Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
Richmond, Nov. 22, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ? 
No. 93. J 
I. The following Acts of Congress having been approved by 
the President, are published for the information of the Army: 
No. 2.—An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the Public Defence. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
sixth section of the act to provide for the public defence, approved on 
the 6th of March 1861, he amended by adding after the words “brigades 
into divisions,” the words “and divisions into army corps,” and such 
army corps shall be commanded by a lieutenant general, to be appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, 
who shall receive the pay of a brigadier general. [Approved September 
18, 1862. ]_ 
No. 3.—An ACT to authorize the appointment of additional Officers of Artillery 
for Ordnance Duties. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, may ap- 
point seventy officers of artillery in the provisional army, for the per- 
formance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the act 
entitled “an act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery in 
the provisional army,” approved April 21st, 1862, and that from the 
whole number of artillery officers appointed to discharge ordnance duties, 
there shall be one with the rank of lieutenant colonel for each command 
composed of more than one army corps, one with the rank of major for 
each anny corps composed of more than one division, and the residue 
with the rank of captain, and of first and second lieutenant, in such pro- 
portion as the President shall prescribe. [Approved September 16,1862.] 
No. 4.—An ACT in relation to the Transfer of Troops. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it 
shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to transfer any private or non- 2 
commissioned officer, who may be in a regiment from a state of this Con- 
federacy other than'his own, to a regiment from his own state, whenever 
such private or non-commissioned officer may apply for such transfer, 
and whenever such transfer can be made without injury to the public 
service; and the Secretary of War shall make regulations to facilitate 
such transfer: provided, that this act shall not apply to any one who has 
enlisted as a srrbstitute. [Approved September 23, 1862.] 
No. s.—An ACT to regulate the Rank of Officers of the Provisional Corps of 
Engineers. 
The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That the 
officers of the engineer corps of the provisional army may have rank 
conferred on them during the war, equal to that authorized by law for 
the engineer corps of the Confederate States army: provided, that the 
number of officers in each grade be limited to one colonel, three lieu- 
tenant colonels, six majors, fifty captains, thirty first lieutenants and 
twenty second lieutenants. [Approved September 23, 1862.] 
No. 6.—An ACT to increase the Signal Corps. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, may ap- 
point one major, ten first and ten second lieutenants in the signal corps, 
and that the Secretary of War may appoint twenty additional sergeants 
in the said corps. [Approved September 27, 1862.] 
No. 7.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to provide further for the Public 
Defence,” approved April 16,1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the 
military service of the Confederate States for three years, unless the war 
should have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of the 
Confederate States, between the ages of thirtyrfive and forty-five years, 
at the time the call or calls may be made, and who are not, at such time 
or times, legally exempted from military service, or such part thereof as 
in his judgment may be necessary to the public defence; such call or 
calls to be made under the provisions and according to the terms of the 
act to which this is an amendment; and such authority shall exist in the 
President, during the present war, as to all persons who now are, or may 
hereafter become eighteen years of age, and when once enrolled, all per- sons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five shall serve their full 
time: pi ovided, that if the President, in calling out troops into the ser- 
vice of the Confederate States, shall first call for only a part of the per- 
sons between the ages heretofore stated, he shall call for those between 
the ages of thirty-five .and any other age less than forty-five: provided, 
that nothing herein contained shall be understood as repealing or modi- 
fying any part of the act to which this is amendatory, except as herein 
expressly stated: and provided further, that those called out under this 
act, and the act to which this is an amendment, shall be first and imme- 
diately ordered to fill to their maximum number the companies, battalions, 
squadrons and regiments from the respective states, at the time the act to 
further provide for the public defence, approved 16th April 1862, was 
passed, and the surplus, if any, shall be assigned to organizations formed 
from each state since the passage of that act, or placed in new organiza- 
tions, to be officered by the state having such residue, according to the laws 
thereof, or disposed of as now provided by law : provided, that the Presi- 
dent is authorized to suspend the execution of this act, or the act to 
which this is an amendment, in any locality where he may find it im- 
practicable to execute the same, and that in such locality, and during 
said suspension, the President is authorized to receive troops into the 
confederate service, under any of the acts passed by the confederate 
congress prior to the passage of the act to provide further for the public 
defence, approved 16th April 1862. [Approved September 27, 1862.] 
