The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-09

Enrolled Act No. L, of the Senate.
AN ACT to provide for the employ of
six regiments of volunteers for the pro-
lection of the property and citizens of the
State, and making provision for the or
ganization and equipment of the same,
and fixing the compensation of tie Off
GERS and men comprising said force, and
procuring arms therefor.
SECTION l. Be ii enacted Gv the General
Assembly Of the State Of Indiana, That the
Governor be authorized and requested to
call into the active service fTthe State six
regiments of Volunteer Militia, to be COM
posed of the companies which have been or
ganized and reported to the Adjutant Cen
eral, under and pursuant to the proclama-
ton of the Governor, and which have not
been mustered into the service Of the U nited
States, to be received and mustered into the
service of the State in the order in which
they were organized and reported to the
Adjutant General and if the companies so
organized and reported are not sufficient to
constitute the number hereby required,
companies in counties which have no COM
panies in the service of the State or United
States, shall have the preference in the or
der in which they may be rendered said
regiments, when so called into service, are
to serve for the term of twelve months, I'M
less sooner discharged by the Governor ;
the said six regiments to be divided into
Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry, by the
Governor, as the service may demand; and
that the troops organized under the pro-
visions of this act, shall be subject to the
order of the Governor of the State, to fill
any requisltion made for troops, on this
State, by the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. Each regiment, except the
cavalry, as herein provided for, shall consist
of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one
Major, one Quarter master, one Commissa-
ry, one Surgeon, and one Assistant Sur
geon, and ten Companies, each of which
shall be composed of one Captain, two
Lieutenants, four Sergeants, four Corporals,
one drummer, one ffer, and sixty-four
privates.
SEC. s. There shall be appointed and
commissioned by the Governor for the six
regiments herein contemplated, one Briga-
| dier General.
SEC. 4. The forces herein provided
shall, while in the service of the State or o.
the United States, be organized by, and
subject to, the 4" Articles of War, and the
Rules and Regulations of the United States
Army" and while in the service of the
State, as privates and non-commissioneC
officers shall receive the same compensation
allowed by the United States; and thu
commissioned officers, shall receive three
quarters of the pay of the same grade o
officers in the army of the United States.
SHc. 8. The Governor shall have power
if in his judgment it may be deemed ad
visable, to temporarily retire the said 81!
regiments from active service, or any par
thereof, after the said troops shall have bee
sufficiently drilled and disciplined bu
shall, at any time thereafter, recall sal
regiments when the public safety may re
quire the same, by giving notice thereof
but said regiment shall receive but half pa
whilst so retired from the service.
SEC. 6. Whereas an emergency exist:
this act shall be in force from and after il
passage.