STATE OF VERMONT

Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
Woodstock, January 23, 1864.

Special Order No. 8.

There are remaining due from towns in this State, upon their several quotas under the deficiency of the draft, Eight hundred and Eight-Nine Men. These men are now required to be raised; and they are assigned to the Seventeenth REgiment, which has been placed,by the War Department, as to bounties, upon the same footing with old regiments. It is therefore ordered, that the several towns, which have not yet raised their quotas under the deficiency of the draft, proceed immediately to complete the raising of those quotas.

The number of men remaining due from each town yet deficient is as follows:

Addison County
Addison	2
Bristol	7
Granville	6
Leicester	3
Monkton	2
New Haven	1
Orwell	4
Starksboro'	1
Vergennes	1
Weybridge	2
Whiting	3
Bennington County
Arlington	12
Bennington	20
Dorset	7
Peru	3
Pownal	8
Readsboro'	6
Sandgate	5
Shaftsbury	5
Stamford	4
Sunderland	6
Winhall	1
Caledonia County
Barnet	1
Danville	4
Groton	3
Kirby	3
Lyndon	7
Newark	8
Peacham	9
Ryegate	1
Sheffield	3
Wheelock	2
Chittenden County
Burlington	27
Charlotte	7
Colchester	28
Essex	7
Hinesburgh	9
Huntington	4
Milton	10
Richmond	3
Shelburne	5
St. George	1
Underhill	3
Westford	1
Williston	7
Essex County
Bloomfield	5
Brunswick	2
Canaan	4
Concord	7
Lunenburgh	8
Maidstone	6
Victory	2
Franklin County
Bakersfield	11
Berkshire	9
Enosburgh	3
Fairfax	2
Georgia	3
Montgomery	9
Richford	5
Sheldon	9
St. Albans	21
Swanton	15
Grand Isle County
Isle La Mott	1
North Hero	6
South Hero	1
Lamoille County
Morristown	5
Stowe	1
Waterville	1
Wolcott	4
Orange County
Braintree	10
Brookfield	12
Chelsea	8
Corinth	12
Fairlee	3
Newbury	2
Orange	3
Randolph	8
Strafford	15
Thetford	12
Vershire	11
Washington	4
West Fairlee	8
Williamstown	2
Orleans County
Albany	1
Barton	4
Glover	2
Greensboro'	1
Irasburgh	1
Jay	1
Newport	5
Westmore	2
Rutland County
Castleton	9
Chittenden	4
Clarendon	4
Fairhaven	1
Hubbardton	2
Mendon	1
Mount Tabor	2
Pawlet	4
Pittsfield	3
Poultney	43
Rutland	3
Sherburne	1
Tinmouth	1
West Haven	6
Washington County
Barre	18
Berlin	10
Fayston	6
Marshfield	2
Moretown	7
Plainfield	6
Waterbury	5
Windham County
Athens	4
Brookline	1
Dover	5
Dummerston	2
Grafton	6
Guilford	8
Halifax	7
Londonderry	10
Marlboro	8
Newfane	6
Rockingham	6
Stratton	3
Townshend	8
Vernon	7
Whitingham	5
Wilmington	11
Windham	3
Windsor County
Barnard	10
Cavendish	7
Chester	8
Hartford	4
Hartland	7
Ludlow	7
Norwich	18
Pomfret	1
Reading	5
Royalton	17
Sharon	2
Springfield	6
Stockbridge	3
Weston	3
West Windsor	3
Windsor	2
Woodstock	10

In ascertaining the present deficiency of the several towns, as above stated, each town has been credited with the whole number of volunteers raised by such town under the last call of the President of the United States for 300,000 volunteers, and has also been credited with all men who have reenlisted, from such town, in regiments in the field, and the surplus of men, thus ascertained, above the quota of such town under the call for 300,000 volunteers, has been deducted from the quota of such town for the deficiency under the draft, and the residue, after making the deduction, is the number of men now remaining due from such town, and is the number, herein above stated against the name of such town, and which such town is now required to raise.

