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WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, D. C., November 16, 1863.

SIR: I am instructed to inform you that enlisted men detached for duty in the Western Gunboat Service, in 1861 and 1862, will be dropped from the rolls of the Army, as being no longer held to service in it under the enlistment in which they were serving at the time of transfer. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

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ORDER GRANTING FURLOUGHS TO RE-ENLISTED VOLUNTEERS.

I..It is hereby ordered that volunteers now in service, re-enlisting as veteran volunteers under General Orders 191 from this office, shall have a furlough of at least thirty days previous to the expiration of their original enlistment. This privilege will be secured to the volunteers either by ordering all so re-enlisting, with their officers, to report in their respective States, through the governors, to the superintendent of the recruiting service, for furlough and reorganization, or by granting furloughs to the men individually.

II..Mustering officers shall make the following stipulation on the muster-in rolls of veteran volunteers now in service re-enlisting as above:

"To have a furlough of at least thirty days in their States before expiration of original term."

III..Commanding Generals of Departments and Armies are hereby authorized to grant the aforesaid furloughs, within the limit of time fixed in compliance with this order, as the demands of the service will best permit, reporting their action to the Adjutant General of the Army

IV..In going to and from their respective States and homes the veteran volunteers furloughed, as herein provided, will be furnished with transportation by the Quartermaster's department.

V..When the three-fourths of a regiment or company re-enlist, the volunteers so enlisted may be furloughed in a body, for at least thirty days as aforesaid, to go home with their officers to their respective States and districts to reorganize and recruit, and the individuals of the companies or regiments who do not re-enlist shall be assigned to duty in other companies and regiments until the expiration of their term of service.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

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I..Commanders of Geographical Departments.are authorized to grant leaves of absence in accordance with the General Regulations of the Army; but all officers, of whatsoever grade, are prohibited from visiting the city of Washington without the special permission of the War Department.

II. To serve as a check upon the abuse of the authority conferred by the foregoing paragraph, a report of all leaves granted will be made monthly to the Adjutant General of the Army, stating their length and dates, and the reasons for granting them.

III..No application for extension of leaves of absence will be granted by the War Department unless such extension is recommended by the officer granting the leave.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant General.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 384.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 30, 1863.

Complaints having been made of interference by military officers in the running of trains and the transportation of troops and supplies on railroads, such interference is positively prohibited. Any neglect of railroad companies to furnish proper transportation will be promptly reported to the War Department.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

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The time for enlisting Veteran Volunteers, in the respective States, under the provisions of General Orders No. 191, current series, from this office, is hereby extended to January 5, 1864.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

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Officers of the Medical Department, in charge of Hospitals for Blacks, are authorized to employ as cooks or nurses either males or females, who will be paid by the Medical Purveyor or Storekeeper at the rate of ten dollars per month.

In cases where white females are employed they will receive forty cents per day. All such persons will also receive one ration per day. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

Memorandum to correct General Orders No. 390, dated War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, December 8, 1863.

The employment of either males or females as cooks or nurses is authorized in all General Hospitals.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, D. C., Dec. 8, 1863.

SIR: The following Instructions to Commissaries of Musters, through the Commanding Officer of the Department to which they are attached, are published for the information of all concerned, and will be strictly complied with:

1. Commissaries of Musters will furnish to the Second Auditor of the Treasury copies of the muster-in rolls of each regiment of the corps to which they are attached, taking particular care to note thereon the amount paid each man mustered on account of bounty or other advances. These copies will be certified to by the Commissary or Assistant Commissary of Musters of the command to which such regiments belong, and forwarded through the Commissary of Musters of the Corps.

2. Commissaries of Musters will cause to be entered upon the descriptive roll of Veteran Volunteers the residence of each man, giving the town, county, and State. The same data must also appear on the copy of the roll sent to the Adjutant General of the State in which the men reside.

3. Commissaries of Musters will render to this office, by mail, every Saturday, a weekly report of the number of volunteers remustered as Veterans under General Orders No. 359, current series, from this office.

The first report must embrace all remustered to its date. Corps Commissaries of Musters will report for their respective corps.

The reports must give the States separately, and the number for each town and county.

Reports to be addressed to the Adjutant General for Volunteer Bureau.

The information must be promptly and accurately furnished, as upon it credits of men to the respective States will be made. It is necessary to know the number for the respective towns and counties, so that the credits may be promptly distributed through the State.

The residences of men remustered will, of course, determine the town and county to which they belong.

I have the honor to be,

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

Ass't Adj't General.

GENERAL ORDERS,

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, December 9, 1863.

No. 391. Commanders of Departments are authorized to grant furloughs to enlisted men in the General Hospitals within the limits of their command, upon the approval of the Medical Director or Chief Medical Officer. The number allowed to be absent at one time to be limited to five (5) per cent, and the period not to exceed thirty (30) days, and to be graduated according to the distance of the applicant from his home. The good conduct of the applicant to be made the rule of the Medical Officers in recommending the furloughs.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

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1..The Quartermaster General of the Army will report to the Paymaster General the name of every officer who, in his Department, has

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