Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-08-21
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
VANDALIA, AUGUST l, 1921. 5
GENENAA ONDERS.

In obedience to the act of the last Legisla-
Il lature, the different regiments which were
organized previous to the passage of said act,
have been numbered by allotment, in the fol
lowing order, viz: The first regiment in the
county of st. Clair-1'he second, in the count,
Of Randolph-The third, in the county OIL
FrG,khn-The fourth, in the county of Gala
an-The fifth, in the county of yNo,roe-1he
sirth, in the county Of Edzva,ds-Ihe seuenM,
in the county of Pope-The eighth, in the coun-
ty of .nadison-The ninth, in the county Of
Jackson-ihe tenth, in The county of Union--
The eleventh, in the county of Hhite-The
trveifh, in the county of Bond-and the Hdr-
teenth, in the county of Johnson. The new
regiments organized since the passage of the
act amending the Militia law, have been num-
bered according to the returns made to the
Adjutant Generals office, and will take rank
inthe following order, to wit The fourteenth,
regiment in the county of Laurence-The .fE
teenlth, in the county of Fayette-The sixteenth,
in the county of Crawiord-Ihe seuentee,ah, IN
the county of Pike-1he eighteenth, in the
county of Greene-and the nineteenth, in the
county of Washington. The separate bat
talions, and those commanded by Lieutenant
Colonies, will be denominated the first-and
those commanded by Majors the second.
The Commander in Chief orders that the
commanding officers of Divisions, Brigades,
and Regiments, shall use the most prompt and
effectual measures to have their annual returns
made out in conformity to the 10th section oi
the Act amending the act organizing the
militia of this state,'' and agreeably to the
blank forms furnished by the Adjutant Gene
raj.
1t is painful to the Commander in Chief to
call upon officers to perform duties, WHICH
seem SO peremptorily required ofthem by the
law organizing the Militia. The annual re-
turns not having been regularly made to the
Adjutant Generals Office, shows but too evil
dent, not only a neglect of duty, but posi-
tive disobedience Of the law. And as the
failures no doubt proceed fromthe negligence
Of the officers commanding regiments, and the
other junior corps, the Commander in Chief
orders, that the commandants Of Divisions and
Brigades, shall Immediately. uponsuch failures,
cause strict inquiry to be made into all such
delinquences which may occur within their
respective commands; and cause all such Off
GERS as shall be found to have neglected their
duty, to be arrested and tried by the regular
courts martial. that the service may no longer
be neglected. To facilitate this inquiry, the
Brigaders are required to demand Of the CON.
mandant of each Regiment or separate Batta-
lion composing the Brigade, a return of all
such officers as may fail to make their annual
returns according to law.
The Governor and Commanderin Chief in
tending to review that part of the Militia Of
his state comprising the second Division, at
the ensuing fall parades, will find it necessary,
to effect that object, to require that the Regi-
mental and separate Battalion musters be held
| in the first Brigade. on the following days in
October In the county of johnson, on the