnance and ordnance 
stores shall be first sanctioned by an Inspector General, or by the com- 
mander of the department in which they are situated. Officers com- 
manding posts will report all surplus stores to the commander of the 
department, or to the Inspector General, when present at the post 
on a tour of inspection, who shall designate the place to which they 
shall be removed. 
1306. In case ordnance or ordnance stores are lost, or rendered un- 
serviceable by unavoidable accident, the commanding officer shall as- 
semble a board of survey to investigate the facts, and report to him 
the cause of such loss or damage. The board shall be composed of 
commissioned officers, when practicable, and their report shall be sub- 
mitted to the commanding officer for his remarks or explanations, and 
shall be forwarded by the person responsible for the property with his 
next quarterly return of property to the ordnance office. 
1307. Whenever any officer in charge of ordnance or ordnance stores 
shall leave his command or post, with a prospect of being absent for any 
period less than three months, it shall not be obligatory on him to take re- ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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ceipts for said ordnance or ordnance stores; but he may, at his own discre- 
tion, either close his accounts or place the ordnance or. ordnance stores 
under charge of the officer next in command, who shall, in that Clise, do 
all duty in regard to said ordnance or ordnance stores in the name of 
said absent officer, until his return to the command or post. 
1308. At the decease of any disbursing officer of the Ordnance Bu- 
reau, or any officer or agent chargeable with ordnance or ordnance 
stores, and responsible for the returns required by paragraphs 1348 and 
1350, a board of survey shall be assembled by the senior officer of the 
arsenal, depot, or post, to examine the state of the funds, ordnance or 
ordnance stores, for which said officer or agent was accountable. The 
board will make a report in duplicate, in the same order of classification 
as in Par. 1365, stating the kinds, quantity, and condition of said ord- 
nance or ordnance stores, and the amount of funds on hand, which re- 
port will be immediately transmited to the Chief of Ordnance ; the du- 
plicate will be handed to the successor of the deceased. 
1309. The commander of each company in garrison shall constantly 
retain in store, and exhibit on his quarterly returns of property, the 
regulation arm chests hereinafter mentioned, in which all arms and ac- 
coutrements, not in the hands of the troops, shall be at all times se- 
curely packed for preservation, viz : to each company of infantry, and 
to each company of artillery armed as infantry, two musket arm-chests ; 
and to each company of riflemen, two rifle arm-chests ; to each company 
of cavalry, one pistol arm-chest; and if armed with carbines or rifles, 
then, in addition, one rifle or carbine arm-chest. 
1310. The commanding officer of any regiment; garrison, company, or 
detachment, shall be responsible that all surplus chests or cases, other 
than packing boxes, in which arms or other ordnance stores have been 
conveyed to his command are carefully preserved. They will be re- 
ceipted for and entered upon the property returns as other stores, and, 
in like manner, reported to the Ordnance Bureau. 
1311. Every officer commanding a permanently embodied regiment, 
or a company, garrison or detachment, shall make a report every two 
months to the Ordnance Bureau, stating all damages to arms, equip- 
ments, and implements belonging to his command, noting those occa- 
sioned by negligence or abuse, and naming the party by whose negli- 
gence or abuse the said damages were occasioned ; which reports shall 
be consolidated by the Chief of Ordnance, and transmitted with his re- 
marks and orders thereon, every six months, to the superintendents of 
the national armories and inspecting officers of the Ordnance Bureau, 
in order to ascertain and correct any defects which may exist in the 
manufacture of arms. 
1312. Whenever ordnance or ordnance stores are reported unser- 
viceable, they shall be examined by an Inspector General, or some other 
officer specially designated by the Secretary of War for that purpose, 
who will note on the inventory such as he condemns and such as he con- 
siders reparable. (See form No. 13.) He shall recommend the stores 
condemned by him either to be broken up at the arsenal, depot, or mili- 
tary post, or to be sold, as may be deemed most advantageous to the pub- 
lic service ; but should it appear to the inspector that the ordnance or 
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ordnance stores condemned are of too little value to cover the expense of 
sale or breaking up, he shall recommend them to be dropped from the 
return as useless. Such arms and stores as the inspector may consider 
reparable he shall direct either to be repaired at the arsenal, depot, or 
military post, or to be transported to the nearest or most convenient ar- 
senal or depot of construction or repairs. The list of condemned stores 
(see form No, 10) with the remarks and opinion of the inspector, shall be 
made in duplicate, and forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance for the fur- 
ther action of the President of the Confederate States. The inventory 
shall be left with the officer having charge of the ordnance and ord- 
nance stores. 
1313. All articles condemned and ordered for sale by the President 
of the Confederate States shall be disposed of at public auction, under 
the superintendence of such officers as may be designated for that pur- 
pose by the Chief of Ordnance, due public notice being given of the 
sale. An authorized auctioneer shall be employed, and the sale shall be 
conducted in conformity with the established usages of the place where 
made. 
1314. An officer directing a sale of unserviceable ordnance storeswill 
cause the articles to be offered in such lots as he may think will com- 
mand the best prices; and he is authorized to bid in or suspend the 
sale of any articles when, in his opinion, they will command better prices 
at private sale. No article shall be sold at private sale until after it 
shall have been offered at auction, nor then at a price less than that of- 
fered at public sale. 
1315. All sales shall be for cash. The auctioneer shall make certain 
bills of sale of the property and deliver them to the superintending offi- 
cer, to whom the money shall be paid on delivery of the property. All 
expenses of the sale shall be paid from the proceeds. The auctioneer's 
certified account of sales in detail, and the vouchers for the expenses of 
the sale, shall be forwarded to the ordnance office unconnected with 
quarterly accounts, whence, after examination and record, they shall be 
transmitted to the proper auditor for settlement; the nett proceeds of 
the sale shall be disposed of in such manner as the Chief of Ordnance 
shall direct. 
ISSUE OF ORDNANCE STORES TO MILITIA IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDE- 
RATE STATES. 
1316. Whenever any regiment, or company or detachment of militia 
shall be called into the service of the Confederate States, they are mus- 
tered and inspected by an inspector general, or some duly authorized 
officer of the regular troops, who shall ascertain the condition of the 
arms, accoutrements, ordnance and ordnance stores in their possession, 
and if it should be found necessary to supply them with arras and accou- 
trements, or ordnance and ordnance stores, belonging to the Confederate 
States, the commander thereof shall make requisition for the articles re- 
quired, according to form No. 25, which, if sanctioned by the inspecting 
officer, shall be submitted for approval or modification to the commander 
of the regular troops present or in the vicinity; and upon such requisi- 
tion duly approved by such commander, any officer or agent of the Ord- 
nance Bureau may issue the articles required, taking duplicate receipts 
therefor, one of which shall be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, in 301 
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order that the same may be charged on the books of the bureau to the 
officer who received them. And the commander of such regiment, bat- 
talion, company or detachment shall be held responsible for the care 
and preservation of the articles thus received, and that the arms and 
accoutrements arc issued to the men constituting his command, and 
that each individual is charged on the muster roll with the actual num- 
ber of arms and accoutrements delivered to him ; and the same shall be 
entered upon each successive muster roll until the men shall be dis- 
charged. * 
1317. When any militia are about to be discharged, they are mus- 
tered for paymenO>y an inspector general, or some other duly autho- 
rized officer of the regular troops, who shall, at the same time, critically 
inspect the arms and accoutrements in their possession, in order to as- 
certain if any loss or damage has accrued to them whilst in their pos- 
session, cither by negligence or carelessness: and if any, shall charge the 
amount of said loss or damage, according to the rates established by the 
Ordnance Bureau, to each individual, opposite to his name on the mus- 
ter roll, which amount the paymaster shall deduct from the pay due 
each individual at the time of his discharge. And it shall be the duty 
of the inspecting officer, or of an officer of the Ordnance Bureau, at the 
time of muster and inspection for discharge, to receive the arms and ac- 
coutrements, ordnance and ordnance stores, in the possession of the 
regiment, battalion, company or detachment, and to give duplicate re- 
ceipts for the same to the commander thereof, in order that he may set- 
tle his accounts with the Ordnance Bureau. 
1318. No payments shall be made to any militia called into the ser- 
vice of the Confederate States until they shall have been mustered, and 
shall have delivered up their arms and accoutrements, as set forth in 
the preceding article, unless they were absent by reason of sickness, or 
stftne other justifiable cause, at the time of the muster and inspection 
for discharge ; and in such case they shall produce receipts to the pay- 
master that they have deposited their arms and accoutrements with 
some officer authorized to receive them, who shall state in the receipts 
the condition of the arms and accoutrements, and the amount of loss 
or damage, (if any has accrued whilst the same were in their posses- 
sion,) according to the rates established by the Ordnance Bureau, which 
amount the paymaster shall deduct from the pay due them at the time 
of their discharge. 
1319. In all cases when arms, accoutrements, ordnance, or ordnance 
stores, issued to any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier of the 
militia, called into the service of the Confederate States, shall have 
been lost by unavoidable circumstances, it shall be the duty of the in- 
specting officer, who shall muster and inspect the same for discharge, to 
require the affidavit of some officer or non-commissioned officer, testify- 
ing to the unavoidable circumstances of the loss, and such affidavit, if 
deemed satisfactory, shall be sufficient authority for the inspecting of- 
ficer to relieve the individual who shall have been charged with the loss 
from all charges on account of such loss, which shall be entered with 
the affidavit on the proper muster roll. 
1320. Regulations, in detail, for the inspection aud proof of all ord- 
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nance and ordnance stores shall be prepared by the Chief of Ordnance, 
with the approbation of the Secretary of War, and the mode of inspec- 
tion and proof shall be the same for all articles of the same kind, 
whether fabricated at the.ordnance establishments, or procured by con- 
tract or by open purchase! 
I. Inspection of Ordnance and Projectiles. 
1321. The inspection and proof of ordnance and projectiles shall be 
made under the direction of the Chief of Ordnance, by such officers of 
the Ordnance Bureau as he may, from time to time,designate for that 
purpose, who will be held strictly responsible that,* ordnance and pro- 
jectiles received by them for the Confederate States shall have been 
subjected to the inspection and proof required, and that they shall con- 
form in all respects to the established models. 
1322. The inspecting officer of ordnance and projectiles at the foun- 
dries shall give to the contractors triplicate certificates of inspection, ac- 
cording to Form No. 32. 
1323. Duplicate reports of inspection of ordnance and projectiles at 
the foundries (forms Nos. 33 and 34) shall be made immediately after 
each inspection ; one copy to be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance; 
and in the month of July a consolidated report (form No. 35) of all 
such inspections, made during the year ending 30th June, shall be for- 
warded by the inspecting officer to the Chief of Ordnance. The in- 
specting officer will keep books in which shall be recorded all reports 
which he is required to make, and all correspondence connected with 
this particular service. These books will be carefully preserved, and, 
in case of relief, turned over to his successor. 
II. Inspection of Small Arms and Accoutrements. 
1324. All small arms ami accoutrements manufactured by contract, 
or purchased for the service of the Confederate States, shall, before being 
received, be inspected under the direction of the Chief of Ordnance, by 
officers of the Ordnance Bureau, designated for that purpose. 
1325. ft shall be the duty of the inspecting officer of the contract 
service, under the order of the Chief of Ordnance, to inspect all muskets, 
rifles, carbines, pistols, swords, sabres, or other small arms and accou- 
trements, that may b(? manufactured in the contract service for the Con- 
federate States, lie will be held strictly responsible that the said arms 
and accoutrements are in exact conformity with the models and pat- 
terns. To aid the inspecting officer in the performance of these duties, 
such number of assistants as may be required shall be detailed from the 
National armories, by the commanding officer, on the requisition of the 
inspecting officer. 
1326. Each assistant inspector shall, previous to entering on the duty, 
take an oath before a competent magistrate for its faithful discharge; 
and it shall be the duty of the inspecting officer to see that no assistant 
be allowed to inspect the arms manufactured at the same private estab- 
lishment oftener than twice in succession. 
1327. The inspecting officer of contract arms shall in all cases, before 
receiving any such arms for the Confederate States, cause them to be 
taken to pieces in his presence, and the several parts to be closely ex- 
amined by the assistants. When arms have been received by the in- 303 
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snooting officers for the use of the Confederate States at private armo- 
ries, the principal inspector will cause them immedia .rely to be boxed for 
transportation in his presence, and will secure each box by fixing bis 
seals thereon. 
1328. Inspections of small arms and accoutrements, made by contract, 
shall be made quarterly; and the inspecting officer shall matte annual 
reports of inspections, (form No. 37,) and at each reception of articles 
furnished by contract, he shall give to the contractor triplicate certifi- 
cates, according to form No. 36. 
1329. The inspecting officer of contract arms and accoutrements shall 
keep books in which shall be copied such inspection reports as they are 
required to make, and all the correspondence connected with this par- 
ticular service. The original reports shall be forwarded to the Chief of 
Ordnance as soon as the several inspections are completed. The books 
above mentioned shall be carefully preserved, and, in case of relief, 
turned over to the successors. 
III. Inspection of Gunpoivder. 
1330. Gunpowder is ordinarily packed in barrels containing one hun' 
dred pounds each. The magazines in which it is kept shall be frequent' 
ly aired in dry weather. 
1331. Gunpowder in the magazines giving a proof-range, by the es- 
tablished eprouvette, less than one hundred and eighty yards, shall 
not be used in the service charges, but shall be separated from that of 
higher range, and legibly marked ; to be used for firing salutes and for 
blank cartridge practice. That which gives a range less than one hun- 
dred and fifty yards shall be considered unserviceable. 
1332. The inspecting officer shall cause each cask to be marked in 
the following manner, viz: on one end the place and year of fabrication 
and description of powder; on the other end the proof-range and date 
of proof, taking care to leave space for subsequent proofs. 
1333. Reports of proof ai d inspection of powder received from con- 
tractors, and of that in the magazines, shall be made in duplicate ac- 
cording to form No. 39; and the proving officer shall give to the con- 
tractor triplicate certificates of inspection according to form No. 38. 
One of the duplicate inspection reports of powder in the magazines, 
and of that received from contractors for the Confederate States, shall 
be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance on the completion of the inspec- 
tion ; the other for powder in magazines, shall be recorded at the arsenal 
or depot; the duplicate for powder received for the Confederate States 
shall be retained by the proving officer. 
1334. Standard powder for the reception proof of all kinds of fire- 
arms, whether manufactured at the national armories, foundries, or by 
contract, shall be of such quality as to give a range of not less than two 
hundred and fifty yards by the regulation eprouvette. 
1335. All powder designed for the proof of fire-arms, shall be proved 
with the regulation eprouvette, immediately preceding the inspection, 
unless it shall have been so proved within one year, and there be no 
reason to suspect that it has become deteriorated. 
CONTRACTS. 
1336. No contract for the service of the Ordnance Bureau shall be 
be made by any officer or agent thereof, except by special authority of 304 
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the Chief of Ordnance, sanctioned by the Secretary of War; and all of- 
ficers or agents making contracts shall strictly observe the provisions of 
the laws on that subject. Contracts shall be made in triplicate, one of 
which shall be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, at the date of the 
contract, that it may be deposited in the office of the comptroller within 
ninety days thereafter. 
1337. The rights vested in a contractor, for services to be performed, 
or supplies to be furnished for the Ordnance Bureau, shall in no case be 
transferred to any other person or persons; but such contractor shall be 
held to his legal responsibilities, and all payments shall be made to him 
only. 
1338. Payments on account of any contract, to the amount of four- 
fifths of the value of the work done, or of services performed in part, 
may be made in case the contract embraces operations of long con- 
tinuance. Such payments on account, under an unfulfilled contract 
not being admitted at the treasury, will not be charged in the quarterly 
accounts; but a statement of all such, specifying the amount of each, 
will be annexed to the duplicate account current, which is designed for 
the files of the ordnance office, in order that the true state of the funds 
on hand may be known. 
ACCOUNTS. 
1339. Every disbursing officer of the Ordnance Bureau shall transmit 
to the Chief of Ordnance, within twenty days after the expiration of 
each quarter, an account current of all moneys received, expended, and 
remaining on hand, with the necessary vouchers and abstract made ac- 
cording to the forms hereinafter prescribed ; which, after examination 
in the ordnance office, will be transmitted to tire treasury department 
for settlement. 
1340. A duplicate of the quarterly account current, and of the abstract 
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be transmitted at the same 
time to the ordnance office, do be retained for use there. On a blank 
page of this duplicate account current there shall be endorsed a state- 
ment of receipts and expenditures under each appropriation, (form No. 
22,) and the face of the abstract will show as far as practicable, the 
quantity and kind of articles purchased. (See form No. 19.) Individ- 
ual accounts for services will show the dates and kind of service 
charged. 
1341. Vouchers of articles purchased, for supplies furnished, for ser- 
vices rendered, or for other expenditures, will be made agreeably to one 
or the other of the forms No- 15, 10, 17 or 18 according to the nature of 
the case. First: Form No. 15 is the form of a voucher for supplies 
furnished, or for services rendered by an individual. Second: Form 
No. 16 is the form of an ordinary receipt-roll for services. Third: 
Form No. 17 is a pay-roll to be used at armories or arsenals, where work 
is done by the piece. Fourth: Form No. 18 is a pay-roll for hired 
slaves. Fijth: In all the accounts of individuals against the Confede- 
rate States the matters and things charged for are to be clearly and ac- 
curately set forth. No substitution of names, dates, services, prices, or 
things of any kind shall be made; the transaction on which the 
charges are made in any account shall, in all cases, be truly represented 
on the face of the voucher. Sixth: In accounts for articles purchased, 305 
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the date of each separate purchase, the name and the number or quan- 
tity of each article, the price of each, with the particular to which the 
price refers-as number, weight or measure, and the amount due for 
each, will be specified in the body of the account. If the public use of 
any article be not fully apparent from its name; or if, from any other 
cause, there be reason to apprehend that the charge may not be correct- 
ly comprehended by the accounting officers, the purpose tor which it 
was procured, or other explanation, should be inserted opposite the ar- 
ticle in the column of remarks. Seventh: If an account be for services 
rendered, the occupation or kind of service, the time employed, the 
dates within which the services were rendered, the wages and the amount 
should be stated in the body of the account. If the service charged be 
of an unusual kind, or if it be charged at an unusual rate, or if, from 
any cause, the charge may be liable to misconception, the necessary ex- 
planation should be given under the head of remarks. The dates to 
lie inserted in the left margin of the accounts should represent the 
time when the several sums charged were due to the creditors. Eighth : 
At armories and at arsenals, where the number of persons employed is 
considerable, the accounts for services rendered will be stated on month- 
ly rolls, specifying the name and occupation of each, the number of 
days' service rendered by, the wages of, and the amount due to each, 
agreeably to forms No. 16 and 17. Ninth: Incase the authority to 
direct and control expenditures reside in one officer, and the payments' 
are made by another, the accounts must be sanctioned by the signature 
of the directing officer, in the manner indicated by forms No. 15, 16, 17 
and 18, before payment is made ; the date on which the sanction is 
given shall always be stated. Tenth: In the accounts for the transpor- 
tation of stores or supplies, the articles carried, with the number or 
weight thereof, the places from and to which, and the distance conveyed, 
the period within which the service was performed, and the price, should 
be specified. If the charge be for transporting stores from the post to 
a distant place, an original bill of lading, and the receipt of the person 
to whom the articles were addressed, or other proper evidence of delive- 
ry, should be annexed to the voucher. 
1342. Vouchers. First: An account for the transportation or travel- 
ling allowance of an armory officer, or other person, will state the dis- 
tance travelled, the purpose of the journey, and at what time performed ; 
and it must be sustained by the original order directing the service, ora, 
certified copy of, or extract from it, with a certificate that the journey 
charged has been performed. Second: An account for postage of letters 
on public service must be accompanied by a certificate from the officer 
sending or receiving them, setting forth that the postage charged is due 
exclusively for letters on the public business committed to his charge. 
Third: If an account be founded upon a contract or agreement, refer- 
ence should be made to the agreement in the body of the account, and 
the original agreement should be transmitted with the first account 
arising under it, if the same shall not have been previously transmitted ; 
vouchers referring to a verbal agreement, without a specification of par- 
ticulars, are inadmissable. Fourth: In case a charge is made by one 
person, for a payment made bv him to another, for freight, wharfage, 
drayage, or other purposes, the particulars of the charge will be fully 
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whom the payment is made must be annexed to the account as a sub 
voucher. Fifth: The prices and amounts in all accounts and rolls will 
be stated in dollars and cents. Sixth : All accounts accruing during 
any quarter should, if practicable, be adjusted and paid during the cur- 
rent quarter, or within so short a period after its termination as to be 
embraced in the account for the appropriate quarter. Seventh: The re- 
ceipt annexed to an account will express the sum paid by words written 
out in full and not by figures, and it will state the name of the person 
from whom, the place, where, and the date when, the money is received; 
the receipt will be signed, if practicable, by the person in whose name 
the account is stated, or if signed by another as agent, proper evidence 
that the agent was duly authorized by the principal to sign receipts 
must accompany the account. When the signature to a receipt does 
not legibly express the name of the writer, it should be witnessed. 
Eighth: If expenditures under different appropriations be contained in 
one voucher, the amount expended under each shall be separately 
stated ; if this occur in an individual account, the items shall be appro- 
priately designated in the body of it or in the column of remarks: if it 
happen in a pay-roll, the amount chargeable to such appropriation shall 
be stated at the bottom of the roll, and the several sums shall be sepa- 
rately stated in the appropriate columns of the abstract. Ninth: If the 
number of persons to be entered on the receipt-roll be so considerable 
as to require it, the roll will be made up into book form, similar to No. 
17. Tenth: In all cases where the expenditure are made in pursuance 
of special orders or instructions from the Chief of Ordnance, a reference 
to such orders, specifying the date, will be made in the column of re- 
marks on the voucher, in which the expenditure is charged. If the or- 
ders emanate from any other source than the Chief of Ordnance, then a 
certified copy will be appended to the voucher. 
1343. Abstracts- First: All expenditures, for one quarter, will be 
embodied in one abstract. Expenditures under different appropriations 
will be entered in separate columns (see form No. 19). Second: The 
vouchers for all expenditures in any quarter shall be numbered in one 
continued series, according to their dates. Third: If the abstract is so 
large as to require more than one sheet, it will be made on several 
sheets of the same kind stitched together in book form. 
1344. Accounts current will be prepared according to form No. 20, 
They should always commence by entering-First, the balance from the 
last account; if that balance shall have been officially ascertained and 
stated to the disbursing officer, lie will enter the official balance; if 
otherwise, he will enter the balance as stated by himself in his last ac- 
count. Second: All money received since the last account was render- 
ed will then be entered specifying, separately the several sums, the 
dates when, and from what source received. The expenditures will then 
be charged, entering the anount under each appropriation separately. 
Third: The account should then be balanced, certified and dated, 
agreeably to the prescribed form. 
RETURNS AND REPORTS. 
1345. The Chief of Ordnance shall transmit monthly, to the Adjutant 
General's office, a return, exhibiting the names, rank and stations of all ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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officers and enlisted men attached to the corps of artillery in the service 
of the Ordnance Bureau. 
1.346. The officer having charge of each arsenal or ordnance depot 
shall transmit to the Chief of Ordnance, within five days after the ter- 
mination of each month, and according to the forms hereinafter pre- 
scribed, the following monthly returns, viz: first, of the ordnance of- 
ficers and enlisted men at the post (form No. 27); second, of the hired 
men employed (form No. 28); third, of the work done at the post (form 
No. 29). The commanding officer of each national armory shall trans- 
mit to the Chief of Ordnance, within the period above named, a month- 
ly return of army officers and men employed, and of small arms and 
their appendages, manufactured at the armory (form No. 30). The 
commanding officer of each armory arsenal or depot, shall transmit, at 
the end of every month, a summary statement of money received and 
expended, (form No. 32) which shall be made out by the disbursing of- 
ficer. 
1347. The commanding officer of each national armory, arsenal, or 
ordnance depot, shall transmit to the Chief of Ordnance, at the begin- 
ning of each quarter, an estimate of the funds required during the quar- 
ter. (Form No. 29.) 
1348. Every person having the charge and custody of ordnance or 
ordnance stores, shall be held responsible for the same, and shall make 
and transmit to the Chief of Ordnance, within twenty days after the 
termination of the quarter, a quarterly return of the same, according to 
the forms referred to in article 1353 of these regulations, which return, 
after having been duly examined, will be transmitted to the proper of- 
ficer of the treasury. 
1349. When an officer commands, at the same time, a military post 
and also a regiment or company, he shall make a return of ordnance 
and ordnance stores belonging to the post, separate and distinct from 
those belonging to the regiment or company. 
1350. The commanding officer of an armory, arsenal, or ordnance de- 
pot, having a store-keeper, shall transmit to the Chief of Ordnance, in 
the month of July of each year, a return according to form No. 1, of all 
ordnance, tools, machines and other stores, including public horses and 
oxen, which may be in current service; and such commanding officer 
shall not be required to make the quarterly returns called for in the 
1348th article; but he shall, at the end of each month, turn over to the 
store keeper all finished articles fabricated during the month, and other 
stores which may not be required in the current service. 
1351. Arms, ordnance, arid ordnance stores, shall be arranged on the 
returns and inventories, according to the classification exemplified in 
paragraph 1365. 
