Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-29
HhAD-QuARTGEs, July II, 1886
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HIaio- [rnc:7l Gaines under The sp"ca! authority Of
the PRESIDENT ul The g. S, has required Of the Stale Of
Loulsiana ter companies oi mounted gun men. 'voun.
if practicable. TO for six months from the
day they reach their rendezvous TO BIZ discharged at any
tim" by Tie U. States.
As no companies Of mounted .nnmcn now exist in
this Stale ii is ONLY by III" voluntary formation of such
companies that this rrnlisiliGn can be com piled WITH
The citizens Of the State subject to militia duty.
therefore invited enrol themselves in volunteer
panics of tha description, and TO organize themselves in
conformity wiki the law. The following Instructions
funded on the laws Of the u. States and OF this State
will govern them.
En': company will be composed of one Captain, one
first Lieutenant, orc second Lieutenant, one COrnct
four Scrgeants, four Curpuras, SaddIe. Farcr
Tumpeter, and sixty four p.!yatcS i'll all, seventy
When the requisite number Of each company is en-
rolled, election for commissioned officers will be held
nnGrr the direction Of the Colonel commanding the
,lment where the election Is 10 take place, provided
ill tic 2!d section Of the militia law OF lc3i.
The formation Of the company. and the result OF the
'lectiom will be reported to the AdutanGencral, at
New Orleans in order that the officers may be commits
stoned.
Il company already organized, whether complete or
not, and having lis officers already commissioned, should
volunteer their services, election will be neces
sary.
When each company is organized the commander
thereof will report 10 General Gaines al Camp Sabine,
beyond Natchochcs, or to such oIcer and at such
place. General Gaines may have dcsi gnatrd and will
transportation and camp cNuipage aud for such norma
ton may be desirable relative TO pay, clothing, and
allowances. information will he obtained from the same
quarter, 10 when and lay whom the troops are TO be
mustered into the service of the United States.
II the Companies should be organized into rrgi-
m"nt battalion, before rendering their services To
the United States, then the commander and other field
officers chosen by themselves under the State laws
will continue 10 command provided by the act of
Congress Of Odd May 1896, section 3. Bat if they
net organized into reg imcnt or battalion before tie
tender of services, then the commander in chief will
either select the commander Of the quota from among
the officers of sufficient rank who volunteer their scrv
ccs order it 10 BE- determined by the officers Of the
proper grade in the State who volunteer. The other
field officers WILDE chosen by tho officers Of the corps
among those of proper grade who volunteer, under the
provisions Of the list and I'D sections OF the militia law
Of 1884.
The officers commanding the different corps in the
State, within whose command any volunteer companies
may be formed, in compliance w,Eis rcquisoI, will
report to the Adjuiaul General Office from time to time,
the progress made in organizing them, and the time Of
their departure for the place Of rendezvous.
BY order Of the Commander. Chief:
PERSIFOR r. SMITH,
.4Gj't and .uujor- General.