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and the other retained by the officer appointed by Lieutenant-General Taylor; officers giving their individual paroles, and commanders of regiments, batteries, companies or detachments, signing a like parole for the men of their respective commands.

2. Artillery, small arms, ammunition and other property of the Confederate government to be turned over to the officers appointed for that purpose on the part of the government of the United States. Duplicate inventories of the property surrendered to be prepared one copy to be retained by the officer delivering and the other by the officer receiving it for the information of their respective com- manders.

3. The officers and men paroled under this agreement will be allowed to return to their homes with the assurance that they will not be disturbed by the authorities of the United States, so long as they continue to observe the conditions of their parcle and the laws in force where they reside, except that persons resident of Northern States will not be allowed to return without permission.

4. The surrender of property will not include the side-arms or private horses or baggage of officers.

5. All horses which are in good faith the private property of en- listed men will not be taken from them, the men will be permitted to take such with them to their homes to be used for private purposes only.

6. The time and place of the surrender will be fixed by the respec- tive commanders, and will be carried out by commissioners appointed by them.

7. The terms and conditions of the surrender to apply to the offi- cers and men belonging to the armies lately commanded by Generals Lee and Johnston, now in this Department.

8. Transportation and subsistence to be furnished at public cost, for the officers and men after surrender, to the nearest practicable point to their homes.

(Signed) R. TAYLOR,

Lieutenant- General.

(Signed) ED. R. S. CANBY,

Major- General.

III. To settle all doubt or difficulty hereafter as to the meaning of the term " Northern States " in paragraph 3. Major-General Canby has applied to the War Department at Washington for full instruc- tions. Until he receives an answer, Major-General Canby agrees