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 FOR MAKING THE PRINCIPAL REPORTS, 
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 ERAL'S OFFICE. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 
 1862. 
 
Adjutant GtEneral's Office, 
 
 Washington, Dec. 25, 1862. 
 
 The following revised rules, observed iu keeping- tlie principal record 
 books used at this office, and directions for making- the principal Re- 
 turns and Reports required for this ofHce, are published for the informa- 
 tion of Staff Officers and others who may be engaged in kindred duties. 
 
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 Adjutant General. 
 
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I. LETTERS RECEIVED. 
 
 (7 quires, Demy — Russia, with spring back.) 
 
 1 ..All official commuuications received, will be entered in this book, 
 excepting only such letters of mere transmittal of orders, returns, cer- 
 tificates of disability, requisitions, &c., as need not be preserved. The 
 orders, returns, certificates, requisitions, &c., themselves, will be appro- 
 priately entered in other books, specially provided for the purpose, and 
 which will be described hereafter. 
 
 2.. Before being- entered, every letter will be folded and endorsed; 
 Letter paper, in three equal folds — Cap paper, in four. The endorse- 
 ment on the Jirst fold,* will give the place and date of letter, name 
 and 7-ank of writer, and a summary of its contents; and, if other papers 
 accompany the letter, the number of these transmitted will be noted 
 in red ink just below the endorsement. Each enclosure will he num- 
 bered, and hear the same office marks as the letter transmitting it. For 
 manner of endorsing letters, recording them in the book, and marking 
 the enclosures, if any, see Figures 1, 2, and 3. 
 
 3.. Every letter, requiring to be preserved, will be entered alpha- 
 betically and numbered, the series of numbers beginning and terminatiiig 
 with the year, and including all letters dated (whether received or not) 
 within the year. Only one number will be given to each letter received, 
 with its enclosures, so that the sum of the numbers under each alpha- 
 betical entry in the book of "Letters Received," during any year, will 
 show the number of letters, dated in that year, which have been re- 
 ceived. 
 
 4.. As a general rule, every letter will be entered in the name of its 
 writer; for the exceptions, see paragraphs 7, 8, 9, and 10. 
 
 The name of every person from whom a letter is received, as w^ell as 
 the names of the individuals, if any, referred to in the endorsement, 
 will be indexed alphabetically — the numher given to the letter being 
 recorded in black ink, opposite the name of the former, and the letter and 
 number, in red ink, opposite the names of the latter. — See Figure 8. 
 
 The first fold means the one at the top of the page. 
 
A red line will be drawn in the book of '-Letters Received" under 
 the names of the person or persons mentioned in the endorsement 
 recorded therein, as soon as such names have been indexed. 
 
 A detached index is used until the record book is full, when the 
 names are arranged under each letter, in alphabetical order, and thus 
 classified — by years, when the book serves for more than a year — they 
 are transferred to the permanent index attached to the record book. — See 
 Figure 9. 
 
 5. -The book of "Letters Received" will contain a side index, 
 extending throughout, and will be divided among the several letters 
 of the alphabet, according to the probable space required for entries 
 under each letter. The book will be paged, and each page divided 
 into three columns, headed "When received," "Name," "Date and 
 purport of letter," respectively, (see Fig. 3,) which also exhibits the 
 entry in the book of the letter represented by Fig. 1 . 
 
 6 -.Each entry will be separated from the one preceding it, by a red 
 ink line; and where two or more letters relate to the same subject, 
 they will be either filed together, or made to refer to each other by 
 their numbers; and the filing or reference will be noted in the book, as 
 well as on the letters themselves. — See Figs. 4 and 5. 
 
 7. -Letters from the Executive and Staff Departments, and other 
 public offices in Washington, will be entered, alphabetically, in the 
 names of the department, or offices themselves; but the entry will always 
 exhibit the writer's name likewise. Thus, communications from the 
 War Department would be endorsed as follows : 
 
 War Dep't, 
 
 &C. &C. &LQ. 
 
 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 Hon. S. C , Secretary. 
 
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 8..Comnnniications from the President, will be entered in the letter 
 P; from State Department, in S ; Treasury, T; War, W; Navy and its 
 Bureaus, N; Post Office and its Bureaus, P; Interior, 1; Attorney 
 General, Adjutant General's Office, Army Headquarters, Military 
 Academy, A; Soldiers' Home, S; Quartermaster General, Q; Subsist- 
 ence, S; Surg^eon General, S; Paymaster General, P; Engineer and 
 Topographical Engineer Departments, E; Ordnance, O; Recruiting 
 Service, Superintendent of, R; Pension Office, P; First and Second 
 Comptrollers, C; the several Auditors, A; Treasurer of the United 
 States, T; Commissioner Indian Affairs, I; General Land Office, L; 
 Solicitor's Office, S; Patent Office, P; and from Headquarters of 
 Departments under the letter E, if received from the Department of 
 the East; W, if from that of the West, &c. 
 
 9 -.Communications from Governors of States, will be entered in tbe 
 names of the States, the entry showing, likewise, the Governors' names. 
 Thus, a letter from the Governor of New York would be endorsed as 
 follows : 
 
 Albany, N. Y., 
 
 &c., &c. 
 
 NEW YORK.— State of. 
 Hon. J. A. K , Governor. 
 
 The same course will be pursued in the case of communications re- 
 ceived from the Mayor of a City, or the President of an Institution, &c. 
 
10.. Letters from Staff Officers, written by direction of tlieir Generals, 
 will be entered in the name of the Department which such Generals 
 may command, as exemplified below : 
 
 Hd. Qrs. Dept. of N. M., 
 Santa Fe, Jan'y —, 18—. 
 
 NEW MEXICO.— Dept. of. 
 Genl. Garland by Maj. Nichols, A. A, G. 
 
 ] 1 .. Communications addressed to the War Department or Adjutant 
 General's Office, and thence referred, without an accompanying letter, 
 to General or Departmental Headquarters for report, or to be disposed 
 of, will be entered, in the ordinary way, in the names of their writers, 
 a note (in red ink) being simply made in the book, to show the fact 
 of reference, thus — (from A. G. O.,) or (from General Headquarters,) 
 as the case may be. — See Figure 3. 
 
 12.. Where letters are referred from the office for report or for the 
 action of superior authority, &c., a note of the fact must be made (in 
 red ink) in this book, with a citation of the page in the ''Endorsement 
 Book" — or " Letter Book," if referred by letter — where the endorse- 
 ment or letter is recorded. When the communication is returned, a 
 memorandum to this effect will be made in the book; and, if accom- 
 panied by a report, reference will be made to it. If the report is filed 
 with the letter, originally referred, this fact will also be noted; and, if 
 the letter is an application for leave or extension of leave, a note will 
 be made on the receipt of the order granting or extending such leave, 
 giving the number of the order and the source whence issued. — 
 Figures 4, 5, and 6, illustrate the foregoing requirements. 
 
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 13.. Should the portion of this book, appropriated to any particular 
 letter of the alphabet, prove insufficient for entries under that letter, 
 they will bo transferred to a few of the last leaves allotted to some 
 other letter of the alphabet, where there is more space than will 
 probably be required. The fact of transfer will be noted, in large 
 ■characters, (in red ink,) at the bottom of the page from which trans- 
 ferred, and at the top of the page to which carried, as shown in 
 Figure 7. 
 
 SUGGESTIONS. 
 
 The clerk's first duty on receiving letters for entry, is to see, not 
 only that every letter is endorsed, but also that the endorsement is a 
 faithful resume of the contents of such letter. No specific rule can 
 here be laid down, relative to the mode of endorsing ; but a few hints 
 on the subject, it is thought, will prove of great help to such as, from 
 want of experience, are apt to regard this part of their duties as 
 presenting great difficulty. 
 
 A careful perusal of the letter is, of course, of primary importance, 
 and it will be a great convenience to the beginner to jot down on a 
 scrap of paper, as he reads, the principal points of the letter. He will 
 thus be enabled, on proceeding to endorse it, briefly and clearly to 
 present the subject-matter of the communication, without omitting 
 any of its principal points. 
 
 The endorsement on applications for leave of absence should, 
 besides stating the length of extension asked for, give the number of 
 the order, granting the original leave, and the source whence issued. 
 
 Whenever a letter is received, covering reports, &c., of more than 
 •ordinary interest, it is best, in order to give a better understanding of 
 the import of such reports, &c., without making the endorsement 
 of unusual length, to enter them separately and file them with the 
 letter of transmittal, making, on each paper, a remark (in red ink) to 
 lhat effect. — See Fig. 
 
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 The proceedings of councils of administration, of boards, &.c., are 
 generally forwarded without any letter of transmittal. In suctj cases, 
 to make an intelligible entry of the papers, the endorsement of the 
 officer forwarding such proceedings, will be considered as, in itself, a 
 letter, and the papers will be endorsed, on the next fold, accordingly. 
 The following is an illustration of this case : 
 
 Report of a hoard of officers, con- 
 vened at Fort H , December 
 
 28, 1858, for the examination of 
 Sergeant S. M. F , of Com- 
 pany "iVf," 2d Artillery. 
 
 Headq. 2d Artillery, 
 
 Fort H , Jan. 16, ]859. 
 
 Respectfully forwarded. 
 
 J. D , 
 
 Lt. Col. 2d Arfy, 
 
 Comd''g Begt. 
 
 Headq. 2d Art'y, 
 Fort H , Jan. 16, 18—. 
 
 D , J., Bvt. Col., 
 
 Lt. Col. 2d Art'y. 
 
 Forwards proceedings of Board 
 of officers convened for the ex- 
 amination of Sergeant S. M. 
 
 F , of Company "M," 2d 
 
 Artillery, &c. 
 
 Petitions, &c., signed by officers, should be entered in the name of 
 the senior officer signing such paper. Should the senior officer, how- 
 ever, be also the commander of a military department, it will be 
 entered in the usual way, under the name of the department which he 
 commands, as shown below : 
 
 Hd. Qrs. Dep't of Utah, 
 Camp Floyd, Dec. 23, 18 — . 
 
 UTAH.— Department of. 
 Bvt. Brig. Gen. A. S. J , Comd'g. 
 
 Forwards memorial, signed by himself 
 and officers on duty in Departm't of Utah, 
 relative to present defective system of 
 recruiting for the army, &c. 
 
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 The same, when signed by citizens and forwarded through Depart- 
 ment Headquarters, will be entered as coming from such department, 
 the endorsement of the officer commanding, being, for facility of refer- 
 ence, considered as a letter of transmittal : 
 
 Hd, Qrs Dept. of Texas, 
 San Antonio, June — , 18 — . 
 
 TEXAS. — Department of. 
 Bvt. Maj. Genl. D. E. T , Comd'g. 
 
 Forwards petition of Mr. J. L 
 
 and others, citizens of the valley of , 
 
 asking a military force to be stationed in 
 the valley, for the protection of settlers, 
 &c. 
 
 Proceedings of General Courts-martial will not be entered in the book 
 •of "Letters Received," but will be disposed of as hereinafter directed. 
 
 Copies of letters furnished to Department or General Headquarters, 
 for information, wdll, in the endorsement, besides giving the name and 
 rank of the writer, state to whom the original letter has been sent, as 
 ..shown on the following page : 
 
13 
 
 Copy. 
 
 Hd. Qrs. Dept. of N. Mexico, 
 
 Santa Fi, March 13, 18—. 
 
 NEW MEXICO.— Department of. 
 Bvt. Brig'. Gen. J. Garland 
 to 
 
 Col. A. S. J , Comd'g Dept. of Utah. 
 
 Copy. 
 
 Adjt. Genl's Office, 
 Washington, Apl. l6, 18 — . 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL 
 to 
 
 Commanding Officer, Fort Leavenworth. 
 
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 Letters of promotion or appointment are endorsed in the name of 
 ■tlie officer promoted or appointed. 
 
 War Departm't, 
 
 Nov. ]7, 18—. 
 
 D , Jas., 1st Lt. 
 
 lOth Infantry. 
 
 Sec. of War notifies him of his promo- 
 tion as 1st Lieut. 
 
 Semi-monthly letters, acknowledging receipt of communications and 
 orders, required by existing orders to be furnished to the Headquarters 
 of the Army and the Adjutant General's Office, and tri-monthly reports 
 of the recruiting service at depots and rendezvous, will not be entered 
 in the book of "Letters Received," but will be filed in the same way 
 as required for copies of General and Special Orders. For the mode of 
 filing, see "Special Orders."' 
 
 To avoid, as much as possible, transferring entries under one alpha- 
 betical letter to the pages allotted to another, as indicated in paragraph 
 13 of these " Rules " — whenever a new book is required — the number 
 of pages on which entries, under each of the several letters of the 
 alphabet, have been recorded in the old book, will be added up, and the 
 total of these will then be taken as the probable number of pages, to 
 be appropriated to such letter, in the new book. 
 
. 15 
 
 Tig. 1. 
 
 S. 252. 
 
 Camp Floyd, U. T., 
 iVot?. 30, 1858. 
 
 Smith, C.r.,Bvt. Col 
 Lieut. Col. lOth Iiif- 
 
 Requests to be furnislied 
 with date and cause of dis- 
 charge of Privates J. Muneratti 
 and G. Freas, Company "G," 
 10th Infantry, and also that 
 Private P. Dougherty be or- 
 j dered to join his company, &c. 
 
 ( One enclosure. ) 
 
 Fig. 2. 
 
 S. 353. (Hd. Qrs.) Dec. 31, 1858. 
 
 Received (Hd. Qrs.) Dec. 31, 1858. 
 
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 Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1859. 
 Applies for six months' leave of absence, &.c. | 
 
 
 
 DEARING, St. C, 2d Lt. 
 2d Artillery. 
 
 General, .Jan. 18, 1859, E. B. vol. 
 
 
 
 January 18. 
 
 Forwarded to Adjutant 
 4, p. 153.— See 
 
 
 2 
 
18 
 
19 
 
20 
 
 Fig. 8. 
 
 Namks. 
 
 Baird, S. F., Prof 
 
 Bvxlger, J., Private 
 
 Barry, W. F., Captain 
 
 Blake, G. A. H., Major-... 
 
 Bell, G., 2d Lieut 
 
 Bankhead, H. C, 2d Lieut. 
 Beckwith, A. G., 1st Lieut 
 
 Index of Letters. 
 
 2. 
 
 S. 38. 
 
 l7l9^ 30, .56, 64, 105, 123, 134, 146, 159. 
 N. 29, 61, 89, D. 16 . 
 
 cTT9. 
 
 9747^ 48, 53, E. 27, 65, 73, 103. 
 96, A. 43. 
 
 B. 
 
 Names. 
 
 
 
 Index of 
 
 Letters. 
 
 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Bankhead, H. C, 2d Lieut. . 
 
 9 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 53 
 
 
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 103 
 1 
 
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 56 
 
 64 
 
 105 
 
 123 
 
 134 
 
 146 
 
 96 
 
 159 
 A.43 
 
 Beckwith, A. G., 1st Lieut. . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 C.19 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 61 
 
 89 
 
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 II. LETTER BOOK. 
 
 (7 quires, Demy — Russia, with sjjring hack.) 
 
 ] ..Every letter recorded in this book is numbered, (in red ink,) the 
 numbers commencing and terminating with the year, and eacli letter 
 is separated from the one which follows it, by a red line. 
 
 2.. In copying letters in the book, the address will be written at 
 the top, the surname being written conspicuously in the margin, fol- 
 lowed by the official title, (if any,) and christian name, then the letter 
 itself, thus : 
 
 Wright. 
 15. 
 
 27. 
 
 Thompson 
 
 2. Headquarters of the Army, 
 
 New York, January 18, 18 — . 
 
 Colonel George, 
 
 9th Infantry, Fort Dalles, W. T. 
 or 
 
 Esq , Samuel H., 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 0 
 
 Sir: 
 
 * # *r 
 
 Copy furnisked 
 Comd'g Officer- 
 Fort McHenry, 
 July 22, 18—. 
 
 I am, sir, very respectfully, your ob't serv't, 
 Ass't Adft Gen'l. 
 
 
 3. 
 
 The address of letters written to the commander of a military 
 department, or to an officer in his capacity as commanding officer of a 
 post, arsenal, &^c., will, besides the name and title of the officer, give 
 that of the department or post of which he is the commander, and will 
 be indexed both in his and in the name of the department or post. 
 
 The same remarks will apply to letters addressed to the superin- 
 tendent of the Military Academy, the governor, secretary or treasurer of 
 tke Soldiers' Home, &c. The address in the latter case, for instance, 
 would be recorded in the book as follows: 
 
 SoEDiERS' Home. 
 
 Ass't Surg'u B. King, 
 
 Treas'r U. S Sol. Home, Washino-ton, D. C. 
 
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 It sometimes happens— as, for instance, during the temporary absence 
 of the Commander of a department, &c. — that a copy of a letter is 
 received for record in the book, several days after its date, and after 
 one or more letters of subsequent date have been recorded. In such a 
 case it will be copied in the book in the usual way, but a note (in red 
 ink) will be made — between the letter dated immediately prior to the 
 communication in question and the one written next after it in point 
 of (Jate — giving the number of the letter and the page on which it is 
 
 recorded 
 
 
 123. 
 
 9. Hd. Qrs. of the Army, 
 
 New York, Mar. 15, 1858. 
 
 
 I am, sir, very resp'y y'r ob't serv't. 
 
 
 Ass't. Adft. Gen'l. 
 
 
 For letter to Col B—, of March. 18, '58, see No. 12, p. 124. 
 
 
 10. Hd. Qrs. of the Army, 
 
 Netc York, Mar. 20, 1858. 
 
 3. -Each letter should be signed in the record book by its writer. 
 
 4.. Whenever copies of letters are furnished, the names of the per- 
 sons to whom they are sent, should be noted in red ink in the margin, 
 with the date, when the last ditfers from the date of the letter itself. 
 (See example in first paragraph.) In like manner, when a letter is 
 addressed to an officer, under cover to his commander, &c., this fact 
 should also be noted. (See example below.) 
 
 D , I ]st Lieutenant James, 
 
 I 10th Inf., Camp Floyd, U. T., (thro' Comd'g Officer.) 
 
 5.. The name of every person, to whom a letter is addressed, is 
 indexed alphabetically, in black ink, and the names of all individuals 
 
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 mentioned in it, are indexed in red ink. A red line is drawn in the body 
 of tlie letter nnder the names so indexed, to facilitate a reference to 
 them. In tlie margin, immediately under the name of the person to 
 whom a letter is addressed, there are two references, above and below 
 a short red line; the one above (in red) indicates the page on which 
 the last preceding letter to the same individual is recorded, and the 
 one below (in black,) that on which the next following is copied. (See 
 example in first paragraph.) 
 
 6. -Two detached indexes (one of names and the other of subjects) 
 will be used until the record book is full, when the names in the former 
 will be arranged under each letter as in City Directories, and, thus 
 classified, transferred to the permanent index of names attached to the 
 book. 
 
 With regard to the index of subjects, it will be simply necessary to 
 state, for the information of the officers of the Department, that the 
 , mode of indexing selected, is the one adopted by Judge Dunlap, in his 
 "Digest of the Laws of the United States;" but for the information 
 .and guidance of the clerks, whose duty it may be to index the subjects 
 of the letters recorded in the Letter Book, it has been thought proper 
 to add a few remarks. 
 
 The first thing necessary to make a proper index of the subject of a 
 communication is, of course, a careful perusal of the letter, and atten- 
 tion to the several heads into which the subject-matter of the letter 
 may be distributed. Suppose, for example, that a letter addressed to the 
 commander of a military department, directing a certain military post 
 to be abandoned, and grounds for a depot to be secured at a place named 
 in the letter, is to be indexed : 
 
 It is, in the first place, probable, that any person, Avishing to refer to 
 that particular letter, will remember the name of the post to be aban- 
 doned, or, perhaps, only the fact that the garrison of a certain post has 
 been ordered to be withdrawn ; that a certain place has been mentioned 
 as a suitable location for a depot, or, merely, that a de'pot was to be 
 •established, &c. 
 
 The clerk acting on the above probabilities, and aided by the key 
 words — if they can be so termed — underlined in the preceding para- 
 graph, will find no difficulty in indexing such letter, so as to present, 
 under one head or another, the subject-matter of the communication. 
 
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 The supposed letteT referred to above, would then be indexed as 
 follows, supposing: the number given the letter to be 15: 
 
 1858. 
 
 Abandonment, of Fort Mason ordered 
 
 Depot, grounds of Indianola to be secured for a 15 
 
 Fort Mason, to be abandoned 1^ 
 
 Garrison, at Fort Mason to be withdrawn 
 
 Indianola, grounds for a depot to be secured at 15 
 
 Letters having simply reference to individuals, such as, for instance, 
 a letter to an officer, declining to grant his application for leave, or 
 directing him to discharge a soldier of his command, &c., &c., will not 
 be entered in the index of subjects ; it being evident, that should refer- 
 ence to the letter be subsequently desirable, the index of names would 
 give all the information required. 
 
 On the completion of the "Letter Book," the several entries in the 
 index of subjects, will be arranged alphabetically, and, thus classified, 
 transferred to the 2d permanent index attached to the book. 
 
 III. GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 (7 quires, Demy— Russia, icith spring hack.) 
 
 1.. Every order recorded in this book, should be signed by the Staff 
 Officer, whose name was attached to the originals sent from the office, 
 and each order should be separated from the one following, by a red 
 line. (See tig. at the end of paragraph 5.) 
 
 2. -The mode of numbering and distributing, and the general form of 
 orders, are prescribed by the Regulations, (see Art. XXXIY, "Orders 
 AND Correspondence," Revised Army Regulations, 1861,) but the 
 distribution in each particular case, should be noted in red ink, in the 
 margin, to show that the Regulations have been complied with ; and 
 where orders are sent to an officer, undercover to his commander, (which 
 course ought always to be pursued,) or furnished at a date subsequent 
 to that of their issue, these facts should likewise be added. When the 
 order has been printed, it will be sufficient to write the word 'Sprinted'' 
 in red ink in the margin, to indicate that the widest circulation has been 
 given to it. 
 
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 1^.. There are two indexes attached to the book — one of names, the 
 other of subjects; every order will be indexed in the latter, immediately 
 after being copied. 
 
 For names, a detached index will first be used, until the record book 
 is full, when they will be arranged under each letter, as in City Directo- 
 ries, and, thus classified, transferred to the first permanent index attached 
 to the record book. Every proper name will be indexed ; and a red 
 line be drawn in the body of the order under it, to facilitate a reference 
 to it. 
 
 For subjects, the method of indexing, prescribed for the letter book, 
 will be followed. The remarks made, relative to the mode of indexing 
 the subjects of letters are also applicable to general and special orders. 
 
 4-. At Department Headquarters, the index of subjects, at the end of 
 every year, will be arranged in alphabetical order, and, thus classified, a 
 copy (printed or written, at the discretion of the ofiicer in charge) will 
 be transmitted to the Headquarters of the Army and the Adjutant 
 General's Office for file, with the copies of the orders themselves. 
 
 5 . . Copies of orders furnished as prescribed by paragraph 448, Ee vised 
 Army Eegulations of 386], w^ill not be endorsed. 
 
 
 Headquarters of the Army, 
 
 Neic York, February 18, 18 — . 
 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
 
 No. 1. I 
 
 Printed. 
 
 I.. 
 
 * * jf * 
 By command of Bvt. Lieut. General Scott : 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 
 
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 IV. SPECIAL ORDERS. 
 
 {7 quires, Demy— Russia, with spring back.) 
 1.. Every order recorded in this book should be signed by the staff 
 officer, whose signature was attached to the originals sent from the 
 office, and each should be separated from the one following by a red 
 
 line.— See Fig. 4. . r f 
 
 2 - - The mode of numbering and distributing, and the general torm ot 
 orders, are prescribed by the Regulations, (see Art. XXXIV, "Orders 
 AND Correspondence," Revised Army Regulations of 1861;) but 
 the distribution in each particular case should be noted in red ink in 
 the margin, and by paragraphs, when the order is composed of more 
 than one, to show that the regulations have been complied with; and 
 where orders are sent to an officer under cover to his commander, 
 (which course ought always to be pursued,) or furnished at a date, 
 subsequent to that.of their issue, these facts should likewise be added.- 
 See Fig. 4. 
 
 3 There are two indexes attached to the book-one of names, the 
 other of subjects. Every order will be indexed in the latter immediately 
 after being copied. 
 
 For names, a detached index will first be used, until the record book 
 is full, when they will be arranged under each letter as m City 
 Directories, and, thus classified, transferred to the first permanent 
 index attached to the record book. Every proper name will be in- 
 dexed, and a red line be drawn in the body of the order unaer it, to 
 facilitate a reference to it. , i i i 
 
 For subjects, the method of indexing prescribed for the letter book 
 will be followed. The remarks made relative to the mode of indexing 
 the subjects of letters are also applicable to special orders. 
 
 No entries of special orders, granting or extending leaves of absence, 
 transferring soldiers from one company or regiment to another, &c , 
 will be made in the index of subjects-that of names supplying, m all 
 such cases, the necessary information. 
 
 4 -At department headquarters, the index of subjects, at the end ot 
 every year, will be arranged in alphabetical order; and thus classified 
 a copy (printed or written, at the discretion of the officer m charge, 
 will be transmitted to the Headquarters of the Army and the Adjutant 
 General's Office for file, with the copies of the orders themselves. 
 
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 5. Copies of orders furnished as prescribed by paragraph 448, 
 Revised Army Eegulations of ]86J, will not be endorsed. 
 
 Method of Keeping Files of Orders. 
 
 On the receipt at tlie headquarters of a post, regiment, department, 
 &c., of the copy of an order furnished for the files of the post, regi- 
 ment, or department, &c., the date of receipt will be noted (in red 
 ink) at the bottom of the first page; and all proper names mentioned 
 in the order, no matter in what connection used, will be entered in a 
 detached index, (similar to the one prescribed for the Letter, General, 
 and Special Order Books,) and on the completion of the series, the 
 names wall be arranged alphabetically, as directed for the books above 
 mentioned, and transcribed on letter paper, ruled by the clerk for the 
 purpose, for file with the copies of the orders themselves. A detached 
 index of subjects, same as prescribed for the General and Special Order 
 Book, will also be kept, and at the end of the year, the entries, 
 arranged in alphabetical order, will be transcribed on letter paper, for 
 file, with the orders themselves. 
 
 It not being always practicable, especially at frontier posts, to have 
 the files of orders belonging to such posts, &c., bound, the following 
 mode of filing and preserving copies of orders will be adopted at 
 posts, regimental and department headquarters: 
 
 Two holes wall be perforated in the centre of the margin of each 
 order, and about two and a half inches, more or less, from the top and 
 bottom of the page, through which a piece of tape will be passed to 
 secure the orders together. The first order wall serve as a guide in 
 perforating all subsequent ones of the same series, care' being taken 
 that the distance from the upper hole to the top of the page is the 
 same in all the orders; and at the end of the year, the orders, with 
 indexes of names and subjects attached, will be secured betw^een two 
 jointed pasteboards and a strip of parchment, or other durable material, 
 pasted over the sides, so as to form a back, on which the name of the 
 ofiice from which the orders were issued, and the year, wall be written 
 or neatly lettered.— See Figs. 1, 2, and 3. 
 
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 Adjutant General. 
 Military Academy. 
 
 Quarter7naster General. 
 Dept. of New Mexico. 
 
 Supt. General R, S. 
 Comd'g Officer Newport Bks 
 Lt. J., Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Headquarters of the Army, 
 New York, August 15, ]858. 
 
 SPECIAL ORDERS, 
 No. 97. 
 
 II. 
 
 By command of Bvt. Lieut. Geu'i KScott: 
 
 AssH Adft GenH. 
 
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 V. ENDORSEMENTS AND MEMORANDA. 
 
 (5 quires. Demy — Russia, with spring hack. ) 
 
 1. Every endorsement made on letters or other communications 
 sent from the office, will be copied in this book, and be signed by the 
 staff officer whose signature was attached to the endorsement itself. 
 A description of the communication sent out, (the counterpart of that 
 recorded in the book of "Letters Received,") and office marks, should 
 precede the record of the endorsement, to make the latter intelligible ; 
 and where such communication has been entered in the book of 
 "Letters Received," the disposition made of it should also be noted 
 in that book, with a citation of the page where the endorsement is 
 recorded. Should the communication be returned to headquarters, a 
 memorandum will be made to that effect, with the date, when received 
 back, in all the books, where the fact of the reference from the office 
 may have been noted. 
 
 2. The name and address of every officer to whom a communi- 
 cation is referred, will be written in the margin, and all proper names, 
 no matter in what connection employed, must be indexed. 
 
 3. The memorandum preceding the endorsement, in the case of 
 proceedings of general courts-martial merely passing through general 
 headquarters, will simply give the name of the post or place where the 
 court assembled, the number and date of the order convening it, and 
 the name of the president thereof. — See below. 
 
 Endorsement on proceedings of a General Court-Martial, convened 
 at Fort Mason, by Special Order, No. 12, ( Department of Texas,) of 
 January 18, 1838. 
 
 Brevet Major E. Van D , Captain 2d Cavalry, president. 
 
 * * if » * * * 
 
 • 
 
 Should the general court-martial have been convened for the trial 
 of a commissioned officer, the memorandum will, in addition to the 
 above, give the name and title of the officer tried. 
 
 At department headquarters, however, where it may be desirable 
 to refer by name to the enlisted men tried by the several courts, the 
 above entry will be modified as follows : 
 
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 Fort Bridget, by Special Order, No. 90, (Department of Utah,) of 
 September 22, 1858, for the trial of privates * ■ * 
 
 Brevet Major R. C. G , Captain 7th Infantry, president. 
 
 4. Requisitions for ordnance and ordnance stores, &c., not being- 
 entered in the book of "Letters Received," the memorandum pre- 
 ceding the endorsement will give the name of the officer making the 
 requisition, the name of the company or post for which the stores are 
 required, and the date of receipt of such requisition. 
 
 Where the endorsement on the requisition is a simple reference or 
 a mere approval, it is not necessary to record it in full in this book ; a 
 memorandum showing the action taken being all that is required. 
 Fig. 1 shows the mode of noting requisitions and subsequent action 
 thereon. 
 
 5. Endorsements on letters, reports, &c., merely referring or for- 
 warding such comniunications, need not be recorded in this book; 
 a note (in red ink) in the book of "Letters Received," showing the 
 disposition made of such communications, being all that is necessary. 
 On recording a subsequent endorsement, however, (should any be 
 made,) reference must be made to the first one, although not recorded. — 
 See Fig. 2. In all other cases the endorsement Avill be recorded 
 in full. 
 
 It sometimes happens that the endorsement made on a communi- 
 cation, at department or general headquarters, simply approves of 
 the views contained in the endorsement of the post or regimental com- 
 mander, &c., without stating what those views are; in which case, 
 both endorsements must be recorded in the book, in order to give 
 a perfect understanding of the import of the last endorsement.— See 
 Fig. 3. 
 
 6. Endorsements on certificates of disability simply ordering the 
 discharge of enlisted men, will not be recorded in this book. The 
 fact of the discharge being ordered will be noted in the "Book of 
 Discharges," which will be noticed presently. In all other cases 
 the endorsement must be copied ; the memorandum preceding the 
 endorsement giving the name of the soldier concerned, the date and 
 place from which such certificates were sent, and a brief description 
 of the cause or causes for discharge. A note (in red ink) will also 
 be made referring to the entry made in the "Discharge Book." — See- 
 Fig. 4. 
 
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 7. Whenever a commuuication is received back, a memorandum to 
 that effect nmst be made in the endorsement book, and, if accompanied 
 by a report, reference will be made to it. If the letter forwarded is 
 an application for leave, the number of the order granting the leave, 
 and the source whence issued, will, on the receipt of such order, be 
 noted (in red ink) below the endorsement made on the application. — 
 See Figs. 1 and 2. 
 
 8. Letters are sometimes received not requiring entry in the book 
 of "Letters Received," and yet are forwarded officially endorsed. In 
 all such cases, the fact of non-entry of the letter will be noted in this 
 book after the description of the communication.— See Fig. 5. 
 
 9. The name of the person to whom a communication is sent will 
 be indexed in black ink, and the names mentioned in the description 
 prefixed to the endorsement on the communication, as well as in the 
 endorsement itself, will be indexed in red ink. To facilitate a reference 
 to these»last names, a red line will be drawn under them. In the 
 margin, immediately under the name and address of the person to 
 whom a communication is referred, there are two references, above 
 and below a short red line; the one above (in red) indicates the last 
 preceding reference to the same individual; and the one below (in 
 black) the next following.— See Figs. 1 and 2. 
 
 10. Communications referred to the commander of a military depart- 
 ment, or to an officer, in his capacity as commanding officer of a post, 
 arsenal, &c., will be indexed in the name of the department or post 
 which such officer may command. — See Fig 4. 
 
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 Fig. 1. 
 
 Col. of Ordnance. 
 22 
 
 24 
 
 Requisition of Bvt. Col. H. B , Major 2(1 
 
 Artillery, for ordnance and ordnance stores for 
 Forts Hamilton and Lafayette, New York, dated 
 Februarys, 1858, received March 5tli, and March 
 7th, referred to the Ordnance Department. 
 
 Headqrs. op the Army, } ^ , , ^ „ 
 New York, March 7, 1858. I ' ^^-^^ 
 
 Received back March 11, and same day returned to the 
 Ordnance Department ' ' approved." 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 21 
 
 23 
 
 Continuation of endorsements on letter of Bvt. 
 
 Lt. Col. E. R. S. C , Major 10th Infantry, 
 
 dated East Bend, Kentucky, January 20, 1858, 
 [C. 28,] applies for one month's extension of 
 his leave of absence, &c. 
 
 " The General-in-chief recommends the exten- 
 sion to be granted." 
 
 Headqrs. of the Army, ) . , ^ ^ „ 
 mv, York, March 28, 1858. \ ' ' 
 
 Note. — The first endorsement being a mere reference, 
 was not recorded in this book. — See Special Orders (,A. G. 
 O.) No. 41. 
 
 3 
 
34 
 
 Fig. 3. 
 
 Adjutant General 
 0. 
 
 C. 0. Ft. Steilacoom. 
 
 Endorsement on letter of 1st Lieut. S. M , 
 
 3d Artillery, dated Fort Yuma, Cal., May 26, 
 1856, IM. 80,] applying for leave of absence for 
 
 months, which was endorsed as follows, 
 
 by General Wool: 
 
 'Not approved, and because of two offi- 
 'cers stationed at the post having re- 
 * signed, — leaving the post, if accepted, 
 'with too few officers.' 
 "Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant 
 General, not approved by the General-in-chief, 
 for the reasons given by Major General Wool.'' 
 
 Headqrs. of the Army, 
 New York, July 17, 1856. 
 
 AssH Adft Gen'l. 
 
 Fig. 4. 
 
 Endorsement on certificates of disability in 
 the case of Private M. Krutter, company "M," 
 3d Artillery, dated Fort Steilacoom, W. T., June 
 9, 1857, Gunshot wound in right shoulder, 
 during a night attack upon camp by Indians, &c. 
 
 " To be discharged. The degree of disability 
 not stated. 
 
 "By command:" 
 
 Headqrs. of the Army, ) 
 New York, August 8, 1847. ) 
 
 Received back November 13, 1857. — -See Book of Dis- 
 charges, Letter K, 1857. 
 
35 
 
 Fig. 5. 
 
 Endorsement on application of 2d Lieut. J. 
 
 p , 2d Dragoons, dated West Point, N. Y., 
 
 August 30, 1857, Inot entered,'] to be relieved 
 from duty at the Military Academy. 
 
 VI.. In addition to the above Record Books, a Memorandum Book of 
 discharges, two Station Books— one of officers, the other of troops— and 
 a Eetum Book, will be kept at Department and General Headquarters. 
 
 The manner of keeping these additional books is, it is thought, 
 sufficiently illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, to dispense with enlarging 
 on the subject. 
 
 In the "Book of Discharges," which has a side index, like the book 
 of "Letters Received," all certificates of disability will be entered, as 
 soon as received. Should the certificate be returned or forwarded, with 
 an endorsement, a note in red ink will be made in this book, stating the 
 fact of such reference, and giving the number of the page in the 
 " Endorsement Book," where such endorsement has been recorded. 
 
 The entries in the two Station Books, will be made in pencil, to allow 
 of their being altered; and on the receipt of any letter, order, return, 
 &c., changing the stations of officers or troops, such changes will be 
 immediately noted in the above books. The number of any order 
 granting or extending an officer's leave, and the source whence issued, 
 will always be noted, opposite such officer's name. 
 
 In the Return Book, the date of receipt of all post returns, and returns 
 of troops in the field, will be entered. Whenever a post is established 
 or abandoned, or troops in the field are assigned to a station, a note (in 
 red ink) will be made to that effect, and in the latter case, will refer to 
 the post, to which such troops have been ordered. 
 
 Lieut. J. P , 
 
 West Point, N. Y. 
 
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PART SECOND. 
 
 INSTEUCTIONS AND FOEMS FOR MAKING ROLLS, RE- 
 TURNS, &c. 
 
 LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL ROLLS, RETURNS, &C., REQUIRED FOR THE 
 ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, &C. 
 
 Muster-in Roll, for Volunteers only. (Form No. 1.) 
 Allotment Roll, for Volunteers only. (Form No. 2.) 
 Muster-out Roll, for Volunteers only. (Form No. 3.) 
 Return, Company, (Monthly,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form 
 No. 4.) 
 
 Return, Regimental, (Monthly,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form 
 No. 5.) 
 
 Return, Post, (Monthly,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form No. 6.) 
 
 Return for Armies, Departments, Corps, Divisions, and Brigades, 
 (Monthly,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form No. 7.) 
 
 Return of Men Joined Company, (Quarterly,) for Regulars and 
 Volunteers. (Form No. 8.) 
 
 Return of Deceased Soldiers, Company, (Quarterly,) for Regulars 
 and Volunteers. (Form No. 9.) 
 
 Return of Deceased Soldiers, Regimental, (Quarterly,) for Regu- 
 lars and Volunteers. (Form No. 10.) 
 
 Return of Casualties, Regimental, (Annual,) for Regulars and Vol- 
 unteers. (Form No. 11.) 
 
 Muster and Pay Roll, Company, (every two months,) for Regulars. 
 (Form No. 12.) 
 
 Muster and Pay Roll, Company, (every two months,) for Volunteers. 
 (Form No. 13.) 
 
 Muster and Pay Roll, Field, Staff, and Band, (every two months,) for 
 Regulars. (Form No. 14.) 
 
 Muster and Pay Roll, Field and Staff, (every two months,) for Vol- 
 unteers. (Form No. 15.^) 
 
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 Muster and Pay Roll, Hospital Department, (every two months,) for 
 Regulars and Volunteers. (Form No. 16.) 
 
 Descriptive List, (whenever a man leaves his company sick or on 
 detached service,) for Regulars. (Form No. 17.) 
 
 Descriptive List, (whenever a man leaves his company sick or on 
 detached service,) for Volunteers. (Form No. 18.) 
 
 Certificate of Disability, (when an enlisted man is discharged on ac- 
 count of wounds or sickness,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form 
 No. 19.) 
 
 Final Statement, (when an enlisted man is discharged,) for Regulars 
 only. (Form No. 20.) 
 
 Final Statement, (when an enlisted man is discharged,) for Volun- 
 teers only. (Form No. 21.) 
 
 Discharge for Regulars. (Form No. 22.) 
 
 Discharge for Volunteers. (Form No. 23.) 
 
 Pay Account for Discharged Soldiers, for both Regulars and Volun- 
 teers. (Form No. 24.) 
 
 Non-commissioned Officers' Warrant for Regulars and Volunteers. 
 (Form No. 25.) 
 
 Company Morning Report, (Daily,) for Regulars and Volunteers. 
 (Form No. 26.) 
 
 Consolidated Morning Report for Corps, Divisions, Brigades, and 
 Regiments, (Daily,) for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form No. 27.) 
 
 Roll of Prisoners of War; as soon as any are captured, whether from 
 or by the enemy, for Regulars and Volunteers. (Form No. 28.) 
 
 DIRECTIONS. 
 
 Directions for making the above returns, &c., will, with a few ex- 
 ceptions, be found on the forms for the returns, &c., themselves, and 
 should be followed implicitly in all cases. Further explanations in 
 regard to Post Returns and Returns of Departments comprising many 
 isolated posts, will be found in the following extracts from General 
 Orders, 4&c. : 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING OUT POST RETURNS. 
 
 I.. The troops will, on every post return, be divided into three 
 classes, viz : 
 
 1st. The regular garrison. 
 
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 2d. Tho attached: which description will include all bodies of 
 troops, and individual officers and enlisted men, serving at the post, 
 and forming part of its garrison for the time being, (whether perma- 
 nently or temporarily,) but who belong, strictly speaking, to another 
 post of the same department, and are there properly returned for, as 
 "absent on detached service." As, for example, 1st, a company, or 
 detachment, ordered to the post as a mere temporary reinforcement ; or, 
 2d, a detachment of a troop of dragoons, or of a spy company, or 
 section of a battery of artillery, assigned to duty there,— even as part 
 of the regular garrison,— but which, from the fact of its company head- 
 quarters being fixed at another station, is borne on the strength of the 
 latter, as "absent on detached service;" or, 3d, any officer, or enlisted 
 man belonging to a company stationed elsewhere in the same depart- 
 ment, but who is regularly assigned to duty at the post, or, from neces- 
 sity, retained there, on duty ; or. 4th, an officer, or enlisted man, whose 
 company is serving at the same post, but who has been relieved from 
 all duty or connection with it, in such way as to be correctly reported 
 "absent on detached service" from it, as, for instance, a regimental 
 adjutant or quartermaster, an assistant quartermaster or commissary 
 of subsistence, an aide-de-camp, &c. 
 
 In one word, all officers and enlisted men properly borne on the 
 strength of any field and staff, or company, or other post, in the depart- 
 ment, but who are detached from them, come under the head ot 
 "attached," where present for duty, and should be so reported on the 
 post return ; whilst, on the other hand, the officers and enlisted men, 
 not elsewhere reported as above, will, at the station where regularly 
 assigned to duty, be returned as in the first class. 
 
 3d. The "casually at post:" which description will include all 
 detachments less than a company, and individual officers and enlisted 
 men, at the post on the last day of the month, but who neither belong 
 to, nor are " attached" for duty, to it— as, for example, scouting parties 
 and escorts from other posts ; officers and enlisted men passing by, 
 whether on duty, or on leave, and there detained from any accidental 
 cause— or left there sick, or attending a court-martial or court of 
 inquiry there ; deserters from other commands, delivered, or delivering 
 themselves up, there; &c., &c. 
 
 II.. It follows from the above, that whenever any part of the garrison 
 of a post is detached from it for a limited time, (to return to it after- 
 wards,) whether to occupy or reinforce another post, or temporarily to 
 
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 take the field on some scout or expedition, it will be reported at its 
 proper station, during such absence, as "on detached service"— not 
 "transferred"— and, where actually serving, as ''attached:' 
 
 III. . The different columns on the face of the post return willl be 
 summed up into two distinct totals-one of the regular garrison exclu- 
 sively, and one of the '' attached y 
 
 IV. -A brief classification of the ''casually at post;' according to 
 corps, regiments, and companies, should be made opposite thereto, in 
 the column of remarks. 
 
 v.. All officers accounted for, in figures, on the face of the return, 
 will be accounted for, by name, on its reverse. 
 
 VI. . In accounting for officers by name, they will be separated into 
 the three classes just described, under each head of "present," 
 "absent," and of " alterations since last return." 
 
 VII. . Civilians, acting as medical officers, will be accounted for by 
 name, next below the chaplain. 
 
 VIII. . The names of no other civilians will appear on the return; 
 they will be reported as follows, viz: 
 
 Quartermaster's Department. 
 
 One clerk, at a month $ 
 
 Two carpenters, at per diem 
 
 One blacksmith, at 
 
 Twenty teamsters, at 
 
 &c., &c. 
 
 Aggregate monthly compensation $ 
 
 Subsistence Department. 
 
 One clerk, at $ 
 
 Ten laborers, at 
 
 &c., &c. 
 
 Aggregate monthly compensation $ 
 
 IX.. Enlisted men, "casually at post;' be accounted for by name, 
 when individually detained at the post for any length of time. The 
 return need not be encumbered, however, with the names of the men 
 composing scouting parties, escorts, and other detachments ; nor even 
 
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 with those of individuals, who stop there for a few days only, on their 
 way to some other destination, unless it be necessary to report some 
 "caswa^f?/" in their case. 
 
 X. .The names of all officers and enlisted men of the command, 
 killed, wounded, or missing in action, or dying of wounds received in 
 action, will be carefully noted on the post return, together with the 
 time, place, and any other circumstances of the case deemed worthy of 
 record. 
 
 XI. -Each post return will contain a brief account of the principal 
 events of military interest or importance — so far as known to the com- 
 manding officer at the end of the month — which have transpired either 
 at the post or within the range of country adjacent to it, especially 
 such as relate to skirmishes, scouts, explorations, &c.; the prevalence 
 of any epidemic, or unusual sickness, among the troops, its causes, &c., 
 &c., &c. 
 
 ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING RETURNS OF DEPARTMENTS 
 
 I. . Monthly returns, being a record of the past month, should embrace 
 no alterations, or casualties, occurring within the new month. The 
 practice in use, at some posts, of making them a mere transcript of the 
 morning reports of the first day of the new month is, therefore, not 
 correct. 
 
 II. . In entering post returns on the department return, the total of 
 the regular garrison will be transcribed in black ink; and, immediately 
 below, the total '^attached'' in red ink; no entry will be made of the 
 " casually at post." 
 
 III-. After entering the returns of all the established posts, those of 
 expeditions in the field, troops on the march, and temporary camps or 
 stations, (if of sufficient importance,) will next be entered, with this 
 difi'erence, that all who are correctly borne on the return of any post of 
 the department as "absent on detached service" therefrom, will be 
 entered in red ink — those not elsewhere so reported in black ink. 
 
 IV.. In summing up the columns of a department return, no notice 
 will be taken of the figures in red ink. 
 
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 List of Eolls, Returns, and Eeports 
 
 Designation. 
 
 When to be Made, 
 
 To Adjutant General. 
 
 Muster Roll of Company* 
 
 Inventory of Effects of Deceased Soldiers. 
 Final Statements of Deceased Soldiers 
 
 To the Quartermaster General. 
 
 Duplicate Returns of Clothing, Camp and Garrison 
 Equipage, and Quartermaster's Property — one -vvitli 
 and one without vouchers 
 
 To the Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores 
 
 Certiticate of Inventory on Return of Ordnance and 
 
 Ordnance Stores.. ■ 
 
 Report of Damaged Arms 
 
 To Regimental Adjutant. 
 
 Return of Men joined Company t ■ 
 
 Return of Deceased Soldiers • 
 
 Return of the Company 
 
 Transcript of orders making temporary appointments 
 of Non-commissioned Officers, or reducing Non- 
 commissioned Ofticers, at posts not Regimental 
 
 Headquarters • 
 
 Inventory of Effects of Deceased Soldiers 
 
 Final Statements of Deceased Soldiers 
 
 To Post Adjutant. 
 
 Morning Report of Company 
 
 Monthly Return of Company (to be returned to Com- 
 pany Commander for file) 
 
 Return of Company Fund, with Company Council 
 Book 
 
 Every two months. 
 
 Immediately 
 
 ...Do 
 
 End of every quarter. 
 
 End of every quarter. 
 
 Yearly — in June 
 
 End of every two months. 
 
 End of every quarter, 
 
 ...Do 
 
 End of every month.. 
 
 Immediately , 
 
 ...Do 
 
 ...Do 
 
 Each morning 
 
 End of every month 
 
 End of Every four months 
 
 The same Returns as above are to be made by Officers Commanding Bands or 
 small detachments of troops. 
 
 Company Ofiicers, when on Regimental Recruiting Service, make to the Adjutant 
 General, Quartermaster General, Chief of Ordnance, and Superintendent, (Regi- 
 mental Commander,) the same Reports and Returns as rendered by officers on the 
 General Recruiting Service. — Par. 985, Regulations of 1861. 
 
 * Three Muster and Pay Rolls, in addition to the Cluster Roll for the Adjutant 
 General, which will be sent DIRECT by mail, are made out at the same time — two 
 for the Paymaster, and one to be retained with the Company. 
 
 t This Return is to enable the Regimental Commander to keep the Regunental 
 Descriptive Book reqitired by the 4th clause of par. 88, Army Regulations, Edition 
 of 1861. 
 
4T 
 
 REQUIRED FROM COMPANY COMMANDERS. 
 
 When to be Sent. 
 
 By Whom. 
 
 Par. of 
 Regulations. 
 (Ed. of 1861.) 
 
 Within three clays thereafter. 
 
 Immediately 
 
 ....Do 
 
 Mvistering Officer I 
 
 Company Commander 
 Do 
 
 Within twenty days thereafter. 
 
 .Do. 
 
 Within twenty days thereafter. 
 
 Do do 
 
 First day of subsequent month. 
 
 .Do. 
 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 First day of subsequent month. 
 
 ...*L-Do do 
 
 Do do 
 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 Immediately. 
 
 Do.... 
 
 Do.... 
 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 Before eight o'clock a. m 
 
 First of subsequent months. 
 Do do 
 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 333 and 334. 
 
 152. 
 
 152. 
 
 1158 and 1171. 
 
 1421. 
 
 1425. 
 1395. 
 
 88, 4th clause. 
 
 463. 
 
 458. 
 
 74 and 79. 
 
 152. 
 
 152. 
 
 236. 
 458. 
 206. 
 
 When soldiers die possessed of no effects, the fact will be so stated both upon the 
 Inventory and the Final Statements, 
 
 Returns of Deceased Soldiers will be forwarded, even in cases where no deaths 
 have occurred during the quarter. In such cases blank forms wil be forwarded, 
 properly headed and signed, with a black or red ink line drawn obliquely across the 
 body of the Return from left to right, 
 
 tThe Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Post, Battery, &c., &c., will SEE that 
 these Rolls, Returns, (fee, are forwarded for his command at the proper time, and 
 will be held accountable therefor. 
 
48 
 
 List of Rolls, Eeturns, and Reports 
 
 Designation. 
 
 When to be Made, 
 
 To Adjutant General of the Army. 
 Return of the Regiment 
 
 Recruiting Return of the Regiment 
 
 Muster Roll of Field, Staff, and Band (where bands are 
 allowed) 
 
 Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers. 
 Annual Return of Casualties 
 
 Report by letter of appointment or change of Staff 
 Officers 
 
 Acknowledgment by letter of receipt of blanks or 
 books 
 
 To Headquarters of the Army. 
 
 Report of name, company, and record of firing of regi- 
 mental prizeman 
 
 To Department Headquarters. 
 
 Account of regimental fund and company fund when 
 in the field ■ 
 
 To Chief of Ordnance, 
 Report of damage to arms, &c 
 
 To Proper Headquarters. 
 
 Morning Report 
 
 To Second Auditor. 
 Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers. 
 
 (■ Monthly, as soon as com- ? 
 \ pany returns are rec'd. 5 
 
 f Monthly, as soon as re-^ 
 < turns are received from > 
 ( all recruiting parties. ) 
 
 Every two months 
 
 C As soon as company quar- > 
 I terly returns are rec'd. 3 
 
 End of the year, (Dec'r). .. 
 
 Immediately 
 
 Immediately upon receipt- 
 
 End of every year when ? 
 comp'y reports are rec'd, 3 
 
 Every four months 
 
 Every two months 
 
 Before 9 o'clock a, m 
 
 C As soon as company quair- 
 l terly returns are rec'd. . 
 
 Recruiting Returns will be forwarded, even in cases where no enlistments have 
 been made during the month. In like manner. Returns of Deceased Soldiers will be 
 forwarded, although no deaths may have occurred during the quarter. In these cases 
 
49 
 
 REQUIRED FROM REGIMENTAL COMMANDERS. 
 
 When to be Sent. 
 
 When completed 
 
 When completed 
 
 Within three days thereafter. 
 
 When completed 
 
 When completed 
 
 Immediately 
 
 Do 
 
 When required . 
 
 Immediately. 
 
 Do. 
 
 When required. 
 
 When completed. 
 
 By Whom. 
 
 Regimental Commander. . 
 
 ,...Do do 
 
 Mustering Officer 
 
 Regimental Commander.. 
 
 ....Do do 
 
 ....Do do 
 
 ..-.Do do 
 
 Do. 
 
 .do. 
 
 .Do. 
 
 do. 
 
 .Do. 
 
 .do 
 
 Par. of 
 Regulations. 
 (Ed. of 1861.) 
 
 458, 459, and 
 461. 
 
 919 and 986. 
 
 333 and 334. 
 
 463, 
 
 462. 
 
 465. 
 
 460. 
 
 Page 41, Target 
 Practice. 
 
 '205, 206, 207, 
 & G. O. No. 
 16 from War 
 
 .Dep't, 1859. 
 
 1395. ' 
 
 236. 
 
 463. 
 
 blank forms will be forwarded, properly headed and signed, with a black or red ink 
 line drawn obliquely across the body of the Return from left to right. 
 
 4 
 
50 
 
 List of Eolls, Returns, and Reports 
 
 Designation. 
 
 When to be Made. 
 
 To the Adjutant General of the Army. 
 Return of Post 
 
 End of every month. 
 
 Report of Change of OflBcers acting in Statf Depart- 
 ments 
 
 Report of Arrival and Departure of Troops. 
 Letter acknowledging Blanks or Books 
 
 To Quartermaster General. 
 Quartermaster's Report of Condition of Buildings, &c. 
 
 To Headquarters of the Army. 
 Ret-am of Po^t 
 
 Report of the Arrival and Departure of Troops with 
 aRetui-n of the Troops 
 
 Immediately 
 
 ...Do 
 
 Immediately upon receipt 
 
 End of June. 
 
 End of every month. 
 Immediately 
 
 To Headquarters of the Ifepartment. 
 
 Retm-n of Post 
 
 Return of Ordnance (without voiEchers) 
 
 Returns of Company and Post Funds 
 
 Report of the Arrival and Departure of Troops with 
 a Return of the Troops 
 
 To Chief af Ordinance. 
 Return of Ordnance (with vouchers) 
 
 Certificate of having taken Inventory (t«> be made ©*n 
 Return.) 
 
 End of every month. . 
 End of every (luart&r. 
 Every four months. 
 
 TmmecBately 
 
 End of every fjfnarter. 
 Yearly ^ — ^in June 
 
 Post Commanders (page 39,, Target Practice) forward at the end of every yeai- the 
 Headquai'ters of the Regiment tO) whidi the company belongs. 
 
51 
 
 REQUIRED FROM PoST COMMANDERS. 
 
 When to be Sent. 
 
 First day of subsequent month. 
 
 Immediately , 
 
 Do.... 
 
 Do.... 
 
 Do. 
 
 First day of subsequent month. 
 Immediately, 
 
 First day of subsequent month. 
 Within twenty days thereafter. 
 Immediately 
 
 .Do. 
 
 Within twenty days thereafter., 
 Do do... 
 
 By whom to be Sent. 
 
