Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1863-07-16
ImDortant 70 Persons Wishing to
Enlist.

ImDOrtant TO Persons Wishing TO
Enlist.
sVr az DEPARrMESr, ADJurANT's GKS. IS OFFIcEl
WksHISGToN june %, 1883
s,.neraI Order Ho.-For RccruiJiag Yet-
Gran Volunteers.
FIRST: In order to increase the
armies now in the field, volunteer IN
fantry, cavalry, and artillery may be
enlisted at any time within so days
ron this date, in the respective States
under the regulations hereinafter
mentioned. The volunteers SO enlis-
ted and such of the three years trosps
now il the field as may re-enlists in.
accordance with the provisions Of this
order, will constitute a force to be
designated 'sVeteran Volunteers. -
The reanlatinns fer enlisting this force
are as follows:
Sec0nd: The period of service for
the enlistment and enlistment above
mentioned, shall be for three years or
during the war.
Third: All able bodied men between
the ages of is and 45 years, who have
heretofore been enlisted, and have
served for not 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 volunteers in
accordance with'the provisions here
matter set forth.
Fourth: Every volunteer enlisted
ana mustered into the service as a
veteran under this order shall be
entitled to receive from. the United
States one months pay in advance,
and bounty and premium Of $402, TO
be paid as follows:
1st. Upon being mustered into
service he shall be paid one months
pay in advance, thirteen dollars; first
instalIment of bounty, twenty I've
dollars; pension, two dollars; total
payment on muster, forty dollars.
I'd. At the first regular pay, or two
months after muster in, an additional
installment Of bounty viii be paid, of
fifty dollars.
Sd. At the first regular pay day,
sftei SIX months service, he shall be
lid al additional installment of fifty
dollars.
4tb. At the first regular pay day
afte- she. end of the first years service
an aaditional installment of bounty
vii be paid-$50.
5th. At the first regular pay day
after eighteen months, service, an
sda;.ioaal installment Of bounty will
Be raid-S50.
6th. At the first regular pay day
aftes two years service, an additional
instalment of bounty will be paid
7th at the first regular pay day
after two and a half years service, an
addition installment Of bounty will be
paid-$50.
9Th at the expiration of three
year Service, the remainder Of the
bounty viii be paid-S75.
Ftth Ifthe GOVERNMENT shall not
require these troopSfo the full period
Of three years, and they shall be
mustered honorablY out of Service
before the expirahopo Of their enlist
ment, they shall receive upon being
mustered out, the whole amount of
bounty remaining unpaid, the same as
if the fnll term lad been served
The legal heirs of.svolunteers who die
in service shall betentitled to receive
the whole bounty remaining unpaid at
the time Of the soldiers death.
Sizth: Veteran volunteers enlisted
under this order viii be permitted at
their option to enter old regiments
now in the field, but their service will
continue for the full term of their own
enlistment, notwithstanding the expir-
alton Of the term for which the regi-
ment was originally enlisted. New
organization viii be ered only by
persons who have beef the service,
aad have shown thess YES properly
qualified for comm As badge
of honorable dist;nctisn ervice chew
rons viii be furnished by the War
Department, to be worn,y the veteran
volunteers.
Serenth: Ofieers Of regiments,
whose terms have expired, will be
authorized, on proper application and
approval oftheir respective Governors
to raise compaaies aad regiments
within the period Of 60 days; and if
the company or regimen authorized
to be raised shall be filed up and
mustered into service within the said
period Of SO days, the officers may be
re-commissioned Of the date of their
original commissions, and for the time
engaged in recruiting, win be entitled
to receive the pay belonging to their
rank.
Eightt: Volunteers on militia now
in service, whose term Of service will
expire in 80 days, and Who shall. then
Lave been in service at least nine
months, shall be entitled to the afore,
said bounty and premium Of S4O2.
provided thev re-enlist before the