The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-12
From the Washington Union, Msrsh lol
GENERAL ORDERS WAR DEPARTMENT,

l. The regiments authorized be raised under the nc
Approved February IL, lsa7 will he recruited, armed
aud equipped for active duty in the field without delay
and the several officers appointed in EACH will report 10
orders and recruiting Instructions to their respective
ters at some central POSITION and report to ho ASasn
General Colonels are charged with supsrin.en wv
the lieutenant colonel and majors to such snbrscrui'iDs
districts az may be found expedent when TWO OF mos
companies raised and sent to any depot or oIase
TO the seat OF field officer should De assigned 10
2 The established recruiting regulations will be
strictly observed BY all officers and the required re-.
turns ulster and descriptive rolls reports. &c. will be
to thu Hduan GsnsSs and other chiefs Of
staff in strict conformity with the rules OF service,
and the blanks with which they have been furnished
to the prompt rendition OF their re ruiting accounts and
abstract OF contingent expenses required for the second
auditor and the colonel as superintendent which must
be forwarded within three days after the expiration of
each month. or semi-monthy, when calsdfor. Each
duplicate OF the /" trimonthy report" required for the
Adutant Generals Office SEQ parag raphs A. So 81 &C.
Revised Recruiting Regulations, l847
As soon as eighty men shall be enlisted by captain
and two sub Uterus they will be inspected org anzed,
c G%ssrSe armed and equipped as company and be
oil snbsiterns and the permanent designation OF compa.
MES by the letters Of the alphabet viii be made by The
:. .ne proper Tine SEQ paragraph 49, General
The attention Of recruiting officers and commanders
tons Recruits mus. be asS in the ,cssOi Of Ss o
der as tar as practicable from the moment of enlist
meht' even when there may be no rms at the render
vous until sent to join their companies regiments.
8. Tho officers OF the regiments Infantry and dra.
goons) will furnish themselves with the prescribed In.
not be furnished until the regiment is supplied with
horses until which time the Dragon officers and men
will be we'll drilled as foot soldiers
The officers appointed, and the ten companies to be
recruited in the Sta,es of Maine, ~ New Hampshire,
0i Vermont ~ Rhode Island. %; and Connecticut;
az will constitute The Ninth giment of Infantry
to be commanded by Colonel
Headquarters established for the present at
DnafA L-nrtf p,at .ttop and E4-t a. vutvl
be used az recruiting depots for the regiment and the
concentration Of companies preparatory to their imme.
date embsrkation for the seat of war.
Tho officers appointed and the ten companies Of In
fantry to be recruited in New York: az and New JeI.
ry,' under Col Robert Temple; hssdq at New
York, Forts Hamilton and Lasy cite will DO the receiv
ing depots for this regiment.
~ and Virginia. C will constitute The Eleventh Re-
gment OF Infantry" under Colonel Albert G. Ramsey;
Headquarters Baltimore The companies OF infantry
to be raised in the interior Of Pennsylvania for the reg
ment lproceed Point Isabel under their respective
captains via the Ohie river, andsmbark at Ptsburg
Vince ling as may be most convenient; and those recruit
Minn, preparatory TO immediate embarkation for the
point the raised in eastern Virginia viii
the Ohio to New Orleans and thence to Point Isabel
with the least practicable delay, whore the regiment will
be conce Hrsted
O. The officers appointed and the ten companies Of
antry to be recruited in North Carolina, ( South Caro-
lima, (2) Texas (2) Arkansas tO and Missouri, ~ will
Col Louis ID. Wilson Headq quarters at New Orleans Z
The ompanes to be raised ia North and South Carolina,
their immediate departure for Point Isabel and the
panes to be recruited in Texas and Missouri
will proceed organized under their respective
captains via New Orleans, to Point Isabel
10. The officers appointed and the ten companies Of In
anry to be raised in Virginia ~ Georgia, a Alabama
(4) and Florida, ny will constitute The Thirteenth Re
gimen. of Infantry under Col Robert NJ Echols Head
quarters at New Orleans
The officers appointed and The ten companies of In
fantry be raised in Louisiana () Tennessee ( and
Illinois o. will constitute TIE Fourteenth Regiment
of Iuanry" under Col. VIM Trousdsle Headq uarters
IL The officers appointed, and the ten companies Of
Infantry to be raised in Ohio, 10y Michigan 49, Iowa
and Wisconsin, ~ will constitute The Fifteenth Regi
ment of lnfsctry." under Colonel George W Morgan
Headquarters at Cincinnati
Infantry TO be raised in Kentucky, (D Tndans az iii
nos (2) will constitute The Sixteenth Regiment Of
Infantry" under Colonel j. W. Tibbatts Headquarters
az Newport, KY.
