Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-02-20

i WHEREAS, Major General Earl Van Dorn,
 w assigned ill command of the trans MssissipPi
 district, comprising that part o the State of Lou l isiana north of Red River, the Indian territory
 west of Arkansas the State of Arkansas and certain
 portions of Missouri, 'etc etc., has made requisi tion upon the author of Arkansas for ten regl
 ments of infantry and four companies of artillery
 for service in the Confederate States Army
 Now therefore, I, HENRY M. RECTOR. as governor
 of the State of Arkansas, and ex-offclo president
 of the Military Board of said State, do hereby order
 ard direct, that one hundred companies of lnahtiy'
 and four of artillery, be organized with dispateh, l from those persons ia the State, who by law are subject to military duty and by the 5th o1 Mafch ! next report themselves for duty to "en. van Dorn ! at POcahontas Arkansas, except two regimcn's or
 infantry which will report to Gen. Pike tor servlce | on the western frontier. Each company to consist l ofon Captan one lst Lieutenant two2 2d Leuten-
 ants, five Sergeants, four Corporals, two Musicians, | and net less than sixty-four, nor more than one 1 hundred and four privates. Companies arminS themselves will be received for l2 months; those
 unarmed for and during the war, or three years s- 1 Companv elections may be held by any comInls-
 stoned State officer, civil ornihtary, and returns 1 made to me for commissions. The men will be 1 sworn into service by Confederate ohcers, alter l organization, wheresoeyer one may De lounu. cuo-
 sistenee will be suppiedb by the Confederate govern
 ment so soon as company organization is completed,
 the captain selecting of the leutenants to pur- 1 chase subsistence and forage, who will issue cer-
 tcaes of purchase, approved by the captain, to be
 paid by the proper officer of the Confederate gov i ernment at head quarters.
 : Two wagons and teams, four horse or SIX mule) l will be hired to transport the baggage, etc, for
 each company to Pocahontas, with the privilege of purchasing them at fair valuation. Regiments Will ] be formed at Pocahontas, ten companies each, and
 elections held for general officers, who Will De com missoned by the State. Each soldier IS entitled l to ell Der month pay, one blanket and S50 year 1 for olo and if he volunteers for the war, to | 250bounty which am assured will be paid prompt
 Iy by the Confederate States. It IS desirable that l each man bring with him ore or more blankets, If
 possible; when they cannot be thus procured, they
 will be supplied to those received into service by 1 the Confederate States. Companies soon as or 1 ganized will report to me, sending muster roll, : showing the requisite number of men, that may
 report them to the Confederate quartermaster, who
 will supply them with tents, camp equppage, etc., etc.
 At the request of the general in command, have
 thus endeayored to be explicit, in detai as well as to those things which fell within the range ot
 State authority as those which belong to the Con | federate Government, the better to facilitate the
 prompt and patriotic response which we hope to see 1 made by the people of Arkansas to this demand l upon their valor ond patriotism
 l From the best data in possession of the State au- i thorities, it is estimated that Arkansas has now twenty.two thousand men in the Confederate army,
 which is equal to thrtyseven per cent of her popu
 latiop fit for or subject to military duty; the eight 1 thousand five hundred called for making thirty
 thousand five hundred out of sixty, being one haf, 1 or fifty per cent of her entire military force. It is undenablv true that the number of men fur
 nshed nv certain sections of the State is grossly
 uadeouate to the amount of population, and to the
 canact and boungen duty of those sections to turn out soldiers for the defence and honor of the gov. eynment. whilst from other counties and localities al ost the entire male population have sprang with l .l.z 1oftt taSr ptYu ha and harcships as we'll as the bless .gs ef united
 nanal should be bourne and dispensed alike to all
 In view Of these facts, then, 1t Is esteemed essen +alv nroner that those counties not having hereto fore furnished their pc. centage or proportion oi troops be now required es neat as may be to lur- nish with those they have already lit eerVlce one half or fifty per cent of their people subject 10 In- itary duty This is criterion by which each county in the State may know how much under this call tls required to do, save its people the unpleasant reflection of having been draed in service, fer the defense of their own homes
 The four following military diVlsions nave been nrcmanently organized, tO-Wlt;
 The counties of Benton, Crawford. Yell, Carroll, Franklin, Scott, Madison, Johnson Sabastian Scar cv. PoDe Newton, Van Buren, Marion, Conway, Washington aid Perry compose the First Divislon.
 Saline, Dallas, Hot Spring, Calhoun, Montgom-
 cry, Ouchita, Polk, Union, Seyier, Columbia fike
 Lafavette. Heampstead and Clarke, compose the Second D vision.
 Pulaski, Jefferson, Prairie, isra45v; Monroe
 Drew, Phillips. Desha, Arkansas, Chicot aii- sh- lev compose the Third Division.
 White Jackson St. Francis, Independence, Cri.- tendcn, Izard, Mississippi, Fulton. Pon5ett, Law renee Craiehead Randolph and Green, compose the Fourth Division.
 And it is ordered that the counties composing the
 First Division, organize ito companies and report as above directed, three thousand five hundred men
 by the 9th of March next.
 That the counties composing the Second Dyis- ion, organize and report by the same period, two thousand men.
 That the counties composing the Third Division,
 organize and report by the time. fifteen hun dred men.
 Apd that those counties comprising the Fourth
 Division, report likewise. fifteen hundred men.
 All or either of whice Divisions failing to report the number of men respectively assigned to them by the said 5th nf March, will be subject to draft,
 hy counties until their due proportion according to population is furnished 10 jll the reqlstlon made
 upon the State by the general eoHnand. The power to levy such draft is III the Bill
 tary Board. by the following clause in ordinance passed by tle State Convention, entitled " An or dnance for the org lhi2ation Of efficient militia rY corps for active service,' etc. etc.
 SEc 10. |" All persons to be hereafter enlisted
 or dra ted shall be hereafter enlisted drafted for
 period to be hereafter designated by the Military B0ard.'
 SEC II. " In case it shall be necessary to make draft from the militia to obtain the required im Der for service under this ordinance, any other ordinance, which has been, or may hereafter be adopted, the Military Board, heretofore created shall have the power to prescribe the mdnneT and mode ia fetich said draft shall be made Gen. Van Dor,i i,. his reqGsition remarks: lde-
 sire these troops for active sery soon as they can be organized, and put in the field. s{.h hem ho6e io ou0rd he Stdte of Arsans1s--preceHt 'Drd x..k tbo
 Texas, Louisiana and Missouri, hope to drive the enemy from the down trodden State oi Missouri,
 our nearosc neghbors, etc., etc: This ren1eFs It
 unnecessary for ne to say to the people of Ar i kansas that the men now called tor are for the
 protection of their own houses and aresldes-=that those who respond to this call, have high aastl- rance thtt actioe seYoice will be given them, upon the borders of their own State, and for the relief
 of our nearest ehbors' the people ot Missouri
 who have suffered and patiently borne their suffer- ings, because of their adheyepcg 9 and ylldlcation of the rights of southern men and southern insNT tntions, Shall Arkansas help Missouil' or VIII Ve supinelv await her final subugation, and, Ill turh' take our place beside her in chains and degrada- ton?
 Citizens, friends patriots Of Arkansas look at the condition of Missouri and picture to yourselves the wretchedness of Arkansas if brutal army of the North should pass the RubcOn, and possess our territory What living man having the proud
 title of Arkansian, is willing to stay at home and witness the advent of a savage foe, whose mlssion ls to insult venerated sires descrate our hearth stones, and violate the chastity of our wives and