Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-07-22

|. The following important document Is made
the more important by the call of the President
for 100000 more troops:
WAR DEP'T, ADJ r GENERAL's OFFIcE,
WAsnlNeToN, July 9th, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 227. h.
OSCILLATIONS FOR RECRUITING IN REBEL STATES
FOR LOYAL STATES.
The following regulations are establised TO
carry out section 3 Of the Act approved July A,
1864, "Further to regulate and provide for the
enrolling and calling out the national forces.
SEC. 8. AHd be Il further enacted That it shall
be lawful for the Executive of any of the States
to send recruiting agents into any of the States
declared to be in rebellion, except the States of
Arkansas Tennessee and Louisiana, 10 recruit
volunteers under any call nader the provisions
| of this Act, who shall be credited 10 the State
and to the respective ub-divisons thereof which
may procure the enlistment.
1. In order that recruiting agents may be af-
forded proper facilities by United States author
| tiles they must have letter of appointment
| from the State executive certified copy of
which must be filed with the Provost Marshall
| General, and the commanding officer of the rem
| devious established for the district in which
| they are to recruit. The particular field of a
1 State in which they are to recruit. The partic-
| ular field of a State in which each agent is to
A operate, SnOulu DC specimen III luS 1eIJeT Vi dI-
/ pointment. To avoid confusion, the number of
/ agents should not be large. Experience has
| shown that these agents should not be paid for
each recruit, but that they should have fixed
1 compensation for their services. Otherwise,
| fraudulent practices may be resorted to for the
pecuniary benefit Of the agent to the great pref
! udice of the State and the military service.
9 1t shall be the duty of the recruiting
agents, before entering upon their duties to re-
4 Iso
/ of the rendezvous. herein designated for the
States in which they are to operate, TO the CON-
manding officer of the military district, depart
ment, or army, in order that they may have a
proper pass and protection. ALI recruiting
agents will be subject to the rules and articles
of war.
| 3. 1t shall be the duty of the commanding of,
ficer of the army, department or district, II
| which recruiting agents operate, and OF COM
mandng officers of rendezvous, to order back &c
his State Cor arrest and hold for trial. as he may
deem best) any recruiting agent who shall com
nit frauds upon the government or recruits, o
shall violate the instructions issued to govern
this recruitment, or he guilty of any Ofens'
against military law. Recruiting agents viii
be held responsible for the conduct of all persons
who act under their authority or direction.
Il T. No man shall be recruited who is already
in the military service a soldier, teamster, la
borer, guide, DC. de-, or who is SO employed by
the military authorities as to be of importance
to military operations.
5. Recruits procured in accordance with tn
act quoted, must be delivered by the recruiting
agents at one of the following named rendes
vOus, viz:
Camp Casey, Washington D. c., form. E
Virginia
/ Camp -, near Fort Monroe, Va, for S. E
Virginia. ,rt
Camp -, Newbern, N. C. for North Caro-
lima.
Camp -, Hilton Head, S. G., for SoutlrCar
, olina and Florida.
| Camp, Vicksbug, Mississippi, for Missis
sippi.
Camp, Nashville, Tenn, for Georgia ant
, Alabama.
| When received at the rendezvous. il shall b
the duty of the United States officers there 3
have the recruits promptly examined; and
accepted. 20 have them Immediately mustere
into the United States service, properly prOvid
ed for and sent to the regiments for which the,
NAV have been enlisted or assigned, or to suc
other regiments as the service may require.
certified copy of the muster-in roll shall be Civ
t en- TO the recruiting agents whenever at leas
+ ten recruits shall be mustered. ze.
The aforesaid rendezvous regarded as mil
itary posts and Will be conducted as such, un
r der the immediate orders Of the War Depart
r ment as issued through the Adjutsnt- General
, Office; but Department and Army commander
, are desired to exercise a supervision over then
as coming within the limits Of their Department.
and TO make any reports to this Office cOncernin
them them which may be deemed advisable.
g. If it is desired TO put any of the vOluIl
teer recruits obtained under this act into servic
as substitutes before or after draft, they must b
sent, without expense to the Government, b
the recruiting agent TO the district in which th
l principal is enrolled, and there be mustered j
BY the Provost Marshal, who will issue the prop
er substitution papers.
II T. 1t is made the duty of commanding officer
to afford TO recruiting agents all such facilitie
as they can provide, without detriment to tn
public service, and to prevent recruiting by un
authorized parties.
) By order Of the Secretary Of War,
E. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adi't General.