a. As soon any company to be recruited for the
lsth l4h, l5th 10th Regiments shall be raised and
organized il will proceed without further delay TO
Point Isabel under the Captain, by the expeditions
route unless otherwise ordered where these regiments
IS The officers sprointed and the ten designated
panies to be raised in Psnnsyvana, q, Maryland (O
@ ~ Gsss sRs
Coone! T. p Andrews: Head quarters for the present
at washington, pc The companies recruit Cd 10 Penn;
sylvana, Maryland and Virginia, will be concentrated
at Fort Monroe preparatory to their immediate embar
kation for the seat Of war and those to be raised In
7,
to Mexico, under their respective captains, a. soon a.
organized
in tho following States :-Mchigan, New York, Penn
sylvania, Mary land North Carolina, South Carolina,
Alabama, Louisiana Kentucky, and Indiana-in each
quarters at New Orleans. Az soon raised and
organized, the companies will proceed direct, under
their respective captains without loss OF time 10 Point
Isabel.
IL. Tho foregoing arrangement of regiments and as.
sgnment of companies made for the present with
h0 har
ter to such revision and modification az the good Of the
service may require.
be raised and brought into the field in the shortest prac
csble time The public interest requires that the
cruiting service be pushed with the greatest vgor by
every officer employed in it and at the time, the
ariees economy in all expenditures and
S Efforts must S not p; Limited to the
a convenient range, should be temporarily established
by the officer, according to the facilities Of inter
course, and the chances Of success, &C.
BY order, r. JONES, Adjt General.
see paragraph g. Revised Recruiting Regulations Of
NAVAL NEWS.
From the New Orleans Pcayune, March EYE
last evening The accident which delay cd her. was less
serious than had been led TO suppose To correct an
error, we repeat list Of her officers -
John r. Mclaughlin, Esq lieutenant commanding !;
VIM: L. Drayton. heutensnt Thcs B. Hueer. passed
sas sox
acting assistant surgeon; Geo. W. Miner and Thomas
Burbank LIST assistant engineers; EDenezer clover, III
do.
From the Norfolk Beacon, March 81
The United States steam rigate Mississippi Captain
Mayo, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore NJ c.
Perry got underway from the anchorage of the Naval
Hospital Saturday afternoon, and has doubt proceed.
ed to We learn that Commodore Perry will transfer
his flag to other vessel of the squadron his arr
val in the Gulf
Commander Alexander Slidel Mckenzie goes out pas
seDger in the Mississippi
We learn that Commander R. B. Cunningham has been
ordered TO the Washington Navy Yard in place Of Com
mander Dornin ordered ordnance duty.
Commodore Saith, Captain Mayo, and Commander
Dornin Of the United States Navy arrived here on Sa.
turday in the steamer Georgia, from Baltimore.
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Varieties.
The Emperor Of Russia gives a premium to the en-.
gipeers upon his railroads. who complete year with.
out any accident causing the less of life property
Grest preparations making along the Penobsc OF
river and bay for ship building the present season The
ireigbs paid give the navigation business
the largest profits of any business 10 the country.
correspondent of the Rochester Democrat says -