No. B.—An ACT to better provide for tbe Sick and Wounded of the Army in 
Hospitals. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
commutation value of rations of sick and disabled soldiers, in the hospi- 
tals of the Confederate States, is hereby fixed at one dollar, instead of 
the commutation now allowed by law, which shall constitute the hospital 
fund, and be held by the commissary, and be paid over by him from time 
to time, to the surgeon or. assistant surgeon in charge of the hospital of 
which the soldier, whose ration was commuted, is an inmate, upon the 
said surgeon or assistant surgeon’s requisition, made in writing, when 
necessary to purchase supplies for said hospital; provided, however, when 
said fund for any one hospital shall increase over and above the monthly 
expenditures of the same, to an amount exceeding the sum of five thou 
sand dollars, the said commissary shall be required to deposit the said 
excess, over and above the said five thousand dollars, in the treasury of 
the Confederate States, or such other place of deposit where government 4 
moneys are ordered to be kept; which said deposits, when so made, shall 
he passed to the credit of the said Confederate States, and bo liable to 
draft as other public moneys are; and all such funds shall be accounted 
for by.the said commissary in his monthly report and abstract, as now 
required by law: and provided further, that all such surgeons and assis- 
tant surgeons who shall receive from the said commissary any part of 
said hospital fund, to be expended for the use of hospitals, shall be held 
liable for a faithful application of it, and in a weekly account and ab- 
stract, to be made out and forwarded to the office of the Surgeon General, 
to be verified in every instance by vouchers, shall show what disposi- 
tion has been made of it; which account, abstract, and accompanying 
vouchers, shall be placed on file. 
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed 
to make a contract with the several rail road companies and lines of 
boats, for the speediest practicable transportation of all supplies pur- 
chased for the use of hospitals by agents accredited by the surgeon or 
assistant surgeon in charge for that purpose, or donations by individuals, 
societies or states; and it shall be lawful for the Quartermaster General 
to furnish general transportation tickets to such agents upon all rail road 
trains and canal boats, when engaged in the actual service of said hospi- 
tals, upon the request of said surgeon or assistant surgeon. 
Sec. 3. That there shall be allowed to each hospital of the Confederate 
States, suits of clothing, consisting of shirts, pantaloons and drawers, 
equal to the number of beds in the same, for the use of the sick while 
in the hospitals, when so ordered by the surgeon or assistant surgeon in 
charge; which said clothing shall be drawn upon the written requisition 
of said surgeon or assistant surgeon, and shall be receipted for and kept 
as hospital clothing, and be accounted for as other public property. 
Sec. 4. That there be allowed to each hospital, with rations and suit- 
able places of lodging, the following matrons and female nurses and at- 
tendants, viz: Two matrons, to be known and designated as hospital 
matrons in chief, at a salary not to exceed forty dollars per month each, 
whose general duties shall be to exercise a' superintendence over the en- 
tire domestic economy of the hospital; to take charge of such delicacies 
as may be provided for the sick; to apportion them out as required; to 
see that the food or diet is properly prepared; and all such other duties 
as may be necessary. Two matrons, to be known and designated as 
assistant matrons, whose general duties shall be to superintend the laun- 
dry; to take charge of the clothing of the sick; the bedding of the hos- 
pital ; to see that they are kept clean and neat, and perform such other 5 
duties as may be necessary, at a salary not to exceed thirty-five dollars 
per month each. Two matrons for each ward, at a salary not to exceed 
thirty dollars per month each, to be known and designated as ward ma- 
trons, whose general duties shall be to prepare the beds and bedding of 
their respective wards; to see that they are kept clean and in order; that 
the food or diet for the sick is carefully prepared and furnished to them; 
the medicine administered; and that all patients requiring careful nursing 
are attended to, and all such other duties as may be necessary. And all 
surgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of a hospital are hereby autho- 
rized to employ such other nurses, either male or female, as may be ne- 
cessary to the proper care and attention of the sick, at a salary each not 
to exceed twenty-five dollars per month; and also the necessary cooks, 
at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month each; and one 
ward master for each ward, at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars 
per month each; giving' preference in all cases to females where their 
services may best subserve the purpose; and in the event a sufficient 
number of such nurses and ward masters cannot be employed not liable 
to military service, and it shall become necessary to assign to this duty 
soldiers in the service, then, upon the requisition of such surgeon or 
assistant surgeon in charge of such hospital, the soldier or soldiers so 
assigned, who are skillful and competent, shall be permanently detailed 
to this duty, and shall only be removable for neglect or inattention, by 
the surgeon or assistant surgeon in charge: provided, in all cases, that 
all other attendants and servants, not herein provided for, necessary to 
the service of said hospital, shall be allowed, as now provided by law. 
