The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-18
COLORED TROOPS.

an Appeal 10 tie People q Virginia
1t will be seen by the Order of the Sc
cretary Of War, published above, that the
undersigned have been authorized to pro.
cced at once with the organization o'
Companies composed Of persons Of Color,
free and slave, who are willing to volun.
teer under the recent acts of Congress
| and the Legislature of Virginia. 1t is
well known to the country that Gen. Lee
has evinced the deepest interest on this
subject, and that he regards prompt &C
ton in this matter, as vitality important
70 the country. In letter addressed by
aim to 1t. Gen. Ewell, dated March 10th.
ne says, IL hope it will be found practi-
cable to raise considerable force in
Richmond. - :. attach great i'm
portance to the result of the first ex-
pertinent, and nothing should be left un-
done to mal.e it successful. The sooner
this can be accomplished the better"
The undersigned have established a
| rendezvous on 2lst, between Main and
Cary streets, at the building known as
Smiths Factory )" and every arrange
ment has been made to secure the CONS
fort of the new recruits, and to prepare
them for service. 1t is recommended that
each recruit be furnished, when practica-
ble with a grey jacket and pants, cap and
blanket, and a good seryiceable pair of
I shoes, but no delay should take place in
lorwarding the recruits in order to obtain
I!e.c articles.
24e governments, Confederate and
State, having settled the policy of em~
] ploylng this element of strength, and this
class of our population having given re-
peated evidence Of their willingness to
take up arms in the defence of their
homes, it is believed that it is only ne
cessary to put the matter before them in
proper light to cause them to rally with
| enthusiasm for the preservation of the
homes in which they have been bora and
! raised, and in which they have found con-
| tentment and happiness; and to save
! themselves and their race from the bar
| barous cruelty invariably practsed upon
| them by perfidious enemy claiming to
| be their friends.
: VIII not the people Of Virginia, in this
hour of peril and danger, promptly re-
spond to the call Of our loved General
n-Chet, and the demands Of the Confc-
derate and State governments
VIII those who have freely given their
sons and brothers, their money and their
! property, to the achievement of the liber-
ties Of their country, now hold back from
4 The cause their servants, who can well be
! spared, and who will gladly aid in bring.
4 +nls this fearful war to speedy and glo-
/ nous termination
Lat every man in the State consider
hnselt recruiting officer, and enter at
'nce upon the duty of aiding in the or
anization of this force, by sending for
Fard recruits to this rendezvous.
Every consideration of patriotism. the
'laepeadence of our country, the safety
0! our homes, the happiness of our fam.
.eS, and the sanctity Of our firesides, all
E0m1pt to immediate and energetic action
Z 'F the defence of the country. Let the
9eopie but be true to themselves, and to
ne claims of duty, and our independence
VII be speedily secured, and peace be re-
'ored within our borders.
j. W. PEGRAM,
Il Maj. p. A. G. S.
q 'TH. P. TURNER,
. ~n lo-tt Maj. p. a. c. S