GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 52. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, March 30, 1865. 
Order in relation to furnishing Tobacco to Troops 
The Subsistence Department of the Army is hereby charged with 
furnishing tobacco to enlisted men of the Army, in accordance with 
section 6 of the act approved March 3, 1865, entitled "An act making 
appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending thirtieth 
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six," which provides "That the 
Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause tobacco 
to be furnished to the enlisted men of the Army at cost prices, exclusive 
of the cost of transportation, in such quantities as they may require, 
not exceeding sixteen ounces per month, and the amount due therefor 
shall be deducted from their pay, in the same manner as at present 
provided for the settlement of clothing accounts." 
order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.