Sec. 5. That the hospitals of the Confederate States shall hereafter be 
known and numbered as hospitals of a particular state; and in all cases 
where the same can be done without injury to the patients or great incon- 
venience to the government, all sick or wounded soldiers, being citizens 
or residents of such particular state, shall be sent to such hospitals as 
may represent the same, and to such private or state hospitals represent- 
ing the same, which may be willing to receive them. 
Sec. 6. That all persons authorized to be employed by section 4th of 
this act, who are not engaged in the military service, and whose pay is 
not now provided for by law, shall be paid monthly by any quarter- 
master or other person authorized to pay troops in the military service, 
upon a muster or pay roll, to be made out and certified to by the surgeon 
or assistant having in charge the hospital or hospitals in which said per- 
sons have been employed. 
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in such way 6 
and manner as he may deem best, and under such rules and regulations 
as he may prescribe, to enter into and perfect some suitable arrangement 
with the rail road companies, their officers or authorized agents, whereby 
seats in one or more cars of each rail road train, as the necessities of the 
case may be, shall be reserved for the use of the sick and wounded sol- 
diers who may desire transportation on any such rail road, and that no 
person not sick .or wounded, and not an attendant upon the sick or 
wounded, shall be permitted to enter any such car or cars so reserved, 
until the said sick and wounded and their attendants shall first have ob- 
tained seats ; and, also, shall perfect some arrangement with the said rail 
road companies, their officers or agents, whereby all conductors having in 
charge any such trains, shall be required to provide for the use of the sick 
and wounded' in the cars so reserved, a sufficient quantity of pure water. 
Sec. 8. That all surgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of a hos- 
pital, having in his or their charge any sick or wounded soldier, desiring 
transportation as aforesaid, shall, in all cases, detail some competent per- 
son, acting under his or their authority, whose duty it shall be to accom- 
pany all such sick and wounded to the depot of any such rail road, to 
see that all such are properly cared for, and that they obtain seats in the 
said car or cars so reserved. [Approved September 27, .1862.] 
No. 9.—An ACT to amend the “act to authorize payment to be made for certain 
Horses purchased for the Army by Colonel A. W. McDonald,” approved August 
21st, 1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
above recited act be amended so as to insert after the word “horses,” 
wherever it occurs in said act, the words “and cavalry equipments.” 
[Approved September 30, 1862.] 
No. 10.—An ACT to enable the President of the Confederate States to provide the 
means of Military Transportation, by the construction of a Rail Road between 
Blue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia. 
