Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-11-20
What shall Burlington Do {,


In q former communication / stated nv rea
sons why Burlington should speedily raise he
quota Of ffty-nine men by Volunteering, an,
not delay and thereby be obliged to furnish on
hundred and tventy-uine men by a draft
The important question remains how shal
We best stimulate volunteering 50 As to raise oui
quota
The Government now offers three hundred and
two dollars bounty to a new recruit and III,
State Of Vermont offers State pay At the rate Of
seven dollars per month. OF this Government
bounty, however, only si1ty-two dollars is paid
at the time Of muster. while the remainder is
payable in ins;alments during the whole term Of
service. The recruit also receives at the time Of
muster one months advance pay, amounting to
J thirteen dollars
One prominent reason why the present boun-
ties will not draw men into the service IS that
too small sum is paid to the recruit at the time
Of muster. Hitherto. when the recruits for the
old regiments were raised in 1862, and when the
nine months men were enlisted last fall. they ALL
with the honorable exception Of the men fron
Burlington in the 18th and 18th regiments. re-
ceived cash bounties when they were enlisted.
varying from fifty to two hundred dollars. Now.
that the number Of available men has dirnin-
ished, and the wages Of all branches of labor
have so much increased, and every department
Of industry is in the most fourishiug condition.
how can ii be expected that men will be secured
for smaller cash bounty at the time Of muster
than in 1862 Again, last summer the current
price of substitutes was three hundred dollars
in cash at the time Of enlistment. VIII men he
likely to volunteer at less price now than
then There is no use Of mincing the matter.
The service Of soldier is a service Of exposure.
oil and danger, and there is no probability that
lie will be over paid The bounties that have
'een hitherto paid, and viii now be required
raise soldiers, are not a whit larger than the
rave men deserve who go forth at thi. period ,
D respond to their country's call.
large number Of the men who will now VOL 9
nteer are not influenced so much by the prom /
e of the Government to pay them $40 in in
ailments Of bounty during their term of ser $
ce, as by a less sum paid to them in cash at o
e time of muster. The legislature have taken a
'te Of this fact, and have provided that a vol p
lteer may elect to commute his State pay, and II
ceive in lieu thereof S12j at the time of mus Al
r. This SIS, added to the SO paid by the Il
on the mastering day, amounts to
ly 500, and it is evident present cash paw p,
mt must be added to this to draw volunteers t.,
The Provost Marshal General Of the State has III
emily informed one of our citizens that the in
vernment will recognize assignments BY re-
Its of their prospective bounties. payable in Il
AILMENTS during the term Of service, and will lei
such bOunties. when due. TO the assignees. III,
propose that the town advance in cash to III In,
-uit. at the time OF muster. the first three IN n
lihents Of his bounty in the case sol
new recruit,,o so each, and in that Of a vet the
| to $50 each. and payable respectively in I
siI and twelve months afler muster. q,