 Post Commander. 
 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 -Do. 
 
 .Do. 
 -Do. 
 
 -Do. 
 .Do. 
 .Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 .Do. 
 
 Par. of 
 Regulations, 
 (Ed. of J 861.) 
 
 458 and 459. 
 (Cir. Sept.30,'56.) 
 
 467, 
 
 1092. 
 
 467. 
 
 1054 and 1421, 
 201 and 206. 
 
 467. 
 
 1401 and 1421, 
 1425, 
 
 record of firing of the best shot of each company under their command, to the 
 
(Form No. 1. ) 
 
 Muster-in Eoll of 
 Volunteers 
 
 the 
 
 Eegiment ( Brigade) of 
 
 comuiaiided by Colouel , called 
 
 into the service of the United States by , from the day of 
 
 ^ 186—, (date of this muster,) for the term of , unless 
 
 sooner discharged. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Present 
 
 aud 
 Absent. 
 
 (Privates 
 in alpha- 
 betical 
 order.) 
 
 JOINED FOR 
 DUTY AND 
 ENROLLED. 
 
 VALUATION, 
 TRAVELING. IN DOLLARS; 
 
 OF— 
 
 m 
 
 !c-i 
 
 c ^ c <u 
 O — o -s 
 
 1. Every man 
 whose name is 
 on this roll must 
 be accounted for 
 on the next mus- 
 ter roll. 2. The 
 exchange of men 
 by substitution, 
 and the exchang- 
 ing, swapping, 
 or loaning of 
 horses after mus- 
 ter into service, 
 are strictly for- 
 bidden. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 That this Muster Roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 for the period here- 
 in mentioned; that each 
 man answers to his own 
 proper name in person ; 
 and that the remarks set 
 opposite the name of each 
 officer and soldier are ac- 
 curate and just. 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
 We CERTIFY, ON OATH, 
 That the figures opposite 
 the names on this Roll, for 
 valuation of horses and 
 horse equipments, repre- 
 sent and show the true 
 cash value of the horses 
 and eqiiipments of the 
 men, respectively, at the 
 place of enrollment, ac- 
 cording to our honest, im- 
 partial judgment. 
 
 / Appraisers. 
 
 Date : - 
 Station : 
 
 Sworn to aud subscribed 
 before 
 
 I Date : 
 I Station ; 
 
 Mustering Officer. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 That I have carefully ex- 
 amined whose names 
 
 are borne on this Roll, 
 their horses and equip- 
 ments, and have accepted 
 them into the service of 
 the United States for the 
 
 term of from this 
 
 day of , 186—. 
 
 Mustering Officer. 
 
 Date : - 
 Station : 
 
 DIRECTIONS TO MUSTERING OFFICER. 
 The Mustering Officer will see that four copies of this Roll are made three of 
 which he will retain ; the fourth will be retained by the Company Commander or, in 
 case of Field aud Staff, and officers and men mixstered into service separately or m 
 squads, bv the Senior Officer, IS on -commissioned, or the Private standing Just on the 
 list of persons so mastered in, to be handed by him to the person who musters them 
 or him at his next muster, that the new Muster Rolls may be propeny made out. 
 
 The Mustering Officer will dispose of the three copies retained by luai as toll 
 He will send one to the Adjutant General of the Army, one to the I aymaster (j 
 r-U of the Armv, and one to the Adjutant General of the State to which the tr 
 
 Hows : 
 rene- 
 oops 
 
 belong. 
 
 These will be sent as soon as possible after the muster-in, 
 
(Form No. 2— first. ) 
 
 Allotment Roll of Company , Regiment , United 
 
 States Volunteers. 
 
 We, the undorHig'ncd, memberB of Company of Regiment of , hereby 
 
 reqvu'Ht and direct the Paymanter of wai'd Regiment to rcBerve from our monthly 
 
 pay the amoxint set opposite our names, the same to be transmitted to , of 
 
 , for distribution to the persons respectively indicated by us as assignees. 
 
 
 
 
 Qonth. 
 
 to be 
 ed. 
 
 Assignees. 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 Name, 
 
 Rank. 
 
 
 Amount 
 reserv 
 
 
 
 Signature. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 
 
 Payp 
 
 Name. 
 
 Address. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 I hereby certify, That the above document was signed and executed by the 
 parties therein named in my presence. 
 
 Dated , 186—. 
 
 Comd'g Company , 
 
( Form No. 2 — second. ) 
 
 Allotment Roll of Company , of the Regiment of 
 
 Volunteers. 
 
 Wk, the undersigned, members of Company of the Regiment of 
 
 Volunteers, hereby request and direct the Paymaster of said Regiment to reserve 
 from our monthly pay the amount set opposite our names, the same to be paid us 
 in checks under act of Congress, December 24, 1861. 
 
 No. 
 
 Name. 
 
 a 
 
 c3 
 
 P5 
 
 Pay per month. 
 
 Amount allotted 
 per month. 
 
 Person to whose 
 order check is 
 to be drawn. 
 
 Signature. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Name, 
 
 Address. 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 ! 
 
 1 
 j 
 
 
 
 
 
 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the above document w&% signed and executed by the 
 parties therein named in my presence. 
 
 Station: , 
 
 Date: , 186 — . Comd'g Company , . 
 
MUSTE] 
 at 
 (w 
 tlu 
 
 1 
 
 enrollment, unle 
 the month of - 
 
 (Priv 
 cal 
 cliii 
 
 wriloD 
 
 o 50 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Valuation, 
 in dollars, 
 
 OF— 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (Privates in alphabe g 5 
 cal order — the fir\^\^ 
 
 christian name to 1 
 
 written full length 
 
 Cts. 
 
 ^ECTI 
 
 RECAPITULATE® 
 
 copies 
 
 of wh; 
 be reta 
 der, or, 
 
 Officer 
 
 Present. 
 
 Absent. 
 
 ice sepi 
 For duty...iorOffic 
 Extra duty. qj. pj-j- 
 
 ^^^^ of perse 
 
 .In arrest or Bering 
 • Detached se. copies 
 Furlough... .viiibc 
 In arrest or of th( 
 
 ^'ck ,unty ] 
 
 Prisoners of and tv 
 )m the 1 
 
( Form No. 3. ) 
 
 SIUSTEE-OUT EOLL of Captain 
 
 at , (the place of geueral rende; 
 
 (when ■ ,) to the day of , ] 
 
 the of , a distance of miles 
 
 , Company, [— ,] in the - 
 
 ous,) on the day of 
 
 ;i86£iTs^4el^hItw^ °f ''''''^ the service of the United States by , 
 
 , loo , 10 seive toi tlie teim ot , (rom the date of enrollment, unless sooner discharged; from the day of 186— 
 
 , at , m the month of , 186—, and marched thence to -, where it'arrived 
 
 rhe Company was organized by Capt. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 : Joined for Servtce 
 
 ROLLED AT CtENEI 
 
 Rendezvous- 
 Commencement OF FIRST 
 
 PAYMENT BY TIME. 
 
 Subsistence 
 Forage, furnished 
 
 by themselves 
 since the muster 
 into service. 
 
 1.. Under the head of Remarks the dale of an officer or aoldier'a 
 Joining from any absence ; the date of an officer's assuming, or 
 being relieved, from any command or special duty; the description 
 of any special, extra, or daily duty, on which officers or soldiers 
 may be; all changes of rank, by promotion, appointment, or re- 
 duction, with date of same ; all aulhoriied stoppages, fines sen- 
 tences, with No., date, &c., of order, &c.; in case of absence, its 
 nature and commencement. No., date, &c., of order, and period 
 assigned for same (to be repeated on nery roll -while it lasts;) if 
 wounded in battle, or injured on duty,— it sick, or confined a 
 remark to that effect, &c., &c.— must be carefully stated opposite 
 to the name of the person concerned, with everything else neces- 
 sary, either to account fully for every individual of the company,— 
 to guide the paymaster, or ensure justice to the soldier, and to the 
 United States. 
 
 9. .All articles which are to be paid for will be stated by the captain 
 
 opposite to the name of the soldier. 
 3-. Every man whose name is on previous rolls must he accounted for 
 
 on this one. The exchange of men by substitution, and the 
 
 exchanging, swapping, or loaning of horses, after muster into 
 
 service, are strictly forbidden. 
 
( Form No. 3— Continued. ) 
 MUSTER-OUT ROLL— Continued. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 nUSICNTAND ABSKKT. 
 
 I'liviili^niTiilllihllhl-M- 
 ciil iMili i— llic first 
 I'liriKlljiii iiiiiiii' l<> be 
 wiittuu full IfUBlli.) 
 
 Joined t on service and 
 ENnoLLED AT General 
 
 Rendezvous- 
 Commencement OF FIRST 
 
 PAYMENT BY TIME. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 ■Kit. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Strength — Preseutand Absent. 
 
 By Enrollment . 
 
 By Transfer 
 
 joined. 1 From Desertion. 
 
 At^ f Expiration of service. 
 
 »^»D->>mty 
 
 No. Transferred . . 
 
 No. Died 
 
 No. of Desertions.. 
 
 SUBSISTENCE AND 
 FORAGE, FURNISHED 
 BY THEMSELVES 
 SINCE THE MUSTER 
 INTO SERVICE. 
 
 .The list of those still beXonging to the company, will be immediately 
 followed by that of all the officers and soldiers, who, since the 
 first muster into service, have ceased to belong to it. These will 
 be classed in the following order, viz : Discharged, Transferred, 
 Died, Deserted; and the utmost particularity will be observed in 
 the remarks concerning them — Dare and place will, in every case, 
 be given ; and No., date, &e., of orders, or description of authority, 
 be always carefully specified. Soldiers who have deserted, aiid 
 been retaken, since last muster, have their place in both of the 
 above lists. 
 
 .^cn'ons iu which the company has been engaged, sooufs, marches, 
 changes of station, everything of interest, relating to the disci- 
 pline, ejjiciency, or service of the company, will be carefully noted, 
 with date, place, SfC. 
 
 The Mustering Officer will see that 
 five copies of this Roll are made out, 
 four of which he will retain, the fifth 
 will be retained by the Company Com- 
 mander, or, in case of Field and Staff 
 and OfRoera and Men mustered out of 
 service separately or in squads, by the 
 Senior OfBoer, Non-commissioned Offi- 
 cer, or Private standing first on the 
 list of persons so mustered out. The 
 Mustering Officer will dispose of the 
 four copies retained by him, as follows: 
 One will bo sent to the Adjutant Gen- 
 eral of the Army, and one to the 
 "Bounty Bureau," Washington, D. 
 C, and two to the Paymaster by 
 whom the troops are to be paid. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 that this Muster Roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 Capt. cO'Tpanyof 
 
 that the valuatii 
 
 into service, was made 
 by disinterested and good 
 judges, and at fair and 
 
 Comm'dg the Company. 
 
 ICERTIFY, ON HONOR, that 
 
 Ihave at , on this 
 
 day of , 186—, care- 
 fully examined this Roll, 
 and, as far as practicable, 
 caused the allowances, stop- 
 pages, and remarks to be 
 justly and properly stated; 
 aud mustered the company 
 for discharge; and it is here- 
 by honorably discharged 
 from the service of the Uni- 
 ted States. 
 
All< 
 
 Wk, 
 Vol 
 
 frorfALUATION, 
 in cIn DOLLARS, 
 OF— 
 
 No. 
 
 4 The list of those still belonging to the company yviW be immediately 
 followed by that of all the officers and soldiers, who since the 
 first muster into service, have ceased to belong to it. These wJl 
 be classed in the following order, viz: Discharged Transferred, 
 Died Veserted; and the utmost particularity will be observed in 
 ihTremarks concerning ihein-Vate and place will, m every case, 
 le g7v^nVandX., dafe, &c., o{ orders, or description of author Uy 
 be f ways carefully specilied. Soldiers who bave deserted a.id 
 been retaken, since last muster, have their place m both of the 
 
 ^SSin which the company has been engaged, soouts, marches, 
 ^ chalg^ if station, ever'ythfng of interest, -1^*-/^^^; ^^te^ 
 pline, efficiency, or service of the company, will be carefully noted, 
 with date, place, S^c. " 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 ONS TO MUSTERING 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 tering Officer will see that 
 of this Roll are made out, 
 ich he will retain, the fifth 
 inedby the Company Com - 
 , in case of Field and Statf 
 s and Men mustered out of 
 irately or in squads, by the 
 !er. Non-commissioned Offi- 
 /ate standing first on the 
 ms so mustered out. The 
 Officer will dispose of the 
 -retained by him, as follows: 
 ■ sent to the Adjutant Geu- 
 I HER, Army, and one to the 
 parties iBureau," Washington, D. 
 
 to the Paymaster by 
 StatiOiroops are to be paid. 
 Date : - 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 that this Muster Roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 
 Capt. co'Tpanyof 
 
 the for the period 
 
 herein mentioned ; that 
 each man answers to his 
 own proper name in per- 
 son; thatthe remarks set 
 opposite the name of each 
 officer and soldier are 
 accurate and just, and 
 that the valuation of all 
 horses and horse equip- 
 ments since the muster 
 into service, was made 
 by disinterested and good 
 judges, and at fair and 
 just rates. 
 
 ICERTIFY, ON HONOR, that 
 
 I have at , on this 
 
 day of , 186—, care- 
 fully examined this Roll, 
 and, as far as practicable, 
 caused the allowances, stop- 
 pages, and remarks to be 
 justly and properly stated: 
 and mustered the company 
 for discharge; and it is here- 
 by honorably discharged 
 from the service of the Uni- 
 ted States. 
 
 Comm'dg the Company. 
 
 Mustering 
 
 MUSTER 
 
 Date : - 
 Station : 
 
-,) for the month of 
 
 188—, 
 
 LAST MONTHLY RETURN. 
 
 missioned 
 fficers. • 
 
 Died 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 Discharged 
 
 Died 
 
 MEMORANDA. 
 
 Horses, 
 
 Piecfs 
 of Ar- 
 tillery. 
 
 3 Men, accounted for by name. 
 
 od, andi place, of absence, to be invariably stated.) 
 
 will be transmitted, on the first of each month, to the Adjutant at 
 'i^ill be supplied from the Adjutant General's Office, and their receipt 
 
 Commanding the 
 
( FoKM No. 4. ) 
 
 Eeturn of Captain , Company (— ,) of the Regiment of , Army of the United States, (Col. ,) for the month of , 186—. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST MONTHLY RETURN. 
 
 MEMORANDA. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 C0.1IMIS- 
 SIONED 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 Within Without 
 
 Enlisted Men on "Extra or Daily duty," accounted for by name. 
 
 ( The specific kind of such duty to be carefully Btated.) 
 
 II 
 
 Absent Enlisted Men, accounted for by name. 
 
 , period, and^Zace, of absence, to be invariably stated.) 
 
 ^Actions, in which the company, or any portion of it, has been engaged ; scouts, marclms. 
 
 idate,plaA 
 
 Note 2. — The name and rank of the officers and 
 place, will be accurately noted. 
 
 action, with date and 
 
 Note 3. — One copy of this return will be transmitted, on the first of each month, to the Adjutant at 
 Regimental Headquarters. Blanks will be supplied from the Adjutant General's Office, and their receipt 
 must be promptly acknowledged. 
 
 Station: ■ 
 Date: — 
 
 Commanding the Company. 
 
( Form No. 4 — Continued. ) 
 
 C0M:MISSI0NED officers, present and absent, accounted for by name. 
 
 XiHi 1 — 1 ii. ./.wr, (with No., date, &c., of order) at which an of&cer is assigned, or transferred to, 
 jifhi^ "1 r: III' roijijtany, assumes, or is relieved from the commancTof it, or from any special duty, will 
 he ^l;lh (1 :i^iiiii.-i liis luiine; agalnKt that of absent officers, the No. and date of order, the reasons for and 
 cmiwif iin iiii iil ()t almeuce, and period assigned for same, (to be repeated on every return while it lasts.) 
 
 NOTK 5.— Alter the list of AllsENT officers will follow the record of those resigned, died, ffC., or trans- 
 ferred yrom the company, with No., date, &c., of order, date, place, and, in case of death, its cause. 
 
 AXiTEEATIONS SINCE LAST RETURN, among tbe enlisted men. 
 
 Note 6. — The date, Src., of all transfers to or from the company, (with No, and date of 
 order,) of all apprehensions, discharges, furlough's, deaths, desertions, 6fC., will be acciu'ately 
 noted ; also the places of discharge, death, desertion, &c. 
 
 (To be accounted for BY NAME, and classed in the same order as on the 
 face of the return.) 
 
 RETURN 
 
 Of Company ( ,) Rcg''t of , 
 
 For the month of , 186—. 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 The brevet as well as the regimental 
 rank, to be given. 
 
 RANK. 
 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 RANK. 
 
 I 
 
 ATE. 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 Present. 
 
 AnSENT. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.'URN, among the enlisted men. 
 
 from the company, (yviih No. an A date of 
 8, deaths, desertions, <^c., willbe accurately 
 ■tion, &c. 
 
 lassed in the same order as on the 
 eturn.) 
 
 EETURN 
 
 Of Company ( ,) R(ig't of 
 
 For the month of , 186 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 )ATE. PLACE. 
 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, present and 
 
 Mg.-unst luK ruunc ; .guinnt that of uhH,.,t oflh- V ' ■ nT a^Xt" o7/ 
 ;m,l period iiHHigned for the Hiunc, (to he repeaf. lo . v.V . '/ J 
 
 NOTK 6.-Tru„HforH from ilu.' r.^uu.r U ^m"N^^^^ 
 reported at the foot of the list of otHcers, wifh (late .Ind pluco,tnd, in ' 
 
 RANK. 
 
 Colonel. 
 Lt. Co]. 
 Major. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The brevet as well as the 
 regimental rank to 
 given.) 
 
 Adjutant. 
 Regt. Q. M. 
 Captain. 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 Captain, 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut, 
 Captain. 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 Captain. 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut, 
 Captain. 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 Captain. 
 
( Form No. 5. ) 
 
 RETURN of the • ■ Regiment of , Array of the United States, (Colonel 
 
 ) for the month of , 186^ — . 
 
 This return will be made out invftrinbly in TBlrl.I 
 CATE — oue copy for the Adjutant General of the Army 
 (to be sent direct,) one for the immediate Commander, 
 
 STATIONS or COMPANIES. 
 
 NOTK 1. — ( See columns of " Ab- 
 sent—Where.") To be filled up 
 only when the regiment is serving 
 
 unissigned recruit 
 Total 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 With the Promthe 
 division, division, 
 (S. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 COMMISSION'n OFFICERS. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 ^ I i 
 
 ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST MONTHLY RETURN. 
 
 Ill 
 
 "IT 
 
 ml nmrilT 
 
 ENLISTED MEN on " Extra or Daily duty," accounted for by name. 
 ( The specific Idud of such duty to be carefully stated. ) 
 
 ABSENT ENLISTED MEN, accounted for by name. 
 
 ( The nature, commencement, period, and place of absence to be invariably stated. ) 
 
 NOTE 2. — Actions in which any portion of the regiment has been engaged ; scouts, marches, changes of 
 stations, &c. ; every thing of interest relating to the discipline, efficiencv, or service of the regiment will 
 be minutely and carefully noted, with date, place, distance ninrchcd, &,c. The colonel will, therefore, 
 exact the verv fullest information in these particulars from compauj' commanders. 
 
 Note 3.— The name and rank of the officers and soldiers killed, or wounded in action, with date and 
 place, will be accurately given. 
 
 Note 4. — One copy of this Return will be trausmitted for each month to the Adjutant General of the ^ 
 completed by a consolidation of the coiTected returns of all the companies of the regiment. Blanks w 
 their receipt must be promptly acknowledged. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 ITRADQUARTERS op the ElCGrMHNT OF 
 
 Station : 
 
 Date:* 
 
 *TUis refers to the dale of actual signature by the Ucglmeutal Conuuauder. 
 
 CoHtmamting Me Rtfimtnt. 
 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, present and absent, accounted for by name. 
 
 rejoins the regi- 
 le, -n-ill be stated 
 for and commencement of absence. 
 
 liicli an officer ie Bftgigiied or transferred to, joins 
 V coininand or special duty, with description of 
 J. and rlate of order, the re 
 cry return wliile it lasts.) 
 
 date, &c.. of order,) resignations, dismisisals, deaths, &.c. 
 I place, and, in the latter case, the cause. 
 
 Colonel. 
 Lt. Col. 
 Major. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 UoKt. (J. M. 
 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 livl. M U 
 
 (The brevet as well as the 
 regimental rank to bo 
 given.) 
 
 llvt. ail Lieut. 
 
 Bvt. aa Lieut. 
 Onptiun. 
 1st Lieut, 
 
 i Lieut. 
 Pvt. 'Jd Lieut. 
 
 id Lieut. 
 IJvt. 2d Lieut. 
 Ij Captain. 
 l8t Liont. 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 Captaiu. 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 2d Liont. 
 Bvt, 2d Lieut. 
 
 ( Form No. 5 — Continued. ) 
 
 ALTERATIONS since last Return, among the Enlisted Men. 
 or from, the regiment, or from one company to another, (mth No. 
 
 order ;) of all discharges, 
 
 ( To be accounted for by name, and classed in the ( 
 
 RETURN 
 
 OJ the, Regiment of 
 
 For the month of , 186 
 
 Hcceimd at A. (1. Office 
 
 I 
 
&c., of order ;) of all discharges, 
 
 .) 
 
 RETURN 
 
 Of the Regiment of ■ 
 
 For the month of , 1^6 . 
 
 Received at A. G. Office 
 
 lES. 
 
 RANK. 
 
 Letter 1 
 of Company. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)ntli of 
 
 ALTERATIONS Sj 
 R 
 
 Eulisted 
 men. 
 
 Offici 
 
 [ See the Re 
 
 Nature 
 
 OF. 
 
 No. OF 
 
 Order. 
 
 COMMISSIONED OIll as that 
 
 NAMES. 
 1st, Commandiug Officer. 2d,^ 
 3d, Field imd Staff of Reghr"^' 
 Company officers. 
 
 1. - When a post or station kll orders will t 
 or parts of different regimenlit reference to 
 rate lines by regiments ; bU 
 
 will be reported by companidcers borne on 
 
 2. -All the absent are to ited for by naix 
 " How ;" and, again, under tl in the followin.i 
 
 3.. Whenever a post is eier here given, ^ 
 exact return of the withdrtlthout Leave,' 
 parture, is to be left among 1t Monthly Re1 
 
 4.. The date and place of i&c, "Died," . 
 charge of every soldier not ipages 42, 43, an 
 rison, will be reported by t ofiicer joins, or 
 the commanding officer of tlumand, or spe 
 the soldier belongs. — See Aated opposite 
 A duplicate of the above rdchoolmaster " i 
 forwarded to the command! at the foot of 
 the man belongs. 
 
POST RETURN of 
 
 ( Form No. 6. ) 
 -, commanded by 
 
 for the month of 
 
 HEGBIENTS. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN, " casually at post," who are to be accounted for by name. 
 
 Names. 
 
 (To be arranged according to date 
 when received at tlie post.) 
 
 RECORD OP EVENTS. 
 (See directions for making out Post Retuing, pages 42, 43, and 44.) 
 
 Official Communications received during the month. 
 
 [ See tlie Regulations (paragraph 432) as to tlie mode of obtaining missing orders.] 
 
 WHENCE ISSUED. 
 
 etatlou: 
 Date : - 
 
 Commanding the FosL 
 
( Form No. 6— Continued. ) 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, present and absent, accounted for by name.— (The brevet rank, as well as that 
 
 by ordinary commission, to be given.) 
 
 POST RETURN 
 
 Of , for the month 
 
 of , 18G-. 
 
 Received — 186 — . 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Ut, CommiiiKlliiK OfBcor. 2il,0on. Staff. 
 3(1, 1'li'ld unit Hliiff of KcgiinontK. 4th, 
 Coiiijmny offlcirm. 
 
 Kank. 
 
 Keoiment 
 OB COUPS. 
 
 letteb.s of 
 Companies. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 No. 
 
 NASIE 
 
 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Regiment 
 or Corps. 
 
 Letters of 
 Companies. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 l..Wliimnno8torstivlloii 
 nr purls or ilinVivnl iv^lmcn 
 
 l8 gni-rlBOiiod by dlfforpiit n^giiueiitB, 5..Whoncver the garris 
 (.the troo|i«wlU bo n-porlcilon »opn- as Bohlicrif,) vi>dnpert, or re 
 
 1, " l^\,!"ih""i;, Li'iLHinns, lU'rs,"' from the .\. U. Offic 
 
 , „,n ,n in,,:, ,x,rv 111) niid Cth, "Special Orders 
 
 „ >.n,. I Ill lo (iliich "Letters." 8th, ••Orders," 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 u is re-enforced, (by recruits, as well partmeut Headquarters. AU orders will be arranged according to ent, but are not to bo embraced in the Btron|th of tho. cDinmand. 
 eved, or a post is estabUshed, evacu- their numbers, and withoilt reference to the date when they are 10. .The nature and commencement ot au othtTi- « aljsi ucf, with 
 "in, iiliudiiiK officer will immediately received at the post. No., date, &c., ot order, and the period aBBipuiMl tor f.m.r iiu-, so 
 
 iirrVl and to General and De- 7. -All commissioned oiBcers borne on the face of the return long as he is reported absent, to bo repeated lui ' vi i v i-. iiini. 
 
 il,,' v imc on the first subsequent (in figures) must be accounted for by name on this side ; and they 11. .The name and rank of every othcer , mil r^ll^•ll . n i\ ho 
 
 oiiiV in the case of anew post, will be classed and reported in the following order : Ist, "Present;" may be killed or wounded in action, or dm i.l u "1- n i , ind 
 
 liould bo identified with some 2d, "Absent in the order hero given, viz :" On Detached Ser- therein, with the time and place ot action, niiiiii h, i.|,m, i ii. 
 v,,i ii,,i„ river or town— post vice," "With Leave," "Without Leave," "Sick," "In Ai-rest;" 12. -The number (but not the names) "1 cuili;!";- .i,,rl"Mdat 
 M S till, best means of communicating 3d "Alterations since last Monthly Return," embracing '•Re- the post during the month, will bo noted on lie ,Moiitl,li n inni, 
 
 iiust be stated See nar 467 of Kegu- signed," ••Transferred," .fcc, "Died," &c.— See directions for with the amount of compensation allowed, i i hr Mi, 11 1 >i |,ail- 
 
 ' " making out Post Returns, pages 42, 43, and 44. meat in which employed.— See directions Im iniil.!".-^ mil I ost 
 
 be acknowledged in the following 8. -The day on which an officer joins, or leaves the post, assumes, Keturns, pages 42, 43, and 44. ■, , i 
 eueral Orders," and 3d, •' Special Or- or is relieved from, any command, or special duty, will, with the 13. .The pasting on of pieces of paper is to bi- iii iml. i i, " j"'"'! 
 e- 4th Letters 5th •'General Orders," nature of the latter, be stated opposite his name. it is possible to do so, by finer writmg, closer iiilu.B, oi using blank 
 ' 'from' Headquarters of Army; 7th, 9. .The " Chaplain and Schoolmaster " and " Citizen Physician" spaces in other parts of the return, 
 and 9th, "Special Orders," from De- employed, will be reported at the foot of the list of officers pres- 
 
by ordinary commission, to be given.) 
 
 POST EETURN 
 
 Of , for the mon 
 
 of , 186—. 
 
 Received , 186 — 
 
 Hank. 
 
 Regiment 
 OR Corps. 
 
 Letters of 
 Companies. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 le arranged according to 
 the date when they are 
 
 the face of the return 
 le on this side ; and they 
 J order : 1st, " Present ;" 
 nz: " On Detached Ser- 
 ' "Sick," "In Arrest;" 
 
 urn," embracing " Re- 
 &c. — See directions for 
 
 d44. 
 
 leaves the post, assumes, 
 cial duty, will, with the 
 his name. 
 
 ind "Citizen Physician" 
 the list of officers pres- 
 
 ent, but are not to be embraced in the strength of the command^ 
 
 10 The nature and commencement ot an ofhcer's absence, >vith 
 No. date, &c., of order, and the period assigned fo^' ^^^me^' «^ 
 long as he is reported absent, to be repeated on every letmu 
 
 11 .The name and rank of every officer and enlisted man ^ho 
 maybe killed or wounded in action, or die of wound received 
 therein with the time and place of action, must be reported. 
 
 12 T^e number (but not the names) of civihaiis employed at 
 the post during the month, will be noted on '^^^^^'^"^ 
 
 with the amount of compensation allowed, the Staff Dep^^ 
 ment in which employed.- See directions for makmg out Post 
 
 ^irT^e^S^tiSonorp^fcesof 
 
 it is possible to do so, by finer writmg, closer ruling, or using blank 
 spaces in other parts of the return. 
 
as for Dopartnients. 
 
 ATION 
 
 COS 
 
 
 OF 
 
 1 
 
 
 of 
 
 18G- 
 
 Al/rEKATIONS 
 SINCE LAST 
 MON'LY RET'N. 
 
 GAIN. LOSS, 
 
 52 53,54 
 
 55 56,57 
 
 58;5^ 
 
 istant Adjutant General, 
 
 NAMES, 
 
 ( The br(j.j^_ 
 
 Names. ;giments, & 
 
 (See note 
 
( Form No. 7. ) 
 
 EETDRN of the , commanded by , for the month of , 186—. 
 
 [ This Return to be used for Brigades, Divisions, Army Corps and Annies, in campaign, as well as for Departments. ] 
 
 This Return n ill lie made 
 out invariably in ti ijilicate— 
 one copy for the Adjutant 
 General of the Army, one tor 
 the immediate Coinlnander, 
 and one to be retained. 
 
 f 1 ATION COMM'DIN'G iTROOPS. 
 1 OFFICER. 1 
 
 1 1 2 1 3 
 
 1 Number of Companies. 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 ABSENT. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 1 
 
 SINCE LAST 
 MON'LY RET'N. 
 
 MEMORANDA. 
 
 On the Return of Bri- 
 gades this will be made out 
 by RegimeDts; on the Re- 
 turn of Divisions by Bri- 
 gades; on the Retimi of 
 Corps by Divisions; the 
 Infantry, Cavalry, and Ar- 
 tillery, being on separate 
 horizontal lines. 
 
 COMMISSIONED 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 1 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 Within this 
 Army or 
 
 Without this 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 
 GAIN. 
 
 LOSS. 
 
 1 No. of recruits required. | 
 
 i 
 I 
 
 
 1 Aggregate wounded in action. | 
 
 
 of Ar 
 tillerv 
 
 
 1 For duty. 1 
 
 1 On extra or daily duty. | 
 
 1 Sick. 1 
 
 
 Ir 
 
 1 For duty. 
 
 1 On extra or daily duty. 
 
 1 Sick. 
 
 i 
 
 s 
 s 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Commissioned Officers. 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 e 
 
 O 
 
 1 
 
 EnUstedmen. 
 
 1 
 
 1 General Officers. 
 
 I 
 f 
 
 < 
 
 1 Adjutant General's Department. 
 
 1 Inspectors General. 
 
 1 .Judge Advocate. 
 
 1 ♦ 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 1; 
 
 1 Medical Department. 
 
 1 Pay Department. 
 
 1 Topographical Engineers. 
 
 
 1 Military Storekeepers. | 
 
 
 
 1 Regimental Staff Officers. | 
 
 1 Captains. 
 
 
 3 
 
 it' 
 
 Ijo 
 
 1 Hospital Stewards. | 
 
 l|. 
 
 a g.. 
 
 1 Artificers, Farriers, and Bl'ksmiths. 
 1 Privates. 
 
 
 1 TOTAL ENLISTED. 1 
 
 1 Commissioned Officers. 1 
 
 a 
 
 
 ( "11, uiissioned Officers. | 
 
 1 Enlisted men. | 
 
 
 1 Serviceable. 
 
 Unserviceable. | 
 
 K 
 
 S S 
 
 i 
 
 Nniiilii'is of colmnas for ) 
 1' 1. ri uce to notes j 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 10 
 
 Il|l213 
 
 I4i5|ie 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 SO 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 24 25 
 
 26^2 
 1 
 
 7 28 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 3r, 
 
 3637|3 
 
 8 39 
 
 041 
 
 42 
 
 4344j45 4647 
 
 48*49 
 
 
 
 
 54 55 
 
 
 57 
 
 sssgjeo 
 
 61 
 
 62 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 
 65 66 67j68 
 
 69 REMARKS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 II 1 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 ! 1 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 II 
 
 1 1 1 1 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 II 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 lilt 
 
 
 DIRECTIONS. 
 
 In column No. 1, the location of the Regiment, Brigade, Division, or Corps, should be given with reference to some well-known place. 
 In colnmn No. 2, should appear the name in full of the officer who actually commands, with his rank. 
 
 In column No. 3. the number of the Regiment, the State, or, if not a State organization, the authorized name of the organization will be stated. If there is not room 
 in this column . this will be done on the back of the Report under the heading "List of Regiments," &c. 
 If the report be correctly made out, the figures on the same horizontal line should check as follows : 
 
 The sum of Nos, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, should equal No. 10 ; that of Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, equal No. 16 ; that of Nos. 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, equal to No. ,50 ; that 
 of Nos. 10, 17, and 19, equal No. 39 ; that of Nos. 16, 18, and 20, equal No. 49 ; that of Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2C, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, SB, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38, equal 
 No. 39: that of Nos. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48, equal No. 49 ; that of Nos. 39 and 49 equal No. 50 ; that of Nos. 52 and 53 equal No. 54 ; that of Nos. 55 and 56 
 equal^No. 57.^ The diflference between Nos. 54 and 57 should equal the difference between Nos. 50 and 51. No. 50 should be greater or less than No. 51, according as 
 
 In coluimis 03 and 64, the number of public horses, serviceable or unserviceable, belonging to Cavalry or Artillery (not including those used in baggage wagons for 
 draught purposes only) sliould always be given. 
 
 In columns 63. 6(1, and 67, the number of pieces of each calibre and the calibre should be given for all the Artillery, on the same line. 
 
 In column So. 68, the number of blank returns on hand should be stated, so that the Adjutant General may furnish blanks when needed. 
 
 Headquarters of tlie • 
 
 Station: 
 
 Date: 
 
 Cormnandlng the Department, 
 
( Form No. 7— Continued. ) 
 
 NAMES, &C., of the Generals and Staff Officers, present and absent. 
 ( The brqvet rank, as well aa that by ordmary commission, to be given. ) 
 
 LIST of Eegiments, Batteries, Detached Companies, &c., semng 
 in the , reported on this Return. 
 
 RETURN 
 
 OF THE 
 
 1 
 
 (See note 
 
 .) 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Regiment 
 oil 
 Coups. 
 
 POST OR 
 
 Station. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Division 
 
 COMM'DEB. 
 
 Brigade 
 
 COMM'DER. 
 
 Regiments, &c. 
 
 Division 
 
 COMM'DER. 
 
 Brigade 
 
 COMM'DER. 
 
 Regiments, &c. 
 
 
 Numbei 
 
 Name or 
 designation. 
 
 Number 
 
 designation. 
 
 For the month of , 186—. 
 
 Received , 186—. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1.. Under the heading "Names, &c., of Generals and Staif OflBcerB," the name of 
 each Brigade, Division, &.C., Commander will be given, accompanied by the 
 names, (fee, in full, of all officers serving on their respective Staffs. 
 
 2.. Under the heading " List of Regiments," &c., will be given the number, letter, and 
 name, in full, of every Regiment, detached Battalion, Squadron, Battery, or 
 Company serving in the command for which this Return is made, with the 
 name of the Division and Brigade Commander, those serving in the same 
 Brigade, Division, &c., being kept together, 
 
 3.. The date at which a General or Staff Officer joins his station — assumes, or is 
 relieved from any command, or duty, will be stated against his name ; against 
 that of an absent General or Staff Officer, the No. and date of order, the rea- 
 sons for, and commencement of, absence will be stated. 
 
 4. -The date, &c., of all transfers to, or from, Staff, (with No. and date of order,) will 
 be accurately noted; as likewise of resignations and dismissals, together with 
 date and place of death, or other casualty. Transfers from, resignations, dis- 
 missals, deaths, &c., will be recorded at the foot of each of the separate lists of 
 officers of Brigade, &c.. Staffs. 
 
 5.. Any change of Headquarters, all re-enforcements or reductions of the command, 
 and the establishment or abandonment of posts will be noted. The "Record 
 of Events " should also contain a brief summary of the military operations 
 during the month. 
 
 6.. The name, rank, and Regiment of every officer who may be killed, or wounded, 
 in action, with the time and place of action, must be reported. This may be 
 done on a separate sheet, if necessary, which should, when finished, be fas- 
 tened to the Return, 
 
 RECORD OF EVENTS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RETURN 
 
 OF THE 
 
 For the month of , 186- 
 
 Received , 186 — . 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Under the heading "Names, &c., of Generals and Staff Officers," the name of 
 each Brigade, Division, &c., Commander will be given, accompanied by the 
 names, &c., in full, of all officers serving on their respective Staffs. 
 
 Under the heading " List of Regiments," &c., will be given the nximber, letter, and 
 name, in full, of every Regiment, detached Battalion, Squadron, Battery, or 
 Company serving in the command for which this Return is made, with the 
 name of the Division and Brigade Commander, those serving in the same 
 Brigade, Division, &c., being kept together. 
 
 The date at which a General or Staff Officer joins his station— assumes, or is 
 relieved from any command, or duty, will be stated against his name ; agamst 
 that of an absent General or Staff Officer, the No. and date of order, the rea- 
 sons for, and commencement of, absence will be stated. 
 
 The date, &c., of all transfers to, or from. Staff, (with No. and date of order,) will 
 be accurately noted; as likewise of resignations and dismissals, together with 
 date and place of death, or other casualty. Transfers from, resignations, dis- 
 missals, deaths, &c., will be recorded at the foot of each of the separate lists of 
 officers of Brigade, &c.. Staffs. 
 
 Any change of Headquarters, all re-enforcements or reductions of the command, 
 and the establishment or abandonment of posts will be noted. The "Record 
 of Events " should also contain a brief summary of the military operations 
 during the month. , i -n ^ i i 
 
 The name rank, and Regiment of every officer who may be killed, or wounded, 
 in action, with the time and place of action, must be reported. This may be 
 done on a separate sheet, if necessary, which should, when finished, be fas- 
 tened to the Return. 
 
 RECORD OF EVENTS. 
 
 the 
 le on 
 jord 
 nz: 
 I (< ^ 
 
 urn, 
 &c.- 
 d 44 
 leav 
 cial 
 his 
 md 
 the 
 
MEMORANDA CON- 
 CERNING RE- 
 ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 •114UOU1 jdd 
 
 
 When last 
 
 dis- 
 charged. 
 
 
 JO .laqmn^ 
 
 
 MUSTERED - 
 IN. 
 
 •raoqM ifg 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Enlisted or 
 enrolled. 
 
 •pOU9<J 
 
 
 •aioqAV 
 
 
 
 
 •naqAV 
 
 
 •Noixvjaooo 
 
 
 Where Born. 
 
 State or 
 Kingdom. 
 
 
 Towner 
 County. 
 
 
 Description. 
 
 '83qoui 
 
 
 
 
 •notxo[duioo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 MNVH 1 
 
 
 
 
 •ON 1 
 
 
 -2 i« 
 
( Form 
 
 Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers of Company 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 Died. 
 
 Due the Soldier. 
 
 Retain'd 
 pay. 
 
 Extra pay. 
 
 0 
 
 Additional pay. 
 
 Due U. 
 
 a t 
 
No. 9 ) 
 
 tlio — 
 186—. 
 
 Eogiment of 
 
 for the quarter ending the 
 
 day 
 
 "States. 
 
 DUK 
 SOLD'RS 
 HOMK. 
 
 DUE- 
 
 Laun- 
 
 SUTLER. 
 
 ^ cl ^ ^ >^ 
 
 ^« g p § . 
 
 a p :i S „,ri 
 
 2^ 
 o ° 5 - t ^ 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 l.-This Return will be 
 forwarded quarterly by 
 Commauders of Compa- 
 nies to the Adjutant. 
 
 2- -The Inventories of 
 the Effects of Deceased 
 Enlisted Men, required by 
 the 95th Article of War, 
 will be forwarded, as soon 
 as practicable, by the 
 Company, or other Com- 
 mander, to the Adjutant 
 General and to the Head- 
 quarters of the Regiment 
 or Corps to which the Sol- 
 dier belonged at the time 
 of decease. (See Article 
 XVII Regulations.) 
 
 3. -With the Inventory 
 of Effects, there will be 
 forwarded to the Adjutant 
 General duplicate Final 
 Statements of the De- 
 ceased Soldier's accoimts 
 with the United States. 
 
 Station : 
 Date : — 
 
 Commajiding the Company 
 
Quarterly Eeturn of Deceased Soldiers of the 
 
 (Form 
 Regiment 
 
 ifill 
 
 Died. 
 
 Due the Soldier. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Retain'd 
 pay. 
 
 h 
 
 i:- 
 
 iiiiiBiBiBiiimBiB 
 
 Extra pay. 
 
 M a 
 
 11 II 11 II 
 
 Additional pay, 
 
 k 
 II 
 
 Pi 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 i 
 
 Notes. 1.. This Return will be forwarded quarterly by Commanders of Regiments 
 to the AdjiTtant General, and a duplicate sent at the same time to the 
 Second Auditor of the Treasury. 
 2.. The Inventories of the Effects of Deceased Enlisted Men, required by 
 the 95th Article of War, will be forwarded, as soon as practicable, by the 
 Company or other Commander, to the Adjutant General and to the Head- 
 
 Headquarters of the 
 
 station: 
 
 , Date: 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
No. 10.) 
 
 of , for the quarter ending the day of , 186 — . 
 
 Due United 
 States. 
 
 Due 
 
 SOLD'RS' 
 
 Home. 
 
 Due- 
 
 Date of forwarding the inven- 
 tory of effects and final state- 
 ment to the Adjutant General 
 and to the Regimental Head- 
 quarters by the Company or 
 other Commander. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 For Arms and Accou- 
 trements. 
 
 For Clothing. 
 
 For all other stoppages. 
 
 Under sec. 7, act March 
 3, 1859. 
 
 laun- 
 dress. 
 
 SUTLER. 
 
 Name of. i 
 (To be written in full.) 1 
 
 1 1 Dolls. 
 
 6 
 
 Name of. i 
 (To be written in full. ) | 
 
 "o 
 Q 
 
 5 
 
 1 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 1 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 1 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 Inven- 
 tory. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 quarters of the Regiment or Corps to which the Soldier belonged at the 
 time of decease. — See Article XVII Regulations. 
 3.. With the Inventory of Effects, there will be forwarded to the Adjutant 
 General duplicate Final Statements of the Deceased Soldier's accounts 
 with the United States. 
 
 Regiment of 
 
 Commanding the Regiment. 
 
( Form 
 
 Annual Return of the Alterations and Casualties incident to the 
 
 the year 
 
 Ap- 
 poiat'd 
 
 Commissioned Officers. 
 
 Promoted 
 
 Resigned. 
 
 Died. 
 
 Dismissed 
 
 Non-commissioned 
 
 Joined the 
 Regiment. 
 
 Disch'd from the 
 
 Designation of Posts and Stations at which the Deaths, Desertions, 
 &c., occurred. 
 
 Posts. 
 
 Deaths. 
 
 Deser- 
 
 Appre- 
 hensions 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
No. Jl. ) 
 
 Eeffimcnt of 
 
 186- 
 
 commanded by 
 
 during 
 
 Officers, Privates, &c. 
 
 reg't 
 
 W'lKled. 
 
 Desertions, <fec. — Trials, 
 &c. 
 
 a a 
 
 ^ 'Si 
 
 Designation of Companies in which the 
 Casualties occurred. 
 
 Companies. 
 
 Deith'! I^eser- Appre- 
 xjeamb. ^^^^^^^ hensions. 
 
 II KM ARKS. 
 
 1.. Under this head, the 
 Colonel will record such 
 other facts, and add such 
 general remarks relative to 
 the movements, service, and 
 discipline of his Regiment, 
 as may be necessary or use- 
 ful for the records of the 
 Adjutant General's Ofhce ; 
 such as all the changes made 
 in the Headquarters of the 
 Regiment, or of any Com- 
 pany, within the year, &c. 
 
 2. - In case of loss in action, 
 the name and rank of all 
 killed or wounded, and the 
 time and place of action, 
 will be specified, (fee, &c. 
 
 * The nature of the otfense will be specified. 
 Headquarters of the Regiment of , 
 
 Date: , 
 
 Station : Commandivg the Regiment. 
 
ited States, (Colonel 
 — , 18G— . 
 
 day of ■ 
 
 186—. 
 
 po;.iQHoa 
 
 *■■ -o^y 'osijoaip mo.i^"l 
 
 ' apuuoAv JO , 
 
 " uoipu ni po{[i>[ J 
 
 p8J.l3JSm3J J, 
 
 .iQpjo iCg ) 
 
 A^joiiixve ijAio 
 
 •t'BH "0 ■£) JO "^Hias 
 ■ if'^ijiqi^ssip .TOJI 
 ■90IA.I8R JO uoi^'Bardxa 
 ■ " pouSisa'ji 
 
 noi^aosap raoj^j ] 
 
 uioddB JO ' jajgnt?.!^ j,, 
 
 iCnuduioo HI pa^sT^na 
 s^odep raojj sjinaoaa. 
 
 gqV pan ^nasa.Td— 
 
 •o?5> '"0^ 'P8T10.IBUI saouBjsip 'aoT?[d 
 q^TAv 'pa^ou ifnW^-^'K^ P^^ ^p^iiuTU 
 Iix/A '^audiuoo 811^ JO soiAaas .to 'Zona 
 'omidtosip aq^^ o\ Sapup.i ^^go.ia^ui jo ^ 
 -X.i3Aa 'noi^tJ^s JO saStreqo 'soqo.reui 'gj 
 'paSuSaa naaq SBq '^i jo noi^iod Awe .u 
 -Bduioo aqj" qoiqAV ni suoipy - "xx ax( 
 
 
 •nop'Braiojni !)n9sajd jo 
 
 noj .ia;snui -jsjij gqj no poSpaiAvoni^o 
 -py »qi raojj pai[ddnR aq \\im. s^uvi 
 JO Adoo V ^B.iaiiao ^ireinrpy axp o:^ 
 .10 aaoigo Sctua^snra 'aajsnui .rei 
 
 (jnaui()sqna Avan &t{% no A\sd giq Av,^ 
 -\os ail) amij aq} %v uaAiS aq hjav ^Ui 
 -.tag JO ut.ia; aq!j jo uojiB-iidxa aqi o;) 
 
 pi^tl ^jguT; JO pi?aij aq^ japnn gao^df 
 aAnq gjadiid qoiig titoqAi o^ '.iaip[og 
 -oddo apBiu aq hjav ^xiaA^S g^nauia;) 
 
 xtantjnoo .lo '^ga-u-eni 
 
 n^is 
 
 aAxja^ jnoqjTAV 
 
 9Auai qjiAV 
 
 aoiAjag paqotrjap iiq, 
 uanijuoo .lo 'jgajac ni 
 
 ^P!S 
 
 up A\iv.\) JO 'cjjxa no 
 
 A"P -10 j[ 
 
 •MOixvrn.LTcivoaa 
 
( Form No. 12. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of Captain 
 
 - Company (- 
 day of 
 
 .) of the Regiment of , Army of the United States, (Colonel 
 
 6 — , when last mustered, to the day of , 18G — . 
 
 -,) from 
 
 Names. 
 Present and absent. 
 
 at Surgt. 
 Sergeant. 
 
 liAST PAID. 
 (See Note 8.) 
 
 By pay- To what 
 
 Bounty. 
 Act of June 17, 
 1850. 
 (See Note 5. ) 
 
 asHigned l 
 
 "t'erred'fK 
 
 comijetent 
 
 1.. All officers and soldiers are to be taken up on the rolls, t 
 
 authority, whether they have yet joined, or not; and to be dropped, when similarly transt 
 2. .Under the head of Bemarlcs, the date whun any assignment talies effect, the No., date, &c., of order therefor 
 the date of any oflicer or soldier's joining:, whether originally, or from any absence; the date of au 
 ofKcer's asBumiiig, or being vdievi il Innii, iiny command or special duty; the description of any special, 
 extra, or daily duty, on \vliicli ullii-i-i rt it s<i],ii,.is nuiy be ; all changes of rank, by promotion, appointment, 
 . xt . , . .. ... stoppages, til ^ 
 
 No., date, &,c., of ord 
 and period assigned f 
 on duty. — if sick, or i 
 of the person concerued, with evo 
 company, — to guide the paymaste 
 1 noting stoppages to be nmde for 1 
 Horse equipments, for Clothing, S 
 
 No., date, &c., of order, 
 pi atcil (in c^very roll, while it lasts;) if wounded in buttle, or injured 
 c to that effect, &.C., &c. — nuist be carefully stated opposite to the name 
 ing else necessary, either to accouat fully for every individual of the 
 )i' insure justice fo the soldier, and to tlie United States. 
 riv dannige to public properly, the gross amount due for Ordnance, for 
 vlll be separately stated, in the order enumerated in par. 1187, G. R. 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Company, from the day of 
 
 18G — , when last paid, to the day of , 18C 
 
 S 5 
 
( Form No. 1'2 — C'ontiuuud. ) 
 MUSTER ROLL— Continued. 
 
 PAY ROLL— Continued. 
 
 Names. 
 Pioscnt and iibsci 
 
 BOUNTY, 
 ct of .Tnne 17, 
 
 test). 
 
 Names. 
 PrcBeut. 
 
 .Additional pay, due undur.Sec. 2. Act of August ■! 
 
 r Scc.'S < 
 
 Bunic Act, tbus: "For ctsrt. of merit, $2 pr. 
 comm., $2 pr. mo." 
 
 .The iustallmcnts of Bounty due, under Sec. 3, Act of June 17, 1850, are paid as follows: I'jj, i, B; i> at the end 
 of the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4tb years, respectively, the remainder at the expiration of enlistment ; and will, under 
 
 the head of Remarks, be noted thus : " Ret'd Bounty due, Ist, (or 2d, 3d, &c.,) inst., $ . " See G. O. 20, of 
 
 1850. Besides which, in the columns headed "Bounty Paid," and "Bounty Due," must be entered, iu 'figures, 
 the whole amouut hitherto paid, and the whole amount yet due, ou account of said bounty. 
 
 .The "three months' extra pay," for re-enlistment, under See. 29 Act of July 5, 1838, being; paid by the recruiting 
 officer, should not bo noted on the muster rolls. 
 
 .The roll of those belonging to the company will be immediately followed by that of the officers and soldiers 
 who, siuce last muster, have ceased to belong to it. These will be classed in the following order, viz: Dis- 
 charged, Transferred, Died, Deserted; and the utmost particularity will be observed in the remarks concern- 
 ing them— Date and Place will, in every case, bo given; aud No., date, &c., of orders, or doscriptiou of 
 authority, be always carefully specified. Soldiers disebarged aud re-enlisted, or who have deserted aud been 
 retaken, since last muster, have their ]"'" ^ ■ ' " 
 
 1854, will bo thus noted, viz: "For 1st rc- 
 rc-oulist. $4 pr. mo.;" &c., &c. That due \ 
 " That duo uuder Sec. 4 of the same Act 
 
 L both of the above rolls. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 UEtJAPlTULATION. 
 
 j'For duty 
 
 g I Ou extra or daily duty 
 
 ^ lliianvs(,orconliiu'me 
 
 i I Without k-avo 
 
 < Sick 
 
 I luarrest, or confiiK'iuont 
 
 Strength— Presout iiud AbHeut- 
 
 I Compauy.. 
 
 By trauKfcr, orappoiut'nt 
 i From desertion 
 
 TraiiKferrcd 
 
 ^ fKJIk'd in action.... 
 
 1 OfvvouudH 
 
 I From ditjCUKc, &,c, . 
 
 DeHtrtt'd , 
 
 8. .The romark. "discharge and final statements given" will be made oppo- 
 site to the name of every discliarged soldier, to whom such papers have 
 actually been given. But the blauk spaces uuder the head of Last Paid 
 are to be filled as usual. 
 
 9. - In all cases of "re-enlistraent" prior to the expiration of the term of ser- 
 vice, the discharge on the old enlistment will be given at the time the sol- 
 dier "re-enlists" — from aud ou which day his pay ou the new enlistment 
 will commence. 
 
 10.. Within three days after each regular muster, the mustering officer or 
 commandant of the post will traugmit to the Adjuliint General a copy of 
 the muster roll of each compauy. Blanks will be supplied from the Ad- 
 jutant General's Office, aud will be acknowledged on the first muster roll 
 forwarded after their receipt. 
 
 «1 
 
 Books and Blanks— 
 To be accounted for by the 
 Company Commander. 
 
 Record of Events which may 
 be necessary or useful for future 
 reference at the War Department, 
 or for present information. 
 
 NOTJE 11.. Actions in which .the compa- 
 ny, or any portion of it, has been engaged, 
 scouts, marches, changes of station, every- 
 thing of interest relating to the discipline, 
 efficiency, or service of the company, will 
 be minutely aud carefully noted, with 
 dato, place, distaucos marched, &c., &c. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that this Muster Roll is made out in the manner required by 
 
 the printed uotes ; that it exhibits the true state of Captain Company 
 
 (— ) of the Regiment of , for the period herein mentioued; that the "Re- 
 marks " set opposite the name of each officer and Koldier are accurate aud just ; 
 that the " Recapitulation" exhibits in every particular the true state of the < 
 pany, as required by Regulations and the Rules and Articles of War 
 
 Station: 
 Date: - 
 
 Commanding the Company. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that I iiave carefully examined this Muster Roll, aud that ] 
 have mustered aud minutely inspected the company ; the condition of which ie 
 found to be aa expressed in my remarks hereunto annexed.* 
 
 Discipline : 
 Instruction : 
 Mihtary appearance : 
 Arms : 
 
 Accoutrements ; 
 Clothing ! 
 
 ion of the Wi' 
 
 InsfiCGtor and AlusteriitS O^u 
 
 find Miisferlng Officer to add the 
 ;lruetion," tfcc, according to ^hp 
 li buch othi r n-markB as may bp 
 Department, 
 
 t enah muster, ono to be r«talnetl with 
 Ono nuistor roll or mustor and i^v 
 is at tho sftttu'' t»»wt> forwiuxUnl to th»» 
 
PAY ROLL— Continued. 
 
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 \mouut r 
 
 Lctaiued 
 
 OUNTY. 
 
 Total J 
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 lECEIVED 
 PAYMENT 
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Form No. 13. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of Captain 
 
 , Compauy ( .) of the Regiment of ■ 
 
 the day of , 186 — , ^Yhen last mustered, to the 
 
 United States Army, 
 day of , 186- 
 
 (Colonel 
 
 ,) from 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PreMMit aud absent. 
 
 (Privates in alphn- 
 " L'tical order.) 
 
 Commeucemeut of first payment by time. 
 
 Wheu. "Where. By whom. Period, 
 
 MUSTERED INTO SERVICE 
 
 en. Where. By whom. ^"X" '^'^ 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PreBCut. 
 