So much of General Order No. 1 of the Governor of this State, as appointed the Selectmen of the several towns in this State to be Recruiting Officers, and authorized and empowered them, as such, to raise volunteers, is hereby continued in force, and the Selectmen of the several towns are hereby authorized to continue to act as such Recruiting Officers.

The whole number of men above assigned to the several deficient towns is required for the completion of the Seventeenth REgiment, and is to be raised for that purpose. Recruits hereafter enlisted for any other organization will not be credited towards the quotas, as above stated.

When recruits are enlisted by Selectmen for the Seventeenth Regiment, they are to be immediately delivered, together with three copies of the enlistment contract, to the nearest Principal Recruiting Officer for that Regiment.

The Principal Recruiting Officers for the Seventeenth Regiment, and their Stations, are as follows:

Lyman E. Knapp, Townshend. Gardner I. Howe, Ludlow. Henry A. Eaton, Bethel. Horace E. Brown, Thetford. Xerxes C. Stevens, St. Johnsbury. George S. Robinson, Montpelier. Frank Kenfield, Morrisville. Stephen F. Brown, St. Albans. Andrew J. Davis, Burlington. Charles W. Corey, Middlebury. Daniel Conway, Castleton. Charles Field, Manchester.

For each accepted recruit, who shall be mustered into the United States' service, enlisted by selectmen, the selectmen will receive premiums as follows:

For recruits who have never before served in the Army of of the United States, Fifteen Dollars.

For recruits who have heretofore served in the Army of the United States not less than nine months, Twenty-five Dollars.

These payments will be in full of all expenses incurred by the selectmen, except expense for subsistence and transportation or recruits, which will be paid by the United States.

All recruits, heretofore enlisted for the Seventeenth Regiment from any town above mentioned, who have not yet been mustered into the service of the United States, will, when mustered, be credited to such town towards the number of men now required from such town, as above stated.

Every recruit hereafter enlisted for the Seventeenth Regiment, whether by selectmen, by Recruiting OFficers for that Regiment, or by Recruiting Officers at large, or by any authorized enlisting officer, will, when mustered into the service of the United States, be credited to the town from which he enlists, toward the number of men required from such towns, as above stated.

If any town above named shall raise, for the Seventeenth Regiment, more than the number of men above required of them, or if any town, which has heretofore raised the whole number of men required of them, so that no men are now due from such town, shall raise men for the Seventeenth Regiment, the men so raised, in excess of the quotas assessed, will, when mustered into the service of the United States, be credited to such town towards any call for troops, which may hereafter be made.

It is a duty incumbent upon the State, to fill the regiments which have heretofore been sent into the field. The veterans remaining in those regiments, to whose care the honor of the State has been entrusted, have faithfully performed the duties of their trust, and they have a right to expect that aid and encouragement from home, which can only be afforded to them by keeping their ranks at all times filled. the quotas of the State, under the call of the President for 300,000 volunteers, has been more than filled by voluntary enlistments in the State; but the number called for has proved insufficient for the purpose for which they were designed. In order to fill al the regiments to the maximum, recruits are still needed, as follows:

Third Regiment	247
Fourth Regiment	159
Fifth Regiment	364
Sixth Regiment	405
Eighth Regiment	67
Ninth Regiment	83
Tenth Regiment	73
Cavalry Regiment	33
First and Second Batteries	12
First Co. Sharp Shooters	28

For the purpose of filling those organizations, and putting them in the highest possible state of efficiency for the next campaign, enlistments should be continued, without cessation, throughout the State, and the men sent forward as rapidly as possible.

The Selectmen of each town i the State are appointed Recruiting Officers and authorized to enlist men for this purpose. They will receive similar authority from the Provost Marshal General of the United States. For each recruit for an old regiment, who has never served, enlisted by Selectmen, they will receive the premium of Fifteendollars, and for each recruit who has heretofore served not less than nine months, they will received the premium of Twenty-fivedollars, -- which will be in full of expenses, except transportation and subsistence.

All recruits for old regiments, enlisted by Selectmen, are to be taken to the Provost Marshal of the District, in which the enlistment is made, by whom they will be mustered into the service of the United States.

