WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, March 3, 1864. 
Memorandum. 
General Orders, No. 76, dated February 26, 1864, applies to soldiers 
convicted only of desertion, and does not relate to persons convicted of 
other crimes. The latter class will be punished according to their 
respective sentences. 
By order of the Secretary of War : 
W. A. NICHOLS, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.