Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-12-05
THE EVENING STAR,
D + FL e I A L.
EnIistments and Appointments in the
First earns

corps.
TGr Department, Adjutant Generals once,
Washington, December l., loo4.
CIRCULAR No. So.
1. Persons desiring and qnanned 70 ehIist IN
the 1starmy corps, Gereral HancoK com uiano.
ing, under General Orders, No 2S7, current
SERIES from this office, are hereby authorized
to present themselves at any United states
district provost marshal, who, IL the applicant
or party be qualified will furnish a free trans
portation pass to Washington, ID. O., where
recruits will be duly enlisted and mustered
into the service OF the United States. The ap-
plicant must satisfy the provost marshal that
he is an able bodied man, fit for military ser
vice, and that he has been nonoraoly dis
charged after the expiration of two years SER
vice, by exhibiting his discharge, or, In the
necessary absence of that paper, by presenting
such other evidence as the provost marsnal
may require.
No person will be forwarded until he has
satisfied the provost marshal that he is acting
IL good faith with a view to enlistment. In
case OF doubt as to his physical fitness, he will
not be forwarded until ne shall have been GER
titled to be fit by the surgeon Of the Board OF
Enrolment which certificate shall be retained
by the provost marshal. and a copy forwarded
TO the Adjutant General by the provost mar
shall.
Surgeons Of the Board of Enrolment shall
examine any applicant sent to them by the
provost marshal, and give certificate as 70
his fitness for military service; and any sur
geon refusing or neglecting 10 make such eX-
animation will be dsmi ssed.
Provost marshals will be prepared to furnish
ton and it'll transportation.
Any person falsely representing himself as
recruit and as designing to enlist in the lst
army corps, and failing TO offer himself as such
recruit or by any means traudulently pro-
curing transportation, shall be deemed guilty
of defrauding the Government, and will be
punished by court-martial or military coM-
mission.
ENLIsTMENTs, MUsTERs AND CREDITS.
II. ALI enlistments a nd m sters will be made
at the rendezvous near Washington by the
ron mis- nj m N St
ants especially assigned to that duty, and in
accordance with the recI uiting and mastering
regulations Of the army.
Recruits will be credited to the district In
which they or their families are domiciled. As
evidence of the place OF domicile the affidavit
of the recruit will be required. FIT shall sub
seQuently be ascertained that the place of dom
iciie has not been correctly given, the credit
Will be taken from the place to which il was
enormously assigned and transferred TO the
proper place of domicil OF the recruit
Credits will he reported as for an army corps
in the field, and as directed in Circular No. 81,
current series, from this office.
ORGANIZATION.
Ill The organization of the corps will be by
successive regiments; that is, one regiment must
be fully recruited before another one is COM
menced. Each regiment will be recruited in
like manner, by successive companies.
The organization of regiments and companies
must conform to that prescribed for the infan-
try arm by paragraph -, Mastering Regula-
lions.
COMMISSIONED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND
MUSTERS.
". Applicants for appointments as officers
will address and forward their applications, in
writing. to the "AdJutant General oft Army,
Washington, ID. O.
At least two years service will be necessary;
and the applicant must give his military his
tory in full, embracing therein as follows:
l. Date of original entry into service.
,. Regiment or organization in which SER
vices have been rendered.
3. Rank at date of entry into service.
4. If out OF service, date and cause of dis
charge, rank at date thereof, and organization
in which service was last rendered.
5. The applicants address must be clearly
stated in all cases.
Applicants must be able to pass examination
before board of examiners.
Officers appointed will receive the necessary
Instructions
The appointment will be subject TO revoca-
lion in case the requisite number Of men is not
enlisted TO perfect the organization, and will be
subject 10 the approval and confirmation or the
Senate.
V. On application by the Governor OF any
State, recruiting officers Will be designated for
such State.
BY order Of the Secretary of War.
+. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.