The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-04-12
ORDER.
Headquarters TENNESSEE Stars GUARDS,
NASHVILLE, March 6, 1867.
GENERAL ORDER /

general 0RDER(
No. l,
1. Captains of companies, to whom com.
missions have been forwarded, together with
a copy Of this order, are authogized to enlist
for a period of .hrec years, unless sooner dis
charged, one hundred able bodied men, who,
when enrolled, shalt proceed to elec: their
other officers, who will be commission
ed when the Captain shall certify the same to
me at these headquarters, each company in
the service to be mustered as infantry.
2. As many as twenty-five in each CON-
pRny shall be mounted to act as scouts, bear
ers of dispatches, etc, under the command
of such officers "a the Captains from time to
time may designate. Each mounted man
will furnish aud eqip his own horse, and re-
ceive for said horse forty cents per day while
in active service, the State feeding and shoe
ing each horse. The State will only pay for
horses killed or disabled in the service, the
facts being wellauthenticated. Captains shall
Judge Of the fitness Of horses for the service.
5. Companies when completed, shall re-
port to these headquarters, through their
Captains, holding themselves in readiness for
service when called upon by the Commander
in-Chief. When called into active service,
the companies will be armed and equipped,
Captains rsceipting for the arms and being
responsible for their safety and return, So
far rs practicable, these troops shall be gov
erned by the revised army regulations of the
United States, 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 position in
Regiments One, Two, &c, in alphabetical or
der, proceeding to elect reg;men:al officers,
after regiments are complete, ten companies
constituting a regiment. For drunknsss and
a wlilful negleo: Of duty, the COmmander-in-
Chief reserves to himself the right to dis
miss any officer from the service, The charge
being previously sustained.
8. Captains or Lieutenants, commanding
companies or squads, will see, on all oCca-
sions, that no mans premises ara tresspassed
upon that no poultry or stock is taken OF
killed that no fence 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 cOusent Of
the owner, and then at the market value.
These rules must be observed.
6. Each full company shall be allowed one
wagon aud four horses or mules, and a team
ster, as all other necessary equipments, to
be receipted for by each captain, And every
officer and private, before entering the SER
vice, shall take and subscribe the following
oath
al do solemniy swear that I have never
borne arms against the Government of the
United States, for the purpose or with the
intention of aiding the late rebellion nor
have | with any such Intention, ut any time,
given aid, comfort, counsel, or encourage
ment TO said rebellion, or to any act OF hos
Utility to the Government Of the U UNITED
STATES. / further swear, that
| have never sought or accepted any Office,
either civil or military, or attempted to exer-
else the functions Of any office, either civil or
military, under the authority, or pretended
authority, Of the so-cslled Confederate States
Of America, or.of any insurrectionary States
hostile or opposed to the authority Of the
United States Government, with the inten-
and desire to aid said rebellion that | have
never given a voluntary support to any such
government Or authority. SO help me God.
WIN. G. BR0WNL0W,
COMMANDMENT Chief, etc.
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Republican, McMinnville Enterprise, Chatta-
nooga Republican, Knoxville lWhig, Greene
willie New Era and Jonesboro' Union Flag,
copy one time, and send bill to Secretary Of
State for approval.