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Head Quarters Trans-Miss. Dept. )

Shreveport, La., January 3d, 1865, )

GENERAL ORDERS j l.^-. 1

No. 2. )

I. Whenever Ordnance Stores are lost or damnged in any
Brigade, it will be the duty of each Bri-i^ale, Division, or
District Commander, at the request of his Ordnance Officer, or
of any officer acc(>untable for Ordnance Stores, to appoint as
often as neces:«ary, a Board of Survey to consist of three offi-
cers, to assess the value of, or damage to, such stores.

The decision of this Board, with the approval of the Bri-
gade, Division or District Commander, will be final, — and it
will be the duty of the Brigade, Division or District Ordnance
Officer to notify the company commander to stop the amount
on the muster-rolls when privates are found chargcal)le, — and
when oiiicers are found chargeable, instead of reporting to the
Secretary of War as required by Paragraph 921 Army Regu-
lations, he will notify the Brigade Quartermaster or the Chief
Quartermaster of the District, to have the amount stopped at
the next payment. Duplicates of such notifications will be
sent to the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, Trans-Miss. Dep't ,
to be transmitted by him to the Second Auditor of the Treas-
ury, at Marshall, Texas.

A statement of all stoppajres made by the Board of Survey
against odiccrs and men will be furnished by the Brigade, Di-
vision or District Ordnance Officer to the Biigade InspecLor or
other officer having charge of that duty who will see that
these stopj)ages are actually made.

The above instructions will also be adhered to in the artil-
lery, where the Board of Survey will be called by the Com-
miinding Officer of the troops with whom the Battery or Com-
j)any may be serving

II. Ordnance Sergeants will remain habitually with their
Kcgiment, and will keep themselves constantly inlbrmed as to
the positions of the Brigade Ordnance train.

]]l. Issues of Cartridges except to cover expenditure in fc-
tion, will be limited to three rounds for each man per month,
for the effective strength of the command. Should it appear
from the property returns, that the expenditure has exceeded
this limit, the money value of the excess will be stopped against
the Ordnance Officer, as prescribed in Paragraph I. of this
order,

IV. The Chief Ordnance Officer of the Army or District
will report, within thirty days after the expiration of each
quarter, any failure on the part of the officers in the command
to which he is attached, to mike the returns required by the
Regulations.

By command of

General E. Kirhy Smith.

S S. ANHRRSO.N,
Assistant Adjutant GcueraL

SHREVEPORT, LA., JANUARY 4, 1865.

Creneral Orders, )

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I. The following ordei- is published for the information of all con-
cerned :

RiCHftioXD, Decemb.-.k 1, 1S64.
Exchange Notice, )
No. 13. }

1. All Confederate oflScers ;ind men who have b^-. ;i lelivered by
the Federal authorities at any place prior to Xovemb.-r 2;j h, 1864, are
hereby declared to be exchanged.

2. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of July 4rh, 1863,
who reported at a'hy parole camp either east or we.st of the Mississippi
river, at any time prior to November 1st, 1864, are lier.-by declared to
be exchanged.

(Signed) R. OULl),

Agti ,t of Exchange.
II. All officers and men wBo have been exch mged bv Notices No.
12 and 13 will report for duty with their respective ominauds without
delay.

By command of

General E. Kirbv Smith,

S. S. ANDERSOy,
Assistant Adjutant General

SHREVEPORT, LA., JAN. 5, 1865.

Genera! Orders, )

No. 4. i

I. At a General Court Martial convened at Tyler, Texas, by Par.
VI, Special Orders No. 157, series of 1864 from Department Head
Quarters, of which Brigadier General J. S. Roane was President — wa.s
arraigned and tried Lieutenant Philip Fulcrod, on the following
charges :

Charge 1st. — Disobedience of orders.

Charge 2nd.— Neglect of duty.

Charge 3rd* — Conduct prejudicial to good order and military
discipline.