Whereas the Confederate States are engaged in a war, the extent of 
which has no parallel in modern history, and the President, by his mes- 
sage of the 24th September 1862, to the congress, has recommended the 
importance of constructing a rail road between Blue mountain, in Cal- 
houn county, Alabama, and Rome, in the state of Georgia, as a means of 
transportation needful for the public defence, and the construction of 
which is also strongly recommended by the general in command of the 
military district in which said road is situated; Therefore, 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 7 
President be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make all 
contracts, embracing such terms and provisions as he may deem expe- 
dient to effect a speedy construction and completion of the link of rail 
road aforesaid, with the several rail road companies whose charters extend 
over said line, in the manner he may think best calculated to promote the 
public interest and provide for the public defence. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That to enable the President to accom- 
plish the object herein contemplated, the sum of one million one hundred 
and twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-two 
cents, in the bonds of the Confederate States, is hereby appropriated, to 
be issued and applied by the order of the President, at such times and in 
such sums as he may deem proper; and that the President be directed to 
take a mortgage on said road and its appurtenances for the ultimate re- 
payment of the money so expended, with interest at eight per centum 
per annum, in aid of its construction. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
No. 11.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “an act providing for the appointment of 
Adjutants of Regiments and Legions of the grade of Subaltern, in addition to the 
Subalterns attached to Companies,” approved August 3ist, 1861. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
provisions of said act shall be extended so as to apply to independent 
battalions, and that on the recommendation of the commander of any 
such battalion, an adjutant of the grade of subaltern may be appointed 
by the President for said battalion, who is not attached as subaltern to 
said battalion, and that said adjutant, when so appointed, shall have the 
same rank, pay and allowance as are provided by law for adjutants of 
regiments. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
No. 12.—-An ACT supplemental to “an act authorizing the Secretary of War to 
grant Transfers,” approved September 23,1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That when- 
ever the Secretary of War shall grant transfers agreeable to the above act 
to any soldier now in the service, he shall furnish transportation also. 
[Approved October 2, 1862.] 
j^0 13.—An ACT to empower certain persons to administer Oaths in certain cases. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
oath required to enable sick, wounded, or other soldiers to receive their 
pay, may bo taken before any quartermaster, who is hereby authorized 
to administer the same, or before any justice of the peace having jurisdic- 8 
tion, or any other officer having the right by the laws of the state to ad- 
minister oaths. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
No. 14.—An ACT supplementary to “ an act concerning thp Pay and Allowances 
due to deceased Soldiers,” approved February 15th, 1862; and to provide for the 
prompt settlement of Claims for arrearages of Pay, Allowances and Bounty due 
deceased Officers and Soldiers. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That claims 
due to deceased non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, allow- 
ances and bounty, may be audited and paid without the necessities of the 
parties entitled producing a pay roll from the captain or commanding 
officer, when there is other official evidence of the amount due satisfac- 
tory to the Second Auditor, under such regulations as he has or may pre- 
scribe, with the approval of the Secretary of War. 
Sec. 2. The claims of deceased commissioned officers shall be paid to 
their heirs or representatives in the same manner as similar claims of non- 
commissioned officers and privates are now, or may be directed by law to 
be paid; and to assist the Second Auditor in more effectually carrying out 
the provisions of this act and other pressing business of his office, the 
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint an experienced ac- 
countant, who, with the chief clerk, shall have authority to sign and attest 
such official business as said auditor shall approve and direct. 
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ 
in the office of the Second Auditor as many additional temporary clerks 
as ho may think necessary, to assist said auditor in the settlement of the 
claims of deceased officers and soldiers, the compensation of said clerks 
to be four dollars per day, and without any addition whatever, for every 
day they shall be so actually engaged, except one, whose annual com- 
pensation shall be fifteen hundred dollars, the others to be paid weekly 
at the treasury, upon a certificate of service of said auditor. 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage, and the third section 
shall continue in force for twelve months and no longer. [Approved 
October 3, 1862.] 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
sixth section of an act to provide for the public defence, approved March 
Cth, 1862, be so amended as to authorize the President to organize divi- 
sions of the provisional army of the Confederate States into army corps, 
and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint officers 
to the command thereof. [Approved October 6, 1862.] 
No. 15.—An ACT to provide for the organization of Army Corps. 9 
No. 16.—An ACT to authorize the establishment of Camps of Instruction and the 
appointment of Officers to command the same. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is authorized to establish camps of instruction, for 
persons enrolled for military service, at such places and in such numbers 
in the several states, as he may deem necessary, and to appoint, by and 
with the advice and consent of the senate, officers in the provisional 
army, with the rank and pay of major, to superintend and command the 
same. [Approved October 8, 1862.] 
