Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 February 1812 — Page 1

THE

WESTERN SUN

EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THEIR OWN TIME.— HUME.

VOL. IV. THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly Al Two DoLtAftS annum, paid in advance T attested NOTE, payable at the e"d of the year for TWO DOLLARS & FlfTf Ck.nts. NO Subscript ton null be r "reived far a less term than one year anGi" Wilt Pat be discontinued until all arrearages are paid Where tapers are vent I P s the person subscribing must '.v the postage. Advertisements of no more length than breadth Will be inserted three time t for One D'imah, and Twenty-Five Cents, for ettry qfter insertion To avoid unp'easant disputes, it is Requested vf Advertising tttttotners th tt they particularly spec if v the number vf times their Advertisements are to be cmtnuea.- I nose senv wit no sucr: . J Tl . . 1 .. 1. i directions will be continued until forbid and must be paid for accordingly, A i. Letters addressed to the Editor must be Post paid) or they ivill not be taken cut of the cjjic-, (By Authority.) AM ACT Jo raise nr. Additional Military Force, BE it enacted b the Senate and ffouse nr Representative of the United States of j 'meneoy tn Corgtess assemble That thne It immediately railed, ten Regiments ot in f an try t two regiments ol artillery ami ov regiment of light dragoons, to be enhfted tor the tern wt five yeaia, unit, ioulici j '"chaired. Seg l hf there arte s repipieot intantiy 111 nl I cm lilt lean ftantai , eighteen nrfl li ot e'clitren ftcord lieutenants eitfht That t C I 1 1 n t n t t eo en -f t vv o ween ligntf leventv tn lergeantSt feVeiity coinorals, thirty hx riiiut iati , and i.J' hundred nrivates, which (hall forni tv j It t illlons, eat '.i ii nine cotnpantet A teg latent ot tftiilt i v Qiall coniiO of v. enty Kap taint, twon,ty fifl Lteutenattts, twenty lei ond lieutenant, I rtv cadt .?. eighty itr geants, eighty corporals, ot hundred an ftKtV artif;:.ers, forty mullCians ;nd tour i -..l ...J f ..' ..i fiiall form two battallton t at h of ten torn

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r 'tos. The regiment of c va!ty fhaii lift of twttye captains, twelve fi-ir lieuten prts twi ive fVcond lteutettantS twelve cor nets, twfnfy tvur ? 'tf-, fotty eigln ingeaotfT, forty tight ccrpoi , t.tivc i.iddtert, tweliitt farrWrs, twt re trumpeterSi so i nine htl iv'r d it .. ...t- orit ites, Wl i h lltell form tw o batt tUioi: i ot ox com p'Mr'. 5-Fr 10 earl'' '. tt rt : - eft7Cf ef, That nt taifed under thtt ntHT, trtlllerv, or light drai!l he inpointed one colonel h 1 1 ir r o d oi f , ei . 4 yn lieutenant comnelsi tu Majors, two odjutant?, or.c ntaattef raafltrt one p.ym.t er, one rofennftwn i'.m peons' matt, two ra-it ma iota', two n waiter miOer !r freants, ano two lei iof muftciana. 4 . And vr it f m re 'ted. T l re 'J or gent; w n ' J s each of r I m mall he fcl low I r taken fi' the too lOitTioned ofnceri of tin liuef Ind byf bl idi-r gere'-a; . -arh

