Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-13
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Pnovosr MARSHAL GrssRAI's Osy1cz
Washington, June s. 1853.
l. The enrolment should include all able
bodied male citizens of the United States, ana
residents OF foreign birth who shalt nave de-
clared on oath their intention to become citi-
zens, between the ages OF 20 and IS years.
II For the purpose Of enrolment, all The
above named persons who were not In the mil
itary service on the Sd OF March, 1869, shall be
divided into two classes
The first class, consisting OF all between the
ages Of 20 and IS years, and all unmarried PEI
sons above the age OF IS and under IS.
The second class consisting OF all married
persons between the ages Of IS and IS years.
The persons who were in the military ser
vice of the United States on the Sd OF March,
1863, should therefore appear in the Consolida-
ted Enrolment Lists in class by themselves.
The preparation Of these lists should not be
permitted to interfere with the earliest pos
sible completion Of the Consolidated Lists of
Glasses and 2.
Men from the first class will be the first called
into the service OF the United States.
JAMES B. Fry,
June 11.2w Provost Marshal General.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, May y, 1853.
Geseyal Orders. No. lks.
I. A bureau Ia established in the Adjutant Cen
erals Office for the record of all matters relating to
the organization of Colored Troops. An officer win
be assigned to the charge of the Bureau, with such
number of clerks rs may be designated by the Ad
jutant General.
II. Three or more field officers will be detailed as
Inspectors to supervise the organization of coored
troops at such points may be indicated by the
War Department in the Northern and Western
States.
III. Boards will be convened at such posts as
may be decided upon by the War Department to
examine applicants for commissions to command
colored troops, who, on application to the Adju
tant General, may receive authority to present
themselves to the Board for examination.
w No persons shall be allowed to recruit for
colored troops except specially authorised by the
War Department.; and no such authority will be
given to persons who have not been examined and
passed by Board; nor will such authority be given
any one person to raise more than one regiment.
V. The reports of Boards will specify the grade
of commission for which each candidate is fit, and
authority to recruit will be given in accordance
Commissions will be issued from the Adjutant Gen
erals Office when the prescribed number of men is
ready for muster i:to service
VI. Colored troops may be accepted by companies,
to be afterwards consolidated in battalions and reg
iments by the Adjutant General. The regiments
will be numbered seridtim, in the order in which
they are raised. the numbers to be determined by
the Adjutant General. They will be desi grated ::
g. Regiment of U. S. Colored Troops"
VII Recruiting stations and depots y ill be es-
tabished by the Adjutant General as circumstances
shall require and officers will be detailed to muster
and inspect the troops.
VIII. The non-commissioned officers of colored
troops may be selected and appointed from the
best men of their number in the usual mode of ap-
pointing non-commissened officers. Meritorious
commissioned officers will be entitled to promotion
to higher rank if they prove themselves equal
to it.
TX All personal applications for appointments
in Gil or for
ing them must be made to the Chief Of the Bureau
all written communications should be addressed to
the Chief of the Bureau the of the Adjutant
General.
By order of the Secretary of War.
L. D. TOWNSEND,
my2S- colin Assistant Adjutant General
WAR DEPARTMENT,
w ADJUTAkT GENERALS OFFICE,
WAsHISGToN, May 2, 1868.
General Orders, No. IA.
The following rules prescribed for the
guidance of Boards in examining applicants for
commissions in regiments of colored troops:
l. The Board will sit every day, except Sunday
from clock q IN. to 5 clock p. m. The place of
sitting to be provided by the Quartermaster De-
partment, and public notice given.
2 The Board win make to the Adjutant General
for record in the Bureau for Colored Troo ps
reports of all persons examined, whether approved
rejected; the reports will be made weekly, or
oftener when specially called for.
g. Each applicant must exhibit to the Board
authority from the Adjutant General to appear
before it. Such authority will be given upon salts
factory recommendations OF good moral character
and standing in the community in which the appli-
cant resided; or if in the military service on testi
monials from his Commanding Officers All such
recommendations will be filed in the Bureau for
Coored Troops.
A. Each applicant shall be subjected to fair but
rigorous exam ination as to physical, mental and
moral fitness to command troops.
5. The Board shall specify for what grade of com
mission the several applicants lit; and shall
also classify and number them according 10 merit
or proficiency.
8. Appointing nts to each grade shall only be made
from the candidates approved by the Board, and in
the order of merit recommended by it.
Z. The report of the Board, if ADVERSE, shall be
conclusive; and no person rejected by it shall be
re-examined.
8. Other instructions will be communicated to
Boards, If required.
By order Of the Secretary of War,
Z. D. TOWNSEND,
my 2S.eolm Assistant Adjutant General.