Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-12-08
RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1854
.,-..n,xnsion OF she Militia.

We nss na containing "General Order
NJ :" issued from the office OF AdJu-
..ot ~ General washburn, for the organi-
..,,or of the active militia OF the state
.naer the new Militia Law. We inteno
20 nublish the order in full as soon as
90 can And room for it. Meanwhile we
Give below such of its provisions as are
~ most immediate interest TO our
readers.
The state is divided into twelve mill.
.orv districts. Each district Is required
70 raise ten companies of the militia
each company to be composed OF nfty-
one men, and the ten companies consti-
tuting regiment. We give the towns
constituting the Sd, 9th, 9th, 10th, lltA
and 10Th districts as follows
q The Third District will consist OF
the towns Of Ferrisburgh, Monkton,
Vergennes, Panton, Addison, Bristol,
LINCOLN, New Haven, Waltham, Wey-
bridge. Bridport, Shoreham, OrWeii,
whiting, Leicester, Goshen, Middieoury,
Riptons Cornwall, Salisbury, Starksboro,,
charlotte, Hinesburgh, Huntington and
Buels Gore.
3, The Eighth District will consist Of
the towns of Windsor, Hartland, Hart
ford, Woodstock, Bridgewater, Pomlret
Barnard, Royalton, Bethel, Stockbridge
Rochester, Hancock, Granville Pitts
& field and Saerburne.
o. The Ninth District will consist of
the towns of Middletown, Poultney, Ira,
Clarendon, Rutland, Mendon, Chittenden.
West Haven, Fairhaven, Castleton, Ben
son, Hubbardton, Pittsford, Sudbury
and Brandon.
To- The Tenth District will consist
of the towns of Springfield, Weathers-
field, Chester, Cavendish, Reading, West
Windsor, Plymouth, Ludlow, Andover,
Weston, Baltimore, Londonderry, Graf.
ton, Windham, Mountholly and Shrews-
bury.
IL The Eleventh District will consist
of the towns of Stamford, Pawnal, Ben
nington, Woodford, Salisbury, Glasten-
bury, Arlington, Sunderland, Sandgate,
Manchester, WinhalI, Rupert, Dorset
Peru, Landgrove, Pawlet, Dandy, Mount
!, Tabor, Wallingford Tinmouth and
Wells.
IL. The Twelfth District will consist
of the. towns of Athens, Brattleboro,
Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Gull
ford, Halifax, Jamaica, Marlboro, New
fame, Putney, Rockingham, Somerset,
Stratton, Vernon, Townshend Wards
boro, Westminster, Nottingham, Will
mington, Readsboro' and Searsburgh.
The districts are divided into sub
districts for raising companies. In the
Third district, the city of Vergennes and
the towns of Panton and Addison are re-
quircd to raise one company; the towns
of Bristol and Lincoln, one company
one; Bridport and Shoreham, one; Or
well, Whiting, Leicester and Goshen,
one Middlebury and Ripton, one;
Cornwall and Salisbury, one. -..
In the Eighth District Bethel is re-
quired to raise one company; Stock
bridge and Pittsfeld, one /; Rochester,
Hancock and Granville, one.
OF the Ninth District we give the SUBJ
districts in full, with the number of
companies required to be raised by
each as follows Westhaven and Fair
haven, one company; Benson, Hubbard
ton aud Sudbury, one; Castleton, one;
Poultney and MiddletowH, one; Rutland,
Clarendon, MeIdon and Ira, four; Pitts
ford and Chittenden one; Brandon,
one.
In the Tenth District, Ludlow and
Andover are required to raise one CON-
psn- Mountholly and Shrewsbury one !
Springfield, Weathersfeld, Chester, Cav
endish and Baltimore, four Plymouth,
Reading and West Windsor, two.
- In the Eleventh District, Bennington
and Woodford are called on for one COM
pany Arlington, Sunderland and Sand
gate one Dorset, Peru and Landgrove,
one Manchester and Winhall, one
Pawlet, Wells and Rupert, one; Dandy
and Tinmouth, one; Wallingford and
Mount Tabor, one.
In the Twelfth District, Rockingham
is required to raise one company Dunn
merston and Brattleboro, two; West
minister and Putney, one.
The regiments of the lst, I'd, Sd ant
4th districts constitute the lst brigade
to be commanded by Brig. Gen J. L
Barstow; those of the 9Th, 9th, 7th ant
9Th districts constitute the I'd brigade
to be under command of Brig. Gen
W. W. Grout and those Of the 9th, 1Ott
1lth and 18th districts constitute tn
Sd brigade, to be commanded by Brig
Eden i. U. Seaver. The three brig
AIDES constitute one division to be com
manded by Maj. Gen. VIM. Y. W. RIPLEY
. g Thirty days from the date of tn
Order Nov. 29) is allowed for filling tn
companies by voluntary enlistment.
not so filled within that time, they wi
be filed by draft from the enrolled mil
g tia of t. deficient towns. The term
service will be five years, unless soon
discharged. RES a5s s.eds ''Ea7.
kA A sunerjptendent of recruiting is n