Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-01-12
CIRCULAR NO. sc.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, Dec. 1, 1864.
Enlistments and Appointments in the First
$50 E. Corps.
l. Persons desiring and qualified to enlist
in the LIST Army Corps, General Hancock COM
handing. under General Orders No. 287. cur
rent series, from this Office, are hereby author
lied to present themselves to any U. s. Dis
trict Provost Marshal. who, if the applicant
appears to be qualified, will furnish fec tras-
portation to Washington, ID. c., where re-
cruits will be duly enlisted and mustered into
| the service of the United States. The appli.
cant must satisfy the Provost Marshal that he
| is an able-bodied man, fit for military service,
and that he has been honorably discharged af
ter the expiration Of two years service, by
exhibiting his discharge. or in the necessary
absence of that paper, by presenting such 9TH
er evidence as the Provost Marshal may re-
quire.
No person will be forwarded until he has
satisfied the Provost Marshal that he is acting
in good faith, with view to enlistment In
case of doubt as to his physical fitness, he will
not be forwarded until he shall have been GER
tilted to be fit by the Surgeon of the Board of
Enrolment, which certificate shall be retained
by the Provost Marshal, and copy forwar-
ded to the Adjutant General by the Provost
Marshal
Provost Marshals will be prepared to furnish
qualified applicants promptly with information
and with transportation. q
Any person falsely representing himself as a
recruit, and as designing to enlist in the First
Army Corps, and failing to offer himself as
such recruit, or by any means fraudulently
+, procuring transporton, shall he deemed guilty
of defrauding the Government. and will be
punished by Court Martial or Military Com
mission.
Enlistments, Musters, and Credits.
H. All enlistmeuts and musters will be
the Corps Commissary of Musters and his
sistants specially assigned to that duty, and
in accordance with the Recruiting and Muster
ing Regulations of the army.
Recruits will he credited to the district in
which they or their families are domiciled.
As evidence of place of domicile, the affida-
Wit of the recruit will he required. IL it shall
subsequently be ascertained that the place of
domicile has not been correctly given, the
credit will be taken from the place to which
| it WAS enormously assigned and transferred to
| the proper place of domicile OF the recruit.
Credits will be reported as for an Army
Corps in the field. and as directed in Circular
No. SO, current series, from this office.
Organization.
III. The organization of the Corps will be
ment must be fully recruited before another is
commenced. Each regiment will be recruited
in like manner, by successive companies.
The organization of regiments and compa-
MES must conform to that prescribed for the
infantry arm, by paragraph 80, mastering Reg
ulations.
Commissioned Officers. -Appointments and
Musters. s..
Nv. Applicants for appointments as officers
will address and forward their applications, in
writing. to the Adjutant General of the
Army ID. {"
At least two years service will be necessary,
and the applicant must give his military in
full, embracing therein as follows:
l. Date of original entry into service.
2. Regiment or organization in which ser
| vices have been rendered.
| 3. Rank at date of entry into service.
4. Ii out of service date and cause of dis
charge, rank at date thereof, and organization
in which service was last rendered.
5. The applicants address must be clearly
stated in all cases.
Applicants must be able to pass examination
before Board of Examiners.
instructions.
The appointment will be subject to revoca-
ton in case the requisite number of men is
not enlisted to perfect the organization. and
will be subject to the approval and confrma-
ton of the Senate.
v. On application by the Governor of any
State, recruiting officers will be designated for
such State.
By order Of the Secretary of War:
| 4. ID. TOWNSEND,
| Assistant Adjutant General.
Official.
| FINLEY ANDERSON,
| Assistant Adjutant General.