The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-21
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RALETGH. n. sC C.....3ss SATURDAY
OFFICfAL.
% .''1 Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,i December 6, 1867.

District viii bsearrisd INTO eftestwith re little
'- Post of 9ro,yd,tto,,, " C-C Companies and L,
55thoGasalrY; Major and BreEct Colonel W. B.
Royal, commanding. The command to embrace
the Counties of Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Jackson,
Haywood, Transylvania, Bnneombe, Madison,
Yaneeys Mitchell, Mcdowell, Rutherfork, Polk,
Cleareland, Burke, Watauga, Caldwell, Catawba,
Lincoln, CASTOR, Alexander, Wilkes Henderson,
Rost Of Raleigh, ". C.-IIeadquar rs and Com
Panies A, B, and F, Sth Infantry; Colonel J..
w. Bomtord, sth Infantry, commanding. The
command to embrace the Counties of Warfen,
Franklin, Wake, Johnston, HarIIett, Cumbe erland,
Robson, Richmond Moore, Chatham, Orange,
u Granville, CasweiI, Alalnance, Person, Rocking
4 ham, Guilford, Randolph, Montgomery, Ailson,
Union, Stanley, Cabarrus, Meeklenburg, lrcdell,,
Rowan, Dayic, Davidson, snfTy, Stokes, Forsyth,
-: Post Of Golzs5oro', ~ G-Headquarters, and
Companies A, C,E, G, and K, 4Oth Infantry !,
ID ColontI and Brevet Major. General N. A. Miles,
commanding: The command to embrace the
Counties of Halifax, Northampton, Nash, Wilson,
Wayne, Sampson, Duplin, Lenoir, onslow, Jones,
lCarteret, Craven, Pitt, Beaufort Hyde, Martin,
BERTHE, Hertford Washington, Tyrrell, Chowan,
tuck, Greene, and Edgecombe -.
20 Post Of Wilmington, ~ Company D., 9Th
infantry; Captain and Brevet Iicutenant-C Colonel
embrace the Counties of New Hanover, Bruins
wick, Bladen, and Columbus. '-' .--'-.. ..1I I!
W. fbrt Aacon, ". accompanies and I, 10th
Infantry; Captain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Charles B. Gasllil 4Oi h Infantry, commanding.
Post of Laare,,Ssilte s. C-Cempanies 6 dnd l,
Sth Inlantrys Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet
Colonel J. K. Edit, commanding. The command
to embrace the Districts of Piekens, Greenville,
1 Anderson, Laure1is and SpaFtanburg!' II ~ O.,
. Post Of Aiken, s. C!-Companies Fl and 1, 5th
y Cavalry; Captain and Breyet Major L. Walker,
D. 5th- Cavalry, commanding The command to
enbracer the Districts of Abbeville,i Edgefeld,
Barnwell, and the main land of Beaufort Dis
triet. - - a 4. ~ - -
= Artillery, Headquarters and Companies Band II,
9TH Artillery, and-Gompanies G, II and X, Sth
Infantry; Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General
II. s. Burton.. .comfnandmg@ The command to,
embraee the Districts OF, York, Chester, Fairfield,
Rie1land, Lexington, Lancaster, Orangeburg,
Kcrshaw, Sumter, Union, Newberry, aud Claren;;
Iosto of Charleston, S: C,-Post Band, Companies
A, B, G, II, / and h, 9TH Infantry, and Companies
D and 7, 40th Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel and
Brevet, Brigpdier- General H, B. iClitz, command.
ing The command to, embrace the Districts of
Horny, williamsburg, Georgetown, Charleston,
. Colleton, Berkeley, and the sea islands of Beau
fort District -,. ... a.. a.rs.l,. +...,,--,t
49, The Major of the sth Infantry win take pos, at
= Raleigh, y; c.; the Major of the 40th at Colds
ri boro,, y. C.; and the ijpnior Major Of the 9Th at
The Medical Director Will designate the medi-
cal officers for the different stations, and will re-
7 port for discharge any contract surgeons whose
SERVICES may be dispensed with --Iyt dt II
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 pu lie, property at the
stations directed to be Abandoned. ,..r. u.
