Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-05-09

cT1LCLS.
I. An officer not below the rank Of Major
will be detailed for each State to take charge
OF the enrolment mastering in, subsistence,
transportation, and disposition on the recruits
raised under this act.
2. Application will be made Immediately to
the Governors of the several States for permis-
sion to employ State officers for said enroll
ments, and in case such permission be not grant
ed. officers Of the army will be selected BY the
Department to perform that duty, under such
regulations as may be prescribed. w here State
officers are employed, the regulations of
the respective States in regard to military
enrolment will be observed, far applica =
Bile.
}. The enrolled meu in each State will be col
iected in camps of instruction by the officers in
command of the recruits, the said camps to be
selected with reference to health, and the faci
tiles for obtaining subsistence aud transporta-
tion The number of these camps shall not ex
ceed two in each State, without authority from
the department, and to each will be allowed
quartermaster and commlssary.
A. The commandants Of the camps of instruc
ton in the several States will call npon the Gen
erals commanding the military departments in
which their camps may be situated, .or compe-
tent drill officers to instruct the recruits. and
will prepare them for the field rapidly as
ly vaccinated aud IN ordering them to the field
will, as far practicable, prefer those who
have passed through the usual camp diseases.
They will establish hospitals in connection with
their camps, and make requisition for such
medical attendance and stores may be requlr
ed.
5. The commandments of regiments oattalions,
squadrons aud unattached companies, in service
ON the 10Th INST will send copies of their mus
ter rolls to the commandant of the proper camp
instruction in their respective States, with off,
GERS to take charge of such recruits may be
furnished to said corps. The said command.
ants will apportion tile recruits among such
corps in proportion to the deficiency of each,
except when otherwise specially directed by
the department, alloting, as far as practicable
to each such corps the men from the regions of
country in which it has been raised. They
will, from time to time, send off such bodies of
recruits as are ready for the field, and will re-
port on the irst Monday of every month the
number of recruits in camp, their condition the
number sent off during the month, and the
regiments and corps to which they were
sent.
+. The commandments of regiments and corps
will distribute the recruits among their several
companies, and in such as have rot the number
OF companies allowed by law to regiment, the
said commandants may organize the required
number Of new companies, after first filling up
the existing companies to the minimum mum.
Abers required by law-that is to say, for each
company of infantry. 81 prlyates of cavalry,
90 prlyates ofartillery, 10 privates. 81
8. The recruits will be apportioned among
she several arms OF service, according to their
respective wants, consulting as far as practica
BILE the preference of the meE. Where great
.er number. .offer for a particular arm than can
be assigned to it, the distribution will be deter
mined by lot; but recruits for the cavalry will
only be taken from those who furnish sheir
own horses. j5s
n Volunteers fos Enzssting Corps.
8. Persons liable to military service under
me above act, mot ia service on the 18th of A
|prii, and wishing to volunteer in any particular
|eocnpany III the Confederate service on the Ie