The Portland daily press., 1862-07-29
Two Negroes Hung.
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, July %.
Brig. Gen. Benz F. Roberts has been assign
ed to duty at Gen. Pope's head quarters as
chief of cavalry.
Letters of inquiry relating to the pay of
soldiers in hospitals or on furlougb, shall be
addressed to the Paymaster General; relating
to back pay and the one hundred dollars boun-
ty of deceased soldiers, to the second auditor;
relating to the pay of deceased teamsters or
other employees of the Quartermaster's De-
partment, or for the pay for the horses killed
or lost in the service, to the third auditor; re-
lating to the pay and bounty of persons in the
marine or naval service, to the fourth auditor;
about soldiers in the army, to the Adjt. Gen.
The following army order has just been is
sued
1st-The recruiting detail for each volun-
teer regiment in the field will hereafter consist
of two commissioned officers from the regi-
ment and one non-commissioned officer or pri-
vate from each company. Paragraph third of
General Order No. 105, of 1851, is amended
accordingly.
Regmental commanders will at once select
the additional men herein authorized, and the
order for detail will as before be given by the
commanders of the departments or the corps
d'armee.
2d-One commissioned officer of the detail
will remain constantly at the general recruit
ing department to receive the recruits when
sent from the rendezvous, and TO exercise care
and control over them after their arrival until
thov .ro ordorod 20 choir REGIMENTS
3d-Recruits for regiments now in the field
will be permitted to select any company of the
regiment they NAV prefer. Should the COM
pany thus selected he full wbeu they ioin it.
they will he allowed to select another.
4tb-AlImenw who desire sinolv or Inv squads
IN io;p any nart;cplar reg;ment or comnanv in
tbe field are hereby authorized 10 present
Themselves IN any recrpiting officer when they
will he forvardad ~ once to the General denot
for the state or district tbere 70 Inc Only mus
tered and 10 receive the bountv allowed by
law in sncb cases Punishment napers and de-
scrintive lists will he forwarded as directed in
General Order No 1os of 1861 from this Of
flee
Another army order is as follows.
1st-Descrintiye lists and accounts of the
nav clotbjno Sc of soldiers will never where
II can he avoided. he given into their own
hands Such napers should be entrusted only
IN the officer or nop-commissioned officer in
CHARGE with which they are.
od-Excent in sucb cases as that of an ord
nance sergeant sneciallv ASSIGNED tn duty at n
most ,vber.. there ore No troons and where he
cannot he regularIv mustered no soldier must
he maid ON a mere descriptive list and account
of nav and clotbino but only on the r,uster
and nav roll or on that of a general hospital.
If he be there sick or ON duty. No payments
will therefore he made To enlisted men ON fnr-
louch.
3d-Tbe giving in of dunlicates nv any off,
Ger of the army Of certificates of DISCHARGE or
final statements is uncomfortable forbidden.-
ISee noragranh 1O5 of the revised reoulations1
Not even If such paners are lost or DESTROYED
is anv officer of the army authorized tn re-
Mace them.
4th~Tbe nroper course TO be pursued in
sucb e.sos viii 10 f,,nd ;ndca,ad :, n,raoranb