The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 247
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 86. Washington, July 23, 1862.
I. Descriptive lists and accounts of the pay, clothing, &c., of sol-
diers will never, where it can be avoided, be given into their own
hands. Such papers should be intrusted only to the officer or non-
commissioned officer in charge of the party with which they are.
II. Except in such cases as that of an ordnance sergeant, specially
assigned to duty at a post where there are no troops, and where he
cannot be regularly mustered, no soldier must be paid on a mere
descriptive list and account of pay and clothing, but only upon the
muster and pay roll of his company, detachment, or party, or on that
of a general hospital, if he be there sick or on duty. No payments
will therefore be made to enlisted men on furlough.
III. The giving in duplicate by any officer of the Army of certifi-
cates of discharge or final statements is peremptorily forbidden. (See
paragraph 165 of the Revised Regulations.) Not even if such papers
are lost or destroyed is any officer of the Army authorized to replace
them.
IV. The proper course to be pursued in such cases will be found
indicated in paragraph 1341 of the Revised Regulations, and is sub-
stantially as follows:
Application for payment in these cases must be made through the
Paymaster-General of the Army to the Second Comptroller of the
Treasury. The application must be accompanied by the soldier's
statement, under oath, that his final statements and certificate of dis-
charge are lost, destroyed, or have never been received by him; that
he has 'made diligent search or application for them; that they cannot
be recovered or obtained, and that he has not received pay on them,
nor assigned them to any other person.
All the circumstances of the case must be fully set forth in the
affidavit, and this again must be accompanied by all the evidence in
corroboration of his statement which the soldier can procure.
On receipt of this the Second Comptroller will audit the account,
and if satisfied with the evidence will order payment to the soldier
of the amount found justly due to him.
V. The attention of all officers of the Army, and particularly of
all company, regimental, and post commanders, surgeons in charge
of general hospitals, and paymasters, and of all soldiers discharged
from the service, who, from the want of their final statements and
certificates of discharge, are unable to procure a settlement of their
accounts with the Government, is specially directed to this order.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 23, 1862.
GOVERNORS OF LOYAL STATES:
SIRS: There is no doubt a large number of soldiers absent from the
Army on sick-leave who are abundantly able to rejoin their regiments,
but who are neglecting their duty and spending their time at home
among their friends.
The penalty of being considered deserters, prescribed in General
Orders, No. 65, is in many cases insufficient to induce these men to247
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/256/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.