"The blanks for these must be filled with great care and neatness, and signed, with official rank affixed, (at the left hand,) by the colonel or other regimental commander for the field and staff, by the captains or other company commanders for their respective companies, and by the mustering officer, and by the mustering officer returned to the said commanders for delivery to the individuals."

KNOW YE, That

regiment of

Form of Discharge.

volunteers, who was enrolled on the

company [ ] day of

one

day of

thousand eight hundred and DISCHARGED from the service of the United States, this --, by reason (of being mustered out of service on the expiration of his term.) *No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.

to serve years, or during the war, is hereby 186-, at

in the State of

inches high, complexion, eyes,

Said feet when enrolled, a GIVEN at

was born in

is years of age, hair, and by occupation,

Commanding Company (or Regiment.)

Capt.

A. B.,

U. S. Infantry and Mustering Officer. "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.' BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders, }

No. 109.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, April 29, 1863.

I-Before a General Court Martial, which convened at Fort Richardson, Virginia, January 29, 1863, pursuant to Orders, No. 7, dated Headquarters, Artillery Defences of Alexandria, near Fort Ward, January 21, 1863, and of which Lieutenant Colonel N. L. WHITE, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Artillery, is President, was arraigned and tried— Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Volunteers.

CHARGE." Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline." Specification 1st.-"In this; that 1st Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Infantry, while on duty as 'officer of the guard,' did improperly communicate the countersign to certain enlisted men, viz.: Sergeants Clark and Pomeroy, Company B,' of said Regiment, said Sergeants not belonging to the guard. This at or near Fort Lyon, Virginia, January 3, 1863."

Specification 2d.-"In this; that 1st Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Infantry, did, contrary to General Orders and camp rules, give permission to said Sergeants to leave camp and remain absent till after taps,' and did excuse said Sergeants from evening roll-call, making improper use of the countersign in order to enable them to evade said rules and regulations. This at or near Fort Lyons, Virginia, January 3, 1863."

Specification 3d.-"In this; that 1st Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Infantry, though well knowing that by General Orders no soldier is permitted to leave camp without a pass, properly signed, did contrive with said Sergeants, viz.: Sergeants Clark, Pomeroy, and Mitchell, to enable them to evade said orders, by communicating to them the countersign, by means of which, and with the full knowledge and consent of said Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, said Sergeants did wilfully disobey said rules and regulations. All this at Fort Lyon, Virginia, January 3, 1863."

To which charge and specifications the accused, Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Volunteers, pleaded "Guilty."

This sentenco will be erased, should there be anything in the conduct or physical condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for duty in the army.

FINDING.

The Court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused, Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Volunteers, as follows:

And the Court does therefore sentence him, 1st Lieutenant La Fayette Butler, 34th Massachusetts Volunteers, " To be cashiered."

II.-The foregoing proceedings have been approved by the Major General commanding the Department; but on the recommendation of all the members of the Court, the sentence has been suspended, under the 89th Article of War, until the pleasure of the President of the United States shall be made known.

The President directs that the sentence be remitted. ingly be restored to duty.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

Lieutenant Butler will accord

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,)

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

No. 110.

Washington, April 29, 1863.

I.-The following is the organization of Regiments and Companies of the Volunteer Army of the United States under existing laws:

1 Colonel.

And

1 Chaplain.

1 Sergeant Major.

1 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. 1 Regimental Commissary Sergeant.

1 Hospital Steward.

2 Principal Musicians.

Company of Infantry.

{

4 Sergeants.
8 Corporals.

2 Musicians.

1 Wagoner.

64 Privates-minimum.

82 Privates-maximum.

2-REGIMENT OF CAVALRY-Twelve Companies or Troops.

1 Regimental Commissary (an extra Lieut.) 1 Chaplain.

1 Veterinary Surgeon.

1 Sergeant Major.

1 Quartermaster Sergeant.

1 Commissary Sergeant.

2 Hospital Stewards.

1 Saddler Sergeant.

1 Chief Trumpeter.

Company or Troop of Cavalry.

