Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-21
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
IoIAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT
ADJuTANr GEFERALb Ofr1eE,
wAaHIEoror, May ., 1864. }

lNhGuh NO. SOL L
l. To provide for certain cases OF MUSTER which
may arise At ne dates he original terms Of Ssrrice Of
volunteer organisations piH srpfrc, the foil G.
ulations are established and announced, for the
information and guidance Of all concerned. Their
execution will DO under the supervision and dlreo-
ton Of the CommiSSaries Of Musters for Corps and
Departments;
MusTER%oVT AND DISCHARGES FROM VETERAN
REGIMENTS WHERE THREE-FouRTus THEREoF
HAVE RE-ENLIBTED.
I. In regiments where three-fourtha (1-t) Of the
men have re-enlisted-and which are therefore
Veteran-ths organisation hey may have al ne daisI
e expiration Of term, (see section I, General Re
mAJksA i0ti b maintained, but all mea who have
not re-enlisted, texoept those who have Joined
since date Of original orgsnization) WILL on said
date, be mustered out and sehsrged the service.
The mustern-out will be made BY the Assistant
CommissAry OF Musers OF the Division to which the
troops belong, and that ofeer will be held strictly
accountable that the muster-sut rolls are aeeu-
rate, and made out In AeeordAoee with the Mus
tering Regulations.
A sepsrate mustsr-out roll will be made, on the
prescribed form, for s detachment from each COM
pdny.
Particular attention IL invited to the Mastering
Regulations, In 40 far as the formal discharge
paper OF the volunteer Is concerned. (see section o.
General RemArks)
After the muster-out sad discharge papers shall
have been fully prepared, the Department or Corps
Commander will cause the discharged men to be
formed into detaehments under competent ofreers,
and forward them to the States (see section,6 Cen
sral RemArks) to which they respectively belong,
there to be paid of, promptly, under such regulA-
uons a. the Paymaster General may establish.
The senior sfloer Of each detachment will take
charge OF the muEter-out rollssAnd discharge pa
pers, and be responsible for their safety until placed
In the hands OF the PaymAsteT.
OFFICERS ron VETERAN RE6IMENTs.
Z. Under paragraph OF General Orders, No. Isl,
1882 1t Is announced that ofH,srs In service whose
regiments or companies may rc-enlist top applies-
bs 10 regiments eomPdHiSI EhSrs hrse.orfhG hare
rs-sHiiSfsdJ will have their commissions and rank
continued To this end, officers will continue to
serve, under existing muEters, until the original
term Of their regiments shall have expired, when
they will be remusered under hsir eFiIting connie
EionI JOr three years. To secure the back rAnk-not
pay-of the grade in which they may be remus.
tered, the Assistant Com niIsary OF MusterI will
make the following remark upon the remusteT-in
roll; To rank from .........., 1885,. under par.
Agraph ., General Orders, No. 1871, War Depart
ment, 1881"
No provision herein will be construed as author
king the retention In service Of unit ofAcerI. All
such should be reported BY the Department or
Army Commander to the Adjutant General of the
Army, with the view Of their discharge.
MUBTERs.oUT OF REsIMEETs NOT VETERAN.
.. Where regiments fall under the provision Of
section l, General Remarks, and l,H hdn three
fohJ thereof hdpe ieclitied ne rssHIiIisE rlsn and
al reeruI drafted and VoluHh erJ vhO hare Jsined
ne regiment Hhoe nc date Of II original alAsier-iE,
tseetion l, General RemATks,) will be formed into
one or more companies Of the legal maximum
standard, and oficered by such sfheers As may be
selected by the Department or Army Commander
The remainder OF the regiment will then be placed
en- route to the State, there to be mustered out
and paid of In accordance with the MASTERING
Regulations OF the Army.
