Order
Samuel Cooper to Bureau Of Subsistence, February 8, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, } ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE,
February 8, 1864.
No..17. Richmond, February 8, 1864. nes Paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 8, current series, is amended thus: Commutation of rations, at $1 per diem, will be allowed paroled unexchanged prisoners on furlough. This order to take effect from the Ist of January, 1864. The officer paying the accounts will indorse on the furlough the date and length of time for which payment has been made. ieee Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 97, series 1862, is amended thus: Officers and agents of the Quartermaster’s Department are hereby ordered not to interfere with leather or hides purchased or contracted for by officers or agents of the Ordnance Department. By order:
5S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: S. Cooper issues amendments to 1862 and 1864 General Orders, authorizing ration commutation for paroled prisoners and restricting Quartermaster interference with Ordnance leather purchases.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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