General Orders No. 98
| Adjt. and Insp. General's Office |
| Richmond, December 3, 1862
{dated December 9th in other places} |
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| Col. William M. Wadley, assistant adjutant-general,
is hereby specially assigned to take supervision and control of the
transportation for the Government on all the railroads in the
Confederate States. |
| 1. He is empowered to make contracts for
transportation with said railroads, or any of them, and such
negotiations and arrangements with them as may be requisite or
proper to secure efficiency, harmony, and co-operation on the part
of said railroads, or any proper number of them, in carrying on the
transportation of the Government. |
| 2. He will take direction of all agents or
employees engaged by the Government in connection with railroad
transportation; will retain, engage, or dismiss such as may be
requisite, and take charge of and employ all engines, machinery,
tools, or other property of the Government owned or used for
railroad transportation; and may exchange, sell, or loan such
machinery with or to any railroad company to facilitate the work of
transportation; and may generally assist and co-operate with the
railroads in effecting the work of transportation. |
| 3. The better to accomplish such ends, he may require
co-operation and assistance to such an extent as can be reasonably
granted by the Quartermaster and Commissary Bureaus; and may apply
for details from the Army of such artisans, mechanics, and workmen
as may be necessary to facilitate the due accomplishment of his
duties. |
| 4. He will report, through the Adjutant and Inspector
General, to the Secretary of War. |
| By order |
| S. Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
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