Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-08

No. Isl.
oRDERED. for raising and organising = nSW Vel
i ~ As o e sH3 sS g 20 -
one year. % be degnAted the FIRST Cops, shall b
eEga1l1ed e ne District q oelamhlA. eonns?SiaF
and continuing until the 1Fst day Of January next;
the priyatss % consist Of ablebOdied men who have
served not less than two years. and there
fore, not subj ect 70 draft the officers be commits
GiOned from sneh a. have served not les than two
%. Recruits will be furnished transportation 70
Washington, and win be credited TO the district 10
Whiel they or their families are domeiled, aud win
be paid special bounty Of $500, from the subsiyt-
| ence fund, upon being mustered into the service.
Each recruit who preserves his arm to the end Of
his term may retain them a. his own upon being
81. Details Of Organisation will be preserved BY
the Adjutant General. The heads Of bureaus viii
detail officers for the prompt examination and or
gantLAttou, aEming, equiPpingS and supplying Of
Ith. MSior-Gensral Hancock l. asslzued to the
command Of this Corps, with his headquarters ~
By SIdsr fth' Secretary Of WA: :.o,.,,..,.,,
Asst AGi'T General.
No subordinate commander in our armies has
Hancock, who q 70 command this new Army COTpS;
which 70 designed 20 be legion Of honOF, number
eran reserve now at their homes. No such OppoF-
tunity Tor dlstlnction has been offered within the
Nor hSIS Volunteers ever had such pseuniary Il.
dueemsnts offered. A speeial government bounty
OF Three Hundred Dollars will be paid IN EuLL,
WHGA THR nEN ARB MUSTRRED INTO 8HRvIuE. There
are, doubtless. great numbers Of brave boys n
this State who have served their county three
years and are willing TO enlist, and The end
OF the rebellion. THIS generous offer Of the Gov.
eminent anords them an opportunity 10 do 90 not
only win credit TO themselves, bat With peeuniAFy
advantage 70 their families or friends. West Viz.
GINA troops have sustained = high reputation for
those qualities Of courage and dash which make the
g00Q Soldier Let have = fair representation IN
TINS Corps, which Il to OmbOdy thes6 high qualities
70 an organization representing the whole kspubhc
West Virginia ought 20 furnish at least two or three
eSmPaIie.; and wiIl Il anything approaching to an
Tue attsntiOn Of the several Boards Of superviaor1
respectfully Invited to this General Order. II Il
more than probable that another call for troops
Wtu SON DO made, and West Virginia required 70
fIEntsh her q7Ota. II reasonable oKSTtIon e made
70 improve the advantages now offered By the Gov.
may be obtained during the Organization Of thIs
new Corps with but little expense to our own peo.
pie. AL such credits will b deducted from our
quota under future call, whom Il may require Q
iEcaI bounty equal to that now offered 81 the
United States 70 obtain recruits. As matter Of
Ds saved to our people by active cooperation IN
me Present effort recruit under this Special
dOVernmeat Bounty. Bssides, the men arc DeodOd
h0H and 4 q the part Of patriotism, l'ss than u
FaSueat foresight u use every ox1EttOn 70 stimu-
lAto volunteering Immediately. No time 4 70 be
Iosti Remember that the Inducements now offered
end with the S1st day Of the present NORTH
veterans desiring 10 enlist In this Corps viii make
apPileathn 70 the district Provost darshaIs At
9Eaton, Wheeltng aud Charleston; and II found
Z aained under the OrdeFs they will b furnished
BY order Of the GoVornor.
E.P. PBIRPOINT,
oOeIslW A1iutAnt General,