The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-04-30

DU-IPVITCdUTE, EyL6ITEUTU IIV WIVD - 1SvTP"I1
and regulations of the organized militia of this
state and the rules and articles of war, establish
ed by congress and the war department, tor the
army Of the United States, shall be adopted, so
far as they may be applicable, for the govern
ment of the militia of this state and the sys-
TENS fins ~truction IN tactics, prescribed for the
different arms and corps il the United States ar
my, shall be followed in the military instruction and
practice Of the militia Of this state, and the use Of any
other system is forbidden.
Pay and Allowance Of Malta an Acttee Serttce.
Sec. 43. Whenever any militia Of this state shall be
called into active service, aud if engaged for ten days
or less, the ~priEates shall receive one dollar per day
each, and be subsisted al the expense Of the state. The
officers shall receive the pay ofthe officers Of their rank
in the United States service. If engaged longer than
ten days, they shall receive the same pay and rations
as are or may hereafter be established by law, for the
army Of the United States.
Return WArms, &c.
Sec. d. When the commandment >chief shall order
the return to the state Of any arms, equipments, mill
tary stores, and other military property belonging to
the state, such arms and military property shall be inn
mediately delivered to the officers authorized in such
order to receive the same, he r~eceipting for the same
and describing their condition in such receipts and if
the property mentioned in such order shall not De
promptly d-'ivered as directed, the officer named III such
oIder ia hereby authorised o take immediate possession
Of the same, ~ The name Of the state and any person
resistin z such officer in the performance OF his duty,
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor'punijhaoIe by
imprisonment for not less than TWO nor more than SIX
mouths, in the county jail.
sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of the secretary ofstate
IA audit ali reasonable expenses incurred Dy the I'M tia
ia the active SERVICES the state, and all otner claims
reuu ired under the provisions of this act, and to draw
warrants for the amount thus auditedi and the
state treasurer is hereby required to pay the same out
o. any moneys in the general fund not otherwise APP
propriated.
officers and troops dIready Commissioned and Or
0dnfsed.
Sec. 46. All volunteer companies organized:prior to
TIE passage of this act, shall be deemed to have organ
ized 10 c ompllance with its provisions, and 10 be enti-
tied to its benefits but such companies shall be reN
4uired to comply with all the remaining provisions Of
Sec. Al. Whenever any portion of the militia shall
have been called into active service, to suppress an in
s~urrection or rebellion, or disperse a mob, or TO enforce
the laws of this state or Of the United States, it shall be
for the commandments to place such
TROOPS under the temporary direction of the mayor of
any city, of he sheriff of any county, or of any other
provost or marshal of the united States in Wisconsin.
See. 4S. The conmander-in-ehief may, from time to
time, make and publish rules regulations and orders for
the government ofthe militia of this state, in accor-
dance with the provisions and spirit OF this act, or in
accordance with the rules, regulations and orders of the
war department OF the United States, not inconsistent
with this act.
Sec. 40. No person shall be a member OF two com
panies at the same time, and any member of a company
as having been discharged from such con-
pany.
: Sec. 80. In the absence OF any appropriate comman-
der, the next in the command of the troops, where not
otherwise provided ia this act, shall succeed to his aus
thOrity and every senior in his appropriate command
shall have authority to control the actions ofhis junior,
in accordance with the principles of military subordin-
alton. under the laws andusages that govern the Uni
ted States army.
Sec. 81. No officers inferior in grade to a regimeDtal
battalion commander, shall have power to grant
to non commissioned officers. %artifc9rs, mu-
sicians or priVates in active service, but the comman>
der Of companies of the organized militia, when not in
actual service, may issue certificates of service and dis>
charge. All certificates Of discharges shall be in writing
and shall set forth fully the cause OF discharge, and shall
be signed by the officer granting the same. Any OIL
Ger resigning his commission, shall do so in writing,
and transmit the same through his immediate COM
handing officer. who shall make his endorsements
thereon, and the resignation shall go into effect when
accepted by the commander inechief, and not before.
