The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 483
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
The commissioner will accompany the men to the camp, taking the
control of them, providing for their transportation by railroad or
steam-boat when practicable, and where it is necessary to march he
may provide a reasonable amount of transportation for the provisions
and baggage of the men. The expenses of transportation will be paid
by the Quartermaster's Department on duplicate bills, certified by the
commissioner.
The chief mustering officer of each State will immediately, in con-
formity with the regulations of the Subsistence Department, adver-
tise for separate proposals and make contracts for uncooked rations
for each camp, and will also immediately make their requisitions on
the Commissary-General for'funds to meet all subsistence for drafted
men while they remain at camp of rendezvous.
Until companies are organized the rations will be supplied on the
returns of the commander of each camp, and his receipt will be the
basis for a settlement with the contractor.
After organization into companies rations will be issued on returns
signed by the company commanders, and approved by the comman-
dant of the camp.
After being organized into regiments rations will be supplied to
the regimental quartermaster on regimental returns signed by him
and approved by the colonel, the regimental quartermaster being
charged with their distribution to the companies.
Cooking utensils and such other camp equipage and blankets as
can be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department will be supplied
as soon as possible by the U. S. quartermasters hereinafter named, on
the requisitions of the commandants of camps of rendezvous within
their respective districts, and will be issued by such commandants to
the men, as follows: Each man receiving a blanket will receipt for
the same, which receipt will be turned over by the commandant of the
camp of rendezvous to the quartermaster of his regiment as soon as
he shall be appointed, and he shall make the proper entry on his
account.
Camp equipage issued before the organization of companies will
be receipted for by the lance sergeant of the squad, and taken up by
the quartermaster of the regiment on his .return as soon as the regi-
ment is organized. When issued after the organization of a company
it will be receipted for by the captain and taken up in like manner.
It will be the duty of the officer of the U. S. Quartermaster's Depart-
ment to forward to the several camps of rendezvous as soon as possi-
ble camp and garrison equipage necessary for the first organization.
Arrangements now in progress will provide the uniform clothing,
which will not be issued to the soldiers until the organization of regi-
ments is completed.
As the sudden call for volunteers and militia has exhausted the
supply of blankets fit for military purposes in the market, and it
will take some time to procure by manufacture or importation a
sufficient supply, all citizens who may volunteer or be drafted are
advised to take with them to the rendezvous, if possible, a good stout
woolen blanket. The regulation military blanket is 84 by 66 inches
and weighs five pounds.
As all clothing, blankets, and shoes issued by the United States to
its troops are charged at average cost, and no soldier who furnishes
his own blanket is required to draw one, it is to his interest to supply
himself and thereby avoid much discomfort, as it is impossible for
the United States to supply all the troops immediately.483
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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/m1/492/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.