Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-01-01

OFFICIAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, d. q. Oct. Sd, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 1923.
WHEREAS the eXigencies of the war re-
quire that 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 organi-
zing Colored Troops shall establish recuit-
ing stations Mt convenient places within said
States, and give public notice thereof, and
be governed by the following regulations:
LIST. None but able bodied persons shall
be enlisted.
I'd. The State and County in which the
enlistments are made shall be credited with
the recruits enlisted.
Sd. 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
ill., or given aid and comfort to the rebel
lion, may be now enlisted the owners who
have not been engaged in, or given aid to the
rebellion, being entitled to receive compen-
sation as hereinafter provided,
9th. If within thirty days from the date
of opening enlistments, notice thereof and of
the recruiting stations being published, a
sufficient number of the description of per-
| sons Aforesaid to meet the exigencies of the
service should not be enlisted, then enlist
ments may be made of slaves without requi-
ring consent of their owners, but they may
receive compensation us herein provided for
owners offering their slaves for enlistment.
9th. Any citizen of said States who shall
offer his or her slave for enlistment into the
military service, shall, if such slave be &c.
cepted, receive from the recruiting officer d
certificate thereof, and become entitled to
compensation for the service or labor oisaid
slave, not exceeding the sum of three hun
bred dollars, upon filing q valid deed oil
manumisson and of release, and making sat.
isfactory proof of title. And the recruiting
officer shall furnish to any claimant des
criptive list of any person enlisted and
claimed under oath 10 be his or her slave
and allow any one claiming under oath thai
his or her slave has been enlisted without
his or her consent the privilege of inspecting
the enlisted men for the purpose of identi-
fication.
9TH. A board of three persons shall be ap
pointed by the President to whom the rolls
and recruiting lists shall be furnished
for public information. and on demand ex-
hibited to any person claiming that his Of
her slave has been enlisted against his OIL
her will.
sth. If any person shall, within ten day
after the filing of said rolls, make a claim fol
the service OF any person so enlisted, TIT
board shall proceed to examine the proof o
title, and if valid shall award just compen-
sation, not exceeding three hundred dollars
for each slave enlisted belonging to tn,
claimant, and upon the claimant filing
valid deed of manumission and release of ser
vice, the board shall give the claimant a Ger
tificate of the sum awarded which, on presen
tatop, shall be paid by the Chief of tn
Bureau.
! 9th. All enlistments of colored troops i
, the State of Maryland otherwise than in &C
+ cordance with these regulations are forbid
y den.
. 10th. No person who is or has been en-
: gagged in the rebellion against the Govern
G ment of the United States, or who in an
d way has given or shall give aid or comioi
# TO the enemies OF the Government, shall
y permitted to present any claim or receiy
a compensation for the labor or service of an
Il slave, and all claimants shall file with thei
/" claims an oath of allegiance to the Govern
9 ment of the United States.
: BY order of the President.
0 (Signed) L. D. TOWNSEND,
= Assistant Adjutant General.
! WAR DEPARTMENT,
. WASHINGTON Cry,
Il Der. Goth, 1868.
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