Sec. 50. The cOmmander-in- chief is hereby author
lied at any time, by issuing his order to that effect,
to disband any portion of the organized volunteer forS
which may evince a mutinous, d~isorderlY or dis oDedi-
ent spirit and he may also, in like manner, disband
any portion of the organized militia at any time when,
in his judgment, it may be proper to reduce the mil
itary forces Of the state, but he shall not havet the power
to reduce the organized military forces of the state be-
low a force equivalent to three full regiments; ana he
may deprive them of arms a copy Of which order shall
be transmitted to the clerk ofthe circuit court or courts
Of the county or counties in which such force was raised;
after which it shall be a m~isdemeano in any person SC
disbanded, to appear with state arms In his possession,
or as any portion of the organized volunteer or drafted
militia, until again drafted or mustered into SERVICE
under the peaalty Of not less, than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars for each offence; and such person
shailbe proceeded against by the district attorney, in
the name of the state, before any competent court OF the
county where such person may happen TO be and al
fines so recovered and collected, shall be paid into the
treasury as q part of the school fund.
sec. %. Every company battalion, or regiment Of
organized militia of this state, may apopt a uniform fol
itself, which shall be subject however, to the Apr oval
of the commander>in Grief, on report of the inspection
officers, and no.uniorm which is rot thus approved shall
be worn when on duty. The uniform of all general Of
ncers and members oftheir staff, and all other officers
not required to wear the distinctive uniform of their reg
iment or corps, shall be similar 10 that of correGpon.
ding grades and corps in the United States army, with
such notifications as nay be directed by tie comman-
der~in-cbief for adapting it to state troops
Sec. 81. For all services under his act, sheriff., con,
stables and j8ilors shall receive like lees as for SINH
lar services in other cases, and shall be subject to the
same penalties for any neglect of duty.
Sec. So. On the days of military parade appointed
by the commander-in-chief, the militia so called out
and doing military duty, shall be considered to be I'M
der military discipline, from the rising TO the setting o
the sun and no officer, -nOn-commissioned officer, mu
stefan, %arti1cer or private belonging to the same ,durin!
the time aforesaid shall be subject to be arrested OF
any civil process.
Sec. 56.sThe commanding officer of any parade
review Or drill, and the officer in charge OF any
rendezvous may cause the ground selected for tina
purpose to be marked or designated in such a man
ner as not to obstruct the passage of travellers OF
any public highways; and if any person during tn
occupation of such ground for military purposes
shall encroach upon such bounds, or enter upor
such ground without the permission of such office
commanding or in charge, he may be put andkept
under guard, by the order of such commander
until the setting of the sun of the same day, anC
shall be subject to arrest aud punishment by any
court of competent jurisdiction, for a breach of the
peace.
Sec. 81, Ifauy person shall intercept, modest OF
insult by a busive words or behavior, any officer
nOn>commis5ioned officer or soldier. while in The
performance ofhis military duty, he shall be imme
diately put under guard and kept at the discretion
ofthe commanding officer OF the forces engaged in
the performance of such military duty, until the
setting of the sun Of the same day on which the Of
fences shall have been committed, and shall be
to arrest and punishment by any court of
competent Jurisdiction Tor q breach of the peace.
Sec. 81, Any officer, nonNcommissioned officer
or soldier, on military duty, who shall disobey the
lawful and proper orders of his superior. use any
reprOachful or abusive languageto his superior, or
or demeau himself in an unoficer or I'M
soldierlike manner, shall be Immediately arrested,
If an officer; and if a On~commissioHed officer Or
soldier, shall be disarmed and put under guard, and
shall be tried and punished according to law and
military Usages. ....
See 50 fl the number of volunteer companies OF
the militia of this state, shall not within three
months from the passage of this act amount to a
force equivalent to three full regiments of organized
militiA, the cUmmander~in- chief may proceed to
draft and organize from the enrolled militia of the
state, a force equal to such number Of regiments,
in thesame manner and with like effect as provided
III this act for drafting enrolled militia for active
and all the provisions of this act are here =
by made applicable to the enrolled militia so draft
ed and organized to the end that there shall always
be a force of the organized militia of the state
equal to three regiments.
Sec. 90. The several assessors, or other persons
performing the duties OF enrolling officers, as pros
vided by section two of this act, shall each receive
for such services the sum of two dollars for each
necessarily spent in the discharge of such du>
IL any such assessor or other enrolling Off
Ger shall be guilty of any fraud, deceit or will full
neglect ofduty, he shall, on conviction be fined in
Z sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one
dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the
county jail, not less than twenty days ncr more
han three months; and any justice of the peace of
he county in wich such offence shall be committed,
shall have jurisdiction thereof, to + yand determine
he same and pronounce sentence thereon.
Sec, 81. 1t shall be the duty of the governor to
procure such arms, ammunition. supplies and
equipments az he may deem expedient for the use
Of the militia of the state, in such quantities as
shall be needed for those portions ordered to as
5emble for instruction or service, the custody of
which arms, ammunition, supplies and equipments
shall be assigned 10 the quartermaster>general.-
Sec. 60. There is hereby appropriated from the
GENERAL fund, end placed at the disposal of the
governor, the sum Of ten shousand dollars to carry
)ut the provisions of this act.
See. 63. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
With and contrayen!ng the provisions of this act,
ire herebs repealed.
Sec. GA. This act shall take effect and be in force