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Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
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Richmond, July 23, 1862 |
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General Orders, No. 52 |
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| III. The employees of rail road companies
are authorized and requested to examine the passes and furloughs of
soldiers passing over their roads, and to arrest all deserters and
persons absent without leave from the army, whenever they may be found
on said roads, and to deliver them to an officer of the army at the most
convenient post or station, or to lodge them in jail, and report their
names and regiments to the Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond.
Thirty dollars will be paid for all deserters delivered to an officer,
and fifteen dollars for each deserter lodged in jail. No allowance will
be made for the expenses of apprehension and transportation. All jailors
receiving deserters are requested to detain them. The usual allowance
for prisoners will be made. |
| By Command of the Secretary of War |
| S. Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
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