officer to the commissary or assistant commissary of mus ters, who may be in charge of the musters for the organization to which the men belong. The mustering officer will countersign the reënlistment papers, and file the descriptive roll with the records of his office. One copy of the reënlist ment will be delivered by the mustering officer to the pay master, to assist him in the examination and verification of the accounts; this copy will be forwarded with the said accounts to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury. The second copy of the reënlistment will be returned by the mustering officer to the regimental commander, and by him forwarded to the adjutant-general of the army with the monthly recruiting return required by paragraph 919, Army Regulations, from superintendents of regimental recruiting service.

PAYMENTS.

5. The Pay Department of the army is hereby charged with all payments (final dues under original enlistments, advanced pay, bounties, and premiums) of the volunteers discharged and remustered, as directed in this order. The final payments under the original enlistments will be made on the muster-out rolls.

The amount of the "total payment on muster" (remuster), paragraph 2, General Orders, No. 324, adjutant-general's office, current series, will be made under the rules set. forth in General Orders, No. 163. The consolidated receipt rolls, referred to in the said order, will be certified to by the commissary or assistant commissary of musters charged with the remuster of the veteran volunteers into service. The payments on discharge, and those due on remuster, will be made at the same time, and in full, immediately after the men are remustered into the service.

11. Commanders of armies and departments are hereby charged with the faithful execution of this order, and will issue such instructions under it as in their opinion will best

secure the object in view. Troops, to be discharged and remustered as veterans, will be reported by the proper commanders, through army or department headquarters, to the paymaste -general. The reports will be made at a date such as will avoid delay in the payments being made.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

COLLECTING, DRILLING, AND ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS.

General Orders, No. 366.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, November 13th, 1863.

The following revised order is published for the guidance of mustering and disbursing officers in relation to their expenditures from the appropriation for "collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers;" and all previous orders or regulations conflicting therewith are hereby revoked:

1. In organizing new regiments of volunteers-or companies, if they are independent ones-the necessary transportation as well as subsistence of the recruits, prior to the completion of the organization, will be chargeable against the appropriation for "collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers," or should a regiment fail to complete its organization until the recruits for the said regiment are transferred to, or consolidated with, another organization. After the organization of the regiments is complete, and they have been inspected by the mustering officer of the State or district, transportation will be provided by the quartermaster's department, and subsistence by the subsistence depart- .

ment.

2. All passes for transportation by railroad will fully explain, in the case of officers, the necessity for the journey and the nature of the service; in the case of enlisted men, the number of recruits. their company and regiment, and

whether prior or subsequent to muster in of the organization to which the recruits belong; or if the recruits be for an old organization, whether prior or subsequent to the muster in of the recruits themselves. A complete statement of these facts is necessary to settle satisfactorily the accounts of railroad companies.

3. The certificate to all vouchers for transportation by private conveyance must state that the prices charged were the current rates of the place where the expense was incurred; also that transportation by railroad or steamboat could not be obtained. The vouchers must be approved by the superintendent of the volunteer or recruiting service, or chief mustering and disbursing officer of the district, and show that the expenditure was incurred for recruits of old organizations prior to muster, or of new regiments prior to complete organization, or for officers and enlisted men travelling under orders on the recruiting service, after having been assigned to duty by the superintendent. The number of men, their company and regiment, the number of miles travelled, the rate per mile, will, in each case, be specified, as in passes for railroad transportation.

4. Subsistence for recruiting parties detailed from regiments in the field, and for recruits of regiments already organized, will be provided by the subsistence department.

5. Recruiting parties and recruits, both of old and new organizations, will be quartered at the rendezvous, if possible; but when convenience and economy require it, a contract for lodgings may be made by the superintendent or the chief mustering and disbursing officer of the district, not to exceed twelve cents per night for each man. The rent of rendezvous, recruiting offices, and accounts for lodgings, will be paid from the appropriation for "collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers," when approved by the superintendent, but not otherwise.

6. Subsistence for new organizations, as specified in paragraph 1 of this order, will be furnished under contracts.

made by, or under the direction of the superintendents, subject to the approval of the provost-marshal general.

7. All vouchers for subsistence will be accompanied by an abstract of issues (see Forms 17, Subsistence Department, Army Regulations of 1861, and 19, of Army Regulations, 1863), certified by the officer ordering the issues. In the column of remarks, the company and regiment to which the recruits belong will be stated. The vouchers will specify the date of contract, by whom made and approved, and be supported by a certificate of the superintendent or disbursing officer ordering the issues, that the expense was necessary for the public service for troops raised for the United States; that the recruits charged for were present at the time the orders for rations were signed, according to the morning report of the officer in charge; that they were actually enlisted prior to the date charged for; and that the regimental organization was not complete at the date of the

account.

8. All disbursing officers authorized to purchase public property from the appropriation for "collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers," will be held strictly accountable for every article purchased; and the property must be accounted for as required by paragraphs 962 and 1,040, Army Regulations of 1861, in order that the accounts may pass to the credit of the officer making the purchases.

9. In addition to knives, forks, tin plates, and tin cups, authorized in General Orders, No. 70, of 1861, spoons will be allowed to volunteers.

10. Superintendents of the volunteer recruiting service, and chief mustering and disbursing officers will, in future, be more careful in their instructions to recruiting officers under their direction, as it is believed that a large amount of money has been improperly expended by them in good faith, and through ignorance of the regulations, which cannot be reimbursed. It should be understood that they have no right to incur expense without proper authority, and nc

authority to expend money on account of the United States for recruits in their charge, except in cases of extreme emergency, when the vouchers therefor should fully explain the necessity, be approved by the superintendent, and presented for payment before the recruiting officer leaves the State. Advance bounties and premiums will under no circumstances be paid by recruiting officers.

11. All expenses incurred on account of recruits (hereafter enlisted by recruiting officers either for old or new regiments) who shall be rejected, after medical inspection, for obvious disability existing at the time of their enlistment, will be charged on the muster in roll, opposite the name of the officer enlisting them, and stopped from any pay which may thereafter be due him from the Government.

12. Returns of property in charge of recruiting officers should be forwarded monthly to the superintendent or chief mustering and disbursing officer of the district for examination and approval, and transmitted by them to the provostmarshal general, as soon as practicable after the expiration of the month for which they may be due.

13. All vouchers for commutation of quarters and fuel of recruiting officers, detailed in accordance with General Orders, Nos. 105, of 1861, and 8, of 1862, must be accompanied-1st, by a certified copy of the original order detailing them; 2d, by the order of the superintendent assigning them to duty, or his certificate that they have been so assigned; also a copy of the order relieving them from duty (with the final accounts). The certificate prescribed in Form 21, Quartermaster's Department, Army Regulations, must in all cases be signed by the proper officers, or the accounts will not be allowed.

By order of the Secretary of War.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.