Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-03
RECRUITING STATION. }
PETERSBURG, VlaulNIA, I
LII. % 1917

HAVING been ordered 10 this station on re-
Il cruiling service, TO fill up the companies OF
The Virginia Regiment OF Volunteers 10 The iull
standard OF one hundred men each, am ready
to receive all able-bodied men who desire 10 join
the service
The inducements now offered for volunteering
are greater than any that have heretofore been OIL
iered. The Regiment is now posted al Buena
Vista, in one OF the most delightful and healthy
countries in the world, where the disorders that
have afflicted il for some time are rapidly yield
ing to the salulary influences of The climate.
am expressly authorized by Colonel Hamtramck
10 say, that General Tayloi's coumn-the Vir-
GINA Regiment being in the van-will move
upon San Luis Potosi as soon as sufficient adj
dilional force shall arrive from lhe States. The
utmost alacriy and energy arc therefore enjoined
upon the undersigned, and he cannot urge TOO
much promplness and despatch upon those who
desire 10 Join the Regiment OF their State.
AS squads Of from ten 10 fifteen in number are
formed here, they will be despatched 10 Fortress
Monroe, from which place they will be forwarded
10 the Regiment as rapidly as deiachments OF
about one hundred are there made up. In pro-
cceding 10 the Regiment, they will not be subject
ell TO any delay al Intermediate posts in the un-
healthy country on the Rio Grande.
II the volunteer detrays his own expenses 10 Pc
lersburg, he will receive Communication OF seven
ty-lwo cents Tor pay and subsistence, and fifty
cents for travelling expenses for every twenty
miles OF the distance from his residence to this
station. His regular pay and allowances will
commence from The day he reaches This station,
after which time the most ample provisions are
made by Government for his comfort and we'll
being. Volunteers arc advised mol 10 cucumber
themselves with clothing, as they will be abun-
dainty furnished with The same as soon as they
reach Fonress Monroe
The undersigned will visit as many Of the
counties South of James River as possible, so
soon as he can leave this station with propIieiy.
Ample provisions will be made Tor the transport
ton, &c, Of those who shall join him in these
counties.
The provisions made by Government for The
soldier are ample that he is not under the least
necessity oil expanding any part OF his regular
monthly pay Of 81. BY the 9th section Of the act
OF Congress Of the lllh February, l847, "each
non-commissioned officer, musician or private
regularly mustered in any volunteer
company, for period Of not less than IL months,
who has served or may serve during the present
war with Mexico, and who shall receive an no.
norable discharge" &c., will be entitled TO war
rant for ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES OF LAND;
or, he may, al his option, receive Treasury SCRIP
10 The amount Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN lieu
thereof. BY due economy, he may also save
800 of the travelling expenses allowed on his
return from Mexico. So that, supposing the war
TO last but year longer he may, at his discharge,
with reasonable economy, have cleared from 200
TO $500. The risk of loss Of health in the new
field Of service in which the Virginia Regiment
will be engaged The undersigned regards as being
less than in this country.
The undersigned was ordered 10 this service
without solicitation on his part and was toll, on
receiving his order, hatthe utmost zeal and ener-
gy would be expected Of him. He is required TO
5reak up this station on the LIST OF October next
and repor! himself forthwith TO his regimen; and
be calls upon all young men who feel,h passion
for military distinction 10 come forward and avail
themselves of The opportunity now offered. He
promises Them that there isevery probability they
will soon be in the presence Of the enemy; and
invites all who love glory and their country-all
that have the spiri! Of enterprise and adventure
all who scorn TO be rusling in inglorous inactivi
~ while Taylor and Scott and the brave officers
and soldiers under their command ask their aid,
TO come forward and enlist under the banners OF
their county,. II be knows the Virginia YOUTH
they will not be satisfied 10 stay at home and read
in The gazeles The glorious performances OF others
and mol feel irresislby prompted to share their
tate, their fortunes and their honors.
E. C. DARLINGTON, JR-
Capt Com. Company G. Va. Res't OF Vols.
July 2S-dlt&c4t