Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-04
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT. 1
ADJUTANT GENERALS s OFFICE, uartford July l9, 1851.

Hartford, July 19, 1884. ~ ENERAL ORDERS, NO. 4:,the foi'ow M inc regulations are adopted for recruit ino in the rebel states fer the credit of Con neeticnt in accordance with an Act of Con press. approved July 4th, 1884, and with Gen eral orders No. 227, War Department, dated July 9th, 1884.
 | l. Six principle agents to be known al Connecticut Recruiting Agents. will be ap pointed by the Commander. in Chief, and re spectively assigned to duty at the following named rendezvous, which have been estab lished by the War Department Camp Casey Washington, D. C., for N. E.
 "--, near Fort Monroe, Va., for s. E. Virginia.
 -, Newborn, N G., for North Carolina.
 "---, Hilton Head, s. C.. for South Caro-
 lima and Florida.
 "--, Vieksburg, Miss, for Mississippi. t., Nashville, Tenn, for Georgia and Alabama. | 2. The State Agents will have letter or appointment, a certified copy Of Whlch must be filed with the Provost Marshal Generai' : and also with the Commenting ohcer or the rendezvous for the districts in which they are to recruit It shall be the duty of the re- cruitine agents before entering upon their duties. to report in person through the Com manding Officer of the rendezvous to the Con- manding Officers of the Military District, De partment or Army, in order that they may have proper protection.
 g. After reporting for this duty, all agents will be subject to the rules and articles of war.
 The regulations of the War Department provide that, "It shall be the duty ot the |" commanding officer of tke army, department " or district in which recruiting agents ope- " rate, and of commanding officers of rendez- |" vous, to order back to this State tor arrest " and hold for trial as he may deem best any !" recruiting agent who shall commit frauds C upon the Government or recruits, or shall |" violate the instructions issued to govern " this recruitment, or be guilty of any offence against military law. Recruiting agents |" will be held responsible for the conduct of " all persons who act under their authority ' for direction"
 5. Each principal agent shall receive for each recruit procured and properly mustered into the service for the credit of Connecticut, such a sum as may be from time to time de- termined by the Commander Chief.
 6. The principal agent may employ such assistants or sub-agents as may be necessary In the performance of his duties. subject to the approval of the Commander-in-C and the United States military authorities. Their compensa lion shall be such as the principal agent may prescribe, and shall be paid by him out of the premium or compensation he re- ceives for the must in of each recruit.
 r. It shall be the. duty of the recruiting agents to see that upon the arrival of the re- cruit at the rendezvous, h. is promptly exam ined, and if accepted mustered into the ser vice of the United States, for the credit of the State of Connecticut at large. Upon such mus ter, the agent shall issue to the recruit the proper order on the Paymaster-General for the sum of three hundred dollars, first procuring the signature of the mastering officer. to the cer- titicate on the back of the order, that such re- cruit h IS been mustered into service. He shall also witness the signature of the recruitto the order.
 s. The Paymaster- General shall, with the approval of the Commander-in-C Chief appoint an Assistant Pavmaster for each rendezvous before named, whose duty it shall be to cash the orders of recruits on the Paymaster Gene ral, and also pay the principal agents the es- tablished sum for the muster-in of each re- cruit.
 g.. certified copy of the muster-roll will be furnished by the mastering officer to the re- cruiting agent as often as at least ten recruits shall have been mustered This roll will in all cases be imm ediate'y forwarded to the Ad- jutant General of the State at Hartford, the agent retaining copy of the same, and the recruiting agents will also make weekly re ports to these Headquarters of names of the sub agents employ ed by them and the names of all the recruits obtained by each, and duly mustered into service.
 By order of His Excellcncy,
 WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM.
 Commander-in Chief.
 HORACE J. MORSE, Adjutant-Gcn. ltl5