Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-18
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federate States, lot tnEec Seais, uuiess .ne""
sbolI have been sooner ended, all white men
uho are residents Ct the Confederate States,
hstween the sges of Is and So years at the
time the call OF GALE may be made, VINO arc
not legally exempted from military serVlce.-
An OF the persons aforesaid who are not
now in tho armies of the Confederacy, ana
whose Term of service will expire before
the end Of the var, shall be continued III Ihe
seryics for three years from tho date OF their
original enlistment, unless the war Shall gave
haen sooner ended Provided, however, That
al such companies, squadfons, battalions, and
regiments, whose term Of original enlistment
uss for twelve lnenths, shall have the right,
within forty days, on o day to be fixed oy the
Commander Of tho Brigade, to re OF organize SAID
ctompan,os,sq uadrors, battalions, and tcsitaen's'
bv eIect;ng oil their officers, which they iaa :
ripbt heretofore 30 elect, who shall DO commls'
eioned bv tho President PROVIDED, lufther,
That furioughs not exceeding sixty days, with
tro ,snort,tioe home and back, shall be
granted To all those reta ned in the service
Sy ,br provisions of this Act beyond the
ncr;od of their original enlistment, and VINO
h,vs no. heretofore received failousns nnoef
tbs nroyisions G. All Act entitled an Ac'
nros,dinr for the granting Of bounty and iur'
io,,,.s 10 ~uriTatus and non'cOumisbioned OH
on,s II, tho p.orisinnsI Army,' araroped llth
| December, eighteen hundred and sixty one,
ssid furloushs &c DO grsntod al sucb'.imes and
| in snct numbers IS the Secretary Of Har may
deem most compatible With the pubic iastr-
asst and Provided further, That 10 lieu OF q
furloreh tho Communication value in money Of
the Transportation berein above granted,
snail 10 paid to each private, musician,
or rar-comIn;ssioned officer who may
.lecl "a receive il, q. such time as the fufiodgh
woAll otherwise 10 granted Provided, fur
ther, That all persons under 'ae age OF Is
wears or over the ago OF IS years, who are now
enrolled in the military service ct lfa Uon'
Tolerate States, ia The regiments, bst;al!ons,
end companies hereafter TO be re-orgahlzed,
shall be required to remain in their respec-
tvs Companies, bsttalious, and regiments
for ninety days, unless thsir places can
be sooner supplied by ether recruits not no~
in the service, who are between the G ges Of
is and IS years, and all laws and parts OF laws
providing for the REIMBURSEMENT Of volunteers
and the organization thereof into companies,
souadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall he
and the same s-o hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. b, it further enacted, That such
coupunies, s~quadrons, battsiions, or regiments
organized, or in process Of organization by
authority from tho Secretary of War, as may
BIZ within thirty days from the passage OF this
Act, SO far completed rs 20 have tho T!iclo
number of men requisite for organization Ac-
tuslly enrolled, not embracing in said organiza-
tons any persons now IN service, shall be
mustered into ito service Of to Confederate
States as part of the land forces Of tho Same,
to be received in that arm OF the service i'll
which they are authorized to organize, and
shall elect their company, battalion and regi-
mental officers.
SEC. 3. Be il further enacted, That FGr the
enrolment Of all persons comprshended within
tl,e provisions Of this Act, who are not already
in service in the armies Gf the Confederate
Sta!es, il shall bs lawful Tor the President,
s~pectire States, 10 employ State officers, and
on failure to obtain SUCH consent, ne shall EN-
ploy 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 enacted, That persons
enrolled under the provisions Of the preceding
section, shall be assigned By tue Secretary Of
War, to the different companies now in SER
vice, until each company is filed 10 it's maxi.
mum number, ard the persons SO enrolled shall
be assigned to companies from the States from
which they respectively come.
Sec. 5. Be il further enacted, That all Sea-
men and ordinary Ssamen in the land forces
Of the Confederate States, enrolled under the
provisions Of This Act, may, On application Of
the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from
the land forces 10 The Naval service.
SEC. i. Ds it further enacted, That in all
cases whore a State may not have in the army
a number Of regiments, battalions, squsdrons,
or companies, sufficient 10 absorb ine num.
Der OF persons subject to military service
under this Ac:, belonging TO such State,
:hen The residue or excess thereof shall
be kept AS : reserve, under such reg.
~ulations as may be established by the
Secretary OF War, and that &: stated
periods OF not creator than three mouths, de-
tails, determined By lot, shall ba made FROM
sad reserve, so that each company
shall, as nearly as practicable, be kept
full. Provided, That the persons held
in reserve may remain Mt hons until
called into service BY the President. Provided
also, That during their stay ut home, thoy
shall not receive pay. Provided, further, That
the persons ccGipcehended in this Act shall
not be subject to the Rults and Articles of War,
until mustered into the actual service Of the
States except that said persona,
whom enrolled, ere liatle to duty, if they shall
refuse to obey said call, each Of them
shall be held to DO a desertsr, and punished
as such, uader said Articles. Provided, fur
ther, That whenever, in the opinion Of the
P President, the sxigencies of tho public service
may require it, he shall be authorized to call
into actual service the entire reserve, or so
much as may be necessary, not previously
assigned to different companies in service
under provision Of section four of this Act;
said reserve Shall be org inIzsd under such
rules as The Secretary Of War may adopt:
Provided, The company, battalion ind regi
mental officers shall be elected by the troops
composing the same: Provided, The troops
raised in any one State shall not be combined
III regimcntel, battalion, squadron or company
with troops raised in any other
State.
Sec. 7. he il further enacted, That ali SOL
diers now serving in tho army or mustered in
tho military service Of the Confederate States,
or enrolled in said service under the muthori-
zatiODs heretofore issued BY the Secretary of
War, and who are continued in the service bg
rirtno Of THE ACT, Ubo haro sa. rnceivod th.
bounty Of fifty dollars allowed by existing
laws, shall DO entitled to receive said bounty.
Sec. s. BE it further enacted, That each man
who nsY hereafter bs mustered into the aor-
vice, mud ~ho shall arm himself with q mushe!!,
shot gun, Iiio or carhinc, accepted IS an eff
cieut weapon, shall be paid tho value thereof,
to be asecrtained by the mustering officer IN.
der such regulations as may be- prescribed by
the Secretary Of War, il nc is willing 10 sell
the same, and II h" is not, then he shall be
entitled % receive one do!lsr a month for the
use Of sald received and approved musket,
rife, SHOTGUN or carbirc.
Sec. 9. Bel: further ~enacscc, Tina. persons
not liable for duty may be received as substi-
.utes for those whoarc, uader such regulations
As may ba prescribed by the Secretary Of War.
Sec. ~. Be it further On sctad, That all va.