The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-15

ny fMx 0OvERNOR OF VIRGINIA,
A PROCLAMATION.

DIT AN AIT OF the General Assembly.
ID passed on the5th OF March, 1862, the Gov.
eTnor g required TO organise and call out q
special force nom certain cities and corpora.
tons Tor the defence Of the State He 10 forth.
with 70 prescribe regulations for calling out
And rendering this force 81 fhcient. Now, there.
fore, I, John LErCHER, Governor Of the
Commonwealth Of Virginia, by virtue Of the
authority aforesaid, do hereby order and pre-.
scribe the following, and require the officers
hereafter mentioned to execute this law and
these provisions with prOmptness and en-.
srgy. The enrolling ofneers. who are the
Sner1fs, Sergeante, and commissioners of the
Revenue, shall enroll all the white male in
habitAnts OF the city Of Richmond who reside
pof1tion line, ON the North side of J ames river;
1if the white male Inhabitants of the cities OF
Peeersourg, Norfolk, Pertsmout tn; and Lynch.
bury, and Of the town Of MISUNDERSTANDING. who
reside within half mile OF the said cities ard
town, and who are between the ages Of six.
tsen and eigh teen, and forty five and fifty
hvs years. including sojourneIs who may be
refugees in this State, and are not elsewhere
enrolled under the provision Of the act Of the
eighth OF February last. The persons so 10
bs enrolled constitute the Second Military
This class IL required to be formed into
companies, battalions, and regiments. Each
company to consist OF not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred men, rank and file
each battalion Of I'VE companies, and each
regiment OF two battalions
The enrolling officers, after the said force of
each city and town is Rst ertained, shall lay
on the company and battalion districts and
assign to eaeh the number of men necessary.
taxing ca g Tot to form tvo regiments until
one IL formed of not less than one thousand
men As soon as the said formation IL COM
pleted, they shall cause the companies to be
sur moned to.rneet at a time and place to be
designated BY them, and cause q captain and
TWO ieuteoants TO be elected by q majority OF
the man for each company. Certificates Of
election shall be returned to the AdjQtant
6enera}, that commissions may be issued
For the election of field officers, the Adiu.
tant General shall issue the eQaisite order
for the officer first in rank in the proposed
reEiment; and it shall be the duty OF such
some convenient place, and when q majority
of all the commissioned officers OF the regi-
ment shall be assem bled, they shall proceed
in Like manner to elect field officers for the
IeGineut. the oMcer con ven ing the com pany
6f6Oers shall make returns Of The election to
the AdJ1tant General, that commissions may
commissioned and stah officers shall
be appointed a. prescribed by the existing
militia tave.
No person, upless entitled to exem ption
from all military duty under laws nov il
force, can be exempted, ar d ahe 90 ard con
stituted for hearing such cases is the only
auth orfty 70 allow exemptions.
Oommandants of companies shall cause
their com panies to be sum mOned and to be
drilled every Onday At 8 O'Clock +. N.
Oemmandants Of battaIions shall cause
their bettaliOns to be summoned and drilled
every other Friday, at the same time.
OommAndant t OF regiments shall cause their
regiments to be summoned and drilled every
alternate Friday in like manner, so that all
the companies shall bs on duty twice week
once In company and once either in battalion
or In regiment Each man shall be kept OF
onty from three O'Clock until sundown.
hsSecond Military. GLASS il to be governed
by the laws heretofore In force prescribing
regulations for the militia. This force is 70
hold itself In readiness at all times for draft,
after the draft upon the First Glass is exhaust.
~ Given under my hand as Governor
L. g. and under the seal Of the Common
49, wealth. at Richmond, this 18th day of
Aarch, 1862. and In the year Of the Common
wealth the 66th JOHN LkTOHEH.
BY the Governor:
g 0BoRGg w. MunPosD.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
NH A-lW
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