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.
| YOU are aware that the President has called
| L for more troops to serve for three wears, or
/ during the war. The time OF many of the sol
diers inHhe field will soon expire, and it be.
! comes necessary to re eulist them, or supply
their places with new recruits. This State i
expected to furnish their proportion. : Should
| have addressed you sooner on this subiecb.but
/ the manner OF the enlistment Of the classes has
been butrecently ascertained ;and, the enroll.
ment having been but lately commenced and
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, butte call upon you, and announce
the terms of the enlistment Of the different
classes, aud their bountY; and the persons by
whom the enlistments may be made and their
pay.
Thefailewing aye theclasses ofpersons Jsho
'nlsIgF ~ 'tss7s.
Isl Spiders now in the 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 TRsT and SECOND classes will
be entitled to a bounty Of SfO2 in addition to
his regular pay, and will receive S62 of the
bounty aud one months, pay--making S7S--
before he is required 10 do duty; aud at the
FIRST pay day (about two MOUTHS after being
mustered into service hewill receive $50 bour
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 of the bounty.
a recruit Of the THIRD class will be entitled
10 a bounty of $500 in addition to his regular
pay, and will receive SIS, being bou lty and
one months pay, before being required to do
duty, aud the residue Of the bounty will be
paid him in instruments of $40, at the same
intervals Of time as the other classes are paid;
and will get the whole bounty although he
may be mustered ont of service before the ex
pirOtion ofhis term.
The Fmsr above named class may be enlisted
by officers of the regiment, as prescribed in
General Order No $50 Hi"T '.l
The SECOND and THIRD classes may be enlist
ed by any person, and the person recruiting
will receive fora recruit oftha 2nl class pre-.
MUM Of S25, and for recruit Of the Sd class
Sl5. g.r
The person who recruits under this call is
required to take such recruits of the 2nd and
I'd classes before the enrolling board Of his
Congressional district, where he will be cx-
aminod, and, ifaccepted by the Board; they
will giYea certificate 70 that effect; then he
must be delivered TO the commanding officer of
the general rendezvous at Wheeling and GER,
tiicate taken from such officer that he has re-
ceived the recruit; aud upon presentation OF
these two certificates to the discussing officer
at Wheeling the premium will be paid. The
subsistence Of the recruits FOR reasonable
time, and their transportation to the place
whore the enrolling Board sits and thence to
the general Rendezvous at Wheeling, will also
be paid by the disburSing officer on tho pro.
duetion ofp'opcr vouchers,
Notwithstanding any person may recruit
men Tor the service. yet am authorized, and
| intend, to appoint recruiting agents in the sew.
cral counties. who, in addition to recruiting.
viii have authority to estdesouers, and will
receive S5u for each deserter arrested aud de.
ltYcred to the Provost Marshal OF the District
in which the deserter is arrested
It's proper that should say f1rlherlhat the
men raised as above indicated are to be mus.
tered into theoldrcgimcnts Of this State--the
recfulCol the PlnSr class being required to re-
enlst m me comp0ny or regiment TO which
no now belongs, but recruit Of the 2ud or 3D.
classes is pernlttedto make his clection-therc
being no new organizations authorized
When the quota Of the State is ascoriainrd IL
/ VIII be duly announced
Insddition to what Ihavo stated, | call your
ottcntionto The notices of the Provost Mrshals
Of the several Congressional districts, and the
circular ofCol, Darr, Superintendent Of recruit,
ing service in the State
People Of West Virgmia' Our armcs arc
victorious at all points n number Of States,
and parts Of States, have been recovered from
the dominion Of tho enemy, aud tho rebellion
Is RAP dly on tho wano, yet a great work rd.
mains to be done, You have responded most
nobly whenever called on heretofore, and take
great pride in saying thalI have no fear Of
your failure on this occasion
A, !, FOREMAN. gnvcrpor