The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-10-15
MILITIA LAW.


follows:
One Adjutant and Inspector General with the
rank of Major-General, who shall be- General-in-
Chief of all the forces of the State of n Carolina;
such Brigadier-Generals as may be necessary to
command brigades of not less than two nor more
than six regiments
The entire militia of the State consists of 116
regiments, consisting Of % brigades, which are
composed as follows:
First Brigade.-1st, I'd, Sd, and 4th regiments:
Currtuck, Camden, Perquimans and Pasquotank.
I'd Brgade-5th, 9th, 7th, 9Th and 9th regi-
ments: Chowan, Hertford, Gates ana Berthe.
Sd Brigade-1Oth 11th, 18th and 18th regi-
ments: Martin, Washington, Tyrrell and Hyde.
4th Brigade-14th, 18th, 18th and 18th regi-
ments: Beaufort, Craven north, Craven south, and
Pitt.
5th Brigade-19th, 19th Goth and 21st 1egi-
ments: Carteret, Jones, Lenoir and Onslow
9th Brigade-22d, 23d, 24th and 25th regi-
mens: New Hanover, East of N. T. river do,
West of do, Sampson east and Sampson west of
Big Coharie.
7th Brigade 9th, 2Sth and Goth regi-
ments: Duplin, Wayne upper, Wayne lower, and
Greene.
Stb Brigade-3Oth, 31st, 32d and SD resi-
ments: Edgecombe upper, Edgecombe lower, Nash
and Wilson.
9th Brigade-34th, 35th, Seth and 37th reg-
ments: Halifax upper, do. lower, Northampton aud
Warren.
10th Brigade-38th, 39th, 10th and 4lst regi-
nents: Wake, East of Raleigh; do. West of do;
Franklin and Johnston.
1lth Brigade-42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, and 46th
regiments: Granville north, Granville south, Per-
son, Orange, Hillsboro, and Orange Hawfelds
18th Brigade-47tE, 18th, 10Th and 50th regi-
ments: Caswell, Alamance, Chatham upper, do.
lower.
18th Brigade--5lst, SD, SD and 54th reg-
ments: Moore, Harnett, Cumberland upper, do.
lower.
14th Brigade-55th, 56th, 57th and 59th regi-
mcnts: Bladen, Brunswick Columbus, and Robe
son lower.
18th Bri rigade-59th, Goth, 6lst and cd regi-
ments: Robson upper, Richmond lower, do. upper,
and Montgomery.
10th Brgade-63, 64, 65 and Goth regi-
ments: Randolph West and East, Davidson lower
and upper.
18th Brigadc-e7, es, SO, 10 and list Regi
ments, Guilford West and East Rockingham
lower and upper, Forsythe.
18th Brigade.-72, 73, "a and 18th Regi-
ments, Stokes, Surry, North and South, Yadkn
10Th Brigade-76, II, 7S and 10Th Regiments,
Rowan, Davie, Iredell North of S. Yadkin, and
South of s. Yadkin.
goth Brgade.-SO, 81, 80 and SD Regi.
ments, Anson, Union east and west, & stanly.
2lst Brigade.-S4, 85 50 and 07th Regiments,
Cabarrus, Mecklenburg north and south, aud Gas
ton.
22d Brigade. 80, 90 and 81 Regiments,
Lincoln, Catawba, Cleaveland upper and lower.
23d Brigade.-92, 93, "a and 95th Regiments,
Wilkes upper aud lower, Alexander and Caldwell.
24th Briga6e.-9G, OF, 9S and 99th Regiments,
Allegheny, Ashe, Watauga, and Mitchell
25th Brigade.-100, 101, 102, and l03d Regi-
ments, Burke north and south, Mcdowell and
Rutherford north.
Goth Brigade-1o4, 1O5, 1OG and 1O7 Regi-
ments, Rutherford south, Polk, Henderson and
Transylvania.
9th Brigade.-l08, 100, l1o aud 111th Regi-
ments Buncombe north and SOUTH Madison and
Iancey.
2Sth Brigade-112, lib, ia, 115 and 10th
Regiments, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Cherokee
aud Clay.
To be enrolled:-Al free white men and white
apprentices, residents of this State, except minis
tiers of the Gospel Of every denomination that are
properly ordained, or have the cure of souls, and
the superintendent, assistant physician, and neces-
sary attendants of the n G. Insane Asylum, who
shall be of the age of Is and under 80 years, shall
as soon as practicable, be severay and respective
ly enrolled in the militia of this State, by the Cap
tain, &c within the bounds of whom such person
shall reside.
The following persons exempt from military
duty except in of invasion or insurrectIon III
this State: The Vice President of the Confederate
States; the officers judicial ard executive Of the
Confederate States the Judges of the Supreme and
Superior Courts Of law; the secretary of State,
Comptroller Treasurer, Sherifs of the several
countless all the necessary employees OF the differ
ent Railroad companies and Telegraph operators;
all custom house officers, postnlasters, stage drivers
or mail carriers employed in the care and convey
ance of the mail to the post Offices; all millers of
public mills, provided that this exemption shall
only extend as to each mill to one person subject
to do military duty, whose occupation and daily
employment it is to attend and perform the duty
of public miller; all branch pilots, all marines
actually employed in the service of the Con-
federate States or of any merchant. Practising
physicians are also exempted from any fine or
penalty for not attending to the ordinary company
or military drill, on making oath that it was nee
eSsary for them to be abseLt on professional duty;
also bona tide members Of fire companies under
certain restrictions.
The other sections of the law, not referred to in
this abstract, relate more to the appointment, au-
thority and duty of officers than to the people at
large and cannot well be condensed.
When Arkansas seeded from the Union she
o,,na in r,oscarsion of nrnnertv tn the amount of