1352. Every person who is required by paragraph 1348 or 1350 to 
make a quarterly or an annual return of ordnance or ordnance stores, 
shall make an exact inventory of the same in the month of June of each 
year, and shall certify, on the second quarter's return, that such in- 
ventory has been accurately made, and that said return has been com- 
pared with the inventory, and corrected accordingly, if necessary. This 
inventory shall be made according to form No. 13, and shall, if re- 
quired, be exhibited to the Inspector-General, or to any other inspecting 
officer who may visit the post. 308 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
1353. All returns of property required by articles 1348 and 1350 of 
these regulations shall be made according to the forms hereinafter pre- 
scribed, that is to say, quarterly and annual returns of property, (ac- 
cording to form No. 1 ;) invoices and vouchers in support thereof, viz: 
of articles received, (according to form No. 2;) abstract of articles fab- 
ricated, (form No. 3 ;) abstract of articles purchased, (form No. 4 ;) ab- 
stract of articles repaired, (form No. 5 ;) statement of materials ob- 
tained from condemned stores, (form No. G ;) receipts for stores issued 
to the army, (forms No. 7 and 21;) receipt for stores issued to the mi- 
litia, (form No. 8;) abstract of articles expended or consumed for pur- 
poses of construction in the ordnance workshops, or for current service, 
(form No. 9 ;) list of condemned stores stricken from the return by 
order of the President of the Confederate States, (form No. 10;) certi- 
fied invoice, (form No. 2 ;) of stores turned over to the Quartermaster's 
Department for transportation, for which a receipt shall not have been 
obtained in time to accompany the return ; such receipt, when obtained, 
shall be marked to correspond with the invoice and the return to which 
it belongs, and shall be forwarded with the next quarterly return ; cer- 
tificates of the loss of ordnance stores in transportation, (forms Nos. 11 
and 12 ;) original orders for issue in certain cases, (according to arti- 
cles 1280 and 1281.) All abstracts required above shall be furnished 
in duplicate to the ordnance office. If the vouchers for receipts or issues 
of property are too numerous to be stated separately on the face of the 
return, an abstract of them will be made in a form corresponding with 
that of the return. In all the vouchers and abstracts accompanying a 
property return, the articles should be arranged in the same order as 
in the body of the return. 
1354. Each commanding officer, or other agent of the ordnance de- 
partment, who is required by articles 1248 and 1250 to make returns, 
shall constantly keep at his station recorded copies of said returns, to 
be turned over to his suscessor in the same manner as other property ; 
and all the books and files of papers required by this and the next fol- 
lowing article shall be submitted to the Inspector General and other in- 
specting officers on their tours of inspection, who shall state in their re- 
ports the order in which they are kept. 
1355. Each officer, or other agent of the Ordnance Department, re- 
quired by articles 1339, 1340, 1346, 1347, and 1358 of these regulations, 
to make the monthly returns, accounts current, and abstracts of reports 
therein referred to, shall constantly keep at his station, to be turned 
over to his successor, the following books and files of papers,viz: First: 
A monthly return book, containing copies of all monthly returns and 
statements, except the company return, form 27. Second: A company 
return book, made by binding together the duplicate returns which are 
retained at the post. Third: An account book, containing copies of all 
quarterly accounts current, of all abstracts of money disbursed, of the 
statements endorsed on such accounts and abstracts, and of .the esti- 
mates for funds. Fourth : A letter book, containing copies of all official 
letters written by such officer or agent. Fifth : An annual inventory 
book, made by binding together the duplicate inventories retained at 
the post. Sixth: Files of letters received, containing all original official 
letters received on ordnance service, regularly endorsed and bundled, 
according to the years in which they are written. Seventh : Files oj ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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orders received, containing all original orders, regulations and circular 
letters received, endorsed and bundled according to the years in which 
they are written. Eighth-. At armories and arsenals of construction, 
such other books will be kept as may be necessary to show the nature 
and extent of operations, and the details of the applications of funds. 
1356. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Ordnance to report to the 
Second Auditor of the Treasury, in the month of June of each year, all 
persons who shall have failed to transmit returns within the periods 
prescribed by the 1248th and 1250th paragraphs of these regulations. 
1357. Should an officer or other agent of the Ordnance Bureau, 
charged with ordnance and ordnance stores, fail to render the prescribed 
returns thereof, within a reasonable time after the termination of a 
quarter, a settlement shall be made out of his accounts at the treasury, 
and the money value of the supplies with which he stands charged shall 
be reported against him for collection. The delinquency will also fur- 
nish matter of military accusation, at the discretion of the proper au- 
thority. 
1358. The commanding officer of each armory, arsenal, or ordnance 
depot, shall transmit to the Chief of Ordnance, in the month of August 
of each year, an annual inventory and report of operations for the year 
ending the 30th June, according to form No. 31. This inventory will 
be made in duplicate, one copy to be retained at the post. 
1359. A general statement, in a condensed form, will be transmitted 
with the annual inventory and report, showing the principal operat uns 
at the post during the year ending June 30th. This statement will 
embrace experiments, (their objects and results;) the construction of 
buildings, machinery, or other important works; extensive repairs or 
alterations, and the general character of the operations at the armories 
and arsenals of construction and in the foundry and inspection service. 
TRANSMITTING PATERS TO THE ORDNANCE OFFICE. 
1360. All papers transmitted to the Chief of Ordnance (except the 
annual inventories and the returns of stores, with their vouchers,) shall 
be folded in such manner that the packet shall not exceed three and a 
half inches in width and eight and a quarter inches in length, and shall 
be, as near as practicable, of those dimensions. They shall be endorsed 
according to the prescribed forms. The duplicate papers designed for 
the Chief of Ordnance will have the additional words, " Ordnance. Of- 
fice," written on the back of each. 
1361. All returns, statements, or other papers, which may be trans- 
mitted to the Chief of Ordnance, shall be accompanied by a letter of ad- 
vice. 
1362. The printed blank forms required by these regulations for the 
service of the Ordnance Bureau shall, when not otherwise directed, bo 
furnished from the ordnance office to the several posts and stations, on 
requisitions to be made annually, in the month of May, by the comman- 
ders of such posts or stations, showing the number of each form required 
for one year's consumption. 
The printed forms are as follows, viz : Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 
27, 28, 30, 31,33. 310 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
RATES OF PRICES OF SMALL ARMS AND ACCOUTREMENTS. 
PARTS. 
PERCUSSION LOCK. 
Musket. 
Rille. 
Pistol. 
D. C. 
D. c. 
D. 0. 
Barrel with sight, without breech, 
4 90 
5 28 
2 40 
Breech screw, .... 
12 
12 
09 
Bayonet or band stud, 
01 
Tang screw, .... 
06 
06 
05 
Breech sight, .... 
07 
Cone, ..... 
11 
11 
11 
Lock plate, .... 
60 
60 
48 
Tumbler, ..... 
32 
32 
30 
Tumbler screw, .... 
04 
04 
04 
Bridle, ..... 
19 
19 
17 
Sear, ..... 
24 
24 
20 
Sear spring, .... 
12 
12 
10 
Main Spring, .... 
32 
32 
30 
Lock screws, each, . . 
04 
04 
04 
Hammer, ..... 
72 
72 
54 
Side plate, (with band for pistol.) 
09 
12 
48 
Side screws, each, 
05 
05 
04 
Upper band, .... 
46 
54 
Middle band, • . . 
28 
Lower band, .... 
18 
22 
Upper band spring, 
11 
11 
Middle band spring, 
10 
Lower band spring, . • 
10 
10 
Guard plate, .... 
50 
60 
42 
Guard plate screws, each, 
04 
01 
02 
Guard bow without swivels, 
36 
42 
24 
Guard bow nut, each, 
02 
02 
02 
Swivels and rivets, each, 
12 
12 
Trigger, ..... 
14 
14 
11 
Trigger screw, .... 
02 
02 
02 
Butt plate, .... 
36 
63 
35 
Butt plate screw, each, 
03 
03 
03 
Ramrod, ..... 
60 
60 
30 • 
Ramrod spring, . 
14 
14 
Ramrod wires, .... 
01 
01 
Ramrod stop, .... 
01 
01 
Stock, ..... 
1 74 
2 22 
1 08 
Bayonet, • . . 
1 63 
Bayonet ciasp, .... 
19 
Bayonet clasp screw, 
02 
Box plate, ..... 
86 
Box catch, .... 
06 
Box spring, .... 
12 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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prices of small arms-Continued. 
TARTS. 
PERCUSSION LOCK. 
Musket. 
Rifle. 
Pistol. 
D. C. 
D. c. 
D. C. 
Box spring screw, . . . 
02 
Box screw, each, .... 
03 
Rainrod swivel and rivet, 
Ramrod swivel and rivet screw, 
30 
Sword bayonet blade, 
2 00 
02 
Sword bayonet hilt without clasp, 
2 00 
Sight base, .... 
40 
Long branch (leaf) ■ . 
17 
Short, ..... 
24 
Sight screws, each, . 
03 
Sight complete, .... 
1 00 
Barrel complete, .... 
5 16 
5 48 
Lock complete, .... 
2 70 
2 70 
Guard complete, .... 
1 27 
1 49 
Bayonet complete, . . 
1 95 
Box plate complete, 
1 16 
Arm complete, .... 
15 60 
15 90 
Appendages for all arms: 
Screw driver and cone.wrench. 
Wiper. 
Ball screw. 
Spring vice. 
Bullet mould, (rifle calibre.) 312 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, 
SWORDS AND SABRES. 
PARTS. 
1 | 
| Cavalry Sabre. 
Horse Artillery 
Sabre. 
Artillery Sword. 
Musketoon Sword 
Bayonet 
Non-commissioned 
Officer's Sword. 
I 
| Musician's Sword. 
D. C. 
D. c. 
D. c. 
D. 0. 
D. C. 
D. C 
( Gripe, .... 
40 
34 
48 
40 
Hilt < Head, .... 
1 40 
88 
1 74 
3 20 
1 00 
88 
( Guard, .... 
2 20 
1 16 
2 40 
88 
Blade, ..... 
5 60 
3 96 
4 26 
4 26 
4 40 
3 84 
f Mouth-piece, 
40 
20 
Body, .... 
2 40 
2 00 
1 00 
1 24 
1 32 
1 00 
Scabbard< Bands and rings, . . 
1 20 
1' 20 
Ferule and stud, 
30 
26 
50 
80 
70 
50 
Tip, .... 
50 
50 
70 
50 
Arm complete, .... 
14 00 
10 00 
8 00 
10 00 
11 00 
8 00 
Accoutrements-(Black Leather Belts.) 
PARTS. 
Infantry. 
Artillery 
Cavalry. 
Rifle. 
[ 
D. c. 
D. C. 
D. C. 
D. C. 
Cartridge box, .... 
1 '75 
1 60 
Cartridge box belt, . . 
75 
Bayonet scabbard and frog, 
75 
Waist belt-private's, 
60 
60 
Cap pouch and pick, 
65 
f * 
65 
65 
Gun sling, .... 
35 
35 
35 
Sabre belt, .... 
1 35 
1 35 
Sword belt. .... 
1 00 
Carbine or gun sling, . . . 
1 25 
Powder flask-tin, . . . 
30 
30 
30 
Canteen, ..... 
25 
25 
25 
25 
Canteen strap, .... 
20 
20 
25 
25 
Knapsacks, .... 
3 25 
3 25 
3 25 
3 25 
Haversacks, .... 
20 
20 
20 
20 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
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1365-Classification of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores. 
PART FIR8T. 
Artillery, Small Arms, Ammunition, and other Ordnance Stores. 
CLASS I. CANNON. 
18 pdr. brass cannon, Mexican, trophy, weight, pounds. 
12 pdr. " French, " " 
9 pdr. " Spanish, " " 
8 pdr. " French, " " 
6 pdr. " English, trophy, ' " " 
4 pdr. " French, " " 
3 pdr. " English, trophy, " " 
12 pdr. " field, U. S. pattern 1840, " 41 
6 pdr. " " " *• " 
6 pdr. " old pattern, " " 
8 inch brass howitzers, English, trophy, " " 
6 inch " French, " " 
24 pdr. " field, U. S. pattern 1840, " 14 
12 pdr. " " " " " 
16 inch brass stone mortars, French, " " 
12 inch brass mortar, French, " " 
42 pdr. iron cannon, U. S. pattern 1831, " " 
42 pdr. " " 1819, " « 
42 pdr. " " 1840, " " 
32 pdr. " " 1840, " " 
32 pdr. " rifled, " " 
24 pdr. " U. S. pattern 1819, " u 
24 pdr. " 11 1839, " " 
24 pdr- 44 old pattern, round breech, " " 
24 pdr. iron cannon, rifled, " " 
18 pdr. " old pattern, round breech, " 44 
18 pdr. " model 1819, " " 
18 pdr. " model 1839, " . " 
12 pdr. " garrison, model 1819, " 
13 pdr. " " 1839, " 44 
12 pdr. " field, model 1819, " 44 
12 pdr. iron cannon, field, inspected 1834, " " 
6 pdr. " 44 " 44 " 
J3 inch 44 field, rifled, 44 44 
100 pdr. Columbiads, smooth bore, 44 " 
50 pdr. " " 11 " 
10 inch " " " " 
10 inch " rifled, " " 
8 inch 44 smooth bore, " " 
8 inch " rifled, " " 
8 inch iron howitzers, sea coast, model 1840, " " 
8 inch " " " 1839, " " 
8 inch " siege, model 1839, " " 
24 pdr. " field, inspected 1834, " " 
24 pdr. " for flank defence, " " 
24 pdr " field, old pattern, light, " 
12 pdr. " fie.d, inspected 1834, 
14 314 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
10 inch iron mortars, sea coast, model 1839r weight, pounds. 
10 inch " " " 1819, " " 
8 inch " siege, model 1840, '' 
Unserviceable. 
9 pdr. brass cannon, field, " " 
6 pdr. " " " " 
8 inch brass howitzers, American, old, " " 
24 pdr. " " " " 
10 inch brass mortars, " " 
24 pdr. iron cannon, cascable broken, " " 
6 pdr. " old, various patterns, " " 
6 pdr. " wrought iron, " 
Note.-The mean weight of each kind of ordnance, as well as the num- 
ber of pieces, should be entered on the inventories. 
CLASS II. ARTILLERY CARRIAGES. 
12 pdr. field gun carriages, complete, stock-rail, pattern 1835. 
12 pdr. ■ " " " " " 1840. 
6 pdr. " " " " " " * 
24 pdr. howitzer, field carriages, " " " " 
12 pdr. " " " " " " 
24 pdr. siege gun carriages, " '' " " 
Mountain howitzer carriages, " " " " 
Caissons for 12 pounder guns, complete, stock-trail, pattern 1840s 
" 6 pdr. guns, " " " " 
" 24 pdr. howitzers, " " " " 
" 12 pdr. " " " " " 
Caissons for 3 inch rifle guns, " " 186E 
Travelling forges. 
Battery wagons. 
Portable forges for mountain service. 
Chests, with carriage-makers' tools, for mountain service. 
Field battery wagons, with tools and stores complete, C. 
Field travelling forges, with " " " A. 
Mortar wagons, for siege service, complete. 
8 inch Columbiad casemate gun carriages. 
8 inch Columbiad casemate chassis. 
32 pdr. casemate gun carriages. 
32 pdr. casemate chassis. 
32 pdr. casemate gun carriages, wood. 
24 pdr. " " cast iron. 
24 pdr. " chassis. 
24 pdr. howitzer casemate carriages, for flank defence, complete 
8 inch sea-coast howitzer, barbette carriages and chassis. 
32 pdr. barbette gun carriages. 
32 pdr. " chassis. 
24 pdr. "• gun carriages. 
24 pdr. " chassis. 
10 meh sea-coast mortar beds, iron. 
10 inch " " wood. 
10 inch " " iron. 
8 inch " " iron.- • • • ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
315 
6 pdr. field carriages, Gribeauval pattern, require repairs. 
6 pdr. ■ " Stocktrail."] 
Caissons. I vi • , > . 
Battery wagons. 1 s a 
Travelling forges. J 
Unserviceable. 
Note.-The "field carriage, complete," includes the limber and ammu- 
nition chest, but no implements. The "caseinate or barbette carriage, 
complete," includes the upper or gun carriage and the chassis, with all the 
wheels, but no implements; it is better, however, to enter the gim car- 
riages and the chassis separately as above. 
CLASS III.-ARTILLERY IMPLEMENTS AND EQUIPMENTS. 
Axes, felling. 
Bricoles. 
Buckets, sponge, iron for field guns. 
" " wood for garrison guns. 
" tar, iron for field guns. 
" water, for'field forge. 
" watering, leather. 
Budge barrels. 
Cannon locks, left side, for guns with lock pieces, 
" " without " 
Cannon spikes. 
Chocks, for casemate carriages. 
Drag ropes. 
Fuze augers. 
" extractors. 
" gimlets. 
" .mallets. 
plug reamers. 
" rasps. 
" saws. 
i: setters, brass. 
" " wood. 
Gunners callipers. 
" gimlets for siege and garrison guns. 
" l- field guns. • 
* haversacks. 
" levels. 
" pincers. 
" quadrants. 
Handspikes, trail, fo-r field carriages. 
" manoeuvring, for garrison carriages. 
11 shod, " " 
" truck, iron, casemate " 
" roller, " " *' 
Harness, viz: 
Sets for two wheel horses, pattern 1840. 
" leading " " 
wheel " with Grimsley's saddles, &c. 
" leading " " 
Draught for mountain howitzer carriage. 316 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Pack saddles and bridles for mountain howitzer carriage. 
Nose bags. 
Whips. 
Ladles and staves for 32 pdr. gun. 
" 24 pdr. gun. 
" 12 pdr. gun. 
Lanterns, common. 
" dark. 
Lanyards for friction primers. 
Lead apron and straps. 
Linstocks. 
Lock covers. 
Men's harness. 
Pass boxes. 
Pendulum bausses for 12 pdr. field guns. 
" 6 pdr. " 
" 32 pdr. field howitzers. 
u 24 pdr. " 
u 12 pdr. « 
Pick axes. 
Plummets. 
Pointing wires. 
Portfire cases. 
Portfire shears. 
Portfire stocks. 
Powder funnels, copper. 
Powder measures, " 
Priming horns. 
Priming wires for siege and garrison guns. 
" for field 
Prolonges. 
Rammers and staves, viz : 
For 32 pdr. garrison guns. 
For 24 pdr. "• 
Rammers and staves-continued. 
For 12 pdr. garrison guns. 
For 10 inch columbiads. 
For 3 inch sea-coast howitzers. 
Shell hooks. 
Shell plug screws. 
Splints. 
Shovels. 
Sponges, wollen, 8 inch. 
" u 32 pdK 
" " 24 pdr. 
" " 12 pdr. 
" " 6 pdr. 
Sponge covers, 32 pdr. 
" " 24 pdr. 
" " 6 pdr. 
Sponges and rammers, viz : 
For 8. inch siege howitzers. 
For 24 pdr. field " 
For 12 pdr. field guns. 
For 6 pdr. "■ 317 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Sponges and staves, viz : 
For 42 pdr. guns. 
Fur 32 pdr. guns. 
For 12 pdr. guns, siege and garrison. 
For 10 inch colurnbiad, bore. 
For " " chamber. 
For 8 inch sea-coast howitzer. 
Tangent scales for 12 pdr. field guns. 
" 6 pdr. " 
" 24 pdr. field howitzer. 
" 12 pdr. " 
Tarpaulins, large. 
" small. 
Thumbstalls. 
Tornpions and collars 12 pdr. field guns. 
" 6 pdr. 
Tom pions for 8 inch mortars. 
Tow nooks. 
Tube pouches. 
Vent covers. 
Vent pouches. 
Worms and staves, viz : 
For siege and garrison guns. 
For 12 pdr. field guns. 
For 6 pdr. " 
Note.-A set of harness for two horses includes everything required for 
them except whips and 'nose-bags, which are reported separately. 
CLASS IV.-ARTILLERY PROJECTILES, AND THEIR APPENDAGES, UNPREPARED FOR 
SERVICE. 
12 pdr. shot for 12 pdr. gun, fixed, rounds. 
12 pdr. spherical case shot for 12 pdr. gun, " " 
12 pdr. canisters for 12 pdr. gun, " " 
6 pdr. shot, " " 
6 pdr. spherical case shot, " " 
6 pdr. canisters, . " " 
12 pdr. howitzer shells, " " 
12 pdr. " spherical case shot, " u 
12 pdr. " canisters, " " 
32 p4r. howitzer spherical case shot, with metal fuzes, " " 
12 pdr. spherical case for 12 pdr. field gun, " " 
12 pdr. shells " " a u 
8 inch shells, strapped for colurnbiad. 
8 inch " " sea-coast howitzer. 
12 pdr. howitzer shell, strapped. 
12 pdr. howitzer spherical case shot, strapped. 
12 pdr. canister, for 12 pdr. field gun. 
6 pdr. shot, strapped. 
6 pdr. canisters. 
12 pdr. grape shot, stands of. 
42 pdr. cannon wads, junk. 
32 pdr. " hay. 
24 pdr. " grommet. 318 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Note.-A round of fixed ammunition" is here used to indicate the pro- 
jectile with its cartridge prepared for use, although, in some cases, they are 
not actually connected together. A " shot strapped," or a "canister," 
"stand of grape," &c., indicates the projectiles prepared for making fixed 
ammunition, or for service. 
CLASS VI.-SMALL ARMS. 
Muskets complete, viz : 
National armory, bright, percussion new. 
National armorv, brown, flint. 4th class, short. 
National armory, bright, altered to percussion. 
National armory, brown, " " 
Contract, brown, " " 
Contract, bright, " " 
Musketoons, artillery, percussion. 
. " cavalry, " 
" sappers, " 
Rifles, viz : 
Harper's Ferry percussion, new. 
Harper's Ferry percussion, repaired. 
Contract, full stocked, brown, flint. 
Hall's patent, new, without bayonets. 
Hall's patent, new, with bayonets. 
Pistols, viz : 
Percussion, new model. 
Colt's patent. 
Hall's carbines, new, percussion. 
Wall pieces, rifle, 4 oz. calibre. 
Cavalry sabres, pattern 1840. 
Horse artillery sabres, privates, pattern 1840. 
Non-commissioned officers' swords, pattern 1840. 
Musicians' swords, pattern 1840. 
Artillery swords, new pattern. 
Cavalry sabres, English. . 
Sergeants' swords, Prussian. 
Foot officers' swords, new pattern, 30J inches. 
Foot officers' swords, new pattern, 32 inches. 
Field officers' swords. 
Unserviceable. 
Muskets, without bayonets. 
Rifles, require, repairs. 
Carbines, Hall's patent, irreparable. 
CLASS VII.-ACCOUTREMENTS,-IMPLEMENTS, AND EQUIPMENTS FOP. SMALL ARMS. 
Infantry cartridge boxes. 
Cartridge box plates. 
Cartridge box belts, black leather. 
" . white leather. 
Cartridge box belt plates. 
Bayonet scabbards, 16 inches 
Bayonet scabbards, 18 inches, black 
frogs. 
Gun slings. 
Ball screws for percussion rifles. 
Bullet moulds for percussion rifles, 
round balls. 
Bullet moulds for percussion rifles, 
conical balls. 
Spring vices. 
Cartridge boxes for pistols. 
Cartridge box plates for pistols. 
Spring vices *• ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
319 
Waist belts, black leather. 
Waist belt plates, inf'ry, privates. 
" " • " sergeants. 
Wipers for percussion muskets. 
Ball screws • *• " 
Screw drivers " " 
Spring vices for muskets. 
Cones for new muskets. 
Cones for altered muskets. 
Cap pouches. 
Cone picks. ' 
Rifle cartridge boxes. 
Rifle cartridge box plates. 
Rifle flasks. 
Rifle ball pouches. 
Rifle pouch and flask belts, white. 
" " black. 
Bayonet scabbard, Hall's rifles. 
Bayonet scabbard belts, Hall's rifles. 
Wipers for percussion rifles. 
Screw drivers for percus'n rifles. 
Spare cones " 
Screw drivers for pistols. 
Bullet moulds " " 
Bull screws " ' " 
Spare cones " " 
Screw drivers for Colt's pistols. 
Spring vices " 
Powder flasks " 
Bullet moulds " 
Artillery sword belts. 
Cavalry sabre belts, white, old pat- 
tern. 
Cavalry sabre belt plates, old pat- 
tern. 
Non-comm'd officers' sword belts, 
double frogs, black leather. 
Non-commissioned officers' sword 
belt plates. 
Horse artillery sabre belts, black. 
Holsters. 
Housings. 
Muskets flints. 
Rifle flints. 
Cannon powder, pounds. 
Musket powder, * " 
Rifle powder, " 
Mealed powder, " 
Fulminate of mercury, " 
Nitre, refined. " 
Sulphur, crude, " 
Sulphur, roll, " 
Sulphur, flowers, " 
Sulphur, pulverized, " 
Pulverized charcoal, " 
24 pdr. cartridges, 6 " 
12 pdr. " 2| 
6 pdr. '' ' 1| " 
42 pdr. cartridge bags, paper, with 
flannel bottoms. 
32 pdr. cartridge bags, paper, with 
flannel bottoms. 
24 pdr. cartridge bags, flannel. 
12 pdr. " field, " 
6 pdr. " " " 
Musket buck and ball cartridges for 
percussion arms. 
Musket buck and ball cartridges for 
flintflock arms. 
Rifle ball cartridges for percussion 
arms. 
Pistol ball cartridges for percussion 
arms. 
Expanding ball cartridges, calibre 
58, percussion. 
CLASS VIII. POWDER, AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS, AC., AND MATERIALS. 
Pistol ball cartridges, flint. 
Musket blank cartridges. 
Rifle " " 
Cartridges for Colt's pistols: 
Musket balls, pressed, (for proving 
muskets,) pounds. 
Musket balls, pressed, " 
Rifle balls " " 
Buckshot, " 
Laboratory paper, viz: 
No. 1, (musket cartridge,) pounds. 
No. 2, (wrapping,) " 
No. 3, (blank cartridge.) '' 
Wrap'g paper, (No. 2,) waxed, " 
Wrapping paper, quires. 
Priming tubes, filled. 
Portfires. 
Quick match, pounds. 
Slow match, " 
Percussion caps for small arms. 
Percussion caps for Colt's pistols. 
Percussion primers for Maynard's 
locks. 
Percussion primers for cannon, Hid- 
den's. 
Friction tubes. 
Rockets, war, congreve, 
Rockets, Hale's 3| inch. 
Rockets, " 2£ inch. 
Rockets, 1 inch, signal. 
Fuzes, JO inch, filled. 320 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Fuzes, 8 inch, tilled. 
Fuzes, paper, for field ammunition. 
Fuzes, wooden, li 
Blue lights. 
Fire balls. 
CLASS IX.-PARTS, OR INCOMPLETE SETS OF ANY OF THE ARTICLES INSERTED IN 
THE PRECEDING CLASSES. 
Parts of barbette carriage, viz: 
Bevil washers for 32 pdr. 
" 24 pdr. 
Elevating screws, 
Iron work for 24 pdr. carriages and 
chassis, complete sets. 
Lunettes." 
Naves. 
Pintles. 
Pintle plates, 32 pdr. 
Pipes, 32 pdr. 
Rollers, 32 pdr. 
Rollers, 24 pdr. 
