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State of Vermont.
ApJ'T AND ISsP. GENERALS OFFICE, J
WOODSTOCK. Vt, Dec. 26. 1858.
General Order No. :.

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Official information has been received, that a
law has passed Congress, TO the effect that no
bounty will be paid to any recruit, who enlists
after the fifth day Of January next, except the
bounty Of one hundred dollars, heretofore au-
thorized by act Of Congress. Bountes will be
paid, in accordance with existing orders to re-
cruIts who enlist before January 9Th, inclusive,
for any three years organization in service or
authorized by the War Department and in pro-
cess Of completion.
The Selectmen Of the several towns in this
State will therefore proceed at once, with in
creased diligence, TO complete the raising Of
their quotas under the call for 300, 900 volun-
teers, previous to the fifth of January,-since,
even though the draft should be, for any
cause, postponed, the reduction Of the bOunties,
after that date, will, Of necessity, greatly in
crease the difficulty Of obtaining recruits In
the present encouraging condition Of the recruit
ing service in the State, every town can, with
out difficulty, complete its quota by the time
prescribed, and with men who viii do credit to
the State, If the Selectmen of the towns will
perform their duty themselves, earnestly, and
with a determination 10 succeed, and not be sat
isfed with filling their quotas on paper only, by
the aid Of substitute brokers The Superintend-
ents Of Recruiting in the several districts, will
give Immediately their digent attention TO the
deficient towns in their districts, and, by ener-
getic effort, promote the filing of the quotas be-
fore the expiration of the time, within which
bounties viii be paid.
The Recruiting Officers for the Seventeenth
Regiment also enjOined TO use their utmost
efforts 10 obtain all the recruits they can for
that regiment previous to the fifth Of January.
The bounty Of four hundred and two dollars,
heretofore paid to veterans who re-enst, will
cease to be paid after that day. All who enlist
previous to that day viii receive it. The quotas
charged to the several towns for their deficiency
under the draft can be and should be filled from
that class previous to that time. Every veteran,
who re-enlists in the Seventeenth Regiment, or
in an old regiment, previous to January 9Th
viii receive the bounty Of four hundred and flro
dollars. Those who enlist subsequent to that
day viii receive a bounty Of but one hundred
dollars. f towns would perform their whole
duty, and raise the whole number Of men
charged to them, they should use their utmost
effort to FIJI their quota under the call for 300
600 volunteers, and also to induce sufficient
number Of veterans to enlist, previous to that
day, to fill their quota for the deficiency under
the draft, and thereby ensure the filling Of the
new regiment. IL is certain, that there will be
no time. subsequent TO the fifth Of January.
when they can raise their full quotas as easily,
or with as little expense to themselves, as pre-
yious TO that day
The active and earnest cooperation Of the
recruiting officers for the Seventeenth Regiment,
and Of the several superintendents Of recruiting,
is required, and each Is cnioined to use his Ut
most effort, To accomplish the requisite result
and the veterans Of the nine months service,
who have not yet re-enlisei, are hereby earnestly
called upon again 10 respond to the call Of the
country, and, by their prompt re-enlstment, Sc
cure 10 themselves the advantage Of the bounty
now Offered, and thereby enable the State, by
prompt and seasonable response to the requisi-
ton which has been made upon her for volun-
teers, to retain the enviable position which she
has thus far held among the loyal States of the
Union.
BY order N HIS Excellency,
J. GREGORY SMITH,
GorerAor ucd CoHl.-ia- Chief
PETER T. WASHBURN.
-IJutaHt and Inspector General.