GENERAL ORDERS, )         WAR DEPARTMENT,
                   \             Adjutant General's Office,
      No. 2:5.       }                Washington, January 16,1864.
  General Orders, No. S90, dated War Department, Adjutant General's
Office, Washington, December 8, 1863, is hereby revoked,  and the
following substituted therefor:
  The employment of persons of African  descent, male  or female, as
cooks or nurses, will be permitted in all U. S. General Hospitals.
  When so employed  they will receive ten dollars  per month and one
ration.   They will be  paid by the nearest Medical Disbursing Officer,
on rolls similar to  those used in  the payment of men of the Hospital
Corps.
  By order of the  Secretary of War:
                                        E. D.  TOWNSEND,
                                     Assistant  Adjutant General.
  Official :
Assistant Adjutant General. 
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