No. 17.—An ACT to repeal the law authorizing commutation for Soldiers’ Clothing, 
and to require Clothing to be furnished by the Secretary of War in kind. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so 
much of the existing law as provides commutation for clothing to the 
soldiers in the service of the Confederacy, be and the same is hereby re- 
pealed; and hereafter the Secretary of War shall provide in kind to the 
soldiers respectively, the uniform clothing prescribed by the regulations 
of the army of the Confederate States; and should any balance of cloth- 
ing be due to any soldier at the end of the year, the money value of such 
balance shall be paid to such soldier, according to the value of such 
clothing, fixed and announced by order from the War Department. [Ap- 
proved October 8, 1862.] 
No. 18.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “ an act for the Organization of the 
Staff Departments of the Army of the Confederate States of America,” approved 
March 14tb, 1861. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
first section of the act entitled “an act for the organization of the staff 
departments of the army of the Confederate States of America,” ap- 
proved March 14th, 1861, be amended by adding to the Adjutant and 
Inspector General’s Department, one assistant adjutant general, with the 
rank of colonel. [Approved October Bth, 1862.] 
No. 19.—An ACT to organize Military Courts to attend the Army of the Con- 
federate States in the Field, and to define the Powers of said Courts. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
courts shall be organized, to bo known as military courts, one to attend 
each army corps in the field, under the direction of the President. Each 
court shall consist of three members, two of whom shall constitute a 10 
quorum, ami each member shall be entitled to the rank and pay of a 
colonel of cavalry, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice of the senate, and shall hold his office during the war, 
unless the court shall be sooner abolished by congress. For each court 
there shall be one judge advocate, to be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the senate, with the rank and pay of 
a captain of cavalry, whose duties shall be as prescribed by the rules and 
articles of war, except as enlarged or modified by the purposes and pro- 
visions of this act, and who shall also hold his office during the war, 
unless the court shall be sooner abolished by the congress; and in case 
of the absence or disability of the judge advocate, upon the application 
of the court, the commander of the army corps to which such court is 
attached, may appoint or detail an officer to perform the duties of judge 
advocate,, during such absence or disability, or until the vacancy, if any, 
shall be filled by the President. 
Sec. 2. Each court shall have the right to appoint a provost marshal, 
to attend its sittings and execute the orders of the court, with the rank 
and pay of a captain of cavalry; and also a clerk, who shall have a 
salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, who shall keep 
the record of the proceedings of the court, and shall reduce to writing 
the substance of the evidence in each case, and file the same in court. 
The provost marshal and the clerk shall hold their offices during the 
pleasure of the court. Each member and officer of the court shall take 
an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of his office to the best of 
his skill and ability, without fear, favor, or reward, and to support the 
constitution of the Confederate States. Each member of the court, the 
judge advocate and the clerk, shall have the power to administer oaths. 
Sec. 3. Each court shall have power to adopt rules for conducting 
business and for the trial of causes, and to enforce the rules adopted, and 
to punish for contempt, and to regulate the taking of evidence, and to 
secure the attendance of witnesses, and to enforce and execute its orders, 
sentences, and judgments, as in cases of courts martial. 
Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of each court shall extend to all offences now 
cognizable by courts martial under the rules and articles of war and the 
customs of war, and also to all offences defined as crimes by the laws of 
the Confederate States or of the several states, and when beyond the ter- 
ritory of the Confederate States, to all cases of murder, manslaughter 
arson, rape, robbery and larceny, as defined by the common law, when 
committed by any private or officer in the army of the Confederate States, 
against any other private or officer in the army, or against the property or 11 
person of any citizen or other person within the army; provided, said 
courts shall not have jurisdiction of offenders above the grade of colonel. 
