| Adjt. and Insp. General's Office |
| Richmond, January 3, 1863 |
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| I. The following orders are published for the
information and guidance of all concerned: |
| Recognizing the necessity of officers of
railroads having full control of their business, in order to ensure
safety and dispatch in transportation, military officers are
prohibited from interfering with the engines, cars, running of
trains, or with the control and management, in any way, of
railroads. |
| II. When transportation of troops or freight by
railroad is necessary, a quartermaster or other authorized officer
shall make requisition for the same upon the superintendent or
proper officer of the railroad, furnishing the necessary evidence of
transportation and delivering the troops or freight to be
transported. |
| III. In the event that more freight is to be transported
over any road than the road has the ability to carry promptly, the
officer furnishing evidence of transportation will indicate to the
railroad officer what shall take precedence. In the absence of any
special order as to what freight shall go first, the railroad
officer shall be governed by any general order the
Quartermaster-General may issue in regard thereto. |
| IV. Where troops or freight is to be moved our of the
usual routine of a railroad, the officer having charge of such
movement will fix with the superintendent, or other officer of the
road on which the movement is to be made, the day and hour of
departure, and when so fixed the troops or freight must be ready at
the appointed time. |
| V. In the event of any military necessity for an
unusual movement at any particular point, the commanding officer at
such post will communicate fully the character and extent of service
to the principal officer of the road or roads from which it is required,
and ask the personal supervision of the proper railroad officers to
the duty. |
| VI. Quartermasters and commissaries will exercise
discretion in shipping freight not wanted for immediate use, and
that may be stored at safe and convenient points, taking care not to
block up roads and thereby impede transportation. |
| VII. When it is necessary to send a special messenger
with freight, such messenger must travel with the freight placed in
his charge, and his transportation shall be so specified on its
face, in order to prevent him from traveling in any other way. |
| VIII. Enrolling officers will permit conscripts
enrolled while in the employment of railroads to remain at their
duties until Col. William M. Wadley, assistant adjutant-general,
decides as to who of them it is necessary should be detailed for
service on the road. |
| IX. Any violation of these orders, or remissness on
the part of railroad officers to perform promptly all Government
transportation, will be reported to Col. William M. Wadley,
assistant adjutant-general, who will indicate from time to time
where his headquarters will be. |
| By order |
| S. Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |