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"their stations" is distinctly limited to be "not allowed on ordinary journeys made within the limits of the District under the charge of the agents, and requires a special order in each case." This by no means meets the difficulty which embraces cases where no transportation is charged and where from the frequent and discretionary character of the journeys necessary no special order can be given for one more than another.

It is submitted that decisions of disbursing and auditing officers of the army should not always be enforced as conclusive authority concerning civilians, and regarding matters of duty of a nature wholly different from any required in the military service. 

It is true that every officer should do his full duty and not for other compensation than that for which he was engaged as an equivalent for the same, but the fact remains that the present system is a premium upon idleness and inefficiency. An officer who stays at his official station makes certain reports and carries out the appearance of duty in some