Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-30


Wesuppcs we are now de jure members of the Con-
since Lincoln issued his proclamation amounting to war,
and called upon North Carolina for troops to sustain him
in that war; inaugurated it to be- for the subp
cation of sister States of the South and the ut-
mate deprivation of her own rights
Now, all have the utmost confidence in the patriot
ism craftsmanship and military abilities of President
Davis and as the is to be confederate war, war
in which the of is to be the of ALL the
of the of ALL presume that to the
advice Of President Davis, the military authorities of
the different States pay at least respectful attention,
and shape their policy with at least reference TO
the general programme mapped out by the confederate
authorities as we all know that after the conederacy
had been formed the operations for the reduction of
Fort Sumter were conducted under the direction OF
General Beauregard of the confederate army and that
the attack only made in pursuance of orders from
the War Department at Montgomery.
Tie policy of the Confederate Government is to get
the army enlisted for the When making addition
al acquisitions for troops from some of the Gulf
States the call has been exclusively for troops for the
war.
This is no doubt understood to be the desire of the
able head of the Confederate Government and doubt
the best policy in military point of view and we take
it for granted that there understanding to this e
fect far at least that the policy of the State exec
utives is directed to avorng far possible the for
nation of regiments for the instead of volunteer
Regiments for twelve months. We take it, from what
we have been able to notice at Raleigh and elsewhere,
that the policy of tie Executive and Advisory Board is
to favour the nsment of in the corps of ten thou
A. bipL
is in accordance with the known plans of President
Davis.
In the corps of ten thousand all the commissioned Of
cers appointed by the Governor with the advice
of the Advisory Board The field officers of the several
regiments are for the time being, charged with the
penendence of the recruiting service for their respec
tive regiments. In regard to Company officers it ap-
pears to have been far the custom to give Captains
commission to any proper person, duly qualified and of
unexceptionable character who can enlist Company
of seventyve men, commissioned and non-commissoned
officers in ALL 1t appears to have been also the custom
to permit the Captain to indicate the person to serve
first Lieutenant. The appointments in this branch of
the service will be published in to-morrow's paper.
In the volunteer corps of twenty thousand men the
several companies elect their officers, and the
mssoned company officers elect the field officers, these
latter being the Colonel, Lieut. Colonel and Major.
The General officers in both branches to be ap-
pointed
The term of volunteering in the twenty thousand
must not be less than twelve months, regiments
volunteering for less time will be accepted by the Con
federacy. We publish the twenty thousand volunteer
Bill to-day in full All troops not complying with the
terms of one or the other of these acts the ten thou
sand act the twenty thousand act appear to be
sidered coming under the legal heading of militia on
ly. We would call particular attention to this latter
fact
The explanations we have endeavored to give are
based upon the laws and upon own observation
They possess no other authority