William H. Hays, General Order, No. 3
1865-05-08
- Date of Creation
- May 8, 1865
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Order
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- General Orders No. 2
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-181-0006
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- 32212910
- Dates
- 1865-05-08
Citation
William H. Hays, General Order, No. 3, 1865-05-08, General Orders No. 2, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-181-0006 (November 12, 2026).
Headquarters Kentucky National Legion,
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Frankfort, Ky.,
GENERAL ORDER
No. 3.
For the purpose of expediting the organization of the Companies of Active Militia for the Kentucky National Legion, it is Ordered: That when forty recruits have been obtained, they may be organized with one officer — a First Lieutenant — and mustered into the service of the State; they will be immediately called into active service, and furnished with arms, &c.
Officers engaged in recruiting Companies will notify me as soon as they obtain forty recruits, and officers will be appointed to hold the election and muster them into the State service.
Where a full Company can be recruited in a short time, it will be better to defer the organization until the number is obtained.
By order of the Governor.
W. H. HAYS,
Inspector General of Kentucky.