C. B. Duffield to I.âAS TO THE SEA, March 4, 1864
March 4, 1864.
No. 7. Richmond, Va., March 4, 1864.
Commandants of conscripts will forthwith order all officers engaged in conscription service in their respective States to be examined by such medical boards as may be designated by the commandant, with eae of ascertaining what officers are fitted for service in the
The certificates of the Examining Board will recite the exact status of the officers, and also the extent of any alleged disability, and whether said disability has arisen from wounds or disease received or contracted while in the service of the Confederate States.
The certificates will be forwarded to this Bureau with remarks by the commandants.
By command of Col. John 8. Preston, superintendent:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Official regulations to carry into effect the act ”to impose regulations
upon the foreign commerce of the Confederate States to provide for
the public defense.”
I.—AS TO THE SEA.
1. The owners of any vessel intending to sail from a Confederate
port with a cargo consisting in whole or in part of cotton, tobacco,