The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-22

GENERAL ORDER NO. IL.

nereaS the freSluenl OF the I nlteU
States, by order dated August 4, 1862, has
directed, that draft of three hundred thou
sand militia be Immediately called into the
service of the United States, to serve nine
months, unless sooner discharged And
whereas. the quota thereof assigned TO the
State of Vermont is four thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-eight men. for which number
of men requisition has been made And
whereas, in pursuance of the statute law of
this State, all the uniform companies in the
state have been called into service, in pursu-
ance Of said rcquistion, and it has been ne
cessary to call out a greater number of
men.
Now. therefore, it is hereby ordered, that
the residue of the whole number of men. ne
cessary to complete the said quota of this
State, be raised by draft from the enrolled
militia, unless such draft shall BE- rendered
unnecessary in the manner hereinafter stated
, If able-bodied men, between the ages of
eighteen and forty-fve, residents of any town
or towns, in this State. shall, to the number
Ct one hundred and one, with the consent OF
/ the parents, masters or guardians. of such OF
them as are minors, agree, by signing proper
contract of enlistment, to serve as company. in
! the service of the United States, for the term
of nine months, unless sooner discharged, i'll
/ lieu of drafted militia from The several towns
in which they reside, under the requisition
aforesaid of the President of the United
States, for the pay. raiiuns and allowances to
which drafted militia are entitled, and to be
subject to all the duties aid obligations i'm
posed by law upon drafted militia, and shall
deposit such contract Of enlistment, with the
written consent for the enlistment of such of
them as are minors. in the office of the Adlu-
tant and Inspector General of this State, at
Woodstock, on or before the twenty-fitth day
of August, 4. ID. 1852. at twelve o'clock
noon, such company will be accepted and or
sanized. and the men who constitute such
company will be credited TO the :tuwns OF
which they are residents, toward the quota OF
enrolled militia required to be raised in such
towns for the purpose of completing the quota
of four thousand eight hundred and ninety.
eight men assigned TO Vermont. as aforesaid
and if the residents of any town. able-bodied
and between the required ages, equal in num-
Der to the entire quota required to be raised
in such town from the enrolled militia. shall
thus become members of such company, nc
men will be raised by draft a. such town
and if such residents, less in number than the
quota of such town. shall so become members
of sach Company, only sufficient number OF
men will be drafted in such town as are re-
quired for the purpose of completing the
quota of the town.
The quotas of the several towns in this
State, required to be raised from the Enrolled
Militia, cannot be determined with certainty
until the enrOllments, required by Genera
Order No. IL, dated August H., 1862, are
returned by the Llste,s of the sever al town:
to the office of the Adjutant and Inspecto,
Genera. which will not be until the twenty
> fifth day CT August, \. ID. 1862. But the
quota of the State being known, and the ra.
ito which it bears to the whole population
the officers of each town can determine with
sufficient accuracy, fer the purposes of thi:
order, what will be the number which viii
probably be required from such town.
5 No recruiting officers will be appointed te
receive enlistments under this srder; but tn,
town officers and patriotic citizens of the Sc
veral towns in this State will be expected t.
arrange, in such mode as shall seem to then
most proper, for the formation of such com
panies, by the eniisting of the men and com
bining the quotas of towns.
The contract of enlistment may be substan
TALLY in the form following -
STATE OF VERMONT.
/ We the undersigned residents of the seve
! raj towns in the State of Vermont Sc, agains
our names respectively, do hereby voluntaril,
enlist, and offer ourselves to serve In q com
pany of militia, in the service of the United
D States, for the term of nine months,rnless soon
er discharged, in lieu of the drafted militia. 70
= the State Of Vermont, under the recent cal
, Of the President of the United States, datet
August 4, 1862, for a draft of 100000 militia
And we DO hereby severally agree, that W
: will accept the pay,rations and allowances, t.
which drafted militia are entitled, under tn
laws of this State and of the United States
. and do take upon ourselves all the duties ant
: obligations to which drafted men are sub
;. ject.
Each man is to subscribe such contrac,
with his name written in full, and his az
and residence correctly stated against hi
name, and the Roll, when complete, must b
returned to the office of the Adjutant an,
o Inspector General by or before the tim
S above stated. 1t will be to the lasting homo
n of Vermont on the page of history, if her citi
1 zens, in this war for the Union and the supre
e macy of the laws, shall freely, and withou
draft, furnish every man called for by tn,