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adan•tn-ickmgtheBelmont, Bee. 13, 1836.ton-A3rd,ion.leh-theatc:'inccditiloeuRa-Ld’er. i al-iea.5}'lingbanHof Lng -ss’di hiU are-)f'a tteci'UOll.. ORDICR, Nov 1. ■Head Quarters, \ Adjutant■ General's Office, Belmont, lice.'15, 1836.1. In order to facilitate the organization of the Militia, the Teriitbry'uiitilfiirther’oiders.' .will be divided into five Regimental undono Battalion' districts. ..The regimental districts! will be composed of the. original, counties of Brown, Iowa, Milwaukee, Du Buque' and Des Moines'; and Ihe battalion district of the1 courity; of Craw ford. .2. The.five .regimental districts which-will be composed of the original county of Iowa! is placed under-the command, of Col. William' S.'Hamiltbn; ; The . second, regimental, dis-i trict compossid of the :original county 'of Browny under- the command of. Col.' Jonh- j lhan WHelbck. ■ Tlid thiid diatfici composed: T of the county of.Milwaukee,under the -com-'Ial mand of Col. James. Clyman.f The foinfii^ district cdhsisdhgpf the county of Du Buque; p. under the .command of YV..W, 'Chapman, and s® :fhe.fifth-regimental distri ci,icon sis tj'«g,of tfici 91' originab couhty-of Des Moines, under the ly comand.of Col.,-Benjamin G, Wells. . :The battalion district.lbrmedby.tire couii-1 tv df Crawford, is':p!aced under the commaiiil of Major.J • Bi Dallam. . . - /,;, 3. The Cdlonels and Major with fts littk; i delay as .possible, will 'divide, 1 heir district:teppyser-lple and *3ed tidy, i be any ion, ion-X:derit ofthe'-tint[37;iatezedthe»ore a 2-3 to-nb-into beats oy company districts, and'order th^election. of', company .officers ...to /bo holdet therein; each, coinpnny is not to consist cf more ' than' sixty ' fo.ui',' nor less than-that? men inffiudmg nou' cpmrnissiohed afficci's; and to.be officered byjorie Captain, one iiret •'and One Second Lieu tenant;■ 4-, As soon, as the elections shall have beey hold on j and the re! urns .made to fh e. Colon cf commanding'the district, He .will 'forward a' '.list of the returns of the different company' officers to this office,’and'direct the Captaiii? to -make the . enrollment of their several districts agreeably To law. .' /Tie'.Captains will then forward muster rolls of their companies to their.. Colonel,'vho will, .consolidate-theny and'.transmit them to the office of tbeAdjti--GnV General! , . ' '.5,' The. Comniandcr-in-chief:is .desirous' ffi'at a company; of rn.ou ntedAiflemen or.dra^ gbons shduId. be ffirmed-tri each of the Regimental districts, to hdl(l themselves .ready ar med and .equ ippi id, to- take the; field upod the shortest notice, ’’ -: By order of the Cbmmander-ih-cinef.G. R. - KINGSBURY, ..: . Adjutant General;-BSSW^—SBgBHBgBg-g 11 I ........................arorhfP1i3bo10auou02tubflfa-cl:All113to:Kfli*t«mMScanlitbe*arm:inlaAur
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Belmont Gazette
Belmont, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Dec 14, 1836
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