Information Panel: Battleground National Cemetery: General Orders No.80

Battleground National Cemetery: General Orders No.80

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General Orders
No. 80
War Department Adjutant General's Office
Washington, September 1, 1875
I.
Information having been received of the desecration of soldiers' graves by picnic parties in a National Cemetery, and by vending refreshments therein, it is hereby ordered that hereafter no such practices shall be allowed in any National Cemetery, nor any adjoining ground within the control of the United States.
II.
Visitors Will Not Be Allowed
In the National Cemeteries
Before Sunrise of After Sunset.
No refreshments will be taken into these Cemeteries.
III.
In national cemeteries where driving is permitted, the speed must be confined to a walk,
If it is found difficult to enforce this rule at any Cemetery the gates will be closed over the carriageway and all driving prohibited.
IV.
These Orders will be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of each National Cemetery, and will be rigidly enforced by the Superintendents.
By Order of the Secretary of War:
E.D. Townsend,
Adjutant General.