Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-04-08
MISGELLAN EOUS.
BY The GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA,
A PRD(yi "A Nj A IIDN

The President OF the Confederate States has
called tor forty Thousand additional troops from
Virginia. TINS call aiiirns that ssthe exisencica
of the pubic service r quire. III order TO repel
the Invasion Oh flrgIuIa, that her sons BE- call O
out in her defence more speedily than can ls
done under the operation vi Tue Jaw recently Ell
acted by her Legsiaiure." No call Ike TINS
has ever been made upon this State III vain. 4 "
cry nerve must Ue strang. Every son vi Vir-
GINA mast respond with ardent zeti 10 defend
Tee Con nDi, . eatn. 1nosc subject to M .tars
duty aione are rc4ui eli 10 peroi nm this Vice,
Uui gallant. volunteers Who come With tne waii %
Or die for TINS grea. cause VIII be gwen piAc.
III our ranks fnis War las attalaea point wnici.
requires brave ami patfioIs 10 leave
their homes and /. apple sterai, Win the 4os-.-
We viii not taa4e!y eu0ssiL III deg 4latlon or
slavery. We will nave Virginia .ude ;,erielit aad
Al our iioertles maintained, PERISH Iii tue at
tempt TO secure theln.
Therefore, 1, JOHN LETCHER, Governor of The,
Commonwealth OF Virginia, uy virtue Of author
NY vested in me by the Constitution and laws,
do hereby feQu rs Ine In.iilla aud volunteers OF
Tile respective counties AID cities named in the
scneunle LereunGO annexed. to repair forthwith
TO the respective places assigned them without
waiting for further orders. Move at Dice to the
places designated.
Commandments of Regiments and Companies
will immediately cause their commands to be
summoned, employing expresses where necessa-
ry, and when assembled, order them with expe-
dltion to the nearest railroad iine, and thence 10
the rendezvous and port 10 the General in COM
mand Regiments will there be conssi idated and
formed luto ten companies to regiment, with
one hundred men 10 eacn company.
Field and company officers sufficient for the
force that may DC Assembled, Will a signed ac-
corning 10 rank, ami Tie Junior Ulcers who TIA
40 cOainlaIdS Viii DC considered SUPPLEMENTARY
and be Returned to,E,le ranks. Officers com
uand vi deiaehuvnts route to places vi rem.
devious Will Cause tue necessary supplies and
ia lspUrtatlon tor their commands to ueIinrnlsh
ed, giving to the persons furnishing them certiti-
Gates of indebtedness, which w'Ii be paid by The
Auditing Boai 1T Richmond
Every private hay ins ). scrviceablo hrcarm 81
Any description ip MS possessi"n, VINO can
procure one from d neighbour moi liable to uut. !,
vii carry it with INN. Ii iosi The arms will be
paid Tor by The State. those Who have no arms
viii be provided with them 1t the respective rem
devious.
The loyal citizens of the West and Northwest,
III counties not nerelH named, earnestly lii-
| soked To form guerrilla cumpauics md strike,
when least expected, 0nce More Tor the State
hat gave hem birth. Vita st ~ resolve and
ulaui5 courage aphoi0lng the flag, and the I'M
sarnshed fame Of the Ola Dominion. Scorn the
mnsrui- OF traitors, wao. win usurpea authority,
are desecrating our soil with pollution worse
shan that vi the d.resr enemy, and execute ven
.eance upon the toe " 10 acknowledges and sus-
talnS their treason. lasA41 -f3ti
| Given under my hand as Governor, and under
1 ~ the seal Of lhe Commonwealth Of Vlr-
Z l. s GINA, this tenth dly OF March, 1862.
- nd in the eighty sixth. year Of the Com
| iuonweaith. a JOHN LETCHER.
Teste, GEORGE VI. MUNFoRD,
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.