Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-08-14
STATE OF VERMONT.


ApJUIANT AID INSPECTOR hENERALs DfFiCE,
Woodstock, Aug 3, 1868
General order No D
Two regiments Of Vcterap Volunteer In
t5utry and one battery Veteran Volunteer Artil-
lcry are authorized 10 be raised in this State,
trr General Order No. l9l of the War Depart
mrut, dated june 20, iSb3.
p An able-bodcd men, between the ages Of
eighteen and forty-iye, who have heretofore been
enlisted, and have served for not less than nine
months. who produce an honorable discharge from
tle service of the usual form, and can pass the
examination required 10y the mastering rcgua-
tons of the United States may be enlisted under
this order a. Veteran Volunteers.
3. Every volunteer, enlisted and mustered into
service as a veteran, under this order, viii be en-
titled to receive from the United States one
months pay in advance, and bounty and pre-
mum of four hundred and two dollars, to be paid
as follows:
Upon being mustered into service, he will be paid
one months pay in a,vance, sl3 no
F,,., ,,,.,i,.' ,n.''lmen' Of bounty %59,
Total paymcn, on muster. SO %
A. the first rfgular pay day, or two months ahcr
muster in, AZ additional in''alment Of bounty
Al the hrst regular pay day, after .S months
iiSs' vii paid, an .' '''"'' ''''-'' '''' 80 90
a, the 6r.i regular pay day aher The end Of the
first Years service, an additional instalmeut
Al the 6r.t regular r,. pay day .ner eighteen
months service, an additional nstdment u
bounty will be paid, 90 Ol
Al the hfst regular pay day after two years ,er.
be paid. 5ool
A, the nrsi regular pay day after two and a half
bounty viii he paid, 81 10
aainder Of The bounty viii be paid, IS 90
And each enlisted man will be entitled TO the
Stain nav Of stypn dollars month
If the government shall not require these troops
for the full period of three years, and they shall
be mustered honorably out of service before the
expiration Of their term Of enlistment, they will
receive, upon being mustered out, the whole a
mount of bounty remaining unpaid the same as
If the full term had been served. The legal heirs
of the volunteers who die in service win be en-
titled to receive the whole bounty remaining un-
paid at the time of the soldiers death.
g. Officers OF regiments, whose terms have ex-
pred, will be authorized, on proper application,
To raise companies within the period OF sixty days
from the date OF the muster out OF their respective
i commands, and il the company authorized TO be
raised shall be filed up and mustered into service
= within the said period of sixty days, the officers
/ will be re-commissoned of the date OF their org
Il nal commissions, and for the time engaged IN re-
4 qulting they will be entitled to receive the pay
belonging to their rank. If the company author
lzed shall not be filed up and mustered within the
he transferred to some other company, and the
recruiting officer discharged, unless the Governor
shall think proper to give him position in the
consolidated company, to which his men have
been transferred
.. If applications for permission to raise com
lanies under the fourth section of this order are
not made by sufficient number of officers to
raise the whole number of companies required,
recruiting officers will be appointed as in the
case Of recruiting for regiments heretofore raised
m this State, and the recruitment will be govern
ed by the requirements of General Order No. 75
OF the War Department, dated July 8, 1862.
Il. The officers for the regiments and batteries
hereby authorized will be selected. From
Hose honorably discharged " by expiration OF
eruce' Of the organization With which they
served. 2, From those honorably discharged by
resgnation, or otherwise prior to % expiration
9l seryicen OF their organization, the selections
rom this latter class, should any be made being
subject, however to approval by the War De
nartment
'g T. Applications for permission to raise compa-
mes under the fourth section of this order are Ia
Dc made 10 the Governor Of the State.
iiy order of the Governor,
PETER T. WASHBURN,
Adiutam and Inspector General