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Head Quarters Department Trans-Mississippi, 
 
 SHrtEVEPOIlT, LA., JUNE 3, 1S63. 
 
 Ceiieial Orders, I 
 No. 15. i 
 
 I. All soldiers escaped fioiu Arkansas Post who have not report- 
 ed for duty, will do so at once, at the following- points, viz : Troops 
 from Arkansas, at Little Rock, and from Texas, at Shreveport. Those 
 Avho do not comply with this order immediately, and whom it may 
 become necessary to arrest for failure to do so, will be treated as de- 
 serters. 
 
 II. Brig.-CTen. E. Greer, P. A. C. S., is assigned to duty as 
 Commandant of Conscripts for the Dep't. of Trans-Mississippi, and 
 will establish his Head Quarters at Shreveport, La. Oommanilants of 
 Conscripts for the several Districts within the Department will mak<^ 
 their reports and returns to General Greer and be under and subject to 
 his orders. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut. -Ge\. E. Kirby S.MiTii. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Ass't. Adj't. Gen. 
 
 Ci 
 
Head Quarters Department Trans-Mississippi, 
 
 SHREVEPORT, LA., JUNE 16, 1863. 
 
 (jleneral Orders, I 
 No. 20. \ 
 
 1. In obedieuee to instructions from the Secretary of "War, it is 
 hereby announced, "that in future no substitute for a soldier in service 
 will be received, unles.s the substitution first have the approval of the 
 General Commanding the Army or the Department to which the soldier 
 belongs." 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut. -XxEN. E. Kirby Smith 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Ass't. Adj't. Gen, 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-Mississippi, 
 
 SHREVEPORT, LA., JULY 25, 1863. 
 
 Ciesieral Oi-«leyi 
 No. 31. 
 
 I. Communication with the seat of Govenimf^nt being interrupted, 
 all officers and agents connected with the Army on duty within the 
 Department of Trans-Mississippi acting under orders from Richmond, 
 Avill in future receive their instructions from the Department Com- 
 mander ; all such officers and agents will report by letter to Department 
 Head Quarters Avithout delay, stating the nature of the duty iu whicli 
 they are engaged, the authority under which they are acting and the 
 t'Xtent of their operations. 
 
 II. The enrolment of Conscripts is solely under the direction of 
 the Conscript Bureau, the officers thereof acting- under orders from 
 Department Head Quarters; all other officers are therefore forbidden to 
 enrol Conscripts or recruit fro;n persons within Conscript ages, unless 
 by special peranission in writing from the Department Commander. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gbn. E. Kirby Smit^ . 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Ass't. Adj't: Gen. 
 
Ihiui QiiJirlcrs Dcpt. Ti'aiis-Mis«'\ 
 
 .SllRRVF.l'OUT. [.A.. A1;GUST 2d, im'X 
 
 fjreiiei'al Orders / 
 No. 34. f 
 
 In cotiforiuity with ]*avagi{ii)li II (iciifral Orders No. 24, en; 
 rent series from the Adjutant and Intspix'tor (ienoral's Office, Uicbmond, 
 Va., "Officers of tlie army who are dropped from the rolls, cashiered 
 " by Coiirts-Martia], or whose resignations are accepted, and who may 
 " thns become liahh- to military duty under tlic conscription acts, Avill. 
 " when present with their commands, lie at once enrolled by their re 
 " «poctive Brij;ade commanders. Wlieu not so present, their namet 
 "will be famished by their commanding officers to the proper enrolling 
 " officer of tlie district to which they belong, or in which they reside : 
 "provided, that any officer so liable to enrolment may select in hi^ 
 "former command, any company from his own State in which to h( 
 " enrolled. 
 
 All coinuianding officers arc hereby direcfi'd to see that tliis ordci 
 is strictly enforced. 
 
 liy «-<onmand of 
 
 Lieut. Gren'l E. Kntnv Smith, 
 
 S. kS. ANDERSON, 
 Ass't. AfJff. Gen' I. 
 
licad Qunrlrrs Dc])!. Traiis-Mlss. 
 