And

5 Sergeants.

8 Corporals.

2 Trumpeters.

2 Farriers or Blacksmiths.

1 Saddler.

1 Wagoner.

(60 Privates-minimum.

To the 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-commissioned and non-commissioned-will not be mustered, or received 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.

II-Chaplains must meet the requirements of section 8 of the act of July 17, 1862, (G. O. 91, À. G. O., 1862, pages 17 and 18,) 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 minister, with a recommendation for his appointment as an Army chaplain from some authorized ecclesiastical body, or not less than five accredited ministers belonging to said religious denomination."

After Chaplains are appointed, under section 9 of the act of July 22, 1861, (G. O. 49, A. G. O, 1861, page 4,) they must be mustered into service by an 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 conformable to the requirements of the law, will be endorsed by the mustering officer, and by him forwarded to the Adjutant General's office, for file with the muster-in roll. III-Except where consolidations have been made, or are to be made, under G. O. No. 86, from this office, the foregoing organizations will be strictly adhered to by all concerned.

No commissioned officer or enlisted man, of any grade, in excess of the legal organization, will be recognized. 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.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders, }

No. 111.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, May 1, 1863.

I-From and after the 1st of May, all enlistments of volunteers shall be under the special charge and direction of the Provost Marshal General, under the rules and regulations heretofore made, which are hereby continued in force, and such other rules of the Department as may from time to time be made. All disbursing officers, and all other officers connected with the enlistment of volunteers, will report to him.

II.-Officers of regiments going out of service, by reason of the expiration of their term, may, with the consent of their respective Governors, re-enlist their regiments, within thirty days from the expiration of the original service, for a term of three ears,

unless sooner discharged; and upon the regiment being filled up within the thirty days aforesaid, the officers shall be restored to their rank as from the date of their original commissions. This, however, will give no claim to pay for the time between musterout and re-entry into service.

III.—The law provides that a man who enlists for three years, unless sooner discharged, is entitled to one month's pay in advance upon the mustering of his company into the service of the United States, or after he shall have been mustered into and joined a regi ment already in the service, and to a bounty of one hundred dollars, twenty-five dollars of which is to be paid in advance when his company is organized, muster-in rolls made out, and the mustering officer's certificate given thereto, or after he shall have been mustered into and joined a regiment already in the service.

IV.- Hereafter, regiments of volunteers leaving the field on account of expiration of term of service will be permitted, on the application of their officers, who shall undertake to hold themselves responsible for their safe delivery, to take their arms and accoutrements to the place of discharge, to be delivered to the Governor of the State, or to officers appointed by him to receive them. The arms and accoutrements will be held subject to reissue to the men on re-enlistment in their former companies and regiments. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

General Orders,

No. 112.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, May 1, 1863.

Under the Enrollment Act, drafted men will be actually in the United States service as soldiers from the fact of being drafted. It is therefore ordered that they be put in uniform, and provided with knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, tin cups, spoons, &c., as soon as they report to the District Provost Marshals.

The Quartermaster General will fill the requisitions of the Provost Marshal General for clothing, &c., for this purpose, to be delivered at such points as the latter may designate.

The following rules in relation to claims for property lost in the military service of the United States are published for the information of all concerned: I.—Rules in relation to claims for the payment of HORSES AND EQUIPAGE lost or destroyed

in the MILITARY SERVICE of the United States, under act of March 3, 1849.

By the first section of the law it is enacted: That any field or staff, or other officer, mounted militiaman, volunteer, ranger, or cavalry, engaged in the military service of the United States since the 18th June, 1812, or who shall hereafter be in said service, and has sustained or shall sustain damage, without any fault or negligence on his part, while in said service

1st. By the loss of a horse in battle.

2d. By the loss of a horse wounded in battle, and which has died or shall die of said wound, or, being so wounded, shall be abandoned by order of his officer and lost.

