The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-08-11

An Act te Organize and Disciu
line the Militia Of the State o
Iowa.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Genera
A'ssmbly Of tho State Of IONA: That th
entire militia Of the State are hereby requir
ed to organize into companies of infantry
cavalry or artillery.
SIC. 2. Assessors in each civil town
ship are hereby required to take and return
to the clerk of the board of supervisors o
their respective counties, at the time of tax
ing the annual assessment, correct list o
persons subjectto to military duty, and ais,
to post up in atleast two public places in
their respective townships, written or print
ed lists containing the names of all persons
subject to military duty, and returned as
aforesaid.
SEC. 8. The board of supervisors Of
each county are hereby required, at every
regular meeting thereof. to act as board
Of review on said lists, and may order the
addition thereto of the names of any per.
sons subject to military duty and not found
on the lists, and may also order the name
Of any person improperly enrolled to be
stricken from the lists. The clerk of said
board shall keep book f9n his Office to be
called the Militia Register, in which he shall
record, by townships, in alphabetical order.
the name and age Of every person subject
to military duty, and he shall annually !,
snd within ten days after the June meet
ing of said board, certify to the Office of the
adjutant general ofthe State, three copies
OF said fies aud any clerk neglecting, ,or re-
fs--;-r =" snaka the returns to the Office or
the adjutant general, as PROVIDED IN ru,s
section, shall forfeit and pay fne of not
less than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars, to be recovered before any
court having jurisdiction, for :he benefit Of
the school fund.
SEC. 4. tits hereby made the duty Of
the Governor to cause the militia OF the
State to organize into companies, and he
is hereby vested with full power and au-
thonty to make all necessary orders, rules
and regulations for the first enrolment of
the militia, and carrying out the provisions
of this act.
SEC. B. The companies organized un-
der the provisions of chapter II Of the acts
of the extra session of the Ninth General
Assembly, approved September 1lth, 1852,
are hereby continued, and constituted COM
pany organizations, and are authorized to
retain their arms and accontrements, sub
ject to such orders as the Governor may
from time to time issue: Provided, Such
companies shall execute such bond as is re-
quircd by section 8 Of this act
SEC. 8 Each company organized as pro.
vided in the last section, and each COM
pany to be organized under this act, shall
be composed Of not less than forty men.
SEC. T. The Governor shall be the COM
mander in-chief of the militia. He may or
der and direct companies to form into bat.
talions or regiments. The order for this
purpose shall designate the companies and
the number Of companies to be formed into
any such battalion or regiment. and fix the
time and place for the election of officers,
including, if a battalion, one major, one bat
talon qrartermaster, and one battalion ad-
jutapt. The company officers shall be one
captain, ons first lieutenant, one second
lieutenant, four surgeants and four corpnr-
ais. All company officers shall be elected
by the members Of the company. The reg
imentai officers shall be one colonel, one
lieutenant colonel, and one major, and such
staff officers as are necessary to conform,
as q ear as may be, with the volunteer regi-
ments in the United States service All
regimental officers shall be elected by the
members of the companies composing the
regiment. The returns of any election,
company or regimental, shall be made to
the Office Of the adj diutant general within
ten days after said election. Company and
regimen,al officers shall be commissioned
by the Governor. except sergeants and
corporals, who shall receive warrants of
rank from the commanders Of their re.
spective regiments.
SEC. 8. Companies shall meet for drill
and discipline two days in each year; the
first meeting to be on the first Tuesday in
June, at 10 o'clock, a. m, at such time and
place as the commander Of tho company
may designate. And when arms, ammu.
milton or military stores haye been delivered
to any company, as provided in this act,
the said companies shall meet ct such other
times and places as may be agreed upon
by majority of said company, for drill,
discipline and she inspection Of arms and
public property in their hands.
Sec. 9. Arms, ammunition, munitions
of war and military stores belonging to the
State, shall be distributed under the direc-
tion Of the quartermaster general, to the
commanders Of companies, battahons, regi-
ments or batteries and when 80 distributed
shall be and remain under the charge of
such commander.
Roridsd That when arms, ammunition,
munitions, military stores, are delivered to
any such commander, be shall make and
deliver to the Quartermaster General good
and sufficient bond with sureties to be ap-
proved by the Quartermaster conditioned
for the proper use and return when re-