 -AH officers and soldiers are to be taken up on the rolls, so noon as assigned to the 
 company by competent authority, whether they have yet joined, or not ; and to 
 be dropped, when similarly transferred from it. 
 -Under the head of Remarks, the date when any assignment takes effect, the No., 
 date, &c., of order therefor; the date of any officer or soldier's joining, whether 
 originally or from any absence ; the date of an officer's assuming, or being 
 relieved, from any command, or special duty; the description of any special, 
 extra, or daily duty, on wiiich officers or soldiers may be; all changes of rank, 
 by promotion, appointment, or reduction, with date of same, and No., date. Sec, 
 of order; all authorized Btoppages, fines, nentences, with No., date, &c., of order, 
 &c. ; in case of absence, the nature and commencement of, No., date, &c., of 
 order, and period assigned for same, fto be repeated on every roll, while it lasts ;) 
 if wounded in battle, or injured on duty — if sick, or confined, a remark to that 
 effect, &c., &.C., must be carefully stated opposite to the name of the person 
 concerned, with everything else necessary, either to account fully for every 
 company, to guide the paymaster, or insure justice to the 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Company from tlie — day of — 
 186-, when last paid, to tlie — day of , 18G- 
 
 it 
 
 m 
 
( Form' No. 13— Continued. ) 
 MUSTER ROLL— Continued. 
 
 PAY ROLii— Continued, 
 
 Present and abseut. 
 
 Joined tor Seuvice and enrolled 
 at gk.veual rendezvous. 
 
 Commencement of first payment by time. 
 
 When, 
 
 By whom. 
 
 Where, By whom. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 ( See note 6. ) 
 
 Names. 
 Present. 
 
 separately stated in the order enumerated in par. 1187, G-. R. 
 
 . Additional pay due under Sec. 2, Act of Aug. 4, 1854, will be thus noted, viz : "For 
 1st re-enlist. $2 pr. mo.;" or, "For 2d re-enli«t. $3 pr. mo.;" or, "For 3d re- 
 eulist. S4 pr. mo.;" &c., &c. That due under Sec.Sof the same Act, thus: "For 
 cert, of merit, $2 pr, mo." That due under Sec. 4 of the same Act, thus : " In 
 lieu of comm,, $2 pr. mo." 
 
 -The roll of those belonging to the company, will be immediately followed by that 
 of the oiEcers and soldiers, who, since last muster, have ceased to belong to k. 
 These will be classed in the following order, viz: Discharged, Transferred, Died, 
 Deserted; and the utmost particularity will bo observed, in the remarks con- 
 cerning them— Date and Place will, in every case, be given ; and No., date, &c., 
 of orders, or description of authority, be always carefully specified. Soldiers 
 discharged and re-eulisted, or who have deserted and been retaken, since last 
 muster, have their place in both of the above rolls. 
 
 RECAPll'ULATION. 
 
 Ivor duty 
 On' extra, or dully duty., 
 s-" 
 Ill unx'nt, or coufiuemout 
 
 iOu dctiichcd service 
 With U-uvu 
 Without leiive 
 
 < I Sick 
 
 [ lu arrest, or coufiueiueut 
 
 C Recruits from dcpotH 
 
 Enlisted in company 
 
 By re-eulistment 
 
 By trauwfer, or uppuiutm't 
 I From dewertion 
 
 ReKigued 
 
 I Expiration of service 
 For disability 
 By Beut, of G. C. Martial. 
 By civil authority 
 
 Transferred . 
 
 [ From discii 
 Deserted, . 
 
 -The remark "Discharge and final stntements-given," will be made opposite to 
 name of every discharged soldier, to whom such papers have actually been 
 n. But the blank spaces under the head of " Last Paid," are to be filled as 
 
 .Re-enlistment two mouths before the expiration of term of service is no 
 longer allowable. 
 
 8.. Within three days after each regular muster, the mustering officer, or com- 
 mandant of the post will transmit to the Adjutant General a copy of the muster 
 roll of each company. Blanks will he supplied from the Adjutant General's Office, 
 1 and will be acknowledged on the first muster roll forwarded after their receipt. 
 
 BOOKS AND BLANKS- 
 
 To be accounted for by t 
 Company Commandei 
 
 Books and 
 Blanks— 
 (Continued.) 
 
 Record op Events which may 
 be necessary or useful for future 
 reference at the War Department, 
 or for present information. 
 
 9 -.Actions in which the company or 
 any portion of it, has beeu engaged, 
 scouts, marches, changes of station, every 
 thing of interest, relating to the discipline, 
 efficieucy, or service of the company, will 
 be minutely and carefully noted, with 
 date, place, distances marched, &c., &c. 
 
 I certify, ou honor, that this Muster Roll is made out In the manner required by 
 
 the printed notes ; that it exhibits the true state of Captain ■ Company 
 
 (— ) of the Regiment of , for the period herein mentioned; that the 
 
 "Remarks" set opposite the name of each officer and soldier are accurate and just ; 
 and that the "Recapitulation" exhibits in every particular the true state of the 
 Company, as required by Regulations and the Rules and Articles of War. 
 
 Station: 
 
 Date: 
 
 Cmnmanding the Company. 
 
 I eei-tify, on honor, that I have carefully examined this Muster Roll, 
 have mustered aud minutely inspected the Company; tho condition ol 
 found to bo. as expressed iu my remarks hereunto annexed.* 
 
 Discipline : 
 Instruction ; 
 Military Appeal 
 Arms : 
 
 Accoutrements 
 
 Inspector and Mustering Office? 
 
 We certify, on honor, that we actually employed the servants, and owned and 
 kept in service the horses, for which we have received payment, for the whole of the 
 time charged, and did not, during any part of the time, employ a soldier as servant — 
 the names of our servants are below ; that we are not indebted to tlie United Stat, s 
 on any account whatever. We also certify that the company officers, non■comlIli^>- 
 sioned oflficers, and privates of the company to which we belong, who are made up 
 for pay, &c., as having horses and horse equipments, actually owned, aud had them 
 in service for tho time paid for. Wo also certify that wo witnessed the payment of 
 the whole company. 
 
 -, Captain, servant 
 -,Ut Lieut., servant 
 2^ Limt., servant 
 
 Three muster and pay rolls are madi 
 company records, nud two for tho Pay 
 forwarded to the Ac^utaut General. 
 
 rolls are made at each muster; 
 
PAY ROLL— Continued. 
 
 i 
 
 2 § 0. S^,: 
 
 m 
 
 ii 
 
 iiiiii 
 
 i 
 
 ■-tuaJlv employed the servants, and owned and 
 
AY EOLL of tlie 
 , 186—, wh 
 
 riod 
 No d for. 
 
 t be 
 lelse 
 
 ted, 
 For 
 
 Amount 
 of pay 
 
 Reta 
 pa 
 
 marks concerning 
 date, &c., of ordel 
 Soldiers discharged 
 last muster, have t 
 
 6. .The remark ' 
 the name of every 
 But the blank gpa( 
 
 7..Re-enli8tmen' 
 longer allowable. 
 
 8.. Within three 
 mandant of the po 
 roll of each compa: 
 and will be acknoi 
 
 No. 
 
 Names, 
 Present and ; 
 
 (Privates in alj 
 cal order 
 
 Per 
 paid 
 
 JRecord op Ev ' 
 future referer""^*^ 
 
 and of 
 
 larks 
 
 < Actions in which t] 
 mental Headquart 
 
 'any. 
 
 that 1 1 
 dition 
 
 dthe 
 
 0 the 11 Til 
 lybejl pany 
 to the 
 
( Form 'No. 14. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of the Field, Staff, and Band of the Regiment of — 
 
 ,) from the day of — [ , 186 — , when last mustered, to the day of 
 
 (Colonel 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Field, Staff, and Band, from the day of 
 
 , 186 — , when last paid, to the day of— , 186 — . 
 
 Present and absent. 
 
 Date of Commission, 
 OR Regimental 
 Appointment. 
 
 NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF AND BAND. 
 
 ( See paragraphs 83 and 143 of the RegulatioDB. ) 
 
 Names. 
 Present and absent. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 (See Note 6.) 
 
 Paid, Due. 
 
 DoUb. Dolls. 
 
 NAMES. 
 Present. 
 
 Amount 
 of stop- 
 pages. 
 
 1. .All officers and soldiers are to be taken up on the rolls, so soon as assigned 
 by competent authority, whether they have yet joined, or not; and to be dropped, 
 when similarly transferred. 
 
 2. -In noting stoppages to be made for loss, or damage to public property, the gross 
 amount due for Ordnance, for Horse equipments, for Clothing, &c., will be separately 
 stated, in the order enumerated in par. 1187, G. R. 
 
 3 . - Under the head of Remarks, the date when any assignment takes effect, the No. , 
 date, ifec, of order therefor ; the date of any officer or enlisted man's joining, whether 
 origiually, or from any absence ; the date of an officer's assuming, or being relieved 
 from, any command or special duty; the description of any special, extra, or daily 
 duty, on which officers or enlisted men may be ; all changes of rank, by promotion, 
 appointment, or reduction, with date of same, and No., date, &c., of order ; all au- 
 thorized stoppages, fines, sentences, with No., date, Sec, of order, &c. ; in case of 
 absence, the nature and commencement of, No,, date, &c., of order, and period 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 assigned for same, (to be repeated on every roll while it lasts ;) if wounded in battle, 
 or injured on duty. — if sick, or confined, a remark to that effect, (fee, Sec. — must be 
 carefully stated opposite to the name of the person concerned, with everything else 
 necessary, either to account fully for every individual, — to guide the paymaster, — 
 or insure justice to the enlisted man, and to the United States. 
 
 4.. Additional pay, due under Sec. 2. Act of August 4, 1854, will be thus noted, 
 viz: "For 1st re-enlist. S2 pr. mo.;" or, "For 2d re-enlist. S3pr.mo.;" or, "For 
 3d re-enlist. ®4 pr. mo.;" Sec, &c. That dite under Sec. 3 of the same Act, thus; 
 "For cert, of merit, $2 pr. mo." That due under Sec. 4 of the same Act, thus : 
 "la lieu of comm., ®2 pr. mo." 
 
 5. .The roll of those belonging to the Field, Staff, and Band, will be immediately 
 followed by that of the officers and soldiers who, since last muster, have ceased to 
 belong to it. These will be classed in the following order, viz: Discharged, Traua- 
 ferred, Died, Deserted ; and the utmost particularity will be observed in the re- 
 
 marks concerning them — Date and Place will, in every case, be given; andN. 
 date, &c., of orders, or description of authority, be always caretully specifier 
 Soldiers discharged and re-enlisted, or who have deserted and been retaken, since 
 last muster, have their place in both of the above rolls. 
 
 6.. The remark "Discharge and final statements given" will be made opposite to 
 the name of every discharged man, to whom such papers have actually been given. 
 But the blank spaces under the head of Last Paid are to be filled as usual. 
 
 7.. Re-enlistment two months before the expiration of term of service is no 
 longer allowable. 
 
 8.. "Within three days after each regular muster, the mustering officer or com - 
 mandttut of the post will transmit to the Adjutant General a copy of the muster 
 roll of each company. Blanks will be supplied from the Ailjutant General's Office, 
 and will be acknowledged on the first muster roll forwarded af^er thwir receipt. 
 
( Form No. 14 — Continued. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL— Continued. 
 
 PAY ROLL— Continued. 
 
 Names. 
 Present and absent. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 (See Note 6.) 
 
 Paid. Due. 
 
 Names. 
 Present. 
 
 Kecord op Events which may be necessary or useful for 
 future reference at the War Department, or for 
 information. 
 
 I certify, on lienor, that this Muster Roll is made out in the manner required by 
 the printed notes ; that it exhibits the true state of the Field, Staff, and Band of 
 
 the Regiment of , for the period herein mentioned: that the "Remarks" 
 
 set opposite the name of each officer and soldier are accurate and just. 
 
 Commanding the Company. 
 I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined this Muster Roll, and that I 
 have mustered and minutely inspected the Field, Staff, and Band ; the condition 
 of which is found to be as expressed in ray remarks hereunto annexed.* 
 
 Discipline : 
 Instruction 
 Military appearance : 
 
 Accoutrements : 
 Clothing: 
 
 Inspector and Mustering OJJicer. 
 
 *It is made the special duty of the Inspector and Mustering Officer to add 
 appropriate remarks touching "Discipline," "Instruction," &c., according to 
 facts exhibited in the course of his inspection, with such other remarks as may be 
 necessary or useful for the information of the War Department. 
 
 Three muster and pay rolls are made at 
 pany records, and two for the Paymaster, 
 to the Adjutant General. 
 
PAY ROLL— Continued. 
 
 Amount 
 of pay. 
 
 Retained 
 pay. 
 
 Total 
 amount 
 due. 
 
 Amount 
 of stop- 
 
 Balance 
 paid. 
 
 Received 
 
 PAYMENT 
 OF— 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 ree muster and pay rolls are made at 
 records, and two for the Paymaster, 
 i Adjutant General. 
 
 each muster; one to be retained vnth the corn- 
 One muster roll is at the same time forwarded 
 
le Field ar 
 last paid, t 
 
 MUSTER ROLL ,f the Field 
 in the service c 
 of , 186-'^^®^ 
 
 Record of events wy, eacli for his o 
 necessary or useful fobsent without lei 
 ence at the War Deparawu rations, foi' 
 present information, t of the time tl^ 
 d the private se" 
 t, during- the terf 
 (Actions in which the reg^'^^ annexec^ 
 been engaged, changes of RUr staff appointn 
 quarters, and distances mat we were the actl 
 ticularly noted.) gg^.^ ^^j^hin our 
 
 eriod charged; t 
 e actually in th 
 ;Ve not been in 
 »ensation during 
 Army as commi 
 hat we are not i] 
 
 'URE AND 
 
 Rank. 
 
 date, &c., 
 Soldiers d: 
 last muste 
 
 6.. The 
 to the nan 
 given. Br 
 
 7. .Re-e 
 longer all 
 
 8.. Witt 
 mandant < 
 roll of ea 
 Office, an^ 
 receipt 
 
 ho 
 erg 
 
( Form No. 15. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of the Field and Staff of the Regiment of Volunteers, 
 
 in the service of the United States, Colonel , from the day 
 
 of , 186 — , when last mustered, to the day of , 186 — . 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Field and Staff, from the 
 when last paid, to the day of ■ 
 
 day of 
 
 186- 
 
 Names. 
 
 NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 
 
 (See paragraph 143 of the Regulations, edition of 1861.) 
 
 Na-iies. 
 Present 
 
 .joiski) for smvick and kk- 
 kolled at gexerai. 
 
 Rendezvous. , 
 Commencement of first payment 
 by time. ] 
 
 When. Where, 
 
 i Period, il Whe 
 
 Last Paid. 
 ( See Note (i. ) 
 
 By Pay- Towhat 
 
 Names. 
 Present. 
 
 1..A11 oftioorrt and soldiors are to be taken up on the rolls, so soon as assigned 
 by competent autlioritv. whether they have yet joined, or not ; and to be dropped 
 when similarly transferred. 
 
 2. -In noting stoppages to be made for loss or damage to public property, tlie 
 gross amount due for Ordnance, for Horse equipmeuta, for Clothing, ifcc., will be 
 separately stated, in tlie ordci- enumerated, in par. 1332, G. R., ed. 1861. 
 
 3.. Under the head of Renuxrks the date when any assignment takes effect, the 
 No., date, &-c., of order therefor ; the date of an officer or enlisted man's joining, 
 whether origmally or from any absence ; the date of an otHcer's assuming, or 
 being relieved from, any command, or special duty ; the description of any special, 
 extra, or daily duty, on which oflficers or enlisted men may be ; all changes of 
 rank by promotion, appointment, or reduction, with date of same, and No., date, 
 &c., of order; all authorized stoppages, fines, sentences, with No., date, &c., of 
 order, &c.; in case of absence, the nature and commencement of, No., date, &c., 
 of order, and period assigned for same, (to be repented on every roll, while it 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 lasts ;) if wounded in battle, or injured on duty — if sick 
 that etTect, &c., &.c. — must be carefully stated, opposite 
 concerned, with everything else necessary, either to aci 
 vidual, — to guide the pavmaster, — or ensure justice to tl: 
 United States. 
 
 4. .Additional pay, due under Sec. 2, Act of Aug. 4, 1854, will be thus noted, 
 viz: "For Ist re-enlist. lS2 pr. mo.;" or, "For 2d re-enlist. $3 pr. mo.;" or, "For 
 3d re-enlist. S4 pr. mo.;" &c., &c. That duo under Sec. 3, of the same act, thus: 
 " For cert, of merit, S2 pr. mti." That due under Sec. 4, of the B:mie act, thus : 
 " In lieu of comm. $2 pr. mo." 
 
 5. .The roll of those belonging 1o the Field, Staff, and Band, will be immediately 
 followed by that of the officers and soldiers who, since last muster, have ceased to 
 belong to it. These will be classed in the following order, viz ; Discharged, Trans- 
 ferred, Died, Deserted ; and the utmost particularity will be observed, in the re- 
 marks concerning them — Date and place will, in every case, be given ; and No., 
 
 nUy for every indi- 
 
 te, of orders, or description of authority, be always carefully specified, 
 ■s discharged and re-enlisted, or who have deserted and been retaken, since 
 rster, have their place in both of the above rolls. 
 
 'he remark " Discharge and final statements given " will be made opposite 
 name of everv discharged man, to whom such papers have actually been 
 But the blank spaces under tlie head of Last Paid, are to be filled as usual. 
 ;e-enlistment, two months before the expiration of term of service, is no 
 
 the 
 
 A'ithin three davs Jd'ter each reguli 
 int of the post, "will transmit to the Adjutant G 
 f each company. Blanks will be supplied IV 
 . and 'will be acknowledged on the iirst must* 
 
 !ring officer, or com- 
 ,1 copy of tlie muster 
 in the Adjutant General's 
 roll forwarded after their 
 
( Form No. 15 — Continued. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of the Field and Stafif of the Regiment ot Volunteers, 
 
 in the service of the United States, Colonel from the day 
 
 of , 186— when last mustered, to the day of , 186 — . 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Field and Staff, from the day of ■ 
 
 when last paid, to the day of , 186- 
 
 186- 
 
 Record of events which may he 
 necessary or useful for future refer- 
 once at the War Department, or for 
 present information. 
 
 (Actions in wlilcli tlio ri'Rimont may have 
 boon ougiiged, clmnges of llegimeutal Head- 
 quartevB, and diBtauceH marched, to be par- 
 ticularly noted.) 
 
 I certify, on honor, that this Muster Roll is made out in the man- 
 ner required by the printed notes ; that it exhibits the true state of 
 
 the Field and Stafl' of the Regiment of for the period 
 
 herein mentioned; and that the "Remarks'' set opposite the name 
 of each officer and soldier are accurate and just. 
 
 Station : 
 Date: - 
 
 Commanding the Regiment. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined this Muster 
 Roll; and that I have mustered, and minutely inspected, the Field 
 and Staff, the condition of which is found to be as expressed in my 
 remarks hereunto annexed.* 
 
 Discipline: 
 
 Instruction: 
 
 Military appearance: 
 
 Anns: 
 
 Accoutrements: 
 
 Clothing: 
 
 Inspector and Mustering Officer 
 
 *It is made the special duty of the Inspecting and Mustering Officer to 
 appropriate remarks touching "Discipline," "Instruction," &c.,accordit 
 facts exhibited in the course of his inspection, with such other remarks as 
 necessary or useful for the information of the War Department. 
 
 We hereby certify, each for his own account, that the foregoing account is accurate and just; that 
 we have not been absent without leave during any^part of the time charged for; that we have not 
 received pay, nor drawn rations, forage, or clothing, in kind, or received money in lieu of any part 
 thereof, for any part of the time therein charged ; that we actually owned and kept in service the 
 horses, and employed the private servants for which we charge, for the whole of the time charged; 
 and that we did not, during the term so charged, or any part thei-eof. keep or employ a soldier as a 
 waiter or servant ; that the annexed is an accurate description of our servants ; that for the whole 
 period charged for our staff appointments we actually and legally held the appointment and did duty m 
 the department ; that we were the actual and only commanding officers at the double ration posts charged 
 for; and that no officer, within our knowledge, has a right to claim, or does claim, for said services 
 for any part of the period charged; that for the whole time brevet pay is claimed we had the command 
 stated ; that we were actually in the command of a company for the whole time additional pay is 
 charged; that we have not been in the performance of any staff' duty for which we claim or have 
 received extra compensation during the time an additional ration is charged for ; that we have been 
 in the United States Army as commissioned officers for the number of years stated in the charge for 
 extra rations ; and that we are not in aiTears with the United States on any account whatsoever. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF SERVANTS. 
 
and Staff, from the - 
 d, to the day of 
 
 day of — 
 — , 186—. 
 
 -, 186— 
 
 iod 
 for. 
 
 wn account, that the foregoing account is accurate and just ; that 
 ,ave during anv part of the time charged for; that we have not 
 — age or clothing, in kind, or received money in lieu of any part 
 ^ lerein charged; that we actually owned and kept m service the 
 ^rvants for which we charge, for the whole of the tmie charged; 
 m so charged, or any part thereof, keep or employ a soldier as a 
 I is an accurate description of our servants; that for the whole 
 lents we actually and legally held the appointment and did duty m 
 lal and only commanding officers at the double ration posts charged 
 knowledge, has a right to claim, or does claim, for said services 
 hat for the whole time brevet pay is claimed we had the command 
 e command of a company for the whole time additional pay is 
 the performance of any staff duty for which we claim or have 
 the time an additional ration is charged for; that we have been 
 issioned officers for the number of years stated m the charge lor 
 1 arrears with the United States on any account whatsoever. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF SERVANTS. 
 
 COMPLEX- 
 ION. 
 
 Feet. Inches. 
 
 ree 
 re< 
 A 
 
, in 
 last 
 
 PAY RO 
 
 Period 
 paid for. 
 
 [ act, thus: 
 act, thus : 
 
 , 1850, are 
 ~n, respect- 
 he head of 
 
 $ . " 
 
 Paid," and 
 ) paid, and 
 
 rvice is no 
 
 )llovved by 
 ese will be 
 Deserted : 
 
 and the utir 
 Date and p] 
 description j 
 re-enlisted, 
 place in bot 
 
 7.. The r^ 
 to the namei 
 given. But 
 
 8..Withiij 
 mandant of 
 roll of eacl 
 Office, and 
 receipt. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Present and absent. 
 
 (See par. 1255, Gen. 
 Reg's, edition of '61.) 
 
 RECAPITULATK 
 
 m (Fc 
 'Pt (111 
 
 For duty- 
 Sick 
 
 arrest, or con: 
 (Oh detached ser 
 
 ;g I With leave.... 
 •!. Without leave. 
 
 Sick 
 
 In arrest, or couti 
 
 Strength— Present and 
 
 Recruits from de 
 Enlisted in hospi 
 By re-enlistment 
 By transfer, or aj 
 From desertion 
 
 Resigned 
 
 Expiration of ser 
 For disability. . . 
 By sent, of G. C. 
 By civil authorit 
 
 By order 
 
 Transferred j 
 
 Killed in action.: Note.— 
 
 Of wounds ! with the ho 
 
 From disease, &i ^'^^l- 
 Deserted ... I *ant Genera 
 
( Form No. 16. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL of Steward, Wardmaster, Cooks, Nurses, Matrons, and detached Soldiers, sick, in 
 
 the Hospital of , Army of the United States, from the day of , 186 — , when last 
 
 mustered, to the day of , 186 — . 
 
 PAY ROLL of the Hospital, from the day of 
 
 , 186~, when last paid, to the day of 
 
 , 186—. 
 
 NAMES. 
 Present and absent. 
 
 Enlisted or joined for ser- 
 vice AND enrolled AT GENE. 
 
 HAL Rendezvous. 
 Commeucement of tirst payment 
 by time. 
 
 When. I Where. 
 
 PAID. DUE. 
 Dolls.! Dolls. 
 
 RECEIVED 
 PAYMENT I 
 
 or— I 
 
 1 . -Under the head of Remarks, the date of any soldier's joining, whether origi- 
 nally, or from any absence ; all changes of rank, by promotion, appointment, or 
 reduction, with date of same, and No., date, &c., of order; all authorized stop- 
 pages, tines, sentences, with No., date, &c., of order, &c.; in case of absence, the 
 nature aud commencement of. No., date, &.C., of order, and period assigned for 
 same, (to be repeated on every roll, while it lasts;) if wounded in battle, or in- 
 jured on duty— if sick, or confined, a remark to that effect, fee, &c.— must be 
 carefully stated opposite to the name of the person concerned, with everything 
 else necessary, either to account fully for every individual — to guide the paymas- 
 ter, — or ensure justice to the soldier, and to the United States. 
 
 2.. In noting stoppages to be made for loss, or damage to public property, the 
 gi-osB amount due for Ordnance, Horse equipments. Clothing, &c., Vfiil be sepa- 
 rately stated in the order enumerated in par. 1187, G. R. 
 
 3.. Additional pay, due under Sec. 2, Act of Aug. 4, 1854, will be thus noted, 
 Viz: "For 1st re-enlist. $3 pr. mo.;" or, " For 2d re-enlist. $3 pr. mo.;" or, "For 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 i-enlist. $4 pr. mo.;" Sec, Sec. That due under Sec. 3 of the a 
 r cert, of merit S2 pr. mo." That due under Sec. 4 of the si 
 
 thus: 
 
 4.. The iuBtallments of Bounty due, under Sec. 3, Act of June 17, 1850, are 
 paid as follows: -^g, i, -J', -J-, at the end of the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th years, respect- 
 ively, the remainder at the expiration of enlistment ; and will, under the head of 
 
 Remarks, be noted thus : ■' Ret'd B.mnty due, 1st (or 2d, 3d, &c.) inst., $ . " 
 
 See G. 0. 20, of 1850. Besides which, in the columns headed " Bounty Paid," aud 
 "Bounty Due," must be entered, in figures, the whole amount hitherto paid, aud 
 the whole amount yet due, on account of said bounty. 
 
 5- -Re-enlistnient two mouths before the expiration of term of service is no 
 longer allowable. 
 
 fi. .The roll of those belonging to the hospital, will be immediately followed by 
 that of those who, since last muster, have ceased to belong to it. These will be 
 classed in the following order, viz: Discharged, Transferred, Died, Deserted; 
 
 and the utmost particularity will be observed, in the remarks conceniing then.— 
 Date and place will, in every case, be given; and No., date, &c., of orders, or 
 description of authority, be aiwav.s carefully specified. Soldiers discharged aud 
 re-enlisted, or who have deserted and been retaken, since last muster, have their 
 place in both of the above rolls. 
 
 7-. The remark "Discharge and final statements given " will be made opposita 
 to the name of every discharged soldier, to whom such papers have actually been 
 given. But the blank spaces under the head of Last Paid, arc to be filled as usual. 
 
 8.. Within three days after each regular muster, the mustering oflicer or com- 
 mandant of the post, will transmit to the Adjutant General a copy of the muster 
 roll of each company. Blanks will be supplied from the Adjutant Geuerafs 
 Ofliee, and will be acknowledged on the first muster roll forwarded after their 
 
(Form No. 16— Continued. ) 
 
 MUSTER ROLL— (Continued.) 
 
 PrcHcnt and absent 
 
 Enlisted or .joined for ser- 
 vice AND enrolled AT GENE- 
 RAL Rendezvous. 
 Comineucement of first payment 
 by time. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 S I Sick. 
 
 Strength— Present aiitl Absent. 
 
 f Uecruits Ironi depots 
 
 I Enlisted in bosiiitnl 
 
 By ro-onlistmeut 
 
 By transfer, or appoint'nl 
 [ From desertion 
 
 Resigned 
 
 C Expiration of service 
 
 For disability 
 
 i By sent, of G. C. Martial. 
 
 By civil autborily 
 
 I By order 
 
 Transferred 
 
 C Killed in action 
 
 < Ofwonnds 
 
 ( From disease, cfcc 
 
 Deserted 
 
 Record of Events 
 which may be neces- 
 sary or u.seful for future 
 reference at the War 
 Department, or for pres- 
 ent information. 
 
 1 certify, ou honor, that this Muster Roll is made out in the manner 
 required by tbe printed notes ; tbnt it exhibits the true state of the Hospi- 
 tal Department for the period herein mentioned ; that the " Remarks" set 
 opposite each name are accurate and just; and that the "Recapitulation" 
 exhibits, in every particular, the true state of the hospital, as required by 
 the Regulations and the Rules mid Articles of War. 
 
 Station: 
 
 Surgeon, in charge of Hospital. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined this Muster Roll : 
 that I have mustered and minutely inspected the hospital attendants ; and 
 that the police and general condition of the Hospital Department is found 
 
 PAY ROLL— (Continued.) 
 
 Amount 
 pages. 
 
 Inspector and Mastering O^zi 
 
 Note.— Three muster and pay rolls are made at each muster, one to be retained 
 with the hospital records, and two for the Paymaster. One master roll (muster and 
 pay roll, with the pay roll portion cut off) is at the same time forivarded to the Ai^ju- 
 
PAY ROLL— (Continued.) 
 
 for. 
 
 V 
 
 Amount 
 
 Retained 
 
 BOUNTY. 
 
 Total 
 amount 
 due. 
 
 Amount 
 of stop- 
 pages. 
 
 Balance 
 
 
 
 Days.J 
 
 1 mont] 
 
 of pay. 
 
 pay. 
 
 Paid. 
 
 Due. 
 
 paid. 
 
 Received 
 
 PAYMENT 
 OF— 
 
 1/3 
 CO 
 
 P 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 1 Dolls.^ 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 5 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 O 
 
 o 
 Q 
 
 5 
 
 
 t5 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three muster and pay rolls are made at each muster, one to be retained 
 "spital records, and two for the Paymaster. One muster roll (muster and 
 ..^th the pay roll portion cut off) is at the same time forwarded to the Adju- 
 
( Form 
 
 Descriptive List and Account 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. WHERE BORN. 
 
 S-S 
 
 o X 
 
 Pi- 
 
 state or 
 kiBgdom. 
 
 Town or 
 county. 
 
 OccurA- 
 
 TION. 
 
 I certify that the above is a correct 
 
 Station : 
 
 Date : 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 ,..The amount of additional P^^^ ^.S^Ji^^^^. M^^r lll^' 
 .St 4, 1854, must be caretu ly noted m he exact « ^.^ate of merit, or in lieu of . 
 
 gust 4, 1854, must be careluuy certificate of merit, or in lieu ot a 
 
 »-'I„,^S. cany n,a,.e .... 
 
 Acting 
 
 So, also, of any other ^f';Y^^y^'\^'^^^^^^^^^ still due him. 
 
 ,g Hospital Steward, as Sa;^'^!'''. pVuf " nn it be entered the whole r.mount 
 & theVolumn headed ' Houuty Pau .^^^V.ofe amount yet du. , on account 
 
 ,:in ^^^fJ^^-^^y^^S^l, SJe/' tiTShole ImoU yet du. , on account 
 hitherto paid hnu ; m that of i^o^^'^J ^ ' ifjgo. 
 
No. 17. ) 
 
 of Pay and Clothing of 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 
 Bounty. 
 Act of June 
 17, 1850. 
 
 Remarks, 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 (Town 
 
 and 
 State.) 
 
 By 
 whom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 By Pay 
 master. 
 
 To what 
 time. 
 
 Paid i 
 (See 
 note 
 4.) 
 
 Due $ 
 (See 
 note 
 4.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 transcript from the records of 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Stoppages for loss or damage done to arms, or other public property, must be 
 noted, and the articles, and particular damage to each specified. 
 
 7.. When stoppages are due, under sentence of a court-martial, a transcript of the 
 same must be entered here ; and the amount already stopped must be carefully stated. 
 
 8. -In every case of desertion, the date, and that of delivery, or apprehension, must 
 be given, together with a correct transcript of the order of sentence, or pardon. 
 
 9. - A careful settlement of the man's Clothing Account must be made to date, and 
 the amount due to, or fi-om him must be precisely stated. 
 
 10. .Should the man have been engaged in any action, or skirmish, it must be men- 
 tioned, together with date and place. 
 
 11.. A full and particular mention will be made of any wounds he may have re- 
 ceived in action, or other injury, whilst in the line of his duty. 
 
 5 
 
( Form 
 
 Volunteer Descriptive List and 
 
 Description. 
 
 Where Born. 
 
 State or 
 kingdom. 
 
 Town or 
 county. 
 
 Occu- 
 pation 
 
 Enrolled. 
 
 Where. 
 (Town 
 
 and 
 State.) 
 
 By 
 whom. 
 
 I certify that the ahove is a correct 
 
 Station : 
 
 Date: 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 The amount of any extra pay for which the soldier may be mustered, ex. gr., as 
 Acting Hospital Steward, as Saddler, &c., and which may be still due him, must be 
 
 '^T^In^thT column headed "Bounty Paid," must be entered the whole amount 
 hitherto paid him ; in that of " Bounty Due," the whole amount yet due him. 
 
 3 Stoppages for loss or damage done to arms, or other public property, must be 
 noted, and the articles, and particular damage to each specified. 
 
 4 When stoppages are due, under sentence of a court-martial, a transcript ot the 
 same must be entered here; and the amount already stopped, must be carefully 
 stated. 
 
No. 18.) 
 
 Account of Pay and Clothing of 
 
 Mustered. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 When, 
 
 Where. 
 (Town 
 
 and 
 State.) 
 
 By 
 whom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 By Pay- 
 master. 
 
 To what 
 time. 
 
 Paid$ 
 ('See 
 note 
 2.) 
 
 Due $ 
 (See 
 note 
 2.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 transcript from the records of 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 5. -In every case of desertion, the date, and that of delivery, or apprehension, must 
 be given, together with a correct transcript of the order of sentence, or pardon. 
 
 6.. A careful settlement of the man's Clothing Account must be made to date, and 
 the amount due to, or from him must be precisely stated. 
 
 7-. Should the man have been engaged in any action, or skirmish, it must be men- 
 tioned, together with date and place. 
 
 8. -A full and particular mention will be made of any wounds he may have re- 
 ceived in action, or other injury, whilst in the line of his duty. 
 
( Form No. 19. ) 
 ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 [Coat of Arms.] 
 CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY FOR DISCHARGE. 
 
 , of Captain Company, (-,) of the 
 
 Regiment of United States , was enlisted by - - . 
 
 of the — Regiment of , at , on the 
 
 -!,to serve — years; he was born in — in the State ^f 
 
 is years of age; feet — mches high; — 
 
 , eves hair ; and by occupation when enlisted a 
 
 ' "^ng'^h; last two months said soldier has been unfit for 
 duty days.* 
 
 Station : 
 Date : — 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
 T CERTIFY, that I have carefully examined the said - - , 
 
 of Captri^ _ Company, and find himincapable of perform- 
 
 ing the duties of a soldier because of t 
 
 Surgeon. 
 
 DISCHARGED, tWs day of , 186-, at , 
 
 Commanding the RegH. 
 
 The soldier desires to be addressed at 
 
 Town , County , State 
 
 t See Note 2. 
 
 * See Note 1. 
 
 (DUPLICATES.) 
 
(Form No. J9— Continued. ) 
 
 Note 1. 
 
 Tho company commander will here add a statement of all the factH known to him 
 concormng the disease or wound, or cause of disability of the soldier; the time, 
 place, mauner, and all the circumstances under which the injury occurred, or disease 
 ongiuated or appeared; the duty, or service, or situation of the soldier at the time 
 tiie injury was received or disease contracted, stating particularly whether the injury 
 was received or the disease contracted in the line of his duty ; and whatever other 
 lacts may aid a judgment as to the cause, immediate or remote, of the disability, and 
 the circumstances attending it. ' j ' 
 
 When the facts are not known to the company commander, the certificate of any 
 omcer, or athdavit of other person having such knowledge, will be appended— as the 
 buigewi in charge of a hospital, the officer commanding a detachment of recruits, 
 
 Note 2. 
 
 n/I^fK-iv Probable case for pension, special care must be taken to state the degree 
 ^LTl ,y7~^l '^'\V ^t'.^"^' to describe particularly the disability, wound, or 
 affeot, 'hi« t t« ^^l^^' It deprives him of the use of any limb faculty or 
 
 ^,fh?«fi activity, constitution, or capacity to labor or earn his 
 
 Scer.n;, f ^^^11. add, from his knowledge of the facts and circum- 
 
 Sin of th. Ji^nK-r?'' •^^^^'^^r professional opinion of the cause or 
 
 Srfnh wif] s^Sl discharges by Medical Inspectors, the last 
 
 Ti-slfn-tf ™- r ^^""^i^-^ "discharge was given by consent of the soldier after a 
 ?orrP.tll IT r' t-^f disability, the nature, degree, and origin of which are 
 correctly described m the within certificate " 
 Par. 1260 Regulations, edit. 1861. 
 
 fu'""^ certificates of disability, are to take particular care in 
 }^^^^^o\^^<^\^nder their charge; and especially in epilepsy, convul- 
 sions, chrome rheumatism, derangement of the urinary organs! opthalmia, ulcers, or 
 S'tvrr ' ^f^^"^'^ P^'-Posely produced and in no' case shall 
 
 atttm'p" afdt'eptior^"""^' after sufficient time and examination to detect any 
 
 DIRECTIONS. 
 
 or'Ulwr nffl?''''^'' "^'^ ^^^'''It """^ duplicate by the soldier's company commander, 
 or other officer commandmg the separate detachment to which he belongs, and sent 
 by him to the surgeon who has charge of the hospital where the soldier is s ck The 
 "the'?eI^!Lental the surgeon's certificate, and forward these papers 
 
 to the regimental detachment, or post commander, who will forward them with his 
 action endorsed thereon through the proper channel, to his division comSande^ ; or 
 manir nr^.'ffi f ^^'^^'^ ^ ^^^'P^' department, or other com^ 
 
 delegated' ' authority to discharge enlisted men mky be specially 
 
 These certificates, after having received the action of the highest authority to 
 
 t"e"LS:jtaT'no:r"t ^ ' Jme channel to 
 
 izeVhlThl i ' «f detachment commander, who will, if the discharge is author- 
 
 ««f nZrS «°^«'^«,t™'"'* P^'P^^ authority, sign the soldier's discharge, and the 
 
 f^*!.°''r^^^^ the soldier is furnished with the p?oper final 
 
 Se^e^^T Tlnitel^PS^ ^ A*" ^^^'^^^j;'' ^PT- certificates direct to the AdjutaS 
 
 general United States Army, at Washington, D. C; they will not under anv 
 circumstances be given into the hands of the soldier. ^ 
 
( Form No. 20. ) 
 
 I CERTIFY, That — , of Captain Company 
 
 (-,) of the Regiment of , born in , in the State of 
 
 , aged years, feet inches high, complexion, 
 
 eyes hair, and by profession a , was enlisted by 
 
 at , on the day of , eighteen hundred 
 
 and ,to 'serve for years, and is now entitled to a discharge 
 
 by reason of 
 
 The said was last paid by Paymaster » 
 
 to include the day of , eighteen hundred and , and 
 
 has pay due from that time to this present date. 
 
 He has been drawing $ per month for re-enlistment, 
 
 under sec. 2, act of Aug. 4, 1854. 
 
 There is due to him tuo dollars retained pay. 
 
 There is due to him tuo dollars retained bounty. 
 
 There is due to him too dollars on account of clothing not 
 
 drawn in kind. 
 
 He is indebted to the United States toit dollars on account ot 
 
 extra clothing. 
 He is indebted to the United States 
 
 He is indebted to , Laundress at , tot 
 
 dollars. . , 
 The cost of the ration at this post is cents. 
 
 Given in duplicate, at , this day of , 18—. 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 WhPn a soldier transfers his certificates, the transfer must be made on them, 
 witnelSd by a co-SmiSned officer when practicable, or by some other reputable 
 
 PT??h'e"t of\?dirntrpay per month, if any, for — e-ic.e^ 
 
 act of August 4, 1854, must be carefully noted in the exact words used on the Muster 
 
 ^3"' Likewise, the amount due the soldier for a certificate of merit ; or in lieu of a 
 
 ^T'^r^iXroti::'^^^^^^^ -'^^.^^fudufhi:;; 
 
 ^a^^e'^ne ST^^^^^SL^X, ^^ust be 
 
 '^rSt^p^P^^es^S^rd^^C be carefully stated, 
 
 ln"ca^"et 'of'llerJSn'the date, and that of delivery or apprehension, must be 
 given togXr wfth a cor;ect transcript of the order o^-^en- or pardon, when- 
 Iver the final settlement of the man's accounts may be affected by either. 
 
(Form No. 21. ) 
 
 I certify, on honor, that , a , of Captain 
 
 ■* Company, ( — ,) of the Eegiment of Volunteers, 
 
 of the State of , born in , State of , aged 
 
 years, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, 
 
 hair, and by occupation a , having joined the company 
 
 on its original organization at , and enrolled in. it at the muster 
 
 into the service of the United States at , on the day of 
 
 , 186 — , (or was mustered in service as a recruit, by 
 
 , at , on the — — day of , 186 — , to serve in the 
 
 Regiment,) for the term of ; and having served honestly 
 
 and FAITHFULLY with his Company in to the present date, is 
 
 now entitled to a DISCHARGE by reason of . 
 
 The said was last paid by Paymaster , to 
 
 include the day of , 186 — , and has pay due him from that 
 
 time to the present date; he is entitled to pay and subsistence for 
 TRAVELING to place of enrollment, and whatever other allowances are 
 authorized to volunteer soldiers, or militia, so discharged. He has 
 
 received dollars, advanced by the United States on account 
 
 of clothing. 
 
 There is to be stopped from him, on account of the State of , 
 
 or other authorities, for clothing, &c., received on entering seivice, 
 
 TTTo dollars; also, for expenses of subsistence for TRAVELiN.J 
 
 from place of enrollment to the place of rendezvous, amounting to 
 
 Too dollars : and on account of the United States for extra 
 
 CLOTHING received in kind from , and for other stop- 
 pages, viz: 
 
 amounting to yoo dollars ; and he has been 
 
 SUBSISTED iv.x TRAVELING to his place of enrollment, up to the 
 
 , 186—. 
 
 He is indebted (o , Sutler, dollars. 
 
 He is indebted to , Laundress, dollars. 
 
 Given in duplicate, at — , this day of , 186— 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
( Form No. 21— Continued. ) 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 Two of these certificates (final statements) are to be given to each volunteer 
 soldier who may be discharged previously to the discharge of his company that he 
 may at once receive from the Paymaster the pay, &c., due him and the captain or 
 othir officer commanding the company will certify to the act of ^^^e delivery of the 
 duplicate certificates ; on these certificates the soldier is ' entitled to his discharge 
 and should also present his discharge to the Paymaster to have the payment endorsed 
 on it. The discharge is to be given back to the soldier by the Paymaster; the lattei 
 only retaining as his voucher the duplicate certificates n,.rr.,.cr^^ Or,rr^ 
 
 2 -If the soldier is entitled to pay for the use of his horse the Company Com- 
 mander will certify to that fact, and also to the time he has pay due for having been 
 so mounted on his own horse. . ^ tvt ,»+^^ t?^ii nn 
 
 3 Amounts due the Sutler and Laundress must be entered on the Muster Roll on 
 which the death, desertion, &c., is reported, as well as on the final statement, other- 
 wise the amount cannot be collected from the United States. 
 
 4 -This blank will be used for deceased volunteers as well as others ^ 
 
 5. .Non-commissioned officers cannot, under any circumstances, sign final statements. 
 When so signed they are worthless. 
 
( Form No. 22. ) 
 ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 [ Cojit of Arras. ] 
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : 
 
 Know ye, That , a of Captain 
 
 Company, (—) of the Regimentof , who was enlisted the 
 
 daj of , one thousand eight hundred and , to serve , 
 
 is hereby DISCHARGED from the Army of the United States in 
 consequence of . 
 
 Said was born in , in the State of ; is 
 
 years of age ; feet inches high; ■ complexion, 
 
 eyes, hair; and by occupation when enlisted a . 
 
 Given under my hand, at , this day of , in the 
 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and . 
 
 Commanding. 
 
 CHARACTER. 
 
( Form No. 23. ) 
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 
 
 [ Coat of Arms. ] 
 
 Know ye, That , a of Captain 
 
 Company, (— ,) Regiment of Volunteers, who was 
 
 enrolled on the day of , one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and , to serve years or during the war, is hereby 
 
 DISCHARGED from the service of the United States, this day 
 
 of , 186—, at , by reason of . (No objection to his 
 
 being re-enlisted is known to exist.*) 
 
 gaid was born in , in the State of ; i"s 
 
 years of age ; feet inches high ; complexion, 
 
 eyes, hair; and by occupation, when enrolled, a . 
 
 Given at , this day of , 186—. 
 
 Commanding the Reg't. 
 
 I 
 
 * Tills sentence will be erased should there be anything in the conduct or physical 
 condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army. 
 
 OATH OF IDENTITY, 
 of the town of , county of , in the State of 
 
 On this day of , in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty , 
 
 personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the county 
 
 and - above mentioned, , who, being duly sworn accordmg to law, 
 
 declares that he is the identical who was a in the company com- 
 manded by Captain in the /egiment — — commandedby -— — 
 
 ; that he enUsted on the day of , for the term of , and was 
 
 discharged at , on the day of , by reason of . • 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. 
 
 I CERTIFY that -, before whom the above affi avit purports to have 
 
 been made, i's a Justice of i..e Peace duly authorized to administer oaths, and that 
 the above is his signature. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official 
 
 fL. s.l seal, this day of , in the year , at , in the State 
 
 of . 
 
 Clerk of the . 
 
( Form No. 24. ) 
 
 THE UNITED STATES, 
 To 
 
 Regiment of , 
 
 discharged from 
 
 Company 
 Dr. 
 
 For pay from 
 
 J 8 — , being 
 
 per month 
 
 For retained pay due 
 
 of 
 
 months 
 
 18—, to - 
 - days, at 
 
 of 
 
 dollars 
 
 For pay for traveling from , the place of my dis- 
 charge, to , the place of my residence, 
 
 miles, at twenty miles per day, equal to days, at 
 
 dollars per month. 
 
 For subsistence for traveling as above, days, at 
 
 cents per ration or day 
 
 For clothing not drawn 
 
 Amount . 
 
 Deduct for Army Asylum 
 
 Deduct for clothing withdrawn 
 
 Balance 
 
 Eeceived of 
 
 of , ]8— , 
 
 account. 
 
 , Paymaster U. S. Army, this day 
 
 dollars and cents, in full of the above 
 
 Pay 
 
 Subsistence 
 Clothing 
 
 Dollars 
 
 (SIG^fED IN DUPLICATE.) 
 
( Form No. 25. ) 
 
 THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE EEGIMENT 
 
 OF . 
 
 [ Coat of Arms. ] 
 
 TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING : 
 Know ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the patriot- 
 ism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of , I do hereby appoint 
 
 him in Company — , of the Regiment of , in the 
 
 service of the United States, to rank as such from the day 
 
 of , one thousand eight hundred and . He is therefore 
 
 carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of , by doing and 
 
 performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And I do 
 strictly charge and require all non-commissioned officers and solders 
 
 under his command to be obedient to his orders as . And he is 
 
 to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as 
 he shall receive from me or the future Commanding Officer of the 
 Regiment, or other superior officers and non-commissioned officers set 
 over him, according to the rules and discipline of war. This warrant 
 to continue in force during the pleasure of the Commanding Officer of 
 the Regiment for the time being. 
 
 Given under my hand, at the Headquarters of the Regiment, at 
 
 ^ this day of , in the year of our Lord one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and . 
 
 Commanding the Regiment. 
 
 By the Commanding Officer: 
 
 Adjutant of the Regiment. 
 
0. 
 
 18G— . 
 
 RE 
 
 SIGNATURE 
 OF THE COMP'Y 
 COMMANDER. 
 
( Form No. 26— Continued. ) 
 EEMARKS for the month of — 
 
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 21, 22, 
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 Jprts. 
 
( Form No. 27. ) 
 
 CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of , commanded by 
 
 This Blank will bo used for 
 Onrpa, Divisions, Brigades, 
 nnd Rt'gimeuts. 
 
 iUTi r 
 
 ON SPECIAL, 
 EXTRA, OR 
 DAILY DUTY. 
 
 ON DETACHED SERVICE. 
 
 WltUm t 
 
 Depgrtn 
 
 Without this 
 
 Army or 
 Departm't. 
 
 PRESENT 
 
 AND 
 ABSENT. 
 
 ALTERATIONS. 
 
 I'RESENT 
 l''OR DUTY 
 EQUU'I'ED. 
 
 cial'v nr. 
 authority 
 r^The 'J 
 
 hlv Returns 
 .djutaut Gen- 
 
 !! I 
 
 every regriment or detached 
 coinpauv m full, imd the bnp- 
 ade Mnd division to Tvhicli it 
 belongs. 
 
 I I! ! 
 
 . the report of divisions, by brigades ; 
 
 t by regin 
 
 ■igade 
 
 vision,) \ 
 
 DIRECTIONS. 
 
 On the report of regiments, this report will be made oxit by companies ; on the report of brigades, by i 
 report of corps, by divisions. 
 
 Infantry, cavalry, and artillery of each regiment, brigade, or division, (according as the report is made ( 
 liorizontal lines. (See note 2, under the head of " Remarks.'^) ! 
 
 In column No. 1, the location of the regiment, brigade, division, or corps, should he given, with reference to some well-known place. ' 
 
 In column No. 2, should appear the name in full of the officer who actually commands, with his rank. i 
 
 In column No. 3, the number of the Regunent, also the letter of a Battery and of all detached Companies, the State, or, if not a State organization, the authorized 
 name of the organization will be stated. If there is not room in this column, this will be done on the back of the report. | 
 
 If the report be correctly made out. the figures on the same horizontal line should check as follows : i 
 
 The sum of columns C, 7, nnd 8, should equal No. 9 ; of Nos. 9 and 10, equal No. 11 ; of Nob. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, equal No. 18 ; of Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
 23, 24, 25. 2G, 27, and 28, equal No. 31 ; of Nos. 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27, equal No. 29 ; of Nos. 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 20, and 28, equal No. 30 ■, of Nos. p and 
 30, equal No. 31. I 
 
 The difference between the sum of Nos. 33 and 34, and Nob. 35, 30, 37, 38, 39, and 40, should be the same as the difference between Nos. 31 and 32, and column 31 
 should be the greater or less than 32, according as the whole loss exceeds or is less than the whole gain. 
 
 Under the heading " Present for Duty Equipped," only those will be given who are actually available for the line of battle at the date of tl:e Regimental Repprts. 
 
 In column No. 50, all the diifereut calibres should be given ; and in column No. 49, the number of pieces of each calibre. 
 
 All officers and enlisted men in the hands of the civil authorities will be reported in columns 27 and 28, respectively. 
 
 Headquarters 
 
 Station: 
 
 Date: 
 
( Form No. 28. ) 
 Roll of Prlsoners of War captured by at 
 
 No. 
 
 Namks — in 
 alphubetical 
 order. 
 
 Rank 
 
 Regiment 
 
 Co. 
 
 Where 
 captured. 
 
 When 
 captured. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Note. — This Roll will be made out in triplicate, immediately upon the capture of 
 any prisoners of war, (whether by or from the enemy,) by the officer commanding 
 the Regiment or Detachment by whom the capture is made — one copy to be re- 
 tained, one to be forwarded through the proper military channel to the Command- 
 ing General of the Department or Army, and a third copy to be forwarded direct to 
 the Adjutant General. 
 
I 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 FOK MAKING 
 
 MUSTER-ROLLS, MUSTERING INTO SERVICE, 
 PERIODICAL PAYMENTS, 
 
 DISCHARGING FROM SERVICE OF VOLUNTEERS OR MILITIA 
 
 RE VISEU 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 (JO V e:jinment printing office. 
 1863. 
 
War Department, 
 
 March 31, 1863. 
 
 The following "Instructions for making muster-rolls, for muster- 
 ing into service, for periodical payments, and for discharge from 
 service of volunteers or militia," having been duly examined, are 
 approved, and will be carried into effect. 
 
 EDWIN M. STANTON, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 ( 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 Paragraph 16, top of page 5, for paragraph 1439, read paragraph 
 1639. 
 
 Paragraph 83, page 25— 
 
 A regimL>nt of cavalry is allowed two assistant surgeons, one 
 veterinary surgeon with the rank of sergeant major, two trumpeters, 
 and from 60 to 78 privates. The chief farrier or blacksmith, and 
 the two teamsters heretofore allowed, are abolished. (See General 
 Orders, 73, A. G. O., 1863, page 19.) 
 
INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 FOR MAKING 
 
 MUSTER-ROLLS, MUSTERING INTO SERVICE, PERIODICAL 
 PAYMENTS, AND DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE OF VOLUN- 
 TEERS OR MILITIA. 
 
 CAPTIONS OF MUSTER-ROLLS. 
 
 1 The caption of rolls will embrace tlie name of tlie 
 
 captain or permanent commander, and letter of the company ; 
 the number of the regiment, the State to which it belongs, 
 whether mounted or foot, volunteers or militia ; the name of 
 the colonel or permanent commanding officer; by whom, and 
 under what act of Congress it was called into service; where 
 and when enrolled, and the term to be served ; by whom, 
 where, and when, or in what month, the company Avas or- 
 ganized; and (with the exceptions shown in the ^r?;z5 be- 
 low) when it arrived at the general rendezvous, and the 
 distance between that and the place of organization; and 
 when discharged. The muster-rolls for faymcnt will show 
 the time for whicli the muster is made, as the first one from 
 date of enrollment, and subsequent ones from the time the 
 company was "last paid" (without regard to any interme- 
 diate muster) to the time the new muster is to be made — 
 generally for two months — but more or less according to cir- 
 cumstances. 
 
 2 The following is the purport of the captions for 
 
 the several kinds of musters which may occur. 
 
 3 ly The words and figures between brackets [ ] 
 
 throughout are inserted to make the meaning of the caption 
 and remarks clear; the appropriate ones will be used on the 
 rolls. 
 
2 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 No. 1 FOR MUSTER INTO SERVICE. 
 
 I Muster-roll of Captain [ Joliii Smith's] company [A] 
 
 in tlie [1st] regiment of [Maryland] mounted (or foot) volun- 
 teers, commanded by Colonel [Thomas Tod,] called into the 
 service of the United States by [the President,] under the act 
 of Congress approved [July 22, 1861,] at [Baltimore, Mary- 
 land,] (the place of general rendezvous) on the [25th] day 
 of [July, 1861,] to serve for the term of [three years or 
 during the war,] (or for twelve months) from the date of en- 
 rollment, unless sooner discharged. The company was or- 
 ganized by Captain [John Smith,] at [Cumberland,] in the 
 month of [July, 1861,] and marched thence to [Baltimore,] 
 where it arrived the [25th] day of [July,] a distance of [one 
 hundred and twenty-five] miles." 
 
 -^O. 2 FOR FIRST PERIODICAL PAYMENT. 
 
