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Hd Qrs Mil. Dis. of Florida |
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Camp Milton March 29th 1864 |
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Lieut. Sineath |
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Lieut., |
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I am directed by the Major Gen. Comdg to communicate to you
the following orders for your guidance in the discharge of the duties
assigned you. * |
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II. You will examine thoroughly and allow no soldiers to
carry off with him his arms or any Government property, unless a permit
to do so be specified in his pass. |
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* I. You will with the guard detailed with you travel upon
the train from this camp to Lake City {Florida,
Atlantic & Gulf Central RR}, and return with it regularly. |
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III. You will allow no disorder upon the cars, no firing,
no smoking, in the car with ladies, no spitting upon the floor, or
accumulation of dirt in the same by soldiers, the object being to
cooperate with the officers of the R. R. (where attention has been
especially called to this matter) in establishing a system of
cleanliness, in place of the one of filth now existing. You will
suppress all undue boisterous clamor, all blasphemy and vulgarity in
conversation, now so offensive to ladies traveling and equally so to all
rules of propriety. |
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IV. You will allow no soldier to pass upon the cars from
this camp or any station without the requisite permit from the proper
military authority; and you will allow no civilian to come to this Hd.
Qrs. or to this Army, without a permit from the commanding officer at
one of the various points upon the line of the Rail Road. You are
authorized to arrest, upon suspicion, any party, and send him to these
Hd. Qrs. even if he have a pass; and generally to exercise a full
discretion in accomplishing the purpose of these orders. |
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V. A close searching examination of all permits and
passports is required of you, and an energetic and firm exercise of the
authority confided to you is expected. |
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Very Respectfully |
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Your obt servt |
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Jno. F. Lays |
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Maj & A. A. G. |
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