Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-28
OFFICIAL NOTICES
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ORGANIZATION OF NEW REGIMENTS.
ADJUTAHr GENERALS oprtcE,
WAsHIHoToN, March ~, 1854.


. WAaHIHoToN, March 81, 1884
General Orders, No. 1871.
General Orders, No. Is. series OF 1852 are hereby
rescinded, and the following orders will govern
hereafter, In lieu thereof:
l. In organizing new regiments or independent
companies OF volunteers, the Governors OF states
are hereby authorized to appoint, in addition TO
the htAf ofioeru heretofore authorized, one SEQ
ond Lieutenant for each company, who shall be
eonditionaily mustered into service At the date
Of his appointment. Any onioer 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 organized company
within such time az the War Department may
designate, the men enlisted by him shall be trans
ferrod to some other company his appointment
shall be cancelled and he shall be discharged with.
out pay, unless the Governor give him position
In the consolidated company to which his men
shall have been trannferred.
.. Mastering ofieers will report promptly to the
AdjutAnt General Of the Army the name Of every
Recruiting Lieutenant mustered into the service
by them, under conditional letter of appoint
ment, together with the company and regiment
for which he Is recruiting. onieeB will be muE-
tered into the service only the authority OF the
Governor OF the state to which their regiments be-
long,
.. Articles Of enlistmen will he made out in lu-
plIoate by such recruiting officers and will be dis
posed Of as provided by paragraph Is, page So Re-
cruiting Regulations, Volunteer Service. Recruits
will be sent TO the regimental rendezvous, atleast
40 often as once q week, where they will be imme'
dintely examined by the surgeon OF the regiment,
or other surgeon employed for that purpose by tho
superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, and
II found unit for duty by reason OF permanent dis.
ability, will 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 adiutant OF the regi-
ment, noting particularly those oases where the
disability was obvious At the time OF enlistment.
A soon as the organization is complete, IL shall
be carefully Inspected and mustered by a UDited
States Mastering ofcer,who will see that at least
| the minimum number OF each company 10 present;
| no absentees will be counted.
Until regiments or Independent companies are
organized and mustered in, they will be under the
control of the Governor Of the state but all requi-
Bitions for QuArtermanter, Medical, and Ordnance
stores, all contracts for fuel straw, and Subsist-
ence and all acquisitions for transportation, must
be approved by the Superintendent Of Volunteer
Recruiting Service for the State or Division.
| 8. No accounts for expenses incurred in raising
new organizations shall be paid by disburuing ON.
GERS, unless approved by the Superintendent OF
| Volunteer Recruiting Service.
| BY order OF the SECRETARY OF War
L. D. TOWNSEND,
Ap7s Assistant AdjuAant General.
|