Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-12-19


a proposition to give to the border States OF
the South reasonable compensation for their
slaves enumerated in the census of 1850,
caring the State governments to distribute
the amount thus paid, apporsioning to
each loyal citizen the valuation Of his slave,
and manumitsing all the slaves and colon.
|izing them in some portion Of Central A.
merica.
One of the reason for the adjourn mont
Of Congress until Monday was TO enable
the friends of the administration to consult
each other, and perfect their arrangements
to render effective their efforts 10 support
Of the policy of the administration in refer.
ence to all the questions to be brought to
the consideration of Congress.
It is the intention of Gen. Mcclellan to
consolidate the different companies of each
regiment Of the regular army.
| The exigeucies Of the service hitherto
have made it necessary to scatter this force,
so that there is hardly anywhere whole
regiment of the old army together. To ef.
feet this consolidation, number of com.
panies Of iufautry are to be sent to Pickens,
where the rest of their regiments are sta.
toned, and other companies are to be
brought from Fort Pickens here to fill up
the regiments to which they belong. Thus,
in a little while, each of the regiments will
be all together for the first time since the
Mexican war, and in some instances for the
first time since they were organized.
Provisional Congress--Important Bill.
Congress has passed and the Presiden,
approved bill providing for the granting
of bounty and furlougbs to privates, musi.
clans and non ommissioned officers in the
Provisional army. 1t is in the following
words:
SEQ. l. 7He Congress ofthe Confederate
States Of America do enact, That boonty
of fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby,
granted to all privates, musicians and non.
commissioned officers in the Provisional ar.
my who shall serve continuously for three
years or for the war, to be paid at the fol.
lowing times, to wit: To all now in the
service for twelve months, to be paid at the
time of volunteering or enlistiog for next
two ensuing years subsequent to the expira.
ton of their present term of service. To|
all now in the service for three years or for
the war, to be paid at the expiration of
their first years service. To all who may
hereafter volunteer or enlist for three years
or for the war, to be paid at the time of en-.
try into service.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
furloughs, not exceeding sixty days, with
transportation home and back, shall be
granted to all twelve months men now 10 the
service who shall, prior to the expiration of
their present term of service or for three
years or the war; said furloughs to be issu.
ed at such times and in such numbers as
the Secretary of War may deem most com
patible with the public interest; the length
of each furlough being regulated with re,
ference to the distance of each volunteer
from his home: Pruided, That in lieu Of a
furlough the Communication value in money
of the transportation herein above granted
shall be paid to each private, musician or
non-commissioned officer, who may elect
to receive it, atsuch time as the furlough
itself would otherwise be granted.
Sec. 8. This Act shall apply to all troops
who have volunteered or enlisted for a term
of twelve months or more in the service Of!
any State, who are now in tue service of
the said State, and who may hereafter vol
uuteer or enlist in the seryicssof the Con
federate States under the provisions of the
present Act.
SEQ. 4.-Ana be 1t further enacted, That
all troops, re.yolunteering or re.enlis.ing
shall, at theezpiration oftheir present term
Of service, have the power to re-organize
themselves into companias and elect their
company officers, and said companies shall
have the power to organize themselves lntof
battalions or regiments and elect their field
officers; and after the first election vacan-
cies shall be filed by promotion from the
company, battalion, or regiment in which
such vacancies may occur: Prouidea,
That whenever vacancy shall occur, wheth.
er by promotion or otherwise, 10 the lowest
grade of commissioned officers of q company,
said vacancy shall always be filed by electiou:
and provided further, that in the case of
troops which have been regularly enlisted
into the service Of any particular State pri,
or to the formation Of the Confederacy,
aud which have by such State been turned
over to the Confederate Government, the
officers shall not be elected, but appointed
and promoted in the same manner and by
the same authority as they have heretofore !