General orders, no. 7.
The following companies of volunteers, now stationed in this city, are hereby organized into a regiment, to be mustered into the service of the State agreeable to such regulations as shall hereby be determined upon, viz.:1. Edgecombe Guards—Captain John L. Bridgers.
2. Enfield Blues—Captain D. A. Bell.
3. Hornet's Nest Rifles—Captain Lewis S. Williams.
4. Burke Rifles—Captain C. M. Avery.
5. Buncombe Rifles—Captain W. W. McDowell.
6. Southern Stars—Captain W. J. Hoke.
7. Randalsburg Rifles—Captain A. A. Erwin.
8. La Fayette Light Infantry—Captain W. G. Matthews.
9. Orange Light Infantry—Captain Richard J. Ashe.
The companies will be arranged in the regiment, and the relative rank of the officers will be fixed when the same shall have been mustered into service.
The commanding officer of the Camp of Instruction will hold an election for field officers of the above regiment at 10 o'clock A. M. the 11th instant.
The companies not already at the camp will repair there at the time designated, where they will be stationed until further ordered.
The following companies will be concentrated at the Camp of Instruction of Weldon, N. C., where they will be organized into a regiment in like manner, viz.:
1. Warrenton Guards—Gaptain Wade.
2. Granville Greys—Captain George Wortham.
3. Halifax Light Infantry—Captain Whitaker.
4. Cleveland Guards—Captain Aug. W. Burton.
5. Catawba Rifles—Captain T. W. Bradburn.
6. Duplin Rifles—Captain Thomas S. Kenan.
7. Nash Boys—Captain William T. Williams.
8. Warrenton Rifles—Captain Jones.
9. Townsville Guards—Captain Henry E. Coleman.
