Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-16
OFFICIAI NOTICES.
nFFI O l A Z
ORGANIZATION OF NEW REGIMENTS.
ArJurASr eEs n oTrIer,
WssrtaaToU. March 81, 1851,

ORGANIZATION OF NEW REGIMENTS,
H'E. wan DEPARTMENT,l
A H,n,ssTs oET MSIsk q, o Issi
General Orders, No. TAI.
General Orders, No. 70, series OF 1852 are hereby
reselnded, and the following orders will govern
hereafter, In lieu thereof:
I. In organizing new regiments or Independent
companies Of volunteers, the Governors Of States
arc hereby authorized TO appoint in addition to
the star oieers heretofore authorized, one second
u.utenAnt for each company, who shall be condi.
tIonnllv mustered into service At the date Of
his appointment Any ofheer thus appointed and
mustered shall only be entitled TO be paid on the
muster and payroll Of his company, and should
he fail to enlist an organised company within
such time As the War Department may designate,
the men enlisted by him shall be transferred to
some other company his appointment Shsll be
cancelled and he shall be disoha rged without pay
unless the Governor give him position In the
consolidated company 10 which Ills men shall
have been transferred.
,. nfusteripg officers will report promptly to the
AdIutant General OF the Army the name OF every
Recruiting Lieutenant mustered int1 the service
by them, under conditional letter Of appoint
mont, together with the company and regiment
for which he IL recruiting. Ofiicers will he mus
tered into the service only the authority Of tho
Governor Of the state TO which their regiments
belong
.. Articles of enlistment will be made out In du
plleate by such recruiting officers, and will be dis
posed OF as provided BY paragraph IS, page 50, Re
erulting Regulations, Volunteer Service. Recruits
will be sent to the resmental rendezvous, at least
as often as once week, where they will he imme
dIately examined BY the surgeon OF the regiment
or other surgeon employed for that purpoIe BY thu
Superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, an,
II found unfit for duty by reason Of pormAnent dis
ability, win be discharged from the service forth
with by the surgeon, who will report such dis
charges TO the Superintendent Volunteer Recruit
ing Service, and also TO the AdJutAnt OF the regi
ment, noting particularly those casea where thu
disability was obvious at the time OF enlistment
As soon as the orgsnlz ration Is complete, 1t shal
be carefully inspected and mustered by a Unitet
states Mastering Ohlecr, who will sec that at leas
the minimum number OF each company Is present
Ho.Sbsentees will be counted.
1. Until regiments or independent companies ar
organized and mustered in, they will be under tn
control OF the Governor Of the State, but all rsQu
siuons for QusrtermAsteT, Medical, and otdnanC
stores, all contracts for fuel, straw, and subais
onso, and all regulations for transportation, mu
be approved by the Superintendent of NolunteI
Recruiting Service for the state or Division.
s. No accounts for expenses incurred in raisiI
new organizations shall be paid by disburBil
officers unless approved by the Superintendent
Volunteer Recruiting Service.
By'order OF the secretary OF War
Il. D. TOWNSEND,
apis Assistant AdJutAnt General