For offences cognizable by courts martial, the court shall, on conviction, 
inflict the penalty prescribed by the rules and articles of war, and in the 
manner and mode therein mentioned; and for offences not punishable by 
the rales and articles of war, but punishable by the laws of the Confede- 
rate States, said court shall inflict the penalties prescribed by the laws of 
the Confederate States; and for offences against which penalties are not 
prescribed by the rules and articles of war, nor by the laws of the Con- 
federate States, but for which penalties are prescribed by the laws of a 
state, said court shall inflict the punishment prescribed by the laws of the 
state in which the offence was committed; provided, that in cases in 
which, by the laws of the Confederate States or of the state, the punish- 
ment is by fine or by imprisonment, or by both, the court may, in its dis- 
cretion, inflict any other punishment less than death; and for the offences 
defined as murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, robbery and larceny, by 
the common law, when committed beyond the territorial limits of the 
Confederate States, the punishment shall be in the discretion of the court. 
That when an officer under the grade of brigadier general, or private, 
shall be put under arrest for any offence cognizable by the court herein 
provided for, notice of his arrest and of the offence with which he shall 
be charged, shall be given to the judge advocate by the officer ordering 
said arrest, and he shall be entitled to as speedy a trial as the business 
before said court will allow. 
Sec. 5. Said courts shall attend the army, shall have appropriate quar- 
ters within the lines of the army, shall be always open for the transaction 
of business, and the final decisions and sentences of said courts in con- 
victions shall be subject to review, mitigation and suspension, as now 
provided by the rules and articles of war in cases of courts martial. 
Sec. 6. That during the recess of the senate the President may appoint 
the members of the courts and the judges advocate provided for in the 
previous sections, subject to the confirmation of the senate at its session 
next ensuing said appointments. [Approved October 9, 1862.] 
No. 20.—An ACT to provide Shoes for the Army. 
'Pile Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized, on the requisition of the Quar- 
termaster General, to detail from the army persons skilled in the manu- 
facture of shoes, not to exceed two thousand in number; and it shall be 
the duty of the Quartermaster General to place them, without delay, at 12 
suitable points in shops, under proper regulations prescribed by him, and 
employ them diligently in the manufacture of shoes for the army. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That soldiers detailed under the provi 
sions of this act shall be entitled to receive pay for extra duty, and also 
thirty-five cents per pair for shoes manufactured by them severally, in 
addition to regular pay and rations. [Approved October 9, 1882.] 
No. 21.—An ACT to authorize the President to accept and place in the Service cer- 
tain Regiments and Battalions heretofore raised. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, whenever in 
his opinion the public good would be promoted thereby, to receive into 
the service regiments or battalions which have been organized in good 
faith prior to the Ist day of October 1862, under authority or by direction 
of the Secretary of War, or any general officer of the government, 
although said regiments or battalions may be composed in part of per- 
sons between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years: provided, that 
this authority shall not extend to regiments or battalions organized after 
the said Ist day of October 1862, except in those states and locations 
where the conscript law may be suspended. 
Sec. 2. That the President be and he is hereby authorized and em- 
powered, whenever in his opinion it would promote the public good, to 
receive into service regiments or battalions which have been heretofore 
organized of conscripts by a general officer in any of the states lying 
west of the Mississippi river. 
Sec. 3. That all companies, battalions and regiments of infantry raised 
or organized before the first day of December next, within the limits of 
Middle and West Tennessee, to be composed of residents of said districts, 
may be accepted by the President, when in his opinion the public interest 
will be promoted thereby, and said troops shall be allowed to elect their 
owp officers for the first election, after which all vacancies shall be filled 
by the President under the act, and the acts amendatory of the same, 
providing for the public defence, passed 16th of April 1862, and also such 
counties in North Carolina lying east of the line of the Wilmington and 
Weldon rail road as are beyond the lines of the army and exposed to the 
incursions of the enemy. [Approved October 11, 1862.] 13 
No. 22.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to raise an additional Military 
Force to serve during the war,” approved Bth May 1861, and to provide for raising 
Forces in the States of Missouri and Kentucky. 
The Congress of the Confederate, States of America do enact, That the 
first and second sections of the act to which this is an amendment, are 
hereby declared to have full force and effect in those states and districts 
in which the President may, under the law, suspend the provisions of the 
acts providing for the enrollment of persons for military service, or when 
said acts cannot be enforced by reason of the occupation of the enemy: 
provided, that the troops received under the sections of said act shall be 
received for three years or for the war. 
