The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-03
order OF the War Department for
EnIIstlng CoIOred Troops In mR-
IyIand, Missouri and Tennessee.
WAR Dept, ADJ'T GENERALS OFFICER
Washington, Oct. 3, 1868. !
GENERAL ORDER NO. 329.

Warrington, OCT. 8, 1868.
iO a6 GENERAL ORDER NO. 329.
Whereas, the exigencies of the war re-
quire that colored troops should be re-
cruited in the States of Maryland, Mis-
souri, and Tennessee, it is ordered by
the President:
Fl That the Chief Of the Bureau for or
eganizing colored troops, shall establish
recruiting stations at convenient places
within said States, and give public mo-
tice thereof, and be covered by the fol-
lowing regulations:
LIST. None but able-bodied persons
shall be enlisted.
I'd. The State and county in which
the enlistments are made shall be credi-
ted with the recruits enlisted.
Sd. The persons enlisted in the mill
tAry service shall forever thereafter be
free.
4th. Free persons, and slaves, with the
written consent of their owners, and
slaves belonging TO those who have been
engaged in, or have given aid and COM
fort 10 the rebellion, may be now enlist
ed, the owners who have not been enga-
ged in or given aid and comfort TO the
rebellion being entitled to receive com
pensAtion, as hereafter provided.
9TH. Ii within thirty days from the
date of opening enlistments, notice there
of and OF the recruiting stations being
published, a sufficient number of the de-
scriptions of persons aforesaid TO meet
the exigencies of the service should not
be enlisted, then enlistments may be
made Of slaves without requiring con-
sent Of their owners, but they may re-
ceive compensation as herein provided
for owners offering their slaves for en-
listment.
h. Any citizen of said States who
shall offer his or her slave for enlistment
into military service, shall if such slave
officer = certificate thereof, and be-
come entitled to compensation for
the service of or labor of said
sla7e, not exceeding the sum of
three hundred dollars, upon filing q valid
decd of manumission and of release and
making satisfactory proof of title. And
the recruiting officer shall furnish 10 any
claimant a descriptive list of any person
enlisted and claimed under oath TO be
his or her slave, and allow any one
claiming under oath that his or her slave
has been enlisted, without his or her con-
sent, the privilege OF inspecting the en-
listed men for the purpose Of indentiG-
cation.
9TH. A Board of three persons shall
be appointed by the President, TO whom
the rolls and recruiting lists shall be fur
nshed for public information, and on
demand exhibited to any person claim
ing that his or her slave has been enlist
cd against his or her will.
9Th. Ii any person shall within ten
days after the filing Of said rolls, make
claim for the service of any person, so
enlisted, the Board shall proceed to ex.
anime the proofs Of title, and if valid
shall award just compensation, not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars for each
slave enlisted belonging TO the claimant
and upon the claimant filing valid
deed Of manumission and release of SER
vice the Board shall give the claimant a
certificate Of the sum demanded, which
on presentation shall be paid by the
Chief OF the Bureau.
9th. All enlistments of colored troops
IN the state OF Maryland, otherwise than
IN accordance with these regulations are
forbidden.
10th. No person who Is or has been
engaged in rebellion against the Govern
ment OF the United States, or who In anv
way has given or shall give aid or comfort
90 the enemies of the Government shall
be permitted to present any claim, or re-.
oeive compensation for the labor or SER
vice Of any slave, and all claimants shall
ale with their claims an oath Of allegi-
anoe to the Government Of the United
StAtea.
BY order OF the President.
Il, ID. TOWNSEND,
Assis. Adj. General.