Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-17
GENERAL ORDER No. 1.
HEAD-QuAnTERs, WisCoSsiN MuITiA,l
.9djntahL General Office,

HEAD-QuARTERs, WlscoNsiN MuiTn,l
.3dutaml General Office,
BURLINGTON, January %, 1888.
d ST. In consequence of the increase Of popula-
Il ton, the Commander Chief deems IL iurlh-
81 change IN the reg.mental d.trcts To be nccessa-
ry, therefore, il Is ordered that the first (st rcgi-
mental district shall be restricted TO the county Of
Iowa, as at present organized
The second (!d) regimental district shall be re-
s,rictcd 70 the district of country composing tho
| counties of Brown, Alanitoowoc, Shoooygan, Fon
du Lack, Portage, Marqueu, and Calumet.
The third (3tD rcsimental district snail be re-
| strlcted 10 the counties of Milwaukee, Jefferson,
Dodge, and Washington.
The fourth (4ih) regimental district shall be re-
strictedto the counties Of Du Buque, Delaware,
AMI Buchanan
Tho district Of county, composing tho counties
| Of Racine, Wnlwo1h, and Rock, shall form one
| regimental district and DC the eighth (oth) regt-
ment. m
The counties of Dane and Green shall form a So
parate Battalion.
The distfic, of Gran, county shall form regi-
msntal district and be the ninth (9th) regiment.
The district of country, composing the counties
of Jackson, Jones, Linn, and Yenton, shall form
one regimcntal District and be the tenth QO,h) re-
giment.
The district, composing the counties of Clinton
AND Scott, shall form one regimental district, and
be the eleventh (llth) regiment.
The district, composing the counties Of Cedar,
johnson, and Slaughter, shall form one regimen
tai district, and be the twelfth Q2tn) regiment.
The district composing the county of Clayton,
shall form separate battalion.
ID. The eighth (sth) regiment is placed under
the command Of Colonel Isaac Butler.
The separate battalion, il the counties of Dane
and Green, is placed uldor tho command of Major
Alexander Higsinbothem.
3D. Colonel Butler Of ,ha 9Th regiment will, with
as little delay as possible, divide his command into
not less than eight, than tcs company dis
tr,cts, and order an election TO be held in each
district for the election Of company officers.
Major Hgginbolhem will in like manner divide
his battalion district into not less than four nor 0rc
than six company districts, and order elections to
be held for company officers. W
Attn. The Colonel or Corn,nan dant in ,hc9st I'd,
81, and 4th regiments are ordered TO see tllat tine
company officers in thei, respective regiments are
all filed. IL vacancies exist from resignation or
otherwise, thsy will order new elections TO DO held
at suitable places. e.
5th. II the people in any company district shall
refuse or Deglect hold election ordered, the
comma ndant Of the regiment battalion will Sc
sct fit and roWp:ten persons 10 fill the Offices, and
toward their names to the Governor at Mineral
Point.
9Th. The o,nrnander-n-C Chief hopes tina. one
or two companies of mounted rfe,nen may be rails.
ed in each regiment and separate battalion in the
Tertiary, lie would take great pleasure in Afford
ing any assistance in his power to facilitate their
organizatoa.
BY order ofths Commaider-in-Chief
ar GEORGE CUBBAGE, Adj't Gen.