Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-03
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Important from the War DePnrtule en- 1
ADJUTANT GESERALs OFFICE
WASHINGTON, July p 1864
RE-ENLIsTMENTs Or ONE HUNDRED DAY
TROOPS.
1 On and after this date men of the
one hundred day forces, who may have at
the date of re-enlistment less than sixty
1907 days to serve, viii be permitted 10
re-enlist for one o. two, f2,) or three (3)
years, as they may in each case elect.
TheY new term will commence from the
date of re-enlistment.
The re-enlistment for the increased
term will be made under the following
Regulation
/ Where seven hundred men re-enlist
in the regiment to which they belong the
regimental organization Will be maintain
| ed, and the officers thereof allowed to re-
tain the rank held by them under the
one hundred day term
2 Should less than seven hundred men
re-enlist IN the same regiment said force
will be organized into one or more compa-
MES of the legal strength, and differed by
such officers as may be selected from the
original command by the Commanding
| General of the Army or Department.
Men Ts-sqI5stiHa, should t,sy 50 desire, lCiH
be permitted to select different regiment
and company from The State ,7Aieh
tie organization IS from. In such cases,
they will be sent to join the regiment or
company SO selected. The remainder viii
be continued, under their officers, until the
expiration Of the one hundred day
term. and then discharged the service.
sMUsTERs-oUT or SERVICE
g. The muster-out or discharge Of all
men who may re-enlist, and their re-en-
Hstments and consequent re-musters, will
be under the immediate supervision and
direction of the Commissaries and Assist
art CommissaFies of Musters for the re-
spective Armies and Departments. TIE
said officers 1yiU make al NIHStsTs-oHt Of
and ye-Dausters into tie ssroies.
!. All men who desire TO take sdvan-
tage Of the benefits resulting from re-en-
listment, under the provisions Of this Or
der, will be regularly mustered out Of ser
vice or the prescribed muster-out rolls,
The discharges prescribed by Paragraph
79 Mastering Regulations, viii be furnish
ed in all cases. a remark will be made
on the muster-out rolls, over the sig
nature of the Con-missary or Assistant
Gommissary Of MusteTsy as follows;
=" Discharged from the one
hundred DAY service by virtue Of re-enlist-
ment for one year, (or two pr three yeal 5,
as case may be- under authority from the
War Department, 1884,
RE-ESL1sTMENTs AND RE-NUsTERs
s.. simultaneously with the muster-out
and discharge, but Of the date next follow
ing it, the one hundred day troops viii
be formally re mustered into the United
States service for one year, (or two or three
years, as case may be- This viii DO
done on the prescribed muster-in rolls,
nnustsr and descriptive roll of recruits.
This rolli will be made out from the re-
enlistments and descriptive lists Of the
men. e fSee Section l6 Ofthis Paragraph.l
I1e nJfiUwtug remark will q e made on
the muster in rolls, over the signature of
the Assistant Commis-ary Of Mnsters:
aRe-mustered from one hundred day ser
vice for Zone two or three years, as case
may be
6. Regimental, commanders, under the
direction of,,their immediate superior com
manders, will select and appoint recruit
ing officer for their respective commands,
and charge him with the re-enlistment Of
| the men thereof The establishments will
be made in duplicate, and on the blank for
Volunteer Enlistment A descriptive
roll of the men will be made out at the
same time The duplicate re-enlistments
/ and descriptive roll will be forwarded,
or taken, by the recruiting officer, to the
Commissary or Assistant Commissary
of Muster, who may be in charge of
the musters for the organization to
which the men belong. The mus
tering officer will countersign the re-en-
listment papers and fle the descriptive
roll with the the records of his office. One
COPY of the rc-enlistment viii be delivered
bv tht Mastering Officer to the Paymas-
ter, to assist him in the examination and
verifcation Of the accounts; this copy
Will be forwarded with the said account;
to the proper accounting officer Of tht
Treasury. The second copy of the re
enlistment win be returned by the Mus
tering Officer to the Regimental CommaR
der. and by him forwarded to the Adiu
tant General Of the Army with the Month
/ lv Recruiting Return, required by Para
graph 9I9 Army Regulations, from Su
perintendents Of Regimental Recruiting
Service.