Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-05-07

the time being, and if two officers OF the same
rank are present, the oldest In election OF COLL
mission shall take command seS
STAFF OFFICERS. ras
See al. There shall be attached to the COM
mander-in-chief. and to the several divisions,
brigades, regiments, squadrons and baftallons
the following staff-oficers to wit: the staff of
the eommander-in-chiefs shall consist of one adju-
tant general, who shall discharge the duties Of
inspector general, one quarter-master general,
one pay-master general, Two aids-de-camp, one
engiheer-;n-cbief, and one judge advocate gen.
eral. who shall be appointed by the command
er-in-chief To each division there shall be on.
division inspector, who shall discharge the du-
tics of assistant adjutant general, one assistant
onar,er master general two aids-de-camp, one
assistant engineer in chief, and one assistent
iudpe-advocate general to be appointed by the
Major General To each brigade there shall be
one Brigade Major to serve as brigade inspee-
tor; two aids-de-camp; ore brigade quarter
master, one brigade engineer, one brigade Judge
advocate, one brigade surgeon, and one brigade
chaplain; which brigade staff shall be appoint
ed by the Brigadier General. To each regiment
or battalion ofartillery, rifle infantry or light
infantry. there may be one chaplain, and there
shall be one adiutant, one quarter-master, one
naymaster one surgeon, one sergeon mate, one
sergeant major, one quarter master sergeant one
drum-maior and one ffe-maJor, to be appoint
cd nv the commandant of such regiment or bat
talon, and it shall be the duty of such drum
major and fife-major, to examine and report to
the commandments of regiments or battalions,
upon all instruments of music which shall be
purchased for the use of the regiment or Pattal-
| ion, and no such instruments of music shall be
paid for out of the funds of the regiment or bat
| falion, until approved by them. To each reg
iment or sqadron of cavalry, there shall be one
adjutant, one quarter-master, one pay-master,
enc surgeon, one surgeons mate, one quarter
master sergeant, one sergeant-major, and two
reeimeptaf r, or squadron buglemen, which shall
be appointed by the commanant Of such regi-
ment or squadron.
RANK OF STAFF OFFICERS.
See. 40. The staff officers herein enuner.
| ted shall rank as follows, viz: The qua
| ter master general and adjutant gener.
as brigadier general: the pay-master gene
al, engineer in chief. judge advocate gener
and aid-de-camp 10 the commander-in-ehief,
| colonels; the division inspectors, division el
eineers, division Judge advocate, and 6ivisit
I 9uarter-masters, as lieutenant Colonels; tt
| aids-de-camp to the major generals, as major
the brigade inspectors, brigade engineers, hrIs
ade Judge advocate, as major; the brigade quai
| ter-masters, and aids-de-camp TO brigadier ger
erals, chaplains and surgeons. as captains; con
pany ensigns, adjutsn.s, quarter masters, pay
| masters surgeons mates of regiments, BATTALION
| and souadrons. rs Geutenants; and all other reg
mental battalions or squadron staff, as non
commissioned officera.' @
| See. 43. All staff officers of the rank of lleu
tenant and upwards, shall be commissioned a.
| other officers and Except ehaplains) shall at
tend muster of the divisions, brigades, regi-
| mcnts squadrons or battalions, and shall obey
all other orders legally given by the proper Of
| ficers commanding the corps to which they be-
| long: and any commissioned officer (excePtap-
poipted officers) shall be removed from once
| only by courts martial.
LEGAL VOTERS. Y1n
Sec A. Major Generals, Brigadier generals,
colone1s, Ieutenant-colonels, majors, captains,
and subslterns shall be elected by the persons
subject t6 perform military duty at the time OF
| said election and belonging to the company,
squadron. regiment brigade or division IN which
such officer, when elected is to serve. The resid-
eace of which said electors shall constitute each
the respective division, brigade, reginsentaf and
company districts.
PUBLIC ARMS TO BE KEPT By ASSISTANT QUARTER
/ - MASTERS. 8a
Sec45 All the public arms; ammunition,ac
coutrements camp equippage and military stores
belonging to any division of the militia of this
state shall be under the care and superintendent
ofthe Assistant Quarter-Master General of such
| division, who shall have power to employ suifa-
bic persons to clean and repair any arms or artl-
cles which may require it, and certify any rea-
sonable and Just account which may be render
ed for cleaning and repairing, and for transport
ing such arms and military stores to any place
where they may be ordered by the commander
in-chief of account thus certified,
shall be allowed by the auditor of state, and
paid as other accounts against the State are paid
and such assistant quarter T-master general shall
recent for all articles delivered TO his charge.
| and account for the same at any time when call
| ed on so to do by the commandant of division,
or Quarter Master General of the State.
rES4LTT OF OBTAINING PUBLIC ARMS.
Sec. 49, If any person or persons shall be
found guilty of selling or disposing of any arms.
accoutrements, or any camp equippage belong
ing to the State of Ohio, every person so ofead-
ing. or being guilty of such act shall forfeit and
nav over for every musket, s~erd, sabre or pis-
tel, or cannon double the contract price for such
article, rs estimated at or by the ordnance de-
partment at Washington City, with costs OF suit;
or if any person or persons shall be tound gull
ty of hiding or secreting, OBTAINING. or refusing
to give up or deliver any of the arms. or camp
euuippage aforesaid, shall pay double the con-
tract price, with costs of suit, and if said Esum]
is not paid by such persons persons, after judg-
ment rendered against him. her or them, with
in ten DAYS, or bail put in for stay of execution,
an execution shall issue. and such person may
be confined in the county Jail by order of the
commandant of brigade for any time not exceed
ing thirty days. at the expense of the proper
brigade or at the expense of the state, If then
| paid to be paid out of the military fund. and
any Justice of the peace in the township where
the person or persons reside, shall have jurisdc
ton to try all eases under three hundred dollars,
but all suits brought for three hundred dollars,
or more shall be tried in any other court hav-
ing competent jurisdiction for the collection of
| such fines. and when such fine is paid over by
the defendant or defendants, it shall be paid
over into the State treasury, after paying the
! costs of confining any one in jail: Provided
| That any and all persons who have legal right
| to hold or keep any of the articles named in
this section, shall not be liable by this act; all
suits shall be brought in the name of the State
of Ohio. and may be prosecuted by the command-
ant of brigade, or any person he may authorize
so to do Persons claiming to have legal right
to hold any ofthe articles named in this section.
| on demand of the proper officer, shall show n
| written authority, signed by the quarter-mas-
Ter general, or commandants Of divisions, bri-
gades, Regiments, squadrons or battslions.
| MAJOR GENERALS ELECTION.
Sec. Az Whenever the Office Of Major Gea.
eral becomes vacant in any or all of the divi-
| sions of the volunteer militia of this State for
any cause whatever, the Governor. through the
| Adjutant General, shall Immediately give at
least thirty days notice in one or more newspa-
pers published within the bounds of each bri-
gade. and ifthere is no newspaper puohsned IN
each or all of said brigades. then he shall cause
public notice to be stuck up in at least five pub
lie nlaces within the bounds ofeach brigade, or
dersng the electors to meet at q certain timean
place, as follows: All the commissioned and staff
officers and all legal electors within the bounds
of each brigade shall meet at the headquarters Of