The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-08
General Order No. /.


A general order from the head quarters
Of malicious Radicalism, is published be-
low, calling for troops to crush out the last
spark of republican freedom IN Tennessee.
The work goes bravely on and the trash is
rising to the top rapidly. Only let the pot /
boil the more freely. and finally all this
radical, filthy scum will boil over into /
the fire. That is its detiny. It is their
pot and their FIRE let them boil The
devil viii reap the harvest:
HEADQUARTERS Tenn. STATE GUARDS, !
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 6, 1867 {
GENERAL ORDERl
No. /.
1. Captains of companies, to whom COM
missions have been forwarded, together
with copy of this order, are authorized
to enlist for the period Of three years. IN
less sooner discharged, one hundred able
bodied men, who. when enrolled, shall pro-
ceed to elect their other officers, who viii
be commissioned when the captain shall
certify the same to me at these headquar-
ters. each company in the service to be
mustered as infantry.
Q. AS many as twenty-five in each COM
pany shall be mounted to act as scouts,
bearers of dispatches, ETC.. under the com
mand Of such officers as the captains from
time to time may designate. Each mount
ed man will furnish and equip his own
horse, and receive for said horse forty cents
per day while in active service. the State
feeding and shoeing each horse. The State
will only pay for horses killed or disabled
in the sevice, the facts being well anthem
ticated Captains shall judge of the fit
ness of horses for the service.
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 viii 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 re-
ceive pay and allowance, both officers and
privates, as provided for by the Unite d
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 po-
sition in Regiments One, Two,.etc in al
phabetical order, proceeding to elect regi-
mental officers after regiments are complete,
ten companies constituting a regiment
For drunkenness and willful neglect of
/ duty, the Commander-in-C Chief reserves to
himself the right to dismiss any officer from
the service, the charge being previously
sustained.
5. Captains or Lieutenants, commanding
companies or squads, will see, on all occa-
sions, that no mans premises are trespas-
sed upon that no poultry or stock is ia
ken or killed; that no fence rails are destroy
ed-no timber cut down and used without
a fair compensation being paid and that
no grain or forage be taken without the
consent of the owner, and that at the market
value. These rules must be observed.
6. Each full company shall be allowed
one wagon and four horses or mules, and a
teamster, as we'll 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
81 do solemnly swear that have never
voluntarily borne arms against the Govern:
ment of the United States, for the purpose
or with the intention of aiding the late
rebellion; nor have I with any such in
tention, at any time, given aid, comfort
counsel, or encouragement to said rebellion
or to any act of hostility to the Govern
ment Of the United States. 1 further
swear, that have never sought or accept
ed any Office, either civil or military, or at
tempted to exercise the functions of any
Office, either civil or military, under the
authority, or pretended authority, of the
so-called Confederate States of America,
or of any insurrectionary State. hostile o.
opposed to the authority of the United
States Government, with the intent and de
sire 20 aid said rebellion that have never
given voluntary support to any such gov
eminent or authority. So help me God ,
WIN. G. BRowNLow,
Commander in Chief, etc.
The FOrtieth Congress.
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