Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-12-30
l. ORGANIZATION.
Time Of Organization.

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1. ORGANIZATION.
l. Tine of Organisation.
All companies authorized be raised under the provisions
of General Order No. of the Governor of Vermont dated
November 80 1864, which shall not have been raised and
orpanzed by or before the dav of Decemer
1884 shall be organized by the election of ocers Saur
day, the thirr of December 1864 by such members
shall have then previously volunteered and enlisted therein
without regard the number of such enlisted men, unless
they shall exceed hfty-one.
@ Duty of Recruiting Officers
For this purpose the recruiting officer, authorized to enlist
such unorganzed company, shall the enlisted by
him to be examined by physician in regular practice and
of good standing in his profession and the certificate of such
physician that the men physically able to perform mill
tary duty to be Endorsed upon the duplicate enlistment
contracts in the manner and form prescribed by General
Order No of the Governor of Vermont dated November
30, 1854 and notify the enlisted appear, for the
purpose Of organization, such time and place. the thirty
first day Of December, 1864 the person authorized
organize said company SHALL upon the application of such
recruiting officer direct and the recruiting officer SHALL at
the said time and place. DELIVER the person authorized
organize said company the duplicate copies of the enlistment
contract with the medical certificate Endorsed thereon
g. Duty Of Organising Officer.
The person authorized to organize said company SHALL at
least three days previous to the hy day of December
1854, notify the recruiting officer Of the time and place ion
the hirty-fra day of December 1864 at which he will
attend for the purpose of organizing said company And he
shall attend at such time and place. and upon receiving from
the recruiting officer the duplicate enlistment rolls he shall
carefully examine the same, and ascertain that they
properly executed and certified and that they exact
duplicates of each other.
If the duplicate enlistment rolls shall be found to contain
the of more than yone men, the person authorized
to organize the company will then proceed the
number to fyope For this purpose he will confer with the
surgeon who examined the recruits and ascertain from him,
whether there any of them, in respect whose ability
perform military duty he has doubts. II tie organizing
officer shall not be able from any obtain information
from the surgeon guide his action he will proceed upon
his Judgment reduce the number to 6fty-one, by
rejecting those to the required number who appear him,
from their size and other circumstances which he
take into account to be least likely endure military
vice. And he will from the enlistment rolls the
OF the men thus rejected so as to leave but ffyone
standing thereon.
When the person authorized to organize the company shall
thus have reduced the number 6ityoneor, in the
rolls when presented him and examined by him, shall be
found contain but one names, and to be duly certified
by physican,o in the rolls, when presented 10 him
and examined by him, shall be found contain less than
fyone Names and to be duly certified by physician,
those whose do appear thereonsuch company shall
be deemed and taken be ready Tor organization and shall
proceed elect captain first lieutenant and second eute-
nanat which election the person authorized to organize
said company shall preside The Of election shall be
by ballot and the person presiding shall declare such person
elected, shall receive majority of the ballots cast for the
particular office. And any person. elected commissioned
officer such meeting, shall forthwith there
after he be notified of his election, signify to the
presiding officer his acceptance of the position the Office shall
be deemed vacant and election shall be forthwith had
The presiding officer SHALL By The first mail next after said
election, forward to the Adutant and Inspector General at
Woodstock copy Of said duplicate enlistment rolls,
geher with full return of his doings and he shall deliver
the other of said duplicate enlistment rolls to the person who
shall have been elected captain of the company
H. DRAFT
1. Deficient companies 10 be filed by draft.
If any company, authorized to be raised hereinbeore
stated shall have been filed the thryrst day of
December, 1864 by the voluntary enlistment of fyone
men, and shall be organized that day with less number
Of than fyone, there shall not have been any
entments for any company authorized to be raised such
company shall be forthwith thereafter filed to the number
including such shall have enlisted, if any have enlisted
of fy-one men, by draft from the enrolled Militia of such
deficient towns, within the Military District and far as
practicable within the company district shall be desgna-
ted by the commandernhef by orders addressed to the
selectmen thereof
The time and manner of such draft and the rules and
regulations, by which it shall be governed shall be fol-
lows
~H 2. Assessment of quotas
The quotas Of the several towns within each Military Dis
trict designated by General Order No of the Governor
of Vermont dated November 80, 1864, will be assessed
giving credit to each for many such town
shall have furnished, by voluntary enlistment for the com
pany be raised within the company district to which such
town belongs.
The number Of required fill any deficient company
the number of fyone will then be assessed upon such
deficient towns shall be designated complete such com
pany, and order shall then be issued to the seecmen
each Of such towns stating the number of required from
such town. and the company which they to be assigned
and directing such eecmen to draft the same unless other
wise furnished, as hereinafter directed
g. Tine of draft and call for volunteers
The seecmen Of such town shall thereupon meet at tn
office of the clerk of such Tuesday the tent
day of January next at nine o'clock in the forenoon ant
shall there publicly call for able bodied men, residents
such to offer themselves to in the active Mit
of the State of Vermont raised and organized under tn
provisions of the of the General Assembly entitled
Act for organizing the Militia" approved November 2.
1864.
If none insufficient number, offer themselves the
the seectmen shall proceed draft from the enrolled m
Of such such number of men, shall be required
complete the full required quota of such town.
A. Manner # Draft.
The draft shall be conducted in the following:
The seectmen shall publicly place in box, wheel, tn
Names written each upon separate slip of paper of unifo
size, Of all the enrolled militia of such town, not exemI
from Militia service by the said act of the General Assembly
and the provisions of General Order No of the GovernC
Of Vermont dated December l. 1864 issued in pursuanC