 
 I. — AH cloi-ks ajiil riii|»Iiiyci.'S in tlic inlitjiry >,'.'rvioo, liabu. i,. 
 • ipuseription iu the Departmout oi' Trans-Mi.ssissippi, will be imme- 
 iliatoly onrollod ami, \villii)i twenty days tlioreaiU'r, sent to the camp.'i of 
 instruction in tlieir respective Districts. 
 
 All able bodied men, except Artiiicer.s and Meclianics, who are 
 now serving in the several Staff Departments, will be relieved and 
 r>rdi,'red to join their pro[)er companies and regiments, unless espeeiallv 
 tlet;iiled by the District Commander upon proof of necessity of servie**, 
 — tlieir ;.:laees vvill be supplied by those who are not capable of active 
 service in the iield whether by age, sex, or physical disabilitv. 
 
 11. — -^il ofiicers and soldiers belonging to the garrisons of Vicks- 
 burg and T'ort Hudson previous to the surrender of those places, wlu> 
 may be wifliin the Department of T rans-]Missis.-~ippi either by furlough 
 or otherwise, Avill report, by the fifteenth day of September next or"ai; 
 the (expiration of their furlough, at one of the following named places, 
 viz: — those from Arkans;is, at the camp of Instruction at Washington, 
 Ark., — from Missouri, at Little Rock, Ark, — from Louisiana, at the 
 camp of instruction, near Shreveport, La., — from Texas, at the places 
 (iirccted by Major Genl. Magruder. The Quarter Master's Depart- 
 ment will furnish necessary transportation to officers and men reporting 
 in compliance with this order. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut. Gen'l E. Kirby Smith, 
 
 S. S. ANDEESON, 
 
 Ass't. Adff. Gen'L 
 
Head Quart(?rs Department Trans-Mississippi, 
 
 siipvP:vepoht, la., aug. 2g, isgs. 
 
 General Orders, 
 JVo. 38. 
 
 In accordance with tho Proclamntion of tim Presidont, a general 
 pardon and amnesty is liereby granted to nil officers and holdiers now- 
 absent without leave in the Di'tiaitiaent of Trans-llississippi who will 
 return to duty by the 30th day of September, proximo. 
 
 Officers and enlisted men in tho L)epartm« nt of Trans-^ri,~si.ssippi 
 whose commands are east of the Mississippi lliver, will unoer this 
 amnesty report as follows, viz: Those from Arkansas at the Camp of 
 Instruction, at "Washington and District Ueadquarters; from Texas, 
 at Bonham and Houston; from Louisiana, at Shreveporf and District 
 Headnuarlers; and a\ ill be permitted to attach themselves temporarily 
 to any regiment of their own corps now serving in this Department. 
 
 This amnesty and pardon shall also extend to till Avho have been 
 convicted and are undergoing sentence for absence without leave, ©r 
 desertion, excepting only those who havu been twice convicted thereof. 
 By command" of 
 
 Lieut. -Ge.v. E. Kirby Smith 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 A;iS't. Adj't. Go^. 
 
Ilctid Quarters Bq)t Trans-Mississippi, 
 
 SlIREVEPORT, LA., AUG. 31, 1SG3. 
 
 treneral Orders, ? 
 No. 40. S 
 
 General orders No. 36 current series from Dc^partmont Hep J Quar- 
 ters is intended to embrace ail ollleers and enlisted men in this De- 
 partment Avho •were paroled at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and is 
 liereby extended to <'mbrace all officers and enlisted men on parole as 
 prisoners of war within the Department of the Trans-i^fississipi^i. 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut. -Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 S. S. ANDEilSON, 
 
 Ass't. Adj't. Gen. 
 
Head Qiiiirteis Dcpt. Tiaiis4 
 
 SnRKVKPOKT, LA., SEPT. 7th, ]!: 
 
 ti«»M<TaS Orders I 
 l^o. 43. J 
 
 I. All officers bolonginj^ to th*; garrisons of Vicksbiirg and I 
 llndsoii, at tht» time of tbt'ir surrHnclur, who may be within tlie Dcji 
 mciit of Tr;U)s-Missi.->sippi, will proceed at once to rc-firganize i 
 counnands from snch nion belonging thereto, a.s may be within 
 limits of .the Department, reporting to the District Coniraau^ers. 
 
