Somewhere I have more detailed instructions.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington, December 21, 1863.

In order to secure to each State and district its just credit for colored troops furnished, and to secure compensation to the owners of enlisted slaves, it is ordered:

First. That officers engaged in recruiting colored troops in any State, upon any colored recruit being brought by his owner, shall, upon such recruit being accepted, give to such owner a certificate of the fact, together with a descriptive list of the recruit so received, in order that the owner may receive a compensation as hereafter provided.

Second. That recruiting officers be required to give to every person claiming a colored recruit as his or her slave, that has offered himself and been accepted, a descriptive list, describing the recruit with sufficient
certainty to identify him, in order that the owner may
receive compensation; provided, that this shall not extend to any claimant who is in the rebel army, or otherwise notoriously connected with the rebels, or has furnished aid and comfort to the rebellion.

Third. That officers commanding recruiting camps and stations shall make restitution to the owners of any property stolen by slaves and taken into camp, and upon satisfactory proof of ownership being furnished by the claimant; and provided further, that such claimant
shall not have been engaged in the rebellion or furnished aid and comfort to the rebels.

Fourth. That the slaves enlisted into the service of the United States shall be credited to the quota of the State, district, and county to which they belong, and loyal owners shall be entitled to compensation for
their slaves, to be ascertained in the manner provided for by the regulations of this Department in respect to slaves enlisted into the service from the States of Maryland, Missouri, and Tennessee.

By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,

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David Upton