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In addition to the lists thus furnished the ordinary military channels, the chiefs of staff departments at Washington will at once obtain from their subordinates similar lists, conveniently consolidated, and forward them to this Department.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
By command of Major-General Meade:
S. F. BARSTOW,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARTILLERY RESERVE,
May 13, 1865.Colonel S. F. BARSTOW,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac:
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that the Artillery Reserve is encamped near Fort Reynolds.
By command of Brigadier-General Hays:
CHAS. HUMPHREYS,
Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
May 13, 1865.Brevet Major-General WEBB,
Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report that this corps is camped near Four-Mile Run and on both sides of the Columbia pike. I desire to be informed as to what the limits of the ground I am to occupy are. If I am to extend up the Falls Church road the camp of the provost-marshal-general will require to be removed, as my troops are now inconveniently crowded.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHARLES GRIFFIN,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE JAMES,
Richmond, Va., May 13, 1865.Major-General ORD,
Commanding Department of Virginia:
GENERAL: Rations will not be issued to paroled Confederate officers or their families, except in cases where they have no means of subsistence and from sickness are unable to earn a living. All such cases must be critically examined and reported on. Efforts must be made to reduce issues as much as possible. All persons able to labor will be required to earn their own living.
Very respectfully,
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General, Commanding.
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