Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-23
For Orange County, Roswell Farm
ham. Station. bradford.

For Rutland County, Redaeld Proctor
Station, Rutland,
For Washington County, Addison
Peck. Station, Montpelier.
For Windham County George Slate
Station Bellows Falls.
For Windsor County, Samuel L, Pin.
gree. Station, Windsor.
Charles l.. Mead Is hereby appointed
General Superintendent of Recruiting,
and will have his station at the head
quarters of the several Provost Marshals
upon the days of each week hereinafter
designated
The selectmen of the several towns
in performing their duties as recruiting
officers, will conform to the general In
structions issued to them July 80 1864
except as the same may be modified by
this order. They will take enlistments
In triplicate, upon the blanks furnished
them for that purpose, being careful, In
all cases, to ill the blanks In the DeCla-
ration upon the back Of the contract
and TO cause 1t to be signed by the re-
Cruit They will deliver to the Super
intendent of Recruiting for the county
in which they reside all recruits enlisted
by them, and will ut the same time de-
liver to the superintendent the three
copies Of the enlistment contract of each
recruit. They will be allowed for sub
sistence actually furnished by them to
recruits from the day of enlistment, and
lor transportation to the station of the
superintendent, by conveyance other
than by railroad, of all recruits enlisted
be- them, who shall be mustered into
the service of the United States; but
nothing will be paid for the subsistence
or transportation Of any recruit who
shall fail from any cause, TO be so mus
tered.
When it is necessary to send recruits
to the station Of the Superintendent by
rail road, selectmen will be allowed to
issue passes for them, upon the blanks
furnished for that purpose. But each
pass, so issued, must be signed by the
person issuing it, as "Selectman and
Recruiting Officer" AID the town of
which he is Selectman, must be stated.
The passes must he issued in duplicate
and the Selectmen are only authorized
to issue them for recfuits ,satae6 in the
pass, and for one person in charge of such
recruits. If issued for any other pur-
pose, or to any other place than the sta
ton of the superintendent, the trans
portation will not be paid by the Gov
eminent or State, but the pass if re-
ceiyed by the conductor, will be returned
to the railroad company, to be by them
collected from the person who issued 1t.
If person is in charge of the recruits,
separate pass must be issued for him.
The superintendent of Recruiting are
charged with the duty of promoting, by
all practicable means, the immediate
filling of the quotas Of the several towns
within their respective districts. They
will receive from the Selectmen of the
towns all recruits enlisted by them. and
forward them to the General Superin-
tendent Of Recruiting at the station of
the Provost Marshal of their district
and will conform in all respects to the
instructions herewith issued.
The General Superintendent of Re-
cruiting will be present at the head
quarters Of the Provost Marshals of the
several Congressional districts in this
State, on the days hereinafter designa-
ted. He will receive all recruits who
may be forwarded to him by the several
Superintendents of Recruiting. and will |
present such recruits for examination
and muster to the several Provost Mar
shals. And he will attend to whatever
matter of detail may be necessary in
respect to rolls and returns, and making
necessary arrangements in respect to
the bounties and State pay Of the re-
cruits
The days upon which recruits will be
delivered to the General Superintendent
of Recruiting, by the several Superin-
tendents of Recruiting, at the stations
of the several Provost Marshals are
hereby designated as follows:
LIST Congressional District-Rutland,
Mondays and Tuesdays.
3D. Congressional District-Burling
ton, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
I'd Congressional District-Wiudsor,
Fridays and Saturdays.
The day designated for draft, under
this call, is at hand and the draft, If
not otherwise avoided, will be had as
soon as necessary arrangements for 1t
can be made. 1t can only be avoided
by the most prompt and diligent action
OF the seleCtmen Of the several towns In
furnishing the number of men required
from them. The comparatively small
number of men still remaining due can
and should be raised by or before the
fifth day Of March. And it is earnestly
epjoined upon all local officers, and upon
all loyal citizens, that they allow of no
delay in this matter, and that they fur
nish the required number of men within
the shortest possible time.
BY order Of His Excelledcy,
J. GREGORY SMITH,
Governor and Commander in Chief.