Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-31
EnIIstnenfs in Ihe Regalar Army and


Volunteers.
The War Department, in general or
der from the Adjutant Generals Office,
publishes for the information Of all con-
cerned, the joint resolution Of Congress
to encourage enlistments in the regular
army and volunteer forces, which ehprovides
that 50 much of the ninth section of the
act " for the better organization Of the mil
itary establishment" asabolishes the pre-
MUM paid for bringing accepted recruits
to the rendezvous be repealed, and that
premium of two dollars be paid to any
citizen, non-commissioned officer, or sol
dier, for such accepted recruit for the reg
ular army as he may bring to the render
vOus, and that every soldier who hereaf-
ter enlists, either in the regular OF yOiun-
teer service for three years or during the
war, receive his first months pay in ad-
vance upon the mastering Of his company
into the service Of the United States, or
after he shall have been mustered into and
Joined a regiment already in the service.
The general order proceeds as follows:
Second: For the s. premium, regular
service, the form Of receipt-rOl annexed
will be used as a consolidated voucher for
the payments. The payments VIII be made
from recruiting funds, and so soon as the
recruit is. accepted by the recruiting Off
Ger.
Third For volunteer recruits, for old
regiments there viii be paid a premium
Of So, and for those entering new regiments
a premium Of 81. The premium may be
paid either to the person bringing the re-
eruit, or to the recruit in person, in case
he presents himself. These payments will
be made so soon as the recruit has been in
spected by the surgeon and mustered into
the service The amounts will be entered
on the muster-roll, opposite the names Of
the recruits so paid, and charged to the
fund for q collecting, drilling, and organ
izing volunteers" For q voucher, a mod
fled form Of that used in the regular SER
vice may be used.
Fourth The month pay in advance for
regular and volunteer recruits will be paid
under such regulations as the Paymaster
General may establish ~.
Fifth During the existence of the pre-
sent war, S25 Of the 500 bounty previous
ly authorized by act Of Congress, viii be
paid to every recruit Of the regular and
volunteer forces. These payments win be
made as follows;
l. To volunteer recruits for the old reg
iments when the said recruits are inspected
and mustered into the service, and 20 those
Of the new regiments when their compa-
nies are organized, muster-in rolls made
out, and the mastering officers certificate
given thereto. The amounts will be en-
tered on the mnster-in rolls, opposite the
name Of the recruits respectively, and
charged under the head Of " expense vol
unteer recruiting service" To this end
an account current, separate from that for
the fund for collecting, drilling and or
ganizing volunteers, will be disbursed by
the regularly appointed mastering officers,
8. To recruits for the regular service
when the recruit has been passed by the
Board Of Inspectors at the Regimental
or General Service Depot, as the case may
be. The amount under this head will be
paid from the recruiting funds, and enter
ed on the recruiting account current, Op-
posite the names of the recruits respective
ly, and also on tbs, first descriptive list Of
the soldier, whenever this list is given be-
fore bounty has been paid, an entry, " S25
bounty due for enlistment, will be made
thereon. In case Of rs-enlistcd soldiers
the entry as to payment oEnon-payment
viii be made on the rstmuster roll, and
the Superintendent Of the Recruiting Ser.
vice will be notified of the fact
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