Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-25

made in tie district a.
Recruiting Officers in each district will rem
der TO the officers named their returns, Form
o. accompanied by one copy OF each enlistment
made during the month.
arkansas.
Captain James A. Swaine, A O. NJ yolun-
teers, Little Rock.
California and Eeradd TERRITORY.
Brigadier General John S. Mason, United
States volunteers, San Francisco.
Connecttcnt
Major DelaVan u. Perkins, additional A. n
c., Hartford.
Illinois.
Lieutenant Colonel James Cakes 4th United
States cavalry, Springfield.
indiana
Colonel Conrad Baker, LIST Indiana cavalry.
indianapolis
Lieutenant Colonel w. N. Grier, LIST United
States cavalry, Davenport.
..... Kentucky.
Major William II. Sidell 18th United States
infantry, Louisville.
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Dakota
Captain Sidney Clark, A. A. G. volunteers
Leavenworth City, Kansas.
Louisiana. including Department Of tie Gulf
Lieutenant J. R. Hamilton, LIST United States
infantry, New Orleans.
Major ]. W. t. Gasainer, United State.
Army, Augusta.
Lieutenant Colonel b. H. Hill, 5th United
States artillery, Detroit
Massachusetts.
Major F. N. Clark, 9Th United States aruI-
lery, Boston.
Maryland and Delaware
Lieutenant Colonel Noah L. Jelrries, invalid
corps, Baltimore.
Colonel Z. b. Alexander, 10th United States
Minnesota
Major A. ID. Nelson, 1st United States infan-
try, st. Paul
Netc Hampshire.
Brigadier G enerai L. w. Kinks, United States
volunteers, Concord
Ner York
Northern Division-Maior Frederick Town
send, 18th United States infantry, Albany.
Southern Divsion-Br igadier General Will
liam Hays, United States volunteers, New
York city.
Western Division-Major A S. Diven, A. A.
G. volunteers, Elmira.
Ne,o Jersey.
Lieutenant Colonel r. G.. Buchanan, 4th
United States infantry, Trenton.
NelC Merico.
Major Henry r. Selden, 18th United States
infantry, Santa Fe.
Colonel L. A. PARROT, list Ohio volunteers,
Columbus.
Pennsylvania.
Western Division-L ieuten ant Colonel James
V. Pomford 10Th United States infantry, Har-
risfurg.
Eastern Divisi n-Maior Charles c. Gilbert,
18th United States infantry, Philadelphia.
Rhode Island
Captain William Silvey, lst United States
aftlliely, TioFlhehSe.
Tennessee.
Captain J. r: Paxton, 18th United States
infantry. Nash vile.
Brigadier General T G.. Pitcher, United
States volunteers, Brattleboro'
Wisconsin.
Colonel James ID. Gre, Ne, Sth United States
infantry, Madison.
Vest Virginia.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Darr ir, LIST Vir-
ginia cavalry, Wheeling.
WdsEiu1f0n TsrTifrrU md O-s1o,
Major N. II. Mclean, A. A. Ct, United States
Army, Portland, Oregon.
The attention of all officers is called to the
following paragraphs of the Mastering Regu-
lations:
40. OnIy* officers of the regular army lin
Guiding additional aids de camps appointed by
the President, under the act approved August
5, le6D will be detailed to muster into and out
OF the service OF the United States, and no
officer will make these musters unless detailed
10 do so by competent authority.
1f3. Commanders of corps or departments
VIII see that each regiment, indie pendent COM
pany, &C. is assigned to some one of the assist
ant commlssaries of musters under their COM
mand. The commissaries of mus will be
responsible to the adjutant general of the
army for the correctness Of the musters and
muster rolls in their corps, and no officer shall
be mustered in, or ont, except by a commits
| sary or assistant commissary of musters to
whom the command to which he belongs has
| been assigned.
ia. No officer or enlisted man of volunteers is
| properly in the service of the United States, or
authorized TO receive pay, until mustered In by
IL e proper officer and no officer is properly
ont Of service until discharged in Orders, or
mustered ont by the proper officer One copy
OF the rolls or order in each case must be for
Warded to the Adjutant Generals Office
Us. Commissaries and Assistant Commits
saries of Musters, having been once detailed,
will not be relieved from this duty, or trans
ferred to another Division, Department, or
Corps, without authority from the Adjutant
| Generals Office
12O The commissioned officers of all voIun-
whether h.
| lished under the authority of State or Of the
| United States, will be re- garded as having been
| into the service Of the United States takes
| effect, and will take rank in their respective
GRADES, will be entitled to pay and be obeyed
and respected in their several positions from
that date.
1a1 Mastering officers will muster into SER
vice and administer the oath Of allegiance to
such regiments or recruits brought to them as
may present conclusive evidence of their &C.
ceptance by the War Department
The following explanation to section S, par
agraph III, Mastering Regulations, (section S,
paragraph 6, General Orders as, Of 1881 is
am ounced for the information and guidance OF
all concerned:
When an enlisted man or officer receives
commission or appointment advancing him to
higher grade and has not an opportunity of
being mustered in so as to appear on the next
muster rolls as OF the grade to which he is
commissioned or appointed, he shall be mus
tered ON the next muster rolls in his proper
grade, according to previous muster-in, and a
ItudIh W Inc louoWln& oHect mace on the
muster roll opposite his name Received COM
mission Tor appcintmenD from the Governor Of the
State Of -, - in the - Regiment of -
Volunteers, on the day r.; ,oditirg muster
in since that date The last sentence Of section S,
| parag1 aph III, mastering Regulations, edition
Of August 81, 1868, commencing If on the
muster" &c, shall not be SO construed as to
prevent the m ulster in, by the Mastering Officer,
of officers so mustered back to the actual date
OF receipt of commission appointment, if it
be not more than two months beyond the
muster at which they appear, as above, on
| the rolls. %
Exception in cases OF necessity will be
made upon application to the Adjutant Cen
eral, Washington, ID. 9.