Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-23

SEC. s. Each artillery regiment shall consist of the same number ot companies as q regiment of infantry or cavairy' me officers shall be one colonel, one lieItenaht, colonel and one major. who shall De elected according to the provisions of section h'e of this ordinance. The colonel snail oe chief of engineers and artillery, and the major. chief of ordnance. The coiohei shall have like staff as the colonel of lntah- try All the aforesaid officers and prlvates shall, when engaged in actual service, re- ceive the same pay and emoluments as ofil- cers of the same rank and privates receive in the service of the Confederate States of America
 SEC. 9. The major general shall have power to appoint chief engineer m each division, with the rank of colonel of lhlah- try, if it should become necessary.
 SEC. 10. All volunteers now in service shall be deemed as having volunteered Tor one year from the day they entered the ser vice, unless sooner discharged; Pro''de"' nepenheless, That such volunteers as may have volunteered and been accepted lnto service for shorter period than tweiSe months, shall be entitled to a discharge al the end of the time for which they volun' teered. All persons to be hereafter enllsteo' or drafteds shall be hereafter enlisted or drafted for period to be hereafter deslg mated by the military board.
 SEc. II. In case it shall be necessary to make a draft from the militia to obtain the required number of troops for service under this ordinance, or any other ordinance which has been or may hereafter be adopt ed the military board heretofore created, shall have the power to prescribe the man ner and mode in which said draft shall De made.
 SEC. 12. Anything in the constitution of the State of Arkansas, and all laws ol this State, inconsistent or Tn conflict with any provisions of this ordinance are hereby suspended during the operation ot thls or dinance.
 SEC. 13. Nothing in this ordinance or IT any other ordinance passed by this conven tion, or in any law, or the constitution ol this State shall authorize the employment of an armed force in the actual service O this State, unless it shall be to meet ar emergency which shall be so urgent as t( preclude provision being made for 1t by thu | Confederate States of America, so long as this State shall be member of the same or to provide an essential defence when tht Confederate States shall neglect or refuse to provide for it; or to suppress an insur' rection; or to repel an invasion.
 SEC. 14 There shall not be any limita tion of the number of volunteer companies in any county in this State, and the gover nor shall issue commissions to the ottlcer of all volunteer companies organized II this State. Said companies shall reman under the authority and command of tn respective field officers of the county o regiment to which they belong, but shal be authorized to form themselves into sep arate regiments and battalions and whel called into actual service shall elect thel field officers as hereinbefore provided, uT to the grade of colonel, inclusive, without regard to the particular brigade or dlvlslol from which they came.
 SEC. 15. This ordinance shall take ettec and be in force from and after its passage shall only continue in force for and durln the war, after which it shall be subject t repeal by the Generel Assembly of tn State of Arkansas.
 Adopted and passed in and by the con venton, on the 20th day of May, A. D. 1861. DAVID WALKER, Presidem ot Me Conpention of Me Stote Q
 Arkansas
 Attest: ELIAS C. BoUDISoT, Sec'y. ofMe .State Concention ot ArhanSas