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Officers of Volunteers absent from duty on account of disease contracted before entry

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into service to be Mustered out..

overstaying Leave of Absence, to be tried therefor as a Military offence.
of Regular Army to receive Leaves of Absence to accept rank of Colonel in
Volunteer regiments

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on Leave of Absence, restricted to limits of their own Military Department.. 369
46 not entitled to Forage or Commutation therefor
and men of the discharged three months' Volunteer Regiments exchanged or
released on Parole, declared Mustered out.......

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detailed for duty in Engineers not entitled to Cavalry pay unless mounted....
forbidden to give copies of Official letters to unauthorized Persons...
Offences punishable by Regimental Court Martial, hereafter tried by a Field Officer of
the Regiment detailed.....

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Official Communications to the Adjutant General received and sent free of Postage.... 166
Powers of a Civil nature, exercise of, in Virginia, orders respecting...

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Ogle, Lieutenant Chas. H., dropped from the Rolls..

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Ohio Volunteers, an Act for the Relief of......

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Ojo-del-Oso, Military Post of, to be known as Fort Fauntleroy.

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Opposing the Draft, all Persons held in custody for, to be discharged..

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Opinion of Secretary of War respecting Act of Congress for punishment of fraud in
Contracts....

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Orderlies not to be taken away by Generals when relieved of their Commands...
Ordnance Department to furnish horse Equipments to Cavalry Companies.

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estimates for, to be forwarded to Adjutant General by Department Com-
manders.....

Sergeants authorized to be paid on their Descriptive Lists.

and ordnance Stores, regulations modified concerning sale of..

Organization of Volunteer force, plan of, under President's Proclamation of May, 1861.

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Regular Army and increase of...

the eleven Regiments added to the Military Establishment
Field and Staff of Regiments to conform to G. O. 15, of 1861...
Volunteer Regiments, persons in excess of, to be discharged..
Militia force in State of Missouri......

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modified..

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Regiments and Companies of the Volunteer Army.

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Paragraph 1292, Revised Regulations, revoked....

Parcels directed to Adjutant General to be so marked as to indicate contents.

Parker, Brevet Second Lieutenant Jas. P., dismissed the service...

Paroled Prisoners, regulations concerning removal of..........

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Parole, Volunteer officers and Enlisted men on, to be considered on leave until noti-

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fied of exchange or discharge..

Prisoners of War released on..

Passes for transportation of Drafted men discharged for Disability, etc

Patterson, Major General Robert, honorably discharged the service..

6. Lieutenant Chas. E., dismissed the service...

Patten, Captain J. V., dismissal of, revoked...

Pay for use and risk of horse, etc.......

Pay of Bands of Regiments..

(6 of Naval Officers withdrawn from active service...

Roll, one copy of the, to be forwarded to the Adjutant General, etc..

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of Volunteers, letter of Secretary of War concerning....

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of Volunteers, assignment of, for the benefit of their Families..

of Officers and Soldiers while Prisoners of War to be continued..

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of Chaplains in permanent Hospitals, same as Regimental Chaplains
"Department, additional Paymasters....

"of Brigade Bands and their leaders........

Paymaster General, Colonel Timothy P. Andrews, retired from active duty..
authorized to change Stations of Paymasters...

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Paymasters' Escorts, appropriation for payment of.....

Payment of the family of a Prisoner of War, instructions concerning..

(6 in cases of lost Discharge Papers....

Pension Agents, compensation of....

Pensions to the Wounded or otherwise disabled

66 rates of, to Officers and Men.....

Penalty for Correspondence with the Enemy..

Pennsylvania and New Jersey added to Department of the Potomac.

Penitentiary, confinement of persons in Military service in, prohibited...

Persons authorized to raise Volunteer Regiments placed under orders of Governors...

discharged for Disability or illegal Draft....

Pillage or Plundering private property punishable by Death..

Pilots, Engineers, etc., on Gunboats, included in the Bounty and Pension Law..

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Platt, Additional Paymaster Obadiah, dismissed the service..

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Pollock, Assistant Surgeon Thos. C., dismissed the service....

Pope, Major General John, assigned to the Department of the Northwest.

Porter, Major Giles, retired from service.......

Surgeon John B., retired from service..

President of the United States, authorized to reduce the Military establishment......

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to accept services of Volunteers, not exceed-
ing Five hundred thousand....

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Presidio of San Francisco announced as a Chaplain Post
Preston, Captain S. M., dismissed the service.....
Prisoners, Officers to report Names and Residences of, taken and released upon Oath

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Officers releasing, on Parole to send Rolls to Adjutant General.... 411
Officers and Men declared Exchanged

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taken in Arms, record of trial of, to be forwarded for action of President ..
Private Physicians employed as Medical Officers, pay of

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Hospitals, Soldiers in, subject to nearest Military Commander
House, no Officer or Soldier to enter, to take private property
Promotions and Appointments in the Army

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Proceedings of Courts Martials to be forwarded to Judge Advocate of the Army
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trying Officers to be forwarded to Adjutant General
Property Captured by the Army, disposition of

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lawfully taken from the Enemy becomes public property
taken from alleged Enemies to be inventoried and accounted for.
Proclamation under the Act to seize and Confiscate property of rebels.
of the President declaring the object of the War...

