The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-29
RECRUITING In REBEL STATES
Regulations Of the War Depart
rnent.
WAR DEPARTMENT. !
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1864,

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WASHINGTON, July 9, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 227.
Regulations for Recruiting IN rebel States for loyal
States.
The following regulations are established to
earEy out Section 3, of the act approved July
=, 1911 further TO regulate and provide for
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SEC 4 And be 1t further enacted. That il
SNAIL be lawful tor thu executive of any of tho
States to send recruiting agents into onv of the
STATES declared to be IL rebellion evcent the
States OF Arkansas, Tennessee and oni.;ona
to recruit volunteers under apv call nndar tho
provisions OF this act, who shall be credit cd to
the state, ana to the respective subdivisions
thereOl, when may procure the enlistment
l. In order that Recru ting agents mav hc -
forded proper facilities by United States author.
tiles, they must have letter of appointment
from The State Executive, certified COW Of
which must be filed with the Provost Marshal
General, and the commanding officer of the
rendezvous established for the district in which
they are to recruit. The particular field of a
State in W hich each agent is to operate, should
be specified in the letter of appointment. 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 a fixed compensation for
their services, otherwise fraudulent practices
may be resorted to for the peculiarly benefit of
the agent, to the great prejudice of the State.
and the military service.
z. 1t Shall be the duty of the recruiting
agents, before entering upon their duties, to
report in person, through the commanding Off
Ger OF the rendezvous herein designated Tor
the State in which they are to operate to the
commanding officer of the military district, de-
partment, or army, in order that they may have
proper pass and protection. All recruiting
agents will be subject to the rules aud articles
OF war.
8. IL shall be the duty of the commanding
officer OF the army, department or district, in
which recruiting agents operate, and of COM
handing officers OF rendezvous, to order back
to his State (Or arrest and hold for trial as he
may deem besD any recruiting agent who shall
commit frauds upon the Government, or re.
cruits, or shall violate the instructions issued
to govern this recruit nent, or be guilty of any
oh,nce against military law Recruiting agents
vii be held responsible for the conduct of all
persons who are under their authority or direc-
ton.
4. No man shall be recruited who is already
in the military service, as soldier, teamster. la
borer, guide, DC &c, or who is so employed
by the military authorities as to be of import
ance to military operations.
5. Recruits procured il accordance with the
act quoted, must be delivered by tue recruiting
agents at one of the following named rendez-
vOus, viz =
Camp Casey, Washington, D. c., for N. E.
Virginia.
Camp p, near Fort Monroe, Va, for 8.
E. Virginia.
Camp -, Newbern N, c. for North
Carolina.
Camp -, Hilton Head, 8. G., for South
Carolina and Florida.
Camp Vicksburg Miss, for Missis-
sippi.
Camp -, Nashville, Tenn, for Georgia
and Alabama
When received at the rendezvous, it shall be
the duty OF the United States officers there to
have the recruits promptly examined and if
accepted. to have them Immediately mustered
into the United States service, properly pro.
vided for, and sent to the regiments for which
they may have been enlisted or assigned, or to
such other regiments as the service may re-
quire. A certified copy of the muster-in roll
shall be given to the recruiting agent when
ever at least ten recruits shall be mustered.
The Aforesaid rendezvous are rep arded as
military posts, and will be conducted Us such,
| under the immediate orders of the War Depart
ment as Issued through the Adjutant Generals
Office; hut. Department and Army command
ers are desired to exercise O super vision over
them as coming within the limits of their De-
partments, and TO make any reports to this
office concerning them which may be deemed
advisable.
G. Fit is desired to put any of the volunteer
recruits obtained under this act into service as
| substitutes before or after draft, they must be
sent, without expense to the Government, by
the recruiting agent to the district IN which the
principal is enrolled and there be mustered in
by the Provost Marshal who will issue the
proper substitution papers.
z. 1t is made the duty of commanding Off
GERS to afford recruiting agents all such facili-
ties as they can provide, without detriment to
the public service. and 10 prevent recruiting by
unauthorized parties.
By order of the Secretary Of War.
E. d. TOWNSEND, A. A. Gen.