Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 27, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS, \ 
No. 103. J 
I. When the supply of salt is adequate, and fresh meat is issued oftener 
than thrice a week, the salt ration will he fixed at three quarts to the hun- 
dred rations. 
11. Commanding officers have no authority to alter or fix the ration 
established by the Secretary of War. 
HI. Quartermasters at supply depots will respect the requisitions, 
made by quartermasters receiving taxes in kind, for grain sacks. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.