The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-21

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| Militia service equal TO two six months tours
OF dsty. The persons so furnishing a recruit
tor two years, shall each be protected from
Militia drafts III the same manner as If they
| mad respectively actually performed such
tours IN addition to any other services which
| they may heretofore have northumberland
| IN every fsuch cases, the like proceedings
shall he had to secure the said immunities TO
those entitled to them, Us is directed by the
preceding section.
1t any class Of Militia laid off, as directed
by this Act, shall have failed, for the space of
twenty days as above said, to furnish a soldier
such class may, nevertheless, at any time
thereafter, furnish one upon the same terms *
with the like powers rights & privileges in all
respects, as they could have done before the
expiration OF such time save only that they
shall not be allowed to bring into contribu
ton tor the payment of any part OF the bounty
winch they have given, or agreed to give, tho
property OF any person, who before that
time, may have awaited himself OF the bene-
INT OF the preceding section.
The classes lad off rs aforesaid, and the
voluntary associations of four persons, or of
two persons as aforesaid, 1T any time, for the
purpose or keeping up the ranks ef the army
to tue number OF ten thousand, or any small
Ter number that may be desired, may fur
nish recruits tor two years, upon the same
terms, and with like powers rights and pri-
vileges, as are prescribed, i'll the preceding
sections OF this Act, for the purpose of raising
the army III the first instance.
AND WHEREAS, doubts may arise, in the
construction OF this Act, in relation TO Militia
men who may be in service at a time when
the class, III which such Militia man may
have been placed, shall furnish a substitute
.. BE Il. further enacted, That il, az any
| time, II shall happen that any member of a
class of Militia shall be III service at the time
when the class in which he stands shall fur-
nlsh substitute, according to the provisions
! OF this Act, such Militia man in any such
| case shall be forthwith discharged
I, In all the drafts OF Militia, hereafter TO be
| made, the privileges extended TO those, who
shall have furnished recruits pursuant to the
| provisions OF this Act, Shall be scrupulously
protected. But such PRIVILEGES shall not ex-
| tend TO any case, in which the Militia shall
| be called out en- masse. And III as much as
| the exemptions, obtained BY furnishing re
crults, may reduce very much the numbers
o. privateS in the troops Of cavalry and other
volunteer companies OF Militia when called
into actual service, whereby the companies
may become too small for convenient organ
izatlon, for remedy thereof, the Commanding
officer of every corps to which any such
troop or other volunteer company may be
attached in actual service, shall have full
power and authority either to transfer other
men to such troop or company, or to transfer
| the privateS of such troop or COMPANY into
other troops or companies and discharge the
supernumerary officers, as to linn shall seem
| best.
Sec. 9. IND be il fxrther enacted, That any
soldier who shall be convicted of desertion
from the ranks OF The army hereby author
sed to be raised, shall not be sentenced to a
| punishment less than ceryire ti,a ,.r,,, 6
the United States, during the war.
| sec. 10. ind be ii further enacted, That
every person, who shall apprehcnd and deli
| yer to the proper officer, a deserter shall
be considered as having thereby performed
| SIX months tour of duty.
| Sec. II. ind BE- ii. further enacted, That the
measures necessary to carry this law into eff
feet, st1atl be executed, in pursuance of Cen
eral Orders to be issued for the respecuve
| purposes, by the Commander In chief of the
militia OF this State, and that every officer,
either civil or military, who shall n elect or
refuse to do and perform any of the duties
| required OF them by this act, shall forfeit fer
every such offence, not less than fifty, nor
more than one thousand dollars, to be recov-
Grad by action of deot, bill, plant, informa-
tidn OF indictment, in any court of record In
| this State, at the suit of the Commonwealth,
to DC applied towards lessenins the county le-
| w vi tbS SOut4tJ AL WHICH lilG O1enC6 is Com
ntted.
Sec. 10. Ind be it further enacted, That
| as soon as may be, the said troops shall be
organized into regiments, brigades and div
Sons, according TO the several acts Of Con
gress now IN force, & the rules & regulations
pre- scribed by the Department of War in re-
lation to the army of the u. S. Provided.
That there shall be created, eight regiments
OF Infantry, one regiment of ARTILLERY, and
three troops OF Cavalry--the regiments Of In
| tantry To contain, each, two companies Of ri
| hemen, and the Cavalry to be armed with
shore rib s, in addition to their arms Tha,
the whole force shall &c distributed into four
bTigadcs, & two divisions Ito be denominated
the first, second, third and fourth brigaddes-,
! and first and second divisions, respectively :
| PToUided ncUertheLesS, That if the whole
number OF ten thousand troops shall not be
raised, the organization hereby prescribed
may he altered at the discretion of the Gov
enor OF this Commonwealth conforming,
however as nearly as convenient, to the priv
cipies Of this section.
Sec. IS. .4,;d belt further enacfef. That
for the command Of the said troops, there
shall bc elected, by joint ballot of the two
houses OF the General Assembly, two Major
Generals and four Brigadler- Generals. one
Adutant. General, and one Inspector-G enc
raj, one Quarter Master General, one Com
m'ssary- General of Ordnance ard Stores
Propjded, ho5yeUer, That the Executive shall
not commission them until their services shall