The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-12


rral Acyslnbly On Tuesday last, to meet the
Presidents reInisitiou upon ina common
wealth Of Virginia
Ha@rns Tie PresideIt Of the CoaIsoerai.
States hue asceztai nCd the military quota u
Virginia for the existing war TO oehAsy Hst
thousand eight hundred ami forty TWO men
and hes made a requisiticn op'n the uovsE'
nor for n portion thereof; anu IL - Inc Pui
pose Of this act TO apport ton the said feq"lsi
lion ratably among the several Counties
cities. and to wps uf the COmmonwea tn, ae-
eording to the white population thereof, ano
prom ptiy to raise the same:
/. Be- & therefore enacted by The fensrdl Assem-.
Blu, That ns econ az may be nj ter The pas 50 q 4
OF this oct, the Governor sh III nscer tain y ha,
number OF men will be sufficient ~ raiss tue
nunAber Of each volunteer company now III
the Con federate ser ice from his State to the
Aumber Of loo men, raDk and Aie. He shall
thereupon apportion the same among the s.y
eral counties, cities, aud towns OF tho Com
monwealth, ascertain the number to be Tar
ntshed by each upon the basis OF Its white
population, after crediung to each the numht
OF It's resident citizens engaged rs volunteers
in the service Of the Uonfed. rate States.
Z. Having ascertained the QUOTAS to be fur.
nished by the several cOGnties, Giles, and
towns as aforesaid, he shall make proclama.
ton thereof, and shall call for volun teers 10
fll such quotas. Every such voluntes shall
report him self to the Adjutan General by Il
day to be named In said proclamation tor en
roilment In such company, con taining less
than eighty four men, Hs he shall elect. Al
ter GeductinG from the numb apportio neu
as aforesaid to each county, city, and town,
the mum bel Of Its volunteers under this cali
the rem ainder shall constitute the number 10
be drafted therefrom and thereupon the
Governor shall proceed without delay u
cause the quotas so remaining due from the
several counties, cities, and towns, to Or
drafted by lot from their enrolled militia,
and to De assigned 10 their proper com pahles-
A. n hay a r. tad
,itv or town be required to fill The ranks VI
Companies from such county, city or town 10
the IN niInum afOrseaii, they shall be mus
iered IN TO the service In such company aHu
IS far as practica bic the drafted levies from
any county city or town shall be asslgLeo
70 co IN pa L les from such county, city Ur town,
or from counties, cities or towns neaTss'
thereto.
which the Term OF service OF each volunteer
COMPANY now In the field shall expire, IN.
Governor shall cause such company to bs
mustered for re.enlistment by The oiticei
uorn handing the came, who shall submit i
s.ch yoIuu teer the cues ton whet her he will
re-enl;st or not, AID shall make cut
accurate company roll, desigIating There
IN the name, bge, ana residences II sacA
volunteer who snail Decline 20 ra-.p. Ia +,
the time his term OF servic. shall extlIe,
and the company aud regiment 10 ~hlcA
he belongs and return the y: nae forthwith
a, the Adiutant General; GAc tnereGioG The
upon the principles and in the proportion.
prescribed Ia tue foregoing sections CT this
act from the respective counties, cities, ana
towns Of this commonwealth, mum Der II
non eQual 20 the number OF th.Se re.
fusing 10 re-snilst, including rs a part CT Ia.
militia OF The several couLies, cities, ano
towns in which they reside, the yolunt eers
so refusing to re.eniist
8. Any draft under the provisions OF this
act shall, 30 far as practicable, not only oe
apportioned among the counties, cities, anu
towns OF the State, aot IN possession of the
public enemy 60 NJ 10 gave TO each fail
credit foT the mum Der OF men THERE to;or.
furnished Dut the same principle, SO tar ~
maS be practicable, shall be extended TO the
superintendent among company districts in
every county, city, AID town.
