| Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad |
| Memphis, June 7, 1861 |
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| The number of applications for
Free Passes, on Military Duty, renders it necessary for this Company
to establish uniform rules to govern this branch of its traffic, which
rules will be enforced, by order of the Board of Directors. |
| 1st. Troops and Munitions of
War will be transported at one-half the local rates, for the States of
Mississippi and Tennessee and the Confederate States of America.
Officers in command of Companies or Detachments, passing over this
Road, will be required to give Vouchers in duplicate for said service. |
| 2d. Soldiers on furlough will
be transported at half fare, by presenting their furloughs to Agents
or Conductors and paying half fare, or by presenting an order on this
Company from the Quartermaster's Department, authorizing it to pass
said Soldier in the service of the States above mentioned, or the
General Government, which order will be taken up and retained, as
evidence that said service has been performed. |
| 3d. Volunteers, not mustered
into service, traveling singly or in Companies, will be charged full
fare, unless moving to a place of rendezvous for the purpose of being
mustered into service, by order of some Commanding Officer, which
order must be filed in the Office of the General Superintendent,
before he will direct said service to be performed. |
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4th. Bearers of Dispatches and other Special Agents of
the States above mentioned, or the Confederate States, will be charged
half price only, on producing an order from the Governor or either of
said States, or from any of the Heads of Departments of the
Confederate States, or from the Chief Officer in command of any
Military Post, requesting such service; said order in all cases to be
directed to this Company, and filed with the Agent or Conductor, or
fare paid in cash. |
| R. Hough |
| General Superintendent |
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