Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-15

..,,rss 81 drafting men according 70
off e such volanteers. ii any reg'msa' !.
.,rred in number the proportion 9 s
,rooircd lheteffom the comn oda 70
..f shall not reiect the services O apy
h.m but shall reportshs circumstance
ne exccutige-
pn ii by order Of the executive,
pa NIEL L. HYL TO n
Clerk 1T fle Cauness.
..ny the documents referred to in the a.
m hove advice is the following:
war Department, Jatv sth, lsoz.
ercdlsary taa Gsrsrnor Of the
state Of Yirsgiafs,
The president If the ". s. has d.
.,,a me 10 call upon shs ryecutlves OF
s,yeraa atasss to take efrc,asi nsea-
r-s 20 organise, arm aud ega'p, accord
! - law. aud hold 10 readiasss to march
moments warning. their respective
rooort,ons Of one hundred thousand MI
IL of;cer. included, by vlrtoe OF an act
/ congress passed on the 18Th day ct A.
|r;j 1905. io,is1lsd, ZAP aci suhorislng
|ds,achmert from The militia OF the y.
. This therefore is TO requTe q your
kcsllsncy 20 take eg:c,ual measures tor
.y;ny riesen thousand five hundred and
Nv. hgee I'll the militia of Virgins (being
|er s u !, detached and duly organised 10
|ompaaies, bastalians, gmen,s, brig adss
lad divisions, wishia the shortest period
Ia, circum,sances will permit: and as
|sarly as practicable 10 rhe following pro-
,or.ioo, Of artillery. cavalry aud iafan.ry.
liz one twentieth part Of arti'l~.y; oae
eo,h part Of cavalry; aud the rcsidne IN.
hairy. Th-rs will, however. be no 90 /
! sriou oathe part of the president OF the I
LJs S. ,e ske admission of proportions OF
iae a,en, duly organised in distinct corps,
nd not. exceeding one tenth part OF the
Whole quota Of the states respectively ::
ash corps should Be- property armed and
qa;pprd for nc sasi service. Any compa.
ne. of yolan.erss, who. previous TO or
lers fertakiog The Gsld, mag tender their
eryirss cnaformahly to she second section
il the Aforesaid act. or 10 IA act of con
lress "a copy of which IS enclosed) passed
10 the 2s'h day Of February, 1907, ia,l-
ulsd, a'so &C. au,horising the president
pf The u. S. TO accept the services OF a.
Bomber OF volunteer companies, 'hoS e1- !
:eeding thirty thousand men" Will bc con.
idered as part Of the aforesaid quota Of
levea thousand five hundred ADD sixty.
,rer, according to their numbers; and,
ON the we'll known patriotism Of cur
How ci,izeus, It, must be presumed, that
oder the existing circumstances of our
nuntry, a, large proportion of the quotas
the several states will be cumposSd of
ach volunteer corps, especially, as they.
NIL undoubtedly mses win every eecau
agemen. from your excs!leocy. aud from
Il osber patriotic, inGasntial characters.
Whcn the detachment ard organisa,ioa
ball have been Erected. the respective
orPs viii be exercised under the officers
s,cser .hrms bu, will no, rrmain embo
led, or be considered as in actual service,
a,il, by subsequent orders, they shall be
Erected TO take the held; yeur r1cefiency
vii please to direct that correct muster
oils add Inspection returns Be made e The
sverai corps and thar copies thereof be
ra'sm'',ed to this department as early as
possible.
have the houor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your excsilency'- OBJ serv'.,
: n. DEARBORN.
C0py)-Tes'e,