The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-03
STATUS OF The GUARDSMEN
THOSE WHO ENLISTED IN THE
VOLUNTEER ARMY.
Order Issued by the Adjutant Cen
era1 Under the Act of
the Legislature.


Adjutant General Peeler has issued
an important order, based on the pro-
visions of the recent Act of the Leg
lslature concerning National Guards
men who served as volunteers of the
United States. 1t is as follows:
First-The following instructions will
govern the reporting for duty of the
officers and members of the regiments
and companies of the National Guard
of California who were mustered into
the United States volunteer service in
the 'Spanish-American War of 1893
and have been discharged therefrom
and also the recruiting of said organ
izations, as provided by the Act of the
Legislature, approved March u, 1879:
l. Officers and enlisted men of the
National Guard who entered said Unit
ed States volunteer service will report
in writing within the time mentioned
and as provided in said Act, and those
so reporting will be entitled to all the
privileges in. said Act granted; and
those officers and enlisted men not re-
porting will be granted an honorable
discharge from the National Guard, as
provided in said Act
2 Those officers and enlisted men
belonging to the National Guard at the
outbreak of the war, and who did not
volunteer therein, and whose terms of
service have not yet expired, will re-
port for duty with their respective or
CARNATIONS, and will be permitted to
serve out their said terms of service,
unless sooner discharged; and those Of
ficers and enlisted men belonging to
the National Guard at the beginning
of said war; and whose terms of ser
vice have expired since May q, 1898, and
have been prevented by conditions
arising out of said war from re-enter-
ing said National Guard, will be per-
mitted to re-enter said guard-the eff
GERS as such if reelected, and the en-
listed men if they re-enlist prior to or
on the date of the reporting by their
| company or organization for duty, as
provided in said Act, and shall have
passed such a physical examination as
will warrant the surgeon or physician
conducting the examination to certify
that, in his opinion, they are free from
all bodily defects and mental infirmity
which would in any way disqualify them
from performing all duties pertaining to
military service. Those whose terms OF
service have expired as aforesaid and
who do not re-enter the guard will be
granted an honorable discharge as Of
the date of the expiration of their term
Of service
3. Should any company not have the
minimum number (fifty) required by
law SO report for duty. its ranks may
be recruited up to the requisite NUM-
Der within the time specified in said
Act. Recruits will pass a satisfactory
medical examination similar to that
prescribed in subdivision % above, but
they shah be between the ages of Is
and 45 years, and not less than 3 feet
4 inches in hight, and weigh not less
than 120 pounds. A chest measurement
of less than thirty-two inches at
termination of normal expansion, or a
chest expansion of less than two inches
should reject Minors should not be
enlisted without the written consent of
parents or legally appointed guardian
f. Surgeons of the National Guard
will be allowed per diem pay for one
day for each company examined and
certified to; civilian surgeons may be
employed where it is found imprac-
ticable for the regularly detailed sur
geon to attend, and when so employed
will be allowed the per diem pay of a
Captain and assistant surgeon $500
per company examined.
5. No soldier who is over the age OF
10 years shall re-enlist, without the
written consent of his brigade COM
mander first had and obtaiZed.
6. It will be necessary FOR those vol
unteers whose terms of service have
expired, or will have expired prior to
their reporting for duty, as provided
in subdivision ID above, to re-enlist in
the National Guard at the time Of 50
reporting for duty. Those members of
the California Volunteers who were not
members of the National Guard in or
der to join the guard must enlist there