Charge 4th. — Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

The Specifications being lengthy are omitted.
Finding and Sentence*

Of the 1st Specification to the 1st Charge, GuiltVi

Of the 2nd Specification to the 1st Charge, Guilty.

Of the 3rd Specification to the 1st Charge, Not Guiltv.
Of the 1st Charge — Guilty.

Of the 1st Specification to the 2d Charge, Guiltv.

Of the 2d Specification to the 2d Charge, Guiltv.

Of the 3d Specification to the 2d Charge, Not Guilty,

Of the 4th Specification to the 2d Charg-e, Not Guilty.

Of the 5th Specification to the 2d Charge, Not Gullty
Of the 2d Charge— Guilty.

Of the 1st Specification to the 3d Charge, Not Guilty,

Of the 2d Specification to the 3d Charge, Not Guilty.

Of the 3d Specification to the 3d Charge, Not Guilty.

Of the 4th Specification to the 3d Charge, Guilty

Of the 5th Specification to the 3d Charge, Not Guilty^

Of the 6th Specification to the 3d Charge, Guiltv, (except cer-
tain words.)

Of the 3d CHARGE—Not Guilty,

V. Upon the adjournment sine die of any General Court Martial the
Judge Advocate will forward to Department Ilead Quarters a state-
ment of all the cases tried by the Court, containing a copy of the
order under which the Court convened, the name, rank and command
of accused, the offense with which he is charged and the disposition
made of the case. The Judge Advocates of the military Courts will
forward a similar statement at the end of every month.
By command of

General E. Kirbv Smith.

S. S. ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutaat General.

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SHREVEPORT, LA., JANUARY 7, 1865.

Crcneral Orders, )
l^o, 5. )

I. The followiug officers having reported ten- diif j, in accordance
with orders, are announced as constituting the Military Court for this
Department :

Colonel LOUIS BUSH, Presi ing Officer.
Colonel GUY M. BRYAN, P. A. C 3.
Colonel M. R. CULLEN, P. A. C S.
Lieutenant J. W. HARDIE, P. A. C. S., Judge Ad-
vocate.

II. All orders heretofore issued from Department Head Quarters
relating to the ))ay of " bonded agents " are hereby revoked. From
the first of August, 1864, they will receive the pay and allowances of a
Captain of Infantry.

III. Surgeon L. T. PIM, P. A. C. S., is announced as As-
sistant to the Chief of the Jledical Bureau, Trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment.

IV. Officers commanding companies, battalions and regiments,
will report without delay to Department Head Quarters, the names and
rank of the officers captured from their resj>ective comm;inds.

V. Paragraph VI of General Orders No. 40. series of 1864, from
Department Head Quarters, is amended as follows : When sugar and
molasses are not issued, the ration of fresh beef will be one and a half
pounds, or of bacon three-fourths of a pound ; of flour one and a half
pounds, or of corn meal one and a half pounds.

To th(^se who labor ten hours or more daily, the ration of sugar
and molasses will also be issued in addition to the above.

Paragraph II of General Orders No. 62, series .-f 1864, from De-
partment Head Quarters, is hereby revoked.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith,

S. S. x\NDERSOX,
Assistant Adjutant General

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Head Quarters Trans- Miss. Dept.

Shreveport, La., January 21st, 1865.

GENERAL ORDERS
No. 6.

Hereafter no leave of absence will be granted by District
Commanders for a longer period than Thirtj- days, unless upon
Certificate of Disability — and in the case of Medical Officers,
satisfactory evidence must accompany the application that
proper medical attendance has been secured for their com-
mands during their absence.

Applications for extension of leave of absence from a
Medical Officer must be made through the Chief Medical
Officer in the District, of the branch of service to which the
applicant belongs.

No leave of absence exceeding Seven days will be granted
to a Medical Purveyor without reference to the Chief of
Medical Bureau.

II. During the temporary absence o( Capt. John E. Garey,
Chief Quartermaster, Major W. H. Haynes, Q. M., will take
charge of his office.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith.

