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Chtfrturs FAfriqus.Adjutant General Thomas has latelyissued the following order relative to organising the contrabands at Helena into a regiment for defence of fortifications:SPECIAL OB DEB ICO. S..I. The following officers, non-commissioned and privates, are announced as the officers of the 1st regiment Arkansas Volunteers of African descent. They will be detailed from tbeir respective regiments to raise the troops, and aB rapidly as companies, battalions and the regiments are organised, they will be mustered out of service.and discharged, and mustered into the new regiment:Colonel.—Lieut.-Col. wood, 1st Ind.Cav.Lieutenant-Colonel.—Capt. Jas Campbell, 34th Ind.Major.—Capt. Geo. Benson, 46th Ind.Captains.—10.1st Lieutenants.—10.2d Lieutenants.—10.Adjutant, Regimental Quartermaster, Surgeon, Assistant-Surgeon.II. Major-General S. A. Hurlbut, commanding 16th Army Corps, is authorized to raise from persons of African descent, at such places as he may designate, eight companies of heavy artillery, to man the heavy guns in Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn. He is authorized to select tho officers for the companies, and will report their names to Adjutant-General Thomas.III. Requisitions for arms, clothing and camp equipage will be made upon the proper staff department at this place and at Memphis. Each soldier will be allowed one coat, one pair overalls, two shirts, two pair socks, one cap, one pair shoes, ouo blanket, one knapsack, one canteen and one haversack.They will bo allowed the compensation as soldiers provided by the War Department.IV. When the troops are organized, they will be reported to Major-Gen. U. S. Grant, commanding Army of Tennessee.By order of L. Thomas,Adjutant-General, U. S.The following are tho Field, Staff and Line officers; all but one of whom are Indianians:FIELD AND STAFF.Colonel—Lieut. Col. Wood, 1st Ind. Cavalry.Lieutenant-Colonel—Capt. Jas. Campbell, 34th Ind. Infantry.Major—Capt. George Benson, 46th Ind. Infantry.Adjutant—Sergt.-Maj. William Lyon, 1st Ind. Cavalry.Quartermaster—Commissary-Sergt. E. M. Burr, 1st Ind. Cavalry.Surgeon—Asst. Surgeon J. J. Patterson, 1st Ind. Cavalry.Assistant Surgeon—Private J. A. Martin,11th Ind. Infantry.LINE OFFICKBS.Captains.Private George Sinclair, co. G, 1st Mo., Cav-
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Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1863
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