The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-30
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REcRuIrINo SERVICE.
The recruiting service has been pushed with vi
COR Several companies, much reduced have been
temporarily broken up rendering available moro ooers
for this essential service than % could nave 49,
The whole number OF enlisted from the LIST Of Oc
tober. lsas to the aoth of September, is4o 6sAs be-
Der enlisted in October and and TO be enlisted
In December. may be put down at 500
The raising of numerous regiments Of volunteers and
the greater inducements to enter for short periods s
factorily accounts for the want Of better in
sno.SsF cause reported a. having decided nnusnos
upon the recruiting service but more than ALL perhaps
the distinction In the pension laws between the p
soldier Of the regular and the volunteer and
which operate unfavorably the former The widows
and orphans OF the volunteers who may be killed IN bat
sioned while the widows and orphans Of the regular
soldiers who die under the circumstances en-
The rank and file Of the army (snsted men Of artills
ry infantry, dragoons and rihemsnO nncludng dsach
ments, recruits and recruiting parties may be computed
to be about ten thousand men by the 3ls Of Decem-
The objections heretofore urged to the bounty
plicable to state of recommend therefore, that
the provisions OF the 2h section of the act entitled
approved March ie 1907 (rep,aied in 1854 DO now re
enacted and continued during war, and no longer The
impulse given the recruiting service would Be- prompt
and decisive of better success.
respectfully request the attention Of the Department
the special report had the honor to submit to the
vidng ian additional major for each of the Regiments Of
the line. then stated that "avew Of the actual SER
must convince you that the complement Of the ned on
for the several regments OF artillery infantry and
leg and that the service :: n %.
in the field The regiments in Mexico do not average
field officer and when tho operations pushed into
hi o. : the
which viii be commanded BY csptain.
giments under Gen. Taylor additional major should
.iio~sd 20 selected from the active Captains q
dspensaby in former orgsnizsons Of the
my, especially during the war with England. The stan
sid officers in three Of which (snEnesrs, topcsrspS
ical engineers and ordnance) the compement u
allowed -four each) a. the law provides for the wAols
psmsnt Of 6sld oaders Of the marching regiments On
who recruit instruct anddiscipns the troops and
and this the present of the actual service in the 6s
too clearly demonstrates. The returns and reports fs@
grade 81 sd % the army Under Ii:
for the disabled and invalid not likely to b di.i
also beg leave respectfully to recall the attention II
the Department to the recommendation, than
repeated In the annual reports Of the Major General
Commanding in Chief in reference TO the Importance
having the several regiments effective IN ocen well
Min N The plan S.oR0':d y the st: M'cs
according to the details submitted, would not cost u
government cent than the present rates allowed
The only difference would be that the places Of ths
non-efecve officers would be supplied by the effective
officers doing their duty and the brevst ocsrs ct Tie
the increased efficiency of the several regiments and
corps there would actually benefit result 70 the pub
Which would IL. Condition Of srSs
the same time do justice to the invalid ocer whose LIE
had been spent in the faithful performance Of public dsy
In his annual report Of November a. le4l Major Gene
raj Scott brought the subject to the consds s
tho Secretary Of and the time recommended
that some provisions Of law might be adopted in favor
Of wido and orphans Of regular ocers who have dad