Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-08


LANGDON CHEvES,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLsRD,
President, pro tempore, Of the Senate.
January II, 1si5-Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
Supplemental Crcu!ar 10 Experimenting Officers
on the Recruiting Se,Vice.
Office OF Superintendent the Recruitine)
Service, City of Washington january, (
1915.
SIR,
The general order OF the 1870, instant
issued from the Aliutant and Inspector Gene
RAILS office, Frohbus all officers not EMPLOYED
on the recruiting service, TO assume any CONS
mand oyer recruiting officers, "exceptng in
cases OF arrest for -ielstion of duty" This or
der has been rendered Indispensable by the in
stances OF recruiting officers without the aur
thority Of the Department Of War. Should anv
superior officer, not having special direction
from the Department of War, order yourself
and subordinate officers, or any or either of
you, to execute datics sepcrate from those of
the recruiting service, aud entirely irreative
to cases of arrest for,violation of duty -
in conformity with the established rules OF mi
| iitary precedence, you will promptly obey the
order to the best of your ability hut at the
| same time, and with the least possible delay,
you will report the same to this office, aocoma
panying the report with copy of the order,
that the department may enquire into the cau-
ses of such infraction OF the General Order OF
the 18th instant.
All recruiting officers, except when on fur :
Tough, will appear in the uniform of their res
pective regiments aid corps, and the superin,
tending field officer will punish neglect of this
regulation oy immediate arrest for trial by
Court Martial.
Recruiting officers shall receive the four dol.
Iars premium for recruits. notwithstanding
such recruits arc brought to them by citizens
or soldiers and il is conside red that the four
dollars premium is intended solely To ensbl. re
! cruiting officers to support the extra expenses
| of their stations.
Although field officers nrc by regulation to
supetintend the recruiting of regiments and
corps, Except tie corps OF Engineers and Ran.
| eers,) circumstances may occur 20 render il
necessary 10 place such superintendent in the
direction of officers of inferior rank OF commis-
| sion in all which cases such officers will have
the authority OF experimenting f-ld officers,
| and will have power TO make the same applica.
tons, returns, lists, acquisitions, and necessary
| communications to the proper departments -
and in the event of iniisposition, absence, re,
movol or death o. experimenting field officer,
/ the officer next in rank on the recruiting ser
vice OF the regiment or corps, will immediate>
| y assume the charge of the superintendent,
notifying the same to the superintendent Of the
recruiting service at Washington.
After the regiments and corps of the army
shall receive recruits necessary TO complete
their establishment, lhers will he retained by
successive details on the recruiting service, in
ord r to preserve at all times the complement
of rank and file OF each regiment and corps, he
following number Of officers: The regiments
OF Light ARTILLERY, Dragons, Infantry aud
Rihenen, each ole field officer and ten subal-
terms and the corps Of Artillery, Engineers
and Rangers will be recruited from time to
time as the service MAJ require. When regis
meRts or corps shall ne reduced in such man..
ner as to require an additional number of offs
GERS for the recruiting service, orders will be
issued from the Adjutant and Inspector Gene
raPs Office to Generals and other officers com.
manding divisions to which such regiments and
corps belong, to de- ach as many officers as
may be required 10 complete the ranks OF thsse
regiments and corps,
Ard further on application being made to
the superintendent OF the recruiting service by
any commanding officer (not employed in the
recruiting service, having an opportunity to re.
cruit menu Tor funds for the recruiting ser-
vice, they will be RENTED to him, with this
proviso that such recruiting duties must not
Interfere with his proper duties of command in
such manner as to prove detrimental to the SER
vice. And it is advisable that all officers i'm
command OF camps OF Sarrison5, parade re-
Jog parties, in order 10 preserve the com
p ement ct their commands without immedi.
ately drawing recruits from the depots of in
struction, and for this purpose, on their proper
acquisitions, they will be supplied with the ne
cesssry funds, arms, accoutrements, clothing
and camp equipsge ; but it must be expressly
understood that on no account shall they as-
sumo command over officers specially detailed
Tor the recruiting service.
A r.
place officers on the recruiting service will be
directed to the office Of superintendent Of the
recruiting service, and all orders for detailing
them for that service will issue from the Office
OF the Adjutant and Inspector General, and af-
terwards. and until the officers rcioin their re-
giments or corps, will make all their communi-
cations as heretofore provided for, and when
their terms OF recruiting service shall cxoirc
they viii be directed by the superintendent to
report themselves to the Adjutant and Inspec-