Litchfield enquirer., 1862-08-21
HEADQUARTERS STATE OF CON
NECTICUT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL's OFrIeE,o Hartford, Aug. 18th, 1862. ! GENERAL ORDERS, No. 99.
 ]. To answer the requisticn of the President of the United States for seven thousand one hundred and forty-fye q, 145} men from the Mi litia of this State, the Commander-n-C Chiei hereby authorizes and invites the voluntary for. nation of Companies of militia to be turned oyer to the Federal Government for Riue months unless sooner discharged by proper authority, | as the quota called for by the President in his l order for draft, dated August 4th, 1862. Seven Regiments will be organized from Companies which now compose the active militia, and from those which may be organized under these or ders prior to the 1st day of September next. 2. The organization of Companies and Regi- ments will be in accordance with that of the Volunteer force now in the field,
 Each Company will be organized asfel,ows, viz:
 ] Captain,
 First Lieutepant,
 ] Second Lieutenant,
 First Sergeant 1 Ssrgeants, 8 Cerporsls, ! Musiciana, 82 Privates. l0l Aggregate,
 
 lows, viz:
 1910 Company Officers and
 Enlisted Men, 1 Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel l Major, l Adjutant, Ia Lieut.) Regimental 0. NJ. Ia Lieutenant), l Surgeon, r.. 2 Assistant Surgeons, Sergeant Major, Regimental 0. N. Ser geant, l Regmental Commissary Sergeant, l Hospital Steward, 2 Principal Musicians,
 1924 Aggregate 4. When forty men shall be enrolled in one Company, or when a Company shall have been accepted, the members of such Com pany may elect Second Lieutenant by ballot, and, when full, all Company officers; which election must be certified by Justice of the Peace or Notary Public as correct, and return ed to the Adjutant-G Geperal with the enlistment roll properly ftled out. The Commander-in- Chief will consolidate all squads or parts of companies whenever he shall judge that the pub lie interest require such consolidation, and will
  tain and First Lieutenant from the Second Lieutehants which have been previously elected. The Field Officers will be elected by the Field and Commissioned Officers.
 5. Pay and subsistence will be in accordance with corresponding grades in the Regular Army, and will commence from the date of arrival at the rendezvous. In ad 1ition will be paid from the State of Connecticut bounty at the rate of thirty dollars per year to each enlisted soldier, and to a wife of an enlisted soldier six dollars per month, end two dollars per month to each child under fourteen years of age, provided the sum m the aggregate does not exceed ten dol lars per month. And in case there shall be children ana no Wife, the sum of six dollars per month for the youngest child, and two dollars per month for each additional child under fo,,rS teen years of age provided the sum in tba = gregate shall not exceed ten dollars per montS. which bounties shall commence from the date the soldier is mustered into the United States service. No expenses will be allowed for re- cruiting services.
 6. Companies will assemble at the rendez- vous upon the receipt of orders from the Adiu- tant Generals Department.
 [. Towns which furnish volunteers sufficient in number to equal the quota assigned to such towns, will be exempt from draft under the present call for troops.
 8. The quota required from each town will be published as soon as it can be prepared after the returns of the enrolment of the Militia are filed in the Adjutant Generals Office. g. Blanks necessary for enrolment will be obtained from the Adjutant Generals Ofice JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS. Adtutsus Gmwal.