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REGULATIONS
RELATIVE TO
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AND JOB PRINTING.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON CITY, January 1, 1865.

The regulations of this Department, contained in the circulars dated April 8, May 20, June 20, and September 17, 1864, relative to newspaper advertising and job printing, are republished and modified as follows:

Advertising.
1. All advertisements or official newspaper publications of whatever nature, intended to be paid for by the War Department, must be reported to the Assistant Secretary of War in substantially the following form:

CHIEF Q.M.'S OFFICE, DEPOT OF WASHINGTON,
Washington, D. C., October 17, 1864.

SIR:
The enclosed advertisement, dated---, 186-, inviting proposals for 1,500,000 feet of white pine cullings, &c., has been sent to the following named newspapers for publication:
Washington "Chronicle," to insert daily till 29th instant.
Baltimore "Clipper," to insert daily till 29th instant.
Philadelphia "Press," to insert daily till 28th instant.
Philadelphia "North American," to insert daily till 28th instant.

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Brig. Gen., and Chief Quartermaster.

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Assistant Secretary of War.

A manuscript copy of the advertisement may be enclosed, or the report may be postponed, until a copy can be obtained and cut from some newspaper; but any officer who fails to report his advertisements when issued, or immediately after their first publication, will be held to a strict accountability for disobedience of orders.