From the Richmond Whig, 4/25/1865

PAROLING OF SURGEONS, ASSISTANT SURGEONS, HOSPITAL STEWARDS, &c. – We are authorized by Col. D. M. Evans, Paroling Officer, to state that hereafter no surgeons, assistant surgeons, hospital stewards, hospital attendants, or patients attached to or in hospitals in or about the city of Richmond, will be paroled without the written consent of the Medical Director.