Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-29
NUMBER "a
Official War Bulletins.
General Army Regulations.
WAR DEP'TMENT, ADJ.-GEN.'s 0BFIoA,
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WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. 1
GENERAL ORDERS, Ne. 107.-1. Of
icers of the regular army will, as asgen-T
eral rule, receive leaves of. absence to
accept the rank of Colonel in volunteer
regiments, but not lower grades. Non4
commissioned officers and priyates' will
be discharged on receiving commissions
In volunteer regiments. zls { s-z.sss
2. The oath of allegiance will not be-
administered to any person against his
own will. 1t must, in all cases, be
voluntary act on his part, nor will any
compulsory parole of honor be receiyed;s
but oaths taken and paroles giyen tas
avoid arrest, detention, Imprisonment on
expulsion, are voluntary or free acts,
and cannot be regarded as compulsory.
All persons guilty of violating such
oaths or paroles will be punished ac-
cording to the laws or usages of war.
g. The laws of the United States and
the general laws of war authorize, in
certain cases, the seizure and conversion
of private property for the subsistence,
transportation and other uses of the ar
my; but this must be distinguished from
pillage, and the taking of property for
public purposes is very different from.
its conversion to private uses. Alb
property lawfully taken from the enemy
or from the inhabitants of the enemy's
country, instantly becomes public props
erty, and must be used and accounted
for as such. The SD article of war au-4
thorizes the penalty of death for pill
laying and plundering, and other 1arti-
cles authorize severe punishments for
any officers or soldiers who shall sell,
em.bezzle, misapply or waste military
stores, or who shall permit the waste or
misapplication Of any such public prop
erty. The penalty is thesa whether
the offense be committed in our own or
in the enemy's territory. =
4. All property, public OF private.
taken from alleged enemies, must be ms
ventoried and duly accounted for. If
the property taken be claimed as pri-
vate, receipts must be given to such
claimants or their agents. Officers will
| be held strictly accountable for all prop
erty taken by them or by their author
! ity, and it must be returned for the same
as any other public property.
| 5. When foraging parties are sent out
| for provisions or other stores, the COM
manding officer of such party will be
held accountable far the conduct of his
command, and will make true report of
all property taken. =.
g.. No officer or soldier will, without
authority, leave his colors or ranks to
take private property or to enter pri-
vate house for the purpose. All such
acts are punishable with death, and an
officer who permits them is equally as
guilty as the actual pillagers. zs.9s
Z. Commanding officers of armies and
corps will be held responsible for the exr
ecution of these orders In their respec-
tive commands. % =
By command of Maj Gen. Halleck,
General in Chief of the Army. 81
| E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adj jutant- General.
GENERAL ORDER No. 1O5.-The in
spection of all cavalry forces prepara-
tory to their being mustered into the.
service of the United States, shall, here
after comprise, in addition to the usual
personal examination, test of horse.
manship, to be made un der the direction,
of the lnusterlng officer, and no person
shall be mustered into the cavalry SER
vice who does not exhibit good horse
manship, and practical knowledge of
the ordinary care and treatment. of
horses.