Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-02
The Conseription Act.

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raised under this act.
2. Application will be mad. Immediately to
Tie Governors o. The several States for permits
sion 10 employ alto officers for said enroll
mcu;, and in casc such permission be no,
rrauted, officers Of tho army will be selected
br the Department to perform that duty, under
such rcgniations is may I've prescribed. there
State cf!!cers are employed, Tho regulations o.
the respective States in regard to military en-
rollu,,nt will be observed IS far as applicable
3 TIE enrolled men IN each State will bi
collected in ra,u"s 81 instruction by tho OH
GERS in command Of the recruits, the s"iI
c,mus Il, l.r selected with reference 10 health
and the facilities Tor obtaining subsistence anc
TRANSFORMATION. Tie number of these camps
snail not exceed two in each State, without
authority from the Department, and t" eacf
will b. ailo Hed quarter.nsster and com
mlss8ry.
i. Tie conmandapls OF The camps Of in
struction in the severed States will call upon
the Generals commanding the military Gepart
mcnts, IN which their campo may be situated
for competent drill officers TO instruct tho re-
cruits, and will prepare them iur The b"ld Is
rapidly as possible. They will cause them tc
be promptly yaccinated, and in ordering them
TO the field will, rs iar as practicable, prefer
those who have passed through the usual camp
diseases They will establish hospitals in con
nccton with their camps, and mskc requisiton
for such medical attendance and stores rs may
be required.
5. Tie commandments Of regiments, battal-
ions, squadrons, and unattached companies, in
service on tho 10Th inst, will send copies Of
their muster rolls to the commandant OF the
proper camp Of instruction in their respective
States, with officers 10 take charge OF such
recruits as may be furnished to said corps
The said commandments will apportion the re-
cruits among such corps IN proportion to the
deficiency OF each, except when cthcrsisc
specially directed by the Department, allot-
ting, az far as practicable, to each such corps
the men from the regions Of country in which
i, has been raised. They will, from time 10
time, send off such bodies Of recruits IS are
ready ;or the field, and will report on The first
Monday Of every month the numbur Of recruits
in camp, their condition, the number sent of
durinc the month, and the regiments and corps
10 which they were sent.
6. The commandantS oil regiments and corps
will distribute the recruits among their several
connanies, and in such MS have not the num-
Der ot companies allowed by law to regiment,
,ns SAID conriaUdan,s may organize the re-
CURED number Of new companies, after first
i!in. rp the existing comp,nic, to the
r.ininum numburs required by law THAT is
10 SaY, Tor each compsny OF !Hian.ry, 81 prl-
Yates; CT cavalry, GO prvStes; OF artillery, 70
privates.
{. Tic recruits sill be- apportioned among
tho several AIMS oi service, according to their
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! cable the preference ri tho men. Where &
greater number offer for n particular arm thsn
can lie assigned ~ il, the distribution will be
determined by lot; hn. recruits FOR the caval
r. Will only be taken ron those ~ho furnish
| their or: horses.
| ui.--v0LUHTEr;:s r0E E::LI5TiSG CORPS.
Persona liab!y la military service under
| the above 1:,, not ~ services OF the ltiti. Of
Aucii, AMI a;hanc 70 volunteer in any ra-ticu-
| lar r3rnpany IN the Confederate service On
thc lit. d. =: .Igrj', rrs3 joivrt ,.cD.22!:e2
prior l., their crrourn. =. = can't OF :nsiruc
ton within their re'pactrs States, wiiaro they
| will ho enrolled, prepared lnr tbs field, and
sent - he said company until he aAnle shall
be tiilId ap.
T. Recruiting Ulcers may be detailed. :Sith
:hc plrlnission q: the Generals commanding
reciu,e:;,s si"i corps, anG sent to their reapec
tive States Tor tho purpose ri receiving for such
regiments and corps in conformity with re
crutins regulations heretofore adopted, Gen.
oral Order No. s. volunteers desiring tD Join
them. Such volunteers may be ssSembrd at
the camps Of instruction in their respective
States, prepared tor the field, mud Sont 10 their
respective regiments and corps until the same
| shall be filled up; or, if ready for The field,
| may b. ordered directly to their corps by tic
officer so recruiting them.
w. roIu.TEER CORPS HERETO YoRE AUTHORIZED
10. pe,spus liable tn military service under
this acl, AID not il eervce on the 18th day Of
April, may, until tho lTlh day OF May next,
volunteer in corps heretofore authorized TO be
raised by the Secretary Of War, nr by the
Executive OF any State, us part OF the quota
thereof in pursuance Of a call made upon such
State by tho President. Persons authorized
to raise such corps. who may not on that day
have the necessary Eumoer Of GIan enrolled
and mustered into service according TO lhe
terms OF their authority, will proceed with
their ncn to camp Of instruction in their
respective States, and will deliver thsir muster
rolls to the Comnandant thereof.
II. The couimandunts Of such corps as are
completed on Or before the Eth day Of May,
and hot otherwise ordered, will report to III.
comluandants Of the recruits Of their respective
SAleS and with their corps will be placed by
him in camp of instruction, and reported
Immediately 10 the Department. Such corps
will be under tho command Of the command
ants Of recruits in their respective States, and
will BE- prepared for the field in like manner
with the recruits, until removed from the
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from the Department, from the Commanding
General OF the army, or in urgent cases, from
the Commanding General of the military de-
psrtmcnt IN which the camps may be situated;
| and in sucn cases report will Immediately
be made 10 the Department BY the officer in
command Of the camp.
V. ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENTIAL SERVICE.
~. Under the prohibition OF this act aga, INST
the organization OF new corps, no further gu
thority !or that purpose CAN be given, except
that specially pToTIdcd Tor in the Act Of Con,
gress, entitled IAN Act to organize bands Of
Partisan Rangers" For this latter purpose,
applications must DC made through tho Uou.
mandlng Generals Of the Military Depart.
ments in which the said corps are to be chi
ployed.
W. REORGANIZATION OF TWELVE MONTHS CORPS.
IL. All regiments, battalions, squadrors,
and companies Of twelve months volunteers
will re organ'z, within forty days from tho
10Th Of Apri!, by elrc!ing all their officer;
| which they nad right heretofore 10 elect and
on such days ns the Brigade Commanders may
prescribe, and the said Brigade Commanders
ME hereby ordered TO fix aud announce thr
day for such reorganization as soon as practi-
cable. No person who is to be discharged,
under the provisions OF the Act, will take
part in such election.
II. The form Of holding and certifying the
elections will be in conformity with the laws
| Of the State FROM which the men, or tho M,
jor part thereof, may coms; and when the
election Of field officers is to be made Ivy
company officers the latter will be first