Sec. 2. That the President may, in cases when in his opinion the pub- 
lic interest requires that he should do so, appoint major and brigadier 
generals with their appropriate staffs, and also the field, company and 
staff officers to regiments, battalions, companies or squadrons, before the 
same are organized, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; 
and if said regiments, battalions, companies or squadrons are not reported 
as complete within a reasonable time, the President may, in his discre- 
tion, vacate the commissions of said officers, who shall be entitled to the 
pay of their respective grades, from the date of their respective appoint- 
ments until their commissions are vacated; and that companies of in- 
fantry shall consist of at least one hundred and twenty-five rank and file, 
companies of artillery of at least one hundred and fifty rank and file; 
and companies of cavalry of at least eighty rank and file. [Approved 
October 11, 1862.] 
No. 23.—An ACT amendatory of an act entitled “ an act providing for the granting 
of Bounties and Furloughs to Privates and Non-Commissioned Officers in the 
Provisional Army,” approved December 11, 1861. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
above recited act be so amended as to secure to all soldiers and non-com- 
missioned officers who shall have entered the armies of the Confederate 
States for three years or during the war, the bounty of fifty dollars, as 
therein provided, although such soldier or non-commissioned officer may 
have been killed in battle, died, or been honorably discharged before the 
expiration of the first year’s service of his term, to be paid as other ar- 
rearages. [Approved October 11, 1862.] 14 
No. 24.—An ACT to authorize the President to make certain appointments during 
the recess of the Senate. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amerika do enact, That the 
President he and he is hereby authorized to fill by appointment all offices 
created, and all vacancies which may have occurred during the present 
session of congress: provided, that Said appointments shall, at the next 
session of congress, be submitted to the senate for its advice and consent: 
and provided further, that said appointments shall expire, unless con- 
firmed during the next session of the senate. [Approved Oct’r 13,1862.] 
No. 25.—An ACT to regulate and fix the pay of Cadets in the service of the 
Confederate States. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
pay of cadets in the service of the Confederate States shall be the same 
as second lieutenants of the arm of service to which they are attached. 
[Approved October 13, 1862.] 
No. .26.—An ACT to relieve the Army of disqualified, disabled and incompetent 
Officers. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
whenever, in the judgment of the general commanding a department, 
the good of the service and the efficiency of his command require it, he 
is authorized, and it is hereby made his duty, to appoint an examining 
board, to be composed of officers of a rank at least as high as that of the 
officers whose qualifications it is proposed to enquire into, which board 
shall immediately proceed to examine into the cases of such officers as 
may be brought to their attention, for the purpose of determining their 
qualifications for the discharge of the duties properly appertaining to their 
several positions. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever such examining board 
shall determine that any officer is clearly unfit to perform his legitimate 
and proper duties, or careless and inattentive in their discharge, then the 
said board shall communicate their decision, together with the full report 
of their proceedings in the case, to the general commanding the depart- 
ment in which the examination shall have been held, who shall, if he ap- 
prove the finding of %ie board, be authorized to suspend the officer who 
has been pronounced unfit for his position, and shall immediately trans- 
mit to the Secretary of War the decision and proceedings of the examin- 
ing board, with its own action and opinion endorsed thereon: provided, 
that such officer shall be entitled to be heard and to call witnesses in his 
defence. 15 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, if he ap- 
prove the finding of the hoard and the action of the general command- 
ing the department, shall lay the same before the President, who is autho- 
rized to retire honorably, without pay or allowances, or to drop from the 
army, as the circumstances of the case may warrant and the good of the 
service require, the officer who has been found unfit for his position. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in order to secure reliable informa- 
tion of the efficiency and competency of officers, it is hereby made the 
duty of each officer commanding a regiment, separate battalion, company, 
battery or squadron, to make to his immediate commanding officer, who 
shall transmit the same to the brigadier general commanding, a monthly 
report in tabular form, a copy whereof shall be retained by the reporting 
officer, subject to the inspection of all officers interested therein, contain- 
ing a list of all commissioned officers of such regiment, separate batta- 
lion, company, battery or squadron, in which shall be stated the number 
