Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-01-20


ing Of the ranks Of the regular army.
encouraging enIistments aud authorising
the re-enlistments for longer periods.
of men whose terms of service are A.
bout to expire
Be IL enacted, &c. That in order o com.
plete the present military esta blishment Ia
the full Number authorised by law, with The
greatest possible dispateh.there shall be paid
TO each effective able bodied man, in lieu
OF the bounty at present established BY law
who shall be duly enlisted into the service
ofthe United States, after tie day of
next, To serve for the term of five
years, OF during the war, at his election
bounty OF one hundred dollars: twenty.
five dollars to be paid on the enlistment Is
the recruit twenty Ave dollars when La
shall be mustered and have joined sons
military corps and fifty dollars on the ex.
piration Of Ais term o. service, or when hs
shall be entitled to his discharge, and shah
moreover be entitled to the bounty of three
hundred and twenty acres OF land, as here.
tofore established by law.
Sec. 2. That every non-commissioned of
ticer, soldier, or other person, who shall
recruit an able bodied man for the service.
shall! be entitled to receive for every eflec,
tive, able bodied maa, recruited by hins
after the day of next, for the,
term of i've years, or during the war, and
IN ustered, and between the age Of eighteea
and forty five years, the sum of eight dol
lars; Preceded nevertheless, That this re.
gulation, SO far as respects the age of the
recruit shall not extend TO musicians, or 10
those soldiers who may re-enlist into tie
service
Sec. 8. That from and after the
day o: one thousand ei:.ht hundred
and fourteen, the monthly pay of the non
commissioned officers, musicians, privates,
drivers, bombardiers, mattresses, sappers,
miners, artifcers, saddlers, farriers, and
blacksmiths, who have enlisted, or shall
hereafter enlist in the service Of the United
States, shall, during the continuance of the
war between the United States of America
and their territories, and the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland and the
dependencies thereof, be as follows, viz.
to each sergeant major and quarter mas.
ter's sergeant, fourteen dollars; to each SER
geant and principal musician, thirteen dol
lars, to each musician eleven dollars to
each private, driver, bombardier, matross.
sapper and miner, ten dollars to each ar
tlflcer, saddler, farrier, and blacksmith. not
attached to the quarter master generals
and ordnance departments fifteen dollars
Sec. a. That every non commissioned Of
ficer, musician and private, who has been
recruited in the regular army of the Uuited
States, under the authority of the act of
the 9th April, 1872 entitled, &c NAV be
re enlisted for the term of five wears. or
during the war; and that every non-com-
missioned officer, musician and private. re-
cruited under authority of the act of goth
January 1878, entitled &c. may be re enlist
ed for five years or during the war.
Sec. 5. That the non commissioned Off
GERS, musicians and privates re enlisted I'M
der the authority of the preceding sec
ton shall be entitled to the bounty allowed
by this act to recruits for five years or for
the war.
Mr. Lowndes offered an amendment.
which proposes to retain the pay at its pre-
sent rate, and increase the bounty to l24
dollars, fifty on enlistment, fifty on joining
the regiment, and "a on the expiration Of
the term of service. The amendment was
agreed to, ayes IS.
The blank in the second section was on
motion of Troup, filled with the first day of
February.
Mr.. Calhoun, as the Russian mediation
was at end, offered resolution requesting
the president to lay before the house the
papers connected herewith