Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, } 
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Richmond, Dec. 23, 1863. 
The attention of officers of the army is again directed to paragraph YII, 
General Orders, No. 28, requiring that in all recommendations for military 
appointments, the name of the state be given of which the person is. a 
citizen. No applications will hereafter receive attention, in which this 
rule is not observed. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.