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

stephen Huse, NJ d. of Methuen.
Edward Newhall, NJ d. OF Lynn.
J W Osgood, NJ d, of Greenfield
Edward Barton, NJ d. of Orange
Charles Duncan, NJ D. of Shelburne.
Noh.n , For TIE II COUNTY o. , OF nANrDEN
Ms% w sFeTk p Of SEPTjT9g@ad
II s. Lucas NJ ID, of Chester Factories.
nor,o, r FOR The 6 e0 !, a3 OF HAMrsnIaE
William M Tfow, NJ D, of Williamsburg
D Miner, N D, of Ware;
FOR THE COUNTY OF MDDLEsEX.
Josiah Bartlett NJ D, Of Concord, president of the
William Mason, NJ D, of Cbarlestown.
Morrill, Wyman, NJ ID, of Cambridge
Gilman Kimball. NJ d, of Lowell.
Nathan Allen, NJ D, of Lowell.
RS Warren, NJ d, of Waltham
William Ingalls, N D. of Winchester
FOR THE COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.
FOR The COUNTY OF NORFOLK
Appleton Howe, D, of Weymouth
Henry Bartlett, NJ D, of Roxbury,
Benjamin Gushing, NJ y, of Dorchester.
Harvey Clapp, NJ b, of Wrentham.
Ebenezer Burgess, NJ d, of Dedhsm.
FOR THE COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH
Asa Mett NJ d, of North Brldgewater.
William Sparrow, NJ d, of Mattapoisett
RI Fiske, NJ D., Of bingham
Edward Reynolds, NJ d, Of Boston
John Dial on. NJ ID of Boston.
Oliver Wendall Holmes, NJ d, OF Boston.
George III GaY, Nj ID, of Boston.
Robert W Hooper Nj D. Of Boston
Samuel Howe, NJ d, of South Boston
W II Thorndike, NJ d, of East Boston.
W G Wheeler, D. of Chelsea.
Joseph Sargent, d, of Worcester.
alfred Hitchcock D, of Fichburg,
Henry Clarke, n ? of Worcester.
William u Peck, NJ D. of Sterling
D Brown, NJ D, Of Webster.
CP Fske, NJ d, of Fiskedalc.
And whereas it not possible ccivc and collate
the returns OF the militia enrolment apportion
among the municipalities of the Commonwealth Their
respective quotas of the militia requstion for l9OSO
cording TO law so the third day of September
And whereas il is apparently impossible by that time
to Obtain from the officers oil the United States adequate
regulations for the mister, adequate supply of
OF men required from this Commonwealth, while for a
more gradual massng troops such supplies will
And whereas it believed that the people will soon be
enabled to distribute the honorS and the hardshps
draft; gu" "1'i'''
It is, therefore, with the consent Of the department
OF war; but upon the responsibility of the governor of
Massachusetts
Further ordered that the aforesaid draft be POSTPONE
until Wednesday, the seventeenth day of September
nine clock before noon, when tn will proceed
noon and five O'Clock afternoon until it shall be
plshed unless before said date the whole number of
militia required from this Commonwealth shall have
voluntarily offered themselves
Detailed instructions to the commissioners appointed
to Superntend the draft, will forthwith be issueu.
The commissioner for each county will sit TO hear
claims for exemption at least day in each city and
town in which the probate cOurtS held for that county
Besides holding sessions in the city of Boston proper,
the commissioner for Suffolk county will sit at least one
day each, in South Boston, East Boston, and Chelsea
Particular assignment of the places where and the
times when each commissioner will hold his sessions,
will be published during the present week.
is the wish of the governor by all proper means, to
facilitate voluntary isment and organization of the
militia, and he therefore suggests:
Ihat the people combine by towns or IN other man
ner convenient TO themselves, to recruit militia compa
MES OF Ol men each, including otcers-for which pur
pose enlistment rcls are furnished application at the
These rolls shall be returned TO that office whenever
the signatures of sufficient numbers ofrecrnts compe
whereupon special order will in each case,
election OF company officers, according to the militia
The desire to combine into regiments companies
raised from towns and nehborho0ds contiguous to each
other VIII be respected far possible. For this pur
pose let combinations OF ten companies be presented all
inlly recruited and ready for re.mental organization
In order thus to present ten full companies the utmost
vgor viii be required in the recruitment throughout
the whole district from which it desired that the reg
ment shall be formed for, in order to effect the regimen
tai organization 1t will be necessary that each company
OF the ten shall be fully recruited and shall have com
plete its company organization. The field officers of
the regiment will then be chosen by the company officers
and the regimenta staff be appointed by the colonel
according to our militia laws.
In order be that in the hurry of rapid organ
izatlon, officers shall be imposed companies by
prise or under any circumstances requrnga reconsider
alton the governor will IN cases where their tnessi
notpersonaly known to him, seek for evidence In the
positive certificates town author ties or other respon
sble citizens as 10 their character and capacity.
4. Except in the cases of dividing drafted men into
companies or assigning them to companies already
edcn cltZcn Will select te corps he prefer,
uncontrolled by other person and endeayor will be
made respect selections But in all cases the
power reserved to the governor as commander in chief
of the militia to combine companies into regiments,
and to attach, detach dsband companies, according
his conviction Of duty to the public service may
quire. However much he may desire to yield to the
wishes of companies to be attached together the
pletiOn Of regiments cannot be retarded by him. the
marching Of troops postponed when the qualification Of
such wishes may involve such delays.
The foregoing paragraphs of this order intended
TO apply to existing militia regiments and companies as
well as to those hereafter to be formed, so far in the
q
1t will be remembered that in all things relating to
governor is acting with view to avoid any draft if pos
sble far BILE; and that by adapting the
OF the militia laws and by the exercising Of his powers
under tnem he seeks to help the people TO accomplish
this end. While assuming this responsibility he will be
Obliged therefore, to assume also the responsibility of
rgidly exercising all powers given by those laws which
he need to use to prevent confusion delays, INSULT
cency the absence of proper organization and all mis-
conduct And he confidently appeals to the
failing patriotism and generous fidelity OF the people to
assist him by their advice their cou tenance their sup
port and orbeaIance
to rely the government Of the United States and
federal officers for all military supplies, andhat he is not
permitted to obtain them from Independent sources but
all officers connected with these headquarters arc earn
esty cooperating with the federal iOficcrs to procure
and distribute these supplies with the least delay
3. The definite assignment of the exact quotas of the
towns and cities under the call for 1900 militia depends
upon computation which can be made only when the
returns from all the cities and towns shall have been
Whenever the three years and the nine months quo
tas from any town shall have been filed inhabitants OF
such town may volunteer and be credited part Of the
quotas OF other owns but in event of still another DRAFT
credits will be so adjusted TO credit each town with
all Of Its own Inhabitants In the service.
BY order of His ENcellcncy, JOHN A. ANDREW,
Governor and Commander in-Chief
WILLIAM SCHOULER,
Commonwealth OF AIass1chuseIts.