The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 207
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
soldier, for such accepted recruit for the Regular Army [as] he may bring to the
rendezvous. And every soldier who hereafter enlists, either in the Regular Army or
the volunteers, for three years or during the war, may receive his first 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 regiment already in the
service.
Approved June 21, 1862.
II. For the $2 premium, regular service, the form of receipt roll
annexed* will be used as a consolidated voucher for the payments.
The payments will be made from recruiting funds, and so soon as the
recruit is accepted by the recruiting officer.
III. For volunteer recruits for old regiments there will be paid a
premium of $3, and for those entering new regiments a premium of
$2. The premium may be paid either to the person bringing the
recruit, or to the recruit in person, in case he presents himself.
These payments will be made so soon as the recruit has been
inspected by the surgeon and mustered into the service.
The amounts will be entered on the muster-in roll, opposite the
names of the recruits so paid, and charged to the fund for "collect-
ing, drilling, and organizing volunteers."
For a voucher, a modified form of that used in the regular service
may be used.
IV. The month's pay in advance for regular and volunteer recruits
will be paid under such regulations as the Paymaster-General may
establish.
V. During the continuance of the existing war $25 of the $100
bounty previously authorized by act of Congress will be paid to every
recruit of the regular and volunteer forces.
These payments will be made as follows, viz:
1. To volunteer recruits for the old regiments when the said
recruits are inspected and mustered into the service, and to those of
the new regiments when their companies are organized, muster-in
rolls made out, and the mustering officer's certificate given thereto.
The amounts will be entered on the muster-in rolls, opposite the
name of the recruits, respectively, and charged under the head of
"Expenses of volunteer recruiting service." To this end an account
current separate from that for the fund for "collecting, drilling, and
organizing volunteers" will be used, but the "volunteer recruiting
fund" will be disbursed by the regularly appointed mustering and
disbursing officers.
2. To recruits for the regular service when the recruit has been
passed by the "board of inspectors," at the regimental or 'general
service depot, as the case may be. The amounts under this head
will be paid from the recruiting funds and entered on the recruiting
account current opposite the names of the recruits, respectively; and
also on the first descriptive list of the soldier; whenever this list is
given before bounty has been paid an entry-" $25 bounty due for
enlistment "-will be made thereon.
In case of re-enlisted soldiers, the entry, as to payment or non-
payment, will be made on the first muster-roll, and the superin-
tendent of the recruiting service will be notified of the fact.
3. ,Vouchers for payment will be in the form of consolidated receipt
rolls.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. TIIOMAS,
Adjutant- General.
* Omitted.207
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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/m1/216/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.