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 GENERAL ORDERS. | HEAD-QUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF S. C. AND GA. 
 No 95> i Ciiarlestox, November 11, 1862. 
 
 I.. The Chief of Staff superintends and directs all branches and 
 Departments of the service, and is responsible for the thorough effi- 
 ciency of the whole military mechanism. 
 
 II.. All field and other military works in this Department will bo 
 ordered; planned, located, and constructed, as far as practicable, only 
 under orders from these Head-quarters, superintended by the Chief 
 Engineer and his Assistants, except when this course shall be imprac 
 ticable or attended with undue delay, in which cases the Commanders 
 of Districts will be authorized to give the necessary orders to and 
 through the senior Engineer officer on duty in their Districts, for im- 
 mediate execution. Plans of the works th.* order. d, and the ends to 
 be subserved by their construction, will bo promptly forwarded to theso 
 Head-quarters. 
 
 III. .All officers and employees on duty in the Engineer service in 
 the Department, will report to, and be under the orders of the Chief 
 Engineer, except in cases provided for in th<: foregoing paragraph. 
 
 IV.. Requisitions for labor to be done by soldiers, and for supplies, 
 may be made on the Post or District commanders by the Chief Engi- 
 neer, when practicable, or, on occasion, by the senior officer in chargo 
 of any work under construction, and they will be promptly obeyed, 
 without reference to superior authority or to these Head-quarters. 
 
 V. .The Chief Engineer will be expected to consult freely with tho 
 Chief of Artillery, touching whatsoever in the construction of the 
 works that may relate to the greater efficiency of the guns to bo 
 mounted, and then- protection when in position. 
 
 VI. .As far as * ?,Vticable, the armament f all works in the Depart- 
 ment will be dei'>2ftned at these Head-quarters; but when this courso 
 will involve injurious delay, District Commanders will act, after con- 
 sultation with the senior Engineer and Artillery officers present. 
 
 VII.. The Chief of Artillery will be advised, in writing, by tho 
 Chief of Ordnance, with as little delay as practicable, of all acces- 
 sions of armament in his Department, in order that tho former may 
 immediately assign the same to positions. 
 
 VIII.. The Chief of Artillery is ex officio Chief Inspector of all 
 Field and Siege Batteries, and of Heavy Artillery in position in the 
 
Department. He will, also, hare command of any Light and Siege 
 re, «.r not assigned to brigades <>r other commands. 
 
 IX.. Heavy Artillery in position is not to be moved*, except when 
 ordered through to of Artillery (or directly) by these Head- 
 
 quarters. 
 
 ill ohanges of position of Light Catteries (except ou field of 
 battle) ordered by o meets commanding . ermll bo communi- 
 
 oated at once, or aa practicable, to these Head-quarters, 
 
 through the Chief of Artillery. 
 
 XI.. Requisitions for increase of armament in Light and Heavy Cat- 
 teries must be transmitted to these Head-quarters, through the Chief 
 of Artillery, for examination and approval. Requisitions for equip- 
 ments must e to the armamenl allowed. 
 
 XII. .Comma, d*. is of Forts and Heavy Catteries, aa well aa Of Bat- 
 teries of Light Artillery, are strictly enjoined to keep their supply of 
 ammunition fully up to the number of one hundred (100) rounds 
 allowed them per gun, except for works at all liablo to be isolated, 
 when two hundred (200) rounds shall be provided. 
 
 XIII.. Any expenditure of ammunition in action or practice will bo 
 certified at once to the Chief of Artillery, with a statement that a re- 
 quisition has been mado on tho Ordnance Department to supply tho 
 deficiency. 
 
 XIV.. Light and Siego Battery commanders will inspect their com- 
 mands before guard-mounting every morning, and will be held respon- 
 sible that their respective batteries are prepared for action. They will 
 also make such returns to the Chiefs of Artillery and Ordnance as 
 theso ofiicers may direct. 
 
 XV.. Light Catteries will be presented for inspection with tho am- 
 munition chests filled, and implements, spare parts, etc., attached to 
 the carriages. The inspecting officer will particularly report any neg- 
 lect in tho grooming of horses, carelessness of harness, or neglect of 
 material pertaining to the battery. 
 