 5 The same as No. 1 to the words "sooner dis- 
 charged from the [25th] day of [July, 1861,] when en- 
 rolled, to the [31st] day of [October, 1861.] The company 
 was organized by Captain [John Smith,] at [Cumberland,] 
 in the month of [July, 1861,] and marched thence to [Bal- 
 timore,] where it arrived the [25th] day of [July,] a distance 
 of [one hundred and twenty-five] miles." 
 
 -^O. 3 FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT PERIODICAL PAYMENTS. 
 
 6.... The same as No. 1 to the words "sooner dis- 
 cliarged"— "from the [31st] day of [December, 1861,] when 
 last paid, to the [29th] day of [February, 1862.] The 
 company was organized by Captain [John Smith,] at [Cum- 
 berland,] in the month of [July, 1861."] 
 
 7 Note.— The distance from Cumberland (the Z^omc 
 
 of the company) to Baltimore, 125 miles, will, or should, be 
 paid for on the first periodical muster, and need not, there- 
 lore, be continued on any subsequent rolls. It will be in- 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 sertcd in tlic caption and column till paid for. The 
 
 place of company organization must Lc sliov^n on all rolls 
 during tlie term of service. 
 
 No. 4 FOR DISCHARGE AFTER ONE OR MORE PAYMENTS 
 
 HAVE BEEN MADE. 
 
 8 The same as No. 1 to the words "sooner dis- 
 charged from the [29th] day of [February, 1862,] when 
 last paid, to the [4th]*day of [July, 1862,] when discharged. 
 The company was organized by Captain [John Smith,] at 
 [Cumberland,] in the month of [July, 1861."] 
 
 No. 5 FOR DISCHARGE WHERE NO PAYMENT HAS BEEN 
 
 MADE. 
 
 9 The same as No. 1 to the words "sooner dis- 
 charged from the (25thJ day of [July, 1861,] when en- 
 rolled, to the [4th] day of [July, 1862,] when discharged. 
 The company was organized by Captain [John Smith ] at 
 [Cumberland,] in the month of [July, 1861,] and marched 
 thence to [Baltimore,] where it arrived the [25th] day of 
 [July,] a distance of [one hundred and twenty -five] miles. 
 
 10 If the blank muster-rolls, furnished for use, do not 
 
 contain all that is directed above, in each case, they will be 
 altered by the required additions in writing. The words 
 " when discharged " must be written, if not there already, 
 next after the last date of the term, to which the muster is 
 to be made, on all rolls for that purpose. 
 
 li. . . It is expected that muster-rolls for discharge, 
 of large size, and with the addition which will be found in 
 paragraph 49, will be prepared and furnished seasonably for 
 that purpose ; if not, the blanks now in use (for payment) 
 will be altered by the additional two columns. The blank 
 rolls for discharge should contain a large excess of lines, be- 
 yond the prescribed organization, for the names of all who 
 have died, been discharged, &c., &c., and the column of re- 
 marks should be near a foot wide for necessary remarks. 
 
4 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 12.... Where a change of captain or colonel has taken 
 place by promotion, or otherwise, the name of the new cap- 
 tain or colonel will be embraced, and the name of the first 
 commander will be interlined after "company," as [late 
 Smith's,] or after "regiment," as [late Tod's,] so that the 
 original commanders may be shown during the whole term 
 
 X3 If any other person than the President called the 
 force into service, the name of such person, with his official 
 rank or station, will be inserted in the caption, and under 
 what law, anthority, or circumstances the call was made : 
 vide paragraph 1640, Army Eegulations, and an act to amend 
 an act calling forth the militia, promulgated in G. 0. 91, adju- 
 tant general's otEce, 1862. 
 
 14 The date of enrollment in the caption and one ot 
 the columns will be that of the day %f arrival of the com- 
 pany, with organization complete or full, at the place of 
 general rendezvous, in compliance with orders from the pro- 
 per authority, but not T>rior to the day specified m the order ; 
 which date of enrollment will be the commencement of the 
 term of service and of public supplies, unless otherwise 
 specially directed, without regard to the date of muster or 
 that of previous company organization. 
 
 NUMBERS OF ROLLS TO BE MADE. 
 15 For muster into service there will be four copies of 
 muster-roll, viz: one for the captain, one for the adjutant 
 general at Washington, one for the adjutant general of the 
 State, and one for the paymaster general; for pcnodwal pay- 
 ments th^ve will he four copies-««.o for the captanr and 
 adjutant general, and two ior the paymaster; and tor 
 chargefrom service there will be copies-four for the 
 captain, adjutant general, and paymaster, as above, and one 
 for Bounty Bureau at Washington. 
 
 16 . . . .The copies for the captain and paymaster will be 
 left, by the mustering officer, with the captain, and the others 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 5 
 
 transmitted by mail, or otherwise, according to tlieir desti- 
 nation, with the return mentioned in paragraph 1439, Army 
 Reguhitions. 
 
 FILLING UP THE MUSTER-ROLLS. 
 
 17 In making muster-rolls, where the number of lines 
 
 on the sheet will admit, give two lines to each commissioned 
 officer, to afford room for necessary remarks ; and leave a 
 blank line between lieutenant and sergeant, between sergeant 
 and corporal, and so of the grades below. 
 
 18 Number (in the marginal column only) the captain 
 
 1 ; 1st lieutenant 1 ; 2d lieutenants 1, 2 ; commissary ser- 
 geant, quartermaster sergeant, sergeants 1, 2, 3, 4; corporals 
 1, 2, 3, 4; musicians 1, 2; artificers 1, 2; farriers or black- 
 smiths 1, 2 ; saddlers 1 ; privates 1, 2, 3, and so on; or ac- 
 cording to the numbers in each grade embraced on the roll — 
 every grade, on any roll, will commence with No. 1 — and 
 the recajpitulation will then show a corresponding number of 
 each grade. 
 
 19 The names of officers resigned, discharged, trans- 
 ferred, promoted, or died, will be inserted on the next muster- 
 roll thereafter among the commissioned officers (not at the 
 bottom of the roll) with appropriate remarks. 
 
 20. - - - The christian name, or the first one, as " John B. 
 Smith," must in all cases be written at full length — not the 
 iirst letter of it ; and the names of every grade must exactly 
 correspond, by numbers, on all the rolls made for any muster. 
 
 21 In the column of "rank," (the 3d,) designate the 
 
 sergeant on the first or upper line as " 1st sergeant," the 
 others as sergeants, simply, without numbering them in that 
 column, as also the corporals, &c. " First sergeant is the 
 title, by law, of the orderly sergeant, who may be appointed 
 to the duty, by the captain, from any of the sergeants. 
 
 22 .... In field and staff rolls, the regimental rank, as well 
 as staff office, must be shown in the 3d column. 
 
6 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 23 The ages of all officers and men will be placed in 
 
 figures opposite their names, and continued without change, 
 during the term, in the 4th column. 
 
 24 The 5tli column will be filled with the date of arrival 
 
 (as mentioned in paragraph 14) at the place of general ren- 
 dezvous, which is generally also the place of muster; and 
 the dates, respectively, of such as may, under legal authority, 
 join and be received as recruits afterwards at that or other 
 places. The supplies and pay, by ti?ne, will commence with 
 sucli dates ; all previous allowances will be in proportion to 
 the distaiice traveled, having respect to grades. 
 
 25 This column on rolls of field and staff, as well as 
 
 the time of enrollment in the caption, will be filled with the 
 date on which the colonel or commanding officer was elected 
 or appointed; and so (in the column) of the others, field and 
 staff, as the commencement of the official term for payment 
 respectively. But in no case can any one (except those in 
 the staff appointed by the President) go back beyond the day 
 when the regiment or prescribed command became complete 
 in its organization by the arrival of the tenth or last company 
 at the place or places of general rendezvous, or the dates 
 subsequently of election or appointment to office. 
 
 26 If compensation be claimed for any prior service, 
 
 as by the colonel, for superintending, under legal authority, 
 the formation, assembling, and command of the companies at 
 the general rendezvous, a remark will be made embracing the 
 facts in the column of remarks ; and a copy of the order for 
 performance of the duty must accompany the roll for pay- 
 ment. — (See paragraphs 28, 64.) 
 
 27 The 6tli column, "where," will contain the name of 
 
 the place of general rendezvous, (not the place of company 
 organization,) as that of the enrollment of those present at 
 the original muster; the places, if any, Avhere individuals 
 may have engaged and joined the company on the march to 
 or in [Mexico,] or the places where men have been enlisted by 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 7 
 
 recruiting officers, after the muster of tlic company into ser- 
 vice, to serve in tlic regiment. T]ie dates of tlie actual join- 
 ing of all such men (not present at first muster) will be given 
 in the column of remarks. 
 
 28 The 7th column will show the name of the officer 
 
 (generally the captain) who raised and organized the com- 
 pany on the lines of all who were present'at first muster; op- 
 posite the names of those who joined afterwards, as in para- 
 graph 24, will be inserted the name of the recruiting officer. 
 
 29 The 1st column, under ''traveling," will contain 
 
 the distance, m plain figures on each line, which each person 
 may have traveled as a member of the company from his 
 home— the place of company organization preferable— to the 
 place of general rendezvous, by the nearest practicaUc road 
 for ivagons. All such as join at other places, or subsequently, 
 are not entitled to any distance for travel, and the word 
 '^none'' will be written opposite their names, and also those 
 of recruits, who will be under pay from the dates of their 
 enlistment.— (See paragraph 7 for discontinuance of these 
 figures.) 
 
 30 The next column, under "traveling," is of no use 
 
 on the roll for muster into service and for periodical pay- 
 ments, and might have been left out. But on the roll for 
 discharge, that column will be filled with the distance, in 
 figures, from the place of discharge to that of company or- 
 ganization, or to the places where men may afterwards have 
 joined or been enlisted under proper authority, by the nearest 
 practicable route.— (See paragraph 29.) 
 
 31 But where the company is discharged in [Mexico,] 
 
 or other place, and the officers and men, or any of them, are to 
 be furnished with transportation, thence by water, to some 
 other place nearer their homes, then the distance for travel, 
 in that column, will be calculated from the place where they 
 are to be landed; and the persons so transported maybe 
 furnished with subsistence in kind or paid the per diem allow- 
 
8 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS, 
 
 ance tlierefor, as tliey may prefer, and paid for a rcasonahle 
 number of days beyond the date of muster for discharge on 
 that passage by water; and the nmnber of days aforesaid — 
 the average time of voyage by such vessel as the men are to 
 take passage in — to be determined by the mustering officer, 
 on consultation Avith the chief quartermaster — will be stated 
 by the mustering officer and captain in a note on the muster- 
 roll, and whether subsistence has or has not been furnished 
 in kind for the passage. 
 
 32 The amount of money, if any, advanced for cloth- 
 ing, and the value of clothing issued in kind, will be entered 
 in the column for that purpose, and continued on every roll 
 till liquidated ; the mustering officer will see that the amount 
 for clothing in kind be properly calculated by the table of 
 cost. 
 
 33 .... If any field or staff officer, or non-commissioned 
 staff officer, shall have been elected or appointed from a lower 
 grade after the arrival at the general rendezvous, or after any 
 part of his term which has not been paid for, then say, in 
 the column of remarks opposite his name, Elected (or ap- 
 pointed) at [Baltimore, July 28,] and joined by transfer, from 
 [sergeant] in Captain [John Smith's] company, in which he 
 was enrolled at [Baltimore] the [25th of July] — the distance 
 [125] miles to be paid for as [sergeant."] — See paragraph 25. 
 
 34 The rolls of field and staff will embrace the names 
 
 of the medical and other officers, including chaplain, ap- 
 pointed by the governor or other authority and assigned to 
 the regiment, with dates of appointments, and, in the column 
 of remarks, when joined for duty. Also the names of adju- 
 tant and quartermaster, (who will perform also the duties of 
 commissary of subsistence, if there be none by commission 
 with the regiment,) with the date of staff appointment, and 
 the remarks, as in the preceding paragraph, in relation to 
 when appointed, and his company — if the regiment is artil- 
 lery — and the rate for distance traveled. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 9 
 
 35 ... . Where no quartermaster or commissary, appointed 
 by competent authority, is present with the r(?g-iment, or with 
 one or more companies when detached by legal authority, 
 the colonel or commanding officer will assign a lieutenant to 
 the duty — he will act in both departments with detach- 
 ments — who will be mustered on field and staff roll for the 
 established extra pay for the time of such service. 
 
 36 ... . The roll on which any person is properly mustered 
 will show by grade, when last paid, and by remarks, every- 
 thing that is necessary in relation to his pay, &c., without the 
 necessity of referring to any other or previous roll. 
 
 CHANGES OF GRADES, PROMOTIONS, REDUCTIONS. 
 
 37 ... . The names of all persons must be among those of 
 the grade (according to relative rank, or if privates, alpha- 
 betically) to which they belong at the time of the muster to 
 be made. If a person has been appointed or promoted w^ithin 
 the period embraced, or since he was last paid, say, in 
 the column of remarks : " Appointed (or elected or promoted, 
 as the case may be) from [private, July 28,"] and if he came 
 from another company, say, "Appointed (or elected, «&c.) 
 from [sergeant in Smith's] company [July 28,] and joined 
 by transfer, order of Colonel [Tod."] If reduced within the 
 time as above, say, " Reduced from [sergeant, July 28,] by 
 sentence of regimental court-martial," or "Reduced from 
 [sergeant, July 28,] by order of Colonel [Tod, "J or other- 
 wise, as may be necessary. 
 
 38 If one man has been appointed or promoted in 
 
 place of another, say, (following the date as above,) "vice 
 [Wood,] resigned, deceased, discharged, transferred, or pro- 
 moted," as the case may be. 
 
 SICK, WOUNDED IN BATTLE, AND IN CONFINEMENT, 
 PRESENT. 
 
 39 For such cases, say "sick," or "wounded in battle 
 
 of [Palo Alto] and in hospital," or "in confinement," which- 
 ever may be proper. 
 
10 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 40. . . .The towrs, by daily detail,. of officers and men for 
 guard and other duties at camp, will not be regarded on 
 muster-rolls. All such will be reported as present. It is 
 desirable, where the service will admit, that those on such 
 duties may be called off for muster while their regiments are 
 on parade; and also that the sick and covjined, as far as 
 practicable, be with their companies. This will save much 
 time and greatly facilitate the labor of the mustering officer 
 and captain. 
 
 ABSENTEES, HOW ACCOUNTED FOR. 
 
 41 ... . All the officers and men not on duty with or sub- 
 sisted in the company, or if on duty in any staff department 
 in the same camp and not subsisted in the company, or who 
 have been captured by the enemy, must be accounted for 
 accordingly, as by one of the following: "Absent with leave 
 for [twenty] days from [October 12,] order of Colonel [Tod] or 
 of General [Taylor."] Absent without leave from [October 
 12."] "Absent, wounded in battle of [Palo Alto] and in 
 hospital at [Point Isabel."] "Absent, sick at [Monterey] 
 from [October 12."] "Detached service, in quartermaster's 
 department, subsistence department, as hospital steward 
 or attendant, in pioneer party, on escort duty, (or other- 
 wise as the case may bl3,) at [Matamoras,] from [October 12,] 
 order of Colonel [Tod."] "Absent, captured by the enemy 
 at [Encarnacion, January 22."] If any officers or men are 
 absent as prisoners of war at the muster for discharge, say 
 opposite their nam.es, (which will occupy the appropriate 
 places in their respective grades,) " Prisoner of Avar in 
 [Mexico] from [January 22."] 
 
 42 Prisoners of war are entitled to be in service and 
 
 under pay till they are exchanged, and for the time necessary 
 for returning to their homes. 
 
 43 When officers or men are on duty, out of their com- 
 pany, in any of the staff departments, (not guards, police, or 
 
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 filtiguc details,) they will be reported on detached service in 
 preferenccf to extra duty, wlictlier serving in the same camp 
 or not : they are detached when not siihject to the orders of 
 their captain for duty. 
 
 44 In accounting for absentees, &c., give the name of 
 
 the place, month, and day of the month in the order here 
 written, and the naine of the officer who ordered the duty, 
 or gave the leave, following : 
 
 ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST MUSTER— GAIN BY RECRUITS, 
 TRANSFERS, &C. 
 
 45 When officers or men join the company by transfer 
 
 or enrollment, their names will be entered on the ensuing 
 muster-roll in their appropriate places— alphabetically, if 
 privates— with the when, where, and by whom enrolled or 
 engaged (when the service, by agreement, commenced) in the 
 respective columns; and in the column of remarks say, 
 ''Joined a recruit [November 10]," or ''Joined by transfer 
 from company [B] [November 10] order of Col. [Tod.]"— (See 
 paragraphs 14, 27, 33, 37.) 
 
 ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST MUSTER — LOSS BY "DIED, DIS- 
 CHARGED, DESERTED," &c. 
 
 46 .... If any men (not officers) have been killed in battle, 
 are missing after battle, (not supposed to have been cap- 
 tured,) have died, deserted, been discharged or transferred, 
 during the time for which the muster is made, their names 
 will be omitted where they stood previously, and placed at 
 the bottom of the rolls in the order as above, with a blank 
 line between the last private and the names of those killed, 
 or others, and also between killed, missing died, &c. ; which 
 words, "killed in battle," ''missing," "died," &c.,or'such of 
 them as may necessarily be used, will be written on the 
 blank line (in the column of names) above each of the 
 lists of names killed, missing, died, &c. Or if there be 
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 not room on tlie roll for blank lines, then the words may be 
 written in the marginal column, perpendicularly, on the left of 
 the figures or numbers, in each list. The names of com- 
 missioned officers who have so gone out of service will stand 
 in their appropriate places on the next muster-roll, followed 
 by the name of the one, if any, appointed to replace them. 
 The first line of each of these lists of men will be filled up 
 complete, with dates, &c., of enrollment and muster, not by 
 reference or dots. In the column of remarks opposite the 
 names of officers and men of this description, say "Killed in 
 battle of [Palo Alto, May 9,"] or "Missing after battle of 
 [Palo Alto] from [May 9,"] or "Died of wounds received in 
 battle of [Palo Alto, at Matamoras, May 12,"] or "Died at 
 [Monterey, October 19,"] or "Missing after battle of [Palo 
 Alto] from [May 9,"] "Discharged at [Saltillo, Decem- 
 ber 2,] on certificate of surgeon , for , 
 
 contracted or received at in , IS — , (while in 
 
 service, or while in the line of his duty, being engaged in 
 firing a sal ate, or making a bridge, &c., &c., or by accident 
 when off duty, or in a scuffle, or before enrollment,) by or- 
 der of [General Taylor.] lyCrive the disability or cause 
 of discharge, with date, 'place, and manner- of the contraction 
 of the disease or injury very full. Request the surgeon who 
 gives the certificate to do so ; as when, where, and how the 
 injury occurred must be fully set forth in all cases, for ordi- 
 nary disability as well as for pensions ; and the captain's 
 certificate and muster-roll will contain the same. Or " Dis- 
 charged at [Monterey, October 12] with disgrace, for stealing 
 from [Mexicans,] order of General [Taylor"] — "Appointed 
 sergeant major of the regiment, or [1st lieutenant] in [Cone's] 
 company [October 12] and transferred, order of Colonel [Tod.] 
 
 PAY. 
 
 47 When no pay has been received during the term, 
 
 from enrollment, say (across the two columns under " Last 
 
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 paid,") " Pay due from enrollment." If a payment lias been 
 made, then say, in tlie first of these columns, by w/w7n the 
 last payment was made, as ''Major [R. S. Dix] " and in the 
 second mention the last day which the payment included, as 
 [" October 31,"] or ["November 30,'']—7iot the Jirst day of 
 the succeeding month. 
 
 48 If balances for pay or distance traveled, prior to 
 
 last month, be still due, state the focts with dates, distance, 
 and rank or grade then held, in the column of remarks. 
 
 BALANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE. 
 
 49 As commissioned officers are entitled to four or 
 
 more rations of subsistence, the roll must show, in the col- 
 umns therefor, whether any, and how many, have been re- 
 ceived in kind during the term for which the muster is made, 
 or since the last payment, opposite the name of each person. 
 If the term of the muster and time unjiaid correspond, say, 
 in the columns respectively, ''All due," or "All due but [31] 
 rations" — state in plain figures after the word "but," the 
 number of rations, of each, which have been received in 
 kind for the time embraced. If the term of muster and time 
 since last payment do not correspond, say, in like manner, 
 "All due from [November 30,]" or "All due from [Novem- 
 ber 30] but [60] rations." By these data the paymaster will 
 calculate the balances due the officers. 
 
 50 On the lines of the sergeants, and other men who 
 
 are entitled to but one ration daily, state the balances due to 
 each in figures, on every line, according to the number of 
 days they may, necessarily, have furnished themselves, or 
 have not been furnished, in any manner, by the United 
 States. When no balance is due say " none," in one or 
 both columns, as the case may require. The object of these 
 two columns is to furnish the data by which the paymaster 
 may calculate the amount due to each person, in money, for 
 the period embraced. 
 
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 51 .... Fractional or component parts of rations of sub- 
 Eist^;nce cannot be estimated so as to make a balance of one 
 or more entire rations ; nor can any balance for subsistence 
 accrne for any time for wliicli a return may have been made 
 for tbe company or person, either at company licadciuartcrs 
 or elsewhere. 
 
 STOPPAGES. 
 
 53 For any arms and equipments, or other public prop- 
 erty, lost through carelessness, or not returned in good order, 
 and to be paid for by the individual, and also for extra cloth- 
 ing issued, say, in the column of remarks [following all other 
 remarks accounting for the men, changes of grades, &c.,) 
 Stop for one musket complete, one wiper, one sabre, one cart- 
 ridge-box, &c., &c. Stop for one coat, one jacket, two shirts, 
 one pair stockings, &c., &c." — whatever is to be charged. 
 The amount of the articles lost or issued will not be stated by 
 the captain, but by the mustering officer in the column for that 
 purpose. Stoppages on account of government will have 
 
 precedence of all others. — (See Tables A and B for cost.) 
 
 54 All arms, equipments, and other public property 
 
 must be charged for unless the loss w^as unavoidable and al- 
 together beyond the control of the man. If loaned and not 
 returned, or left where they should not be, as put into a wagon 
 on the march, or if missing from the tent or other customary 
 place for keeping them, when the man is not, necessarily, absent 
 by order, they must be charged ; and if a man is ordered on 
 duty, without arms, away from his tent or quarters, the cap- 
 tain must see that his arms and other property are taken 
 care of, or he himself will be charged with them if lost. — (See 
 same Tables.) 
 
 Losses of horses or arms owned by individuals, and 
 for which payment will be claimed of the govern- 
 ment on muster-roll of dl'scharge. 
 55 After all the before mentioned remarks smdi stop- 
 pages, the losses of horses, or of arms, will be stated on the 
 
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 muster-roll for discharge, " Ilorsc killed in bcattlo," or 
 " Horse died of sickness, of cliolic, of bots, in a fit, or 
 from getting cast by his halter; or horse killed by accident, 
 at [Monterey, October 28. 18 ;] man remounted himself 
 [same day] or [November 10, 18 ,] or man not remounted, 
 according to the fact; or horse failed for want of forage, 
 from hard riding on forced march, or on express, and aban- 
 doned, or condemned, at [Monterey, October 28, 18 ,] by 
 order of [Colonel Tod;] or horse diseased with glanders, or 
 farcy, and shot, or condemned, at [Monterey, October 28, 
 18 ,] by order of Colonel Tod;] or horse stolen, strayed,' 
 broke loose from camp or other place, strayed from grazing, 
 in the day time or at night, whether guarded, and how, or 
 not, at [Monterey, October 28, 18 ."] In all cases state 
 the exact manner of death or loss, where, and when, the 
 name of the officer who ordered the condemnation or execu- 
 tion, and if the man remounted himself, and when, or if 
 not remounted. If another horse was lost, say " 2d horse 
 died," &c., (or otherwise lost) in same manner, as the case 
 may require. The saddle, &c., will be added, if lost, and 
 how. 
 
 56 If a man has been without a serviceable horse be- 
 longing to himself in consequence of his own neglect, or 
 having disposed of his animal, or not remounted himself after 
 the loss of one, or had the use of a public horse or the com- 
 pany horse of another man, say " Not mounted from [August 
 4 to September 12.] 
 
 57. . . .The loss of private arms and equipments by any 
 of the men (provided they were legally authorized to equip 
 themselves) may be stated, when the loss was unavoidable, 
 and from no fault or carelessness on the part of the man'. 
 Name the article, its cost, manner, place, and time of loss. 
 Officers are to furnish themselves, and cannot charge for such 
 articles lost. 
 
 58 Claims for hoi^es and private arms, lost in the ser- 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 vice, will be made to tlie Third Auditor of the Treasury De- 
 partment at Washington, after the expiration of the term; 
 and, consequently, all such losses will be stated on the mus- 
 ter-roll of discharge only. But an official and full record 
 of all losses will be kept by the captain or other officer in 
 command, and preserved for reference after the discharge of 
 the company. 
 
 DISCHARGE AND SUBSTITUTION OF MEN, AND EXCHANGE OF 
 HORSES, FORBIDDEN. 
 
 50 After muster into service, or the prescribed enroll- 
 ment of recruits to fill vacancies, no enlisted man of vol- 
 unteers or militia shall be discharged before the expiration of 
 his term of enlistment Avithout authority of the "War Depart- 
 ment, except by sentence of a general court-martial, or on 
 certificates of disability by the commander of the Depart- 
 ment, of an army, or army corps, in the field. All substitu- 
 tion or exchange of one man for another is illegal and un- 
 authorized and will bar both bounty and pension, and conse- 
 quently that and the exchanging or "swapping" of horses 
 which have been mustered into the service is positively 
 forbidden. 
 
 MUSTERING OUT AND MUSTER-ROLLS FOR DISCHARGE. 
 
 60 The rolls for this purpose will be compared with 
 
 thosp of the first muster. All persons on the first rolls, and 
 absent at the final muster, must be accounted for, whether 
 dead, captured, discharged, or otherwise absent ; and if the 
 mustering officer, in any particular case, shall have 
 cause to doubt the report entered on the rolls, he shall 
 demand the oath of one or more persons to prove the fact to 
 his satisfaction ; further, he shall take care that not more 
 persons of the several ranks be mustered out of service than 
 were mustered in, if there be an excess over the requisition 
 or beyond the law, nor recognize additions or substitutions, 
 
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 witliout full satisfaction tliat the additions or substitutions 
 were regularly made, and at the time reported on the rolls. 
 
 ... - To fulfil the requirements of the act of Congress, 
 approved July 22, 1861, in relation to bounty'' three copies 
 of the muster-roll for discharge (o?2e for the captain to retain, one 
 for the adjutant general of the army, and one for the bounty 
 bureau) will contain the names of all the persons who have 
 been borne on the previous muster-rolls from the first, or the 
 one of muster into service, and including such, if any, as 
 may have joined the company since that muster, with the 
 appropriate remarks opposite their names, showing when, 
 where, how, and by what authority they joined or were 
 enrolled. 
 
 61. . . - The names of all those, except commissioned offi- 
 cers, who have been killed in battle, missing since a battle, 
 have died, deserted, been discharged, transferred, or in any 
 manner dropped from the company, during the whole term, 
 will be placed, in the order here mentioned, below the name 
 of the last private present, in the manner, and with remarks, 
 as directed in par. 46, officers and men. 
 
 62 All the different grades, or rank, which any 
 
 person may have held during the term, will also be noted 
 in the roll of discharge, with dates of changes, in the 
 column of remarks. If the person be in his second grade 
 (shown in the third column) at the time of muster, say "Was 
 [private] from enrollment to [September 4, 18 .]" If in 
 his third grade, say "Was [private] from enrollment to [Sept. 
 4;] then [corporal] to [October 31,18 ;]" or "Was [ser- 
 geant] from enrollment to [September 4,] then [private] to 
 [October 31, 18 .]" 
 
 63 -If the change, either up or down, took place since 
 
 the last payment to the person, and his pay dMe is thereby 
 affected, the remark, or the last part of it, will be "Was 
 [private, &c., &c., &c.,]" then appointed, elected, pro- 
 moted, or reduced, Szq^&cq,., as directed in par. 33. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 64 The two copies of roll for paymaster will not em- 
 brace the names of persons previously dropped from the rolls. 
 
 65 But if no payment has been made before the mus- 
 ter for discharge, all the rolls will be alike, and embrace 
 every name from the muster into service, or commencement 
 of the term, with dates, &c., of those joined afterwards, as 
 in par. 24 and 27 ; then changes of grades as in par. 37 ; 
 and all necessary remarks. But those killed, died, dis- 
 charged, &c., will be put at the bottom of the roll, as directed 
 in par. 46 and 61. 
 
 66 The three rolls for discharge, (for captain, adjutant 
 
 general, and bounty bureau,) mentioned in par. 60, will con- 
 tain two additional columns, two and three inches wide, (as 
 next page,) to show to whom, and to what place the soldier 
 wishes to have his warrant for bounty addressed. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 67 These columns will be filled up by the captam, 
 
 who will consult, seasonably, all the men of his company, 
 and conform strictly, in this respect, to their wishes. 
 
 68 In all cases of casual discharge or death, under 
 
 circumstances which entitle to bounty, the address as above, 
 or late place of residence of the men deceased, will be given 
 by the captain in a note at the bottom of his next roll for 
 periodical payment, repeated, of course, on the roll for dis- 
 charge. And the addresses thus entered on the rolls shall 
 be read to the men present, in the hearing of the mustering 
 officer, that his signature may authenticate also their wishes 
 in that respect. 
 
 ORDER IN WHICH REMARKS WILL BE MADE. 
 
 69 Make the reinarks, such as any case may require, 
 
 in the following order of precedence : " Joined," when, how, 
 as in par. 27, 45; " Appointed, promoted, or reduced," as 
 par. 37 ; " Sick or confined," as par. 39 ; " Detached ser- 
 vice," as par. 41 ; Back pay due," as par. 48 ; Stop for 
 extra clothing or arms lost," as par. 53 ; " Claim for horse 
 or private arms lost," as par. 55, 57. 
 
 ARMS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY — HOW RECEIVED, AC- 
 COUNTED FOR, AND RETURNED. 
 
 70 All arms, clothiug, camp equipage, and other public 
 
 property will be issued on requisitions made by the colonels 
 of regiments, duly approved, and a register will be kept at 
 regimental headquarters of all property so received, from 
 whom received, and to whom (in the regiment) reissued. 
 And all officers of the army who make such issues will make 
 rc2:)ort thereof at the time, or in season, for the ensuing master 
 for payment or discharge, to the inspector general or com- 
 manding general where the regiment may be serving, to be 
 verified by the invoices and register of property received 
 
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 at regimental headquarters, to the end that mustering; officers, 
 for periodical payments or discharge, may cause the neces- 
 sary stoppages to be made on the muster-rolls. These stop- 
 pages will include all arms and equipments furnished to 
 commissioned officers for their personal use. 
 
 71 Arms, equipments, camp equipage, &c., which are 
 
 furnished for public use during the term or campaign, must 
 be redelivered before the muster for discharge, and receipts 
 therefor shown or accounted for by the decision of a board 
 of survey, legally convened, as having been worn out in ser- 
 vice, or lost, while in public use, by unavoidable accident, 
 without any fault or negligence by him who had the prop- 
 erty in charge. All deficiencies will be charged to the in- 
 dividual who had the property in use. Captains and other 
 officers are responsible for the public property, such as arms, 
 equipments, camp equipage, &c., issued to and in use by 
 their men, to see that the articles are well preserved and 
 returned or accounted for as above mentioned. 
 
 72 Therefore, preparatory to the muster for discharge, 
 
 the officers who have had public property in their charge 
 will make returns (in tabular form) of arms and equipments; 
 of quartermaster's stores ; of commissary's supplies ; of med- 
 ical supplies and surgical instruments; of clothing, (each 
 department separate,) showing the amount or quantity re- 
 ceived — to be verified by the register at regimental head- 
 quarters — to be accounted for either by issues or receipts 
 from officers ; issues of clothing to the men and charged on. 
 the muster-rolls ; expended or worn out, or lost by unavoid- 
 ble accident, and in what manner; and remaining on hand 
 then, to be delivered. These returns must be authenticated 
 before the mustering officer, by oath, and any deficiency of 
 property, not satisfactorily accounted for, will be charged to 
 the officer on the muster-rolls. 
 
 73 What is said of captain or company will apply to 
 
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 colonel or other officer having a muster-roll to make, in rela- 
 tion to men and property. 
 
 74 The year (as '-'18 ") need not be given in the 
 
 column of remarks in relation to changes of rank, men joined, 
 on detached service, and other circumstances, which may 
 have occurred within the period for which the muster is made 
 (mentioned always in the caption) unless the same months 
 for different years are embraced, or more than twelve months 
 included in the period. 
 
 75 Officers will conform strictly to the foregoing instruc- 
 tions, and be particularly careful to confine every word and 
 remark to its appropriate column. Indebtedness, if any, of 
 the troops to the State by which furnished will be charged 
 on the muster-out roll. 
 
 76 Every officer and soldier present and in camp 
 
 should be on parade with his company for muster, those on 
 guard and in confinement, and, as far as practicable, the sick 
 included. This will save much time to the mustering officer 
 and others in the despatch of the important duties of the day, 
 as every man must be seen by the mustering officer. Appli- 
 cation should be made to the commanding officer, seasonably, 
 to give the necessary orders to have the duty men, &c., join 
 their respective regiments when they parade ; to return to 
 their places as soon as they answer to their names. — (See 
 paragraph 40.) 
 
 77 The acts of Congress approved August 5, 1861, 
 
 and July 5, 1862, appropriate certain sums of money for 
 collectings drilling, and organizing volunteers^ Under this 
 head the adjutant general of the army will furnish trans- 
 portation and subsistence until the organization of the regi- 
 ment — or company, if an independent one — is completed, 
 and the said force mustered into the United States service 
 by the regularly appointed mustering officer of the State or 
 
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 district. Accounts for exponditiircs will be rendered to the 
 adjutant general. 
 
 After " muster into service'^ tlic troops will be supplied 
 and transported by the administrative departments, and ac- 
 counts rendered accordingly. 
 
 *'Tlie attention of officers supplying subsistence to volun- 
 teers in the process of their organization into companies and 
 regiments, both prior and subsequent to muster, is called 
 to the exorbitant prices demanded and paid for this object. 
 Rations in kind will hereafter be issued whenever cooking 
 facilities can be furnished to the troops, whether in squads 
 or in larger bodies. If the rations cannot be contracted for 
 at a reasonable rate, subsistence will be procured in bulk, 
 and issued to the volunteers. In no case should the cost of 
 the ration, uncooked, exceed nineteen cents, and at most of 
 the points in the western States it should not exceed fourteen 
 cents. When cooking facilities cannot be furnished, con- 
 tracts for the rations, cooked, may be made at reasonable 
 rates, and the necessity for the same must be clearly stated 
 on the accounts. When board and lodging are necessary, 
 the prices for each should be stated, and the aggregate cost 
 of both must not exceed forty cents per day." 
 
 " Transportation will be at the rate of two cents per mile 
 for railroad travel, and at the current rates for stage and 
 steamboat fare." 
 
 80 Whenever volunteers, or militia, are mustered for 
 
 final discharge, on the expiration of their term of service, a 
 discharge will he furnished for each officer and soldier, 
 whether present or absent. — (See form C.) 
 
 The blanks for these must be filled with great care 
 
 and neatness, and signed (at the left hand) by the colonel 
 for the field and staff, by the captains for their respective 
 companies, and by the mustering officer, all officially , and by 
 the mustering officer returned to the colonel and captains for 
 delivery to the individuals. — (See forin following table B.) 
 
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 81 Where troops are mustered out of service final 
 
 statements must not be given. The muster-out rolls take the 
 place of final statements in such cases. 
 
 OF MUSTERING A REGIMENT OR OTHER FORCE INTO SERVICE. 
 
 82 An officer who is appointed to make a muster of 
 
 any force into the service of the United States, on arriving 
 at the place designated in his instructions, will, if the name 
 of the commander and captains be not given in his order, 
 ascertain from the proper authority who the commanders of 
 the regiment and companies are to be : this information is 
 generally obtained from the executive of the State. And he 
 must be satisfied that the whole number of companies for 
 the designated command are present, or on their way there, 
 with organization complete, unless otherwise directed, before 
 he commences the muster. 
 
 ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 83. The following is the organization of regiments and 
 companies of the volunteer army of the United States : 
 
 1. Regiment of Infantry — ten companies. 
 
 1 Colonel. 
 
 1 Lieutenant Colonel. 
 ] Major. 
 
 1 Adjutant (an extra Lieu- 
 tenant.) 
 
 1 Quartermaster (an extra 
 Lieutenant.) 
 
 1 Surgeon. 
 
 2 Assistant Surgeons. 
 
 1 Chaplain. 
 
 1 Sergeant Major. 
 
 1 Regimental Quartermaster 
 Sergeant. 
 
 1 Regimental Commissary- 
 Sergeant. 
 
 1 Hospital Steward. 
 
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 Cowpanij of Infantry. 
 
 1 Captain. 4 Sergeants. 
 
 1 First Lieutenant. 8 Corporals. 
 
 1 Second Lieutenant. 2 Musicians. 
 
 1 First Sergeant. 
 
 1 Wagoner. 
 
 And 
 
 ( 64 Privates 
 I 82 Privatef 
 
 ates — mniimum. 
 ates — maximum. 
 
 2. Regiment of Cavalry — i 
 
 1 Colonel. 
 
 1 Lieutenant Colonel. 
 
 3 Majors. 
 
 1 Surgeon. 
 
 1 Assistant Surgeon. 
 
 1 Regimental Adjutant (an 
 
 extra Lieutenant.) 
 1 Regimental Quartermaster 
 
 (an extra Lieutenant.) 
 
 twelve companies or troops. 
 
 1 Regimental Commissary 
 
 (an extra Lieutenant.) 
 1 Chaplain. 
 1 Sergeant Major. 
 1 Quartermaster Sergeant. 
 
 1 Commissary Sergeant. 
 
 2 Hospital Stewards. 
 1 Saddler Sergeant. 
 
 1 Chief Farrier or Blacksmith. 
 
 Company or troop of Cavalry. 
 
 1 Captain. 
 
 1 First Lieutenant. 
 
 1 Second Lieutenant. 
 
 1 First Sergeant. 
 
 1 Quartermaster Sergeant. 
 
 1 Commissary Sergeant. 
 
 5 Sergeants. 
 8 Corporals. 
 2 Teamsters. 
 
 2 Farriers or Blacksmiths. 
 
 1 Saddler. 
 
 1 Wagoner, and 
 
 78 Privates. 
 
 There being no bands now allowed, the chief trumpeter 
 authorized by law will not be mustered into service. If any 
 have been so mustered, they will, upon receipt of this order, 
 be mustered out. 
 
 The law does not authorize musicians for companies. To 
 remedy this defect, two musicians may be enlisted for each 
 company. They will he rated and paid as privates. 
 
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 3, Hegiment of Artilleuv — Tivelve latteries. 
 
 1 Colonel. 1 Quartermaster (not an extra 
 1 Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant.) 
 
 1 Major for every four bat- 1 Chaplain. 
 
 teries. 1 Sergeant Major. 
 
 1 Adjutant (not an extra 1 Quartermaster Sergeant. 
 
 Lieutenant.) 1 Commissary Sergeant. 
 
 1 Hospital Steward. 
 
 'Battery of Artillery. 
 
 1 Captain. 4 Sergeants. 
 
 1 First Lieutenant. 8 Corporals. 
 
 1 Second Lieutenant. 2 Musicians. 
 
 1 First Sergeant. 2 Artificers. 
 
 1 Quartermaster Sergeant. 1 Wagoner, and 
 122 Privates. 
 
 To tlie above organization of a battery one first and one 
 second lieutenant, two sergeants, and four corporals may be 
 added, at the President's discretion. 
 
 The field officers, chaplain, and regimental staff (commis- 
 sioned and non-commissioned) will not be mustered or re- 
 ceived into service without special authority from the War 
 Department. As a general rule, artillery will be called for 
 and received by batteries, thus rendering the field and staff 
 unnecessary. 
 
 84 ... . Chaplains must meet the requirements of section 8 
 of the act of July 17, 1862, as follows: 
 
 "No person shall be appointed a chaplain in the United 
 States army who is not a regularly ordained minister of some 
 religious denomination, and who does not present testimonials 
 of his present good standing as such a minister, with a recom- 
 mendation for his appointment as an army chaplain from 
 some authorized ecclesiastical body, or not less than five 
 accredited ministers belonging to said religious denomination." 
 
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 After chaplains are appointed, under section 9 of tlie act 
 of July 22, ISGl, tliey must be mustered into service by au 
 officer of the regular army, and thereafter borne on the field 
 and staff roll of the regiment. 
 
 Mustering officers, before mustering chaplains into service, 
 will require from them a copy of the proceedings on which 
 the appointment is based. The said copy, if found conform- 
 able to the requirements of the law, will be indorsed by the 
 mustering officer, and by him forwarded to the Adjutant 
 General's office for file, with the muster-in roll. 
 
 85 No commissioned officer or enlisted man, of any 
 
 grade, in excess of the legal organization, will be recognized. 
 And any commander who may acknowledge or receive, as in 
 service, any such officer or enlisted man, will be brought to trial 
 for neglect of duty and disobedience of orders. No person 
 acting in the capacity of a supernumerary will, under any 
 circumstances, be permitted to receive pay and allowances 
 from the government; and paymasters making payment to 
 such supernumeraries will be held individually accountable 
 for amounts so paid. 
 
 86 All musters into and out of service must be made by 
 
 an officer of the regular army, unless otherwise specially 
 directed by the Secretary of War, through the Adjutant 
 General's office. 
 
 Enlisted men can be mustered from date of enrollment. 
 When the men of a company have been mustered by more 
 than one officer, the fact must be stated on the muster-rolls, 
 opposite their names, "by whom mustered," and these rolls 
 must be signed by each of the mustering officers. 
 
 When one-half a company has been mustered into service, 
 the 1st lieutenant thereof can be mustered in, and Avhen 
 the organization of the company is completed, the captain and 
 2d lieutenant can be mustered. 
 
 No otHcers of the general staff will be mustered into ser- 
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 vice without special authority from tlie AVar Department, 
 tlirougli the Adjutant General. 
 
 Field and staff officers of regiments can he mustered into 
 service upon the completion of the organization of regiment 
 or companies, as follows : 
 
 INFANTRY. 
 
 Colonel and chaplain— entire regiment. 
 Lieutenant colonel — four companies. 
 Major — six companies. 
 
 CAVALRY. 
 
 Colonel and chaplain— entire regiment. 
 Lieutenant colonel — six companies. 
 Majors — one for every four companies. 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 Colonel and chaplain— entire regiment. 
 
 Lieutenant colonel — six companies. 
 
 Majors — one for every four batteries. 
 
 For the respective arms, the governors of the several 
 States may, at any time during the organization of a volun- 
 teer regiment, authorize the adjutant, quartermaster, and, 
 when absolutely necessary, the medical officers thereof to be 
 mustered into service, to aid in recruiting the regiment, and 
 for the prompt transaction of all other public business. The 
 non-commissioned staff will in no case he mustered in till the 
 regiment is complete. 
 
 After a regiment has been mustered into service no com- 
 missioned officer will be mustered in before producing a 
 commission from the governor of his State. After the com- 
 mission has been exhibited the mustering officer will satisfy 
 himself that a vacancy exists, in which case only can he 
 make the muster. 
 
 The muster-in-roll must show, over the certificate of the 
 mustering officer, that the vacancy existed, and how it oc- 
 curred. For example, if the vacancy resulted from death, 
 
 e remark will be, "vice Captain A. S.. Cole, deceased;" 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
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 past, lioldiiig the bridle rein by tlie end, out of tlio martingale, 
 and moving in a quick walk, so as to show the natural gait 
 of both man and horse. 
 
 101 By this manner of inspecting a company may be 
 
 examined in about half an hour ; and the officers will be able 
 to judge with great accuracy by the close observance of a 
 man's size, figure, motions, hands, eyes, and general appear- 
 ance, all which must be scrutinized, whether he will p^^ss 
 muster. The examination of a company naked, with the 
 inconvenience generally felt at such places by the want of 
 suitable buildings, would require two or three hours. 
 
 102 The captain and other officers, and, indeed, every 
 
 man, are obligated to inform each other and the inspecting 
 officers, when making up the company and at the muster, 
 of any concealed or known lameness, defect, or disease 
 in any one of the company ; and the officers who enrolled 
 the company will be held to refund the amount of pay and 
 clothing furnished to any man who may be discharged, or 
 found to be unfit for service, within three months from the 
 muster into service, in consequence of any rupture, defect, 
 or disease, unless he can show to the commanding general 
 that the cause of unfitness occurred qfUr the muster, not 
 before. 
 
 103 . - .When all the men have been called and accepted, 
 the mustering officer, accompanied by the captain, will count 
 the number in each grade, and see that they correspond with 
 the number of names on the list, and agree with the pre- 
 scribed organization. 
 
 104. . - The mustering officer will then cause the company 
 to take the oath of allegiance contained in the 10th article 
 of the Rules and Articles of War, this being proper to in- 
 sure subordination and faithful service on the part of the 
 men, who have, by enrollment and muster as volunteers, 
 enlisted in the service of the United States. It is not 
 absolutely necessary, ^u-t proper, that the oath be ad- 
 ministered, as the men are fully bound to the service by 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 tlie act of mustering. The substance of the oatli may be 
 mentioned beforeliand if required ; it must be administered 
 by an officer of tlie regular army or a civil raag-istrate, pref- 
 erably the former. The company, officers included, Avill be 
 directed to uncover their heads and hold up their right hands, 
 and then, in a loud and very distinct, impressive manner, the 
 following will be administered: — (See also article 97.) 
 
 105 . . ."All and each of you do solemnly swear (or affirm, 
 as the case may be) that you will bear true allegiance to the 
 United States of America, and that you will serve them 
 honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers 
 whatsoever, and observe and obey the orders of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States and the orders of the officers ap- 
 pointed over you according to the Rules and Articles for the 
 government of the armies of the United States : so help you 
 God." 
 
 The above oath having been administered, the mustering 
 officer will form the officers in a body, and administer to 
 them the following, in addition : 
 
 " All and each of you do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 
 you have never voluntarily borne arms against the United 
 States since you have been citizens thereof; that you have 
 voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encourage- 
 ment to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto ; that 
 you have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to ex- 
 ercise, the functions of any office whatever under any au- 
 thority or pretended authority in hostility to the United 
 States ; that you have not yielded a voluntary support to 
 any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution 
 within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And 
 you do further swear (or affirm) that, to the best of your 
 knowledge and abihty, you will support and defend the Con- 
 stitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign 
 and domestic; that you will bear true laith and allegiance to 
 the same; that you take this obligation freely, Avithout any 
 meutal reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 29 
 
 if from rcaignatioii, "vice Lieutenant Tliomas Stone, re- 
 signed." 
 
 87 When volunteers are to be mustered into the 
 
 service of tlic United States, tliey will be minutely ex- 
 amined hy the surgeon and assistant surgeon of the regi- 
 ment, to ascertain whether they have the physical qualifica- 
 tions necessary for the military service, And in case any 
 individual shall be discharged within three months after 
 entering the service for a disability which existed at that 
 time, he shall receive neither pay nor allowances except 
 subsistence and transportation to his home. The certificate 
 given by the surgeon will, in all cases, state whether the 
 disability existed prior to the date of muster, or was con- 
 tracted after it. 
 
 If there be no medical officers, duly appointed, present, 
 the mustering officer, on consultation with the colonel 
 or other gentleman of respectability, will select and engage 
 the services of one or more physicians having diplo- 
 mas and of well-established capacities and character, to as- 
 sist him in inspecting the officers and men to be mustered, 
 and to attend upon and accompany the troops on their 
 march till relieved by others regularly appointed. They 
 will be borne on the muster-roll of field and staff as artino- 
 surgeon and assistant surgeon, (not embraced in recapitula- 
 tion,) with dates and place of commencement of service, 
 and, in the column of remarks, say "Engaged at [Baltimore, 
 July 25] by mustering officer, with approval of the colonel, 
 to serve as acting surgeon (or assistant surgeon) in the regi- 
 ment temporarily, and provisionally mustered at the rate of 
 pay and allowances of that grade while serving and for the 
 distance from place of discharge to his home, or the place 
 of general rendezvous." 
 
 88 Captains will have a roll or list of their companies 
 
 in the order of rank in every grade, the privates alphabeti- 
 cally, (by the surname,) and all of the same name together, 
 
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 INSTRUCTI02>fS. 
 
 as Smith, John Smith, John R., &c., written in a plain hand, 
 the first christian name at full length, and every name ac- 
 imratcly swelled; and they will form the company in the 
 same order from right to left in two ranks, if it be foot, the 
 commissioned officers on the right, then the sergeants, next 
 the corporals, the musicians, privates, with an interval of a 
 pace between the different grades, so that they may be easily 
 distinguished and the number in each counted. 
 
 §9 The mustering officer, accompanied by the captain 
 
 and surgeon, will make a cursory examination from right to 
 left, and verify the numbers; and there should always be an 
 excess of privates to supply the place of men rejected. He 
 wiU he careful that men from one compaoiy or detaclimcnt 
 are not horroioed for the occasion, to swell tlieraoilcs of others 
 ahout to he mastered:'' No volunteer will be mustered into 
 the service who is unable to speak the English language.— 
 (For exceptions see par. 3, G. 0. A. G. 0., 1S61.) 
 
 90 If the company be of a mounted corps the men 
 
 will be on horseback, in one rank, and the officer will examine 
 the horses in front and rear to see that they are of suitable 
 size, age, health, and condition, and, if necessary, he will 
 require'' them to be moved out of the rank for inspection. 
 No horse under five, nor over nine, years old should be 
 received. 
 
 In addition to the usual examination of officers and 
 men, a test of horsemanship must be made under the direction 
 of the mustering officer; and no person shall be mustered 
 into the cavalry service who does not exhibit good horse- 
 manship and a practical knowledge of the ordinary care and 
 treatment of horses. ^ 
 
 «- To this end the mustering officer will, at the conclusion of the 
 muster of each hattalion or regiment, (whether mustered by compa- 
 nies or not,) cause the entire force to be paraded for inspection ; and 
 in case any deception or fraud is discovered to have been practiced, 
 he will immediately report the fact to the Adjutant General, that 
 the guilty parties may be disbanded. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 31 
 
 91 Large fony horses, and sometimes large mnles, 
 
 may be received, but their acceptance will depend on the 
 nature of the contemplated service and the feed to be used, 
 as marching service in a section of country destitute of 
 grain — not where manoeuviing is expected. 
 
 92 If the mustering officer be not a good judge of 
 
 horses in the qualities mentioned, he must obtain the services 
 of some disinterested person who is, for much will depend 
 on the efficiency of the animals. > 
 
 93 The horse equipments will consist of a saddle, 
 
 saddle blanket, double rein bridle with curb bit, martingale, 
 and tie rope or halter, and all strong and fitting. 
 
 94 Volunteers and militia are not to be less than 
 
 eighteen nor more than forty-five years of age. Some ex- 
 ceptions may be admissible, for over age, in commissioned 
 officers, provided they be physically robust and active, and 
 in all other respects well qualified ; but in this the mustering 
 officer must exercise a sound and rigid judgment. 
 
 95 If there be any doubt about the age of a person, 
 
 ask any of the following questions : How old are you ? 
 Are you eighteen 1 (or) Are you under forty-five 1 How do 
 you know your age 1 In Avhat year were you born 1 Did 
 you ever see the register of your birth, and in what and 
 when ? Who told you the year of your birth, and when 
 were you told ? Will you take an oath that, to the best of 
 your knowledge and helicf, you are eighteen, or not over 
 forty five, years old f ' And then administer the oath accord- 
 ingly : " You swear that, to the best of your knowledge and 
 belief, you are eighteen (or not over forty-five) years old : 
 so help you God." 
 
 96 All officers and men must be sound and active, 
 
 free from all malformation, defects of sight, hearing, ulcers, 
 piles, rupture, fracture, dislocation, and disease of any kind. • 
 But the lack of or defect in the left eye, or slight in- 
 jury of the l(ft hand, will not reject the man. Stam- 
 merers must not be received. But all men who are enrolled 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 and have performed duty in the organized militia will be 
 received. 
 
 97 The company, being in line, will be faced to the 
 
 right. The mustering officer, accompanied by the surgeon, 
 after inspecting and accepting the captain and lieutenants, 
 will place himself about a dozen paces from, and nearly in 
 front of, the 1st sergeant, witli the captain near him on his 
 right, to call the names. One of the 2d lieutenants will 
 place himself by the left of the 1st sergeant, with directions 
 to keep the right, now front, file of the company (not called) 
 closed up to his front, and to see that each man, when his 
 name is called, answers Here,'' in a tone to be heard dis- 
 tinctly by the mustering officer. And every man must be 
 called by, and answer personally to, his legal name ; any 
 other will vitiate his title to bounty and pension. 
 
 98 At the instant of answering the man will step off 
 
 briskly, in a natural gait, his hands, without gloves on, 
 hanging in an easy, traveling position, to and in front of the 
 mustering officer and surgeon, who will, in most cases, be 
 able to discover, while the man is approaching and passing, 
 whether he is sound, and suitable for service. If the man be 
 accepted he will pass on and join the 1st lieutenant, who Avill 
 form the company in the same order as before, see that the 
 rear rank men cover those in front, and intervals preserved 
 between the grades, so that the number in each may be 
 easily distinguished and counted. 
 
 99 If the mustering officer and surgeon are not satis- 
 fied to receive a man by his appearance and movement 
 in walking past, they will direct him to stop for a more 
 critical examination, and, if necessary, require him to strip 
 at some convenient place, when the others shall have been 
 called. Those rejected will be turned off, and their names 
 marked out of the list ; and they must not be suffered to 
 join any other company. 
 
 100 If the company be of a mounted corps the officers 
 
 and men will be required to dismount and lead their horses 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 35 
 
 well and faithfully discharge the duties of the offices on 
 which you are about to enter : so lielp you God." 
 
 106. . - The liules and Articles of War will then be read 
 to the company by the captain, or under his superintendence^ 
 as also paragraph 1645 of Army Regulations, and read again, 
 in like manner, semi-annually, on the last days of December 
 and J une. And on the muster-rolls for pay, and those of 
 muster into service, the captain will certify that the rules- 
 have been read as here directed. 
 
 APPRIZAL OF HORSES AND HORSE EQUIPMENTS. 
 
 107. . .The mustering officer and captains of companies 
 will select three respectable and impartial men, good judges 
 of the value of horses, and not members of any company, 
 nor owning or having interest in any horse therein, to apprize 
 the horses and horse equipments. The valuation will be the 
 
 fair cash price at the place and time what the judges would 
 be willing to give were they purchasing for themselves. And 
 the assessed value for horses and horse equipments — the two 
 separate — will be put on the muster-roll opposite the owners^ 
 names, and the apprizers, being sworn by the mustering 
 officers, will sign the certificate for that purpose on the roll 
 of muster into service. And the valuation will be continued 
 on the subsequent rolls. 
 
