Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-28

Co PENNSYLVANIA VoLrNTEERa In to.day's
paper will be found the proclamation OF the Go.
vernon. calling for regiment Of the pcnnsylva-
MIA volunteers to serve during the war with
Mexico, in obedience TO the rrqnsiiion Of the
Secretary of war. This call of the Executivs
upon our volnnt GERS is being responded 70 in the
most prompt and patriotic manner. We have
no doubt the whole regiment would soon be Of
fered from the city and county of Philadelphia
but we think our country troops should also have
q chance in this campaign. The proclamation
is dated the 18th inst, aud on the 2lst, 22nd,
23d and 2i,h six companies from that city had
already regularly rendered their services.
CO We copy the following Proclamation of
the Governor of Pennsylvania, from the Penn.
sylvanan Of Saturday last
General Ordsrs--Number SIX.
HARRISBURG, Nov. IS, 1916.
The Comma ndcr in chief announces to the
Volunteer Soldiers of Pennsylvani, that a re.
QUESTION has been made by the President of tie
United States. bearing date the 18th day OF No.
vember. instant. for One Infantry Regiment Of
Volunteers Of this State. To consist OF ten com.
psnies, and to serve to The end of the War with
Mexico unless soonsr discharged. on the condi.
tions stated in the reQui.ition. a copy of which
is hereto annexed. Piitsburg is designated as
the place Of rendezvous.
The Commander in-Chief. with great conf
dence, expects that those companies which pa.
trioticaly rendered their services upon the r..
quest Of the President OF the 18th OF MAY last,
will promptly comply with the present requi.
81 ion.
II will be perceived that tho present requi.
sition is susceptible Of different construction
from the former one, AS TO the term OF service
1t will therefore. be distinctly understood, that
oil offers of service now made will be in reter.
ence 10 the terms of the last rc9usiton. As
the services Of ell those who have alrc,dy vo
lunieered will not be required To Gil the call
now made, the annexed rule marked A, tor ma
perceived. by reference 10 the present rquisi.
tion, that each company is TO consist Of eighty
prlvates; but if the number, on being mustered,
does not fall below sixty.:our effective men in
a company i, will be received. The sric,es,
attention to the requirements in regard to the
age snd physical ability Of the men, should be
observed
Each Captain or Commanding Officer is re-
quirrd To report within ten days aner he shall
have received this order, TO the Adjutant Ge-
neral at Harrisburg. As soon as the reports
are received, the selection of ten companies
will be made, aud those whose services are &C.
copied will receive immediate orders TO march
To the place of rendezvous. where the officers
will be elected, and the Regiment inspected
and mustered into the service Of the United
States.
By Ordrr of the Commander.in-Chief.
II PErsIKES, Assistant Ait Genl.
NorE A.-The selection will be made &c.
cnrding to the following rule:
The Company which is first ready to march
computing the time from the receipt this order
will be first accepted: For example-If one
commanding officer shall repor, his company
ready to march within one day after the day o
which this oider is delivered to him, another
within two days. and another three days, &C.
they will oe accepted according TO the order o.
time in which they are respectively ready se
march.
Gov WRIcuI has called out the first regime nj