Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-26
Fon RECRUITING Cor oRIp voI rsl

| CONNECTICUT-ApJJrA GESxRAL's OFFICE. Hartford, Nov. 23, General Orders No: ll7- .-...u- Fon RECRUITING Cor oRIp voI rsqsxns. I. Pursuant to orders from the War Dc. pertinent, the Commnnder-in. Chief directs that volunteers be accepted and mutt din:o service. sufficient to organize . regiment of Infantry, 10 be designated as the 29ih Resi. mert Conn. Volunteers leo olored), to serve for three yeara or during the wa. II. All regularly appointed recruiting agents are hereby authorized to procure able bo,iie& 1 colored volunteers, between the ages of eight- teen and forty five, and deliver them at the of. 1 fees of the various, Provost Marshals, in the same manner as iS provided for the enlistment 1 of other volunteefs
 III. For each volunteer who shall be accept | ed and mustered into service, there shall bs paid by the Pnymns,er General of Conn.,, Co ! such agents. or 10 any other party procuring such volunteer a premium of Ton Dollars but no premium will Do paid by the Uaiied States for the enlistment of colored men.
 ". Every volunteer non. .commis stoned off. cer, musician, artifcer or private. enlisted an-V mustered into service under these orders, shall be paid by this State in addition to the regu. lar pay and allowances Of the uhi,ed S,atts as follows, viz ,:
 lst-A Bounty of thres hundred dollars iS every voluntecr,s who shall enlist onsor befoss the fifth day of January, A. D. ISea, 10 bs paid when such volunteer shall bavo beAa must cred into the service of the Cnitsd Stsses.
 2d-Such sum as shall be sufficient io ilAke his onthly pay equal to the amount received, on the United Statss by tho other volunteers from this State, and an allowance of three dol. lars and fifty cents month for his cloihings in addition thereto, which paynscnt shall Bs made quarterly and shall continue until said difference shall be provided for by the Gensr- ! al Government.
 3d-The sum of thirty dollars per year, or at that rate for any fraction of a year that he shall servo, ten dollars of which he shall be 1 paid when he is mustered into the service of the United States, and ten dollars at the cad each successive flu mouths thereafter. There shall also be paid for the support snd maint enapce of his faniy, tho sum of sin dollar, per month for the wife, if any there be, and two dollars per month for each child under fourteen years of age; and in case there shall be child or children and no wife, then the sum of six dollars per month for tho younger child. and two dollars per month for each additional child under fourteen years of age, provided tho amount paid for any one family shall not in the aggregate exceed the further that his family shall be residents of this State at the time of his enlistment-- Should he be disabled in service, this pay ment to his family shall continue 90 long as his disability shall exist, and if he shall die, this payment will continue during his term of service, unless the company to which he be. longed shall be sooner discharged.
 V. The organization of the regiment will bs as follows:
 1 Colonel, 2 Assistant Surgeons Lieut.. Col. 1chaplaiD,
 Major. Sergeant Major. Adj't tan extra Lieut) Reg'l Q. M. ssrg't, l Quartermaster, Reg'l Com. Serg't, l Surgeon, Hospital Steward, ] $50 Co. Officers and Men-minimum. 1910 ' maximum.
 VI. The following is the organisation of each company:
 Captain, 4Sergeants. First Lieutenant. 8 Corporals. l Second Lieutenant, Musicians, First Sergeant, wagoner,
 and GA Privates-minimum.
 S2 e -maximum. s.s
 VII. The field and line 06icerf will Do ap- pointed by the Commander in-Chisf. The Colonel will appoint an Adjutant. Regimsntal ouartermaster. and the non commissioned staff. The Chaplain will be appointed oy the Colonel on the vote of the Field Oeicers end commanders of companies on duty with the regiment st the time the appointment is made.
 VIII The above spointments will no made from those who have been or may hereafter be examined by the Board of Ezamination for colored troops at Washington. aud their ap- pointment will be subject to the approval of the War Department.
 All applications in pursuance ofthese orders will be made to the Adjutant General.
 By order of the Commander fin Chief,
 sitr..F-., is HORACE J. MORSE, t4 @ t- Adsuf nk "a anarnr.