iar Mode of doing Business, and qui ft If j the Manners which are

SATURDAY, of whom fh ili be allowed a brigade major and an aid. to be tken from the captains and fubalterni of Ihe lint ; mid tbrrc (hdll illo be appointed our adjutant general and mie inipettoi general ; each with the rank pay and emoluments ot - btijEj din , i. I hr laid adjutant genr-1 lhall ol one or niort affilt itit not eH tefiin to be taken from the line o4 t! with the fame bay Ittd fmolumi tins act t iltowed to Iieut k lht fatd infpeclor general ih i ' two uiftant infpedtors, to hr ' the hnc'oi the army, lach ol i tcr.eive, while Icttng in laid capacity, the fame pay and emoluments as by this ac1; re allowed to lieutenant colonel ; there fl. II alio be Mipointed futh number f hoipital lugroni and tmtf? ?.sthc fervice way require, with w e Reward to Inch hofpital Sc. 5. And be it further enacted i hat win nan ufiicet is detached to ieive 19 hri gadi major, or Mo.cr ns afltftifll to the adjutant gnralf or infpetor general, or the nnf:ntttmti n( 0u;r..r n . ir j jutatit or quarter m after on the appointment ot a colonel, he (hall not thereby loft his i a n Ic Sec- And It farther entttte& That the m;jor pmetals re fpeeAively fhall be entitled to two hundred dollars monthly p. y, with twenty dollars allowance for forage, monthly, and fifteen rations per d.y. Th ii Ants de ramp (hall each be entitled to twen ty lour dollars monthly, iti addition to their p y in the line, and ten dollars monthly for forage) ind roof rations. The brigadier renral? relpedlirely (hall he entitled to ne hundred and tour dollars per month and twelve r-rtions per dy. and fit teen dollars net month for forage when not foil no by the pttblif '.Sec. r. And be it further e..:l. That ier r cadets, i! on commiinoned taiMteians. Srtificers and urivates. nOtliouird oy kins aC (hall receive the like pV, fwage, t fltions, clothing arH i;thrr cmii iei , hi the officers ot the fame irt-ide and corps, c. lets, noncommiutontd lo'iiceis nno'eians irtiftcers - d privates ot the pref nt military eftaHliuSmenta Si s. Ami be it farther enacted, That e o i o ion in ot loiUiii oi one pouna nu -r ol beef, or three Quarters ol a nd of pnrk, eitheen ounces of bread or or, o '" pill of whifkey or bandv, and t r. ol two Quarts of tlf, tour quarts vi. a", loUl Ooundl ot loan, and one re - va ;u -n a n.ui oi caiuicb, iv cvcr nun ratioos. c't-r. 0, 4ndb it further enacted, That vn- uon tom i ifltoned otho er, muficiani nd ivate of the artillery ind infantry (hall a i nuaiiy ti n i lorhintr, e follom tmr articles ot to wit : one hac, one i ' naii . oor veil, two p iir of wdoltn, and two nt linen overalls, one coarfe linen frqck trowferl, or fatigue clothing, four pair aiHt f (hoe.i, font mirti, tvi pair ri focks, two paii of ih. i t i'oci-.irK'N. hlanket one :l'ik and clafpi and one piir of half eri . And 'Me Secretary of war is hereby suthotifed I i caufe to ke furnifhrd to the py m .his of the refpetfltee difttila (uh fu plu- ofelotlitng as he mift deem expfdint, w' ir h IHafl Otldet his direction br forniflied to the foldiers when necefTary r the contract orlteS, and accounted for In 'hrni nut of t'.ii airrar; of monthly pav. vi r. in. And he it fu t fa enacted. That the fRcers, non Com niflioned ffii ers and pi iv o nf ; i fid Corps (Kill goyerried bv the rule and arto l s ot w II Klbich have

Men guided mopf by Custom than by Reason, follow without frevalfnt in their own Time. Hume

FEBRUARY 22, 1812. been eflablifhed by the United States in Congrefs aflVmbled, or by fnch rules and unities as may be liercattei by law eltabtidied. Sec. 1 1 . And be it further enacted, Tbt the coininitlionr d officers who (hall be employed in the recruiting fervice, ftiall be entitled to receive tor every efffdtive, able bodied mn who (hall be duly enhfted by him for the term of five years and multered of at leaf! five leet fix inches high, (and ictWeen the ages of eighteen and forty fve years) the ium of two dollars : Provided never thelefs, 'J hat thi regulation, lb tar s refpedts the age of the recruit (hull not extend to muficians or to thole fold ier s who may reinlilt in the fervice : And provided llfo, That no perlon under the age of tw enty rue years (hall be enltlted by a ny officer or hrld in the fervice of the U. Siate. without the Confcfrt in writing of his patent, guardian or ma(ter, firft had and obtained, if ny he have ; and if any officer (hdll enlifl any perfon contrary to the true intent and meaning of this ad, for verv fnch offence he (hull forfeit and pay the amount of the bonnt) and clothing 1 bich the perfon fb recruited may have reivid from the public, to be deducted out of the pay and emoluments of fuch officer. Skc. 12. And be ii fi trther enacted, That 'heir (brill be allowed ava o;ud ro each et r tive ab'r bodied man, recruited as aforelaid, to ferve tor the term ol hve years, a bounty oi (fctteeti dollars; but the payment oLeight dollars of the i id bounty diall be 4eterrecr until he (hall be muttered and have joined fome military corps of ihe U. Stat; a tor fervice. And whenever any non corr.ntilTioned ojfocer oi fnldier, fhall be difcharged fiomthe iervice, w'io (hail lave obtained from the commanding officer ol his company, o.ittalion oi regiment, a cerate, that be hatli faithfully pr. formed is duty whild in the fervice, lie thall moreover ne iltowed, nod paid, in udcit i n to the fa id bounty three months' pay, and one hundred ond fiXty acres ot bind, and the heir's and i eprelentatives ot thofe non commifTioned officers or foltfisrs ho may be killed in action, or die in the fervice ot the United Staff s, fhall tikewifc ke paid ind allowed the fatd additional boumy of three months pny and one hundred and fiXty acres of I mh'. to he deftgna'd, furveved Mid laid olf at the public exDfnce in loch m.n ner ind u)'m tui h terms and conoitions as may be provided by law. Si 6. 13 And be it further enacted. That the fan! corps will he paid in Inch manner that ti arrea. S Ilia II at no time, rx et d two months unlrfs the i ircnmftaffcei of the c-ii fhall render it unavoidable. Srr.. '4. And b n further enacted, That if anv officer oon eonuniihoned officer mu Gl ian or private (rll be difabted by wounds or other wife, while in the line of his duty in public fervice, he mall be placed on the lid of invalids of the United States, at inch mtr of penfj on ar.d oodei lioh regolationi as are ro may be direC'-d bv I iw : Proviited ilways, T int the combetifation to he lllowed for Inch wounds Or di,bilities to I I ommiflioned (facer, Ihdl! rot exteecJ r th highefl rte f difability half thr monthly py of fuch officer, at tie throe of his being dlfabled or wound-d ; and that no OmCer fl t 1 1 receive nioCC than the hall pay or a lieutenant colonel ; and tiit th ate 1 c mpenfatioll to nun commiffiooed ifficera, muficians aod pnvie .rati not ixeced live dollars p r month ; And pro

