Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-01-14

"a ADJ'sT GEMS OrFfcE,
Washington, Jan. 8, Ie47.
q THE following act Of Congress, chang
70 ing The term ofenIislmeni, and proyId;ng
a bounty for recruits, is published fer the ID.
formation and guidance Of the officers Of the
ARM:
An Act 10 encourage e1listu1en,s in the
Regular Army. -
" be Il enacted BIZ the Senate md House Of
Representatives. gf tie United States Of america
N Congress assembled, That, during the con-
tinuanee OF The war with Mexico, the term Of
enlistment OF the men TO be recruited for the
regiments o. dragoon, artillery, infantry, and
'iilemen OF the present military establishment,
snall be during the war; OF FIVE years, at the
opuon Of the recruit, unless sooner discharged
sec. z. lind be Il further enacted, That
there shall be allowed and paid 10 every able
bodied man who shall be duly enlisted 10 serve
~ the artillery or infantry, for the term Of FIVE
years or during the war, bounty Of twelve
dollars; but the payment Of six dollars Of the
said bounty shall be deferred until the recruH
shall have joined for duty the regiment in
which he Is to serve"
II. The general superintendent of the re-
cruiing service will give prompt and all ne
cessary instructions 10 the recruiting officers,
who Will Immediately publish this general or
der, with the table Of established rates Of pay
agreeably 10 existing laws annexed, three times
IN two newspapers in the vicinity Of their res
pecilve rendezvous.
Ill. The term Of service will hereafter be
"during the war" nth .Merico, or for FIVE
] years. as the recruit may prefer. The blanks
now IN use will answer for FIVE years. men,
by writing on the back of the enlistment, in
due form, the required receipt for the advan-
ced bounty; and they will also suffice for the
new term until new blanks can be printed. by
substituting the words "during the war;" IN
The handwriting Of the recruiting officer, fol
the words Give years" as printed 10 the pre-
scribed oath Of allegiance.
| Nv. Company commanders will add two
columns TO the muster rolls, and muster and
| pay rolls now in use, TO show the payments
on account Of "bounty." In the first column
will be Charged the advanced bounty paid ic
/ the soldier al the time Of his enlistment r
the second, the retained bounty due or pait
Gas the case may b-) after joining for duty tn,
regiment in which he is 10 serve. Recruit
| ing officers will add similar columns to tn,
blank muster rolls, muster and pay rolls, an(
muster and descriptive rolls, &c., respective
! y, furnished for the recruiting service
V. The term Of service having been chang
ed from five years 10 during the lrar ,cih .Mer
leo, and bounty Of tise!ce dollars allowed, i
! is expected that the rank and file OF the army
will be filed in short time nth due erertioi
and actipity on the part Of the recruiting officers
who will explain fully TO the recruit before h,
enlists the conditions upon which he enter
the service.
! vi Whenever recruiting stations prove un
successful, they must be abandoned, and new
ones established and if any officer fail to ge
recruits al more than one station, he shall b.
| relieved, and ordered by the superintendent Il
JON his regiment.
VII. More than ordinary attention must b.
paid TO the tactical instruction of recruits b,
all officers and commanders from the momen
Of enlistment at the rendezvous until sent t
| join their regiments. To this point the atten
tioa Of commanders Of dcpo,s and posts is spe
ciaily direc,ed.--See No 738, Army Regula
1 tons
VII. The garrison Of For, Columbus hay-
ing been Withdrawn for service in the field
hat post has been turned over exclusively fo
tae recruiting service as depot ofinstruclon
Colonel CRANE, ofthe lst regimen, OF artillery
and the general superintendent, will give spe
cial attention 10 this subject, and see that The
recruits be comfortably quart.red and well in
strucied during the short time they may BE-
retained on Governors Island By order:
K. JONES, .qdjuia:t General.