Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-01-25

recruiting service, shall be, and he hereby is
authorised to enlist into the army of the Uni.
ted Stares. any tree, effective, able bodied MAI,
between the ages of eighteen and Fifty years
which enlistment shall be absolute and binding
upon all rsons under the age of twen;y.on.
years, as well as upon persons of full age, such
recruitinpohicer having complied with all the
ing service.
shall not be lawful for onv recrn;,;rg officer tn
pay OF deliver to recruit under the age OF
weny.one Years, to be enlisted by virtue of
.ui' ao', any bounty or clothing, or in any NAM
ner restrain him Of his iiberty until after the
expiration OF four DAYS from the time of his en-
"stment and it shall be lawful for the said re-
cruit' at any time during the said four days.
~. ~ &c consider and Withdraw his enlistment, and
'hereupon he shall forthwith be discharged and
e3enerated from The same.
Sec. 3. ind be IL further enacted That go
much OF the Fifth sec, ion OF the act, passed the
,wsnueth Gay of January, one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen, entitled An act supplc-
"'sntary TO the act, entitled " An act for the
more perfect organization Of the army OF the
o"i'eu states" as requires the consent, in wri-
.,"g. OF tue parent, guardian or master, to au-
thorizc the enlistment of persons under The
age OF twenty -one years, shall be, and the same
- "ereoy repealed P,ovided, however, That
IN case Of the ne'istment of any person held to
service ~ an apprentice, under the provisions
OF inns act, when, "cr such person, at the time
OF enlistment, shall be held by his inlenture TO
serve or any term between two anil three years,
ms master shall We entitled TO receive one haif
OF 'he money bounty ; il held, in like manner,
20 serve hetwcen one and two years, the master
shall be entitled TO receive one third of the mo.
hey bounty as aforesaid and if held, in like
manner to serve one year or legs, the master
ShRii be entitled to receive one fourth Of the mo.
ney bounty as Aforesaid.
:. sec. a. Ind be it further enacted, That in
lieu oil the bounty Of one hundred and sixty a.
Gres OF land, now allowed by law, there shall
be allowed to each non commissoned officer
and soldier, hereafter enlisted, when dischar.
Eco from service, who shall have obtained from
,ne commanding officer of his company, battal-
Iion or regiment, a certificate that he had faith.
,u''y performed his duty whilst in service. three
hundred AMI twenty acres ofland, TO be survey
en, laid Oft, and granted, under the same regu-
'aeions. and IN every respect in the same man.
ner now prescribed by law and the widow and
o"ndren, and it there be no widow nor child,
the parents of every non-commissioned officer
ana soldier, enlisted according to law. who may
ne Killed or die in the service Of the United
states, shall he entitled to receive the rhrce
hundred and twenty acres ofland as aforesaid
out tie same shall not pass to collateral rGlzti-
ons, any law heretofore passed to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
=" Soc. S. And Ee it further enacted, That any
person subject to militia duty, who shall, &C
cord!ng 10 law, furnish recruit for the army
oil me United States, at mis- own expcncc, To
serve during the war, shall theresf;erbe exempt
rom mnitia duty during the war; and every
recrd;t thus fireishcd shall be delivered to
soma recruiting officer of the United States,
WIN" shall Immediately grant his receipt for
such recruit 10 the person furnishing him and
shaii forthwith report the sameste the Depart
Heht OF War, and shall snecify in The rep"-t the
name OF such person, and his place of resi-
iehc', as we'll as the name and description OF
the Recruit whereupon il shall be the duty OF
thc Secretary for the Department of War To
grant TO Che person furnishing such recruit,
cerhhcatc OF Exemption from militia duty du-
rug the war, upon calls made Gpoa the autho.
riy OF the United States which certificate
shaii be good and available 20 all intcnts and
purposes for that ~bject md every recrHit
thus furnished shall be entitled 10 the bounty
IN land, in the same m nner, an upon the me
conditions rs the other recruits in the army oi
the United States.
Approved--Decemter 10th 18i4.''
And In accepting those substitutes the fol-
lowing rules will be ob.erved.
zach experimenting field officer viii he sup.
Piled from the Office o. superintenl, nee, st
WIN D'aiA Oh
uon, signed by the Secretary of War, which he
van MI up with the names of such citizens as
shall BRING forward to him efficient apd able
Oocled men for the army, and which lie will
couhtersign, noticing the number of the district
anu inc name OF the state, and the number of
we regiment or corps in which such recruit
was enlisted But, previous 10 the filing up
lhe D,ahSs, the necessary examination of the
recru'ts' so presented by tile citizens, will be
mage by the surgeons or surgeons mates and
,he certiflcates must be presented with the
ieast posalblei delay, on the favorable report
OF Tue surgeons or surgeons mates to the citi,
Ems
as the law proyides for the first payment TO
a recruit, on his enlistment. of fifiy dollars in
part OF his bounty money, on no confederation,
nor in any case TDhdtevey, shall any recruiting
oincer pay 10 recruit less than the pre- else sum
OF hity dollars, in part of the payment Of his
bounty, SO specified, by law. And IL any re
cTuitIng oihcer shall be known 20 transgress
th's law, or to give due bill to a recruit for a
part OF bounty less than fifty dollars, after the
PRONUNCIATION OF this circular, he shGh BE- die.
missed the service.
BREVETS.
orneers holding brevet field commissions will
rank agrceably to their breyets on the recruit.
ing service.
DEPorS OF INSTRUCTION.
Ih.re viii be seven depois of instruction for
recruits viz.
No. l, Springfield, (AIAssacbusetls) for New
a.