The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-05-24

clal, or ll-cQlnlIllSS1Ontd officer Wht
may elect to receive it at such time d:
/ tie furlough would otherwise be granted
Provided, further, That all persons un
der the age Of Is years, or over the age
Of 35 years, who are now enroll d in Tie
military service Of tie Confederate
States, in the regiments, battalions and
companies hereafter to be organized, shall
be required to remain i'll their respective
companies, battalioas and regiments
for ninety days, unless their places can
sooner be supplied by other recruits not
now in the service, who are between the
ages of Is of and 35 years and all laws
and part of laws providing for tho re-
enlistment Of volunteers and the organi-
zation thereof into companies, squadron<,
battali us or regiments, shall be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. Be ii .fur.her enacted. That
such companies, squadrons, batta'ions
OF regiments, organized or in process of
organization, by authority from the Sec
retary of War, as may be within thirty
days from the passage of this act so far
completed as to have the number of men
requisite for organization actually enroll
ed, not embracing in said organizations
any person now in service shall be mus
tered into service of the Confederate
States as part of the land forces of the
same, to be received in that arm of the
service in which they afe authorized to
organize and sh I'll elect their company,
battalion and regiment officers.
s c. 3. Beit further enacted, That
for the enrolment Of all persons COM
pretended with the provisions of this act,
who are not already til service in the
armies of the Confederate States, it shall
be lawful for the President, with the
consent Of the Governors of the res
pective States, to employ State officers
and, on failure to obtain such consent,
he shall employ Confederate officers,
charged with the duty Of making such
enrolment in accordance with rules and
regulations to be prescribed by him.
SEC. 4. Be It further enac ed, That
persons enrolled under the provisions of
the preceding section shall be assigned
by the Secretary of War to the different
companies low i'll service. until each
company is filled to it's maximum num-
Der, and the persons so enrolled shall be
assigned to compani.s from the States
from which they respectively come.
SEc. b. Bet fu.t'e1 enacted, That all
sealntn aud ordinary sea:nen in the land
forces OF the Confederate States, enrolled
under r q provisions of this act may, OIL
application of the Secretary of the Ma
Wy, be transferred from the land forces
to the naval service.
SEC. 6. Be It further en7cted, That in
all cases where State may not have in
the army number of regiments, bat
talions, squadrons, or companies, sufi-
cient to absorb the number of persons
subject to military service under this act,
belonging to such State, then the re-
mains of excess thereof shall be kept as
reserve, under such regulations as may
be established by the Secretary of War,
and that at stated periods Of not greater
than three months, details, determined
by lot, shall be made from said reserve,
SO that each company shall, as nearly as
practicable, be kept full. Provided, That
the persons held in reserve may remain
at home until called into service by the
President. Provided also, That during
their stay at home they shall not receive
pay. Provided, further, That the per-
sons comprehended in this act shall not
b. subject to the rules and articles of
war until mustered into the actual SER
vice of the Confederate States, except
that said persons, when enrolled and
liable to duty, if they shall willfully
refuse to obey said call, each of them
shall be held to be ~ deserter, and pun
ished as such under said articles Pro-
vided, further, That whenever, in the
opinion of the President, the exigen-
cies of the public service may require
it, he shall be authorized to call into
actual service the entire reserve, or SO
much as may bs necessary, not pre-
viously assigned to different companies
i'll services under provision of section
four Of this act Said reserve shall be
under such rules as the secre-
tary of War may adopt: Provided, The
battalion and regimental off,
GERS shall be elected by the troops COM
posing the same: Provided, The troops
raised in any one State shall not lie com
bined i'll regimental, battalion, or coll.-
pany organization with troops saiyetl in
any other States.
SEC. I. Be it further enactel, That
now serving in the army or
mustered in the military service Of tkhl
Confederate States, or enrolled in saia;i
service under the aatharization hereto-
fore issued by the secretarpof War and