Lieutenant-General Pemberton has been instructed to the same effect. A copy of this letter will be sent to the commander of conscripts.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. SEDDON,.

HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF INSTRUCTIONS,
Enterprise, MISS., January 20, 1863.

Brigadier General J. V. HARRIS, Columbus, MISS.:

SIR: The above copy of letter to Governor Pettus just received from the War Department, and I instructed by Major [M. F.] Berry to transmit the same to you.

Respectfully,

ROBT C. MILLER,

Adjutant.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.] SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. STATE OF Mississippi, Numbers 271.
ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Jackson, January 19, 1863.

Major General T. C. TUPPER:

I. You will issue orders to the several commanders of companies, battalions, and regiments to retain in their commands all men under forty years of age who have been already detailed or volunteered in the service of the State.

Special Orders, Numbers 15, issued from headquarters of Lieutenant-General Pemberton, under instructions from Secretary of War, commands all men under forty years of age, now serving in Mississippi State organizations, will not be interfered with by enrolling officers until the disbanding of said organizations.

II. You will assemble the companies in the several counties in the State, and draft therefrom a sufficient number of men to fill each company now ordered into service to the number of 70, including commissioned officers, and cause all absentees to return immediately to their commands.

III. Your will order all field, company, and staff officers not in active service, and all white males between the ages of eighteen and FIFTY, who are either permanently or temporarily residing in the State, to be included in the draft, excepting such as may be liable to and have not been discharged from conscription.

All those discharged from conscription, and those discharged from State service by reason of surgeon's certificate, together with those who are exempt from conscription by act of Congress, are to be included in said draft, unless specially exempt by the laws of the State.

By order of John J. Pettus, Governor and Commander-in-Chief:

JONES S. HAMILTON,

Adjutant and Inspector General, State of Mississippi.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS. Numbers 152. Morton, August 10, 1863.

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II. The following rations will govern the issues to the Army of Mississippi from August 1, 1863, until otherwise ordered:

Bacon to the ration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pound. . . . . . 1/3

Bulk or salted pork to the ration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do. . . . . . . . 1/3

Fresh beef to the ration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do. . . . . . . . 1