Traverse wheels. 
Parts of casemate carriages, viz: 
Bed plates for elevating screws. 
Elevating screws. 
Handles for elevating screws. 
Iron work for 32 pdr. carriages, com- 
plete sets. 
Pintles, cast iron. 
Traverse wheels, large. 
" small. 
Truck wheels. 
Trunion plates, 32 pdr., pairs. 
Parts of field cartridges, viz : 
Air backs for forges. 
Axle trees for 6 pdr. gun carriages. 
" limbers. 
Cap squares, 6 pdr. 
Cap square chains. 
Cold shut, S links, No. 3. 
" No. 5. 
Elevating screws and nuts. 
Fellies. 
Iron work for 6 pdr. carriages, com- 
plete sets. 
Keys for ammunition chests. 
Linch pins. 
Lock chains. 
Nails, No. 1 and 2, pounds. 
Nave bands. 
Nave boxes, cast iron. 
Nuts, assorted. 
Pintle hooks, keys and chains. 
Poles, spare, ironed. 
Pole props. 
Pole yok®*. 
Rondelles, 6 pdr., large. 
" " small. 
Splinter bars. * 
Spokes. 
Stocks, 6 pdr. carriage, ironed. 
caisson. " 
" battery wagon, " 
Tire bolts, nuts and washers. 
Washers for axle trees, linch. 
" shoulder. 
" for bolts, assorted. 
Wheels, spare. 
Parts of artillery implements. 
42 pdr. rammer heads. 
24 pdr. " 
12 pdr. 
G pdr. " 
42 pdr. sponge heads. 
24 pdr. " 
12 pdr. li 
6 pdr. " 
5 inch columbiad sponge heads and 
staves, for bore. 
8 inch columbiad sponge head and 
staves, for chamber. 
24 pdr. sponge heads and staves, 
6 pdr. sponge and rammer staves. 
6 pdr. worm staves. 
12 pdr. ladles. 
Worms for siege and garrison guns. 
Thimbles for prolonges. 
Parts of artillery harness, viz : 
Drivers' saddles, Grimsley's pat'n. 
Valise " " 
Bridles, Grimsley's pattern. 
Bits, brass plated. 
Halters. 
Halter chains. 
Collars. 
Girths. 
Traces, leading, leather. 
Traces, wheel, " 
Leg guards. 
Breast straps. 
Breech straps. 
Hames, prs. 
Parts of small arms, viz : 
Stocks for percussion muskets. 321 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Tumbler screws for percus'n musk's. 
Bridle screws " 
Sears for " 
Sear screws " 
Main springs " 
Main spring screws " 
Sear springs " 
Sear spring screws " 
Bayonet for Hall's rifles, 
Parts of prepared ammuni'n viz : 
Sabots for 12 pdr. field gun. 
Sabots for 12 pdr. howitzer. 
Cylinders and caps for G pounder 
field ammunition. 
Plates for 12 pdr. canisters. 
Plates for 24 pdr. grape. 
Rocket cases, 2£ inches, Hale's. 
Rocket cases, paper, 1 in., signal. 
CLASS X.-MISCELLANEOUS. 
Garrison gins, old pattern. 
" with ratchet windlass. 
Casemate gins, " 
Field and siege gins, " 
Sling carts, large. 
Sling carts, hand. 
Casemate trucks. 
Hand carts. 
Store trucks. 
Lifting jacks. 
Falls for casemate gins. 
Falls /or garrison gins. 
Falls for siege and gins. 
Treble blocks, iron. 
Double " " 
Single '* " 
Gin band-spikes. 
Haid-spikes for mechanical manoeu- 
vres. 
Long rollers for median, mance's. 
Short rollers 
Half rollers " 
Blocks " 
Half blocks <: 
Quarter blocks " 
Gun chocks " 
Wheel chocks for median, mance's. 
Roller chocks " 
Skids 
Shifting planks 
Trunion chains. 
Mortar eprovettes. 
Beds for " 
Balls for " 
Rocket conductors, Hale's. 
Star guages with rings for inspecting 
cannon. 
42 pdr. ring gauges for shot, large. 
" small, old. 
" " new. 
13 in. ring gang, for shells, large. 
*• small, old. 
" " new 
42 pdr. grape shot gauges, large. 
" small. 
Can'r shot guages for 12 pdr. gun. 
" " for 12 pdr. how'r. 
Shell callipers for thick, of sides. 
" " " bottom. 
42 pdr. cylinder gauges for shot. 
32 pdr <• " " " 
PART SECOND. 
TOOLS AND MATERIALS. 
Cloths, Ropes, Thread, fyc. 
Canvass, yards. 
Cotton cloth, " 
Duck, cotton. " 
Linen, brown, " 
Marlin, pounds. 
Rope, lump, *• 
Rope, manilla, " 
Sash cord. " 
Thread, shoe, pounds. 
Thread, patent, " 
Tow, " 
Twine, bundling, " 
Worsted stuff, yards. 
Yarn, cotton, pounds. 
Yarn, packing, " 
Yarn, woollen, " 322 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Bran, bushels 
Hay, pounds. 
Forage. 
Oats, bushels. 
Straw, pounds. 
Ironmongery. 
Bolts, door, number. 
Brass, sheet, pounds. 
Buckles, iron, number. 
" brass, " 
Chains, iron, pounds. 
Chalk, " 
Copper, sheet, " 
" bar, " 
" cake, " 
" scrap, " 
Emory, " 
Files, assorted, number. 
Glue, pounds. 
Hinges, iron, butt, pairs. 
" brass, " " 
Horse shoes, " " 
Iron, bar, pounds. 
" sheet, " 
" plate, " 
" scrap, kt 
" castings, " 
Lead, pig, . " 
" sheet, " 
" scrap, " 
Locks, assorted, number. 
" magazine, " 
Mica, sheet, pounds. 
Nails, iron, cut, " 
" wrought, " 
" finishing, " 
" horseshoe, " 
" bellows, " 
Nails, copper, " 
Pullies, brass, number. 
Rasps, " 
Rivets and burrs, iron pounds. 
" " copper, " 
Sandpaper, quires. 
Screws, wood, assorted, number. 
Spelter, solder, pounds. 
Steel, cast, " 
" blister, " 
" shear, " 
" scrap, " 
Tacks, iron, paper. 
" copper, pounds. 
Tin, block, pounds. 
" sheet, " 
Tubing, wrought iron, feet. 
Wire, iron, pounds. 
" brass, " 
" steel, " 
Acid, nitric, " 
Acid, muriatic, " 
Alcohol, " 
Antimony, sulphuret, " 
Borax, " 
Beeswax, " 
Camphor, '' 
Chlorate, potash, " 
Chloride lime, " 
Flour, " 
Gum arabic, " 
Gum shellac, 11 
Nitrate barytes, " 
Nitrate strontia, 
Quicksilver, " 
Rosin, 
Sal ammoniac, " 
Soap, " 
Sponge, " 
Tallow, " 
Whiskey, gallons. 
LUMBER. 
For 12 pdr. stacktrail carriage: 
Gun carriage stocks. 
Axle bodies. 
For 6 pdr. stocktrail carriage : 
Gun carriage stocks. 
Axle bodies. 
Cheeks. 
Axle bodies for limbers. 
Gun Carriage Timber and Building Materials. 
Poles for limbers. 
Hounds " 
Forks " 
Splinter bars " 
Front footboards " 
■ Axle bodies for caissons. 
Stocks " 
Middle rails " 323 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Side rails for caissons. 
Cross bars " 
Front footboards " 
Hind footboards " 
Stocks for forges. 
Axle bodies " 
Side rails " 
Middle rails " 
Cross bars " 
Studs, plates and guides " 
Ends for coal boxes. 
Sides " " 
Bottoms . " " 
Lids " " 
Axle bodies for battery wagons. 
Stocks " " 
Lower side rails for " " 
Upper side rails for " " 
Ridge poles for " " 
Ends for ammunition chests. 
Sides " " 
Frames for covers for ammunition 
chests. 
Panels for ammunition chests. 
Bottoms " " 
Cover linings for ammunition chests. 
Principal partitions for ammunition 
chests. 
Naves for field carriages. 
Spokes " " 
Fellies " " 
Trail handspikes for field carriages. 
Legs for siege and garrison gins. 
Pry poles for siege and garrison gins. 
Windlasses for siege and garrison 
gins. 
Upper braces for siege and garrison 
gins. t 
Middle braces for siege and garrison 
gins. 
Lower braces for siege and garrison 
gins. 
Building materials: 
Brick, red, number. 
" fire, number. 
Fire clay, barrels. 
Handspikes for gins. 
For 32 pdr. casemate gun carriage: 
Cheeks. 
Front transoms. 
Hear " 
Slides. 
Axletrees. 
For 32 pdr. casemate chassis: 
Tongues. 
Hurters and guides. 
Rails. 
Front transoms. 
Rear " 
For 32 pdr. barbette top car'ge : 
Uprights.. 
Braces. 
Front transoms. 
Middle " 
For 32 pdr. barbette chassis : 
Tongues. 
Rails. 
Hurters. 
Front transoms. 
Middle " 
Rear " 
Props. ' 
Spokes for barbette carriages. 
Handspikes " " 
Plank, poplar, for interior of ammu- 
nition chests, feet. 
Plank, ash, for implements, feet. 
" walnut, " 
'• cherry, " 
" beech, " 
" white pine, " 
" yellow pine, " 
Scantling, maple, for rammer heads, 
feet. 
Scantling, poplar, for sponge heads, 
feet. 
Scantling, ash, feet. 
Lime, barrels. 
Sand, loads. 
Slates. 
Note.-The number of pieces of timber for each part of a gun carriage, 
&c.r should be reported separately, as above. Miscellaneous plank, scant- 
ling, &c., should be stated in board measure. 
LEATHER AND MATERIALS FOR HARNESS WORK. 
Leather, buff, sides. 
" bridle, " 
" kip, 
Leather, sole, pounds. 
Sheep skins, with wool, number, 
tanned, 324 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
" thong, sides, 
" collar, " 
" harness, pounds. 
" band, " 
*• skirting, " 
Black wax, pounds. 
Bristles, " 
Hair, " 
Raw hides, number. 
Whip stocks, " 
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &C. 
Chrome, green, pounds. 
Coal tar, gallons. 
Copperas, pounds. 
Glass, window, feet. 
Lacker, for cannon, gallons. 
Lampblack, pounds. 
Lead, white, " 
Litharge, " 
Oil, linseed, gallons. 
Oil, neatsfoot, " 
Oil, sperm, " 
Ochre, yellow, pounds. 
Putty, " 
Pumice stone, pounds. 
Prussian blue, " 
Paint, mixed, olive " 
" ' black, " 
Spirits of turpentine, gallons. 
Tar, *' 
Umber, pounds. 
Varnish, copal, gallons. 
" Japan, 
Vermillion, pounds. 
Whiting, " 
Zinc paint, white, " 
STATIONERY. 
Books, office, blank. 
Ink, black, gallons. 
Ink, red, pints. 
India, rubber, pieces. 
Paper, letter, quires. 
11 cap, " 
" envelope, " 
blotting, " 
" drawing, sheets. 
Pencils, lead, number. 
Pens, steel, " 
Pasteboard, pounds. 
Quills, number. 
Sealing wax, pounds. 
Tape, pieces. 
Wafers, pounds. 
Ordnance Manuals. 
Ordnance Regulations. 
Adzes, carpenter's. 
" cooper's. 
Alphabets, sets. 
Andirons, pairs. 
Anvils. 
Augers, assorted. 
Awls, saddler's. 
Axes, broad. 
*• felling. 
" hand. 
Bellows, hand. 
Benches, laboratory. 
Bevils, assorted. 
Bick irons. 
Bits, auger. 
Blocks for tackle. 
Braces. 
Brace-bits. 
Brushes, dusting. 
TOOLS. 
Forks, straining. 
Formers, cast iron, assorted. 
" laboratory, " « 
" for musket cartridges. 
" for rifle " 
Fullers, assorted. 
Funnels, copper. 
" glass. 
Furnaces, tinner's, 
Gauges, assorted. 
" wire. 
" cutting. 
" for rockets. 
" for portfires. 
Gimlets, assorted. 
Glue pots. 
Gouges, carpenter's. 
" turner's. 
" stackers'. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
325 
Brushes, paint. 
Brushes, white-wash. 
Chasing tools. 
Cherries. 
Chisels, cold. 
" firmer, 
framing. 
" splitting. 
" for turning wood. 
Clamps, wood. 
" iron. 
Claw tools. 
Compasses. 
Counter-sinks. 
.Diamonds, glaziers'. 
Drawing knives. 
Dredging boxes. 
Drifts, assorted. 
Drills, 
Drill bows. * 
Figure stamps, sets. 
Fire buckets. 
Fire engines. 
Flasks, moulders, wood. 
" " iron. 
Flatners. 
Forks, hay. 
Ladles, large. 
" lead. 
Lanterns. 
Lathes, hand. 
" engine. 
Level and plumb. 
Mallets. 
Mandrills, assorted. 
Marline spikes. 
Measuring lines. 
. Milling tools. 
Mortars and pestles, brass. 
Nippers, cutting. 
Oil stones. 
Paint mills. 
Pans, copper. 
" paste. 
" stone. 
Pick axes. 
Pincers, saddler's. 
Plyers. 
Punches, saddler's. 
" cutting rifle patches. 
" for stencils. 
Rakes. 
Reamers, assorted. 
Rules, carpenter's. 
Saws, compass. 
Grindstones. 
Hacksaw frames. 
Hammers, bench. 
" copper. 
" creasing. 
" hanjJ. 
" planishing. 
" trimming. 
Hand barrows. 
Hardies. 
Hatchets, assorted. 
Heading tools. 
Hoes. 
Holdfasts, bench. 
Horses, draught. 
Horses, saddler's, wood. 
Instruments, drawing, cases of. 
Jugs. 
Kettles, lead. 
" copper. 
" varnish. 
Knives, pallet. 
" putty. * 
" round, saddler's. 
" shoe. 
Ladders. 
" step. 
Shears, tinner's. 
Shears, small. 
Shovels. * 
Shoeing tools, sets of. 
Sickles. 
Sieves, composition. 
" parchment. 
" assorted. 
Sledges. 
Soldering irons. 
Spades. 
Spatulas. 
Spirit levels. 
Spoke shaves. 
Spy glasses. 
Squares, trying). 
Stakes, bench. 
Straight edges. 
Swedges. 
Sand screens. 
Taps, screws. 
Ticklers. 
Tongs, tinner's, grooving. 
" smith's. 
Tools for cutting wood screws. 
" turning iron. 
Tools for making paper fuzes 
bending sheet iron. 326 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Saws cross-cut. 
" circular. 
" band. 
" tenon. 
" web. 
" whip. 
Saw sets. 
Scales and beams, large. 
" " small. 
Scales, counter. 
" graduated. 
Scissors. 
Scoops, copper. 
Screw plates and taps. 
Screw-drivers. 
Scythes. 
Scythe snaths. 
Sets, nail. 
Tools for making metal fuzes. 
Trammels. 
Trestles. 
Tube moulds. 
Tube wires. 
Vices, bevil. 
" bench. 
" breeching. 
" hand. 
Water buckets. 
Watering pots. 
Wheels, buffing. 
Wheel barrows. 
Wheel cutters. 
Wrenches, screw. 
" tap. 
" assorted. 
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 
Arm chests. 
Bands. * 
Baskets. 
Boxes, packing. 
Brooms. 
Canisters, tin. 
Carboys. 
Corks. 
Coal, bituminous, bushel# or tons. 
Coal, anthracite, pounds. 
Coal, charred, bushels. 
Demijohns. 
Lightning rod pointe* 
Oil cans, large. 
Pumps. 
Ploughs. 
Safes, iron. 
Salt, bushels. 
Wood, oak, cords* 
" pine; " ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
327 
FORMS. 
FORM No. 1.-(See Paragraphs 1350, 1353.) 
RETURN 
Of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores received, issued, and remaining on 
hand, at Arsenal, commanded by Major A. B., during the 
quarter ending ,18 
N.'B.-All Articles should be entered on Property Return in the order 
of classification prescribed in Paragraph 1365. 
PART FIRST. 
ARTILLERY, SMALL ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND 
OTHER ORDNANCE STORES. 328 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT FORMS. 
■ * - 
Date. 
18 . 
Second Quarter 18 . 
<D 
| Number of vouc 
April 
1 
On hand from last, quarter, .... 
15 
1 
Received from C. D., military store keeper, 
May 
10 
2 
" " E. F., contractor at , 
It 
22 
3 
" " Capt. G. A., regiment of artillery, . 
June 
30 
4 
Fabricated at the post, during the quarter, per abstract, . 
Ct 
30 
Purchased during the quarter, per abstract, . 
ti 
30 
c> 
Repaired during the quarter. . . . ' 
Total to be accounted for, . . . . . 
May 
15 
Condemned and dropped from the return, by order of the 
President of the Confederate States, 
June 
30 
8 
Issued to sundry persons, per abstract, 
Ct 
30 
9 
Expended at the post, per abstract, 
Ct 
30 
10 
Issued for current service, per abstract, 
cc 
30 
6 
Repaired during the quarter, .... 
Total issued and expended, .... 
Remaining on hand, to be accounted for next quarter, 
Form 1. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS, 
329 
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- 1 
6 pdr., weight 674 lbs. 
3 pdr.. weight 215 lbs. 
18 pdr. trophies, weight 4,384 
lbs. 
3 M 
5* g} 
a 
Brass Guns 
J 
6 pdr., old pattern, 800 lbs. 
12 pdr.. pattern 1840, 1,770 lbs. 
CZ2 
6 pdr., pattern 1840, 885 lbs. 
24 pdr. 1312 lbs. 
u. s. 
12 pdr., 783 lb. 
N o - 
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• 
16 inch stone. 1,050 lbs. 
______iff 
Fre 
10 inch, 785 lbs. 
P3 X 
-; C/j 
f/J 
- 
- 
- 
10 inch columbiad, S. B. 
10 inch columbiad, rifled. 
-- 
»-1 
3 
8 inch columbiad, S. B. 
Q 
8 inch columbiad, rifled. 
£ 
12 pdr, garrison, model of 1839. 
o 
10 inch sea-coast, model 1840. 
Ir 
Howi 
Ui 
cc 
HK 
8 inch sea-coast, model 1840. 
sn 
tzers. 
.-Ord- 
Form 1-Continued. 330 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
24 pdr. 
Brass Guns. 
Unserviceable. 
MANCE. 
6 pdr., old pattern, weight 660 
lbs. 
3 pdr.; old pattern, 318 lbs. 
24 pdr., old pattern, 5,376 lbs. 
Iron Guns. 
18 pdr , old pattern, 4,238 lbs. 
> 
6 pdr., old pattern, 844 lbs. 
12 pdr. stock-trail gun carriages, pat- 
tern 1840. 
Field. 
Artillery. 
Class II.-Artillery Carriages. 
6 pdr. caissons, pattern 1840. 
Traveling forges, pattern 1840. 
Battery wagons, pattern 1840. 
24 pdr. gun carriages. 
Barbette. 
24 pdr. chassis. 
8 inch columbiad gun carriages. 
Casemate. 
8 inch columbiad chassis. 
: 
- 
- 
32 pdr. gun carriages. 
32 pdr. chassis. 
1 
24 pdr. howitzer, for flank defence, 
complete. 
Form 1-Continued. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
331 
1 
Percussion, left side, for guns with lock 
pieces. 
Can 
Lo 
Do. without lock 
pieces. 
non. 
:jks. 
1 
Trail, for field carriages. 
p 
03 
Manoeuvring. 
£ 
00 
►d. 
s III. 
Shod. 
Q 
03 
1 
> ■ 
P? 
Linstocks. 
Port-fire cases. 
W 
Shell hooks. 
►< 
32 pdr. 
CZ2 
§ 
24 pdr. 
O 
s 
H 
10 inch columbiad bore. 
O 
03 
1 
Tarpaulins, large. 
Ct 
Tarpaulins, small. 
a 
Tube pouches. 
s 
1 
For siege and garrison guns. 
2 
For 12 pdr. field guns. * 
11 
Q 
For 6 pdr. field guns. 
P- 
Form 1-Continued. 332 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 1-Continued. 
Class IV.-Cannon Balls. 
Class V.-Fixed Ammunition, &c. 
Shot. 
Shells. 
Spherical 
Case. 
Shot, 
Fixed. 
Spherical 
Case, Fixed. 
Strapped Shot. 
"K 
X- 
CQ 
co. 
ft* 
10 inch for mortars. 
1 ft : 
• 
| 8 inch for Columbians. 
-5 
& 
1'2 pdr. shot for 1'2 pdr. gun. rounds. 
12 pdr. canister do. do. 
For 12 pdr. gun, do. do. 
For 12 pdr. howitzer. 
c 
rC 
12 pdr. shot for 12 pdr. field gun. 
o 
CD 
12 pdr. canister for 12 pdr. howitzer. 
12 pdr. grape. 
- 
/ 
■ 1 
- 
■ ■■ ■ 
- 
- ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
338 
Fokm 1-Continued. 
National Armory, percussion, bright. 
c/> 
1 
National Armory, altered to percus- 
sion, brown. 
a 
Cla 
Hall's patent flint. 
Riffi 
ss V] 
Percussion, new. 
a> 
Percussion, new model. 
Pistols. 
rz> 
K 1 
t» i 
Colt's. 
Cavalry sabres, pattern 1840. 
§ i 
Horse artillery sabres, pattern 1850. 
Swords 
and 
iabres. 
05 
Non-commissioned officers' swords. 
Infantry cartridge boxes. 
Infantry cartridge box plates. 
For 
usket 
Cartridge box belts. 
T5 
Wipers. 
Ball screws. 
»~S 
Q 2 
Bullet moulds. 
r 
| 
Holsters. 
Q 
P 
< 
3 i 
w 
M 
K 1 
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Cavalry cartridge boxes. 
1 i 
1 334 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 1-Continued. 
Cannon- 
Powder, lbs. 
p 
GC 
I 
o 
Rifle. 
Fulminate of mercury. 
Musket buck and ball. 
Cartridges. 
Pistol ball. 
3 
o 
H 
P3 
Rifle blank. 
g* 
p 
Musket pressed. 
Leall 
Balls, lbs. 
Buck shot 
Elevating screws for barbette carriages. 
Class IX.-Parts of 
Flange rollers for barbette carriages. 
Pintles for casemate chassis. 
Sets of iron work 24 pdr. barbette carriages, 
complete. 
Traverse wheels for barbette chassis. ORPNANCE AEPARTMftNT-FORMS. 
335 
Form 1-Contniued. 
Fellies. 
Spare parts for Field 
Carriages. 
Artillery Carriages. 
Nave bands. 
- 
• 
Pole yokes. 
9 
Spokes. 
Sling carts, large. 
Class X.-Miscellaneous. 
- 
Garrison gins. 
Hand carts. 
Casemate trucks. 
Falls for garrison gins. 
Double blocks, iron. 386 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
PART SECOND. 
TOOLS AND MATERIALS. 337 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 1-Continued. 
Cotton cloth, yards. 
Cloth, Rope, Thread, &c. 
> Marline, pounds. 
Rope, hemp, do. 
Thread, patent, do. 
Twine, bundling, do. 
Worsted, stuff, yards. 
Yarn, cotton, pounds. 
Hay. 
*1 
o 
k 
0 
a 
Oats. 
Buckles, No. 
w ! 
o 
* 
Horse shoes. 
15 338 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-EORMS. 
Bar. pounds. 
Iron. 
MONGERY, &C. 
Sheet, do. 
Copper, do. 
Nails. 
Iron, cut, do. 
Alcolfol, gallons. 
Laboratory Stores. 
Beeswax, pounds. 
Gutn Arabic, do. 
Quicksilver, do. 
Rosin, do. 
Form 1-Continued. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
339 
1 
Stocks. 
12 pdr. Gun 
Carriages. 
For Field Carriage. 
Gun Carriage Timber. 
Axle bodies. 
Stocks. 
Caissons. 
1 
Middle rails. 
! 
!i 
B 
Uprights. 
Gun 
Carriages. 
j For 24 pdr. Barbette Carriages. 
■ 
1 
Braces. 
Axle bodies. 
Rails. 
Chassis. 
1 
Tongues. 
Front transoms. 
Middle transoms. 
Lead, white, pounds. 
Paints and 
Ochre, yellow, do. 
Oil, linseed, gallons. 
Form 1-Continued. 340 
•RDNANCA DfiPARTMINT-FORMS. 
- 
Oil, sperm, gallons. 
Oils. 
Paint, olive, pounds. 
Paper, letter, quires. 
Paper, drawing, sheets. 
Ink, black, quarts. 
s 
Ordnance Regulations. 
Axes, hand. 
■ 
Hammers, saddlers'. 
o 1 
Planes, bench. 
1 
Rides, carpenters'. 
Carboys. 
a i 
Coal, bituminous, tons. 
8 
r 
Lime, barrels. 
i ! 
5 i 
Sand, loads. 
• ! 
Form 1-Continued. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
841 
I certify that the foregoing return exhibits a correct statement of the 
public property in my charge during the quarter, 18 . 
A. B., Captain Commanding. 
C. S. Arsenal, (Armory or Pott.) 
, 18 . 
Not®.-For the quarter ending 30th June, add a certificate that an ac- 
curate inventory of property has been made, and the return corrected ac- 
cordingly. Abstracts of the receipts and issues will be made when their 
number makes it more convenient. 842 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-EORM8. 
Form 2.-(See paragraphs 1264, 1267, 1353.) 
Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over by A. B., Captain or Military Store keeper, to Lieutenant C. D., 
Assistant Quartermaster, for transportation to Arsenal, in obedience to order for supplies, No. 
No. of boxes 
or packages. 
Marks. 
■u 
Total Contents. 
Weight or Measurement. 
From 1 to 7, 
Capt. A. B., command- 
ing arsenal, near A., 
140 muskets, complete, N. A., new, brown, 
Georgia, 
2,100 pounds. 
From S to 10, 
Lieutenant A. B. com- 
manding arsenal, 
near C., South Carolina, 
300 cartridge boxes, infantry ; 300 cartridge 
box belts; 300 gun slings, 
• 1,000 " 
--W 
I certify that the above is a correct invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, turned over by me this of 
18 , to Lieutenant C. D., Assistant Quartermaster, for transportation to Arsenal. 
