The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-05-28

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pers, Is seon ~ iaay be, the laws passed. at the
present session q the Legislature,
Sac . Ihls ACT shall take effect from rs pas
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Approved April g. 1861
No. . An Act 70 provide for raising "a special
Regiments for immediate scryicc, Tor prpiestipg
and defending the Constitution and tniou
II is hereby enacted tg he Gtaersi rs eaii b
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Sac. l. The Governor is hereby authorized
and required to raise. organize and muster into
the service o this State, without delay, two reg
ifncus " soldiers; and at such time as IN his dis
erection Il may appear necessary, four other reg-
ments, each regiment 70 consist Of the regimental
officers. that Is 10 say one colonel, enc licuieH-
ant colonel one major, one surgeon, one surgeon :
mate and chaplain, With such staff officers as are
provided Cor BY ibo laws q The United States for
each company, one captain, one hrst lieutenant
and one second lieutenant; each Of said regiments
to eons.si u ten companies, aud Of seven hundred
and eighty officers and men.
SIC. . Ia order 70 raise said regiments, the
Governor Is authorized and directed 10 establish
such recruiting officers as be shall think fl, for
the recruiting Of able bodied volunteers ior said
regiments, and 10 case the tive regiments 10 be
mustered into service without delay shall not be
! filed within six days next after any further re-
QUESTION shall bc made on this State by the Pres
! ideni Of the United States fer military aid, and
! before the l0ih day Of June 4, u. 1861, he shall
cause a sufficient number Of the citizens OF this
State, able to DO military duty, to Gil said regi-
nents, to be drafted for service In said regiments
from the several towns in this State, in proper
ton TO their population, but such drafts shall be
so made as to make the number Of each town,
both volunteers and drafted men, as nearly equal
as practicable in proportion 10 the population Of
| the various towns, and in case the four regiments
provided fgr in the discretion Of the Governor
shall not be filled in fifteen days after the issuing
Of an order therefor, the same shall be dlled by
draft as aforesaid.
! SIC. B. No person shall be received as yolun-
cer pursuant 10 this act, whose age shall be less
than twcnty-oB years, except by the written con-
sent OF his guardian If be has one, or who shall
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height, or who shall have any such physical in
trinity rs to render him unit for actual service
| Sic. 4. Such volunteers and drafted men, or
such suitable substitutes as shall be furnished by
them, shall be required to serve this State, and
! the United States, when duly called for, for the
! period Of two years from and after the first day
ofJunc \. b. 1861, unless sooner discharged from
service.
SIC 5. Each officer, volunteer and drafted
man, or substitute, from the dale Of his commits
sion or volunteering or being drafted or subst-
tuted shall be subject 10 the rules and articles
4 provided for the government Of the armies of the
United States row in force or which may be here
after in force.
4 SIC. G. The Governor shall provide suitable
and sufficient instruction in drill and The military
art generally, for such men as FIST as they shall
volunteer or be drafted or substituted as atore
said and as fast as a sufficient number snail be
received as volunteers or be drafted substituted
as aforesaid, they shall be formed into companies
aud regiments under the direction Of the Cover
nor, as provided in section one of this act.
SEC, Z. As fast as such companies shall be so
raised and formed, the same shall be duly uni
formed, armed ard equipped, and shall be regu-
larly drilled and instructed, at such places as
shall be selected by the Governor for that pur-
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dcred in'o actual service.
SIC. s. The colonies, lieutenant colonies, ma
jors, ehaplains, and quarter masters, shall be
appointed and commissioned by the Governor,
and the eolones shall appoint the staff officers Of
their respective regiments, and the surgeon and
surgeons mate shall lie elected By the regimental
officers. The quarter masters, upon entering up
on the duties Of their Office shall give bonds to
The treasurer Of the State, in such sum and with
such suretes as the Governor shall direct and
approve, which bonds shall be filed in the Office
Of the treasurer, and in case Of breach, prose-
cuted under direction Of the auditor Of accounts.
SEC. 9. Each company shall elect its officers
the commissioned officers shall receive their COM
missions from the Governor, the warrant officers
their warrants, in accordance with the usages in
the army of the United States.
SIC. 10 The commissioned officers shall re-
ceye the same pay and ratons as are received
by like officers in the army Of the United States;
the non-commissoned officers, musicians and pri-
Yates shall receive, from the time Of their enlist
ment until they shall be ordered into actual SER
vice, the same pay provided for like officers, mu-
sicians and priyates in the army Of the United
States, and seven dollars per month each in nd
dition thereto, and after they shall be mustered
into the service Of the United States they shall
receive, in addition to the compensation paid by
the United States, the sum Of seven dollars per
month each.
SIC. II. The seven dollars per month pay,
provided for non-cominssoncd officers, must
clans and priyates By this act, shall not be paid
at the expiration of each month, but shall re-
main in the treasury Of the State; the amount
there accumulated to the credit Of any soldier
shall be used and appropriated by the treasurer
10 pay such orders as may by drawn on him un- I
der authority Of law, for the support and main
tcnancc Of the family Of such soldier. But it the
pay so accumulated 10 the credit Of any soldier
Shall not be drawn from the treasury on such
orders, it shall be paid to such soldier or his le
gal representatives At the expiration Of his term
Of service.
SIC. II. The Governor is hereby authorized
and directed to procure Immediately sufficient
quantity Of arms and equipments for the SIX
regiments herein provided for.
SIC 10. When il shall be necessary to draft
men in pursuance Of any Of the provisions OF This
act il shall be done IN the manner provided by
the fourth section Of an act entitled an act re-
lating to the militia, approved Oct. ~, 1911.
Snc. If. Whenever any company Of The uni
formed militia Of this State shall be ordered into
service by the Governor. agreeably to the proyis.
ions Of this act, the officers and men comprising
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