GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 40. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, February 1, 1864. 
Paragraph 1422, Revised Army Regulations, is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
“Enlisted men who lose or dispose of revolver pistols entrusted to 
their care, will hereafter be charged twenty dollars in each case, that 
being the amount of pecuniary damage sustained by the United States 
as estimated by the Ordnance Department.” 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.