Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-11-12
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

PRovosT MARSHAL GENERALs OFFICE, Z
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct 9Th, 1868.
To Captain r. B. Rutledge, Propost Marshal, Isl
District of Iona:
The following Regulations are established,
with the approval of the Secretary of War, for
your District, and will govern in the matter
of apprehension of deserters and in the enlist
ment of recruits to fill old regiments
1. To persons deputized by the Provost Mar
shall General to arrest deserters and procure
recruits, who shall deliver to you deserter
from the Army of the United States, including
deserters from the late draft, (see section IL
Enrolment act), the sum of $50 shall be paid,
said payment to be made in accordance with
the rules now governing the payment of re-
ward for deserters. No expenses of apprehen-
sion or delivery of desertcrs will be allowed.
III. The moneys received from drafted per-
sons as an exemption from service, under the
18th section of the act shall constitute sub
stitute fund for the payment of premiums and
bountics to recruits procured as herein speci-
fed.
Ill Persons deputized rs aforesaid to ar
rest deserters and procure recruits, presenting
to your Board q man acceptable as recruit,
according to the present ruling OF acceptable
ty as applied by this Bureau, shall receive
premiums as follows, to wit:
to the Board to have served at least min,
months as a soldier, and been honorably dis
charged, for other cause than disability
premium Of $25.
For an accepted recruit, without the mill
tary qualifications above specified, premium
of Sl5.
The premiums herein provided will be paid
to the persons who shall have presented the
accepted recruit, as soon as said recruit shall
have been delivered at the general rendezvous
at Davenport, Iowa. The payment of the
premium will be made by an officer designated
for the purpose, in the city of Davenport
Iowa, whenever the person who furnished the
recruit shall present to him certificate from
your Board that the recruits named, and fol
whom he claims premiums, were accepted ant
regularly enlisted, and certificate from TIT
commanding officer at the general rendezvou
at Davenport, Iowa, that the said recruit
have actually been received at his rendezvous
You are authorized and required, notwith
standing anything else herein contained, Il
decline all business, in the matter Of recruits
with any person or persons, who may, at an
time practise, or attempt to practise, fraud
or imposition, either upon the Government
or the person presented as a recruit, or who
shall extort, claim, or receive, any other fee,
perquisite, or compensation, from the Govern
ment, or the recruit, than the premium here
in authorized and provided, and such person
shall forfeit their appointments and all RICH
to any premium or payment, and be reportet
TO the Provost Marshal General, to be deal
with summarily by Military Commission.
You are requested to facilitate the procura
ton OF recruits in the manner herein prescrib
ed, by early examination of them, rromp
preparation of certificates upon which the pay
ment of premiums depends, and by every
thing else properly devolving on you, calcula
ted to assist the persons presenting recruits in
securing their premiums without unnecessary
delay You will Immediately nominate
through the Acting Assistant Provost Marsha
General of the State, one or more person
whom you may deem best suited for recruitin,
agents for your District, that they may b
deputized for that purpose
Nv. Bounties, &C., as follows will be pait
to all persons who may be accepted by you
Board as recruits, in accordance with this OF
der, to wit:
TO every recruit wAo Is peteran polunteer, q
defined in General Orders, No. 1911, of Jun
.25, 1853, for recruiting reteran rolunteers, or
months pay in advance, and bounty an
premium amounting to s4O2, will be paid .
follows: