Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-02

| CUrDOTals
| First Lieutenant 2Irumpeters
! second Lieutenant lrarrers or Blacksmiths,
Qnarternaster Sergeant i tssoner
Gommssary Sergeant, And 80 prvates minimum,
5sergeants, ana Is privatcs maxi
EACH REGIaENr OF ARTILLERY sHALG CONSIST OF
l colonel, Chaplain,
lieutenant Colonel, i Ser e@ml Major,
Major for every four bat Iart rma>ter sergeant,
teHes, | Com .nlSSars SerSea' L.
Adiutant, with rank OF st Hospital toward,
Lieut.. - not AN extra Principal MuscI.ns.
of lst LieLt-uot an
extra Lieut.,
c.,,.,. AND ZACH BATTERY SHALL CONSIST OF
| lst Lieut., 2Musicians.
"a Lieut., 2Artiricers,
Qdartecmaster Sergt., S6 IrVat minimum,
der III chief may in his dlscretou allow in uditon
Isl ana I'll Lieut. acrgoants amJ orporals
EACH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY sHAL- CONSIST OF
Goohei Asst. surgeons,
| Lieut.. C"one l'nsplam,
lst Lieut. AN extra t. t.r e gCant
Quartermas ,er, with rank ieaml,niat Comnssuy
Of LIST LieGt-an extra Sergeant
Lieut. Hospital steward,
Surgeon, principal Musicians
AND TEN COMPANIES, EACH TO CONSIST OF
| st Lieut.. 3SIu'loSas,
First ergeant, GA Priyatcs nj limum,
4Sergeants, 81 Pr.vates, maximum,
g. The lanies to be raised under rccted
act Wl beApPortohed among tie counties Of the state
according TO the popu- tiu Tar may be- but the
ma ober OF COMPANIES TO be raised may be increased if
the citizens OF the state shall respond to this Gail in
manner TO warrant It, those petitions Which are first re-
be first granted in the order oi their ecep
ton.
.. The form of enlistment in the active division the
militia HEREBY prov led tor shaIl be as f!llows:-
We, the undersl ned, do hereby sevcrdIy acknowledge
to have voluntarily enlisted III The active militia force of
the commonwealth OF Massachusetts, organized pursu-
to an act passed the 2Yth day of Aplil lS6J
and being chapter 2J OF the acts passed by The General
Court OF said commOnwcal Ii ia said ear-n a company
Of infantry artillery cavalry raised in the city Town
of the perodotHve years unless sooner hars
ed by proper authority and declare that have not
enstedn any other company raised undersad act, and
do hereby severaly s0lemny that ill
true lalth ana allegiance to the comm nwesth vi las
sachusetts and will support the constitution thereof aud
that we will observe and obey the orders the com
mander i'll chief and OF the officers appointed over u.s.
according to the rules and articles governing the mill
prescribed in pursuance of said we 30 sever
ally soemnly w ar that We will support the consttu
tiOn OF the United states.
Each member enlisting in a company shall sign his
name TO roll under the above form IF enlistment and
there shall the time of such signing added against
his 10 separate columns the his enlistment
the city or town in whchhe resides his a:e his occupa
ton, and whether heis married single, the
oath shall PC administered justice OF the pea, e,
notary puDlc wn' snail at the bottom OF each roll
tfy that he duly adn Mustered said oath to the or
men whose names contained in said roll.
/. Petitions for permission to organize companies Of
lnfantrg artillery, cavalry under the above act must
same, sned by at fifty members of the en-
rolled militia of the commonwealth who propose en-
list in said company; and the be
the mayor selecmen of the city in which it is
proposed to raise said company and addressed and for
waded to the adjutant general to be laid before the
5. When any such petition shall have been approved
and granite I. blank enlistment rolls will issued to
Of the petitioners by the adjutant general aud
weeks from the date of their issue with least the min
imum number Of privaes prescribed for such company
enlisted thereon the authorization for the formation of
such company will he withdrawn, unless, from special
circumstances, the commander in chict shall fit to
extend the period allowed for raising said company
Upon the withdrawal of the authorization granted any
failure obtain the prescribed number of men within
the time allowed, all enlistments in such company
adj nils tnd fhpras
free to enlist in any other company.
