I. The Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance will, without delay, take measures to place in the field
one-fifth of all the men employed in his department (including contractors and
their employés) of the classes specified in General Orders, No. 77, Adjutant
and Inspector General's Office, current series. To this end he will direct the
several officers in charge of arsenals, workshops, depots, &c., to turn over
to the nearest enrolling officer, by list, showing their ages, occupation, and
residence, such proportion of their employés (including contractors and
employés under them) of the class above referred to as will constitute in the
aggregate one-fifth of the whole number in the said classes, according to
returns in his office of September 30, 1864. Duplicates of such list will be
sent to the general of reserves of the States, and triplicates to the Chief of
Ordnance. Three days are allowed for the execution of this order after its
reception at any post or station of the Ordnance Department.
II. The chief of the
Niter and Mining Bureau will turn over in like manner, on similar lists,
one-fifth of all men of the classes specified in General Orders, No. 77,
employed in iron, lead, copper, and coal mining, and in all service
appertaining thereto, whether under officers of his Bureau or by contractors.
Duplicate and triplicate lists to be furnished as above directed in the
Ordnance Bureau, and will in like manner turn over one-fifth of all such men as
are employed in the niter service. The period of three days, under the same
conditions as above mentioned, are allowed for the execution of this order.
III. The list of
persons directed in the foregoing sections to be turned over to the enrolling
officer will be prepared at once on the reception of this order, and will be
furnished to the said officers within three days, as above prescribed, by the
various officers of each of the above bureaus having men under their charge,
and every assistance will be rendered by the latter to the enrolling officers
to carry out the intention of this order.
IV. So much of
General Orders, No. 77, as relates to men employed in the two bureaus named
above is hereby suspended, and the foregoing order will stand in lieu of all
requirements under the former.