 108. . .Every officer and man should be the owner of the 
 horse in his use : no officer or other person belonging to the- 
 command (company or regiment) can be the owner of, or ia 
 any manner have interest in, the horse in use by another. 
 
 109. . - So soon as the muster is completed the fact will 
 be reported to the Adjutant General of the Army. Notice 
 will be given when the troops will be equipped and ready 
 to march. If arms, equipments, clothing, &c., have not 
 been required for, the mustering officer will promptly submit; 
 the necessary requisitions to the respective departments- 
 concerned. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 MUSTERING IN AND OUT IN THE FIELD. 
 
 ] 10... Only* officers of the Regular Armj (including 
 Additional Aides-de-Oamp appointed by tlie President, 
 under the act approved August 5, 1861,) will be detailed to 
 muster into and out of the service of the United States, and 
 no officer will make these musters unless detailed to do so 
 by competent authority 
 
 1 1 1 ... Mustering officers for troops in the field will be 
 detailed (under paragraph 110) by the Corps or Department 
 Commander, as follows: 
 
 For each Corps or Department, one officer, to be called 
 the Commissary of Musters for that Corps or Department, 
 and two enlisted men for clerks in his office, at Corps or 
 Department Headquarters. All rolls and communications 
 sent to and from the officers detailed on this service, in any 
 Corps or Department, will be through the Commissary of 
 Musters for that Corps, who will exercise a supervision over 
 the whole subject of musters for the Corps or Department 
 to which he belongs. 
 
 For each Division, one officer, to be called an Assistant 
 Commissary of Musters for that Division, who will make 
 all musters into and out of the service of the United States 
 for his Division, and see that all officers of his Division are 
 properly mustered into or out of the service of the United 
 States, as the circumstances of the case may require; he 
 will also be prepared to give such information on the sub- 
 ject of muster and muster-rolls as may be required by those 
 serving in the Division. He will also provide himself with 
 blanks, by application to the Commissary of Musters of his 
 Corps or Department. One enlisted man will be detailed 
 by the Division Commander as clerk in his office. Com- 
 missaries of Musters, and their Assistants, will be furnished 
 with such stationery as they may require by the Quarter- 
 
 * Exception in cases of necessity will be made upon application to the Adjutant 
 General, Washington, D. C. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 37 
 
 master's De])artment, upon tlieir requisitions, approved by 
 the Corps, Department, or Division Commander, as the 
 case may be. 
 
 As soon as the Commissaries and Assistants are detailed 
 as herein directed, their names will be reported to. the Adju- 
 tant General of the Army. 
 
 112. . - Each Assistant Commissary of Musters will make 
 a daily report to the Commissary of Musters for his Corps 
 or Department of all the musters made by him since his 
 last report, forwarding with this report three copies of the 
 muster-in and four of the muster-out rolls, in every case, as 
 vouchers to his report. 
 
 These rolls and reports will be corrected and consolidated 
 by the Commissary of Musters, who will also add his own 
 report of such musters as he may have made himself, and 
 forward it, with one copy of the muster-in and muster-out 
 rolls, in each case, direct to the Adjutant General, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. The Commissary of Musters will dispose of the 
 other copies of the rolls ah prescribed in the directions 
 printed on the blanks for muster-in and out rolls. 
 
 113. . .Commanders of Corps or Departments will see 
 that each Regiment, Independent Company, etc., is as- 
 signed to some one of the Assistant Commissaries of Mus- 
 ters under their command. The Commissaries of Musters 
 will be responsible to the Adjutant General of the Army 
 for the correctness of the musters and muster rolls in their 
 Corps, and no officer shall be mustered in, or out, except 
 by a Commissary or Assistant Commissary of Musters to 
 whom the command to which he belongs has been assigned. 
 
 114 — No officer or enlisted man of volunteers is properly 
 in the service of the United States, or authorized to receive 
 pay, until mustered in by the proper officer; and no officer 
 is properly out of service until discharged in Orders, or mus- 
 tered out by the proper officer. One copy of the rolls or 
 order in each case must be forwarded to the Adjutant Gen- 
 eral's Office. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 115 . . . Commissaries and Assistant Commissaries of Mus- 
 ters, having been once detailed, will not be relieved from 
 this duty, or transferred to another Division, Department, 
 or Corps, without authority from the Adjutant General's 
 Office. 
 
 116. . - Commanders of Departments, Corps, and Divisions, 
 will exercise such supervision over the musters as they may 
 think necessary for a prompt and efficient performance of 
 this service. 
 
 117. . .The following rules will be observed in all mus- 
 ters-in or out: 
 
 1st. An officer must present his commission, or appoint- 
 ment, from the Governor of the State to which the regiment 
 or organization, into which he desires to be mustered, 
 belongs. 
 
 2d. The Mustering Officer must ascertain from the records 
 of the regiment, or organization, such as muster rolls, monthly 
 returns, and morning reports, that a vacancy exists. 
 
 3d. If an officer has been commissioned, as above, and a 
 vacancy exists, and he is physically fitted for duty, he may 
 be mustered into the service of the United States, from the 
 date on which the muster-in actually takes place. 
 
 4th. No muster-in shall be dated back without authority 
 from the Adjutant General, except upon proof that it could 
 not have been made at an earlier date, which proof shall con- 
 sist of the affidavit of the officer, accompanied by that of his 
 Regimental or Detachment Commander, setting forth that 
 he has made all proper efforts to have himself mustered in, 
 but without success, before the time at which he now pre- 
 sents himself. These affidavits must be attached to the 
 copy of the muster-in roll intended for the Adjutant 
 General. 
 
 5th. No officer shall be mustered in to date back beyond 
 the time that he has actually been performing the duties of 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 39 
 
 the grade into wliicli lie desires to be mustered, nor beyond 
 the time at which a vacancy is proved to have existed by 
 the regimental or company records. If on the muster and 
 pay rolls the applicant appears mustered for pay in one 
 grade, he cannot be mustered into the service, to cover the 
 same period, as of any other. (See also bottom of page 28.) 
 
 6th. Musters into the new and out of the old grade must 
 be made for each appointment of a commissioned officer, as 
 well as when enlisted men are appointed commissioned 
 officers. A discharge in Orders, or by order of the proper 
 authority, is in all cases a muster-out of the service of the 
 United States, and no muster-out rolls will be furnished in 
 such cases. 
 
 7th. Musters-in and out must be made on separate rolls, 
 and a separate roll must be made for each grade. Officers 
 or enlisted men of different companies or regiments, must 
 not be mustered in, or out, on the same rolls. 
 
 8tli. A muster once made will in no case be altered, 
 except by authority from the Adjutant General of the Army, 
 and all applications for alterations must pass through the 
 mustering officer, if possible. 
 
 9 til. Troops organizing in their respective States — in- 
 cluding recruits for regiments in the field — and those organ- 
 ized, and not in the field, will be mustered by the duly 
 appointed mustering officers for the States. Such officers 
 have no authority to muster commissioned officers belonging 
 to organizations which have left the State. 
 
 10 th. Enlisted men having received commissions or 
 appointments, will not be mustered in as commissioned 
 officers until they shall have been discharged as soldiers 
 by the Department or Corps Commander. 
 
 GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 
 
 118. . - Mustering officers for the difi'erent States to mus- 
 ter-in new troops will be detailed from the Adjutant Gen- 
 eral's Office. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 119 . . - No person will be taken up on any muster-rolls as 
 an officer, of any grade, until mustered into the service 
 of the United States as such, in that grade, whether he be 
 commissioned by the Governor or not, unless he be ap- 
 pointed or commissioned by the President. Paymasters 
 will observe, and report, all violations of this paragraph. 
 
 120. - - The commissioned officers of all volunteer organ- 
 izations, no matter whether established under the authority 
 of a State or of the ' United States, will be regarded as 
 having been commissioned on the day when their muster 
 into the service of the United States takes effect, and will 
 take rank in their respective grades, will be entitled to pay, 
 and be obeyed and respected in their several positions from 
 that date. 
 
 121 -Mustering officers will muster into service and 
 administer the oath of allegiance to such regiments or 
 recruits brought to them, as may present conclusive evi- 
 dence of their acceptance by the War Department. 
 
 122. . .The attention of mustering officers, commissaries 
 and assistant commissaries of musters, is called to the 
 instructions from the Ordnance Department in regard to 
 the ordnance responsibility of officers mustered out. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 41 
 
 Muster-in Roll of Captaiu Company, in the 
 
 Regiment ( Brigade) of Volunteers, commanded Ly 
 
 Colonel , called into the service of the United States 
 
 by , from the day of , J 86 — , (date of this muster,) 
 
 for the term of , unless sooner discharged. 
 
 [ -No. of each grade. 1 
 
 Names. 
 
 PreHcnt 
 
 and 
 Absent. 
 
 (Privates 
 in alpha- 
 betical 
 order.) 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Age. 1 
 
 JOINED FOR 
 DUTY AND 
 ENROLLED. 
 
 TRAVELING. 
 
 VALUATION, 
 IN DOLLARS, 
 OF— 
 
 1. Every man 
 whose name is 
 on this roll must 
 be accounted for 
 on the '/iex« mus- 
 ter-roll. 2. The 
 exchange of men 
 by substitution, 
 and the exchang- 
 ing, swapping, 
 or loaning of 
 horsesffl/Jer mus- 
 ter into service, 
 are strictly for- 
 bidden. 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 By whom en- 
 rolled. 
 
 Period. 1 
 
 To place of 
 rendezvous, 
 No. of miles. 
 
 From place of 
 discharge 
 homo. No. of 
 miles. 
 
 Horses. 
 
 Horse equip- 
 ments. 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
42 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS. 
 MusTER-iN Roll— Continued. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Present 
 
 and 
 Absent. 
 
 (Privates 
 in alpha- 
 betical 
 order.) 
 
 JOINED FOR 
 DUTY AND 
 ENROLLED. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 That this Muster-roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 
 Captain Company 
 
 of the , for the period 
 
 herein mentioned; that 
 each man answers to his 
 own proper name in per- 
 son; and that the remarks 
 set opposite the name of 
 each officer and soldier are 
 accurate and just. 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
 Date: 
 
 Station : 
 
 TRAVELING. 
 
 -3 -So 
 
 O 
 
 a m Si^ 
 
 o — • o -s 
 
 VALUATION, 
 IN DOLLARS; 
 OF— 
 
 1. Every man 
 whose name is 
 on this roll must 
 he accounted for 
 on the next mus- 
 ter-roll. 2. The 
 exchange of men 
 by substitution, 
 and the exchang- 
 ing, swapping, 
 or loaning of 
 horses o/Jer mus- 
 ter into service, 
 are strictly for- 
 bidden. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 We CERTIFY, ON OATH, 
 That the figures opposite 
 the names on this Roll, for 
 valuation of horses and 
 horse equipments, repre- 
 sent and show the true 
 cash value of the horses 
 and equipments of the 
 men, respectively, at the 
 place of enrollment, ac- 
 cording to our honest, im- 
 partial judgment. 
 
 Appraisers. 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed 
 before 
 
 Date ; 
 Station : 
 
 Mustering 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 That I have carefully ex- 
 amined the men whose 
 names are borne on this 
 Roll, their horses and equip- 
 ments, and have accepted 
 them into the service of 
 the United States for the 
 
 term of from this 
 
 day of , 186—. 
 
 Mustering Officer. 
 
 Date : - 
 Station : 
 
 DIRECTIONS TO MUSTERING OFFICER. 
 
 The Mustering Officer will see that four copies of this Roll are made, three of 
 which he will retain; the fourth will be retained by the Company Commander, or, in 
 case of Field and Staff, and officers and men mustered into service separately or in 
 squads, by the Senior Officer, Non-commissio'ned, or the Private standing first on the 
 list of persons so mustered in, to be handed by him to the person who musters them 
 or him at his next muster, that the new Muster-rolls may be properly made out. 
 The Mustering Officer will dispose of the three copies retained by him as follows : 
 He will send one to the Adjutant General of the Army, one to the" Paymaster Gene- 
 ral of the Army, and one to the Adjutant General of the State to which the troops 
 belong. These will be sent as soon as possible after the muster-in. 
 
MUSTER-OUT ROLL— Continued. 
 
 Paid. 
 
 o +i 
 
 TRAVELING. 
 
 0 - . 
 
 01 CJ 05 
 
 SUBSISTENCK AND 
 FOUAGK, KUUNISHKD 
 BY THKMSKLVKS 
 SINCK THE MUSTER 
 INTO SERVICE. 
 
 ITULATION. 
 
 sent and Absent . 
 
 By Enrollment . 
 
 By Transfer 
 
 From Desertion. 
 
 Expiration of service. 
 For Disability 
 
 No. Transferred . 
 
 No. Died 
 
 No. of Desertions. 
 
 DIRECTIONS r 
 OFF] 
 
 The Mustering < 
 five copies of this 
 four of which he ' 
 will be retained b j 
 mauder, or, in cas 
 and Officers and 1 
 service separately 
 Senior Officer, Noi 
 cer, or Private st 
 list of persons so i 
 Mustering Officer 
 four copies retaine 
 One will be sent tf 
 eral of the Arm, 
 "Bounty Bureau 
 C., and two to 
 whom the troops ; 
 
MUSTER-OUT EOLL of Captain , Company, [ — , ] in the Regiment of Volunteers, commanded by Colonel , called into the Bevviee of the United States by , 
 
 at , (the place of general rendezvous,) on the day of , 186 — , to serve for the term of , from the date of enrollment, unless sooner discharged ; from the day of , 186 — , 
 
 (^vlien '■ ,) to the day of , 186 — , . The Company was organized by Capt. , at , in the month of , 186 — , and marched thence to , where it aiTived 
 
 the of , a distance of miles. 
 
 p 
 
 B 
 I 
 
 S 
 
 \ 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 (Privates iu alphabeti- 
 cal order — the ^rst 
 cbristiBU name to be 
 written full length.) 
 
 
 Age. 
 
 Joined for Service and 
 Enrolled at General 
 
 Rendezvous- 
 Commencement of first 
 payment by time. 
 
 Mustered into 
 Service. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 
 Traveling. 
 
 Subsistence and 
 Forage, furnished 
 
 by themselves 
 since the muster 
 into service. 
 
 Amount for cloth- 
 ing IN KIND, OR IN 
 MONEY ADVANCED. 
 
 Valueofequipments, II 
 
 ARMS, &C., RECEIVED 
 FROM THE UNITED 
 STATES, TO BE PAID 
 FOR IF LOST OR DE- 
 STROYED. 
 
 Valuation, 
 in dollars, 
 
 OF— 
 
 1.. Under the head of Remarks the date of an officer or soldier's 
 joining from any absence ; the date of an officer's assuming, or 
 being relieved, from any command or special duty; the description 
 of any special, extra, or daily duty, on which ofBcers or soldiers 
 may be; all changes of rank, by promotion, appointment, or re- 
 duction, with date of same ; all authorized stoppages, fines, sen- 
 tences, with No., date, &c., of order, &c. ; in case of ABSENCE, its 
 nature and commencement. No., date, &c., of order, hud period 
 assigned for same (to be repeated on every roll ukile it lasts;) if 
 wounded in battle, or injured on duty, — if sick, or confined, a 
 remark to that effect, &c., &c. — must be carefully stated opposite 
 to the name of the person concerned, with everything else neces- 
 sary, either to account fully for every individual of the company, — 
 to guide the paymaster, or ensure justice to the soldier, and to the 
 United States. 
 
 2-. All articles which are to be paid for will be stated by the captain 
 
 opposite to the name of the soldier. 
 3.. Every man whose name is on previous rolls must be accounted for 
 
 on this one. The exchange of men by substitution, and the 
 
 exchanging, swapping, or loaning of horses, after muster into 
 
 service, are strictly forbidden. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 ! 
 
 % 
 
 Where. 
 
 By whom. 
 
 Period. 1 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 1 
 
 By 
 Paymaster, 
 
 1 
 
 To place of 
 No. of miles'. 
 
 From place 
 of discharge 
 home.No.of 
 miles. 
 
 Subsist- 
 
 
 1 
 
 W 
 
 
 No. days. 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 CtB. 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MUSTER-OUT ROLL— Continued. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PRESENT AND ABSENT. 
 
 (Privatc'B in olphabeti- 
 cal order— the Jirst 
 chrlstinn name to be 
 written full length.) 
 
 Joined for service and 
 Enrolled at General 
 
 Rendezvous- 
 Commencement OF FIRST 
 
 payment by TIME. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 {For duty 
 ^ '""y 
 
 [I>('tnched eervice 
 
 Furlough 
 
 In iirroat or confiuement. 
 
 ViisKNT. ^Sick. 
 
 I'l-iHOuors of war... 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 JTH — Present and Absent 
 
 ("By Enrollment , 
 
 No. 1 By Transfer 
 
 joined. ] From Desertion , 
 
 a\= f Expiration of service 
 charged, f-^ity 
 
 No. Transferred 
 
 No. Died 
 
 No. of Desertions. 
 
 Subsistence and 
 Forage, furnished 
 by themselves 
 since the muster 
 into service. 
 
 » belong to it. These will 
 ■ irged, Transferred, 
 vill be observed in 
 will, in every case, 
 
 ; and No., date, &c., of orders, or description of authority, 
 be always carefully specified. Soldiers who have deserted, and 
 been retaken, since last muster, have their place in both of the 
 above lists. 
 
 ictions in which the company has been engaged, scouts, marches, 
 changes of station, everything of interest, relating to the disci- 
 pline, efficiency/, or service of the company, will be carefully noted, 
 with date, place, SfC. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 The Mustering Officer will see that 
 five copies of this Roll are made out, 
 four of which he will retain, the fifth 
 will be retained by the Company Com- 
 mander, or, in case of Field and Staff 
 and Officers and Men mustered out of 
 
 cer, or Private utanding first on the 
 list of persons so mustered out. The 
 Mustering Officer will dispose of the 
 four copies retained by him, as follows: 
 One will besentto the Adjutant Gen- 
 eral of the Army, and one to the 
 "Bounty Bureau," Washington, D. 
 C, and two to the Paymaster by 
 whom the troops are to be paid. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 
 that this Muster Roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 
 Capt. co mpany of 
 
 the for the period 
 
 herein mentioned ; that 
 
 ments since th( 
 into service, was made 
 by disinterested and good 
 judges, and at fair and 
 
 ComnVdg the Company. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, that 
 
 I have at , on this 
 
 day of , 18G— , care- 
 fully examined this Roll, 
 and, as far as practicable, 
 caused the allowances, stop- 
 pages, and remarks to be 
 justly and properly stated; 
 and mustered the company 
 for discharge; anditis here- 
 by honorably discharged 
 from the service of the Uni- 
 ted States. 
 
noN, 
 
 .ARS, 
 
 o 
 
 4. .The list of those still belonging to the company, will be immediately 
 followed by that of all the officers and soldiers, who, since the 
 hrst muster into service, have ceased to belong to it These will 
 be classed in the following order, viz: Discharged, Transferred, 
 Vied, Deserted; and the utmost particularity will be observed in 
 the remarks concerning ihem-Date and place will, in every case 
 be given; and No date, &c., of orders, or description of authority, 
 be always carefully specified. Soldiers who have deserted, and 
 been retaken, since last muster, have their place in both of the 
 above hsts. 
 
 5..^m-ons in which the company has been engaged, scr,?.f5, marches, 
 changes oi station, everything of interest, relating to the disci- 
 pline, efficiency, or service of the company, will be carefully noted 
 with date, place, SfC. xiwucu, 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 rO MUSTERINa 
 CERS. 
 
 Officer will see that 
 Roll are made out, 
 ivill retain, the fifth 
 the Company Com- 
 ? of Field and Staff 
 ten mustered out of 
 or in squads, by the 
 I -commissioned Offi- 
 mding first on the 
 nustered out. The 
 will dispose of the 
 d by him, as follows: 
 ' the Adjutant Gen- 
 Y, and one to the 
 ," Washington, D. 
 the Paymaster by 
 ire to be paid. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, 
 that this Muster Roll ex- 
 hibits the true state of 
 
 Capt. . CO rpany of 
 
 the for the period 
 
 herein mentioned ; that 
 each man answers to his 
 own proper name in per- 
 son; that the remarks set 
 opposite the name of each 
 officer and soldier are 
 accurate and just, and 
 that the valuation of all 
 horses and horse equip- 
 ments since the muster 
 into service, was made 
 by disinterested andgood 
 judges, and at fair and 
 just rates. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, that 
 
 I have at , on this 
 
 day of , 186—, care- 
 fully examined this Roll, 
 and, as far as practicable, 
 causedthe allowances, stop- 
 pages, and remarks to be 
 justly and properly stated; 
 and mustered the company 
 for discharge; and itis here- 
 by honorably discharged 
 from the service of the Uni- 
 ted States. 
 
 Mustering Officer. 
 
 Comm'dg the Company. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 45 
 
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 
 
 [ Coat of Arm8. ] 
 
 Know ye, That , a of Captain : 
 
 Company, (— ,) Regiment of Volunteers, who was 
 
 enrolled on the day of , one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and , to serve years or during the war, is hereby 
 
 DISCHARGED from the service of the United States, this 
 
 day of , 186 — , at , by reason of . (No objection 
 
 to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.*) 
 
 Said was born in , in the State of ; is 
 
 years of age; feet — inches high; complexion, 
 
 eyes, hair; and by occupation, when enrolled, a . 
 
 Given at , this day of : — , 186 — . 
 
 Commanding the RegH. 
 
 * This sentence will be erased should there be anything in the conduct or physical 
 condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army. 
 
 OATH OF IDENTITY.! 
 
 , of the town of , county of , in the State of . 
 
 On this day of , in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty 
 
 , personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for 
 
 the county and above mentioned, , who, being duly sworn 
 
 according to law, declares that he is the identical who was a 
 
 in the company commanded by Captain in the regiment com- 
 manded by ; that he enlisted on the day of for the term 
 
 of , and was discharged at , on the day of , by reason 
 
 of . 
 
 Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. 
 
 I CERTIFY, that , before whom the above affidavit purports to 
 
 have been made, is a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths, 
 and that the above is his signature. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official 
 
 [L. s.] seal, this day of , in the ye^r , at , in the State 
 
 of . 
 
 Clerk of the . 
 
 t This is not to be filled up at the time of discharge, but only when the identity 
 of the bearer of the discharge with the person named in it is called in question. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 NOTE.— The figures refer to the number of the paragraphs. 
 
 Absentees. ... 40 44 
 
 How accounted for 41, 42, 4d, 44 
 
 ^^^^^Fot expenses chargeable to the fund for collecting, 
 drilling, and organizing volunteers, to be rendered 
 to the Adjutant General 
 
 Adjutants^ organizing may be detailed by the 
 Governors of the States to which such regiments 
 belong to aid in recruiting them 
 
 Of volunteers not to be over 45 nor under 18; excep- 
 
 tions — when admissible ;■*'".': J 
 
 Oath to be administered when a doubt exists as to, 
 
 Aides-de-Camp. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ including additional, can 
 alone be detailed to muster troops m and out ol 
 service 
 
 Alterations. , , . 45 46 
 
 Since last muster— how noted 
 
 Army ^^^^^^^-^^^^^ ^^^^^ mustering officers for troops 
 
 in the field (See COMMISSARY op Musters). .-Ill to lib 
 Appointments. . . , ^. 
 
 In the field and staff and non-commissioned statt— 
 
 how noted 
 
 ^^^^To^determine value of horses and horse equipments— 
 
 how selected 
 
 Stoppages for, lost or destroyed through carelessness 
 to be noted on the muster-rolls ; ■ ' "li" V ' 
 
 Losses of private, to be stated only on muster-rolls t^o^r 
 discharge ' 
 
 Claims for private, lost in service to be made to the 
 
 Third Auditor after expiration of term of service . - .-^» 
 
 How received, accounted for and returned 
 
48 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Articles of War. 
 
 Rules aud, to be read to the troops before mustered in 
 service, and thereafter semi-annually; fact to be 
 stated on the muster-in rolls and rolls for pay J 06 
 
 Artillery. 
 
 Announces organization of regiments and batteries of,; 
 field officers and regimental staff not to be mustered in 
 without special instructions from the War Department 83 
 
 Eegulates time of mustering into service field and staff 
 
 officers and line ofiicers of regiments of, 86 
 
 Board. 
 
 Cost of, and lodgings furnished volunteers not to 
 
 exceed 40 cents per day , 77 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 Exchange or substitution of one man for another after 
 muster into service bars both, and pension 59 
 
 Camp Equipage. 
 
 How received, accounted for and returned 70, 71, 72 
 
 Caption. 
 
 Respecting, of muster-rolls 1 to 14 
 
 Cavalry. 
 
 Announces organization of regiments and companies 
 of,; chief trumpeters of, to be mustered out {See 
 Trumpeter) 83 
 
 Regulates time of mustering into service field and staff 
 
 officers and line officers of regiments of, 86 
 
 A test of horsemanship to be made before muster of, 
 
 into service 90 
 
 Chaplains. 
 
 Recites section 8 of the act of July 17, 1862, respect- 
 ing, ; how mustered in ; to be borne on the field and 
 staff rolls of the regiment 84 
 
 Claims. 
 
 For horses and private arms lost in service to be made 
 to the Third Auditor after expiration of term of 
 
 service 58 
 
 Clothing. 
 
 Value of, issued and amount of money, if any, 
 advanced for clothing to be entered on the muster- 
 rolls in the column for that purpose, and continued 
 
 on every roll till liquidated 32 
 
 How received and accounted for 70, 71, 72 
 
 Commissaries. 
 
 Acting regimental, to be mustered on field and staff 
 
 rolls for extra pay for time of service 35 
 
 Commissary of Musters. 
 
 A, to be detailed by Commanders of Departments and 
 Army Corps for their respective commands; allowed 
 two enlisted men as clerks; an assistant, to be 
 detailed for each Division ; allowed one enlisted man 
 as clerk; necessary stationery for, — how obtained; 
 names of each, and assistant, to be reported to the 
 
INDEX. 
 
 49 
 
 Commissary of Mv^TEKH-Continued. ..ssistant 
 7\(].iutant General; duties of, and '^'^'^^''^''j'J^' 
 
 NoUo bo reiioVed oVVran^fen'ed Vithont authority from 
 
 the Adjutant General's oftice - - 
 
 ruLlished rules to govern, in all musters m or out -.-117 
 Calls attention ot" each, to instructions from the 
 Ordnance Department respecting Ordnance respon- 
 sibihty of officers mustered out -^^^ 
 
 ^""""''whXis claimed for service prior to complete organiza- 
 tion, a remark embracing the facts to be made on the 
 
 muster rolls in the column of remarks 
 
 Confinement. 09 
 Men in, — how accounted lor 
 
 Deaths. 19 
 
 How noted - - ■ - 
 
 Loss by, since last muster— how noted 
 
 DEPARTM^NTS.^^^^ ^^^^^ Hiustering officers for troops 
 
 in the field (See COMMISSARY OF MuSTERS) - - .. Ill to 116 
 
 Desertion. 4g 
 
 Loss by, since last muster— how noted ^" 
 
 Discharge for, after one or more payments-how ^ 
 
 niVoiis foV, wh^re no pa'yhas been received-how 
 
 Mustw-roilsfVr; to be made in quintuplicate-how dis- 
 
 tributed ' -19 
 
 Of officers— how noted - - - - -.- 
 
 Muster-rolls for, to give distance from P^^ce of dis- 
 charge to that of company oi;ganization, or to places 
 Ue?e men have afterwards joined or been enbsted 30 
 
 When men after, are transported by water to some 
 place nearer their home, distance tor travel to be cal- 
 culated from the place to which transported ; persons 
 so transported entitled to pay and subsistence for 
 
 lS si- S^'-S-how no^;- disabmty: - 
 
 cause of, to be given m full - - - - - - ^ 
 
 After muster into^ervice no, to be granted except by 
 
 Eules for making out muster-rolls or, -Du, 01, o^, uo, u^*, 
 Prescribes order in which remarks will be made on 
 
 A,To''be fSrnlshed fo^^ each officer "and man mustered for 
 
 „ . 69 
 
 muster-rolls tor, - - - - 
 
 'or each officer and mac 
 'dYscharge, whether present or not; blanks-how 
 
 filled^^P '.'.'.'.'.'.page 
 
 Form of, ^ * 
 
 EleCTIONS^.^ field and staff and non-commissioned staft- 
 
 how noted ^ 
 
50 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Enlisted Men. 
 
 After muster of, substitution or exchange of one man 
 for another forbidden; such substitution bars both 
 
 bounty and pension 59 
 
 May be mustered from date of enrollment 86 
 
 Enrollment. 
 
 Date of, to be noted on the muster-rolls ; how deter- 
 mined 14 
 
 Name of place of, of persons present at the original 
 
 muster to be given 27 
 
 Equipments. 
 
 Stoppages for, lost or destroyed through carelessness 
 
 to be noted on the muster-rolls 53, 54 
 
 How received, accounted for and returned 70, 7l', 72 
 
 Field Officers. 
 
 Elections or appointments of, — how noted 33 
 
 Eolls of, and staff officers — how made 34 
 
 Final Statements. 
 
 Not to be given when troops are mustered out of ser- 
 vice 31 
 
 Grades. 
 
 Change of, — how noted 37 
 
 Horses. 
 
 Losses of, owned by individuals to be stated only on 
 muster-rolls for discharge 55, 56, 57, 58 
 
 Claims for private, lost in service to be made to the 
 
 Third Auditor after expiration of term of service 58 
 
 Exchange of, which have been mustered into the ser- 
 vice forbidden 59 
 
 Acceptance of pony, — how determined 91 
 
 Apprizal of, — how made 'i07 
 
 Horse Equipments. 
 
 Enumerated 93 
 
 Apprizal of, — how made IO7 
 
 Indebtedness. 
 
 Of the troops to the State by which furnished to be 
 
 charged on the muster-out rolls 75 
 
 Infantry. 
 
 Announces organization of regiments and companies 
 of, g3 
 
 Eegulates time of mustering into service field and staff 
 
 officers and line officers of regiments of, 86 
 
 Medical Officers. 
 
 Of regiments organizing may be detailed by the 
 Governors of the States to which such regiments 
 belong to aid in recruiting them 86 
 
 Mules. 
 
 Acceptance of, instead of horses — when admissible 91 
 
INDEX. 
 
 51 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 authorized by law, will be rated and paid as privates. . . .b.3 
 
 Two, may be enlisted for each company, not neing 
 
 Rules for the, of a regiment or other force into service.... 82 
 Of men in or out of service to be made by officers ot 
 the regular army, unless otherwise specially directed 
 by the Secretary of War; of men and officers— when 
 to be made ; of non-commissioned staff not to be made 
 until after complete organization; of commissioned 
 officers subsequent to original muster to be made only 
 when a vacancy exists ; rolls to state the fact and 
 
 oo 
 
 cause « -, 
 
 Eules governing the, of troops into service ; m the case 
 of cavalry, a test of horsemanship to be made ; pony 
 horses and mules— when may be received; horse 
 equipments enumerated ; men not to be over 45 nor 
 under 18; exceptions— when admissible; oath of 
 allegiance to be administered; additional oath to be 
 administered to officers ; Rules and Articles of War to 
 be read to the troops ; apprizal of horses and horse 
 equipments— how made ; completion of , to be reported 
 
 to the Adjutant General ------ 
 
 Of troops into service to be made only by officers ot 
 the regular army, including additional aides-de-camp ; 
 exceptions to foregoing rule in cases of necessity— by 
 whom made ; no officer to make a, unless ordered by 
 
 competent authority jl^ 
 
 Officers take rank from date of their respective, l^U 
 
 Mustering Officers. . , ^ 
 
 For troops in the field— how detailed {bee Com- 
 missary OF Musters) - m 
 
 For the different States to be detailed by the Adjutant 
 
 General -; 
 
 To muster into service regiments and recruits presenting 
 conclusive evidence of their acceptance by the War 
 
 Department V"A'^ 
 
 Attention of, called to instructions from the Ordnance 
 Department respecting ordnance responsibihty of 
 
 officers m.ustered out 
 
 MusTER-iN Roll. 
 
 Form of, pages Al, A2 
 
 Muster-out Roll. 
 
 Form of, P^S^^ ^3, 44 
 
 Muster-rolls. i q q 
 
 Captions of, a 
 
 for muster into service 4 
 
 for first periodical payment --5 
 
 for all subsequent periodical payments 6,7 
 
 for discharge after payments have been 
 
 made - ^ 
 
 for discharge when no payment has been 
 
 made ^ 
 
 Blank, may be altered when necessary by making 
 
 required additions in writing 10, 11 
 
52 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Muster-rolls — Continued. 
 
 To show names of actual and late commanders of the 
 company or regiment when a change has taken 
 
 place , 22 
 
 Name of person other than the President calling 
 
 force into service to be inserted in the caption 13 
 
 For muster into service and for periodical payments to 
 be made in quadruplicate; for discharge from ser- 
 vice in quintuplicate; how distributed 15, 16 
 
 How filled up 17 to 36 
 
 Resignations, discharges, transfers, and deaths— how 
 
 noted 29 
 
 Christian name to be written in full . . . ^ . . .20 
 
 Regimental as well as staff rank, if any, must be given 22 
 
 Ages of ofiQcers and men — how noted 23 
 
 Date of arrival at place of general rendezvous and 
 dates at which recruits have afterwards been 
 
 received to be given 24 
 
 I Where compensation is claimed for services prior to 
 complete organization, a remark embracing the facts 
 
 to be made in the column of remarks 26 
 
 Name of place of general rendezvous, of place of 
 enrollment of those present at the original muster, 
 and of places where individuals have afterwards 
 joined or been enlisted, to be given in the 6th column ; 
 dates at which men have joined subsequent to 
 original muster to be given in the column of 
 
 remarks 27 
 
 Name of officer who organized the company to be given 
 in the 7th column, on the lines of all present at 
 original muster; name of recruiring officer opposite 
 
 the names of those enlisted by him afterwards 28 
 
 First and second columns under head of " Traveling" — 
 
 how filled up 30 and 31 
 
 Value of clothing — how noted , . . 32 
 
 Elecrions and appointments in the field and staff and 
 
 non-commissioned staff — how noted 33 
 
 Of field and staff — how made 34 
 
 Acring quartermasters or commissaries to be mustered 
 on, of field and staff for extra pay for time of such ser- 
 vice 35 
 
 To be so made out as to obviate necessity of referring 
 
 to any other or previous roll 36 
 
 Changes of grades, promotions, reductions— how 
 
 .noted 37^ 38 
 
 Sick, wounded, and men in confinement — how accounted 
 
 for 39 
 
 All officers and men at camp to be reported present 
 
 without regard to nature of duty 40 
 
 Absentees — how accounted for 4], 42, 43, 44 
 
 Alterations since last muster — how noted .'. . .'.45,' 46 
 
 Fact of payment or non-payment to be stated under 
 
 head of "Last paid" 47 
 
 Balances for subsistence — how noted 49, 50 51 
 
INDEX. 
 
 53 
 
 I 
 
 MlJSTER-ROl>LS — Continued. , , i i a r'x ka 
 
 Stoppages for public property lost by neglect-how noted .53, o4 
 Loises^of horses or arms owned by mdividuals^to be 
 
 stated only on, for discharge ' ' 
 
 Rules for preparing, for discharge . . . . . ------ ----- ' oj 
 
 Prescribes order in which remarks will be made on, foi 
 
 discharge ' V 1 ftl 
 
 For discharge take place of final statements ------------- 
 
 Of troops received m service to state that he Rules and 
 Articles of War and paragraph 1645, General Regu- 
 lations, have been read to them ; for pay to show that 
 
 above has been complied with semi-annually i w 
 
 No person to be taken up on, as an officer until mus- 
 tered in as such -- 
 
 ^^"^"'Form of, to be administered when a doubt exists as to 
 
 Fo^rm of," administered to men prior to muster into ser- 
 vice, and of additional oath to be administered to 
 
 To^be^adm'inistVrVd by mustering officers to regiments 
 or recruits presenting satisfactory evidence ot tneii 
 acceptance by the War Department 
 
 Form of, of identity; only to be filled up when identity 
 - of bearer of the discharge with the person named m 
 it is questioned 
 
 Organization. ^ . . :„f,,v,frv 
 
 Announces, of regiments and companies ot mtantiy, 
 
 cavalry, and artillery - 
 
 Legal, not to be exceeded ; commanders receiving officers 
 or liien in excess of the, to be tried for neglect of 
 duty and disobedience of orders (See Supernu- 
 meraries) 
 
 Pay. , ^ ^67 
 Muster-rolls for.— how made ." * V 'V " ' V- ' 
 
 Four copies of muster-rolls for, required; how dis- 
 
 tributed V-,'"-i' V ' 
 
 Men transported by water from place of discharge to 
 some point nearer their home entitled to, for average 
 
 time of voyage - : 
 
 When last received to be noted on muster-rolls; 
 balance, if any due, to be stated in column ot 
 
 remarks 
 
 Paymasters. . , , , 
 
 Making payments to supernumeraries to be neia 
 
 accountable for amounts so paid »^ 
 
 ^^^^^ E^xchange or substitution of one man for another after 
 
 muster into service bars both, and bounty 
 
 Prisoners of War. x, a ao 
 
 Entitled to be in service and under pay till exchanged. . . .44 
 
 Promotions. , oq 
 How noted 1^' 
 
54 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Property. 
 
 Public, — how received, accounted for and returned .70, 71, 72 
 
 Quartermasters. 
 
 Acting regimental, to be mustered on field and staff 
 
 roils for extra pay for time of service 35 
 
 Of regiments organizing may be detailed by the 
 Governors of the States to which such regiments 
 belong to aid in recruiting them 86 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Field and staff rolls to show both staff and regimental, 22 
 
 Of officers determined by date of their muster in ser- 
 vice 120 
 
 Rations. 
 
 Cost of uncooked, not to exceed 19 cents each; con- 
 tracts for cooked, may be made when facilities for 
 
 cooking cannot be furnished {See Board) 77 
 
 Recruiting Officers. 
 
 Names of the, to be given in 7th column of muster-rolls 
 opposite the names of all men enlisted by them subse- 
 quent to original muster "28 
 
 Recruits. 
 
 Gain by, since last muster — how noted 45 
 
 Reductions. 
 
 How noted 37, 38 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 Paragraph 1645 General, to be read to troops prior to 
 muster into service, and thereafter semi-annually; 
 muster-in rolls and rolls for pay to state compliance 
 
 with above 106 
 
 Resignations. 
 
 How noted 19 
 
 Rules 
 
 And Articles of War to be read to troops prior to muster 
 into service, and thereafter semi-annually; muster-in 
 rolls and rolls for pay to state compliance with 
 above - 1^6 
 
 Sick. 
 
 How accounted for 39 
 
 Staff. 
 
 Regimental and staff rank to be given on rolls of field 
 
 and, 22 
 
 Elections or appointments in the field and, or non- 
 commissioned staff — how noted 33 
 
 Rolls of field and, — how made 34 
 
 Officers of the general, not to be mustered into service 
 without special authority from the War Department ; 
 field and, of infantry, cavalry, and artillery regi- 
 ments—when to be mustered; non-commissioned, to 
 
 be mustered in only after complete organization 86 
 
 Stoppages. 
 
 How noted; on account of government to have pre 
 
 cedence of all others 53 
 
INDEX. 
 
 55 
 
 Subsistence. 
 
 Men transported by water from place of discharge to 
 some point nearer their home entitled to, for average 
 time of voyage - '^1 
 
 Balances for, — how noted - 49, 50, 51 
 
 Cost of, furnished men prior to complete organization 
 to be paid out of the fund for collecting, drilling, 
 and organizing volunteers, and accounts rendered to 
 the Adjutant General; after muster, to be furnished 
 by, and accounts rendered to, the Commissary 
 
 Department (See Ratiqns, Board) 77 
 
 Supernumeraries. 
 
 Persons acting as, not entitled to pay or allowances 
 
 from the government 85 
 
 Transfers. 
 
 How noted 19 
 
 Gain by, since last muster — how noted 45 
 
 Transportation. 
 
 Furnished prior to complete organization to be paid 
 from the fund for collecting, drilling, and organizing 
 volunteers, and accounts rendered to the Adjutant 
 General; after muster, furnished by, and accounts 
 rendered to, the Quartermaster General; rates of, 
 
 established 77 
 
 Traveling. 
 
 First and second columns under head of, — how filled up .29, 30 
 Trumpeter. 
 
 Chief, not to be mustered into service ; all in service 
 to be mustered out 83 
 
 War. 
 
 Rules and Articles Of, to be read to the troops prior to 
 muster, and semi-annually thereafter ; muster-in rolls 
 and rolls for pay to state compliance with above rule — 106 
 Wounded. 
 
 In battle — how accounted for on muster-rolls 39 
 
REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE RECRUITING SERVICE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, 
 BOTH REGULAR AND VOLUNTEER. 
 
 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Adjutant General's Office, 
 
 Washington, December 1, 1862. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 1862. 
 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Adjutant General's Office, 
 'Washington^ December 1, 1862. 
 
 The following Regulations will govern the Re- 
 cruiting Service of the Army (Yolunteer as well as 
 Regular) of the United States, and are published 
 for the information and guidance of all concerned. 
 
 By order of the Secretary of War : 
 
 L. THOMAS, 
 V Adjutant General. 
 
REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE RECRUITING SERVICE. 
 
 ARTICLE XL. 
 
 EECEUITING SERVICE. 
 
 911. The recruiting service will be conducted by tlie Adjutant 
 General, under the direction of tbe Secretary of War. 
 
 912. Field officers will be detailed to superintend the recruiting dis- 
 tricts,' and lieutenants to take charge of the recruiting parties. The 
 Adjutant General will detail the field officers, and announce in orders 
 the number of captains and lieutenants to be selected and detailed for 
 this duty from each regiment by the colonel. 
 
 913. A recruiting party will consist generally of one lieutenant, one 
 non-commissioned officer, two privates, and a drummer and fifer. The 
 parties will be sent from the principal depots, and none but suitable 
 men selected. 
 
 914. Officers on the general recruiting service are not to be ordered 
 on any other duty, except from the Adjutant General's Office. 
 
 DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 915. As soon as a recruiting station is designated, the superintendent 
 will furnish the officer to be placed in charge of it with recruiting funds, 
 and instruct him to make such requisitions on the proper departments 
 (through himself) for subsistence, funds, clothing, camp equipage, 
 arms, and accoutrements, &c., as may be necessary. Superintendents 
 will forward their requisitions for funds and supplies through the 
 Adjutant General. 
 
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 916. Supplies of funds, &c., &c., for the stations in his district are 
 procured by the superintendent on consolidated estimates ; these are 
 made monthly for funds, and every six or twelve months for clothing, 
 equipage, arms, and accoutrements. 
 
 917. Superintendents, general and regimental, will make such trans- 
 fers of funds, clothing, equipage, arms, and accoutrements to their 
 officers as may be required. In all cases recruiting officers will send 
 their requisitions direct to their Superintendents. 
 
 918. For subsistence to recruiting stations, see paragraph 1204, &c. 
 When army rations are issued for recruits, savings on the rations shall 
 be applied for their benefit, as in companies. 
 
 919. The superintendents wall transmit to the Adjutant General con- 
 solidated monthly returns of the recruiting parties under their super- 
 intendence, according to directions on the prescribed forms, accompanied 
 by one copy of the enlistment of each recruit enlisted within the month. 
 Enlistments transmitted through superintendents, general and regi- 
 mental, will by them be subjected to a rigid scrutiny before being for- 
 warded to the Adjutant General. They will not be so forwarded, if 
 faulty and defective, until after they shall have notified the recruiting 
 officer of the fact, and obtained from him, if possible, all such essential 
 information as may be necessary to amend and perfect them. 
 
 920. When recruits should be sent to regiments, a superintendent 
 will report to the Adjutant General for instructions in reference thereto. 
 
 921. When recruits are sent from a depot or rendezvous to a regi- 
 ment or post, a muster and descriptive roll, and an account of clothing 
 of the detachment, will be given to the officer assigned to the command 
 of it. And a duplicate of the muster and descriptive roll will be for 
 warded to the Adjutant General by the superintendent, who will note 
 on it the names of all the officers on duty with the detachment, and 
 the day of its departure from the depot or rendezvous. 
 
 922. The superintendent will report all commissioned or non-com- 
 missioned officers who may be incapable or negligent in the discharge 
 of their functions. Where a recruiting party fails to get recruits from 
 any cause other than the fault of the officer, the superintendent will 
 transfer the party to a more eligible station. Every change so made 
 
with the reasons therefor, wiil he reported to tho Adjutant General on 
 his dep6t tri-monthly report. 
 
 923. When a rendezvous is closed, the superintendent will give the 
 necessary instractions for the safe-keeping; or disposal of the puhlic 
 property, so as not to involve any expense for storage. 
 
 924. Tours of inspection by superintendents will be made only on 
 instructions from the Adjutant General's Office ; but superintendents 
 may order officers to visit branch or auxiliary rendezvous under their 
 charge, not oftener than once a week. The branch rendezvous to be 
 estabhshed only by orders from superintendents, and not to be more 
 than fifteen miles distant from the main rendezvous. 
 
 DUTIES OF RECRUITING OFFICERS. 
 
 925. Success in obtaining recruits depends much on the activity and 
 personal attention of recruiting officers, and they will not entrust to en- 
 listed men the duties for which they themselves only are responsible. 
 They will in no case absent themselves from their stations without 
 authority from the superintendent. 
 
 926. They will not allow any man to be deceived or inveigled into 
 the service by false representations, but will in person explain the 
 nature of the service, the length of the term, the pay, clothing, rations, 
 and other allowances to which a soldier is entitled by law, to every 
 man before he signs the enlistment. 
 
 927. * If minors present themselves, they are to be treated with great 
 candor; the names and residences of their parents or guardians, if they 
 have any, must be ascertained, and these will be informed of the minor's 
 wish to enlist, that they may make their objections or give their consent. 
 
 *N0TE. — Section 2 of the act approved February 13, 1862, is as follows: "And be 
 it further enacted, That the fifth section of the act of twenty-eighth of September, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty, providing for the discharge of minors enlisted without the 
 consent of their parents or guardians, be, and the same hereby is, repealed: Provided 
 That hereafter no person under the age of eighteen years shall be mustered into the 
 service, and the oath of enlistment taken by the recruit shall be conclusive as to his 
 age." The foregoing does not interfere with existing regulations as to the enlistment 
 of minors.— (See paragraph 931.) 
 
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 928. With the sanction of superintendents, recruiting officers may 
 insert, in not exceeding two newspapers, brief notices directing atten- 
 tion to the rendezvous for further information; or, with the approval of 
 superintendents, may dispense with the newspaper notice, and expend 
 an amount, not to exceed five dollars per month, in procuring posters, 
 comformable to the form prescribed. 
 
 929. Any free white male person above the age of eighteen and under 
 *thirty-five years, being at least five feet three inches high, effective, 
 able-bodied, sober, free from disease, of good character and habits, and 
 with a competent knowledge of the English language, may be enlisted. 
 This regulation, so far as respects the height and age of the recruit, shall 
 not extend to musicians or to soldiers who may "re-enlist,'' or have 
 served honestly and faithfully a previous enlistment in the army. 
 
 930. No man having a wife or child shall be enlisted in time of peace 
 without special authority obtained from the Adjutant General's Office, 
 through the superintendent. This rule is not to apply to soldiers who 
 "re-enlist.'' 
 
 931. No person under the age of twenty-one years is to be enlisted 
 or re-enlisted without the written consent of his parent, guardian, or 
 master. The recruiting officers must be very particular in ascertaining 
 the true age of the recruit. 
 
 932. After the nature of the service and terms of enlistment have been 
 fairly explained to the recruit, the officer, before the enlistments are 
 filled up, will read to him, and offer for his signature, the annexed 
 declaration, to be appended to each copy of his enlistment: 
 
 , desiring to enlist in the army of the United States 
 
 for the period of five years, do declare that I am years and 
 
 months of age; that I have neither Avife nor child; that I have never 
 been discharged from the United States service on account of disability, 
 or by sentence of a court-martial, or by order before the expiration of a 
 term of enlistment; and I know of no impediment to my serving 
 honestly and faithfully as a soldier for five years. 
 Witness : 
 
 *]s[oTE.— While the country is in a state of actual war, this time Tvill be extended 
 to forty -fiv.® 
 
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 933. If the recruit bo a minor, his parent, guardian, or master must 
 sign a consent to his enlisting, which will be added to the preceding 
 declaration, in the following form : 
 
 I , do certify that I am the (father, only surviving parent, 
 
 legal master, or guardian, as the case may be) of ; t^i^»'t 
 
 the said is years of age ; and I do hereby freely 
 
 give my consent to his enlisting as a soldier in the army of the United 
 States for the period of five" years. 
 
 Witness: 
 
 934. The forms of declaration, and of consent in case of a minor, 
 having been signed and witnessed, the recruit will then be duly exam- 
 ined by the recruiting officer, and surgeon if one be present, and, if 
 accepted, the 20th and 87th Articles of War will be read to him; after 
 which he will be allowed time to consider the subject until his mind 
 appears to be fully made up before the oath is administered to him. 
 
 935. As soon as practicable, and at least within six days after his 
 enlistment, the following oath will be administered to the recruit: 
 
 " A B — , do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,)-that 
 
 I will bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and that I 
 will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or 
 opposers whatsoever, and observe and obey the orders of the President 
 of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, 
 according to the rules and articles for the government of the armies 
 of the United States."— (See 10th Art. of War.) 
 
 936. Under the 11th section of the act of 3d August, 1861, chap. 38, 
 the oath of enlistment and re-enlistment will, whenever practicable, 
 be administered by any commissioned officer of the army. 
 
 937. It is the duty of the recruiting officer to be present at the exam- 
 ination of the recruit by the medical officer.— (See par. 1262, Army 
 Eegulations.) 
 
 938. Eecruiting officers will not employ private physicians without 
 authority from the Adjutant General's Office, for the special purpose of 
 examining the recruits prior to their enlisting. 
 
 * Enlistments made in the years 1861 and 1862 are for three years. 
 
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 939; If it be necessary, as in case of sickness, to employ a physician, 
 tlie recruiting officer may engage Ms services by contract on reasonable 
 terms, "by tbe visit," or by the month. If by the month, the exam- 
 ination of the recruits must be stated in the contract, as part of his duty. 
 In vouchers for medical attendance and medicines, the name of each 
 patient,, date of, and charge for, each visit, and for medicine furnished, 
 must be given, and the certificate of the physician added, that the rates 
 charged are the usual rates of the place. The physician will be paid 
 by the recruiting officer from recruiting funds. 
 
 940. Enlistments must, in all cases, be taken in triplicate. The 
 recruiting officer will send one copy to the Second Auditor with his 
 monthly accounts, a second to the superintendent with his monthly 
 return, and a third to the depot at the time the recruits are sent there. 
 In cases of soldiers re-enlisted in a regiment, or of regimental recruits, 
 the third copy of the enlistment will be sent at its date to regimental 
 headquarters for file. Enlistments must, in no case, be ante-dated, so 
 as to entitle a soldier who applies after the period for ''re-enlisting'" 
 has expired, to any additional pay therefor. 
 
 941. When ordnance sergeants or hospital stewards re-enlist, the 
 recruiting officer will immediately send the second copy of the enlist- 
 ment direct to the Adjutant General, and the third copy to the station 
 of the ordnance sergeant or hospital steward for file. 
 
 942. * A premium of two dollars will be paid to any citizen, non- 
 commissioned officer, or soldier, for each accepted recruit that he may 
 bring to the rendezvous. If the recruit presents himself he may receive 
 the premium. 
 
 943. The recruiting officer will see that the men under his command 
 are neat in their personal appearance, and will require the permanent 
 party to wear their military dress in a becoming manner, especially 
 when permitted to go abroad. 
 
 944. Only such articles of clothing as are indispensable for immedi- 
 ate use will be issued to recruits at the rendezvous. Their equipment 
 will not be made complete till after they have passed the inspection 
 subsequent to their arrival at the depot. 
 
 *See General Orders 74, A. G. O., 1862. 
 
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 945. The mstrnction of the rocruits will commence at the rendezvous 
 from the moment of enlistment. The general superintendent will see 
 that all recruiting officers give particular attention to this subject. 
 
 946. Eecruits will be sent from rendezvous to depots every ten days, 
 or oftener if practicable, provided the number disposable exceeds three. 
 The detachments of recruits will be sent from rendezvous to depots 
 under charge of a non-commissioned officer. 
 
 947. Before recruits are sent from recruiting depots to regiments or 
 companies, the amounts due by them to the laundress and sutler, having 
 been verified and audited, will be entered on a roll made for the pur- 
 pose, and will be paid by the paymaster on his next visit at the post, 
 the receipts of the laundress and sutler to the amounts paid being the 
 voucher: Provided the recruits have a clear amount of pay due them, 
 over and sbove their dues to the government, equal to the claims of the 
 laundress and sutler. The same amounts will be entered on the muster 
 and descriptive roll of the recruits as " amount paid laundress, or 
 sutler," {naming them,) to be deducted from the pay of the soldiers at 
 their first subsequent payment. 
 
 948. Every officer commanding a recruiting party will procure the 
 necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationery, taking the 
 requisite vouchers. 
 
 949. The transportation of recruits to depots, and from one recruiting 
 station to another, will be paid from the recruiting funds; transporta- 
 tion of officers and enlisted men on the recruiting service will be paid 
 in the same manner, except when first proceeding to join that service, 
 or returning to their regiments after having been relieved. Officers are 
 allowed the actual cost of transportation of their servants when chang- 
 ing stations, on recruiting service. Transportation of army supplies is 
 paid by the Quartermaster's Department. — (See paragraph 1064.) 
 
 950. No expenses of transportation of officers will be admitted that 
 do not arise under these Regulations, or orders emanating from the 
 Adjutant General's Office ; and in all cases only the actual cost of trans- 
 portation, including porterage, will be refunded to officers traveling on 
 recruiting service. — (See paragraph 924.) 
 
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 951. Whenever an officer is relieved or withdrawn from the recruit- 
 ing service, he will pay over the balance of any unexpended recruiting 
 funds in his possession to the officer appointed to succeed him, or to the 
 paymaster, if no officer be so designated ; and if there be no paymaster 
 or other proper officer convenient to receive such balance, the amount 
 will be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, 
 with the most convenient Assistant Treasurer, or other depositary ol 
 public moneys. In either case the officer will forward to the Second 
 Auditor the evidence of the disposition he may make of the funds, and 
 report the fact to the superintendent, or to the colonel, if on regimental 
 recruiting service. 
 
 EENDEZVOUS, QUARTEEING, AKD SUBSISTING EECRUITS. 
 
 952. Written agreements will be made by recruiting officers for the 
 rent of a rendezvous upon the most reasonable terms possible; and two 
 copies ot this contract forwarded immediately to the Adjutant General 
 for approval. The rent will be paid from recruiting funds. 
 
 1204. When subsistence cannot be issued by the commissariat to 
 recruiting parties, it will be procured by the officer in charge on writ- 
 ten contracts, when practicable, for complete rations. If the ration 
 cannot be procured thus, then a contract* will be made for board and 
 lodging. 
 
