| Adjutant and Inspector General's Office |
| Richmond, March 18, 1863 |
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| General Orders, No. 30 |
| I. Any employee of a Government establishment, who
shall leave such employment, shall not be received at any other
Government establishment, or by any contractor under the Government,
unless he exhibits a proper discharge from the employment which he
leave. |
| II. Any contractor under the Government,
who shall employ any workman leaving, without proper discharge, a
Government establishment, or the employment of another contractor under
the Government, shall be notified at once that the detailed men and
conscripts in his employment be returned to their proper officers, upon
report of the facts to the Chief of Ordnance. |
| III. The orders heretofore given are
repeated, that conscripts or detailed men leaving their employment
without written permission shall be reported to the nearest enrolling
officer, to be tried and punished as deserters. |
| By order |
| S. Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
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