Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-01-28
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CIRCULAR.
ApJvrAsr AND Issrscron oESsnAL's opFioE, !
WOoDsra OK, Jan. 81, 1854.


The following instructions are pub
lished for the information of the Select
men of the several towns in this State
as to the settlement of their accounts
Tor recruiting service under the authori-
ty conferred upon them by General Or
der No, of the Governor of Vermont,
dated Oct, %, 1868 -
]. The premium of $500, allowed for
enlisting each recruit mustered into the
service of the United States, will be paid
by Brig Gen. 7. G.. Pitcher, Acting AS
sistant Provost Marshal General, at Brat
tleboro, Vermont
The Selectmen OF each town will i'm
mediately prepare and forward to Gen.
PITCHER statement of their account for
the service. The statement should show
the name of each recruit, for whose en-
listment the premium of Sl5. 90 is
claimed; and the name and post office
address should be stated of the person
In whose name 1t Is desired that the ac-
count should be made No particular
form OF statement is required. When
the statement is received by Gen. Pitch
err 1t will be by him examined and veri-
ned by the rolls and the account will
DC then made out by him in proper form.
on suitable blanks, and returned to the
person in whose name it Is made out.
Tor signature and receipt. When thus
completed, the account is to be returned
to Gen. Pitcher, by whom payment will
be Immediately afterwards made.
:. The accounts for the subsistence of
T9nrn1tG OR hot,
from the place of enlistment to the sta
tion of the Superintendent of Recruit
Ing for the district, will be paid by Ma
jor William Austine, U. S. MASTERING and
Disbursing Officer, at Brattlebero, Yer
mont
The Selectmen Of each town will i'm
medlately prepare and forward to Major
austlne statement of their account
for the subsistence of the recruits. This
statement should show, first the name
of the recruit, for whom subsistence is
claimed,-second, the date from aohich he
was subsisted, third, the date to loj.teh
he was subsisted-fifth, the total amount
claimed to be due for his subsistence,
No particular form is required for this
statement, provided the facts and dates
ABOVE required are distinctly given.-
The purpose is, without regard to form
to enable Maj Austine to understand
from an examination of the accounts,
what sum is claimed to be due and pre-
cisely for what the account is claimed to
have accrued. When these accounts have
been received by Maj. Austine, they will
De by him examined and verified by the
rolls, and, if found correct, they will be
by him placed in proper form, upon the
required blanks, and returned to the
claimant for signature and receipt
When signed and receipted, they will be
returned to Maj Austine, who will i'm
mediately thereafter make payment of
the amount due.
A separate account Is to be made and
forwarded to Maj Austine of the amount
claimed to be due for the transportion
of recruits from the place of enlistment
to the station of the Superintendent of
Recruiting for the district.
This account must show, first, the
name of the recruit, for whom transpor-
tation was furnished, second, the name
OF the place from which transportation
was furnished, third, the name of the
station to which the transportation was
furnished, fourth, the number of miles.
fifth, the manner of transportation.
whether by stage, by railroad, or by pri-
vate teams,-sixth, the amount claimed
for the transportation of each recruit
The form in which this is made is of no
Importance, il, as in the case above sta
ted, the facts, which show the entire
claim, and how and for what is accrued.
are fully stated. This account, when re-
ceived by Maj. Austine, will be by him
examined and verified, placed in proper
form upon the required blanks, and re-
turned to the claimant for signature and
receipt, and, when returned to Mai. Aus
tine, after having been receipted, will be
by him Immediately paid.
If any part OF the account is for mon
ey, which has been actually paid out by
the Selectmen, whereby it has become an
account due to the Selectmen, the re-
ceipt of the person, to whom the money
was paid, showing for what it was paid,
must be sent to Maj. Austine with the
account.
By order Of the Governor
PETER T. WAsHBuRN,
Adjutant and Inspector General.