S. S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant General.

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Head Quarters Trans-!M!iss. Dept. )

Shreveport, La., February 2d, 1865. )

GENERAL ORDERS )
No. 7. ^

T. For the. purpose of enforcing: General Orders No. .57, serici?,
l>S(;i, iVotn Depnrtment Hentl Qna>ters, Enrolling Officers are
directed to inspect the rolls of detailed men, eniplo3-ed in the
Government establishments in their districts. Officers in charge
of these establishments will, upon application of the Enrolling
Oilicer, furnish the rolls, and exhibit the orders detailingthe men.

II. Application for the revocation of any Special Order must
specify the paragraph, number and date of the Order.

III. In order to fncilitate the supply of forage and subsistence
to detachments of the Reserve Corps, OHicers of the Tax-in-
Kind service will direct their agents in charge of Depots, to
supply as far as practicable, the requirements of such com-
mands as are on duty, taking the requisitions and receipts of tho
Olliccr in command for tho forage and subsistence issued to
them.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith.

S. S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant General.

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Head Quarters Trans-Miss. Dept. )
Shreveport, La., February 3d, 1865. )

GENERAL ORDERS }

No. 8. ^

Under the Regulations of Overland commerce with Mexico,
established by the President on the 3d of August 1864, and
published in General Orders No. 77, series of 1SG4, from De-
partment Head Quarters, all carriers engaged in the exporta-
tion of Cotton and Tobacco, west of San Antonio or Goliad,
Texas, and leaving either of those points after the 1st day of
February 1805, must have clearance papers lor their wagons
or other vehicles from the Deputy Collector of Customs at one
of these places, viz: from Mr. Samuel Sampson at San AntoniOj
or Mr. John N. Rose at Goliad! Any sucn wagons or vehicles
with Cotton or Tobacco moving westward from either of these
places after the 1st day of February 18G5 without such clear-
ance will be liable to seizure mider the 9th and lOtli Para-
graphs of the Regulatidns.

The military commander of the Western Sub District of
Texas will cause the same to be executed in accordance with
the said Regulations.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith.

S. S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant General.

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8HREVEP0RT, LA., FEBRUARY 10, 1865.

General Orders, \
No. 9. j

I. All communcatious addressed to Dept. Hd. Qrs. should sfat^
distinctly the Post Office, County and State, to which answers are to
be directed. Neglect -of this simple matter often causes much delay,
and compliance with the above rule will enable the Department to givo
prompt attention to all questions submitted for decision.

II. The transfer of detailed men from the employment of the
otficer to whom they are ordered to report, unless made by the author-
ity granting the detail, is strictly forbidden, and any officer making
such transfers will be held to a rigid accountability.

III. Major Geo. A. Gallaghkr, Ass't Adj't Gen'l, is assigned
to duty at Dept. Hd. Qrs.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith,

S. S. ANDERSON,
Assistant Adjutant General.

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SHREVEPORT, LA., FEBRUARY 13, 1S65.

C^eneral Orders, )
' ]¥o. 10. /

I. The following order is published for the information of tli«
Department.

Adjuta.nt and Inspector General's Offick,

Richmond, October 3, 1864.

GE.fBRAL Orders, )
No. 77. J

The following will superFede General Orders, No. 76, present sc-
ries, Avhich are hereby revoked :

I. All details heretofore granted, under authority of the War De-
partment, to persons between the ages of 18 and 45* years, are hereby '
revoked; and all such detailed men, together with those within tho
said ages, who hold furloughs or temporary exemptions by reason of
pending applications for detail, will be promptly assembled at the
camps of instruction, and appropriately assigned among the aruiies for
seivicL-; except that men detailed and now actually employed in the
service of the Government as artisans, mechanics or persons of sciett-
tific skill (and those detailed and now engaged in the manufacture, col-
lection and forwarding of indispensable .supplies for the army and na-
vy), will be continued in their present employments until their respec-
tive details are revised.

