GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 8, 1862

GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
March 8, 1862.
No. 8. } San Francisco, Cal., March 8, 1862.

I. The public interest requires that all officers and soldiers should be at their posts. Accordingly, all leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than seven days are prohibited. ‘

II. At the posts and camps in the vicinity of San Francisco commanders will not grant leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than forty-eight hours, without previous reference to department headquarters. i

By order of Brigadier-General Wright:

R. ©. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General.