Show THE CARTEL OF 1812 the agreement of gen dix with the confederate authorities for a general exchange of prisoners is based on the cartel oe at 1812 it provides for precisely the same sy system steril of exchange as has been in force in the be westen n department since march last when gen halleck by direction of major general mcclellan mclellan me C ordered that it be substituted for that ct cf general order no 30 2 the provisions are as follows fo lows AN gener general commander in chief chiet or admiral sixty men lieutenant general or vice admiral forty men major Gener general generator alor aion or rear admiral admi rai ral thirty men brigadier general or commodore with a broad pennant and a captain under him twenty men colonel or captain of a line ship fifteen men lieutenant colonel or captain of a argate fr gate ten men major or commander of a sloop of war bomb ketch fire ship or packet eight men captain or lieutenant or master six men lieutenant or masters mate four men sub 1 nt or ensign or warrant officer masters of merchant vessels and captains of private armed three men noncommissioned noncommissioned officers or lieutenants and mates of private armed vessels mates of merchant vessels and all petty macera officer of s of ships of war two men private soldiers or sealan beam seam n one man |