Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-10
Commonwealth of Nra.snchu.ett..
Headquarters. Boston, Sept. 3, 1862.

HEADQUARTERS. Boston, Sept. 3, 1862
GENERAL. ORDER No. "A.
of General Order OF the War Department No. 80
current series the Governor and Commarder-inC hief
desi. mates Brigadier General John II. Reed Quarter
mas;eI-Genersl of the Commonwealth, to be General
Comandant Of all camps Of Militia rendezvous in Mas
sachusctts.
II. All Commandments of such camps will forward all
their rcquis tons tor subsistence clothing camp and
garrison Cqutpage and military supplies, whatsoever
through the General Commandant.
Upon the nomination OF the commandments of the
sp ctive camps. the general commandsnt will make de-
tails or duty adutans and post quarterma tes
from among the mill officers or men in said camps.
This order is necessary to secure the knowledge st
central point Of all facts and that control
oil al NOV ments concerning the several militia rendez
vous which is necessary to prevent mistakes and reg
late and stematze the expenditures which called
for by the encampment of the militia.
III. Each militia company applying to be placed in
camp will make application to the adjutant general for
secih orueis LOT mat purpose and each application
must be accompanied by evidence to the satisfaction Of
the adjutant general that the company is recruited to
INC ieSa MINIMUM OF ~ othcerS and men, such orders
Will thereupon be issued by him rapidly camp
comnodations shalt be provided by the federal officers
But the general commandant will thatno company
so ordered into camp shall be there received permitted
itself for admission with the full minimum aggregate Of
81 officers and men, according to the representation
been issued and the general commandant will that
daily morning reports from each camp of rendezvous are
made to the acjutant general.
These orders regulating receiving into rendezvous
those organizations formed under the militia laws are
found to be absolutely necessary. Regiments not
crted to the legal standard useless and will not be
accepted or recognized by the department of war Com
panies not full and not willing to belong TO whatsoever
regiment In which their presence may be needle
create great embarrassment. ana are of no avail Re
ceivng Illegal companies, recognizing regiments
corps OF the United States standard Of organizations
would involve the necessity of ultimately dsbanding
many thereby creating great disappointment while it
would tend also increase the number corps in pro-
OF formation beyond their capacity of prompt COM
pletion Ii the day OF drafting shall find with many
supposed and with but few acual and available military
bodies all of the former class will have Gsbaud and
the draft become of almost universal Applicant,
All citizens are therefore most respectfully and
nestv urged to exert their energies press the
recruitment, with single furnishing volunteers
and avoiding draft. II seek exclusively or even
ment Of new cOrpS-scattering aud not concentrating
the recrus,-lnost Of the labor being devoted to
Under the other policy will reward our exerons
since blow will tell and every step progress help
| the next
" Nothing in this order contained shall he construed
to prevent the receiving into the proper rendezvous, Ell
ther by squads or sng!y town quotas individuals
desiring 10 enlist, but such squads individuals will be
assigned to such corps already organized in camp as
thev elect, the good of the service require
V. All militia companies of infantry throughout the
commonwealth. whether already rgauized orreCrutin
on enlistment papers heretofore issued, which shall not
be recruited to the maximum of lO officers and men on
or before the 10th day of September current will be liza
Die TO be dsbsnded and transferred to 9TH
corps in which they may be needed and companies
will be detached from attached to regiments whenever
ana according as II may appear deSira BILE.
H. From and after this date the aduant general i'll
issue orders for the oreanizat of new companies by
election Of officers only shall sufficiently appear
TO him that such companies fully recruited at least
the number of CGhtyhee men. that all said recruits
nave been approved upon medical i~Spection and
ready TO be mustered into the service of the United
| States.
VII The aduant general will transmit copies of this
order and all special orders establishing camps of
GeZVouS ana appointing commandments therefor to the
department OF war and to all U. quartermaSter
missary and mastering and diSbursing officers duty
| this commonwealth.
Bv command OF his excellence, JoMN A. ANDREW,
governor and commander n-chirf.
50 d3t VIM SCHOULER, Adj. General