The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 210
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
to recognize you as acting consul of Her Majesty the Queen of Great
Britain, and that Commander Hewitt does recognize in you that offi-
cial character. This seems sufficient for the re-establishment of official
relations.
I beg leave to correct a seeming misunderstanding that the expres-
sion of that note had anything to do with my doubts of your official
character. You will remember that those doubts had been expressed
before that time, and no evidence of that character had been fur-
nished except the superscription upon two letters, directed to your-
self, with the address " Acting Consul," that did not seem to me suffi-
cient.
To your inquiry whether all neutrals (British subjects) wishing to
go to New York or abroad, furnished with proper passports from their
Government, will be required to take the oaths prescribed for aliens
in General Orders, Nos. 41 and 42, it is answered that a pass differs
from a passport, as I had the honor to explain in my letter to the con-
suls upon this subject, and that as a rule the oath would not be
required. Such persons will be allowed to pass on board ships to go
abroad or to New York, whom, in my judgment, it is not necessary
to retain here from some act either done or contemplated to be done
in favor of the Confederate States; for example, buying arms, for-
warding money or intelligence.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major- General, Commanding.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 75. Washington, July 8, 1862.
I. In organizing new regiments of volunteers the Governors of
States are hereby authorized to appoint, in addition to the staff
officers heretofore authorized, one second lieutenant for each company,
who shall be mustered into the service at the commencement of the
organization, who shall have authority to muster in recruits as they
are enlisted. If any recruit shall be enlisted by such officer, who
shall afterward, on medical inspection, prove to have been obviously
unfit for the service at the time of his enlistment, all expenses
caused thereby shall be paid by such officer, to be stopped against
him from any payment that may be coming to him from the Govern-
ment thereafter.
Any officer thus appointed and mustered shall only be entitled to
be paid on the muster and pay roll of his company, and should he
fail to' secure an organized company within such reasonable time as
the Governor may designate, his men may be transferred to some
other company, his appointment be revoked, and be discharged
without pay, unless the Governor shall think proper to give him a
position in the consolidated company to which his men have been
transferred.
Articles of enlistment, as in the Regular Army, will be made out
in triplicate by such recruiting officers, one copy of which will be
sent to the adjutant-general of the State, one to the adjutant of the
regiment, and one will be kept by the recruiting officer.
Recruits will be sent to the regimental rendezvous at least as often
as once a week, where they will be immediately examined by the sur-210
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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/m1/219/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.