General Order No. 152: Permitting Rabbis to Serve as Military Chaplains, October 6, 1862 A one and one-quarter page broadside, General Order No. 152, issued by the United States War Department on October 6, 1862, in Washington, District of Columbia. This order permits rabbis to serve as military chaplains, reissuing General Order No. 91 of July 17, 1862.