For the purpose of mounting detachments at
the infantry stations, the Chief Quartermaster
will furnish twenty-five horses for the Post of
Raleigh, n C., twenty for the Post OF Goldsboro',
y. c., twenty for the Post of Laurcnsville. s. c.,
and fifteen for the tost Of Columbia, s, c. -
These horses will be selected from those hereto
fore furnished under the authority of Circular
No. f. of September 2S 1855, Headquarters De-
partmeLt of the South, and the remainder will at
once be sent to the points designated BY, the
Chi,l Quartcrmastcr, 10 be disposed Of directed
By War Department General Orders No SS, Of
September 31, 1867. ,5- ~. - In ''
n addition to the duties with which they are
charged by existing orders, Commanding Officers
OF Posts are designatedsaas Sub Assistant Com
.missioners OF the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, for the Districts embraced
within the territorial limits OF their com nands;
and will exercise all the functions of officers of
that Bureau, except SO lar as relates to the ad-
ministraton and control of the funds or property
of The Bureau and they are authorized to employ
officers and enlisted men of theircommands upon
this duty, so far as such employment may be
consisten with the interests and efficiency of the
service. All officers and agents OF the Fureau,
who may be on duty within the territorial limits
OF any post, win report to its commander and
wiW be igoverned by his instructions in all that
I relates to the protection of persons and property
under the laws OF the United States, the regula-
tions of The Bureau and the orders OF the District
Commander. In all that relates to the details of
administration they will report heretofore to!
the Assistant Commissioner for the State in which
they are stationed. The Assistant Commissioners
for the States of North and South Carolina,
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
4. of their respective commands, and with q state
ment of any special duties they may have been
charged with in relation to the protection of
person and property. They will also, by. confer
cnce 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. ,.,-- So
Post Commanders will keep themselves con-
stantly and tully informed of the condition of the
E.. country, within the limits of their commands,
and to this end will put themselves in communi-
cation with the sherifs chiefs of police ana other
peace officers of the Counties or Districts and
will req9iort from them such reports as may be
necessary, aai the execution of the duty commit
ted 'toathe military anth0fity by the laws of the
~ United States, commanding officers will act as
far as possible by and through the civil authori-
ties, and will give them moral support and phys
ical aid whenever it maybe necessary to secure
the proper and full execution of the duties inn
. 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 authofi-
fies when the means under the control of the
civil authorities are adequate- Whenever any
civil officer, magistrate court negects refus-
es perform any official act properly required of
such Iofficer or tribunal, whereby due and right
full security to person property is denied, the
case will be reported by the Post Commander to
these Headquarters, with all the facts and
required for proper comprehension and action!
When the civil authorities refuse or fail to arrest
persons chsrgeaw with crime, orwhen offences are
committed in violation of the police regulations
established BY military authority for the preser
vationrpf 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. or i the aceuss
ton should not be well founded. When citizens
committed for trial cannot be immediately
brought TO trial, they will be admitted TO bail If
the crime offence with WHICH they are charged
is bailable under the laws of the State in which it
was committed jgistasg .s0f 20 -fa,tu.a.3 I'D
The records of the Military Posts that are di-
irected to be abandoned will be securely packed
mp and forwardrdto DISTRICT Headquarters and
any unfinished business at those Posts will be
transferred to the Commander Of the Post that
mbraces the locality within its territorial limits.
BY Command of 90, ,.,..,,, -frlI
Bvt Major-General ED. r. s. aCANBY ::'io
- LOUIS v. CAZlARC,
9n3D 9d. 10 sqoJgi>u uB9isidisiede- Camp, ie
Dee -. 111T7tf 1T, fysp ,Aetg 4fsft Art d. Ge'lL
FAMILIES CAN BE BE SUPPLIED
Il a5 with EalL kinds of9Coantry Produce and
Family Groceries, at the lowest market rates, BY
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