Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-12-15
Enrolment Of the Militia.
ApitrAyr AND fssp. GESs. Orrics, I
Woodstock, Dec. l, 1854. !

AD,trAYr AND Issp. GEss. OrricR,
Woodstock, Dec. l, 1854.
GENERAL ORDER No. 2.
In pursuance of the act of the Gene
entitled IAN Act for organizing the
Militia" 1t Is hereby ordered as fol-
lows: g.
T. ENROLMENT.
The selectmen Of each town and the
common council men Of each city In the
State will forthwith make aud perfect u
| complete enrolment of the militia with
| in their respective towns and cities. In
| pursuance of the statute law Of this
State and of the following regulations,
! hereby prescribed.
II. CORRECTION OF EXISTING RECORD OF
ESRoLLNBST.
For this purpose, the said selectmen
and common council-men will at once
correct the present existing State en-
roliment of the militia of such towns,
or city, upon the book containing the
record thereof, in manner following.
l. Against the name of each person,
| entered upon said record of enrolment,
who shall have arrived at the age of
| forty-five years, there shall be entered,
| In the column OF remarks, the words
forty FEE years of age" and a red line Is
to be drawn across such name.
2. Against the name of each person,
entered upon said record of enrolment,
who shall have died, there shall be en-
tered, in the column of remarks a state
ment of the death of such person and OF
the date when 1t occurred; and red
line Is to be drawn across the name of
such person.
8. Against the name of each person,
entered upon yaid record Of enrolment,
who has eptered into or Is now In the
military or navel service of the United
StateS,, there shall be entered, in the
column of remarks, the words In the
! q. s. seretcs,"-and the remark should
also, when practicable, state In what
branch of the service the man is engag-
ed,-whether In Vermont organiZati-.,
or in an organization from A..yther State,
or in the regul"..r afmy, or in the navy
ana II D. 90 in the army, the number of
c..s regiment. In which he is serving,
should be stated, IL possible.
4. Against the name Of each person,
entered upon said record of enrolment,
who has been discharged from the SER
vice of the United States and who has
served two years therein during the
present war, there shall be entered in
the column Of remarks, the words " Dis
charged from the U. S. service s~red t,co
years" and the remark should also show
| In rssst organization he served, and the
date of his discharge
| 5. Against the name Of each person,
entered upon said record of enrolment,
who Is member Of either House of
| Congress, is to be written, in the column
of remarks, the words " In Congress -
| against the name of each postmaster, &C
| tuaily in commission as such,-each
s,oora maa carrier, actually engaged In the
| conveyance oe the United States mail -
| each telegraph operator, actually engaged
| as such, each engineer Of locomotive on
| railroad, actually engaged as such, each
| engineer Of a steamboat, and each pilot Of a
steamboat, which carries the United States
mail actually engag, d as such engineer
or pilot, are to be entered, in the column
Of remarks, words to show that they
hold such position, or are SO actually
engaged, and the date of the entry Of the
remark is to be attached thereto.
6. Against the name of each person,
entered upon said record or enrolment
! who has actually removed from such
town or city, there shall be stated, in
the column OF remarks, the fact that he
has so removed, and the place to which
he has removed, and the date of such
| removal, as nearly as the same can be
| ascertained.
III. ADDITIONS TO PRESENT RECORD OF BN-
RoLLMBNr.
The said selectmen or common coun-
cil-men all also further perfect the
| present existing State enrolment of the
| militia Of such town or city, upon the
book containing the record thereof by
entering thereupon the name, ago and oc-
| c,.patior
l. Of every person, resident In such
town, or city, not heretofore enrolled,
who shall have arrived at the age of
| eighteen years.
2. Ofevery person, resident In such
town or city, between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty five years. who shall have
been discharged from the service of the
| United States, and shall not have served
two years during the present war -
8. OF every person, between the ages
of eighteen and forty Eve year1, who
shall have removed into s,ich town, or
city, and whose name does not now ap-
pear upon said record Of enrolment.
| 4. OF every person resident In said
town, or city, between the ages of eigh-
| teen and forty-fve years, who received
certificate ofexemption from the Board
: Of Medical Examiners, constituted under