Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-31

AdjutAp, and Insl eoior Generals OF,

AdJutapt and lnsl eci0r Generals Office, }
Woodtork. VT, Dec. 26, 1868. {
OiiirlSl information has been received,
that n law has passed Congress, TO the ef
teet thai no toun will he paid 10 any re-
crni, WHO el lists after The fifth day Of
January next, except the h'uply uf ire
hun red collars, le,et, 4 re an horiYed bv
ACT # Congress, Buuntrs while pad
IN accordance with existing trd,rs 10 re-
GRATIS who enlist he'ore Jan uary 9th, m
clu,ive, for any three wears trgsnaa ION
IN service, ar authorized lv thr War pe-
parlmtnt N the profess 81 completion.
The Srltcin IN al the several tuwls in
This State viii therefore proceed al once,
with increase. di igtncr, 10 complete the
raising OF their quotas under the cal Tor
500 COO volunteers, previous TO the q ID
OF January, since, even though the graft
should be, for any cause. postponed, tho
reduction Of the beauties, after that date,
will, OF necessity, greatly increase the diff:
hcuity Of obtaining recruits. In the pres
ent encoul aging condition OF the recruiting
service in the State, every town can,
without difficulty, complete its quota by
the time prescribed, and with men who
will do credit TO the State, if the selectmen
of the towns viii perform their duty them
selves, earnestly, and with determination
10 succeed, and not be satisfied with filling
their quotas on paper only, by the aid of
substitute brokers The Superintendeats
Of Recruiting in the Sc, eral districts, will
give immediately their diligent attention
TO the deficient towns in their districts,
and, by energetic effort, promote The filling
of the quotas before the expiration of the
time, within which bounties will be paid.
The Recruiting Officers for the Seven
teenth Regiment are also erjolned to use
their utmost efforts to obtain all the re-
fruits they can Tor that regiment previ-
Gus to the filth of January. The bounty
of four hundred and two dollars. hereto
fore paid to veterans who re-enlist, will
cease to be paid after that day. All who
enlist previous 10 that day will receive il.
he quotas charged 10 the several towns
FIR their deficiency under the draft can be
and should be filled from that class pre-
vious TO that time. livery veteran, who
re enlsGs IN the Seventeenth Regiment, or
in an old regiment, previous TO Jar u4ry
9Th, will receive the bounty of four han
bred and taoo dollars. Those who enlist
sub, equent TO that day will receive beun-
" OF hut one hundred dollars. Iftowns
would perform TIER whole duty, and raise
the whole number of m n charged 10 hem,
they should use their utmost effort 10 gil |
th' If quota under the call for 300 900 |
volunr errs, and also to induce a sufficient |
number of veterans to enlist, previous to |
that day, to fill their Quota for The defcen-
cy under the draft, a d thereby ensure
the filling of the new regiment. Ii is
certain that there will be no time, subse,
quent to the fifth of January. when they
c. n raise their full quotas as easily, or
with as little expense TO themselves, as
previous to that day. ~.
The active and earnest cooperation Of
the selectmen, OF the recruit..g officers
for the Seventeenth Regiment, and of the
several superintendents of recruiting, 10
required, and each is enjoined to use hls
utmost effort, to accomplish the requisite
result.
And the veterans of the nine months
service, who have not yet re enlisted, are
hereby earnestly called upon again to re-
spond to the call of the country. and, by
their prompt re-enlistment, secure to them
selves the advantage of the bounty now
offered, and thereby enable the State, by
a promp, and reasonable response to the
'equisition which has been made upon her
or volunteers, to retain the enviable po-
'ition which she has thus far held among
he loyal States of the Union.
BY order of His Excellency,
j. GREGORY SMITH,
- Governor and Com ma naar IN Chief |