The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-10
GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
No. 8.
ApJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washinoton March 4 lSl

l. The regiments authorized to be raised under the
"dgwoyed february II, 1871" will be recruited armed
the several officers appointed in each will for order
and recruiting instructions to their respective coone whc
positions and report to the Adutan General Coonels
tive Regiments and will assign the euenan, colonel aud
majors to such subecrnng districts may be found ex
any depot or ordered to the seat war; field officer
should be assigned to the command.
q The established recruiting regulations will be strictly
observed by all officers and the required returns muster
and descriptive rolls, reports, &c. will be regularly made
General and other chiefs of stall, in conformity with
the rules OF service and the blanks with which they have
been The attention OF recruiting officers IS spe
caly directed the prompt rendition of their recruiting
accounts and abstract OF contingent required or
the Second Auditor. and the colonel AS superintendent,
which must be forwarded within three days alter the expi
ration Of each month. or semmontliy when called Tor
duplicate OF the i-inonthy report required for the Adu
tan. Generals A. So 81 &e Re
8; As as eighty men shall be enlisted by captain
and two subaiers they win be inspected, organized
eay % a e The n Ds %
e,ens and the designation Of companies by the
proper timeSec paragraph 43, General Regulations Jor
The attention of recruiting officers and commanders of
posts Z directed to paragraph 7ss+ General regulations
as practicable, from the moment of entnen even when
there be the rendezvous until Join
8. The officers OF the regiments Gnfany and dra-
goons,) will furnish themselves with the prescribed Infantry
nsed until the regiment is supplied with horses, until
which time the Dragon officers and men will be well drill
8. The officers appointed and the companies be
cruited IN the States Of Maine, ~ New liampshirs q
constitute TIE Wnth ReSmea a Of Iamty to be ,
manded by Colonel
/. Headquarters established for the present at
Boston Fort Constitution, and Fort Adams r. l., will be
used recruiting dcpots for the regiment and the
traton OF preparatory to their immediate enl-
Z The officers appointed and the companies of IN
ts will constitute 1h Tenth Regiment Of Infantry under
Colonel RonERr E.. TEMPLE Headquarters Mt Nec York.
Forts Hamilton and Lafayette will be the receiving depo's
The officers appointed, and the companies of Ifan
Virginia, t viii constitute Tie Ee ere Regiment Of IN
tanlry under Colonel ALBERT c. RAMSEY Headquarters
the interior OF Pennsylvania for the regiment, will proceed
70 point Isabel under their respective captains, via the
be most convenient and those recruited in Philadelphia,
and Delaware, win rendezvous Fort Mn preparatory
MES raised in eastern Virginia will be sent Fort Monroe
those in Western Virginia, via the Ohio, New Orleans,
where the regiment will be concentrated.
g. The officers appointed, and the ten companies OF
DINA, % Texas (2@ AkSansas cl and Missouri ( win
s saS o a"i wife W%sa, Rg%"t Of a%N ar
The companies TO be raised in North and South Carolina
M Fer o on %
be recruited in Texas, Arkansas and Missouri, will pro-
coed soon organized under their respective captains
10. The officers appointed and the companies of m
fpury to be raised in Virginia, ID Georgia (D Alabama,
enf of ifantry, under Colonel ROBERT M EcHoLs Head
quarters Ne,c Orleans.
IL. The officers appointed, and the companies of IN
fantry TO be raised in Louisiana tS) Tennessee az and
fantry, under Colonel WILLIAM TRoUspALE: Headquarters
at Nem Orleans.
L. The officers appointed and the companies of IN
fantry be raised in Ohio, (5 Michigan, (3) Iowa. (D
and Wisconsin, Q will constitute 7he Fifteenth Regiment
of Infantry, under Colonel GEORGE w. MORGAN; Head
Quarters at Cincinnati.
l3 The officers appointed the ten companies of In
(2) win constitute "TAe Sirfeen Regiment Of hfantyy,'
under Colonel J. W. TrBBArrs; Headquarters Newport
KY
H. As any company to be recruited for the
18TH 18th, 18th, 10th Regiments shall be raised and
ganized it win proceed without further delay Point Isa
BEL under the Captain by the most expeditions route un.
less otherwise ordered where these regiments
centrated
Is The officers appointed, and the ten designated com
panies to be raised in Pennsylvania, (2 Maryland )
Will 'pF sss ss'fe 9 ass sS"' %9ayi
Washington, d. G. The companies Pennsvvnia
Maryland, and Virginia, will be concentrated at Fort Mon
roe preparatory to their immediate embakaton for the
OF war and those to be raised In Mississippi Georgia and
Kentucky will proceed direct Mexico their respec-
tive captains, as soon as organized
l6 The Third Regiment Of Dragons is raised in
the following States; Michigan, New York. Pennsylvania
Maryland North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama
isiana, Kentucky, and lndana-zin each company
Colonel EDWARD G.. w. BUTLER; Headquarters Nsp Or
leans As raised and organized the companies
will proceed direct under their respective captains
loss of time, to Point Isabel.
IL. The foregoing arrangement of regiments and assign
men of companies, made for the present with view
expedite the recruiting servcesubect hereafter such
revision and modification the good the
require.
is The President expects that the regiments win be
sed and brought in the shortest
time The public interest requires that recruiting
See paragraph 81, revised Recruiting Regulation, Of ss