Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-04
E. COOPER,
Adi't and insp'r Gen.
ADJ'T 4 INsP'R GENERALS OFFICE,
RICHMOND, May p, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS,

H.
GENERAL oRDERs,l ~ ''''
The Act Congress provide and organize engineer
troops to srye en the var approved March 2o 1888 and
ganson The same are pubhed for the Information and d
rectiln Of all concerned:
enact Tht ere sha be selected In oh tbs Score
tary War direct from division OF infantry service
with view their echanica skin and physical
and that the ane to such company shall be required to
respectively.
sc That each company shall consist OF eight sergsans
coporas forty arta,rs md forty abore and that
two musicians may be added.
"sec That the commissioned officers OF each company shall
Of eaptsIn, first Hsuten,
Sns and tn origins, vacancies IA these companies shS be
Allied by the transfer Of officers Of responding grade from the
ensin corps, practicable AZ VII nat hel fr tn other
corps rOm the line stat OF the armv, reference being
ways had their qushcson as engineers or by eeeton but
shall be selected who is serving In with the
army, unless he Is q military or cyil engineer
g. That the companies shall be organized Into regiments
Of ten companies EACH and that the field and az officers shall
consist Of colonel lieutenant colonel major adj
utant with the rank OF first lieutenant one quarrmaser
and sergeant major and that the original vacancies in
the regiment. shall be filed In the provided filling
major quarermaste sergeant shall be
"5ec That In each regiment two Of The companies shall be
assigned 70 duty Pontoners, and each be furnished with
'sec That officer charge the engineer bureau
subject to the approval Of the Secretary Of War; shall prescribe
ties TOOLS implements arms and other necsssaries for all the
ssc Z established regiments TO- and In
cud ng the rank Of colonel shan be hled BY regimen.
tally according to seniority, except In Of disability in
sec 8 That monthly pay Of the engineer troops shan be
follows OF colonel two hundr and ten dollars; of lieu
tenant colonel hundred and ghighve dollars msjor,
hundred and sTtytEo dolaE of captain hundred
and forty dollars OF fret eutenaut hundred dollars of
second lieutenant ninety del and the adjutant shall
dollars per month in addition TO his pay Of lieutenant
That the pay the enlisted men per month shall he
dol serReans thirty four dol corpors twenty
dollars staees seventeen dollars iaboreEs and musicians thur
teen dollars.
se 10 Tn mounted engineer troops may be selected nom
the cavalry and be OgaUEed 1ecord the provisions Of this
act, for engineer troops, IS reinhefore specified"
IL The method Of selection and organization under the fore
going act, shA be as follows;
The senior ngleer serving with Gen.
eral Of Departments will be authorised b. him sSiEe the
engineer companies Of the command.
Persons recommended Engineer Bureau be appointed
company ocers 10 the respective companies when organized
directed report TO the seaor officer Of engineers In the
department. Who aided BY them and subject the approval
the COMMANDING General shA select from specified div on In
consultation with their ommsndersl the required humber Of
70 form the companies
The selections hs be sbutsd 20 equsy a. practicable
among al the companies Of division, egsrd being had II
hcency Of the engineer Preference th be given 10
volunteers or this special service, provided they possess the
l. Ihe non commissioned ocsrs Of each company shan be
selected, AID the pyaes classified Into ahse and sbores
by she pesor ee TED 70 H. subso 70 the approval Of
the senior ceer OF eneinesf troops as soon as appon
The Chief Of the Engineer Bureau, ter naming the
pa and Designating 20 vhi,h regiment they shall be ged,
vim recommend % the War Department the app Of COM
pany and FIELD Officers.
the senior het ON Of engineer troops subject the approval
OF the ohef Engineer Bureau
espoyded with bage trains, to the Other companies
Whenever the number OF noncommissioned officers p
below SIX IN c1mpany shall be recruited -
naainum number, as herein before specified. .s. u.
In leu Of the usual return Of coe end hired requrei
Of engineer ocer officers and enrolled men nc
the present absent and sk shall be fotWardd monthly BY the
bGSssa xSo WIN araS sIsli fos foS he purpose
BIZ order, s. oooPES
Hyss-aR AatsaaI p'p'E ssasFa,