A. B., Captain Commanding, or Military Store keeper. 
(Signed, duplicates,) 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
"No. . 
"Invoice of stores turned over to Quartermaster 
for transportation, quarter, 18-." ORDNANCE BEPA LIT MEN T-1'ORMS. 
343 
I certify that the above is correct. 
A. B., Captain Commanding. 
Note.-This abstract is designed to include such articles only as are completed, and are in a suitable condition to be 
issued for service. (To be made in triplicate.) 
Endorsement to be as follows : [See paragraph 1360.] 
"No. . 
"Articles fabricated at, Aisenal, 
quarter, 18 ." 
Appropriation. 
6 pounder field 
carriages. 
32 pounder case- 
mate carriages. 
24 pounder case- I 
mate carriages. 
10 inch sea-coast 
mortar beds. 
6 pounder strapped I 
shot. 
Rifle flasks. 
Cavalry sabre 
belts. 
Holsters, pairs. 
Musket ball cart- 
ridges. 
Port-fires. 
Quick-match, 
' pounds. 
tZ 
GJ 
o 
O 
Cone seats. 
Hammers. 
Ordnance.service in all its branches, 
Purchase manufacture and alteration 
of small arms, 
8 
2 
* 
1 
4 
200 
210 
100 
60 
10.000 
250 
35 
500 
500 
1,000 
Total. 
8 
2 
1 
4 
200 
210 
J00 
60 
10,00u 
250 
35 
500 
500 
1,000 
Form 3.-(See paragraph 1353.) 
Abstract of Articles fabricated at Arsenal during the quarter of ,18 . «44 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Ordnance service in all its branches, 
Purchase, manufacture and alteration of 
small arms, 
* Appropriation. 
Ci 
Cl 
Ci 
Ci 
o 
Hemp rope, lbs. 
1,570 
1,570 
Hay, lbs. 
! 1,750 
1,750 
Bar iron, lbs. 
. 1 
00 
o 
00 
o 
Screws (assorted), 
No. 
€3 
Ci 
Gum arabic, lbs. 
ci 
to 
o 
1,520 
White pine boards, 
feet. 
o 
o 
Harness leather, lbs. 
1.150 
1,150 
White lead, lbs, 
o 
Linseed oil, galls. 
o 
o 
Letter paper, qrs. 
o 
o 
Axes, No. 
4.480 
4,480 
Anthracite coal, lbs. 
1200 
1200 
Cast steel, lbs. 
to 
to 
Olive oil, bbls. 1 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. (See Vouchers, Nos. 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, of the cash accounts for this quarter.) 
(To be made in triplicate.) A. B., Captain Commanding. 
Endorsement to be as follows : (See paragraph 1360.) 
"No. . 
"Abstract of articles purchased at Arsenal, 
quarter, 18 ." 
. Form 4.-(See paragraph 1353.) 
Abstract of Articles purchased at Arsenal during the quarter of 18 . ©RDNANCE DEPARTMENT-TORMS. 
345 
Articles. 
Number transferred from unserviceable to serviceable, or made up from unservice- 
able articles into serviceable articles. 
From. 
To. 
6 pounder field carriages, 
24 " barbette chassis, 
12 " sponges and rammers, 
Muskets, 
Bayonets, 
2 unserviceable, 
5 " 
7 " 
170) 
170 J 
2 serviceable. 
5 " 
6 " 
170 muskets complete. 
I certify that the above statement is correct. 
Signed, A. B., Captain Commanding. 
[Triplicates.] 
Endorsement to be as follows: (See paragraph 1360.) 
"No. . 
" Article repaired at Arsenal, 
quarter, 18 
Form 5.-(See paragraph 1353.) 
Statement of Articles repaired at , during the quarter of 18 • 346 
OR»NANCE BEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 6.-(See paragraph 1353 ) 
Statement of the serviceable materials obtained from the breaking up of 
condemned Ordnance or Ordnance Stores, by order of the Secretary 
of War, of , 18 . 
See Form No. 10. 
400 
pounds wrought iron. 
200 
u 
cast iron. 
50 
l( 
brass. 
30 
a 
copper. 
50 
W 
old rope for junk. 
20 
u 
leather. 
Signed, 
' A. B., Captain Commanding. 
(In duplicate.) 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
"No. 
"Materials obtained from condemned stores, 
--- quarter, - 18 •R»NANCE BEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
347 
Form 7.-(See paragraphs 1290,1353.) 
Received this day of 18 , of Captain 
commanding , the following Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 
viz: 
4 
32 pounder iron cannon. 
3 
24 " casemate carriages, complete. 
3 
24 barbette carriages, complete. 
500 
Muskets, new, brown. 
C. D., Major Commanding. 
(In duplicate.) 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
" No. - 
" Receipt for issues to the Army, 
a- quarter, -- 18 »" 848 
MEDICAL*DEFARTMENT-FORMS. 
I hereby acknowledge to have received of the Confederate States, by 
the hands of , of the Confederate Staets Army, the following stores 
and accoutrements, viz: 
Form 8.-(See paragraph 1353.) 
100 common rifles, equal in value to 
123 
1-13 
muskets. 
100 sets accoutrements (black leather) for rifles, equal 
in value to 
21 
11-13 
g 
350 pistols, equal in value to 
215 
5-13 
H 
50 artillery swords, " " 
16 
4-13 
G 
175 cavalry sabres, * " " 
80 
10-13 
G 
175 " " belts, " " 
15 
4-13 
H 
1000 muskets, " '* 
1000 
g 
500 sets accoutrements for muskets, (black leather) 
equal in value to 
115 
10-13 
G 
4 6 pdr. iron cannon, 
4 6 pdr. field carriages with >■ equal in value to 
110 
3-13 
G 
equipments complete, J 
Total, 
1698 
9-13 
G 
The whole being equivalent to sixteen hundred and ninety-eight and 
nine-thirteenth muskets, which are received on account of the quota of 
arms due to the of , under the act of 18 , for arming the whole 
body of the militia, and for which I have signed triplicate receipts. 
Given at , this day of 18 . 
Signed, A. B., Governor, or 
JI gent of the State of 
(To be given in triplicate.) 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
No. . 
Receipt for issues to 
the Militia. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
349 
I certify that the above abstract is correct, and that the stores therein referred to have been issued for the above purposes 
by my orders, agreeably to the articles of the regulations. 
(To be signed hr triplicate by the commanding officer of the Arsenal or Post.) 
(To be furnished in duplicate.) Endorsement as follows: (See paragraph 1360.) 
" No. . 
"Abstract of articles expended or consumed at , - quarter, 18 
EXPENDED OR CONSUMES'. 
In experimental firing, &c., ordnance, 
In making musket and rifle cartridges, " 
In repair and preservation of the post, " 
In preservation of stores, "■ 
In repair of tools and machinery, " 
In office duties. " 
On account of public horses, " 
In repair and preservation of buildings, arsenals, 
In making sea-coast carriages, fortifications, 
In making field and siege guns, ordnance stores, 
In fixing ammunition, " t; 
aj 
£ 
6 
c 
cfl 
o 
© 
o 
- 
39 
© 
c: 
A-l 
© 
O 
Ph 
50 
100 
GO 
£ 
a £ 
S. 
S 
cn 
3 
S 
500 
1000 
Cfj 
© 
c 
1 
c 
z 
2 
cn 
0? 
18 
3500 
" g j Bar iron, lbs. 
w Cast steel, lbs. 
00 
.2 
E 
<5 
4 
Uprights for 32 pdr. 
g barbette carnages. 
© 
.s 
'pk 
© 
100 
260 
g Pressed bricks, No. 
M | Calf skins, No. 
jZ 
la 
© 
£ 
50 
230 
20 
iO Letter paper, qrs. 
o 
Total expended, 
39 
150 
1500 
2 
3500 
620 
38 
4 
20 
360 
100 
2 
300 
20 
Form 9.-(See paragraphs 1265, 1266, 1253.) * 
Abstract of Materials, &c., expended Or consumed at Arsenal, during the quarter of 18 . 850 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
ARTICLES CONDEMNED; 
Broken up. 
IN WHAT MANNER DISPOSED OE. 
Remarks. 
Sold. 
Dropped. 
Total. 
12 pounder brass guns, French, 
6 pounder field carriages, .... 
Sets of harness for two-wheel horses, 
Muskets, ....... 
Infantry cartridge boxes, .... 
2 
, 54 
1 
170 
26 
2 
5 
*2- 
3 
2 
170 
85 
I certify that the above enumerated articles have been regularly inspected by me, in conformity to the regulations, and 
are hereby recommended to be disposed of as above. 
(Duplicates.) R. L. B., Inspector. 
Approved : J. D., President Confederate States. 
Note.-The stores embraced in the above are to be retained on the property return until tee purposes of the condemna- 
tion, as approved by the President, shall have been finally executed. 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
No. . 
" Condemned stores, Arsenal, 
quarter, 18 
Form 10.-(See paragraphs 1312, 1353.) 
List of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores condemned ai , by Inspector , at an inspection made on the of 18 . ORDNANCE DE PAR T M E N T-FOR M S. 
351 
I certify that, in obedience to article of the Regulations, I have 
made diligent inquiries for the ordnance and ordnance stores, (referred 
to in Captain A. B.'s invoice accompanying my third quarter's return 
of 18 ,) which ordnance stores have not reached my post after'a lapse 
of days ; and that the loss or miscarriage of said stores, as far as 
can be ascertained, must be attributed to the following circumstances, 
viz: 
Form 11.-(See paragraphs 1292, 1353.) 
(Signed duplicates.) C. D., Captain Commanding, or 
Receiving Officer. 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
" Certificate of Lost Stores." 
Form 12.-(See paragraphs 1292, 1353.) 
I certify that, in obedience to article of the Regulations, I have 
made diligent inquiries for the ordnance and ordnance stores, (referred 
to in my certified invoice of stores forwarded to Capt. C. D., at , on 
the ,) which stares, as appears after a lapse of days, have 
not arrived at his post; and that the loss or miscarriage of said 
stores, as far as I have been able to ascertain, must be attributed to the 
following circumstances : 
(Signed,) A. B., Captain, 
Forwarding Officer. 
Note.-The certificate of Captain C. D., in regard to the same stores, 
is hereunto annexed. • A. B. 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
" Certificate of Lost Stores," 352 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Number or 
quantity. 
Articles. 
Location. 
Commanding Officer's remarks 
Inspector's recommenda- 
tions. 
6 * 
12 pdr. brass cannon, 1770 lbs. 
Arsenal yard. 
Serviceable, model of 1840. 
2 
4 " " " 350 " 
4? 44 
" French. 
• 
1 
3 " " " 216 " 
44 44 
" English trophy, 
captured at Yorktown. 
♦ 
8 
18 pdr. iron cannon, 3800 " 
44 44 
Heavy, old pattein, 
To be sold. 
6 
18 " '' • " 3200 " 
44 44 
Light, " " 
2 
12 " brass cannon, 1800 " 
44 4t 
Unserviceable, French, worn 
To be exchanged for new 
out. 
guns. 
1 
6 " " " 670 " 
44 44 
Unserviceable Yankee trophy, 
captured at Manassas. 
8 
,6 " field carriages, stocktrail. 
Gun bouse. 
New, serviceable. 
2 
6 " " " 
44 44 
Unserviceable, irrepairable. 
To be broken up. 
15 gallons 
Linseed oil. 
Store-house cellar. 
To be signed by the command- 
To be signed by the Inspec- 
\ 
ing officer. 
tor-General or other au- 
. ■■ - = 
thorized inspector. 
Note.-The stores will be entered upon the inventory in the order of the classification, (paragraph 1365) which order 
should be observed as nearly as practicable in the arrangement of the articles in store. 
The commanding officer will describe, in the columns of remarks, the kind, quality and condition of the several articles, 
more in detail than is practicable to do in the quarterly returns. He will also express his opinion, in the columns of re- 
marks, with regard to all such stores as may come within the provisions of the 1312thand 1353dparagraphs of these Regulations. 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
" No. . 
" Inventory for inspection," or "for the correction of second quarter's return of property." 
Form 13.-(See paragraphs 1312, 1353.) 
Inventory of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on hand at , commanded by , inspected at 18 . ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
353 
Form 14.-(See paragraph 1244.) 
Statement of Dwelling Houses belonging to the Confederate States at 
armory, {or arsenal,) and of the rents due thereon, on , 18 . 
RENT ROLL. 
Houses. 
• 
By whom occupied. 
• 
Q . 
O 73 
G> 
O 
S 3 
s ° 
OD 
G 
C 
fel 
Rent per quarter. 
Amount. 
No. 
Of what kind. 
1 
2 
3 
Brick, two story. 
W ood, " 
• <« <( 
A. B., com'g officer's clerk. 
C. D., master armorer. 
E. F., storekeeper. 
D. c. 
D. c. 
4 
" one story. 
Brick, " 
G. H. 
3 
3 25 
3 25 
5 
J. K. 
2 
4 00 
2 67 
6 
U it 
L. M. 
3 
3 50 
3 50 
7 
8 
" two story. 
" one story. 
Stone, " 
N. 0. 
P. Q. 
R. S. 
T. U., paymaster's clerk. 
u 
3 
H 
3 00 
3 00 
3 00 
1 50 
3 00 
1 50 
9 
V. W. 
3 
2 75 
2 75 
10 
tt << 
u H 
X. z. 
Unoccupied. 
2 
2 70 
1 83 
I certify that the foregoing roll exhibits a correct account of the 
dwelling houses at this armory, and of their occupation, and of the 
amount of rent now due on each. 
A. B., Commanding Officer. 
Armory, 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
"No. . 
Rent Roll. 
Armory, quarter." 354 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 15.-(See paragraphs 1341, 1342.) (To be printed.) 
The Confederate States, 
To Dr. 
18 . 
September 
10, 
Ordnance Service. 
For 2000 feet oak timber, $40 per M. 
$80 00 
Remarks. 
Gun carriages. 
November 
u 
a 
u 
8, 
15, 
17, 
n 
Purchase, Manufacture and Alteration of Small Arms. 
For 100 bushels charcoal, at 5 cents per bushel, 
" 75 cords oak wood, $3 50 per cord, 
" 5560 feet of pine boards, at $10 50 per M. 
" 2 days' services as laborer, at 75 cents per day, 
$5 00 
262 50 
58 38 
1 50 
327 38 
Smith's shop. 
Fuel for workshops. 
For arm chests. 
Paeking arms. 
$407 38 
Approved, for four hundred and seven dollars and thirty-eight cents. 
,18 . (Signed duplicates.) 
Received from , paymaster, dollars 
Arsenal or Armory, ) 
, 18 . J 
• 
A. M., Commanding Officer. 
cents, in full of the above account. 
Endorsement to be as follows (See paragraph 1360)- • 
"No. , A. B. 
November ' ,18 . 
Ordnance Service, $80 00 
Purchase, Man'f. and Alt'n Small Arms, 327 38 
• 
$407 38 •RDNANCE 1EPARTMENT-FORMS. 
355 
Form 16.-(See paragraph 1341.) (To be printed.) 
We, the subscribers, hereby acknowledge to have received of the sums set opposite our names, respective- 
ly, being in full for our services at Arsenal, during the month of , 18 , having signed duplicate receipts. 
No. 
Address. 
Occupation. 
No. of days 
employed. 
Pay per 
day. 
Amount. 
Signatures. 
Witnesses. 
• 
Dois 
Cts. 
Dois 
Cts. 
1 
2 
3 
A. B. 
C. D. 
E. F. 
Master armorer, 
Blacksmith, 
Carpenter, 
&c. 
26 
24 
20 
2 
I 
1 
50 
50 
20 
65 
36 
24 
00 
00 
00 
125 
00 
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing Pay Roll is correct, and that the men labored during the time charged for; 
it is accordingly approved for one hundred and twenty-five dollars cents, to be charged as follows: 
Date. Ordnance service in all its branches, . . §90 00 
Purchase, manufacture and alteration of small arms, 35 00 
$125 00 
Signed by Commanding Officer. 
. Endorsement to be as follows (see paragraph 1360): 
No. , hired men, for October , 18 . 
Ordnance service in all its branches, . . . $90 00 
Manufacture, purchase and alteration of small arms, 35 00 * 
$125 00 856 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Form 17.-(See paragraphs 1341, 1342.) (To be printed.) 
Pay-Roll of Clerks, Armorers, and others employed at the C. S. Armory, t during the month of , 18 . 
We, the subscribers, acknowledge to havti received from , paymaster, the sums set opposite our respective 
names in the last column of figures, in full for our services during the month of , 18 . 
s 
o! se 
Zi * 
Occupation or Employment. 
Time or num- 
ter. 
Wages or 
prices. 
Amouut. 
Ordnance service. 
| Amounts. 
1 
Signed in Duplicate. 
Arms and 
appendages. 
Special 
work 
Musk't 
Rifle. 
Signatures 
Witnesses. 
11 A. B. 
21 C. D. 
s| E. F. 
4 G. H. 
1 
Clerk, commanding officer's office, 
Foreman, armorer, 
Machinist, 
( Forging barrels, 
(Dr. forbursted barrels, 
1 month. 
25 days. 
20 " 
248 
16 
$55 00 
2 00 
1 50 
20 
30 
$55 00 
50 00 
30 00 
49 60 
4 80 
$50 00 
$44 80 
$55 00 
$55 00 
50 00 
30 00 
44 80 
A. B. 
C. D. 
E. F. 
G. H. 
$179 80 
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing pay-roll is correct; that the work has been done as stated, and that the men em- 
ployed by the day have labored during the time charged for; it is accordingly approved for dollars cents, to be 
oharged as follows: Ordnance service, ij> 
Purchase, manufacture and alteration of small arms, 
c 
Endorsement to be as follows: (See paragraph 1360.) "" 
"No. . z B. H., (Commanding Officer.') 
Hired men for , 18 
Ordnance service, $ Note.-The printed form will contain the requisite heads for 
Purchase, manufac. and alteration of small arms, disbursements under various appropriations. The amount on 
$ each page of the roll will be footed up separately, and these 
several amounts will be recapitulated on the last page. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-E4»RM8. 
357 
Form 18.-(See paragraphs 1251, 1341.) (To be printed.) 
We the subscribers, hereby acknowledge to have received of the sums set opposite our names respectively, being 
in full for the services of our slaves at Arsenal, during the month of , 18 , having signed duplicate receipts. 
From 
whom 
hired. 
Name and 
occupation. 
Time 
employed. 
Wages 
per 
month 
Amount 
for each 
slave. 
Amount 
received. 
Signatures. 
A. B. 
C. D. 
A., laborer, 
C. 
D. blacksmith, 
E. laborer, 
F. " 
G. " 
H. " 
1 month. 
22-26 " 
20-26 " 1 
.19-26 " 
1 " 
25-26 " 
1 " 
$12 00 
15 00 
18 50 
14 00 
16 00 
14 50 
14 50 
$12 00 
12 69 
14 23 
10 23 
$49 
43 
15 
44 
A. B. 
Note--In eases where it may be difficult to ob- 
tain the proper signatures on the roll, because of the 
distant residence of the owners of the slaves, sepa- 
rate receipts may be taken and appended to the 
roll. 
16 00 
13 94 
14 50 
$92 
59 
I certify, on honor, that the above pay-roll is correct, and that the slaves labored during the time charged for; it is ac- 
cordingly approved for dollars cents, to be charged to the following appropriations: 
Ordnance service in all its branches, $71 40 
Endorsement to be as follows : (See paragraph 1360.) Purchase, manufac. and alteration of small arms, 21 19 
Slave Roll for , 18 . 
Ordnance service in all its branches, $71 40 £Date.] 
Purchase, manufac. and alteration of small arms, 21 19 (Signed duplicates.) 
A. B., Commanding Officer. 
$92 59 358 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Date of payment. , 
C 
o 
* 
6 
£ 
o 
H 
Nature of the Disbursement. 
If the voucher is for services, add from to , 18 , 
or for the month of , 18 . 
If for articles, and there is sufficient room on the one line, 
state the quantity of each ; or if not room for this, then say, 
"iron, nails and paint brushes,'' or whatever the voucher 
may be for. 
Ordnance service 
in all its branches. 
Purchase, manufac- 
ture and alteration 
of small arms. | 
Total. 
lb . 
May 5, 
10, 
J use 30. 
30, 
1 
2 
3 
4 
A. B. 
C. D. 
E. F. 
Hired men, 
500 lbs. bar iron; 20 lbs. cast steel, 
100 lbs. harness leather; 4 calf skins, 
50 bushels oats, 1,000 lbs hay, 
Services for the month of June, 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
20 
26 
500 
300 
00 
00 
00 
00 
15 
700 
DO 
00 
35 
26 
500 
1,000 
00 
00 
00 
00 
846 
00 
715 
00 
1,561 
00 
(To be signed in duplicate by the disbursing officer.) 
Endorsement to be as follows: (See paragraph 1360.) 
"Abstract of disbursements, 
quarter. 18 . 
Ordnance service in all its branches, $846 00 
Purchase, manufacture and alteration of small arms, 715 00 
$1.561 00 
Form 19.-(See paragraphs 1340, 1343.) (To be printed.) 
bstracl of Disbursements at Arsenal, by , in the quarter ending , 18 . ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
359 
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing account is just and true, as stated ; that the expenditures have been faith- 
fully made, and for the objects expressed in the voucher, and for no other ; and that they are correctly classed in the 
abstract; and, also, that the credits given in this account include all public money received by me, and not heretofore 
accounted for. (To be signed in duplicate by the disbursing officer.) 
Arsenal,) 
,18 . j 
Endorsement to be as follows (see paragraph 1360.) 
" Account Current. 
Capt. A. B. 
Arsenal, 
quarter, 18 . 
Form 20.-(See paragraph 1344.) (To be printed.) 
Dr. The Confederate States in account current with Captain A. B. Cr. 
Dates. 
To Expenditures. 
Amount. 
Dates. 
By Cash received. 
Amount. 
18 . 
Dec. 31, 
For ordnance service, per 
abstract, . 
Purchase, manufacture & 
alteration of small arms. 
Balance to new account, 
$ 
18 . 
Oct. 1, 
" 20, 
Nov. 15, 
Dec. 31, 
Balance due from last account, per official state- 
ment, ..... 
Amount of treasury warrant, No. , is- 
sued on requisition, No. , 
Amount received' of Major , for a sword, 
Amount of rent roll for 4th quarter, . 
$ 
Dollars, .... 
Dec. 31, 
Balance due the Confederate States carried to 
new account, .... 
* 360 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 21.-(See paragraph 1284.) 
Received, Arsenal, 18 , of Major -, 
One field officer's sword, 
One pair percussion pistols, 
For which I have paid to the said Major the cost price, dollars. 
W. A. N., 
Major .Artillery. 
(To be made in duplicate.) 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
No. . 
Receipt for Stores, 
Issued to Major W. A. N., 
For his own use. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
361 
Ordnance service in 
all its branches. 
Purchase, manufac- 
ture, and alterat'n 
of small arms. 
Amount. 
Due to the Confederate States from last account, or last 
month, . . . ' . 
deceived in quarter, or month, 
Total to be accounted for, . . * 
69 72 
1,500 00 
87 21 
1,500 00 
156 83 
3,000 00 
1,369 62 
1,587 21 
3,156 83 
Due from the C. S. from last account, or last month, . 
Expended in quarter, or month, 
\ 
900 00 
1,200 00 
550 00 
1,200 00 
1.450 00 
90 00 
1,750 00 
2,650 00 
n , 1 e f To the C. S., . . 
aaiance due ,18 , < 1? 
' From the C. S., 
669 62 
162 79 
669 62 
162 79 
V 
Due to the Confederate States, $506 33 
Form 22.-(See paragraphs 1340t/1346.) 
Statements of Receipts and Expenditures under each appropriation, for the month of , [or for the quarter,) 18 . 
16 302 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 23.-(See paragraph 1347.) 
Estimate of Funds required at Arsenal, during the fourth quarter 
of 18 . 
Qrdnance service in all its branches. 
Police and preservation of post, 
$430 68 
Placing arms in racks, 
500 00 
Tools and machinery, .... 
300 00 
Fuel for steam engine, 
350 00 
Public horses, 
150 00 
Office duties, 
200 00 
Making sling carts, .... 
Making lifting jacks, .... 
1,027 48 
300 00 
Purchase of lumber for packing boxes, &c., 
150 00 
$3,408 16 
Due C. S. from last quarter, 
408 16 
I 
$3,000 00 
Required in sums as follows : 
Month. 
ft 
Ordnance 
service in 
all its 
branches. 
Amount. 
October, ...... 
$1,200 00 
$1,200 00 
November, .... 
800 00 
800 00 
December, ..... 
1,000 00 
1,000 00 
Total, 
$3,000 00 
$3,000 00 
(To be signed by the commanding officer.) ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
363 
Post or Place. 
6 pdr. gun 
carriages. 
Infantry cart- 
ridge boxes. 
Cannon pow- 
der, pounds. 
Slow match, 
pounds. 
Shot gauges, 
sets. 
6 
Remarks. 
On band, (date,) 
Requir?d , 18 . 
2 
3 
100 
10G 
200 
1000 
5 
50 
0 
1 
To be supplied, 
1 
6 
800 
45 
1 
[Here follow tbe explanations demanding the issue.] 
(Signed) A. B., Commanding. 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
"Requisition for Ordnance Stores for [post or place]." 
{Dale.) 
Form 2-1.-(See paragraphs 1268, 1286.) 
Requisition for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for Arsenal or Post, {date.) 864 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
Form 25.-(See paragraph 1316.) 
ItegwisiVion for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, for the use of Militia in the service of the Confederate States. 
Total, 
1 to 
6 pdr. brass cannon.j 
i 63 
to 
6 pdr. carriages. 
o 
$ 
Muskets, complete. 
o 
CO 
Non-com. officers' 
swords. 
zi 
o 
Cartridge boxes 
o 
Cartridge box belts. 
'-O 
Bayonet scabbards. 
I g 
Waist belt plates. 
o 
Gun slings. 
1 
I | tO 
1 ° 
to 
6 pdr. shot, fixed. 
s 
2500 
Musket ball cart- 
ridges. 
Company of infantry of fifty-eight non-commissioned officers and privates. 
Same form for Artillery, Rillemen, and Cavalry 
<• Remarks. 
