Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-08
CBY AUTHORITY
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10 Authorize the President of the United St,,es
70 accept the services of State Troops and
Volunteers
he 10 en0csedby the Senate and House Of p.
eSf'enfa'-es Of fhe United States of America in
ConSress .fsseni5ied, That the President of the
United states be and he is hereby authorised
ana required to receive into the service of the
United States any corps of troops which may
nave neen or may b. raised, organized and of.
hcered under the authority Of any of the states,
whose term oil service shall not be less than
| twelve months, which corps, when received in.
to the service OF the United States, shall he sub.
Ject to the rules and articles of war; and emoloy-
ed IN the state raising the same, or in an adioin-
ing Sta'e, and not elsewhere, except with the as.
sent OF tie Executive o. the state so raising the
same: PfOuide4, That said corps shall not con-
tam IN the whole, exclusive Of oEicers, more
than torty thousand men and that the number
10 DE received in any state shall not exceed the
number hereby apportioned to such sta q that
IS to say, in New>Hampshire, one thousand
Ihree hundred and eighteen. In Massachusetts,
TOUR Thousand three hundred and ninety-fiye -
In vermont, one(thousand three hundred and
e'ghteen. la Rhode Island, four'hundred and
forty. In New-York, five thousand nine hsn-
drei and thirty-three. In New Jersey. one
thousand three hundred and eighteen. In Penn
syVania, i've Thousand and ftty.five. In Della
ware, tour hundred and forty. In Maryland,
one thousand nine hundred and eighty. In vir
gina, ive thousand and fiftv FIVE. In North~
carolina, two thousand eight hundred and IF
" eight In South Caroin., one thousand
nlne hundred and eighty IN Georgia, one
Thousand three hundred and eghteen. In Ken
lucky. two thousand one hundred and ninety
SIX. In Ohio. one thousand three hundred and
eighteen. In Tennessee, one thousand three
hundred and eighteen. In Louisiana, two hun.
cred and twenty Ind be il further provided,
That in case the President of the United States
snail hereafter call on the Executives of the
several states, to hold in readiness Their respec.
i've quotas OF militia For service, he shall con-
sider the corps of state troops raised in any
state, as part OF the quota of such state.
Sec. 2. and be it further enacted, That the
corps as aforesaid accepted under this act.
shall be armed and equipped at the expense of
the United States, and shall be entitled TO the
same pay, clothing rations, forage and emolu-
ments of every kind, and (hounty excepted) to
the same benefits and allowances as TIE regular
troops of the United States.
Sec. 3 Ana be IL further enacted, That the
President Of the United States b 4, and he is
hereby authorised to receive into the service of
the United States any volunteers who may of
fer their services, to be organized in coniormi-
tY to the laws respecting the organization of
the military establishment ofthe United States
EIOUfNeu, nat the Whole NUMBER OF SuCn VO-
lunteers, who may be in the service at any one
time, exclusive of officers, shall not exceed for
" Thousand men
Sec. 4. Ind be 10 further enacted, That the
officers OF the said volunteers shall be commits.
stoned by the President OF the United States
aud while in actual service the said volunteers
shall be entitled to the same pay, rations, TO-
rage ard emoluments of every kind, and (boun
~ excepted) to the same benefits aud allow
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States, and shall be subject to the rules and ar
ticles of wer
Sec. 5 And he it further enacted, That the
said volunteers may at their option be armed
and equipped blythe United States, or at their
Own expense and in case they arm and equip
themselves to the satisfaction of the President
Of The United States, they shall each be enti
tied 10 receive six and one-quarter cents per
day, while in actual service, for the use and
risk OF such arms and equipments Pyovidcd,
That the compensation thus SLOWED shall not
in any case exceed twenty-four dollars: and
bT61ided aiso, That no rifle shall be received
into the service Of the United, whose calibrc
shall be formed to carry ball of smaller
size than st the rate Of seventy balls to pound
weight.
Sec. 6. Ind he IL further enacted, That the
said volunteers, if employed in service for
term not less than twelve months, may ut their
OptiUH DC ClOtneu AZ their own expense or bV
the United States and in case they furnish
their own clothing, they shall be entitled TO re.
ceiye in money a sum equal TO the cost OF the
clothing allowod to the regular troops of the
United States
Sec z. Ind be il further enacted, That when
ever any non-commssioneG officer, musician
or private, having served in any Of the
corps or state troops or volunteers, raised by |
virtue OF this act, during two years, or who |
having engaged to serve two years, shall have |
been discharged in consequence Of the termi- |
nation of the present war, shall have obtained
from the commanding officer of bis company !
battalion or regiment, certificate that helhad
faithfully performed his duty whilst in service, ]
he shall be allowed, in addition % the ernolu-
msnts allowed in this act, one hundred and six.
~ acres % land and the widow and children,
and IL there be no widow and child. then the |
parents OF such hon.con missioned officers, ma. |
sicians and privates az may have engaged for a |
term Of service not less than two years, and /
who may be killed IN action or die in the SER
vice, b'ial likewise be allowed the said quaint /
~ ofone hundred and sixty acres Of land, which /
shat be surveyed and granted in the manner
provided by tie act, entitled " An act TO pro 1
vide for the Designating, surveying and grant
ing the military bounty lands
Sec. 8 dRdbe IL J,yfler enacted, That the
appointment Of the officers Of the said volm~
teers, IL received into the service Of the United
States for the term Of twelve months, or for a
longer term, shall be submitted TO the Senate
for their advice and conse at NJ fheiP ne5f oess