Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-12
MISSISSIPPI MILITIA.
G-ubernatorIaI Orders Defining their
Duties
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ADJT. And INsP. GEN Is OFFICE

STATE Oh MISSISSIPPI
ANT. AND lisp. GEMS OFFICE,
ACKsO Miss, Nov 8, 1850. )
General Orders, MOL.
Officers commanding the volunteer
companies, already, or that may be OF
gapfzed and commissioned, are warned
that IL is their duty to aid civil authOrl-
ties in the suppression of crime ana lIe
prevention Of lawlessness Of all xmas.
They are not authorized to take the law
INTO their own hands and be judge ami
iurv-such conduct would rather add 10,
than decrease the evils that surround Us.
ANY one found committing depredatlOns
or e~ndangering the peace n saIety OF
the community in any way, should De
arrested and turned over TO the proper
authorities for trial.
While the organization has Tor us Oh
iect the protection of the persons n
propertv of the citizens of the state, II
sshouId be borne in mind that any oppo-
sition of any class Of the population OF tne
State is not only contrary to aw and VIII
bring SIRE and speedy punishment upon
the offenders, but is also contrary 70 GOOD
policv. IL is recommended that each
eom6auy make rules and regulations LOT
their government in patrol duties ana
that system Of patrols within each conf
many beat be at once inaugurated ana
keDf uD. The companies are warned 10
avoid all conflicts Of authority or action
with the military forces of the Federal
Government, and, whenever practicable,
TO act in concert with them. They are
| also warned to treat them at all times
with that respect and courtesy due from
one military organization to another, and
Inc officers will be held to a strict ac-
c%ountability for any deviation rom TINS
order.
BENZ G. HUMPHREYS,
Governor and Commander-in-Chie State of
Mississippi.
Proclamation.
WHEREAS. BY a recent legislative en-
actmeut, the Executive OF this state Is
authorized to accept the services OF ana
TO commission as many Volunteer COM
panies as he may deem necessary Jokeep
The peace and preserve order, and Tor lhe
protection of the lives and property OF the
citizens, and,
WHEREAS, The organization OF such
companies appear to be mperatlNely ue-
manded by the present condition OF al
fairs in this State:
Now. I, Benz. G. Humphreys, Cover
nor of the State Of Mississippi, do ear
nestly exhort the good people Of the sew
eraI counties of this State TO organize
themselves into volunteer companies and
/ elect to their command men Of known
prudence and sagacity, for the purpose OF
| suppressing crime and preventing law
lessness of all kinds, and for the better
protection Of the community at large
| against all excess and for the security OF
| their lives and property. Every COM
panv organized under. this proclamation,
shall consist Of at least thiFty-two pri-
~'vates. besides the necessary officers, and
shall not exceed one hundred. Within
thirty DAYS after the organization OF each
/ company, a muster-roll Of the company
and the election proceedings OF said COM
panies. certified by q Justice OF the Peace
Shall be forwarded to the Adiutant Cen
earl at Jackson, in order that the officers
NAV be commissioned, and the organiZa-
ton be duly recorded.
All organizations failing to comply
with these requirements, will be consld-
cred as not legally organized, and will be
disbanded.
AN companies organized under the
| proclamati0n of Provisional Governor
Sharkev, which have been reported 70
this office will be recognized ana are
properly in commission.
Given under my hand and the great
seal ofthe State of Mississippi annexed,
this the third day of November, eighteen
hundred and siXty-five.
BENZ. q. HUMPHREYS.
Governor Of Mississippi.
"' 4. A. B~RoUGHER,
Secretary of state.
November 4, 1865.