| Circular |
| Confederate States of America |
| Quartermaster General's Office |
| Richmond, Va., Feb. 10, 1862 |
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| Entitled to Transportation |
| Officers and soldiers under orders, and on official
business |
| Quartermasters' clerks, under orders |
| Soldiers left behind, sick, or by accident, and
recruits with orders, are entitled to transportation to their
companies |
| Sick and wounded soldiers, having serious certified
of such illness or disability approved by the commander of a post
home and back |
| Soldiers honorably discharged |
| Horses of officers, according to regulation
allowance; and mounted men under orders |
| Assistant Surgeons on duty, obeying first order |
| Stores and supplies for troops or hospitals |
| Laundresses, musicians, and colored cooks, when
travelling with their companies or regiments |
| Soldiers re-enlisting under Act of Congress, Dec. 11,
1861, "home and back" |
| State Agents in charge of stores, but no others |
| Recruiting Officers and soldiers |
| Officers of disbanded regiments &c by order of Sed.
of War |
| Officers transferred from one hospital to another by
order |
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| Not Entitled to Transportation |
| Resigned or dismissed officers, and those permitted
to exchange stations |
| Civilians receiving appointment, except Assistant
Surgeons |
| Officers and men on furlough or leave of absence |
| Civilians bringing recruits and contributions for
volunteers |
| Civilians who have rendered voluntary service are not
entitled by reason thereof |
| Officers on sick furlough or transferred at their own
request to other Hospitals |
| Horses for Chaplains |
| Servants |
| Substitutes, and soldiers who are relieved by
substitutes |
| Persons in charge of officers' horses |
| The remains of deceased soldiers |
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| Special Orders |
| Nurses must have an order from the Surgeon General or
a Medical Director |
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| General Instructions |
| State officers have no authority to give orders upon
the Confederate States government for transportation |
| The orders of army officers for transportation for
other than legitimate army business will not be respected |
| Transportation will not be given on verbal orders;
and the papers presented must always be in the proper form |
| Officers are required to use great discretion in
sending details from their commands, and to confine them to strictly
necessary business. This is urged in consequence of the great abuse
in this respect which has heretofore prevailed |
| Transportation for guards or details must embrace the
whole party |
| Recruits must have a certificate of fitness from an
Army Surgeon |
| Quartermasters must always endorse on discharges or
orders: "Transportation furnished in kind" |
| Quartermasters will be careful not to give
transportation for "sutlers' stores" |
| Quartermasters have no power to delegate to others
authority to sign for them |
| Officers and soldiers must not be deprived of their
orders or furloughs |
| Public stores must not be sent by mail train without
special orders from the Quartermaster General |
| Quartermasters must endorse on furloughs of
re-enlisted men: Transportation furnished in kind, "home and back" |
| Quartermasters must sign their names to all
endorsements upon furloughs or orders |
| Officers at the different posts will be governed by
these instructions. |
| Transportation must always be given by the shortest
mail route unless in very urgent cases |
| A. C. Myers |
| Quartermaster General |