Whenever the enlistment rolls Of company au-
thorized to 6o raised i'll pursuance of the act shall
have been returned 10 the duant general it shall
appear that at least the minimum number OF plivaes
prescribed for such company have enlisted therein said
roll being attested by the selectmen of the
place where said company proposed to be raised or
where amajority of the men enlisted therein edc the
said company shalt receive It's designating letter or mum
company.
10. The order for such election of icers shall be d.
rectej 10 one or more OF the Seec!mcH mayor and
aldermen of the place where majority the men en-
listed ueh c"Pny feSIe ana he person or persons
of said election to be served on the enlisted
said company, and shall preside such election, and
the Adjutant General
record of The proceedings thereof return certificates
or papers presented to him s any of ehe officers elected,
duly qud fed by education and ability to discharge the
duties OF the office to which he has been cleo re-
quired by sections of the above reeited Act And any
officer elected al any time forward any such GER
ability and qualifications the tdu ant General direct
And the Commander in Chief wlm all cases, whu it
may necessary order any such officer so elected
TO appear before military board for examination
provided in said section.
Il. When the officers of a company shall have been
commissioned and its organization completed the Mas
ter OF Ordnance shall on application by the ander
thereof and on his furnishing satisfactory evidence that
suitable arnory or place Of deposit provided there
issue to such commander the arms and equipments for
49, Uniforms will be served by the Quartermaser Gem
eral to the companies oreanized under this Act. as
soon as they can be furnished
IA The commissioned officers OF every company Shal
receipt to the Muster of Ordnance for all and
equipments issued TO such company and shalt be re-
sPonsibe Tor their safe keeping and for their return
l5 IN of the discharge death of such officer
lie his legal representative shall be relieved from
ca sl,eb e nomDapv maj the arm, ana cn,
s,od a., Nh a. ,,,ii nrp NJ the data ~ s,
cato, unduinshed in quantity and value, reasonable
ify the different articles and the number Of eaci then
h the possession of said company a,d specify their par
i6 IN re shall he to each company clerk VIII, shall
lie appointed in the mSnner prescribed in chaDr IA Of
prescribed ia that chapter. 'i' "''''S
spcctyc arms shall have been organ zcd They viii he
ormed INTO regiments ana elections the field officers
GiGnt number OF regiments have been orr amzcd they
of e ectd ito o ard the commanders there
"a eIeGteu anu the sad brgadeS will be organize as
speciai DIVISION and the commander thereon will be
he said p cia division organized to repei nvason
tupPeSs instruction, TO defend the wealt, and
10 an ne civil authorities to the and
preserve me pGblic peace aud orde: nut in of nva
sun OF ul resurrection in either of the New England
tateS or IN the state of New York. (hc beinN con-
tiguHuS TO the boundaries OF Massachusetts, the said
specal DIVISION, or part thereof. be ordered by
me governor to march into such adjoining
me request Of the governor thereof, OF the president
CT the United States aid in preventing SURPRISING
Nuch invasion insurrectiOn dat shall not be Obliged 10
emdR SeiUlce Oat or his commonwealth, Tor any
term crceediRg thirty adyS in ali, during any year
unless they shall, with the consent of the governor of
his comm0nw ealth.) personally volunteer additional
lervice And on any casinn of public danger when
thereto by the president OF the United statesr
by the governor of state thereof the Ofthis
may, in his discretion de all duty in
my part Of the United States, where it be needed
my portion of the members of said special division per-
IoRaiiy g0iaRfeeTng for such ertTdOrdadIy d9fy for
my term of service, not exceeding three consecutive
months.
As individual members of the enrolled militia of Mas
the members OF this Division Will however
emain subject by law to all the duties imposed on the
enrolled militia generally, and properly entOrcb,e by
lra CONSUMPTION, otherwise, under the laws Of the
Jnl:ed states OF Massachusetts.
Is. Whenever any company of the said Special Dlvi-
lion SHALL upon any occasion upon which it is ordered
,ut for duy, appear with less than the minimum mum
privates prescribed for such pnv, beside It's
roper number OF commissioned and non commissioned
Ulcers, it may forthwith lie disbanded.