Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-05-04


IAxLI7ARY ORGANIZATIONS
OF EHE
TATES.
The noosopssJ Nail. abiding y Per.
ular ,earro,s 10 regard tOaun;lisary :org."'
s.tjoa., Of The Coseedssass S,aiss makes
The following statement Of facts furnish
ID BY tho War Department
Two dis.inct ar,nies have been pro-
vidsd for the acts Of Congress. They hxv+
no correction viii, each other the
mode Of offering them Is essential,
different, and their terms Of service are
dissimiiar.
The Arst of ,hese armies Is what is
called the "Provision.l Army" It is
this to which the Z,u.ve Battalion aud
al other volunteer corps, nov in tn
services Il the Confederate States, belong.
Il Vas raised By the Congress to meet
the pressing exioeocies upon US and will
b disbanded when the emergency shall
have cJksed which called itioto exist
ence. Iris composed Of such con,pa
MES, batal;ons and regiments I. have
been (or may beg turned over to the
C~onfederacy BY the several States, from
their several armiee. or corps of volun-
teers, with the consent Of troope trans
The minimum number of SER
is one year. A rule Of the Wa
requires these troops to be
received only from the several States,
Executives, they, Of course, having pre-
secured the assent Of the orgapi-
satioD transferred. The troops retain
the organisation with which they enter
the provisional army; companies, bat
regiu. snts remaining snch and
retaining their officers. But tie Presid-
emit bas the right, by law to appoint Ger
tain field oficsrs for this provisional ar
myin . right which he ha. exercised.
10 making. Bigadiers thereof, of*Cols.
Bragg aud Bsauregard, and appointing
Col. Hardea, Of is first Regiment.
Many .cracked" volunteer companies,
not only from the Confederate States.
but also from the Border Statee have
sougbt independently, to be i~ocorporat-
I'd into this provisional army !" but
The rule Is inlsxibIe, and unless they
ars offered By some Of the Governors Of
he Confederate States, upon q requisi-
lion from the Wa Department, they
sye not received. Practically, the pro-
visional army is about full; the patriot-
ism Of thepeople VA fully up to the
mark Of the needs Of the country.
Memorandum, that 10 contemplation
# Law Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons
# the volunteer and State army troops.
;urued over to the Confeder.cy 10 make
part Of the provisional army, and no,
,~ficers, and they are, therefore. not re-
The deficiency is supplied BY
ointing Temporarily acting Assist
mt Surgeons for suct troops.
Memorandum, also, that the single
light exception to the rule, that the
component organization Of the provision
army, derived ~ aforesaid from the
everal States, remain rs when mustered
nto the service Of the Con .edsrats States.
5 that independent o. isolated compa
,ies will be consolidated, is indispensable.
Another point to the provisional At
ny: Its Surgeons and assistant SUI
cons are only temporary appointees.
citing as such while the service mar re-
them.
The regular army Of the Con;ederacy
} entirely distinct from tie provis'on*l.
/ Is not yet organized. The officer. Of
My two reg 'ment will be appointed
he organisation Is very similar to that
{ the United States army.
A zoe a. appointed, many Of the Of
ser. Of the reguls, army will be order.
q j. the recruitg service. And i. is i"
biz way only that the regular army will
it does lot contain =
: ooa-com6' aioead eiicer or pri-
ale, while the proviS10aarmy has
thousands Of men 10 the f~Id.sm
The regular army will begin q take
orm and SUBSTANCE probably within six
O6icers resigned, on account Of seces-
ion, from tho army Of the United States
sceive appointments. as Of course, in
be regular armv. Civilians ara alio;hla