Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. 
Richmond, Oct. 5, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS, \ 
No. 133. $ 
I. The Chief of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is directed, through the 
officers of his bureau, to impress copper, coal, and such other minerals as 
may be needed for the use of the government. 
11. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current se- 
ries, is extended to officers of the conscription bureau. The payments 
authorized will be made out of the funds appropriated for the support of 
that bureau. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.