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22.-employment of negroes in the Southern army.
Adjutant and Inspector General's office, Richmond, Va., March 11, 1864.
General Orders, No. 32.
I. The Act of Congress relative to the employment of Free Negroes and Slaves in certain capacities, and the Instructions of the War Department relative to its Execution, are published for the information of those concerned:
An act to increase the efficiency of the Army by the Employment of Free Negroes and Slaves in certain capacities.
Whereas, the efficiency of the army is greatly diminished by the withdrawal from the ranks of able-bodied soldiers to act as teamsters, and in various other capacities in which free negroes and slaves might be advantageously employed; Therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that all male free negroes, and other free persons of color, not including those who are free under the treaty of Paris of 1803, or under the treaty of Spain of 1819, resident in