3d. By the loss of a horse by death or abandonment, because of the unavoidable dangers of the sea, when on board a United States transport vessel:

Because the United States failed to supply transportation for the horse, and the owner was compelled, by order of his commanding officer, to embark and leave him : In consequence of the United States failing to supply sufficient forage:

Because the rider was dismounted and separated from his horse, and ordered to do duty on foot at a station detached from his horse:

When the officer in the immediate command ordered or shall order the horse turned out to graze in the woods, prairies, or commons, because the United States failed or shall fail to supply sufficient forage, and the loss was or shall be consequent thereof.

4th. By the loss of necessary equipage in consequence of the loss of his horse, as aforesaid:

Shall be allowed and paid the value thereof, not to exceed two hundred dollars: Provided, That if any payment has been or shall be made to any one aforesaid for the use and risk, or for forage, after the death, loss or abandonment of his horse, said payment shall be deducted from the value thereof, unless he satisfied or shall satisfy the paymaster at the time he made or shall make the payment, or thereafter show by proof that he was remounted, in which case the deductions shall only extend to the time he was on foot: And provided also, If any payment shall have been or shall hereafter be made to any person above mentioned, on account of clothing to which he was not entitled by law, such payment shall be deducted from the value of his horse or ac

coutrements.

RULES OF EVIDENCE.

To establish a claim under either of the foregoing provisions, the claimant must furnish the evidence of the officer under whose command he was serving when the loss occurred, if alive, or if dead, then the next surviving officer, describing the property, the value thereof at the time of entering the service, the time when, place where, and manner in which the loss occurred, and whether or not it was without any fault or negligence on the part of the claimant. The claimant must himself state the facts above required, and also whether or not he has received from any officer or agent of the government a horse or equipage in lieu of that lost by him, or any compensation for the same; also whether the horse or equipage lost had not been furnished by the United States or purchased from some quartermaster; and if so, the name of the officer from whom purchased and the price paid therefor. If the property was appraised at the time the same was taken into the United States service, the original valuation list or certified statement of the value as appraised should be furnished.

In cases where the loss is alleged to have occurred "because the United States failed to supply transportation for the horse, and the owner was compelled, by the order of his commanding officer, to embark and leave him," the affidavit of the claimant must, in addition to the declaration above mentioned, declare "that he did, in obedience to the order of his commanding officer, leave said horse and equipage, and that he never sold or otherwise disposed of said horse or equipage, and never received any compensation for either from any person whatever;" and this must be corroborated by the officer who gave the order.

In all cases where the claim extends to equipage, the several articles of which the same consisted, and separate value of each, must be specified.

In no case can the foregoing evidence be dispensed with, unless the impracticability of producing it be clearly proved; and then the nearest and best other evidence of which the case is susceptible must be furnished in lieu thereof.

All evidence other than the certificates on honor of officers who, at the time of giving them, were in the military service of the United States, must be sworn to before some judge, justice of the peace, or other person duly authorized to administer oaths, and of which authority proof should accompany the evidence.

All claims under the provisions of this act must be presented to the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department.

IL-Rules in relation to claims for the payment of пORSES, MULES, OXEN, &c., in the military service of the United States by IMPRESSMENT or CONTRACT, the risk of which was assumed by the United States, and which shall have been lost or destroyed, as specified. The second section of the law relates to property in the military service of the United States by impressment or contract, and is as follows:

"That any person who has sustained or shall sustain damage, by the capture or destruction by an enemy, or by the abandonment or destruction, by the order of the commanding general, the commanding officer, or quartermaster, of any horse, mule, ox, wagon, cart, boat, sleigh, or harness, while such property was in the service of the United States, either by impressment or contract, except in cases where the risk to which the property would be exposed was agreed to be incurred by the owner; and any person who has sustained or shall sustain damage, by the death or abandonment and loss of any such horse, mule, or ox, while in the service aforesaid, in consequence of the failure on the part of the United States to furnish the same with sufficient forage; and any person who has lost, or shall lose, or has had, or shall have destroyed by unavoidable accident, any horse, mule, ox, wagon, cart, boat, sleigh, or harness, while, such, property VOL. II.-9