The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 2
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
authorize the quartermaster to seize such boats as may be needed as
other property is taken for military purposes, leaving the parties to
seek remuneration from Congress. For those purchased the price
will be paid immediately, but I do not want any contracts concluded
until approved by this Department. Mr. Ellet will probably be at
Cincinnati to-night or to-morrow morning.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, April 2, 1862.
ROBERT W. FURNAS,
First Regiment Home Guards:
SIR: You are hereby authorized to raise from the loyal Indians now
in Kansas a regiment of infantry to serve for three years or during
the war. On the completion of the organization of this regiment you
will be mustered in to serve as its colonel. The regiment will be
organized as prescribed by the act of Congress approved July 22,
1861, to authorize the employment of volunteers, &c., viz. *
Lieut. Charles S. Bowman, Fourth Cavalry, U. S. Army, at Fort
Leavenworth, will act as mustering officer. He will make requisi-
tions upon the proper officers at headquarters Department of the
Mississippi for subsistence, medical stores, clothing, camp and garri-
son equipage, and all other supplies that may be needed. Upon
completion of the organization of your regiment you will report to
Major-General Halleck, commanding Department of the Mississippi,
for further instructions.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant- General.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 33. Washington, April 3, .1862.
II. In order to secure, as far as possible, the decent interment of
those who have fallen, or may fall, in battle, it is made the duty of
commanding generals to lay off lots of ground in some suitable spot
near every battle-field, so soon as it may be in their power, and to
cause the remains of those killed to be interred, with headboards
to the graves bearing numbers, and, where practicable, the names of
the persons buried in them. A register of each burial ground will be
preserved, in which will be noted the marks corresponding with the
headboards.
III. The recruiting service for volunteers will be discontinued in
every State from this date. The officers detached on volunteer
recruiting service will join their regiments without delay, taking with
them the parties and recruits at their respective stations. The super-
intendents of volunteer recruiting service will disband their parties
and close their offices, after having taken the necessary steps to carry
out these orders. The public property belonging to the volunteer
recruiting service will be sold to the best advantage possible, and the
* Details of organization omitted; see act of July 22, 1861, Vol. I, this series, p. 380.2
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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 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/11/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.