Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-11


successive details on the recruiting service, ia
order TO preserve at all times the complement
of rank and file OF each regiment and CORPS, ,hc
following number of officers: The regiments
o. Light ARTILLERY, Dragons, Infantry ami
R,hemen, each one field officer and ten subai-
terms; and the corps OF Artillery, Engineers
and Rangers will be recruited from time to
time as the service MAJ require. When regis
NESTS or corps shall be reduced in such man
ner as to require an additional number OF offi<
GERS Tor the recruiting service, orders will be
issued from the Adiutant and Inspector Gene
rafs Oiice to Generals and other officers COM
handing divisions to which such regiments and
corps belong, to detach psny officers as
may be required to complete the ranks OF these
regiments and corps,
Ard further on application being made to
the saperiIle, dent o. ;.ic recruiting service by
any comn,anding officer (not employed in the
ercruitpS service, having ain opportunity TO re-
cruit men,) for funds for the Recruiting ser.
vice, they will be RENTED to him., with this
proyiso that such recruiting dnt;ss must not
Interfere with his proper duties OF command in
such manner as TO prove detrimental TO the SER
wee. And 1t is advisable that all officers IN
command OF camps or garrlsens, parade re-
G utug parties, in order TO preserve the com,
p einen, 1T their commands witheut immedi-
ateiy drawing recruits from the depots of iAs
struct on, and for this purpose, on their proper
acquisitions. they viii be supplied with the ne.
cessary funds, arms, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, clothing
and camp equipase; but it must be expressly
understood that on no account shall they as"
sune command over officers specially detailed
ior the recruiting service.
All applications from commanding officers 20
pscS oi.icer5 on the recruiting service VII be
directed to the olhce of supernnendence oil the
rec uitng service, and all orders ,or de failing
them Tor THAT services Will Issue from the oiiice
~ the Adjutant and Inspector General, ard al
ter" ards. and until the officers rrjJin their re-
Siments or corps, will maze All their conmuni-
cations as heretofore provided Tor, and wien
thelt terms o recruiting service shall expire
they VIII be directed by the superintendent to
report themselves to the Adjutant and Inspeos
tor General Tor orders.
t'ach recruiting party will be provided with
Tag or cooIr emblematc ei the arm of it's
proper regiment or corps 10 be preserved for
tue recruiting service only, and to be delivered
over To ihe officer who shall succeed in the
charge vi rendezvous. Such lsgs aud colours
VIII he prepared with AL possible dspatcii, ana
recruiting officers will hand in 10 tue proper
department acquisitions for the same
The proper routine of field duty, as far as IS
compatible with the recruiting service, will be
observed AZ all rendezvous, The recruits viii
parade at Reveillee, the rolls be called. and all
regular eats of tie drum and calls OF the truro-
pet ana bug'e be observed, and at Tattoo the
- VI "'S WIZ retife &c Their quarters Tor the
night; and no recruiting party will parade
through The streets of any city, town or village
alter retreat beating.
oincers walt attend 20 the manner in which
recruits prepare their iood--their rations will
be made into soup at least twice in the week
they VIII be divided into messes, and NJ ca CHI
rem iezvoIls, hospital and depo,, Il non commits
stoned officer or trusty private Will be chosen
10 market for the messes, who will, under The
direction OF IN officer, receive money from &c
recruits for the purchase OF vegetables and
groceries
The experimenting field officer nav at snv
time convene regimentsi or detachment courts
martial, but drum-sead courts martial wilinot
oepermtisd And should a experimenting fed
ofieer a; any time not have the proper number
o. subordinate officers to form such courts
marital, he w'll make application 70 some other
snpefn ending field officer, for as many of his
subordinate ulcers as may be requires to con-
stitute the court. And IN no case will sucn
court martial sentence recruit to corporal pu-
m4hm Mt, whether By stripes or blows, cham
and bail, irons % airy kind, stocks, riding the
wooden no 4e, running The gauntlet, improper
exposure to the weather in any fixed position,
or IN any Other way which may iniure his limbs.
Ard IN place of al such Injurious modes ofpu-
nls''nent, tdat ossolitary confinement will be
adopted alter the following manner: at each
ferdrZvous, depot, and hospital will be prov;--
uSu cell or room Tree from damp; and thc
most rigorous sentence OF iegimeniai or de-
tachment court mart al vii extend to solitary
co"hnemeEt in the ccl.or room, there TO be fed
on bread and water, with deprivation of rati-
ons OF meat asd liquor, which viii be delivered
to the medical officer attending the rendcza
vous, depoi or hospital for the benefit of the
hospital And when a recruit shall be so Con-
hned TO ceIi or room, c non commissioned OF
hcer shall visit him TO see ;ktt he keep his
person clean and be served with bread and wa
ter as provided by sentence OF the court And
when recruit shall eyincs TO the satisfaction
OF ms officer evident contribution for hisiauit,
the officer will be at liberty to mike applica-.
ton 10 the superin'eRdiHg field officer Tor an
entire Remission OF the sentence OF the court,
and the experimenting field officer will there.
on ii he deem it proper, release the recruit from
his confinement. Aud if the recruit be sick,
the proper medical officer will Immediately az
tend BIN, and If his ndisPosition be oil seri--
Gus nature hs must be instantly liberated not
10 DE re'nandad 20 the cell n room until re-
stored to health, aad not then If the superin-
lending officer TANK il proper to release him
rom the remaining part Of the sentence.
ne Depar, ment Of War, fully convinced OF
-he efficacy OF mild end humane treatment as
perfectly comp 4tiable with the best subordiua-
non and discipline, calls on all recruiting off
GERS to protect'and cherish their mes. The De
part'nent cor9ot and 7oW not assent TO tbe cgro-