 1205. The contractor will send, monthly or quarterly, as he may 
 choose, his account for rations issued to the Commissary General for 
 payment, accompanied by the abstract of issues certified by the officer. 
 
 In case the officer makes the payment himself, he will retain this 
 abstract to accompany his voucher therefor. 
 
 1206. When convenience and economy require that the contract shall 
 be for board and lodging, the contract shall state the amount for each 
 separately. The contractor will be paid for board as prescribed in 
 paragraph 1205 for rations ; and for lodging, by the recruiting officer 
 from recruiting funds. 
 
 * The aggregate cost of board and lodging should never exceed forty cents ; as a 
 general thing, experience has indicated that it should be much less. 
 
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 1207. At temporary rendezvous advertising may be dispensed with, 
 and a contract made, conditioned to be terminated at the pleasure of 
 the officer or tlie Commissary General. 
 
 1208. The recruiting officer will be required, when convenient, to 
 receive and disburse the funds for the subsistence of his party, and to 
 render his accounts to the Third Auditor and Commissary General, 
 according to the Regulations of the Subsistence Department. 
 
 1209. When a contract cannot be made, the recruiting officer may 
 pay the necessary expenses of subsisting and boarding his party. 
 
 1210. The expenses of subsistence at branch rendezvous, and all 
 expenses of advertising for proposals, will, if practicable, be paid by 
 the contractor at the principal station, and included in his accounts. 
 
 1211 Issues of provisions will be made on the usual provision re- 
 turns, and board will be furnished on a return showing the number ot 
 the party, the days, and dates. 
 
 A ration in kind may be allowed to one laundress at each principal 
 
 rendezvous. 
 
 1212. Lodging will be furnished on a return showing the number of 
 men, days, and dates for each. From these returns the abstract is 
 made up. 
 
 BLAmS. 
 
 954 Superintendents of recruiting service will make timely requisi- 
 tions for printed blanks to supply the officers on recruiting service 
 under their charge; and such officers will address their requisitions for 
 all printed blanks to their respective superintendents, who are enjoined 
 to keep on hand an ample supply to meet these requisitions. Super- 
 intendents will address their requisitions as follows: 
 
 1. To the Adjutant General.-For enlistments-^ re-enlistments; forms 
 for medical inspection of recruits; muster rolls; muster and descrip- 
 tive rolls; monthly returns; tri-monthly reports; recruiting accounts 
 current; accounts of clothing issued. 
 
 2 To the quartermaster General.-Fox estimates of clothing, camp 
 and garrison equipage; clothing receipt rolls; quarterly returns of 
 clothbag, camp and garrison equipage. 
 
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 3. To the Commissary General of Subsistence. — For provision returns, 
 abstracts, and such other of the forms in the Subsistence Regulations as 
 may be furnished by the Subsistence Department. 
 
 4. To the Chief of Ordnance. — For returns of ordnance stores, and 
 such other blanks as may be furnished by the Ordnance Department. 
 
 955. Of the blanks above named, but the printed forms furnished 
 will be used. Other blanks, when required, must be ruled. 
 
 956. Blanks for the regimental recruiting service are furnished to the 
 company commanders when not serving with the headquarters of 
 their regiment. 
 
 FURNITURE AND STATIONERY. 
 
 957. The articles of furniture and police utensils which may be 
 absolutely necessary at a recruiting station may be procured by the 
 officer in charge of the rendezvous, on the special authority of the 
 superintendent. 
 
 958. Necessary stationery will be purchased monthly or quarterly, 
 not to exceed, per quarter at each station, six quires of paper, twenty- 
 four quills, or twenty-four steel pens and two holders, half an ounce of 
 wafers, one paper of ink powder, one bottle of red ink, four ounces of 
 sealing-wax, one quire of cartridge paper, or one hundred envelopes, 
 one-fourth quire of blotting paper, and one piece of tape. If necessary, 
 an additional supply of one-fourth of these rates will be allowed to the 
 recruiting officer having charge of one or more auxiliary rendezvous 
 distant from his permanent station. At the principal depots the allow- 
 ance must be fixed by the wants of the public service. 
 
 959. To each office table is allowed one inkstand, one wafer stamp, 
 one wafer box, one paper folder, one ruler, and as many lead pencils as 
 may be required, not exceeding four per annum. 
 
 960. Such blank books as may be necessary are allowed to the general 
 superintendent and at permanent recruiting depots ; also one descrip- 
 tive book for the register of recruits at each permanent station. Blank 
 books will be purchased by recruiting officers, under instructions from 
 the superintendent. 
 
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 961. When a rccviiifmf^ officer is relieved, the blanks, hooks, and 
 unexpended stationery, with all the other public property at the station, 
 will be transferred to his successor, who will receipt for the same. 
 
 ACCOUNTS, RETURNS, ETC. 
 
 962. The following are the accounts, returns, &c., to be rendered by 
 officers on recruiting service : 
 
 To the Second Auditor of the Treasury. 
 
 1. Recruiting accounts current, monthly, with abstract, vouchers, 
 
 and one set of enlistments. An account will be rendered by 
 every officer who may receive funds, w^hether he makes ex- 
 penditures or not during the month. 
 
 To the Third Auditor of the Treasury. 
 
 2. (When required to disburse quartermaster's or subsistence funds,) 
 
 such money accounts as may be required by the regulations 
 of those departments respectively. 
 
 To the Adjutant General. 
 
 3. Monthly estimates for funds, by superintendents. 
 
 4. Recruiting account current, monthly, with an abstract of dis- 
 
 bursements, (no vouchers.) An account will be rendered by 
 every officer who may receive funds, whether he makes ex- 
 penditures or not during the month. 
 
 5. A quarterly return of stationery, books, fuel, straw, and such 
 
 other property as may have been purchased with the recruit- 
 ing funds, with vouchers. 
 
 6. A monthly summary statement of money received, expended, and 
 
 remaining on hand, to be transmitted on the last day of each 
 month. 
 
 7. A master roll of all enlisted men at the rendezvous, including 
 
 the names of all who may have j oined, whether by enlistment 
 or otherwise, died, deserted, been transferred or discharged, 
 during the two months embraced in the muster roll.— (See 
 section 11.) 
 
 8. Tri-monthly reports of the state of the recruiting sei^vice by re- 
 
 cruiting officers, according to the prescribed form. 
 
 9. Depot tri-monthly reports of the state of recmiting service 
 
 by superintendents, according to prescribed form. 
 
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 To the Superintendent. 
 
 10. A monthly return of recruits and of the recruiting party, accom- 
 
 panied with one copy of the enlistment of every recruit enlisted 
 within the month. 
 
 11. Duplicate muster rolls for pay of the permanent recruiting party, 
 
 which may be sent direct to the nearest paymaster, when author- 
 rized by the superintendent. A triplicate of this roll will be 
 retained at the station. 
 
 12. Muster and descriptive rolls and an account of clothing of every 
 
 detachment of recruits ordered to the principal depot. If the 
 recruits be ordered to proceed from the rendezvous direct, to join 
 any regiment or post, these rolls and accounts of clothing will 
 be delivered to the officer in command of the detachment, a 
 duplicate of each muster and descriptive roll only being then 
 made and sent to the superintendent. 
 
 13. Monthly abstract of disbursements on account of contingencies 
 
 of the recruiting service. Copy to be forwarded within three 
 days after the expiration of each month. 
 
 14. Monthly estimates for funds. 
 
 15. Estimates for clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, and for 
 
 arms and accoutrements for six or twelve months, or for such 
 times as may be directed by the superintendent. 
 
 16. Quarterly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and 
 
 of all quartermaster's property in his possession, not including 
 property, purchased with recruiting funds. Copy to be sent 
 to superintendent. 
 
 17. Tri-monthly report. Copy sent to the superintendent. 
 
 To the Quartermaster General. 
 
 1 8. (When required to disburse quartermaster's funds, or to receive 
 
 property belonging to that department,) such money and 
 property accounts as may be required by the regulations of 
 that department. 
 
 To the Commissary General of Subsistence. 
 
 19. (When required to disburse subsistence funds, or to receive 
 
 property belonging to that department,) such money and 
 property accounts as may be required by the regulations of 
 that department. 
 
To the Chief of Ordnance. 
 
 20. A quarterly return of arms, accoutrements, ammunition, and of 
 all ordnance stores. 
 RULES FOR MAKING ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS. 
 
 963. The following rules must be observed in making out and for- 
 warding accounts and papers: 
 
 1. Letters addressed to the Adjutant General "on recruiting ser- 
 
 vice" will be so endorsed on the envelopes, under the words 
 " official business;" if on recruiting service for volunteers, they 
 will be endorsed "ow volunteer recruiting service'' under those 
 words.* 
 
 2. The funds of one department must not be used to liquidate 
 
 the debts of another. 
 
 3. If an officer's station is changed, or he be temporarily relieved 
 
 from recruiting duties, ^is money accounts will not be closed; 
 they will be kept open till the end of the quarter, so that all money 
 received and disbursed in the quarter may be embraced in one 
 account. 
 
 4. Ofi&cers, in signing accounts and papers, must give their rank 
 
 and regiment or corps. 
 
 5. Each voucher must be separately entered on the abstract of 
 
 contingent expenses, and only the gross amount of the abstract 
 must be entered on the account current. 
 
 6. No expenditure must be charged without a proper voucher to 
 
 support it. 
 
 7. The receipt to the voucher must be signed, when practicable, 
 
 by a principal. When this is not practicable, the recruiting 
 officer will add to his own certificate a statement that the agent 
 is duly authorized to sign the receipt. 
 
 8. When an individual makes "his mark," instead of signing his 
 
 name to the receipt, it must be witnessed by a third person. 
 
 A-j^OTE.— All packages of mail matter addressed to the Adjutant G-eneral should 
 state the contents imder the words "official business," as follows: "For Books and 
 Blanks," "Vol. Rolls and Returns," "Regular Rolls and Returns," "Certificates of 
 Disability," " Pension Papers," &c., &c. 
 
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 9. Expenditures must be confined to items stated in the regula- 
 
 tions. In an unforeseen emergency, requiring a deviation from 
 this rule, a full explanation must be appended to the voucher for 
 the expenditure; and, if this be not satisfactory, the account 
 will be charged in the Treasury against the recruiting officer. 
 
 10. In all vouchers the different items, with dates and cost of each, 
 
 must be given. To vouchers for transportation of officers, a 
 copy of the order under which the journey was performed, 
 must be appended. 
 
 11. In vouchers for medical attendance and medicines, the name 
 
 of each patient, date of, and charge for, each visit, and for 
 medicine furnished, must be given, and the certificate of the 
 physician added, that the rates charged are the usual rates of 
 the place. 
 
 12. To each voucher for notices inserted in newspapers or posters, 
 
 a copy of the notice or poster will be appended. 
 13 Monthly accounts current must exhibit the numbers of Treasury 
 drafts and dates of their receipt; and when funds are trans- 
 ferred, the names of officers from whom they are received, or to 
 whom they are turned over, with the dates of transfer. 
 
 14. Fractions of cents are not to be taken up on accounts current. 
 
 Enlistments must be filled up in a fair and legible hand The 
 real name of the recruit must be ascertained, correctly spelled, 
 and written in the same way wherever it occurs; the christian 
 name must not be abbreviated. Numbers must be written, and 
 not expressed by figures. Each enlistment must be endorsed 
 as indicated on the blanks furnished, the number m each 
 month to correspond with the names alphabetically arranged. 
 
 15. Whenever a soldier re-enters the service, the officer who enlisted 
 
 him will endorse on the enlistment, next below his own name 
 and regiment, "second (or third) enlistment," as the case may 
 be, together with the name of the regiment and the letter of the 
 company in which the soldier last served, and date of discharge 
 from former enlistment. This information the recruiting officer 
 must obtain, if possible, from the soldier's discharge, which he 
 should in all cases be required to exhibit.— (See 22d Art. 
 of War.) 
 
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 16. Rc-enlistments must be forwarded with recruiting accounts, 
 
 although any bounty duo on thorn may not be paid. When the 
 bounty is subsequently paid, the soldier's receipt is to be taken 
 on a voucher showing date and place of re-enlistment, com- 
 pany and regiment, and by whom re-enlisted. 
 
 17. The filling up of, and endorsement on, the enlistment, will be 
 
 in the handwriting of the recruiting of&cer, or done under his 
 immediate inspection. 
 
 18. To facilitate the final settlement of accounts of discharged 
 
 soldiers, the name of the State, as well as the town, where each 
 recruit is enlisted, will be recorded on all muster, pay, and 
 descriptive rolls. 
 
 19. Rolls, returns, and accounts will be accompanied by a letter of 
 
 transmittal, enumerating them, and referring to no other subject. 
 
 20. All copies of papers to accompany letters or accounts should be 
 
 certified by an officer as "true copies." 
 
 21. Each voucher should be complete in itself, being accompanied 
 
 by all orders and explanations necessary to make it fully 
 understood. 
 
 DEPOTS FOR COLLECTING AND INSTRUCTING RECRUITS. 
 
 964. The depots for recruits are established by orders from the Adju- 
 tant General's Office. In the case of regimental recruiting service, the 
 superintendent of that service will have his headquarters at the regi- 
 mental depot, and will not send officers out of the State in which the 
 depot may be, without authority from the Adjutant General. 
 
 965. To each depot there will be assigned a suitable number of 
 officers to command and instruct the recruits; and, when necessary, 
 such number of enlisted men as may be designated at the Adjutant 
 General's Office will be selected for the permanent party to do gamson 
 duty and for drill-masters. 
 
 966. The number of recruits at depots to be assigned to each ami 
 and regiment is directed from the Adjutant General's Office. 
 
 967. The recruits are to be dressed in uniform according to their 
 respective arms, and will be regularly mustered and inspected. They 
 are to be well drilled in the infantry tactics, through the school of the 
 soldier to that of the battalion, and in the exercise of field and garrison 
 pieces. Duty is to be done according to the strict rules of service. 
 
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 968 The general superintendent will cause such of the recruits as 
 are found to possess a natural talent for music to he instructed (hesides 
 the drill of the soldier) on the fife, hugle, and drum, and other military 
 instruments ; and boys of twelve years of age, and upward, may, under 
 his direction, he enlisted for this purpose. But as recruits under 
 eighteen years of age and under size must be discharged if they are not 
 capable of learning music, care should he taken to enl^t those only 
 who have a natural talent for music, and, if practicable, they should be 
 taken on trial for some time before being enlisted. 
 
 969 Ee«ments will be furnished with field music on the requisi- 
 tions of tLir commanders, made, from time to time, direct on the 
 general superintendent; and, when requested by regimental com- 
 manders, the superintendents will endeavor to have suitable men 
 selected from the recraits, or enlisted, for the regimental bands. 
 
 970. At every dep8t pains will be taken to form from the permanent 
 party a body of competent cooks, some of whom will be sent with 
 every large draft of recruits ordered to regiments. 
 
 971 To give encouragement to the recruits, and hold out induce- 
 ments to good conduct, the commanding officer of the depot may 
 promote such of them as exhibit the requisite qualifications to be Unc. 
 LyWsand/ance sergeant., not exceeding the proper proportion to 
 the number of recruits at the dep6t. These appointments wi 1 be 
 announced in orders in the usual way, and will be continued m force 
 until they join their regiments, unless sooner revoked. No al owance 
 of pay 01 emoluments is to be assigned to these appointments: they 
 are only to be considered as recommendations to the captains of com- 
 panies and colonels of regiments for the places in which the recmits 
 may have acted; but such non-commissioned officers are to be treated 
 with all the respect and to have all the authority which may belong to 
 the stations of sergeant and corporal. 
 
 972 Pcrnuinent parties at dep6ts, and recruUing parlie. and recruits, 
 will be mustered, inspected, and paid in the same manner as other 
 soldiers. 
 
 973 When recruits are received at a garrisoned post, the command- 
 ing officer will place them under the charge of a commissioned officer. 
 
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 974. Recruits arc not to be put to any labor or work wliicb would 
 interfere with tbeir instruction, nor are they to bo employed otherwise 
 than as soldiers, in the regular duties of garrison and camp. 
 
 975. The Rules and Articles of War are to be read to the recruits evety 
 month, after the inspection; and so much thereof as relates to the duties 
 of non-commissioned officers and soldiers will be read to them every 
 week. 
 
 INSPECTION OF RECRUITS AT DEPOTS AND POSTS. 
 
 976. The superintendent or commanding officer will cause a minute 
 and critical inspection to be made of every recruit received at a depot, 
 two days after his arrival; and should any recruit be found unfit for ser- 
 vice, or to have been enlisted contrary to law or regulations, he shall 
 assemble a hoard of inspectors, to examine into the case. A board may 
 also be assembled in a special case, when a concealed defect may become 
 manifest in a recruit, at any time during his detention at the depot. 
 
 977. Every draft of recruits ordered from a depot to any regiment or 
 post, shall, immediately preceding its departure, be critically inspected 
 by the superintendent or commanding officer and surgeon, and, when 
 necessary, a board of inspectors will be convened. 
 
 978. Recruits received at a military post or station shall be carefully 
 inspected by the commanding officer and surgeon, on the third day after 
 their arrival; and if, on such inspection, any recruit, in their opinion 
 be unsound or otherwise defective, in such degree as to disqualify him 
 for the duties of a soldier, then a board of inspectors will be assembled 
 to examine into and report on the case.— (See paragraphs 979, 980, 981.) 
 
 979. Boards for the inspection of recruits will be composed of the 
 commanding officer, the senior medical officer of the army present, and, 
 if possible, the three senior regimental officers present on duty with the 
 troops. 
 
 REJECTED RECRUITS. 
 
 980. In all cases of rejection, the reasons therefor will be stated at 
 large in a special report, to be made by the board, which will also show 
 when, where, and by whom the recruit was enlisted. This report, 
 
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 together with the surgeon's certificate of disability for service, will be 
 forwarded by the superintendent or commandant of the post direct to 
 the Adjutant General. In all such cases the commandmg officer will 
 cause the articles of clothing, which may have been issued to the 
 recruit, with the price of each article, to be endorsed on the certificates 
 of disability. If the recommendation of the board for the discharge of 
 the recruit be approved, the authority therefor will be endorsed on the 
 certificate, which will be sent back to be filled up and signed by the 
 commanding officer, who will return the same to the Adjutant General s 
 Office. In all cases the superintendent, or commander, will cause an 
 extract of the proceedings of the board of inspectors to be furnished the 
 officer making the enlistment. Upon receipt of this extract the officer 
 will promptly render a special report, in explanation, to the Adjutant 
 General. 
 
 981 The board will state in the report whether the disability, or other 
 cause of rejection, existed before his enlistment; and whether, with 
 proper care and examination, it might not have been discovered. 
 DESERTERS. 
 
 155. If a soldier desert from, or a deserter be received at, any post other 
 than the station of the company or detachment to which he belonged, 
 he shall be promptly reported by the commanding officer of such post 
 to the commander of his company or detachment. The time of deser- 
 tion, apprehension, and delivery, will be stated. If the man be a recruit, 
 unattached, the required report will be made to the Adjutant General. 
 When a report is received of the apprehension or surrender of a deserter 
 at any post other than the station of the company or detachment to 
 which he belonged, the commander of such company or detachment 
 shall immediately foi-^^ard his description and account of clothing to 
 the officer making the report. 
 
 156. A reward of five dollars will be paid for the apprehension and 
 delivery of a deserter to an officer of the army at the most convenient 
 post or recruiting station. Rewards thus paid will be promptly reported 
 by the disbursing officer to the officer commanding the company in 
 which the deserter is mustered, and to the authority competent to order 
 his trial. The reward of five dollars will include the remuneration for 
 all expenses incurred for apprehending, securing, and delivering a 
 deserter. 
 
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 157 When non-commissioned officers or soldiers are sent in pursuit 
 of a deserter, the expenses necessarily incurred will be paid whether he 
 be apprehended or not, and reported as in case of rewards paid. 
 
 158. Deserters shall make good the time lost by desertion, unless 
 discharged by competent authority. 
 
 159. No deserter shall be restored to duty without trial, except by the 
 authority competent to order the trial. 
 
 160 Rewards and expenses paid for apprehending a deserter will be 
 set against his pay, when adjudged by a court-martial, or when he is 
 restored to duty without trial on such condition. 
 
 161. In reckoning the time of service, and the pay and allowances of 
 a deserter, he is to be considered as again in service when delivered up 
 as a deserter to the proper authority. 
 
 162 An apprehended deserter, or one who surrenders himself, shall 
 receive no pay while waiting trial, and only such clothing as may be 
 actually necessary for him. 
 
 1065. The incidental expenses of the army paid through the 
 master's Department include * * ^ * 
 
 expenses of the pursuit and apprehension of deserters, 
 
 EECRUITS SENT TO EEGIMENTS 
 982 An officer intrusted with the command of recruits ordered t^ 
 regiments will, on arriving at the place of destination, forward the fol- 
 lowing papers : 
 
 1 To the Adjutant General and the Superintendent, each, a descrip- 
 tive roll and an account of clothing of such men as may have 
 deserted, died, or been left on the route from any cause what- 
 ever, with date and place ; also, a special report of the date of 
 his arrival at the post, the strength and condition of the party 
 when turned over to the commanding officer, and all circum- 
 stances worthy of remark which may have occurred on the 
 march. 
 
 2. To the Commanding Officer of the regiment, or post, the muster 
 and descriptive roll furnished him at the time of setting out, 
 
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 properly signed and completed by recording tlie names of the 
 recruits present, and by noting in the column for remarks, op- 
 posite the appropriate spaces, the time and place of death,iaeser- 
 tion, apprehension, or other casualty that may have occurred 
 on the route. 
 
 983. Should an officer be relieved in charge of a party of recruits en 
 route, before it reaches its destination, the date and place, and name of 
 the officer by whom he is relieved, must be recorded on the roll of the 
 party. Without the evidence of such record, no charge for extra pay 
 on account of clothing accountability of the party, where equal to a 
 company, will be allowed. 
 
 984. The ''original muster and descriptive roll" of every draft, with 
 remarks showing the final disposition of each recruit, and the regiment 
 and letter of the company to which he may be assigned, will be signed 
 and,forwarded to the Adjutant General by the commanding officer who 
 makes the assignment. If the recruits embraced in one roll happen to 
 be assigned to different posts, the original roll is to continue with the 
 last party to its destination, each commander completing it so far as 
 concerns the recruits left at his post. When this is not practicable, 
 extracts from the original roll are to be made by the authority which 
 distributes the recruits, to accompany the several parties, and to be 
 forwarded to the Adjutant General as in case of the original roll. 
 
 EEGIMENTAL RECRUITING SERVICE. 
 
 985. The regimental recruiting will be conducted in the manner 
 prescribed for the general service. 
 
 986. Every commander of a regiment is the superintendent of the 
 recruiting service for his regiment, and will endeavor to keep it up to 
 its estabhshment; for which purpose he will obtain ttie necessary funds, 
 clothing, &c., by requisition on the Adjutant General. 
 
 987. At every station occupied by his regiment, or any part of it, the 
 colonel will designate a suitable officer to attend to the recruiting duties ; 
 which selection will not relieve such officer from his company or other 
 ordinary duties. The officer thus designated will be kept constantly 
 furnished with funds, and, when necessary, with clothing and camp 
 equipage. 
 
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 988. Tho vegiinciital recruiting officer will, with the approbation of 
 the comrnandiiig officer of tho station, enlist all suitable men. He will 
 be governed, in rendering his accounts and returns, by the rules pre- 
 scribed for the general service; and, when leaving a post, will turn 
 over the funds in his hands to the senior company officer of his regiment 
 present, unless some other be appointed to receive them. 
 
 [Extracts from General Regulations of the Army.] 
 
 ARTICLE XLI. 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY, MONEY, ACCOUNTS, AND CONTRACTS. 
 
 992. The Treasury Department having provided, by arrangement 
 with the assistant treasurers at various points, secure depositories for 
 funds in the hands of disbursing officers, all disbursing officers are 
 required to avail themselves, as far as possible, of this arrangement, by 
 depositing with the assistant treasurers such funds as are not wanted 
 for immediate use, and drawing the same inconvenient sums as wanted. 
 
 993. No public funds shall be exchanged except for gold and silver.* 
 When the funds furnished are gold and silver, all payments shall be in 
 gold and silver. When the funds furnished are drafts, they shall be 
 presented at the place of payment, and paid according to law; and pay- 
 ments shall be made in the funds so received for the drafts, unless said 
 funds or said drafts can be exchanged for gold and silver at par. If 
 any disbursing officer shall violate any of these provisions, he shall be 
 suspended by the Secretary of War, and reported to the President, and 
 promptly removed from office or restored to his trust and duties, as to 
 the President may seem just and proper.— (Act August 6, 1846.) 
 
 994. No disbursing officer shall accept or receive, or transmit to the 
 Treasury to be allowed in his favor, any receipt or voucher from a 
 creditor of the United States without having paid to such creditor, in 
 such funds as he received for disbursement, or such other funds as he is 
 authorized by the preceding article to take in exchange, the full amount 
 specified in such receipt or voucher ; and every such act shall be deemed 
 
 * NOTE.— United States Treasury notes are also to be used by disbursing officers, 
 according to acts approved February 25, and July 11, 1862. 
 
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 to be a conversion to his own use of the amount specified in such receipt 
 or voucher. And no officer in the military service charged with the 
 safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of public money, shall convert 
 to his own use, or invest in any kind of merchandise or property, or loan 
 with or without interest, or deposit in any bank, or exchange for other 
 funds, except as allowed in the preceding article, any public money 
 intrusted to him; and every such act shall be deemed to be a felony and 
 an embezzlement of so much money as may be so taken, converted, 
 invested, used, loaned, deposited, or exchanged.— (Act August 6, 1846.) 
 
 995. Any officer who shall directly or indirectly sell or dispose of, for 
 a premium, any Treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security 
 in his hands for disbursement, or sell or dispose of the proceeds or 
 avails thereof without making returns of such premium and accounting 
 therefor by charging it in his accounts to the credit of the United 
 States, will forthwith be dismissed by the President.— (Act August 6, 
 1846.) 
 
 996. If any disbursing officer shall bet at cards or any game of hazard, 
 his commanding officer shall suspend his functions, and require him to 
 turn over all the public funds in his keeping, and shall immediately 
 report the case to the proper bureau of the War Department. 
 
 997. All officers are forbid to give or take any receipt in blank for 
 public money or property; but in all cases the voucher shall be made 
 out in full, and the true date, place, and exact amount of money, in 
 words, shall be written out in the receipt before it is signed. 
 
 1000. No officer disbursing or directing the disbursement of money 
 for the military service shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the 
 purchase or sale for commercial purposes, of any article intended for, 
 making a part of, or appertaining to the department of the public service 
 in which he is engaged, nor shall take, receive, or apply to his own use 
 any gain or emolument, under the guise of presents or otherwise, for 
 negotiating or transacting any public business, other than what is or 
 may be allowed by law. 
 
 1002. No officer or agent in the military service shall purchase from 
 any other person in the military service, or make any contract with any 
 such person to furnish supplies or services, or make any purchase or 
 
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 contract in whicli such person shall be admitted to any share or part, or 
 to any benefit to arise therefrom. 
 
 1003. No person in the military service whose salary, pay, or emolu- 
 ments is or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional 
 pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form whatever, for the 
 disbursement of public money, or any other service or duty whatsoever, 
 unless the same shall be authorized by law, and explicitly set out in the 
 appropriation. 
 
 1004. All accounts of expenditures shall set out a sufficient explana- 
 tion of the object, necessity, and propriety of the expenditure. 
 
 1005. The facts on which an account depends must be stated and 
 vouched by the certificate of an officer, or other sufficient evidence. 
 
 1006. If any account paid on the certificate of an officer to the facts 
 is afterwards disallowed for error of fact in the certificate, it shall pass 
 to the credit of the disbursing officer, and be charged to the officer who 
 gave the certificate. 
 
 1007. An officer shall have credit for an expenditure of money or 
 property made in obedience to the order of his commanding officer. If 
 the expenditure is disallowed, it shall be charged to the officer who 
 ordered it. 
 
 1009. When a disbursing officer is relieved, he shall certify the out- 
 standing debts to his successor, and transmit an account of the same to 
 the head of the bureau, and turn over his public money and property 
 appertaining to the service from which he is relieved to his successor, 
 unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 1014. No officer has authority to insure public property or money. 
 
 1015. Disbursing officers are not authorized to settle with heirs, 
 executors, or administrators, except by instructions from the proper 
 bureau of the War Department upon accounts duly audited and certified 
 by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury. 
 
 1017. No public property shall be used, nor labor hired for the public 
 be employed, for any private use whatsoever not authorized by the 
 regulations of the service. 
 
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 1027. If any article of public property be lost or damaged by neglect 
 or fault of any officer or soldier, he shall pay the value of such article, 
 or amount of damage, or cost of repairs, at such rates as a board of 
 survey, with the approval of the commanding officer, may assess, 
 according to the place and circumstances of the loss or damage. And 
 he shall, moreover, be proceeded against as the Articles of War pro- 
 vide, if he demand a trial by court-martial, or the circumstances should 
 require it. 
 
 1029. If any article of public property be embezzled, or by neglect 
 lost or damaged, by any person hired in the public service, the value 
 or damage, as ascertained, if necessary, by a board of survey, shall be 
 charged to him, and set against any pay or money due him, 
 
 1030. Public property lost or destroyed in the military service must 
 be accounted for by affidavit, or the certificate of a commissioned officer, 
 or other satisfactory evidence. 
 
 1031. Affidavits or depositions may be taken before any officer in the 
 list, as follows, when recourse cannot be had to any before named on 
 said list, which fact shall be certified by the officer offering the evidence : 
 1st, a civil magistrate competent to administer oaths ; 2d, a judge advo- 
 cate; 3d, the recorder of a garrison or regimental court-martial: 4th, 
 the adjutant of a regiment; 5th, a commissioned officer. 
 
 1033. No officer making returns of property shall drop from his return 
 any public property as worn out or unserviceable until it has been con- 
 demned, after proper inspection, and ordered to be so dropped. 
 
 1039.* Every officer of the United States who shall receive public 
 money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or emolu- 
 ment, will render his accounts monthly; and such accounts, with the 
 vouchers necessary to the correct and prompt settlement thereof, shall 
 be rendered direct to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury, and 
 be mailed or otherwise forwarded to its proper address within ten days 
 after the expiration of each successive month. And in case of the 
 non-receipt at the Treasury of any accounts within a reasonable and 
 proper time thereafter, the officer whose accounts are in default will be 
 required to furnish satisfactory evidence of having complied with this 
 
 * Revised. 
 
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 paragraph; and for any default on his part the de]inf|iicnt offuuir shall 
 be deemed a defaulter and be subject to all the penalties prescribed 1)y 
 law.— (Act July 17th, 1862.) 
 
 1049.* Contracts shall be made in quintuplicate ; one to be kept by 
 the officer, one by the contractor, two to be sent to the military bureau — 
 one of which for the office of the Second Comptroller of tlie Treasury — 
 and one copy to the Eeturn Office of the Department of the Interior, 
 within thirty days after the contract is made ; together with all pro- 
 posals, and a copy of any advertisement published by the officer making 
 the contract touching the same, attached and verified in the manner 
 required by the act approved June 2, 1862. 
 
 1053. It is the duty of every commanding officer to enforce a rigid 
 economy in the public expenses. 
 
 Revised. 
 
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 LIST OF FORMS. 
 
 No. 1. Poster. 
 
 No. 2 Form for Examining Recruits. 
 
 No. 3. Enlistments. 
 
 No. 4. Enlistments for Volunteers. 
 
 No 5. Re-enlistments. 
 
 No. 6. Tri-monthly Report. 
 
 No. 7. Tri-monthly Report for Depot. 
 
 No. 8. Return of Regimental Recruiting Party, both Regular and 
 Volunteer. 
 
 No. 9. Return of Regimental Recruiting Service. 
 No. 10. Return of Recruiting Party (General Service.) 
 No. 11. Return of General Recruiting Service. 
 No. 12. Consolidated Return of Recruiting for State. 
 No. 13. Descriptive List. 
 
 No. 14. Muster and Descriptive Roll of Recruits. 
 
 No. 15. Account of Clothing issued to Recruits. 
 
 No. 16. Estimate of Funds. 
 
 No. 17. Summary Statement. 
 
 No. 18. Account Current. 
 
 No. 19. Abstract of Disbursements. ^ 
 
 No. 20. Officers' Transportation. 
 
 No. 21. Transportation of Recruits. 
 
 No. 22. Purchases. 
 
 No. 23. Commutation of Quarters, 
 
 No. 24. Postage. 
 
 No. 25. Pay Roll of Premiums. 
 
 No. 26. General Voucher. 
 
 No. 27. Abstract of Lodgings. 
 
 No. 28. Contract for Subsistence. 
 
 No. 29. Voucher for purchase of Rations. 
 
 No. 30. Abstract of Rations issued. 
 
 No. 31. Property Return. 
 
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 (No. 2.) 
 
 FORM FOR EXAMINING A EECRUIT. 
 
 [To be filled up according to directions in Tripler's Manual, pages 114, 115, 116, 117.] 
 
 RECRUIT, , age , occupation , horn in , 
 
 presented by • 
 
 1. Have you ever been sick ? 
 When, and of what diseases ? 
 
 2. Have you any disease now, and what? 
 
 3. Have you ever had fits ? 
 
 4. Have you ever received any injury or wound upon the head? 
 
 5. Have you ever had a fracture, a dislocation, or a sprain ? 
 
 6. Are you in the habit of drinking? Or have you ever had the 
 
 "horrors?" 
 
 7. Are you subject to the piles ? 
 
 8. Have you any difficulty in urinating? 
 
 9. Have you been vaccinated, or had the small pox? 
 Head. 
 
 Ears. 
 Face. 
 
 Eyes and Appendages. 
 Nose. 
 
 Organs of Mastication and Voice ? 
 
 Neck. 
 
 Chest. 
 
 Abdomen. 
 
 Genital and Urinary Organs. 
 Vertebral Column. 
 Superior Extremities. 
 Inferior Extremities. 
 
 EEMARKS. 
 
 Date : ' 
 
 Rendezvous: Inspecting Surgeon. 
 
 (One copy only, which will be sent with the recruit to his Regiment, for file at 
 Kegimental Headquarters. 
 
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 (No. 3.) 
 
 STATE OF , TOWN OF . 
 
 I, , born in , in the State of , aged years, and 
 
 by occupation a , do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily 
 
 enlisted this day of , 18 — , as a Soldier in the Army of the 
 
 United States of America, for the period of five years, unless 
 sooner discharged by proper authority : Do also agree to accept such 
 bounty, pay, rations, and clothing, as are, or may be established by 
 
 law. And I, , do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith 
 
 and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will 
 serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers 
 whomsoever ; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over 
 me, according to the Kules and Articles of War. 
 
 Sworn and subsci-ibed to, at , 
 
 this day of , 18 — . 
 
 Before 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, That I have carefully examined the above 
 named Eecruit, agreeably to the General Regulations of the Army, and 
 that in my opinion he is free from all bodily defects and mental in- 
 firmity, which would, in any way, disqualify him from performing the 
 duties of a soldier, 
 
 , Examining Surgeon. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, That I have minutely inspected the Eecruit, 
 
 , previously to his enlistment, and that he was entirely 
 
 sober when enlisted ; that, to the best of my judgment and belief, he is of 
 lawful age ; and that, in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the 
 duties of an able-bodied soldier, I have strictly observed the regula- 
 tions which govern the recruiting service. This soldier has eyes, 
 
 hair, complexion, is feet inches high. 
 
 , Recruiting Officer. 
 
 ( Triplicates. ) 
 
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 (Back of No, 2.) 
 
 DECLAEATION OF EECRUIT. 
 
 I, , desiring to enlist in the Army of the United 
 
 States for the term of five years, do declare, that I am years 
 
 and months of age ; that I have neither wife nor child ; that I have 
 
 never been discharged from the United States service on account of dis- 
 ability or by sentence of a court-martial, or by order before the expira- 
 tion of a term of enlistment ; and I know of no impediment to my 
 serving honestly and faithfully as a soldier for five years. 
 
 Given at , 
 
 the day of 
 
 Witness: 
 
 CONSENT IN CASE OF MINOE. 
 
 I 
 
 •, DO CERTIFY, that I am the 
 
 of 
 
 that the said 
 
 is years of age ; and I do hereby freely 
 
 give my consent to his enlisting as a Soldier in the Army of the 
 United States for the period of five years. 
 
 Given at , . 
 
 the day of 
 
 Witness: . 
 
3T 
 
 (No. 4.) 
 
 VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENT. 
 
 State of , Town of . 
 
 I> , born in , in the State of , aged years, and 
 
 by occupation a , do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered 
 
 this day of , 186 — , to serve as a Soldier in the Army of 
 
 THE United States of America, for the period of three years, 
 unless sooner discharged by proper authority: Do also agree to accept 
 such bounty, pay, rations and clothing, as are, or may be, established by 
 
 law for volunteers. And I, , do solemnly swear, that I will 
 
 bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and 
 that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies 
 or opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of 
 the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers 
 appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed to, at , 
 
 this day of , 186 — . 
 
 Before . 
 
 I certify, on honor. That I have carefully examined the above 
 named volunteer, agreeably to the General Regulations of the Army, 
 and that in my opinion he iis free from all bodily defects and mental 
 infirmity, which would, in any way, disqualify him from performing 
 the duties of a soldier. 
 
 , Examining Surgeon. 
 
 I certify, on honor. That I have minutely inspected the Volunteer, 
 
 , previously to his enlistment, and that he was entirely 
 
 sober when enlisted; that, to the best of my judgment and belief, he is of 
 lawful age; and that, in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the 
 duties of an able-bodied soldier, I have strictly observed the regula- 
 tions which govern the recruiting service. This soldier has eyes, 
 
 hair, complexion, is feet inches high. 
 
 (DUPLICATES.) 
 
 Regiment of Volunteers. 
 
 , Recruiting Officer. 
 
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 (Back of No. 4.) 
 
 DECLAEATION OF EECRUIT. 
 
 , desiring to volunteer as a Soldier in the Army 
 
 OF THE United States, for the term of three years, do declare, 
 
 That I am years and months of age ; that I have never been 
 
 discharged from the United States service on account of disability or 
 by sentence of a court-martial, or by order before the expiration of a 
 term of enlistment; and I know of no impediment to my serving 
 honestly and faithfully as a soldier for three years. 
 
 Given at , • 
 
 the day of 
 
 Witness : . 
 
 o 
 
 CONSENT IN CASE OF MINOK. 
 
 , do certify. That I am the of ; that the 
 
 said is years of age; and I do hereby freely give my 
 
 consent to his volunteering as a Soldier in the Army of the 
 United States for the period of three years. 
 
 Given at , • 
 
 the day of 
 
 Witness: • 
 
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 (No. 5.) 
 
 STATE OF , TOWN OF . 
 
 I, , bom in , in tlie State of , aged years, and 
 
 by occupation a , DO hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily 
 
 "re-enlisted" this day of , 18 — , as a Soldier in the Army 
 
 OF THE United States of America, for the period of five years, 
 unless sooner discharged by proper authority: Do also agree to accept 
 such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing, as are, or may be, established 
 
 by law. And I, , do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith 
 
 and allegiance to the United, States of America, and that I will 
 serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers 
 whomsoever ; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over 
 me, according to the Rules and Articles of War. 
 
 Sworn and subscribed to, at , '^ 
 
 this day of , 18—. > . 
 
 Before . ) 
 
 I CERTIFY, on honor. That I have carefully examined the above 
 named soldier, agreeably to the General Regulations of the Army, and 
 that in my opinion he is free from all bodily defects and mental in- 
 firmity, which would, in any way, disqualify him from performing the 
 duties of a soldier. 
 
 , Examining Surgeon. 
 
 I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, That I have minutely inspected the Soldier, 
 
 , previously to his re-enlistment, and that he was entirely sober 
 
 when enlisted ; that, to the best of my judgment and belief, he is of 
 lawful age ; and that, in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the 
 duties of an able-bodied soldier, I have strictly observed the regula- 
 tions which govern the recruiting service. This soldier has eyes, 
 
 hair, complexion, is feet inches high. 
 
 , Recruiting Officer. 
 
 Received of — , of the United States Army, this day of 
 
 , 18 — , dollars, being by way of bounty, for " Re-enlisting^^ 
 
 in the army of the United States, for five years. 
 
 I 
 
 Witness : • 
 
 ( TKIPLICATES. ) 
 
40 
 
 (Back of No. 5.) 
 
 CONSENT IN CASE OF MINOR. 
 
 I, , DO CERTIFY, that I am the of ; that the 
 
 said is years of age ; and I do hereby freely give my 
 
 CONSENT to his enlisting as a Soldier in the Army of the United 
 States for the period of five years. 
 
 Given at , — . 
 
 the day of , 
 
 Witness: . 
 
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 in permanent party. 
 
 
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43 
 
 NOTE 1.— The 
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44 
 
 (No. 
 
 Recruiting Return of the Regiment 
 
 Rank, 
 
 Names. 
 
 Regiment. 
 
 Stations. 
 
 Recruiting Parties and 
 
 Present. 
 
 Absent. 
 
 I Field Officers. 1 
 
 1 Captains. 
 
 1 Subalterns. 
 
 1 Sergeants. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Recruits. 
 
 Recognised as deserters from 
 Regiments. 
 
 Commissioned Officers. | 
 
 Enlisted men. | 
 
 With 
 leave. 
 
 Without 
 leave. 
 
 Commissioned Offi- 
 cers. 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 i Commissioned Offi- 
 cers, 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 
 Disposable recruit s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Names of Enlisted Men, required in explanation 
 
 No. 
 
 Names, 
 (See note 3.) 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Date of Joining, 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 By w^hom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 From 
 desertion. 
 
 From civil 
 authority. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Headquarters of the 
 (duplicates.) Station: 
 
 Date; 
 
45 
 
 9.) 
 
 of , for the month of , 18 
 
 Recruits. 
 
 Alterations since last Return. 
 
 Note 1. — This Return 
 will be composed only of 
 returns of recruiting par- 
 ties for the same month. 
 
 Note 2. — The date a 
 rendezvous (except at a 
 garrisoned post) is open- 
 ed, or closed, will be 
 stated in this column. 
 
 Present 
 and absent. 
 
 Joined. 
 
 Trans- 
 ferred. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1 1 1 Died. 
 
 1 1 1 Deserted. 
 
 1 1 1 Commissioned Officers. ! 
 
 1 1 1 Enlisted men. | 
 
 1 1 1 Aggregate. | 
 
 Aggregate last return. 
 
 1 1 1 Enlisted this month. | 
 
 1 1 1 Re-enUsted this month. | 
 
 1 1 1 From other stations. 1 
 
 1 1 . 1 From civil authority. | 
 
 1 1 1 From desertion. | 
 
 
 1 1 1 To other stations. 
 
 1 1 1 Recruits sent to companies. 
 
 II 1 To civil authority. | 
 
 
 1 1 1 Expiration of service. 
 
 1 1 1 For disability. 
 
 1 1 1 By civil authority. 
 
 1 1 1 Rejected recruits. 
 
 
 of the ^^Alterations since last Return,''^ 8fc. 
 
 Date of 
 transfer. 
 
 Date of 
 discharge. 
 
 Date of 
 death. 
 
 Date of 
 desertion. 
 
 Date of recog- 
 nition as de- 
 serters from 
 regiments. 
 
 Note 3. — All transfers, 
 (except to companies of 
 the regiments or other 
 stations,) all discharges, 
 deaths, desertions, ap- 
 prehensions, ifec, the real 
 and assumed names, com- 
 pany and regiment, of 
 recognised deserters,will 
 be here noted. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Regiment of 
 
 Superintendent of RegVl R. S. 
 
46 
 
 Return of the Recruiting Party stationed at under the command 
 
 PERMANENT PARTY AND RECRUITS. 
 
 ALTERATIONS 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 absent. 
 
 present 
 & absent. 
 
 joined. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 from 
 
 Commissioned Officers 
 
 
 With 
 leave. 
 
 Without 
 leave. 
 
 
 
 
 ci 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Subalterns. 
 
 ce 
 
 5>C 
 
 a: 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 Boys learning music. 
 
 > 
 CM 
 
 Disposable recruits. 
 
 Recognized as deserters 
 regiments. 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 COMMiss'D Officers. 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 CoMMiss'D Officers. 
 
 Enlisted men. 
 
 1 Commissioned Officeb 
 
 1 Enlisted men. 
 
 <, 
 
 9- 
 < 
 
 1 Aggregate last Reti 
 
 1 Enlisted this month. 
 
 1 Re-enHsted this month. 
 
 1 From recruiting stations 
 
 1 From principal depot. 
 
 1 From civil authority. 
 
 1 From desertion. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Names of Enlisted Men, required in explanation of 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMES. 
 (See note 2.) 
 
 ENLISTED. 
 
 DATE of JOINING. 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 By whom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 From civil 
 authority. 
 
 From 
 desertion. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ( duplicates.) (For General or Mounted Recruiting Service.) 
 
47 
 
 10.) 
 
 of 
 
 of the 'Regiment of ,for the month of , 18- 
 
 SINCE LAST RETURN. 
 
 TRANSFER'D DISCHARG'D 
 
 Note 1. — Tho day on which an oflRcer joins, in trans- 
 forrcd, or relieved ; the date a rendezvous is 
 opened, or closed, and the names of citizen 
 surgeons, when employed, will be hero in- 
 serted. 
 
 the "Alterations since last Return,^' 8fc. 
 
 SCO. a 
 
 O T3 O . 
 U PI 
 
 Note 2. — All transfers, (except to the depot or to 
 regiments,) all discharges, deaths, desertions, 
 apprehensions, &c., the real and assumed 
 names, company and regiment of recognised 
 deserters, will be here inserted. 
 
 -, Recruiting Officer. 
 
48 
 
 (No. 
 
 Return of the Recruiting Service, under the Superintendence 
 
 Number. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Names of Recruiting Officers. 
 
 Regiment. 
 
 Stations or Rendezvous. 
 
 Permanent Parties 
 
 Present. 
 
 Absent. 
 
 1 Field Officers. 1 
 
 1 Captams. | 
 
 1 Subalterns. | 
 
 1 Sergeants. | 
 
 1 Corporals. | 
 
 1 Chief musicians. | 
 
 1 Band. | 
 
 1 Musicians. 
 
 1 Boys learning music. | 
 
 1 Privates. | 
 
 1 Disposable recruits. | 
 
 Recognised as deserters 
 from Regiments. 
 
 1 Commissioned Officers. 
 
 1 Enlisted men. 
 
 W 
 
 lea 
 
 5a 
 
 O 
 
 .2 S 
 
 CO 
 
 a 
 a 
 
 1th 
 ve. 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 0) 
 
 "a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aggregate at recruiting stations . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aggi'egate at principal dep6t . . - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Grand aggregate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Names of Officers joined, relieved, 
 
 No. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Regiment. 
 
 Date of 
 Joining. 
 
 Date when 
 Relieved. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (duplicates.) (For General or Mounted Recruiting Service.) 
 
49 
 
 IJ.) 
 
 of , of the Regiment of , fur the month of , ] 8 . 
 
 AND IlECRUITS. 
 
 Altera tions since last Return. 
 
 
 us is 
 ed in 
 
 Absent. 
 
 Present 
 and absent. 
 
 Joined, 
 
 Transferred. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 <u 
 
 rendezvoi 
 rill be stat 
 
 Without 
 leave. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 o 
 
 V 
 
 Commissioned Offi- 
 cers. 
 
 j Enlisted men. 
 
 i 1 Commissioned Officer 
 
 1 1 Enlisted men. 
 
 1 1 Aggregate. 
 
 Aggregate last Returi 
 
 i 1 Enlisted this month. 
 
 1 1 Re-enlisted this montl 
 
 1 j Prom recruiting static 
 
 1 From principal depot. 
 
 1 1 From civil authority. 
 
 1 From desertion. 
 
 
 j To recruiting stations. 
 
 1 To principal depot. 
 
 1 To regiments. 
 
 1 1 To civil authority. 
 
 
 1 Expiration of service. 
 
 1 1 For disability. 
 
 1 By civil authority. 
 
 ( Rejected recruits. 
 
 
 1 Died. 
 
 '6 
 
 •V 
 Sh 
 
 ? 
 tu 
 
 Q 
 
 1 Names of Citizen Surj 
 
 Note.— The date a 
 opened or closed v 
 this column. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 or absent on detached service. 
 
 Date and description of Detached 
 Service. 
 
 4 
 
50 
 
 ( No. 11— 
 
 Names of Enlisted Men required in explanation 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 (See note.) 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Date of Joining. 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 By whom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 From civil 
 authority. 
 
 From 
 desertions. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Detachments ordered from principal Depot and Recruiting 
 
 
 Strength of Detachment. 
 
 Names, Rank, and Regiment of Officers on 
 duty with the Detachment. 
 
 
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 O 
 
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 &0 
 
 Ph 
 
 
 
 
 
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51 
 
 Continued. ) 
 
 of the ^^Alterations since last Return,^'' 8(C. 
 
 Duto of 
 triiusfer. 
 
 Diitc of 
 discharge. 
 
 Date of 
 death. 
 
 Date of 
 desertioj). 
 
 Date of recog- 
 jiilioii art de- 
 K<!rtcrH from 
 Kegiiiieuts. 
 
 Note. — All tranpferK' 
 (except to the Depot or 
 to RegirnentH,) all dis- 
 chargeH, d{^atht-!, dcser- 
 tionK, appreheyiKions, <fec., 
 the real and assumed 
 names, company and regi- 
 ment of recognized de- 
 serters, will be here noted. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stations, to Regiments and Posts, since last Return. 
 
 To what Post, Regiment, or 
 Company, ordered. 
 
 Date of departure. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 
 
 
 Headquarters of the 
 Station : 
 Date: 
 
 Recruiting Service. 
 
 — , Superintendent. 
 
52 
 
 (No. 
 
 Consolidated Return of the Volunteer Recruiting Service in the State oj 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Regiment. 
 
 Stations. 
 
 Recruiting Parties and 
 
 Present. 
 
 Absent, 
 
 Field Officers. | 
 
 Captains. 1 
 
 1 Subalterns. 
 
 1 Sergeants. | 
 
 1 Corporals. 
 
 1 Musicians. 1 
 
 1 Privates. | 
 
 
 Recognised as deserters from 
 Regiments. 
 
 1 Commissioned Officers. 
 
 1 1 Enlisted men. 
 
 W 
 
 lea 
 
 O 
 
 'P 
 
 ad 
 
 3 
 
 th 
 ^e. 
 
 d 
 
 g 
 
 "a 
 
 Witl 
 
 lea 
 
 sa 
 
 o 
 
 a ai 
 
 o 
 
 !g « 
 
 3 
 
 O 
 
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 aout 
 ve. 
 
 a 
 
 OJ 
 
 S 
 'a 
 
 
 Disposable recruits 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aggregate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Names of Enlisted Men, required in explanation 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 (See note 3. 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Date of joining. 
 
 When. 
 
 Where. 
 
 B}^ whom. 
 
 Period. 
 
 From 
 Desertion. 
 
 From civil 
 authority. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Return for Superintendents of Vol. Recruiting Services.) 
 (duplicates.) 
 
53 
 
 12.) 
 
 , under *hc command of 
 
 18-. 
 
 sujjcrintendent, for the month of 
 
 Recruits. 
 
 Present 
 and iibHont, 
 
 Alterations since last Rkturn. 
 
 Joined. 
 
 Note 1. — This Return 
 will be composed only of 
 returns of recruiting par- 
 ties for the same month. 
 
 Note 2.— The date a 
 rendezvous (except at a 
 g arrisoned post) is opened, 
 or closed, will be stated 
 in this column. 
 
 of the " Alterations since last Return,''^ 8fc. 
 
 Date of 
 transfer. 
 
 Date of 
 discharge. 
 
 Date of 
 death. 
 
 Date of 
 desertion. 
 
 Date of recog- 
 nition as de- 
 serters from 
 regiments. 
 
 Note 3.— All transfers, 
 all discharges, deaths, 
 desertions, apprehen- 
 sions, &c., the real and 
 assumed names, compa- 
 ny and regiment, of re- 
 cognised deserters, will 
 be here noted. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Headquarters 
 Station : 
 
 Date : . — — — , Superintendent. 
 
54 
 
 (No. 
 
 Descriptive List and Account of 
 
 [1. The amount of additional pay, if any, for former services under the act of 
 August 4, 1854, must be carefully noted in the exact words used on the 
 Muster Roll. 
 
 Likewise, the amount due the soldier for a certificate of merit, or m lieu ot a 
 commission, under sec. 4, act of August 4, 1854, in the exact words used on 
 the Master Roll. 
 
 So, als ), of any other extra pay, for which he may he mustered, ex. gr. as 
 
 o- Hospital Steward, as Saddler, &c., and which may be still due him. 
 In the column headed "BOUNTY Paid," must be entered the whole amount 
 hitherto paidhim; in that of '-BOUNTY Due," the whole amount yet due, on 
 account of the bounty provided by sec. 3, act of June 17, 1850. 
 The amount of RETAINED PAY due, at date, wUl be carefully stated. 
 
 NO. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Description, 
 
 Where Born. 
 
 State or 
 kingdom. 
 
 Town 
 or county. 
 
 I CERTIFY that tb. 
 
 ( One copy only to be furnished, unless the first copy has been lost or destroyed.) 
 
55 
 
 13.) 
 
 Pay and Clothing of 
 
 
 6. 
 
 
 7. 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 8. 
 
 
 
 O 
 
 
 ;^ 
 
 
 
 10. 
 
 
 11. 
 
 Stoppages for loss or damage done to arms or other puhlic properfjj must be 
 noted, and the articles, aud particular damage to eaeh Bpecitied. 
 
 When stoppaseH are due, under Benteuce of a Court Martial, a transcript oj 
 the same nmat be entered here ; and the amount alreadij stopped, muHt be 
 carefully stated. . 
 
 In every carie of desertion, the date, and that of delivery, or apprehension, must 
 be given, together with a correct transcript of the order of sentence ov pardon. 
 
 A careful settlement of the man's CLOTHING ACCOUNT must be made, to date, 
 and the amount DUE TO, or FROM him must be precisely stated. 
 
 Should the man have been engaged in any action, or skirmish, it munt be 
 mentioned, together with date and place. 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Last Paid. 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 (Act of June 17, 
 1850.) 
 
 ft g 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 above is a correct transcript from the Eecords of 
 Station 
 
56 
 
 (No. 
 
 Muster and Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of United States Recruits, 
 
 of , stationed at , 
 
 (The names of the com- 
 missioned officers accom- 
 panying each detachm't 
 to be written at the head 
 of the roll of such detach- 
 ment, and the names of 
 the enlisted men compo- 
 sing it to follow in alpha- 
 betical order.) 
 
 DESCRIPTIOlSr. 
 
 Wher( 
 born. 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Height. 
 
 Last 
 
 PAID. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 To be filled np by the 
 commander of the de- 
 tachment after the arri- 
 val of the recruits at 
 the post. 
 
 Present. 
 
