Special Orders, No. 3.

Above Special Order, No. 348, is hereby promulgated.

Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company "A," of this Regiment, will immediately promulgate the above Orders to his command.

Said Captain will immediately report to these Head-Quarters, in writing, the strength of his command, and the number of men he will be able to report for duty at Elmira on the 5th day of September, proximo.

The Captain will see the importance of this Order, when it is stated that orders must be made at once for clothing, transportation, arms and accoutrements, at New York city for his command.

By order of
COL. HENRY D. BARTO,
Commanding 50th Reg't N. G., S. N. Y.

Lewis Halsey, Adjutant.

Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, started at 9 o'clock on the morning of the second day of September, 1864, in obedience with the above order, with the following officers and men:

CHARLES F. BLOOD,Captain.
Levi Kenney,1st Lieutenant.
Joseph Esty, Jr.,2d Lieutenant.
J. C. Hazen,Orderly.
C. C. Greenly,2d Sergeant.
E. M. Finch,3d Sergeant.
H. A. St. John,4th Sergeant.
B. R. Williams,1st Corporal.
Uri Clark,2d Corporal.
J. C. Gauntlett,3d Corporal.
Alfred Brooks,4th Corporal.
Frank Betts,E. K. Johnson,
E. E. Barnard,J. McKinney,
J. W. Brown,W. H. Kellogg,
F. Cheesbrough,S. T. Lewis,
Wm. Crittenden, E. M. Latta,
A. Dean,J. Mandeville,
James Faulkner,E. C. Marsh,
John Gay,H. L. Miller,
M. L. Granger,J. W. Norton,
T. H. Griffith,C. L. O'Brien,
George H. Grant,A. Prame,
S. J. Humm,O. S. Perry,
T. Hern,George Pollay,
W. C. Steele,E. E. Warfield,
C. R. Sherwood,Geo. R. Williams,
H. E. Smith,J. V. Wilson.

We reached Elmira at 2 P. M. on the same day, and were immediately marched to our quarters at Barracks No. 1, afterwards called the Substitute Camp. At 3½ P. M. we were mustered into the United States service as Company L, 58th Regiment N. G., S. N. Y., Col. R. P. Wisner commanding, and the same evening, on the requisition of our Captain, we drew the following articles of clothing, arms and equipments, to each man:

1 Woolen Blanket, 1 Canteen,
1 Rubber Blanket,1 Spoon,
1 Overcoat,1 Knife and Fork,
1 Blouse,1 Cup,
1 Pair Pants,1 Plate,
1 Cap,1 Knapsack,
2 Pair Drawers,1 Haversack,
2 Pair Socks,
1 Pair Shirts,
1 Pair Shoes.

The arms served us were of the Enfield pattern, known as rifled muskets, and were said to have been taken off of a rebel blockade-runner, which, together with the necessary belts, cap and cartridge boxes, made as complete an outfit as were given to any of the men serving in our army for the preservation of the Union.