| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| July 25, 1862 |
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| War Department |
| Adjt. And Insp. General's office |
| Richmond, July 23, 1862 |
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| General orders, no. 52 |
| III. The employees of Railroad
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. |
| By command of the Secretary of War |
| S. Cooper, |
| Adjt. and Insp. General. |
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