GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 29, 1864
No. 40. Richmond, March 29, 1864.
I. The enlistment of deserters is a serious evil in the service. The attention of the Army is therefore directed to the Twenty-second Article of War, which provides that ‘‘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 reported a deserter and suffering accordingly; and in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such non-commissioned 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.”
Il. A strict observance of this law, and the arrest and trial of all who violate its injunctions, are required.
S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.