Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-05
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
ORGANIZATION OF NEW REGIMENTS
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ADJUTANT GEnEHAL,s o1TIer,

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ADJUTANT GENERAL's ogTICr,
WAsHINoToN, March 81, 1884.
General Orders, No. ISI.
General Orders, No. rs, series Of 1867, are hereby
rsscinded, and the following orders will govern
hereafter, in lieu thereof
l. In organizing new regiments or independent
companies Of volunteers, the Governors Of states
are hereby authorized to appoint, in addition TO
the staff otioers heretofore authorized, one Sec
ond lleute rAnt for each company, who shall be
eonditionally mustered into service Al the date
Of his appointment Any oiieer thus appointed
and mustered shah only be entitled to be paid on
the muster and payroll Of his company, and
should he fail to enlist an organized company
within such time as the War Department may
designate, the enlisted by him shall be trans
ferred to some other company his appointment
shall be cancelled and he shall be discharged with
out pay, unless the Governor give him position
In the consolidated company TO which his men
shall have been transferred.
.. Mastering officers will report promptly TO the
Adjutant General Of the Army the name Of every
Recruiting Lieutenant mustered into the service
by them, under a conditional letter Of appoint
ment, togethsr with the company and regiment
for which he is recruiting. ofnoers will be mus
tered into the service only the authority Of the
Governor OF the state TO which their regiments be-
long.
.. Articles Of enlistment will he made out In du-
plcate by such recruiting oieerS and will be dis.
posed OF as provided by paragraph Is, page 80 re.
eruiting Regulations, Volunteer Service. Recruits
will be sent TO the regimentAl rendezvous, Atleast
Al often once q week, where they will be imme
diAtely examined by the surgeon Of the regiment,
or other surgeon employed for that purpose BY the
superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, and
n found unit Tor duty by reason Of permanent dis.
ability, will be discharged from the service forth
with by the surgeon, who will report such dis.
charges to the Superintendent Volunteer Recruit
ing Service, and AlTo TO the Adutant Of the regi-
ment, noting particularly those canes where the
| disability was obvious at the time OF enlistment
As soon as the organization is complste, II shall
be carefully inspected and mustered by United
States Mastering ocer, who will see that at leas,
the minimum number Of each company IL present
| no AbsenteeI will be counted.
Until regiments or independent companies srt
organized and mustered in, they will be under the
eontIo OF the Governor Of the State, but all requi
Sitions for QuArternAEter, Medical, and Ordnance
stores, all contracts for fuel, straw, and SubSiHt
ence and all acquisitions for transportation, mus
be approved by the Superintendent Of Noluntee
Recruiting Service for the state OF Division.
8. No accounts for expenses incurred in raiHin
new organization shall be paid by disbursing on
GERS, unless approved by the Superintendent O
Volunteer Recruiting Service.
BY order OF the Secretary Of War
7 +. d. TOWNSEND,
apps Assistant AdJutAnt General.