I certify that there are non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates under my command, called into the 
service of the Confederate States, and that the above requisition is made in conformity thereto. 
(Signed) A. B., Captain of 5th Regiment of Militia 
of the Slate of Tennessee. 
Nash ville, June 1, 18 
The above requisition has been examined in conformity to the article of the Ordnance Regulations and is approved. 
(Signed) C. D., Major in Confederate States dlrmy. 
Nashville, June 5, 18 , . 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
''Requisition for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, - , 18 . ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-FORMS. 
865 
State of: 
T, , born in , aged years, and by occupation a , 
do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this day of , 
18 , as a of ordnance, in the army of the Confederate States of 
America, for the period of five years, unless sooner discharged by proper 
authority; do also agree m accept such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing 
as is or may be established by law. And I. , do solemnly swear that 
I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the Confederate States of Ame- 
rica, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their 
enemies and opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the 
orders of the President of the Confederate States, and the orders of the offi- 
cers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war, and 
the regulations which govern enlisted men of Ordnance. 
Form 2G.-(See paragraph 1274.) [To be printed.] 
Sworn and subscribed to at , 
this day of ,18 . 
S. M., Magistrate. 
J. G., Recruit. 
I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined the above-named re- 
cruit, and that,in my opinion, lie is free from all bodily defectsand mental 
infirmity which would, in any way, disqualify him from peiforming the 
duties of a of ordnance. A. B., Examining Surgeon. 
I certify, on honor, that I have minutely inspected the recruit, , pre- 
viously to his enlistment, who was entirely sober when enlisted; and 
that, to the best of my judgment and belief, he is of lawful age. and a com- 
petent mechanic, (carriage-maker, or otherwise, as the case may be.) This 
recruit has eyes, hair, complexion, is feet inches high. 
(Duplicates.) C. D., Recruiting (ot Enlisting') Officer. 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
" No. . 
"Jonas Gould. 
K Arsenal, 
February , 18- 366 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
ARTICLE 45. 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
1366. The duties of these corps usually relate to the construction of 
permanent and field fortifications; works for the attack and defense of 
places; for the passage of rivers; for the movements and operations of 
armies in the field ; and such reconnoissances and surveys as may be 
required for these objects, or for any other duty which may be assigned 
to them. By special direction of the President of the Confederate 
States, officers of engineers may be employed on any other duty, what- 
soever. (See 63d Article of War.) 
1367. No permanent fortification, or other important work assigned 
to either corps, shall be undertaken, until the plans have been submit- 
ted to a board composed of such officers of the corps as the Secretary of 
War may designate. The report of the board, with complete drawings 
and specifications of the work, and detailed estimates of the cost, shall 
be made to the bureau of the corps in the War Department, and be 
submitted to the Secretary of War, without whose sanction no plan 
shall be adopted. A dissenting member of the board may present his 
own project, memoir, plans, and estimates. 
1368. The chief engineer, with the approbation of the Secretary of 
War, will regulate and determine the number, quality, forfn, and 
dimensions, &e., of the necessary vehicles, pontons, tools, implements, 
arms, and other supplies for the use and service of the engineer com- 
pany of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, to be procured, as far as practi- 
cable, by fabrication in the government establishments of the Engineer 
and Ordnance Departments. 
1369. In any work carried on under the direction of the chief of 
either corps, his authority must be obtained for the erection of any tem- 
porary buildings required in the progress of the work, or the purchase 
of any vessel or boat, or for furnishing medicines or medical attendance 
to hired men, and to determine the number and wages of clerks,-fore- 
men, and overseers. 
1370. An engineer superintending a work or operation shall dis- 
burse the money for the same, and when informed of the funds appli- 
cable to the work, he will furnish to the bureau or office through which 
he receives his instructions, a detailed report of the manner in which 
he proposes to apply the funds. 
1371. Public works in charge of either corps shall be inspected once 
a year, and when completed, by such officers of the corps as the Secre- 
tary of War shall designate. A report of each inspection shall be made 
to the Secretary of War through the bureau of the corps. 
1372. On the completion of any fortification or other work, the officer 
in charge will transmit to the appropriate bureau all the books, papers, 
and drawings relating to it.- Of fortifications, the following drawings 
are required: a plan of the finished work and the environs within the 
scope of investment, on a scale 12 inches to a mile; a plan of the main 
work and outworks, on a scale of 1 inch to 50 feet, with sections, pro- 
files, and elevations, on a scale of 1 inch to 25 feet; and a plan of CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
367 
the masonry, on a scale of 1 inch to 50 feet, with profiles and eleva- 
tions, on a scale of 1 inch to 25 feet; and such other drawings as may 
be necessary to show important details of the work. 
1373. An officer charged with a survey will procure the books and 
instruments for the execution of the duty by requisition on the appro- 
priate bureau, and upon his return from field operations will report to 
it the condition of the instruments in his charge; on the completion of 
the survey he will transmit to the bureau a full report thereof, with the 
field notes, and all necessary drawings. 
1374. The following reports and returns for a work or operation un- 
der the direction of the chief of either corps are to be sent to the ap- 
propriate bureau of the corps by the officer in charge: 
1375. Monthly returns, within five days after the month to which 
they relate, viz.: report of operations, Form 1; return of officersand 
hired men, Form 2 ; money statement, Form 3 ; 
1376. An estimate of funds for one month, in time to receive the re- 
mittance for the service of the month ; 
1377. Quarterly returns, within twenty days after the quarter to 
which they relate viz.: a money account current, Form 4; with ab- 
stract of disbursements, Form 5, and vouchers, Forms 6, 7, 8; and a re- 
turn of property, Form 9, with abstracts of receipts and issues, Forms 
10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; 
1378. A quarterly return of instruments, books, &c., Form 15, by 
every officer accountable for them ; 
1379. A report, in time to reach the bureau by the 20th of October, 
of the operations on the work or survey during the year ending 30th of 
June, with the necessary drawings, and showing the condition of the 
Avork, the extent and cost of the principal operations (as brick-work, 
stone-work, earth-work, surveys), accompanied by a summary statement 
of the expenditures during the year, with an estimate of the funds re- 
quired for the next year, and an estimate of the amount required to 
complete the work. 
1380. When disbursements are made by the same individual on ac- 
count of different works, a separate set of accounts for each must be 
kept and rendered, as above required, as well as separate estimates, re- 
turns, and reports; the quarterly accounts being accompanied by a 
general statement, Form 3, of receipts and expenditures during the 
quarter on all the works. 
1381. The following books and files for each work will be kept by 
the officer in charge: a letter book, for copies of his official letters ; file 
of letters received; file of orders received; a journal, containing a 
daily record of the occupations of the persons employed on the work ; 
a book of materials, in which must be entered, under the appropriate 
head, every kind of material received, specifying date of delivery and 
payment, from whom received, the kind, quality, price, and cost-in 
this book the various articles will be entered under the same heads as 
in the quarterly return of property; a ledger, in which an account 
will be opened with every person of whom materials or supplies are 
purchased for the work, including every person not on the rolls; an ac- 
count-book, containing entries, according to Form 5, of all expenditures 
and copies of the quarterly accounts current, and estimates of funds ; a 368 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
roll-book, showing the name, occupation, rate of pay, of each hired per- 
son, and time made by him daily in each month; a book of miscella- 
nies, containing accounts of experiments and miscellaneous information 
relating to the work. 
1382. Printed forms allowed will be furnished from the bureaus, un- 
less otherwise directed, on requisition in May for a year's supply. CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
869 
Form 1. 
Report of Operations at Fort for the month of September, 1838. 
Masons have been employed in setting coping, N. and W. fronts; roofing 
casemated traverse, S. W. exterior front; building breast-height 
and traverse walls, covert way, S. E. front; pointing interior coun- 
terscarps, S. E. and S. W. fronts. 
Laborers, embanking breakwater, S. W. front; embanking parapet of high 
covert way ; excavating for and laying foundations of breast-height 
walls, covert way, S. E. front; sodding S. E. glacis coupe; quarry- 
ing stone for masors at S. E. quarry; aiding masons and carpen- 
ters; receiving materials. 
Tearpsters, levelling S. E. glacis; transporting stone for and embanking 
breakwater, S. W. front; aiding masons and carpenters; receiv- 
ing materials. 
Carpenters, on quarters, E. front; makingand repairing tools and machine- 
ry- 
Wheelwrights and Smiths, making and repairing tools and machinery. 
Plumbers, covering arches, W. front; leading breast-height walls, covert 
way, S. E. front. 
State any important result during the month, as the condition of a front, 
bastion, battery, &c.; progress of a survey. 
Probable operations of the month of October. 
Masons, as in September: to commence laying the foundations of S. E. 
■ exterior front, and to lay the traverse circles in the exterior battery 
of N. front. 
Laborers as in September: to finish breakwater, S. W. front, and com- 
mence the embankment of parapet of W. front. 
Teamsters, as in September. 
Carpenters, matting and repairing tools and machinery. 
Wheelwrights and Smiths, do ' do do. 
Plumbers, covering arches: to finish the W. front, and commence the S. 
W. front. 
Engineers. 
Fort , , 
October 10, 18 . 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
Fort 
Report of Operations for the month of September, 18 . 370 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS, 
Return of Officers and, Hired Men at Fort ,for the month of Sep- 
tember, 18 . 
Form 2. 
Officers. 
Present. 
Absent. 
Major A. B. relieved Lieutenant E. 
F., in charge September 15, by 
special order No. 14, of August 2.. 
Post-office address for October, 
Fort 
Lieutenant E. F. at G. Island on ser- 
vice by order of Major A. B. Post- 
office address for October, Fort 
Lieutenant 0. P. left September 10, 
on leave of absence by order . 
Post-office address for October, In- 
dianola, Texas. 
Hired Men. 
No. 
Trade or occupation. 
Time or piece work. 
• 
Wages. 
Amount. 
30 
Masons, 
700 days, 
$2 25 
$1575 00 
10 
Do. 
200 days, 
1 75 
350 00 
20 
Do. at piece work, 
700 sup. feet of granite 
at 15 c. 
105 00 
10 
Carpenters, 
• 
2 00 
Do. 
1 50 
Laborers, 
1 00 
Do. 
90 
1 
Clerk, 
Foreman, 
1 month, 
60 00 
2 
1 do. 
80 00 
1 
Overseer, 
1 do. 
40 00 
Amount, 
C. D., Major Engineers. 
Endorsement: 
Offisers and Hired Men. 
Fort 
September, 18 , CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
371 
Slatement of Money received and expended, under leach appropriation, in 
the month of September, 18 . 
Form 3. 
Fort 
Fort B. 
Contingen- 
cies of 
fortifications. 
Total. 
Due C. 8. from last month, 
Received in the month, 
Total to be accounted for, 
Due from C. S. last month, 
Expended in the month, 
Total accounted for, 
Due 1st Oct. to the C. S. 
Do. from the C S., 
$70 00 
450 00 
$80 00 
8000 00 
$300 00 
$150 00 
8750 00 
520 00 
8080 00 
300 00 
8900 00 
400 00 
7000 00 
400 00 
400 00 
7400 00 
400 00 
7000 00 
400 00 
7800 00 
120 00 
1080 00 
100 00 
1200 00 
100 00 
Due C. S. 
1100 00 
C. D., Major Engineers. 372 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORMS. 
Form 4. 
Dr. The Confederate States in account current with Major C. D., Corps of Engineers, at Fort . Cr. 
lb 
Sept. 
30 
To amount paid for purchases and 
expenditures during the 3d quar- 
ter of 18 , as per accompany- 
ing vouchers and abstracts, 
Balance, 
• 
18 . 
July 
<< 
1 
4 
Due the Confederate States, as per account cur 
rent rendered for the 2d quarter of 18 r 
By the fillowing Treasury drafts on War War- 
rant No. 5868, viz: 
No. 8169, on Collector of 
8170, on Collector of 
* 
Aug. 
3 
8171, on Treasurer of C. S. 
By the following articles sold from Fort , 
> 
- 
Sept. 
30 
4950 lbs. scrap iron, at 1J cent per lb. 
26 wheelbarrows, $5 each, sold A. B., as per 
accompanying certificate of sale. 
By this amount disallowed at the Treasury De- 
partment, being the item in Voucher No. 16 
of the accounts for Fort , for the 2d 
quarter of 1838, viz : 
e 
Oct. 
1 
Due the Confederate States, 
1 certify that the foregoing is a true account of all money received by me for Fort not heretofore accounted for, 
and that the disbursements have been faithfully made. 
Endorsement to be as follows: E. E. 
Fort . Fort , , 
Account Current of October 4, 18 . 
Major C. D., C. S. Engineers, for the 3d quarter 18 . * C. D., Major Engineers. CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
373 
Form 5. 
Abstract of Disbursements on account of Fort during the quarter 
ending on the Wth of September, 18 . 
No of 
voucher. 
Nature of purchase or 
expenditure. 
To whom paid or of whom 
purchased. 
Amount. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
1 
Lime, 
Henry King, 
200 
00 
2 
Sione, 
Jones & King, 
Stephenson & Co., 
500 
00 
3 
Bricks, 
300 
00 
4 
Sundries, 
Smith & Co., 
60 
00 
5 
Cement, 
Samuel Jones, 
100 
00 
6 
Services, 
Hired men, 
S26 
52 
7 
Granite, lime, and bricks. 
Aaron Brown, 
3737 
50 
Dollars, 
5724 
02 
E. E 
• C. D., Major Engineers 
Fort , , 
October 4, 18 . 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
Fort 
Abstract of Disbursements by 
Major C. D., C. S. Engineers, during the 3d quarter, 1838. 374 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
Form 6. 
The Confederate States, for Fort , 
To Aaron Brown, Dr, 
Date. 
Designation. 
Application. 
Cost. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
183S. 
July 4. 
August 1 
For 600 cubic yards dressed gran- 
ite, at per yard. 
For 30 tons broken granite, at 
per ton. 
For cutting 700 feet of granite, at 
per foot. 
For 20 M. bard bricks, at per M 
For 100 barrels lime, 3 bushels 
each, at per barrel. 
•» 
Scarp wall. 
Backing of scarp. 
Scarp. 
Casemate arches. 
F o n n d a tion of 
scarp and piers. 
Dollars, . 
3737 
5d 
I certify that the above account is correct and just; the articles to be 
(or have beeii) accounted for in my property return for quarter of -. 
(Signed) C. D.. Major Engineers. 
Received at Fort , this 24th day of September, 18-, from Major 
C. D., Corps of Engineers, the sura Of three thousand seven hundred and 
thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, in full payment of the above account; 
* (Signed in. duplicate.) AikoN Brown. 
$3737 50 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
Fort 
Voucher No. 8. 
Aaron Brown. 
September 24th, 18-. 
Granite. Lime, Bricks) $3737 50; CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
375 
Form 7. 
We, the subscribers, hereby acknowledge to have received of 
the sums set opposite our names respectively, being in full for our services 
at Fort A during the month of -, 18-, having signed du- 
plicate receipts. 
No. 
Name. 
Occupation. 
Time 
employed. 
Rateof 
pay- 
AMOUNT. 
Signa- 
tures. 
Witn's 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
1 
A. B. 
Clerk. 
1 month. 
$80 00 
80 
00 
A. B. 
2 
C. D. 
Overseer. 
1 do. 
40 00 
40 
00 
C. D. 
3 
E. F. 
Master Mason. 
24 days. 
2 50 
60 
00 
E. F. 
4 
G. H. 
Mason. 
20 do. 
1 75 
35 
00 
G. H. 
5 
I. K. 
Laborer. 
24 'Jo. 
1 00 
24 
00 
I. x K. 
A. B. 
• 
239 
00 
I certify that the foregoing pay-roll is correct and just. 
J. Al., Captain Engineers, 
Endorsement: 
Fort A . 
No. . 
Pay-roll for , 18--. 
$239 00. 376 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
We, the subscribers, acknowledge to have received of Captain 
the stuns set opposite our names respectively, being in full for the services 
of our slaves at Fort A during the month of , 18-, having 
signed duplicate receipts. 
Form 8. 
1 
From whom 
hired. 
Aame and oc- 
cupation. 
Time 
employed. 
Rate of 
wagss. 
Amount 
for each 
slave. 
AMOUNT 
RECEIVED. 
Signa- 
tures. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
A. B. 
A., mason. 
1 month. 
§40 00 
§40 00 
Do. 
C., brksnntb. 
25 days. 
2 00 
50 00 
* 
Do. 
D„ laborer. 
1 month. 
20 00 
20 00 
- 
§110 
00 
A. B. 
E. F. 
G., laborer. 
12 days. 
§25 a mo. 
12 00 
Do. 
II., do. 
1 month. 
20 00 
20 00 
• 
- 
32 
00 
E. F. 
142 
00 
I certify that the above pay roll is correct and just. 
J. M., Captain Engineers. 
Endorsement: 
Fort A . 
No. -. 
Slave-roll for -»-=-, 18-. 
$142 00. CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORMS. 
877 
I certify that the foregoing return is a tiue statement of the public property in my charge at Fort A-<■ ending the 
quarter 18-. J. M., Captain Engineers. 
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Abstrac A. 
Abstract B. 
Abstract C. 
Abstract D. 
Total tc 
Abstract E. 
Abstract F. 
Abstract G. 
Second Quarter, 18-. 
On band. 
Purchases paid for. 
Purchases not paid for. 
Fabricated. 
Received from other posts. 
be accounted for, 
Materials used, 
Forage issued, 
Provisions issued. 
Buildin 
Stone. 
1 
Bricks, M. i 
. 9> 
Lime, casks. I ?. 
53 
Cement, casks. 
i| Scantling, M. [ 
imbe 
S 
oT 
c 
K 
<D 
CD 
fa. 
CO 
o 
W 
r. 
c 
is 
s 
o 
CQ 
| Horses, No. ' 
<D 
CD 
c/T 
- 
5 
T 
00 
s. 
F 
a? 
<72 
c 
o 
>r- 
-•e. 
CD 
Pro 
io 
IX 
vis 
ns. 
fa 
| Potatoes. 
Mis- 
cella. 
Grarfite,cu- 
bic yards. 
Marble, 
tons. 
Total issued and expended, 
Remaining on hand 30th June, 
1 
- 
w 
Form 9. 
Peturn of Engineer Property at Fort for the quarter ending ZOth June, 18 378 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
Toial, 
ui co to h-* 
No. of voucers. 
P 
p 12; P p p 
To whom paid. 
o 
o 
Granite, cubic yds. 
STONE. 
o 
o 
Coping, superficial, 
feet. 
p 
10.000 
Bricks, M. 
o 
o 
Hay, pounds. 
o 
o 
Flour, barrels. 
o 
500 
Screws, No. 
IRONMONGERY. 
1000 
1000 
Nails, pounds. 
o 
o 
Hinges, No. 
o 
o 
Locks, No. 
2000 
2000 
Bar iron, pounds. 
g 
Steel, pounds. 
J. M., Major Engineers. 
Form 10. 
Abstract of Purchases received and paid jor at Fo.it A , in the quarter of 18-. 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. 379 
CORPS OP ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
Abstract of Purchases received, and not paid for, at Fort A , 
quarter, 18- 
Form 11. 
Of whom 
purchs'd. 
| Bricks, M. 
1 
Bar iron, pounds. 
Oats, bushels. 
Hay, pounds. 
1 
♦ 
• 
R. . . 
S. . . 
T. . . 
y' 
50,000 
4000 
100 
2000. 
Amount, 
50,000 
4000 
100 
2000 
I certify that the above abstract is correct. . 
J. M., Captain Engineers 
Abstract of Materials expended at Fort A , quarter, 18-. 
Form 12. 
For what purpose. 
1 , 
| Stone, cubic yards. 
| Bricks, M. 
1 
Lime, barrels. 
White pine boards, 
feet, 
a 
rt 
o 
co 
o . 
C bC 
'EL;2 
_o 
1* 
Scarp wall bastion 1. 
Casemate do. 
Stable. 
2000 
50,000 
s 
50 
1500 
300 
Amount, 
2000 
50,000 
50 
1500 
300 
I certify that the above abstract is correct, that the issues and expendi 
tures were made, and were necessary. J. M., Captain Engineers. 880 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS -FORMS. 
Abstract of Forage issued at Fort during the quarter ending on 
the 30th September, 18-. 
Form 13. 
Deseripti'n 
o|' forage. 
Issued during the 
quarter. 
Number of rations. 
Distribution of the issues. 
Remarks. 
i 
- 
rZ 
c 
<Z 
T. 
p 
Oxen. 
•^l!Q 
Rations. 
6 
92 
552 
2 
65 
130 
f Half rations 
Hay, lbs. 
13,664 
976 J 
4 
40 
80 
[ horses at grass. 
3 
10 
30 
2 
92 
181-976 
6 
92 
55'2 
Oats, bush. 
233| 
S62 
2 
65 
130 
2 
3 
60 
ISO-862 
4 
40 
160 
Com, bush. 
210 
440 4 
3 
32 
96 
92 
184-440 
I certify that the above abstract is correct; ti.at the issues were macle, 
and were necessary. C. D., Major Engineers. 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
Fort . 
Forage Return for the 3d quarter of . CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
881 
Form 14. 
Abstract of Provisions issued at Fort during the quarter ending 
on the Wth September, 18-. 
Description of pro- 
visions. 
Issued in 
the quarter. 
Number of 
Rations. 
Number of 
men to whom 
issued. 
Remarks. 
Pork, 
pounds. 
1500 
2000 
co 
C 
1 
Beef-fresh, 
do. 
2500 
2000 
ra 
Beef-salt, 
do. 
" " 1 
o 
Flour, 
do. 
w' 
Meal, 
do. 
ci o 
Bread, 
do. 
4500 
4000 
Beans, 
quarts. 
320 
4000 
s 
Vinegar, 
do. 
160 
4000 
nen 
&c., 
o 00 
I certify that the above abstract is correct; that the issues were Inade, 
and were necessaiy. C. I)., Major of Engineers. 
Endorsement to be as follows : 
Fort . 
Provision Return for the 3d quartet of 18-. 382 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORMS. 
Form 15. 
Return of Instruments, Books, Maps, Charts, and Plans, "belonging to the 
Corps of Engineers, for the quarter 
Post or 
Instru 
Fort , 
C/J 
Box sextants. 
Artificial horizons. 
C 
Spirit levels. 
> 
Surveyor's com- 
passes. 
Pocket compasses.* 
1 Boat compasses. 
Azimuth compasses. 
cZ 
CfJ 
o* 
bL 
to 
«■ 
0) 
o 
o 
ci 
Boxes drawing in- 
struments. 
On hand per last return, 
Received during the quarter, 
To be accounted for, 
Disposed of since last return. 
On hand the 30th Sept., 18 
Books, Maps, Charts, 
/ 
* 
; Vanban's Fortifications. 
.c 
g 
CO 
Army Regulations. 
Eng. Dep. Regulations 
o 
| Map of harbor. 
General plan of 
Sheets of detailed draw- 
ings of Fort 
On hand per last return, 
Received during the quarter, 
To be accounted for, 
Disposed of since last return 
On hand the 30th Sept, 18 
- 
- 
- 
Endorsement to be as follows: 
Return of Instruments, &c., 
in charge of ' s 
Major C. D., C. S. Engineers, in 3d quarter, 18 CORPS OF ENGINEERS-FORMS. 
383 
Form 15. 
Confederate States, received, and accounted for by Major C. D., of the 
ending on the ZQth of September, 18 . 
AND 
Cases flrawing in- 
struments. 
MENT 
E? 
Beam compasses. 
3> 
Proportional com- 
passes. 
Triangular compas- 
ses. 
Dividers. 
Protractors. 
Boxes of colors. 
Brass scales. 
Ivory scales. 
Surveying chains. 
Measuring tapes. 
1 
Barometers. 
Thermometers. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tin paper-cases. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
' 
- 
: : 
Exhibiting the 
purchase, repair) 
disposition,&c, of 
the articles. 
Remarks. 
I certify that the foregoing return is correct. 
C. I)., Major Engineers- 
, October, 1 18 . 384 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
ARTICLE 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
1383. The recruiting service will be conducted by the Adjutant and In- 
spector General under the direction of the Secretary of war. 
1384. Field officers will be detailed to superintend the recruiting dis- 
tricts, and lieutenants to take charge of the recruiting parties. The re- 
cruiting service will form a special roster. The Adjutant and Inspector 
General will detail the field officers, and announce in orders the num- 
ber of lieutenants to be detailed from each regiment by its colonel. 
When the detail is not according to the roster, the special reason of tlyi 
case shall be reported and laid before the Secretary of War. 
1385- A recruiting party will consist generally of one lieutenant, 
one non commissioned officer, two privates, and a drummer and lifer. 
The parties will be sent from the principal depots, and none but suitable 
men selected. 
138G. Officers on the general recruiting service are not, to be ordered 
on any other duty, except from the Adjutant General's Office. 
DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENTS. 
1387. As soon as a recruiting station is designated, the superintend- 
ent sends estimates for funds to the Adjutant General, and requisitions 
on the proper departments (through the Adjutant and Inspector General) 
for clothing, camp equipage, arms, and accoutrements. 
1388. Subsequent supplies for the stations in his district are procured 
by the superintendent on consolidated estimates; these are made quar- 
terly for funds, and every six or twelve months for clothing, equipage, 
arms, and accoutrements. Estimates for funds will be in the following 
form : 
Estimate of Recruiting Funds lequired for the during the quarter 
ending , 18 
.. _ 
Names. 
Rank. 
Regiment. 
Station. 
Amount ex- 
pended last 
quarO. 
Amount on 
hand. 
/■mount 
required. 
R ■m'rks 
$ | Cts. 
$ 
Cts. 
1 
Cts. 
Total amount required, 
Superintendent. RECRUITING SERVICE. 
385 
1389. Funds and supplies of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, 
arms and accoutrements, when ordered, will be sent direct to each sta- 
tion. 
1390. The superintendents will transmit to the Adjutant Inspector 
General consolidated monthly returns of the recruiting parties under 
their superintendence, according to directions on the printed blanks, 
accompanied by one copy of the enlistment of each recruit, enlisted 
within the month. Also a quarterly return of deceased soldiers to the 
Adjutant Inspector General and Second Audtor. 
1391. When recruits should be sent to regiments, a superintendent 
will report to the Adjutantand Inspector General forinstructions in refer- 
ence thereto. 
