Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-04

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Authority 70 mise cavalsY nnpot be gSsst-
81, but y0u are suthusins1 y ~ eccSe1nsy
~ War TO nise one regiment of volunteer
Infantry under the call u the 3lst ult, for
$4,000 men; period Of service win b. for /,
3 Or 3 yearA - recruits may elect
The aid reei0OkDQ4 II 1naDged into
service by Febru1ty IN nsx1, h order that
they may be credited On the quota Of TIE
State under the call In complete regiments,
and companies which fail TO organise within
. reasonable time win be consolidated 90 -
70 form and be mustesed in with complete
rgimental organizations before the afOre-
ma date Recruitment, organization and
musteD mus CONFORM 70 existing regula-
tions In organizing the regiment, general
orders 243, series Of 1854, Adjutant Gene
ral's Office, will mot be applicable, the said
order having been revoked
JAxEs b. Fly, p. NJ. 9.
1t il therefore ordered:
l. Recruiting officers will have Ill recruits
regularly enlisted and sworn in, ON enlist
msnt papers, by Justice of the PsDe, No
tary Public, or other ollaer authorized to
administer osths Recruiting officers are
not authorized TO administer said oath En-
listment papers win be made out in tsipli-
cate, two copies for Lieut. Col Grier, Super
intendent Of Recruiting service, Davenport,
and one for this Office.
II. Enlistment papers must be full and
complete, and all blanks for signature filed
up Oflcen will note on back of same the
actual residence Of the recruit, by county,
township, city and ward, and will in this
service be guided by the rules and regula-
tons Of the War Department, enlisting only
able-bodied men between the ages Of IS and
IS in good health and free from all physical
defects, and FIVE feet high No person under
the age Of twenty one is to be enlisted with
out the written consent of his parent, guar
dian or master, or certificate OF responsible
person that said consent was given verbally.
Recruiting officers will be very particular in
ascertaining the true age Of the recruit. He
will not allow any man to be deceived or in
weighed into the service by false representa-
ton, such as promise of furlough, &C, but
will In person, explain the nature of the SER
vice, the length Of the term, the pay and al
lowanccs to which soldier is entitled by
law, before he signs the enlistment.
III. Officers and men are expressly noti-
fled that the State does not pay them. The
u $. pays the men from the date of enlist.
mcnt, and the officers from actual command.
Nv. All subsistence, lodging, transporta-
ton, bills, &c, are paid by the L. s. Dis
bursting officer, Lieut. Col. w. N. Grier, Da.
venport, Iowa.
" Every enlisted man discharged as a
minor, or for other causes involving fraud
on his part in the enlistment, or discharged
Ivy the civil authority, forfeits all pay and
allowances due at the time of discharge. In
case any individual Is discharged within
a disability which existed at that time, he
receives neither pay nor allowances, except
subsistence and transportation to his home.
VI. ssf'.riHA attention. :. called t, the Fsl-
lowing extract from General Order No. 500
War Department A. G. O., series 1858: "All
expenses incurred on account Of recruits
thereafter enlisted by recruiting officers
either for old or new regiments) who shall
be rejected after medical inspection for OBJ
vious disability existing at the time Of enlist
ment will be charged on the muster-in roll
opposite the name of the officer enlisting
them, and stopped from any pay which may
thereafter be due him from the Government"
Nj. On application to this Office recruit
ing officers can procure blanks for making
out bills against the United States, for sub
sistence and lodgings of recruits. The
names Of all recruits must be inserted in
said bills for subsistence or attached thereto.
Recruiting officers will make verbal con-
tracts for the same when placed in quarters
The price of a ration should not exceed 30
cents day, or 10 cents meal, and lodging
12 cents a day, for each man subsisted and
lodged after his actual enlistment Under q
contract for cooked rations, three substantial
meals shall constitute a comp lete ration. In
transit to regimental depot, recruits will be
furnished with cooked rations obtained be-
fore starting under verbal contract. Re-
cruiting officers will appeal to the loyalty
of the public TO obtain subsistence and
lodging at the above rate, and will only in
cases of urgent and extreme necessity ex-
coed them, and in such cases only are author
lied to make verbal contracts at higher
rate, making affidavit on voucher that the
same was the lowest price possible in the
neighborhood where the expense was incur
red.
VIII. Transportation passes will he fur
nished by Lieut.. Col. w. N. Grier, Superin
tendent of Recruiting service, or by this De-
partment, on application, with explicit state
ment of route and mode Of travel The pass
will he filed up describing ON its face the
number Of men and their names and wheth-
er for one, two or three years service. Con-
ductors Of Rail Roads, Clerks of Steamboats,
and Agents of Stage Companies, will refuse
all passes which are altered in..name, number,
starting point or destination.
TX. Special attention Is called to the fol-
lowing extract from General Orders, War
Department, A. G. o., series 1888:
iii. The certificate to all vouchers for
transportation by private conveyance, must
state that the prices charged were the current
rates at the place where the expense was in
cured, also, that transportation by railroad
or steamboat could not be obtained. The