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To Lieut. Marines Frig. Constellation

To Lieutenant of Marines Frigate Constellation

Sir,

The President of the United States by & with the advice & consent of the Senate, has appointed you a Lieutenant of Marines in the Frigate Constellation, you will be pleased to commence the Recruit the Complement of Marines allowed by Law to the s^d ship, to wit, three Serjeants, three Corporals, one Drum & Fife, & fifty Privates. In the Performance of this duty, you wi [undecipherable] pay particular attention to the rules and regulations herein after mentioned.

1st. It being essential that those who enlist, should feel an Inclination for that kind of life, no indirect Methods are allowable to inveigle Men into the service of the United States; it is forbidden therefore to enlist any Individual while in a State of Intoxi cation or to have him sworn until twenty four hours after he shall have signed the Inlistment. -

2 No Individual is to be inlisted (Musicians excepted) who is not five feet and six Inches high without shoes and above Eighteen and under Forty Years of Age. He must be healthy robust and sound in his Limbs and Body and of a Make to support the Fatigues and and acquire the honors of a Soldier.

3. No Negro Mulatto or Indian to be enlist [undecipherable] nor any Description of Men except Natives of [undecipherable] fair Conduct or Foreigners of unequivocal ch[undecipherable] ters for Sobriety & Fidelity. [Any recruiting Officer inlisting a vagrant transient Person who shall desert shall reimburse out of hi [undecipherable] the Loss sustained by such Desertion.

4. The Recruits are to be inlisted to serve the [undecipherable] of one Year, unless sooner discharged. The [undecipherable] Pay allowed them will be as follows: or Nine Dollars, Corporals, eight Dollars [undecipherable] Seven Dollars; Privates, six Dollars; [undecipherable]