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By order.

S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.

II. In accordance with tlie above order, all details of men who
do not hold certificates of Medical Boards showing unfitness for scr-
Tice in the field, are revoked, with the following exceptions : Men
detailed from Department Head Quarters, on the ground of justice,
equity, and necessity, where that ground still exists and is stated in
the order of d. -tail; clerks, who are experts, and whose services are
indispensably necessary, not exceeding one for each officer, except iu
the Bureaux at Marshall, Texas, and those in the service of the Post
Office, Treasury and Adjutant General's Department ; men detailed in
field service, in which class is embraced those constantlv engaged

in collecting cattle, horees and mnlea, and in hauling indispeaBabl*
Bnppliee from one post to another ; artisans, mechanics and persons of
scientific skill, in the service of the government ; contractors with th»
government, whose personal services are certified by tho Chief of the
I)epartn3«nt with whom they have contracted, to be indispensable to
the execution of their contract, and whose individual attention is given
thereto.

III. OflScers are not permitted to relieve men regularly detailed to
them. When they wish details revoked, application must be regularly
made, stating the reasons.

IV. Men whose details are revoked for misconduct or neglect of
duty, will not be again subject to detail during the remainder of their
term of service.

V. No detailed man will be furloughed unless he has a certificate
of a Medical Board, or is recommended by the officer with whom he is
serving, for extraordinary skill and attention to duty.

VI. Able-bodied agriculturalists who are detailed' from Depart-
ment Head Quarters, and whose details are hereby revoked, will bo
allowed until the 1st of May, 1865, to renew their applications. If
they are not re-detailed by that date, enrolling officers will send them
to their commands without delay.

VII. Men detailed as mechanics, artisans or persons of skill,
other than those in the service of the government, will be allowed
until the 1st of May, 1865, to have their details renewed. If not re-
newed by that time, they will be sent to their commands.

VIII. Leaves of absence and furloughs granted by Brigadier'
Geaeral ^p. T. Bays, P. A. C. S., for thirty days, will be respected.

By command of

Grenerel E. Kirby Smfth,

S. S. ANDERSON,
ABsistaut Adjutant Genei-al.

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SHREVEPORT, LA., FEBRUARY 14, 1865.

Creneral Orders, )
.\o. 11. j

T. The following named officers are charged with the manufacture
and repairs of field transportation, and the supplying and recruiting of
muli'S and artillery horses in their respective Districts :

Major Ed. A. Burke, District of T^xas, New Mexico and Arizona.

Office at Paris, Texas.
Major A. S. Morgan, District of Arkansas.

Office at Washington, Arkansas.
Major D. N. Speer, District of Western Louisiana.

Office »*t.N«tchi)t«chefe, Louisiana.
Major Saml. Robinson, District of Indian Territory.

Office at DoaksvTlle, Choctaw Nation.
They will report to and receive their instructions fi-ovn Major C.
D. Hill, Chief Inspector of Field Transportation Trans Mississippi
Department, and are relieved from the control of the District Com-
manders.

All requisitions for field transportation must be made by chief
quartermasters of Districts upon Maj»r C. D. Hill, Chief Inspector,
and none of the officers named, will issue unless the requisition has his
approval.

By command of

General E. Kirby Smith,

S. S. ANDERSON,
Assisiainf Atfjtitaut General.

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€r€nerad Orders, )

No, IS. / _

The fallowing order is published for the information of the Die-
partmentf.

^''' '^ "' '' AbJUTANT AXD Inspector General's OpFici,
Richmond, Va., Kovember 1, 1864.
Genejral Orders, )
'•" No. 83. )

I. All soldiers hereafter furloughed at department or army headl-
quarters, or at hospitals, by reason of disability resulting fi'om wounds
or sickness, will rejoin their commands at the expiration of the time
originally allowed, unh^ss, in the opinion of a medical examining board,
their condition is not such as to permit them to make the journey'with-
out serious detriment to. their health. All now; absent are required to
return at the expiration (\f their present furloughs, except those unable
to travel. The certificate required above will be promptly forwarded
to the coiupaiiy commanders.

