SECRETARY OF WAR General Order No 30 establishing the ration

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SECRETARY OF WAR. General Order No. 30, establishing the rations for 'adult refugees and adult colored persons, commonly called Contrabands.' Single small 8vo leaf, printed on one side, punch-holes to left margin. Washington, 25 January, 1864

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Rations doled out by the army consisted of: 'Ten ounces of pork or bacon, or one pound of fresh beef; one pound of cornmeal five times a week; and one pound of flour or soft bread, or twelve ounces of hard bread, twice a week, and to every one hundred rations ten pounds of beans. . . .To children under fourteen years of age, half rations will be issued; and to women and children roasted rye coffee at the rate of ten pounds, or tea at the rate of fifteen ounces to every one hundred rations."