WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Mrgmj 0Uin, 
Washington, D. C., December 18, 18G8. 
CIRCULAR ORDERS, 
No. 6. 
The following order from the Quartermaster General's Office is pub- 
lished for the information of Medical Officers: 
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
Washington, D. C., March 25, 1867. 
Officers of the Quartermaster's Department, in charge of Government 
Trains returning from frontier or other remote points, are authorized, 
upon the requisition of Medical Officers, to furnish transportation by. such 
Trains for collections of specimens for the Army Medical Museum, when 
such transportation can be furnished without injury to the public service. 
D. II. RUCKER, 
Acting Quartermaster General, 
Brevet Major General, U. S. A. 
Medical Officers in turning over packages to the Quartermaster's De- 
partment for transportation will take receipts in duplicate, and will 
forward one of the receipts to the Surgeon General. All packages for 
the Museum should be plainly marked "Surgeon General, U. S. A., 
Washington, D. C.," with "Army Medical Museum" inscribed in the 
lower left hand corner. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 27. 
order of the Surgeon General: 
Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army.