1392. When recruits are sent from a depot or Rendezvous to a regi- 
ment or post, a muster and descriptive roll, and an account of clothing of 
the detachment, will be given to the officer assigned to the command of 
it; and a duplicate of the muster and descriptive roll will be forwarded 
to the Adjutantand Inspector General by the superintendent, who will 
note on it the names of all the officers on duty with the detachment, and 
the day of its departure from the depot or rendezvous. 
1393. The superintendent will report all commissioned or non-com- 
missioned officers who may be incapable or negligent in the discharge 
of their functions. Where a recruiting party fails to get recruits from 
any cause other than the fault of the officer, the superintendent will 
recommend another station for the party. 
1394. When a rendezvous is closed, the superintendent will give the 
necessary instructions for the safe-keeping or disposal of the public 
property, so as not to involve any expense for storage. 
1395. Tours of inspection by superintendents will be made only on 
instructions from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Officers on 
the recruiting service will not be sent from place to place without or- 
ders from the same source. 
DUTIES OF RECRUITING OFFICERS. 
1396. Success in obtaining recruits depends much on the activity 
and personal attention of recruiting officers, and they will not entrust 
to enlisted men the duties for which themselves only are responsible. 
They will in no case absent themselves from their stations without 
authority from the superintendent. 
1397. Recruiting officers will not allow any man to be deceived or in- 
veigled into the service by false representations, but will in person ex- 
plain the nature of the service, the length of the term, the pay, cloth- 
ing, rations, and other allowances to which a soldier is entitled by law, 
to every man before he signs the enlistment. If minors present them- 
selves, they are to be treated with great candor ; the names and resi- 
dences of their parents or guardians, if they have any, must be ascer- 
tained, and they will be informed of the minor's wish to enlist, that 
they may make their objections or give their consent. 
1398. With the sanction of superintendents, i ecruiting officers may 
insert in not exceeding two newspapers, brief notices directing atten- 
tion to the rendezvous for further information. 
1399. Any free white male person above the age of eighteen and un- 
der thirty-five years, being at least five feet four and a half inches high, 386 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
effective, able-bodied, sober, free from disease, of good character and 
habits, and able to speak and understand well the English language, 
may be enlisted. This regulation, so far as respects the height and age 
of the recruit, shall not extend to musicians, or to soldiers who may 
" re-enlist," or have served honestly and faithfully a previous enlist- 
ment in the army. 
1400. No person under the age of twenty-one years is to be enlisted 
without the written consent of his parent, guardian, or master. The 
recruiting officer must be very particular in ascertaining the true ago 
of the recruit, and will not accept him when there is a doubt of his 
being of age. 
1401. After the nature of the service and terms of enlistment have 
been fairly explained to the recruit, the officer, before the enlistments 
are filled up, will read to him, and offer for his signature, the annexed 
declaration, to be appended to each copy of his enlistment: 
I, , desiring to enlist in the Army of the Confederate States 
for the period of five years, do declare that I am years and 
months of age ; that 1 have neither wife nor child ; that I have never 
been discharged from the Confederate States service on account of dis- 
ability, or by a sentence of a court martial, or by order before the expi- 
ration of a term of enlistment; and I know of no impediment to my 
serving honestly and faithfully as a soldier for five years. 
Witness: . 
1402. If the recruit be a minor, his parent, guardian, or master must 
sign a consent to his enlisting, which will be added to the preceding 
declaration, in the following form : 
I, , do certify that I am the {father only surviving parent, 
legal master, or guardian) of ; that the said is years of 
age; and I do hereby freely give my consent to his enlisting as a soldier 
in the Army of the Confederate States for the period of five years. 
Witness: - . 
1403. The forms of declaration, and of consent in case of a minor, 
having been signed and witnessed, the recruit will then be duly in- 
spected by the recruiting officer, and surgeon, if one be present, and 
if accepted, the 20th and 87th Articles of War will be read to him ; 
after which he will be allowed time to consider the subjfect until his 
mind appears to be fully made up before the oath is administered to 
him. \ 
1404. As soon as practicable, and at least within six days after his 
enlistment, the following oath will be administered to the recruit: 
" I, A- B-, do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be,) that 
I will bear true allegiance to the Confederate States of America, and 
that I will serve them mmestly and faithfully against all their enemies 
or opposers whatsoever, and observe and obey the orders of the Presi- 
dent of the Confederate States, and the orders of the officers appointed 
over me, according to the rules and articles for the government of the 
armies of the Confederate States." (See 10th Art. War.) RECRUITING SERVICE. 
387 
1405. Under the Article of War above cited, a justice of the peace, 
the chief magistrate of any town or city corporate, (not being an officer 
of the Army.) a notary public, or, when recourse cannot be had to such 
civil magistrates, a judge advocate, or any comniissoned officer of the 
army, may administer the above oath. 
140G. It is the duty of the recruiting officer to be present at the in- 
spection of the recruit by the medical officer. In passing a recruit the 
medical officer is to inspect him stripped; to see that he has free use of 
all his limbs; that his chest is ample; that his hearing, vision, and 
speech are perfect; that he has no tumors, or ulcerated, or extensively 
cicatrized legs ; no rupture or chronic cutaneous affection ; that he has 
not received any contusion, or wound of the head, that may impair his 
faculties ; that he is not a drunkard; is not subject to convulsions; and 
has no infectious disorder, nor any other that may unfit him for milita- 
ry service. 
1407. Recruiting officers will not employ private physicians, without 
authority from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,for the special 
purpose of inspecting the recruits prior to their enlisting. 
1408. If it be necessary, as in the case of sickness, to employ a phy- 
sician, the recruiting officer may engage his services by contract on 
reasonable terms, by the visit, or by the month. If by the month, the 
inspection of the recruits must be stated in the contract as part of his 
duty. The physician will be paid from the recruiting funds. 
1409. Enlistments must, in all cases, be taken in triplicate. The re- 
cruiting officer will send one copy to the Adjutant General with his 
quarterly accounts, (paragraph 1280, No. 1,) a second to the superin- 
tendent with his monthly return, (paragraph 1280, No. 6,) and a third to 
the depot at the same time the recruits are sent there. In cases of 
soldiers re-enlisted in a regiment, or of regimental recruits, the third 
copy of the enlistment will be sent at its date to regimental headquar- 
ters for tile. 
1410. When ordnance sergeants re-enlist, the recruiting officer will 
immediately send the second copy of the enlistment direct to the Adju- 
tant General, and the third copy to the station of the ordnance sergeant 
for file. 
1411. A non-commissioned officer, musician, or private soldier, who 
may re-enlist into his company or regiment within two months before, 
or one month after the expiration of his term of service, shall receive 
a bounty of three months' extra pay-that is to say, the pay he was re- 
ceiving as pay of his grade, and as additional pay for length of service 
and for certificate of merit. This bounty shall be paid by the reciuit- 
ing officer at the time of enlistment, and noted on the descriptive list, 
and timely notice of probable re-enlistments in a company must be 
given beforehand to the proper authority, that the necessary funds may 
be provided. Ordnance sergeants and hospital stewards are non-com- 
missioned officers entitled to the bounty in the case provided. • 
1412. Enlistments must, in no ease, be antedated so as to entitle a 
soldier to bounty who applies after the period allowed for " re-enlisting" 
has expired. 
1413. A premium of two dollars will be paid to any citizen, non- 
commissioned officer, or soldier, for each accepted recruit that he may 388 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
bring to the rendezvous; but not for soldiers who receive bounty for 
" re-enlisting." 
1414. The recruiting officer will see that the men under his com- 
mand are neat in their personal appearance, and will require the per- 
manent party to wear their military dress in a becoming manner, 
especially when permitted to go abroad. 
1415. Only such articles of clothing as are indispensable for immediate 
use, will be issued to recruits at the rendezvous. Their equipment will 
not be made complete till after they have passed the inspection subse- 
quent to their arrival at the depot. 
1416. The instruction of the recruits will commence at the rendez- 
vous from the moment of enlistment. The general superintendent will 
see-that all recruiting officers give particular attention to this subject. 
1417. Recruits will be sent from rendezvous to depots every ten days, 
or oftener if practicable, provided the number disposable exceeds three. 
The detachments of recruits will be sent from rendezvous to depots un- 
der charge of a non-commissioned officer. 
1418. Commutation for fuel and quarters, when allowed, is paid from 
the recruiting funds on the usual vouchers receipted by the officer him- 
self. 
1419. Every officer commanding a recruiting party will procure the 
necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationery, taking 
the requisite vouchers ; but no non-commissioned officer or soldier is to 
be allowed to become a contractor for the supplying of any article 
which may be required. 
1420. The transportation of recruits to depots, and from one recruit- 
ing station to another, will be paid from the recruiting funds; trans- 
portation of officers and enlisted men on the recruiting service will be 
paid in the sa ne manner, except when first proceeding to join that ser- 
vice, or returning to their regiments after having been relieved. 
1421. No expenses of transportation of officers will be admitted that 
do not arise from orders emanating from the Adjutant and Inspector Gene- 
ral's Office, except they be required to visit branch or auxiliary rendez- 
vous under their charge, when they will be allowed the stage, steam- 
boat, or railroad fare, porterage included. 
1422. Whenever an officer is relieved or withdrawn from the recruit- 
ing service, he will pay over the balance of any unexpended recruiting 
funds in his possession to the officer appointed to succeed him, or to the 
paymaster, if no officer be so designated ; and if there be no paymaster 
or other proper officer convenient to receive such balance, the amount 
will be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate 
States, with the most convenient Assistant Treasurer, or other deposi- 
tary of public moneys. In either case the officer will forward to the 
Adjutant and Inspector General the evidence of the disposition he may 
make of the funds, and report the fact to the superintendent, or to his 
colonel; if on regimental recruiting service. 
RENDEZVOUS, QUARTERING AND SUBSISTING RECRUITS. 
1423. Written contracts will be made by recruiting officers for the 
rent of a rendezvous upon the most reasonable terms possible. The 
rent will be paid from the recruiting fund. The terms of the contract 
will be immediately reported to the Adjutant and Inspector General. 389 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
1424. When subsistence cannot be issued by the commissariat to re- 
cruiting parties, it will be procured by the officer in charge. Written 
contracts will be made for the subsistence of the recruits, (see form A,) 
due public notice being first given inviting proposals for furnishing 
complete rations, (or board-see paragraph 1425.) The original adver- 
tisements, bids, contracts, and bond, will be forwarded to the Commis- 
sary General of Subsistence, and copies be kept for the use of the re- 
cruiting station. 
1425. When convenience and economy require that the contract shall 
be for board and lodging, the officer in charge shall estimate the cost of 
the ration for which the contractor shall be paid from the subsistence 
funds, as before directed; and shall pay the amount due to lodging 
from the recruiting funds. 
1436. Issues will be made, or board furni-hed, (as the case may be,) 
on regular provision returns, specifying the number of men, and days 
and dates. A ration in kind may be allowed to one laundress at each 
principal rendezvous. The contractor will forward his accounts either 
monthly or quarterly to the Commissary General of Subsistence, {see 
form B.) This account will be supported by an abstract of issues, duly 
certified by the recruiting officer, {see form C.) 
1427. At temporary rendezvous, advertising may be dispensed with, 
and a contract made conditioned to be terminated at the pleasure of the 
officer or the Commissary General. 
1428. The recru'fting officer will be required, when convenient, to re- 
ceive fromthe Commissary General and disburse the funds for the sub- 
sistence of his party, and to render his accounts quarterly to the Com- 
misary General. 
1429. When a contract cannot be made, the recruiting officer may 
pay the necessary expenses of subsisting and boarding his party; ren- 
dering distinct accounts for amounts paid from the subsistence and re- 
cruiting funds, as in paragraph 1425. 
1430. The expenses of subsistence at branch rendezvous, and all ex- 
penses of advertising for proposals, will be paid by the contractor at 
the principal station and included in his accounts. 
1431. Officers on recruiting service will make timely requisitions for 
printed blanks, direct, as follows: 
To the Adjutant General.-For enlistments; re-enlistments; forms 
for medical inspection of recruits; muster-rolls; muster and descrip- 
tive rolls; monthly returns ; tri-monthly reports; recruiting accounts 
current; accounts of clothing issued ; posters or handbills. 
To the Quartermaster General.-For estimates of clothing, camp and 
garrison equipage ; clothing receipt rolls; quarterly returns of cloth- 
ing, camp and garrison equipage. 
1432. No blanks of the above kinds will be used, except the printed 
forms furnished. Blanks of other kinds, when required, must be 
ruled. 
1433. Blanks for the regimental recruiting service are furnished to 
the company commanders. 
BLANKS. 
1434. The articles of furniture and police utensils which may be ab- 
FURNITURE AND STATIONERY. 390 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
solutely necessary at a recruiting station may be procured by the officer 
in charge of the rendezvous, on the special authority of the superinten- 
dent. 
1435. Necessary stationery will be purchased monthly or quarterly, 
not to exceed, per quarter at each station, six quires of paper, twenty- 
four quills, or twenty-four steel pens and two holders, half an ounce of 
wafers, one paper of inkpowder, one bottle of red ink, four ounces of 
sealing wax, one quire of cartridge paper, or one hundred envelopes, 
one-fourth quire of blotting paper, and one piece of tape. If necessa- 
ry, an additional supply of one-fourth of these rates will be allowed to 
the recruiting officer having charge of one or more auxiliary rendez- 
vous distant from his permanent station. At the principal depots the 
allowance must be fixed by the wants of the public service. 
1436. To each office table is allowed one inkstand,, one wafer stamp, 
one wafer box, one paper folder, one ruler, and as many lead pencils, 
as may be required, not exceeding four per annum. 
1437. Such blank books as may be necessary are allowed to the gen- 
eral superintendent and at permanent recruiting depots; also, one de- 
scriptive book for the register of recruits at each permanent station. 
Blank books will be purchased by recruiting officers, under instructions 
from the superintendent. 
1438. When a recruiting officer is relieved, the blanks, the books, and 
unexpended stationery, with all the other public at the station, 
will be transferred to his successor, who will receipt for the same. 
ACCOUNTS, RETURNS, ETC. 
1439. The following are the accounts, returns, &c., to be rendered by 
officers on recruiting service. 
To the Adjutant General. 
1. Recruit accounts current, quarterly, with abstract, (form D,) vouch- 
ers, (form E,) and one set of enlistments. An account will be rendered 
by every officer who may receive funds, whether he makes expenditures 
or not during the quarter. 
2. A quarterly return of stationery, books, fuel, straw, and such other 
property as may have been purchased with the recruiting funds. 
3. A monthly summary statement of money received, expended, and 
remaining on hand, (form F,) to be transmitted on the last day of each 
month. 
4. A muster roll of all enlisted men at the rendezvous, including the 
names of all who may have joined, died, deserted, been transferred or 
discharged, during the period embraced in the muster roll. 
5. Tri-monthly reports of the state of the recruiting service, according 
to the prescribed form. 
To the Superintendent. 
6. A monthly return of recruits and of the recruiting party, accom- 
panied with one copy of the enlistment of every recruit enlisted within 
the month. 
7. Duplicate muster rolls for pay of the permanent recruiting party, 
which may be sent direct to the nearest paymaster, when authorized 
by the superintendent. A triplicate of this roll will be retained at the 
station. RECRUITING SERVICE. 
391 
8. Muster and descriptive rolls and an account oj clothing of every de- 
tachment of recruits o.-dered to the principal depot. If the recruits be 
ordered to proceed from the rendezvous direct, to join any regiment or 
post, these rollsand accounts of clothing will be delivered to the officer 
in command of the detachment, a duplicate of each muster and descrip- 
tive roll only being then made and sent to the superintendent. 
9. Copy of the quarterly abstract of contingent expenses, to bo for- 
warde 1 within three days after the expiration of each quarter. 
10. Quarterly estimates for funds. 
11. Estimates for clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, and for 
arms and accoutrements, for six or twelve months, or for such times as 
may be directed by the superintendent. 
12. Copy of the return No. 13. 
To the Quartermaster General. 
13. A quarterly return of clothing and camp and garrison equipage, 
and of all quartermaster's property in his possession, not including such 
as is purchased with the recruiting funds. 
To the Ordnance Department. 
14. A quarterly return of arms, accoutrements, ammunition, and of 
all ordnance stores. 
1440. The following rules must be observed in making out and for' 
warding accounts and papers : 
1. Letters addressed to the Adjutant General " on recruiting service," 
will be so endorsed on the envelopes, under the words " official business." 
2. Each voucher must be separately entered on the abstract of con- 
tingent expenses, (form F,) and only the gross amount of the abstract 
must be .entered on the account current. 
3. No expenditure must.be charged without a proper voucher to sup- 
port it. (See form E.) 
4. The receipt to the voucher must be signed, when practicable, by a 
principal. When this is not practicable, the recruiting officer will add 
to his own certificate a statement that the agent is duly authorized to 
sign the receipt. 
5. When an individual makes "his mark" instead of signing his 
name to the receipt, it must be witnessed by a third person. 
G. Expenditures must be confined to items stated in the Regulations. 
In an unforeseen emergency, requiring a deviation from this rule, a full 
explanation must be appended to the voucher for the expenditure ; and 
if this be not satisfactory, the account will be charged in the Treasury 
against the recruiting officer. 
7. In all vouchers, the different items, with dates, and cost of each, 
must be given. To vouchers for transportation of officers, a copy of 
the order under which the journey was performed, must be appended. 
8. In vouchers for medical attendance and medicines, the name of 
each patient, date of, and charge for each visit, and for medicines fur- 
nished, must be given, and the certificate of the physician added, that 
the rates charged are the usual rates of the place. 
9. On all vouchers for premiums for bringing recruits, and fees for 
oaths of enlistment, the names of the recruits for whom the expendi- 
ture is made must be given in alphabetical order, according to the num- 
RULES FOR MAKING ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS. 392 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
Bering of the enlistments. The vouchers may be made in form of con- 
solidated receipt rolls, authenticated by the officer's certificate that they 
are correct. 
10. The fee usually allowed for administering the oath of enlistment 
being twenty-five cents for each recruit, when a greater amount is paid, 
the officer must certify on the voucher that it is the rate allowed by law 
of the State or Territory. 
11. To each voucher for notices inserted in newspapers a copy of the 
notice will be appended. 
12. Quarterly accounts current must exhibit the numbers of Treasury 
drafts and dates of their receipt; and when funds are transferred, the 
names of officers from whom they are received, or to whom they are 
turned over, with the dates of transfer. 
13. Fractions of cents are not to be taken up on accounts current. 
14. Enlistments must be filled up Jn a fair and legible band. The 
real name of the recruit must be ascertained, correctly spelled, and 
written in the same way wherever it occurs; the Christian name must 
not be abbreviated. Numbers in the body of the enlistment must be 
written and not expressed by figures. Each enlistment must be en- 
dorsed as follows : 
No- -. 
A--B-, 
enlisted at 
January -, 18-, 
By Lt. C D , 
- Regiment of . 
The number in each month to correspond with the names alphabetically 
arranged. 
15. Whenever a soldier re-enters the service, the officer who enlisted 
him will endorse on the next below his own name and regi- 
ment, "second (or third) enlistment," as the case may be, together with 
the name of the regiment and the letter of the company in which the 
soldier last served, and date of discharge from former enlistment. This 
information the recruiting officer must obtain, if possible, from the sol- 
dier's discharge, which he should in all cases be required to exhibit. 
(See 22d Art. of War.) 
16. Re-enlistments must be forwarded with recruiting accounts, al- 
though the bounty due on them may not be paid. When the bounty is 
subsequently paid, the soldier's receipt is to be taken on a voucher 
showing date and place of re-enlistment, company and regiment, and 
by whom re-enlisted. 
17. The filling up of, and endorsement on, the enlistment, will be in 
the handwriting of the recruiting officer, or done under his immediate 
inspection. 
18. To facilitate the final settlement of accounts of discharged sol- 
diers, the name of the State, as well as the town, where each recruit is 
enlisted, will be recorded on all muster, pay, and descriptive rolls. 
DEPOTS FOR COLLECTING AND INSTRUCTING RECRUITS. 
1441. The depots for recruits are established by orders from the Ad- 
jutant and inspector General's office. 393 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
1442. To each depot there will be assigned a suitable number of of- 
ficers to command and instruct the recruits ; and, when necessary, such 
number of enlisted men as may be designated at the Adjutant and In- 
spector General's office, will be selected for the permanent party, to do 
garrison duty and for drill masters. 
1443. The number of recruits at depots to be assigned to each arm 
and regiment is directed from the Adjutant and Inspector General's of- 
fice. 
1444. The recruits are to be dressed in uniform according to their re- 
spective arms, and will be regularly mustered and inspected. They are 
to be well drilled in the infantry tactics, through the school of the sol- 
dier to that of the battalion, and in the exercise of field and garrison 
pieces. Duty is to be tione according to the strict rules of service. 
1445. The general superintendent will cause such of the recruits as 
are found to possess a natural talent for music, to be instructed (besides 
the drill of the soldier) on the fife, bugle, and drum, and other military 
instruments; and boys of twelve years of age and upward may, under 
his direction, be enlisted for this purpose. But as recruits under 
eighteen years of age and under size must be discharged, if they are 
not capable of learning music, care should be taken to enlist those only 
who have a natural talent for music, and, if practicable, they should be 
taken on trial for some time before being enlisted. 
J 446. Regimentswill be furnished with field music on the requisi- 
tions of their commanders, made, from time to time, direct on the gene- 
ral superintendent; and when requested by regimental commanders, 
the superintendents will endeavor to have suitable men selected from 
the recruits, or enlisted for the regimental bands. 
1447. To give encouragement to the recruits, and hold out induce- 
ments to good conduct, the commanding officer of the depot may pro- 
mote such of them to be lance corporals and lance sergeants as exhibit 
the requisite qualifications, not exceeding the proper proportion to the 
number of recruits at the depot. These appointments will be an- 
nounced in orders in the usual way, and will be continued in force until 
they join their regiments, unless sooner revoked. No allowance of pay 
or emoluments is to be assigned to these appointments ; they are only 
to be considered as recommendations to the captains of companies and 
colonels of regiments for the places in which the recruits may have 
acted ; but such non commissioned officers are to be treated with all the 
respect and to have all the authority which may belong to the stations 
of sergeant and corporal. 
1448. Permanent parties at depots, and recruiting parties, will be 
"mustered, inspected, and paid in the same manner as other soldiers. 
Recruits will be mustered for pay only at depots, and when paid there, 
one-half of their monthly pay will be retained until they join their regi- 
ments. 
1449. When recruits are received at a garrisoned post, the command- 
ing officer will place them under the charge of a commissioned officer. 
1450. Recruits are not to be put to any labor or work which would 
interfere with their instruction, nor are they to be employed otherwise 
than as soldiers, in the regular duties of garrison and camp. 
1451. Every enlisted man discharged as a minor, or for other cause 394 
involving fraud on his part in the enlistment, or discharged by the civil 
authority, shall forfeit all pay and allowances due at the time of the 
discharge. 
1452. The Rules and Articles of War are to be read to the recruits 
every month, after the inspection; and so much thereof as relates to 
the duties of non commissioned officers and soldiers will be read to 
them every week. 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
INSPECTION OF RECRUITS AT DEPOTS AND POSTS. 
1453. The superintendent or commanding officer will cause a minute 
and critical inspection to be made of every recruit received at a depot 
two days after his arrival ; and should any recruit be found unfit for 
service, or to have been enlisted contrary to law or regulations, he shall 
assemble a Board of Inspectors, to examine into the case. A board 
may also be assembled in a special case, when a concealed defect may 
become manifest in a recruit, at any time during his detention at the 
depot. 
1454. Every detachment ordered from a depot to any regiment or 
post shall, immediately preceding its departure, be critically inspected 
by the superintendent or commanding officer and surgeon ; and, when 
necessary, a Board of Inspectors will be convened. 
1455. Recruits received at a military post or station shall be carefully 
inspected by the commanding officer and surgeon, on the third day after 
their arrival; and if, on such inspection, any recruit, in their opinion, 
be unsound or otherwise defective in such degree as to disqualify him 
for the duties of a soldier, then a Board of Inspectors will be assem- 
bled to examine into and report on the case. (See paragraphs 1438, 
1439, 1440.) 
1456. Boards for the inspection of recruits will be composed of the 
three senior reg'mental officers present on duty with the troops, in- 
cluding the commanding officer, and the senior medical officer of the 
army present. 
1457. In all ca«es of rejection, the reasons therefor will be stated at 
large in a special report, to be made by the board ; which, together with 
the surgeon's certificate of disability for service, will be forwarded by 
the superintendent or commandanr of the post direct to the Adjutant 
and Inspector General. In all such cases, the commanding officer will 
cause the articles of clothing which may have been issued to the re- 
cruit, with the price of each article, to be endorsed on the certificates of 
disability. If the recommendation of the board for the discharge of the 
recruit be approved, the authority therefor will be endorsed on the cer- 
tificate, which will be sent back to be filled up and signed by the com- 
manding officer, who will return the same to the Adjutant and Inspec- 
tor General's office. 
1458. The board will state in the report whether the disability, or 
other cause of rejection, existed before his enlistment, and whether, 
with proper care and examination, it might not have been discovered. 
REJECTED RECRUITS. 
1459. An officer entrusted with the command of recruits ordered to 
RECRUITS SENT TO REGIMENTS. RECRUITING .SERVICE. 
395 
regiments will, on arriving at the place of destination, forward the 
following papers: 
1. To the Adjutant and Inspector General and the Superintendent, 
each, a descriptive roll and an account of clothing of such men as may 
have deserted, died, or been left on the route from any cause whatever, 
with date and place ; also, a special report of the date of his arrival at 
the post, the strength and condition of the detachment when turned 
over to the commanding officer, and all circumstances worthy of remark 
which may have occurred on the march. 
2. To the Commanding Officer of the regiment or post, the muster and 
descriptive roll furnished him at the time of setting out, properly signed 
and completed by recording the names of the recruits present, and by 
noting in the column for remarks, opposite the appropriate spaces, the 
time and place of death, desertion, apprehension, or other casualty that 
may have occurred on the route. 
1460. Should an officer be relieved in charge of a detachment en 
route, before it reaches its destination, the date and place, and name of the 
officer by whom it is relieved, must be recorded on the detachment roll. 
Without the evidence of such record, no charge for extra pay for clothing 
accountability of a detachment equal to a company will be allowed. 
