The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-04
MAKE VIRGINIA MILITIA
CONFORM WITH DICK LAW

Organization, Armament an
as That Prescribed fo]
Commands to ]
Orders We're issued yesterday by
Adjutant- General Anderson conforming
the military organizations OF Virginia
With the requirements OF the Dick bill.
ton, armament and discipline Will be
the same ns that prescribed for the
regular army.
General order No 10 follows:
LIN compliance with the act Of con-
gross approved Jan. 81, 1908. and the law
Of Virginia as comprised IN section 30s.
as amended and rc-enacted, and approved
Jan. 1s, 1908, directing that the orgnnlza-
tim, armament and discipline OF the or
ganized militia, or Virginia volunteers.
shall DO the same as that which is now,
or may hereafter be prescribed for the
regular and volunteer armies OF the
United States, and authorizing the gov
ernor to Dromulgate and put Into effect
| such rules and regulations as he may
deem advisable to eject such conformity,
| tho Virginia volunteers are hereby organ
lied MS follows:
| Details OF Organization.-Three regi-
ments and one separate battalion OF four
companies. of infantry; one battalion of
! three batteries of field artillery, and such
! troops OF cavalry companies Of coast
artillery, signal troops, engineer troops.
hospital troops and companies OF naval
militia as may hereafter be authorized
by the laws of the State.
| One brigadier general. an ndjutantgen-
erals department, an inspector-generalts
department. n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IS
department. q. quarternlaster's depart
ment, subsistence department, a med
ical corps, a pay department, n corps of
| engineers. an ordnance department, a
/ signal corps and such other organiza-
itions, officers and enlisted men as are or
may be organized in conformity with the
Requirements of the laws of the State.
\ 2.-Offcets who are authorized by the
State law for the stsff of governor but
Iwho do not form an integral and prop3-
! part OF one of thu line organizations 2r
OF the staff corps or departments men
ttioned in the preceding paragraph, are
Inot considered q part Of such organized
1 militia in so far as the benefits conferred
| by section 1861, revised statutes, as amend
ed. are concerned.
3.-The staff OF the general officer CON.
mandng the brigade shall consist Of: One
! assistant adjntant general. assigned from
4
quartermastcr assigned from the QUAR-
Etermasters department.: one commissary,
assigned from the subsistence department:
one major, assigned from the medical
corps; two aides. assigned from the line.
RcKimcntnl Omccrs.
| 4,-Each regiment shall consist Of: One
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one adj
jutant (captain). one quartermaster(c Cap
ltain), one conmissary fca ptain), one chap
| lain, one sergeant major. one quarter
master sergeant. one commissary SER
geant, two color sergeants. one chief musi-
clan, one principal musician, one drum
major, four sergeants. eight corporals,
one cook, twelve privates three battalions.
| 1872 total enlisted (minimum). This in
cludes the band of twenty-elght men.
| If desired, a regiment of infantry may
have assigned to duty with it in addition
to the commissioned officers and enlisted
men enumerated above, one major (lned-
| ical corps) and two captains or rirst lieu
| tenants (medical corps) and one inspector
of small arms practice.
The infantry shall be organized, as far
as possible, into regiments of three bat
| talions of four companies each. After
as many regiments as possible have been
formed. the remaining companies shall
| be organized, as far as possible, into sep
arate batalions OF four companies each.
! After as many regiments and separate
| battalions as possible have been formed.
! the companies still Remaining shall oe
4 maintained as separate companies. The
. separate battalions and separate compa-
MES shall be organized as hereinafter
prescribed for battalion and a company,
respectively. A battalion Of infantry shall
/ consist of: One major, one adjutant (firs-
lieutenant). one quarternaster and COM
missary (second lieutenant), one sergeant
major. four companies, 233 tota. enlisted
\ (minimum).
A company of infantry shall consist of:
One captain. one first lieutenant, one
| second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four
sergcants, six corporals. two cooks. two
musicians, forty-two privates. fifty-eight
/ total enlisted men (minimum).
| 5.-A regiment of field artillery shall
consist OF: One colonel, one lieutenant
colonel. one adjutant (captain). one quar-
termaster (captain), one commissary cap
tain), two veterinarians (appointed, but
are neither commissioned officers nor en-
LISTED men, one sergeant major. one
quartermaster sergeant. one commissary
| sergeant, two color sergeants. one chief
musician one principal musician, one
i chief trumpeter, one drum major fodc
| sergeants, eight corporals. one coo<,
| eleven privates. two battalions. sS5 total
enlisted (mininlum), including band OF
ltwenty4eight men.
IL a DattdllOl. Ol itluel oudli CoIlsioI "
! One major, one adjutant (captain). one
/ quartermaster and commissary Oieuten-
! anti one sergeant major, one quarter
/! master sergeant three batteries. 40l total
enlisted (minimum).
A battery Of artillery shall consist OF:
i One captain. two first lieutenants, two
second lieutenants one first sergeant. one
i quartermaster sergeant, one stable ser
! geant, six sergeants, twelve corporate
i three cooks, one chief mechanic, -four
mechanics. two musicians, 1o2 privates
i 1873 total enlisted (minimum).
In addition to the commissioned officers
land enlisted men enumerated above, 9
4 regiment Of field artillery may have as
signed to duty with it ONE major (medl-
cal corps> and two captains or first lieu
tenants (medical corps), and one inspector
sIof small arms practice.
\ Cavalry Commands.
q GA troop OF cavalry shall consist OF
one captain, one first Lieutenant one sec
ond lieutenant, one first sergeant, one
i quartermaster sergeant. four ssergeants
six corporals, two cooks. two farrers and
4 blacksmiths, one saddler. two trumpeters'
3Ithirty-nine privntes. Fifty-eight enlist
il ed (minimum).