The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-12-17
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST yIR-
GINA.

TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST YIR-
GINA.
VOU are aware that the President has called
i for more troops to serve for three years, or
during the war, The time Of many of the sol
diers inlhe field Wills soon expire, and it be.
comes necessary TO re enlist them, or supply
their places with new recruits This State Is
expected to furnish their proportion Should
have addressed you sooner on this subiect.but
the manner OF the enlistment Of the classes has
been butrecently ascertlined and, the enroll
ment having been but lately commenced, aud
not yet completed, the quota of this State has
not been fixed But, as the time for the draft
is approaching, have thought il best to wait
no longer, butt calluponyou and announce
the terms of the enlistment OF the different
classes, and their bounty; and the persons by
whom the enlistments may be made and their
pays
Theiallewing ayo the classes ofpersonsFho
.uaagFa JiaspaIi - = s-ar- nc . ss9r
Ist. Soldiers now in tho field who have less
than one year to serve.
End Men who have served nine months, or
over, and have been honorably discharged for
other cause than disability.
Sd. All other able bodied men of proper age,
A recruit of the FIRST and SECOND classes will
be entitled 10 bounty Of sue in addition to
his regular pay, and will receive $50 of the
bounty and one months. pay--making SIS
before he is required I o do duty; aud at Ike
first pay day tabout two mon,hsJ after being
mustered into service he win receive $50 bouH.
ty in addition to his regular pay; and $50
in addition to regular pay every six months
thereafter until the bounty is fully paid: and
ifthe soldier shall be mustered out of service
before the term Of his enlistment expires he
will, nevertheless, get the whole ofthe bounty
A recruit Of the THIRD class will be entitled
TO bounty Of $500 in sdGition TO his regular
pay, and will receive So, being bounty and
one months pay, before being required to do
DUTY, aud the residue Of the bounty will be
paid him in instalmens of $40, at the same
Intervals Of time MS the other classes are paid;
and will get the whole bounty although he
may be mustered out of service before the OK
pir0tion ofhis term. ..
The rnIsr above named class may be enlisted
by officers of the regiment, as prescribed in
General Order No 3j9 y
The SECOND and THIRD classes may be enlist
cd by any person, and the person recruiting
will receive for recruit ofthe 2nl class a pre-.
mium Of S25, and for 3 recruit OF the Sd class
Sl5. [
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required to take such recruits of the 2nd and
3D. classes before the enrolling board Of his
Congressional district where he will be OK.
amined, and, ifaccepted by the Board; they
will giyea certificate TO that effect; then he
must be delivered to the commanding officer Of
the general rendezvous at Wheeling and Ger,
tifcate taken from such officer that he has re.
ceived the recruit and upon preservation Of
these two certificates to the discussing officer
Al Wheeling the premium will be paid. Tho
subsistence Of tho recruits for reasonable
time, and their transportation 70 the place
where the ehrolling Board sits, and thence to
the general rendezvous at Wheeling, will also
be paid By The disbursing officer on the pro.
duction ofpSopcr vouchers,
Notwithstanding any person may recruit
men for the service, yet | am authorized, aud
intend, to appoint recruiting agents in the sew.
oral counties, who, in addition to recruiting,
will have authority to arrest descrtcrs, and will
receive $50 for each aos1rtar arrested and &c.
liycred to the Provost Marshal of the District
in which the deserler is arrested
| rs r2pcrthRt | sho9N say fuSherthGttlsC
men raised as above Indicated are to be mus.
tered into theoldrcgimcnts Of this Slate--the
recruit Of the FlnSr class being required to re.
enlist IN the eomgany or regiment to which
nc now belonge but a recruit Of the 2nd or 3D.
classes is pernittcdto make his clecton-therc
being no new organizations authorized.
| When tho quota Of the state is aaceuaincd IL
will be duly announced,
| Inadditon to what have stated ! call your
attention TO the notices of the Provost Mafshals
| Of the several Congressional districts and the
circular Of Col Darr, Superintendent Of recruit
| ipg service In the State,