 II. The privilege granted in General Oiders No. 38 current sei 
 from Department Headquarters, allowing officers and men report', 
 under that order, "to attach themselves temporarily to .luy regimen! 
 their own corps now serving in this Department," is extended to c 
 brace all troops .absent from their colors east of the Mississippi vvl. 
 commands have not been orden d to re-organize within this Dej 
 nient. ^ 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut. Gen'l E. Kikby tSftUTii, 
 
 S.-S. AN DEE SON, 
 
 Ass't. Arii" ',' 
 
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Head Qnarlcrs \k\)l Trans-MississipiH, 
 
 SIIKEVliPOia'. LA , hEPT, KJth, 18r>::. 
 
 ^^vncral Orders* ( 
 No. 44. \ 
 
 AH pa^>crs nMiuinui l)y iho Uegulatious of tlut Hrmy to be sent to 
 nbiefs of DHpartiiionts at Richmond, will in futui(> bo sent Lo tho 
 tJhitifs of liuie«}Uix of tho rospectivo DHpartiiifHifa at theso U.-ntl- 
 •jjU-artera. 
 
 By c-'unnuind of 
 
 Liout. Cr«n. E. Kirby Smith, 
 S. S. ANDERSON. 
 
 Aas't Adj't Geu. 
 
i 
 
 Head-quarters IDept, Trans-]M^iss. 
 Shreveport, La., Sept. 17th, 1863. 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 46, 5 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial convened at Shreveport, La , by Par. II, Sf 
 cial Order No. 128, current series from these Head Quarters, whereof Lt.-Cjj 
 Aristide Gerard, 13th Regiment La. Volunteers, is President, was arraigij 
 and tried, 
 
 Private /. H. Eostham, Furman's Co., 2nd Regt. La. Cavalry,. 
 Charge 1st — Disobedience of Hrders 9th art. of war. 
 Specrfication — In this that private /. H. Eastham, of Furman's Co. 
 Regiment La. Cavalry, on or about the 12th day of August A. D. 1863, havi] 
 been detailed for duty as a tinner in the tinshop attached to the C. S. Labratol 
 and being ordered by Geo Howard King, 1st Lieut. Artillery and Ordnance! 
 A. C. S. the commanding oflicer of said Labratory, through T. A. Woods, Suptl 
 intendent of the same, to repair forthwith to the tin shop (from which he the sal 
 Private J. H. Eastham wasal)sent without leave) and return to his work, r<j 
 fused so to do, making use of violent and abusive language, thereby disobeyinj 
 the lawful commands of his superior and commandiog officer, the said Lieu' 
 Geo. Howard King, all this in the city of Shreveport, La. 
 
 Charge 2nd — Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military disciplin 
 99th Art of war. »» 
 
 Specification \st — In this, ^hat he, the said private J. H. Eastham, of Furman' 
 company, 2nd La. cavall-y, on or about the 11th day of August, A. D. 1863, die 
 in a barber shop, on Market street, accost the said Lieut, King, inquiring if he 
 had issued a certain order to be executed b}' the detailed and hired men employ 
 edin theC. S. Labratory, and upon being told that such an order had been is- 
 sued, did reply that he the said Lieut. King, had no authority under the regula- 
 tions to issue such orders, and he began to read a certain paragraph of the army 
 regulations, which he had copied, and would not refrain from discussion of the 
 matter until ordered to do so the second time, and then, with reluctance and ill 
 humor, thereby rendering himself guilty of conduct entirely subversive of good 
 order and military discipline, all this in the city of Shreveport, La. 
 
