The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-27
STATE OF MAINE.

General OrC'eT No. %.
/. Thirty Companies of Infantry for Regiments
in the field AMI to be credited upon the present call
authonzed uy the War Department TO be raised
in this state from Nolunt ers for either one
three years service, as Ibe recrui' may elect.
III. Enrolie1 men or their ,ubstitutes. have the
privilege of electing the company and regiment
IN which they will sArve by volunteering ia these
organizations but If dra ted such liberty is neces-
sarily deeied them.
III. Ihe State bountes TO all yolun'ee and TO
substitutes ens ed prior to the draf is sl00 S2o0
or $500 acc riding 10 the period Of their enlistment
for 2, or years. and the Z. s. bounty the same,
to all volunteers aud repre- tentative recruits Sub
st;utes ior enrolled men are not entitled TO United
States Bounty.
Iy The officers ofthese companies will be select
ed from those who have served at least nine month";
ia the field unless very special reasons exist ia par
ticular cases.
Such immediate action should be taken by
citizens not liable 10 enrolment dee iring to avoid
draft in their community, and by clubs OF enrolled
men, as Will make 1t Tor the pecu ary interest ofthe
latter TO volunteer instead of entering service
drafted men.
vi. Concerted action initiated in cities aud non
ulous places, and extending TO the suburbs and ad
jacent towns, embodying the partial se!ecton OF Of
Gcers and non commissioned 0icers, may insure the
adoption At once, Of such plans Of procedure, AS
will guarantee the raising OF c.mpany in every
stance where it is undertal en-, But any officer Sc
honofaby for at least nine months, the selection
may not be confirmed by the Governor.
VII. The following rules will be adhered TO in
LIST. No fees premiums or expenses will be paid
for making the enlistnents.
I'd Each volunteer must be examined and ap-
proved by local physician, who win b. paid % cts.
for his seryices but the physician is not 10 sign
certificate of such exanlna len upon ihe nis'ment
paper, that being for the authorized su geon, who
makes the iiual examnati n the muster in.
3D. Justice of the Peace will administer the
oath to the recruit and I'LL and sign the certificate
on the face of the enlistment.
ith. When the enlistment is for less period
than 5ytars, the blank viii BE- changed TO exhibit
the fact
and one enlisted men, and as soon as that number
OF suitable persons. who eligible 20 enlistment.
have each igned three enlistment paper, one part
of each enlistment with the names OF persons des-
ignated for the commits ioned ofic9rs o the COM
pany and their residence, aud the place of the
devious of the Company, will be forwarded the
Aujutant General. who Will arrange with Major
Gardiner, a.. s. Military Superintendent. for the
transportation, muster in. clothing, arming and
eqniping of the company.
W. 1T the company is detained beyond the time.
of which reasonable notice is gwen the Adjutant
General that It will assemble At its rendezvous
leave the place Of muster, forty cents day per
man will be allowed ioT boa d ana lodging pr the
period of such detention and the time occupied in
coming in from the company rendezvous
VII. SO much of General Order TRenty-Seven
of the Goth ult. pressribes rules governing enst
ments and credits Tor quo aud amount of boun-
ties aud enumsrates the persons entitled thereto
and eligible TO enlisiments il applicable to these
thirty companies
Extract from War Department authority of July
2S 1854, TO raise these companiesl
"lhe said companies must he mustered in before
Sept. ., 1854, in order that they be credited on
the quota OF the State auder ths aforesaid ca l."
should any of the companies ail TO organ ize
within reasonable time. they win be consolidated
so as to form and be mustered in complete con
panies before the aforesaid dates"
By Order of His Excelency the Governor.
JOHN L HoDSDoN.
Aug. 4-dlw