The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-15

State of Vermont.

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nur.sr AND INSPECTOR Generals OfFich'
Woodstock, August To- ioo@'
General Order, No. IL.
Whereas. the President of the United osa'es'
NV order dated August 4, 1867, has aifoe..s
that draft of three hundred thousand As'. .ha
be Immediately called into the serves vi sns
limited States, to serve nine months uhi.o'
sooner discharged And whereas the q9ose
thereof assigned to the State OF vermont 10 io0i
thousand eight hundred and ninety-e'gn' n'sn
for which number of men requlsitioh ns' oesu
made And, whereas, In pursuance Vi sn'
statute law Of this State, all the UNIFORM com-
NAMES in tho State have been called INTO eerVice'
In pursuance of said requsition. and 1t has De-
come necessary to call out greater NUMBER Oh
men h.
residue of the whole number OF men necessary
to complete the said quota of this State, De ralSea
nv draf, from the enrolled militia, unless sucn
draft shall be rendered unnecessary in the man
ner hereinafter stated. ,.
If able-bodied men, between the ages OF eign|
cen and forty.fve, residents OF any to~n' or
towns IN this State, shall to the number OF one
hundred and one, with the consent OF the pa
rents, masters or guardians, OF such OF them as
are minors, agree, by signing a proper contract
of enlistment, to serve as company, IN tux sef-
vice of the United States, for the term OF nine
months unless sooner discharged, IN lieu OF
drafted militia from the several Towns IN "nion
they reside under the reQuisItlon AFORESAID Oh
the President Of the United States, tor the pay,
rations and allowances to which drafted militia
are entitled and to be subject to all the duties
and obligations imposed by law upon DRAFTED
militia. and shall deposit such contract OF en-
l;stmant. with the written consent for the ell
,istment of such Of them US are minors, In tne
office of Adutant and Inspector General OF TINS
State at w oodstock, on or before the Zoth Gay
Of August, A. D. 1862, at twelve CLOCK
noon, such company will be accepted ana Or
ganiznd. and the men who constitute such com
nany will be credited to the towns OF Which
thew are residents, towards the quota 81 enroll
ed militia requred to be enlisted IN snch towns
for the purpose of completing the quota OF louf
thousand eight hundred ard nlnety-elg" men
assigned to Vermont, as afordsald ana ii 1he
residents Of any town, abia-bodled ana between
the required ages, equal IN number 10 the en-
tire quota to be raised IN such town from 'he
enrolled militia. shall thus become members OF
such company, no men Will be raised oy nrait
in such town ; and il such residents, less IN
number than the quota of such town, snail 50
become members Of such company, only sufh-
sient number of men will be drafted III such town
as are required for the purpose OF completing
the quota OF the town.
The quotas of the several towns I'D thls State
reoui Ell to be raised from the Enrolled Militia,
cannot be determined with certainty, sntll the
enrol2senss, required by General Order NO. IL,
dated August II, 1862, are returned by the
Listers Of the several towns to the office of the
AdiutaDt and Inspector General which Will
not be until the 25th day OF August, a. u.
1862. Bot the quota of the State being Known
and the ratio which it bears to the whole popu-
lation. the officers of each town can determine
with sufficient accuracy, for she purposes OF this
order. what will be the number which will pro-
badly be required from such town.
No recruiting officers will be appointed to re-
ceve en.istnsents under this order but the
town officers and patriotic citi7nns of the several
town in this State will be expected to arrange
in such as shall seem to them most proper, fol
the formation Of such companies, by the enlist
ing of the men and nblning the quotas Oh
towns.
The contrae, of enlistment may be substaD
tally in the following form
STATE OF VERMONT
We, the undersigned, residents Of the several
towns in the State of Vermont set against oul
names respectively, do hereby vol~atarily enlist
and offer ourselves to serve in a company o
militia, in the service of the United States, fol
the term of nine months, unless sooner dis
charged, in lien of the drafted militia. for tn
State Of Vermont. under the recent call Of tn
President Of the United States dated August 4
( 1862, for draft of 300 900 militia. And W
do hereby severally agree, that we will accep
the pay, ratoas and allowances, to whicl
drafted militia are entitled, under the laws Q
this State and the United States, and do tax
upon ourselves all the duties and obligations t.
which drafted men are subject,