The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-03
9EoEa 81 Volunteer Militia U~drr abs
Casi ef October AZ, 1868.
HEADQUARTERS State of Wisconsin,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Madison, Nov. %, 1868.

Madison, Nov. %, 1868.
| Gepsra Order No. 81.
Luder the call Of the President of the Uni
ted States, dated October 18TH \. ID. 1868,
for 800, 600 Volunteers to serve for three years
or the war the quota Of Wisconsin is 10, 181,
there being "A, $40 persons OF the hrst class
enrolled, according to official reports.
This number may be raised by voluntary
enlistment i'll any Of the old regiments or bat
teries, or in the 35th regiment Infantry, or
18th Light artillery, now organizing III the
State. If the quota above given is not filled
by volunteer enliStmeats, a draft is ordered
by thc General Government on the 9th 0fJdn-
nary, 1864, to supply the deficiency then ex-
listing.
Tie quotas of the several towns and wards
in the state under this call, are given i'll the
table annexed, and are assigned liz accordance
with the number OF men Of the first class IN
each own or ward, enrolled by the u. S. Dis
trict Provost Marshals. The quotas Of Dis
tricts as given. have been assigned by the
War Department. Credits will be allowed for
all volunteers who IN ~ hereafter enlist III any
OF the above named organizations, or who
may have heretofore enlisted from the several
localities, in amy of tho Old regiments IN the
field. since the date OF the cdi oct l7tnJ
authority, to recruit will be given by the
.~ssistalIt Pro, ost Marshal General, or either
OF the District .rovost Marshals Of the State,
who are also authorized to accept and muster
recruits, and provide transportation to camps
OF rendezvous.
The following bountics and premium will
be paid by the Government to volunteers III
old regiments, to wit:
10 veterans, viz, persons who have been
in tie military service Of the United States
not less than nine months, $4O2, as follows
One months pay, SIS, i'll advance, with boun-
ty and premium when mustered into the serV-
lie, So, making S75 in advance; $50 more
in two months $50 in six months; 800 III
twelve months $50 in eighteen months $50
in twenty four months $50 i'll thirty months,
and tile balance of $40 at the expiration OF
the three years service.
70 new recruits and those who have been
ia the service less than nine months, who shah
enlist in old regiments, 1902, as follows =
| One months paw in advance, $13, with bouii-
ty and premium when mustered into the scr
vice. S62, making $75 in advance $40 more
IN two months; $40 in six months; $40 III
twelve months; $40 in eighteen months $40
in twenty-tour months, and the balance Of
$40 at the expiration OF the three years serv-
ice.
Volunteers in new organizations get 500
bounty one months pay, $l3, and 927 adj
vance bounty and premium on being muster
cd in, and the balance at the expiration OF the
three years service.
The following premiums will be paid by the
District Provost Marshals to any person 9th,
er than a Commissioned Officer who shall
bring in accepted recruits, to wit, for vete'
rams. S25; for recruits, not veterans, SO
The Governor refers the people again tC
his Proclamation OF the oath Of October
Other States are making active cxertlons t.
raise their quotas by volunteering and it II
hoped that the p%.trioti9 citizens IN the seve
raj towns and cities will by earnest co-opera
ton through public meetings, and such othe
means as they may deem proper, also secur
the full quota Of Wisconsin by voluntary en-
listnents, aud thereby obyiate the n~ecessit,
Of . further draft i'll tits state.
By order Of the Governor
AUG. GAYIORD,
Adjutant General.