Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-23

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 Hecticut.
 ApJurANr GENERALS OFFICE.
 Hartford, July l3, 1863. ] EGENERAL 0RDERs, No. 8.I 3es FOR RECRUITING VETERAN YOLUN-
 THEIRS.
 The following regulations and requirements are adopted and will govern the recruiting and organization of the two regiments of V Yeteran Volunteer Infantry, called for by the Com uaiider-in- Chief in General Orders No. ', cur rent series. s
 E. Theperiod of enlistment shall be for three years from the time the regimentshall be aecep. ted and mustered into the service of the United States, or during the war.
 II. Officers applying to recruit for these reg iments will be divided into two classes.
 list. Those shonorably discharged by erpira- ton Of term of seruiee of the organization with which they served. 8
 2d. Those honorably discharged, by resigna- ton or otherwise, prsog ta expiration of ser vice of their organizations.
 The appointment of officers in the first class will rest with the Commander in-Chief.
 The selection of those in the second class wilfb referred to tue War Department for approval. Any officer applying, who has been discharged on account of disability, must pro cure a certificate from the Surgeon General of Connecticut that he has fully recovered from such disability, and that he is now able to un- dergo the fatigues of military life.
 III Officers appointed will be authorized to raise companies orregiments within the period of sixty days, and if the company or regiment authorized to be raised shall be filled up and mustered into the service within the said peri cd of sixty days, the officers will be recon mission and for the, time engaged in recruit ing will be entitled to receive the pay belong ing to their rank. ge..4ss
 All abIe-bedied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-fve, who have heretofore been enlisted and have served for no less than nine months, and can pass the examination required by the mastering regulations of the United States may be enlisted under this order as Veteran Soldiers in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.
 In all cases they must present an honorable discharge from the service in the usual form
 V. Every volunteer n-commissioned-off- cer, musician or private enlisted and mustered into service as a veteran under this order, shall be- entitled to receive from the United States, in addition to the regular pay and al lowances, one months pay in advance, and a bounty and premium of four hundred and two dollars ($402), to be paid as follows: 5 lst., Upon his regiment being mustered into service he shall be paid:
 One months pay in advance $13,00 First installment of bounty 25,O0 Premium 200
  Total payment at muster s4O,0O 2d.. At the first regular payday two months after muster. he will be paid an additional in- stallment of bounty $5O,O0
 3d.. At the first regular payday after six months, service, he shall be paid an additional installment of bounty S $5O,OO
 4th. At the first regular payday after the end of the first years service, an additional installment of bounty will be paid $5O,OO q 9th. At the first regular payday after eigh- teen months, service, an additional installment of bounty will be paid 5000 Z 9th. At the first regular payday after two years service, an additional installment of bounty will be paid sah $5O,OO Eth. At the first regular payday after two and half Yeafs' service, an additional in- atallment of bounty will be paid 2 s5oOo 6th At the expiration of three years' ser ef., efSS, 'A~ e11' -soA VI 'Ao pouhty WIT De paia saa#5 1 # $i5,00 gth. He shall be paid by the State the sum of thirty dollars per year, or at that rate for any fraction of 2 year that he shall serve, ten dollars of which shall be paid when he is mus tered into the service of the United States, and tendollars at the end of each successive four months thereafter.
 s 10th. There shall also be paid from the ! Treasury of this State for the support and | maintenance of his family, the sum of six dol | lars per month for his wife, if any there be, ana two dollars per month for each child under fourteen years of age; and in case there shall be child or children and no wife, then the sum of SIX dollars per month for the younger child, and two dollars per month for each additional child under fourteen years of age ;1 provided the amount paid for any one family shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum ot ten dollars per month.
 < should he be disabled in service, this pay msnt to his family shall continue so long as DIS disability shall exist, and if he shall die, this payment will continue during his term of service, unless the company to which he be. longed shall be sooner discharged.
 VI. If the government shall not require these troops for the full period of three years, and they shall be mustered honorably out of ser vice before the expiration of their term of en- hstment, they shall receive upon being mus tered out the whole amount of United States bounty remaining unpaid, the same as if the whole term had been served. The legal heirs of volunteers aoho die s,s seruice, shall be en- titled to receive the whole bounty remaining unpaid at the time of the soldiers death. VII As a@badge of honorable distinction, sseryice cheuops'' will be furnished by the War Department to he worn bv the eteran Volunteers.
 VIII. The organization of the regiment will be as follDws;s ssSss sssfssss
 lColonel. l Chaplain.
 1! Lieut.. Colonel. l Sergeant Major. MaloE l Regimental Q. M, l Adjntant tan extra Sergeant.
 Lieutenant. l Regimental Commis- Quartermaster do. sary Sergeant Surgeon. Hospital Steward. Assis,ant Surgeons. N ss s54g g1 m
 and 830 Company Officers Men-minimum
 1910 maximum
 K. The following is the organization of each company: sss5. .ssss ,-, fsa 4. sss