Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-15
General Orders.
RICHMOND Nov.mho- O

ize, arm and equip according TO law, and hold
IN readiness to march at moments warning,
their respective proportions of 100, GOO militia,
officers included.
The Governor, therefore, in obedience TO the
requlsltion of the President, and i'm pursuance
OF an advice of the Council of State, directs
that ten thousand one hundred and ninety-cight
OF the militia osthis Commonwealth, being her
quota, be detached and duly organized into
Companies, Battalions, Regiments, Brigades
and Divisions, within the shortest period that
circumstances will permit, TO be completely
equipped with arms and aecOutremcnts fit for
actual service. including blankets and KNAPP
sacks and in all respects prepared to take the
held at amoment's warning.
The detachment will be composed of $50
Artillery, go Cavalry, 723 Riaemen, and the
residue Infantry; and will be apportioned A.
mong the several Brigades Of the State agree
ably to details to be furnished by the Adiutant
General.
The appointment Of all the General officers
as also OF the field officers Of the Artillery, Ca
valry and Riflemen, will be made and commu-
nicated by the Executive at a future day.
The selection of all the other field officers is
coniided to the Brgadier Generals and in the
perform nee of this duty, the Governor, in pur-
suance OF the earnest recommendation of the
/ President, has to urge upon them the impor-
lance OF selecting such officers, can, in all
respects, be relied on, in case the detachment
snail be called into actual service.
The mode of appointing the inferior staff is
prescribed by the Act of Assembly. to which
the Commandauts of Regiments will REFER
me superior staff will be appointed when their
services shall become necessary.
Any corps of volunteers who. prev;ous to
orders for taking the field, NAV tender their
services confDrmably to the second section of
the aforesaid act of Congress OF the Both of
March last, Will be received according 10 their
numbers, rs part of the quota of this State. as
WIZ also. any company or companies of volun-
'eerS' either OF artillery, Cavalry or Infantry,
who may associate and offer themselves for the
| service agreeably to an act of Congress, pas
sed on the 24th of February, 1907. In the
event OF more volunteers rendering themselves
under either or both acts of Congress than All
amount to the quota required from any partc-
uiar regiment or Brigade, the excess will not
De rejected, but will be specially repor ed.
! It's deemed highly important that the de-
tachment shall be completed within the short.
est period practicable and, to this end, it is
directed, that drafts, where necessary, shall
be made with as little delay as possible for
at any time thereafter. and before orders for
taxing the field, they may be substituted by
volunteers under either act of Congress /; but
preference will, at all times and in all cases.
be given to volunteers for twelve months, over
those for six months. For the purpose of en-
suring still greater dispatch, the Brigadier
Generals will make their returns by expresses.
directly to the Adjutant General and all com
munications between the Brigadiers and the
Commandments of Regiments, will, in like man
ner be carried on by expresses.
When the detachment shall have been com
p'eteti, the respective corps viii be exercised,
drafted militia by the officers set over them.
and volunteers by their own officers, ii organis
lied at the time Of tende ring their services.
and 1t not then organized, by officers to be ia
ken from the Regiments to which thew NAV
belong; but they will not remain embodied.
nor be considered in actual service, until bv
subsequent orders, they shall be directed to
| take the field
| 1t is understood that the requisition made
IN the summer of 1907 is discharged. ex-
cept that portion which consisted of yolun
teers tor twelve months, under the act of
Congress of the Oath of February. 1907.
who are liable to be called on to do military
duty at any time the President of the Uni
ted States shall Judge proper, within two
years from the time their services were
| accepted Correct inspection returns of all
the corps forming the detachment now di-
rected, VIII be made with The least Dossi-
bic delay to the Adjutant General, who
will transmit copies thereof to the Secreta-
ry of War. Separate returns will be made
OF those who may heretofore have voIun-
teered, or may hereafter volunteer under
the last mentioned act of Congress.
The love of peace characteristics the A.
merican People and the American govern
ment. We have wished to be spectators
only, OF the conflicts which ag;tate and de-
ISOLATE the world; and, if the observance of
the most impartial neutrality, and the most
scrupulous regard to the rights of others,
could ensure to us continuation of the bles-
sings of peace, we should never know the
evils of war. But, from every quarter, we
have experienced eXactions and restrictions,
injustice and aggressions. Even our indie
pendence is assailed by blow aimed at
some OF its essential rights. Our remon-
strances and our just demands for PREPARATION
have been answered by continued and by
aggravated injury. We have exhausted all
the stores of negotiation, and now we are
warned to be prepared for war. Now,
therefore, is the time to manifest the love
of country, by ralying around her standard
} and pressing forward in her service. The
} Governor confidently relies on the patriot.
ism of his fellow citizens in general, and or
the active and jealous cooperation of the
officers of every grade, in giving to the re.
QUESTION of the President, the most promp
and effectual execution. He confident,
hopes that the whole quota of Virginia viii
; be composed of volunteers, ardent IN theit
country's cause, and engaged for the long