The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-10
STATE OF MAINE.

Gcucf14 Order fo. -.
J.. Thirty Companies Of Infantry for Reginents
In the Held and be eredited upon the prss M cal
are authorized the War Del arfment 10 be raised
in this state from Volunteer one tv or
three years service. as the reciui' may elect
III. Enrolled men or their ,ubstifutts have the
privilege of electing the company and re, imept
organizations; but If dra ted such Hhersv - ns
sarily denied them.
III The State bounties to all volunteers. and TO
substitutes ens ed pr,or TO the drsf. Is slCO $500
or $500 according 10 the period of their eblisment
for !. or years, and the L. s. bounty the same
10 All volunteers and representative recruits SUBJ
sulutes Tor enrolled men entifls 20 Il nit.
States Bounty
Nv The ofieers ofthese companies will be select.
In the hed unless very special reasons exist Ia par
ticular cases.
". Such Immediate action shoald be taken BY
citizens not liable TO enrolment. des iTing avoid
drain In their community, and by clubs of eprollsd
men, will make 1t Tor the pecuf ary interest ofthe
latter TO volunteer instead of entering .eryice =
vi. Concerted action initiated In cities and pom
nous places. and extending to the suburbs and ad-
taeent towns embodyfng the partial selection OF Of
hceTs and non commissioned 0fieers, may insure the
adoption, at once Of such plans OF proces dure as
viii guarantee the raising OF c. mpany in every in
stance where it is ubderal en-, but any ffcer se-
lecied as above, chou a be person who has ssry ed
honorably. for at least nine months or the selection
may not be confirmed by the Governor.
VII. The following rules will be adhered to In
raising these companies.
lst No fees. premiums or expenses will be psid
for making the enlistments.
I'd. Each volunteer must be examined and an.
proved by local physician. who will be PAID rs cts
Tor his services but the physician is sign the
certificate of such examna len upo The enlistment
paper, that being for the authorized su geoD who
makes the hnal exsminaiien Al the muster in.
3D.. Justice OF the Peace will administer the
oath to the recruit and fill and sign the certificate
the face of the enlistment
4th. When the enlistment Is for q less period
than sy,ars, the blank viii Be changed to exhibit
the fact.
9Th. Each company must comprise one hundred
and one enlisted men, and as soon as that number
OF suitable persons. who eligible to enlistment,
have each signed three ,nistment sIers, one part
OF each enlistment with the names OF persons des.
ignated for the commits ioned Shcsrs o. the CON-
paBy and their residence. and ne place of the rem
devious OF the Company, viii DO torwarced the
Adjutant General who W II arrange With Major
Gardiner. u. s. Military superintendent for Tho
transportation, muster IN, clothing, arming and
VI. Ii the company is detained beyond the time
OF which reasonable office is gwen the Adutant
General that il will assemble Al its rendezvous, to
leave for the piece OF muster, forty cents day per
man will be allowed 'os boa d and lodging for the
period OF such oeten'i aud the tirns occupied in
coming in from tbs com auy rendezvous.
VII SO much of General Order Twenty Seven
OF the 10th ut preseroes rules governing enlist
ments and credits Tor quotas and amount of boun-
ties and enumersies the persons entitled thereto
and eligible 70 enlistmens' Is applicable to these
Extract from war Department authority of July
zs' 1854, raise these eompaniesl
"rhe said companies must he mustered in Neiore
Sept. s. 1854, in order that they be credited
the quota OF the State ander the aforesaid eal.'
should any Of the companies all TO organize
so as to form and be mustered in as complete con-
pAnies before the aforesaid dates"
BY Order of His Excelloncy the Governor.
Adutant-General
Aug. 4-diw