The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-29

INV ADJufANT GRNBRALs OFFTcEs
WASHINGTON, D, g., ost ID, 1858.
GENERAL oRDERs,
No. 329.
coored troops should be recruited in the States Of
Maryland, Missouri and Tennessee, it Is
Ordered by the President,
That the Chief of the Bureau for organizing Col
Ored Troops shall establish recruiting stations at
convenient places within said States and give pub
lie notice thereof and be governed by the following
regulations:
lst None but able bodied persons shall be en-
listed
I'd. The State and County in which the enlist
ments are made shall be credited with the recruits
enlisted.
3D. All persons enlisted into the military service
shall forever thereafter be FREE.
4th. Free persons and slaves with the written
consent of their owners, and slaves belonging to
those who have been engaged in, or given aid and
comfort to tho rebellion, may be now enlistedi the
owners who have not been engaged in, or gIveN aid
to tho rebellion being entitled to receive eompensa-
ton as hereinafter provided
9th. If within thirty days from tho date of open
ing enlstments notice thereof and OF the recruiting
stations beng published, sufficient number Of the
description of persons aforesaid to meet the exgen-
ces Of the service should not DO enlisted, then en-
listmcnts may be made Of slaves without requiring
consent OF their owners, but they may receive COM
pensation herein provided Tor owners ohering
their slat es Tor enlistment
9TH ANY citizen o. said States who shall offer
his OF her slave enlistment into the military ser
vice, shall if such slave be accepted, receive lrOm
the recruiting officer certificate thereon, ami be-
come entted to nstIon for tine service " la0Of
OF sand slave, not exceeding the sum OF three hundred
dollars, upon filing u wand iced OF manumlssl.
and vi release, and making satisfactory r Ot Oh Ia
tie. And the recruiting officer shall trrnsh to any
| claimant descriptive Inst OF any person enlisted
and claimed under oath to lie has VI her slave anu
allow any one claiming under oath that his or her
slave has been enlisted without his or her consent
the privilege Of inspecting the enlisted men iVr the
purpose OF identification.
9TH. A board Of three persons shall be appointed
by the President to whom the rolls and recruiting
lists shall DO furnished for public information, ana
| on demand exhibited to any person claiming that
his or her slave has bOen enlisted against his or her
| will.
9Th. If any person shall, within ten days after
the filing of said rolls, make claim for the service
of any person so enlisted, the board shall proceed
to examine the proof Of title, and if valid shall
award just compensation, not exceeding three hun
dred dollars, for each slave enlisted belonging to the
claimant, and upon the claimant filing valid deed
of manumission and release Of service, the board
shall give the claimant certain certificate OF the
| sum awarded which, presentation, shall be paid
by the Chief Of the Bureau.
9th All enlistments of colored troops in the
State of Maryland otherwise than in accordance
| with these regulations forbidden.
10th. No person who is or has been engaged in
States, or who in any way has given or shall give
| aid or comfort the enemies Of tho Government,
shall be permitted to present any claim or receive
compensation for the labor service Of any sluvo,
and all claimants shall file with their claims oath
| of allegiance to the Government of the United
States
By order of the President.
(Signed) L. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
WAR DEFARTMeHT,
WASHINGTON CITY,
0cT. 18th, 1868.
ORDERED,
That the provisions of General Orders
No. 800, in relation to the enlistment of colored
troops be and they hereby extended to the Stats
of Delaware, subject the order of this Department
(Signed,) Il. ID. TOWNSEND
Assistant Adjutant General.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
EXECUTIVE DErARTNEsT,
DOVER, Dec. 4, 1866
In nnnfnrmity with the above order, and to carry
the same into effect, recruiting stations are norep
established at the following places, to wit:
At Wilmington, il New Castle County. r.
At Smyrna, in Kent County.
At Milford, in Kent County.
At Georgetown, in Sussex County.
Enlistments viii hereafter be opened and recruit
/ ing officers designated to conduct the same.
By order of his EXcellency
, WILLIAM CANNON,
Governor Of Delaware.
SAMUEL NJ. HARRINGTON JR,
Secretary of State.
f Dec IL, 1863