18-. FORM NO. 144.—(Voucher TO ABSTRACT B.) The United States to [Tickets furnished.] Company, Dr. For transportation furnished --, (here give the name Total... I certify that the rate charged in the above account was the current and lowest rate charged the public when the tickets were issued. I certify that the above account is correct and just; nished as above stated, and was necessary for the public upon the order above referred to, and that authorized to do so. , quartermaster, cents, in full of the above (Signed in duplicate.) E. FORM FOR BOOK OF REQUESTS FOR TRANSPORTATION. Instructions-to be found on inside of cover of book of requests for transportation. The officer to whom this book of requests for transportation is intrusted is informed that under General Orders No. 98, series of 1872, he is required to account for each and every request contained herein. The book should be kept in a neat condition, and deposited in the office-safe, or other secure place, that it may not be tampered with by unauthorized persons, or requests stolen therefrom. If requests are lost or stolen, a report, giving numbers and series of same and all other facts in the case, will be made at once to the chief quartermaster of the department and to the Quartermaster-General. The chief quartermaster of the department will promptly notify the transportation lines in said department of the loss, and caution them not to receive the requests. In preparing the certificate on the back of the request, care will be taken that the number, date, and source of the order authorizing the transportation, and the object of the journey, are correctly and plainly stated, and the same facts will be entered upon the stub of the request left in the book. The order or certified copy or extract therefrom, authorizing the transportation to be furnished, will be filed as a part of the records of the office, and, in all cases, the fact that transportation has been furnished will be indorsed upon the order retained by the person applying for the transportation. When the officer having this book in his possession is relieved from duty at the depot, post, or station, he will turn it over to his successor, taking a receipt for the requests, stating numbers (from and to, inclusive) contained therein, unless otherwise directed. When the requests contained in this book have all been used, the stub of the book will be placed on file among the permanent records of the office. Should any requests come into the possession of an officer, in any way, without his having given a receipt for the same, a report of all the facts will be promptly made to the QuartermasterGeneral, through the chief quartermaster of the department. Within ten days after the end of each month, concise reports will be made to the department quartermaster of the number of requests received, issued, transferred, canceled by error, (which last must accompany the report,) and the number remaining on hand; which reports, with an abstract of all requests received, issued, transferred. canceled, and remaining on hand in the department, will be by him, as soon as poss ble, transmitted to the office of the Quartermaster-General, under envelope indorsed on the margin "Transportation branch." Quarterly reports will be made to the Quartermaster General of all transportation furnished, as required by General Orders No. 64, Adjutant-General's Office, series of 1871, Form No. 4. The holder of this request, or the officer in charge of troops, is required to fill the receipt below before signing, stating the exact number of men transported and the places from and to which transportation has been furnished. The receipt should be filled up in ink, if practicable, and if the person receipting cannot write his name, there should be a witness to his mark. Names and places should be written in full, and if the transportation is furnished by other than passenger-train or passenger-car, the fact should be stated. I certify, on honor, that has furnished transportation for. in compliance with the above request. 18 NOTE. This form is furnished in books with stubs by the Quartermaster-Genera rely kept and properly accounted for. Freight payable on this orginal bill of lading. See paragraph 20, General Order No. 98, Adjutant-General's Office, 1872. In case of deficiency of, or damage to, any of the property within enumerated, the receipt on this bill of lading will be changed accordingly, and such deficiency or damage fully stated. [Two to be taken, original and duplicate, and to be so marked.] 18-, from quartermaster, United States to Army, the following articles and packages of public property specified below, (contents and value unknown,) in apparent good order and condition, to be forwarded by and connecting lines from en route from there to be delivered in like good order and condition unto quartermaster, United States Army. Freight to be paid on the by the disbursing-quartermaster, United States and at the rates hereinafter stated. to original bill of lading to Army, at Via: NOTE.-Indicate on the dotted marginal lines the general route by which the stores are to be transported, and give the name of each indebted, bonded, and land-grant road, and the per centum of deduction on each. If tariff rates are to be paid they need not be specifically stated, simply say "tariff rates." Contract or special rates should be specifically stated in all cases, the officer certifying to their correctness. If a contract or special rate is obtained for a part of the distance, and through bill of lading issued, state the rate for that distance, and say" tariff rates for remainder of the distance." Received,, 18—, from good order and condition. Weight, the public property specified within, in pounds. |