 SpeciJicatio7i2nd — In this, that he, the said private J. H. Eastham, of Furman's 
 company, 2nd La. cavalry, on or about the 12th day of August, A. D. 1863, be- 
 ing ordered by Geo. Howard King, 1st. Lieut Artillery and Ordnance as afore- 
 said through T. A. Woods, Superintendent as aforesaid, to return to his work at 
 the tin shop, appertaining to the C. S. Labratory refused to do so, defying any 
 man, officer or private, to force him so to do, and did not comply with said order, 
 and publicly in the said Laboratory in a loud and audible voice did incite his com- 
 rades, the other men detailed from the armies of the Confederate States, and the 
 hired men employed in the C. S. Labratory to resist the order given them to 
 work eleven hours a day, thereby being guilty of mutinous conduct, all this in 
 the city of Shreveport, La. 
 
 Specification 3rd — In this, that he, the said Private J. H. Eastham being or- 
 dered on or about the 12th day of August, A. D. 1863, by Geo. Howard King, 1st- 
 Lieut. Artillery and Ordnance commanding Laboratory as aforesaid, through 
 T. A. Woods, Superintendent as aforesaid, to return forthwith to the tin shop 
 
appertaining to the C. S. Labratory and resume his work, refused so to do, and 
 grossly insulted the said T. A. Woods by vile and abusive language and threats, 
 and actually drew a knife with the evident intentions of striking the said T. A. 
 Woods with the same; thereby being guilty of mutinous conduct. All this in the 
 '.ity of Shreveport, La. 
 
 FIISTDINQS: 
 
 Of the specification to the 1st charge. - - Not guilty. 
 
 Of the first charge. - - - Not guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st specification to the 2d charge. - - Not guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d specification to the 2d charge. - - Not guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d specification to the 2d charge. - - Not guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d charge. - - - Not guilty. 
 
 \nd the Court do therefore acquit Private J. H. Eastham, Furman's Co., 2d 
 giment La. Cavalry. 
 
 II. The proceedings in this case are disapproved. The court err in the opin- 
 1 regarding the legality of orders issued through an appointed and recognized 
 ,ent. Even though that agent have no military rank; the superintendent of 
 .e Labratory, appointed by the chief of the Department, and placed in charge 
 f the workmen and detailed men, while he may originate no orders, publishes, 
 ind sees that the orders of the common Military Chief are enforced. Captain 
 ving's order, issued through Mr. Wood, the recognized superintendent of the 
 
 abratory, was binding ; in the 3d specification of the 2d charge, the prisoner 
 
 ■ clearly proved to have disobeyed that order. The conduct of Capt. King in 
 
 ne character of the punishment iu^c Led upon Private Eastham is reprehensible; 
 
 it is by the illegal and arbitrary eytrT^jg of power that the military authority 
 
 -gets into disrepute, and the Commander forfeits the love of his men and loses 
 
 the support of the public. Private Eastham will be released from arrest, and 
 
 will rejoin his company. 
 
 III. The General Court Martial of which Lieut. Colonel Gerard is president, 
 is dissolved. By command of 
 
 Lieut. General E. KIRBY SMITH. 
 S. S. Anderson, Ass't Adj't General. 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-JSd^iss. ) 
 Shreveport, La., 28th Oct., 1863. ; 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 49, > 
 
 Quartermasters, assistant Quartermasters and their agents 
 serving in the Department of Trans-Mississippi, are prohibited 
 from furnishing transportation by stage, to Officers or enlisted 
 men. "» * 
 
 Enlisted men entitled to transportation will be forxA^arded 
 with Government trains leaving Depots and Stations. 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gcn. E. Kirby Smith. 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-Miss. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 3d, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 50. ) 
 
 Paragraph VIII Special Orders No. 175, current series, 
 Irom Department Head Quarters is hereby revoked. 
 
 Post Commissaries in this Department, will when their 
 supplies admit of it, sell to the families of Officers and Sol- 
 diers residing at their posts a limited amount of Commissa- 
 ry stores. The certificate heretofore furnished will be used 
 in all cases made under this order. The prices charged will 
 be the actual cost of the articles .sold, transportation included. 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirbv Smith. 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General- 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-Miss. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 12th, 1863. S 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 53. \ 
 
 In accordance with instructions i'rom the Secretary of 
 War, an auxilary branch of the "Army Intellij^ence Oflice"' 
 subsidiary to that in the city of Richmond is hereby established 
 for the Department Trans-Mississippi, at Shreveport, Louisiana, 
 under the superintendance of Mr. I{. S. Thomas. Its object be- 
 ing to inform the friends and relatives of sick and wounded 
 soldiers, of their whereabouts and condition: to facilitate com- 
 munication with the army: and to secure a correct list of the 
 deaths which have occurred, or may hereafter occur among- 
 our troops whether within our lines or those of the enemy. 
 
