general orders. 
No. 227. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
s Washington, July 9, 1834. 
Regulations for Recruiting in rebel States for loyal States. 
The following regulations are established to carry out Section 3, 
of the act approved July 4, 1834, u further to regulate and provide 
for the enrolling and calling out the national forces.” 
“ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for 
the executive of any of the States to send recruiting agents into any 
of the States declared to be in rebellion, except the States of Ar- 
kansas, Tennessee, and Louisiana, to recruit volunteers under any 
call under the provisions of this act, who shall be credited to the 
State, and to the respective subdivisions thereof, which may procure 
the enlistment.” 
1. In order that Recruiting agents may be afforded proper facili- 
ties by United States authorities, they must have a letter of appoint- 
ment from the State Executive, a certified copy of which must be filed 
with the Provost Marshal General, and the commanding officer of the 
rendezvous established for the district in which they are to recruit. 
The particular field of a State in which each agent is to operate, 
should be specified in the letter of appointment. To avoid confusion, 
the number of agents should not be large. Experience has shown 
that these agents should not be paid for each recruit, but, that they 
should have a fixed compensation for their services, otherwise fraud- 
ulent practices may be resorted to for the pecuniary benefit of the 
agent, to the great prejudice of the State, and the military service. 
2. It shall be the duty of the recruiting agents, before entering 
upon their duties, to report in person, through the commanding 
officer of the rendezvous herein designated for the States in which 
they are to operate, to the commanding officer of the military 
district, department, or army, in order that they may have a proper 
pass and protection. All recruiting agents will be subject to the 
rules and articles of war. 
3. It shall be the duty of the commanding officer of the army, 
department, or district, in which recruiting agents operate, and of 
commanding officers of rendezvous, to order back to his State (or 
arrest and hold for trial, as he may deem best) any recruiting agent 
who shall commit frauds upon the Government, or recruits, or shall violate the instructions issued to govern this recruitment, or be 
guilty of any offence against military law. Recruiting agents will 
be held responsible for the conduct of all persons who act under 
their authority or direction. 
4. No man shall be recruited who is already in the military ser- 
vice, as soldier, teamster, laborer, guide, &c., &c., or who is so 
employed by the military authorities as to be of importance to mili- 
tary operations. 
5. Recruits procured in accordance with the act quoted, must be 
delivered by the recruiting agents at one of the following named 
rendezvous, viz :— 
Camp Casey, Washington, I). C., for N. E. Virginia. 
“ , near Fort Monroe, Va., for S. E. Virginia. 
“ , Newbern, N. C., for North Carolina. 
u , Hilton Head, S. C., for South Carolina and Florida. 
“ , Vicksburg, Miss., for Mississippi. 
“ , Nashville, Tenn., for Georgia and Alabama. 
When received at the rendezvous, it shall be the duty of the 
United States officers there to have the recruits promptly examined; 
and if accepted, to have them immediately mustered into the United 
States service, properly provided for, and sent to the regiments for 
which they may have been enlisted or assigned. A certified copy of 
the muster-in roll shall be given to the recruiting agent whenever at 
least ten recruits shall be mustered. 
The aforesaid rendezvous are regarded as military posts, and 
will be conducted as such, under the immediate orders of the War 
Department, as issued through the Adjutant General’s Office; but, 
Department and Army commanders are desired to exercise a super- 
vision over them, as coming within the limits of their Departments, 
and to make any reports to this office concerning them which may 
be deemed advisable. 
6. If it is desired to put any of the volunteer recruits obtained 
under this act into service as substitutes before or after draft, they 
must be sent, without expense to the Government, by the recruit- 
ing agent to the district in which the principal is enrolled, and there 
be mustered in by the Provost Marshal, who will issue the proper 
substitution papers. 7. It is made the duty of commanding officers to afford to re- 
cruiting agents all such facilities as they can provide, without detri- 
ment to the public service, and to prevent recruiting by unauthorized 
parties. 
order of the Secretary' of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.