at or in the vicinity of New York, Elmyra, N. Y., Harrisburg, Pa., Cincinnati, Ohio, and other convenient places, under charge of officers of the regular service. 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 descriptive 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. The cost of transportation from place of muster to place of rendezvous will be paid by the Quartermaster at the latter station. III. 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 this Department. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.. General Orders, No. 59. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, August 17, 1861. I. So much of Par. 3 of Special Orders, No. 185, from this Office, dated July 12th, 1861, as relates to the allowances of female nurses employed in permanent or general hospitals, is hereby rescinded; and such persons will receive, from and after the 3d instant, 40 cents per day and one ration in kind or by commutation, at cost price, in lieu of all emoluments except transportation in kind. II.—The minimum standard of height for recruits is fixed at five feet three inches, instead of five feet four and a half inches, as heretofore established. III.--Every officer of the Army will immediately report his address to this office, and thereafter every change of address, no matter whether permanent or temporary. IV. All volunteers in the service of the United States will be mustered for payment at the end of the present month, and at the end of every two months thereafter. One copy of the pay roll will be forwarded to the Adjutant General, two given to the Paymaster of the district, and the fourth one filed with the records of the company or detachment mustered. I. By direction of the President, a Board of Officers will assemble in this city at 12 m., on Wednesday, the 28th instant, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to examine into and determine the facts in relation to the nature and occasion of the disability of such officers disabled to perform military scr vice as may be brought before them. The Board will be guided in its action by such sections of the act of Congress approved August 3, 1861, providing for it, as may be applicable to the subject. Detail for the Board. Bvt. Brig. General J. G. Totten, Engineers. Col. C. A. Waite, 1st Infantry. Col. B. F. Larned, Paymaster General. Surgeon Josiah Sampson, Medical Staff. Major Innis Palmer, 5th Cavalry, will act as recorder of the Board. II. Any officer of the Army who has served as such for forty consecutive years and desires to be retired from active service will immediately make an application to that effect to the Adjutant General. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. General Orders, } No. 61. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, August 19, 1861. Officers who have not been mustered into service have power to enroll men, but are not competent to muster them, under the provisions of General Orders No. 58, current series, from the War Department. In this case the muster must be made by some officer, either volunteer or regular, already in the service, and the oath must be administered by a civil magistrate or an officer of the regular army,-preferably, the latter. In mustering companies, the original muster in rolls will be retained at the company rendezvous, upon which the names of the members will be enrolled as they present themselves. As they are mustered they will be sent to the commanding officers of camps of rendezvous, with descriptive lists stating name, date of enrollment and muster, the officer by whom mustered, the company and regiment to which they belong, whether they have or have not taken the oath of allegiance prescribed for those entering the service, and such other information as may be necessary or useful in the case. Necessary subsistence will be procured upon returns signed by the mustering officer. When one half a company has been mustered into service, the 1st Licutenant thereof can also be mustered in, and when the organization of the company is completed, the Captain and 2d Lieutenant can be so mustered. 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. Field and Staff officers of regiments can be mustered into service upon the completion of the organization of Regiment or companies as follows: Colonel-Entire regiment. Lieut. Col-Four companies. Major-Six companies. Chaplain, Surgeon, Adjutant, Quartermaster, Assistant Surgeon, Entire regiment. The cost of transportation of troops from place of muster to place of rendezvous, will be paid as directed in General Orders, No. 58, current series from this Office, from the appropriation for "collecting, drilling, and organizing Volunteers." Quartermasters at camps of rendezvous will make requisitions upon the Adjutant General for the funds necessary for this purpose. All officers charged with the disbursements of funds appropriated under the act mentioned, will forward to this Office, monthly summary statements and accounts current with vouchers, in the manner prescribed for the General Recruiting Service. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. General Orders, No 62. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, August 20, 1863. Appointments made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the President alone, since the adjournment of the Senate, in the Volunteer force raised in conformity with the President's Proclamation of May 3, 1861, and the acts of Congress approved July 22 and 25, 1861. Those made by the President, alone, are designated by a star. GENERAL OFFICERS. Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts, to be Major General, May 16, 1861. John A. Dix, of New York, to be Major General, May 16, 1861. Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, to be Major General, May 16, 1861. Brigadier General David Hunter, to be Major General, August 13, 1861. Colonel David Hunter, of the Third Cavalry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Colonel Samuel P. Heintzleman, of the Seventeenth Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes, of the Eleventh Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May, 17, 1861. Colonel Andrew Porter, of the Sixteenth Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Colonel Fitz-John Porter, of the Fifteenth Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Colonel William B. Franklin, of the Twelfth Infantry, to be Brigadier Gencral, May 17, 1861. Colonel William T. Sherman, of the Thirteenth Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May, 17, 1861. Colonel Charles P. Stone, of the Fourteenth Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel Don Carlos Buell, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Sherman, of the Fifth Artillery, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Major James Oakes, of the Second Cavalry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Captain Nathaniel Lyon, of the Second Infantry, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861, (since killed in battle.) Captain John Pope, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. George A. McCall, of Pennsylvania, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. William R. Montgomery, of New Jersey, to be Brigadier General, May, 17, 1861. Philip Kearny, of New Jersey, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Edward D. Baker, of Oregon, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. B. F. Kelly, of Virginia, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. John A. McClernard, of Illinois, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. A. S. Williams, of Michigan, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. Israel B. Richardson, of Michigan, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. William Sprague of Rhode Island, to be Brigadier General, May 17, 1861. *James Cooper, of Maryland, to be Brigadier General, May, 17, 1861. Ambrose E. Burnside of Rhode Island, to be Brigadier General, August 6, 1861. *Henry H. Lockwood, of Delaware, to be Brigadier General, August 8, 1861. *Louis Blenker, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *Henry W. Slocum, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *James S. Wadsworth, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *John J. Peck, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *Ormsby M. Mitchell, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *George Morrell, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *John H. Martindale, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 9, 1861. *Major George Stoneman, of the First Cavalry, to be Brigadier General, August 13, 1861. *Major Henry W. Benham, of the Corps of Engineers, to be Brigadier General, August 13, 1861. *Captain William F. Smith, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, to be Brigadier General, August 13, 1861. *James W. Denver, of California, to be Brigadier General, August 14, 1861. *Colonel George H. Thomas, of the Second Cavalry, to be Brigadier General, August 17, 1861. *Egbert L. Veile, of New York, to be Brigadier General, August 17, 1861. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Daniel T. Van Buren, of New York, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with he rank of Major, August 3, 1861. Don Piatt, of Ohio, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, June 28, 1861. Joseph Bryce Smith, of New York, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Marcus J. Parrott, of Kansas, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Henry J. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. George S. Rose, of Indiana, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Hiram Stevens, of Vermont, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Simon M. Preston, of Illinois, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 5, 1861. Thornley S. Everett, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 5, 1861. *Thomas G. Pitcher, of the 8th Infantry, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 8, 1861. *William McMichael, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, August 15, 1861. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. James Bradshaw, of Indiana, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, June 20, 1861. John W. Taylor, of Iowa, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, June 22, 1861. Joseph Dock, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, June 22, 1861. Charles W. Moulton, of Ohio, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, June 26, 1861. Fielding Loury, of Ohio, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, June 28, 1861. John W. Rankin, of Iowa, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Reuben P. Hatch, of Illinois, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Jesse W. Fell, of Illinois, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. J. W. Shaffer, of Illinois, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. G. A. Pierce, of Indiana, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Henry Z. Curtis, of Iowa, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Edward M. Davis, of of Captain, August 3, 1861. Chandler Hall, of Captain, August 3,1861. Henry S. Fitch of Illinois, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Enoch P. Fitch, of Virginia, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. John Levering, of Indiana, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. John P. Rutherford, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Dexter F. Parker, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Richard N. Batchelder, of New Hampshire, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the Rank of Captain. August 3, 1861. Daniel Stinson, of New York, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Gardner S. Blodgett, of Vermont, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Thornton Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. John G. Klinck, of Ohio, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Samuel Henry, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. George J. Stealy, of Virginia, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Charles E. Fuller, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. John J. Elwell, of Ohio, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. Edward D. Chapman, of Ohio, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. William W. McKim, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. John F. Caslow, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, August 3, 1861. |