[*D318 General Order #77
New Orleans*]

Recruiting For The Corps d'Afrique
Headquarters, Dept of the Gulf

Signature  Halsted



[*AL789*]
[*D318*]
Recruiting for the Corps d'Afrique.

GENERAL ORDERS
No. 77.

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF
New Orleans, October 27, 1863.

I.   All persons of Color coming within the lines of the army, or following 
the army when in the field, other than those employed in the Staff Department 
of the army, or as servants of officers entitled by the Regulations to have servants, 
or cooks, will be placed in charge of and provided for by the several Provost Marshals 
of the Parishes, or if the army be on the march, or in the field, by the Provost 
Marshal of the Army.

II.   The several Provost Marshals of the Parishes and of the Army will promptly 
forward to the nearest recruiting depot all able bodied males for service in the 
Corps d'Afrique.

III.   Recruits will be received for the Corps d'Afrique of all able bodied men 
from sections of the country not occcupied by our forces, and beyond our lines, 
without regard to the enrollment provided for in General Orders No. 64 and 70, 
from these Headquarters.  

IV.   Instructions will be given by the President of the Commission of Enrollment 
to the Superintendent of Recruiting, to govern in all matters of detail relating 
to recruiting, and officers will be held to a strict accountability for the faithful 
observance of existing orders and such instructions; but no officer will be authorized 
to recruit beyond the lines without first having his order approved by the 
officer commanding the nearest post, or the officer commanding the Army in the 
Field, who will render such assistance as may be necessary to make the recruiting 
service effective.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS :
G. NORMAN LIEBER,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
OFFICIAL:
Geo B Halsted
[Acting] Assistant Adjutant General.


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