The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-28

16 and 65 years, resident within the limits of
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 beat; 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 so liable, except such as may
be certified by tle 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.
3. 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 a court-martiaf: 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, millcrs, ferry
men, overseers, and owners in charge as over
secrs, 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they should not be Withdrawn from their du-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 his company who are between
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stitute reserve force for the defence of the
State, and be subject to the call of the Gem
mander-in-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" 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 the commanding officer of the reg
iment: And the commanding officer of the
regiment shall make to the Adjutant and In
spector-Genera monthly report of the num-
Der of effective men in his regiment so en-
rolled.
5. That the purpose of effecting such en-
rolment 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 ares of 40 and so
years, and he is hereby authorized to admins
son so questioned shall refuse to give the in
formation, ION oath, if required it shall be the
duty Of the commanding officer to enroll his
refusing shall thereafter be estopped from show
ing that he was not subject to such enroll
ment.
6. When a 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-four men, rank and file, order the immcd-
late election of company officers, and promptly
report the companies thus organized and
officered to the Adjutant and Inpector Gen.
eral. es
7. 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 SO stand of arms with 90
rounds of cartridges to each. The same to be
subject to the order of the commanding officer