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Typical Rations -
May/June 1862
General Order)
HDQRS. WESTERN DEPT.
No. 72 )
Tupelo, Miss., June 14, 1862
I. Genl. Order, No. 30, from
these headquarters dated Corinth, Miss., May 19, 1862, are modified to
read as follows: From this date, until otherwise ordered by the War
Dept. the component parts of rations issued to the army will be as
follows:
| Pork or bacon to the
ration - |
ounces |
8 |
| Salt or fresh beef -
|
pounds |
1 |
| Flour or Cornmeal -
|
ounces |
24 |
| Flour or hard bread -
|
pounds |
1 |
| Beans or peas to 100
rations - |
quarts |
8 |
| Rice, in lieu of beans
or peas - |
pounds |
10 |
| Coffee to 100 rations
- |
" |
3 |
| Rye to 100 rations - |
" |
3 |
| Sugar to 100 rations - |
" |
12 |
| Molasses to 100
rations - |
quarts |
12 |
| Vinegar to 100 rations
- |
" |
4 |
| Soap to 100 rations - |
pounds |
4 |
| Salt to 100 rations - |
quarts |
2 |
| Sperm candles to 100
rations - |
pounds |
1 |
| Star candles to 100
rations - |
" |
1 1/4 |
| Tallow candles to 100
rations - |
" |
1 1/2 |
Eight ounces of lard may be issued in lieu of one ration of bacon or
pork. Extra issues of fresh vegetables when practicable. Pork and bacon
two days in seven, and fresh and salt beef five days in seven. The
commutation price of rations until further orders will be twenty-five
cents.
II. Under existing circumstances no officer's wife or family shall be
permitted to remain with the troops in the field when within two days'
march or 50 miles of the enemy.
By command of Gen.
Beauregard
George Wm.Brent
Acting Chief of Staff
[OR 17-2-599,600]
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