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aiders and abettors of the Rebellion subject

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Provost Marshals and Assistants under the Draft to be appointed by the Secretary of

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Marshal General of War Department, Simeon Draper, appointed

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Marshals to assist in recovering to United States Military Clothing, etc., dis-
posed of by Soldiers.

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Public property of the Volunteer Recruiting service to be sold..

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to issue extra Clothing to sick and wounded.
Quartermaster General to furnish blank requisitions to Officers of Hospitals
Sergeant to have same pay as regimental Commissary Sergeant.
Quartermasters to supervise trains under orders of Commanding Officer.

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to report by letter first of each month to their Chief at Washington.. 410
to receipt in duplicate for property seized under G. O. 166 of 1862.... 412
once assigned to an Army Corps to remain permanently attached..
Quotas of States to be made up by special Draft....

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Ramseur, Assistant Surgeon D. P., dismissed the service.....
Ranks, promotions from the..

Rations of Prisoners held in the Rebel States to be commuted..
Ration of Grain to be increased in Special cases of hard service.
Rebel Property, proclamation under the act to seize and confiscate

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Expenses for which Reimbursement is made..

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Service for Volunteers, Officers detailed for, to recruit for their own regi-

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Officers to send to Superintendent, monthly, a Return of their Party...

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Parties Commutation of Rations to, while at their Stations, prohibited.... 224
Service for Volunteers discontinued in every State, 248; restored.........
Lieutenants for new Regiments of Volunteers....

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Detail for Volunteer Regiments, number of Officers and Men to constitute. 833
Expenses incurred prior to July 1, 1862, to be audited by War Department,

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for old Regiments privileged to select the Company they join.
Receipts in Blank forbidden.

Receipt Roll, form of, for Premium to Recruits for Regular Army..
Record of Deceased Soldiers to be kept in all Hospitals...

Records of Courts Martial

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Reduction of Forts in Port Royal Harbor announced..

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of Baggage in active Campaign.

Regular Army, increase and Organization of .

nine Regiments of Infantry added to the..
Enlistments in the, under Act July 29, 1861.

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Officers of the, to retain rank, etc.......

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to be for Three Years

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none but Officers of the, and Volunteers who have displayed the requi-
site ability, to be appointed Major and Brigadier Generals........
to be Recruited from Volunteer force..

Regulations of the Army, Paragraph 1030 amended...

Regimental Commissary Sergeant, pay of.......

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Adjutants, appointment, resignation, and removal of, to be reported to
Adjutant General...

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Commanders to notify Adjutant General of cases of disabled Officers fail-
ing to Report.......

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Regiments on consolidation to have superfluous officers mustered out.
Relative Rank between Officers of the Army and Navy........

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Resignations, Volunteer Officers tendering their, must forward through proper chan-

nels...

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Resolution of thanks of Congress to Army and Navy for brilliant victories...

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authorizing Secretary of War to accept moneys appropriated by States for
payment of their Volunteers...

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authorizing President to assign command of forces without regard to
Seniority of Rank...................

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to provide Medals of Honor to Enlisted Men for gallantry in action..... 835
suspending Payment under the Act to secure Bounty, Pay, etc., to men em-
ployed in Western Department or Department of Missouri..
Retired Officers, pay of..

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Retired from active command, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott..
Returns of Commands, Commanding Officers of Departments to make..

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Return of killed, wounded and missing to be made after every Battle
Reward for Deserters reduced to Five Dollars.....

Reynolds, Brevet Second Lieutenant Frank A., dismissed the service...
Captain Alex. W., stricken from the Rolls of the Army...

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Richardson, Captain Hollon, dismissal of, revoked..

Rivas, José Maria, trial of, as a Spy......

Robertson, Captain Beverly H., dismissed the service..

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Rosecrans, Brigadier General assigned to Department of Western Virginia...... 162, 175
Major General

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Sallade, Additional Paymaster Andrew M., dismissed the service...
Sanford, Major General Charles W., to be honorably discharged..

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Schenck, Major General R. C., assigned to command of Middle Department.

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Schleish, Brigadier General N., to be honorably discharged.

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Scott, Lieutenant General Winfield, retired from active command

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Second Lieutenants for each Company in new Regiments of Volunteers to be appointed
by Governor.

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Seizure of Government property to be reported to Adjutant General..

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Sentence of Death or Imprisonment in Penitentiary to be approved by President..

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Sharpshooters, Corps of, who to be Mustered in as members of....
Sherman, Major General W. T., assigned to Fifteenth Army Corps

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"Leaves of Absence, extensions of, revoked...

Signal Officers, officers serving temporarily as, to receive Cavalry pay.

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Parties, Quartermaster's Department to issue supplies to

Simonson, Colonel John S., retired from service..

Skeleton Regiments, transfer to, of Volunteers held as Prisoners revoked..

Slaughter, Lieutenant J. E., dismissed the service....

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Slaves of disloyal masters declared free on entry into United States Military service..
persons held as, declared free in certain rebellious States, January 1, 1863..... 392
Smead, Lieutenant Abner, dismissed the service

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to be charged on Rolls for property lost or disposed of by them
Special Draft authorized in States failing to furnish Quotas...

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Stager, Colonel Anson, announced as Military Superintendent of Telegraph Lines....
Standard of Height for Recruits

Stansbury, Major Howard, retired from service

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