By reason of the necessity in this matter, this order is sent direct, with copies to intermediate commanders.
By order of the Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

WM.

NALLE, Adjutant-General.
* * * * * The companies of the First Battalion of Richmond and Second Battalion of Petersburg and Norfolk were the first to respond to the call and express a readiness to go anywhere in or out of the States with their own officers, upon these conditions they were immediately accepted, and the following order was issued: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Adjutant-General's Office, Richmond, Va., April 23, 1898.

General Orders No.

9.
The commanding officers of such companies as will volunteer for service in the volunteer army of the United States will at once proceed to recruit their respective companies to at least eighty-four enlisted men.