GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 118. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, May 9, 1863. 
Paragraph 1, of General Orders, No. 81, War Department, September 
19, 1861, so far as it sets forth that the actual traveling expenses of 
Volunteers, “ sent out to recruit for their Regiments,” when not fur- 
nished transportation in kind, shall be paid out of the fund for recruit- 
ing and equipping Volunteers, is not intended to apply to the transport- 
ation of officers and enlisted men when first proceeding to join the 
recruiting service, or when returning to their Regiments, after having 
been relieved from the recruiting service. Such transportation is a 
proper charge against the appropriation for the Quartermaster’s 
Department. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.