vided alfo, That all inferior difabilities flall entitle the perfons fodifaultd to receive an allowance proportionate to the higheft difability. Sec. 1 5. And be it further enacted, That it any commitfioned officer to the military eltiibhfliment of the United States, (hall while in the fervice of the United States, d e, by reafon of any wound recved in actual fervice of the U. S. & leave a widow or if now widow a child or th'ildren under fixteen years of age, fuch widow or if no widow, fuch child or children, (hall be entitled to, and receive half the monthly pay to which the deceafed was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years ; Hut in cafe of the death or intermarriage of fuch widow before the expiration of the laid term of five years, the halt pay for the remainder of the time (hall go to the child or children of fuch dectdicd officer: Provided always, That fuch half pay flrall ceafe on the deceafc of fuch child or children. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted. That if any non commiffioned officer, mufician or private lliall delcrt the fervice of the United States, he fhall, in addition to the penalties mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to ferve for and during fuch a period as fliall, with the time he mayhave ferved previous to his defertion, amount to the full term of his enliPment and fuch foldier (hall, and may he tried by a court martial, and punifhed, although the term of bis enlifiment may have elapfed previous to bis being apprehended or tiied. Sec. 17. And be tt further enacted, That every perfop not fubjed to the rules and articles of war, who fhall procure or entice a foldier in the fervice of the United Stat to dffert ; or who fliall purchafe from any foldier, his arms, tinifotm clothing, or any prt thereof; and every captain or commnnding officer of any (hip or velTcl, who (lull enter on board fu h flop or veiTrl as one of his crew, knowing him to have delei ted, or otherwi fe carry fway any fuch foldier, or fliall refufe to drliver him up to the orders of the commanding officer, fhall, upon legal conviction, be finrd at thedifcretion of any court having cognisance of the fane, in any fum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and be imprifoncd any term not exceeding one year. Sr-e. 18. And be it further enacted, That every officer non coivmithoned offiiei, mufician and private, fliall take and fnbfcribfl the following oath or affirmation, to wit : 44 1 A. B. do folemnly f wear, or affirm, (at the cafe may be, that I will bear true faith illd allegiance to the United State ; of America, and that I will ferve them honeftly and faithfully - eainft their enenroes or oppofers whomsoever ; and rbrt I will obfrrve md obev the ordrrs of the Prefident of the United States, and the ordeis of the officers ippointed over me, according to the ru!'-? nd art ir let of war. See. 19. And be tt further enacted That fhere fhrfl! be appointed to each divifion a judge advocate, w ho (lull be entitled totre lame py and emoluments as a major in the infintry, or if taken from the line of the rmy, (ball be entillec? to thirty dollars per month in addition to his pay, and the f mr illoWince !or ( rarrr as w allowed by law for a major ot Infantry. Sec. 20. And be it urt her enncr-df That where any ci; mi (lion d officer fhall be obliged to inrn- any e .ra eXDenle in travellog -md Gtting or en"l "curts martial, he ihall be alio. a rcafMiaUic coropenf-

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