Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-05-09

the said company until the same shall be filled
Iup.
9. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with
the permission of the Generals commanding
military departments, by the commandments of
regiments and corps, and sent to their respect
i've States for the purpose OF receiving Tor such
regiments and corps, in conformity with re-
Icruiting regulations heretofore adopted (Gene-
|eral Order No. 6,) volunteers desiring to join
Ethem. Such volunteers may be assembled at
the camps of instruction in their respective
States, prepared for the field, and sent to their
respective regiments and corps until the same
shall be filled up; or, if ready for the field may
be ordered directly to their corps by the officer
SO recruiting them.
III Volunteer Corps Heretofore Authos-
ased.
| TO- Persons liable to military service un-
der this act and not in service on the 10th. day
| of April, may until the 17th Of May next, vol
| unteer in corps heretofore authorized to be
| raised by the Executive of any State, part of
the quota thereof in pursuance Of a call made
upon such State by the President. Persons
authorized to raise such corps, who may not on
that day have the necessary number of men en-
rolled and mustered into service according to
the terms of their authority, will proceed with
their men to camp of instruction in their
spective States, and will deliver their muster
rolls to the commandant thereof.
II. The commandants of such corps as are
completed on or before the 18th. day Of May
and not otherwise ordered, will report to the
commandants of the recruits of their respective
States, and with their corps will be placed by
him in camp OF Instruction, and report lmme
dately to the department. Such corps will be
under the command of the commandants of
cruts, in their respective States, and will be
e - II ~
recruits, until removed from the camp. They
will only be moved under orders from the de-
partment, from the Commanding General of
Of the army, or in urgent cases, from the Com
manding General of the military department
in which the camps may be situated, and in
such cases report will Immediately be made to
the department by the officer in command Of
the camp.
Iv.-Addsts0aaGL cogps--G~e7rsLI0 se7v5ce.
ID. Under the prohibition Of this act against
the organization Of new corps, no further au :
thority for that purpose can be given, except
that specially provided for in the act of Con-
gress, entitled "An Act to organize bands Of
Partizan Rangers For this latter purpose,
application must be made through the Com
manding Generals of the military departments
in which the said corps are to be employed.
v. Reorganization Of taoezve months
corps.
Is. All regiments, battalions, squadrons and
Companies of twelve months volunteers, will
reorganze within forty days from the 18th of
April, by electing all their officers which they
had right heretofore to elect, ,and on such days
as the brigade commanders may prescribe and
the said dbrigadecommandersa are hereby ordered
to fix and announce the day for such reorg gani-
zation as soon as practicable. No person who
is to be discharged, under the provisions of the
act, will take part in such election.
Il. The form OF holding and certifying the
elections will be in conformity with the laws
of the State from which the men, or the major
part thereof, may come and when the cleo
ton of field officers is to be made by company
officers, the latter will be first elected. All
certificates Of election will be returned to the
Adjutent Generals Office, and the officers will
be commissioned by the President. They will
however, on receiving copy of the certificate
of election Immediately enter upon duty. OFF,
GERS not reelected will be relieved from duty.
and the brigade commander will return their
names to the department.. Il
w Corps raised ffoa. Local Defense.
Is, Corps raised for local defanse will re-
tain their organization during the term OF such
enlstment, unless previously disbanded, but
members of such corps may volunteer into
corps for general service as hereinaboye pro-
vided. 3f.tss9eg.se9 ass lsa-<st4 ~
z,. ~ = Discharges. 81 - sas
l6 When any company now in service for
twelve months shall before the l6ta. day of
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