of days each officer has been absent from his command, with or without, 
or on sick leave; the number of times each officer has been observed to 
have been absent from his command, when on march or in action; when 
and where each officer has been observed to have performed signal acts 
of service; when and where negligent in the performance of duty, and 
inattentive to the security and economy of public property; printed blank 
forms of which said reports shall be furnished by the Secretary of War 
for the use of the officers whose duty it is made to make such reports. 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever any officer of a company, 
battalion, squadron or regiment, shall have been dropped or honorably 
retired in accordance with the provisions of this act, then the officer next 
in rank shall be promoted to the vacancy, if competent, such competency 
to be ascertained as provided in the first and second sections of this act; 
and if not competent, then the next officer in rank shall be promoted; 
and so on until all the commissioned officers of the company, battalion, 
squadron or regiment, shall have been gone through with; and if there 
be no officer of the company, battalion, squadron or regiment, competent 
to fill the vacancy, then the President shall, by and with the advice and 
consent of the senate, fill the same by appointment: provided, that the 
officer appointed shall be from the same state as that to which the com- 
pany, battalion, squadron or regiment belongs: and provided further, 
that nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the power 
heretofore conferred upon the President by existing laws to fill any va- 
cancy by the promotion of officers or the appointment of privates “ dis- 
tinguished in the service by the exhibition of extraordinary valor and 
skill;” and provided further, that vacancies arising under the operation 16 
of this act in regiments or battalions which were organized under the 
laws of a state for the war, or for a period not yet expired, shall he filled 
as in case of death or resignation. [Approved October 13, 186*2.] 
No. 27.—An ACT to authorize the grant of Medals and Badges of Distinction as a 
reward for Courage and Good Conduct in the Field of Battle. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized to bestow medals with proper 
devices upon such officers of the armies of the Confederate States, as 
shall be conspicuous for courage and good conduct in the field of battle; 
and also to confer a badge of distinction upon one private or non-com- 
missioned officer of each company after every signal victory it shall have 
assisted to achieve. The non-commissioned officers and privates of the 
company, who may be present in the first dress parade thereafter, may 
choose by a majority of their votes, the soldier best entitled to receive 
such distinction, whose name shall be communicated to the President by 
commanding officers of the company; and if the award fall upon a de- 
ceased soldier, the badge thus awarded him shall be delivered to his 
widow; or if there be no widow', to any relation the President may ad- 
judge entitled to receive it. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
No. 28.—An ACT to authorize the formation of Volunteer Companies for Local 
Defence. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That for 
the purpose of local defence in any portion of the Confederate States, any 
number of persons not less than twenty, who are over the age of forty- 
five years, or otherwise not liable to military duty, may associate them- 
selves as a military company, elect their own officers and establish rules 
and regulations for their own government, and shall be considered as be- 
longing to the provisional army of the Confederate States, serving with- 
out pay or allowances, and entitled, when captured by the enemy, to all 
the privileges of prisoners of war: provided, that such company shall, as 
soon as practicable, transmit their muster roll, or a list of the names of 
the officers and privates thereof, to the governor of the state, the com- 
manding general of the department, or any brigadier general in the 
state or confederate service, to be forwarded to the Secretary of War; 
but the President or the commander of the military district may, at any 
time, disband such companies: provided, that in the states and districts 
in which the act entitled “ an act to further provide for the public defence,” 
approved April 16th, 1862, and the acts amendatory thereof, have been 17 
suspended, persons of any age, resident within such states or districts, 
may volunteer and form part of such companies so long as such suspen- 
sion may continue: provided, that no person shall become a member of 
said company until he shall have first taken the oath of allegiance to the 
Confederate States of America in writing, a copy of which shall be filed 
with the muster roll of said company as above prescribed. [Approved 
October 13, 1862.] 
Ko. 29.—An ACT to increase and regulate the appointment of General Officers ip 
the Provisional Army. 
The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and 
consent of the senate, to appoint twenty general officers in the provisional 
army, and to assign them to such appropriate duties as he may deem ex- 
pedient. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.