 Absent. 
 
 fFor duty 
 
 ! Sick 
 
 I In arrest or 
 { confinement - 
 
 ( Left sick on 
 
 the march 
 
 In arrest or 
 confinement - 
 
 Strength, present and 
 absent. 
 
 Altera- ( discharged . . . 
 tfoton)T™ferre'i.. 
 
 the iS'"^-;-; 
 
 march. ^^^'^^'t*^ ' : " : 
 t Apprehended. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that this "Re- 
 capitulation," and the " Remarks" 
 set opposite the names of this De- 
 tachment of Recruits by me, are 
 correct. 
 
 Station : 
 Date : 
 
 Commanding- the Detachment. 
 
 Record of events which may be useful 
 for future reference at the Adjutant 
 General's Office. 
 
 ( TRIPLICATES. ) 
 
57 
 
 14 ) 
 
 forwarded hj for the Companies of the Uegiment 
 
 pursuant to dated . 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 Paid. Due. 
 
 NAMES. 
 (This column to be filled 
 Tip by the officei" in coni- 
 nuind of the detachment, 
 or by the commundiug offi- 
 cer of the post when no 
 commissioned officer ac- 
 compauiesit, andtoiuclude 
 only the names of those 
 present on the day of arri- 
 val at the post.) 
 
 1. — The command exercised by any 
 otHcer accompanying the detach- 
 ment, with the date of assuming or 
 being relieved therefrom, and the 
 names of the officers relieved, to be 
 stated. 
 
 2. — The date and place of all deaths, 
 transfers, discharges, desertions and 
 apprehensions, to be noted ; also 
 any other information which may 
 be necessary or useful for the re- 
 cords of the Adjutant General's 
 Office. 
 
 I certify, on honor, that this Muster and Descriptive Roll is cor- 
 rect, and that it exhibits the true statement of this Detachment of 
 Recruits. 
 
 Station : 
 
 Date : — , 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 This Detachment of Recruits has been minutely inspected this 
 
 day of , 188 , by the undersigned, and the Surgeon of 
 
 the Post, agreeably to regulations ; and the recruits are found to be 
 
 Station : 
 
 Date : — — , 
 
 Commanding. 
 
 NOTEl. — The commanding officer of the post, after stating the result of the in- 
 spection, and referring to the report of the Board of Inspectors, (should it have 
 been found necessary to organize such Board,) will add to his certificate such gen- 
 eral remarks relative to the appearance, qualitj^ &c., of the recruits, as, in his 
 judgment, the facts may justify. He will also make out and retain a correct copy 
 of tiiis Muster and Descriptive Roll for the information of company commanders, 
 and forward the original roll without delay to the Adjutant General's Office. 
 
 Note 2. — Three copies of this roll should be made out ; one to be retained by 
 the Superintendent, one to be sent immediately to the Adjutant General, and the 
 third to accompany the detachment, and to be disposed of as directed in Note 1. 
 
58 
 
 ( No. 15. ) 
 
 Account of Clothing issued to the Recruits, whose names are hereunto 
 
 annexed, forwarded hy , for the Companies of the 
 
 Regiment of , stationed at , pursuant to . 
 
 No. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 I CERTIFY, That the articles of Clothing set opposite the above named Recruits 
 have been issued to each, respectively. 
 
 Given this day , 18 — , at . 
 
 , Commanding. 
 
 (One copy to accompany the copy of the Muster and Descriptive Roll, which goes 
 with the Detachment of Recruits.) 
 
59 
 
 02 
 
 3 
 
 a 
 
 a; 
 
 w 
 
 KOTE. — The Superiuteud- 
 ent will give iu this column 
 the name of the place where 
 he wishes the funds to be 
 deposited. 
 
 Amount to be 
 supplied. 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 
 
 Amount on 
 hand to be 
 deducted. 
 
 c3 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 
 Amount re- 
 quired. 
 
 O 
 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 
 •uoi:}^?;g 
 
 
 
 
 Total amount to be sup] 
 
 
 
 g 
 
 "-A 
 
 
 CO 
 
60 
 
 ^ oi 
 
 CO r-< P 
 
 c3 ^ 
 
 CD 
 
 3 
 
 Pi 
 
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 CD 
 
 O « 
 
 O cc 
 
 •r-l © 
 
 © q 
 
 a s 
 
 CO 
 
 O o3 
 
 © I 
 
 "tS r-1 © 
 
 g O M 
 
 M o c/2 
 © S 'TJ 
 
 .^s ^© 
 
 ©•j:a 
 > =^ ^ 
 
 C n3 O 
 
 ce © © 
 ce rt 
 
 b ^ S 
 © . 
 
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61 
 
 ( No. 18. ) 
 
 Dr. The United States account current with . Cii. 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 186 . 
 
 
 
 
 186 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 For 
 
 
 
 
 By 
 
 
 
 I CERTIFY, on honor, that the above statement is correct; that the expenditures 
 have been faithfully made for the objects expressed in the vouchers, and that the 
 balance of dollars and cents is due to . 
 
 Date : 
 
 Station : , Recruiting Off,cer. 
 
 Recruits enlisted by , of the Regiment of , stationed 
 
 at , for the quarter ending , 186 — . 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 (To be arranged and 
 numbered in alpha- 
 betical order by 
 months — the enlist- 
 ment in each month 
 being kept dlBtiuct.) 
 
 i i Rank. 1 
 
 Date of Enlistment. 
 
 Re-enlisted Soldiers. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 n 
 
 Letter of 
 company in 
 which last ! 
 mustered. 
 
 Date of 
 expiration of 
 prior enlist- 
 ment. 
 
 Letter of 
 company in 
 
 which 
 re-enlisted. 
 
 "Three months' 
 extra pay," (to re- 
 enlisted soldiers.) 
 
 Due. 1 Paid. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (TRIPLICATES.) 
 
62 
 
 ( No. 19. ) 
 
 Abstract of Dishirstments on account of Contingencies of the Recruiting 
 Service, hy , in the quarter ending , 18 — , at . 
 
 No. of 
 voucher. 
 
 Date of pay- 
 ment. 
 
 To wtom 
 paid. 
 
 On wbat ac- 
 count. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Dolls. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 
 
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 the above account. 
 
 (DUPLICATES.) 
 
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 destination of the party. 
 
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 PURCPIASES. 
 
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 Note.— Allowances of fuel, straw, and station- 
 ery, are fixed by pars. 1068 and 1260 General, 
 and 958-9 Recruiting Regulations. 
 
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 will be accounted for on my property return for the quarter ending the 
 day of , 186—. 
 
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 Note. — Copies of telegrams must accompany 
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 given. 
 
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 that the letters, packages, and telegrams, as above, were all on recruit- 
 ing service, and that I have actually paid the amount charged. 
 
 Received, at , the — — of , 186—, of , 
 
 Eecruiting Officer, dollars and cents, in full of the above 
 
 account. 
 
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 Note. — This voncher will be used in cases 
 where no other is prescribed. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 Cents. 
 
 
 
 
 I CERTIFY that the above account is correct and just, and that the 
 expenditure was necessary for the public and on recruiting service. 
 
 Recruiting Officer. 
 
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 Recruiting Officer, dollars and cents, in full of the above 
 
 account. 
 
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 Articles of Agreement, made and entered into this day of 
 
 ^ anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty , be- 
 tween , an officer of the United States army, of the one 
 
 part, and , of the county of and State of , 
 
 of the other part. 
 
 This agreement witnesseth, That the said , for and on 
 
 behalf of the United States of America, and the said 
 
 heirs, executors and administrators, have covenanted and agreed, and 
 by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each 
 other, as follows, viz : 
 
 First. That the said heirs, executors, and administra- 
 tors, shall supply, or cause to be supplied and issued, at , all the 
 
 rations, to consist of the articles hereinafter specified, that shall be 
 required for the use of the United States recruits .stationed at the place 
 
 aforesaid, commencing on the day of , one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and sixty , and ending on the of , eighteen 
 
 hundred and — , or such earlier day as the Commissary General 
 
 may direct, at the price of cents mills for each complete 
 
 ration. 
 
 Second. That the ration to be furnished by virtue of this contract 
 shall consist of the following articles, viz: One and a quarter pound of 
 fresh beef, or three-quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces 
 of bread or flour, and at the rate of eight quarts of beans or ten pounds 
 of rice, ten pounds of coffee, fifteen pounds of sugar, four quarts of 
 vinegar, and one and a half pounds of tallow, or one pound of sperm 
 candles, four pounds of soap, and two quarts of salt, to every hundred 
 rations, or the contractor shall furnish the men with good and whole- 
 some board and lodgings, at the option of the recruiting officer; and 
 the recruiting party shall have the privilege of hanging out a flag from 
 the place of rendezvous. 
 
 Third. That fresh beef shall be issued at least thrice in each week, 
 if required by the commanding officer. 
 
 Fourth. It is clearly understood that the provisions stipulated to be 
 furnished and delivered under this contract shall be of the first quality. 
 
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 Fifth. Should any difficulty arise respecting the quality of the pro- 
 visions stipulated to be delivered under this contract, then the com- 
 manding of&cer is to appoint a disinterested person to meet one of the 
 same description to be appointed by the contractor. These two thus 
 appointed will have power to decide on the quality of the provisions ; 
 but should they disagree, then a third person is to be chosen by these 
 two already appointed, the whole to act under oath, and the opinion of 
 the majority to be final in the case. 
 
 Sixth. No member of Congress shall be admitted to any share herein, 
 or any benefit to arise therefrom. 
 
 In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto placed their 
 hands and seals the day and date above written. 
 
 Witness : 
 
 . [L. S.] 
 
 . [L. S.] 
 
 ( QUINTUPLICATES. ) 
 
 EXTRACT 
 
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 Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the army ration shall be 
 increased as follows, viz: Twenty-two ounces of bread or flour, or one 
 pound of hard bread, instead of the present issue, fresh beef shall be 
 issued as often as the commanding officer of any detachment or regi- 
 ment shall require it, when practicable, in place of salt meat; beans 
 and rice or hominy shall be issued in the same ration in the proportions 
 now provided by the regulation, and one pound of potatoes per man 
 shall be issued at least three times a week, if practicable; and when 
 these articles cannot be issued in these proportions, an equivalent in 
 value shall be issued in some other proper food, and a ration of tea may 
 be substituted for a ration of coffee upon the requisition of the proper 
 officer: Provided, that after the present insurrection shall cease, the 
 ration shall be as provided by law and regulations on the first day of 
 July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 
 
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 Approved August 3, 1861. 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 1. The Volunteer Eecruiting Service will be conducted according to 
 tlie " Eegulations of the Eecruiting Service" for the United States 
 Army, as far as they are applicable, except where special directions 
 have been given by the War Department. The existing directions are 
 given in this appendix, and such others as may be necessary from time 
 to time, will be published in General Orders from the Adjutant Gen- 
 eral's office. 
 
 2. The recruiting service in the various States for the volunteer 
 forces already in service, and for those that may be received, is placed 
 under charge of general superintendents for those States, respectively, 
 with general depots for the collection and instruction of recruits. 
 
 3. Both the superintendents and the location of the depots are an- 
 nounced in orders from the Adjutant General's Office. 
 
 4. The superintendents detailed will take charge of the recruiting 
 service in the various States to which they are assigned ; they will take 
 posts at their general depots, which will be under their immediate 
 command. Upon the requisition of the superintendents a suitable 
 number of volunteer officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, 
 will be detailed for duty in the staff departments and as drill masters 
 at the respective depots. 
 
 5. A disbursing officer of the fund for " collecting, drilling, and or- 
 ganizing volunteers," will be assigned to each depot, and will be under 
 the direction of the superintendent. 
 
 6. Commanding officers of volunteer regiments, or independent 
 companies, will take measures to keep the strength of their commands 
 up to the maximum standard of organization. 
 
 7. For this purpose, two commissioned officers, with one non-com- 
 missioned officer or private from each company, will be detailed, from 
 time to time, to report in person to the superintendents of the re- 
 cruiting service for their respective States. The full number will not 
 be detailed if a less number will suffice to fill up the regiment. 
 
77 
 
 8. These officers and non-commissioned officers will be detailed for 
 a tour of six months, and will be assigned as recruiting parties to ren 
 dezvous by the superintendents ; if found inefficient or incompetent, 
 they will be relieved and replaced by others. 
 
 9. Nominations for these details will be made by the colonels, and 
 the order for detail given by Commanders of Departments or Army 
 Corps. 
 
 10. Parties so detailed will recruit for their respective regiments, 
 and not for the General Volunteer Service. They will, however, be 
 under the direction of the general superintendent. 
 
 11. Immediately upon their arrival at their stations, or, if more con- 
 venient, upon their way thither, the commissioned officers thus detailed 
 will report in person or by letter to the nearest United States mustering 
 officer, who will give them instructions in the matters of recruiting, 
 the expenses proper to be incurred therefor, and the rendition of their 
 accounts with proper vouchers. 
 
 12. Mustering officers will muster into service and administer the 
 oath of allegiance to such regiments or recruits brought to them, as 
 may present conclusive evidence of their acceptance by the War De- 
 partment. 
 
 13. The superintendents will establish the rendezvous, and so ar- 
 range for the rent, subsistence of recruits, and other expenses, that the 
 charges may be reasonable, and that the bills therefor may be certified 
 to by the recruiting officers in charge, and presented for payment to 
 the disbursing officers at the general depots. 
 
 14. Enlistments of volunteers will be made upon printed forms, to 
 be furnished for the purpose similar to those established for the regular 
 service. They will in all cases be made in duplicate* 
 
 15. Recruits will be sent, as often as may be necessary, in small 
 squads, to the general depots, with a descriptive list and both copies of 
 the enlistment of each man. The descriptive list will be examined, 
 and, if correct, be filed with the records of the depot. One copy of 
 
 *In the case of new regiments organized under G-. O. No. 75, of 1862, enlistment 
 papers will be made in triplicate and disposed of as directed in that order. 
 
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 each enlistment will be delivered to the disbursing officer to assist bim 
 in the examination and verification of accounts, and will be sent with 
 those accounts, at the end of each quarter, to the Second Auditor, 
 at Washington. The second copy will be sent by the superintendent 
 to the Adjutant General of the Army, with a consolidated return of 
 the recruiting parties for the month, on the first day of the succeeding 
 month, or as soon thereafter as practicable. 
 
 16. Recraiting officers will send to the superintendents a return of 
 their recruiting parties for each month on the first day of the succeeding 
 month. They will also make tri-monthly reports of the state of the 
 recruiting service to the superintendent, and the superintendent will 
 forw^ard a consolidated tri-monthly report to the Adjutant General of 
 the Army. 
 
 17. Superintendents will keep their depots supplied with sufficient 
 clothing for issues to recraits, and with the arms necessary for their 
 instruction. 
 
 18. Commanders of volunteer regiments, batteries, or independent 
 companies requiring recruits, will make requisitions, approved by the 
 commanding officers of their brigades, divisions, and departments, or 
 corps d'armee, direct on the superintendents of the recruiting service for 
 their respective States, who will furnish the necessary men, for^varding 
 a descriptive list with them. Certified copies of this descriptive list 
 will be fonvarded at the same time to the Adjutant General of the 
 Army, and to the Adjutant General of the State. 
 
 19. To facilitate the raising of volunteer regiments, officers recruiting 
 therefor are authorized to muster their men into service as enrolled. 
 As soon as mustered, these men will be sent, with descriprive lists, to 
 the camps of rendezvous, at which places the oath of allegiance will be 
 duly administered by a civil magistrate, or an officer of the regular 
 army, preferably by the latter. The cost of transportation from place 
 of muster-in to camps of rendezvous will be paid by the quartermaster 
 at the latter station. 
 
 20. When the organization of regiments accepted to be raised within 
 a specified time, is not completed at the expiration of that period, the 
 companies and detachments thereof, already mustered into service, will 
 be assigned to other regiments, at the pleasure of the War Department. 
 
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 21. United States mustering and disbursing- officers are detailed as 
 such by orders from the Adjutant General's Office. They will disburse 
 the fund " for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers." They 
 will make requisitions for funds monthly upon the Adjutant General, 
 United States Army. This fund is intended for the payment of all 
 expenses that may be incurred therefor, as well as for the reimburse- 
 ment to individuals of such amounts as have been already justly and 
 actually expended by them in raising troops that have been, or may 
 be, received into the service of the United States. 
 
 Keimbursements of expenses for organizations raised, or attempted to 
 be raised, but not actually mustered into the United States service, will 
 not be made. 
 
 Claims of States for expenditures heretofore made by them in raising 
 volunteers, are provided for by separate and distinct appropriations, and 
 will not be paid from the one now referred to. 
 
 22. Bills must set forth the place and time of expenditure, specifying 
 each particular item and the amount, also the company and regiment 
 for which the expense was incurred. They must also be accompanied 
 by the receipt of the party to whom payment was made, and the 
 certificate of the officer or person incurring the expense, that the amount 
 charged is accurate and just, and that it was necessary for the public 
 service, for troops raised for the United States. 
 
 23. Among expenses properly chargeable against the fund "for col- 
 lecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers" may be enumerated: 
 
 1st. Eent of rendezvous or office for recruiting. 
 
 2d. Commutation of fuel and quarters for officers already mustered 
 into service, when detached on recruiting duty. 
 
 3d. In organizing new Eegiments of Volunteers, the subsistence of 
 the recruits, prior to the completion of the organization, will be charge- 
 able against the appropriation " for collecting, drilling, and organizing 
 volunteers." After the organization of the regiments is completed, 
 and they have been inspected by the mustering officer for the State, 
 subsistence will be provided by the Subsistence Department. When- 
 ever facilities for cooking can be furnished to the troops, whether 
 in squads or larger bodies, subsistence will be issued in kind, as 
 recognised in the regular service, (or if other articles are substituted, 
 the cost of the whole must not exceed the regular supplies,) and will 
 
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 be paid for at rates not exceeding the current prices at the place of 
 purchase. If the rations cannot be contracted for at a reasonable rate, 
 subsistence will be procured in bulk, and issued to the volunteers. In 
 no case should the cost of the ration, uncooked, exceed nineteen cents, 
 and at most of the points in the Western States it should not exceed 
 fourteen cents. When cooking facilities cannot be furnished, contracts 
 for the rations, cooked, may be made at reasonable rates, and the 
 necessity for the same must be clearly stated on the accounts. When 
 board and lodging are necessary, the prices for each should be stated, 
 and the aggregate cost of both must not exceed forty cents per day. 
 
 4th. Necessary transportation of volunteers prior to completion of 
 company organization and muster into service as a company. After 
 completion of such organization and muster, transportation will be paid 
 by the Quartermaster's Department. Transportation will be at the 
 rate of two cents per mile for railroad travel, and at the current rates 
 for stage and steamboat fare. 
 
 5th. Rent of grounds and buildings for camping purposes, cost of 
 erection of quarters, of cooking stoves when absolutely necessary, 
 of clerk and office hire v/hen authorized by the Adjutant General, and 
 of all expenses incidental to camps of rendezvous. 
 
 6th. Knives, forks, tin cups and tin plates for volunteers. 
 7th. Necessary medicines and medical attendance prior to organiza- 
 tion of regiments, or the mustering in of the regimental surgeons. 
 
 8th. Actual railroad, stage, or steamboat fare necessarily incurred 
 by authorized agents in raising or recruiting volunteers. 
 
 9th. Advertising. The officers recruiting will be authorized to ad 
 vertise for recruits in not more than two English and, where necessary, 
 two German daily papers, by short notices, for each rendezvous under 
 their charge, and likewise to have, in cities, not more than two hundred 
 posters or handbills for each company, and one-founh of that number 
 for the country. 
 
 10th. Fuel and straw, previous to company organization, according 
 to the allowance for the regular army. 
 
 11th. All other expenses allowed for recruiting in the regular service 
 not herein mentioned, and incurred for volunteers previous to their 
 muster into the United States service. 
 
 24. Recruiting officers claiming reimbursement must specify in their 
 bills the place and date of expenditure; the items and amount; the 
 
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 company and regiment for which the expense was incurred ; the names 
 of the recruits, accompanied by the receipt of the party to whom pay- 
 ment was made, and by a certificate of the officer or person incurring 
 the expense that the amount charged is accurate and just, and thai, it 
 was necessary for the public service, and that the recruits were actually 
 mustered into the United States service, after the expenditure was 
 incurred. 
 
 6 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Abstracts of issues of rations, how disposed of 12 
 
 of lodgings, how made 13 
 
 how entered l^- 
 
 Accounts current blanks, how procured 13 
 
 to whom rendered 15 
 
 how made out 
 
 current, of subsistence funds, to whom rendered 16 
 
 when to be kept open 17 
 
 how signed, &c 17 
 
 not satisfactorily explained, charged against the officer 
 
 making the expenditure ly 
 
 of funds transferred, to show to whom transferred 18 
 
 to facilitate final settlement of, of discharged soldiers ; 
 muster, pay, and descriptive rolls to give name of 
 
 State as well as that of the town where men are enlisted 19 
 
 to be accompanied by a letter of transmittal 19 
 
 of rations issued by contractors, how disposed of. 12 
 
 of subsistence funds, when and to whom rendered 13 
 
 all, of expenditures, to set out the object, necessity, 
 
 and propriety of same 1 27 
 
 facts on which, depend, to be vouched for by an officer 27 
 disallowed for error of fact in the certificate, charged to 
 
 the officer who signed the certificate 27 
 
 Address on letters, how made 17 
 
 Adjutant General to detail field officers as superintendents .... 5 
 
 to give instructions to superintendents 6 
 
 Advertising for board and lodgings may be dispensed with at 
 
 temporary rendezvous 13 
 
 for recruits to be sanctioned by the superintendents 8 
 Affidavit— property lost or damaged in military service to be 
 
 accounted for by 28 
 
 or depositions, before whom sworn to 28 
 
84 
 
 Page. 
 
 Agents in military service not to purchase or contract for any 
 
 supplies, &c., from persons in military service 26 
 
 Amounts in receipts always to be written out in words 26 
 
 Apprehension — respecting expenses incurred in the, of de- 
 serters 22, 23 
 
 j^RMS — requisitions for, and accoutrements, on whom made 5 
 
 general and regimental superintendents to make transfers 
 
 of, and accoutrements 6 
 
 quarterly return of, and accoutrements, to whom rendered 16 
 
 Army Supplies — transportation of, how paid 11 
 
 Articles of War to be read to recruits, &c 21 
 
 Articles of public property lost or damaged by officers or soldiers 
 
 through neglect, to be charged against them 28 
 
 Assistant Treasurers — public funds to be deposited for safe- 
 keeping with the, 25 
 
 Authority — private physicians not to be employed unless by, of 
 
 the Adjutant General 9 
 
 for absence from post, by whom given 7 
 
 of lance corporals and sergeants to be respected.. . . 20 
 
 Blanks for recruiting service, where and how procured 13 
 
 what forms used 14 
 
 for regimental recruiting service, how furnished 14 
 
 Blank Books— allowance of, to superintendents 14 
 
 allowance of, to each permanent station 14 
 
 how procured 14 
 
 when transferred 15 
 
 Blank Receipts not taken for moneys paid 26 
 
 Boards of inspection, how composed 21 
 
 duties of, of inspection for rejected recruits 22 
 
 of surveys to be appointed to assess amounts for property 
 
 lost or damaged by neglect 28 
 
 Board, how furnished 13 
 
 and lodging, cost of 1^ 
 
 and lodging at temporary rendezvous 13 
 
 rate of, and lodging of volunteers not to exceed 40 cents 
 
 per day ^0 
 
 vouchers for, how made 1^ 
 
85 
 
 Page. 
 
 Bounties paid to re-enlisted soldiers 19 
 
 receipts to be taken for, paid soldiers 19 
 
 Boys enlisted as musicians 20 
 
 Camp Equipage — re(|iiisitions for, on whom made 5 
 
 Certificates of physician to voucher for services rendered, how 
 
 made 10, 18 
 
 Certificates of Disability in cases of rejected recruits, to be 
 
 sent to Adjutant General 21, 22 
 
 Certificates of officers to vouchers must state facts of the case.. 27 
 
 Changes of stations to be reported 6 
 
 Clothing — requisitions for, on whom niade 5 
 
 hj whom transferred 6 
 
 for recruits, how issued 10 
 
 transportation of, how paid 11 
 
 blank accounts of, how obtained 13 
 
 receipt rolls for, how obtained 13 
 
 estimates for, &c., sent to superintendent 16 
 
 quarterly return of, &c., sent to Quartermaster General 16 
 quarterly return of, &c., copy sent to superintendent . . 16 
 
 Commissioned Officers to administer oath to recruits 9 
 
 Commissary return of, property to whom rendered - 16 
 
 Commanders — duties of, in cases of rejected recruits 22 
 
 of regiments to be superintendents of regimental 
 
 recruiting- service 24 
 
 of regiments to designate officers for recruiting ser- 
 vice 24 
 
 Commanding Officers to enforce economy in public expenses . . 29 
 
 Contracts— services of private physicians to be engaged by, 10 
 
 copy of, for rent, to be forwarded to Adjutant General 12 
 
 for rent of rendezvous to be made in writing 12 
 
 for board and lodging, how made 12 
 
 for supplies, &c.,not to be made with persons in 
 
 military service 26 
 
 how made 12, 29 
 
 how disposed of. 29 
 
 Contractors furnishing board, or lodgings, or both, how paid.. 12 
 
86 
 
 Page. 
 
 Contractors to send monthly or quarterly, for payment, their 
 
 account of rations issued 12 
 
 Copies of papers accompanying letters or accounts, to be certified 
 
 by an officer 1^ 
 
 Cooks at every depot to be selected from the permanent party 20 
 
 Corporals, lance, how appointed 
 
 Deceiving of recruits not allowed 7 
 
 Declaration— form of, to be signed by recruits 8 
 
 to be signed by parents or guardians in case of 
 
 minors ^ 
 
 Depots— tri-monthly reports to be furnished by superintendents of, 1 5 
 
 for recruits, how established 19 
 
 of recruits for the volunteer service to be designated by 
 
 the Adjutant General '^^ 
 
 Detachments of recruits, how sent to depots 11 
 
 Deserters, how disposed of 22 
 
 expenses for apprehension of, how paid 22, 23 
 
 to make good the time lost by desertion 23 
 
 not to be restored to duty without trial 23 
 
 expenses of apprehension to be deducted from the 
 
 pay of, 
 
 to be considered as again in service when delivered up 23 
 
 receive no pay while waiting trial. . . . - 23 
 
 Descriptive Book for permanent station 14 
 
 Descriptive Roll of recruits forwarded to Adjutant General 
 
 and the superintendent 23, 24 
 
 Disbursing Officers suspended for betting at cards, or other 
 
 games 26 
 
 relieved, to certify outstanding debts to 
 
 their successors 27 
 
 to transmit accounts to head of bureau 27 
 to turn over public money and property. . 27 
 not authorized to settle with heirs, exe- 
 cutors, or administrators 27 
 
 Discharged Soldiers — accounts of, hoAv facilitated 19 
 
 Drafts for payment 25 
 
 Drilling of recruits, &c 19 
 
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 Duties of superintencleiits •^>, 7 
 
 of regimental snperinteMclcnts 19, 24 
 
 of board of insptiction for rejected recruits 22 
 
 of commanding officers in regard to public expenses 29 
 
 of recruits, how performed 19 
 
 of oflficer in charge of recruits when relieved en route 24 
 
 Enlistment Papers, when transmitted through superintendents, 
 not to be forwarded by them if faulty 
 
 and defective 6 
 
 how disposed of 10 
 
 how filled up 18, 19 
 
 how numbered 18 
 
 how endorsed 18,19 
 
 Enlistments, how made 10 
 
 not to be ante-dated 10 
 
 blank form of, where procured 13 
 
 of volunteers to be made on forms similar to those 
 for the regular service; to be made in dupli- 
 cate; how disposed of 77 
 
 Enlisted Men, by whom assigned for duty at depots 19 
 
 Employment, authority for, of private physicians 9 
 
 Equipage, by whom transferred 6 
 
 Equipments for recruits, when not made complete 10 
 
 Estimates, quarterly, for funds sent to superintendents 16 
 
 for clothing, &c., sent to superintendents 16 
 
 Examination of enlistment papers to be made by the superin- 
 tendents 6 
 
 of recruits 9 
 
 Expenses for subsistence, how paid when no contract is made... 13 
 
 for subsistence at branch rendezvous, how paid 13 
 
 for apprehending deserters 22, 23 
 
 Expenditures not to be charged without proper vouchers, &,c. . . 17 
 
 must be confined to items 18 
 
 when disallowed, to be charged to officer ordering 
 
 them 27 
 
 Explanation to be appended to vouchers for expenditures not 
 
 authorized by the regulations 18 
 
88 
 
 Puge 
 
 EXPLANATIOX to accounts for expenditures must he explicit 27 
 
 Extra Pay or allowances not allowed officers whose pay is fixed by 
 
 law 27 
 
 Facts on whicli an account depends must be stated 27 
 
 Field Officers detailed as superintendents 5 
 
 Field Music for regiments, how furnished 20 
 
 Final Settlement — respecting, of discharged soldiers 19 
 
 Forage, how procured by recruiting officer 11 
 
 Forms of consent for paient or guardian to sign for minor 9 
 
 blank, used 14 
 
 list of 31 
 
 Fractions of cents not to appear on accounts current 18 
 
 Fuel, how procured by recruiting officer 11 
 
 Funds furnished by superintendents 5 
 
 transferred, by whom 6 
 
 disposition to be made of, by recruiting officers Avhen re- 
 relieved 11,12 
 
 disposition of, to be reported 12 
 
 recruiting officers to receive and disburse, for subsistence. . 13 
 of one department not to be used to liquidate the debts of 
 
 another 17 
 
 transferred, accounts to show to whom transferred 18 
 
 for regimental recruiting, how obtained 24 
 
 to be deposited with assistant treasurers 25 
 
 not exchangeable, &c 25 
 
 Furniture for recruiting stations, how procured 14 
 
 Guardians to be informed of wish of minors under their charge to 
 
 enlist 7 
 
 to sign consent for minor to enlist 9 
 
 Headquarters of superintendents regimental recruiting service, 
 
 where established 19 
 
 Hospital Stewards — respecting re-enlistment of 10 
 
 Inspection of branch or auxiliary rendezvous, how often made. . . 7 
 
 of recruits before joining regiment 21 
 
 of recruits at military depot 21 
 
 board of, for recruits, how composed 21 
 
 Instruction of recruits 11, 19 
 
 of recruits not to be interfered with 21 
 
89 
 
 Items of expenditures to ho givoii on vouchors 18 
 
 Issues of provisions, lu)w niado )'l 
 
 Labor, hired, for tlui i)u)jlic service, not to be (uiiployed for private 
 
 use 27 
 
 Lance Corporals, how appointed ; to have the authority behjng- 
 
 ing- to the station of corporal 20 
 
 Lance Sergeants, how appointed ; to have the authority belong- 
 ing- to the station of sergeant 20 
 
 Laundress — accounts of, against recruits, how settled 31 
 
 one ration allowed to l-"^ 
 
 Letters, how addressed 17 
 
 of transmittal to accompany accounts, &c 19 
 
 Lodgings, how furnished 13 
 
 vouchers for, how made 13 
 
 rate of board and, of volunteers, not to exceed 40 cents 
 
 per day 80 
 
 Medical Attendance — voucher for, how made 10, 18 
 
 Medical Inspection — form for, of recruits, how obtained 13 
 
 Medicine — voucher for, furnished, how made 10, 18 
 
 Minors to be treated with candor 7 
 
 to have consent of parent or guardian 9 
 
 Money — officers not authorized to insure, or public property 27 
 
 Monthly Abstract of expeuses to be forwarded to superin- 
 tendents within three days after the 
 
 expiration of each quarter 16 
 
 Monthly Accounts Current to exhibit Nos. of Treasury 
 
 drafts and dates of receipts ; 
 when funds have been trans- 
 ferred, to give names of offi- 
 cers from whom received 
 
 and to whom turned over. . 18 
 
 Monthly Estimates for funds by superintendent 15 
 
 by officers on recruiting service 61 
 
 Monthly Returns of superintendents to be forwarded to the 
 
 Adjutant General 6 
 
 blank, how obtained 13 
 
 of recruits sent to superintendent 16 
 
90 
 
 Page. 
 
 Muster and Descriptive Rolls to be sent to Adjutant General 6 
 
 sent to superintendent 6, 16 
 
 original, showing disposition of 
 of recruits, how made ; to be 
 sent to the Adjutant General. 24 
 
 blank, Avhere procured 13 
 
 Muster Rolls — blank, where procured 13 
 
 of enlisted men at rendezvous sent to Adjutant 
 
 General 15 
 
 for pay, duplicate sent to superintendent 16 
 
 Monthly Summary Statements, when rendered 15 
 
 Mustering — respecting, of permanent parties and recruits for 
 
 pay, &c 20 
 
 Music — recmits possessing talent for, to be instructed 20 
 
 for regiments, how furnished 20 
 
 Mustering Officers, detailed as such by the Adjutant General, 78 
 to supply subsistence to volunteer or- 
 ganizations prior and subsequent to mus- 
 ter ; in 1st case, chargeable to the fund for 
 "collecting, &c., &c., volunteers," and 79 
 accounts rendered to the Adjutant Gene- 
 ral ; in 2d case, to be obtained from the 
 Commissary General, and accounts ren- 
 dered to him ; cost of ration, uncooked, 
 not to exceed 19 cents ; prices for board 
 and lodging not to range above 40 cents. 80 
 to instruct in their duties volunteer oificers 
 
 detailed on the recruiting service 77 
 
 to muster in such regiments or recruits as 
 present conclusive evidence of their ac- 
 ceptance by the War Department 77 
 
 Names to be written in full on enlistment papers ; christian, not 
 
 to be abbreviated 18 
 
 Newspaper Notices, by whom to be approved 8 
 
 vouchers for, how made 18 
 
 Numbers to be written, and not expressed by figures 18 
 
91 
 
 Pago. 
 
 Oatli — form of, to hv, liiken li)y V(M',niil,s 9 
 
 by whom administered 9 
 
 Oath of Allegiance to be administerod by mustering officers 
 to such rogiiiients or recruits as present 
 conclusive evidence of their acceptance 
 
 by tlu) War Department 77 
 
 Officers, field, to be detailed as superintendents 5 
 
 on general recruiting service not to be ordered on any 
 
 other duty 5 
 
 how furnished with funds, &c 5 
 
 recruiting, to be reported when found incapable or 
 
 negligent 6 
 
 not to absent themselves from their stations 7 
 
 to explain nature of service to recruits 7 
 
 should be present on examination of recruits 7 
 
 to see to the personal appearance of their men 10 
 
 expenses of transportation of, when not admitted 11 
 
 relieved or withdrawn, to turn over the funds in their 
 
 possession to their successors 11 
 
 enumerates, on whom requisitions for blanks are to 
 
 be made 13 
 
 when relieved, to transfer property, &c 15 
 
 changing stations, or temporarily relieved, not to close 
 
 their accounts until end of quarter 17 
 
 signing accounts to give their rank and corps 17 
 
 vouchers for transportation of, how made 18 
 
 to endorse enlistment papers 19 
 
 not to be sent out of the State in which the regimental 
 
 depot is established 19 
 
 to instruct recruits 19 
 
 commanding officers of garrisoned posts to detail, to 
 
 take charge of recruits arriving thereat 20 
 
 reporting in cases of rejected recruits, to forward re- 
 ports through the superintendent, or commandant of 
 
 the post, to the Adjutant General 21 
 
 enumerate papers to be made out by, in command of 
 
 recruits on arriving at destination 23. 
 
92 
 
 Page. 
 
 'Officers duty of, when relieved en route in charge of recruits. 24 
 
 duty of, recruiting for regiments 24 
 
 recruiting for regiments, how supplied with funds, &c. 24 
 
 in rendering accounts, how to be governed 25 
 
 on leaving a post, will turn over funds, &,c 25 
 
 to receive and disburse funds for subsistence 13 
 
 violating provisions for payment may be suspended.. 25 
 
 not allowed to exchange piiblic funds 25 
 
 not to transmit receipts or vouchers from a creditor 
 without having paid said creditor in same funds as 
 
 received 25 
 
 forbidden to use public funds for their own use 26 
 
 disposing of funds in any form for a premium, without 
 
 making returns for such premium, shall be dismissed 26 
 disbursing, betting at cards, or other games, suspended 26 
 forbidden to take receipts in blank for money or prop- 
 erty 26 
 
 not to be interested in the disbursement of funds 26 
 
 not to receive any emoluments for negotiating or trans- 
 acting any public business 26 
 
 not to contract for or purchase supplies, &c., from any 
 
 military person 26 
 
 whose pay is fixed by law, not entitled to additional 
 
 pay or allowances 27 
 
 to have credit for expenditures made by order of their 
 
 commanding officer 27 
 
 disbursing, when relieved, to certify outstanding debts 
 
 to their successors 27 
 
 disbursing, to transmit their accounts to heads of bureau 27 
 disbursing, to turn over public money and property.. 27 
 •disbursing, not authorized to settle with heirs, execu- 
 tors, or administrators 27 
 
 not authorized to insure public property or money 27 
 
 to pay for property lost or damaged through their 
 
 neglect 28 
 
 allowed to administer oaths 28 
 
93 
 
 Page.. 
 
 Officjkrs making- returns of projjcrty, not to drop worn out or 
 
 unserviceable property until condemned, &c 28 
 
 to account for public moneys, bow often 28 
 
 failing to render accounts in proper time liable to dis- 
 missal 28 
 
 commanding, to enforce economy in public expenses 29 
 
 Ordnance Sergeants — respecting re-enlistment of 10 
 
 Ordnance Department— quarterly return of arms, accoutre- 
 ments, &c., to be forwarded to the,.. 17 
 Original muster and descriptive roll, showing disposition of re- 
 cruits, to whom made 24 
 
 Papers — copies of, to accompany accounts to be certified by an 
 
 officer 19 
 
 Parents to be informed of a minor's wish to enlist 7 
 
 must sign consent to minors enlisting 9 
 
 Parties — recruiting, how composed 5 
 
 Payments, how made 25 
 
 Permanent Party to wear their uniform 10 
 
 how mustered and paid 20 
 
 Personal Appearance of men, &c 10 
 
 Persons who may enlist 8> 
 
 who may not be enlisted 8 
 
 Physicians not to be employed, except by authority of the Adju- 
 tant General 9 
 
 services of, when authorized, how secured; required 
 to append a certificate to vouchers for pay, stating 
 
 rates charged are the usual rates of the place 10 
 
 Posters may be used in place of advertising 8 
 
 authority for procuring 8 
 
 vouchers for, how made 17, 18 
 
 Premiums, to whom paid 10 
 
 Promotion of recruits 20 
 
 Public Funds not exchangeable 25- 
 
 Public Property, on closing rendezvous, how disposed of 7 
 
 when transferred 15 
 
 officers not authorized to insure money or,... 27 
 
 not to be used for private purposes 27' 
 
94 
 
 Page. 
 
 Public Property when lost or damaged by neglect of an officer 
 
 or soldier, to be charged to such officer or 
 
 soldier 28 
 
 value of, embezzled, lost, or damaged, by any 
 l^erson in public service, to be assessed by a 
 board, and set against any pay or money due 
 
 him 28 
 
 worn out, not to be dropped from returns 
 
 until condemned by board of survey 28 
 
 lost or damaged in military service must be 
 
 accounted for by affidavit 28 
 
 <^UARTERLY ESTIMATE— of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, 
 
 to be sent to superintendent 16 
 
 of arms, accoutrements, &c., to be sent 
 
 to superintendent 17 
 
 copy of, of clothing, camp and garrison 
 equipage, to be sent to superintendent 16 
 
 Quarterly Return— blank, of clothing, where procured 13 
 
 of stationery, books, fuel, &c., &c., to 
 
 whom sent 15 
 
 Rations — savings of, how applied 6 
 
 account of, issued by contractor for month or quarter, 
 
 to be sent by him to the Commissary General 12 
 
 for laundresses 13 
 
 Receipts to voucher, how signed 17 
 
 for bounty, how and when taken 19 
 
 blank, for money or property, not to be taken 26 
 
 amount of, to be written, not expressed by figures 26 
 
 Recruiting Accounts Current— blank, how procured 13 
 
 Recruiting Officers not to be ordered on other duty 5 
 
 not to absent themselves from their stations 
 
 without authority 7 
 
 Recruiting Parties, how composed 5 
 
 how paid 20 
 
 may be transferred from one station to 
 
 another 6 
 
 Recruiting Service, how conducted 5 
 
Recruiting Service — officers on the, claiming reimbursoinent, to 
 specify in their bills place and date of 
 expenditure, items and amount, &c 80 
 
 volunteer officers in the, to be relieved if 
 found inefficient or incompetent 77 
 
 details for the volunteer, to be made by 
 commanders of departments or corps 
 
 d'armee on nominations submitted by 
 
 colonels of regiments ; parties so detailed 
 to recruit for their respective regiments 
 only; officers of volunteers on the, to re- 
 port to the nearest mustering officer for 
 
 instructions 77 
 
 regulations governing the volunteer 76 
 
 Recruitimg Stations — furniture for, how obtained M 
 
 allowance of stationery for, 14 
 
 Recruits sent to regiments 6 
 
 sent to depot, rendezvous, or regiment 6 
 
 not to be deceived 7 
 
 how examined 9 
 
 to take oath, &c 9 
 
 to receive clothing, &c 10 
 
 instruction of, when to commence 11 
 
 sent from rendezvous to depots 11 
 
 at depots owing laundress or sutler 11 
 
 at depots, how assigned 19 
 
 to be dressed in uniform, &c 19 
 
 how drilled 19 
 
 instructed in music 20 
 
 encouraged for good conduct 20 
 
 how mustered and paid 20 
 
 at garrisoned posts to be placed under the charge of a 
 
 commissioned officer 20 
 
 how employed 21 
 
 inspection of, at depots 21 
 
 inspection of, at regiment or post 21 
 
 inspection of, to precede departure for regiment or post 21 
 
96 
 
 Page. 
 
 Recruits rejected. 21 
 
 sent to regiments 23, 24 
 
 for volunteer regiments, batteries, &c., furnished on 
 direct requisition from the commanders thereof on the 
 
 superintendents for their respective States 78 
 
 Re-enlistments not to be ante-dated 10 
 
 blank forms of, how obtained 13 
 
 how endorsed 18 
 
 when forwarded 19 
 
 Regimental Recruiting— blanks for, how furnished 14 
 
 superintendent's headquarters, where 
 
 established 19 
 
 how conducted 24, 25 
 
 Regiments, how furnished with field music 20 
 
 Regulations governing- the volunteer recruiting service 76 
 
 Rendezvous, how rented 12 
 
 respecting establishment of branch, 7 
 
 muster roll of enlisted men at, to be sent to the 
 
 Adjutant General 15 
 
 disposition of public property at, when closed 7 
 
 Rent of rendezvous, how paid 12 
 
 Report to be made in all cases of commissioned or non-commis- 
 sioned officers found incapable or negligent 6 
 
 of rejected recruits, how made and to whom sent 21, 22 
 
 of officer in command of recruits, to whom made 23 
 
 Requisitions to be made 5 
 
 to be sent to superintendent 6 
 
 Returns — enumeration of, to be rendered 6, 15 
 
 Reward for deserters, how paid 22, 23 
 
 for deserters to be deducted from their pay 23 
 
 Rolls, returns, &c., to be accompanied by a letter of transmittal.. 19 
 
 Rules for making accounts 17 
 
 and Articles of War to be read to recruits 21 
 
 Savings on rations, how applied 6 
 
 Sergeants — respecting re-enlistment of ordnance 10 
 
 lance, how appointed 20 
 
 Signatures, when required, to be witnessed 17 
 
97 
 
 .Soldiers— respecting rc-enlistnient of, 
 
 accounts of discliarged, bow facilitated 1^ 
 
 to pay for property lost or damaged through their negli- 
 gence - 
 
 *»3tations, when changed, to be reported ^> 
 
 Stationery, when and how procured 1^ 
 
 allowance of, 
 
 when transferred, &c 
 
 &c., returns of, to be made quarterly 
 
 Straw, how procured - 
 
 ^Subsistence Funds— requisitions for, how made 
 
 accounts of, to whom rendered 16 
 
 ^Subsistence for recruiting stations ^' -^^ 
 
 to be furnished volunteer regiments -prior to comple- 
 tion of organization.— (See Mustering Officers.)-- 79 
 to be procured on written contracts when it cannot 
 
 be obtained from the commissariat 12 
 
 when no contract is made, how paid 1-^ 
 
 at branch rendezvous, how paid ^ 1^ 
 
 Summary Statements— monthly, to be rendered to the Adjutant 
 
 General 
 
 Superintendents, how detailed ^ 
 
 to furnish funds, &c - - - ■ 
 
 to instruct officers, &c 
 
 to make transfer of funds, clothing, arms, 
 
 accoutrements, equipage, &c 6 
 
 monthly returns of, to whom transmitted .... 6 
 to give instructions on closing a rendezvous 7 
 to see that officers pay attention to the in- 
 struction of recruits 
 
 to make requisitions for blanks, on whom. . 13 
 
 to keep on hand a supply of blanks 13 
 
 to supply blanks to officers under their charge 13 
 
 allowance of blank books for, 14 
 
 headquarters of, on regimental recruiting 
 service 
 
 7 
 
98 
 
 SuPERiNTENDENTS-dnties of, of the regimental recruitings ser-''''" 
 
 , ^^^^ 19,24 
 
 duties of, in cases of rejected recruits 23 
 
 funds for, of regimental recraiting, how ob- 
 
 *^^^ed 
 
 of the volunteer recruiting service to be desig- 
 nated by the Adjutant General; to take post 
 at their general depots; to make requisitions 
 for volunteer officers and men for duty in the 
 staff departments and as drill-masters at the 
 
 depots 
 
 Supplies of funds, how procured ^ 
 
 of clothing, how procured ' " " 
 
 Sutlers— accounts of, against recruits, how settled.".'. n 
 Tours of inspection, how often made... ^ 
 Transfer of funds, clothing, arms, &c., and equipage;;; be m'ad^ 
 
 by the superintendents g 
 
 Transportation, &c., necessary, to be pVocuVed b7 recmi'ting 
 
 officers -J -J 
 
 of officers, recruits, and army supplies, how 
 
 paid -^j 
 
 . of officers, when not admitted H 
 
 vouchers for, of officers, how made i^ 
 
 of volunteer recruits from place of muster into 
 
 camps of rendezvous, hoAv paid 7B 
 Treasury DRAFTS-dates and numbers of, to appear on account 
 
 current 2g. 
 
 Treasury Dep.^tment provides for thrsecm-e" depository of 
 
 funds 25 
 
 Tri-monthl Y REPORTS-blank, how procured . ' la 
 
 to be sent to Adjutant General 15 
 
 superintendents to forward depot, to the 
 
 Adjutant General ]5 
 
 ^_ copy of, to be sent to superintendents. . 16 
 
 VOUCHERS for medical attendance, how made ]0 18 
 
 receipts to, how signed \j 
 
 how entered 1^ 
 
99 
 
 Pago. 
 
 Vouchers to give items, dates, &c 18 
 
 for transportation of officers, liow made 18 
 
 for advertisements and posters, liow made 18 
 
 to be complete 19 
 
 certificates appended to, to sIioav the facts on which the 
 
 account depends 27 
 
 Volunteer Force— recruiting for the, how conducted 76 to 81 
 
 recruiting- service for the, in the several States, 
 
 placed under general superintendents 76 
 
 Volunteers — regulations for the government of officers of, on the 
 
 recruiting service 76 
 
 officers and men of regiments of, to be detailed on 
 the recruiting service for a tour of six months ; to 
 be relieved if found incompetent ; to report for 
 
 instructions to the nearest mustering officer 77 
 
 recruiting officers authorized to muster their men 
 into service as soon as enrolled ; when mustered 
 in to be sent to camps of rendezvous ; companies 
 and detachments of regiments not raised within 
 the time specified assignable to other regiments 78 
 explains provisions of the act making appropria- 
 tions for collecting, drilling, and organizing, 79 
 
 Witness to signatures, when necessary 17 
 
i 
 
EEEATA. 
 
 Page 8, note, bottom line— for fiv ? , read Jive. 
 
 Page 12, fifteenth line from top— for " copies of this contract," read 
 copies thereof. 
 
 Page 14, sixth line from top— "but the printed," &c., omit but. 
 
 Page 41, second note, should read : This report properly endorsed, will 
 be forwarded, without a letter of transmittal, one copy direct to the 
 Adjutant General's Office, and one to the Superintendent, on the 10th, 
 20th, and last day of the month. 
 
 Page 61, second heading-for "for the quarter ending," &c., read for 
 the month ending, &c. 
 
 Page 62, heading-for "in the quarter ending," read in the month 
 ending. 
 
 Page 64, in certificate-for "on my account current for quarter," 
 &c., read on my account current for month, &c. 
 
 Page 75, note— for "purchasers," read purchases. 
 
 Page 78, 3d line from top-for "at the end of each quarter," read at 
 the end of each month. 
 
A 
 
 SYSTEM 
 
 OF 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 PoE THE Use oe Teoops 
 
 WHEN ARMED WITH THE MUSKET, RIFLE-MUSKET, RIFLE, 
 OR CARBINE. 
 
 PREPARED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE FRENCH. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 WASHINaTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 
 1862. 
 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 Washington, 3Iay 30, 1862. 
 
 This system of Target Practice, prepared under direction 
 of the War Department, having been approved, is adopted 
 for the instruction of troops, when armed with the Musket, 
 Rifle Musket, Rifle, or Carbine. 
 
 EDWIN M. STANTON, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 FIRST LESSON. 
 Exercise Prepakatory to Firing. 
 
 Art. I. Aiming 
 
 II. Position of a Skirmisher aiming, standing 
 
 III. Position of a Soldier kneeling and aiming 
 
 IV. Keeping the Piece steady when pulling the Trigger 
 V. Simulated Firing with Caps 
 
 VL Simulated Firing with Blank Cartridges 
 
 VII. Estimating Distances 
 
 SECOND LESSON. 
 Firing with Ball Cartridges at different Distances, and 
 Formation of Classes. 
 
 THIRD LESSON. 
 Firing as Skirmishers. 
 
 FOURTH LESSON. 
 Firing by File, by Company or Rank, and by Platoon. 
 
 LIST OF FORMS. 
 
 Form I. Record of Company firing, Classes, &c 44 
 
 II. Record of Company firing as Skirmishers 48 
 
 IIL Record of Company firing by File, by Company or 
 
 Rank, and by Platoon 48 
 
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 22 
 
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8 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 LIST OF PLATES. 
 
 PAGB 
 
 Plate L Man aiming from a Sand-Bag Rest, in Quarters 13 
 
 IL Squads aiming from a Tripod Rest, on the Drill-Ground = 4 
 
 IIL Men estimating Distances 28 
 
 IV. Wrought-Iron Frame for Target 37 
 
 V. Wooden Target 38 
 
 VI. The Manner in which the Stadia is worn 39 
 
 VIL The Stadia 42 
 
 VIIL Army Target Prize 41 
 
The inaccuracy of the soldiers of our army in firing has 
 been a matter of surprise and regret to many officers. This 
 has been especially remarked upon since the introduction of 
 the expanding ball into our service. 
 
 When we reflect that many of the rank and file composing 
 our army have never fired a gun previous to their enlistment, 
 indeed, that some have never had a gun in their hands, it 
 would be truly surprising were such men good shots. 
 
 The slow progress in attaining any thing like precision in 
 firin- is believed attributable, in a great measure, to ignorance 
 of those principles which must govern all good marksmen 
 when firing, the chief of which is a knowledge of aiming the 
 
 piece correctly. . 
 
 Persons accustomed to the use of fire-arms from their 
 youth find no difficulty in aiming a gun correctly at an ob- 
 ject. Not so, however, with the man who has never handled 
 a gun. As simple as this appears, some men never can 
 
 acquire it. i 
 
 It will be found very generally to be a fact, that a soldier 
 who habitually fires inaccurately has no idea of the principles 
 which should govern him in aiming his piece. 
 
 An officer standing in the rear, or in front, of a man when 
 aiming cannot detect inaccuracies of aim 3 but, if the soldier 
 is made to place his gun on a suitable rest, and aim it at an 
 object, the officer will immediately detect all errors, which 
 having been pointed out, the soldier receives a useful lesson in 
 
10 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 aiming his piece, which it will be easy for him to carry out 
 when aiming from a prescribed position. 
 
 In order that fire-arms in the hands of soldiers may pro- 
 duce their full effect, it is necessary, 
 
 1st. That the soldier should have sufficient knowledge of 
 the parts of his piece to enable him to take it apart and put 
 it together again for the purpose of keeping it in order. 
 
 2d. That the soldier should know how to load his gun pro- 
 perly.''' The School of the Soldier contains all that is necessary 
 on this subject. 
 
 3d. That the rules for firing his piece should be known ; 
 that is to say, that he knows the manner of regulating his 
 aim according to the distance of the object to be hit. 
 
 4th. That he should be practised in estimating distances 
 within the range of his piece. 
 
 5th. That he should be able to take a position which 
 enables him, 
 
 To aim with ease ; 
 
 To keep the body steady, without.constraint; 
 Not to incline the sights to the right or left; 
 To support the recoil. 
 
 6th. When pressing on the trigger to discharge the piece, 
 not to derange his aim. 
 
 The above comprises all that is necessary for the soldier to 
 know, and put in practice, in order that he may obtain the 
 maximum effect of his arm. 
 
 By examining the details of instruction as given above, it 
 will be seen that, in order that a soldier may be made familiar 
 with them, it is not necessary to fire in reality. 
 
 The soldier should acquire the above by degrees. If the 
 soldier's attention be at first confined to aiming his piece, 
 
 * An officer, en route to New Mexico with some two hundred recruits, 
 reported that, having had occasion to examine the pieces of the men, he 
 found at least one hundred pieces loaded with the ball-end of the cartridge 
 inserted first. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
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 c: 
 
 he will more readily acquire this than if he were required 
 to aim, and to take a prescribed position at the same time. 
 Having acquired a knowledge of the principles of aiming his 
 piece, and then a prescribed position, he will readily acquire 
 the habit of aiming correctly from this position. 
 
 He should now learn the proper manner of pulling the 
 trigger, and, when putting this in practice, to keep his piece 
 steady. 
 
 The soldier will next be taught to support the recoil, and 
 become accustomed to the report of his piece, by first using 
 caps, and then blank cartridges. 
 
 Such appears to be the natural order of instruction to 
 overcome the difficulties attending the proper use of his arm 
 when firing. It is asserted, by the English and French, that 
 soldiers, by the above course of instruction, have been made 
 good shots without having fired a single ball. 
 
 In the spring of 1856, a company in our service, drilled in a 
 similar manner, improved three hundred per cent, in accuracy 
 of fire in six weeks' time. 
 
 The necessity of soldiers being able to estimate distances 
 with some degree of accuracy is very evident. Without 
 such knowledge, no accuracy of fire could be obtained when 
 deployed as skirmishers; as the soldier is then compelled to 
 rely upon his own judgment. . 
 
