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Order for the Dlsba ndme mt or tho Arm ID 4.
GENERAL ORBERs-NO. "a.
| Wan DEPARTMENT, ApJurAsr GENERAL's OyvIcs,
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1885.
The following regulations announced and will DO
observed In dschargng from service such volunteers
are hereafter TO be mustered out with their regmental
| or company organisations:
Army corps or at least tho divisions thereof win
be kept intact and Immediately upon receipt Of order
directing any portion Of the forces to BIO mustered out
commanding generals OF armies and departments will
order the said troops If not already hereat TO Of
| the following rendezvous viz
First Middle Military Division and troops Of other
armies or departments arriving observation-disclosures OF
Washington, D. G.. Harper's Ferry, Va, and Cumbsr-
land Nd.
Sscnnd-Military Division of the Jamss-Ricamond
and Old Point Comfort, Va
Third Department OF North Caroline Newbern and
Wilmington
F!fh-Mitary Division of West Mssissppi-Mobile
Ala New 1sa1s La and I, y lex Miss
Ark st. Louis, Mo-, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
SeuenM Department Of the Cumberland
Knoxville and Memphis Tenn.
Eighth. department Of Kentucky-LouisvilIe.
Ninth.-Mddle Department Baltimore, Nd
Commanding Generals Of armies and departments arc
authorized to change the aforesaid places rendezvous
should the public interest demand For the Depart
ments Of the East Pennsylvania Northern, Northwest
New Mexico and Pacific such special orders will be given
from the Aduant Generals ONCE relative the troops
therein serving as may DO demanded by circumstances
as the tlme Tor discharge Is approached.
lin case Of one or regiments or q division
being mustered out the division remaining ia the field
ead regiment or regiments will be mustered out at the
place where found serving at the time and then placed
en- route TO the State, as hereinafter directed.
HI.-The Adjutant General OF the army will designate
places OF rendezvous In the respective States to which
the regiments after muster out will be forwarded for
payment
ters out are TO take place. critical examination Of the
regmental and company records books, &C., viii be
made In case OF omissions the proper commanders will
De made To supply them, and make all the entries
Joined by the Army Regulations At the same time tho
muster out rolls will be commenced and prepared In
assistant commssaries Of musers OF divisions superu-
tended by the corps commssaes Corps and department.
commanders will that the work pushed with energy
and executed promptly, using to this end division and
brigade commanders 10 superntend it, and their respec
tive staff officers to aid the mastering officers in collect
ing the data for the muster out rolls and discharge papers,
aswel as the preparation OF tho In framing the
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series, from this ofce)
V-so soon as the rolls Of a regiment are completed
the said command, with Its arms coors and necessary
equlpage will be placed en- route 10 IT'S State and TO tie
rendezvous therein at or nearest which It mustered
En- route and after arrival 10 the State the following
First immediately arrival at the State rendezvous
the regiment will be reported to- and taken control Of
ant at the point The said officers will lend all needful
assistance 10 their power TO the paymasIers with view
to prompt pay ment of the troops
second The regimeDta officers will be held TO strict
accountability for the discipline Of their commands and
preservation OF public property.
Third The Commissary of Musters Of the division To
which the regiment belonged in the field will take pos
session OF the copies Of out rolls intended
field and staf companies and paymasters also the
pany and regmenal records, with all surplus blank
rolls, returns discharges &c, in possession Of reg
mental ana company commanders, other OIL
ce5s ana Ser ra.r Boxing ,Sn then up place them
responsible officer OF the regiment The sole duty of said
officer will be TO care for and preserve sad rolls and
cords whilst en- route and on arrival at the State endez
vous where payment to be made them oyer to
the chief mastering officer or his assistant that place
Fourth. - Payniasters will be Designated BY the Paw
DEPARTMENT dpeo matt cd
State rendezvous, and there mako final payments OBJ
tanning for that purpose the rolls from the mastering
officer thercat.
F(th Whilst troops awaiting payment supplies
Will be furnished by the respective supply departmental
on the usual acquisitions and returns countergued by
the chief mastering officer or his assistant
S,sh Until after payment, and the final discharge OF
the troops the chief mastering officer will look 10 their
being Kept together add under discipline.
Seventh The chief mastering officer will, under regu-
latons TO be established by himself take pos esson Of
and carefully preserve the reglmenial and company
records also ho colors with the respective regiments
and held them subject 70 orders from the Adutant Gen.
eraI Of the army
State rendezvous, the chief mastering officer his
ssant VIII see that the arms and other public property
brought TO The State BY the troops is turned over TO the
proper officer OF the Supply Department tbereat
Win preparing the muster out rolls, corps, depart
ment, division and brigade commanders will hold reg
mental ohcers to street accountability, IN order TO
insure accurate and complete records OF the ENLISTED
men, and the better TO establish the just claims Of the
non comm ssoned Officers or priystes who have been
died from disease or wounds, been killed 10 battle.
vIL-Prior to the departure Of regiments from tho
rendezvous where mustered out, all public property
except arms coors and equpage required route will
be turned over TO and cared for by the proper officers Of
the supply departments concerned
v1L-what Is prescribed IN the foregoing for regi-
ment will be applicable to battery Of artillery or an In
dependent company.
fx.-At the respective state rendezvous the following
In ordered viz
Fra.-The Paymaster General win be prepared to
have sufficient force OF paymasters insure prompt
payments.
Second. The Quartermaster General and Commissary
General OF Subsistence viii be prepared 10 have suta-
BILE number Of officers OF their respective bureaus 10
provide supplies, transportation, &c and receipt for
public property.
Third The Chief Of Ordnance will arrange 10 have
suitable number OF officers OF his bureau receive the
arms, accoutremenis, &C.
X-The attention Of commanding generals OF armies
and departments s directed to the importance Of rcgi
mental and company officers having their records com.
peted and arranged that at any time The muster out
rolls may be prepared without delay.
BY order OF sbe SECRETARY or WAR
E d. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General