1461. The " original muster and descriptive roll " of every detach- 
ment, with remarks showing the final disposition of each recruit, and 
the regiment and letter of the company to which he may be assigned, 
will be signed and forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector General by 
the commanding officer who makes the assignment. If the recruits 
embraced in one roll happen to be assigned to different posts, the origi- 
nal roll is to continue with the last detachment to its destination, each 
commander completing it so far as concerns the recruits left at his post. 
When this is not practicable, extracts from the original roll are to be 
made by the authority which distributes the recruits, to accompany the 
several detachments and to be forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector 
General as in case of the original roll. 
1462. The regimental recruiting will be conducted in the manner 
prescribed for tbe general service. 
1463. Every commander of a regiment is the superintendent of the 
recruiting service for his regiment, and will endeavor to keep it up to 
its establishment, for which purpose he will obtain the necessary funds, 
clothing, &c., by requisition to the Adjutant General. 
1464. At every station occupied by his regiment, or any part of it, 
the colonel will designate a suitable officer to attend to the recruiting 
duties ; which selection will not relieve such officer from his company 
or other ordinary duties. The officer thus designated will be kept con- 
stantly furnished with funds, and, when necessary, with clothing and 
camp equipage. (See paragraph 1441.) 
1465. The regimental recruiting officer will, with the approbation of 
the commanding officer of the station, enlist all suitable men. He will 
be governed, in rendering his accounts and returns, by the rules pre- 
scribed for the general service; and when leaving a post, will turn over 
the funds in his hands to the senior company officer of his regiment 
present, unless some other be appointed to receive them. 
REGIMENTAL RECRUITING SERVICE. 396 
RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
Form A. 
Articles of agreement made and entered into this day of , Anno 
Domini one thousand eight hundred and ' , between , an officer 
in the Confederate States Army, on the one part, and , of the county 
of , and State of , of the other part. 
This agreement witnesseth, That the said , for and on behalf of the 
Confederate States of America, and the said , heirs, executors, and 
administrators, have cot.nanted and agreed,and by these presents do mu- 
tually covenant and agree, to and with each other, as follows, viz: 
First. That the said , heirs, executors, and administrators, shall 
supply, or cause to be supplied and issued, at . all the rations, to 
consist of the articles hereinafter specified, that shall be required for the 
use of the Confederate States recruits stationed at the place aforesaid, 
commencing on the day of , one thousand eight hundred and , 
and ending on the day of , one thousand eight hundred and , 
or such earlier day as the Commissary General may direct, at the price of 
cents mills for each complete ration. 
Second. That the ration to be furnished by virtue of this contract 
shall consist of the following articles, viz : One and a quarter pound of 
fresh beef or three-quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of 
bread or flour, and at the rate of eight quarts of beans or ten pounds of 
rice, six pounds of coffee, twelve pounds of sugar, four quarts of vinegar, 
one and a half pound of tallow or one pound of sperm candles, four 
pounds of soap, and two quarts of salt, to every hundred rations, or the 
contractor shall furnish the men with good and wholesome board and 
lodgings, at the option of the recruiting officer ; and the recruiting party 
shall have the privilege of hanging out a flag from the place of rendezvous. 
Third. That fresh beef shall be issued at least twice in each week, if 
required by the commanding officer. 
Fourth. It is clearly understood that the provisions stipulated to be fur- 
nished and delivered under this contract shall be of the first quality. 
Fifth. Should any difficulty arise respecting the quality of the provisions 
stipulated to be delivered under this contract, then the commanding officer 
is to appoint a disinterested person to meet one of the same description to 
be appointed by the contractor. These two thus appointed will have 
power to decide on the quality of the provisions ; but should they disagree, 
then a third person is to be chosen by the two already appointed, the 
whole to act under oath, and the opinion of the majority to be final in the 
case. e 
Witness: RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
397 
Dr. The Confederate States, 
To , Special Contractor. 
For rations issued to recruits undertbe command of , at , from to , as per accompany- 
ing abstract: 
complete rations, at cents, . > . ♦ . . . $ 
lbs. extra soap, at cents, ....... 
lbs. extra candles, at cents, ► . . 
Due contractor, . * - - . . $ 
Received from the Confederate- States dollars and cents, in full of the above account. 
' y 
Special Contractor. 
Form B. 398 
RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
Form C. 
Abstract of rations issued to recruits stationed at , under command of ,from to , 
by , Special contractor. 
Date. 
No. of 
return. 
No. of 
men. 
No. of 
women. 
Com- 
mencing. 
Ending. 
No. of days 
drawn for. 
No. of complete 
rations. 
Remarks. 
• 
Total number of complete rations, 
. 
I certify, on honor, that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession) 
and they amount to complete rations. RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
399 
Form D. 
Abstract of disbursements on account of contingencies of the recruiting 
service, by , in the quarter ending , 18 , 
at . 
No. of 
voucher. 
Date of pay- 
ment. 
To whom paid. 
On what account. 
Amount. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
k 
$ 
Recruiting Officer. 400 
RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
Form E. 
The Confederate States, 
To Dr. 
Date. 
Dolls. 
Cts. 
For 
/ 
1 
• 
r 
- . -.-„- 
1 
I certify that the above account is correct. 
Recruiting Officer. 
Received this day of , 18-, of •, 
recruiting ollicer, dollars and u- --- cents, in full of the above ao 
count. 
(Duplicate.) 401 
RECRUITING SERVICE-FORMS. 
To amount of expenditures within 
the month . . 
To amount of advance made to 
Balance due the Confederate States 
carried to next statement, 
• 
By balance per last statement 
By cash received from 
By cash received from Treasurer of 
the Confederate States,being amount 
of warrant No. - . 
$ 
I certify that the above is a true statement of all the moneys which have come into my bands, on account of the re- 
cruiting service, during the month of , 18-, and that the disbursements have been faithfully made, The balance 
due the Confederate States is deposited in . 
Recruiting Officer. 
Note.-No vouchers accompany this statement. 
Form F. 
MONTHLY SUMMARY STATEMENT. 
The Confederate States in account with at , in the month of , 18-. 
Dr. Or. 402 
UNIFORM AND DRESS ©F THE ARMY. 
ARTICLE 47. 
UNIFORM AND DRESS OF THE ARMY. 
COAT. 
For Commissioned Officers. 
14G6. All Officers shall wear a frock-coat of gray cloth, known as 
cadet gray; the skirt to extend halfway between the hip and the knee; 
double breasted for all grades. 
1467. For a Brigadier General-Two rows of buttons on the breast, 
eight in each row, placed in pairs ; the distance between the rows four 
inches at top and three indhes at bottom ; stand up collar, to rise no 
higher than to permit the chin to turn freely over it; to hook in front 
at the bottom, and slope thence up and backward, at an angle of thirty 
degrees, on each side ; cuffs two and a half inches deep on the under 
side, there to be buttoned with three small buttons, and sloped up- 
wards to a point at a distance of four inches from the end of the sleeve; 
pockets in the folds of the skirt, with one button at the hip and one at 
the end of each pocket, making four buttons on the back and skirt of 
the tunic, the hip buttons to range with the lowest breast buttons. 
1468. For a Colonel-the same as for a Brigadier General, except 
that there will be only seven buttons in each row on the breast, placed 
at equal distances. » 
1469. For a Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, Captain and Lieutenant-the 
same as for a Colonel. 
For Enlisted Men. 
1470. The uniform coat for all enlisted men shall be a double 
breasted frock-coat of gray cloth, known as cadet gray, with the skirt 
extending halfway between the hip and the knee; two rows of buttons 
on the breast, seven in each row ; the distance between the rows four 
inches at top and three inches at bottom ; stand-up collar, to rise no higher 
than to permit the chin to turn freely over it; to hook in front at the 
bottom, and slope thence backwards at an angle of thirty degrees on 
each side ; cuffs two and a half inches deep at the under seam, to but- 
ton with two small buttons, and to be slightly pointed on the upper part 
of the arm; pockets in the folds of the skirts. The collars and cuffs to 
bo of the color prescribed for facings for the respective arms of service, 
and the edges of the coat to be trimmed throughout with the same 
colored cloth. Narrow lining in the skirts of the coat of gray 
material. 
1471. The facings for General Officers, and for Officers of the Adju- 
tant General's Department, the Quartermaster General's Department, 
the Commissary General's Department, and the Engineers-buff. The 
coat for all officers to be edged throughout with the facings designated. 
1472. For the Medical Department-black. 
Facings. uniform an» dress of the army. 
408 
1473. For the Artillery-red. 
1474. For the Cavalry-yellow. 
1475. For the Infantry-light blue. 
1476. For fatigue purposes, a light gray blouse, double breasted, 
with two rows of small buttons, seven in each row; small, turn over 
collar, may be issued to the troops. 
1477. On all occasions of duty, except fatigue, and when out of quar- 
ters, the coat will be buttoned and hooked at the collar. Officers on 
bureau duty may wear the coat open. 
Buttons. 
1478. For General officers and Officers of the General Staff-bright 
gilt, rounded at the edge, convex, raised eagle in the centre, with stars 
surrounding ; large size, one inch in exterior diameter; small size, half 
an inch. 
1479. For Officers of the Corps of Engineers, the same as for the 
General Staff, except that, in place of the eagle and stars, there will be 
a raised E in German text. 
1480. For Officers of Artillery, Infantry, Riflemen and Cavalry- 
gilt, convex, plain, with large raised letter in the centre: A, for the 
Artillery ; Ij for the Infantry ; R, for the Riflemen t C, for the Cavalry; 
large seven-eighths of an inch in exterior diameter; small size, 
half an inch. 
148 h Aides-de-Camp may wear the button of the General Staff, or 
of their regiments or corps, at their option. 
1482. For enlisted men of Artillery-yellow, convex, large raised 
letter A in the centre; three-quarters of an inch in exterior diameter. 
1483. For all other enlisted men, the same as for the Artillery, ex- 
cept that the number of the regimept, in large figures, •will be substi- 
tuted for the letter A. 
1484. The uniform trowsers for both officers and enlisted men will be 
of cloth throughout the year ; made loose, and to spread well over the 
foot; of light (or sky) blue color for regimental officers and enlisted 
men; and of dark blue cloth for all other officers; reinforced for the 
Cavalry. 
1485. For General officers-two stripes of gold lace on the outer 
seam, one-eighth of an inch apart, and each five-eighths of an inch in 
width. 
1486. For Officers of the Adjutant General's Department, the Quar- 
termaster General's Department, the Commissary General's Department, 
and the Corps of Engineers-one stripe of gold lace on the outer seam, 
one inch and a quarter in width. 
1487. For the Medical Department-a black velvet stripe; one inch 
and a quarter in width, with a gold cord on each edge of the stripe. 
1488. For Regimental officers-a stripe of cloth on the outer seam, 
one inch and a quarter in width; color according to corps : for Artille- 
ry, red ; Cavalry, yellow ; Infantry, dark blue. 
1489. For the non-commissioned staff of regiments and for all ser- 
geants, a stripe of cotton webbing or braid on the outer seam, one and 
a quarter inch in width ; color according to arm of service. 
Trowsers. 404 
UNIFORM AND DRE88 OF TH® ARMY. 
1490. For all other enlisted men-plain. 
1491. Pattern-Of the form known as the French kepi; to be made of 
cloth. 
1492. For General Officers, and Officers of the General Staff and 
Engineers-Dark blue band, sides and crown. 
1493. For the Artillery-Dark blue band ; sides and crown red. 
1494. For the Infantry-Dark blue band ; sides and crown light 
blue. 
1495. For the Cavalry-Dark blue band ; sides and crown yellow. 
Marks to distinguish Rank. 
1496. Four gold braids for General Officers ; three for Field Officers ; 
two for Captains, and one for Lieutenants, to extend from the band on 
the front, back and both sides to the top of the cap-and the centre of 
the crown to be embroidered with the same number of braids. 
1497. For enlisted men-the cap will be of the same pattern; the 
band to be dark blue, and, as in the case of officers, the several arms of 
service will be designated by the color of the sides and crown-Red for 
Artillery ; light blue for Infantry, and yellow for Cavalry. The num- 
ber of the Regiment will be worn in front, in yellow metal. 
1498. In hot weather, a white duck, or linen cover, known as a have- 
lock, will be worn-the apron to fall behind, so as to protect the ears 
and neck from the rays of the sun. In winter, in bad weather, an oil 
skin cover will be worn, with an apron to fall over the coat collar. 
Cravat or Stock. 
1499. For all officers-black. When a cravat is worn, the tie not to 
be visible at the opening of the collar. 
1500. For enlisted men-black leather, according to pattern. 
1501. For all officers-ankle or Jefferson. 
1502. For enlisted men of Cavalry-ankle and Jefferson, according 
to pattern. 
1503. For other enlisted men-Jefferson, according to pattern. 
Boots. 
1504. For all mounted officers-yellow metal or gilt. 
1505. For enlisted mounted men-yellow metal, according to pattern. 
Spurs. 
Gloves. 
1506. For General Officers, and officers of the General Staff and 
Staff Corps-buff or white. 
1507. For officers of Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry-white. 
1508. For General Officers-Luff silk net, with silk bullion fringe 
Sash. UNIFORM ANB DRBSS «F THE ARMY. 
405 
ends ; sash to go twice around the waist, and to tie behind the left hip; 
pendent part not to extend more than eighteen inches below the tie. 
1509. For officers of the General Staff and Engineers, and of the 
Artillery and Infantry-red silk net. For officers of the Cavalry- 
yellow silk net. For medical officers-gree<. silk net. All with silk 
bullion fringe ends ; to go around the waist, and to tie as for General 
Officers. 
1510. For sergeants-of worsted, with worsted bullion fringe ends; 
red for Artillery and Infantry, and yellow for Cavalry. To go twice 
around the waist, and to tie as above specified. 
1511. For all officers-a waist belt, not less than one and one-half 
inches, nor more than two inches wide ; to-be worn over the sash ; the 
sword to be suspended from it by slings of the same material as the 
belt, with a hook attached to the belt upon which the sword may be 
hung. 
1512. For General Officers-Russian leather, with three stripes of 
gold embroidery; the slings embroidered on both sides. 
1513. For all other officers-black leather, plain. 
1514. For all non-commissioned officers-black leather, plain. 
Sword Belt. 
Sword Belt Plate. 
1515. For all officersand enlisted men-gilt, rectangular; two inches 
wide, with a raised bright rim ; a silver wreath of laurel encircling the 
" arms of the Confederate States." 
1516. For all officers-according to patterns to be desposited in the 
Ordnance Bureau. 
Sword and Scabbard. 
Sword Knot. 
1517. For all officers-of plaited leather, with tassels. 
1518. On the sleeve of the coat, rank will be.distinguished by an or- 
nament of gold braid, (in form as represented in the drawing deposited 
in the Quartermaster General's Office, extending around the seam of 
the cuff, and up the outside of the arm to the bend of the elbow. To 
be of one braid for lieutenants; two, for captains; three, for field 
officers; and four, for general officers. The braid to be one-eighth of 
an inch in width. 
151Q. On the front part of the collar of the coat, the rank of officers 
will be distinguished as follows: 
1520. General Officers-A wreath, with three stars enclosed, em- 
broidered in gold. The edge of the wreath to be three-fourths of an 
inch from the front edge of the collar; the stars to be arranged hori- 
zontally ; the centre one to be one and one-fourtb inches in exterior 
diameter, and the others three-fourths of an inch. 
Badges to distinguish Rank. 406 
UNIFORM AND DRESS OF THE ARMY. 
1521. Colonel-Three stars, embroidered in gold, arranged horizon- 
tally, and dividing equally the vertical space of the collar. Each star 
to be one and one-fourth inches in exterior diameter ; the front star to 
be three-fourths of an inch from the edge of the collar. 
1522. Lieutentant-Colonel-Two stars of same material, size and ar- 
rangement as for a colonel. 
1523. Major- One star of same material and size as for a colonel; to 
be placed three-fourths of an inch from edge of collar, and dividing 
equally the vertical space. 
1524. Captain-Three horizontal bars, embroidered in gold; each 
one half-inch in width; the upper bar to be three inches in length 5 the 
front edge of the bars to incline to correspond with the angle of the 
collar, and to be three fourths of an inch from the edge; the line of the 
back edges to the vertical. 
1525. First Lieutenant-Two horizontal bars of same material and 
size as for captains, and dividing equally the vertical space of collar. 
1526. Second Lieutenant-One horizontal bar of same material and 
size as for the centre bar of captain and dividing equally the vertical 
space of collar. 
Overcoats for Enlisted Men. 
1527. For mounted men-of cadet gray cloth ; stand-up collar ; dou- 
ble breasted; cape to reach to the cuff of the coat, when the arm is ex- 
tended, and to button all the way up, (buttons, eighteen.) 
1528. For footmen-of cadet gray cloth ; stand-up collar; double 
breasted; cape to reach to the elbows, when the arm is extended, and 
to button all the way up, (buttons, eighteen.) For the present, to be a 
talma, with sleeves, of water-proof material; black. 
1529 . The rank of non-commissioned officers will be marked by 
chevrons on both sleeves of the uniform coat and the overcoat, above 
the elbow, of silk or worsted binding, half an inch wide; color the 
same as the edging of the coat; points down, as follows' 
1530. For a Sergeant Major-three bars and an arc in silk. 
1531. For a Quartermaster Sergeant-three bars and a tie in silk. 
1532. For an Ordnance Sergeant-three bars and a star in silk. 
1533. For a First (on Orderly} Sergeant-three bars and a lozenge in 
worsted. 
1234. For a Sergeant-three bars in worsted. 
1525. For a Corporal-two bars in worsted. 
Chevrons. 
Hair and Beard. 
1536. The hair to be short: the beard to be worn at the pleasure of 
the individual; but, when worn, to be kept short and neatly trimmed. ARTICLES OF WAR. 
407 
ARTICLES OF WAR. 
AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RULES AND ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 
THE ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
enact, That, from and after the passage of this act, the following shall 
be the rules and articles by which the armies of the Confederate States 
shall be governed: 
Article 1. Every officer now in the army of the Confederate States 
shall, in six months from the passing of this act, and every officer who 
shall hereafter be appointed, shall, before he enters on the duties of his 
office, subscribe these rules and regulations. 
Art. 2. It is earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers dili- 
gently to attend divine service ; and all officers who shall behave inde- 
cently or irreverently at any place of divine worship shall, if commis- 
sioned officers, be brought before a general court-martial, there to be 
publicly and severely reprimanded by the President;* if non-commis- 
sioned officers or soldiers, every person so offending shall, for his first 
offence, forfeit one-sixth of a dollar, to be deducted out of his next pay ; 
for the second offence, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be con- 
fined twenty-four hours ; and for every like offence, shall suffer find pay 
in like manner; which money, so forfeited, shall be applied, by the 
captain or senior officer of the troop or company, to the use of the sick 
soldiers of the company or troop to which the offender belongs. 
Art. 3. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall use any 
profane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the 
foregoing article; and a commissioned officer shall forfeit and pay, for 
each and every such offence, one dollar, to be applied as in the preceding 
article. 
Art. 4. Every chaplain, commissioned in the army or armies of the 
Confederate States, who shall absent himself from the duties assigned 
him (excepting in cases of sickness or leave of absence,) shall, on con- 
viction thereof before a court-martial, be fined not exceeding one months' 
pay, besides the loss of his pay during his absence; or be discharged, 
as the said court-martial shall judge proper. 
Art. 5. Any officer or soldier who shall use contemptuous or disre- 
spectful words against the President of the Confederate States, against 
the Vice President thereof, against the Congress of the Confederate 
States, or against the Chief Magistrate or Legislature of any of the 
Confederate States, in which he may be quartered, if a commissioned 
officer, shall be cashiered, or otherwise punished, as a court-martial 
shall direct; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, he shall suffer 
such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by the sentence of a court- 
martial. 
Art. 6. Any officer or soldier who shall behave himself with con- 
tempt or disrespect towards his commanding officer, shall be punished, 
according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a court-mar- 
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Art. 7. Any officer or soldier who shall begin, excite, cause, or join 
in any mutiny or sedition, in any troop or company in the service of 
the Confederate States, or in any party, post, detachment, or guard, 
shall suffer death, or such other punishment as by a court-martial shall 
be inflicted. 
Art. 8. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being 
present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to 
suppress the same, or, coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, 
does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding 
officer, shall be punished by the sentence of a court-martial with death, 
or otherwise, according to the nature of his off nee. 
Art. 9. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or 
draw or lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in 
the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall dis- 
obey any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such 
other punishment as shall, according to the nature of his offence, be in- 
flicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 10. Every non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall enlist 
himself in the service of the Confederate States, shall, at the time of 
his so enlisting, or within six days afterward, have the articles for the 
government of the armies of the Confederate Sjates read to him, and 
shall, by the officer who enlisted him, or by the commanding officer of 
the troop or company into which he was enlisted, be taken before the 
next justice of the peace, or chief magistrate of any city or town corpo- 
rate, not being an officer of the army, or where recourse cannot be had 
to the civil magistrate, before the judge advocate, and in his presence 
shall take the following oath oi' affirmation: "I, A. B., do solemnly 
swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I will bear true allegiance 
to the Confederate States of America, and that I will serve them 
honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers what- 
soever, and observe and obey the orders of the President of the Con- 
federate States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, ac- 
cording to the Rules and Articles for the government of the armies of 
the Confederate States." Which justice, magistrate, or judge advocate, 
is to give to the officer a certificate, signifying that the man enlisted did 
take the said oath or affirmation. 
Art. 11. After a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall have been 
duly enlisted and sworn, he shall not be dismissed the service without 
a discharge in writing ; and no discharge granted to him shall be suf- 
ficient which is not signed by a field officer of the regiment to which he 
belongs, or commanding officer, where no field officer of the regiment is 
present; and no discharge shall be given to a non-commissioned officer 
or soldier before his term of service has expired, but by order of the 
President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a depart- 
ment, or the sentence of a general court-martial ; nor shall a commis- 
sioned officer be discharged the service but by order of the President of 
the Confederate States, or by sentence of a general court-martial. 
Art. 12. Every colonel, or other officer commanding a regiment, 
troop, or company, and actually quartered with it, may give furloughs 
to n m commissioned officers or soldiers, in such numbers, and for so 
long a time, as he shall judge to be most consistent with the good of the 
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company, or in any garrison, fort, or barrack of the Confederate States, 
(his field officer being absent,) may give furloughs to non-commis- 
sioned officers and soldiers, for a time not exceeding twenty days in six 
months, but not to more than two persons to be absent at the same 
time, excepting some extraordinary occasion should require it. 
Art. 13. At every muster, the commanding officer of each regiment, 
troop, or company, there present, shall give to the commissary of mus- 
ters, or other officer who musters the said regiment, troop, or company, 
certificates signed by himself, signifying how long such officers, asshall 
not appear at the said muster, have been absent, and the reason of their 
absence. In like manner, the commanding officer of every troop or 
company shall give certificates, signifying the reasons of the absence of 
the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers ; which reasons and 
time of absence shall be inserted in the muster rolls, opposite the names 
of the respective absent officers and soldiers. The certificates shall, to- 
gether with the muster rolls, be remitted by the commissary of musters, 
or other officer mustering, to the Department of War, as speedily as 
the distance of the place will admit. 
Art. 14. Every officer who shall be convicted before a general court- 
martial of having signed h false certificate relating to the absence of 
either officer or private soldier, or relative to his or their pay, shall be 
cashiered. 
Art. 15. Every officer who shall knowingly make a false muster of 
man or horse, and every officer or commissary of muster who shall wil- 
lingly sign, direct, or allow the signing of muster-rolls wherein such 
false muster is contained, shall, upon proof made thereof, by two wit- 
nesses, before a general court-martial, be cashiered, and shall be thereby 
utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service 
of the Confederate States. e 
Art. 1G. Any commissary of musters, or other officer, who shall be 
convicted of having taken money, or other thing, by way of gratifica- 
tion, on mustering any regiment, troop, or company, or on signing 
muster rolls, shall be displaced from his office, and shall be thereby ut- 
terly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service of 
the Confederate States. 
Art. 17. Any officer who shall presume to muster a person as a sol- 
dier who is not a soldier, shall be deemed guilty of having made a 
false muster, and shall suffer accordingly. 
Art. 18. Every officer who shall knowingly make a false return to 
the Department of War, or to any of his superior officers, authorized to 
call for such returns, of the state of the regiment, troop, or company, 
or garrison, under his command; or of the arms, ammunition, cloth- 
ing, or other stores thereunto belonging, shall, on conviction thereof 
before a court-martial, be cashiered. 
Art. 19. The commanding officer of every regiment, troop, or inde- 
pendent company, or garrison, of the Confederate States, shall, in the 
beginning of every month, remit, through the proper channels to the 
Department of War, an exact return of the regiment, troop, indepen- 
dent company or garrison under his command, specifying the names of 
the officers then absent from their posts, with the reasons for and the 
time of their absence. And any officer who shall be convicted of hav- 
ing, through neglect or design, omitted sending such returns, shall be 
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punished, according to the nature of his crime, by the judgment of a 
general court-martial. 
Art. 20. All officers and soldiers who have received pay, or have 
been duly enlisted in the service of the Confederate States, and shall be 
convicted of having deserted the same, shall suffer death, or such other 
punishment as, by the sentence of a court-martial, shall be inflicted. 
Art. 21. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall, without 
leave from his commanding officer, absent himself from his troop, com- 
pany, or detachment, shal\ upon being convicted thereof, be punished 
according to the nature of his offence, at the discretion of a court-mar- 
tial. 
Art. 22. No non-commissioned officer or soldier shall enlist himself 
in any other regiment, troop, or company, without a regular discharge 
from the regiment, troop, or company in which he last served, on the 
penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in 
case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such non-com- 
missioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be 
a deserter, immediately confine him and give notice thereof to the corps 
in which he last served, the said officer shall, by a court-martial, be 
cashiered. 
Art. 23. Any officer or soldier who shall be convicted of having ad- 
vised or persuaded any other officer or soldier to desert the service of 
the Confederate States, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as 
shall be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 24. No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking 
speeches or gestures to another, upon pain, if an officer, of being putin 
arrest ; if a soldier, confined and of asking pardon of the party of- 
fended, in the presence of his commanding officer. 