 If to the above we join sufficient theoretical instruction 
 strictly necessary to enable the soldier to aim his piece cor- 
 rectly, according to the distance of the object to be hit, we 
 will certainly obtain, when firing, results far superior to those 
 which would be obtained by passing immediately from the 
 School of the Soldier to firing at a target. The instruction 
 would not be complete if a soldier were only made to fire from 
 the position which he would naturally take when standing, 
 and not in ranks; or, in other words, when firing as a skir- 
 misher, standing. Instruction in firing by file, by company, 
 or rank, and by platoon, is necessary to complete the course. 
 
12 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 The following practice will be repeated annually. The 
 practice should commence as soon after January as possible. 
 
 At many of our Western posts game is abundant. Com- 
 manding officers are recommended to encourage the men to 
 hunt; and for this purpose they are authorized to issue a small 
 quantity of ammunition. 
 
 EXERCISE PREPARATORY TO FIRING. 
 
 In the exercises which constitute this lesson, the company 
 will be divided into as many squads as there are instructors 
 available. When the exercise is conducted on the drill- 
 ground, the squads will be formed in one rank, with an 
 interval of one pace between the files^ and equipped as for 
 drill. The bayonet, as a general rule, will be in the scabbard, 
 unless otherwise directed. 
 
 ARTICLE I, 
 
 AIMING. 
 
 Instruction in aiming will be given at first in the quarters, 
 if practicable. A bag, partially filled with sand or earth, is 
 placed on a bench, the bench on a table : by striking the bag 
 with the back of the hand, an indentation will be formed in 
 which the piece can be rested. The piece is now placed on 
 the bag, and aimed by the instructor on some object, such as 
 a wafer on the wall, being careful that the sights incline 
 neither to the right or left. He now points out to his-squad 
 the two points which determine the line of sight; that is, 
 the top of the front or muzzle-sight, and the middle of the 
 
I 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 13 
 
 notch of the hausse or breech-sight. The instructor explains 
 that aiming consists in bringing these two points, and the 
 object aimed at, in the same right line. 
 
 Each man, in turn, placing himself behind the butt of the 
 piece, without touching it, closing the left eye, loohs through 
 the middle of the notch of the breech-sight, over the top of 
 the front sight, and on the centre of the wafer upon which 
 the Hne of sight was previously directed, and satisfies himself 
 that these three points are in the same right line, (see Plate 1.) 
 The instructor will now derange the gun,and then call up each 
 soldier in turn, who will aim the piece at the point indicated : 
 he will criticize the aiming, pointing out to each of them 
 their error or errors, if any are found, by making them see 
 that the object aimed at is not in the line of sight, but that 
 this line passes to the right, left, above, or below, as the case 
 may be. After having rectified the aiming of each soldier, 
 the instructor will be careful to derange the piece. This 
 exercise will be repeated ; but, instead of the instructor recti- 
 fying errors himself, he will first call up the men of his squad 
 in turn, and ask each if the line of sight passes to right, left, 
 above, or below the point indicated, or whether the piece in- 
 clines to the right or left. When the men have expressed 
 their opinions, the instructor will give his own, correcting 
 thus all the errors which have been committed. The in- 
 structor will repeat this exercise as often as may be necessary. 
 After each drill, the instructor will enter, in a note-book, good 
 medium, or bad aiming, opposite each man's name. 
 
 Two drills, of two hours each, devoted to the first part of 
 the instruction in aiming, will be sufficient to teach the gene- 
 rality of men the principles of aiming a gun with the raised 
 sight down. 
 
 In a third drill, the instructor will explain to his squad the 
 use of the difi'erent parts of his piece, the rules for firing, the 
 object and use of the raised sight, by tracing the following 
 figure on a board, table, or floor. Explain that the line of 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 fire IS the axis of the gun indefinitely produced, that the 
 ball describes a curved line during its flight, that the line of 
 sight is a right line passing through the middle of the notch 
 of the rear sight and the top of front sight, that the point- 
 blank is the second intersection of the trajectory, or curve, 
 with the line of sight. Assuming the point-blank of a gun' 
 with the hausse down, to be 200 yards, he will explain to his 
 squad, that to hit a man in the head at 200 yards, aim at his 
 head; at 150, at his throat; at 100, at his chest, and so on. 
 Thus, with the assistance of a curved line, and a few simple 
 remarks adapted to the comprehension of any man of ordinary 
 intelligence, the squad will receive a lesson which many will 
 find useful in practice, and but few will forget. The instructor 
 will, from time to time during the drill, question the men, 
 and satisfy himself that he is clearly understood. The in- 
 structor will also add, that, by the use of the hausse or raised 
 sight, the number of points-blank are increased, and explain 
 the reason. 
 
 The fourth, fifth, and sixth drills that follow will take place 
 on the drill-ground, and squads will be exercised in aiming at 
 any distance between 100 and 1000 yards, or up to that point 
 for which the arm is sighted. Each squad is provided with a 
 target, a bag partially filled with sand, and a tripod, formed 
 of poles about six feet long, tied or fastened near the top. 
 The tripod is placed in an upright position, the sand-bag 
 on the tripod, and the piece on the sand-bag. Each man 
 aims his own gun, (see Plate 2.) When he pronounces 
 his^ piece correctly aimed, the instructor calls up the re- 
 mainder of the squad in turn, who examine the piece and 
 
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TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 15 
 
 inform the instructor, in a low tone, liow, in their opinion, the 
 gun is sighted. The instructor notes down their answers in his 
 note-book. He then examines the piece himself, pronounces 
 how the gun is aimed, calls up those who answered incorrectly, 
 id, having satisfied them of their errors, requires the man 
 ho aimed the piece to correct his mistake. At the end of 
 :e drill the instructor will note good, medium, or bad aiming 
 >posite each man's name. Should the captain of the com- 
 \ ny require it, the note-books used by the instructors during 
 ■ill will be handed to him after drill. Should it be desirable 
 • economize targets, one target will answer for the different 
 squads of the same company during this part of the drill : in 
 that case the tripods will be placed as near together as practi- 
 cable. Soldiers who have previously been thoroughly in- 
 structed in this part of the exercise, and show a knowledge 
 of the first four drills, may be excused from the last two. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 POSITION OE A SKIRMISHER AIMING STANDING. 
 
 When the men can aim correctly from a rest, they will be 
 instructed in the above position. 
 
 Squads under arms will be formed in a single rank, with 
 an interval of one pace between the files. 
 
 The instructor, facing the squad, will give the details of the 
 position^ executing the same himself as he describes them. 
 
 AIMING WITH SIGHT DOWN, (WHEN RIFLED MUSKET IS USED.) 
 •ONE TIME AND THREE MOTIONS. 
 
 First Motion. — As first motion of ''charge bayonet," 
 Scott's Tactics, vol. i. paragraph 187, except that the right 
 foot is carried fifteen inches to rear of left heel. 
 
 Second Motion. — Bring down the piece with the right 
 hand to the right side, the barrel uppermost; seizing it with 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 the left hand in rear of the hausse or breech-sight, the stock 
 resting in the pahii of this hand, the thumb extended along 
 the stock, the left elbow close to the body, the muzzle as high 
 as the eye. Cock the piece with the thumb of the right 
 hand, the fingers supported against the guard and the small 
 of the stock ; seize the piece at the small of the stock with 
 the right hand. 
 
 Third Motion. — Turn in slightly the left toe, raise the piece 
 with both hands ; place the butt firmly against the shoulder, 
 the body erect, the left elbow close to the body; shut the 
 right eye, raise the right shoulder in order to bring the sight 
 to the height of the right eye, the elbow raised nearly to the 
 height of the shoulder; aim, keeping the line of sight hori- 
 zontal and in the vertical plane of fire, inclining as little as 
 possible the head to the right, the thumb of the right hand 
 over the small of the stock, the last joint of the first finger 
 of the right hand in front of but not touching the trigger, 
 the remaining fingers under^ and grasping the small of the 
 stock. 
 
 AIMING WITH SIGHT DOWN, (WHEN RIFLE IS USED.) 
 ONE TIME AND THREE MOTIONS. 
 
 First Motion. — Eaise the piece with the right hand; make 
 a half-face to the right on the left heel ; place the hollow of 
 the right foot opposite to, and fifteen inches from, left heel ; 
 the feet square : seize the piece at the same time with the 
 left hand in rear of the hausse or breech-sight, the thumb 
 extending along the stock. 
 
 Second Motion. — Bring down the piece with both hands; 
 the barrel uppermost, the left elbow close to the body, the 
 muzzle as high as the eye. Cock the piece with the thumb 
 of the right hand, the fingers supported against the guard and 
 the small of the stock. Seize the piece at the small of the 
 stock with the right hand. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 17 
 
 Third Motion. — Same as that given for rifled musket. 
 
 The instructor directs each man to take the position, com- 
 mencing on the right of the squad : during the instruction he 
 will assist the soldier in supporting his arm by placing his right 
 hand under or near the middle band. After which, the man 
 is made to take the position without .any assistance. The 
 commands given in order to make a soldier take or abandon 
 the positions as given above, will be, — 
 As a skirmisher, aim." 
 Cease — aiming." 
 
 At the first part of the last command, withdraw the finger 
 from in front of the trigger; at the command ^'Ainjing," 
 retake the position of the second motion of Aiming with 
 sight down half-cock the piece, and come to a shoulder. 
 As the instructor proceeds with the squad, he will direct those 
 who have been instructed to exercise themselves in taking the 
 position, keeping it for an instant, and then abandoning it, 
 repeating this as often as they can while the rest are being 
 instructed. Men will be cautioned not to cock the piece when 
 repeating the instruction. The squad will now be exercised 
 in aiming together, keeping them in the position long enough 
 to confirm, but not long enough to fatigue them. This drill 
 may be conducted in the quarters. In this case the instructor 
 will drill but one man at a time ; the remainder will exercise 
 themselves in taking and abandoning the position as he pro- 
 ceeds. Two drills will be given to the above exercise. One 
 will suffice for soldiers who have been previously instructed. 
 
 During the drill, the soldier will not be required to aim at 
 any fixed point, the object being, that he may acquire with 
 ease the position of a soldier, "aiming as a skirmisher, stand- 
 ing/' and the habit of readily catching with his eye the two 
 points which determine the line of sight. 
 
 When the men are confirmed in the position described 
 above, they will be exercised at aiming at a mark. First, with 
 the sight down : one drill will be given to this exercise. 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 Previous to the man's aiming, the instructor will order him to 
 direct the line of sight below the point to be aimed at; to 
 raise the piece slowly until the line of sight is on the point 
 designated, preserving his aim for an instant, keeping the 
 body and gun immovable. During the first part of this drill 
 the men will be instructed individually. 
 
 The men will now be exercised in aiming, using the hausse 
 for ranges for which it is graduated, and the intermediate 
 ones 
 
 AIMING WITH SIGHT RAISED, (WHEN RIFLE MUSKET AND 
 RIFLE ARE USED.) 
 
 ONE TIME AND FOUR MOTIONS. 
 
 First and Second. — Same as Aiming with sight down." 
 
 Third Motion. — Raise the piece slightly with both hands, 
 at the same time depressing the muzzle until the piece is 
 horizontal, the left arm and stock against the body : with the 
 thumb and first finger of the right hand, regulate the hausse 
 for the distance indicated, and seize the piece with the right 
 hand at the small of the stock. 
 
 Fourth Motion. — Same as third motion, '^Aiming with 
 sight down.'^ 
 
 Two drills will be given to this exercise : during the first 
 drill, the men will be instructed individually, commencing with 
 the lower sights, and then causing the hausse to be raised 
 gradually. 
 
 The position of a soldier aiming as a skirmisher cannot 
 always be taken exactly in the same manner, as it will be 
 found necessary to lower the shoulder and arms in proportion 
 as the hausse is elevated : without moving the body, or 
 inclining the head, the soldier, by lowering the shoulder and 
 arms, can take any line of sight from 250 to 1000 yards. 
 This will be found a good exercise for the men. In order to 
 aim at objects 800, 900, and 1000 yards distant, it is neces- 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 19 
 
 sary to press the heel of the butt of the piece against the 
 shoulder. If men have short necks, the position is con- 
 strained, and cannot be taken properly. Instructors perceiving 
 this difficulty will exercise their judgment in requiring men 
 to take the position above designated wben firing at these 
 long ranges. 
 
 During the second drill, squads formed on the drill-ground 
 will be exercised in aiming together, using the different lines of 
 sight for which the hausse is regulated. In this drill the bayonet 
 will be fixed when aiming at distances less than 400 yards. 
 
 < 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 POSITION OF A SOLDIER KNEELING AND AIMING AS A 
 SKIRMISHER. 
 
 The instruction will be given without times or motions. 
 The instructor will command, 
 
 Take the position of a skirmisher kneeling and aiming," or, 
 " Cease aiming.'^ 
 
 The instructor will detail the position of a skirmisber 
 kneeling and aiming, as follows. The squad is supposed to be 
 at shouldered arms, the files one pace apart. Take the posi- 
 tion of present-arms; then carry the right foot to the rear and 
 to the right of tbe left beel, and in a position convenient for 
 placing tbe right knee upon the ground in bending the left 
 leg ; place the right knee upon the ground, hwac the piece, 
 the left forearm supported upon the thigh on the same side, 
 the right hand on the small of the stock, the butt resting on 
 the right thigh, the left- hand supporting the piece near the 
 lower band. Move the right leg to the left, around the knee 
 supported on the ground, until this leg is nearly perpendicular 
 to the direction of the left foot, and thus seat himself on the 
 right heel. Raise the piece with the right hand and support 
 it with the left, holding it near the lower band, the left elbow 
 resting on the left thigh near the knee. With the thumb 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 and forefinger of the right hand regulate the hausse, if neces- 
 sary; cock the piece, seize it with the right hand at the small 
 of the stock, the right shoulder raised or lowered according 
 to the position of the target, the right elbow nearly to the 
 'height of the shoulder; aim at the point indicated, keeping 
 the top of the muzzle-sight and the bottom of the notch of 
 the hausse in the vertical plane of fire, the thumb of the right 
 hand over the small of the stock, the last joint of the first 
 finger of the right hand in front of but not touching the 
 trigger, the other fingers of this hand grasping the small of 
 the stock. The instructor, having taken, and detailed at the 
 same time, the position of a skirmisher kneeling and aiming, 
 will instruct the men in aiming from this position, in con- 
 formity with what has been prescribed in Article II. Two 
 drills will be given to this exercise. One will suffice for 
 soldiers previously instructed in the drill. 
 
 ARTICLE lY. 
 
 KEEPING THE PIECE STEADY WHEN THE TRIGGER IS . 
 PULLED. 
 
 It is easy to preserve the aim until the trigger is pressed 
 upon in order to discharge the piece ; but, when this is done, 
 the aim is maintained with difficulty. When pressing on the 
 trigger, the line of sight is apt to be deranged : although pro- 
 perly directed before touching the trigger, it may not be so 
 at the moment the discharge takes place. The report of the 
 discharge of his piece should find the soldier still preserving 
 his aim. The soldier will attain this if he holds his breath 
 from the moment he commences to touch the trigger until the- 
 gun is discharged; if he does not pull the trigger with a 
 jerk, or suddenly, but increases the pressure on the trigger 
 by degrees; if he places his finger in such a manner upon the 
 trigger as to exercise its full force, pressing not on the 
 extremity of the finger, but on the last joint, or as near this 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 21 
 
 joint as the conformation of the man will permit. The in- 
 structor, holding a gun in a convenient position similar to that 
 of charge-bayonet, will point out to each soldier in succession 
 the manner of pulling the trigger, which will be done with^ 
 the first finger of the right hand as described above, the 
 remaining fingers of this hand under and grasping the small 
 of the stock, the thumb over the stock. 
 
 The men repeat after the instructor, in succession, what he 
 has just executed. After this has been repeated as often as 
 necessary, the instructor explains to his squad how they should 
 manage in order to fire without deranging the position of the 
 piece after bringing the line of sight to bear on an object. 
 He will explain and execute this as follows, aiming as in 
 Article II. 
 
 Press upon the trigger by degrees with the last joint of the 
 first finger of the right hand, closing the muscles of this finger 
 without moving the arm, holding the breath, the sound of the 
 discharge finding the soldier preserving the line of sight upon 
 the point aimed at. Remain aiming an instant after the gun 
 is discharged, to be assured that the object is still in the line 
 of sight. In actual firing, it will be impossible to preserve 
 the aim the instant the gun is discharged; but, should the 
 gun hang' fire, the soldier accustomed to remain an instant 
 aiming will be more apt to make a good shot. 
 
 The instructor should make the soldier understand that a 
 good marksman is known by the steadiness with which he 
 preserves his gun when it misses fire. 
 
 The men will be made to take one, or the other, of the posi- 
 tions of a soldier aiming, as laid down in Article II. They 
 will be permitted to snap the gun without any commands 
 being given to that effect. The instructor will indicate the 
 distance, either assumed or real, of the target, and will see 
 that the men use the sights corresponding to those distances. 
 The instructor will command, for instance, Take the position 
 of a ^ skirmisher aiming standing' at 600 yards' aim.'^ 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 The exercise given in this article is considered of great 
 importance. It will be repeated for four drills. Two will 
 suffice for those men who have been previously instructed. 
 
 ARTICLE Y. 
 
 SIMULATED TIRING WITH CAPS. 
 
 This article is the same as the preceding, except that a cap 
 will be used, and it will not be necessary to explain to the 
 soldier the manner of pulling the trigger. Squads assembled 
 in the quarters will be made to aim at a lighted candle, which 
 will be placed three feet or more from the muzzle of the gun. 
 The line of sight will be brought to bear below the flame; 
 then, gradually raising the piece until the line of sight is directly 
 on the flame, the cap will be exploded : if the cone and barrel 
 of the piece are perfectly clear, and the piece correctly 
 sighted, the body kept steady when aiming and at the mo- 
 ment the cap explodes, the candle will be extinguished. 
 Simulated firing with caps will be executed in two drills. 
 Ten caps per man will be exploded at each drill ; eight caps 
 standing and two kneeling. 
 
 ARTICLE YI. 
 
 SIMULATED FIRING WITH BLANK CARTRIDGES. 
 
 Firing with blank cartridges will be conducted in conformity 
 with the principles laid down in the foregoing articles. The 
 squad will be formed on the drill-ground as prescribed in 
 Article 11. The men will fire in succession at a target, placed 
 or supposed to be placed at different distances. The rules 
 laid down in the foregoing articles relating to a soldier aiming 
 will be strictly followed. This lesson will be executed in two 
 drills; ten cartridges will be fired per man at each drill; 
 eight standing and two kneeling. 
 
 The object of these drills is to accustom the men to pre- 
 serve their aim when firing. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 23 
 
 ARTICLE VIL 
 
 ESTIMATING DISTANCES. 
 (See Plate 3.) 
 
 The company assembled fully equipped as for drill will be 
 divided into at least three squads, or as many as there are 
 company officers present. Each officer is provided with a 
 small cord, 25 yards long. The instructor will measure on 
 the ground a right line, which will be marked off into distances, 
 
 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, vards; 0, 50. 100, 150, 200, 
 
 III I I 
 marking these distances, as measured, with a stake, stone, 
 or line, on the ground. He will now direct each man of his 
 squad to pace off the measured distance of 100 yards, caution- 
 ing them to be careful and preserve their natural gait, without 
 attempting to increase or diminish the length of their step. 
 He will direct the men to count the number of steps they 
 take in passing over the distance of 100 yards. This having 
 been repeated at least three times by each soldier, who reports 
 each time the number of steps taken by bim in passing over 
 100 yards, the ratio which a yard bears to the step of each 
 soldier becomes known. The instructor will inform each sol- 
 dier the number of steps it will be necessary for him to take 
 to pass over 10 yards. The soldier now knowing the number 
 of steps he must take to pass over 10 and 100 yards, it will 
 be easy for him to measure any distance with sufficient accu- 
 racy for all practical purposes when firing. 
 
 To estimate a distance greater than 100 yards — in steps — the 
 soldier, having started from the point of departure, will count 
 the number of steps he should take to pass over 100 yards ) ex- 
 tending as a tally, at the moment of arrival, the thumb of his 
 right hand, the other fingers closed: he will recommence then 
 his count, extending the first finger of the right hand when 
 he bas counted the number of steps necessary to make a 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 second 100 yards, and so on, until he arrives at a point less than 
 100 yards from the point up to which he is to measure. When 
 the soldier finds himself less than 100 yards from the object, he 
 will count by tens, saying, Ten yards/^ when he has counted 
 the number of steps necessary for him to pass over the distance 
 of 10 yards, 20, 30 yards, and so on, until he arrives very near 
 the object, when he will increase the length of his step, counting 
 each step a yard ; and, by adding these to the tens, he will then 
 only have to count as hundreds the number of fingers he has 
 raised, to know the whole distance, expressed in yards. 
 
 The instructor will form his squad at one of the extremities 
 of the 200 yard line, which has been measured in such a way 
 that the right line measured shall be perpendicular to the 
 front of the squad. He will order four men to place them- 
 selves, the first at the point marked 50 yards, the second at 
 the point marked 100 yards, the third at the point marked 
 150 yards, and the fourth at the point marked 200 yards. 
 The men selected should be as near the same height as prac- 
 ticable. The instructor will now direct the attention of the 
 squad to the different parts of .the dress, arms, equipment, and 
 fie;ure of the men on the line, such as can be easily distin- 
 guished and recognised at 50 yards, and such as cannot be 
 readily recognised at this distance. He questions each man 
 of his squad on these points, not expecting all to answer ahke, 
 since the eyesight of men will generally differ. 
 
 The instructor will now call the attention of the men to the 
 soldier placed at the point 100 yards distant, and cause them 
 to make similar observations upon this man as those already 
 prescribed for the soldier at 50 yards. The instructor again 
 questions the men, and will be careful to point out to them 
 the difference that exists between those two distances, as 
 illustrated by the difference in the appearance of the same 
 objects at these distances. The instructor will make, in suc- 
 cession, upon the two men placed at 150 and 200 yards, simi- 
 lar observations as prescribed for the men at 50 and 100 yards; 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 25 
 
 being very careful to call the attention of each man to the 
 difference which exists between the four distances, illustrated 
 by the distinctness with which certain objects are seen. The 
 instructor will direct the squad to notice that men appear 
 smaller the farther they are off, although in reality they are 
 nearly the same height. The men stationed at the different 
 points will be frequently replaced by others. When the men 
 of the squad have made a sufficient number of observations 
 upon the four distance3 above indicated, and when these 
 observations are well impressed on their memories, the in- 
 structor will cause the squad to estimate intermediate distances 
 between 50 and 200 yards. 
 
 In order to do this, the instructor will march his squad to a 
 different part of the ground from that on which he measured 
 the distances in the first instance, and form it in one rank. 
 He now sends out one man, directing him to halt at a given 
 signal. The instant this man steps off, the squad is faced 
 about, in order that the men may not count the steps taken. 
 When the man proceeds a sufficient distance, he will be halted, 
 facing towards the squad. The squad will now be faced to 
 the front. The men will estimate the distance which separates 
 them from the soldier. The instructor cautions the squad to 
 recollect the observations made by them upon the men placed 
 at the measured distances. The instructor, placing himself a 
 short distance from the squad, calls each man to him in turn, 
 directing them to give in their estimates in a low voice. This 
 is necessary, in order that no man may be influenced in his 
 judgment by the opinion of another. The instructor writes 
 in his note-book, opposite each man's name, the distance 
 as estimated by him. The instructor will now cause the dis- 
 tance to be measured, and, at the same time, stepped off by 
 the men. The instructor, having received from each man 
 the distance as measured by him, will insert the same, by 
 the side of the distance as estimated. The instructor now 
 points out to the men the errors, if any were committed, in 
 
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26 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 estimatiDg tlie distance. In order to do this more distinctly, 
 he may send a man to the point from which the squad started, 
 pointing out all errors by observations on this man. The 
 instructor will repeat this exercise as often as in his judgment 
 is necessary, taking care each time to choose a different dis- 
 tance, but always between the limits above indicated. 
 
 Estimating distances should take place under different 
 conditions of the atmosphere, cloudy, foggy, &c. ; and, if the 
 locality permits, squads should be drilled on ground the out- 
 line of which is diversified by hills, ravines, &c. 
 
 When the instructor judges that the men of his squad — who 
 should, if possible, be the same during these exercises — have 
 acquired a sufficient accuracy in estimating distances comprised 
 between 50 and 200 yards, he will proceed to estimate dis- 
 tances comprised between 200 and 400 yards. To accomplish 
 this, he will cause to be measured a distance of 400 yards, 
 and mark, upon the right line so measured, distances of 
 
 0, 200, 250, 300, 350, and 400 yards; 0, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400. 
 J ; 7 7 ; ./ j j j j 
 
 The squads will be formed as explained. The instructor now 
 orders five men to place themselves, the 1st at 200, the 2d 250, 
 the 3d 300, the 4th 350 and the 5th at 400 yards, facing the 
 squad and resting on their arms. He will make upon these 
 different distances observations similar to those already made 
 upon the lesser distances and for that of 200 yards. This last 
 distance should be the object of particular attention and study. 
 The instructor will cause distances comprised between 200 and 
 400 yards to be estimated as explained for the lesser dis- 
 tances. 
 
 When the men have acquired sufficient accuracy in esti- 
 mating distances comprised between 200 and 400 yards, they 
 will be made to estimate distances comprised between 50 and 
 400 yards. 
 
 This having been accomplished, distances will be no longer 
 estimated on single individuals, but on groups of men. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 27 
 
 Each company, under the command of its captain, will be 
 divided into two platoons; commaaded by the first, and second 
 lieutenants, when not superintending the firing of a class. The 
 captain will keep himself with one of the two platoons, Laving 
 an eye to the exercise. The chief of each platoon, having 
 halted his platoon in a favorable position indicated by the 
 captain, will bring his platoon to an order, and rest. A group, 
 composed of a corporal, a drummer or bugler, and two men, 
 will proceed immediately in front of the platoon, following a 
 line indicated by the chief of platoon, who will point out to 
 the corporal two points on this line upon which to direct him- 
 self. The corporal, having passed over a distance of 200 yards, 
 but not exceeding 700, will be at liberty to halt his group. 
 He will then place the men one pace apart, in one rank, and, 
 facing the platoon, bring them to an order, and rest, and take 
 his place on the right of the rank, the centre of which should 
 be established on the line. The chief of the platoon will 
 now estimate the distance himself, and note the same in his 
 note-book. He will now call out the non-commissioned officers, 
 receive their estimates, (which should be given in a low tone,) 
 note down the same ) and so on with the men. As soon as the 
 officer in charge of the platoon commences to take down the 
 estimates of the men, a sergeant, assisted by two men carry- 
 ing a cord twenty-five yards long, will measure the distance 
 which separates the platoon from the group, and note down the 
 same. — Should the number of units which remain after having 
 noted the hundreds and tens be less or equal to five, they will be 
 rejected; if greater than five, they will be counted as ten. 
 The officer having taken down the estimates, and the distance 
 separating the platoon from the group having been measured, 
 the officer will display a signal, and the sergeant who mea- 
 sured the distance will indicate the number of yards, by 
 causing the drummer to sound a roll for each hundred, and a 
 single tap for tens. The bugler will indicate the same by long 
 and short notes. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 The group, at the discretion of the officer commanding 
 the platoon, may be made to increase or lessen the distance 
 which separates it from the platoon, the corporal keeping the 
 group within the limits prescribed, and on the line as indicated 
 to him. When he halts the group, he will be careful to esta- 
 blish it on the line facing the platoon. 
 
 The sergeant charged with measuring the distance will re- 
 tire a few paces from the line after having marked the point 
 up to which he last measured. 
 
 He will observe the platoon, and as soon as its chief com- 
 mences recording the estimates he will measure the distance 
 which separates the group from its first station, taking note of 
 this distance, and adding it to the first or subtracting it, as 
 the case may be. 
 
 In estimating distances comprised between 700 and 1000 
 yards, the number composing a group will be increased to 
 eight men, a corporal, and drummer or bugler. The groups 
 will be formed sometimes in one and sometimes in two ranks. 
 
 In all other respects the rules laid down for estimating dis- 
 tances between 200 and 700 yards will be followed. 
 
 Instruction in estimating distances will be given when it 
 does not interfere with other parts of the soldiers' drill. It 
 will, however, always precede ball-practice, and be carried on 
 during this practice. When one squad is occupied in firing at 
 the target, the remaining squads will be exercised in estimating 
 distances. 
 
 Officers, particularly, should be prompt in estimating dis- 
 tances correctly, as they are called upon to conduct and regu- 
 late the fire in presence of an enemy. 
 
TARGET PRxVCTICE. 
 
 29 
 
 FIRING WITH BALL CARTRIDGES AT DIFFERENT DIS- 
 TANCES, FORMATION OF CLASSES, ETC. 
 
 The distances at wliicli the targets are placed will be 150, 
 225, 250, 300, 325, 350, ,400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 700, 800, 
 900, and 1000 yards. 
 
 These distances will be carefully measured and staked off 
 on the '^firing-ground.^' 
 
 The surfaces fired at will be, 
 at 150 and 225 yards one target 6 ft. high and 22 in. broad. 
 225 and 300 " one " 44 " 
 
 325, 350, and 400 " one " " 66 " 
 450 and 500 one " " 88 " 
 
 550 and 600 one " 110 
 
 700 one " " 132 " 
 
 800 " one " " 176 
 
 900 " one " " 220 " 
 
 1000 " one " " 264 " 
 
 Four rounds will be fired at each of the above distances. 
 The company will be divided into three equal classes, non- 
 commissioned officers equally distributed. (See Form I.) 
 
 After the company has fired at the several distances 150, 
 225, 250, 300, 325, 350, and 400 yards, the classes will be 
 rearranged according to merit of firing,— the first class com- 
 posed of those men who have hit the target the greatest num- 
 ber of times, the second class of those who come next in 
 order, and so on with the third, keeping the classes as nearly 
 equal as practicable. Non-commissioned officers will not be 
 assigned to classes according to merit, but according to rank, 
 a sergeant in each class, the presence of non-commissioned 
 officers being necessary with classes when estimating distances, 
 &c. When the firing has been executed at the fifteen dis- 
 
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 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 tances, the classes will be again reformed, as prescribed above; 
 previous to which no change will be made. 
 
 Men who from unavoidable causes have missed drills will 
 be placed in that class to which the number of their shots that 
 hit the target entitles them, — which will be determined by a 
 simple calculation. 
 
 A list of the company, arranged by classes, will be kept ex- 
 posed in the quarters until new lists are formed. The object 
 in forming classes is that the officers may know the good 
 marksmen in their companies, and to stimulate the pride of 
 the men. 
 
 When the company arrives on the ground, the classes will 
 be paraded. The first class, formed in one rank, will take 
 position ten steps in rear of the point from which the firing 
 takes place, the centre of the rank on and perpendicular to 
 the plane of fire. 
 
 The remaining classes will be divided into as many squads 
 per class as there are intelligent non-commissioned officers 
 available, and these squads, superintended by an officer, will 
 be exercised, on suitable ground near the firing-ground, in 
 estimating distances, or in what is laid down in Article IV. 
 When estimating distances greater than 400 yards, the two 
 classes may be united, in which case the detachment will be 
 commanded by an officer. The officer superintending the 
 firing will order his class to load at will, and then bring them 
 to a '^support arms,'' or order arms,'^ and rest. 
 
 Before a man fires, a roll on the drum, or note on the bugle, 
 will be sounded. At this signal the markers will take their 
 places. At the command 
 
 " Commence firing,'' the man on the right will take the 
 position in front of the squad that has been pointed out to 
 him, and fire, retiring, as soon as he has fired, three paces in 
 rear of his first position and so on with the rest. When a 
 class has fired, it will reload at the commands "Load at will,'' 
 ''Load," and thus continue until the four shots have been 
 
 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 31 
 
 expended. Three shots will be fired standing, the fourth 
 kneeling. The firing of the other classes will be conducted 
 in the same manner. Officers should retire a short distance 
 from the soldier who is about to fire, and be careful not to 
 speak to him when in the act of firing. Officers will pay par- 
 ticular attention that all the principles are followed which have 
 been laid down in the foregoing articles. 
 
 Balls which strike within the black lines will have no 
 greater value on the '^record-book" than those which strike 
 any other part of the target. , 
 
 An intelligent non-commissioned officer, assisted by a man, 
 will place themselves in a hole dug at the foot and in front 
 of the target, protected by a breast work of earth thrown upon 
 that side from which the firing takes place. This non-com- 
 missioned.officer will mark the shots which strike the target. 
 He will be provided with a small flag, and a rod about six feet 
 long, on one end of which will be nailed a circular disk of 
 wood, or other material, six or eight inches in diameter, 
 painted on one side white, on the other black. When a ball 
 strikes outside the black, he will cover the shot-hole with the 
 disk, presenting the black side to the detachment; when inside 
 the blaqk, the white side will be presented to view. Firing 
 will only be permitted when the flag is down. The marker 
 should be provided with a pot of paste, a brush, and patches 
 of paper, when the target covered with muslin is used. After 
 five shots, the marker will paste patches over the ball-holes, or 
 otherwise deface them. When cast-iron targets are used, the 
 marker should be provided with black and white paint. 
 
 Should it not be possible to obtain the greatest range laid 
 down, the entire number of shots will nevertheless be fired. 
 The shots, in that case, will be divided equally between the 
 150 yard range and the greatest available range. 
 
 The officer superintending the drill will note opposite each 
 man's name his hits, which, after the drill ends, will be copied 
 in the record-book kept for that purpose. (See Form I.) 
 
32 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 When the first class has nearly completed firing its four 
 rounds, the drummer will be directed to sound a roll, or the 
 bugler the signal '^Commence firing." 
 
 The second class will then be marched to the position occu- 
 pied by the first, and execute what has been laid down above 
 
 During the remainder of the drill, the first class will be 
 exercised in estimating distances. It will be found to 
 economize time, and the record of shots can be better kept, 
 by keeping the same non-commissioned ofiicer superintending 
 the marking of shots during the entire drill. 
 
 FIRING AS SKIRMISHERS. 
 
 The company will now be exercised in firing as skirmishers. 
 Three drills will be given to this exercise. Ten cartridges 
 will be fired per man at each drill. When firing as skir- 
 mishers, the men will be permitted to take that position which 
 suits them best. The line of skirmishers will fire first ad- 
 vancing, then retreating, conforming to the principles laid 
 down in the ''instruction for skirmishers/' The targets will 
 be six feet high and twenty-two inches wide, placed upon a 
 line parallel to the line of skirmishers and six yards apart. 
 
 As many targets will be used as the nature of the ground 
 and a due regard to economy will permit. A line will be 
 staked off parallel to the line of targets and 350 yards dis- 
 tant. The line of skirmishers, formed a suitable distance from 
 this line, will advance upon it, and when on the line the 
 command will be given, " Commence firing:" the line of skir- 
 mishers will advance and fire five rounds ; the remaining five 
 will be fired retreating. 
 
 The firing during the second drill will be executed as laid 
 down for the first. The surface fired at will be double ; the 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 33 
 
 targets placed six yards apart. The firing will commence 
 when the skirmishers arrive on a line 600 yards from the 
 targets. The mimber of targets will not be limited. Five 
 cartridges will be fired advancing, and five retreating. 
 
 Firing during the third drill will commence when the skir- 
 mishers reach a line 800 yards from the line of targets. Four 
 targets will be used, placed 12 yards apart. The dimension 
 of each target will be 6 feet by 88 inches. After each drill, 
 the distance at which the line of skirmishers commenced fire, 
 the number of men present at the drill, and the number of 
 balls that strike the targets, will be entered in the '^record- 
 book.'' (See Form II.) When the ranges as laid down cannot 
 be obtained, they will be approximated to as nearly as possible, 
 and the prescribed number of shots fired. 
 
 rmiNG BY COMPANY OR RANK, AND BY PLATOON. 
 
 The exercises in firing will terminate with firing by file, by 
 company or rank, according to the tactics used, and by platoon. 
 At each drill, six cartridges per man will be fired by file, two 
 by rank or company, and two by platoon. The distances at 
 which the several firings take place will be 300, 400, and 500 
 yards. The target used will be 6 feet high and 176 inches 
 broad. The vertical and horizontal stripes on this target will 
 be 12 inches in width. 
 
 The firings by file, by company or rank, and by platoon, 
 will be executed in three drills : at the first, the firing will 
 commence at 300 yards; the second, at 400; and the third, 
 at 500 yards. At each drill, the firing will commence by file, 
 then by company or rank, and will end by firing by platoon. 
 When firing at 300 yards, whether by file, by company or 
 
34 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 rank, or platoon, bayonets will be fixed. After each drill, the 
 captain will enter in the ^'record-book" the number of men 
 present at the drill, the number of balls fired, and the num- 
 ber that struck the target. (See Form III.) As the position of 
 soldiers firing by file, company or rank, and by platoon, is dif- 
 ferent from that taken when firing as a skirmisher, it will be 
 necessary, before executing the above firings, to habituate the 
 men to the positions which they should take by simulated 
 firings, such as have been described in Articles V. and YI. of 
 First Lesson. , : , • , : 
 
 The simulated .firing will- first- be by allowing the hammer 
 to fall upon the cone. The men will, be made to take the posi- 
 tions as laid down in the " School of a Soldier" as applicable 
 to those different firings. They will be accustomed to regu- 
 late the hausse in ranks, putting in practice as much as 
 possible, when firing in ranks, what has been prescribed for 
 individual firing. 
 
 During the first part of the first drill, ten caps per man will 
 be exploded, — six in file firing, two by company or rank, and 
 two by platoon. During the second part of the same drill, 
 ten blank cartridges will be fired, — six by file, two by com- 
 pany or rank, and two by platoon. The front rank will be 
 made frequently to change positions with the rear rank. 
 Firing with ball cartridges will then take place, preceding 
 each real fire by simulated firings, when the hammer will be 
 allowed to fall upon the cone. The proper execution of 
 platoon and company firing depends in a great degree upon 
 the commands of the officer. If he does not allow a sufficient 
 interval between the commands ''Aim" and "Fire," the 
 men will not have time to aim. To obey in time the com- 
 mand, the trigger will be pulled suddenly. The result will 
 be, that much of the efficacy of the fire will be lost, and a 
 simultaneous fire, upon which a great deal depends, will not 
 be obtained; for experience and reasoning demonstrate the 
 fact, every thing else being equal, that platoon-firing is more 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 35 
 
 effective ill proportion as it is executed together. When the 
 officer leaves a suitable interval between the commands Aim" 
 and "Five," the men have time to adjust the piece to the 
 shoulder, to place the finger in front of the trigger, and to ex- 
 ercise a slight pressure on the trigger when awaiting the com- 
 mand "Fire.'^ They are then ready to fire the moment the 
 command is given, thus obtaining a simultaneous and effective 
 fire. But, if the officer superintending the firing should be 
 careful to leave a sufficient interval between the commands 
 "Aim'^ and ^^Fire," he should no less avoid the opposite 
 extreme. If he keeps the men aiming too long, they will 
 become fatigued^, will lose their aim, and will not be prepared 
 to obey the command when given. It is only by commanding, 
 and seeing platoon and company firing executed with ball and 
 cartridge, and judging of its effect by the number of balls put 
 in the target, that officers can appreciate the influence of a 
 command properly gi^en, and acquire the habit of thus 
 giving their commands. 
 
 When firing by file, by company or rank, or by platoon, the 
 officers will indicate the distance which separates the company 
 from the object to be fired at. Men in ranks are necessarily 
 more or less constrained in their movements. Occupied, more- 
 over, in loading their pieces, soldiers will not be able to judge 
 the distance which separates them from the enemy. 
 
 The most suitable moment to indicate the distance will be 
 immediately before the command ''Aim" is given. The men 
 will then be in a position to regulate the hausse. To direct 
 the fire of a platoon upon an enemy, for example, at 400 yards, 
 the officer will command, " Fire by platoon," " Platoon — 
 Ready — at 400 yards — Aim — Fire — Load." 
 
 The above observations are applicable to firing by company 
 or rank. 
 
 When firing by file, the distance will be announced imme- 
 diately before the command " Commence firing," and after 
 the command " Ready." 
 
36 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 Inaccuracy of fire may arise from very different causes. 
 
 1st. From ignorance of, or failing to apply, the principles 
 wliicli govern good marksmen when firing. 
 
 2d. A ball, when fired, may be^ and generally is, deflected 
 from its course when describing the trajectory. 
 
 The first causes may be obviated in a great degree by 
 practical and theoretical instruction. 
 
 The second is attributable to the piece, and exterior in- 
 ^uences acting upon the ball. Some of the causes cannot be 
 modified by the most skilful marksman; while others, to a 
 great extent, may be counteracted. It would be unreasonable 
 to expect comparative perfection in every gun issued from our 
 laro-e manufactories. Our rifle musket is believed to be as 
 
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 perfect an arm of its kind as has ever been made. A perfect 
 arm can only exist in theory. A soldier always firing the 
 same piece will become acquainted with its defects, and will 
 be able to make such allowances when firing as experience 
 teaches him to be necessary. 
 
 Among the exterior influences which afl"ect the accuracy 
 of a gun, the principal one is the wind. If the wind blows 
 from the right, the ball will be deflected to the left ; to the 
 right, if it blows from the left; raised, if from the rear; 
 and lowered, if from the front; raised and to the left, if 
 it blows from the rear and right. The deviation produced by 
 the wind will be increased in proportion as the distance in- 
 creases : it increases even more rapidly than the distance. 
 Experience alone can teach the soldier the allowance he must 
 make for the wind. Not only does the wind affect accuracy 
 of fire by deflecting the ball from its course, but it prevents a 
 person from holding his piece steady. 
 
 The temperature and dampness of the atmosphere influence 
 the ball in its flight. It has been remarked that in dry 
 weather longer ranges have been obtained than in damp 
 weather. 
 
 When firing at an object in motion, allowance must be 
 
I 
 
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TARGET PRACTICE. 37 
 
 made for the motion. For instance, when firing at a horse- 
 man galloping in a direction perpendicular to the plane of 
 fire, it is necessary that the line of sight should move in pro- 
 portion as the horseman moves, and should be directed in 
 advance of him in proportion as he is farther off. 
 
 In opening a fire upon an enemy, particular attention should 
 be paid to discover where the first balls fired strike. It would 
 be better that the balls fall short of, rather than pass over, the 
 enemy. In the first case, we stand a chance of a ricochet ball 
 taking effect. From which we naturally deduce that a soldier 
 should be impressed with the necessity of firing too low rather 
 than too high. 
 
 The difficulty of procuring any specified material for 
 targets at many posts precludes the adoption of any particular 
 target. 
 
 The surface fired at, at the different distances, will alone be 
 fixed by regulation. 
 
 The following suggestions are offered. 
 
 The best targets, and those recommended for permanent 
 posts, are of cast iron, — by far the cheapest and most durable. 
 The different surfaces required could be obtained by having 
 four cast-iron targets of the following dimensions, — one target 
 6 feet by 22 inches ; one 6 feet by 44 inches } one 6 feet by 
 66 inches; and one 6 feet by 132 inches. 
 
 When cast-iron targets cannot be had, the next best are 
 targets formed of wrought-iron frames (see Plate 4) with 
 muslin stretched upon them. Four frames of the following 
 dimensions, by combination, would enable us to obtain the sur- 
 faces required, — one 6 feet by 22 inches ; one 6 feet by 44 
 inches; one 6 feet by 88 inches; one 6 feet by 110 inches; 
 and all the parts could be carried in a wagon-body. 
 
38 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 By carefully covering the ball-holes with patches of paper 
 pasted on, we strengthen and thicken the target ; and one of 
 these targets will last longer than one would suppose. 
 
 The next best targets are wooden frames composed of four 
 pieces, 6 inches wide and 1 inch thick, bolted together; the 
 ends of the vertical sides projecting about a foot below, and 
 sharpened, the frame covered with muslin and held in posi- 
 tion by four guys fastened to the top and attached to pins in 
 the ground in front and rear. (See Plate 5.) 
 
 Every target, except the one used in determining the regi- 
 mental prizeman, will be marked by a vertical and a horizontal 
 stripe, dividing it into four equal parts, and varying in width 
 according to the distance, as follows : 
 
 At 150 and 225 yards 4 inches wide. 
 " 250 " 300 5 
 " 325 350 8 
 
 400 450 500 12 
 " 550 600 'i 700 " 16 
 " 800 900 1000 20 
 Targets will be furnished by the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment. 
 
 Prizes will be of three kinds, — an army prize, regimental 
 prizes, and company prizes. 
 
 The company prize will be awarded by the captain, after 
 the annual target-practice has terminated, to that non-com- 
 missioned officer, musician, or private, who has hit the target 
 the greatest number of times at the various distances pre- 
 scribed. 
 
 The company prize will be a brass stadia, worn on the right 
 or left breast, according to the arm used, musket or rifle; the 
 ball passed through the button-hole, and the hook fastened to 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 39 
 
 a loop worked four inches from the row of buttons. (See 
 Plate 6.) 
 
 Should several men of the company have the same number 
 of hits, they will, under the supervision of the captain^ fire at 
 a target 200 yards distant until the question is decided. 
 Should a man, from unavoidable causes, fail to fire from one 
 or more of the prescribed distances, and if by firing from 
 these distances he might prove the successful competitor, he 
 will be permitted to fire under the supervision of the cap- 
 tain. 
 
 The regimental prize will be a silver stadia, with a silver 
 chain attached. It will be awarded by the colonel of the 
 regiment to that company prizeman who has made the shortest 
 string; and his name and company will be announced in 
 regimental orders. To enable colonels to determine the regi- 
 mental prizemen, commanding officers of ' posts will be governed 
 by the following regulations. The company prizemen, at each 
 post, to fire according to the details given below, under the 
 direction of the commanding ofiicer, who will forward a record 
 of the firing of the best shot of the several companies of the 
 same regiment to regimental headquarters. 
 
 1st. The order in which the men fire will be determined 
 by lot. 
 
 2d. The target will be a circular board or boards three feet 
 in diameter. The middle of the target will be marked by 
 the centre of a black circle eight inches in diameter. The 
 rest of the target will be painted white. 
 
 3d. Each man fires ten balls. The distance fired from will 
 be 200 yards. 
 
 4th. After each shot, the distance from the centre of the 
 ball-hole to the centre of the target will be measured and 
 recorded. The ball-hole is then covered by pasting over it a 
 small piece of paper. 
 
 5th. Balls which strike by ricochet will be counted as 
 having missed the target. 
 
40 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 6tli. Each miss counts 20 inches on a man's string. In all 
 cases the man whose string is shortest is selected. 
 
 7th, If several competitors obtain equal strings, they will 
 fire as many shots as may be necessary to decide the question 
 between them. 
 
 8th. The position fired from will be that of a soldier 
 firing as a skirmisher standing.'' 
 
 9th. Each man shall load and fire his own gun. The full 
 charge of powder in a cartridge will be used. No allowance 
 will be made for guns hanging fire. 
 
 The firing, if possible, should be finished in one practice or 
 trial. However, should the weather change during the trial, 
 and be such that it operates to the disadvantage of those whose 
 turn it is to fire last, the commanding officer will suspend the 
 trial, to be resumed when the weather permits. 
 
 The circular target should be raised at least three feet from 
 the ground. 
 
 The regimental prize will be given to the successful com- 
 petitor by the inspector-general, should he be present; in 
 his absence, by the senior officer present on parade. 
 
 If two men of a regiment have the same string, the colonel 
 will inform the commanding officer of the post or posts at 
 which these men are stationed, who will direct an additional 
 ten shots to be fired, and forward the record of firing as 
 before. 
 
 Prizes will be worn on all full-dress occasions, on orderly 
 duty, and when attending the pay-table. 
 
 Eegimental and company prizes shall be held by the success- 
 ful competitor until the next annual distribution takes place. 
 A man having worn a prize for one year may obtain the 
 prize a second, or any number of years, provided he is the 
 successful competitor. 
 
 As prizes are honorable badges, a soldier may be deprived 
 of them by the sentence of a general court-martial. 
 
 Prizes will be furnished by the Ordnance Department. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 41 
 
 Requisitions will be made for them by regimental commanders 
 and company officers. They will be borne on the Ordnance- 
 Return as other property. Soldiers will be charged with their 
 loss, or injury, as with other public property. 
 
 The army prize will be a silver medal inches in diameter, 
 suspended by a silver chain. 
 
 The chain will be worn around the neck, the medal resting 
 on the breast. 
 
 The army-prize will be worn on all full-dress occasions, on 
 orderly duty, and when attending the pay-table. 
 
 The army prize, when awarded, belongs to the soldier, who 
 may, however, be deprived of wearing it, by the sentence of a 
 general court-martial. 
 
 On one side of the medal will be engraved the grade, name, 
 company, and regiment of the soldier ; on the other side will 
 be engraved. Army Target Prize for 18 — . (See Plate 8.) 
 
 The army prizeman will wear both his army and regimental 
 prizes. 
 
 The name, company, and regiment of this man to be pub- 
 lished in orders from the headquarters of the army, and a 
 copy forwarded, with the army prize, to his commanding 
 officer, to be given to him by the inspector-general, if present; 
 otherwise, by his commanding officer on parade. This man is 
 to be determined as follows : 
 
 Regimental commanders will forward to the headquarters 
 of the army the name, company, and record of the firing of 
 the regimental prizeman. Should two regimental prizemen 
 have equal strings, the same course will be pursued as deter- 
 mining the regimental prizeman under similar circumstances, 
 except that the new record of firing will be forwarded direct 
 to the headquarters of the army by the commanding officer of 
 the post. 
 
 N. B.— The regimental prizeman will wear the regimental prize, and 
 turn in to his captain the company prize. 
 
42 
 
 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 (See Plate 7.) 
 
 The stadia is an instrument used for estimating distances. 
 It is a piece of copper^ or other material, with an isosceles 
 triangle cut out of it. The upper and lower sides are gradu- 
 ated, and a slide works from left to right. The base of the 
 opening is perpendicular to the sides of the instrument, and 
 represents the apparent height of a man at a given distance, 
 when the instrument is held horizontally at a certain distance 
 from the eye. 
 
 In the opening A B C, A B, the base, when held vertically 
 and at a distance — say 26 inches — from the eye, represents 
 the apparent height of a foot-soldier with his cap on, at say 
 150 yards. 
 
 In order that the iDstrument shall always be used at the 
 same distance from the eye, a string or chain is attached to 
 the slide. The graduation of the sides of the instrument is 
 made by observation or by calculation, assuming the average 
 height of an infantry-soldier to be a certain number of inches. 
 
 To use the instrument, hold the knot at the end of the 
 string, or the ball of the chain, between the teeth, stretch the 
 string or chain by extending the arm, keeping the base A B 
 of the opening vertical : pass the instrument from right to 
 left across the jQeld of sight, until the top of the cap and feet 
 of the man appear to graze the sides C A and C B respectively. 
 Move the slide to the point of apparent coincidence, land take 
 the reading above, or below, as the case may be. This will 
 give the distance. 
 
 The upper side of the instrument is graduated to determine 
 the distance of foot-soldiers; the other, the distance of cavalry. 
 In the latter case, we must regard the top of the trooper's cap 
 and his horse's feet. 
 
TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 Each company will be furnislied with a blankbook, two 
 quires folio cap, in which the record of firing will be kept 
 according to Forms L, IL, and III. These books will be left 
 at the post-adjutant's office for the inspection of the comraand- 
 ino- officers after each firing, or at the end of the week, as that 
 officer may direct. 
 
 Record-books will be furnished by the Quartermaster's De- 
 partment, on requisitions made by commanders of companies. 
 
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 Immediately after the guard marches off, it will fire at a 
 target under the supervision of the officer of the guard, or, m 
 his absence, the officer of . the day, conforming to the prin- 
 ciples laid down in this system. 
 
 For three months in the year, commencing on the 1st ot 
 January, guards will fire at the distances 150 and 225 yards. 
 For three months at - " 250 - 300 - 
 u u cc u u 325 " 350 
 u cc u a a 400 450 
 
 When the ranges laid down above cannot be obtained, they 
 will be approximated to as nearly as possible. 
 
 The size of the targets fired at from the several distances 
 given above will be the same as prescribed for the same dis- 
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 When practicable, the best shot will be credited with a 
 tour of police or fatigue duty. 
 
 In this firing, the string will be measured from the centre o. 
 the ball-hole to the centre of the intersection of the horizontal 
 and vertical stripes. Equal strings will be decided by the 
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48 TARGET PRACTICE. 
 
 FORM 11. 
 
 Firing as Skirmishers. 
 
 1st Drill, July 1, 1858. 
 Distance from which 
 line of skirmishers 
 commenced firing: 
 350 yards. 
 
 2d Drill, July 3, 1858. 
 Distance from which 
 line of skirmishers 
 commenced firing : 
 600 yards. 
 
 3d Drill, July 6, 1858. 
 Distance from which 
 line of skirmishers 
 commenced firing : 
 800 yards. 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 Ratio 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 Ratio 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 No. 
 
 Ratio 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 per 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 per 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 per 
 
 men. 
 
 Balls 
 
 Balls 
 
 100. 
 
 men. 
 
 Balls 
 
 Balls 
 
 100. 
 
 men. 
 
 Balls 
 
 Balls 
 
 100. 
 
 
 fired. 
 
 hit. 
 
 
 
 fired. 
 
 hit. 
 
 
 
 fired. 
 
 hit. 
 
 
 84 
 
 840 
 
 210 
 
 25 
 
 84 
 
 840 
 
 168 
 
 20 
 
 84 
 
 840 
 
 |105 
 
 12.5 
 
 FORBI III. 
 
 Firing hy File, hy Company or Ranh, and hy Platoon. 
 
 Species of Firing. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Distance. 
 
 No. 
 
 of 
 
 men. 
 
 No. 
 
 of 
 Balls 
 fired. 
 
 No. 
 
 of 
 Balls 
 hit. 
 
 Ratio 
 per 
 100. 
 
 By File 
 
 By Rank or Com- 
 pany 
 
 Total 
 
 July 15 
 
 a 
 a 
 
 300 yds. 
 
 a 
 a 
 
 84 
 
 ^^ 
 u 
 
 504 
 
 168 
 168 
 
 840 
 
 290 
 
 90 
 100 
 480 
 
 57.54 
 
 53.57 
 59.52 
 
 57.14 
 
 By File 
 
 By Rank or Com- 
 pany 
 
 Total 
 
 July 17 
 
 a 
 u 
 
 400 yds. 
 
 a 
 u 
 
 81 
 
 a 
 
 (C 
 
 486 
 
 162 
 162 
 
 810 
 
 215 
 
 61 
 54 
 
 330 
 
 44.24 
 
 37.65 
 33.33 
 
 40.74 
 
 By File 
 
 By Rank or Com- 
 pany ••••• 
 
 By Platoon 
 
 Total 
 
 July 18 
 a 
 
 500 yds. 
 
 a 
 a 
 
 79 
 
 a 
 a 
 
 474 
 
 158 
 158 
 
 790 
 
 161 
 
 47 
 36 
 
 244 
 
 33.97 
 
 29.75 
 22.78 
 
 30.89 
 
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