 XVI. .Ordnance stores will be issued from Ordnance depots on 
 requisitions approved by District commanders, ^k the following in- 
 stances: For field or siege batteries, by comman^# of such batter- 
 ies; for forts and entrenched works, by the commanding officers of tho 
 same; fur regiments, battalions, independent squadrons, or unattached 
 companies, by their respective commanding officer.-. These requisi- 
 tion- wili be in duplicate: one id" which will bo returned to the office* 
 
 makiiE in case it cannot be tilled, or only partially bo— the Ordnance 
 officer having endorsed thereon why not filled. 
 
 XVII ..Commanders of Regiments, Battalions, and unattached 
 Companies, will be held responsible for the arming and equipping of 
 
their respective commands. Each non-commissioned officer and pri- 
 vate must be armed with a musket or such other small arm as can be 
 supplied by the Ordnance Department. Forty ball cartridges to be 
 carried in the cartridge-box of the soldier, in addition to .sixty rounds 
 per man, which shall be habitually provided as a reserve supply. 
 
 XVIII. .Acting Ordnance Sergeants for llegimcnts, will be appoint- 
 ed as directed in Paragraph V, General Orders, Xo. 24, Adjutant and 
 Inspector-General's Office, Richmond, April 16, 1S62. 
 
 XIX.. District Commanders will designate in their commands a 
 suitable Staff officer, who will ascertain and report to the Chief of Ord- 
 nance of the Department, on the Saturday of each week, whether each 
 regiment, battalion, or unattached company is armed and equipped, 
 and has the prescribed quantity of ammunition, as directed above. In 
 the first report will be given the number and calibre of the arms in each 
 regiment, battalion, and unattached company* 
 
 XX.. District Ordnance officers, or some other suitable Staff officer, 
 to be designated by District Commanders, will inspect all arms report- 
 ed unserviceable by regimental or other commanders, and such as aro 
 unfit for service they will order to be turned into the depot. These in- 
 spectors will report to their District or other commanders, all officers 
 and men who have neglected or permitted their men to neglect their arms. 
 
 XXI.. District commanders will organize schools of instruction, one 
 for non-commissioned officers and the other for company officers, who 
 will be required to recite, each day, such parts of the Tactics and of 
 the Ordnance and Koberts' Manuals as may be deemed necessary. The 
 senior artillery officer present at the post, in the absence of any one 
 specially designated by superior authority, will be held responsible 
 that these schools are regularly held and conducted. 
 
 XXII.. AH Ordnance and Ordnance stores taken or lost, and tho 
 ammunition expended in action, will be reported within three days 
 thereafter to the Chief of Ordnance of each Military District or organ- 
 ized Brigade, who will forward a consolidated return thereof, through 
 the Chief of Ordnance of the Department, to these Head-quarters. 
 
 XXIII.. Throug^ the CniEF of Ordnance will be supplied all 
 guns, carriages, chassis, small arms, ammunition, ordnance stores, and 
 equipments of every description, on requisitions approved by the Chief 
 of Artillery, or the proper commanding officer. The Chief of Ordnance 
 will transport, mount, or dismount all guns, when called upon to do so 
 by the proper authority. He will also collect and keep in ^^cr and 
 convenient depots, ample supplies of ammunition for all h^H guns, 
 light artillery, and small arms in service, or for possible cOTrtingent 
 wants in the Department. 
 
 XXIV. .The special attention of commanding officers is called to the 
 
following paragraph (VII), Special Order, No. 48, Adjutant and In- 
 spector-General's office, Richmond, March 1, lsf.2: 
 
 "Commanding generals will have tarnished to the Chief of the Bureau 
 of ordnance, in this city (Richmond), monthly reports from the bat- 
 teries, as to the QUmbet of iruns, their calibre, how mounted, a full list 
 of the ammunition on hind, the exact locality of the batteries, whether 
 for oaeemate or barbette guns, and whether the range is short or long. 
 ill also instruct the officers in charge of the batteries to submit 
 all requisition? fur their approval before forwarding them to the Ord- 
 nance officer/' 
 
 By Command of General BbAUBBOABD. 
 
 THOMAS JORDAN, 
 
 Chief o/ Staff, and A. A. G. 
 
 (Official.) 
 
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