Whenever the Selectmen of any town have enlisted recruits, they will inform the Provost Marshal of the District of the number of men, whom they are prepared t send to him, and the Provost marshal will send to them transportation to his Head Quarters. The requisition for transportation should include the whole number of recruits to be send and also the person who is to go in charge of the recruits.

A few towns in the State have failed to raise their quota of men, under the call for 300,000 volunteers. This deficiency must be immediately filled by those towns, by furnishing men for old regiments. Deficient towns cannot be allowed to profit by the energy and activity of other towns, which have more than filled their quotas. Recruits for the Seventeenth Regiment, hereafter enlisted, will not be credited towards any deficiency in those quotas.

All towns, which shall furnish men for old regiments, in excess of the quota heretofore required of them, will receive credit for such surplus towards any call for troops, which may hereafter be made.

Until the first day of March next, all recruits enlisted and mustered, whether for the Seventeenth Regiment, or for old regiments, will receive bounties as follows: --

Recruits who have not heretofore served in the Army of the United States, Three Hundreddollars.

Recruits who have heretofore served in the Army of the United States no less than nine months, Four Hundreddollars.

Payments will be made at the same time and in the same amounts heretofore published in orders.

It is earnestly enjoined, by the Governor of this State, upon the Selectmen of the several towns in the State, upon the recruiting officers for the Seventeenth Regiment, and upon all others, who may be intrusted with the charge of enlisting men, that they devote themselves with energetic and constant effort, from this time until the first of March, to the business of obtaining recruits under this order; and all loyal and patriotic citizens are requested to give all the assistance in their power to the accomplishment of this purpose.

The Seventeenth Regiment must be filled. The men already enlisted are idle, waiting for the completion of the organization; large expense to the State has already been incurred, which must be lost, unless the regiment is filled; and the honor of the State is involved, that the work be speedily completed. every man in the State should feel it to be part of his duty to see to it, that the credit, which has been won for the State by her gallant sons in the field, and the praise which the citizens of the State are justly entitled to claim for the promptitude and energy with which the quota of the State has been filled under the last call for volunteers, are not now forfeited, by our own neglect, within the State, to complete the work which has been undertaken. Let it never be said of Vermont, that she has attempted more than she can accomplish. The failure to complete the Seventeenth Regiment previous to the first of March will be a neglect of duty, for which no excuse can be made, and which will admit of no apology.

But it is a duty, also, to fill the old regiments. It can be done now easier than ever again. It is not to be expected, that the large government bounties, now offered, will be continued after the first of March. Sound policy would dictate to the towns to take advantage of their present offer, and raise men in anticipation of a future call. There are men enough in the State, who can and will enlist, if suitable effort is made to obtain them. The cessation of labor in any town, merely for the reason, that the present quota of the town has been filled, is but a selfish consideration. Let all the men be raised that can be obtained. The credit will stand against future calls, and the Government, which it is out pride to uphold, will have the present benefit of the men, where and when they are most needed. The enemy, by a pitiless and unrelenting conscription, are bringing their last available men into the field, and boast, that another spring will find our armies confronted by larger forces, and in better condition, than have yet been met. If their boast should prove true, let the Regiments from Vermont, at least, be in an equally effective condition.

The several towns in the State and their Selectmen have verified, within the last two months, the confidence which was reposed in them by the Governor of the State, and have demonstrated their ability to accomplish a work, which, at its commencement, was deemed, by the great majority of the citizens of the State, impossible of completion. The same energy, the same determination to succeed, accompanied by the same untiring effort, continued for a few weeks longer, will raise all the troops which are now needed, will place the Seventeenth Regiment in the field, will fill the ranks of every old regiment to the maximum, will place the State of Vermont in excess of all calls made, and will entitle her to the proud distinction of having performed her entire duty, without regard to the limitation of quotas, and having reference only to the necessities of the public service.

By order of His Excellency, J. GREGORY SMITH, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, PETER T. WASHBURN, Adjutant and Inspector General