=. Artilery COM anies. whether heretofore
or hereafter organized, may be equipped as
light batteries OF SIX pieces each. con tainlng
not more than one hundred and fifty men
rank aud die, and Whenever sucn shall con-
tain not less than one dred and twenty
men, rank and die, 1t shall bs entitled to an
additional second Lieutenant, 70 DO elected by
the com pany, and commissioned By the Gov
sr;.or. AnO In any artillery Company here
tofore ORGANIZED and accepted By the Gov
amor. he shall be authorized to COMMISSION
the oficers thereof of corresponding rank
and grade WI "a the same arm OF tho service
in the Confederate States; End 10 effect this
obytct, he may recall Inc comUiiss.Cns now
held by the officers thereof, and issue IN their
staud commissions as OF the same GATE, con
ferrtuH tn* proper RANK and CRUDE.
J; On tbs DAY on which The ,erm OF SER
vice OF any volunteer Company now Ia .r.
vice shall expire, The men re using 10 re.en.
list aod not drafted toe e.ryice shall DE- [ is
caarged, ard the commissiors Of ALI the com
papy Ulcers shall te vaca.sd. Ana OF tie
same day, or IS soon thereafter rs may Or
the other members of The company, the
volunteers so ro.eniis'ins. with The compile
ment furnished by voluntary eniisr ment
and draft, shall proceed TO reorganiza the
com pany aud elect its cf}cers.
3. Whichever III aiori ~ of The com pa n ee
compo sing any regiment or battalion shall
De reorsanizei under the provisions Of the
preceding sections, the com rl;s sioIs OF the
field 9th GERS OF such regime or b4tt qIion
ehall be yaca ted end as soon thereafter as
may be, the CON pany officers shall elect tor
u regimen one Colonel, Lieu ,enant. Colonel
and Mpjor. and for q battalion, one MAJ n
8. The company and field officers So e!sc ted
shall be commissioned by the Governor; the
commissions OF Ihcss reelected to the same
office to be Of the same date with their for
mer commissions. Those not re- elected shall
continue 20 discharge the dUtiss and ne en-
titled to the compensation OF officers of their
grade and rank respectively, untiI their sue
cessors are commissioned and ID GREATER
they may retire from the service.
10 Except in the cases mentioned ia the
sixth section of this act. there shall be for
each compARy capital and three ilentTn.
ants. who shall be elected by the company
IL. The term OF service OF all persons
drafted volun teerinS under Jhe proVi sioGs
of this act shall be three years, deducting
there from the term of their previous service
during the existing war; nor shall any vol
uItPer declining to re-eniist, who may be
draf ed under this act, be ordered to duty tor
the period OF forty days frGm the ex piratiop
of his previous term of servi e, unless in the
opir ion of the Governor the public exigen.
eies shall imperstively demand his services.
And the General Assem- bly, recommend that
a furlouEh OF ~ least sixty days be granted
to all volunteers who msy re-en list at such
time as the public exigencies may allow.
u. Any person who may be d. afted under
the provisions Of ttis act may, 1T any time
before he shall oe mustered Into the service OF
the COnrederate States furnish al able. bodied
man, we'll clothed, who shall be accepted as
his substitute but the person furnishing such
substitute shail per form ordinary militia
duty during the subs titute's absence. should
such substitute, while thus engaged for an
ether, be drafted or called on to perform his
own tour Of duty, the person furnishing hini
saall be required to take his place, or to fur.
nish another substitute on the same Terms
IS. Whenever the Governor shall be re-.
CURED TO nil up companies under this act,
he sh' II be authorized to accept volunteers in
lieu of drafting.
Il This act shall b. In force from the pas.
sage thereof.
THE SrARsISa WogRINaARN or ENGLAND $500
There are twent y seven thousand cotton fac.
tory hands completely idle in anu around
Manchester, and one hundred and sigty-nne
thousand other workinsmen on ''snort time 4"
Mr. Massey, q member OF Parliament, ad.