Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, ? 
No. ]49. £ 
Richmond, Nov. 19, 1863. 
I. The pay and allowances of men detailed for work (except for govern- 
ment work) will cease during such detail, and in lieu thereof, lull wages 
will be paid them by the persons or parties to whom they are ordered to 
report. 
•G- The attention of all commanding officers, whose duty it may be to 
examine the Abstracts of Issues of Commissaries or Assistant Commis- 
saries of Subsistence, is particularly directed to General Orders, No. 12, 
March 10th, 1802. These commanding officers will also see that only the 
number of enlisted men actually present on duty are included in “ pro- 
vision returns;” and that if any change takes place in that number 
during the period drawn for, that a corresponding allowance is duly made 
in the next subsequent return, and also that the provisions drawn are well 
taken care of and economically used. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector General. 
S. COOPER,