Transportation will be furnished and troops will
report to the commandants of camps of rendezvous, as directed by the circular
of Major General Couch thereto attached.
By order of
A. G. Curtin
Governor and Commander-in-Chief
A. L. Russell, Adjutant General, Pennsylvania
Headquarters, Department of the
Susquehanna
Harrisburg, Pa.,
July 8, 1864
The twelve thousand (12,000) men being raised in
pursuance of the proclamation of the Governor of Pennsylvania, dated at
Harrisburg, July 6th, 1864, for the defence of the
state, will be mustered into the United States service for one hundred (100)
days, unless sooner discharged, to serve in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington
and vicinity, as the safety and protection of the State may require.
All responding to the call west of Johnston and the
Laurel Hill range of the mountains, will report to the commanding officer, Camp
Reynold, near Pittsburg,
Pa.; all east of that line and west of and including Reading, Pa., will report
to the commanding officer, Camp Curtin, Harrisburg; all east of Reading and
that line, will report to the commanding officer, Camp Cadawalter,
Philadelphia.
Companies, if possible, should be formed before
starting for the camp of rendezvous.
Upon the application of the
commanding officer of a squad consisting of not less than eight (8) men, or a
company, to the agents of the different railroad companies throughout the
State, transportation to the camp of rendezvous will be furnished.
By command of Major General Couch
John S. Schultz, Assistant Adjutant General
