Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-06
GOV. BR0wNLOW-s ARMY-GES-
ERAI. ORDER No. 1.-THE oRGANI-
ZAFEON TO COMMENCE. e

zATEON To COMMENCE.
| HEADQUARTERs TENN. STATE GUARDS.
NASHVILLE, March g. 1867, --Genefal Or
der No. j. l. Captains OF companies. TO
whom commissions have been forwarded.
together with a copy Of tlIis order, are aul
/ thorized 20 enlist for the period Of three
1 years, unless sooner discharged, one hum
dred able bodied men, who, when enrolled
shall proceed 10 elect their other officers,
/ who will be commissioned when The can
tain shall certify the same TO me at these
headquarters, each company in the service
to be mustered as infantry.
2 As many "a twenty-five in each com
| pany shall be mounted to act as scouts,
bearers of dispatches, etc. under the COM
niand Of such officers as the Captains from
time time may designate Each mounted
man will furnish and eqnip his own horse,
and receive for said horse forty cents per
day while in active service, the State feed
ing and shoeing each horse The State
Will only pay for horses killed or disabled
in the service, the facts being well authen-
Heated. Captains shall Judge of the fitness
of horses for the service. ta
3. Companies, when completed, shall
report to these headquarters, through their
Captains, holding themselves in readiness
for service when called upon By the Com
mander-in-Chief. When called into active
service, the companies will be armed and
equipped, Captains receipting for the arms.
and being responsible for their safety and
return. so far as practicable, these troops
shall be governed By the revised army reg
ulatiOns of the United States and shall
receive pay and allowance, both officers
and prlvates, as provided for by the United
States army, but only while in active SER
vice.
4. Captains of companies shall take rank
IN the service, according to the dates Of
their completion, and shall take their posi-
ton in Regiments One, Two, &c, in alpha-a
betIcal order, proceeding to elect regiment
al officers after regiments are compiete, ten
companies constituting a regiment. For
drunkenness and wilful neglect of dutv
the Chief reserves 70 him,
self the right to dismiss anv officer from
the service, the charge being previously
sustained
.. Captains or Lieutenants commanding
companies or squads will see, on all oeca-
sions, tlat no mans premises are trespassed
upon that no poultry or stock is taken or
Killed; that no rails are destroyed-no
timber cut down and used without a fair
compensation being paid; and that no
grain or forage be taken without the con-
sent OF the owner, and then at the market
value. These rules must be observed.
q. Each fell company shall be allowed |
one wagon and four horses or mules, and !
teamster as well as all other necessary |
equipments, to be receipted for by each |
Captain. And every officer and private
before entering the service, shall take and
subscribe the following oath
i do sOlemnly swear that / have never /
voluntarily borne arms against the gov
government of the United States, for the
purpose, or with the intention of aiding /
the late rebellion; nor have | with any /
such intention, at any time, given aid, com
fort counsel, or encouragement to said re
bellion, or TO any act of hostility to the
government Of the United States. / further
swear, that have never sought or accepted
any office, either civil or military, or at-
tempted 10 exercise the functions of any
office, either civil or military, under the
authority, or pretended authority, of the
5o-called Confederate States of America. or
Of any insurrectionary State, hostile or op-
posed to the authority of the United States
government, with the intent and desire to !
nd said rebellion that / have never given
4 voluntary support TO any such govern
ment or authority. So help me God"
VIM. Ct. BRowNLow,
Commander-in-Ch Chief, etc.