Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-01
missioned officer who shall be employed in the

'"'SSio' ~ ohiSSf VINO snaii De employed IN the
recruiting service, shall be, and he hereby Is
authorised TO enlist into the army of the Uni
ted Stares, any free, effective, able. bodied man,
between the ages of eighteen and Fifty years !,
whieh eniistmcot shall be absolute and ndins
upon ali persons under the age of twenty .onc
years, as well as upon persons of full age, such
recruiting officer having complied with all thu
requis'tions vi the laws regulating the recruit
ing service.
Sec. 2. and be it further enacted, Tha. i,
shail not be lawful for any recruiting officer "a
pay or deliver to 4 recruit under the age o.
.wen'y.one years, TO be enlisted by virtue Of
'his ACT, any bounty or clothing, or in any man
Ut RESTRAIN him OF his liberty, until after the
expiration Of tour DAYS from the time of his en-
iistment and 1t shall be lawful for the said re.
| crnit' at any time during the said four days.
ia q, RECONSIDER and Withdraw his enlistment, and
hsreapon he shall forthwith be discharged and
eAoneratod from the same
as Sec. 3. Ans be IL f,.r,he, ennet,d Th,, an
much OF the Fifth section of the act. passed the
,wSnueth day OF January, one thousand eight
hunored and thirteen, entitled " An act supple
'"eh'ary 70 the ac', entitled I" An act for the
more perfect organization of the army of the
united states" as requires the consent, in wri-
ung. oil the parent, guardian or master, to AL.
thofize the enlistment of persons under the
age OF twenty -one years, shall he, and the same
| a, L
| !" case OF the nelssmeut Of any person held e
service rs an apprentice, under the provisions
OF inns act Whenever such person, at the tim.
| OF enlistment, shall ne held bv his indentsre 70
| serve ior any term between rwo am, three year,
his master shall be entitled to receive one ha!f
OF the moaey bounty If held, in like manner,
10 serve between one and two years, the master
shait De entitled to receive one.third Of the mo
hey bounty ss aforesaid and IL held, in like
\ Lass h.
Shall he entitled to receive one forth of the mo.
n-y bounty rs afprsaid
:. sec 3 3rd be IL further enacted That IN
! lieu oil the bounty Of enc hundred and sixty a.
cres OF land, now allowed by law, there shall
| De allowed 10 each non commissioned oeicei
ana soldier. hereafter enlisted, when disciiar.
Eed from service, who shall have obtained from.
tne commanding othcer his Company, bats h.
non or regiment, certificate that lie had tai h
tniiy performed his duty whilst in service, thr, :.
huharea and twenty acres of land, ia be survs ~
co, 'ald oil, and granted, under tre same reg5l-
| iations. and IN every respzct in The same man
ner now prescribed by faw : and the widow and
| children, and it there be no widow nor child
| inc psrents OF every nonrcommissioned aficer
aad soisier, enlisted according to law. who may
| ne Killed or die in the service of the United
States, shall be entitled to receive the rh,ee
hundred and tweaty acres Of land as aforesaid +;
DIT the same shall not pass to collateral raiati-
! ons, any law heretofore passed to the contrary
| notwithstanding.
! Sec. S. dnd be IL further enacted, That an,
person subject TO militia duty, who shall, &C
| oordinS TO law, furnish recruit for the army
OF the United States, at his own expence, t,
| serve during the war, shall thereafter be exemp
| from militia duty during the war, and every
| recruit thus iureished shall he delivered to
some recruiting officer of the United States
| WHO shall Immediately grant his receipt TO-
| such recruit to the person furnishing him ana
| SHAH forthwith report the same to the Depart
merit OF War, and shall specify in the report I'll.
| name OF such person, and his place of resi-
| dence, as we'll as the name and description {
the recruit; whereupon it shall be the duty If
the Secretary for the Department of War To-
grant to the person furnishing such recruit
oertihcate OF exemption from militia duly du.
! ring the war, upon calls made upon the autho.
| rity O; the United States which certifca,s
/ shalt be good and available to all intents anc
| purposes for that object; ana every recruit
| thus furnished shall b. entitled to the bounty
| IN land, in the same manner, and upon the same
conditions as The other recruits in the army
the United States.
Aproved-December 10th 1914"
And in accepting those substitutes the fol
lowing rules will be observed:
Each experimenting field ofcar will be sup
pied from the Office Of superintendent, al
Washington, with blank certificates Of exemp-
ton, signed by the Secretary of War, which b
Will hi up with the names of such citizens
shall bring forward to him efficient aad abe
bodied men for The army, and which he Wi
ccuntersign, noticing the number of the distrS
and the name OF the state, and the number -
the regiment or corps in which such recrui
was enlisted But, previous 20 the filing VI
the blanks, the necessary examination of the
recruits, SO presented by the citizens, will b
made ny the surgeons or surgeons mates and
the certificates must be presented with thu
least possible, delay, on the favorable repor
OF the surgeons or surgeons mates to the citi
gems.
AS the law proyides for the first payment 10
recruit, on his enlistment. OF fifty dollars IT,
part OF his bounty monee, on no confederation
nor in any case phdtever, shall any recruitine
officer pay TO recruit less than the precise sum
OF fifty dollars, in part Of the payment of his
bounty, so specified, by law. And it any re
cruiling officer shall be known to transgress
this law, or TO give due bill TO a recruit for
part of bounty less than fifty dollars, after the
PRONUNCIATION Of this circular, he shGlk DO die
1nissed the serVice.
BREVETs.
Officers holding brevet field commissions wi!
rank agreeably to their breyets on the recruit
ing service.
DRPoTS OF INSTRUCTION.
There will be seven depots Of instruction for
recruits viz.
No. 1, Springfield, (Msssaehusetts) for New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Comet.
ticut.