The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-09-07

eral shall respectively have authority, 1t
practicable, to obtain the supplies, ord
nance stores, or other military stores, or
any part thereof mentioned in this section,
from the United States Government
paying them. if required, the cost prices
thereof. Provided, further, That the
Com mmissary General shall have power to
purchase direct, when actually necessary,
and when there is not time to advertise
for contracts, all commissary stores actu-
ally needed for the troops: Provided,
also, That no more than the actual cash
price shall be paid for any article pur
chased.
Sec. 5. That the Governor of the
Commonwealth is hereby authorized and
empowered to organize military corps,
to be called the Pennsylvania State Guard,
to be composed of fifteen regiments, in
due proportion of cavalry, infantry and
artillery, or such portion thereof as may
be deemed necessary. The said regiments
shall severally be composed of companies
of like number, and to be armed and
equipped, clothed, disciplined, governed
aud paid while In actual service, as simi-
lar troops in the service of the United
States, and shall be enlisted in the service
of the State for period not exceeding
three years, unless sooner discharged, and
shall be liable to be called into the service
of this State, at such times as the Gov
eruor of the Commonwealth may deem
their services necessary, for the purpose
of suoPressing Instructions, or repeiling
invasions !; and the Governor shall appoint
all the regimental officers, and the COM
panies shall have the right to elect the
company officers, and said Major General
and Brigadier Generals, ,and all regimental
and company officers shall be citizens of
this Common wealth: Provided, That
such portions of the said corps as shall be
called into actual service, shall be sup
piled and provided with ordnance stores,
as provided for in this act, but when not
called into actual service, such supplies,
ordnance, and ordnance stores shall be
withheld until required.
SEC. 6. The Governor Of the Common
wealth is hereby authorized to provide the
necessary hospital arrangements, camps Of
instructions, arms and accoutrements
garrison and camp equippage, tranpolta-
tion, and all things necessary for he arm =
ing and equipping and pntting into service
subsistence when in service, quartermas
ters, commissary and ordinance stores of
the said Pennsylvania State Guard, and
to make and adopt all needful rules and
regulations to take and use horses for
cavalry aud artillery service, for which
full compensation shall he made within
six months after the taking of the same,
and the person by whom the same shall
bc taken shall exhibit to the evney there
of his authority for such seizure, ,and shall
at the time give to the owner a certificate
stating the humber of horses taken, and
the time whea and by whom, and the
service for which the same are required
and such supplies as in his judgment
may be necessary, and to seize snch rail
ways and other means of transportation as
the sxigeacies of the case mey demand.
SEC Z. This Governor of the Common
wealth is also hereby Authorized and EN-.
powered to cause to be made an immedi.
ate enrolment aud classification of the
militia of the Commonwealth; and it
shall be his duty to call and keep in ser
vice as long as he may deem necessary,
from the body of the said militia, or from
such portions of the Commonwealth as
he may deem necessary, the said Penn
sylvania State Guard, by volunteering or
draft j: ProUided, That any person who
may be deemed by the board of examin-
ton able to do military duty, may be re.
ceived as volunteers il the regiments pro-
vided to be raised by this act, without
reference te age.
SEC. s. That if practicable, until the
time fixed by law for making the enroll.
ment of the militia of onr Commonwealth,
the Governor Is authorized and empow-
cred to organize the military force anthur-
lied by this act, on the basis of enrolment
made 10 the several districts of the State
by the enrolling officers of the general
Government, but if impracticable, the
Governor is hereby directed to cause an
immediate enrolment of the militia OF the
Commonwealth, to be made as provided
for in the act to which this is q sup.
plement.
That when the assessors refuse or neg
lect to enter upon the duties of enrolling
the citizens of their respective districts
for o period of five days after being noti-
fed of their duty, the Governor shall
appoint competant person or persons tc
make the enrolment
1t shall be the duty of the Governor to
appoint one competant citizen in each coun.
ty, who shall be physician, who, in con-
neetion with the county commissioners,