The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-24
r RALEIGH, N. c.. TUESDAY,
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military District

GENERAL ORDERS,
NO. 145.
The following arrangement of the troops in his
District will be carried into effect with as little
delay us pOssible
Post Of lNoryanton, n C-Companies A ana T,
9th Cavalry; Major and Brevet Colonel w. b.
Royal, commanding. The command to embrace
the Counties of Cherokee, Clay, Macon. Jackson,
Haywood, TRANSATLANTIC, Buncombe, Madison
6ancey, MITCHELL, Mcdowell, Rulherfork, Polk,
Lincoln, CASTOR, Alexander, Wilkes, Henderson
Ashr, and Alleghany-
Post Of Raleigh, N C-IIeadquarters, and Com
panies A, B, and F, Sth Infantry; Colonel J.
V. Bomford, Sth Iufautry commanding The
command to embrace the Counties of Warren,
Franklin, Wake, Johnston, Harnett, Cumberland,
Robson, Richmond Moore, Chatham, Orange,
Granville. Caswell, Aamance Person. Rocking.
ham, Gultord, Randolph, Montgomery, Anson,
Union, Stanley, Cabarrus, Mecklemburg, Ircdell,
Rowan, Darie, Davidson, Surry, Stokes, Forsyth,
and Yadkin.
Post Of Golddoro', n. C.-Hcadquarters, and
Companies A, C. E, G, H and X, 10th Infantry
Colonel and Brcvet Major General N A. Miles,
commanding: The command to embrace the
Counties of Halifax, Northampton, Nash, Wilson,
Wayne, Sampson, Duplin, I.enoir, OnsIow. Jones,
Carteret, Craven, Pitt, Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,
BERTHE Hertford, Washington, TyrrelL Chowan,
Perquimans, Gates Pasquotank, Camden, Curri-
tuck, Greene, and Edgecombe
infantry; Captain and Brevet Lieut. cnant- Colonel
X. L. Frank. commanding. The command to
embrace the Counties of New Hanover Bruins
wick, Bladen, and Columbus.
Fort IHacOn, " C.-Companies and l. 10th
infantry; Captain and Brcvct Lieutenant Colonel
Charles b. GaslilI, 40 h Infantry, commanding.
Post Of Ldmrenx0Ue, S. C-Companies and l,
Sth Infantry: Lieutenant Colonel and Brcvet
Colonel j. X. Edie, commanding. The command
to embrace the Districts of Pckens, Greenville,
Anderson, Laurens, and Spartanburg.
Post Of 4ikc", s. C.-Companies Ii and ], 5th
Cavalry; Captain and Brevct Major l.. Walker,
5th Cavalry, commanding. The command to
embrace the Districts of Abbeville, Edgeticld,
Barnwell, and the main land of Beaufort Dis
frict.
P,st Of Columbia, S. C.-Light Battery E. Sd
Artillery, Headquarters and Companies B and II,
9th Artillery, and Companies c, H and Il, Sth
Infantry; Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General
II. s. Burton, commanding. The command to
embrace the Districts of York, Chester. Fairiell,
Richand, Lexington, Lancaster, Orangeburg,
Kershaw, Sumter, Union, Newbcrry, and Claren-
don.
Post Of Charleston, S. C-Post Band, Companies
A, B, 6, Fl, and K, 9th Infantry, and Com panies
d and F, 10th Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel and
Brevet Brigader- General ii. B. Clitz, command
ing. The command to embrace the Districts of
Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro, Marion,
Horny, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Charleston,
Colleton, Berkeley, and the sea islands of Beau
fort District.
The Major of the Sth Infantry will take pos at
Raleigh, y. c.; the Major of the 4Oth at Colds
boro, n. G.; and the junior Major of the 9TH at
Charleston, s. {.
cal officers for the different stations, and will re-
port for discharge any contract surgeons whose
services may be dispensed with
The proper staff departments will at once take
the necessary measures for the movements here
in directed to be made: for the supply of the
troops at the stations indicated, and for the care
and disposition OF the public property at the
stations directed to be abandoned.
