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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA.
MOBILE, ALA., December 19th, 1865.

CIRCULAR
No. 3.

Telegraphic communication having passed from under control of the military authorities in this Department, the attention of District Commanders is invited to the practice of strict economy in the transmission of messages by that means. (See Paragraph 1142, and Appendix. B. Page 516, Revised Army Regulations, 1863.)

By order of Brevet Major General CHAS. R. WOODS,

FRED. H. WILSON, A.A.G.

Official: 
Fred H. Wilson.
Assistant Adjutant General.