The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-26
STATE OF MAINE.

General 0r('ct No. %.
/. Tn rty Compaaies of Infantry for Regiments
in the leld, ami 10 be ited upon the present ca
are autho lze1 Sy the War Department to be raised
in this state from hoiunt ers for or
three years service, as the recfui may elect.
III, Enfollel men or their ubssitutss. have the
priyi ege of eleo,ing the company and regImsnt
IN which they will save by Volunteering io these
organizations but if dra ted, such liberty is
saTii! de led them.
III an state bounties to all yolun eers ard to
substitutes eni prtor TO the drai is Sl00 $500
or $50 acc riding 10 the period of their enlistment
for 2. or y ars, and the Z 5. bounty the same.
TO all yolunteers aad repre- en;stise recruits Sub.
sttutes Tor enrolled men are not enti;l> to United
States Bounty.
~ Tue officers ofthese companies will be select.
cd rom those VIII have served at asst nine months
Ia the ieid ualess very special reasons exist IL par
ticulzr
Saen immediate action sho aid be taken hy
ctizens not liable to enro imeIt. de- iing avoid
draft iH their commuaty. and by club, OF enrol. d
men, will max it he peeu iarS interest fthe
latter, TO volunteer hsiesd OF e. t~ring ,tryce
drafted men.
VI. Concerted acton init ated ia cities and nan.
ulous plac ;. and eHtendiog TO the snLurbs anu ad
heaTs end mon 81 eiia,t iiss f e; 'i rs
aaop ioD az once, vi such plans o. procedure, as
will ku antee the reisiag mpany cry N.
stance where 1t IS "a, dersasen But any tthcer Sc
lected a. above, shou be person who has scr ed
hlnOraby for at least nIne obths the selection
NAV not De confirmed by the Goseraor.
VII. The following rulee viii be adhered TO In
raising these eomiahiss.
LIST. NO fees prelnluuns expenses will be paid
FOR making the eniistmvniE.
I'd. Each volunteer masf be exa-niHed and ap-
proved By local physician, who will b Iaid 25 cts.
Tor his sersic s. but the pbysieIan Is not t. ii
ccrgihcst~ of su b exam ma len up he enlis meni
paper. that being for Tue aaiho Iked Su geon, who
makes the q al eSaniiiati the muster in.
Sd. A Justice OF the Peace will a,Inipis er the
oatn - the recruit and ni aha sin the certificate
on the face OF the enlistment.
4th. When the enlistment is for less period
than Years, the blank vii hJ changed TO exhibit
the fAct.
9Th Each company must comprise one hundred
aud oae enis ed men. aud rs soon as that number
OF suitable persons. who are eligible 20 enlistment.
have each sIgned three ni-tm-ut paper, one part
OF eacn Enlistment with the names of persons des-
ignated for the minis iOnea ohic5rs the com
ptny. Gud heir residence aud tie place OF the
devious of the Company, will be iorwa-dtd the
Aajutsnt General who W II arrange wi h Major
Gardiner. a.. ). Military ou3' ria tencent for the
transportation, muster in, clothing, arming and
equiping OF the company.
OF which reasonabie aotee rs gwen the Adiutani
General that II will assemble 81 its rendezvous. 10
leave the place of muster, forty cents day psf
man will be allowed oE boa AMI lodging the
period of such deteniiS n and the tim occlpied in
coming in from the COM any rendezvous.
VII So mach of General Oder Twenty Seven
OF the 10Th ult pres rses rules governing enli &
ments aud credits for gu ,as aud iunt Of boun-
ties aud rates tne persons enti led thereto
and eligible TO enlistmenis. IL applicable TO these
thirty companies
( Extract from War Department authority Of July
2s. 1854, to raise these compsnies.l
"Ihe said companies must he mustered in hefort
Sept g. ls6i, in der that theF De credited or
the quota the State apdsr the Aforesaid ca l."
should any of the eompanies all 10 organic
within reasonable time. 'hey viii b consolidated
50 as to form and be mustered in "a complete
panies beaore the aforesaid dGtrs."
! BY order of Hi. Exoeliency the G overn
John L. HoDs ON,
Adiutant-General.
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