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Recruiting INSTRUCTIONS For Captain Bezaleel Howe-- of the Infantry-- in the Service of the United States.

SIR, [1st line crossed out] 

    You are immediately to commence the

recruiting service in the State of --New York-- The principal rendezvous will be at West Point-- [line crossed out] 

    Your recruits will be furnished by--the Contractor--

[long line] with rations, barracks, barrack utensils, straw and fuel; and also with such necessary medicinal assistance as they may require. 

    The recruiting service is sometimes abused, both as it respects the individuals

recruited and the public at large, --that is, recruits are unwarily and unwor- thily entangled contrary to their intentions: Such men generally desert the service, at some critical moment, or serve grudgingly, and set bad examples to others; or, unsuitable persons are engaged, who are constitutionally defective and unfit for the hardships incident to a military life.