Art. 25. No officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another of- 
ficer* or soldier to fight a duel, or accept a challenge if sent, upon pain, 
if a commissioned officer, of being cashiered ; if a non commissioned of- 
ficer or soldier, of suffering corporeal punishment, at the discretion of a 
court-martial. 
Art. 26. If any commissioned or non-commissioned officer command- 
ing a guard shall knowingly or willingly suffer any person whatsoever 
to go forth to fight a duel, he shall be punished as a challenger; and 
all seconds, promoters, and carriers of challenges, in order to duels, 
shall be deemed principals, and punished accordingly. And it shall be 
the duty of every officer commanding an army, regiment, company, 
post, or detachment, who is knowing to a challenge being given or ac- 
cepted by any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier under his 
command, or has reason to believe the same to be the case, immediately 
to arrest and bring to trial such offenders. 
Art. 27* All officers, of what condition soever, have power to part 
and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, though the persons con- 
cerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or company; and 
either to order officers into arrest, or non commissioned officers or sol- 
diers into confinement, until their proper superior officers shall be ac- 
quainted therewith ; and whosoever shall refuse to obey such officer, 
(though of an inferior rank,) or shall draw his sword upon him, shall 
be punished at the discretion of a general court-martial. 
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ing a challenge, shall himself be punish,ed as a challenger; and all of- 
ficers and soldiers are hereby discharged from any disgrace or opinion 
of disadvantage which might arise from their having refused to accept 
of challenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the laws, and 
done their duty as good soldiers who subject themselves to discipline. 
Art. 29. No sutler shall be permitted to sell any kind of liquors or 
victuals, or to keep their houses or shops open for the entertainment of 
soldiers, after nine at night, or before the beating of the reveille, or 
upon Sundays, during divine-service or sermon, on the penalty of being 
dismissed from all future sntling. 
Art. 30. All officers commanding in the field, forts, barracks, or 
garrisons of the Confederate States, are hereby required to see that the 
persons permitted to suttle shall supply the soldiers with good and 
wholesome provisions, or other articles, at a reasonable price, as they 
shall be answerable tor their neglect. 
Art. 31. No officer commanding in any of the garrisons, forts, or 
barracks of the Confederate States, shall exact exorbitant prices for 
houses or stalls let out to sutlers, or connive at the like exactions in 
others; nor by his own authority, and for his private advantage, lay 
any duty or imposition upon, or be interested in, the sale of any vic- 
tuals, liquors, or other necessaries of life brought into the garrison, fort 
or barracks, for the use of the soldiers, on the penalty of being dis- 
charged from the service. 
Art. 32. Every officer commanding in quarters, garrisons, or on the 
march, shall keep good order, and, to the utmost of his power, redress 
all abuses or disorders which may be committed by any officer or sol- 
dier under his command ; if, upon complaint made to him of officers or 
soldiers beating or otherwise ill-treating any person, or disturbing fairs 
or markets, or of committing any kind of riots, to the disquieting of the 
citizens of the Confederate States, he, the said commander, who shall 
refuse or omit to see justice done to the offender or offenders, and repa- 
ration made to the party or parties injured, as far as part of the offend- 
er's pay shall enable him or them, shall, upon proof thereof, be cash- 
iered, or otherwise punished, as a general court-martial shall direct. 
Art. 33. When any commissioned officer or soldier shall be accused 
of a capital crime, or of having used violence, or committed any offence 
against the person or property of any citizen of any of the 0. S, such as 
is punishable by the known laws of the land, the commanding officer 
and officers of every regiment, troop, or company, to which the person 
or persons so accused shall belong, are hereby required, upon applica- 
tion duly made by, or in behalf of, the party or parties injured, to use 
their utmost endeavors to deliver over such accused person or persons 
to the civil magistrate, and likewise to be aiding and assisting to the of- 
ficers of justice in apprehending and securing the person or persons so 
accused, in order to bring him or them to trial. If any commanding officer 
or officers shall wilfully neglect, or shall refuse, upon the application 
aforesaid, to deliver over such accused person or persons to the civil 
magistrates, or to be aiding and assisting to the officers of justice in ap- 
prehending such person or persons, the officer or officers so offending 
shall be cashiered. 
Art. 31. If any officer shall think himself wronged by his colonel, or 
the commanding officer of the regiment, and shall, upon due applica- 412 
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tion being made to him be refused redress, he may complain to the 
General commanding in the State or Territory where such regiment 
shall be stationed, in order to obtain justice ; who is hereby required 
to examine into said complaint, and take proper measures for redressing 
the wrong complained of, and transmit, as soon as possible, to the De- 
partment of War, a true state of such complaint, with the proceedings 
had thereon. 
Art. 35. If any inferior officer or soldier shall think himself wronged 
by his captain or other officer, he is to complain thereof to the com- 
manding officer of the regiment, who is hereby required to summon a 
regimental court-martial, for the doing justice to the complainant; from 
which regimental court-martial either party may, if die think himself 
still aggrieved, appeal to a general court-martial. But if, upon a second 
hearing, the appeal shall appear vexatious and groundless, the person 
so appealing shall be punished at the discretion of said court-martial. 
Art. 36. Any commissioned officer, store-keeper, or commissary, who 
shall be convicted at a general court-martial of having sold, without a 
proper order for that purpose, embezzled, misapplied, or willfully, or 
through neglect, suffered any of the provisions, forage, arms, clothing, 
ammunition, or other military stores belonging to the Confederate 
States to be spoiled or damaged, shall, at his own expense, make good 
the loss or damage, and shall, moreover, forfeit all his pay, and be dis- 
missed from the service. 
Art. 37. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be con- 
victed at a regimental court-martial of having sold, or designedly or 
through neglect, wasted the ammunition delivered out to him to be em- 
ployed in the service of the Confederate States, shall be punished at 
the discretion of such court. 
Art. 38. Every non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be con- 
victed before a court-martial of having sold, lost, or spoiled, through 
neglect, his horse, arms, clothes, or accoutrements, shall undergo such 
weekly stoppages (not exceeding the half of his pay,) as such court- 
martial shall judge sufficient for repairing the loss or damage; and 
shall suffer confinement, or such other corporeal punishment as his crime 
shall deserve. 
Art. 39. Every officer who shall be convicted before a court-martial 
of having embezzled or misapplied any money with which he may have 
been intrusted, for the payment of the men under his command, or for 
enlisting men into the service, or for other purposes, if a commissioned 
officer, shall be cashiered and compelled to refund the money ; if a non- 
commissioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks, be put under stop- 
pages until the money be made good, and suffer such corporeal punish- 
ment as such court-martial shall direct. 
Art. 40. Every captain of a troop or company is charged with the 
arms, accoutrements, ammunition, clothing, or other warlike stores be- 
longing to the troop or company under his command, which he is to be 
accountable for to his colonel in case of their being lost, spoiled, or dam- 
aged, not by unavoidable accidents, or on actual service. 
Art. 41. All non commissioned officers and soldiers who shall be 
found one mile from the camp without leave, in writing, from their 
commanding officer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted 
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Art. 42. No officer or soldier shall lie out of his quarters, garrison, 
or camp, without leave from his superior officer, upon penalty of being 
punished according to the nature of his offence, by the sentence of a 
court-martial. 
Art. 43. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier' shall retire to 
his quarters or tent at the beating of the retreat; in default of which 
he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence. 
Art. 44. No officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier shall fail in 
repairing, at the time fixed, to the place of parade, of exercise, or other 
rendezvous appointed by his commanding officer, if not prevented by 
sickness or some other evident necessity, or shall go from the said place 
of rendezvous, without leave from his commanding officer, briore he 
shall be regularly dismissed or relieved, on the penalty of being pun- , 
isbed, according to the nature of his offence, by the sentence of a court- 
martial. 
Art. 45. Any commissioned officer who shall be found drunk on his 
guard, party, or other duty, shall be cashiered ; any non-commissioned 
officer or soldier so offending shall suffer such corporeal punishment as 
shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 46. Any sentinel who shall be found sleeping upon his post, or 
shall leave it before he shall be regularly relieved, shall suffer death, or 
such other punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court- 
martial. 
Art. 47. No soldier belonging to any regiment, troop, or cmnpany, 
shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be excused from cmt" but 
in cases of sickness, disability, or leave of absence ; and every such sol- 
dier found guilty of hiring his duty, as also the party so hired to do 
another's duty, shall be punished at the discretion of a regimental 
court-martial. 
Art. 48. Anti every non-commissioned officer conniving at such hir- 
ing of duty aforesaid, shall be reduced ; and every commissioned officer 
knowing and allowing such ill practices in the service, shall be pun- 
ished by the judgment of a general court-martial. 
Art. 49. Any officer belonging to the service of the Confederate 
States, who, by discharging of firearms, drawing of swords, beating of 
drums, or by any other means whatsoever shall occasion false alarms in 
camp, garrison, or quarters, shall suffer death, or such other punish- 
ment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial. 
Art. 50. Any officer or soldier who shall, without urgent necessity, 
or without the leave of his superior officer, quit his guard, platoon, or 
division, shall be to the nature of his '■flence, by 
the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 51. No officer or soldier shall do violence to any person who 
brings provisions or other necessaries to the camp, garrison, or quar- 
ters of the forces of the Confederate States, employed in any parts out 
of the said States, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as 
a court-martial shall direct. 
Art. 52. Any officer or soldier who shall misbehave himself before 
the enemy, run away, or shamefully abandon any fort, post, or guard 
■\5ihich he or they may be commanded to defend, or speak words induc- 
ing others to do the like, or shall cast away his arms and ammunition, 
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offender, being duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death, or such other pun- 
ishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial. 
Art. 53. Any person belonging to the armies of the Confederate 
States who shall make known the watchword to any person who is not 
entitled to receive it according to the rules and discipline of war, or 
shall presume to give a parole or watchword different from what he re- 
ceived, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered 
by the sentence of a general court-martial. 
Art. 54. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly < 
in quarters and on their march ; and whoever shall commit any waste 
or spoil, either in walks or trees, parks, warrens, fish-ponds, houses or 
gardens, corn-fields, inclosures of meadows, or shall maliciously de- 
stroy any property whatsoever belonging to the inhabitants of the Confed- 
erate States, unless by order of the then commander-in-chief of the armies 
of the said States, shall (besides such penalties as they are liable to by 
law,) be punished, according to the nature and degree of the offence, by 
the judgment of a regimental or general court-martial. 
Arj. 55. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the Confederate 
States in foreign parts, shall force a safeguard, shall suffer death. 
Art. 56. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy with money, victuals, or 
ammunition, or shall knowingly harbor or protect an enemy, shall suf- 
fer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence 
of a court-martial. 
Whosoever shall be convicted of holding correspondence 
with, or giving intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, 
shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the 
sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 58. All public stores taken in the enemy's camp, towns, forts» 
or magazines, whether of artillery, ammunition, clothing, forage, or 
provisions, shall be secured for the service of the Confederate States; 
for the neglect of which the commanding officer is to be answerable. 
Art. 5V. If any commander if any garrison, fortress, or post shall 
be compelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give 
up to the enemy, or to abandon it, the commissioned officers, non-com- 
missioned officers, or soldiers who shall be convicted of having so 
offended, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be in- 
flicted upon them by the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 60. All sutlers and retainers to the camp, and all persons what- 
soever, serving with the armies of the Confederate States in the field, 
though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, according to the 
rules and discipline of war. • 
Art. 61. Officers having brevets or commissions of a prior date to 
those of the corps in which they serve, will take place on courts-martial 
or of inquiry, and on boards detailed for military purposes, when com- 
posed of different corps, according to the ranks given them in their bre- 
vets or former commissions ; but in the regiment, corps or company to 
which such officers belong, they shall do duty and take rank, both in 
courts and on boards as aforesaid, which shall be composed of their own 
corps, according to the commissions by which they are there mustered. 
Art. 62. If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps 
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according to the commission by which he is mustered, in the army, 
navy, marine corps, or militia, there on duty by orders from competent 
authority, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful 
for the service, unless otherwise directed by the President of the Con- 
federate States, in orders of special assignment providing for the case. 
Art. 63. The functions of the engineers being generally confined to 
the most elevated branch of military science, they are not to assume, 
nor are they subject to be ordered on, any duty beyond the line of their 
immediate profession, except by the special order of the President of 
the Confederate States : but they are to receive every mark of respect 
to which their rank in the army may entitle them respectively, and are 
liable to be transferred, at the discretion of the President, i.om one 
corps to another, regard being paid to rank. 
Art. 64. General courts-martial may consist of any number of com- ' 
missioned officers; from five to thirteen, inclusively; but they shall not 
consist of less than thirteen where that number can be convened with- 
out manifest injury to the service. 
Art. 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or colonel com- 
manding a separate department, may appoint general courts martial 
whenever necessary. But no sentence of a court-mart' . shall be car- 
ried into execution until after the whole proceedings shf.'I have been 
laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer comt anding 
troops for the time being; neither shall any sentence of a gtneral court- 
martial, in the time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dis- 
mission of a commissioned officer, or which shall either in time of peace 
or war, respect a general officer, be carried into execution, until after 
the whole proceedings shall have been transmitted to the Secretary of 
War, to be laid before the President of the Confederate States for his 
confirmation or disapproval, and orders in the case. All other sen- 
tences may be confirmed and executed by the officer ordering the court 
to assemble, or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case 
may be. 
Art. 66. Every officer commanding a regiment or corps may appoint, 
for his own regiment or corps, courts-martial, to consist of three com- 
missioned officers, for the trial and punishment of offenses not capital, 
and decide upon their sentences. For the same purpose, all officers 
commanding any of the garrisons, forts, barracks, or other places where 
the troops consist of different corps, may assemble courts-martial, to 
consist of three commissioned officers, and decide upon their sentences. 
Art. 67. No garrison or regimental court-martial shall have the 
power to try capital cases or commissioned officers; neither shall they 
inflict a fine exceeding one month's pay, nor imprison, nor put to hard 
labor, any non-commissioned officer or soldier for a longer time than one 
month. 
Art. 68. Whenever it may be found convenient and necessary to the 
public service, the officers of the marines shall be associated with the 
officers of the land forces, for the purpose of holding courts-martial, and 
trying offenders belonging to either; and, in such cases, the orders of 
the senior officer of either corps who may be present and duly author- 
ized, shall be received and obeyed. 
Art. 69. The judge advocate, or some person deputed by him, or by 
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shall prosecute in the name of the Confederate States, but shall so far 
consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner 
shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of 
the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which 
might tend to criminate himself, and administer to each member of the 
court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following oath, which 
shall also be taken by all members of the regimental and garrison 
courts-martial. 
"You, A. B., do swear that you will well and truly try and deter* 
mine, according to evidence, the matter now before you, between the 
Confederate States of America and the prisoner to be tried, and that 
you will duly administer'justice, according to the provisions of ' An 
act establishing Rules and Articles for the government of the armies of 
the Confederate States/ without partiality, favor, or affection ; and if 
any doubt should arise, not explained by said Articles, according to 
your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war 
in like cases ; and you do further swear that you will not divulge the 
sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authori- 
ty ; neither will you disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any par- 
ticular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence 
thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So 
help you God." 
And as soon as the said oath shall have been administered to the re- 
spective members, the president of the court shall administer to the 
judge advocate, or person officiating as such, an oath in the following 
words: 
"You, A. B., do swear, that you will not disclose or discover the 
vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless 
required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in 
due course of law ; nor divulge the sentence of the court to any but 
the proper authority, until it shall be duly disclosed by the same. So 
help you God." 
Art. 70. When a prisoner, arraigned before a general court-martial, 
shall, from obstinacy and deliberate design, stand mute, or answer 
foreign to the purpose, the court may proceed to trial and judgment as 
if the prisoner had regularly pleaded not guilty. 
Art. 71. When a member shall be challenged by a prisoner, he must 
state his cause of challenge, of which the court shall, after due delibe- 
raticn, determine the relevancy or validity, and decide accordingly; 
and no challenge to more than one member at a time shall be received 
by the court. 
Art. 72. All the members of a court-martial are to behave with de- 
cency and calmness ; and in giving their votes are to begin with the 
youngest in commission. 
Art. 73. All persons who give evidence before a court-martial are 
to be examined on oath or affirmation, in the following form: 
You swear, or affirm (as the case may be.) the evidence you shall 
give in the cause, now in hearing shall be the truth, the whole truth, 
and nothing but the truth. So help you God." 
Aht. 74. On the trials of cases not capital, before courts-martial, the 
deposition of witnesses, not in the line or staff of the army, may be 
taken before some justice of the peace, and read in evidence • provided ARTICLES OF WAR. 
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the prosecutor and person accused are present at the taking the same, 
or are duly notified thereof. 
Art. 75. No officer shall be tried but by a general court-martial, nor 
by officers of an inferior rank, if it can be avoided. Nor shall any 
proceedings of trials be carried on, excepting between the hours of 
eight in the morning and three in the afternoon ; excepting in cases 
wbWi, in the opinion of the officer appointing the court-martial, require 
immediate example. 
Art. 76. No person whatsoever shall use any menacing words, signs, 
or gestures, in presence of a court-martial, or shall causj; any disorder 
or riot, or disturb their proceedings, on the penalty of being punished 
at the discretion of the said court-martial. 
Art. 77. Whenever any officer shall be charged with a crime, he 
shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters, or tent, and 
deprived of his sword by the commanding officer. And any officer who 
shall leave his confinement before he shall be set at liberty by the com- 
manding officer, or by a superior officer, shall be cashiered. 
Art. 78. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers, charged with 
crimes, shall be confined until tried by a court-martial, or released by 
proper authority. 
Art. 79. No officer or soldier who shall be put in arrest shall con- 
tinue in confinement more than eight days, or until such time as a 
court-martial can be assembled. 
Art. 80. No officer commanding a guard, or provost marshal, shall 
refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by an 
officer belonging to the forces of the Confederate States ; provided the 
officer committing shall, at the same time, deliver an account in writing, 
signed by himself, of the crime of which the said prisoner is charged. 
Art. 81. No officer commanding a guard, or provost marshal, shall 
presume to release any person committed to his charge without proper 
authority for so doing, nor shall he suffer any person to escape, on the 
penalty of being punished for it by the sentence of a court-martial. 
Art. 82. Every officer or provost marshal, to whose charge prisoners 
shall be committed, shall within twenty-four hours after such commit- 
ment, or as soon as he shall be relieved from his guard, make report in 
writing, to the commanding officer, of their names, their crimes, and 
the names of the officers who committed them, on the penalty of being 
punished for disobedience or neglect, at the discretion of a court-mar- 
tial. 
Art. 83. Any commissioned officer convicted before a general court- 
martial of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, shall be dis- 
missed the service. 
Art. 84. In cases where a court-martial may think it proper to sen- 
tence a commissioned officer to be suspended from command, they shall 
have power also to suspend his pay and emoluments for the same time, 
according^to the nature and heinousness of the offence. 
Art. 85. In all cases where a commissioned officer is chashiered for 
cowardice or fraud, it shall be added in the sentence, that the crime, 
name, anti place of abode, and punishment of the delinquent, be pub- 
lished.in the newspapers in and about the camp, and of the particular 
State from which the offender came, or where he usually resides ; after 
which it shall be deemed scandalous for an officer to associate with him. ARTICLES 01' WAR. 
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Art. 86. The commanding officer of any post or detachment, in which 
there shall not be a number of officers adequate to form a general court- 
martial, shall, in cases which require the cognizance of such a court, 
report to the commanding officer of the department, who shall order a 
court to be assembled at the nearest post or department, and the party 
accused, with necessary witnesses, to be transported to the placer .where 
the said'court shall be assembled. 
Art. 87. No person shall be sentenced to suffer death but by the con- 
currence of two-thirds of the members of a general court-martial, nor 
except in the gases herein expressly mentioned ; and no officer, non- 
commissioned officer, soldier, or follower of the army, shall be tried a 
second time for the same offence. 
Art. 88. No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a 
general court-martial for any offence which shall appear to have been 
committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such 
trial, unless the person by reason of having absented himself or some 
other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice 
within that period. 
Art. 89. Every officer authorized to order a general court-martial shall 
have power to pardon or mitigate any punishment ordered by such 
court, except the sentence of death, or of cashiering an officer; which, 
in the cases where he has authority (by Article 65) to carry them into 
execution, he may suspend, until the pleasure of the President of the 
Confederate States can be known; which suspension, together with 
copies of the proceedings of the court-martial, the said officer shall im- 
mediately transmit to the President for his determination. And the 
colonel or commanding officer of the regiment or garrison where any 
regimental or garrison court-martial shall be held, may pardon or 
mitigate any punishment ordered by such court to be inflicted. 
Art. 90. Every judge advocate, or person officiating as such, at any 
general court-martial, shall transmit, with as much expedition as the 
opportunity of time and distance of place can admit, the original pro- 
ceedings and sentence of such court-martial to the Secretary of War ; 
which said original proceedings and sentence shall be carefully kept 
and preserved in the office of said Secretary, to the end that the pei- 
sons entitled thereto may be enabled, upon application to the said of- 
ficer, to obtain copies thereof. 
The party tried by any general courtmartial shall, upon demand 
thereof, made by himself, or by any person or persons in his behalf, be 
entitled to a copy of the sentence and proceedings of such court-martial. 
Art. 91. In cases where the general, or commanding officer may 
order a court of inquiry to examine into the nature of any transaction, 
accusation, or imputation against any officer or soldier, the said court 
shall consist of one or more officers, not exceeding three, and a judge 
advocate, or other suitable person, as a recorder, to reduce the proceed- 
ings and evidence to writing ; all of whom shall be sworn to the faith- 
ful performance of their duty. This court shall have the same power to 
summon witnesses as a court-martial, and to examine them on oath. 
But they shall not give their opinion on the merits of the case, except- 
ing they shall be thereto specially required. The parties accused shall 
also be permitted to cross-examine and interrogate the witnesses, so as 
to investigate fully the circumstances in the question. 419 
ARTICLES OF WAR. 
**T. 92. The proceedings of a court of inquiry must be authenti- 
by the signature of the recorder and the president, and delivered 
e commanding officer, and the said proceedings may be admitted 
■: evidence by a court-martial, in cases not capital, or extending to the 
amission of an officer, provided, that the circumstances are such that 
al testimony cannot be obtained. But as courts of inquiry may be 
rveretd to dishonorable purposes, and may be considered as engines 
destruction to military merit, in the hands of weak and envious com- 
andants, they are hereby prohibited, unless directed by the President 
the Confederate States, or demanded by the accused. 
Art. 93. The judge advocate or recorder shall administer to the 
embers the following oath: 
' You shall well and truly examine and inquire, according to your 
idence, into the matter now before you, without partiality, favor, af- 
tion, prejudice, or hope of reward. So help you God-." 
After which the president shall administer to the judge advocate or 
border, the following oath : 
' You, A. B., do swear that you will, according to your best abilities, 
curately and impartially record the proceedings of the court, and the 
idence to be given in the case in hearing. So help you God." 
The witnesses shall take the same oath as witnesses sworn before a 
ourt-martial. 
Art. 94. When any commissioned officer shall die or be killed in the 
■nice of the Confederate States, the major of the regiment, or the of- 
er doing the major's duty in his absence, or in any post or garrison, 
e second officer in command, or the assistant military agent, shall im- 
mediately secure all his effects or equipage, then in camp or quarters, 
4 shall make an inventory thereof, and forthwith transmit the same 
the office of the Department of War, to the end that his executors or 
ministrators may receive the same. 
Art. 95. When any non-commissioned officer or soldier shall die, or 
. killed in the service of the Confederate States, the then commanding 
'leer of the troop or company shall, in the presence of two other com- 
,'ssioned officers, take an account of what effects he died possessed of, 
jove his arms and accoutrements, and transmit the same to the office 
' the Department of War, which said effects are to be accounted for, 
d paid to the representatives of such deceased non-commissioned of- 
er or soldier. And in case any of the officers, so authorized to take 
;re of the effects of such deceased non-commissioned officers and sol- 
iers, obbuld, before they have accounted to their representatives for 
le same, have occasion to leave the regiment or post, by preferment 
r otherwise, they shall, before they be permitted to quit the same, de- 
>osit in the hands of the commanding officer, or of the assistant militia, 
y agent, all the effects of such deceased non-commissioned officers 
id soldier, in order that the same may be secured for, and paid to- 
heir respective representatives. 
Art. 96. All officers, conductors, gunners, matrosses, drivers, or 
iher persons whatsoever, receiving pay or hire in the service of the 
■•tillery, or corps of engineers of the Confederate States, shall be gov- 
rned by the aforesaid rules and articles and shall be subject to be tried 
y courts-martial, in like manner with the officers and soldiersof the other 
reops in the service of the Confederate States. 420 
ARTICLES OF WAR. 
Art. 97. The officers and soldiers of any troops, whetner mi 
others, being mustered and in pay of the Confederate States, s' 
all times and in all places, when joined, or acting in conjunct! 
the regular forces of the Confederate States, be governed by 
Rules and Articles of War, and shall be subject to be tried by courts- 
martial, in like manner with officers and soldiers in the regular forces ; 
save only that such courts-martial shall be composed entirely of militia 
officers. 
Art. 98. All officers serving by commission from the authority of 
any particular state, shall on all detachments, courts-martial, or other 
duty, wherein they may bo employed in conjuction with the regular 
forces of the Confederates States, take rank next after all officers , ' 
like grade in said regular forces, notwithstanding the commissi. * 
such militia or state officers may be elder than the commissions o 1 
officers of the regular' forces of the Confederate States. 
Art, 99. All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neglects, w 
officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order 
military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing Artick 
War, are to be taken cognizance of by a general or regimental cc 
martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and be ] ' 
ished at their discretion. 
Art. 100. The President of the Confederate States shall have power 
to prescribe the uniform of the army. 
Art. 101. The foregoing Articles are to be read and published, once 
in every six months, to every garrison, regiment, troop or company, 
mustered, or to be mustered, in the service of the Confederate States, 
and are to be duly observed and obeyed by all officers and soldiers wl o 
arc, or shall be, in said service. 
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in time of war, all persoi 
not citizens of, or owing allegiance to, the Confederate States 
America, who shall be found lurking as spies in and about the fortit 
cations or encampments of the armies of the Confederate States, or any 
of them, shall suffer death, according to the law and usage of nations, 
by sentence of a general court-martial.