In regiments falling under the provisions Of sec
ton 2, General Remarks, and phsrs issI Than three
fourthI haze re-sHlIed at the dates the periods Of
service Of the respective companies expire, the
men thereof entitled to discharge, and ne company
oGoerI, (Preisnt and Gbteni) will be mustered out
BY tho Assistant CommiBsary Of Musters OF the
division, in accordance with the rules enunetAted
In section OF paragraph l. The remainder ire
enlisted men and recruits whs have joiaed since
date OF original orgAnizEtlon) will be temporarily
assigned 10 ne LaIi company 10 le mUIisred our.
when the men Of all the companies sEtitlSd to
discharge have thus been disposed Of, the ain
der will DO formed iHto enc mere companies Of
the legal maximum standard, and ofleeTed by such
ofioers as may be selected BY the Army or Depart
ment Commander.
II. Nothing herein will be considered as Inter
fering with the requirements Of General Orders,
No 1888, series Of 1883, from this once.
GENERAL REMARKL
III. I. Where all the companies Of . regiment
were mustered in within tive (7) months OF the
date at which the organization eshnsnesd, the
date Of muifeT Out Of he organisation vii b Lssrn
tnsd BY reckoning The rSTiod Of SsrVics rsn Ne dale I.
DTIisT-in Of he lGH company. In AssordAnse with
this, II the last company Of regiment was nus
tered into service the 2Oth Of May, 1881, (that
date 10 considered the date OF sFiEiaAl orSaAI.
ration and mustcr-in Of the regimSat) the period
OF service OF the regiment will expire May 10,
1854, (erPirGiioH Of original tOr) Aad at that date
all the members Of the regiment, eTssPt rssAliIed
onsI, and those ho have jstnsS FiHos date Of original
organisation, should lie discharged.
Where there is a difference Of tive nosths q
more between the dates Of muster.iA Of the lrsl
and last companies, ne s0mpsHieS RiH ks mustered
out SePdraieiy snd the field ARd stat rsluesd pro-
pOrtionAly, and in the inverse order In which they
were mustered in, under paragraph ~, MASTERING
Regulations. The Aeld SfieSrs, however, to Ia
mustered out at each stage Of the reduction, wi
rest with the Commander 81 the Army or Depart
ment The muHterI-1ut will be N ads BY the Assist
ant CommissAry OF NuEtSrI fer the Division.
.. When troops are mustered oHt Of service, al
officers and m n, present ana absent, Vhs are en-
HLsd 10 be dftehSrged, will be considered a. IN as
tered out at TING and place. sScspi griGOnsrI o.
DGT, who will be considered as In service anti
their arrival in loyal State, with a. ALE vance
respective places Of enrslmeAt. With sRsors and
men OF this class, commanding OnGSrs Of regi.
ments and companies will exercise great care In
stating, in the remarks en- the nuItcr-out rolls
The dAtes and places Of capture, thus;
PTt'on GJwdr Captured at -, Dse -, IsS-
omeers and men absent from their comm andB
on detached service, sick In hospital, or paroltd
fgria The officer under HhoIc command hsy may Ie haI
bdft1fed hnSsf that hsir lsrmI Of tsrVi.s Aap, a.
PdTsd,J will be furnished with Ly ths
QuATtermAAter's Department to the place gher,
the regiment IL to be mustered out, IN time to b,
present at the said muster. The trARsportAtior
will be furnished upon the requIitiuA Of the CEN
mAnding officer under whom the Sheer or sldleI
may be serving, OF the surgeon ia charge Of tn,
hospital where he may be sick The dsIsripf,p
HSfs Of he men DW accompany them, and be turned
over TO the officer who may be ehArgeiwlth mus
teTing out the force, by whom (aftsr the dat
therefrom has been entered on the muIter-ou
rollH) they will be forwarded to the AdJutAat Gen
erAl OF the Army. II from sickness, or otLo
proper cause, enIiTsd men cannot be sent In time
as above directed, they will be discharged At tn
hospital, and their final papers there made out
under direction OF the surgeon In charge, and for
wArded to the commander having the power Il
discharge, As In the case Of surgeons certificate