Washington telegraph., 1864-06-15

IN ORs. CoMMANDANT CoNsCRIPTs,
n;s Ark. Washington May 80, 1864. I
rha allowing General Orders are published
an inform alton anG guidance of all con-
telHSu' B. F. DANLEY,
Comdt Conscripts Dis. Ark.
ur,DoRs BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTfON, }
DEPARTMENT Trans MISSISSIPPI, :
Marshall, Texas, May 9th, 1864. }
General Orders,
No. TO-
So much of clause 2, of Par. III, General
dor No. 8, current series from this Bureau,
- establishes places of rendezvous for the Re-
-a,ve Corps, is hereby revoked.
# The enrolment of the Reserve Corps is
laced in charge of the commandants of the
Ppareral States who will establish places of rem
Js,yous for adjoining counties parishes at
sncb points as will not require of the members
.f .ba corps more than three days travel.
Tho commandants will have at each rendezvous
asuitable officer to enroll and organize the men
Surolled into companies; each company to con-
;st of not less than sixty men, rank and file,
ar cavalry, AMI sixty -four, rank and file, for
;hHtry Copies of the muster rolls of the
anpanies will be forwarded by the comman
s1ts to these headquarters, and through this
ice to department headquarters. In cases
rbere there are not sufficient men enrolled for
empany, they will be consolidated with men
from adjacent rendezvous to form company,
and when there is an excess of 4 company or
companies a like consolidation will be made
Upon the ,mpletion of the company organi-
zatiOns, the officers and men will be permitted
10 return to their homes. ] he time for the
enrolment and organization of the corps in the
States of Louisiana and Arkansas is extended
70 the 10th proximo.
III. Enrolling Officers will keep accurate
descriptive lists of all conscripts enrolled by
them, with full particulars of the disposition
made of them; keeping those of the reserve
Corps on separate rolls and reports from those
between the ages of Is and 40. They will,
without delay, ms axe the designations re lulred
by clause 4, of Par. III, General Order No. 8,
and report them TO the commanders, who will
transmit copies of the reports to this office.
Nv. All persons whether soldiers or con-
scripts, who have been or may be detailed from
department headquarters rs managers or over
yeers of plantations, will comply Immediately
with the 4th clause of the 10th section Of the
Net Of Congress of 18th of February last, by
fling in this Office the bond therein required
executed according to the directions of clause
u
ling Officers will promptly report to this office
the names Of such persons fail to observe
this requirement., that their details may be re-
vOked.
V. Persons who have been exempted or de-
tailed as overseers and managers of plantations
by Enrolling Officers or by orders from this
Bureau, pursuant to the Act of May 1st, 1868,
will al,o Immediately file, in this office, the
bond required by tile Act df 11th February, in
which case the exemption Of those entitled to
exemption under said Act of l7th Of February,
will date from 9th April, 1864 and the details
of such are not entitled TO exemption Under
said Act will be extended for twelve months
from said 9th April, and those who fail to
comply at once with this requirement will be
reported to this office by the Enrolling Officers
that their exemptions Ur details may be re-
vOked.
VI. The bonds required by the " Par. of
this order. in addition to the other conditions
prescribed by the Statute, will be conditioned
as follows, viz that the person detailed will
deliver the bacon or pork and beef required by
tie law within twelve months from the date Of
the detail, and annually thereafter, during its
continuance at such times as the General COM
manding the Department may designate and
those executed pursuant to the V. Par. will be
conditioned in addition TO the other conditions
of the Statute,A that the exempted or detailed
person viii deliver the bacon or pork and beet
within twelve months EoTn 9th April, 1868
and anraally thereafter. so loDg as the exemp-
tion or detail may continae, at such times a.
the commanding General may designate. De
tnis and exemptions heretofore of persons as
owners or overseers of less than ! ) able bodied
field hands between the ages of l6 and so years
will expire at the ead of twelve mouths from
9th April last.
VII. The bonds given pursuant 70 the twS
proceeding para graphs, in1ist I've accompanied
with the atfidayits of the exempted or detailed
person, stating tire number of slaves On tht
plantation or Jaaatations they were exempted
or detailed to oversee, 45ctween the agcS Of II
aud so; whether they are in the field or not
and applications for exemption uudcr the Ac
eff 18th cf February; must also state distir ctl,
the number of such slaves on tire plantation.
VIII All persons detailed as agriculturalist:
m the ground of public necessity under tb,
said Act of 18th February, are subjected Il
the same requirements and rules as those ex
empted by the Act as owners or ovcrseers O
slaves.
IX. All bonds given by owners, overseers
aud agriculturalsts must be acknowledged by
the oblgors before the clerk of the county OF
parish, and the suretes must make affidavit
before said clerk, that they Jointly have prop
erty subject TO forced sale to the value of the
penalty of the bonds, and over md above then
individual liabilities, which facts the clerk
must certify under his hand and official seal
X. General Order No, II, last series from
tkis Bureau, is hereby revoked.
BY command Of
Brig. Gen. GREER.
W. STEDNAN, 4. A. Gen. l4-3