The Portland daily press., 1864-08-09
STATE OF MAINE.

General Order No. %.
j. Thirty Companies of Infantry for pe.,u...
N 'ne anu 70 ee cseoisd upon the pres nj call
in this state, from yolunteers for eltns 90 , ~
tnTse years service, as the reefu' may eltct
IL Enronel men or their substItutts havs tha
privilege OF electing the company ana re- i,.srs
IN which they will s-rye, by vous teering /. TO-
organatioss but If drafted. such liberty Is neees
III ihe state bounties to all volun.eer. ana "a
substitutes enlis ed pror to the draf l. 500 SEQ
Or soU, acc fdlng 10 the period of their ehli.tn.,
ior y :, oro years, and the U. 3. bounty the ssme
10 All volunteers ard repre- entatve recl usts s.S
sututes Tor enrolled men are not entitl 70 Unit.
~ The officers ofthese companies viii be ss,sc,.
ed from those wh0 have served At L ast nine on,h.
ne.o unless very special reasons exist a. par.
" sacn immediate action should bs t.hsn nv
cinzens not liable To enromerf. siIinx to avoid
men, ss will maxi IL orthe peeu lar, Interest ~
after to volunteer instead of entering ssryice ~
drafted men.
VI Concerted action Initiated in cities and nan.
uIous places. and extending to the suturbs ana Al
Jaeent towns. embody ing the partial selection OF az
nssis ana non eomm,ssoned efteers may insure the
adoption. At once. OF such plans Of proeesdure as
viii guarantees the raising OF mpany in every ,u-
stance where 1t Is undertaken, but any ffcer Sc
honorably for At least nine or The se
NAV not be confirmed by the Governor
raising these companiss.
for making the enlistmsnts. Pasa
I'd. Each volunteer must be examinsd and an
proved by a local ply sieian who will b. 49, % ~
Tor his services; but the physician is NOT fo , se
certificate Of snsh exaninaie len up0n he tplsiment
paper, thaf being Tor the authorized 81 geop who
makes the hnal lexsminatinn the muster I'M
3D.. Justice OF the Peace will aaminis.er IN.
oath TO the recruit, and h and sign the certiacats
on the face OF the enlistment
fth. when the enlistment is for q less period
the fact. 'S'-
5th. Each company nina, eonrr,..,
and one enlisted men, aud as soon as that M mber
OF suitable persons. who are eligible to enli.fmsnt
have each sisned three enlistment papers one part
OF each enlistment. with the names OF persons d.
ignated for the commits ioned oficars O. the corr,
psny, and their residence and the place Of the rem
devious Of the Company, will be FORWARDED ths
AoJutant General. who will arrange with Major
Gardiner. U. s. Military sup. rintendent. for Sha
transportation, muster in. clothing armine and
equiping of the company. 1
". IL the company Is detained beyond the time
OF which reasonable notice is gwen the Adufant
General that IL will assemble Al its rend, -
leave Tor the place Of muster forty cents day per
man VIII De allowed Tor boa and LODGING for the
period Of such dsteniion and the tim~ occupied N
coming in from the eomy any rendezvous
VII 50 much of General Order Twenty.sevsn
OF the 10Th ut as preserioes rules governing ebit-
ments and credits for quotas and amount OF boun-
ties aud enumerates the persons entitled thereto
and eligible TO enlistmens. Is applicable to these
Extract from War DEPARTMENT authority Of july
%. 1854. to raise these companies'
"Ihe said companies must he mustered in before
Sept s. ls64 in order that they NAV be credited on
the quota OF the State under the aforesaid ca l. -
should any Of the companies all TO Organize
as to form and be mustered in as complete com
panies before the aforesaid dates"
By order of His Exeellency the Governor.
JOHN L. HODSl ON,
Adjutsnt-General
Aug. s-dlw