The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-04-30
The Gopscriptiop Law.

A BILL TO BIZ ENTITLED "AE ACT TO FUR.
THRR PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC pEFENcr.'
In view Of the sxigsncies of the coun
try, and the absolute Necessity Of keep
ing in the service our gsllapt army, and
Of placing In the field large additional
force to meet the advancing columns Of
tho enemy now invading our soil there
fore,
SEo71oN J.. The CongrrH Of tie Com
tsderate States Of america do enact, That
the President be. and he is hereby, au.
thorised to call ou. and place in the mil.
itaFy service Of the Confederate States,
for three years, unless the war shall have
been sooner ended, all white men who
are residents Of the Confederate States,
between the sges Of eighteen aud thirty.
i've years at the time the call or calls
may be made, who are not legally ex.
empted from military service. All Of the
persons aforesaid who are now in the ar
n'ies OF the Confederacy, and whose term
OF service will expire before the end OF the
war, shall be continued In the service for
three years from the date OF their original
eplistpsnt, unless thu war shall have been
sooner ended = Provided, however, That
all such companies, bsttallons and regi
ments, whose term Of original enlistment
f0p ktun nlvav h.. I'LL Al
right, within forty days, on day 10 be
fixed by the commander of the brigade,
TO re organize said companies, battslions
and regiments by electing all their off.
GERS, which they bad a rigbf heretofore
to elect, who shall be commissioned by
the President: Provided, further, That
furopghs not exceeding sixty days, with
transportation home and back, shall he
granted 10 all those retained in the service
by the provisions Of this act beyond the
period Of their original enlistment, and
who have heretofore not received fur.
Ioughs under the provisio ons of an act en-
titled "An act providing for the granting
OF bounty and furloughs to priva.es and
non com mmissioned officers in the Provi..
iona! Army" approved llth December,
eighteen hupdred and sixty one, said fur
lougbs to be granted at such times and
IN such numbers as the Secretary Of War
may deem most compatible with the pub
lie interest; and Provided furlber, That
In lieu Of a furlough, the Communication
value 10 money oftbs transportation here
inabovs granted shall be paid to each
private. musician, or non commissioned
officer who nay elect to receive it at such
time as the furough would otherwise be
granted Provided, further. Tha. all per.
sons under the age Of eighteen years, or
over the age Of thirty five years, who are
now enrolled in the military service Of the
Confederate States, in the regiments, bat
talions and companies hereafter to be orr
ganised shall be required to remsip ip
their respective companies, battsiions and
regiments for ninety days. pp'sss their
places can sooner be supplied by other
recruits not low in the service, who are
bstwsso the ages Of eighteen snd thirty
fvs years, sad ell laws aud parts OF laws
providing for the re enlistment of voluu.
tssrs and the organisation tbsrsof into
companies, squsdrons, ba,taiions or rsei.
meats. shall bs, and the same are hereby
repealed.
$50. 8. Bet fkrtav enacted, That
such companies. squadrous, bs,.slious. or
regiments organised, or 10 process Of or.
ganisation BY authority sfom the Sscss.
tsry d War; - may b within ,has,