 To the accomplishment of these ends, all Surgeons will 
 furnish to the Intelligence Office through the proper channels, 
 and with the least possible delay, a list of the sick and wounded 
 now in Hospital, and a list of the deaths among those who may 
 have been under their charge — giving the name, rank, Com- 
 pany and Regiment, — whether the death was caused by sick- 
 ness or wounds. In the case of a death in hospital, the date 
 of the admission of the deceased should be given. Hereafter, 
 weekly reports, embracing the above specified particulars must 
 be forwarded promptly to the Intelligence Office, through the 
 proper channels. 
 
 Immediately after an engagement. Commanding Officers 
 are required to forward direct to the Intelligence Office, with- 
 out waiting until their Official Reports can be made, a list of 
 the casualties in their Command; giving in addition to the 
 name, the rank, Company and Regiment, and the nature of the 
 wound. 
 
 Upon application by Mr. Thomas, accompanied by Sur- 
 geon's certificate of disability for field service, the requisite 
 number of men will be detailed for clerks in the Army Intelli- 
 gence office. 
 
 The Quartermaster's and Subsistence Departmenfs will 
 furnish to Mr. Thomas, upon his requisition, such supplies as 
 may be necessary. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gcn. E. Kirhy Smith. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant.General. 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-Miss. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 13th, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS ) 
 
 No. 54. I 
 
 I. All officers in the Department of Trans-Mississippi whose 
 commands are east of the Mississippi river, unless on duty un- 
 der orders from Department or District Head-Quarters, will 
 join their respective commands forthwith. 
 
 II. District Commanders will in their respective districts 
 relieve all Officers belonging to commands east of the Missis- 
 sippi, whose services can possibly be dispensed with, and order 
 them to join their proper commands without delay, reporting 
 their names to these Head-Quarters, and also the names of 
 those retained, together with the nature of the services in which 
 they are engaged. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
Head Quarters Dept. Trans-Miss. ) 
 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 14th, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 No. 55. ) 
 
 General Orders No. 12, current scries, from Department 
 
 Head Quarters, is modified to read as follows, — Applicants for 
 
 appointment in the Medical Staff of the Army, »who have 
 
 passed their examination and been assigned to duty, will be 
 
 paid upon the certificates of the Medical Directors to the facts, 
 
 and that the services have been rendered. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
Head Quarters Trans-Miss. IDept. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 18th, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 57. \ 
 
 I. The great abuse of authority by Officers, in impress- 
 ing wagons, teams, &c., belonging to persons changing their 
 homes, and the annoyance arising therefrom, demands the most 
 stringent orders on the subject ai^d their rigid enforcement. 
 
 Hereafter refugees with their property must not be inter- 
 fered with or molested, in any manner whatever, until they 
 have acquired a home. 
 
 Any violation of this order by an Officer or Agent of the 
 Government, will subject the offender to arraignment before, 
 and trial by, a General Court Martial. 
 
 II. Captain P. H. Thomson, Assistant Adjutant General, 
 is hereby assigned to duty at Department Head Quarters. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General, 
 
Head Quarters Trans-Miss. Dept. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Nov. 27th, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 58. > 
 
 I. Frequent instances having been brought to the knowl- 
 edge of the Commanding General, of Leaves of Absence and 
 Furloughs being granted" by Subordinate Commanders, — Here- 
 after no orders will be recognized separating an Officer or 
 Soldier from his Command, except in cases of sick soldiers in 
 General Hospitals, unless issued from Department or District 
 Head Quarters, or with the sanction of District Commanders. 
 
