The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-10
RROCLAMATIONe.
~ rME 6 OvERNO 4 o. vfKoiNiA.
A PROCLAMATION

ME PRESIDENT OF THE OONFEDH.
j raA E:.tee Has called for forty thou.
rms call afhrms that "ihe exigencies OF
the public service require, IN order TO
repsi the invasion Of Virginia, that her
sons be called out In her defence moro
speedily than can be done under the opera.
ton OF the law recently enacted BY her LIE.
gislature." No call like this has ever vet
been made upon this State In vain Every
nerve must Be- strung. Every son OF Virginia
must respond with an ardent zeal to deferd
the commonwealth. Those subject to mill.
tary duty are alone required to perform this
service, but gallant volunteers, who come
WITH the viii 10 do or die for this great cause,
WiiA bs gwen place Ia ORr ranks. Thts Wer
has attained poiut which requires brave
men AID true patriots TO leave their home
apa sFappie sternly With the foe. We Will
mo- mo- tainsiS submit TO degradation or slavery.
We WIN cave Virginia independent and al
our liberties maintained CT perish In tina At.
tempt to secur8 them. =
Therefore. I.J0xa LsrCHss. Governor Of
me INC common Wealth OF Virginia. BY virtue Of
an,hority vested in me by the C0nsi III ton
ana lave. DO hereby require the militia and
the volunteers OK the respective couaties and
cities named In the echedtls hereto annexed,
" .opa,r toIIa Win to tns respect tive places
assigned them, without waiting for further
orders. Move At once to the places cesig-
nat6d.
Commandments Of regiments and com panies
Will Immediately cause their commands to b
summoned. employing expresses where ne.
cassaIy, and when assem- bied, order them
with expedition to the nearest railroad line,
and tAence TO the rendezvous and report to
the General In comm and. RegimeatS will
there be consolidated and formed into ton
companies to " regiment, with one hundred
men to each company.
Field aud com pany officers 80 f1cient fer the
IoIc9 tnat may be as en- bisd, Will be 1sslg ned
according to rank, and junior CfIicers W no
nave no Commands will be considered super
numerary, and be returned to the ranks. Of
h;ers in com naand OF detacnments en- route to
places OF rendezvous will cause the necessary
supplies for their com mands to be furnished,
! giving to the p9rson furnishing them cartif-
Gates OF Indebtedness, which will be paid by
| the Auditing Board at Richmond.
Every private having a seryiceable fire-arm
OF any description IA hispossession, or who
can procure one from neigh Dor not able to
perform duty, Will carry it with him. II
iost, the arms wi l be paid for by the State. -
Those who have no arms will bs provided
with them at the respective rendezvous.
The loyal ottjz Is OF the West and North
! west in counties Rot herein named, are ear
aud strike, when least expected, once more
for the State that gave them birth. With
stern resolve &nd manly courage uphold the
flag and the uCtarnished fame of the Old Do
miaion. Scorn the misTuis Of traitors, who,
with usurped ansho:ity, are desscrating our
soil wit = pollution worse than that Of tho
diress enemy, AID execute vengeance upon
the foe who acknowledges and sustains their
treason. a-..-.
,~~, Given under my hand as Governor,
LIS. and under the seal Ut t1e Common
49, wealth Of Virginia, this tenth day OF
March. 1891, and in the seth year OF the Com-
monweslth. JOHN LETUHEE.
PLACES OF REHDEZvoUs.
To report 10 Major General T. J jackson
Ct Winchester:
The forces from the counties OF Morgan,
Berkeley, ] etRer son FREDERICK, Clarke, Hsnlp.
Pendieton, Highland, Rockingham, Augusta,
Bath, Roezoidge, Aliss hany, Bote,oura, and
Craig.
To report to Gen. joseph E. Johnson, ct
Manassas: -.
The forces from tho coun ties of Fairfax,
Louioun, Prince william, FAuQuier. Rap.
pahannock, Cuipepsr. Madison, dreene, Or.
ange, Aitemarle, Amherst, Nelson Camp.
boil, Bedford. Roanoke, Pulaski Monigome-
~, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, end the city Of
Lyuchburg.
To report to General T. H. Holmes, at
fredericksburg
The forces from the counties Of Stafford.
Spotsylvania, Caroline. King George. West.
moTe!and, Gorthum0erland, Richmond, Lan-
caster, Louisa, Fluvanna, 4oochland, Han-
over, HeLyico, and the town CT Frsdericks.
burg.
TO report TO Gen. Bssj. HuEer, at the city
Of Norfolk:
The forces from the equities OF Patrick,
He.ry, Franklin, Pittsyivanta, Halifax,
heckler burg, Brunswick, Lunfnburg, Char.
iotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Motto
way, Amelia. Cumberland, Buckingham,
foWhatep, Uhesterfieid, U;nwiddie, Green's
-ilie, Sussex, Southampton, Surry, isle OF
Wight. Nansemond, Norfo!k, Princess Anne,
Princa George, and the city of Petersburg.
Toz report 20 Gen. J. b. Magruder, At vii.
liam burg:
The forces from the counties OF Charles
City, sew Kent, James City, King William,
King and Q oeen, Essex, Middleeex. alouces-
ter, Matthews, Elizabeth City, Warwick, and
III. city of Richmond
The Militia OF the following counties wui
not report at present, but wiU hold themselves in
rsadinsss to obey orders W hen issued by Gen.
Il Heth, or Gen. H Marshall:
The counties Of Giles, Monroe, Greenbrier,
Mercer, Yocahontss Tczeweil, NcDoweil;
cell. Wise, Buchanan, Scott, and Lee.
ne The Enqcirer, Wing, and Dist ca pub
lish daily for one week, AID ell the country
papers in the state Will publish this procla-
m6tion three times. NH LOW