New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-12
Notice to tile volunteer Organizations
throughout this State.

NEw ORLEANS February II, 1862.
The COMMANDMENT Chief and Major General elect iii order
promptly to put III operation the Militia Law desire to
plain % the Volunteer Companies of he City aud State and al
persons disposed form Volunteer Companies character
| and effect Of the law. u II r. ftENE
Ian tie present Volunteer conpanfes Baltsiions, Resi
mants Bigads and Divisions dsbsnded BY operation oil
law. OH The 18Th day of Febr nary is
2-Vouneer Companies. Battahons. Regiments and Bri,
gades be formed be put operation by the 18th
March next. - o8s5Y r
4 n 85s : FORMATION OF COMPANIES.
3Vountcer Companies may lie foT.led until The 18th OF
March, iS6a Afts TINT date hs formed without the
consent of the Commander Chez and person
ceived into Volunteer Company 18th Of March, with
out tde consent of the Major, General .5 To-
Volunteer Companies consist 0! less than sixty
nor more than one hundred privates for Artillery and nfan
try and less than hirtywo than hxndrad
prvaes for Cavalry. ~ .3,3& ss;,s+4ssa
FoRMATIoE OF REGIMENTS AND RRIGADEs.
5Rcgiments may formed companies,
aud Bgades of less than four than Regiments;
but aud of Artillery Cavalry mag be attached
Volunteer Brigade with the Of tie Commanderan-
OF FICERs OF CoMPANIEs-INFANTRy AND ARTII..
I8H ss LERY &.+5 SO ~
6Each company Of Infantry one Captain,
First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Third Leuteiant
five sergeauts and four Corport's. 1+f IT
Each company of Artillery mast have Captain two First
Lentenans two Second Leutenans, eight Sergeans twelve
SCorrorals, two BusIers. six Artihcers. 'Y
OFFICERS OF REGIMENTS-TNFANTRY AND ARTIL.
5siz LERY.
Each Regiment must have QUE Colonel ons Lieutenant
Colonel Major Adiuant Assistant Quarternaste
who sh III act Paymaser, Surgeon, Assistant Sur
geon Sergeant Major, Qusrermaer.s Sergeant
two Chief Musicians. II
OFFICERS OF BATTAL1ONS--IN INF ANTRY AND ARTIL-
sTwo companies, more than four shall foim Bat
talon, to be commanded by Major fye and less Than
ten companies form Battalion to be commanded by
Ldeuteuaut, Colonel. All @7s. ,a AL ss3 II s,t;% Z
4s OFFICERS OF CAVALRY. aH
ga Troop Of Horse have Captain one First Lieu
tenant Second Lieutenant, Comet, Sergean
Gorporals, one Farrier and QUO Sadder. ,a4g&s Wy
40 Two Troops Of Horse shall form sonadron be
anded by the senior Captain Sqnadrons kha form
Regiment DO commanded by Colonel Leuteuant Colonel
and Major with the stsf Officers Regiment III
fantry. ~ n 5R3s &pt& a44- @aft 5sf@ E@
ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
11-Volunteer Companies Battalons Regiments ard Br
gades may determine the mode Of eleeng appointing
officers Any mode W which the Of Company Bat
taion Regiment md Brigade may be asceained will
tansd whether by resolutions ace.amasion viva vote
ballet. ayr w
l2AnS Volunteer Company. Battalion or Regiment which
shall baye attached itself to Brigade BY the 18Th Of March,
be attached to Militia Volunteer Brigade by tae Com
Inander nChisf. 80 s5,s,.,g.- 81 g.ss
1Retuns of elections appointments made to The
who will certify the election appointment to
the Governor and the commissions Will be by the
Governor. etz- H. 2azp4. ID;
54kt ~ NoN.GoMMIssIoNED OFFICERS. Is u
officers be appointed by the Cap
tais companies which they bong certificate of their
appointment issue to the signed by Captain Of their
Company and attached to Battalion by Commander
the Battalion also. >: L.ssS E.E ~
~ * &ta Il. ts.Fa y STATES. -, .~1t. ST. .
l5-A Staff Officers must be appointed by their Immediate
chiefs aniwill be commissioned by the Governor They will
hold their office at the pleasure of their immediate chief An
officer of the line receiving stat appointment temporarily
will retain his commission in the line. p 2 sr
: -N-E4E& -stE7- RANK. ~ ~. la s7|z'a
l6Feld and company officers of Volunteers will take rank
according to the date of their previous commissions Vol
neer SERVICE Iu where previous commissions were
leld the rank will be determined by the the commits
ions When commissions bear the date rank es
ablished by lot.
lVolnnteer corps will take in the line according to
he date Of their fonatiou If Of the date their rank will
be determined BY lot.
Pkes and lances will be furnished by the State all VOL
Insar organizations not supp lied with firearms.
sEF THOs 0. MOORE,
NJ @ Governor and Commander in. Chef.
a JOHN L. LEWIS,
fel2 2p5t & ~ Maor.C enera, e,ect