The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-21

each beat Except those declared "exempt from
all militia SERVICE" and those already in State
or Confederate service,) shall constitute the
beat company of such best; and it shall be the
duty of the commanding officer of such beat
to order out his company once every fortnight
for parade and drill, with the view to service in
the District as police force, and to military
service in the Brigade as "alarm men," And
the commanding officer of each beat shall
cause to be summond to such parade every
person in his beat 80 liable, except such as may
be certified by the Surgeon of the regiment to
be physically unable to be present at such
parade, such commanding officer having the
discretion to excuse from drill any person At
tending on the ground, whom he may Judge to
be physically unable to undergo the fatigue of
the day.
8. That the commanding officer of each beat
shall keep roll of all persons so liable to SER
vice in his company, which roll shall be called
at each parade, and all defaulters noted; and it
shall further be his duty to report Immediately
after each parade to the commanding officer Of
the regiments the names of such defaulters,
that they may be held to answer therefor be-
fore court-martial. And the commanding
officer of each beat shall have power to grant
leaves of absence from such parades to such
persons as may be called away from the beat
on business, and to physicians, millers, ferry
men, overseers, and owners in charge as over
seers, where the public interest requires that
they should not be withdrawn from their du-
ties to attend the company parades.
4. That the commanding officer of each beat
shall keep an additional and separate roll of all
effective men in bis company who are between
the ages of 40 and SO years, the same to con-
stitute reserve force for the defence of the
State, and be subject to the call Of the Gem
mander-in-C Chief, for service in any part of the
State. In making up such roll, there shall be
excluded therefrom all persons who are in the
military service Of the State or in the service
of the Confederate States, and all persons who
are by State authority declared exempt from
draft" as also, all persons who have been de-
tailed for special service by order of the Cover
nor and Council, whilst engaged on such SER
vice, or indefinitely furloughed on account of
"pnbllc interest" And it shall be the duty of
the commanding officer of the beat, at each
parade, to cause the said roll of effective men
to be called, and to report a copy of said roll
monthly to tho commanding officer of the reg
iment: And the commanding officer of the
regiment shall make to the Adjutant and In
spector-General' monthly report of the mum.
Der of effective men in his regiment SO en-
rolled.
S. That the purpose of effecting such en-
rollment, it shall be the duty of every person
SO liable to report himself for enrolment on the
day of parade; and the commanding officer of
the beat shall question, as to age and residence,
every person not SO reporting, who may be
within the limits of his beat, and who may be
apparently between the ages of 40 and 80
years, and he is hereby authorized to admins
ter oaths to such person; and in case any per-
son SO questioned shall refuse to give the in
formation, (on oath, if required it shall be the
duty Of tho commanding officer to enroll his
name as an effective man; and such person 90,
refusing shall thereafter be estopped from show
ing that he was not subject to such enroll
iment.
9. When call shall at any time be made
upon such effective men, by the Commander
in-Chief, for active service, it shall be the duty
Of all persons SO enrolled to report themselves
promptly, on the day named, at their respec-
tive places of regimental parade; and the COM
manding officer of tho regiment shall there Or
ganize them into companies of not less than,
sixty flour men, rank and file, order the immed-
late election of company officers, and promptly
report the companies thus organized and
of1cered to the Adjutant and Inpector Cen
,eral.
Z. That dcpots of arms and ammunition be-
established at each Court House in the State
Except in the Districts of Charleston, George
town, Beaufort and Richland) to which shall
be sent forthwith 68 stand ofarms with 20
rounds of cartridges to each. The, same to be-
subject to the order of the commanding officer,
of the regiment in which such depot 10 estab-
isied, or of the commanding officer Of the beat