The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-10
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. II.
WAN DETACHMENT,
Adjutant Generals Office,

GENERAL ORDERS, NO. II.
WAR DEPARTMENT, .|
Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, Jan. 8, fSa7.
Of .r the following act q Congress changing tn. term
for the information and guidance of the officers
An Act to encourage snlis.men.s in the regular
army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent
afives OF the United States of America in Congress
sembled That during the continuance of the war with
Mexico the term of enlistment Of the men to be recruit
nemen Of the present military establishment shall be
during the war; or five years. at the option OF the re
Sec 2. And be il further enacted. That there shall
he allowed and paid to every able bodied man who shall
be duly enlisted to in the artillery infantry for
twelve dollars but tho payment Of six dollars Of the
said bounty shall be deferred until the recruit shall
have Joined for duty the regiment in which he is 10
q The general supernte ndens of the recruiting
vice will give PROMPT and all necessary Instructions to
this general order with the table Of established rates of
pay sgreeaby to existing laws annexed three times in
two newspapers in the vicinity Of their respective rem
devious.
80 The term of service will hereafter be- "during the
prefer The blanks now in use will answer for Ave
ysars men, by writing the back Of the enlistment in
and they will also suffice for the new term until
blanks be printed by substituting the words during
the war; in the handwriting Of the recruiting officer for
the words Ave years." printed In the prescribed oath
Comnany commanders will add two columns to the
show the payments on account Of bounty In the first
column will he charged the advanced bounty paid to the
rsned bounty Sus or paid the may bs after
Joining for duty the regiment in which he is to serve
Recruiting officers will add simsr columns to the PLANK
scrptive rolls sc respectively furnished for the recruit
Ing service from, s,o
years, to d,rng the with Mexico, and bounty OF
twelve dollars allowed expected that she rank and
sxeron and activity on the part Of the recruiting OFF
GERS who will explain fully to the recruit before he en-.
lists the conditions upon which he ensr. the service
they must be abandoned and new ones establishes ana
any officer fail to get recruits at more than one station
he shall he relieved and ordered by the superintendent
to join his regiment
T. More than ordinary attention must be paid to the
tactical instruction of recruits by all officers and com
manders from the moment Of enlistment at the rendez:
until sent to join their regiments TO this point
cialiy directed. lsee No 1888 4 RI
g. The garrison of Fort Columbus having been with
ed over exclusively for the recruiting service OF
OF instruction Colonel Crane. of the LIST regiment OF
ca attention to the subject and that IN recruits be
comfortably quarered and we'll instructed during the
BY order, r. JONES, Adjutant General
From tho Baltimore Clipper, January 81
detachment OF SO recruits for the u 3 Army passed
through the city on Wednesday; in charge OF Lieut.
Joined by so more, recruited there. They were from
Fort Monroe Va, and to be attached to the seig
train now organizing. A detachment OF U eg0ons,
enlisted in Philadelphia, passed through here on Wed
nesday rouge for Psbug aud the seat of war There
upwards of two hundred Of them represented to be
a nne body of men.
Mr. Caleb Gushing has introduced resolution to the
Massachusetts Legislature appropriang $40 600 in aid
Of the Massachusetts, Volunteers, which re erred to
special committee, consisting OF Messrs Cushing, Of
Newburyport. Giles, Of Boston, Boutwell,. OF Groton
Stevens, Of Andover, and Buloch OF Worcester.
[Fro the Richmond whig Jan. 81
In addition to the Ave companies constituting
at Old Point understand that there are now
six companies in this city or expected soon to ar.
rive which hav, been received by the executive. to
wit - The Staunton company Capt Hlrper; the Berke'
ley company Capt Alburs; the (3) Richmond company
Capt Archer; the Jefferson company Capt Rowan; the
Portsmouth company Capt Young; and the (!d) Peters
burg company Capt Robinson, which reached the city
yesterday morning and seems to be composed Of fine
materials We had unders God that the Montgomery vo
unteer under Capt Preston had also been received by
the Governor; but il it has been determined to muster
the foregoing companies into service it would seem that
the Virginia regiment will be already more than full
without themthat is to say will consist of one more
company than the requistion of the General Govern.
called for We hope, however should this be the
fact that the Secretary of War be induced at least
to receive such of the fully organized corps under
the belief that they would be received may reach the
rendezvous in time to proceed to the seat OF war We
understand that eighteen companies have rendered their
services to tie executives and regret that several OF
them after having gone to the trouble and expense Of
organizing and especially those from the Tenth
Legion. within the limits Of which, glad to learn,
tive companies have been enrolled must be disap-
pointed