The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-02

Z; the present Session, was FIVE dollars ne.
month. 1t has been recently raised tn
cight, the advance of % dollars is to he
made out ofthis increas $3.50 that in efTect
the 40 dollars are a bounty. By adding
MAJOR to each regiment, having at this time
one only, and third lieutenant to each
company, the government will bs, enanl.,,
TO Carry on the recruiting business withont
interm'asion, even after the regiments are
Completed. - -
| Inc second set authorises the President
! 10 raise an additional force, at his diS,re
ton IS 20 the number, nor exceeding ga. o0o
men, to serve for one year. We enter
tanned, at first, some doubt of the policy Of
this act, lest 1t might interfere with enlist
'hehtS INTO the corps to serve for five
years but explanations which were GIVEN
IN usoate were perfectly satisfactory on
mat mead. The superior encourapemer.
given 20 hvc years men in bounty. or wh,f
is equivalent to it, an advance of paw. anJ
In In Iand, viii, it is presumed, secure the 6i-
ing OF those corps in the first instance
BESIDES, IL appears To be in contempIot;o,
OF the government to raise the - months
men IN a way not to interfere with the
recruiting for the five years. service T.
was said TO be intended to raise the tw.,,,a
months men principally, in the states CON,
tiSuous to the theatre of war. and in RI.
parts or those states nearest to the epeuw
Tor example, in Kentucky, Ohio. M
ha,hPShire, Massachusetts, Vermont. and
pernapS IN some OF the seaport towns most
exposed to the enemy, such as New,ort
New York. New Orleans, &c. /, is 60
posed, that IN the neighborhood If rho .,r
my. large bodies of respectable citizens
VIII turn out to serve for one camp,ign
VINO "ouid not engage to serve for Ave.
or even more than one year. We know
I Ihat almost the whole of the army rear
AL gsCN- 49,.
and that strong proofs of similar sni,;r
monB the inhabitants of the frontier of Nv
YORK, Vermont and other states In tba.
quarter nearest the enemy, have been
hiclted. From this view it seems D,ohsbia
that the recruiting of men for t,veIv.
"'oh,hs' WIZ not interfere with that for FIVE
years Inc Executive. having the direct;-
vi vi inc "hoie recruiting business in its
hands' may manage SO as to prevent
such interference, at least, in anv .ree't;nr
degree. S''e"'ial
bnt why raise men for twelve moc+bs>
Is II not better to raise them for FIVE vears
or for the WARP Undoubtedly it is. # ,ban
were 80 be had. Does any one beIieys
WIN WIN all the encouragement given to en-,
t,s',neh'S Tor hve years. thar more than
$1,000 men can be raised for thar tern, 'a -.
be brought into service the annro.nh i' ~
campaign! Why then ATTEMPT ~ ra;ss
more than that number in that wav ~,
addinS 10000, or even so 600 more ~
per, we shall not get them into the ftId
Is 1t even probable that we shall raise ~
que time Tor the campaign, the s.. Ooo ma, -
OF nearly that NUMBER II is the fear 80
we snail not, and that in con,eouan
thereof the commencement of the 80
Paign will be delayed to q late 80,
which suggests the idea of SOM o, ,ous
kind of force in aid of the five yeas, o.ner
ohan we rely on Die militia We Laya
seem mat whenever it has been pronosed.
20 inc militia corps, to pass the line re-
constitutional objection is raised. wh;ch
creates DIVISION, and reduces the u,,rnhn,.
for service: The absurdity of hay
force inthe field, to march tota ce,ta;, Pa
q malt there, must be evident to everu an e
ne only force to be relied on must ~ oe
Wiling to go amy where, and every. uba,.
"a force completely trained ana ,ndH
disciplined. Shall we rely on VoInnteare
he twelve months men will nar,at-
the manner.in which it is said thev 1,';;,
oibcered and raised, in a certain 49,
that quality, while it will be IN al 80
PEGS IN practice as by law, compulsory ~
guar These corps being raised for CO.
gle campaign, to resist an enemv NJ ~
doo": Will be composed of the n,y,yt
pecta6le OF our laboring young men 81
the oh1cers appointed to Command -
Deing known, esteemed and resnecta, ~.
them' will be obeyed vo,untariI VIZ
such corps, discipline, although e,r;ct IAN
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