 Officers and Soldiers absent from their commands, whose 
 orders do not b.-ar the approval required by this order, will be 
 arrested and sent to their commands^ and the papers relating 
 to their cases forwarded to these Head Quarters. A rigid 
 scrutiny will be made in all cases, and the Officer who may 
 issue such irregular orders will subject himself to arrest and 
 trial. 
 
 11, Hereafter no transportation or commutation thereof 
 will be allowed to sick soldiers going on furlough, unless on 
 the approval of the Chief Medical Officers of the Field or 
 Hospital Service, attached to the Staff of District Commanders. 
 
 Ill Captain C. S. West, Assistant Adjutant General, is re- 
 lieved from duty as Assistant Inspector General, and announced 
 as Acting Judge Advocate General for the Trans-Mississippi 
 Department. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
Head Quarters Trans-Mississippi Department, 
 
 • SHREVEPORT, LA., NOV.- 28th, 1863. 
 
 (lieoei'al (Orders, 
 JVo. 59. 
 
 The foUowing notice relating;; to Paroled Prisoners is published for the. 
 information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, » 
 War Dep't, Richmond, Va., Oct. loth, 1S63. j 
 
 " LT. COL. N. G. WATTS,. Mobile, Ala. 
 
 " Sir: — All the prisoners taken at Port Hudson, and those paroled. 
 " by Gen. Banks, are free to go to duty. Neither our Government nor 
 " the Federals recognize the Parole. ***** 
 Resp'y. your ob't. serv't., 
 (Signed) ROBERT OULD, 
 
 Agent of Exchange. 
 
 In accordance with the above, all oflScers and enlisted men in the 
 Trans-Mississippi Department embraced in the foregoing notice, will 
 report immediately for duty. 
 By Command of 
 
 Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 Ass't. Adj't. Gen. 
 
Head Quarters Trans-Miss. Dept. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Dec. 3d, 1863. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS) 
 
 No. 60. 5 
 
 I. On the first day of each month, Officers of the Subsistence 
 Department will make a list of prices of the stores on hand, 
 which will be the ruling prices for the month for sales and for 
 invoices. The basis for these prices must be the average first 
 cost of the articles respectively. 
 
 If the articles received are of the tax in kind, their value will 
 be in accordance with the schedule of prices as arranged by 
 the Board of Commissioners for the State, appointed pursuant 
 to the Impressment Act, pifblished in General Orders No. 37, 
 Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Va., April 6, 
 1863. 
 
 II. For service with troops in the field, herders for beef cat- 
 tle, when required, will be obtained by details from the cavalry 
 force serving with the troops. 
 
 At depots, herders (non-conscripts) will be hired, and suitable 
 horses or mules and equipments for them obtained by transfer 
 from the Quartermaster's Department, when practicable. — 
 For this purpose, the Officer of the Subsistence Department in 
 charge of the depot shall make requisition on the local Officer 
 of the Quartermaster's Department having charge of the 
 kinds of property required, and, upon certificate of the latter 
 that it is not practicable to furnish them, the Officfer of the 
 Subsistence Department is authorized to purchase. The requi- 
 sition so certified shall be attached to the account for the ex- 
 penditures, as part of the voucher therefor. 
 
 ' III. The ration of fresh beef is one pound and a quarter for 
 the Trans-Mississippi Department. 
 
 The redtiction of the ration of sugar to six pounds per hun- 
 dred rations will go into effect on the first day of January, 1864. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
Head Quarters Trans-Miss. IDept. ) 
 Shreveport, La., Dec. 10th, 1863. ) 
 GENERAL ORDERS > 
 
 No. 6L 5 * 
 
 I. Major George Wi|iLrAMS0N, A. A. G-, is relieved as Assist- 
 ant Inspector General, and assigned to duty in the Office of the 
 Adjutant General, Department Headquarters. 
 
 II. Major Jko. A. Buckner, A. A. G., is assigned to duty in 
 the Inspector General's Department, and will report to CoK 
 Ben Allston, Inspector General 
 
 By command of 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirbt Smith. 
 S. S. ANDERSON, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
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