The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-14
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 1G, 1862.

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COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 1G, 1862.
\ r A MEETING OF TIE GOVERNOR
: AAand Council, held this day, the following
rules were adopted and ordered to be published:
Rulcs mode and estoJlishcddy the Governor omd
Council for the management Of tie Dcport-
ment Of tie MLitury Of tie State.
Rule l. 1t shall be the duty of the Chief
of the Military Department to examine into
the military condition of South Carolina, which
includes the returns and present condition of
the troops In service, and the militia not in
service, together with the number, amount and
condition ofarms. ordnance, ammunition,c 10TH
ing and supplies, and to report the same to
the Governor and Council.
Rule =. 1t shall he the duty of the Chief of
said Department to keep in PROPER form and
report regular and exact returns of the militia
ry force of the State in Confederate service and
in the militia of the State, and of all military
stores arms, equipments and supplies in the
magazines and other places in the State anh
to order, receive and take them, and all arms,
ammunition and equipments from officers and
other persons ia whose possession they may be-,
which belong to the State and are not nscd in
actual service, and to direct them to such
places as he may deem proper.
Rule 3. The Chief of said Department
shall form estimates for all such stores, arms,
ammunition, equipments, clothes and supplies
as may be requisite for the military service of
this State and the contingencies of the Con-
fcdcratc demand, and providing adequate mag
azincs for the same, where such do not exist,
and report the same to the GoyIrnor and Coum-
Gil that due provision may be made there
for.
Rule 4. The Chief of said Department
shall give directions necessary to carry into
operation all resolutions and directions of the
Governor and Council by orders through the
Adutant and Inspector Generals Department.
for raising, arming, and cquipping troops for
the service of the State, and ofthc Confederate
States, under the authority of the State and
for the organizing. providing and inspecting
the same and to direct the arrangement, dis
tribution, transportation and operation of such
troops (till mustered into confederate servicc)
may be brought into the service of the State
under and subject to the orders of the Govern
or and Counril to provide for the transporta-
ton, safc-kccping and distribution of supplies
necessary for the troops called into the service
of the State, or which the contingency of the
Confederate service may appear to require.
Rule 3. The Chief of the said department
is vested with all such powers as are necessary
for the full performance of the duties above
specified, or which may hereafter bc imposed
and to this end he may supervise, direct and
give all proper orders to the Commissarv, Ord.
nance, QuartcrmaS' 'crand Medical Departments
OF the military organization of the State, and
10 command all officers and employees in the
military service of the State, and to dcputc to
them such matter at such times as he NAV see
proper. He is vested with further power to
remove all persons employed IN any of the
Departments aforesaid and to appoint others
in their stead and shall be responsible for their
conduct in office; but all such ordcrs-rcmo-
walls ani appointmcnts-sha be done by or
ders through the Adjutant and Inspcctor-Gcn-
erals Department, and shall bc reported to the
Governor and Council at their rcxt meeting
thereafter, and be subject to the control of the
same. All the vacancies in the military SER
vice of the State heretofore vested bv law in the
Governor, shall be vested in the Chief of the
Military Department, subject to the previous
decision of the Governor and Council
Rule 6. The Chief of the Military Depart
mcnt shall keep book or books, to which all
orders or directions made or given bv him
shall be transcribed, and the same shall be
submitted to the Governor and Council at each
successive meeting, and to enable him to dis
charge such duties as are imposed, he is author
lied to employ one or more clerks upon such
compensation as may be fixed by the Governor
and Council.