General Order Number 5

Creator:

Garnett, R. S., Adjutant General

Scope and content:

Written from Richmond, Virginia. Order discusses officers' obligations with regard to expenditures and record keeping.

Language:

English

Other descriptive data:

Hd Qrs Va Forces
Richmond, Va
April 29, 1861

General Orders
No. 5

The General commanding desires to impress upon all officers and agents employed in the military and naval service of the State, the necessity of observing the strictest economy and accountability, in the expenditure of public money, or in the use of the credit of the State.

No expenditures will be made unless duly authorized; nor will they assume the responsibility of incurring any expense, or of using the credit of the state, unless the necessities of the case are so clear and imperative as not to admit of the delay of referring to the proper authority.

Records + vouchers must be made + preserved for all expenditures or uses of the credit of the State, specifying the nature + necessity of the service of which they were made. They will keep all expenditures in the subsistence department (food for the men only) distinct from those of the Qr Master Dept. which embraces shelter for men and horses, transportation, forage, stationary + like subjects. As soon as the exigencies of the service will permit the officers and agents of the disbursing dept of the service will be supplied with the necesary blank forms for the proper performance of their duties.

By Command of Major General Lee
R. S. Garnett
Adjutant General

Subjects:

United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
Orders (military records)
Correspondence

Names:

Garnett, R. S., Adjutant General

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