5 x 7 1/2, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, January 11, 1864

General Orders, No. 16

So much of General Orders, No. 163, of 1863, and of all subsequent Orders, as authorizes the payment of a premium of $2 to or for accepted recruits for volunteer organizations, is hereby annulled; and no payments of this premium to Veteran Volunteers or to recruits for volunteer organizations will in future be made.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E.D. TOWNSEND
Assistant Adjutant General

There are 3 tiny punch holes at the left edge of the paper, none of which affect any of the content. Otherwise very fine.