Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-12-11

ments may be made of slaves without requi-
ring consent of their owners, but they may
receive compensation as herein provided for
owners offering their slaves for enlistment.
9th. Any citizen of said States who shall
offer his or her slave for enlistment into the
military service, shall, if such slave be &C.
cepted, receive from the recruiting officer a
certificate thereof, and become entitled to
compensation for the service or labor OF said
slave, not exceeding the sum of three hun
dred dollars, upon filing valid deed OF
manumission and of release, and making sat
isfactory proof of title. And the recruiting
officer shall furnish to any claimant a des-
criptive 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 consent the privilege of inspecting
the enlisted men for the purpose OF identi-
fication.
7th. A board of three persons shall be ap-
pointed by the President to whom the rolls
and recruiting lists shall be furnished
for public information. and on demand ex-
hibited to any person claiming that his or
her slave has been enlisted against his or
her will.
9th. If 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 examine the proof OF
title, and if valid shall award just compen-
sation, not exceeding 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 GER
tifcate Of the sum awarded which, on presen-
tation, shall be paid by the Chief of the
Bureau.
9th. All enlistments of colored troops in
the State OF Maryland otherwise than in &C.
cordance with these regulations are forbid
den.
10th. No person who is or has been en-
gagged in the rebellion against the Govern
ment of the United States, or who in any
way has given or shall give aid or comfort
to the enemies Of the Government, shall be
permitted to present any claim or receive
compensation for the labor or service Of any
slave, and all claimants shall file with their
claims an oath of allegiance to the Govern
ment Of the United States.
By order of the President.
(Signed) II. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON CRY,
OoT 26th, 1868.
ORDERED,
That the provisions of General Or
der, No. 329, in relation to the enlistment of
colored troops be and they are hereby ex-
tended to State of Delaware.
Recruiting stations will be established,
and recruiting conducted under the direction
of the Governor of Delaware, subject to the
order of this Department.
By order of the President.
(Signed,) Il. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Executive DEPARTMENT,
DOVER, December 4, 1868.
In conformity with the above order, and
to carry the same into effect, recruiting
stations are hereby established at the follow
ing places, to wit:
AT Wilmington, in New Castle County.
AT Smyrna, in Kent County.
AT Milford, in Kent County.
AT Georgetown, in Sussex County.
Enlstments will hereafter be opened and
recruiting officers designated to conduct the
same.
By order of his Excellency,
WILLIAM CANNON,
Governor of Delaware.
SANL. M. HARRINGToN, Jr.,
Secretary of State.
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