The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-31
Camp Of, instruction at Knoxville,
State of Tennessee.

i. The following extracts from the Laws pass
eo ny Congress. and approved by the President,
WIN the Regulations in reference thereto, arc
publishe for the information of Enrolling ON
GERS under the Conscriyt Act.
Eriroc'' irom an ,tcf 10 further pror;de for HE
P1bfc Defence.
I'm view OF the cxigencics of the country and
the absolute necessity of keeping in the service
our gallant army, and of placing in the field
large additional force, to meet the advancing
Therefore,
SEC !. The Congress IF The Confederate States
! %. America do cnoci, That the President he and
he is hereby authorized to call out and place in
the military service of the Confederate States for
three years, unless the war shall have been soon
err ended. all white men who are residents of the
Confederate State, between the ages Of Is and IS
years at the time the call or calls may be made
who arc not legally exempted from military SER
vice.
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CSC 3. De Jather enacted, That for the en-
| roinent OF all persons comprohended within the
provisions of this act, who not already in SER
vice in the armies of the Confederate Sta es IL
shall be lawful for the President, with the consent
of the Governors of the respective States. to en-
ploy State oficers and on failure to obtain such
consent, he shall employ Confederate officers,
charged with the duty ofmaking such enrolment
in accordance with the rules and regulations to be
prescribed by him"
csc 8. BE il further enacted, That all sea-
men and ordinary seamen in the land forces of
the Confederate States, enrolled under the pro-
visions of this act, may, on application to tho
Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the
land forces to the naval service"
CSC. 8. BE Il further enacted, That each man
who may hereafter be mustered into the service
and who shall arm himself with muskct, shot.
Utlu riu al oil oC..
on, shall be paid the value thereof to be asccr-
tanned by the mastering officer, under such regu-
| lations rs may be prescribed by the Secretary of
War, if he is willing to sell the same: and if he
| is not, then he shall be entitled to receive one
dollar month for the use of said received and
approved muskct, rife, shotgun or carbinc.
"SEc. 8. BE It further enacted, That persons
not liable for duty may be received as substitutes
for those who are, under such regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary Of War:
CSC 49, BE il further enacted, That all pcr-
sons subject to enrolment, who are not now in
the service, under the provisions of this act shall
be permitted, previous to such enrolment, to vol
uneer in companies now in the service. Zap
proved April 10th. 1921
An Act to exempt certain persons from Enrolment
in the Armies Of tie Confederate States.
"SEC. 2. The Congress cfthe Confederate States
Of America do enact, That all persons who shall
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to he prescribed by the Secretary of Wars all in
the service or employ of the Confederate States
all judicial and executive officers of the Confed-
crate or State Governments; the members of both
houses of Congress, and of the Legislatures of
the several States and their respective officers
al! clerks of the officers Of the State and Confed-
crate governments, allowed by law; all engaged
in carrying the mails; all ferrymen on post routes
all pilots and persons engaged in the marine
vice, and in actual service river and railroad
routes of transportation; telegraphic operators
and ministers OF religion in the regular discharge
of ministerial duties; all engaged in working iron
mines, furnaces and foundries; all journeymen
printers actually employed in printing newspa-
pers: all presidents and professors of colleges,
and all teachers having many as twenty schol-
ars; superintendent of public hospitals, lunatic
/ asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants
therein and the teachers employed in the institu
ton for the deaf and dumb and blind; in each
apothecary store established and doing bust.
ness, one apOthecary in good standing, who is a
practical druggist; superintendent and opera
i tives in wool and cotton factories, who may he
6 exempted by the Secretary of War, shall be and
are hereby exempted from military service in tn,
! armies of the Confederate States [Approvet
April 2lst, 1S62."l
, H. BY the above act of Congress, the follow
ing classes Of persons are exempt from enrolment
for military services
Justices of the peace; shorifTs and deputy sber-
| MS CLERKS anu deputy clcrkS allowed ny law.
masters and commissioners in chancery; district
and state attorneys; attorneys general postmas-
tiers and deputy postmasters and clerks, allowed
by law; commissioners of revenue, and foreigners
who have not acquired domicil in the Confederate
States.
Ill The following are not exempt:
Militia officers not in actual service; persons
exempted by State laws, but not by the above
act; foreigners who have acquired domicil in the
Confederate States.
". No person other than those expressly NAM
ed or properly implied in the above act, can be
exempted, except by furnishing a substitute, ex-
empt from military service, in conformity with
regulations; and such exemption is valid only so
long as the said substitute is legally exempt
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X SUBSTITUTES.
Is. When any person liable to military duty
under this act but not yet. mustered into service
in any company, desires to furnish a substitute
he shall report himself with the substitute to the
commandant of n camp of instructions; and il
the substitute be lawfully exempt from military
duty, and on examination by n Surgeon or Assist
ant Surgeon, be pronounced sound and in all re.
spects fit for military service, he may be accept
ed and enrolled; and the person furnishing such
substitute may be discharged by the commandant
of the camp. But no substitute shall be entitled
to transportation other allowance Mt the ex-
pensc of the Government, until so accepted and
enrolled.
XI.-EXEMPTIONs.
10. Persons claiming exemption from military
duty under this act, shall be required by the en-
rolling officer to make oath that they are lawful
ly exempt, and shall be furnished by him with a
certificate of such exemption
Superintendents and operatives in wool and
cotton factories engaged in manufacturing suef
cloth as may be used by the army for clothing
material of any kind used in the service of tn,
r Confederate and State Governments, will be ex
empt, not exceeding, however, in any one estab
lishment the number necessary to its eficien
operation.
Enrolling officers will report weekly to Lieut.
Colonel L. d. Blake, at Knoxville.
All enrollments will BIO made upon blanks (fur
nished the enrolling oHicers) in duplicate. Du
plicatc rolls of all persons betw cen the ages of Is
and IS will be forwarded to this Office. Rolls Of
: those between the ages of IS and SIS to be for
f warded to the Adjutant General of the State.
Q A roll will be made by the enrolling officers
and forwarded to this office, of all persons within
their districts between the ages of Is and 80 VIII,
I" may be exempt under the first section of the &C
= of Congress, 'to exempt certain persons from en-
rollment for service in the armies of the Confed
: crate States" Accompanying this roll will b,
@ the affidavit of the person that he is exempted b,
>. law. The aifdavits will be numbered and refer
+ red to by numbers in the column of remarks, op
= positc the name Of the person exempted.
o No enrolling officer exempt any person OF
j. the ground of physical disability, but such person
e if able to travel, must proceed to Knoxville an,
If be examined by the Surgeon expressly appointe,
II for that purpose. In case the person is confne,
to his bed, or his life might be endangered b,
travelling, physician must make affidavit to tina
> affpct md nresent Ia the nficer nm,