Military Laws And Rules And Regulations For The Armies Of The United States.

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office Washington, May 1st , 1813

When a recruit is rejected, his clothing, if delivered, and the bounty or pay advanced to him, shall be returned; for which the recruiting officer will be heId accountable.

No party shall be detached on the recruiting service, unaccompanied by a commissioned officer, unless by special permission of the superintendent.  As soon as convenient, and within six days at furthest, from the time of is enlistment, ever recruit is to be brought before a magistrate, and take and subscribe the necessary oath, agreeably to the 10th article of the rules and articles of war.  No objection is to be made to a recruit for want of size, provided he be strong, active, well made, and healthy.  If any recruit, after having received the bounty, or a part of it, shall abscond, he is to be pursued, and punished as a deserter.

Every officer engaged in the recruiting service, at posts where there shall be no Quartermaster, will procure the necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationary, taking the requisite vouchers.

Recruiting officers shall, as far as practicable, be furnished with drums and fifes, from their regiments; where this may be impossible, and musicians have not been enlisted, they are authorized to engage a drummer and fifer, at a rate not exceeding fifteen dollars per month, and one ration per day each.

When medical or surgical aid is required by a recruiting party, if no surgeon or mate of the army be at or near post, the senior officer shall have authority to obtain such by special agreement in writing, under the following rules, viz:

For any number of sick, not more than thirty, the rate of compensation shall not exceed the pay and emolument of a surgeon's mate of the army, exclusive of medicine.  In any other case it shall not exceed those of a regimental Surgeon.

All communications relating to the recruiting service shall be addressed to “The Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, War Department.”

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