Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT.
 ADJuTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
 Hartford, July 19, 1864
 NENERAL ORDERS, NO. 4.-1he follow, VH ing regulations are adorted for recruit ing in the rebel stntes fer the credit of Con- nccticlt, in accordance with an Act of Con- gress. approved July 4th, 1s64, and with Gen. eral Orders No 227, War Department, dated Ju!y 9th, 1861.
 l. Six principle agents to Dc known as Connecticut Recruiting Agents will be ap- pointed by the Commander in Chief and r. spectivcly assigned to duty at the following named rendezv.Hs, which have been cstab. lishcd by the War Department Camp Casey. Washington, D. C., for N. E.
 Virginia.
 "---, near Fort Monroc, Va. for S. F.
 Virginia.
 -, Newbcrn N. C., for North Cafoltna ''-- Hilton Head, s. C.. for sor:li Caro.
 lima and Florida.
 -,---, Vickshurg, Miss, for Mississippi
 "--. Nashville, Tenn., for Georgia and
 Alabama.
 The State Agents will have a letter of appointment, certified copy of which must te filed with the Provost Marshal General. and also with the Commanding Officer of the rcndszvous for the districts in which they are to recruit. It shall be the duty of the re. cruiting agents before entering upon their duties, to report in pelton through the Com mandiny Officer of the rendezvous 10 the Con- manding Officers of the Military District, De partment or Army, in order that thoy may have proper protection.
 8. After reporting for this duty, slr agents will be subject to the rules and articles of war.
 The regulations of the War Department provide that, It shall be the duty of the " commanding officer of the army, department ' or district in which recruiting agents ope- " rate, and of commanding officers of rerdes: ' 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 " 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 g all persons who act under their auth ority = for d rection."
 5. Each principal agent shall receive for each recruit procured and properly mustered into the service for the credit of Connecticut, such sum as may be from time to time de- termined by the Comm ander-in-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-Chiefa and the
  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 muster.in of each recruit.
 '. It shall be the duty of the recruiting agents to see that upon the arrival of the re- cruit at the rendezvous, he 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-Ge 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 has been mustered into service He shall also witness the signature of the recruitto the order.
 8. The Paymaster- General shall, with the approval of the Commander-in-Ch Chief appoint an Assistant Paymaster for each rendezvous before named, whose duty it shall be to cash the orders of recruits on the Paymaster, Gene rai, and also pay the principal agents the es- abolished sum for the muster-in of each re- cruit g. A certified copy of the muster-roh .x wiIi no furnished by the mastering officer to nar,,;t. tn1 cruting agent as often as at least ten IeG , ui.s shall have been mustered. This roii mh' III all cases be immediately forwardso to tne au- iutant. GeneraI of the State at har'ioru, the agent retaining copy of the same, anu tne recruiting agents will aiso n@no ~ ~ enh r aosnts employed by them and the names of aii 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-Gen. lt16