The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-06-25
Officers Muster and Encampment.
GENERAL HEADoRs, STATE OF Quo !
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
CoLUMBUs, June Is. 1863.


CoLtMBUs, June Is, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS. NO. l6.
The exigencies ofthe times and the
good of the service require, and it is
therefore ordered: a.
lst. That the following military
districts be formed in this State, with
in each ofwhich, for the present year,
there will be one, and only one officers
muster and encampment, each to con-
tinue for and during the period of
eight days, and from ten o'clock A. NJ.
of the first day, until three O'Clock P.
NJ. of the eighth day.
The First district will include tho
counties Of Meigs, Athens, Washington,
Morgan, Noble, Monroe and Vinton,
and the camp will be held at the coun.
ty fair grounds in Marietta, Washing
ton county,
The Second District win Include the
counties of Scioto, Brown, Adams, Pike,
Jackson, Lawrence and Gala, and tho
camp will be held at the county fair
grounds in Portsmouth, Scioto coun-
| ty.
The Third District will include the
counties of Jefferson, Hooking, Tuscar-
awas, Fairfield, Perry, Franklin, Har-
rison, Licking, Muskingum, Guernsey,
Belmont and Coshocton. ,''''
The Fourth District will include the
counties Of Hamilton, Butler and Preb.
| le,
Tie Fifth District will include the
counties of Knox, Morrow, Wyandott
Crawford, Richland, Ashland, Wayne,
Holmes, Stark, Carroll and Columbia.
| ma.
The Sirth District will include the
counties of Clermont, Warren, High
land, Clinton, Ross, Fayette, Pickaway,
Greene, Clark and Madison
The Secenth District will include tho
counties ofCyahoga, Lorain, Medina,
Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Trumbull,
Summit, Mahoning and Portage.
/ Tie Eighth District will include the
counties ofMontgomery, Darke, Cham.
paigne, Union, Delaware, Logan, Shell
by, Mercer, Auglaize, Hardin and Ma
rion,
The Ninth District will include tho
counties of Lucas, Erie, Fulton, Huron,
Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Horny,
Wood Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Han
cock, Van Vert, Allen and Putnam.
I'd. The camps for tho third, fourth,
ffh, Sirth, Serenth, eighth and ninth
districts not having been selected, will
remain to be announced by general or
ders hereafter to be issued.
3D. All officers Of the malitia and
volunteers and also all non commits
stoned officers of the MALTA and vol
untccrs Of the rank of Sergeant, will
attend the camp in their proper district,
and participate in the drill and in
structions throughout the period of its
duration.
4th. The volunteer organizations iu
. each of the Military Districts, respect
lively, and each and every member
thereof will attend the camp Of their
proper district from ten o'clock q. m,
of the seventh day until three o'clock
p. m Of the eight day Of the cncamp-
mont, and then diligently participate
in the prescribed drill and instruct
ions.
5th The time for holding the en-.
campments for the current year in the
several districts will be as follows, re-
spectively, inclusive of both dates in
each case
,, In tho 1st District from Wednesday,
July 10Th, to Wednesday, August 5th.
In the second District from Friday,
:, the seventh, to Friday August 18th
In Sd District from Wednesday, tho
18th to Wednesday, the 10th Of Au-
gust
r In the 4th District from Wednesday.
the 10th to Wednesday, the 26th of
: August
7 In the 9TH District from Saturday,
! the 22d to Saturday, August goth.
In the 9th District from Saturday,
: the 29th of August to Saturday, Sep
tember 5th,
In the 7th District from Wednesday,
the I'd to Wednesday, the 9th Of Sep
g tember.
In the 9Th District from Wednesday,
= the 9th to Wednesday, the 18th Of Sep
A tembcr.
= In the 9th District from Wednesday,
t the 18th to Wednesday, the 23d Of Sep
: tember.
9th. The Quartermastor General
: will Immediately take steps to provide
, said mustors with arms, equipments,
/, ammunition, and camp and garrison
t cpuipage, transporting the same from
camp to camp, and when not in use to
preserve the same in the State Arsenal,
to be ready for service should the State
o troops be called out to defend the bor-
d der.
He will also advertise and contract
q for subsistence for said camps, as requi-
a red by law, and will provide transpor-
!, tation for said troops.
n 7th Officers, non-commissioned Of
= ficers, musicians and privates who are
I required to attend said camps, will fur
9 nish their own blankets and clothing,
q and the volunteers will bring With
d them and use the arms and aeeOutrc-
g ments received by them from the State
@ Sth. The publishers Of newspapers
h throughout the State win greatly hid
q the service and their readers by giving
this order prominent and early inser-
.. ton
g By order. CHAS. W. HILL.
vt Adjt. Gen1 of Ohio.