For the purpose of mounting detachments at
the infantry stations, the Chief Quartcrmaster
will furnish twenty-five horses for the Post of
Raleigh, n. c., twenty for the Post of Goldsboro',
n. c., twenty for the Post of LaurenSvile. 8. c.,
and fifteen for the Post of Columbia, s. c.
These horses will be selected from those hereto
fore furnished under the authority of Circular
No. 4, of September %, 1866, Headquarters De-
partmeLt of the South, and the remainder will at
once be sent to the points designated by the
Chiel Quartermaster, to be disposed ofas directed
by War Department General Orders No. SS, of
September 81 1867.
in addition to the duties with which they are
charged by existing orders, Commanding Officers
of Posts are DESIGNATED as ub-Assistant Com
missiOners OF the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, for the Districts embraced
within the territorial limits of their commands;
and will exercise all the functions of officers of
that Bureau, except so far as relates to the ad-
ministration and control of the funds or property
of the Bureau; and they are authorized 10 employ
officers and enlisted men of their commands upon
this duty, so far as such employment may be
consistent with the interests and efficiency of the
service. All officers and agents OF the Eurcau,
who may be on duty within the territorial limits
of any post, will report to its commander and
will be governed by his instructions in all that
relates to the protection of persons and property
under the laws of the United States, the rcgula-
tions of he Bureau and the orders OF the District
Commander. In all that relates to the details of
administration they will report as heretofore to
the Assistant Commissioner for the State in which
they are stationed The Assistant Commissioners
for the States of North and SOuth-Carolina re-
spectively, will furnish the Commanders of Posts
with the names and stations of the officers and
agents of the Bureau on duty within the limits
of their respective commands, and with state
Inent of any special duties they may have been
charged with in relation to the protection of
person and property They viii also, by confer
encc or correspondence with the Post Command
ers, determine what officers or agents of the
Bureau can be relieved or discharged and report
the same to District Headquarters.
Post Commanders will keep themselves CON
stantly and fully informed of the condition of the
country within the limits of their commands,
and to this end will put themselves in communi-
cation with the shcrifs, chiefs of police and other
peace officers of the Counties Districts and
will require from them such reports as may be
necessary. In the execution of the duty commit
ted to the military authority by the laws OF the
United States, commanding officers will act as
far possible by and through the civil authorl-
ties, and will give them moral support and phys
ical aid whenever it may be necessary to secure
the proper and full execution of the duties i'm
posed upon them by law; but this Will not be
construed as authorizing arrests to be made or
guards to be furnished by the military authOri
Ties when the means under the control of the
civil authorities are adequate. Whenever any
civil officer, magistrate court negects or refus
to perform any official act properly required of
such officer tribunal, whereby due and right
full security t" person or property is denied, the
case will be reported by the Post Commander to
these Headquarters with all the facts and evidence
required for proper comprehension and action.
When the civil authorities refuse or fail to arrest
persons charged with crime, when offences are
committed in violation of the police regulations
established by military authority for the preser-
vation of order or the protection of persons or
property, commanding officers will cause the
accused parties to be arrested, and, upon eXami-
nation, held for trial, discharged If the accuse
tion should not be well founded When citizens
committed for trial cannot be Immediately
brought 10 trial, they will be admitted to bail If
the crime or offence with which they are charged
is bailabe under the laws of the State in which it
was committed.
The records of the Military Posts that are di-
rected to he abar doned will be securely packed
up and forwarded to District Headquarters, and
any unfiu shed business at those Posts will be
transferred to the Commander of the Post hat
embraces the locality within its territorial limits.
By Command of
Brt. Major General Ell. r. 8. CANBY
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
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Dec IL 1l1-tf. Actg. asst Adj GenI.