“ And I do hereby declare and proclaim, that all soldiers now absent from their respective regiments without leave, who shall, on or before the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, report themselves at any rendezvous designated by the General Orders of the War Department number fifty-eight, hereto annexed, may be restored to their respective regiments without punishment, except the forfeiture of pay and allowances during their absence; and all who do not return within the time above specified shall be arrested as deserters, and punished as the law provides. ”

“ Commanding officers at the above-named places of rendezvous, or, in the absence of commanding officers, superintendents of recruiting service, recruiting officers, and mustering and disbursing officers, will take charge of all soldiers presenting themselves as above directed and cause their names to be enrolled, and copy of said roll will, on or before the 10th day of April, be sent to the Adjutant-General of the Army. ”

“ H. B. Judd, U. S. Army.
At Baltimore, Md., to Maj. H. W. Wharton, U. S. Army.
At the city of Washington, D. C, to Maj. Gen. S. P. Heintzelman, U. S. Volunteers.
At Wheeling, W. Va., to Maj. B. H. Hill, U. S. Army. ”