| General Orders No. 93 |
| Adjt. and Insp. General's Office |
| Richmond, November 22, 1862 |
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| I. The following acts of Congress,
having been approved by the President, are published for the
information of the Army: |
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| AN ACT to better
provide for the sick and wounded of the Army in hospitals |
| The
Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, |
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| SEC. 2.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to make
a contract with the several railroad companies and lines of boats
for the speediest practicable transportation of all supplies
purchased for the use of hospitals by agents accredited by the
surgeon or assistant surgeon in charge for that purpose, or
donations by individuals, societies, or States; and it shall be
lawful for the Quartermaster-General to furnish general
transportation tickets to such agents upon all railroad trains and
canal-boats when engaged in the actual service of said hospitals,
upon the request of said surgeon or assistant surgeon. |
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| SEC. 7.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in such way and
manner as he may deem best, and under such rules and regulations as
he may prescribe, to enter into and perfect some suitable
arrangement with the railroad companies, their officers, or
authorized agents, whereby seats in one or more cars of each
railroad train, as the necessities of the case may be, shall be
reserved for the use of the sick and wounded soldiers who may desire
transportation on any such railroad, and that no person not sick or
wounded, and not an attendant upon the sick and wounded, shall be
permitted to enter any such car or cars so reserved until the said
sick and wounded and their attendants shall first have obtained
seats; and, also, shall perfect some arrangement with the said
railroad companies, their officers or agents, whereby all conductors
having in charge any such trains shall be required to provide, for
the use of the sick and wounded in the cars so reserved, a
sufficient quantity of pure water. |
| SEC. 8.
That all surgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of a hospital,
having in his or their charge any sick or wounded soldier desiring
transportation as aforesaid, shall, in all cases, detail some
competent person, acting under his or their authority, whose duty it
shall be to accompany all such sick and wounded to the depot of any
such railroad, to see that all such are properly cared for, and that
they obtain seats on the said car or cars so reserved. |
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| Approved September 27, 1862 |
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