The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-09
iii. When troops are mustered on. Of service,

II.
all officers and men, present and absent, who are
entitled to be discharged, will be considered rs
mustered ont at one time and place, except
prisoners Of war, who will be considered as In
service until their arrival In loyal State. with
an allowance of time necessary for them to be
returned to their respective places Of enrolment.
With officers and men Of this class, commanding
officers OF regiments and companies will exer.
else great care in stating In the remarks on the
muster-out rolls, the dates AID places OF capture,
thus;
Prisoner Of War. Captured at...........,
". Officers and men absent from their COM
mands, on detached service, sick in hospital or
paroled, latter the officer under whose command
they may be, has satisfied himself that their
with transportation by the Quartermaster's De-
partment to the place where the Regiment Is to
be mustered out, in time to be present at the said
muster. The transportation will be furnished
upon the requisition Of the Commanding officer
under whom the officer or soldier may be serv-
ing, or Of the surgeon in charge Of the hospital
where he may be sick The descriptive lists OF
the men will accompany them, and be turned
over to the officer who may be charged with
mastering ont the force, by whom-after the data
therefrom has been entered on the muster-out
rolls-thcy will be forwarded to the Adjntant
General Of the Army. Iffrom sickness. or other
proper cause, enlisted men cannot be sent In
time, as above directed, they viii BE discharged
at the hospital, and their final papers there made
out, under direction Of the surgeon In charge,
and forwarded to the commander having the
power to discharge. as in the case Of surgeons
certificate Of disability The principles announc-
ed in Paragraphs and Is, Appendix "B," Re-
vised Army Regulations, will be applied In such
cases; and, with view to determining claims
for pension, all Information WIN be given in the
papers which win throw light on the nature and
cause of the soldiers sickness
no fol iD0 oytr n MuSfafiuV
Regulations, are published for the information
and guidance Of all concerned
Whenever volunteers, or militia, are muster
ed for final discharge, on the expiration OF their
term of service, discharge viii befurnisned Tor
each officer and soldier. whether present or ab
sent
"The blanks for these must be filled with
great care and neatness, and signed, with ofheiai
rank affixed-at the left hand-by the Colonel or
ether regimental commander for the field and
staff, by captains or other company commanders
for their respective companies, and by the Mus-
tering Officer, and by the mastering Officer re-
turned TO the said commanders for delivery to the
individuals"
Form Of Discharge.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
Coat Of Arms.
Know YE, That t...........,a . .......:0 cap.
tain ........ company 49,. regimentot
volunteers, who was enrolled ON the -:
day Of ........, one thousand eight hundred ana
80. to serve -. years, or during the war, u
ss,ssy Of from the issv.e af the
expiration of his term. No objection to his
being re-enlisted is known to exist
Said ;......... was born in .:::: :; IN IN
'ae feet feet ;. :. inches high. 80. complexion, -.
eyes, -. :. hair, and BY occupation, when en-
Given at :. =, this -. day Of -. 1885,.
Commanding eOnpany-or regiment,
Captais. ;. :. U. S. Infantry and N,sstaing Officer.
{. Where troops are mustered ont OF service,
final statements must not be given The MUSTER
out rolls take the place Of nnal statements in
such cases."
VI. AS a general rule, in returning troops 70
their States for muster-ont, they will be sent to
the points therein, where they were mustered
in, there to be met by Mastering Officers and
Paymasters.
VII. To hasten the muster-out Of troops, It Is
hereby made the duty OF regimentai and COM
pany commanders, under the direction OF the
Commissary OF Musters of the Corps or Depart
meut and Assistant Commissary Of Musters for
the Division, to look after the data necessary
for the preparation OF the mustef-out rolls. To
this end It is directed that each company COM
mander shall have the muster-out ro.l OF his
company, or such men thereof as are to be dis
charred. made out in rough, 20 that 1t can be
quickly arranged, and u fair copy made at the
required time.
VIII. As the interest Of an enlisted man is al
WAYS prejudiced, il his record on the rolls Is i'm.
perfect, mastering Officers and Psymasters will
promptly report all officers who may neglect
10 have the rolls of their regiments and COM
panies accurately made out, with view 10
their being recommended for dismissal from
the service.
Nv. In mastering out independent companies
and batteries, or fractional parts thereof, the
principles, SO far as applicable, laid down here
in for regiments, will be observed Questions
which may arise relative thereto, will be de-
eided hz Nanartment and Army Commanders.