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r own support. "All able-bodied Colored Persons who are under the protection of the troops of this Department, and who are not employed as servants, will be immediately put to work in either the Engineer's or Quartermaster's Department. "By command of Major-General Wool: "[Signed] WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE, "Assistant Adjutant General." He subsequently also issued the following General Order: "HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, "FORT MONROE, November 1, 1861. "[General Orders No. 34.] "The following pay and allowances will constitute the valuation of the Labor of the Contrabands at work in the Engineer, Ordnance, Quartermaster, Commissary, and Medical Departments at this Post, to be paid as hereinafter mentioned; "Class 1st.--Negro man over eighteen years of age, and able-bodied, ten dollars per month, one ration and the necessary amount of clothing. "Class 2d.--Negro boys from 12 to 18 years of age, and sickly and infirm Negro men, five dollars per month, one ration, and the necessary amount of clothing. "The Quartermaster will furnish all the clothing. The Department employing these men will furnish the subsistence specified above, and as an incentive to good behavior (to be withheld at the direction of the chiefs of the departments respectively), each individual of the first class will receive $2 per month, and each individual of the second class $1 per month, for their own use. The remainder of the money valuation of their Labor, will be turned over to the Quartermaster, who will deduct from it the cost of the clothing issued to them; the balance will constitute a fund to be expended by the Quartermaster under the direction of the Commanding officer of the Department of Virginia for the support of the women and children and those that are unable to work. "For any unusual amount of Labor performed, they may receive extra pay, varying in amount from fifty cents to one dollar, this to be paid by the departments employing them, to the men themselves, and to be for their own use. "Should any man be prevented from working, on account of sickness, for six consecutive days, or ten days in any one month, one-half of the money value will be paid. For being prevented from laboring for a longer period than ten days in any one month all pay and allowances cease. "By command of Major-General Wool: "[Signed] "WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE, "Assistant Adjutant General." On November 13, 1861, Major-Genera
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