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0982 2 authorizing such use. This order will not apply to officers entitled to be mounted, under General Orders, No. 277, Adjutant General's Office, of August 8, 1863. The Quartermaster Department will furnish the necessary transportation by ambulance for the sick and wounded, upon the requisition of the medical officer, and in light or spring wagons, for disbursing officers, when necessary, as provided by General Orders, No. 178, Adjutant General's Office, August 8, 1863, upon the requisition of such officer, approved by the commanding officer. The means of transportation thus provided will remain in charge of the Quartermaster Department, and will be returned to that department when the special journey for which it was furnished has been performed. V.. All means of transportation at all posts, stations, and with commands, in excess of the actual and urgent requirements thereof, will be immediately turned over to the nearest quartermaster depots, and the chief quartermaster of each military department or district will immediately inspect personally, or cause to be inspeeted by suitable officers under this direction, the means of transportation at the several posts, stations, or commands within his department or district, and cause to be turned in to the nearest depot any excess found at such posts, stations or commands, beyond the urgent and necessary wants thereof. In cases where this duty is neglected, commanding officers and inspectors will make a special report to the Quartermaster General. VI.. Every order issued by any military authority, which may case any expenditure in the Quartermaster Department, shall be given in writing, and one copy thereof immediately forwarded, by the officer receiving the order, to the Quartermaster General, and one copy filed by the disbursing office, with his voucher for the disbursement. If the expenditure is disallowed, it will be charged to the officer who ordered it. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General.
