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FORM 9.

Special requisition on the Quartermaster's Department for medical and hospital supplies required at

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I certify that the medicines above required are necessary for the sick at, in consequence of, [here state whether from loss, damage, &c., &c.,] and that the requisition is agreeable to the Supply Table, and that recourse cannot be had to a Medical Purveyor or Storekeeper in time to meet the emergency.

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Account for medicines, &c., purchased by an officer of the Quarter

master's Department.

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are agree

I certify that the articles above charged for the use of the sick at able to the foregoing requisition, and that the charges are reasonable and just.

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NOTE.-The above certificate may be signed by the Surgeon making the requisition, or by any Surgeon or Assistant-Surgeon belonging to the army.

Signed triplicates.

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I certify on honor that this return is correct, and that the surgical instruments were issued to me by for my personal use, agreeably to the regulations for the Medical Department of the army.

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NOTE.-The true condition of each instrument must be stated, and if any be lost or damaged a report of the facts and circumstances attending such loss or damage must be given. A duplicate of this return is required.

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I. It is provided, by Act of Congress, that soldiers discharged from the Army of the United States within two years from the date of their enlistment by reason of wounds received in battle, shall be entitled to receive the same bounty as is granted to those discharged after two years' service.

Medical Officers are accordingly directed, in making out the papers of soldiers discharged under such circumstances, to endorse upon both the Final Statements and the Discharge the fact that the disability is by reason of wounds received in battle, and to sign such endorsement with their official signature.

II. Hereafter in giving Discharges to officers and soldiers on account of disability, their discharge papers must always state whether, at the time of discharge, the officer or soldier was or was not physically suitable to enter or re-enlist in the Invalid Corps.

III. From and after the 30th instant, the envelopes of all official communications addressed to the heads of bureaux of the War Department having the franking privilege, must be marked "Official," with the signature thereto of the officer writing the communication. Postage stamps are not required on such communications. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND,

Surgeon-General.

CIRCULAR No. 10.

Surgeon-General's Office,

Washington, July 15, 1863.

Surgeons in charge of U. S. Hospitals will forward to this Office, without delay, rolls of all Prisoners of War now inmates of their hospitals, or who may be hereafter received as such.

These rolls will contain the names, rank, company, and regiment of the prisoners, and the time and place of their capture. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND,

CIRCULAR No. 11.

Surgeon-General.

Surgeon-General's Office,

Washington, July 25, 1863.

In the examination of soldiers for the "Invalid Corps," Surgeons in charge of Hospitals and Convalescent Camps will be guided by the following instructions, in addition to orders already issued by the War Department:

Whenever a Board is ordered to a Hospital or Convalescent Camp for the purpose of examining men for the Invalid Corps, all Medical Officers thereat will furnish every facility to the Board in the prosecution of its duties-giving, in every case, such information as may be in their power to give concerning the Mil tary History and Records of those under their charge.

Clerical aid will be furnished to the Boards, upon their request, from soldiers in Hospital, by the Surgeon in charge.

These Boards being governed in their duties by General Orders from the War Department, and special instructions from the Provost-Marshal-General, no obstruction will be offered to the prompt performance of their duty; and Medical Officers will in no case interfere with or attempt to assume control over the Board, or any

individual member thereof.

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The attention of Medical Officers is called to the virtues of Permanganate of Potassa as a disinfectant and deodorizer.

A preparation of this salt in solution is supplied by the Medical Department. Medical Officers are directed to make proper requisitions therefor upon Medical Purveyors whenever its use may be indicated; and Medical Purveyors and Storekeepers are directed to keep a stock on hand by making timely requisition on this Office.

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Surgeons in charge of Hospitals are informed that they may procure a substitute for Port Wine, for the use of the sick, by making proper requisition therefor.

In consequence of the impossibility of procuring pure Port Wine of the grade formerly issued to the Army, an article of Tarragona wine has been adopted for issue instead.

This wine is light, dry, and adstringent, and is the pure juice of the grape, purchased by the Medical Department in bond, and bottled at Medical Purveying establishments.

WILLIAM A. HAMMOND,

Surgeon-General.

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Upon the Monthly Statement of the Hospital Fund required to be forwarded to this Office, Surgeons in charge of Hospitals will hereafter endorse the name, rank, and station of the Commissary of Subsistence by whom the Hospital rations are issued.

As large Hospital Funds have accrued and remained unexpended in a few instances, Surgeons in charge of Hospitals whose funds may be from any cause insufficient, are directed to apply to this

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