The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-07-28
State OF Iowa,

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III. The men enrolled a &c for militar
duty under tho laws Of this State will Of
ganize into companies, and II any neglet
Is reported on the part Of any township. POI
zion If township, or BY any person SO er
roEed, immediate report should be made I
this Department, and prompt measures viii
be taken TO enforce the laws of this State :
III. Officers viii be elected by the me
thus organized into companies, under tn
directions Of the Ooastitution of this Stat
and Chap. "a, Laws Of 10th General As
sembly Qs64)
Nv. OHicers or citizens in want thereo
will apply to this Office for proper forms 70
rolls and for auy information in relation 4
the organization Of companies.
Y. Any company having organized will
IS provided in Section 8 ofsaid Chapter "a
fix the place for drill and discipline, and i
they neglect so to do, the time and plac,
will be designated by tho Adjutant Genera
Of the State.
vi. Chap s4th, Sec. Is, Laws Of 10. Il
General Assembly. must be strictly enforced
unless sufficient excuse Is furnished 10 thi
Department.
VII. The Governor will not form regi
ments, brigades or divisions until campo,
MES rolls IRE properly returned to this De.
partment, unless the public service demand
immediate organization.
BY order Of the Commander in Chief
N. B. BAKER.
Adjutant General of Iowa.
Papers throughout the State Win inser
At once.
CIRCULAR.
The following IS published for the ;nfor
nation ofall concerned. All persons desi.
rous Of volunteering in any ofthe old regi
ments, thereby securing the bounty and
avoiding the pending draft, will apply to
the Provost MArshals in their respective
Districts. who will recruit and forward them
As usual, to the rendezvous at Davenport
This Department urges upon the State
the following plan Of action: l
l. Immediately call meetings ii,,each
ward and township.
Q. Appoint eneogetic committees to urge
recruiting and to canvass in each ward and
township to ascertain the numbers and
names Of citizens who will furnish repre-
recruits or substitutes before the
draft
s. Ascs' tain what amount of monev can
be raised to pay local bounties to v"lun-
teers, and to establish rules for safe d..
of Same.
All papers throughout the Slate are ear.
nestly requested to publish this Circular
without charge. N. B. BAxER.
Adj't Gen. Of Iowa.
State Of Iowa.
ADJUrANT GENERALS OFFICE
Davenport, July l9, 1864.
General Orders M. %.
I. For the information of all interested
this Depastment informs those citizens of
this State who are liable to military duty
and who are entering into the service of
the United States a. teams,ers, railroad op-
eratives, &c, that this kind OF United States
service does not exonerate them from the
liabilities on draft. II any of these man
are drafted, they will DO considered desert.
ers by the United States authorities If they
co not report themselves for duty in the
ranks, or provide substitute.
Ifany person not authorized by the Uni
ted States or State authorities attempts to
enlist men into any service outside Of this
State, they will be at once arrested and
placed in confinement, and oil State officers
are hereby directed to aid this Department
n its efforts to prevent any recruiting in
this STATE, which is not done under the or
ders ofthe United States Government or
the State Government.
IL. AL State officers are directed to see
that the f lowing paragraphs Of General
Orders No. 81, Oct. IL, 1851, (still in iorce)
are strictly obs erved:
II. That no cit izen. inhabitant or resi-.
dent Of this State subject to do military
duty, either in he Volunteer or Reserve
Militia, shall hereafter enlist or engage ia
enter the military service of any other
State. And all persons liable to mill tary
duty within this State arc hereby prohibit
ed from enlisting or agresing to enlist, or
assembling with REV or for the purpose
of entering the service Of any other State
Nor shall any person within this State, lie
bic to do military duty, enter into the serv.
ice Of the United States, except under the
express authority Of this State. Provided,
that this order in not intended to prevent
the Government Of the United States from
recruiting for the Regular Army. pursuant
to the Acts Of Congress.
III. That al persons, whether resident,
Of this State or otherwise, and oil officers,
except regularly authorised officers Of the
Of the United States recruiting for be Uni
ted States Regular Army, are hereby pro
hibited from onlisting or in any name,
raising men within this State with view
or for the purpose Of entering into the mill
tary service Of any other STATE, or Of tn.
United States, except in purs uance Of thu
laws and authority Of the State Of lows. -
Nv. That the Adjutant General, Of thi,
State be charged with the duty Of seeing
hat neither Of the above orders (Nos. Il
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