The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-02-15
EC IE GU ARD,
AID TO De STATIONED ON TIE
EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND


EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.
The purpose of the movement is to rcrcl inva-
sion, 70 preserve the peace and good order in our
midst and to protect the rights Of all, and aid in
the enforcement Of the laws.
As it has been asserted, with view of defeating
the movement, that the Administration intend
ordering the troops away from heme us soon ~
they are mustered in, | would remark that the
Secretary of War expressly pledges that they
" shall be stationed the Eastern of Shore of
MMryland,H and used onl y for Home Protection. =
| sHtc his fact for the benefit Of thoRc who are
willing to do all they for thor country in its
present peril but whose circumstances are such as
prevents their going abroad. The necessity of
this movement must be apparent to every candid
and considerable mind We are already threatened
by the enemies Of the country At any moment
we are liable to have civil war in our midst II
times of Revolution no one can tell into what
peril single day may plncc us. 1t bchooycs us
to Pr pare, and be ready for any emergency. ere
it lie too late. 1t is high time that Maryandcrs
were armel and prepared to protect themselves
against noventrring hcbels
THE TINE OF ENLISTMENT will be throc years,
o. until the end of the War.
COMPANY
consists. wien full, of One Captain, Two Licutcn
ats one First Sergeant. Four Sergeants, Eight
CorporHs. Two Musicians, One Wagner, and
k2ity.two privatcf.
jcct TO the approval of the War Department
The Company will be mastered into service az
soon as it numbers Eighty-siy men But must
afterwards be raised to One Hundred.
TIE PAY
'llowol for n Captain is Sixty dollars four rnons
(0r 81. 0ll per month. md one servant OF First
Lieutenant is Fifty dollars four ratios per month
and one servant OF Second Lieutenant is Forty
five dollars four rations, per month, and one SER
want. Cadet, Twenty four dollars per month
First Sergeant, Twenty dollars per month Ser
Eeant' Seventeen dollars per month. Corporal,
teen dollars per month. Those officers who have
ratons mentioned above in their pay, are
allowed one ration, or nine dollars, per month for
board, and three dollars per month for clothing
The same allowances arc also made to Privates.
Each soldier is entitled to a bounty Of One llun-
bred Dollars when discharged from service.
TIE DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS.
As many inquiries have b en- made concerning
the disposition of tho companies would romark
that the Government pays each man for his full
time. and assumes that he will give the whole Of
this time TO the service But it is the evident and
written intention Of the Government to aforl
security to the homes of lis all To accomplish
this it would appear to be necessary to keep each
company stationed in the neghborhood in which
it was organized. as much possible. Each com =
parry must be on muster every day. The whole
force, it is contem plated will be brought together
al stated pcriods-say once in a month, or oftener,
as the cXgency of the times and the public service
may require. 1t is designed, presume, to let
each company protect its own homes and neigh
borhood, in the MAN,
such is the outline of the plan and object 1t
will be ma. lifted as events and welfare of our peo-
flc may demand. The details of the movement
will he left to the commanding officer of the forces
upon the Shore. For further particulars address
JAMES WALLACE,
Col 1st Eastern Shore Regiment of Home Guard,
Sept II. 1S6l-tf. Cambridge, Md.