Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-09

garrison equipage and military supplies whatsoever,
through the General Commandant.
Upon the nomination of the commandants of the re-
spectlve camps the general commandant will make de-
tails for duty post adutans post quartermas tiers
from among the militia officers men in said camps e
This order is necessary to secure the knowledge at
some central point of all facts and that central control
OF all movements concerning the several militia rendez
yous, which is necessary to prevent mistakes and regu
for BY the encampment of the militia.
III Each militia company applying to be placed in
camp VIII make application to the adutant general for
special orders for that purpose and each application
must be accompanied by evidence to the satisfaction of
the adutan general that the company is recruited to
the legal minimum of SO officers and Such orders
will thereupOn be issued by him rapidly camp ac-
commodations shall be provided by the federal officers
But the general cemmandaDt will see thatno company
so ordered into camp shall be there received permitted
70 enter ts renaezvous unless 1t shall in fact present
itself for admission with the full minimum aggregate of
upon the faith of which the order admission had
been issued and the general commandant will that
made to the adjutant general.
These orders regulating receiving into rendezvous
those organizations formed under the militia laws
found 70 be absolutely necessary. Regiments not
crited to thelegal standard useless and will not be
accepted or recognized by the department of war Com
panes not full and not willing to belong to whatsoever
create great embarrassment, and of no avail Re-
ceYlng illegal companies, or recognizing as regiments
would involve the necessity of ultimately disbanding
many, thereby creating great disappointment, while it
would tend also to the number of corps in pro
of formation beyond their capacity prompt COM
pleton If the day OF drafting shall find with many
supposed and with but few actual and available military
bodies all of the former class will have to Gsband and
the draft become of almost universal application.
All citizens therefore most respectfully and
nest urged to exert their energies press
recruitment with single eye to furnishing volunteers
primarily the interest special corps the establish
ment of new corps,-scatering aud not concentrating
the recruits,-m0st Of the labor being devoted
the nine months recruitment will have been wasted
Under the other policy will reward exerons,
since every blow will tell and every step progress help
the next one.
w Nothing in this order contained shall he construed
to prevent the receiving into the proper rendezvous eli
ther by squads or singy any town quotas individuals
desiring to enlist but such squads individuals will be
assigned to such corps already organized in camp as
theY may elect or the good of the service may require
V. All militia companies of infantry throughout the
commonwealth whether already rgauized orrecrutng
on enlistment papers heretofore issued which shall not
be recruited to the maximum of l0l officers and
or before the 10th day of September CURRENT will be liza
bic TO be disbanded and their transferred any 9TH
er corps in which they may be needed and companies
VIII be detached from or attached to regiments whenever
and according as it may appear desirable.
vi. From and after this date the adutant general will
issue orders for the organizat of companies by
election of officers, only after 1t shall sufficiently appear
to him that such companies fully recruited to atleast
the number OF eightythree men, andhat all said recruits
nave been approved upon medical inspection, and
ready to be mustered into the service of the United
States
VII The adiutant general will transmit copies of this
order and all special orders establishing camps of rem
devious and appointing commandments therefor the
department of war, and to all u S. quartermaster.
mssary and mastering and dbursng officers duty in
this commonwealth.
BY command of his excellence, JOHN A. ANDREW
governor and commander in-chicf
50 DIT WIN. SCHoULER, Adj. General.