The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-04-25

turc, to provide for raising troops, is as
follows
SEC. /. The Governor is hereby au-
thorized and required to raise, organize
md muster into the service Of this State
Without delay, two Regiments Of soldiers;
ind at such time as in his discretion it
may appear necessary, two other Regl-
lments, each Regiment to consist Of the
Regimental Officers following that is to
BAY One Colonel, one Lieutenant Colo
mel, one Major, with such Staff Officers as
IRE provided for by the Laws Of the
III nited States for each Company one
Captain, one First Lieutenant, and one
Second Lieutenant; each Of said Regi-
ments to consist Of ten Companies, and of
seven hundred and eighty Officers and
men.
Sec g In order to raise said Regi-
ments, the Governor is authorized and d.
rected to establish such recruiting stations,
and appoint such Recruiting Officers Us he
shall think fit, for the recruiting Of able
bodied volunteers for said Regiments, and
in case the two Regiments to be mustered
into service without delay shall not be
filled within six days next after amy fiw-
ther rcquisition shall be made on this
State by the President OF the United
States for military aid, and before the
ZENITH day Of June, A. d. 1861, be shall
cause sufficient number of the citizens
of this State, able to do military duty, to
ell said Regiments, to be drafted for scrv-
ice in said Regiments from the several
towns in this State in proportion to their
population, but such draft shall be so made
as to make the number OF each town,
! both volunteers and drafted men, as nearly
4 equal as practicable in proportion to the
population Of the various towns and in
case the two Regiments provided for in the
B discretion Of the Governor shall not be
filled in fifteen days after the issuing of an
order therefor, the same shall be filled by
draft as aforesaid
Sec. 3. No person shall be received as
volunteer, pursuant to this Act, whose age
Shall be less than twenty one years, ex-
scept by the written consent Of his Guar
dian, if he has one or who shall be less
than five feet, four inches and one-half in
height, Or who shall have any such
physical infrmity as to render him unfit
Tor active service.
WEI SEC 4 Such volunteers and drafted
mon shall be required to serve this State
md the United States, when duly called
Tor, for the period of one year from and
after the first day of june A. D. 1861,
unless sooner discharged from service.
IN Sec S. Each officer, volunteer and
drafted man, from the date Of bis commits
Sion, oryoluntecring, orbeing drafted, shall
be subject to the rules andarticles provided
for the government of the armies of the
United States, now in force or which may
Be hereafter in force.
III SEC. G. The Governor shall provide
suitable and sufficient instruction in drill
and the military art generally forsuch men,
as fast as they shall volunteer or be drafted
as aforesaid and as fast as sufficient num-
Der shall be received as volunteers, Or be
drafted as aforesaid, they shall be formed
into Companies and Regiments under the
sdirection of the Governor, as provided in
section one of this act. ~.
"a Sec. 7. AS fast as such Companies
shall be 50 raised, and formed, the same
shall be duly uniformed, armed and equip
I ped, and shall be regularly drilled and in
ssstructed at such places as shall be selected
by the Governor for that purpose, and
shall for that purpose go into barracks or
.encampment until ordered into actual SER
vice.
SEQ. s. The Colonels, Lieutenant Colo
snels, and Majors for said Regiments shall
be appointed and commissioned by the
.Governor, and the Colonels shall appoint
Che staff officers of their respective Regi-
sments the Quarter Masters to be approved
by the Governor, and before entering upon
xthe duties of their office they shall give
bonds to the Treasurer of the State, in
ssuch sum and with such sureties and con-
ditioned as the Governor shall direct and
approve, which bonds shall be filed in the
office of the Treasurer, and in case of
breach, prosecuted under the direction of
Che Auditor of Accounts
SEC. g. Each Company shall elect its
officers the commissioned officers shall re-
sSceive their commissions from the Governor,
the warrant officers their warrants in ac-
scordance with the usages in the army of
The United States.