The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-27
THE DRAFT IN INDIANA,
order of Governor Morton for AddI
tiOnnI Volunteers.

order of Governor Morton for Addl.
tiOnnI Volunteers.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA, ADJU-
TANT-G -G1NRRAL's OFPIoE, ISDIANAPOLIs, Decem-
ber, "a ls6i-In pursuance of the call Of the
President of the United States, under date of goth
instant for three hundred thousand volunteers,
eleven (lI) regiments OF infsutry-one regiment
from each Congressional Districs-will be raised
in Indiana to serve for one year.
RECRUITING oFPICERs.
A Chief Recruiting Officer for each Congress
sOnal District will be designated by the Governor.
This officer will have The general management OF
recruiting in his district. He will be expected %
canvas the several counties within his jurisdic-
tion, sist in raising the comp 'ntes, add render
such services as may be necessary Tor the speedy
organization Of the regiment.
Recruiting officers with authority TO recruit in
designated districts will be appointed upon salts
factory recommendation, showing the following
facts -
l. That the applicant intends, in good faith, to
70 Ito the service, and as evidence Of such in
Iention he will be required 70 sign regular Gu
listment roll, and deposit the same 10 the AdJu-
taLt-Gtberal's office.
2. That he is physically qualified for active
duy IN the field.
8. That he is a man Of fair standing and good
moral character.
4. That he is In no way connected OF interested
with bounty or substitute agents, or employed
for DaB u ill quotas of counties or sub-districts
Persons who have heretofore been In the SER
vice must show tha they have been honorably
discharged.
Resigned officers cannot be recommissloned
until the disability occasioned by resiguing Is
removed by the War ! apartment.
Recruiting commissions will authorize officers
70 enlist recruits, ard hold them until regularly
mustered IN, and 10 do such other necessary and
proper acts as may be required TO raise the troops
called Tor. Officers will be confined in recruiting
20 the districts for which they are commissioned,
and will only be entitled 20 be paid on the muster
and pay. rolls Of their respective companies, when
raised.
The Government bounty provided by law
uuder this call Is one hundred dollars, one
third of which will be paid by the mastering
and disbursing officer, when the company Is
completed
county and township bounty as may be offered
by the county or snb-district 10 which he is
credited on the muster-n rolls, and the residence
of the enlisted man, as shown by the enlistment
roll will fix the place Of his credit on any future
draft that may be made.
RENDEZVOUS.
The general rendezvous for all the troops raised
under these orders, will be ut Camp Carrington,
Indianapolis. No district camps will be estab-
Iished, but the place where the District Provost
Marshal's Office is located will be considered re-
cruitng Headquarters for the district.
The regiments TO be raised will be designated as
follows -
i43d Regiment. Evansville .......First.
Hath Regiment. .JetfersOnVille ..'..,SecOnd.
I45th Regiment... Columbus. Third.
I46th Regiment .Greensbnrg. .,..... Fourth.
147lh Regiment. Richmond .......-. Fifth.
148th Regiment. Indianapolis ...,..SiXth.
10Th Regiment. .Terre Haute ......SeYenth.
15Oth Regiment. Lafayette. Eighth.
l5lst Regiment. .LapOrte. Ninth.
1920 Regiment. .KeHdallYile ...... Tenth.
153d Regiment Wabash ......... EleYeath.
BY command of o. p. MORTON,
w. II. II. sEHRiIL Gov. and Com in thief.
A. A. q. of Indiana.