II. Generals commanding Reserve Forces in the several States,
ai'e charged with the execution uf this order. They will cause to be
collected and forwarded without delay, to their respective command,*,
all tne« who come within the provisions of the preceeding payagraph,
that they may be discharged, retired or assigned to active or light
dvity, as circumstances may j^ustify.

III. Paragraph VII., General Orders No. 48, (currant series) i»
thus amended : .

Officers of the Quartermaster's Department failing to,, return the
sacks in which grain is received from the quartermaster, will be charged
three dollars for every one not returned.

IV. Paragraph I, General Orders No. 74 (1862), is so modified as
to require the enforcement of the Conscript Act in the Department of
South we- tern Kentucky.

V. Candidates for appointment to the position of military stor*
keeper in the Ordnance Department will, hereafter, be subject to such
esxaminatiou, prior to appointment, as may be prescribed by the Chief
of Ordnance.

VI. Commanders of cavalry regiments or battalions will require
eompany commanders to keep a descriptive roll of all horses in their
companies, noting all changes which are made amongst them by
casualties or other causes, as they occur.

VII. Every horse, borne upon the descriptive roll, will be
treated as public property, so long as forage and the forty cents
a day are drawn from the Government. No aoJdier will be permitted
to ride his horse, except in the discharge of public duty, or to sell or
exchange him, except te secure one more serviceable, such superiority
to be determined and certified by the company officers present for duty

and the fact noted upon the descriptive roll. Such sales or exchanges,
however, are strictly forbidden between cavalrymen of the same or
different comm&nds. , ,

VTlT. 5&rigad& I'hsjie'titoTs, ^n fnaking ins'pections, will examine
these descriptive -rolls, Obgei-ving that they accni-att.4y describe the num-
ber and distinguishing marks of the horses. Wht-re they discover
horses to have been used for private purposes, br disposed of in vibra-
tion of orders, they Avill note the facts upon the inspectioii repovt, with
tlie names of the company commandHrs permitting it, and of the sol-
diers so offending, sending up charges against all, with the view ff>
their trial by court-martial.

IX. Horses forfeitefl under the action of General Orders Nos. ot
[act 26] and 55, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, of 1864, may
oe purchased, after appraisement, for the benefit of owners, by deserv-
ing cavalrymen who have lost ihe'it horses by the casualties o'f battle.
. , X. Inspectors will report an their "insrpection reports," for traiiS-
^r to the infantry, all men found dismounted through their own care-
lessness, or whose horses may have been rendered unserviceable by
neglect or hard usage upon other than public service.
DESCRIPTIVE ROLL.

Of animals belonging to Company , Regiment. .

Briga3e , Division

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(Signed) S. COOPER,,

Adjutant and In6|pector G^enend.
By c6mmand of

'Genfiztal E. Kikby Smith,

S. S. ANDERSON,
Asbi'stitisiit A^jutimt G'enerftl.

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SHREVEPORT, LA., FEBRUARY 20, 1865.

lircncral Orders, )
No. 13. i

I. The establifihments for the mauufacturo of Clothiug, Camj»
and gai-rison Equipage, .are constituted Department Depots, and ;ire
placed in charge of the following officers :

Houston, Texas Captain E. W. Taylor, A. Q. M.

Huntsville, " .Major W. D. Bkabd, Q. M.

Mound Prairie, " Major J. J. BusBV, Q. M.

Gilmer, " Captain A. U. Wright, A. Q. >1.

Shreveport, La., Captain J. W. Bossert, A. Q. M.

These officers will report to, and receive their instructions. fV
Major W. H. Haynes, Chief of Clothing Bureau.

By command of

General E. Kirby S.mith,

S. S. ANDERSON,
Assietant Adjutant General

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