Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-30
Wan Der PiRrMnNr,
ADJuTANr GENRRAL'e OFFICE, 7
tW.autNoToN. Inlv 7. 1861

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General Orders, No. "a.
I. The following resolution Of Congress Ii
published for the Information Of all concerned
Resolution % encourage EnlIstnentS in the Reguai
| Army and Volunteer forces.
Resolved by The Senate and House of Represen.
fGtiees OF The United States Of America IN Con
gress assembled, That so much of the ninth sec.
| ton of the act approved August third, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, entitled can act for the
better organization of the military establish
ment," as abolishes the premium paid for bring.
ing accepted recruits to the rendezvcus, be and
the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter O
premium of two dollars shall be paid to any
citizen, non commissioned officer, or soldier, for
such accepted recruit for the regular army [as]
he may bring to the rendezvous. And every
soldier who hereafter enlists, either 10 the reg
ular army or the volunteers, for three years, or
during the war, may receive his first months
pay In advance, upon the mastering OF bis com.
llany into the service of the United States, or
after ho shall have been mustered into and
joined regiment already in the service.
Approved June 81, 1862.
ii. For the two dollar premium, regular ser
vics, the form of receipt roll annexed will be
used as a consolidated voucher for the pay
ments. The payments will be made from re-
cruiting funds, and 80 soon as the recruit is ac-
cepted by the recruiting officer.
III. For polunteer recruits for old regiments,
there will be paid premium of three dollars.
and for those entering new regimentsa premium
of two dollars. The. premium may be paid
either to the person bringing the recruit, or to
the recruit in person, in case he presents him
aelf.
These payments will be mado go soon as the
recruit has been inspected by the surgeon and
mustered into the service.
The amounts will be entered on the Muster
In Roll, opposite the names of the recruits 90
paid, and charged to the fund for collecting,
drilling, and organizing uolunt.ers."
For voucher, modified form of that used
In the regular service may be used.
~. The months pay in advance for regular
and volunteer recruits will be paid under such
regulations as the Paymsster General may
establish.
V. During the continuance of the existing
war, tvsnty Jfus dollars Of the one hundred bounty
previously authorized by act of Congress will
be paid to every recruit Of the regular and vol
unteer forces.
These payments will be made as follows, viz
/. To volunteer recruits for the old regi.
ments, when the said recruits are inspected and
mustered into the service, and to those of the
new regiments when their companies are organ
lied, muster-n-rolls made out, and the muster
ing oficer's certificate given thereto. The
amounts will be entered OH the muster-in-r rolls,
opposite the name of the recruits, respectively,
and charged under the head of "Erpensts Of
Volunteer Recruiting SeTOiee." To this end, an
account current separate from that for the fund
for " collecting, drilling, and organizing volun-
teers," will be used, but the volunteer recruit
ing fund" will be disbursed by the regularly
appointed mastering and dsbursing officers.
2 To recruits for the regular service when
the recruit has been passed by the " Board of
Inspectors" at the regimental or general SER
vice depot, as the case may be. The amounts
under this head will be paid from the recruiting
funds, and entered on the recruiting account
current opposite the names of the recruits, re-
spectively; and alao on the first descriptive list
of the soldier; whenever this list is given before
bounty has been paid, on entry" $25 bounty
due for enistment"-wil bo made thereon.
In case of re-enlisted soldiers, the entry, as
to payment or on-payment, will be made on the
fret muster roll, and the superintendent of the
recruiting service will be notified Of the fact.
8. Vouchers for payment will be in the form
of consolidated receipt rolls.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant General.
Official: E. D. TowNsEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
We are authorized to say that Captain A. B.
bod will have the money to meet the require.