The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-09
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HE,DoUARrERs, DEpr. OF TIE SoUTII,
- HtLToS HEAD, s. c., June 3, 1854.
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T,HE FOLLOWING CIRCULAR, FROM THI
War Department, is re.published for the In
formation and guidance Of all concerned:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
CrRcrLAR.l Ap'T GES'L's OFrlos,
No. 36. Washington, May 2, 1864.
/. To provide for certain cases OF muster
which may arise at the dates the original terms
OF service of Volunteer organizations viii expire
the following regulations are established. and
announced for the information and guidance
all concerned. Their execution will be updel
the supervision and direction of the Commissa
ries of Musters for Corps and Departments
NUsTERs-OUT AND DISCHARGES FROM VETERAN REGi
MENTs WHERE THREE-fouRTns THEREOF
HAVE RE-ENLIsTED.
I. In regiments where three.fourth Ga, OF tht
men have re.enlisted-and which are therefore
Veteran-the organization they may have at tnt
dates of expiration of term. tsee Sec. 1, Genera
Remarks,) will be maintained, but all men who
have not re-enlisted, texcept those who hay'
ioined since date of original organization9 VIII
on said date, be mustered out and discharged
the service.
The Musters-out will be made by the Assistan
Commissary Of Musters of the Division TO whlcf
the troops belong, and that officer VIII De neif
strictly accountable that the muster-out rolls arr
accurate, and made ont In accordance with I'M
mastering Re yulations.
the prescribed form, for the detachment IRON
| each company.
Particular attention is invited to the Musterin:
Regulations, in so far as the formal discharg'
paper Of the Volunteer Is concerned. tSee Sec
5, General Remarks)
After the muster-out and discharge paper
shall have been fully prepared, the Department
| or CORPS Commander will cause the discharged
men to be formed into detachments, under com
petent officers, and forward them to the State
kee Sec 6, General Remarks,) to which they re
spectivey belong, there to be paid on, promptly
under such regulations as the Paymaster Gen
eral may establish.
The senior officer of each detachment will TAX
CHARGE of the muster-out rolls and discharge pa
pers, and be responsible for their safety unti
placed In the hands of the Paymaster
oFFIcgIs FOR VETERAN aEGIMZNTR
III. Under paragraph 9. of General Orders, No
191 1868, IL IS announced that officers in serves
whose regiments or companies may re-enllst
tnow applicable to regiments or companies
where three -foIrths have re enlisted,l will hay'
their commissions and rank continued. TT
this end, officers viii continue to serve, unde
existing musters. until the original term OF thet
regiments shall have expired. when they Will ot
re-mustered. under their existing commissions
for three years To secure the back rank-no
pay-of the grade in which they may be re
mustered, the Assistant Commissary OF Muster
viii make the following remark upon the re
muster in roll: ITO rank from. 49,. lsS:
under Paragraph Q, General Orders, No. 191
War Department, 1853"
No provision herein will be construed as an
thorizing the retention in service OF unfit officers
All such should be reported by the Department
or Army Commander, to the Adjutant Genera
Of the Army, with the view to their discharge.
NUsTERs-oUT oY REGIMENTS NOT VETERAN.
II. Where regiments fall under the provision!
of Section /, General Remarks, and less thai
three-fourths thereof have re.enlisted, the re
enlisted men and all recruits tdrafted and volun
teer3 who have Joined the regiment since tnt
date of Its original muster-n, [Section l, Genera
Remarks,l will be formed into one or more com
panies of the legal maximum standard. and ON
cered by such officers aslmay be selected by tht
Department or Army Commander. The re
mainder Of the regiment will then be placed eI
route to the State, there to be mustered out ant
iat;ons of the Army.
In regiments falling under the provisions o
Section 2, General Remarks, and where les.
than three fourths have re-enisted, at the date
the periods Of service OF the respective companie!
expire the men thereof entitled to discharge
and the company officers, lpresent and absent
| will be mustered out by the Assistant Commis
with the rules enunciated In Section l, OF Par
agraph 1. The remainder Ire-enlisted men ant
recruits who have Joined since date or orfgtna
orpanizationl will be temporarily assigned v
the last company to be mustered out WheI
the men of ail the companies entitled to dis
charge have Thus been disposed of, the remainder
will be formed into one or more companies
the legal maximum standard, and oftieered By
such officers as may be selected by the Army q
Department Commander. -
ferjne with the requirements Of General Orders
No. iss, series of 1868, from this Office.
GENERAL REMARKS.
III. l.. Where all the companies OF regiment
were mustered in within two l2l months OF the
date at which the organization will be determin
ed by reckoning the period OF service on the 2ott
of Nav 1861, THAT date Is considered as the date
of original organization and muster-in OF the
Reciment.] the period OF service of the regiment
will expire May 10th, 1854, [expiration of origin
80 ,hof doto oil the members nj