Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-12-21
state of Vermont.
Apl'v AND INSPECTOR GEMS OFFICE, !
Woodstock, Dec. 4th, 1865. :
GENERAL ORDER No. ..


GENERAL ORDER No. ,.
The orders Of the Governor and Com
mander-in- Chief, now in force, prescrib-
ing rules and regulations for the correc-
ton of the enrolment of the militia and
the government of the organized militia,
are hereby modified, as follows
I, The selectmen of the several towns
and the common cOuncil-men Of the sew
eral cities in this State, or, if in any
city There shall be no commencement
men, the aldermen Of such city, shall on
the first day Of AprHi in each year carefully
examine and correct the record Of the en-
rollment Of the militia OF their respeC-
tive towns and cities, observing, in the
performance of such duty, the instruc-
lions contained in sections two to thir-
teen, inclusive, of General Order No. 8
of the Governor Of Vermont, dated
March %, 1865, and shall, Immediately
| thereafter, and on or before the tenth
! dav of April in each year, transmit to
the Adiutant and Inspector General a
full and perfect return of all corrections
and additions, made by them, as required
by section fourteen Of said General Or
der No. 8.
So much of existing orders, as pro
vides that corrections of the enrolment
as aforesaid, shall be made and returned
by said selectmen and cOmmon-counCil,
men on the first day OF January, July
and October in each year, is hereby re-
scinded.
,. The commanding officer of eacf
company Of the organized militia of thi'
State shall within ten days after tht
first Tuesday of June in each year, make
return, in duplicate, Of all changes ii
his command since the last return, will
d statement OF the strength Of his com
mand at the date Of the return, in con
formity with the requirements Of sec
ton sixty of General Order No 8 of tn
Governor of Vermont, dated March Is
1s65-ouc copy Of which return he shall
transmit to the Adjutant and lnspecto
General, and the other copy he shal
transmit TO the commanding officer g
the regiment to which such company
attached.
/ So much of existing orders, as direct
: that such returns shall be made an
transmitted by company commanders o
the first day of January, July and Octc
Der in each year, is hereby rescindeC
! And the existing orders, requiring reg
/ mental brigade and division command
/ ders to make and transmit returns {
S alterations Of their respective con
: mands, are hereby so modified as to COZ
q form TO the above requirement in spCt
: to company commanders.
: 3. Sections seYenty-four and one-hul
t dred and twenty-six Of said Gener'
c Order No. are hereby so modified, {
= to provide that the "Return Of Publ
=. Property" thereby required to be mac
r and transmitted by regimental quarter
t masters and by commanding officers I
: companies, shall hereafter be so mac
= and forwarded within ten days after IL
4 first Tuesday Of June in each year; an
all regulations heretofore issued, PROVE
ing that such returns shall be made {
t other times, than the times herein spe'
r lied, are hereby rescinded.
2 4. The duties imposed, by existing o
''e ders, upon surgeons and assistant su
geons of regiments, of making return