Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-03
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
ORGANIZATION OF NEW REGIMENTS.
war DEPARTMENT.,
ADJurAST oENERAL's oTTIcr,
wAsHtNoToN, March ~, 1854.

wan DEPARTMENT.,
ADJurAsT oENERAL's 0TTIcr,
WAsHIHoroN, March II, 1854.
General Orders, No. Isi.
General Orders, No. TO- series Of 1862, are hereby
reaoinded, and the following orders will govern
hereafter, In lieu thereof;
I. In organizing new regiments or independent
companies Of volunteers, the Governors Of stAtes
are hereby authorized TO appoint, in addition to
the staff ofneers heretofore authorised, ono sec
ond Lieutenant for each company, who shall be
oonditionally mustered into service at the date
OF his appointment Any officer thus appointed
and mustered shall only be entitled to be paid on
the muster and payroll OF his company, and
should he fall 10 enlist an organized company
within such time as the War Department may
designate, tho men enlisted by him shall be trans
ferred 70 acme other companyj his appointment
shall be cancelled and he shall be discharged with
out pay, unlsss the Governor give him position
in the consolidated company to which his men
| ahAn have been transferred.
q. Mastering officers will report promptly to the
Adjutant General OF the Army the name Of every
/ Recruiting Lieutenant mustered into the service
| by them, under q conditional letter Of appoint
msnt, together with the company and regiment
for which he Ia recruiting. oficers VIII be mus
tered into the service only the authority OF the
Governor OF the state to which their regiments be-
long.
.. Articles Of enlistment will be made out In du.
plieate BY such recruiting onloers and will bels'
posed Of a. provided by paragraph 10, page 80 Re-
oruiting Regulations, Volunteer Service. Recruits
will be sent to the regimental rendezvous, atleast
a. often as once . week, where they will be imme
diately examined by the surgeon Of the regiment,
or other surgeon employed for that purpose by the
Superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, and
n found unit for duty by reason Of permanent dis
ability, will be discharged nom the service forth
with BY the surgeon, who will report such dis
charges to the Superintendent Volunteer Recruit
ing Service, and also to the adjutant Of the regi
msnt, noting particularly those cases where the
disability was obvious at the time Of Enlistment.
As soon a. the organization is oomplste, It shall
be carefully Inspected and mustered by = United
states Mastering ofeer who will see that at least
the minimum number Of each company il present.
no absenteea 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
sitions for QuArtermAstsr, Medical, and Ordnance
stores, all contracts for fuel, straw, and subsist-
enee, 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 disbursins on
GERS, unless approved by the Superintendent Of
Volunteer Recruiting Service.
By order Of the Secretary OF War
Ed. TOWNSEND,
ALPS Assistant AdjutAnt General.