Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-21
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Order Concerning EnIistments, sc.

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Order Concerning EnIistments, &c.
Headquarters ARMY OF THE PoroMAc,
April 20 General Orders, No. 44.-In order
that no misunderstanding may extend to the
course to be pursued with regard to regiments
! whose terms Of service are about expiring, the
following rules will govern the acton of corps
! commanders and others in the matter -
First. Where companies and regiments re-
enlist after their term Of service expires,
in accordance with the provisions OF general
order No 50 of April 3D. 1868, from the war
department, the regiment and company Off
GERS viii be retained. The regiment will have
a Through for the time specified in the order,
! and will be allowed to proceed at the public
! expense, with their arms and equipments, to
| the place of their enrolment, the date of
| their turlough being (two years men or nine
/ months men as the case may be- from the
| date Of the original muster into the service of
| the United States.
| Second. Where the regiments in Il body
! decline to re-enist, the officers and men will
! be mustered out at the expiration OF two years
or nine months from the date OF their actual
muster into the service of the United States
their arms and equipments will be turned over
to the ordnance officer of the division to which
sistence to the place Of their enrolment will
be provided by the quartermaster and subsist
ence department.
Third. In cases where less than one hhf
the men re enlist, the proportion Of officers to
| be retained, and the selection of those to be
retained in service, will be determined by corps
commanders, in accordance with the proyis-
ions Of paragraph 3 Of general orders No. Sc,
of April ?, 1868, from the war department.
The rank, proportion, and number of officers
to be retained with regiments Where re-enlist-
nentS are partial, is left to the discretion OF
| corps commanders.
| Fourth. The portion Of the bounty provid-
! ed in general orders No. So, April I'd, 1868,
| from the war department for enlistmants,
| WIN ~ Gl1cred upon TIE niesstet tUiis, ~
repaid at the first payment after the return of
| the men from furlOugh.
Fifth. In regiments where two years men
and men enlisted for three years or the war,
are associated together, special recommends
tions may be made to these headquarters for
furloughs to the latter, when the number of
two years men re-enlisted may, in the opin-
ion of the corps commander, justify the induI-
gence.
Sixth. When the two years regiments do
! not re~enlist as above provided for corps
| commanders will direct the transfer of men
/ enlisted for three years or the war, in such
regiments, to three years regiments from the
| same state, or if their numbers are sufficient,
these men, at the discretion of their corps
commanders will be formed into battallions
Seventh. This order, as well as the follow
ing order from the war department, will be
reed at the head of each company Of the two
years and nine months regiments serving in
the army. By command OF
Maj Gen. HOOKER.
s. WILLIAMS, A. A. G.
ANOTHER ORDER.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAC,
April 20 General Order No. 43-It appear
ing from commissioners duly appointed and
official information otherwise furnished, that
the absence of the following named officers
announced for dismissal in general orders
No. 90 March 3, 1868, from these headquar-
tiers, can be satisfactorily accounted for, they
are hereby relieved from all further liability
under the provisions of that order.
Lieut.. j. NJ. Andrews, Jr,, 3Oth New York;
Capt. Jacob l.. Yates, 22d New York; Lieut.
Col. John d. Shaul, 10th New York, honora-
bly, discharged; Capt. a. Lager, 10Th New
York, honorably discharged; first lieutenant
Benz. f. Hancock, 18th Ind. Col. l.. Cutler
9th Wisconsin; second lieutenant Martin
Rodman, I'd Wisconsin, first lieutenant Chas
/ G. Esslinger I'd Wisconsin, honorably dis
charged; Major Charles Ryan, l36th Penn.
/ Capt VIM II. jackson, 18th Massach usetts,
honoraby discharged; Lieut.. H. B. Steward,
14Oth Penn. Lieut.. Francis X. Duke, I'd
Delaware, honorably discharged; Major
Benz. Ricketts,, I'd Delaware; Major Peter
Nelson Goth New York Lieut.. Jacob Fish
er, Goth New York, honoraby discharged;
Lieut. John Caslow. 2Sth Massachusetts, mus
terod out; Lieut.. E. IL. Rich, 18th Maine
Capt. w. II. Moore, 18th New York, honora-
bly, discharged assistant surgeon f. l..
Haupt, 18th Pennsylvania, honorably dis
charged; Lieut. Chas. Woodward 9th New
Jersey; CBpt. Clarence d. Hess, 18th New
York, honorably discharged; Capt. VIM.
Downey, 18th New York Lieut.. L. Crone,
22d Massachusetts; Lieut.. VIM. w. Cloney,
22d Massachusetts, mustered out; chaplain
c. E. Hewes, 14th New York, honor9bly dis
charged; Lieut. VIM. NJ Edmons, 18th New
York; Lieut.. E. w. Reed, SD Pennsylvania,
honoraby discharged; Lieut.. Robert B. Nc
kilbon, U. S. infantry; assistant surgeon
j. c. Smith, llth infantry; Captain Z. W.
Newman, 18th U. S. infantry; Lieut.. Colonel
j. Pleasant, 1lth U. S. infantry; assistant
surgeon L. w. Cobb, 18th Pennsylvania;
Lieut.. j. A. Mllinger, honorably discharged;
Capt. W. II. Eldrdge, l4th New Jersey, hon
orably discharged; Capt. II. NJ. White, 9th
New York; Capt. Burbank Speller, 9TH
Maine, honorably discharged; Major Egbert
Olcott, l2lst New York; chaplain r. w. Oil
yer, 87th Pennsylvania honorably discharged
Capt. John IL. Delap, SD Pennsylvania; 1t.
Arthur B. Reen, 23d Pennsylvania; Lieut.
Richard Carter, 9TH Wisconsin; Lieut.. Samu-
Ell Archer, 54th New York; Capt. A. B. Bots
ford, 18th New York; assistant surgeon j. II.
Hassenbng, 10Th Pennsylvania; Lieut.. Bay
ard Wilkinson, 4th U. S. artillery.
"a. The commanding general takes this oc-
caslon to censure in the strongest teoms the
lneXcusable conduct Of all those through
whose negligence or Indifference in not for
Wardlng proper information to these head
quarters the names of officers who had been
honoraoiy discharged for wounds received in
battle or sickness induced by camp exposure,
or who had laid down their lives in the service
OF their country. or whose absence from their
duties IN the field was justified by the orders