Charles City intelligencer., 1864-10-27
STATE OF IOWA.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
Davenport, Oct. 10, 1864.

Davenport, Oct u, 1904
In order that there may be no misunder-
standing in relation to the raising of the new
regiment of Infantry, particular attention is
called to
General Orders No. 40.
I. Recruiting officers will have all recruits
regularly enlisted and sworn in on enlistment
papers, by justice of the peace, notary pub
lie, or other officer authorized 10 administer
oaths. Recruiting officers are not authorized
to administer said oath. Enlistment papers
will be made out in triplicate, two copies for
Lieut.. Col. Grier, Superintendent of Recruit
ing Service, Davenport, and one for this office.
III. Enlistment papers must be full and
complete, and all blanks for signatures filled
up. Officers will note on back of same, at
foot, the actual residence of the recruit, by
county, township, city or ward, and will in
this service be guided by the rules and regula-
tions of the War Department, enlisting only
ablc-bodied men between the ages of 18 and
as years, in good health and free from all
physical defects. No person under the age
of twenty-one is to be enlisted without the
written consent of his parent, guardian or
master, or certificate OF a responsible person
that said consent was given verbally. Re.
cruiting officers will be very particular in as
will not allow any man to be deceived or in.
weighed into the service by false representa-
ton. such as promise of furlough, &C., but
will in person explain the nature of the ser.
vice, the length of the term, the pay and al
lowances to which soldier is entitled by law,
before he signs the enlistment.
Ill. Officers and men are expressly notifi-
ed that the State does not pay them. The
United States paws the men from the date OF
enlistment, and the officers from actual COM
mand. .s....
". All subsistence, lodging, transporta.
tion bills, &c, are paid by the United States
Disbursing Officer, Lieut.. Col W. Nj. Grier,
Davenport, Iowa. ....r
V. Every enlisted man discharged as mi.
nor, or for other causes involving fraud on his
part in the enlistment, or discharged by the
civil authority, forfeits all pay and allowanc-
es due at the time of discharge. In case any
individual is discharged within three months
after entering the service, for q disability that
existed at that time, he receives neither pay
nor allowances, except subsistence and trans
portation to his home.
! vi. Special attention is called to the fol
| lowing extract from General Order No. SGT
| War Department A. q. o., series 1868: 'All
expenses incurred on account of recruits (here-
after enlisted by recruiting officers either for
old or new regiments,) who shall be rejected
after medical Inspection for obvious disability
existing at the time of their enlistment, will
be charged on the muster-in-roll opposite the
name OF the officer enlisting them, and stop
ped from any pay which may thereafter be
due him from the Government"
VII. On application to this Office recruit
ing officers can procure blanks for making out
bills against the United States, for subsistence
and lodgings of recruits The names of all
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| sistcnce, or attached thereto. Recruiting off.
GERS will make verbal contracts for the same
! when placed in quarters. The price of a ra
| tion should not exceed thirty cents a day OF
ten cents meal, and lodgings twelve cents a
! day for each man subsisted and lodged aftel
| his actual enlistment. Under a contract fol
! cooked ratiOns, three substantial meals shal
| constitute a complete ration. In transit Il
regimental depot, recruits will be furnished
| with cooked ratons obtained before starting
| under verbal contract. Recruiting officer,
will appeal to the loyalty of the public TO oh
tain subsistence and lodging at the above rate
and will only in cases of urgent and extreme
| necessity exceed them and in such cases oni,
are authorized to make verbal contracts at
higher rate, making affidavit on voucher that
the same was at the lowest price possible il
the neighborllood where the expense was in
Cured.
VIII. Transportation passes will be fur
nished by Lieut., Col. w. NJ. Grier, superin
tendent of recruiting service, or by this de
partment, on application, with explicit state
ment of route and mode of travel. The pas
will be filled up describing ON its face tn
number of men and their Names and wheth
er for one, two or three years service. Con
ductors of railroads, clerks of steamboats, an,
I agents of stage companies viii refuse all pass
es which are altered in name, number, start
ing point. or destination.
TX. Special attention is called to the fol
i lowing extract from General Orders, War De
partment, A. q. o., series 1862
i LII. The certificate to all vouchers fo
transportation by private conveyance, mus
state that the prices charged were the curren
rates of the place where the expense was in
Cured also that transportation by railroad o
steamboat could not be obtained The vouch
ers tlike all others must be approved by tn
Superintendent of the Volunteer Recruitin
Service, and show that the expense was incur
red for the new regiment prior to complete ol
ganization The number and names OF men
their company, the number OF miles traye
led, and rate per mile, will be specified i
each case, as in passes for railroad transports
ton"
!, X. Muster and descriptive rolls will b
made out in duplicate according to forms ful
nishcd from this department, one copy to
retained by recruiting officer and one to |
forwarded with the detachment to Lieut.. Co
Grier with the enlistment papers of the men.
4 XI. Davenport is the General Rendezyor
of the Regiment, as the United States hs
here sufficient number of barracks to accoir
modate all troops raised, and as at this poir
the chief mastering and disbursing officer
the United States has his headquarters,
XII. All recruiting officers will at once r,
& port in person or by letter to Lieut. Col. Wu
M. Grier, LIST U. s. Cavalry, SupeiintendeI
Of recruiting Service, their Postofiice address
and place Of local rendezvous, ever their ow
signature.
ganized until the rolls of said company al
! forwarded to this Department.
/ By order of the Commander in-chief,
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