American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-06-01

composed of volunteers and in case OF
war, invasion, the prevention of invasion
the suppression of riots, and to aid civil
officers in the execution of the laws of the
| Commonwealth, shall first be ordered into
service.
Section H. Each county in this Com
monwealth shall be separate brigade,
and shall be numbered in the divisions to
which they severally belong by the brig
ade-inspectors and brigadier-generals -
Provtded' That any county or counties,
not having the minimum number of en-
rolled militia necessary to constitute a
brigade, shall be consolidated with other
counties at the direction of the Comman-
der-in- Chief. Aad Provided, That the
city of Philadelp phia shall be divided into
four brigades, and the city of Pittsburgh
| shall constitute one brigade.
Section II. The volunteer and enrolled
militia of this Commonwealth shall be
divided into twenty divisions, as follows
First division, Philadelphia
Second division, Bucks, Montgomery,
and Delaware.
Third division, Chester and Lancaster.
Fourth division, York and Adams.
| Fifth division, Berks, Lebanon, and
Dauphin.
Sixth division, Schuylkill, Monroe, Car
bon, and Pike.
Seventh division, Northampton, and Le-
high. ..- .......
Eighth division, Northumberland, I'm
ion, Montour, and Snyder.
Ninth division, Columbia, Luzerne and
Wyoming. .y .s
Tenth division, Susquehanna and
Wayne.
Eleventh division, Lycoming, Clinton,
Potter and Cameron. T..
Twelfth division, Clarion, Elk, Mexican
and Forest.
Thirteenth division, Bradford, Tioga
and Sullivan.
Fourteenth division, Juniata, Mifflin,
Centre, Huntingdon and Clearfield.
Fifteenth division, Cumberland, Frank
lin and Perry.
Sixteenth division, Bradford, Somerset,
Cambria, Blair and Fulton.
Seventeenth division, estmoreland,
Fayette, Washington and Greene.
Eighteenth division. Allegheny, Arm
strong Indiana and Jefferson.
Nineteenth division, Butler, Beaver,
Mercer ane Lawrence.
Twentieth division, Crawford, Erie,
Venango and Warren.
Section l3. Petitions for organizing
companies may be granted by the COM
mandel in-chief and such companies shall
be organized as follows -
To every companyof caralry--one cap
tain, Que first lieutenant, one second lieu
tenant, one first sergeant, one quartermas-
ter sergcan one commis>ary ergeant, five
sergeants. eight corpurals Nv rumpeters,
two tarre ers lor black smi lis one 3addler,
one wagonerand sixty priya!cs minimum
seventye ght privates (naX 'mum.)
OF intantry-one captain, one firstlieu-
tenant, one second lieutenant, one first
sergeant, four scrgcants, eight corporals,
two musicians, one WAGNER sixty-four
privatcs (minjmum,) and eighty-two pri-
Yates (maXimum.)
Of artlllery-one captain, one first lieu
tenant, one second lieutenant, one first
sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, four
sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians,
artlticers, one wagoner, and one hundred
and twenty-five privatcs.
Section Ia. Non-commissioned officers
and soldiers of volunteer companies shall
serve therein for five years, unless disabil-
ity after enlistment incapactates them to
perform duty, or they are regularly dis
charged by the proper officer.
Section Is. No election of officers shall
be ordered in company hereafter organ
lied unless at least the prescribed mini
mum number of men have been enlisted
therein Upon the enlistment of that num-
ber, and notification given to the comman-
der-in-chief by one or more of the Pc
titioners for the company, attested by the
mayor of a city, or the commissioners of a
county, an election of officers may be or
dered; and if there is no officer of the
volunteer militia conveniently located to
preside at such election, the commander
in-chief may issue an order for that pur-
pose to one or more of the councilmen,
mayor of city, or commissioners of a
county, where majority of the petition
ers reside.
Section 16. After the organization of a
company, recruits shall sign their names
in book of enlistment kept by the COM
pany for the purpose, which signing shall
be a legal enlistment .
Section II. The commander-in-chief
may arrange the volunteer militia, when
they exist in sufficient numbers and are
conveniently located into divisions, brig
ades, regiments, battalions, and compan-
les, ccnformably to the laws of the United
States, and make such alterations as from
time to time may be necessary. Each
division, brigade, regiment, battalion, and
company shall be numbered at the forma-
tion thereof, and a record thereof made in
the Office of the Adjutant General
Section Is. Companies of cavalry and
| artillery inconveniently located for such
organization may be attached to such brig
ade as the commander-in- chief shall or
der Other companies inconveniently sit
uated, shall remain under their company
commanders, subject to the orders of the
commander-in-chief through the comman-
der of the nearest regiment to whom such
| commanders shall make THAR animal -