The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-02
Tho Conscriptiou Act.


The Conscription Act.
The following regulations Of the War Depart
ment, in relation to the Act Of Congress known
as the Conscrption Act, sre published by autherl.
ty, for the information of the public:
f.-ENRoLLxESr AID DISPOSITION or Rsckurrs.
I. An officer not below the rank Of Major wil,
be detailed for each State to take charge Of The
enrolment, mastering in, subsistence, transporta-
tion, and disposition Of the recruits raised under
this act.
| 2. Application win be made imm ediatsIv to tho
Governors Of the several States for permission 10
employ State officers for said enrolment and In
case such permission is not granted, officers of the
army will be selected by the Department TO per-
| form that duty, under such regulations as nav bs
prescribed. Where State officers are employed
the regulations Of tho respective States In regard
to military enrolment will he observed, MS far as
applicable.
| 8. The enrolled men in each State will, he %,
lected in camps of instruction by the officers in
command Of the recruits, the sad camps TO be a.
lectcd with reference to health and the facilities
for obtaining subsistence and transportation The
number OF these camps shall not exceed two In
each state, without authority from the depart
ment, and to each will be allowed n quartermas
ter and commissary.
4. The commandments of the camps of ipstruc-
ton in the several States will call upon the Gen.
erals commanding the military departments In
which their camps may be situated, for competent
drill officers to instruct the recruits and will pre-
pare thcm for the field as rapidly ms possible
They will cause them to be promptly yaccnated.
and in ordering them TO the field, will, as far as
practicable. prefer those who have passed through
the usual camp diseases. They will establish
hospitals in connection with their camps, and
make requisition for such medical attendance and
stores as may be required.
3. The commandments of regiments, battalions,
squadrons, in service on the 10th inst will send
copies " sBnstcr rolls TO the of
the proper camp of instruction in their respective
states, with officers to take charge of such re-
cruits ms may be furnished to snid corps The
said commandants will apportion the recruits
among such corps in proportion to the deficiency
of each. except when otherwise specially directed
by the department, aot.ing, az far as practicable
to each such corps the men from the regions Of
country in which it has been raised. They will
from time to time send off such bodies of recruits
ms are ready for the field, and will report on the
hrst Monday of every month the number of re-
cruits' in camp, their condition, the number sent
OFF during the month, and the regiments and
corps to which they were sent.
o. The commandants of regiments and corps
Will distribute the recruits among their several
companies, and in such rs have not the number of
companies allowed by law to a regiment, the said
commandments may organize the required number
OF new companies, after first filling up the exist
ing companies to the minimum numbers required
by law-that is to say, for each company Of in
fantry, 81 privates; of cavalry, co privates; of
artillery, 20 privates.
Z. The recruits will be apportioned among the
several arms Of service according to their re-
spectiye wants, consulting as far as practicable
the preference Of tho men. Where greater num-
Der offer for particular than can DO assign
ed to 1t, the distribution will be determined by lot;
but recruits for the cavalry will only be taken
from those who furnish thar owp borsos
H.-voLUNTEERs FOR ESLIsrIyG CORPS.
8. Persons liable to military service under the
above act, not in service on the 18th of April.
and wishing to volunteer In any particular COM
pany in the Confederate service on the 10th day
Of April, may report themselves prior to their en-
rOllment at q camp of instruction within their
respective States, where they will be enrolled
prepared for the field, and sent to said company
until the same shall be filed up.
O.. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with the
permission Of the Generals commanding military
departments, by the commandments of regiments
and corps, and sent to their respective States for
thepurpose Of receiving for sash regiments and
corps, in conformity with recruiting regulations
heretofore adopted, General Order No. g. voun-
teers desiring to join them. Such volunteers NAV
be assembled ct the camps of instruction in their
respective States, prepared for the field and sent
to their respective regiments and corps until the
same shall be filled ups or, If ready for the fold,
may DO ordered directly to their corps by the
Officer SO recruiting them.
IiI-SeLrNrrEn conps HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED.
10. Persons liable to military service under thfs
act, and not in service on the 9th day of April
may, until the 18th day of May next, volunteer
in corps heretofore authorized to be raised BY the
Secretary of War, or by the Executive of any
State, as part of the quota thereof, in pursuance
of a call made upon such States by the President.
Persona authorised to raise such corps, who may
not on that day have the necessary number of
men enlisted and mustered into service according
to the terms of their authority, will proceed with
their men to camp of instruction in their re-
spective States, and will deliver their muster rolls
to the commandant thereof
III. The commandaHts of such corps IS arc
completed on or before the 18th day of May, and
not otherwise ordered, will report to the com
mandants of the recruits Of their respective States
and with their corps will BIO placed by him in a
camp of instruction, and reported Immediately to
the department. Such corps will be under the
command of the commandants of recruits in their
respective States, and will be prepared for the field
in like manner with the recruits, until removed
from the camp. They will only DO moved under
orders from the department. from the Command.
ing General of the army, or in urgent cases, from
the Commanding General of the military depart
ment in which the camps may be situated; and in
such cases report will Immediately be made to the
department by the officer in command of the
camp.
V.-ADDITIoNAL CoRPS-GURRILLA SERVICE.
~. Under the prohibition of this act against
the organization of new corps, further authori.
ty for that purpose be given, except that
specially provided for in the act of Congress enti
tiled Gan Act to organize bands of Partisan Ran
gers" For this latter purpose, applications must
be made through tho Commanding Generals of
the military departments in which the said corps
are to be employed.
W. REoRGANIzArIoS OF TWELVE MONTHS CORPS.
Is. All regiments, battalions, squadrons, and
companies of twelve months volunteers, will re-
organize within forty days from the 10th Of April,
by eocting all their officers which they had
right heretofore to elect, and on such days the
brigade commander may prescribe, and the said
brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fix
and announce the day for such reorganization as
soon as practicable. No person who is to he dis
charged, under the provisions Of this act will
take part in such election.
| IA. The form of holding and certifying the
elections will be in conformity with the laws of
the State from which the men, or the major part
tthereof, may come; and whom the election Of field
officers is TO be made by company officers, the
latter will be first elected. All certificates of
ele ction will be returned to the Adjutant Generals
office, and the officers will be commissioned by
the President. They will, however, on receiving
b copy of the certificate of election Immediately
benter upon duty. officers not reelected will be
relieved from duty, and the brigade commander
will return their names to the Department.
yr.--coRPs RAISED FOR LOCAL DEFENCE.
is. Corps raised for, local defence will retain
thcir organization during the term Of such enlist
meut, unless previously disbanded; but members
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