The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-20
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CsPEClAL OkDEkSs~ No. i'll
- l. BrigAdisr General James y. ksuPer,
will take Immediate command of the kssesvs
Forces Of the State Of Virginia. he wiiieom-
plsss their organisation, and place them At once
In service. To ubia ebd, hs is authorized 10
employ all Enrolling Officers, who are hereby
directed 10 obey his Instructions. lie will ss-
tablish his Headquarters AT saeh point ~ he
may deem best
Otiicsrs Of the Qasrtsrmaster, Gommissary,
Ordnance and Medical Departments are 70.
oujred TO furnish all nscsssary facilities.
All OtRcel Dfrom the State Of Virginia OF
the Invalid Corps, and such Of the Regular
Forces as are for any reaaou unassigned. viii
INN, sdiateiy report to Gen. Ksmper, whois
authorized 10 assign them temporarily to duty
with the Reserves
By command Of the Secretary OF War.
JOAN w. kiEIT,
Asst Adi't don.
Bureau os CosscRITios,
May IL, 1851
I Enrolling officers in the State OF Virginia
will obey such instructions as may be sddfess-
cd to them by Brig. Gen. ksmper, is The mat
ter Indicated in Special Or,iers No. ll3, AdId-
tant aud Inspector Generals Once. The con-
mandant of eonscripts for the State Of Virginia
officers as will ensure the vigorous execution
Of these orders.
JoHS S>PR.sros.
Colonel and Saperintendens.
HEspQaRs i.EsExvs eg ssATr OF S,,
Richmond May 10th, 1861. y
General Orders, No. L.
l. In pursuance Of paragraph | Of Special
Orders, No. li3, hereby assume command OF
the Reserve Forces of Virginia, with my
Headquarters in the city of Richmond until
otherwise announced
| III. Tns Reserve Troops already organized
| WILL Immediately upon the receipt of this Or
| der, proceed by companies 10 such one Of the
| places of rendezvous hereinafter named, as
| may be most accessible, and the Captains COM
manding are hereby especially charged with
the duty Of assembling their commands with
the utmost dispatch.
| Ill. The men composing tbs Reserve Forces
| ia counties In which their organization has NOT
been already affected, will assemble promptly
| at their respective Court Houses, where they
| will at once be organized by the Enrolling o III.
| GERS, and Immediately thereafter the eoDpa-
MES 80 organized will proceed to such point OF
rendezy as may be most eonysnisns OF ac-
| csss
| IV. The established places Of rendezvous
the State Of Virginia are announced "a ,l'
lows: Abingdon, Dublin Depot Lynchbuyg,
| stanton, G0rdonsvile, Burksville, feters-
burg and Richmond, where officers Of this
command will be found, TO whom they will
report,
| v. Companies or detachmeuts of the ressrvs
forces already on duty, guarding bridges, lines
Of communication, SO, will not be affected By
this order !; they will continue upon suoh SER
| vice until relieved, and their commanding Ill
| GERS are instructed TO report promptly TO thesa
headquarters the numbers Of such troops, the
points where serving, the companies to which
they belong, and tho orders under which the
were assigned to duty.
VI The reserve troops being called iuto ac-
tive service in the field, are advised OF th.
propristy of providing themselves with blank
cts, subsistence, sc, until arrangement Ca,
be made for their regular supply and mas
much as delay may be incurred in their being
furnished with arms, it Is specially enjoinsd
upon all to bring with them 10 their rshdez
y6us such ssrvicsabiS firearms and ammunition
IA they may have Ia their possession.
JAMES L. KEMPER,
nv 23 Brieadier General.