Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ? 
No. 2. $ 
Richmond, Jan. 5, 1864. 
For the information of all concerned, and to correct prevalent misap- 
prehension, it is announced that there exists no mandatory provision ot 
law securing to Enrolled Conscripts the right to choose in what company 
or regiment they will serve. They cannot be assigned to companies from 
other States, and, in general, their wishes arc to be consulted as to the 
choice of companies, where no considerations for the good of the service 
intervene to prevent compliance. Assignments once made by Comman- 
dants of Conscripts, in good faith, in the exercise of their discretion, will 
not be considered as fit subjects for complaints. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector General. 
S. COOPER,