The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 5. Page: 12
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12 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
2. Organizations from the same State will be consolidated with
each other.
3. All supernumerary commissioned and non-commissioned officers
will be mustered out of the date the consolidation of their respective
commands is made.
4. The commissioned and non-commissioned officers to be retained,
not exceeding the legal number, will be selected by army and depart-
ment commanders.
5. The proper commissaries of musters and their assistants will.
be charged, under existing regulations, with the prompt execution of
the details.
III. Corps and department commanders will see that the work is
pushed with energy, and executed accurately and promptly, using to
this end division and brigade commanders to superintend it, with
their respective staff officers, to aid the mustering officer in collecting
the necessary data for the transfer rolls (see Circular No. 64, series
of 1864, Adjutant-General's Office), muster-out rolls, and other neces-
sary discharge papers, as well as the preparation of the same.
IV. Horses and other public property rendered surplus by the
reduction in the forces will be turned over to and cared for by the
proper officers of the supply departments concerned.
V. Regimental and company records, rendered no longer necessary,
will be taken charge of by the proper commissary of musters and
forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army. The records of
each company or regiment must be arranged by themselves, and the
package containing them marked distinctly with the contents.
VI. Commissaries of musters and their assistants will be held
responsible that the necessary rolls are delivered and forwarded to
their destination without unnecessary delay.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 84. Washington, May 8, 1865.
BALANCES OF BOUNTIES PAYABLE TO VOLUNTEERS WHEN HONORABLY
MUSTERED OUT AND DISCHARGED, ON ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERN-
MENT NO LONGER REQUIRING THEIR SERVICES.
I. Veterans who enlisted under the provisions of General Orders,
No. 191, series of 1863, from this office, and the extensions thereof
(General Orders, Nos. 324 and 387, of 1863; 20 and 92, of 1864), and
recruits (not veterans) who enlisted for three years or the war, under
the provisions of the circular letter of October 24, 1863, from the
Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau, and its modifications, are, on their
honorable muster out and discharge from the service of the United
States before the expiration of their respective terms of enlistment,
entitled to the unpaid balances of the bounties promised them by the
orders and laws under which they enlisted.
II. A volunteer accepted and mustered into service under the act
of July 4, 1864 (General Orders, No. 224, Adjutant-General's Office,
1864), whether for the term of one, two, or three years, is, on muster
out of service before the expiration of the term of service for which
he enlisted, entitled only to receive the proportion of the bounty
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 5., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139267/m1/21/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.