Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-19
acNby the several States. from their

cNby the several States. from their
several armies, or corps Of volun-
teers, with the consent Of the troops
transferred. The minimum term of
service is one year. A rule of the
War Department requires these troops
to be received only from the several
State Executives, they, of course.
having previously secured the assent
Of the organizations transferred
These troops retain the organization
with which they enter the provisional
army companies, battalions and regi-
nents remaining such and retaining
their officers. But the President has
the right. by law, to appoint certain
field officers for this provisional army
right which he has exercised, in
making Brigadiers thereof, of Coils.
Bragg and Beauregard, and appoint
ing Col. Hardee, Colonel of its first
Regiment.
Many "cracked" volunteer COM
panies, not only from the Confederate
States, but also from the Border States
have sought, independently, to be in
corporated into this provisional ar
my;" but the rule isinhexible, and I'M
less they are offered by some one of the
Governors of the Confederate States,
upon requisition from the War De-
partment, they are not received
Practically, the provisional army is
about full; the patriotism of the peo-
pie was fully up to the mark Of the
needs of the country.
Memorandum, that in contempla-
ton of law, Surgeons and Assistant
Surgeons Of the volunteer and State
army troops, turned over to the Con-
federacy to make part of the provis-
ional army, are not officers, and they
are, therefore, not retained. The de-
ticiency is supplied by appointing
temporarily acting Assistant Sur
geons for such troops.
Memorandum, also, that the single
slight exception to the rule, that the
component organization of the provis-
ional army, derived as aforesaid from
the several States, remain as when
mustered into the service of the Con-
federate States, is that Independent
or isolated companies will be CONSOLE
dated, is indispensable.
Another pointabout the provisional
army: Its surgeons and assistant
surgeons are only temporary appoin-
tees, acting as such while the service
may require them.
The regular army of the Confed-
eracy is entirely distinct from the
provisional. 1t is not yet organized:
The officers Of only two regiments
will be appointed. The organization
is very similar to that Of the United
States army.
AS soon as appointed, many Of the
officers of the regular army will be
ordered in the recruiting service.
And it is in this way only that the
regular army will be raised. AS yet
it does not contain a single non-com-
missioned officer or private, while
the provisional army has thousands
of men in the field.
The regular army will begin to
take form and substance, probably,
within six months.
Officers resigned, on account OF
secession, from the army of the Uni
ted States, receive appointments, as
of course, in the regular army. Civil
lians are eligible, but the former arc
certainly provided.
Applications, by civilians. for posi-
tons as Surgeons or Assistant Sur
geons, in the regular army, need now
hardly be made, with expectation OF
success. There is only limited
number Of appointments to fill and
these necessarily, will be given to
resigned Surgeons and Assistants
from the army of the United States.
The Engineer Corps is, we learn,