The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 5. Page: 43
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UNION AUTHORITIES. 43
similar cases, as, for instance, in the case of discharges under General
Orders, No. 77, of 1865. There appears to be some misunderstanding
in regard to it. This does not change regulations and orders as to who
shall be mustered out and who discharged for disability, but only
applies General Orders, No. 36, of 1862, to partial payments, descrip-
tive lists, transportation, &c., of men discharged under General Orders,
No. 77, current series, and similar orders.
SAMUEL BRECK,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
(Copy to chief mustering officers.)
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 101. Washington, May 30, 1865.
RETENTION OF ARMS BY SOLDIERS ON BEING HONORABLY DIS-
CHARGED FROM SERVICE.
Upon an honorable muster out and discharge from the service of
the United States, all volunteer soldiers desiring to do so are hereby
authorized to retain their arms and accouterments on paying there-
for their value to the Ordnance Department.
The payments will be made, under the regulations of the Ordnance
Department, to the officer or representative thereof at the rendezvous
in the State to which the troops are ordered for payment and final
discharge.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
May 30, 1865.
GOVERNOR OF MAINE:
An order has been issued directing all volunteer artillery in the
Armies of the Potomac, Tennessee, and Georgia to be immediately
mustered out and discharged the service of the United States.
THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
(Copy for the Governors of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Kansas.)
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 102. Washington, May 31, 1865.
Department, district, post, and other commanding officers will make
such temporary details of officers and soldiers as may be required by
assistant commissioners of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands, and render them, or other officers of said Bureau,
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